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I take my seat on a Delhi-Mumbai flight .....switch off my mobile and buckle-up!!! All of a sudden there is a lot of commotion and before I can unbuckle and stand up to see the cause an overweight Neta sweating profusely with the airhostess following him in a panic comes and plonks himself on the seat next to me!!!! The Airline should have upgraded him to Business Class because he literally overflowed into my seat......another form of Netas throwing their weight!! He has five Cell Phones and two are ringing....and the seat belt is way short of his girth!!!! He demands that I be shifted to another seat so that he can occupy two seats..... he cites security as a reason......the Air Hostess ignores his request!!!! She has a tough time getting him to switch off his Cell Phones and making the extended seat belt fit his girth is like a wrestling match for the Air Hostess..... in the end she accomplishes the tasks walks off as if she's run a Marathon!!!

Me: Hullo!

Neta: Namaskar...... Jai Sonia Ji and Rahul Ji !!!

Me: We can change seats and I can take the window and you the aisle (hoping that some of his spillage would then be diverted into the aisle)!!!

Neta: Arre once I sit in a kursi I don' give it up..... matter of habit!!! Just joking...... window seats make me nervous!!

Me: Abs fine......if I'm not mistaken you are xxxxxxxx (withheld) from the Congress!!!! Must be going to Mumbai to talk to Munde......... I know you are considered an expert in this political 'sale purchase'!!

Neta: No ... no....... arre bhai you buy veggies that come into the market...... at present Munde is still in the field!!!! Congress has a standard policy ..... we do not go into the fields to get veggies and thereby we do not get our hands, feet and clothes dirty....... we shop for veggies when these veggies come into the market!!!

Me: Wholesale or retail....... chalo I know the answer to this........what's all this talk about Rahul becoming PM????

Neta: He turned 41 and I think this demand that he become PM was more like a birthday gift for him!!!!

Me: But this gift was like slapping Mohna!!!! I hear he practically decided to call it a day when he heard of the demand made by a Senior Congress Leader!!

Neta: Arre Bhai MS Ji knows he has to make way for Rahul Ji one day!!!

Me: Yes....... but this demand made by a senior Congressman made it look as if Congress felt enough of MS ji now let Rahul take over!!!

Neta: No ...... no........

Me: See either this Senior Congressman was instructed to say this thereby putting MS ji on Notice or he did it on his own hoping to prove his loyalty.......maybe this Senior Congress Leader is aiming to get his name put on the probable PM list in case MS ji goes and Rahul is not ready to take over!!

Neta: This is all Media's creation........ Media twists our statements!!

Me: Standard reply of Netas for 'foot in mouth'...... frankly within Congress I hear you all take the statements of this Senior Congress Leader who demanded Rahul take over with a pinch of salt!!

Neta: Hearsay....... this is another thing we have to suffer!!!

Me: I feel it's the other way around..... it is we who have to suffer Netas who suffer from 'foot in mouth'.........tell me one thing why did Congress not include the Opposition in the Drafting of the Lokpal Bill?

Neta: You know we actually saved BJP from an all out war....... because to get onto the Draft Panel there would have been an all out war between the BJP camps!!! After debacles in WB and Kerala Commie MPs no longer enjoy the confidence of the people and should not be on this Panel....... we represent the UPA constituents and those Parties that extend external support to UPA on the Panel!!!

Me: What if Anna finds the Sarkaari Draft unsatisfactory and goes on a fast again??????

Neta: Sibal and PC have a few aces up their sleeves....... maybe MS ji will go on a fast opposite Anna's fast site!!!!

Me: Anna Ji ke fast site ke saamne MS ji apni fast site baanayega..... sounds like the yesteryear Bollywood hit..... tehre ghar ke saamne ek ghar banaaooga!!

Neta: Yes we will negate Anna's fast with MS ji's fast!!!!

Me: MS Ji's lost his credibility..... and MS ji is not the fasting type.......he also suffers from sugar!!!! Yes Congress can start a relay fast..... MS ji from 6-noon........ from noon to 6 Sonia....... from 6 to midnight Rahul.........from midnight to 6 in the morning PC and Sibal!!!!! They may fast but as all of them lack credibility the fast will fall flat on its face....... yes Congress will rent crowds but people can see the difference between rented support and support from the heart!!!! Chalo let's see what happens!!! Pranab Da has complained that his Ministry was bugged using chewing gums!!

Neta: Bugging has gone hi-tech and I do not think this was a professional job!!! Looks more like the work of an individual!

