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Whispers have been doing a commendable job. The indepth info on all government and corporate sectors is tremendous. Keep up the good work.

Gopinath Jagirdar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

First and foremost my heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their near and dear in the Delhi blast!!! It is indeed so tragic..... in the morning you bid your loved one goodbye not knowing that this the last bye!!! And what hurts is 'what was their fault'?????

God give them strength to face this tragedy!!!!

God give them strength to bear this tragedy and Netas who see this as an opportunity to score browning points!!!

Life sure disappoints!!

Rahul seems to be oblivious that the Nation has changed....... no longer does his drama baazi get him brownie points..... this time it was abuses ..... cannot predict what he'll get the next time he does this drama baazi!! Public is sick of Government's inaction to tackle inflation, terror and corruption!!! Mohna and his sidekick Montek have already put the blame of inflation on 'International factors' and maybe for terror too Mohna will blame 'International Factors'!!!! Renuka Chowdhury showed how insensitive Congress is towards us........rather than discussing the lapses and remedial measure Ms. Renuka 'Croc Tears' Chowdhury put the blame on Anna's fast.... Intelligence Agencies were too busy with Anna's fast!!!! And what did our MPs do... they took the day off!!! And now I'm sure Congress's 'loose cannons' will step in and try to bring in other factors to move the attention away from Paki sponsored terror!!!

Sarkaar only reacts only when a VVIP is killed!!!!

It does not bother when hundreds of ordinary Indian lives by terror are 'stilled'!!!

Sonia Gandhi is back after surgery for an undisclosed aliment...... sounds funny in Democracy!!!! Initially when this undisclosed ailment talk came up someone said she's suffering from a case of 'acute asset inflation'!!! Like I said the ailment is either just ordinary , but like any rich and famous Indian she's gone overseas for treatment.... or the ailment is life threatening and Gandhis want to keep their herd in order and want Rahul to take over before any announcement is made!! What other reason can there be???? This call for privacy is hogwash...... you cannot be a Public figure and expect privacy in such matters.... only possible in Commie Countries!!! I do agree Rahul will become the President of Congress sooner than later....... and there will a rejig in the inner circle and Party!!!!

It is time that Gandhis realized India is a Democracy and stopped behaving like they rule us!!!!!

Madam Ji get the bytes from outside RML Hospital and see how Public ne Rahul ko kiya cuss!!

Post 9/11 US took stringent measures ..... but India because of 'vote bank politics' has not been able to take stringent measures!!! Not that US does not have a huge Muslim Vote Bank!!!! Post any blast you have Congress and SP coming out trying to shift the blame from Jehadi Terror!!! It's stunted our fight against terror!!! And then we have HM who is more involved in fighting 'anti corruption forces'!!!! Just see what he's been up to in the past 6 months!!!

Congress and SP are blinded by vote bank politics or siyaasatt!!!!

And both Parties are the stumbling blocks in India's fight against terror and this is abs satt (true)!!

PS..... after earthquake in Delhi political responses....PC condemns quake........ Mohna says quake is cowardly.....BJP says why can't Government prevent quakes..... and Rahul visits quake site!!!! AI has been 'Prafooled'!!!! And when Deora was MOPNG Mantri MOPNG danced to Mukesh's Murli!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Army versus Air Force in the offing
It would be Army versus Air Force during the prestigious Gymkhana Club elections this time. The main contendors from the September 30 polls are serving Air Marshall Naresh Verma and Retired DG (Infantry) Lt. Gen. Rajendra Singh. Who will win Army or the Air Force ?.

Sinha is ahead in race for EO ?
1980 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer N K Sinha is said to be ahead in the race for the post of Establishment Officer (EO) in the Government of India.

Indecision hits official working
Indecision has hit official working both in the Government of India (GoI) and various state governments. As the grapevine has it, people attribute it to the last month's stir by Anna Hazre.

Delhi Police Commissioner on way out?
Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta is reportedly on his way out. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

5 in fray for the post of Special Secretary(Law and Justice)
There is panel of five officers for the post of Special Secretary(Law and Justice) in the Government of India. It consists of:P.K Malhotra Member of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) ,R.L Koli Additional Secretary ,M.L Meena Additional Secretary ,R. Raghupati Additional Secretary & N.K Nampoothiry Additional Secretary.

A.B.L. Srivastava in fray for REC's top slot
As the grapevine has it, A.B.L. Srivastava 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 Director Finance of NHPC and holding the charge as CMD, NHPC.

