What people say about us !

Congratulations to Dr. Suresh Mehrora & his team

The whispersintheciorridors.com is so much ingrained in our blood that it has become an essential part of "our culture" due to which it is difficult to believe that it is only 10 years old. It appears as we have been living with it for ever. My heartiest congratulations & best wishes to Dr. Suresh Mehrotra and his team.

Upendra Jain, IG-Ujjain(Madhya Pradesh)

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Pawar and others in the Cabinet who are actively involved in running Sports Bodies should have excused themselves when the Cabinet took up Maken's proposed Bill!!!! And our 'spineless and gutless' Mohna, sorry but now this is how majority of Indians feel about him, did not even bother to point out to them that propriety demanded that they leave the room!!! Really what use to the Nation is this man's 'nikami' (useless) honesty!!!! He consistently sides with the dishonest!!!! Maken's Bill would have corrected many wrongs in the administration of Sports in India!!

When will India be delivered from this honest PM who always sides with the dishonest????

He's added a new dimension to definition of 'honest'!!!!

Laloo , Amar and Manish should not be on the Lokpal Standing Committee!!!! In fact as all Leaders have a bias against this Bill so the Committee is as it is biased against this Bill!!! But this trio have shown extraordinarily that they are not fit to be on this Committee......refer to Laloo's and Amar's history and Tiwari's recent utterances!!! And a word of advice to Singhvi who Chairs this Committee.... don't try your stunts here....... Public is sick of corruption in India ...... and Public has tasted blood..... so if Singhvi tries his usual ....number 1, number 2 , number 3 arguments to derail this Bill he can be sure he'll be creating chaos in India...... okay he'll be doing it for Madam but ultimately he'll have to take the blame!!! Playing mischief time is over and the sooner Congress realizes this the better!!!! And hope Rahul has realized that his attempts to delay the Lokpal Bill have flopped.....of course he tried to do this in the garb of a 'do-gooder'...... game-changer..... bah.......what does he think we are fools!!! He better realize the average Indian's IQ is higher than his!!! And Arundhati Roy's expressing doubts on this Bill is a extreme case of sour grapes!!!

Jan Lokpal will be a reality sooner than later!!!!!

Or Congress will be billed as 'chaos creator'!!!

I too do not want Afzal Guru to hang........but not for the reasons that Omar is demanding Afzal not be hanged!!! Death Penalties do not curb murders......take USA...... if USA has to curb murders it needs to amend its liberal gun laws!!! We have to move away from this barbaric practice of Capital Punishment!!!! Families of those killed in the Parliament attack should get more benefits.... Afzal's hanging is not going to improve their condition or replace the killed member from their family!!!!

Do not try to take on the role of Allah!!!!

Only HE can take or give life akallah (sole)!!!

Punjab's Sheikh Chilli (folklore fibster extraordinaire) or Manpreet Badal says that within 100 days of his becoming CM, what a laugh, he will take one hundred decisions!! Fact is after the elections he'll be taking just one decision...... 'should I go back to Thayaaji (Uncle or Senior Badal) on my knees or should I go get Dad to get me back into Akali Dal???? Basically Manpreet's Party is leaking and by the time Punjab elections are held all his close associates would have disassociated with PPP!!! Bhattal in the hope of being considered for being CM if Congress wins has gone in for a image makeover..... in her case it is a facial, makeup and a new hairdo!!! Amrinder despite his health and marital problems is hoping for a nod from High Command... technically the baton has not been handed over to him!!! All Parties in Punjab are 'stocking up' be it bhuki, hafeem or liquor for Punjab Elections!!!

Punjab ko khaa gayi bhuki, hafeem teh sharaab!!!

State of affairs is really extremely kharaab!!

PS........ Congress's Membership forms should have a 'health warning'...... if you leave the Party it could have very bad affects on your physical and economical health'....... and they can put Natwar's or Jagan's pics as pictorial warnings! Sheila Aunty has all of a sudden become religious...... she's hoping for Divine deliverance from CWG woes..... and her quest for divine intervention is Secular!!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Will fund raising by political parties be exempt from govt revenues?
CBDT is still pondering over it and the loss thereof, but there is a great deal of political pressure for the same, say sources. Since most of the time the payments are made in cash, so there is already a loss of revenue to the exchequer, they say.

