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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Had Modi accepted the fez cap and worn it many would have lost respect for Modi....his refusal showed character!!! He's not a Muslim so why should he wear a fez cap????? I think the Maulana who offered him the fez cap was wrong and I feel Congress was behind this ..... it backfired as Modi may have got brickbats from Congress's pally Media but generally people , even Muslims, have appreciated his forthrightness!!!!! I always maintain that to be hospitable one does not have the change the cardinal rules in one's home.... and a guest who expects his host to change the host's cardinal rules is not a good guest!! And they say both Gulam Nabi Azad and Azhar had refused tikka being applied to their foreheads!!

Today Congress has just one objective..... Modi ka band bajao!!

Modi should say ' Before believing Congress's lies yahaa (Gujarat) aao'!!

Why is BJP going soft on Praful?????? There is so much against him..... he has run AI into the ground!!! The unplanned purchase of planes.... when AI could have easily dry chartered planes.....then stupid amalgamation of AI and IA....... then giving his pally Airlines lucrative routes......the list goes on and on!!!Praful keeps saying that he reduced the fares.... fact is the low cost Airlines that he tried to kill were the ones that reduced the fares!! He was responsible for the cartel that carriers like Jet and Kingfisher formed to 'fix fares'!!!

If law was allowed to take its course by now Praful would have been behind bars!!

But instead during the day he's a Mantri and at night he parties at the swankiest bars!

If you dabble in stocks please be careful Market will tank and go down to 12,000 to 13,0000 (Sensex).... gold is going to go way beyond $ 2000..... Nymex will stay in the 80's........Rupee is going to remain weak (48)..... inflation around 10%.....and growth will be 5.5%!!! And Dada (Pranab) is totally at sea......Montek is up to his games... he's still roaming the globe at our cost.... maximum trips to US where I think his kids live!!! Problem is this Sarkaar is the Middleman's (part time hoarder) and Retailers advocate.... huge stocks of food grains rot and Sarkaar would prefer that the grain rots or rodents eat it rather than humans get to eat it!! I do not think inflation will come down to 6% levels as long as UPA is in power!!!!

Pranab Da I hear said ' now Indians are used to high inflation' .. no longer it's an issue!!!

And as and when needed ...'inflation is coming down' statement via Montek Sarkaar will issue!!

In Haryana now the new call is ' Hissar election is prestige issue for Sonia'..... this is to get the warring groups in Haryana to work together!! And if Congress loses then someone high and mighty in Haryana Congress will have to take the fall!! Bhajan Lal's wife is whipping up emotions ... I hear BJP has got RSS to issue a diktat to its workers to work for Kuldeep!!! Chautalas are canvassing but are also worried about the progress of the DA case!!!

It is said in the past few days Hissar is flush with currency .... chotta and badha Gandhi notes!

And as the competition gets stiffer the buying rate of votes bloats (at present 1000/vote)!

Modi controversy.... on his birthday he refused to wear a cap and hold balloons!
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Why was Sadbhavna fast taken ?
The inner circle of the RSS planned to quell the rath yatra to be undertaken by LK Advani. The RSS was miffed at the yatra and so as an impromptu attempt decided to prop up Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with a fast, say inner circle of the RSS. It has taken the wind out of the sails of the rath yatra, said an insider.

Who offered a skull cap to Modi ?
It is heard that there was a deliberate attempt by the BJP inner circle to make Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wear a skull cap. That would have neutralised his image and he would not have been able to score the political mileage that he had undertaken the fast for.

Where is Maharashtra home Minister ?
It is heard that Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil has gone to UK to buy CCTV cameras and related equipments.One wonders that what happened to tender process that is usually undertaken for government buys !

BUREAUCRACY

Big Secretary level reshuffle likely ?
A major Secretary level reshuffle in the Government of India is on the cards. Will it be before the arrival of Pulok Chaterji or after his arrival ?.

