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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires History does ! ( 117)
In a democratic world ,as in a democratic naton,power must be linked
with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within
the framework of the general good.
India needs Head Master ?
Some bureaucrats were heard criticizing the Modi style of working. One
retired bureaucrat retorted "India needs a Head Master like Modi
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BUREAUCRACY
32, 1984 batch IPS officers empanelled in
GoI
Altogether 32
IPS officers belonging to 1984 batch are reported to have been empanelled
to the rank of ADG in Government of India.
Alok Kumar appointed as Secretary, CVC
Alok Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission
(CVC) in the rank of Joint Secretary level by temporarily downgrading
the post. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Kewal Kumar Sharma appointed as Additional Secretary, Women & Child
Development
Kewal Kumar Sharma, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed
as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
B N Satpathy appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat
B N Satpathy, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Adviser
Inter State Council Secretariat in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the
rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IES officer.
K P Krishnan appointed as Additional Secretary in Rural Development
K P Krishnan has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Department
of Land Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development. He is a 1983
batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Ajay Tyagi posted as Additional Secretary in Finance Ministry
Ajay Tyagi has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Director General,
Directorate of Currency, Department of Economic Affairs in Ministry
of Finance. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Anup Chandra Pandey appointed as Additional Secretary in Defence Ministry
Anup Chandra Pandey has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department
of Ex-Servicemen Welfare in Ministry of Defence. He is a 1984 batch
IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Navneet Singh Kang appointed as Additional Secretary, Health & Family
Welfare
Navneet Singh Kang has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Health
and Family Welfare. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Karan Bir Singh Sidhu appointed as MD, TRIFED
Karan Bir Singh Sidhu has been appointed as Managing Director, TRIFED,
Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab
cadre.
R Rajagopal appointed as Additional Secretary in Agriculture Ministry
R Rajagopal has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of
Agriculture Research and Education in Ministry of Agriculture. He is
a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat
Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi has been appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council
Secretariat in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Additional Secretary
level. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
T Jacob appointed as Joint Secretary, DoPT
T Jacob has been appointed as Joint Secretary, DoPT by temporarily downgrading
the post. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
P K Sharma selected as Director (Ope), OIL
P K Sharma, GM, OIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Operations),
Oil India Limited (OIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
meeting held on October 20, 2014. As many as 10 persons were interviewed
for the same.
Inter cadre deputation of Dr Nidi Pandey to
Uttarakhand extended
An inter cadre deputation of Dr Nidhi Pandey from Maharashtra to Uttarakhand
has been extended for a period of two years. She is a 2001 batch IAS
officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Official list of IPS officers empanelled
as IG in GoI
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have
officially been empanelled for the post of Inspector General or equivalent
posts in Government of India. The officers include: Sanjeeb Kumar Pat
Joshi belonging to 1991 batch of Kerala cadre; Hari Ram Sharma, 1993
batch of UP cadre; Mrs Shikha Goel, 1994 batch of AP cadre; Himanshu
Gupta, 1994 batch of Chhattisgarh cadre; Mrs Sampat Meena, 1994 batch
of Jharkhand cadre; Dr Naresh Kumar and Ram Singh, 1994 batch of Punjab
cadre; G Venkatraman, Vinit Dev Wankhede and Sanjay Mathur all of 1994
batch of Tamil Nadu cadre; Raja Srivastava, Dhruva Kant Thakur, Prakash
D and Jai Narayan Singh all of 1994 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre and
Vineet Kumar Goyal and Nieraj Kumar Singh of 1994 batch of West Bengal
cadre.
Will Dr Dalip Singh return to Haryana ?
Additional Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation in the Government of
India Dr Dalip Singh is likely to return to the parent Haryana cadre
in a month or two. Dr Singh who is not associated with any Haryana leader
is considered to be an outstanding 1982 batch IAS officer.
Who will be new DGP of Haryana ?
Who will be new DGP of Haryana?.Now the tie is said to be between 1979
batch IPS officer Satyendra Kumar and 1983 batch IPS officer Yas Pal
Singhal.
Ashok Khemka to stay back in Haryana ?
Ashok Khemka is now unlikely to join the Government of India. 1991 batch
IAS officer is now going to continue in Haryana .Khemka is all set to
get important assignment in the BJP Government.
Ajoy Mehta unlikely to join NHAI
In the changed scenario, Ajoy Mehta is now unlikely to join as Member
NHAI in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra
cadre.
Fate of selected officers in ED seems uncertain
Mystery shrouds the fate of selections made by CVC Committee inJuly
for the crucial posts in Enforcement Directorate of Special Director
Chandigarh and Joint Director Mumbai and Chandigarh. Orders have so
far been not issued.
Praveen Pardeshi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Praveen Pardeshi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary
or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer
of Maharashtra cadre.
Orders of A S Mitra as Director (Shipbuilding), HSL issued
The orders of A S Mitra presently in the Ministry of Defense, for the
appointment as Director (Shipbuilding), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL)
have been issued by the Government of India.
