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Aaj Ki Aawaz

BSP is upset with EC for its order.....cover up statues of Haathis and Maya!!
But surprising on EC's 'cover up job' Congress ko kyon gussa aaya???

Does Congress feel that EC's cover up job goes in Maya's favour!!
Because Maya's vote bank is solidifying as they feel EC's covered up 'their saviour'!!

Or Congress feels by this cover up job Maya's waste has been covered!!!
To those who feel it was a sheer waste does not matter if statues are covered or uncovered!

There is also the chance that Congress feels as the largest Party BSP will emerge!!!
And BSP will need Congress's numbers that will make its numbers beyond the magical figure surge!

There are scores of seats where there is straight fight between BSP and SP!!!
And Congress wants these seats to go to BSP!!

But till now it was being said that Congress and SP were 'one'!!!
Why this switchover to BSP has been done?????

It's the Muslim Vote and the 2014 election that has made Congress switch to BSP!!!
Hoping to work till 2014 to grab Muslim votes from SP!!!

If Congress is with SP .... SP will not allow it to grab its Muslim vote!!!
Even in UP election chances of Congress managing this are remote!!

Yes BJP's stock is also rising!!!
And BJP weaning Yadav Votes is also surprising!!

In this UP election SP is gareeb compared other BJP, BSP and Congress!!
For mobilization of funds Mulayam every 'lobby' ko karr raha hai press!!!

No doubt SP will get lion's share of Sahara's funding Parties for UP election!!!
People say SP losing funding battle because it's lost its Amar connection!!

In Uttrakhand and Goa Congress seems to be winning!!!!
But in Punjab lesser and lesser Amrinder's grinning!!

Though in Goa double anti incumbency against Congress and NCP could spring a surprise!
Basically everywhere in India UPA's anti incumbency is on the rise!!

Infighting and Badals fight back are causing Congress's prospects to dip!!!
Badals are making voters who had been swayed away do a return flip!!

Modi electioneering in Punjab Cities could enthuse in favor of BJP the Hindu Voter!!!
And PPP even winning a seat is getting remoter and remoter!!

Manpreet Badal's PPP is more of a nuisance and sheer waste of electoral space!!!
Electorate will show him his place!!

In all Poll bound States money, booze and drugs are now being distributed!!!
Inducers stored before code on conduct came in effect and now being redistributed!

Wonder when elections take place in Delhi will EC cover I.Gandhi International Airport name?
If it does not will be a crying shame!!

Huge number of schemes and Projects named after Gandhi family... will EC do a cover up job????
Or if not let us see what jewel of an excuse does EC lob????

And all said and done these 5 States could decide the timing of General Poll!!!
Believe me on it being held before time or on time these elections will play a deciding role!!

In Pakistan ultimately it'll be Uncle Sam who will decide!!
And it is only natural that a Democrat (Obama) will take democracy's side!

What will happen to Mr. Ten Percent???
It's common knowledge in Pakistan that to Switzerland Billions he sent!!

Will Pakistan SC accept Gillani's apology or will he give SC a 'lollipop'?????
Will Dubai be Zardari's next stop????

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Beware of politicians of Gen next!
Beware of politicians of Gen next! This is reportedly the buzz word in the corridors of power as they don't bother about elders.

Room for a 3rd front at the Centre!
Grapevine has it that there is a room for the 3rd front at the Centre!

Rahul Gandhi to be active in MP after UP polls
AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is going to be active in Madhya Pradesh (MP) after ensuing assembly polls of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Will Modi canvass for BJP in Maharashtra?
After the seat-sharing between the BJP-Shiv Sena- RPI was declared on Thursday evening, it is expected that a majority of the 227 civic wards (city constituencies) with a dominant Gujarati speaking population would fall in the BJP's lap if Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was to canvass. Though he has been approached, nothing has been confirmed as yet, say sources

Rajnath's son likely to be edged out for Varanasi ticket
It is heard that Rajnath Singh's son is unlikely to get the ticket from Varanasi Cantonment in the upcoming UP polls, much of this
undoing is because of Murli Manohar Joshi. Joshi had earlier been refused a ticket in Lok Sabha because of Rajnath Singh.

