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The main expectation from Pranab Da was he'd act on the inflation!!!!

But seems Pranab Da's Budget train did not 'stop at this station'!!

Whenever our GDP has touched + 9%!!!

Into an upward tizzy inflation rates and interest have been sent!!

Actually our economy cannot absorb a + 9% growth rate!!

On this phenomena in the Indian Economy there should be a debate!!

The West wants India to open up and allow FDI in insurance and retail!!!!

They've already started to wail!!

What we need to see is do we need it????

And the price India will have to pay ... whole and/or bit by bit!!

Pranab Da has allowed Foreign Individuals to invest in Indian Stocks via Mutual Funds!!

Again this route will be abused to park 'kaala funds'!!

You will have 'Individuals' from Isle of Man investing ...... proxy for Indian moneybags course!!!

And India will not be able to check out the fund source!!

Our spirit of 'jugaad' always finds a way!!!

FM's Budget proposals within the hour at Nariman Point they find how to waylay!!

People expecting Pranab Da to plug the Mauritius route were Alice's in Wonderland!!

He plugs this route and Indian Stock market ka bajh jaye ga band!!

Lakhs of small Indian investors would be hit!!!

Though to check 'kaala dhan' this measure 'bull's eye it would hit'!!

Small innocent investors would have been crushed with losses to users of the Mauritius route!

The small investors would loose their hard earned money and the 'chors' their loot!

'Let a hundred murderers walk free rather than hang an innocent man'!!!!

This adage is what helps the chors when it comes to putting on the Mauritius route a ban!

This route was envisaged to give Mauritian business a leg up!!!

Seems 'the cup gave a miss to the intended lips and some other lips glug from the cup!

Hear Rahul has fractured his leg and has been advised bed rest!!!

'Why does he not take advantage and stay in Dalit homes' some would jest????

Chalo he needed rest...... he'll catch with reading, movies and playing with his dog!!!

And I'm sure he'll hog and sleep like a log!!

There was talk that he's going to step into Congress President's shoes!!

And I did hear from a section in Congress 'boos'!!!!

Actually Congress too has been hit by the Middle East unrest!!!

The feeling amongst a section of Congressmen is why should Gandhis rule the rest!!!

Congress today is a dictatorship and a section of Congressmen yearn for Democracy!

Want to free Congress of High Command's autocracy!!

Basically they've realised Sonia's vote catching ability is on the wane!!!

And Rahul is not a vote netter and is for Congress more of a bane!!

So basically the coming elections will be 'make or break' for Ma and Beta!!!

Do keep in mind every Congressman is a 'die-hard power hankering' Neta!!!

Confucius says.... a powerless Congressman feels he is nangaa!!!

It's their selfish hankering for power that will make them take with High Command panga!

Adds.... This time if the big tree falls (toppled) there will be no earthquake!!

In fact in their shoes those seated on this big tree will quake!!

More.... So Madam its time to change the rules and also realize 'Public is shaana'!

Try listening and heed ' Chodho kall ki baaten, kall ki baat poorani' gaaana!

Some more.... it is a new age and new aspirations...... new story!!!

If you feel bad on my forthrightness I'm sorry!!!!!

Flash.... Pranab Da says Budget could have been better!!!

From giving a better Budget 'Pranab Da what or who did fetter'???

Market is up by 500 points .... Mauritian salaam!!!!

I'm sure the 'ghoos khors' will be raising to Pranab jaam pe jaam!!

Fact is jewellery shops are full, airlines and hotels overbooked, retailers are happy!!

That means rich and sandwich class are happy but rest of India is surely scrappy!!

Pranab Da's flopped badly to do what the situation did demand!!!

Now let us see what Report Card he will get from his High Command???

Bharat Kumar

To become 'Mahatma' of Kalyug, Rahul has a long way to go
True that Rahul Gandhi is increasingly finding space alongside Mahatma Gandhi on the same wall in several Congress leaders' chambers. It is also true that Rahul Gandhi who does not fight shy of crediting his status in politics to his lineage to the illustrious Nehru-Gandhi family but chooses Mahatma Gandhi when it comes to speaking about his ideal. Still, Rahul has a long way to go to become 'Mahatma' of Kalyug.

An ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi, as he claims to be, "If I have any ideal in politics, that is Gandhiji for me", Rahul Gandhi is making efforts to replicate Mahatma Gandhi by going around the country and getting the feel of the ground realities and the problems of the people.

Rahul also speaks about poverty and contends that till the poorer sections of the nation are not given a lead on the road of progress, India would never be able to match other developed nations of the world.

But, the young, innocent general secretary of Congress who appears to be contributing his best to the party will have to go a long way to earn the epitome of 'Kalyug Ka Mahatma', feel majority of those who responded to the debate - CAN RAHUL GANDHI BECOME "MAHATMA GANDHI " IN THIS "KALYUG"? - conducted by whispersinthecorridors.com.

While few respondents said that he (Rahul Gandhi), who wants to build cadre of Congress at grassroots by injecting a whiff of fresh air, is not only an icon for the Indian youth but is also striving hard to do a Mahatma Gandhi in today's " Kalyug, others - much more in number- thought that the very idea of comparing Rahul Gandhi with the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi was like living in a fool's paradise.

"The ideal and philosophy of both these persons do not match. One fought for the nation during freedom movement and the other is fighting for the party and, in other words, creating a space for himself to become the Prime Minister of the country in the days to come".

Rahul Gandhi can, however at the most, become "Mahatma' for the sycophants in the Congress party whose only qualification is that they know the art of being the Yes-man and enjoy power.

For more details read the upcoming March issue of WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS magazine.

PM convenes a meeting of senior cabinet colleagues
Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh had convened a meeting of his senior Cabinet Ministers last week for the discussion on the issue of corruption. In the meeting, some ministers questioned the Prime Minister. For example, Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar. Ravi had questioned about an American Company wanting to know that as to why the system had shown a liberal attitude towards that particular company? Home Minister P. Chidambaram had said that bureaucrats have misguided politicians. HRD and Communication Minister Kapil Sibal had asked that as to why he was put in the dock even while he was the then Minister for Science and Technology? Law Minister Veerappa Moily did not attend the meeting because he was annoyed.

BUREAUCRACY

75 IPS officers of 1997 batch empanelled to hold DIG posts
Altogether 75 IPS officers of 1997 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG or equivalent level posts under the Government of India. They are Hargobinder Singh, Sharad Agarwal, Atul Katiyar, Surendra Singh Yadav and Sagar Preet of AGMU cadre, Vijay Kumar, Yaram Nagi Reddy, N Madhusudhan Reddy, Devendra Singh Chauhan, Sanjay Kumar Jain and Murgesh Kumar Singh of AP cadre, Omendra Nath Bhaskar of Bihar cadre, Dipanshu Vijay Kaabra and Jaideep Singh of Chhattisgarh cadre, Anupam Singh Gehlot and Khursheed Ahmed of Gujarat cadre, Anand Pratap Singh and Rajinder Mohan Sharma of Himachal Pradesh cadre, Amitabh Singh Dhillon and Sanjay Kumar of Haryana cadre, Mrs. Suman Gupta and Ashish Batra of Jharkhand cadre, G A Dar and Naseerudin Wani, Kastoori Lal Bhagat, Alok Kumar, Vijay Kumar-II, Garib Dass, Vipulav Kumar, and A K Atri of J & K cadre, Balram Kumar Upadhyay, Gogulothu Lekshman and Mahipal Yadav of Kerala cadre, S Murugan, B N S Reddy, P H Rane, K V Sharat Chandra and Bapadmanayan of Karnataka cadre, Millind Rambhau Bharambe , Viswas Narayan Nangare Patil and Rajvardhan of Maharashtra cadre, Solomon Yash Kumar Minz, Makrand Deoskar, Joga Umesh and Datla Sreenivasa Varma of MP cadre, S Sadanand Ilme and Saurabh Tripathi of Manipur Tripura cadre, Janardan Singh of Nagaland cadre, D K Pattanayak, Asheet Kumar Panigrahi, K D Sambhaji, Sanjay Kumar and Mrs. Rekha Lohani of Orissa cadre, Naunihal Singh, Arunpal Singh, Pavan Kumar Rai and Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal of Punjab cadre, S Sengathir and Hawa S Ghumaria of Rajasthan cadre, Sanjay Kumar, V Varadharaju, S Murugan, C Sridhar, K Periaiah, Modak Abhin Dinesh, Sumit Sharan,
Maheshwar Dayal, Ayush Mani Tiwari and A G Mouriya of TN cadre, V Murugesan and Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal of Uttarakhand cadre, Deepak Ratan , Mohit Agarwal and Naveen Arora of UP cadre and K Jayaraman of WB cadre.

