Whispers Forum

DEBATE (1)
In my view Nusrat Jahan is the rising star.
R Banerjee
DEBATE(2)
My vote goes to Dimple Yadav.
Anupam Gupta
DEBATE (3)
I consider Saroj Pandey as a most talented Indian Women Politician. Her prominence on the national stage is a matter of immense pride for us! Hope to see you win.
Siddharth Malhotra
Good Work
In the Durg Railway Station, to facilitate the facility of the elderly and the elderly, the battery-driven vehicle was re-started.
Siddharth Malhotra
Pre-filled ITR2
Forms A very good idea to start from this financial year. It is very essential and necessary to be successful in schemes like faceless scrutiny and pre-filling of ITR2 forms, the rules should be simple and easy to follow and implement. This can be explained and judged from a very very simple example that the things are not in line. LTCG less than 1 lakh from transfer of equity or equity oriented mutual fund, is tax exempted. It means no tax liability from the tax payers side and no tax revenue for the Govt. but still tax authorities wants all details to be filled in. What is the purpose of such exercise except wasting of man power and time which otherwise can be used for some other useful work. There may be one entry may be fifty entries for which data has to be captured and matched. There are chances of mistakes and a small mistake can create havoc for the tax payers. LTCG under this category should only be asked for reporting purpose not for other details as was being followed till FY 2017-18. There are other are area where Govt, should work for innovative solution to find out the methodologies and procedures to find the real income of professionals like film artists, doctors, lawyers, traders, sports persons, contractors etc. as no tools are available at present to assess the correctness of their income. These are the areas where lot of work and innovation is needed to reduce the leakage of tax revenue instead of spending time in unproductive work like asking for unnecessary details where no tax liability on the assessee. To get away from LTCG complexes is, make LTCG tax free instead increase STT to recover the expected loss of revenue. It is simplest way to collect the tax as it is directly collected at the time of each transactions without disturbing the tax payers. Many such things have to be found out to make the faceless scrutiny and pre-filling of ITR2 successful. All the best to work out for best solution.
Naveen

DEBATE (1)
Priyanka Gandhi deserves. She has handled UP very well.
Sudha Singh
DEBATE(2)
Saroj Pande
Tara Kumari Oli
DEBATE (3)
Saroj, you are the sum of millions of expectations. We are proud of you Sister. You are the identity of our city.
Arjun Tiwari
DEBATE (4)
Smriti Irani has proved her mettle in Indian politics.
Madhukar Govind
Process of filling DG, IIMC’ post on
The post of DG, IIMC post fell vacant on March 31, 2019 and officers senior to DG in the Ministry were holding charge of the post. The process of filling the post on regular basis is on.
Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia
Justice J K Maheshwari is a running encyclopedia
Justice J K Maheshwari, CJ, AP, is an extraordinary and eminent person in the field of law. He is running encyclopedia and I am learning a lot of legal knowledge from the lordship at Amaravati from Oct.11, 2019.
Mullapudi Satyanarayana

DEBATE (1)
Priyanka Gandhi. She resembles like Indira Gandhi. She speaks well.
Prof D P Singh
DEBATE (2)
National General Secretary, Rajya Sabha MP, Saroj Pandey is the most talented India women politician. She has a very strong personality and she is the main leader in Mahila Morcha to support and empower Indian women. I pray to God, you reach the peak of new heights in your political career.
Payal Sharma
DEBATE (3)
BJP leader Ms Saroj Pandey, she is very talented and supportive leader.
Sanjay Singh
DEBATE (4)
In my opinion, Saroj Pandey is the most Glamorous and Talented Women Politician. As she is a holder of World record for holding the post of a Mayor, M.L.A. and M.P. at the same time and this record is nominated for Guinness Book of World Records and Limca Book of Records. She also holds the record for having longest term as a Mayor from Durg, for continuous 10 years and has also received the Best Mayor award.
Rakshit Choudhary
No action against senior bureaucrats who misuse official resources
No action is taken against senior bureaucrats who misuse office perks & facilities at the cost of exchequer. Taking costly gifts from the businessmen, PSUs etc. Driving vehicles for personal purposes and not paying to the Government. Enjoying hospitality expenses much more than the entitlement.
BBS
Jha is most suitable officer
A. N. Jha is the most suitable officer for this coveted and responsible post. He is known for his balancing approach under the rules.
R S Meena

