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Ajay Singh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

PC as FM did not protect the Nation's financial interests in the 2 G case!!! It is clear had he insisted on auction Raja would have had to fall in line!!! I've said this in the past this humongous scam could not have taken place without the involvement of the then FM!!!! Why did Pranab have this note written to PM....Pranab knew that then FM's involvement in 2 G could not have been kept a State Secret forever and then when it would have come out he would have been blamed for doing a cover up???? There also could be a political angle!!! PC got his Media pals to immediately give this revelation a political hue.... when he saw this was not working by night he got them to put out the story that there was no 'mala fide intent'!! Though Government controlled TRAI says there was no loss , the loss by various studies ranges from 50,000 crores to 1.76 lakh crores..... so chori figure is there and then another indicator of the loss is the reselling of the licenses..... however I do agree to find out how the money was paid and were it was paid is difficult.....needs ' non CBI kind of investigation'... outsource this investigation to Scotland Yard and both how and where the payment was made and where it went will be known!!

Swamy could become a 'giant slayer'!!!!

For long he has been a 'PC flayer'!!

I hear when Sonia returned she was livid that some Congress Ministers ' had developed wings'....... and not because they drank Big Bull.... Big Bull they drink but for other reasons!!!! It is indeed like a 'war' for Sonia!!! Servility to High Command is the hallmark of Congressmen! I do not like saying this but if Sonia is terminally ill then I'd say the battle for succession has begun!!! Rahul's stock keeps falling..... he's even got the title from the US as Mr. Faux Pas!!! I too feel without Mom he's a pushover.... he has been overrated and over estimated!! Like the World Economy Congress to is entering 'the unknown phase'!! Could this be the beginning of the end of the Gandhi hold on Congress???

Will Congress go through Perestroika????

And very worrisome phase for Congress's troika (Sonia, Rahul and Priyanaka)!!

Advani met RSS and got the marching orders.... for his PM ambitions!! He came out and made a statement but did not clearly spell out that his PM dream is over!! 'I'm retired ... I'm back' Advani is still keeping his PM dream 'on oxygen'!!! Like in Congress in BJP too turf wars have started!!!! Though as of today Modi has emerged as BJP's PM candidate!! Sushma.... she's got the Reddy blot and then she built her bridges with Sonia ......something the RSS has taken note of!! Jailtey is a bit too pally with PC.... in RSS PC is deciphered as Poora Chor and then Jaitley is not a Leader persay!!! Now a lot depends on UP!!!!

Advani ka PM waala sapna toot gaya... not chakna choor!!!!!

And then Advani whispers to his pals 'election abhi hai durr'!!!

Should Anna be going to Pakistan..... no!! First there is too much on his plate here..... and why the hell should he be concerned with corruption in a Country that I feel majority of Indians will say is India's enemy!!! And I do not think Anna needs 'TRP'!!! I think he'd be blundering by going to Pakistan!!! And Trojan Horse Agnivesh is trying to wiggle back into Anna's inner circle..... Anna should keep him totally out of the movement!!!!

Not to go to Pakistan find a 'polite bahaana'!!!

Pakistan bilkul nahi jaana!!

PS...they say CBI has that much autonomy from Home Minister as Mohna has from Sonia!! Now it is clear who was behind the 'Wrigleygate' .....who wanted to spy on FM and why???? Salman Kursheed is emerging as Congress's 'Chief Lair'..... from Diet Sibal he is emerging as Sibal!!! Since morning of 22.09 PC have been on Vibrator Mode!! Singhvi said that Congress trusts PC.... but today the Nation no longer trusts Congress!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Maharshtra Chief Minister on the way out ?
There are chances that the Maharastra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan may have to go due to non-performance. Meeting of two former Chief Ministers Ashok Chavan and Vilas Rao Deshmukh with Sonia Gandhi and meeting of Narayan Rane with Rahul Gandhi has fuelled speculations to this effect,

Who would be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra ?
Three names that are in the reckoning for the post of next Maharashtra Chief Minister are Mukul Wasnik, Vilas Mutumwar and Narayan Rane.

