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Aaj Ki Aawaz

During Rahul 's last outing in Bhatta Parsaul a youth was caught with a pistol… and during his current outing a youth has been caught with a pistol!!! Its either Maya warning Gandhis that such outings could be perilous or Gandhis are trying to show the Public that they take risks for them…. 95% would say its the latter......5% would say it is a JV between Gandhis and Maya!!!! In fact Maya would be taking all precautions to ensure Rahul's outing ends without any untoward incident, so if she's part of this it is just a drama!! In Bhatta Pasrsaul a kid came and sat in Rahul's lap and Rahul did some masti with the kid…….this was all rehearsed…… Gandhis have a Doctorate in this kind of drama baazi!!! The cure for Farmer's woes lies in Delhi and Rahul is doing drama baazi in UP!!!

Rahul will soon return to Delhi hoping he's earned a stripe!!!

And Farmers will continue to gripe!!!

Maran told his pals 'its over' and then resigned….. presumably after Mohna asked him to do so!!! Despite his resigning 'its not over'….. now start his woes!!!! And as usual Mohna asked him to resign after there was no escape route ' to let Maran continue and get away with his continuing'!!!! DMK wants Balu aka Gunda, the nickname PMO has given him, to replace Maran but Congress is resisting this!!! In fact if rumors are correct Azaghiri has been shifted from the important Chemical and Fertilizer Portfolio…… would not be surprised if he's retained as a Cabinet Minister without Portfolio!!!! Maran had predicted DMK's fall…… seems he forgot he's part of DMK….. or was something in the works! Karuna has said that Party is behind Maran.....he did the same when Raja was arrested.... seems DMK got its share.... of course tomorrow if the 'figures do not match'.... meaning Maran made more that he told Karuna..... then Karuna will change his stand!!!

Seems Maran's sun has come behind a cloud!!!!

Hear post his resignation he wept and moaned aloud!!!

PC being appointed as MOD is like making Himmler the Chancellor of Germany!!!! Either PC's been able to pull wool over Sonia's eyes or she's just playing along!!! Aiyer pointing an accusing finger at PC means there are chances she's playing along!!! The man is craftier than Rao!!!!! Why does he want to get out of MoH……it is the number two post in the Cabinet????? MoD is where all the Malai is…… and with a 5 year power drought looking at Congress in the face seems PC's sacrificed prestige for moolah!!

Chalo if Sonia's trusting PC she'll learn the hard way!!!

One learns from one's mistakes they say!!!!

The All Party route that Congress is taking means that the Meeting Room in 7 RCR will have to be enlarged….. in winters they could hold the meetings in the lawns where those attending could bask in the sun!!! Many who attended the All Party Meet on the Lokpal Bill were cribbing that Mohna was not a good host!!!! BJP Leaders were cribbing the most…… Advani commented ' If I become PM my hospitality will be legendary'…… yeah if pigs fly!!! Commies entered the Meeting Room and took deep breaths….. seems they were remembering the days Mohna wooed them in this very room!!!

Operation Ramdev failed in its objective to pull down Anna and Civil Society lot!!!!

Then only into the All Party consensus mode Congress got!!!

Temple and Baba Treasures have got everyone talking….. Gold and Diamonds are valuable for man but not for God…… for God it's our unquestioned belief in Him that is of value to Him…… in fact Gold and Diamonds are His made impediments on the path to Him. A thank you from the heart despite the fact that one is facing problems is equivalent to a shipload (13,500 MT) of gold..... acceptance of His Will is valuable to Him!!

If God was so in love with gold He'd have made us of gold!!!

Because He loves us.... this is what by every religious book we are told!!

PS....... is there a message that Rahul Baba is giving my pulling up the sleeves of his kurta way up to show his biceps???? 'I Rahul...... I strong..... I mean business this time'...... 'please this time take me seriously..... please'!!!!

Bharat Kumar
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PM and Sonia to meet tomorrow
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are meeting on Saturday to finalise Cabinet reshuffle.

Appointment of Governors further delayed
Appointment of Governors of various states will now take place only after the Cabinet reshuffle.

Officials in GoI halt work
In the wake of the ensuing Cabinet reshuffle, the officials in the GoI have stopped working, atleast, for the time being. Every one is waiting with bated breathe, as to who their new boss (Minister) would be.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega RBI Governor (4) Dr Narendra Jadhav
Advisor in the Planning Commission Dr Narendra Jadhav is also a powerful contender for the post of Governor Reserve Bank of India. He has been accorded Minister of State rank in Planning Commission.He is also a Member of the NAC headed by Ms Sonia Gandhi.

