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Is Ms.Sonia Gandhi seriously ill?
It is heard that there is a serious ploy by an opposition party to spread the canard against Ms. Sonia Gandhi's illness. Stories ranging from serious illness to how many months left to the future of successors are being drum beat to drive away the voters and make them realize that there are not too many alternatives. If she was really seriously ill then she would not have taken as many exertions say insiders who are fed up of clarifying about the health of the boss. Similar tales were spread when Vajpayee was in power and his physical inability was the talk of most cocktail circuit, say political watchers. This time round similar stories are being placed in the media.

This is official - thy name is Air India
The Air India has suffered loses to the tune of Rs 7,853 crore in financial year 2011-12 and according to the provisional estimates for the financial year 2011-12 the company is likely to incur a loss of Rs 7, 853 crore.

Major reshuffle in Tata Group likely
A major reshuffle is likely to take place in the Tata Group of Companies very soon.

Differences between Kapil Sibal and Sachin Pilot
A tussle is going on between the Union HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal and Member of Parliament, Sachin Pilot on the issue of a proposal of setting up of an ITI which was proposed to be established by C.P. Joshi and Kapil Sibal at some other place not agreeable/acceptable to Sachin Pilot.

1978 batch IAS officer to be new Secretary Commerce
Now this is almost certain that the new Secretary Commerce in the Government of India will be from 1978 batch IAS.

Who will be new Secretary Commerce?
In case 1978 batch IAS officer is appointed Secretary Commerce who will make it? It is widely believed that Principal Secretary to the PM and the Cabinet Secretary are in favour of a UP cadre IAS officer for this post but the Minister Anand Sharma is opposed to this name.

Orders of Ashok Thakur in a day or two
Official orders of the appointment of Ashok Thakur as Secretary, Tribal Affairs in the Government of India are expected to be issued in a day or two. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

GMs postings in Railways delayed further
Postings of three new General Managers (GMs) in Railway Ministry have been delayed further owing to a query from Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth to Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) that as to why senior incumbents had been left out & why no name was mooted for GM North Frontier Railway (NFR) -Construction? Proposals that are awaiting clearance are: V.K. Gupta GM Northern Railway (NR), Alok Jauhri GM North Central Railway & H S Virdi GM North Frontier Railway (NFR).

Vijay Bhushan Pathak to be Joint Secretary, DoNER
Vijay Bhushan Pathak is going to be new Joint Secretary in Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). Presently he is Delhi based Joint Secretary in Department of Atomic Energy's (DEA's) branch Secretariat. He is a Sikkim cadre IAS officer of 1990 batch.

No takers for Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy
As the grapevine has it, there has been a delay in finalizing name of new incumbent for the post of Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy in Government of India (GoI). The post has been lying vacant ever since premature return of Ms. Revathy Iyer took place. There are no takers for this post. It is a Mumbai based posting.

IAS to be Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy
The Department of Atomic Energy (DEA) in Government of India (GoI) is scouting for an IAS officer for the Mumbai based post of Joint Secretary. The incumbent should have a science background.

V R Sadasivam's extension on the anvil in DEA
As the grapevine has it, V R Sadasivam, Joint Secretary with the Department of Atomic Energy (DEA) in Government of India (GoI) is poised to get an extension in his deputation term that is going to end by June 2012.He is an IDAS officer of 1980 batch.

Ms. T Y Das is Joint Secretary, DONER
Ms. T.Y Das has joined as Joint Secretary (North East Region), Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in Government of India (GoI) in place of P.K. Patnaik. She is an IAS officer of 1982 batch, who belongs to Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

G P Kundargi selected as CMD, MOIL Ltd
G P Kundargi, Director (P&P), MOIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, MOIL Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 26, 2012. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

K Madhavan Nair to be Ombudsman in Kochi
As the grapevine has it, K Madhavan Nair, a Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is poised to be the Kochi based Ombudsman.

V Nagi Reddy tipped to be CMD of SCCL in Andhra Pradesh
As the grapevine has it, V Nagi Reddy is tipped to be new Chairman-cum-Managing-Director (CMD) of "Singareni Collieries Company Limited" (SCCL) of Andhra Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Nitin Kareer to be Secretary, Urban Development in Maharashtra?
Nitin Kareer is expected to take over as Secretary Urban Development in Maharashtra. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

Three in fray for CBDT's Member (P and V)
As the grapevine has it, three Members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) are in fray for the slot of Member Personnel and Vigilance (P and V).They are Ms.Sudha Sharma, S S Rana and K Madhavan Nair.

