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Who will be new Secretary Parliamentary Affairs ?
Who will succeed Anil Kumar as Secretary Parliamentary Affairs ? Now the tie is said to be between 1976 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre K S Ramasubban and 1974 batch IRAS officer Usha Mathur.
Kaun Banega Tea Board Chief ? (4) M G V K Bhanu
As the grapevine has it, M G V K Bhanu (IAS, Assam cadre) Resident Commissioner to the Assam Government in Delhi  is said to be the strongest candidate for the post of Chairman Tea Board. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
28 High Court Judges to be transferred ?
The Supreme Court Collegium is believed to have cleared transfer and posting of about 28 High Court Judges in the country
Appointment of two High Court Judges in MP this week ?
Appointment orders of two new High Court Judges, Justice M A Siddiqui and Justice Vimla Jain, are expected to be issued this week.
Finance Minister clears Bankers' file
Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the file pertaining to appointments of bankers' as CMDs in public sector banks. It may be stated here DoPT had raised certain issues due to which the PMO had returned the file.
BJP wants CVC from Karnataka ?
Leader of Opposition Ms Sushma Swaraj is reportedly backing a Karnataka cadre IAS officer for the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner. Is mining lobby of Karnataka active to grab the post of CVC. Vigilance Commissioner has already been chosen from Karnataka.
Cabinet Secretary K. M. Chandrasekhar overburdened
Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar is overburdened nowadays as he is working overtime to ensure that all preparations for ensuing Commonwealth Games were completed on time.
Mukul Joshi to be Secretary Pharmaceuticals
Mukul Joshi is being appointed Secretary Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre. Joshi is presently Secretary Inter-State Council. He would succeed 1974 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Ashok Kumar who is retiring on August 31.
Behuria to be Secretary Fertilisers
Finally it has been decided to appoint Special Secretary Commerce Dr Sutanu Behuria as Secretary Fertilisers in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre. He would succeed 1975 batch Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer S Krishnan who is superannuating on August 31.
Raman to be Secretary Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals
M Raman is being tipped to be new Secretary Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
     ( We said this on August 3 )
IA&AS officer Chandra Mohan transferred
IA&AS officer Chandra Mohan, Director (Audit) in the office the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director (AB/Rajbhasha).
Arti Kanwar to be Deputy Jute Commissioner !
Arti Kanwar is likely to join as Deputy Jute Commissioner. She is 2001 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Nitin Aggarwal in fray for post of IG, CISF
As the grapevine has it, name of Nitin Aggarwal, Kerala cadre 1989 batch IPS, is in circulation for the post of IG - CISF that will fall vacant once deputation tenure of Umesh Kumar, IG - CISF, ends on September 12, 2010.
Ramachandran to be new CMD Andhra Bank ?
R Ramachandran is likely to be new CMD of the Andhra Bank. He is presently Executive Director in the Syndicate Bank.
Pillai to be Director (Finance) BSNL !
K C G K Pillai is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the BSNL.He is presently Principal General Manager (PGM) BSNL .
Will Chairman NABARD get extension ?
Tenure of U C Sarangi Chairman NABARD is coming to an end in November. Will 1977 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Sarangi get extension ?.
Panda appointed as Jt Secr Health and Family Welfare
Arun Panda on central deputation has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
Noronha Academy to host Foundation course
The RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration & Management (RCVPNAAM) Bhopal of which Director General (DG) is Prashant Mehta, will host second foundation course for All India Services (AIS) officers. It will be inaugurated by Governor Chhattisgarh Shekhar Dutt on August 31, 2010. Prashant Mehta is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer of the 1975 batch.
Mittal's central deputation on the anvil
The Government of India (GOI) has in the offer list retained the name of Kamal Kant Mittal. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
CSB meeting today
CSB Meeting is going to take place on Monday. Some pending cases are to be reviewed.
Dr. (Ms.) Rao's extension on the anvil
Dr. (Ms.) Neeraj Gotru Rao, DIG in CBI likely to get extension for deputation period in her present posting. She is an IPS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to Gujarat cadre.
Das is strongest candidate for CMD BSNL post
If insiders are to be believed, Gopal Das is the strongest candidate for the post of CMD BSNL. He is presently acting CMD.
Jain is new Director ACC in DoPT
Chetan Jain an IRPS officer of the 1995 batch is new Director ACC in DoPT
Singh goes to USA for foreign Training
