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Aaj Ki Aawaz

In Maharashtra Civic Polls in the morning MNS was ready to celebrate!
But then seems they decided to wait!!

By afternoon it was clear that Uncle would not need his nephew!!
And crowds outside Raj's home depleted from quite a few to only few!!

SS and MNS think alike and have same aims!!
And also play the same games!!

Sena and BJP make it for the fourth time in Mumbai City!!!
To Pawar's 'I'm retiring' voter showed no pity!!

Now that elections are over its back to Bhaiya bashing!!!!
Bhaiyas will get from SS and MNS verbal lashing!!

Mumbaikars once again proved their 'couldn't care less' side!!!!
Be it a movement like Anna's or Voting Mumbaikars prefer to 'hide'!!!

In UP Rahul is out to show he's an angry young man!!!
Shows his gussa whenever he can!!

He started with rolling up his sleeves and then resorted to ripping paper!!!
What will be his next 'gussa waala caper'???

If Akhilesh is to be believed Rahul in anger will jump off the stage!!!
Or may tear his kurta in rage!!!

The paper he tore on stage was list of his Party's who is who in UP!!!!
What he did in UP is 'Utterly Preposterous' or UP!!

But Rahul ko gussa kyon aatah hai???
With the stakes gussa aatha hai when apne aap ko laachar paatha hai!

He got a taste of people's resentment,
When he said Maya wasted money that Congress sent!!!!

People's response was ' it's not your Baap Dada ka maal'!!
'What do you think Congress karr rahi hai humm sabh ko paal'!!

And a word of advice.... in politics even a single failure is one too many!!!
Someone failing thrice and getting away is something very uncanny!!

Victory 'sehera' Rahul will wear and he'll wear the crown of thorns too!!
He'll get the hurrah and he will get the brickbats and boo!

Coming to BJP..... Karnataka has shown BJP 'underbelly'!!!
People would wonder 'it'll be like Congress if it sits on throne in Delhi'!!

Why then call itself Party with a difference!!
It is a better option would be the inference!!

But no difference one does get to see!!!!
Both at propriety openly chose to pee (sorry)!!!

I think Modi's the only silver lining in a pretty dark cloud!!!
Problem is even in BJP they get scared to take his name aloud!!!

Hope is that Indian voter is giving performers another chance!!!!
Let's wait for 2014's Democracy's dance!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

21 IPS officers of 1981 batch empanelled
21 IPS officers belonging to 1981 batch out of the total 55, have been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India.

Patnaik is new Ambassador to Cambodia
Dinesh K Patnaik presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Vienna has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Cambodia.
(We said this on February 7)

A T Kalghatgi selected as Director (R&D), BEL
A T Kalghatgi, CH Scientist, BEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Research & Development), Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Friday. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

10 IRS officers promoted as CCIT
As many as 10 IRS officers in the grade of Commissioner/Director of Income Tax have been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT). The officers include: Archana Ranjan, T Jayashankar, K Sarkar, Surbhi Sinha, Vivek Varun Prasad, I Suresh Babu, A K Singh, Ravi Mathur, R N Prasad and A K Sinha.

Sushobhan Sarkar is MD of LIC
Sushobhan Sarkar, who so far was Executive Director(ED) of International Operations (IO) in the LIC, has been elevated as Managing Director (MD) in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
(We said this on December 22, 2011)

Dr. K C Chakrabarty DG, RBI to retire in June 2012
Dr. K C Chakrabarty, who is one of the four Deputy Governors (DGs) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is due to retire in June 30,2012.

Goyal to join GoI?
Vineet Kumar Goyal, Joint Commissioner (Traffic),Kolkata Police, is likely to go on Central Deputation as DIG. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch and belongs to
the West Bengal cadre.

Kamble is new PS to Mukul Wasnik
Dr. Harshdeep Shriram Kamble has been appointed new PS to Union Minister Social Justice Mukul Wasnik. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Jose Cyriac gets additional charge of Mining
Secretary Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals, K Jose Cyriac has been given additional charge of Mining till Feb 28. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

R S Sharma shifted to ECR
R S Sharma, SG/IRSME, has been transferred from East Coast Railway (ECR) to East Central Railway (ECR) and appointed to officiate in SA Grade and posted in the cadre.

Anil Sharma transferred to NER
Anil Sharma, SAG/IRSME, has been shifted from South Central Railway (SCR) to North Eastern Railway (NER) and posted in the cadre.

