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Your efforts and your work is outstanding. My objection is that why do you publish so much about Maharashtra politics that too of lower level?

Arvind Sharma

Aaj Ki Aawaz

You guys will say 'yeh toh Rahul ke peechche haath doh karr padh gaya hai'!!!!! But my submission is if Rahul is in the news everyday .... sometimes for the right reasons but mostly for the wrong reasons.... what can I do???? Like today he's in the news because of a Tweet by Subramainiam Swamy ..... seems there is a Wikileak in which Sayeed Naqwi, who was a personal friend of Rahul's Dad, telling Poloff a US Official that Rahul would never become India's PM.... he said that Rahul suffered from personality problems 'of an emotional and psychological nature'!!! Swamy has mentioned in his Tweet the name of the Psychiatrist who treated Rahul!!! Now if there is no truth in these reports and tweets then I feel Rahul should sue Wikileaks and Swamy!!! In fact by going to the Cops on 'what he terms as distressing messages and tweets' Diggy has made it mandatory for Rahul to follow the same course of action .... otherwise it'll be said ' Rahul's silence means the allegations are true..... see Diggy went to the Cops when he felt the messages and tweets were wrong'!!!!

And for behaving like a 'Youth Congress Leader' he's grossly overage!!

Omar has a lot of answering to do..... now a witness has come on TV and stated that the NC Fixer guy who popped it came out from CM's house in a bad state.... he had entered abs okay..... and there is CCTV footage to prove this!! Then this witness says this NC guy confirmed in Omar's presence that the money was given to Farroukh!!! Another serious allegation that comes out is that Democracy was being sold...... both tickets and Ministerial berths were being sold!!!!! The allegations are very serious and Omar needs to step down for a free and fair enquiry!! Not that tickets and Ministerial berths are not sold by other Parties.... but then joh pakda gaya wohi chor hai!! I recall a very senior Bureaucrat telling me that in a certain State there were two claimants to the CM's post and ultimately one was beaten at the 'finishing line' when the other outbid him by Rs. 600 crores... this was some time back!!!! In this case, informed sources say that it is Farroukh's greed that was the undoing...... it was like selling an apartment to three buyers!!!

To save his skin Omar is in Delhi meeting Rahul etc., and meeting Lawyers and to chill!
Of course Kashmiris pay the bill...it is like for a chor the one who he has been robbed pays every bill!!

Anna should not come on talk shows.... especially those talk shows that have Renuka Chowdhary as a participant!! Her job is to derail arguments by making funny faces.... interrupting and not allowing others to speak..... and insulting!! He's admitted that he has to rejig his inner circle....meaning there are fissures in the Civil Society Board...... Agnivesh was the first to get himself booted out...... Bhushans feel they have the right to comment on everything .....Kejriwal's anti development stand is well known!!! But as long as Anna's there 'all ijj well'!!! My request to him his should not let go off his simple living and simplicity!!!!

Rather than Asset declarations I feel each one on Civil Society Board should make an agenda declaration!!!!

Or just pen a page on 'What I want to do for the Nation'!!!!!

PS.... In Hissar Anna's activists are asking voters not to vote for Congress.... if corruption is their reason... then funnily they are benefitting Chautalas and Bhajan Lal's son..... who are known for their corruption!! Ramchandra keh gaye Siya se aisa kalyug aaye ga Ram ko Ravan jalaaye ga (evil winning over good).... today you see it happening all the time.......I felt this took place when UPA jailed Anna!!!! In his Constituency PC got posters made of himself portrayed as 'Krishna'..... PC ji Krishna was only a 'maakhan chor' and that too because it was his leela!!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

47,000 cases pending in SC
According to official information, the Supreme Court has approximately 47,000 cases pending before it.

M N Prasad is now ED, World Bank
Former Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, M N Prasad has joined as ED World Bank in Washington. He is a former 1972 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sudhir Tripathi is new Deputy Election Commissioner
Sudhir Tripathi has been appointed new Deputy Election Commissioner .He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

K.K. Srivastava's orders as MT on right track
Finally order relating to elevation of K. K. Srivastava, GM, East Central Railway (ECR) Hajipur, as Member Traffic Railway Board will be out very soon.

Who shall be the new Custodian in Ministry of Finance ?
Search for new Custodian has begun in Ministry of Finance as the three years tenure of Satish Loomba, Custodian is expiring on December 15, 2011.

R.K. Padmanabhan is SEBI's ED
R.K. Padmanabhan has taken over as one of the four Executive Directors (EDs) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).Earlier, he was Special IG & Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) in Mumbai. He is an IPS officer of 1991 batch of Maharashtra cadre. He will look after Investigation Department, Vigilance Cell and Information Technology Department (ITD).

Will Laxman Das move to Chennai ?
There is a buzz that Laxman Das is being moved to Chennai. He is a 1974 batch IRS officer.

