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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mohna ka 'shauk' hum ko hai pathaa (know)!!!

Till the end of his days now he wants 7 Race Course to be his pataa (address)!!

And for this he's compromised his 'soul'!!!

Where there used to be a soul now there is a gaping hole!!

Aur abh we Indians ka dekho intezaar!!!

We await patiently when we can throw him 7 Race Course ke bahar (out)!!!

Imandaar who sides with chors or leads a pack of chors loses his imaandari tag!!!!

What surprises this is that this fall in his image nahi karti Mohna ko even nag!!

Mohna must sing to Sonia ' Dekh Sonia tehri wafaadari mein maine kya kya nahi kiya!!!

'Apni imaandari ka galaa ghot diya'!!

Mohna is going to watch the Indo Pak World Cup semi final at Mohali!!!!

Viewing what's happening does the man even have a moment that he can say is khaali???

And just imagine the Security hype and the ensuing problems spectators will face!!

And please with him in the Stadium 'panwati' Indian team will face!!

As it is India is losing out on 'man hours' due to cricket!!

Rather than adding more hot air to the cricket balloon Mohna should 'prick it'!!

After the World Cup comes IPL......and it's no longer a game but a fixation!!

Example: cricket distracted the Agri Mantri and see the price that has been paid by the Nation!

Cricket fuels the parallel economy in India, hawala and goondas have a field day!

And then we have 'fixers' who fix games they play!!

Wasn't there a 'no personal attacks' truce between Sonia and Sushma Swaraj!!

All of a sudden did Sushma forget this truce or with Sonia did she get naraaj?????

Fact is her barb ' I'll shave by head if Sonia becomes PM' has no meaning whatsoever!!

Does Sonia want to become India's PM..... no..... never????

So the pact with Sonia is still on!!!

And for Public consumption ballistic via shaving her head vow she's gone!!

She had taken a stateswoman posture post Mohna's CVC confession and apology!!

She wanted to show her 'bigness' is my analogy!!

And of course she's also pushing the case of her foster sons who are in a soup!!!

And this is the inside dope from those in the loop!!

Jailtley the 'electionless wonder' is pondering how to get rid of this 'designation'!!

He should not lose heart.... Mohna has not won an election and still he leads the Nation!!

But then he'll have to find a 'Godfather or Godmother' who cannot become PM!!!

And he or she makes him the proxy PM by appointing him personally as his or her GM!!

Thankfully in BJP this is not possible!!!

But then in politics they say nothing is impossible!!

Kalmadi 'walks free' and despite the Shunglu report Shiela's unperturbed!!

I'm sure on this Public will be 'disturbed'!!

Both Kalmadi and Sheila have direct access to 10 Janpath so they feel are 'safe'!!!

Despite the fact that conclusive evidence that both have been stuffing safe after safe!!

Of course CBI found nothing in Kalmadi's safes...... he was given ample time to 'clean and clear'!!!!

Both do not show even an iota of fear!!!

Confucius says..... jabh Madam holds the reigns of the Sarkaar why should they fear?????
Like I said to Madam Ji both are extremely near!!

Adds... Madam ka haath Sheila and Kalmadi ke saath!!!!!
She's not bothered that what these two have done is like Desh ke saath vishwasghaat!!!

Flash.......EC needs to pass an order on the Karuna and Jaya's sops!!!
Something needs to be done so that this tamaasha stops!

Stop this 'buying of votes'!!!
It is just like distributing prior to voting 'currency notes'!!!!!

Bharat Kumar

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1980 batch IPS empanelment meeting takes place
Meeting for the empanelment of 1980 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India has taken place on Friday.

Over five hundred transfers in Income Tax likely
Over five hundred transfers of Joint Commissioners,Additional Commissioners and Commissioners in Income Tax are expected to take place by the end of this month.

IPS officer seeks VRS
Yogendra Pal Singh has sought VRS from service.He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Likhi is Joint Secretary Social Justice
A Likhi is new Joint Secretary Social Justice in the Government of India. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Tripathi is Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe
J.K. Tripathi, presently Consul General of India in Sao Paulo (Brazil) has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe in succession to V. Ashok.