DEBATE (1)
I am supporting Mrs. Saroj pandey. She has done immense work for the public welfare and society while representing BJP. Her contribution towards country's development is incredible. She is an inspiration for many women. She is one of the most talented women politician in India.
Vinod Kumar
DEBATE (2)
My vote goes to Pritam Munde.
Arun Gavande
Good News
All are happy with extension given to the best Administrator Snehlata Srivastava.
Anita Chhabra
Counter-Transparency Line Up
There is fear in the country – said a prominent industrialist the other day. Prior to him was another one casting such aspersions on the government. They were among a bunch of more than 100 letter writers canvassing restoration of OIC status for a person who had indulged in crass anti-India propaganda targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The line up would have been missed except that the industrialist over-stepped by comparing the previous government. He must, because in the previous dispensation appointments to sensitive positions were not decided by the Cabinet but by the industrialists, Swamis, middlemen and women running Lobbying companies. When the country was being openly looted and the loot was being shared among the nexus of politician-bureaucracy-business (refer to the Vohra committee report), there indeed was no fear. Anybody showing the rule book was severely punished- there are methods of punishment without external injury on the law-abiding public servant. The political change in Maharashtra is only the first manifestation of such a line up. More when it is claimed to be the game changer at the all India level. They should know better. The citizens looking for transparency are only concerned if they will see the days of the licence-quota-permit raj once again and read newspaper headlines about scams like Bofors, Augusta, CWG, 2G, Coalgate, Adarsh etc.? Afterall the losses from the demonetisation have also to be recovered. And from whom if not the ordinary citizens ? The economics is transparent in such a system: rob the citizens to pay the industrialists contributing liberally to the mounting NPAs of the banks, making PSUs sick and vacating their lucrative business space for exploitation by the private sector, destroying the small scale sector by merging it with the M sector, stalling modernization in the industrial sector by thwarting attempts of rivals for import of technology and capital goods, staining foreign collaborations (financial, technical and joint ventures) with corruption charges and playing with the national economy under the show of shadow industrialisation. I would welcome the industry to be genuinely competitive so that it also owns international quality brands. The complaining industrialist has been marketing extremely poor quality products like electrical water heating rods/geysers which were below the quality standards set by the Electrical Goods Quality Control Order thereby endangering human safety and could have been heavily punished. His industry must have supplied these geysers in millions to government departments over the decades. For a show his industry had a Fair Business Practice cell, which hardly ever responded to the consumer complaints. It is the fundamental right of the people to expect Fair Business Practices from the industry. They cannot be allowed to export poor quality products to friendly developing countries and bring a bad name to the country. The Prime Minister should take this counter transparency line up seriously. He has been voted to power to safeguard public interest from marauders and looters. He must move fast on the economic front. Instead of band-aid treatment he should provide specialist treatment to the economy which has been demanding professional care. If need be, he should shuffle his cabinet and put an expert as the finance minister. Similar treatment is required for industry, commerce and other economic ministries. The country can ill afford sloth in the economy.
M L Gupta

DEBATE (1)
Superb work you have done Respected Saroj didi. You have done lots of work in our locality and you are too honest leader.
Sonu Prasad
DEBATE (2)
Only Priyanka Gandhi.
M V Menon
Maharsahtra happening is a real shocker
No 56J for politicos. Many Govt Officers were removed from service under corruption charges ranging from taking bribes from Rs 15000 to Rs 150000. But no such action against a person who is accused in massive corruption DRIVE.
Ajay

