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Shiv Raj Patil to be Foreign Minister?
If Ten Janpath sources are to be believed Punjab Governor Shiv Raj Patil is going to be new External Affairs Minister.

Will government be able to hold on to its finances?
The government has stated that it will stick to the borrowing Rs 2 lakh crore in the current fiscal 2012-13, however analysts and market watchers have stated that the borrowings would go higher than this figure owing to slowing economy ,volatile crude prices, and MNREGS.

What is the meaning of tours by Rahul Gandhi?
What do tours to different parts of India by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi signify? Recently, he toured Jharkhand for two days. Next month he will be touring Punjab for two days.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new R & AW Chief?
Present Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) will be retiring on December 31. The MHA has sent a panel of candidates for the new Chief of R&AW. The names mentioned in the panel are as follows: Ranjeet Sinha, DG ITBP, Subsh Joshi , DG NSG, Pranay Sahay, DG SSB, Alok Joshi, Special Secretary R&AW. Yashovardhan Azad, Special Director, IB.S.C Sinha, DG NIA,V. Rajagopal, Special Director, IB, RN Gupta, Special Director, IB,PK Mehta, DG RPF,Ajay Chadha, Special Secretary, Internal Security, MHA and Rajeev, DG, CISF.

Ajay Narayan Jha promoted and posted in14th Finance Commission
Ajay Narayan Jha, Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Human Resource Development, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty in the Advance Cell of the 14th Finance Commission, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

21 IPS officers of 1982 batch short-listed
Central Police Establishment Member Board has shortlisted 21 IG officers of 1982 batch for the empanelment of Additional DG, in centre.

Orders of R K Mathur issued
The orders of Radha Krishna Mathur as Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence have been issued. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
(We said this September 26, 2012)

Orders of Ms Rashmi Verma issued
The orders of Ms Rashmi Verma as Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance have been issued. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

(We said this on September 25, 2012)

N K Verma selected as Director (Exploration), ONGC
N K Verma, Director (Exp) (OVL), ONGC, has been selected for the post of Director (Exploration), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 27, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Six Additional Secretary level vacancies
Six Additional Secretary levels including I & B, Road Transport, Shipping, Corporate Affairs , MoSPI and Defence are yet to be filled.

Sanjay Mitra is new Chief Secretary of West Bengal
Sanjay Mitra will succeed Samar Ghosh as new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer. Ghosh is retiring on September 30.
(We said this on August 6, 2012)

K K Sharma relieved to join as IG, BSF
K K Sharma, ADGP, Rajasthan, has been relieved for the appointment of IG, Border Security Force (BSF), New Delhi. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

15 Senior officers of Railways to go to US
As many as 15 senior officers of Railways including certain General Managers (GMs) will be going to the US for a week long management training from October 2, 2012.

Alok Tripathi poised to be Director, Petroleum
As the grapevine has it, Alok Tripathi poised to be Director, Petroleum on central deputation is poised to be Director, Petroleum. He is an IRTS officer of 1999 batch. Presently, he is Baroda based Sr. DOM.

World Bank assignment; Seniority, Experience and Eligibility to be mantra
As per the highly placed sources in GoI, DoPT and Cabinet Secretary are going to give priority to the applicant, among 23 applicants, having a mix of seniority and experience for the post of Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, World Bank.

Subir Kumar De posted as DAG (Inspection), PAG (Audit), Delhi
Subir Kumar De, Deputy Director (Insurance) in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Inspection) in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Delhi under the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

E Ramesh Kumar to go on inter-cadre deputation
A1999 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Dr E Ramesh Kumar is going on inter-cadre deputation to Andhra Pradesh for three years.

Anurag to be SP, CBI?
Anurag SP, MP Police is likely to be inducted as Superintendent of Police, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Patnayak gets two months extension
S K Patnayak, Minister Agriculture in Embassy of India Rome (Italy) under Ministry of Agriculture has been given two months extension in deputation tenure. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Ms Jaya moves as Member, Secretary, NCTE
Ms R Jaya, Director Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has been literal shifted as Member Secretary, National Council of Teacher Education in Ministry of Human Resources Development, New Delhi. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Who will be new DGP of Haryana?
Who will be new DGP of Haryana? Tie is said to be between a 1977 batch IPS officer P K Mehta and a 1979 batch IPS officer Sharad Kumar. Present, DGP, R S Dalal is retiring on October 31.

K Srinivasan is PD, Commercial Audit, Chennai
K Srinivasan, Accountant General (Audit), Tripura, Agartala, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-officio Member Audit Board, Chennai under the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Pandey to attend Mid-Career Training
A B P Pandey, Regional Deputy Director. Gen, Unique Identification Auth of India, Mumbai is going to USA for attending Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for one-and-a-half months. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of MH cadre.

