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POLITICS
Top ten lieutenants of RSS Chief Madukar Mohan Bhagwat:-
Suresh Joshi
Joshi, popularly known as 'Bhaiyaji', not only holds the second highest
post in RSS but is also considered as the second most powerful man in
RSS. He was unanimously re-elected as its General Secretary for second
consecutive term in March last year. If BJP comes into power in 2014
general elections Joshi would continue with his second highest rank
in RSS.
Suresh Soni
The native of Chhattisgarh holds the post of Joint General Secretary
(Sahasarakaryavah) of RSS. He has been the first choice of RSS leadership
to act as the Sangh's liaison person for the BJP.
Nitin Gadkari
Even though Gadkari, former BJP President, missed the bus to win the
second consecutive term as BJP President, he continues to enjoy the
support of all the new-generation leaders; like Arun Jaitley and Rajnath
Singh besides Modi.
Dattatreya Hosabale
Dattatreya is National Joint General Secretary of RSS who started his
career with RSS as its 'Pracharak' before joining the BJP.
Manmohan Vaidya
Manmohan Vaidya, also known as Vaidya junior, holds the position of
'Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramuk' which is equivalent to head of media
cell. He is the son of senior RSS ideologue Madhav Govind Vaidya. Reportedly,
he is the one who always stands by Gadkari; especially in the time of
any political crises.
Dr Krishna Gopal
Dr Gopal, Joint General Secretary, RSS, hails from Mathura in Uttar
Pradesh. Having Masteres degree in Environmental Science from Agra University,
he secured doctorate from CSIR. He dedicated his nine precious years
in Assam and Mizoram as 'Kshethreeya Pracharak' of RSS.
Anil Oak
Oak, holding the post of 'Akhil Bharatiya Sharirik Pramukh', maintains
relatively a low profile outside the RSS but he is said to have an outrightly
close term with the RSS chief.
P Parmeshwaran
A senior RSS Ideologue who heads the RSS 'Think Tank' of Kerala 'Bharatiya
Vichara Kendram' as its Director.
Bajarangalal Gupta
Gupta is a Member of Central Executive Council of RSS and is associated
with Shraddhanand College of University of Delhi. He heads the northern
region chapter of RSS.
Rakesh Sinha
Sinha is an Associate Professor of Political Science in University
of Delhi who also heads 'India Policy Foundation' as it's Director.
A hardcore sailor of RSS' ideology in print & electronic media is
the author of the biography of Dr K B Hedgewar; the RSS Founder.
Rahul planning 'big' surprises
Rahul Gandhi is understood to be planning some big surprises for the
Lok Sabha elections which includes forming a Rahul brigade at the Centre
and a few from the group might get ticket to contest in the Lok Sabha
elections. An exercise to find out the most talented young leaders has
already been started. His idea is to introduce fresh faces in the ensuing
Lok Sabha elections at least in a few seats.
BUREAUCRACY
Orders for in-situ promotion of 1980 batch
IAS officers soon
Orders for in-situ promotion of 1980 batch IAS officers as Special Secretary
in the Government of India are expected soon. File pertaining to in-situ
promotions has been cleared.
Sumit Bose appointed as Secretary, Finance
in GoI
Sumit Bose, Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has
been appointed as Secretary, Finance in Government of India. He is a
1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh.
(We said on November 5, 2013 )
Sadashiv appointed Addl Secretary (Fin),
Atomic Energy
V R Sadashiv has been appointed as Additional Secretary (Finance),Atomic
Energy Department on in-situ basis. He is a 1981 batch officer of IDAS.
Ananya Roy empanelled as Additional Secretary
Ananya Roy has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in
the Government of India. Roy is a 1980 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
Joint Secretary level posts at Centre for
all IAS officers
The Government of India has decided to give preference to the officers
of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), for the appointment as Joint
Secretary in Government of India if they have served as Deputy Secretary
or Director level on central deputation.
Manoj Joshi relieved by DoPT
Manoj Joshi is all set to formally join the Dept of Economic Affairs
(DoEA) as Joint Secretary. The 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre
has been serving as JS, DOPT. He has been relieved by DOPT consequent
upon his posting in DoEA, Ministry of Finance. He has, reportedly, been
mandated for JS, Commodity Exchange; a desk which has recently been
attached to the MoF which earlier used to be a part of Ministry of
Consumer Affairs.
(We said this on Oct 4 and again on Oct 17, 2013 )
Ranjan Mathai takes over as HC in UK
Former Foreign Secretary of India, Ranjan Mathai, has taken over as
the country's next High Commissioner to the UK. He is a retired 1974
batch IFS officer.
(We said this on June 5, 2013)
Will Malhotra be PS to new CM of Rajasthan?
