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Didi thumbed her nose at Congress and released her list!!!

More appropriate would be 'she showed Congress her fist'!!

Didi basically called Congress's bluff????

And Didi at the cost of 'self peril' can be tough!!

Congress says it'll act post Holi....... what will it do????

Release list of its candidates for 64 seats and let out a boo!!

Congress will 'drown its pride with bhang' and accept to play second fiddle!!!

Playing second fiddle for Congress is like sitting in piddle (number one)!!

Commies are hoping the recent Wiki Cable leaks will get its leaked Commie vote bank back!!

For being servile to US TMC- Congress combine Commies will attack!!

Commies even though they may have switched to Congress-TMC combine they remain anti USA!

Mohna cannot take any decision without taking okay from Uncle Sam Commies will say!!

And now the Wiki Cables do point in this direction!!

Now even Congressis do slyly agree to Montek's US connection!!

Now I hope you understand why I've been on Montek's case!!

Because long time back I saw his pro US face!!

Now I hope his FM dreams will end...... finito..... khalaas!!!

Montek se aathi hai 'gadaari' ki baas!!!

'Gadaari' because he's toed US's line be it subsidy or his being pro to opening the Indian economy to suit Uncle Sam!

India's interests for US he did damn!!

'Jhoota' Mohna will fib and lie to show Montek's a patriot....full of Desh Bhakti!!

But will not succeed because he's lost his ' honest image' ki shakti!!

Now it's said 'he heads the most corrupt Government India's had till now'!!

Overseas when his name or UPA's name is taken with shame Indians heads do bow!!

Who knows what US agenda has been taken care of in India's planning??????

Because post of Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Uncle Sam's bhaanja is manning!!

Montek ko Planning Commission se hatao!!!!

US ka influence ghatao!!

If we go by Mohna's yardstick that elections are the ultimate verdict!!

Then post the Bofors revelations we via our votes gave Rajiv the guilty 'edict'!!

Mohna says 'cash for votes' allegations was on the table in the last general election!!

We The People pronounced the 'not guilty verdict' via UPA's retention!!

Post Bofors revelations we voted Congress out of power hence we gave Rajiv the guilty verdict!!!!

Kiya tha power se Congress ko evict!!

Modi at the India Today Conclave got applauded the most!!!!

Mohna looked as he'd just seen a ghost!!!

Mani Shankar made a fool out of himself and he did this in shudh Queen's Angrezi!!!

In fact some in the audience were heard commenting 'Mani's gone crazy'!!!

Praful said ' this Sarkaar is not corrupt or brahsht!!!!

Praful has a contribution in making this Sarkaar's reputation nasht!!

During Praful's sting as Aviation Mantri 'unqualified Pilots made the Pilot grade'!!!

Rottenness permeates from the top and it ruled the Aviation Sector after Aviation Mantri Praful was made!!!!!!

If BJP thought it'd escape the Wiki Cable leaks then it was grossly mistaken!!!

Now to BJP's games Nation ko Wiki Cables ne kiya hia awaken!!

Now Wiki Cable leak shows BJP had assured US that its anti Nuclear Deal stance was just for show!

This toh I think everyone did know!!

But this stance made Mohna take a re-look at the Deal!!!

In its original form for US this Deal was a steal!!!

How can we forget that Mohna had valued our lives as if our lives were dirt????

This really did hurt!!!!

And now it is abs clear that in India US runs the show!!!!

To India's hard fought 'Independence' a huge blow!!

Be it Congress, BJP, RSS..... all report to the US via its Embassy in Delhi!!!!

Seems outside US Embassy in Delhi there is an Indian Leaders ki rush melee!!!!

It is very very sad but the reality!!!!

India's freedom fighters sacrifices and our pride are the casualty!!

Confucius says.... jahaa Neta Neta US ko detaa hai salaami!!

Yeh hai abh Bharat Desh mera...... Bharat Desh ki new kind of gulami!!!

Adds....... Brits ko bhagaya and then we came tacitly under Russia's thumb!!!

Now we are under Uncle Sam's left pocket..... doesn't this make you feel numb?????

