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Kalmadi was given enough time to conduct ' operation clean up'!!!

So CBI going after Kalmadi is one big gupp (fib)!!!

First and foremost why was Kalmadi allowed to go overseas?????

He is under doubt and his Passport at least CBI karti seize!!!

CBI has ample grounds to do so!!!

Pleaded he could fiddle with evidence overseas and Court would not say 'no'!!

Now its being said CBI is going to open his lockers!!!!

What a pack of jokers?????

He must have cleaned his lockers long time back!!!

Yes at one stage with 'goodies' these lockers he did definitely pack!!

This is what happens when one has blessings of High Command!!!

Same 'treatment' for Raja why did Karuna not demand????

Speaking of Karuna…. dates for TN elections have been announced!!!

If Jaya plays her cards right DMK will be trounced!!!

Anti incumbency is there and then DMK's chori and then inflation!!!

And inflation is DMK's partner Congress's creation!!

What should be the game plan of Amma????
Highlight DMK's chori and inflation and show Karuan as a nakamma!!

DMK on its part will mobilize 2 G loot!!!

To try its best 'so as not to get from the electorate the boot'!!!!

Maybe this time DMK will distribute Samsung Galaxy Tabs ... Rs 5000 prepaid!

Last time it was TVs ….difference ….by Sarkaar the free TV distribution bill was paid!!

This time DMK will foot the bill!!!!

Hoping this time with this gift Public will swallow chori, inflation and no governance bitter pill!!!

A big worry for Karuna is the possibility that Kanimozhi will face a CBI grilling!!

Karuna's plea is let elections pass and then for the grilling Kanimozhi will be willing!

For all you know Kanimozhi may go overseas!!!

So her passport CBI needs to ek dumm cease!!

Balu who PMO has nicknamed 'gunda' is making demands on Karuna's behalf!!!

His plank is we've come half the way now Congress needs to walk its half!!

Our Agri Minister has his eyes on the cricket ball!!!

He's imply not willing to take any other call!!

With flooding Down Under and China's drought wheat prices are going to rocket!!!

Problem is Agri Mantri is focused on cricket and when prices rocket he'll fill his pocket!

And our PM when it comes to taking action against Pawar has proven to be a nikamma!!!

In fact rather than punishing him Mohna tries to make humaara 'Mama' (fool us)!!

We are left to Pawar's mercy and to add salt in our wounds Mohna sides with Pawar!

And even Sonia and Rahul cannot do on Pawar any waar!!!

Believe me Pawar's 'nefarious lot' are already on the job!!

That when wheat woes hit India the Nation and Indians how they will rob???

And I'm sure Mohna, Sonia and Rahul are thinking up excuses to give us!!!

That's why I say Public now says ' no more of UPA.... ho gayi hai buss'!!!

Confucius says…… Sonia 'Antoinette' Gandhi may advise Indians to eat cakes in place of rotis!

You can expect from Mohna , her and her son such motis (pearls)!!!

Adds…. Like RBI Guv on Pranab Da's prodding saying Indians are eating too much!!!

UPA's proved it's the most insensitive Sarkaar and its Ministers are just filling their pockets kuchaa khuch!

Flash..... 'Rotten' Tata had demanded Nadia Tapes leak be investigated by a independent Agency!!!

And in his voice there was a a sense of urgency!!!

Now he's demanded 2 G scam case be tried in camera...... hush hush!!!

And again he wants Court to come to a decision in a 'tearing rush!!!

Now you know why I've given him the AKA of Rotten!!!

Too mischevious in the negative way Rattan has gotten!!

Bharat Kumar

Leak of new scam is on cards ?

If top sources are to be believed a new Indian scam is in the offing this time at the behest of Scotland Yard. One can only wait and watch.
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.

BUREAUCRACY

Sushil Muhnot poised to head SIDBI
Sushil Muhnot is all set to be new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the SIDBI.
Presently he is an Executive Director (ED) in the IDBI.

