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US Secretary of State to meet the CM of an Indian State????? Why????? Like will the Home Minister of India go to US and meet a US Guv????? Why is Hillary meeting Jaya???? I feel it is Diplomatically insensible for Hillary to do this!!! Or maybe Sant Singh Chatwal has recommended the idle sambar served in Poes Garden.... but then too the meeting should be classified as a personal one and not like the official meeting its being classified as!! WikiCables show US literally runs India , so next time US Secretary of State might as well call a meeting of all Indian CMs at 7 RCR !!

Might is right and that's why very often US behaves in an odd way!!

Within diplomatic limits US very often chooses not to stay!!

Amar Singh to be questioned........ knowing Amar he may end up questioning the questioners!! Amar may keep a caterer on call and whenever and wherever he is called for questioning Amar will ensure its a 'fully catered questioning'!! Amar knows his already fallen stock will plummet if he is questioned.... so he has to put up a show that 'questioning is just a joke' ..... he will trivialize the questioning!! Amar has already let Congress know.....'we are in the same boat'!!! Hear Amar has been advised 'to fall ill and get admitted in a Hospital... a hospital that is experienced in keeping Cops at bay on the pretext of treatment'!!!

Amar has warned Congress 'if I am taken in I'll take quite a few from Congress with me'!!

If you want to find out who just keep tabs as to the ones who go a bit too often to pee!!

Sajjan Kumar's case should show all how long the 1984 genocide cases have dragged along in Courts.....our Rahul Baba had very cleverly worded his statement ' those guilty will not be spared'!!!! And during investigation and in Courts Justice has been literally raped!! Only a fool will believe that Sonia does not know what transpired and it is next to impossible that Rahul's not got to know about the truth from her!! Vir Singhvi had before his shameful exit from HT written an article giving a twist to Rajiv's Big Tree statement...tried unsuccessfully to get him off the hook (posthumously)!!!

God has this uncanny way of reminding us He's the Boss!!

Those who try to play God into the bin of history he does toss!!

Was Satya Sai Baba trying to control World Gold prices?????? If you recall some time back a Russian syndicate had tried to control silver prices!!! The more his treasures come out the more his following dwindles!! As it is his prediction about his own death has come out wrong..... God had the last laugh!!!! Again God showed who is the Boss!!

True Saints have no attachments to gold and cash!!

Only Naam (taking HIS Name) and good deeds they stash (store)!!

PS........ As a protest to the treatment he is getting at home Mohna with his older brother, who is visiting Mohna to give him moral support, pitch a tent in the lawns of 7 RCR and they go to sleep inside it! At about 3 am Mohna wakes his older bro and says ' Virji (Big Bro) just see the moon...... the stars....... see that is Venus....... see that us Dhru Tara......!!!! His Virji cuts him short saying, 'Padhya likhya bewakoof (educated fool) you see the moon and stars but you cannot see that someone has walked away with the tent we were sleeping in......... that is why you can see the sky'!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Is the country heading towards mid-term polls ?
Is the country heading towards mid-term polls ? Yes, if the increased frequency of the Union Ministers to their respective constituencies is any indication.

BUREAUCRACY

D K Mittal moving to Banking
As the grapevine has it D.K. Mittal secretary Corporate Affairs is going to be posted as Secretary Financial services
i.e. Banking. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Alok Perti to be new Secretary Coal
In all probability, Alok Perti will succeed C Balakrishnan as Secretary Coal on September 1. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Balakrishnan is retiring on August 31.

IAS lobby scuttled move to appoint Sanyal as PS to CM
Infact, there was a serious move to appoint Goutam Sanyal as Principal Secretary to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee. The move was, however, scuttled by the powerful IAS lobby and Sanyal was made Secretary to the Chief Minister. CSS officer Sanyal had been OSD to the then Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee.

