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B B Jaitley
POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
(54)
A drowning man clings to a serpent.
No place for power brokers ?
In the corridors of PMO, North Block and South Block, power brokers
have disappeared. People say thanks to Narendra Modi.
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
10 IAS officers still waiting to become Secretary
in GoI
Atleast 10 empanelled IAS officers of 1978, 1979 and 1980 batch are
still waiting in the wings to become Secretary in the Government of
India. Three are from 1978 batch, one from 1979 batch and six from 1980
batch.
Hardeep Puri to be Chairman of RIS ?
Hardeep Puri, retired IFS, is reportedly lobbying hard to become the
Chairman of RIS, an autonomous think tank of Ministry of External Affairs.
Currently former Foreign Secretary Shyam Sharan is the Chairman.
Will Justice Singh be CJ of Jharkhand HC?
Seniormost Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court Justice Virender
Singh is likely to be elevated as Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High
Court.
Will next Coal India CMD be from Pvt Sector ?
It is reliably learnt that the selection process for the post of CMD
of Coal India Ltd is getting delayed because the Ministry of Coal wants
that executives from private sector should also be invited for the selection
interview. The PESB has been on its way to explore the possibilities
and further compliances.
Rao joins as Director (Operations), RINL
D Nageswara Rao has, following the superannuation of Umesh Chandra,
taken over the charge as Director (Operations) of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam
Limited (RINL) the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
(We said this on March 19, 2014)
Who will succeed Meena as Member - Secretary of Law Commission?
The coveted slot of Member - Secretary of Law Commission is all set
to be vacant with the retirement of N L Meena on August 31.
Tiwari in race for Secretary, Legislative Affairs
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that T N Tiwari is in the
fray of the coveted post of Secretary, Department of Legislative Affairs.
Tiwari, an officer of Indian Legal Service, is presently serving as
Additional Secretary, Dept of Legislative Affairs. Two more names are
in the fray.
Rizvi appointed as Director, Cabinet Secretariat
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.
Ansari gets DG rank in Chhattisgarh
M W Aansari has joined as DG Prosecution and FSL in the Chhattisgarh
Government. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
Rajiv Mishra joins Samsung
Former CEO of the Lok Sabha TV, Rajiv Mishra,has joined South Korean
Multinational Conglomerate Samsung as Vice President Media.
File of Tripathi for Member (Tech), DVC stuck up in ACC
The file of R P Tripathi, AGM, NTPC, for the appointment as Member (Technical)
in the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is reported to have
been lying stuck to the Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC).
Tenure of Mallick as Director, Railway Board
extended
The tenure of P K Mallick as Director, Finance (Budget), Railway Board,
has been extended upto January 19, 2015. He is an IRAS officer.
ACC yet to scrap panel for NHPC CMD ?
It is reliably learnt that the panel for CMD, NHPC has been awaited
to be crapped since long. It comprises two names; A B L Srivastava &
J K Sharma. Srivastava has been serving with NHPC as Director (Finance)
whereas Sharma as Director (Projects).
Singh is now Prl CCA of Communication Accounts, Chennai
B B Singh has been promoted to the rank of Principal Controller of Communication
Accounts and will be serving as Prl CCA, Chennai. The 1982 batch officer
of Indian P&T Accounts had been serving in Lucknow as Controller
of Communication Accounts, UP East.
Orders of Prashant Rao as Director (Tech),
ECIL issued
The orders of Prashant Rao, ED, DMRC, for the appointment as Director
(Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) have reportedly
been issued by the Government of India.
Suresh Warior joins as Director (Fin), RCFL
Suresh Warior, GM, RCF, has recently taken over the charge as Director
(Finance), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCFL).
(We said this on Feb 27, 2014)
PESB seeks applications for Director (Onshore), ONGC Limited
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Onshore), ONGC Limited falling vacant next
year on August 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications
to the PESB before September 30, 2014.
