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Aaj Ki Aawaz

SC's judgement is stinging!!!!
Left no grounds for Congress to do 'we've been vindicated' tune ka singing!!

By cancelling the Licenses SC has made it clear that Nation was robbed!!
Recall bytes and we get to see how Government fibbed and fobbed!!

Putting CVC in-charge means CBI was found lacking!!!!
I think I do not need to elaborate why and how CBI was slacking???

Trial Court to decide PC's fate!!
As a hopeless case for PC most jurists ne kiya case ko rate!!!

And now CBI cannot fib and fob!!!
Justice it cannot rob!!

CVC breathing down its neck and CBI Court has reserved its Order!!!
So CBI cannot create any 'disorder'!!

Disclaimer: CBI is not doing this on its own!!!!
Being ordered to do this by the Party in Power that CBI ko literally
karti hai own!!

Pranab Da must be smiling ... andhar andhar se!!
Must be thinking 'Oree Baba for PShees tricks PShee will pay'!!

Ponty Chadha is not only close to Mulayam and Maya!!!
It's said very close to someone from India's current Rulers Ponty tha aaya!!!

This someone is also said to have a Unitech stake!!!!
Now toh his name khullam khulla people take!!

Maybe there was a fallout!!!
And now he's being sorted out!!!

For one who controls UPs liquor trade this cash is 'chicken shit'!!!!
Seems Maya's and Mulayam's funding for a few hours was hit!!!

Now after SC's Judgement UPites will be informed!!!
About the humongous chori and what role Congress performed!!

Team Anna is reaching UP but will not take any 'name'!!!
All it needs to do is say ghuplas and Public will say 'Congress shame shame'!!

Galli galli mein I do not need to tell you what is the shor!!!
And who the Public is calling a chor???

Praful Patel's aka Beedi King in trouble *!!!!
On a bribery case involving him RCMP did stumble!!

One Mr. Karigar is said to have funnelled $ 250,000 to the Beedi King!!
They say RCMP arrested him and like a bird he did sing!!

It is alleged the ghoos was for an Air India Security Order!!!!!
Of course Praful will say this is 'against him Political fodder'!!!

May I remind our Netas...... Indian Spring is underway!!!!
Seeing chor and seena jorri 'bass bahut ho gaya' many do say!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

"Indecision"common for PM & Maharashtra CM!
What is the common factor between Prime Minister of India Dr. Man Mohan Singh & Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan? This question was a hot topic of discussion at a high profile party. It was felt, the common factor is "indecision". Chavan was in the PM's cabinet before moving to Maharashtra as the CM.

Present bureaucratic perception on UP
Present bureaucratic perception about ensuing assembly polls to Uttar Pradesh indicates SP - No.1 slot with 110 to 140 seats; BSP -No. 2 slot with a tally of seats in double digit; BJP no.3 with 90 to 100 seats; Congress no 4 with 60 to 70 seats. This scenario stems out of the fact that voters of Brahmins & most backward classes i.e. Kushwahas & Mauryas are reportedly not backing the BSP + anti incumbency against BSP. Graph of Congress, BJP and JD-U -in Eastern UP to go up. Regional parties to get about 50 seats.

BSP not getting Brahmins support in UP
As the grapevine has it, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is not getting the desired support in Uttar Pradesh (UP) for ensuing state assembly polls.

Should Congress have used trump card in LS polls?
Should Congress have used the trump card of bringing in Ms. PriyankaGandhi Vadra in Lok Sabha polls? This question is hot topic of discussion in political circles. And the general perception is that she should have been brought for ampaigning in UP during Lok Sabha polls & not now.

What does high poll percentage reflect?
What does high poll percentage in assembly polls of Uttarakhand & Punjab reflect? According to pollsters it reflects a strong current of anti incumbency. However, one has to wait till counting takes place in March 2012.

SURVEY

Empanelment process in GoI is unfair

The present process of empanelment in the Government of India (GoI) which is more or less on colonial lines is neither objective nor fair or transparent and susceptible to bureaucratic and political pressures.

