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A. V. G. V. S. Sarma

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Who would you blame for the 2 G scam???? After going through what has come out into Public domain I'm sure most would blame the troika of Raja, PC and Mohna!!!! The inference what one draws from the info available in the public domain is that this 'khichdi' was pakao by Raja and PC and Mohna tasted it and declared it fit for public consumption!!! Mohna's 'keep an arm's length noting' shows that he knew 2 G stink to heaven high but despite this did you hear a whimper from Mohna...... after all he could have put an end to Raja and PC's khichdi cooking!!!! PC's 'close chapter' note also is very telling!!! And then we have the note that got PC into a knot!!! The general opinion is Raja could not have pulled this off without PC's cooperation... and Mohna knew everything but played along.... it would be foolish to assume that a economist PM did not know what was happening... and his coalition compulsion story is a post 'eye wash'!!!

Galli galli mein shor hai!!!

Manmohan ka dill maange more hai!!

Like I told you Sonia wants to clamp down on our liberty to express our opinions.....and Freedom of the Press!!! If this Lady had her there would be total censorship and only allow praises of her and her family and Congress would get past the censors!!! She wants Media 'to behave'...... meaning be obedient and even subservient to her!! She wants Social Media to be 'censored' too!!!! I simply do not understand why the Indian Media got bullied by Congress and blanked out info of her illness????? On Saturday Karan Thapar anchored a discussion on this and all the participants were flabbergasted at Indian Media getting bullied!!! Sonia wants the RTI act changed too.... she knows sooner or later there will an RTI on her illness and treatment.... she was overseas for quite some time and there was a posse of SPG that accompanied her and so there was Public expenditure!!! No wonders not only does Sonia want the freedom of Press and expression to go she also wants the Government to become opaque again!!

Sonia wants Indians to sing praises of her and her son!!!!

Chalo she has achievements but when it comes to her son..... he has none!!

In Hissar its abs clear Congress is losing!!! Sonia and Rahul would not go near Hissar even with a barge pole.... Sonia's got a Medical Certificate for not going there...........and Rahul has got a certificate from Mom that he cannot got there because he's doing Mummy ki sewa!!! If you recall when the election was announced Congress had positioned this election as a 'matter of prestige for Sonia'!!!!! Then Congress realized that anti incumbency was much higher than what it at anticipated....then it realized that there was a National anti Congress sentiment on account of inflation and corruption and Hissar was no different!! Then came the Civil Society asking people not to vote for Congress!!!! Now it is being felt that the Congress candidate may have to forfeit his deposit!!!

Hissar mein pucci hai Congress ki haar!!

Feeling in Hissar is 'election aayi to Congress aayi nahi toh thi Congress faraar!!

PS..... now Congress is hell bent to paint Anna with the political brush.... Digvijaya has gone to the extent of saying that Anna will be BJP's man for being the next President....just for his info after the makeover to the Presidential Vehicle at such a fantabulous cost some felt Sonia may be aiming to become India's President....... imagine in Rashtrapati Bhavan pizza, pasta and spaghetti would the desi food.... blasphemous!! Come va and Ciao would be the greeting and farewell!! And for the fisrt time in the History of India the PM would be Rubber Stamp and President would be the real authority!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Vijayadashmi marks only 40 pc attendance
Given that Vijayadashmi came on a Thursday, the turnout in the Mumbai located Maharashtra government's Mantralaya was very low. Only 30 percent work force turned up and only 3 ministers were present. Prithviraj Chavan was away to Marathawada, Ajit Pawar was in Konkan, only Industries Minister Narayan Rane, Education Minister Rajendra Darda and State Water resources Minister Ranjit Kamble were present of the total 40 ministers of the state cabinet.

Showdown between Bal Thackery and Anna
While making a fiery speech on Vijayadashmi and lashing out against Anna Hazare, Shiv Sena Chief, Bal Thackeray had said that there was no need for Anna to be abrasive about what he had said. My statements have been misconstrued by the media, said the Senior Thackarey. Thackrey had said that though he respected Anna's crusade against corruption but his aides Kejriwal and Bedi were creating enough trouble for people and were busy hogging the limelight. Anna in the meantime reminded that because of his fast, Sena- BJP had to remove three corrupt ministers.