BUREAUCRACY

Now retirement age will not be raised
The issue of age extension is now buried for ever. After all these scams and Anna, the highest command has decided to bury the issue of age extension forever. Civil servants, it is felt, serve for 35 years, which is more than enough.

R. Gopalakrishnan appointed Member-Secretary NIC
R. Gopalakrishnan, Additional Secretary, in the Prime Minister's Office has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Innovation Council, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary, for a period of two years, on relinquishing his charge in the Prime Minister's Office after completion of his tenure on 23.9.2011. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Sepember 13)

17 IPS officers retiring in September 2011
As many as 17 IPS officers are retiring in September 2011. They are A.S. Khan of Arunachal Pradesh cadre, P. D. Goswami and Binoy Ranjan Das of Assam & Meghalaya, Uday Shankar Dutta and Raj Bardhan Sharma of Bihar , Rajiv Kumar Mathur of Chhattisgarh , Paramdeep Singh Gill of Jammu & Kashmir, Jagdish Raj of Jharkhand, Udayan Mukherji of Karnataka , Netto Desmond A I and K. Natarajan of Kerala, P.L.Pandey of Madhya Pradesh, M. Shanti Kumar Singh of Manipur Tripura , Rajendra Kumar Tewari and Keshav Sharan Pippil of Uttar Pradesh and Pradip Kumar Sanyal and Barun Kumar Mallick of West Bengal cadre.

Mantha to be CMD BDL
S N Mantha is being tipped to be new CMD of the Bharat Dynamic Ltd (BDL).He is presently Director in the Company.

Two batch-mates to rule
From October, two batch-mates Pulok Chaterji and A K Seth are going to rule the country. Chaterji will be new Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and Ajit Seth is already Cabinet Secretary. Incidently, both the 1974 batch IAS officers belong to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Where is the file of inter-state change of High Court Judges ?
Inter-State transfer of 28 High Court Judges has reportedly run into rough weather. What could be the reason.

Will IT Tribunal President move as Judge of the High Court ?
Grapevine has it that President of the Income Tax Tribunal Ishwar is moving as a Judge of the High Court.

Suspension of seniormost IAS in Uttar Pradesh-why ?
The reign of fear and terror unleashes in UP against anybody who does not toe line is obvious from the suspension of Smt Promilla Shankar IAS/1976, posted as Commissioner NCR Planning Board, UP. She is seniormost IAS of UP today. The suspension is apparently for going abroad, to Colombo without waiting for approval. Experts believe that this is too weak and flimsy an excuse for such a drastic step as suspension, and seems vindictive action for other reasons. The real reason for the action is believed to be her objecting to state's massive urbanisation plan by the Yamuna Expressway Authority on rich agricultural land outside the controlled development areas, against the NCR Regional Plan 2021. Smt Shankar has been constantly harassed by present govt ever since it came to power.

Kantiah to be Judicial Member CAT in Hyderabad
Kantiah has been appointed new Judicial Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Hyderabad.

Rao is new Judicial Member CAT in Chennai
B V Rao has been appointed new Judicial Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Chennai.

Can a Lokayukta be owner of 23 houses and plots ?
There are reports that a former Lokayukta in a state is owner of 23 houses and plots in his and his relatives name.

Mugda Sinha appointed OSD to Anand Sharma
Ms Mugda Sinha has been appointed OSD to Union Minister Textiles Anand Sharma. She is 1999 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

16 govt deptts not cooperating with DoPT
As many as 16 government departments had not furnished to the DoPT a list of undersecretaries who had stayed beyond 16 years even though orders in this respect had been issued almost a year ago. This negligence of ministries has become a major hindrance in the implementation of Rotational Transfer Policy (RTP) for officers of the Central Secretariat Services, in place since 2007. Subsequent reminders were sent by the DoPT on March 29, May 25 and June 22 this year but to no avail.

Ms. Manjula Prashar to be Secretary (Posts) for a year plus
Ms. Manjula Prashar (IPoS 1975 batch)who is presently is Member (Operations)& is poised to be new Secretary (Posts) will have more than one year's stint as Secretary.

Shashi Kumar to join GoI on deputation
As the grapevine has it, Shashi Kumar - Additional PCCF Goa - 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 UT cadre.

