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Bhabani Sancar Nayak
Aaj Ki Aawaz
Prashant Bhushan... or for that matter all running Civil Society
movement.... should concentrate on corruption!! They should take their
fight against corruption to its 'judicious conclusion'!!! But, seems
as the reaction that they got has inflicted them with 'large heads'......and
now they feel they are an authority on everything and anything!!! But
one thing from Prashant's demand for a plebiscite that is evident is
that Civil Society are not hand in glove with RSS!!!! Digvijaya's proof
that Anna and RSS are hand in glove has been trashed!!! Seems Digvijaya's
logic is now that RSS has extended support to Anna's anti corruption
fight so the fight has become unholy!!!! I feel Anna and his lot would
only be too happy that Congress continues damning them.... because their
stock only rises! What Congress is ignoring is that Public knows about
the Great Loot that has taken place during UPA's rule!!!! Congres sis
using every trick in 'the dirty book' to bring Anna' stock down....
why one of them is even trying to do this by behaving like a clown!!
People feel it is only natural that Congress will try to pull Anna
down!!!
By hook or crook .... and I'd add 'clown'!!!
I'm indeed surprised at Kursheed's excuse for his ' political economy
statement'.... he says this was because of the perception that Public
wanted this!! Seems he spoke only to the 2 G lot in Jail and 'misconstrued'
them as Public!!!! I think Court has been lenient with Kursheed!!! Kursheed
has in fact asked the Court to give justice a miss!!!! And people thought
Moily was bad..... Kursheed in not time has proved that our Law Minister
is 'challenged when it comes to Justice'!!! Nation is crying for a Lokpal
and our Law Minister is doing his best to delay the Bill because he
has to prove that his Lord and Master Yuvraj of Congress's demand that
Lokpal should be a Constitutional Body is right!! SO at present not
only trying to delay the Bill but he's trying to credit his Lord and
Master too!!!
Kursheed has transformed in no time!!!!
For Justice and judiciousness he seems to not care even a dime!!
As in Hissar Congress faces a total rout Rahul is roaming about
in UP!!!!!!! Why should he canvass in an election where Congress does
not stand a chance???? But what surprises is that initially Congress
has positioned this election ' as if Sonia's prestige was at stake'!!!!
Maybe this was done so as to stop the infighting in Congress .... and
to some extent this did work!!! But then Anna and his lot entered the
picture and Congress was drummed out of this election 'lock, stock and
barrel'!! Coming to Rahul..... if in UP now Congress is not able to
come to power he might as well pack his bags.... that is politically!!
Rahul Rahul where have you been??????
We know why is Hissar you were not seen!
Will Advani single handedly make BJP loose out on a chance to come
to power?????? He seems to be so fixated with becoming PM that he's
not willing to see harm his continuing as one of BJP's Prime Ministerial
candidates is causing!!!! His flip flops on his retirement have just
added to BJP's woes!!!! They say his family is egging him on ..... saying
it's his birthright to be India's PM!!!! I recall even his becoming
Deputy PM brought BJP's stock down!!! He's too foxy .......all about
him is just a dhong.... and I think Indians do not like dhongis....
in this matter he's got Rahul for company!!!
Abh Advani ji you must give up your 'moh' to stay in 7 Race Course!!!
Apne aap pe Advani ji ' old age is to do paat pooja' rule karro
enforce!!!!
PS..... seems Mehbooba negotiated some of her personal issues with
Omar.... and that is why anti protests Omar were turned off like a tap!!!!
As per a survey Digvijaya is the real Congressman..... why don't people
realize that he's doing what he is doing for Madam????? After Planning
Commission's Rs. 32 affidavit in Court seems SC has recalculated 'life
of an Indian' and reduced the compensation to Upahar Victims!! After
Cash for Votes is it possible the bashing up that Prashant and the Civil
Society supporters got is it possible is was because of a Bash for Cash....between
you know who and who!! Seems Sahara's Managing Worker wants to enjoy
good times........ so he's now become Mallya aka King of Good Times
partner.... hope he knows the King of Good times is heavy in debt!!
Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com
Event management companies were hired for
"Anna" fast
As the grapevine has it that professional experts of event management
field were hired for the Anna Hazare's fast.
RR Patil to stop Advani's yatra
Home Minister has threatened to stop L.K. Advani's Rath Yatra which
is scheduled to reach Maharashtra on 17 October, 2011.
BUREAUCRACY
Uday Verma is new Secretary I&B
Prime Minister is believed to have cleared the name of Uday Verma for
the prestigious post of Secretary Information and Broadcasting. A 1976
batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, Verma is presently Secretary,
MSME.
R K Tyagi to be CMD of HAL
The PESB has selected R K Tyagi for the post of Chairman, Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). He is presently CMD of the Pawan Hans Ltd..
ACC may seek new panel for DG, SSB
As the grapevine has it, Appointment Committee of Cabinet(ACC) is likely
to ask for a fresh panel regarding the post of DG,SSB.
Bhaskar Chatterjee is now DG, IICA
Outgoing Secretary Public Enterprises in the Government of India Bhaskar
Chatterjee will now head as DG, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
He is a retired 1975 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre. His tenure will
be for five years.
Vini Mahajan gets six months extension
Joint Secretary in the PMO Ms Vini Mahajan has been granted six months
extension in deputation tenure beyond October 29.She is a 1987 batch
IAS officer.
Dr Amar Singh gets extension
ED in the FCI Dr Amar Singh has been granted extension in central deputation
tenure till January 2012. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh
cadre.
Thakaral gets extension till February
VK Thakaral, IAS (MT:82), who is presently the Chief Vigilance Officer
in the Oil India Limited, has been given an extension for three months
upto February 3, 2012.
Chaudhary joins as Secy, DoPE
Dileep Raj S Chaudhary on Thursday joined as Secretary, Department of
Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industry & Public Enterprises.
Chaudhary, an IAS officer of 1977 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre. He
was earlier Special Secretary in the Ministry of Home affairs.
Anurag Garg is likely to be appointed as DIG,
NTRO
As the grapevine has it, Anurag Garg is soon likely to be appointed
as DIG, NTRO. He is an IPS officer of 1993 batch who belongs to the
Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Ray is Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi
Saumendra Nath Ray, presently High Commissioner of India to Uganda,
has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic
of Burundi, with residence in Kampala.
Varma is Ambassador to Republic of Honduras
Yogeshwar Varma, presently Ambassador of India to Panama, has been concurrently
accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Honduras, with
residence in Panama.
ECI gearing up for 5 state assembly polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun to gear for five state's
assembly elections.
Rahul Rashgotra to move Delhi
Joint Director IB in Chhattisgarh Rahul Rashgotra is moving to Delhi.
He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Kundan Krishna to be DD IB in Chhattisgarh
Kundan Krishna is all set to move to Chhattisgarh as Deputy Director
IB.He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Ms.Sudha Sharma order as Member, CBDT in limbo
Appointment of Ms. Sudha Sharma who presently is DGIT Vigilance, Delhi
as a Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been in
a limbo for almost two months.As a vacancy of a Member in CBDT had arisen
in the wake of M.C.Joshi being appointed as Chairman,CBDT.
Ms. Hena Usman to be Deputy Secretary Tourism,GoI
Ms. Hena Usman (IPoS-1999 batch) has been relieved to join as Deputy
Secretary ,Tourism in the Government of India (GoI).
Ranbir Singh may be shifted to Delhi
Ranbir Singh, SP, Nicobar is likely to be transferred to Delhi. He is
a DANIPS officer of AGMU cadre.
Maha pays double for power?
It is heard that Maharashtra is paying nearly Rs 7 per mw for drawing
electricity from the grid.
Sanjay Prasad is back to Gujarat
Councellor in Indian Embassy, Moscow, Sanjay Prasad is back to the parent
Gujarat cadre. On return 1986 batch IAS officer ,Sanjay Prasad has been
appointed Principal Secretary Social Justice.
