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Reshuffle and appointment of Governors before January 26 ?
Reshuffle and appointment of Governors is now expected to take place after January 20.

BJP ready to face elections in Jharkhand
It is heard that BJP is ready to face elections in Jharkhand after JMM has pulled out of the coalition.

Reshuffle in Maharashtra soon
It is heard that there is going to be a reshuffle of portfolio's in Maharashtra Government between the 3-4 days. The new faces to be inducted are Amit Deshmukh (son of Vilasrao Deshmukh), Rajendra Shekhawat (son of Pratibha Patil Shekhawat). Industries Minister, Narayan Rane may be re-designated as President MPCC. NCP's - Sachin Ahir, Jitendra Awahad may get an upgrade. Dilip Valse Patil of NCP is likely to be brought in as Maharashtra NCP President, Madukarrao Pichad the present NCP President Maharashtra is likely to be made made Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly. Rajendra Darda education minister may loose his portfolio. However will CM Prithviraj Chavan get back the crucial Home Ministry portfolio from partner NCP needs to be seen?

BUREAUCRACY

Rajiv Takru to be Secretary, Financial Services
AS and FA Health, Rajiv Takru, will be new Secretary, Financial Services in the Government of India. A 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre Takru will join as OSD before taking over from D K Mittal on February 1.

Ravi Mathur is new Secretary, Disinvestment
Ravi Mathur will be new Secretary, Disinvestment in the Government of India. A 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Mathur is presently, Additional Secretary, Labour.

Shyamal Sarkar is new Secretary, Water Resources
Shyamal Sarkar is the first to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India. A 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, Sarkar is going to succeed D V Singh as Secretary, Water Resources on February 1. A 1976 batch MT cadre IAS officer Singh is retiring on January 31.

1979 batch IAS officers to get in-situ promotions
All the empanelled 1979 batch IAS officers in the Government of India have been given in-situ promotions.

Empanelment of 1994 batch IFS delayed
Empanelment of 1994 batch Indian Foreign Service officers has been delayed. File is still lying in the Cabinet Secretariat.

Deepa Krishnan to be Member, CBDT ?
Grapevine has it, that Deepa Krishnan is being appointed new Member of the CBDT. She is a 1977 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Will APEDA find a political person as its new Chairperson?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the central government has made its mind to install some political person as the Chairman of Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). At present, Asit Tripathi, Joint Secretary, Commerce, is officiating as the Chairman of APEDA.

Shekhar Agrawal is Member, CAT in Delhi
Shekhar Agrawal has taken over as Administrative Member in the Principal Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on November 8, 2012 )

Four IRS-Customs officers transferred
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service-Customs and Central Excise have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, R K Sharma, ADG, DRI, Delhi zone, has been transferred as Commissioner, Kolkata while Vivek Ranjan, ADG (EP) is being shifted as ADG, DRI, Delhi zone and John Joseph, Commissioner, Delhi-I, was shifted as ADG, Headquarters. Besides, K J Chaudhary, Commissioner, Audit, has been transferred as ADG, Central Excise, Delhi zone.

3 names cleared by CVC for Member Engineering in Railway Board
As the grapevine has it names of three General Managers (GMs) in Railway have been cleared by CVC for the slot of Member Engineering in Railway Board. Present incumbent A P Mishra is going retire on January 31, 2013.

Who will be Member, Distribution, IRDA ?
Who will be Member of Distribution in IRDA ? Names of two Zonal Managers of the LIC A P Singh and D D Singh are in circulation.

P Ravi Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
P Ravi Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Maj Gen Rawat to go Bengal
Major General Rawat is expected to go as GoC Bengal Area.

Sharma goes to Nicosia
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Islamabad ,Chandra Shekhar Sharma has been moved to Nicosia.

Hectic lobbying for top cop slot amid political crisis in Jharkhand
With the approaching date of retirement of Gauri Shankar Rath, DGP, Jharkhand, the race for the top cop slot seem to be on its peak amid political crisis in Jharkhand. Rajiv Kumar, Asha Sinha and A K Sinha, IPS officers of 1981, 1982 & 1983 batch respectively, are the names doing rounds for the slot. But if well placed sources are to be believed Rajiv Kumar, the senior most among three, is the brightest candidate in the fray.

Deepak Shetty promoted to Chief Commissioner, Customs
Indian Revenue Service-Customs officer Deepak Shetty has been granted proforma promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. Presently, he is on deputation to the Ministry of Shipping.

