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Bhabani Sancar Nayak

Aaj Ki Aawaz

It was being reported by the Media that CBI would not oppose the Bail Applications of Kani, Morani and Pipara.... the Court took the CBI Lawyer to task and asked him to let the Court know if this was true and also informed him that CBI's not opposing Bail Applications does not mean that the Court would grant bail!!! As it is the Court is irked with Salman Kursheed's 'political economy' advise!!!! Fact of the matter........ it is for the Court to decide on Bail Applications and if Court feels bail is not warranted then despite CBI not opposing the Bail Application Court will and can refuse bail!! Sonia they say has given orders to 'get Kani out on bail.... by hook or crook'!!!! Digvijaya has already indicated Congress is working to get Kalmadi and Raja out of jail!!!!

Seems now Congress will conjure up something to say 'Courts cannot have the last say'!!!!

Reminded of post Bofors period when truth by any means Congress tried to waylay!!

Anna's responded to Digvijaya's letter!!!! I think he should have ignored the letter because his response could start a 'letter war' between him and Digvijaya !! The letter that Digviajaya give as proof of Anna's and RSS's link proved nothing!!!! Yes RSS and BJP could have come out in support of Anna's fasts on corruption and political reasons.... but that does not make the movement was being remote controlled by RSS !!!! And Anna has very rightly pointed out to Digvijaya that if he was against corruption then why did he side with Kalmadi and Raja????

Anna ji abh don't respond to such letters and speak less!!!

Just sit and watch Congress getting itself into a bigger mess!!

What's happening.......CAG giving tongue lashing to Government .... Law Minister is telling the Courts to give 'justice the miss'........ Congress Spokesman giving accused in jail clean chits....Sonia allegedly ordering bail for Kani and CBI obliging....... Rahul Gandhi who is a Junior MP running around the Country as if he's the PM and PM who is supposed to be the Boss being ordered about......Planning Commission Deputy Chairman behaving like Congress's Spokesman and fibbing on inflation so as to calm Public outcry on inflation.... you have Central Minister responding to a murder saying ' the murdered was my Party worker so why are my political adversaries worried'..... HM and MOF in a no holds barred war and HM allegedly going to the extent of getting FM bugged.... Queen Sonia's illness and treatment being treated as a State Secret a la N Korea and China!!

Yeh kya ho raha hai.... andher nagri chaupat Sarkaar!!!!!

Hatao inn ko is the Public's pukaar!!!!

Advani's positioning his Yatra as 'Rot Yatra' or anti corruption Yatra.....but fact is the Yatra is so that he can re-throw his hat in the PM ring...... RSS had got him to say he was not in the PM race and in Advani style he did a flip after mouthing what RSS wanted him to say!! Uma wants Advani as PM as she does not want Sushma to even enter the PM race... if Advani is in the race Sushma will opt out!!!! Modi is keeping his cards close to his chest!!!! BJP is showing signals of floundering away an opportunity that Congress is literally giving it on a plate!!

Egged on by his family Advani says 'to become PM it is my baari'!!

And has literally kick started in upper echelons of BJP 'maara maari'!!!

PS...... Mohna says to tackle corruption RTI is effective tool but now it is time to do a critical audit of RTI.... the intention is so obvious!! Rahul loves aachaar .... he's been enjoying aachar during his home stays in UP.....enjoying the hospitality of the poor who cannot dream of eating the food they are serving him......and his Party has been serving us aachars in various forms.... brashtachaar, galath prachaar and atyachaar!!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Ajit Pawar and bad Power management
Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister (Dy. CM) of Maharashtra had bargained for the power ministry, and now all mismanagement of coal and load shedding is being blamed on him. This may soon jeopardize his position in the NCP .

