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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Pranab Da says inflation is again rising because of 'supply bottlenecks'!!!

Well during the budget he had an opportunity to apply 'balances and checks'!!

In the Budget he showed no concern about inflation!!!

Why do you think his budget was welcomed only by the 'the upper strata of the Nation'?????

Basically Pranab Da's knowledge about economics is 'low'!!!

Though I must admit to learn the man is not slow!!

But why did he show scant concern about India's Common Man????

Away from solving issues affecting the common man Pranab Da literally ran!

Montek is back to demanding 'diesel price deregulation'!!!

In his firing his gob there should be regulation!!

Why have they got a Capitalist Economist in a post that demands a 'Socialist outlook'???

Time some steps on this front Sonia Madam de High Command took!!!

Though Mohna will fight tooth and nail for Montek!!

'Madam if Diesel is deregulated there will be more money for your schemes' will be his take!

By the way Sonia's knowledge of economics is 'sub zero'....... layman type!!!

Though Congress does create 'Madam is know all' hype!!

In fact I hear Mohna takes a few aspirins on the day he has to explain her economic issues!!

And by the end of it he's wiping his forehead and eyes with tissues!!

And I hear he often laments later ' Economics de maamle wich Madam di akal noo laghe hann taale'!

'Eh sabh kuch samjhaya si Madam noo haale haale'!!

Meaning ' on economic issues Madam has her brains locked and I had recently explained all this to her'!

Economics for Madam is one bug blur!!

Now Thomas's review petition will be heard by a 5 Judge Bench!!!

Two Judge Bench said Thomas's appointment stinks ..... will 5 Judge Bench justify the stench???

Thomas is getting ' this take pangaa advice' from PC!!!!

Why do you think people say 'Putridly Cunning' is the real analogy of PC???

PM has apologized for 'an error in judgement'!!!!

And Thomas is going in for a review of the Court's Judgement!

Realty and Communication are being billed as the 'thug's domain'.....recent revelations show this!

And we know why 'appointing a Regulator in Realty' Sarkaar is giving the miss?????

Realty already has taken bubble proportions and growing bigger every day!!

To dupe buyers a very devious role with builders brokers play!!

By the way many are surprised at the friendliness that Sonia and Sushma display!!

This friendship in strongest terms many in BJP do flay!!

Sushma is least bothered!!!

And it's well known Sushma 'cannot be smothered'!!

Say if Sushma cannot make it to be BJP's PM choice is she letting BJP know!!

That she now has another political option and into Congress she could go????

Though the general feeling is this amity is to save the Reddy brothers!!

They take Sushma to be their Mum and them she 'politically' mothers!!

Confucius says.... in politics relationships and friendships are all for selfish reasons!!! Changes take place earliest like passing days and latest like passing seasons!!

Bharat Kumar
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Who planted story against "Jamai Raja " ?
Who planted story against big "Jamai Raja" Robert Vadra in the Media and Why ? Ten Janpath is keen to know the source. And the problem is except B V Wanchoo there is no informer with the Ten Janpath these days.

Now Antony saheb should be ready
One should not get surprised if some adverse story against Defence Minister A K Antony appears in the media in the days to come.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Cabinet Secretary go and become Delhi LG ?
There is a strong rumour in the corridors of power that Cabinet Secretary K M Chandra Sekhar is going to take over as Lt Governor of Delhi. Two top contenders for the post K K Paul and V K Duggal are now out of the race after the communication of Delhi CM Sheila Dixit that she would not accept anyone who has worked under her.

Will Pulok Chaterji be new Cabinet Secretary ?
You ask anyone in the corridors of power-who will succeed K M Chandra Sekhar as Cabinet Secretary ? 99 percent people will say -Pulok Chaterji. At least whispers will go with one per cent.

Seven officers are senior to Pulok Chaterjee
If seniority is taken into account, seven empanelled 1974 batch IAS officers are senior to Pulok Chaterji. They are Mssrs Ajit Kumar Seth, K Mohan Das, Deepak Gupta, Alka Sirohi, Anup Mukherjee, K M Acharya and Vivek Mehrotra.

