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Media says 'PC off the hook'!!!
He's guilty but has got off... doesn't this look???

CBI Court Judge refused to join the dots!!!
Refused to untie some of the knots!

He agreed that on decisions PC and Raja were on the same page!!!
But surprisingly PC is free and Raja is 'in the cage'!!

A Euphoric Sibal demanded Swamy should seek PC's forgiveness!!
And said Swami will appeal to HC and SC and even to Creation's His Highness (God)!

Well fact is the general perception still is PC and Raja are 'mates'!!!
And both should meet similar fates!!

Many say only SC 'will join dots, untie knots' to give a judicious decision!!!
In CBI Court Judge's case many would agree reeks of 'indecision'!!

Because if both Raja and PC decided and SC has said there was a huge loss!
Then why is PC out and Raja ko kiya hai jail mein toss???

So prima facie PC has to be made to stand in accused dock!!!
On HC's door Swamy should knock!!

Priyanka says Congress recognized people's rights!!
Mazaak ka height of heights!!

Has she forgotten Emergency and 1984 Genocide????
Madam you cannot say 'you are an angel and take the Devil's side'!!

See her naivity .... the same breath she's damned PC's being 'targeted'!!!
If she was on people's side 'she'd have kept quite on PC and 2 G she'd have regretted'!

In Punjab Congress and Akalis Independents ko karr rahe hai woo!!
Post election this they always do!!

In Uttrakhand if BJP trips it will be because of midway CM change!!!!
And it's said the CM who replaced Khanduri midway 'went after even loose change'!!

Pawar is now ek bechaara binna Sahaara!!!
Sponsor ke liye ghoom raha hai maara maara!!

Maybe rope in AI..... flop Airline sponsoring flop Team!!!
And in both the 'Administrators' make a 'lot of malai or cream'!!!

Have you noticed the match that came before IPL auction India won!!
And post the auction match again in they were done!!

Sorry for Yuvi.... fate has bowled him a 'doosra'!!
Yuvi Bhai ' God ke ilaawa bachchane waala aur nahi hai koi doosra'!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

What UP Bureaucrats say about poll results?
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.

On whose nod is Subramanium Swamy acting?
Is there an understanding between someone in the government and Subramanium Swamy, for him to act against a UPA Minister.

Who in the media are trying for Rajya Sabha nomination?
There is a list of six to eight Editors who are trying for Rajya Sabha nominations.

Where will this verbal duel lead to?
While NCP's Home Minister RR Patil and Congress's leader Narayan Rane's war of words intensifies, Congress leadership is caught in a bind over where will all this lead to. Rane has dragged Deputy CM, Ajit Pawar also in the verbal duel.

Did Chaddha know about coming IT raid?
It is heard that Ponty Chadha, Chairman of Wave Group knew about the coming Income Tax raid. He knew it to be a part of shifting loyalties in UP.

No Brahmin names in Pune civic list
A Brahmin dominated city does not have any Brahmin candidates being fielded for the civic elections.

Was Kalmadi consulted before the Pune civic list was finalized?
It is heard that Suresh Kalmadi was consulted in Tihar jail for a final nod of the Pune civic list. Sources say there are 90 Kalmadi backed candidates as against 152 being fielded.

BUREAUCRACY

Rakesh Singh to be Joint Secretary (Police) in MHA
Rakesh Singh is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary (Police) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Sudha Sharma is new Member of CBDT
Sudha Sharma has taken over as new Member of the CBDT on Friday evening. She is 1976 batch IRS officer. With her appointment composition of the Board is now complete.

Poonam Dutt to succeed Sudha Sharma as DG (Vigilance) in Delhi
Ms Poonam Dutt is likely to succeed Sudha Sharma as DG (Vigilance), Income-Tax in Delhi.1978 batch IRS officer Ms Dutt is presently CCIT in Bareilly.

Who will be new DG (Investigations), Income Tax in Mumbai?
Who will be new DG (Investigations), Income Tax in the Commercial capital of India, Mumbai? In the final round the tie is said to be between two 1978 batch IRS officers Swatantra Kumar and A K Jain.

