DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2013 (PAGE 9) Prez shares perception that bureaucrats Chidambaram seeks higher Former BJP Minister face political pressure dividend from PSUs this year booked in fraud case MUSSOORIE, Oct 18: He quoted his secretary’s SHIMLA, Oct 18: reply, “Mr Minister, when I NEW , Oct 18: get in the current financial year said at an IMF committee meet- President receive instructions from you, I is Rs 73,866 crore. ing in Washington that the gov- Former BJP minister Krishan Kapoor was booked on Thursday today said he shared the percep- Finance Minister P do not look at your face. I look Chidambaram also dis- ernment is committed to the for alloting a prime residential plot in Dharamsala on his and his tion that bureaucrats face polit- Chidambaram today told heads beyond your face, at the vast cussed capital expansion plans path of fiscal consolidation and wife name while he was chairing an urban development authority ical pressure and advised civil of large state-owned companies multitudes of people of this of the PSUs with the objective has drawn red lines for the fiscal being a Minister, a police official said. servants to be patient and com- that the government will not of promoting investment and and current account deficits. country who have chosen you According to Deputy Inspector General (Vigilance and Anti- municate to politicians what accept less dividend that what it growth. “We shall not allow the red Corruption Bureau) A P Singh, a case against misuse of power has to be here”. cannot be done. received during the last finan- “Most of the PSUs will lines to be breached under any been registered against Mr Kapoor, while he was chairman of the The President said Mukherjee told IAS officers cial year. achieve their capex plan. Some circumstances and we shall Himachal Pradesh Housing and Urban Development Authority could never become a theocrat- that they need not subject them- “Dividend payments by half-a-dozen may not. We will remain within the red lines. We (HIMUDA) under the Prevention of Corruption Act, ic state and stressed that secu- selves to political pressure or PSUs will not be less than last revisit those cases in January,” are prepared to take difficult Mr Kapoor was considered a stanch loyalists of BJP national larism was deep-rooted in the interference, but asked them to year’s. In no case will we accept the minister said. decisions in this regard, should vice President Shanta Kumar who was industry minister in the also understand the compulsion country. dividend less than last year’s,” Most of the PSU heads the need arise,” the Minister had P.K. Dhumal-led Government of political leaders who are He urged IAS officers to he told reporters after meeting assured the minister that they said. Mr Singh said the case was registered after the state high court, heads of blue-chip PSUs such as answerable to those who have “My advice to senior civil work towards strengthening would meet the capex target for Against a disinvestment tar- hearing a petition August2, ordered a probe into the allotment of a Oil & Natural Gas Corp, Indian chosen them. servants is be a little patient, tell institutions and said women the current fiscal. get of Rs 40,000 crore, the gov- prime residential plot in Dharamsala to Kapoor’s wife when he Oil, GAIL India, Steel Authority “I know more often we hear him (politician) this cannot be should be encouraged to come ONGC Chairman Sudhir ernment has so far raised Rs was heading an urban development authority. of India, NTPC and Coal India. the complaint that many a thing done, why it cannot be done,” forward as this was necessary Vasudeva told reporters, “The 1,400 crore. A division bench of Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice could not be done or imple- he said. for any civilisation to grow and The Government is seeking Finance Minister was fully sat- India’s GDP growth slowed V K Sharma said they were “of the considered opinion that all mented due to political interfer- Mukherjee recalled his first prosper. to keep its fiscal deficit within isfied by the performance of to 5 per cent in the year ended aspects of the matter should be inquired into by the vigilance ence. I do not hesitate to share stint as a minister in the 1970s, Speaking on the occasion, the budgetary target of 4.8 per ONGC. Our H1 capex target March from an average of 8 per department by an officer not below the rank of superintendent of the perception, yes it is there,” saying he had a learned IAS Minister of State for Personnel cent of GDP. Higher dividend was over Rs 14,000 crore. We cent over the past decade. First- police”. he said, while addressing IAS officer as secretary whom he V Narayanasamy said bureau- from PSUs would make up part have spent 99.3 per cent. We quarter (April-June) growth The court had said the “probe would also unravel involvement officers at Lal Bahadur Shastri once asked if he felt “embar- crats should be neutral and of the shortfall from disinvest- will spend this fiscal year’s slipped to 4.4 per cent from 4.8 of officials concerned as well as other persons”. National Academy of rassed” taking instructions from work to strengthen institutions. ment and lower receipts in other capex plan of Rs 35,000 crore. per cent in January-March. Mr Kapoor’s name was also in the chargesheet of Congress Administration. a newcomer like him (PTI) heads of accounts due to slow- We have cash of around Rs The World Bank slashed during opposition which was submitted to the President on which ing economic growth. 