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Sarkaar knew Ramdev was going to start a fast unto death at the Ramlila grounds so why was permission given in the first place for even a Yoga Camp????? And Sarkaar knew Ramdev's RSS connection!!! So what comes out .......Sarkaar was trying to create a rift in the Civil Society....... but then matters went haywire!! The general perception is Sonia and Mohna have once again bungled...... Sonia might try to distance herself from what's taken place but like they say ' I want to leave the blanket but the blanket does not leave me'......she cannot shake off the blame!!! And Ramdev's image has taken a beating too!!! Imagine he got schoolgirls to form a shield around himself and then he has the gall to say that Police were barbaric with women and kids...... had he bothered about those in the Pandal he would have not resisted arrest....... and then he tried to slink away least bit bothered about those who came on his call!!!!! What comes out is that the reception he got in Delhi gave Ramdev a swollen head and then he was misled by the RSS reps surrounding him!! And he's trivialized a serious National issue by demanding death penalty for the corrupt and black money hoarders and demanding declaring black money as National Wealth!! Had this National Wealth declaration been viable wouldn't have US done this and then US has the muscle power to recover what it has declared as its own from Tax Havens..... US battleships would have been 'threateningly parked' in Genoa ( Italy ..... Switzerland is land locked) after the decleration????? This declare Black Money as National Wealth was the brainwave of Govindcharya for whom practicability is something alien!! And then you have BJP trivializing the issue further!!! BJP held a day long Satygraha on Ramdev being sent packing and what did it do in the Satyagraha.....its leaders sang and danced.... or where they celebrating what they perceived as Congress's hara-kiri ?????

Ramdev is now RSS's new poster boy!!!!

What now........ to damn Congress now Ramdev RSS will 'employ'!!

Have Anna and his lot got a touch of Politicitis after the meetings with the Congress Ministers on the Draft Panel????? Just a few hours before the eviction of Ramdev Anna's lot were showing their allergy to Ramdev!!!! Fact is they too doubted Ramdev's intentions….. his funny demeanor and non commmital attitude when Anna was fasting…… then Ramdev demanding PM be kept out of Lokpal's ambit ……….though later Ramdev said all that he wanted was a discussion (sic)…… then the special treatment he got from the Sarkaar…… Anna and his lot were convinced that Ramdev was a Sarkaari stooge and was being foisted up to take over the Civil Society movement!! I think after every Lokpal Draft Panel meeting all Civil Society members should bathe and meet for bhajan…… to ward off the ill effects of sitting in the same room as Congress's 'politically cunning and devious' four!! These lines from a Nida Fazli ghazal illustrate the phenomena of sangath or company..... achchi sangat baith karr sanghi baddle roop, jaise mill ke aam se meethi ho gayi dhoop...... paradoxically ……… boori sangath baith ke sanghi baddle roop, jaise mill ke durian (very obnoxiously smelly fruit) se aise laghe jaise dhoop smells of poop!!!

Politicians are a bad influence!!!

And even more when in one room there is Netas like Pranab, PC, Sibal and Moily ka confluence!!!

Seems in the month of June Gandhis get wonky!!!! History is a witness to this!!! Emergency (India got the tag of Banana Republic after Emergncy was declared and this taint still has not washed off totally), Operation Blue Star (the fire that led to Operation Blue Star was also kindled in June …….it was indeed insane to attack a place of worship when it was teeming with pilgrims on a religiously important day) and now this midnight eviction of those in the Ramlila pandal…….. why did they not call Ramdev to the Claridges again and arrest him and then they could have got the Ramlila Pandal cleared humanely…… without Ramdev there to incite those in the Pandal it would have been manageable humanely to evict them!!!! India and Indians have a lot to fear in the month of June if Congress is in power!!!! I feel it would indeed be good if the Gandhi family, if it's in power, took a month long vacation in the month of June...... in fact looking at what's happened I'm sure we (Indians) would not mind if they took the vacation at our expense..... how about spending the summer in cool climes in Europe !!!! What a 'Kodak Moment' it'll be..... Sonia and her brood all pink cheeked with Alps in the background!!