Ms.Tanuja Mittal is FCI's Western Zone chief
Ms.Tanuja Mittal has joined as Mumbai based General Manager(GM) with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) for Western Zone.Earlier,she was Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn/Pens), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai.She is an IA&AS officer of 1996 batch.

Will Bhattacharya be Member of BIFR ?
Name of former SBI MD S K Bhattacharya is currently doing the round for the post of Member BIFR.

Subhash Jarodia CPMG Jammu & Kashmir elevated
Subhash Jarodia (IPoS 1980 batch) CPMG Jammu & Kashmir has been elevated.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh.New postings are Mssrs Sachhidanand Dube DM Farquabad, Y R Bhaskar DM Deoria, Kapil Dev Tripathi Special Secretary Rural Development, Ms Chaitra B DM Siddharth Nagar, Dr Kajal Additional Commissioner Meerut Division and Kumar Ravi Kant Singh CDO Meerut.

C.A. Booth empanelled for Jt. Secretary's post in GoI
IA&AS officer of 1988 batch C.A. Booth has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India (GoI).

IAS changes in Andhra Pradesh
Vasudha Mishra has been appointed as Principal Secretary of Sports and Youth affairs. Dr Manmohan Singh, has been posted as principal secretary of housing and Sanjay Kumar will now be commissioner of AP Housing Board.

IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand. As many as 21 odf them have been transferred. Accordingly, Haridwar DM Meenakshi Sundaram has been made Additional Secretary Home, IT and Director ITDA, Naintal DM Shailesh Bagoli has been made Additional Secretary & Director Technical Education and MD, Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, Tehri DM Radhika Jha has been made Additional Secretary Urban Development, Director Local Bodies & SUDA and Project Director ADB projects, Dehradun DM Sachin Kurve has been made Additional Secretary and Director Panchayati Raj, Champawat DM Dr Pankaj Kumar Pandey has been made Additional Secretary Planning, Rudraprayag DM SA Murugeshan has been made DM, Tehri, Chamoli DM Brajesh Sant has been made Additional Secretary Rural Development and Convener Atal Adarsh Gram Yojna, Additional Secretary Housing and VC, MDDA D Santhil Pandian has been made DM, Haridwar, Additional Secretary to CM Nidhimani Tripathi has been made DM, Nainital, Additonal Secretary to CM, Power and Director ITDA Dilip Jawalkar has been made DM, Dehradun, MD, GMVN Ashish Joshi has been made DM, Champawat, MD, KMVN, is DM, Rudraprayag, MD Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) Dr Ranjeet Kumar Sinha has been made DM Chamoli; Bageshwar DM CS Napalchayal has been made Additional Secretary Finance; Chief Development Officer (CDO), Nainital and MD, Tarai Seed Development Corporation (TDC) Deepak Rawat DM, Bageshwar; Additional Secretary Finance, Technical Education, Planning and Director Technical Education and Staff Officer to Chief Secretary GS Jangpangi has been made Additional Secretary Housing and VC, MDDA, Additional Secretary Home, Information Technology, AYUSH-Ravinath Raman has been made Additional Secretary Power and MD, GMVN; Additional Director, Uttarakhand Administration Academy Avnendra Singh Nayal has been given additional charge of MD, KMVN and Additional Secretary & Registrar Cooperative Commiittees Manjul Kumar Joshi has been made Additional Secretary AYUSH, Additional Secretary, Social Welfare, Sainik Kalyan, Panchayati Raj and Director Panchayati Raj CMS Bisht has been relieved of responsibilities and Director Panchayati Raj and given additional charge of Additional Secretary and Registrar Cooperative Committees. Additional Secretary IT, Sanskrit Education, Tourism, Director UREDA and Additional Chief Executive Officer of Tourism Development Council Nitesh Kumar Jha has been relieved from his duties as Additional Secretary, IT, Additional Secretary Labour, Employment, Census and Rural Technical Service Kisan Nath has been given additional charge of Additional Secretary, Industry.

Pushkar Singh Sailal is new SSP of Haridwar (UPDATED)
Haridwar SSP Kewal Khurana has been replaced by Champawat SP Pushkar Singh Sailal.