RSS was planning an anti corruption drive a year ago ?
Was RSS planning to raise the anti corruption issue a year ago and wanted the BJP to take up the matter ? Yes, if those close to RSS top shots are to be believed. However, the saffron party - mired in the corruption issues itself - kept on avoiding the hock. Finally RSS chose a credible face Anna.

Is Sushma planning to be PM ?
Sushma Swaraj, it is learnt, is desirous of becoming the Prime Minister if BJP comes to power with or without the support of its allies. The leader of opposition - who often predicts that there will be a mid term poll and that the BJP will emerge victorious - is already understood to be planning that who will be her close aides if she becomes the PM.

BUREAUCRACY

Changes in GoI imminent after Parliament session
As the grapevine has it, bureaucratic changes in the Government of India (GoI) will surely happen after Parliament's monsoon session concludes on September 8,2011.

Ramanujam joins PMO as Additional Secretary
R Ramanujam has joined the PMO on Thursday as Additional Secretary. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on August 24 )

Alok Perti is new Secretary Coal
Alok Perti has succeeded C Balakrishnan as Secretary Coal on September 1. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Balakrishnan retired on August 31.
(We said this on July 21 )

Ranjit Sinha is new DG ITBP
Ranjit Sinha has been appointed new DG ITBP. 1974 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Sinha will succeed R K Bhatia who retired on August 31. Sinha served as DIG Magadh Range before joining CBI where he served for 11 years.He joined CRPF as IG Operations in Srinagar after a stint as OSD in Bihar Bhawan at New Delhi.He served as ADG in ITBP and on promotion appointed DG RPF.He is second IPS officer currently heading CPO from Bihar.
( We said this on August 25)

Pranay Sahay is new DG SSB
Pranay Sahay has been appointed new DG of the Seema Shashatra Bal (SSB).1975 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre Sahay is presently Secretary (Security) in the Government of India. He will succeed Y S Dadwal on November 1.
(We said this on August 25 )

U K Bansal appointed DG, BSF
U K Bansal has been appointed new DG BSF.1974 batch UP cadre IPS officer Bansal will succeed Raman Srivastava.Bansal is presently Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
( We said this on August 29 )

Why is the Army General being pinned down with age issue?
Why is the Army General being pinned down with age issue? There is more to the controversy of fixing the age of General VK Singh at the year 1950 than what meets the eye. If the General 's age is fixed at 1950, the next man (General Bikram Singh) who gets the promotion is close to the PMO and so the refusal of the PM to intervene in the matter.

N C Jha to continue as CMD CIL
N C Jha is going to continue as CMD of the Coal India (CIL) for another three months beginning September 1.He is presently Acting CMD.

Sinha is new CMD SECL
A K Sinha is taking over as new CMD of the SECL in Bihar on September 1.

Health Secretary could not be decided
The Government of India (GOI) could not decide about new Health Secretary.

K. Chandramouli retires as Health Secretary
K. Chandramouli (IAS UP,1975 batch)has retired as Health Secretary to the Government of India (GOI) on August 31, 2011.

Anil Kumar gets additional charge of Health
Anil Kumar who on central deputation is Secretary Ayush has been given additional charge of Health in the Government of India (GOI) for three months.

Navin Kumar gets additional charge
Navin Kumar who on central deputation is Secretary Drinking Water will look after the additional charge of Secretary, Land Resources for two weeks in place of Ms. Anita Chaudhary (IAS1976). He is an IAS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

PG Dhar Chakraborty posted as Advisor, ISC
P.G. Dhar Chakraborty on central deputation has been appointed as Advisor, Inter State Council (ISC) Secretariat in MHA in place of G Balachandran, IAS (1977WB). This is an additional secretary rank position. He is an IAS officer of 1980 who belongs to the J&K cadre.

