Visited your website. It's quite interesting and innovative of you to start with.
Piyush Singh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

I go to my neighbourhood Kiryana Store.

(I've translated Kirit Bhai's, the owner of the Kiryana store, conversation with me into English.... retaining some of his expletives)

Me: How are you Kirti Bhai?????

Kirit: Ek dumm jakhaas Seth (top of the World in tapori language and Seth means Boss)!!!

Me: I hear you are standing for the MC elections!!!

Kirit: Yes Seth........ I want to diversify!!!

Me: Diversify....you are a businessman and diversification for you would be starting some new business or adding a new angle to your current business!!

Kirit: Arre Seth politics is the most lucrative business today!!! Faide ka sauda hai!!! Just see how well Sharat Power who owns half the building you live in has done!!! Faida hi faida hai.... (winking at me) ghaata toh Public ka hota hai...... I was one of the Public till jnow and I know this first hand!!!

Me: Chalo educate me on the faida!!!

Kirit: First and foremost your stock goes up..... even if you do not win the election people do not take pangaa with you feeling ' kall yeh Corporator bann saktha hai'!!!

Me: But your political adversaries go after you!!!

Kirit: Arre Seth once you come into their bracket they may blast you in Public but behind the scenes Netas, big and small, help each other!!!!

Me: What else??????

Kirit: Generate 2 number.....convert 2 number ka into 1 number..... arre Seth a Coprorator I know converted 46 khokhas (crores) from black to white during elections and his Corporator business generated 30 khokas!!!

Me: Corporator business.... now that's a laugh.....how's this generation and conversion done?????

Kirit: Arre Seth this is also a kind of technology!!! Seth there are so many Political Parties which are unknown and these Parties indulge in converting black to white!!! I been wanting to start a Hawala business from this premises......once I have the Neta tag no one will dare touch me!!! And I do not need to educate you on how Corporators make money!!

Me: I'm getting the picture..... and once you get into generating black and converting black to white indulging in Hawala would be like backward integration!!! What else?????

Kirit: Seth all these inspectors who keep coming to inspect my business will dare not ask me for ghoos ...... my work will be done without payment of ghoos!! Last year to just the weights and measures Inspector I paid 1 petti (lakh)!!!

Me: Your tingling with weights and expiry dates has not gone unnoticed.......yes asking a Neta for ghoos is unthinkable!! What else!!!

Kirit: If it's a hung house as an Independent candidate merri toh ho jaye gi chandi!!!! I know so many Netas who have become millionaires in this kind of saude baazi!!!

Me: So you are standing as an Independent candidate????

Kirit: Seth I've just announced my decision to stand as an Independent and already both the main Parties have approached me!!! One Party has even assured to help me in my election expenses!!!

Me: Maybe this Party feels its chances in your constituency are weak!!!! Fighting elections requires a lot of money..... hope you have deep pockets????

Kirit: Arre Seth all the donors tend to hedge their donations!!! They give the lion's share to the Party they feel will win ..... but they tend to keep something for all who are standing..... of course its lesser but then I find it's enough.... in fact I'll be able to save a couple of khokas!!!

Me: Looks like a win win situation!!!! But do you envisage any pitfalls????

Kirit: I met Kamar Singh Ji the other day and though his Party has nothing to do with these Municipal elections but he still offered me money!!! I questioned him about the pitfalls in politics and he told me....... if you can be abs besharam then there is no down side in politics....he advised me be flexible.... there are no permanent friendships or animosities in politics!!!! And he advised me to always carry one of those camera pens in my pocket!!!

Me: Kirit Bhai when you become a Coporator what will be the first thing you will do?????

Kirit: It's my dream that this street be named after my Dad?????? Mujhe iss ka junoon hai Seth! I will start working on this right from day one!!

