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P N Roy

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Cops ko itni jaldi kyon thi Congress ko clean chit denne ki!!!

Pehle Amar ki statement tho lenni thi!!!

The tearing hurry with which Cops have given Congress a clean chit in the Cash for Votes has got many crying foul!!! Of course going by ' jabh sayiaa bahe kotwal do darr kahe ka' this was only natural!!! However I would request Sonia to take note every action has an equal and opposite reaction…… to Congress's blatant 'cover up actions' or misdeeds the 'opposite action' will come in the next General Election!!! Even a dolt will say that viewing the fact that Congress benefited from this Cash for Votes Congress was without a doubt the main protagonist…… it used Amar who was in please Congress mode so that SP could become an active ally in UPA stage managed the show and Saxena and Hindustani, who the Cops are trying to show as the stars of this show, were support artistes!! And if you recall the TV bytes post the vote you get to see Sonia and Rahul accepting congrats with relieved smiles!!! Mohna who usually is emotionless reacted like he'd won a Lottery....... smiles and V signs!!

Dupe the Nation and you will get preferential treatment in Jail!!!!!

It is like in Jail this lot are on bail!!!

Kalmadi and other co-accused in the CWG Grand Theft will now be transported to Court in 'Business Class'…. Special van!!! Maybe next he'll be allowed fly the IOC Flag in front of the Van!! The Court has allowed this for security reasons!!! The Van will in all probability have a Cop handing out refreshments to the CWG infamous five!!! It's this preferential treatment that causes heartburn amongst prisoners!!! As it is reports from Tihar say that Kalmadi is prone to throwing his weight around!!! In fact it is said Tihar in recent times has seen record imported foodstuff 'imports'!!

Bellary Reddy brothers ki God Mother or Mummy,

Has for self survival become in their cases abs nikammi!!

What a damning photo….. Sushma with her hands on the heads of the two rogue Bellary Reddy brothers!!! In fact Sushma chummed up to Sonia so as to try to get the heat off her Godsons…… imagine the Lady who has vowed to go 'takli' if Sonia became PM entered into a 'no personal attacks' pact with Sonia!!!!! Hillary met her and Sushma was thrilled……oddly she made a couple of personal requests…. which diplomatically is a no-no!!!!!

Barkah Dutt went the Chennai to interview Hillary!!!!

Interview was cancelled and now she's indulging in anti Hillary pillory!!

Seems Hillary was advised that Barkah Dutt no longer carries the 'respectable Journalist' tag and so she cancelled her interview with Barkah!!! Recently post the Mumbai blasts she used the pouring rain as 'make up' for TRP!!! She could have easily stood under an umbrella or worn a rain coat but then these would not have had the affect of her walking in the rain getting drenched!!! At a loose end in Chennai after the interview was cancelled she tweeted asking for advise as to what she should do….... what advice can you give a 'publicity addict'?????? Fact is Barkha is into Crony Journalism or Conniving Journalism!!

For Congress Karnataka Lokayukta's report is like candy Delhi Lokayukta's report is bitter!!!!

Karnakata Lokayukt's report is like Gold and Delhi Lokayukt's report is like litter!!

The Delhi Lokayukt has asked the President to pull up Sheila!! Of course Congress has totally ignored the Lokayukt's observation!! Karnataka Lokayukt's report very rightly damns Yeddy and Congress is right to demand Yeddy's sacking.... but at the same time Congress needs to take a call on Sheila getting a reprimand from Delhi Lokayukata... some say this is a polite way if saying 'Sheila deserves to be sacked'....... Shiela and Congress are going on the same path as BJP went in Karnataka......maybe in Delhi soon Sheila will face a rebellion!! Yeddy in the meantime is in Mauritius holidaying..... he knew the Report on illegal mining was coming and so seems he went on a holiday so as to buy time for planning his next move and hoping by the time he returns some of the 'poison from the sting would have ebbed'!!

