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D. Venkateswara Rao

Aaj Ki Aawaz

He first sent in a sick certificate to Court and then applied for anticipatory bail!!

Court sent him to jail!!!

Some will exclaim what a fall!!! This was the man who said I never forgive my enemies!!! But I have a different take!!! There is no doubt if Amar bought votes the beneficiary was Congress….. Amar will shield Congress…. rumours abound that Amar and a top functionary in 10 Janpath were the 'karta dhartas' of cash for votes!!! Amar will take a sizeable 'pacifier' and keep his mouth shut….. yes he'll make a lot of noise and throw wild allegations but of no consequence!! If this scenario is true then Amar will 'inflict some wounds on SP'.... or may demand a long outstanding 'ammount' be settled and he'll keep mum on SP too!! As per my rough calculation for 14 days in jail Amar could end up earning crores... for saving beneficiary of cash for votes Amar will get cash for jail!!

Aunty is coming back!!

One or two of those who made Congress trip and fall in her absence will she sack????

Sonia they say is livid with the way maters have been handled in her absence!!! She's going to take quite a few to task and sack one or two……sacking in Congress is sidelining or khuda line …. persona non grata!! Congress's fortunes have dipped….. and Rahul's take over acceptability which was as it is low has taken a huge fall!!! In Sonia's absence the feeling is Rahul blundered!!!! In Parliament post Rahul's zero hour sermon there were whispers 'Papoo fail ho gaya'!!!! Not that his proposal was out of line...... but it was seen as a delaying tactic at the wrong time!! And a Wikileak says Rahul is of the opinion that SP and BSP will self destruct in 10 years.... so he's like a boxer waiting for his opponent to pop it and give him a walkover.... and BSP and SP are going to be very much there in the upcoming UP election.... and this election is a 'make or break election for Rahul'!!!!

Speaking of Wilkileaks ....Maya's played the Dalit card!!!

And in the Wikileaks her right hand man literally starred!!

Mishra has said she's dictatorial ..... dishonest.......a spendthrift with State's money!! Mishra's confidence stems for the fact that he feels he knows too much and Maya will take his revelations about her 'with a sack full of salt'!! To save face Maya is saying to attack Dalits her opponents are taking the assistance of Assange!!! Mishra has said he's going to sue Assange..... what a joke.... Assange has taken on US and Mishra thinks he'll make Assange shiver by his threat!!

Jagan has tacitly waved the white jhandaa!!

Seems at the right place maara Congress ne Jagan ko dandaa!!

Jagan has said he's willing to be part of UPA but not willing to rejoin Congress...... Congress finds this satisfactory!!! Of course the proposal will be vetted by Rahul's think tank.... then Sonias' think tank will study the proposal and Rahul's think tank's opinion..... then Mam, Rahul and Priyanka discuss this proposal and then orders will go out to Diggy to say 'this and that'...... so Jagan should keep a watch on what Diggy says in the coming months!!

PS: In Punjab Siyasatt (politics) means Siyaa (black) Satt (truth).... ek dum chitta (white) satt!!! PC's son asked PC to teach him the ABC of politics!! PC told his son to go to the terrace of their two storey house and then jump down!!! His son said ' but Daddy then I'll get badly hurt'.... PC assured him 'I'm your Dad and rest assured I'll catch you.' PC's son takes his Dad's word and goes to the terrace and jumps down. He falls to the ground and cries out in pain ' Dad you were supposed to catch me'. PC responds ' First lesson of politics do not even trust your Dad'!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Why did Advani meet Pranab Mukherjee ?
Several eye-brow have been raised over a meeting between L K Advani and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the North-Block.

BUREAUCRACY

Ajai Kumar to be new CMD of Corporation Bank
ED in the UCO Bank Ajai Kumar is set to take over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Corporation Bank. Ramnath Pradeep, the bank's current CMD, is due to retire on September 30.

What a fate of 1977 batch of IAS ?
The posting of 1977 IAS batch as Secretary is being delayed while some of the unfortunate ones continue to retire. Ostensibly, it is due to lack of posts. But the facts say otherwise. At least four posts of Secretary or equivalent are lying vacant, in some cases for more than six months. If you account for retirements taking place in September (5)and in subsequent months, the entire 77 batch can be accommodated.

