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Information available on your website is really useful and one has to surge this website to get update of happenings in government circles. I have been reading this website almost seven years now.

Mukesh Randev

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Digvijaya advised our Courts to follow US Court's Bail to Conman Rajat Gupta and give bail to all the 'political conmen and con-women' in Tihar!! We do not have the same perjury laws like in US..... so once the accused are given bail they can go about pressurising the witnesses to retract ... as the system allows this because of no stringent punishment for perjury so giving bail to heavyweights usually is harmful to the cases against them!!! In US you will not find case files going missing...witnesses retracting their earlier stand......or going AWOL or even being bumped off!! Then has Diggy taken note of the sentence that Gupta faces??? Kursheed the Law Minister has alrwady spoken for corporate crooks!!!

I'm sure Diggy is a fan of Arindham Chowdhury and he too will pen a book!

'Survival by crookedry'.....the manual for every Political Crook!!

Now a game is being played out.... its well known that withdrawal of AFSPA was a Rahul Omar JV......they thought this would make a turnaround in their fortunes!!! Omar would first get credit and he'd pass credit to Rahul!! After finalizing this Rahul returned to Delhi and ordered (he's been doing some ordering of late) that all support should be given to this plan!! Why do you think Cabinet, Home and Defence Secretaries were pressed into action to talk to Omar!! As usual now Congress has found Rahul has blundered and now the cover up is being done!!! Congress has not only distanced itself (it is a Congress NC coalition in J&K) but now its damning Omar saying it is an un-thought of plan!!!

This is bound to happen when the 'incapable' grab the reigns!!!!

With them at the helm only insanity gains!!

Condoleezza Rice's book says that Mohna got cold feet on the Nuke Deal and it was Natwar who plugged for the Deal! Why.... because this deal was Mohna's baby and Natwar would have loved for the Deal to create problems for Mohna.... at that time Natwar did consider himself as PM material...replacement for Mohna!!! Mohna was scared because he knew he was giving more to US than he'd be able to sell to Indians!!! Natwar felt he was a 'blue blooded' Gandhi family retainer and his External Affairs credentials made him a 'prime choice for sitting in PM's chair'!!!!!!! Oil for Food spoiled it all....from Kunwar Natwar Singh he became Mr. Natwarlal!! Mohna's path as PM has been time and again 'mined' by Congressmen!!

Bush's Secretary of State via book speaks!!

CondiLeaks!!!

They say PC's son is now hiding in US!!!! They say Jaya's mapped his 'land deals'.... as it is with Jaya at the helm in TN it is not safe for PC and his son in TN!!! No... no... don't get me wrong I do not mean that she'll physically harm them!!! Rumours abound that PC 'rakes in the hay and his son Kartik bales the hay and stores the hay'!!!! Even in PC's 'dubious' election they say his son played a 'Star' role!!

Will Kartik commit the blunder Rahul committed in USA!!!!

If you carry above $ 5000 in cash or $ 10,000 in negotiable instruments then please declare the law does say!!

PS..... Renuka Chowdury is hoping that her insulting those who are anti Congress on talk shows is her ticket to the Cabinet!! They say now she calls Channels and pleads that they ask for her on their talk shows......and TV Channels oblige because her stupidity and foot in gobs are good for their TRPs.... this is for sure that Sonia and Rahul do no watch TV because if they did Renuka as Congress's Spokesman would be history!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Pranay Sahay Appointed DG, SSB
Pranay Sahay, IPS (MT:75), presently Secretary (Security) Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The appointment will take effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post vice Y.S. Dadwal, IPS (AGMU:74) who superannuates on October 31, 2011.
(We said this on August 25 and again on September 15)

Seven IPS officers retiring in Oct 2011
As many as seven IPS officers are retiring in October 2011. They are: Debemdra Nath Hazarka of Assam & Meghalay cadre, Kuchanna Srinivasan of Karnataka cadre, Raman Srivastava and M. Sugathan of Kerala cadre, A.C. Negi of Sikkiim cadre, Abhimnyu Tripathi of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Bharat Vir Wanchoo of West Bengal cadre

11 IAS officers retiring in October
As many as 11 IAS officers are retiring in October 2011. They are: K.S. Singh of AGMUT cadre, Rajinder Pal Singh of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Jayant M Mauskar of Assam Meghalaya cadre, B.R. Jayaramaraja Urs, B.P. Kaniram and B. Shivappa of Karnataka cadre, T. Balakrishnan and Johnson K. George of Kerala cadre, Sailan Kumar Das of Manipur- Tripura cadre, Mukul Joshi and Surjit Singh Rajpal of Punjab cadre.

