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Who benefitted from coal block allocation?
Alliance partner of the UPA held out against auctioning of coal blocks saying that it will add to the cost of power being produced and forced the PM not to auction the coal blocks. Corporate India it is heard went to alliance partner to thank them in many ways for allowing discretionary allocation of blocks. Sources say that the alliance partner in 2004 also used the same technique of allocation in its own state.

What is Vilas Rao Deshmukh upto?

It is heard that Indian Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Vilas Rao Deshmukh had thrown a dinner for 40 MLAs' of Maharashtra who are close to him. This follows after his recent get together with ex CM Ashok Chavan. Many view this as a tactical move by both Maratha strongmen to revive their fortunes in the state against the incumbent Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.

Which scam is unearthing next?
Which is the next scam being unearthed by CAG was the question in minds of many while CAG attended a recent award function in Mumbai. Corporate India is concerned say many.

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level postings this week or after session
Secretary level postings are expected to made in the Government of India this week. Cabinet Secretariat and the PMO have already done their home work. Another source said that changes in GoI will happen only after Parliament session.

Eight Secretary level postings in GoI in the offing
Atleast eight Secretary level postings are expected to be made in the Government of India. They are in Steel, Tribal Affairs, Culture, Doner, IPP, Tariff Commission, Tribal Welfare Commission and Planning Commission.

Five 1977 batch IAS officers to get postings
All the five 1977 batch empanelled IAS officers A S Lamba, O P Rawat, P K Deb, Ashok Thakur and Neeta Chaudhary are all set to get postings as Secretary in the Government of India.

Posting of 1978 batch IAS officers to start
Posting of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to commence shortly.

Two 1978 batch IAS officers to get posting
Two 1978 batch IAS officers are expected to get Secretary level posting along with 1977 batch IAS officers.

Will Anoop Mishra join as Additional Secretary?
Will 1978 batch UP cadre IAS officer Anoop Mishra succeed Rakesh Singh as Additional Secretary, Banking for one month? One can only wait and watch.

Will Rahul Khullar move to Planning Commission?
After the departure of Jawed Usmani to Uttar Pradesh as Chief Secretary, it is believed that Secretary Commerce Rahul Khullar will move to Planning Commission as Secretary.

Why did Ahluwalia meet PM?
A meeting of Planning Commission Vice Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia with the Prime Minister is considered significant. He is believed to have discussed about the ensuing bureaucratic reshuffle.

Sudha Pillai to retire this month end
Secretary Planning Commission Ms Sudha Pillai is retiring on March 31.Topper of 1972 batch IAS, Ms Pillai started her career as SDM Thiruvananthapuram. She finished her BA Honours degree at the age of 18 years and topped the Punjab University, securing the Gold Medal.
She is married to G K Pillai who retired as Secretary Home GoI.

No retirement order so far?
There are reports that Army Headquarters has so far not issued retirement order of the Army Chief Gen V K Singh. Any significance?

Jayakumar is new Chief Secretary of Kerala
K Jayakumar will succeed Dr P Prabhakaran as Chief Secretary of Kerala on April 1. He is 1978 batch IAS officer. His appointment orders have been issued.
(We said this on March 27)

Anand Prakash to succeed Pradip Mehra?
1979 batch IAS officer Anand Prakash is likely to succeed Pradip Mehra as Financial Commissioner in the Delhi Government. Mehra is retiring on March 31.

Ms Tshering Yangzom is new JS NER
Ms Tshering Yangzom will be new Joint Secretary in the Department of North Eastern Region. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Parimal Rai to join Goa Government
Parimal Rai is all set to join the Goa Government next week. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

S P Singh joins Delhi Government
S P Singh has joined the Delhi Government. 1984 batch IAS officer, Singh, was earlier posted in Mizoram. His posting is yet to be made.

16 Major Generals to get promotion!
Altogether 16 Major Generals are believed to have been cleared for the promotion in the Indian Army to the rank of Lt General.

38 Brigediers to get promotion in Indian Army?
38 Brigediers, 28 in Command and 10 in Staff, are believed to have been cleared for the promotion to the rank of Major General in the Indian Army.

