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What people say about us!
Whispersinthecorridors.com is highly informative.
P S Bhattacharjee
POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does ! (115)
The history of every nation is eventually written in the way it cares
for its soil.
Today India is exactly like Russia when ?
At a debate one intellectual remarked "Today we are living in India
which is exactly like Russia when Stalin was in power ".
BUREAUCRACY
Three Secretaries to retire this month
As many as three Secretaries are retiring on October 31. They are 1977
batch IAS officer of J&K cadre Parvez Dewan - Secretary for Dept
of Tourism; 1977 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Sangeeta Gairola
- Secretary for Dept of Ex-Servicemen and 1978 batch IAS officer of
Assam-Meghalaya cadre S K Srivastawa - Secretary for Dept of Coal.
3 candidates short-listed for CMD of National Housing Bank and SIDBI
Out of the 21 candidates who attended the interviews for CMD of National
Housing Bank and SIDBI. Names of 3 aspirants shortlisted by the committee
.
CPC seeks direction for grant of Interim Relief
7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has sought a direction from the Government
of India to consider grant of Interim Relief.
COS for Members CBDT to be held on Monday
COS for the Members of the CBDT is expected to be held on Monday.
Singh to be Judge of MP HC ?
H P Singh, District Judge Sagar is likely to be appointed Judge of the
Madhya Pradesh High Court .
Srivastava is now Principal CRC Tripura
Pravin Srivastava on return from central deputation has been appointed
Chief Resident Commissioner Tripura in Delhi. He is a 1980 batch IAS
officer.
(We said this on Aug 26, 2014)
Delay
in ADG empanelment demoralising IPS officers?
The never-ending delay in ADG empanelment of 1984 batch IPS officers,
reportedly, have been demoralising the IPS officers in common. Their
batch-mates in IAS have already taken up their assignments in the rank
of Additional Secretaries inGoI whereas they are still waiting for their
empanelment.
Post of Inspector General in NSG vacant
One post of Inspector General, National Security Guard (NSG), has been
lying vacant.
Sudhir Kumar to join as CVO, CPSE !
Sudhir Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Director level
as a Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO), Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSE).
He is a 1989 batch CISF Officer.
Panel of Ms Bhatnagar for Director, BLC extended
Panel of Ms Manjusha Bhatnagar, GM, MRPL, made for the post of Director
(HR & CA), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) has been validated
for a further period of six months. Her panel had expired on October
4, 2014.
CBDT invites applications for Under Secretary, FT&TRD
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has invited applications for
the post of Under Secretary, Foreign Tax and Tax Research Division (FT&TRD)
lying vacant. Those willing to apply can send their applications to
CBDT before October 24, 2014.
Proposal to be initiated for Asstt Dir, NCRB
soon
As the grapevine has it, the appointment proposal for the post of Asstt
Dir, NCRB may be initiated in a week or so. The post has been lying
vacant for over a year which is encadred for IPS officers. Since no
IPS officer is inclined to grab the slot an officer from CPMF cadre
is expected to fill the position.
Syndicate Bank still without CMD
The government is yet to appoint a new chairman and MD for Syndicate
Bank with its CMD SK Jain behind the bars for alleged bribery charges
for over a month.
Post of Joint Secretary in Health & Research falling vacant this
month
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Department of Health
and Research in October, 2014.
75 posts of Judges vacant in Allahabad HC
Even with the oath freshly administered to its 85th Judge Allahabad
High Court has 75 posts of judges to offer.
Dr Rao appointed Chairman, Delhi Urban Art
Commission
Dr P S N Rao has been appointed as Chairman, Delhi Urban Art Commission.
Rao is an eminent planner and presently working as Head of the Department
of Housing, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
Mishra appointed Member, Delhi Urban Art Commission
Durga Shankr Mishra has been appointed as Member, Delhi Urban Art Commission.
