NEW DELHI POLITICAL GRAPEVINE SNIPPETS

NEW DELHI POLITICAL GRAPEVINE SNIPPETS

for Sunday April 4, 2010 publication.

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P Chidambaram home minister deputed top spy seluths

to Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and also to Mulayam Singh Yadav

to brief them about the Maoists menace. Specific question 

was put to the security personnel about the names of Maoist,

In confidence the names were shared to these leaders,

One of the names were so familiar that a senior leader of Opposition

got surprised that the spouse of the Maoists is a regular

invitee to the President banquet and PM lunches to the foreign

dignatories. At once the top seluth said that this matter would be

brought to the notice of political leadership.

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How a fake notification was issued on over time

allowance for Govt employees? Who did faking?

Inernal enquiry has been ordered. In the union ministry

of finance. Based on this circular OT was to be released.

Today Govt clarified with a circular that the OT order is fake

Departments should not take any note on this.

(scanned and attached to this file is the copy of the circular)

Will Govt order a CBI inquiry into the faking of the circular

who did it at the lower level.? 

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Hameed Ansari Chairman, Rajya Sabha 

always liked well dressed and well behaved

MP. For the past one year he was observing many

MPs. He found 25-30 come in their attire.

Ansari has in his capacity as Chairman has

been nominating best dressed MPs to the NIFT board.

This year he has chosen 

N.K. Singh, Member, Rajya Sabha 

as a member of the Board of Governors 

of the National Institute of Fashion 

Technology 

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PM is more keen on knowing the balance sheet 

profit and loss account.

It was evident when Union Minister for Shipping, 

Shri G.K. Vasan  

  

pinned the first Merchant Navy Flag on the 

wearing apparel of the Prime Minister,

Dr. Manmohan Singh,asked the Minister

and officials about the berthing facilities.

PM wanted to know more about the

maritime taxations. 

Secretary Shipping K Mohandass explained to

PM about the this sector.

When the turn of Chairman SCI to get introduced

PM asked him about the profitability.

Liberalisation-profit and loss with taxation structure

are the three the PM would invariably ask the chairmen

of many PSUs. 

It was a treat to discuss with PM was the spantaneous

reaction of senior bureaucrats who were present at

the  of the inauguration of the 

47th National Maritime Week, in 

New Delhi on March 29, 2010.

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ENDS