Me: Good to know you love your Dad so much!!! But isn't it difficult to get the name of this street changed???? Do you have that kind of money to get this done....... getting the name changed is like buying from a political Party a Rajya Sabha nomination!!!!
Kirit: Arre Seth in Delhi do you know 74 places are named after 3 Members of a single family???? And all over India 450 Central and State Schemes, Projects, Places and Awards are named after the 3 Members of this family and the family has not spent a paisa to get this done....... yes Public ke billions of Rupees have funded these Schemes, Places , Projects and Awards!!!!

Me: But hasn't the Public objected to this????? After all India has so many people who deserve honouring!!!

Kirit: Yes I too sometimes get the feeling that in India's freedom and its progress I do not think only these three have had a major hand! But Seth have you noticed one thing..... only Gandhi Ji's pic is found on Indian Currency!!!! Meaning no one has Gandhi ji's kind of credibility!!!

Me: Yes maybe if this family tries to get these three's pic on Indian Currency the currency will be devalued..... of course not in terms of value but definitely in terms of image!!!

Bharat Kumar
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BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1978 batch next week ?
Empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of is expected to take place next week

Review of 1976, 1977, 1979 batch and 1980 batch next week ?
Review of 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980 batch IAS officers is expected to take place alongwith the empanelment of 1978 batch IAS.

Who will be new Secretary IT ?
If sources are to be believed powerful corporate and political lobbies are at work to bring the next Secretary, IT from the private sector.Will this happen or some IAS officer will get the post.Decision is expected to take place this month end.

Posting of disinvestment this month end
Posting of new Secretary Disinvestment is expected to take place this month.Name of Loretta Mary Vas is in circulation for the post.

Posting of Secretary Petro-Chemicals this month end
Posting of new Secretary Petro-Chemicals in the Government of India is expected to take place this month end. Will a Tamil knowing IAS officer will make it ?.

Who will be new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs ?
Who will be new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs on June 1?.Name of one 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre has been floated.Name is unlikely to be approved.Post may again go to a non-IAS officer. Secretary Parliamentary Affairs Usha Mathur is retiring by this month end.

Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra is LIC chief now
Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra (58) has taken over as the new acting chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India for a period of three months or till further orders, whichever is earlier. He had relieved Rakesh Singh, who was appointed as the interim chairman on early this month to succeed T. S. Vijayan as the latter had completed his five year term. D.K. Mehrotra had joined LIC as a direct recruit officer in 1977. He began his innings by joining in Jamshedpur division. He was posted in LIC's foreign office in Suva (Fiji) from 1985-89 Mehrotra is considered to be 'a dynamic team builder and people-oriented in nature,' who is high on IQ as well as emotional quotient (EQ). By nature he is a go getter who believes in hard work with full dedication.

CBDT Chairman retiring
CBDT Chairman Sudhir Chandra is superannuating on May 31.He is not getting further extension.

Major bureaucratic changes after PM's return
Major bureaucratic changes and appointments are expected to take place only after the return of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from his foreign tour.

Delay in CVC's appointment worries bureaucrats
Bureaucrats are worried due to swelling pendency of files regarding different appointments that are stuck up in CVC due to delay in appointment of new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).

4 CGMs to be DMDs in the SBI
As many as four out of nine Chief General Managers (CGMs) figure in the final panel for elevation as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in the State Bank of India (SBI). Their interviews were held on May 25, 2011. They are: Mrs.Soundara Kumar CGM Bangalore, P. Nand Kumaran CGM Gujarat Circle, P. Pradeep Kumar Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of Travancore(SBT) and Bhagwant Rao CGM Madhya Pradesh Circle.

20 Major Generals promoted
Altogether 20 Major Generals hve been promoted to the rank of Lt General in the Indian Army. Over Sixty Major Generals were considered for the promotion.

Lal to be Director (Marketing) HECL
J N Lal is being tipped to be Director (Marketing) of the Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL).