23 IAS officers retiring in September 2011
As many as 23 IAS officers are retiring in September 2011. They are Jatinder Pal Singh and G.C. Joshi of AGMUT cadre, S.V. Prasad and K. Laxminarayana of Andhra Pradesh Cadre, Anup Mukerji of Bihar cadre, Jasvinder singh Rana, D.K.J. Dharlya and I.B. Pirzada of Gujarat cadre, Naresh Gulati of Haryana cadre, Deepak Gupta and Neelam Nath of Jharkhand cadre, Meera C. Saksena of Karnataka cadre, Mathew C. Kunnumkal of Kerala cadre, Bharat Kumar Vyas of Madhya Pradesh cadre, K. H. Panmel and Kishor Ambuly of Manipur Tripura cadre, Raghu Menon of Nagaland cadre, Bhaskar Chatterjee of Orissa cadre, Susan Mathow and V. A. Shegaonkar of Tamil Nadu cadre, Veena Upadhyaya and Rakesh Kumar Goel of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Dr. Sabyasachi Sen of West Bengal cadre.

Zohra Chaterjee is new Additional Secretary Coal
Zohra Chaterjee has taken over as new Additional Secretary Coal in the Government of India. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on September 12 )

CVC recommends major penalty proceedings against 165 Officers
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which has disposed of 1681 cases in July 2011 (referred to it for advice) has advised imposition of major penalty against 165 officers including 22 from Ministry of Railway, 17 from Union Bank of India, 13 from Punjab National Bank, 11 each from Corporation Bank and South Eastern Coalfields Ltd., nine from Employees Provident Fund Organisation, eight from Ministry of Urban Development, seven each from Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Surface Transport and Central Board of Excise & Customs, six from Syndicate Bank, five from Oriental Bank of Commerce, four each from Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Coalfields Ltd. and United India Insurance Co. Ltd. while the remaining 30 cases pertained to different departments of the Government of India and PSUs.

Ajay Nath to return to M P next week
Ajay Nath is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure next week. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

D N Narasimha gets 3 months
D N Narasimha who on central deputation is Joint
Secretary Petroleum has got three months extension.
He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the
Karnataka cadre.

Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy Secretary (Posts) to retire
Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy(IPoS 1974 batch)who is presently
Secretary (Posts) is going to retire on October 31,2011.

Chopra to be Director CMPDIL
R K Chopra is being tipped to be Director (Technical) of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDIL).He is presently CGM CIL.

S.M. Nigam is also in fray for DGIT Vigilance, Delhi
As the grapevine has it, S.M. Nigam CCIT is also in fray for the post of DGIT Vigilance, Delhi.

Krinwant Sahay's central deputation to end in November
Central deputation of Krinwant Sahay Registrar Energy Tribunal Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) is going to end on November 30, 2011.He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1987 batch.

Sunil Mishra is Dy Secretary in Shipping
Director in the Cabinet Secretariat Sunil Mishra has been moved to the Ministry of Shipping. He is CSS officer.

Subhash Jarodia CPMG Himachal Pradesh elevated
Subhash Jarodia(IPoS 1979 batch) CPMG Himachal Pradesh
has been elevated.

Four DMs transferred in Uttar Pradesh
Gaurishankar Priyadarshi will be new DM of Fatehpur.P Guruprasad has been made DM Etwah.Pranjal Yadav will move as DM Maharajganj.Suhas Elwai will be DM Hathras.

Under Secretary of CSS, Bali promoted
Consequent upon his inclusion in the Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) select list of CSS for the year 2005, MR Bali , Under secretary of CSS has been promoted as Deputy Secretary of CSS and posted to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

Deputy Secretary Mahalingam posted to PGIMER
A Mahalingam, Deputy Secretary, on return from deputation, has been posted to PGIMER, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, against an existing vacancy.

Will Shally Ranjan move to Food Processing Industries ?
Director in the Ministry of Environment and Forests Shally Ranjan is likely to move the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. Ranjan is 2001 batch IFS officer.

