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Priynaka says Rahul not in PM race!!!!

This is to save face!!

Because if Congress does not perform in UP 'a feat'!!!

And what if Congress faces a 'defeat' (remains at fourth)???

It was being positioned UP is Rahul's route to PM chair!!!

Congress just taking care!

Because now its becoming more and more clear!!!

Congress riding piggyback is not Congress ruling UP... no way near!!

But you have to give Rahul credit for doing his utmost best!!!

And despite Priyanka's statement UP is 'Rahul's test'!!

In UP Rahul has said 'Congress will not ally with thieves and thugs'!!!!

Feedback from ground was SP's winning and along with it Congress it lugs'!!

The fear was that if SP's seen as winning Muslims in Congress's fold, Will switch over to SP and turn towards Congress cold!!!

And what about Punjab where Congress took aid from a Dera????

Whose Head is involved in such cases that do not know how he shows his chehra (face)!

So you can see Rahul Baba's doublespeak!!!!!

Into how Congress works this should give you a peak!!

Deras basically make people followers of the Dera Head!!

Not the Lord but to the Dera Head the follower does wed!!!!

But that does not mean all Deras are bad!!!

Those Deras are bad that runneth on the Dera Head's every fad!!

Swamy says in Saini's Judgement 60 paras are pro his plea!!!!

Only last three are against ... so can 3 make 60 flea???

As I said Saini refused to join the dots!!

And untie some knots!!!

And that is why Swamy's plea fell short of 'Conspiracy' as per Indian Penal Code!

And I still maintain gravity of outcome ne kiya Saini ji ko goad!!!

Amar Singh advises UPites do not Vote for Mamu!!

Ma stands for Maya and Mu for Mulayam ...making Public ka Mamu!

Kamal is now his favourite flower!!!

Secular Amar aur BJP .... how did this friendship flower????

Is it possible that the wily Amar feels BJP's improving day by day!!!!

And 'Congress has used me like toilet paper' he often does say!!

Please I'm not biased against Congress!!!!

Congress is in power and its work and corruption I do address!!

Tomorrow if BJP does the same!!!

I'll be the first one to shout at BJP 'shame shame'!!!

Yaar I'm on your (Public's) side!!!

Galls me when Netas takes us and Nation for a ride!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

UP polls to decide fate of 3 political clans
Outcome in Uttar Pradesh (UP) vis a vis ensuing state assembly polls will decide fate of three political clans. They are of: Nehru- Gandhi family, Mulayam Singh Yadav & Ms. Mayawati.

What does Ms. Priyanka Gandhi's statement about Rahul mean?
It is heard that Congress has got a feedback on how well it will do in the coming UP assembly elections. Needless to say Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is paying compliments to PM and making clear that Rahul is not running for top post.

Time to look at answering controversies?
The Budget Session of parliament may be some time away but the Prime Minister's Office has initiated an exercise to collect inputs on "controversies" surrounding various ministries to prepare itself against the opposition onslaught. How much will they succeed?

BUREAUCRACY

Lamba to be Secretary, Shipping?
Grapevine has it that A S Lamba is being appointed Secretary, Shipping. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Prakash Mishra to be DG, NDRF
Latest information says that Prakash Mishra is going to be new DG, NDRF. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre. Earlier the name of Subhash Joshi was in circulation for the post.

Sunil Kumar is new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh
Sunil Kumar has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer. Sunil Kumar had been earlier Additional Secretary, HRD in the Government of India.
(We said this in 2011)

Dinesh K Patnaik to be new Indian Ambassador to Cambodia
Dinesh K Patnaik is being tipped to be new Indian Ambassador to Cambodia. He is 1984 batch IFS officer.

Sudhir Mittal to be Chief Secretary, Punjab?
It is widely believed that in the event of Amrinder Singh's return to power in Punjab, Sudhir Mittal is going to be new Chief Secretary. 1978 batch IAS officer, Mittal is presently on deputation to the Government of India.

Inter-cadre deputation of Hirdesh Kumar from J&K to UP extended
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.

Post of DIG (Ops) is vacant in NSG
The post of DIG Operations (Ops) is lying vacant.

SC verdict on 2G Spectrum to slow down repatriation
The Supreme Court's (SC's) verdict will slow down repatriation process of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers from BSNL & MTNL to Department of Telecommunication (DoT).