Charlie Chaplin alive ?
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackerey got a call from London saying that Charlie Chaplin is alive and he has come from India. The Sena chief was shocked when the caller said this , but later on clarified that the man was none other than Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil on his recent visit to London.

CVC Pradeep Kumar to deal ruthlessly with acts of Corruption
(An interview with whispersinthecorridors.com )

Q-1: What are your priorities as the CVC?
A: My priorities would be to strengthen the institution of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) by building its capacity and enhancing the standards of performance. My immediate focus is to ensure that the
disposal of cases in the Commission is expedited and the delay in sanction for prosecution and imposition of penalties by the administrative authorities is eliminated.
Q-2 The CVC being the apex watchdog institution has the onerous task
of acting against corruption. How do you intend to deal with it? A: Combating corruption in India calls for a multi-pronged approach. Punitive action needs to be complemented by preventive measures. Prevention involves assessing the organisations, systems, procedures and people to identify the vulnerabilities to corruption and to recommend measures to mitigate this risk. The vulnerabilities in the systems arise largely due to excessive discretion, authoritarian decision making process, lack of effective controls, over regulation
and shortcomings in procedures. Prevention also involves creation of awareness among people against corruption so that they participate in the fight against corruption. We have recommended the inclusion of
lessons on ethics in the school curriculum as has been done in several developing countries so that we inculcate the value of ethics in society and reduce tolerance to corruption. The Commission would like to place due emphasis on addressing corruption in delivery of public services, which directly hurts the
common man and the weaker sections of the society. To address this, we have set up a helpline and a web-based citizen friendly complaint handling system called "VIGEYE", wherein complains pertaining to
public services are given priority. In some cases our intervention has provided relief to the complaining citizen within 48 hours. Commission has been promoting the use of information technology to simplify
procedures, enhance objectivity and reduce human intervention. We have recommended the simplification of rules and procedures governing delivery of public service to make them citizen friendly and avoid the need for citizens to approach public officials for intervention. On the punitive front, Commission plans to enhance the standards of vigilance investigations by improving our guidelines. Prevention has to be combined with strong deterrent action against officials found guilty of unethical behaviour. Our aim would be to deal ruthlessly with acts of corruption while at the same time ensuring that the honest have nothing to fear.
Q-3: What preventive steps would you suggest to arrest corruption?
A: As stated earlier corruption can only be reduced by improving the systems, process and internal controls within an organisation. Integrity and ethics cannot be enforced externally, it needs to be built in the system, the governance process and the work culture.
Q-4: What is your plan to expedite cases of corruption so that people get justice?
A: The purpose of punishing the corrupt is to provide a deterrent effect so that others fear to indulge in corrupt practices. As is popularly perceived, corruption has become a high-profile-low-risk activity, deterrence can only be achieved through prompt and exemplary punishment to the corrupt. A lot of delay takes place in according sanction for prosecution and in taking disciplinary action against those found guilty by the CVC. There are severe delays in imposing the punishment by the administrative authorities to the guilty officers even after advised by the CVC. Another approach would be to accord priority to cases of serious nature so that they are cleared at the earliest.

( Full interview with Dr Suresh Mehrotra is available in September issue of Monthly "Magazine Whispers In The Corridors" )

BUREAUCRACY

Four dozen 1978 batch IAS considered for empanelment
Four dozen 1978 batch IAS officers were reportedly considered for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India on September 30. They are Mssrs :- Vivek Rae, R Chandramohan and K S Mehra (UT), Sanjay Kothari (Haryana), R Bhattacharya and R P Watal (AP), S K Srivastava (AM), Sudripto Roy (HP), Anil Goswami and Pankaj Jain (J&K), B B Srivastava (Bihar), R S Sharma and U K Sangma (Jharkhand), K N Srivastava, Arvind Jadhav, Lakshmi Venkatachalam and A P Joshi (Karnataka), S R Rao, Panneervel,Chaman Lal (Gujarat), K Jayakumar (Kerala), R Parasuram (MP), Rahul Asthana (Maharashtra), A K Magotra, V Chibbar and R C Mishra (MT), G S Pati (Orissa), Rakesh Singh and Sudhir Mittal (Punjab), Arvind Mayaram, Rajiv Mehrishi and Ashish Bahuguna (Rajasthan), M F Farooqui (TN) and Jawed Usmani, Saurabh Chandra, Prem Narain, Pankaj Agrawal, Anoop Mishra, Lov Verma, Sudhir Kumar, Stuti Narain Kacker, Desh Deepak Verma, G B Pattnaik and Dr V Rajgopalan (UP) and K N Desiraju (Uttarakhand). Who figure in the list of empanelment ? Out of this 37 ( 30 Secretary level and 7 Equivalent to the Secretary ) were reportedly chosen ? Final picture is yet to emerge.