Orders of S K Sharma as Secretary Defence issued
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. He has been appointed for a period of two years from the date of taking over the charge of Defence Secretary
( 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.

Dr. A. K. Ambast is CVO Delhi Jal Board
Dr. A. K. Ambast has joined as CVO of the Delhi Jal Board. He will continue to hold additional charge as Member Secretary, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to UT cadre.

Ms. Ruchi Ghanashyam is Ambassador Republic of Sierra Leone
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.

Mishra is JS (North) in MEA
Akhilesh Mishra (IFS 1989) has moved to Joint Secretary (North) from MER Division. He replaces Satish Mehta (IFS 1983) who is leaving as Ambassador to Kuwait.

Ms Khullar gets additional charge of Youth Affairs
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
V N Rai has been appointed Special DG BSF.He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Gupta allotted Chhattisgarh cadre
Ravi Prakash who is 2006 batch IAS officer has been allotted Chhattisgarh cadre.

Activities in Railway Ministry quite dull
Nowadays activities in Railway Ministry are quite dull.

Shambhu Singh is going to Oxford on a short trip
Shambhu Singh who on central deputation is Joint Secretary,North East Division in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is going on an official tour to Oxford. He is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Manipur -Tripura cadre.

Ashish Jain elevated as Director, Defence in GoI
Ashish Jain who on central deputation so far was Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Defence has got promotion as Director in the same Ministry. He is an IRSS officer of 1997batch.

A.N. Rai to be Director Enterprises
A.N. Rai who is presently CGMT Kolkata Circle is poised to be new Director Enterprises in the BSNL. He is an Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer of the 1976 battch.

K.M. Nair soon to be Member CBDT
K.M. Nair is soon going to be appointed as a Member in the CBDT.

Statistics Ministry at Receiving End
It is an irony that when Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission was bombarding statistics ministry from the Dais at Vigyan Bhavan on the Statistics Day for bringing out two set of statistics on same aspect, with divergence of more than 40-45%, the Chief Statistician Prof. Anant and Director General Mr. Das were showing a big smile captured by the Media as if someone was praising them for their laurels. Severe criticism by the RBI Governor on the statistics produced by the Ministry and now by Finance Minister is testimony to something seriously wrong with the Ministry at top management level.

Interviews of LIC chief likely in mid July
Interviews for selecting new Chairman of LIC are likely to be held by middle of July 2011. Those who are in the run are: D.K. Mehrotra officiating Chairman, Ms. Vijaylakshmi, D.D.Singh, S.S. Sarkar & Ms. T.T. Mathew.

Ameeta Suri's extension in CONCOR on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, Ameeta Suri's one year extension in the CONCOR is on the anvil. She is Chief General Manager (CGM) Customs with CONCOR. She is an IRS -CC &E officer of the 1982 batch.

Shahnawaz Ali's order for CORCOR's Director (Domestic)soon
As the grapevine has it, Shahnawaz Ali Executive Director (ED) is soon going to be appointed as CONCOR's Director Domestic..
(We said this on November 1,2010)

Four IPS officer of 1985 batch to be promoted as ADGPs in Gujarat
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.

M.M. Kutty gets additional charge in Delhi govt.
M.M. Kutty Principal Secretary (PS) to Chief Minister of Delhi Ms. Sheila Dixit will also look after the temporary charge of R.K. Verma PS and Commissioner (Transport).Kutty is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to AGMU cadre.

GOI seeks NOC for Aaditya Mishra
Aaditya Mishra IG Uttar Pradesh who got clearance for central deputation is yet to get UP Government's NOC. So the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India (GOI) has asked the UP Government to give NOC to 1989 batch IPS officer Mishra.

2 posts of Special Director are vacant in IB
Two posts of Special Directors are vacant in Intelligence Bureau (IB) due to appointment of Nehchal Sandhu as Director IB and that of Ajit Lal as Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). These two posts will shortly be filled up by IB officers.

Gopal Gupta's deputation extended by 1 year
Gopal Gupta, I.G&CSC, Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) has been given one year extension in his central deputation tenure. He is an IPS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to Uttar Pradesh cadre.