Dr. Yashpal Singh poised to be Joint Secretary Chemicals & Petrochemicals
As the grapevine has it, Dr. Yashpal Singh is tipped to be posted as Joint Secretary Chemicals & Petrochemical. Dr. Singh is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre. Presently, he is Principal Secretary (PS) PWD with the Tripura government.

Sushil Kumar is Joint Secretary Panchayati Raj
Sushil Kumar is soon going to be Joint Secretary Panchayati Raj in the GOI . He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.

Akhilesh Prasad posted as Member Settlement Commission
Akhilesh Prasad has been posted as a Member of the Settlement Commission. He is CCIT Delhi. He is an IRS-IT officer of the 1974 batch.

Singh is new ADGFT
Devendra Kumar Singh has joined as Additional Director General, Foreign Trade (DGFT). He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
( We said this on June 8 )

Amitabh Jain relieved from post of Additional DGFT
Amitabh Jain who so far was Additional DGFT was relieved on July 20, 2010. He is poised to join as India's Minister Economic in London.He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.

SAG to IP&TAFS officers delayed
Granting of senior administrative grade (SAG) to India P&T Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS) officers belonging to the 1995 batch has been delayed.

Will Alok Kumar join CISF ?
Alok Kumar is likely to join the CISF as DIG. Will 1994 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre go on deputation ? Answer lies only with him. If he refuses he will be debarred for central deputation.

Abdul Aziz to be Additional Director, Prosecution, (CBI)
Abdul Aziz, Director Prosecution, CBI is likely to be appointed as Additional Director, Prosecution CBI. This matter has been taken up by ACC.He is an Law cadre officer.

P.K. Padhy to get Secretary's rank
P.K. Padhy is poised to get Secretary's rank. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.

Ayush Mani Tiwari to be OSD to Anand Sharma
Ayush Mani Tiwari who so far on central deputation was Zonal Director (NCRB) in Ahmedabad has been appointed as OSD to Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma. Tiwari is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Yogesh Deshmukh tipped to be Director Vigilance, Railways
As the grapevine has it Yogesh Deshmukh on central deputation is Deputy Director NCB is likely to be appointed as Director, Vigilance, Ministry of Railway. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Sandeep Kumar to return parent UT cadre ?
PS to Union Minister of State Toursim Sultan Ahmad, Sandeep Kumar is likely to return to the parent UT cadre. He is 1997 batch IAS officer.

Orders of Archna Arora as new Commissioner NDMC issued
Orders of Archna Arora as new Commissioner New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) have been issued. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on July 12 )

Vijay Dev is back to Delhi Government
Vijay Dev is back to Delhi from Arunachal Pradesh.1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Dev is now waiting for posting in the Delhi Government. Earlier he had been posted to Goa.
(We said this on July 12 )

Census reports put Maharashtra high on Urban chart
Maharashtra has highest number of people living in urban areas (5.08 crores) with an urban population of 45.23%. It is third most urbanized among major states, behind Tamil Nadu (48.45%) and Kerala (47.72%).Urban population growth accounted for 62.8% of total population growth in Maharashtra. Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur and Pune are the most urbanizeddistricts while Gadchiroli, Sindhudurg and Hingoli are least urbanized. At 82.91% the state recorded impressive literacy rate. But the urban-rural divide between male -female literacy is still significant.

R.K Singh to go to Thimphu (Bhutan)
R.K Singh Home Secretary in GOI is on an official tour to BhutanThimphu to attend the 4th meeting of Interior/ Home Secretaries of the SAARC nations to be held there on the July 22, 2011. This will be his first visit abroad after taking over as the Home Secretary . Dharmender Sharma IAS, Joint Secretary, Internal Security is accompanying the Home Secretary. R.K. Singh is an IAS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Utthan Kumar Bansal is on a week long leave
Utthan Kumar Bansal Secretary Internal Security in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) -Government of India (GOI) is on a one-week long leave. He is an IPS officer of1974 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

P.S. Tomar is Director in office of DGIT-CVO
P.S. Tomar has joined as Director in office of DGIT-CVO.

