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Rakesh Ranjan is Delhi Bureau Chief

Rakesh Ranjan has joined whispersinthecorridors media house as Delhi based Bureau Chief. He is a seasoned journalist and a columnist having spectrum of experience in print and electronic mass media. For nine years he was with Sahara Media.He starts his new inning with whispersinthecorridors as Delhi Bureau Chief.

Is the polity concerned if India loses investment grade rating of S&P?
Despite falling growth and lack of concrete economic reforms Indian polity is worried more about vote bank and staying in power is the whisper in corporate corridors.

Who will hold the Finance portfolio?
Who will hold the Finance portfolio once Pranab Mukherjee becomes the President of India? This million Dollar question is doing rounds in corridors of power.

4 names in circulation for Finance portfolio?
Names of four leaders and one bureaucrat are in circulation for the Finance portfolio once Pranab Mukherjee becomes the President of India.

Rahul Gandhi could be Deputy PM with charge of Finance
As the grapevine has it, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi could be inducted as Deputy Prime Minister (Dy. PM) with the charge of Finance Ministry's portfolio.

Jairam Ramesh in contention for Finance portfolio
The name of Jairam Ramesh is among three leaders who are in contention for the Finance portfolio once Pranab Mukherjee becomes the President of India.

Anand Sharma in contention for Finance portfolio
The name of Anand Sharma is among three leaders who are in contention for the Finance portfolio once Pranab Mukherjee becomes the President of India.

Rangrajan to get Finance portfolio
As the grapevine has it, C Rangrajan has bright chances for Finance portfolio. It may be stated here that he is the most trusted man of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh these days.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Cabinet Secretary? (3) Vibha Puri
In 1976 batch IAS Ms Vibha Puri is the seniormost IAS officer in the Government of India. One cannot be sure about this Uttarakhand cadre IAS officer because women IAS officers have always lost the battle for this post. She will retire on December, 2013.

K C Chakraborty to get extension?
Grapevine has it that Deputy Governor of the RBI K C Chakraborty is getting an extension in service. Earlier the name of Chakraborty was in circulation for the post of ED ADB, Manila.

Dr A.K.Saxena appointed CMD, Oriental Insurance Company
Dr A.K.Saxena has been appointed as Chaiman-cum-Managing Director of The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.

Another name crops up for EC
Now a new name has cropped up for the post of Election Commissioner. He is 1976 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IAS officer Anwar Ehsan Ahmad.

No Finance Commission
According to official sources at present there is no proposal of setting up new Finance Commission in the country.

Krishna to be Director (Marketing) HEC
A V Krishna, GM, AAI, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 12, 2012. Three persons were interviewed for the same.

Secretaries and Ex-Secretaries to be interviewed by Additional Secretary?
What a scenario in the Government of India! For the post of Director Indian Institute of Foreign Trade now Secretaries and the Ex-Secretaries have been asked to appear for interview and they will be interviewed by an Additional Secretary. Over a dozen contenders are aspirants for the post.

Appointment of Stenographer as India's Ambassador to North Korea will be reviewed
How low we have stooped? The appointment of Ajay Kumar Sharma, Personal Staff Officer (Personal Assistant) of Indian Ambassador to Fiji as India's next Ambassador to North Korea is really strange and shows how the foreign policy is executed in South Block. It is a shame that Ministry of External Affairs of India could not find any suitable officer of the level of Director for appointment as India's Ambassador to North Korea The powerful IFS lobby is sulking although those who have favoured him are singing "all-is-well". Latest information says that the Minister Foreign Affairs S M Krishna has asked for the review of the appointment.

Anu Garg to join GoI this month
Anu Garg is joining the Government of India this month as Joint Secretary Health. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

170 Deputy Secretary level posts are vacant in GoI
About 170 Deputy Secretary level posts are vacant in different Ministries in the Government of India these days.

8 DGMs of SBM promoted to GMs
As many as eight Deputy General Managers (DGMs) of State Bank of Mysore (SBM), an Associate Bank of SBI, have been promoted to General Managers (GMs). The officers include: Ambujakshi L T, I Shivanainar, J Ramakrishnan, Krishnan A N, Narayana Swamy R, Rozario G D, Shivaram B K and Vasudevan S.

Three IPS officers in offer list for deputation to GoI
Three IPS officers are in the offer list for the post of DG in the Government of India. They are Mssrs: Atul 1976 batch Uttar Pradesh, Subhash Goswami 1977 batch AM cadre and Rajan Gupta 1978 batch Punjab cadre.

