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Gujral to be Secretary Surface Transport ?

In the event of Brahm Dutt’s moving to the NHAI as Chairman, it is now widely believed that present DGFT R S Gujral will succeed him as Secretary Surface Transport. Gujral is 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Brijeshwar Singh to replace Ashok Kumar ?

Chairman of the NHAI Brijeshwar Singh is likely to succeed Ashok Kumar in the Ministry of Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

UP cadre IAS to succeed UP cadre IAS

UP cadre IAS officer is likely to succeed Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion Ajay Shankar on January 1. 1973 batch IAS officer Ajay Shankar is retiring on December 31.

85 IAS officers of 1990 batch in consideration zone

Altogether 85 batch IAS officers belonging to 1990 batch have been short-listed for consideration to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.A two member Secretary level committee has now prepared the list for empanelment.

Sonia loyalist leaves, Lalli survives

Finally the resignation of Sonia Loyalist Arun Bhatnagar has been accepted. Chairman of the Prasar Bharti former 1966 batch IAS officer Bhatnagar had tendered his resignation on March 7 after having a tiff with CEO B S Lalli over the functioning of the Prasar Bharti. Incidently Lalli is still surviving as the CEO. Bhatnagar had been Secretary of the National Advisory Council headed by the UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. When NAC was wound up Sonia Gandhi got Arun Bhatnagar appointed as Chairman of the Prasar Bharti.

Ajay Agnihotri Commissioner in CBEC seeks VR

Ajay Agnihotri Bhopal based Commissioner in Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has sought Voluntary Retirement (VR). Currently Agnihotri is serving his notice period, which will expire on March 31, 2009.He belongs to 1977 batch of Central Customs & Excise.

Nitin Who ? Surprising but true !
It may sound to be intriguing but it is true that the intelligence did not have any inkling of Nitin Gadkari - new BJP Chief. When the name of Young Maharashtra BJP leader first came in the media for party’s top post a frantic search for his file was launched in the Intelligence Bureau but to no avail.

Will Anand Sharma be HPCC chief ?

Congress think-tank wants to select a young leader for the post of president, Himachal Pradesh Congress (HPCC). The name of Anand Sharma, Commerce Minister is on the top. Moreover, Anand Sharma belongs to Himachal Pradesh and is a young & a dynamic personality.

Will Munde join Congress ?

Arch political rival of newly appointed BJP President Nitin Gadkari, Gopinath Munde is being wooed by the Congress to join the party.

Review of 1979 batch IAS deferred

Review of 1979 batch IAS to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has been deferred. Scheduled review meeting early this month did not take place.

J.N.Singh to be member Finance in NHAI

As the grapevine has it J N Singh is all set to join as Member (Finance) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). He is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

A.P.Mishra may be GM Northern Railway

A.P.Mishra who was recently shifted from Advisor Vigilance Railway Board to Eastern Railway (ER) Kolkata as General Manager (GM) may be posted as GM, Northern Railway. He is IRSE officer of the 1974 batch.

Paresh Johari is ED, Nehru Yuwak Kendra

Paresh Johari has assumed charge as Executive Director (ED) with the Nehru Yuwak Kendra (NYK). Johari is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1995 batch who was earlier a Director in the Indian Ministry of Pharmaceuticals.

Shailesh Kumar Yadav returns to his parent cadre

Shailesh Kumar Yadav, Deputy Director, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) has returned to his parent cadre. He is an IPS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Swamy to be Addl Member Railway Board

Swamy who was shifted from the post of General Manager (GM) North Frontier Railway (NFR) will be Additional Member Railway Board.

Gary P. Godwin MD, UOP India quits

Gary P. Godwin Managing Director (MD) of the UOP India Private Limited has resigned. His resignation will be effective from December 31; 2009.UOP India Private Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of UOP LLC, which has its offices in the Unitech Trade Centre, Gurgaon. Headquarters of UOP LLC are in DES PLAINES, Ill (Chicago). The said company is the supplier of catalyst for oil refineries.