Nagaland is worst hit as far as IPS is concerned
Nagaland is said to be worst hit as far as IPS is concerned. As per data almost sixty percent IAS posts are vacant in the state.

Poor but spirited in Karimnagar - Field Notes of a Civil Servant
Ms Sumita Dawra, a 1991 batch IAS officer from Andhra Pradesh cadre, has penned her field experiences as Collector Karimnagar in a book published by Harper Collins India. Titled 'Poor but spirited in Karimnagar: Field Notes of a Civil Servant.' The book recounts stories in programme
implementation from the districts and offers insights into why even with the best of intentions and huge budgetary outlays, India lags behind in human development index (HDI). Covering themes of poverty, education, health, agriculture, water & sanitation, urban governance. Besides, it throws light on what is working in the field and what is not, and offers alternative paradigms for possible solutions to problems that have evaded resolution since decades. Stories cover diverse populations from child labour to cotton farmers, from coal miners to powerloom weavers. They traverse the thick Naxal-infested forests, course along the river Godavari, and meander through the 'multiple urban worlds' of Ramagundem and the dry upland areas of Sircilla, examining key issues that need to be addressed in governance. A useful statistical guide appended to each chapter provides a quick overview of the development scenario at national level. Incorporating successful models of governance within the country and elsewhere, this book provides a fresh, contemporary perspective on Indian administration and governance. Presently, Ms. Sumita Dawra is Counsellor (Economic),Embassy of India, Beijing.

Rajasekhar takes charge in Havana
C Rajasekhar Minister in Indian High Commission London has taken over as HOM in Havana.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
A large number of junior and senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Vikram Kapur has been posted as Principal Secretary, Industries Department while Dr P Senthil Kumar will now be
Special Secretary, Health & Family and Dr J Radhakrishnan is Secretary, Health & Family Welfre Department. Similarly, G Prakash has been posted as Director, Employment and Training; N Mathivanan as Joint Secretary, Industries Deprtment; Mahesan Kasirajan as Director, Sugar& MD, Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation; B Jothi Nirmala as Secetary, Tamil nadu State Election Commission; V M Xavier Chrisso Nayagam as Director, Social Welfare; V Mohanraj as Deputy Secretary, Transport Department; Anil Meshram as Director, Agricultural Marketing & Agri Business; J chandrakumar as Director, Land Reforms; M Balaji as Member Secretary, State Planning Commission; Kumar Jayant as Project Director & Member Secretry, Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society; Dr A Chittaranjan Mohandoss as Secretary, Public & Rehabilitation Department; Mrs Girija Vaidyanathan as Principal Secretary/Chairperson & Managing Director, Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation; J Jeyakanthan as Collector, Chennai while Mrs Pooja Kulkarni as Collector, Krishnagiri and G Govindaraj as Collector, Tiruppur; M Mathivanan as Additional Director, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj; C Manoharan as Collector, Pudukkottal; Mrs V Kalaiarasi as Additional Registrar, Cooperative Socities; Mrs S Jayandhi as Collector, Karur; Dr C N Maheswaran as Deputy Commissioner, Health.

North-Eastern States equipped with potentials: Dr Bhalla
Dr D Bhalla, Joint Secretary, Food & Public Distribution, has said that he is very much aware of Nagaland as far its cultural heritage and tourism potential are concerned. Bhalla further said that he traveled various parts of Nagaland as well as other North-Eastern States. He was speaking as chief guest on the occasion of World Tourism Day observed by College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi on September 27, 2012. During the interaction with the students Dr Bhalla has also given his views on tourism. He said that there are various connotations of sustainability. To simply put, the sustainability of tourism means - a tourism which can last for a very long time without adversely affecting the habitat, society, environment or any other aspect of community life of that place. It is different from sustainable development but at the same time it is a small part of sustainable development. Tourism cannot develop at the cost of other sectors. Rather it needs the collaboration and development of many other sectors for it to grow. For example, good infrastructure, roads, drinking water supply, sanitation, environment, civic facilities, medical facilities, education & training facilities, banks, hotels and hospitality infrastructure etc. are all required for tourism to work, he added.

Names for IIM Ahmedabad Director to be short-listed
In its board meeting on Friday names will be short-listed for the post of Director Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad. Altogether 70 persons have applied for the post.

