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Rahul Gandhi may take over as AICC Working President?
Whatever is the speculation on the surface but the insiders of Congress Party have become sure for one thing that AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi is going to take over as the AICC Working President.

Cabinet reshuffle in August beginning
As the grapevine has it, there is going to be a reshuffle at the Centre in the beginning of August 2012.

Three Union Ministers from UP may be dropped?
The buzz in the corridors of power and politics is that, three Union Ministers from Uttar Pradesh may be dropped in the reshuffle which is said to take place soon.

Is Jairam being backed by a powerful lobby?
It is heard that Jairam Ramesh is being backed by a powerful business lobby for the post of Finance Minister. They argue that he understands economy and has backing of AICC general secretary, Rahul Gandhi.

Is diesel-dilemma really over?
If insiders are to be believed the decision on deregulating the diesel prices has been finally taken and locked by the UPA-II Government. It may be announced immediately after the President Elections were over.

BUREAUCRACY

27 IAS officers retiring in July
As many as 27 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of various batches and cadres are retiring in July, 2012. They include: A K Acharya, C P Tripathi and HP Sahu of AGMUT cadre while Jaimangal Singh and Garib Sahu of Bihar cadre and G S Dhananjay of Chhattisgarh
cadre. Similarly, M M Srivastava of Gujarat cadre; Manik B Sonawane and T K Sharma of Haryana; Raghavan Suresh and I R Perumal of Karnataka; Neela Gangadharan of Kerala; Pallab Das Barma of Manipur-Tripura; B Thawang Konyak of Nagaland; Ramesh Chandra Misra
and Bipin Bihari Mohapatra of Orissa; Rajiv Sharma, Rajendra Prasad Jain and S S Bissa of Rajasthan; M R Mohan and V Kannuchamy of Tamil Nadu; Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi, Mohinder Singh, Om Prakash Narayan, Madhukar Dwivedi and Saroj Kumar Tiwari of Uttar Pradesh and Naba Kumar Mukhopadhyay of West Bengal.

Who will be DG, NDRF?
Who will be new DG, National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) ? The MHA has prepared a panel of three names consisting of Subhash Goswami, IPS 1977, DGP cum CMD APHC Ltd., Assam Meghalaya cadre.Bhim Sain Bassi,IPS 1977 batch, Special CP(Admn.),Delhi Police AGMU cadre and Dillip Trivedi, IPS 1978 batch,SDG ,BSF,UP cadre.

B N Sharma soon to be Joint Secretary, Power
B N Sharma on central deputation is soon going to be Joint Secretary Power. He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch of Rajasthan cadre.

(We said this on July 8,2012)

Brij Kumar Agarwal is HUPA's Joint Secretary
Brij Kumar Agarwal on central deputation has joined as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) on July 16, 2012.He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this earlier & on June 11,2012)

Good news for IAS officers of 1990 batch
There is a good news for those IAS officers of 1990 batch who were earlier not empanelled as Joint Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI). Their batch is under review.

Agrawal to be new DG, ESIC ?
Anil Kumar Agarwal is being tipped to be new DG, ESIC in the Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

ACC approves appointment of Prabhat Kumar
The ACC has approved the proposal for appointment of Dr. Prabhat Kumar, IAS(UP:85) as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation for a period of two years.

Will NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury head NHPC too?
As the grapevine has it, NTPC Chairman Arup Roy Choudhury may be given additional charge of CMD, NHPC.

Commerce Secretary's lieutenants pessimistic about achieving the set targets?
After assuming the charge as Commerce Secretary, S R Rao had set the target of jacking up exports by 20 per cent in 120 days. However, some of his lieutenants are pessimistic about the targets as the government could not push the demands in European markets facing economic slowdown.

Decision about new GMs in Railway to take time
Decision about new General Managers (GMs) in Railway Ministry will take place only after postings of new Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs).

Prem Narain to take charge on August 1 as Secretary, Women & Child Welfare
Prem Narain newly appointed Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Welfare will take charge on August 1,2012. He is an Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1978 batch. Presently, he is serving as Principal Adviser, Planning Commission.

Arvind Bhatnagar selected as Director (DD), CONCOR
Arvind Bhatnagar, ED, CONCOR, has been selected for the post of Director (Domestic Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board meeting. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Patwardhan gets new posting in CAG office
VA Patwardhan, Officer on Special Duty (Communication Policy) has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (Defence and Communication) in CAG office. He will relieve Ms. Sangita Choure.

