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P V Shubham

Aaj Ki Aawaz

The objective of this Rs. 32 benchmark for defining poverty was a drama..... objective... to show Rahul is The Saviour of the poor!!! And Montek played the role he had been given to the hilt!! If this was not a drama any self respecting Technocrat would have resigned!! This was an affidavit to SC and now if they change the affidavit without making the 'guilty' pay what message does it send.... affidavits to Courts are changeable????

This had to be a drama....because the Rs. 32 figure was so ludicrously low!!!

And they had planned that Rahul will step in after Public kicks up on this stupid figure a row!!

For Gandhis we Indians are subjects or minions!!! It was this reason that Gandhis kept Sonia's illness a State Secret!! And then see their cheek... when there were no candle light vigils for her health Her Highness Sonia got upset......I have two submissions on this.... one Indians did not know if her condition was serious.... it is accepted here that the rich and famous go overseas even for a root canal.... second.... the India that holds candle light vigils no longer like the Gandhis..... they are with Anna!! And Congress friendly Media literally showed if 'The Messiah' has returned!! India Today says 'it was a misdiagnosis' and all is fine.... some informed sources are still sceptical ..... they say the secrecy and the delay in her appearing in Public shows something is amiss!!!!!

I feel Gandhis have gone wonky after reading the writing on the wall!!!!

Writing on the wall..... Congress and Gandhis should be prepared 'to fall'!

In J&K Assembly there was 'abusive pandemonium'... and the Speaker joined the abusers.... why he even made offensive gestures.... they abused each other's mothers and sisters... was horrendous!! And Omar 'rozaana some pangaa' Abdullah sat in a semi reclined position .. he kept mum...... he even went through files to send a message that he was in control!!!! Well the Opposition says ....this NC fixer had delivered money to Omar's Dad..... and when he mentioned this in front of the 'donors' Omar lost his cool.... they say when this NC fixer was taken by the Cops he was already in a bad state!! And Speaker has to behave like an elder, whatever his age be, and so this Speaker should be removed!!! For a fair investigation Omar should resign... as it is it is now Congress's turn to run J&K!! They say Omar's Chief Ministership has been a 'faux pas... or gaffe.... or some scandal' everyday!!

Omar has proven he's not fit to sit in CM's chair!!!!

For controversy he has a 'natural flair'!!!

Pranab Da is in Bengal for Durga Puja and PC went over the weekend to Kerala!!!! Pranab Da goes every year to Bengal during Durga Puja... seems Sonia ordered PC to go out of Delhi!!! The animosity between them has not abated...... PC is still up to his tricks and Sonia just took the precautionary step of keeping PC out of Delhi in Pranab's absence.... matters are that bad!!! PC wants MOF...... and now Pranab Da has dug in his heels 'MOF or nothing'!!!! In my opinion unless PC works a miracle like he did after he actually lost the election but emerged as the victor and fixes Judgement in SC, which as per Swamy is not possible as both Judges are 'aboveboard', PC should be out of the Cabinet sooner than later!!!

Rahul wants PC out but does not want Mummy order Mohna to do this!!!!

And on this he has the support of his Sis!!!

PS......Anna effect....finders do not consider them as keepers!!! Now an Auto Driver returned a bag to the Cops... bag contained diamonds worth 20 lakhs.... they say Congress is trying to take this thunder away from Anna..... Congress trying to woo over these 'do gooders' and say that all these guys were Congressmen!!! Montek and Ramesh addressed a Press Conference... and could not explain the 'Rs. 32 nonsense.... maybe now Rahul will step in and enlighten us!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

GoI on back foot due to 2-G scam's muddle
The Government of India (GoI) has been put on back foot regarding all appointments in the wake of cacophony over Spectrum 2-G spectrum related scam.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Director of Hyderabad Police Academy?
Who will be new the Director of the Hyderabad Police Academy? Tie is said to be between 1977 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre S Jayaraman and 1977 batch Orissa cadre IPS officer Prakash Mishra.

