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Cabinet reshuffle unlikely before Parliament session ends
As the grapevine has it, Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre is unlikely before the Parliament session commencing on August 7,2012 ends in beginning of the September 2012.

Now teacher arrives in Finance Ministry
Finance Minister P Chidamambaram has started taking classes of all officers of the rank of Deputy Secretary and above in his Ministry. He has also directed that no officer should leave Hqrs till Aug. 8, 2012 and if any one has prior permission he should seek fresh permission from him. He had also directed that all officers and staff of Finance Ministry should attend office on Saturday

What transpired in meeting ?
New Finance Minister P Chidambaram called Cabinet Secretary A K Seth in his chamber in the North Block and discussed certain matters. What transpired between the two ? Outcome is visible.

When Finance Minister spent time in office of CBDT
In a big surprise Finance Minister P Chidambaram spent 45 minutes in the office of the Chairman CBDT last week. He made his presence felt in the sensitive CBDT by having one to one talk with the Members of the CBDT.

BUREAUCRACY

Sumit Bose appointed Secretary, Revenue
Secretary Expenditure, Sumit Bose has been appointed new Secretary, Revenue. A1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre will take charge on Monday.

Gujral moves to Expenditure
Secretary, Revenue, R S Gujral has been moved to the Department of Expenditure. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Thomas Mathew to move Rashtrapati Bhawan
Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Dr Thomas Mathew is all set to replace Barun Mitra in the Rashtrapati Bhawan.He is a1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Barun Mitra to return parent Manipur-Tripura cadre
Joint Secretary in the Rashtrapati Bhawan Dr Barun Mitra is returning to the parent Manipur-Tripura cadre this month. He is a1987 batch IAS officer.

Is Chavaly going to join Finance Ministry?
It is heard that Sharmila Chavaly ( IRS 82 batch) is likely to join as Joint Secretary Department of Economic Affairs.

IAS loses to IFS
Dinkar Khullar has been appointed Ambassador of India to the Council of the European Union and the European Commission in Brussels. He is a 1978 batch IFS officer. Earlier the post was held by an IAS officer.

Justice Alam to take over as Chairman of CAT this week
Justice Syed Rafat Alam Khan will take over as new Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) this week. He is retiring as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on August 7.
(We said this on March 20)

Ramesh Abhishek to get promotion
After K A Ganai, another 1982 batch IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek is likely to be posted as the regular Chairman, Forward Markets Commission in the rank of Additional Secretary. The post was held by him from July 2011 as acting Chairman and not filled by Department of Consumer Affairs waiting for Abhishek to be empanelled as Additional Secretary.

Transfers in Income Tax Department this week
Annual General Transfers and Promotions of CITs and CCITs in the Income Tax Department are expected to take place this week. People say it may take place even before the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.

Joint Secretary in RAW dismissed !
A Joint Secretary level officer in the RAW has reportedly been dismissed from service .

Tiwari to take over as Member CBDT
R K Tiwari is all set to take over as new Member of the CBDT. He is a 1976 batch IRS (IT) officer.
(We said this on July 1)

B K Gupta unlikely to go in NHRC ?
Outgoing Delhi Police Commissioner, B K Gupta has reportedly lost the race for the post of Advisor in the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).He is a retired 1975 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

3 member panel for Goa, CS
A panel of 3 IAS officers has been sent for the slot of Chief Secretary of Goa. They are G S Patnaik present Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), D M Spolia and Mrs. L Tochhong,

1982 batch IAS officer to be CS in West Bengal ?
It is widely believed that 1982 batch IAS officer Sanjay Mitra will be new Chief Secretary in West Bengal on October1. Present Chief Secretary Samar Ghosh is retiring on September 30.

Birdi appointed SP CBI
Vidhi Kumar Birdi has been appointed SP in the CBI. He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.

Dinendra Kashyap promoted as DIG
Dinendra Kashyap has been promoted to the rank of DIG in CBI. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Proposal to have Civil Aviation Authority scuttled ?

Proposal for Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has reportedly been scuttled by influential section in the government.

DoPT selects two more IAS officers for a UNDP Project in Kabul

Two more IAS officers have been selected by the DoPT to be deployed at Kabul for a UNDP project. They will move after a batch of three officers move to Kabul by the first week of September.

