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Kanakasabapathy, IRTS (R)

Will Singh - Zardari meeting have any results?
When power lies elsewhere in Pakistan will the Manmohan Singh and Asif Ali Zardari meeting have any meaning. The political instability in Pakistan will give a fillip to the ISI and such talks will not ensure the stability in the region that India is aiming at, says a diplomat.

Will Naroda Patiya verdict mean a polarizing of hindu votes ?
It is heard that the Hindus are rallying in favor of Narendra Modi after the Naroda Patiya verdict and are likely to give him votes with a handsome margins.

This is Mulayam's moment ?
With Mulayam Singh Yadav heralding a non NDA, non UPA front the whispers is that he is making a gambit to the PM's post. Will it work ?

Country being pushed back drastically
Different scams and controversies coupled with issues pertaining to vigilance clearance has drastically hampered the growth of India. Economic experts strongly feel that power sector and working in different public sectors including banks is the worst hit.

BUREAUCRACY

Three dozen 1979 batch IAS officers short-listed
About three dozen IAS officers belonging to 1979 batch are believed to have been short-listed for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. If the Chidambaram's theory is applied out of this list only 70 per cent officers will be empanelled . Short-listed officers are said to be Anup Kumar Thakur (AM), Jitesh Khosla (AM), Prasanna Kumar Mohanty (AP), I Y R Krishna Rao (AP), Afzal Amanullah (BH), B Bhamathi (BH), Sunil Kumar (CG), Rajiv Takru (GJ), Ashok Kumar Sarkar (JH), E K Bharat Bhushan (KL), V Somasundaran (KL), L C Goyal (Kerala), Amitabh Rajan (MH), Bimal Julka (MP), R Ramanujam (MP), Sneh Lata Kumar (MP), Rajan Katoch (MP), Jugal Kishore Mohapatra (OR), G Mohan Kumar (OR), Vandana Kumari Jena ? (OR), Ravi Mathur (RJ), Meera Mehrishi (RJ), Sudhir Bhargava (RJ), Lalit K Panwar (RJ), , Siraj Hussain (UP), Vijay Shankar Pandey (UP), Zohra Chatterji (UP ), S K Sarkar (West Bengal), Ajit M Sharan (Haryana), Gauri Kumar (Gujarat), S Machendranathan (TamilNadu), Meera Mehrishi (Rajasthan), Anita Kaul (Karnataka), Arun Kumar and Sonali Kumar (J & K ).

Uncertainty prevails regarding Secretary, Chemicals & Fertilizers
Uncertainty prevails regarding new Secretary, Chemicals & Fertilizers to the Government of India(GOI). Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers Alagiri is going to back in Delhi only Monday.

Chavaly to join Finance Ministry
Sharmila Chavaly is all set to join as Joint Secretary Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance. Her name has been cleared for the post. He is a 1982 batch Indian Revenue Service officer.
(We said this on August 6)

175 IAS officers to join training from September 2, 2012
As many as 175 IAS officers belonging to batches from 1982 to 1984 will undergo a month long training from September 2, 2012.Of this two weeks in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) ,Mussoorie and two weeks in Miami. Most of the IAS officers belong to the 1984 batch.

23 IAS of 1978 batch yet to get postings as Secretaries
As many as 23 IAS officers belonging to 1978 batch are now awaiting for their postings as Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI).

Posts of Secretaries to be filled up in GoI
There are certain posts of Secretaries that are to be filled in the Government of India (GOI) soon. They relate to Secretary - Ex Servicemen Welfare, Secretary - Chemicals & Fertilizers, Chief of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)-Secretary Equivalent and DG National Human Rights Commission(NHRC).

S K Pal selected as Director (Finance), NBCC
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.

Kishanlal Meena, ADG, CRPF retiring today
Kishanlal Meena, IG, Border Security Force (BSF) Rajasthan Frontier Jodhpur, who was promoted as Addl. DG, CRPF, HQ, New Delhi, on August 30, is retiring on August 31, 2012. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Rani joins as ADD, IB
IB Rani, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (DCP) has joined as Additional Deputy Director, FRRO, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Government of India, New Delhi. She is a 2000 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.
(We said this on May 22, 2012)

Rita Teotia takes charge as Additional Secretary, Telecom
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
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)

Assam Meghalaya cadre IAS officer unlikely to get extension?
Sri Vijayendra serving on deputation in Chhattisgarh as Secretary, Mining, is unlikely to get further extension. A 1991 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre would complete his deputation in September.

