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G P Patnaik

Is there a tie up between Congress and BJP ?
It is heard in the corridors of power that there is a tie up between the congress and the BJP over a debate on coal block allocation. Both parties do not want to get into the debate mode as it will question the acts of both thereby giving the public a deeper sense of the actions of the political representatives. A hazy picture and noise will help both parties as the circus will stop after some time and the issue will die down say political observers.

Will Congress and BSP have poll pact in MP ?
There are strong rumours of poll pact between the Congress and the BSP in Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections next year.

Who is land acquisition Bill meant to please?
It is heard that every minister has objected to Jairam Ramesh's Land Acquisition Bill which is tied to raising land prices so high to acquire (over and above resettlement and displacement benefits) that it will not make any project viable. What is the motive of Ramesh is it pleasing the UPA leader and Rahul or is there more motive behind ?

BUREAUCRACY

Over two dozen 1979 batch IAS officers short- listed?
Over two dozen IAS officers belonging to 1979 batch are expected to be empanelled to the rank of Secretary and Equivalent in the Government of India.

Post of Additional Secretary DEA to be abolished ?
Post of Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs earlier held by Bimal Julka is being abolished.

15 IAS officers of 1978 batch get postings as Secretaries
So far 15 IAS officers belonging 1978 batch have got their postings as Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI).

Empanelment list of 1993 batch IAS is still not out
Now the number of empanelled 1993 batch IAS officers has reportedly risen to about 60. The official list is yet to be declared.

Process to empanel 1981 batch IRS (IT) starts

Process of the empanelment of 1981 batch IRS (IT) officers to the rank of CCIT has commenced.

Chaturvedi to be DG,Central Excise Intelligence ?
In all probability J Chaturvedi Chief Commissioner C & CE Pune will be the new DG, Central Excise Intelligence in place of KK Goyal who superannuates on 31st August.

Additional Member (Finance), Railway Board seeks VRS
As the grapevine has it, Deepali Khanna, Additional Member (Finance), Railway Board has sought VRS.

Honour of S S Rana restored by Chidambaram
Honour of Member CBDT S S Rana has been restored in the new dispensation of Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Infact, Rana had been unceremoniously removed as Member Investigations for taking actions against the bigwigs in Uttar Pradesh. Now 1975 batch IRS officer Rana has been given the important charge of the P & V.

File of K V Chaudhary cleared
File pertaining to the appointment of K V Chaudhary as Member CBDT has been approved. He is a 1978 batch IRS (IT ) officer.
( We said this on July 6 )

C Balasubramanian to be ADG, CRPF ?
C Balasubramanian, IG/ Joint Director, Sardar Vallabh bhaiPatel National Police Academy, Hyderabad is likely to be appointed as Addl.DG, CRPF HQ New Delhi. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

CBEC Members allocated charges
Members of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) have been allocated works. Accordingly, Sheila Sangwan has been assigned the charge of Budget and Systems while Sandhya Baliga will be holding the charge of L & J and Shobha Chary is Member of P & V. Besides, Mary Jane Shanti Sundaram has been given the charge of Excise.

Dr Mathew relieved to join Rashtrapati Bhawan
Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Dr Thomas Mathew has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary in the President's Secretariat for a period with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post till May 31,2016 . He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
( We said this on August 6 )

Dr Mrinalini Darswal to be Director, NDMC
The inter-cadre deputation of Dr Mrinalini Darswal from Odisha cadre to AGMUT cadre has been approved for the appointment as Director in New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for a period of three years. She is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Orders of Nayak issued
Department of Health and Family Welfare has issued Official orders of the lateral shifting of Sundeep Kumar Nayak, IAS (JK:88), presently working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
( We said this on August 29 )

Deputation tenure of Subhash Sharma extended
The Competent Authority has approved extension of Central deputation tenure of Subhash Sharma, IAS (BH:84) as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence for a period of three months beyond August 31, 2012 .

