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Congress to lose in Delhi elections
It is widely believed that Congress is going to lose in all the Municipal Corporation elections in Delhi.

Lt Gen Bikram Singh takes charge informally?
The army chief-designate, Lt Gen. Bikram Singh in Delhi for the past three days. He is believed to be making proposals of promotions and postings of key army appointments. Officially he will take over as Chief of the Army on May 31.

454 bureaucrats yet to submit property returns
Altogether 454 bureaucrats have not yet submitted their annual property returns prompting the Government to recommend action against them.

Justice Ahluwalia to move to Calcutta
Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia is moving from the Punjab and Haryana High Court as Judge of the Calcutta High Court. He is expected to be sworn in on April 19.

Rakesh appointed CVO, CWC
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
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.
(We said this on March 27, 2012)

68 IPS officers of 1992 batch empanelled 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.

Upadhyay promoted as CS, posted Agriculture Production Commissioner in MP
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
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
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.

16 Coast Guard officers quit service
16 Coast Guard officers have either taken premature retirement or resigned from the service during last three years. Six officers have quit in 2009 while one in 2010 and nine officers in 2011.

Agrawal is new State Election Commissioner in UP
Satish Kumar Agrawal is new State Election Commissioner in Uttar Pradesh. He is retired 1974 batch IAS officer.

IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand
There is major IAS reshuffle in Uttarakhand. New postings are as under :- Ajay Nabiyal Divisional Commissioner Kumaon,Kunal Sharma Divisional Commissioner Garhwal, CMS Bisht DM Pithoragarh, Chandresh Yadav DM Pauri, Brijesh Sant DM Udham Singh Nagar, R Rajesh DM Uttarakashi ,Neeraj Kherwal DM Rudraprayag, Principal Secretary DK Kotia (Home) additional responsibility of Special Projects, S Raju PS Medical Education, Vinod Fonia Urban Development, Manisha Pawar Higher Education, Kunwar Raj Kumar Secretary to the Chief Minister, Ranjit Sinha DM Tehri,V Shanmugan DM Champawat,Akshit Gupta DM Bageshwar,Ashish Joshi DM Almora,S A Murugeshan MD GMVN,Ravnith Raman DM Dehradun nd Deepak Rawat DM Chamoli.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
70 IAS officers, including 32 district magistrates and five divisional commissioners have been reshuffled in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are as under :- Mukul Singhal Divisional Commissioner Kanpur,K R Rao Secretary Information Commission,K Ravindra Naik Divisional Commissioner Barelley,Ranjan Shukla Secretary Stamp Registration,Dr Hariom DM Moradabad,S Sammadar Special Secretary Health,P R Mishra Member Board of Revenue, Anil Kumar Divisional Commissioner Gorakhpur,Suresh Chandra Director Training and Employment,Chanchal Tiwari Divisional Commissioner Varanasi,Rajesh K Singh additional charge Forests, Sanjay Prasad Divisional commissioner Saharanpur, Amrit Abhijat Secretary Technical education, R Ramesh Kumar Secretary Languages,K S Atoriya Divisional Commissioner Devipaten,Hari Raj Kishore PS Small Scale Industries, Dr Harsharan Das Labour Commissioner Kanpur,Subhra Saxena CDO Meerut,Aditi Singh CDO Lucknow,Vijay Karan Anand CDO Barabanki,Bhanu Goswami CDO Varanasi,Anuj Kumar jha CDO Jhansi,Mala Srivastava Joint Development Commissioner Allahabad, Nitin Bansal CDO Allahabad,Rupesh Kumar CDO Agra,M Ali Sarwar CDO Moradabad,Vivek CDO Mathura,Bhupendra Chaudhary
CDO Jaunpur,Prakash Bindu CDO Gautam Buddha Nagar, C Raja Lingam CDO Moradabad, Govind Raju DM Mirzapur,Rakesh DM Sultanpur, Vikram Singh
DM Mau, K Vijay Pandiyan DM Ambedkar Nagar,D P Dubey Special Secretary APC,Rajesh Kumar DM Sant Kabir Nagar, S Dubey Special Secretary GAD,
Muthu Swamy V DM Farrukkhabad, Kanchan Verma DM Fatehpur,Y Bhaskar DM Shravasti, Kumar R Singh DM Deoria,Ravindra Special Secretary Commercial Taxes, Samir Verma DM Varanasi,Subhash Sharma Spl Secretary Labour, Manish Chauhan DM Barelley,Anil Garg DM Aligarh,Gaurav Dayal
DM Jhansi,Surendra Singh DM Mujaffarnager,S V S Rangrao DM Firozabad, Amrit Tripathi DM Sant Ravi Das Nagar, Ravi Kumar DM Gorakhpur, Sanjay
Kumar DM Mathura,R Jacob DM Rai Barelley,Abhay DM Gonda, Ritu Maheshwari DM Bhim Nagar, Raj Shekhar DM Pilibhit, Manish Tighotia DM
Jalaun,Pawan Kumar DM Chandauli, Lokesh M DM Etah,P N Singh DM Gazipur, G Srinivaslu Spl Secretary Housing, Madhukar Dwivedi Special
Sec Higher Education, Pinki Joval DM Ballia,K Singh DM Bahraich, Vidya Bhushan DM CSM Nagar, Saroj Kumar DM Kaushambi,S Muthu Shalini
DM Basti,Dr Kajal DM Mahoba and B Chandrakala DM Hamirpur.