Negi is new IG, ITBP in Dehradun
A1980 batch officer I S Negi has taken over as Inspector General (Headquarter) Northern Frontier, ITBP, in Dehradun .

Prakash Chandra in Advisory Board of CVC
Former Chairman of the CBDT Prakash Chandra Tripathi has been nominated in the Advisory Board of the CVC.

IAS officer is Director Health in MP
Dr Sanjay Goel has been appointed Director Health in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer. This is for the first time in the state that an IAS officer has been posted.

18 CSS officers promoted as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 18 officers of Central Secretariat Services belonging to 1998 batch SGSL batch have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent under CSS in Government of India. The officers include: Jai Parkash Agrawal, Satish Kumar, K L Sharma, S K Verma, Rajiv Rai, K V Jacob, Divya Prasad, Ranbir Singh, Rosy Sharma, B K Mukhopadhyay, Sudhir Kumar, A K Saxena, Kiran Puri, Anil Bahuguna, A R Goyal, P Kalyanassundaram, Shyam Kapoor and Bina Prasad.

Additional Secretary re-employed in Gujarat
Additional Secretary of GAD Harsh Brahmbhatt, who retired on July 31 has been re-employed for another one year.

Ms. Gupta shifted as DG (T&R), CAG
Ms. Meenakshi Gupta, Director General (DG) in the office of C&AG of India, has been transferred and posted as Director General (Training & Research) in the office under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

IPS reshuffle in Punjab (UPDATED)
A number of senior officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Jasminder Singh has been made ADGP, Crime while CSR Reddy is given the additional charge of IT&T and RP Meena was posted as ADGP, Prisons. Similarly, Narinder Bhargava has been appointed as SSP, Mansa; RP Mittal as IG, Border Range, Amritsar; Ram Singh as Commissioner of Police, Amritsar; Arun Pal Singh as DIG, CM's Security; SK Singh as DIG, Intelligence; Khubi Ram as DIG, Security; RK Jaiswal as DIG, Intelligence, with the additional charge of DIG, Ropar Range and Ashish Chaudhary as SSP, Ludhiana (Rural) and Dinesh Partap Singh is posted as AIG/Personnel-I, Chandigarh.

Anurag likely to be COM, SWR (UPDATED)
Anurag, SAG, IRTS on being relieved from the post of DRM Vijaywada, has joined in South Western Railway and is likely to be posted as COM in place of NC Sinha.


N C Sinha to be Addl. Member, R B (UPDATED)
NC Sinha, HAG, IRTS, who is set to become GM, is being elevated to Additional Member, Railway Board. His posting order for GM will be issued later along with others.


Five posts of GMs vacant in Railways (UPDATED)
Five posts of GMs are vacant in North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur, Southern Railway Chennai, East Central Railway Hajipur, NF Construction Gauhati, Metro Railway, Kolkata.

23 officers get SA grade in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as 23 SG/ IRSEE officers have been granted SA grade on non-functional. The officers include: Sanjay V Waghmare of Central Railway; Shailesh Kumar Srivastava of Eastern Railway; Sushil Kumar, RDSO, Anupam Singhal, North Central, Railway; Raghvendra K Sharma, South Central, Bhaskar Hazarika, NEFR; Pappu Ram, SR; Naveen Kumar, ECR, Abhay Bakre, JDC, MSME; Sanjay Kumar Gupta, RDSO, Sanjeev Nandan, COFMOW; Naresh Pal Singh, CR; Prakash Deo Mishra, NCR; Vijay Prakash Saraf, SER; Anoop Kumar Agarwal, CR; Rajendra Kumar Choudhary, Metro Railway; Madan Lal Meena, WR; Sanjay Phulwaria, WR; Yatendra Kumar, NCR; Asim Kumar Majumdar, RVNL; Hajong Situsing, NEFR; Ramotar Meena, RRB/Allahabad and Jagdish Kumar of COFMOW.

