Whispers Forum

OPINION
All the four leaders are politicians and no one is statesman.
M N Vatsa
OPINION (2)
Trump is number one Putin is number two and Narendra Modi is number three.
S P Dubey
A P Panda selected for CMD, SECL
Congratulations Sir. Hope that you will take SECL to new heights in coal production and quality
Narsing Rao

OPINION (1)
Modi is no where. Trump is powerful only because he is President of the US .Otherwise Trump is not a leader at all.
Dr Manoj Mathur.
OPINION (2)
Modi has been a popular and strong leader but now his graph is diminishing because of his religion card for next elections.
I V Singh
Criminal liability and failing Aadhaar verification
“Our servers secure, reliable” asserts the UIDAI. If so, why does verification fail? All the data, including biometrics, was captured by the UIDAI in specially organized camps in residential complexes. How many of the 121 Crore Aadhaar Cards fail verification? The UIDAI has submitted to the SC verification failure rates of 7 & 8% respectively for fingerprint/iris, which is enough to wreak havoc on the security of the nation and social upheaval. The citizen suffers a great inconvenience and terrible humiliation when it happens at airports or railway stations or banks; insurance claims; birth & death certificates; claiming dead bodies from mortuaries; passports or visa; registration of marriages etc. The Babus can always extend the list as they are experts in creating hurdle in smooth functioning of the very best honest government. Is there a need to find out why identification fails? Where have the biometrics of the citizen gone? Who is hungry for data? Besides Cambridge Analytica, who else has the hunger for personal data of the citizen? Is it the ISI of Pakistan or agencies in China, Russia, America, UK and Europe? What happens to the stolen data? Where does it go? What is its use? Persons familiar with “witness protection exercise” in the law and security establishment would know that the witness has to be given a new identity for its protection in really sensitive cases. But can it be equally misused by criminals for getting fake passports or other very brilliant ideas of modern day highly scientific crimes that our untrained guardians of the data do neither know nor understand? Finger prints, photograph and iris are all saleable data. Though fundamentally a good scheme, it was implemented during the climate of scams through outside contractors and large scale identification failures are only natural. The UIDAI is not interested in checking and correcting such errors. What use is such identity card or Aadhaar ? If the data is to be called reliable, correct, accurate and zero error storage, the UIDAI should take steps to verify it by door to door checking. It has to account for the stolen data also. Verification failure means the whole expenditure on preparation of Aadhaar cards has gone waste, being unreliable it can’t and shouldn’t be made compulsory for IT or opening bank account and is likely to prove to be a big scam too like 2G or Coalgate. Making telecoms liable to criminal action for non-compliance of instructions about verification is the height of arrogance of power by ignorant Babus exercising authority in the full knowledge of extensive verification failures of their own data kept in their secure servers!
M L Gupta

OPINION
By virtue of being President of United States, Trump is the powerful leader, though he may not be popular.
D P Devgan
Yatish Kumar is youngest CMD
Arup Roy choudhury was the youngest ever chairman at the age of 44 when he took over NBCC in 2001 when it was a sick CPSE.
Aditya
Registration of local clinics and Nursing Homes under PM Scheme
My suggestion is related to registration of local clinic and Nursing Homes under Pradhan Mantri Aayushman Scheme scheduled to be launched on September 25, 2018. The registration of small and local clinics who wish to participate in the Scheme and contribute towards Health for All. It may be mentioned, in this connection, that it will, on the one hand contribute from their sides towards national mission and, if permitted, Government may be able to provide job to qualified doctors and technical supporting staffs who are based in small cities where health hazards are more and minimum health facilities exist in comparison to metro cities at a competitive rates. Once the rates are approved by the Government under the scheme. The doctors and technical staff will have no other option to toe with the lines of the Government. Hence, the treatment at a affordable price would also be possible.
Ved Prakash Sharma

V N Nagar
A shocker from Rahul Gandhi !
It was really a shocker from Rahul Gandhi saying that the monster of ISIS is as a result of joblessness. The statement made in Hamburg only proves that he speaks without any application of mind. He is giving an alibi for the cruel misdeeds of this demon which is killing people in the name of Islam. One wonders why he has to talk all this off the cuff meaningless stuff on foreign soil. He is exposing himself by such remarks. I wish his well meaning advisers give him some sane advice.
Aarti Khosla

