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RTI applications by fictitious people is a real problem in the government. Just to harass or malign a person, multiple RTI applications are filed in similar language or handwriting. This case will be helpful in dealing with such instances
Chandra Kant
“The Day of Reckoning is Coming”
The Nehru- Gandhi dynasty, its congis, commies lapdogs and rabble-rousers, deserve to be hanged by the neck for insulting India's Armed forces. They cannot be allowed to go scot free. Congress’s slugfest with Modi is political. Mutual recriminations by their dirty tricks departments. Opposition's trust deficit in India's Armed Forces, their unholy nexus with enemies need to be investigated. Clear sedition. These fifth columnists are on ISI's pay rolls. All are anti- Nationals.
PM Modi has also much to explain for his failure to take action against UPA scamsters. The footloose Pradhan Sevak has been perennially on tour throughout his tenure. Either, abroad or visiting temples.
Misplaced priorities. A drain on tax payers' money. The public is expected to be just and fair in applying its mind at the time of voting.
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

India has been perennially in a state of undeclared war with Pakistan, facing terror attacks in succession by Pak- sponsored terrorists. All are citizens of Pakistan though labelled as non-state actors. Indian jawans, military installations, civilian properties are being continuously targeted. How could India restrict its action to demolishing terror structures. Garnering diplomatic support is a good initiative. But, this cannot ensure lasting peace. Far from it. Why not wipe out Pak’s ISI and Army ?
With entire world on our side, India must not lose time. This opportunity may not be available again. We have to protect our progeny instead of leaving them to fight a “thousand year jehaad ” by the rogue neighbor. Scales of operations must increase manifold .China, though presently non-committal, may suddenly turn belligerent. Still blocking Azhar Masood’s declaration as a global terrorist. Treacherous, untrustworthy. Against this backdrop, Aar-paar kee ladai chahiye. Pak Army-controlled Imran Khan’s peace offer is a trap. Destroy Rawalpindi Hq of ISI and Army.
A K Saxena ( A former civil servant)
British legacy !
An IAS officer to hear police complaints ? It is a British legacy being followed by an independent India.
Paarth

As an open and legal operation, the financial transactions of all those suspected of being sympathisers of or connected with terrorists, should be put under full scrutiny by IT and ED special cells to be monitored by at least a joint secretary level officer. This list will involve an overwhelmingly large number of Muslims. And will involve many prominently political persons. No matter. Any political entity that cries foul should be shamed publicly as thwarting the war effort.
The real power of the Pakistan deep state is in the hands of a few Punjabi army officer, ex or serving. These are supposed to be known to the Intelligence Agencies. Most of them are also involved in illegal opium and arms trade and financing terror outfits. All of them have accounts in off shore safe havens. The iron is hot and it's a good time to strike because these off shore entities will be in a more cooperative state. This is hidden nerve of the Pakistan’s deep state and citizens of both side should feel happy about it.
N K Singh, IPS, DG (Retd)

The hot war is over, almost, skirmishes will continue. It is important but not as significant as the other three.
1. Diplomatic: India has done exceptionally well. M. Azhar is done with. A pragmatic China will not oppose the move this time. Pak is fully isolated.
2. Psy war: Although they will not admit it but the RAW has this cell. Like good boys, this is treated as something to be ashamed of and treated as covert operation. It is time to make it more aggressive and high profile with an enhanced budget. There is no shame in involving people like you and me.
N K Singh IPS DG (Retd)
Hats Off to NaMo
You did it. You have the courage to do it again. You deserve to thump your "Chhappan Inch Chhati". Jai Hind.
Kalyan Banerjee
Vested interests are against it
This will never be implemented as vested and entrenched bureaucracy are against it. They fear that their corrupt actions will be exposed. Added to this, the Politicians also do not want it to be implemented for obvious reasons.
S Gopal

