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R Shukla

In the past when Anna wrote letters to Sonia she ignored the letters!!! After not getting a response ultimately Anna during his fast wrote to Sonia and Mohna and released the letters to the Press...... lo and behold.... he got a response!!! So this time Anna took the precaution and releasing to the Press the letter he penned to Sonia about Congress Leaders defaming him and other Civil Society Members!!!!! Sonia is being advised wrongly .........yes Congress has sent the message via Ramdev's eviction that Government can use muscle power....... but what Congress seems to forget is that Anna is not Ramdev and she needs to realize when the Constitution was written no one could imagine in their wildest dreams that corruption would take such proportions....... but then they say 'talking of tackling corruption to Netas' is like blowing a 'been in front of a bhains' and may I point out Sonia is a Neta too.....metamorphosed into a real crafty one!!!! Congress is trying to put BJP in the hot seat now...... BJP is going to say how come Congress now wants BJP to be part of the Lokpal Bill...... though this is a fact that BJP too is interested in a toothless Lokpal!! Come 2014, if not earlier, Congress is going to pay the price for 'its games'...... Madam ji Public sabh dekthi hai aur sabh jaanthi hai...... socho Madam Ji...... and go by your gut feeling and not what PC and Sibal say...... this duo is known to mislead!!!

Sonia's biting more that she will be able to chew!!!!!

Cooking Congress's stew!!!

Now Meneka says Sonia's stashed money in Italy.....if that be the case and doing some calculations of my own based on news reports Italy could confer on Sonia its highest civilian award!!! Maybe this is the reason why Italy has been able to weather the economic downturn better than what was being anticipated!!! But I doubt this......that's the location!!! Forget where the money is Meneka saying that Sonia has 'black money' is like proof from a onetime insider!!! Will Sonia sue Meneka..... I think not!!! She'll let 'clawing cats lie' ........would not like to use the original adage 'let barking dogs lie' as Meneka is a Lady....... Meneka would not mind the 'cat' twist to the proverb as she's an animal lover.... and Congress's Maverick Spokesman will say ' Sonia's not reacting as she's behaving like a family elder..... after all Meneka still has the Gandhi surname'.......... clap..... clap.... clap (sic)!!!!

Sonia and Meneka's relationship hits a new low!!!!!

And this is causing the info flow!!!

In Punjab people are shocked at Amrinder's and Sukhbir's cordiality with each other!!!! So is Punjab back to the olden days........ no questions asked about each other's corruption????? Prior to Amrinder all Congress CMs shared this cordiality with Badal and vice versa!!! Though some say this is a temporary truce and very soon both will be at each other's throats!!!! Amrinder is still not very sure about getting to nod from Sonia........his own wifey is a dark horse in the race for CM if Congress comes to power!! Manpreet Badal has everything crossable crossed hoping he'll be 'the spoiler' and possible Kingmaker!! By the way Manpreet says he is a huge fan of Anna....... but I'm sure Anna will not have reciprocal feelings..... Anna's got an allergy to Netas and then certain surnames make him get the hives.......Gandhi, Abdullah, Badal, Chautala, Pawar/Sule, Thackrey etc. For Anna's kindly glance and for gaining credibility will Manpreet change his surname......Manpreet Gidherbha (name of his village) or Manpreet Punjab .... showing that he considers entire Punjab like his village!!!

Lady CM would indeed be an example to Punjabis that the girl child can go places!!!!

When birth of a girl child is announced to a family they'd not have horror on their faces!!!

The Mauritian route is under the scanner...... Mohna as FM signed this agreement..... of course he'll say at that time there were other strategic concerns ....... I'm sure he would not have visualised at that time that this Agreement would be so blatantly abused......... not that he did not have an idea that inflows would be abundant...... but then at that time India was starved for inflows!!! When the news of this treaty came out in the News yesterday (June 20) the Sensex and Nifty slumped...... some shares fell like a rock....... think ED needs to study this minutely!!!

India is the butt of the joke called the Mauritian route!!!!

70% of the inflows are from those jinno ne Nation ko kiya hai loot!!!