Kabra to be DG (Investigations), Income Tax in Ahemdabad?
M D Kabra is likely to be appointed DG (Investigations) in Ahemdabad. He is 1978 batch IRS officer.

Will Maqbool Ahmad be CCIT, Lucknow?
Will Maqbool Ahmed succeed Pankaj Gupta as CCIT in Lucknow? He is 1978 batch IRS officer. Name of Mukesh Kumar is also in circulation.

Will Mukesh Kumar be CCIT, Kanpur?
Mukesh Kumar is likely to be appointed CCIT Kanpur. He is presently posted in Hyderabad. His name is also under consideration for CCIT, Lucknow.

D K Singh to be CCIT, Bareilly?
CCIT in Dehradun, D K Singh is likely to be moved as CCIT, Bareilley. He is 1977 batch IRS officer.

Dilip Sinha posted in Geneva
Dilip Sinha presently Additional Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations Offices in Geneva.
(We said this on January 23)

Garg is Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Subhash Garg has been moved to the Cabinet Secretariat in the same capacity. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Misri to succeed Pankaj Saran in PMO
Vikram Misri is going to succeed Pankaj Saran as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office. He is 1989 batch IFS officer.

Amit Dasgupta to be Ambassador to Phillippines
Amit Dasgupta is being tipped to be new Indian Ambassador to Phillippins. He is 1979 batch IFS officer.

File of new CMDs in banks with the FM
File relating to elevation of Executive Directors (EDs) as Chairman & Managing Directors (CMDs) in Public Sector (PS) banks is still lying with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Dispute delays new CMDs of PS banks
As the grapevine has it, dispute relating to lateral shifting of senior bankers as Chairman & Managing Directors (CMDs) to larger banks in public sector has delayed clearance of file relating to new CMDs.

Ms Vijayanta to go on inter-cadre deputation
Ms. Vijayanta Additional SP (Under Trg.) is likely to go on inter-cadre transfer from Tamil Nadu to UP Cadre. She is an IPS officer of 2009 batch who belongs to Tamil Nadu Cadre.

Anand Prakash appointed IG BPR&D
Anand Prakash IGP(AP)Manipur has been appointed as IG, BPR&D. He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Manipur Tripura cadre.

Panel of JS Minority Affairs is ready
A panel of Joint Secretary Minority Affairs has been approved by the CSB. It consists of J P Meena - 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Ravinder Kumar Singh 1983 batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh and Ranjan Kumar IES officer of 1993 batch.

Ananya Ray to return parent cadre
Joint Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Water Resources Ananya Ray is returning to the parent IRS (C&CE) cadre after completion of central deputation tenure next month.

Sibal stalls appointment of DDG (Vigilance) Posts?
Kapil Sibal has reportedly stalled the appointment of DDG Vigilance in the department of Posts. He is insisting that the officer should be from outside the department. The postal service officers are miffed. Sibal wants to take interview and will select officer with impeccable integrity but where will he find such an officer.

IAS changes in Tamil Nadu
V Arun Roy Collector, Ramanathapuram, has been appointed Deputy Secretary to government (Budget). K Nanthakumar will be new Collector, Ramanathapuram .

IAS in Andhra Pradesh up in arms
Andhra Pradesh IAS officers are now up in arms. At an emergency meeting of the Association, they have made it clear that ministers and politicians should be held responsible for 'policy decisions' taken by the government. They also want that entire cabinet should also be held accountable for policy decisions .

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 re-development and Slum Rehabilitation.

Orders of A K Gupta issued
A K Gupta, IAS (1979), shall revert back to his parent cadre Uttar Pradesh on Feb 29, 2012. He is working as CVO in Kribhco which is on way to be privatised. Since the Government equity has now come down to 24 percent, he has sought repatriation. Orders of DoPT have been issued.

Abhay Bakre to be ED, PCRA
Abhay Bakre who is currently Joint Development Commissioner Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is poised to be Executive Director(ED), Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA). He an IRSEE officer of 1988 batch.

Kumar is new CPMG, North East Circle
P T S Kumar, presently PMG, Shillong, has been posted on promotion as Chief PMG, North East Circle. He is 1981 batch IPoS officer.