DMRC disregards eligibility criterion in shortlisting
candidates for MD's post
In total disregard to the published eligibility criterion, only six
civil engineers have been hurriedly shortlisted for the post of MD by
the DMRC, overlooking applications from other eligible senior officers
including those with a proven track record in the public sector. This
is perhaps for the first time that selections for top post in a central
public sector are being done on departmental lines and if the scheduled
interview on October 14,2011, is permitted to go through, it shall set
a very bad precedent in the country.
IAS changes in Kerala
M. Nandakumar has been appointed new Collector of Thiruvananthapuram
District. The present collector P.M. Francis has been moved as Thrissur
Collector. K. Gopalakrishna Bhattathiri has been appointed as the Wayanad
Collector.
Two crucial posts vacant in Maharashtra Govt
In the Maharashtra Government two crucial posts of Secretaries are lying
vacant. They are of Secretary Industries and Secretary Power.
Sanjay Singh is new IG Goa
Sanjay Singh has taken over as IG in Goa. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer
of UT cadre.
Government employees protest in Maharashtra
As if the woes of the state due to power were not enough, government
employees of districts like Gadchiroli, Sindhudurg, Nandurbar are agitating
to demand a hike in dearness allowance as per the sixth pay commission
.
Post of STA vacant at zonal unit of DGCEI, Chennai
A post of Senior Tax Assistant is lying vacant in zonal unit of DGCEI,
at Chennai. It will be filled in by STAs/TAs of Central Excise Department
on deputation for a period of 3 years.
IA & AS officer Narsimhan transferred
VV Lakshmi Narsimhan, Assistant Director, in the office of the Principal
Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-officio Member Audit Board Ranchi
on completion of orientation training course at NAAA, Shimla, is transferred
and posted as Deputy Director (Insp-II: Adhoc), in the office of the
Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi against
an existing vacancy.
Pakistan : Islamabad's Development Authority
on FIA Target
Pakistan's federal investigative agency (FIA) has registered over 20
cases of irregularities allegedly committed by officers and staff of
Islamabad's capital development authority (CDA). Some arrests have also
been made. FIA's move comes close on the heels of representation made
by the CDA chairman Imtiyaz Inayat Elahi to the Parliamentary standing
committee that senior officers of CDA were being harassed by FIA staff
on flimsy grounds. However, Inam Ghani head of FIA's anti corruption
wing denied the charge and asserted that as per laid down procedures
IOs from FIA could summon officers of any government agency including
CDA irrespective of the rank and seniority. Ghani also assured that
the CDA chairman will be kept duly informed of the actions taken by
the IOs from time to time.
V N Rai to be new Director NPA (UPDATED)
V N Rai is being tipped to be new Director of the National Police Academy
yderabad.He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
Ishwar relieved to join as Judge of Delhi
HC (UPDATED)
President of the Income Tax Tribunal Ishwar has relinquished the post
to be sworn in as Judge of the Delhi High Court on Monday.
( We said this on September 23 )
Vishwapati Trivedi to be Secretary Mines !
(UPDATED)
Vishwapati Trivedi is being tipped to be new Secretary Mines in the
Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh
cadre.
Vijay Kumar to move as Secretary Fertilisers
(UPDATED)
Secretary Mines S Vijay Kumar is moving as Secretary Fertilisers in
the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh
cadre.
Behuria to be Secretary NDMA !(UPDATED)
Secretary Fertilisers Dr Sutanu Behuria is being moved as Secretary
NDMA.He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Bhattacharya to be Central PF Commissioner(UPDATED)
A Bhattacharya is being tipped to be new Central Providend Fund Commissioner.
He is 1977 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Six percent DA on pension in MP(UPDATED)
Madhya Pradesh Government has accorded an administrative sanction for
six percent dearness allowance (DA) on pension to the pensioners of
State. Now, pensioners will get pension at the rate of 51 percent in
Madhya Pradesh.
30 Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise
transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 30 Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise have been transferred.