Me: Yes I can think of one individual ..... a Mantri in the UPA Cabinet who thinks being FM is his birthright and who is known to keep tabs on what's happening in Finance Ministry.... and I hear Pranab Da is not too happy about him doing so!! Maybe Pranab Da has been able to stop the info flow to him and in desperation this Mantri bought a few packs of Orbit and placing the gums in strategic places was Phase 1 and had the chewing gums in strategic places not been discovered in the next Phase the microphones would have been installed...... one must realize the fixation of this Mantri with the Finance Ministry to agree that this 'is possible'!!! And then knowing this Mantri I'm sure he's going to be crying 'fire' or 'chewing gum ...chewing gum in my Ministry' soon....... after all its every Congressman's habit to burn someone's house down and then go into his or her own house and light up the range or stove in the kitchen and cry out 'fire fire' and point fingers at the guy's house which the Congressman himself or herself has burnt down!!!!

Neta: Now you are bugging me!!!

As we deplane ...... Neta: Namaskar..... Jai Sonia Ji Gandhi Ji!!!!

Me: Bye..... Anna ki jai!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Sonia Gandhi and PM meet
There was a meeting between Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday. What transpired between the two ? Anybody's guess. Most probably discussions took place about Cabinet reshuffle. If insiders are to be believed they could not reach on any conclusion.

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.

Who is behind the resenting MLA's ?
It is heard that Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde are behind the revolt of the 40 MLA's. It is a well known fact that former CM Deshmukh wants to make a comeback to the state.

RPI to start rally against NCP bastion
Newly formed alliance between Shiv Sena and RPI (Athwale) is all set to make a mark in the state. Athawale once an ally of the NCP -Congress is going to start a rally from Shirdi a NCP stronghold. The rally aims to make people aware about the misgiving of the Congress -NCP rule said a political watcher.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Anup Mukherji be new Secretary Defence ?
Now the latest name heard in the corridors of power for the post of Secretary Defence is that of Bihar Chief Secretary Anup Mukherji. He is 1974 batch IAS officer and has a lot of experience of the Defence Ministry.

Hardeep Puri to get extension
India's permanent representative to the UN, Hardeep Puri is not becoming Foreign Secretary. He is all set to get extension till he complete three years.

Formal orders of R K Singh this week
Formal orders of the appointment of R K Singh as new Secretary Home are expected to be issued this week.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Search committee likely for NHPC chief
As the grapevine has it there is a loud thinking in the Government of India (GOI) that for an expedient appointment of NHPC's chief search committee route should be followed.

Interviews for LIC chief on June 22, 2011
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).

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

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

Lull on the Railway Board front
There is a total lull as far as appointment of Chairman Railway Board (CRB) and Members of the Railway Board was concerned.

DRMs' postings unlikely now
Postings of Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) is unlikely now because Chairman Railway Board(CRB) Vivek Sahai is no longer keen on doing it.

Amit Agrawal gets six months extension
Director in the PMO Amit Agrawal has been granted six months extension in central deputation tenure. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre. There is something wrong in the DoPT and the Ministry of External Affairs.

Ray to retire on June 30
S K Ray Joint Secretary and FA in the Department of HRD S K Ray is superannuating on June 30.He is a CSS officer.

Empanelment of 1992 batch IFS further delayed
There is unprecedented delay in the empanelment of 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service Officers to the rank of Joint Secretary. What could be the reason ?

Majhi goes to Agriculture Ministry
E.K Majhi, Mission director, NSFM, government of India (This post is equivalent to Joint Secretary level), has literally been transferred to Agriculture Ministry as Joint Secretary. His service tenure is from 3.07.2011 to 27.05.2013. He is an IAS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Khullar appointed Mission Director NSFM
Mukesh Khullar has been appointed as Mission Director, NSFM. This post is equivalent to Joint Secretary level under Ministry of Agriculture, government of India in place of E.K Majhi. He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Rai to move Kolkata ?
V.N Rai, Special DG BSF, Tekanpur Academy is likely to be transferred as Special DG East BSF in place of Pranay Sahay. He is an IPS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Siddharth Chattopadhayay transferred to Jullandhar
Siddharth Chattopadhayay, IG, Jammu frontier, BSF has been transferred as IG Jullandhar in place of Himmat Singh. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the PB cadre.

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

10 IPS officers allocated Orissa cadre
As many as 10 IPS officers who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination have been allocated Orissa cadre. They are Mitrabhanu Mahapatra, Ms Sarah Sharma, Kanwar Vishal Singh, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sunil Joshi , Ms Parul Gupta, Bhure Sarveshwar Narendra, Thiyagarajan SM, K Siva Subramani and Ms Alka Meena.

