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Dinesh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH THE PM

I'm seated in the cattle class area of AI One.... I accompanied Mohna to US as a part of the Journo Troops accompanying him and we are now on our way back!! I try to go to sleep but am not able to..... really envy all those around me in deep slumber..... snores of various types emanate from this zone in the Aircraft! Suddenly someone passes my seat.... I can swear its Mohna.... impossible.....why should he.......I think to myself unknown to us did Mohna take his duplicate (you get to see him off and on) with him on the trip????? Again he passes me and I can swear its Mohna ....he passes me and I hear him repeating 'All is well'!!!!! He returns again and I follow him and he reaches the rear end of the plane and plonks himself in an empty seat.

Me: Sir..... something wrong?????

Mohna: (startled) You scared me!!!

Me: Sir why are you pacing the aircraft repeating 'all is well'????
Mohna: Can't get sleep......so I'm trying to wear myself down!!

Me: But why are you repeating 'all is well'....... are you that scared of flying???
Mohna: No... no..... nowadays this is worry erasing a mantra for me... Swami Agnivesh Maharaj had given this worry erasing Mantra to Kapil Sibal and he passed it on to me when he saw me worried!!

Me: Sir if you don't mind can I interview you????? For me it would be something very great and for you it could be 'time pass'!!
Mohna: (contemplates and talks to himself).... not getting sleep.... Gursharan's snoring .......worried..... need something to take my mind off as 'all is well' is not working....(addressing me)... okay .... but first let us get some coffee!!! (I offer to get the coffee and literally run to the galley looking back all the time worried Mohna might slink away..... sorry his reputation now is pretty bad)!!

Me: (handing him the coffee)…..Okay Sir.... what is your reaction to the 2 G note .... the one they say you ordered for and it literally says that PC did not do enough as FM, who is supposed to be the protector of the Exchequer !!

Mohna: Hai o Rabba...... I've not seen this note.... maybe someone from the PMO asked MOF to send this note....see if you write a letter to me , it'll be seen by my staff and answered if required!! This is how the system works.... now tomorrow I cannot be personally blamed if the answer to your letter causes you any harm!!

Me: Media says you are saving your own skin because after PC BJP's going to gun for you.......but now that you know what's in the note what is your response?????
Mohna: I've not seen the note and I cannot respond on hearsay.... when I met Pranab in NY I asked him for a copy of the letter and he promised to send it to me when he returns to India.... maybe by now the letter would be reaching PMO!! And on BJP gunning for me...... I'll cross that bridge when it comes!!!!

Me: More like burning the bridge when it comes .....BJP says that PC's place is in Tihar with Raja!!!!

Mohna: It is the job of Opposition to oppose and depose!!!

Me: And Government's job is to trash the Opposition to save its skin....because Diggy says by this yardstick quite a few BJP Leaders should be in jail!! The Public perception is if this is true then so be it..... file cases against BJP Leaders and if they are found guilty jail them... but their misdoings do not wash away the misdoings of PC!!! The Note clearly shows that PC is also responsible for the loss.....and the general perception is our Netas do not believe in giving free lunches.... and then very tactfully PC wrote that 'closed chapter letter'... like saying overlook what has taken place this time.... next time we'll be careful!!

Mohna: Well the matter is sub judice!!

Me: Seems this is now Congress's standard 'slip way'..... by the way why did you pen the note that says 'informally all in PMO be told to keep an arm's length from 2 G'?????
Mohna: See I run a coalition Government and so I did not want PMO to be seen as infringing on coalition dharma!!!

Me: So that means ..........Ministries were distributed with the premise .... you do what you want in your Ministry and we will not ask questions and vice versa.... so that means if PC's made moolah in 2 G it is PC's ingenuity !!!! By the way Karuna is pressing that Kani gets bail!!!

Mohna: I have confidence in our Judiciary ..... justice will be given!!

Me: You've echoed Maya and Laloo's sentiments!! Okay let's move to another issue.... how did Planning Commission work out ludicrous figures Of Rs. 32 and Rs. 25 for defining BPL???