For Caesar it was Ides of March and if Gandhis are in power for Indians it's the month of June!!!

Gandhis going on a holiday in June if they are in power for India and Indians would be a boon!!

Rahul has found a new way to capture votes!!! He's going to use Bollywood Stars to make Congress win the 2014 general election!! Bollywood Stars have fans spread all over India and Rahul has his eyes on these fans!!! Rahul by getting pally with Bollywood Stars aims at making Congress popular all over India !!! He's already pally with Sharukh...... now he's become pally with Salman....... next on the list is Amir!!! And then he'll work his way down the Bollywood ladder….. right down to Rakhi Sawant (mind you she has her own fan following)!!!! Of course he will not befriend Big B and his family...... maybe at the nick of time Amar Singh will be pressed into action to cause a 'Big B and family fan purge'!!!! I think Rahul should also look at the TV Stars lot....... they are very popular too!!!!

Rahul style out of the box thinking!!

This thinking must have kicked in after he got the feeling that both Congress and he are sinking!

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Who will be new Governor of Tamil Nadu ?
Who will be new Governor of Tamil Nadu ?.If insiders are to be believed tie is said to be Uttarakhand Governor Margret Alwa and Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar. Present Governor S S Barnala is all set to go.

Konijeti Rosaiah tipped to be Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah is likely to be appointed as Governor of Madhya Pradesh, in place of Rameshwar Thakur.

Shiv Sena takes umbrage over govt action against Baba Ramdev
While, condemning the attack on Baba Ramdev, Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb Thackrey has urged masses that it should boycott the Congress government for it is corrupt and has no reason to treat Baba Ramdev so unfairly. Uddhav Thackrey has said that Congress is allergic to the saffron colour. " Had any Imam or priest sat on a fast would the congress have done the same to him ?" asked an enraged Junior Thackrey.

Will Pawar support Vilasrao for MCA elections?
The elections for the President of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) elections are heating up. It is heard that Sharad Pawar will not contest the elections , and instead put his weight behind Vilasrao Deshmukh to contest. Pawar has been a President for eight terms, and is now also the chairman of ICC. Sources close to development say that ICC is enough for Pawar and he may not contest polls this time. In the fray for the elections of MCA are former cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar, Industries Minister Narayan Rane, former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi, PWD minister Chaggan Bhujbal amongst others.

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.

Who will be new Secretary Home ?
Who will succeed G K Pillai on July 1 as Secretary Home ?. Chances of R K Singh have now receded. Earlier the name of 1975 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer R K Singh was in circulation. Will some 1974 batch or another 1975 batch IAS officer make it ?.

Petroleum minister surrenders Apurva Chandra Joint Secretary
In a surprise move Petroleum Minister S.Jaipal Reddy has surrendered services of Apurva Chandra Joint Secretary (Marketing) to the DoPT. Chandra is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Who will be new Lakshadweep Administrator ?
Home Minister P Chidambaram is yet to clear the file of the appointment of akshadweep Administrator .Who will replace JK Dadoo as Lakshadweep Administrator ? Names under consideration are Dharmendra Kumar (1988, IAS), Janak Digal (1985 IAS), and Vijay Dev (1987, IAS). who will win or lose? . Chances of Janak Digal are there.

What is the significance ?
What is the significance -Vijay Kumar,Sandeep Nayak and NALCO ?. One has to go to the Shastri Bhawan to know the reply of this question.

Large scale transfers of IPS officers on the anvil in Punjab
As the grapevine has it a large scale transfers of IPS officers are on the anvil in Punjab.

IAS transfers in the offing in Gujarat
As the grapevine has it, a large scale transfers of IAS officers are on the anvil in Gujarat.

1985 Batch of IAAS promoted to HAG
The officers of the 1985 Batch of the Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IAAS) have been promoted to the HAG Grade (Rs. 67000-79000). These Officers are: Ms. Ghazala eenai, Ms. Shubha Kumar, Ms. Kavitha Kestur, Ms. J. M. Menon and Ms. Namita Sekhon. The remaining 4 Officers of this Batch are on deputation with the Government of India and will get promoted to the Grade under the NBR.