Applications for Members, Settlement Commission invited
The posts of Members are vacant in the Settlement Commission (Income Tax/Wealth Tax). The applications of interested candidates can be sent before January 22, 2013.

Four names doing round for JSERC's Chairman post
As the grapevine has it, as many as three names have been doing rounds for the post of Chairman of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) namely; present Chief Secretary S.K. Chaudhary, former CS Ashok Kr. Singh, JPSC Chairman Shiv Basant and former judge Punam Srivastava.

Lt Gen Chabiwal to move to Delhi
Lt Gen Chabiwal is moving from Chandigarh to Delhi as MGO.

Sajwan is Member of NGT
B S Sajwan is a Member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Sajwaan is a 1976 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of AGMUT cadre,

Amitabh Verma soon to be empanelled as Additional Secretary soon
Amitabh Verma will soon be empanelled as Additional Secretary in the Government of India (GoI).He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

3 IPS officers of Rajasthan cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three 1989 batch IPS officers of Rajasthan cadre have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. They are Mrs Nina Singh, Umesh Mishra and B K Dak.

A Sai Manohar relieved to join CBI
Madhya Pradesh Government has relived A Sai Manohar of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Indore to join as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on deputation for a period of five years. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 11, 2012)

IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
There is IPS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh. Anjana Sinha will now be IG (CID). Atul Singh has been transferred as additional director, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB).V V Srinivasa Rao has been made DIG, APSP Battalions, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat has been posted as Joint Commission of Police, Special Branch, and the incumbent officer, V Naveen Chand, as DIG, Vigilance & Enforcement. Shankha Brata Bagchi has been made DIG, CID.Anil Kumar will be DIG, CID. N Sanjay has been posted as joint commissioner of police (Administration), Hyderabad. G Suryaprakasa Rao will now be DIG, CID.Ajay Kumar has been moved as DIG, APSP Battalions. Murugesh Kumar Singh has been posted as deputy commissioner of police (DCP), City Armed Reserve (CAR), Hyderabad.Tarun Joshi will replace South Zone DCP Akun Sabharwal. Intelligence SP, V B Kamalasan Reddy has replaced Tarun Joshi as the Central Zone DCP. Medak SP Avinash Mohanty has been made commandant, IV Battalion, APSP in Mamnoor. The incumbent commandant, L K V Ranga Rao has been posted as DCP, Central Crime Station (CCS), Hyderabad. G Vijay Kumar will go as SP, Medak. P Viswa Prasad has been posted as DCP (Law & Order), Visakhapatnam.

Justice Jain is new Chairman of Law Commission
Justice D K Jain has been appointed Chairman of the Law Commission of India . He will take over on January 24.

201 Group C Scientists quit services
As many as 201 scientists of group C have resigned from the services since 2007. A total 86 scientists quit the service in 2007 while 58 in 2008, 18 in 2009, 18 in 2010 and 21 in 2011.

Chandrasekhar is Additional Director in Federal Bank
Former Cabinet Secretary, K M Chandrasekhar has been appointed Additional Director of the Federal Bank. He is a retired 1970 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
A number of officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, S R Mardi has been made ADG (CID) with additional charge of ADG (Prisons), while KC Sadyal will now be ADG, Human Rights Commission and PL Thakur is IG, Armed Police and Training. Similarly, R M Sharma has been appointed as DIG, Police Training Centre, Daroh; R S Neg as SP, Mandi; Abhishek Dullar as new SP, Shimla; Sumedha Dwivedi as S P, Sirmour; Rameshwar Singh Thakur as Commandant, 1st Himachal Pradesh Armed Police (HPAH), Junga; Hardesh Bisht as Commandant, Home Guards, Kinnaur; Bimal Gupta as SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Dharamsala; Ranjana Chauhan as Commandant, Home Guards, Chamba; Rajesh Verma as SP, Police Training Centre, Daroh and Surinder Verma gets additional charge of SP, Crime; Padam Chand as Additional SP, Solan; Ramesh Pathania as Additional SP, 16th Reserve Battalion, Kolar; Vinod Kumar as Additional SP, 4th Reserve Battalion; Jungleberi and Yash Pal Thakur has been posted as Additional SP (CID), Shimla.

