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Vinod Sharma

RIP Vilasrao 1945- 2012 !!!!
A strong Maratha leader from Latur Vilasrao Deshmukh held a promising future not only for the state but also for the Congress Party. His demise creates a vacuum in a party that is struggling to cope with strong leaders to take the baton to the next level.

BUREAUCRACY

Sunil Arora to be DC, Handlooms in GoI
Sunil Arora is all set to join the Government of India as Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Ministry of Textiles. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Gauri Kumar to be Additional Secretary, Mines
Gauri Kumar is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Mines in the Government of India. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Rita Teotia to be Additional Secretary, Telecom
Latest information says that Rita Teotia is being appointed Additional Secretary -Telecom in the Government of India. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

J S Deepak to be Additional Secretary, Commerce
J S Deepak is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Commerce. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Girish Shankar to be Additional Secretary, Tourism
Girish Shankar is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary - Tourism in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Dhesi to be DG, Shipping
D S Dhesi is being tipped to be DG Shipping. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Rajiv Gauba to be Additional Secretary, IT
Joint Secretary Forests and Environment Rajiv Gauba is likely to be appointed Additional Secretary Information Technology. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Partha Satpathy appointed Ambassador
Partha Satpathy, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cape Verde with residence in Dakar (Senegal).

IRS officer deputed as CVO, EIL, Delhi
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Anand Kishore presently Commissioner of Income Tax-II, Patna, has been deputed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Engineers India Limited (EIL), Delhi under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for a period three years.

Padhy to be Director (HR), NALCO
SC Padhy has been recommended by the PESB for the post of Director (HR), National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO).

Sharad Sharma is MD, State Bank of Mysore
Sharad Sharma has assumed charge as new Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of Mysore. He was elevated as Deputy MD of the SBI group in April 2012. He is a 1977 batch probationary officer of SBI. He has worked as Chief General Manager - Risk Management and other positions with distinction.

Orders of Rajiv Takru as AS & FA, Health in GoI issued
The appointment orders of Rajiv Takru as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, have been issued. Takru who is presently Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, belongs to a 1979
batch IAS of Gujarat cadre.
(We said this on August 8, 2012)

Will Sudha Sharma be important member in CBDT?
It is widely believed in the IRS circles that Sudha Sharma is going to be an important member in the dispensation of P Chidambaram.

Gurdeep Singh Sappal is OSD/Jt. Secretary to Vice President
Gurdeep Singh Sappal has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD)/ Joint Secretary to Vice President Hamid Ansari who began his second innings on August 13,2012.He will continue to hold the charge of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rajya Sabha's channel.

Cadre of IPS officer to be changed
Ms. Priyanka, SP - Nagaland, is likely to have a cadre transfer from Nagaland to Gujrat on marriage grounds. She is getting married to Kartik Kashayap (IPS 2009 batch). She is an IPS officer of IPS of 2009 batch.

Inter-cadre deputation of IPS officer likely
The inter cadre deputation of Bhim Sen Tuti is likely to take place from J& K to Jharkhand. He is an IPS officer of 2004 batch who belongs to the J&K cadre.

ADG Jharkhand Armed Police likely to join CRPF
As the grapevine has it, Madhav Vishnuvardhan Rao - ADG, Jharkhand Armed Police, is likely to join CRPF as IG. Rao is 1987 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Neena Teshering goes to Thimpu
Counsellor in Indian Embassy Paris Neena Teshering has been moved to Thimpu.

Piyush Srivastava goes to Kathmandu
Piyush Srivastava has been transferred from Thimpu to Kathmandu.

Sharma to continue to officiate in Jawed Usmani's place
VK Sharma, a 1976 batch IAS officer, who is officiating in Jawed Usmani's place as UP Chief Secretary will continue for some more time. At present Sharma is the senior-most IAS officer in the state.

11 IAS officers posted in Orissa
As many as 11 IAS officers have been given postings in Orissa.

IA & AS officer, Vijaykumaran deputed to Pondicherry University
K Vijayakumaran, Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Chennai, has been deputed to the University for appointment as Finance Officer for a period of two years.

