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UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi led NAC reconstituted
Two new members have been inducted in newly reconstituted National Advisory Council (NAC) led by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The Council comprises of 12 members. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission, and Ashis Mondal of Action for Social Advancement NGO, Bhopal, are the new faces in the same. Besides, N C Saxena, Narendra Jadhav, Pramod Tandon, Aruna Roy, A K Shiva Kumar, Deep Joshi, Anu Aga, Farah Naqvi and Mirai Chatterjee have been re-inducted in the Council. The period of Members will expire in March, 2013.

All eyes on changes in Finance Ministry
All eyes are on changes in the Finance Ministry.

Anil Goswami is Secretary, Social Justice & Disability in GoI
Anil Goswami, Special Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the additional charge of Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on June 25, 2012)

Prem Narain is Secretary, Woman & Child Development in GoI
Prem Narain, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission, has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development in Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ms. Ratnaprabha appointed AS, Woman & Child Development in GoI
Ms K Ratnaprabha, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development in Government of India. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

L C Goyal is also AS, Cabinet Secretariat in GoI
L C Goyal, Additional Secretary and Director General, CGHS in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been assigned additional charge of Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on June 26)

Vijay Shankar Madan appointed AS & FA, IPP in GoI
Vijay Shankar Madan, presently Additional Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has been appointed Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on June 25)

Dinkar Khullar appointed Ambassador to Belgium
Dinkar Khullar, presently Ambassador of India to Vienna, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Belgium. He will also be accredited as Ambassador of India to the Council of the European Union and the European Commission.

Mrs. Priti Mohanty to be FA, Defence Services
Mrs. Priti Mohanty who is currently Controller General of Defence Accounts will be new Financial Advisor (FA), Defence Services in Ministry of Defence. She is an IDAS officer of 1977 batch.

Amit Couushish not to be new Controller General of Defence Accounts
Amit Couushish who is presently Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor (FA) in the Defence Acquisition Board will not be elevated as Controller General of Defence Accounts, because the related proposal has been turned down. He is an IDAS officer of 1977 batch.

CBI drops case against B S Lalli
Failing to prove allegations the CBI has dropped the case against former Chairman cum Managing Director of the Prasar abharti B S Lalli.

Dr Grovaer is new VC of Punjab University
Senior professor of School of Natural Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai Arun Kumar Grover has been appointed new Vice Chancellor of the Punjab University.

ADGP suspended in Tamil Nadu
1986 batch additional director general of police (ADGP) K Thukkaiandi was placed under suspension in Tamil Nadu on Friday, a day before his retirement.

ICFRE turns trend setter
The Dehradun based Indian Council of Forestry and Education (ICFRE) has set a new trend by ameliorating condition of people belonging to Munda tribe in naxalites affected10 villages of Khunti district in Jharkhand. According Dr. V K Bahuguna Director General (DG) through Institute of Forest Productivity(IFP) an offshoot ICFRE in Ranchi he had been able ensure a hike in income of tribals. Replying to a question Dr. Bahuguna said that the IFP -Ranchi had educated and motivated tribals about scientific cultivation of lac. As a result of this exercise annual income of a family went up in the range of Rs.80000 to Rs. One lakh, added Dr. Bahuguna.

Neeraj Kumar takes charge as new Police Commissioner of Delhi
Neeraj Kumar will take over the responsibility of as the new Police Commissioner of Delhi from B K Gupta on June 30, 2012.

Orissa Government recalls IPS officer
Orissa Government has recalled the DG NDRF Prakash Mishra. 1977 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre Mishra is all set to become new DGP in the state.