26 IAS officers of 1978 batch empanelled
Altogether 26 IAS officers belonging to 1978 batch IAS have reportedly been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Those who reportedly figure in the list are, K N Desiraju, Vivek Rae, Saurabh Chandra, Pankaj Jain, Sanjay Kothari, Javed Usmani, Rajiv Mehrishi, Arvind Mayaram, Rakesh Singh, G C Pati, Prem Narain, Anoop Mishra, S K Srivastava, S R Rao, Sudhir Kumar, Anil Goswami, Vijay Chibbar, R S Sharma, M F Farooqui, K N Srivastava, V Rajgopalan, U K Sangma, Pankaj Agrawal, Stuti Narain Kackar, Ashish Bahuguna and R Bhattacharya.
(We said about the number on October 26)

Mishra is new Director (Finance) HAL
Ashok Kumar Mishra has taken over as new Director Finance of Hindusthan Aeronautics Ltd. He was earlier Executive Director (Finance) at HAL Corporate Office .

Ms. Vijaya Kant has bright chances of becoming FC, Railway Board
As the grapevine has it, there are bright chances of Ms. Vijaya Kant GM -Construction in North Frontier Railway (NFR) becoming new Financial Commissioner (FC) in Railway Board.

Agrawal to be Director CCI
P K Agarwal, GM, CCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) at the PESB meeting held on October 28. Seven persons were interviewed in this regard.

Goutam Sanyal to retire on October 31, 2011
Goutam Sanyal Secretary to West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee is due to retire on October 31, 2011. He is a CSS cadre officer of the 1978 batch.

This is cadre management in Railways
Officers of Railway Ministry are thoroughly upset over the mismanagement in promotions resulting in huge surpluses specially in Senior Administrative Grade. The officers have been promoted despite non availability of posts during the last several years. In some of the zonal railways 2 to 3 officers have been posted against one SAG post. With the result, officers are being forced to go on leave under their account. This is not only unfair but demotivating. Railway Board has no clue.

Srinagar DD Kendra is full of Deputy Directors
Believe it or not. There are 18 Deputy Directors in Srinagar Doordarshan Kendra.

Post of Adviser to ED in IMF vacant
The post of Adviser to the Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, for a period of 3 years, is vacant. Those willing to apply for the above post may send their applications to the Department of personnel, Government of India.

Pakistan : Islamabad High Court Dismisses Petition Against Itself
A single judge bench of the Islamabad High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of nearly 40 employees including some at the level of Deputy Registrar and Asstt Registrar without publicising the vacancies or holding any competitive test as per rules. In his order Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan held that the appointments were made by the Chief Justice of the High Court by relaxing the rules governing normal procedure of recruitment which was an administrative action of the CJ. While judicial decisions of the CJ can be challenged in the apex court, his administrative deisions Justice Khan, can't be challenged before any forum as these enjoy protection under clause 5 of Article 199 of the constitution of Pakistan.

Asthana gets additional charge of SCR
G N Asthana, GM, West Central Railways, has been assigned additional charge of South Central Railway (SCR).

Arunendra Kumar gets addl charge of GM, RWF
Arunendra Kumar, Addl Member Railway Board, has been given additional charge of GM, Rail Wheel Factory (RWF), Bangalore.

Krishna gets additional charge of SWR
Deepak Krishna, GM, Southern Railway, has been assigned additional charge of GM, South Western Railway (SWR).