Where is the empanelment file of 1992 batch IPS ?
The MHA has sent the empanelment file of 1992 batch IPS officers to the rank of IG in the Government of India. The file is reportedly stuck in the Cabinet Secretariat.

Sunaina Tomar is new JS, Textiles
Sunaina Tomar will be the new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Govt decides to fast track proceedings against babus facing graft charges
The government is learnt to have decided to fast track the proceedings against bureaucrats facing graft charges. In doing so, it has fixed a three-month time limit to give nod for proceedings against the corrupt babus apart from setting up an additional 71 fast-track special CBI courts.

Chandrasekar promoted in IB
RA Chandrasekar, Deputy Director (DD), Intelligence Bureau, Government of India, has been in situ promoted as Joint Director (JD), Intelligence Bureau. He is an IPS Officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the Kerala Cadre.

Special incentive allowance to non-executive staff in CBI approved
A special incentive allowance at the rate of 15 percent of basic pay has been sanctioned for the non-executive staff in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

5 UT cadre, 1985 batch IPS officers to be elevated
As many as five IPS officers of 1985 batch belonging to the AGMU cadre will soon be promoted as Special Commissioner of Delhi Police. They are Amulya Pattnaik - Joint Commissioner of Police- Southern range, Sudhir Yadav - Joint Commissioner of Police - Northern range, S.N Srivastava - Joint Commissioner - Training, Krishnan Kumar - Joint Commissioner - Delhi Police (HQ) and Ajay Kashyap - UN posting (Abroad).

Sanjay Singh to join as IG, Goa
Sanjay Singh, who so far on deputation was Director Security, Rajya Sabha, has been relieved to join as IG, Goa. He is an AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1990 batch.

Ms. Amrita Dash tipped to join IB
Ms. Amrita Dash on central deputation is likely to be inducted as an Assistant Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). She is an Orissa cadre IPS officer of 2006 batch.

Meeting for filling up vacancies of IGs in GoI on today
The DG committee in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GoI) will meet on today to select IG rank officers for filling up different vacancies.

Manoj Pant to be relieved on Oct 12
Manoj Pant, presently Private Secretary (PS) to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will be relieved on October 12, 2011 to join as senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED), World Bank (WB), Washington. He is a West Bengal cadre IAS officer of 1991 batch.

New PS to Pranab Mukherjee not yet decided
New private secretary (PS) to Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is yet to be decided. The present incumbent Manoj will be relieved on October 12 to join as senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED), World Bank (WB), Washington. He is a West Bengal cadre IAS officer of 1991 batch.

Dr S S Sandhu is Secretary, Tourism & Health in Uttarakhand
Dr S S Sandhu has become Secretary, Tourism,Health and Family Welfare in Uttarakhand Government. He will also be CEO of the Uttarakhand Tourism Promotion Board. Earlier,he was on inter cadre deputation to the Punjab Government. In Punjab, he was Special Principal Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. He was also Secretary Housing & Urban Development besides holding the charge of Managing Director (MD), Punjab Infrastructure Board (PIDB).He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand care.

UPSC member, Gen Sharma to retire today
Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Gen Nirbhay Sharma is retiring today.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
A P Maheshwari will be ADG Vigilance.Gursharan Singh has been made ADG Technical Services.Harish Chandra has been posted as ADG, Fire Services and B K Singh, IG, Law and Order.

Vijay Kumar is JS, Cooperatives in Meghalaya
Vijay Kumar, who so far was Private Secretary (PS) to Union Minister of State for Rural Development Ms Agatha Sangma, has been posted as Joint Secretary, Cooperatives in Meghalaya. Kumar is an Assam-Meghalaya (AM) cadre IAS officer of the 2004 batch.

