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Will AP and Telangana have independent cadres ?

Will Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have two independent cadres for IAS and IPS officers or will there be a joint cadre on the lines of Assam-Meghalaya or Manipur-Tripura? The GoI has so far not applied its mind. At present AP IAS officers cadre strength is 320 while IPS is 255.


BUREAUCRACY

Only 7 CBI cases against IPS officers
Contrary to large number of CBI cases against IAS, IRS officers, only seven officers have been booked by Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI) on the corruption charges since 2009.

Vinay Mittal joins as UPSC Member
Outgoing Chairman, Railway Board, Vinay Mittal has been sworn in as new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday.
(We said this on July 31, 2013)

CBDT to prosecute TDS defaulters
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to prosecute Tax Deductors on defaulting in depositing TDS by due date.

Bharadwaj poised to move on central deputation
As the grapevine has it, Vivek Bharadwaj is all set to move on central deputation. The 1990 batch IAS officer of West Bengal Cadre is serving as Adviser (Industry) and Resident Commissioner, Govt of West Bengal.

Priyanka Basu to return to Himachal Pradesh
Priyanka Basu Ingty is returning to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre from central deputation. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer.

Singh empanelled as JS in GoI
Jasminder Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Anil Kumar is poised to move from NSG
As the grapevine has it, Anil Kumar is all set to move from National Security Guards. The 1993 batch IPS officer of MP cadre is presently serving as DIG (Admin), NSG.

Ravikiran Ubale posted as DAG in PAG, Shillong
Ravikiran Ubale, Deputy Accountant General, in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Nagaland, Kohima, is transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (RS), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Meghalaya, Shillong.

Nivedita Srivastava is CGM (Finance), NHAI
Nivedita Srivastava has freshly been appointed as Chief General Manager (Finance) in National Highways Authority of India. She is a 1994 bath IP&TAFS officer .

Panda empanelled as JS in GoI
Srikant Panda has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch officer of IP&TA &FS.

IDAS officer Sen gets extension as Adviser
The services of Gautam Sen ( IDAS-1976) , have been extended for one more year as Adviser ( Finance Commission matters ) ,with Govt. of Nagaland with effect from August 8, 2013 . The officer is an ex-Additional CGDA.

Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu retires
Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice Samudrala Govindarajulu has retired on August 8, 2013.

Vishwanath to be Manger, Birmingham
Air India officer, K Vishwanath Panyam has been appointed as Manager, Birmingham.

Mayank Kumar is ADIT (IT), Dehradun
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mayank Kumar has been posted as ADIT (IT), Dehradun.

Best Practices consultation course being held at USA
Best Practices Consultation training course is being held at Washington DC area, USA from October 7 to October 11, 2013.

Pradeep Singh Kharola posted as MD, Bangalore Metro Rail Co Ltd (UPDATED)
Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed as Managing Director, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

14 IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Gaurav Gupta has been appointed as Regional Commissioner, Bangalore division while M S Ravishankar will now be Chairman, Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage and S N Jayaram is Commissioner, Social Welfare Department, Bangalore. Similarly, Naveen Raj Singh has been posted as Director, Karnataka Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Agency (KRWSSA) & E/o Additional Secretary, RD &PR, Department; A M Kunjappa as Member, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore; Dr D S Vishwanath as Commissioner, Employment & Training; Anurag Tewari as Deputy Commissioner, Kodagu District; Mrs Rohini Sindhuri Dasari as Director, Self Employment Programme (SEP), RD & PR department; D K Ravi as Deputy Commissioner, Kolar; Dr Ramegowda as Director, Pre-University Education & Executive Director, Karnataka Examination Authority, Bangalore; orders of posting of G S Shivaswamy as Deputy Commissioner, Kolar district cancelled and would continue as Director, Tribal Welfare, Bangalore; posting orders of N M Panali as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Haveri cancelled and would continue as MD, Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMBL), Bangalore and B S Shekharappa was posted as Deputy Commissioner, Chickmagalur district.

LIC of India gets BFSI Awards-2013 in three categories (UPDATED)
LIC of India has been awarded with the BFSI Awards-2013, Pan Pacific, Singapore, in the following three categories: Company with Highest Claim Settlement; Underwriting Initiative of the Year and Best Life Insurance Company. K Kadiresan, CEO, LIC Singapore Pte Ltd, has received the award. The Awards function was a well attended event held at the prestigious Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore.