IA&AS officer Ms. Shanti Priya transferred to Chandigarh
Ms. Shanti Priya S, Senior Deputy Accountant General (IC-II) in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Punjab, Chandigarh has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Haryana, Chandigarh.

2 hot contenders for CMD, NMDC
There are two hot 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.

SBI's GM Yashowardhan Sinha posted in MP
Since third network has been created by State Bank of India (SBI) for Madhya Pradesh, Yashowardhan Sinha has been posted as a General Manager (GM).

Baljit Singh promoted as Additional DG, Logistics, FHQ

Baljit Singh, IG, Kashmir Frontier, BSF has been promoted as Additional DG, Logistics, FHQ, New Delhi. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Ashok Kumar gets additional charge in BSF
Ashok Kumar IG BSF, Malda Frontier has taken over an additional charge of Muralidhar IPS, IG, South Bengal Kolkata Frontier, BSF. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

Sr Station Directors of Doordarshan are now DDGs
All the Senior Station Directors of Doordarshan Kendras (DDKs) have been designated as Deputy Director Generals (DDGs).

Mukul Sangma's happy days are back
Clouds of revolt that were hovering over Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, have now blown over.

IAS postings in Madhya Pradesh
On return from central deputation Rajesh Chaturvedi has been appointed Principal Commissioner Revenue. This is the newly created post. Sudesh Kumar will now be Principal Secretary AYUSH and Public Enterprises. Prabhakar Bansod has been given additional charge of PS Jails.

Pakistan : PAC and I&B Ministry at logger heads over Rs 3 billion secret funds
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and I&B Ministry in Pakistan are at logger heads about utilisation of nearly Rs 3 billion secret funds allotted under the head 'other expenditures'. While the Auditor General Tanvir Ali Agha carrying out a special audit of the ministry on the direction of the PAC is insisting for all details of the expenditure the I&B Secretary Sohail Mansoor has refused to disclose the details on the plea that such secret funds have been utilised by successive regimes for the past over four decades without ever sharing the details with audit. The argument seems untenable since as per rules the exemption from disclosure of details to audit is available only on certification from the Presidency and the I&B Ministry has been unable to produce the same.

IAS changes in Bihar
There is minor IAS reshuffle in Bihar. Mayank Varvare has been posted as DM Jamui.Manish Kumar has been moved Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency as Director.Anupam Kumar Suman will now be the BUIDCO managing director.

IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu
There is another IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu.K.P. Maghendhran will be Director for Vigilance and Inspectors General of Police for the four zones.S.K. Dogra has been posted as ADGP / Inspector General of Prisons, Chennai. Ashish Bhengra has been posted as ADGP Economic Offences Wing.K. Radhakrishnan will now be ADGP, Civil Supplies CID, Chennai, in the place of T. Radhakrishnan who has been posted as ADGP, State Human Rights Commission, Chennai.K.C. Mahali has been made IG, Central Zone, Tiruchi, in the place of K. Vannia Perumal who has been posted as IG, West Zone, Coimbatore.Amaresh Pujari has been moved as Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City. Abhash Kumar, IG, Intelligence (Internal Security), Chennai, has been posted as IG, South Zone. C. Sylendra Babu, IG and CoP, Coimbatore City, has been posted as IG North Zone, Chennai.M.N. Manjunatha will now be IG, Crime CID, Chennai. R.C. Kudawla, IG, North Zone, Chennai, has been posted as IG/Member Secretary, TN Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Chennai. A. Alexander Mohan will be new IG Economic Offences Wing II (Financial Institution), Chennai. Prateep V. Philip will be IG, Tamil Nadu Police Academy, Chennai.
R. Thirugnanam has been posted as DIG Kancheepuram Range. Sandeep Mittal, DIG, Madurai, has been appointed DIG Ramanathapuram in the place of A. Amalraj who has been posted as DIG Tiruchi.H.M. Jayaram will be DIG, Idol Wing CID, Chennai. A.G. Mourya, DIG, Tiruchi, has been posted as Chief Vigilance Officer SRTC Villupuram.N. Baskaran will be DCP Traffic, Madurai City. T. Senthil Kumar has been posted as DCP, Law and Order, Madurai City. R. Tamilchandran has been posted as SP, Railways, Tiruchi. S. Panneerselvam will now be SP, Enforcement, Madurai.A. Radhika has been posted as DCP, Central Crime Branch, Chennai. N. Kannan has been posted as SP, Krishnagiri . Hema Karunagaran has been posted as DCP, Law and Order, Coimbatore City. S. Mallikha has been posted as SP EOW II, Chennai.C. Maheswari has been posted as SP, Civil Supplies CID, Chennai. Najmul Hodahas been made SP, Virudhunagar district. P. Nagarajan has been posted as SP, Karur district. R. Dinakaran will be new SP Thiruvarur district. P. Moorthyhas been made Commandant, TN Special Police IV Battalion, Kovaipudur, Coimbatore. R. Lalitha Lakshmi will be SP, Tiruchi district. S. Nizamuddin has been made DCP, Crime and Traffic, Coimbatore City in the place of N. Kamini who has been moved as as Commandant, TN Special Police XIII Battalion (SF), Veerapuram.