179 IRS officers shifted after promotion to ACIT (UPDATED)
As many as 179 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) have been transferred after promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT). Accordingly, H M Bhatt has been posted to Pune CCA while P R Mohanty is being shifted to Ahmedabad and Mrs. M M Garg was transferred to Ahmedabad. Similarly, Rajesh Kumar M Vasavda to Jaipur CCA; Bhardwaj B Dholakia to Kolkata; Susheel Kumar Katiyar to Chennai; Himanshup P Joshi to Kolkata; Rajesh J Rana to Ahmedabad; Shyamsunder R Rathi to Nagpur; Pramod M Karve to Jaipur; P Anil Kumar Nair to Cochin; A D Parmar to Ahmedabad; Urjit B Shah to Ahmedabad; Jashvant K Parikh to Jaipur; Rajkumar Makwana to Kolkata;Kamlesh C Paul to Jaipur; Bhagirathmal Meena to Jaipur; Jethanand L Bhata to Ahmedabad; Ramdhan Meena to Ahmedabad; Brijlal Meena to Kolkata; Narpat Singh to Ahmeabad; Suresh R to Chennai; Sajit Kumar P to Chochin; Rajashekhar V to Bangalore; Nazeera Mohammed to Bangalore; Benakatti R L to Chennai; Siva Prasad Reddy H to Bangalore; Shivaprakash S to Bangalore; U K Pillai to Ahmedabad; Anis Khan to Kolkata; S K Barwa to Bhubaneshwar; Pranati Mishra to Bhubaneshwar; S K Behera to Kolkata; Rinath Karjee to Hyderabad; Surinder Kaur to Chanidgarh; Ved Parkash Kalia to Chandigarh; Charan Dass to Kolkata; Prem Singh to Kolkata; Chaman Lal Negi to Patna; Harmesh Lal to Kolkata; Arvind Kumar Bansal to Kolkata; Girish Kumar Kohli to Chandigarh; Surinder Kaur Wariach to Chandigarh; Neelam Sharma to Chandigarh; Anil Kumar Sharma to Ahmedabad; Satbir Singh to Chandigarh; Daljit Singh to Patna; Dharamvir to Kolkata; Adarsh Kumar to Chandigarh; Pradeep Kumar to Kolkata; Anuj Garg to Kolkata; Dinesh Gupta to Chandigarh; Pradeep Kumar to Patna; Vivek Vardhan to Kolkata; Sushil Kumar Negi to Patna; S Kamal Abdul Nazar to Cochin; B Sajive to Cochin; Omprasad U Menon to Cochin; P chandramohan to Cochin; Paul Jawahar to Cochin; S M Surendranath to Chennai; Yas Pal chawla to Kolkata; Harpal Singh Kharab to Kolkata; Vinothan Subbamaniam to Ahmedabad; Indu Bala Saini to Delhi; Vipin Kumar to Delhi; Sudhir Kumar Sharma to Kolkata; Muneesh Rajani to Delhi; Silak Ram Dahiya to Delhi; Sarojin to Nagpur; Prem Veer Singh to Kolkata; Jitender Kumar Gogia to Chennai; Nihar Ranjan Samal to Ahmedabad; Nirmal Kumar Nangia; Rajesh Dhingra to Kolkata; Yogesh Kumar Nayar to Kolkata; Amitabh Shah to Delhi; Anurag Sharma to Kolkata; S Easwar to Chennai; Anil Gandhi to Delhi; Lalit Kishore to Delhi; Vivek Gulati to Kolkata; K K George to Delhi; Bhoop Dev to Delhi; Umesh Kumar to Kolkata; Jawvinder to Delhi; Radhey Shyam to