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Governors and LGs to be appointed later on
As the grapevine has it, Governors of three states and Lieutenant Governors(LGs) of two UTs are going to be appointed only after Presidential polls. Three states where Governors are to be appointed are: Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa. LGs are to be appointed for Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

New Chamchagiri of Congress leaders
Most of the ambitious Congress leaders who visit Sonia Gandhi say to her "Madam my politics starts from this house and ends here only". When she listens this dialogue from several leaders, she only smiles. Now Sonia has become perfect politician.

The Agatha Mystery and the Inheritance of loss?
BJP's announcement to support P.A. Sangma in the Presidential polls solved some puzzles but tangled few more. One of them came as a question; would Ms.Agatha Sangma face the axe from the Union Council of Ministers if she campaigns for her father? It is yet a mystery as what step Agatha would take but in a smart move the Congress has already tossed it to NCP to take decision on Ms.Agatha. Congress knows well that it could not afford to expel Agatha from the government as her father has played the card of 'Pan Indian tribal leadership'. Ironically, everybody (BJP, Cong., NCP and Sangmas) seem to be playing safe, but for Ms. Mamata Banerjee.Ms. Mamata must be aware of losing her secular credentials in case she supports the NDA backed candidate. Probably meticulous Ms.Mamata makes out that she does not inherit, as much Ms.Agatha does, to bear the loss.

Major loss for the Maharashtra state exchequer
The fire that has gutted three floors of the seat of Maharashtra government is a major loss to national and state exchequer. Sources say that many files were pending for clearance, some were being reviewed etc and now all that has been consumed by fire. Whether sabotage or a short circuit is the question still remains is that the loss to the government is unrecoverable. Adding to the damage is the fact that the building was not insured thereby giving a set back the state government exchequer by a huge amount.

Is there a deal between Shiv Sena and Congress?
It is heard that Pranab Mukherjee has made a deal with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for not letting Narayan Rane become the CM of Maharashtra even if there was any change in leadership.

BUREAUCRACY

A lot of upheaval in North Block to happen
A lot of upheaval is going to take place in the North Block as three key players in the Finance Ministry will exit from there in next two months. They are Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, R Gopalan Secretary Finance and Dr. Kaushik Basu Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) whose extended term ends in August 2012.

Has the beeline towards Ms.Omita Paul receded?
It is heard that the beeline of officers and corporate bigwigs that used to be at the doorstep of Pranab Mukherjee's OSD Ms.Omita Paul has started drying up.Thy name is world.

New Election Commissioner post may go to a minority candidate
The post of Election Commissioner, which has been vacated after V S Sampath's appointment as Chief Election Commissioner of India, may go to a minority candidate. Though Shamsher K Sheriff (IAS, UT..77) is ahead in the race, Salauddin Ahmed Ex. CS Rajasthan - a 1975-batch IAS officer and Dr. Noor Mohammad - a 1977 batch retired IAS officer who is presently a consultant in Election Commission of India have also reportedly jumped into the fray.

Who will succeed Arun Mishra in ICAO?
Who will succeed Arun Mishra as India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)? Tie is said to be between two Joint Secretaries in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Prashant Shukul and Alok Sinha.

P Dwarakanath selected as CMD, BEML
P Dwarakanath, Director (Metro & Rail), BEML, has been selected for the post of CMD, Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) Limited at a Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 21. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

Cadre of IFS officer changed from Gujarat to Karnataka
Cadre of 2010 batch Indian Forests Service officer Divya Prabhu has been changed from Gujarat to Karnataka.

Vishwapati Trivedi gets additional charge
Vishwapati Trivedi, IAS(MP:77) Secretary, Ministry of Mines, will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and also Secretary, Department of Disability till June 24 during the absence of Dr. K. M. Acharya who is on leave.

Will lateral shifting of CMDs of PS banks happen?
Will lateral shifting Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) in Public Sector (PS) banks take place? Rumours about the same are agog in banking circles.

Will the list of CMDs of PS banks be changed?
Will the list relating to elevation of Executive Directors (EDs) as Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) in Public Sector (PS) banks be changed? This is once again a hot topic of discussion in the wake of rumours that lateral shifting of CMDs in three banks will happen.

Change in list of CMDs of PS banks unlikely
There is unlikely to be any change in list relating to elevation of Executive Directors (EDs) as Chairman cum Managing Directors (CMDs) in Public Sector (PS) banks be changed.

List of GM to EDs in PS banks in a limbo?
As the rumour says it, the list relating to elevation of General Managers (GMs) as Executive Directors (EDs) in Public Sector (PS) banks is in a limbo. Lucky were those senior banks who were elevated as EDs on June 18, 2012.