Padhi is Secretary Food in Orissa
M S Padhi has been posted as Secretary Food and Civil Supplies in Orissa.He is 1991 batch IAS officer.

ITI's Yearly loss reduced to all time low in Eight years

ITI Limited has reported a net loss of Rs.382 crores in the year 2010-11 which is lowest ever loss reported by the company in the last eight years, i.e. from 2003-04 to 2010-11. The net loss for the financial year 2010-11 has come down by 16.77 % as against the corresponding period of the previous year when the Company registered a net loss of Rs.459 crores."This is a critical phase for us and we hope to achieve better results and even possible turn-around in next two years", said K. L. Dhingra, CMD, ITI Ltd. "Our expenditure in important areas like employee cost, financing expenses etc has come down during 2010-11 as compared to 2009-10. We expect significant orders in coming months and this should boost our sales which declined in 2010-11 due to lack of orders", he added. He said the Company is concentrating on new business opportunities in defense, banking, solar, LED lighting and railways.

Major Administrative reshuffle in Mizoram
The Government of Mizoram has affected a major administrative reshuffle. Major changes are as follows:

R. Liankima, MCS (1985) has been promoted and posted as Secretary to the Govt. of Mizoram, Excise, Sericulture and Local Administration Department

Shurbir Singh, IAS (AGMUT:2004) Director, Industries has been appointed as DC, Aizawl District in a vacant post. Rodney Lalrinawma, IAS (AGMUT) Addl. Secy, Planning has been posted as DC, Mamit District vice Zothankhuma, IAS (AGMUT: 2004) who has been posted as Director, Industries. V. Sapchhunga, IAS (AGMUT) Addl. Secy, GAD, SAD has been posted as DC, Lunglei District vice M.Zohmingthangi, IAS (AGMUT:1999). P. Lalchhuanga, MCS (1986) Director, UD&PA, on promotion to Supertime Grade 'B', has been posted as DC, Serchhip District vice H. Darzika, MCS (1978). B. Lalhmingthanga, MCS (1986), Jt. Secy, RD, on promotion to Supertime Grade
'B', has also been posted as DC, Lawngtlai District vice Thlamuana, MCS (1986) who has been posted as Jt. Secy, SAD.

The Government of Mizoram has ordered promotion of the following Selection Grade MCS Officers to Supertime Grade B and posted them as follows: 1. Lalthangpuia Sailo, Director, Labour & Employment 2. R. Lalhmangaiha, Director, Land Revenue & Settlement 3. James L.T. Huama, Addl. Secy, Tourism, DM&R

The Government of Mizoram has also ordered promotion and posting of the following Junior Administrative Grade MCS Officers to Selection Grade: 1. Sangdingliana, Director, LAD 2. Lianhmingi Pachuau, Director, RD 3. Vanlalngaihsaka, Jt. Secy, Planning 4. K. Lalthawmmawia, Director, UD&PA 5. K. Lalmuana, Jt. Secy, H&FW.
Besides, Lalzawngliana, Jt. Secy, Industries has been transferred and posted as Director, DM&R

