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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Manmohan Singh 'missing in action'!!!
Or maybe he's just being what Sonia has made him into 'murti of inaction'!

Be it UP campaign or running the Nation he's not to be seen or heard!!
He's now in 'handing over' mode says a little bird!!

Just see what his servility to Sonia has made him into!!!
At him now even his relatives boo!!

A capable, efficient , qualified and honest man's image down the drain!!!
You may not believe it but internally he knows this and is under a lot of strain!!

His biggest worry is .... 'how will India remember me'!!!!
Let me answer this... as Sonia's puppet him Indians do see!!

CBI Director made a startling confession!!!
Maybe he got 'bout of guts' speaking to people of his profession!!!

At Interpol Conference he said Indians hold $ 500 billion in Tax Haven accounts!!!
Much more by reliable accounts!!

Will this revelation by CBI Director put him in the Doghouse????
By trashing him the fire his statement created Congress will douse!!

Maybe very soon you'll hear a Congress Spokesman trashing his reputation!!
And there by trash his 'black money figure' computation!!

EC should have taken action in Kursheed's case!!!!
Why to President EC did race????

Looks like EC passed the pillow to the President!!
And President passed it on to the 7 Race Course resident!!

EC has to ensure there is a level playing field!!!
Unfair advantage can be taken by Party joh power karti hai wield!!

Priyanka sided with Kursheed in his spat with EC!
Manish Tiwari went a step further and said Election Conciliator is how to decipher EC!!

Now you know why her bro wanted a Constitutional Lokpal!!
When push came to shove Congress would make Lokpal into Jokpal!!

With Constitutional Bodies like CAG, CVC and CEC has already taken pangaa!!!
Congress just has to press the button and its Spokesman and apply Media create a dangaa!!

It's said PC is back to his old ways!!
To his 'chewing gum' days!!

On Pranab Da's Budget preparation keeping tabs!!!
And under pressure from PC one Official from MOF regularly to him blabs!!

Life sentence of Butcher of Tirlokhpuri has been commuted by Delhi's Lt. Guv!!!!
1984 Genocide does not matter for Congress as only anti Modi lot it does love!!

The man should have been made to rot in jail!!!
In 1984 Genocide cases one more case in which Justice has been made to fail!!

Rahul had said in Punjab ' those convicted will not go unpunished!!
But ground reality is the victims are being punished!!

Sonia called Modi Maut ka Saudagar ... just see her gall!!!!
She forgets who gave via Big Tree falling example 'kill Sikhs' call!!

Post the car blast in Delhi Israeli on a Talk Show said,
'Our flesh and blood lies injured in Delhi hospital bed'!!!!

Here Indians die in blasts and you have Government playing down the death toll!!
Our Government 'politicizing' such incidents is in our fight against terror the biggest hole!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Snehlata Kumar to be Consultant Planning Commission?
Ms Snehlata Kumar is likely to be appointed Consultant in the Planning Commission. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

C P Singh to be Chairman NPPA
1981 batch TamilNadu cadre IAS officer C P Singh is being appointed as Chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority in the grade of Additional Secretary.

Hunt is on for Addl. Secretary Admn. in MEA
A hunt is on for new Additional Secretary (Administration) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Harinder Hira to succeed Rajwant Sandhu as CS HP
In all probability 1976 batch IAS officer Ms Harinder Hira will succeed Ms Rajwant Sandhu on April 1 as Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh. Ms Sandhu is retiring on March 31.

Chhhattisgarh Government wants services of Subramanhyam back
The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh is reported to have written a letter to Prime Minister asking for the return of the services of B V R Subramanhyam .1987 batch IAS officer Sumbrahmanyam has been PS to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Infact, even after hisreturn from his foreign assignment Subrahmanyam has so far not reported to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre. He has been out of the cadre for the last 13 years.

Next J & K DGP may be an outsider?
Search is on for the successor of J & K DGP Kuldeep Khoda who is scheduled to retire on June 1.It is widely believed that the new DGP will be an outsider.

Manimekalai Murugesan is Ambassador to Albania
Manimekalai Murugesan, presently Ambassador of India to Romania has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Albania, with residence in Bucharest.

