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A couple of new Governors in June !
A couple of new Governors are expected to be appointed in June .

30 senior IAS, IPS from tribal community meet Gujarat CM
Around 30 senior IAS and IPS officers from tribal community made a courtesy call to Gujarat Chief Minster Narendra Modi on May 20,2012.The group talked about the tribal community's hard work and contribution in the State's development. The Chief Minister lauded those senior officials' commitment for the service of Gujarat. He said that a sea change was visible in the tribal communities for their approach towards education. The State Government has set up higher secondary schools and hostels for tribal students. The civil services training and the training for joining military have evoked a huge response from the tribal youths, noted Chief Minister Modi.Senior police official M.D.Meena and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister K.Kailasnathan were also present on the occasion.

Will new CEC be a new face ?
Will there be a new face as Chief Election Commissioner ? There is a loud thinking in the corridors of power that a loyal and trusted CEC be appointed .Logically next to S Y Qurashi in the Election Commission V S Sampat should take over as CEC. One can only wait and watch.

27 IAS officers of various cadres retiring in May
As many as 27 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to various batches and cadres are retiring in May, 2012. The officers include: D C Sahoo of AGMUT cadre while T Sanyasappa Rao, S Balasubramanyam and M Subrahmanyan of Andhra Pradesh cadre and Alok Perti and Jagatsingh L Vasava of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Similarly, Prabeer Kumar Basu and Praful Kumar Pattanaik of Bihar cadre; Chhotilal Meena of Gujarat cadre; Narinder Kumar Jain of Haryana cadre; Bua Ditta of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; K Jairaj, V Madhu, K Jothiramalingam, Shivaputara M. Jaamdar and Babu Rao Mudbi of Karnataka cadre; R Y Gaikwad and S D Thakre of Maharashtra cadre; Anwar Ehsan Ahmad of Manipur- Tripura cadre; Bhushan Chander Gupta, and Ashok Kumar Singla of Punjab cadre; Lalit Prakash Kothari of Rajasthan cadre; D Uthirakkumaran of Tamil Nadu; Kanhaiya Lal Meena of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Ajai Singh Nabiyal of Uttarakhand cadre; K S Rajendra Kumar and Sridhar Kumar Ghosh of West Bengal cadre.

Will new Commerce Secretary be 1976 batch IAS officer ?
If insiders are to be believed, now a 1976 batch IAS officer who is already Secretary in the GoI is ahead in the race for the post of new Commerce Secretary.

Will D K Mittal be posted as Commerce Secretary?
Will D K Mittal be finally posted as Commerce Secretary ? Presently, he is posted as Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking in the Government of India (GoI). He is Uttar Pradesh cadre officer of 1977 batch. Grapevine has it that Mittal is seeking a fixed two term as Commerce Secretary though he has about Eight months to retire.

D K Mittal's posting as Commerce Secretary unlikely
As the grapevine has it, D K Mittal's posting as Commerce Secretary is unlikely. It is so because Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has reportedly not agreed for a fixed two year term for Mittal as Secretary Commerce. In this context a meeting of Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma was held with Pranab Mukherjee in latter's chamber last week. In that meeting Mittal was in attendance as well. Presently, Mittal is posted as Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking in the Government of India (GOI). He is Uttar Pradesh cadre officer of 1977 batch

Anand Sharma in a dilemma over new Commerce Secretary
Grapevine has it that the Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has been in a dilemma on the issue of deciding new Commerce Secretary.

Panel of 13 IRS (IT) officers ready for Settlement Commission
A panel of 13 IRS (IT) officers has been set up for posting as Settlement Commissioners.

ACC clears 6 GMs for elevation as EDs in PS banks
The ACC cleared names of six General Managers (GMs) for elevation as Executive Directors (EDs) in public sector (PS) banks.

Shashni to get extension ?
Sidhartha Shashni, Additional Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of India, is likely to get an extension in his Central deputation tenure. He is Kerala cadre IPS officer of 2003 batch.

