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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Congress's Spin Doctors are working overtime!! Now it is being said that this note was Mohna's idea and he got MOF to give the chronology of events.... why did he not ask the Communication Ministry to do this......did he feel that Sibal would give even the chronology a Sibal spin!!! And by asking the MOF Mohna has indicated the crucial role MOF played!!! Actually I feel after colluding with Raja.... though some would say that Raja colluded with PC..... PC very tactfully sent 'the chapter close' letter to PM.... actually meaning 'joh ho gaya ho gaya..... next time we'll dupe the Country to a lesser extent'..... read the letter and this is the conclusion you will draw!!! I feel Pranab got this note written for self preservation..... when the goo would hit the fan on the then FM's involvement he would not be caught with his pants down.... he'd say 'see I informed the PM and it was he who should have taken action'!!! Sonia's silence is surprising....her Spokesmen have not uttered a word!!! And Mohna said ' I have confidence in PC'...if only he would realize the Nation no longer has confidence in him!!

PC is definitely involved the 2 G scam!!!!

And his 'I am hurt' is just a face saving sham!!

Gulam Nabhi Azad in Salman's American accent said onboard AI One that Indians and Media were sullying India's good name overseas!!!! We Indians read and view the News everyday and imagine how demoralized we are.... I say this because he said ' on reaching US when he read the news about what was going on back home he felt India's name had been sullied by the Media'!!!! And Mr. Moily if Ministers kept giving resignations on Media's and Public's demands India would be looked upon as a Banana Republic.... Moily has said that PC should not resign as India is not a Banana Republic!! India's name has been sullied by Mohna and his Cabinet and the Super Bosses of UPA.... Madam Sonia and her son Rahul!! In UN there were whispers ' Singh is no longer King' (actually he never was.... he was a minion).... now he's Mr. Sinking!! Montek Rs.32 Ahluwalia is also in the US......he is actually the non resident Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission as he spends more time overseas than in India!!!

UPA has made India's reputation dip!!!!

MV UPA rightfully now is a sinking ship!!

TRAI indeed is the worst regulator!!!! Really stinks!!! TRAI had said that there was no loss in the 2 G allocations!! Seems TRAI referred to Kapil Sibal's notes and used Kapil's calculations!! Now on the SMS bombardment that we mobile subscribers are subjected to day and night TRAI is in slumber!! This kind of 'nuisance messaging' is big money.... and the service providers definitely do not want this messaging to be even curbed!!! As usual Airtel is at the helm of the attempts of Service providers against blocking any 'nuisance messaging' curbing attempts!!

Another example of Big Business 'rules'!!!

And Public are treated like mules!!

Omar Abdullah took a Politician from across the border for a aerial joyride and of course India paid for the joyride!! After wasting India's money he then tweeted that he had taken a Politician from Azaad Kashmir...... now this shows his mindset!!!! Either his marital problems have made him go wonky or he believes that POK is Azaad Kashmir!!! He's proved time and again that he is unfit to be J&K's CM.......another example of 'those who parachute to the top'!!! Ordinarily he and you know who would not even get Junior Executive jobs based on their Resumes!!!

Why did the Lord spite Jannat on Earth with liars and the thankless?????

Had NN Vohra not been there with Omar at the helm J&K would have been headless!!!

PS.... Sahara says it raised 19,000 crores and it blames ROC for regulatory oversight!!!! There are three Ministers in UPA working overtime to get Sahara off the hook.... another example of Republic de Kela!!! In America they say Mohna has felt the 'fall in his image'.... someone even quipped ' why should he worry about fall in his image... he was just following orders'... the conclusion is of course obvious!! Joke maara....Scientists have found Neutrinos that move faster than light.....just drop a Rs. 500 note in front of PC ...... and you will have a entire body mass moving faster than light to pick up the Rs. 500 note.... only needs the right kind of motivation!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Avtar Singh Makkar to be re-elected SGPC chief

As the grapevine has it Avtar Singh Makkar is poised to be re-elected as president of the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC), considered to be mini-parliament of Sikhs. This will his seventh term in a row as SGPC chief.

BUREAUCRACY

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

SPG Chief to retire next month
SPG Chief B V Wanchoo is retiring on October 31. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ms Jain goes on inter-cadre deputation to Arunachal Pradesh
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.

Subramanian to be CMD BECIL
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.

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

Former IRS officer floats political party
A retired 1978 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Dhuli Chand has announced the launch of his new political party that will contest the Hisar Lok Sabha by elections next month. He retired as Commissioner, Customs and Excise Tribunal.

One post of DIG vacant in NICFS
NICFS has 1 vacancy at DIG level post.

