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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Diggy says 'who are the lucky four'!!!!

At Team Anna from day one Diggy's been sore!

Kiran and Kejriwal need to clear the air!!!!!

And respond to Diggy's tacit ' you are guilty till you prove yourselves innocent' dare!!

Fact is Anna has been advising his Team to put everything in Public Domain!!!

And procedurally on the right side they should strive to remain!!

Dhongi Swami Agnivesh has already proved he's Government's Trojan Horse!!!

For all inside info about Team Anna's plans he was Government's source!!

His objective is to derail and deceive!!!

And they say 95% of his wish from Sarkaar already kiya hai Dhongi Swami ne receive!!

Fact is as long as Anna's credibility is intact!!!

Team Anna will weather every Congress created storm and this is a fact!!

Mohna used to say high inflation is an outfall of growth!!!

A statement that many did loath!!

Now growth is falling but inflation is still rising!!!

Because of falling growth in inflation there's been no downsizing!

Maybe now Montek will be pressed into service and he'll say 'growth cannot be looked in isolation'!

And with technical jargon make budhu of the Nation!!

I know its hogwash .... but then this is how Montek works!!!!

And for this he gets over and above what he should get generous extra 'perks'!!!

Fact is our Economist PM has failed in the area of his skill!!!!

Despite the huge inflationary outfall 'crap is being doled to us' by him and his flunky Montek still!

Pawar is livid that his Lavasa dream is stuck!!!

He wants Sonia to wave her wand and get it unstuck!!!

But Sonia is at present in no mood to do so!!!

She knows the outfall but she's not told Pawar 'no'!!!

If as said for treatment she goes overseas!!!

Then she'll politely tell Pawar ' I'll look into it when I come back please'!!!

Pawar forgot if he wanted Lavasa to be passed like 'makhan' or butter!!

He should have made one Mr. Robert a sleeping partner and there would not have been even a flutter!

Advani is now wishing he had not undertaken this Yatra...but now it's too late!!!

Yours truly had advised him in advance about this Yatra's fate!!

He cannot go soft on Sonia and Rahul and expect people to believe this Yatra is 'anti rot'!!!

And then what about his own Party's 'corrupt lot'?????

Anyway yeh sabh toh will go on.... its Diwali... Diwali ki Shubh Wishes!!!

But it is reality to some happiness and to some sadness fate during this festive season dishes!

But like they say ... sabh din nahi ek samaan!!!!

Remember happiness and sadness hothe hai kuch din ke mehmaan!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers take place
It is the best Diwali gift ever for IAS officers belonging to 1978 batch as 26 of 94 have been empanelled on Tuesday for appointment as Secretary in the Government of India (GOI).

D.P. Singh appointed CMD, Punjab & Sind Bank
D.P. Singh, (UP cadre IAS, batch 1980, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences has been appointed to the prestigious post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Punjab & Sind Bank. Orders will be issued by day after Diwali.
(We said this on August 30)

Ms. P. Gopinath gets proforma promotion
Ms. P. Gopinath (IPoS-1977) who presently on deputation to Ministry of Commerce and Industry is working as Member Secretary, Tariff Commission, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotional has been given proforma promotion to the Grade of Member, Postal Services Board, IPS Group 'A'

1981 batch IAS officers get ACS rank in Punjab
Two 1981 batch IAS officers Anjuly Chib Duggal and D S Bains have been given Chief Secretary rank in Punjab. Presently Anjuly Chib Duggal is on deputation to the Government of India.

Ms. Pompa Babbar to retire as FC, Railway Board
Ms. Pompa Babbar, Financial Commissioner (FC) in Railway Board, is due to superannuate on November 30, 2011. Ms. Babbar belongs to the 1975 batch of Indian Railways Accounts Services

Ms. Swati Madhukar Pandey to be Director, Atomic Energy
Ms. Swati Madhukar Pandey on central deputation is poised to be a Director, Atomic Energy. She is an Indian Postal officers Services (IPoS) officer of 1997 batch.

CVC for fine on 7 officers of Punjab National Bank
The Central Vigilance commission(CVC) has filed an application of request to impose fine on seven officers of the Punjab National Bank. They face corruption charge.

Six MPS officers get IPS
Five police officers of Manipur have been given IPS. They are Mssrs P Dhanakumar, K Radha-shyam, E Priyokumar, K Jayenta, RK Memi and S Manaobi.

14 HPS officers to get IPS
14 Himachal Police Services (HPS) officers are being promoted to the Indian Police Service (IPS).

Pakistan : Membership of 222 law makers suspended
Election commission of Pakistan has suspended the membership of 222 law makers due to their failure to submit annual property returns by 30 September. Law requires the election commission to notify the names of those members of Parliament and State Legislatures by 15th of October every year and bar them from attending the proceedings of their respective Houses. 103 members of National Assembly including the important federal ministers of Interior, Defence, Finance and Human Resource Development are among those suspended. Their membership of their respective legislatures will be restored after they submit the details of assets held by them and their family members.

