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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Like Kejriwal says.... can Mayawathi make the Lokpal Bill a reality......or can Ghadkari or Advani or Suhsma or Jaitley or any BJP Chief Minister make the Lokpal Bill a reality.......can Jaya make the Lokpal Bill a reality..... no..... no.....and no!!! But Sonia can!!! She was the one who put her foot down and made the RTI Act a reality.... though today she's behind attempts to water it down...... so she can make the Lokpal Bill a reality... she just has to crack her whip and all Congressmen who are completely or partially against the Bill will start singing the Lokpal Bill's praises!!! My feeling is Sonia wants Rahul to get the credit for the Lokpal Bill... I think she's resigned to the fact that demands for a Lokpal 'cannot be wished away'.... so now it is the best of the worst scenario..... Lokpal is bad news for our Netas!!

Sonia is hard at work .... how should Rahul get the credit for Lokpal Bill!!!!!

Whereas fact of the matter is Lokpal is a result of Team Anna's fight and People's Will!!!

I'm sure now when Rahul gives anyone an appointment he or she will ask for a letter confirming the appointment date, time and venue!!! Simply fail to understand the drama Rahul played with the reps of Ralegoan Sindhi!!! I'm told Rahul had invited them to Delhi and on the day of the appointment he got cold feet!!!! Some say Prithiviraj Chauhan advised him not to meet the Ralegoan reps!! Some say he got news of resignations of two Team Anna members and he changed his strategy.... Rahul basically has no interest in Ralegaon per say...... it is Anna who he's either trying to meet or target!!! And Kalawati who was Rahul's mascot is Vidharba has lost her daughter... she committed suicide!!! Mascots are usually on 'use and discard' basis and Rahul has proved this amply!!! Rahul also lacks consistency!!

Rahul's got a another negative mark against his name!!!!!

And despite so many negative marks he refuses to correct... what a shame???

As expected/predicted another Team Anna member was targeted... Kejrwial was 'shoed'!! JP who lost Hissar had already warned Kejriwal that if he came to Hissar he would be slapped!!! Congress I feel wants to get Team Anna scared.... message..... canvass against in UP at your own risk!!! To say that Team Anna are only against Congress is wrong.... they want the Lokpal Bill passed and only Congress can get this Bill passed and Congress has been playing games to delay passing of this Bill.... even jailed Team Anna!! So Team Anna is targeting Congress!!! The benefit going to Opposition Parties is like ' collateral damage'... like in Hissar 'not so clean' Kuldeep Bishnoi won!! And Sonia does not need to order 'targeting of Team Anna Members' .... she has to just express her displeasure and Congressmen would fall over each other to please her.... and in their attempts to please her they can 'go beyond decency and legal limits'!!

Another problem now in Congress is designated rabble-rousers have started to counsel!!

A Political Party to the electorate how can rabble-rousers sell???

Yeddy must stop his drama and face the 'sentence'!!!! And I'm sure even in jail he's going to get preferential treatment!!! And today BJP is paying for its not 'sacking Yeddy' and ffor having allowing him to continue as CM despite the evidence against him!!! Of course in his continuing Reddy 'moneybags' Bros., played a huge role!!!! Without a doubt they must have got their Godmother Sushma to liaise with Advani and Ghadkari...... one must not forget that they were raking in Rs. 2-4 crores everyday and Yeddy allegedly was getting his share!!! In fact for months BJP could not take on Congress on UPA's corruption because of Yeddy... the minute BJP mentioned CWG or 2 G, Congress Spokesman would beat BJP with 'the Yeddy stick'!!!

It's too late for Advani to distance himself from Yeddy!!

Now Yeddy is like in Advani's lap a mucky teddy!!!

PS....... the shoe he got pelted with should be a bigger award for Kejriwal than the NDTV award!!! 3 CMs to be changed (WIC 19.10)....HM will be forced to quit soon..... musical chairs in the festive season!!! After a 'behind closed doors settlement' with Omar now Mehbooba is 'sham' protesting NC's corruption!!!

Response to Forum: I plugged for NDA to come back to power as I was against Sonia becoming the PM and I felt Congress with its divide and rule policies and creating fires for political games would harm the Nation! When UPA fought election for a comeback I plugged for UPA…..RTI , NREGA and Congress 'behaving' itself were the reasons I chose to do so!! UPA 2 has let the Nation down badly and hence my writings reflect my disappointment! Basically Aawaz is not pro or anti establishment and neither is Aawaz pro left or right... Aawaz tries to be pro the Public!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Trouble between Pawars
The trouble between Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar is a known fact but losing elections in Khadakwasala polls has opened the rift between the uncle and nephew further.

BUREAUCRACY

P K Chaudhary to be Secretary IPP
P K Chaudhary is being tipped to succeed R P Singh as Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion on November1. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. The 1976 batch AP cadre IAS officer Singh is retiring on October 31.