Lone couple in IAS from 1979 batch in J & K cadre

There is a lone couple in the IAS of 1979 batch that belongs to the Jammu and Kashmir (J & K) cadre. Ms. Sonali Kumar is Delhi based Principal Secretary(Co-ord.), J&K House. And her husband Dr. Arun
Kumar is Senior Adviser Policy in ASSOCHAM since January 2,2012.He is remembered for the excellent work he did earlier as CEO of both Mata Vaishnav Devi and Amarnathji Shrine Boards.

2 IAS officers of 1990 batch handling Industries
There are two IAS officers of 1990 batch who are handling Industries in their respective cadres. Bhushan Gagrani is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). He is an officer of to the Maharashtra cadre. Likewise, Alkesh Sharma is
Managing Director Managing Director (MD) of the Kerala State Industries Corporation (KSIDC). He belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Gajendra Bhujbal is Economic Advisor in Food Processing
Gajrendra Bhujbal on return from central deputation from the post of Secretary BIFR has joined as Economic Advisor in Ministry of Food Processing. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1981 batch.

ACC clears proposal for extension to four SPG officers
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of deputation tenure of the following IPS officers in Special Protection Group(SPG) Mssrs Sudeep Lakhtakia, IG, IPS (AP:84), Ram Phal Pawar, IG, IPS(WB:88), S.L. Thaosen, IG, IPS(MP:88) and
Avichal, DIG, IPS (SK:96).

Nasir Kamal gets one year extension
Central deputation tenure of Nasir Kamal, IPS (UP:86), as Inspector General (IG) in the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) under the Ministry of Home Affairs has been extended for a period of one year beyond 17.05.2012 i.e. upto 17.05.2013.

CIT transfers next month?
Transfer of Commissioners of Income Tax are now likely to take place only in July.

Ms Limatula Yaden is Director Health
Ms Limatula Yaden is new Director Health and Family Welfare in the Government of India. She is Indian Revenue Service (C&CE: 96) officer.

Niranjan Kouli, CIT, Appellate Tribunal selected for 38th APPPA
Niranjan Kouli, Commissioner of IT, Income Tax, Appellate Tribunal, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Post of Managing Director of Central Cottage of India (CCI) advertised by Ministry
Post of Managing Director of Central Cottage of India (CCI) has been advertised by Ministry of Textile Govt. of India. This position has been vacant since January 1st 2012 and Mrs. Alka Arora is handing the additional charge of Managing Director of Central Cottage of India. Director, Addl. Secy. Jt. Secy. Level officers of Govt. are eligible to apply for this post of Managing Director, Central Cottage of India CCI. Last date for applications is 26th June 2012.

Ansuman Pattnaik selected for fellowship
Ansuman Pattnaik (IRS 94) has been selected for the prestigious Hubert H Humphrey fellowship 2012-12 for study on Black Money for 10 months at Michigan State University, US.

Seven IAS officers transferred in Rajasthan
As many as seven IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rohit R Brandon has been made Director, Harishchandra Mathur State Public Administration Institute while Rakesh Shrivastva will now be Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Tourism and Managing Director, Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation, Jaipur and Mrs. Vinu Gupta is Principal Secretary, School and Sanskrit Education. Similarly, Bhaskar Atmaram Sawant has been made Commissioner, Rajasthan Primary Education Council, Rajasthan, Jaipur; Vaibhav Galariya as Collector and District Magistrate, Ajmer; Muktanand Agrawal as District Collector and Magistrte, Tonk and Rajan Vishal has been made District Collector and Magistrate, Jalore.

Bhandari goes to Kathmandu
Madan Singh Bhandari Consul CGI Vancouver has been moved to Indian Embassy in Kathmandu as Second Secretary.

Ms. Bharti Sihag has bright chances for RC of Himachal Pradesh in Delhi
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Bharti Sihag has bright chances for the slot of Himachal Pradesh Government's Delhi based Resident Commissioner (RC). She is an IAS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Transfers and postings in Railways
As many as five senior officers have been shifted. Accordingly, P Ananth, SG/IRSME, has been transferred from North Railway (NR) to DLW and posted in the cadre while Shivender Mohan, SG/IRSME will officiate in SAG and posted in the cadre on NCR itself and Ajay Nandan, SG/IRSME, is appointed to officiate in SAG and posted in the care on RCF/RBL itself. Similarly, Manish Agarwal, SG/IRSME, has been appointed to officiate in SAG and posted in the cadre on DMW itself and R Mukund, SG/IRSME, was appointed to officiate in SAG and posted in the cadre on SR itself.