IG level posts in CPMF to be filled up
IG level posts will in Central Para-Military Force (CPMF) will be filled up shortly.

IA & AS officer Ramesh Mulchand promoted
Ramesh Mulchand Bhatia, Deputy Accountant General (Works) in the Branch Office Ahmedabad, in the office of the Accountant General (Civil Audit), Gujarat, Rajkot, has been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade of IA&AS and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Works) in the same office.

Sumer Singh promoted as Lt. General
Major General Sumer Singh has been promoted as Lt. General in Indian Army

Ms. Sunita Kejriwal nominated for 37th APPPA
Ms. Sunita Kejriwal - Addl. Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, 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.

Kerala Govt revokes suspension of IPS officer Thachankary
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.

Chances of Anurag Verma are bright for Chandigarh civic body
As the grapevine has it, there are bright chances that Anurag Verma an IAS officer of the 1993 batch from Punjab cadre will be new Commissioner of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (CMC)-Chandigarh.

Gopal Prasad is Dy Secretary IPP
Gopal Prasad has joined as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy nd Promotion.He is 2001 batch Indian Economic Service officer.

40 officers nominated for ATA-8211
As many as 40 Officers (24 main andn 16 reserve) have been nominated for ATA-8211, Investigative Information Management Course, to be held at Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban, Karnal (Haryana) from July 18 to July 29, 2011. Those selected as ma9in candidates are Govind Singh, IGP & Special Secretary, Home Department, Andhra Pradesh, Vinoy Kumar Singh, IGP, Andhra Pradesh, Atul Karval, IG & Joint CP, Gujarat, Mrs. Budaraju Radhika, Joint Director-cum- IG-II, NCRB, Navdeep Singh Virk, DIG, Haryana, Pankaj Goomer, DIG - BSF, Darbara Singh, DIG - CRPF, Ravi Shankar Ayyanar, DIG - NIA, Narendra Pal Singh, Addl. DIG - Assam Rifles, Ashok Kumar, Spl. SP - West Bengal, Bikram Singh - Commandant SSB, Lakshman Yadav - AIG - SPG, Rameshwar Thakur, SP - Himachal Pradesh, Rajinder Kumar, SP - Haryana, Cheedi Ravi Varma, SP - Andhra Pradesh, Anil Bisht, Commandant -CRPF, Amrik Singh Waraich, SP - Punjab, O Passi, SP - Meghalaya, Mrs. Sunita Rani -SP - Punjab, C Santosh Kumar,SP - Rajasthan, Amresh Kumar Mishra, Asstt. Director - MHA, Sanjiv Gupta, SP - Uttar Pradesh, Sudeep Kumar Sinha, Group Comdt - CISF and Nishith Mishra, DCP - Maharashtra. The reserve candidates are Lhar Dorjee Lhatoo, SP - NIA, Umesh Chandra Dutta, SP - Rajasthan, Mrs. Veena Bharti, SDPO - Himachal Pradesh, Hamid Akhtar, SP-Haryana, Mukesh Kumar, Addl. SP - Uttrakhand, Har Kumar Debbarma, Commandant (Home Guard) - Tripura, R K Singh, Commandant - West Bengal, Y K Sharma, Dy. SP- BPR&D, AK Nair, Dy. SP - BPR&D, Chitra Ranjab Mahapatra, Second-in-Command -CRPF, Abhisheke Garg, ASP - Haryana, Sudhir Kumar, DC(G) - BSF, Chuggin Hangsingh, DC - CRPF, Abdul Gaffar Mallik, SSP (Crime) - J&K, Joginder Singh - SPCID J&K and Mrs. Sonia Narang, Dy Commissioner -Karnataka.

Nazrul Islam to be OSD Home in West Bengal
Nazrul Islam, a 1981 batch IPS officer is being appointed as officer-on-special-duty (OSD) in the home department, a newly created post of the ADG rank..

Pakistan : SC suspends suspension order of Zafar Qureshi
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the suspension order issued by the federal government against Zafar Qureshi Addl DG FIA heading the notorious NICL scam involving some important politicians of the country and their family members. The apex court directed the advocate general Maulvi Anvarul Haq that not just the suspension order but all other administrative action being contemplated against the officer shall remain suspended till the court's further directions. Zafar Qureshi will continue to head the investigations and four members of his investigation team including an additional director two dy directors and an inspector shunted out by the government from FIA shall be brought back to the agency to work on the same case. During hearing of the case on Thursday chief justice Iftekhar chowdhary observed that the authority of the court was being challenged through political interference which simply cannot be allowed.