Three Under Secretaries transferred under RTP
As many as three under secretaries have been transferred under Rotational Transfer Policy (RTP). Accordingly, Virendra Kumar has been transferred from MHA to Defence, Raj Kumar from Higher Education to Defence and Ashok Kr. Dogra from Agriculture and Cooperation to Minority Affairs. DoPT, in a bid to prevent overstaying of officers in one place much beyond their prescribed service periods, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is contemplating to implement the RTP, a major anti-corruption rule, for officers of the Central Secretariat Services with full force.

DoPT contemplates to implement RTP
In a bid to prevent overstaying of officers in one place much beyond their prescribed service periods, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is contemplating to implement the Rotational Transfer Policy (RTP), a major anti-corruption rule, for officers of the Central Secretariat Services, in place since 2007. It, however, wants ministries to cooperate for the provision to become a success.

Ms. Meenakshi Sharma empanelled for Jt.Secretary's post in GoI
Ms. Meenakshi Sharma (IA&AS-1988) officers has is poised to join the Government been empanelled in the Government of India (GoI).

IA & AS officer Patil transferred
S Bhimgunda Patil, Assistant Accountant General, in the office of the Accountant General (Coml. Audit), Maharashtra, Mumbai, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Funds: Adhoc) in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Orissa, Bhubaneswar.

Lakhwinder to join GoI on deputation
As the grapevine has it, Lakhwinde on central deputation is going to join the Government of India (GoI). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Alok Tandon is new Joint Secretary Disinvestment (UPDATED)

Alok Tandon has been appointed new Joint Secretary Disinvestment in the Government of India. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Kalpana Mittal is back to Punjab (UPDATED)

Joint Secretary Disinvestment in the Government of India Ms Kalpana Mittal Baruah is back to the parent Punjab cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.She is 1985 batch IAS officer.

IIS officer is Joint Secretary Culture (UPDATED)

Arvind Manjit Singh appointed has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture. He is 1984 batch Indian Information Service officer.

Consequent upon her appointment as Member, CBEC, Ms. Sreela Ghosh has been assigned the charge of Member (Service Tax & GST). The Zones and DGs under her supervision would include

Chief Commissioner, CX; Customs & ST, Hyderabad; Chief Commissioner, CX & Customs, Vizag.; Chief Commissioner, CX & Customs, Bhopal and Chief Commissioner, CX, Customs & ST, Nagpur. . DG (Service Tax).

Joint Secretary level post of Controller General, Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPD and TM) under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is vacant in Mumbai on deputation basis. Those willing to be considered for the same may apply to the Personnel Department (Services Branch – II) at the earliest.

CBDT distributes work among members (UPDATED)

There has been fresh allocation of work in the Central Board of Direct Taxes. While the Chairman MC Joshi will be Zonal Incharge – Mumbai, Mrs. Manjari Kacker – Member (P&V) will look after North (Delhi + NWR) and UP Zone, Dr. Poonam Kishore Saxena – Member (IT) will look after Rajasthan, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and MP, K Madhvan Nair – Member (L&C) look after Southern Zone, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, SC jaini – Member (A&J) look after Eastern Zone, Kolkata, Bihar, Jharklhand and North east and SS Rana will be Member (Investigation).

(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

Sarraf is new CMD of OVL
Dinesh K. Sarraf has taken over as the CEO and Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), the overseas investment arm of ONGC. Prior to this he was Director (Finance) of ONGC .
( We said this on June 26 )

Usha Thorat on the board of MRPL
Mrs Usha Thorat, former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India, has been nominated on the board of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL).

Vishal Rally joins BIG CBS Networks as Business Hea

BIG CBS Networks Pvt Ltd has appointed Vishal Rally as its Business Head who will be look after the overall functioning of the channel, including programming, promotions, communications and also the P&L and revenue generation for the business. He has 16 years experience in the field.