Praveen Ranjan gets pro-forma promotion in CBI
Praveer Ranjan, DIG, CBI, has been granted Pro-forma promotion by state government of NCT, Delhi Government, for the post of IG. He is AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1993 batch.

Inter-cadre deputation tenure extended
The inter cadre deputation of Jalli Ajoy Kumar DIG(on Deputation AP) has been extended for two years. He is Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer of 1997 batch.

Murali gets promotion as IG in CISF
K Jayanth Murali, DIG, CISF, South Zone, Chennai Airport, has been promoted as IG, CISF. He is an IPS officer of 1991 batch who belongs to the TN cadre.

Anil Shukla transferred to Delhi
Anil Shukla, DIGP ,Central Arunachal Pradesh, has been transferred to New Delhi. He is AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1996 batch.

Zorammawia transferred from Mizoram to Delhi
Zorammawia, DIG/Director (F&ES), Mizoram, has been transferred to New Delhi. He is AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1995 batch.

Saizela moves to Delhi
Saizela, DIGP, (Hqrs) Mizoram, has been transferred to New Delhi. He is AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1995 batch.

Are two Mumbai based Finance Ministry officials close to BJP?
It is heard that two Finance Ministry officials based in Mumbai are close to the BJP top brass. One is close to Yashwant Sinha and the other one to Shahnawaz Hussian.

Two Joint Secretaries lobbying hard for Additional Secretary in Centre
Two Joint Secretaries are lobbying hard to be empanelled as Additional Secretaries at the centre. This is despite the fact that they have not worked in the centre earlier. DoPT rules do not allow empanelment as Additional Secretary unless the bureaucrat has worked in the centre for at least five years.

Bhushan Gagrani is CEO MIDC Maharashtra
Bhushan Gagrani has joined as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation(MIDC).He is an officer of 1990 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on May 1,2012)

Pravin Kumar to be DIG ,CBI
Pravin Kumar, SP- Special Branch (Police HQ- Ranchi), is poised to move to Delhi on central deputation. He is likely to get promoted to DIG and join CBI in Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

New post of Joint Secretary in Civil Aviation
A new joint Secretary level post has reportedly been created in the Department of Civil Aviation.

P.K. Gera is DG, NIFT
P.K. Gera has joined as Director General (DG) of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) under the Ministry of Textiles on May 21,2012.The post had been lying vacant for a pretty long time. Gera is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to Gujarat cadre. Till recently he was in the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA,in connection with a course.
( We said this on January 25 )

Post of Secretary in AERA yet to be filled up
The post of Secretary in the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) is yet to be filled up. It has been lying vacant ever since Sandeep Prakash returned from there in August 2012. Prakash is an officer of Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) who belongs to 1990 batch.

Prashant Mehta is Chairman WWF MP and Chhattisgarh
Prashant Mehta has been appointed Chairman of the World Wild Life Fund Advisory Board Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He is former 1975 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

55 positions of IAS officers vacant in Maharashtra cadre
As many as 55 positions of IAS officers have been lying vacant in Maharashtra cadre. There are 295 officers in the position against strength of 350 IAS officers in the State.

Pritam Lal transferred to London
First Secretary in Indian Embassy Cairo Pritam Lal has been transferred to Indian High Commission ,London.

IA & AS officer Bhargav shifted as OSD, COFMOW, New Delhi
IA & AS officer Dinesh Bhargav, presently working as Accountant General (Audit), Sikkim, Gangtok, has been transferred and posted as OSD, COFMOW, New Delhi under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

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

Kishore to join Cabinet Secretariat ?
Kuntal Kishore , Astt. SP Merrut District Utter Pradesh is likely to join the Cabinet Secretariat in the Government of India. He is UP Cadre IPS officer of 2010 batch.

Ms Garima Bhatnagar to join GoI ?
Ms Garima Bhatnagar, Additional Commissioner of Delhi Police (Vigilance) is likely to go on Central Deputation as DIG. She is AGMU cadre IPS officer of 1994 batch.