Will Ramanujam be new Tamil Nadu DGP ?
If all goes well, K Ramanujam will be new DGP of Tamil Nadu. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

A K Basu to be Ombudsman in Bangalore !
A K Basu is being tipped to be Ombudsman Income Tax in Bangalore. He is 1974 batch IRS (IT) officer.

K.C. Saha to be Chief Secretary Bihar ?
K.C. Saha who is currently Development Commissioner-II with the Bihar government will be new Chief Secretary of Bihar. He is an IAS officer of 1976 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Dinesh Singh appointed Joint Secretary MSME
Dinesh Singh has been appointed new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this in August )

Sudhir Kumar in fray for REC's top slot
As the grapevine has it, Sudhir Kumar is one of three main contenders for the slot of Chairman and Managing (CMD) of the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). Interviews for the post are to be held on September 9, 2011. Presently he is a Joint Secretary Power. He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

24 contenders for NHPC's top slot
As many as 24 candidates are there for the post of Chairman and Managing (CMD) of the NHPC.

Who has joined Swiss Bank ?
Grapevine has it that an IRS officer has resigned to join the Swiss Bank.

Tilotama Verma is back to UP
Joint Director CBI Tilotama Verma is back to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. She is 1990 batch IPS officer.

Spl allowance for All-India services officers of northeast cadres
The government has introduced a special allowance for the All-India services officers belonging to northeast cadres to improve their performance. The special allowance, payable to these officers while they are actually working in the region, will be at the rate of 25 percent of their basic pay in addition to other allowances at present payable to them. Hundreds of all-India services officials - including of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS), besides the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - have been working in the eight northeastern states under the Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur-Tripura, Nagaland, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh-Mizoram cadres.

UPSC asked to carry out emergency recruitment in IPS
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has been asked by the government to carry out "emergency" recruitment of two batches of 70 each to the Indian Police Service (IPS) from within the officers of central paramilitary forces from next year. This will be an addition to the 100-150 IPS officers who are recruited through the normal civil services route.

CBI awaits approvals for prosecution in hundreds of cases
There are 273 cases in which the CBI has completed investigations but has been waiting to file charge sheets for want of approvals for prosecution.

Number of Airports to increase to 150
The number of Airports in India will increase to 150, from 92 as on date, by 2030. These airports would have total capacity of handling about 500 million passengers per year while the cargo handling capacity will also go up to 100 million tonne.

Meeting held for Special Secretary Law in GoI
Selection committee's meeting regarding appointment of Special Secretary (Law and Justice) in the Government of India (GOI) has taken place in Cabinet Secretariat, Delhi.

M S Jaffar Sait tipped to be IG, BSF
M S Jaffar Sait IGP Chennai on central deputation is likely to be appointed as IG, BSF. Director General, BSF has approved his induction and sent the proposal to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GoI). He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms. Vineeta Sharma, Deputy Director, SIB is now hard core
Ms. Vineeta Sharma who on central deputation is Deputy Director, SIB, Lucknow has become a hard core officer in the IB. The competent authority has given approval for her induction in the IB. She is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Assam -Meghalaya cadre.

Arun Kumar Sinha's induction approved
The competent authority has approved the induction of Arun Kumar Sinha who on central deputation is Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

8 posts of DIG vacant in BSF
BSF has 8 vacancies at DIG level post.

Akali Dal busy with SGPC polls
The ruling Akali Dal is extremely busy with elections of the SGPC slated for September 22, 2011.

2 contenders for Chief Secretary's post in Punjab
There are two contenders for the post of Chief Secretary, Punjab.

IRS (C&CE) officer Sekar empanelled as JS in GoI
IRS (C&CE) officer R Sekar of 1984 batch has been empanelled as JS or equivalent in the GoI under CSS.

IRS officer Jain empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Anil Kumar Jain who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA & AS officer Chowdhury transferred
U K Chowdhury, Deputy Director, Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-officio Member Audit Board Ranchi, Branch office at Durgapur, is transferred and posted as Deputy Director, in the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-officio Member Audit Board-IV, New Delhi Branch: Kolkata.

