What people say about us!

Quite interesting whispers.
Kartar Singh

Nitin Gadkari is choice of RSS
As far as another term as Chief of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for Nitin Gadkari was
Concerned, he is the choice of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS).

Sukhbir Singh Badal to be Punjab CM next year
As the grapevine has it, Sukhbir Singh Badal - Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) of Punjab is poised to be CM of the state. However, it may take about a year before he was inducted as the CM.

Samajwadi Party bracing up for Mission 2014
Samajwadi Party (SP), after having won recently held multi phased Assembly Polls, is now bracing up for Mission 2014 i.e. the Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held in 2014. Political analysts strongly feel that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's decisions are a
step in that direction. Roughly, his one third cabinet colleagues are Muslims.

Government working in Odisha paralysed
Working of Odisha Government being led by Chief Naveen Patnaik has been totally paralysed owing to abduction of Jhina Hikaka,an MLA of ruling party by Maoists.

Biharis to be Bihar's brand ambassadors
Biharis would be Bihar's brand ambassadors. This is the crux of three day Bihar foundation day celebration that concluded on March 24,2012. Residents of Bihar led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were joined by classical as well as popular artistes. In the popular category who attended the celebration were Shatrughan Sinha,Shekhar Sumnan, Hema Malini, Prakash Jha & Manoj Bajpayee.In classical category were Pandit Jasraj, his daughter Durga Jasraj,Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma & Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia. All of them have some Bihari connection.

BUREAUCRACY

Rawat to be Secretary Steel ?
O P Rawat is being tipped to be new Secretary Steel in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

36 IAS officers retiring in March
As many as 36 IAS officers of various cadres are retiring in March, 2012. They include: Pradip Mehra and Rita Kumar of AGMUT cadre; G Rajendra Prasad of Andhra Pradesh cadre; K L Tariang of Assam Meghalaya cadre; A N P Sinha, Suraj Prakash Seth, Upaendra Kumar Sinha and Kamal Kumar Sinha of Bihar cadre; P B Patani and R R Chauhan of Gujarat cadre; Urvashi Gulati and Sant Kumar of Haryana cadre; Rajwant Sandhu and Kashmir Chand of Himachal Pradesh cadre; Ghulam Ahmad Peer and Abdul Wani Hamid of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; Vijay Kumar Singh of Jharkhand cadre; K M Shivakumar of Karnataka cadre; P
Prabhakaran of Kerala cadre; Raghuvendra Singh Sirohi, Jamini Kumar Sharma, Pukhraj Maroo of Madhya Pradesh cadre; A R Khan, L Ibomeha Singh, Sudip Kumar Roy, Nepal Chandra Sinha, Bijoy Kanti Roy, Dillip Acharjee, V Thangzasiam of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Satya Prakash Nanda; Usha R Sharma of Punjab; Ramkhilari Meena of Rajasthan cadre; S Karuthlah Pandian of Tamil Nadu cadre; Hardeepak Singh and Ajay Kumar Upadhyay of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Sujit Dasgupta of West Bengal cadre.

Secretary level postings this week
All the remaining 1977 batch IAS officers are expected to get Secretary level postings in the Government of India this week.

Hectic lobbying for three Additional Secretary level posts
There is hectic lobbying for three Additional Secretary level posts- Banking, Revenue and Commerce. These posts are currently lying vacant.

Manoj Jhalani to join GoI this week
Manoj Jhalani is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary - Health and Family Welfare on March 29. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on March 22 )

Wasan is new Additional DG (NIA)
N R Wasan, OSD in Andhra Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi, has been appointed Additional DG (NIA). He is Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1980 batch.
( We said this on March 20 )

Anil Srivastava gets additional charge of CMD of Pawan Hans
Joint DG Civil Aviation, Anil Srivastava, has been given additional charge of CMD of Pawan Hans. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Jagdeep Kumar Ghai tipped to be Jt Secretary, Atomic Energy
As the grapevine has it, Jagdeep Kumar Ghai is tipped to be Joint Secretary - Atomic Energy in Government of India (GoI).He is an IP& AFS officer of 1980 batch.