Vivek Saxena to join GoI

1991 batch Haryana cadre IFS officer Vivek Saxena has been appointed DIG in the Ministry of Forests and Environment in the Government of India.

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.

Post of Jute Commissioner, Kolkata still vacant
The post of Jute Commissioner, Kolkata, West Bengal, has still been lying vacant with the Ministry of Textiles Government of India as Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has failed to find suitable candidate for the same. The DoPT is re-advertising the
vacancy seeking penal for this joint secretary level post.

PESB seeks applications for MD, KAPL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Managing Director (MD), Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Limited falling vacant on January 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their application to the PESB before July 17, 2012.

Sharma is Police Commissioner Hyderabad
Anurag Sharma has been confirmed as the commissioner of police of Hyderabad. A.K. Khan has been appointed RTC vice-chairman and managing director. B Prasada Rao will now be chief of the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh promoted and posted
Certain IPS officers were promoted while some of them got new postings in Andhra Pradesh. They are: T P Das, IPS, (RR:1979) Director General Special Protection Force to Director General, Prisons & Director Correctional Services, relieving Vivek Dube, IPS from the additional charge. Ms. Aruna M Bahuguna, IPS (RR:1979) Additional Director General of Police, A.P.S.P. Hyderabad promoted to the rank of Director General of Police and posted as Chairman A.P. State Police Housing Corporation Ltd. Hyderabad, S A Huda IPS (RR:1979) Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) got in situ promotion to DG's rank, Lokendra Sharma IPS (RR:1980) on return from leave is posted as Director General Special Protection Force in the rank of Additional Director General of Police, vice T P Das, Madanlal IPS (RR:1980) Additional Director General of Police Home Guards to Managing Director(MD) A.P. State Police Housing Corporation Ltd. Hyderabad vice J V Ramudu and J.V.Ramudu IPS (RR:1981) posted as Additional Director General of Police Greyhoundsvice Anurag Sharma, A K Khan IPS (RR:1981) posted as Vice Chairman & Managing Director, A.P.S.R.T.C. vice B.Prasada Rao, Damodar Goutam Sawang IPS, (RR:1986), waiting for posting on return from UN deputation is promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police, in the HAG Scale & posted as Additional Director General of Police, A.P.S.P. vice Ms. Aruna M Bahuguna.

Last IP officer dies in Kolkata
1942 batch IP officer Ranjit Kumar Gupta has passed away in Kolkata. Perhaps he was the last but one officer to be alive .

Agrawal is back to Jharkhand, gets CS rank
CVO in Engineers India Ltd Dr Vinod Agrawal is back to the parent Jharkhand cadre from central deputation . On return 1980 batch IAS officer Agrawal has been given Chief Secretary rank.

1981 batch IAS is now ACS in Jharkhand
Two 1981 batch IAS officers Sudhir Prasad and A K Pandey have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Jharkhand.

