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POLITICS

Who is the closest friend of Narendra Modi?

People across the country are curious to know the name of the closest friend of Narendra Modi. If insiders are to be believed he has no personal friend but only followers.


BUREAUCRACY

Meeting for empanelment of 1984 batch IAS officers next month ?
A meeting for empanelment of 1984 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place in December.

Who will be next Navy Chief ?
Who will succeed Admiral D K Joshi as Navy Chief ? Tie is said to be between Shekhar Sinha Western C&C and Satish Soni Southern C & C.

Mratyunjay Sarangi is Member of CAT in Mumbai
Former Labour Secretary in the Government of India Mratyunjay Sarangi has joined as Administrative Member Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Mumbai. He is retired 1977 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

200 apply for three posts of Member in CCI
About 200 persons have applied for three posts of Member in the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Who will be new Additional Director CBI ?
Two meetings in the MHA have failed to select the new Additional Director in the CBI. Who will be new Additional Director? Guessing game is on.

Vivek Sahai joins as Advisor to Railway Minister
With the Minister of Railways being overruled in his choice of the Chairman of Railway Board (CRB), he has appointed Vivek Sahai as his advisor. With all the Board Members and other senior officers openly showing defiance and disrespect to the present CRB because of his
conduct, the working of the railways is going to become extremely interesting in the next few months. Will Sahai, who has joined on Monday, be able to set things right?

S K Sharma to succeed Anil Kumar as CMD of BEL on Jan 1
S K Sharma, Director, BEL, will be joining as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on January 1, 2014. He will succeed Anil Kumar retiring in December 2013.
(We said this on June 18, 2013)

Two crucially important slots in TCIL lying vacant
As many as two slots in the Board of Directors of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) viz. Director (Production) & Director (Finance) are lying vacant. Applications for the post of Director (Finance) have been invited again after the panel was scrapped by the ACC.

Who will be next CMD of MTNL ?
With the deadline for completing search of next CMD of MTNL approaching fast, anxiety among the takers in the PSUs, has increased with all of them curious to know that who would be the lucky one to win the recommendations of PESB. Ashok Kumar Garg, CMD of MTNL, is scheduled to retire on May 31 next year. Whispers have been doing round the corners that the next week would be crucial for the 15 short-listed candidates

Search for next CMD of MRVC to start soon ?
As the grapevine has it, the search process for the next CMD of Mumbai Rail Vikas Corpotation (MRVC) Limited is all set to start in a couple of days. Presently Rakesh Saxena is serving on the above post.

File of Madhusudan for CMD, RINL still in CVC
The file of P Madhusudan, Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, RINL is still lying stuck in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) as there was a whisper that his file was cleared. The vacancy is arising on January 1, 2014 with the retirement of present incumbent A P Chaudhary in December.

Sreenivas goes on inter cadre deputation to AP
Inter cadre deputation of A Sreenivas from Haryana cadre to Andhra Pradesh cadre for a period of three years has been approved by Government of India. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Surjit Kumar Das posted as CCM, SWR
Surjit Kumar Das, SAG/IRTS/South Eastern Railway, has been transferred to South Western Railway (SWR) and posted as CCM.

P S Mishra appointed as ED, Railway Board
P S Mishra, SAG/IRTS/SECR, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director (CC), Railway Board.

A K Maity empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
A K Maity has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IoFS officer.

Naparajit Mukherjee is new Member West Bengal HRC
Outgoing DGP of West Bengal Naparajit Mukherjee has taken over as member of the state human rights commission . He is 1976 batch retired IPS officer.
(We said this on October 22, 2013)

Shreya Guha moves to Deptt. of Culture (UPDATED)
Shreya Guha has been moved as the Ex-officio Secretary of the Mission in the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission. The post has recently been created in the Department of Culture. Shreya, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is currently serving as Director, Department of
Financial Service.
(We said this on October 18, 2013)

V K Jain selected as Director (Fin), SCI (UPDATED)
V K Jain, General Manager, HPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI). As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.


CORPORATE


Sanjay Behl joins Raymonds

Head Branding ADAG Group Sanjay Behl has joined Raymond Limited as Chief Executive Officer, Lifestyle Business.

Mobile devices major threat to corporate world
Hacker groups are using mobile devices like smart phones, iPads. As per a study, in the first quarter of 2012 alone, over 3,000 malicious Android application packages and 37 new Android malware variants were created. These devices have caused an expansion in the borders of the
corporate IT infrastructure.

Palaniappan ceases to be Part-time Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
N S Palaniappan has ceased to be Part-time Official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited w.e.f. October 24, 2013

Shah appointed Company Secy. Birla Cotsyn (India) Limited
Birla Cotsyn (India) Limited has appointed Ms Vineeta Shah as Company Secretary of the company

Drall ceases to be Part-time Non Official Director, Bank of Maharashtra
Dr Naresh Kumar Drall has ceased to be Part-time Non Official Director of Bank of Maharashtra w.e.f. w.e.f. November 18, 2013

Pratt to resign as Member, Executive Council, Infosys Ltd?
Stephen Pratt has expressed his desire to resign as Member of the Executive Council of Infosys Limited

Pandalai resigns as Director, Heritage Foods Limited
Dr Arvind Pandalai has resigned as Director of Heritage Foods Ltd w.e.f. October 26, 2013 on account of personal reasons

Aggarwal has resigned as Director, Globus Spirits Limited
Rameshwar Dayal Aggarwal has resigned as Director of Globus Spirits Limited w.e.f. November 11, 2013

Malik resigns as Director, Globus Spirits Limited
Rajesh Kumar Malik has resigned as Director of Globus Spirits Limited w.e.f. November 11, 2013

Raisurana resigns as Nominee Director, Man Infraconstruction Limited
Rahul Raisurana who is Nominee of Standard Chartered Private Equity has resigned as Nominee Director of Man Infraconstruction Limited w.e.f. November 14, 2013


FORUM

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Think It Over !

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Sanjay Jain

Das sahib please consumer court main case file kare....yeh aur baat hai ki wahan aapko kafi wait karna padega

Bula

DATE WITH RTI

Should the copy of the marriage certificate be provided under RTI?

Copy of marriage certificate of a certain employee was sought from NABARD by the appellant. The Public Information Officer (PIO) denied the information claiming that in the nature of personal information and is exempt under section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The appellant filed a first appeal on with the first appellate authority (FAA) which upheld the decision of PIO. The CIC disposed the appeal observing that the approach of the respondent is in conformity with the RTI Act.

Comment

Under section 8(1)(j), there is no obligation to disclose personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the PIO or the FAA is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information.


Citation: Shri Ravi Kumar Gupta v. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. In Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2012/000925

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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