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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does!
(62)
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees
the opportunity in every difficulty .
Central Govt employees under Lokpal Act, 2013
Under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, it is mandatory for every
public servant, which includes Central Government employees also, to
declare assets and liabilities in the manner provided by or under the
said Act.
DEBATE
What is the character of Narendra Modi
?
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming the third most followed
world leader on Twitter, next only to US President Barack Obama and
the Pope, he is being discussed everywhere so much so that people have
started comparing him with world leaders of the past. "Is Modi
Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill" ?
What is your opinion
? Mail it to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
BUREAUCRACY
24 CBI Personnel get Distinguished and Meritorious
Service Medals
As many as 24 Officers and Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) have been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
and Police Medal for Meritorious Service by the President of India on
the occasion of Independence Day, 2014. President's Police Medals for
Distinguished Service have been awarded to four officers while Police
Medals for Meritorious Service to twenty other officers/officials as
mentioned below: President's police medal for distinguished service:
Rajeev Kumar Sharma, IPS, Joint Director (HoZ), BS&F, CBI, New Delhi;
Ajit Kumar Singh, SP, BS&FC, CBI, New Delhi; Ram Chander Garvan,
DSP, CBI Academy, Ghaziabad; Abdul Aziz, Inspector, ACB, CBI, Chennai.
Police medal for meritorious service: Ratn Sanjay, IPS, DIG, ACB, CBI,
Ghaziabad; Ravi Kant, IPS, DIG, EO-I, CBI, New Delhi; Ramnish Geer,
Sr.SP, SCB, CBI, Mumbai; Anuj Arya, Addl. SP, ACB, CBI, New Delhi; Mrs
Seema Pahuja, DSP, SC-I, CBI, New Delhi; Nat Ram Meena, DSP, SC-II,
CBI, New Delhi; Surender Kumar Malik, DSP, ACU-V, CBI, New Delhi; Ramesh
Chand Sharma, Inspector, ACB, CBI, New Delhi; Chandra Kiran Sharma,
Inspector, CBI HQ, New Delhi; Manoj Kumar Dash, Inspector, ACB, CBI,
Bhubaneswar; Shri Jale Singh, Inspector, ACU-III, CBI, New Delhi; Goutam
Kumar Sagar, Inspector, Policy Division, CBI, New Delhi; Anil Vasant
Mhatre, Sub Inspector, ACB, CBI, Mumbai; Vijay Kumar Thapa, ASI, EO-I,
CBI, New Delhi; Raj Kishore Rai, Head Constable, ACB, CBI, Patna; Mehboob
Hasan, Head Constable, CBI HQ, New Delhi; Basant Singh Bisht, Head Constable,
CBI HQ, New Delhi; Bijender Singh, Constable, ACB, CBI,New Delhi; Shyambir,
Constable, Policy Division, CBI, New Delhi; Shankar Das Girdhar, Crime
Assistant, CBI HQ, New Delhi.
Agnihotri assigned additional charge
S B Agnihotri, Secretary (Coordination & PG), Cabinet Secretariat,
has been assigned additional charges of the posts of Secretary (Performance
Management) and Chairman, National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention,
Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
H Kumar takes over as MD, MRPL
H Kumar, ED, HPCL, has taken over the charge as Managing Director of
MRPL (Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd), a Schedule A, ONGC
subsidiary. He took over from Vishnu Agrawal, Director Finance, who
held additional charge as MD, from August1, 2014, the post superannuation
of P P Upadhya.
Tenure of Director, Defence Suresh Puri extended
The central deputation tenure of Suresh Puri as Director in the Ministry
of Defence has been extended up to the completion of long-term foreign
training i.e. "MA in Public Policy & Management" at Institute
of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Netherlands commencing in September,
