What people say about us !

IDEAL & SUPER POWER INDIA

Constitution of India = We the People (Headed by former President of India Abdul Kalam)

Legislature= All Anna Hazares

Judiciary= Hon Chief Justice S.H.KAPADIA

Executive= T. N. Sheshan as former CEC

Media= Whispers in the Corridors

F.Nariman

Will Sonia Gandhi return ?
Will Ms Sonia Gandhi return to Delhi in the first week of September ?.Doctors attending on her in the US are reportedly averse to her return.

Differences between Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi ?
There are reports of differences between Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi.

Congress is corrupt ?
There is general perception in the country that Congress Party is supporting corruption.None knows who is playing politics and why.

Who will lead in Anna Hazare's absence ?
Who is number one in Team Anna ? and who is going to lead in Anna Hazare's absence ?. Guessing game is on.

BUREAUCRACY

Ramanujam to be Additional Secretary in PMO
R Ramanujam is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office . He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre .

Alok Perti poised to be Secretary, Coal
Finally balance seems to have tilted in favour of Alok Perti as he is going to be new Secretary Coal. Alok Perti is IAS officer of 1977 who who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Presently he is posted as Special Secretary Coal. As the grapevine has it Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth was against his appointment, while Coal Minister Sri Prakash Jaiswal had vetoed in favour of Perti.He will be succeeding Dr C Balakrishnan who retires as Secretary Coal on 31 august 2011.

Ranjit Sinha to be new DG ITBP
Ranjit Sinha is being tipped to be new DG ITBP. 1974 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Sinha will succeed R K Bhatia who is superannuating on August 31.

Pranay Sahay to be DG SSB
Pranay Sahay is being tipped to be new DG of the Seema Shashatra Bal (SSB).1975 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre Sahay is presently Secretary (Security) in the Government of India. In all probability he will succeed Y S Dadwal on November 1.

Who will be new Secretary (Security) in GoI ?
Who will succeed Pranay Sahay in the Government of India as Secretary (Security) ?.Tie is said to be between two 1975 batch IPS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre Rajiv and O P S Malik.

Movement in MEA to start early next month
Movement of senior level Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will commence in beginning of September 2011.

Anil Kumar to be IG (Security) Atomic Energy
Anil Kumar is all set to join the Government of India as IG (Security) Atomic Energy in Mumbai. 1986 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer Anil Kumar is presently IG Intelligence.
( We said this on August 17 )

Dhar to be Director (Finance) AYCL
Amitava Dhar is being tipped to be new Director (Finance) of the Andrew Yule Company Limited (AYCL).

Sharif is Director (Technology) MECON Ltd
M N Sharif is being tipped to be Director (Technology) MECON Ltd. He is presently GM in the Company

Sisodia gets extension
NS Sisodia, has been given three months extension as Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA).

S K Singh is new CVO IOC
S K Singh has been appointed new CVO in the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Arvind Kumar is CVO in NBCC
Arvind Kumar is new Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Building Construction Corporation Limited(NBCC) .He is 1988 batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Hari Vallabh Sharma to be OSD to Railway Minister
Hari Vallabh Sharma ,IRTS ,1978 batch (HAG) has been posted as OSD Railway Board.He was earlier Chief Commercial Manager North Western Railway(NWR), Jaipur. He will be looking after Ministry's coordination with various state governments and will be directly reporting to Minister
for Railways Dinesh Trivedi.

Veena Ish is now JS Higher Education in GoI
Ms. Veena Ish presently working as Principal Commissioner (Commonwealth Games), in the DDA (Joint Secretary level) under the Ministry of Urban Development has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD. She is 1985 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Indian Agency Honoured by International Body
Wild Life Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), has been selected for the IACP (International Association Of Chiefs of Police) Dave Cameron Award for Excellence in Environmental Crime Enforcement for 2010. India is a member of the IACP. Rina Mitra, an IPS officer from MP is leading the organisation. This is the third feather in WCCB's cap within 2 years; elected as the Secretary in the Interpol Wildlife Crime Group for the first time and again in 2010,WCCB was awarded the prestigious international Clark R. Bavin Award for exemplary enforcement at the CITES CoP at Doha.

3 in fray for post of DGP, Punjab
As many as three IPS officers are in fray for the post of DGP to the Punjab Government. They are: Anil Kaushik (1975 batch IPS), Shashi Kant(1977 batch IPS) & Rajan Gupta (1978 batch IPS).

