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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Hadn't Ramdev boasted that he could go without food and water for a month????? Six days into the fast and backroom requests are being made by Ramdev for an honourable exit to his fast!! Now his ex Bhagats are coming out with details of Ramdev's money making ploys!!! They say he takes money for appearances, home stays......even for him distributing Prasad..... and of course no receipts are given!! And very cleverly he's not disclosed the balance sheets of the 34 (known) Companies that he controls via Balkrishna..... I'm sure he would have taken precautions if Balkrishna chose to strike out on his own!! The investigation troika of IB, IT and ED are now probing Ramdev!!! Ramdev wants an honourable exit from his fast because now his fast is going nowhere and he now he wants to make temporary peace with Congress...... and if he's to be force fed Ramdev would like his favourite halwa full of dry fruits and made with shudh ghee.... of course it will have to be pulverised for 'force feeding'.......force feeding being a drama..... in the end he's going to be forced to end his fast..... actually a stage managed forced breaking of his fast!!!

Ramdev is now a worried man ......worry and fasting are a combination that's deadly!!

A very dangerous medley!!!

Karuna is livid at his Kani being put behind bars!!! There is no doubt that in the past Leaders have been able to bargain for ' do not go to Jail' cards!!!! Karuna wanted this card for Kani....... initially he took Kani's arrest with the hope that in a week or so she'll be out...... Kani in fact had said this after her arrest to her hubby.... I'll be out next week!!! Karuna knows he needs Congress's support..... in TN Jaya is breathing down his neck..... and he has to get Congress to get CBI to muddle up the 2 G case..... that's the tried and tested way of wiggling out!!! At most DMK could withdraw its Ministers from Mohna's Cabinet and extend external support to UPA...... via this way it'll save face in TN and also remain relevant to Congress...... but they say Azagiri does not want DMK to withdraw its Ministers! Karuna because of his love for Kani was tempted to withdraw support as the Order refusing Kani bail said ' she could tamper with the case as DMK was in power in Delhi'!!!!

Short term goal Karuna wants Kani out and long term goal he wants Kani to be left off the hook!!!!

And then when Raja is out he wants it from the horse's mouth as to how much Raja actually took!!

Punjab's Political Parties get funding from Liquor Lobbies, Drug Runners, NRIs and Industry (in this order) ...... political folklore says...... jidhe palle daane vote unhe hi hann pane (he who has money he only will get votes)!!!! Manpreet Badal is now working out how to mobilize funds..... he knows he cannot win if he puts his 'be honest' plank in practice!!! In August he's off to US to mobilize funds..... these funds come with strings attached.... like do the domestic funds!!! So very soon his 'honesty plank' will be tied up in 'strings' that come attached with funds!! Manpreet's goal is to be a 'spoiler' ....... Uncle Badal wants to pop it sitting in the saddle......cousin Sukhbir is working on taking over from Baba (Prakash Singh Badal) if Akalis come to power........ Amrinder feels if Congress comes to power he'll be the CM and this time he's going to marry Arusa....... his wifey Parneet is hoping Sonia takes cognizance of Amrinder's waywardness and makes her the CM and then she'll ensure Arusa will not be able to enter Punjab!!!

Manpreet is going to US with a bugni (piggybank).... on it in bold its inscribed PPP!!!

People's Party of Punjab or Please Put Paisa (generic for money) both ways one can decipher PPP!!

That's a real good one...... leaders reactions like mobile handsets on Ramdev's fast and midnight eviction........Sushma is in vibration mode...... Digvijay is on speaker mode....... Mohna is on silent mode..... and Sonia and Rahul are in switched off mode!! How very apt!!!! What about Ramdev...... Chinese handset trying to pass off like a Blackberry??? Some more..... Pakistan is like a Made in US handset with a Chinese Battery...... Ghadkari is a handset that needs constant charging........ Advani is a handset that's obsolete......... Navjyot Sidhu is handset that only has guffawing as its ringtone and caller tune!!!!!