Sunita Kokran gets extension in IB
Ms Sunita Kokran has been given extension in the Intelligence Bureau. She is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Minor IAS reshuffle in MP
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle has posted Swadeep Singh as Chairman of the Professional Examination Board (PEB). So far he was Officer on Special Duty(OSD) Tribal Welfare and Scheduled Caste Welfare and Labour,Arun Bhatt who so far was Commissioner MP Housing Board will be new Managing Director (MD) of the Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation (MPSIDC)and MD of the Madhya Pradesh Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation Ltd. (TRIFAC) ,K.C. Gupta Commissioner Town Country Planning has been given additional charge of Commissioner Madhya Pradesh Housing Board and Dr. M Mohan Rao Principal Secretary (PS) Scheduled Castes (SC) Welfare has been given additional charge of Nomadic Tribes Welfare department which so far was being held by Shailendra Singh.

IPS reshuffle on the anvil in Himachal Pradesh
As the grapevine has it, over 10 IPS officers are soon going to be shifted in Himachal Pradesh (HP).

IAS reshuffle on the anvil in Rajasthan
As the grapevine has it, exercise for transfers of IAS officers has started in Rajasthan.

Arjun Munda Jharkhand Chief Minister to make changes in IAS
Jharkhand government being led by Chief Minister Arjun Munda is going to transfer IAS officers. An exercise regarding this will commence shortly.

Rajiv Aggarwal, Secretary, Consumer Affairs to retire on August 31, 2012
Rajiv Aggarwal, Secretary, Consumer Affairs is going to retire on August 31, 2012. He is a Maharashtra cadre IAS officer of 1975 batch.

De Sa is SP South Goa
Allen De Sa has taken over as South Goa superintendent of police. He has replaced Arvind Gawas, who has been posted as the SP-headquarters.

Umrao Salodia is Chairman, Revenue Board, Ajmer in Rajasthan
Umrao Salodia, Additional Chief Secretary, Tribal Regional Development, has been appointed as Chairman, Revenue Board, Ajmer in Rajasthan. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

O P Meena gets addl. charge of Tribal Regional Development in Rajasthan
Om Prakash Meena, Additional Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairying and MD, RCDF, has been assigned additional charge of Tribal Regional Development in Rajasthan. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Vyas Deo Chaudhary moves to Lagos
Vyas Deo Chaudhary Second Secretary in Indian High Commission Windhoek has been moved to Lagos.

Manish Kumar-III promoted as PD (Direct Taxes-I), CAG
Manish Kumar-III, Senior Deputy Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jharkhand, Ranchi, has been promoted to the grade of Accountant General (SAG) under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

19 posts of Judges vacant in AP HC
As many as 19 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Andhra Pradesh High Court against 49 approved strength including four posts of Permanent Judges against 32 approved strength and 15 of Additional Judges against 17 approved strength.

Dhruv Singh, GM, Rail Land Dev. Authority selected for 38th APPPA
Dhruv Singh, General Manager (Fin), Rail Land Development Authority, has been selected for 38th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) to be conducted from July 2, 2012 to March 31, 2013.

Posts of DDG, UIDAI vacant at Guwahati, Ranchi
The posts of Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) are vacant at regional offices at Guwahati (Assam) and Ranchi (Jharkhand) under the Planning Commission on deputation basis. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.

Dr Ishwar Das is no more
Former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Dr ishwar Das has passed away in Delhi on Saturday.

Eight IAS officers get addl. charges in Haryana
As many as eight IAS officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been entrusted with additional charges in Haryana. Accordingly, Rajiv Arora (87) has been assigned additional charges as DG-cum-Special Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Mines & Geology while H S Malik (91) gets additional charge of Special Secretary, PHE and MD, Haryana Seeds Development Corporation and D P S Nagal (92) is given addtional charge of Chief Administrator, Housing Board, Haryana. Similarly, Chander Prakash (95) has been assigned additional charge as Administrator, HUDA, Hisra; C R Rana (95) as MD, Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Limited (Sugarfed), Panchkula; Mrs. Neelam Pradeep Kasni (96) as Special Secretary, GAD, Establishement and Monitoring & Coordination Departments; Rakesh Gupta (97) as Joint Secretary, Health Department and Pradeep Kasni (97) will also be looking as Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Director, Land Records and Joint Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department.

