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Madhu Kannan to quit as MD,BSE
Madhu Kannan who is currently Managing Director(MD) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has served notice to quit.
His term will expire in May 2012.

Madhu Kannan to join Tata Sons as Group Head
Madhu Kannan is poised to join Tata Sons as Group Head - Business Development (BD) he will be reporting to the Deputy Chairman, Cyrus P Mistry.Currently he is Managing Director(MD) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Ashish Kumar Chauhan to be BSE's interim CEO
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has appointed as BSE's interim CEO.Presently, he is Deputy CEO of the BSE.

Who is number one in Aditya Birla Group?
Who is number one in the Aditya Birla Group. If insiders are to be believed, Dr Santrupt Mishra is most powerful person after Kumar Mangalam Birla.

Why is the West courting Ms.Mamata Banerjee?
It is very interesting to see the West courting Ms.Mamata Banerjee, (100 powerful people in the world). Much of this has to do with her being anti Left which has always been perceived as pro China say political observers.

Did S.S. Ahluwalia threaten the BJP?
As the grapevine has it nominating S.S. Ahluwalia from Jharkhand despite a threat from the alliance partner has something to do with Ahluwalia opening parallel talks of joining the Congress.

Is something wrong in NCP camp?
It is heard that there are major differences between NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel Indian Minister for Heavy Industries, over various issues pertaining to the aviation sector. Their relationship has run into rough weather say party sources.

Dutta to be Additional Director, CBI
Rupak Kumar Dutta is being tipped to be new Additional Director of the CBI. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Who will be new NSG Chief?
Who will be new Chief of the National Security Guards (NSG)? Now tie is said to be between 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar Arun Chaudhary and 1978 batch Jharkhand cadre IPS officer P M Nair.

Karnal Singh to be Special Director ED!
Karnal Singh is likely to be appointed Special Director in the Enforcement Directorate.He is 1984 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Veena Upadhyay to be Member CAT?
Veena Upadhyay is likely to be appointed Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). She is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Archana Dutta to be RNI?
Archana Dutta is likely to be appointed new Registrar of Newspapers in place of T Jairaj. 1983 batch Indian Information Service officer Dutta is presently OSD to the President of India.

Shashi Shekhar appointed Addl. Secy., Admn. Reforms in GoI
Shashi Shekhar has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on April 20, 2012)

Devendra Chaudhary appointed Addl. Secy., Power in GoI
Devendra Chaudhary has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 20, 2012)

Sharda Prasad is DG, Employment & Training in GoI
Sharda Prasad has been appointed as DG, Employment and Training (Additional Secretary level), Ministry of Labour and Employment in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 20, 2012)

Rajat Bhargava is new JS Economic Affairs
Dr Rajat Bhargava has joined as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs on Tuesday. 1990 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre Dr Bhagrava was RC in Delhi.
(We said this on February 29)

Rao is now Special Secretary in GoI
S R Rao, Additional Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India . He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.

Sudhir Kumar gets promotion
Sudhir Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Anil Goswami is now Special Secretary
Anil Goswami, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India . He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Pankaj Agrawal promoted in GoI
Pankaj Agarwal, Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sangma is now Special Secretary in GoI
Uttam Kumar Sangma, Additional Secretary, North Eastern Council, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

R C Mishra promoted in Secretary rank
R C Mishra, Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Ministry of Labour and Employment, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Manipur Tripura cadre.

Where is promotion file of Commissioners in CBEC?
The promotion file of Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise seems to be lost in the labyrinths of power. It is now over three months that the file was submitted for ACC's approval, but the constant queries from the high and mighty has frustrated the entire selection process. Moral of the story: even if UPSC ignores you, Mai Baaps elsewhere will provide succor.

New SEBI members likely to be selected soon
As the grapevine has it, two SEBI Members to be appointed from among 52 contenders will be finalised by the end of April 2012.

Now AGMs of RBI to appear for written test
According to reports now AGMs of the Reserve Bank of India will have to appear for written test to get promotion.

