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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Salman Kursheed is really taking on Sibal's role at lightening speed!!! He termed the 2 G as a note that had no life..... got sniggers from everyone and kept mum thereafter!!! Then he's been saying there is no evidence against PC.... should the Law Minister comment on a matter that is sub judice....because Congressmen have been using sub judice as an excuse not to answer embarrassing questions!!! Now the Law Minister of India says that the way Businessmen are landing up in jail this could affect investment in India and so Court needs to be 'economic political' savvy!!!! Courts should haul him up for trying to 'change the objectives of the Court ... and that is to give Jusitce'!!!! China gets phenomenal investment but there for corruption and for illegal dealings Businessmen have been shot.... but there is no abatement in investment inflows in China!!! Digvijaya is also firing from both hips... his latest one being .... BJP has offered Anna that it'll make Anna its Presidential candidate!!! I think via this statement Digvijaya has given a huge push to BJP's image..... people will say 'see BJP is interested in fighting corruption'!!!! Whether Congress likes it or not corruption is a huge issue now and Anna is perceived to be 'corruption's bane' and Congress is perceived to be on the side of corruption!!

Seems pagalpan ka keeda has bitten Congress Party!!!!!

Now Congress Core Committee Meetings are akin to 'deewano ki party'!!!

A month after the riots Rahul visited the riot hit area of Gopalgarh!!!! Seems now Sonia has decided that Rahul will give a one month cooling off period before visiting calamity , strife/riots or blast sites!!! And his mode of transportation in rural India will be a mobike and in urban India it'll be his trademark gray Safari!!! Sonia feels 'Rahul cannot afford more boos' and so all measures to get him kudos will be put in place and only after the 'go ahead' is given from the local Congress Leaders will Rahul go ahead with his visit!!! Of course if still there are boos then the local Leadership that has okayed the visit will face 'ze axe'!!!

Actually the way Congress is going some will welcome the axe... will be a plus!!!!

Quite a few in Congress say 'abh toh Congress ki cutlery culture se ho gayi hai apni buss'!!

Yes if Advani is positioning his Yatra as a anti corruption Yatra then he needs to change one of this Saarthis!! Anant Kumar ...... he should listen to the Radiia Tapes!!! My personal opinion is that Advani's anti corruption stance is hollow!!! However he feels he can fool everyone all the time!!!! Okay it's not as bad as UPA Leaders.... but then they say for the law one who has thieved Rs.1 and one who has thieved Rs. 100 crores are both chors!! It is alleged that for his election expenses Advani got money from Mr. Hawala Jain.... though like the others he was let off on a technicality... something that has been haunting India's legal system!! I think it is time Advani packed his political baggage and shifted to Hardwaar..... Ghadkari has asked Mohna to shift to Amritsar!! Problem is Advani keeps flip-flopping on his retirement... he has already said that BJP will decide the PM candidate just near the General Election meaning .... abhi bhi chance hai.....Advani Ji bass ho gayi.... please retire once and for all!! He lives in Delhi and 'siyaasat is in Delhi's air', so he needs to shift out of Delhi where he can keep the temptation to return to politics at bay.... let this Yatra be his swan song!!!

Advani ji abh Ram ji ke gunn gao!!!

Jaldi se Hardwaar jao!!

PS.... CBI raide the Marans... what a joke..... of course CBI will find some 'planted inconsequential documents' so that they can go to town that raids yielded some crucila info!!!! Many say Dayanidhi should have been in Tihar with Kani and Raja..... and the same people also say PC's place too is in Tihar... though Kursheed says PC in no way can be charged with anything in the 2 G scam.... but then Kursheed is not the Judge... or is he!!!! SC has reserved its Order on Swamy's plea....I think PC's going to face a CBI investigation...not that it would worry him because for Congress CBI ' is like the friendly neighborhood Cop'.... but he'll have to quit the Cabinet and that would indeed be extremely painful for him... unless Kursheed conjures up something! Kursheed as you will note is the new 'Sibal in town'!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

ED's notice to TMC
Enforcement Directorate(ED) now requires tax information from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Ms.Mamta Banerjee. For this, a notice for IT details has been sent to Ms. Mamta Banerjee.