Ms Jain goes on inter-cadre deputation to Arunachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
Ms Indra Mallo Jain has gone on inter-cadre deputation for five years from Maharashtra to UT (Arunachal Pradesh).She is 1999 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Vinayan is new CVO FACT (UPDATED)
J Vinayan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), Kochi. He is 1994 batch IRTS officer.

Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
Radhey Shyam Sharma of SG/IRSME has been on revocation of suspenion, posted to ECOR, Aqueel Ahmad of JAG/IRSE has been transferred from CORE to NFR and posted in the cadre, K Umamaheswara Rao of JS/IRTS has been transferred from ER to CR and posted in the cadre and RK Bariar of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from NR to SER and posted as CBE.


Transfer of Railway officials cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfers of P. Barapatre of SAG/IRSE from CR to SER for posting as CBE and Y.K. Agarwal of JS/IRSE from NWR to ER have been cancelled.

Subramanian to be CMD BECIL (UPDATED)
K Subramanian is being tipped to be CMD of the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd (BECIL).He is presently in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

13 Addl/Jt Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 13 Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred. Accordingly, Manish Mohan has been, on return from deputation, transferred as CEI, Delhi, P.K. Tripathi has been, on return from study leave, transferred as NACEN Faridabad, Sudhir Kumar has been transferred from Shillong Zone to Pune CX (Service Tax), Arun Kumar from CEI Delhi to Delhi Customs, Ashutosh Baranwal from Delhi Customs to Delhi CX, Nikhil Chandra from CEI Delhi (UOP) to Vigilance Delhi (NZU), Kumar Santosh from Vigilance Delhi to CDR, CESTAT Delhi, Rajiv Gupta from Bhubaneswar CX to HRD Delhi, J.P. Singh from Valuation Delhi to Delhi Customs, M.M. Singh from Delhi Customs to Valuation Delhi, S.R. Gaur from Ranchi CX to DPPR Delhi, M.L. Meena from CEI Indore to Bhopal CX (Indore) and S.C. Gupta from Bhopal CX (Indore) to CEI Indore.

Akali Dal sweeps SGPC polls (UPDATED)
The ruling Akali Dal being led by Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal has swept SGPC polls results of which were declared on Sepember 22, 2011. In Punjab Akali Dal lost just 13 out of 170 seats while in Haryana it did remarkably well. From Haryana SGPC has Eight of 11 representatives elected who belong to Akali Dal. It is worth mentioning that Haryana Government is being headed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda who hails from the Congress party. One seat each in Himachal Pradesh & Jammu & Kashmir have also gone to the Akali Dal

Awtar Singh Makkad to continue as SGPC chief (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it, Awtar Singh Makkad from Ludhiana will continue to head the SGPC.

Naveen Kumar to be new Chief Secretary of Bihar (UPDATED)
Naveen Kumar is returning to the parent Bihar cadre as new Chief Secretary.1975 batch IAS officer Naveen Kumar is presently Secretary Drinking Water in the Government of India.He will succeed Anup Mukherjee who is retiring this month end.

(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

Sridhar is new CMD of HMT
S G Sridhar has taken over as new chairman and managing director of HMT Limited, Bangalore.

Pandey appointed Director, GSFC
The Industries & Mines Department, Government of Gujarat has appointed D N Pandey, IAS, Secretary, Finance Department. Government of Gujarat as a Director on the Board of Gujarat State Financial Corporation (GSFC) with immediate effect in place of C.L. Meena, IAS.

BPCL carves out new territory of Sholapur
The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has carved out a new territory of Sholapur in Maharashtra.It will comprise five districts.

Saraf resigns as Director, Ramakrishna Forgings Ltd
Ram Prasad Saraf has resigned as Director of Ramkrishna Forgings Ltd with effect from August 20, 2011.

Gaja appointed Company Secy. Temptation Foods Ltd
Temptation Foods Ltd has appointed Shweta Gaja as a Company Secretary of the company.

Temptation Foods Ltd appoints two directors
Deepesh Shelar and Ayaz Meghani have been appointed as Independent Directors of Temptation Foods Ltd.

