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Similarity between UPA and Air India
At a high-profile party, Air India was compared with the UPA Government. One need not elaborate. Manmohan Singh ji is the Prime Minister of UPA Government and 1982 batch UP cadre IAS officer Rohit Nandan is the CMD of Air India.

Is Sharmila Reddy giving Congress nightmares?
Jagan Reddy's younger sister Sharmila Reddy is drawing big crowds on sympathy grounds. Despite lacking political content in her speeches she has been able to make Congress nervous. Will Reddy come with a big mandate or will voters look beyond this is the whispers making rounds.

Has India's aviation sector lost its battle?
It is said that India's aviation sector has lost its battle not to foreign airlines but to Indian Railways.

What is the future of A Raja?
It is heard that DMK is planning to take back Raja in the party fold; much can be read in the ease with which he has managed re-entry. Besides being a Dalit and his closeness to Kanimozhi are also contributing factors.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Cabinet Secretary? (4) R S Gujral
Seniority wise after Vibha Puri comes Secretary Finance R S Gujral for this prestigious post. 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Gujral is scheduled to retire on December1, 2013. One cannot rule out his elevation of this soft spoken and well connected officer to the post.

P K Tripathi's name also makes rounds for EC's slot
As the grapevine has it, P K Tripathi's name has also started doing rounds in corridors of power for the post of Election Commissioner (EC). Tripathi, an IAS officer of 1977 batch of AGMUT cadre, is presently Chief Secretary, Delhi Govt.

Chakrabarty gets three months extension
Deputy Governor of the RBI K C Chakrabarty has been given extension in service for a period of three months beyond June 14 2012.
(We said this only yesterday)

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

80 claimants for one post of Member PESB
There are about 80 claimants for one post of the Member of the PESB One post is currently lying vacant.

Dayal to be new DGP of Maharashtra
In all probability S S Dayal will be new DGP of Maharashtra on August 1. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, ECIL
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.

Supreme Court Collegium to meet next month
Supreme Court Collegium is meeting in July. Over 65 cases are to be decided by the Collegium.

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

Sinha is new Director Food
Prashant Kumar Sinha has been appointed new Director, Department of Food & Public Distribution. He is a 1992 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

10 DGMs of SBP promoted to GMs
As many as 10 Deputy General Managers (DGMs) of State Bank of Patiala (SBP), an Associate Bank of SBI, have been promoted to General Managers (GMs). The officers include: Ajoy Naqib, Deepak Prasad Verma, Gunvir Singh Bique, Gurnam Singh, Jasbir S Aneja, Karnail Singh Jawanda, Ravinder K Madaan, Satish Kumar Jha, Sunder Singh Negi and U V Ghorpade.

3 Civil Accounts Service officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secy. in GoI
Three officers of Indian Civil Accounts Service of 1984 batch have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Centre. They are: Mrs. Vandana Sharma, V K Choubey and D N Pathak.

J P Chawla empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
J P Chawla, an officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service of 1985 batch, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Centre.

Two IA&AS officer of 1983 batch empanelled as Joint Secy. in GoI
Two officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Service belonging to 1983 batch, Roy Mathrani and R K Verma have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Centre.

Pankaj K P Shreyaskar gets another term with CIC
Pankaj K P Shreyaskar has got one more term to serve Central Information Commission (CIC) as Deputy Secretary. He is an Indian Statistical Services (ISS) officer of 2000 batch.

Bhagwat Swarup moves to MEA
Bhagwat Swarup has been moved from Havana the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

Presently SEBI has only one Member
Presently Rajeev Agrawal IRS-IT officer of 1983 batch is the only Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) of which Chairman is U.K. Sinha. Agrawal, who was earlier in the Forward Markets Commission (FMC), had joined SEBI on October 31, 2011.

7 postal service officers of 1987 batch empanelled as Joint Secy. in GoI
As many as seven officers of Indian Postal Service of 1987 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Centre. The officers include: Subhash Ch. Barman, L Narayan Sharma, Ms. Smita Kumar, Gautam Bhattacharya, K Balasubramanian and P Kumar Swain.

Dinkar Gupta to return from IB
A 1987 batch Punjab cadre IPS Dinkar Gupta is returning to the parent Punjab cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.

CBI Selection Board to meet this month end
CBI Selection Board to select officers for the organization is expected to meet this month end.

Major IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra
In a major IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra about 80 IPS officers have been transferred.

