Whispers Forum

Agriculture should have been on the top of the priority list.
Parth
Sack Nepal Singh from BJP
BJP should sack Nepal Singh from the party for his recent comments on soldiers. The thoughtless comment made by the BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh, that it was normal for soldiers to die in combat, deserves nothing less than that, his apologies notwithstanding. Being an elected representative, he is expected to be responsible in his public utterances. Far from encouraging our jawans and officers who guard our borders round the clock, such remarks will only hurt their morale and demotivate them. The Prime Minister too needs to reiterate his caution to his partymen to exercise restraint as such nuances do not suit the party which claims to be ‘nationalist’.

An application was filed seeking copies of educational qualification certificates, caste certificate submitted by Shri Awadhesh Kumar at the time of appointment in the school. The CIC observed that the PIO had provided copies of caste certificate & educational qualification pertaining to third party to the appellant. The copies of certificates of educational qualification or caste is third party information and should not be provided before resorting to Section 11 of the RTI Act. The CIC directed the PIO to be cautious in future in dealing with the RTI matters and advised to strictly adhere to the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005.
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With a large number of Public Information Officers of state and centre being untrained, the likelihood of disclosing personal information inadvertently is fairly high. There is little which a person can do in such cases except to claim damages.
Citation: Shri Shiv Govind v. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Case No. CIC/RM/A/2014/003876/MP, Date of Decision: 19th July, 2017
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/

With India’s economic growth faltering in the last couple of years, the government has been looking for ways to galvanise the economy. It first tried demonetisation. It was a bold move but its economic benefits will be long in coming while the short-term disruption has been very real and demoralising. Then, it pushed through the goods and services tax (GST). Again, this is hugely positive over the medium term, but is painful in the short run. The government also seems to have realised that a simpler, more effective remedy at hand is recapitalising public sector banks (PSBs) and enhancing the flow of credit to cheer that markets.
Atul Saxena

Dalit-Maratha conflict in Maharashtra triggered by Prakash Ambedkar, allegedly claimed by a section? Were the riots incited by the so-called resurgence of "Brahmanism" , allege others ?
The celebration has been taking place peacefully, year-after-year without rancour from any quarter. How did it flare up suddenly this year ? A deep - state conspiracy by the Congis and the Commies, discomfited by their defeats in assembly polls. At least, so it seems ?
"Bahut chubhti hai teri chuppi ae, Congis aur Commies,
Kahin Ghul ghapara bhi ho jaye, par tujhe kuch fark nahi "
Whatever may be the findings of investigation , the politicos are laughing up their sleeves showing sham empathy with the dalits
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

If the current PM was in tune with the public grievance redressal system, then he would have not put plugs in the implementation of Public Grievance redressal act and creation of public grievance redressal commission mooted by the erstwhile. The current government is also not allowing the Lokpal Act and Whistleblowers Act to see the light of the day.
BBS
Non-IAS officers happy
The non-IAS officers are happy with the Modi government. IAS officers in general are not happy with the decision of PM Modi to allow other services to man some senior Central Staffing posts which the IAS lobby unduly denied them for years. Important senior IAS officers are trying to maintain the status quo which PM Modi is disrupting.
Vijay Kumar

Although I am a supporter of the present regime, I have no hesitation to submit that the quality of the grievance redressal, over the period, has gone down. As the present government is pushing hard for timely disposal of the grievances, the quality has suffered a lot. The grievance officers are not in tune with the PM. They just want disposal, even if it serves no purpose. The feedbacks on the portal itself certify this claim. It is time that someone takes the charge of this aspect, otherwise the poor citizens have no way to get their grievances redressed.
Bharati Ghosh