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Can Kamal Nath be trouble shooter after Pranab Mukherjee ?
At a get-together of bureaucrats, a subject came in for discussion as to who could be the trouble -shooter of the Congress Party after Pranab Mukherjee. Most of the bureaucrats were of the opinion that in this political scenario Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath
could well manage the ticklish affairs .

Why is Congress finished in states?
The party has virtually finished leadership at the state level by trying to enforce discipline from the top. Its obsession with discipline could be interpreted as threat perception from the powerful regional leaders. Whatever the reason, the party is suffering now because it sought to make the 'value' of the regional leaders irrelevant.

Is India Inc finding it difficult to service debt ?
India Inc is finding it increasingly difficult to meet interest payments on its loans. This is despite its overall borrowings remaining at manageable levels. This is based on data from the latest annual reports of 200 leading companies (excluding financial firms and banks).

Pankaj Agrawal to be Secretary, Consumer Affairs
In all probability, Pankaj Agrawal will succeed Rajiv Agrawal on September 1 as Secretary, Consumer Affairs. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Empanelment of 1993 batch IAS officers to be delayed further
Empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1993 batch as Joint Secretaries in the Government of India(GOI) will take place at least after one month. Presently,their grading is being done.

Anand Singh is new Joint Secretary,Earth Sciences
The ACC has cleared the name of Anand Singh for the post of Joint Secretary, Earth Sciences, in the Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IRPS officer.

Alkesh Kumar Sharma poised to be Joint Secretary, Road Transport & Highways
As the grapevine it, Alkesh Kumar Sharma is poised to join Government of India (GoI) as a Joint Secretary in Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. He is an IAS officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre. Presently, he is the Managing Director (MD) of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC). He is also Secretary to Government of Kerala, Industries (Investment Promotion) Department. He has held several other important posts including that of National Project Co-ordinator, UNDP Project, GoI, Private Secretary to Union Minister of State, Ministry of Housing & Poverty Alleviation, GoI and Director of Tourism, Government of Kerala.

Vijayan to be CS Goa ?
There is a general feeling in the Goa bureaucracy that 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre, B Vijayan, will be officiating Chief Secretary .

Brij Kumar Agarwal soon to join as Joint Secretary, HUPA
Brij Kumar Agarwal who on central deputation has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation ( HUPA) is expected to join his new assignment soon. He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh
cadre.

Prashant Sukul is new DGCA
Prashant Sukul ,Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation has been appointed as Director General(DG), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).He is an IDAS officer of 1982 batch.

Garg to be ED, FCI ?
Sudhir Garg is being appointed ED ,FCI. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Who will be joining the WB?
Who will be new Executive Director's (ED's) Advisor in the World Bank (WB) ? This is yet to be decided. The post fell vacant as M Nagaraju's tenure has ended. He is an IAS officer 1993 batch of Tripura cadre.

1978 and 1979 batch to be eligible for Member, CBEC
In September, IRS officers belonging to 1978 and 1979 will be eligible for competing for the two posts of Members in the CBEC in December and January.

Amit Kumar Singh to be SP, CBI ?
Amit Kumar Singh, SP, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu Police, is likely to be inducted as SP in Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI). He is an IPS officer of 2003 batch, who belongs of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Kashyap to get promotion in CBI
Dinendra Kashyap, SP, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to be promoted as DIG, CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch of Kerala cadre.

Senior HAG level postings in Railways
Ashwini Lohani will now be CME, Northern Railways. S K Luthra has been made CME, NF Railways. Anil Handa will be CAO, Rai Barelley. Ravindra Gupta has been made CAO, Marohra. A K Puthia will be Advisor Railway Board and W K Pradhan, CME, Central Railways.

List of probale DRMs
Among others who are going to be appointed as Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) are Pradeep Kumar Mishra, IRSE, Chennai, Ms.Mani Anand, IRTS, Ambala Cant Ms Manju Gupta, IRSEE, Bikaner, Mukesh Nigam, IRTS,Mumbai and Rajiv Chaudhry, IRSE,Bhopal.

Who would be the next CS of Tamil Nadu Government?
The power corridors of Tamil Nadu have started whispering as to 'who would take the hot seat after Debendranath Sarangi, Chief Secretary'? With Sarangi, a 1977 batch IAS officer, due to retire this month, two names have started doing rounds in the pursuit.