Jarnail Singh to be Advisor Power to Manipur CM
Former Manipur Chief Secretary Jarnail Singh is being tipped to be Advisor Power to the Manipur Chief Minister. He is retired 1974 batch IAS officer.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are:- Mssrs Sanjiv Mittal Divisional Commissioner Lucknow, Sanjiv Dube Principal Secretary Small Irrigation projects, Shalini Prasad Divisional Commissioner Lucknow, Prashant Trivedi Secretary Secretariat Administration, Sudhir Shrivastava Divisional Commissioner Saharanpur, Ranvir Prasad DM Unnao, Sanjay Kumar Additional Commissioner Rural Development and Iftkaruddin MD UP Finance Corporation.

Durgesh Nandan gets additional charge of PR in Bihar
IAS officer Durgesh Nandan who is presently posted in Road Construction Department has been given additional charge of Information and Public Relations Department in Bihar.

Vaidya gets additional charge of Director PR in Delhi Government
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 a 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Initially 7 GMs to be posted as EDs in PS banks
Initially, seven General Managers (GMs) of public sector (PS) will be elevated as Executive Directors (EDs).

Major IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
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.

1988 batch IAS officers get PS rank in Madhya Pradesh
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.

IFS officer B Praveen deputed as AGM, DFCCIL
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.

Police officers shifted from Naxal affected districts in Maharashtra
For the first time most of the police officers working in the Naxal affected areas have been shifted in Maharashtra.

Three IFS officers shifted in Rajasthan
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
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.

18 SBI GMs promoted to CGMs
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
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.

Four Judges appointed at Punjab& Haryana High Court (UPDATED)
Four judges have been appointed at Punjab and Haryana High Court. They include: Justice R P Nagrath, Justice Bangarh, Justice Rekha Mittal and Justice Indrajeet Singh.

14 senior IAS officers transferred in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
As many as 14 IAS officers have been shifted in Jharkhand. Accordingly, AK Pandey has been posted as Principal Secretary to Governor Syed Ahmed while Aditya Swaroop will replace A K Pandey and N N Pandey is now shifted as Principal Secretary of State Secretariat and Coordination. Similarly, Rajbala Verma has been transferred to the Road Transport Department; N N Sinha shifted to the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms with additional charge of Department of Information Technology. Sukhdev Singh has been given additional charge of National Savings. Alka Tiwari is transferred to Forest and Environment Department; L Khiyangte shifted to Welfare Department with an additional charge of Building construction Department and Examination Controller of Jharkhand Combined Competitive Examination Council. Ajay Kuamar Singh has been transferred to Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. Mast Ram Meena has been transferred to Commercial Tax Department with additional charge of Secretary, Information and Public Relations Department. Swarnaditya Sahay has been transferred as Palamau Divisional Commissioner; Ashok Kumar Mishra as Tribal Development Commissioner with additional charge of Director, Schedule Tribes Co-operative Development Council; Rajiv Arun Ekka shifted to Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. Praveen Kumar Toppo will serve to the Department of Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha Department.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
A number of senior officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Gulabrao Pol has been posted as Additional DG Pune while Meeran Borwankar will now be Additional DG Jails and Naval Bajaj is appointed as Additional DG Special Branch. Similarly, Javed Ahmed has been posted as Additional DG Establishment; BD More as Additional DG Railways; Hemant Nagrale as Additional DG in CID; Niket Kaushik as Additional Commissioner Police Crime Branch; Krishna Prakash as Additional Commissioner Police South Region; Deven Bharti as IG Law and Order; AK Sharma as IG Navi Mumbai; Parambir Singh as Special IG VIP Security; Sukhvinder Singh as IG Konkan; Anup Kumar Singh as IG Anti Naxal operation Nagpur; Vinit Agarwal as IG State Intelligence Department; Sunil Ramanand as IG SRPF Pune; Ramrao Pawar as IG MHADA Vigilance; PK Jain as ADG Special Action in DG Office; VD Mishra as ADG Human Rights; SS Kakar as ADG Wireless; K K Pathak as Commissioner Police Navi Mumbai; P D Pawar as ADG Training; SP Gupta as MD, Maharashtra Security Corporation; R R Mangaonkar as ADG MSRTC; KL Bishnoi as ADG Planning and Coordination; Surinder Kumar as Deputy Commandant Home; SP Yadav as ADG, CID, Archana Tyagi as Special IG Administration; Sukhwinder Singh is Deputy Commandant Home and Ashok Dongre has been posted as Controller Weights and Measures.

