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Who is most powerful in India?
Who is the most powerful person in the country these days? Sonia Gandhi or Manmohan Singh? Answer to this question lies with the functionaries of the Ten Janpath and the officials of the PMO.

Two political parties wooing Dinesh Trivedi
As the grapevine has it, former Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi is being wooed by two national political parties. They are Congress & Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Dinesh Trived,i a Gujarati Kutch industrialist had won parliamentary election as a TMC candidate from Barrackpore constituency in West Bengal. Trivedi had defeated his nearest rival Tarit Topdar, six-time heavyweight and the then sitting CPM MP, by more than 60,000 votes during last Lok Sabha polls. Barrackpore was considered to be the biggest strongholds of the Left front outside Kolkata. Trivedi hails from Bidada village of coastal Mandvi in Gujarat's Kutch district was a TMC' Rajya Sabha MP before entering into the Lok Sabha.

Concerns over CAG report
In the cabinet meeting held in Maharashtra senior leaders were worrying and fretting over the CAG report that is going to come out. All top ministers who were in the cabinet are named in the report as beneficiaries of state largess hence, the concern.

68 IPS officers of 1992 batch empanelled as IG in GoI
As many as 68 IPS officers belonging to 1992 batch have been empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India. They are Mssrs :-N Payeng, Satish Golcha, M M Oberoi and Sunil Garg (UT) Harmeet Singh and Ms Idashisha Nongrang (Assam-Meghalaya); Jitender, Nalin Prabhat, Harish Kumar Gupta, P S Anjaneyulu and Kasireddy V R N Reddy (AP); A K Ambedkar and B Srinivasan (Bihar); Pawan Deo, A Gautam and Raj Kumar Dewangan (Chhattisgarh); S G Bhati ,V J Gautam and Rahul Sharma (Gujarat); P L Thakur (HP); O P Singh and Ajay Singhal (Haryana); Prashant Singh (Jharkhand); H K Lohia and Pankaj Saxena ( J & K); T K Vinod Kumar (Kerala); P K Thakur and A S Murthy (Karnataka); Sanjeev Kumar Singhal, Ritesh Kumar, Amitabh Gupta and D D Kamlakar (Maharashtra); R P Srivastava, A K Singh, K P Khare, G A Sema, D C Sagar, G Janardan D Srinivas Rao, Pawan Kumar Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar Srivastava and Adarsha Katiyar (Madhya Pradesh ); Arvind Kumar (MT); Rupin Sharma (Nagaland); Ms Sapna Tewari, and Lalit Das (Orissa); Narinder Pal Singh ,R P Singh Brar, Kuldeep Singh, Arun Kumar Oraon, S S Chauhan, Harpreet Singh Sidhu and Gaurav Yadav (Punjab); Guite Thangkhanlal ,Rajesh Nirvan, S K Agrawal and Hemant Priyadarshy (Rajasthan); K Vanniaperumal,Rajeev Kumar,Sandeep Rai Rathore and Abhay Kumar Singh (Tamil Nadu); Ajay Anand, Anand Swaroop, Ashutosh Pandey and Ms Neera R Kumari (Uttar Pradesh ) and R K Adhikary,S N Gupta and Sanjay Singh (West Bengal).