Chennai Jaiswal; Madan Mohan to Delhi; Thanglaonhmar to Guwahati; Banjul Barthakur to Guwahati; Banjul Bharthakur to Guwahati; Arun Bhowmick to Guwahati; Animesh Bhattacharya to Guwahati; Nibedita Gupta to Guwahati; Pukini Lokho to Delhi; Kavitha Rani B to Ahmedabad; Bhushanam L to Bangalore; M P Singh to Ahmeabad; Sanjay Kumar Nargas to Jaipur; Sadhna Pawar to Jaipur; Harendera Kumar Kale to Ahmedabad; N Srikanth to Hyderabad; Vijay Ranjan Sinha to Patna; Radhey Shyam to Kolkata; Ajay Kumar to Ahmedabad; Amrendra S Nath to Patna; Rajiv Kumar singh to Ahmedabad; Shailendra Srivastava to Patna; Nagendra Dixit to Lucknow; Rajesh Kumar Gupta to Bhopal; Vageesh Chandra Mishra to Kanpur; Sumeet Gakhar to Mumbai; Sher Singh to Ahmedabad; Kamal Kumar to Patna; Naresh Chandra to Bhopal; Bhaswati Chatterjee to Kolkata;Parth Sarath to Kolkata; R R N Shukla to Lucknow; Arvind Kumar to Lucknow; Raj Kumar singh to Ahmedabad; V K Dubey to Lucknow; Umesh Kumar to Lucknow; Mithilesh Kumar Shukala to Lucknow; N K Mishra to Lucknow; M K Pandey to Lucknow; Pradeep Kumar Kanojia to Lucknow; Sunil Ashok Bhat to Ahmedabad; Vijaykumar P Menon to Pune; Sanjay Sethi to Nagpur; Rajkumar R Yadav to Kolkata; Chintamani V Dingankar to Mumbai; Shreekala D Paradesh to Nagpur; Rajesh Natrajan to Hyderabad; jayakumar V Menon to Hyderabad; Sunil S Deshpande to Bangalore; Sujatha Piyangar to Mumbai; Gurbinder Singh Saund to Mumbai; V Mahesh to Mumbai; P J Kunjippalu to Cochin; Tharian Oomen to Chennai; Trilochansingh P S Khalsa to Bangalore; C Vincent Joseph to Cochin; Sudhir Ramdas Raokadnur to Mumbai; Krishnan Ramaswamy to Chennai; Tejinder Pal singh Anand to Nagpur; Chitra N Soneji to Mumbai; Usha A Gaikwad to Pune; Prakash P Kishinchandarni to Mumbai; Sreenivasa Raghvana Iyengar to Mumbai; Vinod K Bhaskaran to Pune; Asif A karmaji to Pune; Mini Vinod to Pune; Sushil Kumar Mishra to Kolkata; Sajit A Nair to Pune; Govind Shridhar Menon to Mumbai; Rajesh D Sakhardande to Pune; Vijay Kumar G Subramanyan to Hyderabad; Jessie N Alikilathu to Pune; Pankaj chandrakant Mehta to Mumbai; Jayakumar Jagdhiskumar Jolod to Bangalore; Ravindra T Mishra to Chennai; vinay singh Rawat to Bangalore; Abhaya Y Maranthe to Nagpur; Kishore Y Thorat to Hyderabad; Sudhakar K Dhuve to Nagpur; Usha B Dharavkar to Mumbai; Milind S Chavan to Mumbai; Mahesh P Ramnani to Pune; Vidyasagar Subale to Chennai; Vadhuram M Nayak to Hyderabad; Harshad M Karnik to Nagpur; Santhosh Kadampat to Chennai; G G Ranwalani to Pune; Aron Kachhap to Patna; Shyamrao Laxman Shende to Pune; Philps Varghese to Bangalore and Indira Raghuvr Adakil has been shifted to Hyderabad (CCA AP).