Sharma promoted in GoI
Ram Sewak Sharma, Director General and Mission Director, Unique Identification Authority of India, 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.

Sudhir Mittal gets in-situ promotion
Sudhir Mittal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Srivastava promoted in GoI
Bipin Bihari Srivastava, Additional Secretary, Central Information Commission, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary, Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Desiraju gets Secretary rank in GoI
K N Desiraju, Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, has been promoted in-situ as Special Secretary, Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Uttarakhand cadre.

Major IPS reshuffle in UT
About 29 IPS officers of AGMU cadre are likely to be transferred in a major reshuffle in a day or two.

Sanjog Kapoor is First Secy., ITOU; Tokyo
Sanjog Kapoor has been posted as First Secretary, Income Tax Overseas Unit (ITOU), Embassy of India, Tokyo, Japan. He is an IRS-IT officer of 1999 batch.

Anita Kaul gets two months extension
Ms. Anita Kaul, Additional Secretary, School Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India has got 2 months extension in her central deputation tenure. She is a Karnataka cadre IAS officer of 1979 batch.

Kaushik is now Director (Finance) SPMCIL
Anil Kaushik, Executive Director, HUDCO has been appointed as Director (Finance) in Security, Printing and Minting Corporation Limited (SPMCIL).

Whispers was discussed in PIB Workshop
Whispersinthecorridors.com was discussed in the Workshop of PIB Officers on Social Media held in Delhi last week.

Sakleshpur to move Accra
Satish G Sakleshpur, Second Secretary in Moscow, will succeed R C Gautam in Accra. Gautam is superannuating in June.

Lakshman Gugulotha doing a good job as CEO, SME Exchange
Usually police officers are considered for deployment in controlling the police force. However, Lakshman Gugulotha, CEO, SME Exchange is doing a very good work.Kerala Government really deserves a lot of appreciation because despite facing a crunch of officers, has spared him. Gugulotha is Kerala cadre IPS officer of 1997 batch.

Proposal for extension of WCL's CMD D C Garg mooted
A proposal for extending five year tenure of Dinesh Chandra Garg Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) has been mooted. It is going to end on April 30, 2012.However, he is yet to attain the age of superannuation. Clearance of the proposal hinges on vigilance clearance.

Proposal for extension of Mohandas Director (Personnel) in CIL mooted
A proposal for extending five year tenure of Mohandas Director (Personnel) in Coal India Ltd (CIL) has been mooted. It is going to end on May 31, 2012. However, he is yet to attain the age of superannuation.

Bidhu Shekhar to be inducted
Bidhu Shekhar (AD) is likely to be inducted Hard-Core Officer as Assistant Director (AD) in Intelligence Bureau, Government of India. He is a Nagaland cadre IPS officer of 1999 batch.

Rajendra Prakash to be Ombudsman
The ACC has cleared the appointment of rajendra Prakash as Ombudsman Customs and Central Excise at Lucknow.

Three promotions in Navy likely
Rear Admiral M T moraes,Rear Admiral B K Verma and Rear Admiral Girish Luthra are being promoted in the Indian Navy.

DoPT invites applications for Secy., Grih Kalyan Kendra
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications from Deputy Secretaries and Under Secretaries level officers for the post of Secretary in Grih Kalyan Kendra functioning under this department. The willing officers can send their applications to this department before May 14, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Prod.), Instrumentation Ltd
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Production), Instrumentation Limited. The interested candidates can send their applications to PESB before June 25, 2012.

Lady IFS to be CCF Lucknow
A lady IFS officer is likely to soon take over as the next Conservator of Forests Lucknow.

Will PESB be transferred from DoPT to DPE?
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is likely to be transferred from the department of personnel and training (DoPT) to the department of public enterprises (DPE).This is the recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Heavy Industries.

Names of three IAS officers recommended
The Delhi Government has recommended names of three IAS officers Mssrs Manish Gupta, Janak Diggal and PK Gupta for the posting as Commissioner in three Delhi Municipal Corporations.

