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Kalyug ke Mahatma Gandhi ?
Rahul Gandhi was the topic of discussion at a high profile party. And the conclusion was that he tried to become Mahatma Gandhi in this Kalyug. Even his father late Rajiv Gandhi had created cadre while remaining in power as Prime Minister and this well meaning person is trying to create cadre without being in power.

Appointment of Governors delayed
Appointment and reshuffle of Governors slated for this month will now take place only after the Budget Session of the Parliament.

Political calculations have started, who is prepared for General elections?
It is heard that political calculations have already started in the Congress, the BJP and the other regional parties on whether the losing wave of the Congress is good enough for them to pull the plug and go for a fresh mandate. Already party treasurers are getting active.

What's now on Congress' agenda ?
Can the Congress pass the Food security bill now ?

Grassroots leaders rule hearts of voters
Be it Punjab, Goa , or UP the voters have proved one thing at an aggregate level that they want a leader who is connected at grassroots and not someone who has parachuted or has a lineage. That explains, in one line, the election results of March 6, 2012.

Is Congress looking out for someone in Punjab?
Congress was desperately on a look out for someone who could replace Capt Amrinder Singh but could not find anyone suitable. The party knew it would not be able to pull through on Captain's strength.

BUREAUCRACY

Fresh panel of ED reaches to CVC
A fresh panel consisting of four names for the post of Director Enforcement has now reached the CVC on Wednesday evening.

Proposal to have an IPS from CBI as ED not approved
A proposal was mooted to send a senior IPS officer from the CBI as Director Enforcement. It was however not approved in the higher echelons of power.

IAS officer seeks VRS
Bihar cadre 1980 batch IAS officer Ajit Kumar has sought VRS with effect from May 1. He is presently Joint Secretary, Food Processing Industry, in the Government of India.

Keshav Chandra to be Member- Mechanical in Railway Board
The Prime Minister has cleared file relating to appointment of Keshav Chandra as Member- Mechanical in Railway Board.

(We said this on February 24)

Fresh panel for Spl Director and Additional Director
A fresh panel for the vacant posts of Special Director and Additional Director in the CBI is being prepared.

DGP of states to discuss NCTC in Delhi
The Ministry of Home Affairs has convened a meeting of Directors General of Police of the States to discuss the proposed draft of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC).

Name of Mitesh in circulation for IMF job
Name of Nilaya Mitesh, Director Economic, is doing the round for the post of Senior Adviser (IMF) in Washington. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the Karnataka cadre.

Report of tapping phones of MoD came true ?
Reports of tapping phones in the Ministry of Defence have appeared prominently in the Indian Media only last week. In fact, whispersinthecorridors.com had on Januray 20 said that the rumors are going on in South and North Blocks and in Ministry of Defence that phones of the Union Defence Minister and his OSD are being tapped.

Is PMO unsure about Kudankulam?
It is heard that PMO is uncertain about foreign funds routed to Kundankulam and hence asked the CBI to probe the matter.

Dhal to be Director in Cabinet Secretariat
Nikunja Bihari Dhal is all set to join the Government of India as Director in the Cabinet Secretariat.He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

IG rank officers in CRPF to be promoted
Some IG rank officers in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are likely to be promoted to the rank of ADG. DPC is likely to meet shortly.

Promotion of remaining 1989 batch IRS (C&CE) officers soon
Promotion file of remaining over half a dozen IRS (C&CE) officers belonging to 1989 batch has now reached the ACC for clearance. They are to be promoted to the rank of Commissioner.

Shreemat Pandey gets additional charge in Rajasthan
Shreemat Pandey Principal Secretary (PS) to Rajasthan Chief Minister & PS Information Technology (IT) has been given additional charge of PS Policies. He is an IAS officer of 1984 batch who belongs to Rajasthan cadre.

Air India staff's payments delayed
The Air India staff has not got three month's salary and four month's performance linked incentive (PLI).

Prasad to join as CVO ?
H Rajesh Prasad, Commissioner (Land Mgmt), Delhi Development Authority (DDA), is likely to join as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) on central deputation. He is AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1995 batch.

11 IPS officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secy. in GoI
As many as 11 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1984 batch have been empanelled as Joint Secretary/Equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Prit Pal Singh of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; B S Sandhu of Haryana cadre; P Lal Gupta of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; M N Krishanamurthy of Kerala cadre; Prem Shankar Meena of Karnataka cadre; Vijay Kumar Singh of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Anil Kumar Sharma of Punjab cadre; T K Rajendran of Tamil Nadu cadre; Mrs Sutapa Sanayal of Uttar Pradesh cadre; H C Kishore Chandra of Karnataka cadre and Gubachan Singh of Orissa cadre.

