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Is Rahul Gandhi a real politician?

Is Rahul Gandhi a real politician ? Answer to this question came from a seasoned politician " If he is ruthless then he is a real politician and if he has got emotions then not".

Is North India going to pip south in economic growth ?

A book written by Ruchir Sharma Head of Emerging Markets with Morgan Stanley states that "between 2007 and 2010, the average economic growth rate in Southern states decelerated from 7 percent to 6.5 percent while that in Northern states it accelerated from 4.5 percent to 6.8 percent. Much of the credit, Sharma says, goes to the improved polity in the Northern states and lots of action on the ground especially in infrastructure creation.

Four Secretary level vacancies in GoI this month
There are going to be four Secretary level vacancies in the Government of India this month end.

Ms. Usha Sharma poised to be Joint Secretary Tourism in GOI
As the grapevine has it, Ms. Usha Sharma on central deputation is poised to be Joint Secretary Tourism. Presently, she is Principal Secretary (PS) Tourism with the Rajasthan Government. She is an IAS officer of 1985 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Anuradha Prasad to be JS Food Processing Industries
Anuradha Prasad is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary, Food Processing Industries. She is 1986 batch IDAS officer.

Empanelment of 1982 batch IAS delayed
Empanelment of 1982 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has been delayed .Now it is expected to take place this month end.

Process for empanelment of 1998 batch to take a week
As the grapevine has it, process relating to about 100 IPS officers of 1998 figure in list for empanelment on central deputation as DIGs is expected to be completed in a week's time.

K C Purohit poised to head NPCIL
As the grapevine has it, K C Purohit on whose name PESB had zeroed down as new Chairman and Managing Director Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) in place of Dr.Shreyans Kumar Jain, will have no hurdle in getting elevated. Dr. Jain retires on May 31, 2012 on attaining the age of 64 years.
(We said this on March 19 & in early April 2012)

1993 batch of IAS officers frozen
As process for empanelment of IAS officers belonging to the 1993 batch for central deputation as Joint Secretaries has started, their batch has been frozen.

Inter cadre deputation of M H Khan extended
The inter cadre deputation of M H Khan from Manipur-Tripura to Uttarakhand has been extended for more one year. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

Front runners for 2 posts of SEBI
Among front runners for two posts of Member SEBI is an IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh (HP) Dr. Asha Ram Sihag who is currently Senior Advisor to Executive Director (ED) of Asian Development Bank (ADB) ,Manila. He is a product of IIT Delhi where he did his M. Tech. He did his Ph.D. from Cornell University, USA. Other key contenders are: K L Dhingra CMD ITI Bangalore,Chandan Sinha Chief General Manager (CGM) with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Alok Mishra CMD Bank of India (BoI), J P Dua CMD Allahabad Bank, S. Raman CMD Canara Bank,Satish Chandra Joint Secretary Law Prashant Saran Member SEBI whose present term expires on May 17, 2012 and Ms. Usha Narayanan ED SEBI.

Will Srinivas return to Orissa or join IIPA ?
Will Joint Secretary Mines in the Government of India G Sriniva return to the parent Orissa this month or join IIPA ? Answer to this question lies with the 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre Srinivas.

P M Nair promoted in CRPF
P M Nair, Additional DG (Ops) CRPF, has been given in-situ promotion in CRPF as Special DG. He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.

Dr Alam gets promotion in ITBP
Dr.Mahboob Alam, IG, RAF, New Delhi has been promoted as Addl. DG, ITBP, New Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 1981 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Dinkar Gupta to return to Punjab
Dinkar Gupta, Joint Director, Intelligence Bureau is likely to return to the parent Punjab cadre to get promotion to the rank of ADG. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch who belongs to the Punjab cadre.

Ms Zhimomi ges extension
Ms. V. Hekali Zhimomi, Director, Census Operations, Nagaland, has been granted further extension of one year in her central deputation tenure. She is an IAS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Rupinder Singh to join GoI ?
Rupinder Singh SP Rajasthan Police is likely to go on central deputation as AD, Intelligence Bureau. He is an IPS officer of 1999 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Dy Secretary level posts increased in Railway Board
In the Railway Board, New Delhi the Deputy Secretary level posts have been increased from existing 38 posts to 39 posts now and these posts has been given Selection Grade too.

