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Such a beautiful updates but why don't Whispers do SMS alerts service.

Jay Singh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Kursheed has been trying to 'lighten the situation on the 2 G note'!!!! First he admonished the Media ' there are more pressing issues'....... then he said the MOF 2 G Note had a limited life.... so not in UPA Memos and Notes have an expiry date!!! PC met Sonia and said that he wanted the auction route to be taken.... far from the truth..... yes after colluding with Raja to 'take it in' he covered his tracks by 'chapter closed' letter!! He overruled Officials in his Ministry to push Raja's, and actually his too, proposal for avoiding the auction route!! Pranab Da met Sonia too.... Sonia's stand with him was 'save Party'....she did advice Pranab Da that if Court orders CBI probe then so be it......at least it would not be seen as an internal war of two senior Ministers!! PC is going to be present in Supreme Court tomorrow.....he knows the odds are heavily stacked against him!! PC should be investigated for his dubious role in the 2 G scam!!!!

PC colluded with Raja and 'waylaid' the auction route!!!

And without a doubt PC's got a major share in the 2 G loot!!

Those in the know will tell you that though Gilani does heckle the Indian Government he has been asking and receiving favours from both State and Central Governments!!!! His boycott Rahul call was a carefully planned exercise that was managed from Delhi...... aim was to show that despite his boycott call Kashmiri students turned out to hear and see Rahul!!! Rahul told them that he too has suffered terror.... we all know that his Grandma and Dad faced 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction'!!! Okay some girls did gush at his looks.....he came out more as a student Leader than one who wants to be the PM of this great Nation!!!

Sushma Swaraj says the Delhi Cops should be taken to task for Rajbala's death... she knows that attack on innocent protestors came from PC........he's been trying to show his ruthlessness for some time.... he was also the one who got Anna to be put behind bars!!! What about compensation for Rajbala??? Sarkaar may use the Rs. 32 yardstick and calculate compensation!!!! And Mr. Mohna of course will at most issue 'feel bad on her death' statement!!!!! Sad part is we have a darpok and over servile PM.....not that Mohna does not feel bad but what can he do????

PC ko attacking innocent protestors and death of Rajbala ke liye karro try!!!

Now this is becoming Public's war cry!!!

Ghadkari after getting his stomach stapled is now putting up a exhibition of his 'political past and present'!!!! The man is living in 'fool's paradise' if he thinks he even has a 'dark horse' chance of becoming PM!!!! Modi is the clear frontrunner.... Advani despite the rap on knuckles by RSS is still trying to keep his flag flying.... his family is egging him on to do this as they feel it's his birthright to be PM!!!!! Sushma and Jaitley are watching from the sidelines!!! Nitish is there too..... be could be the consensus candidate!!! This I will say that a couple of months back NDA coming to power was a near impossibility and not this has changed to possibility!!

BJP Leaders are rubbing their hands in glee!!!

Opportunity to come to power karr rahe hai see!!

PS........ DP says Rajabala's injury was because the crowd got unruly... expert advice from PC & Sibal!!!!! IBN moaned MAK Pataudi's death for days......NDTV went berserk on 'match fixer' Azhar's son's death..... Rajbala's murder ....... both are chupp..... on orders from Madam directly!! Joke maara... revolutionary political book of our times..... Give Piles to Chidambram by Dr. Swamy!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Cabinet reshuffle on the cards
Cabinet reshuffle is likely to take place in the Manmohan Singh Government in a week or so.

PM to meet Sonia Gandhi today
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to meet UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday.

BUREAUCRACY

T K A Nair to hold the key of PMO ?
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair is going to be all powerful in the PMO. He will no longer be Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister from October 1 as he will move to another room as an Advisor to the Prime Minister with the rank of Minister of State. Nair has been sanctioned a staff of eleven persons with two staff cars.

Secretary level postings in a day or two
Secretary level postings in the Government of India are expected to be made in a day or two.

