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Why was Gurudas Kamat downgraded ?
Gurudas Kamat rejected the post of MoS , but the main reason for his down gradation was reporedly his rivalry with Murli Deora. It is heard that Murli Deora ensured Kamat was downgraded and that is what miffed Kamat as he aspired for a Cabinet berth.

Importance of being Milind Deora ?
Milind Deora has to his credit the success of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) which is a breakaway faction of Shiv Sena. Deora junior is responsible for the success of MNS in Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha seats ,he helps the MNS to get votes that are likely to go to BJP-Sena. Besides being a fund provider to the party he is also responsible for getting MNS the right candidates to be fielded in the elections.

Rajasthan likely to win the race
Rajasthan is likely to win the race in the ministerial level appointments in the center. Tamilnadu and Rajasthan both already have 8 Central Ministers each. But Rajasthan will beat Tamilnadu with the new likely appointment of the Chairmain of the National Womens Commission. This trend has continued with earlier Mahila Congress Chief and ex-Chairman National Commission on Women both from Rajasthan

BUREAUCRACY

30 IAS officers of 1977 batch waiting to be Secretary
As many as 30 IAS officers of 1977 batch, of those empanelled, were still waiting to be Secretary in the Government of India.

Two Secretary level vacancies this month
There are going to be two secretary level vacancies in the Government of India -one Miniority Affairs and second Disaster Management.

Official list of 1987 batch IPS empanelled for JS post or equivalent
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the empanelment of 46 Indian Police Service officers (IPS) of 1987 batch for holding the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent under the Central Staffing Scheme. Those empanelled are P Kamaraj, Pradeep Kumar Bhardwaj and Md Taj Hassan of of AGMU cadre, M Gopikrishna, Mrs. A R Anuradha, N V Surendra Babu, Satyanarayanan and T A Tripathi of AP cadre, S D Negi of Sikkim cadre, Anil Kumar Raturi of Uttarakhand cadre, M K Tiwari, Dinkar Gupta and Rajpal Meena of Punjab cadre, Rezi Dung, P Rama Krishna Naidu and Niraj Sinha of Jharkand cadre, Arun Kumar Sinha Kerala cadre, R C Srivastava and Binay Kumar Singh of Chhattisgarh cadre, Sunil Kumar of Bihar cadre, C Sylendra Babu of TN cadre, M V V Rao of Jharkhand cadre, Dilbag Singh and S M Sahai of J & K cadre, M Madan Mohan and V S Yadav of. MT cadre, Mukul Goel, Bhawesh Kumar Singh and Rajendra Pal Singh of UP cadre, Akshaya Kumar Mishra .. Rajasthan cadre, Sunil Roy and Surendra Panwar of Orissa cadre, Pandeya Niraj Nayan, Mrityunjoy Kumar Singh, Mrs. Suman Bala Sahoo, Sanjay Chander, Bibhuti Bhushan Dash, L Lengkhothan Doungal and Gangeswar Singh of West Bengal cadre, Vijay Yadav Sanjiv Kumar Singh, Sudhir Kumar Saxena, M P Dwivedi and A K Jain of MP cadre and K K Mishra and V Kamaraja of Haryana cadre.

Okhde to be Director (Pipeline) IOC
V S Okhde is being tipped to be new Director (Pipeline) of the Indian Oil Corporation.He is presently ED in the IOC.

Sanjay Agrawal and Malini Agrawal to join NPA this month
1992 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre Sanjay Agrawal and 1994 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer Malini Agrawal are joining the National Police Academy,Hyderabad this month as Deputy Directors.

Kusumakar joins NPA
H K Kusumakar has joined the National Police Academy,Hyderabad as Additional Director .He is 1998 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

IA&AS officer Shukla transferred
SK Shukla, Deputy Director (CS)-II in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India , New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Rep), in the office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-III, New Delhi.

Sethi promoted as Lt. General
Major General Sethi has been approved for promotion as Lt. General in Indian Army.

Two 1960 batch IAS officers are still active
Two former 1960 batch IAS officers are still active in the country.One is Yashwant Sinha and other is Ms Nirmala Buch.One is active in politics while other is active in Social activities and running NGO's.