IAS changes in Haryana
S.N. Roy, IAS (HY:87), Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Corporation and Director, Tourism and Hospitality, Haryana has been transferred as Special Secretary to Govt., Haryana, Administrative Reforms Department, Anand Mohan Sharan, IAS (HY:90), Additional Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan. New Delhi and Administrator, TFAH, Director, Development & Panchayats, Haryana has been made Managing Director, Haryana Tourism Corporation, Director, Tourism and Hospitality, Haryana and Special Secretary to Govt., Haryana, Tourism and Hospitality Departments, in addition to his present duties, H.S. Malik, 1AS (HY:91), Director, Medical Education & Research, Haryana, has been posted as Special Secretary to Govt, Haryana, Revenue & Disaster Management-II Department, Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Director, Land Records, Haryana, Special Collector (H.Q.) and Special LAO, while Pankaj Yadav, IAS (HY:2001), Joint Secretary to Govt., Haryana, Revenue & Disaster Management-II Department, Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Director, Land Records, Haryana, Special Collector (H.Q.) and Special LAO, Haryana has been posted as Director, Medical Education & Research, Haryana.

IPS officer Prabhat Singh to continue in service
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has issued an order approving continuation in service of SSP Prabhat Singh from January 31, 2011 onwards allotting him 2007 batch of IPS. Singh, who had been posted as SSP Doda, had retired on January 31 this year at the State Government's age of retirement of 58 years. He, however, challenged the retirement on the ground that he had already been inducted into IPS and his age of retirement should be treated as 60. The State Government has now revoked its previous order on his retirement. Since the President of India has issued the order allotting IPS induction year of Singh as 2007, he would now have the service up to January 31, 2013.

Pakistan : Chinese language to be compulsory in Sindh schools
The government of Sindh in Pakistan has decided that teaching Chinese language in all schools from Grade VI onwards shall be compulsory from 2013 onwards. Good performance in the subject shall also get students extra marks, scholarships and foreign visits as well. Because of heavy influx of Mohajirs in the province's urban centres at the time of partition and subsequently of a large number of Baluch and Pushtun population Sindh already has its more than fair share of language problem and the rationale for this decision is yet to be fully understood by Pakistan's academia who have in past witnessed dismemberment of the country's eastern part largely due to faulty language policies pursued by the government.

Retired IAS officer is no more
Ajoy Chowdhary, IAS Retd. (Kerala - 1977), former Addl Chief Secretary, Govt of Kerala and husband of Smt. Sachi Chowdhary, IRS Retd. & Former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi has passed away on 6th September, at Trivandrum. The Prayers will be held at 2 pm and cremation at 4.30 pm on 7th September at Thycaud Crematorium, Trivandrum.

Air Commodore D Choudhury takes charge
Air Commodore D Choudhury has taken over command of Air Force Station Srinagar on Tuesday.He replaced Air Commodore Upkarjit Singh.