Ashok Kumar Angurana posted as Addl Secretary Panchayati Raj
Ashok Kumar Angurana on central deputation has been appointed as Additional Secretary in Ministry of Panchayati Raj in place of Sudhir Kumar IAS. He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the J&K cadre.

Dr. Jitendra Nath Misra to be Joint Secretary, MEA
Dr. Jitendra Nath Misra who is currently Indian Ambassador to Laos on his return to India will be posted as a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1982 batch.

Sudeep Lakhtakia, IG, SPG to get 2 years extension
Sudeep Lakhtakia, IG, SPG New Delhi may get an extension of two years. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Sumit Majumdar to be Ombudsman !
Sumit Majumdar is being tipped to be Ombudsman Customs and Central Excise in Delhi. He is 1974 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Government mooting a Southern India Industrial corridor ?
The government plans to replicate Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor in southern India as well though things are still at the drawing board stage.

Should the big cities pay for their infrastructure?
Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia has suggested that the big cities should pay for their own infrastructure and upkeep so that limited funds of the centre can be used for developing the small cities. Ahluwalia suggested that policy makers of big cities should think on these lines and probably make a JNNURM -2.

Dr. M. A. Ibrahimi promoted to CS rank in Bihar
Dr. M. A. Ibrahimi (IAS Bihar 1978) batch has been promoted in the rank of Chief Secretary in Bihar.

Prabhat Kumar to go to the US
Prabhat Kumar has been nominated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T), Government of India (GOI), for a course on Masters in Public Administration in Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA" commencing shortly. He is an IRS-IT officer of the 1994 batch.

IRS (C&CE) officer Ravichandran empanelled as JS in GoI
IRS (C&CE) officer B Ravichandran of 1984 batch has been empanelled as JS or equivalent in the GoI under CSS.

Khan to be PS Law in Madhya Pradesh ?
D K Khan is likely to be appointed new Principal Secretary Law in the Madhya Pradesh Government.

IRS officer Meena empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Sukhpal Meena who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA & AS officer Abdul Majid transferred
Abdul Majid Rather, Assistant Accountant General, in the office of the Accountant General (A&E), J&K, Srinagar on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Pension: Adhoc) in the office of the Accountant General (A&E), Punjab, Chandigarh.

CIT posting orders this week end
Transfer and posting orders of Commissioners of Income Tax are expected this week end. About four dozen officers figure in the list.

A total lull in the Railway Ministry
There is a total lull in the Railway Ministry as far as senior level postings were concerned. Neither K K Shrivatava's file for Member Traffic nor any proposal regarding appointment of senior officers as GMs was mooted till Tuesday evening. Those who are to be elevated as GMs are: B.N. Rajshekhar, Arunendra Kumar, A K Verma, Kalishankar, Mahesh Kumar, A.K. Khanna, S.K. Jain, G.C. Agrawal, Indra Ghosh, S.V. Arya & N.C. Sinha.

Karamvir Singh retires -Tiwari is acting DGP in UP
Finally Uttar Pradesh DGP Karamvir Singh has retired on Wednesday and DG PAC R K Tiwari has taken over as acting DGP of UP. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.

Abhayanand is new DGP of Bihar
1977 batch IPS officer Abhayanand on Wednesday took charge as the 48th DGP of Bihar .

Robin Dhowan is new Vice Chief of Navy
Vice Admiral Robin Dhowan has taken over as the Vice-Chief of Navy following retirement of Vice Admiral D K Deewan .

Alok Gupta gets addl charge of Divisional Commissioner, Bikaner
Alok Gupta Director Secondary Education and Ex-officio State Project Director Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA) Bikaner, has been given the additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Bikaner.

IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu
S. Samant Rohan Rajendra has been appointed ASP, Devakottai Sub-division, Sivagangai district.N. Ziaul Haque has been made ASP, Karur Rural sub-division, Karur district. Disha Mittal has been posted as ASP, Sivakasi Sub-division, Virudhunagar district.Vijayantha Goyal has been transferred as ASP, Avinashi Sub-division, Tiruppur district. N. Harish, ASP has been posted as ASP, Valliyur sub-division, Tirunelveli district. P. Vijayakumar will be ASP, Vallam Sub-division, Thanjavur district.G. Dharmalingamhas been posted as ASP, Colachel Sub-division, Kanyakumari district. Sibi Chakravarthi has been transferred as ASP, Gudiyattham Sub-division, Vellore district.M. Durai will be ASP, Chidambaram Sub-division, Cuddalore district. K. Shankar JCP Central Zone, Chennai Police, has been transferred as Joint Commissioner of Police, West Zone, Greater Chennai. P. Sakthivelu, JCP, Traffic, Chennai Police will now be JCP, Traffic, South, Greater Chennai Police. H.M. Jayaram will take over as JCP, Traffic North, Greater Chennai Police. A.G. Pon.Manickavel, DIG, Railways, Chennai will be JCP, at Central Crime Branch, Greater Chennai Police.M. Ramasubramani has been transferred as DIG, Vellore Range, in the place of S.N. Seshasai, posted as JCP, East Zone, Greater Chennai Police. G. Karthikeyan, DCP, Traffic, Greater Chennai Police will take over as DCP, Pulianthope, Greater Chennai Police, replacing Ashwin Kotnis, transferred as DCP, St.Thomas Mount,Greater Chennai Police. He takes the place of S. Baskaran, posted as DCP, Triplicane, Greater Chennai Police. T.K. Pugalendhi has been made DCP, Mylapore, Greater Chennai Police, taking the place of S.V. Karuppasamy. S. Rajendran will be DCP, Madhavaram, Greater Chennai Police, vice Santosh Kumar, transferred and posted as DCP, Traffic, West, Greater Chennai Police.

IPS postings in Chhattisgarh
O P Paul has been appointed SP Durg.Praveer Das will now be SP Sarguja.

IAS changes in Goa
Chief secretary S K Srivastava will also be chief vigilance officer and principal resident commissioner.B Vijayan has been given additional charge of Tourism. R K Verma has been given PWD which was hitherto held by Vijayan.

Dimri is new DG Ordnance Factories (UPDATED)
Sashi Dhar Dimri has taken over the charge of Director General Ordnance Factories and Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board on Thursday. 1974 batch IoFS officer Dimri has succeeded D M Gupta who retired on August 31.

Three IFS officers in Rajasthan transferred (UPDATED)
Three IFS officers in Rajasthan have been transferred. Accordingly, Motilal Meena - CCF kota has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Development - Rajasthan - Jaipur, GV Reddy awaiting posting has been posted as CCF Kota while B Praveen awaiting posting has been transferred as CCF (Project Implementation Officer) Jaipur.

Sanjay Malhotra gets addl charge of Secr Finance (Budget) Dept. in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Sanjay Malhotra, Secretary to government and Commissioner, Department of Information Technology and Communications, Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been given the additional charge of Secretary Finance (Budget) Department.

Dr. Sarangi takes over as Secretary, Labour & Employment (UPDATED)
Dr. Mrityunjaya Sarangi , IAS (TN:77) has taken over charge as the new Secretary in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. Prior to this he was Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. Dr. Sarangi has taken over after the retirement of P.C.Chaturvedi, IAS (UP:75) from the post of Secretary in the Ministry of Labour & Employment on August 31,2011.

Anil Kumar Chaudhary is SAIL's new Director (Finance) (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar Chaudhary, 50, has taken charge of the office of Director (Finance) of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Prior to this, he was Executive Director (Finance & Accounts) at SAIL's Bokaro Steel Plant. Having done graduation in commerce from Delhi University, Chaudhary joined SAIL Corporate Office in New Delhi in 1984 as Junior Manager (F&A), and rose to the rank of Executive Director (F&A) earlier this year with posting at Bokaro. During his long tenure at SAIL Corporate Office, Chaudhary has made significant contributions in the areas of treasury and banking operations, foreign exchange management, capital budgeting, cost & operations budget, financial concurrence and administration of centralised gratuity and superannuation funds.

