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This Cabinet reshuffle is more like a joke!!! Sonia and Mohna met five times….and looks like in the end Sonia pulled names out of a hat!!! This reshuffle was being positioned as a 'makeover' ……..in fact time to 'make and mend is over'!!! The Big Four remain…… the inside , jokes apart, is that Sonia and Mohna could not come to an agreement!!! Janaki Natrajan has been awarded for 'lying through her teeth' and has been given a Cabinet berth!! Moily has been shifted from law….. he's gonna have a long face for a week or two!!! Rajiv 'Grease Ball' Shukla has been inducted into the Cabinet…. as Parliamentary Affairs Mantri he will try to win over Opposition by distributing Cricket Match tickets!!! The reshuffle shows Congress is 'stuck in the mud'!!!! Word of advice from Karuna 'reshuffle is not over'!!!!!

Was Sonia not being direct and was going round and round????

Or is it possible that Mohna this time was able to hold ground?????

It is well known that Kalmadi shared the spoils with the Congress Party….. and that is why CBI took 'donkey's years' to raid him and then arrest him….. he was given enough time to do the needful!!!! So it is no surprise that Sonia got a Senior Congress Leader to say ' Kalmadi and Chavan are innocent'…….. seems Kalmadi was able to send a message to Madam…… 'is this the price for loyalty'?????? Chavan too has been obedient in giving the Party its share in the spoils!!!! Fact is because of the statements of this Senior Congress Leader, of course at the behest/prodding of Madam, Congress provides much needed humor …laughing stock!!! Of course this also means that CBI will now go soft on these two……. tacit signal to CBI!!!

The Senior Congress Leader who said Kalmadi and Chavan are innocent should be subjected to a dope test!

When the results come out positive Congress will say this Senior Leader said all this in jest!!

A calamity and our Rahul Baba sees it as a vote capturing opportunity!!! Rahul went to meet the Kalka accident victims…. prior to going he got his think tank to rack their brains on his to put the blame for this accident on Maya!!!! Victims complained that they had not got even the inadequate compensation that was announced!! Of course he nodded his head…. smiled….. tut tutted… and then vamoosed!!! Now toh they say even Congress does not take him seriously!!!

Idle Rahul tries to show he is busy…….. he's actually a vela (idle)!!!!

His minder too is a vela and the jury is still out 'kiss ka kaun hai chela'!!!

PS…… Laloo has taken heart from Karuna's statement … reshuffle is not over……. he's now telling everyone he'll get a berth in the next reshuffle……. powerless Laloo's going berserk… he's even started talking to himself!! In Punjab Raj Bhavan the staff jokes ' sadhe Sahib naathe dhote reh gaye ( our Boss was left high and dry)'...... Shivraj's hopes dashed......he too is latching on to the tinka Karuna has thrown!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Dinesh Trivedi is new Railway Minister
TMC has retained the portfolio of Railways. Dinesh Trivedi has succeeded Ms. Mamta Banerjee as new Railway Minister.
(We said this on 4 June 2010)
Dinesh Trivedi is heir apparent to Ms. Mamata Banerjee
Dinesh Trivedi, Trina Mool Congress (TMC) MP from an industrial belt of Barrackpore (West Bengal), is being considered to step into shoes of Indian Railway Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Delhi.
Who is Dinesh Trivedi?
Who is Dinesh Trivedi and what is his background? This question is hotly being discussed in different circles. Well, Dinesh Trivedi a Gujarati Kutchi industrialist and adviser of Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamta Banerjee had won parliamentary election as a TMC candidate from Barrackpore constituency in West Bengal. Trivedi had defeated his nearest rival Tarit Topdar, six-time heavyweight and the then sitting CPM MP, by more than 60,000 votes during last year's Lok Sabha polls. Barrackpore was considered to be the biggest strongholds of the Left front outside Kolkata. Trivedi who hails from Bidada village of coastal Mandvi in Gujarat's Kutch district was a TMC' Rajya Sabha MP before entering into the Lok Sabha.

He is no longer powerful today !
V Narayansamy is no longer Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. It means he will now have offices in North Block and South Block but not in the Parliament House. Till yesterday he had offices in all the three places.

Has Jairam Ramesh killed 2 birds with one stone?
Has new Rural Development (RD) Minister Jairam Ramesh killed 2 birds with one stone? This is hotly being discussed in corridors of power. It is because earlier he was holding portfolio of Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) & was a Minister of Sate (MOS) with an independent charge. However, now he has not only been elevated but has also got a more important portfolio.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega RBI Governor (7) O P Bhat
Former CMD of the State Bank of India O P Bhat is also eyeing for this prestigious post. The PMO may extend support to this banker. He may not get support from the North Block.