Empanelment list of 1981 batch IPS officers
Out of the total 55, as many as 22 IPS officers belonging to 1981 batch are reported to have been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. Following officers figure in the list- K Durga Prasad and, Vivek Dubey (AP), P N Aggarwal (AGMU), Rajiv Mehta (AM), Satish Chandra Jha and A R K Kini (Bihar), Shriniwas Vashisht (Haryana), Rupak Kumar Dutta (Karnataka), A K Dhasmana and Dr Anand Kumar (Madhya Pradesh), Ashok Kumar Sharma, Meeran C Borwankar and S C Mathur (Maharashtra), Khinya Ram and C Bala Subramanian (MT) Dr
Mahmood Alam (TN), Kamlendra Prasad, Malay Kumar Sinha and Yoaendra Pal Singh (UP), Vijoy Kumar, K L Meena (West Bengal) and V Thiagarajan(OR).

Transfers & postings at a stand still in TamilNadu
Transfers & postings in TamilNadu have come to a stand still. As the grapevine has it many proposals are pending with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's office.

PMO official selected for award
Director Media and Communications in the PMO Binoy Job has been selected for ''Young Global Leaders'' award by the World Economic Forum. The other Indians selected for the award are Subhashini Chandran, Vandana Goyal, Alok Kshirsagar, Adarsh Kumar, Sendhil Mullainathan, Ashwin Naik, Sanjiv Rai, Chhavi Rajawat, Rajamanohar Somasundaram and V R Ferose.

Who will be SEBI members?
SEBI is on a lookout to fill up two vacancies of Members. One position is already vacant while the other position will fall vacant in May. Some Corporate honchos are lobbying for the above posts. Will they succeed ?.

Promotions of GMs to EDs in BPCL soon
At least four General Managers (GMs) will be promoted as Executive Directors (EDs) in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).

Ajay Chagti is now Additional Secretary IT in Delhi
Ajay Chagti Additional Secretary (Home) NCT Delhi Government has been transferred as Additional Secretary(IT). He is a DANICS officer of 1992 batch.

Md Ali Ashraf promoted in Delhi Government
Md. Ali Ashraf, Joint Secretary (Home) NCT Delhi has been promoted as Additional Secretary in place of Ajay Chagti. He is a DANICS officer of 1997 batch.

PESB seeks applications for post of Director (MS), EPL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (MS), Ennore Port Limited (EPL). The willing candidates can send their applications to the PESB before April 16, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Tech.) Telecomm Cons. India Ltd.
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Technical), Telecommunications Consultants India Limited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 23, 2012.

NERAMAC holds Meghalaya food processing investors meet at Shillong (UPDATED)
NERAMAC organised Meghalaya Food Processing Investors Meet at Shillong. It was sponsored by Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Govt. of India. Dr. Mukul Sangma, Chief Minister, Government of Meghalaya as Chief Guest, Mrs Anuradha Balaram, Economic Advisor, MoFPI, Government of India, Mrs L Kharkongar, IAS, Commissioner Industries, Government of Meghalaya and Dr. C O Rangad, Director, Horticulture, Government of Meghalaya were present during the inaugural session. Dr. Sangma said that there is a need to customize the schemes and plans of the Central Govt. for Meghalaya, as these are designed keeping in mind the whole country. He said partnership with local farmers and the first generation entrepreneurs of the state will be greatly benefited through such initiative. S Bhattacharjee, Managing Director, NERAMAC Ltd., said, 'we have aimed to bridge the gap between the investors and the entrepreneurs through this Meet. It has certainly created a platform & shall give the right impetus to the food processing industry in Meghalaya'. The event which received a overwhelming response from the regional entrepreneurs had investors and industries of repute in food processing like Dabur Foods, Sahibabad, J. M. Bakers & Confectioneries, Coimbatore, Tech - Know Consultants, Mumbai, Soy Food Promotion & Welfare Association, Tetra Pak Ltd, FARMER, Poultry Federation of India, Meat Processing Consultant, Food Safety & Standard Authority of India, SGS a Certifying body etc. Many NGOs, SHG and different entrepreneurs attended the Meet. This Meet is going to bring up possibilities for few food industries in the state.

D.M. Spolia unlikely to be CS Goa (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it D.M. Spolia is unlikely to go as new Chief Secretary (CS) to the Goa Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.

Vivek Rae's name in circulation for CS, Goa (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it that name of Vivek Rae Director General(DG) Acquitions in the Defence
Ministry is in circulation for the post of Chief Secretary (CS) to the Goa Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.

Vivek Rae not inclined to be CS, Goa (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Vivek Rae Director General(DG) Acquitions in the Defence Ministry whose name is in circulation for the post of Chief Secretary (CS) to the Goa Government is not favourably inclined. He is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the UT cadre.

Nurul Haq gets a new posting in West Bengal (UPDATED)
Nurul Haq has been posted Principal Secretary (PS) Food & Commissioner Food in West Bengal.
He is an IAS officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the West Bengal cadre.

Decision about Steel Secretary delayed (UPDATED)
A final decision regarding new Steel Secretary has been delayed.

Cabinet Secretary trying to meet Steel Minister (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth is trying to meet Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma.

Tug of war delays CM's election in Manipur (UPDATED)
A tug of war has delayed election of new incumbent to be sworn in as Chief Minister of Manipur where the ruling Congress won state assembly polls for the 3rd time in a row. Main claimant is Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh. Others who are on contention are: Y Irabot and Gaikhangam Gangmei president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee(MPCC).He belongs to the Zeliangrong tribe. Initially, it looked as if Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh's re-election as the next CLP leader was a mere a question of formality.

Decision about Manipur CM by Monday (UPDATED)
A final decision regarding new Chief Minister of Manipur is expected by March 12,2012. Newly elected Congress MLAs had left the decision about it to the party command.Three leaders are in fray:O. Ibobi Singh, Y Irabot and Gaikhangam Gangmei.

Parasuram to be new Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
R Parasuram is going to succeed Avni Vaish as new Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh. On Friday 1978 batch IAS officer Parasuram was named as OSD . Vaish is scheduled to retire on April 30.

K Sataynarayana selected as Director (Onshore), ONGC (UPDATED)
K Sataynarayana, GGM, ONGC, has been selected for the post of Director (Onshore), ONGC Limited at Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 9, 2012. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

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

Bad times for Indian business
China has penned down its forecast for 2012, India is on the way to political uncertainty, India Inc is already feeling the heat of the next elections and there is stalling of plans and putting on hold various new ideas that had recently taken a step after pro-activeness of the PMO.

Six companies in Defence Ministry blacklisted
Six companies have reportedly been blacklisted by the Ministry of Defence for their alleged role in Ordnance Factory scam.

P K Borthakur selected as Director (Offshore), ONGC
P K Borthakur, ED, ONGC, has been selected for the post of Director (Offshore), ONGC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 6, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, BEML Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) did not find suitable candidate for the post of CMD, BEML Limited at the interview meeting. The interview meeting will be held again for the selection of the candidate with the Board deciding to see more candidates for the same.

Bose appointed MD, Hindustan Motors Ltd
Hindustan Motors Limited has appointed Uttam Bose as the Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 2, 2012 for a period of three years.

ICICI Bank withdraws Nominee from Hindustan Motors Ltd Board
ICICI Bank Limited has withdrawn its Nominee Director Yogesh Kumar Rastogi from the Board of Directors of Hindustan Motors Ltd w.e.f. March 1, 2012

Chawla resigns as MD, Infomedia18 Ltd
Haresh Chawla has resigned as Managing Director of Infomedia18 Ltd due to his other commitments w.e.f. February 15, 2012

Arya resigns as Independent Director, Liberty Shoes Ltd
Surendra Kumar Arya, Independent Director of Liberty Shoes Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. February 22, 2012 .

Balasubramanian resigns as VP (Corporate Affairs), Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd
Lakshman Balasubramanian, Vice President (Corporate Affairs) of Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. March 5, 2012 .

Three additional directors on Board of Atcom Technologies Ltd
Atcom Technologies Limited has appointed Dilip Mehta, Sanjay Shah and Pushkarsingh Mehra as Additional Directors of the company.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Atcom Technologies Ltd
Vickram Dosshi and Rajendra Pradhaan have resigned as directors of Atcom Technologies Ltd .

Singh resigns as Director, Broadcast Initiatives Ltd
Bua Singh has resigned as Director of Broadcast Initiatives Ltd w.e.f.March 3, 2012.

Mehta resigns as Company Secy. Usher Agro Ltd
Saurabh Mehta has resigned as Company Secretary of Usher Agro Ltd w.e.f. February 9, 2012.

Soni appointed Addl. Director, Frontier Leasing and Finance Ltd
Sandeep Soni has been appointed as an Additional Director of Frontier Leasing and Finance Ltd w.e.f. March 7, 2012.

Natarajan resigns as Non Exec. Director, Prism Informatics Ltd
Mohan Natarajan, Non Executive Director of Prism Informatics Ltd has resigned on personal grounds w.e.f. March 6, 2012.