Tenure of Lal to be extended in IB ?
The tenure of central deputation of Manoj Kumar Lal, Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB),Government of India is likely to be extended for four years. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch of AGMU cadre.

Vineeta Sharma to succeed Bansal in Canada
Vineeta Sharma is all set to succeed S K Bansal in Canada. She is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

S S Dayal to succeed Subrmanyam in Maharashtra
S S Dayal is all set to become DGP of Maharashtra. Dayal will succeed K Subramanyam who is superannuating on July 30.He is an IPS officer of 1977 batch.

Is Satyapal Singh likely to become the Commissioner of Police Mumbai ?
It is heard that Satyapal Singh, (Maharashtra IPS 80 batch), is likely to be the next Mumbai Police Commissioner. Sources say when DG - Maharahstra retires at the end of the month, there is likely to be some changes at the top level and Singh may take over from Arup Patnaik who will be elevated.

Is ACP Dhoble in trouble?
Whether he is an honest cop out to clean the system or whether he is terror in khaki Mumbai, ACP, Vasant Dhoble is in trouble and this time with the Maharashtra Women's Commission.

Ranjan Dhawan's file for ED, Bank of Baroda moves
As the grapevine has it, file relating to Ranjan Dhawan's elevation from General Manager (GM) in the Punjab National Bank to an Executive Director (ED) in the Bank of Baroda (BOB) has moved further.

P K Nagpal is also Director of SEBI run NISM
P K Nagpal, who is an Executive Director(ED)Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has also been given charge of officiating Director in the Washi (Mumbai) located National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) being run by the SEBI.

Sonal Mishra to go on inter-cadre deputation ?
Ms. Sonal V Misra, SP, CB CID (Cyber Crime) Chennai Tamil Nadu Police is likely to go on Inter Cadre deputation from Tamil Nadu to Chhattisgarh. She is an IPS officer of2000 batch who belongs of Tamil Nadu cadre.

IRS officer Jha is CVO, CMPDIL
Mithilesh Kumar Jha has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd, (CMPDIL) Ranchi. He is a 1990 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Major reshuffle of senior IAS officers in MP
As many as 29 senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted to Mantralaya and field in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs. Snehlata Kumar, on return from central deputation, has been made Resident Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh at New Delhi with additional charge of Special Commissioner (Coordination), New Delhi while Vinod Kumar will now be Secretary, Human Rights Commission, Bhopal and Ashwni Kumar Rai is Secretary, Personnel, GAD. Similarly, Depali Rastogi has been posted as Inspector General of Registration and Superintendent, Stamp; Umakant Umrao as Commissioner-cum-Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection; Raghvendra Singh as MD, MP Tourism Development Corporation; Mrs. M Geeta as Controller, Food and Drugs Administration with additional charge of Director, AIDS; Mrs. Madhu Khare as Secretary, Public Service Commission, Indore; Akash Tripathi as Collector, Indore; Mukesh Chandra Gupta as Commissioner, MP Housing Board, Bhopal; R K Sharma as Additional Collector, Mineral Resources; Kedar Lal Sharma as Additional Secretary, Mantralaya; Santosh Kumar Mishra as Secretary, MP Board of Secondary Education; Kavindra Kiyawat as Collector, Sehore; M K Agrawal as Collector, Dewas; Neeraj Dubey as Collector, Khandwa; C B Singh as Collector, Dhar; B M Sharma as Collector, Ujjain; N S Bhatnagar as Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Jabalpur Division; Ashok Kumar Bhargava as Collector, Shahdol; Anand Kumar Sharma as Collector, Vidisha; Surendra Kumar Upadhyaya as Collector, Umaria; Sanjay Goyal as Deputy Secretary, Public Health and Family Welfare; Rajivchandra Dubey as Collector, Ratlam, Mrs. G V Rashmi as Deputy Secretary, Mantralaya; Nagar Goje Madan Vibhishan as Collector, Dindori; Bhondave Sanket Shantaram as Collector, Ashok Nagar and Nand Kumaram has been made as CEO, Zila Panchayat, Singrauli.

Gupta relieved to join parent Punjab cadre
Dinkar Gupta, Joint Director, VS-I (IB)New Delhi, Government of India has been relieved from IB to join his parent Punjab cadre. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch of Punjab cadre.