73 IRS officers promoted to DCIT
As many as 73 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (DCIT). The officers include: Sumit Kumar, M Jayaram, K M Ashok Kumar, M B Padmavathy, Vishwas S Jadhav, P D Chougule, B S Landage, Revaiah, A L Prasad, Peme Tshering Bhutia, Akhilesh Bidalia, S S Negi, M K Jain, Sanjay Kumar, M Narayan Rao, Pradeep Kumar, V K Chagravarty, S H Solanki, S L Anuragi, Hiraman Ram, Yaduvir Singh, Awijit Rakshit, Alok Nath, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Rajdeep Singh, Hemant Gupta, Amit Kumar Singh, AGV Prasad, Bedobani Chadudhuri, P Prabhakra Rao, Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra, V Amarender Reddy, Surabhi Sharma, Alok Malviya, Kalpana Singh, B Kurmi Naidu, Rlik Khare, Ajai Modi, Y Sesha Srinivas, Priyanaka Singh, Richa Rastogi, Rukmani Attri, G Suray Prasad, Prasoon Kabra, Saras Kumar, Yoginder Mittal, Anil Kumar Sharma, Abhishek Kumar, Lalji singh Yadav, Bhanwar Singh Ratnoo, Chandra Prakash Bhatia, Rajeev Kumar, Abhay Kumar, Khairnar Amol Bharat, K N Dandapani, Md. Shadab Ahmed, Howard Devisser, S Sankaralingm, Manu Chaurasia, Madanappagari Earappa, M Muralidharan, Ram Kumar Yadav, R Rajeswari, Kumar Pranav, V K Gurunathan, Subash K R, S Venkatesh, Rajat Kumar Kureel, Umesh Chandra Bharati, R Krishna Kumar, T Shering ONGDA and Poonam Sharma.

Six CIT/DIC made Members of DRP at Delhi and Mumbai
As many as Commissioners of Income Tax (CIT) and Directors of Income Tax (DIC) have been made Members of DRP. Accordingly, Hari Kishan, CIT-I, Delhi, Mrs. Rashmi Saxena Sahni, DIT (TP)-I, Delhi and Mrs. Poonam Sidhu, DIT (IT)-II, Delhi will be members at DRP, Delhi-I while Kuntal Kumar Sen, DIT (IT)-II, Mumbai, Askhilesh Ranjan, CIT-XI, Mumbai and Mrs. Sangeeta Singh, DIT (TP)-II, Mumbai are Members at DRP, Mumbai-I.

Transfers and postings in J&K
Dalip Thusoo has been posted as Secretary, J&K Sports Council while Kiran Wattal will now be Managing Director, J&K Housing Board in Jammu and Kashmir.

Post of Spl. Director vacant in Directorate of Enforcement
Post of Special Director is vacant in Directorate of Enforcement on deputation basis. The interested Indian Revenue Service officers can send their applications to R N Singh, Under Secretary, Department of Revenue at the earliest.

Post of Joint Director vacant in Directorate of Enforcement
Post of Joint Director of Enforcement is vacant in Directorate of Enforcement on deputation basis. The interested Indian Revenue Service officers can send their applications to R N Singh, Under Secretary, Department of Revenue at the earliest.

Abid Hussain is no more
Former Indian ambassador to the US Abid Hussain has passed away in London. He was 85.

Chetan Bhushan Sanghi relieved from Delhi Government (UPDATED)
Chetan Bhushan Sanghi has been relieved from the Delhi Government to join Mizoram Government.He was Commissioner Industries besides being Chairman-Cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Delhi State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIDC) and CEO of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB).He is an IAS officer of 1988 batch who belongs to AGMUT cadre.

Shakti Sinha gets additional Charge (UPDATED)
Shakti Sinha has got additional charge of Commissioner Industries and other two charges that were being held by Chetan Bhushan Sanghi. It may be stated here that Shakti Sinha is an an IAS officer of 1979 batch who belongs to AGMUT cadre.

MHA issues notices to DANICS officers (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GOI) has issued show notices to DANICS officers to join within seven days at their new places of posting. It may be recalled here that 25 DANICS officers are under transfer.

Negotiations between MHA & Delhi CM are on (UPDATED)
Negotiations between Delhi Chief Minister Ms.Sheila Dixit and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GOI) on the issue of IAS transfers are still going.

Five IRS-IT officers quit service (UPDATED)
*As many as five officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax have resigned from the service. The officers include: A K Mehrish, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax-III, Mumbai; Vijay Sharma, (IRS-IT), Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), Patna; V K Poddar, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax; Pradeep Kumar, CIT (OSD), New Delhi and Sidhartha Pradhan, Additional Secretary, Department of Disinvestment, New Delhi.