Mohna: We have a set system for this..... Officials from Planning Commission got to Artiyas, PD Centres, Retailers and collect data on the subject!!!

Me: But shouldn't they meet people to collect data????

Mohna: How foolish..... how can they collect data from people who are the beneficiaries!!! Data will be subjective... we are looking for objective data!!! Anyway I'll talk to Montek when I get back on this subject!!

Me: That'll take time because he's always out of India..... you know he spends more time overseas than in India!!! Does his job require him to travel overseas so much????
Mohna: Well he travels overseas.... as you will note his trips are to USA , Canada, UK or you can say to the Civilised World....... he goes there to get inspiration so as to improve the living standards of Indians back home.... what a well meaning fellow!!

Me: What a joke...... but then now we Indians are used to such replies from Indian polity!!

Mohna: You have to take my word as Gospel.... ask anyone I'm honesty personified!!!

Me: Sir you are living in a foo.... sorry....... you are wrong....... when you said ' PC enjoys my trust'....... the general Public response is ' but PM no longer enjoys our trust'!!

Mohna: Wrong.... Madam says I'm the most honest and trustworthy person she's ever come across!!!

Me: Do you know nowadays Indians have changed the poem ' Machchli jall ki Rani hai' to 'Sonia choro ki Rani hai' (meaning she heads a pack of thieves)!!!
Mohna: Hai o Rabba..... I should have gone deaf before I heard this....... enough..... get up (he's in the window seat and I'm in the aisle seat) ..... let me go!!!! Sonia Ji humaari Rani hai.... Rahul Baba humaara Yuvraj hai....... Priyanaka Ji humaari Yuvrani hai!!

Me: You forgot Robert!!!
Mohna: Oye..... tehri aisi kumm taisi.... I will deny I gave you this interview.... and wait when you reach back the Customs will be there to greet you!!

Me: Sir that I'll leave to Public's perception...... and on Customs greeting me..... seems now you guys only have this avenue open to try to browbeat those opposing you!!

Mohna walks away in a huff!!! And again starts pacing the plane...... I strain my ears to hear what he is repeating.... sometimes I feel he's saying 'all is well' and sometimes it feels he's saying 'alls in the well'!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Did Amar Singh go to jail in purpose?
Close aides of Amar Singh say that he went to jail on purpose. The argument goes that if he wanted, he could have taken an anticipatory bail and everyone knew that he has a total renal failure leading to transplant. Why then he had to go to jail and then go to AIIMS, sources ask.

What is in the hint of Jaya Prada?
Jaya Prada the SP MP is time and again hinting at Amar Singh spilling the beans. What does Amar Singh know in the cash for vote scam? It's also clear that it is a well laid plan, in which Ram Jethmalani also changed his allegations against the Congress and the BJP at the last minute.

Is Narendra Modi going to meet his nemesis?
The Haren Pandya case is going to be used against Modi when the time comes, say inner circle of the BJP. But party sources say once Modi steps in Center, the murder case will be used by the BJP against him. There is brewing resentment in the BJP circles especially Advani and Jaitely camp over the growth of Modi.

Holland inspires Chavan for more reclamation
Impressed with the way Holland has reclaimed land for building the city, Prithviraj Chavan has said that similar thing could be done in Mumbai Chowpatty and more land could be reclaimed. Reclamation could pave way for further construction, said Chavan while expressing his idea for increasing land in the city.

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level postings in a couple of days
Secretary level postings are expected to be made soon after the return of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 27.

Empanelment of 1978 batch IAS delayed
The recent political developments has delayed the empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. There was an agenda of Principal Secretary to the PM, T K A Nair, to empanel 1978 batch this week only.

Will Ramachandran be new SPG Chief ?
In case N Ramachandran is not appointed DGP of Meghalaya this month end, then he is all set to become new Chief of the SPG on November 1. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. SPG Chief B V Wanchoo is superannuating on October 31.