13,000 crore.” India’s growth forecast for the present Congress rule was conducting Vigilance probe after taking The Ministry, according to Sail was confident of current financial year to 4.7 per power in the state. (UNI) police raid ashram, officials, is hopeful of meeting achieving its capex target for the cent from its earlier projection the dividend receipt target in the current fiscal, Chairman C S of 6.1 per cent. current fiscal and has not sought Verma told reporters. The International Monetary Lunar eclipse to greet any special dividend. However, “We have met 87 per cent of Fund estimated an average no trace of they said the situation would be capex target of first half of the growth rate of about 3.75 per reviewed in January. year. We will meet capex target cent in market prices for India. DARBHANGA/NEW DELHI, ashram in Ariyari village in The elder among the two The government received Rs of whole year, which is Rs The Finance Ministry has sky watchers today Oct 18: search of Sai, but were unable to alleged that she was raped by 55,443 crore as dividend and 11,500 crore”, he said. said India’s economic growth find him, police said. at his profit in the last fiscal. The tar- will exceed 5 per cent. (PTI) NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Narayan Sai, son of arrested Last week, Chidambaram Asaram, 72, presently in jail ashram while the younger one A penumbral lunar eclipse will greet sky watchers in the wee self-styled godman Asaram in for allegedly raping charged his son with sexually Bapu, remained untraceable hours tomorrow, the last of three lunar eclipses this year. a teenager, has been slapped assaulting her at the The penumbral eclipse will begin at 03:20:38 AM and end at today even as the Gujarat police with a fresh police case along ashram. SC seeks response from Centre, raided an ashram in Bihar's 07:19:49 AM. with Sai on October six follow- The Gujarat police had gone The deepest phase or greatest eclipse will occur at 05:20:17 Darbhanga district to arrest him ing a complaint of sexual to an ashram in Jaynagar in on charges while his aide AM. assault against them by two sis- neighbouring Madhubani dis- The beginning and end of a penumbral eclipse are not visible. was nabbed in Delhi for ters in Surat. trict yesterday where Sai had states on mental hospitals In fact, no shading can be detected until about two-thirds of the allegedly helping him. been on a visit. The FIR, lodged by the sis- NEW DELHI, Oct 18: financial constraints as adequate made autonomous, it said. Moon’s disk is immersed in the penumbra, SPACE president C B A three-member team of In Delhi, Sai's aide ters, alleged that they were resources allocation is not being "Lack of adequate adminis- Devgun said. Gujarat police assisted by their Dharmesh, who was in-charge raped between 2002 and 2004 in The Supreme Court today made to meet their require- The eclipse will be seen all over the country, he said. Bihar counterparts raided the of Asaram's ashram on Ridge trative and financial powers of different ashrams of Asaram. asked the Centre and State ments. The Centre and State A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is in a direct line Road in central Delhi, was the Directors and the Governments to file their Governments should accord pri- between the Sun and the Moon. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs arrested this morning from his Superintendents of the hospitals response within three weeks on ority in allocation of financial when the Moon passes through penumbra, the lighter part of the CBI registers PE into Khemka’s hideout in a joint operation by is seriously affecting their func- a plea for improving the condi- resources both for the regular shadow. Crime branch of Delhi Police tioning. Therefore, these institu- tion of mental hospitals in the maintenance and the upgrada- This is the last of the three lunar eclipses this year. and Gujarat Police. tions should be made complete- country by providing adequate tion of the physical infrastruc- A partial lunar eclipse occurred on April 25 and a penumbral claims on HSDC seed scam