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India is country with largest Muslim population after Indonesia!
If you go by the records, today India has the largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia.

Why Congress is losing Muslim vote bank?
Congress used to be only favourite political party for Muslims then why sudden departure of the vote bank ? This topic was discussed at a get-together of Muslim leaders. Most of the leaders were of the view that mind of Muslims have changed according to waves of the time while the Congress party has not changed since the days of 1947.

Will Sangma fit the President's bill?
It is heard that there are many factors that act to credentials of P.A. Sangma if he has to become the President of India. Most important being proximity to 10 Janpath, besides being a Christian and a tribal leader from North East. But there is one man who is out to spoil his chance.

Cadre strength of IAS is 4,356
Latest cadre strength of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the country is 4,356.This is official version.

Cadre strength of IPS is 4,720
Latest cadre strength of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in the country is 4,356.This is official version.

Postings of Railway GMs soon
As the grapevine has it, posting orders of new General Managers (GMs) in Railways are expected very soon. Accordingly, V K Gupta will be GM Northern Railway and Alok Jauhari - GM North Central Railway (NCR) Allahabad.

56 positions of IAS officers vacant in Kerala cadre
As many as 56 positions of IAS officers have been lying vacant in Kerala cadre. There are 158 officers in the position against strength of 214 IAS officers in the State.

IA & AS officer L A C Singh promoted as PAG, Audit, Gangtok
L A C Singh has been promoted to the grade of Principal Accountant General (PAG) and posted as Principal Accountant General (Audit), Sikkim, Gangtok, under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India. He is an IA&AS officer of 1987 batch.

Thakre is now Principal Secretary MPSC
Sudhir Thakre has now been appointed as Prinicipal Secretary Maharashtra Pradesh Public service Commission.

Why AI spending on training of pilots for 787 aircrafts in Singapore?
Why Air India (AI) is spending on training of pilots meant for 787 aircrafts in Singapore when the related simulator is ready in Mumbai? This question is a hot topic of discussion in corridors of power.

Sanjay Bhatia transferred in Delhi Police
Sanjay Bhatia Addl DCP Crime Delhi Police has been transferred as Additional DCP Railway .He is an DANPS Officer of 1995 batch who belong to the AGMU Cadre.

Umesh Kumar moved in Delhi Police
Umesh Kumar Under Posting has been transferred as Addl DCP (PCR OPS) Delhi Police. He is an DANPS Officer of 1995 batch who belong to the AGMU Cadre.

Garg promoted as Special Commissioner in Delhi
Yashpal Garg, Additional Commissioner, Transport, GNCTD, Delhi Government has been promoted as Special Commissioner, Transport. He is a DANCS cadre officer of 1990 batch.

Bhisham Singh transferred in Delhi Police
Bhisham Singh Addl DCP Special Cell (SB)Delhi Police has been transferred as Addl DCP Crime . He is an DANPS Officer of 1997 batch who belong to the AGMU Cadre.

Yadav moves to Special Cell in Delhi Police
Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Addl DCP, Security, has been transferred as Addl DCP Special Cell (SB) Delhi Police .He is an DANPS Officer of 1997 batch who belong to the AGMU Cadre.

Haider transferred in Delhi police
Mohammed Irshad Haider Addl. DCP IGI Airport Delhi Police has been transferred as Addl DCP 2, North District .He is AGMU Cadre DANPS Officer of 1997 batch.

Three NE States to have High Courts
The North-Eastern States of Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya are going to have their own High Courts .

Majar Gen Sharma to be Lt Gen in Indian Army
Major General B K Sharma has reportedly been cleared for promotion to the rank of Lt General in the Indian Army.

Subhashini goes to Buenos Aires
Second Secretary in Indian High Commission London N Subhashini has been moved to Buenos Aires.

Sandhu is PS Village Development and Water Conservation Maharashtra
S.S Sandhu (IAS 84 Maharashtra) has been posted as Principal Secretary Village Development and Water Conservation Maharashtra.

Bhushan Gagrani appointed CEO MIDC Maharashtra
Bhushan Gagrani (IAS 1990 batch, Maharashtra cadre) has been posted as CEO Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation(MIDC).
(We said this on May 1, 2012)

Nahata to be Divisional Commissioner Konkan
Vijay Nahata has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner Konkan.

Shrikant appointed Municipal Commissioner, Nanded Maharashtra
G Shrikant (IAS 2009 Maharashtra) has been appointed as Municipal Commissioner of Nanded.

Ms. Singhal appointed as CEO Hingoli Maharashtra
Ms.Shweta Singhal (IAS 2008 Maharashtra) has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer Hingoli.