Interviews for SEBI Members on May 11,2012
Interviews for two posts two posts of Member, SEBI, will be held on May 11,2012.

Sinha to join GoI ?
Manish Kishore Sinha DIG Doda Range(J &K) is likely to go on central deputation as DIG. He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to J&K cadre.

Ajay Kumar to move to Tehran
First Secretary in Indian Embassy, Baharin, has been transferred to Tehran.

Names of two IPS officers considered for foreign posting
Names of 2003 batch IPS of UP cadre Nachiketa Jha and 2003 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre Siddhartha Shashni were considered for foreign postings.

Singh to join GoI ?
Seemant Kumar Singh DIGP&COP Mangalore City is like to be inducted as DIG on central deputation. He is an IPS officer of 1996 batch who belongs to Karnataka cadre.

Major IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra next week
A major IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra next week.

New posting for Rajesh Kumar in Haryana
Rajesh Kumar(IAS) under training has been posted as extra Assistant Commissioner, Hisar Range.

IAS changes in Karnataka
Manoj Kumar Meena has been transferred as Additional Commissioner (Projects), Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Rame Gowda will now be Managing Director, Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC). G Ramachandra has been posted as Secretary, Third State Finance Commission Recommendations Implementation Task Force, Bangalore. D S Vishwanath has been made Deputy Commissioner, Kolar district. V Srirama Reddy has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Ramanagaram district. G C Prakash has been made Managing Director of Karnataka State Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

IAS changes in Orissa
P K Jena has been given additional charge of Information and PR. Madhu Padhi has been given additional charge of IT. Manoj Ahuja will now be Commissioner Commercial Tax. D K Singh will be Secretary Steel and Mines. Arbinda Kumar Padhi will be Excise Commissioner and Saswata Mishra CMD OMC.

Major IFS reshuffle in Karnataka
In a major IFS reshuffle seventy officers have been transferred in Karnataka.

Singh transferred to Arunachal Pradesh
Brija Kishore Singh Addl. Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (Security) has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Rajesh Kumar shifted to Arunachal Pradesh
Rajesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (PCR) has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

O B Singh moves to Puducherry
Om Beer Singh, Addl. Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (New Delhi) District has been transferred from Delhi to Puducherry. His is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) Cadre.

Srikant goes to Andman & Nicobar
B Srikant , Superintendent of Police , Puducherry, has been transferred from Puducherry to A&NI. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) Cadre.

Kuruvilla moves to Arunachal Pradesh
Seju P Kuruvilla, Addl. Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi District has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is an IPS Officer 2007 Batch to belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Meghna Yadav transferred to Arunachal Pradesh
Ms. Meghna Yadav, Additional Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police (South East) District has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. She is an IPS Officer of 2007 who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Vijay Kumar shifted to Arunachal Pradesh
Vijay Kumar , Superintendent of Police Daman Diu And Dadar Nagar Haveli has been transferred from DD& DNH to Arunachal Pradesh. He is an IPS officer of 2007 batch who belongs to the(AGMU) cadre.

Mishra goes to Arunachal Pradesh
Binay Kant Mishra , Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (2nd BN DAP) has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Kumar transferred to Arunachal Pradesh
Rupinder Kumar , Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police (North) District has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh . He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Meena goes to DD & DNH
Ram Niwas Meena , Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police has been transferred from Delhi to DD & DNH He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Ishwar Singh moves to DD & DNH
Ishwar Singh , Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police(PHQ) has been transferred from Delhi to DD & DNH. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

John returns to Delhi
John Neihlaih, Superintendent of Police Mizoram has been transferred from Mizoram to Delhi.He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Kaming is back to Delhi
KIme Kaming , Superintendent of Police , Arunachal Pradesh has been transferred from Arunachal to Delhi.He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Gungte comes to Delhi
Nabam Gungte,Superintendent of Police Arunachal Pradesh (SP,Rural) has been transferred from Arunachal to Delhi. He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Bitin moves to Delhi
Apur Bitin SP Arunachal Pradesh has been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi. He is an IPS officer of 2007 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre .

Hrangchal transferred to Delhi
L T Hrangchal, Superintendent of Police, Mizoram, has been transferred from Mizoram to Delhi. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Sanjay Kumar goes to DD & DNH
Sanjay Kumar , Superintendent of Police Daman Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli has been transferred from DD& DNH to Delhi. He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Arya posted in Delhi
Devender Arya has been transferred to Delhi. He is an IPS Officer of 2010 who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Ms Arya to join in Delhi
Ms. Vijayanta Arya has been transferred to Delhi. She is an IPS officer of 2010 who belongs to AGMU Cadre.

Mishra transferred to Goa
Dr. Om Prakash Mishra , Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police(7th BN DAP) has been transferred from Delhi to Goa. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Braham Singh goes to Goa
Braham Singh , Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police(1st BN DAP) has been transferred from Delhi to Goa. He is an DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Gujjar moves to Puducherry
Bhairon Singh Gujjar , Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police(Craime & Railway) has been transferred from Delhi to Puducherry. He is an DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

B K Singh goes to Mizoram
Brijesh Kumar Singh ,Addl. Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police(North-East)District has been transferred from Delhi to Mizoram. He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Rishi Pal goes to Mizoram
24.Rishi Pal , Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (West district) has been transferred from Delhi to Mizoram. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

R K Singh shifted to Mizoram
Raj Kumar Singh , Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police has been transferred from Delhi to Mizoram . He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Deshpande moves to Mizoram
A V Deshpande , Superintendent of Police Goa, has been transferred from Goa to Mizoram. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Chandran goes to Mizoram
V J Chandran, Superintendent of Police, Puducherry, has been transferred from Puducherry to Mizoram. He is a DANIPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Sanjeev moves to Puducherry
R A Sanjeev, Deputy of commissioner of Delhi Police (IGI, Airport Security) has been transferred from Delhi to Puducherry .He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS(AGMU) cadre.

Ahmed goes to Puducherry
Parwaiz Ahmed , Deputy commissioner of Delhi Police (3rd BN DAP) has been transferred from Delhi to Puducherry. He is a DANPS Officer who was recently inducted in IPS (AGMU) cadre.

Dr Vijay Bhatkar appointed Chairman of IIT Delhi
Dr Vijay Bhatkar has been appointed Chairman of IIT Delhi. Dr Bhatkar is a Distinguished Alumni of IIT Delhi having done Ph. D from there in 1972.Dr Bhatkar is one of the few distinguished computer scientists from Asia region who has received both fellowships from IEEE and ACM.

Lt Gen Zamiruddin Shah to be VC of Aligarh Muslim University
Lt Gen (Retd) Zamiruddin Shah is being appointed Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University next week. File of his appointment has reached to the President.

Mittal takes over as DG, CPWD (UPDATED)
S K Mittal has taken over as Director General of CPWD. He is a 1975 batch Central Engineering Service officer.

Final list of GMs for elevations as EDs in banks (UPDATED)
As the grapevine has it following names have reportedly been okayed for the elevation from General Managers (GMS) of Public Sector (PS) banks to Executive Directors (EDs):-

1.P Srinivas - Andhra Bank to Bank of Baroda.
2. B P Sharma -Punjab National Bank to Bank of India.
3. S K Sangar - Union Bank of India to Punjab National Bank.
4.Sadhu Ram Bansal -Dena Bank to Punjab & Sind Bank
5. S.D.Arya- Bank of Maharashtra to United Bank
6.Ramdas Shenoy -Corporation Bank to Vijaya Bank
7.Arun Tiwari- Bank of Baroda to Allahabad Bank
8.Sudhir Kumar Jain- Dena Bank to Bank of Baroda
9.Bhupinder Nayyar -Bank of India to Oriental Bank of Commerce
10.Atul Gautam- Oriental Bank of Commerce to Vijaya Bank
11.S.K.Kalra- Allahabad Bank to Andhra Bank.
12. Malay Mukherjee Indian Bank to Central Bank of India.
13.R.K.Goyal -Bank of India to Central Bank of India.
14.Ranjan Dhawan-Punjab National Bank to Bank of Baroda.
15.K Subramanian- Indian Overseas Bank to Union Bank of India.
16. V.S. Krishna Kumar -Allahabad Bank to Canara Bank.
17.B.K. Shrivastava -Allahabad Bank to Corporation Bank.