Yes Rahul should take over Congress and let Mom be a kind of Chairman Emeritus..... advisory role!!!!! But then there are those who say he simply doesn't have it to lead Congress or become PM....... his track record up to now points to this......and there's no crash course that can help him out!!!!! His dramas...... his not taking issues he takes up to logical conclusions..... and his ducking out of sight when things get hot all stack up against him!!! He's also a decent guy and I think basically he's a misfit for the scum that's in Indian Politics..... and believe me as President of Congress he's going to lose out more than gain!!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Move to make Meira Kumar as PM ?
All is not well in the Congress party.A section in the party is in favour of making Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar as Prime Minister in case Rahul Gandhi refuses to shoulder this responsibility.Being a dalit Meira Kumar will also be able to counter Mayawati also in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections. What will be Speaker's attitude in the ensuing Lok Sabha session ?.

Ms.Sheila Dixit may get responsibility
As the grapevine has it Delhi Chief Minister Ms. Sheila Dixit is going to get some new responsibility.

Next cabinet reshuffle to be UP -centric
As the grapevine has it the next reshuffle at the Centre is going to be Uttar Pradesh (UP) centric.

40 MLA's give memorandum against Maha CM
There is sense of resentment in the political class against the parachuted CM of Maharashtra. Nearly 40 MLA's of Congress have given a signed letter to 10 Janpath for the removal of Maharashtra CM. The memorandum clearly states that the man to lead us should be the one elected from Maharashtra.

BUREAUCRACY

Ranjan Mathai to be Secretary, MEA ?
As the grapevine has it Ranjan Mathai Indian Ambassador to France is Being appointed new Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is 1974 batch IFS officer.

1974 batch IAS to be Secretary Defence ?
It is believed that the Government of India has decided to appoint 1974 batch IAS officer as Secretary Defence.The post is falling vacant next month end.

Appointment of new CVC unlikely in near future
If insiders are to be believed appointment of new CVC is unlikely till August end.New appointment is expected only after the monsoon session of the Parliament.

Empanelment as Secretary in GOI is charmless
There is a general perception among bureaucrats that empanelment as Secretaries in the Government of India (GOI) is losing its sheen. Reason for this are many, but mainly it is a very long wait for one to become a Secretary in the GOI. There have been exceptions as well.

Arun Chatterji is now Director CNV in MEA
Arun Chatterji (IFS 1992) has been posted in MEA as Director (CNV) in place of A K Tyagi (IFS 1981). Chatterji was Director (Finance) in MEA.

Ruchika Kamboj is new OSD (Chief of Protocol ) MEA
Ms Ruchira Kamboj (IFS 1987) has been posted in MEA as OSD (Chief of Protocol). She is taking over from Sunil Lal (IFS 1982) who is leaving as Ambassador to Spain.

37 figure in Railway GMs panel
As many as 37 senior railway officers figure for elevation as General Managers (GMs). This panel is for the year 2011-12.

Process for NHPC's new CMD to start
As the grapevine has it process for selection of an incumbent as new CMD of NHPC will start soon.

Mohanty gets extension
Dr. V Mohanty, Director Petroleum Analysis Cell government of India has got extension till 21.07.2011. He is an IES officer of 1976 batch.

Five Joint Secretaries in MEA reshuffled
Five Joint Secretaries were reshuffle in the Ministry of External affairs in a single day recently.

Hajela is new IG BSF Malda Frontier
R. K Hajela has taken over as IG, Malda frontier, West Bangal in place of Ashok Kumar. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Murlidhar joins West Bengal Government
V Murlidhar has returned to the the parent West Bengal cadre from the BSF to join as ADG, CID, West Bengal. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the WB cadre.

28 DANIPS officers to get IPS
As many as 28 DANIP cadre officer are going to be inducted into the IPS cadre.

19 vacancies of CGM in SBI
There are 19 vacancies of Chief General Managers (CGMs) in the State Bank of India (SBI) interviews for which will be held on July 8 and 9, 2011.

Ms. Amandeep Chatha posted as Principal Director of Audit, Chandigarh
Ms. Amandeep Chatha, Principal Director of Audit, West Central Railway, Jabalpur, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Chandigarh.

Six IPS officers allocated Andhra Pradesh cadre
As many as six IPS officers who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination have been allocated Andhra Pradesh cadre. They are Vijayarao Chamatapalli, Nyalakonda Prakash Reddy, Rahul Dev Sharma, D Joel Davis, Basavraj Teli and Vishal Gunni.

GoI refuses to relieve IFS officer
The GoI has refused to relieve Arun Kumar Bansal to the parent Orissa cadre.1975 batch IFS officer Bansal is presently Additional DG in the Ministry of Forests.The Orissa Government wanted the services of Bansal as PCCF.

