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May your pioneering & good work continue.
S Kanakasabapathy.IRTS( R )
When nothing else inspires, History does ! (128)
An ambition is a sin by which angels have fallen and political ambition
is a greater sin by which even countries and people have fallen.
Will Adani overtake Mukesh Ambani in next five years ?
Now people have started discussing about the supremacy in the corporate
world. One million dollar question now is - whether Adani will over take
Mukesh Ambani in the next five years. He has already overtook Anil Ambani.
BUREAUCRACY
'Kaun banega CBI Director'? (7)
In 1978 batch
IPS Kerala DGP K S Balasubramanian is the solitary claimant. If he gets
support from former IPS officer of Kerala cadre Ajit Doval then he may
be included in the panel.
Top level IPS appointments in December
Half a dozen top level IPS appointments will now take place in December.
This includes Director CBI, Director IB, Director R&AW DG ITBP,DG
CRPF and Secretary Security.
Interview for PSB Chiefs on November 13-14
As the grapevine has it selection interview for CMDs of as many as eight
public sector banks will take place on Nov 13 & Nov 14. RBI Governor
Raghuram Rajan; G S Sandhu, Secretary, Financial Services and four external
experts are expected to interview the short-listed candidates for the
positions.
MEA Hq to be shifted from South Block soon. Is PMO on expansion mode?
It is reliably learnt that Ministry of External Affairs is being shifted
from South Block. It has triggered the buzz again that PMO is on expansion
mode and seeks expanded infrastructure. Has anybody a clue ?
One dozen vacancies of ED in Banks
After the retirement of three EDs on September 30, there are now total
one dozen vacancies in the nationalized banks in the country.
Alok Kumar is Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission
Senior IAS officer Alok Kumar has taken over as Secretary of Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC), country's top anti-corruption body. Kumar,
a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has also been entrusted
with additional charge of Joint Secretary (Training) under the Ministry
of Personnel till completion of his tenure or till posting of his successor
. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), headed by the Prime Minister,
has also extended central deputation tenure of Kumar for three months
beyond December 13, 2014.
Grover gets extension till further orders
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, P K Grover, has been given extension
till further orders. He was to retire on October 31.
SC Collegium to meet on Friday
Supreme Court Collegium is likely to meet on Friday. A couple of Chief
Justices of High Court are to be selected.
Ranjit Sinha to attend Interpol conference
CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha will attend Interpol conference at Monaco in
france. The conference will take place from November 3 to 7.
Chandra is also Principal Secretary to AP CM
Satish Chandra will be new Principal Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister Chandra Babu Naidu. He is 1986 batch IAS officer. Chandra has
also been placed in full additional charge of the post of Resident Commissioner,
AP Bhavan.
CVC clearance to Ms Joshi for Director (Fin), SCI
awaited
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is yet to give its clearance
to Harjeet Joshi, GM, ONGC, for the appointment as Director (Finance),
Shipping Corporation India Limited (SCI) her name was proposed after
V K Jain, GM, HPCL, declined the offer.
Orders of Goswami for Director (Fin), HPCL issued
Orders of Palash Goswami, GM, HCL, for the appointment as Director (Finance),
Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) have been issued by the Government
of India.
(We said this on January 6, 2014)
Sharma takes over as Director (Ope), NTPC Ltd
K K Sharma, ED, NTPC, has assumed the charge as Director (Operations),
NTPC Limited.
(We said this on April 4, 2014)
P K Rao joins as Director (Ope), ONGC OVL
P K Rao, GGM, ONGC, has taken over the charge as Director (Operations),
ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL).
(We said this on April 16, 2014)
Sengupta joins as Director (Tech), MECON Ltd
S R Sengupta, GM, MECON, has taken over the charge as Director (Technology),
MECON Limited.
(We said this on May 13, 2014)
Singh takes charge as Director (Engg), MECON Ltd
A P Singh, GM, MECON, has taken over the charge as Director (Engineering),
MECON Limited.
(We said this on April 2, 2014)
ACC yet to approve appointment of Charles as Director, DCIL
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is yet to approve the appointment
of S Charles, Vice President, SCIL, for the post of Director (Finance),
Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL).
Post of Director (Fin), CPCL lying vacant
The post of Director (Finance), Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
(CPCL) has been lying vacant for a long time.
Post of Director (Fin) HMT Ltd lying vacant
The post of Director (Finance), HMT Ltd has also been lying vacant.
The post of Director (Operations) is already running vacant.
Jain in the race for CMD of Air India
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that N K Jain is also in
the race of CMD, Air India. The 1986 batch officer of Indian Railway
Personnel Service is presently serving with Air India as Director ((Personnel).
The incumbent CMD, Rohit Nandan has recently been given extension till
August 2014 or till the new appointment takes place.
Will Nasir Ali get extension beyond Dec 2014 as Jt MD, Air India?
