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Who is the richest politician in India ?
Who is the richest politician in India ? Earlier people used to name a Maharashtra politician and now they say that one Haryana politician has `surpassed Maharashtra politician. Guess the name.

Dip in Coal India's net profit
If top sources are to be believed, there is 10.12 per cent dip in net profit in Coal India Ltd in the first half of this financial year even as its turnover rose to Rs 41,583 crore. An ex-IAS officer is the CMD of the CIL.

BUREAUCRACY

Four dozen 1984 batch IAS officers to be empanelled ?
If top sources are to be believed, about four dozen IAS officers belonging to 1984 batch are expected to be empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India.

Who will be new Chief Economic Advisor ?
Who will succeed Raghuram Rajan as Chief Economic Advisor in the Government of India ? So far no name has emerged for the post.

Singh likely to take over as DG, NPC on Nov 29
Harbhajan Singh, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, is expected to join as Director General (DG) , National Productivity Council (NPC) under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on November 29, 2013. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Who will be Additional Director in CBI ?
If top sources are to be believed, there might be a dark horse as Additional Director in CBI and the name will come from the Ten Janpath. Guessing game is on.

Sinha is new CMD of NSCFDC
Praveen Sinha is new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of National Scheduled Castes Finance & Development Corporation (NSCFDC) . He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Radheshyam to be GM of SER ?
General Manager of the CLW, Chitranjan, Radheshyam , is being tipped to be General Manager (GM) of the South Eastern Railway (SER).

Appointment orders of Somasundaran cancelled
The appointment orders of V Somasundaran as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals have been cancelled. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Orders of Subramanian as Director (Mktg), FACT issued
The orders of V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (Marketing) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on May 29, 2013)

File of Sunir Khurana sent to Committee of Secretaries!
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is whispered to have sent the file of Sunir Khurana to the Committee of Secretaries to take decision on the appointment of him as CMD, MMTC? The post has been lying vacant for more than three years.

Manish Singh is Director in DEA
Manish Singh has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) for a period of five years. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Maximum number of Directors from ITS
Maximum number of Directors in the Government of India are from the ITS these days. The number is said to be over 40.

Orders of Manocha as CMD, IRCTC yet to come
Orders of A K Manocha, Chief Operations Manager in the Ministry of Railways for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director(CMD), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) are yet to be issued by Government of India. The post is falling vacant on January 5, 2014.

Vacancy of Director (Mktg), ITI Ltd arising on Dec 1
Vacancy of Director (Marketing) ITI Limited is arising on December 1, 2013 as present incumbent R K Agrawal due to retire on November 30. On the other hand, P K Gupta, GM, ITI Ltd, who was selected for this post, is yet to get orders as his file of appointment is still in anticipation of CVC clearance.

Will Banerjee be the new DGP of UP?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Anand Lal Banerjee may finally emerge as the foremost choice of the UP Government for the post of DGP. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. In case he wins the race, he would have one year of residual service in hand.

Post of CMD, BRCL lying vacant for a year
The top slot in Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd (BRCL)has been lying vacant for over a year after the term of Mukesh Jha ended. After Jha, Chandan Chaudhary (Director- Finance) was given the additional charge of CMD and presently M K Singh, Director- Project Management, is in the additional charge of CMD. If some applicants are to be believed, next week is going to be crucially important in the selection of regular CMD?

Tenure of Ms Thakur ED,World Bank ends in March
The deputation tenure of Ms Anuradha Thakur as Executive Director (ED), World Bank, Washington, USA, is coming to an end on March 24, 2014. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

DEA invites applications for Registrar, Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai
The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance has invited applications for the post of Registrar in Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai on deputation basis. Those willing to apply can send their applications at the earliest.

Virendra Kumar-II empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Virendra Kumar-II has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Prasad empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
J J B Prasad has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IoFS officer.

K Muthukaruppan gets DG rank in Tamil Nadu
K Muthukaruppan has been promoted to the rank of Director General (DG) in Tamil Nadu. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer.

Vishnoi is new GM of ECR
Rajiv Vishnoi has taken over as the new General Manager (GM) of East Coast Railway (ECR). Prior to this he was posted in Lucknow.