IAS postings in West Bengal
Satish Tewari will be new Secretary Health. Vivek Kumar will take over charge of the Higher Education Department from Mr Tewari. Rajesh Sinha has been made Commissioner, School Education . Sushit Biswas will be CEO, Marketing Board. NR Banerjee has been given charge of Administrative Training Institute.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan
As many as 22 IAS officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Hemant Kumar Gera has been appointed as Inspector General, Registration and Stamp, Ajmer while Navin Mahajan will now be Managing Director, Rajasthan Industrial Development Corporation, Jaipur and T Ravikant is District Collector, Jaipur. Similarly, Subir Kumar has been posted as Collector, Hanumangarh; Bhawani Singh Detha as Collector, Chittorgarh; Vikas Sitaramji Bhale as Collector, Udaypur; Dr Prithvi Raj as Project Director, Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project, Jaipur; Bhanu Prakash Yeturu as Collector, Badmer; Neeraj Kumar Pawan as Commissioner, Rajasthan Housing Board, Jaipur; Sidharth Mahajan as Commissioner, Appropriation and NRI; Ravi Jain as Collector, Sriganganagar; Ambrish Kumar as Collector, Pali; Dr Arushi Ajey Malik as Director, Water Conservation Development; Gaurav Goyal as Collector, Jodhpur; Mrs Arti Dogra as Collector, Bikaner; Rohit Gupta as Collector, Churu; V Sarvan Kumar as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Jaipur; Vishnu Charan as Secretary, Jaipur Development Authority, Jaipur; Mrs Tina Kumar as Director, Literacy and Sustainable Education, Jaipur; R S Jakhad as Collector, Bharatpur; Dr Veena Pradhan as Director, Middle Education, Bikaner and Banna Lal has been appointed as Director, Public Services, Jaipur.

September 28 marks last working day for Justice Kapadia (UPDATED)
Due to retire on September 29, 2012, Justice S H Kapadia's last working day is marked by September 28, 2012 as per his term of office. He is the 38th Chief Justice of India.

39th CJI to take oath tomorrow
Justice Altamas Kabir will take oath tomorrow as the 39th Chief Justice of India

Rajiv Mehrishi to be Secretary Indian Overseas Affairs (UPDATED)
Rajiv Mehrishi is being appointed new Secretary of the Indian Overseas Affairs. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ratan Shrivastava, joined Ashok Leyland (UPDATED)
Ratan Shrivastava, has joined Ashok Leyland as Head Business Development (Defence Business) he will be responsible for International Marketing and BD.He was earlier Director, Aerospace and Defence Practice, at Frost & Sullivan.

Satyavrat to be DGP of Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Satyavrat will succeed Vijay Raghav Pant on October 1 as new DGP of Uttarkhand. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.

Nine Staff Members of CSSS promoted to PA (UPDATED)
As many as nine Staff Members of Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service (CSSS) have been promoted to the grade of Personal Assistant (PA) and re-nominated at working cadre. Accordingly, Jitendra Pandit has been re-nominated at Water Resources Department, Patna while S M Charbi is re-nominated at Agriculture & Coop., Nagpur and Y Janakiramayya at Water Resources, Hyderabad. Similarly, Harnam Singh has been re-nominated at Labour & Employment, Chandigarh; Akila Ramesh Babu at Legal Affairs, Chennai; Usha V Salin at DoPT Mumbai; Rehana Khanam, DoPT, Bangalore and Anitha Christopher was re-nominated at Water Resources, Bangalore.

Dr Rajendra Dobhal selected as CMD, NRDC (UPDATED)
Dr Rajendra Dobhal has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 28, 2012. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Two senior IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Two senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Rajeev Ranjan has been posted as Principal Secretary, Revenue Department while K Gnanadesikan will now be Chairman & Managing Director, Tamil Nadu General & Distribution Corporation Limited (GANGEDCO) and Chairman, Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Ltd. (TANTRANSCO).

DEBATE
Is FDI in retail in the interests of economic independence of India? Mail your views to Mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo. com.

CORPORATE

Three Directors cease to be on Board of Bharti Airtel Ltd
Akhil Gupta, Rakesh Bharti Mittal and Hui Weng Cheong have resigned as Non Executive Directors of Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Two additional Directors on Bharti Airtel Board
Manish Kejriwal and Ms Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili have been appointed as Additional Directors of Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Biyani quits GeeCee Ventures Ltd
V P Biyani has resigned as Whole-time Director of GeeCee Ventures Ltd.

Kaul quits Karur Vyasya Bank Ltd
Hemant Kaul has resigned as Director of Karur Vyasya Bank Ltd.

Shibulal appointed Head (Corporate Strategy), Tamara Real Estate Holding & Development
Shruti Shibulal has been appointed as Head ( Corporate Strategy ), Tamara Real Estate Holding & Development.

Thirumurthy appointed Managing Partner, Motivator
Rabinder Thirumurthy has been appointed Managing Partner, Motivator.