17 IRS -Customs officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 17 Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, John Joseph, Commissioner, CX Delhi has been transferred as ADG, Delhi while H K Chaturvedi, ADG, Directorate, Data Management will now be Commissioner, CX ,Delhi and Samanjasa Das, ADG, Kolkalkata was shifted to ADEG, DGCEI Delhi. Similarly, R K Sharma, DRI, DZU, has been shifted to Delhi Commissioner, (Appeals) Kolkata Customs; J R Panigrah returns from deputation and posted as Commissioner, CX, Ghaziabad; K J Chadhaurdhy, ADG ,Audit Delhi to ADG DGICE, Delhi; Pawan Kumar Jain , Commissioner , (Adjudication) CX, Delhi to Commissioner ,Delhi Customs (Preventive) Jodhpur; Chandra Bhan, Commissioner, Delhi Customs (Preventive) Jodhpur to Commissioner (Adjudication) CX Delhi; Seema Jere Bisht , Commissioner CX, Mumbai II to Commissioner ,customs, Mumbai II; Ram Niwas , Commissioner CX, Ranchi to Commissioner ,CX, Mumbai II; Amitabh Kumar, Commissioner , CX, Surat I to Commissioner( Appeals) CX Pune I; A K Sinha has been promoted as Commissioner ( Appeal) CX, Guntur; P N Rao, Commissioner,(Appeal) CX, Kolkata I to ADG, Nacen, Hyderabad; Sanjay Pant , Commissioner,( Appeal) CX, Bangalore to Commissioner Service Tax, Bangalore.

SAIL production grows by 2% in Apr-Dec '12 (UPDATED)
The new year 2013 began on a positive note for Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) being headed by C. S. Verma , as the company recorded growth of 2% in hot metal, and 1% and 2% in crude & saleable steel production respectively for the period April-Dec 2012 over the corresponding period last year (CPLY). Production of hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel for the 9-month period stood at 10.7 million tonnes (MT), 10.09 MT and 9.25 MT respectively. On the front of techno-economic parameters of production, SAIL's performance was marked with an improvement in energy consumption, blast furnace productivity and power generation by 3%, 3% and 5% respectively. The April-December 2012 period saw development of new products in the company. SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant supplied special soft iron magnetic plates for the prestigious India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) project of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). SAIL plants at Bokaro and Salem started production of IS 2062 E450 and E 350 HR Coils tailor-made for Indian Railways.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Andhra (UPDATED)
A number of senior officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Atul Singh has been appointed as Additional Director, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while Shankha Brata Bagchi will now be DIG, CID and Murugesh Kumar Singh is Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), City Armed Reserve (CAR), Hyderabad. Similarly, Tarun Joshi has been posted as South Zone DCP; Akun Sabharwal as Assistant Director, National Police Academy (NPA); G Vijay Kumar as SP, Medak; P Viswa Prasad as DCP, Law & Order; V V Srinivasa Rao as DIG, APSP Battalions; Anjana Sinha as IG, CID; Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat as Joint Commissioner of Police, Special Branch and V Naveen Chand has been posted as DIG, Vigilance & Enforcement.

Amar Kumar Sinha promoted as Commissioner Customs (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Custom officer, Amar Kumar Sinha has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise.

27 IRAS officers get selection grade (UPDATED)
As many as 27 officers of IRAS have been placed in selection grade. The officers include: Madan Gopal Sharma, NWR; Ajeet Kumar Raghuvanshi, WCR; Dhrubajyoti Sen Gupta, RE; Ajeet Kumar Srivastava, RDSO; Vivek Prakash Tripathi, WR; Sanjay Bisariya, NER; Anurag Kapil, NWR; Ms Deepa Kotnis, DEP; Ms Amita Shukla, SECR; Zaigham Ali Khan, DEP; Ajai Srivastava, NER; Randhir Sahay, ER; Rohit Raj Gupta, DLW; Subhashisha Nath, NR; Shashi Kant Mishra, ECR; Ms M R Viji, SR; Abheejit Kumar Sinha, ECR; Vineet Dwivedi, NCR; Digambar Kisan Darawade, CR; Podikutty Nadar, Nesamony, SR; Ramesh Lal, DMW; Man Mohan Goyal, ECR; K Kayanaraman, SR; Arun Kumar Pradhan, SER; Bana Behari Bera, SER; Vemaraju Anantha Padamnabham, ECOR and Prem Chand Lakra, WCR.

CORPORATE


Suresh Kumar is new Non-Executive Chairman of Federal Bank
Suresh Kumar has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Federal Bank, one of the leading private sector bank in India.

Gautam Thakkar leads race for CEO of Infosys BPO
Infosys BPO will soon have a new boss at the helm .The Company's CEO Swami Swaminathan is retiring and Gautam Thakkar, VP and Head of enterprise services in Infosys BPO, is said to be the front runner to replace Swaminathan.