Vinod Kumar to be Indian Envoy to Azerbaijan
Vinod Kumar an Indian Foreign Service(IFS) officer will be India's Envoy to Azerbaijan.

All does not seem to be well in Financial Services
All does not seem to be well in Financial Services department of the Government of India (GoI). This is general perception that has emerged due to inordinate delay in finalising incumbents for top slots for different public sector banks & insurance companies even though interview had taken place earlier.

DGP to continue if President's Rule clamped in UP
As the grapevine has it, the present DGP of Uttar Pradesh will not be changed if in post assembly poll scenario President's Rule was clamped in Uttar Pradesh.

Prof Balachandran is new Chairman of COIR Board
Prof B Balachandran has been appointed new Chairman of the COIR Board on Tuesday. He hails from Kerala,
(We said this on November 11,2011)

Vivek Pratap Singh to join UT cadre
Punjab cadre 1996 batch IAS officer Vivek Pratap Singh is going on deputation to the UT cadre for three years as Commissioner Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.

IRTS officers of 1980 batch soon get HAG promotion
As the grapevine has it, promotion orders of IRTS officers belonging to 1980 batch in the Higher Administrative grade (HAG) will be issued by the end of February 2012.

Lal to get extension?
Manoj Kumar Lal (JD) Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau is likely to get further extension of 3 years in Central Deputation. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Ms. Anupama Kushshreshtha joins CRPF
Ms. Anupama Kushshreshtha, Deputy Director, Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel Police Academy, Hyderabad, has joined as DIG, CRPF Directorate. She is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.
(We said this on 21December 2011)

Kapoor unlikely to join Rajya Sabha Secretariat
Satpal Kapoor, DIG, CRPF is unlikely to join as Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat. He is an CRPF cadre officer.

Sudhir Yadav promoted in Delhi Police
Sudhir Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police, Northern range, has been promoted (Grade of ADGP) as Spl. CP Delhi Police. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.
(We said this on December 25, 2011)

Three get IAS cadre in Rajasthan
Three persons of non-state Civil Service of Rajasthan have been allotted IAS cadre against the vacancy of 2011. The officers include Dr Rajesh Sharma, Kunj Bihari Gupta and Banna Lal.

Now there will be atleast no "Tera " or "Tu "
The wind of change in Uttar Pradesh has made bureaucrats relieved from disrespect. Chief Minister Mayawati used to call IAS and IPS officers as "Tera" and "Tu" and many of them had to take off their shoes before meeting her.

Dr. P K Seth joins Law Firm in Delhi as partner
Dr. P K Seth who retired as Joint Secretary (Justice) has joined as Partner in Delhi based Law Firm RTI Legal which deals in Corporate Advisory and Litigation with specialization in Reality Tax & Infrastructure.

Ashesh Agarwal shifted to Railway Board
Ashesh Agarwal of SAG/IRSME, has been shifted from NCR to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director Mechanical Engineering (Freight), Railway Board.

UPSC to hold (Pre) Exam, 2012 for recruitment to IAS, IPS, IFS, others on May 20
The Union Service Public Commission (UPSC) will hold the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2012 on May 20, 2012 for recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and certain other Group 'A' and Group 'B' Central Services/Posts. The examination will be held at various centers across the country.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
PM gilani may not face disqualification even if convicted
After going through the charge against Prime Minister YR Gilani as framed by the seven judge bench of the apex court legal experts in Pakistan feel that the PM may not suffer disqualification from holding public office even if convicted by the court. According to article 63 (1) (g) of the constitution disqualification is deemed if a person is found to be guilty of "defaming or ridiculing the judiciary or compromising the integrity or independence of the judiciary". The charge framed against the PM reads, "You Syed Yusuf Raja Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan wilfully flouted, disobeyed and disregarded the direction given by this court............which direction you were legally bound to obey". Pakistan's legal pundits term it as 'civil contempt' and not 'criminal contempt' not liable to result in automatic disqualification. Sentence of a prison term in the instant case too may not result in disqualification as the maximum sentence possible in the case is for six months whereas article 63 (1) (h) as amended vide the recent 18th amendment lays down a minimum two years jail term to result in disqualification for contesting elections to
the national or any provincial assembly.