He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Ashok Kumar's book on internal security became
'hot-cake'
Ashok Kumar, a 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, recently
penned down his another book titled "Challenges of Internal Security
of India'. Interestingly, prints of the first edition got exhausted
within 15 days of its publication by McGraw Hill Publication. The officer
presently serving as IG, BSF (Punjab Frintier) has dealt with many facets
of internal security threats in India be it terrorist attacks, left
wing extremism, communal tensions or be it cyber crime. On the appeal
of Civil Services aspirants and compelled by his own experience as an
IPS officer the IIT Delhi alumni had recently penned-down the work next
to his book 'Human in Khaki".
Selection interview for Dir (Operations) OIL
on October 20
Public Enterprises Selection Board is all set to hold the selection
interview for the post of Director (Operations) Oil India Limited on
October 20. The incumbent Director (Ops) is scheduled to retire on May
31, 2015.
Rawat is also MD, AP State Civil Supplies Corporation
(UPDATED)
Shamsher Singh Rawat has been assigned an additional charge of Managing
Director, AP State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited. He is a 1992
batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Mrs Misra appointed VC&MD, AP Mineral Development Corpn
(UPDATED)
Mrs Shalini Misra has been appointed as Vice Chairman & Managing
Director, AP Mineral Development Corporation in Andhra Pradesh with
additional charge of Principal Secretary, Public Enterprises Department.
She is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
HUDCO pays dividend to Ministry of Rural Development
(UPDATED)
Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO along with
N L Manjoka, Director Corporate Planning (HUDCO) and A K Kaushik, Director
Finance (HUDCO) presented the dividend cheque of Rs. 21 crore to Nitin
Gadkari, Minister for Rural Development and Road Transport & Highways,
in the presence of Upendra Kushwaha, Minister of State for Rural Development
and LC Goyal, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development.
Secretary Steel inaugurates new sinter plant
and coke oven battery at Bhilai (UPDATED)
Secretary Steel, Rakesh Singh, inaugurated the new Sinter Machine and
the Coke Oven Battery 11 complex at SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant today.
He was accompanied by C S Verma, Chairman, SAIL and other senior officials..
These two units are critical components of the on-going Modernization
&Expansion program at the Maharatna company's flagship unit, which
would enhance the Plant's production capacity to 7.5 million tonnes
per annum (MTPA) of Hot Metal from the current level of around 5 MTPA
with an investment of Rs 17,265 crore. Speaking on the occasion Secretary
Steel described the two projects as the key upstream units that shall
meet the increased raw material requirement of the plant post modernisation.
He congratulated the Bhilai collective for its concerted efforts in
operationalizing these units. He also said that the use of state of
the art technologies in the units makes them environment friendly and
energy efficient at par with global best. Chairman, SAIL, C S Verma,
in his address described expeditious completion of all remaining projects
as the greatest challenge before the Bhilai collective. He said that
by virtue of its consistent performance in various parameters, Bhilai
has won the prestigious Prime Minister's Trophy for best integrated
steel plant in the country a record 11 times out of the 21 times. Expressing
confidence in the plant collective's ability, he said that Bhilai's
performance is the manifestation of its unique work culture and spirit
of excellence. He further added that commissioning of new facilities
as Bhilai would be an opportunity for the plant to further fortify its
position in the steel industry.
GSL doubles its heavy steel plate cutting
capacity (UPDATED)
GSL in order to increase shipbuilding throughput has doubled the steel
plate cutting capacity by commissioning CNC Profile cutting machine
imported from M/s Lind GMBH, Germany. The new machine was commissioned
by RAdm Shekhar Mital, NM, IN (Retd), CMD-GSL on 13 Oct 2014 in a simple
ceremony. This State-of-the-art machine is capable of cutting big steel
plates upto 80mm using both Plasma and Oxy-Acetylene and has travelling
span of 28M x 5M. RAdm Mital in his message said "This is part
of our strategy to de-bottleneck at marginal costing to enhance our
throughput. This will enable GSL to increase its shipbuilding output
significantly to meet time lines of its export orders." Other Directors
and Senior Officials were also present during the commissioning ceremony
of the machine.