PS…….Civil Society undertook a survey in Sibal's constituency on the Lokpal Bill!!! Now Sibal is planning a similar exercise......Sibal's survey will be funded by the Chandini Chowk Shopkeepers Association...... he's been able to scare them that if Lokpal Bill becomes a reality ' 2 number ka dhandaa will come to an end'!!!! If Katrina who is half Indian and Rahul who also is half Indian get married will they become complete Indians??????

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Dr Surajit Mitra is new Secretary Minority Affairs
Acting Chief Secretary Assam Government Dr Surajit Mitra has been appointed new Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India.He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Orders of D K Mittal on Monday
Official orders of the appointment of D K Mittal as Secretary Finaancial Services are now expected to be issued on Monday.He is 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Alok Perti is new Secretary Coal
The Prime Minister has cleared the name of Alok Perti for the post of Secretary Coal. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Pankaj Agrawal to be Additional Secretary Consumer Affairs
Pankaj Agrawal is being appointed Additional Secretary Consumer Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

H.S. Mann divested of charge as CMD, MMTC
H.S. Mann Director (Marketing), MMTC who in January 2011 had got additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) MMTC has been suddenly divested of the additional charge of CMD,MMTC.

Ms.Vijay Laxmi Joshi gets additional charge of CMD, MMTC
In a sudden development Ms.Vijay Laxmi Joshi who on central deputation is Additional Secretary Commerce has been given additional charge of Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) MMTC. She is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

Naved Masood to succeed D K Mittal
Naved Masood is going to succeed D K Mittal as Secretary Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. Orders of 1977 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer Masood are being issued today.

Bandopadhyaya DIT gets new posting
Bandopadhyaya who was DIT in in office of DGIT-CVO has been posted as CIT-IV Delhi.

Seven new Passport offices in AP
Seven passport seva kendras (PSKs) including three in Hyderabad, one each at Vijayawada, Tirupati, Nizamabad and Visakhapatnam are being opend in Andhra Pradesh.

V P Singh undergoing training course in USA
VP Singh (IPoS-1988), who is Joint Secretary, UPSC is currently undergoing a short-term training on Collaborative Leadership at Western Management Development Centre, Denver in USA.

Will Sudhir Sinha get extension ?
The Gujarat Government has asked for extension in service to 1976 batch IPS officer S K Sinha.Will the GoI entertain the request of the Government of Gujarat ?.

Ms Negi is now Director Ayush
Ms Meenakshee Negi has been appointed Director Ayush in the Government of India. She is 1989 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Jaipal Singh is Director Higher Education
Jaipal Singh has been appointed Director Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD.He is 1991 batch IFS officer of Gujarat cadre.

IAS changes likely in Orissa
IAS changes are likely to take place in Orissa next week.

Shivalli Chauhan transferred to Chandigarh
Shivalli Malhotra Chauhan 1997 batch IDAS officer has been transferred from New Delhi to Chandigarh.

IA & AS officer Ms. Gurveen Sidhu promoted
Ms. Gurveen Sidhu, Director (SMU) in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General and posted as Principal Director (SMU) against a newly created post.

Arun Kumar nominated for 37th APPPA
Arun Kumar, Deputy CSTE/C/HQ/NR Northern Railway, 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.

CAG's Audit Advisory Board Constituted
A new Audit Advisory Board (AAB) has been constituted with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, Vinod Rai, as it's ex-officio Chairman and its members are Ms. Shailaja Chandra, former Chief Secretary, Delhi, T. Sethumadhavan, Public Finance Consultant, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research, Dr. A.K. Shiva Kumar, Adviser, UNICEF, Ms. Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam, Ms. Kalpana Morparia, Chief Executive Officer, JP Morgan India Pvt. Ltd., Ms. Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, K.V. Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank and Ms. Shabana Azmi, Social Activist. Five Deputy CAGs will be the ex-officio members of the board.