SAIL turnover up in first quarter at Rs. 11912 cr (UPDATED)
The unaudited financial results of Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for the first quarter in this financial year 2012-13, taken on record by its Board of Directors showed the company's turnover for April-June (Q1) of FY '13 at Rs. 11912 crore, higher than Rs. 11907 crore in corresponding period last year (CPLY). However, Profit before tax (PBT) at Rs. 1010 crore was lower compared to Rs. 1240 crore in CPLY, mainly due to higher input costs and foreign exchange fluctuations, which saw the Rupee weakening by a steep 21 per cent in Q1FY13 compared to CPLY. Consequently, the company reported a PAT of Rs. 696 crore, as against Rs. 848 crore in CPLY. On the occasion of the quarterly result announcement, Chairman SAIL C S Verma stated, "We are optimistic about the domestic market which has the potential to strengthen as infra-related activities pick up. Our focus on bringing in new capacities will ensure that we are well positioned to leverage the market." The impact of higher input costs was, however, partially neutralized by higher Net Sales Realizations in Q1FY13, which grew by 8.5 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year (CPLY) . This was helped by internal measures taken by the company which yielded a richer product mix in Q-1 of FY13 with production of value-added steel growing by 8 % over the CPLY. Besides, improvement in techno-economic parameters further boosted the performance. Coke rate, energy consumption and Blast Furnace productivity were 2%, 2 % and 1 % better as compared to CPLY. Modernization & Expansion Plan (MEP) of the company is moving ahead as planned. Capital expenditure was Rs. 1960 crore in Q1FY13. In this quarter, several MEP projects were completed. These included Sinter Plant at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), new Barrel Reclaimer at the Raw Material Handling Plant of Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP), a new Ladle Furnace No.-2 at Alloy Steels Plant (ASP), Durgapur, new Coke Oven Battery #11 and wagon tipplers in Coal Handling Plant (CHP) at IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) and Air Separation Unit No-4 in Oxygen Plant-2 of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) In the coming months, Sinter Plant and Wire Rod mill at ISP which are in advanced stage of completion are likely to become operational by year end. A new Coke oven Battery and Medium Structural Mill at DSP shall also be put into operation soon. Apart from this two new Blast Furnaces of 4060 m3 capacity one each at RSP & ISP are expected to come into operation. While SAIL's expansion programmes are taking firm shape, the company's strategic initiatives for long-term competitiveness have also gathered momentum. Several measures were taken in the last quarter towards this end.

