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Anil Ambani to meet Pranab Mukherjee today ?
Noted Industrialist Anil Ambani is meeting President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday. What is the significance ?.

Baba Ramdev afraid of Digvijay Singh ?
In the entire Congress party and the Government, Baba Ramdev is only afraid of Digvijay Singh. He knows that Digvijay is louder than the canon. This is evident from the fact that several feelers had been sent to Digvijay for making peace with the Baba.

What damage have Hazare and Ramdev done?
Congress party is worried that the nuisance created by Anna Hazare over corruption and black money issue is likely to see a swing in urban voters back to the BJP. The urban voter had gone away from BJP in the last two elections but with this issue it is consolidating back to the saffron party.

Is Congress planning some action?
It is heard that Congress is divided between keeping the situation stable like inflation control , interest rates roll down and also take initiatives like introducing food security bill and keeping allies intact. Will it manage to do it at the speed at which it is required ?

BUREAUCRACY

A P Singh to be Member, NHRC ?
Name of CBI Director A P Singh is believed to have been approved for the post of Member National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).He is a 1974 batch IPS officer of Jharkhad cadre. The post was earlier held by a former CBI Chief,P C Sharma. Tenure of A P Singh is coming to an end in November.

Will Umesh Kumar be JS,Capital Market ?
A1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer Umesh Kumar is likely to succeed Dr Thomas Mathews as Joint Secretary Capital Market in the Department of Economic Affairs. Dr Mathews is all set to join the President's Secretariat as Joint Secretary.

Nagesh Singh to join Vice President's Secretariat
Nagesh Singh (IFS 1995) will replace P Harish (IFS 1990) as Director in Vice President's Secretariat. His orders are expected to be issued later this week. Harish has already joined as Consul General of India in Houston, USA.

Raghvendra Singh is new JS I & B
Raghvendra Singh has been appointed new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on July 23 )

Is PC planning a reshuffle of Bank,Chairman ?
It is heard that P Chidambaram is likely to reshuffle all the bank Chairman's soon. There is hectic lobbying going on in the banking sector to survive. Those appointed as CMDs may also be replaced say bank sources.

Ms. Sudha Sharma poised to be CBDT's Member (P and V)
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Sudha Sharma is poised to become new Member Personnel and Vigilance (P and V) of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Snehlata Kumar is new RC, MP in Delhi
Ms. Snehlata Kumar has taken over as new Principal Resident Commissioner , Madhya Pradesh in Delhi. A 1979 batch IAS officer was earlier posted as Advisor in the Planning Commission.

IRS officer quits
The resignation of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, K Shubhendra has been accepted by Government of India.

JCIT list in a day or two
Transfer and promotion list of Joint Commissioners of Income Tax is expected to be issued either today or tomorrow.

Nigam to be DG, Vigilance,IT in Delhi
S M Nigam is being tipped to be new DG Vigilance Income Tax in Delhi. A IRS (IT) officer of 1978 batch is presently posted in Jaipur.
(We said this on July 26,2012)

Orders of Rajiv Gauba for Addl. Secy., IT in a day or two
Rajiv Gauba, Joint Secretary, Forests and Environment, is being appointed as Additional Secretary, Information Technology (IT). He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. Official orders are expected to be issued in a day or two.

Orders of Sunil Arora for DC, Handlooms in GoI in a day or two
Sunil Arora is all set to join the Government of India as Development Commissioner Handlooms in the Ministry of Textiles. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. Official orders are expected to be issued in a day or two.

Official orders of Gauri Kumar for AS, Mines this week
Gauri Kumar is being tipped to be Additional Secretary, Mines in the Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. Official orders are expected to be issued in a day or two.

Orders of Rita Teotia for AS, Telecom in a day or two
Rita Teotia is being appointed Additional Secretary, Telecom in the Government of India. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. Official orders are being issued in a day or two.

Orders of Girish Shankar for AS, Tourism this week
Girish Shankar is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary, Tourism in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. Official orders are expected to be issued either today or on Saturday.