Main contenders for the post of Commissioner, BMC
There are many contenders for becoming new Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) i.e. BMC. Main among them are: T.C.Benjamin,Ajit Kumar Jain, Shree Kant Singh & Gautam Chatterjee.

Abhay Tripathi is RC Andhra Pradesh in Delhi
Abhay Tripathi has been given additional charge of the Resident Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh in Delhi. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

IIS is keen to head DD Kendra.s
Indian Information Service Officers have reportedly given representation for appointment as Station Directors in the Doordarshan Kendras.

Slums wear a pretty sight in Karnataka
In a bid to get the state rid of slums, in accordance with the President of India's commitment in the Parliament to make the country 'Slum Free', the Government of Karnataka has taken up the task of rehabilitating the slum dwellers. According to Karnataka's Secretary, Housing Development, M Laxmi Narayan, Karnataka Slum Development Board (KSDB) has notified 90 slums in the past one year while under JNNURM-BSUP scheme initiated in 2006-07, it has got approval for 24508 Dwelling Units (DUs) at a cost of Rs. 728.51 crores in the Mission cities of Bangalore and Mysore. Out of these 8329 DUs have been completed and work is in progress in 6160 DUs. Add to it, 8727 houses have been allotted to the beneficiaries. Besides, KSDB has got approval for construction of 17237 DUs costing Rs.410.80 crores under JNNURM scheme in 34 cities / towns. Out of these, 5963 DUs have been completed, work is in progress in 4998 DUs and 10656 houses have been allotted to the beneficiaries.

Ravichandram to be inducted into IB?
T V Ravichandran (JD) is likely to be inducted Hard-Core Officer as Joint Director in Intelligence Bureau, Government of India. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ananth Kumar Bose is acting Chairman of PPT
Vice-Chairman S. Ananth Kumar Bose has taken over as Acting Chairman of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT).He has succeeded G J Rao who has taken VRS.

Sanjeev Kumar is PS to Corpotate Affairs Minister, M.Veerappa Moily
Sanjeev Kumar has joined as private secretary (PS) to Indian Corpotate Affairs Minister, M Veerappa Moily. He is an IRS (C&CE:1993 batch),officer.

Sunil Arora is also PS, Small Scale Industries, Khadi in Rajasthan
Sunil Arora, Principal Secretary, Industries and Chairman Rajasthan Industrial Development Corporation, has been assigned additional charge of Small Scale Industries, Khadi and Rural Industries. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Four hot contenders for DMDs in SBI
There are four hot contenders for five posts of Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in State Bank of India (SBI) interviews for which will be held on April 28,2012. They are:B V Chaubal, Sushil Kumar Mishra, K Ramchandran and B Shriram. Tie is likely to be among V G Kannan, Sharad Sharma and Ms. Sudha Malhotra.

Ms Saxena gets pro-forma promotion
Ms. Manisha Saxena, CVO, Engineers Projects India Limited (EPIL) has been given proforma promotion in Super Time Scale by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. She is an IAS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

How CMD, FACT was appointed?
It is an interesting story as far as the appointment of Vijay Kumar on central deputation as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of the Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore (FACT) was concerned. He is an IRS-it officer of who is posted as Commissioner of income Tax (CIT)Chennai. A search committee appointed by ACC had short listed the name of Vijay Kumar, and his appointment orders were issued on April 21,2012.

BPCL restructures its set up
The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) of which Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) is R K Singh, has restructured its set up. Among other things it has done away with the post of state heads.

ITDC implementing "Hunar se Rozgar" scheme successfully
The India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) of which Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) is Dr. Lalit K.Panwar has been successfully implementing the scheme of "Hunar se Rozgar". It's a scheme that was launched by Tourism Ministry in the Government of India (GOI). According to Dr. Panwar candidates who are at least 8th pass are being given two months training to work in hospitality sector as waiters, cooks, tourist coach drivers and security guards. So far over 1600 youth have been trained. From now onwards housekeeping & bakery besides cooking will be added for trainees, he added. Replying to a question he said that "we have tied up with 14 hotels chains in India along with Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) and 12 NGOs." Three main NGOs are "Khushi" being run by ex Captain of Indian Cricket team Kapil Dev, "Prayas" being run by Bollywood actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha & DLP Foundation being headed by K.P.Singh. In other words it's a story of driving youngsters from red corridor (terrorism) to red carpet (i.e. tourism sector) opined Dr. Panwar who is an IAS officer of 1979 batch from the Rajasthan cadre. Interestingly, he said, there had been 100 per per cent placement of such trainees who got jobs of Rs.5000+ per month in different hotels including Radisson Blu Hotel - Ranchi. An elated, Dr. Panwar felt strongly that tourism can dilute "zunoon".