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

Who will be Indian envoy to UK & Germany?
Who will be Indian envoy to UK & Germany ? This is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. Names of two batch mates i.e. Ms. Sujata Singh & Pawan Verma are in circulation. If the former goes to Germany then the latter will go to UK. Otherwise, it could be vice- versa. IAS and IPS are also now eyeing for this job.

Justice Lokur to be CJ of either AP HC or Karnataka HC ?
Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court Madan Bhimrao Lokur is likely to move as the next Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court or Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Ashok Chawla to be sworn-in today as new CCI chairman
Former Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla will be sworn in as the new Chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) at 6.30 pm on October 20, 2011. He is an IAS officer of 1973 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

2 IAS officers of 1978 batch get 6 months extension
After Arvind Mayaram , Sanjay Kothari Additional Secretary Tourism in the Government of India (GoI) has got six months extension in central deputation.Both of them belong to 1978 batch. Mayaram belongs to Rajasthan cadre while , Kothari is from the Haryana cadre.

S.C. Gupta is also on board of NFL
Suresh Chandra Gupta who on central deputation is a Joint Secretary Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers has been appointed on board of the National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL). He also holds 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.

After Pranab Mukherjee, Antony will have no PA
After the departure of Manoj Pant to US Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has no PS. He is managing thorough his OSD. It seems now Defence Minister A K Antony is also going the Pranab Mukherjee way. Dheeraj Gupta (IAS; Jammu & Kashmir cadre; 1993 batch) who is currently Private Secretary Antony is set to end his term of tenure of Central Deputation of 5 years "after which he should be set to his cadre J&K" on November 6, 2011. The defence minister AK Antony is currently not in hurry to have just anyone as his personal secretary as he is keen on his staffs personal integrity and ethics in work. This however means that maybe for days or for few months the personal office of the Union Defence Minister will not be having a Personal Secretary to Defence Minister. It is assumed in high probability that Dr. K.V. Jacob currently OSD to Defence Minister, AK Antony will be also doing either full or half part job of the Personal Secretary. It can be somehow that the job of the Personal Secretary be partaken by the OSD and someone in the ministry of director level.

T Jena to move Delhi ?
T Jena is likely to be posted as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in Delhi. He is a 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Ajay Nath is new Principal Secretary, Finance
Ajay Nath has joined as new Principal Secretary, Finance in Madhya Pradesh Government.He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.

Chattopadhyay to be Director (Projects) MECON Ltd
S Chattopadhyay is being tipped to be new Director (Projects) MECON Ltd. He is presently GM in the company.

C Bala Subramanian is acting Director, NPA
Rajiv Mathur has handed over charge of Director National Police Academy in Hyderabad to C Bala Subramanian. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

20, CCIT transfers likely
About 20 Chief Commissioners of Income Tax figure in the transfer list expected to be issued in a day or two.

G P Singhal joins CAT in Jabalpur
Outgoing Principal Secretary Finance in Madhya Pradesh Government G P Singhal has joined as Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Jabalpur.He is 1980 batch IAS officer.
(We said this in September)

Niranjan Rao is Director, NFL
Niranjan Rao who is a CA by profession is an independent Director of the National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).

Postings of new GMs of Railways delayed
Posting of Railway GMs has been delayed. As the grapevine has it, tha it will not happen till mid November 2011.

CVC Pradeep Kumar to go to Morocco
Central Vigilance commission(CVC) Pradeep Kumar will be going to Morocco from October 24 to 28, 2011. There, he will be attending United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). He is an IAS officer of 1972 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Mangu Singh to head Delhi Metro
The Selection Committee has finally chosen Mangu Singh to head Delhi Metro.He would succeed E Sreedharan.
(We said this on October 15)

Sandeep Kumar Nayak is Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development
Sandeep Kumar Nayak on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary, Women & Child Developmen. Earlier, Nayak was Joint Secretary Mines. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Manoj Singh is MD, Power DISCOM in UP
Manoj Singh on his return from central deputation has joined as Managing Director (MD)of Power DISCOM -West, Uttar Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) cadre.

Avinash Chandra promoted as IG(HQ)SSB
Avinash Chandra who so far was DIG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has been promoted as IG(HQ)SSB in place of Ratnakar Barel. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to theUttar Pradesh (UP) cadre.

New post of IG Security in Power Ministry in the offing
A new post of IG rank is likely to be created for Security in the Ministry of Power, Government of India (GoI). The said Ministry has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for a panel of IPS officers for the same post.