Two IRTS officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar, IRTS/ER, presently working as Dy COM, has been transferred to NER and posted in the cadre while Mrs. Lata Kumari, IRTS/NFR, on completion of tenure, is transferred to ECOR and posted in the cadre.

IRS officer S L Anurag deputed as Under Secretary, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, S L Anuragi presently ACIT, Pune, has been appointed as Under Secretary (Inv.III) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue, New Delhi for a period of three years.

87 IRS (Customs) officers shifted (UPDATED)
As many as 87 Indian Revenue Service officers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, A J Kanojia has been shifted to DG, ST Mumbai while Alok Sharma is being transferred to Kolkata CX and Ashutosh was posted to DG CEI, Delhi. Similarly, D P Bamnavat has been shifted to Vadodara CX; G Sudhakar to Hyderabad CX; Hitesh Godara to Kolkata CX; Jagjit Singh to DG, Vigilance Delhi; M V Bhaskar Reddy to DG NACEN, Bangalore; M L Mandar to Jaipur CX; Mahesh C Bhardwaj to DG NACEN, Faridabad; Mohit Tiwari to DG CEI Delhi; Narendra Singh to DG, DRI, Delhi; Prabhakar Kumar to Mumbai Customs-III; Pratim Singh to Cochin CX; P Vijaya Kumar to DG DRI Mumbai; Shravan Kumar Bansal to Cochin CX; Srivishnu U Kilwalkar to Pune CX; Shweta Bector to CESTAT Delhi; Tariq Mabood to DG, DRI Lucknow; Ujjawal Arun Bhagwat to Mumbai CX-I; V Srinivas DG system Chennai; A Chandra Sekhar Reddy to Vizag CX; A G Kapre to PUne CX; Anand Kumar to Mumbai Customs-II; anil Kumar Sahay to Mumbai CX-I; Anoop Kumar Sharma to DG Valuation, Mumbai; Anuradha Mishra to Bhopal CX (Indore); Biju Thomas to Cochin CX; Binay Pratap Singh to Cochin CX; Birudu Ravindranadh to Vizag CX; C S Mishra to DG Inspection, Kolkata; Cynthia K Sandhu to DG Inspection, Mumbai; D P Singh Kushwaha to Mumbai Customs-II; Dasari Balaiah to Hyderabad CX; Dharamjeet Kumar to Bhopal CX; G S Dwivedi to Mumbai to CX-I; H R Meena to Jaipur CX; Hari Narayan Meena to Jaipur CX; Harsh Vardhan Umre to Bhubaneshwar CX; Hemlata Rai to Nagpur CX; Ignatius Tirkey to Ranchi CX; K Padmavathy to DG CEI Coimbatore; K Satyanarayan Rao to Hyderabad CX; K C Chandy to Coachin CX; Kiran Kumar to Patna Customs Preventive; Kumar Amrendera Narayan to Ahmedabad Customs; Kundan Yadav to Delhi Customs; M B Mathur to Jaipur CX; M Kotraswamy to DG DRI, Mumbai; M V V Suryanarayan to Hyderabad; Manish Kumar Jha to DG Safeguards, Delhi; Manjula Dundappa Hosmani to Vizag CX; Manvesh Kumar to Mumbai Customs-I; Michel Achom to DG CEI, Guwahati; Mohd Nagoor to Hyderabad CX; N S parthsarathi to Chennia CX; Padala Mohan Rao to Ahmedabad CX; Padma Lochan Lenka to Bhubaneswar CX; Zpradnyasheel R to DG DRI Delhi;R K Joshi to DG System, Delhi; R M Gautam to Ahemdabad CX; Rajendra Kumar Cecil to Vadodar CX; Ranjan Prakash to CBN Gwalior; Ravindra Dange to Pune CX; Reena to DG Systems, Delhi; Ritu Raj Gupta to Nagpur CX; S Arokia Raj to Chennai CX; S Narasimha Reddy to DG CEI Goa; S Raja to Coimbatore CX; S S Sharma to Mumbai CX-I; S V Venugopalchar to Bangalore CX; Sangeeta Karmakar to Meerut CX; Sanjeev Kumar Singh to Mumbai Customs-II; Satish Kumar to DG CEI, Rourkela; Saurabh Kumar to DG NACEN, Faridabad; Shaukat Ali to Meerut CX; Sidlingappa Teli to CESTAT Bangalore; Sudhir S Bhatkande to Mysroe CX; Sunil Kumar Singh to DG EP Delhi; Thomte Khaizadou to Shillong CX; U V Dalvi to Mumbai CX-I; V Vasudha Prasad Rao to Pune CX; Vijay J Manvatkar to Kolkata Customs; Virendra Kumar to Patna Customs Preventive; Vishal Pratap Singh to DG, CEI, Jamshedpur; Wahne Pranay Babu to Mumbai CX-I and Zakir Hussain has been shifted to DG, DRI Jamnagar.