Will Bhatti be JD CBI ?
Rajwinder Singh Bhatti IGP(Spl.Branch)Bihar Police is likely to be appointed as Joint Director Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS officer of 1990 batch of Bihar cadre.

Deputation tenure of Sonik extended
Central deputation tenure of A K Sonik as CVO in Central Corporation of India Limited, Delhi has been extended for a period of two years from April 1,2012 to March 31, 2014. He is a 1986 batch IRPS officer.

Radha Chauhan on foreign tour
Ms S Radha Chauhan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GoI is currently on an official tour to abroad, for a week. She is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to the UP cadre.

Haider is new Staff Officer to Delhi CP
M.I Haider, Addl.DCP Traffic, North has been appointed as Staff Officer of Neeraj Kumar, Commissioner, Delhi Police. His appointment has been made in place of Jagjeet Singh Deswal. He is an DANPS cadre officer of 1997 batch.

Sanjay Kumar promoted as DIG and shifted to Delhi
Sanjay Kumar, SP, Daman has been promoted as DIG and shifted as ACP (Security), Delhi. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Bimal Saigal to move Muscat
Deputy Secretary Vigilance in the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters Bimal Saigal is moving to Muscat as First Secretary.

Mrs. Rashmita Jha posted as OSD, CCIT, Delhi region
Mrs. Rashmita Jha, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

MT cadre IAS is Dy Commissioner SDMC
Saumya Gupta is joining the Delhi Government as Deputy Commissioner South Delhi Municipal Corporation on deputation. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

S Sunil Raj promoted to AG, CAG, Thiruvanthapuram
S Sunil Raj, Senior Deputy Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

8 posts of Judges vacant in J &K HC
As many as eight posts of judges have been lying vacant in Jammu & Kashmir High Court against approved strength of 14. They include four posts of Permanent Judges against nine approved strength and four of Additional Judges against five approved strength.

Ms. Shubha N Bhambhani selected for 38th APPPA
Ms. Shubha N. Bhambhani, Dy. DDG, Telecom Engineering Center, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Transfers and postings in Railways
A number of officers have been shifted in Railways. Accordingly, Raju Kancharala, SG, has been shifted from SCR to SWR while Ms. Pushpa Rani, SG, is being posted from NCR to ECR and Chandan Kumar Verma, JAG, was moved from NER to DLW. Similarly, Shiv Shankar Murmu, SS, has been shifted from NER to SWR; Mohd.Yusuf, JAG/WCR to CORE; Ram Kishore, SS/DLW to NCR; Vinod Kumar, SS/NFR to NCR; C LVerma, SS/NCR to NWR; D P Sharma, SS/NCR to NWR; Ms. Revathi Subhash, SS/SECR to CR; M K Garg, SS/WR to NFR; M K Mohanti, SS/ECOR to NFR; B N Das, SS/ECR to SECR; Subhash Majumdar, SS/SER to SECR; Ms.R Mukherjee, SS/ER to SECR; B Bhowmick, SS/SER to SECR; B Nanda, SS/ECOR to SER; R L Khandelwala, SS/NWR to WR; Subhash Chander, SS/RCF to WR; A K Pathak, SS/NER to ECR; Shatrughan Prasad, SS/NER to ECR; Girish Sharma, SS/NWR to NCR; J L Wankhede, SS/NR to DMW; R S Puri, SS/WR to SWR; V R Modhe, SS/CR to WCR; Raj Kumar Sharma, SS/WR to WCR; D R Chattopadhyay, SS/SER to CLW and Ms. S Ramakrishnan, SS, has been shifted from WR to Metro/Kolkata.

Post of Member Secretary, NPCR is vacant
The post of Member Secretary, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NPCR) (Joint Secretary level) under the Ministry of Women and Child Development is vacant. The names of willing officers of the Central Staff Scheme can be sent to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.

