What people say about us !

Very informative but do you take initiative to control/check the wrong actions of the officers and ministries.

Sanjeev

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Why are out Netas so scared of declaring that they own a car????

Do they feel if they declare they own one Election mein ho jaye gi haar???

Badal and Amrinder 'own' fleet of swanky cars!!!

Two of Amrinder's cars are even fitted with bars!!

Now Sidhu's wife has declared that she owns cars.... swanky ones!

What about the two Biggies in Punjab who are alleged to have wealth by tonnes?

Both biggies declared that they are car-less...now ironical wit!!!

To file nominations... Sidhu cycled and in swanky cars the Biggies did sit!!

Pawar is another car-less case!!!!

Just check out the cars parked at his place!!!

Basically the NAV declaration to EC by Netas is a gag!!

Benaami assets of course are not declared and value of declared assets

always does sag!

Rahul says 'vote for Congress and UP will change'!!

And independent psephology says UP's going to remain for Congress 'out

of range'!!

Rahul is heavily depending on Muslim vote!

But Mulayam advises Muslims 'I'll be here but Rahul will go back to

Delhi' so please take note!

Technically Guv should call the Party (pre poll alliance) that emerges

as having won the most seats!

And should not give any credibility to 'post poll opportunistic feats'!!!

There's a Congress Guv!!!

And he's going to side with the Party Congress is allied to when push

comes to shove!!

So in all probability if SP emerges as second largest but has

Congress's support!

Guv will order that to form Government to him Congress-SP nominated CM

should report'!

There will be a hue and cry and Congress will press into action its

Lawyer Brigade!!!

Who will justify Democracy being waylaid!!

I'm surprised ..... Amar had said he'll do everything to puncture SP's

Vote Bank!!

But by then demanding that BSP be kicked out he's shown he's up to some prank!!

Kids under 5 in India are malnourished!!

However rats in India are well nourished!!

On food grains all over India they gorge!!!

Rather than with us Indians a relationship with Rats the system doth forge!!

Seems for The System its ..... saara Desh ek taraf,

Humaare chuhe or rat Bhai ek taraf!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

A business house survey says, BJP will form Govt in UP?
A survey conducted by Lucknow based national business house says that this time BJP is going to form the Government in Uttar Pradesh. This survey is based on opinion of two lakh voters of the state.

Vijay Inder Singla's rare distinction
Vijay Inder Singla, Member of Parliament from Sangrur (Punjab) has a rare distinction that none of his kith or kin is contesting
forthcoming Punjab assembly polls. He is young, hardworking & a dedicated Congress MP.

Delhi Government in poll mode
Delhi Government being headed by Chief Minister Ms. Sheila Dixit is now in election mode, as in summers of 2012 assembly polls are to be held.

Is Dr. Amit Mitra on his way out?
Is West Bengal's Finance Minister Dr. Amit Mitra on his way out? Indications are that Dr. Mitra will be removed by West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee.

Who will succeed Dr. Amit Mitra?
Who will succeed West Bengal's Finance Minister Dr.Amit Mitra ? This question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. As the grapevine has it, West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee is keen on inducting as new Finance Minister.

Will differences between Gadkari and Munde diffuse?
In a meeting of the top BJP leadership that was held in Mumbai today, it is expected that Nitin Gadkari and Gopinath Munde will bury the hatchet and carve out a strategy for civic polls. But the grapevine is that the differences run deep and everything else is just a show.

Will Congress, NCP seat sharing formula for Maharashtra civic polls rout Sena?
Congress - NCP may have come together with amicable seat sharing formula, but now the parties are going to see a lot of defection. MNS is willing to lap up defecting candidates, saying since you have failed all places, try our party and win elections.

Is Pawar concerned over Prithvi's functioning?
It is heard that Ajit Pawar is a worried man these days over the orders that CM Prithviraj Chavan issues while he is at public
functions. Such is the concern of Ajit Pawar that he follows and keeps track of his activities. His PS also keeps calling up bureaucrats concerned to find out actions taken by the CM.