Pathak relieved by Sikkim Government
The Sikkim Government has relieved Vijay Bhushan pathak for central deputation. 1990 batch IAS officer Pathak is joining as joint Secretary Atomic Energy.

Padhi to be PCCF Orissa
Priya Nath Padhi is being tipped to be new PCCF Orissa.He is 1977 batch IFS officer of Orissa cadre.

Virendra Sinha to be MD BLC
Virendra Sinha is all set to become new Managing Director of the Balmer Lawrie & Co. (BLC).

Committee for SEBI members to meet on Tuesday
High powered committee for shortlisting of two Members in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) being headed by Cabinet Secrettary Ajit Kumar Seth will meet in Delhi at 5 pm on June 21, 2011. Other members of the said committee are: R. Gopalan Secretary Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), S.K. Sharma Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking, SEBI chief U. K. Sinha, Former IAS B S Meena, Shekhar Chyaudhary Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata and Suman K. Bery leading Economist.

Cabinet Secretariat should interview SEBI members
There is a general feeling that Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth should sit in selection of interviews for slots of two Members in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). This is being felt because unlike the past there are many heavy weights who are vying for these posts. Main among them are: S Sridhar ex Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Bank of India (CBI) ,D.L Rawal CMD of Dena Bank, G.S.Vedi ex CMD of Punjab & Sind Bank, a retired ED of Corporation Bank, Dr.Charapatri Shivaji an IAS of 1986 batch from Maharashtra cadre who belongs to Bihar.They are among 47 contenders. Need for this has been felt because Ajit Kumar Seth is considered to be fair bureaucrat.

Book on training civil servants published
The book Training of Civil Servants in India edited by Dr Rakesh Hooja ( IAS 1974 retd) presently Director Indian Institute of Public Administration Delhi and K K Parnami of HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administarion has been published by Association of state Training Institutions in India and Rawat Publications Jaipur. The 330 page book contains an editors introduction and 25 articles and 2 documents divided into 6 sections selected from past issues of ASTI Journal of Development & Training and from Prashasnika. With this the number of authored and edited books by Dr Rakesh Hooja has risen to 31.

Number of EDs in RBI goes up to nine
With the induction of two new executive directors (EDs), the number of EDs in the RBI has increased from seven to nine.

1985 batch IPS is now ADG in Gujarat
Four 1985 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Gujarat.They are Mssrs Ashish Bhatia, A K Singh, T S Bisht and Mohan Jha .

Railways transfers and postings
AK Sinha of SG/IRSE has been transferred from ECOR to SCR, BL Meena of SG/IRSE has been transferred from SER to NWR, BR Meena of JG/IRSEE has been transferred from NER to WCR, BK Tudu of SG/IRSS has been transferred from SER NER, Anil Kumar Sharma of AWSO/HQ has been transferred from NR to RDSO and posted as AIE/I & L/SHBD, KS Tyagi of AIE/I & L/SHBD has been on completion on his tenure in RDSO repatriated to his Parent Rly IE/NR, Ajeet Kumar Srivastava of JAG/IRAS has been transferred from NR to RDSO and posted as Joint Director against an existing vacancy, Arvind Singh of JS/IRSSE has been transferred from WR to NCR in the same capacity and posted in IRPMU, Vikash Shirayan of SS/IRSSE has been transferred from CR to to WR in the same capacity, Ashok Maurya of SG/IRSSE has been on return from deputation transferred to SR, AK Barnwal of SS/RPF has been transferred from NFR as Commanding officer 4 Btln/RPSF/NJP to ECR and posted as Dy CSC/RPF, against an existing vacancy, Rafiq Ahmad of SS has been transferred from WR to NR in the same capacity and posted as Dy CSC/RPF, Dr. SK Saini of JAG/RPF has been transferred from NR to be posted as Sr DSC JAT on the Rly. by downgrading and utilizing the newly created post of DIG/USBRL(NR Constn)in JAG, Alok Bohra of JAG/RPF has been transferred from ER to NR and posted as Sr DSC/Sina, Satya Prakash of SS has been on return from deputation posted to ER as Sr.DSC/RPF/HWH-II, Yugal K. Joshi of SS has been on return from deputation posted to ER as Sr. DSC/RPF/ASN, Rama Sankar Prasad Singh of JAG/RPF has been transferred from ER to ECR in the same capacity as DSC/RPF/Ranchi Cons(D&G) against an existing vacancy while Amresh Kumar of SS has been transferred posted to ER as DSC/RPF/SDAH.