All appointments to be done by seniority
If insiders are to be believed Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is going to stick to seniority in appointing people at top positions in different departments. Does this imply to the post of Cabinet Secretary also ?.

Will Seth be a Dark Horse ?
If the PM goes by seniority then Ajit Kumar Seth should be the successor of Cabinet Secretary K M Chandra Sekhar. 1974 batch UP cadre IAS officer is the senior-most after Chandra Sekhar. He is presently Secretary Coordination in the Cabinet Secretariat. Only the PM knows the name of the new Cabinet Secretary.

Will Tripurari Sharan be new DG Doordarshan ?
Will Tripurari Sharan be new DG of the Doordarshan ? He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. Prasar Bharti has shortlisted three names on Tuesday for the post of Director General of Doordarshan (DD). They are Mssrs Tripurari Sharan 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre,Acting DG of DD L D Mandloi and Ram Subhag Singh 1987 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting conducted interviews for the post of Director General (DG), Doordarshan. Eight people were interviewed, of which three interviewees were insiders. Those who were
interviewed are as follows: Ram Subhag Singh (IAS, 1987 batch, Himachal Pradesh), Tripurari Sharan (IAS, 1985 batch, Bihar cadre), Sunil Kumar Singh (IAS, 1983 batch, Bihar cadre), Anil Agarwal (IAS, 1981 batch, West Bengal cadre), Jagmohan Singh Raju (IAS, 1985 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre), L.D Mandloi, G. Jailal & Ashok.

Who will be DG Akashvani ?
Names of Jiya Lal and L D Mandloi have been forwarded to the I & B Ministry for the post of DG Akashvani, Present DG Aklashvani Ms Noreen Naqvi is retiring on March 31.

Chaudhary is new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand
S K Chaudhary has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand.He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

A K Singh moves to Academy of Administration
Jharkhand Chief Secretary A K Singh has been shifted to the Academy of Administration as DG.He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

Raja Sekhar Vundru in run for Joint Secretary Banking
As the grapevine has it, the name of Raja Sekhar Vundru is in circulation for the post of Joint Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking. He is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Bhim Sen to be CIC Himachal Pradesh
Name of Principal Secretary to the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Bhim Sen has been cleared for the post of Chief Information Commissioner.1981 batch IAS officer Bhim Sen was scheduled to retire next year.

Shrikant Jadhav tipped to be DIG in BCAS
Shrikant Jadhav is tipped to join Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) as DIG. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to Haryana cadre.

Sahai to return to Maharashtra
Dr Bhagwan Sahai, Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, is returning to the parent Maharashtra cadre. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Ms. Utpal Parna Hazarika to be ED, Railway Board
Ms. Utpal Parna Hazarika is poised to be Executive Director (ED) Computer & Information in the Railway Board. So far she was in he CRIS. She is an IRTS officer of the 1987 batch.

2 contenders in fray for post of Intelligence chief in UP
There are two contenders for the post of Intelligence chief in Uttar Pradesh. They are: Vijay Singh Secretary to UP Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati and Arun Kumar Gupta Special DG Fire Services (both UP cadre IPS officers). While, Singh is an IPS officer of the 1981 batch, Arun Kumar Gupta is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch.

Inter-cadre deputation tenure of IAS officer extended
Inter-State deputation tenure of 2004 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre Khade Nitin Kumar Shivdas to Maharashtra cadre has been extended for two years.

Process for post of ADG, BP&RD to be initiated
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) is likely to initiate the selection procedure for the post of BP&RD this month.

Sunil Sharma empanelled in GoI
Sunil Sharma has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IRPS officer.

AGMU cadre needs 28 IPS officers
There is a requirement of 28 IPS officers in AGMU cadre. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) has asked the concerned agencies to fill up these vacancies.

