What people say about us !
For the last 5 years, I have been regularly enriching my knowledge on various issues of national importance and concern besides getting to know in advance about the possible movements both in the bureaucracy and the political establishment. You are indeed doing a great service to India and we Indians.

With certainty about your resources; knowledge and rich experience, I suggest you may identify honest and sincere people in the Government and Political field and highlight their achievements.

I can contribute by naming a politician from Orissa, Mangala Kisan of BJD is a Rajya Sabha Member. He was 6-7 times MLA also earlier. He is one of the best examples of honesty. As a Minister of Water Resources in the State, I recall he never had even a pucca house. The nation should salute such living politicians.

B K Bhutiani

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Madam meets senior Congress Leaders...... Cabinet Reshuffle and Congress's woes!!! Here's what some of Congress Leaders said.... of course via the wonder of imagination!!

Mohna: Madam ji we have an agreement .... Clause 4 of this agreement says that you will give me five months notice if I'm to be removed!!! The present lot of Cabinet Ministers go over my head directly to you and I'm sure the new ones will do the same!!! What cannot be cured has to be endured........Madam can I get the Cabinet Reshuffle list a little in advance......in the past the list has been handed to me at the Rashtrapati Bhavan just before the swearing in ceremony...... as I have no info I avoid the Press and just flash V signs!!! And on improvement of Congress's image/woes...... Madam Ji I feel the only avenue open to us is paint the Opposition blacker!!! Sorry I cannot cover Congress's taint.....my taint cleaner has lost its potency!!

Pranab Da: Madam this chewing gum attack was unfair....... I have been given to understand the taped CDs contain many embarrassing personal conversations.....like my tummy upsets and flatulence problems.... my cravings for Sandesh.....my complaining about my enlarged prostate and the ensuing problems...... my rashes!! I would like to continue as FM ....... in support of my continuance I am submitting letters from Mukesh and Anil Ambani..... extremely rare for the bros to agree on something and Mukesh represents a major part of the Industry....the lot that supported Modi in Gujarat....... on Congress's image...... first lets use the chewing gum technology that Congress has in house to bug the entire Opposition.... be one step ahead of the Opposition!!

PC: (begging) Madam Ji make me the FM!! I would like to be the FM!!!! Desperate to be FM!!! Mi Fanno il Ministro delle Finanze!!! Mujhe FM baano!!!! If not FM then with great reluctance I could accept Defence Ministry!! Make Rahul ji HM or MEA... or why not give him charge of both Ministries!! On Congress's woes....... make me FM and I'll make Congress's image zoom!!!

Antony: Madam ji I'm ready to take whatever responsibility you give me!!! I'm just worried that because of the Party I get a bad name...... because I keep getting to hear Party Fund a bit too often...... during the run up to the recent Boeing Order I kept hearing about Party Fund..... and Madam why was Shri Praful Patel so interested in this Order???? I hope Party is not using my name to collect funds..... just recently a Head Honcho of a Supplier asked me ' satisfied' and I looked at him questioningly and he changed the subject!!! On Party's image........ Rahul ji should be made PM!!!

Krishna: Madam I'm tailor made for being MEA!!! Though if you want to change me I'll fit into whatever portfolio is given to me........see Madam how diplomatic I've become!!! Please keep me in Delhi and do not pack me off to Karnataka...... I hear now in Karnataka they've taken their political fight to a Temple!! If I have to be shifted I should go to some Ministry that involves overseas travel and five star culture.... glamour!!! On Party's woes....... Rahul should take over and keep the likes of Tharoor at bay!!

Sibal: Madam I would not mind taking Ministry of Communications whole time.... I'm finished with HRD!!!! I would have asked for Law but Madam I know if I get law there will be an upheaval in the sector!! Madam I stuck my head out to take on Ramdev and Anna....... no... no..... don't get me wrong that I want a reward....... just reminding you what I can do for you and Congress!!! And on Congress's woes...... make Rahul PM ....... and if you do this I would not mind being shifted into the PMO!!!!

Anand Sharma: Madam please do not shift me out of Commerce ...... I've just got my wardrobe refurbished....... okay Madam if you want to shift me shit me to MEA .... at least then I can wear the business suits I've got stitched!!! Madam Ji on Congress's woes .... Rahul ji lao, Manmohan Singh ko bhagao!!!

Kamalnath: Madam just a few days back I decided with retrospective effect I'm going to increase Party's share in my 15%....... how about 0.65% increase????? Madam I'm really interested in Defence...... I follow developments in the Defence very avidly.....make me Defence Mantri and I'll go on a procurement spree...... this will enthuse the Armed Forces that they have the best equipment.... I've got it all prepared in here (pointing to his head)!!! On Congress's woes...... make Rahul Ji the PM!!!