Deputation period of Mining Secretary Chhattisgarh Govt. to end in Sept
Vijayendra, Mining Secretary- Govt. of Chhattisgarh, is going to complete his deputation in September. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Deputation tenure of PS to Coal Minister extended
Central deputation tenure of Daljit Singh Chaudhary, Private Secretary to Prakash Jaiswal, Union Minster of Coal has been extended for three months. He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Punjab cadre IAS officer poised to join Chattisgarh Govt. soon.
Dr Adapa Karthik is poised to join in Chhattisgarh on inter cadre deputation. He is 2008 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

1992 batch IRS officer waits to be relieved for Indian Embassy, Brussels?
Nausheen Jahan Ansari still waits her relieving to move to Indian Embassy in Brussels. Nausheen's deployment, shortlisted for the post of Advisor Information has been approved by the ACC. She is an IRS officer of 1992 batch.

20 officers of police & forces to participate in AEIC
As many as 20 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of various cadres and organizations have been nominated to participate in ATA-8447, Advanced Explosive Incident Countermeasures Course (AEIC) being held at Moyock, North Carolina, USA from September 10 to October 2, 2012. The officers include Dr T Prabhakar Rao (IPS) of Andhra Pradesh, Laxmi Narain Rao of Delhi; Anand Jain (IPS) of Jammu and Kashmir; Dinesh Pratap Singh (IPS) of Punjab; Mrs Vandana Ramdeo (IPS) of Rajasthan; Ashwini Mukund Kotnis (IPS) of Tamil Nadu; Syed Waqur Raja (IPS) of West Bengal; Amit Choudhary, SVP NPA; Kishore Kumar of NSG; Mahesh Chandra Laddha (IPS), NIA; Bikram Singh, SSB; Manoj Sundriyal of BSF; Anil Tiwari of ITBP; Ajoy Sadany of RPF; Brijesh Kumar of CRPF. Besides, fives officers are reserve who include Jai Singh, NSG; Mandeep Singh Randhawa (IPS) of AGMUT; Venkateshwaran S of
BSF, Shivraj Singh of CRPF and Atul Kumar (IPS) of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kishore Baburao to be RD, SSC - Mumbai
As the grapevine has it, Kishore Baburao on central deputation is poised to be Mumbai based Regional Director (RD),in the Staff Selection Commission(SSC).He is an IRS -CC& E officer of 1998 batch.

Ms. Pratima Gupta to be Deputy Secretary, Drinking water & sanitation
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Pratima Gupta, on central deputation, is poised to be Deputy Secretary ,Drinking water & sanitation. She is an Indian Ordnance Factory Service(IOFS) officer of the 1992 batch.

Bhasin to be CMD of Bank of India
T M Bhasin, CMD, Indian Bank is expected to move as new CMD of the Bank of India.

Will Chhattisgarh Govt. give Srivastava a position after retirement?
Whispers in the power corridors suggest that Jawahar Srivastava, Principal Secretary to Chhattisgarh Governor, may be given an administrative position post retirement. Srivastava is scheduled to retire this month end. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

1987 batch IAS to get PS rank in Haryana
1987 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Haryana in a week or two.

Conference of CCsIT/DGsIT postponed to September 3
The Conference of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT)/Directors General of Income Tax (DGsIT) scheduled to be held on August 31, 2012, has now been postponed to September 3, 2012 at New Delhi at 9.30 am.

R N Ghosh posted PAG (G& SSA), Thiruvanthapuram
R N Ghosh, on return from foreign assignment and leave, has been posted as Principal Accountant General (PAG) (G&SSA), Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram, under the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). He is an IA&AS officer of 1983 batch.

Esha Pandey goes as ACP, Licensing Branch
Ms. Esha Pandey on completion of training has been transferred as ACP/Licensing Branch, Delhi Police. She is a 2010 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

Namgyal posted in HCI Ottawa
Tsewang Namgyal Deputy High Commissioner in Singapore has been posted in the same capacity to the Indian High Commission Ottawa.

Post of AAD vacant in DG (HR), C&CE
Post of Additional Assistant Director (AAD) is vacant on deputation in the Directorate General of Human Resources Development (Infrastructure & Welfare Wing) under Customs & Central Excise at New Delhi. The applications for the post can be sent to this office before September
25, 2012.

IAS officer relieved to join UP Government
A 1998 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre Vishal Chauhan has been relieved to join the Uttar Pradesh Government for five years inter-state deputation.