The Government of Mizoram has also ordered promotion and posting of the following Senior Grade MCS Officers to Junior Administrative Grade: 1. H. Lalthlangliana, Jt. Director, Transport 2. Lalhriatpuia, Dy. Secy, Home 3. Vanlalmawia, Jt. Director, UD&PA 4. Sangthuama, Dy. Secy, Sericulture, Soil & Water Conservation 5. Florence Zotluangpuii, State Protocol Officer 6. Teresy V.L Hruaii, Dy. Secy, Industries.
Besides, H. Laizika, Project Director, DRDA, Lawngtlai has been transferred and posted as Dy. Secy, H&FW. Zodingpuii, Dy. Secy, Sericulture, Soil & Water Conservation has been transferred and posted as Jt. Director, LAD

The following Junior Grade MCS Officers has been promoted to Senior Grade and posted them as follows: 1. Liansangzuala, U/S, GAD 2. K. Vanlalthiana, Settlement Officer, Lunglei 3. Donny Lalruatsanga DTO/BDO, Saiha 4. H. Remthanga, Election Officer, Mamit 5. R. Lalbiakthanga, Election Officer, Aizawl 6. Ngulsangvela, SDO(C)/BDO,
W. Phaileng 7. C. Lalsangluaia, SDO(C)/BDO, Khawzawl 8. Lawmkima, U/S, DM&R. Besides, Jacob Lalawmpuia, U/S, GAD has been given additional charge of Protocol Officer, Zosangzuali Pachuau, SDO(C)/BDO, Khawzawl as U/S, Home, V. Lalduhzuala, Dy. Director, Revenue as DTO, Lunglei. Lalhmunsanga Hnamte, U/S, GAD as Dy. Director, Food & Civil Supplies, V.L. Hruaizela Khiangte Election Officer, Aizawl as DCSO, Aizawl 'E', F. Laldingpuia, Asst. Controller, P&S, Lunglei as Dy. Director, LAD,
Laltanpuia Hnamte, Dy. Director, RD with additional charge of BDO, Thingsulthliah.

Junior Grade MCS Officer Marilyn Rualzakhumthangi, SDC, Saiha has been transferred and posted as BDO, Tuipang, Saizikpuii, SDC, Lawngtlai as BDO, Bungtlang 'S', K. Lalnuntluanga, BDO, Tuipang as SDC, Saiha, Lalthangkhuma Gangte, BDO, Bunghmun as Asst. Controller, P&S, Lunglei, R. Vanrengpuia, SDC, Lunglei as BDO, Bunghmun, R. Lalnghakliana, BDO, Aibawk as BDO, Darlawn, R. Vanlalsawma, SDC, Champhai as BDO, Aibawk,

Monika Mohta to be Ambassador to Poland (UPDATED)
Ms. Monika Mohta, presently Minister in High Commission of India, London has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Poland.

Mukul appointed Ambassador to Oman (UPDATED)
J.S. Mukul, Joint Secretary at headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sultanate of Oman in succession to Anil Wadhwa.

Anita Praveen to be Chairperson, TN Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Ltd (UPDATED)
The Tamil Nadu government has placed the services of Mrs Anita Praveen, Secretary Expenditure, Finance Department at the disposal of Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited to be appointed as its Chairperson.

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

Why many resignations as Company Secretary ?
These days too many people are resigning as Company secretaries. Why is there more than what meets the eye in this connection?

Mohapatra MD, CEO, CFS
Uppagupta Mohapatra has been appointed as the MD and CEO of Centbank Financial Services Ltd.

Irani steps down as Director from Tata Steel Board
Dr. J. J. Irani has stepped down as Director from the Board of Tata Steel Ltd on June 2, 2011 on attaining the age of 75 years.

Salvi appointed Company Secy. Bang Overseas Ltd
Ms. Jalpa Harshadbhai Salvi has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Bang Overseas Ltd w.e.f. May 1, 2011.

