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Who will be the new BJP President?
The news coming out of recent RSS brainstorming is that Narendra Modi could be the likely BJP President.

BUREAUCRACY

Rawat takes over as Secretary, Public Enterprises
O P Rawat has taken over as Secretary Public Enterprises in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on March 31)

No bifurcation of Assam-Meghalaya cadre
The Government of India has rejected the demand of bifurcation of Assam-Meghalaya cadre on the lines of the split of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Living ICS doing well
Govind Narain was not the last ICS officer V K Rao ICS AP is still alive and doing well.

87 posts of Permanent Judges vacant in 21 High Courts
As many as 87 posts of Permanent Judges have been lying vacant in all 21 High Courts of India.

IAS officer is back to Sikkim
K.Sreenivasulu who was on inter-cadre deputation to Chhattisgarh is back to the parent Sikkim cadre. On return 1994 batch IAS officer Sreenivasulu has been posted as Managing Director, Government ,Fruit Preservation Factory,Singtam,on deputation.

Bhatnagar gets three months extension
Joint Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare in the Government of India R P Bhatnagar has been given three months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sunil Krishna to retire
Sunil Krishna Director General (Investigation) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is superannuating on 30/06/2012 and the post thus is likely to be vacated.

DG BPR&D retires
Director General BPR&D's post has recently fallen vacant due to superannuation of Vikram Srivastava.

181 posts of Additional Judges vacant in 21 High Courts
As many as 181 posts of Additional Judges have been lying vacant in all 21 High Courts of India.

Paliath is new Additional CGDA
M D Paliath has been appointed new Additional Controller General of Defence Accounts. He is 1978 batch IDAS officer.

Post of Dy. DG vacant at UIDAI office, Hyderabad
The post of Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level) has 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 within one month.

DRI seeks applications for First Secy., Birgunj, Nepal
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has invited applications from the IRS (C & CE) officer for the post of First Secretary (Trade) at Birgunj, Nepal. The applications should reach the Directorate before April 10, 2012.

Deputation of A.Subbaiah to end in April
Central deputation tenure of A Subbaiah will conclude on April 29,2012. Presently, he is Chairman of the Tuticorin Port Trust. He is an IAS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Subramanian is PD, Audit, Southern Railway, Chennai
K S Subramanian, Accountant General (WF&RA), Thiruvanthapuram, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Southern Railway, Chennai.

IFS officers up to 1985 batch to be APCCF in Karnataka
As the grapevine has it, Indian Forest Service(IFS) officers of Karnataka cadre up to 1985 batch will soon be promoted as Additional PCCFs.

IFS officers of 1992 & 93 batches to be CCFs in Karnataka
As the grapevine has it, Indian Forest Service(IFS) officers of Karnataka cadre belonging to batches of 1992 & 1993 will soon be promoted as CCFs

IFS officers of 1998 batch to be CFs in Karnataka
As the grapevine has it Indian Forest Service(IFS) officers of Karnataka cadre belonging to batch of 1998 will soon be promoted as CFs.

Baral gets DG rank in Manipur
Ratnakar Baral, Addl. DGP - Manipur, has been promoted to DGP scale in the cadre . He is an IPS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the Manipur Tripura cadre.

Forest guards training institute's work commences in Kerala
Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan launched construction work for one of the 10 forest guards training institute's in Kerala on March 31,2012. This is of the 10 institutes that are being set up with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency(JICA).

Four posts of Judges vacant in Kerala HC
As many as four posts of judges have been lying vacant in Kerala High Court against 38 approved strength including one post of Permanent Judge against 27 approved strength and three of Additional Judges against 11approved strength.

Vijay Kumar transferred to Raipur
Vijay Kumar, Deputy Director General, NSSO(DPC), Bangalore has been transferred to NSSO(FOD), Raipur as Deputy Director General. He is an Indian Statistical Officer of 1983 batch.

Aloke Prasad to go to UK
1984 batch officer Aloke Prasad of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has been selected for one month Mid Career training in UK.

13 IAS and TCS are on re-employment in Tripura
As many as 13 IAS and TCS officers are currently on the reemployment in Tripura due to shortage of experienced officials.

Who will be new State Election Commissioner in UP?
Who will be new State Election Commissioner in Uttar Pradesh? Tie is said to be between two former IAS officers Satish Kumar Agrawal and Gangadeen Yadav.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Sanjeev Nair has been appointed principal secretary, sugar industry and cane development. Kamran Rizvi would continue as cane development commissioner. Ashish Kumar Goel has been posted as chief staff officer to the chief secretary. Anil Dhingra has been posted as district magistrate of the same district. Rajmani Yadav has been appointed Vice Chairman of the Barelley Development Authority.Anita C Meshram has been made Special Secretary Minority Welfare.

IAS reshuffle in Bihar
Alok K Sinha has been appointed new principal secretary industries. Minhaj Alam has been elevated and appointed as divisional commissioner of Bhagalpur. Upendra Kumar will be DM Madhepura.Hriday Narain Jha has been moved to GAD as additional commissioner, departmental inquiry. Ramrup Singh will be DM of Lakhisarai. Anil Kumar has been made Sheohar DM in place of Jaya Mangal Singh who has been made secretary, primary education Ashish Kumar has been posted to the health department and Sanjeev K Singh will replace Kumar in Arwal as DM.Manish Kumar will now be social welfare director. P K Pattnaik has been made adviser, Bihar State Planning Board. R K Khandelwal has been appointed secretary (resources), department of finance.Vandana Kinni has been moved to the human rights panel.

Deb to be new Secretary Sports ! (UPDATED)
Pradeep Kumar Deb is being tipped to be new Secretary Sports in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Justice Kumar to be CJ of J&K High Court ! (UPDATED)
Justice MM Kumar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court is is likely to be appointed new Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

Decks cleared for A.K. Roy's full time stint as CMD, GIC (UPDATED)
A.K. Roy who has been officiating as Chairman-cum- Managing Director (CMD) of the General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) for more than three months is soon going to be a full time CMD of the GIC.

DEBATE - Should bureaucrats alone be held accountable for policy decisions ?

Bureaucrats now feel that Ministers and Politicians also be held responsible for 'policy decisions' taken by the government. They also want that entire cabinet should be held accountable for policy decisions. How far they are correct in their thinking ?

Mail your to the point views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

O P Bhatt and Cyrus Mistry join TCS Board
The Board of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has appointed former State Bank of India Group Chairman O P Bhatt and Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry as directors on the Board of the company w.e.f. April 2, 2012.

Chary is Member of APER
R Ashoka Chary has been appointed as the member of AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APER).

Bhandari appointed GM, Courtyard by Marriott, Mumbai International Airport
Gautam Bhandari has been appointed as General Manager of Courtyard by Marriott, Mumbai International Airport.

Natarajan appointed COO, Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd
Anand Natarajan has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd.

Toor appointed Exec. VP & Head ( Retail & Commercial Businesses). Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd
Harjeet Toor has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Head (Retail and Commercial Businesses) of Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd.

Mukherjee appointed Chief Risk Officer & Head (Legal & Compliance), Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd
Anindo Mukherjee has been appointed Chief Risk Officer and Head (Legal & Compliance), Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd.

Salmon appointed GM & Director (Spa Ops.) The Zuri Kumarakom, Kerala Resort & Spa
Michael Salmon has been appointed as General Manager and Director of Spa Operations of The Zuri Kumarakom, Kerala Resort & Spa.

DG in J&K be from state

Only state cadre officer should hold the post of DG in J&K. Similarly only cadre officers must command the Paramilitary Forces as they are son of the soil and knows the pulse of Force like Army.

Y K Mathur

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)