Sanjay Kothari to be Secretary, Pensions in GoI? (UPDATED)
Special Secretary in the Department of Tourism, Sanjay Kothari is being tipped to be Secretary Pensions in the Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

15 IRS (Cus) officers transferred after promotion to DC/AC (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS-Customs) have been shifted after promotion to the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise. Accordingly, B Dhar has been shifted to Shillong CX while Bhim Singh is being transferred to DG Audit Delhi and Vikas was posted to Delhi Customs. Similarly, M L Kathuria has been posted to Meerut CX; Nagendra Yadav to Directorate of Legal Affairs as OSD, Legal Cell, Delhi; Praveen Kumar Aggrawal as OSD, Judicial Cell, Delhi; R A Praveen Kumar to Chennai CX; Neeraj Soi to Chandigarh; B Z Ahmed to DG Audit Hyderabad; Amit Mishra to Lucknow; Amarjeet Singh to Delhi CX; R B Shinde to DG Systems Mumbai; B Senthil Velavan to DGCEI, Chennai; V P Singh to Meerut CX and Ms. Neha Garg has been posted to DGI CCE, Delhi as OSD, CX Wing CBEC.

146 IRS (Cus) officers promoted as Asst Commissioner (UPDATED)
As many as 146 officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS-Customs) have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise and some of them have been shifted after promotion. Accordingly, H P Pandya, N P Shah, A S Atalia, Sampat M C, K N Joshi, P N Sarvaiya, Ram Janam Ram, Advani R G of Ahmedabad, H C Jagannath Reddy, B N Ramesh, M S Hiramath, GM Sanaulla, M N parvathamma, S George Fernandez, V Srinivasa, Phani, S Shivaprakash Swamy, B Shyamprasad, S Umesh, S Ravichander to Mysore; R S Meena, A K Shrivastava to Bhopal; A N Ingole, R K Ambuwani to Nagpur; R A Jalaj, K K Ganguly to coimabatore; Dharam Raj to Cochin; G B Panda, S C Mohanty to Bhubneshwar; Ishwar Singh to Chandigarh; Mrs. Patinder Malhotra, Ishwar chander to Delhi; P V Mohanan, K Krishna Moorthy-II, J V Subramaniam, S G Viswanathan-II, M Basha, R Shanmuja Sundaram, T V Ramamohan, S Govinidrajan, Palanimuthu S, Hendry S J Chandrasekaran, V Varadan, Paneerselvam V to Chennai CX; Salvaraj P to Mysore; Arun Gopal, B Loknath Reddy to Cochin; Vinod Kumar Kundra to DGICCE, Delhi; Himendu Roy to OSD, PAC Delhi; Vishnu Bhagwan to Meerut CX; B Nagendra Rao, Mrs. Rahmat J Haggani, D Aroopdas, Khaja Mustaq Hussain, V chandramouli, Lakshminarayana,G S Renuka Pathy, C S J R Somayajulu, A Suresh, B Undershwar Rao, M S Sivaraman, S M Saleem to Hyderabad CX; H S Naskar to Vizag; Sundera Rao Gude to Coimbatore; S K C Takbhaware to Mysore; Rajeev Narain Singhal to Jaipur CX; Satpal Talwaria to DGEP, DeLhi; N K Gupta to DG System, Delhi; Sujit Kumar Biswas, Chinmoy Benerje, B K Mukherjee to Kolkata, S K Mahapatra to DGICCE, Delhi; Dibyendu Chatterjee to NACEN Faridabad; Ashish Sadhukhanb to DG System Delhi; Vinod Kumar Ahirwar to Vadodra; Dayachand Verma to NACEN, Delhi; Malay Samir to Delhi CX; Kajal K Bhadra, Sanjib Aich, Ratan Kumar Das-II to Kolkata; A K Mahindra to Directorate of Logistics, Delhi; Faroq Ahmed, Rakesh Narain, Anil Kumar Srivastava, Vinod Kumar Nanda, Naveen Gupta to Lucknow; H S Tiwari to DGICCE, Delhi; Om Prakash Singh to Lucknow; Dinesh Kumar Mishra to Patna; Prem Nath Verma, Jaswant Kumar Higgins, Lal Chand, Vimal Kumar to Meerut; U R Naik, R G Gawas, R L Atigre, V K Ashtikar, C S Chavan, D B Ratnaprarkhi, S P Kulkarni, Lakshman K Ramaswamy, S A Shaikh Rashid, K S Pandit, V G Desai, V V Umarnaikar, K V M Nair to Mumbai; Dhirendra Kumar to OSD, Legal Cell Delhi; J N Meena to Vadodra; B S Chauhan, S S Patnaik to Pune; V K Arya to Vadodra; Mahender Kumar as OSD, Judicial Cell Delhi; R D Khorjuvenkar, S V Thali, M F U Fugawala, B J Kalirai, A K Rastogi, Vivek N Patil, Alex Abraham, E J Vajifdar, M J Fernades, Joginder Lal, Dwarika Prasad, S R C Bhalla, Alba Faria Rebello to Mumbai; R F Athaide to Vadodra; Badal Kumar to Ranchi; Nirmal Swaroop to Delhi; Rattan Kumar Singh to Ranchi; Ram Kishore Shukla, Vinit Kumar Sinha, Ajay Kumar Singh to Kolkata; Md. Joynul Abedin, A K Duta to Shillong; Kishlogy Das, A K Choudhury, T Kar to Kolkata; B K Benejree to DRI Hq, Delhi; T M Hartlong, A Bhattacharjee, A chatterjee, I A Halim to Kolkata; A K Patel, M G Qureshi to Vadodara; T V Narasimhakar to Vizag and N Balaramakrishn has been shifted to Mysore CX after promotion.


Four IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in the field in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Prakash Rajpurohit has been posted as SDO, Sriganganagar while Jitendra Kumar Soni will now be SDO of Mount Abu and Mrs. Neha Giri is SDO, Jodhpur. Besides, Indrajeet Singh has been posted as SDO, Beawar, Ajmer in Rajasthan.

CORPORATE

Rao joins Adani Group ?
Former Chairman of the Paradip Port Trust G J Rao is reported to have joined the Adani Group.

Will Maruti's problems mean gain for other car makers?
Hyundai, Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen gained market share at the expense of Maruti due to labour problems earlier. However, once the production was fully restored, Maruti clawed back some of its lost share and its market share reached again to around 40% in June 2012.

Is four wheeler market facing tough times?
The demand environment for the four wheeler market is impacted due to relatively high interest rates and high fuel prices. However if interest rates are eased, it will benefit car makers and help it to post strong volume growth .

Cipla plans to tie up with foreign manufacturers
Generic drug maker Cipla is looking to tie up with drug makers abroad like Pfizer, GSK and Boehringer for long term supply agreement. It is also looking to expand its supply in the rural market.

