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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Doesn't Rahul know who is behind Ralegoan Sidhi's progress....... so why is he meeting the Sarpanch???? And Ralegoan's progress story is in Public Domain for years!!! So how come all of a sudden Rahul's become so interested about Ralegaon's progress???? When he knows its Anna's vision, dedication and 'walking the talk' that is behind Ralegaon's progress why is he not talking directly to Anna...... is he feeling ashamed to talk to Anna???? These are the games that Congress plays!!!! Congress feels that it is the smartest and all others are dimwits!!!! Now even Digvijaya has changed his tune ..... from damning Anna to praising Anna's yeomen work in Ralegaon!! At present Rahul is desperate to stop Anna from campaigning in UP.... and he's become even more desperate after seeing Anna's success in Hissar!! And his pitch for making Lokpal a Constitutional Body is more to delay matters..... and what is more important is the powers that the Lokpal will have!!!! Rahul should realize the time to play games is over..... in fact his calling the Ralegaon's Sarpanch is getting him jeers!!! And as Congress always does ... it extends one hand in friendship and the other hand 'hits out'...... a plea was filed in SC by a Lawyer on Anna's Trust and SC has issued Notices to Anna, CBI and Maharashtra State!!!

Now it is clear whatever Rahul does is a drama!!!!

Why does he knot realize....all the time you cannot make sabh ka Mama (fool)???

In Hissar as expected Congress has got a drubbing!!!! Of course Anna effect has contributed!!! Chautala too has suffered.... public is shaana and they know Anna is fighting corruption... they know his call 'do not vote for Congress' is because he wants the Lokpal Bill to be passed so as to fight ghoos... and Public knows Chautalas are also neck deep in ghoos...... so though Anna did not say it in so many words Public took cognizance of Chautala's anti taint stance and the outfall is being seen!!!! Hooda will have to think up excuses because now his detractors will go after him!!!! Jai Prakash has lost his deposit which is indeed very shameful.... Hooda chose Jai Prakash who is considered to be a proverbial 'lotta' (round bottomed vessel)!!!!! But Hooda's not responsible for Anna's ' do not vote for Congress' call.... though he may have contributed to it!!!! But it's said Sonia had ordered Hooda that he put 'his equity in this election'.......the margin by which Jai Prakash has lost will only add to Hooda's woes!!!!! What is surprising Chautala has taint...... Bishnoi carries his Dad's taint and both Chautala and Bishnoi are fabulously rich!!! On the other hand apart from his being a 'lotta' Jai Prakash does not have taint and compared to Chautala and Bishnoi Jai Prakash is a 'very poor cousin'... despite Jai Prakash having a clean image he paid for his Party's image!!

Anti incumbency and Anna's call are responsible for Congress's rout!!!!

Sonia has to act if Congress has to make a comeback in Haryana and a lot has to be sorted out!!

'Wall Streets' in Developed Markets are under attack!!!! The Working Class are up in arms!!!! The feeling is that World's 'Financial Winter' is the work of those on Wall Street.... of course this does not include the Deli, Coffee Shops, Eateries and utilities!!! People are suffering and it seems like the Middle East's Arab Spring now we have the Developed World's Financial Winter.... their chant is 'people before profit'!! It is well known that despite stringent laws insider trading.... fixing prices...... cartelisation...... are rampant in Financial Markets!!!

Wall Street is lined with tiles of greed!!!

And from greed Stock markets can never be freed!!

PS... Bishnoi has a Land Cruiser and Jaguar.... Chautala has a Merc.... JP has no car.... seems result is based on who owns more cars..... if this is the criteria Pawar's a winner..... he is alleged to have more than four dozen cars... of course all benaami!!!! Kursheed says 'we expected what happened in Hissar'...... one more nail in his 'image coffin'.... two nails he's already driven in with ..... Court should be sensitive to 'political economy'.... and Media should go easy!!! In the past Sonia has overturned a bowl of Spaghetti on the head of a person she was angry with.... her kitchen Cabinet would be well advised to enter 'the kitchen' with helmets!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Prateek's wedding with Ms.Aparna on December 4
Wedding of Samajwadi Party's leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's son- Prateek with Ms. Aparna is scheduled to be held on December 4, 2011. Prateek is Ms. Sadhna Gupta's son to whom Mulayam Singh Yadav got legally married after legally adopting Prateek. The wedding will be held at Mulayam Singh's residence in Saifai Village (Etawah), Uttar Pradesh .