Ms. Sadhana Dixit to be Member (Finance), Telecom Commission
Ms. Sadhana Dixit from IP&TAFS --1976 batch officer of IP&TAFS is going to be posted as Member (Finance) Telecom Commission. Her file has been lying in the PMO for the last four weeks.
(We said this on June 6, 2011)

IBA urges FM to honour seniority
As the grapevine has it, the Indian Bankers Association (IBA) has urged Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to honour seniority & give his nod for lateral shifting of senior bankers as Chairman & Managing Directors (CMD) to larger banks in Public Sector (PS).

Change unlikely in allocation of new bank CMDs
As the grapevine has it there is no possibility of change in allocation of banks to those six incumbents who are waiting for their elevation as Chairman & Managing Directors (CMD) in Public Sector (PS).

Sharma is new PMG, Orissa Circle
A K Sharma, presently PMG, Allahabad, has been posted on promotion as Chief PMG, Orissa circle. He is a 1981 batch IPoS officer.

Dani and Desa get ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh
Two 1980 batch IAS officers, Indraneel S Dani and Anthony J C Desa have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh.

Search Committee for Chairman, UGC to meet today
Search Committee to select new Chairman of the University Grants Commission is meeting on Tuesday in New Delhi.

Will Jain go to Mumbai or Delhi?
In IRS circles now it is said that 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer A K Jain would either go to Mumbai as DG (Investigations) or go to Delhi as DG (International Taxation).

Dipankar Mukhopadhyay is Director, ATI in West Bengal
Dipankar Mukhopadhyay, who was earlier Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industries to the West Bengal Government, has been posted as Director, Administrative Training Institute (ATI) of the state Government. He is an IAS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Ms. V. Lalithalakshmi is SDO, Chandan Nagar (WB)
Ms. V Lalithalakshmi who on cadre transfer from Tamil Nadu had joined the West Bengal cadre has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), Chandan Nagar, in West Bengal (WB). She is an IAS officer of 2008 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre. Her husband Saurav Pahari is also in the West Bengal cadre & belongs to 2008 batch.

Post of MD vacant in NEHHDC
The post of Managing Director has been advertised falling vacant in North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation (NEHHDC). Those willing to apply can send their applications to Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) before April 9, 2012.

Singhal to get extension?
Sanjeev Kumar Singhal, IG, SSB is likely to get one year extension in deputation tenure. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to Bihar Cadre.

Jha transferred to Services Department in Delhi
S K Jha has been transferred to Department of services Government of Delhi. He is a DANICS cadre officer.

Naveen Kumar Singh relieved to join CBI
Naveen Kumar Singh has been relieved by the Jharkhand Government to join CBI as DIG. He is 1996 batch IPS officer. Meanwhile, Sampat Meena, DIG, Ranchi Range, has been given additional charge of Kolhan Range being looked after by Singh.

1987 batch IAS promoted in Sikkim
Two 1987 batch IAS officers, G P Upadhyay and A K Yadav have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Sikkim. Meanwhile, Ms Nim Yethenpa has been posted as Secretary, Excise.

IFS is posted as ACS in Sikkim
1978 batch IFS officer Manjit Singh has been promoted to the fixed pay scale of Rs.80,000/-pm and posted as Principal Chief Conservator of Forest-cum-Additional Chief Secretary in charge of the Forest Environment &Wildlife Management Department.

Arvind Kumar re-designated as Principal RC in Delhi
Arvind Kumar has been re-designated as Principal Resident Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary to the Government of Sikkim in Delhi. He is 1985 batch IFS officer.

Commercial Taxes Deptt. of Karnataka gets gold medal for e-governance
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

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

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan is a hard country not a failed state
Addressing a gathering of Karachi's intelligentsia Anatol Lieven Professor of international relations and terrorism studies at King's College London argued that those who term Pakistan a 'failed state' are far from truth. Giving a sketch of his forthcoming book 'Pakistan A Hard Country' Prof Leiven felt it unfair to compare Pakistan with Afghanistan, Chechenya or Somalia as Pakistan has a resilience which no failed or failing state can ever have. You can't compare Pakistan with Iran either as unlike Iran Pakistan has a vibrant cultural diversity and is not a cultural monolith. 'Pakistan's strength' Lieven feels, 'lies in its resilience and the roots of its resilience are in its diversity'. It is this diversity and an underlying popular will to preserve it which keeps Pakistan from collapsing as a state.

