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POLITICS
Code of Conduct in first week of March?
Code of Conduct in the GoI is likely to be enforced in the first week
of March.
Will AAP change dress of politicians too?
After impacting the style of functioning of politicians, will the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) now set a new dressing trend for politicians and ministers.
While dress sense of AAP leaders was being discussed at a party, some
of those present said, "Neither Kejriwal, nor any of his ministers
fit the stereotype of the traditional minister or politician. Their
casual dress style is like the man on the street. Now others will also
follow suit".
BUREAUCRACY
Will Ajay Chaddha be new Member, CVC ?
Ajay Chadha continues to be the front runner in the pursuit of Member
CVC. The 1977 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre previously served as
Special Secretary, Internal Security, till December 2012 and further
he served as DG, ITBP till August 2013. One would have to wait for a
week or two as who would succeed R Sri Kumar as Member, CVC ?
Shortage of 1,400 IAS officers in the country
There is a shortage of over 1,400 IAS officers across the country against
the total authorized strength of 6,217
Girdhari Naik to be DGP of Chhattisgarh !
Girdhari Naik is likely to succeed Ram Nivas as new DGP of Chhattisgarh.
He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
IAS officer seeks VRS in Bihar
The 1986 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer K P Ramaiah has sought VRS from
March 31. He is expected to join politics.
Pachnanda is out of race !
R K Pachnanda is said to be out of the race for the post of ADG, CBI.
He is 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
IG rank slot in CBI is now vacant for seekers
After Anil Palta moves from CBI on completion of his central deputation
tenure, a Joint Director slot is now available for the seekers. The
1990 batch IPS officer served as Joint Director, CBI. He has joined
an eleven months NDC course.
Dr Anmol Kumar is new DG FSI
Dr Anmol Kumar, presently working as APCCF Personnel in State of Maharashtra,
has been appointed as Director General - Forest Survey of India, Dehradun,
on central deputation. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra
cadre
Post of Joint Secretary in Civil Aviation
to be scrapped ?
Post of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation is likely
to be scrapped after taking over by Dr Prabhat Kumar as DGCA.
Niharika Barik Singh to go to Washington ?
Niharika Barik Singh is likely to be appointed Advisor to the Executive
Director at World Bank (Washington DC).She is a 1997 batch IAS officer
of Chhattisgarh cadre.
O P Singh to join CISF as ADG in a couple of
days
As the grapevine has it, Om Prakash Singh is all set join as ADG, CISF
in a couple of days. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.
26 CCITs to get apex scale
After the DPC had taken place on December 27, 2013, in Goa, as many
as 26 CCITs are all set to get the apex scale and the designation of
Principal CCIT as well. The minutes of the meeting of DPC have reportedly
been sent to ACC for final approval which would take about five weeks
from now.
Alok is all set to be repatriated to Rajasthan
Alok, a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is all set to be
repatriated to the parent cadre. He also appears on the wish-list of
Rajasthan CM, Vasundhara Raje Scindia. Presently, he is serving GoI
as Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, under the Department of Power.
Two senior most officers, Rajeev Mehrishi and Subhash Garg, have been
already repatriated while four others including Alok, are waiting in
the wings.
PESB to hold interviews for CMD, NCL on Jan
21
Selection meetings for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Northern
Coalfield Ltd (NCL) would take place on January 21. PESB would hold
the interview and recommend the suitable candidate for ACC's ratification.
Presently Shantilata Sahu is carrying out the additional charge of CMD,
NCL.
Anand Sinha to be Consultant in RBI ?
Deputy Governor in the RBI, Anand Sinha, is likely to be appointed Consultant
after his retirement this month end.
Meena takes charge as Zonal Dir, NCB at Indore
B R Meena, who previously served as Commandant, CRPF, has joined Narcotics
Control Bureau as its new Zonal Director in Indore.
(We said this on Oct 13, 2013)
Who will be new CMD of Allahabad Bank ?
Who will succeed Shubhalakshmi Panse as new Chairman and Managing Director
of the Allahabad Bank. One Executive Director from the Punjab National
bank may succeed her.
