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Mining is new profession
If one goes by the present day happenings, one can easily say that mining has become profession of all the political parties in every state .

Has Raj Thackarey finally crossed over?

Raj Thackeray has made a cross over from being a regional politico to being a new messiah for the Hindu thereby casting his net wide is the whisper making rounds. The effortless cross over comes at a time when his elder cousin Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena is not doing too well health wise, and so the need for the younger cousin to take the baton further. Denial came in shortly when Raj was asked if Hindutva is his new poll plank . He justified it by saying just because I am against the recent heinous Muslim conflagration does it mean that I am pro Hindutva? But observers have to say that with friends like Narendra Modi can Raj Thackeray stay regional for long ?

Open house at President's office
There is a open house for journalists conducted at the President's office every month . The President, it is heard, wants to know what is happening and wants to tell many things in return.

Is Prithvi stifled?
It is heard that Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is feeling stifled because most of his colleagues in the state Congress are neck deep in various scandals relating to land. To add to it his alliance partner NCP too is neck deep in various controversies. He does not know which way to go.

Two ministers on last legs of their jobs
It is heard that Ambika Soni and Jayanti Natrajan are somehow trying to keep up with their jobs this is their last chance say many in the party.

BUREAUCRACY

Dr. Poonam Kishore Saxena is new Chairperson, CBDT
A 1975 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS-IT) officer, Dr. Poonam Kishore Saxena has been appointed new Chairperson, CBDT. She is senior most Member of the CBDT.
( We said this on June 22 and August 2 )

Gauri Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, Mines
Gauri Kumar has been appointed Additional Secretary Mines in the Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on August 14 )

Rita Teotia is Additional Secretary, Telecom
Rita Teotia has been appointed Additional Secretary -Telecom in the Government of India. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
( We said this on August 14 )

Rajiv Gauba is Additional Secretary, IT
Joint Secretary Forests and Environment, Rajiv Gauba has been appointed Additional Secretary Information Technology. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
( We said this on August 14 )

J S Deepak is new Additional Secretary, Commerce
J S Deepak has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on August 14 )

Sarna is back to MEA as AS, International Organizations
Navtej Sarna (IFS 1980) has joined MEA as Additional Secretary in charge of International Organizations after his return from Ambassadorship to Israel. Whether his successor, Jaideep Sarkar (IFS 1987) join in Tel Aviv, will depend upon Prime Minister as Sarkar is PS to PM.

Sikkim cadre IAS officer gets inter-cadre deputation
A1998 batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Vishal Chauhan has been granted inter-cadre deputation to UP for five years.

Ms. Das is new JS, PD in MEA
Ms. Riva Ganguly Das (IFS 1986) has joined MEA as Joint Secretary in charge of Public Diplomacy (PD) Division after her return from posting to Shanghai.

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is Vice Chairman, DDA
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava has joined as Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Earlier, he was Chief Secretary of Goa where he had successfully served as the Chief Secretary for over last three years .He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.
(We said this on July 2, 2012)

Rajasekhar appointed Ambassador
C Rajasekhar, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cuba, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Dominican Republic, with residence in Havana (Cuba)

Who will be new Secretary to Vice President?
Who will be new Secretary to Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari who began his second innings on August 13, 2012? This question is hot topic of discussion in corridors of power.

D N Sarangi tipped to head TNERC
As the grapevine has it, Debendra Nath Sarangi, Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu who may seek Voluntary retirement from service (VRS) is poised to be new Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC). He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of 1977 batch of Tamil Nadu cadre. He is due to retire by end of December 2012.

Ritu Raj Singh to be Deputy Director, AIIMS, Bhopal
Ritu Raj Singh, on central deputation, has been appointed as Deputy Director (Administration) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS)- Bhopal. He is a 1997 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of AGMU cadre. Presently, he is posted in MoEF's regional office at Lucknow.

D P Bankhwal's proposal for IG, NTCA cleared
Decks have been cleared for appointment D P Bankhwal on central deputation as IG, in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).He is an 1985 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Assam-Meghalaya(A-M) cadre.
(We said this on June 18, 2012)

Dr. J N Singh's deputation in NHAI to end
The deputation tenure of Dr. JN Singh Member (Finance) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will end in a few months. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Amit Mishra to be CF in MoEF's regional office Lucknow
Decks have been cleared for appointment of Amit Mishra on central deputation as CF, in the MoEF's regional office Lucknow, He is a 1997 batch Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of 1997 batch of Punjab cadre.