CPO postings are likely soon
Railway CPO postings are likely to be out soon with A K Brahmo as CPO/SECR, N K Prasad as CPO/ER, Dharmalingam as CPO/SR and K Sheshashayi as .CPO/SER.

21 IAS officers to be shifted in Haryana
As the grapevine has it 21 IAS officers are going to be shifted in Haryana.

Sanjay Kumar to join Railway Board (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar is all set to join the Railway Board as Executive Director (Police). He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Chandrasekharan assumes charge as Secretary Parliamentary Affairs (UPDATED)
S. Chandrasekharan, a 1975 Batch officer of the Indian Railway Account Service, has assumed charge as the new Secretary for Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.

Interviews for LIC chief on June 22, 2011 (UPDATED)
Interviews for the selection of new full time Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) will take place on June 22, 2011. Five candidates will face the interview. They are: D.K.Mehrotra acting CMD, Thomas Mathew- MD, Ms.T.T.Mathew, A.K. Sahoo and K.B.Saha (all three Executive Directors-EDs).

Bhaskaran is ADRM Hubly (UPDATED)
Bhaskaran who so far was Chief Communications Engineer(CCE)of South Western Railway (SWR)has been posted as Additional Divisional Railway Manager
(ADRM) Hubly.

CII National Committee on Steel to build consensus on industry enablers (UPDATED)
Chairman of the CII National Committee on Steel and Chairman of SAIL C.S Verma has said that there is an immediate need for consensus building among stakeholders on key policy enablers for ensuring the growth of the steel industry and bringing about green steel making. He was speaking at the CII National Committee meeting when he called upon the industry to present itself in one voice and stressed on the need to work closely with government on key aspects related to the growth of the steel sector. Highlighting the need for industry to work together on key areas like technology upgradation, environment, R&D, procurement of raw materials and other techno-economic parameters, Verma stressed on the need for Indian industry to embrace best-in-class technology and global best practices to remain globally competitive. He said that opportunities are abound in developing economies and it is time for Indian companies to take a more proactive approach by creating innovative solutions.

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

Image of Corporate sector sullen globally
Events that have ensued ever since scam after scams surfaced in post Common Wealth Games (CWG) scenario.

Low cost global flights on the anvil
As the grapevine has it low cost international flights are on the anvil from New Delhi located Terminal 1-D at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from August 1, 2011. They will be operated by GoAir, Indigo Airlines and Spicejet Airlines. They will be connecting India with nations like Nepal,Dubai and other neighbouring South- East Asian countries.

Dy Governor RBI retires
Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Shyamala Gopinath on Monday has retired after 39 years of service.

Sandeep Das is new MD Standard Chartered Private Bank.India
Sandeep Das has been appointed as Managing Director and Head of Standard Chartered Private Bank ,India. Private Bank, India.

Puri resigns as Non-Exec. Director, Max India
Leo Puri, Non-executive Director nominated by Warbug Pincus group on the Board of Directors of Max India Ltd has resigned from the Directorship of the Company effective June 17, 2011.

Mehta appointed as Director, Dalmia Bharat Sugar And Industries Ltd
B B Mehta has been appointed as a Director of Dalmia Bharat Sugar And Industries Ltd .

Rodrigo ceases to be Director, Dalmia Bharat Sugar Industries Ltd
Asanka Rodrigo has ceased to be Director of Dalmia Bharat Sugar Industries Ltd owing to his resignation from Directorship of the company.

Patil re-designated as Vice-Chairman Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd
Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd has changed the designation of Naresh Patil from 'Whole-time Director designated as Joint Managing Director' to 'Whole-time Director designated as Vice-Chairman' of the Company w.e.f. June 20, 2011. Respected Sir,

Shama inducted into Wipro Board
Wipro Ltd has inducted Mahendra Kumar Sharma, former Vice-Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Limitedm on its Board of Directors.

PP is right .Tax officials should call for the books of accounts of the Trust ( or Trusts) and impound them right away ,since by tomorrow, the Trust(or Trusts) would have made entries in the books with regard to gold and cash recovered and al the efforts by the Tax oficails to hold the assets would go for a six. Speed is of the essence.