Secretary Posts - a new turn ?
Is it true there is now tie between Manjula Prasher and Padmini Gopinath for the post of secretary posts. Who will be the winner? Sibal's choice will decide ultimate. Race between two is neck and neck.

Ramachandran is new DGP Meghalaya
Finally suspense in over.1978 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer N Ramachandran has been appointed new DGP of Meghalaya.
(We said this on August 8)

GMs' postings in Railways after a fortnight
It will take at least a fortnight for appointment of new General Managers (GMs) in the Railway Ministry.

Dipali Khanna to return to Railway Board
Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Dipali Khanna is returning to the Railway Board on October 1 as Additional Member (Finance).She is an IRAS officer.

DRMs orders in October beginning'
Posting orders of DRMs by the Railway Ministry is expected in the beginning of October 2011.

Brij Lal to be new DGP of Uttar Pradesh
Brij Lal is all set to become new DGP of Uttar Pradesh on October 1.Present DGP R K Tiwari is superannuating on September 30.

Sinha to move Official Languages
Secretary Panchayati Raj A N P Sinha is going to succeed Veena Upadhyay on October 1 as Secretary Official Languages. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Chatterjee to be Secretary Ex-Servicemen Welfare ?
CPF Commissioner Samirendra Chatterjee who was to move in the Inter-State Council Secretariat is now likely to become secretary ex-Servicemen Welfare on October 1.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

KERALA IT projects suffer
Owing to the delay in the relief of P. H. Kurian by the Commerce Ministry to take up his new assignment as Principal Secretary (IT) Government of Kerala, many IT Projects including the Smart City Project have not progressed much. Though, the ACC had cleared his premature repatriation at the request of the State Government, his relieving has not been forthcoming. This is in spite of the Kerala CM Oommen Chandy taking up the issue with the Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma. Presently Kurian on central deputation is Mumbai based Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks under the Commerce Ministry. P H Kurian belongs to the 1986 batch IAS of the Kerala Cadre. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch from the Kerala cadre.

Ms. Nidhi Kesharwani to go to Uttar Pradesh cadre
Ms. Nidhi Kesharwani is going on a five year inter cadre deputation to Uttar Pradesh cadre. She is an IAS officer of 2004 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre.

ATS to be discontinued ?
It is heard that Anti Terror Squad (ATS) wing of the Mumbai police is going to be disbanded. This due to repeated failures of the branch in stemming the terror attacks and the failure of the ATS in solving the recent July 13 terror attacks in the city.

Prem Singh is now DG Home Guards
Acting Meghalaya DGP Prem Singh has been appointed director-general of civil defence and homeguards .He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Hamid Ali Rao presents his credentials new Envoy to Saudi Arabia
Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamid Ali Rao (left) with Deputy Foreign Minister Nizar Obaid Al-Madani, after presenting his credentials at the Foreign Ministry in Riyadh. He is son of former Madhya Pradesh Governor Kunwar Mehmood Ali Khan.Hamid Ali Rao is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1981 batch.

Six posts in Sr. Grade of IIS in DAVP abolished
As many as six posts have been abolished in Sr. Grade of IIS Group 'B' in Directorate of Advertisement and Visual Publicity (DAVP) with one each in New Delhi (Head office) (Assistant Director), Guwahati (Regional Office) (CO) (Assam), Delhi (field office) (FEO), Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), Kolkata (West Bengal) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).

IA & AS officer Ms. Dhanalakshmi transferred
Ms. P Dhanalakshmi, Assistant Director, in the office of the Director General of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, New Delhi Branch Bangalore, on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as posted as Deputy Director (Adhoc) in the office of the Director General of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, New Delhi, Branch Hyderabad.

Post of GM in FCI, Itanagar, vacant
The post of General Manager (Arunachal Pradesh) in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Itanagar, under the Department of Food & Public Distribution is vacant on deputation. Officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary/Director in the Government of India (GoI) or equivalent level are eligible for the above post under central Staffing Scheme. Those willing to apply may send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions by October 28, 2011.

Pakistan : Highcourt stays confiscation of Musharraf's properties
Islamabad High Court has stayed an order passed by the Anti Terrorism Court Rawalpindi confiscating movable and immovable properties and freezing bank accounts of former President Parvez Musharraf after declaring him a proclaimed absconder in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. The immovable assets confiscated by the lower court included a farm house in Islamabad and a residential plot in the port city of Gwadar which the former first lady claims belong to her and not to the former President. Likewise the bank accounts with over Rs 3.2 million balance are said to be joint accounts of the couple and not exclusive private preserves of Parvez Musharraf. Counsel for Sehaba also claimed that 'this is the first step and we will now prove that Musharraf can't be termed an absconder in the case legally'.

IAS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu
There is IAS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu. New postings are as under :-Mssrs Mohammud Nasimuddin Chairman and Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu 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.

Rear Admiral T Sudhakar takes charge
The Rear Admiral T Sudhakar has taken over the Charge as Chief Staff Officer Personnel and Administration from Commodore HS Chopra at the Headquarters of Eastern Naval Command(ENC) .

Pandey takes VRS to join Railway Claims Tribunal
R S Pandey has taken VRS to join as member, Railway Claims Tribunal, Gorakhpur .

West Bengal Government to have a long holiday
West Bengal government will be on a holiday From September 30 to October 9, 2011.

Suniti Shrivastava posted as CIT (OSD) (UPDATED)
Mrs Suniti Srivastava has been posted as CIT (OSD), HRD, Delhi.

Why Ambani brothers are meeting FM ? (UPDATED)
Why Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani are meeting separately with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday evening ?.Any guess ?.

ACIT Nandakumar gets voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
The request of J Nandakumar, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax,Circle - I, Bijapur (Karnataka), for voluntary retirement has been accepted. He would, thus, stand retired w.e.f. September 30, 2011.

Subramanyam to become DGP, Maharashtra ? (UPDATED)
It is heard that K Subramanyam presently Director General Anti Corruption Bureau is likely to take over as Director General of Police (DGP), Maharashtra when Ajit Parasnis retires at the end of the month.

Will Dayal take over as DG ACB ? (UPDATED)
It is heard that Sanjiv Dayal who at present is Director General (DG) of Maharastra State Police Housing & Welfare Corp.Ltd is likely to become Director General Anti Corruption (ACB) Bureau.

(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

Tata's to the rescue of MMRDA ?
Tata's will construct nearly 4000 rental houses of 160 sq feet between Thane and Bhiwandi. The MMRDA scheme of developing low cost housing along with other builders has failed, but Tata's have come to the rescue of MMRDA. The cost incurred will be around Rs 2000 cr.

New and wide roads for Mumbai soon ?
Standing committee on roads will take a decision on the widening and renewing the city and suburban roads of Mumbai. A decision on this will be taken on Thursday and has a nod from the ruling Congress NCP and the opposition Shiv Sena - BJP.

BHEL Pays all-time high equity dividend for fiscal 2010-11
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.

Kakodkar is on the Board of RBI
Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman Anil Kakodkar has been nominated on the Board of the RBI.

Ajay Marwaha is now Head Treasury Department HDFC Bank
Ajay Marwaha has been appointed by the HDFC Bank as EVP and Head, Trading, in the Treasury Department.

Ruby Bana appointed Chief Strategy & Insights Officer at Madison Media
Ruby Bana appointed Chief Strategy & Insights Officer at Madison Media for its Bangalore office. Earlier she was Chief Intelligence Officer for Havas Media's APAC Region covering India, China, Indonesia, Australia, India, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

Sam Balsara is ABC Chairman
Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director of Madison World has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2011-2012. Balsara has been a Member of the Bureau's Council of Management since the year 2002 and was the Deputy Chairman of the Bureau for the year 2010-2011.

T Venkattram Reddy is ABC Dy Chairman
T Venkattram Reddy (Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd) Publisher Member on the Council has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2011-2012.

Joshi resigns as Director, Crew B.O.S Products Ltd
Tarun Joshi, Director of Crew B.O.S Products Ltd has resigned from the company's Board due to his other commitments and his resignation was accepted on September 20, 2011.

Mishra appointed Director (Operations), Yash Papers Ltd
Nirupam Mishra, Senior Vice-President (Operations), Yash Papers Ltd has been appointed as Director (Operations) of the company on September 24, 2011.

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

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

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

Shree Rani Sati Investment and Finance Ltd appoints two directors
Vijay Kumar Jatia has been appointed as a Director of Shree Rani Sati Investment and Finance Ltd and Ms Gauri Jatia has been appointed as a Whole-time Director with effect from September 23, 2011.

Iyer to take over as Creative Head (Delhi Branch), Lowe Lintas
Shriram Iyer, Group Creative Director, Lowe Lintas, will soon be taking over charge as the agency's Creative Head for Delhi branch.

Bana appointed Chief Strategy and Insights Officer, Madison Media, Bangalore
Madison Media has appointed Ruby Bana as Chief Strategy and Insights Officer for its Bangalore office

Chaudhary appointed Part-time Non Official Director, PNB
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated B. B. Chaudhry, as Part - time Non - official Director on the Board of Directors of Punjab National Bank for a period of three years.

Malhotra re-appointed Director, Cyber Media India Ltd
Cyber Media India Ltd has re-appointed Shyam Malhotra as Director of the Company.

Goenka appointed Director, Golden Securities Ltd
Golden Securities Ltd has appointed G L Goenka as a Director of the Company.

What is holding up empanelment of 1978 IAS batch?

Then, what is holding up empanelment of 1978 IAS batch? It is regrettable to note that many would retire from service (after serving for more than 3 years as Addl Secretaries) without even getting the salary/pension benefit of Secretary level officers. It is time, the concerned realise this injustice and ensure that time-bound promotions are given based on ACRs and other clearances. Let us remember the batch of officers next to them. Let us not make them feel frustrated with their own seniors for this kind of lapse particularly when they have already started enjoying their due.

K Ramamoorthy

PM needs loyal 'babus'

Much has been written about ministers letting down our PM. Politically naïve, administratively weak with not much leadership qualities to show, one expected our PM to have atleast the loyalities of those handpicked bureaucrats around him, some of whom have got endless extensions. I am astounded to read about the memo (Law Minister says FM has only seen this note but not approved!) prepared by an officer of Dy. Director rank in Finance Ministry directly to a Jt. Secretary in the PMO detailing about the sequence of events. Then comes the action of PM's Principal Secretary who wrote about the desire of the PM to remain at arm's length from the 2G Spectrum controversy. What was the need for this officer to put his audacious remark that shows the PM in bad light, in black and white? Any other PM would have shown this much retired officer the door. But this officer though deposed from his post as PS by a much accomplished dynasty retainer, is still hovering around PMO as an advisor. Nobody knows whose interests, he is taking care of. Bureaucrats are supposed to guide the ministers from getting into problems. But with these types of bureaucrats, no politician or minister is safe.

N.K. Mathur

Raise HBA limit

The upper limit for availing House Build Advance remains at a mere Rs Seven and a half lacs ! It is high time that the HBA limit is raised commensurate with the sixth pay commission recommendations.

Parivartan

Total lack of political sagacity

What more do you expect from an organisation ailed by financial worries, moral and ethical bankruptcy when it comes to postings, transfers policy. An absolute intellectual and leadership bankruptcy when it comes to strategic intents, direction etc. It speaks volumes about the lack of political sagacity and a crop of self-seekers at the top echelons, pandered by a pliable coterie

Vinay Chandran

What a pity?

First abolition and then creation again of posts also provides job for some in the government.

Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia

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)