Raje is new DC Gangtok in Sikkim (UPDATED)
Jitendra Singh Raje has been appointed new DC Gangtok in Sikkim. He is 2007 batch IAS officer.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been shifted in Jharkhand. Accordingly, Bhimsen Tuti has been appointed as senior superintendent of police (SSP), Ranchi while Saket Kumar Singh will now be SP, Padma, Hazaribagh and Richard Lakra is Pakur. Similarly, A. Venukant has been appointed as SP, East Singhbhum; Shailendra Kumar Sinha as East Singhbhum SP (rural); Ranjit Kumar Prasad gets charge of Ramgarh; M Tamilvanan as SP of CID; Anish Gupta as SP Khunti; C Murugam as SP of STF; Satya Narayan Pradhan as ADG, CID; Rezi Dungdung assigned modernisation and training as an additional charge; Anurag Gupta will replace his counterpart R K Mallick in provisions wing as Mallick is new IG of Palamau.

Term of Ranjiv Singh Dalal as DG, Institute of Public Admn extended (UPDATED)
The term of Ranjiv Singh Dalal as Director General, Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon has been extended until October 31, 2015. He is a retired IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Surbhi Sinha is also DGIT (L&R) (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Surbhi Sinha, DGIT (I&CI) has been assigned an additional charge of DGIT (L&R).

CWC pays record dividend for 2012-13 (UPDATED)
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) achieved yet another record turnover of Rs.1407 crore during 2012-13 as against Rs.1219 crore achieved during the preceding year, registering a growth of 15.42%. This could be possible due to addition of constructed storage capacity by 2.35 lakh MT in 14 States with a CAPEX of Rs.76.86 crore and increase in overall capacity utilization (occupancy) to 93% as against 91% achieved during previous year. Keeping in view the national priority for safe preservation of foodgrains, utilization of capacity for storage of foodgrains was given due attention. CWC handled 10.96 lakh TEUs during 2012-13. The Profit Before Tax (PBT) of CWC increased by 31.5% from Rs.159.12 crore to Rs.209.23 crore while the Profit After Tax (PAT) increased by 39.5% from Rs.100.46 crore to Rs.139.55 crore during 2012-13. Keeping in view the excellent financial results, CWC has declared dividend for the year 2012-13 @ 41%. B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC presented a cheque of Rs.15.34 crore to Prof. K V Thomas, Minister of State (IC) for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on 21st November, 2013, being the dividend due to the Government of India in the august presence of Sudhir Kumar, Secretary(F&PD) and Dr C V Ananda Bose, Chairman, CWC. Other senior officers of the Ministry and CWC were also present on the occasion. Congratulating CWC for its commendable performance, Minister urged CWC to undertake creation of storage capacity on a large scale more particularly in the deficit States like Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, etc.

CORPORATE

Kirloskar appointed CMD, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Sanjay C Kirloskar has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd.

Dungca resigns as Director, Jet Airways (India) Ltd
Victoriano P Dungca has resigned as Director of Jet Airways (India) Ltd with immediate effect

Kumar appointed CMD, Doon Valley Rice Ltd
Doon Valley Rice Ltd has appointed Mohit Kumar as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company.

Krishnasamy resigns as Company Secy. , Midvalley Entertainment Ltd
P Krishnasamy has resigned as Company Secretary of Midvalley Entertainment Ltd.

Murugavel ceases to be COO, Midvalley Entertainment Ltd
K Murugavel has ceased to be the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Midvalley Entertainment Ltd.

Srinivasan appointed COO, Midvalley Entertainment Ltd
T N Srinivasan, has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Midvalley Entertainment Ltd.

Gupta appointed CFO, B&A Ltd
B & A Ltd has appointed Siddhartha Gupta as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of the company.

Raghavan appointed CFO, AGC Networks
V Srinivasa Raghavan has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of AGC Networks.

Jain appointed Head (Investment Banking Division) , IDFC Capital
IDFC Ltd has appointed Rajesh Jain as Head (Investment Banking Division) , IDFC Capital

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Inventiveness: Selection-elimination