133 IRS officers appointed as Jt. Commissioner in Income Tax
As many as 133 IRS officers have been appointed as Joint Commissioner, Income Tax (OSD) on ad hoc basis. They include: Ashutosh Verma, D. K. Sinha, Umesh Chandra Dubey, G. S Gautam, S. Suresh Kumar, S. Swaminathan, M. Siwa Joshi, Chaturbhujdas Chatnani, Baban D. Patil, Hiu G. Khilnani Vinita J. Menon, K.R. Iyengar, Subir Chaterjee, S. Dutta, Amit Maitra, Ramaprasad Nag, Yacub Toppo, Swapan Samanta, Tanuj Neogi, Dilip Rakshit, Sarbari Mukhapadhyay, Anjan Roy, Ashok Dey, Niranjana Satpati, Shyama Lahiri, Rajindera Prasad, Dinabandhu Naskar, Abhijit Kundu, C.S Anjaria, H. Barman, Partha Dam Kanunjan, B.K. Mistry, A.G. Vyas, V.I. Vyas, V.I. Mehta, R.R. Meena, I.P. Nago, Raju Lepcha, R. S. Mehta, K.C. Meena, R.N. Siddappaji, Memories Masser, G.C. Bhoi, Syed Salim, S.K. Mittal, Kalyan Nath, Alok Nag, Alka Singh, Sudipta guha, B. Nageshwar Rao, Dharam Chand, K. Vishwanathan, P.C. Sharma, M. Murugaboopathy, S. Arvind, A. Mary Baby, Richa Gaharwar, Rajkumar Ghosh, Ajay Malik, Guru Prasad B.L., Sanjay Punglia, Amisha Shrivastava, Chetan P.S. Rao, Shubhrata Verma, Surabhi Sharma, Sarvanan Babu, Rajendra Singh, Rajinder Kaur, Jivendeep Singh Kahlon, Amar Jyti Majumdar, Inoshi Sharma, K.P. hara, Ramapriya, Raghavan, R.K. Kakkar, Roopak Kumar, Saroj Kumar Dubey, A Sundaran Rajan, Vivek Kumar Gupta, R. Durapandian, Chabungbam Deepak Singh, Rahul Kumar, R Ilavarasi, Arvinder Singh, Roy Jose V, Ekta Jain, B.K. Gupta, Shailja Rai, Md. Atahar H. Chowdhury, R.K. Sharma, Javed Akhtar, Sat Pal Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Sarita Kumari, C. Venkata Pavana Kumar, Sanjeev Ghai, M. Murali, Pankaj Singhania, B Isaivani, Nidhi Verma, Sanjiv Kaushal, Kirtane Amol bhimrao, Subrata Guha, Nimesh Yadav, Vikramaditya, Balasubramaniam Jayaragavan, B Datta, G. Nantha Kumar, Debasis Roy, Atiq Ahmed, Soumesh Das, B. Bala Krishna, Souryajit Das Gupta, Santosh Kumar, Priyabratu Pramanik, S. Palani Kumar, Sital Chandra Das, Binod Kumar, Buddhadeb Mukhopadhya, Sanjoy Mukherjee, Rakhi vimal, Sucheta Chattopadhyay Roy, Raitha Vorvuru, Debasish Lahirit, Yogesh Vishnu Kamat, Satyendera Mohan Das, Rahul Dhawan, Deepak R.L., Arun Kanti Sinha, Vikas Keraba Suryawanshi, M. Rajan, Mahesh Kr. Deoram Akhade, Apurba Kr. Das, Sallong Yaden, Sumer Singh Meena, Manjunath Karkihalli.

Seven Commissioners/ Directors of Income Tax shifted
Seven Commissioners/ Directors of Income Tax have been transferred. Accordingly, Avinash Chander Tejpal, on revocation of suspension, has been made CIT (OSD ITAT), Mumbai. Devi Singh, CIT (OSD, ITAT), Mumbai has been moved as CIT (Audit), Mumbai; RSVS Pavan Kumar, CIT (A)-2, Chennai, has been made DIT (Vig. South), Chennai; Rajeev Kumar Agrawal, CIT (Audit), Kanpur will now be CIT-25, Mumbai; S. Sankarlinga M, Secretary, (ITSC), Chennai, has been shifted as CIT (Audit & Co), Cochin; Hemanta Bijoy Mahanta, CIT-2, Guwahati, has been made DIT (I&CI), Delhi and Amit Jain, CIT (A), Patiala, has been made as CIT-14, Delhi.