Pardesi appointed as Municipal Commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Maharashtra
Shrikant Pardesi (IAS 2010 Maharashtra) has been appointed as the Municipal Commissioner of Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra.

Shivaji appointed as Principal Secretary Finance in Maharshtra Government
Kshtrapati Shivaji (IAS 86 Maharashtra ) has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Maharashtra

Ajit is now Joint Commissioner Trade and Taxes in Delhi
Abhyankar A Ajit has been appointed Joint Commissioner Trade and Taxes in Delhi Government. He is 2007 batch IAS officer.

Meena transferred in Delhi Police
R P Meena, looking after the charge of Addl. DCP Traffic has been transferred as DCP 2 BN. DAP Delhi Police .He is AGMU Cadre DANPS Officer of 1997 batch.

Ravi Shankar moves in Delhi Police
Ravi Shankar , looking after the charge of Addl DCP Crime has been transferred as Addl DCP 2 South West District. He is AGMU Cadre DANPS Officer of 1997 batch.

Five Assam cadre IPS officer join MCTP
As many as five IPS Officers of Assam-Meghalaya cadre have joined mid career training program(Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Their Names are G. P. Singh (1991 RR), A. Y. V. Krishna (1995 RR), Anurag Tankha (1995 RR), Munna Prasad Gupta (1995 RR) and Vinod Kumar (1997 RR)

HP cadre IPS officer join MCTP
1995 batch IPS Officer of Himanchal Pradesh cadre Satender Pal Singh has joined mid career training program(Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.

Six IPS officers of J & K cadre join MCTP
As many as six IPS Officers of Jammu & Kashmir cadre have joined mid career training program(Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Their Names are Abdul Gani Meer (1994 RR), Dinesh Rana (1996 RR), Sham Lal Sharma (1996 SPS), Mubarak A Ganaie (1996 SPS), Vijay Kumar (1997 RR) and Ashok Kumar Atri (1997 SPS).

Five IPS officers of Karnataka cadre join MCTP
As many as five IPS officers of Karnataka carder have joined mid career training program (Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sadar Vallab Bhai Patel National Police Academy Hyderabad. They are Mssrs :-Sunil Aggarwal - 1991 RR, A S N Murthy - 1992 RR, Ms. Malani Krishnan Murthy - 1993 RR, Pronav Monhanti - 1994 RR and B. Srikantyappa - 1995 SPS.

Two Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officers join MCTP
Two IPS officers of Manipur have joined middle career training program (Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sadar Vallab Bhai Patel National police academy Hyderabad.They are Clay Khomgsai - 1996 RR and Manglpmjao Singh - 1996 RR.

Three Meghalaya IPS officers join MCTP
Three IPS officers of Meghalaya have joined middle career Training program (Phase IV MCTP 2012) at Sardar Vallab Bhai Patel National police academy Hyderabad. They are Mssrs :-A Sunn - 1997 SPS, G . Marbanlang - 1997 SPS and M K Subramanimaum - 1996 RR.

Will Patnaik move from DDA?
Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, G S Patnaik is likely to be moved out from the organization. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Two IPS and one IFS are Information Commissioners in AP
Two former IPS officers Prabhakar and Ratan and one former IFS officer Madhukar Raj have been appointed Information Commissioners in Andhra Pradesh.

Are "Civil services " in Uttar Pradesh only IAS and IPS?
Last night the CM of UP hoisted a dinner at the Civil Services institute lucknow Ironically only IAS and IPS officers were invited. No IFS officer was invited.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra
There is major bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra on Friday.

Ajay Jain goes on training programme
Ajay Jain has proceeded on a short-term training programme abroad. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Two postings in Railways
P K Sahu, SAG/IRTS, on return from deputation, has been posted to South Eastern Railway (SER) while K R K Reddy, SAG/IRTS/, on return from deputation, is given posting in South Central Railway (SCR).

IPS officer transferred in Punjab
Bikrampal Singh Bhatti has been posted as SP/counter intelligence, Jalandhar.

Three officers shifted in Railways
P K Ranade, SAG/IRTS/Central Railway, has been transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre while R D Tripathi, SAG/IRTS/Western Railway is shifted to Central Railway and posted in the cadre and N Bhupal Raj, SAG/IRTS/SECR, was transferred to South Central Railway and posted in the cadre.

