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T S Pundeer

Presence of Priyanka Gandhi and Congress Party
Presence of Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi jointly in the Parliament has stunned power hungry some Congress leaders in the Government. This is the indication of the things to come.

Sonia Gandhi to be shifted from New York ?
Disaster Emergency has been declared in 8 states of the US .New York is being evacuated .There are reports that Ms Sonia Gandhi is being shifted from the New York Hospital to some other place.

BUREAUCRACY

Alok Perti is new Secretary Coal
Alok Perti will succeed C Balakrishnan as Secretary Coal on September 1. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Balakrishnan is retiring on August 31. Orders to this effect have been issued.
(We said this on July 21 )

Dr Mrutyunjay Sarangi appointed Secretary Labour
Dr Mrutyunjay Sarangi has been appointed new Secretary Labour in the Government of India on September 1. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on August 4 )

1981 batch IAS is now Additional Secretary
1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Anuj Kumar Bishnoi is the first one to get posting as Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He has been posted as Additional Secretary Ex-Servicemen Welfare in the Ministry of Defence.

Parimal Rai is now PS Power in Delhi Government
Parimal Rai has been appointed Principal Secretary (Power) in the Delhi Government. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ms. Neelam Nath to retire on August 31
Ms. Neelam Nath Secretary Ex Servicemen Welfare in the GOI is going to retire on August 31, 2011. She is an IAS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Sailesh is PS of four departments in Assam
Sailesh will now be Principal Secretary Transport, Sports-Youth Welfare, Hill Area Department and Development Commissioner for Hills in Assam.1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre Sailesh was earlier Joint Secretary Sports in the Government of India.

Manoj Kumar is new JS Corporate Affairs
Manoj Kumar on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary Corporate Affairs He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Brig V George to be MD of NPPC
Brig V George is being tipped to be new Managing Director of the Nagaland Pulp & Paper Company ltd (NPPC).

Prasad is new ED Syndicate Bank
M Anjaneya Prasad has taken over as Syndicate Bank Executive Director. Prior to this he was Andhra Bank General Manager.

Supreme Court will have two women Judges
After the appointment of Justice Ranjana Desai of the Bombay High Court number of women Judges will go up to two. Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra is presently only Judge.

Sunil Arora gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Sunil Arora, IAS Principal Secretary to the Government of Rajasthan, Department of Industries, Jaipur, State Enterprises and NRI has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary - Small-Scale Industries and Khadi and Village Industries.

IPS officer paints his canvass in various hues
Ahmedabad-based IPS officer Ajay Choudhary who is fast carving a niche for himself in the intricate world of abstract art is soon going to add another feather to his cap when he would be presenting a new solo exhibition in Ahmedabad from September 6 after a successful debut in Mumbai, where he presented a series of black and white paintings that owed as much to mono-printing as they did to what is traditionally thought of as the abstract style of the New York school.

Writing about Choudhary's work in Art America magazine, EriK Bloome a California based writer, States, "Mono-printing, with its painterly, one-time-only aesthetic, can create similar results to what Choudhary has done with his work over the past years-the repeated grid-like motifs, the blotted color fields, and crosshatch scratching. This time the mottled square canvases were aligned in rows, complimented by a formation of smartly framed line drawings that set a tone of austerity-a sense of gravity or perhaps even mourning.

Choudhary's paintings display both worlds, the inner and the outer. They are the key to an artist's vision. A path to the still centre".

Completely self-taught, the IPS officer has had no formal training in painting, leave alone expressionist abstract. He studied to become a civil engineer but finally ended up becoming a police officer. Still, despite his hectic schedule, he manages to find time for art. "Only when I am at home and completely free from work, do I take to painting. My police work comes first," he says.

Choudhary works with acrylics on canvas using bold colours at times. True to his commitment to keep painting at home, Choudhary works in a spare room in his house, which is filled with canvas of all shapes and sizes.

