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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
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You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits
to the wall.
Two Modi's - one was in Gujarat and one is
in Delhi !
People working closely with Narendra Modi say "Modi in Gujarat
was different and today Modi in Delhi is
altogether different".
Information Is Power
Your search of information about the key functionaries in the new NDA
Government ends here. Have firsthand detailed information about recently
appointed Private Secretaries and OSD,s to the Ministers in Govt. of
India. Read Whispers In The Corridors (Souvenir, August 2014 Issue)
available on stalls pan India and on also direct subscription bases
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
Will Gupta be new Secretary, Defence Production
?
Ashok Kumar Gupta is likely to be appointed Secretary Defence Production
in the Government of India. Tamil Nadu cadre 1981 batch IAS officer,
Gupta, is presently Additional Secretary Defence Production. He is now
empanelled to the rank of Secretary in GoI.
Dr Arvind Gupta appointed as Dy National Security
Advisor
Dr Arvind Gupta, who is presently Director General in the Institute
of Defence Studies & Analyses (IDSA), has been appointed as Deputy
National Security and Secretary National Security Council Secretariat
in the rank of Secretary. He is a 1979 batch officer of Indian Foreign
Service (IFS).
400 files in Environment Ministry lying unattended
?
If insiders are to be believed, about 400 files are still lying for
clearance in the Ministry of Forests and Environment.
Katoch is new Secretary, Heavy Industries
Rajan Katoch has taken over as Secretary - Heavy Industries in the Government
of India. Madhya Pradesh cadre 1979 batch IAS officer, Katoch, would
also hold additional charge of the ED.
Interaction held at Cab Sectt for three Addl
Secretary rank posts
If some top sources are to be believed, as many as 14 applicants appeared
for interaction at Cabinet Secretariate on August 01 for three Additional
Secretary rank posts for the Dept of Legislative Affairs and Dept of
Legal Affairs.
Lt Gen Campose is new Vice Chief Indian Army
Lieutenant General Philip Campose has taken over as the Vice Chief of
Army Staff on August 1, in place of General Dalbir Singh, who has assumed
charge as Chief of Army Staff.
(We said this on May 19 & July 12,2014 )
R K Chandiok selected for Director (Fin), NFL
R K Chandiok, GM, PFC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance),
National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) at a Public Enterprises Selection
Board (PESB) meeting held on August 4, 2014. As many as seven persons
were interviewed for the same.
Vishnu Agrawal gets charge of MD, MRPL
Vishnu Agrawal, Director Finance, MRPL, has been given an additional
charge of Managing Director of Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals
Limited (MRPL) after the retirement of P P Upadhayay.
No one gets charge of Syndicate Bank CMD
No one has so far been given the charge of Chairman & Managing Director
of Syndicate Bank after the suspension of S K Jain.
New Secretary for Dept of Legislative affairs
by next week
Whispers in the corridors of power have it, that the appointment-file
for new Secretary, Dept of Legislative Affairs, have reached to PMO.
The appointment of new Secretary for the department is expected by August
15. One can wait and watch.
Tandon in race for MRB (Electricals), CVC clearance awaited
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Navin Tandon is in the
race for the post of Member (Electricals) in the Railway Board. His
name has been sent to CVC for clearance. The slot has fallen vacant
after the retirement of Kul Bhushan on July 31.
IRSEE officer Tandon is GM, South East Central
Railway.
Tandon, an IRSEE officer of 1976 batch, is GM, South East Central Railway.
1987 batch IRS (IT) officers soon to be empanelled
as Jt Secy
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that 1987 batch IRS (IT)
officers may soon be empanelled to be posted to the rank of Jt Secretary
in Govt of India. It is reliably learnt that DPC for Jt Secy empanelment
of 1987 batch has taken place on July 21 itself.
Khanday to be Chairman of Kashmir PSC ?
Grapevine has it that J & K Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khanday
is being appointed Chairman of the J & K Public Service Commission.
He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.
Will Ganai be new Chief Secretary of J & K ?
K A Ganai is likely to succeed M I Khanday as Chief Secretary of J &
K. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.
Aloke Singh resigns from Air India
Aloke Singh, ED, Sales and Marketing, Air India has resigned to join
the Oman Airways.
Rout to get two years extension in Election
Commission
Akshay Rout, DG in the Election Commission of India, is likely to be
given two years extension in the deputation tenure.
Devesh Deval is now Dy Secy health
Devesh Devel has joined the Ministry of Health in the Government of
India as Deputy Secretary. He is 2004 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura
cadre.