Sundar to be Director (Operations) Cochin Shipyard Ltd
R S Sundar is likely to be appointed new Director (Operations) of the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a trend setter as MP, CM
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has blazed a new trail. As the Chief Minister of second biggest state(in terms of area,after Rajasthan) has not set only bureaucrats right, but even the media fraternity. There seems to be a terror in the bureaucracy and the media.This question is hotly being discussed in corridors of power.

P. C. Sharma is an Independent Director, NALCO
P.C. Sharma former Chief Secretary of Assam has become an Independent Director, NALCO. He is an IAS officer of the 1975 batch.

15 IPS officers retiring in May 2011
As many as 15 IPS officers are retiring in May 2011. Kewal Singh (ARUNACHAL PRADESH), S.P. Chitturi (GUJARAT), Ram Singh and Sultan Singh (HARYANA), Ravinder Kotwal and Zaved Reyaz (JAMMU & KASHMIR), M K Srivastava (KARNATAKA), C.S. Malyviya (MADHYA PRADESH), M K
Devrajan (RAJASTHAN), N. Chenbaharaman (TAMIL NADU), Hoshiar Singh Balwaria, Mumtaz Ahmad, Vijai kumar Agarwal and Pramod kumar (UTTAR PRADESH) and Amar Nath Mallick (WEST BENGAL).

Postal service officer Ms. A Bhathnagar is PMG, Dharwad
Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of the Indian Postal service Ms. A Bhathnagar (1982) has been posted as PMG, Dharwad, Karnataka Circle.

Upadhyaya - IAS turned expert on HIV prevention
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and HIV prevention! Something rare and sounds absurd. However Commissioner, Scheduled Caste Welfare, Madhya Pradesh Vishwa Mohan Upadhyaya with his missionary zeal has become one of the few IAS officers in the country who have contributed to the cause immensely and is acknowledged for his interventions and expertise. He came to limelight when at the helm of the Madhya Pradesh's Health department he was successful in getting 50 lakh condoms distributed among the high risk groups. Upadhyaya, has been working towards prevention of HIV infections by using his skills to counsel people as an administrator, writer, researcher and speaker using different forms to fight and keep of from HIV infections. He has written two books titled "Conquering the Shame" and "Face to Face Talk AIDS" besides spreading awareness about HIV prevention at different forums including international seminars and conferences. With his
approach he is recognized as an expert on the subject in India and is invited to share his expertise and experience among the developed world. Upadhyaya is currently in Malaysia to attend the 5th International Congress of Chemistry & Environment to speak on "The impact of regular condom use of the body chemistry, stress and life style of couples". His passion has forced him to take up a PhD course on "Desirability of fresh politico managerial strategic policy for curbing the menace of HIV/AIDS along-with effective and efficient family planning measures in global environment perspective- A Comparative Study of Developed and Developing Countries".

Rajiv Jain elevated in IB
Rajiv Jain JD (SIB) Delhi has been promoted as the Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau Government of India; he is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

46 vacancies of CCIT
There are presently 46 vacancies of the Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCIT) in the country.

IAS Temjenwapana AO goes to Nagaland for 5 years
Temjenwapana AO on inter cadre deputation has been transferred from Orissa to Nagaland for five years. He is an IAS Officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Shambhu Singh gets additional charge in MHA
Shambhu Singh, Joint Secretary (NE) Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has been given additional charge of Sadakant IAS Joint Secretary(BM) . He is an IAS officer of the 1986 Batch who belongs to the Manipura Tripura Cadre.

Nandini Chakravorty is new Special Secretary PR in West Bengal
Nandini Chakravorty has been appointed new Special Secretary PR and Culture in West Bengal.

Sadakant proceeds on one month leave
On return to the parent UP cadre IAS officer Sadakant has proceeded on one months leave. Sadakant (IAS 1983 batch)Joint Secretary (Border Management) in Ministry of Home Affairs has returned to his parent cadre of Uttar Pradesh.