Overseas Pakistanis get voting right
In a landmark decision the election commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allowed nearly 4 million Pakistanis living abroad the right to vote in the country's general elections. The decision was taken at a meeting of the ECP chaired by its Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan on 14th February 2012.

Law permits ISI to pick up civilians
In Pakistan the army doesn't need armed forces special powers act as the ISI has the legal right to pick up any civilian and try him under the Army Act 1952. This was disclosed to media persons on 13th February by a retired officer of the JAG branch Col Ianmur Rahim who after retirement is a practising lawyer. The only requirement, Col Rahim said was to ensure that the person so detained is produced for trial before a court martial within eight days of the arrest. More often than not the ISI fails to comply even with this basic requirement and the detainees are kept in illegal confinement without trial for years together. The seven detainees who were produced before the apex court on 13th February because of a habeas corpus petition were picked up by the ISI from the Adiala jail in May 2010 and they continued to be in custody without any trial right up to the time they were produced in the court.

"We were treated worse than animals" Detainees Narrate Their Ordeal
The seven detainees picked up by ISI who were produced before a three judge bench of the supreme court on 13th February narrated their tales of horror to journalists when they were briefly brought into the Attorney General's office in the court premises to meet their family members. Sick, famished and in tatters they said while in the ISI run detention centre they were kept blind folded and given only two minutes twice daily for answering the calls of nature. They were kept in a basement and had to sleep on bare floor during winters with a window kept open all through the night. A little bit of watery chana dal and stale dry bread was the only food given to them. The supreme court has directed that they will now on be kept in the custody of the provincial government and not returned to the ISI custody.

PSU staffers up in arms over victimisation of an honest colleague
Staffers including senior managers of the Sui Northern Gas & Pipeline (SNGPL) a federal government controlled PSU took out a protest march in Lahore against what they termed 'victimisation of an honest colleague'. Shaukat Shahid an Executive Engineer of the PSU had earned the wrath of Raja Riaz member of the national assembly (MNA) belonging to the ruling PPP from Faisalabad as he had raided the MNA's factory and slapped a recovery bill for 'theft of natural gas'. The MNA flaunting his political connection had the engineer arrested by FIA on 'trumped up charges' even after the engineer had been exonerated by an internal inquiry into the same charges. The staffers claimed that Shaukat Shahid is an upright officer who has during his service career
unearthed several cases of gas theft by influential persons and recovered more than 340 million rupees from the defaulters.

Doctor duo ends up with plum postings pending inquiry
Dr Fayaz Ahmed Ranjha has been appointed DG health in the federal government and his erstwhile colleague Dr Ikram given the prestigious post of MS of the Infectious Disease Hospital Lahore. Both of them are facing charges of embezzlement of over Rs 1.3 million in a case relating to purchase of insecticides and disinfectants in the last quarter of 2010 when both were posted in the Lahore district government's health wing. An inquiry ordered under the Punjab government employees efficiency, discipline and accountability rules 2006 is pending as Amir Ashraf Khwaja MD of the tourism orporation who was appointed inquiry officer was transferred to the federal government before completing the inquiry and Chowdhary Mohammad Iliyas Secretary GAD appointed in his place is yet to commence the proceedings.

Four key appointments in Income Tax soon (UPDATED)
Four key appointments in the Income-Tax are expected to be made in a couple of days. In all probability A K Jain will be DG (Investigations) in Mumbai.Akhilesh Jindal is expected to be DG (Investigations) in Ahemdabad. K K Tripathi is all set to become DG (Investigations) in Hyderabad and Y K Batra DI Ahemdabad.

Biren Nanda appointed HC Australia (UPDATED)
Biren Nanda, presently Ambassador of India to Indonesia has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia.
(We said this on January 23 )

Prakash Mishra is new DG NDRF (UPDATED)
Prakash Mishra has been appointed new DG NDRF.He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre. Earlier the name of Subhash Joshi was in circulation for the post.
( We said this on February 7 )

In-situ elevation of Jayant Dasgupta (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the in-situ elevation of Jayant Dasgupta, IAS(BH:81), Ambassador, Permanent Mission of India to WTO, Geneva, to Additional Secretary level, with effect from 03.10.2011, by temporarily upgrading the post held by the officer.

