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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Rajbala who was critically injured during Ramdev's fast at Ramlila Grounds is dead!!! And I feel PC is responsible for her death!!! He was the one who was pro the lathi charge to evict the protestors!! I've checked this out from Cops and they say unless Cops got orders from the very top they would never have resorted to a lathi charge.... do keep in mind up to the lathi charger Ramdev was a VVIP..... Ministers were receiving him and he was in constant touch with Ministers as per TV reports!!! So now PC has blood on his hands!!! To some extent Ramdev is to blame too.... he had mobilized these people and they were his responsibility.... and in the end what did Ramdev do.... he slinked away in a women's attire!!! PC had thought that his 'ruthlessness' in tackling the crowds at Ramlila Grounds would earn him kudos from Madam!! Now Madam will distance herself from him!!

Now people say.... yeh ghoos kahor hi nahi yeh to hathyaara hai!!!

Now other than kicking him out of power Sonia ke paas aur nahi koi chaara hai!!

Now it is being said Sarkaar will disown the revealing 2 G Note of MOF ..... how foolish!!! It'll be like admission of Sarkaar's complicity in this crime.... up to now only DMK was being blamed..... this note brings PC into the picture and if this note is disowned it'll be abs clear that Sonia and Congress Party got its share in this scam!!! Disowning the note will not change its content or Courts taking cognizance of the content!!! Pranab Da has not disputed the note...... he's just said PC's a 'valued colleague'.... the joke doing the round is that Pranab has sent a tacit message to PC ' I know your value'.... in Sonia's Darbaar and financially!!

PC has to go!!!!!

And by the looks of it Rahul is pressing his Mom to PC's going does not say 'no'!!!

How very apt...... Modi says 'company spoiled Mohna'!!!!! Mohna's example is indeed a classic one to illustrate 'affect of company' or like the say 'sangi badlle roop'!!! His goodness did not rub off on them .... their badness rubbed off on him!!! I did a mini survey on my own and for 5 days I asked all those who I met if they felt Mohna was honest and only 1% said they felt he was honest.......... 85% said he had metamorphosed into a Neta..... and believe it or not 14% said they felt he was never honest!!! No way does he come out as a Statesman!!!!

Dekh tehri image ki haalath kya ho gayi Manmohan Singh!!!

'Dill jhoota aur chehra sachcha' people sing ( the actual song is dill sachcha aur chehra jhoota)!

Rahul Gandhi is now headed for J&K.... the joke doing the rounds is now the next conclave for Dumb and Dumber is being held in Srinagar!! People classify Omar and Rahul in the same bracket..... the without merit parachuting kind!! Congress is in a tizzy.... Madam is said to be suffering from pancreatic cancer.... a virulent form of the disease.....Congressis keep lying that she's on the mend!!! Problem is Rahul's image continues to take a beating....... there is no sympathy factor for him on account of his Mom's illness!! Many say Senior Congressmen are in the process of making tie ups!! What was an impossibility ..... Congress without Gandhis.... now is a possibility!!!

Why is Sonia not getting Priyanka into the pic???

PS....... will Sonia reboot 'PC'....... no I think now it is time to discard 'this PC'!!!! When Dr. Haneef was wrongly jailed in Australia Mohna had said 'he could not sleep'.... will he lose sleep for Rajbala's demise??? Manpreet Badal after showing his patriotism by gelling with Bhagat Singh's kin has shown his true colours by allying with Commies.... we know where Commie loyalties lie... and now from Basanti Manpreet's trademark colour will change to red!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Chandramauli to succeed Suvarathan
Outgoing Secretary Health in the Government of India, K Chandramauli, is going to succeed Chairman of the Food Safety and Standards Authority P I Suvarathan who has been given three months extension in his tenure. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. His name has been approved.
( We said this on June 29 )

Will Anjuly Chib Duggal be new EO ?
Now the name of Anjuly Chib Duggal has started doing the round for the post of Establishment Officer in the Government of India. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Empanelment of 1978 batch IFS takes place
Empanelment of 1978 batch Indian Foreign Service officers to the rank of Secretary has taken place on September 19.

Policy for empanelment of IAS officers of 1992 batch to be framed
Policy for empanelment of IAS officers of 1992 batch in the Government of India (GoI) as Joint Secretaries is yet to be framed.

Joint Secretary Rajive Kumar gets 6 months extension
Rajive Kumar who is a Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat has got six months extension.

Salim Ali's deputation extended till Nov.2013
Salim Ali who on central deputation is Additional Director CBI has got an extension till November 2013.He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to Manipur-Tripura (M-T)cadre.