Accordingly, C.J. Mathew has been on return from deputation transferred
to Cochin CX-I(A), V.P.C. Rao from Cochin CX-I(A) to Goa CX, S.K. Agarwal
has been on return from deputation Calicut CX (UOP) to Commissioner,
Coordination, CBEC, Rajeev Tandon from Commissioner, Coordination, CBEC
to Export (Air Cargo), Delhi, Reena Arya from NOIDA CX to Vigilance,
NZU, Delhi, Sandeep Srivastava from Kanpur CX to NOIDA CX, Sunil Uke
from Data Management, Delhi to Delhi Customs(P), H.K. Chaturvedi from
Delhi Customs(P) to Data Management, Delhi, Devendra Singh from Ahmedabad
CX-III(A) to Chandigarh CX-II, S.L. Thakur from Chandigarh CX-II to
Delhi CX (Panchkula), V.K.S. Kushwaha from Bangalore CX-III(A) (UOP)
to Audit Delhi, Praveen Jain from Audit, Delhi to Ahmedabad CX-II, Manmohan
Singh from HRD Delhi to Ahmedabad CX-III, S.H. Hassan from Mumbai Cus-I(Import)
to Systems (RMD), Mumbai, P.M. Govande from Mumbai Cus-III Airport to
CEI, Mumbai, P.M. Saleem from Mumbai Cus-III Airport (A) to Mumbai Cus-III
Airport, A.K. Pawar from Vadodara CX(A) to Ahmedabad Customs, P.K. Singh
from Mumbai CX-III(A) to Commissioner, Logistics Delhi, Bharti S. Chavan
from Surat CX-II(A) to Mumbai CX-III(A), D.K. Verma from Jaipur CX-I(A)
to Jaipur CX-II, A.K. Jain from Jodhpur Customs (P) to Jaipur CX-I(A),
Chander Bhan from Jaipur CX-II(A) to Jodhpur Customs(P), V. Seshagiri
Rao from Pune CX-II(A), Pune to Customs, Rakesh Mishra from Service
Tax Mumbai to Mumbai Cus-II (Export), C.P. Srivastava from Mumbai-I
CX to Service Tax Mumbai, P.K. Agarwal from CESTAT Mumbai to Mumbai
CX-III, A.N. Sharma from Mumbai CX-III to CESTAT, Mumbai, S.K. Das from
Siliguri CX to Kolkata CX-I, K.L. Goyal from Thane-II CX to Mumbai-I
CX and D.C. Dwivedi from Bhubaneswar CX(A) to NACEN.
Worldsteel to hold WS 46 in India
(UPDATED)
The governing body of the Worldsteel Association representing 170 producers
and accounting for 85% of world steel production, has decided to hold
World Steel 46 in India from October 8 to 12, 2012.During the present
conference being held at Paris, France (from Oct 10 to 13, 2011), CS
Verma, Chairman, SAIL on behalf of the host country committee consisting
of the 6 leading producers of India extended warm invitation to all
the CEOs of leading steel producers to attend the conference in 2012
in Delhi. Verma commented that the Paris conference has been extremely
thought provoking. The views expressed by the global steel barons would
go a long way in making steel industry more sustainable, in the backdrop
of the world economic uncertainties and volatilities in the recent past.
He further added "The conference in New Delhi will give a glimpse
of the rich heritage and culture of India." The member steel companies
representing Host Country Committee in India include JSW Steel Ltd,
Steel Authority of India Ltd, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Tata Steel
Ltd, Essar Steel Ltd and JSW Ispat Steel Ltd. All these companies are
top steel producers in the world.
103 SAIL employees receive PM's Shram awards
(UPDATED)
The Prime Minister's Shram awards have once again stood testimony to
the mettle and dedication of the employees of Maharatna Steel Authority
of India Limited (SAIL). Of the 189 Shram Awards for calendar years
2008, 2009 and 2010 presented by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and
Union Minister for Labour & Employment Mallikarjun Kharge at a glittering
ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, 103 went to SAIL employees.
SAIL Director (Personnel & Technical) B.B. Singh and SAIL Director
(Finance) Anil Chaudhary felicitated the award winners. Congratulating
the awardees, Singh said their achievement would motivate their colleagues
to set examples of creativity and innovation at the workplace while
Chaudhary underscored the need for making the life and work of customers
simpler and better and advised the awardees to work towards this end.
A compilation of awarded projects was also released on the occasion.