Flash.....Messrs. Singhvi and Tiwari are working on how to make Mohna's 'eat his statement'!!!

Into a tizzy Congress has been sent!!

Was the 'people's verdict cleared UPA' statement Mohna's 'brainwave'????

Or to Mohna advice someone gave??

Seems now Congress is in a flux........ scandals galore!!!!!

And withiout a doubt there are more in store!!

Bharat Kumar
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Media Management in GoI collapses !
Media Management seems to have collapsed in the Government of India. This perception has emerged among people belonging to bureaucracy in India. In UPA-II regime whether it is Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh or UPA chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi and her family, all are getting an extremely adverse publicity on different issues. Never in the past such a scene had emerged. May powers that be could hire experts from state governments like: Rajesh Bhushan Bihar, N. Baijendra Kumar Chhattisgarh, Ram Subhag Singh Himachal Pradesh, D K Tiwari Jharkhand, Rakesh Srivastava Madhya Pradesh or V. Thiruppugazh Gujarat where good projection in a positive manner has been done. Coincidentally all of them happen to be IAS officers.

BUREAUCRACY

20 IAS retiring in March 2011
Hauzel Haukhum (AGMUT), N Nageswara Rao (AP), Arun Prasad (Bihar), Serjius Minj (Chhattisgarh), ML Patadia (Gujarat), RP Bhardwaj (Haryana), Priya Ajit Singh (Himachal Pradesh), Sheela Kishku Rapaj (Jharkhand), Anju Singh Baghal (Madhya Pradesh), B J Sasane (Maharashtra), Mohd Abdus Sattar, Aleng (Manipur Tripura), T Limaong, Pramod Kumar Patnaik (Nagaland), Jagjit Puri (Punjab), Mohan Krishna Khanna, J P Chandeliya (Rajasthan), Mrs Alka Srivastava (Uttar Pradesh) and NK Raghupathy, S Ramasubban (West Bengal).

Will Salim Ali be Additional Director CBI ?
Now the Name of Tripura DGP K Saleem Ali has started doing the round for the post of Additional Director CBI.He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Will Pranay Sahay come to Delhi ?
There is now a move to post Pranay Sahay as Secretary Security.1975 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre Sahay has always been with the para-military forces. He is currently posted in West Bengal as Special DG BSF.

Proposal for CBDT chief to be mooted
As the grapevine has it, the Revenue department in Government of India (GOI) is going to moot a proposal for new chief of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Those incumbents who have at least one year's residual service with effect from January 1,2011 will be eligible for the slot.

V.P. Baligar soon to join as CMD, HUDCO
V.P. Baligar is shortly going to join as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), HUDCO under the Indian Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation. Baligar is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to Karnataka cadre.
( We said this on March 17 )

Transfer postings of 1989 batch IRS this month
Transfer orders of over 95 IRS officers belonging to 1989 batch are expected to be made as Commissioner Income-Tax this month. Approved empanelment list has now reached to the CBDT.

Chaturvedi to return to Madhya Pradesh
R K Chaturvedi is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure in May. On return 1987 batch IAS officer Chaturvedi is likely to be posted in the rank of Principal Secretary.

Panel formed for DIG's post of ACPR
Ministry of Social Justice has sent a panel of names to the Chairman of the National Commission of Scheduled Castes (NCSC) regarding the appointment of a new DIG of Atrocity & Protection of Civil Rights-wing (APCR).

Veena Prasad to be AS &FA Defence
Veena Prasad is all set to join as Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Defence. Prasad is 1982 batch IDAS officer.

Anand posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn & A/cs)
K. P. Anand, Director, in the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & ex-officio Member Audit Board, Hyderabad, has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn & A/cs), in the office of the Accountant General, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.

Rajiv Datt to be CMD of IRFC
Rajiv Datt is being tipped to be new CMD of the Indian Railways Finance Corporation (IRFC).

