Very good. Excellent selection
R Srinivasan

Aaj Ki Aawaz

PAC actually means Politicians Aiding Corruption........ as per the situation Netas switch roles!!!!

And punch in each other's arguments holes!!

Today BJP's crying foul and Congress is in deflecting and damning mode....switch!!!

Congress would do what BJP is doing today and BJP would enact Congress's role and create hitch after hitch!!!

Now do you realize why Congress was plugging for PAC!!!!!

Via PAC pulling a ' Prank and Con' or PAC!!

PC and Sibal were on hand to take the Congress PAC Members class...... Professors in defeating Justice!

Both specialize in how to get around justice for 'injustice'!!

JPC should actually work to 'Jamming Political Corruption' or JPC!!!

But today JPC is ' Jointly Promoting Corruption' or JPC!!

Behind the scenes deals are made ....... and in the end JPC Report is a 'compromise' or 'deal'!!!

On their duty the JPC Members compromise and as always short-changed Law does feel!!!

Why did it take a hunger strike and public upheaval to make Sonia respond to Anna's letter????

She ignored the letters of this anti corruption go-getter!!

Only a naive Indian will feel Sonia and Rahul 'are above it'!!!!

They are very much part of the Political establishment though on a pedestal they sit!!!

The pedestal does not mean that they are different or have higher standards from the rest!!!!

Please study the Q case and blatant corruption during UPA rule.... my case I rest!!!

And as on date on corruption have their actions shown that they want corruption to end???

They are perceived to be heading UPA and 'GDP' has shot up in UPA rule so what message does this send???

GDP..... Gross Diversion by Politicians is doing the Nation in!!

By gross I do not mean the 'total' but Blatant ..... like a sin!!

And in this GDP now India holds the record....... phenomenal rise!!!!!

In UPA's rule its hit new highs!!!

Though Karan Thapar and his lot try to show that Lokpal will be like a Dictator!!

Lokpal will dent corruption to some extent ...only flaw is what if Lokpal is himself a 'smooth operator'????

Some would say get Infosys to come up with Lokpal Software and let 'the computer decide'!!

Will be on merits of the case and Computer will not take any one's side!!!

Praful Patel as Aviation Mantri has single handedly made AI go into a 'tail spin... crash kind'!!!

Everywhere in AI scum you will find!!

When the top is rotten the message that filters down is....... chori days!!!

And looking at their Boss enjoying power and getting away with chori they say 'chori pays'!!!

Be it purchase of planes or diverting land or even hiring Pilot..... ghoos ka raaj!!!

Why do you think they say that Pawar and Praful have in their palms an incurable 'khaaj'???

So called Fighter against Corruption Ram Jethmalani is 2 G Chor Chandra's Lawyer!!!

Why do you think people say do not believe what Ramu says .... he's a liar!!!

Just do a recall of the cases he's fought and it'll become clear!!!!

That when it comes to his legal practice from his 'damn corruption' stand he does cleverly steer!!

His standard argument is 'he's guilty till proven blameworthy'!!!!

How come to take 'Suo Moto' notice of Chandra's guilt he does not find it worthy???

When you fight for the corrupt how can you say 'I fight corruption'??????

Question Ramu on this and be sure 'there will be anger ka eruption'!!

Indian Media went berserk on the Kate William shaadhi.... what they'd have actually loved to say!!!!

Headlines TV......marriage was bankrolled by 'Swindler' H. Ali and all bills from his UBS a/c he did pay!

India TV...... Kate is an 'ichaadari' Nagin who is out to avenge the killing of her snake mate!!

And she's going to bite William who had killd her mate one day on his bald pate!!

IBN and Times....... marriage was an IBN or Times effect!!!

Its because of IBN or Times each other they did select!!

NDTV will have Barkah doing a Talk Show........ why Gandhis were not invited????

Because for NDTV Gandhis are royalty and Barkah would end up saying by this India has been slighted!!

Aaj Tak will do a Vardaat on the shadhi......yeh asli William nahi hai....asli William ho gaya tha kidnap!