Will Radhakrishanan be Additional Secretary Revenue ?
Meeting of T Radhakrishanan with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Secretary Finance R S Gujral has fuelled speculations about the later joining the Government of India as Additional Secretary Revenue. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

68 IPS officers of 1992 batch to be empanelled as IGs
As the grapevine has it 68 IPS officers of 1992 batch are going to be empanelled as IGs in the Government of India (GOI).

IFS officers of 1992 batch lead in empanelment to GOI
Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers belonging to 1992 batch have taken the lead as far as their empanelment in the Government of India (GOI) as Joint Secretaries was concerned.Now the file of empanelment is lying with the Department of Personnel.

Arvind Kumar to join as CVO in NBCC
As the grapevine has it Arvind Kumar is going to join as new Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO)in the National Building Construction Corporation Limited(NBCC) within a week . He is 1988 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 25, 2011)

Ms. Devika Kumar, CPMG Orissa elevated
Ms. Devika Kumar (IPoS 1981 batch) CPMG Orissa has been elevated.

Santosh Gaurier poised to be Member Postal Board
Santosh Gaurier (IPoS 1978 batch) who is presently CPMG Madhya Pradesh is poised to be new Member of the Postal Board.

K. Jairaj to be Special Chief Secretary in Karnataka
As the grapevine has it, K. Jairaj is being appointed as a Special Chief Secretary in Karnataka. He is an IAS officer of 1976 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

Justice Sinha to be Chief Justice of MP High Court ?
Justice D D Sinha of the Bombay High Court is likely to be appointed new Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court next month.

K.K. Bhagat to be Director (F&A), NRHM, Jharkhand
K.K. Bhagat on deputation has been posted as Director (F&A), NRHM, to the Jharkhand Government. He is an IPoS officer.

Najeeb Jung on the Board of RBI
Vice Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia Najeeb Jung has been nominated by the Government of India as Director on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).He is former 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Vikram Dev Dutt waiting for his new posting
Vikram Dev Dutt former private secretary to Indian Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Ajay Maken is waiting for his new posting in the Ministry. He is an IAS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Unmesh Sharad Wagh to be PS to MOS,Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
Unmesh Sharad Wagh on central deputation has been appointed as private secretary to Indian Minister of State (MOS) for Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil. He is an IRS officer, C&CE 2000 batch.

Shantanu goes on 3 weeks leave
Shantanu who on central deputation is Director, Naxal Management(NM)in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)has gone on a three weeks leave. He is an IAS officer of 1997 batch who belongs Manipur-Tripura (M-T)cadre.

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.
( We said this on September 23 )

Rakesh Bihari challenges non empanelment in CAT
Rakesh Bihari Principal Secretary (PS) to Lieutenant Governor Delhi has made an appeal in CAT for his non-empanelment. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

Jitendra Singh's surprising statement
Jitendra Singh Indian Minister of State (MoS) for MHA had given a surprising statement during the recently DGPs conference in New Delhi. He had asked that who so ever is holding the analogous position of IGP and DGP, of them how many are with and without anyone's recommendation.

R. K. Singh means business as Home Secretary
R. K. Singh, Home Secretary in the Government of India, (during a recently held meet of DGPs Delhi emphasized on the point that the rate at which meetings were fixed regarding solving any of the issues, they should be directly proportional to the implementation towards its solution.

Process to start to select new CMD of New India Assurance
The Department of Financial Services is going to initiate the process for appointment of a regular Chairman and Managing Director for state-owned New India Assurance soon.

N. Shankar poised to be ECGC's new CMD
As the grapevine has it, N. Shankar - Executive Director of Exim Bank of India is poised to be new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) India Limited.

M. G. Srivastava is CVO ,Punjab and Sind Bank
Madan Gopal Srivastava has joined as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO)of Punjab and Sind Bank for a period of three years. Earlier, Srivastava was working with State Bank of India's Inspection and Audit Department, Hyderabad.