Dhesi to be DG,Shipping
D S Dhesi is being tipped to be DG Shipping. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. Official orders are expected to be issued in a day or two.

1982 Civil Services dinner at Delhi
1982 Civil Services batch (all Services) is commemorating completion of 30 years. A dinner being organised in Delhi on Sept 15, 2012. Login to specially created web portal 1982civilservices. Com to confirm participation. You may also see online who all are coming.

Cadre of IPS officer to be changed
Cadre of 2010 batch IPS officer Rajiv Ranjan is likely to be changed from UP to AGMU cadre on marriage Ground. He is getting married to Ms. Esha Pande, IPS 2010 batch of AGMU cadre, New Delhi.

Pradeep Shukla is back as Member Board of Revenue, UP
After getting bail, a 1981 batch IAS officer and prime accused in the NRHM case ,Pradeep Shukla has resumed his duty as Member, Board of Revenue in Uttar Pradesh .

Two CBI,DIGs in Assam
Two DIGs Anurag Garg and Arun Bothra are going to probe Assam incidents.

R P Sharma,ADG without any assignment in Karnataka
R P Sharma who so far was ADG Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force has been shifted and given no new assignment. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

Dr. Ravindra Nath is ADG, Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force
Dr. Ravindra Nath has been posted as new ADG Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

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).
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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/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.
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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.

Six 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

Premjit Singh Rawal gets President's medal
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
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.

CBI officials awarded President's medal
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.

Three IPS officers of AP get President's police medal
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
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
Ramanidhar Baruah, Deputy Inspector General Of Police, Administration, Ulubari, Guwahati, Assam, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.

Two IPS officers of Bihar get President's medal
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
Rajinder Kumar Vij, Inspector General of Police, Durg Range, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, has been awarded President's police medal for distinguished service.

Two IPS officers of NCT, Delhi get President's medal
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.

Two IPS officers of Gujarat, Delhi get President's medal
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.

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

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

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

IPS officer of Jharkhand gets President's medal
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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Two IPS officers of Karnataka get President's medal
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.

Two IPS officers of Kerala get President's medal
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.

Three IPS officers of MP get President's medal
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.

Three IPS officers of Maharashtra get President's medal
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.

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

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

Two IPS officers of Punjab get President's medal
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.

Two IPS officers of Rajasthan get President's medal
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.

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

Three IPS officers of TN get President's medal
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.

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

Five IPS officers of UP get President's medal
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 haturvedi, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Unnao, Uttar Pradesh.

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

Three IPS officers of WB get President's medal
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.

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

Five BSF officials get President's medal
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.

Three CISF officials get President's medal
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.

Five CRPF officials get President's medal
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;

Eight MHA officials get President's medal
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.

Five ITBP officials get President's medal
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
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
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 gets President's medal
Mukul Goel, Inspector General, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), New Delhi, has been

Three get President's correctional service medal
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
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

4 IPS officers to be promoted as ADG in Bihar
As many as four IPS officers of 1986 and 1987 batches are likely to be promoted to the rank of Additional Director General in Bihar. The officers, who have been considered for promotion, are Rakesh Mishra, IG (Darbhanga zone) ('86 batch), Gupteshwar Pandey IG (Muzaffarpur), IG (provision) Sunil Kumar and Dinesh Singh Bisht ('87 batch).

11 officers found involved in corrupt practices in BSNL
As many as 11 officers have been charged with corrupt practices in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended action against such officers.

Transfers and postings in Tamil Nadu
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.

Dr Jharwal is first VC of Tribal University in M P
Dr.S M Jharwal, IES, Former Chairman (Secretary to Gol), National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, has been appointed as the First Chancellor of lndira Gandhi National Tribal University,Amarkantak , MP for a period of five years.