BUREAUCRACY

Vishwapati Trivedi to be Secretary Mines
Vishwapati Trivedi is being tipped to be new Secretary Mines in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Vijay Kumar to move as Secretary, Fertilisers
Secretary, Mines, S Vijay Kumar is moving as Secretary, Fertilisers in the Government of India. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Behuria to be Secretary, NDMA
Secretary, Fertilisers, Dr Sutanu Behuria is being moved as Secretary, NDMA. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Bhattacharya to be Central PF Commissioner
A Bhattacharya is being tipped to be new Central Providend Fund Commissioner. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

V N Rai to be new Director NPA Hyderabad
V N Rai is being tipped to be new Director of the National Police Academy Hyderabad. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Mangu Singh to head Delhi Metro?
Mangu Singh is reportedly ahead in the race for the post of Chief, Delhi Metro.

Ishwar relieved to join as Judge of Delhi HC
President of the Income Tax Tribunal, Ishwar to be sworn in as the Judge of the Delhi High Court on Monday.
(We said this on September 23 )

Post of Director, SFIO vacant
The post of Director, SFIO is vacant in the ministry of corporate for quite some time.

Five KAS officers get re-employment in Karnataka
It looks the services of Karnataka State Civil Service is liked by the political bosses. Only recently five KAS officers have been re-employed by the Government.

ECI seeks names of observers for 5 state assembly polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought names of officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GoI) for discharging poll observers duties. As it is, ECI has begun to gear up for five state's assembly elections.

ORF signs agreement with CCI
Observer Research Foundation (ORF) have just signed an agreement with the Constitution Club of India to conduct a programme in Legislative Research. According to Sunjoy Joshi, Secretary of the ORF, this will be for legislative staff working with members of Parliament as well as undergraduate and post-graduate students having a degree in political science or law, or wishing to pursue a career in legislative or public policy research.

Karnataka Government recommends names
Karnataka government has recommended names of four IPS officers to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India(GoI)for discharging election duties in five states where assembly polls are to be held in a few month. They are: Kamal Pant (1990 batch) - IG (Adm) ,Bhaskar Rao (1990 batch) IG (Anti-Terrorist-Cell), S Parashiva Murthy (1990 batch), IG (Training) and N Shivakumar (1991 batch) IG (Additional Director, Fire Services).

16 PCS get IAS rank in Bihar
16 state cadre Civil Services Officers have been promoted to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in Bihar.

IPS changes in Sikkim
T T Tamang IGP, Communication and Computer, has been posted as Director, Fire & Emergency Service. A. Sudhakar Rao IGP, Coordination, New Delhi will now be IGP, Communication and Computer. D B Giri SP, Vigilance will be Sr. SP, West. On the completion of probation training, R N Yadav has been posted as SDPO, Mangan

Nanda is Chairman of OERC
Satya Prakash Nanda has taken over as Chairman, OERC. He is a retired 1975 batch IAS officer.

Six percent DA on pension in MP
Madhya Pradesh Government has accorded an administrative sanction for six percent Dearness Allowance (DA) on pension to the pensioners of state. Now, pensioners will get pension at the rate of 51 percent in Madhya Pradesh.

