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As expected Government has come up with a Jokepal Bill...though some will say Congress has shot itself in the foot!!! If you note all other Parties, though in actuality opposed to a strong Lokpal, have publically taken a different stand!! The message that has gone to the Public is Congress is not serious on fighting corruption!!!! Anna's going to go on a fast....... if India's Middle Class backs him there are chances Government will be forced to rethink!!! Congress's 'Dirty Tricks Department' now 'ably' headed by PC and Sibal are already on the job!!!!

Picture abhi baaki hai!!!!

Congress think tank feels Civil Society 'ghulti huee saboon ki chaaki hai'!!

It looked like a Fashion Icon and not Pakistan's Foreign Minister visited India!! I think our Media realized her being a 'front' Foreign Minister....... a beautiful and young mask for Pakistan's 'ugliness'..... after all as Foreign Minister she represents Pakistan!! Barkah Dutt who changes her hairstyle every hour and is besotted with fashion led the Media in its 'fixation with Khar's appearance, clothes and accessories'....she even went to meet Khar just to see her bag and watch!! Rather than meeting the hardliners Khar should have met Omar..... but then in Pakistan they too have inputs on our Leaders.... and Omar has the image of being a partying nincompoop... so then she should have met Vohra!!! K is very much top on Pakistan's agenda and CBM's just build the confidence of the Terror lot as they use the CBM measures to attack India..... be it tourism or trade!!

The Shrines she visited better get the Indian Currency she 'offered' checked for fakes!!!!

Everyday in lakhs fake notes Pakistan makes!!

Yeddy will take his pound of flesh!!!! He will decide who will be the next CM......he wants to control BJP in Karnataka and as he wants some trappings of power so he's demanding that he be made President of Karnataka BJP!!!! BJP knows if he's made President of Karnataka BJP the taint will remain and it will dent its stand in Parliament on Congress's corruption!! So maybe BJP will Yeddy to appoint one of his guy's as President and indirectly call the shots be it the Party of the Karnataka Government!! On the trappings of power..... Rajanth or Jaitley will wink and tell Yeddy... ' now toh you can afford it on your own'..... but then there is nothing more sweeter for a Neta than living 'on the house'!! So this issue will have to be sorted out!! Yeddy and family had bid dreams!!!

Ek Bangla banne niyaara..... sonne ka bangla!!

Which has a chaandi ka janglaa!!

Now Kalmadi says ' I'm not going bonkers'!!!!! However we now have an insight to his strategy!!!! His lawyers may say ' only a mad man would think he'll not get away with this kind of chori'!!! The Lawyers of the other OC guys in jail will say ' a madman called the shots in OC and my client's only crime is that he trusted that Kalmadi was acting in the best interests of the Games'!! Kalmadi is a seasoned crook and he has plans for various scenarios in place.... the going bonkers plan is for the worst scenario!!!

Kalmadi is not satkela .... he's a shaana!!!!

Only he overlooked ' after khaana comes pachaana'!!

PS...... Congressmen use dementia as an excuse to get off the hook and also to abuse!!!! Amrinder says Badal suffers from dementia!! Badal just may be tempted to respond ' your Grandpa suffered from dementia because he kept on forgetting that he was married and kept getting married...... a trait that you (Amrinder) too are showing'...... Parneet, Kanwal Sekhon and now soon to be bride...... Arusa!!!! Court asks Kalmadi on his plea to attend Parliament to let the Court know how many times he's attended Parliament... Kalmadi responds... I forget!!! Court tells Kalmadi that he has a pathetic Parliament attendance record so why does he want to now attend Parliament??? Kalmadi responds, 'Have I entered this plea... sorry I forget doing this'!!! Court rejects his plea and Kalmadi starts abusing the Judge... Judge admonishes Kalmadi that he should know he's in Court.... Kalmadi responds, 'I forget where I am'!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Is M K N returning to Delhi ?
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan is in Delhi .His visit has fuelled speculations of his returning to Delhi on an important assignment.

Why did MKN meet PM ? (UPDATED)
West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at 12.30 pm on Saturday. What is the significance ?.

BUREAUCRACY

D K Mittal joining as Secretary Banking on August 1,2011
D.K. Mittal who so far was Secretary Corporate Affairs is going to join as Secretary Financial services i.e. Banking on August 1, 2011.He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on July 22 )

Ramesh Abhishek is Chairman,FMC
Ramesh Abhishek got officiating charge as the Chairman Forward Markets Commission (FMC). He is already there in FMC as a Member. He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to Bihar cadre.