DEBATE (1)
Harsimran Kaur deserves to be qualified in this category. Her prformanece in the Parliament is superb.
D P Gupta
DEBATE (2)
Supriya Sule is the rising star in the Maharashtra politics.
Bal
Maharashtra happening is a real shocker
A man accused of 70000 crore irrigation scam suddenly becomes an ally and is sworn in as Dy. CM along with his accuser as CM .That too in the middle of the night. When the country is sleeping the main characters in this drama are awake pushing file for revocation of President rule and the President is made to sign the order at 5.30 a.m. The swearing takes place before the sun rises. Those of us who believe in ethics and morality would term the whole attempt as immoral. But others would call us old fashioned .For them it is a 'master stroke' by political Chanakyas. I wonder whether Chanakya himself would have approved of such unholy alliances.
Aaarti Khosla
Fear Of The White Men Gone, Dark Men Takes Over
This Constitution Day we ask ourselves whether the fear of the white men stands replaced with the fear of the dark men. If law makers are afraid and live under fear, the condition of the ordinary Indian citizen can only be imagined. The country generally lives in an atmosphere of fear- terrible fear of the new Maharajas. We have quietly created a new model of feudalism exhibited by plutocracy of the muscle and money power holders. Can the legislators speak their mind without fear ? If the people’s representatives can neither speak the truth nor speak fearlessly nor stand for democratic values, should the people expect any better from poor public servants whose angst is occasionally expressed on the WIC Forum? We have replaced rather smartly the notion of equality of all citizens for whom the constitution was adopted by “categories”- VVIP, VIP etc. There are VIP cremation grounds, VIP Ghats at holy rivers, VIP jails, VIP this VIP that and VIP what not. The true face of democracy in work has been exposed by the Maharashtra political developments. Why Maharashtra ? Because it is the commercial capital of the country. There is too much more to these developments than meets the eye. Still, the people have to have faith in the Constitution of India- after all moksa ka yahi ekmatra sadhan jo hai.
M L Gupta

DEBATE (1)
Supriya Sule has proved in Maharashtra recently.
R K Bhide
DEBATE (2)
My vote goes to Dimple Yadav.
D P Soni
Growing unease among the voters
While Indian voters are urged to cast their vote with lots of expenditure on Elections, the voters are completely ignored and a stage may come, the voter will feel "why should I vote". Politicians in their quest for power are ignoring the growing unease among the Indian voters.
Lakshminarayanan

Govt(s) should not succumb
I fully agree with Aarti Khosla. The student community thinks that resorting to strike and goondaism will make Administration to agree to their unjustified demands. As per reports the rates for hostel rooms, mess etc. were fixed 19 years back!! Keeping in view the inflation and current costs, the rates have been revised. While students protest revision of hostel fees etc. they want the latest rate for their scholarship !!! Government(s) should not succumb to their demands and take strict action against such students.
S Gopal

(DEBATE1)
Now Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi is glamorous and talented.
Dinesh Gupta
(DEBATE 2)
My preference is Mahua Moitra.
A Joshi
Withdraw high denomination notes
Cash, cash cash everywhere. Now a days cash also rains in the city apart from seizures by enforcement agencies. Many cases of big cash seizures have been reported .Even it is reported that 43.22 per cent of unaccounted cash seized in current fiscal year so far is in the form of Rs 2,000 notes. It is anticipated that excess cash gives rise to generation of black money and corruption. It is high time to withdraw high denomination notes within predefined time schedule i.e. to make public clear e.g. Rs. 2000/ note will be withdrawn in six months and Rs. 500/ notes in 12 months period. Govt. can decide the time period in which notes should be withdrawn. It is necessary to eliminate black money or corruption at source itself. Cash looks one of the responsible parameters. Let us reduce cash transactions now. We have enough bank accounts as well as digital media for electronic transactions and encourage the use of plastic cards like Rupay etc. Tax exempt list also major source revenue loss. Let the Govt should abolish the list to boost the revenue and economy of the country by withdrawing the list and bring the institutes under income tax thru an amendment in IT Act 1961. The contributions or donations received by these organisations pay the required taxes as approved by the Govt. It is necessary to implement such measures to reduce black money and corruption. There is someone who can implement these things. All the best for right decisions.
Naveen
Some officers have served even more
Dr H P Kumar has served as CMD of NSIC for more than nine years. Prior to him Dr J S Juneja served or 13 years as chairman of NSIC during 1982-95.
Umesh Dixit
RP Singh served much longer
RP Singh, former CMD, Powergrid Corpn served much longer.
Subodh Garg