Padia appointed Company Secy. First Winner Industries Ltd
Ms. Shristi Padia has been appointed as the Company Secretary of First Winner Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 30, 2011 in place of Ms. Neha Tripathi who has resigned from the post w.e.f. May 30, 2011.

Panda nominated on BoI Board
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated P.K.Panda Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India, Bhopal as the Director on the Board of Bank of India (BoI) in place of G. Mahalingam with immediate effect .

Bidawatka resigns as Director, Filatex Fashions Ltd
Rajesh Kumar Bidawatka has resigned as Director of Filatex Fashions Ltd w.e.f. May 20, 2011.

Venkataraman takes charge as MD & CEO, BoI
K Venkataraman has taken charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of India on June 6, 2011.

Roongta appointed MD of Vedanta's aluminium businesses
Sushil Kumar Roongta has been appointed as Managing Director of Vedanta Group's aluminium business which includes Vedanta Aluminium and Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (BALCO).

Bammi elevated as ED (Retail Banking), Axis Bank
Axis Bank has elevated R K Bammi , President and Head (Retail Banking) to Executive Director (Retail Banking) with effect from June 1, 2011.

Sridhar appointed VP ( Infrastructure Services), Capgemini , India
Arun Sridhar has been appointed as Vice President (Infrastructure Services), Capgemini in India.

Cavale appointed VP (Global Business Information Management), Capgemini, India
Kiran Cavale has been appointed as Vice President (Global Business Information Management), Capgemini in India.

Sonthalia appointed Country Head, Duet India
Saurabh Sonthalia has been appointed as Country Head of Duet India---a private equity firm.

Mittal appointed Resident Manager, Hotel Janpath, New Delhi
Pankaj Mittal has been appointed as the Resident Manager of Hotel Janpath, New Delhi--- a part of Ashok Group of Hotels.

Nagesh is Director MESC
H. Nagesh has taken over as Director (Technical) of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) .

Venkataraman is MD of Karur Vysya Bank
K. Venkataraman hads taken over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Karur Vysya Bank .

FORUM

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?

I don't think that situation like 1996 will repeat. Both BJP & Congress will be able their numbers above 100 in the next general election. Though both the parties are having their own problems but even than they are still stronger than regional parties. I looks that BJP will emerge as a single largest party and will head the next Government.

Sunil

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?

My advice, let Congress and BJP join hands and form an electoral alliance. I think this will work out and they can form a stable govt. which will be in country's interest.

Guru

Shameful

Whatever happened with Baba Ramdev is very shameful and I think that this just like period of emergency. Now I come on Sibbal. Whatever he did was his job because politicians have no moral. They can do anything for gaddi/party. Isne CBSE board ko chaupat kiya, ab desh ko chaupat karega. Aise logo ko party main rakh kar Congress kya karna chati hai, Bhagwan jane. Digvijay Sing was also Mahan man. Apne ko kaise charcha mein rakhna hai, unse ja kar sikhiye.

Ashutosh Kumar Srivastava

Another Indian penchant for a new law

This clamour for repatriation of illegal Indian money stashed abroad through yet-another legislation is another Indian penchant for a new law, without seeing whether there is any existing law on the subject. We have put in place PMLA, 2002. We have put in place collaboration agreement with foreign jurisdictions :

"56. (1) The Central Government may enter into an agreement with the Government of any country outside India for-

(a) enforcing the provisions of this Act;

(b) exchange of information for the prevention of any offence under this Act or under the corresponding law in force in that country or investigation of cases relating to any offence under this Act.

and may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such provisions as may be necessary for implementing the agreement.

(2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the application of this Chapter in relation to a contracting State with which reciprocal arrangements have been made, shall be subject to such conditions, exceptions or qualifications as are specified in the said notification."