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Gujarat celebrates 52nd Formation Day with great fervour
Commemorating 52nd Formation Day of the state Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced an ambitious bulk water supply scheme worth Rs. 456 crore to provide clean and sufficient water for drinking and irrigation purpose for the 210 villages of northern part of Dahod district and an Under Ground sewer scheme worth Rs. 45 crore for Dahod city. Gujarat's 52nd State Level Formation Day function was celebrated in a grand way at the tribal dominated Dahod district, popularly known as "the Region of Rising Sun", in the presence of Modi. "We are also planning to provide clean drinking water for the villages of southern part of Dahod distrit by laying 119 km long pipeline from Hafeshwar and it will be materialized soon", Modi announced on the occasion. Ground breaking ceremonies, inaugurations and announcements for 500 odd development works worth Rs. 903 crore, for a tribal dominated district like Dahod, in a single day has been made, as part of celebration of State Formation Day, said Mr. Narendra Modi. Modi said,"Our opponents have been celebrating "the Decade of Lies" and we are celebrating "Development Festival" in Gujarat. We are not utilizing a single paisa from Centre's fund for these development works that is to be carried out in Dahod. All the expenditure for the implementation of these schemes will be borne by the money of Gujarat's exchequer. I am the custodian of public exchequer and not allow any body to misuse it", he reaffirmed.

28 GMs promoted as EDs in IOCL
As many as 28 General Managers have been promoted as Executive Directors and assigned new assignments in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, B Barpujari has been posted as ED AOD Digboi while Alok Misra is ED (AAC) CO and Projjal Chakraborty was made ED(IS) HO. Similarly, TK Basak ED(Petrochemicals) Ref HQ; R Khanna as ED(Pricing) HO; B B Choudhary as ED (E&P and RE&SD) CO; S Nagarajan ED(Fin) Ref HQ; Hirak Dutta ED OISD; V Ramgopal as ED(Planning ) HO; S K Jha as ED Barauni Refinery; V K Khurana as ED (PJ) PLHO; V K Mithal as ED(PJ-PDRP) Ref HQ; Sudeb Gupta as ED Punjab SO; DK Tuli as ED (Bio Energy Research) R&D Centre; AK Garg as ED(IA) CO; H S Pati as ED ERPL; R K Bhan as ED(H, S&E) CO; U K Roy as ED(CG) Paradip; R K Arora as ED Karnataka SO; Lee Bee Sen as ED(HR) Ref HQ; Indrajit Bose as ED West Bengal SO; T S Ramachandran as Dir (T) CPCL; B P Das ED Guwahati Refinery; BD Yadav as ED NRPL Panipat; Rajiv Chawla as ED(IS) Ref HQ; Gautam Roy as ED (Tech) Gujarat Refienry; Sanjiv Singh as ED Panipat and V Damodaran has been made ED (Ennore LNG Project) CO after promotion.

21 EDs laterally shifted in IOCL
As many as 21 Executive Directors have laterally been shifted in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, A Chatterjee has been posted as ED I/c (Coordn/Plng/QC) HO while AS Basu will now be ED I/c (Operations) Ref HQ and Satwant Singh is ED(Cryogenics) IBPD Mumbai. Similarly, S C Meshram has been posted as ED(Cons Sales) HO; C S Das as ED I/c Barauni Refinery; S N Choudhary as ED I/c (M&I) Ref HQ; H S Bedi as ED(HR) HO; N Sethurathinam as ED(M&I) Ref HQ; V K Bansal as ED I/c(Finance) Ref HQ; M Vijaywargia as ED I/c(PJ) Paradip; A K Marchanda as ED I/c(Gas) CO; Ashwani Sharma as ED(Operations) Ref HQ; S K Sarangi as ED(Alternative Energy) R&D Centre; BV Janakiram as ED I/c(Operations) PLHO; K R Suresh Kumar as ED (Reg Services) SR; Madhu Bala Nangia as ED(Fin) R&D Centre; S Balasubramanian as ED(Supplies) HO; J P Ojha as ED(Operations) PLHO; A N Jha as ED (LPG) HO; S K Ghosh as ED (PJ) Ref HQ and B Ashok is being posted as ED (Retail Sales) HO.