(We said this in December 2010)

S N Dash to be Member Green Tribunal ?
Grapevine has it that former Secretary Heavy Industries S N Dash is being appointed Member of the proposed Green Tribunal. He is retired 1973 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Who will be Secretary Security in the GoI ?
Who will succeed B K Dey on April 1 as Secretary Security in the Government of India ?.A panel of three IPS officers consisting of Ajit Lal (1974 batch) and O P S Malik and Rajiv both ( 1975 batch ) has been prepared by the MHA.

K C Verma to get some assignment in MHA ?
There is a buzz in the Ministry of home Affairs of getting some assignment to the outgoing R&AW Chief K C Verma. He is retired 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Picture about LIC Chairman still hazy
Picture regarding new Chairman LIC is still hazy. It is not clear whether new incumbent will be selected through interviews or from among three insider candidates.

George Paracken to be Judicial Member of CAT ?
Leading Lawyer George Paracken is being tipped to be Judicial Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

No takers for Principal PS to Lok Sabha Speaker
As the grapevine has it, there is no incumbent interested in joining as new Principal Private Secretary (PPS) to the Lok Sabha Speaker Ms. Meira Kumar. The post has been lying vacant ever since D N Pandey, (IAS officer of 1985 batch ,Gujarat cadre )had been relieved on January 13, 2011.

G.K. Pillai seeks a type VII Bungalow from UD in Delhi
G.K. Pillai Home Secretary to the Government of India (GOI) who will be retiring within 4 months period has asked for a type VII bungalow from the Urban Development Ministry. In corridors of power, it is being said that he will be given some new assignment after completing his period.

Mamta Banerjee conscious about fitness & looks
Ms. Mamta Banerjee Railway Minister who is being billed as the would be Chief Minister of West Bengal in near future is quite conscious about fitness & looks. She fasts for Goddess Santoshi Mata. Besides, she is using beauty products to change her personality besides doing exercises on a tread mill.

Rahul Asthana poised to join Maharashtra Government
Rahul Asthana, an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre is poised to return to his parent cadre as Additional Chief Secretary. Currently he is Chairman Bombay Port Trust (BPT), Bombay. He is already serving the Government of India (GOI) in the Additional Secretary's rank.

Promotions at top delayed in SBI
Promotions at top level in the State Bank of India (SBI) have been delayed. Three different sets of proposals are pending with the Government of India (GOI). First, proposal related to elevation of Pratip Chaudhari & Hemant Contractor from Deputy Managing Director (DMDs) to Managing Directors (MDs). Second proposal pertained to Pratip Chaudhari's elevation from MD to Chairman SBI and Diwakar Gupta's promotion from Deputy Managing Director (DMD) to Managing Director (MD). The third proposal was about elevation of Krishna Kumar from Deputy Managing Director (DMD) to Managing Director (MD). However, so far none of them has been cleared.

Jairam Ramesh wants his PS from Andhra Pradesh
As he grapevine has it, Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh for the post of his new private secretary (PS) from Andhra Pradesh cadre only. His earlier PS Rahul Bojja is now Collector Warangal. Bojja is an IAS officer from 1990 batch who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

TOP TEN OF IDFC
1. Rajiv Lall - MD and CEO

2. Vikram Limaye- ED

3. Naval Bir Kumar - MD IDFC Mutual Fund

4. Satish Mandhana - MD IDFC Private equity

5. Tapsije Mishra - CEO IDFC Capital

6. Cherian Thomas - IDFC Foundation & Head Public Private Partnership

7. MK Sinha - CEO Private Equity

8. AKT Chari - Group Head IDFC project Finance

9. Sunil Kakar - CFO

10.Pradeep Singh- MD IDFC Projects

Unprecedented delay in posting of new GMs
Believe it or not, but it is true. It is quite unprecedented in the history of Indian Railways that elevation of senior officers of the Ministry to slots of General Managers (GMs) has been delayed to a very great extent.

Vijay Singh poised to head Intelligence in UP
As the grapevine has it, Vijay Singh, Secretary in Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati's secretariat, is likely to head Intelligence as ADG. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

IA&AS officer Sriram transferred to Hyderabad
KR Sriram, Principal Director of Audit, Economic and Service Ministries, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (LBA & A), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad against a newly created post.

S.M. Khan is D.G.Media & Communication, PIB
S M Khan has joined as DG Media &Communication in Press Information Bureau Government of India (GOI) New Delhi. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) cadre Officer of the 1982 batch.