And News 24 will give us on the shaadhi and its future Astro crap!!

Prabhu Chawla doing an interview with William's Driver or Valet or Cook!!!!!

Karan Thapar doing a Devil's Advocate with Kate's best friend and giving her his 'choochi aankh' (narrowing eyes) look!!

Karan Jalebi Thapar will question Kate vowing to love and respect but not saying she'll obey!

She's made grounds for divorce at the alter itself Jalebi Thapar will say!!

Confucius says..... Begaani shaadhi mein Indian Media diwaana..... after the shaadhi BBC's has moved on!!!!!

But our Media on this shaadhi still goes on and on!!!

Adds..... is it the Brit rule hangover that's got our Media feeling this shaadhi will grab eyeballs on TV!!!

Otherwise why should our Media go berserk on William getting himself a biwi???

Flash..... Corruption has spread all over...... now the AIEEE paper has been leaked!!!

And as corruption has no limits you cannot say corruption has peaked!!

In Sonia Raaj just see corruption ka khulla Raaj!!!!

Madam Ji sorry but with the way the Nation is going aap ko aani chahiye laaj!!!

Sonia Raaj mein ' burger sastha aur mehangi humaari 'staple roti aur dal'!!!!

Desh ka on every front ho gaya hai boora haal!!!

Bharat Kumar
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HM meets FM, what is the significance ?
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram met the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at his chamber on Friday. What is the significance.

Will history be repeated in Madhya Pradesh ?
If an assessment of a top RSS functionary is to be believed, then history is going to be repeated in Madhya Pradesh in the next Vidhan Sabha elections. Again it will be a political fight between Digvijay Singh and Uma Bharti. One can only wait and watch.

BUREAUCRACY

Lateral shifting of Secretaries in May
Lateral shifting of the Secretaries in the Government of India is expected to take place in May.

IAS officer to be CMD of PDIL ?
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power Dr M Ravi Kanth is being tipped to be new CMD of the Projects Development India Ltd (PDIL).He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Sen to be CMD of DVC !
R N Sen is being appointed new Chairman of the Damodar Valley Corporation. He is presently CEO of the NTPC-SAIL Power Company Limited (NAPCL).

Vardharajan to be Director (Finance) Bharat Petroleum
S Vardhrajan is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of Bharat Petroleum. He is presently ED in the same company.

Bhaskar Chatterjee to hold additional charge of Heavy Industries
Public Enterprises Bhaskar Chatterjee has been given additional charge of the Secretary Heavy Industries in the Government of India.He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre. Secretary Heavy Industries B S Meena has retired on April 30. Will formal orders of Petroleum Secretary Sundareshan's moving to Heavy Industries be issued this week ?.

Decision about Secretary Chemicals-Petrochemicals this week
Decision of the new Secretary Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals will only be taken this week after the return of the Minister from TamilNadu,

Ms. Sukriti Likhi poised to Counselor Economic in the US
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Sukriti Likhi Director, Financial Services, is poised to go to Indian High Commission in Washington as Counselor Economic. She is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Chirravuri Viswanath to be Joint Secretary Food
Chirravuri Viswanath who is Joint Secretary in Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) is poised to be laterally shifted as Joint Secretary Food. He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Jiji Thomson to be CMD REC ?
Grapevine has it that Jiji Thomson is being appointed CMD of the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) .He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Next Army Chief : Picture still not clear
Despite assurances of an early decision on the matter related to the age of the Indian Army Chief, General V.K. Singh, the picture is still not clear. The adjutant general's (AG) branch in army headquarters and the military secretary's (MS) office have recorded different dates of birth for Singh. While the AG's branch lists it as May 10, 1951, the MS branch has it as May 10, 1950.

Jumbo Govt delegation for Geneva.
Come Mid May and a delegation of about 20 scientests with individual deputations ranging form 5 days to 30 days, a total of 200 man days is off to Geneva for science of what is anybody's guess. Delegation includes a finance man so as to avoid financial hurdles.

Will MHA agree to the proposal of CBI ?