2014. He is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Trade Service (ITS).
Kataria returns to parent cadre, posted as
MD, KSRTC
Upon return from central deputation, Rajender Kumar Kataria has been
given posting as Managing Director, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
(KSRTC), Bangalore. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Manjunatha Prasad appointed Secretary, Social Welfare in Karnataka
N Manjunatha Prasad has been appointed as Secretary, Social Welfare
Department. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
15 IPS officers in Rajasthan shifted
As many as 15 IAS officers in Rajasthan have been transferred. Accordingly,
Pradeep Kumar Vyas has been posted as Additional Director General of
Police, Traffic, Jaipur, Dr Sudhakar Jauhari will now be Additional
Director General of Police, Vigilance, Jaipur, T L Meena as Additional
Director General of Police, Anti-Human Trafficking, Jaipur, Dalpat Singh
Dinkar will now be Additional Director General of Police, Telecommunications
and Technical, Jaipur; N Morris Babu - Additional Director General of
Police, Home Defence and Citizen Protection, Jaipur, Dr Ravi Prakash
Meharda - Director General of Police, Kota Range, Kota; Govind Gupta
- Director General of Police, Law & Order, Jaipur; Anand Kumar Shrivastava
- Director General of Police, Udaipur Range, Udaipur; Ashok Kumar Rathore
- Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur; Dr Prashakha Mathur - Director General
of Police (Headquarters), Police Headquarters, Jaipur; Sachin Mittal
- Director General of Police, Jail, Jaipur; G N Purohit - Director General
of Police, Vigilance, Jaipur; Vishal Bansal - Deputy Director General
of Police, Intelligence, Jaipur; Rohit Mahajan - Deputy Director General
of Police, CID (CB), Jaipur and Shivalal Joshi as Deputy Director General
of Police, Personnel, Jaipur.
Four IAS officers in Haryana transferred
As many as four IAS officers in Haryana have been transferred. Accordingly,
Ms Amna Tasneem has been posted as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Hodal,
Dhirendra Khadgata as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Bawal, Ms Priyanka
Soni as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Ambala while Ms Shaleen will
now be acting as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Loharu.
Dr Mohan is Commissioner and Director, Municipal Administration, Hyderabad
Dr G Vani Mohan has been transferred as Commissioner and Director, Municipal
Administration, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. Dr Mohan is a 1996 batch
IAS officer of AP cadre.
Two IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh shifted
Two IPS officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly,
Vishal Gunni has been posted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Narispatnam
while B Satya Yesubabu has been made Assistant Superintendent of Police
(ASP), Narispatnam.
Dr Raju in race for Addl Secy, egislative Affairs
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Dr G N Raju is in the
race for Additional Secretary, Legislative Affairs. He had reportedly
appeared for the interaction at Cabinet Secretariat on August 1. He
is serving as JS - Legislative Affairs. The post has fallen vacant as
Dr Sanjay Singh has been appointed Secretary - Legislative Affairs.
Dr Vijayvargiya in race of Addnl Secy, Dept of Legislative Affairs
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Dr Mukulita Vijayvargiye,
JS - Legislative Affairs, is also in the race for Additional Secretary
- Legislative Affairs. The post has fallen vacant after the appointment
of Dr Sanjay Singh as Secretary - Legislative Affairs.
Reshuffle of IAS officers in Jharkhand
As many as 13 IAS officers in Jharkhand have been transferred. Accordingly,
A P Singh has been transferred to the Disaster Management Department,
Rajbala Verma is given additional charge of Finance, Avinash Kumar posted
to Tourism Department. Besides, B K Tripathi gets additional charge
of water resources; Vishnu Kumar as Principal Secretary, Agriculture
Department with additional charge of Housing; J B Tubid shifted to Energy;
K Vidyasagar transferred to Panchayati Raj; Arun Kumar Singh to the
Co-operative department; Nitin Madan Kulkarni as Secretary, Registration;
Aradhana Patnaik to Human Resources department; Sunil Kumar Singh as
Secretary, Excise and Prohibition department with additional charge
of Excise Commissioner; Manoj Kumar as Registrar of Co-operative Societies
and K K Soan was posted as Secretary-cum- Commissioner.
13 Personnel selected for Shaurya Chakra
As many as 13 Personnel have been selected for the Shaurya Chakra being
awarded by the President of India on the occasion of Independence Day.