Sanjay R Bhoosreddy is new JS Animal Husbandry
Sanjay R Bhoosreddy has been appointed Joint Secretary Department Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries .He is 1989 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
( We said this on May 7 and again on July 7 )

Ashok Kumar Pawadia appointed Jt.Secretary, DPE
Ashok Kumar Pawadia has been appointed as Joint Secretary, (DPE) Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India in place of Jitendra Narayan IAS. He is an IRTS officer of 1981 batch

ACC clears name of Chief Commissioners in CBDT and CBEC
Names cleared by the ACC for the post of Chief Commissioners have now reached to the Board of CBEC and CBDT for postings.

Navy Chief is now COSC
Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma has taken over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC), succeeding Air Chief Marshal PV Naik . Naik is retiring on August 31.

Sood to succeed Ranjan Mathai in Paris
Rakesh Sood, at present its envoy to Nepal has been appointed ambassador to France.
He will succeed Ranjan Mathai.
( We said this on July 2 )

Air Marshal Gill to take over as SASO in Allahabad
Air Marshal P.S. Gill who is presently air officer commanding Jammu and Kashmir, will take over as SASO in Allahabad.

Mishra is Dy Secretary Urban Development
A K Mishra has joined as Deputy Secretary Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation in the Government of India. He is 2000 batch ISS officer.

Sundari Nanda relieved from Goa
IGP Goa Sundari Nanda has been relieved with effect from August 1. The charge has been given to SP Vijay Singh.Nanda has been transferred to the North East.

Mohanraja joins UPSC
Mohanraja R has joined the UPSC as a Director. He is 1991 batch Indian Postal Service officer.

IAS reshuffle in Orissa
There is IAS reshuffle in Orissa.New postings are Mssrs N K Sundaray Secretary Information and Public Relations,S K Popli Director Tribal Affairs, P K Mohapatra Special Relief Commissioner,S N Girish Collector Cuttack,Roopa Mishra Collector Khudra,Guru Mishra Collector Jharsuguda,Huriikesh Tripathi Director Municipal Administration,Anil Samal Collector Jajpur,D Sathpathy Collector Kalahandi,Ambika Mishra Special Secretary Higher Education and B B Jena Additional Secretary Agriculture.

Dr Shakeel nominated in working group
The Planning Commission has nominated Centre for Health and Resource Management (CHARM) executive director Dr Shakeel to its working group constituted to prepare approach paper on National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) .

Two new Information Commissioners in Punjab
Retired IAS officer Bidhi Chand Thakur and journalist with an English daily, Chander Prakash have been appointed Information Commissioners in Punjab.

Justice Potsambam appointed Chairman in Assam
Former Gauhati High Court Judge Asok Potsambam has been appointed as Chairman of Assam State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Former Judge to head Hill Committee
Retired high court judge Shyamal Sen has been appointed the chairperson of a 10-member joint verification committee regarding Gorkhaland problems.

Sarma to join Board of BCPL
Former Assam Chief Secretary P C Sarma is likely to be appointed on the Board of the Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited (BCPL).

Bureaucrat to be VC of Central University in Jammu
Former IAS officer of the J & K cadre is being appointed Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu .

Six lawyers to be HC Judges in Punjab and Haryana HC
Names of six advocates have reportedly been cleared for elevation as Punjab and Haryana High Court Judges. They include RN Raina, NK Sanghi, Rameshwar Malik, TS Dhindsa, PS Dhaliwal and Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia.

22 Addl/Jt Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as 22 Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. Accordingly, M.S. Hasan has been on return from deputation transferred to Patna Customs(P). They are A. Cletus has been on promotion transferred to Coimbatore CX, Raju Shakthivel has been transferred from Mumbai Customs-II (UOP to Coimbatore CX) as DG, Service Tax, Mumbai, D.P. Naidu from Chennai Customs (P), Tuticorin (Transferred from Chennai CX (LTU) in AGT-2011) to Chennai CX(LTU) (Retention), S Chandramohan from Chennai CX(LTU) (Transferred from Chennai Customs(P) Tuticorin in AGT-2011) to Chennai Customs(P) (Tuticorin) (Retention), H.B. Negi from Coimbatore CX (Transferred from CESTAT, Mumbai in AGT-2011) to CESTAT, Mumbai (Retention), Rajiv Ranjan from Delhi CX {UOP to Patna Customs(P)} as DG, HRD, Delhi, S.J.S. Kahlon from Chandigarh CX (UOP to Cochin CX) to Meerut CX, Pranesh Pathak from DG Service Tax, Mumbai to Mumbai CX, B.V.V.T. Prasad Naik from Kolkata Customs to Mysore Zone (Mangalore), Nitesh Srivastava has been on return from Singapore after completion of MPA Programme to Meerut CX, Manoj K. Arora has been on return from deputation to DGEP Delhi, D. Venkateswara Reddy from NACEN Chennai to Chennai CX, Perumal Devraj from Coimbatore CX to Bhopal CX, Shailendra Kumar from Sinha DGEP Delhi to Delhi Customs, Debashish Sahu from Chennai CX (Service Tax) to Systems Chennai, S. Anantha Krishnan from Systems Chennai to Chennai CX(ST), K.B. Bhat from Chennai Customs to Systems Chennai, A.K. Khatri from Safeguard Delhi to DGICCE Delhi, Manish Saxena from DGICCE Delhi to Safeguard Delhi, V. Sangeeta from Hyderabad CX to RTI, NACEN, Hyderabad and Shamboo Nath from RTI, NACEN, Hyderabad to Hyderabad CX.