Ms. Roopa Srinivasan, Director, Culture selected for 38th APPPA
Ms. Roopa Srinivasan, Director, Ministry of Culture, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) being conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Armed forces get 62 gallantry awards
President has approved 62 Gallantry Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces which includes 15 Shaurya Chakras, 01 Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry), 42 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 03 NaoSena Medal (Gallantry) and 01 Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry).
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86094

892 personnel get police medals
As many as 892 personnel have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Independence Day this year. President's Police Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to 13 personnel while Police Medals for Gallantry to 113 personnel and President's Police Medals for Distinguished service to 84 personnel and Police Medals for Meritorious Service have been awarded to 682 personnel.

http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/pm-id12.pdf
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/StateWiseList-id12.pdf

Nao Sena medal (gallantry) award to Lt. Sailesh Kumar Tyagi
Lt Sailesh Kumar Tyagi has been awarded NM (gallantry) for his bravery and outstanding works in the Navy. More details on following link.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86139

68 employees of PSUs get PM Shram Award
As many as 68 workers employed in the Departmental Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and State Governments and Private Sector Units employing 500 or more workers will be awarded for year 2011 in recognition of their distinguished performances, innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.

6 employees of PSUs get Shram Bhushan award
As many as six employees of largest Public Sector Undertakings companies of the country have been chosen for Shram Bhushan award-2012 which carries a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000/- and a 'Sanad'. The awardees include Baikunth Sharma, Ghan Shyam Mandal, Utpal Kumar all from Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro while B N Shanthamma from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Bangalore and Biswajit Kar from Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur and Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi from Tata Steel Ltd., Jamshedpur. More details on following link:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86144

Elias George is new MD of KMRL
Elias George has been appointed new MD of the Kochi Metro Rail Limited's (KMRL) replacing Tom Jose.

Premjit Singh Rawal gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Premjit Singh Rawal, Inspector General of Crime and Intelligence, Railway Board has been awarded President's Police medal for distinguished services.

President's police medal to 16 RPF officers (UPDATED)
As many as 16 officers of Railways Protection Force/Railway Protection Special Force (RPF/RPSF) have been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to following officers and personnel: Raja Ram, CSC/RDSO, Lucknow; P K Mohandas, DSC, South Western Railway; S. Bhattacharya, ASC, Eastern Railway; B S Prabhu, IPF, South Central Railway; T S Gopakumar, IPF, Southern Railway; K Vishwakarma, ASI/Dvr, North Central Railway; J P Soni, IPF, North Central Railway; A D Kshirsagar, IPF, Central Railway; G K Upadhyay, SIPF, CORE, Allahabad; Samay Singh, IPF, 10 BN/RPSF; S R Jangid, ASI, 12 BN/RPSF, Thakurli; V Arjunan, SIPF, 5th BN/RPSF; S R Ahirwar, SIPF, 12 BN/RPSF; P S Saroj, SIPF/Western Railway and M J Chowdary, IPF/ South Central Railway.

IRS officer quits service (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, K Shubhendra has resigned from the service and his resignation has been accepted by Government of India.


Amit Nigam gets selection grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Amit Nigam, Joint Secretary of Income Tax, has been accorded selection grade (non-functional).

CBI officials awarded President's medal (UPDATED)
A number of staff members working from bottom to top in various branches of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service and police medal for meritorious service. They include: Keshav Kumar, Arun Bothra, N S Kharayat, Javed Siraj, Ravinder Singh Jaggi, Jeet Singh , Sanjay Singh, R Hitendra, B S Yeddyurappa, Hiren C Nath, Rajesh Chahal, SP S Jaikumar, Santosh Kumar, Diptendu Bhattacharya, Jagdish Prasad, Shailendra Pratap Singh, Ravi Kant Jain, B B Tiwari, Rajeev Chandola, L N Murthy, C V Pujari, P B Kharkongor, Kusum Pal Singh and M Chandrasekhar.

3 IPS officers of AP get President's police medal (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of Andhra Pradesh cadre have been President's Police medal for distinguished service on Independence Day. The officers include: S A Huda, Additional Director General Of Police(L&O), Hyderabad; N V Surendra Babu , Inspector General of Police, (Octopus) Begumpet, Hyderabad and Shri Satyanarayan ., Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, office of the DGP, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh for distinguished service.


IPS officer of Arunachal gets President's police medal (UPDATED)
Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh, Inspector General of Police(Admn) in Arunachal Pradesh has been President's Police medal for distinguished service on Independence Day.


IPS officer of Assam gets President's police medal (UPDATED)
Ramanidhar Baruah, Deputy Inspector General Of Police, Administration, Ulubari, Guwahati, Assam, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.



2 IPS officers of Bihar get President's medal (UPDATED)
Krishna Swaroop Dwivedi, Additional Director General of Police, (Modernisation), Patna and Ravinder Kumar, Additional Director General Of Police,, (Headquarter), Patna, Bihar have been chosen for President's medal for distinguished service.