20 Commissioners/Directors of Income Tax transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 20 Commissioners/Directors of Income Tax have been transferred. While Bhanu Pratap Singh Bisht on compulsory wait has been posted as CIT-I, Kanpur (CCA UP - W), Amit Jain on return from study leave has been posted as CIT (A) Patiala (Chandigarh CCA - NWR), Prabodh Seth on compulsory wait has been posted as CIT(CPC) Manesar (Chandigarh CCA - NWR), Rekha Shukla on return from study leave has been posted as CIT (A)Shimla (Chandigarh - CCA NWR), Suresh Chandra Kabra CIT(Audit) Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat) has been posted as CIT - 17 - Mumbai CCA), Harjit Singh Sohi CIT-2 Amritsar (Chandigarh CCA NWR) has been posted as DIT (INV) Ludhiana (Chandigarh CCA NWR), Rajesh Ranjan Prasad - CIT(A)-6 Baroda (Ahmedabad CCA Gujarat) has been posted as CIT(A)-35 (Mumbai CCA), K Mythili Rani Secretary (ITSC)Chennai (CCA TN) has been posted as CIT (ITAT) -2 Hyderabad (CCA AP), Salagala Narasamma CIT (A) - 4 (Cochin CCA Kerala) has been posted as ClT (OSD) Hyderabad (CCA AP), Pasupulety Venkates Wararao CIT(AAR) Delhi CCA has been posted as C1T(A)-1 Hyderabad (CCA AP), Kamlesh Vallabhram Dave CIT Jalpaiguri Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as DIT (EXEMP) Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat), Dr. Banwar1lal CIT (ITAT) Jodhpur (Jaipur CCA Rajasthan) has been posted as CIT(A)-1 Thane(Pune CCA Maharashtra), Girija Dayal CIT-1 Kanpur CCA UP(W) has been posted as CIT(A)-8 Mumbai CCA, Gauri Shankar Singh CIT (TDS) Lucknow (CCA UP (E) has been posted as CIT(A)-5 (Mumbai CCA), Raman Kumar Goyal DIT(INV) Ludhiana Chandigarh (CCA NWR) has been posted as CIT-2 Amritsar (Chandigarh CCA NWR), Sankaralingam Sankaran Arayana Sankaran Kovil CIT(A)-35 Mumbai CCA has been posted as Secretary (ITSC) Chennai CCA TN, Anil Goel CIT Panaji Bangalore (CCA Karnataka) has been posted as CIT-23 Mumbai CCA, Baldip Singh Sandhu CIT(A) Patiala (Chandigarh CCA NWR) has been posted as Chandigarh (CCA NWR), Pravin Kumar CIT(A)-2 Shimla (Chandigarh CCCA NWR) has been posted as CIT(A)-37 (Mumbai CCA) and Pravin Varma CIT(A)-2 Surat (Ahmedabad CCA Gujarat)has been posted as CIT (ITAT) -4 Mumbai CCA.

CVC rejects clearance for CIL chief (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it the CVC's office has not given clearance to two claimants for the slot of Chairman Coal India Ltd(CIL). T.K.Lahiri chief of Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and D.C. Garg chief of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) on number one and two respectively for the slot of CIL's chief interviews for which were held over four months ago.

Nayak moves to Child and Women Welfare Department (UPDATED)
Sundeep Kumar Nayak, IAS(JK:88), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines has now moved as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Sadhna Raut is now JS Tribal Affairs (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary in the Department of Child and Women Welfare Ms Sadhna Rout has moved to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the same capacity. She is 1984 batch IIS officer.

Amitava Bhattacharya is new Secretary UPSC (UPDATED)
Amitava Bhattacharya is new Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary, in the vacancy of Alok Rawat, IAS(SK:77). He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