The appellant showed a clipping of Hindustan Times, New Delhi edition dated 21.11.2017, which says that the Delhi Development Authority had decided to allot plots to applicants of its 1981 Rohini residential scheme who had bought property in the national capital after the last date of submission of applications. It was further held that nearly 82,000 people had applied for plots under the scheme and 14,000 allottees are still waiting to get the possession. In this regard, the appellant sought file notings and action taken on the decision of Delhi Lieutenant Governor. The appellant sought information pertaining to agenda for relaxation of Rule17 of the DDA (Disposal of Developed Nazul Land) Rules, 1981 sent to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for consideration and issue of final notification. The respondent informed that the file pertaining to allotment/possession of plots is still under consideration. The Commission directed the respondent to facilitate inspection of documents and provide certified copies of selected documents.
Comments
Information can be denied only under section 8 (1) or section 9 of the RTI Act. The claim that the file is still under consideration cannot be a ground for denial of information.
Citation: Shri Varun Krishna Appellant v. M/o Housing & Urban Affairs in Appeal No.: CIC/MOHUA/A/2018/622330, Date of Decision – 02.08.2018
Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is the co-author of 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 http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

OPINION
By showing “Dadagiri” Chinesh President is trying to show his importance in the globe.
N Srinivasan
Kerala Floods
Let the corrupt money be donated. By donating the corrupt money at least the people of Kerala will get relief. Second point, it is a learning lesson for those who has gone against nature (environment) and made concrete jungles. Third due to vote bank politics, population explosion takes place. Fourth point is slaughtering of animals for food. If these things are not controlled, there will be havoc in future and human existence will be in danger. The construction of capital city Amravati on fertile agricultural land will be a warning for existence of mankind.
Prasad Rao

OPINION
Only Trump is popular and powerful leader.In fact US President has always been the most powerful leader.
G S Mathur IPS (Retd)
Opinion
Our PM Narendra Modi is very popular in India but he doesn’t stand anywhere on International level.
C K Sharma
Will K N Vyas succeed Sekhar Basu ?
It's unconstitutional if DAE Chairman's service is extended beyond six year stipulated in the DAE's service manual. Juniors should be given opportunity to serve for betterment. And qualified junior's opportunity for their promotional term post without blocking.
Domesa M

Deepika Agrawal
Sekhar Basu to get another extension ?
It shows that in department under PM’s control, no one is capable. And Basu only is responsible for the creation of such a huge vacume by not giving opportunities to junior eminent scientists...., What is required as a more evidence than this of sedition act of not grooming downline officials. It's a absolute failure of Basu. Whatever may be, but it's very clear that it is PMO failure in auditing of commitment at every instance of given service extension. But I can't blame for Modi ji for this as he has been directed by senior administrative caders. But I feel Home ministry has to do more home work to safeguard the nation’s scientific institution. Jai hind
Domesa

