What people say about us!

Quite interesting whispers.
Kartar Singh

Nitin Gadkari may contest Nagpur Lok Sabha seat
As the grapevine has it, chief of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Nitin Gadkari has been toying with the idea of contesting from Lok Sabha seat of Nagpur during next general elections to be held in 2014.

Will A K Antony be Vice President?
Will Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony be Vice President? This question is a hot topic of discussion in the wake of possibilities of Samajwadi Party (SP) supreme Mulayam Singh Yadav, once again being inducted' as the Defence Minister.

UPA now in Courts for the rest of the term ?
The woes of UPA have just started and they will get worse with all cases going to the courts for approval. The next two years UPA will look like its in court receivership.Consider the following :Coal India's biggest non-government shareholder, The Children's Investment Fund (TCI), is planning to sue the company's management - which means the government - for failing to protect the interests of minority shareholders. If this issue lands up in court, a whole host of other
investors - from ONGC to oil marketing companies - could seek similar recompense.Corruption cases will find themselves in court with Team Anna leading the next round of attacks against key ministers Banks which lent money to telecom companies will now move the Supreme Court if the loans they gave to new 2G players - whose licences were cancelled - are not secured.The Comptroller and Auditor General's next report on the non-auctioning of coal blocks is likely to be finally decided in court.Earlier, the government's decision to clear Vedanta's investment in Cairn India was challenged through a public interest litigation filed
by Prashant Bhushan. So FDI is now a court clearance matter. As if this is not less, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal and Law Minister Salman Khurshid want the Supreme Court to decide whether licences and spectrum issued between 2001 and 2007 should also not be cancelled. Instead of trying to quickly re-auction the 122 licences cancelled by the Supreme Court, Sibal & Co want to completely muddy the waters.

Maiden global summit on accreditation opened by Kapil Sibal
The first World Summit on accreditation inaugurated by Indian Minister for Human Resource Development(HRD)Kapil Sibal on March 25, in New Delhi was the top trending news on Twitter. Perhaps Indian academicians and students are keenly attending this effort of National Board of Accreditation (NBA) to improve standards of education in India.Governor Chattisgarh Shekhar Dutt wearing his academic hat & given his past experiences with top American and international universities will chair the session relating to policy issues in Higher Education in NBA summit on March 27,2012.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Lamba be Secretary DoNER ?
Latest grapevine says that A S Lamba is being appointed Secretary DoNER in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Justice Kalifulla to be Judge of Supreme Court ?
Chief Justice of the J & K High Court, Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla is likely to take oath as Judge of Supreme Court early next month.

Choubey is new Additional Secretary in MHA
R N Choubey, Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles New Delhi, Government of India has been appointed as Additional Secretary(Naxal Management), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in place of D R S Choudhary . Official orders Of his posting have been issued. He is an IAS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to Tamil Nadu cadre.
( We said this on January 16 )

U P Singh to join KVIC
Joint Secretary Steel in the Government of India Dr Udai Pratap Singh is moving to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the Ministry of MSME. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Singhvi to be JS Urban Development
Dr Ashok Singhvi will be new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development in Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

IPS officers retiring in March
As many as nine Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of various cadres are retiring in March, 2012. They include: Dr. C N Gopi Reddy and J G Murali of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Pratul Ch. Phukan of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; U S Kamble of Maharashtra cadre; J C Dabas and N Shyamananda
of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Mrs. Letika Saran of Tamil Nadu cadre; Vikram Srivastava of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Manoranjan Saha of West Bengal cadre.

Jayakumar to be new Chief Secretary of Kerala ?
K Jayakumar seems all set to succeed Dr P Prabhakaran as Chief Secretary of Kerala on April 1. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

MHA issues orders of retirement of Delhi Police Commissioner
B K Gupta, Commissioner, Delhi Police is superannuating on 03.06.2012, and therefore, Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an order directing him to handover the charge on Afternoon (A/N) of 03.06.2012. He is AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1975 batch.

Who will be new Police Commissioner, Delhi ?
Who will succeed B K Gupta as Police Commissioner of Delhi in June ? Tie is said to be between 1976 batch IPS officer Neeraj Kumar and 1977 batch IAS officer Ajay Chadha.

