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Is the top functionary of the PMO in trouble? (1)
If insiders are to be believed, one top functionary of the PMO is in trouble following the Coal allocation issue. Guess the name.

Only Kamal can counter "Kamal'
The buzz word in the political circles these days is that only Kamal (Kamalnath) can counter "Kamal' (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh. Let us wait and watch. One doesn't know whether Union Minister Kamalnath would like to come to the state politics.

Why is PM active?
Why is Indian Prime Minister (PM) Dr. Man Mohan Singh active these days? This question is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power.

Hectic activity for Presidential poll
A hectic political activity has been going on for Presidential polls.

P Chidambram under pressure to quit
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram is under tremendous pressure to quit.

Mexico and Brazil visit for attending G-20 & Rio Summit
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to undertake a foreign trip. He will be going to Mexico and Brazil from June 16 to June 23. Starting his tour on June 16, he will have a night stay at Frankfurt on June 17. From June 18 to 20 the PM will attend G-20 summit in Los Cabos (Mexico) where issues of exchange of tax-related information (on Black money stashed in tax heavens) and economic uncertainty in Euro Zone and slowdown in America & Asia hurting India's growth prospects would be his key concerns. On June 20 the PM will attend Rio summit (June 20-22) in Brazil where, as per MEA official, he may have a meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. On the way back (on June 22) he will have a night-halt at Johannesburg and will hit the Indian soil on June 23.

10 Janpath gives green Signal on Pranab's name!
If CWC has already authorized UPA Chief Ms. Sonia Gandhi to select the name, how could the West Bengal PCC President afford to appeal to the Centre and Ms. Mamata Banerjee to consider the name of Pranab Mukherjee for the post of President, as he did yesterday? Nothing happens (on crucial matter) in the Congress Party without the green signal from 10 Janpath. Whispers in the corridors of power strongly suggest that Manas Bhuiyan's (WBPCC President) appeal is nothing but a manifestation of a green signal from 10 Janpath on Pranab's name. Now it is time for official announcement...

Narendra Modi's position is very high
Position of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is very high.

Why is SP getting close to Congress?
Postponing pending CBI cases, central funds for running the state and paving a successful future for Akhilesh Yadav are the priorities for Mulayam Singh and the real reason for coming close to Congress.

Is Chiranjevi being forced to campaign?
It is heard that a reluctant Chiranjevi is forced to canvass for the forthcoming AP bypoll by the Congress.

Is Jagan money also in IPL?
It is heard that Jagan Mohan Reddy's money is invested in one team of the IPL. And it is not Deccan Chargers, it's a team from neighboring state.

Akali and BJP combine wins civic body polls (UPDATED)
The combine of Akali Dal and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)has swept civic body polls in Punjab. They have captured four major municipal corporations of Patiala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana & Amritsar.Apart from this they have won most of the civic bodies in Punjab polling for which took
place on June 7,2012.
(We said this on June 7,2012)

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Cabinet Secretary?
Exactly after one year in June, country is expected to have new Cabinet Secretary when two years tenure of A K Seth will come to an end. The Guessing game has started in the corridors of power.



R.P. Singh's notification as NHAI chief today
Finally a notification relating to appointment of Rajinder Pal Singh as Chairman National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) are being issued on June 11,2012. He is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1976 batch. He is the retired Secretary from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Besides, he had served with distinction in other places including the post of Chairman and Managing Director of the Punjab and Sind Bank.

V S Sampath is CEC now
Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath who so far was Election Commissioners (EC) in the Election Commission of India (ECI) has assumed charge as Chief Election Commissioners (CEC) on June 11, 2012. He is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1973 batch. Soon after assuming new charge, told <whispersinthecorridors.com> that his top priority will be to have hassle free enrollment and clean electoral rolls. Replying to a question he said that e enrollment will be introduced. It may be recalled here that Sampath had joined as Election Commissioner in the ECI on April 21, 2009 after N Gopalaswami demitted office, during the course of the General Elections 2009.

