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Will Rahul make a difference to Core Congress Working Group?
Will Rahul Gandhi make a difference to the hallowed Core Congress Committee Group which includes Sonia, PM, AK Anthony and Ahmed Patel is the whisper making rounds.

Who is new trouble shooter for Congress party?
It is heard that from the action of Sonia Gandhi she is the new trouble shooter for the Congress Party. Much can be read in her actions on Assam and now everyone is watching what she does on Mumbai.

Who is the closest Minister with MP CM?
Who is the closest Minister with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh ?.Infact, Ajay Bishnoi was the only Minister who accompanied Shivraj Singh throughout the BJP ruled Chief Minister's conference in Delhi.

ASSOCHAM delegation to meet P. Chidambaram today
ASSOCHAM delegation lead by its President Raj Kumar Dhoot is meeting Finance Minister P. Chidambaram plead against the regressive provisions of GAAR.

Ravi Vaylar to take charge tomorrow
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi will take charge of his additional responsibilities on Tuesday, August 20. He has been given additional charge of ministries of science and technology, earth sciences and micro, small and medium enterprises.

BUREAUCRACY

Puri to be new CMD of UTI AMC ?
In all probability, Leo Puri, senior advisor at McKinsey & Co in India will be new CMD of the UTI Asset Management Company. The post has been lying vacant for the last seventeen months.

Umesh Kumar loses to Anup Wadhawan
Anup Wadhawan is going to be new Joint Secretary, Capital Market, in the Ministry of Finance. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre. Earlier the name of 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Umesh Kumar was in circulation for the post.

Dr Mathew to join Rashtrapati Bhawan this month end
Joint Secretary Capital Market in the Ministry of Finance Dr Thomas Mathew will join the Rashtrapati Bhawan as Joint Secretary this month end. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Member CBEC Ghosh was told not to withdraw retirement notice
New Finance Minister P Chidambaram is believed to have refused to allow Sreela Ghosh, member CBEC to withdraw her retirement notice and has instead asked the next Member in waiting, Lipika (Majumdar) Roy Choudhry to join to enable her to take over as Member (Budget).

Allocation of charges in CBDT and CBDT did not take place
As expected allocation of charges in the CBDT and the CBEC could not take place on Saturday.

Gokaran is now Secretary NATRIP
Nitin Ramesh Gokarn has been appointed as Secretary, National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Dr. B L Meena to be Deputy Director, AIIMS-Jodhpur
Dr. B L Meena, on central deputation, has been appointed as Deputy Director (Administration) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS)-Jodhpur. He is an IPS officer of 1999 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre. His tenure will be of three years. Hitherto, he was Deputy Director, Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur.

Gopalika to be MD KMRCL !
Bhagwati Prasad P Gopalika is likely to be appointed Managing Director of Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMRCL) which is executing the East-West Metro Corridor. Gopalika is 1989 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

D S Dhesi has been appointed as new DGS & D
D S Dhesi has been appointed as new Director General of Supply & Disposal (DGS & D). He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre. Presently, he is Joint Secretary Commerce. Initially it was stated that he was being appointed as DG Shipping.

Girish Shankar appointed as new AS, Tourism
Girish Shankar has been appointed new Additional Secretary, Tourism, in the Government of India. He is an IAS officer of 1982 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.
(We said this on August 14, 2012)

Alkesh Kumar Sharma's central deputation order issued
Order relating to appointment of Alkesh Kumar Sharma as a Joint Secretary in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India (GoI), have been issued. Sharma is Kerala cadre IAS officer of 1990 batch. Presently he is the Managing Director (MD) of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). He is also Secretary to Government of Kerala, Industries (Investment Promotion) Department. He has held several other important posts including that of National Project Co-ordinator, UNDP Project, GoI, Private Secretary to Union Minister of State, Ministry of Housing & Poverty Alleviation, GoI and Director of Tourism, Government of Kerala. He has also been a Director of Apollo Tyres Ltd since February 09, 2012 besides being a Director at Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. since June 30, 2010. Add to it, he has been a Non Executive Director of Nitta Gelatin India Ltd since July 17, 2009 and Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Limited since July 20, 2009. He has been a Director of Bamni Proteins Ltd since July 17, 2009. He serves as a Director of Western India Plywoods Ltd. He has been Director of PTL Enterprises Limited since February 2, 2012.
(We said this on July 10, 2012).

Order for central deputation of Atul Chaturvedi issued
Order relating to appointment of Atul Chaturvedi as Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), have been issued.