Srivastava to be AS Social Justice !
Anoop Kumar Srivastava is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Social Justice. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

CSB to meet today
CSB is expected to meet on Monday to prepare panel of Joint Secretaries of few Ministries.

DoPT creates 1479 new posts in IRS-IT
Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) is reported to have created as many as 1479 new posts in Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT). They include: 20 posts of Apex scale while 50 of HAG+ level and HAG level post was increased from 116 to 150; SAG level from 731 to 831; NFSG+JAG from 1253 to 1565; STS from 1358 to 1396; JTS level post rises from 734 to 1091 and 570 posts are reserved. Total figure of posts has been revised from 4192 to 5678. Interestingly, there were no posts at HAG+ and Apex scale. Now, 70
posts have been created at these levels.

Anurag Bajpai is Director, Minority Affair
Anurag Bajpai has on central deputation joined as a Director, Minority Affairs. He is Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1994 batch.

26 IRTS officers of 1991 batch to get SAG
As many as 26 IRTS officers of the 1991 batch will be getting the senior administrative grade (SAG).

Awasthi is new Dy CAG
AK Awasthi, Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Commercial)-cum-Chairman Audit Board will take over as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in CAG office. He will take over charge of the post on or after April 2, 2012.

Fate of Station Development Corporation in a limbo
Will the Station Development Corporation - formation of which was announced by the former Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, come up now? Well, it's a billion Dollar question.

Names of four contenders prominently figure for two slots of SEBI's Member
Names of four contenders are mainly in circulation for two slots of SEBI Members. At least one post will go to a banker.

CPCB Member Secretary Kamyotra gets six months extension
J S Kamyotra, Member Secretary in the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has got six months extension.

File of new Chairman CPCB with MoEF Minister
The file relating to appointment of new Chairman in the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been lying with Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan.

IIPA's APPPA course ending
The 37th Advanced Professional Programme(2011-2012) in Public Adminstration (APPPA) of Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi is set to concludein March. The 9 month course had 38 participants from All India and Central Civil Services and Defense Servics. Sh V.Narayanasamy Minister of State for Personnel and PMO, Government of India shall be chief guest at the Convocation of 37th APPPA at IIPA on 29 march 2012 and shall give away the diplomas to succesful participants and medals for the award winners. Partipants from 36th APPPA (2010-2011) would recieve their MPhil degrees on the occassion

Empanelment case of 1978 batch IPS officer, Arvind Verma as DGP deferred
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has reportedly deferred the case of 1978 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre, Arvind Verma, reviewed for the empanelment as DGP/ equivalent post in Government of India.

Ms. Prakash posted as DAG in PAG (C&RA), Ahmedabad
Ms. Roopal Prakash, Deputy Director (Report) in the office of Director General of Audit, Post and Telecommunications, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn/ITMG) in the office of Principal Accountant General (C&RA), Gujarat, Ahmedabad.

Empanelment of 1984 IPS officer Goud as JS, GoI not approved
The empanelment case of 1984 batch IPS officer P M Goud of Manipur-Tripura cadre as Joint Secretary in Government of India was reportedly not approved at the review meeting of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.

1985 batch IRAS officer Bharat Salhotra empanelled as JS, GoI
Bharat Salhotra, an Indian Railway Accounts Services (IRAS) officer of 1985 batch, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India.

Dr. Mohan Chutani, IES, promoted as Economic Adviser, DIPP
Dr. Mohan Chutani, Director, Cabinet Secretariat (on deputation), has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Economic Adviser, DIPP. He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

Former TamilNadu Chief Secretary is no more
Former Chief Secretary of TamilNadu S Malathi has passed away in Chennai at the age of 57. She was 1977 batch IAS officer.

11 posts of Judges vacant in Madras HC
As many as 11 posts of judges are lying vacant in Madras High Court against approved strength of 60 . They include three posts of Permanent Judges against 45 approved strength and eight of Additional Judges against 15 approved strength.

Space Deptt seeks applications for Controller, Semiconductor Lab
The Department of Space, Bangalore, is seeking applications for the post of Controller in Semiconductor Laboratory, Chandigarh. The willing officers may apply before March 15, 2012.