Atish Chandra is new Secretary to Bihar Chief Minister
Atish Chandra has been appointed as secretary to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer.

Three IAS probationers get postings in Haryana
Three IAS probationers of 2010 batch have been given postings in Haryana. Accordingly, Ms Garima Mittal has been posted as Sub- Divisional Officer (Civil), Hisar while Prabhjot Singh will now be Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Ellenanand and Rajnarayan Kaushik is Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Jagadhri and Estate Officer, HUDA, Jagadhri.

Three IAS officers posted in Tamil Nadu
As many as three IAS officers have been shifted and posted in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Dr Niranjan Mardi has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Highways & Minor Ports Department while T K Ramachandran will now be Commissioner, Milk Production and Dairy Development and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation and Dr N Sundaradevan is Principal Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Department.

Srivastava promoted as ADG in Chandigarh
IG Chandigarh Administration P K Srivastava has been promoted to the rank of ADG. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Changes in Railway
A number of officers have been transferred and posted at different zones in Railways. Accordingly, Prashant Singhania, JS/IRTS(P), East Central Railway, has been transferred to South Eastern Railway while Vinod Bhatia, SG/IRTS, on return from deputation, was posted in the cadre of Northern Railway and Vinod Tamori, JS/IRTS/NF Railway, is being shifted to WCR and posted in the cadre. Similarly, V V Jituri, SAG/IRTS/ER, has been transferred to NWR and posted in the cadre; P Guha, SAG/IRTS/NR, is posted as Executive Director/Coaching, Railway Board; Vivek Srivastava, SAG/IRTS/NR, as ADRM/DLI; M Ravi Babu, SAG/IRTS/SCR, as ADRM/GNT and A K Samanta, on return from deputation, has been posted to Eastern Railway in the cadre.

S K Pal selected as Director (Finance), NBCC (UPDATED)
S K Pal, GM, IRCON, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Four IFS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rajesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Joint Project Director, Rajasthan Forest & Bio-diversity Project, Jaipur while Sunil will now be Assistant Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Kota and Shashi Shankar is Assistant Conservator of Forests. Besides, Harikesh Meena has been posted as Assistant Conservator of Forests, Jhalawad.

Dipali Khanna is new Secretary Indira Ganhdi Centre (UPDATED)
Dipali Khanna is the new Secretary of Indira Gandhi Centre in Delhi and will take over on August 31, 2012.

Rita Teotia takes charge as Additional Secretary, Telecom (UPDATED)
Rita Teotia has taken over as 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 assumes charge as Additional Secretary, IT (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary Forests and Environment, Rajiv Gauba has taken over as Additional Secretary, Information Technology. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on August 14)

IPS changes in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Javed Ahmad has been appointed new Additional DG Law and Order. Rajneesh Sheth will move to Force 1.Sadanand Datey will be Joint Police Commissioner Law & Order.

IPS changes in Tripura (UPDATED)
Gourab Chakraborty has been transferred as AIGP (Personnel) .Krishnendu Chakraborty has been transferred as principal of Police Training Academy at Narsingarh. Arjun Debbarma will be new commandant of TSR 7th battalion and Shankar Debnath will now look after the charges of SP of South Tripura district.

CBEC members get zonal charges (UPDATED)
Members of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) have been assigned zonal charges to supervise over Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise and Directorates. Accordingly, Ms Sheila Sangwan has been given the charges of CX, Mumbai-I, II, Customs, Mumbai-I, II, Customs (P), Mumbai-I, II and Customs & CX, Pune while M S Badhan gets charge of CX, Delhi, Customs Delhi, Customs (Prev.), Delhi, Customs & CX, Meerut, CX Lucknow, CX Bhubaneswar, CX Kolkata, Customs Kolkata, CX, Ranchi, Customs (P), Patna, CX, Shillong and Ms J M Shanti Sundharam will be supervising CX, Bangalore, Customs Bangalore, CX Chennai, Customs Chennai, Customs (Prev.), Chennai, CX Cochin, CX Coimabatore and CX, Mysore. Besides, Ms Sandhya Baliga has been charged of CX, Customs and ST, Hyderabad, CX, Customs Visakhapatnam, CX Customs, Bhopal, CX Customs Nagpur and Ms Shobha L Chary is assigned CX, Customs Ahmedabad, CX Vadodar, CX Jaipur, CX Chandigarh and DG (vigilance) DG NACEN, DG HRD.