Govind Mohan to go to Washington!
Grapevine has it that Govind Mohan is moving to Indian Embassy in Washington as Minister (Economic). He is a1989 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

R K Singh to be JS - I & B
R K Singh is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary - Information and Broadcasting Ministry. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Agrawal to be JS HUPA!
Brij Kumar Aggarwal is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA). He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Agnihotri is new AS and FA Agriculture
DG Shipping S B Agnihotri is moving to Delhi as Additional Agriculture and Cooperation. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

No IAS willing to become Director in GoI
A piquant situation has risen in the Government of India as IAS officers have shown their disinterest for the post of Director in the Government of India. There are only a couple of IAS officers in the offer list these days.

Maj Gen. Ravindra Singh to get key posting
Maj Gen. Ravindra Singh is soon likely to be posted as MGIC Administration in headquarters at Delhi.

Senior most serving IPS officer to retire this month
Senior most serving IPS officer in the country Sunil Krishna is retiring on June 30. 1973 batch IPS officer of UP cadre Krishna is presently DG NHRC.

Postal Service officer Ashok K Poddar empanelled as JS in GoI
Ashok K Poddar has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India under CSS. He is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

R N Vats to continue in Geneva
Second Secretary in Geneva R N Vats is going to continue till his superannuation in October 2012.

Lt Gen Om Prakash succeeds Lt Gen Hasnain
Lieutenant General Om Prakash has taken over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army's strategic Srinagar-based 15 Corps. He has succeeded Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, who will take over as the Military Secretary at the Army headquarters.
(We said this on May 29)

Mohd Akhtar empanelled for HAG
Mohd Akhtar (cpo. East coast rly) 1980 batch IRPS has been empanelled to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).

14 DGMs of SBH promoted as GMs
As many as 14 Deputy General Managers (DGMs) of State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), an Associate Bank of SBI, have been promoted as General Managers (GMs). The officers include: A Chandrasekhara Sarma; Bibhupada Nanda, Subhabrata Ray, D V Suresh Kumar, G Madana Mohan Rao, J Sitapathi Sarma, K Deena Rathnakar, K Murali, M V Krishna, M Venkatanarayana, N Parthasarathy, S Bangara Raju, Sasi Sekhar Mishra and Siddarth Biswal.

Vivek Tankha returns to legal practice
After great reluctance, the Government of India has accepted the resignation of Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha. He has now returned to the practice before the expiry of his three-year tenure.
(We said this on April 9)

Ish Kumar gets extension
Deputation tenure of Dr. Ish Kumar as Inspector General (IG) in the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) has been extended upto 27.05.2013. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Manoj Kumar is new CVO CIL
Manoj Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Coal India Limited, Kolkata. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Qureshi to move Jeddah
First Secretary in Doha Mohammad Raghib Qureshi has been moved to Jeddah as Consul.

IAS reshuffle in Bihar
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Bihar. New postings are Mssrs:- A K Singh Principal Secretary Agriculture, Amarjeet Sinha PS Education, Phul Singh PS Panchayati Raj, Manoj Srivastava PS Parliamentary Affairs, Vyasji PS Health, Sudhir Kumar PS Housing and Urban Development. Shashi Shekhar Sharma PS Animal Husbandry, Amrit Lal Meena Secretary Labour Resources, Deepak Kumar additional charge of Public Relations, R K Mahajan Additional charge Transport Commissioner, Rahul Singh Project Director of the Bihar Education Project Council, Sanjeev Hans Chairman of the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam, D K Srivastava also Director Tourism, Narmadeshwar Lal Darbhanga DM, Jitendra Srivastava DM Vaishali, Prem Singh Meena DM Bhagalpur,Lokesh K Singh Project Director of the Bihar Rajya Gram Swaraj Society. R Lakhmanan Director of the Midday Meal Scheme in the Education Department, Birendra Prasad Yadav DM Katihar, Ajay Yadav Project Director of the Kosi Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Society, Adesh Titarmare DM Madhubani ,Ms Ashwini Dattaray DM Sitamarhi. Daya Nidhi Pandey excise commissioner-cum-IG (registration). Jay Singh Kaimur DM, Sanjay K Singh Sheikhpura DM, Deepak Anand Banka DM, Manoj Kumar Begusarai DM, Gopal Meena Siwan DM, Vinod Singh Gunjiyal Buxar DM. Ashima Jain Patna DDC.