PESB seeks applications for Director (Exploration), ONGC Videsh Limited
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Exploration), ONGC Videsh Limited falling
vacant next year on August 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send
their applications to the PESB before October 7, 2014.
Ms Pant likely to return to parent cadre
Ms Sonia Pant, who is presently as Deputy Secretary in Commerce and
Industry on central deputation, is expected to return to her parent
cadre in August. She is a 2001 batch IES officer.
JS level post falling vacant in Fertilizers
A post of Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Department
of Fertilizers in Government of India up to September 2014.
Narayan likely to join central deputation
Sai Sarvanan Chinnathambi Narayan is expected to join central deputation
at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1994
batch Indian Telecom Service officer.
Rakesh Sharma is new IG BSF Jammu
Rakesh Sharma has taken over as new IG BSF Jammu Border. He has succeeded
S S Tomar.
Tomar moves to Tekanpur
IG BSF Jammu Border S S Tomar has been moved to Tekenpur BSF Academy
as Deputy Director.
8 IPS officers transferred in AP
(UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have
been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly,
A B Venkateswara Rao has been posted as Police Commissioner, Vijaywada
while N Sambasiva Rao is placed in full additional charge of DG, SPF
and B Srinivasulu was made DIG, SIB. Similarly, T Yoganand has been
posted as DIG, Intelligence; P Hari kumar as DIG, Eluru range; Dr C
M Thrivikrama Varma as DCP, L&O, Visakhapatnam; M Srinivasulu as
SP, CID and T Ravi Kumar Murthy was appointed as DCP, Crimes, Visakhapatnam.
Sandip Kumar Mishra appointed as DCIT, Inv.II,
Division CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sandip Kumar Mishra
has been appointed as DCIT (OSD) in Investigation-II, Division in CBDT.
CBDT Chairman, Chowdary gets zonal charge
of Principal CCIT (UPDATED)
K V Chowdary, Chairman and Member (Inv) & Member (P&V), CBDT,
has been assigned the zonal charge of Principal CCIT.
CBDT Member Ms Kapur gets zonal charges of
North & South (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Kapur, Member (L&C), has been assigned the charges of Delhi,
NWR, UP (East & West) & Kochi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad.
Arun Kumar Jain gets zonal charges of East,
West & MP (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Jain, Member (A & J), has been assigned the zonal charges
of Kolkata, Orissa, NER, Patna and Ahmadabad, Jaipur and MP.
Mrs Rinku Dhugga posted as Member, DSSSB in
Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Mrs Rinku Dhugga has been appointed as Member, Delhi Subordinate Services
Selection Board (DSSSB) in Delhi Government. She is a 1994 batch IAS
officer of AGMUT cadre.
ONGC mines 6 medals for India from Commonwealth
(UPDATED)
Sportspersons on the rolls of Energy major ONGC have contributed six
medals to India's impressive kitty in the recent Commonwealth Games
2014 at Glasgow-one Gold, three Silver and two Bronze. ONGC had a rich
representation of 20 sportspersons to the Indian contingent that participated
in the Games. ONGC's Sportspersons, who brought glory, being facilitated
by ONGC Board ONGC CMD DK Sarraf along with Directors felicitated the
players at New Delhi on 6th August. ONGC is the first corporate to felicitate
the sportspersons, who brought glory to India. In the felicitation,
cash incentives were given by ONGC to its sportspersons. A cash incentive
of Rs 5 lakh was given to wrestler Amit Kumar who won Gold medal in
men's 57 kg category. Cash incentive of Rs 2.25 lakh each was given
to Ashwini Ponnappa, who bagged Silver medal in women's doubles and
Anthony Amalraj, who brought Silver in men's Table Tennis doubles. Hockey
stars Gurvinder Singh Chandi and Akashdeep Singh were given cash incentives
of Rs 1.5 lakh each for the Silver Medal they fetched India. Pawan Kumar
received Rs 2 Lakh for winning bronze in wrestling (86kg category) and
Arpinder Singh received Rs 2 lakh for his Bronze medal in Triple jump.