Gupta to be Commissioner MCD South Zone
P.K. Gupta is likely to be appointed as Commissioner, MCD, South Zone. He is an AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1989 batch.

Diggal to be Commissioner MCD North Zone
Janak Diggal, is likely to be appointed as Commissioner, MCD, North Zone. He is an AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1985 batch.

Manish Gupta to be Commissioner MCD East Zone
Manish Gupta is likely to be appointed as Commissioner, MCD, East Zone. He is an AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1991 batch.

Dr. Bhupendra Singh gets addl. charge of Sardar Patel Police & Security University
Dr. Bhupendra Singh, ADGP-cum-Director, Rajasthan Police Academy, has been assigned an additional charge of Sardar Patel Police and Security University, Jodhpur. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of this State cadre.

R Sudalaikannan is MD, TNRDC in TN
R Sudalaikannan, on return from leave, has been appointed as Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Limited (TNRDC) in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Two books authored by IAS officer Dr. Bhalla to be released on Apr 27
Two books titled 'Sustainable Tourism Development of Nagaland' and 'Tourism Potential of North-East' authored by Dr. D Bhalla, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Consumers Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India, are being released at Delhi on April 27. Union Minister for Tourism Subodh Kant Sahai will release the same. Dr. Bhalla is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

IAS postings in J & K
Jammu Divisional Commissioner Dr Pawan Kotwal will be Commissioner Secretary, Transport Department. Pradeep Gupta will be new Divisional Commissioner, Jammu.

Over 80 IPS officers transferred in J&K (UPDATED)
As many as 80 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu and Kashmir. Accordingly, Sheikh Owais Ahmad has been posted as IGP, Technical Services while Hemant Kumar Lohia is transferred as Director, SSG, J&K and Abdul Ghani Mir on his promotion is now as IGP, Crime, J&K. Mohammad Sulaiman Salaria is posted as IGP (Personnel), PHQ; Sunil Kumar Sharma on promotion as IGP, Security, J&K; Farooq Khan on promotion as Director, SKPA, Udhampur; Dr. Kamal Kumar Saini on promotion as IGP, Training/CIV, PHQ. Prithvi Raj Manhas on promotion as IGP/ Commissioner, Civil Military Liaison, Home Department; Yoginder Kaul on promotion as IGP, HG/CD, J&K. Alok Puri on promotion is posted as Managing Director, Jammu and Kashmir Police Housing Corporation; Muneer Ahmad Khan, on promotion as IGP, Traffic, J&K; Abdul Qayoom Manhas on promotion as IGP, J&K State Human Rights Commission; Rajesh Kumar posted as DIG, NKR, Baramulla; Tsering Punchok as DIG, IR, Jammu; Manish Kishore Sinha as DIG, Rajouri-Poonch Range; Shafqat Ali Watali as DIG, Traffic, Kashmir; J P Singh as DIG, Jammu-Kathua Range; Garib Dass as