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Four Ministers, Cabinet Secretary and ex CBDT Chairman went to receive Ramdev at the Airport!!!! Pranab Da as he's the firefighter and FM ... Kapil Sibal for his glib talk and HRD Minister (education)........ Sahai to allay Ramdev's fears on the roadblocks that have slowed down Ramdev's Food Park and do not forget Sahai and Ramdev have a connection via the Food Park.........indirect partners (Gen x Venture Capital or GVC) ........... Bansal as he's a Ramdev Bhagat!!! Ramdev is upset because his Food Park is facing one problem after another and then Ramdev has a number of complaints against the Income Tax Department too!!! Ramdev has huge plans in the Education sector!!!! Combined objective…..Ramdev wants to grab Anna's space and Congress is eager that he does this!!!! The Ministers who went to meet him were the ones with whom Vyaapari Ramdev had 'business'!! He will not give up going on fast as he's aiming to get publicity for his political goals...... so if Sarkaar does ultimately appease him he'll go on a fast for show......and Congress would be in favor of this token fast as Congress feels the fast will bring down Anna's prominence.... in fact for such a 'for show' fast 'for show' Sonia or Mohna or both will go to make him break his fast with fresh nimbu pani in a thermos (try to be one up here too because Anna broke his fast with Nimbus) !!! Like I said Ramdev is manageable Anna is not.......and it's said that when Ramdev was told that Anna will be joining him on 5th June Ramdev said 'dhatt terri ki' (shucks)!!!!! Rough estimates put the total expenditure for Ramdev's charade at over 100 crores…. it's rumored that Congress has shared the expenses 'in kind' and in case Ramdev calls off the fast he will be reimbursed to toto for his expenses!!

Ramdev needs to do Pranayam and Surya Namaskar to control his greed!!!!

He should chant ' Mukti' 1000 times everyday so that from his money and power fixation he be freed!!

Balwa wants to depose in front of the JPC!! His motive is not to reveal but to muddle things up and even indulge in some blackmail!!! Seems he and Raja have now become a bit too pally.......maybe dono ka objective is to make the 'powers that be' squirm so that their jail yatra is shortened and they are able to wangle what Laloo was able to do in his DA case….. CBI buggers up the case !! Balwa is a rags to riches guy and in his dictionary the word ethics does not exist!!! Also surprising is Anil Ambani giving himself the clean chit and putting all the blame on Gautam Doshi!!! All who know how Anil functions will vouch that no way could this Swan Deal been done without his go ahead...... in fact many say this was Anil's brainchild ........but now Anil says its Doshi's baby!!!

Executives have now become careful and keep records of decisions in 'doubtful' deals!!

The feeling is we pay the price for what the Company Boss steels!!

Madam is nowadays busy with the Cabinet Reshuffle!!! Rahul and Priyanka are there to advice her and then there is her think tank!!!! There is no doubt that she'll be tempted to change the PM and say 'we are starting afresh'!!!! In fact she'd have done this some time back had she got a 'total ambitionless , honest and yes man' replacement!! As of now in all the corruption scandals India's PM has not got a cut and I'm sure if Mohna is replaced everyone's share will go down as the new PM will demand a lion's share...... a major concern if Mohna is changed!!! At present for Mohna's 'cooperation' the Government pays for trappings of power that Mohna enjoys!!!

Mohna's dishonesty is his craving to stay in power and enjoy trappings of power!!!!!

Otherwise to Sonia's ludicrous demands why does he not cower (shy away)?????

One of the Bellary Reddy brother's sits on a 2.2 crore gold chair..... he prays to gold idols worth 1.6 crores ..... and his dining table has gold plates and gold cutlery!!! Just for your info Sushma too has a hidden love for gold!!!! Maybe she had a meal at this Reddy bro's home and felt he had the Midas touch and that's what got her so close to the Reddys!!! Otherwise how do you explain Sushma's proximity to Reddys who are Kanrantaka based and she's Delhi based.....and she was not even in-charge of Karnataka!!

Every time when Reddy bros returned from Delhi and were asked where have you been????

They used to say we went to meet our Mom as for a couple of days our Mom we had not seen!!!

Air India 's woes continue......'the Maharaja' is not able to pay its fuel bill and so 60 of its flights are grounded!!! AI should cancel the order for 787 Dreamliners worth 16,000 crores!!! Praful Patel's term as Aviation Ministry has finished off Air India ...... prior to his taking over AI was not doing too badly!!! What else can one expect from a disciple of Sharad Pawar?????