Minor administrative reshuffle in J&K
Simrandeep Singh, IAS (JK:2008) has been posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government,General Administration Department, Mrs. Sushma Chauhan, IAS (JK:2009), awaiting orders of adjustment after completion of IAS professional training is posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Akhnoor, Shahid Iqbal, IAS (JK:2009), awaiting orders of adjustment after completion of IAS professional training is posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Nowshera, Mrs. Shabnam Shah Kamili, Deputy Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department is transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department, Ms. Leena Padha, Deputy Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department is transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, Tourism Department against an available vacancy, Ms. Kusum Badyal, under orders of posting as Assistant Commissioner (Central) with Divisional Commissioner, Jammu is posted as Principal, Revenue Training Institute, Jammu, Bhumesh Sharma, Deputy Transport Commissioner is transferred and posted as Deputy Director, District Employment and Counselling Centre, Poonch, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Akhnoor is transferred and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Basholi, Dr. Subash Chander, Deputy Director, District Employment and Counselling Centre, Poonch is transferred and posted as Deputy Transport Commissioner, Bal Krishan, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department is transferred and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gandoh, Shabir Ahmad Keen, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gandoh is transferred and posted as Assistant Commissioner (Central) with Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Ghulam Jeelani Zargar, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department is posted as Deputy Director, District

Employment and Counselling Centre, Budgam, Mrs. Ulfat Jabeen, Deputy Director, District Employment and Counselling Centre, Budgam is transferred and posted as Development Officer (Textiles), Handicrafts, Kashmir in her own pay and grade, Mrs. Rasheeda Shaheen, Development Officer (Textiles), Handicrafts, Kashmir is transferred and posted as General Manager, DIC, Ganderbal.

Roy transferred to N F Railway
Sanjiv kr. Roy, JAG/IRSS has been transfered from S.E.R to N F Railway on 25.08.2011.

Pakistan : Appointment of new Auditor General slammed by PAC chairman
Akhtar Buland Rana an officer of the audit and accounts service of Pakistan has been appointed as Auditor General of Pakistan in place of Tanvir Agha who had resigned amidst reports of differences with the government. The appointment has been slammed by the leader of opposition in National Assembly and chairman of PAC Chowdhary Nisar who has termed Rana a controversial officer and his appointment 'an attempt to protect the government's position at a time when the audit report prepared painstakingly by the former AG pointing to several cases of financial irregularities and embezzlement is about to be taken up by the PAC'. Mr Rana is being investigated by the FBI for possessing a foreign passport and was earlier also investigated in a case of sexual harassment filed by a colleague.

Mudgal to return on Saturday
Anup Mudgal Consul General of India in Munich is now returning on Saturday after completing his term.

AIR has no Director in Andman for last three years
The All India Radio has no Station Director in the Andman and Nicobar Islands for the last three years.

Chandra Bhanu to go to UK
Secretary to the UP Chief Minister Chandra Bhanu is going to UK on a training. He is 1993 batch IAS officer.

Sharma is new PCCF (Wildlife) in Orissa
Janardan D Sharma is new PCCF (Wildlife) in Orissa. He is 1978 batch IFS officer.

Mallaya is new DRM Ranchi
G Mallaya, SAG/IRSME/ICF has been transferred to South Eastern Railway and posted as DRM/ Ranchi.

IAS changes in Sikkim
K.N. Bhutia has been posted as Commissioner -cum-Secretary, Commerce and Industries Department vice M.G. Kiran transferred to Governor's Secretariat.

MC Joshi appointed as CBDT Chairman
M.C. Joshi (IRS 74 batch) has been appointed as the CBDT Chairman.

Sumit Dutt Majumder appointed as CBEC Chairman
Sumit Dutt Majumder has been appointed as the CBEC Chairman. He had joined Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Central Excise) in 1974.