73 IPS officers selected for 3rd batch MCTP-2012 in UK

As many as 73 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of various batches and cadres have been selected for the third batch phase-V of Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP)-2012 in United Kingdom. The officers include: S R Mardi (1986) and Prithvi Raj (1987) of Himachal Pradesh cadre; D R Doloy Barman (1986) of J&K cadre; H N Sathyanarayana Rao (1985), A M Prasad (1985), Praveen Sood (1986), K V Gagan Deep (1986), R H Auradkar (1987), N S Megharikh (1987) and Dr. R P Sharma (1987) of Karnataka cadre; Dr. Alexander Jacob (1982), P Vijayanand (1985), A Hemachandran (1986), N Shanker Reddy (1986), Rajesh Dewan (1986), B S Mohammaed Yasin (1986) and Mrs. R Sreelekha (1987) of Kerala cadre; Rakesh Maria (1981) Mrs. M C Borwankar (1981), K L Bishnoi (1985), S P Yadav (1986), Sanjay Pandey (1986), R K Sahay (1986), S S Barve (1987) and Bipin Bihari (1987) of Maharashtra cadre; Anand Prakash (1986), T Pachuau (1987) and P Doungoal (1987) of Manipur cadre; B L Buam (1987) of Meghalaya cadre; K C Verma (1985), B M Kumar (1985), U K Lal (1985), K L Meena (1985), S K Srivastava (1986), K N Tiwari (1986), Dr. K R Garg (1986), Sanjay Rana (1986), Purshottam Sharma (1986), Sudhir Kumar Saxena (1987), Vijay Yadav (1987) , Dr. Vijay Kumar (1987), C V Muniraju (1987), Pawan Kumar Jain (1987), M R Aruna (1987), Shailesh Singh (1987), R K Mishra (1987) and M P Dwivedi (1987) of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Pradeep Kapur (1986), M Nageswar Rao (1986) and B Panwar (1987) of Orissa cadre; Dr. G D Pandey (1981), Sanjiv Gupta (1982), S S Saini (1982), Suresh Arora (1982), Mohd. Mustafa (1985), R P Singh (1985) Hardip Singh Dhillon (1985) and Jasminder Singh (1986) of Punjab cadre; Navdeep Singh (1981), Dr. Sudhakar Jauhari (1985), Hemant Kumar Purohit (1985) and Thandi Lal Meena (1985) of Rajasthan cadre; S Goorge (1984), J K Tripathy (1985), Sanjeev Kumar (1986), Mrs Srilakshmi Prasad (1986), M K Jha (1986), Tamilselvan (1986) and Ashish Bhengra (1986) of Tamil Nadu cadre; Kuldeep Kumar (1985) of Tripura; Arun Kumar Gupta (1985), K Hari Rajan (1985) and R K Gupta
(1986) of West Bengal.

R P Singh to be JS, AYUSH
Raj Pratap Singh is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary, AYUSH in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

CBI JD to return Tamil Nadu cadre
Joint Director CBI in Chennai, Ashok Kumar is all set to return to the parent Tamil Nadu cadre. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mrs. Vasan, CCIT, Hyderabad resigns
Mrs. Prerna Malini Vasan, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), Hyderabad, has resigned from Indian Revenue Service (IRS). She is a 1974 batch IRS officer.

IRS Panda is First Secy., IT overseas unit, Washington
Gangadhar Panda has been appointed as First Secretary, Income Tax Overseas Unit, Embassy of India, Washington, USA. He is an IRS (IT) officer of 1993 batch.

N. Saibaba is CE, Nuclear Fuel Complex
N. Saibaba has taken over as the new chief executive (CE) of the Nuclear Fuel Complex, which is the main fuel supplier to India's nuclear energy programme. He has succeeded R.N. Jayaraj, who served NFC, a unit under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) establishment for six years from 2006.So far Saibaba was the additional CE. He has contributed to the manufacture of zirconium alloy, seamless tubes and structures used in nuclear power reactors of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. He has been with the NFC for the past 34 years.

A K Singh gets additional charge of CAPART
A K Singh has been given additional charge of DG, CAPART till further orders. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Venkatesh Mohan is DG, Audit, Defence Services, Delhi
Venkatesh Mohan, Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, has been transferred and posted as Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. He will relieve Gautam Guha of the additional charge of this post.

Will CBEC be able to meet its target?
Will Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) be able to meet is target for FY 2012-13? This question has been doing the rounds as Finance Minister has increased the revenue target for CBEC to Rs. 5, 05,440 crores in Fy 12-13 as against Rs 3, 92,000 crores in Fy 11-12 i.e. an increase of 25% whereas 25% posts of Commissioners, who are responsible for revenue collection, are lying vacant in CBEC despite the DPC held by UPSC on 9-10 January, 2012.

A.K. Jha appointed NTPC's Director Technical
Appointment order of A.K. Jha Executive Director (ED), NTPC, as NTPC's Director Technical have been issued.

Khullar to be brought back to Maharashtra
It is heard that Mukesh Khullar (IAS 85 batch) who is at present Joint Secretary in Agriculture Ministry is likely to be be brought back to his parent cadre. Sources say that 2012-13 is going to see a lot of retirement of senior officers from the state and so the CM intends to bring back senior IAS officers of the state on Central deputation back.

S. Srinivasan is Additional Secretary & FA, Space
Sudarsanam Srinivasan on central deputation has joined as Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Department of Space, in the Government of India (GoI). Hitherto, he was Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Orissa. He is an Orissa cadre IAS officer of 1980 batch.
(We said this on February 9)

G R Rao is also CCIT-I, Hyderabad
G Rajsehwar Rao, CCIT-III, Hyderabad, has been assigned additional charge of CCIT-I, Hyderabad.