Mark Turowicz to be acting MD, UOP India

Mark Turowicz who is presently General Manager (GM) Sales of UOP India Private Limited will be looking after responsibilities as Managing Director (MD) temporarily. Existing MD Gary P. Godwin has resigned. His resignation will be effective from December 31; 2009.UOP India Private Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of UOP LLC, which has its offices in the Unitech Trade Centre, Gurgaon. Headquarters of UOP LLC are in DES PLAINES, Ill (Chicago). Mark Turowicz has studied in Pakistan & can speak flawless Hindi. His wife is a Macedonian. The said company is the supplier of catalyst for oil refineries.

H.V. Chaturvedi is IG (Administration), CISF

H.V.Chaturvedi IG CISF who was earlier IG North Eastern Sector (NES), Kolkata has now assumed the charge as IG (Administration) at CISF’s headquartering in Delhi. He is CISF cadre officer of the 1976 batch.

Davinder Kumar Yadav as Deputy appointed D.G, UIDAI

Davinder Kumar Yadav has been appointed as Deputy D.G in. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre.

Charat Chandran is Director Indian Bank

Charat Chandran has been appointed as a non-official Director at Indian Bank.

Justice Siddiqui is Chairman again
Justice M S Siddiqui has been given second five year term as Chairman of the Commission for Minority Educational Institutions.
Mishra to be Director Corbett National Park ?
Mr. Ranjan Kumar Mishra an IFS officer of 1993 batch Uttarakhand cadre is being appointed as Director Corbett National Park. At present he is addl secy forests & environment govt of uttarakhand.
Who will be new Director Projects, Rail Vikas Nigam?

Who will be new Director Projects of the Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) once present incumbent i.e. Satish C. Agnihotri is elevated as Managing Director (MD), RVNL? This question is hotly being discussed in corridors of power.

KK Kabirpanthi empanelled in GOI

KK Kabirpanthi is one of the seven officers of Indian Revenue Service(C&CE) of 1983 batch who has been empanelled in Government of India (GOI) for holding the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

Nahta to be Member (Technical ) CLB

U C Nahta is being appointed new Member (Technical) of the Company Law Board.

There is IAS shake-up in Andhra Pradesh
BP Acharya has been appointed Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).B. R. Meena has been appointed as Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of A. P. Industrial Development Corporation (APIIC).T. Chatterjee has been made Special Chief Secretary, Planning. Lakshmi Parthasarathy Bhaskar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Transport and Roads & Buildings. TS Appa Rao will now be Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration. C.V.S.K. Sarma has been shifted to the Chief Minister’s office. Adhar Sinha has been appointed as Commissioner, Collegiate Education. L. V. Subramanyam will be Vice-chairman, AP Housing Board.
Justice Kulasekaran is Chairman of RRTI
Former Judge of the Madras High Court Justice A. Kulasekaran has taken over as Chairman, Railway Rates Tribunal of India, Chennai for a five-year term.

