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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
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Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
BJP to get 250 seats in Vidhan Sabha election in UP ?
It is now widely believed that the BJP will get 250 out of the total
390 seats in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
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
Is everything fine between Coal Secretary
and his Minister ?
Is everything fine between Coal Secretary S K Srivastava and his Minister
Piyush Goyal ? Only the two can answer to this question.
S K Bhagat is poised for Spl DG, BSF
As the grapevine has it, S K Bhagat is may soon be appointed as Special
DG, BSF. The 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre had been recommended
for BSF but as ADG.
Expert Committee meeting took place for ADG empanelment
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the empanelment process
of 1984 batch IPS officers has crossed the stage of expert committee
meeting last week. Now it will be sent to the Cabinet Secretariat soon.
AIS officers to be empanelled at JS level after 17 years service
The officers of All India Services (AIS) will be deemed as suitable
for empanelment at Joint Secretary or equivalent posts if they have
rendered 17 years of service in group 'A' and drawing pay in the scale
of Rs 37400-67000+grade pay Rs 10000 (pre revised Rs 18400-224000) in
their respective parent cadre/service.
Filing property return must for JS level empanelment
The officers of All India Service (AIS) seeking empanelment at Joint
Secretary or equivalent post in Government of India may be deprived
of empanelment treating as 'vigilance denied' if they fail to file property
returns.
Sharma joins as Member of UN Board of Auditors
Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller & Auditor General of India, has
assumed the office as Member of the United Nations Board of Auditors
for a six year term upto June 2020. He took over the charge of this
prestigious position from Liu Jiayi, the Auditor General of the People's
Republic of China at the United Nations Headquarters at New York. He
is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Countdown for selection of CVC begins
With fast approaching date of retirement of Pradeep Kumar and subsequent
green signal to Secretaries to nominate the names for candidature the
countdown has begun for selection of the successor to the incumbent
Chief Vigilance Commissioner. The former Haryana cadre IAS officer of
1972 batch is scheduled to complete his tenure as CVC on September 28.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra this month end
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place in Maharashtra
before August 1.
Major IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh this week ?
A major IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Madhya Pradesh this
week.
Ved Prakash to be promoted to IG rank
As the grapevine has it, Ved Prakash will soon be elevated to the rank
of IG. The order for the CISF cadre officer is expected in the month
of August. Presently he is holding the charge of IG, Admin with CISF
Force HQ.
Two panels for CMD, MMTC scrapped in four years
The panels made for the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Mineral
& Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC) have been scrapped two
times in four years, but no one has been appointed so far.
Maharashtra Chief Secretary unlikely to get extension
Maharashtra Chief Secretary J S Saharia is not getting extension in
service. 1978 batch IAS officer Saharia is retiring by this month end.
JS level post falling vacant in Scientific & Industrial Research
A post of Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research in Government of India up to September
2014.
Abhishek Gupta appointed as Principal Director, Audit, NR, Delhi
Abhishek Gupta, Principal Director (North Eastern Region), has been
posted as Principal Director of Audit, Northern Railway, New Delhi.
Amit Kumar Chauhan to join central deputation
!
Amit Kumar Chauhan is expected to join central deputation at Deputy
Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 2004 batch
Indian Telecom Service officer.
Singh is Advisor to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
The retired 1964 batch IAS
officer Karnail Singh has been appointed as Advisor to the Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
Naveen Kumar posted as Special Secretary to Akhilesh Yadav
In Uttar Pradesh, Special Secretary (IT and Electronics) Naveen Kumar
G S has been posted as the Special Secretary to the Chief Minister Akhilesh
Yadav.
Former UP CS Usmani is Revenue Board Chairman
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Javed Usmani, who was on the wait
list, has been posted as the Chairman of Revenue Board. He is a 1978
batch IAS officer.
Mishra appointed UPSRTC Chairman
The Chairman of Revenue Board Anup Mishra has been relieved from the
charge and posted with the UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC)
in the same capacity. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer. He will continue
to hold the additional charge of Investment Commissioner, New Delhi.
Tenure of VC&MD, APSCFC Jayaraj extended
(UPDATED)
The deputation term of Jayaraj, Vice Chairman and Managing Director,
APSCFC Limited in Telangana, has been extended upto December 20, 2015.
