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What is difference between Chidambaram and Shinde?
What is the difference in working between P Chidambaram and Sushil Kumar Shinde ? This is evident in the Ministry of Home affairs these days. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, in slow mode due to piling of files.

More FIRs coming in Coalgate?
It is heard that more FIRs are being filed against 13 more prominent people. The action will soon be taken says a source in the bureaucracy.

Was there a problem between Madam and Darda?
It is heard that Vijay Darda had been having some kind of problem with the Madam.

Are there prominent names in Coalgate featuring soon?
There are likely to be top industrialist names that are to be featured in the Coalgate soon, these may face cancellation and enquiry by the CBI.

It is free for all in GOI
It is free for all in the Government of India (GOI) these days.

BUREAUCRACY

Shekhar Agrawal to be Member, CAT?
Secretary, Defence Production, Shekhar Agrawal is being tipped to be new Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. Agrawal is scheduled to retire this month end.

IAS has grabbed 40 IFS posts
IFS lobby is already unhappy with the IAS. They say with confidence that about 50 posts have been cornered by the IAS as Commercial Counselors in several foreign mission including Washington and London.

T K Viswanathan gets one year extension?
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, T K Viswanathan, has been given one year extension in service. His tenure was coming to an end in September.
(We said this on August 8, 2012)

IFS officer is new Member of UPSC
Former Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Manbir Singh is new member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 1976 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Latest take on CMDs of banks

In Lateral shifting

1- Arun Kaul, CMD, UCO Bank will be CMD of Canara Bank.

2 - T M Bhasin, CMD, Indian Bank will be CMD of Bank of Baroda.

3 - Mrs. V R Iyer, ED, Central Bank of India (CBI) who was to go to Bank of India (BoI) is now sure to be CMD of the Bank of India.

4 - R K Dube, ED, Central Bank of India (CBI) to be CMD of UCO Bank.

5 - S S Mundra, ED, Union Bank of India who was to go to Bank of Baroda is now likely to go to Indian Bank

How many IAS officers of 1979 batch will be Secretaries ?
Out of 100 IAS officers of 1979 batch, how many will become Secretaries in the Government of India? If top sources are to be believed, about 27 will be empanelled to the rank of Secretary and a couple of others equivalent to the rank of Secretary.

Orders of Syedain Abbasi for appointment as JS, Steel this month
Orders of Syedain Abbasi for appointment as Joint Secretary, Steel, are being issued in a week or two. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre
( We said this on August 27, 2012 )

10 IAS officers of 1982 batch await for posting in GoI
As many as 10 IAS officers of 1982 batch, presently on deputation to the Government of India, are waiting for posting to the rank of Additional Secretary.

A K Srivastava to be elevated in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs?
A K Srivastava is likely to be elevated as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Justice Harkauli to move to Allahabad High Court?
Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Sushil Harkauli is likely to move to Allahabad High Court.

J Chaturvedi is new DG, Central Excise
Jeetendra Chaturvedi, an officer from the 1979 batch of Indian Revenue Service (C&CE) has joined as new Director General of Central Excise Intelligence. Chaturvedi, an MBA and Masters in Science, was presently, Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune Zone, and was also the Additional Director General of Central Excise Intelligence Directorate in charge of Mumbai Zone. He has succeeded K K Goyal who retired on August 31, 2012.
(We said this on September 1, 2012)

Anup Wadhavan yet to be relieved by Commerce Minister
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma has so far not relieved Anup Wadhavan to join as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Alok Sheel gets additional charge of Capital Market
Alok Sheel has been given temporary charge of the Joint Secretary, Capital Market, in the Department of Economic Affairs.

Extension for R STSai CMD,THDC on the anvil
As the grapevine has it RST Sai may get extension in his tenure as Chairman & Managing Director(CMD) of Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd.(THDC). In that case he will continue in the said position for four more years.