Ms. Mamta Banerjee annoyed with Prabnab Mukherjee
As the grapevine has it, West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms. Mamta Banerjee who also heads Trinamool Congress (TMC) - the ruling party in West Bengal, is annoyed with Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee. Reason for this is said to be issuance of a notice by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking her IT details.

CPI to introspect in Patna
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is all set for a self-analysis after it debacle in last West Bengal assembly elections. The party which lost its national stature has convened a General Council's meeting in Patna in the third week of January 2012.In this meeting a new Secretary General of the CPI will also be elected.

Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy to be CPI's Secretary General
As the grapevine has it, Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy - present Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), is likely to be appointed as new Secretary General of the CPI in the third week of January 2012..

Ms. Mayawati throws gauntlet against Anna Hazare
These days Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & President of the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Ms. Mayawati has started giving serious and negative statements against Anna Hazaare. She has among other things raised a question that what Anna Hazare had done for people belonging to the clan of Kurmis ? Anna Hazare is also a Kurmi. She also emphasised that on the contrary, Sahuji Maharaj who also belonged to the same caste had given full financial support to of Baba Saheb Ambedkar for his studies abroad.

DMK Chief Karunanidhi is a worried man
DMK Chief Karunanidhi is quite worried as A Raja and Kanimojhi who are in jail due to 2G scam could face life imprisonment as per the law. Therefore, he has called a party meeting to decide either to maintain an alliance with Congress in the UPA government or to withdraw support.

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

Kiran Dhingra is new Secretary Panchayati Raj
Kiran Dhingra is being appointed Secretary, Panchayati Raj. She is a 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

D R S Chaudhary is Secretary Public Enterprises
D R S Chaudhary is being appointed Secretary, Public Enterprises in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Agrawal is Secretary ST & ST Commission
S S Agrawal is being appointed Secretary SC & ST Commission in the Government of India.

Final meeting for empanelment of 1978 batch IAS soon
Second and final meeting for the empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place this month.

Couple of names to be added in empanelment list
A couple of names are going to be added in the list of empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Those who have not served the GoI and those who are retiring in one year have been kept out of the empanelment list.

1978 batch IAS officer suspended in Chhattisgarh
1978 batch ACS rank IAS officer, T Radhakrishnan has been suspended by the Raman Singh Government in Chhattisgarh.

Vishnu Prakash tipped to be Indian envoy to South Korea
As the grapevine has it, Vishnu Prakash is tipped to be Indian envoy to South Korea. Presently, he is a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Post of Director (HR), Engineers India Limited (EIL) vacant
The post of Director (HR) in the Engineers India Limited (EIL) is vacant. The last date for applying for the post to the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is December 5, 2011.

Mishra promoted in IB
Hari Nath Mishra, Deputy Director(DD) Intellegence Bureau, Government of India has been in situ promoted as Joint Director(JD) Intellegence Bureau. He is an IPS Officer of 1990 batch, who belongs to the Kerala Cadre.

Sandhu goes to World Bank
D P S Sandhu who was posted in the PMO is joining the World Bank in Washington.

Hanman to be next DGP of Meghalaya
P J P Hanman is expected to return from Nepal assignment early next year to succeed Meghalaya DGP Ramachandran. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dhanalakshmi Gowda is Deputy Secretary, Social Welfare
Ms K. Dhanalakshmi Gowda has joined as Deputy Secretary Social Welfare in the Government of India (GoI). Earlier she was Private Secretary (PS) to Indian External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna. She is an IAS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Rajiv Datt appointed as MD,Indian Railway Finance Corporation
Rajiv Datt who is currently Financial Commissioner, Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) of the Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC)Ltd. He is an IRAS officer of the 1980 batch.