PS. Mohna says the graft cases are just an aberration!! Either he thinks we are idiots or he feels we do not know the meaning of aberration!!! Maybe soon Sibal will be defending himself in Court for this largesse to Anil Ambani's RCom.... one more 'aberration' Mr. Mohna!!!!!
own initiative then sorry to say Manmohan Singh has metamorphosed into a Indian Neta!!!

Bharat Kumar
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BUREAUCRACY

Pradeep Kumar is new CVC
Pradeep Kumar is all set to be the new CVC. Consensus on the name of 1972 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer, Kumar, for the coveted post was reached at a high level meeting which was held Saturday morning. Formal announcement in this regards is expected to be made by evening.

Rakesh Sood to be Ambassador to France
In all probability, Rakesh Sood is going to succeed Ranjan Mathai as Indian Ambassador to France.

PM clears file for CBEC and CBDT members
The Prime Minister has reportedly cleared the panel of officers for being appointed as Members of the CBDT in due course. Those whose names have been cleared are: Praveen Mahajan, Sheila Sangwan,Shreela Ghosh, M.S.Badhan , Donald Ingti. M J Shantisundaram,R.S. Sidhu, Vineet Kumar (All CBEC) and S.S. Rana, K.M. Nair, S.C. Jain, Ms. Sudha Sharma,R.K. Tiwari, S.S. Bajpai, Vijay Sharma & S. Pradhan (All CBDT).

Maharashtra DGP gets three months extension
Maharashtra DGP A V Parasnis has been given three months extension in service.1976 batch IPS officer Parasnis was to retire on June 30.

Interviews for SEBI Members held on July 1,2011
Interviews for two posts of Members in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) were held on July 1, 2011.The panel for interview was headed by SEBI chief U. K. Sinha while other its members were : Suman K. Bery leading Economist, B.S.Meena former Secretary to GOI & Bimal Julka Additional Secretary Expenditure with GOI.Ten candidates had faced the interview .Their fate will is sealed in an evelope which has been dispatched to Delhi.

D K Singh joins as Additional DG Foreign Trade
D K Singh has joined the Government of India as Additional DG Foreign Trade.He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

H.S. Kingra is CMD, NSCFDC
Hardip Singh Kingra has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the National Scheduled Caste Finance and Development Corporation(NSCFDC). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1980 batch who belongs to Himachal Pradesh cadre. He did an outstanding work during last year's Common Wealth Games (CWG) that were held in Delhi last year. He is also a good golf player.

10 CGMs called for SEBI's slot of ED
Altogether 10 Chief General Manager (CGMs) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have been called. Date for interview is yet to be fixed. Names of them are as follows: Nagendra Parakh, Muralidhar Rao, G.P. Garg, A.K. Sharma, A. Rajan, Rabi Kumar and P.K. Bindlish.

One IPS officer allocated Uttarakhand cadre
One IPS officer who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination has been allocated Uttarakhand cadre. He is Annamalai K.

R Sridharan SBI's MD to retire
R Sridharan Managing Director (MD) in the State Bank of India (SBI) who is in charge of Associates & Subsidiaries is going to retire on July 31, 2011.

Hectic lobbying for LG Delhi
Amidst reports of a possible change of Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi, lobbying by interested incumbents has begun.

N Hangsing of Nagaland State Civil Service inducted in IAS
N Hangsing (ST) of Nagaland State Civil Service has been inducted to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) against the vacancies determined by Government of India.

Training programme for Nodal officers on APAR monitoring system
A training programme for Nodal officers on APAR monitoring system, for CSS officers, is likely to be organized from July 11, 2011.

IA & AS officer Shailesh Kumar promoted
Shailesh Kumar Jakhotiya, Deputy Director (ITRA-I) in the office of the Director General of Audit, Central, Mumbai to the Junior Administrative Grade of IA&AS and posted as Director (ITRA-I) in the same office.

Alok Srivastava nominated for 37th APPPA
Alok Srivastava, Director (Procurement) Land systems, Ministry of Defence, 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.

No CMD for BVFCL
The PESB did not find suitable candidate for the post of CMD of the Brahmputra Valley Fertilisers Corporation (BVFCL) Ltd..

Chairman of NMPT awarded Ph D
Chairman of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) P. Tamilvanan, has been awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Economics by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

Vacant IPS posts to be filled up soon in Punjab
The Punjab Government is going to fill the 27 vacant posts of IPS officers in the state shortly .