He is an IRTS officer.
HAL to sponsor students at Master level (UPDATED)
HAL will sponsor students at Master level in Technology and Development
programmes at Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA)
at IITBombay, with an aim to boost supply of specialised technical professionals
in the development sector as part of HAL Corporate Social Responsibility
Initiatives ("HAL CSR"). "Much of the demands of our
society require engineering services and solutions. We believe that
some of these challenges could be overcome through technologists trained
in both engineering and applied social science skills. Hence this new
initiative", says Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. HAL support will
be in the form of five fellowships for M Tech students at CTARA. These
students will undertake relevant research in their second year. The
Fellow will bring about new innovations, practices and research to key
programs and activities necessary to serve needs of vast majority of
Indian population that finds itself at the lower strata of the society.
The sponsorship program with CTARA starts from 2014-15. AL being a responsible
corporate recognises the need to contribute to society and has taken
several steps in this direction. All the divisions of HAL have taken
up significant CSR activities in adjoining remote areas and have been
conducting several medical camps, sanitation drives, infrastructure
build up and supporting various educational institutions. Earlier in
this year, HAL established a chair at IIT Bombay and the Company is
also a founding member of NCAIR at IIT Bombay. These initiatives stand
testimony to HAL's commitment towards a vibrant Industry Academia collaboration.
HAL has also established chairs for technology development at IIT Kanpur,
Roorkee & Kharagpur. A chair has also been established at National
Law School of India University (NLSUI), Bangalore to reinforce best
practices in contract management in the Company.
Ankur Garg is also Dy Commissioner, Delhi
South-West (UPDATED)
Ankur Garg has been assigned an additional charge of Deputy Commissioner,
South-West in Delhi Government. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of AGMUT
cadre.
Ms Shally Ranjan appointed as Spl Secretary
(Tech), Forest in J&K (UPDATED)
Ms Shally Ranjan has been appointed as Special Secretary, Technical
in Forest Department in Jammu and Kashmir. She is a 2001 batch IFS officer
of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
NSIC signs MoU with Dena Bank for financing
credit to MSME (UPDATED)
NSIC signed MOU with Dena Bank to provide seamless credit flow to entrepreneurs
thereby empowering them in realizing their dreams. The MOU was signed
by Ravindra Nath Director (Finance), NSIC and R N Das, General Manager,
Indian Overseas Bank.
P K Purwar gets extension as CMD, MTNL (UPDATED)
P K Purwar, Director (Fin), MTNL, has been given extension of two months
on the post of additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director,
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). Notably, orders of him for
the post of CMD are awaited.
Vinod Agrawal empanelled as Secretary in GoI
(UPDATED)
Vinod Agrawal has been empanelled for the post of Secretary or equivalent
in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand
cadre.
26 IAS officers of 1981 batch empanelled as
Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 26 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service of
1981 batch have been empanelled for the post of Secretary or Secretary
equivalent posts in Government of India. The officers include: Anuj
Kumar Bishnoi and Anil Swarup of Uttar Pradesh cadre; S M Vijayanand
of Kerala cadre; Anuly Chib Duggal of Punjab cadre; Rajive Kumar of
UP cadre; Sunil Soni of Maharashtra cadre; Madhusudan Prasad of Haryana
cadre; Bhanu Pratap Sharma of Bihar cadre; Gurjot Kuar of Rajasthan
cadre; Balvender Kumar and Vrinda Sarup of UP cadre; Arun Jha of Bihar
cadre; Vijay Shankar Madan of UT cadre; Subash Chandra Khuntia of Karnataka
cadre; Chirravuri Viswanath of AP cadre; Pradeep Kumar Pujari of Gujarat
cadre; Ashok Kumar Gupta of Tamil Nadu cadre; Rita A Teaotia of Gujarat
cadre; Anil Kumar Agarwal of West Bengal cadre; Anuradha Gupta of Haryana
cadre; Hasmukh Adhia of Gujarat cadre; Anoop Kumar Srivastava of Assam-Meghalaya
cadre; Shashi Shekhar and Rajiv Nayan Choubey of Tamil Nadu cadre; Devendra
Chaudhary of UP cadre and Ameising Luikham of MT cadre.