Rajan to hold additional charge as CMD, NFL
R G Rajan, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd has taken over additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).

Goyal ceases to be CMD, NFL
Sham Lal Goyal, Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers has ceased to be Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) but will continue to be Director on the Board of Directors the company

Thomas to quit office as CFO, Britannia Industries on Feb 1
Raju Thomas, currently Chief Financial Officer of the Company (CFO) of Britannia Industries Ltd will quit office as CFO effective February 1, 2013

Menon to be CFO, Britannia Industries from Feb 1
Vinod Menon, currently Vice President for Strategy and New Business Development in Britannia, will take over charge as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Britannia Industries Ltd w.e.f. February 1, 2013

Gowdhaman quits Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd
R S Gowdhaman had resigned as Company Secretary of Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Advance Lifestyles Ltd
Phulchand Agarwal and S D Vyas have resigned as directors of Advance Lifestyles Ltd.

Agarwal appointed Director, Advance Lifestyles Ltd

Sundeep Agarwal has been appointed as Director of Advance Lifestyles Ltd

Chaturvedi quits Tricom India Ltd
Rasik Chaturvedi has resigned as Independent Director of Tricom India Ltd.

Panamburkar appointed Independent Director, Tricom India Ltd
Rajesh Panamburkar has been appointed as an Independent Director of Tricom India Ltd.

Goyal appointed Addl. Director, Virtual Global Education Ltd
Virtual Global Education Ltd has appointed Prakash Chand Goyal as an Additional Director of the company

Two Directors appointed on Board of Jauss Polymers Ltd
Jauss Polymers Ltd has appointed Arun Ramgopal Mehra and Upendra Datt Tripathi as additional Directors of the company.

Mehra appointed as Director Jauss Polymers
Arun Mehra has been appointed as Director Jauss Polymers.

Dudhani quits Emed.com Technologies
Sunny Dudhani has resigned as Director of Emed.com Technologies.

Khurana appointed as COO of Bharti Infratel
Sunil Khurana has been appointed as COO of Bharti Infratel.

Kothari quits Trio Mercantile and Trading
Chetan Kothari has resigned as Director of Trio Mercantile and Trading.

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RTI has a lot of mischief potential

While RTI is a good Act, it has a lot of mischief potential as is depicted by the case law given by you. A person can file an application again and again and expect the PIO to provide copies of the documents repeatedly as if the PIO has no other job to do. There should be some sort of control on such mischievous applicants.

Shagufta

"Single-Point-Directive must be reviewed to curb corruption."

Provision of the pernicious "single-point-directive", that exempts senior bureaucrats of the rank of Joint Secretary and above from direct probe by CBI in corruption cases, without prior prosecution sanctions of GOI, must be revisited. The Apex court in 1997 had quashed the exemption clause incorporated in the executive resolution of 1964 that created the CVC. The GoI, however, decided to restore it with statutory force through incorporation in the CVC Act.

According to reply by DOP&T to a Parliament question, the GoI during the last four years, denied sanctions in respect of 15 officers of the level of JS and above, against whom the CBI had solid evidences of graft charges. Worse, 14 cases, filed by CBI had to be closed for want of prosecution sanctions.

The law cannot inhibit probe against senior bureaucrats and public sector executives and cover merely junior officers and PSU executives. Restoration, based on discrimination, is bad in law. Its
Constitutional validity must be examined by the Law commission, legal luminaries in the light of principle of "Equality before law. Need it be mentioned that the level of JS and above is the cutting edge level for policy decision making and the scope of corruption is high.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Fourteenth Finance Commission and Diagonal Devolution for Agriculture In the post appearing in WIC (05.01.2013) under above caption, the latter part of the opening sentence may please be read as, "Grants-in-aid to States comprise significant proportion of transfers which flow from its recommendations." The error is regretted.

S K Tewari

Let's put homeless in jail and criminals in a night shelter.

They would be entitled to free food. They would have access to showers, hobbies and walks. They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, (even wheel chairs) etc; and they'd receive money instead of paying it out.

They would BE constantly monitored, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance.

Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them. A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell. They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, and education. "Clothing, shoes, slippers, medical aid would be free.

Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens. Each person would have an access to computers, TV, radio and daily phone calls. There would be officials to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.

The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised. Lights, if available, and showers at public conveniences when available. Live in a dormitory and pay for any facility and have no hope of ever getting anything better.

Received from a Contributor A Agnihotri