Ms. Gurjot Kaur is also Commissioner, Tourism in Rajasthan
Ms. Gurjot Kaur, Principal Secretary, Literature, Art and Culture and CEO, Amber Development and Management Authority, Jaipur, has been assigned additional charge of Commissioner, Tourism in Rajasthan. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

167 IRS probationers (C&CE) posted as Asst. Commissioners
As many as 167 probationers of 62nd batch of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) (Customs & Central Excise) group 'A' have been posted as Assistant Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise in various zones. Accordingly, Ajay Kumar has been posted to Delhi CX while Ajit Dan is given posting in Mumbai Cus-I and Akash Shankar Chougule is appointed in Mysore. Similarly, Amanjit Singh in Chandigarh; Amit Bhasker in Mumbai Cus-I; Amit Kumar Sharma in Mumbai Cus-I; Anand Kumar Jha in Delhi CX; Anil Kumar S in Cochin; Annu Darin in Shillong; Anoop Kumar Verma in Cochin; Anu Agarwal in Delhi CX; Anuj Kumar Pandey in Ranchi; Anunay Bhati, Bangalore CX; Anurima Sharma, Bhopal; Arun Kumar, Delhi Cus; Arun Kumar Gupta, Mysore; Arun Prasad R L, Chennai CX; Arvind Kumar Chaurasia, Ahmedabad Cus; Arvind Kumar Singh, Mumbai Cus-I; Ashish Kumar, Pune; Atreyee Dev Roy, Chennai Cus; Avnish Bansal, Delhi CX; Azmeera Kushalatha Naik, Mumbai CX-I; Babneet Tuli, Shillong; Balvinder Singh, Chandigarh; Basant Garhwal, Chennai CX; C Mohan Gopu, Coimbatore; Chate Pandurang Chandrakant, Mumbai Cus-I; Chetana M, Hyderabad; Chhaya, Mumbai Cus-I; Chittaranjan Dhangada Majhi, Bhubaneshwar; Darshan J, Mysore; Daulat Kumar, Ahmedabad Cus; Dayanandan T, Coimbatore; Deepak Kumar, Delhi CX; Deepna Singh, Meerut; Dhruva Mandalam Seshadri, Chennai Cus; Din Dayal Mangal, Meerut; Dinbandhu Diwakar, Mumbai CX-I; Faraz Ahmad Qureshi, Bhopal; G Vamshi Krishna Reddy, Vizag; Gautam Kumar, Ranchi; Gayatri, Delhi CX; Ghanasyam Soni, Vadodara; Gorase Prasad Dattatraya, Nagpur; Govind Kumar Garg, Delhi CX; Gunjan Kumar Verma, Delhi Cus-P; Gyanendra Kumar Tripathi, Kolkata CX; Harish Kumar, Cochin; Harsh Vardhan Rai, Meerut; Hemant Hingonia, Nagpur; Himanshu Raina, Nagpur; Isaac Riman Kharkongor, Shillong; Jasmeet Singh Dhandra, Ahmedabad CX; Jaspreet Kaur, Chandigarh; Jayabharathi J, Coimbatore; Jayapriya D, Chennai CX; Jayshankar Upadhayay, Mumbai Cus-I; Jeure Mallinath Kashinath, Nagpur; Jyotiraditya, Patna Cus-P; K Aravind, Chennai Cus; K P Jeyakar, Chennai CX; K Tushar Parasshar Bhubaneswar; K Manoranjan Nayak, Bhubaneshwar; Kadam Rajlakshmi Appasaheb, Pune; Kalyan Revella, Hyderabad; Kangale Shrunkhala Motiram, Delhi CX; Kanse Dhairyashil Vijay, Mumbai Cus-I; Kapil Yadav, Jaipur; Karan Thapar, Delhi CX; Kavita Chaurasia, Bhopal; Kavitha N, Chennai CX; Kiran Kumar Karlapu, Mumbai Cus-I; Kishor S, Cochin; Kuldeep Kumar Singh, Delhi Cus-P; M S Prithvi, Mysore; M Vasanthagesan, Chennai CX; Mali Dhananjay Shivaji, Mumbai Cus-I; Manish Kumar, Ahmedabad CX; Manjot Kaur, Chandigarh; Manjunatha T, Ahmedabad Cus; Md. Salik Parwaiz, Bhopal; Mingyur Yonzon, Kolkata Cus; Mir Umair Nabi, Mumbai CX-I;Mohan Singh Dorai, Kolkata Cus; Mukesh Kataria, Jaipur; Mukesh Rathore, Vadodara; N. Balram, Hyderabad; N Mohan Krishna, Ahmedabad CX; Nalina Sofia T, Chennai CX; Nalkurthi Sailaja Kumari, Hyderabad; Narendra Kumar Yadav, Vizag; Naresh Bundel, Jaipur; Naresh G, Mumbai Cus-II; Naresh Kumar Saini, Ahmedabad CX; Nisha Gupta, Delhi CX; O M Reena, Chennai CX; Palash Bhoyar, Mumbai Cus-I; Pankaj Kumar Mumbai Cus-I; Paramavtar Singh Gill, Chandigarh; Patange Vaishali Shamrao, Pune; Periyannan S, Chennai CX; Piyush Shukla, Lucknow; Prakash Veer Singh Meena, Nagpur; Prakriti Nigam, Pune; Pramod Kumar Maurya, Kolkata CX; Pravin Vinod, Bangalore Cus; Priya Buddi, Bangalore CX; Priya Ranjan Srivastava, Patna Cus-P; Priyadarshika Srivastava, Vadodara; Priyank Chaturvedi, Pune; Priyanka N,Hyderabad; Raghuvansh Kumar, Vadodara; Raguram K, Mumbai Cus-I; Rahul Negi,Chandigarh; Rahul Panjabrao Gawande, Mumbai CX-II; Rajarshi Kumar, Delhi CX; Rajesh Kumar Nagora, Ahmedabad Cus; Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Bangalore CX; Rakesh Dahiya, Mumbai CX-I; Rakesh Kumar Jain, Delhi CX; Rakesh Srivastava, Lucknow; Rani C R, Bangalore CX; Ranvijay Kumar, Kolkata CX; Ravindra Joshi, Bangalore CX; Ravindra Kumar Tiwari, Vadodara; Rayka Mihir Gandabhai, Vadodara; R V Bhanu, Nagpur; Rishi Yadav, Mumbai Cus-I; Robin Gupta, Mumbai Cus-I; Rohit Kumar, Cochin; Ruchi Bisht, Ahmedabad CX; S Ramamoorthy, Coimbatore; Sachin PR, Bangalore Cus; Sameer Pandey, Bhopal; Satish Kumar M, Chennai CX; Satyendra Kumar, Kolkata CX; Saurav Suman Shardool, Ranchi; Shalinee Sharma, Meerut; Shankpal Sachin Dinkar, Mumbai CX-I; Shashank Kumar Yadav, Lucknow; Shashank Yadav, Patna Cus-P; Shekhar Kumar, Kolkata CX; Shiv Narayan,Hyderabad; Shiv Pratap Singh, Nagpur; S Veeresh Baddi, Mysore; Shrikant G. Awachar Mumbai Cus-I; Smriti Navin, Kolkata CX; Somanna C, Bangalore CX; Sreeparvathy S L, Cochin; Sudhakar Pandey, Mumbai Cus-I; Sudhanshu Rai, Kolkata Cus; Sumit Garg, Mumbai Cus-I; Surabhi Shukla, Bhopal; Surender Malik, Mumbai Cus-II; Surendra Choudhary, Ahmedabad Cus; Tamanna Alam, Delhi CX; Thanasekaran P, Coimbatore; Thari Sitkil, Delhi CX; Ugrasen Dhar Dwivedi, Cochin; V Ramanadha Reddy, Vizag; Vandana, Pune; Venkatesham Anamala, Hyderabad; Vijaya Krishna Velan K, Chennai Cus; Vinay Kumar Kantheti, Vizag; Vineeta Sinha, Mumbai Cus-I and Vivek Gupta has been posted to Mumbai Cus-I.

