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Madan Lal

Several decisions of Pranab Mukherjee to be reversed?
If insiders are to be believed, several decisions taken by outgoing Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee are going to be reversed. Alarm bells for certain business houses.

Why this announcement?
There was an official announcement by Economic Advisor that Indian economy will be back on rails within next three months. Does this mean that Pranab Mukherjee was responsible for this state of affairs?

Now Digvijay Singh is only Thakur leader in Congress Party
After the demise of Arjun Singh, Virbhadra Singh used to be a Rajput leader in the Congress party. And now "Street Fighter" Digvijay Singh is the only Thakur leader in the Congress Party.

Has the market given a fitting farewell to Mukherjee?
The buzz in the corporate and stock markets is that the stock market has given a perfect farewell by rising 2.5 percent the day Pranab Mukherjee moved out of the North Block.

Will Yeddy now float his new party ?
Inability of Yeddurappa to wring the hand of the BJP senior leadership to install him or his cronies is proving to be a loss of face for him. No amount of threatening or mudslinging on the incumbent has worked either. Will this be the last time Yeddy makes an attempt like this ? And will he now float his own outfit as he has always threatened needs to be seen.

Dilip Trivedi to succeed Prakash Mishra ?
Dilip Trivedi, Special Director General, Border Security Force, FHQ, New Delhi , is likely to be appointed as DG, NDRF. He is a Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS officer of 1978 batch. DG NDRF Prakash Mishra is all set to return to Orissa as the DGP.

Minnie Mathew is new Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary
Minnie Mathew belonging to the 1976 batch has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. She has succeeded Pankaj Dwivedi.
(We said this on June 20)

C S Kedar, DG, ESIC, returning to parent cadre!
C S Kedar, Director General (DG) of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), is returning to his parent cadre. He is a Karnataka cadre IAS Officer of 1979 batch.

They are to be inducted into panel of Member CBDT ?
Meeting of the Committee of Secretaries to prepare the panel of the Member of the CBDT is going to take place on July 4. If top sources are to be believed, atleast R K Tiwari, Jaspal Singh, Anita Kapur and K B Chaudhary are going to be included in the panel.

They are expected to figure in the CBEC panel ?
The selection for the posts of Members in CBEC ( Central Board of Excise and Customs) and CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) is fixed for July 4. If all goes well and the meeting is held, Ms Sandhya Baliga, Ms Shobha Chary and Lipika Majumdar will fill up the posts of the 3 Members posts, one existing and the others falling vacant on July 31 and December 31 respectively. S K Goel, Chairman CBEC is retiring on July 31 and M S Badhan, Member (Customs) in CBEC on December 31.

S N Misra seeks VRS
S N Misra who is the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA), Southern Command- Pune, has sought voluntary retirement from service (VRS). He is an IDAS officer of 1979 batch. However, his case is reportedly being examined in the wake of allegations against him, while, he was posted in Mumbai.

A wedding with a difference
The marriage of the daughter of CBDT ( central board of direct taxes) Chairman Laxman Das was a wedding with a difference. With a limited number of guests and only family friends, the marriage was solemnized with simplicity at Lucknow on Saturday.

450 ITS officers getting salary without any job ?
Believe it or not, out of the 1750 ITS officers over 450 are getting their salary without any kind of job. What a Government of India ?

Will Prahraj join GoI ?
Orissa DGP M M Prahraj is likely to join the Government of India. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer.

Ranjit Narayan gets DG rank
Ranjit Narayan, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Crime) has been promoted as Director General of Police (HAG + Scale) in the cadre. He is an IPS officers of 1978 batch who belong to the AGMU Cadre.

P K Das is a Joint Secretary, DoPT
P K Das has on central deputation joined as Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) on June 29,2012. He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre. So far he was posted as the Managing Director (MD) of the MP State Industries
Development Corporation (MPSIDC) and MD Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation Ltd. (TRIFAC)
(We said this on June 16,2012)

Whistle blower IFS officer of Haryana is Deputy Secretary, AIIMS
Sanjeev Chaturvedi, the whistle blower Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer has joined the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as the Deputy Secretary under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Government of India(GoI).