Ms Munnivenkatappa joins AP Govt on deputation
Ms Hema Munnivenkatappa has been deputed to the Government of Andhra
Pradesh and posted as Special Secretary, Finance Department. She is
a 1998 batch IA&AS officer.
Tiwari is Controller of Communication Accounts,
UP East
Uday Bhan Tiwari takes over as Controller of Communications Accounts,
UP East in Lucknow. The 1994 batch officer of Indian P&T Accounts
and Finance Service previously served as Joint Controller of Accounts,
Lucknow.
Manish Kumar to return to parent cadre !
Manish Kumar, who is presently as Chief Accounts Officer in Urban Development
on central deputation, is expected to return to his parent cadre in
August. He is a 1991 batch IA&AS officer.
JS level post falling vacant in Planning Commission
A post of Adviser (JS Level) is falling vacant in the Planning commission
in Government of India up to September 2014.
Ganesh A Bakade to join central deputation
!
Ganesh A Bakade is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director
level in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch Indian Telecom Service
officer.
A S Bakshi is new Member, CERC
A S Bakshi has been sworn-in as a new Member of Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission (CERC).
Rajiv Jain joins as Director, DFP & Doordarshan,
Bhopal
Rajiv Jain has taken over the charge as Director, Directorate of Field
Publicity, Bhopal as well as Doordarshan Kendra, Bhopal. He is a 1991
batch officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).
2 IAS officers get Selection Grade in Karnataka
A M Kunjappa (2000) and M Manjunath Naik (2001) have been accorded Selection
Grade of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in Karnataka.
Three IPS officers shifted in Bihar (UPDATED)
Pankaj Kumar Darad has been appointed as IG, Railway, Patna while Ajitabh
Kumar will now be DIG, central range, Patna with additional charge of
DIG, Central Board, Bihar Armed Police and Md Anwar Hussain is DIG,
Darbhanga with additional charge of DIG, Kaushi range, Saharsa in Bihar.
Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi appointed as Director,
Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi has been appointed as Director in the Cabinet
Secretariat in Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of
Andhra Pradesh cadre.
D N Rao joins as Director
(Operations), RINL (UPDATED)
D Nageswara Rao has taken over the charge as new Director (Operations)
of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam
Steel Plant following the superannuation of Umesh Chandra.
Balajirao appointed as Commissioner, Karimnagar Municipal Corp (UPDATED)
Lathkar Shrikesh Balajirao has been appointed as Commissioner, Municipal
Corporation, Karimnagar in Telangana Government. He is a 2011 batch
IAS officer of Telangana cadre.
3 IAS officers get fresh assignments in Bihar
(UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have
been give fresh assignments in Bihar. Accordingly, Vinay Kumar has been
given additional charges of Additional Project Director, Rural Water
Supply and Cleanliness, Public Health Engineering Department, Patna
while Ajay Kumar Chaudhary will also hold the charge of Additional Director,
Planning and Training, Labour Resource Department and Rajeshwar Prasad
Singh was made Joint Secretary, Rural Work Department, Patna.
CORPORATE
Kapoor ceases to be Part-time Director, Dena Bank
Vijay Kapoor has ceased to be Part-time Non-official
Director on the Board of Directors of Dena Bank .
Ms Khan appointed Addl. Director, Supreme
Industries Ltd
Supreme Industries Limited has appointed Ms Rashna Hoshang Khan as an
Additional Director of the company.
Ms Chowdhury appointed Addl. Director, Windsor
Machines Ltd
Windsor Machines Limited has appointed Ms Mahua Roy Chowdhury as an
Additional Director of the company.
Sinha ceases to be Nominee Director, Petronet
LNG Ltd
AMK Sinha has ceased to be Nominee Director of Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) on the Board of Directors of Petronet LNG Limited.
Gupta re-appointed Director, The Jammu &
Kashmir Bank Limited
The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited has re-appointed R K Gupta as Director
of the Bank.
Kembhavi resigns as VP(Legal) and CS, Godrej
Properties Ltd
Shodhan A Kembhavi, Vice President (Legal) and Company Secretary of
Godrej Properties Limited has resigned from the company.
Sundar appointed CS, Opto Circuits (India)
Ltd
Opto Circuits (India) Limited has appointed V Sundar as Company Secretary
of the company.
Ms Todarwal appointed Independent Director,
Welspun Investments and Commercials Ltd
Welspun Investments and Commercials Limited has appointment of Ms Mala
Todarwal as an Independent Director with immediate effect.