Saurabh Mallick is Dy Director (Admn) in Audit office
Saurabh Kumar Mallick, Deputy Director, in Kolkata, in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Admn), in the office of the Principal Director of Audit (Central), Kolkata against an existing vacancy. Mallick will continue to hold the additional charge of the post of Deputy Director, in the branch office Kolkata, in the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board-IV, New Delhi till further orders.

DANIPS cadre police officers to get IPS
Delhi Police (DANIPS) officers will get promoted to IPS fraternity of AGMU cadre shortly.

Who will be CMD, CIDCO?
Who will be Chairman & Managing Director(CMD) of City and Industrial Development
Corporation (CIDCO) , of Maharashtra government?There are two contenders for the post. they are A. M. Khan (IAS,1979 batch)Principal secretary Industries and Sanjay Bhatia(IAS,1985 batch) Sales Tax Commisioner .

Yashpal Mallik invited by MHA
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) has invited Yashpal Mallik- the leader of Jat stir for a discussion.

9910 corruption cases pending with CBI
A total of 9910 corruption cases across the country are pending with the CBI with NCT of Delhi topping the list with 1759 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 1062 and West Bengal with 891. The cases pending with the CBI in other states is : Uttar Pradesh - 848; Andhra Pradesh - 505; Bihar - 449; Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 24; Arunachal Pradesh - 12; Assam - 252; Chandigarh - 70; Chhattisgarh - 55; Daman and Diu - 1; Goa - 59; Gujarat - 489; Haryana - 87; Himachal Pradesh - 40; Jammu and Kashmir - 185; Jharkhand - 526; Karnataka - 308; Kerala - 275; Madhya Pradesh - 226; Manipur - 28; Meghalaya - 27; Mizoram - 8; Nagaland - 9; Orissa - 368; Pondicherry - 26; Punjab - 201; Rajasthan - 408; Sikkim - 6; Tamil Nadu - 584; Tripura - 51 and Uttarakhand - 71 cases.
CIT Trivandrum promoted and transferred
S Ravi, Commissioner of Income Tax, Trivandrum, has been promoted as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) and posted as CCIT-XI, Mumbai.

Lt Gen Dalbir Singh takes over reins of 3 Corps
Lt Gen Dalbir Singh, AVSM, VSM has taken over the reins of 3 Corps from Lt Gen NK Singh.

Mehra appointed Member Secretary, NCR Planning Board
K.S. Mehra, IAS (UT:78), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Member Secretary, NCR Planning Board, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Baligar appointed CMD, HUDCO
V.P. Baligar, IAS(KN:80), presently in the cadre, has been appointed as CMD, HUDCO, on deputation basis, for a period of 3 years.

DEBATE

ARE PEOPLE LOSING INTEREST IN DEFENCE SERVICES THESE DAYS ?

What do you think? Why people are losing interest in Defence Services? Have they lost attraction because they are no more that lucrative as they have been earlier or there is a decline of 'nationalism' among the people of country these days. There is a shortage of over 12,000 officers at the junior and the middle rung alone in the Defence services in the country.

Mail your 'to the point' views in brief at

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CORPORATE

Anil Ambani meets P. Chidambaram
Industrial tycoon Anil Ambani met Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram in Delhi last evening. The meeting was probably regarding the probe of 2G spectrum scam.

Rajiv Talwar is very active
Former 1978 batch UT cadre IAS officer Rajiv Talwar has been very active during the past 48 hours.These days he is associated with the DLF.

Two posts of Member, SEBI advertised
Two posts of Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) that are going to fall vacant in July 2011 have been advertised. Last date for submitting applications is March 30, 2011. Unlike the past this time term of new members will be five years as against existing term of three years. Apart from this any incumbent who is already in a job somewhere will be required to quit that before joining as Member, SEBI.

Siresh Saxena to be ITDC's GM Hotels
As the grapevine has it, the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) is going to promote Siresh Saxena Executive Chef Ashok Hotel Delhi as General Manager(GM) hotels.