Whispers in the corridors power have it that Sanjay Malhotra is one
of the most prospective officers who may make it as PS to the new Chief
Minister of Rajasthan. The 1990 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre
is presently serving as Secretary, Department of Information & Technology,
Govt of Rajasthan. One can wait and watch only.
Will Srivastava be new DG, Forest?
With the fast approaching date of retirement of Kantharaj Jude Sekar
the speculations have been gaining momentum about the next DG, Forest.
If some reliable sources are to be believed, A K Srivastava, a 1980
batch IFS officer of J&K cadre, posses brighter prospects in the
fray. He is ADG, MoEF (Forest Clearance).
Binoy Kumar relieved to join central deputation
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has relieved Binoy Kumar of cadre responsibility
and enabled him to join central deputation as Additional Secretary &
Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs. He is a 1983 batch
IAS officer.
Shiva Kumar is new CVO, BEL
S Shiva Kumar has been appointed as CVO in Bharat Electronics Limited
(BEL), Bangalore .He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Who will be first IRS officer to make it as
DG, Risk Assessment?
CBDT has carved out a new post of DG, Risk Assessment as part of the
recent cadre restructuring of IRS. The post is yet to be filled but
it has raised the curiosity bars among the takers as who would the first
IRS officer to grab it. The post has been sanctioned with HAG plus pay
scale.
P N Pandey moves to WCO, Brussels
Pashupati Nath Pandey moves to World Customs Organisation, Brussels.
The 1994 batch IRS (C&CE) officer previously served as OSD to Praveen
Mahajan, Chairman, CBEC.
H C Meena to join GoI
Rajasthan DGP, H C Meena, is expected to go on deputation to the Government
of India. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer.
Tanmay Kumar to be Secretary to Rajasthan
CM ?
Tanmay Kumar is likely to be appointed Secretary to the new Rajasthan
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia. He is 1993 batch IAS officer.
Minor reshuffle in CMs Secretariat in MP likely
A minor reshuffle is expected to take place in the Chief Minister's
Secretariat in Madhya Pradesh.
Pandey is new Director, DEA
Brijesh Panday has been appointed Director, Department of Economic Affairs.
He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Manipur -Tripura cadre.
Nand Kishore is posted in Jaipur
Nand Kishore (IA&AS-1981), on return from leave has been posted
as Director General, International Centre for Environment Audit and
Sustainable Development (iCED), Jaipur against an upgraded post.
Four top Institutes under MOEF have been running
headless for months?
As many as four top institutes under MoEF have been running headless
for months namely; Indian Council of Forest Research & Education,
Dehradun; Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun; Forest Survey of India,
Dehradun; Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute,
Bangalore. All vacant seats together put a big question mark?
Mohanty's name is traversing through rough
weather zone ?
The prospects for Braja N Mohanty as the new Director, Indian Plywood
Industries Research & Training Institute, Bangalore has been traversing
through the rough weather zone. The selection committee had recommended
his name for appointment on 26th July 2013 but he is yet to be issued
with the appointment orders. Mohanty is a 1986 batch IFS officer of
Manipur cadre. Presently, Dr C N Pandey is holding the post of Director
of this autonomous body of MoEF.
Chief revenue earners of GoI lag behind in
JS empanelment ?
One may like to call it an irony of the 'iron curtain' but it may seem
true. The process of JS level empanelment for 1987 batch IRS officers
is yet to start whereas IAS officers up to 1994 batch, IPS officers
Upto1990 batch & Indian Forest Services officers up to 1987 batch
have already hit the chart as JS. Does anybody like to agree that IRS
officers, the chief revenue earners for GoI, lag behind in JS level
empanelment ?
Who would succeed S N Dhingra as Member of
CCI
Amid the applications being submitted for the post of Member, Competition
Commission of India (CCI) vice S N Dhingra the guessing game has started
doing rounds as who would win the slot. S N Dhingra, the incumbent Member,
CCI, is scheduled to complete his tenure in March 2014.
Panda to join as Director (Pers), BCCL on
Jan 1
B K Panda, GM, MCL/CIL, will be joining as Director (Personnel), Bharat
Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) on January 1, 2014.
(We said this on May 23, 2013)
DoPT invites applications for ED, Tea Board,
Guwahati
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications
for the post of Executive Director, Tea Board, Guwahati under the Department
of Commerce, Government of India. Those willing to apply can send their
applications to the DoPT at the earliest.
Applications for Chairperson, PFRDA invited
The Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the
post of Chairperson, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA), New Delhi. Those willing to apply can send their application
to the Department before December 27, 2013.
Orders of Ms Brar as Director, IRCTC expected
soon
The orders of Ms A K Brar for the appointment as Director (Tourism &
Marketing), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited
(IRCTC) are expected to be issued in the third week of December, 2013.
The post has been lying vacant for a long time.