Vipul Mittra's book released in Gujarati
After 'Pyramid of Virgin Dreams' by Vipul Mittra, has become a best seller, the book is being translated in several Indian vernacular languages. To begin with, Hindi, Gujarati and Malayalam. The Gujarati version was released in Ahmedabad by Bollywood actors Mahie Gill, Randeep Hooda and Jimmy Shergill. Eminent Director Tigmanshu Dhulia also spoke that he is working on the screenplay of the book, for converting into a film. The book has sold Eight editions in six months of its release, and has been hailed and reviewed lavishly by media in India and USA. Amitabh Bachchan called it as the No 1 best seller, in his blog. Vipul Mittra is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre. Presently, he is Principal Secretary Tourism and Civil Aviation with the Gujarat Government.

Anil Kaushik to be new DGP of Punjab
Director General (Prisons) Anil Kaushik is being tipped to be new Director-General of Police (DGP) Punjab after incumbent PS Gill retires this month .He is 1975 batch IPS officer.

IPS reshuffle in Bihar
There is an IPS reshuffle in Bihar. New postings are :-Mssrs Natasha Guria SP Sheohar , P K Sinha PHQ, Vivek Kumar SP, Sitamarhi, Dayanand Kumar BMP-6, Muzaffarpur, Vikas Varman SP Banka, BN Jha SP Vigilance and Shankar Jha BMP-3.

Four posts in Sr. Grade of IIS in PIB abolished
As many as four posts have been abolished in Sr. Grade of IIS Group 'B' in Press Information Bureau (PIB) with one each in New Delhi, Guwahati (Assam), Kolkata (West Bengal) and Mumbai (Maharashtra).

IA & AS officer Sekhar Babu transferred
K Sekhar Babu, Assistant Accountant General, in the office of the Accountant General (Civil Audit), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (IC/CERA: Adhoc), in the office of the Accountant General (Audit)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur.

Pakistan : Keyani calls emergency meeting of top commanders
Pakistan's army chief Keyani chaired an emergency meeting of his top commanders called at short notice just hours before he was to leave for the UK on an official engagement to 'review the security situation in the country'. A statement issued by ISPR after the meeting gave no details of the discussions. Analysts in Pakistan seemed divided as to the real purpose of the extra ordinary meeting. While some relate it to the US allegations that the ISI had supported the militant outfit (Haqqanis) in the recent attack on the US embassy in Kabul others see the reference to Pak - US spat only as red herring and suggest that the real purpose of the meeting is to review the country's internal political situation which could be a precursor to military takeover once again.

AAI promotes Anuj Aggarwal as Regional Executive Director (UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has promoted Anuj Aggarwal as Regional Executive Director, Northern Region. Aggarwal, an alumni of BITS Pilani, has served AAI for the last 22 years & has held many a coveted posts including Airport Director, Jaipur, Goa & Ahmedabad - all International Airports.

AAI promotes Ms. Kalpana Sethi Executive Director (UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has promoted Ms. Kalpana Sethi as Executive Director. With this, she has turned a new leaf in history of AAI by becoming the First Lady Executive Director. Ms. Sethi who joined AAI in September 1980 as Asstt. Mgr (Architect), is also a recipient of Ministry of Civil Aviation Women's Achievers Award for making significant contribution in aviation industry in the Centenary year of Indian Aviation.

NBCC posts handsome profit (UPDATED)
The 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a CPSU under the aegis of Ministry of Urban Development, chaired by Vishnu P. Das,
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, adopted the audited results for the financial year 2010-11. The Company's net profit after tax increased by
20.46% from Rs.116.50 (previous year) to Rs.140.34 Crore against a Total Income of Rs.3231.45 Crore. The Corporation during the year, earned a
gross margin of Rs.217.16 Crore while its Net Worth rose up to Rs.654.14 Crore from the previous year's Rs.546.53. Fifth time in a row, the Company
also declared a dividend of Rs.28.07 Crore @ 20% on profit after tax which shall be paid to the Government of India for the year 2010-11. Speaking
to the shareholders on the occasion, Shri Das, dwelt at length on the Company's performance and stated that the Corporation intended to focus
on quality and timely project execution in segments of PMC services, Civil infrastructure for Power Sector and Real Estate development & construction
business. He also informed the shareholders about the Company hitting the market with an IPO, as per Government's decision for disinvestment of
10% of its equity.