Purnima Singh gets addl. charge of DGIT (Log.), Delhi
Purnima Singh, CCIT-XII, Delhi, has been given additional charge of DGIT (Logistics), Delhi.

Ms. Pavadia promoted as Chief Commissioner, C &CE, Nagpur zone
Ms. Jagjit Pavadia has been promoted and posted as Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Nagpur zone. She is an IRS officer of 1979 batch.

Applications invited for post of ICAO in Montreal
Applications have been invited for India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Montreal. The last date for applying is April 16, 2012. Present incumbent Arun Mishra will be completing his tenure in August 2012. He is West Bengal cadre IAS
officer of the 1986 batch.

Civil Aviation Authority in a limbo
Constitution of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) seems to be in a limbo because the related bill is yet to be introduced in the Parliament.

Vanlalvawna moves to Cairo
Counsellor in Brussels Vanlalvawna, has been moved to Cairo. He would replace Subrata Bhattacharjee DCM who has been posted as HOM to Guatemala.

Rao appointed CVO NCL, Singrauli
K P Venkateshwar Rao has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (Director Level) in the Northern Coalfields Limited, Singrauli, He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

V.George Jenner to join as DTP, Dubai on April 16, 2012
V.George Jenner on central deputation will be joining as Dubai based Director Tea Promotion (DTP); West Asia & North Africa in the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry on April 16, 2012. He is a Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1996 batch.

Vineet Pande is PMG, Bangalore
Vineet Pande (IPoS 1986 batch)who till recently was Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) Central Warehousing Corporation(CWC)has joined as Post Master General (PMG) Bangalore.

MPEDB to hold 2 day workshop on marketing linkages with stake holders
The Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board (MPEDB) of which Chief Executive officer (CEO) is A.K. Bhattacharya is going to hold the stakeholders' workshop on "Marketing linkages for Ecotourism Destinations in MP" in Bhopal on May 20 & 21,2012. It is aimed at building long term linkages between the MPEDB and the business entities having stake in the ecotourism of Madhya Pradesh. Giving this information A.K. Bhattacharya told <whispersinthecorridors.com>it is being organised in Bhopal with the objective of developing a feasible partnership protocol for mutual benefit and sustainability, and improvising models for existing partnerships in MP. Bhattacharya is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1985 batch. Over 50 stakeholders are expected to attend the said, added A.K. Bhattacharya.

Vacancy of Dy. DG at UIDAI office, Hyderabad re-advertised
The post of Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level) has still been lying vacant in the office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) under the Planning Commission at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. The names of willing officers can be sent to the Department of Personnel & Training, New Delhi at the earliest.

ASSOCHAM holds SMEs Sammelan-Meet Your Bankers
The CMD of Indian Overseas Bank M Narendra on Thursday said that his bank which has been awarded the best SME's Bank of the year will further promote the SMEs. Speaking at the first-of-its-kind "SMEs Sammelan-Meet Your Bankers" , organized by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) jointly with Ministry of MSME, Government of India, Narendra said that his bank has policies exclusively for SME's adding that this year the bank has grown by 35 percent as compared to last year .Among others, ED of Canara Bank, A.K Gupta said that the people should not get upset with downfall in the economy as it is a temporary phase and added that his bank will soon open 47 SME's branches. Canara Bank was also recently awarded the National Award for Agriculture and Khadi Village development, he said. The Head SME's Division India -YES Bank, Manish Arora, said "In India SME 's financing is a biggest challenge but we as a private bank will open 750 branches exclusively for SME's by 2015".

IAS postings in UP
Sushil Kumar has been appointed Director, Social Welfare. Ranvir Prasad has been moved to the GAD.

Santosh Yadav shunted within a week from Meerut
In a surprise move Santosh Yadav who was initially posted as Divisional Commissioner Meerut, within a week was shunted as Vice Chairman (VC) of the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA). In the past VC, GDA has been held by state administrative service officers. Santosh Yadav is an IAS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

R N Singh is new DM Pratapgarh in UP
R N Singh has been moved from Azamgarh to Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh as DM.