CORPORATE
Parakh resigns as CS, Sunflag Iron &
Steel Company Ltd
Mukesh D Parakh has resigned as Company Secretary of Sunflag Iron &
Steel Company Ltd.
Panigrahi appointed CS, Sunflag Iron & Steel Company Ltd
Pranab Panigrahi has been appointed as Company Secretary of Sunflag
Iron & Steel Company Ltd.
Munjal appointed Vice Chairman, Hero MotoCorp
Ltd
Hero MotoCorp Ltd has appointed Pawan Munjal as Vice Chairman of the
company. He is also the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of the company.
Chandra ceases to be Ex-officio Non-Executive
Director, OMDC
Umesh Chandra, Ex-officio Non-Executive Director of The Orissa Minerals
Development Company Limited has resigned from the company after reaching
the age of superannuation.
Savoor resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director, Thomas Cook (India)
Ltd
Ramesh Savoor has resigned as Non - Executive Independent Director of
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd.
Pokhriyal appointed Independent Director, Pioneer Embroideries Ltd
Pioneer Embroideries Ltd has appointed Rameshchandra Gunanand Pokhriyal
as Independent and Additional Director of the company
Patel appointed Addl. Director, NK Industries
Ltd
NK Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Kinjal Bhikhabhai Patel as an Additional
Director of the company.
Joshi appointed CFO, R J Bio-Tech Ltd
R J Bio-Tech Ltd has appointed Harhwardhan Raghavendra Joshi as the
Chief Financial Officer of the company.
Soni appointed Independent Director, Rutron
International Ltd
Rutron International Ltd has appointed Ashok Soni as an Independent
Director of the company
Rao resigns as Director, Neuland Laboratories
Ltd
G V K Rama Rao has resigned as Director of Neuland Laboratories Ltd
due to personal reasons
Reddy appointed Addl. Director, Viceroy Hotels
Ltd
Viceroy Hotels Ltd has appointed P Chakradhar Reddy as Additional Director
of the company.
Ms Khedkar appointed CS, Tainwala Chemicals and Plastics (India) Ltd
Tainwala Chemicals and Plastics (India) Ltd has appointed Ms Pooja Ravindra
Khedkar as a Company Secretary of the company.
Umrigar resigns as Non-Executive Director, Gammon India Ltd
Parvez Umrigar has resigned as Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director
of Gammon India Limited.
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What is the character of Narendra Modi ? (DEBATE 1)
Modi is Bismarck !
Indian PM Narendra Modi can be compared with Bismark who plays five
balls at a same time
R N Garg
Several shortcomings
While the procedure looks right on paper, it has several short comings.
Some of them are; 1. How is the assessment of ACRs done ? Under the
existing ACR system every officer has been given a final grading by
the concerned officers under whom he/she had worked .How does the committee
then down grades or up grade the grading without any additional input
? 2. Is there any guideline for assessing officers reputation ? It is
highly subjective and hence liable for misuse/bias.3. Individual officer
is not informed of reasons for not empanelling him/her. It is time that
entire procedure is reviewed and make it more objective and transparent.
S Gopal
Extremely frustrating
The empanelment process for JS level posts at the centre is not just
difficult but extremely frustrating & time consuming for the Group-A
services officers. While 1995 batch IAS officers have already been empanelled
and some even posted as JSs, even 1991 batch officers of Group A services
haven't been empanelled so far barring the IA&AS. With subjective
criteria such as reputation etc coming in now, it will be even more
tougher to break the glass ceiling. What's the point of making a rule
but following it selectively ?
Rambo Kumar
There is no post of DG (Media and Communication)
Being an officer of Election Commission I must mention here that zin
ECI. Communication Division is one of the Divisions being looked after
by Akshay Rout. His exact designation is Director General, Election
Commission of India.
Amit Kumra
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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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