Former IAS officer launches political party in TN
Former 1980 batch IAS officer P. Sivakami has launched the Samuga Samathuva Padai (SSP), a new political party.
First CJ of Supreme Court of Bhutan
Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye has been appointed as the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Bhutan.
IPS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
As many as 24 IPS officers were transferred in Madhya Pradesh. Those who were transferred on December 19, 2009 were: A K Shrivasyava IG Rewa to IG Training Bhopal, HS Panwar IG Training Bhopal to IG Narcotics Indore, GR Meena IG Narcotics Indore to IG Rewa , Adarsh Katiyar DIG Ratlam Range to Senior SP Bhopal, Jaideep Prasad SP Bhopal to AIG PHQ Bhopal, Yogesh Deshmukh SP Khandwa to AIG PHQ Bhopal, Yogesh Chaudhary SP Sagar to SP Bhopal, VK Suryavanshi SP Tikamgarh to SP Sagar, RS Saket SP Neemuch to SSP Rail Indore, Dr Rajendra Prasad AIG CID Bhopal to SP Shivpuri, Ms.Deepika Suri SP Hoshangabad to AIG PHQ Bhopal, Santosh Kumar Singh SP Morena to SP Bhopal, MS Jamra SP Datia to Commandant 32 nd Battalion SAF Ujjain, SP Singh SP Katni to SP Dewas, Nawal Singh Raghuwanshi SP Dindori to Commandant 6th Battalion Jabalpur , Hari NarayanChari Mishra SP Balaghat to SP Khandwa, Gaurav Rajput SP Dewas to SP Morena, Sanjay Kumar SP Shivpuri to SP Balaghat, Ms. Ruchi Shrivastava Additional SP Bhopal to SP Hoshangabad, Ms. T Amongla Iyyer Additional SP Indore to SP Neemuch, Akash Jindal Additional SP Indore to SP Dindori, G.G.Pande SP Rail Indore to SP Dindori, Anil Sharma SP AJK Chambal to SP Datia & Manoj Sharma AIG Special Branch Bhopal to SP Katni.
Anshu Prakash is Delhi Finance Corporation CMD
 1986 batch UP cadre IAS officer Anshu Prakash has been appointed CMD of Delhi Finance Corporation after returning from Arunachal Pradesh.
Ray moves to Railway Board (UPDATED)
P S Ray HAG/IRTS/SER has been transferred to the Railway Board on promotion as Additional Member (Tourism and Catering) .
Braj Mohan promoted (UPDATED)
Braj Mohan HAG/IRTS, PRESENTLY has been promoted and posted as Additional Member (Commercial ) in the Railway Board.
CRPF launches Project ‘Janani’ (UPDATED)
CRPF has launched project ‘Janani’ (mother as embodiment of selfless love) in collaboration with “Nanhi Chhaan” Foundation, a non-profit NGO, headed by Harpal Singh, Chairman of Fortis Hospitals with the aim to protect the rights of the girl child, create awareness about evils of dowry as also health of women and girls besides women empowerment through capacity enhancement and creating awareness about ecological balance. The project will be supervised and run under the guidance of the CRPF Wives’ Welfare Association (CWWA), a registered NGO.
Dr.(Ms.)Alka Bhargava is new Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya (UPDATED)
Dr (Ms.)Alka Bhargava who is a Director in the Government of India (GOI) has assumed additional charge as new Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya . She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre. She is a Director in Ministry of HRD.
(We said this on November 30,2009)
"DATE WITH RTI" CELEBRATES ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

Documents / notings in respect of the processing of the panel of the
year 2001 during the period from January to March, 2005 for
appointment to the post of Director (Commercial & Marketing) in ITDC
was rejected claiming that they are essentially part of the papers put
up to “Appointments Committee of the Cabinet” (ACC) and are exempted
under Sec. 8(1)(i). It was claimed that “Cabinet papers” includes all
the papers pertaining to deliberations of the various Committees of
the Cabinet, apart from including the papers pertaining to ‘Records of
deliberations of the Council of Ministers’, ‘Records of deliberations
of the Secretaries’ and ‘Records of deliberations of other officers’.
‘Decisions of the Council of Ministers’ and ‘material on the basis of
which the decisions were taken’ are a just a sub set of the larger set
of documents encompassed under the larger term “Cabinet Papers”. Out
of these types of documents – only one set of documents is mandated to
be made public after “the decision has been taken, and the matter is
complete or over”. The term “Shall be made public”, in the Act, makes
it a duty for the Public Authorities to make public the “decision of
the Council of Ministers” and “material on the basis of which the
decisions were taken only in cases of “Decision of Council of
Ministers” and not in respect of any other class of “Cabinet Papers”.
The Commission disagreed with the above claim and directed to disclose
the information.

Comments

Every decision of the Council of Ministers is a decision of the
Cabinet and hence, all records concerning such decision shall fall
within the category of “Cabinet papers” and, as such, disclosable
under Section 8(1) (i) after the decision is taken and the matter is
complete, and over.

[Appeal No.CIC/WB/A/2008/01229 dated 10.7.2008 in Shri R. C. Gupta v. DoPT].

Mrs. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in)

Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION – LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann

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Sanjay Kajaria is Chairman of IJMA
Sanjay Kajaria is going to continue as chairman of Indian Jute Mills Association.
Choudhury elected Director of Peerless
Pranab K. Choudhury has been elected non-executive director of Peerless General Finance and Investment.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

The Deal at Copenhagen is actually ‘no deal’!
Unless the Deal is binding one cannot say Deal we've been able to seal!!
 
Island Nations cheated they do feel!!!
Because under climate change affects their land rising seas will steal!!
 
And with his negotiable and non negotiable banter Jairam Ramesh just 'slipped away'!!!
Apart from this he had nothing to say!!
 