Tripathi shifted to Eastern Railway (UPDATED)
G M Tripathi, SAG/IRTS, RRB, Bhubaneshwar, has been shifted to Eastern Railway and posted in the cadre.

Mrs. Krishna Tiwari transferred to North Central Railway (UPDATED)
Mrs. Krishna Tiwari, JS/IRTS, North Western Railway, has been transferred to North Central Railway.

N K Malhan shifted to IRITM, Lucknow (UPDATED)
N K Malhan, SAG/IRTS, North Western Railway, has been shifted to IRITM, Lucknow.

Mrs Sibal deputed to GoI as JS, Animal Husbandry (UPDATED)
Mrs. Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Director General, Haryana institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, has been deputed to Government of India for the appointment of Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.

Kharb posted Chief Administrator, Housing Board in Haryana (UPDATED)
R S Kharb, has been posted Chief Administrator, Housing Board, Haryana. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Mrs. Sailo assigned additional charge of DGIT, vigilance (UPDATED)
Mrs. M Sailo, DGIT (Intelligence), Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of DGIT (Vigilance), Delhi.


A K Sinha posted with Member (P&V) in CBDT (UPDATED)
A K Sinha, CIT (OSD), has been posted with Member (P&V) for dealing with the work relating to training in CBDT

Narsing Rao, IAS, CMD, SCCL selected as CMD, CIL (UPDATED)
S S Narsing Rao, IAS, Chairman & M D, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), Hyderabad, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Coal India Limited (CIL) at the Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting held on Wednesday. As many as 19 persons were interviewed for the same. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

DEBATE - Should bureaucrats alone be held accountable for policy decisions ?

Bureaucrats now feel that Ministers and Politicians also be held responsible for 'policy decisions' taken by the government. They also want that entire cabinet should be held accountable for policy decisions. How far they are correct in their thinking ?

Mail your to the point views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Amitabh Chaturvedi heading to Reliance group
As the grapevine has it, Amitabh Chaturvedi who so far was CEO of the Dhanlaxmi Bank is soon going to join the Reliance group for their proposed bank to be opened.

Will Dhanlaxmi Bank be merged in SBI?
As the grapevine has it, Dhanlaxmi Bank is going to be merged in the State Bank of India (SBI).

Mukul Gupta takes over in MDI Gurgaon
MDI Gurgaon has a new director Mukul Gupta. He succeeds Chandra Shrimali.

Is China's economy changing course?
A concerted effort by the country to increase consumption by increasing wages leading to high domestic consumption would mean a change in China's course as it will depend less on the creaking world economy

Does more output from Iraq mean less dependence on Iranian oil?
Iraq is the fourth largest producer of oil and the way it is bringing output to the market to meet its reconstruction needs will mean less dependence on Iranian oil, say oil analysts.

Thukral appointed additional director of Himachal Fibres
Prem Parkash Thukral has been appointed as the additional director on the board of Himachal Fibres

Varkey appointed additional director of Varkey Group
Dino Varkey has been appointed as additional director Varkey Group.

2 appointed additional director of Stampede Capital
Venkat S Meenavalli and Shaik Gouse have appointed additional directors on the board of Stampede Capital.

Sharma resigns from Shree Shaleen Textiles
Ramavatar Sharma director of Shree Shaleen Textiles has resigned.

Lodha appointed additional director of Shree Shaleen Textiles
Dilip Lodha has been appointed additional director of Shree Shaleen Textiles.

Jain resigns from Enetgra
V K Jain, managing director of Entegra has resigned.

Leelanand resigns from Manjeera Constructions
G Shiva Leelanand,has resigned from the board of Manjeera Constructions.

BHEL bags second place at the EXIM Achievement Award of Tamil Chamber of Commerce
BHEL has been awarded the 2nd place in Import Category. (On the basis of the total CIF value imported) at the EXIM Achievement Award instituted by the Tamil Chamber of Commerce to recognise High Achieving Companies / Industries in Import/Export Trade. The award was received by S R Prasad, General Manager and Head ROD, on behalf of BHEL at a function at Chennai, graced by His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Dr K. Rosaiah. The first place in this category was taken by Hyundai Motor India Ltd.