29 IPS officers of pre-1997 batches empanelled for the post of DIG
As many as 29 IPS officers of pre-1997 batches have been empanelled for the post of DIG. They are Raj Kumar Dewangan (CH), V J Gautam (GJ), Dr. K Laxmi Narayan Rao, (GJ) , K Vanniaperumal (TN ), Jasvir Singh (UP) and D Dutt Misra (UP) of 1992 batch, I M Desai (GJ), Sashi Nath Jha (JH), Gulzar Singh (JK), S Gopinath (KL) and Prem Prakash (UP) of 1993 batch, Mrs. Sampat Meena (JH), Sunil Kumar Sharma (JK), K K Lohani (MP), M S Kanwar (MP), A S Choudhary (MP), Anand Kumar Srivastava (RJ), R Radhakrishnan (TN) and D Prakash (UP) of 1994 batch, Mrs. R Malarvizhi (BH) and Dr. Asha Mathur (MP) of 1995 batch, Bachu Singh Meena (BH), Hanif Qureshi (HY), Shafqat Ali Watali (JK), Jagjit Kumar (JK), Farooq Khan (JK), Avtar Singh Bali (JK), J S Sansval (MP) and H M Jaya Ram (TN) of 1996 cadre.

Race for new LIC Chairman begins
A race for the post of Chairman LIC has begun. Existing Chairman T.S. Vijayan's five year term is going to end in May 2011.

Vijay Latha Reddy is new Dy NSA
Vijay Latha Reddy has been appointed Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). Reddy is 1975 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on February 8 )

ACC approves Vijaylakshmi Gupta's appointment as Secy, Defence Finance
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Mrs. Vijayalakshmi K. Gupta as Secretary (Defence Finance) in the Ministry of Defence. She will take over from March 31. She is an IDAS officer of the 1974 batch.
( We said this on February 11 )

Mrs Nita Kapoor to retire on March 31
Mrs Nita Kapoor Secretary, Defence Finance will retire w.e.f. March 31, 2011. She is an IDAS officer of the 1973 batch.

Nadadur appointed Addl. Secy & FA, Deptt of Space
The ACC has also approved the appointment of R.G. Nadadur, Director (PP&PM), Indian Space Research Organisation under the Department of Space as Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Space. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who hails from the Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on February 15 )

Hunt is still on for PPS to Lok Sabha Speaker
A hunt is still on for new Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to the Lok Sabha Speaker Ms. Meira Kumar.

IA&AS officer Srinivasan transferred to Agartala
K Srinivasan, Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board, Chennai, has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (Audit), Tripura, Agartala.

Meena to join GoI
Ashok K Meena is all set to join the Government of India soon. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Jharkhand after the assembly session
A bureaucratic reshuffle in Jharkhand is likely to take place only after budget session of the state assembly.

Sudripto Roy elevated as ACS in Himachal Pradesh
Sudripto Roy has been elevated as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) by the Himachal Pradesh government. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Why Bryan Adam's concert was cancelled in Delhi?
Why permission to hold a concert by noted 52 year old star singer Bryan Adam was denied in Delhi? This question is hotly being discussed. Officially reason given for this was security threat perception. As the grapevine has it, permission was to hold the show was cancelled because organisers of it had a Niira Radia link.

New Maharashtra DGP to get extension ?
New Maharashtra DGP Ajit Parasnis who is due to retire on June 30 will in all probability be given extension in service for atleast three months.

Three new Information Commissioners in TamilNadu
The TamilNadu Government has appointed three new Information Commissioners.They are Mssrs P.A. Ramiah, former civil servant, C. Manoharan and A. Arumuga Nainar.