Term of B L Meena CVO ITDC to end in October
Extended deputation tenure of B L Meena Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) will end on October 22, 2012.He is 1981 batch IRTS officer. Then he will return to his parent cadre.

Kujur to move to Havana
Samuel Kujur has been moved from the Ministry of External Affairs as Second Secretary in Havana.

Avinash Chandra is IG SSB Siliguri
Avinash Chandra has taken over as IG of Sashastra Seema Bal's Siliguri Frontier. Chandra is an IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre of 1990 batch.

Abhinav to join ITBP
Uttarakhand cadre IPS officer Abhinav is joining the ITBP as DIG.

16 IRTS officers of 1990 batch promoted to SAG
As many as 16 IRTS officers of 1990 batch have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: GC Meena promoted from SECR to SECR, Sanjay Goel, from NR to NWR, Y Nagendra Babu from SWR to SR, Shashi Kant Singh, from SER to ER, Pranai Prabhakar from WR to WR, Neeraj Ambastha, from ECR to ECR, Ajay Shankar Jha from SCR to SER, Deepak Kumar Jha, from ECOR to ECOR, Shailendra Kumar Sharma, from NR to NR, Sanjay Tripathi from NCR to NCR, VR Lenin from SR to SR, Chinta Venu Gopal from ECOR to ECOR, NK Dewani from WR to WR, Tej Kaul from WR to CR, M Mahali from METRO to ER, RK Dada Rao Sindikar from CR to CR.

Two IRPS get SAG
Two IRPS officers are reported to have been empanelled for HAG. They are Md. Akthar and S. Bhattacharya.

B P Sharma to be ED BoI?
General Manager in the Punjab National Bank B P Sharma is likely to be appointed ED in the Bank of India.

File of SEBI members moves forward
As the grapevine has it, file relating to appointment of two members in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has moved forward. It may recalled that Alok Kumar Misra Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Bank of India (BOI) and Prashant Saran ex member SEBI have been cleared for appointment in SEBI. Saran's earlier term as SEBI Member had expired on May 17, 2012. So, he is ready to play his second innings as Member, SEBI.

Mystery shrouds delay in postings of DMDs in SBI
Mystery shrouds delay in postings of five out of 10 contenders who had been selected as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in State Bank of India (SBI).Their interviews were held on April 28, 2012. They are B V Chaubal, Sushil Kumar Mishra, B Shriram, V Murali and Sharad Sharma.

Mrs Manju Rajpal deputed as Dy. Secretary in GoI
Mrs. Manju Rajpal, Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer, has been deputed to Central Government as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development for a period of four years. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sethi to return to Orissa
Bishnupada Sethi is expected to return to the parent Orissa cadre from central deputation. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer.

10 senior IPS officers get new postings in MP
As many as 10 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, U K Lal has been appointed as ADG, Traffic, PHQ while P R Mathur will now be ADG, Vigilance and Rajendra Kumar Mishra is IG, Disaster Management, Homeguard. Similarly, U R Netam has been posted as IG, Narcotics, Indore; D Srinivas as IG, Intelligence, PHQ, Bhopal; Sushovan Benerjee as IG, Homeguard, Jabalpur; Mrs. Pragya Rich Shrivastava as IG, Crime against Woman, Jabalpur; Alok Ranjan as IG, Security and Coordination, MP Bhawan, New Delhi; A P Singh as IG, SAF Training, PHQ, Bhopal and Dr. Mayank Jain has been appointed as DIG, PHQ, Bhopal.

Seven IPS officers promoted to ADG, Police in MP
As many as seven officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been promoted to Additional Director General of Police (ADG) from Inspector General of Police (IG) and posted at various places at ADG level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Sudhir Kumar Saxena has been posted as ADG/ Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister while Vijay Yadav was given in situ-promotion to (ADG) as IG, Bhopal range and Dr. Vijay Kumar is also promoted in situ as Managing Director, MP Industrial Development Corporation, Bhopal. Similarly, C V Muniraju has been posted as ADG, Grievances, PHQ, Bhopal; Pawan Kumar Jain as ADG, Planning, PHQ, Bhopal; Mrs. M Aruna Mohan as ADG, crime against woman; PHQ, Bhopal and Shailesh Singh has been posted as ADG, Cyber Crime, PHQ, Bhopal.