Arvind Kumar is ahead for the post of Joint Secretary Banking
Arvind Kumar is now ahead in the race for the post of Joint Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking. He is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Jitendra Narayan is new JS Public Enterprises in GoI
The day Jitendra Narayan gets posting as Joint Secretary Public Enterprises in the Department of Heavy Industries he had to rush to Begusarai in Bihar to attend his father who suffered a brain stroke. Narayan is 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Girish Shankar soon to join GoI as Joint Secretary Food
Girish Shankar who on central deputation has been posted as a Joint Secretary Food is expected to join the Government of India (GOI) soon. Presently he is Principal Secretary (PS) Science and Technology (S & T) to the Bihar government. He is an IAS officer of the1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
(We said this on February 10, 2011)

NCSC chief finalises name for DIG, ACPR
Chairman of the National Commission for Schedules Castes (NCSC) has finalized a name from the panel sent by the Ministry of Social Justice for the post of DIG, Atrocity & Protection of Civil Rights- wing (APCR).

Mohanty promoted as IG, BPR & D
L. Mohanty, DIG, NSG, has been promoted as Inspector General BPR&D. He is an IPS officer of the1989 batch who belongs to the Jammu &Kashmir cadre.

1995 batch of IPS in Haryana to be elevated
As the grapevine has it, IPS officers belonging 1995 batch in Haryana are likely to be elevated as DIGs in a couple of days.

Who will head HP State Electricity Board?
Who will head Himachal Pradesh (HP) State Electricity Board? This is a million Dollars question.

Maharastra admininsration jilted by Adarsh housing scam?
In Maharashtra, the Adarsh housing scam seems to have singed the bureaucracy and also to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Sources in Mantralaya say that CM's desk is overflowing with files and he is not ready to sign any, partly because any decision can create controversy and partly because he as yet has not officially been elected as the member of the legislative council. But it is not just the CM , the bureaucracy too is openly admitting that it does not want to take decisions in any matter and so is not signing the files. Even if we do something its got the potential to create trouble on a later date they say so why take action they reason. To such an extent has this attitude plagued the working, that Chief Secretary Ratnakar Gaikwad has issued a customary warning to all bureaucrats to clear files within 2-3 weeks of receiving them. But warnings seem to have had not much of an affect on the working of bureaucrats.

Dasgupta posted as Director, iCISA, Noida
Anindya Dasgupta, Director (Customs), in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director, iCISA, Noida.

IA&AS officer Santosh Kumar to be Dy Secr
Services of 2000 batch IA&AS officer Santosh Kumar, Director, iCISA, Noida, have been placed at the disposal of the Government of India, Department of Commerce, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi, for appointment to the post of Deputy Secretary, on deputation basis for a period of four years.

IPS changes in Himachal Pradesh
Anurag Garg, IG (Headquarters), has been has been appointed Chief of State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau. RM Sharma, DIG (Prisons) will now be DIG (Armed Police and Training). Sumedha Diwedi awaiting posting has been made the district police chief of Una. Veena Bharti has been posted as the Additional SP, Shimla.

Bhola Nath to conduct elections in Tamil Nadu
The Election Commission has directed that Bhola Nath, who is heading the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) will function as the Director-General of Police for the conduct of next month's elections in Tamil Nadu .He is 1976 batch IPS officer.

IPS officer is no more
1979 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Jagdish Raj has passed away in Chandigarh.He was 59.

Four DMs in Tamil Nadu to be shifted
The Election Commission has directed to shift four DMs in Tamil Nadu. U Sagayam will be made Madurai Collector in the place of C Kamaraj, who has been transferred as Erode Collector. V Palanikumar will go as Vellore Collector.

IPS changes in Tamil Nadu soon
On the advise of the Election Commission Joshi Nirmal Kumar is being posted as SP Tiruvannamalai and Asra Garg as SP for Madurai, Sanjay Mathur may go as Deputy Inspector-General of Police for Dindigul and P Kannappan as Madurai Police Commissioner. Karan Singha may go as Chennai Suburban Commissioner of Police M N Manjunatha as Inspector General -South .

Verma relieved for Delhi
The Government of Mizoram has released D.P. Verma, DIG, IPS (AGMUT : 1993) to enable him to join his new place of posting at Government of NCT of Delhi.