New RBI EDs allocated portfolios
B Mahapatra and P Vijaya Bhasker have been inducted as new Executive Directors (EDs) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). While Mahapatra has been given the charge of four departments, including the department of banking operations and development and department of government and bank accounts. Bhasker has taken charge of the department of banking supervision and the department of non-banking supervision, apart from the central security cell.

Nazrul Islam, IG RPF relieved
Nazrul Islam, IG,Ext.Director(S) RPF New Delhi was given relieving order on June 21, 2011. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on May 19 )

LLM would soon be one-year course
The course duration for a master's degree in law is soon going to be slashed from two years to one. UGC last month accepted the recommendation of a panel, headed by legal academic N.R. Madhava Menon, that sought to make the LLM a one-year course in universities and colleges. The one-year LLM, planned on the lines of courses offered by leading universities in the US and the UK, is expected to attract more students and orient them towards teaching and research.

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

Justice Hali transferred to Allahabad HC
Justice Sunil Hali of the J & K High Court has been transferred to the Allahabad High Court.

Justice Jain appointed Chairman in Rajasthan
Justice N K Jain of the Rajasthan High Court has been appointed Chairman of the Legal Service Board in the state

Neeru Abrol to be new CMD of NFL (UPDATED)
In all probability Neeru Abrol will be new CMD of the National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).Abrol is presently Director (Finance) of the NFL.

Hiralal Samariya transferred as Commissioner, Transport, AP (UPDATED)
Hiralal Samariya, Principal Secretary to Government, Backward Classes Welfare Department is transferred and posted as Commissioner of Transport in the existing vacancy. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh.

V. Vinay Chand transferred as Sub-Collector, Madanpalli, AP (UPDATED)
Vadarevu Vinay Chand Sub-Collector, Kandukuru, Prakasam District is transferred and posted as Sub-Collector, Madanapalli, Chittoor District. He is an IAS officer of the 2008 batch who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dr Meena is new CVO IDPL (UPDATED)
The ACC has approved the proposal of the Department of Pharmaceuticals for appointment of Dr. B L Meena, IPS(AP-87) as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Indian Drugs & Pharmacecticals Ltd.(IDPL), Gurgaon.

Sujata Mehta gets new assignment (UPDATED)
Ms. Sujata Mehta, presently Ambassador of India to Spain, has been appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva vice Shri Hamid Ali Rao

IAS officers transferred in TN (UPDATED)
The Tamil Nadu government transferred about two dozen IAS officers, amending the earlier transfer of few and issuing fresh posting to others. Those transferred include Swaran Singh, formerly Principal Secretary and Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, who was shifted within a month of posting by the State government, is now the Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Land Administration. He is posted in the place of M.P. Nirmala who is holding the additional charge.

S. Murugaia, Additional Commissioner of Revenue Administration, was transferred as Transport Commissioner in the place of Harmander Singh, who was posted as Commissioner of Minorities Welfare in the place of M. Malik Feroze Khan. Rajesh Lakhoni, MD, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, was transferred as Director of Land Reforms in the place of A. Mohammed Aslam who was posted as Commissioner of Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities in the place of P. Annamalai. Annamalai is now Registrar of Co-operative Societies in the place of Jatindra Nath Swain holding additional charge. Jothi Nirmala, Project Director, Tsunami Project Implementation Unit, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, has been transferred as Director of Social Welfare in the place of R. Vasuki who has been made Joint Secretary, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, in the place of K.S. Palanisami. Dharmendra Pratap Yadav, Director, Town Panchayats, was transferred as IG Registration in the place of Apoorva, posted as Project Director, Tsunami Project Implementation Unit, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department in the place of Jothi Nirmala. V.K. Shanmugham, Joint Secretary, Agriculture Department, was posted as Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Administration) in the place of T.N. Venkatesh whose services are placed at the disposal of Corporation of Chennai for appointment as its Joint Commissioner (Education) in the place of M. Balaji. P. Amudha, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Public (Elections) Department, was transferred as Commissioner of Urban Land Ceiling and Urban land Tax in the place of N. Mathivanan, posted as Project Director, Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation and Water Resources Management, and ex-officio joint Secretary, PWD, in the place of Vibhu Nayar holding additional charge. S. Vijayakumar, Project Director, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project,
to Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj in the place of T. Udhayachandran, J. Jeyakanthan, Special Officer, CM's Special Cell to Joint Commissioner of Revenue Administration (Disaster Management) in the place of K. Nagarajan. P. Seetharaman, Project Director, Post Tsunami Sustainable Livelihood Programme, to Joint Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, in the place of Jayashree Muralidharan.