Nine IPS officers promoted to IG, Police in MP
As many as nine officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been promoted to Inspector General of Police (IG) from Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and posted at various places at IG level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Rajesh Kumar Gupta has been promoted as IG, Intelligence, PHQ, Bhopal while R P Shrivastava was appointed as IG, Crime against Woman, Indore and Ms. Sonali Mishra is now Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Bhopal. Similarly, Anil Kumar Gupta has been posted as IG, Cyber Cell, Bhopal; Sanjiv Shami as IG (CI), S B PHQ, Bhopal; R S Meena as IG, Training, PHQ, Bhopal; Vedprakash Sharma as IG, Shahdol range; Rajababu Singh as IG, Balaghat range and D P Gupta has been posted as Secretary, Home Department, Mantralaya, Bhopal.

11 IPS officers promoted to DIG, Police in MP
As many as 11 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been promoted to Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) from Superintendent of Police (SP) and posted at various places at DIG level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, R P Bisone has been posted as DIG, Telecommunication, PHQ, Bhopal while Makarand Deoskar will now be DIG, Jabalpur range and Umesh Joga is now DIG, Balaghat range. Similarly, D Srinivas has been made DIG, Ujjain range; M K Katakwar as DIG, PHQ, Bhopal; Ms. Renu Shukla as DIG, Crime against woman, Gwalior; R L Prajapati as DIG, PHQ, Bhopal; D P Singh as DIG, Homeguard, Jabalpur; R S Uikey as DIG, PHQ, Bhopal; D K Arya as DIG, PHQ, Bhopal and Harisingh Yadav has been appointed as DIG, Gwalior range.

Eight IRAS officers get postings
8 new IRAS officers have passed out on 8th June 2012 from Railway Staff College Vadodara to join various divisions in various railway zones all over the country. The details are :- Prateek Singh/ADFM/Lucknow, Ashish Singh/ADFM/Secunderabad, PRATIMA TRIPATHI/ADFM/Northern Railway, Sushant Bhattarjee /ADFM/Northern Railway, Jeetendra Agarwal/ADFM/Ajmer, Sunil Kumar/ADFM/Izzatnagar, Uma Maheshwari/ADFM/ East Coast Railway, Deepti L/ ADFM/ southwest railway.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Pers), CWC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Personnel), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) falling vacant next year on June 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 13, 2012.

Steel Minister Verma hails Bhilai steel workforce (UPDATED)
"I have faith in the boundless abilities of the Bhilai workforce" said, Beni Prasad Verma Indian Minister for Steel while addressing a gathering of employees at Bhilai Steel Plant's Long Rail Mill complex during his visit to Bhilai Steel Plant from June 11 to 12. He was accompanied by Chairman SAIL, C S Verma and U P Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel. The Minister further added, "the performance of Bhilai has improved in the current financial year, this trend needs to be maintained by the Bhilai collective and efforts to achieve more than the targets need to be enhanced. The collective needs to stringently adhere to maintenance protocols to minimize production losses and complete expansion schedules with in time." The Minister for Steel had arrived on his maiden visit to Bhilai Steel Plant on June 11, 2012. Upon arrival at the Mana Airport, Raipur Beni Prasad Verma was accorded a warm welcome by Pankaj Gautam, Chief Executive Officer(CEO), Bhilai Steel Plant and other senior members. On the second day of his visit the Steel Minister made a detailed visit of Bhilai Steel Plant and evinced a keen interest in the production process and projects. He visited blast Furnace-7 and plate mill and inaugurated a new oxygen unit. Beni Prasad Verma also visited the Long Rail Complex where the Steel Minister addressed a cross section of employees regarding the health of the plant and the expectation from each and every one of them. The plant's employees responded to the Minister's call by rededicating themselves to improving equipment health and productivity and at the same time completing projects within stipulated time frames. In his address, Chairman SAIL CS Verma thanked the Minister for visiting Bhilai and motivating the collective of the flagship unit of the company.

Prasad is new Ambassador to Switzerland (UPDATED)
Rajesh Nandan Prasad, presently Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, London, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Switzerland.

Ms Vinakshi Gupta is new CVO NCCFL (UPDATED)
Ms Vinakshi Gupta has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in National Cooperative's Consumer Federation Limited, New Delhi. She is 1992 batch IDAS officer.

M L Gupta, retired IRTS officer, passes away(UPDATED)
M L Gupta, a retired IRTS officer, passed away at New Delhi on June 12, 2012. He was COPS (COM), Western Railway.