Dr Vallabh resigns as Chairman, Microsec Financial Services Ltd
Prof. (Dr.) Gourav Vallabh has resigned as Chairman of Microsec Financial Services Ltd with immediate effect .

Patel resigns as CGM & Company Secy. Bharati Shiyard Ltd
U A Patel, Chief General Manager and Company Secretary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd has resigned with effect from September 15, 2011.

Shikari appointed Alternate Director, Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd
Sohel Shikari has been appointed as Alternate Director to Ms Meera Vasudevan on the Board of Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd on September 7, 2011.

Chopra appointed Addl. Director, SRF Ltd
SRF Ltd has appointed Tejpreet S. Chopra as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. September 21, 2011.

Kaura resigns as Director, SRF Ltd
Satish K Kaura has resigned as Director of SRF Ltd w.e.f September 5, 2011.

Gautam resigns as Director, Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd
Dhananjay Gautam , Director (Business Co-ordination) of Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd has resigned from the post of Director with effect from September 7, 2011

Napoleon appointed Director , Legal & Head-Secretarial, Rhodia Speciality Chemicals India Ltd
Rhodia Specialty Chemicals India Ltd has appointed C. Napoleon as Director (Legal & Head-- Secretarial) of the company.

Ketkar appointed Company Secy. Rhodia Speciality Chemicals India Ltd
Niranjan Ketkar has been appointed as Company Secretary of Rhodia Speciality Chemicals India Ltd in place of C. Napoleon w.e.f. September 22, 2011.

Ramanathan appointed Director, Rooms, Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel
Lakshmanan Ramanathan has been appointed as the Director of Rooms at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel.

Vijayendra appointed Company Secy. Acropetal Technologies Ltd
R Vijayendra has been appointed as Company Secretary of Acropetal Technologies Ltd.

Narain re-elected President, Tourism Guild of Agra
Rajiv Narain, Senior Vice President (Operations) of Jaypee Palace Hotel has been re-elected for the fourth term as President of the Tourism Guild of Agra.

Bharti elected Vice President, Tourism Guild of Agra
Vishal Bharti, General Manager of Trident Hotel has been elected as Vice President of Tourism Guild of Agra.

Saxena elected Secretary, Tourism Guild of Agra
Rajiv Saxena of Sanskrit Tours has been elected as Secretary of Tourism Guild of Agra.

Satyawadi is now CEO
Subodh Satyawadi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) .

Sridhar is Chairman of NBFC-AFCs
R. Sridhar who is currently Managing Director of Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd has been appointed Chairman of the The Finance Industry Development Council, a self-regulatory organisation for NBFC-AFCs

Bhattacharya appointed in Advisory Panel of REL
S K Bhattacharyya has been appointed in the Advisory Panel of the Religare Enterprises Limited (REL as an addition to its banking advisory panel.

Modi should have applied Tilak to Maulana

Apropos to Modi's refusal to wear a fez cap and the derisive comments from the Congress supported paid media, many may not be aware that the 'secular' partner of Congress in the centre as well as in Kerala, Muslim League refuses to light lamp in any function. What Modi should have done was to offer tilak to the Maulana and the 'secular' cat would have been out then.

N Krishnan

Opposed to setting up of nuclear plants

Now that Ms Jayalalita and Mamta Bannerji are opposed to setting up of nuclear plants in states ruled by them, what about shifting the location to Delhi on some flyover, Safdarjung Airport lying vacant or Ramlila ground ( so as to prevent any agitation by types of Baba Ramdev or Anna Hazare).

Sudhir Chopra

Give details of all officers retiring from all Central Services

Why not the details of all Officers Retiring from all Central Services are given on Whispers because it is a very useful informative website about the bureaucracy therefore you are requested to update the retirement details of all Central Services Officees not only IAS, IPS

Madanpal Singh

Remarks on "Whispers" uncalled for

Let K C Sivaraman and P C Verma, authors of uncharitable remarks against WIC , understand that such negativities and thoughts could wreck havoc on their physical and mental health. One wonders, how could retired civil servants be so uncouth and uncivil while exercising their Right to Freedom of Speech? Is this a case of old age ennui?.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

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)