The deputation tenure of Syed Nasir Ali is all set to complete in the
month of December this year. After the extension to CMD Air India the
speculations have started doing rounds whether the Joint MD Nasir Ali
will be given extension beyond December or not. He is an IRS (IT) officer
of 1990 batch. Reportedly, the extension proposal has already been moved.
Negi appointed Adviser, Planning Commission
Jiwan Singh Negi has been appointed as Adviser, Planning Commission.
He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.
Goyal is Principal Director, Central Excise in CAG office
On return from deputation, Sanjeev Goyal has been posted as Principal
Director, Central Excise in the office of CAG of India, New Delhi. He
is a 1996 batch IA&AS officer.
PESB invites applications for Director (Tech), RECL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Technical), Rural Electrification Corporation
Limited (RECL) falling vacant on November 1, 2015. Those willing to
apply can send their applications to the PESB before December 31, 2014.
Applications for CVO, Corporation Bank invited
The Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the
post of Chief Vigilance Officer in Corporation Bank falling vacant next
year on March 19, 2015. The willing officers in the rank of General
Manager or Deputy General Manager can send their applications to the
this Department at the earliest.
B K Chopra joins as DG, AFMS
Lt Gen BK Chopra, Senior Colonel Commandant of Army Medical Corps has
assumed the charge as Director General Armed Forces Medical Services
(AFMS).
Garg relieved to join as ED, World Bank
Subhash Chandra Garg has been relieved to join as Executive Director,
World Bank, Washington DC, USA. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan
cadre.
File of M K Goel still sticks to CVC
The file of M K Goel for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director,
Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) is reportedly lying stuck to
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its clearance. The post has been
lying vacant since September 13, 2013 while Goel was selected for the
post on December 16, 2013.
Ms Chandra appointed as CVO, SAI
Ms Deepali Chandra has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO)
in Sports Authority of India (SAI), Delhi under the Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports at the Director level. She is an IRS-IT officer.
3 persons fail to join Board level posts in PSUs for want of orders
Three persons, who were supposed to make Board level joining in various
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) on November 1, have failed to assume
the charges for the want of orders. Accordingly, Arvind Kathuria, GM,
NBCFDC, did not join as MD, National Backward Classes Finance &
Development Corporation (NBCFDC) while P K Sathpathy, GM, NMDC, as Director
(Productions) in National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) and
S S Dogra, DGM, NALCO, failed to join as Director (Finance), Garden
Reach Shipbuilders & Engineering Limited (GRSE).
Gagan appointed Director, Disability Affairs in GoI
Vishal Gagan has been appointed as Director in the Department of Disability
Affairs under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. He is
a 1998 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
Ms Shankar appointed Assistant DG, UIDA
Ms Anjali Ellis Shankar has been appointed as Assistant Director General
in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) at Director
level. She is a 1998 batch IDAS officer.
7 IAS officers transferred in MP
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya
Pradesh. Accordingly, D D Agrawal has been appointed as Commissioner,
Public Instructions while Rajesh Prasad Mishra was made Director, Madhya
Pradesh Water and Land Management Institute and Director, Rural Employment
and Santosh Kumar Mishra is Collector, Satna. Similarly, Mohanlal Meena
has been appointed as Director, Kisan Welfare and Agriculture Development;
N S Bhatnagar as Additional Excise Commissioner, Gwalior; Gyaneshwar
as Collector, Betul and Mrs Alka Shrivastava was posted as Additional
Commissioner (Revenue), Sagar division, Sagar.
2 proposals being sent to ACC for one post
of MD, FSNL (UPDATED)
The Ministry of Steel is reported to be sending two proposals to the
Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for the appointment of Managing
Director, Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL). Two persons names K K Jain,
GM, SAIL and Rajiv Bhattacharya, GM, FSNL, are being sent to the ACC
after CVC gave them clearance after almost three years.
Harsh Gupta posted as Secretary, Animal Husbandry
& Fisheries in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Harsh Gupta, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Secretary,
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department in Karnataka. He is a 1997
batch IAS officer of Karntaka cadre.
S B Malik takes over as Director (Tech), RITES
Ltd (UPDATED)
S B Malik, ED, RITES, has assumed the charge as Director (Technical),
RITES Limited. He succeeded Sumit Sinha retired on October 31, 2014.
(We said this on May 27, 2014)
Mrs Leena Srivastava promoted to CIT grade
(UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Leena Srivastava
has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) and
posted to the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi.
B Rajasekhar posted as CMD, AP Civil Supplies
Corp (UPDATED)
B Rajasekhar has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director,
AP State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited in Andhra Pradesh. He is
a 1992 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Anita Kapur is new Chairperson of CBDT (UPDATED)
Formal orders of the appointment of Anita Kapur as Chairperson of the
CBDT have been issued.