Ashok Kumar nominated for 37th APPPA
Ashok Kumar - Director, Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi, has been nominated for the 37th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) commencing 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.

Three ACS rank vacancies in Orissa
There are going to be three vacancies of the ACS rank in Orissa this month. Ms Priyabrat Patnaik,R N Senapati and K S Ganesan are likely to be promoted.

Dineshwar Sharma's transfer on the anvil
Dineshwar Sharma, Additional Director IB is going to be transferred out of Delhi shortly. He is only waiting for his transfer order. He is an IPS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

IAS against appointment of IFS on administrative posts
IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh are learnt to be unhappy over the appointment of Indian Forest Officers on administrative posts in the state Secretariat and in various Boards and Corporations. The HP IAS Officers Association, sources said, has even decided to convey the same to the government once again.

Shambhu Singh on a one-week official tour to the Burma
Shambhu Singh who on central deputation is Joint Secretary (NE) in the Ministry of Home (MHA) has on a one-week official tour to gone to Burma. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Manipur- Tripura cadre.

Shiv Pal Singh Verma promoted
Shiv Pal Singh Verma DIG (Admn) PHQ Shimla has been appointed as Principal of the Central Detective Training School (CDTS), Chandigarh under BPR&D, MHA, Government of India. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

IAS officer to lead delegation
Dr.Vijay Kapur,IAS, Bihar-1977, who is currently on deputation as Advisor to the Vice Chancellor,IGNOU will lead an inter-university delegation from various central universities to Pakistan at theinvitation of University of the Punjab, Kinnaird College for women, Government College University,Aitchison College, Virtual University and National College of the Arts among others. The objectiveof this visit is to broaden avenues for cross border dialogue and interaction in the sphere of higher education and help create an atmosphere of harmony."

Pakistan : Revenue department is the most corrupt says Lahore CJ
The CJ of Lahore High cour has directed that property details of all the revenue officers from Patwaris right up to the District Coordination Officers (DCO or Collector) should be submitted before the court on 12 August. The direction came amidst scathing remarks by the CJ that revenue department is the most corrupt in the whole country and nothing gets done unless illegal gratification is paid to the concerned functionaries. Patwaris never issue a 'fard malkiyat' without taking illegal gratification of at least Rs 150000/- openly and invariably, they live in posh bungalows far beyond their known sources of income and the higher authorities had turned a blind eye to the issue. Chief Justice Ijaj Ahmed Chowdhary made these remarks during the hearing of a contempt petition filed by one Khalid Saeed against the DCO of Lahore alleging that the Patwari of Lahore's Kanha circle had refused to issue him the title deed despite direction from a bench of the high court and that his repeated representations to the DCO were also in vain.

Wa s it Lashkar again?
Sources in Mumbai police say the trail left behind is that of Lashkar e Toiba. Though they do not want to name it specifically because of talks with neighbouring country its been spoken in hushed tones in police department.

Was there an alert before the blast?
Intelligence agencies say that there were warning of blast with the police nearly a month in advance , though specifics were not said in the report but they were warned.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Rajnikant Mishra will now be ADG Security.Rajiv Krishna has been moved as IG Meerut Xone.D C Mishra has been shifted to PAC Lucknow.J Ravindra Gaur will be SP Gonda and Mohit Gupta SP Siddharth Nagar.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Ram Shekhar will now be MD of Central Electricity Corporation.Samir Verma has been made DM Moradabad.Y Rishikesh Bhaskar has been posted as DM Lakhimpur Khiri.Navin Kumar will be DM Oriyya.

IFS promotions and postings in Maharashtra
The Government of Maharashtra has issued transfer orders of IFS officers( CCFs) . Dr F S Jafri, (MS 1983) is transferred and posted on upgraded post of CCF ( Evaluation), Nagpur.Jarnail Singh(MS 1983) is transferred and posted as CCF(Territorial) Dhule Anoop Wadhva(MS 1984) is transferred and posted on up graded post of CCF (NTFP), Nagpur. V. S. Bardekar(MS 1984) is transferred and posted on upgraded post of CCF Working Plan, Pune. Dr Mohan Jha(MS 1985) is transferred and posted as CCF(Territorial) Amravati .Anurag Choudhary(MS 1984) is transferred and posted as CCF and Silviculturist, Pune. The following officers are promoted from CF to CCF and their posting orders are as under--A Ashraf (MS 1985)is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF and Field Director, Pench Project Tiger, Nagpur. V D Chafekar(MS 1985) is promoted and CCF and Dy Director General, SFD, Nashik.A Meipokkin (MS 1985) is promoted and posted as CCF (Territorial) Aurangabad .D K Meena(MS 1985) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WP Amravati.Dr N Rambabu (MS 1986 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of GM Planning, FDCM Ltd, Nagpur. G Sai Prakash(MS 1986 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF Planning and Management, Wildlife, Nagpur. N H Kakodkar(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted as CCF (Territorial) Pune. M K Rao (MS 1987 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WL Pune. Jeet Singh(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WP, Nashik. Pradeep Kumar(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted as Additional Residential Commissioner, Maharashtra Govt., New Delhi. R S Yadav (MS 1987 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF Forest regulation, Nagpur.N Mohan Karnat(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WL Kolhapur. T K Choube (MS 1987 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WP Nagpur.T S K Reddy(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of GM, South Chandrapur, FDCM Ltd. S G Tembhurnikar(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted as CCF Human Resource Management Nagpur. D R Parihar(MS 1987 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF Land Record Cell Nagpur.M Nguli (MS 1987 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF and Silviculturist, Chandrapur.Sunil Limaye (MS 1988 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF and Direcotr, SGNP, Borivali, Mumbai.
K P Singh(MS 1988 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WP Dahanu at Thane. Vikas Gupta (MS 1988 ) is promoted and posted as Dy Director General, SFD, Aurangabad. C M Khade (MS 1989 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of GM FDCM Ltd Nashik.Maheep Gupta (MS 1990 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of GM , FDCM Ltd, Nagpur.V R Tiwari (MS 1990 ) is promoted and posted as CCF JFM Planning and Development, Nagpur.B S Hooda(MS 1990 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF WP Aurangabad.VDH Jadhav(MS 1990 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post GM HQ, FDCM Ltd, Nagpur.SS Mahajan(MS 1990 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of CCF Budget and Audit, Nagpur.R K Pole(MS 1990 ) is promoted and posted as CCF Territorial Thane.P R Yeole (MS 1990 )is promoted and posted on upgraded post of GM WFP, FDCM Ltd Nagpur.M N Gawal(MS 1990 )i is promoted and posted as CCF Vigilence and Employees Welfare Nagpur.S P Thakre(MS 1990 ) is promoted and posted on upgraded post of GM North Chandrapur, FDCM LTd In addition following officers are given proforma promotion--Pravin Shrivastava(MS 1986 ), YLP Rao(MS 1986 ), Smt Sunita Singh(MS 1987 ),. Dr D K Tyagi(MS 1987 ), N Vasudevan(MS 1987 ), Samir Sahay(MS 1987 ), A N Tripathi(MS 1987 ) and Smt Shomita Vishvas(MS 1987 ).

Three IFS officers get proforma promotion in Maharashtra
Maharashtra government has given proforma promotion as APCCF to .Maiful Hussain (MS 198o) ( on State Deputation) , Atulraj Chadha (MS 1981) ( on GoI Deputation) and Suresh Gairola (MS 1982) (on study leave) .

V K Singh is new President of M P IPS Association (UPDATED)
In the recent elections held for the president and panel members of the IPS association in MP , V K Singh ( 1984 batch) has been elected as the president of the association . SVipin Maheshwari ( 1990 batch ) will be the new secretary.

D Pradhan appointed Abassador to Angola (UPDATED)
Debraj Pradhan, presently Joint Secretary at headquarters has been appointed as next Ambassador of India to Angola.

Was alert given by the terrorist outfit from outside Maharashtra? (UPDATED)
It is been said that the alert for recent blasts in Mumbai, though vague was actually sent from Bhopal.

Has police got leads ? (UPDATED)
Maharashtra Police has already got leads of the suspects and is going to release three sketches very shortly. Sources confirm that they are
working on the same.

IAS postings in Punjab (UPDATED)
Basant Garg has been appointed Chief Administrator, Bathinda Development Authority Sandeep Kaur will now be AC (UT), Ludhiana.

IAS changes in Nagaland (UPDATED)
N. Hushili Sema secretary Women Development department will take over as the DC, Dimapur from Maongwati Aier who takes over as commissioner Excise . M. Patton has been made secretary Land Resources,Vyasan R has been posted as deputy secretary, Home.

SJVN Ltd First Quarter Profits Increase 20% (UPDATED)
Public Sector SJVN Limited has registered a 20% increase in its profits for the first quarter April to June 2011 at Rs. 348.21 crore against Rs 290.76 crore earned during the corresponding quarter of last year. The financial results of the Company were finalized at the Company's Board meeting held at New Delhi on July 14, 2011. For the said quarter SJVN's Earnings Per Share (EPS) has also increased to Rs. 0.84 against Rs 0.70 during the corresponding quarter of last year.

Term of ad hoc promotion of 29 Private Secretaries extended (UPDATED)
The term of ad hoc promotion of 29 Private Secretaries (PS) as Principal Private Secretary (PPS) of CSSS has been extended upto September 30, 2011 ore till regular PPS are not available. Those whose term has been extended are Sampuran Singh - HRD, Kailash Gosain - I&B, N. Krishnamurthy - Environment & Forests, RLV Prasada Rao - Expenditure, Kusum Sharma - MHA, Swarnambal Sambasivam - Road Transport & Highways, O.K. Rajvanshi - Planning Commission, Rattan Singh Negi - Power, Sanjay Kukreja - Expenditure, D.C. Pandey - Expenditure, Ajay Srivastava - I&B, B.L Chhibber - Coal, K. Bhardwaj - MHA, K.V, Ananthanarayan - Supply, M.K. Talwar - Planning Commission, R.K. Arora - Planning Commission, A.K. Prasad - Expenditure, A.D. Bhatia - Rural Dev., Anita Sharma - Commerce, Rajinder Kumar - Expenditure, Anjana Battu - Commerce, Ravinder Kumar - MHA, Jasbir Bedi - Legal Affairs, Kush Lal Sharma - Petroleum, J.N, Sharma - Health & Family Welfare, Bimla Kathuria - MHA, P.A. Unnikrishnan - DoP&T, Renu Kumar - Health& Family Welfare, C.L. Pal - Health & Family Welfare.

Sellamuthu is Commissioner of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
K Sellamuthu, Commissioner of Fisheries & Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. has been transferred as Commissioner of Horticulture and Plantation Crops.

Kamaraj appointed Collector, Erode District in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
C Kamaraj, Deputy Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government, Transport Department, has been transferred as Collector, Erode District.

A K Mittal to be Director (Projects) NBCC (UPDATED)
A K Mittal is being tipped to be Director (Projects) of the National building Construction Corporation (NBCC).He is presently ED in th NBCC.

CORPORATE

Rath resigns as Director, UB Engineering Ltd
B N Rath has resigned with effect from July 1, 2011 as a Director of UB Engineering Ltd .

Gupta resigns as Company Secy. Wanbury Ltd
Pankaj Gupta has resigned as Company Secretary of Wanbury Ltd w.e.f. June 30, 2011.

Raghunathan appointed Company Secy. UCAL Fuel Systems Ltd
UCAL Fuel Systems Limited has appointed Ms. Rekha Raghunathan as Company Secretary.

Thakur nominated as Part-time Non-official Director, Punjab & Sind Bank Ltd
The Union Government has nominated Suresh Thakur as Part-time Non-official Director of Punjab & Sind Bank Ltd for a period of three years.

Bahadur appointed Director, Indian Terrain Fashions Ltd
Harsh Bahadur has been appointed as Director of Indian Terrain Fashions Ltd with immediate effect.

Jayaraj resigns as Company Secy. Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd
T Jayaraj, Company Secretary has resigned from the services of Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd with effect from July 14, 2011.

Javlekar appointed Company Secy. Diamond Power Infra Ltd
Nishant Javlekar, Associate Company Secretary of Diamond Power Infra Ltd has been appointed as Company Secretary of the Company.

Cole appointed President (Carrier and Internet Services), Reliance Communications
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications has appointed Rory Cole as President (Carrier and Internet Services).

Chowdhary appointed AGM (Marketing Communication), Dainik Bhaskar Group
Biswaraj Chowdhary has joined Dainik Bhaskar Group as AGM-Marketing Communication.

Sahoo appointed as Part-time Non Official Director, Andhra Bank
Rajib Sekhar Sahoo has been appointed as a Part Time Non Official Director on the Board of Andhra Bank for a period of three years with effect from July 14, 2008, by Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, New Delhi.

Lahiri appointed Whole-time Director, VST Industries Ltd
VST Industries Limited has appointed Devraj Lahiri as Whole-time Director of the Company with effect from August 1, 2011 for a period of five years.

Decentralize retirement age…

Some want raise in retirement age. Some do not.

PB4 employees constitute only 0.3 % of all government employees.

Raise their age to 65.

For others, consult individual unions, area wise, department wise, region wise etc. Let different unions have retirement age of 60 or 62 as per their wish.

Indianoil, public sector, in 1980, had retirement age for some unions as 60, whereas for others it was same as government i.e. 58 at that time

Mani

UPA 2 THROUGH LG Delhi is heading for a major scam by approving 3rd floor for the benefit of the person who owns the 2nd floor of houses in Delhi. the flaws with this thinking are--[a] the 2nd floor owner has 30% of the land rights, with an extra floor, his land rights will remain the same but he will own double the area. the ground and firs floor owners who have bought 70% of the land will have not get any extra space. [b] the flat buyers have bought floors with the knowledge that there would be certain level of car parking, water, usage of common areas, etc would be there. now the LG plans to load an extra 33% load on parking, circulation space, water, etc without the consent of the ground and first floor owners. [c] the MCD law requires that the owner of the land should sign the documents; but the 2nd floor owner owns only 30% of the land. [d] the servant quarters are on the roof which belong to all 3 floors; what will happen to the ownership rights of the servant quarters. [e] as per new laws, for 4 floors to be approved, stilt parking is compulsory which cannot be made in existing a building.

SO, IS THIS THE NEW SCAM OF UPA 2 ????

Rita

Terrorists think that the rudderless,corruption ridden and cowardly UPA Government, practically controlled by a foreign woman can be cowed down by few bomb blasts and 13/7 Mumbai blasts are the result.If the Government has litle bit of shame,they should put to gallows both Afzal Guru and Kazab immediately and send a message that India can not be scared by such bomb blasts.

N Krishnan

Non-government non-staff without IB clearance?

There is absolutely nothing new about these orders regarding IB clearance of the personal staff of the ministers. What was needed was some sort of intelligence clearance of the non-government non-staff of the ministers. For entry into the office, an identity card is a must, which is issued on an application in this regard, where necessary details are disclosed. But the ministers also have an office at residence, where no such i card is required to gain entry or move about freely. The actual work is done in this office only. The authority of these empowered yet non-accountable persons never comes for scrutiny(permission of Mr Buch requested for using his expressive words).When witnessed for the first time, it shocks the officer concerned who takes care to classify the file "secret"/"Only For The Eyes Of The Minister" and carries it personally to the minister at his residence(his includes her also), and is asked many things one by one leading ultimately to the point of concern! Slowly he becomes wiser or goes into wilderness. Even the framers of the constitution provided no remedy for such practices, leaving all "residual" subjects to the Executive Authority of the Union Government! Can you do anything? Keep writing your whispers, I am whispered by my wiser by experience colleagues!

M L Gupta

"Poor litigants"???

The Central Administrative tribunals (CAT) set up by the Govt of India have become like local subordinate courts in Delhi like the ones at Tees Hazaree and Patials House.
The litigants are suffering.

Yashpal Malhotra

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)