Vandana Krishna empanelled in GoI
Vandana Krishna has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary during the review. Vandana is 1985 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

IA & AS officer M B Dhadod promoted
M B Dhadod, Deputy Director in the branch office Nagpur, in the office of the Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, Delhi, has been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade of IA&AS and posted as Director in the same office.

Ms. Urvilla Khati nominated for 37th APPPA
Ms. Urvilla Khati - Ex. Director (Pay Comn) II, Railway Board, New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) commencing at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

Chase Carey may succeed Rupert Murdoch
As the grapevine has it, since media baron Rupert Murdoch is considering to step down as CEO of News Corp ,its COO Chase Carey who may be named as new CEO.

Deadline for 5 posts in Arab nations ends on July 26
Last date for calling for applications five posts of Arab Countries, Training and Strategic Coordination Programme Manager In the Development Cooperation Directorate under the Universal Postal Union International Bureau Berne is July 26, 2011.

Pankaj Kumar Bansal joins at new place in TN
Pankaj Kumar Bansal, IAS has joined at new place as Project Director, Tamil Nadu Health System Project, Chennai.

IRS officer Meeta Singh posted as OSD, CCIT Delhi
The CBDT has posted Meeta Singh (IRS officer of 1993 batch) Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (Addl CIT) on reversion from deputation as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi Region.

IRS officer Bisth posted as OSD, CCIT Lucknow
B.P.S. Bisth (IRS 1984) Commissioner of Income Tax has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Lucknow on completion of his study leave.

IPS changes in TamilNadu
There is IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu. M. Ramasubramani has been appointed DIG Armed Police, Tiruchi .S.N. Seshasai, has been made DIG Vellore Range.S. Nizamuddin will now be SP Nilgiris, in the place of S. Kaliraj Mahesh Kumar, who has been transferred and posted as SP Thanjavur.S. Baskaranhas been transferred as Deputy Commissioner of Police, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai Suburban police in the place of G. Ramar who has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Nagapattinam district. He replaces Santosh Kumar, who has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Madhavaram, Chennai Suburban Police, in the place of A. Kayalvizhi, who has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board. S. Rajendran will now be DCP Ambattur, who comes in for M. John Chelliah, who has been posted as Assistant Inspector General of Police, Law and Order, Chennai. V. Sithannan has been moved as Superintendent of Police, Tamil Nadu Police Academy, Chennai.

1993 batch IPS is now IG in Jharkhand
Three 1993 batch IPS officers Mssrs M S Bhatia,Shashi Nath Jha and Deepak Verma have been promoted to the rank of IG in Jharkhand.

Varadarajn is new Editor of the Hindu
Siddharth Varadarajan has been appointed new Editor of The Hindu.

Interviews for the post of CGM's post in SBI postponed
Altogether, 35 General Managers in the State Bank of India who are to appear for interviews to be elevated to the grade of CGM in top Executive Grade Special Scale - 1, have been postponed.

M.N Prasad to succeed Pulok Chaterji (UPDATED)
This is now official.M.N Prasad Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is going to succeed Pulok Chaterji as Executive Director, World Bank, Washington. Prasad is an IAS officer of 1972 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

M S Rana to be CMD of NMDC (UPDATED)
M S Rana is being tipped to be new CMD of the National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NMDC).

Why did Ms Clinton and Jayalalitha meet ? (UPDATED)
The meeting between the U.S. Secretary of State and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on July 20 at Chennai is the first of its kind as no U.S Secretary of State has ever gone to meet the Chief Minister of a State in the past. The meeting lasted for nearly an hour when the two ladies had a highly productive meeting. While the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka which is now engaging the attention of the U.S. Congressmen as well as the large U.S. investment in the State might have been the primary reasons for her visit, Tamil Nadu, well-known for its sycophancy, has allowed imagination to run riot in interpretation of this visit. While the party cadres would like to believe that Ms.Clinton has come to Chennai to call on the next Prime Minister of India, some others have even suggested that Ms.Clinton met Ms,Jayalalithaa to seek her advice on the kind of campaign she should launch to capture the White House in the next Presidential Election little realizing that there will be no primaries for the 2012 elections and Ms.Clinton would be able to contest only the elections in 2016.