Nalanda global University to be ready in 2013
The mega Nalanda International University will be operational by July, 2013. A decision to this effect was taken in a recent meeting of the University's mentor group that was held in Patna. Nobel Laureate Dr Amartya Sen is heading the mentor Group. It's a joint venture by all Buddhist nations. Among others who attended the meeting were: N.K. Singh MP and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Singapore George Yeo.

Ved Prakash is Additional Commissioner MCD
Ved Prakash has joined the MCD, Delhi as Additional Commissioner(Engineering). Earlier he was in Andamans. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to UT cadre.

32 IAS officers transferred in Gujarat (UPDATED)
The Gujarat government on Friday transferred about 32 senior IAS officers of the rank of secretaries and above. Those transferred include Balvant Singh (IAS 1975 batch) who was the Additional Chief Secretary Home to General Administration Department. Others transferred include Varesh Sinha (1977 batch) Additional Chief Secretary Labour and Employment to Home, Guruprasad Mohapatra (1986 batch) Commercial Commercial Taxes to Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Rajiv Kumar Gupta (1986 batch) Principal Secretary Environment and Forests to Vadodra Municipal Corporaton (VMC), C.L. Meena (1984 batch) Principal Secretary, Finance to Revenue, Bidyut Bihari Swain (IAS 1988) Industries Commissioner to GIDC, P. Panneervel (1978 batch) Principal Secretary Revenue to Labour and Employment, I.P. Gautam (1986 batch) Commissoner Municipal Corporation Ahmedabad to Urban Development, P.K. Taneja (1984 batch) Principal Secretary Social Justice and Empowerment to Commissioner, Health.

R.M. Patel, (RR:1977), Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Panchayat, Rural Housing & Rural Development Department, Sachivalayia, Gandhinagar has been entrusted with the additional charge of the post of Additional Chief Secretary, Tribal Development Department, H.V. Patel, (RR 1982), Managing Director, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Jd, Vadodara to Commissioner of Commercial Tax, Ahmedabad, Arvind Agrawal, (1984 batch) Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, Gandhinagar is transferred and appointed as Director-General, Sardar Patel institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabacl and Ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government (NRI & ART), Genera! Administration Department, Sachivaiaya, Gandhinagar, D.N. .Paridey, (1985 batch) is appointed as Commissioner, Bureiau of Public Enterprises and Ex-officlo Secretary to Government, Finance Department, Atanu Chakraborty, (1985 batch), Principal Secretary to Government, Finance Department (Economic Affairs) to the Energy & Petrochemicals Department for appointment as Managing Director, Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Vadodara, A.M. Tiwari, (1985 batch), Principal Secretary to Government, Tribal Development Department, is transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of the Energy & Petrochemicals Department for appointment as Managing Director, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertizers Company Ltd., Bharuch, Punamchand Parrriar, (1985 batch) Member-Secretary, Gujarat Khadi Gram-Udyog Board, Ahmedabad who holds the additional charge .of the post of Commissioner of Relief & Ex-offiicio Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department has been relieved of the additional charge, Sangeeta Singh, (1986 batch), Managing Director, Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation, Gandhinagar to Commissioner of Women & Child Development, L. Chuaungo, (1987 batch), Managing Director, Gujarat Urja Vikas Migami Ltd., Vadodara to Secretary, Finance Department (Expenditure), S. Aparna, (1988 batch) Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat to Secretary, Finance Department (Economic Affairs), Anuradha Mall, (1988 batch), Special Officer for Departmental Enquiries, Gandhinagar to Managing Director, Gujarat Women Economic Development Corporation, Gandhinagar, Sunaiina Tomar, (1989 batch) Commissioner of Women '& Child Development and Secretary, Women & Child Development Department, to Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment Department, M.K. Das, (1990 batch) Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara Municipal Corporation, Vadodara to Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat, R.R. Varsani, (1994), Director, JNNURM, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ahmedabad to Chairman, Gujarat Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Board, D.H. Brahmbhatt, (1994 batch) Municipal Commissioner, Rajkot Municipal Corporation, Rajkot to Secretary to Government (Anima Husbandry, Cow Breeding, Fisheries & Cooperation), Agriculture & Cooperation Department, Mukesh -Puri, (1988 batch), Special Commissioner of

Commercial Tax,, Ahmedabad to Managing Director, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd., Vadodara.

