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K C Verma to be R&AW Chief
Internal Security Advisor K C Verma will take over as new R&AW Chief from Ashok Chaturvedi on January 31..He is 1971 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Moorthy to be CBDT Chief !
Name of S S N Moorthy is believed to have been recommended for the post of Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
Singh to handover charge on January 29
CBDT Chairman N B Singh is reported to have said "No" for two months extension in service. He is handing over charge on January 29.
Khanna is Secretary to Sukhbir Badal
Viswajeet Khanna has been appointed Secretary to Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.
Ramesh gets additional charge
IDAS officer B Ramesh has been given additional charge as AO Ordnance Factory Katni.
T K Sil promoted in BSNL
T K Sil, ITS officer, has been promoted to HAG. He is now PGMT Kalyan in Maharashtra.
IPS changes in Uttarakhand
Ridhim Agrawal has been transferred as SP Champawat. Krishna Kumar V.K has been appointed SP Almora.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
G. Karthikeyan has been posted as Commandant, Tamil Nadu Special Police IV Battalion, Kovaipudur. P.C. Thenmozhi, will now be Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime, Madurai city. N. Kannan has been transferred as Superintendent of Police, Coimbatore District. N. Rajasekaran has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Sivagangai district. N. Kamini, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Washermanpet, Chennai Police, has been made Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime and Traffic, Coimbatore city. Shanmugavel has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Coimbatore city. Rajendran has been moved as Superintendent of Police, Railways, Tiruchi.R. Thirugnanam has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, North, Chennai city. J. Ravindran will be Superintendent of Police, Enforcement, Salem.
Awards to CRPF Personnel
Seventeen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Gallantry. Ram Charitra, Commandant, 31 battalion, and Sanjeev Sharma, Commandant, sixth battalion have been conferred the award for their bravery. The other personnel from the world's largest paramilitary - the CRPF - dealing with left-wing extremism in Naxal-affected States, insurgency in the northeast and militancy in Jammu and Kashmir include Alok Kumar Srivastava (DC) 119 Bn, Vikram Singh Bisht (DC) 27 Bn, P.R. Mishra (AC) 22 Bn, Jai Bhagwan (Retd. SI), Chandra Ballabh (Retd. SI), Surender Kumar (Retd. SI). Rajesh Kumar Yadav (Inspector) 113 Bn, R.P. Shukla (HC) 89 Bn, Ajay Kumar Bag (constable) 117 Bn, Pawan Kumar (constable), Naresh Pal constable (131 Bn), Sanjiv Kumar constable (71 Bn), Ajay Bhan Singh constable (101 Bn), Raman Goud constable (83 Bn).
16 CBI officials get award
16 people from the officers and other ranks of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been named for the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service. They are :-Mssrs Rajni Kant Mishra, IPS, Joint Director of Economic Offences Wing, H. C. Awasthy, IPS, Joint Director of Anti-Corruption Wing of the CBI in Delhi, Raju Rangarajan, SP of the Special Unit in Chennai and R. K. Choubey, SP of the CBI Academy in Ghaziabad have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Police Medal for Meritorious Service has been given to 12 personnel including Praveer Ranjan, Sonali Mishra and Rajiv Singh, all IPS officers posted as DIGs in the agency.
The others are: Ramnath Azad, Assistant Director; Ravinder Singh, Additional SP, both posted in Delhi; Ashok Babu, Deputy SP; M. Shajahan, Inspector; Uday Keshave More, Inspector; Mohan Singh Rawat and Vijay Pal Singh, both Sub-Inspectors; K. Sasidharan Nair, Assistant Sub-Inspector; and B. D. Kandwal, Head Constable.
Republic Day Police Medals
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Republic Day Army Medals
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A DATE WITH RTI
Penalty for delay in providing information
There was a delay in providing information beyond the mandatory
period. The CIC noted that under Section 20, penalty is imposable for
delays caused without any "reasonable cause". The PIO and Appellate
Authority were engaged in important work such as budget preparation,
financial year closing, preparation for high level meetings, elections
etc. and were pressed for time. Consultation with the legal department
also became necessary. All care has been taken to provide clear and
accurate information. The CIC held that the delay caused was not
without reasonable cause and penal provisions were not invoked.
Comments
Penal provisions are not to be invoked indiscriminately. The case law
sheds light on what can be termed as reasonable cause for delay in
providing information.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma((It is updated every Monday)
Promotions of CCs & Commissioners by CBEC soon
As the grapevine has it the Central Board Excise & Customs (CBEC) is soon going to issue promotion orders regarding promotion of Chief Commissioners (CC) & Commissioners.
Empanelment of CBDT officers as Jt Secy. delayed
As the grapevine has it empanelment of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers belonging to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as Joint Secretaries will be delayed. Thanks to delay in communicating confidential reports (CRs) of eligible officers. As a result of this IRS officers will once again lag behind their counterparts in other services as far as their empanelment as Joint Secretaries in GOI was concerned.

CORPORATE
NHPC Director (Personnel) interview on January 27
The PESB will hold interview for the post of Director (Personnel) on January 27.
New World Bank Country Director for India
Roberto Zagha, a Brazilian national, has been appointed as the World Bank's Country Director for India.
Rao takes over as unit head of HZL
Prabhakara Rao has taken over as unit head of the Hindustan Zinc Limited in Visakhapatnam . He has succeeded K Siva Prasad.
Menon in Board of Trustees
Doha-based C K Menon has been nominated on the board of trustees of the India Development Fund.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Happy Republic Day,
Only via your Desh Bhakti your Desh you can pay,
This you can do by voting and having your say,
And showing the selfish lot 'Out' ka way!!
A joyful Republic Day to you all,
May every Indian walk tall,
Remember India 'sonne ke chidiya' they used to call,
For your Country always he ready to take the call!
On Republic Day my best wishes,
Give back to our enemy what to us our enemy dishes,
Never bow to any anti India wishes,
Weed out from within our great Nation the rotten fishes,
On this Republic Day let's take a vow,
That the World we will wow,
No one karr saktha hai India ko cow,
Only to Him will we bow.
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Making false statements
Those who say that there has been no war since 1971 were, perhaps, sleeping during Kargil, the Smodurang Chu incident with China in 1987 and the long running IPKF war in Sri Lanka.
According to such people, the armed forces are 'sitting idle'. Perhaps they are unaware that they are utilised in the creation of national security, and without them, we would all be speaking Chinese.
Unpleasant attitude of auxiliary cadres of DGQA, AFHQCS, and MES is well known. They want to be made equal to lieutenants and majors and colonels, when they belong to group B services.
To say that Sub. Majors should not be posted as Jr. Engineers is nonsense. A subedar major is a group B officer, equal in rank according to all pay commissions to a Deputy Superintendent of Police or a SDM in group B. How can MES Jr. Engineers claim equality with those who are senior in service and cadre also?
Aditya Puar
Issue of discrimination rightly raised
Manoj working as peon on contract basis in North Block at a monthly salary of Rs 4000 only when his counterparts having regular
jobs in the government with many perks get a salary of Rs 15000 has through your website (23rd Jan) rightly raised the issue of discriminatory treatment being meted out to him as also his driver brother. What can be more ironical than the fact that while those getting highest salaries never retire while others seeking job at the lowest level never manage to get one and have to satisfy with a contract job on meager wages. When we have highly selfish people who are concerned with their own welfare and occupying senior positions in bureaucracy (and some of them being corrupt also), what hope people like Manoj ,his brother and millions like them can have? However I must congratulate you for carrying the views of Manoj working as peon on contract basis in North Block. Sudhir Chopra
Sudhir Chopra