DPC to promote 1994 batch IFS officers soon
DPC to promote 1994 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS ) officers is expected to meet in a couple of months.

Where is an IPS officer ?
Manipur Government is keen to know whereabouts of 2000 batch IPS officer Anubhav Who has not reported back since 2007.

Onkar Singh Meena tipped to reach the President's House
As the grapevine has it, Onkar Singh Meena is tipped to Joint Secretary to the President, once Pranab Mukherjee was formally elected as the President of India. Presently, he is District Magistrate (DM) of Burdwan in West Bengal. He is an IAS officer of the 1997 batch of West Bengal cadre.

Did Bharat Bhushan pay price (3) ?

Was the outgoing DGCA Bharat Bhushan shown the door a day before he had planned to take action against a particular Airlines close to the Minister.

K V Singh IG, CISF to laterally shift to CRPF
As the grapevine has it, K V Singh, who on central deputation is an IG in CISF in Patna, will soon be laterally shifted in the same rank to CRPF. He is an IPS officer of 1989 batch of Bihar cadre.

Pranab Jyoti Nath to go to Orissa on deputation
As the grapevine has it, Pranab Jyoti Nath is poised to go to Orissa on inter cadre deputation. He is an IAS officer of the 2005 batch of Kerala cadre.

Several vacancies in the IB
As many as 65 posts of DIG/DD rank are sanctioned for Intelligence Bureau Government of India . However, there are still 35 vacancies remained to be filled up.

Ms. Sumita Purkayastha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms. Sumita Purkayastha has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. She is an Indian Posts and Telegraph Accounts and Finance Service officer of 1983 batch.

Bhavna Saxena to join IB
Ms. Bhavna Saxena, FRRO, Hyderabad is likely to be appointed as Deputy Director, IB, GoI. She is an IPS officer of 1996 batch of Andhra Pradesh Cadre.

Santosh Kumar to be SP, CBI ?
Santosh Kumar, DCP, Traffic, West Greater Chennai, Tamil Nadu Police, is likely to be inducted at SP in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS officer of 2002 batch, of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Dinesh Kumar is new JS in UPSC
Dinesh Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 1998 batch ISS officer.

Devesh Uttam goes to New York
Devesh Uttam, looking after US (Gulf) desk in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been moved to Indian Embassy in New York in place of Pramod Kumar Bajaj.

Mahesh Dixit gets proforma promotion
Mahesh Dixit, Deputy Director, IB, has been granted proforma promotion as IGP by the state Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch of AP cadre.

Nilabh Kishore to be promoted in CBI
Nilabh Kishore, SP, Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI), is likely to be promoted as DIG, CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch of Punjab cadre.

Swagat Das unlikely to return to Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh Government has requested MHA to repatriate Swagat Das, Joint Director, IB, Government of India to his parent cadre. He is unlikely to be relieved by the IB. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Six IPS officers get IG rank in MP
As many as six officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been given Super Time Scale in Madhya Pradesh. The officers include: G Akhito Sema (1992), D C Sagar (1992), G Janardan (1992), Vivek Sharma(1998), Anshuman Yadav(1998) and Sajid Farid Shapu (1998).

PESB seeks applications for CMD, Instrumentation Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of CMD, Instrumentation Limited lying vacant since June 1, 2012. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before August 14, 2012.

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.

Seven posts of Judges vacant in Madras HC
As many as seven posts of judges have been lying vacant in Madras High Court against approved strength of 60. These include one post of Permanent Judge against 43 approved strength and six of Additional Judges against 17 approved strength.

Naveen Kumar, Director, ECAF, Allahabad selected for 38th APPPA
Naveen Kumar, Director (WUS& BUD),Hqs (ECAF) Allahabad, 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
Some officers have been transferred and posted in Railways. Accordingly, Mrs. Reena Ranjan, SAG/IRAS, Southern Railways, has been transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre while A Gopinath, SAG/IRAS, Central Railways is being shifted from to SCR and appointed in HAG and posted as FA&CAO and Sanjay Tripathi, SAG/IRTS, NCR, presently working as CTPM, has been posted as MELA Officer. Similarly, Madho Singh Meena , SAG/IRTS, has been shifted from NFR to Central Railway and Madho Singh Meena was posted to Western Railway and posted in the cadre.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Orissa soon
A bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place in Orissa soon. Several district collectors may be changed.