On her return from Long-Term Training Abroad, Mrs. D. Thara, (1995 batch) is promoted to Super time Scale of IAS and appointed as Special Commissioner of

Commercial Tax, Ahmedabad, G.J. Champaneri (1995 batch), Joint Commissioner

(Planning), Sardar Sarovar Pumarvasavat Agency, Vadodara is promoted to Super time Scale and appointed Secretary, Revenue Department (Appeals), Ahmedabad, P.L. Darbar, (1995 batch), Additional Secretary to Government, Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar Department has been promoted to Super time Scale and appointed as Commissioner of Cottage & Rural Industries, Vatsala Vasuceva (1995 batch), Secretary to Governor is promoted to Super time scales and appointed to continue to officiate as 'Secretary to the Governor, I.R.M. Jadav (1998 batch), Director of Employment & Training to Director of Municipalities, Mrs. Sonal Mishra, (1997 batch), Director of Municipalities, to Director of Employment & Training. On her return from Study Leave, Mrs. Mona Khandhar, (1996 batch) is appointed as Additional Secretary to Government, Urban Development & Urban Housing Department and G.C. Shah, Deputy Secretary to Government, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department, to Secretary to Government, Health & Family Welfare Department.

C D Kynjing is new CIC Meghalaya (UPDATED)
Chesterfield Davies Kynjing has taken over as new state Chief Information ommissioner (CIC). He is 1984 batch IAS officer.
( we said this on June 18 )

Santha Sheela Nair is now Vice -Chairperson of TN Planning Commission (UPDATED)
The Tamil Nadu Planning Commission has been reconstituted with former Secretary Mining in the GoI Santha Sheela Nair as its vice-chairperson. She is retired 1973 batch IAS officer.

Supreme Court Judge retired (UPDATED)
Justice B. Sudershan Reddy has retired as Supreme Court judge on attaining superannuation.

Shekhar Agrawal takes over as Secretary Defence Production (UPDATED)
Shekhar Agarwal has taken over as Secretary, Department of Defence Production in the Ministry of Defence . He belongs to the 1977 batch of the Indian Administrative Service,UP cadre.

Two UP cadre IAS officers to be re-instated (UPDATED)
Grapevine has it that two suspended IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh Rakesh Bahadur and Sanjeev Sharan are being re-instated.

Dr Varesh Sinha is new ACS Home in Gujarat (UPDATED)
Dr Varesh Sinha has been appointed new ACS (Home) in Gujarat.He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

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

CORPORATE

Three vacancies of ED in banks
There are two vacancies of EDs in Canara Bank and PNB. Syndicate Bank ED V K Nagar will be retiring on 31st July. So altogether 3 vacancies are to be filled up.

Kirti Singh is Dy MD NCDC
Kirti Singh has joined as Deputy MD in the NCDC. Kirti is 1985 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Vasudeva appointed Director (Mktg), HPCL
Ms Nishi Vasudeva has been appointed as Director (Marketing) on the Board of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) effective from July 4, 2011 .

Kothari re-appointed Director, Peacock Industries Ltd
Mukesh Kumar Kothari has been re-appointed as Director of Peacock Industries Ltd w.e.f. July 2, 2011.

Pulliattu appointed Area GM, Kadavu Resort & Ayurveda Centre
RP Group of Hotels has appointed Peter J Pulliattu as Area General Manager based at Kadavu Resort & Ayurveda Centre, Calicut.

Bhalla appointed GM, ITC Windsor, Bengaluru
Atul Bhalla has been appointed as General Manager, ITC Windsor , Bengaluru.

Chandrasekhar appointed Business Head , Rediffusion Y&R, Mumbai
Venugopal Chandrasekhar has been appointed as Business Head, Rediffusion Y&R, Mumbai.

Kalra appointed as Nominee Director, Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd
Inderpal Singh Kalra has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd as a Nominee Director of IDBI Bank Ltd with effect from June 24, 2011.

Sharma joins Times Now as Marketing Head
Ms Vaishali Sharma has joined Times Now as Marketing Head on July 4, 2011 .

Bagai appointed National Sales Head, Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd
Reliance Broadcast Network Limited has appointed Vivek Bagai as National Sales Head.