More IAS changes in Maharashtra
There have been transfers and postings IAS officers in Maharashtra.They are: Ms.Radhika Rastogi on return from central deputation to Managing Director (MD)-Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).She succeeds K.V. Kurundkar who has now been posted as CEO Wardha Zilla parishad. Vikas Deshmukh Joint Secretary in CMs secretariat to Collector Pune. Sanjay Deshmukh Collector Yewatmal to Joint Secretary General Administration
department (GAD), B.G. Wagh CEO Nashik Zilla Parishad to Collector Yewatmal, Ms.Sampada Mehta who was Assistant Collector Hingoli to CEO Nashik zilla Parishad. Abhijit Bangar Assistant Collector Mangaon ( Raigad) to CEO Raigad Zilla Parishad, Ms.Rubl Gupta Assistant Collector of Kurduvadi (Sholapur) to CEO Ahmadnagar Zilla Parishad, Radhakrishnan Assistant Collector Taloda (Nandurbar) to CEO Jalna Zilla Parishad, Ranjit Kumar Assistant Collector of Basmat (Hingoli) to Director Maharastra State Cooperative Tribal Development Corporation( MSCTDC) Nashik, E. Ravindran Assistant Collector Aarvi (Wardha) to CEO Akola zilla parishad.

54 Associate Professors promoted as Professors in AP Medical Colleges
The Andhra Pradesh Health and Family Welfare department promoted 54 Associate Professors as Professors in the state Medical Colleges. Those promoted include Dr. G. Raghunath Babu, Associate Professor of E.N.T., Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Dr. K. Indira, Associate Professor of Physiology, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad to Professor of Physiology, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. R. Parvathy, Associate Professor of Physiology, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Dr. Manisha Sahay, Associate Professor of Nephrology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. Y.E. Subash, Associate Professor of Physiology, Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada to Professor of Physiology, Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. Mehar Kumar, Associate Professor of Physiology, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Dr. Narasinga Rao, Associate Professor of Physiology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Physiology, at Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Dr. P. Viswa Jyothi, Associate Professor of Neurology, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad to Professor of Neurology, at Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. I. Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Dr.G. Ramesh Kumar, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi, Dr. G. Venkateshwar Rao, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Guntur Medical College, Guntur to Professor of Dermatology, Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. G. Prathibha, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. G. Vijaya Lakshmi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., at Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. T. Subhashini, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad / Govt. Maternity Hospital, Petlaburg, Hyderabad, Dr. V. Ratna Kumari, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad / Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad, Dr. B. Sridevi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi, Dr. T. Radha, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Dr. D. Rajya Lakshmi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. V. Nagamani, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Dr. T. Bharathi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi, Dr. N. Prabhavathy, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Dr. Vahida Begum, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Dr. S. Sandhya Rani, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. T. Padmavathy, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Dr. P. Chandrasekhar Rao, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Dr. V. Bhavani, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi, Dr. P.V. Ramana Bai, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. J. Venkateswara Rao, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., at Andhra Medical College / Victoria Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Dr. K. Srimannarayana, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. M. Shyam Mohan Rao, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Dr. M.Jayalakshmi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Dr. J. Venkateswar Reddy, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Gandhi Medical College / Gandhi Hospital, Secunderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad / Govt. Maternity Hospital, Sultanbazar, Dr. T. Jyothirmayi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Kurnool Medical College, Dr. S. Rani, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College,Hyderabad to Professor of Obst. & Gynec., at Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad / Gandhi Hospital, Dr. K. Sarada Bai, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Dr. S. Usha Devi, Associate Professor of Physiology, Govt. Medical College, Ananthapur, Dr. G. Uma Devi, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. H. Anupama, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Dr. Aruna Ramaiah, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. P. Krishna Mala Konda Reddy, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. S. Srivani, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada to Professor of Bio-Chemistry Govt. Medical College, Ananthapur, Dr. Y. Venkata Subba Reddy, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr. A. Kasi Babu, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam to Professor of Bio-Chemistry, at Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi, Dr. Nitin Kumar Kabra, Associate Professor of Cardiology, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Dr. B.V. Rama Rao, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, RIMS, Kadapa to Professor of Bio-Chemistry, at Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupathi, Dr. R. Tagore, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. Dawood Suleman, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. M. Uma Devi, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad to Professor of Bio-Chemistry, at Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. G. Rajeswari, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, Dr. A. Yohoshuva, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Guntur Medical College, Guntur to Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada, Dr. Vijaya Saradhini, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad to Professor of Bio-Chemistry, at Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Dr. S. Sarada, Associate Professor of Obst. & Gynec., Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Dr V. Uma Lakshmi, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad to Professor of Bio- at Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. K. Vijaya Kumari, Associate Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Guntur Medical College, Guntur.