Vibrant Gujarat delegation holds successful road show in Shanghai (UPDATED)
A fifteen-member high-level delegation comprising government officials and business leaders from Gujarat, successfully showcased huge investment opportunities in Gujarat recently. The delegation witnessed a very strong participation in its road show held at Shanghai from Chinese investors and companies looking towards India, underlining the growing ties between two of the world's fastest growing economies. As one of India's most investor friendly state with huge thrust on Infrastructure, Gujarat talked of upcoming large projects and big-ticket investment opportunities including Dholera Special Investment Region (D-SIR) along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor as well as India's first multi services Special Economic Zone focussing on financial services - Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) City. The delegation led by Bharat Lal, Principal Resident Commissioner, Government of Gujarat also held business interactions with Shanghai-based large corporate groups with interest in infrastructure, technology, construction, renewable energy, heavy engineering, waste management, financial services, technical textiles, heavy engineering and machinery, among others. The delegation along with Confederation of Indian Industry representatives (CII) also met members of China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), the Government agency responsible for promotion of investment and business, to promote partnership between China and Gujarat. While addressing the august gathering of leading industries and investors, Ms. Riva Ganguly Das, Counsel General of India Shanghai highlighted opportunities offered by Gujarat which is a leading investment destination in India. Prof Sun Yang, Vice Chairman and Executive Director, Association of Watch World (AWW) urged Chinese investors to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2013 in a big way. From Shanghai, the delegation will move to Beijing where it has been invited to participate in China's biggest outbound investment event - The China Global Outbound Investment Summit being held on 14-15th June. The summit being organized by China enterprise forum with support from Ministry of Commerce is a platform for China's leading investors looking for opportunities abroad. In China, Gujarat is acknowledged as a major investment destination. At Beijing, the delegation will also hold a road show organized by the embassy of India wherein identified industries and investors have been invited. The delegation is also holding business interactions in Beijing with key industries.

Vaidya gets additional charge of Director PR in Delhi Government (UPDATED)
Special Secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Santosh D Vaidya has been given additional charge of Director Information and public Relations in Delhi Government. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

IFS officer B Praveen deputed as AGM, DFCCIL (UPDATED)
B Praveen, conservator of Forests, M & E, Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been deputed as Additional General Manager of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), New Delhi (Corporate office), a Central Public Sector Undertaking under the Railway Ministry. He is a 1995
batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Three IFS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Forests Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rajiv Chaturvedi has been posted as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Ajmer while Mrs. Akanksha will now be Deputy Conservator of Forests, Jaipur (Centre) and Mohit Kumar Nigam was made Assistant Conservator of and in-charge Deputy Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), Jodhpur.

Sudarsan Sethi is also PS, Mining in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Sudarsan Sethi, Principal Secretary, Personnel, Rajasthan, has been assigned additional charge of Mining and Petroleum. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

UPSC declares results of CDS exam (1)-2012 (UPDATED)
As many as 10,815 candidates have qualified the written test of the Combined Defence Services (CDS) Examination (I)-2012 held by the Union Public Service Commission in February, 2012.

18 SBI GMs promoted to CGMs (UPDATED)
As many as 18 following General Managers of State Bank of India (SBI) have been promoted to the grade of Chief General Manager (CGM) with effect from June 5, 2012. The officers include: Ranjit Goswami, Ms. Sasikala Varadachari, Devaprasad Mozumder, Supriyo Kumar Chaudhuri, Riten Chinmoy Chaudhuri, Riten Chinmoy Ghose, Salil Kant Saran, Ashish Kumar Roy, Chakravarti V Balaji, Sunit Vasant Joshi, Kajal Ghose, C R Sasikumar, Chandramouli Shankaran, Appachu S Thimmaiah, Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma, Sunil Srivastava, Dr. Malayanur Sreenatha Sastry, Mrs. Varsha Vasant Purandare and Dinesh Kumar Khara.


SBI GM S R Grandhi promoted to CGM (UPDATED)
State Bank of India (SBI) General Manager, Sree Ramakrishna Grandhi has been promoted to the grade of Chief General Manager (CGM) with effect from October 31, 2009.