The CBI has given a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs through DoPT that the CBI officers who are engaged in the investigations related to the serious and current issues be given an extension over their service tenure in deputation instead of repatriating them to their respective parent cadres as this may hamper the investigations. Now the ball is in the court of the MHA.

S.M. Krishna for revamp of passport offices
Indian Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna has embarked on a plan to revamp passport offices in India in a big way. Bangalore city is first in series of such offices to have ultra modern facilities.

Will Raghavendra Shastry go to Harvard?
Will Raghavendra Shastry, Advsior to Union Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, go to Harvard Business School (HVB)? This question is hot topic of discussion. He has got an offer to do a two year Masters course in Management commencing at HVB in September 2011.

28 police officers nominated for PLRCT course
As many as 28 police officers have been nominated for Course ATA 7420, Police Leader's Role in Combating Terrorism (PLRCT) to be held at CRPF Academy, Kadarpur, Gurgaon (Haryana) from May2 to 13, 2011. They are Darshan Singh - Deputy Director - MHA, Mrs. Priya Dubey- IPS Commandant - Jharkhand, S Veresh Prabhu - SP - Maharashtra, Dr. Anirban Ray - SP - West Bengal, Arun Pal Singh- SP - Punjab, Shiv Kumar Mohanka - Commandant - CISF, Rattan Kumar - Commandant - CISF, Rajesh Kumar - Commandant - CRPF, Sunil Kumar Yadav - Commandant - CRPF, Puran Singh - Commandant - CRPF, Raj Kumar - Commandant - CRPF, Anil Bisht - Commandant - CRPF, S K Singh - Commandant - CRPF, Vijay Prakash - Sr. Dy.SP - UP, Navin Arora - Commandant - UP, Arun Kumar Singh - Dy. SP - Jharkhand, Manoj Kaushik - SP - Jharkhand, Saravanan - AIG - Nagaland, O P Yadav - Commandant - ITBP, Sanjiv Kumar Singh - Commandant - ITBP, Sandeep Channan - Commandant - BSF, S A Srivasta - Commandant - BSF, C H Sethuram - Commandant - BSF, Prithpal Singh Bhatti - Commandant - BSF, Abhay Singh - SP - Madhya Pradesh, Ran Niwas - Addl. DGP - Chhattisgarh, Vivekanand - DIG - Chhattisgarh and G Gopal Krishna Rao, SP - Tripura.

6 candidates to be interviewed for DG, NIFT on May 4
There are five IAS officers and an officer of the Indian Postal Service (IPS) for the post of Director General (DG) of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) under the Ministry of Textiles that has been lying vacant for a pretty long time. They are: Bibhu Prasad Acharya (IAS -1983 batch, Andhra Pradesh cadre),D.V. Prasad (IAS -1984 batch, Karnataka cadre), Hardeep Kumar (IAS -1984 batch, Haryana cadre), P.K. Gera (IAS -1985 batch, Gujarat cadre), Sanjay Kumar Rakesh (IAS - 1990 batch, Manipur-Tripura cadre) and Ms. Alka Jha an officer of the Indian Postal Service (IPS)-1987 batch.

Harsh Vardhan replaces Tirumurti in MEA
Joint Secretary in the MEA Harsh Vardhan has replaced T S Tirumurti in Bangladesh-SriLanka, Myanmar and Maldives desk.

Chander moves to SAARC Division
Rajiv K Chander has been moved to the SAARC Division in the MEA. He is 1983 batch IFS officer.

Ghanshyam to look after Gulf & Haj Division in MEA
A R Ghanshyam will replace Rajiv K Chander as Joint Secretary Gulf and Haj Division in the MEA.

Tirumurti goes to UNES Division
T S Tirumurti, Joint Secretary - BSM Division - in the MEA, has been transferred to the UNES Division.

Four BSNL CGMs to be appointed this week
CGM's Post for four circles in BSNL are likely to be filled up this week. List is almost ready.

IA&AS officer Pillay gets grade of Addl Dy Comptroller and Auditor General
SB Pillay (IA&AS-1977), Director General, National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Shimla, has been given the grade of Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General.