R V N Sharma shifted to NCR
R V N Sharma, SG/IRSME, has been shifted from South Central Railway (SCR) to North Central Railway (NCR) against the downgraded post of CWM/JHNSW.

Three posts lying vacant in Delhi police
Three posts of Joint Commissioner (GAD), Joint CP (Special Unit-Women & Child) and Joint CP (Special cell) Delhi Police are currently lying vacant at present in Delhi PHQ.

Jothi Jagarajan, Director, AIM, Chennai, to retire in Feb
D Jothi Jagarajan, Director, Anna Institute of Management, Chennai is retiring in February, 2012. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

214 applied for CIC job
According to informed sources, as many as 214 persons from different services have applied for the post of Central Information Commissioner.

13 IRS officers promoted as CIT
As many as 13 IRS officers in the grade of Additional Commissioner/Director of Income Tax have been promoted as Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). The officers include: Vismita Tej, Reema Hota, Kamlesh Chandra Varshney, Manoj Pal Singh, Devinder S Kalayani, Vudiga Madhu Vani, Laxman Singh, Mdhen Nathabha Maurya, Ramesh chander, Abhijeet Nabkhadh, Nivedita Biswas, Rajpal Singh and Dirisam Sudhakar
Rao.

CBDT Members given zonal charge, Chairman Das gets Mumbai
Members of CBDT including chairman have been given zonal charge. Accordingly, CBDT chairman Laxman Das will hold zonal charge of Mumbai while Member (P&V) Manjari Kacker is given zonal charge of North (Delhi+NWR), UP and Member (L&C) Dr Poonam Kishore Saxena is assigned of Rajasthan, AP, Gujarat, Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai); Member (IT) S S Rana of MP, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand; Member
(Investigation), K Madhavan Nair of all DGs (Inv) and CC (Central Circles); Member (Revenue) of Eastern Zone, WB, North East and Member (A&J) Sudha Sharma has been given zonal charge of South Zone (Karnataka, TN and Kerala).

Post of Superintendent (Group B) vacant at DG, Vigilance office, Kolkata
The post of Superintendent (Group 'B'), has been advertised lying vacant on deputation basis in the East Zonal Unit, Directorate General of Vigilance. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the office before February 24, 2012.

Giridhar to look after exploration desk in Petroleum Ministry
New Joint Secretary in the Petroleum Ministry A Giridhar has been given exploration desk in the Ministry. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Over two dozen books written by Journalist Pateriya
'Madhya Pradesh-Land, People and Place' the 25th book written by noted journalist of Central India Shiv Anurag Pateriya has hit the stands.

PESB seeks applications for post of CMD, FACT
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Fertilizer and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT). Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before April 5, 2012.

Result of test for post of PA, JIO-II/WT, EDP declared
The result of written test for the post of PA, JIO-II/WT and JIO-II/EDP has been declared by the Intelligence Bureau (MHA), Government of India. The test was held on November 27.

UPSC declares results of CPF(ACS) 2010-exam
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released a reserve list of 130 candidates of the Central Police Forces (ACs) Examination, 2010. The list includes 48 General, 72 Other Backward Classes, 5 Scheduled Caste and 5 Scheduled Tribe to fill up the remaining posts based on the said exam.

Suryawanshi gets IAS cadre in Maharashtra
V N Suryawanshi of non-State Civil Service of Maharashtra has been accorded the cadre of Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Nomination invited for CAPAM awards
The Department of Revenue (Coordination Section) has invited nomination of suitable projects undertaken by the Income Tax Department for the CAPAM International Innovations Awards programme-2011-12. The nomination can be sent before February 28, 2012.

BSF wins best marching contingent trophy after 15 years
Border Security Force (BSF) won the Republic Day 2012 - Best Marching Contingent Trophy among Police, Para Military and Auxiliary marching contingents. The trophy was presented by Defence Minister, A K Antony at a ceremony in South Block in New Delhi. U K Bansal, DG BSF and Harvinder Singh, Deputy Commandant, BSF Contingent Comdr received the prestigious trophy from Defence Minister. BSF won the Best Marching Contingent Trophy after 15 years. The ceremony was attended by Chief of Naval Staff, Defence Secretary, Vice Chief of Army, Vice Chief of Air Force and senior Defence Service, Para Military, Police and Civilian officers.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Senior Police Postings

Javed Iqbal presently IG Punjab Police has been appointed DG Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). He replaces Tahseen Shah who will be the DG National Police Bureau. Habibur Rehman will be the new IG Punjab Police. Rehman has earlier served as SSP Lahore and Peshawar and as CCPO Lahore during governor's rule in Punjab.