Are BMC corporators' tickets up for sale?
Are tickets of major political parties for forthcoming polls to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) which is also known as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), up for sale? This question is a hot topic of discussion in the political circles.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new CBDT Chief?
Who is going to succeed M C Joshi on February 1 as Chairman of the CBDT? A panel consisting of Laxman Das, Manjari Kackar and Poonam Kishore has been forwarded. Final decision is expected to take place before January 26.

Pujari to be AS & FA Agriculture
P K Pujari is being tipped to be Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Agriculture. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat
cadre.
It was a case of mistaken identity!
Bureaucratic circles were taken aback about the reports of shifting of Anup K Pujari from the post of Director General (DG), Directorate General Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce. Infact, another Pujari is being made AS &FA Agriculture and he is from Gujarat cadre.

Lt Gen Dastane to be Chief of Northern Command
GOC 14 Corps Lt Gen Ravi Dastane is reportedly moving as Chief of the Northern Command in the Indian Army.

Rajiv Mathur to be Member of CIC!
Former IB Chief Rajiv Mathur is being tipped to be Member of the Central Information Commission. He is retired 1972 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Has the Authority ordered attachment?
The Adjudicating Auhtority under Prevention of Money Laundering headed by P K Misra (Former Chairman CBDT) has reportedly given go ahead to Enforcement Directorate for attachment of property worth Rs.223 Crores in 2G scam case.

Rajasthan Chief Secretary to retire next month
Rajasthan Chief Secretary Salauddin Ahmad is retiring next month end. He is 1975 batch IAS officer.

C K Mathew to be new CS of Rajasthan
C K Mathew is going to succeed Salauddin on March 1 as Chief Secretary of Rajasthan. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

M P Chaudhari selected as Director (Finance), MOIL
M P Chaudhari, GM, MOIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Wednesday. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Defence Minister to go by seniority for new Army Chief
As the grapevine has it Defence Minister A.K. Antony is going to follow the rule of seniority in appointing new Chief of Army (COA).

Choudhary would have been IB Chief?
Why did J N Choudhary prefer to join as DGP of Assam? There is general feeling that 1955 born Choudhary would have been IB chief in the years to come had he not left the organization to join as DGP of Assam.

Niraj Sinha to succeed Choudhary
Niraj Sinha is going to succeed J N Choudhary in Kolkata .He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Now 11 EDs to vie for 6 slots of CMDs in PSU bank chiefs
There are 11 Executive Directors (EDs) of Public Sector(PS) banks who will vie for six slots of Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) on January 12.They are: Mrs. Archana Bhargawa - Canara Bank, Mrs. V R Iyer - Central Bank of India (CBI), R K Dube - Central Bank of India (CBI), Ashwani Kumar - Corporation Bank, Rajeev Rishi - Indian Bank, A K Dutt - Dena Bank, V Kannan - Oriental Bank of Commerce, Rakesh Sethi - Punjab National Bank, H S Mundra - Union Bank of India, Mrs. S A Panse - Vijaya Bank, N K Maini of SIDBI.

Rumour that was not correct
In the corridors of power, a rumour had spread since January 10, 2012 that interviews for six slot of Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) on January 12,2012 were being deferred. Reason was for a last minute pull and pressure to get new names added to the list of candidates. However, it was just a rumour.

Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar keen on moving out
As the grapevine has it, Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar is keen on moving out of the state. His preference is for either Bihar or
Jharkhand.

Ramakrishnan appointed CVO of TPT
R Ramakrishnan as Chief Vigilance Officer (Director Level) in the Turicorin Port Trust, Tuticorin. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of
Nagaland cadre.

Panel for GM, FCI Bihar rejected
Panel for the slot of GM, FCI Bihar region has been rejected by the Government of India (GoI).

Brijendra Singh tipped to be a Director, HRD
Brijendra Singh, Director (Secondary Education) to the Haryana Government is tipped to be a Director in the Ministry of Human
Resources Development (HRD). He is an IAS officer of the 1998 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Hectic lobbying for Commissioners' in MCD
In the wake of a decision to trifurcate Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) a hectic lobbying has begun for 2 new posts of Commissioners to come up in MCD. Presently, MCD has only one post of Commissioner that is being held by K S Mehra. He is an officer of 1978 batch who belongs to AGMUT cadre.