DK Singh, Director, Ministry of Social Justice and Environment, has been selected for long term foreign Training programme in master of Public Administration at Minnesota, USA.
Who will be new DGP in Andhra Pradesh ?
Who is going be the next police chief in Andhra Pradesh?. Picture is still not clear. Orders are to be issued tomorrow when the present DGP RR Girish Kumar retires.
RBI Dy Governor not getting extension
If top sources are to be believed, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Ms Usha Thorat is not getting extension. She is scheduled to retire in November.
Das to head NBCC
V. P. Das, Director Projects NBCC, will be new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) to look after the charge once Arup Roy Choudhury present CMD NBCC goes as NTPC CMD.
Advertisement for SEBI Chief soon
Advertisement is being issued for the post of Chairman of the SEBI next month. Tenure of present SEBI Chief C B Bhave is coming to an end in January.
Shukla to join African Development Bank
Saurabh Shukla, an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of the 1985 Batch, will soon be joining the African Development Bank in Nigeria as Advisor to bank's Executive Director (ED).His tenure will be of three years. Earlier, the post was held by Yaduvendra Mathur (Rajasthan cadre IAS officer of 1986 batch).
(We said this on July 8, 2010)
Jayant Kumar Sinha to SBI's CGM -HR
As the grapevine has it, Jayant Kumar Sinha - Chief General Manager (CGM) Rural Busines (RB) with the State Bank of India (SBI) - is poised to be CGM - Human Resource (HR) once B.B. Das retires on August 31, 2010.
CBI gives clean-chit to Jyoti Kalash
CBI has given a clean-chit to Jyoti Kalash, an IAS officer of 1990 batch of Nagaland cadre who on central deputation is a Director in the Heavy Industries Ministry.
Krishnan tipped to be Director IS&P in BHEL
A.V. Krishnan is tipped to be new Director Industry Sector & Projects (IS & P) in BHEL. Presently, he is Executive Director (ED) of BHEL's Trichy unit.
Committee to resolve CBDT and CBEC Members issue
A committee consisting of Secretary Revenue, Additional Secretary Revenue, Chairman CBDT and Chairman CBEC has been set up to take decision on the representation received by the two boards for the post of Members. Committee has been asked to submit report within ten days to the Cabinet Secretary.
Gujarat DGP gets three months extension
DGP Gujarat Police S.S. Khandwawala who was to retire on August 31 has been given three months extension in service.
Why transfer list of Addl Commissioners held up ?
Why is the transfer order Additional Commissioners of Income Tax being held up for last one month in the office of MOS (Revenue) ? It is reported that MOS (Revenue) wants three officers of Additional Commissioner rank to be given specific posts. As it was against the norms, CBDT refused to accede to the request. As a grudge, MOS has reportedly blocked the file.
Dr Vijayanunni leads delegation to PM on caste data collection
Dr M.Vijayanunni, former Census Commissioner & Registrar General, India & former Chief Secretary, Kerala, at the request of Aziz Pasha M.P. ,led a delegation to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee who is also Chairman of the Group of Ministers on caste census, on 27 August 2010 at Parliament House to urge them to undertake the caste data collection exercise at the census enumeration stage in February 2011 itself since tagging it with the biometric data capture operation as proposed will result in its total failure, and caste data collection was always done as part of the census enumeration in all the past censuses of India from 1871 to 1941, as also the SC-ST data collection from 1951 till 2001.They were also urged to direct the census department itself to undertake the compilation, tabulation and publication of the caste data collected along with all the other demographic and socio-economic characterstics disseminated at the 2011 census, as was done in all the past censuses till 1931, without leaving it to any other outside agency like the social justice and tribal affairs ministries, which do not admittedly have the required infrastructure, experience and organisational base to undertake this gigantic exercise. Minister Pranab Mukherjee, chairman of the group of ministers on caste census assured the delegation that the caste data collection will be done by the census itself. 
Maritime states Board Dev Council to meet in Chennai
A two day meet of the Maritime States Development Council (MSDC) will be inaugurated by Indian Shipping Minister G.K. Wasan in a Taj group's hotel, Chennai, on August 30, 2010. Ministers and officials from nine maritime states will participate in the meeting.
Last reminder from Civil Services Officers Institute
Membership shall stand terminated under the by laws of the Civil Services Officers Institute(CSOI) if annual subscription for the year 2010-11 is not paid by September 30, 2010. Members have been requested to contact CSOI accounts on telephone numbers 011 23073138 or 011 23383438 to verify the accounts detail and pay accordingly.
 Deputation tenure of Sema extended