Kuldeep Chaturvedi to be Deputy Chief,Railway CT (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Kuldeep Chaturvedi who is Hubly based General Manager (GM) of the South Western Railway(SWR) is poised to be Vice Chairman of the Railway Claims Tribunal(RCT).

Ms.Vandana Singhal to be Member, RCT (UPDATED)
Ms. Vandana Singhal has been appointed as a Member of the Railway Claims Tribunal(RCT). Presently,she is Financial Advisor (FA) & Chief Accounts Officer(CAO) of North Central Railway(NCR), Allahabad.

(DEBATE)
DEFENCE OFFICIALS AS IPS ?
The government intends to allow the entry of the Captain and the Major-rank defence officials if they qualify limited departmental examination to join the Indian Police Service, in all probability, from 2012 onwards. The step is being taken to bridge the shortage of IPS officers in the country. Is it a right step ? Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Who will enter the banking space ?
With RBI relaxing rules - allowing Corporates to enter banking space, the hot topic is who will enter the already crowded private banking space. One of the large corporate houses with interests in oil, brokerage, NBFC, infrastructure, telecom was very keen. It, however, remains to be seen whether present financial circumstances encourage them to enter this field.

Manufacturing policy should be a game changer
The manufacturing policy that is likely to be announced anytime soon is expected to be a game changer say experts. Easing off labour and environment laws and tax sops for National Manufacturing Investment Zones (NMIZs) will give a boost to the industrial growth which has been stagnating for quite some time.

Fertiliser players hail much awaited nutrient based subsidy
Urea players in the private sector say that government's move to give nutrient based subsidy is good and that reduced government intervention is welcome. Experts say that urea players with lower energy consumption are likely to gain on efficiency.

Narayan Devanathan appointed National Planning Head of Dentsu Marcom
Narayan Devanathan has been appointed as National Planning Head for Dentsu Marcom, a subsidiary of the Dentsu India Group.

Sharma appointed Company Secy. Himatsingka Seide Ltd
Himatsingka Seide Ltd has appointed Ashok Sharma as Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. September 1, 2011 in place of Amit Jain

Meier resigns as Director, Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd
H. Meier has resigned as Director of Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd with effect from August 31, 2011

Can Fin Homes Ltd appoints Addl. Directors
Subramaniyam Ramachandran Iyer, K. S. Madhava Murthy, K. R. Vijayendra have been appointed as additional directors of Can Fin Homes Ltd.

Llango appointed MD, Can Fin Homes Ltd
C. Ilango has been appointed as Managing Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd with effect from April 29, 2011

Thakore resigns as VP & Head (Finance), AGC Networks Ltd
Amal Thakore, Vice President & Head (Finance), AGC Networks Ltd has resigned from the company on September 30, 2011.

Reddy withdrawn as APIDC Nominee Director on Steel Exchange India Board
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (APIDC) has withdrawn the nomination of V Nagi Reddy , IAS, from the Board of Steel Exchange India Ltd

Sawhney appointed APIDC Nominee Director, Steel Exchange India Ltd
Ms Nilam Sawhney, IAS, has been appointed as Nominee Director by Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (APIDC) on the Board of Steel Exchange India Ltd.

Balan appointed Alternate Director, A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services Ltd
A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services Ltd has appointed Arjun Balan as an Alternate Director to Brij Raj Singh.

DEBATE (1)

It will affect the civilian nature of police

Sir, the major objection to such a large scale entry of Army officers into IPS is that it will certainly affect the civilian nature of police. The founding fathers of the Constitution took pains to establish a Constitutional Civil Service. This will make the police more para military. It will definitely suit the politician who want to perpetuate their rule. Is that what our Constitution envisaged?

Capt Suresh Sharma

DEBATE (2)

A noble idea

It's a noble idea and should be implemented at the earliest.

Kishori Lal

DEBATE (3)

Even Defence doesn't has surplus

What is the point in shifting vacancies. I suppose even Defence doesn't has surplus. Above that, add the cost of training in Army. However it may be good for individuals.