37 DGMs promoted as GMs in Marketing Division of IOCL
As many as 37 Deputy General Managers (DGMs) have been promoted as General Managers (GMs) in Marketing Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, R K Sharma has been promoted as GM (Vig) CO while Gopalkrishan is GM(Fin) NR and R S Sisodia will now be GM (Cons Sales) HO. Similarly, S Gopalakrishnan has been made GM(LC) Chennai; Addanki S Sharma as GM(Cons Sales) HO; Jaspal Singh as GM(LPG-Engg) HO; JP Janakan as GM(Cons Sales) Tamilnadu SO; S Ravichandran as GM(Co-ordination) R&D Centre; R K Tiku as GM (Gas & BD-M) CO; K K Gupta as GM(IA) CO; S K Nigam as GM(LPG) Delhi SO; Amit Kumar Basu as MD Biecco Lawrie (Gr 'H'); N R Jhala as GM(IA) HO; Sukhendu Majumdar as Director (MO) OISD New Delhi; K L Murty as GM(Lube-Sales) HO; S R Sarkar as GM(Lube-Ops) HO; Dipankar Ray as GM(Engg) West Bengal SO; Harsha P Shivaji as GM(S&D) HO; M Srinivas as GM(Ret Sales) HO; V Subramanian as GM(LC) Asaoti; M Srinivasan as GM(Ret Sales) Karnataka SO; Dilip K Adhikari as Director(MO) OISD New Delhi; A G Randhanpura as GM(Engg) HO; S K Awasthi as GM(LPG-Sales) HO; Sajjan Kumar as GM Bihar SO; Rajeev Agarwal as GM(Fin) CO; A K Verma as GM(BD-PC) CO; R K Khatri as GM(H,S&E) HO; S Mukhopadhyay as GM(Excise & Customs) ER; P K Yadav as GM(Ops) HO; Alok Khanna as
GM(IS) HO; H K Sachdeva as GM(Vig) WR; J L Manoranjan as GM(Vig) SR; S Bhattacharjee as GM(QC) HO; D K Garg as GM(BD-Fin) CO; S Dakwale as MD LIOC and DK Sharma has been promoted as GM(Ret Sales) Punjab SO.

25 DGMs promoted as GMs in Refineries Division, IOCL
As many as 25 Deputy General Managers (DGMs) have been promoted as General Managers (GMs) in Refineries Division in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, S K Jaiswal has been promoted as GM IiPM Gurgaon while S Bose is now GM(Tech) Ref HQ and S K Gangopadhyay will be GM(BD-R&P) CO. Similarly, P Bhattacharya as GM(PJ-C&TS) OMPL Mangalore; R C Goyal as GM(Fin) R&D Centre; D K Rakesh as GM IiPM Gurgaon; A P Gangopadhyay as GM(TS) Haldia Refinery; R K Chugh as GM(TS & HSE) Barauni Refinery; A K Singh as GM(Mat) Panipat Refinery; K K Verma as GM(PJ-CPP) Paradip; S K Das as GM(Tech) Barauni Refinery; P P Singh Paul as GM(Contracts) Ref HQ; V Mohan as GM LO Mumbai; Sunil Gupta as GM(Gas) CO; B Arunkumar as GM(HR) Panipat Refinery; C Vishalakshi as GM(HR) CO; AK Srivastava as GM(PJ) Paradip; S L Maurya as GM(Maint)-CG Paradip; Gouri Shankar Singh as GM(T) PNC Panipat; Debangsu Ray as GM(TS) Panipat; A B Pathak as GM(PN)-CG Paradip; P K Mandal as GM(H,S&E) Gujarat Refinery; B V Rama Gopal as GM(TS) Mathura Refinery; S S Raghav as GM(HR) R&D Centre and V Janardhana Rao has been promoted as GM(Shipping) Ref HQ.

3 DGMs promoted as GMs in AOD, IOCL
Three Deputy General Managers (DGMs) have been promoted as General Managers (GMs) in Assam Oil Division (OAD) in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, A Misra has been promoted as GM(Tech) AOD Digboi while W R Borbora will now be GM(HR) Guwahati Refinery and L W Khongwir is GM(Tech) Bongaigaon Refinery.