Guddey Srinivas gets three months extension
Joint Secretary, Mining, Guddey Srinivas has been given another three months extension in central deputation tenure beyond August 19. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on August 21, 2012)

Ravi Mittal gets extension
Ravi Mitttal has been given extension in central deputation tenure as Adviser (Plan Coordination) (Joint Secretary level ) in the Planning Commission for a period of 9 month beyond October 15.He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Dev is Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi
Vijay Kumar Dev has been appointed new Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Five IRSS officers get SAG
5 officers of 1987 batch of IRSS have reportedly been promoted to SAG. The names are J K Aggarwal (N Rly), P C Tamta (SE Rly), D K Srivastava (C Rly) B K Mohanti (E Rly) and Arvind Srivastava (RWF - Bangalore)

IPS officer to do Ph D in Criminology
Yoshwant Kumar Jehwa, DIG, Odisha Police, had asked for a leave from the government to do Ph.D in Criminology in UK which is likely to be sanctioned. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

Saurabh Tripathi to return MT cadre
Saurabh Tripathi, DIG, Policy, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), will be returning to his parent cadre (MT) as his central deputation is coming to an end. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.

Sang Norbu Mossobi transferred to Delhi
Sang Norbu Mossobi, SP Tawan, Arunachal Pradesh has been transferred to New Delhi in Delhi Police . He is an SPS officer of 2003 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

IRTS officer Deepak Kashyap empanelled as JS in GoI
A 1985 batch IRTS officer Deepak Kashyap has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Sethi in GoI as well as in State Government
Bishnu Pada Sethi, an IAS officer of 1995 batch is posted in the Government of India as well as in the state Government. Sethi, who is on central deputation as Census Commissioner in Bhubaneswar, has also been posted as Secretary Cooperation in the Orissa Government.

A K Chaturvedi gets selection grade
A 1997 batch Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, A K Chaturvedi, presently working as Joint Director, (M & C), PIB, Bhopal, has been accorded selection grade.

IRS (IT) officer Ajay Pal Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer of 1985 batch, Ajay Pal Singh, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or Equivalent in the Government of India.

Amar Patnaik empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer of 1990 batch, Amar Patnaik, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India.

Sahu to be GM, FCI, Ahemdabad
Bhupendra Sahu has reportedly been appointed as General Manager Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Ahemdabad. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mayank Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) officer of 1989 batch, Mayank Sharma, has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India.

Corruption charges against five BHEL officers
As many as five officials have been charged with corrupt practices in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has recommended action against such officers.

Nagraj gets extension in Beijing
Counsellor in Indian Embassy in Beijing, K Nagaraj Naidu, has been given extension till March next year.

Ms Sumita Purkayastha is DG, National Institute of Communication Finance
Ms Sumita Purkayastha has joined as Director General(DG)of the National Institute of Communication Finance(NICF), New Delhi. She is an officer of IP&TAFS who belongs to the 1983 batch. The NICF is the apex level Training institute of Ministry of Communications and IT. The post of DG was laying vacant due to S K Mishra, former DG, NICF had proceeded on APPA training at IIPA.

Pirthi Lal, Addl. CIT Delhi, transferred from TDS wing to ITAT
Pirthi Lal, Addl. Commissioner Income Tax has been transferred and posted from TDS wing to the prestigious Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). Lal may be promoted here as CIT as DPC of 1990 batch is to be held this month. He is a 1990 batch IRS officer.

Five IB IPS officers conferred IPM medal
As many as five officers of Indian Police Service of various cadres and working as Deputy Directors in Intelligence Bureau (IB) have been conferred with IPM medal at an all India conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police (DGPs & IGPs) organized by Intelligence Bureau (IB). The officers include Vikram Thakur, Deputy Director (96UP); Bhavna Saxena, Deputy Director (96 AP); Rajiv Ahir Deputy Director (96 PB); Sunita Kakran, Deputy Director (96 OR); Rashmi Sinha (96 AGMUT).