N Ravi Shankar is new Secretary UPSC (UPDATED)
N Ravi Shankar has been appointed new Secretary in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

CORPORATE

Bharat Chodo Andolan
There is a panic in the business houses of the country. Never in the past this kind of fear gripped them. Now there is a loud thinking in the major business houses to leave India and go to other countries for expanding their business. They have now raised a slogan "Bharat Chodo Andolan ".

Cords Cable Industries Ltd re-appoints MD and Joint MD
Naveen Sawhney and D. K. Prashar has been re-appointed as Managing Director and Joint Managing Director of Cords Cable Industries Ltd respectively, with effect from July 1, 2011 for the term of five years.

Dagur appointed MD, GACL
Government of Gujarat has appointed M S Dagur, IAS, as the Managing Director of Gujarat Alkalies And Chemicals Ltd (GACL) in place of Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, IAS.

Ramanathan appointed MD, Sterling Holiday Resorts India Ltd
The Board of Sterling Holiday Resorts India Ltd has approved appointment of Ramesh Ramanathan as Managing Director.

Mitra appointed VP (Public Affairs & Communication), Renault India
Renault India has appointed Rajiv Mitra as Vice President, Public Affairs & Communication.

Rajkumar appointed Senior GM, Vizeum India
Vizeum India has appointed Samarjit Rajkumar as Senior General Manager.

Rathi resigns as Company Secy. Tarapur Transformers Ltd
Ms Astha Rathi has resigned as Company Secretary of Tarapur Transformers Ltd w.e.f June 1, 2011.

Kumari appointed Company Secretary, Tarapur Transformers Ltd
Ms. Ekta Kumari has been appointed as Company Secretary of Tarapur Transformers Ltd w.e.f. July 16, 2011.

Balaji resigns as Director, Lakshmi Vilas Bank
K Balaji has resigned as Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank on July 19, 2011.

Singh nominated as Part-time Non Official Director, Allahabad Bank
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated Deveshwar Narain Singh as Part -Time Non-Official Director of Allahabad Bank the Bank for a period of three years from the date of his nomination.

Adhikary resigns as Company Secy. Ashco Niulab Industries Ltd
Nagen Chandra Adhikary has resigned from the post of Company Secretary of Ashco Niulab Industries Ltd.

Garg appointed Director (Finance), Petronet LNG Ltd
R. K. Garg has been appointed as Director (Finance) of Petronet LNG Ltd on July 20, 2011.

Arora appointed Part-time Non-official Director, Punjab & Sind Bank
The Union Government has nominated Sanjiv Kumar Arora as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Punjab & Sind Bank Ltd for a period of three years from the date of notification of his appointment.

Stage set for increasing retirement age

Now with Pullock Chatterjee in GoI, the stage is set for increasing retirement age to 65. This is true.

Anon

Increase retirement age to 64

The best way to end the problem of posts at higher levels is to increase retirement age to 64 and include all so-called post retirement jobs in the normal postings of government servants. This will ensure that 1977 and subsequent batches get Secretary level jobs and will also ensure that retiring civil servants do not head for trouble as did Behuria who was bending backwards for that post retirement job. Does this make sense.