K. Manivasan, former Chairman and MD, Tamil Nadu Minerals Ltd., was posted as Commissioner of Treasuries and Accounts, in the place of C. Rajendran, transferred as Commissioner, Government Data Centre in the place of Sudeep Jain. Ramesh Chandra Meena, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, was transferred as Commissioner of Technical Education in the place of Kumar Jayant holding additional charge. M. Chandrasekaran, Director of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, was posted as Director of Town Panchayats in the place of Dharmendra Pratap Yadav. V. Rajaraman, formerly Deputy Secretary, (Monitoring unit), CM's office, was appointed Collector, Sivaganga, in the place of V. Sampath transferred. Orders posting V. Shantha as Collector, Sivaganga District, stand cancelled and J. Chandrakumar, Joint Secretary, Revenue Department, was made Director, Backward Classes in the place of Malik Feroze Khan.

The services of K.Gopal, MD, Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women Ltd., are placed at the disposal of the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board for appointment as its MD in the place of Rajesh Lakhoni. The services of Sudeep Jain, Commissioner of Government Data Centre, are placed at the disposal of Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency for appointment as its Chairman and MD in the place of R.Christodas Gandhi. The services of T.K. Ponnusamy, Joint Secretary, Energy Department, are placed at the disposal of the Coimbatore Corporation for appointment as its Commissioner in the place of Anshul Mishra.

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

Global financers shy of backing Indian corporates
Global financers are fighting shy of backing Indian corporates in the wake of top corporate houses and head honchos being dealt with by an iron rod by the Government & its agencies.

Three Independent Directors of ONGC
The government has appointed three independent directors on the Board of ONGC. They are former RBI Deputy Governor, Ms Usha Thorat, Prof Deepak Nayyar (ex-Vice Chancellor of Delhi University) and (former finance secretary), Arun Ramanathan .

Balaji appointed MD of Sony Ericsson
P Balaji has been appointed as the managing director of the Sony Ericsson company's India operations.

Kochar resigns as MD, Halonix Ltd
Rajesh Kochhar, Managing Director of Halonix Ltd has resigned as Managing Director and also Director of the Company, with effect from June 30, 2011 to pursue other interests outside the Company.

Kavitha resigns as Company Secy. Four Soft Ltd
Ms P Kavitha has resigned as Company Secretary of Four Soft Ltd .

Sankar appointed Company Secy. Four Soft Ltd
Ms. Seena Sankar has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Four Soft Ltd with effect from June 13, 2011.

Jain appointed CFO, EMCO Ltd
EMCO Limited has appointed Ajay Jain as Chief Financial Officer w.e.f. May 9, 2011 in place of Sunil Rustagi who has resigned from the services of the Company.

Chandra appointed Addl. Director, Piramal Healthcare Ltd
Piramal Healthcare Limited has appointed Amit Chandra as an Additional Director on the Board of the Company.

Rishi joins Board of Indbank Merchant Banking Services
Rajeev Rishi, Executive Director, Indian Bank (nominee of Indian Bank) has been inducted as an Additional Director on the Board of Indbank Merchant Banking Services with effect from June 13, 2011.

Prabhakaran appointed Deputy MD, L G Balkrishnan & Bros Ltd
P Prabakaran has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director of L G Balakrishnan & Bros Ltd for a period of five years with effect from June 1, 2011.

Kumar re-appointed CMD, Creative Eye Ltd
Creative Eye Limited has re-appointed Dheeraj Kumar, as Chairman and Managing Director for a period of three years with effect from June 1, 2011.

Kochhar designated as ED, Creative Eye Ltd
Ms Zuby Kochhar Whole-time Director Creative Eye Ltd has been designated as Executive Director, for a period of three years with effect from June 1, 2011.

Lokpal Bill agitation thwarted !

The lokpal Bill agitation seems to be thwarted by powerful people within Government. You know there are few intellectual dangerous people capable of twisting any thing to their favour.

This is a unique opportunity to bring strong Bill and make a sincere attempt to reduce the corruption.

The point which is raised that MPs represent people of the country and they are only authorized to frame the rule is misplaced. All MPs and bureaucrats generate vested interest in the corrupt system and in this scenario we can not leave everything on them.

It is a struggle between 10000 very rich, powerful, intellectually dangerous egoist and 1 billion hopeful and poor people relying heavily on the team on Anna Hazare.

Mohan

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)