Central deputation tenure of G.Akheto Sema as Chief Vigilance Officer in the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd.(NEEPCO) Shillong has been extended for a period of two years. He is 1992 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Rajasthan govt transfers eight IFS officers

As many as eight Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been transferred in Rajasthan. While VS Rathore has been made Deputy Conservator of Forests - Bikaner, Rajesh Kumar Gupta has been made Deputy Conservator of Forests, DOD, Udaipur, Deep Chand Bairwa – Working Plan Officer in the Office of Chief Conservator of Forest - Jaipur, Rajiv Chaturvedi - Working Plan Officer in the Office of Chief Conservator of Forest – Bikaner, Mrs. Akansha Choudhry – Deputy Conservator of Forests – Sawaimadhopur, Dr. Chanda Ram Meena - Deputy Conservator of Forests – Ajmer, Ms. Raj Sandeep – Assistant Conservator of Forests – Kota and BS Bohra - Deputy Conservator of Forests, Working Plan (Wild Life), Jaipur.

RTI
 
Property statements of Government Servants
The appellant sought copy of every secretary rank officer's declarations of assets and liabilities made to the department arguing that similar statements made by the MPs and MLAs who are also 'public servants', is in public domain. Relying on the Delhi High Court ruling in S. C. Agrawal v. Supreme Court of India WP No. 288/2009, the CIC held that the property statements are part of Government records. The disclosure of Property statements can amount to invasion of privacy under section 8(1)(j), unless the public interest in disclosure is
demonstrated. Therefore, disclosure can be made only after reference to the third party under section 11(1).
Comments
The mere fact that a government servant has to furnish a property statement does not mean that the declaration is a part of public activity, or "interest". A public servant does not cease to enjoy fundamental rights upon assuming the office. A private citizen's privacy right is of the same nature and character as that of a public servant. A public servant acts for the public good in the course of discharge of his duties and is accountable for them. The degree of
protection to his right to privacy may differ from that of any other citizen depending on what is at stake. Hence, only when something of larger "public interest" in disclosing the personal information is demonstrated by way of objective material or evidence by the information seeker, the exemption under section 8(1)(j) may not be available. The onus of showing that disclosure should be made is upon the individual asserting it. If the PIO intends to disclose such
records, a notice may be issued to the concerned public official, as a "third party" and consider his views on why there should be no disclosure.  This order should put at rest the confusion about the property statements and personal information.
 
[ Shyam Lal Yadav v. Dep't of Personnel & Training, (DoPT) in Appeal No. CIC/WB/A/2009/000669 ]
 