Commerzbank of Germany not to fund Nuclear power plant
Germany's 2nd largest bank christened Commerzbank has reportedly decided not to fund Jaitapur nuclear power project as it fails on the requirement of sustainability & reputation risk. A 1650 Mega Watt(MW) Jaitapur nuclear power project is to be located on atnagiri
coast of Southern Maharashtra and is estimated to cost around Rs 32000 crore. European and US led banks have promised to bankroll the project.

SAIL sets higher production, sales targets for FY '12
Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has laid highest thrust upon modernisation & expansion projects, including training of project personnel, in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the Ministry of Steel for the year 2011-12. Secretary (Steel) P.K. Misra and SAIL Chairman C.S. Verma signed the annual MoU at Udyog Bhawan in Delhi recently. SAIL has also incorporated new key thrust areas, including corporate governance, green supply chain and international alliances in the MoU for FY '12. It is noteworthy that SAIL's performance with regard to MoU parameters has received 'Excellent' rating since 2002-03.As per the MoU for FY '12, SAIL plans to achieve higher saleable steel production than planned for 2010-11 by utilising more than 114% of capacity. The company has maintained its thrust on production of special/value-added steels and also plans to produce higher volumes than planned for the previous year. Gross sales projections are over 4% higher than planned for FY '11. For modernisation & expansion projects, the weightage on achievement of milestones continues to be 10%, the highest weightage amongst dynamic rameters.While fixing 1.1% of gross margin as R&D expenditure for 2011-12, SAIL has identified seven key projects in this area and targeted 27 new patents. In relation to corporate governance, which is a mandatory parameter as per DPE guidelines, SAIL has stated in the MoU that it will comply with all the 30 requirements. In the area of sustainability, which is another mandatory parameter, the company has decided upon 'greening' of its supply chain by targeting achievement of ISO:14001 certification for some of its warehouses during 2011-12. Other thrust areas identified under sustainability are reduction in specific energy consumption, specific water consumption and particulate matter emission load. In addition, with its focus on becoming a global player, SAIL has decided to sign a number of MoUs with foreign companies and has included this as an MoU parameter. The company will continue its thrust in the areas of customer satisfaction, human resource development, productivity improvement and CSR.

WAPCOS signs MOU for the year 2011-2012
Dhruv Vijai Singh Secretary in Indian Ministry of Water Resources and R. K. Gupta, Chairman-cum- Managing. Director (CMD) WAPCOS Limited signed an MOU for the year 2011-2012, in the presence of G. Mohan Kumar Additional Secretary, Sudhir Garg Joint Secretary (Admn.), Ms. Ananya Ray, FA & Joint Secretary and other senior officers from ministry of Water Resources.Accordingly the WAPCOS. has set an ambitious growth of about 26% and 34% for consultancy turnover and profitability respectively over the previous year, for achieving excellence in performance. Sustained profitable growth, use of state-of-the- art technical expertise, innovations, corporate social human resources management and research & development. The WAPCOS has successfully taken up assignments in about 50 countries and is currently engaged in providing consultancy services in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, DR Congo, Laos,Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Taiwan, Yemen and Zimbabwe ,Mozambique,Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria and almost all states of India.

Prasad appointed Addl. Director, Gabriel India Ltd
H. R. Prasad has been appointed as Additional Director of Gabriel India Ltd w.e.f. March 14, 2011.

Jain resigns as Head (Legal), Hi-Tech Gears Ltd
Praveen Jain has resigned as Head ( Legal & Company Secretary) , Hi-Tech Gears Ltd.

Khatri appointed DGM (Legal), Hi-Tech Gears Ltd
Hi-Tech Gears Ltd has appointed S.K. Khatri as DGM (Legal & Company Secretary).

Anand appointed Whole-time Secy. JMT Auto Ltd
JMT Auto Limited has appointed Nimesh Anand as Whole-time Secretary and Compliance Officer of the company, with effect from February 14, 2011.