Oberoi unlikely to go on MCTP Training
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly denied permission to MHA for sending M M Oberoi, DIG for MCTP training programme because of heavy workload. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

Sahay to get one year extension ?
Sanjeev Nandan Sahay, Adviser, Infrastructure Dev Finance Co Ltd (IDFC) is likely to get an extension for one year in Central Deputation. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

Keshav Kumar to join GoI
Keshav Kumar is joining the Government of India as Deputy Secretary,Textiles. He is a 2002 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Chakrabarty gets extension on the recommendations of RBI Governor
Who got two years extension to RBI Dy Governor, K C Chakrabarty ? This is the hot topic of discussion in the banking circles since he had been given only three months extension during the regime of Pranab Mukherjee. Insiders say that extension has been given on the recommendation of RBI Governor D Subbarao.

Move to change Mumbai Police Commissioner?
It is heard that the file has been moved to transfer Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik and soon the announcement is likely to be made.

Patnaik to get DG rank
Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik is being promoted to the rank of DG in Maharashtra. He is 1979 batch IPS officer.

Satyapal Singh poised to be Commissioner, Mumbai Police
Satyapal Singh, ADG, Law and Order, is poised to be new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Transfers and postings in Railways
A number of senior officers have been transferred in Railways. Accordingly, Ravij Seth, SAG/IRAS/CORE/Allahabad, has been transferred to IRITM/Lucknow while Ms.Kalpana Dube, SAG/IRAS/IRITM, is being shifted to RDSO/Lucknow and posted as ED (Finance)/RDSO and S P Trivedi SAG/IRSEE, ECR, was posted to WCR in the same capacity and posted as CSTE(CHOD). Similarly, Margoob Hussain SAG/IRSEE, SCR, has been shifted to CORE in the same capacity and posted in the cadre; Inderjit Singh SAG/IRSME, NFR posted as ED/Carriage/ RDSO; D K Agarwal RDSO as ED/Research /RDSO; Hemant Katiyar SAG/IRSME, CR as ED/VDG vice Sh. Anil Kumar, whose posting as DRM WAT/ECOR; P Mondal SAG/IRSME, on being relived from DRM/HWH, ER RB as ED/MR Cell by utilizing SAG, IRSME; Arvind Mittal SAG/IRSSE, IRISET to RB as ED(Signalling Proj.); Tarun Huria SG/IRSME IRIMEE/Jamalpur to RCF and posted in the same capacity; V K Jain SG/IRSE, on return from deputation, RLDA, asDirector (Bridges & Structure) and P K Banerjee, SAG/IRSS SER, has been appointed as HAG/and posted as COS/SER.

Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma takes over as CEO& ED, NIELIT
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma has taken over as CEO & ED, NIELIT, an organization with Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Earlier, Dr. Sharma was Director (Technical), RajCOMP Info Services Ltd, a Government of Rajasthan Public Sector Undertaking implementing IT & e-Governance Projects. Dr. Sharma is BE (Hons.) in Computer Science, M.Tech in Computer Science and Ph.D (e-Governance) with 28 years experience in multiple organizations, which include ISRO, BARC, Toshiba Corporation- Japan, RIICO, Asian CERC & RISL. He also worked as MD for RajCOMP (Society) in the year 2002-2004 & 2009-2011.
(We said this on July 4, 2012)

Ravi Shankar to move Rome
DCM in Indian Mission in Hanoi Ravi Shankar has been transferred to Indian Embassy in Rome.

IAS couple to go on deputation to Chhattisgarh
A 2008 batch IAS officer Dr Adapa Karthik and a 2008 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre Ms. Rupanjali are all set to go on inter-cadre deputation to Chhattisgarh. Chief Ministers of Punjab and Chhattisgarh have cleared the file of inter-cadre deputation. Bothe the IAS officers have expressed their willingness to serve in the tribal region of Chhattisgarh to work for the upliftment of poor sections.

Dr Kumar joins as OSD to Mukul Roy
Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Private Secretary to MoS, Urban Development, Government of India has joined as OSD to Minister of Railways Mukul Roy Rail Bhawan New Delhi. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of West Bengal Cadre.

