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I read your web site regularly & find it very interesting .it conveys
much in advance the expected changes in Bureaucracy ( with almost 100
% accuracy ). & updating happenings in the appointments/resignation
in important companies .It is also covering important political developments
(inside stories).
R K Nagpal
POLITICS
UPA Government in a hurry for three key appointments
The UPA Government is said to be in a hurry to appoint Lok Pal,new Army
Chief and Special Director in the CBI. Will the BJP allow it ?
BUREAUCRACY
Five Additional Secy level posts vacant with
Dept of Commerce
As many as five positions of Additional Secretary have been lying vacant
with the Department of Commerce vice Rajeev Kher, Anita Agnihotri, S
N Mohanty, Vijay Laxmi Gupta & Anup Kumar Poojari.
Seven claimants for five Secretary level posts on offer
As many as seven 1980 batch IAS officers, in the GoI, are still waiting
to get Secretary-level posting. Five such posts are slated to fall vacant
this month. Rest of the empanelled officers are serving their respective
cadre states.
Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi to go to Washington
PS to the Prime Minister, Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi is expected to join
as Advisor to ED World Bank next month. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer
of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on Feb 19, 2014)
Two PSU appointments stuck for long to be cleared soon
Two persons, who were facing teething troubles for the appointments
as Chairman and Managing Directors of two separate Public Sector Undertakings
(PSU) can now heave a sigh of relief as they are expected to get orders
soon.
Krishna to be CVO of CPWD
M R Krishna is being tipped to be new CVO in the CPWD. He is a 1985
batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Will Uttarakhand Chief Secretary get extension?
Will Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar who is scheduled to retire
on April 30 also get an extension has been the case with his counterparts
in Haryana and Gujarat who too were superannuating on the same date.
Kumar is a 1977 batch IAS officer.
Will ADG level post with ITBP be upgraded to Spl DG rank?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that ADG rank post, vice
Mehboob Alam, may be upgraded to the rank of Special DG. One can wait
and watch only.
Appointment of CPCB Chairperson soon ?
With CAT's April 17 directive, the deadlock over the appointment of
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Chairperson seems to be over.
CAT has, reportedly, directed MoEF Secretary to start the process. The
panel for the post would now be opened by the committee constituted
by Secretary, MOEF and first name on the panel would be send to ACC
for its ratification soon.
Nagin Nanda poised for JS empanelment
As the grapevine has it, Nagin Nanda is all set to be empanelled as
Joint Secretary, GoI. The 1985 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh
cadre, recently, got the CVC clearance.
Central Govt women employee can avail 730
days child care leave
A woman employee working with central government can get uninterrupted
leave for two years for child care, which also includes needs like examination
and sickness, according to a Supreme Court bench ruling in this regard.
Why orders of R G Rao for Director (Fin), ILK delayed ?
Why the orders of R G Rao, Sr MGR, RINL, for the appointment as Director
(Finance), Instrumentation Ltd, Kota (ILK) are being delayed by the
Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since February 1,
2013.
Kabool Chand gets CVC clearance for JS empanelment
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that 1983 batch IFS officer
of Gujarat cadre Kabool Chand has been given clearance by CVC for empanelment
as Joint Secretary in GoI.
Sarveen Narula to join as Director, SCI on
May 1
Capt. Sarveen Narula, SVP, SCI, will be taking over the charge as Director
(Liner & Passenger Services), Shipping Corporation of India Limited
(SCI) on May 1, 2014. He will succeed J N Das retiring in April.
(We said this on Oct 8, 2013)
Vice Admiral Sinha seeks voluntarily retirement
After being superseded Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha has sought voluntarily
retirement four months before his retirement. Admiral R K Dhowan has
superseded him to take over as Navy Chief.
Renuka Kumar to complete central deputation tenure this month
Renuka Kumar is all set to complete her central deputation tenure on
April 30. The 1987 batch IAS officer of UP cadre is presently serving
as Joint Secretary, GoI.
PESB seeks applications for MD of NBCFDC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for
the post of Managing Director, National Backward Classes Finance &
Development Corporation (NBCFDC) falling vacant on November 1, 2014.
Those willing to apply can send their applications for the post before
April 28, 2014.
Two post of Judges vacant in Uttarakhand HC
Two posts of Permanent Judges are lying vacant in Uttarakhand High Court.
The Court has an approved strength of Nine Judges.
PM clears empanelment of 1984 batch IAS (UPDATED)
The Prime Minister is believed to have cleared the empanelment file
of 1984 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the
Government of India.
Pravir Kumar is new DGFT (UPDATED)
Pravir Kumar has been appointed new Director General Foreign Trade (DGFT).He
is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Fire safety week organized in Central Bank
of India (UPDATED)
A hand book on Fire Safety was released by Rajeev Rishi, Chairman &
Managing Director of Central Bank of India during the concluding function
of Fire Safety Week organized by the Bank at Mumbai on April 19, 2014.
