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New Political equation in NDA
As the grapevine has it, a new Political equation in NDA is emerging.

Is there big trouble between Mulayam and Akhilesh ?
It is heard that the father son duo are at loggerheads over many senior SP colleagues like Azam Khan, Raja Bhaiya, etc. Mulayam wants them but Akhilesh wants the stables cleaned so that he can run the party on his own terms with a clean face so as to compete with Mayawati in 2014.

Ms. Sushma Swaraj is not so welcomed by the JDU
As the grapevine has it, senior BJP leader Ms. Sushma Swaraj is not so welcomed by the Janata Dal United (JDU).

Combine of Nitish Kumar & Arun Jaitley likely
As the grapevine has it, Combine of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar & senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley likely to emerge as the potential duo on the national horizon.

BUREAUCRACY

Sanjay Kothari is new Secretary, Administrative Reforms and Pensions in GoI
Special Secretary in the Department of Tourism Sanjay Kothari has been appointed Secretary Administrative Reforms and Pensions in the Government of India. He is a1978 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this only yesterday)

Number of empanelled 1993 batch IAS officers is now over 50
The number of empanelled 1993 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is now said to be over 50.

Anand Sharma is annoyed over Khullar's appointment ?
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is said to be annoyed over the appointment of 1978 batch IFS officer Dinkar Khullar as Ambassador of India to the Council of the European Union and the European Commission in Brussels. Earlier the post was held by an IAS officer.

GMs panel with 22 names in Railway soon to be cleared by PMO

Panel for new General Managers(GMs) with 22 names in Railway Ministry has that has been lying in the PMO, is now on the right track. As the grapevine has it ,the same is likely to be cleared soon.

Prabodh Saxena moves to Infrastructure in DEA
Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Prabodh Saxena has been moved from Adninistration to Infrastructure. He is a1990 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Khullar replaces Saxena in DEA
Joint Secretary Infrastructure R K Khullar has been given Administration in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Dinesh Kumar is new ED, FCI
Dinesh Kumar will succeed Dr Amar Singh as ED (Transport) Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Delhi. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre

Abhay Tripathi to join NDC
Abhay Tripathi is joining the National Defence College as Joint Secretary. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

IAS officer Ms. Vayangankar on inter-cadre deputation to Maharashtra

An inter-cadre deputation of Ms. Sonali N Vayangankar from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashtra has been approved for a period of five years. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

DOPT selects Sanoj Kr. Jha for UNDP project in Kabul
Sanoj Kr. Jha, Director,Department of Commerce, will move to Kabul on a UNDP project. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

K V Chowdary to be Member this month

After the elevation of Ms Poonam Kishore as Chairperson of the CBDT,1978 batch IRS (IT) officer K V Chowdary is all set to join the Board as a Member this month.
(We said this on July 1)

Quicker decision on the anvil in Finance Ministry
With P Chidambaram's return to the Finance Ministry more quicker decisions are on the anvil now. As it is Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh used to clear only routine files as long as he was holding the portfolio of Finance Ministry.

ACC is going to take a strict view about CVC's clearances
As the grapevine has it, the ACC is going to take a very strict view about CVC's clearances, particularly in those cases where the same had not been received.

Who is running show in MoEF?
Who is running the show in the Central Government's Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)? This question is hot topic of discussion because many issues are outstanding.

Kar appointed CVO, AYCL
Sudip Kar, Dy, CVO,Powergrid Corporation of India Limited has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Andrew Yule Company Limited(AYCL), Kolkata.

Tapas Pal is new CVO Bridge and Roof Company
Tapas Pal has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Bridge & Roof Company(India) Limited, Kolkata. He is a 1991 batch ITS officer.

Gautam Bhattacharya is CVO,GSI
Gautam Bhattacharya has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) in the Geological Survey of India, Kolkata . He is a 1987 batch IPoS officer.

Haque to get ACS rank in West Bengal
S K Nurul Haque is being promoted to the post of additional chief secretary in West Bengal. He is a1982 batch IAS officer.

Amitabh Thakur to return Orissa
DIG in the CBI Amitabh Thakur is returning to the parent Orissa cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer.

Satish Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Satish Kumar, a 1998 batch SGSL batch officer of Central Secretariat Services, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent under CSS in Government of India.

N P Singh moves to MEA Hqrs
Consul in San Francisco N P Singh has been transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs, Headquarters.

CoS to meet today
Committee of Secretaries is going to meet on Tuesday to select new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

S Raghavan posted as PD, RTI, Chennai
S Raghavan, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Chennai under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. He is an IA&AS officer of 1995 batch.

Gudey Srinivas to return Orissa this week
Joint Secretary Mining in the Government of India G Srinivas is returning to the parent Orissa cadre this week. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer.

15 IRS (Cus) officers transferred after promotion to DC/AC

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

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.

179 IRS officers shifted after promotion to ACIT

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).

Four IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan
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.

IPS postings in UP
Vipin Kumar, ADG, UP Power Corporation has been appointed as ADG, Special Investigation Team. Javed Akhtar, ADG, SIT will now be ADG UP Power Corporation..

CIT and CCIT list in a day or two (UPDATED)
Transfer and promotion list of CIT,s and CCIT,s will be out in a day or two. Final touches are being given. Infact, old list is being reversed.

Will Swatantra Kumar be DG (Investigations) in Mumbai ? (UPDATED)
Now latest grapevine has it that Swatantra Kumar is being appointed new DG (Investigations) in Mumbai. One can only wait and watch. He is 1978 batch IRS officer.

Goyal is DG, IGNFA- Dehradun (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it, R K Goyal had joined as new Director General (DG) of the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun .He is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.
(We said this earlier and on August 2,2012)

Prakash posted as Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, Prakash has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). Earlier, he was in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Government of India.