DIG, Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban Range; Vijay Kumar as DIG, SKR, Anantnag; Kasturi Lal Bhagat as DIG, Crime, J&K; Surrinder Kumar Gupta as DIG, CID, Jammu; Rajinder Prasad Rasotra on promotion as DIG, Administration, PHQ; Parminder Singh on promotion as Joint Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Police Academy, Udhampur; Showkat Ahmad Malik on promotion as DIG, State Vigilance Organization; Syed Ahafadul Mujtaba on promotion as DIG, CKR, Srinagar; Abdul Hamid on promotion as DIG, IR, Kashmir; Mushtaq Mohammad Sadiq on promotion as DIG, Security, J&K; Shakeel Ahmad Beigh on promotion as DIG, CIV, PHQ; Anand Jain posted as SSP, Baramulla; Bashir Ahmad Itoo as SSP, Railways, Kashmir; Ashkoor Ahmad Wani as SSP, Udhampur; Jagdish Lal Sharma as SSP, CID, SB, Jammu; Basant Kumar Rath as Commandant IRP 3rd Bn; Vidhi Kumar Birdi as SP, SSG; Atul Kumar Goel posted as SP, Kathua; Sujit Kumar posted as SP, Traffic Rural, Jammu; Ms. Neeva Jain on promotion is posted as Addl. SP, Ganderbal; Mrs. Ajeetha Begum Sulthan on promotion as Addl. SP, Ramban; Tejinder Singh as Addl. SP, Kupwara; Abdul Jabbar as Addl. SP, Kulgam; Mansoor Ahmad Untoo as SSP, CID Hqrs; Raghubir Singh as SSP, Reasi; Rattan Chand Manotra as Commandant IR-1st Bn; Suresh Kumar Sharma as SO to IGP, Railways, J&K; Jang Bahadur Singh as SO to IGP, Armed/IRP, Jammu; Ghulam Hassan Shah as Commandant IRP-18th Bn; Ghulam Rasool Dar as Commandant IR-16th Bn; Ashok Kumar Sharma as SO to ADGP Armed/Law & Order; Thakur Dass Saini as Commandant JKAP-14 Bn; Dr. Mohammad Haseeb Mughal is posted as SP, CID (SB), Kashmir; Ramesh Kumar Bhat as Principal, PTS, Kathua; Vikas Gupta posted as Divisional Commandant, Home Guards, Jammu; Abdul Qayoom as SP, Hazratbal; Mrs. Nisha Nathyal as Commandant, IR-15th Bn; Maqsood-ul-Zaman as SP, Security, Civil Secretariat, J&K vice; Shiv Kumar Sharma as SP, Railways, Jammu; Mrs. Anita Sharma as Addl. SP, Crime, Jammu; Mohammad Shafi Mir as SP, Kulgam; Dr. Koushal Kumar as Addl. SP, Samba; Parshotam Kumar Sharma as Addl. SP, Nowshera; Baker Hussain Samoon as Principal, PTS, Manigam; Ranjit Singh Samyal as AIG, Welfare, PHQ; Sanjeev Kumar Khajuria as Principal, CTC, Lethpora; Sanjay Kumar as Commandant, JKAP-6th Bn; Mohammad Arshad as SP, Kupwara; Tahir Sajad Bhat as SP, East Srinagar; Randeep Kumar as Commandant IR-20th Bn; Fayaz Ahmad Lone as Commandant, JKAP-11th Bn; Abdul Wahid Shah as SP, Awantipora; Javid Hassan Bhat as Addl. SP, Pulwama; Benam Tosh as Addl. SP, Udhampur; Showkat Hussain Shah as Addl. SP, CID SB, Kashmir; Shamsheer Hussain as SP, Poonch; Mohammad Shabir as Principal, STC, Talwara; Stenzin Nurbo as SO to DIG, Jammu-Kathua Range; Manzoor Ahmad Dalal as SP, Traffic (Rural) Kashmir; Showkat Iqbal as SP, State Human Right Commission; Abdul Qayoom Sofi as SP, Enforcement; Farooq Ahmad Hakeem as SO to IGP, Kashmir; Punchok Sonam as Addl. SP, Leh and Sheikh Zulfikar Azad has been posted as I/C SP, PC, Srinagar.