Grant appointed GM, The Leela Palace, Udaipur

The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has appointed Graham A Grant as
General Manager of The Leela Palace, Udaipur.

Gupta resigns as Director, Swaca Business Machines Ltd
The Board of Sawaca Business Machines Ltd has accepted resignation of
Anupam Nand Gupta from the post of Director of the Company

Shankar re-elected President, IBF
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) has unanimously re-elected
Uday Shankar of Star India as President for a second term.

Lulla elected Vice President, IBF
Sunil Lulla of Times Television Network has been elected as
Vice-president of Indian Broadcasting Foundation in place of G
Krishnan .

Goenka elected Treasurer , IBF
Punit Goenka, Managing Director, Zee News Ltd., has been elected
Treasurer of Indian Broadcasting Foundation in place of Sunil Lulla.

Malkani quits MPG as VP
Manoj Malkani has quit MPG as Vice President after more than a two-year stint.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Shree Rani Sati Investment & Finance Ltd
Vijay Kumar Jatia and Ms Gauri Jatia have ceased to be directors of Shree Rani Sati Investment & Finance Ltd with effect from September 14, 2011

Goyal nominated Chairman, Audit Committee, United Bank of India
Sunil Goyal, Part-time Non-Official Director has been nominated as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of United Bank of India on September 16, 2011 at the Bank's Head Office in Kolkata.

Sarraf resigns as Director, Petronet LNG Ltd
D.K. Sarraf, Nominee Director of ONGC, has resigned from the office of the Director of Petronet LNG Ltd w.e.f. September 16, 2011

Mohanty appointed Head (Global transaction Banking), Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has appointed Anjali Mohanty as Head of Global Transaction Banking (GTB), India

Singhal appointed Director , CA Technologies, India & SAARC
CA Technologies has appointed Tarun Singhal as Director of Communications Service Provider, India and SAARC countries.

Warnke appointed GM, Swissotel , Kolkata
Ferry Warnke has been appointed as the General Manager of Swissôtel, Kolkata.

How long indispensable T K A Nair will continue in PMO ?

Has his new role been defined ? PM already gets a lot of advice will it not further add to his confusion leading to Policy Paralysis !

T K Ghosh

Sikkim Tragedy - State Cadre Officers

The extent of damage to life and property on account of Sunday's earthquake epicentred in Sikkim is unprecedented with death toll touching 72 and over 100 injured. It is time that all the State Cadre Officers posted in Delhi or elsewhere go back to their cadre to serve the people of the State in this hour of tragedy. It is unfortunate that there are Sikkim Cadre All-India Service Officers who have spent most of their service in Delhi either on central deputation or APPA training or in the Sikkim House in Delhi, and even today after completing their tenure are trying to continue in Delhi by getting some CVO posting in a Public Sector Undertaking. Would someone look into this practice of manipulation?

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Manmohan

Petrol price hike

The price of petrol in this country is at unprecedented level although the international crude oil price is not at all time high level. This is due to excessive levies of duties; in-efficiency of monopoly oil PSUs and exorbitant expenses towards salary & perquisites to its employees. The Govt. of India and public is the shareholders of these companies despite that public is suffering but the management of these companies is not only inefficient but also does not believe in austerity as far as their own concerns. Their counterparts are paid meagerly in comparison to them. Is any initiative would be taken to bring sensitivity in the structure.

Adarsh Gupta

DoPT should extend 'largesse' to others

The DoPT should extend the special incentive available to the AIS working in the North East to other services as well as they face the same handicaps . In fact the incentive should not be available to officers who belong to the N E states as they are in their home state and many rarely move out of their home states. Even those allocated to other cadres seek deputations to their own NE state. Besides these officers do not pay any income tax as they are exempt, unlike officers belonging to states outside the NE.

