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Corruption and currency of 1000 and 500 notes
So the solution lies not in raiding 5-10 officers but in removing currency of notes of thousand and five hundred Rupee from the circulation. There should be smaller notes of 5,10,20,50 and maximum 100 rupees in India. If the above is implemented then corruption will be eradicated conveniently. There will not be any need for raiding the premises of powerful bureaucrats and politicians. Because if one officer wants to take a bribe of 1 crore - he will have to build a big godown to store 1 crore Rupees of denomination of 50-100 notes. And the one who will give 1 crore bribe will have to hire 5 trucks to transport it to the officer! With this fake currency will also be eliminated - since nobody would risk printing 50 rupee note and get caught.Therefore, through this esteemed website, may I request the readers as well as the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to stop printing one thousand and five hundred rupee notes and take back the notes of these denominations from the public by exchanging with smaller notes within a short span of time. India is a rich country with poor people - let its people be rich as well.
I request Whisper corridors to start a discussion on the above so that people can exchange their views on stopping the notes of 1000 and 500 Rupees, in the interest of common man of India.


Kaushal



POLITICS

This is History (435)
A Government to be loved must first be feared.

Demonetisation scheme could have been more successful if…
The scheme to demonetize notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 denomination could have been more successful had the entire BJP supported it whole heartedly.

Huge amount transferred to Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore
Huge amount is said to have been transferred to Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore following demonetization of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes.

Strike on Benami property to hit bureaucrats and politicians most

Action against those having benami property is all set to hit the bureaucrats and the politicians the most. All big shots are bound to suffer.

Lion rides the Tiger..
In India's case Demonetization without shock would have failed!!
Their currency the nefarious lot and Black Moneybags would have 'bailed'!!!
Don't also forget our Jugaad expertise!!
Even post shock to the occasion it did rise!!
Of course to a lesser extent!!!
No shock and the Demonetization would have done only a minor dent!!
Labor in Cities has a new 'dihaadi' …daily wage!!
To help in exchanging Notes kiya inn ko Moneybags ne engage!!!
Builders paid long unsettled debts in Cash!
Liquidate kiya jo kiya tha stash!!
Some entered into Forward Deals for supplies!!
I hear very soon IT will be asking for replies!
I'm perplexed at Didi's demand!!!
She says on 500 Notes there should be no 'remand'!!!
Does she realize what she's saying!!!!
Some say in Congress's hands she's playing!
The Bhenji from UP has her own take!!!
A ludicrous statement she did make!!
She blamed the Kanpur Train Accident on demonetization!!!!
Seems the Train of Reality does not reach her Station!!!
Modi is riding a Tiger is Nitish's analogy!!!
A little addition is needed so Nitish please accept my apology!!
Modi is riding a Tiger and Hyenas have surrounded both!!!!
And the Hyenas to attack Modi are under a Hippocratic Oath!!!
It's their future that's at stake!!!!
When Modi announced their holdings and fear of survival made them quake!!!
The Demonetization has a lot of benefits 'downstream'!!!
And without a doubt the Detractors it'll literally cream (wipe out)!!!
In 21 days the (from demonetization) the situation will change!!!
The Opposition knows this so their behavior is not strange!!
So they'd better use their arsenal before 21 days!!!!
Use their known ways!!
Like making their supporters join queues to create hulla-gulla or bedlam!!
21 days later the one Riding the Tiger will dunk them after a slam (slam-dunk)!!!
Confucius says….. Right is right and wrong is wrong!!!
And nowadays always hum Jaisi karni waisi bharni song!!!
Adds... Galli galli mein shor hai!!
Modi ke saath Public ka jorr hai!!
Disclaimer: Poetical Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS


BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level postings this month end ?

About half a dozen Secretary level postings in the Government of India are likely to take place by this month end.

Sanjay Srivastava to be Election Commissioner UT and Chandigarh ?

Secretary Coordination and former Goa Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastava who has sought VRS is being appointed Election Commissioner UT and Chandigarh. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

10 IAS officers of 1985 and 1986 batch to be empanelled ?

10 IAS officers belonging to 1985 and 1986 batch are expected to be empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the review.