They are: Major Abhishek Kumar of Punjab Regiment/ 22nd Battalion The
Rashtriya Rifles; Major Manohar Singh Bhati of Parachute Regiment/ 31st
Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles; Major Satnam Singh of Corps of Engineers/
15th Battalion The Assam Rifles; Major Vishal Singh Raghav of Rajputana
Rifles/ 18th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles; Subedar Prakash Chandra
of 8th Battalion The Kumaon Regiment (Posthumous); Naik Ansaigra Basumatary
of 5th Battalion The Assam Regiment; Lance Naik Bharat Kumar Chhetri
of 3/1st Battalion The Gorkha Rifles; Sepoy Vikram of Rajput Rejiment/
44th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthomous); Rifleman Prem Bahadur
Roka Magar of 2/4th Battalion The Gorkha Rifles; Lieutenant Commander
Manoranjan Kumar (Posthumous); Lieutenant Commander Kapish Singh Muwal
(Posthumous) and Wing Commander Huvey Upadhyay, Flying (Pilot).
Sudhir Prasad is new Chief Secretary, Jharkhand
Sudhir Prasad has been appointed as new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand.
He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Two IAS officers shifted in Jharkhand
Sajal Chakravorty has been appointed as Member, Revenue Board while
Sukhdev Singh will now be Principal Secretary, Building Constructions
and S K Satpathy gets additional charge of Principal Secretary in Jharkhand.
39 Personnel selected for Sena Medal
As many as 39 Personnel have been selected for the Sena Medal being
awarded by the President of India on the occasion of the Independence
Day. They Are: Lieutenant Colonel Paonam Romesh Singh of Kumaon Regiment
/ 50th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles;Major Mani Inder Pal of Grenadiers
/ 29th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Major Gaurav Solanki of 4th Battalion
Parachute Regiment (Special Forces); Major Subhrapratim Bose of Jammu
and Kashmir Rifles / 3rd Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Major Dushyant
Poonia of Army Service Corps / 55 Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Major
Kashish Wadhwa of Sikh Regiment / 6th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Major
Sanjaya Kumar of Brigade of Guards / 21st Battalion Rashtriya Rifles;
Major Rahul Singh of Sikh Light Infantry / 19th Battalion Rashtriya
Rifles (Posthumous); Major Sreekant R of Rajput Regiment / 44th Battalion
Rashtriya Rifles; Major Parag Gomber of Rajputana Rifles / 9th Battalion
Rashtriya Rifles; Major Vikas Kumar of Regiment of Artillery / 1st Battalion
Assam Rifles; Major Himansu Pareek of Armoured Corps / 53rd Battalion
Rashtriya Rifles; Major Virendra Singh Chandel of Grenadiers / 29th
Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Captain Rintomon Thachil of 21st Parachute
Regiment (Special Forces); Lieutenant Pankaj Kumar of 18th Battalion
Mahar Regiment; Lieutenant Abhay Sharma of 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment
(Special Forces); Subedar Dhyan Singh Adhikari of Kumaon Regiment /
50th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Subedar Tek Bahadur Rana of 2/4th Battalion
Gorkha Rifles; Havildar Duli Chand of 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment
(Special Forces); Havildar Warkade Ashok Shankar of 2nd Battalion Parachute
Regiment (Special Forces); Havildar Sunil Kumar Singh of Parachute Regiment
/ 18th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Naik Kartar Singh of Rajputana Rifles
/ 18th Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Naik Samir Kumar Midya of 2nd Battalion
Rajput Regiment; Naik Gourab Sen of 18th Battalion Mahar Regiment; Naik
Manilal Deb Barma of 9th Battalion Parachute Regiment (Special Forces);
Lance Naik Mohd Feroz Khan of Madras Regiment / 38th Battalion Rashtriya
Rifles (Posthumous); Lance Naik Hamma Ram of Rajputana Rifles / 18th
Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Lance Naik Dharma Nand Pandey of Parachute
Regiment / 31st Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Lance Naik Sanjay Kumar
Regiment Artillery / 62nd Battalion Rashtriya Rifles; Lance Naik V Anthony
Nirmal Viji of Regiment of Artillery(Posthumous); Lance Naik Wagh Kailash
Lahu of Corps Of Engineer / 107th Engineer Regiment (Posthumous); Lance
Naik Deepak Kumar Verma of Corps Of Engineer / 70th Engineer Regiment
(Posthumous); Sepoy Jagdeep Kumar of Punjab Regiment / 22nd Battalion
Rashtriya Rifles; Sepoy Ajit Kapoor of Punjab Regiment / 22nd Battalion
Rashtriya Rifles; Sepoy Sentiremba of 5th Battalion Assam Regiment;
Rifleman Chaman Lal of 1st Battalion Assam Rifles; Rifleman Prasanjit
Bal of 1st Battalion Assam Rifles; Gunner Mohammed Ejrael Shaikh of
Regiment of Artillery and Guardsman Sunil Kumar of Brigade of Guards
/ 21st Battalion Rashtriya Rifles.
