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Indians have changed their bedtime!!!
They now sleep well after the midnight chime!!

That's because Jaiswal has said 'Rahul could take over at midnight'!!
Well looking at his unacceptability best time would be at night!!

I'm sure Rahul's Mom remembers when she tried to take over!!
In a matter of hours she was running for cover!!

Though later it was said 'becoming PM was never on her mind'!!!
She even spoke to Vajpayee 'if she should' and what he said put her in a bind!!

He said there would be turmoil!!
In fact during this period 'Nation started to boil'!!!

Now Nation is even more sensitive and will not accept a 'forced PM'!!
And also do not want a PM who is someone's GM!!!

Yes if in 2104 Congress fights election projecting Rahul for PM's post!!
And if Congress wins then to his becoming PM I too will raise a nimbu paani toast!!

SP time and again reveals its post poll strategy or 'tactic'!!!!
Election will show Congress has feet of clay in UP but to stand in UP SP will act as its stick!

Has Mulayam decided that he'll be UP CM???
And Akhilesh will be Mantri in Delhi 'at the pleasure of the PM'!!

Or Mulayam could make Akhilesh the CM and demand Defence Ministry!!
Why MOD.... well this should be no mystery!!

Only this time if he becomes MOD he will not have Aamr by his side!!
Amar has the expertise ' how to rake it in and raked in stuff where to hide'!!

Fact is Mulayam has got his Mullah Mulayan title back!!
After Kalyan Singh's entry into SP from this title he had got the sack!!

Muslims in UP feel after election Rahul will go back!!
And in UP a Muslim Leader Congress does lack!!

They feel he'll get busy with other States!!!
But Mulayam will be in UP and on them he literally 'waits'!!

Rajdeep Sardesai did a documentary on riots in Gujarat!!!
He forgets for many Hindu families riots too 'was the darkest raat'!!

He did not interview any of the Hindu families who lost their near and dear!!
Bawled for Muslims but for Hindus not even a tear!!

He did not even shed a tear on the anniversary of the 1984 genocide!!
Basically via the documentary he is emotionally taking us for a ride!!

Mr. Rajdeep if Gandhiji would contest Modi's sadhbhaavna!!!
In response to 1984 genocide 'change my surname' would be his bhaavna (feeling)!!

Having said this I feel Modi should give the 'riot affected his shoulder to cry'!!
Try to wipe their tears dry!!

Only problem is Teesta and her lot will then shout 'this shows his guilt'!!!!
Arre she'll go after him even if slightly towards the Riot effected Modi does tilt!!

Arre her anti Modi mission is her 'dal, roti and kabab'!!!!
Her's is 'sympathy of laabh'!!!!

Today all Gujaratis are progressing more than anywhere in the Nation!!
But those affected by riots their lives are like the burnt train standing at Godhra station!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Is PM's advisory council once again talking up growth?
PM Economic Advisory Council's prediction of lower inflation, higher fiscal consolidation and higher GDP growth have one thing missing higher subsidy bill due to rising oil prices and a rise in taxes to fund the Food Security Bill. Somewhere the projections do not add up high taxes and high oil prices do not add up to high growth. Is the advisory council talking up growth?

Was there a weak will on NCP's part to win BMC elections?
It is heard that there was a weak will on part of NCP to win the Mumbai mayoral seat in the recent civic polls. None of the prominent leaders of the party were campaigning for the elections.

Is the BJP distancing itself from Varun Gandhi?
Even though the saffronites are denying that the RSS is distancing itself from Varun Gandhi the fact still remains that this Gandhi has been canvassing for the party alone in Pilibhit. Is there an indication already coming in towards the 2014 elections?

