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Rajneesh is now PS to the President of India
Rajneesh, presently on central deputation, has been appointed as Private Secretary to President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. He is an IAS officer of 1997 batch of Himachal cadre. He was PS to Mukherjee while Mukherjee was Finance Minster.

DS Malik likely to be Press Attaché to the President of India
As the grapevine it, DS Malik is likely to be appointed as the Press Attaché to the President of India. Malik has been serving as spokesman for the Finance Ministry.

Is the current fuss by Maratha strongman his last hurrah?
The whispers are that Sharad Pawar's hand wringing the Congress is the last hurrah of the Maratha strongman before he is permanently diminished.Pawar has failed to make himself the indispensable power in Maharashtra, preferring to focus on cultivating allies in other national parties , in the hope that a fractured mandate at the centre will allow him to become PM with help from his old relationships. Pawar's current powerlessness at the centre is the result of this political miscalculation.

What if Pawar pulls plug in Maharashtra ?

Sharad Pawar may be tempted to teach the ally Congress a lesson in the state , but it is Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan who is making NCP's life miserable. The CM it is said to have ordered a scrutiny in the irrigation department which is under NCP and nearly Rs 70000 croces worth of scam
and money embezzlement has come to his notice. Will the latest hand wringing mean a beginning of an end to NCP ?

Will team Anna movement revive ever ?

The latest threat by Anna Hazare to fast unto death may not find public support any longer. The image of team Anna has been damaged by its own actions considerably coupled with lack of discipline, dealing with government allies secretly, and pandering to news and media over each
and every issue from Rahul Gandhi to India Pakistan test cricket. The public interest in such a vociferous team has wilted say political observers. Is Anna taking a big risk this time ?

BUREAUCRACY

Unofficial empanelment list of 1982 batch IAS officers (UPADTED)

This is reportedly unofficial list of the empanelment of 1982 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Mssrs K A Ganai (J & K),J K Malvika Pawar (Rajasthan ),Tapan Ray Gujarat,Girish Shankar Bihar,Anand Kulkarni Maharashtra, C B Venkatramana, AP,D Singh Dhesi Haryana,Vinod Zutshi rajasthan,Rohit Nandan UP,Rajib Gauba Jharkhand,S K Patnaik Karnataka,Pravir Kumar UP,J S Deepak UP,Aruna Sundarrajan Kerala,G Elias Kerala, Neeraj Gupta UP, Sanjay Mitra West Bengal, N C Goel Rajasthan, Trilochan Singh West Bengal, A K Srivastava UP, Amarjit Singh Gujarat, G L Krishna Rao Karnataka, Ajay Nath mp,K Skandan TamilNadu, Rashmi Verma Bihar,Gautam Chatterjee Maharashtra, Pradeep Sen Rajasthan,Raghav Chandra MP, J S Mathur MP, Navin Verma Bihar,Ramesh Abhishek Bihar, V K Thakral MT, K K Jalan Haryana, G Gurucharan Karnataka, A N Jha MT, P K Jha UP, H K Pande West Bengal, Vineet Chaudhary Himachal Pradesh, Sudhir Kumar Bihar, H K Das Assam-Meghalaya, J P Prakash AM,Dalip Singh Haryana, T Y Das AM, K S Kropha, AM.

No extension to any Secretary
It has been decided at the top level that no extension in service will be given to any Secretary in the Government of India.

Arvind Mayaram to be Secretary, DEA
Arvind Mayaram is being tipped to be new Secretary Department of Economic Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

K N Srivastava to be Secretary,Civil Aviation
K N Srivastava is being appointed new Secretary, Civil Aviation. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on June 27)

Gopalan to be Member of 14th Finance Commission
As the grapevine has it, R Gopalan,Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, is now tipped to be a Member of the 14th Finance Commission in September end. He is a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer of 1976 batch.

Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is new VC, DDA
Goa chief Secretary, Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, has been appointed new Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on July 2)

Patnaik returns to Delhi Government
Vice Chairman of the DDA, G S Patnaik, is now back to the parent Delhi Government. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ms. Vimla Mehra is new DG, Tihar Jail
Ms. Vimla Mehra will be new DG of the Tihar Jail. She is a 1978 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. She will succeed Neeraj Kumar.
(We said this on July 6)

Review of 1978 batch IAS officers to be complete next month
As the grapevine has it, a review for extending list of IAS officers belonging to 1978 batch, to be empanelled as Secretaries in the Government of India (GoI) which has been going on currently, will be completed by the end of August 2012.