CORPORATE
Ms Doshi appointed Addl. Independent Director,
Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd
Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Limited has appointed Ms Bhavna
Doshi as an Additional Independent Director of the company
Singh appointed Part-time Director, NTPC Ltd
Union Ministry of Power has nominated Anil Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Power as Part-time Director on the Board of Directors of
NTPC Limited.
Chatterjee designated Director (Supply Chain), Castrol
India Ltd
The Board of Castrol India Limited has decided to appoint Jayanta Chatterjee
as a Whole-time Director and designated him as Director (Supply Chain)
of the company.
Ms Agarwal resigns as CS, Assam Company India
Ltd
Ms Rakhi Agarwal has resigned as Company Secretary of Assam Company
India Limited.
Pulleti resigns as Director, Dr Datson's Labs
Ltd
Giridhar Gopal Pulleti has resigned as Director of Dr Datson's Labs
Limited.
Mehta resigns as Non-Exec Director, JB Chemicals
& Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Bansidhar S Mehta has resigned as Non-Executive Director of JB Chemicals
& Pharmaceuticals Limited.
Desai appointed Independent Director, Zodiac JRD-MKJ
Ltd
Zodiac JRD-MKJ Limited has appointed Mukesh Kanaiyalal Desai as Independent
Director of the company.
Kato appointed Addl. Director, Snowman Logistics
Ltd
Snowman Logistics Limited has appointed Wataru Kato as Additional Director
of the company.
Garodia appointed Director, Nath Bio-Genes (India)
Ltd
Nath Bio-Genes (India) Limited has appointed Sweta Garodia as Director
of the Company
Kucheria resigns as Director, Winsome Yarns Limited
Rohtash Kumar Kucheria has resigned as Director of Winsome Yarns Limited
Padha appointed Nominee Director, Winsome Yarns
Ltd
Winsome Yarns Limited has appointed Brij Mohan Padha as Nominee Director
of the company
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Are important instructions being followed ?
An RTI application had recently been sent to the Central Electricity
Authority, an autonomous body, under the Ministry of Power inquiring
about the status of the case relating to identification of sensitive
posts (based on CVC guidelines), which was gathering dust in one of
the office. The applicants intentions is only to inquire from various
government offices seeking information whether the some the important
instructions of the Supreme Court/CVC/ Government like sexual harassment
of women at working place, website guidelines, constitution of Board
on stability for ensuring of tenure etc.is being followed or not. Look
at the courage of one of the official of the CEA trying to go against
the spirit of the RTI Act-2005 by finding out the telephone number of
the address and then inquiring on telephone whether such & such
person is there at the reported address.
There is a need to review the utility of CEA in the present times by
the Government of India. Earlier it use to perform regulatory functions
also, which is now being done by the CERC. Many officials there have
no work at all. The new CPSE recruits have no interest in continuing
and are always on the look out of greener pastures. Many of senior officials
are simply playing solitaire on their computers. The DOP&T &
Ministry of Power, post in CEA, only the most incompetent and handicapped
secretarial staff. Moreover, the CEA, these days, tries to resist new
plan schemes, which the Ministry of Power tells them to take up. There
is a lot of backbiting in the organization. Agreed that CEA is the technical
advisory body of the Ministry of Power but the Government has to take
a view that either CEA should be made the Ministry and have no Ministry
of Power (containing only generalists who are always browbeating the
officials of PSUs and attached /subordinate offices). It is said that
most of their officials are getting satiated at the cost PSUs. Alternatively,
CEA could be converted into a technical wing of the Ministry of Power
on the lines which happened when, the erstwhile DGTD, in the Ministry
of Industry and, the DGFT, in the Ministry of Commerce were wound up.
BBS
Congratulation Dr Bahuguna
Congratulation Dr Bahuguna for keeping the Indian foresters high in
the international market
K P Singh
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Addition and deletion of names in the agreed list
Applicant sought information as to how his name was put on the
agreed list and how was it removed. The First Appellate Authority
(FAA) directed the PIO to furnish relevant documents after duly
suppressing the identity of complaint(s)/official(s). The Public
Information Officer (PIO) filed an appeal against the FAA order.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed that the Agreed
List is admittedly a confidential information, rather a critically
confidential information, held by the public authority in its
role as a third party within the provisions of Section 124 of
the Indian Evidence Act. The CIC held that confidentiality of
the Agreed List is critical for the success of the management
decisions about key assignments to its employees, lest for want
of reflection on the background, character and conduct of specific
officers, management hands over sensitive assignments into undeserving
hands whose actions may be injurious both to the public authority
as well as to the public interest. The CIC upheld the denial of
information by the PIO.
Comments
In the case of Sudesh Kumar v. Customs & Central Excise in
Appeal No.CIC/AT/A/2007/00229, the CIC had ruled that "Agreed
List" are not disclosable. After a person's name has been
deleted from the agreed list, there would be little ground to
deny information to the concerned person.
Citation: Shri Satish Kumar v. Mumbai
Port Trust in F. No. CIC/SS/A/2013/001040-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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