The mandarins who mistook themselves for rulers emeritus established their inventiveness while rigging preparing or delaying preparing of panels for regular promotions e.g. delaying the panels by several years or bunching 5 or more batches to show favours or disfavours or even ensuring retirement of the person(s) they wanted to harm before drawing up the panel. Even after the panels were drawn late, postings (appointments) were delayed, rigged or denied. The inventive geniuses never answered why it was happening or why discrimination was being practiced or how 5 year junior guy got promoted and his seniors ignored. In fact, the nasty ones went to the extent of putting the junior as boss of the senior and representations were dismissed making the representationist to quote the rule that prohibited placing a senior under a junior on promotion. In private it started transpiring slowly that empanelment and promotion were two different issues. Wonderful, isn't that? Then came the new invention that even Indian scientist have failed (my sincere apologies to the scientists who have been beaten in inventions of the administrative kind): "compulsory waiting". I was amused to read about the post on the WIC a few days back about a Secretary to the Government of India getting a posting after remaining on compulsory wait for some time. How pathetic? The rules devised by the ingenious inventiveness of the mandarins has caught the highest levels in the civil services. Shall we hear one day that the Cabinet Secretary has been put on compulsory wait? Has anybody calculated the financial loss to the discriminated officers, their agony and the adverse effect on the morale of the civil services? Is there any Rule for compulsory wait? If so the number and date of the order needs to be quoted. Unless civil servants put in to practice highest standards of ethics, evil practices like selection sometime and elimination at another shall continue.

M L Gupta

Use of derogatory language

Those of us who wish some decency in public life are really frustrated by the language used by the leaders of the main political outfits against each other While one throws up umpteen barbs at one family and the prime minister himself, the other party uses choicest expressions for him and his party calling them thieves, liars, fascists, history distoters and what not. These personalised attacks are all in bad taste and one does not expect the leaders who aspire to occupy highest seats of power to indulge in that. Lok Sabha elections are six months away and one shudders at the thought of seeing these worthies in competing with one another in throwing mud on each other. All this will make us veer around to press the button against NOTA at the time of voting. Is it not so?

Aarti Khosla

Central Information Commission

Room No.307, II Floor, B Wing, August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi110066 Telefax:01126180532 & 01126107254

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Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2012/000925

Appellant /Complainant : Shri Ravi Kumar Gupta, Kota
(Rajasthan)
Public Authority : Oriental Insurance Company Ltd., Jaipur
(Dr. Ashok Jain, CPIO & Sh. Vinay Verma - through Videoconferencing)
Date of Hearing : 08 October 2012
Date of Decision : 08 October 2012

Facts:

1. Applicant submitted RTI application dated 16 November 2011 before the CPIO, The Oriental Insurance Company Limited, Jaipur to obtain information pertaining to stagnation increment as sanctioned on the basis of performance and recommendations of DM/BM which was due to the appellant in 2006.
2. Vide CPIO reply dated 20 December 2011, part information was furnished to the appellant.
3. Appellant preferred appeal dated 16 January 2012 before the first appellate authority.
4. Matter was disposed of vide FAA order dated 21 March 2012 in which appellant was informed that information as provided under point 5, 6, 7 and 8 was satisfactory. In respect of
points 1, 4 and 9, CPIO was directed to collect information from the concerned departments and provide the same to the appellant. In respect of points 2, 3 and 10 appellant was informed that information had been requested for from the Head Office where it was held and the same will be provided as
soon as it is received.
5. Appellant preferred second appeal before the Commission.
6. Matter was heard today via videoconferencing from Jaipur where respondent CPIO as above were present. Appellant was heard from Kota.

Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2012/000925

Decision notice

7. After hearing both parties Commission directs the CPIO to provide a copy of the onepage format in which the performance of the appellant was recorded and recommendations of the Divisional Manager/ Branch Manager was given before sanctioning/not recommending the stagnation increment of the appellant in 2006. Information to be provided within one week of receipt of order. 8. Commission places on record the reluctance of the CPIO to provide specific and correct information to the Commission during the hearing pertaining to the records held by them regarding the stagnation increment of the appellant. It is after constant coaxing and prodding by the Commission that the CPIO finally relented to provide the full and complete information. We cannot agree with the argument of the CPIO that the request for information has to be seen within the narrow confines of the words used by the appellant and his complete refusal to enlarge the words to cover the natural meaning of the words through which information is sought by the appellant. Undoubtedly this approach has caused delay in disclosure of information to the appellant thereby resulting in mental anguish and harassment to him. Accordingly under the provisions of section 19 (8)(b) of the Act, Commission directs that the appellant be compensated by the public authority for the detriment caused to him by paying him and amount of Rs. 3000 within 30 days of receipt of the order. Head of the public authority is further directed that within one week of the payment of the compensation amount, he shall intimate this fact to the Commission.

(Smt. Deepak Sandhu)

Information Commissioner (DS)

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Tuhin Chaterjee

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