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Ansari is ahead in race?
Vice President Hamid Ansari is now said to be ahead in the race for the post of President of India.

PM is opposed to the name of Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is said to be opposed to the name of Pranab Mukherjee for the post of President of India.

Will Meira Kumar be the dark horse?
It is widely believed in the political circles that being woman and Dalit, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar may be the dark horse for the post of President of India.

Election likely for the post of President?
Under the changed circumstances election is likely to take place for the top post of President of India.

When Netaji and Sushmaji met?
Netaji Mulayam Singh suddenly met Leader of the Opposition, Sushma Swaraj, in the Parliament corridors where he asked her mind for the next President. She promptly replied smilingly that she is for Mulayamji as President. Netaji very swiftly replied….yeh bhi koi baat hai….after becoming the President neither you can go to meet near ones or dear ones and all the joy of life stuck between vague protocol formalities only….!!!!.

Subhash Joshi to be new NSG Chief?
In all probability Subhash Joshi will be new DG of the National Security Guards (NSG). He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
(We said this on April 9)

B.A. Agarwal is new Law Secretary
B.A. Agarwal has been appointed as Law Secretary to the Government of India (GoI) for two years. He will succeed D R Meena who retired on April 30.

Dr. R. K. Sinha takes over as Secretary Department of Atmoic Energy
Dr. R. K. Sinha who is presently Director. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay has taken over as new Secretary of the Department of Atmoic Energy (DAE). He will succeed Dr. Sri Kumar Banerjee.
(We said this on March 21)

Mohanty to be CEO, Food Safety
Satyanarayana Mohanty is being appointed new CEO of the Food Safety in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Rakesh Bhushan Sinha appointed Joint Secretary Agriculture in GOI
Rakesh Bhushan Sinha on central deputation has been posted as Joint Secretary Agriculture & Cooperatives in the Government of India (GoI). He is a Madhya Pradesh cadre Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1986 batch. Presently, he is posted as Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Betul.

Process for 1998 batch of IPS officers underway
Process for empanelment of IPS officers of 1998 for central deputation as DIGs is reportedly underway.

Parasuram is new Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh
R Parasuram has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh. 1978 batch IAS officer Parasuram took over from 1975 batch IAS officer Avni Vaish who superannuated on Monday.
(We said this on March 10)

Sudripto Roy is new Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh
Sudripto Roy has taken over as Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh. Roy succeeded 1976 batch IAS officer Ms. Harinder Hira who served only one month as Chief Secretary of this State. Roy is a 1978 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.
(We said this on March 30, 2012)

SPG Chief Durgaprasad promoted
K. Durgaprasad, Director, Special Protection Group, New Delhi has been promoted on in-situ basis as equivalent to Additional DG. Earlier this post was downgraded to IG rank post. He is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1981 batch.

Vijay Bhushan Pathak appointed Joint Secretary DoNER
Vijay Bhushan Pathak has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). Presently, he is Delhi based Joint Secretary in Department of Atomic Energy's (DEA's) branch Secretariat. He is a Sikkim cadre IAS officer of 1990 batch.
(We said this on April 27)

Kotia is new Principal Secretary to Uttarakhand CM
D K Kotia has been appointed new Principal Secretary to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister.1981 batch IAS officer Kotia is considered to be an honest and upright officer.

S.K.Srivastava new CMD, OIL
S K Srivastava has taken over as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil India Limited (OIL) on May 1, 2012. So far he was Director General (DG) in Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).He will assume charge on May 1, 2012.
(We said this on October 21, 2011)

Suthirth Bhattacharya is CMD of SCCL in Andhra Pradesh
Suthirth Bhattacharya has been appointed as new Chairman-cum- Managing-Director (CMD) of "Singareni Collieries Company Limited" (SCCL) of Andhra Pradesh. He is an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1985 batch.

5 CGMs to be as DMDs in SBI
There are five out CGMs of 10 contenders who have been selected as Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) in State Bank of India (SBI). Interviews for the post were held on April 28, 2012. Those selected are B V Chaubal, Sushil Kumar Mishra, B Shriram, V Murali and Sharad Sharma.