25 Dy/Asst Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise transferred
A total of 25 Dy/Asst Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. While A.F.M. Amalaraj has been transferred from DRI, Tuticorin {UOP to Chennai CX(LTU) to Cochin CX (Thiruvananthapuram), Avinash Mehta from CX Chandigarh (UOP to NACEN Faridabad) to Chandigarh CX (Retention), Devi Prasad Misra from Vadodara CX (UOP to CEI Vapi) to DRI Delhi, Manoranjan Nanda from CEI Mumbai (UOP to Bhubaneshwar CX) to Pune CX, Rewat Raja Bahl from Ahmadabad Customs (UOP to Systems Delhi ) to Ahmedabad CX(ST), Siddharth B. Akashi from Mumbai, CUS (UOP to Kolkata CX) to Nagpur CX (Nasik), P.R. Nair from Mumbai Customs-II (UOP to Cochin CX) to Mumbai CX(ST), A.J. Kanojia from Vizag Customs to Pune CX(ST), J.K. Gulati from Jaipur CX to Delhi CX(ST), Om Prakash from NACEN Faridabad to Ahmedabad Customs, P.V. Angachekar from Kolkata CX to Pune CX(ST), R.H. Meena from Ghaziabad CX to Jaipur CX(ST), R.K. Mittal from DGHRD Delhi to Chandigarh CX (ST), S. Rangarao from Bangalore-III CX to Vizag Krishnapatnam Port), S.K. Roy from Patna Customs(P) to Kolkata CX (ST), Vishal M. Sanap from Mumbai Customs-III (UOP to DG, Systems, Delhi) to Pune CX(ST), M.P. Meena from Systems Delhi to Ahmedabad CX(ST), K.C. Kala from Service Tax Mumbai to Pune CX(ST), Vishwanath from Bhopal CX (UOP to CBN Gwalior) to Bhopal CX (Indore), G. Nagaraju from Vizag CX to NACEN Chennai, Anurag Sehgal from Ahmedabad Customs CEI Vapi , Hari Shankar from Delhi Customs DG(Vig.) HQ. Delhi, N.V. Joshi from Nagpur CX Vigilance Mumbai, Rakesh Gupta from Delhi CX(LTU) (UOP to Vigilance Delhi) Delhi CX(LTU) and D.M. Dorando (Ms.) from Mumbai CX-I(ST) (Transferred to Pune CX) CESTAT.

Pakistan : Yet another land scam
Pakistan is in the middle of yet another land scam. This time it is the National Institute of Health (NIH) which leased 100 kanals of its prime land in Islamabad to a minor for planting fruit trees for his own profit and growing grass for supplying fodder for the cattle belonging to the farm and animal husbandry wing of NIH in return. The seventeen year old lessee who incidentally happens to be the son of one of the institute's employees has proved too smart for NIH as he has constructed a swanky shopping complex and also occupied 140 kanals instead of 100 kanals leased to him. The case has been noticed by the Auditor General who has advised cancellation of the lease and criminal investigations in the case.

Ajay Umat to join The Times of India (UPDATED)
Ajay Umat, the Gujarat state editorial head of Bhaskar group, is joining The Times of India, Ahmedabad edition, as a Senior Editor. Umat was to join Bhaskar as a National Political Editor in New Delhi from August 1. Instead, he has decided to leave the group and join TOI. Umat was among the first Gujarati journalists to join Divya Bhaskar when the paper as launched eight years back. He rose to the position of state editorial head and was in charge of almost a dozen editions in Gujarat. He has earlier worked with Gujarat Samachar and India Today. In a way, this will be home-coming for Umat after almost 20 years as he was the acting Resident Editor of TOI's Gujarati edition in the early 90's.