R.N. Gupta soon to be elevated in IB
R.N. Gupta, Special Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Government of India (GoI), is soon likely to be elevated to higher pay scale. He is an IPS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Ms. Manmeet Kaur Nanda to be OSD to Railway Minister D. Trivedi
Ms. Manmeet Kaur Nanda will be OSD to Dinesh Trivedi who is being elevated from the rank of Minister of State to that of Cabinet Minister with the portfolio of Railways in evening on July 12, 2011.She is an IAS officer of the 1999 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Krishna Gupta to be PS to Dinesh Trivedi
As the grapevine has it, Krishna Gupta is poised to be new private secretary (PS) to Dinesh Trivedi who is being elevated from the rank of Minister of State to that of Cabinet Minister with the portfolio of Railways in evening on July 12, 2011. He is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Apurva Chandra to be Joint Secretary , MSME
Apurva Chandra who so far was Joint Secretary (Marketing) in Petroleum Ministry will now be Joint Secretary in MSME. Chandra is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Nagendra Bhushan to be Director,Petroleum
As the grapevine has it, Nagendra Bhushan is poised to be a Director in the Petroleum Ministry. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sudhir Kumar to return to Bihar
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power Sudhir Kumar is returning to the parent Bihar cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Chhattisgarh DGP Vishwa Ranjan shifted
Chhattisgarh DGP Vishwa Ranjan has been shifted as DG Home Guards.He is 1973 batch IPS officer.

Anil Nawani is new DGP of Chhattisgarh
Anil Nawani has been appointed new DGP of Chhattisgarh.He is 1978 batch IPS officer.He will succeed Vishwa Ranjan.

BSF soon to have a vacancy of IG
In Border Security Force (BSF) an IG level one post will soon be falling vacant.

Badal Das is now Acting Chairman of AAIFR
Badal Das has taken over as Acting Chairman of the the Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (AAIFR).He is former 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CRPF soon to have a vacancy of IG
An IG level one post will soon be falling vacant in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

CISF soon to have a vacancy of IG
In Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) an IG level one post will soon be falling vacant.

IAS changes in Karnataka likely
A bureaucratic reshuffle is likely to take place in Karnataka after a week or 10 days.

Sanjay Varma nominated for 37th APPPA
Sanjay Varma - Senior Deputy Controller General Of Defence Accounts (Adt) in the office of the CG Defence Accounts, Ministry of Defence, Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) which commenced at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi on July 1, 2011. The programme includes detailed framework of conceptual and applied modules to enable professional exposure on public administration in Indian and international context.

Arunava Dutt gets in situ promotion as Addl Secretary
Arunava Dutt, Financial Advisor in the Border Security Force (BSF), has got in situ promotion to the rank and pay equivalent to that of Additional Secretary with effect from July 6, 2011. He is an IDAS officer of 1978 batch.

IA & AS officer Ramuwalia transferred to Northern Railway
KS Ramuwalia, Director (RS)-I, in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India , New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director (Hqrs) in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Northern Railway, New Delhi.

Surendra Nath to be Lt. General
Major General Surendra Nath is being promoted as Lt. General in Indian Army.

Chankapa is new CEO Sikkim
K T Chankapa is new Chief electoral Officer Sikkim.1997 batch IAS officer Chankapa has succeeded Vijay Bhushan Pathak who has proceeded on central deputation.

Pakistan : Zardari wants Commissioner system to be revived for Karachi police
Pakistan's President Asif Zardari has directed that Commissioner system be revived for effectively tackling the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi where over 100 persons have lost their lives in group clashes and sectarian violence. The instructions were issued after the President chaired a meeting in Islamabad on Friday to review the situation in the violence hit city. The meeting was attended by PM Gilani, the CM of Sind and some prominent citizens and law makers from the city.

Three IAS officers transferred in Tamil Nadu
Vibhu Nayar Commissioner, Milk Production and Dairy MD Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producer's Federation is transferred as Industries Commissioner, M.R. Mohan Commissioner Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services has been transferred to Commissioner, Milk Production and Dairy MD Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producer's Federation and Apurva Verma Industries Commissioner to MD, TN State Marketing Corporation Limited.

Ms Gongulee Thomas to be Ambassador to Turkey (UPDATED)
Ms Susmita Gongulee Thomas has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Turkey. She is presently Consul General of India to San Francisco.