Maharaja bann gaya bhikaari!!!!

Very soon to settle any of its dues it'll show its lachaari (bankrupt)!!!!

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Railway Ministry and Mukul Roy
Grapevine is that Minister of State Mukul Roy is calling the shots, whereas other two ministers Bharat Sinh Solanki and Muniyappa have no work in the Railway Ministry. All important files are being routed through Roy for PMO.

Will PC move to MEA?
Now, latest whispers doing the rounds in the corridors of power suggest that Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is being tipped the best options for the portfolio of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The whispers come at a time, when relations with different countries are being redefined and expectations are high back home about a permanent membership for India in the UN Security Council.

BUREAUCRACY

Cadre allocation to IPS officers of 2010 batch
IPS officers of 2010 batch who are undergoing training in National Police Academy (NPA), Hyderabad have finally been allotted their cadres. We had raised the issue of delay in the cadre allocation.

Extension to CRB now very remote
As the grapevine has it the Vivek Sahai Chairman Railway Board (CRB) who is due to due to retire on June 30, 2011 now has a very bleak chance of getting one year extension. Though, the outgoing Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee before becoming the West Bengal Chief Minister had mooted a proposal regarding this, the same has not found favours from powers that be.

Sanjiv Handa to take charge of Chairman Railway Board
As he grapevine has it Sanjiv Handa who is in the reckoning for the post of Chairman Railway Board (CRB) will be given the charge of CRB.Presently, he is Member-Mechanical in Railway Board. Recently the Ministry of Railways had issued an order for Sanjiv Handa, Member Railway Board to also look after the duties of Integral Coach Factory (ICF).

V.K. Sharma to be Dy Governor RBI ?
In all probability V.K. Sharma will succeed Shyamala Gopinath as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on July1. Sharma is presently Executive Director (ED) in the RBI.

Will Mamata copy Mayawati ?
Will the West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee copy her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Ms. Mayawati as far a state administration is concerned? This question is doing the rounds in the bureaucratic circles given the fact that the Uttar Pradesh's Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh is all in all in Uttar Pradesh. It is being asked whether Gautam Sanyal too will get the same position in West Bengal? Some top bureaucrats have however, ruled out this possibility.

Gautam Mohan Chakraborty tipped o be ADG, CISF
Gautam Mohan Chakraborty is likely to be appointed as ADG, CISF New Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Rai to be Director (Enterprise), BSNL
A.N. Rai is being tipped to be new Director (Enterprise) of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(BSNL).

Verma to be CMD of GRSE
Rear Admiral A.K. Verma is being appointed new CMD of the Garden Reach Shipbuilding and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).

Maj Gen Shakti Guru promoted in Indian Army
Major General Shakti Guru has been promoted to the rank of Lt General in the Indian Army.

Dr Roy to be PS Home in West Bengal
Dr M.N. Roy is being tipped to be new Principal Secretary Home in West Bengal. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Postal service officer V.P. Singh is DDG (Establishment), Postal Dte
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal service VP Singh (1988) has been posted as DDG (Establishment), Postal Dte

Sridhar ex CMD vying for SEBI's slot of Member
S. Sridhar Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India (CBI) who retired on May 31, 2011 along with 47 applicants is in contention for one of the two posts of Member in the SEBI.

Deepak Chakraborty to hold additional charge in NRL
Deepak Chakraborty (Managing Director, NRL) will be holding the additional charge of Director (Technical) in NRL.

Vimal to be Director (Personnel), Heavy Engineering Corporation
Vimal GM (HR) PMFL is being appointed as Director (personnel) in Heavy Engineering Corporation.

A.P. Pathak is Secretary to Lok Sabha Speaker
A.P. Pathak has joined as Secretary to Speaker Lok Sabha Ms.Meira Kumar He had also served as Secretary to the Speaker Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004.

Hira Nand gets additional charge in RPF
Hira Nand Chief Security commissioner of RPF (NWR) Jaipur has taken over the additional charge of Chief Security commissioner of RPF, Northern Railway (NR), New Delhi. He is likely to take over the charge permanently once someone replaces him at Jaipur. He is a RPF cadre officer of 1985 batch.