Profit of UCO Bank rises
UCO Bank has reported 24 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 362.46 crore for the quarter ended June 2012 . Arun Kaul is the CMD of the Bank.

Deepak Parekh inducted in newly constituted BSIIAC
HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC) in Bihar.

Srivastava quits GACL
M M Srivastava, lAS, has resigned as Director from the Board of Directors of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL)

Kapania to be new Chairman,COAI
Himanshu Kapania who is presently the Managing Director of Idea Cellular Ltd will be the new Chairman of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

Karnik quits Moser Baer India Ltd
Prakash Karnik has resigned as Non Executive Director of Moser Baer India Ltd.

Heerjee to be COO Aircel?
Aircel will shortly appoint Dr Kaizad Heerjee as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Mathur appointed Head Chef, Radisson Blu Hotel, New Delhi
Dheeraj Mathur has been appointed as Head Chef of Indyaki, Radisson Blu Hotel New Delhi , Paschim Vihar

Shankar to join ITC Board as Director
Meera Shankar will shortly join as Director in the Board of Directors of ITC Ltd.

Chaudhri ceases to be Non Exec. Director, Usha Martin Ltd
A K Chaudhri has ceased to be Non Executive Independent Director of Usha Martin Ltd.

Sequeira appointed Associate Director (South), Fountainhead
Fountainhead has appointed Arun Sequeira as Associate Director (South).

Anhal appointed COO, Zee Learn Ltd
Zee Learn Ltd has appointed Navneet Anhal as Chief Operating Officer.

Venkatraman appointed Zonal Director of Fortis Hospitals
Vijayratna Venkatraman has been appointed as Zonal Director of Fortis Hospitals.

Srivastav quits Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals
MM Srivastav has resigned as Director of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals.

Padhy appointed as Additional Director of Hasti Finance
Manoj Padhy has been appointed as Additional Director of Hasti Finance.

Patel appointed Director of Regency Trust
Pravin Patel has been appointed as Director of Regency Trust.

Gupta quits ACI Infotech
Alok Gupta has resigned as CMD of ACI Infotech.

Mungale appointed as Additional Director of Sicagen India
Dhananjay Mungale has been appointed as Additional Director of Sicagen India.

Karnik quits Moser Baer
Prakash Karnik has resigned as Director of Moser Baer.

Basu quits Oriental Trimex
Arvind Basu has resigned as Director of Oriental Trimex.

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ODE TO MANMOHAN

The PM stood by the dining table,

Where all but he were fed

He spoke with trembling, wringing hands,

While all were stuffing bread.

"I'm such an upright, honest man,

Why don't you tell the press?

They blame me for all your failures,

They don't see my distress"

"I've never touched a paisa that

I haven't honestly earned,

All my pleas and platitudes

You greedy folks have spurned"

The ministers said, "Oh dear PM,

Don't give way to this fear

You might be an honest man

But money, to us, is dear"

"Tis true you haven't touched

A penny that you haven't earned.

But you are like King Nero

Who fiddled while Rome burnt"

"So in your name we'll dine and wine

And never should you fuss

For you have not done what's your job

So why should we do ours!"

P P Ramachandran (Forwarded by-Satya Singal)

Fit choice

Party finally giving competent intelligent secular person Vilas Rao Deshmukh the responsibility. His comfort level with fellow politicians across the party makes him a fit choice. Health is not an issue, officials will handle under his guidance.

R Kumar

Why call BJP communal?

Communal BJP appoints Iqbal Ahmad as CIC and secular Congress does not find even one Muslim in the Central Information Commission. Isn't it strange? Why call BJP communal?

Prakash

It'll only make their case stronger

Please realise that the decision of the Government to send a section of Under Secretary level officers for e-level training and provide them with ad hoc promotion will only make their case stronger in the sense that they will say that Government itself is acknowledging that we are seniors.

Anju Saxena

Is it permissible ?

Does contractual appointment of retired officers from Ministry is permissible. If so, upto what age?

H G Upreti

Revenge game !