29 IPS officers shifted in MP
As many as 29 senior officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ajay Sharma has been posted as IG, Hoshangabad range while Vijay Katariya will now be IG, EOW, Bhopal and K P Khare is IG, Balaghat. Similarly, A K Singh has been made IG, SAF, PHQ, Bhopal; Mrs. Asha Mathur as DIG, Bhopal range' R K Shivhare as DIG, Rewa range;vijay Kumar Suryawanshi as DIG, Chhattarpur rage; J S Sanrwal as DIG, Hoshangabad; Promod Verma as Commandant 7th battalion, SAF, Bhopal; D KSingh as SP, Shahdol; Abhya Singh as SP, Sagar; J K Pathak as SP, Gwalior; Anurag as SP, Harda; Sudhir Laad as Commandant, 23 battalion, SAF, Bhopal; N P Barkade as commandant, 10 battalion; P S Bisht as SP, Satna; B S Chauhan as SP, Rewa; Sanjay Kumar as AIG, PHQ, Bhopal; Gaurav Rajput as SP, Mandla; Ashok Kumar as Commandant 6th Battalion, SAF, Jabalpur; Chandrashekhar Solanki as SP, Datia; Mrs. T Amogla as Commandant 13 battalion, SAF, Gwalior; Shiyas A, as SP, Chhattarpur; Jaidevan A as SP, Morena; A K Pandey as SP, Damoh; R A Choubey as SP, Neemuch; R S Dehria as SP, Anuppur and M S Verma has been posted as SP, Mandsaur.

Placement Committee meeting of CBDT for CIT (UPDATED)
Placement Committee meeting to post Commissioners of Income Tax has commenced on Wednesday morning. The meeting will continue till tomorrow to finalise names.

Names of CCIT cleared on Tuesday (UPDATED)
The Placement Committee is believed to have cleared names of about 20 IRS officers for CCIT on Tuesday. Over half a dozen representations were also came in for discussion.

SAIL Chairman hints at further collaborations with Kobe (UPDATED)
India's largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Kobe Steel of Japan today signed a memorandum of agreement at Kobe's headquarters in Tokyo for setting up a 0.5 million tonne per annum iron nugget making plant using Kobe's patented ITmK3 technology at SAIL's Alloy Steels Plant in Durgapur, West Bengal, India with an investment of Rs. 1,500 crore. As per the agreement, SAIL and Kobe Steel will be entitled to equal share of production from the plant for captive use. A joint venture company 'SAIL-Kobe Iron India Pvt. Ltd.' in which SAIL and Kobe Steel hold equal equity, has already been incorporated. The agreement was signed by SAIL Chairman C S Verma and Kobe Steel President & CEO N Sato in the august presence of Beni Prasad Verma, Union Minister for Steel, Govt. of India, D R S Chaudhary, Secretary (Steel), Govt. of India, U P Singh, Joint Secretary (Steel), Govt. of India, and other senior Indian officials from SAIL & Kobe Steel including Rakesh Kulshreshtha, Executive Director, SAIL & Chairman, SAIL-Kobe Iron India Pvt Limited. Speaking on the occasion, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma expressed his happiness at the joint venture of SAIL and Kobe Steel and was optimistic about more projects for the Indian steel industry with the help of Japanese technology. "The ITmK3 technology will also utilise dump iron ore fines, disposal of which has become an environmental issue," he said. Chaudhury assured that Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India would provide full support for the project. SAIL Chairman Verma remarked, "With this joint venture with Kobe, SAIL is going to achieve twin objectives of bringing in latest technology to the country, and also adopting environment-friendly processes. This will be a milestone in the history of SAIL, setting new benchmarks of international collaboration in the field of iron-making. This is the first step of our collaboration with Kobe which could extend to other areas in future." Expressing his earnest wish that ITmk3 technology will contribute, through this joint venture project with SAIL, to further development of Indian Steel industry, Kobe Steel President Sato agreed with SAIL Chairman stating "this ITmk3 JV project will become a golden opportunity for the both companies to explore other fields where we can collaborate for mutual benefit".