2 Personnel selected for Vayu Sena Medal
2 Personnel have been selected for the Vayu Sena Medal being awarded
by the President of India on the occasion of the Independence Day. They
are: Wing Commander Abhyankar Aniket Santosh, Flying (Pilot) and Wing
Commander Rahul Shukla, Flying (Pilot).
Com Gosavi Kumar selected for Nao Sena Medal
Commander Gosavi Kaustubh Vijay Kumar has been selected for the Nao
Sena Medal being awarded by the President of India on the occasion of
the Independence Day.
Bhupathi Mohan gets President's Police medal
Bhupathi Mohan, CSC/SR, has been chosen for President's Police Medal
for Distinguished Service on the occasion of Independence Day.
13 RPF/RPSF Personnel get Indian Police Medal
As many as 13 RPF/RPSF officers and staff have been chosen for Indian
Police Medal for Meritorious service. They include: Munawar Khursheed
, DIG/SECR; Ms Kanchan Charan, DIG/ECor; G M Eswara Rao, Principal/TC/MLY/SCR;
Sanjib Kumar Ray, ASC/ER; Ramkirat Yadav, ASI/NER; C Gireesh, SI/SR;
N Shalem Raju, ASI/SCR; Yugul Kishore Jat, CT/NCR; Rajesh Lal, IPF/ECR;
Gangadhar Jha,CT/ECR; Jayachandran P.S.,SI/RPSF; Vallabaneni J.D. Krishna,
ASI/RPSF and Narul Shaik, WC/RPSF.
CORPORATE
Todarwal appointed Ind Director, Welspun
Enterprises Ltd
Welspun Enterprises Limited has appointed Ms Mala Todarwal as an Independent
Director of the Company with effect from August 11, 2014.
Srinivasan quits as ED, President & CTO, MindTree Ltd
Janakiraman Srinivasan has resigned as Executive Director, President
and Chief Technology Officer of MindTree Limited.
Kumar resigns as Independent Director, IVP Limited
R R Kumar has resigned as Independent Director of IVP Limited with effect
from August 12, 2014.
Dandekar appointed as Ind Director, Datamatics Global Services Ltd
Datamatics Global Services Limited has appointed Dilip D Dandekar as
Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.
FORUM
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What is the character of Narendra Modi ? (DEBATE
1)
Churchill
Surendra Singh
"Minimum government, Maximum governance"
PM Modi deserves encomiums for truncating the Appointments Committee
of the Cabinet ( IE, Aug 13) to fast-track appointments at higher echelons.
Under earlier dispensation, the ACC was reduced to a sham. No decision
could be taken without the covert approval of the infamous "high
command". The then PM was only a ceremonial head. Memoirs of Sanjay
Baru and K. Natwar Singh confirm this. Incidentally, seeking ex-post
facto approval of HM, is redundant. This could be dispensed with if
the intelligence input is made available to PM for taking a holistic
view.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)
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Disclosure of Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee report regarding
lobbying
The appellant sought information regarding documents/correspondence
on meeting(s) of PMO with Walmart lobbyists, files notings/correspondence
on setting up of Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to probe lobbying
by foreign companies mentioning terms and reference, action taken
on the same and steps taken to prevent lobbying etc. During hearing
before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the respondent
stated that the report has now been laid down in the parliament.
The CIC directed to provide the information while appreciating
the efforts put in by the appellant. The CIC also directed that
such information as can be made available, be updated on their
website u/s 4(2) of the Act, so that the public need not file
an application to obtain the information.
Comments
As per section 8(1)(c) of the RTI Act, 'There shall be no obligation
to give any citizen information, the disclosure of which would
cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature'.
However, after the report is laid before the parliament, there
is no exemption available to the report and it is liable for disclosure.
Citation: Shri S.C. Agrawal v. Ministry
of Corporate Affairs in F.No. CIC/KY/A/2014/000073-YA
(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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