Post of Member Secretary in Central Silk Board vacant
The Joint Secretary level post of Member Secretary in the Central Silk Board, Bengaluru (Karnataka) , on deputation basis, under the Ministry of Textiles, is vacant. The willing candidates, provided they are clear from vigilance angle and their integrity is certified, may apply to the Department of Personnel and Training.

Chetal is Director of IGCAR
S.C. Chetal has taken over as Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam.

1977 batch IPS gets DG rank in Karnataka
1977 batch IPS officer A R Infant has been promoted to the rank of DG in Karnataka. He is now DG Training.

AP DG to continue
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed K. Aravinda Rao to continue as Director General of Police of the State.

Ms K. Ratna Prabha to return Karnataka
Ms K. Ratna Prabha, Principal Secretary (Information Technology and Communications, Govt of AP, is returning to the parent Karnataka cadre. She is 1981 batch IAS officer.

IPS reshuffle in Karnataka
Rupak Kumar Dutta has been appointed as ADGP (Law and Order).S T Ramesh will now be Chairman and Managing Director of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation. Harshavardhan Raju has been posted as ADGP (Recruitment and Training), Bhaskar Rao has been posted as IGP (Anti-terrorist cell), Bangalore.

IAS postings in Karnataka
Subash Chandra Khuntia has been appointed Principal Secretary PWD vice V Umesh transferred as Principal Secretary Cooperation Department. Amita Prasad will move as Principal Secretary, DPAR.

Vice Admiral Joshi is Chief of Western Naval Command
Vice Admiral D K Joshi has taken over as the chief of the Western Naval Command. He has succeeded Vice Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin who retired from the Navy.

R.K. Upadhay is BSNL's new CMD
Finally, R.K. Upadhay has assumed charge as new CMD BSNL on April 30,2011. Hitherto, Upadhyay who was CMD of the TCIL will also continue to look after his previous charge. While, serving as CMD, TCIL he had made a mark for himself. The TCIL ,has so far covered 34 of 53 African countries under the Pan-African e-Network Project. This is a mega project worth Rs. 542 crore that the TCIL is implementing as turnkey implementer on behalf of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Among other things the project has facilitated a very big help in fields of telemedicine and tele-education to African countries. So far the tele education facility has covered 3500 students who are taught in virtual class rooms by faculty sitting in Delhi. Similarly , in field of telemedicine through 12 super speciality hospitals of India TCIL has been able to provide effective link for treatment of patients in African nations. It may be stated that Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay is an officer of 1975 Batch of Indian Telecom Services. He obtained B.Tech (Electronics) Degree from I.T. Banaras Hindu University in 1974 and MBA (Marketing Management) degree from Indira Gandhi Open University. He is also a graduate of Defence Staff Services College (DSSC) Wellington and was awarded M.Sc (D.S.) Degree by Madras University. He has successfully worked in Department of Telecommunications from August 1975 to July 1996 in the areas of Planning, Installation and Commissioning, Commercial administration and operations. While on deputation to TCIL during October 1996 to August 1999, he successfully worked in the foreign projects as Project Director, Sana'a and General Manager, Yemen. After a stint from Jan.'2000 to Jun.'2003 in BSNL as General Manager Jammu & Kashmir Telecom Circle he joined TCIL again on deputation in June 2003. After joining TCIL, he successfully worked as a Chief Project Director, Algeria, Group General Manager (New Technology) and Executive Director (Project Monitoring) and other important assignments. He has got rich experience in the fields of Planning, Projects, Operation and Business Development. He took the charge of Director (Projects) w.e.f. November 1, 2005 and subsequently took the charge of Chairman and Managing Director on March 1, 2007.
(We said it much earlier)