Netas are like handsets that go out of range the minute 'charged' (gets power) the handset gets!

We Indians are like much abused handsets!!!

Bharat Kumar
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NCP rally stirred away from Dalits targetted saffron - dalit combine instead
The 12th anniversary rally of the NCP which was named as social justice for the backward classes was targetted towards attacking the newly formed BJP- Sena- RPI combine rather than talk about the welfare of the backward classes. There were very muted references to the welfare of the dalits and backwards which was suppose to be the main theme.

NCP adopts song from Salman Khans READY, skips national anthem
The NCP's 12th anniversary celebration on conclusion played the song `Dhinka Chika' from Salman Khan's latest movie Ready which has reference to 12 years of wait and love indicating the same time line for its party's tenure. The party conveniently forgot to play the national anthem which is usually the way most national level functions end.

Ms.Supriya Sule did not get a chance to speak
Ms. Supriya Sule who has been mentored by NCP Chief Sharad Pawar to take over the reigns of the party did not make a speech. It was expected that she will address the crowd that waited to listen to her.

Newly formed ATM woo people against the incumbent govt.
The saffron dalit rally that was attended by around one lakh people at Mumbai's Azad Maidan could set the tone of Maharashtra politics of the future. Being called as ATM, (the Atawale- Thackarey- Munde), after newly formed combination of Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI- the trio made fiery speeches condemning the incumbent Congress - NCP government. Uddhav Thackrey said that a lot of fun is being made out of the ATM, and that this ATM is the one for the youth and the poor masses. Ramdas Athawale (RPI Chief) who is a poet politician set the tone of the rally with prose that combined rains and the newly formed political equation. The ever eager crowd that waited in pouring rain to listen to their leaders cheered them with slogans of 'Aage bado Thackerey hum tumhare saath hain' !!!

Creative slogans at Dalit rally
Creative slogans caught the attention of people at the dalit rally at Mumbai. One of them was Cong -men is equal to Con Men the other being 2 G is Sonia G and Rahul G.

BUREAUCRACY

SURVEY REPORT : Does ACC system have its relevance for all posts?
Does the ACC system has its relevance as far as appointment of incumbents for all posts was concerned? No. If one was to go by the views of the respondents to the survey conducted by the whispersinthecorridors.com. Majority of the respondents said that it was not only time consuming but ministerial arbitrariness, which politicizes bureaucracy to a large extent, also defeats the whole purpose.

While some respondents said that the whole exercise was a sham as its implementation lacks honesty and public purpose, others opined that the system has been exploited so much by vested interests that honesty, devotion to duty, functioning as per the law etc are no more virtues.

Add to it, several respondents said that the CSB should have the final authority on all appointments in the Central Secretariat even as the CSB should have one member each from the IAS and two from Central Services to ensure fairness in selection and afford other services a chance to serve the Centre on their own merit rather than on
extraneous considerations.

For detailed report, read June issue of the Whispers in the Corridors.

FMC Chairman B.C. Khatua's tenure to end in July
B.C. Khatua who was re-appointed as the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) Chairman last year is due complete his one extended term on July 31, 2011. He was appointed FMC chief in May 2007 & had retired on July 31, 2010 at the age of 60. However, he was reappointed for one year. Khatua is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Chandrasekharan appointed Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs
S. Chandrasekharan has been appointed as Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs. The 1975 batch IRAS officer, Chandrasekharan, who is at present Additional Member (Finance) at the Railway Board will replace Usha Mathur.
(We said this on May 31)

Atul Chaturvedi appointed Member, PESB
Atul Chaturvedi has been appointed Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board for a tenure of three years or until the age of 65 years or until further orders. He is a 1974 batch retired IAS officer who belonged to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on March 28 and June 8)

Seven IPS officers allocated Jharkhand cadre
As many as seven IPS officers who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination have been allocated Jharkhand cadre. They are Surendra Kumar Jha, Rahul Kumar Sinha, Ms Kusum Punia, P Murugan, S Karthik, Chote Manoj Ratan and YS Ramesh.