Interim arrangement to be done in Pranab Mukherjee's staff
As the grapevine has it, an interim arrangement will be done in the staff of Indian Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee as his existing Private Secretary (PS), Manoj Pant will be relieved on October 12, 2011 to join as Senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED), World Bank (WB), Washington. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre. Work will be allocated between Pradeep Gupta, OSD to Pranab Mukherjee and Suresh Yadav a Director in the Finance Ministry.

New PS to S.M. Krishna not yet decided
New Private Secretary to Union External Affairs Minister, S.M. Krishna is yet to be decided. It may be stated that Ms K. Dhanalakshmi Gowda who was earlier PS to External Affairs Minister has joined as Deputy Secretary Social Welfare in the Government of India (GoI). She is an IAS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

1987 batch IAS officers promoted in Madhya Pradesh
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.

A new book of Nirmala Buch
A new book written by former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Ms Nirmala Buch has hit the stands. The book " From Oppression to Assertion " examines the experiences, impact and responses of rural women who entered the Panchayats in India after the Constitutional Amendment in 1992 which introduced reservation of one-third seats for them. The book will be of interest to those studying political science, sociology, public administration ,women's studies and gender studies.

Lt Gen S K Singh to be next Vice Chief of Indian Army
Lt Gen S K Singh will succeed Lt Gen A S Lamba on November 1 as Vice Chief of the Indian Army.

Anand R to be a Director, Cabinet Secretariat
Anand R has been selected as a Director, Cabinet Secretariat , Government of India(GoI). He is an IPOS officer of 1994 batch.

Suresh Babu V. N. Punnugoty to be a Director,Expenditure
Suresh Babu VN Punnugoty has been appointed as a Director,Expenditure in the Government of India (GoI). He is a C&CE officer of 1993 batch.

NIA moots proposal for two branch offices
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has mooted a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GoI) for opening up of its two branch offices. These places are Lucknow of and Kochi.

Ravinder Singh Yadav may be shifted to Delhi
Ravinder Singh Yadav, DIG, Goa, is likely to be transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Justice Sikri is Acting CJ of Delhi High Court
Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri has taken over as acting Chief Justice of Delhi high court, following the elevation of the Chief Justice, Dipak Misra, as a judge of the Supreme Court.

M.S. Rao to return to Meghalaya
M.S. Rao who on central deputation is Development Commissioner for the Visakhapatnam located Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is expected to return to his parent cadre of Meghalaya next month. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (AM) cadre.

Harsh Pande to be GM, Cargo, in Air India
Harsh Pande has been appointed General Manager, Cargo in the Air India.

Now Union Minister's will solve toilet problem ?
What a scenerio in the Government of India ? In Shashtri Bhawan two ministries are reportedly at loggerheads over a toilet. Now the problem of this toilet is only to be sorted out by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and I & B Minister Ambika Soni.

Massive attrition in Air India
As many as 48 commanders and co-pilots from Air India (AI) have shifted to private carriers - both domestic and international - in the past six months or so mainly due to the delay in the payment of salaries and the issue of parity in pay scales between erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India.

Seven Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax promoted
As many as Seven Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been promoted as Deputy Commissioners of Income Tax. They are GR Ogania, Udaye Bhaskar Jakee, Rajnish Yadav, Shital Dholakia, Puneet Kumar, RM Bijawan and V Rama Mohan.

Pakistan : Former Naval Chief, Bokhari to be NAB chief
Pakistan's President Asif Zardari has nominated former Naval Chief Admiral (Rtd) Agha Fasih Bokhari as the chief of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). NAB has been headless for quite some time after the supreme court quashed the appointment of the previous incumbent retired Justice Deedar Shah on the ground that he was appointed without meaningful consultation with the opposition leader in the national assembly as required under law. Surprisingly this time round also Bokhari's nomination has been made public without any consultation with the opposition leader. The nomination has also surprised many as the former Naval Chief has been selected after discarding the previous judges of the supreme court etc...retired justices Javed Iqbal and Sardar Raza Khan both former judges of the supreme court, Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar former CJ of Punjab high court and Mr Latif Khosa Governor of Punjab who were all under consideration for the post. NAB is the Pakistani counterpart of India's CVC.