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

Kapil Dev is ITDC's brand Ambassador says Dr.Panwar
Former Indian cricket team's skipper Kapil Dev has been chosen as brand ambassador of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) of which Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) is Dr Lalit K Panwar. He is an (IAS) officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Sudhir Pratap Singh is IG, CRPF
Sudhir Pratap Singh has Government of India for appointment as Inspector General (IG) in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on deputation basis for a period of five years. Hitherto, he was Additional Director General of Police, Training, Rajasthan, Jaipur. He is an IPS officer of 1983 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

1979 batch IPS get DG rank in Andhra Pradesh
Four IPS officers of the 1979 batch in Andhra Pradesh have been cleared for the rank of DG. They are Mssrs Tarini Das, Aruna Bahuguna, B Prasada Rao and Anwar Huda.

Ms. Deepa D. Nair to be MD, KSFDC
Ms. Deepa D Nair who on inter cadre deputation is posted in Kerala Government's Forest department will be new Managing Director (MD) of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC).She is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 2001 batch who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura (M-T) cadre. She will be succeeding B.Ashok Kumar (IAS 1998 batch) who has been shifted to the Urban department.

IPS changes in Rajasthan on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, transfers and postings of IPS officers will take place in Rajasthan after a couple of days.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Rigjiyan Samphil has been appointed DM Kushinagar. Prabhu Narayan Singh will now be DM of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar. Balkar Singh and AV .Rajamauli--have been posted as DM of Jaunpur and Ramabai Nagar respectively. Dr Shanmuga Sundram will be new DM of Gautam Buddha Nagar .

Nikunja Bihari Dhal is Director in Cabinet Secretariat
Nikunja Bihari Dhal on central deputation is a Director in Cabinet Secretariat. He is an IAS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.

Ms. Supriya Jaiswal to be CVO, MECON
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Supriya Jaiswal is poised to be Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), MECON.She is an ITS officer of 1997 batch.

Many senior level vacancies to fall vacant in Law Ministry
Many vacancies are expected at senior level in Law Ministry. Four Secretary level officers are due to retire this year. They include two on April 30, 2012, one on May 31, 2012 and one on Aug 31, 2012. Three posts of Additional Secretary are also vacant at present.

Shravan Kumar Verma gets 1 year extension as RPO, Jaipur
Shravan Kumar Verma has got one year extension in inter cadre deputation as Regional Passport Officer (RPO), Jaipur. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1997 batch who belongs to the Kerala cadre.

Shakyawar is new SP of Betul in MP
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. 1988 batch IPS officer B S Chauhan, SP, Betul, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Police Headquarters, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

Anoop Mishra to join GoI next month
Outgoing Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Anoop Mishra is all set to join the Government of India as Secretary most probably next month. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

Large scale bureaucratic changes in the offing in Uttar Pradesh
A massive overhaul in postings of bureaucrats is going to take place in Uttar Pradesh.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, HCL
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 26, 2012.

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

P H Kurian is PS IT in Kerala
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.

CWC signs MoU with Ministry of Food on 2012-13 targets
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.

Are appointments in Income Tax likely to not come before May?
It is heard that the board of Income Tax is not likely to meet before May and this is the reason why all appointments and promotions in the Income Tax are held up.

Who controls the appointment of CM in Karnataka?
The hot topic of debate is who controls the appointment of CM in Karnataka, is it the party or the Mutts ( religious congregations) ?.

Dr. Avinash Kumar is Chief Resident Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh
Dr. Avinash Kumar who so far was Resident Principal Advisor to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, has now been appointed as Delhi based Chief Resident Commissioner (CRS) to the Arunachal Pradesh Government. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1979 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre. He is the only IFS to hold such a post in the country.

Justice Sharma to be permanent Judge of M P High Court
Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Anil Sharma is all set to become permanent Judge in a week or two.

Patnaik appointed Dy CAG
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved appointment of AK Patnaik (IA&AS-1977), Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (North Eastern Region), as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Apex Scale : Pay Rs. 80000 fixed). On promotion, Patnaik will take over as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Commercial) -cum-Chairman Audit Board in CAG office.

Post of Minister (Eco) at Embassy of India, Washington DC, vacant
The post of Minister (Economic) has been lying vacant in the Economic Wing, Embassy of India, Washington DC (Joint Secretary level) under the Department of Economic Affairs. Those who wish to apply can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training within
four weeks.