Major reshuffle of senior IAS officers in MP (UPDATED)
A number of senior IAS officers have been transferred and posted at Mantralaya and at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Sudesh Kumar has been made Principal Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs and Public Grievances while Vinod Semwal will now be Principal Secretary to Governor and K P Singh was posted as Principal Secretary, Public Sector Undertaking. Similarly, Salina Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary, Fisheries with additional charge of MD Fisheries Federation; Ajay Tirky as Principal Secretary, Medical Education and Labour; Dr. M Mohan as Principal Secretary, Scheduled Caste Welfare and Managing Director, Scheduled Caste Finance Development Corporation; Ashish Upadhyay as Commissioner, Scheduled Tribe with additional charge of Director, Tribal Regional Development; Shiv Narayana Mishra as Managing Director, Mining Development Corporation and ex-officio Secretary, Mineral Resources; Ashok Varnwal as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Marketing Federation; Pankaj Agrawal as Secretary, Finance. T Dharma Rao has been posted as Commissioner, Treasury & Account and ex-officio Secretary, Finance; Raghuvir Shrivastava as Commissioner, Shahdol division; Pradeep Khare as Commissioner, Rewa division; Rashmi Arun Shami as Commissioner-cum-Director, State Education Centre and ex-officio Secretary, School Education; Jagdish Malpani as Commissioner, Scheduled Caste and OBC welfare; Mrs. Pushplata Singh as Additional Secretary to Government; G P Kabirpanthi as Collector, Datia; Ashok Deshwal as Additional Commissioner, Excise; Mrs. Sonali M Vayangankar as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax, Indore; Rajesh Bahuguna as Collector, Chhattarpur; Nishant Barbade as Deputy Secretary to Chief Minister; R K Jain as Collector, Seoni; Pramod Kumar Gupta as Collector, Shajapur; John Kingsley as Director, Rural Employment and State Rural Programmes and Rahul Jain has been made as Collector, Hoshangabad. Besides, K K Singh has been assigned additional charge of Secretary, Culture and Bharat Bhawan; S PS Parihar will look after additional charge of Tourism and Commissioner, Tourism; Pravin Krishna is given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Ayush. Similarly Manish Rashtogi has been given additional charge of Inspector General of Registration and Superintendent of Stamp.

Three 1988 batch IAS officers promoted to PS in MP (UPDATED)
Three 1988 batch IAS officers of Madhya Pradesh have been promoted to Principal Secretary level. Two of them have been shifted after promotion. Accordingly, Shailendra Singh has been posted as Principal Secretary, Scheduled Caste-Tribe, Nomad Community and Denotified Tribe Community Welfare while Mrs. Vira Rana will now be Principal Secretary, Mantralaya and Praveen Garg will remain as Commissioner, Bhopal division.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, ECIL (UPDATED)
Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) did not find suitable candidate for the post of CMD, Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) at interview meeting and decided to see more candidates and relax the rule of immediate absorption and include candidates on deputation basis also.

CORPORATE

Sharma resigns as ED, Adani Power Ltd
Ravi Sharma has resigned as Executive Director of Adani Power Ltd w.e.f. June 30, 2012 due to personal reasons.

Jain appointed ED, Adani Power Ltd
Vineet Jain has been appointed as an Executive Director of Adani Power Ltd w.e.f. May 14, 2012.

ASSOCHAM President meets Prime Minister
ASSOCHAM has called for a big dose of political courage to halt the negativity being spread by vested global agencies and reverse the on-going decline in investor confidence. At a meeting with the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the ASSOCHAM President Rajkumar Dhoot submitted a memorandum suggesting measures to tackle issues like high fiscal deficit and inflation on a war footing. Talking to the media, Dhoot dismissed the Standard and Poor's assessment of the Indian economy and said there is nothing in the report which is revealing or new. It looks as if the researchers have compiled together newspaper clippings and put out a paper, which is quite damaging for an economy which is among the top five in terms of purchasing power parity. Some of the comments in the report about the political and government leadership are uncalled for, to say the least. Some of these comments are quite a drawing room talk, that too in a loose fit, the Chamber Chief said. Strangely, the ASSOCHAM President said, these comments come from an agency which had given AAA ratings to some of the junk financial products in the run-up to the global financial crisis of 2008-09.

Puri resigns as Company Secy. Premier Pipes Ltd
Ms Komal Puri has resigned as Company Secretary of Premier Pipes Ltd w.e.f. May 7, 2012.

Shukla appointed Company Secy. Premier Pipes Ltd
Vaibhav Shukla has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Premier Pipes Ltd.

Venugopal ceases to be SBI Nominee on Board of Multi Commodity Exchange of India
K Venugopal, State Bank of India Nominee ceases to be the Director on the Board of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

Desai appointed Director, Man Infraconstruction Ltd
Man Infraconstruction Ltd has appointed Berjis Desai as Director on the Board of the company w.e.f. May 28, 2012

Agnihotri appointed Part-time Nominee Director, MMTC Ltd
MMTC Ltd has appointed Ms. Anita Agnihotri, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Part-time Government Nominee Director on the Board of MMTC Ltd.