CORPORATE

Gupta appointed ED, Canara Bank
The Union Government has appointed Ashok Kumar Gupta ( presentlyGeneral Manager, Punjab National Bank) as Executive Director (ED) of
Canara Bank with effect from July 28, 2011.
(We said this on June 13,2011)

Pinjarkar appointed VP (Structured Cabling Business), India
D-Link --- the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and businesses has appointed Vikas Pinjarkar as Vice President ( Structured Cabling Business) in India.

Bhatt resigns as Company Secy. Alembic Ltd
Sanjay Bhatt has resigned as Company Secretary of Alembic Ltd w.e.f. July 28, 2011.

Shukla appointed Company Secy. Alembic Ltd
Chirag K. Shukla has been appointed as Company Secretary of Alembic Ltd w.e.f. July 29, 2011.

Bhattacharya appointed VP (Airport Operations), BAPL
Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) has appointed Shubhashish Bhattacharya as Vice President ( Airport Operations).

Purandare appointed VP & CFO, Bajaj Electricals
Bajaj Electricals Limited has appointed Anant M. Purandare as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company.

Mehrotra ceases to be Director, ACC Ltd
D K Mehrotra has ceased to be a Director of ACC Ltd the Company with effect from July 28, 2011 consequent upon his resignation from the Board.

Babu appointed CFO, Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd
Nava Bharat Ventures Limited has appointed T Hari Babu as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company with immediate effect.

Cornel Fernandes appointed Cluster Business Head at My FM appoints
My FM, touted as the largest non-metro radio station, has recently appointed Cornel Fernandes as Cluster Business Head - West. Fernandes has earlier worked with the Rajasthan Patrika as AVP as also with the Bhaskar Group.

Govind Shahi joins Heath Media Group
Govind Shahi has joined Heath Media Group - the media arm of Heath Ventures, a Dubai-based venture operating company - as a co-promoter. Having worked with Zee Europe and others, he has 15 years experience in media and marketing. .

SAIL Q1 turnover up by 20%
The unaudited financial results of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for April-June (Q1) of the current financial year, showed 19.7% growth in sales turnover at Rs. 11,891 crore, over the corresponding period last year (CPLY). Responding to this, SAIL Chairman C.S. Verma said: "With coking coal prices expected to moderate in the coming months due to stabilization of production in Australian mines that were affected by floods, we are hopeful that our cost burden will ease in the following quarters of this financial year. Also, though steel prices have remained stable and demand for steel subdued so far, we are looking at domestic demand growing progressively in the latter half of FY '12."

Promotions in Civil Services be by rank in exam

Promotions in the Civil Services should be by rank obtained in the Civil Services Examination. When an IAS officer of 1998 batch ranked 158 is promoted as Joint Secretary to Government of India, all officers in all Services who have higher ranks in the 1998 Civil Services Exam should be promoted to the same grade, rank and pay, whichever Service they may be in. After all, rank is Civil Services is what determines inter se seniority. This should be done for post 1979 batches who have come through the same examination. What can be more fair than this? Why should officers who obtained higher ranks suffer merely because they are in a different Service?

A K Singh

Lok Pal Bill

About a month ago, I wrote in the Forum that however harsh the draft is prepared, it would be diluted by the politicians when it is introduced through the amendments that can be suggested by the Select Committee, etc. before it is finally passed as no MP would like to have strict Lok Pal. The efforts of Anna etc. who knows all this is only to get popularity for themselves.

Prasad

Scheme of cashless facilities

Vandana wrote about "CGHS facilities" and suggested "I just wish and hope the government should come out with the scheme of cashless facilities"

As a matter of fact, it was started and for some time, all facilities at Batra Hospital were made cashless against the card. The management changed in CGHS and they demanded 25 percent kick back on Rs; 4 Crore bill of Batra Hospital. Batra Hospital stopped giving "free" service to CGHS beneficiaries. Then for major bills, the ministry from where the pensioner retired, were asked to get the bill vetted by CGHS directorate. Bills of few lakhs are pending with them for more than 4 years.

Ram Kumar

Claiming exemption as the third party

Certain information about a property assessment was refused by the PIO claiming that the owner of the property had opposed disclosure of the information to the applicant. Since no grounds were advanced as per Section 8(1) of the RTI Act to justify the denial of information, the Commission did not accept the objection of third party and directed to provide the information.

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When a citizen applies for information which has been provided by or is related to a third party, it can be denied only if it is exempted under Section 8(1) or Section 9. Section 11 merely requires the PIO to seek the objections of the third party and keep them in view while deciding whether to release the information as per the provisions of the RTI Act. Many PIOs fail to do so even 5 years after the enactment of the RTI Act due to ignorance and lack of proper training. The third parties too remain ignorant of their rights and fail to defend their case.

Mr. Saroop Lal Sherawat v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2011/001013/13449

- 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)