Kunte is new Commissioner of BMC
In a surprise move Sitaram Janardan Kunte was appointed new Commissioner of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. He is 1985 batch IAS officer. Kunte has succeeded 1977 batch IAS officer Subodh Kumar.

Deputation tenure of Rakesh Aggarwal ends
Deputation tenure of Rakesh Aggarwal, DIG - CBI, has ended on April 30. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Vandana Yadav is PS to Railway Minister
Official orders of the appointment of Vandana Yadav as PS to Railway Minister Mukul Roy, have been issued. She is 1998 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Deputation tenure of Shashank Goyal extended
Deputation tenure of Shashank Goyal, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries, has been extended till July end. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

ED level posts increased in Railway Board
The Executive Director level posts, equivalent to Joint Secretary rank, in the Railway Board have been increased from existing five to 10 and these posts have also been given Senior Administrative Grade.

Dewal transferred from MEA
Kishan D Dewal has been transferred from the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters to Antananarivo on a newly created post.

I.S. Dani gets additional charge of ACS, Home in MP

I.S.Dani has been given additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home in Madhya Pradesh. Presently he is ACS Medical Education to MP Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Large scale transfers of IAS on the anvil in Orissa
As the grapevine has it, a large scale transfers of IAS officers are on the anvil in Orissa.

Gupta is now Commissioner, MCD North Zone
P K Gupta has been appointed as Commissioner, MCD North Zone, with effect from April 30. He is an AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1989 batch.
(We said this on April 27)

Sajjan Singh Yadav is Commissioner MCD East Zone
Sajjan Singh Yadav has been appointed as Commissioner, MCD East Zone, with effect from May 1. He is AGMU cadre IAS officer of 1995 batch.

Manish Gupta appointed Commissioner MCD South Zone
Manish Gupta has been appointed as Commissioner, MCD South Zone with effect from May 2. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.
(We said this on April 27)

Disappointment brewing among young officers in Railways
More than 300 young Railway Officers belonging to batches of 2001 and 2002 of Railway services are highly disappointed on Railway Board's apathy towards constituting DPC for their regular JA Grade Promotion despite existence of huge vacancies. Statistics shows that upto 1999 batch, the promotion to regular JA Grade was awarded after completion of Eighty years service. Now even after completion of 10 years regular service Grp A, officers were not being promoted to JA Grade and about five batches (2005 batch onwards) were continuing in adhoc JA Grade. Confidential Section in Board's office blames zonal railways for not providing APARs/ACRs to Board's office, whereas zonal Railways have already forwarded the APARs/ACRs of the same to Board's office. As one more financial year is over now , the promotions may get again delayed by waiting for APARs of 2011-13 resulting in financial loss as well as delay for other privileges like Type V houses, Laptops and First AC passes.

Pragati Kumar posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Mumbai region
Pragati Kumar, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Mumbai region.

Three CCITs get addl. charges
Three Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) have been given additional charges. Accordingly, B Dutta, CCIT-II, Hyderabad has been assigned additional charges of CCIT-I and III, Hyderabad while M N A Chowdhary, CCIT, VI, Delhi will hold additional charge of CCIT-V, Delhi and KK Tripathi, CCIT-IV, Ahmedabad was given the charge of CCIT, Rajkot.

Three CCITs retire today
Three Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) have retired on April 30, 2012. The officers include: G Rajeshwar Rao, CCIT-III, Hyderabad, A K Manchanda, CCIT-V, Delhi and S Rajguru, CCIT, Rajkot.

Three IPS officers get new postings in Rajasthan
Three Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Shivlal Joshi has been posted as SP, Baran while Harendra Kumar Mahawar will now be SP, Dholpur and Kunwar Rashtradeep is ACP, Pratapgarh, Jodhpur.