DR. Zaidi takes over as Election Commissioner (UPDATED)
Dr. Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi has assumed the charge as Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. He is a former 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 1, 2012)

Ajay Yadav is no more (UPDATED)
Former 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Ajay Yadav has passed away in Bhopal after a brief illness. He was 61.

CORPORATE

Is JP Associates construction division facing hard time?
It is heard that the construction division of JP Associates is facing hard times because sluggish completion of Yamuna Expressway and Karcham Wangtoo project.

Tata Global Beverage to shift focus from plantation business?
It is heard that Tata Global Beverage is likely to shift its focus from the plantation business to the branded products business and rationalise its operating cost structure.The company is expected to rejig its cost structure due to the ongoing hiving off of the plantation business and expects to reduce staff cost, power and fuel cost and manufacturing expenses.

ICICI chairman Kamath inducted in newly constituted BSIIAC

ICICI Bank chairman K V Kamath has been inducted as Member in newly constituted Bihar State Industrial Investment Advisory Council (BSIIAC) in Bihar.

SAIL turnover up in first quarter at Rs. 11912 cr

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.

Srivastava ceases to be Director, GNFC

M M Srivastava, IAS, has ceased to be Director of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd. (GNFC).

Jaikish is GM,RBI in Panaji
Jaikish has taken over as the new GM of Reserve Bank of India, Panaji. He replaces M A R Prabhu who has been transferred to Bangalore.

Srinivasan appointed Non Exec. Director, Best and Crompton Engineering Ltd
Best and Crompton Engineering Ltd has appointed M Srinivasan as a Non Executive Director of the company.

Takahashi appointed Alternate Director, Pricol Ltd
Pricol Ltd has appointed Nobuhiro Takahashi as Alternate Director to Hiroyuki Wakabayashi on the Board of Directors of the company

Mukherjee appointed Addl. Director, Orissa Sponge Iron and Steel Ltd
A K Mukherjee was appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Orissa Sponge Iron and Steel Ltd

Hur quits Mudra Lifestyle Ltd
Kyoung Hur has resigned as Independent Director of Mudra Lifestyle Ltd due to his other professional commitments.

Deepthi T quits Manjeera Constructions Ltd
Ms. Deepthi T has resigned as Company Secretary of Manjeera Constructions Ltd

Subudhi appointed Company Secy., Manjeera Constructions Ltd
Biswa Ranjan Subudhi, has been appointed as Company Secretary of Manjeera Constructions Ltd

Kumar ceases to be Director, Vinyl Chemicals (India) Ltd
Santosh Kumar has ceased to be a Director of Vinyl Chemicals (India) Ltd.

Inamdar appointed Independent Director, Servalakshmi Paper Ltd
S N Inamdar, Independent Director of Servalakshmi Paper Ltd the Company has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company.

Manoharan appointed Addl. Director, Servalakshmi Paper Ltd
D V A Manoharan has been appointed as Additional Director of Servalakshmi Paper

Jain quits DCW Ltd
Ms. Vandana Jain has resigned as Executive Director of DCW Ltd.

Jain designated as ED, DCW Ltd
Mudit Jain has been appointed as Whole time Director and designated as Executive Director of DCW Ltd

Motha quits Prakash Industries
GL Motha has resigned as Director of Prakash Industries

Sanghvi appointed Chairman of Shaily Engineering and Plastics
Mahendra Sanghvi has been appointed as Chairman of Shaily Engineering and Plastics.

Joshi appointed Director of Golden Tobacco
AK Joshi has been appointed as Director of Golden Tobacco.

Srivastav quits GNFC
MM Srivastav has resigned as Director of GNFC.

Jain appointed Additional Director of DCW
Mudit Jain has been appointed as Additional Director of DCW.

Samant quits Arihant Superstructures
Dinkar Samant has resigned as Director of Arihant Superstructures

Sridharan quits Nelcast
R Sridharan has resigned as Director of Nelcast.

Mitter ceases to be Director of Graphite India
Bhaskar Mitter ceases to be Director of Graphite India.

Baru appointed Additional Director of Wockhardt
Dr Sanjaya Baru has been appointed as Additional Director of Wockhardt.

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PIO and CIC

Your case law presents the dilemma faced by many PIO and the confusion prevailing on the subject with every bench of CIC taking its own view on the subject. At least the CIC should constitute a larger bench to decide the issue rather than letting confusing signals emante from it. It would be prudent to that activists do not use a PIO as a dumping ground for finding out the who should deal with the application.

Shankar Lal Sharma

Anna Hazare movement

It is unfortunate that a very good movement having large public support has met this fate.In my view the members of team Anna are themselves to blame. They were too arrogant and were not willing to consider others point of view.They may have been honest themselves but it does not mean others are dishonest. They have no experience of Govt working and by resorting to Anshan as a threat to the Govt have done a great disservice to other Satyagrahees.I feel sorry for Anna ji who is a simple man who has been misled by his very ambitious core group supporters. I am surprised that senior person like Shanti Bhushan ji who has himself been Law Minister did not give advise to team Anna that Govts don't move on issue of daily threats. My sympathies for the members of team Anna who I am sure will certainly learn a lesson from this event. They must ensure that all their supporters are at least voters and have their names in the voting list. A mere SMS support may not be enough in their new venture.My best wishes are with Anna ji in his new venture.

P C Tripathi

I congratulate Dr Bhave

Its really a great effort and thoughtful initiative. I congratulate Dr Bhave and her team for the workshop and future endeavors.

Bharat Tripathi

Funny comparison

What a funny comparison. It smacks of our old tradition that your caste is determined by birth .

S K Singh

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)