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Debate :
Bachelorhood or Married is no criteria to judge. It depends upon person to person. Many married Chief Ministers have performed much better than bachelors in seat.
Rajiv Rastogi
Police Commissioner system in Madhya Pradesh
Bad news. The system throws out the "checks and balances system" necessary for good governance. It introduces a police state which is very useful for unscrupulous politicians. Giving majesterial powers to the police is not democratic. But then, who wants democracy. The police are more amenable to political influence. Just see what is happening in Mumbai, one of the oldest Police Commissionerate. For the Police Commissioner, the Home Secretary does not exist.
In the present case of MP, it is obvious why the Home Minister was bypassed. The decision was taken between the CM and senior police officers who are looking for a killing.
B K Saha, Former Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh

DEBATE(1)
I had been reading lot of comments about whether a married or bachelor PM/CM delivers better. My question to all those suggestions is, have we got a democracy in India, the answer seems a big NO. As we do not have a government but a Personality Government right from Independence day1. A personality is installed and caucus around him/her rules. In addition to that none of the political parties have a vision document or road map for India of tomorrow or in next 50 years. In the primitive years of independence Congress had an ideology/vision of mixed economy, Congress too lost that track later. What India needs today is new breed of politicians who can have a vision for India,its vision poor lot and above all roadmap for economy so that India can lead the world. Alternatively we need a peaceful voters movement to recall these duds.
Harish Kumar
Keeping Pace with the Technology
We are keeping pace with technology in Financial Matters but there are some gaps, In InFinity Forum there was mention of Digital Bank without any physical branch is reality and may become common in decade in Fin Tech. But on other side our post offices are still following orthodox and old rules of local addresses for opening and maintaining the accounts. Many accounts are getting closed as addresses in Aadhaar is changed due to movement of persons due to job, work, medical, education etc. and KYC is not being accepted with changed address. It is submitted to Minister for Communications and IT to please see that KYC and its update can be carried out with the addresses given on Aadhaar (without insisting local address requirement) and PAN and Mobile number. These three things are more than sufficient to verify and update KYC without closing accounts in post offices. Technology is going to play a big role in Financial Sector and Post Offices working cannot be on age old working methods. It is essential to keep the pace with change in technology. There are many transformational initiatives taking place. How we can afford to follow the old procedures being adopted in maintaining accounts in Post Offices. World is talking about Cryptocurrency which even does not exit physically and we are still following KYC based on local address. Our local address should be treated at par with address given in Aadhaar and accounts can be opened anywhere in the country without referencing local address. It should be clear enough a person with Bihar address in Aadhaar can open the account in J&K with two additional IDs PAN and mobile number without insisting him local address. Let the local address should be mentioned as a option not mandatory. Let us move with the technology and reap the benefits of financial inclusion. With Good Luck.
Naveen
Pappu can also be right
Pappu can also be right once in a while. That does not mean he ceases to be Pappu. He continues to be a pappu.
Kumar

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Not true. CMs like Shivraj Singh and Raman Singh have proved that they can work hours and hours for their respective states’
Hari Ranjan
Parliament disruption
Iin an article in Times of India of Dec 6th (today) Mr.Pavan Varma has stated that "the House of Commons in England has not been adjourned for a single day. In our country we are fast reaching the situation where not a single day passes when the House is not adjourned." There is a simple solution to this problem :
In the prelunch session, say from 10AM to 2PM , members can participate in serious discussions. All the members need not be present. Every party can depute Members who are well versed with the subject matter to be discussed and they can collectively decide on the issues. The post lunch session, say from 3PM onwards, can be devoted to shouting and other innovative forms of disruptions. This can go as long as members wish and their will be no need to adjourn. Thus both objective will be settled- doing serious business and displaying displeasure. I request some influential readers to bring this to the notice of the House leaders.
Raghavan

The Complainant pleaded that as the reply was delayed, the photocopying charges are not applicable. The PIO submitted that on 29.02.2020, the complainant was given all the required information free of cost who submitted an undertaking that he is satisfied with the information. The Complainant submitted before the CIC that he was forced to sign the undertaking stating his satisfaction. The CIC held that there is no ground to accept that the undertaking was signed under pressure. However, the PIO was issued a warning for not providing the documents free of cost on time and claiming charges despite the delay in replying.
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As per Section 7 (6) of the RTI Act, the person making request for the information shall be provided the information free of charge where a public authority fails to comply with the prescribed time limits. A PIO must ensure timely disbursal of information
Citation: Raashed Ashraf Rather v. Military Engineer Services in File no.: CIC/UTOJK/C/2020/114700/IAIRF, Date of Decision: 03/11/2021
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. Apart from her weekly article here, her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: www.rtifoundationofindia.com

DEBATE(1)
People have started talking about plus points of having bachelor chief Ministers. What about bachelor babus - - particularly at higher level? But then we should keep in mind the fact that being bachelor does not always mean being single.
A K
Roads not affected by flood waters from any overflowing water body
Even in city, roads not affected by flood waters from any overflowing water body. The flooding occurs for 2 reasons : 1)the Storm water drain ports are blocked by residents while making Ramps in front of their gates. This again is due to raising the ground level of their house well above road level due to the constant fear of road level increasing over the years due to the repeated black topping by GCC w/o SCRAPPING the old road surface. & 2)Many house owners have No RWH (rain water harvesting) & the runaway rain water from their terraces floods the road.
Ashok Kumar