Ms Katyar gets three months extension
Ms. Archana S. Katyar, Director, Planning Commission has been given three months extension of central deputation tenure. She is an IFS Officer of 1986 batch who belongs to UP Cadre.

Rao in Delhi Administration transferred
M R M Rao, Additional Secretary, PWD, NCT, ,Government of Delhi has been transferred as Additional Registrar of Co-operative Societies. He is a DANICS Cadre Officer.

Narayanaswamy to quit IAS?
Narayanaswamy is on the verge of leaving IAS to go to Paris to take up a well paid United Nations assignment.

1987 batch IAS is now PS in Orissa
Three 1987 batch IAS officers N K Sundaray ,Rajesh Verma and R K Sharma have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Orissa.

Taradatt is back to Orissa
1983 batch IAS officer Taradatt is back to the parent Orissa cadre from central deputation. On return he has been appointed Principal Secretary Revenue.

IAS postings in Orissa
N K Sundaray will be Principal Secretary MSME and Public Relations.Rajesh Verma has been made Principal Secretary School Education.R K Sharma will be Principal Secretary Forests and Excise.Aparajita Sarangi has been appointed Secretary Higher Education.Chandra Sekhar Kumar has been posted as Secretary Technical Education.

Post of GM (Bihar) vacant in FCI in Patna
The post of General Manager (Bihar) has been advertised lying vacant in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Patna, under the Department of Food & Public Distribution. Those willing to apply may send their applications to Department of Personnel & Training before February 13, 2012.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
"Adjourned for Feb 13 for framing of charges, PM needs to be present in court"
A seven judge bench of the Pakistan supreme court on Thursday decided to proceed further in the contempt case against Prime Minister Y R Gilani for his failure to write a letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen cases of illegal bank accounts of President Zardari as directed by the Apex Court in December 2009 in the 'NRO case'. The court didn't accept the plea taken by PM's counsel Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan that the court directive was 'unimplementable' in view of the immunity enjoyed by the President under the constitution and the Swiss authorities had already closed the case after Zardari assumed office of the President because Heads of States enjoy immunity from such proceedings even under the Swiss law. The bench has ordered personal presence of the PM on February 13 when charges will be framed against him. The verdict shall have far reaching political implications as the PM's conviction may result in a jail term and fine apart from disqualification from holding any public office.

Why your CM holds 18 Portfolios ? Lahore HC wants Chief Secretary to explain
On a petition filed by an advocate Noshab A Khan challenging the provincial Chief Minister holding charge of 18 departments with himself, the Court has sought reply from the Chief Secretary within three weeks. The petitioner has argued that under the Punjab government rules of business 1974, the CM is expected to coordinate policy matters and chair cabinet meetings but not hold charge of any department himself. Besides by retaining so many departments with
himself, the CM can't deliver to the full satisfaction of the citizens and the administration suffers. The recent example of over 100 deaths due to consumption of spurious cardiac drugs in Lahore has been quoted in the petition with reference to the fact that the health department is one of the 18 portfolios held by the CM.

Ban on transfers of SHOs, DSPs : Karachi super cop's answer to political interference
Fed up with 'interference by different stake holders', the Additional IG of Karachi Akhtar Hassan Gorchani has ordered a blanket ban on postings and transfers of SHOs and DSPs 'till further orders'. The notification was issued after Gorchani met the provincial Home Minister Manzoor Wassan to complain about the interference and the latter advised him to ignore all such illegal requests.

With love from Washington DC : 1000 bullet proof Vests & as many Helmets for Karachi cops
The US Counsel General in Karachi William Martin handed over 1000 bullet proof vests and 1000 helmets to the IGP Sindh Mushtaq Shah for use by the Karachi policemen as part of a US sponsored police assistance programme. The equipments are valued at US$750000. 'US and Pakistan want one and the same thing', the counsel general said, 'safety, order and a better life for all citizens'.