Banerjee is GM Eastern Zone of FCI
Aanindya Banerjee, an ISS officer of 2000 batch has joined as General Manager Eastern Zone of the FCI.

Arunachal Pradesh Governor authoring a book
Arunachal Pradesh Governor General Joginder Jaswant Singh (Retd), is busy authoring his autobiography. It will be titled "A soldier's General". Its publishers will be HarperCollins Publishers. As the grapevine has it the book will be released sometime in March 2012.

Chawla on the Board of IIA
JPS Chawla senior ICAS officer has been inducted on the board of Governors Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA) USA. He is an ICAS officer of 1985 batch.

Mrs. Meenakshi Hooja's yet another poetry book
Mrs Meenakshi Hooja, Chairperson, Board of Revenue for Rajasthan at Ajmer and IAS officer of 1975 batch, has just had her first book of English poems "Outpourings: Poetic Expressions" published by Indo American Books, New Delhi. It contains 90 selected poems out of the over 600 English poems that she has written. Mrs. Hooja also has had 3 books of her Hindi poetry published, one of which "Keh Na Sakoon Jo Roobaroo" had won a government of Rajasthan cash award and appreciation certificate for original writing in 2004. Mrs Hooja also has authored or edited 5 books on development and administrative themes including panchayati raj, tribal development and poverty alleviation. In 2009 Meenakshi Hooja had received 'excellence in World Poetry Award' from International Poets Academy Chennai for her English poetry.

1979 batch IAS to get ACS rank in Maharashtra
Two 1979 batch IAS officers Dr Amitabh Rajan and A M Khan are being promoted to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra this month.

Four IPS officers get Selection-Grade in Karnataka
Four 1999 batch IPS officers have been given selection-grade in Karnataka. They are Mssrs Devajyoti Ray, SP (KGF), K V Sridhar, G Ramesh and B S Prakas.

Will Anita Punj return to Punjab?
Will Ms. Anita Punj, Deputy Director, SVP NPA Hyderabad return to the parent Punjab cadre to get promotion to the rank of IG? She is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Post of Chairperson vacant in Land Ports Authority of India
The post of Chairperson has been lying vacant in Land Ports Authority of India under the Home Ministry. Those willing to apply can send their applications to K K Mittal, Joint Secretary, Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi.

Six bank CMDs to retire this year
Six CMDs of Public Sector Banks are retiring in the financial year 2012 and 2013.

R Venkadasamy gets addl. charge of PCE, SECR
R Venkadasamy (HAG/IRSE), CAO (C), South Eastern Central Railway (SECR), has been assigned additional charge of PCE/SECR.

Sunil Arora gets addl charge in Rajasthan
Sunil Arora, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government of Rajasthan, Department of Industries, Jaipur, State Enterprises and NRI has been given the additional charge of departments under Ashok Singhvi Principal Secretary - Small-Scale Industries and Khadi and Village Industries till the later returns from leave. Arora is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

MOU signed between INDEXT-b and INBISCO Co. of Indonesia
An MOU was signed on January 12, 2012 between Gujarat government's INDEXT-b and INBISCO, a world famous food product company of Indonesia, to set up a food product manufacturing plant at the cost of Rs.1, 000 crore in Sanand.INBISCO has decided to set up its project in 85,000 sq.meter area in Sanand GIDC estate. The MOU was signed by INBISCO's president director Andre Sukendra Atmadani and Managing Director (MD) of INDEXT- Mukesh Kumar in the presence of Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Singh is new SSP Jammu
Prabhat Singh has been appointed new SSP Jammu. Anand Jain has been posted as Commandant IRP 15 battalion in place of Prabhat Singh.

IAS to replace IPS in West Bengal
IAS officers in the rank of Secretary and Principal Secretary will look after the control room to see Gangasagar Mela arrangements from the Writer's Building.