Manish Sharma DTP, Dubai relinquishes charge
Manish Sharma as Dubai based Director Tea Promotion (DTP); West Asia & North Africa in the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry has relinquished his charge.As DTP, Dubai he had defied the conventional image of a. cop and had won a lot accolades for putting up a remarkable show at the The India Show in Dubai. The highest numbers of footfalls were registered at the stalls of Tea Board of India (TBI). Sharma besides having done MBA had also done a course in Export promotion, which is perhaps proving to be quite handy for him who is a Madhya Pradesh cadre, IPS officer from the 1992 batch.

J & K Government seeks services of Dr. S. P. Vaid
The J & K Government has sought repatriation of Dr. S.P. Vaid. He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the J & K cadre. He will be posted as ADG Security or ADG -CID.

Avinash Joshi to join GoI
As the grapevine has it, A P Joshi is poised to join the Government of India (GoI). Presently, he is Mission Director with Assam Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission, SSA & DPEP. He is an IAS officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.

Abhyanand to be new DGP of Bihar
1977 batch IPS officer Abhyanand will succeed Nilmani on September 1 as new DGP of Bihar.

5 officers of DIT Delhi to be elevated
As many as five officers of DIT Delhi are going to be elevated. Among others, they include Surendra Kumar and Kumari Chanchal..

Akhilesh Ranjan to be Director (Investigations ) Mumbai
Akhilesh Ranjan is likely to be posted as Director Investigations in Mumbai. He is 1982 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Postal Service Officers confirmed in Junior Time Scale
Officers belonging to the 1994 to 2006 batch have been confirmed in the Junior Time Scale of the Indian Postal Service Group 'A'.

Post of DC, Vishakhapatnam Special Economic Zone vacant
The Joint Secretary level post of Development Commissioner (DC), Vishakhapatnam Special Economic Zone, Vishakhapatnam under Department of Commerce is proposed to be filled up by promotion/transfer on deputation.

Post of DC, Kandla vacant
The Joint Secretary level post of Development Commissioner, Kandla, Gujarat, under Department of Commerce is proposed to be filled up by promotion/transfer on deputation.

IRS officer Kumar empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer Ajay Kumar who belongs to 1984 batch has been empanelled to the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India under the Central Staffing Scheme (CSS).

IA&AS officer Sanjeev Kumar posted as Assistant Accountant General
Sanjeev Kumar (IA&AS 2009), on completion of training at Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of the Pr. Accountant General (C&RA), Gujarat, Ahmedabad. He will be entrusted independent charge of DAG (SRA) against an existing vacancy.

Ankur Garg to hold charge of IPR also in Arunachal Pradesh
Ankur Garg,IAS(AGMU-2003 batch) Secretary to Governor, shall hold the additional charge of Secretary IPR in addition to his other charges with immediate effect until further order. As a result of this Ajit Srivastava, IAS (AGMU:1996 batch), Secretary (IPR and LM) shall stand relieved with immediate effect. Ankur Garg is topper of his batch.

Pakistan : Names of 1.2 million voters removed from voter list in Baluchistan
The election commissioner of Baluchistan Mahboob Anwar has ordered removal of names of 1.2 million voters from the voters list as 'these could not be verified from the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)'s records. More names could be taken off from the voters' list in near future after a door to door survey proposed by the election commissioner with the help of the army and frontier constabulary is completed. Incidentally the Pakistani authorities had also initially denied that Kasab the Pakistani militant involved in the 26/11 Mumbai attack was a citizen of their country on the plea that his name didn't figure in the NADRA records.

IAS changes in Himachal Pradesh
Jagdish Chand, Excise and Taxation Commissioner holding Additional charge of Secretary Chief Minister shall also hold the charge of Managing Director Power Transmission Corporation. Subhashish Panda on return from training would hold the charge of Director Public Finance and Public Enterprises cum Special Secretary Finance. K P Panth will now be MD Himachal Pradesh Finance Corporation and Managing Director State Industry Corporation. Shubra Tiwari will be Joint Secretary Social Justice environment.

Rao takes over new assignment in Bangalore
Renowned Scientist in DRDO Dr A. Subhananda Rao has taken over as the Chief Controller (Aero), Bangalore.

MP PSC Chairman is now Chairman of Chhattisgarh PSC
Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission Prof Pradip Kumar Joshi has now been appointed Chairman of the Chhattisgarh PSC.

Three 1977 batch IPS get DG rank in Bihar
Three 1977 batch IPS officers Shafi Alam,R C Sinha and A K Gupta have been promoted to the rank of DG in Bihar.