Mukherjee quits Simplex Infrastructures
Apurba Mukherjee has resigned as Director, Simplex Infrastructures

Madan appointed as Director of Vaibhav Gems
Santosh Madan has been appointed as Director of Vaibhav Gems.

Trehan quits Electrotherm India
Ravi Trehan has resigned as Director of Electrotherm India

Sharma appointed as Director of Addi Industries
SR Sharma has been appointed as Director of Addi Industries.

Vyas quits GSL Nova Petro
Piyush Vyas has resigned as Director of GSL Nova Petro.

Sharma quits Bervin Investment and Leasing
Ramavtar has resigned as Director of Bervin Investment and Leasing.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

DEBATE

Economic independence should aim at consumer welfare

Economic independence, to my mind, should aim at consumer welfare and recovery of twindling economy of the country. Whether India is ready for foreign competition in retail sector considering the infrastructure bottlenecks and uncompetitive manufacturing sector, is a point worth pondering. Some of the suggestions are:

a) how we are planning to have trained manpower in emerging occupations;

b) enhance productivity in farm and manufacturing sectors;

c) ensure the there is a drop in prices for the overall benefit of consumers and poorer sections of society;

d) mechanism to be followed to ensure quality goods; and

e) mechanism to ensure transfer of superior technology.

H G Upreti

Need to discipline Taxi Drivers/ Service in Delhi

Only Delhi is the place where taxis are parked in stands and are not available on roads where one can hire them. Even radio taxis refuse to go to any other place except Airport or Railway station. Need to discipline the taxi drivers/ service in Delhi.

S Gopal

Cup of woes of unfortunate IRS cadre is full

Now the cup of woes of the unfortunate IRS cadre is full. While 87 batches of the IAS and IAAS are getting into this rank , it's still one decade behind. Every service has got time scale. The same DoPT which has thwarted the cadre review of the IRS, has cleared out of turn before time promotion of ias cadres in the state of Chhattisgarh. At least there should be some justice. Lagging behind by a decade makes them feel like Group C and D services. Someone must ask under RTI from DoPT as to what is the basis for out of turn promotions.

Sunil Singh

They should always be deemed to be subordinate to IPS

I do agree and find merit to the above suggestion that the officers of CPO should not be equated with similiarly placed other central services as they are very arrogant and least bother for common citizen. u just go any official building manned by cpo only then u realise how bad they are with people, they should be always deemed to be subordinate to IPS otherwise things will go haywire.

Chandra Sekhar

Get it right

Don't be of the wrong impression that the offices of JS and above in the Government of India are unscathed. Secretaries and Ministers having staff much more than their entitlement. This is case of corruption. You get this right your problem will be solved.

A Srivastava

Is this at the direction of HRD Ministry ?

K Padmanabhaiah , IAS (Retd) (Maharashtra : 1961), has been inducted on 26th September to the Court of Governors of Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), a Government of India institution under the Ministry of HRD. (We reported this on 3rd September 2012)The vacancy in the Chairmanship caused by the death of Abid Hussain, IAS (Retd) was filled by S M Dutta, former Chairman of Hindustan Lever. He was elected on the intervention of the Chairman Emeritus, M. Narasimhan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. The income of ASCI for 2011-12 is Rs 34 crores and surplus Rs 5 lakhs. Dutta is expected to bring his private sector expertise to turn round the organisation.

RIT

Detail of the correspondence between PM and Chief Justice of India

The appellant sought the copies of records related to the correspondence between the Chief Justice of India and the Prime Minister regarding the proposed amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Public Information Officer (PIO) provided some of the records like the copies of the letters exchanged between the Chief Justice of India and the Prime Minister. In respect of the related files, PIO observed that one of those files was under submission before higher authorities and the other file contained certain number of pages, presumably, implying that it could be disclosed only on payment of the usual photocopying charges without expressly stating so. Neither the appellant deposited the photocopying charges nor did the PIO provide the copies of that particular file. The Central Information Commission (CIC) noted that the appellant was not clearly told the amount to be deposited and after the lapse of such a long time, there is no question of amount to be charged from the appellant for providing the copies of the records. The Commission directed the PIO to send the photocopy of the related file after severing any information which is exempt as per the provisions of Section 8 of the RTI Act after passing a speaking order.

Comments

The demand for fee should be made categorically giving the mathematic calculation how the further fee has been calculated. Further, the name and address of the first appellate authority should be given where the applicant can file an appeal if he finds the fee prohibitive.

Citation: Shri Vinod Varshney v Department of Personnel & Training in File No.CIC/SM/A/2011/001029

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)