Killer contamination in Cardiac drug identified
The British medicines and healthcare products regulatory authority (MHRA) and the school of pharmacy London have after a joint study of samples and patients' reports identified the contaminated drug given by the Pakistan Institute of Cardiology (PIC) to its patients that resulted in death of more than 100 patients. These patients were advised Tab Isotab (generic name Isosorbide 5-mononitrate) 20 mg twice daily and each of the 20 mg tablet has been found to be containing
50mg of pyrimethamine an anti malaria drug which if taken in excess of 25 mg a week can result in bone morrow suppression and severe depletion of platelets as well as WBC counts in the blood leading to death. These precisely are the symptoms displayed by the patients who lost their lives after consuming Isotab given to them by the PIC.

Doctors' Legal dilemma
Doctors and other health workers in Pakistan are in a wholly unenviable position. After the young doctors' protest for better pay scales and conditions of service the government had issued the Career Structure For Health Personnel (CSHP) ordinance on 27 August 2011. It provided for a special 13 tier scales delinking them from the common 22 scales applicable to other government servants. While existing employees had the option of the new system or continuing with the old but the new entrants recruited post the ordinance were compulsorily to be tied down to it. Because of superior scales almost all the old employees opted for the new system laid down in the ordinance. As the ordinance hasn't been made in to an act it has lapsed on 26 December 2011 and as per the law department no benefit including drawl of pay and allowances can accrue from a lapsed ordinance.

Don't force us to prosecute the Spymasters, warns Peshawar High Court
During the course of hearing a petition filed by a distraught mother of two school boys alleging their kidnapping by the 'intelligence agencies', Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan warned the counsel from the JAG branch and an officer appearing on behalf of the IG Frontier Corps (FC) that if they dilly dallied on the court's directive to produce the detained children the court will be compelled to order registration of criminal cases against the chiefs of the concerned
intelligence agencies. The warning came after a Major appearing on behalf of the IG FC denied that the children were in their custody. The statement CJ observed was contrary to evidence including sworn statement of the head master of the school from where the kids were picked up by the intelligence agencies.

Anthrax Parcel for PM?
Islamabad police has disclosed that last about 20 days back a parcel containing anthrax was sent to the official residence of Prime Minister Gilani. The parcel originated from Jamsero in Sindh province where police teams have been despatched to apprehend the culprit. This is the first time anthrax has been sent to a government functionary as high as the PM.

Archaeology department to restore Lahore's past Glory
Pakistan's archaeology department has drawn up plans for restoration of four historical gates of Lahore. These are the Shernwala, Bhati, Kashmiri and Lohari Gates and the restoration will include structural consolidation and preservation of the old frescos of floral and geometrical designs originally painted on the gates. The project is to cost nearly 14 million rupees.

NMDC completes acquisition of 50% equity in Legacy Iron Ore Ltd (UPDATED)
The NMDC has added yet another feather in its cap with cherishing dream of having a foot-hold in International markets. It has been fulfilled by the acquisition of Legacy Iron Ore, Australia during December 2011. NMDC has recently completed the acquisition of 50% equity in Legacy Iron Ore Limited and also inducted three Directors in Legacy board with N K Nanda being appointed as Chairman. Legacy will serve as a platform to propel acquisition and development of mineral assets in Australia. This is endowed with an asset having more than 1 billion tonne of magnetite resource. As this is the first acquisition of NMDC ourselves the immediate need is to take control of the company and lead the company to a smooth transition of the control and operation and it needs immediate attention for settling the issues raised out of the takeover. NMDC is actively pursuing the acquisition of overseas strategic mineral assets with the objective of meeting its own requirements and also towards raw material security for the country's steel and fertilizer industries.

