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Rahul's Padyatra has Maya's tacit approval!!! She put some conditions.... a certain Senior Congress Leader who usually accompanies Rahul will not accompany Rahul on this Padyatra.... the Padyatra 'decibel' level will be low etc. Crowds following Rahul ...... 30% are his security.........50% are Media!!! Maya's not worried about the success of Rahul's yatra..... she's worried that the Padyarta ends 'incident free'....... there are rumors that some Congress Leaders have got Maya demand that no Senior Congress Leader will accompany Rahul... so that he gets to realize the service they do for him during his outings!!! BJP is worried to some extent because BJP and Congress are in the third and fourth slot respectively .......BSP and SP do not worry about Rahul!! And once again Rahul resorts to his home stays

Rahul should realize it's the Land Acquisition Act that needs amendment!!!!

Nothing is going to come out even if on a Padyatra for 365 days he went!!l

Deora has verbally resigned ..... of course at the behest of High Command and he's being accommodated in the Party...... Deora wants his son to be given a berth in the Cabinet!! Disturbing news is that PC is being considered for the MOD post...... seems Antony's honesty is proving to be an impediment in MOD....... if PC gets MOD I would agree with those who say he'll be laughing to certain Dubai and Swiss Banks...... for all you know his son may shift to Dubai......there is nothing wrong with his son seeking to shift to Dubai for better prospects!!!!! Pawar and Praful have and are milking their portfolios and now Pawar wants his daughter to 'add to the milking'..... he wants Sule to get a Cabinet Berth.... after all they have a milking target to meet!!! After Krishna showed his keenness for Wimbledon I think he should be made Minister of Sports......only fear is he may mandate all Sportsmen to consume 12 cups of coffee/day from CCD (CCD or Cafe Coffee Day belongs to his son in law)..... hope Caffeine levels too are not monitored by Anti Doping Authority!!!!!

Seems on Saturday the list will make its journey from 10 Janpath to 7 Race Course!!!!

It's not like the past damp squib reshuffles but a biggy as per an inside source!!

Farroukh Abdullah has no control over his gob!!!! In the All Party meet he went ballistic on BJP's relationship with Ramdev!!!! Sushma gave him a piece of her mind and asked him that if he was saying BJP and Ramdev were in cahoots what about four Ministers going to the Airport to receive Ramdev..... Ramdev's head starting swelling up after this!! And before Sushma got up and did a war dance..... Abdullah stuffed his gob with biscuits and shut up...... for the record Mohna gave him a stern frown!!!! For Abdullah everything is 'fun and games'!!! Basically a bully and like all bullies cowers to a head on attack!!! He is another one who is jockeying for a upgrade in his portfolio........ I think he should be given M.S Gill's portfolio.........after all Abdullah has a keen eye for 'vital statistics'!!!

In golfing terms Abdullah hits one too many OBs or Out of Bounds!!

And he is habituated to hunt with the dogs and run with the hounds!!

Laloo back on TV must have sent shivers down the spine of many!!! The man symbolizes everything rotten in politics..... some would enlarge this and say Society!!! He's now a political pariah and he's trying to gain some brownie points with Congress....... seems Congress feels Sibal and PC are not convincing...... or maybe Congress feels Laloo talk will add to Sibal & PC's skills..... basically all three are birds of a feather.... PC scorns, Sibal shamelessly smiles and Laloo buffoons about!!

Biharis reversed their blunders (of voting him to power) and got rid of Laloo!!!!

Proved him wrong ....kicked Laloo out of Bihar and also continued stuffing in samosas alloo!!!

PS........ Smile has vanished from Sonia's face .... she now looks worried......... maybe she's seen the writing on the wall ' next general election Congress will be buried'! With raids on Punjab Chemists for sale of performance enhancing drugs, 'high and mighty in Punjab' should be submitted to 'Dope Tests'..... results will be shocking..... results will be 'Breaking News'!!! In Punjab Hafeem (opiate) abuse is rampant!!!

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Maran asked to resign (UPDATED)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have asked Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran to resign.

Cabinet reshuffle postponed ? (UPDATED)
Much awaited Cabinet reshuffle is not going to take place this week. Additional charge of Textile Minister will be given to some minister.