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
As many as 31 senior officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jharkhand. Accordingly, Pravin Singh has been posted as DIG, Plamu while Shital Uraon will now be DIG, Ranchi and Dadan Ji Sharma is DIG, Dumka. Similarly, Ranjit Prasad has been made SP Special Branch; Vipul Shukla as City SP Ranchi; Pankaj Kamboj as SP Chaibasa; Manoj Kaushik as SP Hajaribag; Tadasha Mishra as IG, Human Rights; Sampat Meena as IG, CID, Organised Crime; Vinay Pandey as IG, PHQ; T Kandaswami as DIG, STF, Priya Dubey as DIG, CID; Parmeshwar Ravidas as DIG, Vigilance Bureau; Biglal Uraon, DIG, CID, Weaker Section; Nehal as DIG, Homegaurd Fire; Martin Poresa Lakda as DIG, Special Branch; Arun Kumar Singh, DIG, Kolhan; Pravin Kumar Shrivastava shifted to IRB, Chatara; Ranjit Kumar Prasad as SP, Vigilance Bureau; Nirmal Kumar Mishra given additional charge of JAP 2; Nagendra Chaudhary as SP, Rail, Dhanbad; Amarjeet Balihar given additional range of JAP 1; Awadh Bihari Ram shifted to IRB Jamtada; Prashant Kumar Karn as SP, Special branch; Amarnath Mishra as SP, CID, Niranjan Prasad as SP, Special Branch; Madan Mohan Lal as SP, PTC, Padma; Manoj Kumar singh as SP CM Security; Chandrashekhar Prasad as Traffic SP, Ranchi; Mrityunjay Kishok Mittu as Rail SP, Jamshedpur and Navin Kumar Mishra has been shifted to JAP, Bokaro.

IPS promotions in Manipur (UPDATED)
1994 batch IPS Officer Lupheng Kailun has been promoted to the rank of IG. Two 1998 batch IPS officers Dr S Ibocha Singh and Laxmi Prasad have been promoted to the rank of DIG.

Singapore invites Indian investment for greater economic ties (UPDATED)
Singapore's Prime Minister H E Lee Hsien Loong has urged Indian industry leaders to invest for greater economic cooperation and development especially in education, health and power. "We are in the process of setting up a board of investment to help potential investors in executing the projects", he said while addressing a joint business meeting organized by industry bodies ASSOCHAM, CII and FICCI. Loong, who is here with a 30 member delegation on a four-day visit, said both countries are mutually important economic partner, with bilateral economic relations growing exponentially after signing of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in 2005 Dilip Modi, immediate past-president ASSOCHAM, said that Singapore is India's largest trade and investment partner in ASEAN. Bilateral trade reached US$ 17.44 million in 2010-11. Singapore has become a preferred center of operations for Indian companies active in the Asia Pacific region. "Combined with a good enabling environment, strong air connectivity and the presence of a large Indian community, Singapore has emerged as a key offshore logistics and financial hub for many Indian corporate. There are estimated to be about 4000 registered "Indian" companies in Singapore," he said. Adi Godrej, president of CII, said bilateral trade post CECA has been growing at close to 20% annually with the exception of a couple of years when trade was affected by the global financial crises. Between 2006-07 and 2010-11, trade has grown by 51% and we hope the target of $32 billion would be achieved by 2015. Indian firms too have invested in a large variety of sectors in Singapore such as IT and ITEs, FMCG, steel etc. Facilitative business environments, competitive tax regime, excellent connectivity, a network of FTAs and strong Government support and encouragement have given Singapore an edge over other countries, added Godrej. R V Kanoria, president of FICCI, said Indian entrepreneurs are increasingly using Singapore as a launch pad to expand their business globally, with their presence from services to manufacturing and from hi-tech to basic of business.

12 IFS officers transferred in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, M C Sharma has been posted as CCF, Gwalior while G Krishna Murthy will now be CCF, Hoshangabad and A K Bisaria is CCF, Sagar. Similarly, S P Rayal has been posted as CCF, Gwalior; Mahendra Yaduvendu as CCF, PCCF office, Bhopal; Basant Kumar Singh as CCF, Ujjain; Satyanand as Conservator of Forests, Bhopal; Rakesh Kumar Pathak as Conservator of Forests, Balaghat Headquarter, Jabalpur; Mrs. Bindu Sharma as Conservator of Forests, (work plan) Indore; S S Rajput as Conservator of Forests, Betul; B S Annigeri as Conservator of Forests and Mrs. Kamalika Mohanta has been shifted as Conservator of Forests, Umaria.