Day long training programme for CPIOs of DoPT on July 6
One day training programme for all the CPIOs of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) will be held on July 6, 2001, at the Civil Services Officers Institute, New Delhi.

IAS changes in Tripura
Manish Kumar will also look after the Panchayat, rural development and DWS besides power while SR Kumar will assume the office of tourism.

Justice Paul appointed Chairman in Tripura
Former Judge Alok Baran Paul has been appointed as the new Chairman of Tripura Police Accountability Commission.

Wahal is new DG FSI
AK Wahal has taken over the charge of the post of the Director General of the Forest Survey of India.He is 1978 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Jha to return to Tripura
Kishore Jha is returning to the parent Manipur- Tripura cadre after completion of central deputation tenure next week .He is 1982 batch IPS officer.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
DM of Unnao Sheetla Verma and DM of Banda, Arvind Kumar Dwivedi, swap places while Anita Meshram will join as Special Secretary in the Basic Education department. Vinay Kumar Srivastava and Ajay Kumar Singh have been posted as Additional Commissioner of Basti Division and Director General of Youth Welfare respectively. Deepak Agarwal has been sent to Appointment department as Special Secretary. Amrit Tripathi has been Chief Development Officer. Jhansi.Anil Dhingra has been posted as CDO, Chandauli.Mrs S Madhu Shalini has been sent to Mathura as CDO while Joint Magistrate of Budaun, Pawan Kumar, has been posted as the new CDO of Gautam Buddha Nagar.

Major General U M Rajavelu joins in Chennai
Chennai, Jul 1 : Major General U M Rajavelu has taken over command of the Officers Training Academy, India's premier defence training establishment in Chennai.He succeeded Commandant Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee .

Secretary DoPT calls upon Civil servants to promote good governance
The Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) Mrs. Alka Sirohi on Saturday called upon the officers of the All India and Central Services, and the Defence Forces to promote good governance and ethics in the public life. Inaugurating the 37TH Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, she lauded the Programme design and also exhorted the participating officers to take advantage of the opportunity to promote their knowledge, skills and attitude towards accountable and transparent public administration. As many as 41 officers are participating in the programme. Presiding over the function, T.N. Chaturvedi - former Governor, Karnataka and Kerala and Chairman IIPA - indicated the need to address the basic needs and requirements of poor in the overall context of equity and social justice. He also emphasized the need to build downward accountability and use existing instruments of governance to the best of our ability. Dr.Rakesh Hooja, Director IIPA elaborated the objectives of the programme and said that the programme is designed to address capacity building of senior government officers to operate as change agent in the context of overall governance and public administration in India.
This is a flagship Programme of IIPA of nine month duration and is being Directed by Prof. K.K. Pandey. The Programme consists of several streams focusing on Politics, Economy, Public Administration, Law, Environment and Public Policy among others. Visits to rural urban areas and two countries are special components of the Programme. After the successful completion of the Course, the participants are awarded diploma by IIPA and those who have Masters Degree with 50% are awarded M. Phil. Degree of Punjab University.

SAIL bags Randstad Award-2011 for HR practices & Employer branding
Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has won the prestigious Randstad Award for 2011 under 'Manufacturing Industries' category. B. B. Singh, Director (Personnel) received the award from Dr. Bimal Jalan, Ex-Governor, RBI in an award function held at New Delhi recently.

Gujarat tourism organizes road show in Mumbai to promote Saputara Monsoon Festival
In the run up to the Saputara Monsoon Festival - a month long event where variety of activities and attractions will be on offer for the tourists -Gujarat Tourism on July 1, organized a Road Show in Mumbai to promote the upcoming event which will be held from July 30th to August 30th, 2011.

The festival among others would include events like water sports, adventurous activities, laser show, photography exhibition, heritage walk, cultural evenings, food festival, contests, etc. The idea is to keep the tourists engaged for the entire month through one activity or another in the best manner possible.

The Chief Guest of the event was Jay Narayan Vyas, Minister of Tourism, Gujarat. Kamlesh Patel, Chairman, Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) presided over the function and interacted with tour operators/hoteliers present at the event. Sanatan Pancholi, Resident Manager, Mumbai Office of TCGL made a colorful presentation on the upcoming Monsoon Festival in the presence of Vipul Mittra, Secretary, Tourism Department, Gujarat.

The prominent selling points of the road show included : At the Southern tip of Gujarat, folded into the densely wooded hills of the Sahayadris lies the abode of serpents - Saputara. In the picturesque Dangs district, this is a hill station where one can immerse oneself in a timeless land that is still pretty much the way God made it.