Passing away of R Gopalkrishnan: Condolence meeting at MP Bhawan on July 18
A condolence meeting is being held at Madhya Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi at 6 PM on July 18, to pay tribute to R Gopalkrishnan (former Additional Secretary in the PMO) who passed away on July 16 at his home in Thiruvalla in Kerala. A 1979 batch IAS officer, Gopalkrishnan was 57. His funeral will take place on Wednesday at Thiruvalla.

IAS Association is up in arms in Andhra Pradesh
The IAS Association in Andhra Pradesh has met the Chief Minister to take action against state minister T.G. Venkatesh for his remark that non-performing public servants should be shot dead in public.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Rajiv Krishna has been appointed as IG, Police Training College, Sitapur while Akhil Kumar is posted as DIG, Food Cell, Lucknow.

Ms. Achla Bhatnagar bereaved
Ms. Achla Bhatnagar has lost her husband Anil. She is an IoPS officer of 1982 batch.

ONGC gets National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management (UPDATED)
ONGC received a major boost at the 9th National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management held at New Delhi on July 17, 2012 when two of the company's units (Karaikal and Western Offshore) bagged two prestigious prizes in the category of 'Public Manufacturing: Unit (Large)'. CMD Sudhir Vasudeva received the Awards from Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Minister for Corporate Affairs. Reacting to the recognition for the organization that has been bestowed by the distinguished jury, CMD said, "Ethical responsibility and a transparent management ethos lie at the core of ONGC's philosophy of doing business. These awards are respectable testimony of the continuous work and dedication that ONGC has rendered in the service of the nation for more than half a century."

Govt. strategy to abolish manual scavenging: Wasnik (UPDATED)
The government is soon going to finalize a strategy to put an end to the practice of manual scavenging, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mukul B Wasnik said at an ASSOCHAM event held here in New Delhi on July 18, 2012."Even after the concerted efforts of the government to abrogate the problem of manual scavenging, it still remains to be addressed considering acute shortage of public conveniences across India," said Wasnik while addressing a national conference on 'Social Inclusion and Affirmative Action: Reservation of SCs/STs in Private Sector organized by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). "As per the 2011 Census, there are about 26 lakh insanitary toilets including the 13 lakh toilets where human excreta is discharged in open drains and of the remaining some are serviced by the human beings and even animals and with such a huge number of insanitary toilets there is bound to be manual scavenging," said the minister. Earlier, quoting the Census 2011 Wasnik said "About 49.8 per cent of households in India are in open defecation, thus it is a huge problem and we are committed to address the same effectively." "Social inclusion in pursuit of providing equal opportunities to each and every individual is an agenda of supreme importance and the government has sought the support of industries and corporate bodies to carry forward this agenda with more determination and great vigour as the co-operation from the industries would revolutionise the entire system," said Wasnik while releasing an ASSOCHAM report titled 'Initiatives for Affirmative Action on Inclusion of SCs and STs'.

Sudhir Vasudeva takes over as President, AIPSSPB (UPDATED)
Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD ONGC & Chairman, ONGC Group of Companies has taken over charge as President, All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board (AIPSSPB). AIPSSPB is an apex body of the Public Sector Undertakings formed for promoting the cause of sports in the country.

Six officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as six officers have been transferred and posted in Railways. Accordingly, Sunil Kumar Agarwal, HAG/IRTS, presently working as COM, South Central Railway, has been transferred to Northern Railway while Ras Behari Das, HAG/IRTS, presently working as COM, East Coast Railway, is being shifted to Northern Railway and Guru Das Brahma, SAG/IRTS, East Coast Railway was moved to East Coast Railway. Similarly, G M Tripathi, SAG/IRTS, East Coast Railway, has been posted as CCM(CHOD) on East Coast Railway; Ran Vijay Singh, SAG/IRTS from North Eastern Railway to North Eastern Railway and Arvind Kumar, SAG/IRTS, has been shifted Northeast Frontier Railway to North Eastern Railway.

J A Vaidyanathan is Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
J A Vaidyanathan of CSS has been appointed as Director in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

BHEL awarded for Excellence in Cost Management (UPDATED)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), one of the profit making Navaratnas, Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) engaged in engineering and manufacturing, has been conferred the maximum number of four 'ICAI National Awards for Excellence in Cost Management 2010-11', among public and private sector companies. The awards were presented by Dr. Veerapa Moily, Union Minister for Corporate Affairs to B Prasada Rao, CMD, at a function in New Delhi. BHEL has been awarded the recognition for the seventh successive year, having earlier won the awards uninterruptedly for the years 2005 to 2010. An independent jury headed by the former Chief Justice of India, V N Khare unanimously selected BHEL's Units - Haridwar, EPD-Bangalore, Jhansi and Power Sector-Southern Region in various categories, for the Awards for 2011.