IPS officer of CG gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Rajinder Kumar Vij, Inspector General of Police, Durg Range, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.



2 IPS officers of NCT, Delhi get President's medal (UPDATED)
Two IPS officers of NCT of Delhi have been awarded President's police medal. The officers are: Arvind Deep, Joint Commissioner of Police, Security (PM) and Devendra Prasad Verma, Joint Commissioner of Police/Security, Delhi Police Headquarters, Delhi for distinguished service.


2 IPS officers of Gujarat, Delhi get President's medal (UPDATED)
Two IPS officers of Gujarat cadre have been awarded President's police medal. The officers include ; Satish Kumar Sharma, Commissioner of Police, Vadodara City, Gujarat and Sanjay Srivastava, Joint Commissioner Of Police , Range-Ii, Surat City, Gujarat for distinguished service.



Haryana IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Kulyash Kumar Sharma, Inspector General of Police/ Commissioner of Police, Ambala-Panchkula, Haryana, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


HP IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Prithvi Raj, Additional Director General of Police, AP&T/Hq, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


J&K IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
R P Resutra, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Phq, Jammu And Kashmir, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


Jharkhand IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Satya Narayan Pradhan, Inspector General of Police, Special Branch And Operations, Ranchi, Jharkhand, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.
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2 IPS officers of Karnataka get President's medal (UPDATED)
N S Megharikh, Additional Director General of Police, (CID) Bengalurun and C G Kyathan, ASP, District Police Office, Bellary, Karnataka have been awarded President's Police medal for distinguished service.


2 IPS officers of Kerala get President's medal (UPDATED)
A Hemachandran, Additional Director General of Police and N Shanker Reddy, ADGP, Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau, Trivandrum, Kerala, have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


3 MP IPS officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
Sudhir Kumar Saxena, IG/OSD to CM, Bhopal and Vijay Yadav, IG Bhopal zone and Satish Kumar Saxena, DIG, CID,PHQ,Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


3 IPS officers of Maharashtra get President's medal (UPDATED)
R N Wagh, ADGP, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mumbai; Gulabrao D Pol, Special IG (L&O), M S, Mumbai and Sharda Prasad Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police, Mumbai City, Maharashtra, have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


Manipur IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Nongmaithem Ibohanbi Singh, Inspector of Police, CID(SB), VIP Security Section, Manipur, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


Odisha IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Pradeep Kapur, Additional Director General of Police, HRPC, Cuttack, Odisha, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


2 Punjab IPS officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
Satish Kumar Sharma, Additional Director General Of Police, HRD & Community Policing, Chandigarh and Narinder Sharma, Additional Director General of Police, Internal Vigilance Cell & Human Rights, Chandigarh, Punjab, have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.



2 Rajasthan IPS officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
Hemant Kumar Purohit, Additional Director General Of Police, Reorganization, Jaipur and Thandi Lal Meena, ADGP, Telecommunication & Technical, PHQ, Jaipur, Rajasthan, have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.



Sikkim IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Tshering Norbu, Additional Director General of Police, CID PHQ Gangtok, Sikkim, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


3 TN IPS officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
Ashish Bhengra, Additional Director General of Police, State Crime Record Bureau; N Tamil Selvan, Additional Director General Of Police, Operations and T.K. Pugalenthi, Deputy Commissioner of Police - DC-MLP, Mylapore District, have been awarded President's Police medal for distinguished service.



Tripura IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Pradyot Bhaumik, Deputy Superintendent Of Police, TPS (Gr-II), Mobile Task Force, Agartala, Tripura, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


5 UP IPS officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
As many as five IPS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre have been awarded President's Police medal for distinguished service. The officers include: Jawahar Lal Tripathi, Inspector General Of Police, Meerut Zone, Meerut; Mohammed Jawed Akhtar, Inspector General of Police, Agra Zone; Rajendra Pal Singh, Inspector General of Police(P&B), Police Hqrs, Allahabad; Rajesh Kumar Rai, Deputy Inspector General Of Police(Estt), Police Hqrs, Allahabad and Devi Dayal Chaturvedi, Deputy Superintendent Of Police, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh.


Uttarakhand IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Jagdeesh Singh Bhandari, Additional Superintendent of Police, District- Nainital, Uttarakhand, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


3 WB IPS officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
Rayapudi Thyagaraju, Additional Director General & IGP-II , CID, Bhawani Bhawan, Kolkata; Om Prakash Gupta, Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Branch and Partha Sarathi Ghosh, Joint Commissioner Of Police (Intelligence) Special Branch, have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


Chandigarh IPS officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Rajinder Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police/Operations, Chandigarh, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.