D.C.Sagar bereaved (Updated)
D.C. Sagar(IPS, MP cadre 1992 batch) CVO of the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has lost his father-Ami Chand Sagar(76). The latter was Senior Scientific in CFL-Army Supply Corps(AMC) and survived by his wife Mrs. Omkari and three daughters.His cremation will be held in Mumbai on July 3,2011.

mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Nandini Chakravorty is new MD of WBIDC
Nandini Chakravorty is new MD of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) .She is 1994 batch IAS officer.

Subrata Gupta goes on central deputation
Outgoing MD of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Subrata Gupta, has taken over the charge of Calcutta Metro Rail Corporation in central deputation. Subrata is 1990 batch IAS officer.

(We said this on 25may2011)

Microsoft India's MD quits ?
Microsoft India's managing director for consumer and online business Hemant Sachdev has reportedly quit the firm.

Kapadia resigns as Director, Lokmat Group
Bharat Kapadia has resigned as Director of Lokmat Group of Publications.

Petronet LNG Ltd appoints Independent Directors
Ashok Sinha and B. C. Bora have been appointed as Independent Directors of Petronet LNG Ltd w.e.f. June 28, 2011.

Two directors retire from Petronet LNG Board
D P Roy and P K Chadha have retired as Independent Directors of Petronet LNG Ltd w.e.f. June 30, 2011.

Jaitley resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd
Rajan Jaitley, Non Executive Independent Director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has resigned as Director of the Company.

Raichura re-appointed MD, BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd
Dharmendra Raichura has been re-appointed as Managing Director of BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd for the period of one year i.e. from June
30, 2011 to June 29, 2012.

Three shareholders' directors cease to be on Allahabad Bank Board
Deveshwer Kumar Kapila, Dr. Vasant Baburao Kaujalgi and Sudip Chaudhuri have ceased to be shareholders' directors of Allahabad Bank with effect from June 30, 2011 on expiry of their term of office.

Banerjee appointed Global HR Business Partner, South Asia, Kouni India
Kuoni India has appointed Alpana Banerjee as the global HR business partner, South Asia, Kuoni India.

Regularisation of Ad-hoc Service of Gr.D Stenos of 1983 batch.

The lack of information available with CS Division of DOPT during decentralization regime about the vacancies of PA's in Central Government, the Gr.D Stenos of 1983 batch were promoted on Ad-hoc basis from 1996-97 and rendered ad-hoc service till 2006-07 (more than 10 years). Due to this act of CS Division, the 1983 batch of Gr.D Stenos were great sufferers as they were actually promoted as PAs in 2006-07, i.e., after 23 and 24 years of regular serve as Gr.D. Steno. We are regularly reminding the CS Division of DOPT through various representations that the services of Ad-hoc PAs may be regularised from 1996-97 and accordingly centralized list of PAs and PSs may be corrected but all our efforts have gone in vain. I am preferring this forum to bring the above fact to a larger section of this service and appeal to the concerned authorities to do the justice to the sufferers.

Deep

Common man suffers

The timing is not right there are lots of good schemes on the anvil they will be delayed. Who looses ? Its the common man in Delhi. Perhaps another 18 months would be minimum desirable.

V K Dayalu

MANIT Bhopal as well as Bhopalites should feel proud of M K Dube

NVK Prabhakar

Lokpal bill is not an attempt to help poor people

I disagree that Lokpal bill is an attempt to bring all three things (transparency, accountability and fairness) to the level which will help poor people in long run. Because transparency, accountability and fairness is impossible in India unless each Indian purifies his/her soul especially the political and civil service set up. What is the gaurantee that Loka Pal deliver.

Harish Kumar

Will Pm show courage to extend retirement age ?

PM announced in his press meet that civil servants should not be demoralised. Will he now have the courage to extend the retirement age and lend dignity to the government servants nearing 60 or will they have to be like Siddharth Behurias of A. Raja.

Rita

Details of travel

Certain information (such as, passport & travel document; emergency certificate; certificate of identity; passport application along with supporting documents; police verification report; VISA details etc.) in relation to the passports issued to four persons were denied on the ground that disclosure would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy of the third parties. The appellant submitted that these third parties have been directed by the court to remain present in the city as per conditions mentioned in the bail order. The CIC directed the respondent to provide the available information to the appellant if he is able to provide the documentary evidence proving his allegations against third parties.

Comments

Personal information is ordinarily exempt from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j). However, if larger Public Interest is served, then the information can be accessed under Section 8(2).

Shri Kishor Babubhai Ruparel v. M/o External Affairs in CIC/AD/A/2011/000641.

- 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)