BHELdevelops India's first Ultra High Voltage AC 1200 kV (UPDATED)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), which is one of the profit making Nav Ratna public sector companies, has stuck yet another feather in its cap by commissioning of India's first 1200 kV Ultra High Voltage Alternating Current (UHVAC) Transformer of 333 MVA rating. The country's first 1200 kV transmission line, the pinnacle of voltage levels in the world, has been charged from BHEL's 1200 kV UHVAC transformer at Bina in MP. Significantly, India's first 1200 kV, 333 MVA Transformer has been developed, manufactured and successfully tested by BHEL entirely through in-house know-how. With this, India has joined a select band of countries in the world possessing this technology. The development of the 1200 kV UHVAC transformer is the outcome of two years of rigorous research by the engineers of BHEL. BHEL had signed an MoU with PowerGrid for development of this transformer which is also the largest equipment used in a substation. The 333 MVA, 1150/400/33 kV, single-phase, Auto Transformer successfully developed by BHEL has been installed in India's first experimental 1200 kV National Test Station at Bina (MP) being set up by PowerGrid. Having introduced 765 kV as the highest transmission voltage, the country is aspiring to shift to 1200 kV voltage transmission networks during the XIIth plan period. A large network comprising 1200 kV transmission superhighways is being planned as part of the National Transmission Network. For the transmission sector, BHEL has developed various systems and products which include Power Transformers, Instrument Transformers and Disc Insulators suitable for UHVAC systems of 765 kV and 1200 kV. BHEL manufactures transformers, shunt reactors, instrument transformers, capacitors, extra high voltage circuit breakers and medium voltage switchgear at its facilities located at Bhopal, Hyderabad and Jhansi, besides providing total systems solution for HVDC, Extra High Voltage Alternating Current (EHVAC) and UHVAC Systems. BHEL is the biggest transformer manufacturer in India with a capacity to manufacture 45,000 MVA of transformers/reactors per annum. The company has set up a modern state-of-the-art manufacturing plant of 12,000 MVA at Bhopal to manufacture large sized EHV, HVDC and UHVAC transformers and reactors.

Dani and DeSa get ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
Two 1980 batch IAS officers Indraneel S Dani and Anthony J C DeSa have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh on Monday.

Parag Gupta gets additional charge of Industries in Orissa(UPDATED)
Parag Gupta, Secretary to Governor, has been given additional charge of Industries Department.He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Commercial Taxes Deptt. of Karnataka gets gold medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Commercial Tax Department, Government of Karnataka and NIC, has been conferred with gold medal for 'e-Checkpost-Transport, Objective & Paperless System'. This has been given in the category one-excellence in government process re-engineering as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Janmitra Samadhan Kendra gets bronze medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Janmitra Samadhan Kendra of District Administration, Gwalior, has been conferred with bronze medal for 'e-governance' in the category seventh- specific sectoral award-local government as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Directorate of Estates, Govt. of India gets bronze medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, has been conferred with bronze medal for 'e-Awas-Government Accommodation Management System (GAMS)'. This has been given in the category one-excellence in government process re-engineering as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Health department of TN gets gold medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Health department of Tamil Nadu has been honoured with gold medal for 'health management information systems'. This has been given in the category two-exemplary re-use of ICT based solutions as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Agriculture Deptt. of Maharashtra honoured for e-governance (UPDATED)
Agriculture Department of Maharashtra has been conferred with gold medal for' crop pest surveillance and Advisory project'. This has been given in the category two-exemplary re-use of ICT based solutions a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.

Sugarcane Ind. Deptt. of UP gets gold medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Sugarcane Industries Department of Uttar Pradesh has been conferred with gold medal for 'sugarcane information system (SIS)'. This has been given in the category three-outstanding performance in citizen-centric service delivery as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.

Health Deptt of Rajasthan gets silver medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Health Department of Rajasthan and NIC has been conferred with silver medal for ' pregnancy, child tracking & health services management system (PCTS)'. This has been given in the category three-outstanding performance in citizen-centric service delivery as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.

Health Deptt of Gujarat awarded silver medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Health department of Gujarat has been honoured with silver medal for 'e-mamta: mother and child tracking applications. This has been given in the category three-outstanding performance in citizen-centric service delivery as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Education Deptt. of UP gets gold medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Education department of Uttar Pradesh has been conferred with gold medal for' cloud telephony and IVRS based daily monitoring system'. This has been given in the category fourth-innovative use of Technology in e-Governance as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Rajasthan Legislative assembly gets silver medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly & NIC have been awarded silver medal for 'online answering information system for legislative assembly'. This has been given in the category fourth-innovative use of Technology in e-Governance as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Rural Dev. of Gujarat gets bronze medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Rural Development of Gujarat has been conferred with bronze medal for 'Integrated Geo-spatial ICT solution for scientific planning & monitoring of MGNREGS works'. This has been given in the category fourth-innovative use of Technology in e-Governance as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