Singh appointed DG, NGC
U P Singh has been appointed DG of newly created National Ganga Council (NGC). The post of U P Singh as Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga, has been re-designated in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Mission becomes Authority

Widely publicized National Mission for Clean Ganga has been renamed as National Clean Ganga Authority.

Seven posts of Judges lying vacant in Supreme Court

Seven posts of Judges have been lying vacant in the Supreme Court of India. Only 24 Judges are in working strength against approved strength of 31.

Surya Kant Pawar quits IFS to join IRS

Surya Kant Pawar has resigned from Indian Forest Service (IFS) in order to join Indian Revenue Service. He is a 2015 batch IFS officer.

Two Agro Scientists to get life time achievement awards

Two Agriculture Scientists, Dr IPS Ahlawat and Dr MC Saxena, will be honored with life time achievement awards by the government.

Three GoI officers deputed to assess situation after cancellation of legal tender in UP

Three officers in Government of India: DS Mishra, Additional Secretary, Urban Development, Arun Singhal, Joint Secretary, Health & Family Welfare and Jayachandran K S, Deputy Secretary, Justice, have been deputed to undertake field visit in Uttar Pradesh for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

Three GoI officers deputed to assess situation after cancellation of legal tender in Bihar
Three officers in Government of India: Ravi Kant, Additional Secretary, Defence, Sandeep Pondrik, Joint Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Ms Palka Sahni, Deputy Secretary, Industrial Policy & Promotion, have been deputed to undertake field visit in Bihar for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

Three GoI officers deputed to assess situation after cancellation of legal tender in MP

Three officers in Government of India: Alok Shrivastava, Additional Secretary, Shipping, Anil Kumar Jain, Advisor, NITI Aayog and Diwakar Nath Misra, Director, Petroleum & Natural Gas, have been deputed to undertake field visit in Madhya Pradesh for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

Jyotirmoy Chakravarty empanelled as ADG in GoI

Jyotirmoy Chakravarty has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General level posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dr Kaur goes to Allahabad

Dr Gurpreet Kaur, a 1991 batch IDAS officer Addl CDA, has been transferred from RTC, Meerut to PCDA, Allahabad.

Raghavan is OSD to Shripad Yesso Naik
T V Raghavan has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of STate for AYUSH. He is a private person.

Tenure of Vijay Agrawal as Director, Defence extended

The tenure deputation tenure of Vijay Agrawal as Director in the Ministry of Defence has been extended upto March 13, 2017. He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.

STC gets 'very good' ranking for corporate governance

State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC) has been rated 'very good' on Corporate Governance for the year 2015-16.

Narasimha appointed Member (Ope), AAI
Indrakanti Narasimha Murthy, Executive Director, AAI, has been appointed as Member Operations, Airport Authority of India (AAI).

R R Mishra is also CMD, ECL

R R Mishra, CMD, WCL, has been assigned an additional charge of CMD, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) till the appointment of regular incumbent.

CCI goes headless after retirement of B K Mishra

Cotton Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) has gone headless after present incumbent B K Mishra relinquished the post after ending tenure. Mekala Mallappan Chockalingam, Director (Marketing), has been entrusted with an additional charge of CMD.

CIWTC is not operational

One of the PSU units of the Ministry of Shipping: Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Ltd (CIWTC) is reported not to be operational.

GoI yet to fill vacant post of Director (O&C) in KRCL
A post of Functional Director, Operations & Commercial has been lying vacant in Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) for a long time. However, CMD, Sanjay Gupta is holding an additional charge of this post.

Sherin M S appointed as Dy Accountant General in PAG

Ms. Sherin MS has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. She is a 2012 batch IA&AS officer.

Ravi Mathur is Independent Director of DFCCIL
Ravi Mathur is now Independent Director of the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) a corporation run by the Ministry of Railways to undertake planning & development, mobilisation of financial resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the Dedicated Freight Corridors.Former Secretary in GoI Mathur is 1979 batch former IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

One post of Judge vacant in Meghalaya HC
One post of Additional Judge is lying vacant in Meghalaya High Court.

Mrs Kusum Sharma of UP gets IAS cadre after retirement

Mrs Kusum Sharma of Uttar Pradesh is deemed to have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre after her retirement.

Cadre of IAS in Chhattisgarh raised
Cadre of IAS in Chhattisgarh has been raised from 178 to 193.