Three IAS officers figure in panel for CEO, Orissa
As many as three IAS officers figure in panel for new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO),Orissa.

Bureaucratic reshuffle on the anvil in Jammu & Kashmir
As the grapevine has it, in near future there is going to be a bureaucratic reshuffle in Jammu & Kashmir.

Charanjeet Singh to go Vienna
Director (MER) in the Ministry of External Affairs Charanjeet Singh is moving to Vienna as DCM.

Kalam Saheb praised two former Cabinet Secretaries
Former President Kalam Saheb was present on the Civil Services Day. He was all praise for two former Cabinet Secretaries C R Krishnaswami and Prabhat Kumar. Why did he praise the two only?

8 IAS officers shifted in Punjab
As many as Eight IAS officers have got their new postings in Punjab.They are:Ravinder Kaushik- Special Secretary Defence Welfare Services, Mohammad Tayyab ADC (D) Bhatinda,Praveen Kumar- ADC (G) Fatehgarh Sahib,Supreet.S Gulati- ADC(D) Amritsar, Ms. Neelima- ADC Sangrur, Vipul Ujjwal- SDM Jalalabad,Ramvir - SDM Bhatinda & Ms. Sonali Giri - SDM Abohar.Besides, the Punjab Government has transferred 39 PCS officers.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Rajasthan
As many as 48 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Ram Phal Singh has been posted as ADGP, Civil Rights while Umesh Mishra is IG (First), Anti-corruption Bureau, Jodhpur and Dharma Chand Jain will now be IG, RAC, Jaipur. Similarly, Sunil Dutta has been posted as IG, RAC, Jaipur; Janardan Sharma as Commandant, 5th battalion, RAC, Jaipur; L N Meena as DIG, Crime Branch, Jaipur; Vishal Bansal as DIG, SOG, Jaipur; Hava singh Ghumariya as DIG, Arms battalion, Jaipur; Bipin Kumar Pandey as DIG, Police Personnel, Jaipur; Alok Kumar Vashisth as DIG, Vigilance Jaipur; Rupinder Singh as Deputy commissioner, Crime Jaipur; Bhupendrea Sahu as SP, CID, Jaipur; Mrs. Lata Manoj Kumar as Deputy Commissioner, Traffic, Jaipur; Rohit Mahajan as commandant, 10 th battalion, RAC Bikaner; Rakesh Saxena as SP, Bikaner; D S Chundawat as SP, Banswada; Shiv Lal Joshi as SP, Nagore; Bal Mukund Verma as SP, Jhalawad, Hari Prasad Sharma as SP, Udayapur; Mahesh Kumar Goyal as SP, CID (CB), Jaipur; Surendra Kumar as SP, (SOG), Jaipur; Mahendra Singh Chaudhary as Deputy Commissioner (PHQ & Traffic), Jodhpur; S N Khinchi as Additional Commissioner, Excise Enforcement, Udayapur; Dr. Nitin Deep Blaggan as Deputy Commissioner, Jodhpur; Satyavir Singh as Deputy, Jaipur; Sharat Kaviraj as SP, SCRB, Jaipur; C Santosh Kumar Tukaram as SP, Alwar; Mrs. S Parimala as SP Tonk; Om Prakash as SP, Churu; Mrs. K B Vandana as SP, Pali; Deepak Kumar as SP, Jalore; Swai Singh Chaudhary as SP, Dausa; Ajay Pal Lamba as SP, Jaipur rural; Dr. Vishnu Kant as Commandant 8th battalion, RAC, New Delhi; Mrs. Param Jyoti as SP Hanumangarh; Don K Jos as Deputy Commissioner (South), Jaipur; Dr. Aman Deep Singh Kapur as SP, Karauli; Dr. Ravi as SP, Ganganagar; Barhat Rahul Manhardan as SP, Baran; Mrs. Lavali Katiyar as SP, Badmer;Rahul Kartikey as SP, Rajsamand; Mrs. Priti Chandra as SP, Bundi; Harendra Kumar Mahawar as Deputy commissioner, Jodhpur
city, Jodhpur; Vikas Pathak as SP, Kota rural; Dr. Rahul Jain as SP Dungarpur; Mrs. Sweta Dhakad as ASP, SC/ST Cell, Alwar and Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary has been posted as ASP, Ghatol( Banswada).