BUREAUCRACY

24 IAS officers of various cadres retiring in February, 2012
As many as 24 IAS officers of various cadres are retiring in February, 2012. They include: Arun Kumar Mathur and Tapan Kumar Mandal of AGMUT cadre; S Challappa, Prem Chand, K Venkataramnacha Chary and P Krishnaiah of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Deouttam Verma of Bihar cadre; O P Sheoram of Haryana cadre; MTR Naseema Lanker of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; K Mohandas, K R Muraleedharan and S Raveendran of Kerala cadre; Umesh C Sarangi and E Z Khobragde of Maharashtra cadre; Virendra Narayan Gaur of Nagaland; Jogendra Patra and Rabiranjan Mallick of Orissa cadre; Shivinder Singh Brar of Punjab cadre; Salauddin Ahmed of Rajasthan cadre; Sangay Dorji Basi of Sikkim cadre; D Jothi Jagarajan of Tamil Nadu cadre; Promilla Shanker of Uttar Pradesh cadre; P S Kathiresan and Sankar Narayan Pal of West Bengal cadre.

Sangita Gairola to be Secretary, Culture?
Ms Sangita Gairola is being tipped to be new Secretary, Culture in the Government of India. She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on January 25)

PM clears appointment of Tyagi as CMD, HAL
Prime Minister Manmhohan Singh is believed to have cleared the appointment of R K Tyagi as CMD of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). He is presently Chairman of the Pawan Hans.

PM rejects extension to ED
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is reported to have rejected the proposal of granting two months extension in service to Director Enforcement A K Mathur. 1977 batch UT cadre IAS officer Mathur is scheduled to retire on February 29.

Proposal of extension to ED was rejected - why?
Despite the recommendation of bigwigs for extension in service to Director Enforcement A K Mathur -the result was zero.If insiders are to be believed CVC took a stand and it was accepted by the PM. It is well known that CVC Pradip Kumar is considered to be a person of unimpeachable integrity.

Amitabh Rajan to hold additional charge of ED
Additional Secretary Revenue Amitabh Rajan has been given additional charge of the Director Enforcement.Name of Rajan was reportedly suggested by the CVC. Rajan who has recently been given ACS rank in Maharashtra is 1979 batch IAS officer.

New panel for ED is to be constituted
The CVC is believed to have asked for a fresh panel for the post of Director Enforcement. This post is considered to be very powerful in the corridors of power.

Turmoil in Petroleum Ministry?
Once again there is turmoil in the Petroleum Ministry. Will the Petroleum Minister, Jaipal Reddy succumb to the pressure and allow his
Secretary to move out of the Ministry? Interesting days are ahead.

Prakash Mishra is new DG, NDRF
Formal orders of Prakash Mishra's appointment as new DG, NDRF are being issued this week. He is a 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)

File of CMDs in PS banks reaches PMO
As the grapevine has it, file relating to appointment of 6 of 11 Executive Directors (EDs) of Public Sector (PS) banks who have been selected for the post of CMDs, has reached the PMO. They are: Mrs. Archana Bhargawa - ED Canara Bank to United Bank, Mrs. V R Iyer ED Central Bank of India (CBI) to Bank of India (BOI), R K Dube - ED Central Bank of India (CBI) to Canara Bank, Ashwani Kumar - ED Corporation Bank to Dena Bank, Ms.Shubhalakshmi Panse ED Vijaya Bank to Allahabad Bank & H S Mundra -ED Union Bank of India to Bank of Baroda.

Yadav to get extension in CBI
Mahipal Yadav, DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to get further extension of two years on Central Deputation. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Kerala Cadre.

Khemka, to be JS, Food?
Ashok Khemka is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary, Food in the Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Raveendran appointed DD, Police Academy, Hyderabad
S. Raveendran has been appointed as Deputy Director, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Police Academy, Hyderabad. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Will Yadav return to West Bengal?
Rumours are rife that SP NIA Rajesh Kumar Yadav is returning to the parent West Bengal cadre. He is an IPS officer of 2002 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Gautam Sanyal yet to get administration's grip
Gautam Sanyal a CSS cadre officer of 1978 batch who is blue eyed boy of West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee is yet to get grip of the administration. After his retirement from the Central Government, he was appointed as Secretary to the Chief Minister of West Bengal. In 2011, he became the first non Indian Administrative Service officer in West Bengal and the first retired civil servant to hold the position of Secretary in the Chief Minister's office.