Interviews for NHPC chief's slot on September 30
As the grapevine has it interviews for selecting new chief for the slot of Chairman and Managing (CMD) of the NHPC will be held on September 30, 2011.

MVN Rao to be CMD, Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
M V Narasimha Rao, Managing Director (MD)of Hindustan Newsprint Ltd (HNL), has been chosen as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd (HPCL)

A.R. Talwar in fray for CS's post in Punjab
A.R. Talwar is one of the two contenders for the post of Chief Secretary, Punjab.He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Sundaram Krishna Advisor to Defence Minister retires
Sundaram Krishna, Advisor to Defence Minister A.K.Antony, has superannuated. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

R P Singh to be IG CISF in Patna
R P Singh is joining the CISF as IG in Patna. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Abhisekh Dayal promoted as Director in PIB
Abhisekh Dayal, Joint Secretary,(PMO;Unit and PRS)PIB,Government of India (GOI)has been promoted as a Director,in PIB. He will look after the same work. He is an IIS cadre officer of 1997 batch.

Panel for Joint Secretary Ex-servicemen Welfare sought
The Defence Ministry has sought a panel from DoPT for the post of Joint Secretary Ex Servicemen Welfare.

Who will be new advisor to Defence Minister?
Who will be new advisor to Defence Minister? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power. The slot fell vacant following retirement of Sundaram Krishna (IAS, Punjab cadre 1977 batch).

Ex BHEL ED joins Bajaj Power
R.K. Singh who was earlier Mumbai based Vice President with Hinduja group has now joined as Noida based Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bajaj Power. He will be reporting to Kushagra Bajaj. It may be stated here that prior to joining the Hinduja group he was Executive Director(ED),BHEL-Bhopal.

K P Singh to be Ombudsman IT in Lucknow
K P Singh is being tipped to be Ombudsman Income Tax in Lucknow. He is retired 1975 batch IRS (IT) officer.

More postings in CBEC
Najib Shah will be new DG Vigilance. PK Jain will be DG Export-Promotion . Sanghamitra Mitra has been made DG -Service Tax.H K Jain will be CC Ahemdabad. Lipika Majumdar will be CCE Ahemdabad.

O P Rawat to join GoI
O P Rawat is all set to join the Government of India as Secretary. 1977 batch IAS officer Rawat has been given NOC by the Madhya Pradesh Government.

Good work being done
Chairman CBDT M. C. Joshi and Member ( Personnel) Mrs. Manjari Kacker are all set in their task to bring about a positive change in the Human Resource management of the Department. The recent CITs orders issued by the Board, if it is any indication, proves this point. The Board has set about and succeeded in bringing to a nullity the majority of redundant CIT ( OSDs) previously posted in Delhi. By doing so, the Board has sent a clear message that the officers will be utilised in the filed formations and not be left to hang around as OSDs. Also significantly, the IRS Association is happy with regard to the rotation policy implemented by the Board The cadre has appreciated this move of the CBDT in respecting seniority in Administrative and sensitive postings. The deep sense of commitment and transparency in Transfer & Postings demonstrated by the Placement Committee of the Board headed by M.C.Joshi has been widely welcomed .

Sharma takes charge as Director BEL
S K Sharma has taken charge as Director of the Bangalore Complex of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronic Ltd (BEL) on September 1.

11 posts of DIG vacant in CRPF
CRPF has 11 vacancies at DIG level post.

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

IRS officer Chauhan empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Ajay K Chauhan 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 Murli transferred
R Murli, Assistant Director, In the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-officio Member Audit Board, Chennai on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (IC-I: Adhoc) in the office of the Accountant General (CA), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.

Pakistan : Danish Ambassador, wife taken in custody by Abbottabad Police
The Danish ambassador to Pakistan His Excellency Uffe Wolffhechel and his wife were taken into custody by Abbottabad police on Tuesday after they were spotted in Bilal town, the locality where Osama compound is situated. District Police Officer Karim Khan told the media that His Excellency was taken into custody as the visit to Abbottabad was without the permission of the competent authority. The duo was later released and allowed to return to Islamabad.