Two ACIT get postings
Two Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers including Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax Rajesh Kumar ACIT of 2009 batch has been posted to NWR while his namesake Rajesh Kumar of 2010 batch is posted to UP (West) on completion of their training at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur.

IAS is new President of Golf Club Chandigarh
1978 batch IAS officer G S Sandhu has won election to the president's post of the Chandigarh Golf Club, defeating his nearest rival Lt Col (retd) J S Panag by 437 votes.

IAS changes in West Bengal
Dr Tuk Tuk Kumar has been transferred to the department of science and technology . Shyamapada Mukherjee will be Secretary Child and Women Welfare Department.

PBR&D to hold internet investigation course at Chandigarh from May 7
Principles of Internet Investigation course is being organised by Bureau of Police Research & Development (PBR&D) from May 7 to May 18, 2012 at CDTS, Chandigarh.

Nominations invited for MPM-2013 programme at Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore has sought nomination from Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers for one year Master in Public Management (MPM)-2013 programme.

J P Sharma is also PS, Excise in UP (UPDATED)
J P Sharma has been assigned additional charge of Principal Secretary of Excise department in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer.

S C Sharma is Secretary, Home in UP (UPDATED)
Subhash Chandra Sharma has been appointed as Secretary in the Home in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer.

Anil Kumar-II posted Director, Training & Employment in UP (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar-II has been posted as Director, Training and Employment. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer.

Rajan Shukla gets addl. charge of Horticulture in UP (UPDATED)
Rajan Shukla has been given additional charge of Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing departments. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.

Narsing Rao assumes charge as CMD, Coal India Limited (CIL) (UPDATED)
S Narsing Rao has assumed charge as Chairman-cum-Managing-Director of Coal India Limited (CIL).He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Hitherto, he was CMD of the state controlled the "Singareni Collieries Company Limited" (SCCL) of Andhra Pradesh. There in SCCL he had been able to achieve a major turnaround. He had headed the SCCL since September 2006 till handing over his charge in April 2012.He is the maiden IAS officer to become CIL's CMD. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. As CMD SCCL he was able to do many innovations. Like, as against traditional compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of two to three per cent, he was able to attain CAGR of 8.12 per cent in SCCL. In the CIL it is 4.9 per cent.
(We said this on Feb 16 and April 5, 2012)

Indian Civil Service Association urges for rescue of Alex Paul Menon (UPDATED)
Indian Civil and Administrative Service (Central) Association had adopted a resolution regarding an incident of April 21, 2012 in which Maoists had abducted Collector Sukma Alex Paul Menon (IAS officer of 2006 batch, Chhattisgarh cadre).The said association adopted following resolution: "The Association notes with great concern, that on the day that civil servants across the country were pledging to rededicate themselves to the cause of the nation, a young colleague Alex Paul Menon was abducted by Left Wing Extremists in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, and two police personnel Kishan Kujur and Ahmad Khan were brutally murdered in the line of duty. While strongly condemning such incidents, which unfortunately seem to be occurring with great frequency, and have a severely detrimental effect on the morale of the officers serving in the field, the Association urges the Central and the State Governments to take action to secure the release of Alex Paul Menon. The Association also urges the State Government of Chhattisgarh to extend adequate support to the bereaved families of the police personnel."