IRS officer Choudhary empanelled as JS
IRS (IT) officer S K Choudhary 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 Gurpreet Walia posted as Assistant Director
Gurpreet Walia (IA&AS 2009), on completion of training at Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director in the office of the Pr. Director of Audit (Scientific Department), New Delhi Branch Mumbai. He will be entrusted independent charge of Dy. Director in the office of the Pr. Director of Audit (Scientific Department), New Delhi Branch Mumbai and will relieve B Basantia of the additional charge held by him of the post.

Swadeep Singh IAS, bereaved
Swadeep Singh(IAS, MP cadre 1979 batch) Principal Secretary (PS) Forest with the Madhya Pradesh government has lost his father-Shamsher Singh(85). He passed away in Delhi.

Railway's transfers and postings (UPDATED)
SC Sinha of DIG/RPF has been transferred from WCR and posted as DIG-CUM-CSC/RPF to be appointed to officiate in SAG and posted as IG-cum-CSC/RPF on WCR itself, MK Dey of SG/IRSS has been transferred from NFR to ER,Manoranjan Pradhan of SG/IRSS has been transferred from ER to SR, RK Singh of SG/IRSS has been transferred from SECR to NCR, Sunil Kr. Agarwal of SG/IRSS has been transferred from NER to NR, S. Ramakrishnan of SG/IRSS has been transferred from SR to SWR, Rajesh Abrol of SG/IRSS has been transferred from NR to ER, S.S. Lakra of SG/IRSS has been transferred from CR to SR, Neeraj Dohre of SG/IRSS has been transferred from WR to SER, Sajeev Kumar Roy of JAG/IRSS has been transferred from SER to NFR, Vijay M. Ninawe of JAG/IRSS has been transferred from NFR to WR, VK Nagar of JAG/IRSS has been transferred from RWF to SECR, Manoj Kr. Ram of SG/IRSS has been transferred from DLW to NER, Satya Prakash of SG/IRSS has been transferred from COFMOW to NR, KC Joshi of SG/IRSS has been transferred from NR to COFMOW, SN Mandi of SG/IRSS has been transferred from ECR to SER, SS Yadav of SS/IRSS has been transferred from SER to DMW.

Jharkhand Government to introduce 2 new pro people laws(UPDATED)
The Jharkhand Government being headed by Chief Minister Arjun Munda has decided to launch laws. First, will be Right to Services Act. Second, will be Electronic Services Delivery Act.Related draft bills were okayed in a cabinet meeting held under Chief Minister Munda's chairmanship in Ranchi on August 26, 2011.

(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

ESIC to focus on preventive health of workers, says Chaturvedi
ESIC will focus on preventive health of the workers during the Diamond Jubilee Year, said Prabhat C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, here on Friday while laying the foundation stone of National Training Academy (NTA), ESIC at V.V. Giri National Labour Institute premises at Noida (U.P.) . He said that ESIC will set up an institution specialized on occupational health and preventive health measures during the 12th Five Year Plan adding that one testing lab will also be set up with cooperation with DG FASLI (Ministry of Labour & Employment) by ESIC. To impart in-house and out-house training to the Officers & Staff, the National Training Academy (NTA) of ESIC was set up in the year 2005. Now with the expansion of ESIC activities nationwide and with proposed coming up of the Medical and Dental Colleges countrywide, the new building of National Training Academy is being built in the premises of V.V. Giri National Labour Institute which will create a synergy between these training institutions of the Ministry of Labour. Among others present on the occasion were V.P. Yajurvedi, Director General, VVGNLI, Rajiv Datt, Financial Commissioner, ESIC and Sanjay Sinha, Director (Incharge), Sub-Regional Office, ESIC, Noida.

Banerjee appointed President & CFO, Ranbaxy Laboratories
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has appointed Indrajit Banerjee as President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company on August 24, 2011.

Maheshwari appointed Addl. Director, Apar Industries
Apar Industries Limited has appointed Sanjiv Maheshwari as an Additional Director of the Company w.e.f. August 24, 2011.