30 Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise transferred
As many as 30 Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. Accordingly, C.J. Mathew has been on return from deputation transferred to Cochin CX-I(A), V.P.C. Rao from Cochin CX-I(A) to Goa CX, S.K. Agarwal has been on return from deputation Calicut CX (UOP) to Commissioner, Coordination, CBEC, Rajeev Tandon from Commissioner, Coordination, CBEC to Export (Air Cargo), Delhi, Reena Arya from NOIDA CX to Vigilance, NZU, Delhi, Sandeep Srivastava from Kanpur CX to NOIDA CX, Sunil Uke from Data Management, Delhi to Delhi Customs(P), H.K. Chaturvedi from Delhi Customs(P) to Data Management, Delhi, Devendra Singh from Ahmedabad CX-III(A) to Chandigarh CX-II, S.L. Thakur from Chandigarh CX-II to Delhi CX (Panchkula), V.K.S. Kushwaha from Bangalore CX-III(A) (UOP) to Audit Delhi, Praveen Jain from Audit, Delhi to Ahmedabad CX-II, Manmohan Singh from HRD Delhi to Ahmedabad CX-III, S.H. Hassan from Mumbai Cus-I(Import) to Systems (RMD), Mumbai, P.M. Govande from Mumbai Cus-III Airport to CEI, Mumbai, P.M. Saleem from Mumbai Cus-III Airport (A) to Mumbai Cus-III Airport, A.K. Pawar from Vadodara CX(A) to Ahmedabad Customs, P.K. Singh from Mumbai CX-III(A) to Commissioner, Logistics Delhi, Bharti S. Chavan from Surat CX-II(A) to Mumbai CX-III(A), D.K. Verma from Jaipur CX-I(A) to Jaipur CX-II, A.K. Jain from Jodhpur Customs (P) to Jaipur CX-I(A), Chander Bhan from Jaipur CX-II(A) to Jodhpur Customs(P), V. Seshagiri Rao from Pune CX-II(A), Pune to Customs, Rakesh Mishra from Service Tax Mumbai to Mumbai Cus-II (Export), C.P. Srivastava from Mumbai-I CX to Service Tax Mumbai, P.K. Agarwal from CESTAT Mumbai to Mumbai CX-III, A.N. Sharma from Mumbai CX-III to CESTAT, Mumbai, S.K. Das from Siliguri CX to Kolkata CX-I, K.L. Goyal from Thane-II CX to Mumbai-I CX and D.C. Dwivedi from Bhubaneswar CX(A) to NACEN.

Pakistan : Obama's wars compulsory reading for Babus?
Pakistan Federal Government's Gazetted officers (of grade 17 and above) receive a book from cabinet division's services club every year at a nominal price that is deducted from their salary. Last year they received Amartya Sen's 'Idea of Justice'. Surprisingly the book distributed this year that has left many senior babus red faced is Washington Post's journalist Bob Woodward's 'Obama's Wars'. The selection is baffling as in one of the passages the author quotes President Asif Zardari advising the then CIA Director Gen Michael Hayden during a meeting in November 2008 to "kill the senior (militants). Collateral damage (caused by drone attacks) worries you Americans. It does not worry me". The passage was subsequently denied by the Pakistani establishment. Hussain Haqqani Pakistan's Ambassador to Washington has said, "I am amazed that the book was purchased in bulk and distributed to civilian officers". The book was reportedly selected by the Army Services Book Club (ASBC) even though Army's chief spokes person Maj Gen Athar Abbas claimed to be 'not aware' of the same.

Current status of GPF accounts of govt servants of MP available online
GPF subscribers of PWD, WRD, PHE and GAD departments of Madhya Pradesh Government can now view the current status of their GPF account along with Annual Account Slip for the previous year on the website of Accountant General Madhya Pradesh www.gamp.nic.in. The office of the Accountant General (A&E)-1 MP, Bhopal, has started this new service from this year.

AP IPS Association protest against intemperate language
The Andhra Pradesh IPS Officers Association has condemned the use of intemperate language against the state DGP Dinesh Reddy by certain politicicians.

(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

PESB seeks Director (Technical), UCIL
PESB is seeking qualified candidates for the post of Director (Technical), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL).

Gawankar appointed Company Secy. Shriram Asset Management Company Ltd
Ms. Ankita Gawankar has been appointed as Company Secretary of Shriram Asset Management Company Ltd. with effect from October 1, 2011.

Sahni resigns as Company Secy. Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd
Ms Harleen Sahni has resigned as the Company Secretary of Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd w.e.f October 10, 2011.

Patel appointed Company Secy. Aajaneya Lifecare Ltd
Yogesh Patel has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Aajaneya Lifecare Ltd w.e.f. October 10, 2011.

Sinha appointed Director, Union Bank of India
The Central Government, has nominated Chandan Sinha as the Director on the Board of Directors of Union Bank of India in place of Ms Meena Hemchandra with immediate effect.

Datta ceases to be Director, Jet Airways (India) Ltd
Saroj K. Datta has ceased to be a Director of Jet Airways (India) Ltd with effect from September 30, 2011 following completion of his tenure of service as the Executive Director of the Company.