Congress's list of candidates for civic polls to be declared on Tuesday night
It is heard that the Congress's list of candidates for civic polls will be declared late on Tuesday night

BUREAUCRACY

Will D P Sinha head NCTC?
If all goes well, the National Counter-Terrorism Centre (NCTC) a pet project of Home Minister, P Chidambaram will be headed by Divya Prakash Sinha. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Rajiv Kumar to be Joint Secretary, Expenditure
Rajiv Kumar is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary, Expenditure in the Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Kalha to take charge shortly as new Secretary, Pharmaceuticals
Dilsher Singh Kalha, who has been appointed as new Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in the Government of India, is expected to take charge in week's time. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch IAS and belongs to Punjab cadre. Presently, he is Punjab Government's Delhi based Principal Resident Commissioner (PRC).

VK Singh moves to SC as previously Judge in Armed Forces Tribunal dismisses
The chief of the Indian Army VK Singh had previously approached the Armed Forces Tribunal in Punjab. However, the judge rejected the case. The reason for dismissal of case by the Judge is:"V.K Singh is wasting his time with his year of birth issue which is not of national importance and significance for development of the armed force or the country." However the Judge reasons that VK Singh had not done anything good for the development for the Army. Now he has moved to the Supreme Court.
(We said this on Nov 4 that he will move to the court)

Latest take on new CMDs in 6 PS banks
As the grapevine has it the list of senior bankers for elevation from Executive Directors (EDs) of Public Sector (PS) banks to six slots of Chairman and Managing Directors (CMDs) in PS banks is stuck due to non allocation of banks. Interviews for this were held on January 12, 2012. Of them Mrs. V R Iyer, R K Dube, Mrs. Shubhalakshmi Panse, Mrs. Archana Bhargawa, Ashwani Kumar & H S Mundra ,reportedly figure in the final list. All 11 EDs who had faced interviews are: Mrs. Archana Bhargawa - Canara Bank, Mrs. V R Iyer -Central Bank of India (CBI), R K Dube -Central Bank of India (CBI),Ashwani Kumar - Corporation Bank, Rajeev Rishi - Indian Bank, A K Dutt - Dena Bank, V Kannan - Oriental Bank of Commerce, Rakesh Sethi - Punjab National Bank, H S Mundra - Union Bank of India, Mrs. Shubhalakshmi Panse Vijaya Bank & N.K. Maini of SIDBI. Interviews had concluded around3.30 pm. Of them Mrs. V R Iyer, R K Dube, Mrs. Shubhalakshmi Panse,

CDR R K Okhandiar selected as Director (Comme & Mkt.), ITDC
CDR R K Okhandiar, President in the Ministry of Defence, has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial & Marketing), India Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Monday. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

IRS D S Deshpande resigns from service
D S Deshpande, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Amaravati Range, Amravati, has quit the service.

Existing Secretaries to be reshuffled
Grapevine has it that existing Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI) will be reshuffled.

Rina Mitra to be Director, BPR&D
Ms Rina Mitra is moving to BPR&D as Director (IG rank). She is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Rina Mitra is presently on deputation to the Ministry of Forests in the Government of India.

268 post of Judges vacant in 21 High Courts
As many as 268 posts of Permanent and Additional Judges have been lying vacant in 21 High Courts of the country.

Amitabh Bachchan to shoot for the next phase of 'Khushbu Gujarat ki'
Noted Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan is going to shoot for the next phase of 'Khushbu Gujarat ki' campaign from January 21 to February 3,2012. This phase of shooting will be spread over in 12 days at a stretch, the longest campaign so far. He will be accompanied by Principal Secretary Tourism & Civil Aviation with the Government of Gujarat (GOG) Vipul Mittra. The film star i.e. Amitabh Bachchan shall undertake a whirlwind trip to the length and breadth of the state, covering interior tourist spots in Kutch, Saputara, Ambaji, Modhera, Junagadh and Ahmedabad. Gujarat, that was nowhere in tourism map two years ago, has turned around completely ever since Vipul Mittra took over the charge two years ago and roped in Bachchan to work without charge, culminating in getting the state No 1 award from Indian Tourism Minister recently.