Justice Kehar to be first Sikh CJI
Justice Khehar is being seen as a potential first Sikh Chief Justice of India after the retirement of Justice T S Thakur on January 4, 2017.Justice Thakur is likely to take the reins of the top judge's post in September 2014.

Govt deptts hindering implementation of RTP
The 16 defaulting ministries and departments who had not sent to the DoPT a list of undersecretaries who had stayed beyond 16 years include Ayush (health ministry), civil aviation, defence, disinvestments, food and public distribution, heavy industries & mines, new and renewable energy, public enterprises, Registrar General of India, social justice, Staff Selection Commission, tribal affairs, UPSC, women and child development and ST Commission. This has resulted in DoPT not being able to proceed with rotational transfer of undersecretaries.

J. Panda CPMG Chhattisgarh elevated
J. Panda (IPoS 1980 batch) CPMG Chhattisgarh has been elevated.

Dr Harish is new Commissioner of Mangalore Corporation
Dr Harish has taken over as the Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) .

H.S. Gupta to return to Jharkhand
H.S. Gupta who on central deputation is a Professor in Bhopal based Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) will be returning to Jharkhand next month. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Headlesss UP IAS Association
Uttar Pradesh IAS Association is currently headless. No one is now willing to talk about the Association.

IAS reshuffle likely in Orissa
A Bureaucratic reshuffle is on the cards in Orissa this month end.

J. Wilson empanelled for Jt. Secretary's post in GOI
J. Wilson (IA&AS-1988) officer has been empanelled in the Government of India(GoI).

Two posts in Sr. Grade of IIS in DPR abolished
Two posts have been abolished in Sr. Grade of IIS Group 'B' in Directorate of Public Relations (DPR), New Delhi.

IRS officer Prabhat Kumar nominated by DoPT for Fall 2011
IRS officer Prabhat Kumar (IT : 1994) has been been nominated by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, for Fall 2011 Executive Master of Public Administration Programme at the Syracuse University.

IA & AS officer Dinakaran transferred
N. Dinakaran, Assistant Director, in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Southern Railway, Chennai, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Adhoc), in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, South East Central Railway, Bilaspur.

Arora posted in Ministry of Defence
R K Arora has been posted as Finance Manager (AIR) in the Ministry of Defence. He is 1990 batch IDAS officer.

IRAS transfer and postings
Rakesh Kumar Bhargava, SS/IRAS/WR, is transferred to RCF/Kapurthala and posted in the cadre. Ramesh Kumar, SS/IRAS/CR has been transferred to Eastern Railway and posted in the cadre and Kamalzom, SS/IRAS/CR is transferred to Eastern railway and posted in the cadre.

13 Addl/Jt Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise transferred
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.

Railways transfers and postings
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.

IAS changes in Jharkhand
There is IAS reshuffle in Jharkhand.New postings are Mssrs Amitabh Kaushal DC Ramgarh,Sunil Kumar DC Bokaro,Manish Ranjan DC Hajaribag,S K Mishra Director Director Urban Administration and Chandna Dadel Industries Department.

Drug Controller suspended in Jharkhand
Drug Controller in Jharkhand Madan Mohan Prasad has been suspended.

Transfer of Railway officials cancelled
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.

IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand. As many as 21 of 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
Haridwar SSP Kewal Khurana has been replaced by Champawat SP Pushkar Singh Sailal.

Ram Niwas returns to Haryana (UPDATED)
The UT Chandigarh Home Secretary Ram Niwas is back to the parent Haryana cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Satya Gopal gets additional charge of Home in Chandigarh (UPDATED)
Satya Gopal has been given additional charge of Home in Chandigarh administration.He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

(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

Jindal goes on deputation to DFCCIL
Chander Mohan Jindal, SAG/IRAS, has been selected and approved for deputation to DFCCIL of India as GGM/Finance.

Bothra in the Board of SBI MP and Chhattisgarh
Manohar Bothra has been nominated by the Government of India on the Board of State Bank of India, MP and Chhattisgarh.

Reddy nominated Part-time Non-official Director, Indian Bank
The Union Government on September 22, 2011, has nominated Butchi Rami Reddy as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Indian Bank for a period of three years.

Vinod quits Mudra West as Creative Head
K B Vinod, Creative Head, Mudra West has quit the agency.

Raja to work as Consultant, Mudra Group
Rajeev Raja, National Creative Director at DDB Mudra will now be working as a Consultant with Mudra Group to enable him to pursue his passion for music.

Desikan appointed Senior Planner, Saatchi & Saathi India
Saatchi & Saatchi India has appointed Hari Ganesh Desikan as Senior Planner in its Mumbai office.