CORPORATE
Chanana to join SAP India
Lovneesh Chanana, Associate Partner (Services) with IBM India is joining
SAP India as Director (Government Affairs) .
Mehta appointed CFO, CRISIL Ltd
CRISIL Ltd has appointed Amish Mehta as the Chief Financial Officer
of the company.
Sahai appointed Non Exec. Director, CRISIL
Ltd
Neeraj Sahai has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of CRISIL
Ltd
Deshpande resigns as Non-Independent Director,
Tata Metaliks Ltd
D P Deshpande has resigned as Non-Independent Director of Tata Metaliks
Ltd.
Ms Jaiswal ceases to be Director, Jagatjit
Industries Ltd
Ms Roshini Sanah Jaiswal has ceased to be Director of Jagatjit Industries
Ltd.
Ms Sequeira appointed Addl. Director, Vallabh Poly Plast International
Ltd
Vallabh Poly Plast International Ltd has appointed Ms Michelle Sequeira
as an Additional Director of the company.
FORUM
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Indian Economy in safe hands !
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan being conferred with the prestigious Euromoney
award is welcome news. The citation sums up his ability ' to administer
tough monetary medicine to combat the storm, ravaging the deficit ridden
economy in the recent emerging market crisis & his battling vested
interests to arouse a sleepy financial system for over a billion people'.
A majority of Indians feel confident that in these trying times
Indian Economy is in safe hands.
Kanakasabapathy IRTS( R).
Take action
I frequently read the news /views on whisper about posting of 'Loan
Basis' in ministries and another departments. Mostly about AAI staff
posted on loan basis in various deptts of Civil Aviation Ministry. Also
read, regular staff suffer due to these posting of AAI employees and
can't work. They hold on every work and become reason of corruption.
PM and Minister of Civil Aviation have to take action against these
types of posting and polices of AAI staff and send them back to their
parent cadre.
Simmi Jain
Staff misusing position
Chairman of Airports Economy Regulatory Authority of India was relieved
July 2014. Why the staff of Chairman office is sitting late and giving
bills of Food?
Mukul Bhatt
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Disclosure of third party information without following the
procedure
Through an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI)
Act, a lady asked about the details regarding her husband's appointment
as a legal advisor in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,
his job responsibilities, last salary/remuneration drawn, family
particulars, etc. The Public Information Officer (PIO) requested
the legal advisor (Third Party) to submit his objections, if any,
in writing for disclosure of information within the meaning of
Section 11(1) of the RTI Act who submitted his objections stating
that the information sought should not be provided to the applicant.
In his reply, the PIO refused to provide the information u/s 8(1)(j)
holding it as personal information. On appeal by the applicant,
the First Appellate Authority (FAA) directed to provide the information.
The third party went in appeal against the order of the FAA to
the CIC which cautioned the FAA that the Rights of the third party
are as much important and fundamental as the right of an individual
to seek information. The due process prescribed in revealing third
party information ought to have been strictly followed and while
stepping into the place of the PIO, the FAA should have taken
due note of the process for revealing third party information,
as prescribed under the RTI Act, 2005. As the information was
already provided to the applicant, the CIC was unable to provide
any substantive relief to the appellant. However, the order of
the FAA was quashed and set aside and the CIC observed that this
fact may be taken note of during future litigation, between the
parties, by the concerned Court. Further, the CIC directed the
respondent public authority to provide adequate training to PIOs
& FAAs so that they can discharge their duties with greater
responsibility and do not commit such fatal errors that can change
the course of private litigation in favour of a particular party.
Comments
The FAA ought to provide reasonable time to the third party to
file an appeal before the CIC rather than providing the information
as the third party has too has rights under the RTI Act. Regarding
training, the RTI foundation is at the web address given below,
is always available to provide training to all.
Citation: Shri Manish Tandon v. Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare in F.No.CIC/YA/A/2014/001212
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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