Railways transfers and postings
Roshan Singh of JS/IRTS has been transferred from WCR to NR and posted in the same capacity, Vinod Deora of IRSME(Probationer) has been transferred from SECR to NWR in the same capacity, Keshav Chandra of GM has been transferred from NFR to look after the duties of the post of GM/ER, in addition to his own,w.e.f. 07.9.2011 to 18.9.2011 or till resumption of duties by V. Bhathuar, GM/ER, proceeding on leave, Suresh Chandra of Sr. Rajbhasha Adhikari has been transferred from WR to RSC, Dr. Ruchi - Sr. DMO/CH/JP has been transferred from NWR to WR, Hitendra Malhotra of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from CLW and appointed to officiate in SAG on CLW itself by making suitable local adjustments Iswari P.Meena of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from ER to NER and Appointed to officiate in SAG by making suitable local adjustments, Manoranjan Biswas of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from ER to be appointed to officiate in SAG on ER itself by making suitable local adjustments, Sunil Kumar of SG/IRSEE has been transferred from ECR to be appointed to officiate in SAG on ECR, Shishir Somvanshi of JAG/IRTS has been transferred from NER to ECOR and posted in the cadre, Dhirendra Kr. Verma of SG/IRTS has been transferred from ECR to NER and posted in the cadre, KK Sharma of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from SR to be posted as CTE on SR itelf vice Sh. Dani Thoms, SAG /IRSE trfrd to NWR on promotion to HAG, IC Mandi of SS/IRSME has been transferred from SECR to SER B. Sinku of SG/IRSME has been transferred from SER, as Dy.CME Proj./MLR workshop/Patna to SECR in the same capacity, Shibaji Mondal of JAG/IRSME has been transferred from ER to NFR in the same capacity, P. Sudevan of SS/IRSME has been transferred from SWR to ICF, Gaurav Kumar of SS (Looking after in JAG)/IRSME) has been transferred from ICF to NER and RP Vyas of SAG/IRSE has been transferred from ER to be posted as CBE on ER itself.

Sanjay Sinha is new DGP of Tripura (UPDATED)
Sanjay Sinha has been appointed new DGP of Tripura. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
( We said this on August 19)

Salim Ali to join CBI next week (UPDATED)
DGP Tripura Salim Ali will join the CBI as Additional Director next week .He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur -tripura cadre.
( We said this on March 21 )

Orders of Chief Commissioners today ? (UPDATED)
Transfer and posting orders of Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise are expected to be issued on Friday evening.

Jha to be DG Vigilance (UPDATED)
In a last minute dramatic change the CVC is believed to have cleared the name of K K Jha as DG Vigilance in Customs and Central Excise.

Najib Shah to be CCC Customs,Delhi (UPDATED)
Latest information says that Najib Shah is being appointed CCC Customs,Delhi.Earlier his name was in circulation for the post of DG Vigilance.

Rajeev Sharma to be CMD REC (UPDATED)
Rajeev Sharma is being tipped to be new CMD of the Rural Electrification Corporation.He is presently Director (Projects) in the Power Finance Corporation.
( We said this on Jul 6 )

(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

Capt Mohanty to be CMD DCI
Captain D K Mohanty, the Director (Marine Services) of Ennore Port will take over as the new Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the Central-sector Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) on November 1.

First woman CMD of Dena Bank
Ms Nupur Mitra is going to be the first woman to be at the helm of Dena Bank. Tenure of new CMD of the Dena Bank will be upto December 31.

Singh is new GM ISG BHEL
U.N.Singh has taken over as the General Manager in-charge of BHEL's Industrial Systems Group (ISG), Bangalore, a unit of BHEL .

Pillai appointed Senior VP (Mktg.), Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Ltd
Murugeshan Pillai has been appointed as Senior Vice President (Marketing) of Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Ltd effective September 5, 2011.

Vanitha resigns as Company Secy. CCL Products (India) Ltd
Ms. Nagulavari Vanitha has resigned as Company Secretary of CCL Products (India) Ltd.

Shashidhar appointed Company Secy. CCL Products (India) Ltd
Ms Geetha Shashidhar has been appointed as Company Secretary of CCL Products (India) Ltd .

Dheer no longer MD, Mahindra Forgings Ltd
The tenure of the service of Deepak Dheer as the Managing Director of Mahindra Forgings Ltd has expired on August 31, 2011. Accordingly, he ceased to be the Managing Director as well as Director of the Company with effect from September 1, 2011.

Juneja appointed Addl. Director, Talbros Automotive Components Ltd
Navin Juneja, has been appointed as an Additional Director of Talbros Automotive Components Ltd .

Raghavendra appointed Exec. Creative Director, Euro RSCG India, Gurgaon
Euro RSCG India has appointed Ravi Raghavendra as Executive Creative Director to head the creative team at its Gurgaon office.