Dinesh Kumar gets additional charge of SCCL's CMD (UPDATED)
Dinesh Kumar has been given additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing-Director (CMD) of 'Singareni Collieries Company Limited' (SCCL) of Andhra Pradesh. He is already Principal Secretary (PS) Energy to the Andhra Pradesh Government. Dinesh Kumar is an IAS officer of 1983 batch and belongs to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

S K Gotru nominated as Liaison Officer, CBDT (UPDATED)
Shravan Kumar Gotru, Director (A & PAC), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has been nominated as Liaison Officer for the Board.

Lalit Jalan is CEO Reliance Infrastructure (UPDATED)
Lalit Jalan has been re-designated as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Reliance Infrastructure.

Bissa gets addl. charge of Journalism & Comm. University, Jaipur (UPDATED)
S S Bissa, Commissioner and Secretary, Information and Public Relations, has been assigned an additional charge of Journalism and Communication University, Jaipur. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Seven IAS officers of 1999 batch get selection grade in TN (UPDATED)
As many as seven IAS officers of 1999 batch have been promoted to the selection grade with effect from January, 2012. in Tamil Nadu The officers include: Brajendra Navnit, Ashish Chatterjee, Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru, Dev Raj Dev, N Mathivanan, Ms. R Vasuki, T K Ponnusamy.


15 IAS officers of 2003 batch get JAG in TN (UPDATED)
As many as 15 IAS officers of 2003 batch have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) with effect from January, 2012. in Tamil Nadu The officers include: V Arun Roy, Ms. Anu George, Dr. R Anandakumar, Ms. V Shobana, C. Munianathan, M Vijayakumar,Mrs. A Suganthi, Mrs. S Madhumathi, T N Hariharan, M Vallalar, C Kamaraj, T Abraham, K Raghupathi, C Rajendran and P Muthuveerran.

Manu Shrivastava is MD, MP Power Management Company (UPDATED)
On return from central deputation, Manu Shrivastava has been appointed as Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited. This Company has been converted into holding company for the power distribution sector. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh.

Acharya selected as Director (Corp. Planning), HUDCO (UPDATED)
P R Acharya in the office of CAG has been selected for the post of Director (Corporate Planning), Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) at the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 24, 2012.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked civil servants to take bold decisions, assuring them that there would be no witch-hunting in the name of fighting corruption. How far it is possible ?

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Mahajan is Director in HPCL
Former CMD Canara Bank A C Mahajan has been appointed part-time non-official Director in the HPCL.

Dharmakrishnan designated as CEO of Madras Cements
A V Dharmakrishnan has been designated as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Madras Cements

Narayanan resigns from Shriram Asset Management Company
R Narayanan has resigned as director of Shriram Asset Management Company.

Singhania appointed as CFO of NESCO
Dipesh R Singhania has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Compliance Officer of NESCO

Singhel appointed as MD and CEO of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Tapan Singhel appointed as new MD & CEO Bajaj Allianz General Insurance.

Pratap resigns as independent director of Organic Coatings
S. C. Pratap has resigned as independent director of Organic Coatings.

Kurre appointed as independent director of Trans Medicare
Mahender Kurre appointed as an independent director of Trans Medicare.

Joshi appointed as director of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
Jashvantrai B Joshi has been appointed as director of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.

Dani resigns as director of Hitech Plast
Hasit A Dani has resigned as director of Hitech Plast.

Suntook ceases to be non-executive director of Trent
K.N. Suntook has ceased to be a director of non-executive director of Trent.

Asher appointed alternate director of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
Sanjay Asher has been appointed as an alternate director of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals.

Attal appointed as additional director of Ramgopal Polytex
Harinarayan Attal has been appointed as additional director of Ramgopal Polytex.

Lihala resigns as director of Ramgopal Polytex
Ayushya Vardhan Lihala has resigned as director of Ramgopal Polytex.

Pushp joins as Senior PRO at AEPC
Sameer Pushp has joined as Senior Public Relations Officer at Apparel Export promotion Organisation (AEPC) .