IAS changes in Haryana
There is IAS reshuffle in Haryana. Accordingly, Ram Niwas, awaiting posting order, has been appointed Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Development and Panchayats Department. Chander Parkashhas been posted as Secretary, Haryana Board of School Education, Bhiwani . C R Rana has been appointed Special Secretary Health Department and Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission and Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration. Rakesh Gupta will now be Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa. Yudhbir Singh Khyalia has been appointed Deputy Commissioner Fatehabad ,
Nitin Kumar Yadav, HUDA Administrator has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani. C R Rana. Vijay Singh Dahiya has now been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Palwal .Ms Amneet P Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal, has now been appointed Administrator, HUDA, Faridabad. Praveen Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Faridabad, has been made Joint Secretary to Haryana, Land Use Board and HUDA Administrator, Gurgaon. R C Verma has been posted as Managing Director, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation. Sameer Pal Srow has now been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa. Ajit Balaji Joshi, Administrator, HUDA, Faridabad has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar. Shekhar Vidyarthi, Secretary, Haryana Board of School Education, has been made Deputy Commissioner, Ambala. Ms A Mona Sreenivas, ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Kaithal will now be Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana
There is major reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana. Accordingly, S S Deswal (IPS:1984), CP/GGN, has been shifted as ADGP/CID; A K Dhul (IPS: 1985), IGP of Karnal range has been moved as CP, Ambala-Panchkula; Dr B K Sinha (IPS: 1986), CP, IGP/CPT & R, Bhondsi has been transferred as IG/IRB Bhondsi; K K Sindhu (1986), CP, Ambala-Panchkula has been made CP, Gurgaon; K K Sharma (IPS), IGP/Training with additional charge of south range was made IGP, Telecom; P R Deo (IPS: 1986), has been made IGP/RTC, Bhondsi; K K Mishra (IPS:1987), IGP, Railways & Commando, has been made IGP/SVB; V Kamaraja (IPS: 1987), IGP, Rohtak Range has been made IGP, Railways & Commando; P K Agrawal (IPS: 1988), IG/SVB with addl charge of CP, Faridabad has been shifted as IG, CID; Sudhir chowdhary (IPS: 1988), IGP/Law & Order-II, has been assigned additional charge of Director, HPA; S S Kapoor (IPS: 1990), IGP, Hisar range has been moved as CP, Faridabad; Balbir Singh (IPS: 1991), IGP, crime has been shifted as IGP, Karnal range; Om Parkash Singh (IPS: 1992), on promotion as IGP, was made Director, Sports; Ajay Singhal (IPS: 1992), on promotion as IGP, has been made IG/SVB; Raghbir Singh (IPS: 1992), on promotion as IGP, has been moved as IG/SCRB; Alok Mittal (IPS: 1993), on promotion as IGP, has been transferred as IGP, Rohtak range; A S Chawla (IPS: 1993), on promotion as IGP and on return from GoI, has been made IGP, Hisar range; Rajpal Singh (IPS: 1993), on promotion as IGP, has been shifted as IGP, crime; P S Ranga (IPS: 1993), on promotiion as IGP, has been moved as IGP, Training; S K Jain (IPS: 1991), DIG/HPA, has been shifted as DIG, Home Guards; Shrikant Jadav (IPS: 1994), DIG/HPA has been made DIG, crime; Anil Kumar (IPS: 1994), DIG, CID will now be joint CP, Faridabad; Vikas Arora (IPS: 1998), SP, Hisar has been made SP, Rewari; Hardeep Singh (IPS: 1998), awaiting posting, has been made SP/ Railways; Vivek Sharma (IPS: 1998), SP, Fatehabad has been given additional charge of SP, Hisar; Naazneen (IPS: 2007), SP, Railways, has been moved as DCP/Hqs/ Faridabad; Ved Parkash (HPS), DSP, 2nd Bn HAP, has been shifted as DSP, HPA Madhuban; Om Parkash Narwal (HPS), DSP, HPA, has been shifted as DSP/RTC, Bhondsi and Krishan Murari (HPS), ACP, Sadar, Gurgaon, will now be ACP, Traffic Ambala.

Mendiratta is back to Meghalaya
Principal Resident Commissioner of Meghalaya House Shailendra Mendiratta is back to the State as the Principal Secretary in charge of Labour and other departments .He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya 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

Indian companies not able to pay foreign loans?
There are concerns in the foreign investment and banking circles whether the money raised by the Corporate India for Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds and Industrial Credit will come back. Investors are worried that Indian companies that have borrowed abroad may not be able to pay or roll over their debt when repayments are due.

More cloth production units in Maharashtra
Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan who claims that he is committed to the welfare of the farmers of the state has said that he will bring in more textile manufacturing plants in the state and that a new policy for the same is in the offing.

Rs 5 trillion investment for Maharashtra?
Maharashtra is aiming to get Rs 5 trillion worth of industrial investments in the state - a policy for which is in the making. However, there are constraints that will prevent any businessman to come with investment in the state. Land acquisition issues, erratic power supplies, poor roads and host of infrastructure issues need to be addressed if Maharashtra really wants any investments, say experts. No big ticket investment will come to the state also because there has been flip flop on key policy issues like VAT and tax holidays for industries, experts add. Even though the state boasts of having signed MOU's worth Rs 1 trillion in the past six months, the actual investments still needs to be seen.

Vivek Bahl appointed Chief Content Officer for India by Turner International
Turner International has appointed Vivek Bahl as Chief Content Officer for India who will be based in Mumbai. Besides looking after the content strategy and development for Turner's diverse portfolio of entertainment brands in India including Imagine TV, Cartoon Network, POGO and WB, he will also oversee the acquisition, development, production, program scheduling and operations part of each brand. Bahl who has 25 years experience in the field is expected to join Turner on November 1, 2011.

Joy Chakraborthy quits ZEEL to join TVTN
Joy Chakraborthy, Executive Director, Revenue & Niche Channels, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) has resigned from the company to join TV Today Network (TVTN) as its CEO. He is expected to assume his new office on December 1, 2011.