IAS officer to return Haryana
Mhathung Kithan, Commissioner and Secretary, School Education, Nagaland, Government who was on Inter-Cadre deputation in Nagaland is returning to the parent Haryana cadre. He is a Haryana cadre IAS officer of 1986 batch.

Rakesh Mittlal joins MHA
Rakesh Mittal has joined as Director, (IS-I, Division), Ministry of Home Affair, Government of India. He is an Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES) officer of 1995 batch.

A K Jain to return to Madhya Pradesh
A K Jain who is currently on deputation to the BSF is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer.

Two Resident Commissioners of Bihar in Delhi
Two IAS officers, Sunil Barthwal (currently additional Member of Departmental Inquiries) and Bipin Kumar (Chairman of the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam) have been posted as Resident Commissioners in New Delhi.

Utkarsh Tiwari is Director DoPT
Utkarsh R Tiwari is new Director in the Department of Personnel. He is a 1995 batch C & CE officer.

IRSS SAG promotion likely this week
The SAG IRSS 87 batch file for panel approval is with Member Mechanical Railway Borad. Now orders are likely within a week.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), ECIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking the applications for the post of Director (Finance), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) vacant since April, 2012. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before July 20, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), NJMC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking the applications for the post of Director (Finance), National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Limited (NJMC) falling vacant next year on June 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before August 3, 2012.

BEML CMD, Natarajan suspended (UPDATED)
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), CMD, VRS Natarajan has been suspended, due to investigation against him.

P Dwarkanath is also CMD, BEML (UPDATED)
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), Director, P Dwarkanath has been assigned additional charge of CMD, BEML.

Mrs. Archana Ranjan is also DGIT (Vigilance), Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenu Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT), Mrs. Archana Ranjan, presently as DGIT (HRD), Delhi, has been assigned additional charge of DGIT (Vigilance), New Delhi.

8 CCsIT gets additional charges (UPDATED)
As many as eight Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, M K Kabra, CCIT-, Ahmedabad has been given additional charge of CCIT-IV, Ahmedabad while Arvind Shankar, CCIT-II, Ahmedabad will hold additional charge of CCIT, Rajkot and N P Singh, CCIT-I, Mumbai is looking after as CCIT-XII, Mumbai. Similarly, Z S Klar, CCIT, Panchkula has been assigned additional charge of CCIT, Shimla; R C Mishra, CCIT-III, Chennai of CCIT-VI, Chennai; B K Mishra, CCIT-IV, Chennai of CCIT, Madurai; D K Singh, CCIT, Lucknow of CCIT, Bareilly and G N Pande, CCIT, Kanpur of CCIT, Ghaziabad.

Rakesh Verma is also PS, GAD, Civil Aviation in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Rakesh Verma, Principal Secretary, Planning, has been assigned additional charges of Principal Secretary, GAD, Civil Aviation, Estate, State Motor Garage, Chief of Protocol, Administrative Reforms and Coordination in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

IRAS officer B K Singh deputed as GM (Accounts), RLDA (UPDATED)
Basant Kumar Singh, IRAS/SG/NR/, has been selected and approved for deputation to RLDA as General Manager (Accounts) at New Delhi.

IRAS officer Ms. Sarkar deputed as Director in MIB (UPDATED)
Ms.Neeti Sarkar, IRAS/SG/NR, has been selected and approved for Central deputation to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) as Director for a period of five years.