Nagma Mallick moves to Tunis
DCM in Bangkok, Ms Nagma Md Mallick, has been moved to HOM to Tunis.

Mardi is ADG Prisons in HP
Sita Ram Mardi, Additional DGP, Law &Order,(PHQ) Shimla, HP Police, has been transferred as Additional DGP- Prison, HP Police. He is an IPS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to HP cadre.

Sadyal is ADG, Law and Order in Himachal Pradesh
K C Sadyal, Addl. DGP- SV & ACB (PHQ) Shimla, has been transferred as Addl. DGP, Law &Order, HP Police. He is an IPS officer of1986 batch who belongs to the HP Police.

Will Varesh Sinha be new CS of Gujarat ?
Varesh Sinha's appointment as head of the Finance Department has fuelled speculations of his next appointment as Chief Secretary of Gujarat. Prior to this, 1977 batch IAS officer Sinha was ACS Home. It is stated that most of the Chief Secretaries during the past ten years including Manjula Subramaniam, Sudhir Mankad, D Rajgopalan and A K Joti worked in the Finance before becoming the Chief Secretary.

Bihar cadre IAS officer to go to Chhattisgarh
A Bihar cadre IAS officer is all set to go to Chhattisgarh on inter-cadre deputation.

15 IRS-IT officers shifted in Vigilance Directorate (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in Directorate of Vigilance. Accordingly Sanjay Kumar Jain and Meeta Sinha have been shifted to CCA-Delhi while Ranjan Kumar, Divya Bajpai and Jagjivan Kumar Garg are being transferred to CCA-Mumbai and Devendra Singh and Sammer Sharma were posted to DGIT-Vigilance, Headquarters, New Delhi. Similarly, P C Pancholi and Dr Vijay Kumar Chadha have been shifted to DIT-Vigilance, North Zone, Delhi; Sandeep Dahiya, Anu Krishna and S B Morey to DIT- Vigilance, West Zone, Mumbai; J K Mishra, Sarbari Mukherjee to DIT-Vigilance, East Zone, Kolkata and S Ravichandran has been shifted to
DIT-vigilance, South Zone, Chennai.

7 IRS-IT officers transferred in IT-Systems (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred in Directorate of Systems. Accordingly, Priscilla Singsit, T Vasanthan, Deepak Tiwari and K J Singh have been transferred to CCA-Delhi while Raman Kant Garg, Sushil Kumar and Ishtiaque Ahmad were shifted to DGIT-Systems, New Delhi.

4 IRS-IT officers shifted in L & R (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been posted to Directorate of L & R. Accordingly, Yagyasaini Kakkar has been shifted to CCA-Delhi while K K Mishra, Rajiv Ranka and Alka Gautam were shifted to DGIT-L & R.

Rinku Singh transferred to DGIT (Admn), Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Rinku Singh in the grade of Additional/Joint Commisisoner of Income Tax, has been shifted to DGIT (Admn), New Delhi with the DIT posting.

4 IRS-IT officers posted to DGIT, Logistics (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in DGIT (Logistics). Accordingly, Abha Rani Singh has been shifted to CCA-Delhi while Manisha Chandra is being transferred to DIT-BPR, New Delhi and R C Meena was posted to DIT-O & M S, New Delhi.

3 IRS-IT officers posted OSDs in CBDT (UPDATED)
As many as three officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been posted as OSDs in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Accordingly, Sheila Chopra has been posted as OSD, CBDT, New Delhi while Amitabh Kumar Sinha was made OSD, ITCC, CBDT, New Delhi and Sunita Singh is OSD-A & J, CBDT, New Delhi.

Eight D/ACsIT shifted in Vigilance (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in Directorate of Vigilance. Accordingly, P S Naik has been posted to CCA, Mumbai while J C Sehgal is being shifted to CCA-Delhi and Om Prakash and Vijay Choudhary were transferred to DIT-Vigilance, Headquarters, New Delhi. Similarly, Anil Gandhi has been shifted to DIT-Vigilance, North zone, New Delhi, Verghese Joseph to DIT-Vigilance, West Zone, Mumbai; Divakar Chakravarty to DIT-Vigilance, East Zone, Kolkata and B Lakshminaryananan to DIT-Vigilance, South Zone, Chennai.

Five D/ACsIT transferred in Systems (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in Directorate of Systems, New Delhi. Accordingly, Arkendra Singh has been shifted to CCA-Delhi while Amitabh Shah, Lalit Kishore, A P Yadav and Jaswinder Singh were transferred to DGIT-Systems, New Delhi. Besides, the transfer oders of Vikas Singh to DGIT (System) have been cancelled.