Post of Sr. Intelligence Officer at DGCEI's Ludhiana unit vacant
Directorate General of Central Excise (DGCEI) is seeking panel for the post of Sr. Intelligence Officer for its Ludhiana regional Unit. The willing officers can send their applications to the Additional Director General, Delhi zonal unit, DGCEI, New Delhi before April 15,
2012.

Posts of Sr.Intell. Officer and Intell. Officer at DGCEI's Jaipur unit vacant
Directorate General of Central Excise (DGCEI) is seeking panel for the post of Sr. Intelligence Officer and Intelligence Officer for its Jaipur regional Unit. The willing officers can send their applications to the Additional Director General, Delhi zonal unit, DGCEI, New Delhi
before March 31, 2012.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in UP
As many as 112 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Kamal Saxena has been made Home Secretary while Devraj Nagar was given additional charge of UP Police Recruitment and Arun Kumar Gupta also gets additional charge of MD, Police Housing Corporation. Subrat Tripathi is being given additional charge of DG Technical Service, ADG Training Headquarters. Similarly, A L Benerjee has been given additional charge of EOW with the charge of ADG Anti-corruption Establishment. Sulkhan Singh has been made ADG PTS, Unnao; Vipin Kumar as ADG Power Corporation; Vijay Kumar as ADG, Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission, Surya Kumar as ADG PHQ, Allahabad; R N Singh as Director, Prosecution; K L Meena as ADG, Jail while Rajnikant Mishra has been given additional charge of ADG Fire brigade Service. Mohammed Javed Akhtar has been posted as IG Gorakhapur; Gopal Lal Meena as IG, Allahabad; Devendra Singh Chouhan as IG, Bareilly, Tanuja Shrivastava as IG, Agra; Piyush Anand as Kanpur IG, Brijbhuhsan will now be IG, Varanasi. Besides IGs like Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Chandra Prakash, Vijay Kumar, B P Jogdand, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Rajendra Pal Singh DL Ratnam have been attached to DGP headquarters. Sandeep Salunke has been posted as IG, Intelligence, PHQ; Ashish Gupta as IG STF; Shailendra Pratap Singh as DIG, Moradabad; S K Mathur as DIG, Saharnpur; Jainarayan Singh has been shifted to DGP headquarters. P K Srivastava has been shifted to DIG, Chitrakut zone; Mukesh Shukla as DIG, Mirzajapur; Hariram Sharma attached to DGP, Headquarters; Prakash D as DIG, Aligarh; L V Antony Devkumar as DIG, Bareilly; Ravi Kumar Lokku shifted to Allahabad; Mutha Ashok Jain as DIG, Gorakhpur; Bhanu Bhaskar as DIG, Faizabad; Dr. N Ravindra has been posted as DIG, Jhansi. Anil Kumar attached to DGP office; R K Swarnkar has been posted as DIG, Agra. A Satish Ganesh has been made DIG, Varanasi; B P Traipathi as DIG Devipatan; Vijay Pratap Singh as DIG Basti; Ramkumar as DIG, Azamgarh while Pramod Kumar Mishra has been attached to DGP office. The government has also shifted a number of SPs. Sunil Kumar Gupta will now be SSP, Moradabad while Navin Arora is SSP, Allahabad and Mohit Agrawal is being shifted as SP Kumbh Mela, Alahabad. D C Mishra has been made SSP, Saharanpur; Ramit Sharma as SSP, Faizabad; Piyush Mordia as SSP Aligarh; K Satyanarayan as SSP, Meerut; Sanjiv Gupta as SSP, Bareilly; M D Karndhar as S P Basti; as Prakasth Tripathi as SP Banda; Prashant Kumar as SSP, Varanasi; Jitendra Pratap Singh as SP Pilibhit; as Navneet Kumar Rana as SP, Jalon; Ram Shankar as S P Baraich; Shailendra Pati Tripathi as SSP Jhansi; D K Rai as SP Baranki; Gulab Singh as SSP, Bulandshahar; Laxmi Narayan shifted to DGP office; Rakesh Pradhan as SP, Ramabai Nagar; Suresh Chandra Pandey as SP Mirzapur; Arun Kumar Singh as SP Lalitpur; Madan Gopal Singh as SP, Siddharth Nagar; Ashok Kumar Raghav as SP Shahjahanpur; Dalvir Singh Yadav as SP Bijnour; Vijay Kumar Dixit as SP Sravasti; Birendra Bahadur Singh as SSP, Muzaffar Nagar; Ratan Kumar Shrivastava as SP Badaun; Syed Wasim Ahemad as SP, Hamirpur; Onkar Singh as SP Chitrakut; Ashok Kumar Shukla, as SP Sanravidas Nagar; Govind Agrawal as SP Ambedkar Nagar; Shachi Ghildiyal as SP Deoria; Lav Kumar as SP, Balia; Subhash Chandra Dubey as SP, Sonbhadra; Ram Krishna Bhardwaj as SP Balrampur as Deepak Kumar as SP Raibreilly; Jervindra Gaud as SP Unnao; Akash Kulhari as SP Jaunpur; Happy Guptan as SP Mahamaya Nagar; L R Kumar as SP Ferozabad; Shalabh Mathur as SP Pratapgarh; Mohit Gupta as SP Ata, Amit Pathak as SP Chandoli; Dipika Garg as SP Jyotibaphulenagar; Vinod Kumar Singh as SP, Kannauj; Jogendra Kumar as SP Mau; Upendra Kumar Agrawal as SP Gonda; Vijay Kumar Garg as SP Kushi Nagar; Nilabja Choudhary as SP Fatehgarh; Rajendra Singh as SP, Khiri; Ravi Shankar as SP, CSM Nagar; R K Chaturvedi as SP Fatehpur; Devendra Kumar Choudhary as SP Gajipur; Tehsildar Singh as SP Bhimnagar; Anil Kumar Das as SP Kaushambi; Manoj Kumar and Pratibha Ambedkar shifted to DGP Headquarters; Sureshrao Kulkarni as ASP Mahoba; Kiran S as ASP, Panchsheel Nagar; N Kolanchi as ASP, Kashiram Nagar and Amit Verma has been made ASP, Prabudhnagar.