Rao selected as Director (NP & M), RCIL
A S Rao, ED, RCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (NP &M), Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 28, 2012. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

Ms. Nivedita Shrivastava is Director, LF in DoT
Ms. Nivedita Shrivastava has, on return from leave, joined as Director, Licencing Finance (LF) in the Department of Telecommunication (DoT). She is an IP&TAFS officer of 1994 batch.

Mahendra Kumar Gupta is Commissioner (Personnel), DDA
Mahendra Kumar Gupta who so far was Sr. DPO/Sonpur has joined as Commissioner (Personnel), DDA, New Delhi on March 26, 2012.

DRMs transfer list to be based on old panel
As the grapevine has it, DRMs transfer list will be based on old panel.

Bharat Salhotra selected as Director (Fin.), DFCCIL
Bharat Salhotra, Gr G M, DFCCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Why did Garg not join CBI so far?
Anurag Garg is yet to join CBI as DIG. The Government of India has sent an advisory to this effect to the State Government to relieve him at once so as to enable the officer to join his central deputation. He is Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1993 batch.

Neera Rawat is GM (Security) AAI
Ms. Neera Rawat has been appointed as GM (Security) Airport Authority of India New Delhi. She is Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1992 batch.

Sinha to join GoI!
Prem Anand Sinha, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Anna Nagar, District Greater Chennai is likely to go on central deputation as DIG. He is likely to join as Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau . He is a Tamil Nadu cadre IPS office of 2001 batch.

Kuldeep Kumar applies for central deputation
Kuldeep Kumar, IG/Director Fire Services (ON Study Leave), has applied in central deputation for the post of CVO. He is an IPS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to Manipur Tripura cadre.

Ms Kaur returns to IDES
Ms. Inderjeet Kaur, Director (Police), Ministry of Home Affairs, is back to the parent cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. She is an Indian Defence Estates Service Officer 1990 Batch.

Tripathy to be OSD to Jena?
Manish Tripathy, Deputy Secretary in Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, is likely to be appointed as OSD to Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent Charge), for Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers. He is an Indian Defence Account Service cadre officer of 1998 batch.

Sanyal moves to Ranchi
Tapas Kumar, Sanyal, Deputy Director General, NSSO (FOD), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Kolkata has been transferred As Deputy Director General, NSSO(FOD) at Ranchi. He is an Indian Statistical Officer of 1983 batch.

Two IPS officers to go to UK
Two IPS officers of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in the Ministry of Home Affairs have been selected for the 3rd batch one month Phase-V, MCTP course, 2012 in United Kingdom (UK). They are Nasir Kamal, 1986 batch Uttar Pradesh Cadre officer and P.R.K. Naidu,1987 batch Jharkhand Cadre officer.

Two IDAS officers are now Controller General
1976 batch IDAS officer Virendra Diwan and 1977 batch IDAS officer Ms. Priti Mohanty have been made Controller General of Defence Accounts.

Top level changes in Income Tax only in May
All the proposals of top level postings in the Income Tax Department have been shelved. Now it will take place only in May.

Change in MOSPI
Arvind Kumar, JS, MOSPI is returning to the Railways. Search for his successor has started in DOP&T.

Manish Chaudhary to join Chandigarh Administration
Haryana cadre IPS officer Maneesh Chaudhary is set to become the SP (Traffic) Chandigarh Police.

Over 200 IT officers get ACIT grade
More than two hundred Income Tax) officers posted at various regions of Income Tax have been granted Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) grade.

Two IRS officers get selection grade
Two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers A K Singh, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax and R L Chhanalia, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, have been placed in the selection grade (non-functional).

P S Appu is no more
P S Appu passed away in Bangalore on Wednesday at the age of 83. He was 1951 batch IAS officer.

PESB seeks applications for post of CMD, NBCC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Board before May 31, 2012.

Post of Dy. CEO in FSSAI vacant
The post of Deputy Chief Executive Officer has been lying vacant in the Senior Management of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on deputation basis. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (Services Branch-II) at the earliest.

Prof. Faizan Mustafa is new VC of NALSAR University
Prof. Faizan Mustafa, Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Orissa, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of NALSAR University, Hyderabad. The search committee headed by the former Supreme Court judge, Justice A. K. Ganguly, had recommended four names of which Prof Mustafa was picked up. NALSAR is number one law university in the country as per last year's ranking.

