IRONICAL OFFICE MEMORANDUM DATED 22/06/2016 OF FINANCE MINISTRY, GOI

Recently an office memorandum (OM) dated 22 June, 2016 was issued by the Ministry of Finance. The subject itself is interesting and ironical, “Action Taken on the observations/Recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) contained in their Forty Second Report (16^th Lok Sabha on “Non-compliance by the Ministries/Departments in timely submission of Action Taken Notes on the Non-selected Audit Paragraphs (Civil and other Ministries).” Rest of the part of the OM you can read from the copy attached herewith.

The irony is that I was attending a conference at Vigyan Bhavan in November  2008 covering the same subject. But it was announced in the conference that most of the ATNs are pending with Finance Ministry and nobody from that Ministry attended the conference. Mainly, the aim of the conference was to sort out the things by interaction of Ministry representatives with CAG officials to solve the issues like removing any doubts or clarifications due to which ATNs were pending. But ironically, the same Finance Ministry has issued this OM under reference.

Here I am reiterating the same statement made in my earlier post http://cagreport.manjaly.net/2015/09/pac-chairmans-statement-and-my-reply-to.html ,

“In reply to it I am quoting the last sentence of my book “A FRAUD IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION’:

‘Is it not both CAG and the Ministry fooling the Parliament and thus the people of India? Now it is for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament to tell the Public what they are doing with these kinds of audit objections and replies brought before them’

‘Hon’ble Chairman, what kind of ATNs are you expecting from the Government on these kinds of Bogus Audit Objections? Is there any ATNs pending for the period between 1993 to 2013 on the 2G and Coalgate?’

 [A copy of the Book (available at:- www.amazon.in/dp/9352353986 ) referred to herein above is already submitted to the Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha by speed post]” 

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(N.B.: the paperback book is now available at some book shops in Kerala and Maharashtra (Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Panvel. For details:- https://www.facebook.com/afraudintheindianconstitution/

COMMENTS RECEIVED ON MY BOOK ‘A FRAUD IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION’ AND MY REPLY

After publication of the book, ‘A FRAUD IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION’ I received many comments in the positive. At the same time I also received some negative comments. I do not want to comment on positive ones, but I would like mention below some of the negative comments received and my reply to them because some of you may also have the same comment in your mind.

COMMENT-1

Serving in a organisation and kept mum and on retirement roaring is not a sign of Hippocrates?

MY REPLY:

At least read the preface of the book which is freely available in www.amazon.in upto 2nd chapter.You will get the answer. From the tone of writing, I think you are badly affected.

In an anger, I think you have not even read the caption of this posting itself. Otherwise you would not have raised this question which is already in the caption. To repeat it, "This is my own story - fighting against corruption/scams while in service. Quit the job to publish this book to expose the hurdles I faced while working in the India Government Service."

COMMENT-2

There is nothing new in organised scams. This was started immediately after independence. Political Boss and top Bureaucratic Bosses looted the wealth of the country and there was not a single year without scam until today.

MY REPLY:

Sir, I do not agree with your comments. First of all, there are traces to the effect that even during the period of Chanakya, there were cases of corruption. Further, there are some Birbal stories narrating corruption incidents from the days Mughal Emperor Akbar. So it was there in India before independence also. It is true that it has increased after independence. But does it justify its recurrence? Similarly, theft, murder, rape, etc. were even existing since time immemorial. So there is nothing special about these also?

COMMENT-3

Story of a dissident and frustrated ex-employee. Such employees are in each organisation.

MY REPLY:

Yes, you are correct. I already admitted this fact in the preface to the book and specifically in concluding part of chapter 1 that such people are very rare in Government service and at the most not more than 30% of the entire work force. I think you have not read it. Up to 2 chapters can be read freely in www.amazon.in and also in www.amazon.com ( go to the link: http://www.amazon.in/FRAUD-IN-THE-INDIAN-CONSTITUTION-ebook/dp/B00SQKTADY and click ‘LOOK INSIDE’ button. Then you can read from cover page to 2^nd chapter free on your screen). Those who had read the book appreciated it and encouraged to come with the next part. Those who have not read it is commenting in the negative.

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