IFS officers are Principal Secretaries in Mizoram
L.R. Thanga, IFS (AGMUT:1983) Chief Wildlife Warden, Mizoram and Secretary to Chief Minister has been promoted to Addl. PCCF grade and posted as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister in addition to being the Principal Secretary, Secretariat Administration Department and Soil & Water Conservation Department. Dr. S.S. Garbyal, IFS (AGMUT: 1977) PCCF, Mizoram has also been designated as ex-officio Principal Secretary, Environment & Forest and ICT Department. This may perhaps be the first time non-IAS officials get the designation of Principal Secretary under Government of Mizoram

100 PCS officers arrested in Pakistani Punjab
Police in Lahore arrested about 100 PCS and other state services officers including the President of the PCS officers Association Rai Manzoor Nisar for 'threatening the secretariat staff, locking up offices and interfering in official work'. Trouble started on Friday when some office bearers of the State Services association who were distributing pamphlets listing out their demands in the state secretariat premises were detained by the police. When their colleagues came to their rescue they too were arrested and taken to undisclosed locations. PCS officers association has called for a strike from 21 March and state wide protests by courting arrest. The state government on the other hand has decided to place at least 20 main activists of the association including the president under suspension and take disciplinary action for violation of service rules.

Promotions ans postings in Mizoram (UPDATED)
V. Lalremthanga, MCS (1986 batch) Director, Rural Development has been promoted to Supertime Grade 'B' and posted as Additional Secretary, Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development. Lalhmingthanga, MCS (1986 batch) Additional Secretary, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Dept. has been given additional charge of Additional Secretary, Home Department. Biaktluanga, MCS (1986 batch) Additional Secretary, Higher & Technical Education has also been given additional charge of Additional Secretary, Trade & Commerce vice Nikhil Kumar, IAS Special Secretary.

Rajiv Sharma to be Secretary NHRC (UPDATED)
Finally wait is over.Rajiv Sharma is being appointed Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

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

Bhattacharyya to join as MD, Haldia Petrochemicals on April 1
Former Chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL) Partha S Bhattacharyya will be assuming charge as new Managing Director Managing Director (MD) of Haldia Petrochemicals on April 1; 2011.He will be succeeding Swapan Bhowmik who completes his extended tenure on March 31, 2011. He had earned the praise for the successful IPO of the world's largest miner CIL, which turned out to be the biggest public offer till date.

NTPC's CVO to be appointed soon
Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), NTPC is likely to be appointed soon.

Sheraton gets a new GM
Martin Wuetrich has been appointed as the GM Sheraton Hotel, Bangalore.

Sheraton gets a new Sales Director
Srijan Vadhera is the new Director, Sales and Marketing, Sheraton Bangalore.

Lenovo appoints Marketing Head for India
Lenovo India has appointed Shailendra Katyal as its Marketing Head for India.

Rajiv Gopinath quits Madison Media
Rajiv Gopinath COO of Madison Media Infinity has quit , he is slated to join MediaCom in China.

Sport18 appoints sales head
Sport18, the sports marketing division of Network18 Media and Investments Ltd, has for the first time appointed its Sales Head. It created a new position of Head of Sales and appointed Aaditya Pathak as Vice President-Sales, Sport18. Pathak would be reporting to CEO Satish Menon. Earlier Pathak was with Discovery Networks India heading the Sales-West for all its network channels.

Bhandari appointed Director, Piramal Glass Ltd
Vimal Bhandari has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Piramal Glass Ltd with effect from March 9, 2011.

Juthani resigns as Director, Grauer & Well India Ltd
Harnish D Juthani , Whole-time Director, Grauer & Well India Ltd has resigned from the Directorship of the Company from the close of office hours on March 15, 2011

Chopra resigns as CFO, Cantabil Retail India Ltd
Sunil Chopra, Chief Financial Officer of Cantabil Retail India Ltd has resigned due to personal reasons with effect from March 10, 2011.

Chandra appointed CEO (Hospitality & Travel), YashSiQure Tech
Harish Chandra has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer ( Hospitality & Travel) Yash SiQure Technologies.