PhD for AP, DGP
The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University will be awarding the PhD degree to the Director General of Police (DGP) Andhra Pradesh, K. Aravinda Rao for his thesis on Epistemological reasoning in Upanishads'. Rao completed his research under the guidance of Sripada Subrahmaniam, Sanskrit professor. The degree will be awarded at the convocation of the university.

Manoj Sahay is Principal Director, Commercial Audit, Ranchi
Manoj Sahay, Accountant General (A&E), Jharkhand, Ranchi, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board, Ranchi office.

Duggal is new Dy Secretary, Personnel
Amarpreet Duggal has joined as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel. Duggal is a 1999 batch Indian postal service officer.

Rungta is Director, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Asha Rani Rungta a 1994 batch IP&TA&FS officer has joined as Director in the Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi.

16 GMs elevated as CGMTs

As many as 16 officers belonging to the cadre of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) have been elevated from the rank of General Managers(GMs) to the rank of Chief General Managers Telecom(CGMTs). They are:Angsu Mukhopardhyay BSNL to BSNL, D.K.Sinha BSNL to BSNL, Sudhir Kumar Bhandari BSNL to BSNL, Vijay Kumar BSNL to BSNL, D.P. Singh BSNL to BSNL, H.K. Gupta TEC to BSNL, Pradeep Kumar Agarwal BSNL to BSNL, A.K. Bhargava-II BSNL to BSNL, S.B. Khare BSNL to BSNL, Pradeep Nagpal BSNL to BSNL, Arun Kumar Goel BSNL to MNL, Ajay Kumar Mittal DDG(Sec-TERM) DoT HQ to Senior DDG DoT HQ, Naresh Kumar Gupta BSNL to BSNL, Navin Kumar Narang BSNL to MNL, M.K. Shedha BSNL to BSNL and Sanjiv Kumar Seth BSNL to BSNL.

Mishra is new Secretary Home in TamilNadu
Rameshram Mishra is new Home, Prohibition and Excise Secretary in amilNadu.He is 1980 batch IAS officer. He will also function as Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.

Sheela Rani Chunkath appointed Chairperson
Home Secretary in TamilNadu Ms.Sheela Rani Chunkath has been posted as Chairperson and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited.

Dhaka takes charge in Southern Railway
V.K. Dhaka has taken over as Chief Security Commissioner of Southern Railway. He was Chief Security Commissioner of the Central Railway.

Ten new IAS to join Maharashtra cadre
Ten 2010 cadre IAS officers Messrs Shelesh Naval, Rahul Trivedi, Suman Rawat, Ashutosh Salil, Anil Bhandari, Prerana Deshbratar and Uday Chaudhary are joining the Maharashtra cadre.

1970 batch IAS to give farewell to Chandrasekhar
The IAS officers of 1970 batch are planning a farewell to outgoing Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar on June 24.Chandrasekhar who will relinquish office on June 13, belongs to the 1970 batch of IAS.

1988 batch IRPS officers promoted
1988 batch IRPS officers have been promoted. They are Messrs:- Rajiv Kr. Goel, J.K.P. Singh, Mrs. Vinita Jain and Mrs. Zarina Firdausi

Kunte is PS, Planning Maharashtra
Sitaram Janardan Kunte has been posted as the Planning and development Commissioner, Maharashtra government. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Shrivastav is PS Finance, Maharashtra Govt
Sudhir Shrivastav Principal Secretary, Planning has been posted as Principal ecretary, Finance Maharashtra Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who elongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Singh MD, MPVC
Baldev Harpal Singh has been posted as Managing Director, Mahatma Phule Vikas Corporation in Nagpur. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who hails from
Maharashtra cadre.