Four IPS officers nominated for Post Graduate Diploma programme
Four Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been nominated for 11th Post Graduate Diploma programme in Public Policy and Management-2012-14 commencing from June 11, 2012 at Centre for Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The officers include: Mrs. Harshita Attaluri of 2002 batch Kerala cadre; Chakilam Nagaraju of 2003 batch Kerala cadre; Madan Lal, Commandant, 80Bn., BSF and Devbrat Negi, Commandant, 117 Bn., BSF.

IAS changes in Karnataka
Manoj Kumar Meena has been appointed as BBMP additional commissioner (projects) in place of BG Nanda Kumar. Rame Gowda will be managing director, Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation Ltd. G Ramachandra has been made secretary, third state finance commission. DS Vishwanath will be deputy commissioner, Kolar district. V Srirama Reddy has been posted as Deputy Commissoner, Ramanagaram district. GC Prakash will be managing director, Karnataka State Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.

Modi on Gujarat's 52nd Foundation Day (UPDATED)

Greeting the people of Gujarat on the 52nd Foundation Day of the State, Chief Minister Narendra Modi resolved to take the State to such a height that every Gujarati would feel proud to be a Gujarati.
In his message to the people, he paid his salutations to Mahagujarat Movement's leaders Induchacha and others. He proudly spoke about the success story of Gujarat and how the state continued to develop even after facing many calamities like the unforgettable earthquake and said that the reasons or the forces behind this success story are the six-crore people of Gujarat, their unity, brotherhood and accepting the path to peace. Today experts identify Gujarat for initiating agricultural revolution of sorts in India, achieving a growth of 11 per cent during the decade.
While Gujarat has already made its mark in industrialization, the government issued notices to open dairies in so far unrepresented Kutch and Kathiawar regions with a view to checking the exploitation of small and marginal cattle owners. The state has also diversified its portfolio from chemicals and pharmaceuticals to engineering industry and automobile, invited companies like Bombardier to build Metro trains, thereby creating job opportunities and changing the very profile of industries in the state.
The government has introduced an insurance scheme of up to Rs.30, 000 to take care of the poor, living on the edge, constantly worried about their health and children's education. The government has allocated Rs.200-crore under the Chief Minister's Amritam Yojna in this year's budget for treatment of unexpected expenditure on account of terminal diseases like cancer, kidney failure and heart attack of the poor.
Any discussion on development anywhere in the world would remain incomplete without a mention of Gujarat's development.

NERAMAC stall at Food and Bev Tech 2012 Exhibition draws huge applause (UPDATED)
NERAMAC stall, exhibiting the theme "The Indian Food Factory to the World' being held at the Food and Bev Tech 2012 Exhibition held at Mumbai is drawing a big applause from the industrialist , consultants, manufacturers, promoters, agents ,etc form across the world and India who are meeting together to discuss issues, prospects, the present scenario etc. NERAMAC stall in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries Pavilion

Shakti Sinha is back to Delhi (UPDATED)
Chief Secretary Andman & Nicobar Shakti Sinha has been moved to Delhi. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anand Prakash is new Chief Secretary Andman & Nicobar (UPDATED)
Anand Prakash will succeed Shakti Sinha as Chief Secretary of Andman & Nicobar Islands. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre

S Subrahmanyan to be MD, (MiG Complex) ,HAL (UPDATED)
The PESB has recommended the name of S Subrahmanyan for the post of Managing Director (MiG Complex) of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Altogether 10 candidates appeared for interview.

Gagrani for MIDC ? (UPDATED)
It is heard that Bhushan Gagrani is vying for the post of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.He is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch.

Term of WCL's CMD D.C. Garg extended till further orders (UPDATED)
The term of Dinesh Chandra Garg Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) that had ended on April 30, 2012 has been extended till further orders.He is yet attain the age of superannuation

M K Sharma is also PS, Health & Family Welfare in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Medical Education has been assigned additional charge of Principal Secretary, Medical, Health and Family Welfare.

Alok Kumar Jain is new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar Jain has assumed charge as new Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand on May 1, 2012. He is an IAS officer of 1979 batch and belongs to Uttarakhand cadre.