A.K. Dubey to be Joint Secretary Panchayati Raj
A.K. Dubey who so far was Principal Secretary (PS) Finance with the Kerala Government will shortly be joining on central deputation as Joint Secretary Panchayati Raj.He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.
(We said this in early September, 2011)

Lull before the storm in the Railway Ministry
There is a total lull before the storm as far as goings in the Railway Ministry were concerned.

K.K. Shrivastava's orders as Member traffic any day
K K Shrivatava's orders for Member Traffic in the Railway Board are expected any day.

Rakesh Rathi to join CBI
Rakesh Rathi is joining the CBI as SP. He is 2002 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms. Soma Das to go to West Bengal cadre
Ms. Soma Das in Chhattisgarh is going on a three year inter cadre deputation to West Bengal cadre. She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 2002 batch who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.

AAI promotes Anuj Aggarwal as Regional Executive Director
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
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.

16 posts in Sr. Grade of IIS in DFP abolished
As many as 16 posts have been abolished in Sr. Grade of IIS Group 'B' in Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP) with one each in Medak [Andhra Pradesh), Nowgong (Assam), Monghyr (Bihar), Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Chitradurga (Karnataka), Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), Sidhi (Madhya Pradesh), Chanderpur and Ratnagiri (both in Maharashtra), Rohatak (Haryana), Baripada (Orissa), Bikaner (Rajasthan), Vellore (Tamil Nadu), Gonda, Agra and Moradabad (all three in Uttar Pradesh).

IA & AS officer Ramanan transferred
A K Ramanan, Deputy Accountant General (Pens.), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Tamil Nadu, on relief from his duties by N. Murali is transferred and posted as Deputy Director, in the office of the Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, Branch office Chennai.

IRS (IT) officer suspended
The CBDT has issued orders of the suspension of 1990 batch IRS (IT) officer M Anil Kumar .

Railways transfers and postings
Mrs. Chanresh Gupta of roup `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 WR 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
Transfer of RK Sharma of SAG (Non functional) IRSEE from RSC to WR has been cancelled.

Pakistan : Water trouble in store for Rawalpindi Cantonment Board
Water supply for residents of Rawalpindi cantonment faces imminent threat of being cut off because of dispute between the cantonment board and Islamabad's Capital Development Authority (CDA). According to CDA the Rawalpindi cantonment Board (RCB) has failed to clear arrears of nearly Rs 90 million towards its share of operational costs of the Sangjani water filtration plant. Out of 23 million gallons daily (MGD) treated at the plant 8 MGD are given to the cantonment board but the board has been defaulting in payment of its share of operational costs - mainly electricity charges - @ Rs 5 million every month. Cantonment Board's CEO Rana Manzoor Ahmed Khan has termed the CDA's demand as inflated and assured to clear the dues if the dues are properly calculated and the CDA furnishes full back up data. The outstanding arrears according to Khan are Rs 55 million and not 90 million as claimed by CDA.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. Jivesh Nandan will now be Principal Secretary IT.Satyajit Thakur has been made Divisional Commissioner Jhansi.Mohammad Mustfa will be Secretary Science and Technology.Rajnish Gupta has been posted as Secretary PWD.Stuti Narayan Kakkad, who was holding the charge of Principal Secretary, Culture has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Medical Education. Manoj Kumar Singh, Secretary, Tourism, has been given the charge of Director, Culture and Secretary of the Culture Department. Chob Singh Verma has been moved as Additional Commissioner, National Capital Region, Ghaziabad.

I. R. Kidwai elected as Secretary of Power HR Forum
I. R. Kidwai, Executive Director (HR), Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has been elected as the Honorary Secretary of Power HR Forum. Power HR Forum is an association of power utilities such as NTPC, NHPC, POWERGRID, REC, PFC, SVJN, THDCNEEPCO and DVC.

Air India introduces a new flight to Portblair (UPDATED)
Air India is introducing a Direct flight on Delhi - Portblair - Delhi sector daily except day 6 with CRJ type of aircraft (70 seats) as per the following schedule : -
AI- 9603 Delhi - Portblair DEP 0530 hrs ARR 0935 hrs
AI- 9604 Portblair - Delhi DEP 1005 hrs ARR 1410 hrs

Air India extends check in facility in New Delhi city office (UPDATED)
In order to facilitate passengers, Air India introduced City check-in for narrow bodied Aircraft operations introduced ex-Delhi from main reservations office, Safdarjung Airport as a Northern Region Initiative from September 28, 2011 onwards for passengers having "Hand Baggage"
only and this service is available only for any such flights 24 hours prior to flight departure. This facility will be available during the reservations office hours i.e., 0930 hours to 1830 hours from Monday to Sunday.