BUREAUCRACY

Uday Kumar Varma is new Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Uday Kumar Varma, IAS (MP:76), presently Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, as Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
(We said this on October 13)

Pradhan is new Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of P.K. Pradhan, IAS (WB:77), presently Special Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, as Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
(We said this on September 2)

Ms. Ramachandran is new Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Ms. Vilasini Ramachandran, IAS (GJ:77), presently Special Secretary, Department of Expenditure, as Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
( We said this on October 13)

Kiran Dhingra Joins as Secretary, Panchayati Raj
Ms. Kiran Dhingra has assumed charge of office as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. An IAS Officer of 1975 batch UT Cadre, Mrs. Dhingra has previously served as Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Prior to that she was Director General (Shipping), in the Ministry of Shipping and Joint Secretary in the Textiles Ministry. She has also served as Chief Secretary, Goa.

Shyam S. Agarwal is new Secretary, National Commission of Scheduled Castes
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointments of Shyam S. Agarwal, IAS (RJ:80), presently Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, as Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Pipersenia's removal as Secretary, National Commission of Scheduled Castes approved
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the cancellation of the earlier orders appointing V.K. Pipersenia, IAS (AM:80), as Secretary, National Commission of Scheduled Castes.

Debarment of Pipersenia from Central deputation approved
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the debarment of V.K. Pipersenia, IAS (AM:80), from Central deputation for a period of five years.

Alok Tandon to join as Joint Secretary Disinvestment
Alok Tandon is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary Disinvestment. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Abraham misses the bus
K M Abraham who was to join as Joint Secretary in the Department of Minority Affairs has reportedly missed the bus.He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Arvind Mayaram gets extension
Additional Secretary Rural Development in the Government of India Arvind Mayaram has been granted six months extension in central deputation tenure. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Augustine Peter to join Petroleum Ministry at Jt.Secretary level
Augustine Peter on central deputation is poised to join the Petroleum Ministry's Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC) at Joint Secretary level post. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1982 batch.

Railway GMs' file in Cabinet Secretariat
As the grapevine has it, the file containing proposals for posting of senior Railway officers on elevation as GMs is with Cabinet Secretary, Ajit Kumar Seth.

R K Suman likely to be shifted
As the grapevine has it, R K Suman, Director, Internal Security (IS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GoI) is likely to be shifted to some other assignment in MHA. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1993 batch.

Rajeev Sadanand empanelled as Joint Secretary
Rajeev Sadanand has been empanelled for the posting as a Joint Secretary in the Government of India (GoI). He is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Rear Admiral, Shrawat to be CMD of MDL
Rear Admiral, R K Shrawat is being tipped to be new CMD of the Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL).

Bhide to be Director (Technical) HOCL
S B Bhide is being tipped to be new Director (Technical) in the Hindustan Organic Chemicals LTD (HOCL).

Rameshwar Dayal Gupta to be Director, MHA
Rameshwar Dayal Gupta on central deputation is poised to be a Director, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is an officer of Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE) who belongs to 1983 batch.

ITPO lacks full time CMD
Ever since retirement of Subhash Chandra Pani (IAS 1972 batch,Orissa cadre) as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), the slot lacks a full time CMD. It may be stated ITPO is the nodal agency of the Government of India (GoI) for promoting the country's external trade. As additional charge, Rajiv Kher - Additional Secretary Commerce has been holding the post of CMD, ITPO. Kher is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the UP cadre. In the corridors of power it is hotly being debated that whether ITPO's mega event of a global trade fair will commence on November without at full timer as CMD of the ITPO or not.

Uncertainty over new CMD, MMTC continues
Uncertainty over new full timer as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) , MMTC has been continuing for quite sometime now. Presently, Ms. Vijay Laxmi Joshi who on central deputation is Additional Secretary Commerce has been holding the additional charge of Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) MMTC. She is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

CVC for fine on 10 officers of Canara Bank
The Central Vigilance commission (CVC) has filed an application of request to impose fine on 10 officers of the Canara Bank. They face corruption charge.