Mukherjee is now Excise Commissioner, Mumbai
Dr Sanjay Mukherjee Chairman of Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has been posted as the Excise Commissioner Mumbai. He is an IAS officer of the 1996 batch who belongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Vipin Sharma is now Collector, Latur
Dr. Vipin Sharma who was earlier Municipal Commissioner Latur has now been made Collector of Latur district in Maharashtra. He is an IAS officer of the 2005 batch who belongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Wagh is Collector, Buldhana
B.G. Wagh who was earlier CEO, Nashik has now been made Collector Buldhana district in Maharashtra. He is an IAS officer of the 1999 batch who belongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Dawle posted Commissioner, Animal Husbandry, Pune
Eknath Rajaram Dawale who was earlier Collector Latur has now been made Commissioner, Animal Husbandry Pune. He is an IAS officer of the 1997 batch who
belongs to Maharashtra cadre.

Dr Singh is new VC of M S University
Dr Yogesh Singh of Delhi has been appointed the Vice Chancellor of M S University, Vadodara.

DEBATE

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?
If today's political scenario is taken into account, both the Congress and the BJP will get less than 100 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections. In such a case, what could be the emerging scenario? Mail your valuable views to us at -

mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Nair gets extension till March
The GoI has approved extension to M. V. Nair, as Chairman and Managing Director, Union Bank of India, for a year till March 31, 2012.

Sen is new CMD, DVC
R.N. Sen has been appointed new Chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation. He is presently CEO of the NTPC-SAIL Power Company Limited (NAPCL).
(We said this on May 1)

R. Aeron Insrael Jebasingh is Vice President SREI
R. Aeron Insrael Jebasingh, a 2004 batch IAS officer hailing from the West Bengal cadre, has been appointed as Vice President SREI Sahej. SREI Sahej is pioneering communityservice centers across India and Jebasingh is the third IAS officer with SREI now.

Gupta to be Director (Finance), MMTC
M.G. Gupta is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the MMTC. He is presently CGM and FA in the company.

Pankaj is new CMD of NEEPCO
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation has appointed P.C. Pankaj has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation(NEEPCO). He was serving as an Executive Director in PowerGrid Corporation.
(We said this on May 21)

N. K. Nanda has an edge for NMDC's CMD
As the grapevine has it, N. K. Nanda, Director (Technical), NMDC has an edge for the top post of NMDC. He is one of the two top contenders for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the NMDC. Interviews for that are slated to be held on June 27, 2011.

Economist gets assignment in Sikkim
Noted Economist Dr A.K. Shiva Kumar has been appointed as an advisor by the Sikkim Government for formulating the second State Human Development Report.

Kini promoted as GM in Corporation Bank
Vasanth Kini U, DGM of Corporation Bank, has been promoted as General Manager of the bank.

Jha is now GM in SBT
Ravi Jha has taken over as General Manager (Treasury) at State Bank of Travancore (SBT).

Jaiswal is business head of Dhanlaxmi Bank
Manish Jaiswal has been appointed as business head for its small and medium enterprises (SME) group by the Dhanlaxmi Bank.

Iyer is now ED
Sriram Iyer has been appointed by Daiwa Capital Markets as its new Executive Director and Head of sales trading in India.

Pandey appointed Part-time Govt. Director, BEML Ltd
President of India has appointed Dr. S. C. Pandey, Additional Financial Advisor & Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Finance), as Part-time Government Director on the Board of BEML Ltd with effect from June 7, 2011.

Agarwal appointed CFO, Astrazeneca Pharma India Ltd
Astrazeneca Pharma India Limited has appointed Himanshu Agarwal as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from May 3, 2011.

Patwari appointed Director, BOC India Ltd
BOC India Limited had appointed Binod Patwari, an Additional Director (Non Executive) of the Company as a Director of the Company on June 2, 2011.

Irani retires as Director, BOC India Ltd
Dr. Jamshedji Irani retired by rotation from the Board of BOC India Ltd on June 2, 2011 and accordingly also ceased to be a Non Executive Independent Director of the Company.

Trivedi appointed Company Secy. Astral Poly Technik Ltd
Ms. Zankhana Trivedi has been appointed as Company Secretary of Astral Poly Technik Ltd with effect from June 9, 2011.