IRS-IT officer Nirmal Nangia shifted to NJRS project (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Nirmal Nangia has been shifted to NJRS Project in L & R, Delhi.

IRS-IT officer Shivani Bansal posted OSD, Logistics (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Shivani Bansal has been posted as OSD in the office of Director, Budget & Expenditure in the Directorate of Logistics, New Delhi.

Four D/ACsIT transferred in TPL, CBDT (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in CBDT (TPL-Division), Delhi. Accordingly, Yogendra Mittal, Arju Garodia, Amit Katoch and Farhad Khan have been shifted OSD-TPL, CBDT, Delhi.

IRS-IT officer Richa Rastogi posted OSD, CBDT-ITA (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Richa Rastogi has been shifted as OSD-ITA, CBDT, Delhi in ITA Division.

2 IRS-IT officers shifted in CBDT (Admn) (UPDATED )
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in CBDT (Admin Division under JS (A)/ V & L Division), Delhi. Accordingly, Dr Prashant Khambra and Mukesh Sharma have been shifted as OSD V & L Division, CBDT, Delhi.

2 IRS-IT officers shifted in CBDT (A & J) (UPDATED )
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the grade of Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been shifted in CBDT (A & J ) Division, Delhi. Accordingly, Anchal Khandelwal and Hemant Gupta have been made OSD (A & J), CBDT, Delhi.

CORPORATE

Kishor Rungta selected as Director (Finance), ECIL
Kishor Rungta, Director (Finance), HCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 17, 2012. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

PESB to re-advertise vacant post of MD, BBJCCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has found no suitable candidate for the post of Managing Director, Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company Limited (BBJCCL) at its selection meeting. The Board has now decided to re-advertise for the same post.

Rai appointed Chairman TFCI ?
Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd (TFCI) has appointed Atul Kumar Rai as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation w.e.f. August 8, 2012.

Sharma appointed Nominated on TFCI Board
The Board of Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) has approved the nomination of Ms Usha Sharma, Additional Director General (Tourism) as Nominee of Union Ministry of Tourism on the Board of TFCI in place of earlier Nomnee Devesh Chaturvedi.

Sharma resigns as Director, TFCI
Dr. Raju Sharma has resigned as Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) w.e.f. July 23, 2012.

Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, Proctor & Gamble Hygiene and Healthcare Ltd
Pramod Agarwal has been appointed as an Additional Director of Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Healthcare Ltd w.e.f. August 13, 2012 .

Gupta ceases to be Director, Rajdhani Leasing and Industries Ltd
Kamal Kishore Gupta has ceased to be Director of Rajdhani Leasing and Industries Ltd.

Srivastava resigns as director if Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation
MM Srivastava has resigned as director Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation

Joshi appointed director of Svaraj Trading Agencies
AC Joshi has been appointed director of Svaraj Trading Agencies.

Chaudhary elected as Chairman of GCMMF
Vipul Chaudhary has been elected as Chairman of GCMMF.

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Legal responsibility be cast on mobile phone companies

It is surprising that no legal responsibility is cast on mobile phone companies about the mass SMSs transmitted by them over their networks spreading rumors leading to the exodus of people from the NE from various parts of India. When treason and spreading hatred is a national crime, such a course of action would have prevented the trouble, SMS is person oriented message and is thus capable of causing instant harm rather than a website which will be required to be accessed by the receiver.

S K Sharma

Declining Standard of Civil Services

It is good that one of the fellow officers has pointed out the standard of the civil servants, IFS in particular. In fact, it is not only some IFS officers, even some IAS, IPS, etc. sail in the same boat. Sub-standards in the civil services in policy making and policy implementation has caused the Aam Adami and finally the Nation a lot. The day-to-day affairs of mismanagement are the result of that. It will be a further mess of things if you mingle the All India Services. Every service should be result oriented. For that matter, IFS is less politicised than other All India Services.

Z S Nirwal

IAS coterie should refrain

The IAS coterie should refrain from spreading their tentacles to the IFS. Indian Foreign Service is not their cup of tea.

Saurabh Kumar IFS ( Retired)

CVC needs to be more transparent

A welcome decision.CVC has been functioning in an opaque manner ,need to be more transparent in giving its advice and vigilance clearance.Further posting of officers to the commision needs to be reviewed;only those who have the aptitude and willingness should be posted.

S Gopal

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)