GoI optimistic about fate, philosophy of SEZs: Anup Wadhawan(UPDATED)
Anup Wadhawan, Joint Secretary, Commerce Department in Government of India, put forward his views critically on the achievements of SEZs terming it as the 'islands of excellence in investment, export & employment'. Addressing to representatives of stake-holders in the '8th International SEZ Convention' in the aegis of ASSOCHAM organized in New Delhi on July 18, 2012, he put forward the idea of 'Competitive Economic Zone' for wider discussion in the context of SEZs' future prospects. ASSOCHAM India discusses the role of SEZs in the recovery of Global Economy. The search of ideas and perspectives highlighting the role of Special Economic Zones as an agent of Global Economic Recovery was the key concern in the 8th International SEZ Convention organised by ASSOCHAM India. Raj Kumar Dhoot, President- ASSOCHAM; D S Rawat Secy. Gen., ASSOCHAM; Anita Arjundas, Chairperson, SEZ Council ASSOCHAM; A Wadhawan, Joint Secretary, Commerce, GoI and Dr. L B Singhal, ADG (DGFT) were the key speakers.

T N Hariharan is Collector, Virudhunagar in TN (UPDATED)
T N Hariharan, Joint Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Departemnt, has been transferred and posted as Collector, Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

G Raghavendra Rao selected as Director (Tech.), BDL (UPDATED)
G Raghavendra Rao, GM, BEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 18, 2012. As many as 17 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Deepak Parekh is Chairman of High Level Committee
Eminent banker, Deepak Parekh has been made new Chairman of High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure.

Philipp Von Sahr to take over as President of BMW Group India
Philipp Von Sahr, currently President of BMW Group Belgium-Luxemburg, will succeed Dr Andreas Schaaf as President of BMW Group India on October 1, 2012. He was Head of Sales for BMW Group Germany.

P Balaji appointed VP & MD, Nokia India
P Balaji has been appointed Vice President and Managing Director by Nokia India. He will be responsible for Nokia's mobile phones and smart devices business besides focusing on energising the Nokia brand, driving partnerships and strategic alliances and developing the capabilities of the Nokia organisation in India. He has two decades of experience in the IT and telecom industry.

Tripathi appointed Head, Network Development by Pearls Broadcasting
Anshuman Tripathi has been appointed Head , Network Development by Pearls Broadcasting Corporation, which owns the Hindi news channel P7News. Before this he was Head of Content Acquisition, Aggregation, Syndication & Channel Distribution (India & International) at Content4u.

Shivanand Shenoy joins MRSS India
Shivanand Shenoy, a senior marketing professional has joined MRSS India as Senior Director, Client Servicing. MRSS India is the Indian arm of One Asia's leading market research agency Majestic MRSS. Prior to this, Shenoy has been associated with companies like AC Nielsen,
Intel Corp, DHL Express and Reliance Industries Ltd..

Singh ceases to be Director, Dabur India Ltd

Analjit Singh, has ceased to be Director of Dabur India Ltd w.e.f. July 17, 2012, due to his other business commitments

Mathur resigns as Director, Gujarat State, Petronet Ltd
Suresh Mathur has resigned as Director of Gujarat State Petronet Ltd w.e.f. July 9, 2012

Machendranathan resigns as Govt. Director, NDMC Ltd

S. Machendranathan, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel, Government of India has resigned as Government Director on the Board of NDMC Ltd w.e.f. July 16, 2012.

Desai resigns as ED (Foreign Exchange), Thomas Cook India Ltd
Rakshit Desai, Executive Director (Foreign Exchange), Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. July 16, 2012

Sanyal appointed Director, State Bank of Travancore
Pradip Kumar Sanyal, Deputy General Manager (Associate & Subsidiaries), State Bank of India, A&S Group, Mumbai has been appointed as a Director of State Bank of Travancore w.e.f. June 13, 2012.

Kuriakose appointed Head (Fixed Income Business), Principal Mutual Fund
Principal Mutual Fund has appointed Bekxy Kuriakose as Head (Fixed Income Business)

Dave appointed Company Secy. Decolight Ceramics Ltd
Decolight Ceramics Ltd has appointed Suresh S Dave as Company Secretary of the company .