Bhatia appointed as GM, Hilton Mumbai Intl. Airport
Manish Bhatia has been appointed as General Manager, Hilton Mumbai International Airport.

Former Firstsource Solutions CEO joins Bharti Enterprises
Ananda Mukerji, who was CEO and MD of Firstsource Solutions has joined Bharti Enterprises as Group Director (Business Development)..

FORUM

DEBATE (1)The services enjoyed the immunity from civil rules and regulations for their deeds/misdeeds over many decades. They were not exposed to media and their affairs were all in-house matters to be resolved within the service environment. This made the services a special class above all civil services in the country. Government needs to restore unquestionable authority of the forces to ensure young blood entering services in large numbers.

Dinesh Sharma

DEBATE(2) Defence Services are to secure the country on the border only then Civil Services can run and manage the system inside the country effectively. Each service has its own role and each role is important in itself. Comparing two unequals can not give us unique solution. Let each one grow independently. There should be horizontal movement from Civil and Defence at each level of management for complementing and supplementing the role of each other for making our country further stronger. I wish all the best for our Defence Services. Civil servant.

Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia

DEBATE (3) Due to corruption in forces people are not interested in joining forces. Also officer like quality test selection is vague most otherwise talented boys loose out. It should be compulsory for all college boys after graduation for 3yrs

B Devasekhar

Retirement Age and Corruption

When we debate retirement age, some are naive enough to talk of government servants getting private jobs at 60. Is it a real expectation? Only those who are getting back their own money, get private jobs at 60. And post retirement government jobs are given to those who spend last year of service in worshipping the Minister. Early retirement means more years of living on your own and during which you have to marry children / make house etc, for which you need more money and hence more corruption. The so called 60 to 65 post retirement jobs in private sector are just pay back time. So we should not fool ourselves. Please make retirement age 65 and stop all post retirement work in the government or private sector, so that corruption is reduced.

Rita

Corruption is common across the country

Corruption is not uncommon in all Central government offices across the country. Though there are vigilance mechanism at various levels other than central investigating authorities, corrupt practices flourish because of the ever-enhancing materialistic appetite of certain insatiable individuals. Depending upon the size of the office and the nature of office corruption trend and intensity vary. It is a known fact that corruption is commonly found in revenue-earning departments like Income Tax, Central Excise, etc. But, corruption takes place in small sub-ordinate offices also. In some field offices the Head of Office in connivance with the DDO indulge in corruption. For example they draw Rs.50,000 or Rs.20000 as Tour Advance and settle after six months, when the rule clearly states that huge sums cannot be drawn as advance. They submit false TA Claims after 6 months under the impression that Railway Authorities would not keep the data after six months. The original bills are forwarded to Delhi PAO, but they also take the share and remain silent. AG Audit and other Audit Party whenever visit demand good reception and comforts/gifts in return of mild objections. So the entire system is to be revamped. This cannot happen in China and other developed countries.

Vijay Nair

Honest officers harassed

Take ser bhaji take ser khaja, that is the UPA government where honest officers are harassed as is the case of Mr Thomas and also instances in CWG, looks like the leader is not able to distinguish between the honest officers and corrupt and thus look for scape goats to protect the corrupt politicians of UPA own majority party. Media seems to be guiding decision making, well sure first step for doom.

Shameem

Unnecessary transfer of application

The Commission noted that the RTI application has been unnecessarily sent to various BDOs who have all replied that the information is not held by them. Twenty officers of Delhi government had to attend a hearing before the CIC most of whom were unrelated to the information sought by the Appellant. This has also lead to a delay in providing
the information since it appears that there was not clarity as to who has the information.

Comments

It is frequently seen that transfer of the application is the first thing that the PIO does without careful scrutiny as to whether the deemed PIO to whom the application is transferred holds the information. Hopefully, the Government would find some method of ensuring that RTI application are sent to the people who have the information and not to every one since this wastes public resources and money.

[Mr. Chattar Sing Rachhoya vs Irrigation and Flood Control Department in CIC/SG/A/2010/003594/11503]

- 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)

axmann. (The views are Personal)