Is the Jundal's investigation seriously carried out?
The first task of any genuine investigation should be to ensure that no information leaks out till the police have a valid statement and confession that will hold good in a court of law. However, what is worrisome is the extreme access the media seems to be having to every possible utterance of Abu Jundal in custody. Leaking all the details of the interrogation even while , the custodial questioning is going on, is simply unprofessional and damaging say Home Ministry officials.

Rajiv Kumar in CRPF promoted
Rajiv Kumar, DIG, CRPF, has been promoted as IG, CRPF. He is an IPS Officer of 1992 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu Cadre.

Surendra Singh in Madhya Pradesh gets DG rank
DG Jails in Madhya Pradesh, Surendra Singh, has been promoted to the rank of Director General. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer.

D S Minhas, DGP, Himachal Pradesh to retire on August 31
D S Minhas, Director General of Police (DGP), Himachal Pradesh (HP), is going to retire on August 31,2012.He is an IPS officer of 1977 batch who belongs to the HP cadre.

Anand Mohan in Delhi Police promoted
Anand Mohan, DIG (Andman and Nicobar) has been promoted as Inspector General of Police (A&NI). He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch who belong to the AGMU cadre.

Balakrishnan to return to Orissa
R Balakrishnan is returning to the parent Orissa cadre from central deputation. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer.

DRMs list to have about 20 names
As the grapevine has it, about 15 to 20 DRMs will be posted.

New CMD of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Bansal blazes a new trail
S L Bansal, Chairman and Managing Director of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has blazed a new trail. All ultra small branches sanctioned for the bank in 569 villages had been opened said Bansal. He told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that focus is on consolidation of the bank's operations. Bansal who has assumed charge of CMD in OBC also said that efforts were afoot to improve Current Accounts & Savings Accounts (CASA) to reduce costs. In order to maintain the bank's asset quality, focus is on strict monitoring. For this, Bansal said that a separate vertical had been created in the bank adding that thrust was also being laid on the management of non performing assets (NPAs). At the same time, steps have been taken for upgrading skills of the OBC's staff through training & motivation.

Rani to join IB
Ms. I B Rani, DCP, North District, is likely to be appointed as Additional Deputy Director (FRRO)New Delhi Intelligence Bureau, Government of India in place of N S Bundela -IPS. She is an IPS officer of 2000 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Jawahar Thakur is new CGA
Jawahar Thakur has taken over as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA). He is a 1979 batch Indian Civil Accounts Service Officer.

Sarkar gets extension in Cabinet Secretariat
Saibal Sarkar , Deputy secretary , Cabinet secretariat , Government of India has been given extension of nine months in his central deputation tenure. He is an ICoAS officer of 1997 batch.

Rakesh Kumar Sharma goes to Oslo
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Lagos Rakesh Kumar Sharma, has been moved in the same capacity to Oslo.

Purushottam Tiwary promoted to AG, CAG, Gwalior
Purushottam Tiwary, Senior Deputy Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) and posted in the same office under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

18 posts of Judges vacant in Bombay HC
As many as 18 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Bombay High Court against 75 approved strength including six posts of Permanent Judges against 48 approved strength and 12 of Additional Judges against 27 approved strength.

Sanjay Agarwal, GM, RITES selected for 38th APPPA
Sanjay Agarwal, GM/T& S, RITES Bhawan, Plot NO. 1 Sector-29, Guargaon, (Haryana), has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

PESB seeks applications for MD, NHDCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Managing Director, National Handloom Development Corporation Limited (NHDCL) falling vacant next year on May 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 30, 2012.

Air Marshal Kumaria is the new Vice Chief of Air Force
Air Marshal DC Kumaria has take nover as the new vice-chief of the Indian Air Force succeeding Air Marshal KK Nohwar.
( We said this on May 31 )

1994 batch IPS gets IG rank in Andhra Pradesh
Three 1994 batch IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh Mssrs Soumya Mishra, B Shivdhar Reddy and Kumar Vishwajeet have been promoted to the rank of IG.