File of Langstieh for Chairman, DVC stuck in
ACC
The file of A W K Langstieh has been lying stuck in the Appointment
Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval for the appointment
as Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).
Rajiv Sharma may soon add one more vacancy in MHA
After the repatriation of K A Ganai and K Skandan to the respective
cadre states, whispers have started about Rajiv Sharma's repatriation
to Andhra Pradesh meaning thereby that he may soon vacate one more slot
of Additional Secretary in MHA. MHA has now three slots to offer to
the seekers waiting on the list.
CG HC Judge, Prashant Mishra disposes of 7000 cases in 2013
Justice Prashant Mishra, Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court, is believed
to have set an example by disposing of more than 7000 cases in 2013.
While national average of disposal cases in High Court is around 2500
per annum.
Orders of E S Rao as Director (Fin), HFPCL
soon
The orders of E S Rao, DGM HFL, for the appointment as Director (Finance)
in Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Corporation Limited (HFPCL) are
expected to be issued this week by the Government of India.
Resignation of Kandasami accepted
The resignation of C Kandasami has reportedly been accepted by the GoI.
He would demit services on January 31, 2014. Kandasami is serving as
Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary, Ministry
of Road Transport & Highways.
N S Dave to be CGM in RBI
N S Dave has been promoted to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM)
in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
PESB seeks applications for Director (Exp &
Dev), OIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for
the post of Director (Exploration & Development), Oil India Limited
(OIL) falling vacant next year on January 1, 2015. Those willing to
apply can send their applications to the PESB before February 26, 2014.
K Selvaraj likely to join central deputation
K Selvaraj is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General
level. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
Eight posts of Judges vacant in Kerala HC
As many as eight posts of Judges are vacant in Kerala High Court against
approved strength of 38. These include three posts of permanent Judges
and five posts of Additional Judges.
Mrs Majumdar passes away
Indrani Dutt Majumdar, IRS(IC&CES) 1977 and wife of Sumit Dutt Majumdar,
former Chairman, CBEC, left for her heavenly abode on Makar Sankranti.
She had an endearing and cheerful personality. The CBEC officers and
particularly her batch mates of 1977 share the sorrow of Sumit Majumdar
and his family.
Rajeev Kher is new Secretary, Commerce in
GoI (UPDATED)
Rajeev Kher, Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, has been appointed
as Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Jan 10, 2014)
Tenure of Sathyanarayana as Secretary, Electronics
& IT extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of J Sathyanarayana as Secretary, Department of Electronics
and Information Technology, has been extended upto April 30, 2014. He
is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Ms Vandana Kumari Jena is also Secretary, Drinking
Water (UPDATED)
Ms Vandana Kumari Jena, IAS(OR:79), Secretary, Department of Land Resources,
has been assigned an additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry
of Drinking Water and Sanitation during the period of absence of leave
of Pankaj Jain.
Tenure of Madan as DG, UIDAI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of V S Madan as DG and Mission Director, Unique Identification
Authority of India has been extended for a period of one year. He is
a 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Garbyal appointed as DG, Forest & Spl Secretary,
Envi & Forests (UPDATED)
S S Garbyal has been appointed as Director General (Forests) and Special
Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests. He is a 1977 batch UT
cadre officer of Indian Forest Service.
(We said this on Jan 6, 2014)
Srinivasan appointed as Member (Fin), Atomic
Energy (UPDATED)
Sudarsanam Srinivasan, Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department
of Space, has been appointed as Member(Finance), Atomic Energy/ Space/Earth
Commissions. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
A Vijayanand appointed as AS & FA, Space
in GoI (UPDATED)
A Vijayanand, Joint Secretary, Department of Space, has been appointed
as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Space in
Government of India. He is an IRS (C&CE) officer of 1980 batch.
Mohanty promoted , posted as DG, ICCE, New
Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre,
P K Mohanty has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner and
appointed as DG, ICCE, New Delhi.
Roy promoted and posted as Chief Commissioner
of Customs (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre,
Amit Kumar Roy has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner
and posted as Chief Commissioner, CX, Coimbatore.