Govind Mohan joins in Washington on July 23, 2012
Govind Mohan who has been appointed as Minister (Economic) in the Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA, had joined on July 23,2012. Earlier, he was a Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is a Sikkim cadre IAS officer of 1989 batch.
(We said this on June 11)

Ashish Srivastava is back to Election Commission

Ashish Srivastava is back to the Election Commission from his foreign training. Srivastava, a 1992 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

JD ED in Kolkata returns to parent cadre
Joint Director Enforcement Directorate in Kolkata B K Malik has returned to the parent IRS (C & CE).

N S Kuzur is SBI's CGM mid corporate groups
N S Kuzur has been appointed as Chief General Manager (CGM) of the Mid Corporate Groups (MCD) in the State Bank of India (SBI).

Kapil Kumar to move to NHRC ?
Kapil Kumar C Saratkar, Addl. Deputy Director (SPG), is likely to be transferred on lateral basis as SSP in National Human Right Commission(NHRC), Government of India. He is an IPS officer of 2002 batch of Tamil Nadu Cadre.

Anand Kishore appointed CVO EIL
Anand Kishore, IRS(IT-82) has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Engineers India Limited, Delhi . He is a 1982 batch IRS (IT) officer.

NHRC returns panel of DIG
Ministry of Home Affairs panel consisting of three IPS officers for the post of DIG, NHRC has been returned by the NHRC.

Oberoi to be promoted in CBI
Madan Mohan Oberoi, DIG, Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) is likely to be promoted as Joint Director in CBI. He is an IPS officer of 1992 batch of AGMU cadre.

GoI likely to consider one more post of ACS for Chhattisgarh

As the grapevine has it, Government of India (GoI) is likely to consider one more post of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) for the Chhattisgarh Government. At present there are four ACSs in Chhattisgarh.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Delhi
Some officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted in Delhi. Accordingly, P N Aggarwal, (1981), has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police (Security) while S N Srivastava (1985) is being posted as Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) and Ashok Chand who was posted in Crime Branch, has now been shifted to Special Cell, Delhi.

Anil Kumar Agarwal relieved to join as DG, ESIC
Anil Kumar Agarwal has been relieved by West Bengal Government to join as new Director General (DG), Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Two postings of IAS officers in West Bengal
Two IAS officers have been given new postings in West Bengal. Accordingly, Nurul Haque (1982) has been appointed as ACS, ARD while Sayeed Ahmed Baba (1988) will now be Secretary, Cooperative and Commissioner, Food in West Bengal.

Mukesh Gupta likely to be elevated to ADG
As the grapevine has it, Mukesh Gupta is going to be elevated from IG's rank to that of ADG . He is an IPS officer of1988 batch of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Gaur to move to Paris
First Secretary in Indan Embassy Kathmandu Anshuman Gaur has been moved to Indian Embassy Paris.

D R Patil promoted to AG, CAG, Manipur
D R Patil has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) and will take over as Accountant General (A&E), Manipur, Imphal.

Vikram Dev Dutt selected for 38th APPPA
Vikram Dev Dutt, Director, Textiles, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Subash C Kaushal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Subash C Kaushal has reportedly been empanelled as Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is an ITS officer of 1981 batch.

Ms. Rupta Dutta, IES, promoted as Economic Adviser, Commerce
Ms. Rupta Dutta, Director, Women and Child Development, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Economic Adviser, Commerce. She is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

Jayanti Prasad not willing to join Custodian Office
Jayanti Prasad (IA&AS, 1986), who has been appointed as the Custodian under Ministry of Finance, is not willing to join as the Custodian office may be wound up by 2013.

GST roll out gathers momentum
Goods and Service Tax (GST) roll-out gathers momentum the appointment of Member (P&V) in the committee has been welcomed by the department and is seen as a move for continuity in the policy making. The vast experience of the member will strengthen the Government's efforts to
roll-out the GST as per the schedule.

IAS postings in West Bengal
Mrs Reena Venkataraman has been appointed Divisional Commissioner, Burdwan .KN Behera, will now be refugee rehabilitation secretary.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, MECON

Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited falling vacant on August 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before September 21, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Production), BDL

Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Production), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), falling vacant on August 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before September 20, 2012.