IAS reshuffle in TamilNadu (UPDATED)
There is IAS reshuffle in TamilNadu. New postings are as under :-Mssrs Mohammud Nasimuddin Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamilnadu Industrial Investment Corporation (TIIC),T Prabhakara R Principal Secretary, Transport,S Murugaia Commissioner for Disciplinary Proceedings (CDP), Chennai,R Sudalaikannan Transport Commissioner,P Ekambaram TWAD Board MD, M Mutia Kalaivanan MD of the Tamilnadu Warehousing Corporation,J Chandrakumar HR&CE department, A Chittaranajan Mohandoss Project Director (PD) and Member Secretary of the State AIDS Control Society ,V. Palanikumar Handlooms and Textiles Director,M Malik Feroze Khan Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise,Vibhu Nayar PD, IAMWARM,N Mathivanan Industries Commissioner and Director of Industries and Commerce.M Vallalar Deputy Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare Department,Mahesan Kasirajan Director of Employment and Training ,Santosh K Misra Tourism Director and TTDC MD,M Rajendran Director of Backward Classes and V Shantha CDP, Coimbatore.

BHEL Pays all-time high equity dividend for fiscal 2010-11 (UPDATED)
BHEL CMD B. Prasada Rao presented a dividend cheque for Rs. 593.40 crore to the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Praful Patel, in New Delhi on Tuesday. The cheque towards the final dividend for the year 2010-11 on the equity (67.72%) held by the Government of India, was presented in the presence of S. Sundareshan, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries and other senior officers of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and BHEL. This is the highest-ever dividend paid by the company so far. With this, the company has maintained its unmatched track record of earning profits and rewarding investors by paying dividends uninterruptedly for over three decades without a break.

(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

NBCC posts handsome profit
National Building Construction Corporation's (NBCC) net profit, after tax, has increased by 20.46% from Rs.116.50 (previous year) to Rs.140.34 Crore against a Total Income of Rs.3231.45 Crore. This came to light at the 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company chaired by its Chairman-cum-Managing Director Vishnu P. Das who adopted the audited results for the financial year 2010-11. 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, 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.

GMR Group head G M Rao as RBI Director
Chief of the GMR Group G M Rao has been nominated on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

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)

Chaturvedi nominated Part Time Non Official Director, Andhra Bank
The Union Government after consultation with Reserve Bank of India, has nominated Pankaj Chaturvedi as Part-Time Non-Official Director of Andhra Bank for a period of three years.

Singh appointed Part-time Director, Oriental Bank of Commerce
Union Ministry of Finance has appointed Chandraprakash Singh as Part-time Non-official Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce.

Ganguly appointed Company Secy. Kesoram Industries Ltd
Gautam Ganguly has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Kesoram Industries Ltd effective August 16, 2011.

Gangwal to be CFO, Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd
Manish Gangwal, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (Lubes) of Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the company with effect from October 1, 2011.

Gupta resigns as Company Secy. Spanco Ltd
Amit Kumar Gupta, Company Secretary of Spanco Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from September 23, 2011.

Patel re-appointed Director, Ocean Agro India Ltd
Manharbhai D Patel has been re-appointed as Director of Ocean Agro India Ltd w.e.f. September 24, 2011.

Shah re-appointed Director, Globus Corporation Ltd
The Board of Globus Corporation Ltd has approved the re-appointment of Ashok Shah as Director of the company.

Singh appointed Director, Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd
Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd has appointed M.P. Singh as Director of the company .

Dr Samal re-appointed Director, ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd
ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd has re-appointed Dr. D. Samal as Director of the company.

Arjun Handa re-appointed MD & CEO, Claris Lifesciences Ltd
Claris Lifesciences Ltd has re-appointed Arjun S. Handa as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company for a period of 3 years .

Bagchi appointed Publisher, Mid Day, Delhi
Anirban Bagchi has been appointed as Publisher of Mid Day, Delhi. He will be replacing Narendra Tripathi, who had resigned from the group.

Krishnan appointed Addl. Director, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd has appointed Thiru S Krishnan IAS as Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. September 10, 2011 in the place of Thiru R. Thiagarajan, IAS.

Singh resigns as Company Secy. Su-Raj Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd
Shivprakash K Singh has resigned as Company Secretary of Su-Raj Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd with effect from September 1, 2011.