Union Minister Mrs. Natarajan praises ICFRE scientists for releasing new clones
Union Minister of Environment and Forests Mrs. Jayanthi Natarajan has lauded the efforts of scientists of ICFRE in releasing new clones of Eucalyptus, Casurina and Shisham which have helped the farmers to increase their productivity and income manifold across India which also contributed in increasing the tree cover outside the recognised forest areas. She was delivering presidential address at the 20th meeting of ICFRE Society held on May 17, 2012 at Paryavaran Bhavan New Delhi. The Union Minister informed the members of Society about the all round appreciation on the environmental impact assessment of the mining operations carried out by Dr. V K Bahuguna and his team in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts of Karnataka. The Supreme Court had appreciated the report. The report gives a road map for ensuring scientific and environmentally sustainable mining in India. She congratulated Dr. Bahuguna and expressed her happiness on the review of research and extension activities carried out by the Director General of ICFRE which have completely changed the focus of research towards meeting the livelihood needs of the rural poor, tribals and those living in the fringe forests and opening of interface with Panchayat Raj institutions in the country. She complemented ICFRE on initiating the study of composition of Forest Types of India, and initiation of All India Climate Change Projects, preparation of the report 'Manthan' which reflects upon the status of implementation of the Forest Rights Act 2006 and launch of Direct to Consumer scheme in ICFRE and its institutes. Union Minister appreciated the Forestry Extension activities undertaken by the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding for supplying of superior planting material of Casurina to the farmers of cyclone affected people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and partnering of ICFRE with ICAR for linking the VanVigyan Kendras with Krishi Vigyan Kendras.