IAS postings in Manipur
Dr J Suresh Babu has been appointed Principal Secretary Home. Dr Rajesh Kumar will be IFCD Commissioner. Ning-thoujam Geoffrey will now be Joint Secretary Home and Modak Hri-sheekesh Arvind as Joint Secretary DP.

IPS postings in Manipur
V Zathang will again be ADGP (Int) and IG (Prisons). PM Goud will be ADGP (AP/Trg) and ADGP (HG). LM Khoute has been made ADGP (Law and Order) and K Jayenta Singh as Imphal West SP. H Thanghaulien Gangte has been made Churachandpur SP and Kamei Angam Romanus Imphal East SP. K Jayenta has been moved as the SP of Imphal West while K Jhalajit has been transferred as the SP of Thoubal police.

Balwinder Kumar to be Additional Secretary, Agriculture (UPADTED)
Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Balwinder Kumar is being appointed Additional Secretary, Agriculture. He belongs to 1981 batch.


Shashi Shekhar to be Additional Secretary, Revenue (UPDATED)
Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer Shashi Shekhar is being appointed Additional Secretary, Revenue. He belongs to 1981 batch.

117 officers of IIS transferred after promotion (UPDATED)
As many as 117 officers of Indian Information Service (IIS) have been promoted to the junior grade of IIS Group 'A' and posted at different places in the country. Accordingly, Vijay Kumar Joshi has been posted as APRO, DPR, New Delhi while Ms. Nitima Shivcharan is AD, DPD, New Delhi and Ms. Yasmeen Farooqui being appointed as AD (M&C), PIB, New Delhi after promotion. Similarly, Rajinder Paul has been posted as AD (M&C), PIB, New Delhi. Nitin Kelkar as AD, DFP, Aurangabad; Idris Ahmed Khan as AD (News), DDK, Lucknow;Shivaram Pailoor as AD (News), DDK, Bangalore; Sanjit Kumar Khajria as AD (News), AIR, Srinagar;Vinay Raj Tiwari as AD (News), DDK, Aizwal; Manzer Neyaz as AD (News), DDK, Jammu; Ramani Kant Sarma as AD (News), DDK, Kohima; V M Ahmed as AD, DPD, Thiruvananthpuram; M Ravi Kumar as AD, DAVP, Chennai; Sukhendu Das as AD (News), DDK, Imphal; Ms. Dipannita Dhar as AD (DAVP), Guwahati; Ms. Saraswati S Kuwalekar as AD (News), AIR, Nagpur; Madhu R Shekhar as AD (News), AIR, Bangalore; Raghwesh Pandey as AD (News), DDK, Raipur; Manish Singhal as AD (News), Air, Gangtok; Ms. Chitra Gupta as AD (M&C), PIB, Guwahati; Ms. B S Meenakashi as AD, DPD, Bangalore; G R Chippalkatti as AD (News), Air, Panaji; dinesh Kumar as AD (News), DDK, Lucknow; N C Jayal as AD (News), DDK, New Delhi; J K Panchal as AD (News), DDK, Ahmedabad; D R Ganvir as AD (M&C), PIB, Bhopal; S N Mishra as AD (M&C), PIB, Patna; Hasan Zia as AD, DAVP, Bhopal; G S Babu as AD (M&C),PIB, Panaji; Srikant as AD (News), Lucknow; Pushpawant as AD (News), DDK, Patna; Faizanul Haque as AD (News), DDK, Lucknow; Sanjay Kumar as AD (News), DDK, Hissar; K Parameshwaram as AD (M&C), PIB, Madurai; S U Arivakar as APRO, DPR (Def), Pune; Sant Bahadur as AD (News), AIR, Shimla; S M Dabir as AD (News), DDK, Mumbai; Partha Ghosh as AD, EMMC, New Delhi; Vijay Singh as APRO, DPR, Lucknow; Ms. Roma Chatterjee as AD (News), DDK, Kolkata; Shah Wasif Imam as AD, DFP, Gaya; Sabu Kurian John as AD (News), Air, Puducheri; M A Alam as