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INDIA,S BUSINESS HOUSE (13)
A corporate house, considered to be conservative, has now recruited an army of 70 experts from the field of communications to take care of its Corporate Communications department. Guess the name.
Will next Cabinet Secretary be he or she ?
The Union Cabinet has approved a change in the service rules governing the office of the Cabinet Secretary. Under the new rules, the government will have the liberty to retain an incumbent for four years regardless of when she or he reaches the age of superannuation. What is the significance of this change of rule ? Will the next Cabinet Secretary be she?
Brahm Dutt out of race ?
Latest information says that Brahm Dutt is now out of the race for the post of Chairman NHAI. 1973 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, Dutt, is presently Secretary Road Transport and Highways.
Vivek Rae to succeed Gujral ?
Grapevine has it that Chief Secretary Andman &Nicobar Vivek Rae is going to succeed R S Gujral as Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
18 IAS officers of 1976 batch waiting
Altogether 18 IAS officers of 1976 batch are still waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India.
Half a dozen contenders for Secretary Tourism
Two 1975 batch and four 1976 batch IAS officers are in the run for the post of Secretary Tourism in the Government of India. Post is falling vacant this month end.
Was the statement with HMs consent ?
Did the controversial statement given by Union Home Secretary G K Pillai during visit of Foreign Minister in Pakistan had the nod of Home Minister P Chidambaram ?. The silence of Chidambaram says so.
Khatua to retire this month
Chairman of the Forward Markets Commission B C Khatua is superannuating on July 31.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Prasar Bharti CEO Lalli indicted ?
CEO of the Prasar Bharti B S Lalli has been indicted by the CVC. The CVC has submitted its report on the functioning of the Prasar Bharti last week. Now the I & B Minister Ambika Soni is going to meet the Prime Minister in this matter.
Corporation Bank CMD to head SUUTI
As the grapevine has it, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD)
of Corporation Bank JM Garg is poised to head the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India  (SUUTI).
Will Rahul Gandhi be Working President in December ?
It is widely believed that in December Rahul Gandhi would be Working President of Congress Party. Party’s General body meeting will take place in December, 2010. The election of President of the Party is in the next month
Navin Chawla to retire on July 29
Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla will retire on July 29.He is retired 1969 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Quraishi to be new CEC
Shahabuddin Yakoob Qureshi will succeed Navin Chawla on July 30 as Chief Election Commissioner.He is retired 1971 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Is Moily worried ?
V. Moily, Law Minister of Government of India is quite worried these days because he has been trapped between ex-CM late Y.S.R. Reddy’s son Jagan Reddy’s action in Andhra Pradesh and pressure of Congress Party to take action against him.
Shapiro to be MD of CDSL ?
James E. Shapiro, head of market development at the BSE, is likely to be appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CDSL.
Mishra to be Director (Operations) NTPC
N N Mishra is being appointed new Director (Operations) of the NTPC.
Dr. Rakesh Hooja appointed IIPA Director
Senior IAS officer and chairman of Rajasthan Board of Revenue, Dr. Rakesh Hooja, has been appointed as the new director of New Delhi-based Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), for three years. The tenure could be extended for two years. The post of IIPA director is considered equal to secretary in GoI.
( We said this on May 18)
Fresh panel for JS Higher Education
A fresh panel for the post of Joint Secretary in the Department of HRD is being made. HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has rejected the earlier panel.
Five vacancies in CIC
There are going to be five vacancies of Member in the Central Information Commission by December .
Sahay to be IG CISF
R R Sahay is being promoted to the rank of IG in the CISF. Name of Sahay has been cleared for promotion.
D.J. Pandian is convener for Gujarat’s foreign delegation
The government of Gujarat will send a delegation led by D.J. Pandian, an IAS officer (1981 batch, Gujarat cadre), to two foreign countries for promotion of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011.These countries are: East USA & Canada .The delegation comprising of Gujarat based well-known industrial leaders will visit these countries to invite business community for participation in Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2011. The summit is going to be held on January 12 and 13, 2011 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Pandian is Principal Secretary (PS) Energy & Petrochemicals to the Gujarat government.
Anand Kumar to demit IOC this month
Director (R&D) in the Indian Oil Corporation Anand Kumar is demitting office by this month end.
Bal is now President of Corporate Affairs in Reliance
1983 batch IRS (IT) officer A K Bal who quit the service is now President of the Mukesh Ambani Group, Reliance Industries.
IAS officer in a new ‘Avtar’
The forays of bureaucrats into the world of music and art are well known. The latest and finest musical attempt to join this elite fraternity is Dr Mohan Rao, 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Dr Rao has been a prolific singer since a very young age and is gifted with a resonant and melodious voice. He is also an accomplished composer and has developed a bank of various genres of music over the years. Though his passion for music was overwhelming ,constraints of time and profession proved to be barriers towards a quicker entry into the world of music. But at last, his fondest dream of letting the world listen to his music is about to be realized. A CD with seven light romantic numbers has been composed and sung by Dr Rao. Two songs have been filmed in the picturesque locales of Bhopal featuring Dr Rao, well known Bengali and hindi film actress Rituparna Sengupta and model Meenal Vaishnav. A special mention is to be made of Ms Aruna Mohan Rao, the better half of Dr Rao as she has penned the lyrics of all the songs in the album. She is 1987 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. The audio and video CD will be in the public purview from 4th of August.
Pradip Singh appointed member, Selection Committees for National Sports Awards
Pradip Singh, IAS (Retd), Commissioner, Disabilities, Govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi, has been appointed Member of the Selection Committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Dhyanchand Award for Lifetime Achievements in Sports and Games and the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for the year 2010.
Naxalism in Chhattisgarh (1)
At a get-together, consensus was arrived at on one point “As long a Naxalism exists, there can’t be any development in Chhattisgarh .
43 officers join APPPA Course
Altogether 43 officers from different services have joined 36th APPPA course at Indian institute of Public Administration. Two officers selected have not joined the course.
Malik promoted in RPF
Rajinder Malik has been promoted to the rank of DIG in the RPF. He is presently posted as Director in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.Rajendra Malik and 16 others of the Railway Protection Force have been promoted from Senior Commandant to Deputy Inspectors General of police. He is an 1988 batch officer of the RPF cadre.
FIR against three former Chairmen of JSEB
Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) has lodged an FIR against three former Chairmen .
Priya Ajit Singh is new Secretary to HP Governor
Ms Priya Ajit Singh will be new Secretary to the Himachal Pradesh Governor.She is 1994 batch IAS officer.She will succeed J P Singh who has been made Director Vigilance and Secretary Home.