IOC gets bronze medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Indian Oil Corporation Limited has been conferred with bronze medal for 'IndSoft CMS-Central Management System for LPG. This has been given in the category fifth-innovative use of ICT by PSUs for customer's benefits' as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Finance Department of Orissa gets gold medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Finance Department of Orissa has been conferred with gold medal for 'Integrated Orissa Treasury Management Systems'. This has been given in the category sixth-best government portal as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.


Public Relations Deptt. of Orissa gets silver medal for e-governance (UPDATED)
Public Relations Department of Orissa has been conferred with gold medal for 'RTI central monitoring mechanism'. This has been given in the category sixth-best government portal as a part of National Awards on e-Governance-2011-12.

Inter-cadre deputation of Hirdesh Kumar from J&K to UP extended (UPDATED)
The Central Government has extended the inter-cadre deputation of Hirdesh Kumar from Jammu and Kashmir to Uttar Pradesh for a period of six months. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Ashok Dongre is PS, Social Welfare in TN (UPDATED)
Ashok Dongre, Principal Secretary and Director of Social Defence, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme Department in Tamil Nadu. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Renu Jauri posted as CIT (OSD), CCIT (CCA), Delhi (UPDATED)
Renu Jauri has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi, on return from deputation.


A K Sinha posted as CIT (OSD), CCIT (CCA), Delhi (UPDATED)
A K Sinha has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi, on return from deputation with CBDT.

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".

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CORPORATE

Will BALCO get clearance from MoEF?
Reviewing the date of production of coal mines of 211 mn tonne hold the key for BALCO's turnaround. Will Environment ministry give an easy clearance to blocks located in Chattisgarh which were earlier rejected.

While all telcos sulk one rejoices
One telecom major is said to have celebrated the verdict of 2G spectrum leading to cancellation of the licenses.

Is Reliance Power nervous ahead of EGoM's decision?
It is heard that Anil Ambani led Reliance Power is nervous about the decision that the Empowered Group of Ministers is likely to take on the 4000 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project. Reliance Power was allowed to use excess coal from the Sasan project to fire its Chitrani plant. After the objections raised by CAG, the project is under review and hence the concerns being voiced in ADAG camp.

Daultani is new ED Corporation Bank
Amar Lal Daultani, General Manager of Allahabad Bank, has taken over as Executive Director of Corporation Bank with effect from February 3.

Ramachandru is CMD IDOCL
1984 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer T Ramachandru has been appointed new CMD of the IDOCL.

Saha is Chief of KBK in Orissa
R Saha has been appointed Chief Administrator of the KBK in Orissa. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

Kaushal is Regional Chief Executive India and South-Asia, Standard Chartered Bank
Sunil Kaushal has been appointed as the Regional Chief Executive, India and South-Asia of the Standard Chartered Bank. He has replaced Neeraj Swaroop, who will relocate to Singapore as Regional Chief Executive for South-East Asia.

Vemuri gets new job in Infosys
Ashok Vemuri, Global Head of Financial Services and Insurance Business will now look after business in America.

Srinivasan to step down as Company Secy. Godrej Industries Ltd
V. Srinivasan, Executive Vice President (Finance & Estate) and Company Secretary, Godrej Industries Ltd will be stepping down as Company Secretary w.e.f. April 1, 2012. He would be moving to Godrej Properties Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012 as Executive Director.

Rajput to be Company Secy. Godrej Industries Ltd
K. R. Rajput has been appointed as Company Secretary of Godrej Industries Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012.

Nandakumar appointed Addl. Director, S & S Power Switchgears Ltd
S&S Power Switchgears Limited has appointed Nandakumar as Independent Non Executive Additional Director of the company.

Agarwal resigns as Director, NRC Ltd
R.S. Agarwal, Director, NRC Ltd has resigned from the company's Board of Directors .