Dharmesh will be taken to ly autonomous in managing financial resources and increas- ture of these institutions," the lunar eclipse occurred on May 25. Both of them were not visible Gujarat for questioning after their own affairs and the manag- ing the number of trained doc- Commission said. in the country. (PTI) NEW DELHI, Oct 18: being produced before a Delhi ing committee of these institu- tors. It said that many of the men- court, police said. tions should have adequate The Central Bureau of Investigation today registered a A bench of justices Gyan tal hospitals are 100 to 150- A team of Gujarat Police has administrative and financial Preliminary Enquiry (PE) on the complaint of Haryana IAS offi- Sudha Misra and Pinaki years-old and they do not been camping in Delhi for the powers to manage their affairs SC agrees to hear PIL to monitor cer Ashok Khemka into the alleged wheat seed scam in Haryana Chandra Ghose sought their receive the same priority as gen- last few days in search of Sai in efficiently," the petition said. Seed Development Corporation (HSDC). response on the petition filed by eral health. connection with the rape case. The CBI move has come a day after reports said the Haryana National Human Rights Each state and Union The Commission said State On Wednesday, a joint team ASI’s excavation for gold Government was preparing a second charge sheet against the Territory must have one mental Governments may be directed of Delhi and Gujarat Police had Commission for direction to set whistleblower IAS officer for alleged low sale of wheat seeds dur- health hospital fully equipped to sanction medical and para- NEW DELHI, Oct 18: conducted raids at Asaram's up more mental health hospitals, ing his tenure in HSDC as its Managing Director from October 15, with latest equipment and suffi- medical manpower to these hos- ashrams at Rohini, Najafgarh, which should be autonomous. 2012 to April 4, 2013. cient medical and para medical pitals as recommended by The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a PIL seeking court Jafarpur Kalan and on Ridge "The mental health hospitals monitoring of the digging being undertaken by the Archaeological “CBI has registered a PE to probe into the alleged irregularity in the country are facing serious manpower and such hospitals be NHRC without delay. (PTI) in the purchase of wheat seeds in HSDC on the complaint of the Road. Survey of India for gold in Daundia Khera village in UP’s Unnao then MD of HSDC,” CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said. According to police sources, district. She said Mr Khemka in his complaint sent to the CBI in March the team from Surat landed in Chopper deal A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam, however, this year had alleged that National Cooperative Consumers’ the national capital after tracing refused to give an urgent hearing and asked the petitioner, who Federation (NCCF) and National Agricultural Cooperative Sai's location to the city while mentioned the case before it, to remove the defects in the petition Marketing Federation (NAFED) supplied seeds at higher rates to intercepting his mobile phone CBI seeks details on middleman’s custody in Italy which would be taken up for hearing next week. HSDC causing a loss to the exchequer. locations. He has been frequent- The petition was filed by advocate M L Sharma who submitted The sources said a month before his transfer from HSDC, Mr ly changing his location, they NEW DELHI, Oct 18: statements, the agency would selves in the account of IDS that court monitoring is required in the case as the valuable Khemka had sent a complaint to the CBI seeking registration of a said. explore the option of seeking Tunisia,” according to the CBI resources might “vanish” and pleaded for an urgent hearing. Sources said Sai has been CBI has sent a letter to the extradition of all the accused FIR in the case. The bench, however, said that the State Government is there to criminal case against officials of NCCF and NAFED. Indian embassy in Italy seek- switching his SIM cards and who are in the custody of The Italian prosecutor, take care of the process and agreed to hear the PIL only after the In his letter he had alleged that NCCF and NAFED had sup- ing details on the arrest of mobile phones. He has so far Italian authorities. However, who carried out the prelimi- defects are removed in the petition. plied seeds at higher rates to HSDC, causing a loss of Rs five crore Guido Ralph Haschke, the to the state exchequer. changed around 17 SIM cards at the moment, there is no nary inquiry, has alleged that The much hyped gold excavation is being carried out by the and mobile phones, the sources alleged middleman in the Rs such move, they said. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) after a seer, Shobhan Sarkar, The alleged scam involved purchase of hundreds of tonnes 3,600 crore AgustaWestland the CEO of Finmeccanica, the wheat seeds to distribute to the farmers in 2010. (PTI) said. (PTI) The helicopter contract is parent company of the UK- dreamt that 1,000 tonnes of gold was buried near the fort of Raja VVIP chopper deal, by Swiss under probe of Italian and Rao Ram Bux Singh in Daundia Khera village. authorities. based AgustaWestland, had Indian agencies for alleged used services of middlemen to Sarkar has claimed that treasures are also hidden at many The arrest was made in kickbacks paid to Indian offi- places in UP. (PTI) Switzerland yesterday on the bribe Indian officials. cials - including former IAF CBI, which carried out the request of Italian authorities chief S P Tyagi - to clinch the FIR against Birla probe in India, has named 13 probing allegations of bribery deal. individuals, including Tyagi in the contract for 12 VVIP Tyagi has denied allega- and European middlemen helicopters. tions of any kickbacks. Unearth facts before action: CII Haschke, who is among 13 Swiss-American Haschke Carlo Gerosa, Christian accused booked by CBI in Michel and Guido Haschke, in is one of the 13 accused NEW DELHI, Oct 18: connection with the corrup- named in the FIR filed by CBI the FIR as accused in connec- tion case, will be extradited to which is probing the bribery tion with the alleged bribery. Strongly reacting to the CBI’s move to file an FIR against bysi- Italy next week. allegations in the deal. The Indian investigative ness tycoon Kumar Mangalam Birla in coal block allocation scam, Highly placed CBI sources “Guido Haschke and Carlo agency has alleged that during CII today said the investigating agency should unearth all the facts said the letter has been sent to Gerosa (both alleged middle- his tenure as the IAF chief, of the case before proceeding against reputed individuals. the Indian embassy seeking men) managed to send 5.6 Tyagi and “with his approval” “It is absolutely within CBI’s rights to proceed against any per- details on his custody and the million euros through Mohali- the Air Force “conceded to ongoing probe. The agency son to ensure that the law of the land is preserved, irrespective of based IDS Infotech and reduce the service ceiling for will also be sending a judicial the stature of the person, it is desirable to ensure that all facts of Chandigarh-based Aeromatrix VVIP helicopters from 6,000 request to Italy for detailed the case are laid upfront before proceeding against respected and Info Solutions Private Ltd to m to 4,500 m as mandatory information on the statements reputed individuals,” CII President Kris Gopalakrishnan said in a (although) it was vehemently given by the accused who are India and kept the remaining statement. opposing the same on grounds in the custody of the authori- amount of about 24.30 million The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a case ties there. euros received from of security constraints and against Mr Birla for alleged criminal conspiracy and graft in the They said after getting the AgustaWestland with them- other related reasons”. (PTI) Rs 1.88 lakh crore coal block allocation scam. (UNI) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL: FTR HQ BSF KASHMIR NOTICE INVITING TENDER The Executive Engineer (Civil) Ftr BSF Srinagar invites on behalf of President of India sealed item rate tenders from approved and eligible contractors of CPWD and those of appro- priated list of P&T, MES and J&K State PWD up to 1600 JHrs on 28.10.2013 for the following works. Last date for receipt of application is 24/10/2013 upto 1700 hrs and sale of tender shall be stopped on 25/10/2013 1700 hrs. Time allowed for completion all works is 102 days. 2. Details of works is as under:- i) Renovation of bath rooms and toilets of type 1/28 Nos. Qtrs (Qtr. No. 1 to 12 & 41 to 56) at BSF Campus Bandipur under SHQ BSF Bandipur. EC Rs. 8,72,663/- EMD Rs. 17,500/- ii) Renovation of bath rooms & toilets of type 1/28 Qtrs (Qtrs No. 13 to 40) of 90 Bn BSF (Now 199 Bn BSF) under SHQ Bandipur. EC Rs. 8,66.975/-, EMD Rs 17,400/- 3. Tenders will be opened on the same day at 1630 hrs in the office of DIG SHQ BSF Bandipur. Earnest Money drawn in favour of DIG BSF Bandipur in the shape of BD/CDR of scheduled bank guaranteed by the Reserve Bank of India should be submitted along with tender as mentioned above. 4. The tender documents can be taken from Accounts Branch of SHQ BSF Bandipur on any working day on production of original valid enlistment, pan card & payment of Rs. 500/- (non refundable) for each work. 5. In case there happens to be holiday/Band Call on 28.10.2013, the tender will be opened on next working day. Sd/- (ER. A.K. KALIA) EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (CIVIL) davp 19110/11/0400/1314 FTR HQ BSF SRINAGAR (J&K)