1983 batch IAS officers are in US
As many as 120 IAS officers belonging to 1983 batch are currently undergoing mandatory training in the United States.

Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan to move Jaipur
Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan is moving from Delhi to Jaipur as Army Commander. He would succeed Lt Gen S K Singh.

Lt Gen Singh to take over as Vice Chief of Army next month
Lt Gen S K Singh is leaving from Jaipur in November first week to take over as Vice Chief of the Indian Army.

If struck down, Sahani to be industries secy?
It is heard that if the court strikes down the appointment of J.S. Sahani as Maharashtra Government's Chairman, Pollution Control Board then he is likely to be appointed Industries secretary. His tenure as the Managing Director (MD) of the State Industrial & Investment Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (SICOM) is likely to be considered as a point for his elevation.

Perti, P Umashankar in penal to decide NTPC's plant relocation
Coal Secretary, Alok Perti and Power Secretary, P Uma Shankar have been inducted in B. K Chaturvedi Committee which will submit its report within a month from the day of its formation. The issue of relocating the proposed power plant of NTPC has been a major bone of contention between the ministries of coal and power, as the plant is planned in an area that holds six billion tonnes of coal reserves.

Ms. Nupur Mitra takes charge as ED in Dena Bank
Ms. Nupur Mitra who so far was Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has joined the ED in charge of the Dena Bank. She will become CMD of the Dena Bank from November 1,2011.She has assumed charge in advance to familiarize herself with Dena Bank's working. She will succeed D L Rawal, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Dena Bank who will be retiring on October 31,2011.
(We said this on April 26,2011)

D L Rawal was on a tour while his successor took charge
D L Rawal, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Dena Bank was on a tour while, Ms Nupur Mitra who so far was Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) took over as the ED in charge of the Dena Bank on October 1, 2011. She will become CMD of the Dena Bank from November 1, 2011. She has assumed charge in advance to familiarize herself with Dena Bank's working.

A D M Chavali to be ED, Indian Overseas Bank
A D M Chavali who is currently a General Manager (GM) in the Bank of Baroda will be new Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas Bank(IOB). However, his notification is yet to be issued.

GoI has made a policy for advance charge by Bank, CMDs
The Government of India (GoI) has now evolved a policy whereby Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of any of the public sector bank will assume charge in advance i,.e. a few days before his/her predecessor retires. This came in force from October 2011.Accordingly, Ms. Nupur Mitra who so far was Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Overseas Bank(IOB) took over as the ED in charge of the Dena Bank on October 17,2011.

A K Mishra's notification for Andhra Bank yet to come
A K Mishra, General Manager of the Canara Bank who on elevation is supposed join Andhra Bank as Executive Director (ED) is still awaiting his notification. The ED's slot in Andhra Bank had fallen vacant following retirement of Anil Girotra.

N Shankar to assume charge of ECGC's new CMD on Oct 19
N Shankar Executive Director of Exim Bank of India who has been appointed as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) India Limited will be assuming charge on October 19,2011 .
(We said this on September 24, 2011)

MAHAGENCO says coal is wet
Western Coalfield Ltd says that Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (MAHAGENCO) after lifting the coal had left it in the open and hence it got wet and unusable. Despite knowing that surrounding areas were likely to receive rains.

Pakistan : Railway employees take to street due to non payment of salaries
Thousands of railway employees across Pakistan took to streets in protest against non payment of their salaries even as the railway administration announced cancellation of over 150 trains due to non availability of funds to purchase diesel and carryout essential repairs to locomotives. To make matters worse the electricity supply to major railway stations and railway colonies has also been cut due to non-payment of dues to the concerned distribution companies. Railway Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour stated that no funds were available for payment of salaries and pension to the employees. A 'business plan' of Rs 11.1 billion was submitted to the cabinet for revival of the railways in December last year but no funds have been released so far the minister added.

IA & AS officer Sundararaj transferred
K Sundararaj, Deputy Director, in the office of the Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunication, New Delhi Branch: Kolkata on relief from his present duties by S N Mahatma, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director, in the office of the Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, New Delhi Branch: Chennai.