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CORPORATE
NTPC CMD to retire on August 31
R.S. Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) NTPC, will be retiring on August 31, 2010.
Dua is MD Birla Sun Life Insurance
Jayant Dua has taken over as Managing Director of Birla Sun Life Insurance .
Sethi is COO, PE Electronics
Neeraj Sethi has been appointed chief operating officer, PE Electronics.
Can Fin Homes appoints directors 
Ashok Kumar Jain and  Anil Kumar Nayyar have been appointed as directors of Can Fin Homes Ltd on August 25, 2010.
Kapoor is Non Exec. Promoter, Balaji Telefilms 
Balaji Telefilms Ltd has appointed Tusshar Kapoor as Non-Executive Promoter of the company.
Mukesh Ambani on WEF Board
The Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has elected Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director, Mukesh Ambani as member on its Board.
Niyogi is Director, Lokmanya Hospital 
Shailesh Niyogi has been appointed as the Director - Lokmanya Group of Hospitals, Pune. Known as the transformation and growth guru in the field of small to medium scale  companies,  Niyogi will be overseeing the overall development of Lokmanya Hospital.
Indusind Bank, Tata Motors Tie-up
Indusind Bank and Tata Motors have entered into an agreement under which Indusind Bank will provide finance to Tata Motors' prospective car customers.
Madison Media appoints Head (Digital Business) 
Madison Media has appointed Rajat Girdhar as Head of digital business. 
Noel Tata most probable on Chairman list
Noel Tata remains top on the list of Tata Group chairmanship probables so far

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Dewe Gowda was fastest performing Prime Minister
 
Dewe Gowda was one of the best fastest performing Prime Minister of the country.  A number of policy decisions during his PM ship took place in the following manner without bothering the Cabinet:-
 
(i) Murasoli Maran, the then Industry Minister, during the first month of his tenure held several brainstorming session with all his four Secretaries.
 
(ii)Then told them to prepare policy notes on the note sheets of the file.
 
(iii) Signed it and marked it to the then Finance Minister (P. Chidambaram).
 
(iv) Who went through it, held discussion with the Industry Minister in the Udyog Bhawan and then marked file to the Prime Minister (Dewe Gowda).
 
(v) The latter gave approval by siging on the note and the policy was declared. As per rules 12 of the Transaction of Business Rules PM's are allowed to take such decision and the Cabinet need not be bothered.
 
(vi) A number of such policies were declared, without bothering the Cabinet.
 
(vii) The UDF Government was one of the most competent as lot of things happened in its short tenure.
 
(viii) The UDF Government instead of total privatization of the PSUs they wanted it to be converted into joint ventures.
 
(ix) Tatas and Singapore Airlines consortium were ready to form joint venture with Indian Airlines but the Communist did not allow and today the national exchequer is paying for it.
 
Satya Prakash
 
Let’s start revolution in Civil Services
 
As citizens of the country we want the government to provide the best service to us. In order to shake up the administration let us start by appointing a Management specialist from the private sector to be the Cabinet Secretary and shake the system up. We have tried everything and the results are abysmal. Nandan Nilekani is a good start. But we need to start with the top - The Cabinet Secretary.  
 
Palani T
 
No sitting allowance any more
 
In the original scheme of things, the legislators were given a token salary which was supported by substantial scale of sitting allowance for actually attending the work of the legislature. Now that the salary is no longer "token" and has been aligned with the ruling pay structure of bureaucracy, they should be able to do their job of attending the sessions of the legislature without having to be paid sitting allowance any longer as it would amount to double payment for this emerging privileged class of citizens.
 
S Sharma
 
NDMA should have one Engineer Member
 
NDMA should have at least one member from engineers who have hands on experience of handling situations like floods, earthquakes, fires and other natural and man-made disasters.
 
Vijay Motwani
 
Why MPs should not get pay hike ?
 
Frankly, I don’t see why our MPs should not get a pay hike. A minister may claim a salary of 80,000 plus 1 but the rest of the MPs should not be paid the same salary. What is more to the point is to make them accountable for corrupt acts as Public Servants under the Prevention Of Corruption Act. So far this has not happened. Lalu Prasad and the Fodder Scandal, Ram (CM of HP) and the Cash Under The Bed Scandal, Shiela  Kaul and the House Allotment Scandal and so on ad infinitum, none of them have been sent to Tihar. All of them boast of having gone to jail before Independence. Why not after Independence? Many more deserve to go to jail now and for longer periods. The Cellular jail in Port Blair should be revived for these politicians and they should do some Aata Chakki service there. Some could learn basket weaving and some could learn to stitch buttons. Those who cannot give up bad habits like earning black money, drinking and smoking could undergo a course in Vipasana meditation under the able guidance of Kiran Bedi armed with a whip to enforce discipline.
 
D Choudhury