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Madan Lal

Dr. Manmohan to keep Fin. Min. till it works?
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's initial steps have sparked off optimism in the capital market. After the CWC members had lambasted the PM for economic slowdown and policy paralysis weakening its 2014 electoral prospects PM has now all the favourable situation for taking corrective measures. With the Finance Ministry in his hand, he has no one like Ms. Mamata Banerjee as deterrent. But speculation has started doing round that PM will keep Finance portfolio with him only till it works favourably. MoS in the PMO will assist him the Finance Ministry.

Will CRPF, DG get extension?
K. Vijay Kumar, Director General CRPF Headquarters, New Delhi, is likely to get one year extention after retirement due to national interest and operational reasons . He is a IPS officer of TN Cadre IPS of 1975 batch.

Prakash Mishra is new DGP of Orissa
DG, NDRF in the Government of India Prakash Mishra has been appointed as new DGP of Orissa. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on June 29 and again on July 1)

E K Bharat Bhusan gets extension as DG, Civil Aviation
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the extension of additional charge of the post of Director General, Directorate General of Civil Aviation to E K Bharat Bhusan for a further period of one year.
(We said this on June 29)

Commerce Secretary gears up Ministry
S R Rao, after assuming the charge as Commerce Secretary, has asked all Public Sector Undertakings(PSU) in his ministry to jack up exports by 20 per cent in 120 days. Rao,who is a Padma Shri award winner, is a IAS officer of Gujarat cadre of 1978 batch. He is well known
for his work as Surat Municipal Commissioner in mid-1990s.

Malik wins case in CAT
O.P.S Malik , DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), New Delhi has won his case for (Apex scale) of DG in the CAT. The CAT has directed Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to immediately give him Apex scale of DG. He is a IPS officer of 1975 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Pateriya gets one year extension in CBI
Joint Director in the CBI , Alok Kumar Pateriya has been given one year extension in his deputation tenure.He is a IPS officer of 1986 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

DRMs list to have eight names
As the grapevine has it, the next list of DRMs to be posted has got eight names.

Gyan Bhushan is CGM, SEBI
Gyan Bhushan, on central deputation, has joined as Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1993 batch.
(We said this on June 21)

Arun Goel is Joint Secretary, Revenue
Arun Goel, who was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development, has joined as Joint Secretary in the Department of Revenue on the lateral basis for the balance period of his central deputation tenure of five years i.e. upto May 4,2016 .He is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

DG, SAI post is lying vacant
The post of Director Genera(DG),Sport Authority of India (SAI),has been lying vacant for which a hectic lobbying has been going on.

Cadre review of CBDT and CBEC delayed
The cadre review of CBDT is delayed and consequently the cadre review of CBEC and other organised services is also stuck since DOPT takes up only one cadre review at a time. While , the COS was to take up the CBDT proposal, the recent instructions on austerity have stymied the
cadre review proposals of all services. As an officer bitched "all austerity measures are meant for services other than IAS".

Power struggle in CBEC?
There seems to be a power struggle in CBEC, since Member (Service Tax) Ms Shiela Sangwan is being kept out of all important decision making. First, inspite of being the 2nd senior most member, was not included in the Placement Committee which oversees all postings of senior officers. Now in a order issued yesterday,she has been kept of the overseeing body for roll out of GST even though as Member incharge of Service Tax , this task should have devolved on her. The supervisory work has instead been given to Member, (Personnel & Vigilance). Seems all rumours of shift of Revenue Secretary are pipe dreams and he continues to run the Department with the same aplomb.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Goa?
Who will succeed Sanjay Kumar Srivastava as Chief Secretary of Goa? Picture is not clear. One thing is certain the MHA is keen to send some very senior IAS officer from Delhi.

Bhandari to be new DGP, Himachal Pradesh
I D Khatri is poised to be new Director General of Police (DGP)of Himachal Pradesh (HP). He is a IPS officer of HP cadre of 1982 batch.

Datta to join CBI?
Umesh Chandra Datta is likely to join the CBI as SP. He is a IPS officer of 2000 batch of Rajasthan cadre.

1988 batch to get PS rank in Chhattisgarh
Three 1988 batch IAS officers in Chhattisgarh, KDP Rao, Babu Lal Agarwal and Jawahar Srivastava are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary this month.

IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh likely
An IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Himachal Pradesh in a week or two.