Jain resigns as Company Secy. Astral Poly Technik Ltd
Ms. Richa Jain has resigned from the post of Company Secretary of Astral Poly Technik Ltd.

Parigi appointed as Advisor, NEA India
New Enterprise Associates India (NEA India) has appointed A P Parigi as Advisor for its Indian operations.

Pahwa appointed Business Head (Auto Suspension Prod. Division), Escorts Ltd
Escorts Limited has appointed Lalit Kumar Pahwa as Business Head (Auto uspension Product Division).

Mehra resigns as Company Secy. KSK Energy Ventures Ltd
Narendra Mehra has resigned as Company Secretary of KSK Energy Ventures Ltd.

Sekhar has appointed Asst. Company Secy. KSK Energy Ventures Ltd
M. S. Phani Sekhar has been appointed as Assistant Company Secretary of KSK Energy Ventures Ltd w.e.f. June 9, 2011.

Rangarajan resigns as Director, Timken India Ltd
Sridharan Rangarajan, Director, Timken India Ltd has resigned as a Director of the Company effective June 1, 2011.

Rastogi appointed Addl. Director, Timken India Ltd
Deepak Rastogi has been appointed as an Additional Director of Timken India Ltd with effect from June 1, 2011.

Tandon resigns as Director, Rich Capital & Financial Services Ltd
Sanjay Tandon, Director of Rich Capital & Financial Services Ltd has resigned w.e.f. June 1, 2011.

FORUM

Taxmen must focus on prosecution
All this talk of criminalizing tax evasion is eyewash. Tax evasion is statutorily a criminal offence under the I.T. Act itself. If the Tax department is not able to successfully file prosecution and obtain conviction, the reason is this: Tax Department never ever in the past looked at prosecution as its key area of focus: tax payment was good enough. That is the reason why there have been such a wide spread culture of agreed assessment and even a statutory body like Settlement Commission to exonerate evasion. If at all you try to focus on prosecution, one may as well relax the targets on collection and reorient officers in another line -prosecution that is. The re-orientation may take a toll on collection for a few years, but once the message is driven home, collections would be as normal. Wonder, which Chairman would bite the bullet?

Desu

Why is Sonia silent?

One is surprised at the stoic silence of Ms.Sonia Gandhi at the series of public accusations being made by ex-Law Minister Dr.Subrahmaniam Swami against her. The absence of any libel action by the all powerful UPA Chairperson, makes many believe that there is truth in these allegations. It is also damaging the reputation of the Congress Party as well as the Nation.

Navnith

Black money should be brought back

Some one should advise Baba Ramdev to speak less and preserve his energy. At times

silence is gold. His reaction to the Ramalila fiasco was not in good taste. He should observe how Annaji conducts himself .Gimmicks do not pay always .But we are with Baba for the cause! Our money, black and or any other colour, should be brought back at the earliest!

Bikash Narayan Mishra

Are Ministers covered under definition of 'public servants'?

The appellant desired copies of instruction under which Ministers are covered under the definition of public servant and the rule under which the Ministers could remain missing from their official duty for weeks and devote themselves for their party works leaving behind their official work unattended. He also wanted to know whether such prolonged absence from official work could be treated as a part of their official duty and whether a Minister could draw pay & perks for the period of absence from official duty to attend personal or party work. The PIO stated that as per records available there are no
specific definitions of whether Ministers are public servant or not. The CIC felt it necessary for the Government to define whether Ministers are public servant or not and this should be available as a requirement of Section-4 declaration.

Comments

The section 4 puts certain obligations on the public authority to pro-actively disclose certain facts about themselves. The civil servants have been at the receiving end for delay or absenteeism but the performance of ministers has not been questioned. Would the RTI
Act be able to force the attendance of the Ministers?

Mr. H.P. Sharma v. Cabinet Secretariat in CIC/SM/A/2011/000263/SG/12650

- 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)