PMO to handle Railway projects worth Rs 100 crore and above
With the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tightening his grip on the Railway Ministry, now Prime Minister's Office (PMO) would handle all projects worth Rs 100 crorea and above. Singh is these days holding temporary charge of Railways after Mamata Banerjee's exit following the West Bengal assembly elections.

R.K.Malik gets new assignment
R.K. Malik Director, DIPP has been appointed as Secretary of Joint Electricity regulatory commission (UT State) this post is equivalent to Join Secretary). He is a RPF cadre officer of 1988 batch.

P.N. Dikhit's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has retained the name of P.N. Dikhit Principal Secretary to the government of Maharashtra in the offer list. He is an IPS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Ms. Sutapa Sanyal's extension on the anvil
Ms. Sutapa Sanyal who is presently working as security advisor in GAIL, is likely to get an extension of two years in her deputation period. She is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

M.R. Krishna's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) in the offer list has retained the name of M.R. Krishna's ADG with the MP government. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CMD Dena Bank, vying for Member SEBI slot
D.L. Rawal Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank along with 47 applicants are in contention for one of the two posts of SEBI.

Mid career training for CCITs, still a mirage
Mid career training for Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCITs) is still in limbo. It is quite intriguing because two batches each of Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) & Additional Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) have already attended mid career training courses.

IA&AS officer Raj Kumar Agrawal goes on deputation
Services of Raj Kumar Agrawal (IA&AS-1995), Examiner, Local Fund Audit, in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jharkhand, Ranchi have been placed at the disposal of Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi for appointment to the post of Finance Officer on deputation basis for a period of two years ten months from the date of joining or the age of 62 years whichever is earlier.

Former West Bengal DGP is no more
Former DGP of West Bengal Vikas Kali Basu is no more.1957 batch retired IPS officer was about 80.

Dr.Prakash Bakshi is NABARD chief
Dr.Prakash Bakshi has assumed charge as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the NABARD. Earlier, he was an Executive Director(ED) in the NABAD.

(We said this on December 6,2010)

Chandrasekharan to be new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs (UPDATED)
Name of 1975 batch IRAS officer S Chandrasekharan has been cleared for the post of Secretary Parliamentary Affairs.He is presently Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Defence.
( We said this on May 31 )

Darlong is next High Commissioner of India to Seychelles (UPDATED)
T. Darlong, presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Thimpu has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Seychelles in succession to Shri A.K. Nag.

CBEC transfers 121officers of Addl/Jt Commissioner rank (UPDATED)
The Central Board of Excise & Customs has transferred121 officers of the grade of Additional / Joint Commissioner of Customs andCentral Excise. Those transferred include messers A. K. Singh NACEN, Faridabad toDCEI, Delhi ZU, A.K. Goswami Nagpur CX to Mumbai CUS-II, Ajay Pandey Bhopal CX(RAIPUR) to Bhopal CX (Bhopal), Amand Shah NACEN, Faridabad to Mumbai CUS-II,Ashish Varma DRI, Lucknow to CBN Lucknow, Ashok M. Sarvi Bangalore CUS toBangalore CX, Ashok Mahida Bhopal CX to Bhubaneswar CX, Ataur Rehman MumbaiCUS-II to Vigilance, Mumbai, Atul Gupta Kolkata CUS to BhopalCX (Raipur), Azazuddin Mysore CX to DRI, Lucknow, B. B. Gupta Delhi CUS to NACEN, Faridabad, B. K. Kar CEI, Bangalore toBangalore CX, Babulal Rajak Kolkata CUS to Kolkata CX, Basistha Prasad DelhiCUS to Systems, Delhi, C. Dhanasekharan CESTAT, Chennai to Chennai CX, C.Rangaraju CESTAT, Chennai to Chennai CUS, G.P. Goel Delhi CUS(P) to Meerut CX,Chander Shekhar Meerut CX to Meerut CX (NOIDA), Chandrakant Raveji Valvi MumbaiCX-II to Pune CX, Chetan K Jain Bangalore CX (LTU) to Jaipur CX, D. AnilBangalore CUS to CEI, Bangalore, D. P. Naidu Chennai CX (LTU) to Chennai CUS(P) (Tuticorin), Dawa Doma Sherpa Kolkata CUS to Kolkata CX (Siliguri),Debjyoti Bhattacharya Bhopal CX to DRI, Kolkata, Deepak Garg Chandigarh CX toDRI, HQ (MAC), Deeptisri B. Arora Meerut CX to DGICCE, Delhi, Dharm Singh MeerutCX (NOIDA) to Meerut CX, Dinesh Gupta DelhiCUS to Systems Delhi, G.S. Karki Systems, Delhi to Delhi CUS, Gautam P.Chandolia CBN, Neemuch to Chennai CUS (P), H.B. Negi CESTAT, Mumbai to CoimbatoreCX, Hardeep Batra Delhi CUS (P) to Delhi CX, Imamuddin Ahmedabad CX to Ahmedabad CX (Bhavnagar),J. Kumaresh Hyderabad CX Chennai CUS (P), J. S. ChandrashekharCoimbatore CX to Vizag Zone (Guntur), Jagdish Singh CCF, Delhi to Mysore CX, JaneKaruna Nathaniel Vizag CX to CUS Chennai CUS, Jitesh Nagori Ahmedabad CUS to NACEN,Vadodara, K.M. Ravichandran Audit, Kolkata to Audit, Chennai, K.N. Raghavan onreturn from COIN posting to Cochin CX, K.S. Mishra Ahmedabad CUS to MumbaiCX-II, K.Venkat Ram Reddy Chennai CUS to DGICCE, Chennai, Kishori Lal CESTAT, Mumbaito Nagpur CX (Nasik), M. Subrahmanyam on return from COIN posting to DRI, Bangalore,M.G Thamizhvalavan DRI Bangalore to Chennai CUS, M.R. Mohanty Bhubaneswar CX(UOP) to Ahmedabad CX, Madur Sreedhar Reddy Hyderabad CX to Cochin CX, ManeeshGoyal Systems, Delhi to Delhi CUS, ManeeshKumar Ahmedabad CUS to DRI, Ahmedabad, Manish Mohan CESTAT, Mumbai to Pune CX(GOA).