Two Addl. Directors join Board of Kwality Credit & Leasing Ltd
Kwality Credit & Leasing Ltd has appointed Devang Vyas, Asish Ray and Rohit Modi as the Additional Directors of the company.

Two Addl. Directors join Board of Cinerad Communications Ltd
Cinerad Communications Ltd has appointed Pradeep Kumar Daga and Ms. Vinita Daga as the Additional Directors of the company.

Jauhari appointed Part-time Addl. Director, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
M. C. Jauhari, Joint Secretary (Shipping), Ministry of Shipping, has been appointed as a Part-time Official Director on the Board of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd in place of Rakesh Srivastava w.e.f. February 2, 2012.

Srivastava ceases to be Part-time Addl. Director, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
Rakesh Srivastava, who relinquished the additional charge of Joint Secretary (Shipping) in the Ministry of Shipping recently has ceased to be Part-time Official Director on the Board of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. February 2, 2012.

Regunath resigns from VTX Industries
P Vijay Regunath has resigned as the director of VTX Industries.

Kwality appoints additional directors
Devang Vyas, Asish Ray and Rohit Modi are appointed as the additional directors of Kwality Credit and Leasing.

Two appointed as additional directors of Cinerad Communications
Pradeep Kumar Daga and Ms. Vinita Daga have been appointed as additional directors of Cinerad Communications.

Tandon appointed director of Welspun Projects
Mohan Tandon has been appointed as the independent director of Welspun Project.

DEBATE

Nothing wrong sir can be referred to juniors even.

AHK

One of your postings in the Whispersinthecorridors of 02 February veads as below:

"Will S Y Qureshi be new Muslim face of Congress? - Will Chief Election Commissioner, S Y Qureshi be new Muslim Face of the Congress party? This is widely believed in the top circles. Two former CEC's M S Gill and T N Chaturvedi are the examples".

This posting is fallacious and foolhardy for two reasons. One, Mr. T N Chaturvedi was never CEC. He was CAG.

Two, as my junior colleague in the Haryana cadre of the IAS, I intimately know Mr. Quraishi for the last about 40 years. I have closely interacted with him in recent years in his capacity as EC and CEC. Myself along with our Forum for Electoral Integrity worked closely with him and the Commission during the last Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu (2011) and succeeded to a large extent in combating the Money-Muscle power, which is posing grave danger to our democracy.

From the way Mr. Quraishi has been conducting himself as CEC and his mature interaction with the media as well as his views on contentuous issues concerning electoral process and reforms, I have no hesitation in saying that he has brought laurels to the Election Commission of India and democracy itself.

Please do not tarnish the hard earned reputation of men like this by posting such an irresponsible and uninformed piece suggesting that he has political ambitions and is partisan towards a particular political party.

The least you can do is to post this rejoinder of mine prominently in your website. I am copying this mail to Mr. Quraishi.

M.G.Devasahayam

(IAS 1964 - Haryana)

Bharat Kumar is prejudiced

Bharat Kumar is prejudiced against a political party. Fine.But he should be well informed before commentig.Deras in Punjab are more secular than mainline religions who balatantly discriminate against SC,OBC who then find solace in these deras.

Sewa Ram IAS (Retd)

Decision making in courts to be debated

The process of decision making in courts need to be debated on. Justice is not guaranteed even in Supreme Court. In this country different types of rules are applied on the basis of discretionary power.

RK

No need to interfere in Delhi Gymkhana affairs

Govt. need not interfere in Delhi Gymkhana affairs. However, it should look into the membership of working and retired government servants of Qutab Golf Course, Lado Sarai. The Course is run by DDA with public funds. Membership is given easily to Corporates and Businessmen.

Z S Nirwal

Gymkhana club
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True Gymkhana club is not a government body.But it occupies a large chunk of prime government land.The recently commissioned Lila hotel paid, I believe, Rs 800 croes for the land in ChanakyaPuri.Gymkhana occupies at least twice as much land and at an even more prime location.Estimated market value of the land ? May be Rs. 2000 crores!

P K Lahiri

Gymkhana Club

The Delhi Gymkhana Club is a private members club, not a government body. There is no requirement for a "inquiry" by the government into why govt servants are not receiving membership faster. Wait your turn, and even then you might not get in.