The above is the conclusion of the survey conducted by the whispersinthecorridors.com asking the surfers - Is the empanelment process in GoI fair and legal?

And the response of the majority was that besides being bereft of objectivity and unfair, the process is highly politicised and so secret that it gives an impression of lack of fairness and something fishy in the process.

"The present practice is neither objective nor fair nor transparent, susceptible to bureaucratic and political pressures. It suffers from serious lacunae as the assessment relies on Annual performance appraisal reports", said one surfer adding that the methodology is subjective, arbitrary, based on 'pick and choose' and thus legally untenable.

This, according to surfer explains why the former Cabinet Secretary refused to disclose the selection criteria treating the process outside the ambit of RTI Act 2005 despite CIC's directions to keep the selection criteria in public domain in response to an RTI application.

For detailed report see the January issue of Whispers in the Corridors.

BUREAUCRACY

Tyagi to be Ambassador to Portugal
B B Tyagi is being tipped to be new Indian Ambassador to Portugal. He is 1976 batch IFS officer.

Manoj Joshi is poised to be Joint Secretary DopT
Manoj Joshi is poised to be appointed as Joint Secretary DoPT. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Justice A K Ganguly's order was a well guarded secret
Justice A K Ganguly who, before retiring from the Supreme Court, delivered a landmark verdict in the 2 G spectrum related case has created a history on February 2,2012. As the grapevine has it, Justice Ganguly did not dictate his ordered, instead he keyed in the verdict himself on computer & took it in his pen drive to the Apex Court. Thus, nobody got a whiff about what the verdict was going to pronounced in the Supreme Court until Justice Ganguly delivered it on Wednesday.

Mayawati camp remebering Rohit Nandan
As the grapevine has it, the camp of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Ms. Mayawati is badly missing Rohit Nandan. It may be stated that Rohit Nandan is former media manager of Ms. Mayawati. Nandan (IAS, UP cadre, 1982 batch) is presently Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Air India.

Suresh Kumar transferred as Joint Secretary Central State (CS) Division
S Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary, PM Division, MHA, GoI, has been transferred as Joint Secretary Central State (CS) Division. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the WB cadre.

Ms. Rashmi Goyal transferred as Joint Secretary HR Division
Ms. Rashmi Goyal, Joint Secretary, IS-II Division, MHA, GoI, has been transferred as Joint Secretary HR Division. She is an IRAS officer of 1983 batch.

K K Pathak transferred as Joint Secretary UT division
K K Pathak, Joint Secretary, CS Division, MHA, GoI has been transferred as Joint Secretary UT division. He is an IAS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Bhagwan Shankar transferred as Joint Secretary PM Division
Bhagwan Shankar, Joint Secretary HR Division, MHA, GoI has been transferred as Joint Secretary PM Division. He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Sikkim cadre.


Vumlunmang gets full fledged charge of addl assignments
Vumlunmang, Director (IS-I) Division, MHA, GoI had been looking after additional charges of Staff Officer Home Secretary. Those additional charges have been made permanent for him; hence discharging there responsibilities of Director IS-1 Division. Now on wards he will be looking after these charges full- fledgedly. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the MT cadre.

Rajeev Verma is CMD,DTC
Rajeev Verma who was earlier Secretary to Gover Goa and Secretary Public Relations to the Goa Government has become Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre.

3 SAG level officers of IP&TAFS shifted
Ms.Archana Goyal Gulati Joint Administrator Finance Universal Service Obligation Fund(USOF) on deputation has joined the NDMA as Finance Advisor. Shje is from1989 batch.Kaushal KIshore GM Business Development & Marketing(BD&M)
in Department of 'Post has been shifted as Joint Administrator Finance USOF. He is from1990 batch.Ajay Kumar Controller of Communication Accounts (CCA) Delhi has been shifted as GM Business Development & Marketing(BD&M) in Department of' Post.He is from 1993 batch

Pvt waiting list for Gymkhana Club
The waiting list of private people for membership in Gymkhana Club dates back to 1991.

Nine posts of Judges in Jharkhand HC vacant
As many as nine posts of judges have been lying vacant in Jharkhand High Court against 20 approved strength. These include three posts of permanent judges against approved strength of 10 and six of additional judges against approved strength of 20.