Nahar appointed CFO, Welspun Investments and
Commercials Ltd
Gajendra Nahar has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of
Welspun Investments and Commercials Limited.
Four Independent Directors appointed on Board
of Action Construction Equipment Ltd
Action Construction Equipment Limited has appointed Subhash Chander
Verma, Girish Narain Mehra, Keshav Chandra Agrawal and Dr Amar Singhal
as Independent Directors of the company.
Four Independent directors appointed on Board
of Essel Propack Ltd
Essel Propack Limited has appointed Tapan Mitra, Boman Moradian, Mukund
M Chitale and Ms Radhika Pereira as Independent Directors of the company
FORUM
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What is the character of Narendra Modi ? (DEBATE 1 )
Comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with dictators and fascists like
Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini, is unfair. A streak of authoritarianism
is the sine qua non for good governance. Modi's tight control on bureaucracy
is justified to that extent. But not at the cost of Ministers' supposed
marginalization, who are accountable to Parliament. They should be kept
in loop by the PMO. Endowed with qualities like excellent oratorical
skills, clarity of vision and quick decision-making ability, Modi stands
out different from all his predecessors. His body language exhibits
his firm, disciplined and hardworking approach. He seems un- interested
in most things outside politics and governance. Is he "vindictive",
one wonders ? Letting the law take its course,is not vendetta politics.
With his feet firmly on ground, his head is firmly held high! Though,
sixty days period is too short a period for Performance appraisal, a
majority of serving and retired bureaucrats are convinced that Modi
alone has the potential to extricate the country out of present mess.
India's global image has improved since he took over. Nothing can stop
him from becoming a World leader soon.
A K Saxena ( A retired. civil servant)
Is bullet train feasible ?
I am reminded of timely and pointed comments of the then Minister for
Railways Kharge on the Bullet train. He advised that it should not be
like - Murga Do Anna ka, lagaya Masala Do Rupya ka - which only Chefs
of Nizaam of Hyderabad could afford not our country with limited resources.
Present Govt has to understand the priorities of Railways in country
of the size of India. We cannot dole out our resources and time on such
items when we could ill afford even sufficient number of coaches in
present fast trains for the commuters who are made to travel even on
the roofs of trains. Further replacement of time old tracks, cleanliness
and reservation issues need special attention. I hope good senses will
prevail on the present Minister and he will avoid falling in the trap
of Foreign companies who want to sell their technology somehow to us.
Sir there are many other things to offer to general commuters before
you look forward to the demand of bullet trains which will serve very
small size of rich commuters who can afford air-travel. Please pay heed
to comment of former Minister.
Braj Mohan
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Mukesh Singh
Subhod Kumar
Vijay Keshri
(Civil services aspirants)
PESB can do only little
There is very little that the PESB can do. there are posts advertised,
interview scheduled but cancelled, vacancy allowed to remain unfilled
till eligible officers get beyond maximum age limit , selected candidates
not appointed for various reasons, important positions allowed to remain
vacant etc where PESB has nothing to do. transparency and earnestness
perhaps needed than unrelated fiat.
Nalin Rao
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Non supply of the copy of the inquiry report
The appellant wanted to know the status of inquiry initiated against
him and sought copies of the feedbacks collected by the Inquiry
officer from the students, etc. claiming that such forms could
be his defending evidence. On first appeal, the First Appellate
Authority (FAA) directed to provide a copy of the inquiry report
as and when received from the concerned. The CIC noted that the
appellant was to be intimated about the conclusion of the inquiry
and dropping of charges against him and by the time the FAA advised
to provide a copy of the Inquiry Report, the inquiry was completed
and the charges against the appellant were dropped. As this fact
was not put up before the FAA, the CIC held that it amounts to
suppression of vital information and noncompliance of FAA orders.
The CIC observed that it is a very pathetic nonresponsive attitude
of the department against a teacher who is made to suffer without
any relief or information about the dropping of charges against
him and issued a cause notice to the PIO for imposing penalty.
The CIC also granted a token amount of Rs.1,000/ as compensation
to the appellant, for the loss suffered for the nonsupply of information.
Comments
The accused has a right to have a copy of the inquiry report,
whether it is favorable or not, upon completion of the inquiry.
He has this right both under the Right to Information Act, 2005
and under the principles of natural justice.
Citation: Shri A.D. Sharma v. North Delhi
Municipal Corp. Delhi in F.No. CIC/DS/A/2013/001347-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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