N Kumar to be Director (Technical ) CIL (UPDATED)
N Kumar is being tipped to be new Director (Technical) of the Coal India Limited (CIL).

ICVL Chairman discusses Indonesia venture (UPDATED)
C.S. Verma, Chairman, SAIL & ICVL, during his recent visit to Jakarta on invitation from H.E. Gita Wirjawan, Chairman, Indonesia Investment Co-ordination Board, Government of Indonesia, held a detailed discussion with him on the the MoU between ICVL and the Provincial Government of Central Kalimantan (PGCK). He pointed out that the MoU inter-alia envisages setting up of a steel plant of suitable capacity in the Province of Central Kalimantan by ICVL in return of direct allocation of iron ore, coking and thermal coal, limestone and other mineral deposits for ICVL by the PGCK. The MoU also provides for the reserves of coking coal and thermal coal to be allocated to ICVL being of sufficient capacity to take care of the requirement of the proposed steel plant for a period of 50 years as well as for exports from Indonesia to India for use by the promoter companies of ICVL.

CORPORATE

IAS officer to head committee in West Bengal
Bengal has set up a committee to assess the health of micro and small scale enterprises (MSMEs).1976 batch IAS officer Dr Anup Chand Chanda is going to head the committee.

Tripathi resigns as Company Secy. Ausom Enterprise Ltd
Ashish Tripathi has resigned as Company Secretary of Ausom Enterprise Ltd with effect from July 7, 2011.

Prasad resigns as Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd
Mahesh Prasad who was appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd has resigned as Director of the Company.

Sen appointed GM (West), NaiDunia Media
NaiDunia Media has appointed Anuttam Sen as General Manager (West) and National Product Manager.

Thoughtshop appoints creative directors
Thoughtshop has appointed Vishesh Jain and Bhavin Patel as creative directors in its Copy & Art division respectively.

Tenure of four part-time directors on Power Grip Corp. Board get over
The tenure of four Non-official Part-time Directors of Power Grid Corporation of India --- Dr. P. K. Shetty, Prof. A. S. Narag, Anil K. Agarwal and F. A. Vandrevala appointed w.e.f. July 10, 2010 has come to an end on July 9, 2011 and they have ceased to be Directors on the Board of the Company.

Shukla resigns as Director, B.A.G. Films & Media Ltd
Rajiv Shukla, Director, B.A.G. Films and Media Ltd has resigned as Director of the company with effect from July 9, 2011.

Sattawala resigns as Group President, Mastek Ltd
Mrinal Sattawala, Group President , Mastek Ltd has resigned.

Gangawat retires as part-time Director, Punjab & Sind Bank Ltd
Krishan Murari Gangawat, Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Punjab & Sind Bank Ltd has retired on July 7, 2011, on completion of his term of three years.

Basu resigns as Director, Saregama India Ltd
Dipankar Basu has resigned as a Director of Saregama India Ltd with immediate effect.

Sabero Orgabics Ltd appoints addl. directors
Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd has appointed V. Ravichandran and M. K. Tandon as Additional Directors of the Company .

Rakesh Singh is CEO of ABFL
Rakesh Singh has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Aditya birla Finance (ABFL)..

Vijay Kumar is CEO of Sun TV
K Vijay Kumar has been promoted to the post of the chief executive officer in the Sun TV Network.

Jain gets new job in ONGC
S K. Jain has taken over as the new basin manager of ONGC's Assam & Assam Arakan Basin.

Any logic?

Just because Dr Khullar has a financial background, he should be made RBI Governor? By that Logic, why not a Member CBDT or Chairman CBDT who have vast financial background anyways?

Anil Jain

CBDT Help

To have better transparency in the IT assessment system, it is requested that the necessary information about assessment be put up on the net including for those ITRs which have filed in manual form. It will give greater faith and confidence to the tax payers.

Secondly there are big ads. coming in case of mismatch in TDS deducted and entries reflected in 26AS, the tax payers to approach for correction statement. This is hardly taken seriously by TDS deductor. Take a simple example a tax payer has FD in a company at Delhi. The company deducts TDS and issues a certificate but the entries are not correctly reflected in 26As due to some reasons. The tax payers approach the company thru letter or mail but company is unable to comply with the request. Tax payers are unable to take any action in this respect. CBDT should make the TDS deductor responsible for the mismatch about TDS deducted and 26AS entries in what ever manner CBDT feels. It is quite logical when tax has been deducted by the deductor, there is nothing in the hand of tax payers to upload entries in 26AS.

R K Mishra

Why this discrimination?

I fully agree with the comments that retired govt. officials should be given LTC as in the case of Railway officials.