62 Income Tax Commissioners get fresh postings (UPDATED)
As many as 62 Commissioners of Income Tax have been given fresh postings. While Gurpreet T Singh - DIT (Exemp) in Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat) has been posted as CIT - I Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat), Baldev Singh Sandhu CIT (CIB) in Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat) has been made CIT (CO) in Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat), Kishan Lal Maheshwari CIT-7 in Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat) has been made CIT - Gandhinagar in Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat), Ravindra Kumar Srivastava CIT (CO) at Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat) has been made CIT (CIB) at Ahmedabad (CCA Gujarat), Ashutosh Chandra CIT (CB) in Bangalore CCA Karnataka has been made DIT (Inv) at Bangalore CCA Karnataka, Patanjali CIT (A) - 3 in Bangalore CCA Karnataka has been made CIT (CIB) at Bangalore CCA Karnataka, Ronmoydas DIT (Inv) at Bangalore CCA Karnataka has been made CIT (A) - 3 at Bangalore CCA Karnataka, Manoj Joshi Commissioner (OSD) (ITA), CBDT, Delhi has been made CIT (OSD) HRD Delhi CCA, Pawan Parmar Singh CIT - 2 Chandigarh CCA NWR has been posted as Director RTI Chandigarh CCA NWR, Rajendra Kumar CIT-2 Chennai (CCA TN) has been posted as CIT (C) - 3 at Chennai (CCA TN), Haramohan Barman DIT (Inv) Chennai (CCA TN) has been posted as CIT-2 Chennai (CCA TN), Venigalla Nagaprasad CIT (C) - 3 Chennai (CCA TN) has been posted as DIT (Inv) Chennai (CCA TN), Sailendra Mamidi CIT-8 Chennai (CCA TN) has been posted as CIT - 4 Chennai (CCA TN), BKS Pandya (on compulsory wait) has been posted as CIT - 6 Chennai (CCA TN), Ashok Kumar Bharadwaj DIT (TDS) Delhi CCA has been posted as Delhi CCA, har Prasad Kain DIT (Inv)-I Delhi CCA has been posted as DIT (Audit) Delhi CCA, Hari krishan CIT (audit) -2 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT - I Delhi CCA, Ambika Khatua CIT (OSD) HRD Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT - 2 Delhi CCA, Balbir verma - CIT (Audit) -I Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT - 8 Delhi CCA, Sushil Singh Rathore CIT -8 Delhi CCA has been posted as DIT (Inv) - 1 Delhi CCA, Syed Muhammad Ashraf CIT (C) -1 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (Audit) - 1 Delhi CCA, Pawan Kumar Kedia CIT - 13 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (C) - I Delhi CCA, Arun S Bhatnagar City CIT © -2 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT - 13 Delhi CCA, Ashu jain CIT (A) - 4 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT - 16 Delhi CCA, Vijay Kumar - DIT (Audit) Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (C) - 2 Delhi CCA, Samir Mukhopadhyaya Cit (A) - 11 has been posted as DIt (TDS) Delhi CCA, Himalini Kashyap CIT (A) -15 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (Audit) -2 Delhi CCA, Manas Shankar Ray CIT (A) - 18 Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (A) - 4 Delhi CCA, Rajesh Tuteja CIT (OSD) Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (A) - 15 Delhi CCA, Alka Bhargava Singh on compulsory wait has been posted as CIT (A)-11 Delhi CCA, Shyama S Bansia CIT (OSD) Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (AAR) Delhi CCA, Dr. Simmi Gupta CIT (CIB) Delhi CCA has been posted as CIT (A) 18 Delhi CCA, Tridiv Mohan Das DIT (Inv) Guwahati (CCA NER) has been posted as DIT (Inv) Guwahati (CCA NER), Kale Harilal Naick CIT (A) -7 Hyderabad (CCA AP) has been posted as CIT-6 Hyderabad (CCA AP), Narahari Biswal CIT (C) Hyderabad (CCA AP) has been posted as DIT (Inv) Hyderabad (CCA AP), Desh Deepak Goel DIT (Inv) Hyderabad (CCA AP) has been posted as CIT (Audit) Hyderabad (CCA AP), Ashok Kumar satapathy CIT (A) - I Hyderabad (CCA AP) has been posted as CIT (C) Hyderabad (CCA AP), Venkat T Reddy CIT (Audit) Hyderabad (CCA AP) has been posted as CIT (A) - 7 Hyderabad (CCA AP), Biswabijoyee Panigrahi CIT -2 Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as CIT - 9 Kolkata (CCA WB), Mohan swaroop Kaushik CIT-3 Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as CIT (Audit) Kolkata (CCA WB), Ujjwall Kumar CIT -12 Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as CIT - 2 Kolkata (CCA WB), Lakshmi Singh Negi CIT -10 Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as CIT - I Kolkata (CCA WB), Shyama Prasad Choudhury CIT- 14 Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as DIT (VIg) Kolkata (CCA WB), Sishir Sinha CIT - 17 Kolkata (CCA WB) has been posted as CIT -3 Kolkata (CCA WB), Rajesh Chandra Sharmam CIT (Audit) Lucknow CCA UP (E) has been posted as CIT - I Lucknow CCA UP (E), Raghu Pervela CIR -3 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT - I Mumbai CCA, Ashwani Kumar Mehta CIT -6 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -2 Mumbai CCA, Sushil Chandra CIT (Audit) Mumbai CCA has been posted as DIT (Inv) Mumbai CCA, Chandra Sekhar Dash CIT - 18 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -6 Mumbai CCA, Pradip Kumar das CIT -17 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT (LTU) Mumbai CCA, Sushil Kant Misra CIT (LTU) Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -4 Mumbai CCA, Suresh Kumar satpathy CIT -21 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT-3 Mumbai CCA, Sanjeev Kumar Abrol CIT -23 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -10 Mumbai CCA, Krishna Kumar Tiwari CIT-25 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT-9 Mumbai CCA, Kailash Chandra Ghumaria CIT (A) -9 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -21 Mumbai CCA, Pradeep Sharma CIT (OSD) Mumbai CCA has been posted as Secretary (ITSC) Mumbai CCA, Prabhash Shankar CIT (A) - 5 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT - 18 Mumbai CCA, Akhour Y Abhay Shanker CIT (A) - 8 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -19 Mumbai CCA, Pranab Kumar das CIT - 19 Mumbai CCA has been posted as CIT -13 Mumbai CCA, nitya Nand Mishra CIT (A) - 37 has been posted as CIT (A) - 9 Mumbai CCA and manik Lal Karmakar CIT (A) Panaji Bangalore CCA Karnataka has been posted as CIT Panaji Bangalore CCA Karnataka.