IPS changes in Tamil Nadu
Shailesh Kumar Yadav will be new Police Commissioner of Trichy City. E Ma Masanamuthu will now be IG, Training, Chennai .K Sokkalingam has been transferred as IG, Coastal Security Group, Chennai. A Alexander Mohan has replaced Sokkalingam. Sunil Kumar was transferred to the post held by Yadav.

Five IAS shifted in Uttar Pradesh
The Election Commission has ordered shifting of five DMs in Uttar Pradesh. Aparna U will be new DM of Ghaziabad in place of SPL Sushil. MKS Sundaram has been appointed DM Hardoi in place of AKS Rathore. Rajesh Umar has been made DM Chandauli. K Vijendra Pandyan has been made DM, Lalitpur and M Devraj as DM Pratapgarh.

IPS transfers in Uttar Pradesh
The Election Commission has ordered transfers of several IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh. PK Mishra has been appointed DIG Basti range. Amitabh Yash will be DIG Moradabad Range. AK Raghav has been made SP Bahraich, Upendra Agarwal is SP Jaunpur, Dharmendra Singh is SP Sant Kabir Nagar, Sachi Ghildiyal is SP Sant Ravidas Nagar, Prashant Kumar II is SP Unnao and Rakesh Pradhan is SP Etah.

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan: Real story behind Defence Secretary's sacking?
According to some senior officers of the GHQ the real reason for sacking of defence secretary Lodhi is that he refused to sign a
previously drafted affidavit from the PMO that the MoD didn't agree with the affidavits submitted by army chief Keyani and DG ISI Shuja Pasha about the authenticity of the controversial memo. With Nargis Sethi considered close to the civilian setup it would be easier to repudiate the damaging (but factually accurate) affidavits of the top generals. It is also rumoured that whenever a senior general is to be appointed or removed the defence secretary's signatures are procedurally necessity which may not be difficult with Nargis being in charge. The only fly in the ointment is that the GHQ is abuzz with rumours that the army may simply ignore the new defence secretary and not cooperate in any manner.

Pakistan: PM Sacks Defence Secretary; Army warns of serious ramifications
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has sacked the defence secretary Khalid Naeem Lodhi 'for gross misconduct and illegal action which created misunderstanding between state institutions'. Lodhi is accused of 'not processing the submissions made by the MoD before the apex court in the 'memogate' case. A show cause notice was given to Lodhi by the defence minister for having filed an affidavit in the supreme court stating that the MoD had no 'operational control' over the armed forces and the ISI. The Sacking has however come without waiting for Lodhi's reply to the notice. Nargis Sethi a bureaucrat close to the PM has been given additional charge of defence secretary. Reacting to the PM's decision the Army's PR outfit ISPR has warned of
grievous consequences for the country and an emergency meeting of the corps commanders has been called at the GHQ. The commander of the important 111 brigade responsible for protecting the federal capital has also been shifted and Brigadier Sarfaraj Ali posted as the new commander.

Pakistan : An Illegal Task Force For CDA?
A three member task force headed by Mr Faisal Sakhi Batt with Nargis Faiz Malik and Asad Mumtaz Khan as members has been appointed by Pakistan's Prime Minister 'to oversee' the functioning of Islamabad's Capital Development Authority (CDA). Faisal Batt a 'notable' of Islamabad is a friend of President Zardari, Nargis Malik a member of Punjab Provincial Assembly and Asad Mumtaz Khan is President of PPP Islamabad. Chairman CDA has however questioned the legality of the notification which according to him is against the CDA ordinance 1960. The CDA according to this ordinance is answerable to the Prime Minister and Parliament of Pakistan and committees appointed by the Parliament and no task force can have the authority to 'oversee' its
functioning. The task force may at the most give suggestions which it is upto the authority to accept or not.

Two IAS officers in Haryana get fresh postings
Two IAS officers in Haryana have been given fresh postings. While Pradeep Kasni - Joint Secretary (Health) has been transferred as Officer on Special Duty, Planning Board, Haryana, Vikas Yadav - Managing Director, Haryana Seeds Development Corporation has been given the charge of Deputy Secretary (Health) in addition to his present duties. Both these Haryana cadre officers belong to 2000 and 2003 batch respectively.