Anil Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in
GoI
Anil Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent
in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Ordnance
Factory Service.
Four 1981 batch IAS officers promoted to ACS
grade in Gujarat
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) and 1981 batch have promoted to the grade of Additional Chief
Secretary (ACS) in Gujarat. The officers are: Hasmukh Adhia, D J Pandian,
G R Aloria and Haribhai V Patel.
Ray promoted to ACS grade in Gujarat
Tapan Ray has been promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Secretary(ACS)
in Gujarat. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.
12 IRSME officers of 1983 batch empanelled
as JS in GoI
As many as 12 officers of IRSME belonging to 1983 batch have been empanelled
for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India.
The officers are: Shubaransu, Sanjay Kumar, T V Subramanian, S K Gupta,
D Govinda Kumar, Manoj Joshi, Anuj Prakash, A Gangal, D K Tete, R P
Singh, Sunil Bajpai and Ma Inbarasu.
14 IRSME officers of 1984 batch empanelled
as JS in GoI
As many as 14 officers of IRSME belonging to 1984 batch have been empanelled
for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India.
The officers are: Sanjeev Kishore, Alok Kumar, Ashesh Agarwal, Sanjay
Chadha, Arun Arora, S K Yagnik, A K S Ganvir, A K Agarwal, Vivek Kumar,
Anupam Sharma, Amitabh Sinha, K B Sahay, A K Singh and A K Pandey.
Staff members of previous Rajasthan Govt shifted
(UPDATED)
Around 15 staff members, posted at offices of various outgoing ministers
including Chief Minister, have been shifted to their parent cadre departments.
1980 batch IAS officers get in-situ promotion
(UPDATED)
14 IAS officers of 1980 batch has been promoted as Special Secretaries
in the Government of India. They are Mssrs Ashok Lavasa Special Secretary,
Ministry of Power:VK Subburaj Special Secretary and Financial Adviser,
Department of Fertilizers:Rajeev Kher, Special Secretary, Department
of Commerce;Ms Anita Agnihotri, Special Secretary and Financial Adviser,
Department of Commerce; Amitabh Kant, CEO, DMICDC in the rank and pay
of Secretary;Shaktikanta Das, Special Secretary, Department of Economic
Affairs:Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, Special Secretary and Financial Adviser,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Sudarsanam Srinivasan, Special
Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Space:N Ravi Shanker,
as administrator, USOF under department of telecommunications in the
rank and pay of Secretary.Kapil Dev Tripathi, Secretary, Central Vigilance
Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary;Ashok Kumar Angurana, Managing
Director, TRIFED, in the rank and pay of Secretary:Prabhudayal Meena,
Special Secretary, Department of Land Resources;Amitava Bhattacharya,
Chairman, Staff Selection Commission and Jagan Nath Chamber, Secretary,
National Commission for Scheduled Castes in the pay of Secretary.
Ms Vandana Nanda appointed as Director (Fin),
CRIS (UPDATED)
Ms Vandana Nanda has been appointed as Director (Finance), CRIS on immediate
absorption basis for a period of five years. Ms Nanda, who is presently
posted to Northern Railway in HAG, belongs to IRAS.
Thankachen selected as MD, CRWC
(UPDATED)
K U Thankachen, Chief Manager, CONCOR, has been selected for the post
of Managing Director, Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited (CRWC)
at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December
11, 2013. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.
CORPORATE
Bhaskar nominated Director on Canara Bank
Board
Moheral Sairam Bhaskar has been nominated as part-time non-official
Director on the Board of Directors of Canara Bank for a period of three
years.
Biswal appointed Director (Finance), NTPC
Ltd
Kulamani Biswal, Director (Finance) of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited has
been appointed as Director (Finance ) of NTPC Limited for a period of
five years.
Prasad appointed Part-time Director, NTPC
Ltd
G Sai Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power has been appointed
as Part-time Director on the Board of Directors of NTPC Limited.
Ravichandran resigns as Director , Winsome
Diamonds and Jewellery
R Ravichandran has resigned as Director (Operations) of Winsome Diamonds
and Jewellery Limited.
Dierssen appointed Director, Clariant Chemicals
(India) Limited
Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited has appointed Karl Holger Dierssen
as Director of the company.
Join resigns as Company Secy., Globus Spirits
Ltd
Joylin Join has resigned as Company Secretary of Globus Spirits Limited.
Pattanayak appointed Company Secy., Globus
Spirits Ltd
Santosh Kumar Pattanayak has been appointed as the Company Secretary
of Globus Spirits Limited.
Choubey ceases to be Director, EIL
R N Choubey, Director General, Directorate of General Hydrocarbons,
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has ceased to be the Director
of Engineers India Limited.
Singh appointed Company Secy.,Bharat Rasayan
Ltd
Bharat Rasayan Ltd has appointed Ms Sonali Singh as Company Secretary
of the company.