Shanmugasundaram appointed Company Secy. India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd
B Shanmugasundaram, Company Secretary, India Motor Parts and Accessories Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from August 18, 2011.

Prasad appointed Company Secy. India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd
S Hari Prasad has been appointed as Company Secretary of India Motor Parts And Accessories Ltd the company with effect from August 19, 2011.

Two directors re-appointed on Digjam Ltd Board
Digjam Ltd has re-appointed A. C. Mukherji and G. Momen as directors of the Company.

Bangur appointed Non Exec. Director, Digjam Ltd
Ms Meenakshi Bangur has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Digjam Ltd.

Sengupta appointed Independent and Addl. Director, DIC India Ltd
Utpal Sengupta has been appointed as an Independent and Additional Director in the Board of DIC India Ltd.

B N Modi re-appointed MD, Super Forgings & Steels Ltd
Super Forgings & Steels Ltd has re-appointed B N Modi as Managing Director of the company.

Two Whole-time directors re-appointed on Super Forgings & Steels Ltd
O P Modi and R K Modi re-appointed Whole-time directors of Super Forgings & Steels Ltd.

Modi re-appointed ED, Super Forgings & Steels Ltd
Piyush Modi has been re-appointed as Executive Director of Super Forgings & Steels Ltd.

Col. Rai resigns as Non Exec. Director, Tulip Telecom Ltd
Col. Jasbinder S Rai, a Non-Executive Director of the Company has resigned as Director of Tulip Telecom Ltd with effect from July 28, 2011.

Two directors appointed on Gokak Textiles Ltd Board
Shapoor P. Mistry and Pallonji S. Mistry have been re-appointed as directors of Gokak Textiles Ltd on August 25, 2011.

Kalyaniwala appointed Addl. Director, Gokak Textiles Ltd
Kaiwan Kalyaniwalla has been appointed as Additional Director of Gokak Textiles Ltd.

Ram appointed CEO, GlobalEnglish Corporation
GlobalEnglish Corporation--- a leading provider of on-demand Enterprise Fluency software for multinational organisations has appointed Mahesh Ram as Chief Executive Officer.

DEBATE (1)

Contributors should be aware of facts

The debate about induction of Army officers in IPS has attracted emotional dialogs about shortage of Army officers, without any one knowing the actual facts. This shows total lack of breadth amongst readers or contributors of this esteemed columns.

There is shortage of commissioned officers because Forces refuse to dilute the standards without bending to such suggestions as promoting NCO/JCOs to fill up the vacancies, as was proposed by some state civil/police officers, for their cause in IAS/IPS.

The shortage in Army is amongst officers in 20s and 30s. What are being rendered surplus are Captains and Majors in late 30s/ early 40s.

What is proposed is to have an exam which will not need to test many things about knowledge since these officers have put in 15 -20 years of Gazzetted officers experience in Govt. of India.

They are called IPS since they will be central cadre but will be posted as DySP and promoted to SP level later.

The shortage in IPS is in some cadres where direct recruits do not wish to go. Promoting people in one state and sending them as IPS is not an acceptable solution.

Readres are requested to respond to each point specifically.

R Kumar

DEBATE(2)

Wise move

I think it is a wise move to induct IPS officers from the Army cadre. The officers are bright who require polishing in the civil aspect. The govt will do a big favour to the nation by such a move.

MK Satendran

DEBATE(3)

Physical fitness is one of the key criterion for selection to IPS and officers in the Army. If police officers are given a chance to join army through competitive examination or otherwise, then equity demands that army officer should also be given this facility. Infact, the need for lateral transfers of the two for specified years could be considered so that both of them experience the arduous nature of duties they perform to protect and build the nation.

H G Upreti

Hazare has become intellectual prisoner

Anna Hazare has become intellectual prisoner of the gang of three.