IPS reshuffle in Bihar
There is major IPS reshuffle in Bihar. New postings include that of Alok Kumar DIG Saran, Sunil Kumar DIG Central Range, Amritraj SSP Patna, Rajesh Chandra ADG Special Branch, A S Nimbran ADG CID, A C Verma ADG Training, A K Upadhyay ADG BMP,R S Bhatti IG SVU, Anupama Nilekar IG Budget, Paresh Saxena IG Special Branch, Amit Kumar IG Operations, N K Azad IG HRC, Baldev Prasad IG Vigilance, Shailesh Kumar Singh IG CID, Ajitabh Kumar DIG Shahabad Range, S M Singh DIG Tiruht Range, B S Meena DIG Purnia Range, Sanjay Singh DIG Kosi Range, Xia Ul Haq DIG Railways, Amitabh Kumar Das SP Rail Jamalpur, Arvind Kumar Assistant Director Training, K S Anupam SSP Bhagalpur, Awadesh Kumar Sharma SP Special Branch and Ram Narain Singh SP HRC.

IPS shake-up in Punjab
There is IPS shake-up in Punjab. New postings are Mssrs :- Mohammad Mustafa ADGP, Policies and Rules, Rajinder Singh ADGP, Welfare, S K Sharma SDG HRD, P P Siddhu IG Special Narcotics Cell, Sham Lal Gakhar is IG, Legal Affairs, Kuldeep Singh IG Vigilance,H S Dhillon ADG Intelligence and Security, Ishwar Singh Commissioner police Ludhiana,Narinder Sharma, ADG, Internal Vigilance Cell and Human Rights, Sidharth Chatopadhyaya, member, NRI Commission, C Sita Rami Reddy, ADG, Modernisation and Provisioning; MK Tiwari, ADG Administration; Rajpal Meena, ADG, Railways at Patiala, VK Bhawra, ADG
Crime, Rohit Chaudhry IG Counter-Intelligence ,Sanjiv Kalra, IG Security,Paramjit Singh Gill, IG Zonal 1 Patiala, BK Garg, IG, Policy
and Welfare, Ishwar Chander Director, PPA, Phillaur, SS Chauhan, IG Crime ,Gurpreet Kaur Deo, IG, Zonal II -Jalandhar ,Paramjit Singh
Grewal, IG, PAP-Jalandhar, Pramod Ban, DIG Bhatinda Range, Paramraj Singh, DIG, Ferozepur Range, Lok Nath, DIG, Jalandhar Range, Gautam
Cheema, DIG, Administration and Surinder Singh, DIG, Counte-Intelligence.

Strike likely in Air India
Another round of strike in the cash-strapped Air India is likely early next month. Engineers and employees have threatened to go on strike if wages are not paid by March 31.

Second Muslim Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh
Jawed Usmani is the second IAS officer to occupy the post of Chief Secretary in the history of UP bureaucracy. He is 1978 batch IAS officer. Mahmood Butt was the first Muslim Chief Secretary between1975 and 1976.

Anoop Mishra is now Chairman of SRTC
Outgoing Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anoop Mishra has been appointed Chairman of UP State Road Transport Commission. He is 1978 batch IAS
officer.

Jawahar Sircar bereaved
Neela Ratan Sircar, father of Prasar Bharti CEO Jawahar Sircar, has passed away in Kolkata on Sunday. He was about 90.

CBDT seeks nominations
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is seeking nominations each of officer from CCIT (CCA), Bhopal, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Chandigarh and Kanpur while two officers from CCIT (CCA), Lucknow and Patna for the appointment on deputation as Observer for UPSC
Examination. The names can be sent to the Board before March 26, 2012.

World Bank gets three nominations for top post of Presidency
The World Bank has received three nominations for the post of its presidency, including the US President Barack Obama's backed Jim Young Kim. The other two nominations are of Jose Antonio Ocampo, a Colombian national and Professor at Columbia University in New Yorkand Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian finance minister. Their interviews would be conducted in Washington soon.