Gautam to be Director, Food Processing
Manish Gautam, on central deputation, is poised to be a Director, Ministry of Food Processing. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of 2002 batch.

IPS officers as poll observers for the second time
IPS officers have been deployed as poll observers for the second time, first time during assembly polls of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal that took place in 2011. As many as 200 IPS officers have been deployed as poll observers for forthcoming assembly polls to five states.

IRS officer is Director, Rural Development
Satyendra Kumar Singh, IRS, has been appointed as Director in the Department of Rural Development. He is a 1990 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Ashok Kumar to join SSB
Ashok Kumar, DIG/SSP, Moradabad, has been appointed as DIG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch and belongs to UP cadre.
(We said this on November 22.2011)

Tenure of Ms. Nuzhat Hussan extended
Central deputation tenure of Ms. Nuzhat Hussan, OSD to Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Salman has been extended for one year. She is an IPS officer of 1991 batch and belongs to AGMU cadre.

V K Jain empanelled as GM
V K Jain, Additional Director General, Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), in review, has been empanelled as a General Manager.

Three vacancies of GMs in Railways by Jan 31, 2012
There will be three vacancies of General Managers (GMs) in Railways. They will be of GMs in Northern Railway (NR), North Central Railway (NCR) and North Frontier Construction (NFR).

8 IFS officers to be elevated as CCFs in MP
The Madhya Pradesh Government is soon going to elevate eight Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of 1988 batch as CCFs. In the list of probable are: Atul Jain, K Ramesh, Amitabh Agnihotri, R D Mhala, Padam Singh, Kamlesh Chaturvedi and Atul Shrivastava.

Sharad Pawar against posting of Benjamin?
If insiders are to be believed, NCP leader Sharad Pawar is opposed to the posting of T J Benjamin as Commissioner Bombay Municipal Corporation. What could be the reason?

Sagar Preet Huda to be PS to MoS Home
Sagar Preet Huda, Assistant Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB), Government of India, is likely to be appointed as Private Secretary to Union Minister of State Home affairs Mullappally Ramachandran. He is an IPS officer of 1997 batch and belongs to AGMU cadre.

Bariar returns to parent cadre
K S Bariar, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India Limited (NCCF) is returning to the parent cadre. He is an IP-TA-FS (93) officer.

Sarkar is Joint DC in MSME
Pabitra Sarkar has been appointed as Joint Development Commissioner in the Office of Development Commissioner in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He is a 1991 batch ITS officer.

Income Tax target not achieved
There was a target of the Income Tax Department to collect Rs 5.85 crore this year .The target could not be achieved because of
recession.

Pragya Saxena, IRS, appointed Competent Authority & Administrator, Delhi
Smt. Pragya S Saxena, IRS, has been appointed as Competent Authority & Administrator, New Delhi with the additional charge of Competent Authority, Kolkata under the Ministry of Finance for five years.

Baba Kalyani is Member in Solar Energy Industry Advisory Council
Noted Industrialist Baba Kalyani has been made Member of the Solar Energy Industry Advisory Council, set up by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).

Renuka Jain Gupta, Addl. CIT posted at CCIT, CCA, Delhi office
Renuka Jain Gupta, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi.

Chaudhary joins as DGP of Assam
Jayant Narayan Chaudhary, Additional Director, Intelligence Bureau (SIB, Kolkata), has joined as DGP Assam. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Eight IPS officers join MP cadre
As many as eight probationary IPS officers of 2010 batch have joined Madhya Pradesh cadre. The officers including Siddharth Bahuguna, Ajit, Gaurav Kumar Tiwari, Ashutosh Pratap Singh, Nirmal Agrawal, Abid Khan, Mohammed Yusuf Qureshi, Kalyan Chakravarthy have joined Jawahar Lal Nehru Police Academy (JLNPA), Sagar. Besides, Ms. Tanvi Sundriyal Bahuguna wife of Siddharth Bahuguna is posted in Gwalior.