DEBATE (1)
In my opinion Kajal Nishad is the most glamorous politician.
S D Bind
DEBATE (2)
My vote goes to Mahua Moitra
Rajiv Ganguly
Shipping Ministry in search of officer for Dy Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust
Since Mumbai Port is more concentrating on Cruise Service instead of Cargo Services as the eviction of cargo is very difficult through Mumbai City,it would be interesting the Ministry of Shipping chooses a person who has more Knowledge in Tourism.
A R Rao
Are IPS officers above Judiciary or govt ?
Today Delhi high court put stay on the deputation of IPS officer's in the rank of IG and above to ITBP as per the cadre review. Earlier Supreme Court too did the same and govt announced NFFU and OGAS to CAPFs. Then why it is so delayed in implementing the same.
Mahesh Nath
“Maharashtra Conundrum : Ends are important, Means irrelevant”
Democracy with brutal majority by single party, leads to one-man dictatorship and institutional marginalisation. Democracy gives us freedom to elect our own dictators. No rule of Law. Growing intolerance.
Democracy with fractured mandate leads to political chicanery, the game of 'Snakes & Ladders', horse-trading for quid pro quo, kidnapping elected representatives and locking them inside 5-star hotels, resorts in different cities to obfuscate their hijackings, transferring black money to allure greedy politicians.
There is cut-throat competition in Maharashtra among unscrupulous politicians to achieve the elusive magic number. Massive scramble for lucrative ( cash-rich) portfolios in Cabinet, as part of package. There is no room for political ethics and morality in the Indian polity.
In our country, politicians must be changed as often as diapers !
If not done, democracy will die a slow death, which it has already started doing anyway.
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

Part information was provided in response to the applicant seeking information regarding seniority list of staff nurse. On appeal, the First Appellate Authority directed the PIO to provide information to the appellant, if available. A Show Cause Notice was issued by the CIC for complete non application of mind, non-furnishing of information in response to the RTI application, non-compliance of the FAA’s order and violation of the mandate laid down by the RTI Act. The PIO submitted before the CIC that as PIO, Health Department as Nodal Officer, his responsibility always involved forwarding the questions/information sought by the applicant to the concerned branches under Health Department and forwarding the response received from them to the applicant i.e. the role of a Nodal PIO is that of a post office. The CIC observed that such a poor understanding of the RTI Act can be rectified not by imposing penalty, but by referring the Nodal PIO for a training session to upgrade his knowledge about RTI Act. The CIC marked a copy of the order to the FAA, H&FW Department to take necessary steps ensuring that the Nodal PIO is appropriately trained to handle RTI cases and made aware that the role of Nodal PIO encompasses more duties than acting merely as a post office
Comments
A PIO is not just a post office and should act as a catalyst in expediting dissemination of information by the actual custodian of information.
Citation: Smt. Nirmala Kumari v. 1. PIO, Deptt. Of Health & Family Welfare and PIO, O/o Medical Supdt., Lok Nayak Hospital in Second Appeal No. CIC/LOKHN/A/2017/151062, Date of Decision: 30.10.2019

DEBATE (1)
Ms. Saroj Pandey is most appropriate in my opinion as all her achievements are the result of her talent and hard work and her simplicity and soberness makes her glamorous.
Aditya Jha
DEBATE (2)
I am for Supriya Sule.
Unite to welcome Feroz Khan
We should welcome Feroz Khan for teaching Sanskrit. The Hindu scriptures have never held that Sanskrit or Vedas are the sole domain of Brahmins. In fact, of the 10 avathars of Vishnu, they are all of other castes other than Brahmin expect for the dimnutive Vamana Avathar (who asked for three feet of earth). Others have become Azhvars in Vaishnavism and saints in Shaivasam due to hard and devoted stints to mankind welfare, including Kshatriyaas, Brahmins, Vaishyas and so-called Shudras. Hence the opposition to Feroz Khan teaching Sanskrit must be condemned vehemently and put down with an iron hand. That the UP CM is incompetent is well known. He is not an integrator. I strongly feel that some Hindus should take the trouble and pains to learn and understand the Holy Quran, and teach the Muslim brethren in Urdu about their Holy book. Integration has to happen in minds and not just through slogans and meaningless speeches. I hope the students, leaders, and politicians will unite to welcome Feroz Khan.
Ravi Srinivasan
BHU’ protests are uncalled for
Student unrest and protests by them have become a common feature in many of our Universities. In Delhi the latest protest by JNU students on fee hike is getting murkier every day with police beating even the blind and disabled. While students in some universities may have a genuine grievance to protest against some decision, sometimes they do go on rampage on unreasonable demands. For example the loud protests by a section of BHU students against the appointment of a Muslim teacher in Department of Sanskrit is absolutely condemnable. Feroz Khan has studied Sanskrit from class 2 and is highly qualified in the subject with a doctorate to teach Sanskritt. The students are protesting only because he is a Muslim. This has forced him to go into hiding and is not able to come to the university. Such protesters need to be expelled from the University since their behaviour is highly objectionable. Feroz Khan needs to be admired for his interest in the language instead of being hounded because of his religion.
Aarti Khosla