Verma gets DG rank in Delhi
Alok Kumar Verma, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Vigilance), has been promoted as Director General of Police (HAG + Scale) in the cadre. He is an IPS officer of 1979 batch of AGMU Cadre.

Das of Delhi police promoted
Shankaran Das, DIG, Anti Corruption, Government of GNCT, Delhi has been promoted as Inspector General(IG) in Delhi Police. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch of AGMU cadre.

Prahraj is now DG Fire Services in Orissa
DGP Orissa M Prahraj has been appointed as DG, Fire Services in the state. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer.

Promotions and postings of IPS officers
The Madhya Pradesh Government has promoted and given new postings to four IPS officers. Accordingly, Rajendra Kumar Mishra has been posted as ADG/Principal Advisor State Planning Commission while IG Narcotics Indore, U R Netam will now be ADG Narcotics Indore after promotion to ADGP. Similarly, Deputy Inspector General JNPA Sagar, K S Rathore has been posted as IG JNPA Sagar and DIG Police Bhopal K K Lohani as IG SAF Bhopal after promotion to IG. Besides, Principal Advisor State Planning Board D M Mitra has been posted as Officer on Special Duty, Security and Coordination, Madhya Pradesh Bhavan, New Delhi and Dr. Vijay Kumar ADG & Additional Managing Director Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Vikas Nigam Bhopal was posted as ADG Disaster Management, Home Guard, Bhopal.

Ravi moves to CAT
R N Ravi, Special Director, Intelligence Bureau,has gone to the CAT as he did not get Apex Scale. He is an IPS office of 1976 batch who belongs to the Kerala Cadre.

Air Marshal A K Behl takes over as DG, Medical Services
Air Marshal A K Behl has assumed charge as Director General, Medical Services (Air) at Air Headquarters, Pune. He was commissioned in the Indian Air Force(IAF) in 1976.

Who will be new Resident Commissioner UP in Delhi?
Who will be new Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh in Delhi? Though several names are doing the round tie is said to be between Anoop Mishra and Rajeeve Kumar.

Pritam Lal to go London
First Secretary in Indian Embassy Cairo, Pritam Lal is moving to London in place of Guru Sharan Singh.Singh will go to Algiers.

V A Patwardhan promoted to AG, CAG, Delhi
V A Patwardhan, Director in the office of Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

12 posts of Judges vacant in Delhi HC
As many as 12 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Karnataka High Court against approved strength of 48. These include four posts of Permanent Judge against 29 approved strength and eight of Additional Judges against 19 approved strength.

Niva Singh, Northern Railway selected for 38th APPPA
Niva Singh, Northern Railway Accounts, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Jawahar Thakur takes over as CGA
Jawahar Thakur has taken over as Controller General of Accounts (CGA). Thakur, who belongs to Indian Civil Accounts Service of 1979 batch, assumed charge on July 1, 2012.

Resignation of IRS officer accepted
The Government of India has accepted the resignation of IRS officer, M S Padam kumar from the service with effect from August 11, 2008.

Bihar CS Navin Kumar to retire
Bihar Chief Secretary Navin Kumar will retire on August 31. He is a 1975 batch IAS officer.

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

PESB seeks applications for Director (HR), BEML
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (HR), Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) falling vacant next year on July 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 24, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, NSC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSC) falling vacant in next year on July 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 4, 2012.

NMDC is very much with ICVL (UPDATED)
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has denied the media reports that NMDC is set to exit International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL). The NMDC has categorically made it clear that it (NMDC) is very much a part of ICVL and there are no plans to quit from this consortium. In this connection, it is pertinent to mention that NMDC being a mining Company, which is on lookout for additional mineral resources including coking coal both in India and abroad.

SEBI shifts 140 junior officers (UPDATED)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)has shifted 140 junior officers who were at a particular place for three or more years.