CEO of Greater NOIDA gets additional charge
CEO of the Greater Noida Rama Raman has been given additional charge of the CEO Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. Rama is
1987 batch IAS officer.

Yadav is new Vice Chairman of Gaziabad Development Authority
Santosh Kumar Yadav who was Divisional Commissioner Meerut has been appointed new Vice Chairman of the Gaziabad Development Authority. He is 1995 batch IAS officer.

Shakyawar is new SP of Betul in MP (UPDATED)
Lalit Shakyawar, Deputy Commandant, Hawk Force, PHQ, Bhopal, has been posted as new Superintendent of Police (SP), Betul in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2008 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.B S Chauhan, Superintendent of Police (SP), Betul, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Police Headquarters, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, HCL (UPDATED)
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) did not find any suitable candidate for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) at the interview meeting held on March

P.H. Kurian is PS IT in Kerala (UPDATED)
Finally,P.H. Kurian who on central deputation was Mumbai based Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks under the Commerce Ministry has joined as principal secretary (PS) Information Technology (IT) to the Kerala Government. He is an IAS officer of1986 batch from the Kerala cadre.

Interview for Chairman NHAI on March 28 (UPDATED)
Altogether 20 candidates have been shortlisted for interview to the prestigious post of Chairman NHAI.Interview is scheduled to take place on March 28 .

CWC signs MoU with Ministry of Food on 2012-13 targets (UPDATED)
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), a Schedule 'A' PSU today signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution for the year 2012-13 setting out various physical and financial targets. The MOU was signed by B.B. Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC with Dr. B.C. Gupta, Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution in the presence of Siraj Hussain, CMD, FCI, Girish Shankar, Joint Secretary (Storage), Naveen Prakash, Joint Secretary (FCI & Policy) and other senior officials of the Ministry and CWC. Under the MOU for 2012-13, CWC has targeted to achieve Gross Sale of Rs.1215 crore. The other important commitments under the MOU include creation of 2,10,000 MT additional warehousing capacity, investment of Rs.30.00 crore in warehousing infrastructure in DCP State, creation of storage capacity for Cooperative Societies with an investment of Rs.15 crore, imparting training to 240 State Functionaries on Food Storage Management keeping in view the National Food Security Act etc. The Corp[oration has been a consistently profit making and dividend paying PSU and undertaking all its expansion plans out of its own internally generated resources without any budgetary support from the Government. During 2010-11 CWC achieved turnover of Rs.1030 crore and paid dividend to its shareholders @ 40%. During 2011-12, CWC is likely to achieve turnover of about Rs.1200 crore.

DEBATE - Should bureaucrats alone be held accountable for policy decisions ?

Bureaucrats now feel that Ministers and Politicians also be held responsible for 'policy decisions' taken by the government. They also want that entire cabinet should be held accountable for policy decisions. How far they are correct in their thinking ?

Mail your to the point views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

Coal block allotted to son of former Union Minister
The Coal Ministry has allotted one coal block to the company owned by a former Union Minister.

Ms Swarup selected Director (HR), EIL
Ms. Veena Swarup, GM, ONGCL, has been selected for the post of Director (HR), Engineers India Limited (EIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 21, 2012. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

Singhania and Mittal take over
Harsh Pati Singhania MD J K Paper Ltd and Rajan Bharti Mittal, vice chairman and MD of Bharti Enterprises, have taken over as the president and vice-president of ICC India respectively.

CCI clears merger of SNIPL and UBL !
Competition Commission of India is reported to have cleared the proposed merger of Scottish & Newcastle India (SNIPL) with Vijay Mallya-led United Breweries (UBL).

Two directors cease to be on Board of Madhusudan Securities Ltd
Thadakamanalu Venkateshaiah Gopinath and Yadlapalli Naga Radhika have resigned as professional directors of Madhusudan Securities Ltd w.e.f. March 21, 2012.

Sharma appointed Company Secy. Ruchi Strips and Alloys Ltd
Ruchi Strips and Alloys Ltd has appointed Naresh Sharma as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 10, 2012.

Ishida to be the new MD of Nissan Motor India Ltd?
Takayuki Ishida will be the new Managing Director of Nissan Motor India Ltd in Chennai .