To the person who is writing that the posting of retired Secretary of Civil Aviation as Election Commissioner was as a quid pro quo and for removing an 'honest' DGCA, one would put the question as to how did this 'honest DGCA' while continuing as financial adviser get the improper additional charge of DGCA, which is without precedent, except by political patronage through the previous civil aviation minister as quid pro quo for 'services' rendered and for sharing the spoils to be reaped by capitalising on this irregular posting. Was not his defamation of the present civil aviation minister in the newspapers a revenge for getting this irregular posting cancelled and is not the present defamatory entry in the WIC against the ex-secretary of civil aviation also a revenge for doing the right thing in getting him out of the irregular additional charge of DGCA?

I am eagerly awaiting to see whether the WIC editor will discard or publish this comment showing the other side (the right side) of this matter.

K P Singh

Everyone is corrupt

The team Anna like Kezariwal and Kiran Bedi had hidden desire to be in politics and they have used a simple person like Anna to first create a hype about themselves and have now shown their true colours. Corruption can not be tackled by Lokpal alone. The society has to be honest itself. Unfortunately, everyone of us is corrupt. Corruption in India is a moral issue. Anna should have started a social campaign against corruption instead of going political. Lokpal could have automatically followed. But team Anna used him to fulfil their personal ambitions.

Sewa Ram

"Anna's Declaration- Its positive Impact !"

Selecting contestants for elections is the sine qua non for Good governance. Anna's anti-corruption movement that was losing its steam, of late, could not have survived without resorting to direct plunge into politics. The movement and the party could function concurrently as complimentary and supplementary adjuncts to each other. Honest candidates are not difficult to find for contesting elections. Let a beginning be made with impending assembly elections in 2012-13. Worthies including retired secretaries, Judges, diplomats, army Officers , teachers, journalists and professionals could join the fray. The move would also impel other mainstream / regional parties to be more circumspect while finalising list of contestants having proper credentials.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Difficult to understand

It is difficult to understand why there is cynical or negative response to the decision of Anna and his team to switch over to electoral politics in their fight against corruption. What else is their alternative when our deaf and dumb Government in its arrogance is totally irresponsive to any movement by the people. I do not agree with the weapon of "Anshan' to make the Government respond. In this case staking their lives to move the Government to fulfill their demands was not reasonable and proper. Fighting the election, entering the Parliament and then taking up the cause of cleaning up of the polity is the proper way. Team Anna has realised it after this experience. What is wrong in that? Manish Tiwari of the Congress is being sarcastic in saying that 'there are 1139 registered and unregistered parties in India. Let there be 1140th.More the merrier. 'Who knows, Anna's party may overtake the two big parties with whom people of this country are disillusioned?

Aarti Khosla

RIT

Should the PIO transfer the RTI applications to concerned public authority in all cases?

The appellant filed an application under Right to Information (RTI) Act with the President's Secretariat seeking information related to the news of IPS Officer's murder. In response to the application, the Public Information Officer (PIO) gave the name of the department from where the desired information could be obtained. The appellant requested the First Appellate Authority (FAA) to direct the PIO to transfer his petition to the concerned Public Authorities. The FAA also advised the appellant to seek the information directly from the concerned department. During the hearing before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the appellant submitted that instead of advising him to approach the respective ministries for getting further information the PIO should have transferred his RTI application to the concerned PIO in the respective ministries. The respondent submitted that the appellant knew about where the desired information could be found and he should directly apply to those public authorities and not seek the information from the President Secretariat or expect them to transfer his RTI application to other public authorities. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that wherever the PIO knows clearly where the desired information could be found he should invariably transfer the RTI application to the PIO of that public authority and should not expect the information seeker to make separate RTI applications. Since the PIO of the President secretariat knew that the grievance of the appellant had been transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he should have transferred the
application also.

Comments

The view of the different benches of the CIC has varied on the interpretation of this issue as to whether the applicant is expected to file an application to the PIO of the concerned public authority. The disposal of the RTI application by the PIO has been as per the DoPT circulars (http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/dopt-814) and (http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/dopt-742). Perhaps, the higher judiciary should step in to set aside the confusion and decide the issue.

Citation: Mr. Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. President's Secretariat in File No.CIC/SM/A/2012/000754

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)