Will Bharadwaj be CCIT in New Delhi ?
In case Laxman Das is moved to Chennai, R Bharadwaj is likely to succeed him. He is a 1974 batch IRS officer.

Prabha Kant to return to parent cadre!
Deputy Director in the Enforcement Directorate Prabha Kant is likely to return to the parent IRS cadre. He is a 1991 batch IRS (IT) officer.

CIC Tripura, Sashi Prakash resigns
Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Tripura, Sashi Prakash, has resigned to join as Member CAT in Allahabad. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Justice Kohli to be CJ of Sikkim High Court
Senior most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Pramod Kohli will be new Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.

Justice Mohinder Lal to move to Gujarat HC?
Grapevine has it that Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Mohinder Lal is being moved to the Gujarat High Court.

Prayer meeting on Saturday
A prayer meeting in the memory of late Bihar CM, Bhagwat Jha Azad will be held at Chinmay Hall in New Delhi at 4 PM on Saturday. He was the father of Special Director - IB, Yashovardhan Azad and Crickter Kirti Azad.

Rana moves to Dhanbad
J N Rana, Additional SP in CBI, Bhubneshwar, has been transferred to ACB Dhanbad.

Ravindran gets in-situ promotion in IB
TV Ravindran, Deputy Director (DD), Intelligence Bureau, Government of India, has been in situ promoted as Joint Director (JD) Intelligence Bureau. He is an IPS Officer of 1990 Batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu Cadre.

Supriya Sahu is now JS, Information and Broadcasting
Supriya Sahu, presently serving as Director Broadcasting, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, has been elevated as JS in the same ministry. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Lohani to join GoI
Sushil Kumar Lohani is joining the Government of India as ED in the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC).He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

L D Mandloi takes over as DG Akashvani
L D Mandloi has taken over as new Director General of the Akashvani. He was earlier DDG Doordarshan.

Hanman to return from Nepal ?
P J P Hanman is expected to return from Nepal assignment early next year. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Aurobindo Behara to get ACS rank in Orissa
Aurobindo Behara is being promoted to the rank of ACS in Orissa. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

IFS officer completes Ph D
Dr. T.P. Singh, an IFS Officer of 1996 Batch, Haryana Cadre, has completed his PhD from University of Toronto, Canada. His dissertation pertains to economic modelling of world's carbon markets, which form an important mechanism to check the problem of climate change at global level.

Justice Mittal nominated to HSLSA
Justice SK Mittal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has been nominated as the executive chairman of the Haryana State Legal Services Authority(HSLSA).

Moosa Kunhi Nayarmoole is Judicial Member KAT
Moosa Kunhi Nayarmoole has been appointed Judicial Member, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore.

Makarand Nene is IOC's Director Marketing (UPDATED)
Makarand Nene has joined as Director, Marketing in the Indian Oil Corporation. He was earlier ED.
(We said this on May 16)

Arunendra Kumar to be GM SECR- Bilaspur (UPDATED)
Arunendra Kumar Additional Member -Production Unit (PU) in Railway Board on elevation will be GM South East Central Railway (SECR), Bilaspur.

Mahesh Kumar to be GM Western Railway (UPDATED)
Mahesh Kumar Additional Member -Signals in Railway Board will be GM Western Railway.

A. K. Khanna to be GM ICF-Chennai (UPDATED)
Abhay K. khanna Additional Member -Budget in Railway Board will be GM Integral Coach Factory (ICF) Chennai.

S. K. Jain to be GM Central Railway (UPDATED)
S. K. Jain Chief Adminstrative Officer (CAO) Western Railway will be GM Western Railway.

A. K. Verma to be GM SER-Kolkata (UPDATED)
A. K. Verma Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) will be GM South Eastern Railway (SER) Kolkata.

G. C. Agrawal to be GM Eastern Railway (UPDATED)
G. C. Agrawal Principal Chief Engineer Eastern Railway will GM Eastern Railway- Kolkata.

No salary in Air India (UPDATED)
Today is October 7 and the Air India management has failed to disburse salaries to its employees.

Tata Motors partners with ace fashion designer, Rajesh Pratap Singh for Tata Manza (Updated)
Tata Motors has associated with the world-renowned fashion designer, Rajesh Pratap for Tata Manza. Pratap will partner with Tata Motors' styling team which operates from its state-of-the-art styling studio, at the Pune facility. He will be helping the team to further enhance the design and stylise the interiors and exteriors of the Tata Manza. Currently based in New Delhi, Pratap belongs to Rajasthan and subsequent to his graduation from NIFT Delhi he worked in the Fashion Industry for two years in India and Italy before introducing his own line of men's and women's clothing in 1997.

K.K. Srivastava is MT, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Finally on elevation K. K. Srivastava GM East Central Railway (ECR) Hajipur has joined as Member Traffic Railway Board .
( We said this on August 19 )

(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

BHEL to have two new independent Directors
Two more independent Directors are being appointed on the board of BHEL to achieve compliance with listing norms. Currently, BHEL has 13 directors, including Chairman and Managing Director B.P. Rao. Out of them, five are independent Directors.