Bring in Accountability Bill for bureaucrats
Senior bureaucrat writes nothing on the file. He calls his junior and asks him to write the note. Therefore senior bureaucrat doesn't get caught as he puts blame on the clerk. Please analyse the cases with CBI. It is seen in majority of the cases that big fishes are let off for lack of evidence. The bureaucracy will never bring in law which will hold officers accountable for writing wrong facts or suppressing facts leading to a Minister taking wrong decisions. Politician coming to power first time doesn't knows full rules and regulation and is overwhelmed by government rules. Here the bureaucrat takes advantage. Therefore I request the government to bring in accountability bill for bureaucrats andn they should be held responsible for the noting on the files signed by them.

Sumit Sarkar

Since the higher echelons of bureaucracy is more often than not prime mover of policy decisions and certainly of its fine print, they are accountable in most cases. They are also accountable if they submit to wrong policies without exercising their right and duty to advice correctly.

Arun Sinha

What went wrong with Congress in Uttar Pradesh ?

The reasons for debacle of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh is (1) Too many leaders, nearer to Rahul, who took the party procedures and protocols to a ride without any accountability. (2) Immaturity on the part of Rahul for being unable to identify the ulteriors of the clowny leaders and failing to cut them to appropriate size when required. (Jaiswal's foolish comments that we will bring Presidents rule if the Congress doesn't comes to power was unwarranted. Khurshid Alam is no punter in Congress Muslim politics , the only quality he has is having house nearer to Zamia Islamia in Delhi which is visited by several poor Uttar Pradesh people in search of assistance for mundane work in the national capital. How does he assumes that he is true Muslim representative of UP Muslims ? The announcement of reservation was not warranted. Rita Bahuguna saying that the Congress will not tie up with anyone in UP was also not warranted. Everybody knows what happened in the Congress during distribution of tickets. Will such stupidities ever attract Votes. We may be backward in UP but we are not in 1930's. The Gopalgar incident and wrong handling by Ashok Gehlot also lead to loss of Muslim votes. Too many wrong doers in Congress were visible. They pushed Rahul Gandhi and made him to work hard with all booby traps around. His situation is that of an young SP or Collector, where they will be doing hard work but actual control of the district is with ADSPs and ADM.

Saurav

Hope Samajwadi Party would steer clear of controversies
Watchword for the Samajwadi party should be development of the state. This implies maintenance of law and order. Party should adopt above board means. Let us pray for stable and effective government like in Gujrat and Bihar. The young Yadav has raised the expectations of
people.

R P Mishra

Aspersion on language skills of Pranab Mukherjee unwarranted The aspersion on language skills in English of Pranab Mukherjee - and of all Bengalis who appear on TV, is extremely unwarranted and not in good taste. Pranab Babu is an excellent speaker and his speeches in
Parliament are a treat to hear. His accent may be of a Bengali but he has a very good command of English and chooses his words well. As for other Bengalis on TV, are there any better speakers than Prannoy Roy of NDTV or Swapan Das Gupta, the jounalist, both Bengalis ?

P K Lahiri
It is surprising how can we comment about the accent of peop e belonging to a particular linguistic origin. My friend should understand that mother tongue and learnt language are different and you speak your learnt language in the accent of your mother tongue. Chinese & Japanese speak English differently than others. Foreigners speak Hindi in different accent. Let us stop commenting on such traits which are natural and not acquired.

H S Kingra

Should the legal course of action against a party be disclosed to them?

Information on the implementation or otherwise of Hon'ble Gauhati High Court's order dated 6.1.2010 and 29.6.2010 in the matter of Writ Petition No. 591 of 2008 (including Miscellaneous Case No. 479 of 2010), 1048 of 2008 and 2814 of 2008 preferred by M/s Dharampal Satyapal Limited and others was sought. The PIO rejected the application by claiming exemption u/s 8 (1) (h) of the RTI Act holding that the disclosure of the same at this stage may dilute the process
and harm the revenue interest. On appeal, the FAA rejected the first appeal upholding the decision of the PIO that information sought by the appellant at this stage is in the private domain and is not eligible to be disseminated. The CIC upheld the stand of the respondents.

Comments

As a third party, a Public Authority is entitled to protect an information which relates to it and which it has considered confidential. A person cannot have the right to access all information about how the Government is seeking to defend its position in a legal proceeding without having access to similar information of the opposite party. Hence, the disclosure of the information which the department has internally processed through consultation with the legal advisers and officers of the department can cause serious harm to the Public Authority's ability to safeguard public interest as well as the Department's interest in any litigation.

Citation: Ms. Amreeta Swarup v. Central Excise & Customs in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2011/000808

- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The views are Personal)