Vinod Kumar

Quite interesting

Having worked a full term as FA long time back, I find the comments and complaints of one FA holding charge of more than one ministry interesting. FA's post is not much sought after by bureaucrats because of its negative appeal. Moreover a FAs job in a Ministry is not a full time job and the officer mostly get underutilized. Many do not have even two hours work. Naturally Government saddles FAs with more than one ministry, some permanently and some temporarily. Some are given additional charge of PSUs under the Ministries and some shift permanently to these posts. There is nothing new in this. Our present PM though over ruled many times in the postings of senior officials by his political masters, has found a unique way of controlling Ministry finances by posting his own select officers as FAs. If some of them get more than one Ministry, there is nothing special about it.

N K Mathur

Even heads of the bureaucracy harass officers

An All India Service Officer for all purpose is an All India Service Officer but actually he is an orphan left at the mercy of the state government. Recently, several instances of harassment of the officers have come to light. Politicians and Chief Ministers harass and it is their job to harass. It is ok. But what happens to Chief Secretary and DGP 'so called 'head of the bureaucracy? probably they would be prostrating and lying down before the cm's . either for becoming information commissioners or getting an party ticket . Several chief secretaries who would prostrate have actually become information commissioners ( e.g. Srinivasan). Now we should see what would present Chief Secretary be after the retirement whereas Navin Jain would get tossed out by the media as gullible and cynical bureaucrat etc.

R S Singh

A solution

The solution in respect of persons promoted/date of increment between Feb 2006 to June 2006, is that an amount of 0.5% per month may be allowed and added to the increment on 01.07.2007 (considering that those who completed 6 months on 01.07.2006 got an extra increment of 3%). This will be in line with the variable increment accepted by the VIth Pay Commission. Alternately, for the period from Feb 2006 to December 2006, 0.25% per month may be allowed, as for the next 6 months (01.01.07 to 30.06.2007) one full increment of 3% will be allowable.

This will reduce the gap from persons joining/increment on 01.01.06, who would get first increment on 1st July 2006, and keeping sufficient seniority compared to persons joining/increment on 01.01.2007.

Hope the participants of the anomaly committee will accept this suggestion and this matter can be resolved.

D.K.Singh

Keep the good work going.

Dear Anil,

A highly motivating and extremely well written piece in the honour of our uniformed men. I wish a copy is sent to the PM and the Defence Minister. Keep the good work going.

Rajiv Misra

Everything has a price in this country

It should be clearly understood by Bhushans and Kejriwals etc. that whosoever bad this Government and this parliament may be and howsoever honest Anna may be, he cannot be and should not be substitute for the duly elected Parliament and constitutionally constituted Government. If this happens, it will be a very bad precedent. No body should give ultimatums and deadlines to the Government and Government should not take them. Perhaps new more laws are needed in this country. The existing ones should be implemented strictly. Today no body is afraid of law, because it is almost impossible to prove the wrong doer guilty and if proved guilty to punish him, especially if he is rich. Everything has a price in this country, including seemingly most of the judiciary whose image among the people is not better than that of the government.

Bishan Sharma

DPS is a Public Authority

Information related to admission made by the Delhi Public School (DPS), Rohini under the policy framework specified by the Department of Education (DoE) for the academic year 2010-2011 was denied claiming that since it is an Unaided Private Institution, the RTI Act is not applicable to the school. The CIC noted that 10,000 sq. mtrs. of land was allotted to the School by the DDA at a nominal rent of Rs. 10/- per annum while another 6000 sq. mtrs. have been allotted at concessional rate of Rs. 65 lacs per acre. The CIC observed that the terms and conditions of service of employees of DPS are as per the norms of DoE and the School enjoyed exemption from Income Tax on its earnings. The presence of two nominees from the DoE in the Managing Committee indicated the Government control in the running and administration of the DPS. The CIC held that the DPS, Rohini fulfills the essential elements of being called a 'Public Authority'.

Comments

Getting a child admitted in a good school has been very difficult for the residents of Delhi. Hopefully, this order would usher in transparency in the working of the educational institutes in the country who shall now be bound to designate PIOs.

- 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)