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Vederah re-appointed Exec. Vice Chairman and MD, Ballarpur Industries Ltd
Ballarpur Industries Ltd. has re-appointed R. R. Vederah as Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2012.

Muraliraaman appointed CEO, Radaan Mediaworks Ltd
V Muraliraaman has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Radaan Mediaworks Ltd w.e.f. June 21, 2012.

Tupare resigns as Company Secy. Menon Pistons Ltd
Baburao Maruti Tupare has resigned as Company Secretary of Menon Pistons Ltd w.e.f. June 21, 2012.

Bhavani resigns as Company Secy. Cura Technologies Ltd
Ms P V Durga Bhavani has resigned as Company Secretary of Cura Technologies Ltd w.e.f. May 24, 2012.

Bung appointed Company Secy. Cura Technologies Ltd
Ms. Jyothi Bung has been appointed as Company Secretary of Cura Technologies Ltd w.e.f. May 25, 2012

Patki resigns as Director, Phoenix Mills Ltd
Shribhanu P Patki has resigned as Director of Phoenix Mills Ltd w.e.f. June 28, 2012 on account of his other commitments.

Joshi appointed Addl. Director, Deep Industries Ltd
Deep Industries Ltd has appointed Kirit V. Joshi as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. June 29, 2012.

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Air India should be wound up

The entire country is behind the firm handling of the wayward strike of the pampered pilots by the minister. In fact this national shame of an airline which has already suffered a loss of Rs 60,000 crores and is expecting another infusion of Rs 30,000 crores of the tax payers' money should be denationalised and handed over to a professional private group for salvaging it. There is no compelling need for a 'national carrier'. The US for instance does not have a 'national carrier' and all its private airlines are asked to fend for themselves without bleeding the government budget dry.

K P Singh

Urgent Need to merge all subordinate staff in Government of India

Stenographers are not the only one cadre which is getting promotion in government of India. The, LDC, UDC, Assistants & Section officers are also being promoted in Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Recently 180 Assistants were promoted as Section Officers (SOs) and 170 SOs are being promoted as Under Secretaries. Even after the promotion their basic capabilities remain the same. In MEA even a Peon/clerk, who has no knowledge except serving drinks to their masters can be promoted as Assistant & Section officers. In fact half of the IFS (B) officers comprise of either Peons or clerks whose basic qualification is not more than matric. There is no need for government to have so many subordinate staff/cadres at this time of austerity measures. There is no need to promote these clerks to executive posts. IFS (A) officers are sufficient as they come after passing passing UPSC exam. Even if, MEA needs subordinate staff then it can merge all the subordinate cadres (clerks, stenos, SO &PS) who can do multiple jobs. There is no need to have separate posts of LDCs, UDCs, Assistants, SOs, US & PA, PS, PPS. If all these posts can be merged, the government can save lots of tax payers' money.

Harish Goswami

IRS-IT Officers --the most important!

Is it an opinion,a wishful thinking or finding of some research?

Anand

RIT

Reconstruction of the missing file under RTI

Information regarding permanent absorption of an Indian Forest Officer (IFO) as M (Environment) in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), such as certified copy of the office order, minutes of the screening committee that scrutinized his candidature, the minutes of the meeting of the selection committee, noting of the Competent Authority approving his permanent absorption, copy of NOC issued by his parent department and the copy of the RRs for the post of GM (Environment) against which his candidature was scrutinized by screening committee was sought. The Public Information Officer (PIO) informed the appellant that the file pertaining to absorption of the said person was not traceable and hence the information cannot be provided. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that it was unfortunate that such an important file was missing. Holding that the citizen's Right to Information cannot be defeated by claiming that the concerned file containing the information was not traceable, the Commission directed the PIO to reconstruct the file by taking feedback from the concerned ministries and provide complete information to the appellant.

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It is often claimed by the public authority that the records are untraceable and hence cannot be provided. This order opens up the possibility of the re-creation of the records for providing to the applicant.

Citation: D.P. Majhi v. National Highways Authority of India in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2012/000172

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)