Railways transfers and postings (UPDATED)
Mrs. Chanresh Gupta of Group `B` officer of Accounts Department has been transferred from NWR RWF/SBC even as she will continue to hold her lien/seniority in NWR SM, Hafeez Ali Group B officer of Signal & Tele has been transferred from SCR as ADSTE/BZA IRISET and posted as Lecturer (Telecom) against an existing vacancy, RS Chaudhary of SS/IRSEE has been transferred from NWR Metro/Kolkata, RP Mishra of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from Metro/Kolkata to CLW,Harish Mittal of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from SECR to WR, Subhash Mishra of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CORE to CLW, Avinash Singh Kushwaha of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CLW to ECR and DK Gupta of SS/IRSEE has been transferred from ECR to NER on his own request and posted against an existing vacancy.

Transfer of Rly official cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfer of RK Sharma of SAG(Non functional) IRSEE from RSC to WR has been cancelled.

(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

ORACLE logs into techno park, Trivandrum
ORACLE the world's second largest IT firm in both hardware and software started their perations in Technopark Trivandrum on September 14, 2011. "Arrival of ORACLE is a testimony to our global standards" says Mervin Alexander, CEO of Technopark. The centre was inaugurated by P K Kunhalikutty IT Minister Kerala in the presence of Shashi Tharoor local MP (who was instrumental in bringing it to Kerala) along with the senior executives of ORACLE.

Bird Group appoints Mathur
Bird Group and Dusit International has appointed Suni Mathur as Vice President.

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.

SAIL gives Rs. 1 cr. for Odisha flood relief
C.S. Verma, Chairman of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), presented
a cheque of Rs. 1 crore yesterday to Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister of Odisha, for the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, to provide relief to the flood affected people of the state. Odisha Chief Secretary B.K.Patnaik, Rourkela Steel Plant CEO S.N.Singh and other senior SAIL executives were also present on the occasion.

Kuchhal appointed Addl. Director, Thinksoft Global Services Ltd
Rajiv Kuchhal has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Thinksoft Global Services Ltd with effect from September 21, 2011.

Madhusudan resigns as Director, Thinksoft Global Services Ltd
C N Madhusudan has resigned as Director from the Board of Thinksoft Global Services Ltd with effect from September 21, 2011

Mohapatra appointed Company Secy. Panasonic Carbon India Company Ltd
Manoranjan Ray Mohapatra has been appointed as Company Secretary of Panasonic Carbon India Company Ltd in place of N Ravi w.e.f. September 5, 2011 .

Lalpuria resigns as Company Secy. Network Stock Broking Ltd
Ms. Trupti Lalpuria, Company Secretary, Network Stock Broking Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. September 14, 2011

Dutta appointed Director, Indo Gulf Industries Ltd
Gorachand Dutta has been appointed as Director of Indo Gulf Industries Ltd w.e.f. September 23, 2011.

Gouniyal appointed Director, Indo Gulf Industries Ltd
Shyam Lal Gouniyal has been appointed as Director of Indo GulfIndustries Ltd w.e.f. September 23, 2011.

Acharya resigns as Director, Indo Gulf Industries Ltd
Anup Kumar Acharya has resigned as Director from the Board of Indo Gulf Industries Ltd w.e.f. September 13, 2011 .

Lt. Gen (Retd) Mohapatra retires as Director, ITI Ltd
Lt. Gen. P. Mohapatra, had relinquished the post of Director of ITI Ltd after reaching the age of superannuation with effect from August 31, 2011.

Mittal appointed Addl. Director, Fineotex Chemical Ltd
Navin Mittal has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Fineotex Chemical Ltd .