The Developing Nations that flout the most have got away!!!!!
‘Jiss ki laathi ussi ki bhains’ they say!!!
 
Seems Advani and Rajanth's exit was a package deal!!!
And on this Deal RSS put its seal!!
 
Advani’s becomes a Mentor and Rajnath is back to being a BJP ‘karyaakarta’!!!
Both no longer can anyone claim being  BJP's ‘karta dhartaa’!

In fact no one in the new trio can claim to be the karta dhartaa of the Party!!!!
Infighting in BJP is still very much 'hale and hearty'!!!
 
Sushma , Jaitley and Ghadkari now have the 2014 BJP’s PM nomination in their sights!!
So in BJP you can expect more fights!!!
 
But fact of the matter is BJP’s on a downward trend!!!!
And its infighting ne kiya hai BJP ko in a tailspin send!!
 
Modi in Gujarat has made voting in local polls ‘a must’!!
When people do not vote Democracy is in the danger of going bust!!
 
Voting is a responsibility in a Democracy and its high time it was made obligatory!!
In all elections voting should be made mandatory!!
 
If you do not want to vote for any candidate then there should be a button ‘abstain’!!
By making voting mandatory Democracy will gain!!!!
 
72 year old Sheila Dixit says ‘ I’m impatient not arrogant’!!
When the law said 'you can't' arrogance and impatience was shown by Manu's Aunt!!!
 
To see Nephew Manu out Aunty Sheila lost her patience and she arrogantly got him parole!!
In Manu getting parole Aunty Sheila played a crucial role!!
 
The rice scam that was reported by Outlook in October has another revelation!!!
The Ghana Government has requested help from the Indian Nation!!
 
It says that 'the relief' was actually just a business Deal!!!
And millions in name of aid  the unscrupulous did steal!!!
 
For the coming month in all probability from the Media Kamalnath will run away!
He was the Commerce Minister when this scam took place and fingers point his way!!
 
It’s a scam and rice was exported when India was reeling under a shortage of rice!
Sarkaar had declared ban on export of non basmati and for basmati export fixed a floor price!
 
The Aid was used to export non basmati rice by getting around the ban!!!
And now Sarkaar is shying away from this worms ka can!!
 
Imagine as we face inflation in Parliament MPs are protected from inflation!!!
They still get food at unbelievable prices as unbelievable inflation affects the Nation!!
 
Rs. 12.50 for a thaali , katori of Dal at 1.50 and Rs.1 per roti …believe it or not!!!
After all they are a special lot!!
 
As poor Indians cry for a square meal our MPs eat and eat!!!
And then ‘sleep pangs’ in the House they try to beat!!
 
Confucius says… yeh kaisa insaaf MP’s are protected from inflation????
Aren’t they a part of this Nation????

Adds..... unless they do not feel inflation they will not feel inflation's pain,
Subsidizing food for those who actually do not need subsidizing is indeed this Nation's bane!!

Bharat Kumar

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IS THE DEMAND OF SMALLER STATES JUSTIFIED ?

Smaller states for administrative convenience is alright. This also will dampen the linguistic chauvinism exhibited in certain states. Creating a new province in North Bengal is good. But why this name Gorkha Land. To my understanding Gorkha is a province in Nepal. Since the majority of soldiers coming into the British army were from this province, Nepalis are generally called Gorkhas. Even if a new province is given Government should never agree to this Gorkha land name, since this will have bad future inplications.Perhaps Jaswant singh is doing what his predecessor did for the Moghuls.

N K Nair

How the ICAR may be cleaned after departure of Dr Mangala Rai's and his Jungle Raj. The near and dear ones on Dr Rai are holding important positions all over ICAR. How the new DG will be able to extract best in this situation. A through review and corrections are required.

David Dones

I request the Editor to put a stop to this discussion on who is running the MOD. In a democracy elected Government is supreme. Bureaucrats are only implementing tools of policy taken by the Government. Defence forces have their own responsibility. Their problems have to be sorted out by the Defence Minister. There is no question of them over riding the bureaucrats or the latter over riding the defence forces. They complement each other.

N Krishnan

Oath, administration of

Oath ,wherever and whenever necessary, should always be administered by a constitutional authority and not by any bureaucrat.

Keshav Prasad