P M Nair gets extension of six months
PM Nair who on central deputation is Special DG, (Ops & Works) CRPF (HQ) has got an extension of six months in his tenure. He is an IPS officer of 1978 who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Arunish Chawla poised to be Director, IMF
Arunish Chawla who is presently Private Secretary (PS) to Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of India (PCI) Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia is likely to be appointed as a Director in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Ashok Kumar Rathore likely to GoI
As the grapevine has it,that Ashok Kumar Rathore, DIG (CB), Rajasthan Police, Jaipur, on central deputation, is likely to be join in the Government of India (GoI) as a DIG. He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

DoPT seeks cadre clearance for Ayushmani Tiwari
The DoP&T in the Government of India (GoI) has urged to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the cadre clearance of Ayushmani Tiwari OSD to Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry (C&I) Minister Anand Sharma. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Lt Gen Sibbal to head QMG
Lt Gen Sibbal is moving from Army Headquarters to head QMG.

Lt Gen Manvinder Singh to go Dehradoon
Lt Gen Manvinder Singh is going to head the Army Academy in Dehradoon.

IPS postings in Assam
Kamrup SP Apurba Jiban Baruah will now be City Senior Superintendent of Police Dipak Choudhury has been transferred to Cachar.Partha Sarathi Mahanta has been posted as SP Kamrup.

Sheersh Kumar to be Director, UIDAI
Sheersh Kumar on central deputation is poised to be a Director, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He is an officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) who belongs to 1989 batch.

CVC for fine on 18 officers of MCD
The Central Vigilance commission (CVC) has filed an application of request to impose fine on 18 officers of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). They face corruption charge.

RBI rates attempt to cut corporate profits? (UPDATED)
Corporates are already crying foul over the rate at which apex bank has been increasing the interest rates, now they are raising a bogey that inflation cutting attempts have failed and only margins of corporates are getting hurt. Look at the movement of bank loans, and see the financial results the story is out, said the president of an industry association. The RBI action is certainly not justified.

Was RBI Governor upset when industry made its point? (UPDATED)
It is heard that RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao was immensely upset when industry associations pointed out that Small and Medium Enterprise are getting killed in an attempt to curb inflation , he shot his bolt noted a insider who was present at the meeting.

Ms. Smitha Purushottam is new Ambassador of India to Venezuela (UPDATED)
Ms. Smitha Purushottam, an Officer of Grade-II of IFS has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Venezuela.

Rakesh Saxena is MD, MRVC (UPDATED)
Rakesh Saxena has assumed charge as Managing Director (MD) of the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC). Earlier, he was posted as Chief Operation Manager (COM) Eastern Railway (ER). He is an IRTS officer of the 1979 batch.
(We said this on June 2,2011)

R K Mathur poised to be Secretary,MSME (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Radha Krishna Mathur is Poised to be new Secretary MSME.At present he is
posted as Special Secretary, Defence. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Manipur Tripura (MT) cadre.

S K Shrivastava selected as CMD, Oil India Limited (UPDATED)
S K Srivastava has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited at a PESB meeting on Thursday. Five persons were interviewed in this regard.

(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

N Shankar assumes charge as ECGC's new CMD
N Shankar, who so far was Executive Director(ED) of Exim Bank of India, 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)

End game for Sahara?
Is it the end game for Subroto Roy Sahara ? His proximity to the UP politicians may give him some lease of life , but the Securities appellate tribunal's ruling is just the beginning of his woes. The probe on him could get wider and in all the other dealings like the recent stake in Formula 1.

What next for Vijay Mallya ?
It is heard that Vijay Mallya is likely to default bank loans that he has taken to run Kingfisher Airlines. He has not paid dues of the aviation staff, and now he is likely to default on loan as he is in talks to restructure the same.

Who is creating trouble for Maruti ?
It is heard that there is a private sector small car maker is creating trouble for Maruti.

Director (Finance), SIL to be appointed on deputation basis
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommended Department of Heavy Industries to appoint a candidate on deputation basis for the post of Director (Finance), Scooters India Ltd (SIL) after no one attended the selection meeting held on October 18.

Patil appointed Director, Maharashtra Scooters Ltd
Maharashtra Scooters Limited has appointed S B Patil, as Director w.e.f October 5, 2011 in place of S N Karle who is representing Western Maharashtra Development Corporation Ltd.

Balakrishnan appointed Addl. Director, BOC India Ltd
BOC India Limited has appointed Arun Balakrishnan as an Additional Director of the Company.

Menon re-appointed MD, BOC India Ltd
BOC India Limited has re-appointed Srikumar Menon as Managing Director of the company for a term of three years w.e.f. October 23, 2011.

Sripriyadarshini resigns as Company Secy. Surana Industries Ltd
Ms. L R M Siripriyadarshini has resigned as Company Secretary of Surana Industries Ltd.

Craigs appointed CEO, PATA
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has appointed Martin Craigs as Chief Executive Officer w.e.f October 31, 2011.

Sawhney appointed MD, Abacus India
Abacus International has appointed Jeet Sawhney as Managing Director of Abacus India.