Nine new Judges of Allahabad High Court (UPDATED)
Nine Judges have taken oath in the Allahabad High Court. They are :- Justice V K Mathur, Justice Dinesh Gupta, Justice Surendra Kumar, Justice Anil Kumar Agrawal, Justice Surendra Vikram Singh, Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Justice Kaleem Ullah Khan, Justice Ashok Pal Singh and Justice V P Pathak.

Sahoo to be Director BL & C (UPDATED)
P P Sahoo is being tipped to be new Director (HR&Corporate Affairs) in Balmer Lawrie and Company Ltd (BL&C).

(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

Khemka appointed ED, TCI Finance Ltd
J P Khemka has been appointed as Executive Director of TCI Finance Ltd with effect from August 09, 2011.

Prakash retires as VP (Corporate Affairs), Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd
K Prakash, Vice President (Corporate Affairs) & Company Secretary retired from the services of Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd on August 31, 2011.

Achwal appointed Company Secy. Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd
Vivek M. Achwal has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd with effect from September 02, 2011.

Agarwal ceases to Director, Deccan Cements Ltd
R S Agarwal ceases to be Director of Deccan Cements Ltd effective from August 12, 2011.

Two Govt Nominee Directors cease to be on Board of IL&FS Engineering And Construction Company
Ved Jain and Anil K Agarwal, both Government Nominee Directors have ceased to be directors on the Board of IL & FC Engineering and Construction Company Ltd with effect from September 1, 2011.

Singh appointed MD, Syschem India Ltd
Syschem India Ltd has appointed Kushal Pal Singh as Managing Director of the Company.

Jain appointed Whole-time Director, Syschem India Ltd
Ranjan Jain has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Syschem India Ltd.

Arora appointed Whole-time Director, Syschem India Ltd
Jagmohan Arora has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Syschem India Ltd.

Jain appointed as Associate VP, Milestone Brandcom
Milestone Brandcom has appointed Sheetal Jain as Associate Vice-president.

Srinivasan joins Mindshare as Partner (Client Leadership)
Kavitha Srinivasan has joined Mindshare as Partner ( Client Leadership) in Chennai.

LIC nominates its MD as Nominee Director on Axis Bank Board
LIC has nominated its Managing Director, A. K. Dasgupta, as Nominee Director in place of R. B. L. Vaish on the Board of Directors of Axis Bank Ltd on September 5, 2011.

Vaish resigns as Nominee Director, Axis Bank Ltd
R. B. L. Vaish has tendered his resignation as a Director on completion of his tenure as LIC Nominee on Board of Axis Bank Ltd with effect from September 5, 2011.

Sheetal Jain is Associate Vice President at Milestone Brandcom
Sheetal Jain has been appointed as Associate Vice President- Strategy & Planning at Milestone Brandcom.

Girotra to lead India biz Nokia Siemens Networks
Sandeep Girotra has been appointed by Nokia Siemens Networks to lead its business in India. He will take over the assignment on October 1, 2011 at Gurgaon.