Satya Prakash Trivedi is posted as CSTE, West Central Railway
Satya Prakash Trivedi, Ex DRM Samastipur, is posted as Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer in West Central Railway. His posting was awaited after Arun Malik had taken over as DRM, Samastipur in a reshuffle on 14 July.

Deepak Ratan IPS gets gallantry medal
Deepak Ratan IPS (UP cadre,1997batch) has been awarded the Police Medal for gallantry by the President of India. An officer with an illustrious career, he is the only IPS from Uttar Pradesh (UP) cadre to have been bestowed the honour this year.'

Murthy deputed as Regional Deputy Director, WCB, Mumbai (UPDATED)
S R Venkateswara Murthy, Deputy Conservator of Forests and Technical Assistant to Chief Conservator of Forests, Jodhpur, has been deputed as Regional Deputy Director, Wildlife Control Bureau at Mumbai. He is a 2004 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Skandan to be Additional Secretary Home (UPDATED)
K Skandan is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary Home in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Bhamathi to move as AS Additional Secretary Rural Development (UPDATED)
Additional Secretary Home B Bhamathi is being moved as Additional Secretary Rural Development in the Government of India. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

ASSOCHAM President to raise current issues before FM (UPDATED)
ASSOCHAM President Rajkumar Dhoot is likely to meet Finance Minister P Chidambaram on August 20 with a view to pleading on the toughest issue, in recent past, for industrialists and foreign investors i.e. GAAR. Addressing to a Press Conference on General Anti Avoidance Rules, Dhoot highlighted the hard pressed need for putting GAAR into a 'cold storage' until a cost-benefit analysis is done in proper consultation with the stake-holders. Ved Jain, Chairman of ASSOCHAM Direct Tax Council, said that the Government of India should focus on the net-impact of GAAR on Indian economy rather than the tax revenue collection only. Though, Ved Jain, with a view to inject market sentiment and motivate investors, Government of India, ASSOCHAM indicated, may take decision either to put GAAR on hold or would take accelerated approach towards amendment in regressive provisions of GAAR.

Orders of Sunil Arora as DC, Handlooms in GoI issued (UPDATED)
The appointment orders of Sunil Arora as Development Commissioner (Handlooms) under the Ministry of Textiles in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary have been issued. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on August 14, 2012)