Amit Kumar to be AIGF MoEF
Anita Karan has been selected to the post of AIGF in the MoEF. Anita is 1997 batch IFS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Kabul Singh Bajwa likely to be elevated in ITBP
Kabul Singh Bajwa, DIG ITBP Amritsar sector likely to be promoted as Inspector General, ITBP Directorate, New Delhi. He is an ITBP Cadre Officer of the 1978 batch.

15 members of the Central Board of Film Certification appointed
As many as 15 members of the Central Board of Film Certification have been appointed for a period of three years. They are Ms. Amal Allana, Ms. Anees Jung, Dipesh Mehta, Pankaj Sharma, M.K. Raina, Rajeev Masand, Nikhil Alva, Ms. Shubhra Gupta, Shaji Karun, Ms. Mamang Dai, Anjum Rajabali, Mrs. Arundhati Nag, Ms. Ira Bhasker, Pankaj Vohra and Harnath Chakraborty.

Govt servants appointed in Central Public Enterprise to get leave encashment
The Department of personnel and Training has clarified that a Central government servant taking appointment in the Central Public Enterprises on Immediate Absorption basis is entitled to encashment of Earned Leave to his credit at the time of acceptance of his resignation from Government Service subject to a limit of 180 days.

Dr. Singsit is new Chairman of Manipur Public Service Commission
Former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of Manipur, Dr. S. Singsit has been appointed as new Chairman of the Manipur Public Service Commission. He is 1977 batch IFS Officer.

Three new Judges appointed in M P High Court
Three new Judges have been appointed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court.They are Mssrs K K Trivedi,Sheel Nagu and Sujay Pal.
( We said this on May 9 )

Pakistan : FIR on PNS Mehran adds to confusion
According to official media briefing by Pakistan's defence authorities and the Interior Minister Rehman Malik after the terrorist attack on PNS Mehran there were six militants involved in the attack four of whom were killed and the remaining two escaped. However if one goes by the FIR lodged with the Sharea Faisal police station by Lieutenant Mohammad Irfan duty officer at the base at the time of the incident at least 6 to 8 attackers escaped and 4 were killed thereby raising the total number of militants to 10 or 12. According to Mr Niaz Khosa the SP I/C of investigation the FIR has been registered under section 121 (waging war against State) 302 (pre meditated murder), 324 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault of a public servant), 427 (mischief causing damage) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan penal Code. Section 3 / 4 of the explosives Act and sec 7 of the terrorist Act have also been invoked.

IPS changes in TamilNadu
Md. Shakeel Akhter will now be IG Police, Headquarters, Chennai,. T.P. Sundaramurthy will be IG, Establishment, Chennai. P. Sakthivelu has been posted as DIG, Armed Police, Chennai. R.S. Nallasivam will move to the PHQ. K.N. Sathiyamurthy has been posted as DIG, Intelligence. M. Pandian has been posted as SP, Special Branch CID, Chennai.R. Balasubramanian has been made SP, Anti Dacoity Cell, Chennai.V. Balakrishnan has been posted as SP, Tiruppur District. K. Shanmugavel has been posted as SP, Tamil Nadu Commando Force, Chennai.Sonal V. Misra will be SP, Crime Branch CID (Cyber Crime) Chennai. N. Arivuselvam has been posted as DCP, Headquarters, Madurai City. S. Manoharan has been made SP, Kancheepuram district. S. Rajendran will be SP, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Chennai and A. Saravanan, DCP, Security, Chennai Policeas SP, Special Branch CID, Security - I, Chennai.

