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POLITICS
Modi to ask two CMs to contest Lok Sabha poll
Grapevine has it that Narendra Modi will ask two
Chief Ministers of BJP ruled states to contest Lok Sabha polls in May.
Now Lok Sabha elections will be in top priority of the BJP.
Jung to be Key player !
Now Lt Governor of Delhi Najib Jung is going to be the key player after
the Delhi Vidhan Sabha elections. Wait and watch.
TDSAT has no jurisdiction ?
The Supreme Court has ruled that TDSAT has no jurisdiction to interfere
with TRAI regulations. Is this judgment applicable to all Regulators.
BUREAUCRACY
Will Choudhary be DG of NSG ?
Assam DGP Jayanto Narayan Choudhary is likely to move to the GoI to
head the NSG. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Present DG of the NSG, Arvind Ranjan, is currently holding the additional
charge of the CISF.
Pachnanda fails to join CBI
R K Pachnanda has finally missed the bus to join the CBI as Additional
Director. The 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officer Pachnanda had
emerged victorious for the slot of Additional Director of CBI bypassing
the wishes of the CBI bosses. This development has made it clear that
one cannot achieve the goal without the support of the boss of the organization.
Garbyal is front runner in fray of DG, Forest
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that S S Garbyal is the front
runner in the fray of DG, Forest. Garbyal is a 1977 batch IFS officer
of AGMUT cadre. He is serving in MOEF as ADG, Forest. He is the senior
most officer in the fray.
Mukherjee to be next CEO &MD of IFCI?
Malay Mukherjee, Executive Director ,Central Bank of India is likely
to be appointed next CEO& MD of the Industrial Finance Corporation
of India (IFCI), a Government Company in which Govt. holding is more
than 55% of its capital. He will have a three year term.
Minister wants her Secretary to be changed
Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath has reportedly asked
for the transfer of her Secretary Ms Nita Chowdhury who is a 1977 batch
IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
S Gopu selected as Director (HR), ITIL
S Gopu, AGM, ITIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Human
Resources) ITI Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
meeting held on December 6, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed
for the same.
Eight CSOLS officers are elevated from Director
to Jt Director
As many as eight Director rank officers of Central Secretariat Official
Language Service (CSOLS ) have been promoted from the rank of Director
to Joint Director.
NIPHM invites applications for Registrar
National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM) under the Ministry
of Agriculture has invited applications from the officers of all India
services for the post of Registrar. Those willing to apply can send
their applications to the Institute, Hyderabad before December 15, 2013.
Interviews for Director (Marketing), STCL
on Dec 9
Interviews for the selection of Director (Marketing), State Trading
Corporation Limited (STCL) is being conducted on December 9.
Orders of Madhusudan for CMD, RINL soon
P Madhusudan, Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL),
is expected to get appointment orders as Chairman and Managing Director,
RINL any time as the file for final approval reached the Appointment
Committee of Cabinet.
Ojha promoted as ADG in Himachal Pradesh
Sanjiv Ranjan Ojha(HP'89) has been given regular promotion as ADG and
posted as ADG(Armed Police and Training)and Sanjay Kundu (HP'89) has
been given proforma promotion as he is with UN in Sudan.
Delhi polls affect Central Govt's works
The works in the various departments of Central Government have reportedly
been affected with delaying the Ministry level appointments and major
businesses, due to deployment of employees and officers of Government
of India in Delhi Assembly elections.
1981 and 1982 batch IPS officers to get DG
rank in Tamil Nadu
Two 1981 batch IPS officers R Sekar and Mahboob Alam and two 1982 batch
IPS officers Ashok Kumar and Satish Kumar Dogra are being promoted to
the rank of DG in Tamil Nadu.
Three posts of Member, CCI on offer
As many as three posts of Member, Competition Commission of India (CCI)
, are on offer. Appointment for one post of member is, reportedly, on
midway whereas applications for two slots of member are being submitted.
Dinesh Kumar promoted to HAG
Dinesh Kumar, SAG/RCF/ Kapurthala, has been promoted to Higher Administrative
Grade (HAG) and posted as CAO/ WPO/ Patna.
Balaji Srivastava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Balaji Srivastava has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary
or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer
of UT cadre.
Sanjeev Kishore empanelled as Joint Secretary
in GoI
Sanjeev Kishore has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary
or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of
Indian Ordnance Factory Service.
Bhagat is MD & CEO of Health Insurance
TPA of India Ltd
P K Bhagat General Manager GIC has been appointed as Managing Director
and CEO of Health Insurance TPA of India Ltd, a joint venture company
promoted by four Non Life PSU Insurance companies and GIC to service
Health Insurance Claims.
Meeting for selection of Chairman, CPCB on
Dec 10?
As the grapevine has it the meeting for selection of Chairman, Central
Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will take place on December 10. The slot
has been running vacant for over eight months. Ajay Tyagi, Joint Secretary,
MoEF, is holding the charge of CPCB as its Chairman.
Kulmani Biswal joins as Director (Fin), NTPC
today (UPDATED)
Kulmani Biswal, Director (Finance), MCL, has taken over as Director
(Finance), NTPC Limited on December 9, 2013.
(We said this on July 9, 2013)
Lal is CVO DFCCIL (UPDATED)
Umakant Lal, IPS(MP-85) has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer
(CVO) in Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL),
Delhi.