Army demolishes Jinnah's heritage literally this time
Engineers from Pakistan Army's Corps V have demolished portion of a wall of the Jinnah House Museum in Karachi despite the building being a national monument protected under the heritage conservation and protection of antiquities laws. Originally built in the second half of 19th century by a Parsi family of Karachi the building was purchased by 'Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Barrister at law, Bombay' from Sorab Kavasji and Binu Katrak in 1944. When partition took place the Qaid's belongings were shifted here from his houses in Bombay and Delhi and following his death his sister Fatima lived here right upto 1964. In 1985 the government of Pakistan acquired the building, restored and declared it a national monument protected under law. Director of the Jinnah House Museum Naheed Zehra has in her report to the department of culture confirmed that the army engineers have willfully damaged the structure for which they are liable to imprisonment up to three years and fine up to Rs 100000/-.

Apex Court heat on law makers, Election Commission
Pakistan's supreme court on Monday suspended the membership of 28 law makers as the government has failed to bring about a constitutional amendment 'within the given time frame' to validate their election which according to the apex court has been held on the basis of 'unverified and bogus voter lists'. The law makers affected include 9 MNAs, 3 senators and 8 members of the Punjab provincial assembly, 4 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwaha, 2 from Sindh and 1 from the Balochistan provincial assembly. Significantly two federal ministers, Finance minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and Petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain are among the three senators suspended by the court.

Confrontation building up between SC, ECP
The Election commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the apex court seem to be heading for direct confrontation. Disregarding a directive of the apex court given on 19th January that no by-elections should be held until the voters' lists are duly verified and corrected the ECP has issued notification for 6 seats in the National Assembly and 4 in the provincial assemblies on 25th February. ECP has also published the schedule for holding elections for the upper house of the Parliament (Senate) on 2nd march as half of the members of Senate are retiring on 12th March and the seats can't be left vacant as per law. Meanwhile cricketer turned politician Imran Khan and a TV anchor Mubashir Lucman have filed two separate petitions before the supreme court praying for staying the proposed election schedule of the ECP.

Pakistan to export sugar
Pakistan who had to import 1.2 million tonnes of sugar because of fall in domestic production is all set to export at least 100000 tonnes during the current crop year. The domestic production of sugar is expected to be around 5 million tonnes against the likely domestic consumption of little over 4 million tonnes. Confirming the news Khizr hayat an officer of the Trade Corporation of Pakistan has said that the modalities for export whether to be through the trading corporation or through private channels are being worked out.

Punjab government's MoU with Google
Pakistan's Punjab government has signed an MoU with the search engine giant Google 'to promote archaeological sites of the province using Google maps'. After the signing ceremony Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif expressed the hope that the MoU will boost tourism in the province and also 'remove misconceptions about the country'. Financial implications of the MoU have not been made public so far.

PR for expansion of PPP model
Enthused by the success of Lahore -Karachi business express Pakistan railways are considering outsourcing commercial management of more trains to private sectors. The trains under consideration for the joint venture are; Lahore - Rawalpindi Subuk Rafter train, Shaheen Express between Sialkot and Karachi, Super Express between Malakwal and Karachi and Fareed Express from Lahore to Karachi via Kasur. In addition, a new express train Shalimar Express between Lahore and Karachi is to start under private commercial arrangements in the third week of this month.

Imprudent investment in stock market haunt CDA
Some imprudent investment decisions taken by Islamabad's capital development authority way back in 2007 continue to haunt the civic authority. Flushed with huge surpluses the CDA top brass had invested Rs 1.108 billion in purchasing shares the market value of which has now reduced to just Rs 409 million, i.e. nearly 30% of the invested amount. Financial and legal experts including Senator SM Zafar who recently raised the issue in the upper house of Pakistan's parliament are of the view that in taking the decision for such huge investment of its reserves in the Karachi stock exchange the CDA top brass had violated guide lines issued by the federal finance ministry on the subject. Pakistan's Auditor general has already criticised the decision and asked for a NAB or FIA probe to fix responsibility.

Srinivasan to be Additional Secretary Space ! (UPDATED)
S Srinivasan is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Space in the Government of India. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Sood also accredited Ambassador Monaco (UPDATED)
Rakesh Sood, presently Ambassador of India to France has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Principality of Monaco, with residence in Paris.