Rajeev Lakhara, IRS (IT), deputed as MD, FDDI (UPDATED)
Rajeev Lakhara, IRS (IT), has been deputed as Managing Director, Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI).

Three IRAS officers get HA grade (UPDATED)
Three IRAS officers have been granted HA grade on non-functional basis. The officers include K B Nanda of Northern Railway (NR), K S Sunila of North Frontier Railway (NFR)and Gurdev Singh of RCF.

SEBI to reform IPO process, make disclosure norms effective (UPDATED)
Capital markets regulator SEBI said it will reform the initial public offer (IPO) process and ensure that disclosure norms are made effective as the Indian financial markets undergo radical reforms to become globally competitive. "We are looking at every aspect. The basic aim is to curb volatility, particularly on the day of listing," said Rajeev Agarwal, whole-time Director of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) while addressing an ASSOCHAM conference.
Agarwal said, the industry should make efforts to channelise more savings into capital markets to fund capital requirements of various sectors. Only 4.6 per cent of national savings are invested in capital markets while the country needs investments of one trillion dollars to build infrastructure in the next five years. Agarwal said even pension funds can be invested as new products evolve and regulations are harmonised so that GDP growth of nine per cent can be maintained.
Meanwhile, C S Mohapatra, Director (secondary markets and UTI) at the finance ministry's Department of Economic Affairs, said the government will remove regulatory overlaps to bring financial stability and take measures to boost corporate bond market.
Nanda Kumar, senior vice-president of the National Stock Exchange said, the current global uncertainties pose challenges and opportunities for the Indian financial sector. The industry requires innovation, efficiencies, transparency and safety to bring back investors' confidence.
R N Dhoot, President elect of The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), said watershed structural reforms have taken place in the banking sector during 20 years of pro-active reforms. "The time has come for consolidated efforts by all stakeholders for inclusive growth," he said adding financial sector reforms can add significantly to economic growth and also make a significant contribution to the sustainability of this growth.
ASSOCHAM Secretary General D S Rawat said the financial system's ability to efficiently intermediate domestic and foreign capital into productive investment and to provide financial services to a vast majority of households will influence economic as well as social stability.
Rashesh Shah, Chairman of ASSOCHAM National Council for Capital Markets, said Indian yearly savings total 500 billion dollars. The India growth story is in tact, he said, but four trends are worrisome. High inflation, rising interest rates, burgeoning fiscal deficit and the currency under pressure have led many to conclude that economic reforms are stuck for the moment.
Others present during the conference were Anil Agarwal, past president of ASSOCHAM, S C Agarwal, co-chairperson of ASSOCHAM National Council for Capital Markets, and Manish Kedia, Director and head of debt practices at Resurgent India.

Justice Sharma to succeed Justice Bhagwati (UPDATED)
Former judge of Supreme Court, Dr Justice Mukundakam Sharma to succeed Justice P N Bhagwati as the Chancellor of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi.

Bassi is Special Commissioner Administration in Delhi Police (UPDATED)
Bhim Sain Bassi has been moved as Special Commissioner (Administration) in Delhi Police .He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Aditya Arya to look after Spl CP/AP (UPDATED)
Aditya Arya will look after the work of Spl.CP/AP in Delhi Police. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.

Mukul Kumar elected President of Indian Oil Officers' Association (UPDATED)
Mukul Kumar has been elected as All India President of Indian Oil Officers' Association (IOOA) for the second consecutive term in the recently concluded election of the office bearers of the IOOA. He along with his new team formally assumed office after a General Body Meeting held at Mumbai. The newly elected apex body of IOOA comprises of Mukul Kumar, President, Pitamber Tripathy - Vice President, Alok Roy - General Secretary, Aloke Singh - General Treasurer, Ashutosh Mehta - Secretary AICEC, C Yeshwanth - Joint Secretary (Marketing), Debashish Datta - Joint Secretary (R&P), Ashish Kumar - Refinery Coordinator and 51 members of All India Central Executive Committee (AICEC) of IOOA. Sudhir Bhalla, Director (HR) along with all the HR heads of Refineries, Pipelines, Marketing and R&D Divisions congratulated the newly elected officer bearers of IOOA and later had interaction with them. Mukul Kumar thanked the Management for facilitating the successful and smooth conduct of the IOOA biennial election. On behalf of officers' fraternity, he assured full cooperation in fostering the sustained growth of the Corporation. IndianOil is the largest commercial enterprise of India ranked 1st in Fortune India 500 List and holds 98th position in the Global Fortune 500 Listing. The corporation has strong body of over 14,000 officers represented by the Indian Oil Officers' Association (IOOA).