Major IAS reshuffle in Haryana
As many as 33 IAS officers have been shifted in Haryana. Accordingly, Manik B Sonwane (HY: 77) has been made Forest and Wildlife while Ramendra Jakhu (HY: 79) will now be Principal Secretary, Transport & Civil Aviation and Harbakesh Singh (HY:81) is Principal Secretary, Renewal Energy. Similarly, P K Gupta (HY:81) has been posted as Principal Secretary, Environment; Rajan Kumar Gupta (HY:83) as Principal Secretary, Excise & Taxation; R R Fuliya (HY:83) as Principal Secretary, Printing & Stationery; Sarban Singh (HY:83) as PS, Public Health Engineering; Hardeep Kumar (HY:84) as PS, Sports & Youth Affairs; R P Chander (HY:84) as PS, Industrial Training; Dhanpat Singh (HY:85) as PS, Technical Education; Vijai Vardhan (HY:85) as PS, Archives, Tourism; Mrs. Shashi Bala Gulati (HY:86) as PS, Cell for Proper Utilization/Disposal; R R Jowel (HY:86) as PS, Social Justice & Empowerment and Welfare; S N Roy (HY:87) as MD, Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd; Mahavir Singh (HY:89) as DG, Women & Child Development; Ankur Gupta (HY:90) as DG, Higher Education; Anand Mohan Sharan (HY:90) DG, Information and PUblic Relations & Cultural Affairs and Griavances; Ashok Khemka (HY:91) as MD, HARTRON, Special Secretary, IT; A K Singh (HY:91) as DG, Agriculture; Arun Kumar Gupta (HY:92) as MD Uttar Bijli vitaran Nigam; Ashok Kumar Yadav (HY:93) as DG, Social Justice Empowerment; Balbir Singh Malik (HY:93) as DG, Development & Panchayats; S K Goyal (HY:93), as Commissioner, Ambala Division, Ambala; R P Gupta (HY:93) as Commissioner, Hisar division, Hisar; Subhash Chandra (HY:95) as MD, HSMITC; Rakesh Gupta (HY:97) as Director, Medical Education & Research; Pradeep Kasni (HY:97) as Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi & Village Industries Board; Rajeev Ranjan (HY:98) as Director and Joint Secretary, Enviornment, Nitin Kumar Yadav (HY:2000) as Joint secretary, Finance Department; Sameer Pal Srow (HY:2002) as Director and Joint Secretary, Urbal Local Bodies; A Sreenivas (HY:2004) as Director and Joint Secretary, Secondary Education and N K Solanki(HY:2005) has been posted as Administrator, HUDA, Faridabad.

Ms. Shruti Smita Agnihotri's novel released by CM, Assam
'Salt, Sugar and Spice', a novel penned by Ms. Shruti Smita Agnihotri, IRAS, Deputy Financial Advisor NF Railways, was released by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Guwahati on May 19, 2012. The novel has been published by "Wordweaves India." The novel is about the salt, sugar and spice of love, crime and governance. It deals with the issues of crime and corruption, drug trafficking and child labour. Seen in this picture are (from left to right) Wasbir Hussain, noted writer and publisher, Ms. Shruti Smita Agnihotri, the author of the novel Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and D N Bezbaruah eminent writer, editor and columnist. It may be stated here Ms. Shruti Smita Agnihotri is wife of Ashutosh Agnihotri (IAS ,1999 batch) who is currently Deputy Commissioner (DC) Guwahati.

I.D. Bhandari DGP,HP wins Golf Cup Tournament
I.D. Bhandari, Director General of Police (DGP) to the Himachal Pradesh Government has won Captain's Cup Golf Tournament played at Naldehra Golf Course on May 20,2012. As many as 37 golfers from Naldehra Golf Club and ARTRAC participated in the tournament.The peculiarity of the match was that all four past and present captains of the course teed-off together. I.D. Bhandari, DGP and Col. R.K. Sachdeva from ARTRAC Shimla emerged for the first slot with a tie. On the basis of their performance in the back nine hole I.D. Bhandari was declared winner and Col. R.K. Sachdeva
runner up.

IFS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IFS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are ;- Mssrs Manoj Sinha CCF Central Zone Lucknow, US Singh CCF Kanpur, RK Singh CCF Lucknow, SP Srivastava CCF Wildlife Kanpur, MP Singh CCF Mirzapur, CP Goyal CCF Project Cell Lucknow,
AK Singh CCF Administartion Lucknow, AK Srivastava CF Jhansi and BK Singh CCF Waiting

Khatua appointed Ambassador to Argentina (UPDATED)
Amarendra Khatua, presently Additional Secretary at Headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Argentina Republic.

Shakti Sinha is back to Delhi as PS Power (UPDATED)
Shakti Sinha has joined the Delhi Government as Principal Secretary Power with additional charge of Principal Secretary GAD. 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Sinha was Chief Secretary andman & Nicobar Islands prior to his new posting.