Results of IPS written test announced (UPDATED)
As many as 255 candidates have qualified the written part of Indian Police Service (IPS) held by UPSC from May 20 to 22, 2012. The short-listed candidates will be called in for interview or personality test.

Meena appointed High Commissioner (UPDATED)
P.M. Meena, Presently High Commissioner of India to Guyana has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis with residence in Georgetown (Guyana).

811 officers promoted PS in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 811 Assistant Secretaries since the 1989 batch have been promoted to the grade of Private Secretaries (PS) in Government of India. Some of them have been transferred and posted to various Ministries after promotion.


Seven officers posted PSO in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers have been appointed as Principal Staff Officer (PSO) in Government of India. Accordingly, Ms. Anita Chakraborty has been appointed as PSO, Commerce Ministry while G C Pandey will be PSO, Science & Tech department and R K Sharma is PSO, Labour Ministry. Similary, O P Dhawan has been made PSO, Culture; N K Rajpal as PSO, Agriculture; Prem Pal as PSO, Road Transport and Ms. Angela Stephen was posted as PSO, Home Affairs.


India has investment potential in oil & gas value chain: RPN Singh (UPDATED)
India offers significant investment and business opportunities to companies engaged in the oil and gas value chain, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, R P N Singh said at an ASSOCHAM event held here in New Delhi on July 25, 2012. "To increase its energy supply and augment the enabling infrastructure, India would require huge investments worth several billion dollars across various segments of its hydrocarbon value chain which offers huge investment and business opportunities for companies operating in this sector," said Singh while inaugurating the 15th Energy Summit on Indian Oil & Gas Sector organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). "Besides, rising importance of deployment of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) or Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) for arresting the phenomenon of plateauing production in wake of ageing fields in the country also offers a huge opportunity for companies specialised in deploying secondary and tertiary forms of oil recovery procedures," said Singh who is also the minister of state for corporate affairs. Earlier sharing his views on the dominance of hydrocarbons in India's energy basket, Sudhir Bhargava, additional secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas said "there is a need to address significant challenges of increasing domestic production of oil and gas, diversify into unconventional sources, accelerate hydrocarbon assets' acquisition abroad, rationalise subsidies on petro products for auto fuels and undertake sustained campaign for conservation of petroleum products." Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, ONGC said, "The most critical elements of India's energy security remain augmenting the domestic energy resource base, establishing long term reliable overseas resources, reducing requirement and increasing efficiency,". He further said, "There is a need to ensure an enabling environment to attract the big fish to put in their money and technologies in exploration. Addressing the ASSOCHAM summit Ms Kalpana Jain, senior director, Deloitte said "India has good potential for growth in terms of energy consumption and a sizeable share of this energy requirement is expected to continue to come from hydrocarbons." "However, better infrastructure, clear policies and regulatory environment are required across the oil and gas value chain to make the sector attractive for investment." Amid others who also spoke during the ASSOCHAM summit included Rajkumar Dhoot, MP and president, ASSOCHAM and D S Rawat, secretary general of ASSOCHAM.

Mrs. Stuti Narain Kackar is Secretary, Disability Affairs in GoI (UPDATED)
Mrs. Stuti Narain Kackar has been posted as Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. She is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on July 24, 2012)

Patnaik gets premature repatriation to UT cadre (UPDATED)
G S Patnaik, Vice-chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under the Ministry of Urban Development, has been accorded premature repatriation to his cadre. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Mrs. Omita Paul is Secretary to new President (UPDATED)
A retired officer of Indian Information Service (IIS) belonging to 1973 batch, Mrs. Omita Paul has been appointed as Secretary to the President of India.
(We said this on June 27, 2012)

CORPORATE

Pratip Chaudhuri inducted as Member of High Level Committee
SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri has been inducted as Member of High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure.

Will Hindustan Zinc's realizations fall further ?
Despite the fact that the margins of Hindustan Zinc are looking healthy there is a doubt that realization of zinc are likely to fall further and hurt the company's bottom line in future feel market analysts.

Nayak is new CEO CESU in Orissa
A 1994 batch IAS officer, Sudarsan Nayak has taken over as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Central Electricity Supply Utility(CESU).

Pryor appointed Non Exec. Director, Esab Holdings India Ltd
Daniel Alexis Pryor has been appointed as Non Executive, Non Retiring Nominee Director of Esab Holdings India Ltd w.e.f. from July 1, 2012.

