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Pranab Mukherjee to take oath on July 25
As the grapevine has it, Pranab Mukherjee, whose election as next President of India is being considered a certainty, is likely to take oath on July 25, 2012.

Cabinet reshuffle in July itself?
As the grapevine has it, there is going to be a reshuffle at the Centre on July 26 or 27, 2012.

Moodbidri Veerappa Moily is likely to be dropped
As the grapevine has it, Moodbidri Veerappa Moily is the current Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Indian Cabinet is likely to be dropped.

Mulayam Singh Yadav likely to be inducted
As the grapevine has it, Mulayam Singh Yadav Supremo of the Samajwadi Party (SP) likely to be inducted in the Indian Cabinet.

Laloo Prasad Yadav likely to be inducted
As the grapevine has it, Laloo Prasad Yadav Supremo of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) likely to be inducted in the Indian Cabinet.

Presidential poll outcome to cast die for an early election
As the grapevine has it, Presidential poll outcome is likely to cast die for an early election.

BUREAUCRACY

Sharan appointed Ambassador
Anil K. Sharan, presently Ambassador of India to Cote d'lvoire has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea and to the Republic of Liberia with residence in Abidjan (Cote d'lvoire).

Bhagat to be promoted in CBI
Suvendra Kumar Bhagat, SP, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to be promoted as DIG, CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch of UP cadre.

Chandrasekhar to be SP CBI ?
V Chandrasekhar, Deputy Commissioner, Gujarat Police is likely to join on central deputation as SP, in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS officer of 2000 batch of Gujarat cadre.

Aruna Sharma promoted as ACS in Madhya Pradesh
A 1982 batch IAS officer, Ms Aruna Sharma has been promoted to the rank of ACS in MP. She will now be ACS, Panchayat and Rural Development.

Gopalkrishnan appointed Director, Census Operations
S Gopalakrishnan has been appointed Director Census Operations, Tamil Nadu. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

P S Raghuvanshi likely to be appointed as APS to MoES soon
As the grapevine has it, P S Raghuvanshi is likely to be appointed as the Additional PS to the Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, Vilasrao Deshmukh soon.

Who will be the successor of Shailesh Gandhi yet a question?
The seat of citizen member, vacated by Shailesh Gandhi, as Information Commissioner still lies vacant. Gandhi a noted RTI activist was appointed in 2008.

Post of Adviser to ED, WB, Washington vacant
The post of Adviser to the Executive Director is vacant at World Bank Washington, USA for a period of three years. The officers at the level of DS, Director and Joint Secretaries to the Government of India may apply for the same.

Sahrawat to retire this month
Narendra Kumar Sahrawat Consul in Indian Embassy in New York is retiring this month end.

Post of Director vacant in DEA
A post of Director is lying vacant in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).

Chandra to go on one year training
Ms.Anupama V. Chandra, Director, Press Information Bureau (PIB), Ministry of I&B, Government of India, will be joining one year training in Teri University. She is an IIS service officer of 1994 batch.

Balakrishnan to go on study leave
R Balakrishnan is reportedly going on two years study leave. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Sinha awarded Ph D
Madhukar Sinha, IRAS 1987 was awarded Ph.D. by the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade on 10 July 2012.

GASAB strengthened
The Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB) set up by CAG, with the support of Government of India for introducing accounting and financial reforms has been strengthened. It now has representation of SAG level officers from ICAS,IRAS,IP&TAFS & IAAS.
Sudhir Bhandari, ICAS (1982 batch), Ms Preeti Jha, IRAS(1988 batch), Ashish Joshi, IP&TAFS (1992 batch) and Pururshottam Tiwary (1996 batch).

K P Anand promoted to AG, CAG, Itanagar
K P Anand, Senior Deputy Accountant General in the office of Accountant General, Arunanchal Pradesh, Itanagar, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) and will take over as Principal Director of Audit, Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

6 posts of Judges vacant in Patna HC
As many as six posts of judges have been lying vacant in Patna High Court against 43 approved strength including three posts of Permanent Judges against 29 approved strength and three of Additional Judges against 14 approved strength.