Three Central Ministers don't have Private Secretaries
As many two cabinet ministers and one Minister of State in the Government of India (GoI) don't have Private Secretaries (PSs). They are: Union External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna, Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee and Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Ms Agatha Sangma

Changes in Delhi police on the anvil
Changes in Delhi police are on the anvil. Among others who are to be shifted out of Delhi are Additional CP- New Delhi District and DCP South district and DCP North West district.

V. Ranganathan's transfer on the anvil
V. Ranganathan, DCP, West Delhi, is likely to be transferred to some other unit of Delhi Police. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

PESB invites applications for the post of CMD, HCL
The post of Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), is vacant. Last date of filing applications is December 7, 2011.

Training programme for Adhoc Section Officers
A backlog training programme for Adhoc Section Officers has been organised by the Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions at ISTM from October 24 to November 4, 2011.

Prasar Bharati members to have three years term
Prasar Bharati members, as per the changes proposed through amendment in the Prasar Bharati Act, will now have a tenure of three years as against the six-year term earlier. Since the post of the CEO of Prasar Bharati is vacant at the moment, chances are that the amendments may be carried out as soon as possible, may be, through an ordinance.

Five IPS officers to be elevated as ADGs in Bihar
As many as five IPS officers will soon be elevated from IG's rank to that of ADG. They are: Nirmal Chand Dhondiyal (1980 batch), Rajesh Ranjan, A. K. Upadhyaya , K. S. Dwivedi and Ravindra Kumar (all four from 1984 batch).

Rao is now Divisional Commissioner, Raipur
K D P Rao has been appointed Divisional Commissioner of Raipur in Chhattisgarh. He is 1988 batch IAS officer. Subrat Sahu has been made Secretary Child and Women Welfare. Manohar Pandey will now be Secretary Sports,Tourism and Culture.

Amardeep Singh Cheema appointed LIC Director.
Senior Youth leader and progressive young farmer, Amardeep Singh Cheema National Vice Chairman of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan in the Government of India (GoI) has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India after approval by the Union Cabinet. Cheema in a rarest of rare honour is the youngest Director to be appointed by the GoI in any of the institutions belongs to Batala (district Gurdaspur). He is from a highly decorated freedom fighters family of village Cheema Khuddi and is son of senior trade unionist and permanent invitee to the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) M M Singh Cheema. Amardeep Singh Cheema is known for his path breaking efforts in organising the youth and raising the issues of agriculture and farming community at national and international level. It is pertinent to mention that it is for the first time a representation came to Punjab in this kind of a prestigious institution. It may be stated that LIC is one of the leading life insurance companies in the world having net worth of more than Rs. 8 lakh crore Rupees. It is expected that Cheema will get ample opportunities to channelize the unemployed youth and extending the social welfare measures of the UPA Government.

Eight IFS officers in Maharashtra transferred
The Government of Maharashtra has issued transfer orders of eight CCFs/ CF. While Vikas Gupta (IFS 1988) is posted as Deputy Director General, Social Forestry, Pune, Karunakaran (IFS 1982) is transferred and posted as GM, South Chandrapur Region, FDCM Ltd, TSK Reddy (IFS 1987) is transferred and posted as CCF, Gadchiroli Circle, Dr Devendra Nath (IFS 1982) is transferred and posted as CCF, Working Plan, Nashik, Jeet Singh (IFS 1987) is transferred and posted as CCF, Education and Training, Pune, Ngulie (IFS 1987) is transferred and posted as CCF, Land Records, Nagpur, N Vasudevan(IFS 1987) has been, on return from GoI deputation, is posted as CCF Mangroves, Mumbai and Ashok Khadse (IFS 1990) is posted as RM, FDCM Ltd, Sangli.

Pakistan : Musharraf hires US lobbyst @ $25000 per month
Pakistan's former President, Parvez Musharraf has hired a US lobbying firm 'Advantage Associates International Ltd' at a whooping fee of US $ 25000 per month. As per agreement between the firm and Gen Musharraf, the firm shall 'develop a strategy to represent the interests of Gen Musharraf in the US' and 'to assist in any other area that would be of interest to Gen Musharraf'. A statement issued from Musharraf's office in the US however, seeks to convey the impression that the firm has been hired not for Musharraf's own interests but for improving the US-Pak relations. The statement noted that the relationship between Pakistan and US was on a declining trend due to a number of reasons and 'as members of diaspora community we all feel compelled to play our roles in improving the bilateral relations between our two countries'. The agreement is effective from 1 September 2011 to 30 March 2012 and $ 75000 is reported to have been paid at the time of signing. The actual source of funding for the agreement is not yet clear.