1998 batch IPS gets DIG rank in Andhra Pradesh
Six SP-rank officers of the 1998 batch Vikram Singh Mann, B Srinivasulu, P Umapathi, R Bheema Naik, E Damodar, B Balakrishna, B Malla Reddy have been promoted to the rank of DIG in Andhra Pradesh.

M Shayin poised to be new city DC,Chandigarh
Decks have been cleared for Mohammed Shayin to become the new Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chandigarh.He is an IAS officer of 2002-batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre. At present he is the Administrator HUDA,Hisar.He is a graduate in Agriculture and an MBA.

Tripti Ghosh proceeds on Foreign training
Mrs. Tripti P.Ghosh, Director, Pension & Pensioners Welfare has proceeded on three weeks Foreign Training to London on June 30.

Justice Kaur is new Permanent Judge of Punjab and Haryana HC
Justice Nirmaljit Kaur has been sworn in as a permanent Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Sivakumar is new Director ISAC
SK Shivakumar has taken over as new ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore. He has succeeded T K Alex.

Surender Mohan is new CMD NLC
B Surender Mohan has taken over as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC).He has succeeded A R Ansari after his retirement.

Upadhya is new MD of MRPL
P.P. Upadhya, Director (Technical) of MRPL has taken over as Managing Director of the company on July 1. He has succeeded U K Basu after his retirement.

Suresh Kumar is Director, Goa Airport
Suresh Kumar has been posted as the Airport Director (APD) of the Goa Airport by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Sudhakar is new Director Technical (ECIL)
P. Sudhakar has taken over as Director (Technical) of the Electronics Corporation of India Ltd ECIL.

Justice Mishra is no more
Former Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh and Calcutta High Court Prabha Shanker Mishra is no more.

Desh Deepak Verma to be Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs in GoI (UPDATED)
Desh Deepak Verma is being appointed as Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Calicut international airport rated best airport for Q1 2012 (UPDATED)
ACI-ASQ survey has rated Calicut International Airport with a score of 4.18 out of 5. The mean score rating on a scale of excellent (5) to poor (1), rated Calicut International Airport with a score of 4.18 for overall airport satisfaction considering 36 dynamic Airport key performance indicators. Calicut International Airport has scored above average in 24 out of 36 key performance indicators. Calicut International Airport has scored 4.18 for overall satisfaction against a segment average of 4.31 for Asia Pacific Airports having 2 - 5 million passengers per annum. ACI-ASQ Survey have Globally benchmarked Calicut International Airport at 68th position out of 184 participating Global Airports in six different pax categories. Airport Director, J P Alex said that the excellence in service is not a one-off, it is proven to be the result of continual efforts and commitment to provide the best possible services. ASQ identifies where to focus that financial and human efforts. Having attained a way forward in Global benchmarking standard, the endeavour is to sustain and become the best Globally in the competing pax category, he said and added that by measuring the service performance actually delivered and accurately pin point areas of correction provide a secure and consistent set of management information, for taking business decisions.

Anil Goswami takes over as Secretary, Social Justice & Disability in GoI (UPDATED)
Anil Goswami has taken over as new Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment as well as Secretary, Disability Affairs on July 2. He is a 1978 batch IAS of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava likely to be Vice Chairman, DDA (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is likely to be appointed as Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Presently, he is Chief Secretary of Goa where he has been successfully serving as the Chief Secretary for the last three years.He is an IAS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre.

Ms. Gaharwar posted OSD, CBDT (UPDATED)
Ms. Richa Gaharwar, JCIT, has been posted as OSD in (V & L), Division CBDT.

CORPORATE

Indian is richest man in UK
Laxmi Mittal has again been rated the richest person in the United Kingdom. Is it not a honour for India ?

Saxena appointed Territory Manager (Business Listings), TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor has appointed Deepesh Saxena as Territory Manager (Business Listings), India.

Warior to assume additional role as Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems
Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Cisco Systems will assume additional responsibility as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of the company.

Suri appointed Associate Vice President (Operations) , Best Western India
Best Western India has appointed Yuvneet Suri as the Associate Vice President (Operations).