S Swarup

Excellent Proposal CBDT

Creating a special cell in IT for poll expenditure is good move. In fact CBDT should move from low tech work to high tech work culture. As proposed in budget speech last year, the scope of work for scrutinising ITRs of taxpayers above 60 years and less than 10 lakh income (both conditions to be met) should be completely ignored and the officers involved in theses small works should be utilised for much better task who can have innovative ideas to find the tax evasion form high fly persons who don't pay tax at all or declare less income.

R K Mishra

Khanduri should come out of his Maj Gen's image

There is no doubt that Khanduri is an honest and hardworking person but he will have to come out of his Maj Gen"s image and mix with the people which he lacked in his last tenure. Uttrakhand badly need a strong policy on housing and tourism. It does not have a housing board till date and the land available in the hills is being taken over by land sharks from plains.

Nandan

Only 'not so feudalistic' bureaucrats should speak

Only those bureaucrats should say something about the controversy of Mani Shankar Iyer who were themselves not so feudalistic, very polite, treated man like a man, were honest & sincere and had also worked very hard & honestly during their tenure. If the bureaucracy sheds some of its 'boo', become simple & normal and set examples by avoiding misusing their official position; then immediately all good things will start flowing for the masses. I hate those bureaucrats who say 'kya apne appointment liya tha' and 'unse kaho woh kyon hamse milna chahte hair, jao aur unko bolo woh unse mil lein'. Most of these kinds of people are frustrated lot on their home front and they try to went their feelings on the others. After all they have to come down to the streets after retirement.

Satya Prakash

Remarks on "Whispers" uncalled for

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Remarks of K C Sivaraman and P C Varma, IDAS (Retd) against "Whispers" are totally uncalled for. This shows their mental-frame which does not accept others' version. These gentlemen should know that the whispers' site is not official gazette but an informal site based on the feedback/views of its readers. It is of readers, by readers & for readers. Everyone is free to express his views on any issue and we should take it in right perspective. Editorial board need not be blamed for liberty being afforded by them to the readers' view. It seems even after their retirement, both these bureaucrats have not come out from high-headed ego and want everything to be dictated by themselves.

Pawan Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

Who says English is An Easy Language?

FUNDAMENTAL ENGLISH

Polish man moved to the USA and married an American girl.

Although his English was far from perfect, they got along very well until one day he rushed into a lawyer's office and asked him if he could arrange a divorce for him. The lawyer said that getting a divorce would depend on the circumstances, and asked him the following questions:

Have you any grounds?

Yes, an acre and half and nice little home.

No, I mean what is the foundation of this case?

It is made of concrete.

I don't think you understand. Does either of you have a real grudge?

No, we have carport, and not need one.

I mean. What are your relations like?

All my relations still in Poland

Is there any infidelity in your marriage?

We have hi-fidelity stereo and good DVD player.

Does your wife beat you up?

No, I always up before her.

Is your wife a nagger?

No, she white.

Why do you want this divorce?

She going to kill me.

What makes you think that?

I got proof.

What kind of proof?

She going to poison me. She buy a bottle at drugstore and put on shelf in bathroom.

I can read, and it say: 'Polish Remover'.

Contributed by-Satya Singal

Copy of agreement

The appellant sought detailed information about the installation of a cellular tower in the building of which he is a resident. The CPIO informed that the consent of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Association was taken before installation of the cellular tower in question but refused to provide information about (i) the rent being paid to the apartment owner on whose apartment the cellular tower has been set up and (ii) copy of the agreement between BSNL and the said apartment owner. The CIC rejected the arguement that the disclosure of this information would adversely affect the competitive position of BSNL. The CIC observed that the appellant has stakes in the building and its environment and the electro magnetic radiations emitted by the tower may affect him and directed to disclose the information.

Comments

This case opens up the numerous possibilities of the use of the RTI Act in the environmental protection. The PSUs are left in a position of disadvantage vis-à-vis their private sector counterparts.

Shri R Rajagopalan v. BSNL in CIC/LS/A/2011/001221

- 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)