C K Dey selected as Director (Finance), ECL (UPDATED)
C K Dey, Head (F&A), OIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting held on July 11, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Extension of inter cadre deputation of IAS officer denied (UPDATED)
The extension of inter cadre deputation of Haryana cadre IAS officer of 1986 batch, Mhathung Kithan from Haryana to Nagaland has been denied by Government of India.

CORPORATE

Are Agri prices to hit the roof once again ?
With weather conditions going topsy turvy in the world from US, Russia, Europe, China to Australia and New Zealand the global agriculture prices are once again gathering momentum. Will the food prices again hit the roof like 2007-08 ?

Is a South based industrial corridor in the making?
It is heard that Japanese investors are looking at developing a South India industrial corridor.

Three additional directors appointed on EIL Board
Engineers India Ltd has appointed Bijoy Chatterjee, former Secretary, Government of India, Dr. R. K. Shevgaonkar, Director, IIT, Delhi and Dr. J. P. Gupta, Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli as addtional directors on the Board of
the company for a period of three years.

Dutt appointed Addl. Director, Tata Metaliks Ltd
Krishnava Dutt has been appointed as Additional Director of Tata Metaliks Ltd w.e.f. July 05, 2012.

Govarthi resigns as Company Secy. & VP, CIL Securities Ltd
Srikanth Godavarthi, Company Secretary and Vice President, CIL Securities Ltd has resigned from the company with effect from May 2, 2012.

Shah resigns as Chairman, Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd
Hasmukh Shah has resigned as the Chairman of Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd w.e.f. June 25, 2012

Swarup appointed ED, Globus Spirits Ltd
Shekhar Swarup has been appointed as Executive Director of Globus Spirits Ltd.

Singh appointed Non Exec. Director, Globus Spirits Ltd
Satinder Lachhman Singh has been appointed as Non-executive and Independent Director of Globus Spirits Ltd w.e.f. May 26, 2012

Chhajed appointed Independent Director, Gujarat Foils Ltd
Gujarat Foils Ltd has appointed Rahul B. Chhajed as an Independent Director on the Board of the company w.e.f. July 10, 2012.

Chadha resigns as Whole-time Director, Gujarat Foils Ltd
Vijay Chadha as Whole-time Director of Gujarat Foils Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. July 10, 2012

Balasubramanian resigns as Director, Kalyanpur Cements Ltd
K. Balasubramanian, Director of Kalyanpur Cements Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company.

Sharma ceases to be Nominee Director on Board of Kalyanpur Cements Ltd
Arun Sharma, a Nominee of the Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd. (Arcil) on the Board of Kalyanpur Cements Ltd has also ceased to be Director of the company following withdrawal of his nomination by (ARCIL) .

Chopra resigns as Company Secy. Jet Airways (India) Ltd
Ms. Monica Chopra, Company Secretary of Jet Airways (India) Ltd has resigned w.e.f. June 30, 2012.

FSSAI working over standardisation of imported food: Chandramouli
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is working on a mechanism to evolve standards for domestically consumed food items imported from abroad, chairperson, FSSAI, Dr. K. Chandramouli said at an ASSOCHAM event held here in New Delhi on July 10, 2012. "Our food exporters have to adhere to various stringent set of rules and regulations for exporting food, while we do not strain the same sort of stringency on imported food and thus it is imperative to evolve standards for domestically consumed food as we have been having a lackadaisical approach towards setting standards," said Dr. Chandramouli while sharing his views on initiatives being taken by FSSAI in the areas of regulation in the food sector while addressing an 'FMCG Summit' organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). "We do have some standards to begin with but we need to take more steps in this regard to ensure the safety of food for consumption which comes from outside," said the chairperson. Meanwhile, S K Jindal, chairman of the ASSOCHAM Investment and Investors' Committee urged the government to take necessary steps to protect the consumers' rights and contain piracy as the direct loss due to piracy is about 20 per cent of the market share of prominent products. Dr. Lalit Khaitan, CMD, Radico Khaitan Limited shared his views concerning the liquor industry being an integral part of India's boisterous FMCG industry and said that the industry is subjected to three different acts and governing authorities namely - State Excise Act and Rules, Food Safety and Standards Act and Rules and lastly the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules and to regulate the mandatory laws on the lables of alcoholic beverages through these multiple laws is a real hassle. Amid others who spoke during the event included -M K Bhardawaj, Chairman, ASSOCHAM Public Procurement Committee; Ankur Shiv Bhandari, MD, Kantar Retail India and Abhishek Malhotra, Partner, Booz & Co.