Lt. Gen Jatinder Singh removed from NDA, Pune (UPDATED)
Lt. Gen Jatinder Singh, Commandant, National Defence Academy (NDA), Pune, has been removed from the Academy with a view to ensuring a free and fair investigation in the alleged bribery racket in the recruitment of Group 'C' posts in the NDA, Khadakwasla, Pune.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
A number of senior officers have been shifted in Railways. Accordingly, Bijay K Mishra, SG/IRAS, on return from deputation, has been shifted to ECOR in the cadre while Rajneesh Kumar, JAG/IRTS is being transferred from NFR to NWR and RD Choudhary SAG/IRPS was moved from SER as CPO(A) to Metro Railway and posted as CPO/Metro. Similarly, K Unnikrihanan Nair, SS/IRSEE has been shifted from CORE to SR; Dr. Sarita Dhan Sr. DMO(EYE) from CLW to
SECR; Ugrasen, JAG/IRSME, from ECR to SER and posted in the same capacity; Vipul Singh SG/IRSME from NER to SER and posted in the same capacity; Sunil Kumar Singh JAG/IRSS from DMW to RSC/Vadodra and posted as Professor, Management; P V Murali Krishna, SG/IRSSE, on return from deputation, shifted to IRISET/Secunderabad; Gagan Goyal, JAG/IRSE from SECR to NCR and posted in the cadre; M R S Choudhry, SG/IRSE from SWR to SECR and posted in the cadre; Akhilesh K. Agarwal JAG/IRSE from NER to NFR; Rajesh K. Srivastava, JAG/IRSE from NCR to NFR and posted in the cadre; Ms.Anuradha Mukherdkar, SAG/IRAS, on return from deputation, posted to WCR in the cadre and Rajneesh Kumar, JAG)/IRTS, has been shifted from NFR to NWR.

P C Dhiman is RC of Himachal Pradesh at Delhi (UPDATED)
P C Dhiman has been appointed as Resident Commissioner (RC) of Himachal Pradesh at New Delhi.. He is a Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1984 batch.
(We said this on June 20, 2012)

Two IAS officers get postings in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Pravin Gupta has been appointed as Commissioner, Social Justice while Suresh Chandra Dinkar will now be Director, Finance (Expenditure) in Rajasthan. Gupta is a 1995 batch IAS officer while Dinkar is of 2004 of this State cadre.

Amit Jha is Transport Commissioner in Haryana (UPDATED)
Amit Jha has been posted as Transport Commissioner-cum-Special Secretary, Transport Department in Haryana. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma is CEO, NIELIT (UPDATED)
Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Director, Technical in RISL, has been made new CEO of NIELIT, formerly DOEACC, an organisation of Government of India. It is a Joint Secretary level post.

Karnamani Das of Tripura awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
A Tripura State Civil Service officer, Karnamani Das has been awarded IAS cadre.

CORPORATE

Why IDEA is popular in India?
Why the IDEA is most popular brand in Celluar market in India? Is it because of service or the management skills ? One can only discuss.

Malay Chatterjee is new CMD KIOCL
Malay Chatterjee has taken over as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of KIOCL Ltd at Bangalore .

Two directors cease to be on Board of Adani Enterprises Ltd
Dr. Pravin P. Shah and Jay H. Shah have ceased to be Non Executive Independent Directors of Adani Enterprises Ltd w.e.f. June 29, 2012.

Murthy is MD of TMB

KB Nagendra Murthy has been appointed as MD and Chief Executive Officer of Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank. He succeeds Mr K. T. Jagannathan, who demitted office early last month.

Oman delegation visits NBCC for border fencing works
A nine Member Oman Delegation headed by Brig. Mohammed S H Al-Batashi, held meeting with NBCC Delegation headed by its Chairman-cum-Managing Director Vishnu P Das, in New Delhi on July 2, 2012, to explore the possibilities of engaging NBCC in the upcoming Border Fencing Works of SULTANATE OF OMAN. NBCC gave detailed presentation to the Delegates, on its experience and expertise in execution of Border Fencing jobs which it has been implementing in Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Pak Border.

Pretty appointed Chairman, Australia & New Zealand Ops. , Mahindra Satyam
Edward 'Ted' Pretty appointed as Chairman (Australia and New Zealand Operations) of Mahindra Satyam

Singh appointed Company Secy. Nahar Capital and Financial Services Ltd
Nahar Capital and Financial Services Ltd has appointed Preet Kanwar Singh as Company Secretary w.e.f. June 22, 2012

Vidyashankar appointed Director, Mysore Paper Mills Ltd
M. N. Vidyashankar, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Commerce and Industries Department, Govt. of Karnataka has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Mysore Paper Mills Ltd w.e.f. June 12, 2012

Suresh Kumar appointed Director (Finance), HOCL
The Central Government has appointed Suresh Kumar R., General Manager (Finance), Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd (HOCL) as Director (Finance) , Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.

Gaikwad appointed Part-time Director, HOCL
The Central Government has appointed Dr. N J Gaikwad, Professor and Head of Pharmaceutical Science, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur ,University for the consecutive second term as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd. (HOCL).