Five BSF officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Border Security Force (BSF) have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service. The officers include: Sudhir Kumar Srivastava, Deputy Inspector General(Prov) New Delhi; Pawan Kumar Dubey, Deputy Inspector General(Works), New Delhi; Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Deputy Inspector General, CSWT BSF; Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Deputy Commandant, TC&S, BSF, Hazaribagh; Jharkhand, Ram Kumar Dagar, Assistant Commandant , SHQ BSF, Barmer, Rajasthan; Kumar Shrestha, Inspector (GD), 151 BN BSF, Baishnabnagar, District Malda, West Bengal.


3 CISF officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
As many as three officers of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service. The officers include: Sanjay Chander, Inspector General, New Delhi; Dharam Pal Bahl, Deputy Commandant, ASG Rajkot and Dalip Singh Rawat, Assistant Commandant/JAO, CISF Unit ONGC Nazira, District Sivsagar, Assam.


5 CRPF officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service. The officers include: Raj Kumar Vishwakarma, Inspector General of Police, New Delhi; Pankaj Kumar Singh, Inspector General of Police, CRPF, Jammu and Kashmir; Ravindra Tomar, Inspector General, Jaipur (Rajasthan); Dr. H R Raghavan, Inspector General (Medical), Composite Hospital; Jagjit Singh, Deputy Inspector General, Bangrasia, Bhopal, Madhaya Pradesh;




8 MHA officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service. The officers include: Rama Kant, Joint Deputy Director, New Delhi; Atul Kumar Mishra, Joint Deputy Director, New Delhi; Oommen Philip, Assistant Director, Trivandrum, Ministry of Home Affairs; Santosh Kumar Shukla, Assistant Director, Bhopal, Ministry of Home Affairs; Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra, Assistant Director, New Delhi; Shyam Sunder Singh Rautela, Deputy Central Intelligence Officer, Dehradun; Jatinder Kumar Sharma, Deputy Central Intelligence Officer, Jammu and Tapan Kumar Deka, Joint Director, New Delhi, Ministry Of Home Affairs.






5 ITBP officers get President's medal (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP have been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service. Kunwar Brajesh Singh, IG, Directorate General, New Delhi; Dr. A K Singh, IG /Director(Medical), Directorate General, New Delhi; Pratap Singh Papta, DIG, N W Frontier ITBP Chandigarh; Hira Ram, Assistant Commandant, 23rd Bn, ITBP Dehradun (Uttarakhand) and Ganga Singh Rawat , Inspector/GD, SS Bn ITBP, Sonipat, Haryana.



NSG officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Prahalad Choudhury, Team Commander (So), NSG, Hqrs, New Delhi, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.



SSB officer gets President's medal (UPDATED)
Subhash Kumar, Deputy Inspector General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) District Darjeeling, West Bengal, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.


NDRF officer getsPresident's medal (UPDATED)
Mukul Goel, Inspector General, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), New Delhi, has been

Three get President's correctional service meald(UPDATED)
Three officers have been awarded President's Correctional Service medal for distinguished service. The officers include: Sitanshu Kumar Deb, Jailor, Baripada Jail, Odisha while Onkar Nath Mishra, Warder, Rae Bareilly Jail, Uttar Pradesh and Janki Devi, Women Head Warder, Moradabad Jail, Uttar Pradesh.


Correctional service medals to 25 officers (UPDATED)
As many as 25 officers of various Jails have been awarded correctional service medals for meritorious service.
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Correctional-id12.pdf

ONGC Director, Jamestin awarded AIMA fellowship (UPDATED)
All India Management Association (AIMA) has conferred its AIMA Fellowship on K S Jamestin, ONGC Director (HR), at Delhi on August 14, 2012. The prestigious Fellowship was conferred during the 17th convocation of the 56-year old Association, considered as an apex body of over 30,000 management professionals. The fellowship was conferred to Jamestin in recognition of his significant and long-standing professional contribution to management.

Transfers and postings in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Some officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, P W C Davidar has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Higher Education Department while Dr. R Anandkumr will now be Regional Joint Commissioner (South), Corporation of Chennai and T P Rajesh is posted as Director of Town Panchayats. Similarly, P Senthilkumar has been made Deputy Secretary, Public Department; Brajendra Navnit as Additional Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai; M Chandrasekaran as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation.