Narayan appointed Company Secy. Su-Raj Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd
Ashish Narayan has been appointed as Company Secretary of Su-Raj Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd effective from September 22, 2011.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Amulya Leasing and Finance Ltd
Vikas Goel, Managing Director and Anil Kumar Goel, directors of Amulya Leasing and Finance Ltd have resigned from the directorship of the company with effect from May 30, 2011.

Some people are indispensable

We all know some people are indispensable - well known examples are Nair in PMO, Bhure Lal who will never retire. Why worry ? The world has at best been Oligarchy always.

Prakash

Who are the real 2G ?

Mamata BanerG Who routed the CPI(M) from West Bengal and Pranab MukharG who is going to rout, everybody knows who.

Surendra

Every Indian is proud of Pataudi

Nawab of Pataudi was an iconic cricketer who brought glory to India while playing against Pakistan. Every Indian is proud of him.

Ahsan Ali,Bhopal Law college

Tiger Pataudi

He was a great cricketer who did lots of charitable work for the Hindus and Muslim girls education. India is proud of him.

Dr Radhey Shyam, Pataudi,Haryana

Any use attempting to prevent proliferation of corruption?

WIC 26/9 have some inspiring posts that need to be acknowledged! Read somewhere: why are we such a glum and depressed looking people? Somehow humour is missing from our daily diet of uninspiring news. So it agitates us if someone beyond 68 (May the Lord grant him/her 100 years of healthy life!) serves the government, even in an insignificant job. Such jobs are created only to justify the proposal for approval of the M/o Finance, without which not even one paisa can be spent. The figure of one is however very potent! See we pay 11 or 51 or 101 rupees to others on auspicious occasions. People in India offer their valuable services to the government for just one rupee! The GOI is no uncharitable institution to get free services, even if voluntarily offered. So there are uncountable nouns(sorry, proper nouns) who have rendered and even rendering such services for decades. I, as many more, know of a gentleman who served the GOI for 17 years(no joke pl)post retirement. What is the age 0f 68 compared to him? His services were so valuable that the concerned ministry smarted every time he upturned their views on the file, which was routine! It will come out as a piece of invaluable info if Dr Suresh Mehrotra, his team or any RTI expert could get the correct figures on such appointees. Now, for doing the same thing over and over again, it is such a wonderful exercise, only if you care to enjoy. What do you think the Planning Commission had been doing(I wouldn't know the present scenario)with all kinds of reports commissioned by it? First a report is commissioned. Then another is assigned to report on the report. It comes up with drawbacks of the first report (a la the then Finance Minister could have stopped it, when nobody knows anything about either the could or the would), necessitating another report to be commissioned. This practice was in use in the days of very poor salaries and pensions, when opportunities for re-employment in government or jobs in private sector(excepting glorified liaison officer) or in UN agencies were few and far between. Commissioning such reports got the person something to survive on. The only comfort in those days was a line from an Urdu couplet (Ek khel sikhata hun, roj khela kijiye, likh likh ke mera naam roj mitaya kijiye). We are a nation of people of robust rustic humour (I don't know why it is called rustic), which easily identifies several current names: we burn the effigy of Ravan, a symbol of all round corruption every year publicly. We should start performing the shradha of probity in public life similarly publicly. If this post goes into publication on 27/9, it will be the last day of this year's shradha. Then we can, like those being probed for DA cases, voice ourselves for probity for the full year and even associate or form new associations to prevent further proliferation of corruption!

M L Gupta

Does Raja has many admirers ?

Going by what appears on this channel, Raja appears to have many admirers!

Vijay Kumar

What Standards ?

Yashwant Sinha says Raja kept the PM informed after every decision taken by him and if the PM disapproved of Raja's actions why didn't he simply order him to STOP. He made Raja resign but he and his Ministers involved are still in position. And he is a man of honesty and integrity ! What Standards ?

AR

Look into the unfilled posts at top level

I would suggest Sam to Look into the unfilled posts at top level which is the cause of distress and unrest at top level in Railways

Kunal

Exempt Transport Allowance from Income Tax

Transport Allowance should not be Taxable as per existing guidelines, Transport Allowance to the extent of Rs.800/- (old TPA) only is exempted from Income Tax. After

implementation of 6th Pay Commission Report, the amount of TPA has been increased to Rs..3200+DA. The CBDT may kindly issue necessary instructions for exemption of the entire amount of Transport Allowance, which is given in performance of duty.

-H.K. Deewan

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)