M L Chakraborty promoted as GM (Comm), CHQ, (CNS-plng) in AAI
M L Chakraborty, Joint General Manager (Comm.), Kolkata, has been promoted as General Manager (Comm.) and transferred to CHQ, (CNS-Plng) in Airport Authority of India (AAI).

D S Kolamkar promoted as DG, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh
D S Kolamkar, Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) officer of Indian Economic Service, has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted as Director General, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh.

Centre to set up Corporate Tribunals
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has proposed to set up National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) which will replace Company Law Board, Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction and Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction.

AP High Court gets five Judges
Five Additional Judges including Justice Nadimpalli Rama Linga Nageswara Rao, Justice Ponnuru Durga Prasad, Justice Kallakuri Girija Shankar, Justice Nyshadham Ravi Shankar, and Justice Vegi Suri Appa Rao have been appointed as Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Himachal Pradesh HC gets Addl. Judge
Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court for a period of two years.

Two Addl. Judges appointed to Kerala HC
Justice Babu Mathew P. Joseph and Justice Ambazhavelil Velayudhan Pillai Ramakrishna Pillai have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court for a period of two years.

IPS changes in Kerala
There is IPS reshuffle in Kerala.DIG T Vikram has been appointed MD of Marketfed. Harshita Attaluri has been moved as the Assistant Director at Kerala Police Academy; Thrissur Nagaraju has been appointed as SP (immigration) at Cochin international airport. Debesh Kumar Behra will now be the new commandant of Armed Police Battalion, Thrissur. T K Shibu has been appointed as ASP, Attingal.C M Pradeep Kumar will be SP State Human Rights Commission. P Raghunath has been made SP (VACB), Thiruvananthapuram. K C George Kutty will be the SP (crime branch). M Shyama Prasad will be the SP (PSC vigilance) and P S Gopi assistant director of the Kerala Police Academy, Thrissur. Harshita Attaluri will now be SP, (Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau), Ernakulam.

Transfers & postings in Railways
Services of some officers have been affected in Railways. Accordingly, D Gajbhiye of SS/IRSME has been shifted from SR to ICF in the same capacity while P Sudevan of SS/IRSME is being posted from ICF to SR in the same capacity and Arvind Kumar Datta of SS/IRSME from NR to DLMW/Patiala in the same capacity. Similarly, Raman Kumar Singhal of SS/IRSME from NR to WCR in the same capacity; Muthu Kumar of SS/IRSME from ICF to SCR in the same capacity; Avdhesh Kumar of SS/IRSME from CR to SCR in the same capacity; Ravindran of SG/IRSME from SR to SECR in the same capacity; Pradeep Kumar Jittuka of SG/IRSME from SCR to DLW/Varanasi in the same capacity; R Gupta of SAG/IRSME from RB as EDME(FR) to ER and posted as DRM/Malda and BK Agarwal of SAG/IRSME has been posted from WR to SER and posted in the cadre.

Posting orders of IRPS officers issued
The Railway Board has issued regular JAG placement of 24 IRPS officers.

SAG promotion of 1987 batch IRSS this month end
SAG promotion of 1987 batch IRSS is under process and expected to be completed this month end.
Kazmi is IG CRPF
S.A.M. Kazmi has taken over as the IGP (operations) of the CRPF camp at Rowriah. Areas of Upper and southern Assam and the entire Arunachal Pradesh is under the command of the IGP (operations).

PAKISTAN WHISPERS
Pakistan: All cases closed due to NRO being reopened
Just a day ahead of the hearing fixed by the Supreme Court on the six options in the NRO case the Chief of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) retired admiral Bokhari has told the media that all the cases which were closed as a sequel to the NRO are being 'revived'. Admiral Bokhari indicated that these include cases of stashing money in Swiss banks by President Zardari. While the NAB chief's statement may please the apex court it for sure will give nightmares to some politicians and serving as well as retired bureaucrats who happened to be the beneficiaries of the NRO.