Milind Gawai DRI, Ahmedabad to AhmedabadCUS, Minu Pramod DGHRD, Delhi to Vigilance, Delhi, Nagendra K. Mishra CEI, Kolkatato CEI, Jamshedpur, Nagesh Pathak

NACEN, Delhi to CESTAT, Delhi, NaveenKumar Jain DG, Vigilance to Delhi CUS, Navneet Vadodara CX to CESTAT, Mumbai, NeeravMallik DG, HRD, Delhi to Delhi CX (ST), Nitin Anand CESTAT, Delhi to Delhi CX(ST), Nitin Saini Chandigarh CX to DelhiCUS (P) (Ludhiana),P. Hemavathi DRI, Gandhidham to Mumbai CUS-II, P. K. Behera Chennai CUS to ChennaiCX (LTU), P. K. Katiyar Mumbai CX-II to Lucknow CX (KANPUR), P. T. Pongener CBEC(PAC), Delhi to Systems, Delhi (Data Management), P. V. N. Suresh Babu Pune CX& CUS to Mumbai CUS-I, P.K. Mishra On return from deputation to DRI, DelhiZU, Pankaj Bodhke Vigilance, Mumbai to Mumbai CUS-II, Pankaj Singh SystemsDelhi to Ahmedabad CUS (Kandla), Prachi Swarup CBEC, Delhi to Delhi CX (LTU), PramodKumar Chennai CUS to CESTAT, Chennai, Prem Chand Verma Systems, Delhi to DelhiCX, R. Jagannathan Chennai CUS(P) to Chennai CX, R. K. Raman DRI, Kolkata to KolkataCUS, R.K. Meena On return from deputation to DGHRD, Delhi, Radhey S. MaheshwariHyderabad CX-I to Hyderabad CX-II, Rajan Chaudhary Mumbai CUS-II to Pune CX, RajeevGupta Chandigarh CX to Bhubaneswar CX, Rajeev Jain Meerut CX to Delhi CX (Faridabad),Rajeev Ranjan Delhi CX to Patna CUS(P), Rajeev Yadav On return from deputationto Mumbai CX-II, Rajesh Puri Chandigarh CX to Kolkata CX, Raju Shakthivel MumbaiCUS-II to Coimbatore CX, Ram Pratap Chandigarh CX to Delhi CUS (P), Renu Jagdev On return from deputation to CESTAT, Delhi,Rimjhim Prasad CESTAT, Delhi to Delhi CUS, Riyaz Ahmed DRI, Delhi to DRI, DelhiHQ, S. Chandramohan Chennai CUS(P) to Chennai CX (LTU), S. Faheem AhmedCBN, Neemuch to Hyderabad CX, S. Ravi Selvan VizagCX & CUS to Coimbatore CX, S.J.S. Kahlon ChandigarhCX to Cochin CX, S.S. Katiyar CESTAT, Mumbaito Chandigarh CX, Sahi Ram Meena Mumbai CX-I to CBN,Neemuch, Sanjay Rathi Hyderabad CX to Mysore CX,Sanjay Sharan Chandigarh CX to Chandigarh CX (JAMMU), Sanjeev G.Dewalkar Mumbai CX-II to CESTAT, Mumbai, Sanjeev Gautam Jaipur CX to Delhi CX, SatyajitSingh DGICCE, Delhi to Ahmedabad CUS (Kandla), Shailesh Kumar Nagpur CX to DGHRD,Delhi, Shambhoo Dayal Mumbai CUS-II to Mumbai CX-II, Sita Ram Sharma CBN, Gwaliorto CBN, Neemuch (Kota),Subir K. Chakraborty Kolkata CX to Shillong, Suman Bala Meerut CX to ChandigarhCX, Suresh Babu Bodduluri Chennai CX (LTU) to Chennai CUS, Surinder Kumar VirdiPune CX & CUS to CESTAT, Mumbai, Suvir Mishra Delhi CUS (P) to CESTAT, Kolkata,Talla Ravi Bangalore CX to Bangalore CUS, Upender Gupta Delhi CX to Delhi CX (Rohtak),Utkarsh Tiwari Lucknow CX to Ranchi