FORUM
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Waste of time in CGHS
Senior citizens are facing lot of difficulty in obtaining medicines
from Welfare Centres. After the medicines are prescribed by a Doctor
of the recognised hospital, the pensioner has to go to a Govt. Hospital
and have the same prescribed by him and then get the same indented or
issued by the CMO of the Welfare Centre. To avoid this, the CMO may
be authorised to issue the medicines.
Avinash Pensioner.
Finance Minister & CBDT
CBDT has failed in increasing the number of tax payers significantly
whose taxable income is more than 1 crore. This number was 42800 during
last budget speech. The exact figure will only be known again during
budget presentation. There is wastage of time, energy and man power
who are busy in chasing tax payers having income less than 10 lakhs.
Income tax are issuing notices even to those whose income is less than
2 lakhs and peon and vendors have got notices. What is the use of sending
notices who buy MF more than 2 lakhs, investing in company with more
than 1 lakh etc. CBDT is not able to see how big whole in tax collection
thru stock options is being created. Neither there is TDS while giving
to employees nor they pay tax on income from stock options. See the
case of ex. iGate CEO whose shares getting thru option is worth Rs.
17 Million without any tax liability to the company or himself. Most
of IT companies giving benefits to employees thru stock options without
any TDS or tax liability.
N Prakash
Disillusionment of Central govt. employees
Disillusionment of the Central govt. employees from the present system
has been amply visible in the 4 States. CSS & CSSS who has been
the backbone of the central Government are being made to stagnate in
a post for 20-25 years and AIS services are getting time bound promotions
and the same officers are guiding the present government on not providing
cadre restructuring/ time bound promotions to CSS & CSSS. Present
Government had to pay the price for the follies of their officers. In
both cadres posts are vacant but JS/Secy is not in mood to relent or
relax and misguiding the Minister. MOS(PP) is requested to call representatives
of these services otherwise Present establishment is losing the credibility
due to follies of their officers who shift to greener pastures. May
good sense prevail for providing legitimate due to employees even at
this stage.
Ravi
UPA govt should not think about increasing retirement age
UPA government should not even think about increasing the retirement
age from 60 to 62. In terms of vote also it will not help them at all.
Increasing retirement age will prevent the young minds to become part
of the work force in Govt. and PSU. Hence, UPA govt. will lose on the
vote of younger generation. If still they decide about increasing the
retirement age, it would be another perilous decision taken by UPA government.
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Who is the holder of information?
Copy of report submitted by Dr. Gulshan Rai to CVO, Shipping
Corporation of India (SCI) and copy of reply given by ED (IT)
was sought. The Public Information Officer (PIO) replied that
the information has been forwarded by the Central Vigilance Commission
(CVC) to the CVO; therefore the CVC has been requested to provide
a "no objection" for sharing the information. The first
appellate authority (FAA) noted that no reply was received from
CVC and directed the PIO to provide the information sought to
the appellant within (10) days after payment of requisite fees.
Subsequently, the PIO informed the appellant that a reply has
now been received from CVC which states that the matter has not
yet been finalized, therefore, the copy of report was denied under
section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act. The Central Information Commission
(CIC) observed that there has been a considerable delay by CVC
in replying to notice issued by PIO under section (11) of the
RTI Act and preferred to hear PIO (CVC) before passing an order
in this regard. The PIO (CVC) informed the CIC that the matter
related to said report has not yet attained the finality and it
is still under enquiry/investigation at the level of the CVC.
He requested not to allow the disclosure of information to the
Appellant at this stage as it would impede the process of enquiry/investigation
being conducted by the CVC at present. The Appellant argued that
the information sought by him has already been allowed to be disclosed
by the FAA and therefore, the same cannot be denied to him. The
CIC held that the PIO (SCI) should have transferred the RTI application
to the PIO (CVC) u/s 6(3) of the RTI Act instead of making reference
u/s 11(1) of the RTI. Further, the PIO (CVC) should have also
responded to the notice issued u/s 11(1) of the RTI Act to him
by the PIO (SCI) within the stipulated time period. The CIC ruled
that the disclosure of the information sought by the Appellant
to him cannot be permitted at this stage u/s 8(1)(h) of the RTI
Act.
Comments
There is considerable confusion whether the application should
be transferred to another public authority or a third party notice
should be issued under section 11 in cases of inter departmental
correspondence. It would be proper to hold the originating source
as the one who is holding the information and take a decision.
Citation: Shri Raja Basu v. Shipping
Corporation of India Limited in Case No. CIC/SS/A/2012/002786
Weekly article by Dr (Mrs ) Anuradha
Verma
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant
to IIM, Indore. Her other articles regarding RTI can be read at
http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/
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