Tapesh Pawar is also CMD, Civil Supplies in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Tapesh Pawar, Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies, has been assigned additional charge of CMD, Rajasthan State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited. He is a 1983 IAS officer of this State cadre.

Athem Muivah awarded IAS cadre (UPDATEd)
Athem Muivah of State Civil Service of Manipur has been awarded IAS cadre against the vacancy of 2010.

Special concessional air tickets through site of Air India (UPDATED)
Air India is pleased to inform the following concessionary fares are now available through web also. For the convenience of customers in particular the overnment employees we are giving following details sent to us by the Air India: Armed Forces discount,Recipient of Bravery Awards,LTC for Govt. employees,
Para Military discount,Students' discount,War disabled personnel, discount for War Widows and youth Discount.

Two IFS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
Two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been given new postings in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, B K Mishra, Secretary, Forest, has been posted as Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), NHDC, Khandwa while Padam Singh who is holding this post here will now be Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Research and Expansion, Jhabua.

CORPORATE

Nandlal Manjoka promoted as ED, CONCOR
Nandlal Manjoka has been promoted as Executive Director (ED) in the CONCOR.

Punjabi resigns as CEO, Cinemax India Ltd
Sunil Punjabi has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Cinemax India Ltd.

Sanger resigns as Director, Money Matters Financial Services Ltd
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Sanger has resigned as Director of Money Matters Financial Services Ltd w.e.f. May 19, 2012.

Nisar resigns as Director, Vaghani Techno Build Ltd

Jayesh Raichand Nisar has resigned as Director of Vaghani Techno Build Ltd w.e.f. May 15, 2012.

Lakhanpal resigns as Chairman Panasonic Energy India Company Ltd
A. K. Lakhanpal has resigned as a Chairman and Whole-time Director of Panasonic Energy India Company Ltd w.e.f. June 30, 2012.

Khurana re-designated as Chairman & MD, Panasonic Energy India Company Ltd
S. K. Khurana, Managing Director of Panasonic Energy India Company Ltd has been re-designated as Chairman and Managing Director of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2012

Gupta appointed Addl. Director, Sam Leaseco Ltd
Sam Leaseco Ltd has appointed Yogesh Gupta as Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the company

Parak appointed Director-in-Charge Torrent Cables Ltd
Torrent Cables Ltd has appointed Raghu Parakh as Director as well as Director-in-Charge of the company w.e.f. May 15, 2012.

Modi resigns as Director & CEO, Torrent Cables Ltd
Ruchir Modi has resigned as Director and Chief Executive Officer Torrent Cables Ltd.

Mallick resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director, Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd
Pradeep Mallick has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd w.e.f. May 11, 2012.

Kodianthara resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director, Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd
Joseph Kodianthara has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd w.e.f. May 3, 2012.

Gujarat CM interacts with NRG & NRI families in USA and Canada via video conferencing
Interacting via video conferencing with the Non Resident Gujaratis and Non Resident Indians who were celebrating 'Gujarat Day' in USA and Canada, Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi credited Gujarat's all-round growth to the Gujarati people. He called upon NRGs to participate in the state's march towards growth.A celebration was held in 12 major cities of USA and Canada including Chicago under the auspices of Indian Gujarati Association of North America to commemorate Gujarat's 52nd Formation Day. Chief Minister interacted with Gujarati families and Indian people from his residence at Gandhinagar via video conference at 7:00 morning IST. The interaction was live telecast on cable TV channels and the Chief Minister's website, which was viewed by lakhs of people all over the world.Modi said that Gujarat's growth has become instrumental in creating an atmosphere of faith within India that the country's gloomy condition can be changed. "Many countries which got independence afterward India, left behind our nation on the front of development, but Gujarat has shown a path to alter this situation", he said. The Gujarat Chief Minister also spoke about the State government's progress and vision of zero defect in manufacturing sector, zero man-days' loss in industries, zero power cut, zero drop-out in education, zero tolerance for terrorism and value addition in agriculture. World's largest solar park is taking shape in the arid land of north Gujarat. The state has also come up with a revolutionary approach to generate power by installing solar panels on canals of river Narmada ,he said.The highest foreign direct investment in Gujarat is from America. A total investment of $870 bn. has been made in five phases of Vibrant Global Summit, stated Narendra Modi.In the beginning, Niranjan Shah from Chicago lauded the Chief Minster's leadership and praised him for presenting an exemplary model of growth
in the form of Gujarat state.