CX, V.M. Jain Mumbai CUS-II to Mumbai CX-II, V. Sangeeta Hyderabad CX-II to HyderabadCX-I, Valte Vungzamuan Kolkata CX to Shillong, Venkat Reddy Nagpur CX to ChennaiCX, Vijay Rishi Ahmedabad CX to Vadodara CX (Surat), Vikas Kumar DGCEI, Delhi toDelhi CUS, Vimal N. Shakwar Vadodara CX to Jaipur CX, Vinay Kumar Ahmedabad CUSto CBN, Gwalior, Vinod Kumar Mehta Kolkata CUS to Chandigarh CX, Virender K.Chaudhry CESTAT, Delhi to Bhopal CX, Virendra Kumar Agrawal Vadodara CX to CESTAT,Mumbai, Vivek Chaturvedi On return from COIN posting to Systems, Delhi, Y.K.Agrawal Mumbai CX-II to CESTAT, Mumbai, Zubir Riaz Kamili Delhi CX to Delhi CUS(P).

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

Bammi promoted in Axis Bank
R. K. Bammi, President and Head - Retail Banking has been promoted by the Axis Bank as Executive Director (Retail Banking) .

Lilly takes over as Director (Finance) CPCL
D. Lilly has taken over on Wednesday as Director (Finance), Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL).

Sagar gets two years extension
D.C. Sagar CVO Cotton Corporation of India has been granted two years extension in his deputation tenure. He is 1992 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Bhattacharya designated CFO, Bosch Ltd
Bosch Limited has designated Soumitra Bhattacharya, Senior Vice-President of the Company as 'Chief Financial Officer' with effect from July 1, 2011.

Mahlawat appointed Addl. Director, Tide Water Oil Company (India) Ltd
Tide Water Oil Company (India) Limited has appointed S.S. Mahlawat as the Additional Director of the Company.

Rao resigns as Director, Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd
Jaithirth Rao has resigned from the Board of Directors of Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd effective May 16, 2011.

Rahul Kirloskar re-appointed Whole-time Director, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd has re-appointed Rahul C Kirloskar as Whole Time Director of the Company.

Dr Hebbar, Chairman, Firstobject Technologies selected for leadership award
Dr. Vivek Hebbar, Chairman of Firstobject Technologies Ltd have been selected for the Indian Leadership Award for Industrial Development, 2011 under Small Enterprises Category for the contributions of the company in e-education as a debutant on a national basis.

Fernandez appointed GM, Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport
Oppenheimer Pinto e Fernandez has been appointed as the General Manager of Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport.

Kobrin appointed GM, The Leela Palace , New Delhi
Tamir Kobrin has been appointed as General Manager of The Leela Palace New Delhi.