U Mohapatra CGM, Vijay Misra GM, Capt. S Kannan CSO and staff members
of the Bank were present on the occasion. Various events were organized
across the country during the Fire Safety Week.
DEBATE
WHICH BUSINESS HOUSE
WILL BE NUMBER ONE IF MODI BECOMES THE PM ?
Given the fact that the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Mr. Narendra
Modi is largely supported by the Corporate Houses across the country,
which business house will be the top most gainer incase he assumes the
high office.
Please send your views to - mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
CORPORATE
Mohanlal appointed MD, Oswal Minerals Limited
Oswal Minerals Limited has appointed Sripal Kumar Mohanlal as a Managing
Director of the company
Jain appointed Whole-time Director, Oswal
Minerals Limited
Mohanlal Bharath Kumar Jain has been appointed as Whole-time Director
of Oswal Minerals Limited w.e.f. March 27 2014
Agarwal appointed CFO, 3M India Ltd
3M India Ltd has appointed Sameer Agarwal as Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2014
Pardhi appointed Independent Director, Facor
Steels Ltd
Facor Steels Ltd has appointed Keshaorao A Pardhi as Independent Director
of the company w.e.f. April 18, 2014.
Seth resigns as President & MD, Alcatel
Lucent India
Munish Seth has resigned as President and Managing Director of Alcatel
Lucent India
Savakgaonkar promoted as CTO, Bharti Airtel
Ltd
Abhay Savakgaonkar has been promoted as Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
of Bharti Airtel Ltd
FORUM
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DEBATE (1)
This is a competitive world. No industrialist will have an edge over
other, the prospective Modi Government will be cautious in years to
come especially due to recent happenings.
Harish Kumar
It appears that civil servants after their retirement become more wise
and start thinking about the nation instead of self .A study should
be made as to why these sensivities to larger public good comes only
after retirement and not before ?
P C Tripathi
Switching loyalties
It is not any mystery, it is called switching loyalties after retirement.
GoI must think of total stoppage of re-employment after retirement,
frame rules about banning of joining politics even after retirement.
Those who really want to contribute for the nation, let them work as
Hony' Consultants for a social service and pass time.
Harish Kumar
Comprehensive instructions required
There needs to be revised comprehensive instructions to be issued by
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regarding procedures for various
tests and medical claims with copies to all concerned, empanelled hospitals
and diagnostic centres besides the same being available on website of
ministry
Vinod Sachdeva
How can babus be "agents of change" ?
The politicians like Azam Khan and Ghulam Nabi Azad ruling the roost,
the Civil Servants are the victims of "change". If they do
not have security of tenure or even of their career how can they be
"agents of change" ?
Satya Singal
All ITR forms not yet available online!
All ITR forms for the current assessment year 2014-15 are not yet available
on the Income Tax India website as wrongly posted by someone in this
column. That information is incorrect and misleading. The major and
elaborate forms like ITR 2,3,4 are still not available online even though
3 weeks have elapsed after the commencement of the financial year. Only
two simplest forms ITR 1 (saral) and 4S (sugam) are available on the
website now. There is also no indication from the department as to when
they will put it up on the site. This is gross indifference and sloth,
and treating the taxpaying public with scant regard!!
M S Krishnan
In hurry to fill post of DG, ICFRE
As published by you, the selection process for Director General, ICFRE,
as apex R&D council of MoEF is in process. May be delayed because
of Election process. However, ICFRE and MoEF administration is in hurry
to fill the post of DDG and Directors with out waiting regular DG and
complying the order of Ministry of Finance No-7(2)E.Coord/2013 dated
18-09-2013, para 2.5, where approval from Department of Expenditure
is required to fill the post.
Subramanian M
Amazing choice
Her papers are well acknowledged here in United States.
Best of Luck to Ila.
Anand Natarajan
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Full bench orders for disclosure of third party vigilance
file notings
Copy of the note sheets and correspondence pages of a vigilance
file of the third party were denied by the PIO under section 8(1)(h).
The PIO informed that the noting is based on investigation reports
received from CBI, an organisation now exempt under section 24
of the RTI Act. The PIO also argued that investigation has been
initiated under Prevention of Corruption Act, which is a specific
enactment as opposed to the RTI Act which is a general Act. The
appellant contended that it is not apparent as to how disclosure
of information would impede investigation. The third party stated
that he has no objection if the information sought by the Appellant
is provided. The matter was referred to the full bench of CIC
which directed to disclose the information after applying severability.
Comments
Disclosure of vigilance matters has been a matter of debate. Unless
the investigation is impeded by disclosure, the same cannot be
denied under section 8(1)(h). Neither the name / designation of
the person recording the noting is liable to be disclosed nor
is any other indication in the correspondence which may reveal
reveal the identity of the author of the noting.
Citation: Mrs. Sonam Sharma v. Department
of Posts in File No. CIC/BS/A/2012/000928-Interim-I
Weekly article by Dr (Mrs.) Anuradha
Verma, (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore.
(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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