Dipali Khanna is new Secretary, Indira Gandhi Centre
Dipali Khanna has been made the new Secretary of Indira Gandhi Centre in Delhi. She will take over on August 31.

Rana to be DG (Vigilance), C & CE ?
SS Rana will in all probability become DG ( Vigilance) in the Central Excise and Customs against a vacant post.

Four CCsIT/ DGsIT get addl charges
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service- Income Tax (IRS-IT) working as Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) and Directors General of Income Tax (DGsIT) have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, Amitabh Mihsra, CCIT-XII, Delhi, has been given the charge of DGIT (Exemp), Delhi while T Jena, CCIT, Raipur, will be holding the charge of CCIT, Bhubaneshwar and K K Mohapatra, CCIT-I, Kolkata is also CCIT, Jalpaiguri. Besides, S Ravi, DGIT (Inv.), Bangalore has also been assigned the charge of DGIT (Inv.), Cochin.

Punjab cadre IAS officer Rupanjali poised to join Chhattisgarh govt. soon
Rupanjali is likely to get inter cadre deputation in Chhattisgarh. She is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

11 posts of Counsellor, Commerce, for Indian Missions abroad, still lying vacant
As many as 11 posts of Counsellor, Commerce are yet to be filled up. Despite the posts being sanctioned for Indian Missions abroad, to take care of the commercial interests of the country, appointments have not been made yet. These posts have been sanctioned for Indian Missions in Beijing, Berlin, Brasilia, Ottawa, Moscow, Canberra, Paris, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, and Seoul.

Archana Bhargava to be CMD, United Bank?
Mrs.Archana Bhargava, ED, Canara Bank, is likely to be appointed as CMD of the United Bank.

V Ravindran is DG (AEC), Hyderabad
V Ravindran, Principal Accountant General (A&E), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has been transferred and posted as Director General (AEC), in this office under the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).

Kalsi is new ACP, Kotwali in Delhi
Sagar Singh Kalsi has been on completion of training transferred as ACP/Kotwali (North Distt.), Delhi Police. He is a 2010 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

Post of TO vacant in DG (HR), C&CE
A post of Technical Officer (TO), on deputation, is vacant 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.

Jalan gets ACS rank in Haryana
K K Jalan has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Haryana. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.

Nine Punjab cadre IPS officers to be empanelled?
Nine 1993 batch Punjab cadre IPS officers, Kartar Singh, Ms Gurpreet Kaur Deo,Virender Kumar, Ishwar Singh, J K Jain , S K Asthana, Shashi Prabha Dwivedi ,Paramjit Singh Grewal and Arpit Shukla are expected to be empanelled to the rank of IG in the Government of India.

Rao to get pro-forma promotion
Goduguhuri Srinivasa Rao, Assistant Director, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad is likely to be Granted pro-forma promotion for selection Grade by the Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.

V Candavelou to go on study leave
V Candavelou, Director, (Kashmir), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India will be leaving for Netherland on a long term study leave. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

CBEC members get zonal charges
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.

IPS changes in Maharashtra
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
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.

IAS reshuffle in Haryana soon
IAS changes are expected in Haryana early next month.

Vijay Paul to retire today
ED North Air India Vijay Paul is superannuating on August 31.

Vinita Bhandari to succeed Vijay Paul
Vinita Bhandari is likely to succeed Vijay Paul as new ED, North Air India.

IAS Changes in Maharashtra Government
Milind Mahiskar has been appointed as Secretary Relief and Rehabilitation, AD appointed as Project Director Sarvashiksha Abhiyaan, Aabasaheb Jarhad appointed Director Municipal administration, Abhijit Bangar appointed CEO of Satara, Tukaram Mundhe appointed as Joint Commissioner Sales Tax, Navin Sona Director Textiles, AB Unhale CEO Akola.