Dr Rao yet to be relieved for joining as Director (Comm), NMDC
The joining of Dr T R K Rao for the post of Director (Commercial) in
National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) is getting delayed
as he is yet to be relieved of present posting.
Post of Joint Secretary falling in Overseas in Oct
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in Ministry of Overseas
Indian Affairs in October, 2014.
Satya Prakash Ram Tripathi appointed as Under
Secretary, DoPT
Satya Prakash Ram Tripathi has been appointed as Under Secretary in
the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) after his promotion
to his grade.
S S Yadav may soon join Delhi Police
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Sudhir Singh Yadav is
likely to move from A&N Islands. The 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT
cadre is serving in A&N Islands as DGP since May 2013. Prior to
A&N Island assignment he served with Delhi Police as Spl CP (Traffic)
and also handled the dditional charge of 'Women's Complaint Cell'.
Satish Chander Gupta appointed as PS to Mrs
Sushma Swaraj
Satish Chander Gupta has been appointed as Private Secretary to Mrs
Sushma Swaraj, Minister for External Affairs. He is a private person.
P C Madhukar transferred to North Central
Railway (UPDATED)
P C Madhukar, Northeast Frontier Railway, has been transferred and posted
to North Central Railway.
Orders for appointment of three MP High Court
Judges issued (UPDATED)
Appointment orders of three new High Court Judges have been issued .
They are Madhya Pradesh Law Secretary - C V Sirpurkar, DJ - Mandsaur
R K Mahajan and leading lawyer of Indore Vandana Kasrekar.
(We said this on July 15, 2014)
Justice Virendra Singh is new CJ of Jharkhand High Court
(UPDATED)
Justice Virendra Singh of the J & K High Court has been appointed
new Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
(We said this on Aug 6, 2014)
4 IPS officers transferred in J&K (UPDAED)
Four IPS officers transferred and posted at different places in Jammu
and Kashmir. Accordingly, Abdul Jabbar has been posted as Commandant
IR-8 Battalion while Udayabhaskar Billa will be SP PC Jammu and Shailendra
Kumar Mishra is AIG, CIV, Phq. Besides, Sridhar Patil has been posted
as SP, South Srinagar.
Lalmalsawma relieved to join as Chief Secretary,
Mizoram (UPDATED)
The Government of Delhi has relieved Lalmalsawma for joining as Chief
Secretary, Government of Mizoram. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of
AGMUT cadre.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Delhi Govt
(UPDATED)
Four IAS officers have been given new assignments in Delhi Government.
Accordingly, Arvind Ray has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Home
with holding charge of Principal Secretary, SC/ST/OBC/Minorities and
CMD, DSFDC and Vigilance while D M Spolia was entrusted with additional
charge of Principal Secretary, Finance and Mrs Shakuntala D Gamlin gets
additional charge of Principal Secretary, GAD. Besides, Sanjiv Kumar
has been given an additional charge of Social Welfare and Women &
Child Development.
Secretary Tourism Pervez Dewan takes VRS
(UPDATED)
Secretary Toursim in the Government of India Pervez Dewan has taken
voluntary retirement with effect from October 28. 1977 batch IAS officer
of J & K cadre Dewan was due to retire on October 31.
Adesh Sharma joins as MD, DFCCIL
(UPDATED)
Adesh Sharma has taken over the charge as Managing Director, Dedicated
Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL). The post had
been lying vacant since March, 2014.
(We said this on June 25, 2014)
CORPORATE
Mankad appointed Chairman, Swaraj Engines
Ltd
Swaraj Engines Limited has appointed Sudhir Mankad as Chairman of the
company.
Vijayaraghavan resigns as Senior President
(Finance and Corporate Services), Sakthi Finance Limited
M K Vijayaraghavan has resigned as Senior President (Finance and Corporate
Services) of Sakthi Finance Limited
Saggi appointed Addl. Director, RPG Life Sciences
Ltd
RPG Life Sciences Limited has appointed Ms Neera Saggi as an Additional
Director of the company.
Subramaniam appointed Addl. Director, GNFC
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has appointed
Dr Manjula Subramaniam, IAS (Retd.) as an Additional Director on the
Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. October 10, 2014
Gupta resigns as Independent Director, Surana
Industries Limited
Dr S K Gupta has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of Surana
Industries Limited on account of advancing age.
Daniel appointed CFO, Arvind Remedies Ltd
Arvind Remedies Limited has appointed Selvan Daniel as Chief Financial
Officer of the company w.e.f. October 13, 2014
Ramakrishnan resigns as Director, Tulsyan
NEC Ltd
S Ramakrishnan has resigned as Director of Tulsyan NEC Limited with
immediate effect
Ghosh appointed CS, Geometric Ltd
Geometric Limited has appointed Ms Sunipa Ghosh as Company Secretary
of the company.
Two independent directors cease to be on Board
of Syncom Healthcare Ltd
Goviddas Pasari and Bharat Kumar Doshi have resigned as independent
directors of Syncom Healthcare Limited with immediate effect.