It was Pakistan that forced the air strike at Balakot. India has always been compelled to exercise extreme restraint by a large community of Indian non-experts on strategic matters. The media bought their wares easily ignoring public anger. It is mostly done in the name of the “international community”. The international community respects strong nations and strong leadership. India had compromised the leadership abysmally in the past. All countries first pursue their interests, but India has always been prodded to cater to the interests of Pakistan at its own cost. It was not going to be forever; neither will it be forever. India has to continuously keep revising its strategic goals. Even “peace” doesn’t mean the same to everyone. It might be in the interests of one nation to pursue peace but weapons need to be sold and they can be sold in conflict zones. Our governments at the centre as well as states have to stop exploiting our people in the same way the colonial powers did in the past; our businesses have to stop compromising on quality; our service providers can’t dish out outdated technology in a world changing superfast. The quality of press and media coverage of the air strike has been very disappointing as always. Can we take a vow to think India first from now onwards?
M L Gupta
Promotion of departmental officers
What about the promotion of departmental officers from Assistant Directors to Deputy Directors which is pending from last April 2018. UPSC is sitting on the file for the last 11/2 month.
A Visitor

Despite some mistakes she made, Indira Gandhi is sorely missed during troubled times in the international arena. She was seen as a tough nut to crack and steered the ship well. Alas there is no leader of her stature, magnetism or charisma in any party now. By the way I am not a Congress supporter!
N Singh
Well done Indian Air force
Pakistan needed to be jolted out of its apathy to tackle terrorism and take action against those terrorists sheltered there and let them continue with their nefarious activities against India. So many of our jawans, officers and civilians have been their victims. Seeing coffins of our martyrs everyday was too much to bear. This action was called for.
Aarti Khosla

Why should people get extension when there is so much joblessness in our country. Our Prime Minister should look into this and don’t allow such favours to be given. With favours their is underhand dealings so these should be avoided at all cost.
Aman Chawla
Search for a CMP
They have no mission, vision or idea of what they want to do. The Neo Princes Chamber had confabulated in Kolkata and Delhi. They plan another assembly. They are in search of a Common Minimum Programme (CMP). Many of them have no love for the CMP called the Constitution of India. They don’t really know what they want to do except that each one of them wants to become the next Prime Minister of India. They have so far refused to propose or second one of them as their nominee for the highest job. They only want the crown. The earlier CMP inspired by the Left landed every party/leader in the doldrums. Clearly it has to be better. But to do better, both the goals and the means need to be better. The word minimum smacks of fooling the country and loot it. No minimum. This time it has to be maximum. Spell out in clear terms.
M L Gupta
NAMO - only choice
Action should be done anyhow but BJP will gain in the coming elections. Today voter is very well connected digitally & NAMO is the only choice.
Vivek Dhawan

Government Employees' retirement age must be raised up to 62 from 60.
Dharmendra
Modi’s popularity is at peak
How can anybody say that there can be an anti-Modi wave in India. His popularity is at the peak at the moment. India is watching him taking strong measures against Pakistan and knows that Modi only can deliver. It will be our bad luck if Modi does not come again. Jai Hind
Madhu Kapoor
Time to strike hard against the terrorists
After the aftermath of Pulwama terror attack our PM has warned the terrorists by saying "बहुत बड़ी कीमत चुकानी पड़ेगी", all the citizens of India are waiting to see the words fulfilled without any inordinate delay. Because we the Indians have bore extreme pain by losing many of our brethren, now enough has been borne by India and it is time to strike hard against the terrorists and the supporting country by hitting the final nail in the coffin.
Somnath

The PIO submitted that the copy of ACR/APAR of the Appellant and DPC note sheet was denied because he is a Defence Civilian employee. The Central Information Commission observed that the PIO has grossly erred in denying Appellant’s own ACR/APAR to him and the reasoning provided for the denial lacks rationality. The PIO was directed to provide copy of ACR/APAR of the Appellant, the copy of the relevant DPC note sheet and promotion order after appropriately blacking out portions pertaining to third party.
Comments
As per the Supreme Court judgment in the matter of Dev Dutt v. Union of India & Ors, the disclosure of ACR remarks of a “public servant, whether in civil, judicial, police or any other State service (except the military)” is the rule.
Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is an expert on RTI matters and has co-authored the books RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