25 Income Tax officers shifted to CPC (TDS), Vaishali Ghaziabad (UPDATED)
As many as 25 officers posted at various stations have been shifted to CPC (TDS), Income Tax department, Vaishali, Ghaziabad. The officers include: Saurabh Arora,Purshottam Dheeraj Rohilla, Manhish Kumar, Nitin Yadav, Rahul Thakur, Rajat Bhardwaj, Pankaj Malhotra, Deepmala Meena, Rahul Sankhla, Harkesh, Vikas Kumar, Gagan Singh Malik, Ravinder Kumar and Lokesh Kumar Meena.

Five CCsIT get additional charges (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax in the grade of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCIT) have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, R K Rai, CCIT-II, Patna has been given an additional charge of CCIT-I, Patna while R K Gupta, CCIT-II, Mumbai will hold the charge of CCIT-XIII, Mumbai and S S Kanan, CCIT-II, Chennai was given additional charge of CCIT-I, Chennai. Simiarly, S G Joshi, CCIT-II, Pune, has been given additional charge of CCIT, Thane and Purnima Singh,CCIT-VIII, Delhi, will be looking additional charge of CCIT-VI, Delhi.

Four senior officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as four senior officers have been transferred and posted in Railways. Accordingly, A K Samanta, SAG/IRTS, has been posted to Northeast Front Railway while Rajneesh Aggarwal, SG/IRTS/NR, Presently working as Sr DOM, is being transferred to Western Railway and Biswajit Chakraborty, SS/IRTS/ER ,was shifted to Metro Railway and posted as Dy Com(Safety). Besides, Madho Singh Meena, SAG/IRTS/NFR, has been transferred to Central Railway

Four IAS officers get new assignments in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments apart from their present charges. Accordingly, S S Dhillon (HY: 84) has been assigned additional charge of Principal Secretary, PW (B&R) and Architecture Department while Arun Kumar (Hy:89) was given additional charges of Commissioner, Excise & Taxation and Special Secretary of the same department and Mohinder Kumar (Hy:92) will also be Director General, Urban Local Bodies, and Project Director, Swaran Jayanti Shehri Rozgar Yojna and State Urban Development Society. Besides, Ashok Kumar Yadav (HY:93) has been assigned additional charges of DG, Welfare of SC, OBC welfare and MD, SC Finance Development Corporation Limited as well as Special Secretary, Employment.

IRS officer, S S Bajpai selected as Member, Settlement Commission, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax, S S Bajpai, presently Director General of Income Tax (Investigation), Lucknow, has been selected as Member of the Additional Bench, Settlement Commission (IT/WT), New Delhi.


IRS officer, S K Pahwa selected as Member, Settlement Commission, Kolkata (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax, S K Pahwa, presently Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Thane, has been selected as Member of the Additional Bench, Settlement Commission (IT/WT), Kolkata.


IRS officer, Gyan Chand Jain selected as Member, Settlement Commission, Mumbai (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Ta, Gyan Chand Jain presently, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA), Chennai, has been selected as Member of the Addtional Bench, Settlement Commission (IT/WT), Mumbai.

Capt. B B Sinha selected as Director (P&A), SCI (UPDATED)
Capt. B B Sinha, SVP, SCI, has been selected for the post of Director (P&A), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 22, 2012. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

CCI Imposes penalty of more than six thousand crores on 11 Cement companies
The Competition Commission of India has found cement manufacturers in violation of the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 which deals with anticompetitive agreements including Cartels. The order was passed pursuant to investigation carried out by the Director General upon information filed by Builders Association of India. The Commission has imposed penalty on 11 Cement Manufacturers named in the information @0.5 times of their profit for the year 2009-10 and 2010-11. The penalty amount so worked out amounts to more than Six thousand Crores. The Commission has also imposed penalty on the Cement Manufacturers Association. The Cement Manufacturers upon whom the penalty has been imposed are ACC, Ambuja Cements Limited, Ultratech Cements, Grasim Cements now merged with Ultratech Cements, JK Cements, India Cements, Madras Cements, Century Cements, Binani Cements, Lafarge India and Jaypee Cements. The CCI is headed by former Secretary Finance Ashok Chawla.

Are Rajat Gupta funded companies coming under cloud?
It is heard that Rajat Gupta headed New Silk Route financed companies are coming under an ED scanner.

Rajeev Nannapaneni is VC and CEO of drug firm
Rajeev Nannapaneni has been appointed as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Drug firm Natco Pharma Ltd.

Karnavat appointed additional director of Glace Finance
Vaibhav Karnavat has been appointed as additional director of Glace Finance.

Telang resigns as director of Tata Motors
P.M. Telang has resigned as director of Tata Motors.

Shah resigns as director of Surabhi Chemical and Investment
Rajan Shah has resigned as director of Surabhi Chemical and Investment.

Ms.Agarwal appointed as director of Yamini Investment
Ms.Kirti Agarwal has been appointed as director of Yamini Investment.

Arya is ED, United Bank of India
The Union Government has appointed Sanjay Arya, General Manager, Bank of Maharashtra as Executive Director of United Bank of India.

Nair ceases to be Independent Director, Bharat Electronics Ltd
Prof G Madhavan Nair has ceased to be Independent Director of Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Srivastava ceases to be Director, National Aluminium Company Ltd
S. K. Srivastava has ceased to be a Director of National Aluminium Company Ltd w.e.f. May 31, 2012.

Kakkad appointed Company Secy. Commex Technology Ltd
Commex Technology Ltd has appointed Vineet Kakkad as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. June 19, 2012.

Agal resigns as Company Secy. Resonance Specialities Ltd
Ms Meena Agal has resigned as the Company Secretary of Resonance Specialities Ltd w.e.f. June 19, 2012 .

Pisharody appointed ED (Commercial Vehicles), Tata Motors
Ravindra Pisharody, President (Commercial Vehicles Business) has been appointed as Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles), Tata Motors.

Borwankar appointed ED (Quality, Vendor Dev. & Strategic Sourcing), Tata Motors
Satish Borwankar, Senior Vice President (Manufacturing Operations, Commercial Vehicles Business Unit) has been appointed as Executive Director ( Quality, Vendor Development & Strategic Sourcing), Tata Motors.

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None will pay IAS officers to become conduits

The reasons why IAS officers are leaving service are much misunderstood. Nobody is leaving now when the recession is upon us, all those who have left have done so pre-recession. Had it been a case of officers fearing anti-graft action, the "exodus" should not have ended during the recession. The reasons why IAS officers left service and joined private sector lies in the hefty pay packets. Even in government, officers are working hard enough. The honest work as hard as people of their capacity and level in the private sector counterparts and are paid far lesser. So, the honest were attracted to the private sector (pre-recession). Now, this phenomenon has dried up due to the recession. Once, the recession is over and the economy is on the growth path again, officers will again leave, for the same reasons. And talking of officers using their contacts and becoming conduits, nobody will pay IAS officers to become conduits. There could anyway be plenty of corporate people who could be trying to play that role, why should corporates pay good money to do what they are already (if at all) doing ? The officers who have gone were all efficient, educated and talented. They just wanted to do something else with their lives. What is so wrong with that? Conspiracy theorists and cynics can have their say but it simply is not true.

A K Singh

RIT

Warning of misuse of the RTI Act From the LIC (Mumbai), the appellant sought the details of Probationary Development Officers and Development officers, whose resignation was accepted/ terminated by public authority during a certain period. He also requested that the information sought should be provided as per the format given by him. The Public Information Officer (PIO) denied the information by quoting the provisions of section 7(9) of the RTI Act that it would divert the resources of the Public Authority disproportionately. During the hearing before CIC, the respondent submitted that the information sought by the appellant pertained to about 3000 - 4000 Development Officers and that this information held at the divisional offices and was not available in the format provided by the appellant but were available in individual files of each Development officer. The appellant stated that he was the advocate of a Development officer posted at Jaipur - I office of the Corporation who has not received his arrears and that this information sought from the public authority will be used to enable his client to recover his dues. The Central Information Commission (CIC) stated that the RTI Act confers a cherished right to the citizen and this case was a classic example of misuse of the RTI Act. The Commission further observed that the appellant despite being a responsible citizen (he was a lawyer) has chosen to use the RTI route to harass the public authority with a view to getting an edge in the legal case of his client which was undoubtedly a very unprofessional approach to the issue. The appellant was advised to approach the Senior Divisional Manager, Jaipur - I to obtain the calculation sheet for release of arrears to his client. The Commission also warned the appellant to be more careful in future while using the right given to him under the transparency act.

Comments

There are many cases where applicants seek information in a particular format. If it leads to wasting of the scarce resources and time of the the public authority, the PIO is not bound to provide the information in a particular format. He may offer inspection of the documents to the applicant.

Citation: Mr. Ashok Kumar v. LIC of India in Appeal No. CIC/DS/A/2011/002087

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)