A K Mittal is also GM, SR (UPDATED)
A K Mittal, GM, South Western Railway (SWR), has been assigned additional charge of GM, Southern Railway.


A K Verma is also GM, NFR (UPDATED)
A K Verma, GM, South Eastern Railway (SER), has been given additional charge of GM (Construction), North Frontier Railway (NFR).

Radhey Shyam is also GM, Metro (UPDATED)
Radhey Shyam, GM, CLW, will also be looking as GM, Metro.

CORPORATE

Sai gets another three months extension
CMD, THDCIL R S T Sai has been given again three months extension in his tenure. His term had ended on March 7, 2012.

Kapadia appointed IDBI's Nominee Director, Orient Ceramics and Industries Ltd
Ms Madhavi Kapadia, Deputy General Manager, Large Corporate Group, IDBI Bank Limited has been appointed as its Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Orient Ceramics and Industries Ltd w.e.f. June 6, 2012.

Kwon to be CEO, Samsung Electronics?
Samsung Electronics is soon appointing its Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon as its new CEO while replacing Geesung Choi.

Anand Mahindra to take over as CMD, Mahindra & Mahindra from August?
Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd (M&M), Keshub Mahindra will retire in August and is expected to hand over his charge as CMD to Anand Mahindra at that time.

Jain resigns as Director, Refex Refrigerants Ltd
A Tarachand Jain has resigned as Director of Refex Refrigerants Ltd citing personal reasons

Rege appointed COO (Television), Endemol India
Endemol India has appointed Abhishek Rege as Chief Operating Officer (Television).

Dey appointed Head (Fiction), Endemol India
Doris Dey has been appointed as Head (Fiction), Endemol India.

Hunter appointed President (India Operations)
Henkel has appointed Jeremy Hunter as President (India Operations).

Aggarwal elevated as Associate Director (Sales), The Courtyard by Marriott, Gurgaon
The Courtyard by Marriott, Gurgaon has elevated Gaurav Aggarwal to the post of Associate Director (Sales).

Malhotra appointed GM, Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Alibaug
Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Alibaug has appointed Supriya Malhotra as its General Manager.

Ghosh appointed MD (India), Temasek Holdings
Temasek Holdings has appointed Promeet Ghosh as Managing Director (India).

Tomita appointed director of India Nippon Electricals
Yuji Tomita has been appointed as director of India Nippon Electricals.

Jain resigns as director of Refrex Refrigeration
Tarachand Jain has resigned as director of Refrex Refrigeration.

Yennamadi appointed as additional director of FDC
Vinod G Yennamadi has been appointed as additional director of FDC.

Haribhakti resigns as director of Everest Kanto Cylinder
Shailesh Haribhakti has resigned as director of Everest Kanto Cylinder.

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An ideal situation

Dr. Manmohan Singh - President; James Michael Lyngdoh - Vice President; Pranab Mukherjee - Prime Minister (With Finance); P. Chidambaram - Home Minister; Ghulam Nabi Azad - Minister of External Affairs; Rahul Gandhi - Minister of State in PMO.

Suneil

Empanelment for Scientific Officers

There should be empanelment for Scientific Officers to become Director and JS...... atleast in Scientific Ministries/Department and in technology driven Schemes...

Ajay

Power formation in organizational structure

Gentleman ! Is India's transition to Democracy complete with the colonial power coming to its knees or Is it the result of training of IPS officers that makes them specialist Nirmal BABUS in uniform and perfect at the art of pretending to be expert of everything politicians will assign them. I am sure the protagonists of Police reforms in India, Prakash Singh and Nirmal Kumar Singh, both ex-IPS from this fraternity will not interpret this gesture of IPS Director General Sahib as political interference in Police. It is the culture that IPS officers imbibe from the training they undergo to specialize in survival . They can be sheep to the authority that will give them opportunity to wield the power for organized corruption in Police and pretend to be an experienced General of warfare and turn into Tiger when pitted with disciplined Armed force officers of BSF, CRPF. NSG, CBI etc. They lead state Police organizations or Armed Forces of Union of India not because of their experience and specialisation but because of power formation in the organizational structure and this high time these NIRMAL BABUS are either shown the door or confined to the ranks of Sergeants/Inspectors. The complete policing work finishes
at these ranks.