NERAMAC records all time high sales in 2010-11
The North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NARAMAC) Ltd, a Govt. of India Enterprise under the Ministry of DoNER (Development of North Eastern Region) recorded a sales turnover of Rs 96.62 Cr during the fiscal year 2010-11over the preceding year of Rs 89.89 crore. Its overall business this year has grown by almost 8%.During the last fiscal, it hosted series of programs in the region to scale up awareness among the agri-preneurs and agri-business group by inviting investment on food processing in the region involving National Institutes & Organizations of repute and large business houses in agro- horticulture processing with the financial support of NEC & MoFPI. It also organized a numbers of Capacity Building Programs for the local
farmers, farmers societies & agri-preneurs on important cash crops like Ginger, Pineapple, Passion Fruits and Oranges grown in abundance in the region which are mostly organic by nature with the support of MDoNER. S Bhattacharjee Managing Director (MD) NERAMAC informed that NERAMAC could withstand the external market conditions like substantial increase in input costs or pressure on margins by comparative increase in sales & optimization of business plans with product-mix.With input costs likely to stabilize, it is confident to overcome the market impact so as to bring a harbinger of economic change in agro-horticulture business in the North-East.

Pakistan : Steep hike in POL prices
Government of Pakistan passed on the full impact of international oil prices to the consumer resulting in steep hike in POL prices. The rates effective from Sunday are; HSD Rs 97.31, Low diesel oil Rs 88.30, Petrol Rs 88.41 and Kerosene Rs 89.70 per litre. The general shoot up of prices from food to FMCG because of hike in rates of POL products in an already dismal economic scenario now seems just round the corner. State bank of Pakistan has already predicted over 14% inflation during current fiscal.

CAT orders re-instatement of IAS officer in Haryana
The Principal Bench of the CAT, comprising Justice VK Bali and LK Joshi has ordered re-instatement of Umesh Nanda, a 1974 batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre.

Uncertainty about LIC Chairman
Cloud of uncerttainty prevails regarding Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) as exiting chief T.S. Vijayan's five year erm ends on May 2,2011 Grapevine has it some interim arrangement is on the anvil.

GOI very hot
Things are very hot in Government of India(GOI) Meeing on proposed Lokpal bill besides strike by Air India pilots and missing chopper of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu is keeping concerning ministries & their officials on toes.

PM clears appointment of Chaturvedi and Sundareshan ?

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have cleared two appointments.Accordingly 1977 batch IAS officer G C Chaturvedi will take over as Secretary Petroleum and S Sundareshan will move as Secretary Heavy Industries.

CWC's Interactive Session with PHDCCI
B.B. Pattanaik Managing Director(MD) Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) held an interactive session with the members of the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI)on April 29, 2011 at PHD House, New Delhi. About 50 members of the PHDCCI participated in the interactive session
which was preceded by a Power Point Presentation made by B.B. Pattanaik highlighting the warehousing scenario in the country, the activities of the Corporation and its future expansion/diversification plans. The need and scope of augmentation of storage capacity for agri commodities including incentives available under various schemes of the Government of India(GOI) for agri warehousing and cold chain infrastructure were also discussed with participants. G.N. Nair, Director (Finance) and T.K. Doshi, Director (MCP) and other senior officials of the C.W.C. also participated in the interactive session. The programme was well received by paricipants

ACC approves extension of tenure of Chaman Kumar
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the extension of Chaman Kumar, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Agriculture Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture till Dec 31, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who hails from Gujarat cadre.

DEBATE
Does ACC system have its relevance for all posts?
Does the ACC system has its relevance as far as appointment of incumbents for all posts was concerned? It is time consuming. Under the system it is examined at each level and in every Ministry there are at least six levels. Broadly speaking it goes from concerning Ministry to DoPT Ministry, then to cabinet secretariat and then to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).Finally it goes to the PMO. It is extremely time consuming .In the wake of this please give your valuable views to us.
Mail us-mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

DoT issues notice to Idea Cellular
Idea Cellular of the Aditya Birla Group has reportedly approached TDSAT against a DoT notice to cancel its licence in Punjab for violating merger and acquisition (M&A) norms.

Ruchi Soya Group's worth increases ?
Grapevine has it that the worth of Ruchi Soya Group as on date has gone up Rs. 25,000 Crore.

BHEL Director's post vacant for over a year
The post of Director (Industrial Sector) in the BHEL is lying vacant for over a year now.