Post of Director, UIDAI advertised
The post of Director, UIDAI working under Planning Commission Government of India has advertised by DOPT for the suitable candidate. This post belongs to Guwahati Region.

J.P.N. Singh joins as Director-II (NE) in place of Jha
J.P.N. Singh on central deputation has joined as Director II, (North East) in place of Jha in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).He is an IA&AS Cadre officer of the 1995 batch.

Post of Director North Eastern Space Applications Centre [NE-SAC] vacant
The post Director North Eastern Space Applications Centre [NE-SAC], an autonomous institution under the Department of Space Government of India is vacant.

UNESCO's concern about Pakistan's out of school population
According to UNESCO's Education for All (EFA) global monitoring report 2011 published on Tuesday Pakistan with 7.3 million 'out of school population' has been spending seven times as much on arms as on primary education. The diversion of resources to military coupled with armed conflict in some areas has resulted in shifting of the responsibility for providing education from the State to the Householders which in turn is resulting in disturbing social imbalances. The report has noted that 49% children in the 7-16 agegroup from poor families are out of schools as compared to only 5% in the same agegroup from wealthier families. The report has called on national governments and donor agencies to 'urgently review the potential for converting unproductive spending on weapons to productive spending on schools'.

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.

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.

Now old pattern of the appointment of Chairman CBDT & CBEC ? (UPDATED)
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is believed to have moved a cabinet note for returning to the old pattern of the appointment of the Chairman of CBDT and CBEC.It means now only senior-most Member will be appointed Chairman.

Rajni Kant Gupta transferred as DIT (BPR - I) (UPDATED)
Rajni Kant Gupta, CIT (OSD), Delhi, has been transferred as DIT (BPR - I) under the DGIT (logistics).

PK Ray appointed Cadre Controlling Authority, NER region (UPDATED)
PK Ray , CCIT, Shillong, has been appointed as Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) for NER region. The office of CCIT (CCA), NER Region, shall continue to function from Guwahati.

Saxena takes additional charge in Directorate of Film Festivals (UPDATED)
Anil Saxena, 1984 batch IIS officer, who is Additional DG (PR) Railways, has taken over the additional charge of Additional DG and Incharge - Directorate of Film Festivals.

P K Jain joins as Director (Finance), GAIL (UPDATED)
P. K. Jain has joined as Director (Finance) of GAIL (India) Limited. Jain, who has an experience of over 33 years in Finance and Accounts, has worked as Executive Director (Internal Audit) before joining as Director (Finance).

TN promotes 11 IAS officers of 1987 batch as Principal Secretaries (UPDATED)
The Tamil Nadu government has promoted 11 IAS officers of the 1987 batch hailing from the state cadre to the rank of Principal Secretaries. Those promoted include messrs Dr.T.V. Somananthan, Jayashree Raghunandan, Dr. K. Satyagopal, B. Anand, Praveen Kumar, Apurva Varma, Jasbir Singh Bajaj, Otem Dai, Ashok Dongre, K.N. Venkataramanan and C. Arokkiyasamy.


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

suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Shiva Kumar is new MD of SBBJ
Shiva Kumar has taken over as the new Managing Director of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ). He was earlier chief of State Bank of India, Hyderabad Circle.

Bhaskar Pramanik to quit Oracle India
Managing Director of the Oracle India Bhaskar Pramanik is reportedly quitting the company.

Sandeep Mathur to be new MD of Oracle India
Sandeep Mathur will succeed Bhaskar Pramanik as Managing Director of the Oracle India.

Sharma is new CGM SBI Hyderabad Circle
Rakesh Sharma has taken over as Chief General Manager of the State Bank of India, Hyderabad Circle.

Pankaj Birla is GM Jaipur Marriott
Jaipur Marriott has announced the appointment of Pankaj Birla as GM of the hotel. Birla joined Marriott International in 1990 at San Jose as a finance controller, moving for-ward across various Marriott properties in United States. He moved to India as Director of finance at the first Marriott property in the country - Goa Marriott Resort in 1998.