Rakesh appointed CVO CWC (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Rakesh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), New Delhi. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Ms Jaiswal is CVO of MECON (UPDATED)
Ms Supriya Jaiswal has been appointed) to the post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants (India) Limited (MECON), Ranchi. She is 1997 batch ITS officer.

SAIL receives SCOPE meritorious award for corporate governance (UPDATED)
The President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the 'SCOPE Meritorious Award for Corporate Governance' for 2010-11, to Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). SAIL Chairman C S Verma received the award from the President at the Public Sector Day celebration held at Vigyan Bhawan in the Capital. The award recognises SAIL's commitment to practice the highest standards of corporate governance by ensuring transparency, disclosures and reporting that conforms fully to laws, regulations and guidelines. The company promotes ethical conduct throughout the organisation, with the primary objective of enhancing shareholders' value, while being a responsible corporate citizen. Speaking on the occasion, Mrs. Devisingh Patil stated "PSE's in crucial sectors such as steel, mining etc have demonstrated their capability to operate successfully in a competitive environment, to face challenges and to adapt to continuously changing scenario. Praful Patel- Honorable Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises reiterated that 'Public Sector Enterprises have redefined the geography on India and have dared to venture in places such as Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela and other such places within India and have bought positive changes across the length and breadth of India'. On the occasion, Verma congratulated the SAIL team for this achievement by saying: "Going beyond complying with the regulatory requirements, the company has taken various measures as a part of good governance. SAIL is the first PSU to start e- commerce. SAIL also is one of the first PSUs to implement the system of signing an Integrity Pact with large suppliers. Moreover, SAIL is amongst the first PSUs to voluntarily allocate up to 2% of its profit after tax (PAT) towards corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Upadhyay promoted as CS, posted Agriculture Production Commissioner in MP (UPDATED)
M M Upadhyay, Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing, Bio-Diversity and Bio-Technology, has been promoted to the scale of Chief Secretary and posted as Agriculture Production Commissioner in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer.


Manoj Shrivastava is PS to Chief Minister in MP (UPDATED)
Manoj Shrivastava, Relief Commissioner, has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Principal Secretary, Aviation in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer.

Major reshuffle of 19 senior IAS officers in MP (UPDADTED)
As many as 19 senior IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs. Ajita Vajpayee Pandey, PS Animal Husbandry has been made Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Skill Development while Mrs. Amita Sharma, PS, Minority Welfare is being shifted as Special Commissioner (Coordination), Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi and D K Samantare Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Gas Tragedy, Rehabilitation will now be Principal Secretary, General Administration Department. Similarly, B P Singh, PS, Higher Education, has been appointed as Relief Commissioner and Ex-officio PS, Revenue; Vijaya Shrivastava PS GAD will look only (Personnel); Deepak Khandekar PS to CM as Jabalpur Commissioner; Pravir Krishna, on return from deputation, was posted as PS, Health & Family Welfare, Gas Tragedy; Sanjay Singh PS Technical Education as Principal Secretary, School Education; Shailendra Singh, Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Indore as MD, MP Mining Development Corporation and Ex-officio Secretary; S K Mishra MD, MP Mining Development Corporation as Secretary, Public Health Engineering and Secretary to Chief Minister; Dr. Ravindra Pastor, Commissioner, Jabalpur as Mission Director NRHM; Dr Manohar Agnani, Mission Director, NRHM, as Commissioner, Health; Manish Rastogi CMD MP East Power Distribution Company, Jabalpur, as Commissioner, Budget and Ex-officio Secretary, Finance; Sukhbir Singh, CMD, MP Energy Development Corporation as CMD MP East Power Distribution Company, Jabalpur; Amit Rathore, Director, Budget and Ex-officio Secretary, Finance as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Indore and Maheshchandra Chaudhary, Commissioner, Ujjain Municipal Corporation, has been made Collector Chhindwara. Manoj Shrivastava, Relief Commissioner, has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and Principal Secretary, Aviation in Madhya Pradesh. Besides, R K Swai, PS, Farmers' Welfare, has been assigned additional charges of Horticulture, Food Processing, Bio-diversity, Technology; S R Mohanty will also look additional charge of CMD, MP Energy Development Corporation; Prabhanshu Kamal, PS, Animal Husbandry is given additional charge of MP Fisheries Federation.

CORPORATE

Julka appointed Govt. Director, ONGC
The Board of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited has approved the appointment of Bimal Julka, Additional Secretary as Government Director on the Board of ONGC w.e.f. from April 4, 2012.