Om Prakash takes over as GM, FCI

Om Prakash, Commandant, 4th Bt, RAC, Jaipur, has taken over the charge as General Manager (Haryana region), Food Corporation of India, Panchkula for a period of four years on central deputation. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Dr Krishnan is also Director, IITM, Pune

Dr R Krishnan, senior most Scientist in IITM, has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.

Three IAS officers get postings in Secretariat in MP
Pannalal Solanki has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Social Justice and Persons with Disabilities while Prakash Chandra Jangare is Deputy Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Shekhar Verma was posted as Deputy Secretary, Home Department in Madhya Pradesh.

Umesh Kusugal appointed as Registrar, University of Agricultural Sciences in Karnataka

Umesh Kusugal has been appointed as Registrar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad in Karnataka. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Ravindra Gupta appointed as Member (RS), Railway Board
Ravindra Gupta presently General Manager, South Central Railway, has been appointed as Member, Rolling Stock, Railway Board with effect from December 1, 2016. He is an officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME).

A K Puthia, GM, NR, gets Apex Scale
A K Puthia, General Manager, Northern Railway (NR), has been granted Apex Scale.

Rajiv Mishra, GM, NER, gets Apex Scale
Rajiv Mishra, General Manager, North East Railway (NER), has been granted Apex Scale.

G C Agarwal, GM, WR, gets Apex Scale

G C Agarwal, General Manager, Western Railway (WR), has been granted Apex Scale.

V Johri GM, SR, gets Apex Scale

V Johri, General Manager, Southern Railway (SR), has been granted Apex Scale.

T V Raghavan appointed as OSD, Ministry of State(I/C), AYUSH

T V Raghavan has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty(OSD) to the Ministry of State(I/C) for AYUSH. He is a Private person.

Mohammad Suleman bereaved
Ms Salma Ayyub mother of Principal Secretary Industries MP Government Mohammad Suleman has passed away. She was 90.

CISF detects huge amount of currency and gold across the country (UPDATED)
Due to very proactive efforts taken by DG,Airport personnel of CISF have detected huge amount of currency and gold at various airports of the country since demonetisation.

Ajay Kumar is also MD, BPRL (UPDATED)
Ajay Kumar V, Director (Operations & Business Development), BPRL has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director with effect from January 1, 2017 for a period of three months.

Ms Anita Praveen continues as Chairman, APEDA (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Praveen, Joint Secretary, Commerce, will continue holding an additional charge of Chairman, Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) till the appointment of new incumbent. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu.

27 IPS officers of 2002 batch empanelled as DIG in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 27 IPS officers of 2002 batch have been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level. The officers are: Sanjay Kumar Jain, Tusar Taba, Chukhu Apa, Apur Bitin of AGMUT; Deepak Choudhary of Assam-Megahalaya; Rakesh Rathi of Bihar; Archana Shivahare of Gujarat; Asif Jalal of HP; Saket Kumar Singh of Jharkhand; Harshitam Attaluri, Gajulvavarti Saparjan Kumar, M P Dinesh of Kerala; Subramanyeswara Rao and Sonia Narang of Karnataka; Abhya Singh of MP; S Praveen Kumar and Amitendra Nath Sinha of Orissa; Jose Mohan of Rajasthan;Saratkar Kapilkumar Chindurao, N Kannan and K Bhavaneshwari of Tamil Nadu; Sachi Ghildyal and Dharamvir of UP cadre; Bharat Lal Meena, Devendra Prakash Singh and Rajesh Kumar Yadav of West Bengal cadre.


CORPORATE

Dr N Kulshreshtha promoted as Director-I/c (M&HS), DSP in SAIL
Dr N Kulshreshtha has been promoted from Director I/c (M&HS), DSP to Director-I/c (M&HS), DSP in Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

Kaul appointed Chairman of Ingersoll Rand (India) Ltd

Ingersoll Rand (India) Limited has appointed Amar Kaul as the Chairman of the company.

Bhatia appointed CFO of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd has appointed Rajesh Bhatia as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Bakshi appointed as Independent Director of Trupti Twisters Ltd

Trupti Twisters Ltd has appointed Keyoor Bakshi as Independent Director of the company.

Kalathiya resigns as CS of Orbit Corporation Limited
Ronak V Kalathiya has resigned as Company Secretary of Orbit Corporation Limited.