CRWC signs MoU with CWC on 2012-13 targets (Updated)
Central Railside Warehouse Company Ltd. (CRWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) setting out various physical and financial targets for the year 2012-13. The MoU was signed by Vinod Asthana, Managing Director, CRWC Ltd with B.B. Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC in the presence of G. Mathialagan, Director (Personnel), CWC and other senior officials of the CWC and CRWC Ltd. Under the MOU for 2012-13, CRWC Ltd has targeted to achieve Gross Sale of Rs.8200 lakh, create 10,000 MT additional Railside Warehousing capacity, facilitate outbound cargo (250 rakes), handle parcel / container trains and also handle 1,13,400 wagons

ITI MoU Concentrates on Revival Plans (Updated)
ITI Bangalore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government for the year 2012-13, with the thrust areas being pursuing growth opportunities in telecom sector and exploiting diversified businesses such as renewable energy. The MoU also envisages that ITI concentrate on revival plans with due approval of the Government agencies. Besides, under the MoU signed by Secretary - DoT and Chairman - Telecom Commission R.Chandrasekhar and CMD - ITI Ltd. K.L. Dhingra, in New Delhi, the Company has committed to follow DPE guidelines for the Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Research & Development and Human Resources Management. The Company will also address other critical issues such as upgradation of plant infrastructure and reduction of surplus manpower through VRS.

NBCC inks annual MoU with Ministry of Urban Development (Updated)
NBCC, a Schedule 'A' CPSU, under the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Govt. of India, has recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the FY 2012-13 with MoUD. The MoU for 2012-13 signed between Dr. Sudhir Krishna, IAS, Secretary (UD), Govt. of India (on behalf of the MoUD) and Vishnu P Das, CMD, NBCC (on behalf of NBCC), sets out certain performance targets based on static or financial parameters, dynamic parameters, sector specific and enterprise specific parameters. Accordingly, the MoUD will assist NBCC to pursue with Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi ("GNCTD") to comply with the orders of High Court relating to land at Ghitorni, to procure land from State Governments/Development authorities for construction of affordable housing and in procuring business from other Government Departments/agencies

