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Mega meet of Panchayati bodies in Gujarat on Nov.16
The Gujarat Government being led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi is going to organize a mega meet of Panchayati body Representatives in Gandhinagar on November 16, 2011.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will go to Dhaka?
Who will go to Dhaka? Tie is said to be between two IFS officers Biren Nanda and Navtej Sarna. The post has fallen vacant following the retirement of Rajeet Mitter.

Post of High Commissioner in London to go to IFS?
Now it is widely believed that the post of High Commissioner in London will go only to the Indian Foreign Service.

Harbinder Singh set to join APTEL
As the grapevine has it, Harbinder Singh, who is on central deputation, is set to join as Registrar of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL). Presently, he is ADJ Agra. Initially his term will be of three years.

Chennai to have Green Tribunal Circuit Bench
There is a proposal to set up Green Tribunal Circuit Bench in Chennai. Operations will start soon.

4 IES officers elevated to Secretary level
As many four Indian Economic Service (IES) officers belonging to 1975 - 76 batches have been elevated to Secretary level. They are: Ashok Sahu, PK Padhy, Ms S Bhawani and Ms Ganga Murthy.

14 IES officers elevated to Addl. Secretary level
As many as fourteen Indian Economic Service (IES) officers belonging to batches of 1976 - 80 have been elevated to Additional Secretary level . They are: Basudev Mohanty, R. Viswanathan , Ms Vineeta Kumar, M.C. Singhi , Nirmal Singh, Arvind Kumar, RS Ahlawat, Partha Pratim Mitra, Ms Aditi S. Ray, Ms Chandralekha Malviya, C. Chandramohan, Ms KS Uma, DS Kolamkar and RK Manchanda .

Additional Judge appointed to Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The President has appointed Gh. Hasnain Massodi as an Additional Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court for a period of one year with effect from November 13, 2011.

Additional Judge appointed to Guwahati High Court
The President has appointed Subhasis Talapatra as an Additional Judge of the Guwahati High Court for a period of two years with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.

SS Deswal joins as Additional DG-CID, Haryana Police
SS Deswal has joined as Additional DG -CIDHQ, Haryana Police, Panchkula (Chandigarh). He was Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon. He is an IPS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.

Anand Kumar on a week's tour abroad
Anand Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (GoI), is on a week's tour abroad. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Ms. Mani Anand on a week's tour abroad
Ms. Mani Anand, Executive Director (ED) of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), is on a week's tour abroad. She is IRTS officer 1983 batch.
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RBI cancels license of Solapur Cooperative bank
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) delivered an order canceling the licence of Solapur Nagari Audyogik Sahakari Bank Niyamit, Solapur (Maharashtra). The RBI has also directed the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Maharashtra to wind up the bank and appoint a liquidator.

Dr. M. Sarangi gets additional charge
Dr. M. Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, in the Government of India (GoI) will hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Water Resources Department (WRD) as incumbent Secretary, Dhruv Vijay Singh (IAS officer of 1976 batch Manipur Tripura cadre) is on 3 weeks leave. Dr.Sarangi is an IAS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Meena gets addl charge of PS, Cooperative in Rajasthan
Ramkhilari Meena, IAS, Principal Secretary, Revenue, Disinvestment and Sainik Kalyan, has been assigned additional charge of Principal Secretary, Cooperative in Rajasthan. Meena will be looking after this department till the return of Tapesh Panwar, IAS, from foreign tour. Meena is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Maharashtra to start a land census
Maharashtra Government is soon going to carry out a land census which will cost the state Rs 1500 crores. The exercise is being carried out after 250 years. It was only in the British Raj that the last census was carried out in the year 1880. All the land transactions at present are being carried Based on the calculations done during the British days, say sources close to development.

Striking Sugar farmers to block highways in Maharashtra
Sugar farmers are striking to get better rate for their produce; they have demanded Rs 2350 per quintal as the price of sugarcane. Striking farmers are going to block the Goa and Bangalore highway.

ITSA seeks intervention by Secretary, DoT
In the wake of repatriation of 1600 Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers who were selected by UPSC, the ITS association (ITSA) has sought intervention by the Secretary, Department of Telecom (DoT).The ITSA has urged the Secretary DoT, that officers may be allowed to report to the respective territorial TERM Cell or CCA unit instead of TEC, Delhi. This will avoid logistical nightmare for the concerned unit i.e TEC, which will be required to take care of hundreds of very senior level (HAG/SAG/JAG) officers involved in this exercise. This will also save avoidable expenditure of the Government, around Rs. 20 Crore in giving TA Advance cum Transfer grant to the officers, once from their place of posting to New Delhi and then again from New Delhi to their subsequent place of posting pointed out ITSA.

Sidhi Collector, S N Sharma shifted to Mantralaya in MP
Sidhi Collector, Surendra Narayan Sharma has been shifted to Mantralaya as Additional Secretary. Sharma is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Sidhi CEO, Jagdish Chandra Jatia gets addl charge of Collector
Madhya Pradesh State Administrative Service officer and Sidhi Zila Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jagdish Chandra Jatia has been given additional charge of Sidhi collector.