3 DGMs promoted as GMs in Bongaigaon Refinery, IOCL
Three Deputy General Managers (DGMs) have been promoted as General Managers (GMs) in Bongaigaon Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, BP Chakrabarti has been promoted as GM(TS) Bongaigaon Refinery while P Choudhry will now be GM(Fin) AOD Digboi and Jogen Barpujari is GM(Tech) Guwahati Refinery.

11 DGMs promoted as GMs in Pipelines, IOCL
As many as 11 Deputy General Managers (DGMs) have been promoted as General Managers (GMs) in Pipelines in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, NK Sinha has been promoted GM(PJ) PLHO; Jaspal Singh will now be GM (Const) PLHO and Ravindra Prasad is GM(H,S&E) PLHO. Similarly, M M Mohanty has been promoted GM PHDPL Bhubaneswar; S C Katial as GM(Civil) PLHO; PVM Murthy GM(Const) SMPL Debottlenecking Jaipur; D P Semwal as GM(Ops) PLHO; R K Samtani as GM(E&P) CO; A K Tewari as GM WRPL Gauridad; Ram Phal as GM(PJ-T&I) PLHO and S K Satija has been promoted as GM(Gas) PLHO.

Two DGMs promoted as GMs in R&D centre, IOCL
A K Sehgal DGM(AT) R&D Centre has been promoted as GM(Automotive Research) R&D Centre while Shashikant DGM(Petrochemicals) R& D Centre as GM(Petrochemicals Research) R&D Centre.

Two DGMs promoted as GMs in IBP division, IOCL
V P Sinha, DGM(LNG) CO has been promoted as GM(LNG) CO while C Srikrishna DGM I/c Cryogenics IBPD Nasik is GM(Cryogenics) IBPD Nasik in IBP division in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

21 GMs shifted in Marketing Division, IOCL
As many as 21 General Managers have laterally been shifted in Marketing Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, Amresh Kapoor has been posted as GM I/c (Reg Services) NR while S Das will now be GM(Fin) IBPD Mumbai and MK Sinha was made GM I/c(Reg Services) ER. Similarly, P C Mehta has been made GM(M&I) HO; Subhash K Bag as GM(Mats) HO; K Ramakrishna as GM(MO) Tamil Nadu SO; P Rajendran as GM(LC) Trombay; Ashok Sen as GM(Plng) HO; M G Shaikh as GM(RC) Koyali; Samar Ghosh as GM I/c(Fin) ER; P Krishnan Kutty as GM LERC Bangalore; Koshy Eipe as GM(Fin) Tamil Nadu SO; S S Mishra as GM UPSO II; UV Mannur as GM(LPG) Karnataka SO; NVN Ramsai as GM(Fin) SR; MK Jain as GM(IA) NR; Shailendra Mittal as GM(Cons Sales) Gujarat SO; T S Khwaja as GM Delhi SO; H P Madnawat as GM(Ret Sales) HO; M R Karandikar as GM(Shipping) HO and B S Girdhar has been shifted as GM(Engg) HO.

12 GMs shifted in Refineries Division, IOCL
As many as 12 General Managers have laterally been shifted in Refineries Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL. Accordingly, A M Rao has been shifted as GM(Vig) CO while A Kumar will now be GM(H,S&E) Haldia and C Shankar is GM(H,S&E) Mathura Refinery. Similarly, G Murali has been appointed GM(Fin) Gujarat Refinery ; A K Chowdhury as GM(HRD, MS & Trg) Ref HQ; Ramjee Ram as GM(PJ) Paradip; Verghese Cherian as GM(HR) Ref HQ; K Tuteja as GM(TS) PNC Panipat; Vijay Prakash as GM(PN)-CG Paradip; Shiva Shanker as GM(TS & HSE)-CG Paradip; R K Mittal as GM Petrotech 2012 Sectt and V K Shukla has been made as GM(CG)-P&U Paradip.

4 GMs shifted in AOD, IOCL
Four General Managers (GMs) have been shifted in Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, K K Shivlal has been posted as GM(Fin) PLHO while S P Bordoloi will now be GM(H,S&E) Panipat Refinery and HN Sah is GM(H,S&E) CO. Besides, K Bora has been made GM(TS & HSE) AOD Digboi.

Two GMs shifted in Bongaigaon Refinery, IOCL
Satyabrata Kakaty has been appointed as GM(H,S&E) Bongaigaon Refinery while B K Das is now as GM(PJ) Bongaigaon Refinery in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).

