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Vishal Kumar

Rare gesture by P.Chidambaram
Indian Home Minister P.Chidambaram before start of NCTC meet went to the seat of every Chief.Minister(CM).and greeted him/her,personally on May 5,2012. Such a humility is rare from him.

Uma Bharti celebrates birthday in Nagpur
Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti celebrated her birthday in Nagpur. She had a two hour long meeting with the RSS Chief, Mohan Bhagwat. Any Significance?

Modi v/s Nitish: Let bygones be bygones (UPDATED)
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech during NCTC meet in Delhi quoted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar many a time and supported the latter's views. Is it an effort to make bridges with NDA leaders?

IRS officer R Bhardwaj resigns to join as Member, Settlement Commission
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, R Bhardwaj, presently Chief Commissioner of Income Tax-II, New Delhi, has been selected as Member of the Settlement Commission (IT/WT), Principal Bench, Delhi. He has tendered resignation from the service to don the mantle of new
assignment.

Rakesh Bahadur is new Chairman of NOIDA Dev. Authority
Rakesh Bahadur has been appointed new Chairman of the NOIDA Development Authority. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sanjiv Saran is new CEO, NOIDA
Sanjiv Saran has been appointed new CEO of NOIDA. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Subhash Joshi takes over as DG, NSG
Subhash Joshi has taken over as the new Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG). 1976 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS officer Joshi will serve as the NSG Chief till February 2014.

Archana Verma is Secretary to Assam CM
Archana Verma has been appointed as Commissioner and Secretary to the Assam Chief Minister. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer.

Sailesh is new PS, Home in Assam
Sailesh has been appointed new Principal Secretary Home,Political and Passport in Assam. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

IAS changes in Assam
R T Jindal will be new Principal Secretary, Commerce and Industries. Atul Chaturvedi has been made APC. V S Bhaskar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Transport, Sports and Hill Areas and J B Singh will be Principal Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development.

Satish Kumar transferred to MEA Hqs
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Beijing, Satish S Kumar has been shifted to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

Budala is Director Corporate Affairs
Rao Koteswara Budala has joined as Director Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Meena is Director, Steel
H L Meena has joined as Director Steel in the GoI. He is a 1996 batch IES officer.

Tenure of Sadasivan extended
Deputation tenure of V R Sadasivan Joint Secretary in Atomic Energy has been extended till December 2013. He is a 1981 batch IDAS officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Eng.), MECON Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Engineering), MECON Limited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before June 14, 2012.

Rakesh Aggarwal is back to Himachal Pradesh
DIG in the CBI Rakesh Aggarwal is back to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer.

SPS inducted in IPS in Gujarat
State Police Service officers in Gujarat have been inducted induction in to the IPS cadre. They are: M S Bhabhor, G B Baraut, R F Sanggada, B R Pandore, N N Chaudhary, A G Chauhan, M K Nayak, R B Ansari, B B Chaudhary and K N Damore.

Shashank transferred in Delhi
S B Shashank, Special Commissioner (Food), Department of Food, Government of NCT of Delhi has been transferred as Special Secretary(Health and Family Welfare), Government of NCT of Delhi. He is a DANICS officer of 1990 batch.

Singh gets pro-forma promotion
1985 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer Rajvant Pal Singh who is on inter-state deputation from Andhra Pradesh to Haryana has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG.

92 positions of IAS officers vacant in AP cadre
As many as 92 positions of IAS officers have been lying vacant in Andhra Pradesh. There are 284 officers in positions against sanctioned strength of 376 in the State.

Mamta Singh to return to Haryana?
Ms. Mamta Singh, DIG in National Human Rights Commission, is likely to return to the parent Haryana cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. She is a Haryana cadre IPS officer 1996 batch.

PESB seeks applications for Director (CM), BSNL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (CM), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before July 3, 2012.

PESB seeks applications for post of Director (Electrical), SJVN Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking applications for the post of Director (Electrical), SJVN Limited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before June 15, 2012.

Ms. Srabani Guha, IES, promoted to SAG level
Ms. Srabani Guha, Chief Vigilance Officer, Hindustan Copper Ltd., Kolkata, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). She is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

IES officer Ms. Swain promoted as Economic Adviser, Corporate Affairs
Ms. Sibani Swain, Director, Planning Commission, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Economic Adviser, Corporate Affairs. She is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

IES officer Ms. Suresh promoted as Economic Adviser
Ms. Usha Suresh, Director, Forward Markets Commission, Mumbai, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Economic Adviser, Forward Markets Commission, Mumbai. She is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer of 1986 batch.