SAIL gets Rashtriya Khel Protasahan Puraskar (UPDATED)
Two days after Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) received the Prime Minister's Trophy for the Best Integrated Steel Plant for its plant in Bhilai, the company was awarded the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar by President of India, Pranab Mukherjee for 'Community Sports and Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent'. The award was received by SAIL Chairman C S Verma in the presence of Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Ajay Maken on August 29, 2012. Expressing happiness upon receiving the award, Verma said, "The award, which comes as an acknowledgement towards our efforts, encourages us to work with even greater fervor towards the cause of promoting sports and sportsman spirit in the nation". Only recently, the two SAIL sponsored wrestlers, Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt won the Silver and Bronze medals respectively at London Olympics 2012. SAIL has been supporting these players from their formative years preceding the glorious victories, to help them find their rightful place in the history of Indian sports.

Ajit Kumar shifted to Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Ajit Kumar, IRAS/SAG, North Eastern Railway, has been transferred to Northern Railway and posted in the cadre.

CORPORATE

Local agitation against Vedanta's Alumina Refinery closure gains momentum
A never-seen-before agitation supporting industrialization in Odisha brought life to a standstill. Thousands of people in Kalahandi district's Lanjigarh area and adjacent places like Biswanathpur, Daikhal, Ambodala etc. protested and shouted slogans demanding allocation of bauxite to the alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL) in Lanjigarh. The people in these regions came to the streets on August 29, 2012 and observed a one day bandh. Due to scarcity of bauxite, VAL had to run its refinery at 40-50 percent of its capacity. If this situation continues, then it is anticipated that there will be a stoppage of production at Lanjigarh. The locals fear that this would lead to loss of jobs and affect livelihood.The protest was prominent in Lanjigarh and was spearheaded by Lanjigarh Anchalika Vikash Parishad. Sridhara Pesnia, president of the Anchalika Vikas Parishad said that the people in Lanjigarh were disappointed as their future appears to be in the dark since no bauxite mine has been allotted to Vedanta. "The alumina refinery should be provided bauxite from Odisha. The state and central govt.
must ensure this, else the local people will be affected. Thousands of localities depend on the refinery for their livelihood. We will go to the Chief Minister and if required to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister in future if bauxite mine is not provided to Vedanta", added Pesnia. Few days ago, nearly two thousand locals of Lanjigarh area staged a demonstration demanding bauxite mines for the Company.

Khara is CGM, SBI of MP & CG regions
Dinesh K Khara has taken over as Chief General Manager (CGM) of State Bank of India (SBI), Bhopal Circle (MP & CG regions).

Madan appointed Part-time Director, HMT Ltd
Dr Vijay Shankar Madan has been appointed as Part-time Official Director on the Board of HMT Ltd.

Chandra ceases to be Director, HMT Ltd
Saurabh Chandra has ceased to be a Director on the Board of HMT Ltd .

Chacko is Director (Operations), HMT Ltd
Antony Chacko, Managing Director, Ferro Scrap Nigam Ltd. has taken over as Director (Operations) of HMT Ltd.
(We said this on February 7, 2012)

Tiwari quits Mold-Tek Packaging Ltd
Ms. Ritu Tiwari has resigned as Company Secretary of Mold-Tek Packaging Ltd.

Jultha quits Acropetal Technologies Ltd
Ashok Kumar Gopal Rao Jultha has resigned as Director of Acropetal Technologies Ltd .

Patel quits Sadbhav Engineering Ltd
Girish N Patel Executive Director of Sadbhav Engineering Ltd has resigned from the company.

Patel appointed Director, Sadbhav Engineering Ltd
Arunbhai S Patel has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Sadbhav Engineering Ltd.

Goodanagar appointed ED, Sudar Garments Ltd
Sudar Garments Ltd has appointed Venkataraman Subramanian Goodanagar as Executive Director of the company.