Pakistan : The emassy in US is the biggest spender
The Pakistan embassy in US leads in annual spending amongst all the 121 missions the country maintains abroad. According to information provided by the foreign office to the country's parliament the embassy in US spent more than 775 million rupees during 2009-2010. Next come the Pakistani embassy in Geneva and the High commission in New Delhi where the expenditure was Rs 244 and 237 million respectively. In comparison the Pakistani embassy in China spent a measly sum of Rs 107 million only in the same period i.e. 2009-2010. The figures for 2010-2011 are still being compiled.

Choudhury is new Director of Alipore Zoo
Subir Kumar Choudhury is new Director of Alipore Zoo.He has replaced Raju Das.

Sarojini Thakur appointed Chairperson in HP (UPDATED)
Sarojini Ganju Thakur has been appointed first chairperson of the newly set up Himachal Pradesh Private Educational Institutions (Regulatory) Commission.She is former 1977 batch IAS officer.

Deepak Dwivedi appointed Advisor (UPDATED)
Director in the NAFED Deepak Dwivedihas been appointed as adviser to vice- chancellor, IGNOU.

CORPORATE

MEL merges with SAIL
State owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has merged with Maharashtra Elektrosmelt Ltd.

Editor, Executive Editor and Joint Editor of The Hindu resign
In protest against the appointment of Siddharth Varadarajan as Editor of the newspaper The Hindu, its current Editor N Ravi, Executive Editor Malini Parthasarathy and Joint Editor Nirmala Lakshman have resigned. The Board of Directors of Kasturi & Sons, owner of the newspaper, has on July 20, 2011, appointed Varadarajan as the Editor of the newspaper. He is currently handling the Delhi Bureau as Head and slated to take over as the Editor on July 30

Dnyanada Chaudhari appointed COO of Madison Media's new unit
Madison Media has appointed Dnyanada Chaudhari as COO of its new unit in Mumbai. He has 15 years' experience in media and has worked with renowned media agencies like Lodestar and ZenithOptimedia.

Bates 141's Sanjay Sipahimalani joining Percept H as ECD
Sanjay Sipahimalani has quit Bates 141 to join Percept H as Executive Creative Director. Earlier he has also worked with the groups like VGC, Grey Worldwide, Publicis Ambience, Euro RSCG, and SSC&B Lintas.

Vivek Madhukar promoted as Senior Vice President - Corporate at TBSL
Vivek Madhukar, who was heading the TimesJobs business at Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL) has been promoted as Senior Vice President - Corporate to look after the company's strategic planning and new initiatives.

Amit Jain appointed Vice President - TimesJobs
Amit Jain who has switched over from Nokia to Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL) has been appointed as the new Vice President - TimesJobs. He has over 13 years experience in sales, product management and marketing

Sanjay Goyal is Head of Innovation and Incubation at TBSL
Sanjay Goyal has been appointed as Head of Innovation and Incubation, a new corporate level position at Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL). The position has been created to provide greater focus to innovations, conceptualising and implementation of new product initiatives besides the development of cutting-edge technological applications.

Ram Awasthi appointed Head of Engineering for TimesJobs
Ram Awasthi has been appointed as Head of Engineering for TimesJobs at Times Business Solutions Ltd (TBSL).

Jaime Prieto returns to O&M as Director, Global Brand Management
Jaime Prieto has been appointed as Director of Global Brand Management at Ogilvy & Mather's GBM, a group of senior leaders who manage and grow the agency's portfolio of global clients around the world.

Ambika Sharma quits Jagran Solutions as COO
Ambika Sharma, COO, Jagran Solutions, has put in her papers after a six-year stint with the company.

Rajiv Mitra is VP, Public Affairs & Comm at Renault India
Rajiv Mitra has been appointed as Vice President, Public Affairs & Communication. By Renault India. Earlier he was with Hyundai as Head, Corporate Communications.