In Gujarat, bureaucratic working is without political intervention
Why bureaucrats are happy with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi? As the grapevine has it, he does not allow any political intervention in working of bureaucracy in Gujarat.

Somesh Goyal is now IG, SSB
Somesh Goyal has assumed the charge of IG (Pers), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB, New Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Transfer order of Kumaraswamy cancelled
Transfer orders of S. Kumaraswamy, Secretary, Labour Goa to Delhi have been cancelled due to elections. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

Will Lohani move?
After successful tenure as DRM, Delhi where will Ashwani Lohani go? Rumours are rife that he may continue for another one year. One can only wait and watch.

Saibal Dasgupta is DDG (Extension), ICFRE
Saibal Dasgupta on central deputation has joined as DDG (Extension) in ICFRE, Dehradun. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on January 17, 2012)

Hota moves to Delhi
P. C. Hota SP, Puduicherry has been transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 2000 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

C. Zorammuana transferred to Mizoram
C. Zorammuana Principal/PTC outdoor Government of NCT of Delhi has been transferred to Mizoram. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Ms Puri gets extension
Ms. Prerna Puri, Municipal Commissioner, Chandigarh has got further extension of one year at the same post. She is an IAS officer of 2006 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

Who will be new UGC, Chairman?
Who will be new Chairman of the University Grants Commission? Entire educational world is keen to know the reply to this question. The post has been lying vacant for quite some time. Prof Ved Prakash is officiating as Chairman.

Book written by Vartika Nanda
It is for the first time that a book has been dedicated to crime against women. It has poems revolving around the same issue. Writer of the book is Dr Vartika Nanda Department of Journalism Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. Dr Nanda who was part of NDTV for seven years had looked after crime beat.

Rajat Kapoor posted as Under Secy., CBDT
Rajat Kapoor, OSD (Inv-II) in CBDT, has been appointed as Under Secretary (Investigation-II) in the Department of Revenue, CBDT, New Delhi.

Yogendra Choudhary is Advisor (Law), CCI, New Delhi
Yogendra Choudhary, DIT (Inv.), ITSC, Kolkata, has been appointed as Advisor (Law) in Competition Commission of India (CCI), New Delhi on deputation basis.

ICFRE's Kisan Mela in Coimbatore a big success
ICFRE organises biggest Kisan Mela in Coimbatore which was inaugurated by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests, Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan on February 23, 2012. More than 1200 farmers attended the meet and the Minister praised the recent efforts of ICFRE and its DG to be stakeholder centric specially catering the livelihood needs of farmers. Due to the new clones developed by ICFRE the income of farmers had increased to Rs 60,000 per year per hectare on a four year rotation. The farmers community on recent Thane cyclone were adopted for special distribution of superior clones.

Court martial against Air Force officer
Court martial proceedings against a Wing Commander of Air Force have started.

Anil Kumar Allahabad Bank's GM, passes away
Anil Kumar General Manager (GM), Planning and Development, Allahabad Bank, breathed his last at 9 pm on February 25, 2012. He was one among 22 prospective to be selected as Executive Directors (EDs). His cremation took place on Sunday afternoon.

M. A. Ibrahimi (IAS-retd) bereaved
Mallick Mohammad (85) father of M. A. Ibrahimi, IAS (Retired) died on February 22, 2012 at Patna. He was suffering from oral cancer. He was under treatment for last three months. He is survived by five sons and two daughters beside the widow. He was highly respected for honesty, probity and service to human beings.