Three new Judges of Delhi High Court
Three new Judges of the Delhi High ourt,Justice RV Easwar, Justice Pratibha Rani and Justice Sat Paul Garg have been sworn -in on October 17, 2011.

P K Mishra gets additional charge (Updated)
PK Misra, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for a period of three months. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Mishra gets additional charge of Secretary MSME (UPDATED)
Secretary Steel P K Mishra has been given additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for a period of three months or until further orders, whichever is earlier. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Mrs Vasudev promoted as Commissioner, Income Tax (UPDATED)
Mrs Kiran Oberoi Vasudev who was on deputation as Tax Administration (Computer) Advisor, Maldives, has been promoted as Commissioner Income Tax.

SAIL Chairman presents 'Excellence in sustainability reporting' Steelie award (UPDATED)
The Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) C.S. Verma presented the World Steel Association's 2011 Steelie award for 'Excellence in Sustainability Reporting' to M/s Rautaruukki of Finland on October 13, 2011 at Paris and said that these awards would go a long way in making steel industry more sustainable. "Such awards would only encourage us all to work harder," he added. World Steel Association's Steelies trophies are awarded in seven categories. The Steelies winners were selected through nominations by member companies to the relevant Worldsteel committees followed by final selection by an expert panel. Other categories included best Steel industry website of the year, Worldsteel activity of the year, Life cycle assessment leadership, Industry communicator of the year, among others. Verma also announced on the occasion that the premier global industry body World Steel Association has decided to hold its next convention in New Delhi next year.

No taker for Director (Finance ) Scooter India Ltd (UPDATED)
There is no taker for the post of Director (Finance) in the Scooter India Ltd (SIL).Infact no one attended the selection meeting of the MESB on Tuesday. Now the PESB has recommended Department of Heavy Industry to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis.

(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

Nair appointed CIBIL Chairman
Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) has appointed M V Nair as Chairman. He is currently the Chairman and Managing Director of Union Bank of India.

Tara ceases to be MD & CEO, Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd
M K Tara ceased to be Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd with effect from October 14, 2011 following his resignation from the company.

Three directors cease to be on Board of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd
The Board of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd have accepted the resignations of L. N. Bangur, Executive Chairman, Ms. Sheetal Bangur, Director (Commercial) and Shreeyash Bangur, Director (Corporate) w.e.f. October 14, 2011.

Brown appointed Chairman & CEO Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd
The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd has appointed Paul Brown, as Chairman and Managing Director designated as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer w.e.f. October 15, 2011.

Two addl. directors on Board of Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd
The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd has appointed Thomas Gustave Kadien, Brett Allen Mosley and Shreeyash Bangur as additional directors w.e.f. October 14, 2011.

Selvaraj puts in papers as President, Outlook Group
Suresh Selvaraj, President, Outlook Group, has resigned . He will, however, continue with the Group till end of December 2011.

Kalyanaraman to be Head of OMD India's Chennai Office
OMD India has appointed Ramesh Kalyanaraman as Head for its Chennai office.

Thukral resigns as Chief Company Secy. Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd
Rajansh Thukral has resigned as Associate Director and Chief Company Secretary of Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd .

Kukreja appointed Company Secy. Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd
Ms Sugandha Kukreja has joined as Company Secretary of Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd .

Sarin appointed Director, Parabolic Drugs Ltd
Parabolic Drugs Limited has appointed Manmohan Lal Sarin as a Director in place of Pardeep Diwan who retired from the company.

Sandhu appointed ED, Parabolic Drugs Ltd
The Board of Parabolic Drugs Ltd have approved the appointment of Gurpreet Singh Sandhu as the Executive Director of the Company w.e.f November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2012.

Increase Interest Rate on PPF Deposits at par with EPF

The present interest rate on PPF deposits is still 8 % p.a. However interest rate on EPF has gone upto 9.5% p.a. and on bank fixed deposits, it is about 10% p.a. It is necessary because withdrawals from PPF account can be made only after completion of 5 (Five) years of opening the Account. The Finance Ministry should consider the increase of interest rate on PPF at par with EPF. Moreover the annual limit of deposits in PPF account should also be increase from Rs.70000/- to Rs.100000/-.