CORPORATE

Reliance Infrastructure AGM on September 4
The Annual General Meeting (SGM)of the Reliance Infrastructure Company is scheduled to be held on September 4, 2012, at 4 pm Venue for the AGM will be Birla Matushri Sabhagar, 19, New Marine Lines, Mumbai.

'NMDC declares first quarter financial results
Scripting yet another record performance, NMDC has posted a turnover of Rs.2,840 crore, gross profit of Rs.2,821 crore and net profit after tax of Rs.1,906 crore in the first quarter of 2012-13 representing an improvement of 2% in turnover, 6% in gross profit and 6% in net profit after tax over corresponding period last year (CPLY). The Company's production of iron ore during the 1st quarter touched 6.9 million tonnes (MT) registering a growth of 12% over CPLY while sales of iron ore were 6.2 MT which is almost at par with that of the corresponding quarter of previous year. The EPS is at Rs.4.81 per share for the quarter ended 30th June 2012 in comparison to that of Rs.4.54 per share for the quarter ended 30th June 2011 (not annualized). NMDC has achieved better financial performance also in comparison to 4th quarter 2011-12 with a growth of almost 9% in turnover and 16% in both PBT and PAT. The installation of 3 MTPA steel plant at Nagarnar in
Chhattisgarh, as part of NMDC's forward integration programme and value addition, is being pursued vigorously. Orders for major packages worth Rs. 12,842 cr. have already been placed while other auxiliary packages are in advanced stages of finalisation. For the year 2012-13, capital expenditure of Rs.4656 crore is planned to be incurred including Rs.1200 crore for overseas acquisitions. As part of its expansion programme, NMDC is developing two new mines at an indicative cost of about Rs. 1500 cr., one in Bailadila Sector in Chhattisgarh i.e. Deposit-11B Iron Ore Project and the other in Bellary-Hospet region in Karnataka i.e. Kumaraswamy Iron Ore Mine. Besides, orders have already been placed for setting up of 1.2 MTPA capacity Pelletisation plant in Karnataka. The 1st quarter results for 2012-13 were approved by the Board of Directors of the Company under the Chairmanship of C S Verma, in its meeting held on August 13, 2012. On this occasion, the Board of NMDC commended the performance of the Company and hoped that all its stakeholders including shareholders, employees, customers and Government would continue their support. Speaking on the occasion, Verma said: "NMDC is well on track on the growth path and would play a vital role in the mining and metals sector in the near future. NMDC would be recognized not only as an iron ore mining major but also as a key enabler of the steel and infrastructure industry. The thrust to increase iron ore production would always be there on NMDC to meet the domestic demands of the steel manufacturers and simultaneously to cater to its own steel plant. Let us gear up to meet the challenges and tread on the path of success".

TCS CEO N Chandrasekaran inducted in BSIIAC
Tata Consultancy Services Hindustan Unilever, CEO N Chandrasekaran has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC) in Bihar.

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Crime against women in India

No wonder, many parents do not want a baby girl. A government and society, which cannot protect girls from atrocities, has no right to force mothers to continue with their pregnancy. Getting born is no great achievement. Living a secure, respectable life is… which is generally being denied to females in India. Dowry, domestic violence, rapes and molestation, all is too common. Gender determination tests should be allowed like it is allowed in developed countries. Unwanted children are a problem for themselves, the parents and the country, whatever be their gender.

Mani

RIT

Can the disclosure of advice given by CVC impede the process of investigation?

Information regarding the vigilance advice given by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the matter of the appellant was denied by the Public Information Officer (PIO) citing the exemption provisions contained in section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act stating that the disclosure of the information would impede the process of investigation. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that it is not clear how the disclosure of the advice given by the CVC in this case including the relevant file noting would impede the process of the disciplinary proceeding/ prosecution of the official concerned. The advice tendered by the CVC is an input based on which the competent authority decides about the nature of the disciplinary action to be taken in any particular case. The Commission further held that the affected person should have a natural right to know about the advice and the manner it is tendered. The CIC directed the PIO to provide the advice tendered by the CVC in this case including the file noting leading to the advice.

Comments

The manner in which the vigilance enquiries are being conducted require a drastic change in the post RTI era. New mechanism and procedure need to be devised to effectively conduct the investigations in a transparent manner.

Citation: Mr. Vikram Angurala v. Central Vigilance Commission in File No. IC/SM/A/2011/901661

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)