Six IRS officers assigned additional charges (UPDATED)
As many as six Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, S M Rastogi, CCIT-XI, Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of DGIT (Exemption), Delhi while M D Kabra, CCIT-I, Ahmedabad will hold additional charge of CCIT-III, Ahmedabad and D S Saksena, CCIT, Nagpur is given additional charge of DGIT (Trg.), NADT, Nagpur. Similarly, G C Jain, CCIT-I, Chennai gets additional charge of CCIT, Coimbatore; Dhirendrea Khare, CCIT-I, Kanpur of CCIT, Ghaziabad and T Jena, CCIT-II, Kolkata, has been given additional charge of CCIT-I, Kolkata.

Six IRS officers retiring in February (UPDATED)
As many as six Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, S M Rastogi, CCIT-XI, Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of DGIT (Exemption), Delhi while M D Kabra, CCIT-I, Ahmedabad will hold additional charge of CCIT-III, Ahmedabad and D S Saksena, CCIT, Nagpur is given additional charge of DGIT (Trg.), NADT, Nagpur. Similarly, G C Jain, CCIT-I, Chennai gets additional charge of CCIT, Coimbatore; Dhirendrea Khare, CCIT-I, Kanpur of CCIT, Ghaziabad and D Das Gupta, CCIT-XI, Kolkata, has been given additional charge of CCIT-I, Kolkata.

Ensure economic viability of airports to attract private investments: ASSOCHAM (UPDATED)
With aviation sector facing turbulent times, industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has called for fair valuation and viability of all stakeholders while fixing airport tariffs and creating an environment for attracting infrastructure investments.Operating viability is paramount to ensure healthy inflow of private funds in future public private partnerships (PPPs), it said in representation to the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA). The number of new routes added by domestic carriers in the past three years has been substantially lower than the cumulative routes added in the past ten years, said secretary general D.S. Rawat. Due to various efficiency issues, utilisation of aircraft has been low and airlines are expected to focus on this aspect before entering the next phase of fleet expansion. "Low yields and relatively lower load factors are indicator of over-supply and cut-throat competition," he said adding passenger traffic will grow at close to ten per cent compared to 17 per cent assumed by the AERA. More significantly, AERA's assumption of future passenger traffic growth at 15 per cent and aircraft traffic movement at 12 per cent seems very aggressive and should be re-visited. High growth witnessed in the past 10 years due to entry of low-cost carriers has now been tamed.

BHEL bags major contract for supply of Onshore Drilling Rigs from ONGC (UPDATED)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a major contract for supply of onshore drilling rigs from India's premier upstream oil company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). Valued at over Rs.774 Crore, the order is a testimony to the customer's confidence in BHEL's capabilities and technological excellence. The order envisages manufacture and supply of 6 numbers state-of-the-art 2000 HP onshore drilling rigs with AC drives. Significantly, ONGC has gone in for acquisition of new rigs after a gap of over 18 years and has opted for rigs with high efficiency AC drives in line with the latest trends worldwide. Hitherto, ONGC has procured rigs with AC SCR technology where the draw works and mud pumps, etc. are powered with DC drives. Rig operation with AC drives is more efficient than DC drives due to the high power factor of AC motors. For the above contract, the mechanical equipment will be manufactured by BHEL's Hyderabad plant while the electrics will be manufactured by the company's Bhopal plant.

Lt Gen Chait posted in Lucknow (UPDATED)
Lt General Anil Chait has been appointed as the Central Army Commander in Lucknow in place of Lt General VK Ahluwalia who is superannuating on February 29.