62 IRS (Customs) officers locally transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 62 Indian Revenue Service (IRS-Customs) officers in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have locally been shifted. Accordingly, A Shakthi has been shifted to DG Systems, Chennai while A K Barapatre is being transferred to DG Audit Mumbai and A N Kulkarni was posted to CESTAT Mumbai. Similarly, Amandeep Singh was transferred to DG, DRI, Delhi; Aneesh Rajan to DG CEI Coachin; Ashok Kurade to Mumbai CX-II; B Santhanavannan to Chennai Customs; Baban B Landge to CESTAT Ahmedabad; Bharat Singh to DG Service Tax Mumbai; Bipin Kumar Upadhyaya to Lucknow CX; Chakarvarti Vaid to Delhi CX; D S Rathee to Delhi CX; Debojit Bose to Kolkata CX; Deepak Bhilegaonkar to DG NACEN Mumbai; Dinesh Kumar to Kolkata CX; Dipin Singla to DG DRI Hqrs. Delhi; Harbhajan Das to DG NACEN, Faridabad; Indira Sisupal to Chennai CX; Jaisetty Raja Manohar to DG NACEN Hyderabad; Jay Kumar Meena to Mumbai Customs-II; Jayant Sahay to Delhi CX; K R Madhar to Delhi CX; Kavita Singh to DGCEI, Indore; M J Chethan to DG Systems, Mumbai; M M Ravi Rajendran to Bangalore Customs; M Madhusudhan Reddy to CESTAT Mumbai; M Ram Mohan Rao to CESTAT Chennai; Madhav Chandra Mishra to DG DRI Kolkata; Mahavir Singh Chauhan to Delhi CX; Manzoor Ali Ansari to Bhopal CX; Mohammad Faisal to Mumbai Custosm-I; Nagendra Yadav to DG Valuation, Kolkata; P K Raut to DG CEI, Mumbai; Paramjit Kaur to Kolkata CX; Prabhjeet Singh Gulati to Commissioner, Logistics, Delhi; Pravin Kumar Agrawal to Kolkata CX; Purshottam Gupta to DG Audit Chennai; Rachna to DG Systems, Delhi; Raghu Kiran Bangalore Customs, DG DRI Bangalore; Rajan Dutt to Delhi Customs; Rajeev Ranjan Sr. to Delhi Customs Preventive; Rajendra Kumar to Delhi Customs; Rajesh Jain to DG DRI Hqrs, Delhi; Rajiv Ranjan to Delhi CX; Rajkumar V Kendre to Mumbai Customs-II; Rakesh Ladwal to Mumbai CX-I; Ram Chander to DG NACEn Faridabad; Ram Prakash Sharma to Delhi CX; Roshan Lal to DG Vigilance, Delhi; S chandrasekaran to Chennai Customs; S K Chakraborty to DG Vigilance, Kolkata; S R Bhatti to DG Service Tax Mumbai; Samar Nanda to Delhi Customs; Sandeep Raval to Delhi Customs; Sanjay Kumar to Mumbai Customs-III; Sanket Kale to DG DRI Ahmedabad; Sheo Dayal Chand to Mumbai CX-I; Sunil Kumr to DG Vigilance Chennai; Vijay R Kulkarni to CESTAT Mumbai; Vijayant Singh to DG NACEN Mumbai and Vivek Chintaman Khole has been shifted to DG CESTAT Mumbai.

CORPORATE

Suri is GM Powergrid Northern Region
KR Suri has taken over as General Manager (Operation and Maintenance), Northern Region Transmission System-II of Powergrid.

Tripathi resigns as Company Secy. Surya Industrial Corporation Ltd
Ms Niharika Tripathi, Company Secretary of Surya Industrial Corporation Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. June 2, 2012

Kumar appointed CFO, Puravankara Projects Ltd
Puravankara Projects Limited has appointed Anil Kumar as the Chief Financial Officer of the company with immediate effect.