Ex-IAS Tenzing dies of cancer
P.G. Tenzing, former IAS officer died in Gangtok, Sikkim on the intervening night of July 25-26. He was suffering from cancer. Tenzing was an IAS officer of the 1986 batch who belonged to the Kerala cadre and had sought voluntary retirement in 2009 to pursue his passion of riding a motorbike and criss cross the country. He also did a critical analysis of the government system after his travel in a book titled “Don't ask any old bloke for directions”. He is survived his wife Mrs Ambica, who is an IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

RTI

Exempted Organisation

The appellant alleged that Shri Manjeet Singh was given irregular promotion to the rank of Addl. DIG from Commandant and allowed to take over the charge in the forenoon of 30.11.2006 when no promotion order was released. The transmission time appearing in the promotion order dated 30.11.2006 is 0736 PM. Thus, by adopting some corrupt practice, the officer has been promoted and allowed to serve for 03 more years (officers holding the rank of Addl. DIG and above avail 3 more years of service and retire on attaining the age of 60 years). The appellant desired to know about the existence of any order which permits officers to take over the charge after office hours of the day of superannuation. The CPIO informed that Shri Manjeet Singh was considered by the DPC for promotion to the rank of Addl. DIG from Commandant on 30.11.2006. The CPIO observed that there could be many technical reasons for delay in transmission of the Promotion Order through SELO network. As the officer was deployed in Delhi, he was informed over phone about his promotion as Addl. DIG and also permitted to take over charge as Addl. DIG from 30.11.2006 (FN). Thus there was no irregularity in his promotion and all formalities prescribed for promotion of officer were followed. The CIC held that the information sought by appellant on allegation of corruption has been provided to him. For the delay, the CIC directed to make necessary changes to existing practice in CRPF Hq in relation to receipt and disposal of RTI applications.