20 IPS officers of 1978 batch empanelled as DGP in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 20 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1978 batch and various cadres have been empanelled as Director General of Police or equivalent level posts. The officers include: Rajiv Ranjan Verma of Bihar cadre; Rajan Gupta of Punjab cadre; Dilip Trivedi of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Vijay Raghav Pant of Uttarakhand cadre: Jasbir Singh of Sikkim cadre; Bhaskar Chatterjee of Rajasthan cadre; Jayanto Narayan Choudhary of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Rajiv Kapoor of Uttar Pradesh; P M Nair of Bihar cadre; K S Balasubramaniam of Kerala cadre; Goutam Mohan chakraborty of West Bengal; N Ramanchandran of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Sanjay Sinha of MT cadre; Ranjit Narayan of AGMU cadre; K Saleem Ali of MT; Anil M Navaney, Sant Kumar Paswan of CH cadre; K S Jangpangi of Kerala cadre; Abhijit Dutta of Sikkim cadre and M Ratan of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS

Meira Kumar iIn Pakistan
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is in Pakistan leading a delegation of Indian parliamentarians. She visited Minar e Pakistan and paid her tributes at Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Samadhi and the Shrine of Lahore's Patron Saint at Data Darbar on Friday. The Speaker of the Punjab Provincial Assembly Rana Iqbal hosted a luncheon in honour of the visiting Indian delegation. Meira Kumar expressed the hope that visits by Parliamentarians from both the countries to each other will foster better relations between them.

Shuja Pasha to go next month?
One year extension given to DG ISI Shuja Pasha last year is coming to an end on March 13, 2012 and the federal government has reportedly decided not to grant any further extension to him in view of his reported clandestine visits to some Arab countries in May last year to engineer a coup against the elected civilian government and thereafter in October 2011 to London to meet (or tutor?) Mansoor Ijaaz for the memo case. Denial of extension to Pasha may be the first major assertion by the civilian government (after perhaps the sacking of the former defence secretary) against the COAS Gen Kayani's wishes. To strike a balance however Shuja Pasha may be made the DG of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) in place of Lt Gen (rtd) Khalid Kidwai who has been holding the post for nearly 12 years.

Who will be Shuja Pasha's successor?
If DG ISI Shuja Pasha retires in March those in the zone of consideration to succeed him are Lt Gens Rashid and Zahirul Islam corps commanders of Lahore and Karachi respectively. Two others in the reckoning are Maj Gens Afsandyar Pataudi (a cousin brother of the Late Tiger Pataudi) who is presently DDG ISI and Naushad Kayani presently the DG MI. However if reports appearing in Pakistani print media are to be believed the government may spring a bigger surprise by bringing in a retired general to head the spy agency.

Troops demolish OBL house in Abbottabad
The house in which Osama Bin laden was killed in Abbottabad in a midnight raid by US Navy SEALS in May last year has been demolished by Pakistan's security forces. The operation started on Saturday night when all access points to the house were blocked by the civil police
and the troops started the demolition. According to local residents the army decided to pull down the structure as being less than a mile
from the prestigious military training academy it was a constant reminder of the humiliation for the entire security establishment of the country.

Ex Servicemen's call for fine tuning army act
Pakistan Ex Servicemen Society an umbrella organisation of over 40000 retired army officers and jawans has called for removal of certain clauses as their misuse is 'damaging the army's reputation'. The society is primarily concerned with clause 3 of Article 199 of the constitution that bars courts of law from entertaining any appeal against an order passed under the army act in the case of any individual including civilians to whom the act may be applicable. With this 'ouster clause' against the judiciary the powers available to the ISI to arrest even civilians under section 2 (1) d) of the army act, section 16 giving summary powers of removal of an officer or a jawan from service and section 133 (B) (2) (f) empowering an appellate authority within the military hierarchy not just to reduce but also to enhance the punishment awarded by the trial court (martial) to a uniformed man or even to a civilian have become susceptible to extreme misuse by men in the uniform. The society has called for appointment of a committee comprising of legal experts, retired army men and law makers to review these draconian clauses and suitably amend the law.

Minor setback for PPP in by elections
By elections for ten National and Provincial Assembly seats held recently in Pakistan have resulted in minor setback for the ruling PPP in that it has lost the National Assembly seats from Kasur and Attuck held earlier by it. While Attuck has gone to Nawaz Sharif's PML (N), Kasur seems to be heading for a repoll. The remaining eight seats have been retained by the parties who held them earlier. A notable entarant to the national Assembly is Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani's son Syed Ali Musa Gilani who has been elected from the PM's home town Multan.