Army Chief Acknowledges Defence Ministry's Role in Policy Matters

In a significant departure from past practise Pakistan's Army Chief Gen Ashfaq parvez Keyani refused to answer questions by journalists on the impact of resumption of NATO supplies and advised the scribes to put the question to the defence ministry instead. The general also refused to answer questions asked by journalists in Islamabad on Friday about the 'memogate'.

Latest From Mansoor Ijaaz, I wrote the memo article in best national security interest of the US

American businessman of Pakistani origin and self confessed errand boy in the 'memogate' Mansoor Ijaaz has in his written testimony to the supreme court appointed judicial commission stated that he had written the article containing disclosure about the memo delivered to US Admiral Mike Mullen seeking US help to rein in the army and to ward off a military coup in Pakistan in the wake of US Navy seals raid in Abbottabad killing Osama Bin laden "to enunciate a policy prescription I believed was in the best national security interest of the US......." Another impetus for writing the article (published in the Financial Times of London in Oct last year) was to defend Admiral Mike Mullen against 'the shrill and unabashed lambasting' in the Pakistani media after the Admiral made a statement that a terrorist outfit namely Haqqani network was a veritable arm of the ISI. Contrary to the world wide norms of firm and unwavering commitment to a sworn
testimony given before a judicial commission Ijaaz has reserved the right to 'amend the statement at a future date once the forensic examination of his blackberry device would be completed'. He has also sought an 'in camera hearing' from the commission as certain comments can't be made in the statement submitted by him.

Lordships Can't Ask me to Act as Prosecutor Against My Prime Minister: Says Attorney General

In compliance of the supreme court's directive to act as Prosecutor against Prime Minister Syed Yusuf raja Gilani in the ongoing contempt case Pakistan's attorney general Maulvi Anwar ul Haq has submitted documentary evidence comprising 469 pages in four volumes to the court. The AG also said that on the next date of hearing he is going to move an application before the court that its order directing him to act as prosecutor against the PM 'is not applicable' though in the end he will be bound by whatever decision the court gives.

Peshawar CJ's Advice to Army : Hire Professional Psychiatrists If You Can't Deradicalise Militants

Chief justice of Pershawar High Court Justice Dost mohammad Khan has advised the Pakistani army involved in fighting Islamic militants in the Af-Pak region that it should enlist services of some competent professional psychiatrists to 'deradicalise' the militants in case the army personnel have failed to do so. The CJ was responding to a statement made by Col Noor Ahmad of the JAG branch during the course of hearing of a habeas corpus petition that the army was spending its money and resources on debriefing and deradicalising the captured militants and even giving them money to start life afresh but they were rejoining the militant outfits after their release from custody. 'How come youngsters can be brainwashed by ignorant clerics but can't be deradicalised by competent psychiatrists' the CJ wondered.

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

MOU signed between AAI and Govt of Jharkhand
Soon the cities like Jamshedpur and Bokaro will have their airports. An MOU in this regard was signed between Govenment of Jharkhand and Airports Authority of India (AAI) on February 16,2012 in the presence of Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda. President of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) and ex Chief Minister Shibu Soren was also present in this MOU signing function which was attended by other senior officers of Jharkhand Government & AAI. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Arjun Munda said that work for survey of land for the airport has already started. This airport will promote air connectivity and will help in promoting economy of the state.Shibu Soren said that in addition to development of two these airports, there are plans to develop 11 other air strips in the coming year in Jharkhand. In his address V.P.Agrawal, Chairman, AAI, mentioned that state Government will provide land to AAI on priority so that after developing these airports, chartered and regular flight could start at the earliest. The operation will start with ATR-72 aircraft initially & later on once the traffic increased, operation of bigger aircraft will also start from these airports, he said.

BMW appoints Dan DeChristopher as its new MD & CEO
Dan DeChristopher (53) has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BMW Financial Services India. He will be based at the company's headquarters in Gurgaon.

Yagnik resigns as Chairman Can Fin Homes Ltd
P R Yagnik Chairman of Can Fin Homes Ltd has resigned w.e.f. January 30, 2012.

Iyer appointed Chairman, Can Fin Homes Ltd
S R Iyer, Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company with effect from February 16, 2012.

Santhanakrishnan appointed Addl. Director, Can Fin Homes Ltd
Can Fin Homes Ltd has appointed P B Santhanakrishnan as an Additional Director w.e.f. February 16, 2012.