Desikan appointed Member of CAEAC (UPDATED)
R. Desikan, Trustee, Consumer Association of India (CAI) has been appointed as Member of the Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Council(CAEAC).The CAEAC was constituted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on 9 December, 2010 to look and advise the Ministry on economic issues relating to the civil aviation sector.

IPS changes in Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Deepam Seth, Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister, has been appointed DIG Garhwal Range. M A Ganapathy will now be the new Additional Director General of Police (Administration).

Minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
There has been a minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh. Ms.Ranjeev Acharya who was Principal Secretary (PS) Mines & Geology has gone on a long leave. Her charge has been given to B. Sam Bob.And b.Sam Bob's charge of PS Handlooms, Handicrafts & Small Scale
Industries (SSIs) has been entrusted to P.K. Mishra as PS.

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.

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CORPORATE

Butola is new IOC Boss
R. S. Butola has taken over as Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). He succeeds B. M. Bansal who retired on January 31. Prior to this he was the Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL). ( We said this on Aug 25 and Sept 27 , 2010 and finally on Feb 15)

Mishra gets additional charge of CMD BSNL
Telecom member (services) S C Misra has been given the additional charge of BSNL chairman and managing director till a full-time CMD is appointed. Acting CMD Gopal Das retired from the post on 28 February.
( We said this on February 25 )

Joeman Thomas gets additional charge of MD ONGC Videsh Limited
The Government of India has entrusted the additional charge of Managing Director, ONGC Videsh Limited to Shri Joeman Thomas, Director (Exploration), OVL from 28 February 2011. Thomas Joined ONGC-VL in 2001 and was actively involved in the growth of its portfolio to the current status today.

Gandhi is new ED RBI
R. Gandhi has taken over as Executive Director (ED) of the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday. He will be looking after Banking Operations and Development, Administration and Personnel Management (including Rajbhasha), Human Resources Development and Information Technology.

Pradeep Puri to be CMD, UTI AMC ?
Former bureaucrat Pradeep Puri is likely to succeed U K Sinha as UTI AMC Chairman and Managing Director.

N.C. Jha heads CIL
N.C. Jha, Director Technical in Coal India Ltd (CIL), is acting Chairman of CIL from March 1, 2011. He has succeeded Patha S. Bhattacharyya who retired on February 28, 2011.
(We said this in beginning of February 2011)

A K Singh CMD, CMPDI is CMD,SECL too
Ashok Kumar Singh, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, CMPDI, has taken additional charge of CMD, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL). So far, this charge was with N.C. Jha Director Technical Coal India Ltd.(CIL). However, Jha is now heading CIL , so Singh will be holding additional charge of CMD, SECL.

Ryan Menezes joins PerceptH as Chief Creative Officer
Ryan Menezes has joined PerceptH as Chief Creative Officer. Earlier he was with the McCann Erickson as Executive Creative Director.

Kapil Tammal to join Sacrecrow Communication as Creative Director
Kapil Tammal, an art director from McCann Ercikson, is all set to join Scarecrow Communication as Creative Director. Tammal who started his career in 2001 at Concept Communications as a Visulaiser has 11 years experience in advertising. He joined McCann Erickson as Creative Director in 2004.

Aggarwal appointed Director, Gail (India)
Gail (India) Limited has appointed Arun Aggarwal, as non-official part-time (Independent) Director of the Company w.e.f. February 24, 2011.

Gupta resigns as Director, Cambridge Solutions
Kamal Gupta, Independent Director, Cambridge Solutions has resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company.