Forget the missing persons; Government's worry is about who is leaking information on them
Islamabad police on Friday arrested six private security guards-four employed by the Canadian High Commission and two by the Australian High Commission-for collecting information about missing persons from their relatives protesting in front of the parliament House and passing on the information to their employers. The police got suspicious on observing the guards talking to the protestors and immediately thereafter making calls from their cell phones. Upon closer monitoring it transpired that the calls were being made to foreign diplomats for conveying whatever information was being gathered by talking to the missing persons' relatives. All the six were arrested and cases registered against them for criminal conspiracy (120 B of PPC) and sedition (124 A of PPC).

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

Tata gives Mistry an ambitious target, will he be able to achieve?
Ratan Tata has set a high target for Cyrus Mistry, Tata expects overall group revenues to swell to $225 billion in 2017, and a mind-numbing $500 billion by 2022. When Tata took over the reins the group had a turnover of $5 bn which in 18 years have notched a $100bn mark. How the 43 year old Mistry will meet the expectations and what style of functioning will he get to meet the heady target that his mentor has set is what the world will be watching closely.

Will cement demand pick up after harvest season?
Cement manufacturers are witnessing a sluggish activity in the sector during February, they are pinning hopes on March when the demand is likely to pick up after the harvest season. Will the cement activity pick up after harvest?

Daya Kumar is MD, CEO, Dhanlaxmi Bank
Daya Kumar has been appointed as new MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank.

Bindal to join Khosla Ventures
Atul Bindal is joining as Head- Asis and Africa, Operations of Khosla Ventures. He has quit as Head- Domestic Mobile Operations, Bharti Airtel.

Solanki appointed as director of Chandrika Traders
Mahendra Solanki has been appointed as the director of Chandrika Traders.

Two directors resign from Chandrika Traders
Arindo Anchinto Banerji and Sarabjeet Singh Directors of Chandrika Traders have resigned from the company.

Bharadwaj appointed Additional Director, Amtek Auto
R N Bhardwaj has been appointed as the additional director on the board of Amtek Auto

Punamiya quits Royal India Corporation
Manoj Punamiya has ceased to be a managing director and director of Royal India Corporation.

Sawhney appointed as CEO and MD of Ranbaxy Laboratories
Arun Sawhney has been re-appointed as the CEO and Managing Director of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.

LGS Global Ltd re-appoints MD and Joint MD
Venkata Subba Rao Karusala and Venkateswara Rao Kadiyala have been re-appointed as Managing Director and Joint Managing Director of LGS Global Ltd respectively w.e.f. February 16, 2012 up to August 15, 2012.

Singh appointed Director (Sales & Mktg.), ibis Hotels India
Sonia Singh has been appointed as Director (Sales & Marketing) of ibis Hotels India.

Choudhury resigns as Company Secy., Banda Packaging India Ltd
Ms. Nabagataa Choudhury has resigned as Company Secretary of Banda Packaging India Ltd w.e.f. February 15, 2012.

Singh appointed GM, Aditya Sarovar Premiere
Aditya Sarovar Premiere has appointed Michael G Singh as General Manager.

Shikari appointed Alternate Director, Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd
Sohel Shikari, Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd has been appointed as Alternate Director to Ms. Meera Vasudevan w.e.f. January 24, 2012.

Sekhar appointed Director (Sales & Mktg.), Le Meridian, Kochi
Sreekumar Sekhar has been appointed as Director (Sales & Marketing) at Le Meridien, Kochi.

DEBATE (1)

Yes only bureucrats be held responsbile. It is they who look their interest more than the nation's interest. Their eyes only on promotions, tours abroad and getting their children study abroad visit them on Govt expenses by making official tour, minting money in every project they approve.