Egan designated as Chairman, Esab Holdings India Ltd
David J Egan has been designated as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Esab Holdings India Ltd w.e.f. July 1, 2012

Thompson appointed Director, Wabco TVS (India) Ltd
Michael Edward Thompson has been appointed as a Director of Wabco-TVS (India) Ltd w.e.f. July 24, 2012.

Varty quits Wabco TVS (India) Ltd
Nikhil Madhukar Varty, Non Executive Director of Wabco-TVS (India) Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. July 24, 2012

Thomas appointed Director (Sales), Courtyard by Marriot, Chennai
Rejin Thomas has been appointed as Director (Sales), Courtyard by Marriot , Chennai.

Raikar quits Trident Tools Ltd
Ms Snehal Manish Raikar has resigned as Company Secretary of Trident Tools Ltd w.e.f. July 16, 2012

Balachandra quits SM Energy Teknik and Electronics Ltd
V R BaIachandra, Managing Director of SM Energy Teknik and Electronics Ltd has resigned from the company due to his other professional commitments.

Wala appointed Addl. Director, SM Energy Teknik and Electronics Ltd
Jeetendra B Wala has been appointed as Additional Director of SM Energy Teknik and Electronics Ltd w.e.f. July 3, 2012.

Capt. Bhattacharjee appointed CEO (Container Freight Station), Apollo LogiSolutions Ltd
Apollo LogiSolutions Ltd has appointed Captain Ashok Kumar Bhattacharjee as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (Container Freight Station).

Prasad appointed as Nominee Director of Sagar Cements
Rajendra Prasad has been appointed as Nominee Director of Sagar Cements.

Desai appointed Director of Safal Securities
Raju Desai has been appointed Director of Safal Securities.

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Attitude and mindset matters

It is the attitude and mindset that matters. It is tragedy in the Government of India that Assistants become Deputy Secretary and Director with behaviour and language of UDC. In no service juniors in select list are promoted because they have put in more number of years in service and select list is revised at every promotion. The non officers after becoming officers try to usurp everything even at the cost of rights of direct recruit officers. The whole seniority list of promotee prepared by removing the names of retired officers in the select list and inserting the name of working officer is a farce. DOP&T is not implementing the clause that seniors will be propmoted if juniors are promoted , Which DOP&T directs other cadre controlling authorities to follow since 2002. Pick & choose of Court orders in seeking opinion of Law. Sheer manipulation and delay tactic- Govt should know who are the people responsible for compromising, manipulating and non rule of law in Governance . The country will not progress till shenanigans are going on and on till everyone is frustrated.

Subh Kant

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam was the choice of 70 percent

While we rejoice at the comprehensive victory of our beloved Pranab Babu, let us also keep in mind that in the INDIA TODAY poll, only 15% had voted for him whereas nearly 70% wanted APJ Abdul Kalam.

Shiladitya Kolkata

B V Chaubal - Good Choice

A person with a feeling for well being of the bank and cares for employees without compromising the Bank interests.

B S Sheshadri

RIT

Pseudonymous RTI application - What should a PIO do?

The appellant filed an application under with the Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) seeking information related to the visit of the personnel of CEPC to an International Corporate Fair held in 2010. The Public Information Officer (PIO) furnished detailed para-wise information to the appellant. During the hearing, the respondent submitted that CEPC had deputed certain officials to visit the residential address of the appellant and they did meet the appellant there but on a query from the officials, the appellant had informed them that he had not filed the impugned RTI application. He also submitted that the PIO had written a letter to the appellant to appear before him for certain clarifications but the appellant did not appear before the PIO. However, the PIO supplied the requisite information to the appellant. The respondent further asked the Commission as to what decision should PIO take in a case where the information seeker denies having filed the RTI application. The Central Information Commission (CIC) held that if the information seeker denies to have filed the RTI application, then this should be duly recorded in the order of the PIO and the matter should be closed. The Commission also observed that the PIO cannot compel an appellant to visit his office. The Commission dismissed the appeal stating that the appellant was not satisfied from the documents supplied to him but he has not appeared before the Commission to canvass his case.

Comments

Pseudonymous applications are seen many times leaving a PIO confused as to how to he should respond to them. This order provides that a PIO may close all such cases while recording it in the order and not insist on the presence of the applicant in his office.

Citation: Mr. Sushil Kumar v. Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) in File No.CIC/LS/A/2011/002461

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)