Petals Kumar

Happy belated or forthcoming birthdays to all MPs/GSs

Whenever I fed up to see news channels creating news (rather than informing news), I always prefer to switch to DD news for at least some authentic, genuine news. Yesterday (19.6.2011), during the news bulletins, one underlined news belonged regarding 41st birthday of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. As a layman I was just thinking, whether he is the only General Secretary within the Congress party or DD news has make it policy decision to inform about the birthdays of every General Secretary/Member of Parliament as one of the revelation of ?know your leader (KYL)? or am I right in assuming that the news was being telecast because he belongs to the first family of this country and the DD authorities have some grounds to achieve/compulsion by limelighting his birthday. This forum is requested to kindly put some light so that I can be enlighten myself not to see in this any contradiction. Just a few days back I have read this quotation ?Dream is Not that what u See in sleep. Dream is the thing which does Not allow you to sleep?. One case guess why I have mentioned this quotation with this subject.

Ashok K Bhimani

Comments on CCL

Vinod Lalchandani?s comment is not targeted against common problem but it is only indicate his personal problem. When the govt. is giving quite a large concessions to women employees there should not be any grievience. When a women employees who had already taken their full quota of CCL of two years where is the necessity of getting further concessions. His comment also highlights that women employee who are above the age of 50 also needs rest. Could you find any place/organisations in the world where such concessions are available. What about the male employees who are not lucky enough to have their spouse in govt. service. Would any employer, except govt., give such concessions.

Krishnan

Mr Seth is not only seniormost officer but has an excellent image. He is calm and balanced too. GOI did right to appoint him as Cab Sec.

Subhash Sharma

Lokpal Bill :
Request contributors to go to the internet sites floated by Civil Society. However, I feel that each one of us can atleast strive to make ONE person corruption free?

A K Shukla

It is really sad to see the peculiar tactics used by the CPIOs of important organisations like CVC, MoD etc. Regarding a particular enquiry case, when I asked for certain information only under the possession of CVC, the CPIO concerned quietly transfers the query to the Min of Defence and the Min in turn transfers the query to DG Defence Estates. The interesting aspect is that the matter related to the inordinate delay caused by the DG DE in finalising the enquiries.When you want to know the action taken by the independent CVC and the Headquarters Min of Defence, both of them conveniently transfer the queries to the DG DE thus failing to do even their statutory duties. Who will bell the Cat ? They try to make even the RTI useless !

Dhayalan

? DOP&T must decide with a logical mind, not an emotional heart !!!?

The media hype in support of a Thalassemia afflicted Civil services aspirant is unwarranted. Worse, the political support garnered in his favour by serving Ministers of the Congress-led UPA, is anathema to the concept of Good governance often preached by the Prime Minister to Civil servants. There is, unfortunately, a tendency in India to ignore experts? advice and decide issues on the basis of emotions rather than merit.

There could be several cases in the past where appointments into civil services might have been withheld for lesser or equally degenerative diseases. Relaxation in one case is bound to open a Pandora?s box of demands from similarly circumstanced for reviewing all previous cases and give them employment even at the belated stage. The GOI cannot decide the case in isolation as the same would have sweeping repercussions on scores of other organised services for which recruitments are made by the UPSC and the State Public Services Commissions. The Combined Medical Services examination conducted by the UPSC, would also be affected. Can we have a doctor who is physically challenged, visually handicapped or Thalassemia afflicted? This would be unjustified.
The DOP&T headed by the Prime Minister would be advised to refer the matter to the Medical Council of India for independent recommendations keeping in view the practices prevailing in other countries for facilitating taking a holistic view in the matter. I am surprised that views of two top government hospitals of Delhi (SJH and RML hospitals) are not being endorsed by PGI Chandigarh. Having served as Joint Secretaries in UPSC and DOP&T respectively in the Nineties, I find it difficult to visualise an isolated post in GOI to cover the present case.Thalassemia, attributed to genetic disorder, is accompanied by symptoms like aenemia, osteoporosis,liver function disorder, vulnerability to infection etc.It requires regular blood transfusion and medication as treatment.

If the motive for entering civil services by a candidate with pre-existing medical ineligibility, is to get the medical expenditure re-imbursed on regular basis besides paid leave, the case is liable to be rejected.

A K SAXENA (A retired civil servant)

Copy of application of wife

The applicant asked for the copy of application form his wife had supposedly sent to the RBI including her educational certificate. The CPIO refused to disclose the information claiming that it was personal information as she had not been selected for the job and is not an employee of the RBI. The CIC upheld the order of CPIO holding that there was no apparent larger public interest to be served by disclosure. The CIC noted that there was nothing on record to show that the lady has authorized the Appellant to access this information.

Comments

This order shows that the Public Authority is not bound to disclose information about a job-seeker who is not his employee, even to her spouse.

- 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)