DG Home Guard Maharashtra appointed
Raj Khilnani (IPS,1977 batch)has been appointed as DG Home Guard in
Maharashtra police.

All Punjabi Generals in Adarsh Scam ?
General Deepak Kapoor, General NC Vij, Lt General Gurubaksh Singh, Lt General Tejinder Singh, Major General RK hooda and Major General Tej Kishore Kaul- all are Punjabi and all are allegedly involved in Adarsh Scam is a surprising coincidence.

Ajay Mittal is PS to HP-CM
Ajay Mittal (1982 batch IAS,from Himachal Pradesh cadre) is Principal Secretary (PS) to Himachal Pradesh(HP) Chief Minister Prof.P.K. Dhumal. Hitherto, he was PS Home and Non Conventional sources of Energy. Besides,PS to CM he will hold charge of PS Customs & Excise and Non Conventional sources of Energy. It may be recalled here that Mittal who is rated as an ace & honest officer was principal secretary (PS) Prof.P.K. Dhumal while the latter had become Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh earlier. At that time Ajay Mittal was in the Election Commission where from he was brought to the CM's secretariat in Shimla.
(We said this on March 23 )

2 IAS officers get additional charge in Himachal Pradesh
Two IAS officers of Principal Secretary (PS) rank have got additional charge in Himachal Pradesh (HP). They are: Narendra Chauhan (1984 batch) got charge of PS Home in addition to his existing charge of PS Water Resources and Prem Kumar (1980 batch) got charge of PS Tribal Development in addition to PS Food & Civil Supplies.

Abhishek Singh transferred to Allahabad
Abhishek Singh, Deputy Accountant General (SRA), in the office of the Accountant General (C&RA), Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Central), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Civil Audit), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad against an existing vacancy.

Chief Secretary Sikkim T. T. Dorjee to retire
Chief Secretary Sikkim T. T. Dorjee who is serving his three months extended tenure is due to retire on March 31, 2011.He is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch.

Now fresh panel for the post of Commissioner MCC
The MHA has asked for a fresh panel of the Punjab cadre IAS officers for the post of Commissioner Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.

P. Mallana Goud returns to Manipur
P. Mallana Goud who till recently on central deputation headed CRPF's Mount Abu located training Academy is back to his parent cadre of Manipur. He is IPS officer of 1984 batch. He will get a posting as ADG.

Bhim Sen sworn in as HP's Chief Information Commissioner
Bhim Sen took oath of the office of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Himachal Pradesh government in the presence of Governor Mrs. Urmila Singh at a simple but an impressive ceremony held at Raj Bhawan,Shimla, on March 25, 2011. Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal was specially present on the occaion. Chief Secretary Mrs. Rajwant Sandhu conducted the proceedings of the ceremony. Suresh Bhardwaj local MLA, Dr. Ram Lal Markandey MLA,Dr. D.S. Manhas Director General of Police, P.S. Rana former CIC, Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of Commissions and Boards, senior officers of the state government and family members of Bhim Sen were present among others on the occasion.

Two officers to return to Punjab
The tenure of Hargunjit Kaur, UT Assistant Estate Officer and TPS Phoolka, MCC additional commissioner with the UT Administration Chandigarg has expired. They are now returning to Punjab Government.

Chandrashekhar is Counsel of Jharkhand Government
Supreme Court advocate S. Chandrashekhar has been appointed Jharkhand government's standing counsel in the apex court.

Five IPS of Bihar cadre to be observers
Five IPS officers of Bihar are going as observers in the ensuing Assembly polls in four states and a Union Territory. They are Mssrs Pravin Vashishtha, Baldev Prasad, K.K. Singh, Paras Nath and Amitabh Kumar Das .

Samar Jha to retire as Additional FC, on March 31
Samar Jha Additional Financial Commissioner (FC) in Ministry of Railway GOI who is looking after the responsibilities of FC in Ministry of Railway is retiring on March 31; 2011.He is an IRAS cadre officer who belongs to 1974 batch.