8 IAS officers transferred in Tripura (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tripura.
Accordingly, Parshant Kumar Goyal has been posted as Collector, Dhalai
district, Ambassa while Abhishek Singh will now be Collector West Tripura
district Agartala and Milind Dharmarao Ramteke is Collector, Sepahijala
district, Bishramganj. Besides, K D Choudhary has been apponted as Commissioner
of Taxes, Tripura; Vikas Singh as CEO, Agartala Municipal Council; Rathod
Sandeep Rewaji as Collector, North Tripura district, Dharmanagar and
Mahatme Sandep Namdevo was made Mission Director, NRHM, Agartala.
Two IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places
in Haryana. Accordingly, Amit Khatri has been appointed as Sub Divisional
Officer, Sonepat and Estate Officer, Huda, Sonepat while Vijay Kumar
Siddappa will now be Sub Divisional Officer, Ellenabad.
Three IRTS officers get postings (UPDATED)
H S Verma, SAG/IRTS, on being relieved from the post of ADRM, Mumbai,
Central railway, has been posted in the cadre of central railway while
S K Mohanty, SAG/IRTS, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Kur/ECOR,
was posted as SDGM on East Coast Railway itself and Mahendra Nath Ojha,
SAG/IRTS, on return from deputation to Kutch Railway, is posted as ADRM/IKO.
DEBATE - What bureaucracy of the country feel
?
There has been a lot of hue and cry over the (mis)rule of the UPA under
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The alarming defeat of the Congress
party in the recently held state Assembly polls has only added fuel
to the fire. We invite the decision makers to make their own assessment
regarding the above notion about Dr Singh's tenure and feel free to
post us that How do they rate performance of the economist Prime Minister
as a head of the government? Please be short, to the point and objective
in your assessment which should not be more than 200 words or so since
too long statements and opinions don't attract much audience.
Mail to -mehrotra.suresh@gmail .com Or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo mail.com
CORPORATE
Sanjiv Kapoor re-appointed Director on HLL Ltd Board
Sanjiv Kapoor has been re-appointed as non-official
part time Director on the Board of HLL Lifecare Limited for one more
tenure of three years.
Viswanathan appointed Independent Director,
Bharti Airtel Limited
Bharti Airtel Limited has appointed Vegulaparanan Kasi Viswanathan as
an Independent Additional Director of the company.
Verma ceases to be Director, Ajanta Pharma
Limited
Ms Madhu Verma has ceased to be Director of Ajanta Pharma Limited with
immediate effect.
Bansal re-appointed ED, Liberty Shoes Ltd
Liberty Shoes Ltd has re-appointed Sunil Bansal as Executive Director
of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2014
Muralidharan appointed CS, Madras Fertilizers
Limited
Madras Fertilizers Limited has appointed V Muralidharan as Company Secretary
of the company.
Kumar appointed Addl. Director, JBM Auto Limited
JBM Auto Limited has appointed Dhanendra Kumar as an Additional Director
of the company.
Ms Nair ceases to be CS, Chromatic India Ltd.
Ms Nidhi Aneesh Nair has ceased to be Company Secretary of Chromatic
India Ltd.
Damodaran appointed Addl Director, CRISIL Ltd
CRISIL Ltd has appointed M Damodaran as an Additional Director of the
company.
Bhardwaj resigns as CS, V-Mart Retail Ltd
Yogesh Bhardwaj has resigned as Company Secretary of V-Mart Retail Ltd.
Gopalakrishnan appointed MD & CEO, AEGON
Religare Life Insurance
K S Gopalakrishnan has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of AEGON Religare Life Insurance.
FORUM
(The views expressed in this column are of
the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the
views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we
would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or
indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views
which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised
to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the
most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would
carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)
DEBATE (1)
There has been a lot of hue and cry over the (mis)rule of the UPA under
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The alarming defeat of the Congress
party in the recently held state Assembly polls has only added fuel
to the fire. We invite the decision makers to make their own assessment
regarding the above notion about Dr Singh's tenure and feel free to
post us that How do they rate performance of the economist Prime Minister
as a head of the government? Please be short, to the point and objective
in your assessment which should not be more than 200 words or so since
too long statements and opinions don't attract much audience.