Results of IP & TAFS Officers Association election declared

The final result of election held for Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service (IP & TAFS) Group 'A' Officers Association has been declared. Accordingly, Rajesh Kumar Pathak has been elected as President while Kashi Nath Jah will be General Secretary and Sanjay Kumar is Organising Secretary. Besides, Pradeep Kumar has been elected as Treasurer Secretary and Rajnish Kumar Jenaw, Abhya Kumar Singh and Mrs. Kavita Singh are Members of Executive Body.

Four IFS officers shifted in Rajasthan
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.

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

Applications invited for Administrative Members in Odisha
Government of Odisha has invited applications for two posts of Administrative Members in the Odisha Administrative Tribunal. The interested (IAS) officers may send their applications to the Special Secretary, General Administration Department, Bhubaneswar before September 15, 2012.

PESB invites applications for Director (Production) TCIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Production), Tyre Corporation of India Ltd (TCIL) lying vacant since July 4, 2012. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before October 8, 2012.

Kalyan Maity selected as Director (Raw Material & Logistics), SAIL (UPDATED)
Kalyan Maity, Executive Director, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Raw Material & Logistics), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Devendra Kumar Joshi assumes charge as new Navy Chief (UPDATED)
Western Navy Commander Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi has taken over as new Navy Chief. He succeeded Admiral Nirmal Verma.
(We said on August 4, 2012)


Navy Chief Nirmal Verma retires today (UPDATED)
Navy Chief Nirmal Verma is retiring on August 31, 2012.

Vasudev to be Chief Commissioner Customs,Mumbai ? (UPDATED)
BS Vasudev, Chief Departmental Representative, CESTAT under CBEC is being posted as Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai in place of Mrs Shobha Chary

K V Chaudhary is Member, CBDT (UPDATED)
K V Chaudhary has officially been appointed as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He is a 1978 batch IRS (IT ) officer.
(We said this on July 6)

Lal to get DG rank in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
S S Lal is being promoted to the rank of DG in Madhya Pradesh in a day or two. He is 1982 batch IPS officer.

Capt Sunil Thapar selected as CMD, SCIL (UPDATED)
Capt. Sunil Thapar, Director (B &T), SCIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 31, 2012. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
Some officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, Jatin Kalyan, JS/IRTS/WR, working as AOM(M)/RTM, has been transferred to Northern Railway while Tarun Jain, SG/IRTS, on return from deputation, was posted to NWR and P Mondal, SAG/IRSME, ED/MR Cell, is being appointed as Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (PU), Railway Board. Similarly, Vivek Kumar, SAG/IRSME, DLW, has been transferred to
Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Traction), Railway Board; Shubhranshu, SAG/IRSME, working as EDME (Traction)/ Railway Board, was transferred to Southern Railway and posted in the cadre Ram Saran, SAG/IRSME/RCF Rae Bareli, is being transferred to COFMOW and posted as CME.

Ms Roy Choudhury is new Member CBEC (UPDATED)
Orders of Mrs Lipika Roy Choudhury as Member CBEC have been issued. She will replace Mrs Sreela Ghosh. Mrs Roy Choudhury is presently on UN assignment

Bajwa shifted to DG, Infantry unit (UPDATED)
Lt Gen, J S Bajwa, Commandant Infantry School, has been shifted to DG Infantry.

Nandal transferred to Commandant Infantry School unit (UPDATED)
Lt Gen, A S Nandal, GOC 16 Corps, has been transferred to Commandant Infantry School.


Hooda shifted to GOC 16 Corps unit (UPDATED)
Lt Gen, D S Hooda, CSO, HQ SFC, has been posted to GOC 16 Corps.


Pillai posted to GOC, Chennai (UPDATED)
Lt Gen, V K Pillai, GOC Delhi Area, has been transferred to GOC, ATNK & K Area, Chennai.


Mitra moved to GOC Delhi area (UPDATED)
Lt Gen, S Mitra, GOC ATNK & K Area, Chennai, has been shifted to GOC Delhi area.