IPS shake-up in Andhra Pradesh
Altogether 23 Superintendent of Police cadre officers have been reshuffled in Andhra Pradesh.

Ramachandrachar is DAG in PAG office in Bangalore
T S Ramachandrachar, Deputy Director in the office of Director General of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, New Delhi at Branch Mumbai, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Social Sector including Local Bodies), in the office of Principal Accountant General (General and Social Sector Audit), Karnataka, Bangalore.

West Bengal seeks highest number of IAS officers
This year requirement to recruit 180 IAS officers is owing to largest number of officers sought by the West Bengal Government.

A K Singh promoted in Delhi
A K Singh, Special Commissioner, Transport Department, Nl Capital Territory of Delhi (NCTD), has been promoted in Super Time Scale. He is AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1996 batch.

Proposal to appoint additional judges in J & K HC
J&K High Court Collegium has sent a proposal to the Governor of J&K for the appointment of Additional Judges in the High Court and the same has been forwarded by the Governor to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. The proposal contains seven names for nomination/considerations for such appointment.

Ms. Iyer posted as DG, Commercial-II
Ms. Revathy Iyer, Officer on Special Duty (Communication Policy), has been posted as Director General (Commercial-II) under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

Revenue Department invites applications for Members, CCESC
Department of Revenue under the Government of India has invited applications for the posts of Members falling vacant in the Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission (CCESC) in coming months. Those who wish to apply can send their applications before April 30, 2012.

Swati Kulkarni to move Cape Town
Counsellor General in Muskat Swati Kulkarni is moving to Cape Town. Mridul Kumar CG in Cape Town has been transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

Railways to recruit one lakh persons
The Railways has proposed to recruit over one lakh persons in fiscal year 2012-13.

New post of JS in I&B Ministry
A new post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is being created.

ONGC receives Gold Trophy of SCOPE Meritorious Award (UPDATED)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) bagged the Gold Trophy of SCOPE Meritorious Award for "Environmental Excellence & Sustainable Development"
for the year 2010-11. President of India Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented this award to Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, ONGC at New Delhi on April 13. The SCOPE (Standing Conference of Public Enterprises) awards have been recognized as one of the most prestigious awards in the national economy and in other segments of corporate governance and management. The entire performance evaluation of entries which were received in large number by PSEs, was made by reputed Consultant, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited. The award ceremony was part of function organized by SCOPE to celebrate the spirit and contribution of Public Sector Enterprises towards the growth of nation on the occasion of 'Public Sector Day'.