Below average performance
Manmohan Singh's performance resulting in Congress's disgraceful defeats
in State Assembly polls is considered below average. Analyze the reasons
:-- (a) Manmohan Singh, the unelected PM, failed to lead the political
and permanent Executive from the front. Unconnected with the masses
and usually reticent, he never engaged with the grassroots. Bureaucracy
looks forward to an assertive CEO, which he is not. (b) Dual centres
of power. Sonia Gandhi retained charge of politics while leaving governance
to Manmohan Singh (c) As ministers owe allegiance to Sonia Gandhi and
their parties' Supremo, the PM is divested of all authority. The PMO
is ruled by the Congress High Command). A "bureaucratic caucus
" in the PMO transforms all Congress's orders into Cabinet decisions.
(d) Backseat driving by extra-Constitutional authorities subverted legitimate,
competent authorities in central government. All top appointments are
made ,on quid pro quo basis, on recommendations of business houses ,
builders mafia. Mediocrity is encouraged at the cost of Merit. Honest
civil servants are either marginalized or punished. (e) The PM embroiled
in scams, has lost moral authority to question his ministers who have
direct access to " high command". (f) The Congress is a Past
master in making compromises with UPA allies in the name of electoral
adjustments in exchange of protection from its caged parrot. (g) Supreme
arrogance, insensitivity and incapability of the Congress and its economist
PM to check inflation also contributed to Congress's defeat in assemblies'
polls.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
Honesty is judged by one´s conduct
Honesty of one is judged by one´s conduct. Let us recall his recent
past. He tried to force the Govt to accept his resignation from service
without returning dues running in few lakhs. He engaged in private activities
without acceptance of resignation. When things went public he returned
the dues about 9 lakhs of Govt by making public hue and cry. Next, he
vowed in the name of his children not to accept support of congress.
What happened is before all. Next, not only he accepted a duplex bungalow
(10 Bed rooms) but also got it inspected by his parents and got it renovated.
Later denied acceptance in public pressure. Although denying, but he
is getting security of UP Police. Never explained funds of Anna that
he siphoned off. Never explained Ford Foundation Aid in crores that
their NGO "Kabir" received. Did not order enquiry on sting
of his associates Shazia and Vishwas. All these are few examples of
his honesty.
ZQ
Will AAP not crumble ?
While the comments are supposedly for AAP, all he is doing is praising
the congress dynasty and making an astonishing claim that without them
(who have looted the country and fooled the people all along), the country
will collapse.
This is ridiculous. All sensible people have finally understood that
only getting rid of them will have some hope for the country.
I Khan
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Delay caused without any malafide intention is not liable
for penalty
Information about evasion of Customs duty and of fraudulent obtaining
by NITCO Tiles was denied by the PIO after checking from the deemed
PIO that the ECA II section of DGFT does not hold the information.
The FAA responded that the information sought required sincere
extensive search of the old records and consultation with other
sections which caused delay and hence, the reply could not be
given by the PIO within the stipulated time period of 30 days.
The appellant argued that if the information was not held by ECAII
Section, the PIO could have obtained it from the concerned section
of the DGFT u/s 5(4) of the RTI Act instead of denying the same.
The PIO clarified that he had sought the assistance of the concerned
section i.e. EPC section of the DGFT and that the reply received
from them was communicated to the Appellant. The CIC observed
that the PIO should have made it clear in his reply that the information
(being communicated to the Appellant) has been obtained from the
concerned section of the public authority (DGFT) and that the
same may be treated the information on behalf of the public authority.
The PIO's statement that information is not available with ECAII
Section gives impression that reply is being provided only on
behalf of ECAII section and not on behalf of DGFT. The PIO was
cautioned to be more careful in future in this regard. The CIC
directed the PIO to file an affidavit affirming his statement
that the letters mentioned in the RTI application are not available
with DGFT. Further, holding that the delay has already been explained
by the Appellate Authority in his order, no penalty was imposed
on the PIO.
Comments
If there is any inadvertent delay, the PIO should write to the
applicant informing him of the circumstances and provide the information
free of cost subsequently.
Citation: Shri R.K. Jain v. Directorate
General of Foreign Trade in Case No.CIC/SS/A/2013/001068 &
001131
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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