Banerjee appointed CS, BLB Ltd
BLB Limited has appointed Ms Arpita Banerjee as the Company Secretary
of the company w.e.f. October 20, 2014
FORUM
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Dear Prime Minister Sir,
While you have started reform in labour laws. Thousands of organization
in Delhi have received show cause notice for late deposit of Provident
Fund . The show cause notice covers a period of 20 years, with demand
for interest and penalty
(i) It is a trite law that penalty cant be levied after lapse of reasonable
period of time(say 6 years). However PF office will not listen to any
judicial wisdom.
(ii) Most of the alleged default is on account of data entry error by
PF division, however PF office will not provide us with original papers
on the basis of which the data entry has been made. The onus is on companies
to trace twenty year old papers and tell the PF office that they are
wrong.
(iii) Normally in penalty cases discretion is given to adjudicating
authority to waive penalty if there is reasonable cause for default.
However there is no such provision in PF law.
The whole machinery is high handed, unreasonable and prone to corruption
and harassment. No wonder we are low in global ranking in ease of doing
business.
I hope the labour minister, labour secretary , cabinet secretary principal
secretary to PM and Hon prime minister will take note and make the implementation
of labour law less draconian and more business friendly.
Ravi
IAS is not extra constitutional
I difer with Shashank Das's views that IAS is superior as other service
people could not clear it. This type of analogy is a brainwash tactic
of those who wants that other services must be treated as they are done
..and this is not fare .... further it is a fact that in india there
is courage for IAS and even most people try for it too ...but it is
not because it is some extra constitutional service but this pattern
is only because the un constitutional supremacy IAS people has defined
over other services? How other services are being forced to remain behind
is known to all. I bet that Government make all services at par not
only in pay scale/allowances and promotions but also ensure that all
services promoted upto secretary in their respective department / work
profie then no body will try exceptionally for IAS. There is no doubt
that things need a change but not a status qou...
Views are not against IAS people but against the system they have
established.
Ravinder Kumar
Thanks Whispers
Wow ! Thanks Whispers for showcasing great Artist talent Meena Kamal.
She is next big thing Indians will be proud. Kudos to you for being
most imformative website.
R Gandhi
No news about empanelment
There is no news about empanelment of 1984 and 1985 batches of CSS officers
as Joint Secretary, although it is under process for quite some time.
Kindly give the latest status.
Dr A Srivastava
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First Appellate Authority should give a hearing to the appellant
if asked
The Appellant had filed two separate RTI applications. In one
of these applications, he had wanted the details of all the files
in the possession of the Department on the subject of RTI, appointment
of the CIC and Information Commissioners, sanction of staff for
the CIC including an independent Pay and Accounts Officer, the
amount of money collected in all these years by way of RTI fees
and penalty imposed and recovered. In the other application, he
requested for the copy of the order/notification by which the
Search Committee was constituted for shortlisting candidates for
appointment as Information Commissioners in the CIC, the next
date of the meeting of the Search Committee etc.. In both these
applications, he had requested for permission to inspect all the
relevant files. In respect of his first application, the PIO offered
the copies of the correspondence part of two of the relevant files
on payment of photocopying charges. However, in respect of the
remaining information, he had not provided any information on
the ground that the collection of the information would disproportionately
divert their resources. In regard to second application, the PIO
observed that since the Search Committee had been constituted
by the Cabinet Secretariat, his RTI application was being transferred
u/s 6(3) of the RTI Act. The First Appellate Authority endorsed
the response of the PIO in both the cases. The Appellant argued
before the CIC that the information regarding the constitution
of the Search Committee for shortlisting of candidates for the
post of Information Commissioners in the CIC was available in
the DoPT at the time of his RTI application but, even then, the
PIO had chosen to transfer the RTI application to the Cabinet
Secretariat for the latter only to send it back. He also complained
the PIO did not produce all the relevant files before him for
his inspection and did not even facilitate the inspection of whatever
files he had himself placed before him. He also alleged that the
First Appellate Authority had disposed of the appeals without
much application of mind and by merely endorsing the response
of the PIO. The PIO and the First Appellate Authority disagreed
with the appellant's version and said that the sheer number of
RTI applications and appeals handled in their division was so
voluminous and huge that it was almost impossible to manage it
within the time lines prescribed under the RTI Act. The CIC disapproved
the approach of the PIO and observed that the PIO could have given
a more detailed response justifying his conclusion that providing
such information would disproportionately divert the resources
of the Department by stating the exact number of files in question
and likely man-hours required to assemble them. The CIC further
held that the PIO was totally wrong in transferring the RTI application
regarding search committee to the Cabinet Secretariat as the entire
information was available in the Department itself. The First
Appellate Authority was cautioned to be more careful in future
in dealing with appeals.
Comments
It is not enough for the First Appellate Authority (FAA) to reproduce
the contents of the RTI application and the reply of the PIO.
The FAA must pass a speaking order justifying her decision in
each case. Wherever the Appellant wants personal hearing, he should
be given that opportunity.
Citation: Shri R K Jain v. PIO, Cabinet
Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan in File No.CIC/SM/A/2012/000784
& 786
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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