Pasupatheeshwaran resigns as Company Secy. Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd
Ms Hema Pasupatheeshwaran, Company Secretary of Amrutanjan Health Care Ltd has resigned with effect from October 6, 2011.

Gupta ceases to be Director, Akanksha Cellular Ltd
Ms Renu Gupta has ceased to be Director of Akanksha Cellular Ltd following her resignation from the company w.e.f. October 18, 2011.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Mega Corporation Ltd
Kalayarkurichi Subramaniam Venkatraman and Parag Vonodbhai Von have resigned as Director of Mega Corporation Ltd w.e.f. October 13, 2011.

Pereira ceases to be MD, Interlink Petroleum Ltd
Dr. Kenneth Gerard Pereira has ceased to be Managing Director of Interlink Petroleum Ltd with immediate effect,However, he will continue to work as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the company.

Bhatia nominated as Part-time Director, Bank of India
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated Neeraj Bhatia as Part-time Non-Official Director of Bank of India for a period of three years.

Joshi re-appointed COO, Hindustan Zinc Ltd
Hindustan Zinc Ltd has re-appointed Akhilesh Joshi as Chief Operating Officer and Whole-time Director of the company from October 21, 2011 to January 31, 2012

Vyas appointed Independent Director, Nissan Copper Ltd
Nissan Copper Ltd has appointed Vijay Dutt Vyas as an Independent Director of the Company w.e.f. October 3, 2011

2 ITI women employees honoured with PM's Shram Award (UPDATED)
Two employees of ITI Ltd Ms Mamta Dubey and Ms Suman Srivastava received the Prime Minister's Shram Award from Dr. Manmohan Singh at a function in New Delhi recently. K.L. Dhingra, CMD of ITI Ltd was also present on the occasion. Ms Dubey developed a machine based test and repair set-up for turret board and main display boards of note counting machine; earlier this was a manual process. Ms Srivastava's contribution in assembly work has been exemplary with zero rejection. Both of them are employees of ITI, Mankapur (UP).

Another scam staring at us !

In this season of scam another one seems to be staring at us. This is Nandan Nilakeni's UID. Thousands of crores have been spent without following financial procedures. Many have joined this organisation by virtue of their political contact and not necessarily merit. Nobody knows how secrecy is being maintained about important information collected from citigens including fingerprints. Govt should immediately order administrative and financial audit of this organisation.

Kumar

What will the CIC do ?

What will the CIC do if their orders to supply information is not implemented even after a lapse of eight months, in spite of complaint given to the CIC. Nothing has happened either from the PIO nor from the CIC. The complaint I had given on this to CIC is just on diary in the O/o the CIC, without any action on the PIO. What is the use of orders of the CIC, it is only on records that CIC has given orders, but not in reality!!!!!

Srinivasan

District court proceedings and RTI act?

Are the district court proceedings subject to RTI act? Can information be obtained about the reasons for delay in finalising the cases? Can records be obtained about no of pending cases ?

Rama Rama

Railway ministry getting right treatment

Railway ministry is getting the right treatment. They infact deserve to be kicked at the right places for what they have doing and getting away with all these years. Manipulation and corruption will lead you to nothing else. Meanwhile country is saving valuable money. Every GM costs at least a crore to the exchequer every month, if you count all the perks and gifts and railways will run with a few accidents now and then. Who cares ?

Raghu Ram

Appointment of CPIOs

Yes, it must. But hue n cry in the guise of Third Party information by them may lead to setting up of some mechanism. Important question would be appointment of CPIOs and appellate authority.

Nilesh Gupta

Informative letter on Kashmir

N N Ojja's letter on Kashmir is most informative. When cat sleeps, rats will rule. The passive defensive disinterest shown by our Government in our dealings with China and Pakistan will embolden certain swollen headed publicity crazy citizens to talk against our own interests. Today Bhushan has literally asked the Government to surrender Kashmir to Pakistan. Forget about the streams of blood shed by our valiant soldiers to keep it in India. Forget about the elections and democratic government functioning there. Tomorrow Arundhati Roy may ask for surrender of Nefa to China. Apart from what Ojha wrote, Pakistan has created a fear psychosis in Kashmir with lakhs of original inhabitants driven out of the state just because they were Hindus, those who do not want to go Pakistani way, have been brutally killed and those who are left are threatened with death. Even Mirwaiz whose father was killed, is scared to blame Pakistan. In these circumstances only a swollen headed and ignorant person like Bhusan can ask for a plebiscite. We have lost all the bargaining points with both China and Pakistan. We surrendered our rights in Tibet and handed over it in platter to china. We have no protests when Giljit,a part of Kashmir was looted and raped by Pakistan, its Shia population driven out. We have no protest when part of Kashmir was illegally ceded to China. No wonder rats are raising their heads.

N Krishnan

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)