Ansari appointed as Complex Executive Assistant Manager (F&B), The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi
The Westin Hotels & Resorts has appointed Faiz Alam Ansari as Complex Executive Assistant Manager (F&B ) for The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi and The Westin Sohna, Resort and Spa.

Pitroda to head committee to modernise Railways
The government has constituted a committee of financial experts and technocrats headed by Sam Pitroda look into ways and means for modernising the Indian Railways. The other members of the committee are- HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh; former Chairman State Bank of India
M S Verma, Prof Raghuram of the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad, Industrial Development & Finance Corporation Managing Director Rajiv Lal and Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman , Feedback Infrastructure Services.

Ghate appointed Whole-time Director, Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd
Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has appointed Niket Ghate as the Whole-time Director of the Company effective October 1, 2011.

DEBATE (1)

Long live this government

No there is no fear to bureaucrats as most of them are interested to work in peace and honestly. At present they have lot of pressures from the Politicians. The quality of service to the people will improve.

It has no relevance as in 80 percent cases, bureaucrats/scientist are appointed as advisors or consultants or they manipulate to get appointed in the academic institutions-for even administrative positions with the age limit of 65 years or so. even there are case where the persons are working even at the age of 68 years in the central govt. If these , so called indispensable professional, then why not make them 'damads' of the government till they leave this world. India is great nation with more than 60 percent of the the people are below the real poverty line. Long live this government for some elite persons.

Ravi

A good decision

A good decision if the extension drama of the government officials gets over. This will bring some change in the working system of the government.

Madan Mani

Has the media forgotten ?

Sir, It seems the media has forgotten about the CWG scam and Shunglu Committee report has also been forgotten. Culprits have to be punished. Public loot has to stop. If strict action not taken we will be considered a soft state who are tolerant to corruption and indulgent to the corrupt. In the first report of Shunglu Committee action was taken only against one person the head of Prasar Bharati. Why others were let off lightly. Surely scams are not done by single person but when whole system colludes with each other and files are built around it. What action has government taken in respect of other responsible persons named in other four reports of Shunglu Committeee. Through you esteemed site I wish to draw government attention to kindly taking strong action against all persons responsible for looting countries wealth.

Ram Prasad

Curious case of Madhya Pradesh Govt

It is strange that MP government continues to harass Ramesh Thete (IAS-1993) by denying him the due promotion, despite his getting exonerated by Supreme Court.

Surinder Singh Rawat

New standards of accountability

In this season of scams we are learning new standards of accountability-rather unlearning our old lessons. A spokesman of the Congress party said on a TV channel last night that if a note is seen by the minister it does not mean that it can be attributed to him. This could still be a note from the junior officer who signed it. Confused? Throughout one's official career one believed and rightly so that a note seen by the minister means that its contents are approved by him. Then there is this newspaper whose editor believes that a loss does not mean the same as criminal misappropriation.(The editorial in the Indian Express of today).We always believed and rightly so that if any decision of yours caused pecuniary loss to the exchequer you could be held responsible. If you deliberately sell Government property at a lower than the market price or procure material for Government at higher than the reasonable price you are responsible for that loss and while doing so you are helping the private players. The reasonable inference is that you are not doing so out of sheer incompetence but for some personal gain. In that sense loss and misappropriation cannot be seperated. By making such distinction and quibbling with words the editorial exposes the effort of this particular media to find defence for the accused in 2G scam. The Editor of this very Newspaper had also displayed his eagerness to defend the accused in another scam relating to Air India by terming the CAG's report as an act of fiction, at best 'a bestseller' in an article which appeared in the newspaper the other day. Why this newspaper the whole media appears to be taking sides this way or that way. Paid news is very much norm today.God save us from lies, frauds and cover-up all around.

Aarti Khosla

Now Raja is a scape goat

Very soon he will be "escape goat" and escape the law to become Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu one day.

Vijay Kumar

Coal India in turmoil

Employees give strike notice for October 10 & officers for November 15, 2011.

Ramesh Kumar

Promotion should be based on output

There should be mechanism to check this. The promotion should be based on output by the persons for place and the post because during deputation the concerned is neither accountable to the state he /she is posted nor the organisation he/she works. So the productivity /growth is for the concerned person not to the organisation.

H S Jain
Coal India in turmoil

Employees give strike notice for October 10 & officers for November 15, 2011.

Ramesh Kumar

Promotion should be based on output

There should be mechanism to check this. The promotion should be based on output by the persons for place and the post because during deputation the concerned is neither accountable to the state he /she is posted nor the organisation he/she works. So the productivity /growth is for the concerned person not to the organisation.

H S Jain

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)