Singapore top destination for Indian FDI outflows: ASSOCHAM study
Singapore has emerged among the most sought after destinations for India's outward foreign direct investment (FDI) accounting for about one-fourth of the total outflows during May, an ASSOCHAM study has revealed. Of the total outbound FDI of USD 2.35 billion from the country, Singapore accounted for over USD 500 million. The other favourite destinations for the Indian entrepreneurs were the US, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, UAE, the Phillipines, and Mauritius. Interestingly, while Mauritius is the number one source of FDI for India, it is not the case for the outflows, the study found. It is somewhere at the bottom of the table of the countries preferred by the Indian firms for overseas investment. Out of the 467 companies which invested abroad, only 24 opted for Mauritius, which is a haven for the corporates which want to bring in FDI because of the India-Mauritius Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement. Since the island nation has zero capital gains, it makes sense for the inward FDI from there, rather than outward FDI for India, says the ASSOCHAM study. "Even there is a glum mood in the world economy; the Indian entrepreneurs are reaching out to the global business arena. This shows how the Indian enterprise is catching up in the international economy," said ASSOCHAM President Rajkumar N Dhoot.

Rao quits as MD and CEO of OnMobile
Arvind Rao, Managing Director and CEO of OnMobile has quit.

Raman appointed as new CEO of OnMobile
Mouli Raman will take on the role of interim Managing Director of OnMobile.

Gandhok appointed as CEO of Om Pizza
Tejpavansingh Gandhok has been appointed as CEO of Om Pizza

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Form Board, stop extentions

What Government needs to do is not extending the retirement age, but forming a board to retire those officers who are found with doubtful integrity, physically unfit and incompetent at the age of 50 itself. To prevent weeding out of politically inconvenient bureaucrats, the board should consist of a sitting Supreme Court Judge, a senior bureaucrat with a spotless record(not one of those henchmen of politicians and who adorn the high pillars of bureaucracy now.) and a
psychiatrist. After this, Government can think of extending the retirement age of those who really deserve it. The backdoor extention of retirement age of politically supported bureaucrats by making them consultants should be stopped forthwith.

N Krishnan

Govt blunder !

The government is mistaken to hand over the preparation of passports to private organizations, TCS etc. The passport matters are sensitive and must be taken care of by government only. Moreover, previously miscellaneous services were done the same day, like change of address
and other minor things. But now one has to fill the same form meant for new or renewal of passport and the fee is the same that of new or renewal. It is not justified. It being taken by these pvt bodies in exorbitant high. Every government work must not be done by private
organizations.

Pt RamKanwar

Give them honorary rank of Secretary to GoI
All members of Maharatna PSU Boards should be given honorary rank of Secretary to GoI, just like the members of Railway Board are given. Organizations like ONGC and IOC have much larger total turnover, assets, risk, projects, profit (despite selling cheap kerosene and
LPG), and also per employee parameters. In fact if Railway is corporatized , it will not be able to get Maharatna status.

Amit

RIT

Disclosure of reasons for not empanelling an officer under RTI

The appellant sought the reasons for being left out in the empanelment list of IPS Officers by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the year 1994-95 while all his APRs were outstanding. The PIO informed that as per DoPT's O.M. No. 1/7/2009-IR dated 1.6.2009, the information sought in the RTI application cannot be classified as 'information' and the same cannot be provided. The appellant argued before the Central Information Commission (CIC) that whereas his juniors have been empanelled and, therefore, he should be provided the reasons for being left out from empanelment list when all his APRs are 'Outstanding'. The CIC noted the admission of the respondent that the decision for promotion of IPS Officers is taken in the meeting of the CPEB. Observing that the meetings of the CPEB are a matter of official record, the CIC ruled that what has been sought by the appellant is covered under the definition of 'information' as per section 2(f) of the RTI Act. The Commission directed the PIO to provide the reasons, as per record, whereby decision was taken to leave out the appellant in the empanelment list of IPS Officers for the year 1994-95.

Comments

This decision of the CIC is likely to bring in transparency in the process of empanelment..

Citation: Mr. Kamal Saini v. Ministry of Home Affairs in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2012/000236

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)