Six IRSE officers get HAG in Railways
As many as six officers of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) have been accorded Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers include: Satish Kumar of North Central Railway; R K Agarwal of Eastern Railway; Y P Singh of Western Railway; Ved Pal of South East Central
Railway; M Satheesh of Southern Railway and Ratan Kumar of East Central Railway.

Home Secretary conspicuous by his absence at DGs/IGs meet
Union Home Secretary, Raj Kumar Singh was conspicuous by his absence at an All India Conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police (DGPs & IGPs) organized by Intelligence Bureau (IB) at New Delhi on September 6, 2012. He was unable to address the conference as he was confined to bed with severe flu.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, ECIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to select an appropriate candidate for the post of CMD, Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL). The Board has decided to convert itself into search-cum-selection committee.

IPS reshuffle in Gujarat
There is IPS reshuffle in Gujarat. New postings are :- G L Singhal Intelligence Bureau Gandhi Nagar, V V Chaudhary SP Dangs,Makrand Chauhan SP Kheda, Nipuna Torwane SP Valsad, D B Vaghela SP Dahod,M A Chavda Reserve Police Force, Commandant, M S Bhabhor SP Intelligence, B R Pandore Jail Superintendet Surat,S G Chauhan DCP Vadodara Zone 1, A K Sharma JCP Crime Branch, Raju Bhargava Additional Commissioner Traffic in Ahemdabad, S M Katara Law 7& Order, A K Surolia ADG Security Ahemdabad, N N Komar Additional CP Surat, Khursheed Ahmad CID Crime,Mayur Chavda CMs Security.

FICCI's 5th Global Skills Summit: inclusion, employability and synergy top in priority
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal underlined the need for vocational education programmes at school levels itself. Inaugurating the 'Learner First' -a concern which formed the guiding principle of FICCI's fifth Global Skills Summit - Sibal said that this would enhance the employability quotient. Speaking on the occasion, FICCI President R V Kanoria drew attention to the prevailing mismatch between our education system and growing technological advancement while the Adviser to the PM, S Ramadorai, stressed upon the need for bridging the gap between formal and vocational education and Chairman of the Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. Naveen Jindal called for synergetic approach between the government and industry to train the youth and the women folk. German Ambassador to India suggested that if India has to successfully tap its demographic dividend if it were to avert a demographic disaster. Sharda Prasad, DG, DGET, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Harbhajan Sing, Joint Secretary, Dept. of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, T Vijay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, GoI, Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai, Senior Vice President, FICCI and Country Head-HSBC India, Abhaya Agarwal, Partner, Ernst & Young and Syed Sultan Ahmed, Managing Director, EduMedia also addressed the first day of the summit along with several experts and government representatives from across the world.

MP cadre IPS officer S S Lal promoted as DG (Updated)
Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer S S Lal has been promoted as DG. The 1982 batch IPS officer will be DG MP Police Housing Corporation.
(We said this on September 1, 2012)

Sanjay Chaudhary is new Transport Commissioner in MP (Updated)
Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1984 batch Sanjay Chaudhary has been appointed as the new Transport Commissioner.

IB Dy. Dir Vikram Thakur gets police medal (UPDATED)
The Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde presenting the police medal to Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Vikram Thakur on the occasion of DGP's & IGP's conference in New Delhi, on Friday. The Union Ministers of State for Home Affairs - Mullappally Ramachandran and Jitendra Singh besides the Director - Intelligence Bureau Nehchal Sandhu were Also present on the occassion.

Sudhir Mittal to be Secretary Fertilisers (UPDATED)
Sudhir Mittal is being appointed new Secretary Fertilisers in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Chhiber to be Secretary Ex-Servicemen Welfare (UPDATED)
V Chhiber is being appointed new Secretary Ex-Servicemen Welfare. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Two IAS officers get fresh postings in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Krishna Mohan has been posted as the Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments while Devender Singh will now be Chairman of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) as well as CMD of Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN).

Tarique Kalim to continue assignment with CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer Tarique Kalim, Additional DIT (Int Txt), Delhi, will continue with his present assignment with Data Base Cell of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

3 IRS-IT officers promoted to CIT (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). The officers include Sube Singh Kemwal, Pariminder and M Anil Kumar.