Comments

CRPF is an organisation listed at serial No. 10 of the 2nd Schedule of the RTI Act and, therefore, is exempt from application u/s 24 (1). Nevertheless, all such organisations have to respond to applications regarding information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violation.

[Shri K.K. Dhiman v. CRPF in Appeal No. CIC/WB/A/2009/000539]

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Deputation tenure of Sharma extended
Deputation tenure of  A.K.Sharma Chief Vigilance Officer of the Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. Ranchi  has been extended for a period of three months. He is 1991 batch IOFS officer.

CORPORATE

Bharti-Walmart wooing top retail talent 
Grapevine has it that Bharti-Walmart has started talking to senior executives of Reliance Retail and Future Group to join before it starts growing its retail footprint across India.
Prashant Agarwal is MD, Bombay Rayon Fashions
Prashant Agarwal has been appointed Managing Director of Bombay Rayon Fashions, Mumbai. The board also includes NK Singh, Deepa Das Munsi and Saroj Pandey - MPs, besides Premal Udani, Chairman - Apparel Export Promotion Council. Joint Secretaries of Textiles and Human Resource Development Ministries, Financial Advisor of the Textiles Ministry and NIFT Director General are also part of the new team.
Bob to replace Tony
Bob Dudley is going to replace Tony Hayward as Chief Executive of British Oil Jiant BP.
Luthra elevated in Mahindra Group
Hemant Luthra has been elevated to the post of non-Executive Chairman of Mahindra Forgings.
LIC to back Keshub Mahindra
Grapevine has it that the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) which holds 17.6 per cent stake in Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd will back Keshub Mahindra to be re-elected as the Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra in the forthcoming annual general meeting after he was convicted and bailed in a court in the Bhopal gas tragedy case.  
Amul Board not in a hurry
Grapevine has it that the Amul Board is now no longer in a hurry to discuss R S Sodhi's appointment as MD. 
TCS takes off-campus route
Tata Consultancy Services has decided to now recruit entry level engineers even through the off-campus route to broadbase its selection of young talent.
Lier is BDE, Benelux region
Mahindra Satyam has appointed Roger Van Lier as Business Development Executive (BDE) for the Benelux region.
Mills to be SpiceJet CEO
The Chief Financial Officer of the Dubai-based low cost airline, FlyDubai, Neil Mills, will be the new Chief Executive Officer of SpiceJet.
Harsh Goenka to be next CEAT MD
RPG Group chairman Anant Goenka's son Harsh Vardhan Goenka will be the Managing Director of tyre maker Ceat once the term of  Paras K Chowdhary, 58, expires.
Dragonair appoints ASM
Hong Kong-based airline Dragonair has appointed Nikhil Kilpady as Area Sales Manager (ASM) for Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.  
Axon Infotech appoints Director
Axon Infotech has appointed Pradeep Dhanuka as whole-time director
Bharat Bijlee Ltd appoints Additional Director
 Bharat Bijlee Ltd, has appointed D. Vijayalakshmi as Additional Director on the board of the company with immediate effect.
EDC secures contract
Energy Development Company (EDC) has received contract worth Rs. 27.69 crore for construction of bridges from Government of Tripura. The contract is to be completed within a period of 2 years.
Jeswani is Chief of OgilvyOne  India
OgilvyOne India has appointed Kunal Jeswani to head its India operations.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Amit Shah very rightly arrested and very rightly sent to jail!!!
But how come when it comes to Tytler, Sajjan and Kamalnath the same law does fail?

Maybe its because Congress wants to please its vote bank!!
Or maybe Congress is protecting those ‘who obeyed orders’ to be forthrightly frank!!

Or maybe it is both!!
So Madam needs to think before she calls anyone ‘Saudagar of mauth’!!