Shankar Mohan is now Director IFFI
Shankar Mohan has been designated as Director, International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Pakistan : Apex court to the rescue of top bureaucrat
Pakistan's Supreme Court on 24 March directed that the former Establishment Secretary Mr Ismail Qureshi shall not be arrested without the court's prior permission. The order was passed after the top bureaucrat brought to the court's notice that his brother Zafar Qureshi who is Addl DG Federal Investigating Agency (FIA) is investigating some serious cases of corruption against some VVIPs . Having failed in all the pressure tactics being applied on Zafar Qureshi to go slow on the VVIPs the government has quietly registered a case against the former Establishment Secretary and the Addl DG FIA is being asked by his superiors to go slow or else his brother Ismail (the former Establishment Secretary) will be put behind bars.

Former IPS is no more
Former 1974 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre B S thind has passed away.

6 IFS officers promoted as Addl PCCF in Kerala
The Kerala government has promoted six Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers as Additional PCCFs. They are: S.C. Joshi, Lakhwinder Singh(both from 1980 batch), A.K. Goyal, N. Gopinathan, K.P. Ouseth and Dr. B. Shivaraju.

SJVN Limited signs MoU with Ministry of Power
Public Sector SJVN Limited plans energy generation of 6900 million units (Under Excellent Parameters) with an expected revenue realization of Rs. 1718 crore during the year 2011-12 from its 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed between P. Uma Shankar Secretary (Power) Government of India(GOI) and R.P. Singh Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) SJVN Ltd in New Delhi on March 25, 2011 in the presence of R.N. Misra Director (Civil), A.S Bindra Director (Finance), N. L. Sharma Director (Personnel), senior officers of the Ministry of Power and SJVN Limited.For the current year 2010-11 the generation target for excellent rating was 6700 MW. Successively during the last two years i.e. 2008-09 and 2009-10 the performance of SJVN has been excellent against the MoU targets. The MoU includes targets of construction of the 412 MW Rampur HEP which is heading for completion by September, 2013. The MoU also includes targets for 775 MW Luhri HEP, 66 MW Dhaulasidh HEP in Himachal Pradesh beside the 60 MW Naitwar Mori HEP and 51 MW Jakhol Sankri HEP in Uttarakhand. The MoU also provides targets for the 900 MW Arun-III HEP in Nepal in respect of submission of application for forest clearance and 650 MW Kolongchu HEP in Bhutan & 600 MW Wangchu HEP in Bhutan in respect of submission of DPRs to Government of Bhutan. The MoU also includes the targets on Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development. The CMD, SJVN Ltd R.P. Singh expressed his confidence in achieving the targets set by the GOI's Ministry of Power. The Targets though stretched but SJVN employees will put their best efforts to come up to the expectations as given in MoU by GOI.SJVN will also ensure skill development of 300 employees through various management/technical programmes besides representation of minorities as well as women in fresh recruitments. For sustainable development of safety, quality and environment management SJVN will ensure compliance of the laid down parameters during the year 2011-12. The Ministry will also support SJVN in obtaining speedy clearance for its projects from various statutory authorities as well as obtaining more projects. It will also provide necessary help to SJVN Ltd. for full and timely realization of its dues from its beneficiary/bulk consumers and State Electricity Boards. The Company had entered the august club of selected Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) in 2004-05, who sign the MoU with GOI every year.

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

15 shortlisted for top slot of POWERGRID
As many as 15 candidates have been shortlisted for top slot of POWERGRID i.e. Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). Main among them are: I S Jha POWERGRID's Director (Projects), R. N. Nayak POWERGRID's Director (Operations) & Rajeev Sharma Director (Projects) of Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC).

Leyland's Managing Director to quit
Ashok Leyland's Managing Director Ramaswamy Seshasayee is all set to lay down office soon. It would not be a surprise if the development comes before the end of the current financial year.

Vinod Dasari to be Ashok Leyland's Managing Director
Vinod Dasari, in all probability, will take over as the next Managing Director of Ashok Leyland after the present incumbent Ramaswamy Seshasayee quits. Dasari is the Chief Operating Officer and a whole-time Director in the Company.

First FSLRC meet on April 5
The first meeting of the 11-member Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC), headed by Mr Justice (retired) B.N. Srikrishna, is slated to be held on April 5. The resolution notifying the constitution of the Commission - in pursuance to the announcement made by the Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, in his 2010-11 budget speech, has already been issued by the Centre and it will submit its report within 24 months. FSLRC would help usher in the next generation of reforms, contribute to efficient financial intermediation enhancing the growth potential of the nation.