Mahesh Kumar is also GM, Central Railway (UPDATED)
Mahesh Kumar, General Manager, West Railway, has been assigned additional charge of General Manager of Central Railway from September 7 to 9, 2012.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
A number of senior officers have been transferred and posted at different zones in Railways. Accordingly, Arvind Srivastava SG to SAG/IRSS ER, has been shifted to RWF/Bangalore while Bikash K Mohanty SG to SAG/IRSS ECOR, is shifted to ER and Dhirendra Kumar Srivastava SG to SAG/IRSS NCR was moved to CR. Similarly, PC Tamta SG to SAG/IRSS CLW, has been transferred to SCR; J K Agarwal, SG, SAG/IRSS NCR shifted to NR; Akhil Kumar Singh SAG/IRAS SECR to ER and posted in the cadre; Murlidhar Madhur SAG/IRAS ER to ECR; S Mookerjee HAG/IRAS posted as FA&CAO, BM Krishna SG/IRSME RWF to ICF and posted in the same capacity; Ratan Kumar SAG/IRSE ECR posted as PCE on ECR; M Satheesh SAG/IRSE SR posted as PCE on SR; Ved Pal SAG/IRSE SER posted as PCE on SECR; Y P Singh SAG/IRSE NWR posted as PCE on NWR; R K Agarwal SAG/IRSE SER posted as PCE on SER; Satish Kumar SAG/IRSE NCR posted as PCE on NCR; J N Jha SAG/IRTS ER on being relieve from the post of DRM/Asansol SER, as CCM (CHOD); CBK Singh SAG/IRTS SER, as CAO(PTS); Ms Vijaya Sinha HAG/IRTS NR has been posted as CC(M)PHOD) on the NR and Parag Gupta JAG/IRSME DLW, has been transferred to NER.

Transfer orders cancelled in Railways (UPDATED)
The transfer orders of GVV Satyanarayana Raju SG/IRSE from SCR to CLW and Dr. Kiran Mishra SAG/IRMS Addl.CMS from NER to ER as CMS/MD and Sunil Kumar Agarwal HAG/IRTS from SCR as COM to NR as CCM(PHOD), have been cancelled.

CORPORATE

Das appointed Govt. Director, ONGC
The Central Government has appointed Shaktikanta Das, Additional Secretary (EA), DEA, as a Government Director on the Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), in place of Bimal Julka, Additional Secretary & Director General, DEA with effect from August 28, 2012

Shenoy quits Balaji Telefilms
Srinivasa Shenoy, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Balaji Telefilms Ltd has resigned from the company.

Farooq appointed Head (Social Media, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud), Wipro Ltd
Wipro Ltd has appointed Shaji Farooq as Head (Social Media, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud).

Shah appointed Addl. Director,Yuvraaj Hygiene Products Ltd
Yuvraaj Hygiene Products Ltd has appointed Sunil Shah as Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Kampani appointed Addl. Director, Yuvraaj Hygiene Products Ltd
Ankur Kampani has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Yuvraaj Hygiene Products Ltd.

Kumar quits Revathi Equipment Ltd
K Sunil Kumar, Managing Director of Revathi Equipment Ltd has resigned from the company.

Hariharan appointed Whole-time Director, Revathi Equipment Ltd
S Hariharan has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Revathi Equipment Ltd.

Vaidyanathan quits Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd
P G Vaidyanathan has resigned as Director of Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd.

Chandra appointed Addl. Director, Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd
Asim Chandra has been appointed as Additional Director of Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd

Girotra appointed Independent Director, KPIT Cummins Ltd
Ms Manisha Girotra has been appointed as Independent Director on the Board of Directors of KPIT Cummins Ltd.

