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Aaj Ki Aawaz

First the Sarpanch of Ralegaon Sidhi is informed ' Rahul wants to meet you and some villagers of Ralegaon Sidhi, so please submit names with addresses of not more than five villagers and await summon'!!!! The summon was sent and after the Sarpanch Mapare, Anna's Secretary and another Villager reached Delhi they were given the run around!! Ultimately Idduki MP Thomas met them!! He now says that there was a communication error (sic).... and Rahul had never expressed a wish to meet the villagers of Ralegaon Sidhi!!! The actual problem is that Congress is in a total flux and decisions keep changing by the minute!!! Seems after the villagers arrived in Delhi Rahul's advisors felt Rahul should not meet them and should meet Anna instead ...... because the drama was so obvious!!! Some say Rahul felt he'd be able to woo the Villagers with his 'power and pelf'.... get them a taste of power so that Congress could create problems for Anna on his home turf!!!!

Last heard the Sarpanch said 'Anna's like a God for us and now to meet Rahul we are not in the mood'!!!

By his saying this don't you feel at Rahul he's booed!!!

I'm not at all surprised by Kuldeep Bishnoi's 'there was no Anna effect in my win' statement!!! When electioneering was on he had time and again said he was with Anna!!!!! Why I'm not surprised because Kuldeep is the son of Late Bhajan Lal for whom the 'aaya Ram gayaa Ram' phrase was specially coined!!!! Issues... pledges.... affiliations do not matter to this family!!! I will not be surprised that his affiliation with BJP will sour soon!!!!! There has been a huge Anna affect in Hissar and Khadakwasla!!! Hissar because Team Anna went about telling the electorate not to Vote for Congress and in Khadakwasla because its near Ralegoan Sidhi and there is a Anna wave in the region!!! And I feel Anna should now let the 'molehills come to Mohammad' and so he should stay put in Ralegaon Sidhi!!!! Delhi does freaky things to people......and Anna has felt the bad vibes of Delhi's power culture..... he has mentioned this to a associate (Civil Society)!! And via Bhushan's bashing tacitly a message has been sent to Team Anna.... maar padh sakthi hai!!!! Why do you think Jai Prakash has said ' Kejriwal should not come to Hissar because if he comes he'll be slapped'!! Flash: Attempt to assault Kejriwal.....message to Team Anna.... canvass in UP at your own peril!!!! Its for you to draw conclusions as to who is behind this attack.... which Party has a grouse against Team Anna and which Party would wants Team Anna not to canvass in UP!!!

Anna effect has worked!!!

And that is why Sonia and Rahul are so irked!!!

Should the IG of a State be calling the CM of the State a 'common criminal'????? This is blatant insubordination!! Bhatt the IG keeps saying he has damning proof against Modi's complicity in 2002 riots and in Pandya's murder..... but he's not produced any proof!!! The pro Congress Media is hyping him as if he's a 'freedom fighter'!!!!! Bhatt has Congress's support and this has given him a humongous 'big head'!!!! His statements after being released from Jail show this..... no one dare touch me etc.!!!! I think he has more to worry from anti Modi forces.... because they could harm him because they know the blame will fall on Modi!!!

Bhatt should realize Congress is an expert in creating fires!!!!!

From such games Congress never tires!!!!

PS..... In and around Diwali SC's decision on PC will come......the joke doing the rounds is Swamy might celebrate Diwali by lighting a 'ladhi' in PC's veshti....they say he has more damning proof!!!! Sonia has realized Pranab Da's 'service' and of late seems he's back in her good books!!!! Mohna is livid with Pranab Da!!!!! PC's in everyone's bad books......he now has 'not to be trusted' stamp!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Three Chief Minister's to go ?
Now there is a serious thinking to change Chief Minister's in the three Congress ruled states. If top source to be believed Haryana Chief Minister B S Hudda is all set to go after Hissar election result.Union Minister Sailja is the front-runner followed by Surjanwala. Maharashtra scenerio is grim and Prithviraj Chauhan is likely to be replaced by either Vilas Rao Deshmukh or Sushil Kumar Shinde. In Rajasthan Union Minister C P Joshi is likely to replace Ashok Gehlot.

BUREAUCRACY

SPG Chief Wanchoo to get extension ?
Grapevine has it that Special Protection Group (SPG) Chief Bharat Vir Wanchoo is being given six months extension in service.The 1976 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer Wanchoo is scheduled to retire on October 31. Other source said that Wanchoo is being appointed Advisor Security.

Empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers delayed
Empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1978 batch has been delayed . As the grapevine has it that the empanelment has been delayed because the top brass is yet to take final view regarding a few names of those IAS officers of the said batch who are to be empanelled for posting as Secretary equivalent in the Government of India (GoI).

Mishra gets additional charge of Secretary MSME
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 a 1976 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Rajni Sekhri Sibal to be Additional DGFT Mumbai ?
Rajni Sekhri Sibal is now being tipped to be new Additional Director General Foreign Trade (ADFT) Mumbai. She is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Pant to be Director Revenue
Kamlesh Kumar Pant is likely to join the Government of India as Director Revenue. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Railway GMs' file to be returned from Cabinet Secretariat
As the grapevine has it, the file containing proposals for posting of senior Railway officers on elevation as GMs which is with Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth is going to be returned to the Railway Ministry with reservations of DoPT.

S.C. Gupta is also CMD, FACT
Suresh Chandra Gupta who on central deputation is a Joint Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has got additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore (FACT). He is an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belongs to the Sikkim cadre.

No takers for Director (Finance), Scooter India Ltd
There is no taker for the post of Director (Finance) in the Scooter India Ltd (SIL). In fact 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.

Major Gen Bardoloi to go to Bhutan
Major Gen Bardoloi will be moving to Bhutan some time next month.

Will RTI include private companies?
It is heard that Mumbai based NGO has written to President Pratibha Patil to include private firms working under the PPP model under the RTI purview.

Reason for denying permission to prosecute Babus must
In case the sanction to prosecute a bureaucrat facing charges is to be denied, the competent authority would have to submit its order, including the reasons for refusal, to the next higher authority within seven days.

Har Kumar Hajong to be Director, DIPP
Har Kumar Hajong on central deputation is poised to be a Director, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1995 batch.

B B Chowdhry is Director, PNB
B B Chowdhry, who is a CA by profession, is an independent Director of the Punjab National Bank (PNB).

CVC for fine on 28 officers of CBEC
The Central Vigilance Commission(CVC) has filed an application of request to impose fine on 28 officers of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). They face corruption charge.

North Karanpura Power Project issue referred to Chaturvedi Committee
A Group of Ministers (GoMs) on Coal headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee decided to refer the North Karanpura power project issue to the B K Chaturvedi Committee.

Air India expects to earn Rs 250-300 crore from vacant properties
Air India expects to earn about Rs 250-300 crore from vacant properties in some parts of the country.

IA & AS officer Jaspal Singh transferred
Jaspal Singh, Assistant Director in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (SRA: Adhoc) in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Haryana, Chandigarh.

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

CCIT transfers this week
Transfer and posting of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax is expected to take place in a couple of days.

S K Nigam to move Jaipur ?
S K Nigam is likely to move from Kolkata to Jaipur as DG Investigations, Income-Tax.

Brijesh Gupta to be CCIT (CCA) Jaipur ?
DG Investigations Income-Tax in Jaipur Brijesh Gupta is being tipped to be CCIT (CCA) in Jaipur.

CCIT Chennai to be transferred ?
Grapevine has it that CCIT in Chennai is being transferred.

UPSC holds IES/ISS exams from Dec 3
Union Public Service Commission will hold Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination from December 3, 2011 for recruitment to Grade IV of the Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service. The examination will be held at various centres across the country.

Pakistan : Lordships violating law?
There is widespread resentment against more than a dozen appointments made in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) without advertising the posts. The appointments which include three in Pay Scale 19 (Dy Registrar and equivalents), six in Scale 18 (Asstt Registrar or equivalent) and six in Scale 17 (Accounts officers and Data Processors). The appointments have been apparently made by the High Court's CJ in relaxation of the normal procedure as the appointment letters read, "In exercise of the powers enabling the hon'ble CJ to appoint a person in relaxation of rules His Lordship is pleased to appint...." President of the IHC Bar Association has criticised the appointments as 'denial of the right of nearly 250 million eligible candidates to be considered for the posts'. The appointments violate IHC's own ruling against appointment of 16 Patwaris by the Islamabad administration without due publicity and the apex court's ruling of 1996 in Abdul Jabbar and others v/s State. Accountant General (Revenue) has also objected to the appointments.