Susheel K Ladwa joins Folks magazine's Editorial Board
Susheel K Ladwa has been appointed on Folks magazine's Editorial Board as member of Board of Directors.

Why fear Lokpal?

The campaign against the Jan Lokpal Bill is unfounded. Only the corrupt must fear accountability. It has reportedly been advised to the PM that the Lokpal will "trigger fear among the bureaucracy". Which bureaucracy? Looks it connotes only a particular bureaucracy. With the last segment to the highest in public service committing suicide or resigning in disgust, there seems to be terrible disgruntlement among public servants: all because of corruption. From allotment of a government house to taking lawful decisions for awarding contracts, nothing has been spared by corruption. The bureaucracy is capable of giving admirable account of itself, only if allowed to function according to the rules. It was the same Delhi police, which gave an admirable account of its capabilities and attitude during the 12 days of Anna's fast, but collected brickbats for earlier movements. Why? Because this time it was not used to create "fear" of police. Administration has been ruined by using it to create fear or rather "khauf" in the hearts of the people. The British resorted to it for strengthening colonial rule. The governments since black Emergency have used it to frighten ordinary people into subjugation. Exactly as Anna's team is being hounded! Break them and their resistance, as the powers that may be are "resolved to ruin or rule the state (J.Dryden).why is it that bureaucracy was different pre-emergency? CVC was adequate then. Now even 3 member CVC is inadequate, if the demand for Lokpal is taken as any indication. The bureaucracy can restore order in no time-only if they are allowed to do so. But it is the biggest "if". When morality fails, the law steps in. Children were expected to respectfully look after their aged parents. When they found no compulsion to do so, they not only started neglecting their parents but also treating them most inhumanly, just like the citizen by the government today. So the law stepped in. It now stands for the aged parents and compels the delinquent children to look after their parents or face legal action. Now they are bound to do their "duty". Only thing is the moral duty has become legal duty now. That magic the Jan Lokpal is expected to do to the wayward governments, who have come to believe in misplaced ideas of their "superiority" or sovereignty. The services are capable of delivering quality services. They are seething with anger for not being allowed to do their lawful duties and being misused. The Lokpal will energise them to give their best without fear or favour, as is expected of them and for which they are paid salaries and allowances by the citizens.

M L Gupta

Misuse of RTI Act

While the order declaring the DPS was really good, asking about the mercy petition is taking the RTI Act too far. It is misuse of the Act.

Shanghmitra ghosh

They are not eligible for post retirement job

CBRC Chairman and Members are in the grade of Special Secretary. Ombudsman's grade is HAG+, which is lower than Special Secretary's scale. So Chairman and Members are not eligible for a post retirement job at lower rank.

Himanshu

Change the designation from "Ombudsman" to "Ombudsperson" which is gender neutral.

Devinder Sharma

Very hilarious

I found the incident described by Pratap very hilarious. The retired Chief Secretary was carrying his own shopping bags. This was really very great and another example of great sacrifice the IAS officers have been making for their country. When they eat food it is a favour, when they go for a morning walk it is a favour, in fact every activity of theirs which we common man do all the time is actually a great favour on this country.

Gopalan

CBI should step in

Why look further in the Income Tax Department than its own Investigation Wing, manned to toe by sychophants and the corrupt. The erstwhile acting Chairman made it his personal fiefdom ,posting from an ITO to the DG. The present Chairman would be hard put to rock the boat. For the brotherhood of the corrupt is more dense than the brotherhood of the honest. But time has come to pick up a broom stick and sweep the dirt away ,be it on the basis of perception only. If Department does not do the cleaning on its own, the CBI would step in, for sure. It is a shame that a premier Government Department should be having so little control over its own senior officers. And pray tell us, what was its Vigilance Wing doing all the while ? Waiting for CBI's request for sanction and copying CBI's report for its own departmental actions. What rot .

Atmaram

Does it makes them totally corrupt ?