Mishra resigns as Sr. VP (Finance) & CFO of Simplex Projects Ltd

Pradeep Kumar Mishra has resigned as Senior Vice President (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer of Simplex Projects Limited.

Ms Bedi appointed Addl. Director of James Hotels Ltd
James Hotels Ltd has appointed Ms Ronica Bedi as an Additional Director of the company.

Banerjee appointed as President & CEO (Asset Finance) of Magma Fincorp

Kaushik Banerjee has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer (Asset Finance) of Magma Fincorp.


FORUM

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What a travesty !

This baby was born in Delhi, nay new Delhi, at the Janta( r) Man(tar) only 3 years ago and it was killed in Delhion 16th November, 2016. It was born to a man by the name Anna Hazare, who dresses in immaculate white khadi kurta and dhoti complete with the Gandhi topi. The man resembles the father of the nation. He is respected as a crusader for transparency in public life. He has fought against corruption and brought to justice many a culprits. He infused the people with a sense of public duty to fight against corruption when he spearheaded a campaign called India Against Corruption. Unfortunately he chose the wrong face for carrying his crusade forward. The fellow he promoted and certified as his successor to carry forward the crusade has proved that such slogans are as hollow as others like "Porivartan" and meant nothing more than a lever to capture political power for misuse to fabricate ingenious ways of minting money by corrupt means, only to subvert the constitution. Shouting anti-corruption slogans and indulging in corrupt practices at the same time, hitting the highest constitutional authorities in street language on fabricated corruption allegations without a shred of evidence and vociferously standing for the cause of the black money-holders at the same time, demanding a fragile law called the LokPal and roll back of the effective by several notches demonetization simultaneously, exposes the true identity of these India Against Corruption groupings popping up from time to time in the country to exploit the public anger against corruption. These elements have stoutly stood in support of the corrupt, criminal and terrorists, who have impacted integrity and democratic rule of law in the country as a solid nexus of the politician-bureaucrat-black money bags. They are up in arms against the government for a single surgical strike on black money!
M L Gupta

Is it a conspiracy of bureaucracy ?

GoI is amending orders almost many a times a day for dealing with the issue of withdrawal of Rs. 1000 and 500 notes. Is it a conspiracy of bureaucracy ? Why was adequate homework not done at RBI and Finmin levels ?
ARC Kumar

Surgical strike required elsewhere also

Surgical strike required in falsified age affidavit holders, fake certificate holders in Maharatna PSU's and central govt, bureaucracy. Such holders are looting the public money and depositing in foreign banks, by way of foreign tours. After retirement they join the contractors firms by converting black money to white.
Sashank

DATE WITH RTI

Grievance of a railway pass holder

A retired Master Craftsman claimed that despite being eligible for first class pass, the Railways had not been honouring several clauses related to the journey performed by a pass holder. He sought Information regarding rules relating to privilege passes issued to railway employees. The Commission observed that under the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005, only such information as is available and existing and held by the public authority or is under control of the public authority can be provided. The PIO is not supposed to create information that is not a part of the record. He is also not required to interpret information or furnish replies to hypothetical questions. Similarly, redressal of grievance, reasons for non-compliance of rules /contesting the actions of the respondent public authority are outside the purview of the Act. Further, the CIC observed that the appeal relates to the grievance of the retired employee regarding utilization of railway passes and lack of awareness and sensitization of the work force dealing with such matters. This aspect needs to be re-examined by the competent authority to provide relief and succour to the affected retired employees in an objective and transparent manner.

Comments

Even though the redressal of grievance is outside the purview of the RTI Act, it has been frequently used to obtain some relief. The Information Commission has been sympathetic to injustice metered through a system which is not objective or opaque.

Citation: Appeal No.: Mr. Kakubhai R. v. CPIO & Sr. DCM, Divisional Office, Western Railway v. CIC/VS/A/2014/003044/BJ

CIC/SA/A/2015/000935 CIC/SA/A/2015/000949 CIC/SA/A/2015/001023 CIC/SA/A/2015/001062 CIC/SA/A/2015/001064 CIC/SA/A/2015/001082 CIC/SA/A/2015/001083

Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore. Her other articles can be read at http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

(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)

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