Rajinder Gupta appointed Chairman, Trident Ltd
The Board of Trident Ltd has approved the appointment of Rajinder Gupta as Chairman of the company in a Non- executive capacity w.e.f. April 23, 2012.

Abhishek Gupta appointed MD, Trident Ltd
Trident Ltd, has appointed Abhishek Gupta as Managing Director of the company for a period of three years.

Vellayan ceases to be Shareholder Director, Indian Overseas Bank
A. Vellayan has ceased to be Shareholder Director of Indian Overseas Bank w.e.f. March 30, 2012.

Kamat appointed CFO, Persistent Systems Ltd
Persistent Systems Limited has appointed Rohit Kamat as the Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. April 23, 2012.

Ghonasgi resigns as CFO, Persistent Systems Ltd
Rajesh Ghonasgi has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Persistent Systems Ltd due to personal reasons.

Narayanan resigns as Director, Shriram Asset Management Company Ltd
R. Narayanan, Director of Shriram Asset Management Company Ltd has resigned from the company's Board of Directors on health grounds.

Sankaran resigns as Director, Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd
R Sankaran, Director, Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company on health grounds.

Singhania appointed CFO, NESCO Ltd
NESCO Ltd has appointed Dipesh R. Singhania as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. April 12, 2012

Nair appointed Independent Director, Binani Cement Ltd
Binani Cement Ltd has appointed T. R. C. Nair as Independent Director of the company.

Chattopadhyaya resigns as Director, Binani Cement Ltd
M. K. Chattopadhyaya has resigned as Director of Binani Cement Ltd with immediate effect .

Rao appointed as representative on the Board of Reliance Power Ltd
S. L. Rao has been appointed to the Board of Reliance Power Ltd as a representative of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.

Gautam resigns as MD, Swadeshi Industries & Leasing Ltd
S. C. Gautam , Managing Director of Swadeshi Industries & Leasing Ltd has resigned from the company.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Swadeshi Industries & Leasing Ltd
Rajnikant N. Shah and S. K. Agrawal have resigned as directors from the Board of Swadeshi Industries & Leasing Ltd.

Jalan re-designated as CEO, Reliance Infrastructure Ltd
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has re-designated Lalit Jalan as Chief Executive Officer from his current post of Whole-time Director of the company.

News on promotion of Indian Railway Service

Please publish latest news on promotion of Indian Railway Service of engineers,1989 exam batch to SAG. 10 officers have already been promoted and remaining officers are slated for promotion.

An officer

Why criticize?

I disown the comments published under my name on Civil Services Day. My name is also misspelt. The comments of M L Gupta posted on same subject are confusing. After several readings, I could not catch the message. Let your editors do their job properly before publishing views

A Shrivastava

Should the apex offices of India (like PMO) provide information related to all the government departments?

The appellant filed the RTI application to the PMO seeking details of the various schemes being run by different ministries of the Government of India. The Public Information Officer (PIO) informed the appellant to seek the desired information from the respective nodal Ministry. The appellant argued that the PIO should have transferred the application to the respective nodal Ministry as per the provisions of section 6 (3) of the RTI Act, instead of advising him to approach those Ministries. The Central Information Commission (CIC) rejected the appeal observing that the implication of the provision of section 6(3) of the RTI Act is that an RTI application should be transferred to another public authority, in full or in part, only if the information seeker is unaware of where to seek information from and has, therefore, approached a particular PIO. As the appellant had himself listed the names of the Ministries in his RTI application which indicates that he was clearly aware of where the information was held, he should have approached those individual Ministries directly instead of going through the circuitous route of approaching the PMO. The Commission further stated that the appellant's expectation that the PMO should have transferred his application to half a dozen other Ministries is clearly misplaced and is nothing but misuse of his right to get information.

Comments

It is frequently seen that the head office of an organisation is forwarding the RTI application to its branch offices all over India just to aid the compilation of information for the benefit of the applicant which is not mandated under the RTI Act.

Citation: Shri Sanjeev Kumar Aggarwal v. Prime Minister's Office in File No. CIC/SM/A/2011/000893 & 2368

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)