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Reservation in promotions

The Union Cabinet's decision to seek a constitutional amendment for its decision to enforce reservations quota in matters of promotions too for the employees of certain classes seems to be a retrograde step which benefit neither the supposed beneficiaries nor others. On the contrary it will add to the heartburning and estrangement between government servants belonging to different castes. Our founding fathers of the Constitution had envisaged reservations in matters of recruitment for a limited period and it was expected that during that period by giving facilities for proper education and coaching members belonging to those communities would also come up to the level of the members of others castes and will compete equally. Once a person is recruited and after receiving institutional and field training starts his work he is expected to learn the skills equally with others who had come in the general category.. After a govt. servant works in the field or in the office he should be treated as equal and at par in all matters with his colleagues. There can't be different norms or yardsticks for judging the performance of different categories and there is no question of reservations in matters of promotion. This measure would make the members of the so called reserved category complacent and at the same time will create avoidable tensions amongst govt. servants. The political parties try to get political mileage by such populist measures but they do not bother to even look at the damage that will be done to the system. All thinking men and all political parties should oppose this measure tooth and nail. Our Father of the Nations had seen the vision of a classless society in free India. Will this measure be a step in that direction or it will further balkanise the various castes and communities. In no developed country there are classes like this: they are all just citizens of the country and each citizen has equal rights and equal responsibilities. We in India keep on multiplying privileged classes at the cost of dividing the socieiy further. India should be one country and each Indian should be just an INDIAN and nothing else.

S C Agrawal, DG Police Retd. MP Bhopal

Who will take care of bureaucrats at the centre?

Apropos the comment in WIC (06.09.2012) on above subject, it is pertinent to mention that there exist differential yardsticks not only to measure and acknowledge honesty (and efficiency) among bureaucrats but also as regards terms governing their placement to the same post. While Dr Abraham is fortunate that he did not have to quit government prior to joining SEBI as a Member and had the option of reverting, Sahoo, another honest and meritorious (useless) officer belonging to the Indian Economic Service had to resign as a prerequisite to occupying the post of Member, SEBI, and if the account given in the WIC post is true, M S Sahoo also bore the brunt along with Dr. Abraham. However, Government has lost Sahoo forever.

S K Tewari

Good Governance

Retired Coal Secretary is working as adviser to Minister Coal. Everybody laughs at this unprecedented arrangement .Now, he has been given extension. Example of Good Governance.

T K Ghosh

RIT

Can an appellant demand inforamtion in Hindi under RTI?

The appellant sought information in Hindi regarding ICDS projects operating in Delhi including details of each project on a CD, number of Anganwadi centers operating along with details of Anganwadi centers, details of budget allocations for each Anganwadi and also the details of beneficiaries (women and children) of Anganwadi centers etc..

The appellant filed a complaint before the Central Information Commission (CIC) alleging non-disposal of his request by the Public Information Officer(PIO) and First Appellate Authority (FAA). The respondents stated that information has been furnished by all the 94 PIOs of different ICDS
projects to the appellant and that they had provided the information as available in the records and some on CDs in cases where the information was available as computer data. The appellant stated that only 71 PIOs had furnished him the information, that too in a delayed manner and it has not been translated into Hindi or provided on CD. Further, the FAA had not bothered to dispose off his appeal.

The CIC issued SCN to the PIOs as to why penalty u/s 20(1) should not be imposed upon them for not responding to the RTI Application within the prescribed time period. The CIC also directed the FAA to show cause as to why disciplinary action should not be recommended against him. The CIC ruled that there is no provision for translating documents and then providing them to the Applicant under RTI Act. The CIC also ruled that information may be provided on CD, free of cost if the information is already available as a computer record. Details of all ICDS projects including budgets allocated to them, details of personnel working for these projects etc. were directed to be put up on the website of the Department as per section 4(2) of the RTI Act.

Comments

Translation or reducing the documents to electronic form in order to transfer them on to a CD just because the Appellant wants the information on a CD, is not mandated as per the RTI Act.

Citation: Mr. Shiv Kumar Saxena v. Department of Women and Child Development in File No: CIC/AD/A/2012/000794

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)