Vivek Bahl joins Viacom18 as Network Advisor Content
Viacom18 has made a key appointment with Vivek Bahl joining the company as Network Advisor Content. As a part of this new role, Bahl's immediate focus will be to work on the regional channels the group plans to get into. Besides he will also play a strategic role in planning, development of new content. He will report to CEO, Colors, Raj Nayak and has a parallel line of reporting to the Regional Head. Bahl comes from Turner India, where he was the Chief Content Officer for all Turner channels including the likes of Imagine TV, Cartoon Network and Pogo, amongst others.

Sugata Srinivasraju appointed Editor of Vijay Karnataka
Sugata Srinivasraju has been appointed Editor of Vijay Karnataka. He will also look after the group's weekly magazine Vijaya Next. Prior to this, he was Senior Associate Editor (South India) of 'Outlook' magazine. He has also worked with 'Hindustan Times' in Jaipur, 'Irish Times' in Dublin and 'Deccan Herald' in Bangalore.

James Harris appointed Managing Director, Digital services at IPG Mediabrands
James Harris has been appointed as Managing Director of Digital services EMEA/G14 at IPG Mediabrands.

Nisar resigns as Director Vagahani Techno Build
Jayesh Nisar as resigned as Director of Vagahani Techno Build.

Bhat resigns as Director of Subex Industries
V. Balaji Bhat has resigned as Director of Subex Industries.

Goyal resigns as Director of Modern Steel

Aditya Goyal has resigned as Director of Modern Steel.

Mall resigns as Director of Emami Paper Mills
R C Mall has resigned as Director of Emami Paper Mills.

Punjabi resigns as CEO of Cinemax India
Sunil Punjabi has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Cinemax India

Londhe appointed as Director of Ashoka Buildcon
Sanjay Londhe has resigned as Director of Ashoka Buildcon

Doreswamy resigns as Director of Rama Paper and Newsprint
S Doreswamy has resigned as Director of Rama Paper and Newsprint

Two appointed as Director of Tavernier Resources
Sanjay Pilankar and Pradeep Jhaveri have been appointed as Director of Tavernier Resources

Two resign as Directors of Tavernier Resources
Ashok Jain and Usha Jain have resigned as Directors of Tavernier Resources

Corruption has become integral part of system
Corruption has become integral part of working system in India. Openly money is demanded from even CPSE executives. Whichever CPSE agrees to pay more gets the business CVOS mainly bureaucrats encourage this system. Therefore, PM has no other alternate than to make this statement, which also acceptance of this corrupt system at his end and giving permission to go ahead. Ankho Hi Ankho Main Isara Ho Gaya,Khao Aur Khilao Aur Protection Pao. Jai Hind .

Rajesh

Retirement Age in central Govt
Considering the prevailing situation, this is a high time for the Government to consider to raise the retirement age of the employees. Looking at the health and fitness of the retiring employees, it appears a criminal waste not to pay them balance half of the salary (half they get as pension) and to make them work for a further period. Not only that they are fit, they also carry with them ready to use experience and training(s). Hiring a new comer is in no way cheaper. Country should get the benefit of expenditures made on them towards medical and other trainings etc.