Miglani resigns as Non Exec. Director, Uttam Galva Steels Ltd
Praveen Miglani, Non Executive Director of Uttam Galva Steels Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. May 30, 2011.

Sen nominated as Director, Bank of Baroda
The Central Government has nominated Sudarshan Sen, Regional Director, RBI, Ahmedabad as Director of Bank of Baroda with immediate effect i.e. May 30, 2011.

Prasad appointed Addl. Director, Gujarat Flurochemicals Ltd
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited has appointed Mahesh Prasad as an Additional and Independent Director with effect from May 27, 2011.

Mahendran resigns as Director, Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd
A. Mahendran has resigned from the Directorship of Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd w.e.f May 30, 2011.

Rajan appointed Director, Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd
R Sundara Rajan has been appointed as Director Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd with effect from May 30, 2011.

FORUM

Next Lok Sabha -Cong, BJP to get less than 100 seats?

There will be unprecedented horse trading and whichever be the government it will be of the mercenaries by the mercenaries and for the mercenaries. We shall have maximum corruption

A.R.C. Kumar

Agree, Cong, BJP to be loser

I totally agree with the comments. In such an eventuality the four ladies namely Ms. Sonia Gandhi, Ms. Mamata, Ms. Mayawati and of course Ms. Jayalalithaa will decide the fate og this great country.

V.K. Sridhaaran

Interest Rate on GPF Deposits

There is no change in interest rate on GPF deposits for last 10 years. It is still 8 % p.a. However interest rate on EPF and Bank deposits has gone upto 9.5% p.a. The Finance Ministry should also consider the interest rate on GPF deposits at par with EPF.

H.K. Deewan

Wow N.D. Tiwari!

N.D. Tiwari is desperately trying to avoid blood test to disapprove claim of Rohit Shekhar who claims to be his biological son, perhaps to ward off similar claims from others. If he succeeds in avoiding DNA test he can get his formula patented on how to become father without becoming known. Good luck to N.D. Tiwari ex-CM of UP more than once ex-CM of Uttrakhand, ex-Union Cabinet Minister and ex-Governor of Andhra and Current Father/ Unfather of God knows whom?.

Sudhir Chopra

Children education allowance

The Children Education allowance (Rs.1000/- per child), as recommended by 6th CPC and further accepted by the Government is an important step towards increasing the education level in the country. The Pay Commission with its Member Secretary as a woman and some more senior women advisors/ members in Secretariat of the Pay Commission could have had thought of giving some additional advantages and special considerations for the education of a Single Girl Child (in comparison to uniform 2 child recommendations) and promoting the very relevant cause of building into the psyche of at least in Government Personnel the importance of a girl child. The education for single girl child should be free in Government as well as in Public Schools. The Government may still take appropriate action in this regard.

M. Roy

Why not reward honest servants?

In the cacophony of anti-corruption movements, when all and their dogs have jumped into the fray to punish the corrupt, please tell us, who do you punish, since each one is on the side of anti-corruption. This apart, being a typically emotive people largely guided as a herd, are we not ignoring the other part of system? Correction procedure, that is through reward to the competent and the able. Tell us a single system in the whole of India, where there is a procedure laid out for rewarding the meritorious and the bright. If any one is being rewarded, it is entirely ad-hoc, at the whims of the powers-that-be. So you have lap dogs instead of watch dogs. Suggestion is that anti-corruption would so much be a deterrent, but cannot be a substitute for encouraging public servants through a scheme of reward and recognition. Anti corruption crusaders out to hang public servants might as well think how best to nurture and reward a talent, instead of thinking only of punishment and retribution.

H.G.

A for Anna, B for Baba, who next?

Anti corruption movement started with A: Anna Hazare and now B:Baba Ramdev . Who next ? Cabinet should think over this and make advance plans to call on the new prospective CRUSADER so that they do not have to press the panic button and rush to Air Port, Port or Bus Adda !