Mishra appointed GM, The Courtyard by Marriott , Pune City Centre
Vineet Mishra has been appointed as General Manager of The Courtyard by Marriott Pune City Centre.

Chandra appointed Addl. Director, Atul Auto Ltd
Atul Auto Ltd has appointed Niraj Jayantibhai Chandra as Additional Director w.e.f. March 1, 2012.

PICUP appoints new Nominee on the Board of Vegepro Foods and Feeds Ltd
The Pradeshiya Industrial and Investment Corporation of Uttar Pradesh Ltd. (PICUP) has withdrawn N. G. Vidyarthi as its Nominee from the Board of Directors of Vegepro Foods and Feeds Ltd and nominated Rajendra Sonkar in his place.

Singh appointed VP (Development), The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has appointed Davinder Singh as Vice President - (Development).

Kumar appointed Director, Lotus DMC
Santhosh Kumar has been appointed as Director, Lotus DMC Chennai.

Kothari appointed Associate Director (Business Development), India, Affle
Lochan Kothari has been appointed as Associate Director (Business Development) for India at Affle-the global mobile media company.

Correya appointed Director (Business Development), Affle, Indonesia
Siddarth Correya has been appointed as Director (Business Development), Affle, Indonesia.

Two independent directors resign from Madhusudan Securities
Thadakamanalu Venkateshaiah Gopinath and Yadlapalli Naga Radhika have resigned as independent professional directors Madhusudan Securities

Kumar resigns from Infronics Systems
K Tejesh Kumar has resigned as director of Infronics Systems

Tripathy resigns as CFO from IITL Projects
Virendra Tripathy, the chief financial officer (CFO) of IITL Projects has resigned

Dudhani appointed as director of CDR Industries
Sunny Dudhani has been appointed as independent director of CDR Industries

How can the politician absolve themselves from policy decision?
We have a scenario when somebody is made Minister of particular ministry to ensure support to the Government clinging on chair. Thus, to stay in power all kinds of compromise is done and then the cabinet does not want to own decisions? Sorry this is not leadership or
governance

Jaggu

Politician not politicking !

For the first time in my life I have heard a politician talking his heart and not politicking.. All Indians should be proud of him and run a campaign to make him a lifelong CEO of Indian Railways.

BKA

What will happen to vacant posts in NIERD ?
The posts of Director General, the Deputy Director General and the Financial Adviser are lying vacant in the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) Hyderabad, since so many months. Whether the DoPT is going to fill up these posts with Civil Servants or any Academicians allowed to take over these chairs or it continue to be vacant? .

R M Reddy

An excellent officer
From April 2004 to June 2005, I was posted as CVO of Western Railway, Mumbai. During that period I came to know Rahul Sharma and found him to be a very honest, upright and competent officer as also an excellent human being. May God continue to bless him.
Amitabh Datta

Are the details of the service book liable to be disclosed?

The estranged wife of a government servant asked whether the name of wife has been entered in the Service Book of her husband; If yes, the name as entered in the Service Book; and the name of the nominee & his successor. The appellant also sought the attested photocopy of Service Book and GPF documents of her husband, Shri R B Bhavuk. The third party strongly objected to the disclosure of the requested information on the plea that the same was his personal information and moreover, if disclosed it would not only endanger his life but also the life of the nominee as well. The CPIO declined to disclose the information under Section 8(1)(g) & (j) of the RTI Act. The Commission observed that whether the name of the wife has been entered in the Service Book of any employee is relevant to the functioning of the personnel and establishment division of the Public Authority. Hence, the Commission directed to disclose in 'Yes' or 'No' whether the name of the wife has been entered in the Service Book of her husband. Refusal of the information about the GPF and nominees was upheld under section 8(1) (j).

Comments

Some parts of the Service Book are personal in nature where other parts are purely administrative in nature. The places of posting, total period and category of leave availed of from time to time etc. ae administrative information and can be disclosed.

[Smt. Nirmala Bhavuk v. Central Excise & Customs in Appeal No. CIC/SS/A/2012/000107]

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)