Meenakshi Roy

Increase Interest Rate on GPF Deposits at par with EPF Deposits (9.5%).

There is no change in interest rate on GPF deposits for last 10 years. It is still 8 % p.a. However interest rate on EPF has gone upto 9.5% p.a. On bank fixed deposits, it is about 10%. The Finance Ministry should also increase the interest rate on GPF at par with EPF deposits. It is to noted that withdrawals from PPF account can be possible only after completion of 5 years of the Account.

H. K. Deewan

Referendum in Kashmir? What Nonsense?

Merciless beating of leading lawyer Prashant Bhushan in his chamber in the Supreme Court by hooligans is quite disturbing. The ruffians who did that must be brought to swift and deterrent justice.

Having said this, I must admit that Bhushan's statement that there must be referendum in Kashmir and if as a result of the referendum it is revealed that majority of the people there want to join Pakistan we must give Kashmir to Pakistan is no less worrying. If Bhushan has made this statement as a result of ignorance of basic facts it is foolish on his part to express his views that too on media on a subject he is not fully conversant with. If on the other hand he has given his statement with full knowledge of the relevant facts, circumstances and background of the Kashmir issue his lapse is far more serious as it may tantamount to treason.

Referendum is not used as a matter of routine to draw or redraw national boundaries in the normal course. The context and the background in which referendum was talked about with reference to Kashmir is the aggression of the state by Pakistani tribesmen and regular militia after its accession to the union of India. When the matter reached UN it passed resolutions to solve the issue amicably by ascertaining the will of the people through a referendum. The following are worth noting for proper appreciation of the prerequisites for holding the referendum, understanding why the referendum was not held as per the UN resolutions and how the whole idea of referendum has become irrelevant and impracticable now after more than half a century since the resolutions were passed:-

(1) As per resolutions dated 21-4-1948 and 13-8-1948 as a prerequisite for the referendum the government of Pakistan was to secure the withdrawal from the state of J&K of tribesmen and Pakistani nationals not normally resident therein who have entered the state for the purpose of fighting and prevent any intrusion into the state of any such elements and any furnishing of material aid to those fighting in the state?. Pakistan never complied with this imperative which was the first step for holding the referendum as a result of which it couldn't be held soon after the resolutions were passed. There is voluminous correspondence emanating from the UN appointed monitoring group and the referendum administrator appointed by the UN reminding Pakistan repeatedly about its obligations and evasive response or deafening silence from the side of Pakistan. These are all matter of record.

(2) After illegally occupying vast areas of the state of J&K Pakistan ceded part of it (the Shaksgam tract) to China and the same continues to be under the Chinese occupation. Pakistan didn't hold any referendum before this illegal ceding of the illegally occupied territory.

(3) Gilgit and Balistan regions of the State covering an area of nearly 73000 sq kms and a population of nearly one million has been turned into union territory (federally administered area) by Pakistan arbitrarily and unilaterally. No referendum was held before altering the status of the area by Pakistan.

(4) As per part 2 of section 7 of the Pakistan sponsored constitution of POK all persons and political parties are barred from ?questioning the ideology of the state's accession to Pakistan?. Is any referendum possible or meaningful with such restrictions against expression of will for the so-called self determination?

(5) A politician from POK has to solemnly affirm that he shall remain loyal to the idea of Pakistan and to the cause of accession of J&K to Pakistan. Students applying for admission to professional colleges or other educational institutions have to make similar declarations.

From the above it is clear that referendum couldn't be held soon after the UN resolutions because of failure on the part of Pakistan to comply with the UN laid down prerequisites. Subsequently there has been material change in the circumstances because of a series of illegal acts of omission and commission by Pakistan as a result of which the very idea of holding a referendum has become impractical, irrelevant and redundant.

It is upto the government of the day to decide whether to ignore Bhushan's statements or to initiate legal proceedings against him. However in the interest of highest standards of personal integrity of Bhushan claims to represent it is incumbent upon him to punish himself for his irresponsible public statements which are as seriously unfounded as they are prejudicial to the security and integrity of India. The mildest punishment I can suggest to Bhushan is to keep his mouth shut on the Kashmir issue at least for a year or till such time he acquaints himself fully with facts whichever is later.