Singh resigns as Company Secy. Vardhman Textiles Ltd
Mohan Singh has resigned as Company Secretary of Vardhman Textiles Ltd w.e.f. February 6, 2012.

Pallec appointed Addl. Director CRISIL Ltd
CRISIL Limited has appointed Yann Le Pallec as an Additional Director of the company

Singhania appointed Alternate Director, CRISIL Ltd
Ravinder Singhania has been appointed as an Alternate Director to Douglas L. Peterson and Yann Le Pallec on the Board of Directors of CRISIL Ltd.

DEBATE (1)

Corruption is a sign of changing times

The newspapers have reported some observations on the issue of sexually deviant behaviour- it is a sign of the changing times and indulgence therein is more widespread than thought and hence the same be legalised. By that logic, corruption too is a sign of the changing times and indulgence therein is all pervasive. Should it be legalized too?

Vijay Kumar

Atrocities against kids: A matter of serious concern

We were outraged and rightly so when we learnt about the Norwegian authorities taking away two small kids from their parents and put them in foster care as they thought parents were not looking after them well. Anger poured out and our Government had to intervene to get the kids back to their parents (it seems the matter is hanging still). But
We are, as a country, so indifferent to the plight of our children. What with battered baby Falak fighting a losing battle in AIIMS and the horror stories of abuse of kids in an orphanage in Delhi are we not ashamed as a nation for the plight of millions of our kids. Every day hundreds of children go missing around the country never to be
found again. They land up in the hands of gangs who traffic them for sexual abuse or begging several studies suggest that we have the largest number of malnourished children in our country. Even countries like Bangladesh and Nepal are better than us on this score. We have a plethora of institutions looking after the welfare of the children.
There is a department of Women and Child development. There is a Commission for protection of rights of children. There are Child welfare committees overseen by courts. What have they done to improve the lot of children in this country? There are some NGOS like Bachpan Bachao Andolan who have made some difference but even their efforts are miniscule as the problem is very serious and requires attention from the top. Will someone wake up to save the future of this country?

Aarti Khosla

CEC's dignity V/S political arrogance!

The standard of quality of election speeches by Indian politicians has gone down abysmally low, of late. The leaders habitually make unrealistic promises to woo the gullible voters. Such pre-election promises for providing jobs, supplying TV sets, refrigerators, cycles, bikes, Lap tops etc under their governance tantamounts to making public commitment without examining their impact on other priorities and scarce public resources. Enhanced reservations for a religious minority is another unsavoury controversy created by Salman Khurshid. This was set at rest by the CEC after former's apology. Feeling slighted, the Congress in its typical obstinacy, has launched Beni Prasad Verma, to kick up a row once again by daring the CEC on same issue. Rahul Baba took pride in tearing the manifesto of another party to pieces during a poll speech. How much intolerant, insensitive and despotic, the Congress has grown since the Nehruvian era? A double jeopardy of sort for the CEC. The Aam aadmi seeks answers to questions like : (a)Could the EC take the Congress at its face value in the context of such blatant Ethical deficit ?(b) What example in Good governance is set by the Congress through its political mis-adventurism?(c) Why has the bureaucracy turned a blind eye to the on-going tamasha ? (d) What stops the Constitutional experts and the Media from making pro-active intervention into such wrong-doings? Tall promises are made in violation of the Constitution. The Congress justifies enhanced reservation for a religious minority as part of its sacrosanct manifesto. The CEC dubs it as un-Constitutional. The moot point is: Is the Constitution of India subservient to political manifestos? General elections will be held after two years. It is high time the Election Commission prescribed broad guidelines for political parties for drafting manifestos and curbs against making un-Constitutional utterances. Their violations must attract stringent
penalties.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

RB chairman Mittal perusing case of promotion of 1991 IRTS batch

Chairman Railway Board Mittal, who is an IRTS officer, is actively pursuing the case for promotion of 1991 IRTS Batch. Oh what is the fun of being in high post if you can not take care of son-in-law when Mamata takes care of her outlaw sons too.

R Kumar

Aaj Ki Aawaj not anti-Congress

I think it is not right to say that Bharat Kumar (Aaj ki Awaj) is anti-Congress, he only truly reflects the feelings of the vast majority and the perceived reality, in fact he needs to be
complimented for having the courage to say 'spade-a spade'.

A civil servant

Drug controllers not called at DCGI interview

Drug controllers were not called in the interview of DCGI, stayed by court? God knows when…

T K Jain

Dynamic banker needed

Dynamic Banker will take the bank to new heights. My good wishes and best of luck

K K Khanna

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)