Promotion list of 1990 batch IRS today (UPDATED)
Transfer and promotion list of 1990 batch IRS (IT) officers to the rank of Commissioner is being issued today.

P K Mishra to be new Secretary DoPT ! (UPDATED)
Secretary Steel is reportedly moving as Secretary Department of Personnel in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on January 5 )

T S Suresh selected as Director (Proj. & Busi. Planning), SAIL (UPDATED)
T S Suresh, ED, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Project & Business Planning) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Thursday. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

Kiran Dhingra to be new Secretary Textiles (UPDATED)
Kiran Dhingra is being appointed new Secretary Textiles. She is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on December 13 )

Loretta Mary Vas to be Secretary Panchayat (UPDATED)
Loretta Mary Vas is being appointed new Secretary Panchayati Raj. She is 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on January 11 )

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

Nomura 's Bhattal resigns
Nomura Holdings Deputy President Jasjit Bhattal has resigned.

Khandelwal retires as CFO, Jaykay Enterprises Ltd
K. N. Khandelwal has ceased to be Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Jaykay Enterprises Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2012 following his retirement from the services of the company on December 31, 2011.

Shikari ceases to be Alternate Director, Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd
Sohel Shikari have ceased to be Alternate Director of Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2012

Rishi resigns as Director, Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd
Ravinder Kumar Rishi, Director of Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd has resigned w.e.f. December 5, 2011.

Krishna resigns as Non Exec. Director, Sundaram Clayton Ltd
Suresh Krishna, Non Executive Director resigned from the Board of Directors of Sundaram Clayton Ltd w.e.f. December 24, 2011

Chatterjee resigns as Director, Ramsarup Industries Ltd
The Board of Ramsarup Industries Ltd has accepted the resignation of Lalit Mohan Chatterjee as a Director of the company w.e.f. January 9, 2012
Parthasarathy appointed Head (Client Leadership Team), Mindshare Mindshare has appointed M Parthasarathy as Head of Client Leadership team.

Bhatt resigns as Director, Exdon Trading Company Ltd
The Board of Exdon Trading Company Ltd has accepted the resignation of Rakesh Y. Bhatt as a Director of the company.

Solanki appointed Addl. Director, Exdon Trading Company Ltd
Mahendra Solanki has been appointed as Additional Director of the Exdon Trading Company Ltd.

Vaidya resigns as Asst. Company Secy. Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd
Siddharth Vaidya, Assistant Company Secretary, Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. January 10, 2012.

Mohan appointed COO, ACK-Media
ACK-Media has appointed Manas Mohan as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) w.e.f. January 1, 2012.

DEBATE

It's really sad that we are still fumbling with this archival notion of "Sir" being reminiscent of colonial era. Traditionally and culturally, we have been groomed to address our guests, elders and seniors as Sir or with some other respectful word. But over a period a particular class has made it their privilege and gets offended if not addressed that way. Leave aside bureaucrat, even a office peon does not like it, if not addressed "Sir" or "Ji".

Our ruling class should learn from developed countries. The most powerful man on earth is called Mr President or Barrak and certainly not Sir. I am told by my Australian Professor friend that when he met Prime Minister there, the first introduction was Mr Prime Minister, but in later meetings, it was only Mr Howard.

Hope we take lessons from this and concentrate on development rather than such useless egoistic jingos.

Vineet Agrawal

DEBATE (2)

The subject of your debate is just 'Much ado about nothing'.