Two Independent Directors appointed on Board of Sudar Garments Ltd
Sagar Dwarkanath Warekar and Ravikant Moreshwar Mhatre have been appointed as Independent Directors on Board of Sudar Garments Ltd .

Mafatlal quits Mahamaya Investments
Atulya Mafatlal has resigned as Director of Mahamaya Investments.

Jain appointed as MD of Grandma Trading and Agencies
Mahavir Jain has been appointed as MD of Grandma Trading and Agencies

Kasliwal quits S Kumars Nationwide
Jyoti Kasliwal has resigned as Director of S Kumars Nationwide.

Bansal quits Essar Shipping
RN Bansal has resigned as Director of Essar Shipping.

Verma ceases to be Director of Punjab Communication
RK Verma has ceased to be Director of Punjab Communication.

Dhanuka appointed as Director of GCV Industries
Pradeep Dhanuka has been appointed as Director of GCV Industries.

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Kudos to CAG.
Whatever may be the outcome of ongoing tussle between Govt. and opposition but one thing is clear CAG Vinod Rai has shaken the Government. He deserves kudos for that.

PKS

Dr. Manmohan Singh - a presumptive PM
When Harshad Mehta's share market scam broke out in early nineties, the then FM Manmohan Singh had offerred to resign but did not resign even though the loss caused to the nationalised banks was not a presumptive loss but a real loss running into several thousand crores.
Now when the government is claiming that loss calculated by CAG in coal allotment is only a presumptive loss, there is little likelihood of shri manmohan Singh resigning. Having lost his moral authority he looks like a presumptive PM only and not the real PM.

Sudhir Chopra

O L Dept in dire straights.

O L Dept. really seems to be sleeping. They are using all tactics to delay the promotions to hundreds of people. It is shame that hundreds of people are not being regularised despite having completed all formalities and yet there is no accountability. Isn't it high time when dead wood is rooted out?

Raj

Compliance with traffic rules is the need of the hour
Compliance with the traffic rules is the need of the day. Not only VIPs and VVIPs, but also ordinary citizens take it a pride to break the speed limit. We have developed a psyche that the rules should not be followed whether traffic rules or any other rule.

Stray dogs and other animals (even domesticated) have become part and parcel of our roads. One will come across plenty of them. What to talk of stray dogs, even the darling pet dogs, with English names, are free to spoil our beautiful parks and streets. We must protect the human lives and the animals lives as well. Some arrangement must be in place to do this, like stray dogs shelter homes etc.

Finally, what to talk of roads, even some public Golf Courses are not bereft of these stray dogs. Some casualties have also been reported there.

Z S Nirwal

Hitting a dog is punishable under PCA Act 1960
Hitting a dog even if it may be stray dog is punishable under PCA Act 1960. In India people are so ignorant of this rule that these cases are left unattended and the poor animals are left in the street in acute pain. Government should take proper initiative to sensitise the
people of this country.

Kalyan Banerjee

Appoint a full time CMD

Consider for appointing a full time CMD of any PSU. NFL is a mini ratna PSU without Full Fleged CMD for the last 2 years. This has resulted from a profit making PSU to a Loss making PSU.

Mahesh

RIT

Protection to third party information under RTI Act

The appellant sought a number of information regarding a certain property. The Public Information Officer (PIO) refused to furnish information as the owners of the property denied their consent for disclosure of information under section11 of the Act. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) overruled the order of PIO and allowed the appellant to seek complete documents regarding the property. The third party filed an appeal before the Central Information Commission (CIC). The CIC observed that the FAA has neither provided any reasons for overruling the order of the PIO for directing disclosure of the personal information to the RTI applicant, nor recorded any larger public interest while arriving at this conclusion. The CIC held that the FAA appeared to have pronounced his orders without due application of mind and without keeping in mind the relevant provisions under the RTI Act. The Commission further stated that within the transparency Act the right to privacy and personal information have been placed on a separate footing and are protected under the provisions of Section 8(1) (j), Section 10, Section 11 and Section 19(4) of the Act. The Commission upheld the order of PIO and dismissed the appeal.

Citation: Mr. Brij Mohan Kohli v. Chandigarh Administration in Appeal/Complaint No. CIC/DS/A/2011/003691 and CIC/DS/C/2012/000698

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)