Masson designated as Director (Strategy), Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd
Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd has appointed Vinod Masson, as Executive Director designated as Director (Strategy) of the company w.e.f. April 11, 2012.

Poddar resigns as Director, Orient Beverages Ltd
Ms Ruchira Poddar has resigned as Director of Orient Beverages Ltd w.e.f. March 1, 2012

Shivakumar resigns as Director, Info-Drive Software Ltd
K Shivakumar has resigned as Director of Info-Drive Software Ltd w.e.f. April 10, 2012

Raycha resigns as ED, Zenith Healthcare Ltd
Ms Neela Mahendra Raycha has resigned as Executive Director of Zenith Healthcare Ltd w.e.f. March 31, 2012 but will continue as Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2012

Kanjilal appointed Independent Director, Akanksha Cellular Ltd
Akanksha Cellular Ltd has appointed Gautam Kanjilal as Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. April 12, 2012

Chhapru resigns as Company Secy. Maharashtra Polybutenes Ltd
Ms. Preeti K. Chhapru has resigned as Company Secretary of Maharashtra Polybutenes Ltd w.e.f. April 12, 2012

Two members appointed on Vaarad Ventures Ltd Advisory Board
Rooshilumar Pandya and Stuart Sundlun have been appointed as members of the Advisory Board of Vaarad Ventures Ltd.

Tandon resigns as Company Secy. Nova Iron and Steel Ltd
Ms. Anuradhan Tandon has resigned as Company Secretary of Nova Iron and Steel Ltd w.e.f. March 31, 2012

Jaggi appointed CFO, Gabriel India Ltd
Gabriel India Ltd has appointed Kawal Jaggi as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2012

2 directors resign from Vaarad Ventures
Rooshilkumar Pandya and Stuart Sundlum have resigned from the directorship of Vaarad Ventures.

2 join advisory board of Zodius Advisor
Dr Rajan Pai and K Ganesh have joined the advisory board of Zodius Advisors

Kaushik appointed regional manager of Envent Worldwide
Sachin Kumar Kaushik has been appointed as the regional manager North India of Envent Worldwide.

Inhuman treatment meted out to KV teachers is alarming

The inhuman treatment being meted out to KV teachers is alarming. The unfortunate part is these teachers are expected to stand for all these six hours while teaching. If a survey is done on medical condition of these teachers the alarming level of diseases will be reported due to this 6 hourly standing position teaching. Secondly when these teachers are recruited on regional basis what right has been given to KV to transfer these employees to other regions. Even if transfer is necessary station of spouse employment should be the topmost priority so that both are stationed at same station only. When you have commissioners of Defence Estate service, and a pet of HRD Minister, what can be expected of him, he himself has been on this post so that he can remain in Delhi by hook or crook. 75% of teachers are far more educated then officers sitting in Headquarters and even the Principals and even for that matter even 90% of the Central Ministers. It a shame this is how we treat our teachers and this is the reason there is so much deterioration in society. May good sense prevail in HRD and KV Hqrs. We wish that HRD Ministry & KV management get well soon.

Rahul

Mockery by DoPT

The Department of Personnel has issued a list of assistants to be transferred to other ministries under rotational transfer policy but many names do not figure in the list and it is a clear mockery by DoPT of the policy.

Kunwar Ram Singh

Disclosure of "Default Cases" of the Banks The appellant wanted details of default cases which were compromised by the State Bank of India (SBI) during the last three years. The PIO claimed the matter pertained to commercial confidence and disclosure of trade secrets may harm the competitive position of the entity. He also stated that the information sought was vast and disproportionately can divert the resources of the public authority as per section 7 (9) of the RTI Act. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) also upheld the PIO decision. The appellant argued that he was not seeking the names of the defaulting parties and therefore the argument by the respondents of compromising information pertaining to third parties should not arise. The CIC observed that disclosing the year wise aggregate settled amount by the banks with the defaulting parties will help in transparent functioning of the public authority which is the very objective of the RTI Act. Accordingly, the Commission directed the respondent to furnish information limited to the total number of entities who have defaulted and the total settled amount for the past three years. Comments The rising Non-Performing Assets (NPA) in the banks has been a matter of concern for the citizens which has been wrapped in an opaque process. Hopefully, the implementation of this order would help in restoring transparency in banking industry.

Citation: Shri Kulbhushan Jain v. SBI in Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2011/000841

Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO's Guide to RTI by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)