Khanna to be Director, Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd
The Board of Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Limited has approved the appointment of Mahender Kumar Khanna, Retired IAS as Independent Director of the Company.

Laurent Demortier is MD designate Crompton Greaves
Laurent Demortier has been designated as MD of the Crompton Greaves.The post was earlier held by Sudhir Mohan Trehan.

Makhija is new IDBI Nominee Director on 20 Microns Ltd Board
IDBI Bank Ltd has withdrawn its nomination of Munish Mohan from the Board of 20 Microns Ltd and in his place, appointed Naresh S. Makhija as the Nominee Director of IDBI on the Board of the Company with effect from April 29, 2011.

Subramaninan resigns as Director, R.P.P Infra Projects Ltd
V. Subramanian, Director, resigned from the Board of R.P.P Infra Projects Ltd with effect from April 01, 2011.

Swaminathan appointed Independent Director, R.P.P Infra Projects Ltd
S. Swaminathan has been appointed as an Independent Director of R. P .P Infra Projects Ltd with effect from April 21, 2011.

Bhalerao resigns as Nominee Director, Ajanta Pharma Ltd
Ms. Manjiri Bhalerao, a Nominee Director of Ajanta Pharma Ltd the Company representing Export Import Bank of India has resigned w.e.f. April 30, 2011.

Gangawane appointed Nominee Director, Ajanta Pharma Ltd
Navin Gangawane has been appointed as the new Nominee Director of Ajanta Pharma Ltd representing the Export Import Bank of India w.e.f. April 30, 2011.

Pandya resigns as Company Secy. Gandhinagar Hotels Ltd
Sandip Pandya has resigned as a Company Secretary of Gandhinagar Hotels Ltd w.e.f. April 30, 2011.

Narayana Murthy is Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Technologies Ltd
N. R. Narayana Murthy has been appointed as Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Kamath is Chairman Infosys Technologies Ltd
K. V. Kamath has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Infosys Technologies Ltd .

Gopalakrishnan is Co-Chairman Infosys Technologies Ltd
S. Gopalakrishnan has been appointed as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Shibulal is CEO and MD Infosys Technologies Ltd
S. D. Shibulal has been named as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Infosys Technologies Ltd.

Global Securities Ltd appoints additional directors
Global Securities Ltd has appointed Jagdish G. Ajwani and Rameshchandra B. Chavan as additional directors w.e.f. March 16, 2011.

Rao appointed Additional Director Datanet Systems Ltd
Datanet Systems Ltd has appointed Dr. Ayyagari Lakshmana Rao as additional Director of the Company.

IKF Finance Ltd appoints additional directors
IKF Finance Ltd has appointed Satyanarayana Prasad Kanaparti and PSV Prasada Rao as Additional Directors of the Company at its meeting held
on March 31, 2011.

Ranjit Singh is Regional Manager BoM in MP
Ranjit Singh has taken over as new Regional Manager of Bank of Maharashtra ,Madhya Pradesh Circle.

FORUM

Restrict ACC approval

A question of substantial importance has been raised here. ACC approval should be restricted to appointments beyond joint secretary in Government of India. For positions beyond joint secretary or equivalent in subordinate formations, the process should be completed by Minister incharge after obtaining necessary inputs from CVC, Intelligence etc.

R S Thakur

Database of all eligible candidates must

There should be database of all eligible candidates for such top posts with the DoPT duly updated. The candidates should be able to submit their applications thorough Online. ACR gradations can be updated by the DoPT/ PESB, after the same is received from the concerned department which also means the application is in order and duly forwarded.. The CVC should have list of officers whose vigilance is clear/not clear, accessible online to the departments who require the information, may be with password. This list should be updated regularly by CVC. Once selections is made by the Search Committee/Board, the Vigilance status can be seen online and recommendation can be sent to Appointing authority directly. By this, most of the appointments can be made before the post becomes vacant. If we are talking of greater transparency, why not simplify the procedure? Too many scrutiny is wastage of time and really unnecessary.

Geetha,

Bangalore

PM should consider suggestions

The suggestions of A K Saxena for administrative reforms, must be considered with an open mind by the Prime Minister as he is the Cabinet Minister-in-charge of DoPT.