Pakistan: Punjab bureaucrats told to confine to short term projects only
Because of the fluid political situation in the country bureaucracy in Punjab has been told to focus only on short term projects not spilling beyond three months. The message conveyed verbally by political masters to the higher echelons in the context of some housing projects for the poor had percolated down to the cutting edge level by late evening on Saturday. The caveat has also hit an ambitious programme of institutional reforms for which a committee under Ahsan Iqbal was appointed by the provincial government. A project for turning 50 police stations in Lahore in to model police stations suggested by the committee is also being shelved for the time being. 'We shall revive the long term projects if we come back to power or when the picture becomes clearer', politicians of the ruling party have confided to senior bureaucrats.

Paknistan : Senior Cops' Fuel Quota To Be Reduced in Punjab
Punjab government is considering a proposal to reduce fuel entitlement of senior police officers and increase the same for the field staff at the level of the SHOs and their subordinates. The proposal which is likely to be accepted will result in reducing the fuel for senior officers from the existing 450 litres to 300 litres per month and at the same time increase the daily limit of 14 litres to 24 litres for the field staff. Apart from rationalising the entitlement the proposal will result in a saving of over Rs 4 million annually.

Pakistan : Politics in Pakistan is a blood sport say Haqqani's friends in US
A group of US academics have expressed fears about physical safety of former ambassador Hussain Haqqani in the present highly charged atmosphere in Pakistan. Describing politics in Pakistan as a 'blood sport' these scholars have urged the US administration to ensure that he gets a fair trial. Prior to becoming Pakistan's ambassador in the US Hussain Haqqani taught international relations at Boston university and is fairly popular in the academic circles there.

Jaimini Bhagwati is new High Commissioner to UK (UPDATED)
Dr. Jaimini Bhagwati, presently Ambassador of India to Belgium has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
( We said this on November 30 )

Goel bereaved (UPDATED)
Father of Joint Director, IB, Samant Goel has passed away in Delhi. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

IAS changes in Tripura (UPDATED)
Y Kumar OSD to the Chief Minister, Tripura will hold the charge of Planning(including Statistics), Co-operation and ICAT(Tourism).G K Rao will be Principal Secretary PWD, Revenue(excluding relief, Rehabilitation & Diasaster Management), GA(Admn Reforms) and Director(Vigilance). Banamali Sinha will be Principal Secretary School Education and Science, Technology & Environment. Swapan Saha will look after ARDD, Revenue(Relief, Rehabilitation & Disaster Management). Other postings are S R Kumar Secretary, Power & Labour, J K Sinha Secretary, GA(P &T), RD(excluding Panchayat) and L H DarlongSecretary, Tribal Welfare and Ms Sonal Goel Chief Executive Officer, Agartala Municipal Council.

Das is new Principal Secretary to Tripura Governor (UPDATED)
S K Das Principal Secretary to the Governor of Tripura. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

NSIC launches development project for underprivileged (UPDATED)
An integrated community development project initiative aimed at bringing change in lives of about 36,000 underprivileged children in Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR) was launched by National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) in partnership with NGO Smile Foundation. Inaugurating the initiative, Dr. H P Kumar, CMD, NSIC said that with this project ,NSIC is not only focusing on just one aspect of development but are trying to address the major needs for sustainable development of the less privileged. The project would empower girls, impart education and health care services to slum dwellers in areas like Dhaula Kuan, Chattarpur, New Ashok Nagar, Shashi Garden and South City II (Gurgaon).The children between the age group of 6-16 years residing in the target areas would be given necessary education material, kits and computers will be made available to the children in the educational centres for providing them with easy learning facilities. The healthcare services will also be provided to the people through regular health camps in the target areas including Curative healthcare services like OPD services for prevalent common ailments, growth check-ups for children, treatment for malnourished cases and dispensing of medicines for common ailments.