Rita

It's not true

Due to the on-going movement, the Govt. and the Govt. employees (around 40/45 lakhs across country) are now perceived to be the only Corrupt citizens in the country, which is not true. It implies that the rest of the 120 crores Indians, are thus totally honest and above board, which is absolutely not true. No country can become Corruption Free if its Citizens themselves indulge in rampant corrupt practices in day to day affairs, hurting their own fellow countrymen. There has not been any appeal by any Civil Society Leader /Opposition leaders to the General Public to shun Corrupt practices (and perhaps never will be). Whether its bribing the Traffic Policeman for the violations, rather than paying fine; hoarders and blackmarketeers selling essential items to fellow citizens at inflated prices; Builders/Jewellers/film stars/architects indulging in large cash dealings; Doctors/Lawyers/Estate agents/tutors hardly giving any receipts ; overcharging/meter tinkering by auto/taxi drivers; Adulteration of milk, petrol, wheat, liquor etc; over/under invoicing /cash dealings by Businessmen; CAs playing fixing role; sub-standard roads/flyovers/bridges; everywhere it is the Common man involved to the detriment of fellow citizens. The Corruption menace is certainly not the monopoly of Politicians and Govt. servants.

If our Country has to become Corruption free then the Common man has to resist the temptation of short cuts and exercise self restraint in generation and usage of black money.

Ajay Chaudhry

" CVC's selection must be transparent ?"

I wish to clarify that I fully support the views of A K Saxena on the above subject. I also confirm that I did not post any views opposing Saxena's comments. My name was misused by some misguided browser. I request the Editor Sahib to post my views on his website so that my position is not embarrassed in society.

H S Kingra

Induction of SPS officers in IPS

Most SPS officers these days are being inducted into IPS only when they are past their prime, and are unable to render too much useful service... this is an unfortunate trend which should be corrected, so that proper use can be made of this talented pool of officers!

-A citizen

Absolute no to retired officers

Hats off to officer who do not take post retirement employment and stand by principles. Invariably retired officers have zero accountability and in irresponsible way do permanent damage to system as we are witnessing in GoI.

Rajat

A rare case indeed !

Writing about UT cadre, I am reminded of the IPS officer (now retired) who spent only a couple of months of tenure in Manipur inviting the wrath of the CM, but had no qualms in getting daughter medicine seat in Delhi on Manipur quota. Except for those few months ,this officer has never moved out of Delhi and now is a luminary fighting social injustice! I wonder why nobody is questioning this person on this when this officer frequently makes appearances on channels.

N K Rana

Hemant Mittal was a fine colleague

I knew Hemant Mittal at personal level. He was a fine colleague and a good human being. I condole his death. May his soul rest in peace

Tejpal Singh

TAIL-PIECE

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Banta Santa nu: ki gal, Tussi udaas kyon ho?

Santa: Ghar vich 2 paise di izzat nahi, Biwi koi gal sundi nahi,

Munda koi kamm nahi karda see,

Kudi de lacchan thik nahi,

Naukar darda nahi see,

Driver nu raste nahi pata see,

Chaukidar naukari chhadn di dhamki denda hai. !

Banta: Yaar teri halat ta Manmohan Singh vargi hai.

Contributions to "Sri Sai Baba Super Spirituality Hospital Trust"

The copies of all the "Periodical Returns" furnishing the details of "Foreign Contributions filed by "Sri Sai Baba Super Spirituality Hospital Trust" and the details of all the "Bank Accounts" operated by the Trust were denied u/s 8(1)(j) and 8(1)(e) based on objections of the third party. It was informed that the documents related to the
show cause notices issued and their replies after granting the registration under Foreign Contributions Regulatory Act, 1976 to the Trust could not be provided as they have been destroyed. The CIC held that u/s 12 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules 2011, summary data of receipts and utilisation of foreign contribution in excess of one crore rupees in a financial year is required to be kept in the public domain. The CIC further directed the PIO to furnish the relevant Rules/ order under which the records have been destroyed.

Comments

Contrary to popular beliefs, the RTI Act is applicable not only to the governmental organisations, but also to NGO's which are substantially financed by the government. Further, the documents submitted by any private organisation in compliance of a regulatory requirement can be sought under the RTI Act. All records available with the public authority can be destroyed only as per the rules.

Atul Gulati v. Ministry of Home Affairs in CIC/SS/A/2011/000454

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)