NALCO pays dividend of Rs.202 to GoI (UPDATED)
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the Navratna PSU, under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India (GoI), has declared an interim dividend of 18%, i.e. Rs.0.90 per share of Rs.5 each, amounting to Rs.231.95 crore for the financial year 2011-12, on the paid-up equity share capital of Rs.1288.62 crore. Dinsha J. Patel, Union Minister of State (independent charge), Ministry of Mines, was presented a National Electronic Clearing Service (NECS) advice amounting to Rs.202.14 crore as interim dividend on the 87.15% shares held by the GoI in New Delhi on March 28, 2012. Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Mines GoI and from NALCO, B L Bagra, CMD and S S Mahapatra, Director (Production) were notably present on the occasion. NALCO, which started its commercial operations in 1987 has been earning profits consistently and has been declaring dividends since 1992. For the year 2010- 11, the company had declared a total dividend of Rs.257.72 crore. The company had earned a net profit of Rs.1069 crore during the year 2010-11. During the current financial year 2011-12, the company has provisionally earned a net profit of Rs.567.40 crore up to December 2011. The 18% interim dividend is being paid on enlarged capital base after split and bonus issue last year. Since its inception, NALCO has paid Rs.4171.25 crore as dividend including Rs.3637.16 crore to GoI. In addition, the company had also repaid an amount of Rs.644.31 crore to its shareholders during 1999 by reducing the capital base by 50%.

NERAMAC signs MoU with GoI for 2012-13 (UPDATED)
North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC), a CPSU, under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), Govt. of India, has recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the FY 2012-13 with MDoNER, Government of India. The MoU for 2012-13 signed between Anil Kumar, IAS, Secretary, MDoNER and S Bhattacharjee, MD, NERAMAC, sets out certain performance targets based on static financial parameters, dynamic parameters, sector specific and enterprise specific parameters. P K Pattanaik, IAS, Joint Secretary, MDoNER and P R Meshram, Director, MDoNER were also present during the MoU signing. As per the MoU, Ministry of DoNER will assist NERAMAC in supporting the NLCPR projects planned to take up in the north east for development of agro & food processing in a larger perspective. The MoU envisages higher growth in NERAMAC's operations during the year 2012-13 with significant focus on its procurement & marketing portfolio for the farmers of the north east. NERAMAC would support the farmers in bringing up agri-business through capacity development programs, awareness programs etc. Continuing with the growth registered during last couple of years, NERAMAC is poised to continue its growth and contribute towards bringing up sustainable agriculture marketing in NE Region.

ASSOCHAM's 5th Intl. Conference on Aerospace & Defence on Mar 30 in Delhi (UPDATED)
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) is holding its 5th International Conference on Aerospace & Defence on the subject of "Creating a Domestic Supply Chain in the A&D Sector" on March 30, 2012, at 10 am at Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi. Dr. M M Pallam Raju, Union Minister of State for Defence will be chief guest while V K Singh, Chief of Army and R K Mathur, Secretary, Ministry of MSME are guest of honour. Besides, other speakers include: Marcin Idzik, Dy. Minister for Armament and Modernization, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland, H E Francois Richier, Ambassador, Embassy of France, H E Lars-Olof Lindgren, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden, Air Marshal K K Nohwar, Vice Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force, Vice Admiral (Retd.) P C Bhasin, Chairman, ASSOCHAM Defence Committee, Kamesh Gupta, Co-chairman, ASSOCHAM Defence Committee, and D S Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM.

Saboo selected as Director, UCIL (UPDATED)
B L Saboo, Chief (Finance), NHDC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 29, 2012. As many as five persons were interviewed.

Tabom Bam empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Tabom Bam has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

M C Ratan empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
M Chaya Ratan has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Lubhaya empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ram Lubhaya has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

K S Mehra empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Kanwal Singh Mehra has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India (GoI). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

R N Choubey is Addl. Secy., MHA (UPDATED)
Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on January 16, 2012)

V.R. Gupta to join as Director (Finance) CWC on March 30,2012 (UPDATED)
V R Gupta is going to be new Director (Finance) of the Central Warehousing Corporation from March 30,2012. Presently he is Director Finance with IRCTC.
(We said this on April 15,2011)

IRS officer Mrs. Mittal deputed as ADG, UIDAI, Mumbai (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Mrs. Aparna Mittal has been deputed as Assistant Director General in Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Mumbai.