AD (News), DDK Patna; Simon Joseph as AD, DAVP, Bangalore; JG Patadia as AD (News), NSD, AIR, New Delhi; S Mohd Nieyar Rizvi as AD (M&C), PIB, Kolkata; Rakesh Kumar as AD (News), AIR, Patna; S P Mandal as AD (News), Air, Dibrugarh; S S Dhada as AD (M&C), PIB, Bhubaneshwar; Tara Singh as AD (M&C), PIB, Shimla; Anil Kumar Mehay as AD (News), DDK, Jalandhar; V M Vanol as ADm DPD, New Delhi; Vedpal as AD (News), DDK, Chandigarh; Padam Singh as AD, DFP, Bareilly; K Sudhakar Rao as AD (News), DDK Hyderabad; Shahid Anwar as AD, DFP, Indore; Abdul Hamid as AD, DAVP, Guwahati; J S Bindra as AD (News), Air, Dehradun; Ms. Shyamala Mani Iyer as AD, DAVP, Chandigarh; G K Mohapatra AD (News), DDK, Bhubaneshwar; Sudhir Kumar Pandey as AD (M&C), PIB, Lucknow;Ms Pranati Mohanty as AD, (RR &TD), New Delhi; Ms Anatra Ghosh as AD, EMMC, New Delhi; Jai Prakash Dhiman as AD (News), Air, Bhopal; Khurshid Ahemdad Malick as AD, (M&C), PIB, New Delhi; Ms. Sarita Mayur Dalal as AD (M&C), PIB, Rajkot; Girish Chandra Dash as AD (News), Air, Cuttack; M V Krishna Prasad as AD, DPD, New Delhi; Anil Gaur as AD, DFP, Chandigarh; Rajib Lochan Borthakar as AD (News), DDK, Kolkata; Praveen Kavi AD (News), Air, Lucknow; Subhashree Mohapatra as AD, DPD, New Delhi; B L Meena as AD (News), DDK, Jaipur; V Balakrishna as AD (News), Air, Sambalpur; Narsingh Ram as AD, DFP, Gorakhpur; Ghulam Abbas as AD (M&C), PIB, Srinagar; Ms. H C Vijaya Kumari as AD, DPD, New Delhi; Ms. A Surekha as AD (News), Air, Vijayawada; A Engaovan as AD, DPD, Chennai; T B Najundaswamay as AD, DAVP, Mumbai; R R Sarvaiya as AD (News), Air, Bhuj; Hakam Singh as APRO, DPR (Def), New Delhi; K P Rajeevan as AD, DFP, Mangalore; SM Patole as AD (M&C), PIB, Ahmeadabad; Uttam Kumar Biswas as AD, DPD, Kolkata; Nana Sevakram Meshram as AD, DFP, Surat; Ratnakar Pamula as AD (M&C), PIB, Hyderabad; Ramkhiladi Meena as AD (News), NSD, Air, New Delhi; Hari Lal as AD (M&C), PIB, Varanasi; I Vijayan as AD (News), Thruchirappalli; Anand Prakash Soni as AD (M&C), PIB, Kanpur; Anubhava Bairawa as AD (News), DDK, Mumbai; D Pandurangapa as AD (News), Air, Coimbatore; G D Hallikeri as AD (News), NSD, Air, New Delhi; Rattan Lal Negi as AD, DFP, Jalandhar; Ms Kamla Verma as AD (News), NSD,Air, New Delhi; Pritam Singh as AD (M&C), PIB, Srinagar and Nampibou Marinmai was posted as AD, DFP, Guwahati. Besides, Ms. Devi Padmnabhan as Corresppondent, Air, Tiruchirappali; V R Shukla as NE, AIR< Raipur; Samir Verma as EPO, DFP< Mandla; Shishu Kumar Sharma as FEO, DAVP, Shimla; Ajay Kumar as EPO, DFP Chhapra, Ms. K Y Jayanti as NE, DDK, Bangalore; L C Ponnumon as M & CO, PIB, Kochi; Ms. Sudha Nampoorthi as EPO, DFP, Kottayam; paritosh Dixit as EPO, DFP, Rewa. Shariq Noor as NE, Air, Indore; Tapan Kumar Maharana as EPO, DFP, Samabalpur; S D Vyas as AD (News), DDK, Ahmedabad; Ashok Pathak as AD (News), Air, Ahmedabad; M D Shikhamani as NE, DDK, Hyderabad; M S Yadav as NE, AIR, Lucknow; Sunil Kumar Shukla as AD (News), Air, Allahabad; Sanjay Pratap Singh as EPO, DFP, Allahabad; Meerajuddin as Correspondent, AIR, Lucknow and Ms. Superna Bhatia as Assistnat Editor, Administrative Reforms & PG.