Maheshwari resigns as Director, Hind Syntex
Manoj Maheshwari, Non-Independent Director has resigned from the Board of Directors of Hind Syntex Ltd with effect from February 18, 2011.

Poongavanam retires as Director, BEML Ltd
M. Poongavanam, Director (Mining & Construction Business) relinquished the post of Director of BEML Ltd on February 28, 2011 consequent upon his retirement from the company.

Sharma ceases to be CMD, SJVN Ltd
H.K. Sharma has ceased as Chairman & Managing Director of SJVN Limited w.e.f. February 25, 2011.

Katoch ceases to be Director (Personnel), SJVN Ltd
R.S. katoch has ceased as Director (Personnel) of SJVN Limited w.e.f. February 28, 2011.

Singh to hold addl. Charge as CMD SJVN Ltd
R.P. Singh, Director (Electrical), SJVN Limited will hold the additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director of SJVN Ltd w.e.f. March 1, 2011 to May 27, 2011 or till a regular incumbent is posted or till further orders of the Central Government whichever is earlier.

Nirmal resigns as Company Secy. Coral Hub Ltd
The Board of Coral Hub Limited has accepted resignation of Ms. Deepali Nirmal as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company w.e.f. January 31, 2011.

Bhattacharyya retires as CMD, Coal India
Partha S. Bhattacharyya has retires as Chairman-Cum-Managing Director of Coal India Ltd the Company with effect from February 28, 2011 .

Singhal given addl. charge as CMD. NFL
Deepak Singhal, Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers who is already Director on the Board of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) has taken over additional charge of the Chairman & Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. February 25, 2011.

Kumar takes over as MD, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
Shiva Kumar, has taken over as Managing Director of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur with effect from March 1, 2011.

FORUM

Why not compare Rahul Gandhi with Lord Rama ?

Frankly speaking the Rahul Gandhi-Mahatma Gandhi debate initiated by you gives me creeps. Such ludicrous comparison and debate lowers the standard of this forum. If the intention is to give publicity to a middle aged man whose only claim to fame is his connection with the dynasty, why don't you compare him with Lord Rama himself. I am sure there will be people who find similarity between them.

Navnith

Messy Government rules India !

A haggard PM who committed himself about the so called Indian involvement in Baluchistan in a joint press conference, gulps the insults of China like in the case of the stapled visa, tries to extricate himself from the Spectrum scam pointing fingers at coalition politics and now makes funeral like speech in Parliament defending the indefensible; a senile foreign minister who shamelessly gulped the insult meted on him by Pak Foreign Minister and now reads Portuguese diplomat's speech in UN; a Foreign Secretary, who has nothing to show other than her broad smile; a lackluster and inefficient Defence Minister who bothers more about his personal reputation than the needs of the defence services; a NSA about whose work nobody knows and all these under the virtual control of a foreign born UPA Chairperson sums up the condition of our Government now. No wonder Pakistan and China have contempt for us. The unelected politician as he is, the PM is following the footsteps of his Chairperson and employer who has no answer to the heaps of open allegations being poured on her daily by Janata Party President. Any lesser mortal would have filed a defamation case. Silence is a virtue but it also shows admission of ones guilt.

N Krishnan

No room for dissent in democracy

For selection of CVC there is no infirmity if person has a case against him, he can still be considered & selected for the post. The DoPT sympathises & supports the cause of tainted officers having outstanding ACRs because the only thing that matters is the ACR of last five years, never mind if the person had been implicated in a vigilance case & exonerated in the past as charge sheet very weak & framed deliberately to let off the official, but is very strict if somebody is having only Good grading which being below benchmark & even if he does not have even a recorded warning let alone any charge sheet yet the officer is not considered for promotion. What kind of system is this which strengthens & favours those who have twisted & manipulated system to their advantage. DOPT conveniently withholds adverse information pertaining to such officers on file & does not bring fact on record deliberately. The Officer gets selected due to withholding of information. Why heads do not roll? If any Officer of any level & belonging to any service in the Government does not give full information in File & withholding facts then he should be prosecuted & not allowed to get away lightly on pretext of overwork, rush of work, oversight or that subordinate failed to give full information in file therefore he is not responsible & that subordinate clerk is responsible. After all full time job of all Babus senior or junior is submission of file & if they cannot do this one task properly then it is deficiency in service & action needs to be taken. Clerk is low paid with limited knowledge & is bound to make mistakes his mistakes cannot be passed on mechanically because Officer job is to ensure all facts brought on record. So many hierarchies of officers has been provided & they cannot act as mere signing machines. The GOI should bring in an enactment regarding fixing of responsibility for incorrect irresponsible submission of facts on file. This will save the politicians from facing the brunt & arriving at wrong decisions because the Babus chose to give only limited information in File.