Large scale transfers of SPs in Maharashtra
There have been large scale transfers of Superintendent of Police in Maharashtra . Those transferred are: VM Jadhav SP Kolhapur, Ms. Arti Singh SP Bhandara, Sharda Raut SP Nandurbar, Ms. Maithali Jha SP Parbani, SV Mohite SP Jalna, SS Salumkhe SP Aurangabad, Virendra Mishra SP Akola, Ranjankumar Sharma SP Yevatmal, Sandeep Karnik SP Pune Rural, SE Shinde SP Maharashtra Police Academy Nashik, NP Mahaske SP Maharashtra Police Academy Nashik, Pravinkumar Padwal SP Nashik Rural, Rajkumar More SP Thane rural, Chandrakishore Meena SP Gondia, PP Mrutiyal SP Jalgaon, Manoj Kumar Sharma Nagpur Rural, Suvej Haq SP Chandrapur, BG Gaykar SP Latur, PV Deshpande SP Dhule, DR Karale SP Osmanabad, SD Baviskar SP ACB Aurangabad, MG Patil SP ACB Thane, SH Salve SP ACB Amravati, KR Shelar SP Human Rights Cell Nashik, DY Mandalik SP Beed, SS Mahavarkar SP ACB Nashik, Sarang Ahwad SP ACB Pune, Rajmumar Vahatkar SP Nanded, PB Sonawane Principal Police Academy Satara, KMM Prassana SP Satara, Sudhir Dabhade SP Hingoli.

IPS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
The Chhattisgarh government has transferred several Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Those transferred include Girdhari Nayak, ADGP SIB, Training, PHQ to ADGP Administration, PHQ, Raipur, Rajeev Shrivastava IGP Naxalite Operation, PHQ, Raipur to IGP, SIB, Training, PHQ, Anand Tiwari IGP Training PHQ Raiput to IGP Training State Police Academy Raipur, Rajesh Mishra IGP SIB Rail Transport Raiput to IGP Surja range Ambikapur, PN Tiwari IGP Surguja range Ambikapur to IGP, CID PHQ, Raipur, R.K. Dewangan IGP, CID PHQ Raipur to IGP Telecom and Rail transport Raipur, Himanshu Gupta DIG Chhattisgarh Security Force, Raipur to DIG Naxal Operation Dhamtari, B.P. Posharya AIG (Accounts) PHQ Raipur to SP Surajpur, Ratanlal Dangi SP Korba to SP Jagdalpur, Sunder Raj P. SP Jadalpur to SP Korba, Minthungoi Commandant 5th Bn CSF, Jagdalpur to AIG PHQ Raipur, Jitendra Singh Meena AIG Bilaspur to SP Balrampur, Ramgopal Garg SDOP Bijapur to SP Gariyaband, Abhisekh Shandilya SDOP Gariyaband to Adll. SP Raigarh, Deepak Kumar Jha SDOP Khairagarh to Addl SP STF, Baghera, Durg.


Four IAS officers transferred in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
The Chhattisgarh Government has transferred four IAS officers. Ms Sehla Nigar Commissioner Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Joint Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development has been transferred to Director Employment and Training. She has also been given with the additional charge of ex-officio Joint Secretary Panchayat and Rural Dvelopment. Similarly, Xavier Tigga Joint Secretary Commercial Taxes has been entrusted with the additional charge of Joint Secretary , Transport department while S.L. Ratre Joint Secretary, Cooperatives has been entrusted with the additional charge of Joint Secretary Home and Director, Estates. Bhim Singh SDO Pendra, Bilaspur has been posted as Assistant Collector, Bilaspur.

Prasad is JS IPP (UPDATED)
D V Prasad has been appointed new Joint Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India.He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Shubhra Singh is now JS IPP in GoI (UPDATED)
Director Census in Rajasthan Ms Shubhra Singh will move to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Government of India.She is 1989 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Vanengmawia is new Chairman of Mizoram PSC (UPDATED)
Vanengmawia, a retired Indian Administrative Service Officer of the AGMUT cadre has been appointed as the Chairman of Mizoram Public Service Commission. Prior to his retirement, he has held important assignments under the Government of Mizoram such as Secretary, Agriculture, Rural Development, Minor Irrigation as well as Secretary to Governor

M. L. Arrawatia to head Sikkim PSC (UPDATED)
M. L. Arrawatia has been appointed as Chairman, Sikkim Public Service Commission (SPSC) from the date of assumption of for a period of six years or until he attains the age of 62 years whichever is earlier. M. L. Arrawatia is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1978 batch.

DEBATE

Next Lok Sabha-Congress and BJP to get less than 100 seats ?
If today's political scenario is taken into account, both the Congress and the BJP will get less than 100 seats in the next Lok Sabha elections. In such a case, what could be the emerging scenario? Mail your valuable views to us at -

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

CORPORATE

Mohanty is CVO NALCO
P K Mohanty has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Aluminium Company Limited(NALCO),Bhubaneswar .He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Jamestin is new Director (HR) ONGC
K S Jamestin has taken over as new Director (HR) of the ONGC.
( We said this on February 23 )

Lilly to be Director (Finance) of CPCL
Ms D. Lilly, Executive Director-Pricing & Taxation of Indian Oil Corporation will succeed N C Sridharan next month as Director-Finance of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation.
( We said this on February 17 )

Banerji appointed Addl. Director, IFGL Refractories Ltd
IFGL Refractories Limited has on May 25, 2011, appointed Debal Banerji as an Additional Director of the company.

Siganporia to be re-appointed MD, Tata Global Beverages Ltd
Tata Global Beverages Limited has has decided to re-appoint P.T.Siganporia as the Managing Director of the Company for a period of one year with effect from July 1, 2011. His current tenure with the company will expire on June 30, 2011.

Kandasami resigns as Director, Bannari Amman Spinning Mills Ltd
Dr S V Kandasami has resigned from the Directorship of Bannari Amman Spinning Mills Ltd with effect from May 23, 2011.

Vyas appointed Addl. Director, GSL Nova Petrochemicals Ltd
GSL Nova Petrochemicals Limited has appointed Piyush R. Vyas as an Additional Director on the Board of the Company on May 5, 2011.

Srinivasamadhavan quits as GM (Media Services), Hindustan Unilever
Srikanth Srinivasamadhavan, General Manager, Media Services, South Asia, Hindustan Unilever has quit the company. His last day of work at the company is May 31, 2011.

Mohanty resigns as National Creative Director, Dentsu Communications
Shivanand Mohanty, National Creative Director Dentsu Communications has resigned . His last day of work is May 31, 2011.

Gururaj is Head (South & South East Asia), MediaCom
Divya Gururaj, Managing Director, MediaCom India has been appointed as Head ( South and Southeast Asia) at MediaCom.

Joshi appointed COO (North & East), Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd
Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd Chief Sales Officer Atul Joshi has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) North and East.

Sheshadri appointed COO ( South & West), Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd
Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd Chief Strategy Officer Cheenu Sheshadri is taking over as Chief Operating Officer (COO) South and West.

Musatov to assume addl. Responsibility as Chief Sales Officer, MTS India
Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd Chief Marketing Officer Leonid Musatov is taking over the additional role of Chief Sales Officer for MTS India.

FORUM

Welcome move

Civil service welcomes most happily the view that all future batches of IAS officers empanelled for secretary, be given in situ promotion on the day of empanelment as there are not enough posts to accommodate the large batches of 1978, 1979, 1980.

Rita

Retirement age

58, 60, 62 years etc retirement age discussions are going on but its funny that people associated with your website are largely bureaucrats who should be objective in approach. But I am surprised to see that many are writing comments with hue and cry, with emotions like despots. Come on be calm. Whatever decision would be taken will be taken accordingly by the democratically elected responsible government. One need not get tensed unnecessarily.

Vishwamanav

Good decision on retirement age

Good steps towards unemployment of youth.

Mrs. Vasantha

Lower retirement age

Government should lower retirement age of university teachers also. It is a fact that most of faculty members engage themselves in works other than teaching. After 50 they don't update their knowledge. They feel insulted in teaching, want to be controller of exams, postings as registrar etc.

P K Srivastava

Reduce retirement age to 55 years

I agree that age of retirement should be reduced to 55 years to promote youngsters fortune in the Government Machineries. Elaborate about Kerala Model of Retirement Age.