108 IRS (IT) officers promoted to JCIT (UPDATED)
As many as 108 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT) and 104 out of them were shifted at other regions. The officers have been told to join new posting before August 24 positively. Accordingly, Harmohan Moharana will remain at Patna while R P Khandelwal is being transferred to Bhopal (MP/CG) and Sadashiv Radhu was shifted to Ahmedabad. Similarly, N R Kapoor has been shifted to Jaipur; D Prakash Rao to Hyderabad; Prabhat Kumar Dey to Lucknow; Saurabh Kumar to Kolkata; Om Prakash Kanther to Guwahati; G N Makwanan to Mumbai; Chandrashker W Angolkar to NADT, Nagpur; prakash N Borde to Bangalore; N P Patel to Ahmeabad; James Kurian to Jaipur; Pradip Kumar Majumdar to Ahmedabad; Amitav Bhattacharya to NADT, Nagpur; Rakesh Kumar Das to Kolkata; Guru Bhashyam to Chennai; Md. Ghayasuddin to Guwahati; Rajendrea Jha to Delhi; Mrinal Kanti Biswas to Guwahati; P A Muraleedhran to Cochin; Swarna S Sampla to Chennai; S R Kirtane to Nagpur; P R Mane to NADT, Nagpur; Gaya Prasad to Ahemdabad; V S Charapani to Chennai; Ashok Bapu Koli to Mumbai; Hitendra Bharaoji Ninawe to NADT, Nagpur; R A Rajamane to Pune; Anju Sherpa to Kolkata; Nicholas Murmu to Patna; Sridhar Bhattacharya to Bhubaneshwar; T R Sekhar Naidu to Hyderabad; Jaishree Sharma to NADT, Nagpur; S Venkatramani to Kolkata; Zeenia Handa to Chandigarh; R Seetharaman to Bangalore; Bare Ganesh Sudhakar to Mumbai; C S Gulati to Delhi; Rohit Sharma to NADT, Nagpur; Sapna Bhatia to Jaipur; Pradip Kumar Mondal to Kolkata;Desai Vrunda Manohar to Kanpur; G S Virk to Delhi; Rinku Singh to Delhi; Ram Kishore Sharda to Jaipur; Anita Rupavataram to NADT, Nagpur; Satish Kumar to Chandigarh;, K M Mahesh to Bangalore; Prashant Kumar Jha to Bhopal; Monika Sharma to Lucknow; Chandip Singh to Pune; Shivraj K Deshmukh to Patna; Vimal Anand to Bangalore; L V Bhaskar Reddy to Bangalore; K A Jamadar to Bangalore;Dr. Anulal Jain to Bhopal; Dr. Krishan Gopal Goyal to Bhopal; T Chandrasekar to Chennai; Suboorul Hasan Usmani to Kolkata; Anil Kumar Bhardwaj to Ahmedabad; Vivek Anand Ojha to Ahmedabad; Shailendra Sharma to Jaipur; Neetika Bansal to Bhopal; Ranu Mukherjee to Delhi; H L Sowmyachar to Bangalore; Solgy Jose T Kottaram to Hyderabad; Chandra Vijay to CBDT, Delhi; Vivek Sharma to DGIT (System), Delhi; Ranu Biswas to Lucknow; N Senthil Kumar to Chennai; Sanjay Kumar to Bhopal; Pushpendra Singh Choudhary to Ahmedabad; Vivek Verma to Kolkata; Alok Kumar to Ahmedabad; Rakesh Tripathi to Lucknow; Anil Kumar Sharma to Bhubaneshwar; Udaya Bhaskar Jakke to Mumbai; Rakesh Ranjan to Mumbai; Pankaj Kumar to Jaipur; Kanhiyalal Kanak to Kolkata; Rakesh Kumar Gupta to Ahmedabad; Amalendu Nath Mishra to Patna; T Sankar to Ahmedabad; Manoj Kumar to Mumbai; Sunku Srinivasu to Chennai; M Sitharam to Chennai; Prashant V K to DGIT (System), Delhi; Rajesh Kumar to Kolkata; Suresh Sivanandan to Bhubaneshwar; P Srinivasa Murthy to Chennai; Arvind Kumar to Patna; M Naramada to Chennai; Chandra Pratap Singh to Lucknow; Satish Mergia to Chennai; Alak Gautam to Delhi; Devendra Kumar Jain to Bhopal; Esther Ninghauvung Hanghal to Hyderabad; Umesh Pathak to Lucknow; Prithvi Raj Meena to Bhubaneshwar; Himanshu Kumar Pandey to Lucknow; O P Meena to Mumbai; Anand Kumar Pandey to Bhubaneshwar and Kailash Chhotelal Kanojiya has been shifted to Bhubaneshwar after promotion to the Joint Commisioner of Income Tax (JCIT).


Gotru posted as OSD, A & PAC division (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Shravan Kumar Gotru, Director (A&PAC), has been posted as OSD in A & PAC division on completion of his tenure.

Koteshwar Rao shifted to Western Railway (UPDATED)
Koteshwar Rao P, SG/IRAS/NFR, has been transferred to Western railway and posted in the cadre.

Inter-cadre deputation of Meena to Rajasthan extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of inter-cadre deputation of H S Meena from Tamil Nadu to Rajasthan cadre has been extended for a further one year. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

CORPORATE

SK Srivastava ,CMD, OIL goes on a foreign tour
Sunil Kumar Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Limited (OIL) who took charge on May 1, 2012 has left on a week long foreign tour. He will be touring Venezuela, USA and Canada.There in Venezuela he would be reviewing operations of OIL. Besides he will be exploring avenues for acquisitions overseas. He is being accompanied by T K Ananth Kumar Director (Finance) and Arvind Jaini DGM and EC to CMD, OIL.