Aridaman

There is no rule for the chosen senior officers

Is the Chief Statistician of India, who is ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Statistics & PI has the autonomy to ignore serious charges of misuse of power by senior officers close to him? This question has assumed special significance in view of the recent audit report alleging loss of Rs.25.68 lakhs during 2010-11 alone on account of irregular payment of HRA to officials including senior officers at the level of ADG/DDG in the National Academy of Statistical Administration(NASA) at Noida. The total loss on this account alone during 2009-12 is to the tune of Rs. 1.00 crore.

N K Nangia

Country needs second constitution!

What the country wants today is a second constitution forming a second Republic correcting the flaws observed in the first. The new constitution should stress on accountability of both politicians and bureaucrats, a powerful independent Lokayukta bringing central investigating agencies under its control, preventing vote bank politics, parliamentary election allowed for only parties who have representation in atleast three states, election reforms curtailing money play, freebies, caste and religion in elections, prevention of criminals entering into parliament and assemblies etc. People getting at least 50% of the polled votes only should be declared as winners in elections etc. Unfortunately our first PM was a dreamer and not a visionary. With abundant love from people, he could have visualized and corrected our political path. Unfortunately every step he took
whether it is Kashmir or Tibet, all went against our country's interests and we are suffering due to his follies even today.

N Krishnan

Attention Medical Superintendent, RML Hospital:

CGHS beneficiaries Joint Secretaries and above (serving & retired) have the facilities for seeking an appointment from Sr. doctors for consultation as per directive of Ministry. This procedure was being followed by earlier HOD medicines so far. After taking over charge by Dr. BB Gupta, this procedure has been discontinued. As Dr. Gupta feels, let Sr. Officers/Sr. Citizens come and get themselves registered at the windows and go for consultation to other doctors. This is highly disgraceful for flouting the directives of the Ministry. Dr. Gupta may limit the number of patients and days for giving time for consultation as it saves the time for Sr, officers and inconvenience to Sr. citizens. Can Dr. Gupta be requested for following the appointment procedure failing which case can be taken up with Minister for the replacement of Dr. Gupta with suitable doctor who can serve better as HOD. It will streamline the procedure for the CGHS beneficiaries.

Naveen Prakash

RIT

Reasons for keeping employees in very sensitive post for more than 15 years

The applicant filed a Right to Information (RTI) application with the West Central Railway, Jabalpur seeking information about the prescribed tenure of employees in non-sensitive, sensitive, and very sensitive posts. He also wanted to know the reason for allowing certain employees to remain in very sensitive post for more than 15 years, claiming that it was against the policy of the public authority. The PIO, Jabalpur furnished information, pertaining to his office and transferred the application to the PIO, Kota. The PIO, Kota provided a copy of policy dealing with the sensitive posts. The appellant filed the second appeal before the Central Information Commission (CIC) complaining that information related reason for allowing certain employees to remain in very sensitive post for more than 15 years has not been given to him. The Commission directed the PIO, Kota to provide the reasons (for allowing certain employees to remain in very sensitive posts for more than 15 years), as available on record in the form of file noting, correspondences etc. to the appellant.

Comments

Transfer and posting are administrative decisions which remain a contentious issue amongst the government servant. There is a prescribed tenure for employees in non-sensitive and sensitive posts and the public authority is required to pro-actively disclose the reasons for any deviations as per section 4 of the RTI Act without the need for anyone to file a RTI application for it.

Citation: Mr. Dinesh Porwal v. West Central Railway, in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/000361

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)