Rastogi is Director, HPL
Mukesh Rohtagi has been appointed as Independent Director, Hindustan Prefab Limited.

Peterson appointed Chairman, CRISIL
CRISIL Ltd has appointed Douglas L. Peterson as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Misra to be Exec. Director, Tata Global Beverages Ltd
The Board of Tata Global Beverages Ltd has taken a decision to appoint Ajoy Misra as Executive Director on the Board of the Company for a period of five years with effect from November 01, 2011.

Jain appointed Promoter Director, Govindji Trikamdas Exports Ltd
Abhinandan Jain has been appointed as the Promoter Director of Govindji Trikamdas Exports Ltd with effect from October 19, 2011

Mishra resigns as Director, Govindji Trikamdas Exports Ltd
Ramesh Mishra, Independent Director of Govindji Trikamdas Exports Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from October 19, 2011.

Venkataraman appointed Chairman, Indraprastha Gas Ltd
S. Venkatraman has been appointed as Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd w.e.f. October 21, 2011.

Tripathi ceases to be Chairman Indraprastha Gas Ltd
B. C. Tripathi has ceased to be Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd w.e.f. October 21, 2011.

Nayak ceases to be Director, PTC India Ltd
R. N. Nayak has ceased to be Director of PTC India Ltd w.e.f. October 11, 2011.

Kaul appointed Nominee Director, Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd
V. M. Kaul has been appointed as Nominee Director of Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd. w.e.f. October 17, 2011.

Colgan appointed Non Exec. Director ESAB Holdings Ltd
Brendan Colgan has been appointed as a Non - Executive, Non - Retiring Nominee Director of ESAB Holdings Limited effect from October 20, 2011.

Keep it up

All kudos to Rajasthan's decorated officer Vinita Yadav IPS. Her handling and regulation of case of twin encounters conducted at one point of time of two criminals by a probationer under her is a motivational piece of investigation which is referred by IPS probationers. Beautiful case of encounters. Keep it up Kiran Bedi of Rajasthan.

Ashvin Singh

Jan Lokpal is the classic Godot

Put any question, factual, legal, technical, to Army of the Anna team and the answers are so very stereotypical. Answer to corruption : Jan Lokpal. Answer to unemployment : Jan Lokpal. Answer to poverty : Jan Lokpal . Answer to any thing and every thing under the sun : Jan Lokpal. Jan Lokpal is the classic Godot ( any one read "Waiting for Godot" ) who never materializes. The invisible Mr India.

BP

Enjoying benefits

The benefit which the direct recruit Section Officers of Central Secretariat is enjoying, no other service in the country is enjoying. Even an IAS, IPS and other Group 'A' get their seniority from the year which they join. Direct Recruit Section Officers enjoy a prior dated seniority and they continue to remain in the city of Delhi throughout. Vacancy should be transferred and not the seniority or otherwise somebody in womb today will also get a seniority. In the year 2002 with the connivance of some people CS Division-DOP&T a Seniority List of Deputy Secretary of CSS was issued. The names of retired persons was not included in that list. Subsequently, a supplementary lists of retired persons were brought out having no bearing on the seniority list drawn earlier. in this regard G.C. Raut, US is not giving reply to a RTI querry since long. An appeal is being filed to the appellate authority. This needs to be investigated also.

Bimal Bahadur

BSP has lost trust

BSP will not get more than 50 seats in coming Vidhan Sabha election 2012. Ms. Mayawati has lost faith of her community. All her surrounding people are greedy and of anti dalit ideology

Satya

She could have lost her job

Kiran Bedi (Baddie) should know that as a government servant if she was entitled to travel in train in first class but travelled in second class by choice and claimed first class fare, she would have lost her job. After clinging to her police job for whole length of service till superannuation, she must be aware of this basic rule and ethic. She could not have kept the balance of the money with argument that she would use it for a good cause. This is corruption, pure and simple.

Aurrat

Fused bulbs

What was strange if K M Chandrashekhar was in the queue to pick up a plate during lunch? Didn't Whispers report some time back that retired government officers are fused bulbs. Undoubtedly a retired cabinet secretary is a 1000 watt fused bulb while a retired section officer would be a 0 watt fused bulb. Is there much difference? It is to the credit of Chandrashekhar that he does not resent this dispensation as most retired IAS officers do.

GG

Nothing new

There is nothing new in it. All those additional Secretaries and Secretaries (who used to roam around him if distanced from him now), are all the 'worshippers of rising sun'. This is for everyone to face one day, who are in position wherever they may be!

V P S Nair

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)