McShane appointed VP (Sales), Royal Orchid Group
Ray McShane has been appointed as Vice President (Sales), Royal Orchid Group and also General Manager, Hotel Royal Orchid, Bengaluru.

Banerjee appointed Head (Creative), Everest Brand Solutions, Delhi
Everest Brand Solutions has appointed Arnab Banerjee as Head of Creatives for its Delhi office.

Kumar ceases to be Director, SBI Central Board
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Director, State Bank of India ceased to be a Director on the Bank's Central Board on September 7, 2011.

Samson appointed GM, The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore
The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has appointed Amit Samson as the General Manager of The Lalit Ashok, Bangalore.

Sambrani appointed Country Head, Sandvik Asia
Ajay Sambrani has been appointed as the Country Head, India, at Sandvik Asia--- the Indian subsidiary of Sandvik Group.

Meza quits as MD, Airtel Kenya
Rene Meza has quit as the Managing Director of Airtel Kenya.

Girotra to be Business Head, India, Nokia Siemens Network
Nokia Siemens Network has appointed Sandeep Girotra to Head its business in India. He will be based in Gurgaon and his appointment is effective from October 1, 2011.

Ms Godha is new COO
Ms Nidhi Godha has been appointed as COO cum company secretery of the Wizkid Consultancy and Financial Services Ltd New Delhi.

Arnab Banerjee is Head of Creative-Art, Delhi at Everest Brand Solutions
Arnab Banerjee has been appointed as Head of Creative- Art at Everest Brand Solutions for its Delhi office. Earlier, he was creative consultant with August Communications

Tushar Goculdas appointed as Brand Director, adidas India
Tushar Goculdas ofo Adidas has been promoted as Brand Director. Earlier, since October 2008, he was was Director - Sales & Marketing for Adidas.

DEBATE (1)

"Only the corrupt fear Lokpal Bill "

The Anna effect has created a fear psychosis among the corrupt bureaucrats by enhancing their accountability. That is not all. The "corrupt" Ministers, public sector executives handling projects are also feeling immensely threatened by the impending Lokpal Bill. As per common perception, the middle-level bureaucracy is unanimous about bringing the Prime Minister, Ministers and the entire bureaucracy including the lower echelons, under the ambit of the Lokpal. And, why exempt Ministers' level functionaries, serving as Chairpersons of Commissions,Committees ,Authorities and the Councils like the NAC, who enjoy considerable clout and discretionary powers but without an iota of accountability?The nexus between the corrupt political Executives and bureaucrats is an open secret. No Minister can indulge in corruption without the collusion of corrupt bureaucrats and vice versa.

The editorial preface to the motion expresses concerns about the adverse impact of the Lokpal bill on "mega projects". The fears are not unfounded. In the absence of 'speed money", the projects could slow down temporarily due to fear in taking rational decisions. The institution of Lokpal will check ,if not stamp out, inflow of black money into the realty sector and social sector schemes that is being misused as a corpus for bribery.

Though, the Realtors, as private players, will not come under the ambit of Lokpal bill, their nexus with corrupt government functionaries will get exposed. The WIC had recently revealed the clout enjoyed by a Realtor/Developer on Mayavati-led UP government in policy matters and bureaucratic placements at key positions.

A section of disgruntled pseudo intellectuals have sought to attribute the decline in GDP growth rate to Anna effect. This is absurd. Let the performance of bureaucrats/executives be assessed in relation to physical and financial progress of government projects. Greater transparency in tender evaluation is required. The bureaucrats and PSU executives must also refuse to knuckle under to political pressures.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Epitome of integrity

In Manmohan Singh, we have the very epitome of integrity. No one can deny that A K Antony, Jairam Ramesh and other Ministers are models of rectitude. The leaders of the Government are men of intellect and virtue, certainly Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal are outstanding men and would have been deemed so in any era. The Government has always been with the Aam Admi. The policies followed by the Government have always been progressive and pro poor. The RTI, NREGA, Right to Education are all the achievements of the Government. Are all these contributions going to be forgotten due to the alleged acts of omission and commission of the allies in the coalition? Why is the Government being perceived in the wrong light? It has more to do with the media exploding in titillating stories and the middle class getting unnecessarily cynical. The Lokpal bill and other steps will be taken by the Government which will take a balanced view. If things are left only to the media and self appointed activists, how is to be ensured that they do not further their own agendas and ambitions? One good IAS officer is better than a hundred activists and one good politician is better than a hundred IAS officers. Can everything be left to the judiciary (who do not have any experience of administration, no matter how well intentioned they may be) or the Police officers (who unfortunately have a limited world view since they deal only with the shadowy world of crime and thus cannot take a fair view of anything)?