Anjali Rawat joins Metal Communications
Anjali Rawat, of Ogilvy, has joined Metal Communications as Associate Creative Director. She looked after and led brands like Cadbury, Bru, Huggies, Fullerton India, Parle Krackjack, Godrej Properties, and Kissan at Oglivy.

Vivek Bahl moves on from STAR, heads to Mahuaa TV
Vivek Bahl, Executive Vice President, STAR India, has quit STAR to join Mahuaa TV. He would, however, continue to work on STAR's forthcoming projects 'Mahabharat' and 'Navya', which he is co-producing.

Sakal appoints Singh for its North & East operations
Sakal newspaper has appointed GK Singh as Head of North and East operations. Prior to this Singh, who has more than 21 years experience in the media industry, was working with Midday Infomedia Ltd. as Associate Vice President- North.

Singhania to head Saatchi & Saatchi's Mumbai branch
Nisha Singhania, Executive Vice-President, Rediffusion Y&R, has put in her papers and now slated to join Saatchi & Saatchi India as Head of the agency's Mumbai Branch.

Shah ceases to be Director, Filmcity India Ltd
Maheshkumar Chottalal Shah, Director of Filmcity Media Ltd has ceased to be Director w.e.f. March 22, 2011.

Parekh on Board of DP World
Deepak Parekh has been appointed as Independent Director on the board of DP World.

Patnaik appointed Head (HR), CoE, EMC India
EMC India has appointed Debashis Patnaik as Head (HR) for its Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bangalore.

Sinha promoted as Regional Planning Director, Bates141
Dheeraj Sinha, Chief Strategy Officer, Bates 141 India has been promoted as Regional Planning Director.

Guha is Director, Xpro India
Xpro India Limited has appointed Amitabha Guha as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from March 24, 2011.

Agarwal appointed Join
Mudra Lifestyle Ltd has appointed. Murarilal Agarwal as Joint Managing Director .

Mudra Lifestyle appoints ED
Ravindra Agarwal has been appointed as Executive Director of Mudra Lifestyle Ltd .

Bahl to quit Star India as Exec. VP
Vivek Bahl, Executive Vice President, STAR India quitting the organisation after a four year stint with the organisation. He would although continue to work on STAR's forthcoming projects 'Mahabharat' and 'Navya'.

Rawat is Associate Creative Director, Metal Communications
Anjali Rawat has joined Metal Communications as Associate Creative Director.

Jain is President of CREDAI
Lalitkumar Jain has been elected as President of the onfederation of Real Estate Developers' Association (CREDAI)

FORUM

DEBATE (1) Common man of this country is full of nationalism. People were joining service in the forces for pride and glory. Now a days corruption in the armed forces has disappointing them and when they see that after the martyrs of a officer his family is running pillar to post for their rights all these factors are hurdling them and keeping them away from forces. This is a alarming situation.

Lalita Joshi

Not in good taste

PM's uncharacteristic comments on Advani as an eternal PM candidate was not in good taste. It is a disgrace to the Nation. Surprise is that opposition leader Ms Sushma Swaraj did not try to give back the PM in the same coin. Meanwhile, rumours are afloat that the Congress is trying to give a sober image to Ms. Sushma Swaraj and creating differences between her and BJP leadership. Committed and once disgraced journalists like Barkha Dutt are already on the job. It is alleged that Ms Sushma has been forced to mellow down her attacks on the Government by blackmail since there are many skeletons in her family's cup board including their connection with Bellary brothers mining mafia. We know how Vajpayee went slow on Bofors case.

Navnith

Most civil servants prefer to serve their own people

Why should bureaucrats be lured to Afghanistan with large pay packets. They could have joined the corporate world with even heavier packages but did not out of a spirit of service to the nation. But for those who wished to join the Foreign Service to see new lands every three years, most civil servants would prefer to serve their own people in India.

A K Singh

Good News

Now you see if the IAS Officers decided to Join BJP than the next government will be of BJP. Only let's see this and I hope and am confident that they are the Govt Makers only.

Sunil Sharma

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)