Pt Ram Kanwar

DEBATE (2)

Policy decisions are taken either by the ministers or by the cabinet.Secretary of the department or chief secretary advise them in taking such decisions.Advice may or may not be agreed to.However if given by the officer is against rules he should be held responsible but minister/cabinet who have actually taken the decision can not evade responsibility.

Sewa Ram

Military for Maoists & NCTC for Terrorists?

Maoism will die its natural death in due course. Naxalism is bound to end one day. But terrorism will ever be there. It being state policy of Pakistan, this low cost war will keep bleeding India so long as Pakistan remains on the world map. NCTC is no answer to such challenges. Our strategy lacks decisive and effective measures.We have a misplaced notion of offending some sensibilities. Vote bank politics colours our strategic view. Hence the need to first draw up a sturdy plan to face the terror challenge on a sustained long term basis. Political, social, religious and national leadership needs to develop consensus in this regard. NCTC is no substitute for that kind of resoluteness and political will. Let the strategy document be first prepared and discussed. Only then the next appropriate step need be taken. Even if the right legislative measure requires wait till the next Lok Sabha is constituted, it is worthwhile.

M L Gupta

Chairman CBDT

The order issued to field units go slow in processing refunds is not in good practice. It is submitted that refunds to small tax payers (income less than 10 lakhs)be processed as early as possible by IT department for AY 2011-12 as it is already delayed.It builds confidence to small tax payers for fair deal. There is no reason for delay of refunds to individuals. For companies CBDT may take proposed line of action to cover deficit in collection. Chairman may like to modify guidelines to field units for speedy disposal of refunds to small tax payers.

RKM

Its very frustating that officers are even not concerned of maintaining the minimum level of dignity also. They are tarnishing the image of a lady officer who is nice, honest to her duty and one of the most efficient officer of DoT. As far as absorption and surplus issues are concerned, we should have faith in govt and try to help the govt so that issue can be resolved.if u think that IP&TAFS is so strong which can save u or through u out of the department, then personally I am so happy but at the same time feeling pity on u...its my humble suggestion that maintain the dignity and atleast dont drag hon'ble ministers in yr petty and nonsence 'war'. Hope, ITS officers will take some positive stand.finally,come out of yr saddistic approach and move ahead with positivity, if u really want to save yr cadre. May god bless u.

sanjay kumar

"Rightful"aspirations of a cadre is alright--but not pushing oneself by instigating motivated whispers and casting aspersions on gentlemen like Mr A.K Antony and accusing the PMO for not issuing her orders of appointment ---does not show any aspiration of a Service but only her unbridled ambition and arrogance.WIC should not publish any more about Sadhna Dixit and should shun motivated whispers.

V K Sinha

I agree with the views presented on IIT system and how MHRD is trying to interfere. Under the name of reforms MHRD is trying to hijack a fair examination system from the very honest people who have run the system for past 40 years. This move will also mean more chances of manipulation in the exam.

A jay

Reasons for not granting an appointment with the Commissioner of Police (CP)

The appellant sought to know the reasons why an appointment with the Commissioner of Police was denied to him despite his written request for appointment. He also sought to know whether he was busy; how many persons sought appointment with the CP in writing and how many were given appointment; and how many refused during the period 17.2.2011 to 8.3.2011. The PIO informed that any person can meet the Commissioner of Police, Delhi with a complaint on any working days between 12.00 noon to 1.30 p.m. for which no appointment is required. The CIC held that the respondent can only provide that information to the appellant which is held by them in material form and are not expected to create information simply to answer the request of the RTI petitioners. The CIC directed the PIO to provide the information about the action taken on the appellant's request for an appointment with the CP, Delhi; and information of persons whom the CP met in his office regarding public grievances.

Comments

With the increase in the use of RTI, every letter coming to a government office has the potential of being followed by a RTI application even on matters such as seeking an appointment. Therefore, there is a need for re-drawing the norms of working in the offices.

Citation: Shri J.K. Mittal v. Delhi Police in file no.CIC/SS/A/2011/001527

- 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)