A K Singh

Sonia's absence exposed Congmen

Sonia Gandhi was away for a month and the true character of these Congresswalas has come out. The way in which things were handled in her absence was atrocious. It is clear that Sonia is the factor which is providing stability and reigning in infighting. As regards Man Mohan being controlled by a remote control by Sonia has also been exposed because her absence has proved that Man Mohan just cannot take decisions. He exists and is provided legitimacy because of Sonia's backing. He has no standing of his own. Poor Sonia she has an intelligent daughter who is the natural heir to the throne but who is not ready to enter politics as of now because of her family responsibilities. She is a daughter one can be proud of. Sonia has a Son who cannot take decisions and appears confused. He cant decide whether to remain a bachelor or get married and take on responsibility, he also lacks vision and political acumen and gives impression of being saddled with his present position but reluctantly. Therefore please do not blame Sonia. She is the only one who is following path of honesty and has succeeded in reining these scheming Congresswalas. It is correct if Sonia was not there there would be mayhem. We saw it last month.

Seetha Menon

How long to bleed ?

How long we the common people of India will bleed for the ghastly act of terrorists and afterwards get the soothing words from the VIPs, when these VIPs themselves are surrounded by Z category security personnel feeling safe under this cover, with the money of common people who are bleeding.

Kalyan

Police, Executive or the Parliament?

Who must take the decision to declare the war against terrorists in India-the police or the Executive or the parliament? What has been done to the worst terrorists apprehended so far? Has the police not completed the investigation and chargesheeted them and the courts awarded them the death penalty? Has the process been completed? It doesn't come to mind easily if any terrorist has been executed. What should be the Indian response to regular "bleeding" by terrorist attacks, under the directions of the foreign agencies out to harm India? Just issue the customary "condemnation" or maximum calling it a dastardly/cowardly act? Do the terrorists or their handlers even bother to take note of it? It can never be stopped by the police, because nobody knows what exactly the Executive want them to do. The Executive has not spelt out any decisive deterrent policy to fight terrorism. In these circumstances no Home Minister can take any firm decision at his own level, because he would never know what the PM wants or what the Cabinet wants. Similarly the PM would be in no position unless the party makes its policy clear and announces it publicly. It gets further complicated in a poor form of democratic & parliamentary form of government called coalition government, where consensus simply eludes government decisions. On the other hand, in matters like action against terrorists, each partner tries to outdo the other for political gains or losses. In such a peculiar situation the government can never approach the parliament with any effective legislation. There is no unanimous decision of the parliament also on the measures to fight terrorism effectively. These are no isolated incidents, but part of a well contrived design to bleed India to death. Under attack are not the people alone but the nation called India-a sovereign democratic republic that practices secularism. It is the civilization of India that is under attack. Fundamentalism has only contempt for secularism. Unless the people, the parliament and the Executive speak in one strong voice to finish terrorism, there seems to be no end to these terror activities. Either we take on the war against terror to the finish or allow it to finish us by this low cost long drawn war. Expecting police or intelligence agencies to take the political decision for us is like declaring ourselves mere ostrich!

M L Gupta

What's wrong ?

Why are you guys making such a brouhaha about the Lady's fetish for good things, what's wrong ?

Do you expect people from the Bahujan Samaj should move around in tattered clothes forever. This media talks highly/lauds some politicians about their sartorial tastes but when it is someone from the Bahujan Samaj it is cheap and tacky. What's wrong with these media guys the Dalits are not bothered, infact they are proud of this Dalit Ki Beti. Reserve your comments for somebody else.

AR

Column required

No column is provided in the application form for getting a IDcard under Aadhar UID scheme to declare the citizenship of the applicant. In this way the privileges available to Indian citizens are being extended to foreigners. Whether this is a deliberate move or inadvertent, is not clear but certainly the ID cards issued under the scheme are NIRADHAR so far as their basis is concerned.

Surendra

Joining the enemy

From Income Tax to Swiss Bank is like joining the enemy. You have let someone carry the government secrets for use by the launderers.

Garbel

Why literate people are fighting over words ?

Why literate people are fighting over words, like civil or uncivil society. With the passage of time, meanings of words change. I am sure, nobody dare deny that the whole system has gone topsy-turvy because of us the 'Civil Society'. Now, would you like to be in the civil or uncivil society? Personally, I prefer the second one. Jai Hind

Z S Nirwal

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'.

Comments

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)