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Where does the politicians’ money go?
With a lot of hue and cry being made over the unaccounted money of politicians in Swiss Bank, the so called servants of 'common man' have now started investing in the construction business. A latest survey in this connection also ,indicates that a number of politicians these
days are putting in their money in the construction business.

Vijya Srivastava is new Joint Secretary RD in GoI
Ms Vijya Srivastava has been appointed as Joint Secretary ,Rural Development in the Government of India. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Satpathy appointed HC, Gambia
Partha Satpathy, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of The Gambia, with residence in Dakar (Senegal).

MEA to open seven passport offices on July 7
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided to keep open seven Regional Passport offices including Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) under their jurisdiction at the following locations: Jaipur, Kolkata, Patna, Cochin, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and PSK Ambala on July 7, 2012.

Will bureaucrats challenge political bosses?
A couple of senior serving and retired IAS officers in Maharashtra facing Adarsh scam are in a mood to challenge the allegations made by former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushilkumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan against them.

Salim ul Haq is Additional Secretary CVC
Salim ul Haq (IPoS-1984) has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission under Central Staffing Scheme in the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India. He is presently working as Deputy Director General (Personnel) in the Department of Posts. Mr
Haque is considered to be a very competent and upright officer of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'.

Mohan promoted as ADG, Delhi police
T N Mohan, IG/Joint CP, Delhi Police (Anti Corruption & MD/DPHC) has been promoted as Additional Director General of Police , Delhi Police. He is an IPS officers of 1986 batch of AGMU cadre.

Rahul Srivastava moves to Moscow
Rahul Srivastava,First Secretary in Indian High Commission in London has been moved to Indian Embassy ,Moscow.

Gupta debarred for central deputation ?
Devender Kumar Gupta who was posted as Director, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India has reportedly been debarred for central deputation for five years for not joining. He is an IRS (IT) officer of 1991 batch.

Kumar Vishwajeet is now IG,CID , AP
Kumar Vishwajeet DIG ,Security has been promoted and taken over charge as IG (CID) Andhra Pradesh Police. He is an IPS officer of 1994 batch of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Pravindra Yadav promoted to AG, CAG
Pravindra Yadav, on return from deputation, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) and will take over as Principal Director (Union Finances & Accounts) under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. He is an IA&AS officer of1996.

Decision of new Director, IIFT this month end
Decision of the new Director of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is expected to take place this month end. Matter is with the ACC.

Mishra is new DGP, Orissa
Prakash Mishra has taken over as new DGP ,Orissa. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer.

Five IRS (Customs) officers shifted
Five Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers of Commissioner Rank, Customs & Central Excise have been shifted. Accordingly, Dr. Krishnan has been posted to DG, Systems ,Delhi while Ranu Jagdev was transferred to DG ,HRD and V Usha is being appointed to Core Team on GST. Similarly, Vivek Chaturvedi has been shifted to DG ,Systems Delhi and Yogendra Garg to Working Group on GST.

T C Benjamin in trouble
In Maharashtra 1979 batch, IAS officer, T C Benjamin seems to be in deep trouble.

IAS and IPS reshuffle in Orissa soon
IAS and IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Orissa in a week or two.

Cabinet note on land for another Jharkhand Bhawan soon
A cabinet note is soon to be initiated for final approval. Screening Committee of Union Urban Development Ministry has already given its green signal. One more State Guest House of Jharkhand is poised to come in existence on Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Lane in New Delhi.

Eight posts of Judges vacant in Gujarat HC
As many as eight posts of judges have been lying vacant in Jharkhand High Court against 20 approved strength including three posts of Permanent Judge against 10 approved strength and five of Additional Judges against 10 approved strength.

Rajiv Sharma, Dy. Director, General Admn, Met selected for 38th APPPA
Rajiv Sharma, Dy Dir. Gen (Administration), India Meteorological Department, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

14 IAS transferred from Arunachal Pradesh
As many as 14 IAS officers of Arunachal Pradesh have been transferred to other states of the Union Territory.

V K Singh is back to J & K
VK Singh, is back to the parent J & K cadre from his Singapore assignment. He is 1987 batch IPS officer.

IPS officer returns from Maharashtra
Satish Khandare, an IPS officer of 1995 batch, who was on deputation to Maharashtra has returned to the parent J & K cadre.