30 per cent IAS officers of 1978 batch to be Secretaries
As the grapevine has it, 30 per cent of 99 IAS officers of 1978 batch figure in the empanelment list for appointment as Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI).This was reportedly decided at a meeting for considering IAS officers of 1978 batch for empanelment as Secretaries in the Government of India (GOI). It was held in Delhi on September 30, 2011.

Why number of officers of 1978 batch IAS restricted?
Why the number of IAS officers of 1978 batch is being restricted to 30 per cent of total strength? Answer to this question is that unlike the 1977 batch there should not many bureaucrats who despite their empanelment keep waiting to be posted as Secretaries in the Government of India (GOI).

Seven IAS officers of 1978 batch to be Secretary equivalent
As the grapevine has it, at least seven out of 99 IAS officers of the 1978 batch figure in the list of empanelment for postings as Secretary equivalent in the Government of India (GoI).At the most this figure could go up to eight.

Sudhir Vasudeva is new CMD, ONGC
Finally ,Sudhir Vasudeva has taken charge as CMD ONGC & Chairman, ONGC Group of Companies on Monday.One of the finest technical brains in contemporary oil and gas business in India, Vasudeva is an example personified for multi-tasking and multi-prioritising.He is a gold medalist in Chemical Engineering and joined ONGC as a management graduate in 1976. Vasudeva is amongst the chosen first generation of engineers entrusted with creating infrastructure to produce oil & gas from offshore fields. With over 35 years experience, on the larger canvas of ONGC, Vasudeva is quite clear on his priority: ensuring energy security by improving production from the aging fields and augmenting production through fast track development of deep water and small & marginal fields.By facilitating better contract management of offshore infrastructures & facilities, he has ensured substantial cost savings for the company.Under Vasudeva's leadership, the country and ONGC look forward to securing the much needed energy independence for the nation.

Ms Laxmi Akundi to be Joint Secretary ESW
Ms. laxmi Akundi is poised to be a Joint Secretary in the Defence Ministry. She is expected to take care of Ex Servicemen Welfare.

Interviews for LIC Chief on Oct.12
Interviews for the post of Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) are finally going to be held on October 12, 2011.

Ravinder Kumar Jain appointed Addl Secr & FA, Health and Family Welfare

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Ravinder Kumar Jain, IAS (HP:81), presently Chief, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, as Additional Secretary and Financial Adivsor, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
( We said this on September 30 )

Satyanarayan Mohanty appointed Sr Advisor in Planning Commission
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Satyanarayan Mohanty, IAS (AP:80), presently Advisor in the Planning Commission as Senior Advisor in the Planning Commission in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.
( We said this on September 30 )

Jawhar Sircar gets addl charge of Secretary, I&B
Jawhar Sircar, IAS (WB:75), Secretary, Ministry of Culture has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;

Sundareshan gets addl charge of Secr, Public Enterprises
S. Sundareshan, IAS (KT:76), Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has been given the additional charge of the Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

Mrutyunjay Sarangi gets addl charge of Secr, Central Provident Fund
Mrutyunjay Sarangi, IAS (TN:77), Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment has been given the additional charge of the post of Central Provident Fund Commissioner.

Chugh gets addl charge of Secr, Panchayati Raj
Arvind Kumar Chugh, IAS (JH:74), Secretary Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj;

Ahmed gets addl charge of Secr, Inter State Council Secretariat, Home Affairs
Anwar Ehsan Ahmed, IAS (MT:76), Secretary (Border Management), Ministry Home Affairs, has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Samirendra Chatterji is Secretary ESW
Samirendra Chatterji has assumed charge as Secretary Ex Servicemen Welfare. He is an IAS officer of 1976 batch who belongs to Assam - Meghalaya cadre.

Sashi Prakash to be Member CAT
Sashi Prakash is joining as Administrative Member ,Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Allahabad. He is retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

J.P. Murthy joins Essar Group as Advisor
J.P. Murthy has joined Essar Group as Advisor. 1974 batch retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre sits in Delhi office.

Pranab Mukherjee wants empanelment of 2 WB cadre IAS officers
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is believed to have written a letter to the PM for empanelment of two 1977 batch IAS officers of West Bengal cadre.

Two Supreme Court Judges to retire in October
Two Supreme Court Judges are retiring in October. They are Justice J.M. Panchal on October 5 and Justice R.V. Raveendran on October 14.

Vir Bhadrappa to succeed Easwar ?
Vir Bhadrappa is likely to succeed President of the Income Tax Tribunal Easwar very soon.

All GMs move one notch up
All General Managers (GMs) of Public Sector banks who were earlier found eligible for promotion as Executive Directors (EDs) have now moved one notch up. Accordingly, A. D. M. Chavali of Bank of Baroda (BoB) who was to become ED of the Bank of India (BoI) will now become ED of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), once Ms .Nupur Mitra ED IOB was elevated as CMD of the Dena Bank on November 1,2011.

Process for CIL chief to start again
Process for the slot of Chairman Coal India Ltd(CIL) will commence shortly.

IG level vacancy in the UN, South Sudan
There is a vacancy for the post of Police Commissioner (IG level post) in the United Nations (UN) mission, South Sudan. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is working for filling up the post.

Sanjay Sinha to join as DGP, Tripura next month
Sanjay Sinha who presently is in charge of security in Intelligence Bureau (IB) will be joining as new DGP, Tripura in November 2011. He is an IPS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Ms. Anita Shah poised to join BARC
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Anita Shah on deputation is going to join as Internal Financial Advisor (IFA) to newly formed Nuclear Recycle Group (NRG) under BARC, Department of Atomic Energy. Presently, she is posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (SDAG) in the office of Principal Accountant General of Andhra Pradesh. Ms. Anita Shah is an officer of 1996 batch who belongs to Indian Audit & Accounts Service. She was earlier (from 2004-2009) Financial Advisor (FA) for Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam & had handled budget of 1500 crores.

Mangat Ram Sharma goes to London
Mangat Ram Sharma, Director, Ministry of Commerce&Industry has been appointed as Director Tea Promotion in London. He will be relieved from the Ministry of Commerce on October 5 . He is an IAS Officer of 1992 Batch, who belongs to the Tamil Nadu Cadre.

B. L.Bagra gets 3 months extension as NALCO's CMD
B.L. Bagra who is currently Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)NALCO has got three months extension. He is also Director (Finance), NALCO.

Ramesh Negi gets extension till March 2012
Ramesh Negi who is CEO; Delhi Jal Board has got an extension till March 31, 2012.He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.

Kedia appointed Dy Secretary ANO
Deepak Kumar Kedia has been appointed as Deputy Secretary(ANO)New Delhi Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in-lieu of his selection as Deputy Director Enforcement Directorate. He is an IPS Officer of 1999 Batch, who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya Cadre.

Kishore Jha to be acting DGP, Tripura
Kishore Jha, a 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer will be the acting DGP, Tripura.

Amarendra Sinha goes to Uzbekistan
Amarendra Sinha who on central deputation is Joint Secretary Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Government of India (GOI) has gone an official tour to Uzbekistan for a meeting to be held from October 3 to 6, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

S. Ravindran is SEBI's ED
S. Ravindran who was earlier Chief General Manager in charge of Mutual Funds Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)has taken as one of the four Executive Director (EDs). He will be in charge of Investment Management, Foreign Institutional Investors and Collective Investment Scheme.

Changes in Delhi put on hold
Changes in Delhi Government that were to take place last week, have now been put on hold.

Pakistan : Government Warns Babus Not To Interact with media
Pakistan's federal government has issued a strict directive to government employees not to interact with the print or electronic media in any manner including by way of interviews or writing articles on matters relating to government policy. According to OM (1/20/76/D-IV/D-3) issued by establishment division violation of the directive shall invite punitive action under government servants (efficiency & discipline) rules 1973. Information Minister Firdaus Ashiq Awan clarified that rules 21 and 22 of the conduct rules already prohibit bureaucrats from interacting with the media and they had to be reminded of the same through the latest OM as in recent past some officers have given interviews to TV channels and written articles in news papers which have caused embarrassment to the government.

Mandloi is new DG AIR
Name of L D Mandloi has reportedly been cleared for the post of DG All India Radio subject to court decision.

IA & AS officer Tanmay Jana transferred
Tanmay Jana, Assistant Accountant General, in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal, Kolkata, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Audit: Adhoc), in the office of the Accountant General, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar against an existing vacancy.

Five IRS officials promoted as Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise
As many as five IRS officials have been promoted as Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise and given fresh postings. Accordingly M. D. Singh has been , on promotion, made Chief Commissioner Ranchi CX (With additional charge of Chief Commissioner of Patna Customs(P), Ms. Arusha Vasudev, - Chief Commissioner Mumbai CX-II, Ms. M. I. J. Michael - Chief Commissioner, TAR, Delhi, Ashok K. Kaushal - Chief Commissioner Cochin Central Excise & Customs and Vineet Ohri has been made Chief Commissioner Delhi Customs(Prev).

Five posts of Judiciale Members in CAT proposed to be filled up
Applications from eligible officers are invited for filling up the five vacancies of Judicial Members in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) with Three vacancies at Allahabad bench and one each at Jodhpur and Calcutta. The applications of willing candidates should reach the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi by November 16, 2011.

Nine posts of Administrative Members in CAT proposed to be filled up
Applications from eligible officers are invited for filling up the nine vacancies of Administrative Members in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) with one each at rincipal Bench - Delhi, Hyderabad Bench, Jodhpur Bench, Patna Bench, Allahabad Bench, Cuttack Bench, Calcutta Bench, Hyderabad Bench and Guwhati Bench. The applications of willing candidates should reach the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi by November 16, 2011.

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
There is minor IPS reshuffle in MP. Ruchi Vardhan Mishra, SP Hoshangabad, has been shifted as SP Rajgarh, K D Sharma SP Rajgarh has been shifted as SP Sehore and I P Arjaria, SP Rail, has been made SP Hoshangabad.

Three Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise assigned additional charge (UPDATED)
Three Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise are being assigned additional charge of the posts that are falling vacant in near future. While Harinder Bansi, Commissioner, Dte. of Legal Affairs has been assigned the additional charge of Commissioner (Legal), CBEC, M.M. Damodar Commissioner, Pune, CX-I will look after the charge of Pune Customs and Goa CX, V.K. Goel Commissioner, Import & General, (Air Cargo), Delhi will look after the additional charge of Export (Air Cargo), Delhi and D.P. Nagendra Kumar Commissioner Bangalore CX-I will look after the additional charge of galore (LTU).

BJP to incur loss in UP ? (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it in the wake of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) being headed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati and Baba Ramdev joining hands
the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will incur losses in next state assembly polls.

Did a leading industrialist back Anna Hazre's stir ? (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it that a leading industrialist of India had backed Anna Hazre's stir.

Dr S S Sandhu relieved from Punjab Govt (UPDATED)
Dr S S Sandhu who was on inter cadre deputation has been relieved by the Punjab Government on October 4,2011 . Hitherto, he was Special Principal Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. He was also Secretary Housing & Urban Development besides holding the charge of Managing Director (MD),Punjab Infrastructure Board (PIDB). He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand care.

(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

NASSCOM opens office in Kerala's Technopark
NASSCOM the apex industry body for IT and BPO sector opened its eigths regional office in Technopark, Trivandrum. This new office is expected to provide a filip to the IT sector in the State and boost the IT growth in the State said Mervin Alexander CEO Technopark. Rajendra Pawar President NASSCOM, Som Mittal Chairman NASSCOM, Ganesh LAKSHMINARAYANAN CEO DELL India, Bhaskar Pramanik CEO Microsoft India were among top CEOs present on the occasion.

Rabindra Singh is new Director (Personnel) NMDC
Rabindra Singh has taken over as Director (Personnel) of NMDC Ltd on October 1, Prior to this he was Executive Director (P&A), Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro.

Three directors re-appointed on Country Condos Ltd Board
Country Condos Ltd has re-appointed Y. Varun Reddy, A. V S B Laxmipathi Rao and V K Ramudu as directors of the company.

Jagdish re-appointed Director, Teledata Technology Solutions Ltd
Teledata Technology Solutions Ltd has re-appointed G Jagdish, as Director of the company.

Dr Rao re-appointed Independent Director, Madhucon Projects Ltd
Madhucon Projects Ltd hasre-appointed Dr. C. Venkateshwara Rao as Independent Director of the Company .

Nihar re-appointed Director, Nihar Info Global Ltd.
Nihar Info Global Ltd has re-appointed B. Divyesh Nihar as Director of the company.

Mittal resigns as ED (Finance), Welspun India Ltd
M. L. Mittal has resigned as Executive Director ( Finance), Welspun India Ltd w.e.f. September 30, 2011.

Ghate appointed Whole-time Director, Colgate Palmolive (India ) Ltd
Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd has appointed Niket Ghate as Whole-time Director of the Company with effect from October 1, 2011 for a period of five years.

Paranjape ceases to be Whole-time Director, Siemens Ltd
Vijay V. Paranjape ceased to be a Whole-time Director and Director of Siemens Ltd with effect from October 01, 2011.

Joshi retires as Director (Personnel), NDMC Ltd
G. B. Joshi, Director (Personnel), has retired from NDMC Ltd on attaining superannuation age of 60 years on September 30, 2011 as Director (Personnel) from the Board of the Company.

Gupta re-designated as Director (Reference Architecture), Tanla Solutions Ltd
Tanla Solutions Ltd has re-designated Amit Gupta, Director (Finance) as Director (Reference Architecture). Asian Electronics Limited has re-appointed S. Neelakanta Iyer as the Director of the Company.

Iyer appointed Joint CEO (Manufacturing), Asian Electronics Ltd
S. Neelakanta Iyer has been appointed as the Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer (Manufacturing Operations) of Asian Electronics Ltd the Company for a period of 2 years with effect from June 1, 2011 .

Mehta appointed Joint CEO (Technology & Finance), Asian Electronice Ltd.
Rajesh I. Mehta has been appointed as the Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer (Technology & Finance) of the Asian Electronice Ltd. for a period of two years, with effect from June 1, 2011.

Pandey resigns as Head (Finance) , Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd
Ashish Pandey has resigned as Head (Finance) and Company Secretary of Shirpur Gold Refinery Limited w.e.f September 21, 2011.

Chandrasekharan appointed ED, UCO Bank
The Central Government after consultation with Reserve Bank of India appointed S. Chandrasekharan as a Executive Director of UCO Bank w.e.f. October 1, 2011.

Okland appointed Independent Non Exec. Director, IDFC
Ms Marianne Okland has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) Limited with effect from October 1, 2011.

Parakh resigns as Director (Finance), JSL Stainless Ltd
Arvind Parakh, Director (Finance) has resigned as Director of JSL Stainless Ltd with effect from October 1, 2011.

Thomas appointed Addl. Director, Tata Sponge Iron Ltd
Manoj T. Thomas has been appointed as Additional Director of Tata Sponge Iron Ltd w.e.f. September 12, 2011.

Mathur appointed CEO and ED, Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd
Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited has appointed . Harish Mathur, CEO as an Executive Director and CEO of the Company with effect from October 1, 2011.

What else can a nominated PM do ?

So much garbage is being poured on our honest PM in your esteemed forum .When all Congressmen and the media wag their tails in unison at the extra constitutional authority in 10 Janpath, what can a rootless and nominated PM do? The patriot in him might have prevented him from putting in his papers for he knows the disaster for the country if the ?Crown Prince? takes over.Nor is he sure of the other two senior cabinet colleagues,now busy engaged in shadow boxing.For this,he has to pay heavily surrendering his powers to extra constitutional authorities and taking blame for every misdeed.All important postings have become ?chit? postings,chits coming from 10 Janpath. So don?t be surprised if you see on TV, one of the seniormost police officers heading a special group running alongside vehicles conveying Sonia and her close family members. Lesser said about PM?s Private Secretary the better.The canine loyality culture in Congress has well penetrated into bureaucracy. Professional integrity has become not a quality but casuality. It requires a revolution to change this culture.Meanwhile those bureaucrats left with an element of professional integrity will continue to suffer.

Navin K das

Sorry for UPA

When I see this column - Date with CIC - I feel sorry for UPA. UPA provided such a tool for trnsparency and hence to reduce corruption which never was but yet is blamed for corrption as never earlier. Is the PM listening? Why he should not apply his mind? He gave 2 extensions to his cabinet secretary but it looks did not allow him to do his job in CWG otherwise his ministers would not have created a mess.

Prakash

UPA -II seems to be on last leg

UPA -II seems to be on its last legs even before it has completed its full term of office. The cancer of corruption began in UPA 1 and spread rapidly in UPA 11 and now it has taken over the liver and kidneys of the government. Renal failure seems to have set in when Chidambaram declared with finality that the matter was closed even as Pranab was struggling to read out the last sentence of his prepared speech. Pranabs mouth was wide open as if he was struggling to breathe air.The Supreme Court has already observed that the Home Minister should be probed in the 2 G scam. When that happens then more skeletons will start tumbling out of the cupboard. All the Ministers will start blaming their typists and chaprasis for various notes and files and many of these unfortunate Grade 4 employees may get transferred to Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the public interest.

D Choudhary

Pray to God to help Indian Railway

Railway every day is becoming famous for manipulation in promotion and postings. Take postings of COMs. It has been done hurriedly ahead of MTs posting by passing a large numbers of seniors. DRMs coming back to cadre will get posted as HOD only whereas their juniors will enjoy the posts of Coordinating HOD. Officers feel demoralised under such circumstances. Pray to God to help Indian Railway.

Arun

Increase TA

Looking at the spiralling costs of petrol etc, the transport allowance needs to be increased immediately .

S Singh

Integrity and security of the nation are paramount

I endorse the views of Ms Aarti Khosla. The integrity and security of the country are paramount and all other issues can wait . Having worked and travelled in the north east I feel it is the most vulnerable area . A massive effort to develop and secure this area is urgently called for as also abolition of the inner line permit and protected area regimes which are a legacy of the colonial era. The people need to be closely integrated with the rest of the country and should not remain isolated anymore.The blockade in Manipur should be effectively tackled immediately for relief to the common people The chicken neck or the corridor of 20 kms linking the North east to the rest of the country should be a high security area for our forces and no intrusion by China tolerated . An arrangement to widen this corridor be worked out with Bangladesh so that in an emergency there is access to our troops.

S swarup

No personal matters please

Please do not go down to the level of posting personal matters. How does it matters if an officer goes on one day or one week leave. Please post only credible whispers.

Ranga Raghav

Brij Lal - a fine and capable officer

Brij Lal has been a fine and capable officer and he will definitely perform up to the need of the hour. I hope the State will see a positive change in the law & order front very soon. I wish all the best for him.

Brij Mohan,

Under Secretary, CBDT,

Department of Revenue.

Maintenance by CPWD

Information pertaining to budget works/additions/alterations in type IV houses in a colony maintained by CPWD was sought. The CIC directed to provide full and complete information pertaining to works as sought
by the appellant including the name of the agency, budget and payments made along with details of the approving authority and inspecting authority. The CIC observed that as per present practice, the allottees are not kept informed of the nature or level of services to which the allottee is entitled nor is he informed of the timeframe in which the services will be delivered. Consequently, huge sums from the government budget are released in favour of private contractors who are allotted these works with almost no supervision since it is almost impossible for the meager staff/ officers of the CPWD to supervise hundreds of flats/houses in their area of jurisdiction. Under the powers given u/s 25 (5), the CIC recommended to Director General CPWD
to make the terms and conditions of the contract transparent so that the allottee can share the responsibility of supervising the work of the contractor. This would enable the most efficient execution of the awarded job and to receive maximum returns on expenditure made from public funds.

Comments

All public servants staying in government accommodation have faced the poor maintenance by the CPWD. As the end user (allottee) is not provided with any information regarding his entitlement of the various
services, he is unable to assist the CPWD officers in supervising the works being carried out in his allotted accommodation. Hopefully in the RTI era, the uniformity in the standard of services would lead to
an improvement in the quality and the allottees would not be left to the mercy of the contractors.

Shri Radhe Shyam Goel v. CPWD in CIC/DS/A/2011/000480

- 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)