Neeraj Maharshi joins as Director, Jaipur Marriott
Neeraj Maharshi has been appointed Director of sales and marketing of the Jaipur Marriott. He began his career with Taj Hotels in Jaipur andhas over14 years of experience with the Group.

Animesh Barat appointed Director, F&B at Goa Marriott
Animesh Barat has been appointed director of F&B at Goa Marriott Resort. He had started his career with the Marriott in 1999, as a management trainee in Goa Marriott Resort In his new role, he will be responsible for creating niche fashionable food lifestyle by tapping the huge F&B potential in the city

Davesh Kumar is Director rooms, Jaipur Marriott
Davesh Kumar joins the Jaipur Marriott as its Director of Rooms. He began his career at The Oberoi Rajvilas as a front office assistant. He has previously worked with The Thistle Hotel, Marriott Hanbury Manor, Marriott Maida Vale and Grosvenor house, JW Marriott Hotel,
London.

Sandeep Patial is GM, Hotel Mantra Amaltas, New Delh
Hotel Mantra Amaltas, New Delhi has announced the appointment of Sandeep Patial as the hotel's new General Manager.

Gautam Chaudhry executive chef, Ista Hyderabad
Ista Hyderabad has announced the appointment of Chef Gautam Chaudhry as their new executive chef at the hotel. Prior to joining Ista Hyderabad, he had worked as the corporate chef, Indian cuisine at IHHR Hospitality and was posted at its Bengaluru property.

iZone International: MediaCom appoints Ivan Fernandes
Media agency MediaCom has appointed Ivan Fernandes as its first Global Leader for Social Media Technology. Fernandes' role will be to ensure that clients have access to the greatest possible understanding of social media platforms like blogs, Twitter and Facebook and work to reinforce MediaCom's position as the agency that best understands consumers in the digital sphere.

RainMan appoints analytic veteran Krishnakumar
Renowned marketing analytics company RainMan Consulting Pvt Ltd has appointed analytic veteran CS Krishnakumar as its Director and Chief Analytics Officer. Headquartered at Bangalore, RainMan was founded by Manoj Tadepalli and V Balasubramamium in September 2009. Having remained as consultant to Reliance ADAG, he has vast experience in marketing, customer and financial analytics.

Pooja Balani joins Everest Brand Solutions as GM
Pooja Balani is all set to join Everest Brand Solutions as General Manager, Mumbai. Pooja's advertising career spans Grey, Lowe Lintas, JWT, Contract, M&C Saatchi and now Everest.

Allahabad Bank appoints new nominee on JCT Electronics Board
Allahabad Bank has nominated Ms Neeta Mukerji in place of S K Kalra as its nominee on the board of JCT Electronics Ltd with effect from February 9, 2011.

Singhal takes up additional 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 NFL w.e.f. February 25, 2011 .

Bhalla resigns as Director, Koutons Retail India
Gurdarshan Singh Bhalla has resigned as Director of Koutons Retail India Ltd w.e.f. February 25, 2011.

Tammal appointed as Creative Director, Scarecrow Communications
Scarecrow Communication has appointed Kapil Tammal as its new Creative Director. He comes from McCann Ercikson.

Fernandes appointed as Global Leader (Social Media Tech.), MediaCom
MediaCom has appointed Ivan Fernandes as its first Global Leader (Social Media Technology).

Kaul to be Head (Marketing) KFC
Dhruv Kaul, Business Head at PHD is to take over his new assignment as Head (Marketing) at KFC.

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.

FORUM

It is wrong to condemn the Orissa Collector

It is uncharitable, if not cruel, to condemn the Orissa Collector for his otherwise heroic act. We,in the services, must learn to appreciate officers willing to reach out to people and try solve their problems. So what if in one or two cases, it leads to some problem. Girate hain shehsewar hi maidane jung nein!!

Desh Deepak Verma

Training idea for Collectors rubbish

I don't think collectors need to get any training for administering a naxal affected district, it is the poorly trained police force who lost their lives either due to their own incompetency or due to their poorly trained superior's instructions to get proper training. I want to bring out the ground realities prevailing in the naxal affected areas for the readers.....