Saxena appointed Regional Business Head (West), Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd
Naveen Saxena has been appointed as Regional Business Head (West), Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd.

Swaroop to join as Regional Chief Executive (South-East Asia), Standard Chartered Bank
Neeraj Swaroop Chief Executive Officer, India and South Asia of Standard Chartered Bank is to soon join as Regional Chief Executive South-East Asia at Singapore.

Shah quits Universal Commodity Exchange as CEO
Universal Commodity Exchange Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Samir Shah has put in his papers on July 5, citing personal reasons barely a month after he joined the company.

Subramaniam to rejoin Firstsource Solutions as Deputy MD?
Rajesh Subramaniam, the former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Firstsource Solutions is re-joining the company as Deputy MD and CFO.

Seth appointed Chairman , Alcatel-Lucent ( India )
Alcatel-Lucent has appointed Arun Seth as Chairman for its India operations.

Vaid appointed COO, Daiwa Capital Markets
Daiwa Capital Markets has appointed Rajiv Vaid as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

How many more scams will be unfurled in the present UPA?

The best part is that PM if asked replies, "I am looking in it" or at the most he will say "I was unaware?" This Government acts, if it acts, much slowly. This should have been done much earlier. Dayanindi Maran had enough time to destroy what he can Thanks to the PM for having given Mr Maran this opportunity GOVT of SCAMS?

How many more scams wait before the Pandora box of Railways and Defence open ???

KB

There have been many Ranas

There have been many bureaucrats like S.S. Rana (he is highly appreciated). My grand pa, an IRTS officer, held the post of Advisor (Traffic) during the last five years of his service in the Railwy Board, Ministry of Railways. He was allocating wagons to the entire industry in the country and as per Indian Railway Act had also got the power to do out of turn allotment of wagons. He was also on the Boards of CIL, FCI (along with J.M. Lyngdoh and Tejinder Khanna), HPCL & BPCL (TNR Rao & Arvind Verma), Container and CRIS. He spent a 34 years unscathed career in Government. He was not able to purchase a car throughout his career and got a retired persons DDA flat only after his retirement. After retirement he thought of only social worked and served in the National Society on Prevention of Blindness as Executive Director General on a non-remunerative basis and use to go to the office in bus.

Nupur Srivastava

Qualification of a CVO

No CVO can take any administrative or financial decision in any organization. That is why CVOs in PSUs are deputed from outside to deal exclusively with vigilance matters & nothing else. They can at best be appointed as Executive Directors & not as Directors who are required to attend Board meetings.

P K Ray

Qualification of a CVO ?

As per DOP & T instructions issued vide letter No. 104/33/2005-AVD.I dated 29th Oct 2007 and 11012/11/2007-Estt. (A) dated 14th Dec 2007, Charge-sheeted persons cannot be appointed to sensitive appointments. As per CVC letter No. 98/VGL/60 dated 2nd Nov 2001, postings in the vigilance wings/ departments are classified as sensitive.

Samaalochak

Maharashtra affair

Absolutely true. Direct recruits are given insignificant posts. The promotees get plum posts and additional charges for long times.

An officer

Member CBDT/CBEC - Choice

I suppose, the responsibility of being a Member of any of these two establishment is being awarded. He is a thorough in his professional skill, benign, having sound in rules and regulation of the relevant assignment. His induction in either in CBDT or in CBEC will, certainly, be an asset to the government and the nation for his sincerity towards nation. May God bless Mr. Rana a long, happy and respectable life. It seems that it will be a consensus choice of the selectors in the high profile Govt. Establishment.

H. S. Bhalla

No more a disqualification !

Governors, Lt Governors, CMs or Ministers arraigned of corruption do not resign anymore. Corruption might have been a disqualification sometime ago but not anymore. For government officers penalized for proven acts of corruption, it is no disqualification for future promotions. The DoPT orders clearly lay down that major penalty imposed on a corrupt officer shall not be a disqualification for future promotions unless it is specifically so ordered!! By the same logic a minister, especially in a coalition government, shall not be disqualified to hold office unless so laid down in the judgement of the court--who knows the rules governing the salary etc of the ministers might contain such a clarification/note/explanation/GOI order under the relevant rule! The fact of the matter is that corruption has become an essential qualification for northward rise in the career graph of officers in the past few years. Posts on the WIC for quite some time have been referring to the sufferings of the honest officers. However reality can not be wished away.

M L Gupta

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)