Agarwal resigns as Director, Fineotex Chemical Ltd
Anand Agarwal has resigned as a Director of Fineotex Chemical Ltd.

Chaturvedi appointed Spa Manager, Crowne Plaza , Rohini, New Delhi
Crowne Plaza , Rohini, New Delhi has appointed Pankaj Chaturvedi as the Spa Manager.

Bharadwaj appointed MAIT President
The Manufacturer's Association of IT Industry (MAIT) has appointed Alok Bharadwaj as its new President.

Kanyal appointed Senior VP, MphasiS
MphasiS has appointed Vilas Kanyal as Senior Vice President of the company.

Viswanathan appointed VP (Industry Initiatives), NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has appointed K S Viswanathan as Vice President (Industry Initiatives).

Max tenure of government service

The maximum years of government service should be 35 years or 60 years of age whichever is earlier.

Deepak Dave

Really pathetic

Government to re consider the retirement of Civil servants.

Devi Chand

Unhealthy for good governance

Given the longevity of life expentacy, it would have been a nice idea to raise retirement age to 62 years. Having so many well educated and competent government officers searching for private jobs after retirement can be unhealthy from good governance point of view.

J S Kochar

Hold them not only accountable, but make them fearful too

They should not only feel accountable, but rather fearful. The corrupt clerk, cop, electricity bill in-charge, customs official...etc...should be fearful and afraid of even asking for a bribe. Only then will corruption reduce. Hunger strikes will not have the requisite effect as fear would.

Sandeep Sinha

Long live this government for some elite persons

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

Ravi

Better late than never!

But what is the use when half of the 1977 batch still waits. It is ironical that Government is first very liberal, empanelling people who have never been in GoI or those who had poor record and got empanelled as Additional Secretary only during Review and then not able to find positions to post all of them. The 1977 batch is a very frustrated lot and I know it because I work with one of them. Some people in both 1977 & 1978 batch will retire before they can become Secretary, even though empanelled!

SS

IAS in a pity

The IAS in UP was never in its history in so bad a shape as it is now.

Amitabh Agrawal

Move out corrupt officers immediately

It is true that some department like UPSC and Power Ministry do not cooperate in implementing the RTP and are keeping officers from 1980 onwards in the same office. In UPSC many are sitting at the same place for more than two decades. In power cadre one assistant who is in MNRE has support of certain ministers and does not likes to move to any other department. They are the people who do no work and spoil the Anna movement. These corrupt officers be moved out immediately and without any further delays.

Kunwar Ramsumiran

DoPT unnecessarily blaming others for non implementation of RTP

DoPT is unnecessarily blaming other departments for non implementation of RTP. Why are they asking for the list of 16 yrs when orders are for 5 years. As a cadre controlling authority, why they don't have the information. CS division has in fact become totally ineffective and incompetent cadre controlling authority.