Dr. G. Viswanathan an academician par excellence
Dr. G. Viswanathan, the founder-chancellor of VIT University, India, was born on December 8, 1938 in a remote village of Vellore District of Tamil Nadu. After serving as a Parliamentarian in the late 60s and early 70s, he moved to state politics. He went on to become the Minister for Food, Cooperation and Dairy Development in the Tamil Nadu Government when he embarked on the mission of revamping the public distribution system (PDS) in the state. However, his innate interest lay in transforming the society through education, a dream that came true with the founding of the Vellore Engineering College (VEC) in 1984 in Vellore. In recognition of its academic excellence, VEC was conferred the university status by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The VIT today, has 18000 students, including 1000 international students from 46 countries and from all the states of India. VIT has received the prestigious ABET accreditation for the Bachelor of Technology programmes in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering. VIT has entered into academic cooperation with more than 100 Universities in all the five continents to enhance the quality of academics.Alongside its academic excellence, VIT has been involved in transforming the community through various social outreach programmes which are well received by the local community. In a nutshell, Dr.G.Viswanathan's vision, dedication, perseverance and foresight have transformed VIT into what it is today. A man of integrity and vision, Dr.Viswanthan is aspiring towards leading VIT to the next level - to make VIT an institution that is ranked among the top universities of the world.

N.Shankar assumes charge as ECGC's new CMD (UPDATED)
N.Shankar who so far was Executive Director(ED) 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 has assumed charge on October 19,2011 .
(We said this on September 24,2011)

Uday Verma to take charge on Thursday (UPDATED)
Uday Verma is taking over as new Secretary Information and Broadcasting on Thursday. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

(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

Which banks are in trouble over Bellary mine lending ?
It is heard that south based bank and NBFC's are likely to be hit by the loan given to miners and transporters in Bellary, Hospet region.

Chalisgaonkar head of Stanchart SME
Rajeev Chalisgaonkar has been appointed as the head of SME banking in India and South Asia of Standard Chartered bank.

Malegam back on RBI's board
Y.H. Malegam has been appointed back on the board of Reserve Bank of India.

RBI starts liquidating Land Development Bank
The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has finally started liquidating Land Development Bank. This bank was once a prime lender to farmers in Vidharbha- Konkan region.

Western Ghats to get UNESCO heritage tag
It is heard that UK based campaigner Carmen Miranda has started a drive to make sure that the Western Ghats in Maharashtra were declared a UNESCO heritage site.

Maharashtra casts eyes on Narmada waters
Now Maharashtra has woken up to use the Narmada water for generating 400 mw electricity. Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have already started taking benefits of the same but Maharashtra was lagging behind and now plans to make use of this resource.

Poddar resigns as Director, Rabha Plastics Ltd
Vijay Poddar has resigned as Director of Rabha Plastics Ltd w.e.f. February 12, 2011.

Bhadra appointed Company Secy. Stewarts and Lloyds of India Ltd
Samir Bhadra, has been appointed as Company Secretary and Head (Legal) of Stewarts and Lloyds of India Ltd with effect from October 7, 2011, in place of Ms. Chandrani Roy Choudhury.

Mittal resigns as Director , Mega Fin India Ltd
Anil Mittal has resigned from the Directorship of Mega Fin India Ltd w.e.f. September 15, 2011

Adarkar appointed Addl. Director, Mega Fin India Ltd
Nitin Adarkar has been appointed as Additional Director of Mega Fin India Ltd w.e.f. October 03, 2011.

Bakshi appointed Addl. Director, Moser Baer India Ltd
Vinod K. Bakshi has been appointed as an Additional Director of Moser Baer India Ltd.

Sawhney resigns as Director, Moser Baer India Ltd
Viraj Sawhney has resigned as Director of Moser Baer India Ltd .

Kirches resigns as Director, Insilco Ltd
Hans Wolfgang Wilhelm Kirches, Director of Insilco Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from October 14, 2011.

Goel nominated Part-time Director, Dena Bank
The Central Government has nominated Rakesh Goel as Part-time Non Official Director on the Board of Directors of Dena Bank for a period of three years.

SBI nominates two directors on Board of State Bank of Mysore
The State Bank of India has nominated the following persons as directors on the Board of State Bank of Mysore-- Shyamal Acharya Deputy Managing Director & Group Executive (Associates & Subsidiaries) State Bank of India Corporate Centre, Mumbai with effect from July 1, 2011 besides K. N. Nayak Deputy General Manager (A&S) , State bank of India with effect from September 30, 2011.