But then as long as Madam is in power she is right!!
As she has the might being right is her right!!

Mohna just keeps apologizing for the 1984 genocide!!
He has nothing to say on Congress taking the law in 1984 genocide cases for a ride!

Now Congress has used a stooge to make a Lawyer fighting genocide cases withdraw!
Maybe to save Sajjan this could be the last straw!!

Someone asked me ‘ how do Sonia and Mohna sleep at night’?????
Doesn’t their conscience bite???

Don’t they realize the cruelty and loss of life in the 1984 genocide???
And still they both tacitly take those who aided and abetted the genocide ki side!!

Has Mohna got access to Octopus Paul????
Because Mohna is prophesizing that by December inflation will fall!!

Ground reality is that inflation will remain high!!
And will continue to make the ordinary Indian sigh!!

Mohna is just buying time till December!!
And maybe he feels by December his prophecy no one will remember!!

Mohna the Economist needs to go back to books on economics!!
Now as he’s short of time there are books in the form of comics!!

Omar has been advised to ‘go underground’!!
So that by the Media he cannot be found!!

He’s damaged himself via his interviews!!
And he needs to realize that on everything he does not have to air his views!!

Confucius says….. Omar is a classical example of ‘rated way beyond his true worth’!!
This is usually the case for those who attain posts because of 'their birth'!!

Bharat Kumar

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Blame game
Technically Kalmadi or Sports Minister should be responsible for C'wealth games but all are putting blame on Shiela Dixit only. Just like Mamta is being accused of Rail accidents or Sharad Pawar of  inflation. Telecom Minister Raja is being blamed for  high mobile prices and  we don't know - India does not have Cultural Ministry or Etiquettes ?  Earlier  Baba  Narsimha Rao did nothing when Babri  mosque was demolished and now Mauni  Baba Manmohan Singh just keeping silent. Even Pak is surprised  at our Foreign Minister's  attack on Home Secretary as if to score point over Chidamabram!

T Reddy

DoPT needs to be educated
Since many government officers have gone to IL&FS on deputation, the DoPT needs to be educated about there being nothing sarkari about IL&FS at all....

A khare

Milching of PSUs

I have obtained a number of information under the RTI Act-2005. Very soon I am going to go public, file PIL and other means of protests. I am an honest payer of the country have full right to do so.

A Srivastava

Other cadre officers would suffer

One has to undergo bitter sufferings while working with Un-civil civil servants of India where directions come verbal and you have to record notes and policies as per their whims and fancies, even if you do not like it. The funniest part of CSS is that the officer can keep the file for months/years but when it reaches the CSS Babu, all labels i.e. Most Immediate, Urgent, Parliament Question Crash are attached to the file and file has to move accordingly.

Harish Kumar

Nano in Brazil ?

When can we see Nano in Brazil, where TATAs already have presence in IT sector

Vinod Sachdeva

“Commonwealth looting; Let the CBI keep its powder dry!!!”

The browsers' angst against CWG is valid. Surely, the aftermath of CWG will be far more turbulent than its actual conduct. Huge time and cost over-runs of projects, huge commissions by the builders’ mafia to politicians, engineers, babus and CWG executives will be exposed. This will lead to Mother of all scandals in India. One may expect a deluge of skeletons in the cupboards of Central government and NCT, Delhi.
All anti-corruption agencies including the CBI, CVC,C&AG etc must keep their powder dry to deal with the explosion of corruption scandals, that are bound to surface in quick succession. The whistle blowers will be the CWG insiders or their proxies. The CVC must ensure safety to their lives. One hopes that anti-corruption agencies are permitted to function freely, without governmental interference. Evidences will come thick and fast.
The role of CM, Delhi and her Ministers must be kept under CBI scanner. She has offered monetary packages to engineers for timely completion of their jobs. Motivation through financial incentives amounts to compounding corruption? All this is tax payers’ money. Why should the engineers be not held accountable for lack of monitoring the projects through CPM and PERT techniques? And, what about contractual obligations? Can authorities not impose heavy penalties on builders and contractors for “non-performance of contracts”?

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant )