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Is Sharad Pawar coming closer to Sonia Gandhi ?
Grapevine has it that NCP Chief Sharad Pawar is coming closer to Congress President Sonia Gandhi ? Only Rajiv Shukla can answer this question.

BUREAUCRACY

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

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

Keshni Anand Arora to join GoI
Keshni Anand Arora is joining the Government of India next week as Deputy Director-General (joint secretary level) in the regional office of the Unique Identification Authority of India, Chandigarh. She is 1983 batch IAS officer.

Mohinder Kumar gets additional charge in Haryana
Mohinder Kumar, Secretary to the Governor, has been given additional charge as Commissioner, Ambala Division, during the training period of Anil Kumar

Pramod Asthana is on a study leave for a one year
Pramod Asthana, Inspector General (IG), Northern Range, Manipur, is on a study leave for one year. He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Manipur Tripura cadre.

IA&AS officer Bindra transferred
SR Bindra, Deputy Director (Inspection), in the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India , New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (AMG-III), in the office of the Principal Director of Audit , Economic & Social Ministries, New Delhi, against an existing vacancy.

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

Ms. Shailini Darbari nominated for 37th APPPA
Ms. Shailini Darbari - Finacial Adviser & CAO GMs Office North Western Railway Jaipur, 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.

V K Singh is new President of M P IPS Association
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 . Vipin Maheshwari ( 1990 batch ) will be the new secretary.

Book on 'How top cops are deprived of opportunities in the country' soon
People would soon come to know how top cops in the country are deprived of opportunities if Karnataka's Director General of Police (Home Guards and Fire Service) D V Guruprasad has his way. Guruprasad, retiring this month end, has announced that he will be writing a book on "top cops deprived of opportunities in the country after his retirement.

11 IPS officers tranfared in West Bengal.
D P Tarania (Adg Adm) tranfared DG( Fire sevices) Jogesh Chowdary DG(Fire) " Adg(Adm) Tayagraju Ig Costal Sequrity tranfared to Ig CID( 2) Anuj Sharma Spl IG (CID) trasfared to Ig Costal Sequrity p NIrajnarayan Ig(CID) go to Ig (IB) North Bengal. K L Tamta IG Telecom.Jayanta Basu IG Enforcement.

Pakistan : A vaccination drive with a difference
The US spy agency CIA ran a phoney vaccination drive through Dr Shakil Afridi a local physician of Abbottabad to collect blood samples of the town's residents for DNA analysis to ascertain if Osama or any of his family members were actually residing there. To what extent the 'vaccination drive' was useful for the purpose for which it was meant is not known as CIA hasn't commented on the news report but poor Doctor Shakil is as of now in Pakistani custody for suspected collusion with the CIA.

Ajay Setia to be Information Commissioner in Uttarakhand
Ajay Setia is likely to be appointed new Information commissioner in Uttarakhand.

3 Selection Grade officers of CSS promoted as Director
Three Selection Grade (Deputy Secretary) officers of CSS have been promoted as Director of CSS on regular basis. They are Margaret Gangte (Defence), Suparna S pachouri (MHRD) and VK Sharma (MHA).

Term of ad hoc promotion of 29 Private Secretaries extended
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.

Dr. Dakshesh appointed Pro-VC of Vir Narmad South Gujarat University
Dr. Dakshesh Rasiklal Thakar has been appointed as the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Vir Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat. He is principal, Arts College, Modasa in Sabarkantha district of North Gujarat.

Dr. Mahendra Padalia appointed Pro VC of Saurashtra University
Dr. Mahendra K Padalia as Pro Vice Chancellor of the Saurashtra University, Rajkot. He is associate professor and head of the department of Human rights and International Humanitarian laws at Saurashtra University.

Dr. Mukul Shah assumes office of Pro-VC of Gujarat University
Dr. Mukul Shah, former Mayor of Ahmedabad and Professor at L.G. Hospital who has been appointed as new Pro-Vice Chancellor of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, took charge of his office on Friday on the occasion of Guru Purnima.

A book written by a journalist
A political journey of "24, Akbar Road" that houses the Congress party's headquarters in New Delhi is out in a book essaying how this particular bungalow in Lutyen's Delhi has a personal history link to Aung Suu Kyi. The Nobel prize winner and pro-democracy leader of Myanmar, stayed in this particular house when her mother was Burmese ambassador to India in 1961. Crisply written by journalist Rasheed Kidwai, 24, Akbar Road (Hachette Books India) tracks the story of the contemporary Congress - its key characters, its ideology, its failure and its success, in the years after the Emergency. Using the Congress seat of power at 24 Akbar Road as his vantage, Kidwai offers a compelling account of the rule - both backseat and forefront - of the various Congress leaders, from Indira Gandhi to Rahul Gandhi, who have helped steer its course. Kidwai, currently associate editor of The Telegraph, Calcutta had earlier written an independent biography of Sonia Gandhi, Sonia -a biography (Penguin 2003, 2009, 2011). It is considered as the only full-length biography of the Congress chief which has been translated into several Indian languages namely Marathi, Telugu, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. A Tamil language translation is in the pipeline.

Sellamuthu is Commissioner of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu
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
C Kamaraj, Deputy Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government, Transport Department, has been transferred as Collector, Erode District.

New Vice Chancellors in Andhra Pradesh
Prof. S. Satyanarayana, registrar of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies will be new Vice-Chancellor of Osmania University.Dr. P. Prakash, Additional Secretary of UGC has been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open Univesity and Prof. Akbar Ali Khan Mohammed, Professor and HoD of Commerce Department in Osmania University as Vice-Chancellor of Telangana University in Nizamabad.

Now Ramudu is Chairman of SIT
J.V. Ramudu, an Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1981 batch has been appointed chairman of the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up for conducting a fresh probe into the Ishrat Jah.

Himmat Singh is now ADG BSF
Himmat Singh has been promoted to the rank of ADG in BSF.

R Nariman to be new Solicitor General ? (UPDATED)
Noted lawyer R Nariman is likely to succeed Gopal Subramanium as new Solicitor General of India.

Nirupama Rao appointed Ambassador to USA (UPDATED)
Foreign Secretary of India Nirupama Rao, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America.

CORPORATE

Karachi and Bombay Chambers of Commerce sign historic agreement
India and Pakistan took an important forward step in promoting their bilateral business and economic ties today.
Ashok Barat, President, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Junaid Esmail Makda, Vice President,
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed a historic agreement to establish the Bombay - Karachi Joint Chamber of Commerce. This has operationalized the decision taken in the 5th Round of India-Pakistan talks on Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the Commerce Secretaries of both countries held in Islamabad in April 2011. Speaking on the occasion, President Ashok Barat of Bombay Chamber reiterated the need for taking effective and practical steps for boosting commercial ties between the two neighbours. In his response, Junaid Makda of Karachi Chamber reciprocated the sentiment saying that businesses can forge lasting and mutually beneficial relationships more than anyone else.

Delhi to have free english daily soon
Touted as India's first free and comprehensive daily English newspaper 'Delhi On the Go', is also set to be launched for the Delhi Metro commuters soon. two Delhi-based entrepreneurs Ankit Dhawan and Virat Mohan who have jointly taken up the initiative seem to have been inspired by the concept of a free metro newspaper looking into its success in major international metropolitan cities.

Salil Sand is Creative Director for E24 at B.A.G. Network
Salil Sand has been appointed as Creative Director of B.Network's Bollywood channel E24. Having started his career as a part of the core team that was setting up the initial blueprint for Sony for its GEC segment, including the look and feel of the channel in 1995, he now has 13 years experience in the entertainment industry.

Deepak Srivastava is Mumbai Branch Head of IBD India
IBD India, the integrated brand development wing of Hakuhodo Percept company, has appointed Deepak Srivastava as the new Head of its Mumbai Branch. Besides leading the IBD team at Mumbai, he will also be responsible for growth of the business.

Chowdhary is AGM-MarComm in Dainik Bhaskar Group
Biswaraj Chowdhary has been appointed as AGM-MarComm by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. He has has 11 years experience in marketing alliances and promotions including at Music Broadcast (Radio City) and Jet Airways.

Himalee Madurasinghe is Chief Executive of LMRB
Sri Lanka's first independent market research company Lanka Market Research Bureau (LMRB) an affiliate of IMRB International has appointed Himalee Madurasinghe as its Chief Executive. Madurasinghe who has over 20 years experience, including 14 years in market research at LMRB, has extensive experience on consumer behaviour research.

SJVN Ltd First Quarter Profits Increase 20%
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.

Ghorpade ceases to be Director, Corporation Bank
Venkatrao Y Ghorpade, Part-time Non-official Director of Corporation Bank has ceased to be a Director from July 15, 2011 on completion of his term.

Pratap appointed Chief Technical Officer, Smart Identity Devices Pvt Ltd
Smart Identity Devices Pvt. Ltd. has appointed Mahendra Pratap as the Chief Technical Officer.

Ghosh appointed Senior VP, Adzedge
Adzedge--- a division of Outdoor Advertising Professionals Pvt Ltd has appointed Anirban Ghosh as Senior Vice President.

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

Sand appointed Creative Director, B.A.G. Network
B.A.G. Network has appointed Salil Sand as Creative Director of the network's Bollywood channel E24.

Ganapathy appointed CEO (Cinema Exhibition Division), Reliance MediaWorks
Reliance MediaWorks has appointed Ashok Ganapathy as CEO of its cinema exhibition division.

Shah appointed Senior ED, Kotak Investment Banking
Kotak Investment Banking has appointed Ms. Shefali Shah as Senior Executive Director.

Rengarajan to be Head (Custodian Business), Deutsche Bank, India
Anand Rengarajan is to be Head (Custodian Business) of Deutsche Bank in India.

Kallayat appointed Regional Manager (Western Region), Emirates
Emirates has appointed Sunil Kallyat as its Regional Manager for the Western Region.

Poddar resigns as Company Secy. Mudra Lifestyle Ltd
Mahesh K. Poddar has resigned from the post of Company Secretary of Mudra Lifestyle Ltd w.e.f. June 30, 2011.

Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, Tilak Finance Ltd
Tilak Finance Ltd has appointed Ms Saloni Agrawal as Additional Director of the Company.

LTC to retired Govt. officials

In this era of globalisation, by the time a Government servant retires, his children will be posted somewhere in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, etc. In the meagre pension he receives, it will be difficult for him to visit his children often. It is therefore considered a good idea if a scheme of providing LTC to retired officials is introduced. It will go a long way and create happiness for the retired persons and their children.

Pradeep Kumar

I also agree with the comments on the LTC.

Y P Azad

" CVC's selection must be transparent ?"

The observation of AK Saxena (Retired Civil Servant) on the letter written by PJ Thomas the earlier CVC is quite uncalled for. He speaks of a transparent system for the appointment of CVC. Does it mean that the genesis of all the decision made by the legitimate Government should be certified or pre-approved by Ramdev or Hazare? I think the basic principle of the democracy that the ?Executive is responsible to the legislature? is long forgotten. One liner of MN Buch ? Let the Accountable be Powerful? is more appropriate than the long comment of AK Saxena. I do not understand why the people with huge experience and wisdom with them advocate that someone other than the legitimately elected Government, headed by the Prime Minister, should call the shots. I am very sure that Mr. Saxena has done wonderful work during his tenure as a civil servant but he had his days and got the chance and opportunity as well. I am sure he understands that he should let others deliver and should not comment on persons and that too restricted only to some working but disciplined civil servants who are definitely junior to him and may have the wisdom Saxena is talking about but they are suffering from Bureaucratic Gag which Saxana is free from. One should never comment on individuals who are either not present to defend or are not in a position to defend themselves. This type of criticism is not fair and more so when a wise person like Saxena do it.

H Kingra

Quite Active

S. Gopalan of Kerala cadre is also very active in Music both Instrumental and Vocal

Devendra Prasad

He is as active as he was

B K Goswami of 1960 batch UP cadre is as active as he was during service...he is on Boards of various eminent educational institutions, plus a crucially important member of the Jaypee Group BOD

Alok Sinha

Fore-sighted and result oriented person

Choubey is really a fore-sighted and result oriented person. Under his PS ship, Railways will improve much better than in the past. He believes in the working and not on say-sayings. My personal wishes with him.

Regards : SK Khurana

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)