Rathore appointed COO, Madison Media Omega
Dinesh Singh Rathore has been appointed as a Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Madison Media Omega.

Chakravorty appointed Director (F&B), Sheraton Bangalore Hotel
Joyjit Chakravorty has been appointed as Director (Food & Beverage), Sheraton Bangalore Hotel , Brigade Gateway

Tangri appointed Country Manager (Electronics Measurement Group), Agilent Technologies India
Agilent Technologies India has appointed Sudhir Tangri as Country Manager ( Electronics Measurement Group (EMG).

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Sterling work

Prakash Chandra, IRS (Rtd) and Ex Chairman of CBDT is doing sterling work as Ombudsman of the Income tax which is much appreciated. The assesses, members of the bar and professionals are indebted to him and hope that the Government will continue to utilize his services in
senior capacities.

Arjun Mallik

Whispers getting louder are natural

The whispers about the next Secretary to the President and his OSD getting louder are natural. However, it is rumoured that there will be a total team change by Pranab Mukerjee.

Ajay Kumar

Smart choice

Dr. Neeraj Kumar seems to be a smart & correct choice for Delhi Police Commissioner. Delhi citizens have high expectations of him..

Best wishes.

Kishore Dudani

IFS(Retd)

30.06.2012

Congratulations !

Congratulations to Lali Sir. He is known to bring many positive changes in the Prasar Bharti. Isn't it a right time to re-think by various agencies before harrassing any senior officer at the fag end of his/her glorious service.

Inderjeet Singh

What is the basis of this rumour?

Government itself is perpetrating the difference between IAS and IRS. Why did 6th pay commission say that empanelment to Joint Secretary for IRS will be two years later than IAS ? In developed country, only IRS and police service has a role. See USA or UK, there is revenue service and police. There is no concept of administrative service, But India is still far from that stage when IAS will stop considering themselves as rulers.

Jomal Leog

IRS(IT)officers-most important

This has to be wishful thinking considering that despite the loads of promotion posts created in the department and the chance to make money through foul means, due to the ill-will they generate by their high-handed methods to extract money from the citizens through legal
and illegal means and penalise everyone through abuse of authority, they do not get peace of mind on the job and take VRS in large numbers.

M S Raman

Stenos" designations are illegal

In our embassies abroad, stenos have started writing Attache, Second Secretary, First Secretary etc. It is not only encroachment upon the designation of executive cadre but also illegal and challengeable in a court of law. This is creating problems in taking executive decisions as the one recently taken ill-informed decision making a steno as Ambassador. So far there has not been any orders of cancellation of the orders of this steno. May we request the decision makers to not to test patience of Executive Cadre and cancel the appointment forthwith and shoot a letter to all HOMs to ask all stenos to use their proper designations or else face the music.

Jaspreet

RIT

Should the Board provide information held at different zonal offices?

The appellant sought information regarding selections held in all zonal railways from the year 2006 to till date in the categories of OS PB II. He also wanted to know how a particular para of a certain Railway Rule was being interpreted by all zonal Railways. The Public Information Officer (PIO) denied the information stating that the applicant is seeking clarification/ opinion of the public authority and not information as per section 2(f) of the RTI Act. Regarding the selections held in all zonal railways the PIO stated that no such data is being maintained by the Public Authority. The Central Information Commission (CIC) accepted the PIO's plea that opinion/ clarification cannot be given under the RTI Act as they fall outside the ambit of definition of information as given in section 2(f) of the RTI Act. Regarding the information related to the selections held in all zonal railways, the Commission held that the information sought is voluminous and is held by different zones of the Railways which need to be separately approached by the appellant as per section 6(1) of the RTI Act. The Commission advised the appellant to approach the PIOs of the respective zones for this information through separate RTI applications.

Comments

It is very often seen that the central office of an organization transfers the application to the different zones and tries to compiles information just out of ignorance or the fear of imposition of penalty. Compilation of information from the field formations is not mandated under the RTI Act.

Citation: Mr. Bhagwan Das Ahirwar v. Ministry of Railways Railway Board RTI Cell, in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/001292

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)