We have defined offences with cross border implications :

2(1)[(ra) "offence of cross border implications", means -

(i) any conduct by a person at a place outside India which constitutes an offence at that place and which would have constituted an offence specified in Part A, Part B or Part C of the Schedule, had it been committed in India and if such person remits the proceeds of such conduct or part thereof to India; or

(ii) any offence specified in Part A , Part B or Part C of the Schedule which has been committed in India and the proceeds of crime, or part thereof have been transferred to a place outside India or any attempt has been made to transfer the proceeds of crime, or part thereof from India to a place outside India.

Explanation:- Nothing contained in this clause shall adversely affect any investigation, enquiry, trial or proceeding before any authority in respect of the offences specified in Part A or Part B of the Schedule to the Act before the commencement of the Prevention of Money -laundering (Amendment) Act 2009;

We have defined proceeds of crime :

2(1)u) "proceeds of crime" means any property derived or obtained, directly or indirectly, by any person as a result of criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence or the value of any such property;

We have also defined property :

2(1)(v) "property" means any property or assets of every description, whether corporeal or incorporeal, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible and includes deeds and instruments evidencing title to, or interest in, such property or assets, wherever located "

The list of scheduled offences in PMLA is exhaustive and includes legislations from Prevention of Corruption Act to NDPS 1985,Explosive Substances Act 1908,IPC 1860,Arms Act 1959,Wildlife Protection Act 1972, Immoral Traffic Prevention Act,1956,Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972,SEBI Act 1992,Customs Act and a host of other Acts. If an asset is created in a foreign jurisdiction from out of an offence punishable under PMLA, proceeds can be repatriated under this very law. The basic question is has any one identified any such account elsewhere ? Unless you have identified an account, what is the point in any pointless discussion. This breast beating is so meaningless.

Gruti

Grave flaw in the Government rules

One more grave flaw in the Government rules is with the term relating to the word 'family'. One cannot get his of her parent declared as dependent if he of she is getting pension of Rs.1500/-. On the other hand if your parent was working in a private/public sector company or doing business and was drawing fat salary can be included in the term of 'family' just because you are not getting any pension. This is ridiculous and something should be done to set right this. The Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.1368 of 1990 in the matter of State of Madhya Pradesh Versus M.P. Ojha vide a judgment dated 18.12.1997 has said that the terms appearing in the definition of 'Family' under the medical rules includes both financial and physical dependence - Meaning of expression cannot be interpreted or curtailed by applying Fundamental Rule - Retired Government servant who lived with his son - Can be treated as wholly dependent on his son irrespective of the fact he himself was getting pension - Son is entitled to reimbursement of medical expenses incurred on treatment of his father' In line with the aforesaid judgment the Government needs to change the meaning of the term 'family' in all its rules including medical, LTC etc. A government servant cannot be expected to leave behind his/her 'old parents' at the mercy of rogues when he goes on LTC. This also needs to looked into. As per Article 141 of the Constitution of India any judgment passed by the Supreme Court of India becomes the law of the land.

Anurag Srivastava

Tough time ahead for Chawla

Ashok Chawla is the most balanced of the lot, a pro-active person for justice and fairness but not a hyper person. But he may face very tough time with other egoistic members on Board.

V N Gaba

Hypocrisy of Congress

In Bhatta village, U.P, the protestor took hostage of the government officials and use fire arms against the police force even shooting D.M but Prince of Congress did not found it wrong and targeted U.P administration since it is ruled by non-congress govt. whereas in Delhi, Police used tear gas & lathi charge in the midnight when women, old people were asleep to target peaceful protest of Guru Ramdev and this action was unleashed by his own govt. quelling the freedom to speech and protest. But Congress Prince is nowhere seen. How farcical can congress be can be gauged by the statement of Digvijay Singh who stated that Congress is not afraid form Guru Ramdev otherwise he would have been in jail but later action of his government for issuing externment orders clearly depicts that they are indeed afraid.

Adarsha Gupta

In very poor taste

"Arm pit exposing vulgar looking guru" comment by Usha Natrajan on Swami Ramdeo is in very poor taste. She appears to have descended from some other planet and not aware of Indian culture of Sadhus and Rishis wearing one piece attire. She may be in agreement with Swami Ramdeo views but she has no right to comment on the apperance of anybody. Very poor taste.

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)