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Good site to update the under current that prevails in the grey matter
of 'decision-makers'.
R N Mathur
When nothing else inspires, History does !
(175)
Best safety lies in the danger.
Leadership crisis in Congress !
Political observers have come to the conclusion that there is leadership
crisis in the Congress Party.
BUREAUCRACY
Vrinda Swarup to succeed Bhattacharya in HRD
on Dec 31
Ms Vrinda Swarup will succeed R Bhattacharya as Secretary, School Education
and Literacy Mission in the Government onDecember 31. She is 1981 batch
IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Orders of her appointment have been
issued.
(We said this on December 10 )
Circulation of CRs of 1982 batch starts
Circulation of CRs of 1982 batch IAS for empanelment to the rank of
Secretary in the Government of Indi a is reported to have started.
Spolia to get two months extension ?
Delhi Chief Secretary D M Spolia is all set to get two month extension
in service beginning February 1. 1979 batch IAS officer Spolia was scheduled
to retire on January 31.
P Koteeswaran to be CMD of IOB ?
ED of the Bank of India P Koteeswaran is likely to be appointed new
CMD of the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) . Formal orders are expected in
a couple of weeks.
R S Mahapatro selected as Director (Pers),
CCL
R S Mahapatro, GM, CCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director
(Personnel), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) at a Public Enterprises
Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 29, 2014. As many as
14 persons were interviewed for the same.
Will Rajiv Mehta be DGP of Meghalaya ?
There are strong reports that DG of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB)
Rajiv Mehta is returning to the parent cadre as DGP Meghalaya. He is
1981 batch IPS officer. Present DGP Peter James Pyngrope Hanaman is
retiring on Wednesday.
Three member NDMA reconstituted
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been re-constituted.New
Members are MssrsBhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) director of health,
safety and environment D.N. Sharma ,Kamal Kishore, programme advisor
of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Lt. Gen. (retd)
N.C. Marwah .
P K Gupta declines extension
Chief Secretary of Haryana P K Gupta has reportedly declined extension
in service.The new Haryana Government was keen to grant 1979 batch IAS
officer Gupta extension.
Dhesi to join as Chief Secretary Haryana on
Jan 1
D S Dheshi will join the Haryana Government as Chief Secretary on January
1. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.
Nasir Ali returns to IRS (IT)
Finally Joint MD Air India did not get further extension in his deputation
tenure. 1990 batch IRS (IT) officer Nasir Ali has returned to the parent
cadre.
Who will be new DGP of UP ?
Who will be new DGP of Uttar Pradesh ? Tie is said to be between 1979
batch IPS officer A K Jain and 1982 batch IPS officer Praveen Singh.
N G Ravi Kumar appointed as PS to Siideshara
N G Ravi Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary to G M Siddeshwara,
Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He is
a 2000 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Ved Prakash likely to get additional charge
of CMD, MMTC Ltd
Ved Prakash, Director (Marketing), is expected to get an additional
charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of MMTC Limited after Depinder
Singh Dhesi was repatriated to his parent cadre.
Ms Bhatnagar to join as Director, BLC today
Ms Manjusha Bhatnagar, GM, MRPL, will be joining as Director (HR &
CA), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) onDecember 30, 2014.
Earlier, she was supposed to join on January 2, 2015.
Ruchin Gupta appointed as Deputy Secretary,
New & Renewable Energy
Ruchin Gupta has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry
of New & Renewable Energy. He is a 2004 batch IRS-C&CE officer.
Avijit Ghosh to join as CMD, HECL on Jan 1
Avijit Ghosh, Director (Mining), HCL, will be joining as CMD, Heavy
Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL) on January 1, 2015.
(We said this on June 26, 2014)
Piramanayagam to join as Director (Fin), BDL
on Jan 1
S Piramanayagam, GM, BEML, will be joining as Director (Finance), Bharat
Dynamics Limited (BDL) on January 1, 2015.
(We said this on June 19, 2014)
Balasubramanyam to take charge as Director,
NALCO on Jan 1
V Balasubramanyam, ED, NALCO, will be taking over the charge as Director
(Production) NALCO Limited on January 1, 2015.
(We said this on June 13, 2014)
Ahluwalia to assume charge as Director (Fin),
NMDC on Jan 1
D S Ahluwalia, ED REC, will be taking over the charge as Director (Finance),
NMDC Limited on January 1, 2015.
(We said this on June 12, 2014)
V U Bhaskar to join as CMD, BDL on Jan 1
V U Bhaskar, Director (Production), BDL, will be taking over the charge
as Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on
January 1, 2015. He will succeed S N Mantha retiring on December 31,
2014.
Charles joins as Director (Fin), DCIL
S Charles, Vice President, SCIL, has taken over the charge as Director
(Finance), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL).
(We said this on January 27, 2014)
FSNL to get its new MD after 28 months
Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL) will get its new Managing Director
after two and four months. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC)
is expected to clear one of the two proposed names for this post, which
has been lying vacant since August 23, 2012.