Rajeev Agrawal

Austerity - The aam aadmi way ?
The orders regarding austerity are older than 60 years of the Indian Parliament! In spite of an annual ritual, the budget deficit has not come down in any fiscal so far. It is due to the "government practices of austerity". The aam aadmi is surviving only on austerity. Were the government to learn from the aam aadmi, the austerity drill would have been more successful than any of the VD Schemes or communal harmony oaths administered to the same officials year after year!!! Now, the aam aadmi goes out only when absolutely necessary, but here the government servants have to go to office every day, irrespective whether there is any work or no work. Even otherwise, the officers are either in meeting or busy whenever the public approaches them for legitimate work for which they draw the salary from the treasury. The condition in the private sector is worse- you never know or can ever contact any senior officer for any genuine grievance redress as a consumer, unless you decide to haul them up to the consumer forum. Late Rajiv Gandhi knew the ground situation better than the present PM or his very able cabinet colleagues: he simply ordered a 5 days week instead of the six days week. He proved right. Heavens have not fallen, governments have not been voted out, parliament has not stopped functioning, people are not complaining, work has not suffered and efficiency has not been compromised. On the contrary everybody across the board seems to be happy. It is therefore, time to make them more happy: make it a four days a week straightaway and you achieve many times more savings. In fact, this single, albeit an aam aadmi nuskha, can turn the account books of the government from red to black or green (depending on which accounting methodology is being adopted- the CAG one or tax haven's one). There will be billions of dollars worth of savings on petrol, chai-paani, official lunches/dinners, hospitality, conferences, telephones, petrol, cleaning material, electricity, water, paper, overtime payment etc. This is all unproductive work. I fail to understand why such a brilliant idea has not occurred to the advisers to the government and only to a WIC visitor who is no Advisor to the Government!

M L Gupta

Unwritten rule !
That is unfortunately the unwritten rule with some exception here and there(some enlightened states!).has it not been true the Honble High court at Guwa hati would not have passed orders on writ petition of I F S Officers of Tripura to treat them at par with other two A I s ( viz. IAS and IPS) on the same footing in the matter of protocol and facility. The time for change has come. Let big brother attitude go. We are equal and performing duty in the sphere of our mandate. The polity of the nation must also realise this. Sooner the better for the country.

A K Singh

Sell Air Indi

Air India should be sold without further delay. It can no longer be called as national carrier. It is just draining public exchequer
money.

Nandan

Negative RTI replies
The RTI replies from various departments of Government of India are very negative specially the CBI and CISF in the matters connected with more importance and more significance to the cause of getting knowledge about the things for which people do not dare to ask as they may be something like that. it is, therefore, requested that these departments should not hesitate in providing the information to applicants under rti act 2005. it is simply a question of Lokpal

Kram Singh

First Appellate Authority directed to undergo rigorous RTI training The Central Information Commission (CIC) had issued a show cause notice to the Public Information Officer (PIO) to explain the denial of information under section 2(f) of the RTI Act. The PIO submitted that he had recently joined as PIO and was not having the knowledge of the RTI Act at the time of the receipt of the RTI application. When the appeal was filed at that time, the First Appellate Authority (FAA) had endorsed the decision of the PIO. The CIC was not satisfied by the explanation furnished by the PIO and under section 20(1) of the RTI Act, directed the Public Authority to recover an amount of Rs. 25,000/- from the salary of the PIO at the rate of Rs. 5000/- per month as penalty. The Commission further noted that the FAA has also demonstrated his complete ignorance on the practical application of the RTI Act. The Senior Divisional Manager was directed by the Commission to assign the FAA to a rigorous period of training so that he can satisfactorily discharge his obligations as per the provisions of the Act.

Comments

It is unfortunate that many organisations are yet to train their officers in the basics of the RTI Act which is not only obstructing the flow of information but is also leading to unnecessary levy of penalty. This is the first case where training has been ordered by the CIC which reminds of RI ordered by courts. In case any public authority is interested, we can hold training sessions for the PIO and FAA.

Citation: Shri Rajpal v. LIC of India in File No. CIC/DS/A/2011/000501

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)