Jain appointed Company Secy. Gravita India
Ms Leena Jain has been appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of Gravita India Ltd w.e.f. March 1, 2011.

Mangalam Cement appoints Whole-time directors
Mangalam Cement Limited has appointed Anshuman Vikram Jalan and Ms Vidula Jalan as Whole-time Directors designated as Executive Directors of the Company w.e.f. April 1, 2011.

Chattopadhyay resigns as CEO Saffron Brand Consultants
Avik Chattopadhyay, CEO India for Saffron Brand Consultants has resigned from the organisation.

Kakar appointed Group CFO, IDFC
Infrastructure finance company IDFC has appointed Sunil Kakar as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) .

Ho appointed MD, Credit Suisse (Asia-Pacific)
Credit Suisse has appointed Joseph Ho as Managing Director and Head of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Asia-Pacific of its Asset Management Division.

Venkataramani appointed CEO, Indosolar Ltd
Indosolar Ltd has appointed S. Venkataramani as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Rajiv Gopinath quits Madison Media
Rajiv Gopinath is quitting Bangalore based Madison Media Infinity where he was COO. He will be joining MediaCom in China. Gopinath had joined Madison in October 2007 after parting ways with MindShare.

Avik Chattopadhyay quits Saffron Brand Consultants
Avik Chattopadhyay is quitting Saffron Brand Consultants where he was CEO India. Having experience in sales, marketing, strategy, branding, product planning, portfolio management and consumer understanding, he had joined the company in February 2010 to head its Indian operations based out of Mumbai.

Rajani appointed Business Head
Sneha Rajani has been appointed as the business head of the Multi Screen Media's flagship channel Sony Entertainment Television.

Sameer Nemavarkar is appointed CEO
Sameer Nemavarkar has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Atos Worldline (formerly Venture Infotek Global) in India.

FORUM

DEBATE (1)

Why only defence, people are losing interest in civil services also. The reasons are many. Historically, these services were looked up to since Indians were kept out of higher posts in these services during British times. The higher posts were highly paid as well and prestigious. These services thus became sought after. Post independence, due to lack of opportunities and economic growth, these services retained an attraction for the educated youth. With increasing economic growth and expanding opportunities, interest in these services has declined (the recent recession has arrested the trend but only for a while). In a growing economy in a democratic set up, the professions, the judiciary, the media and politics become more powerful and attractive to the public spirited youth than the defence and civil services and more and more professionals and educated youth can be expected to join these areas rather than the services.

In addition are the hardships associated with these careers without commensurate compensation ( the pay of a Cabinet Secretary is lower than a rookie MBA from any IIM, same for the pay of any General/ Admiral/ Air Marshal of the Army). The prestige and honour attached to these services is already lost (constant battering of morale at the hands of the many lobbies that actually run this country viz. business, media, judiciary, politicians). The military leadership in the country has always been taken for granted but now the civil services are also the subject of derision all over the country. These services are better than a few other careers viz. the public sector, the public sector banks, state governments, teaching etc. Barring these professions, nobody worth his/ her salt looks up to these services any more. A General of the Army does not inspire any awe any more in avowedly over-pacifist India. Neither does the Cabinet Secretary. They have become anachronisms.

A K Singh

DEBATE (2)To tide over the present scenerio, special recruitment drives should be undertaken for filling up vacant slots with focussed attention to locate eligible candidates from the rural belt of the country. Norms for direct entry should be relaxed as one time measure.Vacant slots should be publicized on TV