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

Govt. in search of CMDs for NMDC and NALCO
The Government of India is in search of Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) for two Navratna Companies National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO).

ED NABARD Shekhawat to retire in May
Executive Director of NABARD Shekhawat is superannuating in May.

HUDCO signs MoU with MoHUPA for 2012-13
Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) and the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) entered into the Memorandum of Understanding, identifying the parameters for performance levels to be achieved by HUDCO during 2012-13. The MoU was
executed by A K Misra, Secretary (HUPA) and V P Baligar, CMD, HUDCO in the presence of senior officials from the Ministry and HUDCO. The MoU envisages higher growth in HUDCO's operations during the year 2012-13 with significant focus on its social housing portfolio for the weaker sections. HUDCO would support over 3.84 lac dwelling units under Affordable Housing including EWS and LIG. HUDCO aims to sanction projects worth over Rs.22, 000 crore and disburse over Rs.6, 200 crore during the ensuing year. Continuing with the impressive growth registered by HUDCO during the current financial year, HUDCO is poised to continue its growth and contribute towards housing and urban infrastructure development across the country.

ONGC signs MoU with MoPNG for 2012-13
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) for its Performance Evaluation Parameters and Targets for the year 2012-13.The MoU was signed by Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, ONGC and G C Chaturvedi, Secretary, P&NG at Delhi in the presence of ONGC Directors and senior officials from MoPNG. The MoU 2012-13 has specific targets of production of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Reserve Accretion which includes ONGC's share from Domestic JV fields / acreages and VAP Production. Apart from the financial parameters, ONGC has committed itself on Human Resources Management, Research & Development (R&D), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability Development and Corporate Governance compliance. The MoU also commits ONGC on parameters like Project Management, Energy Audits/savings, HSE Audits and Surveillance audits for sustaining ISO/OHSAS accreditation. A new parameter on 'Plan Expenditure' has also been included.

Vedanta Aluminium wins British Safety Award
The alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) at Lanjigarh, Orissa, has been conferred with the prestigious 'International Safety Award' by one of the world's leading Health and Safety organisations - British Safety Council, London. Vedanta has won this award with distinction by securing highest marks in the category. Vedanta's alumina refinery strictly follows the OHSAS-18001 standards for its operations. With zero lost time Injury frequency rate (LTIFR), the company boasts of having 19.8 million accident free man hours till March 2012.According to Dr. Mukesh Kumar, President & Chief Operating Officer, VAL-Lanjigarh, "environmental protection and safety is an integral part of Vedanta's business practices. We are consistently working towards achieving our goal of zero harm at the plant site."

Murarilal Agarwal to resign as Joint MD & Director, Mudra Lifestyle Ltd.
Murarilal Agarwal to resign as Director and Joint Managing Director of Mudra Lifestyle Ltd., shortly.

Ravindra Agarwal to resigns as Whole-time Director, Mudra Lifestyle Ltd.
Ravindra Agarwal to resign as Whole-time Director of Mudra Lifestyle Ltd., shortly.

Jain appointed Addl. Director, Varun Industries Ltd
Raaja Jain has been appointed as an Additional Director of Varun Industries Ltd.

Three independent directors to join Kingfisher Airlines Board
Kingfisher Airlines Limited to appoint Manmohan Singh Kapur, Lalit Bhasin and Shrikant Ruparel as independent directors of the company.

Sanjiv Bajaj appointed MD, Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd
Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited has appointed Sanjiv Bajaj as Managing Director of the company for a period of five years with effect from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2017.

Sanjiv Bajaj steps down as ED, Bajaj Auto Ltd
Sanjiv Bajaj, following his appointment as Managing Director of Bajaj Holdings and Investment Limited has stepped down as Executive Director of Bajaj Auto Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012. However, he will continue as Non Executive Director of Bajaj Auto Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012

Anant Bajaj to be Joint MD, Bajaj Electricals Ltd
The Board of Bajaj Electricals Ltd has approved the promotion of Anant Bajaj as the Joint Managing Director of the company w.e.f. effective April 1, 2012.