Nine IAS officers transferred in Haryana
As many as nine officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, M L Kaushik (2001) has been posted as Joint Secretary, Forest Department and Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani while W S Goyat (2003) will now be Deputy Commissioner, Mewat at Nuh and CEO, Mewat Development Agency, Nuh and Balraj Singh (2003) is Deputy Commissioner, Sonepat. Similarly, Chander Shekhar (2005) has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Kaithal; Mrs. Renu S Phulia (2005) as Deputy Commissioner, Karnal and Commissioner, M C, Karnal; Mrs. A Mona Sreenivas (2006) as Deputy Commissioner, Panipat and Commissioner, MC Panipat; Ashok Kumar Meena (2006) as Deputy Commissioner, Fatehabad; Tarun Bajaj (1988) as MD, Power Generation Corporation Ltd and Amit Kumar Agrawal (2003) has been posted as MD, Bijli Vitaran Nigam, Hisar and Additional MD, HVPN.

DEBATE

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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CORPORATE

Bhattacharya quits UTI Mutual Fund?
UTI Mutual Fund's Chief Marketing Officer Jaideep Bhattacharya has reportedly quit the job

Noronha to demit office as MD, VST Industries Ltd on Sept 2, 2012
Raymond S. Noronha would demit office as the Managing Director of VST Industries Ltd w.e.f. September 2, 2012 on reaching the retirement age. He is likely to continue as a Non-Executive Director of the company.

Puri appointed Addl. Director, NIIT Technologies Ltd
NIIT Technologies Limited has appointed Ashwani Puri as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. May 4, 2012.

Two EDs appointed on Arvind Remedies Ltd Board
Arvind Remedies Limited has appointed Ankur Agarwal as Executive Director (Technical) w.e.f. April 18, 2012 and Dr. Raghuveer as Executive Director (Operations) w.e.f. April 28, 2012

Trampert appointed MD, Wyndham Hotel Group, Asia-Pacific Region
Wyndham Hotel Group has appointed Frank Trampert as Managing Director (Asia-Pacific) region.

Dhirwani appointed Company Secy. Paramount Printpackaging Ltd
Ms. Pooja Dhirwani has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Paramount Printpackaging Ltd.

Shah designated as Whole-time Director, Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
Manjay P. Shah has been designated as Whole-time Director of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2012.

Venkatachalam appointed as MD of Coromandal Engineering Company
M.M. Venkatachalam has been appointed MD of Coromandal Engineering Company.

Hannah appointed as CFO of JC Penny
Ken Hannah has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of JC Penny

Govind appointed as Head of Structured products at ICICI Securities
L Govind has been appointed as the head of structured products and corporate debt restructuring at ICICI Securities.

Mehra appointed as director of Seasons Furnishing
Kailash C Mehra has been appointed as the director of Seasons Furnishings.

Sethi resigns as CFO of Tilaknagar Industries
Lalit Sethi has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Tilaknagar Industries.

Vitthal appointed as additional director of Oil Country Tubular
A.P. Vitthal has been appointed as additional director of Oil Country Tubular.

UPA need not worry about TMC

Congress Government / UPA need not to get worried about the support of Trinamool Congress because Mamta Didi knows very well that till this Government survives, she will have the power of hard bargaining, and consequently the Congress have to bow down before TMC till 2014.

Kalyan

Dr. Manmohan Singh as the next President of India ?

Please initiate a debate or discussion for the consideration of Dr. Manmohan Singh as the next President of India. Thanks

Terence Correya

Failure of BSF commanders on ground

It is fact but it's due to failure of our BSF commanders on ground because they did not support their troops due to obvious reasons, when our troops are on duty.

O Bairagi

Will he take action against corruption?
Will the new DG CPWD take any action against corruption in his Organization? This is known to everyone. There is much expectation from him.

Dharamvir

Chamche shuru ho gaye !

This is with reference to observations of Vijay Kumar about Poonam Kishore Member CBDT. Only one sentence is sufficient to summarise the comments of Vijay Kumar "Madam ka Chairman hone ka time paas aaya to chamche shuru ho gaye' .

Poonamj

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)