(DEBATE)
LOKPAL BILL AND BUREAUCRACY
The debate on Lokpal Bill and the subsequent anger
and protests across the country led by veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare
has instilled a fear of accountability among the bureaucracy. How should
the bureaucrats react to the situation?
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
CORPORATE
Neeraj Semwal is MD of Goa Industrial Development
Corporation
Neeraj Semwal has taken over as Managing Director of Goa Industrial
Development Corporation on Thursday. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer
of UT cadre.
Industries in Maharashtra hit by Environment
New investments of over Rs 20,000 cr will be stalled up in backward
region of Chandrapur because of imposition of restrictions in the area
by Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests Post of Director (Finance)
in Coal India vacant.
Post of Director (Finance) in Coal India is
vacant
PESB (Public Enterprises Selection Board), Govt. of India invites applications
by 13 December 2011.
Post of MD NCCF vacant
The National Consumer Cooperative Federation (NCCF) has circulated the
post of MD for filling on deputation by AIS officers of Joint Secretary
rank on its official website. NCCF is under ministry of consumer affairs.
Motukuri appointed MD ( e-Business) , Ibibo
Group
Ibibo Group has appointed Krishna Motukuri as Managing Director of its
e-commerce businesses.
STC inducts two former bureaucrats on its
Board
Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce has
appointed the following persons as Part-time Non-official Directors
on the Board of State Trading Corporation of India Ltd for a period
of three years -- S C Tripathi, Former Secretary to the Govt. of India,
Udai N. Abhyankar, Former IFS Officer .
Tekumalla appointed Company Secy. Sankhya
Infotech Ltd
Sankhya Infotech Ltd has appointed Durga Pallavi Tekumalla as a Company
Secretary
Bell Ceramics Ltd appoints Addl. Directors
Bell Ceramics Ltd has appointed Arun Prakash and Mohd. Ali Shikoh as
Additional Directors on its Board of Directors.
Six directors cease to be on Board of Bell
Ceramics Ltd
The following directors have ceased to be directors on Board of Bell
Ceramics Ltd -- Mahendra Kumar Daga, Madhur Daga, Shiv Kumar Jatia,
R N Bansal, N R Srinivasan and Arun Kumar Sodhani.
Pahuja resigns as Company Secy. HB Leasing
and Finance Company Ltd
Ms. Rainy Pahuja has resigned as Company Secretary of HB Leasing and
Finance Company Ltd. w.e.f. September 30,
Suri appointed Company Secy. HB Leasing and
Finance Company Ltd
Ms. Anu Suri has been appointed as Company Secretary of HB Leasing and
Finance Company Ltd .
Sanyashi appointed Company Secy. JIK Industries
Ltd
JIK Industries Ltd has appointed Ms. Shreya G. Sanyashi as a Company
Secretary of the company with effect from October 10, 2011.
Bhattacharya resigns as Whole-time Director,
ESS DEE Aluminium Ltd
Debdeep Bhattacharya, Whole-time Director of ESS DEE Aluminium Ltd has
resigned from the Board of Directors of the Company w.e.f. October 12,
2011.
Johnston appointed GM, The Leela, Goa
The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has appointed Morton Johnston
as General Manager of The Leela, Goa.
FORUM
Editorial comments are totally one sided
I am a regular reader of your website. Your website provides a lot
of information on administrative set up/changes pretty well with reasonable
accuracy. Some of the comments from individuals may not be objective,
but personal likes and dislikes play a role. That is fine as every person
has the right to express his/her views.
What prompted me to write this mail is your editorial comments. I feel
that it is totally one sided with a lot of prejudices. Try to give balanced
views giving space to accommodate inputs objectively for every one.
I appreciate the movement against corruption and to that extent, Anna
and company deserve credit. But I don't think they are saints, especially
several persons around him (apparently there seems to be a political
agenda). Similarly we can not categorise Congress and all its workers
as evils.
Many politicians are good people and because of them only, the system
works reasonably well. It is easy to castigate several things against
them. What prevent the critics to actively participate in election and
carry out qualitative changes. We are lucky that we get chance at the
interval of five years to elect our representatives to take care of
us. The process of election is reasonably fair - this fact can not be
denied. The situation should further improve and it will do so over
a period of time if citizens take real interest. It is not fair to categorise
'they' and 'we'. Any one can be public worker and offer themselves for
service for the people/nation.