36 Section Officers shifted to various Ministries in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 36 Section Officers, who completed 16 years of services in the same Ministries, have been transferred to various Ministries in Government of India. Accordingly, R P S has been transferred to Defence Ministry while Din Dayal was posted to IP&P and N K Sharma is being shifted to Health. Similarly, Harjeet Singh has been shifted to Education; Sobhana Francis to Water Resources; R K Soni to Defence; Alka Gultati to Defence; Arunjay Kumar to Civil Aviation; Yash Pal Gulati to Power; Sarajmal Verma and Renu Kohli to IP&P; Yogesh Narain to Commerce; Surendra Kerari to Mines; Satish Kumar to Health; Shyam Saroop to Expenditure; Arjun Kumar to Shipping; Harish Kumar Kapoor to Agriculture; S K Suman to Defence; Pawan Kumar to Posts; Saroj Verma to Rural Development; Sanjay Kumar Singh to Education; Ram Naresh to MHA; Sarita Gulati to Rural Development; P K Saxena, R K Sharma to Water Resources; Kulbhushan Singh to Mines; Anup Pant to Civil Aviation; Manoj Kumar Jha to Mines; M s Sajwan to Mines; S K Chadha to Environment & Forests; Virendra Gupta to I&B; Pawan Sharma to Expenditure; G M Upadhayay to Expenditure; Ajeet Kumar to Labour; K K Sharma to Environment & Forests and Richpal Singh has been shifted to MHA.

Cheema assumes charge as Chief, Integrated Defence Staff (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral SPS Cheema has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) on August 31, 2012. He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January, 1977. He is a graduate of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasala, the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington and the College of Naval Warfare (CNW), Mumbai.

Dhawan posted as CIT (OSD), CCI, Chennai (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, K K Dhawan, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as CIT (OSD) in the office of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), Chennai.

CORPORATE

Sharma appointed Nominee Director, PFC
B N Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power has been appointed as Government Nominee on the Board of Directors of Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) .

Das gets addl. charge as CMD, NALCO
Ansuman Das, Director (Commercial) has assumed the additional charge of the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) .

SAIL gets Rashtriya Khel Protasahan Puraskar
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.

Vyas appointed Addl. Director, Essar Securities Ltd
N B Vyas has been appointed as Additional Director of Essar Securities Ltd.

Vyas appointed Company Secy., Essar Securities Ltd
Ashish Kumar Vyas has been appointed as Company Secretary of Essar Securities Ltd.

Saraf quits Zenith Computers Ltd
Ms Vijayrani Saraf has resigned as a Director of Zenith Computers Ltd.

Jain appointed Director, Apollo Finvest Ltd
Ms Preeti Jain has been appointed as Director of Apollo Finvest Ltd.

Khurody ceases to be Director, Forbes and Company Ltd
N D Khurody has ceased to be a Director of Forbes and Company Ltd.

Mishra ceases to be Nominee Director, MOIL Ltd
S K Mishra who was Nominee of Government of Madhya Pradesh on the Board of Directors of MOIL Ltd. has ceased to be Nominee Director of the company.

Jain appointed Independent Director, Monotype India Ltd
Akhilesh Jain has been appointed as Independent Director of Monotype India Ltd.

Valia appointed Addl. Director, Fortune Financial Services India Ltd
Chintan Valia has been appointed as an Additional Director of Fortune Financial Services India Ltd.

Chawla appointed Director, Bihar Sponge Iron Ltd
Jagdish Chander Chawla has been appointed as Director of Bihar Sponge Iron Ltd.

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PM has done more harm than good

A weak PM is burden on the country. Present incumbent has done more harm than good in the last 10 years or so. How can a person be clean when he is protecting so many unclean persons. He should have resigned at the first instance. It seems that taste of power has overpowered the honesty and courage of the PM. He is sticking to the job for simple benefits he is enjoying. A day will come when he will have to answer for all follies he and his allies have committed.

Pramod Sharma

Loving animals is not bad

Keeping pets can be bright idea provided they are not brought to parks and roads for defecation purpose. Pets should be taken to some secluded places for answering nature's call. People who bring pets for dirtying public places should be fined.

PKS

Honest civil servants can work wonders

He has done the polity proud and proved beyond doubt that honest civil servants can work wonders towards course correction and strengthening our democracy constantly under assault.

B A Prasad

Promote all deserving officers in time

But why at all, these things happen that the promotion of some of them is delayed for no fault of theirs. Appropriate authority should look into it and promote all deserving officers in time in one lot to avoid frustration.

Amarendra Kumar

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)