6 GMs shifted in Pipelines Division, IOCL
As many as six General Managers (GMs) have laterally been shifted in Pipelines Division in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). Accordingly, P K Arora has been made GM I/c(PJ-T&I) PLHO while Chanduru will now be GM I/c SRPL Chennai and R K Sharma is GM I/c(Const) PLHO. Similarly, Pawan Kumar Bansal has been posted as GM(PJ-Electrical) PLHO; V P Harinarayan as GM(Ops) SRPL Chennai and H P Sahi as GM(Contracts) PLHO.

Secretary DPE Visits ITI, Bangalore
O P Rawat (IAS), Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), visited ITI's Corporate Office and Bangalore Plant recently and discussed several issues related to ITI's business with senior executives at the Corporate Office.While, K L Dhingra, CMD, ITI Ltd, welcomed the guest and thanked DPE for its support and explained the efforts being made by ITI to revive the Company through various measures, R. K. Agarwal, Director (Marketing) made the presentation on behalf of ITI focusing on the Company's new businesses and future plans. Rawat also planted a sapling at ITI's Bangalore Plant as a goodwill gesture.

Fiat and Tata to re-align their Indian joint-venture
Fiat and Tata have agreed that in order to further develop the Fiat brand in India, management control of Fiat's commercial and distribution activities will be handed over to a separate Fiat Group owned company. Currently Tata Motors has been managing the distribution responsibility of the Fiat branded products in India through joint Tata-Fiat dealerships.As part of the growth plans and in order to provide greater focus on the Fiat brand, Tata Motors will hand over the distribution and service responsibility for Fiat cars in India to a Fiat Group owned company being formed for this purpose.

Ramanath appointed as Director Mind Tree
Ramesh Ramanath founder of Janagraah has been appointed as director on the board of Mind Tree.

Balakrishnan appointed as additional director of English Indian Clay
T Balakrishnan appointed as additional director of English Indian Clay.

Mishra appointed as director of Caplin Point
DP Mishra has been appointed as director of Caplin Point.

Kumar appointed as director of NALCO
Arun Kumar has been appointed as the director of NALCO

Jindal appointed additional director Dhunseri Petrochem and Tea
Dharam Pal Jindal has been appointed as additional director Dhunseri Petrochem and Tea

Two Addl. Directors on Digjam Ltd Board
Digjam Limited has appointed S. Ragothaman and Bharat Anand as Additional Directors of the company.

Subramanya resigns as CEO, Tata BP Solar Ltd
K Subramanya, Chief Executive Officer of Tata BP Solar Ltd has resigned from the company.

Rathi to continue as Addl Director, Digjam Ltd
C L Rathi would cease to be Managing Director of Digjam Ltd on May 31, 2012 and would continue in the company as Additional Director w.e.f June 1, 2012 .

Bhaskar to take over as MD, Digjam Ltd on June 1, 2012
C Bhaskar has been appointed as Managing Director of the Digjam Ltd w.e.f June 1, 2012.

Subbiah resigns as Director SRF Ltd
M V Subbiah has resigned as Director of SRF Ltd w.e.f. May 1, 2012.

Subbiah appointed Addl. Director, SRF Ltd
Vellayan Subbiah has been appointed as an Additional Director of SRF Ltd w.e.f. May 1, 2012.

Chattopadhyaya assumes office as Director (Project), MECON
Subir Chattopadhyay has assumed office as the Director (Project), MECON w.e.f. May 1, 2012.

Sawhney ceases to be Director, Swaraj Engines Ltd
A M Sawhney has ceased to be Director of Swaraj Engines Ltd w.e.f. March 26, 2012 .

Yadav appointed Addl. Director, Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd
Dr S K Yadav has been appointed as Additional Director of Surya Pharmaceutical Ltd w.e.f. April 27, 2012

Bhat to be designated as MD, Ador Welding Ltd
Ador Welding Limited has appointed Satish M. Bhat, President and Chief Operating Officer of the company as an Additional Director w.e.f. May 11, 2012 . The company also designated him as the Managing Director of the company from the said date.