ONGC Director, Jamestin awarded AIMA fellowship
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.

Karl Slym to succeed Telang as MD,Tata Motors
Karl Slym, former India head of General Motors has been appointed as MD by the Tata Motors .He will succeed P M Telang.

Renu appointed Acting Company Secy., Vijaya Bank
Vijaya Bank has appointed Ms. K Renu as Acting Company Secretary at its Head Office in Bangalore

Mathew appointed GM, Country Inn & Suites By Carlson
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Mysore has appointed Francis Mathew as General Manager .

Two Additional Directors appointed on Board of Swelect Energy Systems Ltd
Ms. B Vasantha and Ms Jayashree Nachiappan have been appointed as Additional Directors of Swelect Energy Systems Ltd.

Two Additional Directors appointed on Board of Summit Securities Ltd
T M Elavia and S K Tamhane have been appointed as Additional Directors on the Board of Directors of Summit Securities Ltd

Two Directors cease to be directors on Board of Summit Securities Ltd
Suresh Mathew and Paras K Chowdhary have resigned as Directors of Summit Securities Ltd .

Mehta quits Orbit Corporation Ltd
Ms. Puja Mehta has resigned as Company Secretary of Orbit Corporation Ltd

Amala quits Regency Ceramics Ltd
Ms. M Amala has resigned as Company Secretary of Regency Ceramics Ltd

Deepthi appointed Company Secy.,Regency Ceramics Ltd
Ms.T Deepthi has been appointed as Company Secretary of Regency Ceramics Ltd

Ganesan appointed Resident Manager, Novotel Hyderabad Convention
Centre and Hyderabad International Convention Centre Anand Ganesan has been appointed as Resident Manager of Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre (NHCC) and Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) .

Sethuraman inducted into Hyundai Motor India Board
R Sethuraman who is Senior Vice President ( Finance and Corporate Affairs) has been inducted as a member of the Board of Directors of Hyundai Motor India Ltd.

Tadvi quits J Kumar Infrastructure Project
RH Tadvi has resigned as Director, J Kumar Infrastructure Project.

Gupta appointed as Company Secretary of Gujarat Foils
Amit Gupta has been appointed as Company Secretary of Gujarat Foils.

Mukhopadhyay quits Ess Dee Aluminium
Rajib Mukhopadhyay has resigned as Director of Ess Dee Aluminium

Mitra appointed as CFO,Roman Tarmat
Anindya Mitra has been appointed as CFO,Roman Tarmat.

Kaushal appointed as Director of Tulip telecom
Dinesh Kaushal has been appointed as Director of Tulip telecom.

Puranik appointed Director of Camlin Fine Science
Dattraya R Puranik has been appointed Director of Camlin Fine Science

Tamhane appointed Director of Summit Securities
SK Tamhane has been appointed Director of Summit Securities.

Rangachar quits ADC India Communication
CP Rangachar has resigned as Director of ADC India Communications.

Ruia appointed Director of Warren Tea
Akhil Kumar Ruia has been appointed Director of Warren Tea

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Shortfall in IPS due to …..

The shortfall in IPS is mainly due to timescale promotions at par with IAS regardless to vacancies at top positions. Every IPS is an IG equivalent to a Major General by 19 or 20 years of service probably the youngest Brigadier or Major Generals in the world that too irrespective of merit. God only can save us from these unprofessional police officers.

Kilambi V R C

Standard of certain Ambassadors surprising

Having visited many countries, I am surprised at the standard of certain Ambassadors representing our nation especially in smaller countries. Many lack any grass root knowledge of our country making me wonder as to what they represent. Many identify themselves more with the posted country and their interests than their own. Many especially those posted in Gulf countries are overawed by their archaic laws, they care a damn for the rights and welfare of Indian citizens. The fault lies in the colonial system of direct recruiting to foreign service. Officers to IFS should be selected from the IAS who have put in a minimum years of service and gone through an aptitude test and psycho analysis.