Rahul Khullar appointed Ambassador to Belgium (UPDATED)
Rahul Khullar presently Commerece Secretary has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Belgium in succession to Jaimini Bhagwati. He will also be accredited as Ambassador of India to the Council of the European Union and The European Commission.
(We said this on December 2, 2011 )

Antony Chacko selected as Director (Ope), HMT Ltd (UPDATED)
Antony Chacko, MD, Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL), has been selected for the post of Director (Operations), HMT Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting held on Tuesday. Three persons had appeared for the interview.

NIESBUD & IFC roll out Innovative TOT programme for MSME Sector (UPDATED)
The National Institute for Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development (NIESBUD), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Govt. of India has, in the presence of the Union Minister of MSME Virbhadra Singh, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, for jointly undertaking different Projects relating to entrepreneurship development in India.
Accordingly, NIESBUD will collaborate with the IFC in conducting Training of Trainers (TOT) programme for strengthening the training skills of MSME Trainers so that they are in a better position to impart training and thus facilitate sustenance of this vital sector of the Indian Economy. The ultimate objective is to create a cadre of Master Trainers who would, in turn, replicate the model to impart training for MSME Sector in a much bigger way. Speaking on the occasion, Singh elucidated the crucial role of the MSME Sector in achieving different socio-economic objectives. The Hon'ble Minister also elaborated the necessity of equipping the workforce of the country with the required skills for enabling the country to reap the demographic dividend. The officials present on the occasion expressed the hope that the programme(s) will go a long way in improving business skills and knowledge transfer, measuring outcomes through ensuring application of the acquired skills and building a professional community among MSME trainers. They included R K Mathur, Secretary (MSME); Amarendra Sinha, AS & DC (MSME); Arun Kumar Jha, Director General, NIESBUD and Anil Sinha, IFC General Manager for Advisory Services.

List of GMs for elevations as EDs in banks finalized (UPDATED)
The grapevine has it that the following names have reportedly been okayed for the elevation from General Managers (GMS) of Public Sector (PS) banks to Executive Directors (EDs) who include S K Kalra, Anil Kumar (both from Allahabad Bank), P Srinivas & R Atmaram (both from Andhra Bank), Arun Tiwari- Bank of Baroda), Bhupinder Nayyar and R K Goyal (both from Bank of India), Upagupta Mohapatra -Central Bank of India, K G Shenoy (Corporation Bank), Sudhir Kumar Jain & Sadhuram Bansal (both from Dena Bank), Malay Mukherjee (Indian Bank), K.Subramanian (Indian Overseas Bank), Atul Gautam (Oriental Bank of Commerce), Ranjan Dhawan & B P Sharma (both from Punjab National Bank), Ambrish Nanda (United Bank of India), S K Sangar (Union Bank of India).

T.R.Bajalia to be DMD, SIDBI (UPDATED)
T.R.Bajalia who is currently Executive Director(ED) IDBI Bank Limited, will be new Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of SIDBI.

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

Dhanlaxmi Bank MD resigns
MD and CEO of Thrissur-based Dhanlaxmi Bank Amitabh Chaturvedi has resigned.

Jacob is CGM, SBT
M C Jacob has been appointed Chief General Manager of the State Bank of Travancore.

Joshi appointed Company Secy. Indoco Remedies Ltd
Indoco Remedies Limited has appointed Sunil Joshi as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. February 8, 2012 in place of Jagdish B. Salian who would retire as Company Secretary w.e.f. February 7, 2012.

Pramod Agarwal is Alternate Director, Gillette India Ltd
Gillette India Limited has appointed Pramod Agarwal as an Alternate Director to Ms. Deborah Ann Henretta during her absence from Maharashtra state.

Kalyaniwalla resigns as Director, Great Offshore Ltd
Kaiwan Kalyaniwalla has resigned as a Director of Great Offshore Ltd w.e.f January 9, 2012.

IDBI Bank withdraws nominee from Board of Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Ltd
IDBI Bank Ltd. has withdrawn the nomination of S K Pai from the Board of Diretors of Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Ltd w.e.f January 21, 2012.

Shah re-appointed MD, SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd
SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd has re-appointed Kishor Shah as Managing Director of the company for a further period of three years with effect from April 1, 2012.

Singhania appointed CFO, SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd
SMIFS Capital Markets Ltd has appointed Anil Singhania as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company with effect from February 1, 2012.

Savita resigns as Company Secy., Rishiroop Rubber International Ltd
Ms. Rashmi Omprakash Savita has resigned as Company Secretary of Rishiroop Rubber International Ltd w.e.f. January 31, 2012.