Kalyan

LTC for retired personnel

Give LTC benefit to retired personnel. It will boost tourism. It will distribute the tourist load evenly through out the year which will ease tourist flow in rush season as well it will make every body concerned benefitted. If Government takes care of health etc. of the retired people why not this also.

SD, A retired Officer

Don't reduce Retirement Age

In my opinion, it is just a biased suggestion not concerned with the economy upliftment of the Government. Besides, I could not understand that how a large number of experienced government employees from bottom to top ranking will be retiring and in their place the youngsters are not much interested in joining sincerely the government service except at higher bureaucratic level. But the large number of government employees, who are likely to retire within this and next months, will be such employees, who are fully experienced middle level i.e. up to the level of Director which are mostly belonging to CSS Cadre, the prestigious cadre. This cadre has the experience and knowledge relating to government rules and regulations within frame work of jurisdiction. They also know their area of working perfectly. Barring a few IAS bureaucrats like Sidharth Behura in Central Government, can be placed at their deserving chairs, if they are involved in any large scale Ghotala.

But, CSS cadre must be retained by the PM and President of Congress to ensure better results in future on depending on such people. Simultaneously, CSS cadre must be given due powers as they were enjoying immediately after independence and stood perfectly at the growth level to up lift the country.

This must be thought for by the Prime Minister and President of Congress Party even before reshuffle of the Cabinet.

H. S. Bhalla

Another feather in the cap for R. R. Verma

I am sure CISF will achieve greater heights.

Rishi Ranjan

Hope this change brings more glories do this wonderful Para military force. Wishing him all the luck.

Dev Verma

Pathetic state of affairs in Railways

Death of 70 persons in Kalka Mail accident is symptomatic of overall state of affairs in Railways. No one will take any responsibility and cries of those rendered orphans will be drowned by announcing fake concerns for safety coupled with some amount of compensation. To make railway travel safe , travel by rail should be made compulsory by all ministers, PM and Secretary level officers. To instill confidence, let Rahul Gandhi travel whole of the country by rail. If that happens everyone concerned with railway safety will take care. All those whose reputation has been badly bruised and battered can redeem their (his) reputation by tendering resignation. Or is it that shamelessness has no limits.

Sudhir Chopra

Sudhir Chopra

Stop this guesswork and speculation

Nobody is going to become Governor just because Dr. Kaushik Basu and Ashok Lahiri is a Bengali, Gopalan and Raghuram Rajan are Tamils, Dr. Narendra Jhadav is a known academician and closer to PM; Rahul Khullar is a seasoned bureaucrat and so on so is a Malayalee and closer to Sonia Gandhi. Why don't you add the names of Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Dr. Rakesh Mohan and Pulok Chatterjee in your wish list. Govenor's are not selected on the basis of whispers. I am sure, Dr. Subba Rao is going to get extension and keep you guessing for ever. Please don't indulge in sensationalism and waste our precious time.

Radhikai

Santha Sheela Nair

I agree. I had seen contributing a good deal of in the meetings of DoDWS and also later when she herself was the Secretary of the deptt. She is a real asset to any field she is involved.

H G Upreti

Bihar's state of affais

Why is it that such frequent changes are made in Bihar be it social welfare or industry without giving a timeframe? One more thing how Bihar functions is evident from Nitish's indisposition.....or his tour outside...no Janta durbar.. no hubgub in administrative circle. No activities even in emergent matters like floods control or law and order, even government. Rethinking is needed.

Shyamanand

Minutes of meeting

Minutes of the meeting of the Religious Committee were denied u/s 8(1) (a) and 8(1) (g) claiming that it contains a report regarding law and order received from Delhi Police which is marked as Secret. In response to a show cause notice for imposition of penalty, the CPIO & Joint Secretary (Home) submitted that when the RTI application was received he was on leave. He explained that when the First Appellate hearing was held he became aware of the RTI application. He further
informed that the information was denied since there was some tension at that time because of demolition of certain religious structures. Since the minutes revealed issues regarding different religious structures, he felt that revealing the information could lead to some strife. While dropping the penalty proceedings, the PIO was warned by the CIC to ensure that some reasons are detailed when claiming exemption.

Comments

Merely stating an exemption without giving any reasons cannot be a valid ground to deny information under the RTI Act. A CPIO must outline the reasons, at least briefly, when denying the information. A CPIO should ensure that proper system to receive an application is in
place even in his absence.

Mr. Tariq Qamar v. Home Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi in CIC/SG/A/2011/000866/12726Adjunct

- 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)