Transfers and postings in Railways
Mukul Kumar, SG/IRTS, Central Railway, presently working as Senior DCM, Nagpur, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director/TT (Punctuality) while Anil Sharma SAG/IRSME, was shifted from WR to ER and posted in the cadre and Madho Singh SAG/IRTS is being moved from NFR to CR.

Office of Vice President CSIR; soon to get a Private Secretary (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Office of Vice President CSIR; soon to get a Private Secretary. Union Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Vilas Rao Deshmukh is the VP CSIR

NBCC pledges green, signs MoU with TERI (UPDATED)
Vishnu P Das, CMD, NBCC and Dr. R K Pachauri, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), signed MoU Documents that provides for future co-operation between NBCC and TERI in implementing projects with GREEN compliant. On this occasion, Anoop K Mittal, Director(Projects), NBCC and R S Prasad, Consultant, TERI were also present. Under the MoU, TERI shall provide advice and consultancy to NBCC in its venture to undertake all future construction work as per Green Building and Sustainable Building concepts. Both shall also associate themselves in research activities, bringing out publications, promotional and capacity building programmes.

Khurshid for speedy disposal of cases (UPDATED)
Considering that over three crore cases are pending in different courts in India including the apex court, the high courts and the subordinate courts, the union ministry of law and justice is working over a mechanism for having different working shifts for courts to ensure speedy disposal of pending cases, Union Law Minister, Salman Khurshid said at an ASSOCHAM event held here in New Delhi on July 7. "We are working very rapidly towards ensuring the disposal of pendency in courts and to see how can we address this through nights, morning and evening working shifts of courts and even by having courts sit over weekends and by having more of alternative dispute resolution," said Khurshid while addressing a national conference on 'Law and Economics' organised by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). A K Sikri, Acting Chief Justice, Delhi High Court talked about the necessity to have economic analysis of law. "It is imperative for the law makers and the policy makers to regulate the conduct through law," said Sikri. Amid others who spoke during the conference included: Rajkumar Dhoot, MP and president, ASSOCHAM; Anil Agarwal, past-president; O P Vaish, senior advocate and D S Rawat, secretary general of ASSOCHAM.

CORPORATE

Basu is new MD, CPCL
A S Basu, Executive Director (Operations), Refinery Headquarters of Indian Oil Corporation, is the new Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL).

Bapat quits as Exec. VP ADF Foods Ltd
Nishikant Bapat, Executive Vice President of ADF Foods Ltd has quit the company w.e.f. July 1, 2012

Puri ceases to be Director GIPCL
Mukesh Puri, IAS has ceased to be Director of Gujarat Industries Power Corporation Ltd (GIPCL)

Gopal appointed Director, GIPCL
Raj Gopal, IAS has been appointed as Director ,Gujarat Industries Power Corporation Ltd.

Mehra appointed Independent Director, Pearl Engineering Polymers Ltd
Ramesh Mehra has been appointed as an Independent Director of Pearl Engineering Polymers Ltd w.e.f. June 22, 2012.

Midha resigns as Independent Director, Pearl Engineering Polymers Ltd
H K Midha, Independent Director, Pearl Engineering Polymers Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. June 26, 2012

Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd
Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd has appointed Manoj Agarwal as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. June 28, 2012.

Thukral appointed as Company Secy. Alchemist Ltd
Rajansh Thukral, has been appointed as a Company Secretary of Alchemist Ltd w.e.f. June 29, 2012.

Sharma resigns as Company Secy. Alchemist Ltd
Harish Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Alchemist Ltd w.e.f. June 29, 2012.

Tangri appointed Addl. Director, Onelife Capital Advisors Ltd
Ashwani Kumar Tangri has been appointed as an Additional Director of Onelife Capital Advisors Ltd w.e.f. June 26, 2012

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Unnecessary expenditure on DPCs

About Austerity measures- UPSC holds Departmental Promotion Committee meetings out of Delhi, when all members of DPC are Delhi based and files have to be carried out of Delhi for the DPC. For example DPCs for promotions in CBDT and CBEC are held at exotic locations when
members of DPC are Delhi based and also the files/ACR folders are in Delhi! How much expenditure is made on this type of trips?

Hari

Generalising own story

Comments made by S Singh could not be more irrational. It is unfathomable as to how he has concluded that those showing Nil returns are most corrupt. Is it not possible that there are employees who have no immovable property ? Or has Singh generalised his own story...

PM

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)