B.N. Mishra

Chandra energized CBDT

It was a divided legacy that S. Chandra Ex-Chairman CBDT, left. There is no doubt that he energized the department. He used the internal media of the dept to inform officers, to build opinion and to push officers to perform. There was a sense of involvement in the larger perspective of the department. Please note that the present incumbent has failed to send even an introductory message. It is also true that the motives of S. Chandra were sometimes not clear, yet we have had two chairmen who had tenure of 2 years each and both were worthless who did nothing except keeping their seats warm. The dept owes them no respect today. They set back the department many years. Chandra has set the bar for chairmen so high that it is a notice to the future chairpersons that they either perform or perish. They will not be able to hold their own heads high because their own departmental officers are going to be judging them harshly. As will the common citizen. The real legacy of S. Chandra is that he has awakened the dept officers to expect better from their seniors and that respect will be given only to the people who perform and not by the fact that they were born in particular month of a particular year.

Alok

No bashing

Why convert a fairly attractive portal to bash or eulogize officers? An old dictum :" There is so much of good in the worst of us and so much of bad in the best of us that it hardly makes any of us to talk about the rest of us." People 1000 KM away talking of officers as if their old bum chums makes one squirm. Is that the only thing one can do, really?

YU

Lok Pal purview should not cover PM

Sudhir Chopra's views to include Prime Minister and Supreme Court judges in the purview of Lok Pal perhaps are not based on well thought idea. Making Prime Minister accountable to any one other than the public will make the powerful just powerless and all the time scared to take a decision and there will hardly be any Prime Minister against whom a case will not be registered with Lok Pal even if at the end he might be acquitted. The basic question is whether we are looking at individuals or the institutions? PM and Lok Pal are both institutions and can be occupied by individuals of varied integrity. You may have the most honest PM like the present one or we may have some one appointed as Lok Pal with 2G scam tainted individuals. Judiciary should in no way be under any other institutions. The biggest strength of the Judiciary is its openness. You can not enter the office of Collector or DC without permission. However, you can sit in the court of Chief Justice of India and listen to the case. Let us not create a monster institution. Let there be checks and balances amongst various institutions. All components of a democracy are equally important. Putting PM under Lok Pal will be lowering the prestige of the Office of PM who is and will always be executive head of the Government. US President has the power to pardon himself before resigning but how many times this power has been used, perhaps never. Let us have faith in democracy and full faith in democratically elected PM not an appointed individual. This perhaps may be unconstitutional even. Some real thinking is required on this issue. Opinion of mass mobilisation should not be the guiding principle for such a change. We have enough constitutional experts and great thinkers. Let all pool their head and their thought should be the guiding principle.

H. Kingra

CSS officers

With reference to Mr W.Mishra, CSS:

May god give wisdom like you to all promotee CSS officers to not to indulge in unnecessary, futile litigations which actually creates a hostile rift, amongst various streams of CSS officers, for a short term gain. DR SOs are not more than 40 and no further recruitment so they can not influence the decisions as you can being greater in number and sitting at various offices from where the CSS promotion policies can be routed.

DK

I am batch of 1981 CES ROADS still working in Director scale why I am not getting higher scale?

S.K. Verma

'WIC columns below par'

Your two columns namely-"Aaj ki aawaz" and "what people say about us", are definitely far below par. Your editors are busy writing forum columns and "what people say about us" by giving false identities. Your editorials are absurd imaginary interviews and nursery rhymes. How much benefits/sponsored advertisements have been given to you by Sudhir Chandra. I think you must sell WIC site to some professional journalists and stop your business run via paid news by charging money in cash. This must be reported to income tax department, to whom I am separately taking up with Pranab Mukherjee, the Finance Minister.

Vishwa Ranjan "Dainik Jagran"

Charge-sheet in Reliance Call Re-routing case

The reasons for non-inclusion of the names of Mr. Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani in the charge sheet filed by CBI in the Call Re-routing case were denied u/s 8(1)(h) claiming that disclosing the information would impede the process of prosecution. The PIO informed the CIC that the said reasons were available on record but disclosing such information would provide clues to others by which they would be able to argue why they should also not be charged. Holding that the PIO has failed to produce any cogent evidence to establish that disclosure of information would impede the prosecution of offenders, the CIC directed to disclose the information.

Comments

The Delhi HC in Bhagat Singh v. CIC W.P. (C) No. 3114/2007 has observed that the mere existence of an investigation process cannot be a ground for refusal of the information; the authority withholding information must show satisfactory reasons as to why the release of such information would hamper the investigation process. As pointed in this column earlier, such reasons should be germane, and the opinion of the process being hampered should be reasonable and based on some material.

[Mr. P. C Srivastava vs. CBI in CIC/SM/A/2011/000309/SG/12557]

- 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)