125 IRS probationary officers posted to various regions/stations (UPDATED)
As many as 125 Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax (Probationers) of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) have been posted in the region of CCI (CCA)/Stations after completion of training at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur. Accordingly, Ms. Chamarthy Hima Bindu, Sumitra Paramata, Narsingh Kumar Khalkho and Veermany K, Peeyush Samariya, Suresh Babu K N, Sandeep Kumar Mehta, Lakhavath Suresh, Brajendra Kumar, Sunil Kumar Pandey and Aluru Venkatarao have been posted to Andhra Pradesh while Sanyam Suresh Joshi, Ms. Monisha, Ms Aman Preet, Ms Ridhima Vasisht, Sachin Dania, Manveet Singh Sehgal, Gaurav Pundir, Ms. Gunjan Varshney, Neeraj Kumar at Delhi and Ms. Bhumikaben Patel and Ms. Kanupriya Damor, Ms. Priyanka Devi, Ms. Malvika Garg, Puneet Gulati, Raval Jigar Pradip Kumar, Pramod Kumar Verma, Lalit Kumar Bishnoi, Sandeep Kumar, Chetram Meena, Ms. Mamta Meena, Gurpreet Singh, Chandra Prakash Meena, Piyush Kumar Singh Yadav posted to Gujarat. Similarly, Srinivasu Kollipaka, Rahul P R and Jyothis Mohan to Kerala; Ms. Neeju Gupta, Ms. Uma Maheshwari R, Ms. Aastha Madhur, Ms. Devireddy Swapna, Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Ms. Seema Dhankhar, Jagdale Sangram Ramesh, Ms. Meetu Agarwal, Salunkhe Pravin Dinakar, Mantu Kumar Das, Yaduraj Singh, Ambadkar Aviyogi Damodar, Manoj Kumar Mishra, Budruk Ganesh Balasaheb, Amar Singh, Jaipal Swami, Bhagwati Charan, Manpreet Singh Duggal, Raj Kumar, Piyush Kumar Yadav, Rama Gopala Reddy Karri to Mumbai; Upsen Dadaji Borkar, Korgaonkar Chinmay, Nandkumar, Abhay Sadashiv Nannaware, Akhilesh Kumar Yadava to Nagpur; Venkanna Tejavath, Subramanyam Tota, Bhosale Vitthal Machindra, Amit Kumar Pandey, Sohail Ansari to NER; Ms. Kanika Aggarwal, Ms Shweta Yadav, Rishi Kumar, Rajesh Kumar to NWR; K G Arunraj, Ms. Nithya V, Ms. Nithya D, Karthik Manickam M, K Rohan Raj, Ashish Sinha, P Sridharan, K Vinoth Kanna, Sangarganesh K, Ms. M Rani Kanchana, Ilaiyaraja K S, Tayyam Perumal, P Suresh, Aruna A to Tamil Nadu; Ms. A Shalini, Ms. Amanpreet Kaur, Ms. Swati Ratna to UP-East; Sunil Kumar Yadav and Abhishek Gautam to UP-West; Dhruvapurari Singh, Ms. Nivedita Prasad, Ms. Irengbam Gyaneshori Devi, Abhishek Mishra, Suraj Bhan Garhwal, Prashant Singh, Rocktim Saikia, Atul Kumar Pandey, Rakesh Kumar, Pankaj Dwivedi, Bhola Ram Dewasi, Amit Kumar, Bal Krishna Yadav, Sudhanshu Shekhar Gautam, Surendra Mohan, Shailendra Kumar Pandey, Shyam Manohar Singh, Abhishek Kumar, Mrs. Ranjeet Kaur to West Bengal; Mrs. Sonkavde Sonal Laxidas, Saren Jose, Guru Prasad MP, Prasanna Kumar B K, Sandeep G R, Amrit Raj Singh to Karnataka; Ms. Kajal Singh, Praveen Kumar Mittal, Ravinder Singh Yadav, Vikram Pagaria, Abhishek Sinha, Gaurav Bansal have been posted to Rajasthan. Anjani Kumar Pandey posted to Pune.


Pranab Mukherjee's MLA son launches website (UPDATED)
Abhijit Mukherjee, who is a Member of Legislative Assembly, West Bengal and son of Union Minister for Finance, Government of India, Pranab Mukherjee, has launched his website: www.abhijitmukherjee.in on April 14, 2012. He will also be on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube etc.

Dr Shashi Kumar to go Andaman & Nicobar (UPDATED)
Dr. Shashi Kumar, IFS (AGMU-1980)is going on promotion as PCCF, Andaman Nicobar Islands Administration.

Sreekumar to join as MD, HMT-MT on April 16 (UPDATED)
M D Sreekumar, Director (Tech & Oper), HLL, who was selected as Managing Director, HMT Machine Tools Limited (HMT-MT) by PESB, will take over the charge at Bangalore on April 16, 2012.

CORPORATE

Paravatheesam steps down as Company Secy. Infosys Ltd
Parvatheesam. K has stepped down as the Company Secretary of Infosys Ltd to pursue higher studies.

Ravikrishnan appointed Company Secy. Infosys Ltd
N. R. Ravikrishnan has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Infosys Ltd w.e.f. April 14, 2012

Karna appointed Business Head (Big Productions), RBNL
Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd (RBNL) has appointed Simmi Karna as Business Head , Big Productions.

Kushwaha resigns as Company Secy. PG Electroplast Ltd
Naveen Chandra Kushwaha has resigned as Company Secretary of PG Electroplast Ltd w.e.f. April 10, 2012

Yadava appointed Addl. Director, IPCA Laboratories Ltd
Dev Parkash Yadava has been appointed as an Additional Director of IPCA Laboratories Ltd with immediate effect.

Some things never change

The party in power or coalition of various ideologies makes no difference. UPA is a mixed bag. Instead of disinvestment, ministers think of ingenious way of delaying the same so that rich harvest is reaped. One such case was merger of Indian Airlines and Air India. The incumbent purchased aircrafts in quantity which would have sufficed entire South East Asia. Now merger of MTNL and BSNL is in pipeline. Huge order for equipment is bound to follow, certainly before the elections are announced.

R Kumar

Some cadres do not figure in the list

The Department of Personnel has issued a list of assistants to be transferred to other ministries under rotational transfer policy but some cadres do not figure in the list such as MSME Cadre where the persons working for 20-25. They joined as LDC the UDC and now Ad hoc Assistant but still working there without transfer which is against the rotational policy of DoPT.

Suchitra

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)