IDBI Bank appoints Nominee on Surana Industries Board
IDBI Bank Ltd has nominated G A Tadas as its Nominee on the Board of Directors of Surana Industries Ltd w.e.f. June 06, 2012.

George ceases to be Director, Surana Industries Ltd
K. Biju George has ceased to be Director of Surana Industries Ltd w.e.f June 6, 2012

Mishra resigns as Company Secy. Supertex Industries Ltd
R. K. Mishra has resigned as Company Secretary of Supertex Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 25, 2012.

Lavina Salian appointed Company Secy., Supertex Industries Ltd
Ms. Lavina Salian L. has been appointed as Company Secretary of Supertex Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 25, 2012

Reddy ceases to be Independent Director, Megasoft Ltd
P. Mukunda Reddy has resigned as Independent Director of Megasoft Ltd.

Kar appointed Company Secy. PG Electroplast Ltd
PG Electroplast Limited has appointed Kuntal Kar as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. July 3, 2012

Nakano ceases to be Director, Panasonic Carbon India Company Ltd
Hideo Nakano has resigned as Director of Panasonic Carbon India Company Ltd w.e.f. May 25, 2012

Arata appointed Director, Panasonic Carbon India Company Ltd
Hitoshi Arata has been appointed as a Director of Panasonic Carbon India Company Ltd May 25, 2012

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A welcome step by DoPT

Though delayed-a welcome step by DoPT. Further it will give a morale booster to whistle blowers.

S Gopal

RTI Querries

1. It is seen very commonly that the head office transfers the application to the other offices without even reading the RTI Application. Can any action be taken against such officers for illegitimate transfer of application?

2. Can all the old RTI column put up by you be read at a single place?

Sushmita Ghosh

Congratulations

Congratulations on the achievement of Calicut Airport. Keep it up.

N Nagraj

Former Airport Director

Trivandrum International Airport

Facility already exists

Apropos the request of Navin Kumar to CBDT for making Income Tax refunds for small taxpayers online, the fact is that this facility is already in operation for last 3-4 years. If you file your return electronically and opt for refund through Electronic Clearance Scheme the refund will get credited to your bank account. The processing time for e-filed returns is about 90 days which is 0ne-fourth of that taken for paper returns. This is also an excellent device to by-pass petty corruption and middlemen.

Shahid Khan

Income Tax Officers adopt cheap methods

Income Tax Assessing Officers have directions from the department to enclose blank chalan forms along with assessment orders so as to facilitate the assesses to remit the tax and so that he need not run around to get the chalan form. Even this small citizen-friendly step is being sabotaged by the ITOs whose assessment order will say that the blank chalan form is enclosed but they will deliberately not enclose it. That this omission is deliberate and with the mischievous
intent of harassing the assesses will be clear from the fact that even if the omission is pointed out by the assesses with a request to send the chalan form, the ITO will refuse to respond and rectify his or her own omission. Will the commissioner of income tax,Trivandrum take urgent steps to direct the ITOs in that office not to indulge in the cheap practice of not enclosing the chalan form after saying in the order that it is enclosed.

Jacob John

Thanks for publishing this news

It is very incompetent act on part of Government. These ITS are UPSC recruited Group-A Officers with average 20yrs of service experience, with degrees like MTECH/MBA along with their engineering degree but are sitting fully idle in Delhi without any work. The Government is spending average 1.2 lakhs per officer p.m. (about 6 crores per month of expenditure towards the salary of 450 officers) just to keep them idle and take no work from them ! It is also heard that there is no suitable jobs in the Government for the rest about 1000 ITS officers, who will be also forced to sit idle in the coming months! Kindly highlight this news properly. Big thanks

N K Singh

Site being used

It seems that the wonderful and informative site that whispers in the corridors is being used by some for self glorification. There are hundreds of bureaucrats silently working away and achieving so much.

Rajeev Guha

Heartiest congratulations

Heartiest congratulations to Jawahar Thakur on his promotion as CGA. Best of luck to him in his new assignment.

R Bharadwaj

It's strange

The activities of MOS&PI look strange specially regarding promotion and transfer of SSS officials. A good number of SI GrII were promoted to the post of SI GrI on March 29, 2010 and posted to their respective places on Government Cost, but quite astonishingly around 40 officials who were posted at CSO New Delhi on Government cost were transferred back to their respective stations for the reasons known only to the Almighty. This resulted in huge loss of Government Exchequer.

Lokhande

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)