A K Gupta Superintendent Eng., CDO, CPWD selected for 38th APPPA
Ashok Kumar Gupta, Superintendent. Engineer (CC), CDO, CPWD, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Priya Singh empanelled in GoI
Ms.Priya Singh, SP, Jharkhand Police has been empanelled in Government of India for a position of DIG rank. She is an IPS officer of 1998 batch of Jharkhand cadre.

Paulson empanelled in GoI
Baduga Deva Paulson, SP, UP Police, has been empanelled in Government of India for a position of DIG rank. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch of UP cadre.

Deputation tenure of IRS officer, Upamanyu Basu extended
The deputation tenure of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Upamanyu Basu as Director, Department of Higher Education, has been extended for further a period of six months beyond August 26, 2012.

Two CSS officers get posting in GoI
Two officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been given posting at Director level. Accordingly, Vijay Kumar has been appointed as Director, Department of Revenue while B L Tikania is being posted as Director, Ministry of Labour & Employment.

Tenure of Shah Panel extended
The tenure of the Justice M B Shah Inquiry Commission, set up last year to probe the illegal mining has been extended up to July 16 next year.

Kang is PS, PR too
Principal Secretary in Punjab N S Kang has been given additional charge of Information and Public Relations. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer.

Two IPS officers promoted in Orissa
Two 1994 batch IPS officer Sanjib Panda and Y K Jethwa have been promoted to the rank of IG in Orissa.

Promotions & Transfers of IFS officers in Kerala
Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to 1983 batch have been promoted and posted.They are: Amarnath Shetty APCCF -IHRD, K.G. Mohanlal promoted in situ as Chairman and Managing Director(MD) Kerala Transport Corporation, N.Narayankutty Director Ecotourism. L.K. Varshey (1982 batch) transferred and posted as APCCF Protection and G.J. Teggi posted as APCCF Regional Kollam.

21 IRTS officers get selection grade in Railways
As many as 21 officers of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) of 1998 batch have been promoted to the grade of selection grade with effect from January 1, 2012. The officers include: Ms. Saroj Ayush of Northern Railway while Alok Tripathi of Western Railway and R Gopalakrishnan of Western Railway. Similarly, Razi Syed Md Andaleeb of Central Railway; Karuna Nidhi Singh of Central Railway; Jyoti Prakash Mishra of East Coast Railway; Hamendra Kumar of West Central Railway; Ashish Bhatia of North Eastern Railway; Atul Bhojraj Rane of Central Railway; Ms. Aashima Mehrotra of Railway Board; Manisha Chatterjee (Manisha Verma) of Sothern Railway;Shivendra Shukla of North Central Railway; Samir Shankar, Neeraj Kumar Mouriya of Railway Board; Rajesh Dutta Bajpai of Eastern Railway; Mrs. Lata Kumari of Northeast Frontier Railway/East Coast Railway; Pankaj Uke of Western Railway; Samir Kumar Northern Railway, Ashish Kumar of Northeast Frontier; Ravi Prasad Padi of South Central Railway and Karan Singh of Nothern Railway have been promoted the grade.

Justice Murugesan to be CJ Delhi High Court !
Latest grapevine says that name of Justice Darmar Murugesan has been cleared for the post of Chief Justice High Court, Delhi. He is presently Judge in the Madras High Court.

Amitava Roy to be CJ of North East High Court ?
In all probability Justice Amitava Roy will be first Chief Justice of the newly constituted North-East High Court. He is presently Judge of the Guwahati High Court.

Justice Sikri to be CJ Punjab and Haryana HC
Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice A K Sikri is all set to move Chandigarh as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

CORPORATE

J Hari Narayan inducted as Member of High Level Committee
Insurance Regulator IRDA, Chairman J Hari Narayan, has been inducted as Member of High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure.

Qaiser Shamim appointed as Independent Director on the Board of NALCO
Qaiser Shamim an IRS officer of 1974 batch , who retired as Chief Commissioner of Income-tax , Delhi has been selected and appointed as Independent Director on the Board of NALCO , a Navratna Public Sector Enterprise of the Govt. of India.

Arvind Saxena resigns to join Volkswagen's Indian operations ?
Hyundai Motor India's marketing and sales director Arvind Saxena has resigned to join Volkswagen's Indian operations.