If for selection of CVC there are three members then no purpose is served by having a third member in form of leader of opposition. If all three members are from ruling party/ government in position then the embarrassing situation of overruling one member will not arise. All three can discuss & agree. Having third member as leader of opposition has only complicated matter. If every time leader of opposition gives dissent note then such embarrassing situation will bound to occur & both other two members will have to overrule & get their preferred candidate selected. Majority view has to rule & prevail so why provide room for dissent which is unnecessary. When final selection is going to be based anyway on majority view then having third member from opposition only complicates things.

Brajesh Kumar Yadav

Is Delhi watching ?

Kudos to Rajasthan Governemnet , to appease and avoid confrontation and to hide land dealings, the government is giving sobs to judiciary and press. Because these are the people who will highlight issues. But the same is not necessary for babus because they are voiceless tigers and can be booted anytime anywhere any number of times, for anything. Delhi are you watching this.

Malick

Govt's concern about poor (MPs)

Our government is really concerned about poor. It has special rates for poor in one canteen as below-

Item Market Rate Rate for Poor

Tea Rs. 08 Re. 1

Soup Rs. 60 Rs. 5.50

Dal Rs. 20 Rs. 1.50

Meals Rs. 150 Rs. 2

Chapati Rs. 20 Re. 1

Chicken Rs. 150 Rs. 24.50

Veg Biryani Rs. 80 Rs. 8

Fish Rs. 150 Rs. 13

These poor are our MPs and the canteen is Parliament canteen where Railways is offering these rates after saving by austerity measures of railway saftery, coach cleanliness etc.

Long live our MPs.

Sanjiv Kr Singh

Baguette baguette baguette !

Who ham hi se mang kar to le gaye the , par aaj sartaaj ho gaye hain, kisliye aaj kuch log chaudahbin kaa chaand ho gaye hain, kuch hain jo mehtaab ho gaye hain, hamse kisi ne nahi poochaa tumhe kaisa lagaa elan-e-budget, kyonki ham sartaj ke mohtaaj ho gaye hain, aur sensex hai ki unki mumtaaj ho gayi hai !

M L Gupta

Adequate pay is no surety of non-corruption

Was Raja not being paid enough or was Kalmadi not able to make both ends meet in his pay?

Harri

Great to read this

He has turned around tourism in Gujarat and now the book. How can these people do so many things and do them so well ! Can we have whispers give us a list of all eminent bureaucrats who have written bestseller books.

Vimal Kumar

No limit to a man's greed

There is no limit to a man's greed. Cases of corruption should be dealt with an iron hand and disposal of cases should be quick.

S C Agrawal

Prosecution record

Copies of certain documents were denied to the Applicant claiming that it consists of analysis of evidences by various decision taking authorities and their opinions thereon which has the potential to influence these evidences and to interfere with the proceedings of the court wherein prosecution of the Applicant is already under process. The Commission noted that copies of the relied upon documents submitted by the Respondents to the Court have already been provided
to the Applicant by the Court and that there is no order from the Court not to disclose any further information available with the Pubic Authority. The Commission directed to provide the documents after severing those portions that are exempt from disclosure under any of
the sub clauses of Section 8(1) of the RTI Act.

Comments

Public Authorities tend to avoid disclosure even after the filing of the charge-sheet, on various pretexts. With the filing of the charge-sheet which marks the end of the investigations, the documents should no longer be held as exempt.

Shri Vijai Singh Meena v. North Western Railway in File No: CIC/AD/A/2010/001543

- 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)