Nandan

Dangers of administrative pollution

Each day brings some new revelation about the 2-G scam, impacting otherwise good reputations. People of extraordinary intelligence, knowledge and integrity come under some cloud on each occasion. How does it happen? So many people can't be dishonest at the same time, particularly when they belong to rival political camps. The 2 G is a perfect case study for students of public administration and management of public affairs. It happens due to the overwhelming influence of the parallel government over the "government as by law established". There are no records of decisions or processes of decision making in the parallel government. So the official file contains one thing but the decision is just another, and the surprising element is that there is no inkling of how and why such a decision was taken. It is violation of rules that lay down that each order shall be recorded in writing on the file. Oral orders have to be followed by written orders by the secretary or the minister or the prime minister, as the case may be. In the parallel government each authority avoids recording the orders in writing and putting his/her signatures on the file. So we have unacceptable situations like "non paper"; routine note; keep the PM at arms length; I have not seen it or seen by the minister/prime minister kind of fishy noting. The officer attending the inter-ministerial meeting is chosen with care and sounded not to "speak" but just "hear" them and simply brief the secy/min/PM. No need to even record the gist of the discussions--the minutes will take care of them, which will be sent to the officer dealing with the subject. How else is a minister under any obligation to "consult" his colleagues when he is equal to them and not their subordinate? Why should he avoid adhering to the rules and make an inter-ministerial reference for consulting concerned ministries? Why should he just inform the PM and why should the PM(O) simply "vet"? Is the PM supposed to simply vet notes from his colleagues or discharge his official duty as laid down in the Transaction of Business Rules? Admittedly, such simple facts are known even to all these authorities. Obviously it is the "parallel government" that is directing decision making. This parallel government is both visible and invisible (depending on the beneficiaries and enemies) as it is both sagun as well as nirgun, sthool as also shukshma and can only be felt but not proved like a ghost( Hamlet saw one).However, there is no need to jump to conclusion. Like the apparition which supposedly exists between the "here" & "there", this parallel government too lives similarly. It designs, plans, implements, executes, monitors, reports, evaluates and decides on behalf and in the name of(this can be anybody according to the needs and the occasion).It is this parallel government that ruins reputations otherwise perfectly venerable and sends to jail only the loyal party workers and their loyal bureaucrats, who have no qualms in crossing the Laxaman Rekha or Maryada in serving such illegitimate interests to get suitably rewarded in return. It is no wonder that today's bureaucrats get derisive looks even from the lowliest employees because their character is known to everyone in the ministry/department/office/organization. There used to be times when they earned respect from their subordinates, now only contempt even though they may display all marks of religiosity! They were not recruited or trained to spend time in jails, but that is becoming common each passing day! A good subject to pursue research in Pub Ad.

M L Gupta

Brilliant officer

I knew Sri Gopal Krishnan when I was DIG police Indore range(1984-86) A brilliant and witty personality. Best wishes for this new/challenging assignment.

SM Shukla

Is it not insanity ?

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein

In Orissa you will find one officer doing the same thing since last 11 years and on retirement given two years extension. What is this?

Kalpna

Why only Raja held responsible in 2G scam ?

In all government departments, even if a subordinate commits a mistake, the immediate higher level officials get punished under the pretext of "collective responsibility", but how is that in 2G only Raja gets the boot.

B Prasad

Committee should go step by step

They should enforce the Planning Commission to make allocations in 12th Plan. Please ensure that the public sector undertakings and already starved railway kitty are not put pressure. Further, there should also not be a game of giving order to party which will give kick backs for the kitty of any party. The job in Railways is somewhat technical. Different cadre look after different type of work for which they are trained. Till date IAS has not encroached into Railways because of this. Some old retired officer of the Railways (IRTS), who is well aware of the nuances, should also be made a member of the Committee.

A Srivastava

Impossible, Yashwant Sinhaji !

Yashwant Sinha said the other day that Chidambaram should be sharing the same cell as A Raja in Tihar jail. Now this is impossible as Chidambaram is nearly 7 feet tall and Raja is only 5 feet tall. The two cots will not fit into the same cell and there will be hardly any room for the two ministers to move about , leave alone have elbow room. Besides Tihar jail is meant for scapegoats alone like Amar Singh etc etc and so mutton curry made from goats meat is the most sought after item in the daily menu of Tihar jail. If both Chidambaram and Raja share the same cell they will have to have 2 plates of mutton curry at every meal in the same cell and this may create administrative problems apart from being against the principles of natural justice as only one plate of mutton curry is served per cell in Tihar jail.

D Choudhury

What about the common man's security ?

Given the large scale of politicians, present and former, a large percentage of police, commandos, etc. are posted as guard for them. What about the common persons? Forget civilians, why don't you all get information as to the guards provided as security post retirement for top police, paramilitary officers; say number of guards posted to provide security to say ex-Director General of Police (post retirement) and/or equivalent for paramilitary, intelligence officers ; most being Indian Police Service officials (retd.)?

It would make for interesting report, more so, when compared to politicians serving jail terms whether in power or not!!!

Shree

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)