NBCC gets India public sector enterprises awards
for excellence (UPDATED)
N P Aggarwal, Executive Director (BD) and Mrs Kalika Jain, Asstt. Manager
(CC), NBCC, has received the "India Public Sector Enterprises Awards
for Excellence-2014 under category- Navratna PSE of the year, on behalf
of NBCC on December 19, 2014. The event was organized by Mars Media
Resources supported by ENERTIA Foundation.
Nine IRS-IT officers transferred at PrCCIT/DGIT
level (UPDATED)
As many as 9 IRS officers of Income Tax cadre have been transferred
and posted in the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner/ Principal Director
General/Chief Commissioner / Director General. Accordingly, Santosh
Kumar Srivastava has been posted as Pr DGIT, Delhi while Lal Rinawma
Ralte is made CCIT-2, Delhi and Dinesh Verma is posted as CCIT (OSD),
Delhi. Similarly, Shabri Bhattasali is posted as CCIT(C)-2, Mumbai;
Pradeep R Sethi as DGIT(INV), Chandigarh; Syed Tarique Ahmad as DGIT
(INV), Patna; Nishi Singh as DGIT (OSD), Delhi; D B Gupta as CCIT, Surat
and Nathan Raul was posted as CCIT (OSD), Bhubaneshwar.
Indrajit Guha promoted as Deputy Commissioner,
Customs (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre,
Indrajit Guha has been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner
of Customs and Central Excise.
Mrs Srimathi promoted as Deputy Commissioner,
Customs (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre,
Mrs Srimathi S has been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner
of Customs and Central Excise.
Prakash Mishra is also DG, ITBP (UPDATED)
Prakash Mishra, Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),
has been asigned an addtiional charge of DG, Indo Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP) with effect from January 1, 2015 in place of Subhas Goswami,
IPS (AM:77), retiringDecember 31, 2014. Mishra is a 1977 batch IPS officer
of Orissa cadre.
M Devaraj appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet
Secretariat (UPDATED)
M Devaraj, who is presently as Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel
and Training (DoPT), has been shifted as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.
He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
Sidhdharth appointed as First PA to Manoj
Sinha (UPDATED)
Sidhdharth Rai has been appointed as First Personal Assistant to Manoj
Sinha, Minister of State for Railways. He is a private person.
Eight IRS-IT officers get additional charges
at CCIT/DGIT level (UPDATED)
As many as eight IRS officers of Income Tax cadre have been assigned
additional charge in the grade of Chief Commissioner/ Director General.
Accordingly, Dinesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as CCIT-4, Kolkata
while Anita Gupta is made CCIT-2, Chennai and Ambika Khatua was posted
as CCIT, Shimla. Similarly, Krishna Saini has been posted as Pr DGIT
(HRD), Delhi, Ravikumar Pulimalayil Raman Nair as Pr CCIT, Kochi; Kishan
Kumar Mishra as CCIT, Coimbatore; Balbir Singh as CCIT, Vadodra and
Syed Muhammad Ashraf was posted as CCIT (TDS), Kolkata.
K D R Jaya Kumar appointed as CMD, AP Forest
Dev Corp Ltd (UPDATED)
K D R Jaya Kumar has been appointed as Vice-Chairman & Managing
Director, AP Forest Development Corporation Limited, Hyderabad. He is
a 1980 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
DEBATE- RETIREMENT AGE
With the BJP government in Haryana already lowering the retirement age
of state government employees from 60 to 58 years, it is being rumoured
that the next in line will be Delhi government and then ?
Send your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com…………
CORPORATE
Rs 60 cr infused to make IFCI a Govt company
An infusion of Rs 60 crore has been approved for making Industrial Finance
Corporation of India (IFCI) a Government company by way of acquisition
of preference shares from existing shareholders.
Jain appointed CEO, Shricon Industries Ltd
Shricon Industries Ltd has appointed Manoj Jain as Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of the company.
Tiwari appointed CFO, Shricon Industries Ltd
Tiwari appointed CFO, Shricon Industries Ltd Lokesh Tiwari has been
appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Shricon Industries Ltd
Sarin is CEO Designate , Tata Coffee Ltd
Sanjiv Sarin has been made 'CEO Designate' of Tata Coffee Ltd w.e.f.
January 8, 2015.