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked civil servants to take bold decisions, assuring them that there would be no witch-hunting in the name of fighting corruption. How far it is possible ?

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Mehrotra ceases to be Part-time Independent Director, Gail (India) Ltd
Vivek Mehrotra has ceased to be Part-time Independent Director of Gail (India) Ltd w.e.f. May 14, 2012.

IDBI Bank withdraws Nominee from J K Tyre & Industries Board
The IDBI Bank has withdrawn its Nominee Director Ashok U. Katra from the Board of Directors of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 10, 2012

Tripathi re-designated as Dy. MD JMC Projects (India) Ltd
JMC Projects (India) Limited has re-designated S K Tripathi who was working as Executive Director of the company as Deputy Managing Director w.e.f. May 18, 2012.

Singh appointed ED, JMC Projects (India) Ltd
Manoj Kumar Singh has been appointed as Executive Director of JMC Projects (India) Ltd w.e.f. May 18, 2012.

Sheth resigns as Non Exec. Director, JMC Projects (India) Ltd
Ramesh Sheth, Non-Executive Director of JMC Projects (India) Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. May 18, 2012.

Muthukrishnan appointed Addl. Director, Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd
L. Muthukrishnan has been appointed as an Additional Director of Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd w.e.f. May 15, 2012.

Goyal appointed CFO, Wire & Wireless (India) Ltd
Wire & Wireless (India) Limited has appointed Sanjay Goyal as the Chief Financial Officer of the company in place of R K Agarwal.

Malhotra quits as director of Mindteck India
Vivek Malhotra has resigned as director of Mindteck India

Shah appointed as additional director of Eimco Elecon
Nalin M Shah has been appointed as additional director of Eimco Elecon

Kirloskar resigns as director of Kirloskar Industries
Vikram Kirloskar has resigned as director of Kirloskar Industries

Malik resigns as director of Mount Everest Mineral Water
Pradeep Malik has resigned as director of Mount Everest Mineral Water

Gratuity Calculations

It is 125000 x 33 x15 divided by 26. For each year of service, gratuity is paid for 15 days considering 26 (working) days in a month. Formula was made decades ago, and is still applicable.

Mani

Well done!

Well done, it is good to see personnel movements in the Army getting a mention on your blog.

Arun

Avoid nominating CS officers

For smooth working we must avoid nominating CS officers ( called IAS) for sensitive public assignments. This is what more than 60% common Indian feels

Pt Ram Kanwar

Whispers editors have become over cautious ?

It appears whispers editors have become over cautious. Did they get scolding from government? Now even Bharat Kumar has disappeared.

Jalaj Srivastava

Can an applicant insist on getting a signature verified under RTI?

Through the RTI application filed with the Department of Revenue, Government of NCT of Delhi, the applicant requested the Public Information Officer (PIO) to verify the caste certificate issued to her husband. The PIO informed the applicant that the caste certificate mentioned by her in the application was not recorded in the register available with them. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) directed the PIO to allow the inspection of relevant records to the appellant. The respondent stated that they do not have any record by which they could verify the authenticity of signature in the caste certificate the appellant has mentioned in the RTI application. The appellant provided a copy of the caste certificate available with him requesting the PIO to verify whether the signature was that of the then BDO so that he can intimate the reply to the concerned authorities in his office who had questioned the authenticity of his caste certificate. The respondent submitted that he was a junior officer and was not in a position to write to the Deputy Commissioner (the then BDO) and ask him to verify his own signature. The Commission directed that the PIO to transfer the appellant's RTI application to the Deputy Commissioner so that he may give factual information to the appellant after verifying the authenticity of signature (whether it is his signature or not) on the caste certificate the appellant has mentioned.

Comments

Ordinarily, the Commission has adopted the practice of giving a direction to provide the copy of the relevant document like, the caste certificate in this case, rather than getting into the nitty-gritty of verifying the signature. This case is likely to set a trend in future
where someone may be asked to verify the authenticity of documents.

Citation: Ms. Suman v. Department of Revenue, Government of NCT in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/000688

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)