Shembekar appointed Company Secy. Next Mediaworks Ltd
Next Mediaworks Limited has appointed Ms. Vidya Shembekar as the Company Secretary of the company.

Dwarkanath appointed CMD, BEML Ltd
P. Dwarakanath, Director (Metro and Rail) Business, has taken additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director of BEML Ltd.

Parekh resigns as Company Secy. H S India Ltd
Ankit Parekh has resigned as Company Secretary of H S India Ltd the Company w.e.f. June 06, 2012.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Parekh Distributors Ltd
Parekh Distributors Ltd has appointed Hirenkumar Kishorkumar Devani and Mohammad Saleem Khan as additional directors of the company w.e.f. May 29, 2012.

Gupta appointed Company Secy. Polar Pharma India Ltd
Polar Pharma India Ltd has appointed Ms. Rupa Gupta as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. June 11, 2012.

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Austerity Measures

Another set of instructions have been issued by the Government on 31st May 2012 announcing austerity measures to control expenditure in Government. But do these instructions really make an impact? My impression is that nothing change and Government Servants flout the instructions under the garb of functional necessity. Senior officers continue to travel by Executive Class that also without any real need and with their better half. There is a typical case of a travel savvy
senior officer in GoI and he visits places like Goa, Shimla, Portblair, Kolkata, Srinagar, Bangalore with family in just two months. He visits these places in the garb of official review meetings but real purpose is excursion, to attend marriages, and get farewells with expensive gifts at exchequer's expenses. Unless the concerned Ministers review the wasteful expenditure in their Ministries and keep a check on their officers nothing is going to change.

Surendra

Vacant post of EC

The third vacant post of EC could perhaps be filled up by one of the most upright, incorruptible and workaholic Secretaries to GoI namely Anwar Ehsan Ahmad, IAS, MT-76, who will do justice to the prestigious post and esteemed organisation.

K Srinivasan

Grave fall in industrial production in the recent times. As per 1991 new industrial policy the private sector were expected to boost the economy of the country at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, they have failed the country wherein they have indulged in unscrupulous activities and have duped the country of lakhs of crores of rupees through 2G, coalgate scams etc. The public sector of the country involved with industrial production at that point of time (1992-1995), were demanding only few crore of rupees for their revival, which the government denied. The coming generation is going to pay for the current generations follies. God will also not forgive the current generation.

A Srivastava

Appeal to Minister of Health & Family Welfare

As CGHS beneficiaries are facing problems in the hands of RML hospital doctors, please allow CGHS beneficiaries direct consultation in the empaneled hospitals.This will ease the work pressures on the RML doctors on one hand and also provide relief to CGHS beneficiaries as they can visit the empaneled hospitals on illness. There is no purpose served if CGHS beneficiaries are not allowed for direct consultation in the empanelled hospitals. The medicines will continue to be issued by the wellness centers. The doctors in RML hospitals can serve general public in much better and effective way. Please consider the proposal positively. It is to mention that HOD orthopedics and surgery are following appointment procedures and is very effective & efficient and may be emulated by other departments. No one wants to visit hospital unnecessary.

Naveen Prakash

Kamaraj Plan!

Apropos your whispers on Kamaraj Plan. This plan (1963) was a fraud played by Nehru to hang on to his gaddi as PM after the disgrace he brought to the nation in the Indo-China war of1962. It was basically meant to down size potential threats to his daughter as his successor from leaders like Morarji Desai. The coterie around Sonia Gandhi wanted to extricate her from the series of corruption charges and putting it on Manmohan Singh and his cabinet colleagues by carrying out another Kamaraj plan. Nehru could get away with it, but how far Sonia Gandhi, who is alleged to have finger in every controversial pie, can go is a big guess.

N Krishnan

Will someone in PMO will look into it?

This has reference to your news item in FORUM under the caption 'There is no rule for the chosen senior officers' highlighting loss of Rs.1.00 crore due to 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 under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. There are many such cases in the Government simply because there is no real accountability. The minimum our honourable Prime Minister can do is to establish a small cell in PMO to monitor such cases. Any attempt to cover up such irregularities on extraneous consideration should be dealt sternly. This will restore the system to its health and people's faith in the Government headed by our PM. I hope someone in PMO will look into this.

Kuldeep

Out of turn appointments

Dr. Gupta has done the right thing in taking away the unnecessary privilege of getting out of turn appointments.

Deepak Saxena

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)