Sharma re-instated as Secretary Lalit Kala Akademi (UPDATED)
Dr. Sudhakar Sharma has been re-instated by the Ministry of Culture as Secretary of the Lalit Kala Akademi .

45 IRS (C& CE) officers get NFSG in CBEC (UPDATED)
As many as 45 IRS (C & CE) officers in Junior Administrative Grade in Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) have been granted Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG). The officers include Gaurav Sinha, K Sivakumar, P S Kaduskar, Ram Prakash Khandelwal, K Venkatram Reddy, Ahibaran, Shahla Khan, Khaderoo Virendra Kumar Suman, Sheo Shankar Mahli, Murari Lal Meena,Tej Kumar Samant, Arvind Kumar Singh, Madan Lal Meena, Ram Prasad Meena, Poonam Ambastha, Mihir Ranjan, Dinesh Kant Soni, Lal Singh Bist, Shiv Ram Gaur, Dinesh Chandra Misra, S P Rao, Ashutosh Srivastava, Rakesh Mohan Maindola,Yogendra Pal Badhawar, Sumit K Das, Babul Lal Soni, Sita Ram Sharma, Prem Pal Singh, Amar Singh Pankaj Dwivedi, Ashima Bansal, Pai Giridhar Gopalkrishan, T Tiju, Manish Mani Tiwari, Sachin Jain, Satyajit Mohanty, Rajendra Kumar Gupta, Reyaz Ahmed, Dhirendra La, Rahul Ramesh Nangare, Sophian Martin, P T Pongener, Raju Sakthivel, Amarjeet Singh and Mahfuzur Rahman.

Rajiv is new DG,CISF (UPDATED)
Rajiv who so far was Director General(DG) of National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF&CD) has been appointed as new DG of the CISF. He is an IPS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on January 5 )

Rajiv's order was okayed on January 13,2012 (UPDATED)
Order relating to appointment of Rajiv as new DG of the CISF were okayed on January 13,2012.However, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued related order on January 17,2012. Hitherto, he was Director General(DG) of National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF&CD) has been appointed He is an IPS officer of 1975 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

FM's nod on names of new CMDs in 6 PS banks awaited(UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it the list of senior bankers for elevation from Executive Directors (EDs) of Public Sector (PS) banks to six slots of Chairman and Managing Directors(CMDs) in PS banks has been delayed as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is yet to clear the same. Interviews for this were held on January 12, 2012.Of them Mrs. V R Iyer, R K Dube, Mrs. ShubhalakshmiPanse, Mrs. Archana Bhargawa, Ashwani Kumar & H SMundra ,reportedly figure in the final list.

Eyas Ahamed M, IRS, appointed 'Expe. Observer' for UP elections (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Eyas Ahamed M has been deputed as 'Expenditure Observer' for the Vidhan Sabha segments Kaimganj, Amritpur and Bhojpur in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh by the Election Commission.

Anup Dubey, IRS, exempted from election duty (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Anup Dubey has been exempted by the Commission from election duty.

Amol Newaskar, GM, BEL, selected as Director (Others units), BEL (UPDATED)
Amol Newaskar, General Manager (GM), BEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Other units), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Tuesday. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