Who will become next BMC Chief?
Many names are making rounds for the post of BMC Chief but Prithviraj Chavan wants a man who is going to make sure that the newly announced Dharavi redevelopment and Slum Rehabilitation projects taking off. The names of T.C Benjamin (IAS : 1979) and Gautam Chaterjee (IAS : 1982) are much in the reckoning as both have worked on Dharavi redevelopment and Slum Rehabilitation.

Is a Delhi based Television channel under scanner for the 2 G scam?
In a petition filed by Dr Subramanium Swamy there is a mention of a prominent English news channel for routing money from tax havens.

Post of CMD vacant since June 2010
The post of CMD Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Ltd has been vacant since June last year.

Sudhakar Shukla, IES, promoted to SAG on deputation
Sudhakar Shukla, Adviser, African Development Bank, Tunis, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on deputation. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1985 batch.

S K Purwar GM (ATM) shifted to CHQ, NOC in AAI
S K Purwar, General Manager (ATM), CHQ, has been shifted to CHQ, NOC in Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Two posts of Intelligence officer vacant in DGCEI, Vadodara
Two posts of Intelligence Officers have been lying vacant in DGCEI, Vadodara Regional Unit. The interested officers can send their applications to the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, Ahmedabad Zonal Unit.

V Sreenivasan is CGMT, AP Circle
V Sreenivasan has taken over as CGMT Andhra Pradesh Telecom Circle in place of Rajeev Agrawal who is now Secretary TRAI.

Post of Director (Commercial) vacant in KIOCL
The post of Director (Commercial) has been advertised lying vacant in Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Limited (KIOCL). Those willing to apply can send their applications to Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) before April 3, 2012.

Vacancies in Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board
The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board has got one vacancy each for the post of Chief Engineer and Financial Advisor and two vacancies for the post of Budget and Finance Officer. Interested candidates may send their applications through proper channel latest by January 31, 2012 to the Deputy Director (Admn), Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

Six officers of Railways shifted (UPDATED)
Services of six senior officers of Railways have been affected. Accordingly, K B Nanda of SAG/IRAS, has been shifted from Northern Railway to North Western Railway while K S Sunila of SAG/IRAS is posted against the upgraded HAG post of FA & CAO/Construction, Northeast Frontier Railway and Gurudev Singh of SAG/IRAS is posted as FA & CAO, CLW. Similarly, M Ramachandran of SAG/IRAS/Rail Wheel Factory has been transferred to South Western Railway; Ms Usha Ashok Kumar of SAG/IRAS is shifted to South East Central Railway and Ms Padmini Radhakrishnan of SAG/IRAS, South Western Railway is being transferred to Rail Wheel Factory.

Two IRS officers shifted in CBE&C (UPDATED)
Two IRS officers have been transferred in the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise on return from deputation. Accordingly, Mrs. Ameeta Suri has been posted to DG, HRD, Delhi (Expenditure Management Cell) and Mrs. Sungita Sharma is shifted to CX, Pune-III.

Dange, Jt. Commissioner, gets NFSG in CBEC (UPDATED)
Hanumant S Dange, Joint Commissioner, has been granted non-functional selection grade (NFSG) in junior administrative grade (JAG) in the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBE&C).

Ms. Shilpa Prabhakar posted as Sub-Collector, Vellore in TN (UPDATED)
Ms. Shilpa Prabhakar, Assistant Collector (Training), Tiruchirappali, has been posted as Sub-Collector, Tirupathur, Vellore district in Tamil Nadu. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Justice L S Panta (Retd.) takes oath of HP's Lokayukta (UPDATED)
Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta (Retd.) took oath of the office of Lokayukta, Himachal Pradesh, in the presence of Governor Urmila Singh and Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, at an impressive swearing in ceremony organized at Raj Bhawan Shimla on February 3, 2012. Ms. Harinder Hira, Additional Chief Secretary read the warrant of appointment issued by the Governor, Himachal Pradesh Tulsi Ram Sharma, Speaker, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Ravinder Singh Ravi, IPH Minister, Narender Bragta, Horticulture Minister, Jai Ram Thakur, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister, Ms. Vidya Stokes, MLA and Leader of Opposition in HP Legislative Assembly, Members of State Legislative Assembly, Justice Pritam Pal, Lokayukta, Haryana, Justice R.B. Mishra, Acting Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court, Judges of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Bhim Sen, Chief Information Commissioner, Dr. A D N Bajpai, Vice Chancellor, HP University, Dr. D S Manhas, Director General of Police, Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, retired Judges of the High Court, Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of various Boards and Corporations, representatives of various organizations and prominent people of the town were present on the occasion.