UPL Pays Dividend to NTPC (UPDATED)
I.S. Parswal, CEO, Utility Powertech Limited (UPL) presented a final dividend cheque of Rs. 300,00,000 for the year 2012-13, as NTPC share to Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC. UPL is a Joint Venture of NTPC engaged in providing O&M support services. N.N. Misra, Director (Operations), B.P. Singh, Director (Projects), U.P. Pani, Director (HR), Thomas Joseph, ED (OS), B.Mukherjee, GM (HR-I/c), K. Sreekant, General Manager (Finance), A.K. Rastogi, Company Secretary from NTPC and senior officials of UPL were also present on the occasion. A total dividend of Rs. 500,00,000 each has been paid by UPL to both the promoter companies for the year 2012-13, including the interim dividend paid earlier.


CORPORATE

Sayeed appointed Addl. Director, Shervani Industrial Syndicate Ltd
Shervani Industrial Syndicate Ltd has appointed Mohammad Aslam Sayeed as an Additional Director of the company.

Malkani appointed Director, Mindteck (India) Ltd
Mindteck (India) Ltd has appointed Jagdish Dayal Malkani as Director of the company.

Daga resigns as Director, Choice International Ltd
Manak Chand Daga has resigned as Director of Choice International Ltd.


Parekh appointed Company Secy, Finkurve Financial Services Ltd

Finkurve Financial Services Ltd has appointed Sunny Parekh as the Company Secretary of the company.

Berkowitz resigns as Director, Mindteck (India) Ltd
Wayne Berkowitz has resigned as Director of Mindteck (India) Ltd.


FORUM

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Status of Hyderabad ?

State of Telengana is on anvil. Question is about status of Hyderabad. It is to be noted that in last 20 years Hyderabad has undergone huge transformation culturally, economically and demographically. Today it is a totally cosmopolitan city. It is the fourth largest financial centre of the country after Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru. It is definitely ahead of Chennai because of software. Authorities should therefore ensure that neutral status of Hyderabad is maintained. Best way to do that would be to declare the 625 sq km GHMC of Hyderabad as Union Territory.

Raja Babu

Hype to the issue ?

It appears that the media and associations are giving hype to the issue. Durga Shakti has done her job as deemed appropriate to her as a probationer and in the due course of learning as IAS probationer . The media and Associations ( toothless IAS associations) have unnecessarily played hoax and turned the anger of the CM against her and watching the musings. Why don't you all stop this. She even not come out in media, she hasn't opposed , nor defended , she is equally flabbergasted as a young lady probationer . I hope the CM is matured enough not to fall in trap of the wind mill IAS officers who would be probably trying to corner the young CM and watch him in the issue. The media as usual is trying to give an color of politics and in turn probably fulfilling the desires of the parties who are against young CM . Wake up my dear CM and take a lenient kind view on Durgashakti . And try to know what she has to say. Don't get played by the crowd. that would make you a future statesman.

R S IAS

It doesn't augur well for India

Rajan has been with IMF an organization known to owned by select few. Rise of dollar coupled with selection of Rajan will mean India will lose its independent currency to outsiders. Those who head IMF and federal reserve are citizens of Israel known to keep all western nations under their debt slavery.

Kap


Best choice

I compliment the Prime Minister in choosing Dr Raghuram Rajan, unarguably the best choice. Indian economy will be in safe hands. I am confident of his ability to steer it clear through the turbulence, despite the contradictory goals of pushing economic growth while arresting the slide of the rupee

Kanakasabapathy, IRTS (R)

DATE WITH RTI

Disclosure of IPR of government servants

Information regarding Immovable Property Return (IPR) of two officers of MMTC was denied under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act claiming it to be personal information, the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest and disclosure will cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual. The Commission upheld the order of PIO holding that the appellant has failed to establish any larger public interest, which warrants the disclosure of such information.

Comments


The Division Bench of CIC in the case of Shri P.P. Rajeev v. Cochin Port Trust in case No. CIC/AT/A/2008/00707 held that there cannot be an omnibus order about the disclosure of all immovable assets related information of employees of public authorities. The request for their disclosure will have to be considered on a case by case basis under the provisions of Sections 8(1)(j) and 11(1) of the Act.

Citation: Shri Bhupinder Kumar v. MMTC Ltd in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2012/002676


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