Vivek Dubey returns to GoI
Vivek Dubey, Director General, State Disaster Response & Fire Services, AP, Hyd , has been appointed as Addl. DG, CRPF Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh Cadre.

Eight officers found in corrupt practices in CBEC
As many as eight officers have been charged with corrupt practices in Central Board of Excise and Customs. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended action against such officers.

Orders of D S Dhesi as DG, DGS & D in GoI issued
Appointment orders of Depinder Singh Dhesi as Director General, DGS&D, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary have been issued. Presently, he was Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on August 20, 2012)

Orders of Girish Shankar as Addl. Secy., Tourism in GoI issued
Appointment orders of Girish Shankar as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism have been issued. He is presently Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. (We said this on August 14, 2012)

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.

Moharana promoted in Patna
H M Moharana, a 2001 batch IRS officer who is JCIT has been promoted and retained in CCIT, CCA Patna.

24 IRS-IT officers shifted after promotion to CCsIT (UPDATED)
As many as 24 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working as Commissioners and Directors of Income Tax have been transferred after promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCIT). Accordingly, Raghu Pervela has been shifted to Hyderabad while Kuvindar Singh is being transferred to Delhi and Lav Saksena was moved to Rajkot. Similarly, Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj, DGIT (Inv.), Kochi; Liladhar Bharti to Chennai; Jyotindra Mohan Sahay to Nasik; Pradeep R Sethi to Chennai; Sushil Chandra to Ahmedabad; Gurpreet Singh to Shimla; Ashwani Kumar Mehta to Chennai; Amit Chatterje to Mumbai; Raj Kumar to Jaipur; Ratan Kishore Bajaj to Madurai; Siddartha Mukherjee shifted in place of Digvijay Kumar; Sheba Bhattacharya to Jodhpur; Narayan Prasad Bhagat to Patna; Amarendara Kumar Tewary; Fakir Mohan Mohanty to Mumbai; Vijay Kumar Bakshi to Durgapur; Gunjan Mishra to Gujarat; Sushil Kumar Sahai to Patna; Nishi Singh to Ghaziabad; Har Prasad Kain to Jalpaiguri and Jagtar Singh has been shifted to Coimbatore (CCA TN).
(We said this yesterday only)

6 IRS-IT officers get inter-region postings after promotion to CCsIT (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working as Commissioners and Directors of Income Tax have been transferred to inter-region after promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCIT). Accordingly, Dileep Shivpur has been shifted to CCA, Ahmedabad while Mahesh Kumar Idnani is being transferred to Thane and Anil Kumar Singh was moved to Mumbai (CCA). Similarly, Girdhari Lal Bhagat has been shifted to Kolkta (CCA, WB); T Jena to Raipur (CCA, Bhopal) and S M Nigam has been appointed CVO.
(We said this yesterday only)

10 IRS-IT officers get local postings after promotion to CCsIT (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working as Commissioners and Directors of Income Tax have locally been transferred after promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCIT). Accordingly, Tara Kumar Shah has been shifted to CCIT-VI,Mumibai (CCA) while Swatantra Kumar was transferred to DG (Inv.)Mumbai (CCA) and S Sendamarai Kannan was posted to CCIT-I Chennai (CCA TN). Similarly, Bibhab Dutta has been shifted to CCIT-I, Hyderabad (CCA AP); Ramesh Chandra Mishra to DGIT (Inv.), Chennai (CCA TN); Suresh Jandhyala to CCIT-III, Hyderabad (CCA AP); Jayasankar Talava to CCIT (C)-I, Mumbai (CCA); Arun Kumar Jain to CCIT-II, Ahmedabad (CCA); Arvind Shankar to CCIT-III, Ahmedabad and Mohan Das Kabra has been shifted to DGIT (Inv.) Ahmedabad (CCA).
(We said this yesterday only)

Bimal Julka to be AS and FA MEA (UPDATED)
Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Bimal Julka is moving to the Ministry of External Affairs as Additional Secretary and FA. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Bill related to retirement age of HCs' judges likely in this session (UPDATED)
The Constitution (one hundred and fourteenth amendment) Bill, 2010, which provides to increase the retirement age of Judges of High Courts from 62 to 65 at par with the retirement age of Judges of the Supreme Court and had failed to pass in Lok Sabha in last winter session, is expected to be tabled again in the House for discussion in current session.