Here the quote underestimates the woman power. We can say that black and white beards too cannot bring a revolution
Paarth
Bahadurs of blind faith!
My colleague rang me to convey that he would join that very forenoon.I had not been given any posting in posting and transfer orders .I told him that since i had not been given any posting ,he should join only after 2/3 days.I thought he would agree,but he said,''Bhai sahib, my astrologer has said that i should join at 11.30.AM sharp,i have to follow him,please don't mind''.My no argument worked and he relieved me at the exact time.It is a different story that he was suspended within 6 months of his posting, despite the astrologer's advice of joining at auspicious time.My friend ,who was highly qualified and still more highly placed in life, would often tell me that his grand- father was a great doctor and also provided medicine for sure birth of a male child.We did not meet for more than 8 years and when we suddenly met in a training programme at Hyderabad,he told me that he was father of two girls.I looked at him in amazement and said,'' But your grand- father used to give medicine for sure male child.' He just laughed at it.One more instance of becoming fool of blind faith;
The match- making process is considered complete only when pandit ji says that the tewa of prospective bride and groom also matches, in both hindu and many sikh families. The boy and the girl had met for a few minutes with the permission of the parents and had keenly expressed their willingness to be life partners.It appeared that the marriage then was a foregone conclusion .However ,one fine morning the bride's father rang up the boy's father in the morning. After usual pleasantries he asked , ''Bhaji , i just wanted to know the place and time of birth of kaka ji, and if possible please give me his horoscope. ''The groom's father replied, ''Bhaji, he was born at Amritsar on 18 Jan,1978 at 8 o'clock. We do not have his tewa. ''There was a pause for a few seconds and then there was one more question from bride's side.'' Is it 8 AM or PM?'' ''8AM'', the boy's father replied and then added, ''Bhaji , when should we fix the ring ceremony.'' ''Bhaji, i will inform you tomorrow after consulting my wife.'' said the girl's father. It came to boy's father's mind that his prospective relatives believed in Jyotish and they will proceed further only with their astrologer's advice.
The next day the girl's father rang up boy's father and in ecstatic tone and said, ''Bhaji, i had gone to our astrologer yesterday and after preparing the horoscope of kaka ji ,he has told me that in his life time he had not seen any horoscopes of the prospective partners to marriage, which matched so perfectly. All the 35 stars of the kaka ji perfectly match with the stars of Biba Ji. Now , please fix the date of ring ceremony. Any date after this week will suit us.''
The marriage was celebrated with great fervour. Just a few days after the marriage, the boy's father asked his wife as to at what time Mehar, their son was born. The lady promptly replied that he was born at 8 PM and asked her husband as to why he had asked this question. However, he replied that he had just asked it. Since he himself had no interest and faith in astrology he forgot about it. The life of the new couple proved to be even much better than the prediction of the astrologer and the girl's family's faith in the astrologer grew further. About three years since the marriage, when the girl was expecting, she asked her doting husband for his horoscope, which he did not have. However ,the boy instantly told that he was born at 8 PM. The girl was taken aback. She asked in utter surprise, ''What, 8 AM?''. She had exactly remembered what her father had told her and the time he had told the astrologer .Since she was living in heaven with the most loving person on the earth, she forgot about it. When she went to her parents' home after a few days, she just mentioned it to her mother, who, in turn informed her husband. The girl's parents were extremely happy with the boy and the new relatives and tried to forget the faux pass, but could not. They went to the astrologer and asked about the destiny of their loving daughter with the new time of their son-in-law's birth, without revealing that she had already been married with him for three years. The astrologer after consulting his many jantris and drawing the different datas on paper said, ''O, ho, ho, the boy is very unlucky, no star of the girl matched with the boy's. They will quarrel every day. The boy will also suffer great financial loss within a year of the marriage.''10 years have passed since the marriage. The most loving and understanding couple with two lovely kids, is envied by one and all.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu Amritsar