N Krishnan

Nothing to cheer about this I-Day

Happy Independence day to everyone. This independence day there is nothing to cheer about. Corruption is at its peak. All those 2G , CWG scams but Ministers and Officers are roaming free. All innocent honest are being harassed. the poor are having little food but grains rotting in godowns. The farmer is crying because of his his toil being wasted but politicians and bureaucrats refuse to take action. They have always fed on other persons sweat. How they can know what hard work is involved in growing grains. Bharat Mata cries for its children but they are busy in infighting. The cheer has dried from faces of children and they feed on pizzas, burgers, ice creams. MNCs are happy if future of India remains unhealthy. They can make money as medicines for obesity and slimming centers can make loads of money. It is win win situation for all. There is nothing to cheer about on this Independence day but I can hear Manmohan Singh giving his speech and trying to put up a brave face.

Dimpy Chopra

All foreign affairs related work be handled by MEA

Foreign affairs in the contemporary world include political, commercial, economic, cultural, educational, official assistance, international trade and investment, science and technology, WTO, environment etc related domains. IAS lobby is absolutely correct in saying that all foreign affairs related work has to be handled by the MEA.

Sanjay

Discrimination in LTC !

All Government Servants are normally given two LTC in a block of four years. This is a shortcoming as compared to LTC every year being offered by the Banks. The same policy should be adopted in the Government sector also. This will give a chance to explore India in all directions. If that is not the case, the Government should reimburse One and half months pay as being paid by the Banks

V Raghavan

Institutions like CVC should understand and play their role effectively

This has reference to your news caption, "How one can fight Corruption". In our system, institutions like CVC should understand and play their role effectively. It should not be just like another department dealing with corruption charges in a routine manner. It is the failure of the CVC that officers like Verma get transferred by ISS Cadre to please the charged officers. I hope it is late but not too late for the CVC to take note of the situation.

Devendra

CVC cannot help it

CVC cannot help it if organizations do not allow their vigilance departments to function by keeping them understaffed. APRs of CVOs are written by CMDs of the organizations they serve. Ideally CVOs should report to VCs/CVC and VOs should come on deputation from other organizations.

S G

Who was the real encroacher?

It is reported that IAS is bitter about 'their post' in Brussels being encroached upon by IFS. Who was the real encroacher ? It seems IAS which had grabbed this post though rightfully an IFS officer should occupy this considering the nature of the job .They should not crib if it has been taken back by IFS. As a matter of fact IAS have encroached upon hundreds of posts in Government of India which rightly should go to the specialists. For example the posts of Financial Advisors in the ministries. Majority of them are filled by the IAS while these should actually bee held by the officers of Accounts services viz. IAAS, IRAS, IDAS, ICAS who have the expertise in Financial concurrence and financial advice. No wonder so many scams and financial irregularities have become the order of the day basically due to lack of correct advice by generalist financial advisors. The Finance Minister will do well to set this right.

Aarti Khosla

Bureaucrats and politicians should shed ego, feudalistic attitude

A lot of the problem of the country would be over if the bureaucrats/politicians shed their ego, feudalistic attitude, become hard working, become honest, stop taking free bees, and take correct decisions in a fast manner. Some of the bureaucrats/ministers in the place of their new postings, initially are involved with the job taking their perks & facilities even if it meant breaking of some
rules. With so many poor people in the country, there deeds will not be forgiven by the God.

Bimal Bahadur

Mass Transfers of ISS Officers

The transfer guidelines for ISS must be reviewed. Why should an ISS officer's 'residency index' be taken as low just because he/she spent initial days out of Delhi? Why can't the definition be based on his/her continuous stay at present posting out of total service? Will the Minister of Statistics &PI order a review of existing transfer guidelines that has resulted in heart burnings in the ISS Cadre?

Madhuri Gupta

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)