U G Upreti

Retirement Age

All the arguments for and against escalating the retirement age are meant to obfuscate the crux of the issue. Firstly, the endurance of the aged has definitely increased both mentally and physically. Why quite a few, indeed many of the seniors can give a good run for money for all the young puppies and upstarts in the private and non-government sector. This is derived from judgement, experience, clarity of vision, and ability. Just consider the number of post retired persons who are lapped up in the private sector, for whom bottom line is the bible. Secondly, when so many old guards can dabble and stumble in active politics, in judiciary, in heading the country and the state, deciding the fate of millions, there is no reason why a mere extension of retirement age by 2 more years should cause so much of flurry. Even in private sector, age is not at all a factor, but merit (and maybe networking and 'right' contacts) is more decisive. As rightly pointed out, let it be through a filter so that those with potential and proven track record can be passed through beyond 60. on a scale of balance, the argument would tilt towards increasing the retirement age which would be objectively beneficial from many angles. The negligible percentage of the entire workforce who would be obtaining such an extension, if and when it comes, is not going to jeopardize the employment horizon in the country. Rather, the lopsided policies of the government, which is exacerbating the price lines, income disparities, etc are to be blamed for the burning mess that is facing the country around the corner soon.

S.Srinivasan, IAS

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) & ex-officio Principal Secretary (Home)

State Secretariat, Govt. of Orissa,

Bhubaneswar

Disgusting

The latest scam of fake pilot licences has taken the cake. The nepotism and corruption can go to such an extent in our country that people are not bothered about the lives of others -even their own kids. The daughter of one officer of DGCA gets disqualified by the training academy in USA where she went for training. She comes back, attends a 5-day programme in a little known flying training school in Uttrakhand and presto she gets the pilot licence and merrily flies jumbos. There are others too getting their licences on the basis of fake marks and other documents. That this was facilitated by the Directorate of Civil Aviation which is supposed to regulate safety of the aviation sector is shocking. Few on those airlines too who thought nothing of employing these sifarshi pilots-boys and girls to oblige the DGCA bosses. They definitely compromised with the safety of passengers. Now when the facts are out ,people should boycott those airlines. As for DGCA severe punishment needs to be meted out to these fake pilots as well as their fathers, uncles and benefactors. That this will be done is a vague hope. In this country every one- the big and the small gets away with murder. Only the innocent and good suffer. The echo therefore gets louder as to "what the hell is going on in this country?

Aarti Khosla

Tough stand

I want to share about the loss to the Govt exchequer by Jats on the pretext of reservation. Today, if they are extended the benefit of reservation, tomorrow some other group will raise their voice and so on.

It is high time, Government should change its policy and take a tough stand (forgetting the voting policy) by cancelling all its reservation policies given to particular castes. It is a well known fact that benefits of reservation are reaped by the affluent persons only. A reservation policy should be made and approved by the majority, for persons living Below the Poverty Line. They could be of any caste. Government can extend any sort of help to them. I think, in this way, on the one hand help will reach the right person, and on the other, resentment among different categories about reservation will go away forever.

Shikha Arora

Who survives ?

Those who are masters in manipulation and are able to pull the right string survive and succeed.

P N Raj

Disclosure of agreed list file

The file pertaining to the preparation of 'Agreed List' for the year 2004 containing the recommendations of higher authorities was sought. The RTI applicant referred to Instruction No. 1881 dated 13th February 1991of the Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Tax (CBDT) which laid down guidelines regarding preparation and operation of the 'Agreed List'. (i) In every case where an officer's name is being
included in the 'agreed list', a gist of the material, on the basis of which this is being done, must invariably be put on record. (ii) Normally, an officer should not remain on the 'agreed list' for more than one year on the same ground, extended in exceptional cases by one year each to a maximum of 3 years with the prior approval of the CBDT. The Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal against the order of CIC directing disclosure of file applying section 10(1). The HC also directed payment of Rs. 5,000/- as costs to the RTI applicant.

Comments

Under Section 4(1)(d) of the Act, every public authority is required to indicate the grounds for taken for decision, at least to the affected person. Unfortunately, the name of an officer tends to continue on the agreed list indefinitely due to lack of adequate care and the affected person having no means to know about the same. The whole concept of 'agreed list' needs to be revisited in the post RTI era.

[Union of India versus D.N. KAR in W.P.(C) 4056/2008 and CMs 7869, 10885/08]

- 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)