ACC clears file of CC C&CE (UPDATED)
The ACC has cleared the file of the transfer of Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise.

Ms Chandrasekhar is CVO of NMDC (UPDATED)
Ms Chandrasekhar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance officer in the National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC). She is 1983 batch IPoS officer.

PESB could not select Director (Personnel) Air India (UPDATED)
The PESB interviewed Ms Vineeta Bhandari,R Harihar and Ms Deepa Mahajan on August 25 for the post of Director (Personnel) Air India. The PESB Board however,decided to see more candidates for the post.

Railways transfers and postings(UPDATED)

Dinesh Kataria of SG/IRSE has been on return from deputation transferred to) WR in the cadre, Srinivasa Rao of S/IRSE(looking after in JAG) has been transferred from SER to SCR and posted in the cadre, AK Jha of SAG/IRSE has been, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/BCT/WR posted in the cadre on WR itself, RC Agarwal - GM NWR has been transferred to look after the duties of the post of GM/WR in addition to his own, for a period of three month or until further orders whichever is earlier, GN Asthana - GM WCR has been transferred to look after the duties of the post of GM/SECR in addition to his own for a period of three months or until further orders whichever is earlier, RK Sharma of SAG (Non-functional) IRSEE has been transferred from RSC to WR, DN Soni of SS/IRSME has been transferred from CR to CLW in the same capacity, Raghvenra Kumar of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from NFR to NFR(Contn), AK Vohra of IRSEE has been transferred from GM/ECOR as Member (Staff)/RB and ex-officio Secy. to the Govt. of India with immediate effect, Kul Bhushan of IRSEE has been transferred from GM/CR to RB, as Member(Elect.) and ex-officio Secy. to the Govt of India with immediate effect continue to hold the post of GM/CR in his addition to his own, for a period of three months or until further orders, whichever is earlier Gajendra Kumar of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from NFR to CORE and Praveen Poddar of JAG/IRSEE has been transferred from CORE to NFR.

Transfer of Rly official cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfer of VJ Singh of SS/IRSME who was transferred from NCR to NWR has been cancelled.

(DEBATE)
DEFENCE OFFICIALS AS IPS ?
The government intends to allow the entry of the Captain and the Major-rank defence officials if they qualify limited departmental examination to join the Indian Police Service, in all probability, from 2012 onwards. The step is being taken to bridge the shortage of IPS officers in the country. Is it a right step ? Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

P K Mishra gets honour
P.K. Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Steel, has been conferred with "Distinguished Fellow of IOD (Institute of Directors)" honour for the year 2011. Justice M.N. Venkatchaliah, National Chairman, Institute of Directors (IOD) presented the fellowship certificate to Mishra at a function held in the Capital on last Friday.

Bhattacharya appointed CFO, Alchemist Ltd
Bikram Bhattacharya has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Alchemist Ltd in place of Vijay Anjum, who has resigned from the services of the Company.

Kallyat appointed Regional Manager (West), Emirates
Emirates has appointed Sunil Kallyat as Regional Manager, Western India.

Singh appointed Company Secy. Vardhman Textiles Ltd
Vardhman Textiles Limited has appointed Mohan Singh as Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. August 6, 2011.

Nahar Spinning Mills appoints two addl. directors
Nahar Spinning Mills Limited has appointed Dr. Amrik Singh Sohi and Dr. Yash Paul Sachdeva as additional directors of the Company w.e.f. August 10, 2011.

Ridgway appointed Regional Director ( Asia), PATA
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has appointed Reid Ridgway as Regional Director (Asia).

Gupta retires as Independent Director, Oil India Ltd
A K Gupta, Independent Director retired from the Board of Oil India Ltd on completion of his tenure on July 29, 2011.

Pasha resigns as Non Official Director, Canara Bank
S Shabbeer Pasha, a Part-time Non-Official Director nominated by the Central Government on the Board of Canara Bank has resigned consequent upon his election as a Shareholder Director on the Board of directors of Corporation Bank with immediate effect.

Bose appointed Head (Sales & Mktg), Raichak-on Ganges
Rahul Bose has been appointed as Head ( Sales and Marketing ) at Raichak - on Ganges.

Dasgupta resigns as Nominee Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
Arun Kanti Dasgupta has resigned as a Nominee Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India on the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd with immediate effect.

Sicagen India Ltd appoints two addl. directors
Sicagen India Ltd has appointed K K Rajagopalan and Dr. R M Krishnan as additional Directors of the Company.

Narayanasamy resigns as Director, Sicagen India Ltd
R. Narayanasamy has resigned as Director of Sicagen India Ltd with immediate effect.