Virendra Swarup (Retd Chief Commissioner (IT)

ACC system : "A Sham and a Scam !"

The column by A K Saxena on WIC dated 29th April,2011,is a must read for all bureaucrats. I compliment Dr Suresh Mehrotra Sir, Editor-in-chief of this great site for enlightening its readers with such powerful expose. I had covered DOP&T during my initial days in journalism. Your site enjoys respect in the Media. Keep it up.

S Roy Chaudhury, TOI

What about achievements ?

I attended one farewell party to a retiring secretary. In his praise it was said that he served a DM for 9 years, Joint secretary in 2 ministries and as a secretary in 4 ministries. No one talked about his achievements if it were any. This is how the feudal set up is so engraved in our mind works.

Mohan

Immediate attention of Govt and CAG required

At present, there are 20 Commissioners of Income Tax as OSD in Delhi, ie in excess of sanctioned posts while there are posts of CIT lying vacant all over India. Isn't it a matter requiring immediate attention of Government and CAG? Present Chairman CBDT has taken a number of progressive measures and he should transfer excess CITs immediately by identifying those who are there in Delhi continuously for longest period. This situation is result of new transfer policy made by a committee of officers ,all of whom had vested interest to stay in Delhi or Mumbai or Chennai. Under this policy nobody is due for transfer from metros even after being there continuously for10-12 years whereas officers in smaller stations are due for transfer after 3-5 years. The whole concept of exempt posts needs to be abolished and cap should be fixed at continuous tenure of 8 years in a metro station, be it in field or ITAT or Board or deputation. At the moment, policy is heavily biased in favour of officers in metros. Will FM and Chairman CBDT revise this irrational policy?

Devendra

Plight of Central Excise & Customs service

I am a Superintendent of Central Excise & Customs. I joined as Inspector in the year 1976. If my son would have joined as Inspector in the year 1996, he would be my colleague Superintendent. If he would have joined as Appraiser Gr. B, he would have my Assistant Commissioner and if he would joined as Direct Gr. A, he would have become Additional Commissioner. Today, I met a Senior Additional Commissioner of Income tax, who joined as Inspector in 1976. This is the plight of our service. Ministry of finance is least bothered about our cadre and we see no hope. If any cadre review is on anvil, that will be for the benefit of Gr. A only.

H G Mathew

Who cares for GOI circulars in Income Tax ?

In the Income Tax department, there is no room /no regard for GOI circulars, nor there is any concern/humanitarian approach to the needs of differently abled people. This is more apparent/rampany in AP under the leadership of Basu, CCIT. Handicapped people are forced to climb 3-4 floors to reach their office rooms while able-bodied men are posted in places with lift facility. Only God can alter the nature and outlook of these in-humanitarian people. These Officers in the Dept., don't respect the laws of the land and blatantly the Disabled Act is not implemented and thrown in the dustbin. At least the DOPT should come to the rescue of the differently abled in the I.T. department.

Rangarao

Constitution of bench by the SC

The CIC observed that the information whether the Registry of the Supreme Court (SC) has placed certain papers before the Chief Justice of India for constitution of a Bench as directed in the SC Order in the SLP No. 32855/2009 is plainly administrative in nature. It is difficult to imagine how the disclosure of such information could cause any abrogation of the independence of the judiciary. The CIC directed to provide information on action taken by the SC Registry and also provide copy of the order, if any, for constituting a Bench of appropriate strength for further hearing on the SLP. The CIC further directed to provide a copy of the document, if any, confirming the news about the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India advising Karnataka Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Justice PD Dinakaran to go on leave.

Comments

While the CIC deserves applause for the interpretation of the RTI Act, is it not surprising that the CPIO of the mighty Supreme Court of India cannot decipher one of the simplest Acts of the independent India? Even earlier, the CPIO of SC has received a rap on the knuckles for similar aberrations.

Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal vs. CPIO, Supreme Court of India in File No. CIC/WB/A/2010/000316 & CIC/SM/A/2011/001078

- 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)