Bajrang Jain resigns as Director, Computer Point Ltd
Bajrang Lal Jain, the Director of Computer Point Ltd has resigned from the company.

Das appointed Addl. Director, Computer Point Ltd
Ashok Das has been appointed as an Additional Director of Computer Point Ltd w.e.f. January 4, 2012.

Saraogi resigns as Director, BLS Infotech Ltd
Ms. Kavita Saraogi as Director of BLS Infotech Ltd has resigned from the company.

Bera appointed Addl. Director, BLS Infotech Ltd
Bibhas Bera has been appointed as an Additional Director of BLS Infotech Ltd w.e.f. January 3, 2012.

S. Jain resigns as MD, Computer Point Ltd
S. Jain, Managing Director of Computer Point Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. January 4, 2012.

Iyengar appointed Company Secy. Trigyn Technologies Ltd
Parthasarathy Iyengar has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Trigyn Technologies Ltd.

Asher appointed Addl. Director, Finolex Industries Ltd
Finolex Industries Ltd has appointed Sanjay K. Asher as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. February 4, 2012.

Math appointed Whole-time Director, Finolex Industries Ltd
S. S. Math has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of Finolex Industries Ltd w.e.f. February 4, 2012.

DEBATE -1

It is quite common place for elected people to address their seniors in age in the civil service as 'Sir'. Akhilesh Yadav, MP and young ministers have done so, out of respect for age. I think it adds to the stature of the political leader if he does so.

Singh

CEC brought laurels to EC and democracy

This is with reference to MG Devshayanam's post in forum (WIC - Feb 6, 2012) taking umbrage at the whisper of Feb 2 regarding CEC Qureshi's perceived political leanings towards the Congress party led by Mrs. Sonia Gandhi. Devshayanam has every right to shower praise on Qureshi out of his love and affection for his once upon a time junior
colleague in the Haryana cadre of the IAS but that need not make him oblivious of the fact that there is a wide spread popular perception about Qureshi's leanings towards the Congress party as some of his orders particularly in the context of Assembly Elections in UP are seen to be less than fair towards congress's main opponent the BSP. If Devshayanam can call the whisper under question 'foolhardy' he should pause and think whether the EC's directive to cover all statues of elephants could be called by any other name. EC's objection to a certain political leader canvassing in a particular type of vehicle because it is called a 'rath' which term has religious overtones too doesn't do good to the EC's reputation even if the objection was withdrawn subsequently. One only hopes Devshayanam doesn't consider these as examples of the CEC having brought "laurels to the Election Commission and to democracy itself".

NN Ojha

Although I am in legal profession but more known in other fields. I have gone through the predictions made on your site about U P elections but my reading as a para-psychologist and astrologer is different as I am giving you the seats as under:

1. SP- Around 145

2. Congress + allies- Around 70

3. BSP - Around 120

4. BJP- Around 55

5. Others/independents- around 8-13.

Congress Govt in Punjab but possibility of Congress in Uttarakhand

I have already twitted about 2-3 weeks ago to known journalist like Barkha Dutt and others about my reading about the elections for UP, Punjab and Uttarakhand.

Let's see how the results finally come this time but since more than one and a half decade whatever I predicted about elections has came true. I am the person who had predicted Congress Government at Centre with Manmohan Singh as PM and Mrs. Sonia Gandhi not as PM and this was published in The Hindu Daily in Delhi on Feb 5, 2004 much before the
election.

Malik J. B.

PMO's blunders are multi-ministerial

Recently PMO colluded with Ministry of Railways (MoR) in misinforming PM. In Nov.2011, the PMO wrongly aligned with MoR's unconstitutional proposal for promotion to the posts of General Managers in Railways. While DOPT, ACC & Cabinet Secretary had not agreed with MoR's illegal proposal; PMO was hoodwinked by MoR. The well established systems of checks and balances, inherent in the constitution, are repeatedly mis-used/ abused by top bureaucrats & politicians alike, that too at the apex levels in the Government of India. It's shameful.

OP

Who are our viewers?

Number of viewers may not be equated with number of hits that WIC scores. Perhaps, correction by a factor of 10 to hits scored will provide an indication of true size of actual viewers!

Be that as it may, viewers are appalled at wrong attribution and blatant mix up of name, photograph and sex of persons, which occurs frequently in these columns.