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

Jog appointed Head (HR), Reliance Retail
Reliance Retail has appointed Sanjay Jog as Head (Human Resources).

Shukla appointed Company Secy. Premier Pipes Ltd
Vaibhav Shukla has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Premier Pipes Ltd w.e.f. May 7, 2012.

Shenoy resigns as Non Exec. Director, Parle Software Ltd
Ravindra Shenoy, Non Executive Independent Director of Parle Software Ltd has resigned from the company with immediate effect.

Garivala appointed as GM, Oakwood Premier, Pune
Oakwood Asia Pacific has appointed Hoshang Garivala as General Manager of Oakwood Premier, Pune.

Jha resigns as Company Secy. CDR Healthcare Ltd
Bijay Kumar Jha, Company Secretary of CDR Healthcare Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. June 9, 2012.

Gourishankar withdrawn as IDBI Nominee on ISMT Ltd Board
IDBI Bank Limited has withdrawn the nomination of V. Gourishankar from the Board of ISMT Ltd and appointed Suresh Kishinchand Khatanhar as its Nominee Director on the Board of the company w.e.f. June 6, 2012.

Gupta resigns as Director, Seasons Textiles Ltd
Rajendra Kumar Gupta, Director of Seasons Textiles Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. May 11, 2012

Coelho appointed Director, Spa and Recreation, Grand Hyatt, Goa
Grand Hyatt Goa has appointed Kenneth Coelho as Director ( Spa and Recreation).

Nath designated as ED & CEO, Nelco Ltd
Nelco Ltd as designated P J Nath as its Executive Director and also as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

Venugopal ceases to be director Multi Commodity Exchange
K Venugopal has ceased to be director Multi Commodity Exchange.

Agnihotri appointed as nominee director of MMTC
Anita Agnihotri has been appointed as nominee director of MMTC.

Ganesh ceases to be director of Orchid Chemical and Pharmaceuticals
TA Ganesh has ceased to be director of Orchid Chemical and Pharmaceuticals.

Dwarkanath appointed as CMD of BEML
P Dwarkanath has been appointed as CMD of BEML.

Dheeman appointed as CFO of Roman Tarmat
JS Dheeman has been appointed as CFO of Roman Tarmat.

Saboo resigns as director of Saboo Brothers
Sukumar Saboo has resigned as director of Saboo Brothers.

Mahasur ceases to be CEO of NELCO
KA Mahasur has ceased to be CEO of NELCO.

Nath appointed as CEO of NELCO
PJ Nath has been appointed as CEO of NELCO.

Khantanhar appointed as nominee director of ISMT
Suresh Khantanhar has been appointed as nominee director of ISMT.

Gupta resigns as director of Seasons Textiles
Rajendra Gupta has resigned as director of Seasons Textiles.

Shenoy resigns as director of Parle Software
Ravindra Shenoy has resigned as director of Parle Software.

Kumar appointed as CFO of Purvankara Projects
A Anil Kumar has been appointed as CFO of Purvankara Projects.

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Wrong perception

The perception in this article is wrong that IFS officers do not want to go to work in North Korea. The fact is this post was not advertised nor offers sought from young IFS officers. This is in terms of culture in the IFS of denigrating young officers and not giving them opportunities as the seniors feel that they would be overshadowed. Add to it, the now change in promotion rules which ordains that an officer must have Outstanding in last 10 years of Annual Appraisal. Needless
to say only those who are servile and know "Boss Management" are able to get that as appraisals are on basis of personal whims and fancies rather than objectivity. Thus if Young IFS officers were given the opportunity, they would have certainly gone as worked in North Korea. in fact many young IFS officers are willing to go and serve in Afghanistan.

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IFS officers misguided their own Minister

Chaatukarita aur chamchagiri ke is Zamane main aap aur kya expect kar sakte hain. Senior IFS officers made their own Minister fool and got the approval for appointment of a steno as Ambassador.

Sanjay

Govt. of India has spent a large amount of money on construction of House for DG, NSG, in its campus but all DGs live in Tenure Pool accommodations. Is it not a waste of money and infrastructure and misuse of position. There might be many organisations like this but officers seem to look other way and Ministry of Urban Development is not bothered despite scarcity of accommodation. Morality and virtue is the word of past hook and crook the reality of life.