OPINION
Putin is the most non-controversial head of the state .He has not uttered any word which will hurt anybody’s national pride.
S C Agrawal (former DG MP)
Meteoric moments
It was Sunday on June 3, 1984,when a deputy commissioner,got message from the SSP on walkie- talkie, about the state- wide promulgation of prohibitory orders.There was no doubt left that the coming days were to be very tense.At that time ,he was hunting in the foothills of Shivaliks. He rushed back to the district headquarter and continued talking to his police counterpart. He was immensely worried as all movement of persons and vehicles including bicycles etc in the cities and the villages was banned. He asked his gunman to tell police control to inform the local ADC,SDM and other important officers to reach his residential office after half an hour. Communication ,in those days was extremely difficult. When he reached his residence, he was astonished to see that not a single officer had turned up. He asked his residential telephone operator to contact the officers. Many phone numbers did not respond, from others the information was received that the officers had gone out locally. So many orders were to be issued. Curfew passes were to be arranged, availability of essential commodities was to be checked, police had started asking for deployment of Executive magistrates on duty, as worrying reports from Amritsar had started pouring in. In the outside sub-divisions, only one SDM was available, where only one Naib Tehsildar was also present.
Even after two hours, no officer was available. The deputy commissioner had completely lost his temper and thought of immediately suspending the absent officers.
The office superintendent and some officials were called to issue various orders ,which had to be signed by the deputy commissioner. SSP was asking for duty magistrate, as some law and order problem had erupted. He was lost in embarrassing thoughts when the peon told him that PGO sahib had come. Public grievances officer was a very senior PCS officer, who had been superseded during selection to IAS and who had worked as ADM for more than three years. The deputy commissioner had very poor impression about him, considered him irresponsible and a hardcore drunkard. He always ignored him and never took him seriously. And now the deputy commissioner thought that in him God had arrived. He very warmly greeted him. Although PGO sahib seemed to be in the hang over stage of drinking, yet he very attentively listened to everything what the deputy commissioner told him and he repeatedly assured the deputy commissioner that he would do everything. The first thing he did was to reach the trouble spot and defuse law and order situation. He had also called his staff. He worked 24 hours ,till more officers started arriving the scene and situation was saved. Later on, when deputy commissioner, in a lighter vein, asked him as to how he was there on a holiday, when he would remain untraceable even on a working day. He told him that he could not get up for 2 days because of heavy drinking. On getting up, he reached Bus stand, where he was informed that Curfew had been promulgated and no vehicle would move. I thought , I would request you to spare Red cross vehicle for taking me home, ''Ki patta si aa ke phass jana a(Not knew I would be trapped).''His respect in the heart of the deputy commissioner immensely grew, as he made no excuse of any sort while performing his duty.
The officers, who were not available on that day, remained in trouble for many years. PGO sahib was got appointed as ADC. The deputy commissioner had come to know that one vindictive senior officer had given lukewarm ACRs to PGO sahib, so he was superseded, which further made him frustrated. He had worked with the deputy commissioner for 2 years now. He gave him 2 outstanding reports. On his transfer to the adjoining district, he persuaded PGO sahib to join him, where also his annual confidential record was adequately taken care of. He was selected to IAS after 3 years of his suppression. The deputy commissioner had noticed that he had become altogether a new, very fine man. PGO sahib ,when he himself, became deputy commissioner, proved to be one of the best ever.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, House Number 33,E block, Ranjit Avenue Amritsar.

OPINION
In my view Putin is the only popular leader. He is trying to revive Russia and has already revived the economy. He wants a powerful Russia.
Raghu Thakur
Ravage by floods in Kerala
The extensive damage caused by recent floods in Kerala due to very heavy rains is unprecedented. Rising to the occasion many enlightened citizens and NGOs are offering help in cash and material. The Govt. of India and the State Govts are also announcing large packages of help extending to hundreds of crores from the State exchequer. While that is appreciated, but has any political party has announced any cash help from its collection of huge funds in their party bank accounts. Has any Chief Minister, Minister, M.P. and M.L.A given cash assistance from his personal accounts and savings. Is every help in the event of any disaster to be given from the State exchequer only which is filled with the tax revenue from the honest tax payers. I would like to make an appeal to all political parties through your channel to come forward for this noble cause. I would also request your viewers to express their views on the subject.
S C Agrawal
D G Police Retd.
Bhopal
Rly's first Disaster Management Village
In past 70 years post independence and over 150 years of Indian Railway's history no such effort was done. Good to know such initiatives will save lots of lives and prevent damage to precious assets of Railway.
Prashanth Kumar

Rahul Gandhi appears to be practicing his own kind of McCarthyism in India. The American Dictionary defines McCarthyism: A campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations Another definition from the same dictionary: ‘The essence of the tactic of McCarthyism is to de-legitimize one's opponent so as to avoid addressing the substance of his argument.’ Time the Indian Parliament sets up a committee on the lines of the American Congress under the name of: Parliament’s Committee On Un-Indian Activities. After WW-II the Soviets set up many puppet governments in Eastern & Central Europe and America supported anti-communist regime in Greece and China. Jawaharlal Nehru was supposedly a member of the Fabian club. Lal Bahadur Shastri demonstrated the potential of a strong leader and was eliminated easily by foreign forces. It is Narendra Modi now who is on the target of powerful lobbies, syndicates, clubs and conglomerates.
M L Gupta