Deo resigns as MD, Zydus Wellness Ltd
Anand G. Deo has resigned as Managing Director of Zydus Wellness Ltd with immediate effect.

Ezekiel to take over as MD, Zydus Wellness Ltd?
Elkana Ezekiel has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Zydus Wellness Ltd who will subsequently take over charge as Managing Director of the company.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has appointed S. S. Kohli and C. P. Jain as Additional Directors of the company.

Kishore resigns as MD, Everonn Ltd
The Board of Directors of Everonn Ltd has accepted the resignation of P Kishore as the company's Managing Director.

Saighal appointed CMO, Samsung India
Samsung India has appointed Rahul Saighal as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

Gupta re-appointed MD, GKB Ophthalmics Ltd
GKB Ophthalmics Limited has re-appointed K. G. Gupta as Managing Director of the company for a period of three years w.e.f. April 1, 2012.

Khemka resigns as Non Exec. Director, Emtex Industries India Ltd
Ganesh Khemka, Non Executive Director of Emtex Industries India Ltd has resigned from the company due to his other commitments.

Sri Krishna resigns as Independent Director, Sujana Metal Products Ltd
N. Sri Krishna Independent Director of Sujana Metal Products Ltd has resigned from the company.

Jhunjhunwala resigns as Director, Gomti Finlease (India) Ltd
Shriratan Ramabtar Jhunjhunwala has resigned as Director of Gomti Finlease (India) Ltd .

Dasgupta appointed Addl. Director, Hi-Tech Gears Ltd
Hi-Tech Gears Ltd has appointed Prosad Dasgupta, as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. February 14, 2012.

DEBATE (1)

I think the leader should accept full responsibility for all the decisions taken as a leader/Minister.

Harish Kumar

DEBATE (2)

The cabinet, politicians, ministers and bureaucrats should be held responsible for all those decisions taken by them.

N V K Prabhakar

DEBATE (3)

Yes, they are right because they are also public servants. They also take salary and they also have their full role in making policies.

Malik J B

DEBATE (4)

IAS officers must be taught a lesson. The adamant lobby, the corrupt lobby cannot escape from their responsibility. IAS officers that think they are lords and no body can question their actions. They should be made responsible for all their misdeeds.

D V Rao

Further, need of the hour is to ensure that the ill gotten property of wrong doers is confiscated and put back in the exchequer.

RK

Yes, Mani is right. Gen Singh deliberately mentioned year as 1950 just to make him eligible for June 1966 exam. This aspect was not covered in any fora. His entire service is irregular. He should be punished.

Bhogiram Sharma

Nationalist approach of Pakistani Judiciary

In Pakistan on the issue of bringing back the wealth of their people stashed abroad, the Supreme Court has not only summoned their Prime Minister but also charge-sheeted him because this is the time when people are shameless; thick skin and unless they are kicked they would not buzz. In India, the burglary was taking place and the security
guard was looking away and when this was brought to his notice, he says " manu durr rakho te zo marji karo'. The Courts in the India are exercising restraints but how long and whether any change would come in this way is a moot question. There are cases of CVC appointment; 2 G spectrum and non-action on the complaint. But it also happens only in India. In real sense the effectively, the corruption can be curbed by raising the moral values and our leaders should exemplify but it is vice versa since leaders are indulge in corrupt practice and enjoying the life, the followers also follow this practice.

Adarsha Gupta

Value education

Acquiring higher education means longer years of study, late joining of service and also it makes one more useful. So give one extra year in Retirement Age for graduation, one more for post graduation and additional one for Ph.D

Amit

Reasons for continuation of a person on sensitive post beyond policy

The appellant referred to the Railways policy for the tenure of four years for the sensitive posts for officials. He sought information about the continuation of two employees on the sensitive post beyond the policy prescription. The Commission directed to provide the reasons in the form of file noting or orders for not transferring the two employees as available on record.

Comments

The transparency ushered by the RTI Act is likely to lead to more such applications in the times to come as transfer / posting remains an area of contention in the service. It is noteworthy that section 4 of the RTI Act mandates a public authority to provide reasons for its actions to the affected persons.

[Shri Premchandra v. Northern Railway in file no. CIC/AD/A/2011/002368]

- 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)