1. The Joint forces never goes out during night times, going for ambush one or two times in a month will never serve the purpose, result!!! Maoists are freely moving in the area without any check

2. Most of the courts in our country never believe their claims of encounter with Naxals, arrest of Maoists and seizure of huge quantity of arms and ammunition, some media persons had complained that the police is showing same weapon in more than one occasion that those weapons were seized from Maoists why? to get gallantry awards from the government

3. Some good dedicated lower rank officers and constables are doing really good work but the incompetent, poorly trained and egoistic higher rank officers are taking credit for their hard work. if these lower rank officers achieve any success (very few) the incompetent higher officials will go in their full uniform with all stars and caps shamelessly and take snaps, talk big and take credit for that

4. Another shame is the Ego war between the State police officers and CPMF officials. every one knows that the CRPF had lost morethan 70 jawans due to the co ordination problems in Chhattisgarh.

Sooooo first these poorly trained, big mouthed loudspeakers stop talking nonsense about an officer who try to enter in to the areas where these tigers are not able to go with big AK, SLR, PISTOL etc.

Murugan

Glaring Discrimination

The IAS has traditionally dominated the mighty Steel frame the Central Secretariat which rules the country. However it has failed to deliver because Officers are busy angling for after retirement posts & blackmail the politicians threatening to expose their deeds & thus get their own work done & have no time to show results nor is there any accountability. The position at top three level is given below.

1. At Joint Secretary level there are 488 posts available for offer on deputation in GOI. At present the composition of representation of services is as under-

(i) IAS - 335 (All India Service) - 69% of total posts

(ii) IPS - 42 (All India Service)

(iii) IFS - 07 (All India Service)

(iv) CSS - 25

(v) Central Services - 75 (presently only 12 services represented)

(vi) ForeignS - 04

TOTAL - 488

2. Similarly at Additional Secretary level there are 111 posts & break up of representation is as under-

(i) IAS - 85 (All India Service) - 77% of total posts

(ii) IPS - 14 (All India Service)

(iii) CSS - 03

(v) Central Services - 09 (presently only 08 services represented)

TOTAL - 111

3. At Secretary level there are total 95 posts out of which service representation is as below-

(i) IAS - 78 (All India Service) - 82% of total posts

(ii) IRAS - 01

(iii) Scientists - 08 (specialised service posts)

(iv) Indian Foreign Service - 05 (specialised service posts)

(v) Indian Postal Service - 01 (specialised service post)

(vi) Statistician - 01 (specialised technical post)

(vii) Economists - 01(specialised technical post)

TOTAL - 95

If the specialized posts are separated then the dominance of IAS is 100%. The CSS is over represented & has more than its due share with very little knowledge of value except of course assisting the IAS in its inhouse dirty tricks department & secretarial scheming, plotting & intrigues. This anomaly needs to be rectified by GOI & more representation of Central Services needs to be encouraged.

LOK NATH MEHRA

Financial insecurity may aggravate corruption

Adequate pay is no surety for non-corruption, and there is no end to man's greed. True, that's why there is so much corruption at top in government and associated organizations despite 6th pay commission.

But financial insecurity does tend to aggravate corruption. Genuine needs of the people should be looked into and addressed.

Kumar

Misuse of official is also corruption

Misuse of official position is a form of corruption. Be aware those who indulge in such type of practices. During the Anna Hazare's fast on 5th March, 2011 this issue is going to raked up by person who is collected a number of information in this area under RTI Act-2005. Tax Payer's money is also being used in the administrative expenses of the Government. So don't misuse telephone, car, stationery items, PSUs and staff (i.e. having additional over and aboe entitlement)

Satya Prakash

Introduce Police commissioner system !

Police commissioner system should be introduced all over the country and young and dynamic IPS officers be given charge. They will bottom-pinch the situation back to normalcy. What happens to the oldies in the Paramilitary forces, young dynamic and brilliant IPS officers will decide.

Amitabh Agrawal

For Manjari Kackar

Heartiest congratulations on your becoming member, CBDT. We pray to ALMIGHTY GOD that you hold the highest position of the Board.

RC Agrawal & Family

Allahabad

Why Bhatia could not be Member ?

Long back you predicted that VK Bhatia will become member. But his juniors are posted as Members. What has gone wrong with him? Can anybody throw light ?

Poonam

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)