Pereira is Director, Bank of India
A M Pereira of Goa has been appointed workmen Director on the board of Directors of Bank of India.

Bhattacharya is new Director Union Bank
A Bhattacharya has been appointed as the Director of the Union Bank of India with immediate effect.

Seminar on relevance of taxes
A seminar on 'relevance of taxes in the governance of Country' was held on Friday at IT Company Smriti Netcom in Bhopal. Chief speaker at the occasion was Ashwini Kumar Luthra, IRS & Chief commissioner of Income Tax (Retd.). CEO Smriti Netcom Vivek Dhawan was present on the occasion.

Agarwal appointed Director, Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd
Arun Agarwal, Director,Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd w.e.f. March 13, 2012

Kumar appointed Part time Govt. Director, BEML Ltd
The President of India has appointed Rajnish Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Finance) as Part-time Government Director on the Board of BEML Limited w.e.f. July 11, 2012

Vutukuri resigns from Marg Ltd
Saibaba Vutukuri, Non Executive Independent Director has resigned from the Board of Marg Ltd w.e.f. July 20, 2012 due to to his other professional commitments.

Reddy resigns from Marg Ltd
G. Raghava Reddy, Non Executive Promoter Director of Marg Ltd has resigned w.e.f. July 20, 2012 on account of health reasons

Taylor appointed Independent Director, High Ground Enterprise Ltd
High Ground Enterprise Ltd has appointed Paul Anthony Taylor as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. April 28, 2012

Saran appointed Addl. Director, Keltech Energies Ltd

Ms. Arati Saran, Mumbai has been appointed as an Additional Director on the Board of Keltech Energies Ltd w.e.f. July 20, 2012.

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Can the Indian Banks Association do the needful?

The ATMs dish out currency notes in the denomination of 1000 & 500. It creates several problems to the consumer. One is that the account holder has no means to check if the notes are genuine or fake. In case it turns out to be fake, they lose money, inconvenienced and also made to face police action (which is not always pleasant experience). Then there is the problem of change- ordinary day to day purchases are difficult as the shopkeeper don't have the necessary change. Countries like the UK had provided the facility of choosing the denomination by the drawee way back in the 1980s ! When will our ATM machines provide this simple facility? Can the Indian Banks Association respond positively? Can the RBI do something? Can the present Finance Minister kindly do the needful? It will indirectly help the Govt by discouraging pumping fake currency notes into the system through ATM machines and also check generation of black money when the demand for 1000/500 notes goes down.

M L Gupta

No news of Indian Cost Accounts Service

whisperinthecorridors is not uploading any news of Indian Cost Accounts Service like Cadre Review, SAG ,promotions Central Deputation

J K Teotia

Pranab to be next President

For a person who started out as a teacher in Secondary scool in Amta Howrah, this is a Himalayan achievement. This shows Indian dream can match American dream. We feel proud of you Pranabda.

Ghoshal Howrah

I fully agree with the comment of Mr SR. The CAPF officers, specially BSF cadre Officers are the worse affected, even after putting in more than 15 years of service, they have got only one promotion and are still working in 6600/- grade pay, what to talk about others. Ministry and people in higher ups are sitting ducks....things are getting worst day by day...I am afraid of what happened in Bangladesh. Is anyone listening ?

TS

Maladministration

Do people know that armed forces officers of 1979 batch(commissioning year and not writing exam date)just picked up maj gen rank (10000 grade pay). Only 2 percent of army officers reach this rank. IAS 93 batch is there. Such a state of affairs is dangerous for the country.

Anil

It is a curse to be in CPO

Every one is talking about SAG in 17/ 18 yrs, The CPO officers even aspire for PB4 in 17 yrs.. No one is ready to give them SAG even in 30 yrs, Desh Bhakto ki is country main koi kadra nahi hai. It is a curse to be in CPO as an officer.

SR

It is strange !

It is strange to notice as to why some people are so uncomfortable with the praises showered not only by the Delhi press but by that of the entire country on former DGCA Bharat Bhushan. These people should atleast have some magnamity to accept the great cleansing work done by him for air safety which no other DGCA had dared to touch. Please grow up !

Santosh Sivan

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)