Manufacturing, infrastructure, energy sectors need fresh impetus: Dhoot (UPDATED)
ASSOCHAM president-elect Rajkumar Dhoot today emphasised the need for new impetus to manufacturing sector, boost in physical and social infrastructure with large doses of investments and tax relief, and ensuring energy security with tax holidays for oil and gas exploration activities. At the pre-Budget discussion with finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, he also called for greater interaction and coordination between the industry and the government to keep up the economic growth momentum. Dhoot institutions like India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) and Life Insurance Corporation should disburse more funds for developing infrastructure while the government coordinates effectively for timely clearances, approvals and implementation of projects. To curb the menace of black money, laws must be enacted to ensure transparent public funding during elections. Immunity should be provided to persons declaring unaccounted money so that funds stashed abroad illegally get back into the country's economic system. Dhoot said there is urgent need to improve social infrastructure and public private partnerships must be encouraged to provide education, healthcare and clean drinking water for all citizens. For the manufacturing sector which can create lakhs of new jobs, investment allowance should be introduced as deduction from profit to the extent of new investment in plant and machinery. The rate of depreciation on plant and machinery should be restored to 25 per cent from 15 per cent currently. "The increase in rate of depreciation in long run is revenue-neutral as the total amount cannot exceed the cost of assets." Tax benefits to hill states and northeastern states should be extended for two more years, said Dhoot. ASSOCHAM believes integrating excise and service tax into central Goods and Services Tax will make the Indian industry competitive. The chamber fully supported the government's initiative to widen the base of service tax and cover all services except those in the negative list.

Anil Kumar gets addl charge of Secy., DoNER (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar, Secretary, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), has been assigned additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER). He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

DEBATE

Is it appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir"?

Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has asked Cabinet Ministers to maintain dignity of the office. Patnaik conveyed his mind when a Minister addressed "Sir" to an IAS officer in his presence. "You are Cabinet Minister and should maintain your dignity" the Chief Minister said. How far it is appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir".

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

CORPORATE

Are the banks worried?
Public Sector banks are worried about the unsecured loans that they have advanced to the telecom companies when they were bidding for the 2 G spectrum. Now these are likely to go bad and will reflect as NPA's. Will these loans be securitized or will the banks have to provision for the bad loans is the whispers in the corridors.

Crompton Greaves to source cheap raw material abroad
Owing to increase in raw material price and the headwinds faced by the power sector, Crompton Greaves plans to roll out a comprehensive cost reduction strategy. This would mainly include increased sourcing from low cost countries.

Will Sreeram Cement be able to cater to the North market with efficiency?
With 87 percent of the company's cement manufacturing capacity located in Rajasthan, and a sizeable growth of demand in the northern region, it is heard that the company may not be able to cater to the markets with expected efficiency.

Is Jyoti Structures facing trouble?
It is heard that Jyoti Structures is facing trouble over execution schedules due to slow clearances from the government.

Is TVS Motors facing pressure from slowdown in two wheeler demand?
TVS Motors is facing pressure on its performance because of slowdown in demand not only in the domestic market but also in the market of its subsidiary Indonesia.

Varela appointed Addl. Director, Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd
Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd has appointed Antonio Carlos Custodio Do Morais Varela, as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. February 2, 2012.

Jasol resigns as Whole-time Director, Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd
Chain Singh Jasol has resigned as Whole-time Director of Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd w.e.f. February 2, 2012. However, he will continue as Senior Vice President (Personnel, Administration and Mines) of the company.