NACEN to hold post budget seminar 2012-13 on Apr 28 (UPDATED)
The National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), Faridabad is organizing a 'Post Budget Seminar 2012-13' for the Departmental officers across the country to discuss the budgetary changes made in Union Budget 2012 in respect of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax on April 28, 2012 at 10.00 AM. S K Goel, Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs and the Member (Budget), CBEC will address the Seminar. The other Members (CBEC) shall also grace the occasion. Power point presentations will also be made by the Joint Secretary (TRU-I) and the Joint Secretary (TRU-II). The Seminar is aimed at deliberating on the issues faced by field officers at the implementation level and also to clarify the doubts that might have arisen post Budget 2012-13.

Ajit Srivastava is back to Delhi (UPDATED)
Ajit Srivastava is back to Delhi from Arunachal Pradesh as Special Commissioner T &T. He is 1996 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. He has replaced Rajesh Somall who has moved to Arunachal Pradesh.

Saxena and Mishra relieved for Arunachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
Two UT cadre IAS officers Sanjay Kumar Saxena and R K Mishra have been relieved for Arunachal Pradesh.

IRS officer quits service (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Manoj Kumar presently working as Deputy Commissioner, Income Tax (HQ) to CCIT-X, Mumbai, has resigned from the service.

Deputation tenure of IRS officer Tarun Kumar extended (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Tarun Kumar as Joint Secretary in the Central Information Commission, has been extended for two years.

Seminar on 'challenges in Tax Policy' at NADT, Nagpur on May 7 (UPDATED)
A seminar on 'Challenges in Tax Policy' at National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur is being held from May 7 to 9, 2012. Nominations of IRS officers have been sought for participation.

Manoj Kumar relieved for Mizoram (UPDATED)
IAS officer Manoj Kumar has been relieved to join the Mizoram Government.

Aakash Mahapatra relieved for Mizoram (UPDATED)
IAS officer Aakash Mahapatra has been relieved to join the Mizoram Government.

Alok Swaroop relieved for Mizoram (UPDATED)
IAS officer Alok Swaroop has been relieved to join the Mizoram Government.

Ashutosh Kumar relieved for Mizoram (UPDATED)
IAS officer Ashutosh Kumar has been relieved to join the Mizoram Government.

IRS officer Ms. Inoshi Sharma deputed under NRHM, Haryana (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Ms. Inoshi Sharma, Joint Commissioner Income Tax (OSD), International Taxation, Chandigarh, has been deputed under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Haryana for two years.

IRS officer Nilimesh Baruah deputed as Director, SFIO (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Nilimesh Baruah, has been appointed as Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on deputation basis for five years.

IRS officer Mathew deputed as Advisor, TRAI (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Sibichen K Mathew has been deputed as Advisor in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) at the regional office of Bangalore for a period of two years.

Alok Gupta is also Divisional Commissioner, Bikaner in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Alok Gupta, Commissioner, CAD, Bikaner, has been assigned an additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Bikaner in Rajasthan. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

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Sreekumar takes over as MD, HMT-MT

M D Sreekumar, Director (Tech & Oper), HLL has taken over as Managing Director, HMT Machine Tools Limited (HMT-MT) at Bangalore on April 26, 2012. Notably, he could not assume the charge on April 16, 2012, due to some technical reasons.

HUDCO celebrates 42nd Annual Day
Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture, Kumari Selja appreciated the mandate of Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) for Social Housing and its contribution to various Flagship programmes initiated by the Ministry such as JNNURM and Rajiv Awas Yojana. Addressing HUDCO's 42nd Foundation Day celebrations opn Wednesday, Ms. Selja also emphasized the need to further strengthen the the Corporation's contribution in Social Housing and inclusive growth of cities towards achieving the goal of slum free cities. The Secretary, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, A K Misra, stressed upon HUDCO's role of a market leader in Housing Sector and lauded its unique contribution in not only extending loan facility but also technical assistance to Borrowing Agencies in Housing and Infrastructure field. He, however, emphasized the need to broaden the technical capacity of HUDCO to benefit its borrowing agencies. Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of HUDCO, V P Baligar, said that the Corporation has achieved the highest ever Sanctions of Rs.20,511 crore and Releases of Rs. 6905 crore for the year 2011 - 2012 with highest ever expected profitability of above Rs. 935 crore. HUDCO, in the housing sector, financed 4.22 lakh units with Sanctions of Rs. 6307 crore and Releases of Rs. 1918 crore.

BHEL Northern Region's Power Sector contributes 1,472 MW in 2011-12
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the company's Power Sector - Northern Region (PS-NR) construction division contributed 1,472 MW out of the 8,410 MW of capacity addition in financial year2011-12. PSNR commissioned 2 units of 11 MW each for NHPC in Chutak at Kargil under adverse climatic conditions, bringing hope to the lives of people in remote areas of Ladakh. PS-NR also successfully commissioned lignite fired boilers (2x125 MW) based on Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion technology for Barsingsar power plant of NLC, near Bikaner. In addition, the division installed and commissioned a captive power plant on EPC basis for Guru Gobind Singh Refinery, a state-of-the-art mega project of HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL). Despite heavy flooding of the power plant, constraints of tunnel operations and difficult access to the site, two units (2x100 MW) of Koteshwar hydro power plant of THDC were commissioned during the year as was an international hydro project (1X62.5 MW) at Bihai, Taiwan.