Joshi resigns as Independent Director, Gandhinagar Leasing and Finance Ltd
Yogeshchandra Joshi has resigned as Independent Director of Gandhinagar Leasing and Finance Ltd.

Joshi resigns as Independent Director, Gandhinagar Hotels Ltd
Yogeshchandra Joshi has also resigned as Independent Director of Gandhinagar Hotels Ltd.

Three additional directors appointed on Board of Velan Hotels Ltd
Velan Hotels Ltd has appointed the following persons as Additional Directors:- B. A. Madhusudhan, Ms M. Sasikala and K. Subramaniam.

Agrawal appointed Non Exec. Director Ganon Trading and Finance Company Ltd
Dwarka Prasad Agrawal has been appointed as a Non-executive Additional Director of Ganon Trading and Finance Company Ltd .

Income Tax department

It is seen that officers nearing retirement stop functioning completely. In government service officers retire from the apex positions, therefore the entire service or department gets affected if the top level officer stop work two to three months before their superannuation. The Income Tax department is reeling under the chaos of two of its highest officers retiring in April and June 2012. The normal work of transfer and placement of officers has been frozen due to inactivity of the board. Retirement should not become a reason to stop working while being subsidized by taxpayers money.

Anil J Ram

"9964 CBI Cases Pending !"

The WIC news item makes a disturbing reading. The huge pendency could, to a large extent, be attributed to huge shortage of staff and officers in the CBI. Misuse of CBI by successive governments as a political tool to arm-twist its detractors, is an open secret. This is a matter of national shame. Director, CBI must have freedom in investigation and prosecution matters. He must have full financial, administrative and legal authority to recruit officers and take officers on deputation. The existing practice of seeking prior sanctions for prosecution must be reviewed in terms of SC's orders directing the Government to give sanction to prosecute the accused officials within 3 months under the Prevention of Corruption Act (extendable to 4 months for legal consultations) failing which sanction should be deemed as given. The GoI is expected to amend the PC Act suitably.

A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)

Corruption in army is not a new thing

We have been reading in newspapers about various types of corruption. Corrupt officials only nurture corrupt practices. In most of the Central government offices in Delhi, all bills of certain value and above should be vetted by the local PAO. I am left to wonder how a pre-audit or a financial committee are not formed to look into the matters relating to various purchases. It is really strange. We, in our country, let every thing happen and when something serious
happens, then we make a big hue and cry after a few years. Army Chief should have brought it to the notice of the President as well in writing.

Sivakumar

Rust has to be brought out

Just because Army Chief V.K. Singh did not say something earlier, he cannot speak now. After all the rust has to be brought out. I am a tax payer and my money should be used for the cause of the poor of the country and not for footing the bills of corrupt.

A Srivastava

Another IFS officer holding such post

Arvind Kumar is an another IFS officer holding such post. He is Principal Resident Commissioner-Principal Secretary, Government of Sikkim, at Sikkim House, New Delhi.

S Kr

Enquiry for difference in the dates of entry into service Background
A retired clerk of the Postal Department claimed that the department has committed forgery by depicting different dates of entry into service of three officials in the two Gradation Lists. He sought the information regarding the tenure of three different officials of the Postal Department and also wanted to know the tenure of one of the three employees as Sub Post Master. The Commission perused the concerned records and observed that the dates of entry into service of the above mentioned three officials in the two Gradation Lists were totally different and there was manipulation of records. The Commission directed SSPOs, Ludhiana City Division to enquire into the matter and intimate the correct dates of entry into service of the above mentioned three officials to the appellant and also fix up responsibility of the erring officials in this regard. The PIO was also directed to provide the information related to the tenure of one of the three employees as Sub Post Master to the appellant.

Comments
RTI Act was never thought of a means for getting an enquiry initiated. From being a mere tool to obtain photocopies of documents, the RTI Act is evolving into an instrument to bring about transparency in the working of the public organisations.

Citation: Mr.Mohinder Pal Kapoor v. Department of Posts in File No. CIC/LS/A/2011/002944, CIC/LS/A/2011/002945

Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO's Guide to RTI by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)