Thakur appointed GM, Courtyard by Marriott, Ahmedabad
Courtyard by Marriott, Ahmedabad has appointed Parul Thakur as General Manager.

DEBATE(1)

A welcome step

Holding special exam to induct Army officers is a welcome step for augmenting the shortage IPS officers, however, care should be taken as such a mass recruitment over short period will jeoparadise the promotion and career prospects of IPS officers already in the service. All such officers who will come through this special recruitment drive will get army service benefits as it happened in the year 1971 where recruits who came from army got 5 years service advantage and were given year of allotment five years before their batchmates i.e 64,65,66 etc while they did training in 1969,70,71. Officers who will be taken in through this drive if recruited in 2012 will ger 2007 as year of allotment and will become senior to all 2008,09,10 and 11 batch direct recruits.

H S Kingra

DEBATE(2)

Not a wise move

I don't think this is a wise move of govt. Our Armed Forces are already facing acute shortage of officers. If it is allowed they will further loose their trained officers. It is something taking out something from your one pocket and keeping in other. But other way it is good for Armed Forces officers.

Harish Papnoi

DEBATE(3)

Increase shortage of officers in Army

Induction of young army officers into IPS will only increase the shortfall of officers in the Army which is already facing an acute shortage of officers. It would be better if more direct officers from the PPS are inducted into the IPS to meet the shortfall of IPS officers in the country.

Anil Raina

DEBATE (4)

It is a whisper's effort

A proposal to induct young officers of central police and state police to IPS through an examination by UPSC is already under consideration by MHA is a known fact. But inducting army officers is not heard off. This whisper seems to be an effort to include Army officers also .

Raghava A

DEBATE (5)

It is not in national interest

Such decisions are taken to favour someone close to the centres of power and not in national interest. Attempts to get brownie points like this had also been made by the d/o Pers, which has now been made into a full blown ministry. It has confused the "competent authority" under all rules, including vigilance and RTI that either the Chennai based publisher of government orders, clarifications, explanations, amendments etc alone understands them or the advocates practicing before the court understand them. Will somebody please clarify if defence service falls in a category lower than police service or any other service? Should it not be a matter of pride and honour to be a defence officer rather than wasting time and capabilities in the ruined-by- politics thanas or thereabout? May be the politician is trying to influence the junior cadres of the defence forces to bring them under similar control as they have done to all services, especially those like the police that have direct interface with the citizens on daily basis? Does the government fear military coup at some later date now that Anna has lighted the torch of agitation against corruption in the country, and loyalty of the lower ranks can be bought to be used to defy orders of their commanders at the appropriate time? Why can't the government make the defence services better and more attractive for the youth to join as the first preference rather than the IPS? The governments have ruined the discipline in all the services to such an extent that inspite of all the vigilance laws, all the PCA powers and IPC provisions, it takes a Hazare to go on indefinite fast to stir the government to bring some discipline in the delivery of services to the people and still the government remains unmoved, in a limbo, totally paralyzed! And here it is offering "utkotch" to its defence personnel ?

M L Gupta

DEBATE (6)

Worst decision

This according to me is the worst decision. We can pick up Non-gazetted police officers with policing experience from all the UTs & States of India instead and induct them after promoting them. As it is there is a huge gap between availability and requirement of Officers in the Armed Forces. How can the Government even think of such a proposition, is beyond my comprehension; placing the country's defence requirement at enormous risk; making it more vulnerable; particularly as things stand today, when it it is an open secret that how China is consolidating its strength and might; both in terms of size of the forces and technology and variety of defence equipments besides our problems with the other neighbour. May God grant some wisdom to the learned people responsible for governance of this country !

B K Bhutiani

DEBATE (7)

It is not correct

Why the numbers from the direct entry can not be increased? If the officer from the defence services are eligible, then why officers from other civil services can not be?