Former IPS officer is no more
Former Maharashtra DGP D S Soman died on Sunday in Mumbai. He was 1953 batch IPS officer.

ACS suspended in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Raman Singh Government on Monday has suspended 1978 batch ACS rank officer T Radhakrishnan.

1987 batch IAS officers promoted in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
Seven 1987 batch IAS officers Mssrs Manoj Srivastava,R K Chaturvedi,Ajay Tirkey,Sanjay Singh, M Mohan Rao,Manoj Jhalani and Shikha Dubey have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh.

Kiran Dhingra to be Secretary Panchayati Raj (UPDATED)
Kiran Dhingra is being appointed Secretary Panchayati Raj. She is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

D R S Chaudhary to be Secretary Public Enterprises (UPDATED)
D R S Chaudhary is being appointed Secretary Panchayati Raj in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Agrawal to be Secretary ST Commission (UPDATED)
S S Agrawal is being appointed Secretary ST Commission in the Government of India.

(DEBATE)
LOKPAL BILL AND BUREAUCRACY
The debate on Lokpal Bill and the subsequent anger and protests across the country led by veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare has instilled a fear of accountability among the bureaucracy. How should the bureaucrats react to the situation?
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Anil Mehta is GM, Sales and Marketing Air India
Anil Mehta has been appointed General Manager, Sales and Marketing in the Air India. He will look after Government sales.

Industrialist Arun Bhutoria passes away
Industrialist Arun Bhutoria, 56, has passed away following a cardiac arrest in Kolkata. Bhutoria was in the real estate business .

Parikh resigns as Director, Marksans Pharma Ltd
M B Parikh has resigned as a Director of Marksans Pharma Ltd with effect from October 5, 2011.

Buddharaju appointed Marksans Pharma Ltd
Seetharama Raju Buddharaju has been appointed as Director of Marksans Pharma Ltd w.e.f. October 5, 2011.

Ramaswami appointed MD, Mahindra Forgings Ltd
Mahindra Forgings Limited has appointed K. Ramaswami as the Managing Director of the company with effect from October 4, 2011.

Two directors retire from the Board of Vijay Shanthi Builders Ltd
Bajaranglal Eriwal , Independent Director and Nitin Kumar, Independent Director of Vijay Shanthi Builders Ltd have retired from the company on September 28, 2011.

Chakraborty resigns as Whole-time Director, Welspun Corp Ltd
Asim Chakraborty, Whole-time Director , Welspun Corp Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. October 4, 2011.

Kolhatkar resigns as CFO, Arshiya International Ltd
Nitin Kolhatkar, Chief Financial Officer, Arshiya International Ltd has resigned with effect from October 4, 2011.

Berczely appointed Alternate Director, Blue Dart Express Ltd
Blue Dart Express Limited has appointed George Berczely as an Alternate Director to Jerry Hsu with effect from September 27, 2011.

Sarraf appointed Company Secy. Sayaji Hotels Ltd
Sayaji Hotels Ltd has appointed Amit Sarraf as a Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. September 26, 2011.

Patel resigns as Company Secy. Vimal Oil and Foods Ltd
Harnarayan J. Patel, Company Secretary, Vimal Oil and Foods Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f September 21, 2011.

Mansukhani ceases to be MD, Man Industries (India) Ltd
J. C. Mansukhani, Director of Man Industries (India) Ltd has ceased to be the Managing Director of the Company with effect from September 30, 2011 due to expiry of his tenure of office.

Tiwari resigns as Director, SVC Superchem Ltd
G. S. Tiwari has resigned as the Director of SVC Superchem Ltd w.e.f. September 26, 2011.

Gupta Appointed CEO, Voltas Material Handling Pvt Ltd
Sunil K Gupta has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Voltas Material Handling Pvt. Ltd.

Marwaha appointed Exec. VP and Head (Trading), HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank has appointed Ajay Marwaha as Executive Vice President and Head (Trading) in the bank's Treasury Department.

Efforts of 'Whispers' in creating awareness about Lokpal appreciable

I am really very impressed by efforts made by your website in creating awareness about Lokpal bill also provided a platform to express views. I very strongly feel that influential people would not allow any effective lokpal institution in India for their inherent fear but all good and well meaning people have to come out of their shell to do extra bit to make it happen. We have no other option but show our solidarity in public and on street. Unless message is loud and clear about their political survival things will not happen. one may call it blackmail or whatever but there is no other go. Regards,

Maithili Sharan Gupta

Cat is now out of bag

So the cat is finally out of the bag. Not that it took rocket science to discern the political ambitions of Ms Kiran Bedi and Kejriwal. Ultimately, it is always about power and pelf.

A K Singh

Strong and effective Lokpal needed

Strong, powerful and effective lokpal is the need of hour. Our various systems, which are expected to fight corruption have totally failed mainly on account of selfish officers who are manning these organization more for their personal reasons and they all the use their energy to ensure their survival rather than fighting corruption. Political bosses and bureaucracy alike interested in a pliable set of officers. For all important assignments there is need of a certificate stating that I have lost all the vertebra and I am totally subservient to the masters and all efforts are made no good officer should reach on responsible position to pose threat to present corrupt empire. we have to rise to change this scenario. All good people to collect the courage to join hand to change the situation, which is not easy to achieve. Please help in spreading the right message. Our strength should be our desire to suffer willingly for the noble cause.

Savita

SC judges shouldn't get post retirement jobs

The Judges of the Supreme Court should not be considered for any position after their retirement. Any effort to bring 'standards and accountability' in higher judiciary will fail miserably unless it is done.

Ahmad Fareed

Don't re-employ Judges

Supreme Court and High Court Judges should not be considered for any re-employment including Administrative Tribunals.

Ram

Why we should not ask for a particular post?

First please let me set the record straight that my surname is "Bhardwaj" without the additional "a" between "r" and "d"( though astrologically it may be better to have the additional "a"!).Coming to the "rumour" I would place on record that I have in my career asked for place(city) of posting( as family suffers if you are shunted around from one city to another without completing the normal tenure in a city) and never for particular post(having most happily worked in CC-5(Corporate),CC-13(Salary),DG(BPR),DG(Logistics) and now CC-2(Corporate)(wheel came full circle in my case!)since Sep 2008 when I was accommodated in Delhi on humanitarian grounds by CBDT following death of my son (Army Major) in Manipur. Why we should not ask for a particular post? Brings to my mind the amazement of then FM (now PM) when some officers wanted change from Audit postings (which carried a special pay of Rs.400/- at that time ) to a Range posting (which did not carry any special pay ) and thus the officer was drawing a lower pay in Range as compared to his counterpart in Audit posting. Need I say more.

R. Bhardwaj

Postings in International Organisations-

How is that officers in PMO invariably get a posting in World Bank/ IMF or Indian embassy in USA ? Are these postings done on Selection basis or on Nomination basis ? Secondly, are these officers exempted from the Cooling Off rule which applies to all Class I officers ?

Mukesh

Aaj ki Aawaz is fantastic

Today's Aaj ki Aawaz is fantastic...I like it so much..Please keep up good writing and we would keep reading...!

Tajas Panchal

Rotate them immediately

The Department of Personnel has issued a list of Under Secretaries for more than 10 years in the same ministry or department of Government of India. Why don't they take up the list of section officers and assistants also for RTP in UPSC and Power. They be rotated immediately.

K Ramsumiran

Report of financial irregularities

A share holder and also the former director of a bank sought information about the alleged report sent to Chief General Manager of the Bank regarding the financial irregularities by certain individuals and the actions have been taken with regards to the report. It was denied claiming that the charges were not found to be true and the details of the enquiry can not be provided as the information is held by the RBI in a fiduciary capacity. The PIO also claimed exemption u/s 8 (1)(d) of the RTI Act observing that it would
effect the commercial confidence of the said bank. The CIC upheld the order holding that being a share holder or a former Director of the said bank has no impact on the said exemptions.

Comments

Though enquiry reports are the result of a public activity, all such reports are not to be automatically put in the public domain.

Shri Satyendra Mall v. Urban Banks Department Reserve Bank of India in CIC/SM/A/2011/000981/SG/14960

- 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)