Yardi to quit Colors as Head (Programming) ?
Ashvini Yardi, Head (Programming), Colors, has decided to quit the channel to explore opportunities in the area of film production .

Dhali appointed General Manager, Svenska, Mumbai
Svenska Design Hotels has appointed Supriyo Dhali as General Manager for Svenska, Mumbai.

103 SAIL employees receive PM's Shram awards
The Prime Minister's Shram awards have once again stood testimony to the mettle and dedication of the employees of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Of the 189 Shram Awards for calendar years 2008, 2009 and 2010 presented by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Union Minister for Labour & Employment Mallikarjun Kharge at a glittering ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, 103 went to SAIL employees. SAIL Director (Personnel & Technical) B.B. Singh and SAIL Director (Finance) Anil Chaudhary felicitated the award winners. Congratulating the awardees, Singh said their achievement would motivate their colleagues to set examples of creativity and innovation at the workplace while Chaudhary underscored the need for making the life and work of customers simpler and better and advised the awardees to work towards this end. A compilation of awarded projects was also released on the occasion.

Worldsteel to hold WS 46 in India
The governing body of the Worldsteel Association representing 170 producers and accounting for 85% of world steel production, has decided to hold World Steel 46 in India from October 8 to 12, 2012. During the present conference being held at Paris, France (from Oct 10 to 13, 2011), CS Verma, Chairman, SAIL on behalf of the host country committee consisting of the 6 leading producers of India extended warm invitation to all the CEOs of leading steel producers to attend the conference in 2012 in Delhi. Verma commented that the Paris conference has been extremely thought provoking. The views expressed by the global steel barons would go a long way in making steel industry more sustainable, in the backdrop of the world economic uncertainties and volatilities in the recent past. He further added "The conference in New Delhi will give a glimpse of the rich heritage and culture of India." The member steel companies representing Host Country Committee in India include JSW Steel Ltd, Steel Authority of India Ltd, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, Essar Steel Ltd and JSW Ispat Steel Ltd. All these companies are top steel producers in the world.

MP Govt. Directions to egg producers
The Government of Madhya Pradesh became the 24th state in India to direct its egg producers to cease starvation force molting of laying hens. The Madhya Pradesh Director of Animal Husbandry has requested officials to ensure that the state's egg producers comply with the Animal Welfare Board of India's order to immediately discontinue starvation force molting regimes.In March, the Animal Welfare Board of India confirmed that starvation force molting is a punishable offense under India's Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960, and ordered all egg production facilities to immediately discontinue the practice. "We are grateful to the Government of Madhya Pradesh and we certainly expect that egg laying farms will comply with this order," said N.G. Jayasimha, manager of HSI's factory farming campaign in India. "Egg producers who continue to starve birds to induce molting must be prosecuted under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act." HSI urges anyone with information about a farm inducing molting by starvation to email this confidential drop box: starvinghens@hsi.org.

Be impartial

I fully support the comments of M J John.The comments of Bharat Kumar are always one sided. In fact, the popularity of your site has gone to the head of this fellow. Please be impartial and write only what is neutral and does not give one sided story.

P Chandra

"Editorial comments are totally one sided."

M J John's broadside against WIC (Oct 14,11) is one sided. The WIC 's Editorials are mirror images of the imbalances, anomalies, intrigues and acrimonies afflicting the present Indian political society. The editorials target the pro- and anti- Establishment forces even handedly. The site does not need 'Good bahaviour' certificate from GoI. Its strength lies in its browsers.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

It is not serious

Your commentary political scene of India seems non-serious. It should not be in a sing song manner.

R Kumar

Also bar them from joining politics

CAG, CEC, CIC, CVC, SC/HC Judges, after their retirement, should not be given any job / appointment, and should be barred from joining any political party.

Ahmad Fareed

Welcome step

Good news, some one from outside HAL coming for head. In HAL all the project are lagging behind

Rajeev Kumar

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)