Gupta appointed Company Secy. Pearl Polymers Ltd
Pearl Polymers Ltd has appointed Ms. Chandni Gupta as a Company Secretary w.e.f. 11, 2012.

Chadha appointed Director , Wealth & Investment Mgt. Division, Barclays
Barclays has appointed Ashwin Chadha as Director (Wealth and Investment Management Division) based in New Delhi

Modi resigns as Director, S Mobility Ltd
Ms. Divya Modi has resigned as Director of S Mobility Ltd w.e.f. July 17, 2012.

Ratnakar resigns as Chief Commercial Officer, Alumeco Extrusion Ltd
M. Ratnakar, Chief Commercial Officer of Alumeco India Extrusion Ltd has resigned from the company on July 11, 2012 .

Rao appointed ED, SEBI
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has appointed S V Murlidhar Rao as its new Executive Director.

Rajdeep Mukherjee to head Pan Macmillan India
Pan Macmillan, UK has announced the appointment of Rajdeep Mukherjee as Senior Vice President, Head of Pan Macmillan India. He will join the company on September 19, 2012. Presently, he is Sales and Marketing Director for Harvard Business School Publishing.

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Improve the system to convert snail mail to Quick Mail Service

Sir, it appeared in today's WIC about A K's letter on DPC for SAG being delayed by three years in Indian Postal Service. There are many other services in which similar kind of stagnation exists. But is resigning from service really the solution? After all who loses, it is again the organization. Those officers responsible for current mess lose nothing. No doubt it is the best and brightest who prefer to move on in life rather than stagnate at one place. I agree it is no use working and continuing in utter frustration but if good officers find leaving service as only way out then who will improve the system ?

These officers should stay back and fight the system. They must analyze reasons for delay and how it can be eradicated. Approaching the Minister is good step but only short term measure. It will not solve the problem. They must approach Minister with a solution. How can situation be improved. Officers responsible for delay tactics must and should be punished. But the system is full of such non performers who rise higher and higher. The less an officer works the higher he rises. The more an officer works, larger the number of critics and more the persecution. Hard working officers are a threat to such non performers, as they fear comparison and will leave no chance to humiliate them and delay promotion files or find other ways and means to harm them. Such a state of affairs exist everywhere.

We need to think hard how can merit be genuinely rewarded. The best parameter is to pick up transfer/posting details of officers, more the number of transfer means higher competency. Hard working and up right officers are dislocated more. If an officer has stayed put in one station for long years then he has compromised the interests of his organization. Such officers are lethargic and incompetent who has resisted change and stagnated at one station but still managed to climb ladder of promotion fast. Such officers crawl when asked to bend and will go to any extent to remain in Delhi. Therefore if Snail Mail has to become Quick Mail Service then the comfort zones of all such officers need to be disturbed.

Dimpy Chopra

Former DGCA was annexed to benefit a particular airline

Daily headlines in the newspaper about a particular Airline is evidence enough which needs no further corroboration that former DGCA was annexed to benefit this particular airline which is in a mess and can be a recipe for any future safety disaster.

Santosh Siwan

New Aviation Minister is more blatant

The new Aviation Minister is more blatant than his predecessor. Both are of course birds of the same feather. The PM who always remains helpless & MUM is equally to blame for the sharp fall in ethical standards in UPA II. Hail Sonia, Hail Rahul!!!!

TRI

Condolence

My condolences to the bereaved family. May Gopalkrishnan's soul rest in peace. Nation has lost a very able administrator.

M K Sapra

RIT

Disclosure of address and immigration details of a passport holder

Referring to a passport holder, the appellant alleged that the said citizen was accused in four criminal cases pending in various JMFC courts at Indore and Mumbai. He sought information regarding this passport holder like, his present address with name of country and the copy of his immigration form. The Public Information Officer (PIO) denied the information under section 8(1)(j) stating that the disclosure of the passport details /documents has no relation with the applicant and that it would cause unwarranted invasion on his privacy. During the hearing the appellant contended that despite his informing the Passport Office about pending criminal cases, a passport was issued to him. The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the Passport Officer, Mumbai to inquire into the matter and inform the appellant whether cognizance was taken of the fact that three complaints of criminal charges were pending against the said person and subsequently send the findings to the appellant. The Commission also directed the appellant to send a copy of the complaints to the Passport Officer Mumbai.

Comments

RTI has been used as a tool not only to obtain information, but also initiate certain action.

Citation:Mr. Suraj Sharma v. Ministryof External Affairs, in DecisionNo. CIC/SG/A/2012/000409/18802

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)