Mhatre appointed Company Secy. GeeCee Ventures Ltd
GeeCee Ventures Ltd has appointed Ms Namrata Mhatre as Company Secretary with immediate effect.

Bapat appointed Executive VP, ADF Foods Ltd
ADF Foods Ltd has appointed Nishikant Bapat as Executive Vice-President of the company w.e.f. January 16, 2012.

Three Independent Directors seek retirement from TVS Electronics Ltd Board
S R Vijayakar, R R Nair and Dr. Sridhar Mitta, the Non-Executive Independent Directors of TVS Electronics Ltd have expressed their desire to retire from the Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. February 2, 2012 on personal grounds.

PNB recalls services of PNB Gilts MD D.V.S.S.V Prasad
Punjab National Bank has recalled the services of D.V.S.S.V. Prasad, Managing Director of PNB Gilts Ltd . As a result, D.V.S.S.V. Prasad had resigned as Director and Managing Director of the company w.e.f. February 1, 2012.

Dubey appointed MD, PNB Gilts Ltd
S K Dubey who is already holding the post as Director of PNB Gilts Ltd has been appointed as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. February 1, 2012.

Mahajan resigns as Company Secy. Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd
Ms. Ruchi Mahajan, Company Secretary, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd, has resigned from the company w.e.f. January 31, 2012.

Sharma appointed Company Secy. Petronet LNG Ltd
K C Sharma has been appointed as Company Secretary of Petronet LNG Ltd w.e.f. February 1, 2012.

Will falling zinc prices hurt Hindustan Zinc's profitability?
Declining zinc prices have already hurt the profitability of Hindustan Zinc, if the prices fall further it will mean a loss for the company.

Dr Nightingale appointed President of Acoris Research Ltd
Dr. Peter Nightingale has been appointed as the President of Acoris Research Ltd.

Cover other central services

Please cover all other central services in transfer/promotion matters such as postal, ordinance, audits & Accounts etc.

Keerthi

Welcome: New Chairman CBDT

Congratulations Laxman Das on taking over Chairman CBDT. Tax payers have lot of hope on your innovative capabilities and wish you all the success. Let your term be not colourless. Small tax payers cases can be finalised in this FY itself for AY 2011-12. It should not roll over next FY. Let IT department to pay interest on delayed refund as IT department charges penal interest on delay in payment of tax. ITRs which has been filed electronically still waiting for assessment to be finalised. It defeats all the merits of e-filing when it is not completed in time bound manner. All the best.

RKM

They should take retirement from politics

Today's apex Court decision very clearly shows that politicians like Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee, Raja, Sharad Pawar etc should be asked to take permanent retirement from politics. They have done enough damage to the country. They should be debarred from holding any top position.

Kumar

Conduct enquiry immediately

It is very surprising that Government Servants have to wait for two decades in getting the Membership, whereas the Member's family (childrens) have become full time members. Government should conduct enquiry into it immediately.

Ramesh V R

Using RTI to get a CGHS claim cleared

In respect of a CGHS claim, an appellant sought the details of items of theclaim which weredisallowed by CGHS along with the reasons and the copies ofcirculars on the basis ofwhich the items were disallowed, and whether thecirculars were available onthe CGHS site. The PIO demanded Rs. 8/- for the 4 pagesof information whichwere duly deposited by the appellant. He was not satisfiedwith the replysupplied by the PIO and filed an appeal before the FAA who askedthe appellantto visit the office of FAA on any working day by appointment fordiscussing theRTI of Appellant. After a perusal of the papers, the Commissionobserved thatthe information has not been supplied to the Appellant despitepayment of theadditional fee. The Commission directed to provide theinformation to theAppellant before 05 February 2012 and issued a notice to thePIO why penalty shouldnot be levied on him.

Comments

The case discussed above shows how the RTI Act can be used to solve some of theproblems which the government servants encounter on day-today basis.

Citation : Mr. A.L. Makhijani v. CGHS in Decision No.CIC/SG/A/2011/003275/16955

- 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)