23 IRS officers posted to Directorate (UPDATED)
As many as 23 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers in the grade of Additional/Joint/Deputy/Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been posted to Directorate. Accordingly, Richa Khoda has been shifted from CCIT (CCA), Jaipur to Additional DIT (IT& TP), Jaipur while Pallavi Aggarwal from CCIT CCA, Kolkata to Directorate of IT & TP, Dehradun and Rahul Garg is posted from OSD, (FIPB), CBDT to Directorate of IT & TP, Delhi; Maneesh Mishra from Additional CIT, Database Cell to Directorate of IT & TP, Delhi; Navl Jit Kapoor from CCIT, Thane to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; Abhinay Shivaji Kumbhar from CCIT, Bangalore to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; Pankaj Singhania, on promotion, appointed as Directorate of IT & TP, Kolkata; Ann Mary Baby, on promotion, Directorate of IT & TP, Kochi; S Suresh, CCIT, Chennai to Directorate of IT & TP, Chennai; Ankush Kapoor from CCIT CCA, Chandigarh to Directorate of IT & TP, Chandigarh; Amrita Singh from CCIT CCA, Ahmedabad to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; Byomakesh P K Panda from CCIT, CCA Ahmedabad to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; N Ashok Babu from CCIT, CCA Hyderabad to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; Bhaskar Venkatta Eranki from CCIT CCA, Mumbai to Directorate of IT & TP, Hyderabad; Robin Rawal from CCIT, Ahmedabad to Directorate of IT & TP, Ahmedabad; Gaurav Dudeja from CCIT, CCA Delhi to Directorate of IT & TP, Delhi; Mazhar Akram from CCIT CCA, Delhi to Directorate of IT & TP, Delhi; Ravi Kant Gupta from CCIT, CCA, Mumba to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; Manoj Kumar from CCIT CCA, Mumbai to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai; N Padmanabhan from CCIT CCA, Chennai to Directorate of IT & TP, Chennai and Ramakrishan Bandi has been shifted from CCIT, CCA, Chennai to Directorate of IT & TP, Chennai.

Five IRS posted out from Directorate (UPDATED)
Five Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers have been posted out from the Directorate. Accordingly, Swati Joshi has been shifted from Directorate of IT & TP, Jaipur to DGIT, HRD, Delhi while Vijay Shankar is being posted from Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai to CCA, Mumbai and S Ravi Shankar Narayan from Directorate of IT & TP, Chennai to CCA, Hyderabad. Similarly, S H Rizvi has been posted from Directorate of IT & TP, Bangalore to CCA, Bangalore and R Bhoopathi from Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai to CCA, Chennai.


Stations of four IRS officers changed within Directorate (UPDATED)
Stations of four Indian Revenue Service officers have been changed within the Directorate. Accordingly, Vikram Batra has been shifted from Directorate of IT & TP, Delhi to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai while Y D Sharma from Directorate of IT & TP, Dehradun to Directorate of IT & TP, Delhi; K R Vasudevan is posted from Directorate of IT & TP, Chennai to Directorate of IT & TP, Mumbai and Anubha Tah Goel from Directorate of IT & TP, Hyderabad to Directorate of IT & TP, Raipur.

DEBATE

Is it appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir"?

Orissa Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has asked Cabinet Ministers to maintain dignity of the office. Patnaik conveyed his mind when a Minister addressed "Sir" to an IAS officer in his presence. "You are Cabinet Minister and should maintain your dignity" the Chief Minister said. How far it is appropriate or inappropriate for an elected representative to address a bureaucrat as "Sir".

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CORPORATE

Centre Govt. claims 25.8% export growth in 2011
The Union Government claimed to have registered a 25.8% export growth in April- December 2011 at US $ 217.6 billion.

Mohanty joins as Director, Mines in Orissa
Deepak Mohanty has joined as Director, Mines in Orissa. He is a 986 batch IFS officer.

BHEL CMD B P Rao receives Business Leadership Award-2011
BHEL, Chairman and Managing Director, B Prasada Rao received an NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award 2011, in the Engineering category, from Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister for Finance. It may be mentioned here that BHEL was unanimously selected for the prestigious recognition among a host of public and private sector companies by an independent jury.

Two appointed Additional Director of Development Credit Bank
Amin Manekia and Altaf Jiwani have been appointed as the additional directors on the board of Development Credit Bank.

Nair appointed CEO of Camson Bio Technologies
Satosh Nair has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Camson Bio Technologies.

Thacker is Additional Director Ruby Mills
Shaunak J Thacker has been appointed as the additional director on the board of the Ruby Mills.

Kumar appointed Company Secy. Eicher Motors Ltd
Vinit Kumar has been appointed as Company Secretary of Eicher Motors Ltd.

Kassam ceases to be Director, Development Credit Bank Ltd
Shabir Kassam has ceased to be a Director of Development Credit Bank Ltd w.e.f. January 12, 2012 on account of his resignation due to personal reasons.