Dash appointed CEO (Retail & BFSI), Vakrangee Softwares Ltd
Vakrangee Softwares Limited has appointed Santosh Dash as Chief Executive Officer (Retail & BFSI) (Global) w.e.f. May 2, 2012.

Nair resigns as Company Secy. ISMT Ltd
Jayan Nair has resigned as the Company Secretary of ISMT Ltd w.e.f. April 30, 2012.

DEBATE 1

When honest officers are being targetted and their decisions to improve are being used to defame them, this call is of no use. If PM really wants a change he should come in picture and see that honest officers get their due. He needs to provide a platform where complains by such officers are are personally dealt by him. Only when a person feels that he is secure and won't be targetted can he give bold decisions in the favour of the organization.

Neha Sinha

DEBATE 2

Presently it seems very difficult. It can be a good slogan but not practicable. Even the people outside Government are being victimised to speak against corruption. What happened in M.P to IPS officer is eye opener for all. But still we can hope.

C Mohan

DEBATE 3

The PM Dr manmohan Singhji is right. Decisions can be taken and will be taken by fair and uipright officers and there is no need to be afraid of witch hunts. There may be a media generated myth of certain institutions/ constitutional functionaries being right all the time (most often created by these institutions themselves through selective leaks to the media) but as right thinking people well know, any one can commit mistakes and so do these institutions (howsoever arrogant they might have become). Luckily, we have a strong and independent judiciary and a thriving parliamentary fraternity to decide issues after sober reflection and analysis.

Arjun Mallik

DEBATE 4

Political Statements without the support of convictions and political will are too deceptive and dangerous. The office of Prime Minister's already under clout being toothless when comes to decisions, weather bad or good or taken by other ministries and then it invites criticism from the public including opposition for ineffectiveness and without any power to even take actions against their bad decisions.2g scams and CWG has rather tarnished the image of the office of Prime Minister for it's silent role till the actions not initiated by CBI. There is no doubt that the Prime Minister of India is a sincere politician to make nice statements, advice to the bureaucracy with regard to bold decisions and effectiveness in its actions but there is hardly any convincing action on the part of the Government, taking care the interest of the bureaucrat when he is in trouble for initiating some strong and effective steps in curbing corruption or initiating actions against the mafia and gangsters having strong political clout and brazenly violating the laws of the land. They feel themselves isolated and then harassed after their public oriented actions which obviously treading on the the steps of some vested interests having deep connections with in the system. So much so, rotten political system has made deep inroads in the administrative system and almost majority of the functionaries are toeing their lines against the interest of general public as they are together to work together for the vested interests and any officer ,adhering to the advise or directions of the The Prime Minister is likely to be harassed lot and system has no respect for such officers, who finally left in trouble and allowed to suffer in the hands of his own colleagues, having more personal loyalties to individuals, for their own gains condemning the honest and right thinking officer, who even termed as fool fighting against the system. I would rather request the Prime Minister to create some special institutions, where such officers can approach when humiliated and harassed for following such honest views of the Head of the country and where he could get some relief if subjected to condemnation, humiliations and harassment for their honest and bold initiatives taken in the interest of the public at large.

Ravinder Gupta


FORUM


Consider Mamata as next President

Political parties should seriously consider Mamata didi as the next President of India. That will be a fitting tribute to her achievement in driving away CPI(M) from Bengal.

Bijon

Very pathetic

Is Government of India unable to find suitable candidate from 125 crore people? Very pathetic.

Subhash

UPA's ppriority is survival

Your observation on Indian Railways going Air India way is a timely warning but UPA-II busy in keeping its allies in good humour will not bother. Priority is political survival than concern for the Nation.

T K Ghosh

Unfortunate

It is unfortunate and this extension will benefit only for Coal Minister personally not for coal industry. Shame for Congress government. Where is Sonia And Rahul?

Shubham

Epitome of integrity

Ms. Poonam Kishore IRS, Member CBDT, one of the senior most officers of the IRS today, is the very epitome of integrity, dedication and devotion to duty. Totally professional, hard working, humility personified, she is a civil servant par excellence. She has a very deep understanding of income tax law and vast experience in tax administration as also abiding interest in personnel management and human resource development. A role model for officers of the service, she is also an example of what an ideal bureaucrat should be.

Vijay Kumar

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.

Comments

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)