NMDC & Severstal sign Implementation Protocol in Moscow (UPDATED)
NMDC and Severstal signed an Implementation Protocol in Moscow in the presence of the Indian Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma. Indian Secretary of Steel P K Mishra was also present. OAO Severstal's Chief Executive Alexey Mordashov and NMDC Limited CMD Rana Som signed the Implementation Protocol that defines the target initial plant capacity which would be 3 mn tonnes finished steel. It also confirms the intention of NMDC and Severstal to fully meet the joint venture's captive requirements of both iron ore and coking coal so that it becomes fully integrated for these primary raw materials. OAO Severstal is one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies in their office in Moscow Russia.
Alexey Mordashov said that the country's leading iron ore producer, provides a very good fit with Severstal's vertically-integrated, growth-focused Business Model. P K Mishra, Secretary (Steel), Govt of India said 'The joint venture of Severstal and NMDC will be another milestone in India-Russia economic cooperation and will be an important investment for the Indian Steel industry'.

(DEBATE)
EMPANELMENT IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Whether administrative procedure for empanelment of Additional Secretary and Secretary in the Government of India is fair and legally sound?
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Jain appointed Company Secy., Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd
Nilesh Jain has been appointed as Company Secretary of Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Ltd with effect from November 2, 2011.

Ms Kumar appointed Addl. Director, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd
GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited has appointed Ms Ranjana Kumar as an Additional Director of the company.

Kabra appointed CFO, Zee Learn Ltd
Zee Learn Limited has appointed Arun Kabra as the Chief Financial Officer of the company with effect from November 10, 2011. Lau appointed Whole-time Director, Astrazenecea Pharma India Ltd Ms. Ruby Lau, Vice President (Operations) has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of Astrazenecea Pharma India Ltd with effect from November 10, 2011.

Elavia resigns as Director, Great Offshore Ltd
Keki M. Elavia has resigned as a Director from the Board of Directors of Great Offshore Ltd with immediate effect.

Shah appointed Addl. Director, Allied Digital Services Ltd
Allied Digital Services Limited has appointed Paresh Shah as an Additional Director of the company.

"May you be so high, the Law is above you, Madam Chief Minster!"

Mamata Banerji is an Impulsive, impetuous and populist politician. She did not betray the attributes expected of a Leader while storming the police station in Kolkata recently to free the two riff raffs of her party. This was illegal for which the Kolkata police must file the FIR against the Chief Minster at the same police station failing which the Court may like to take suo moto cognizance thereof and direct the Kolkata police to file the FIR against the CM. This is necessary to uphold the Rule of Law.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Nothing to worry about!

No need to worry about the condition and services of BSNL/MTNL if ITS are relieved since the actual and the practical work are being done by absorbed junior officers/officials. Performance may improve if BSNL/MTNL are fet rid of these black B British men.

Saket


Now he needs to retire from WIC

I have been reading the views of A K Saxena on this site. These are well researched, informative and enriching.

P R Unnikrishnan Retired GM, Indian Railways
unni48@yahoo.com


Scam after Scams exposed

Thanks to the news-hungry media and some valiant leaders who are hell-bent to bring the culprits to book. But, what happened in Bofors case and again our poor voters. The opposition party might win the next elections, but the ruling part would do everything to destablise that government and woule be relected to power. Only God can save this country. We need real Bhagat Sings today, Annagiri shall have no takers, because the rulers are insentive to criticisms and are thick-skinned too.

Sivakumar

How many cases of corruption have been suppressed?

If government is really serious in eradicating corruption, it should call for information from officers about how many cases of corruption have been suppressed/closed. Since ministries and departments will never provide such information, therefore best way is to allow staff to provide this information and anyone giving correct information should be provided protection. But unfortunately whistleblowers are heavily penalised in the present system. A thorough review of government instructions on vigilance clearance needs to be carried out. Anyone having vigilance case against him even if no charge-sheet issued must not be promoted because charge sheets are being delayed deliberately. Such officers get promotion, then charge sheet is decided, they keep low profile for 5 years and then get next promotion. The government needs to be tough against such cases but it takes soft stand and always safeguards interest of corrupt. This is the reason why corrupt officers provided free lawyer in Lokpal but the whistleblower can be jailed. In such scenario corruption can not be routed out.

Kishen Mohan Singla

"Now he needs to retire from WIC"
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I shall continue to contribute my views fearlessly till Dr Suresh Mehrotra does not retire me compulsorily.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

More transparency required

PMO, Cabinet Secretariat and DoPT need to bring more transparency in their working.

Ahmad Fareed

Penalty for delay without any reasonable cause

The applicant sought information about unauthorised construction in Paschim Vihar and related information. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) directed the PIO to supply the photocopies of building plans to the Appellant within 15 days which was not complied with. The name of the individual responsible for not obeying the orders of the FAA was pointed out to the CIC. Observing that the deemed PIO is guilty of not furnishing information within the time specified and has further not obeyed the orders of his superior officer without any reasons, the CIC imposed the maximum penalty of Rs. 25000/- on the deemed PIO and directed that the amount be deducted at the rate of Rs. 5000/- every month from his salary.

Comments
The level of the FAA offers a safety valve to the PIO to correct any lapse. Not obeying the orders of the FAA compounds the mistake and should never be attempted by the PIO.

[Mr. Deepak Yadav v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2011/002249/15070Penalty].

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)