Goyal appointed Addl. Director, Harrisons Malayalam Ltd
Harrisons Malayalam Ltd has appointed Ashok Bachan Goyal as Additional Director of the company with effect from September 20, 2011.

Rathi appointed Company Secy. BIL Energy Systems Ltd
BIL Energy Systems Ltd has appointed Ms Astha Rathi as Company Secretary of the company with effect from October 01, 2011.

Maheshwari appointed VP, Milestone Brandcom
Milestone Brandcom has appointed Atul Maheshwari as Vice President and National Head Milestone Last Mile.

Choudhury resigns as Chairman, Audit Committee, Elpro International Ltd
R. K. Choudhury has resigned from the post of director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Elpro International Ltd .

Anand appointed Chairman, Audit Committee, Elpro International Ltd
Sharat Anand has been appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Elpro International Ltd in place of R. K .Choudhury.

Kolhatkar resigns as CFO, Arshiya International Ltd
Nitin Kolhatkar, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Arshiya International Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from October 4, 2011.

Malhan no longer Nominee Director D. B. Corp Ltd
Cliffrose Investment Ltd has withdrawn the nomination of Niten Malhan from the Board of Directors of D. B. Corp Ltd . Consequently, Malhan resigned also as the Nominee Director from the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. September 27, 2011.

Malhan appointed Addl. Director, D. B. Corp Ltd
D. B. Corp Ltd has been appointed Niten Malhan as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. September 28, 2011.

Gokhale appointed Company Secy. D. B. Corp Ltd
D. B. Corp Ltd has appointed Ms. Anita Gokhale as Company Secretary w.e.f October 1, 2011.

Menon appointed Addl. Director, Mindteck (India) Ltd
Narayan A. Menon has been appointed as Additional Director of Mindteck (India) Ltd with effect from September 30, 2011.

STC appoints Part-time Non Official directors
State Trading Corporation of India Ltd has appointed the following persons as Part- time Non-official Directors on the Board of State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. for a period of three years --- S. C. Tripathi, Former Secretary to the Government of India, and Udai N. Abhyankar, Former IFS Officer, Government of India.

Applications invited for CMD, Richardson & Cruddas
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of CMD, Richardson& Cruddas. The last date for filing the applications is November 11.

Bureaucracy should be accountable

Bureaucracy has to accountable for its sensitivity, dedication and commitments. It should not join hand with politicians for narrow personal gains. To be frank bureaucracy is now becoming patron of corruption. Any move to cleanse the system create a sense of unease and all forces join their nasty hand to defeat noble and good cause. If India to become superpower with its commitment to social justice whereby satisfying all sections of the society evenly. These changes must come. All should join hands to make it happen. We should not be deterred by misconceived fear or uncertainty.

Savita

Jai Ho Chidambaram

Apropos Sharad Panda's 'Jai ho Chidambaram' (WIC 5-10-2011) , I want to add two more spectacular achievements to Chidambaram's outstanding resume. In December 2009, he announced on the floor of the Parliament that a resolution for creation of the new state of Telangana would be passed during the current session of the Parliament. Subsequently , the solemn declaration made by the most honourable Home Minister of India had to be backtracked by the government of an equally honourable Dr Manmohan Singh whose government passed the blame on to the 'lack of consensus in the state assembly', a 'prerequisite for the Parliament to pass the resolution'. Isn't it a pity that the Parliament of India didn't pass a unanimous resolution placing on record the exemplary far sightedness of P Chidambaram who made a declaration on the floor of the Parliament even when the prerequisite of consensus in the state assembly wasn't there . Now come to a more recent and perhaps equally spectacular achievement. Remember the 'Most Wanted List' handed over to Pakistan. Chidambaram and his outstanding Secretary, Gopal Pillai, were so meticulous in their scrutiny of the list that only two, mind you, just two out of the huge number of 50 names on that list were found to be in India; all the rest were actually in Pakistan. Ask any renowned economist like Dr Manmohan Singh or Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia and they will with their mastery over statistical skills tell you what an insignificant percentage of inaccuracy was there in that list. Compare that insignificant figure of inaccuracy with the huge percentage of accuracy (48 out of 50) and you will know the remarkable devotion to duty shown by the Home Minister and the Home Secretary. If we still don't know how to feel proud of such dedicated public servants within our bureaucratic and political establishment, we are obviously being cynical for which we can't expect anyone else, be it the congress party or the PM - to share the blame.

NN Ojha

Don't consider SC' Judges for postings after retirement

The Judges of the Supreme Court should not be considered for any position after their retirement. Any effort to bring 'standards and accountability' in higher judiciary will fail miserably unless it is done.

Ahmad Fareed

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)