U P Pani selected as Director (HR), NTPC Ltd (UPDATED)
U P Pani, Regional Executive Director (ED), NTPC, Patna, has been selected for the post of Director (Human Resources), NTPC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 22, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Two IRS-IT officers posted as OSDs (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been given posting after returning from deputation. Accordingly, D A J Sawkmie has been posted as OSD in the CCIT, Guwahati while Deepshikha Sharma will now be OSD, CCIT, Delhi.

BHEL achieves breakthrough in Nuclear Power segment (UPDATED)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved another major breakthrough in the nuclear power segment with an order for Steam Turbine Generators for new rating 700 MWe Nuclear Sets, based on Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors. Significantly, these will be the highest rating indigenously-developed nuclear sets in the country. Valued at over Rs.1906 crore, the contract has been placed on the BHEL-Alstom consortium by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for its 2x700 MWe Rawatbhata Nuclear Power Station (Units 7&8), located in Rajasthan. In value terms, BHEL's share in the contract is around Rs.1207 Crore. The BHEL-Alstom consortium will supply the turbine generator packages for the two new 700 MWe units at the power station. BHEL and Alstom shall together manufacture and supply the Steam Turbines while the manufacture and supply of the complete Generator, Moisture Separater Reheater (MSR) and Condenser including complete erection and commissioning of the Turbine Generator package shall be undertaken by BHEL. In addition to the above, NPCIL has also awarded a contract for supply and installation of Controls and Instrumentation for the Turbine Island Secondary Cycle System for the same project to BHEL. The project will contribute to India's plans to increase its nuclear capacity to 21 GW by 2020.

CORPORATE

Govt to revive 43 CPSEs
Government of India has decided to revive as many as 43 loss making Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).

Stake sales of STC and BHEL on cards
If top sources are to be believed, stake sales of State Trading Corporation and Bharat Heavy Electricals are on cards.

What has gone wrong in BSNL ?
Now heavy losses in the state-run telecom firm who is to be blamed. Infact, BSNL's profit had started declining continuously from Rs 10,183 crore in 2004-05 before showing a loss in 2009-10.

Max India Chairman in newly constituted BSIIAC
Max India Chairman, Analjit Singh has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC) in Bihar.

Bhusan appointed Nominee Director, OMDC
E K Bharat Bhushan, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Union Ministry of Steel has been appointed as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Orissa Minerals Development Company (OMDC)

Singh ceases to be Director, OMDC
U P Singh, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Steel has ceased to be Director of Orissa Minerals Development Company (OMDC)

Sridhar joins RICS South Asia
Former CMD of Central Bank of India and National Housing Bank, S Sridhar has been associated as "Advisor" to RICS South Asia.

Anshu Jain joins Board of Directors of IIF
Anshu Jain of the Deutsche Bank has joined the Board of Directors of the Institute of International Finance.

Pandiya quits Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd
Sanjiv Pandiya, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd has resigned from the company due to poor health.

Khaitan designated CMD, Wires and Fabriks SA Ltd
Wires and Fabriks SA Ltd has designated Basant Kumar Khaitan as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company.

Dhanuka appointed Company Secy Wires and Fabriks SA Ltd
Amit Dhanuka has been appointed as Company Secretary of Wires and Fabriks SA Ltd

Rao appointed CFO, Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd
P Bhaskara Rao, General Manager (Accounts & Finance) , Prajay Engineers Syndicate Ltd has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Saboo appointed Sr. GM (Corp. Affairs) & Co. Secy., Supreme Industries Ltd
Rajendra J Saboo has been appointed as Senior General Manager (Corporate Affairs) and Company Secretary of Supreme Industries Ltd

Prasad quits RR Financial Consultants Ltd
Rajat Prasad has resigned as Managing Director of RR Financial Consultants Ltd

Singh appointed Director, RR Financial Consultants Ltd
Ms. Priyanka Singh has been appointed as Director of RR Financial Consultants Ltd .

Vikramkumar Patel appointed Director, Sadbhav Engineering Ltd
Vikramkumar R Patel has been appointed as a Director of Sadbhav Engineering Ltd.

Vasistha Patel appointed Director, Sadbhav Engineering Ltd
Vasistha C Patel has been appointed as a Director of Sadbhav Engineering Ltd .