Also, photographs of persons, who are no longer in the Board of organizations that feature in these columns, continue to be displayed, which is misleading, especially when incumbency status has been reported in same columns!

S K Tewari.

People need clean water, food, administration

Lot of dust is kicked up in polity. The times are changing in the world and most of the people realising their rights need clean water/food/administration. The government has ministries spread over but nothing concrete has come up even after 63 years of independence the role of corrupt is the order of the day and they rule people with open eyes and never had shame. It is time. Say time is very short. Act now.

Kram Singh

Fix deadline for disposing Court cases

When the number of cases pending in various Courts are increasing day by day, the Courts are setting time limit for various Government duties/procedures but there is no time limit set for the court cases to be finished. It must be clearly fixed and strictly followed. Regarding reasons for the common man rushing to the Courts, main reason is that there is no proper public grievance redressal mechanism. Each department and each public office should have this mechanism which may greatly reduce the public discontent over Government functioning. People don't even know, how their problems could be resolved mainly due to cumbersome procedures and hundreds of statutory forms to be filled up and so many agencies involved. Single Window clearance is followed only for the rich and powerful and not for the common man. Hence this has to be addressed seriously. Then only the Government will enjoy the credibility of transparent and
corrupt free admn.

Dhayalan

Rushdie more than duly rewarded

You can sell things that you have. Rushdie had roots in India and in Islam and sold both and has been more than duly rewarded.

Prakash

On "IAS in AP up in arms"

This is apropos to whispers news item "IAS in AP up in arms". Whispers is more liberal in reporting this news that IAS in AP demanded Ministers and politicians should also be responsible for policy decisions. In a face saving exercise following arrest of three senior IAS officers including Principal Secretary (Home) and inclusion of three serving IAS in a chargesheet filed by the CBI, AP IAS officers President Mohapatra tongue slipped at a Press Conference two days ago while vehemently venting his comrades' emotions that "CBI catching only small fishes (IAS officers) and not big fishes (political
bosses)" and added further that Ministers and politicians should also be responsible for policy decisions. He himself admitted that the arrested accused stalwarts are small fishes who were instrumental in financial mismanagement in APIIC. Their agony is not understandable why APIIC's stake reduced to 6.5% from 26% overnight without approval
of even APIIC Board. The silver line for arrested Ex-Principal Secretary (Home) B P Acharya is, APIIC's PPP partner, EMMAR named a road after him (Acharya Marg) in the township for his act of benevolance.

MVK Reddy

Cover all other central services also

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

Keerthi

PCS officers not getting benefits

Poor PCS officers are not getting any benefits in this country. Though they are recruited directly by the Provincial Public Service Commissions as senior Class II officers and are eligible to get the IAS in 8 years, it takes more than 24 years to do so and many are retiring without becoming Divisional Commissioners. In comparison, recruits selected as Class III Inspectors by Staff Selection Commission are far better off, the Inspectors of Customs and Income tax retire at the level of DIG/ Divisional Commissioners.

Vijay Kumar

Serious discussion needed

Has anyone given a thought how such indiscriminate disclosure is going to affect the working of the government? No senior bureaucrat wants to write about an issue on the file for the fear that it may be misinterpreted late. Disclosure of file notings is adversely going to affect the morale of the officers who are writing such notes. It needs serious discussion whether uncontrolled disclosure should be allowed.

H B Patel

New rules of the game

We are being handed over new rules of the game." Office is responsible but not its head". "Loss to the public exchequer is not a criminal act per se. '"One may be a party to any wrong decision but one is innocent for that wrong decision'. One is really confused. These judgements are clearly going to throw out whatever little remnant of the term 'moral responsibility' is left. Minister is not responsible for the wrong decision because he was not advised correctly. Who advises him ? The
Secretary who in turns get advice from his Joint Secretary. Director is the one advising the joint secretary who can pass on the buck to the under secretary. To protect the Undersecretary there is Section officer. But then the section officer went by the note of the assistant. So catch the poor assistant. He appears to be all powerful in the decision-making process. Funny. No quite a dangerous proposition. God save Indian Administrative system !

Aarti Khosla

Both have been dealt with so differently

Madhavan Nair and Chidambaram both had been found guilty of compromising national security and frittering away of national resources of the same type in the Antrix Dewas deal and the 2G deal respectively. Both have not been any ulterior motive yet. All the same, both have been dealt with so differently. As the two are identically placed should they not have been given similar treatment?

S K Sharma

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)