Vizeum India appoints Samarjit Rajkumar as Senior GM
Samarjit Rajkumar has been appointed Senior General Manager at Vizeum India, an Aegis Media Group company. He is a media and communication veteran, having worked for more than 17 years in three fast growing markets viz. India, China and Vietnam.

Prof. Barua appointed Addl. Independent Director, Axis Bank
AXIS Bank Ltd has on July 22, 2011, appointed Prof. Samir Barua, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as an Additional Independent Director of the Bank with immediate effect.

Varadarajan appointed Editor, The Hindu
The Board of Directors of Kasturi & Son which publishes The Hindu newspaper has passed a resolution appointing Siddharth Varadarajan as the Editor of the newspaper on July 20, 2011.

Lind elevated as Senior VP(Operations) The Leela Palaces
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has elevated Thomas L J Lind to the post of Senior Vice President (Operations) .

Nadkarni appointed Partner , IDFC Private Equity
IDFC has appointed Girish Nadkarni as partner at IDFC Private Equity.

Khan appointed F&B Manager, The Courtyard By Marriott, Pune
Mohammed Sher Ali Khan has been appointed as the Food and Beverage Manager of The Courtyard by Marriott Pune City Centre.

Joshi appointed Representative Director, SCHOTT AG
Mohan Joshi has been appointed as Representative Director for SCHOTT AG owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation.

Meera appointed GM (North), Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines has appointed Mohamed Sathik Ali Mohamed Meera as the General Manager (Northern Region) based in New Delhi.

Sundaradevan appointed Addl. Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited has appointed Dr. N. Sundaradevan, Principal Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu, Industries Department, as an Additional Director w.e.f. July 19, 2011.

PULLOCK CHATTERJEE-OFFICER OF CALIBRE AND ADVENTURES

I have put quite more than 37 years in government and seen many IAS and other Officers, who have been liked by everyone by heart and Mr. Pullock Chatterjee is one of them, whom I know quite well. His calibre is remarkable and he is an officer of creating adventures for the welfare of the country and government besides government officers. For Mr. Pullock chatterjee joining Govt. of India is a very fabulous and encouraging Report which must be welcomed by the public at large and even no political party will oppose his decisions and advices to the government. Wishing him all the best for new assignment of Mr. Pullock Chatterjee and along with him the present experience government officers, who are likely to retire in this month or who have even already retired earlier in this year itself, may also get benefit. Although Govt. has, usually,implementing any action for its employees and officers either from January or July Ist. Similarily, for Mr. Pullock Chatterjee also the enhancement of his age for Government assignment be implemented henceforthwith. Rather it could have been announced by now by the Prime Minister's Office. Moreover, such a sincere officers are very rare and Mr. Chatterjee is rarest of the rare in this field. Moreover, presence experienced officers in the Government must stay for at least two years more to prepare the younger generation who still needs to attain experience from the present Senior Officers in Government.

H S Bhalla

Lot of discussions have taken place in this forum for and against extension of retirement age.Many ?yes minister? variety of bureaucrats are getting extensions with political backing.As a contributor pointed out there are more than five dozen retired bureaucrats still in service , all after getting their extensions in a clandestine manner.Many of them continue in the same accommodation they were occupyuing as secretaries.Why can?t we be a little more open and start a Retired Civil service(RCS) Cadre where the joining age will be 60 and releasing age 80 with no extensions.Qualifications include subservience to the political masters,willingness to put their heads out in the nefarious activities of the minister,closeness to the coterie around the ?High Command?.I am sure there will be plenty of qualifying candidates. Others can peacefully go home and sleep without worrying about extension and writing about it in this forum.

Navnith

A very welcome news for the entire IDSE fraternity. We have no doubt that various cadre issues of civilian officers will be resoloved under his leadership.

Arvind Arora

She(Ms Clinton) might have come to learn from Ms Jaya to how to aquire high position again even after being so corrupt.

Raj

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.

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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)