Nandan appointed JS, Defence (Air) (UPDATED)
Jivesh Nandan, a 1987 batch IAS officer of U P cadre has been appointed
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Air). In his new instint he would
be the one to handle the crucially important file of Augustawasteland
helicopter deals.
( We said this on October 30, 2013)
Ashwani Sondhi selected
as Director (Mktg), STCIL (UPDATED)
Ashwani Sondhi, CGM, MMTC, has been selected for the post of Director
(Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCIL) at a
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 9,
2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.
CORPORATE
P K Jha is new President (HR) of Reliance
Industries
Prabir Kumar Jha is the new President (HR) of the Reliance Industries
with headquarters in Mumbai. Earlier he was with the Tata Motors.
Rao appointed Addl. Director, Crest Animation
Studios Ltd
Crest Animation Studios Ltd has appointed Prahalad Rao as an Additional
Director of the company.
Ramanna appointed CEO, Crest Animation Studios
Ltd
Seemha Ramanna has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Crest Animation Studios Ltd.
Khullar resigns as Director, Capital Trust
Ltd
Kundan Lal Khullar has resigned as Director of Capital Trust Ltd.
Bhaskaran appointed Addl. Director, Capital
Trust Ltd
Hari Bhaskaran has been appointed as an Additional Director of Capital
Trust Ltd.
Karnik resigns as Company Secretary of Hathway
Cable & Datacom Ltd
Milind Karnik has resigned as Company Secretary of Hathway Cable &
Datacom Ltd
Singh appointed Company Secretary of Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd
Ajay Singh has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Hathway Cable
& Datacom Ltd.
Pillai appointed Company Secretary of RT Exports
Ltd
RT Exports Ltd has appointed Rajeshkumar Pillai as Company Secretary
of the company.
FORUM
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India in Global Talent Trade
One way to prevent exodus of talent is to recruit directly (only 5
toppers in the batch), those who pass out from IITs, IIMs and NIT etc,
without any examination, interview etc. If higher pay cannot be given,
atleast do away with the exams and interviews for top class appointments
in the Government for them and give free hand to them. It will make
a sea change in governance and achieving the dream of India to become
super power by 2020.
K C Rathore
DDA's unwelcome decision
The draconian decision of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to increase
the playing (green) fee Three to Four times at Qutab Golf Course, Lado
Sarai has upset the Seniors. It will have an adverse effect on their
physical, mental and financial capacities. The universal truth is '
irrationality does not bear good fruits'. It is very clear (I) either
the decision to increase the green fee four folds is wrong or (2) the
Fee structure going on till last week was wrong. Either way the Management
must accept the responsibility. It is a Public Course funded from Public
Exchequer and not a personal fiefdom.
Nirwal
Very poor reporting
Unnecessary provocative statement. Exaggerated news. It is not news
at all. As per rule any employee whose Date of Birth falls on first
of any month, he would retire in the previous month.
K K Mishra
Irrational interpretation behind date of retirement
Secretary, Civil Aviation,Srivastava would have superannuated a month
later; misses by a single day. Actually those born on Jan 1 complete
their age on the date of their birth ie Jan 1, and not on the previous
day, which is an irrational and artificial interpretation put forth
by the Accountant General officials without any convincing basis. Our
well-established traditional belief is that a person completes the age
on the date of birth and not on the previous date as peculiarly interpreted
by the Accountant General officials in their warped way of negative
thinking so as to deprive some officials of the benefit of a month's
service when the government magnanimously took a rational decision to
give the benefits of service till the end of each month for every official
whose date of birth falls on any date during that month from 1 to 31.The
AG officials needlessly interpret completing the age of superannuation
as on the previous date and therefore retiring on the "Afternoon
of December 31" which is just a theory put out by them in their
own totally negative way of thinking of how to deprive one of a benefit
and not give a rational and correct interpretation. What is wrong if
a rational interpretation is given that a person born on Jan
1, 1954 attains 60 years on Jan 1,2014 and hence retires on that date.
For the purpose of qualifying date for attaining minimum age for applying
for recruitment also, the same date of birth can be taken as the crucial
date for reckoning the minimum and maximum age. For example, if the
minimum age is given as 21 with the reference date indicated as on January
1,a person born on Jan 1,1993 will complete 21 years on Jan 1,2014 and
will be eligible to apply, whereas a person born on Jan 2,1993 will
not complete 21 years on Jan 1 and hence will be ineligible and can
wait till next year. Government of India should now overrule the negative
interpretation of the Accounts and adopt the above correct interpretation
in working out age for service matters. Can we hope for decisive action
on this at the highest levels in the executive and the judiciary.
M S Krisna
Good Luck & Congratulations
Good Luck & Congratulations to her. I had occasion to work with
her when she was Secy (P/R), GoI.
HG
Lesson for Cong: Raise retirement age
The Indian National Congress party lost Delhi Legislative Assembly
election, in 2013 , by huge numbers and trailing to third spot behind
BJP and AAP. The Congress party should have raised the retirement age
of central government employees and officers from 60 years to 62 years
which could have made mass scale of central government employees to
vote for the Congress. I think the Congress should atleast learn now
and increase the age of central government employees from 60 to 62 in
the wake of the upcoming 2014 general election.
Jose
Additional Secretary to Government of India (retd.)
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DATE WITH RTI
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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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