Kakkar appointed Addl. Director, Sterlite Technologies
Ltd
Sterlite Technologies Limited has appointed Ms Avaantika Kakkar as Additional
Director of the company w.e.f. December 29, 2014
Narasimham ceases to be Director, Metkore Alloys
& Industries Limited
AVL Narasimham has ceased to be Director of Metkore Alloys & Industries
Limited w.e.f. December 5, 2014
Two Independent Directors appointed on Board
of Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Ltd
Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Limited has appointed Admiral Sureesh
Mehta (Retd) and Adhiraj Harish as the Non-Executive Independent Directors
of the company w.e.f. December 22, 2014
Srivastava resigns as Independent Director,
Spice Mobility Ltd
Saurabh Srivastava has resigned as Independent Director of Spice Mobility
Limited w.e.f. December 27, 2014
D'Souza ceases to be Workmen Employee Director,
Corporation Bank
Vincent D'Souza has ceased to be Workmen Employee Director of Corporation
Bank
Chaudhary appointed Addl. Non Exec. Director,
Siddarth Businesses Ltd
Siddarth Businesses Ltd has appointed Bhim Singh Chaudhary as Additional
Non-Executive Director of the company
Khera appointed Independent Director, Rap Media
Ltd
Rap Media Ltd has appointed Navdeep Singh Khera as an Independent Director
of the company.
Sarna appointed Addl. Director, Spectrum Foods
Ltd
Spectrum Foods Ltd has appointed Sanjay Sarna as an Additional Director
of the company
Deodhar resigns as Independent Director, Rap
Media Ltd
H V Deodhar has resigned as Independent Director of Rap Media Ltd
Two directors cease to be on Board of Power
Grid Corporation of India Ltd
Ms Rita Sinha and Santosh Saraf have ceased to be Non-Official Part-time
Directors of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.
FORUM
(The views expressed in this column are of
the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the
views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we
would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or
indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views
which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised
to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the
most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would
carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)
DEBATE (1) Retirement Age
Every salaried person has planned keeping in view the retirement age.
Suddenly if reduced it will have severe impact on individual, domestic
and other obligations
A P Nanda
DEBATE (2) Retirement Age
This will be good news. the young people will get chance to join government
lessening young unemployment. In fact, the age of retirement should
be reduced to 55 years as in Kerala
Saharsh Chaudhary
DEBATE (3) Retirement Age
t will be a good move to weed out dead wood and infuse fresh thinking
in the system.
Alok
DEBATE (4) Retirement Age
Delhi Chunav mein sabhi Central Govt. Employees BJP ko vote nahi kareinge.
Jab Delhi ki satta mai hi nahi ayegi to Delhi mai age of retirement
kam kaise kar payengi.
Suresh Kumar
Suggestion of 'Indian Development Services' really good
The government should select officers from different services in Equal
Proportions of cadre strength say at the age of 50 and above. Equal
Proportion is important as otherwise we shall land up in similar condition
as empanelment for central staffing where JS empanelment of 1997 batch
IAS is there whereas in some services not even 1987-1988 batch is empanelled.
Officers selected in Indian Development Services should then be eligible
for different assignments across the departments say JS and above, DRMs,
Commissioners of Income Tax/ Central Excise, Audit, e-governance initiatives
and other assignments etc. based their experience and aptitude.
Raj
Nothing like good governance
There is nothing like good governance. Babus are the same old lot habitual
of pilling up file at their table without any decision. Only keeping
a watchdog of attendance will do nothing. There should be some one checking
the movement of file. Minister can track the files. Modi is only doing
foreign tours.
Prathamesh
Merge ITS cadre
Regarding so called ITS., defunct cadre. Firstly Indian ...and Services
word should be taken out this Cadre. These people should be either merge
in other similar cadres like railway or NIC.
R K Sharma
Congratulations !
Congratulation mam, You are a very intelligent and hard working officer.
Best wishes for new assignment.
Ravinder Singh Kohli
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Providing certified copies of documents inspected by a citizen
The appellant sought copies of file opening register for different
sections of Central Information Commission (CIC), along with list
of files for computerization in CIC and details of further improvement
of the computer network in office and CIC website. PIO replied
that File Opening Register of some of the divisions of the Commission
have indicated that files are opened on yearly basis and requested
the appellant to specify the year for which information is desired.
The Legal Cell of CIC denied information u/s 8(1)(j). On appeal,
the First Appellate Authority (FAA) directed the legal cell to
provide an inspection of file opening register; but copies of
the same were denied as it would indeed be an invasion of privacy.
The appellant argued that denial of information was wrong as the
name of parties and their addresses available in the file opening
register were already in public domain and available on the Commission's
website. When the matter came up before the CIC in second appeal
against the order of its own FAA, the CIC directed the PIO to
provide copies of file opening register from the Accounts Section.
Further, the FAA was cautioned to pass orders after taking due
cognizance of the provisions of the RTI Act.
Comments
The Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 provides that
every public officer having custody of a public document, of which
any person has a right to inspect, shall give that person on demand
of a copy of it, on payment of legal fees together with his certificate
with date, name and his official title, affixing his official
seal, to be called as a certified copy. Therefore, certified copies
of documents inspected by a citizen should not be denied after
permitting inspection.
Citation: Shri R.K. Jain v. Central Information
Commission in F.No. CIC/LS/A/2013/001344-YA F.No. CIC/LS/A/2013/001405-YA
F.No. CIC/DS/A/2013/002461-YA F.No. CIC/LS/A/2013/001406-YA F.No.
CIC/LS/A/2013/001649-YA
Weekly article by Dr 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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