Virendra Bhandari appointed Director, Cubex Tubings Ltd
Virendra Bhandari has been appointed as Director of Cubex Tubings Ltd.

U M Bhandari resigns as ED, Cubex Tubings Ltd
U M Bhandari, Executive Director, Cubex Tubings Ltd has resigned from the company.

Three Independent Directors join PTC India Ltd Board
Anil Razdan, Dhirendra Swarup and Harbans Lal Bajaj have been appointed as Independent Directors on the Board of PTC India Limited w.e.f. January 9, 2012.

Singh resigns as President, Asahi India Glass Ltd
Arvind Singh, Whole - time Director and also designated as President of Asahi India Glass Ltd has resigned w.e.f. January 01, 2012

Agarwal appointed Company Secy. Permanent Magnets India Ltd
Pawan Agarwal has been appointed as Company Secretary of Permanent Magnets India Ltd .

Daga appointed Company Secy. Paper Products Ltd
Anand Daga, has been appointed as Company Secretary of Paper Products Ltd w.e.f. December 29, 2011

Kayamkhani to be Company Secy. Rishabhdev Technocable Ltd
Rishabhdev Technocable Ltd have taken a decision to appoint Mohammad Shakeel Kayamkhani as Company Secretary of the company.

Singhwan appointed CEO, ISTSL
India SME Technology Services Ltd (ISTSL) has appointed K S Singhwan as Chief Executive Officer of the company.

NCR appoints Sandhir to lead Services Sales for Emerging Markets (Updated)
NCR Corporation has appointed Sameer Sandhir as the head of NCR Services Sales for its Emerging Markets group, which comprises of India, China and Middle East and Africa (ICMEA). Sameer will be based in Mumbai, India and will be responsible for developing and executing the sales strategy to help expand its NCR Services footprint in these dynamic markets. Sameer who has more than 22 years experience in industries surrounding services, technology and telecommunications has worked with various multinationals like Fujitsu, AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent, in a variety of business development, engineering and sales roles. NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business.

Indian bureaucracy deserves kudos

It is easy to criticize Indian bureaucracy. Does any body know that there are 1% government officials to the population in the country as against 4% in China, 5% in USA and 7% in Canada. Given the population and political regime of the country the government officials are performing well in spite of all the constraints. 1.50 crore people travel in Indian railways on daily basis. Even then the system is going on and we rarely listen about accidents. In facts the bureaucracy of the country deserves kudos.

A Srivastava

Govt must take corrective measures

If the legal opinion is disclosed, it is going to lead to massive losses for the government. The government must take a notice of it and take corrective measures.

Utkarsh Ganguly

Copy of the legal opinion obtained from the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

There was some discussion held between the then Solicitor General of India (SGI), the then Union Minister for External Affairs and the then Union Telecom Minister regarding the aspect of various cases filed by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) before the TDSAT and the Delhi High Court and during the said discussion, various issues related to the Telecom Sector were also discussed. Through the RTI application, the appellant had sought the copy of the written note / advice tendered by the then SGI. The CPIO informed the appellant that the Department of Legal Affairs is the custodian of the opinion tendered by the SGI and that such opinion is a confidential and privileged document and that the matter is also covered under Section 8 (1) (d) of the RTI Act. The FAA upheld the CPIO's Order holding that the information was exempt from disclosure under Section 8 (1) (e) rather than Section 8 (1) (d) of the RTI Act. The Commission held that the stand taken by the Respondent Ministry is not only incorrect but is also untenable. The Commission held that the advice tendered by the Law Ministry to the Department of Telecom does not per se fall under Section 8 (1) (e) of the RTI Act and directed to provide a copy of the said note / opinion given by the then SGI to the Department of Telecom free of cost within 10 days of receipt of this Order.

Comments

While the transparency in the working is welcome, the disclosure of the legal opinion may sometimes weaken the case of the government.

Sh. Subhash Chandra Agrawal v. Ministry of Law & Justice, Department of Legal Affairs in Appeal No.CIC/SS/A/2011/001476

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)