Fruit Wine program held at Gangtok, Sikkim (Updated)
A good number of self help groups and NGOs in fruit wine production participated in the seminar 'Fruit Wine & its Commercial Application' held recently at Gangtok, Sikkim. Addressing the seminar as Guest of Honour, Vishal Chauhan - Secretary Agriculture, Food Security & HCCDD, explained about the availability of abundant Fruits & Vegetables for processing and added that around 40 percent fruits go waste during transportation and difficult terrain. He further said that non availability of processing units is also responsible for wastage of Fruits & Vegetables but expressed his happiness about the successful functioning of the Large Cardamom Auction Centre at Rongpo, Sikkim by NERAMAC. Sikkim's Minister of Agriculture D N Takarpa who was the Chief Guest on the occasion appreciated the efforts of the NERAMAC & Indian Grape Processing Board in organising the seminar on Fruit Wine & its Commercial Application and said that Fruit Wine Processing is in early stage and is in need of Technological support. Managing Director of NERAMAC, S. Bhattacharjee, mentioned about the importance of the Fruit Wine Processing & how it helps the growth of horticultural sector & strengthening of economy. The Seminar was attended by 74 participants from Cottage Fruit Wine Processors etc. An exhibition covering different fruit wine manufactured by SHGs and also by one local industry was also displayed during the event.

Vrinda Swarup is new Additional Secretary HRD (Updated)
Ms Vrinda Swarup has been appointed Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development vice Smt Anita Kaul, IAS (KN:79). She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on March 21 )

Anoop Srivastava is now Additional Secretary Social Justice (Updated)
Anoop Kumar Srivastava presently Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in the vacancy of Smt. Sangita Gairola, IAS (RJ:77). He is 1981 batch IAS officer of
Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
( We said this on March 26)

Rakesh Singh takes over as Chief Secretary of Punjab (UPDATED)
Rakesh Singh has taken over as Chief Secretary of Punjab on Monday. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on March 15 )

WAPCOS conferred "43rd National Award for Export Excellence" (UPDATED)
WAPCOS has been conferred with 43rd National Award for Export Excellence - "Star Performer-Projects Export" which was received by its Chairman-cum-Managing Director R K Gupta from the Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Czech Republic, Milan Hovorka. The Award is instituted by Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, for outstanding export performance. The Minister of Industry and Trade, Government of Mozambique, Kenneth Viagem Marizane Senior Officers from EEPC India; Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and delegates from various countries were present during the Award Presentation Ceremony. WAPCOS, it may be pointed out here, has in recent years forayed and forged ahead in new regions encompassing diversified fields of specialization and is now recognized amongst the leading consultancy organizations in India and Abroad.
WAPCOS Limited, an ISO 9001:2008, "MINI RATNA-I" Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Water Resources has, apart from India, successfully completed/on-going consultancy assignments abroad in more than 50 countries and is currently engaged in providing consultancy services in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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

Akilla resigns as Company Secy. Surana Telecom And Power Ltd
Ms Pavani Akilla has resigned as Company Secretary of Surana Telecom And Power Ltd w.e.f. March 24, 2012.

Jodhani appointed Company Secy. Surana Telecom And Power Ltd
Ms Vinamrata Jodhani has been appointed as Company Secretary of Surana Telecom And Power Ltd w.e.f. March 26, 2012.

Jhunjhunwala appointed Independent Director, JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd
Ravi Jhunjhunwala has been appointed as an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd w.e.f. March 26, 2012.

Ganapathi to be appointed ED, Trigyn Technologies Ltd
The Board of Trigyn Technologies Ltd has approved re-appointment of R. Ganapathi as the Executive Director of the company for a period of three years w.e.f. April 1, 2012 .

Abraham appointed GM, Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa
Park Hyatt Goa Resort and Spa has appointed Thomas Abraham as General Manager.

Prasad appointed Addl. Director, RR Financial Consultants Ltd
Ms. Sarla Prasad has been appointed as an Additional Director of RR Financial Consultants Ltd w.e.f. January 19, 2012

Gattu appointed CFO D B Realty Ltd
N M Gattu has been appointed as Chief Finance Officer of D B Realty Ltd with immediate effect in place of Vijay Sajjanhar who has resigned from the company.