Aakash

Note on Anna's Team

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I fully agree with the views expressed by AK Singh. Drafting of a law, having impact on the whole system in country, needs to be undertaken only be experts in this field. Moreover, the proposed legislation shall have prospective effect only and shall deal with the future cases only. Why there is so much hurry created by Anna's team simply by misguiding the unknown crowd in Ramleela Ground and also on roads. I am sure, Anna himself is playing in the hands of few sharks named by AK Singh. Kejriwal quite IRS(1992) in 2006 just to run his NGO "Kabir", said to be financially aided by corporates/MNCs. Ms Kiran Bedi quit IPS only in protest of not being made CP, Delhi. Antecedents of Bhushan duo need no elaboration. What to talk about Jan Lok Pal Bill, should we allow these 4-5 frustrated people to run our country and giving dictation to Government as well as Parliament, the supreme institution of Indian democracy. It happens only in India, when you can abuse the entire Government including PM, sitting on their chest merely saying that our agitation is non-violent. Can you imagine this could happen in our neighbouring country ? Independence is there for all but it should not be misused for vested interests. Unless & until we clean our attitude and notions, nothing is likely to happen by forming any laws on corruption. We nourish corruption for our own whims & fancies. Once all the public decide not to give bribe, how one can take the same forcibly ? When we get the desired result after bribe, we keep quite and cry otherwise. This is bitter truth and we should accept it.

Pawan Kumar

A lawyer with a vakalat

It looks like Capt M K Gupta is less a pilot than a lawyer who holds a vakalat for his client Bharath Bhushan. While he blindly praises his client, he has no qualms to malign others calling Arvind Jadhav a 'pliable official' and damning Rohit Nandan having 'no PSU experience'. And a person holding three FA posts depriving others chances and holding still more additional charges wrongly is glossed over as a 'technicality' by him just because it is his client. As for his 'achievements' as DGCA, it should be noted that these were just minimal responses after the many air accidents so as to divert public attention. A full-time DGCA can do much more solid and effective work than this part time meddling by an FA.

John Thomas

MHA be complimented

It will definitely make the NCRB more potent organisation. Besides, all SCRBs should also be bring under the administrative control of DG NCRB for the effective implementation of its projects especially the CCTNS. NCRB is playing a very crucial role in the collection of crime related and militancy related data besides providing other useful services. All the best for this so-far neglected organisation which is still not having boarding-lodging facilities for the trainees coming there from all over India to undergo specialised IT Courses.

Inderjeet Singh

Next move of Kejriwal

Arind Kejriwal was an IRS officer who resigned in 2005 to serve the nation. He is very much aware of the tyranny of IAS over IPS,IRS,IFS and others. His next move should be to use RTI as a tool to bring the nepotism by IAS in matters of promotion and postings.

Shantam Kapur

Presence of Kiran Bedi in Anna's team casts serious doubt

Anna might have taken up a great cause. But presence of Kiran Bedi in his team casts serious doubt on their real intention. She his one officer for whom rules were bent, broken repeatedly to allow her to continue in Delhi and allow her to retain her Bungalow on Ashoka Road. Obviously she cannot claim herself to be face of honesty. Looks like Anna may be a priest but not saint.

Kumar

Anna being Used by Vested interests?

Is Anna Hazare been held hostage by a Coterie run by Kiran Bedi, Kejriwal and Shanti Bhushan, an old horse of Jan Sangha? This is coming up now with statements from two closest former aides of Anna namely Sarangi and Khiarwal, two Maharashtra Bureaucrats of integrity of highest order. A Question doing the rounds of Bureaucratic Circles is Had Kiran Bedi followed the same path if her high aspirations of being posted as Police Commissioner of Delhi or Chief Information Commissioner of India fulfilled by Government? Will she or Kejriwal offer their kidneys to Anna if required OR it will be a common man whose sentiments are being exploited by them in the grab of sentimental issue of Corruption?

Surendra

Exemption for CBI from the RTI Act

Vide Notification No. G.S.R. 442(E) dated 9-06-2011, the CBI has been added to the Schedule II (list of organisations exempt from disclosure). In respect of the date from which this notification comes into force, the CIC observed that there is no express stipulation whatsoever that the Notification shall come into force with effect from any date prior to 09/06/2011. Moreover, the Notification does not appear to indicate any intention of affecting existing rights and therefore, must be construed as prospective in nature. Hence, information sought in any RTI application filed prior to 09/06/2011 with CBI must be provided in accordance with the provisions of the RTI
Act.

Comments

The conflicting decisions of the different benches of CIC are not only confusing the citizen, but are also devastating for the CPIO. The Directorate General of Income-tax (Investigation) was added to schedule II vide notification dated 27-03-2008. The CIC had held that if an information is undisclosed on the crucial date (i.e. 27-03-2008), no matter whether the proceeding for disclosure was started earlier or later, such information cannot be authorized to be disclosed under the RTI Act. [CIC/AT/A/2008/00324-329 and reiterated in CIC/AT/A/2008/00083]. Should the CIC not set its house in order?

[Mr. S.S. Ranawat v. CBI in CIC/SM/C/2011/000129/SG/13251].

- 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)