While it is true that some black sheep from the IRS have been caught recently, it is equally true IAS officers are currently being prosecuted for the 2G scam, the CWG scam and Adarsh scam to name a few scams. IAS officers in the Home Ministry have been caught recently, Indian Postal Service Officers have been caught by the CBI, even CBI officers have been caught by the CBI. Does that make the IAS, Indian Postal Service or the CBI totally corrupt? Lady IPS officers have been found tainted (remember Chandigarh), many DGP rank IPS officers have been found guilty of misdemeanours of various kinds, IG rank officers are in jail, does that mean all IPS officers are corrupt? A few Judges have been found corrupt, does that mean all judges are corrupt? Not at all. Most certainly not. Unfortunately, it is a fact that there are black sheep amongst judges, politicians, all Civil Services, armed forces etc, even corporate world and media and even NGOs. Let us not indulge in one upmanship and bad mouth any particular service. Let the jurisdiction of the CBI be extended to all Services, irrespective of whether they are serving in states or centre and let the rotten apples come out everywhere.

Vijay Kumar

Civil and uncivil society

I strongly condemn your terming the groups belonging to SC/STs, minorities and backward classes as "UNCIVIL" in your article. This attitude was not expected from your site. What you wanted to prove in your article that whatever Anna and co. says is right and is in the interest of nation. It is false and based on wrong premises. This so called uncivil group have a say in each and every policy making and it's their right which was not given to them for centuries.

Ramesh

CGEWHO debars new govt employees

CGEWHO, an autonomous body formed to provide welfare housing scheme for the central government employees has debarred new government employees covered under New Pension Scheme (Contributory Pension Scheme) from the housing schemes on the ground that since their pension charged and voted is not debitable to the consolidated fund of India, they cannot be defined as a Central Government employee. May like to check for more details on http://www.cgewho.nic.in/GN_ECT.pdf.

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Karthigeyan

They are fools

I have not met Arvind Kejriwal, nor the jokers trying to denigrate him. I do not say that he is like Maryada Prurushottam Ram ( not that I respect Ram at all) but those trying to denigrate him are nothing but fools.

Vijay Kumar

Breach of Privilege and moral chasm

It is plain commonsense that generalised statements, more so while playing to the gallery, may not be construed as constituting breach of privilege. In this regard, it is instructive to refer to http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/rsat_work/chapter-8.pdf, which provides various real life examples of what in effect constitutes such offence. It contains explicit reference to a question of privilege raised against an MP who alleged that four other members had been bribed into voting against the Constitution (Twenty-fourth Amendment) Bill, 1970! However, Chairman (of the Committee on Privileges) observed that allegations did not relate to any particular member of either House and further the MP did not refer personally to any member of either House! Even so, decadence in public life was chillingly documented in the N.N. Vohra Committee report(1993), which while providing an eye opening account of the nexus between politicians, bureaucrats and criminals, made a scathing indictment of the prevalent system by conceding that a mafia network is virtually running a parallel Government, pushing the State apparatus into irrelevance!!!

S K Tewari

Why only defence personnel ?

Why only defence personnel should be given chance why not the other people working in police organisation be given chance to get promoted to the posts manned by IPS. The organisation is headed by IPS but these are run by non IPS officials of CPOs

R K Vashistha

DPS is a Public Authority

Information related to admission made by the Delhi Public School (DPS), Rohini under the policy framework specified by the Department of Education (DoE) for the academic year 2010-2011 was denied claiming that since it is an Unaided Private Institution, the RTI Act is not applicable to the school. The CIC noted that 10,000 sq. mtrs. of land was allotted to the School by the DDA at a nominal rent of Rs. 10/- per annum while another 6000 sq. mtrs. have been allotted at concessional rate of Rs. 65 lacs per acre. The CIC observed that the terms and conditions of service of employees of DPS are as per the norms of DoE and the School enjoyed exemption from Income Tax on its earnings. The presence of two nominees from the DoE in the Managing Committee indicated the Government control in the running and administration of the DPS. The CIC held that the DPS, Rohini fulfills the essential elements of being called a 'Public Authority'.

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Getting a child admitted in a good school has been very difficult for the residents of Delhi. Hopefully, this order would usher in transparency in the working of the educational institutes in the country who shall now be bound to designate PIOs.

- 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)