Deshmukh appointed GM, Prolific Manas Lifestyle Resort
Anish K Deshmukh has been appointed as General Manager of Prolific Manas Lifestyle Resort.

Anju Agarwal ceases to be Company Secy. Blue Chip India Ltd
Ms. Anju Agarwal has ceased to be the Company Secretary of Blue Chip India Ltd w.e.f. February 20, 2012.

Banerjee appointed Company Secy. Blue Chip India Ltd
Ms. Raka Banerjee has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Blue Chip India Ltd w.e.f. March 14, 2012.

Kaul appointed Head (Private Banking), Citigroup
Citigroup has appointed Sameer Kaul as the Head of Private Banking business in India.

Chitta Associates has been appointed statutory auditor of MSR India
Chitta & Associates has been appointed as statutory auditor of MSR India

Tusnial resigns as director from Assam Company India
Pradip Tusnial has resigned from the board of directors of Assam Company India

Patel appointed additional director of Aeonian Investments Company
Vispi Patel has been appointed as additional director of Aeonian Investments Company

Singh appointed director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P
Tashwinder Singh has been appointed as director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P

Good news for IRS (IT) fraternity
CCITs and DGIT's to get Secretary's scale. DoPT has recently sanctioned around 25 posts at the Apex pay Scale of Rs.80,000 (Secretary to GOI scale) to cadre controlling Chief Commissioners and Director Generals of Income Tax. The pay commission had awarded a raw deal to the IRS fraternity earlier wherein the Chief Commissioners were placed in the HAG scale. In the present scenario now, the CCITs will be given the HAG plus scale by default and those who are cadre controlling CCs/DGs will get the Secretary's scale of 80,000. No thanks to DoPT. They never wanted to do it. The IAS lobby tried to scuttle this proposal at every stage. Thanks to the intervention of Pranab Mukherjee, the proposal sailed through in the Prime Ministers
office. The IRS lobby (aided by the FM himself) emerged victorious.

S Mehra

New Cadre Review be made effective from Jan 1, 2006
The New Cadre Review , as approved by the D.O.P.T, must be made effective from January 1, 2006 i.e. the date from which Recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission became effective. This will ensure justice to the senior members of I.R.S. who had to retire in lower scales than what they actually desrved. In fact, there are precedents too for this when benifit of promotions were granted to those already retired with retrospective effect after the third Cadre review in 1986. This was followed after the 4th Cadre review as well. This cadre review had been in the pipeline for more than six years as on date which is being finalised now.

A Kumar

Thank you Anna !
Thank you Annaji for excluding my favourite Pranabdada from your list of 14 politicians who should be investigated. But other dadas are not happy with this exclusion.

Prahlad

Is Judiciary taking care of high profile cases alone ?
Why is it that the judiciary is so much the toast of this country when it is so slow and inefficient and when crores of cases are pending disposal for decades? Is it because in high profile cases, the judiciary is better than the everyday cases? Is it only taking c re of high profile cases?

Vijay Kumar

Not in good taste

Is it bad to be seen in the company of an emerging industrialist?
Rajaram

Enquiry for difference in the dates of entry into service Background
A retired clerk of the Postal Department claimed that the department has committed forgery by depicting different dates of entry into service of three officials in the two Gradation Lists. He sought the information regarding the tenure of three different officials of the Postal Department and also wanted to know the tenure of one of the three employees as Sub Post Master. The Commission perused the concerned records and observed that the dates of entry into service of the above mentioned three officials in the two Gradation Lists were totally different and there was manipulation of records. The Commission directed SSPOs, Ludhiana City Division to enquire into the matter and intimate the correct dates of entry into service of the above mentioned three officials to the appellant and also fix up responsibility of the erring officials in this regard. The PIO was also directed to provide the information related to the tenure of one of the three employees as Sub Post Master to the appellant.

Comments
RTI Act was never thought of a means for getting an enquiry initiated. From being a mere tool to obtain photocopies of documents, the RTI Act is evolving into an instrument to bring about transparency in the working of the public organisations.

Citation: Mr.Mohinder Pal Kapoor v. Department of Posts in File No. CIC/LS/A/2011/002944, CIC/LS/A/2011/002945

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)