Aditya

Gymkhana Club

It is very surprising that Government Servants have to wait for 2 decades in getting the Membership, whereas the MemberS family (childrens) have become full time members. Government should conduct enquiry into it immediately.

Ramesh VR

Judiciary is working fearlessly

It seems that only institution which are working fearlessly in India and pakistan is the judiciary. long live our courts. may God give our judges more strength to clean this corruption. the people of india are proud of the judicial system and their impartial, fearless approach under able guidance of cheif justice of india, justice kapadia.

Prakash Ralhan

Long live Indian Judiciary

Anna roused the conscience of people and highlighted issue of corruption bring it centre stage but supreme court swings into action and give big beating to corruption. Judges hammer falling very strongly on corrupt. if government is not serious to tackle corruption & not taking decisive action Never mind. the judicial system has risen to occassion and will fulfill dream of poor people. this is very much great day. Long live indian judiciary.

Rekha Bharadwaj

They should be debarred

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

Non-Techinal are ruling

The root cause of all the problems of this country is that still people in helms of affair are Non Technical.They are trying their level best to stop technology and technical people to take over the powers being enjoyed by them. They are trying to kill technical cadres like ITS in DoT. But time will come when technology and technical people will takeover the reigns from these anti technology people and then nobody will be able to stop India from becoming a real Super
Power.

A K Sanghi

Lure factor

Added to that- till the results are out model code of conduct will continue which would mean no new works virtually till the end of the financial year, all budget to be surrendered. All this when the votes have already been cast and there is no "lure factor".

Pandey

Different impression

The word 'recall' gives a different impression. This is purely administrative transfer since Mr Prasad is due for retirement on 29.2.12.

Radhika

Congrats to Laxman Das

Congratulations to Sh Laxman Das for taking over as Chairman CBDT. An upright, humble to the core, intelligent, compassionate, self effacing gentleman, Sh Das is known to be extremely efficient and very hard working. He has served the Government of India with distinction in various senior deputation capacities as also in the income tax. He is
the epitome of maturity, rectitude, poise and self assurance and has always delivered outstanding quality work with dignity.

Vijay Kumar

Anil Gupta has taken right decision

Congrats Mr Mehrotra for informing the readers about the fact but also the background of eqity dilution in Kribhco. Mr Anil Gupta has taken the right decision. Private Orgnizations do not require services of IAS officers.

Amitabh Pandey IRS

Right decision

Wish you all the best Anil. Right decision as Govt shall have no role in Kribhco.

Anoop Agrawal IAS

Right decision

Anil has taken the right decision.

Desh Deepak Verma

Right decision

Anil K Gupta IAS 1979 has done the right thing to go back to UP, his parent cadre. No point hanging around when KRIBHCO is privatised.

Radheshyam IAS

Process of appointment of Ambassadors to be disclosed

The applicant sought various information from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) like the budget allocated to various divisions; salary and allowances being paid to the staff in Indian embassies; appointment process of Secretary/ Joint Secretaries/ Ambassadors; minutes of meeting of the Committees in MEA dealing with the above appointments etc. The PIO suggested the applicant to refer to some information available on the website of the MEA. The PIO further
informed that the appointment is as per the procedure laid down by the Government of India and as it involves examination of the ACR records of the officers, it cannot be provided under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The minutes of meeting of the Committees in MEA dealing with the above appointments was denied under section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act. The Commission accepted that it would not be in the national interest to disclose the quantum of allowances paid to the staff exemption under Section 8(1)(a) was upheld. The Commission, however, directed to provide the process of appointment. The PIO states that there are three boards for dealing with personnel and postings. The Commission directed to provide the information on these and minutes of the last three meetings of these board.

Comments

The process of appointment /posting at the senior level has been talked out in whispers in the power corridors. Officers from other services are also likely to use this order to remove the wall of secrecy surrounding such appointments.

[Mr. Kishanlal Mittal v. Ministry of External Affairs in Decision No. CIC/SG/C/2011/001204/17022]

- 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)