The so called middle class may be interested in candle rally (a Christian
ritual in fact) or social gathering or armchair discussions in TV studios
demanding this and that. When it comes to election, how many of them
bother about it. Come forward and convince people and take up responsibilities.
Things will improve if the following action is adopted:
1. Active participation in election-voting is an important aspect
2. Simplification of rules and regulations and administrative procedure
- we need not bring moon for that; it is a matter quite possible
The present trend of outright criticism of public workers may weaken
or even eliminate the institutions. Any thing like that will be dangerous;
don't jump into such trap where might is right. Don't forget, we are
collectively responsible for every thing.
I wish to remind a saying; 'Yadha Raja Thdha Praja' - the king and
people complement each other.
So we get leaders/rulers that we deserve and they are from among
us only.
With best wishes
M J John
UPA 2 is most corrupt !
No other government in the past has faced so much flak for corruption
as UPA2. Time has come that PM should take resignation of entire Cabinet
and reconstitute his cabinet with persons of ability and clean image.
Kumar
Disposal in ACC has slowed down
It is not a good sign that pace of disposal in ACC has slowed down.
As it is ACC takes 4 to 6 weeks to clear files. If it starts taking
more time, the same is bound to cause avoidable harassment to senior
level officers. Ideally such files should be cleared in 2 to 3 weeks
time.
B Arun
Ministers will not have say in postings?"
The Minister's should infact relish this idea as they will not be facing
thereon any pressures from various quarters for posting of particular
person to a particular post. This step will act as a good excuse for
them and they will live in peace.
A Srivastava
Cumulative losses of Air India ?
Pl indicate the total cumulative losses of Air India say as on 31.03.2011
as well as the outstanding and overdue loan on the date rather than
simplistic but invalid figures as have been given. They make no commercial
or accounting sense.
D Chakrabarty
We will remain the same
I fully agree that we should wake up and stop following mirages that
Lokpal will solve our problem. Anna or no Anna, we are going to remain
the same. What we need a soul searching by each Indian. This can only
be done through real education at grass roots level, feeling of being
an Indian first and Indian last. This is right time Government must
come with a national policy that each Indian student be asked to serve
the Indian army, navy, air force police, hospital etc before he/she
is allowed to join the college. This practice prevails even in many
advanced countries. Unless this is done nothing would improve for many
years to come.
Harish Kumar
Excellent choice
Kiran Dhingra as Secretary Panchayati Raj, I agree, is an excellent
choice. She is known for her clean efficient way of working.
Singh
TAIL-PIECE
A man was seated next to a kid in an airplane. The man turned to
him
and said,"Let's
Talk." ...Kid: Ok,what do we talk about? Man(Making fun of
the kid): How abt
nuclear power? Kid: Very interesting topic. But let me ask
you a question...
Horse Cow & Deer, all eat grass. Yet deer
... excretes pellets, cow flat potty & horse
clumps. Why? Man: I don't know. Child: Do you really feel qualified
enough
to discuss nuclear issues when you dont
know shit?
Contributed -By A Visitor
RTI
Report of financial irregularities
A share holder and also the former director of a bank sought information
about the alleged report sent to Chief General Manager of the Bank regarding
the financial irregularities by certain individuals and the actions
have been taken with regards to the report. It was denied claiming that
the charges were not found to be true and the details of the enquiry
can not be provided as the information is held by the RBI in a fiduciary
capacity. The PIO also claimed exemption u/s 8 (1)(d) of the RTI Act
observing that it would
effect the commercial confidence of the said bank. The CIC upheld the
order holding that being a share holder or a former Director of the
said bank has no impact on the said exemptions.
Comments
Though enquiry reports are the result of a public activity, all such
reports are not to be automatically put in the public domain.
Shri Satyendra Mall v. Urban Banks Department Reserve Bank of India
in CIC/SM/A/2011/000981/SG/14960
- Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore and Co-author
of the book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE by Taxmann. (The
views are Personal)
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