Did Deora spoil the investment climate for the Oil industry ?
The conditions that have been imposed by ex oil minister Murli Deora in the case of Cairn Vedanta deal are likely to spoil the mood of the investors in the oil and gas exploration in this country. Deora before demitting office had put a condition `Vedanta cannot go to the court of law contesting royalty and cess issues that are levied by the government during the length of he contract'. This means that at any point in time of the government increases royalty and cess , Vedanta cannot seek a legal recourse. This is very bad for the investor as government is making it compulsory for an investor to pay for oil whether he makes any profit or not from oil exploration say sources. Who will like to come to a country to invest if the oil you are going to explore is going to be used by the same government to douse you ultimately ?

Who will fill in Prithivi's place in Rajya Sabha?
Elections for one vacant seat of Rajya Sabha in Maharashtra is due on the 22 July. The likely contenders for the seat are Deputy Planning Commission Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Punjab Governor and ex home minister Shivraj Patil, Anant Gadgil Congress Maharashtra spokesperson, and Sanjay Dutt Maharashtra Congress coordinator who vacated the council seat for CM Chavan. Though sources say that only a contender from Maharashtra will be considered for the post.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar indisposed
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who is one of the workaholic politicians that India, has is indisposed. Under medical advise he been taking complete bed rest.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega RBI Governor (3) Ashok Lahiri
ED in the ADB Manila Ashok Lahiri is also in the race for the prestigious post of Governor Reserve Bank of India.He had been Economic Advisor prior to going to Manila.

Sanjay Bhus Reddy to be Joint Secretary Animal Husbandary
Sanjay Bhus Reddy an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre is poised to be new Joint Secretary Animal Husbandary. He belongs to the 1989 batch. Presently Sanjay Bhus Reddy is in UP government's Board of Revenue.

A K Singh to be JS Road Transport
A K Singh is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Road Transport in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

P. D. Meena is Additional Secretary Land Resources
Prabhu Dayal Meena who on central deputation so far was Joint Secretary Tribal Affairs on elevation has been appointed as Additional Secretary Land Resources. He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rajani Kant Verma relieved to join in Goa
Rajani Kant Verma Principal Secretary (PS) and Commissioner (Transport) to Delhi Government has been relieved to join the Goa government. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

GOI's nod for 2 more posts of Special Director, IB
Government of India has granted clearance for creation of two more posts of Special Director in Intelligence Bureau (IB). The ACC will also give its consent shortly for these posts. In future there will be a total four posts of Special Director in IB. The matter is under active consideration.

Sharma is new Ambassador to Uzbekistan
Gitesh Sharma, presently Joint Secretary at headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan.

( We said this on June 27)

Ganapathi is appointed Secretary (West ) in MEA
Madhusudan Ganapathi has been appointed as Secretary (West) in the MEA.1975 batch IFS officer Ganapathi will replace Vivek Katju who is superannuating on 31 August .

Reddy posted in MEA office as Director
B N Reddy (IFS 1993) has been posted in MEA as Director in EAM's office in place of Gopal Bagley (IFS 1992). Bagley is going as Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan. In any case the office of EAM will continue to be run by R Sastry, Advisor to EAM.

Appointment of Railway Board Members delayed
Regular orders for three Members in the Railway Board may have to wait till he Cabine reshuffle. Given the fact that the PMO strictly went by the rule book in appointing the new Chairman, a lot of guess work has been going in corridors of power & the Rail Bhawan in particular.

Sarwal moves to Planning Commission
Joint Secretary AYUSH Rakesh Sarwal has been moved to the Planning Commission as Advisor (Health).He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Gaur is new Joint Secretary Ayush
V S Gaur will succeed Dr Rakesh Sarwal as joint Secretary AYUSH in the Government of India. He is 1986 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre..

Chandra Prakash is new JS Labour
Chandra Prakash has been relieved by the UP Government to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Labour. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
( We said this on June 8 )

Shailendra Kumar tipped to be shifted to Delhi
As the grapevine has it, Shailendra Kumar Chief Freight Transportation Manager of Western Railway (WR), Mumbai, will be brought to Delhi.

Will there be Member Traffic in the RB?
Will there be Member Traffic in the Railway Board (RB)? This question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power. Presently, the charge is with Chairman of Railway Board (CRB) Vinay Mittal.

Vipul Chaurvedi to go to Liberia
Vipul Chaurvedi, SP - Security, Jaipur, has been relieved by the Rajasthan government. He will be going to the UN Mission in Liberia for one year. He is an IPS officer of 2000 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Navjyoti Gogoi poised to go to CBI
As the grapevine has it, Navjyoti Gogoi, SP, Jodhpur (Rural), is poised to go to CBI. He is an IPS officer of 2000 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Three vacancies of ED in Banks
There are now three vacancies of EDs in the banks. Posts are to be filled up later this month or early next month.