Pakistan : Admiral Bokhari's appoint Chief challenged
The leader of opposition in Pakistan's National Assembly Chowdhary Nisar has challenged the appointment of Rtd Admiral Fasih Bokhari as Chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the ground that the appointment has been made by President Zardari unilaterally without consultations with the opposition leader as required under law and ruled by the apex court. Before approaching the supreme court chowdhary Nisar had conveyed his objection to the President who rejected the same. It is noteworthy that the appointment of the previous NAB Chief Rtd Justice Deedar Shah was quashed by the apex court in March this year on a similar plea made by the opposition leader.

U K Katna is no more
Retired 1974 batch UT cadre IPS officer U K Katna has passed away in Delhi on Tuesday.

(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

Oversupply of Economists in UPA
There is a galaxy of economists in the UPA government but none of them have been able to control inflation or manage the image of this country. The India growth story story that was sold by the UPA is fast collapsing. Oversupply of economists with the UPA - who have ended up confusing the markets, and local denizens with their cacophony of forecasts and prescriptions. This confusion is contributing to a climate of
rising inflationary expectations resulting in flight of capital say observers.

Will the foreign currency situation become worse ?
There is definitely a flight for money in the country with the foreign investors pulling out to safe haven and exiting developing country's like India. Much of this can be seen in the way the stock markets are behaving. However if the export figures have to be reworked (after subtracting the questionable exports to Bahamas) India's current account deficit will go notches higher. This will lead to more demand for dollars and worsening of the Rupee. Experts say it could even go to 54-54 levels.

"WIC Impact."

"After WIC's revelation, T C A Anant, former CSI's tour to Washington has been cancelled after CAT's quashing his appointment. The ISS fraternity wonders how the job of CSI's selection was snatched away by the Secretariat of National Statistical Commission from the MOSPI's Administration".

(Officers of ISS)

Ms. Bedi's other deeds also be interroggated

Your editorial today supporting Ms Kiran Bedi deserves to be condemned. Wrong actions cannot be supported on the ground that fruits of wrong action was used for good cause. It also needs to be seen what other benefits Ms Bedi is taking from these NGOs. Expenditures incurred by the Trusts run by her and utilisation of the assets should be publicly audited to find what other benefits are going to Ms Bedi and her family.

Kumar

Deadly cocktail !

Let the dogs bark, the caravan will move, that seems to be the philosophy of the intellectually, morally, ethically and financially bankrupt top management's and with political bosses of questionable sagacity, when they head the organization. It can be a deadly cocktail !

Vivek

Ms. Bedi in news for wrong reason

Kiran Bedi, the gutsy woman , retd IPS officer, is in the news for the wrong reason this time. It is obvious that the powers that be followed with missionary zeal the past and the present of the Activists to dig out something or the other to blunt their activism for the Lokpal bill. They have succeeded. What Kiran Bedi did about her travel bills is improper and unethical .Even if the money earned(saved according to her)has gone to her NGO engaged in social work it was wrong to make false invoices. Are not the NGOs overcharged for her travel also doing some good work? What Kiran Bedi did was robbing Peter paying Paul. Not acceptable by normal moral standards. It is sad that such mistakes by those otherwise considered remarkable individuals have taken the steam out of what was billed as an exemplary crusade against corruption by Anna Hazare. The moral of the story is that those who fight for values have themselves to be men and women of impeccable chracter. It is our misfortune not to find many such people in Government or in civil society.

Aarti Khosla

Improper comparisons

The comparisons are not proper as cost of travel has increased during last 10 years. It would be better if number of visits be the criteria than the cost of travel

Pradeep

Application seeking indiscriminate information

The appellant had sought 08 paras of information regarding generation of power in various States and related information. The CIC quoted the Supreme Court judgment in Civil Appeal No. 6454 of 2011 (CBSE & Anrs Vs Aditya Bandopadhaya & Ors) while disposing the appeal. The Commission observed that the Right to Information is a cherished right but it has to be exercised with restraint. The requested information should be useful to the information seeker either personally or it should be useful socially or nationally. Wanton demand for information without any meaningful purpose behind it can not be countenanced as it puts undue strain on the limited resources of the public authority. Besides, collection, collation and transmission of information entails costs to the public authority.

Comments

In regard to information other than those enumerated in subsection (b) and (c) of section 4(1) of the RTI Act, equal importance and emphasis should be given to other public interests like confidentiality of sensitive information, fiduciary relationships, efficient operation of governments, etc.. The RTI Act should not be allowed to be misused in a manner where indiscriminate demands are made in the name of seeking information.

Ashok Kumar v. Ministry of Power in CIC/LS/A/2011/002230

- 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)