Wanvari appointed Addl. Director, Trilogic Digital Media Ltd
Trilogic Digital Media Ltd has appointed Anil Wanvari as Additional Director of the company.

Kadam quits Monarch Health Services Ltd
Dr Ajit Kadam, Managing Director of Monarch Health Services Ltd has resigned from the company.

Raja appointed Director, Chokhani Securities Ltd
Yogesh Raja has been appointed as Director of Chokhani Securities Ltd

Wanvari appointed as Director of Trilogic Digital Media
Anil Wanvari has been appointed as Director of Trilogic Digital Media.

Malhan quits DB Corporation
Niten Malhan has resigned as Director of DB Corporation.

Sharma resigns as Director of Avon Corporation
Gopal Krishna Sharma has resigned as Director of Avon Corporation.

Sharma appointed as Director of Surya Industrial Corporation
Abhinav Sharma has appointed as Director of Surya Industrial Corporation.

Jangid quits Sanblue Corporation
Ashok Jangid has resigned as Director of Sanblue Corporation.

Patel appointed as Director of Sadhav Engineering
Vikram Patel appointed as Director of Sadhav Engineering.

Rao appointed as CFO, Prajay Engineering
P Bhaskara Rao appointed as CFO, Prajay Engineering.

Pandiya quits Hanung Toys
Sanjiv Pandiya has resigned as CEO, Hanung Toys.

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Why officers are not taking quick & bold decisions ?

The three main reasons that officers these days are not taking quick & bold decisions are:-

(i) Fear of getting cooked up figures of CAG in future.

(ii) Facing enquiries in which the inquiring authorities will start smelling fish in each every word written on file.

(iii) The should complete their career unscathed and not face the ignominy of their payments of gratuity and pension being stopped.

A Srivastava

What will be the loss to BSNL ?

BSNL on its formation by default acquired lot of real estate from the erstwhile P&T department as part of Telegraph services getting merged with Telecom. The assets which came from British times to Telegraph Department were nearly 35000/-crores as market value as on the formation day. Most of the Telephone exchanges in several cities are standing on Telegraph land. If BSNL start paying rent to the buildings they have occupied, what will be the losses?

C.V.Gopinath

Former Sr. Deputy Director General,

Department of Telecom

Legal control over Mobile companies

This is regarding excercising legal whip over mobile companies being an instrument of terror by mass sms !! It need not remind , telecom has become a no control zone for Govt. Be it policy or HR issues. All companies are on earning spree come what may. Despite numerous so called actions by Govt , a citizen is not able to get rid of unwanted sms/ calls simply because Telecom is being run by all but telecom engineers. Pvt operators network is controlled by young chaps at throw away wage who make it a practical training field. Government PSUs are pushed to wall and don't know what to do , expand its network/maintain or handle its messy human resource issues. The people in power care for tele-density come what may and aam janta is hoping amongst
BSNL/MTNL/IDEA/RELIANCE etc etc .Who cares for service.....

S Sharma

Find out

Whispers should find out the reason for this imperial wrath on

Patanaik ,Ex-VC,DDA not getting any posting .

T K Ghosh

Appoint person of Minority communtiy

The post of Secretary, Minority Affairs is going to fall vacant this month end. It would be appropriate if a person belonging to a minority community is made the Secretary of the Ministry. Will the government listen or it has already finalised a name?

Nanditha

"Is Aam Aadmi's cynicism with 'Raj Dharma' misplaced ?"

A Cabinet Minister's remarks terming inflation as beneficial to farmers, is an affront to Aam Aadmi. Unusual hikes in price of oil, power and food items, drinking water shortage -- all result from endless corruption scams being churned out by the day. As if the common man's problems were not enough, Minister derives sadistic pleasure by adding salt to the wounds. While, the tamasha goes on in vicious circle, the government of the day continues with its anti-people "Raj Dharma".

Aam Aadmi wonders: Kya Phir Subhaa Hogi" ?

A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)

Charged employee be given a copy of first stage advice !

The CVC way back in the year 2000 had issued a circular addressed to all functionaries under its jurisdiction that the charged employee should be given a copy of the first stage advice rendered by the CVC and this was based on a judgement which stated that no action should be taken behind the back of the employee.

S Krishnan

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)