Interviews for LIC chief postponed (UPDATED)
Interviews for the post Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) that were scheduled to be held on October 12, 2011 have been postponed.It was done due to non availability of all members on the given date.

M G V K Bhanu to be Tea Board's Chairman (UPDATED)
Principal Resident Commissioner to the Assam Government in Delhi is soon going to be new Chairman of the Tea Board. He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch
who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (AM) cadre. It may be stated that Bhanu was earlier Principal Secretary(PS) to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.And before that from August 2004 to October 2009 he was on inter cadre deputation PS to the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy
(We said this on August 22,2010)

(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

Rajeev Agrawal to be Member SEBI
Rajeev Agrawal will be whole-time Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He is 1983 batch IRS officer.

International flights from Chandigarh to be a reality
In near future International flights from Chandigarh will commence by the month end.

Chudasama resigns as Director, Next Mediaworks Ltd
Nana Chudasama, Director has resigned from the Board of Next Mediaworks Ltd with immediate effect.

Chaturvedi to be re-appointed MD & CEO Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd
Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd is to re-appoint Amitabh Chaturvedi as Managing Director and CEO of the Bank for a further period of three years w.e.f. October 13, 2011.

Rao appointed Addl. Director, L&T Finance Holdings Ltd
L&T Finance Holdings Ltd has appointed Ms. Kamakshi Rao as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. October 1, 2011.

Singh appointed Addl. Director, Alchemist Realty Ltd
Tarlochan Singh has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Alchemist Realty Ltd effective from September 30, 2011.

Rajwade retires as Director, CyberTech Systems and Software Ltd
Anant Vishnu Rajwade, Independent Director of CyberTech Systems and Software Ltd retired on September 30, 2011.

Tadimety re-appointed Director, CyberTech Systems and Software Ltd
Viswanath Tadimety, Non Executive Chairman of CyberTech Systems and Software Ltd was re-appointed as Director on the Board of the company on September 30, 2011.

Joshi appointed Company Secy. Hinduja Foundries Ltd
Hinduja Foundries Ltd has appointed Govind M. Joshi as Company Secretary w.e.f. October 6, 2011.

Babu resigns as Company Secy. Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd
D Suresh Babu, Company Secretary, Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from September 30, 2011.

Subudhi appointed Company Secy. Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd
Satish Kumar Subudhi has been appointed as Company Secretary of Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd with effect from October 3, 2011.

Sharma ceases to be Director (Production) , National Aluminium Company Ltd
A.K. Sharma has ceased to be Director (Production) of National Aluminium Company Ltd on attaining the age of superannuation on September 30, 2011.

Mohapatra assumes charge as Director (Production), National Aluminium Company
S. S. Mohapatra has assumed the charge of Director (Production) of the National Aluminium Company Ltd w.e.f. October 1, 2011.

Gupta resigns as Director, Pondy Oxides and Chemicals Ltd
The Board of Pondy Oxides and Chemicals Ltd has approved resignation of Sudhir Kumar Gupta as the Director of the company with effect from September 26, 2011.

Kapadia appointed Head (Corporate Affairs), Indian Hotels Company
Mehernosh Kapadia has been appointed as Head (Corporate Affairs) of Indian Hotels Company.

Anna's new campaign

Anna's new campaign is against babus and ministers who make it a habit to sit on the files to exhaust people out. it is anybody's guess, why they do it.

Rita

Posting in UN, International Organization

The number of officers posted in UN/International organizations are very few. While some from PMO do manage to get in by nomination, most of them have been selected on thier own merit and expertise. It is a matter of prestige for India that these officers are there. let us not make any political issue just becasue 3 or 4 IAS officers posted in PMO also manage to get in.

Sinha

Transfer them in routine

The RTP of DoPT is a tough and good thing but many assistants and section officers sitting in UPSC and Ministry of Power Cadre (CEA and MNRE) do not care for such rules and continue to hang on in the same ministires/departments and when they get orders they approach the Ministers etc for keeping them in the same place. DoPT should make a serious note and transfer them. CVC should also see for their compliance.

Kunwar 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)