M Muthukrishnan

They both run NGOs themselves

The reason why Kiran Bedi and Vinod Kejriwal do not want to bring NGOs withib the ambit of the Janlokpal is because they both run NGOs themselves.

Amitabh Agrawal

Anna is being used but with a good cause

Agreed that Anna is being used but with a good cause. One UPSC, SSC, PCS and other exams and one General/Assembly election should not make people superior for all times to come. There may be many intelligent persons who would have not joined the Government but may have a big role to play in the governance of the country. What were the Parliamentarians doing during the last 64 years when right in front of their nose public money was being squandered. They on their own could have short circuited things.

A Srivastava

People in power will be corrupt ?

Why people in power will be corrupt ? Do they not get their salary for the work they do? What a poor man feels when he goes for an income certificate and pays bribe to a government officer? How a Government officer who gets his salary for working for the people takes bribe from a poor man who earns his bread with the sweat of his brows. Same is the case for availing any facility provided by the Govt. Anna's movement to curb corruption at the lower functionary will directly help the poorest of the poor and it should be accepted by all.

Kalpna

Hazare has electrified the whole nation

Even small school going children have come out wholeheartedly in open support of Anna HAZARE. those who were dismissive and contemptuous of him till yesterday have stared behaving like good boy ( not because of agreement with his Janlokpal Bill ) but to save their own skin and others are running for cover. They have started saluting him and one spokesman has tendered apology also. From now onwards India will

not be the same again . Having seen the working of most corrupt and tiniest department under a ministry headed by an honest minister and incurred the wrath of corrupt bosses , I am fully in agreement with all those who have come out openly in support of Anna Hazare. Very soon there will be plethora of voluntary retirement applications from those corrupt public servants at all levels who till yesterday were singing virtues of increase in retirement age to avoid going to jail . Anna Hazare's agitation is also being watched with interest in Pakistan and not only in other parts of world. After all Anna's appeal is universal because of his totally selfless and non violent approach. Like others, I wish Anna a very long life and appeal to him to break his fast so that his health does not deteriorate in any manner whatsoever.

Sudhir Chopra

What a mood swing ?

What a mood swing from Wednesday to Thursday. I was like many of my countrymen, angry and anguished. Two incidents upset me. Pranab Mukerjee alleged to have told Team Anna'Anna's fast is your and Anna's problem". Outrageous. In the evening of the same day the iftar party at the residence of Prime minister while a man was starving for 10 days for a national cause showed how insensitive the establishment is to the 'aam aadmi'. Thursday brought about some cheer. At last Prime minister showed some statesmanship in agreeing to the placement of Anna's bill along with other versions in Parliament and urged Anna Hazare to break his fast. Opposition and Speaker of the house joined him in this appeal. Here was an opening to end the stalemate. But this time Anna did not take the offer. Was he being obdurate? Or was he being manipulated by a few members of his team. Both ways it is being unfair. While we all share his objective to end the corruption and have a strong Lokpal, we should not destroy one institution viz. Parliament to build another. Let the parliament do its job with all the inputs given by civil society and if it fails to come up with what people desire there is always another opportunity to protest. Anna's health is important and he needs to preserve his energy for future causes. He has emerged as messiah of the citizens of India crying for better Governance. It becomes his moral duty to be flexible in the interest of his health. Some of his team members, it appears have their own agenda in advising him to stick to his fast. I hope better sense will prevail and today will see Anna breaking his fast.

Aarti Khosla

If Anna movement becomes successful …..

If the Anna movement becomes successful, the VIP culture is also expected to die its own death. Apart from this, the manner in which IAS usurps all the posts in Govt of India or the States also indicates professional corruption. This should also be corrected and true equality should prevail among appointments in the Govt at the top. All the Services should get the opportunity of joining as Secretaries to the Govt of India which IAS does not even let others think of.

S Kumar

IAS officers write comments without basis

Many IAS officers write prejudicial comments without basis giving skewed view of their assessments

Venkat

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)