Subhash Kumar moved as Chairman Board of Revenue in Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Subhash Kumar, who so far was Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand, has been shifted as Chairman, Board of Revenue. He is an IAS officer of 1977 batch and belongs to Uttarakhand cadre.


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Four GMs of BHEL in race for ED
Four General Managers (GMs) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) namely S R Prasad, C K Shrikhande, G D Verma, M K Shakya, UC Shrivastava and Dhiman Sen are in the race for Executive Director (ED) and General Manager In-charge (GMI). The fate of these officers for
the elevated posts will be decided at an interview meeting to be held on May 7, 2012 at New Delhi.

128 BHEL AGMs to face interview for GMs
As many as 128 Additional General Managers (AGMs) including 38 of Bhopal unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), have been selected for the interview so as to elevate as General Managers (GMs).

Abraham is new Vice Chairman Rubber Board
K.K. Abraham has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Rubber Board.

No need to put any limit to RTI queries

There is no need to put any limit to RTI queries. In fact the citizen's need to be educated. Some people think that their first RTI is in the form of something that will settle their grievance. The first RTI application should be properly drafted so that the truth is brought outside. Thereafter, the person can get his grievance resolved. Some officers in the Government still remain stubborn in the matter of interpretation of rules. An RTI application by an employee to the Ministry/Department concerned with the rules brings out the truth by which the mouth of the obstinate officials can be shut. One of my widowed sister living in Gorakhpur was being harassed by the electricity officials for paying dues inspite of her having paid all the bills. Two bills with different Meter Numbers were delivered to her at her address. The other meter did not exist in her house. Thinking her to be poor issueless widow the electricity employees were thinking to extract something from her. But my one RTI application to addressed to the CMD resolved all the issue. Delhi Jal Board had issued to me a wrong bill of Rs.3000/-. Whenever, I went to their office they said that the bill was correct and I was required to pay the amount. They had no time to listen. But my one RTI application addressed to CEO, Delhi Jal Board resolved all the matter and man came running to my house acknowledging Delhi Jal Board's fallacy and I was required to pay only Rs.700/-. I had issued a cheque from my account in Bank of Baroda, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi in the name of person having an account in SBI, North Block, New Delhi. The cheque had not reached its destination for 10 months. My repeated visits to both the banks did not resolve the issue. One RTI application resolved everything. The Cheque was lying in a bag in the SBI, North Block. The amount was credited to the account of that person along with interest. These are some success stories of RTI. We cannot allow Government servants to be lord almighty for the citizens. In fact, private companies having public dealings should also be brought under the purview of the RTI Act so that the citizen is not made to run from pillars to post.

Anurag Srivastava

CIC judgement

This is one of the best judgments of the CIC ever reported. The blackmailers are really harassing the government servants like anything. Good reporting ... please continue.

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Vijay Lakshmi

RTI Act to be used with responsibility and with due care The appellant sought various details and basis of the regulations for the management of employees in the Public Authority. The Public Information Officer (PIO) provided some information and the Appellate Authority directed the PIO to provide inspection of the documents to the appellant after the payment as per the prescribed fee under RTI (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005. The Central Information Commission (CIC) noted that the appellant has been overzealous in exercising the cherished right given to him under the RTI Act and has put in over 35 RTI applications and 22 appeals before the First Appellate Authority (FAA), seeking voluminous and old information. Further, the appellant has chosen not to appear even for a single personal hearing fixed by the FAA or before the Commission even when the notice is served to him. The Commission warned the appellant to exercise the right given to him under the transparency legislation with responsibility and with due care and not use it as a tool for settling personal scores or with the intent to disturb the smooth functioning of the public authority.

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The RTI Act should not be allowed to be misused or abused. Indiscriminate and impractical demands or directions under RTI Act for disclosure of all information may adversely affect the efficiency of the administration and result in the executive getting bogged down with the non-productive work of collecting and furnishing information.

Citation: Shri Nisheeth Khanna v. Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development in Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2011/001135

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)