Rajiv

Why Ministry of Health, doesn't creates Nursing Home in Safdarjung?

Hospital also to distribute the work load. Why Medical officers. SMO, CMOs are working as Specialist there with their rubber stamps made like -CMO cum Specialist? Why specialists doctors are always placed on VIP duties only. Surely, Government officers should be seen on priority. If private hospitals are empanelled for every thing, one will be subject to costliest treatment every time.

Rakesh

No body wants to visit hospital

No body wants to visit a hospital and if the need arises specialist consultation with medical specialists should be allowed in private empanelled hospitals. But one thing that you cannot forget that in the recent past a number of private empanelled hospitals have opted out of the CGHS system solely on account of the fact that their bills are not settled by CGHS in a time bound manner.

A Srivastava

RML Hospital

There are two wings of CGHS working in RML hospital one medicine and other is Surgery. These two wings are supposed to serve CGHS beneficiaries in a proper way as wellness centers cannot provide the specialized services. There is clear directives from the Ministry for giving appointments to Sr. officers. It is responsibility of HOD's PS/PA to give appointment on designated days limiting to numbers decided by HOD. The same list is sent to registration counter for getting the prescription by the appointees on his visit to doctor. This is simple procedure needs to be followed. Only attitude matters. All Government departments follow the procedure of appointments. Now a days even private hospitals follow the procedure of appointments. If
some one does need appointment, he is welcome to follow normal procedure.

Naveen Prakash

"Appeal to Minister of Health & Family Welfare"

As a senior citizen,may I urge Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Health Minister to constitute squads of Officers for conducting surprise checks at CGHS dispensaries and hospitals in Delhi and see how poor patients and senior citizens are maltreated. Some processes could be outsourced to avoid harassment. Doctors could be transferred from VIP dispensaries to outlying areas with larger concentration of retired CGHS beneficiaries.

A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)

Govt. servants should not get special privilege

Government servants should not get any special privilege such as exclusive hospitals or special appointments. Public should not be asked to spend their productive time waiting in queues while having to pay taxes that pay salaries to pen pushers. When public servants get their privileges they forget the problems faced by public.

Devesh

All Govt officers prefer RML Hospital

All Government Officers prefer RML Hospital because of proximity to Bhavans. Better facilities like Nursing Home etc should be started for CGHS patients in Safdarjung Hospital also to distribute the load. More specialist/super specialist doctors should be placed there as majority of CGHS doctors in Safdarjung Hospital are CMO and Medical Officer rather than Specialists.

Rakesh

Positive side of S&P report

The S&P report talks of political divide in the Congress party & the division of the authority of the government. So, the economic super powers have acknowledged the power of political parties in India- it is not one party (Congress) alone but others too who not only influence but decide important issues. India might be a highly developed country in matters of corruption, but it is hardly open for plunder by others, by buying the loyalties of any single party or a bunch of ministers. Even though a former Finance Minister is reported to have addressed a gathering in America inviting investors assuring them that they will now stay longer than the 200 years they ruled India earlier! The people -unfriendly economic policies of this government made many feel as if India was up for plunder (P Notes, FDI in retail etc). What is the foreign investment in the "core sectors" of the economy? The S&P report doesn't disappoint those experienced in developmental administration a bit. Rather it is encouraging that Indian interests are safe for some more time.

M L Gupta

No transparency in transfers

RTI has been in pace for seven years but the opacity in the transfer orders has continued. Nobody seems to be bothered and the process is continuing unabated. RTI has shown at least an opportunity to question this blatant violation of policy by different organisations. It seems very difficult to find a solution.

V Krishnacharya

Good beginning

It is good that the RTI Act is now questioning the transfer and posting. It will lead to better administration and move sychophancy out.

Sudhir Sharma

Consider Addl Secr level IAS officer for post of Chairman, Kolkatta Port Trust

Only IAS officers of additional secretary level should be considered for the post of Chairman, Kolkatta Port Trust as the pay in this post is equal to that of GoI secretary. Earlier only very senior IAS officers used to be posted. Over the years people have manipulated to reduce the eligible criteria. For any grade I port trust chairman post whose gross pay is above one lakh and seventy thousand per month an IAS officer must atleast be of senior Joint Secretary level with not less than 25 years experience.

Sarkar

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Condolence

Sincere condolence to the bereaved family of Arun Dewan IRS 1990 (90047) on his unexpected demise. May his soul rest in peace.

Natasha

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)