1979 batch IPS to get DG rank in Jharkhand
1979 batch IPS officer Kumud Chaudhary is being promoted to the rank of DG in Jharkhand early next month.

3 IAS officers of Punjab for Chandigarh civic body
Three IAS officers of the Punjab cadre figure in the panel for the post of Commissioner of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC)-Chandigarh. They are: Anurag Verma, B.K. Sharma & Dr. Arvinder Singh.

Three IPS officers allocated Chhattisgarh cadre
As many as three IPS officers who had qualified for the all India Police service during 2009 civil services examination have been allocated Chhattisgarh cadre. They are Sadanand Kumar, Girija Shankar Jaiswal and Abhishek Meena

IA & AS officer Ms. Preethi Abraham promoted
Ms. Preethi Abraham, Deputy Accountant General (Admn) in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jharkhand, Ranchi, has been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade of IA&AS and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn) in the same office.

Mullick promoted as Lt. General
Major General Mullick has been promoted as Lt. General in Indian Army.

Sanjay Kumar nominated for 37th APPPA
Sanjay Kumar - Additional Commissioner IT, Large Taxpayer Unit, 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.

Pakistan : Advocate General summoned by SC in Zafar Qureshi suspension case
The supreme court of Pakistan has directed the Advocate General Maulvi Anvarul Haq to appear on 7th July and produce before the court the suspension order of Zafar Qureshi who as Addl DG FIA was heading the investigations in the notorious NICL scam case that led to the arrest of Moonis Elahi son of an influential PML (Q) politician Parvez Elahi. In a related development Judge Malik Rashid of special court on banking offences represented to the CJ of Lahore High Court against pressure tactics being adopted by counsel for Moonis Elahi with a view to secure order for his release from jail hastily (presumably before the Addl DG's reinstatement under the apex court's orders.) Meanwhile a PML (Q) leader chowdhry Shujat has accused the suspended Addl DG of FIA of being 'a stooge of Nawaz Sharif and his party'.

Ms. Ruchi Ghanashyam is Ambassador Republic of Sierra Leone (UPDATED)
Ms. Ruchi Ghanashyam, presently High Commissioner of India to Ghana has been concurrently accredited, as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Sierra Leone, with residence in Accra.

Four IPS officer of 1985 batch to be promoted as ADGPs in Gujarat (UPDATED)
Four IPS officers of the rank of IGPs belonging to the 1985 batch of Gujarat cadre will soon be promoted as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). The DPC held recently by the Gujarat Government has recommended the names of Mohan Jha, T.S. Bisht, A.K. Singh and Asish Bhatia.


Kerala Govt revokes suspension of IPS officer Thachankary (UPDATED)
The Kerala government has revoked the suspension of senior IPS officer of Kerala Tomin J Thachankary w.e.f. from July 10, 2011. Thachankray, an IPS officer of the 1987 batch who hails from Kerala cadre was suspended allegedly for making a foreign trip to the Middle-East and meeting people with dubious credentials without official permission. He was posted as IG, North while he was suspended.

Ms Khullar gets additional charge of Youth Affairs (UPDATED)
Additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs has been given to Sindhushree Khullar, IAS (UT:75), Secretary, Department of Sports, for a period of three months or till the appointment of a regular incumbent to the post, whichever is earlier.

V N Rai appointed Special DG BSF (UPDATED)
V N Rai has been appointed Special DG BSF.He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Orders of S K Sharma as Secretary Defence issued (UPDATED)
Official orders of the appointment of S K Sharma as new Secretary have been issued . 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Sharma will succeed Pradeep Kumar.
( SEE BELOW-WE SAID THIS ON MAY 5 )

Will S K Sharma move to Defence ?
A meeting between Defence Minister A K Antony and Secretary Financial Services S K Sharma has fuelled speculations about the later's becoming Secretary Defence. The new Secretary will be overseeing the purchase of billions of dollars worth of defence hardware and software over the next few years. 1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Sharma has served the Ministry prior to joining the Department of Financial Services as Special Secretary and the Minister is aware of his qualities.

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

CORPORATE

Sridhar to be Member SEBI
The name S. Sridhar ex Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Central Bank of India (CBI) is believed to have been cleared for the slot of Member Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Its interviews were held on July 1, 2011.