Aarti Khosla

IAS has served the country well!

Other services should not compare with the IAS. The IAS is the only service which has served the country well, from 1948 onward till date, IAS officers have even died in the cause of the nation. Anyway, it is the elite service in India and no other service can even compare.

A K Singh

If a Government employee gets a delayed promotion, the logic of 'no work no pay' is adopted. The court's of the country also ratify this. But if the MPs stall the Parliament proceedings and no work takes place, they get payments for having not worked. Can anybody explain this dilemma in the background of Right to Equality embroiled in the Constitution of India.

A Srivastava

Factually incorrect

This regarding the comment of Rakesh Tiwari regarding "State of affairs" on 11-01-2012. This is factually incorrect as nowhere in the country has 1997 batch of IAS has got SAG. 1996 will be eligible for it this year (actual grant may take some time in all cadres), but only to those officers posted in the state cadre, not in GoI.

Surendra S Rawat

All Kudos to brave Officers

These upright and sincere officers faced the violent mob which assaulted police and public in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu. Because of the timely action by police hundreds of innocent lives were saved. Kudos to such brave Officers.

Anuj Goel

Many may not be aware that the Indian Muslim League is the successor of the hated Muslim League of the pre-partition India. They maintain the same head quarters of the pre-partition days in Kerala. Nehru who is the cause of many problems facing this country was responsible for allowing this outfit to continue in Kerala. At first Congress was scared to come any where near this communal party. Later Congress and the left vied with each other to give credibility to this party. Now Sionia led UDF has gone one step ahead by including them in the UDF and giving ministership in the vital HRD Ministry at the centre. Congress has now found this arch communal party as its secular mascot. This party is busy now coordinating and bringing all Muslim communal elements under their umbrella. The Minister is busy opening branches of Aligarh Muslim University in all nooks and corners of this country where there are sizable Muslim population.In Kerala, they have opened a branch in Ernad, the centre of Moplah rebellion of 1921 where thousands of Hindus were killed. Congress who is responsible for the first partition and cause of many problems facing this country is slowly taking this country for the second partition.

N Krishnan

Why should IT companies go to SE Asian countries?

Given that cost of living is lower in many tier II cities such as Patna, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Bhopal, and many others, its a case of state governments pulling these entities with an attractive package ( soft loans, land etc). This will ot only create demand for jobs in these cities, it will help India retain its comparative advantage and earn the FE that is badly needed. GOI should perhaps facilitate this process.

Vinayak

A blatant fraud by Gen V K Singh

I agree with views of writer. Law does not look at the faces. Every one is equal before it. Had such action is against an persons below officer rank, an army officer, who is commanding a battalion, would have put him before summary/general court martial but Gen Singh is threatening to Government of India that he would go to Supreme Court for so called justice. Justice is that he should be penalised if he has done something wrong in changing his date of birth which he could have done before he entered the Army.

RC

Can the High Court rules over-ride the RTI Act?

The appellant's request for information relating to the Haryana Superior Judicial Services was refused by the APIO citing the rules 4(a) and 5 of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Right to Information) Rules 2007. On appeal, the FAA directed to provide information on certain points. Regarding remaining information, the FAA endorsed the decision of the APIO without claiming any exemption section of RTI Act. The respondent submitted that he was bound by the rules framed by his own High Court and could not comment on whether those rules were in conformity with
the provisions of the RTI Act or not. The Commission held that the stand taken by the Respondent is totally out of sync with the provisions of the RTI Act and directed to provide the information.

Comments

Many PIO's tend to refer to departmental rules or rules made by the public authority in exercise of its powers under Section 28 of the RTI Act. Section 28 confers powers on the competent authority, to make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. But no competent authority can make rules to obstruct the disclosure of information by adding additional exemption provisions not contained in the original Act.

Shri Sudesh
Kumar Goyal v. High Court of Punjab & Haryana in file
No.CIC/WB/A/2010/000070SM

[Mr. Paras Nath Singh v. Ministry of External Affairs in CIC/SG/A/2011/002072/15657Adjunct]

- 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)