Vaid appointed Addl. Director, Indusind Bank Ltd
Indusind Bank Limited has appointed R.S. Sharma Vaid as Additional Director of the Bank.

Subbiah resigns as Director, Axis Bank Ltd
M.V. Subbiah has resigned as a Director of Axis Bank Ltd.

Soni appointed Director, IDBI Bank Ltd
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has appointed Sunil Soni, Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services as Government Director on the Board of Directors of IDBI Bank Ltd. w.e.f. April 25, 2012.

Sastry no longer IDBI Nominee on BSTrannscomm Ltd Board
S. S. Sastry who was Nominee Director of IDBl Bank Limited on the Board of BS Trannscomm Ltd has been withdrawn by the bank w.e.f. April 20, 2012.

Nathan appointed CEO, Trigyn Technologies Ltd
Valmeeka Nathan has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Trigyn Technologies Ltd w.e.f. April 25, 2012.

Gupta given interim charge as CFO, Educomp Solutions Ltd
Ashish Gupta, Senior Vice President (Finance), Educomp Solutions Ltd has been asked to assume interim responsibility as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Gulati resigns as CFO, Educomp Solutions Ltd
Ms. Sangeetha Gulati has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Educomp Solutions Ltd.

Saatci resigns as Non Exec. Director, Strides Arcolab Ltd
Virtanes Saatci , Non Executive Director on the Board of Strides Arcolab Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. April 26, 2012.

Two FMC nominee directors cease to be on Board of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Prof. K. T. Chacko and Prof. Ashima Goyal have ceased to be Independent Nominee Directors of Forward Markets Commission on the Board of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

Nanda resigns as Director, Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd
R S Nanda has resigned as Director of Nagarjuna Agrichem Ltd.

Paul Marks appointed Product Development Director at Castell
Paul Marks has been appointed as its new Product Development Director by Castell Safety International Ltd. He was director and general manager, Europe, at SMAC Corporation.

Pawan Nahar joins Religare from CLSA
Religare Capital Markets Limited (RCML) has appointed Pawan Nahar as Director- Institutional Sales. RCML is the Investment Banking and Institutional Equities arm of financial services group Religare Enterprises Limited (REL).

Saatchi & Saatchi appoints Karkhani as Creative Head, Mumbai
Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Ashutosh Karkhanis as Executive Creative Director He will head the creative team in Mumbai.

AdzEdge appoints Arnab Ganguly as Associate Vice-President
AdzEdge has appointed Arnab Ganguly as Associate Vice-President. Ganguly, who was working with Converge Communications as General Manager, South, East and North, will oversee the company's business interests for the entire Southern region. AdzEdge is a division of Outdoor Advertising Professionals (OAP)

Nathan appointed as CEO of Trigyn Technologies
Valmeeka Nathan has been appointed as the CEO of Trigyn Technologies.

Nanda resigns as director of Nagarjuna Agrichem
R S Nanda has resigned as director of Nagarjuna Agrichem

Bajaj appointed as director of Mayur Uniquoters
B.L. Bajaj has been appointed as the director of Mayur Uniquoters

Roongta resigns as director of Mayur Uniquoters
Ratan Kumar Roongta has resigned as director of Mayur Uniquoters

How this will be ensured by PM ? Bold decisions are taken by officers on the directions of Ministers and later on Officers caught on files noting. Let Ministers give written directions in files to Officers, than only Officers can take bold decisions.

Arjun

DEBATE (2)

Couldn't agree more, the PM has become laughing stock, the bureaucrats who have been bold enough to take firm decisions and given outcomes have been harassed on behest of media. Where was PM then who lacked
leadership quality to understand what is right and wrong. The country is reaching new low day by day

Jaggu

Kudos to judiciary in Pakistan!

Kudos to Pakistani judiciary, they have punished inaction. Not taking action against corruption despite of knowing it is a crime. Inaction to punish the criminal/ corrupt is equally a crime.

1. Our PM boasts of honesty but takes no action against corrupt for once this facade of honesty should be removed and he should be called criminal for not acting against corrupt.

2. Our Ex-PM (on whose name we have roads, universities, airports, awards named after him, several projects, and what not) effectively protected (took no action) Quattarochhi for once he should be called criminal. He may be clean but he didn't allow CBI to take action against Quattrochi.

Whether Indian judiciary have guts to call spade a spade?

Prashanth

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)