NN Ojha

Sarkar's derogatory on civil services unfortunate

J. Sarkar's derogatory on civil services was most unfortunate. I do not know what his world experience is. Atleast I know many of the problems faced by Indian bureaucrats are not faced by their name sakes in other countries. In India we have caste, clan, language, race, corruption, immoral politics and what else. If India is remaining in one piece inspite of these problems a large portion of the credit goes to Bureaucrats, whether some of them are arrogant or not. Sarkar's sweeping statement looks like a sour grapes story. Some people make bureaucracy bashing a past time.

N Krishnan

Indian bureaucracy most corrupt, inefficient

To a certain extent, I agree with the observation. But we cannot generalise all bureaucrats as corrupt and inefficient. Of course, removing the titles like IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, etc., is a good suggestion. Removing the red lights from the vehicles and security personnel from the officers (which are in 99% cases status symbol and do not reflect actual requirement)should be considered immediately. In some places, they have even reserved the lifts and toilets for officers only which is quite strange but still no one questions!

SN

How the things will improve?

Welcome to all new comers...but how the things will improve? So many officers, even more competent retire and go to oblivion without getting their due, because of too much delay in selection. Will DoPT and concerned persons as well as governments. will look into it ?

Shyamanand

Nothing worthwhile in this judgement

There is nothing worthwhile in this judgement of CIC to reflect upon, Ms Anuradha has failed to highlight. It is noted that CIC has only made its observation, but that does not absolve the plea of the CPIO, if you read the judgement, the claim of PIO about safety is upheld and CIC has allowed masking of names.

No points to you Ms. Anuradha !! Please improve the quality of your posts.

Kavita Bhagat

Not agreeable

Just read the views of Brijesh Kalappa requesting to stop "Aaj ki Awaaz" on the pretext of some genuine grounds viz. bad English or non-lyrical but one ground on which he has asked to stop this regular feature i.e. written by RSS Supporter, seems to me completely not agreeable and biased. Why our brains are so washed by our politicians of a particular group, that RSS is not a secular organisation. Do they not belong to India, or they belong to some other planet? Some condone them on the ground of killing Gandhi, but have we ever thought of banning the organisations or the community, which have killed Indira or Rajiv. Why so much hatred for RSS? Have they only done wrong to this country? Is all other organisations are only doing good to our society? They are very much belong to India, and if they support any movement which is just with the view for betterment of our Motherland by opposing Terrorism by a particular community, or helping society in any manner should be applaused. It is not if you speak loudly and umpteen times in opposing RSS, it will become defunct because they have some basic principles and they have their disciples grow from grass root level. We should rise above the counting the voters/supporters and enlarge our sight by seeing the bleak future of our society.

Ashok K Bhimani

INC in Hissar

I fully agree with Prakash about INC in Hissar. Perhaps Anna Hazare and his group have turned opportunists.

Ranjit

Hazare's heart is in the right place

Anna Hazare's heart is in the right place. He has not hesitated in upbraiding his team for their comments.

Vijay Kumar

File notings regarding reinstatement
The appellant sought information about reinstatement of her service including reasons for filing an appeal against the CAT decision before High Court, the names of officials involved in decision regarding the file an application before High Court along with the file notings, total expenses incurred during filing of the appeal, copy of the minutes of the Governing Body meeting etc. The desired file notings including the names of the officers were refused u/s 8(1)(g) claiming that it is likely to endanger the life or physical safety of such officers. The Commission observed that it is a very sad comment on the employees of an organization if an organization claims that a former employee who is a lady is capable of physically harming its officers. The Commission directed the PIO to severe the names of the officers as per Section 10 and give a typed copy of notings to the Appellant. The Commission directed to provide the total legal expenses incurred in
the matter and a copy of the minutes of the Governing Body meeting.

Comments

The PIO should not try to invoke section 8(1)(g) indiscriminately in every legal or vigilance case without looking into whether the physical safety of any official would be jeopardized.

Smt. Rajni Bajaj v. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in CIC/SG/A/2011/002273/15097

- 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)