Ratan Tata conferred Swiss award for exceptional leadership
Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata has been conferred with Swiss Ambassador's award for "exceptional leadership" for his contribution towards strengthening ties between India and Switzerland.

Dutt appointed Director ( R&D), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd has re-appointed Dr. Chaitanya Dutt as Director (Research and Development) of the Company w.e.f. January 1, 2012 for a period of three years.

Srivastava appointed Director, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Dr. Leena Srivastava has been appointed as Additional Director of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd w.e.f. October 18, 2011

Karnad resigns as Director, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Renu Sud Karnad has ceased to be a Director of Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd w.e.f. October 10, 2011 following her resignation .

Udgata nominated Director, Allahabad Bank
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated A. Udgata, CGM-in-Charge, Reserve Bank of India, Urban Banks Department, Central Office, Mumbai as Director of Allahabad Bank in place of S Ramaswamy, with effect from October 13, 2011.

Corruption will continue till greed exists

Lokpal or no Lokpal, corruption will continue till the basic urge ie. greed continues regardless of our sex, caste, creed or nationality to mention a few. The problem may come to an end if each one of us resolve not to be a part of corrupt practices-in our daily, official, business lives. This requires change of heart. Change of heart is possible by following certain spiritual practices which our spiritual teachers repeat from time to time irrespective of the religion we follow. We must have the courage to pin point a person indulging in corrupt practice in society, office or elsewhere. Support to our action will come automatically from all quarters.

H G Upreti

Increase Interest Rate on GPF & PPF Deposits at par with EPF

The present interest rate on GPF and PPF deposits is still 8 % p.a. There was a time when interest on GPF deposits was 12% per annum. Now the interest rate on EPF has gone upto 9.5% p.a. and on bank fixed deposits, it has gone upto 10% per annum, but in case of GPF and PPF, it has gone down despite of inflationary trend in the market. The increase on interest rate on GPF and PPF deposits may be justified because withdrawals from PPF account is allowed only after completion of 5 (Five) years of such Account, and in case of GPF, withdrawals is generally allowed after 15 years of completion of service. Therefore, the Finance Ministry should consider the increase of interest rate on GPF and PPF deposits at par with EPF. The Ministry may attract the small investors by increasing the annual limit of deposits in PPF account from the existing limit of Rs.70,000/- to Rs.1,00,000/-.

Vinod Kumar

Is fine a remedy or punishment ?

I do not understand. Is fine a remedy or punishment ? I think answer is dismissal. They should be removed from Banks service. Banking is trust-it either is there or not.

Satish Goel

This web site has a right wing slant

Yes I agree with the comment expressed by one of your viewers that this web site has a right wing slant. You do not publish a single comment which is against the BJP or RSS or any of its leaders like Advani etc. Also , "aaj ki aawaz" could reduce its exclamation marks and question marks by 90 percent. Right wing leaders are as ridiculous as left wing leaders. While right wing leaders harp on Dharma as the reason for their insatiable hunger for money and power the left wing cites Karma as the reason for their insatiable hunger for money and power. Both use murder and hooliganism as a means to terrorise those who do not comply with their diktat. So stop fooling yourself please!

D Choudhury

Pradhan is a competent officer

P K Pradhan is very down to earth and competent officer. I was privileged to work with him. I hope, health and family welfare activities will be at its new height and new dimension.

Ganga Kumar

"Congress Debacle?"

Apart from Hissar byelection, the Congress has also lost three other by- elections at Khadakwasala in Maharashtra, Daraunda in Bihar and Banswada seat in Andhra Pradesh. The results for these were also declared on 17th Oct, 11. The Congress must start counting its days. Thanks to Anna Hazare.

A Visitor

Waterloo of Congress party

Hissar defeat is the waterloo of Congress party.

Vinod Arora, Rohtak, Haryana

"Congress kee Ulti Gintee Shuroo"

Hisaar defeat is a slap on the face of Manmohan, Sonia Gandhi and CM Hooda.

U S Rathi,Hissar,Gurgaon

Rlys should ratify the error

I think what error Railways has done in doing injustice to Rajeev Bhargava. Time has come to ratify the same and post him as GM open line to set the unrest at Peace in top bureaucrats in Indian Railways

Kailash

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)