Sunil

Retirement age

In today's scenarion people are very conscious about health and fitness. In fact the fitness level of people has improved drastically and even after retirement a person does not want to sit at home and relax. He is healthy and wants to continue to be in active service. In such a situation why should the country not utilise their experience and expertise for more time rather than wasting this available talent which the Govt. has nurtured and built up as an asset. As it is there is a dearth of skill and expertise in many areas in the country .In my opinion there is a sound logic in retaining people by enhancing the retirement age upto 62.

SSK

Transfer policy in Postal Services

Most respectfully I want to say that I entirely agree with S.K Sharma in his letter appeared in Whispers Forum dated 25th May under heading rectify transfer policy for postal services. In the year 2002 the Inspection Unit in the Postal Directorate was abolished because a certain fixed coterie of officers who monopolized posting in the Directorate and Delhi station did not know the working in the field offices and were becoming a butt of ridicule because of the blunders in their Inspection Reports due to ignorance and incompetence. So best way of leading a comfortable life was found & inspections of Circles was abolished. But because these officers in headquarters also wanted to continue with their collection of gifts business so they replaced inspections with visits as per whims, desire and mood of the officers in headquarters. The communications minister is doing a good job by breaking this nexus of officers who are jokingly referred to as ?Delhi cadre officers? who jump from deputation to directorate to deputation and so on & never leave Delhi. They will willingly go to Afghanistan, Kosovo, Somalia, Bangkok Thailand etc but if they are transferred out of Delhi they feign illness, even collapse in the corridor & find all kinds of funny ways to avoid posting outside Delhi. Suddenly everyone in their family is ill or infirm but in the ACR column their health is shown to be outstanding. Thus the minister should immediately cancel D.G. Posts letter No.17-6/2001-Inspn. dated 07-01-2002 and introduce accountability of CPMGs & annual inspections. With six Members & very little work these Members should be sent out for inspections & hold the CPMGs accountable. At present some CPMGs are indulging in all kinds of acts & being shielded by these Members & given outstanding ACRs. But if inspections by Members of all the Circles is re-introduced these officers will find it hard to justify or cover up
the actions of these CPMGs.

Sanjay Budki

Has any one an answer ?
"When officer(s) are dropped in promotion to non-functional SAG from Director because of below bench mark grading , do they lose their seniority?"

Prasadya

Dynamic officer

I personally know Mr S Chandrashekhar of Indian Overseas Bank. He is very dynamic officer. I wish all success to him.

Mukesh Mohan Gupta

TAIL-PIECE

Strauss Kahn (IMF) is under severe stress. He should get in touch with N D Tewari and seek his advice !

Contributed by-B N Mishra

CCTV Footage of Station

A copy of CCTV footage for 5 days of Andheri Railway Station, Mumbai was denied u/s 8 (1) (a) claiming that it would be detrimental to the Nation's security. The appellant argued that the location is not a prohibited area and is available on commercial charges for films, TV serials etc.. He also claimed that the CCTV will provide instances of RPF personnel taking bribes from illegal hawkers against which he has lodged a complaint. The contention of the appellant that any individual with a small camera/mobile phone can capture footage of any train or any corner of the platform was accepted by the CIC. The Commission made a distinction between those CCTV cameras which are in full public view and which are hidden. It was held that the footage of CCTV cameras kept at secret locations cannot be shared as it would indeed reveal the location of these cameras. The CIC directed to allow the Appellant to watch the footage of only those CCTV cameras which have been placed in full view of the public in the presence of PIO for the period of 5 days and if the Appellant's allegation against RPF personnel taking bribes from illegal hawkers is found true from this footage, to give a copy of that visual.

Comments

CCTVs are used in many areas including possible soft targets for a terrorist attacks. This order opens up the access to all such recorded data in public interest even when it is perceived as security risk.

(Mr.Samir Vijay Zaveri v. Western Railway, Mumbai in CIC/AD/A/2011/000439)

- 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)