Rajeev Agrawal to be Member SEBI
The name Rajeev Agrawal IRS-IT officer of 1983 batch is believed to have been cleared
for the slot of Member Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Its interviews were held on July 1, 2011. Agrawal was earlier in the Forward Markets Commission (FMC).

Ashok Chaudhary joins as CCM, Allahabad
Ashok Chaudhary, who so far was on deputation with the CONCOR, has joined as Allahabad based Chief Commercial Manager (CCM).

Naik appointed Director (Defence Business), BEML Ltd
President of India has appointed P R Naik as Director (Defence Business) on the Board of BEML Ltd with effect from July 1, 2011.

Neelakanthan is new CFO of SpiceJet
R Neelakanthan has been appointed as new chief commercial officer (CFO) of the low cost airline SpiceJet.

Jain withdrawn as Govt Nominee on REC Board
Union Ministry of Power has withdrawn the services of Rakesh Jain, Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Power as Director (Govt. Nominee) from the Board of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) with immediate effect.

Khanna retires as ED, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd
Dr Jag Mohan Khanna, Executive Director of Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd has retired from the services of the Company on July 5, 2011.

Gupta resigns as MD, Rubra Medicaments Ltd
The Board of Rubra Medicaments Ltd has approved the resignation of Narendra Kumar Gupta as Managing Director of the company

Garg appointed MD, Rubra Medicaments Ltd
Ravi Garg has been appointed as Managing Director of Rubra Medicaments Ltd.

Dholakia appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Mundra Port And Special Economic Zone Ltd.
Mundra Port And Special Economic Zone Limited has appointed Dr Ravindra Dholakia as Non Executive Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. July 1, 2011.

SBI nominates Acharya on State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Board
State Bank of India has nominated Shymal Acharya, Deputy Managing Director & Group Executive (Associates & Subsidiaries), State Bank of India, Corporate Centre, Mumbai as Director on the Board of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur w.e.f. July 1, 2011.

Gupta appointed Addl. Director, V & K Softech Ltd
V & K Softech Ltd has appointed Satish Kumar Gupta as an Additional Director on the Board of the Company.

Sharma appointed Company Secy. Bharat Forge Ltd
Ajay Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Company Secretary of Bharat Forge Ltd with effect from July 4, 2011.

Khedekar resigns as Company Secy. Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd
Sumant Khedekar has resigned as Company Secretary of Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd, w.e.f July 6, 2011.

Sahni appointed Company Secy. Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd
Ms. Harleen Sahni has been appointed as Company Secretary of Aanjaneya Lifecare Ltd w.e.f. July 7, 2011

Sanghvi appointed Independent Director, Saboo Brothers Ltd
Saboo Brothers Ltd has appointed Mukesh Sanghvi as Independent Director of the company with effect from June 15, 2011.

Make retirement age 62 years

And for PB4 make it 65.

Weighted average shall be 62.02

Anil

Be straight forward

You too want to eat the cream of corruption. Why not be straight forward? It is disgusting attitude unexpected from direct officers simply on this ground.

ANT

CVC's 'post

The post of CVC is not the constitutional but it is a statutory.

B.N. Navalawala

Mahatma Gandhi versus Rahul Gandhi

In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi went on a padayatra -- the famous Salt march to Dandi -- to bring the British government to its knees. Over two decades later, Vinoba Bhave went on a padayatra for the Bhoodan movement. Both these were peoples? movements with sea of humanity joining the leaders.

Now, Rahul Gandhi is undertaking padayatra ostensibly to connect with people (Read as vote politics) albeit with an army of ubiquitous security personnel, TV cameramen and journalists to give minute-by-minute breaking news ! This is the paradigm shift in ethical values from the Twentieth to Twentyfirst century.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Rarest distinction

S.S. Rana, IRS 1975, has all along been an Officer with full integrity. In today's time this is the rarest distinction that he shares with very few in his own service.

D P Semwal

Qualification of a CVO ?

Can any officer who deals with sensitive works like awarding contracts, making appointments, approving purchases etc be appointed Chief Vigilance Officer of an organization ? Also want to know whether An officer against whom corruption case has been registered by CBI function as CVO of an organization ? Can some one enlighten us on the matter?

S Rajan

Discussion required

A discussion in regard to appointment of member electrical in Railway Board is required. Expecting that this very popular site is being read by many decision making authorities also, a healthy discussion in the matter shall help many.

Ravi

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

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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)