Ms Swarnamala Rawla empanelled for Secretary
equivalent posts in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Swarnamala Rawla has been empanelled for the Secretary equivalent
posts in Government of India. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya
Pradesh cadre.
7 IAS officers of 1981 batch empanelled for
Secretary equivalent posts in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service
of 1981 batch have been empanelled for the Secretary equivalent posts
in Government of India. The officers include: Chandra Bhushan Paliwal
of UP cadre; Jayant Dasgupta of Bihar cadre; Anand Misra of UP cadre;
Ravinder Jain of Himachal Pradesh cadre; Suresh Chandra Panda of Assam-Meghalaya
cadre; Tuk Tuk Kumar of West Bengal cadre and D Jagatheesa Pandiyan
of Gujarat cadre
CORPORATE
Saxena ceases to be Director, Bank of Baroda
Vinil Kumar Saxena has ceased to be Director on the Board of Directors
of Bank of Baroda
Firodia re-appointed MD, Force Motors Ltd
Force Motors Ltd has re-appointed Prasan Firodia as the Managing Director
of the company w.e.f. November 6, 2014
Singhania appointed Addl. Director, JK Cement
Ltd
Ms JK Cement Ltd has appointed Ms Sushila Devi Singhania as an Additional
Director of the company.
Bhasin resigns as Nominee Director, Parabolic Drugs Ltd
Balbir Singh Bhasin, Nominee Director of State Bank of India (SBI) has
resigned from the Board of Directors of Parabolic Drugs Limited.
Buch appointed Independent Director, Zensar
Technologies Limited
Zensar Technologies Limited has appointed Ms Madhabi Buch as Independent
and Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Goyal resigns as Director, Harrisons Malayalam
Limited
Ashok Bachan Goyal has resigned as Director of Harrisons Malayalam Limited.
Piramal appointed Independent Director, MIRC
Electronics Limited
MIRC Electronics Limited has appointed Ms Radhika Piramal, as an Independent
Director of the company.
Ms Godbole ceases to be Nominee Director, S Kumars Nationwide Limited
Ms Ranjitha Godbole has ceased to be IDBI's Nominee Director on the
Board of Directors of S Kumars Nationwide Limited w.e.f. July 19, 2014
Three Independent Directors appointed on Board
of Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Ltd
Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Limited has appointed Pradeep Mallick,
Ms Rati Forbes and Pradeep Bhargava as Independent Directors of the
company.
Sarkar appointed Independent Director, Terai
Tea Company Ltd
Terai Tea Company Ltd has appointed Milan Sarkar as an Independent Director
of the company
FORUM
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Read WIC
The Government was, is and will be for the, of the IAS, by the IAS and
for the IAS. If anybody has any doubt he should regularly read WIC.
Bishan Sharma
C-Sat Conundrum
Questions raised by A.K.Saxena deserves answers. He had been a very
deserving official and served in UPSC at a senior position.
R K Bansal
DoPT has been using and implementing the rules in a very selective manner
and one such example that it has rules of rotation of staff and their
is prescribed period for that. But in the CSSS there has been staff
even at Gp A level where they have been continuing in a Ministry/Deptt.
for over more than 25 years and has never been rotated especially the
staff working with Secretaries of both the cadres. Either CS division
is shirking its responsibility or the concerned Joint Secretary Administration
in the Ministries are not aware that any can not work with secretary's
office for more than 10 years. Somebody has to bell the cat as this
staff has become a monster that even highest in hierarchy are afraid
of them even to touch them. Now with the change of regime this can also
be implemented or should be stopped for everybody. In most of the Ministries
PSO/SrPPS who are of Dire/DS level are sitting at lower places and these
monsters have been sitting for decades together even in important Ministries
like Home, Finance, Defence etc. New MoS(PP) should look into it and
a conducive atmosphere of working should be created.
Rajan
Convert unmanned crossings into manned ones
If only the Railways had completed the work by putting up the gate
at the unmanned Railway crossing at Mesiapet in Medak district so many
innocent children would not have lost their lives. Those who were responsible
for the red tape which kept the work pending so long need to be held
accountable for this tragic loss of life. Railways must also hurry up
with their decision to convert all unmanned crossings into manned ones
to avoid frequent repeat of such tragedies.
Aarti Khosla
Restructuring of Railway Board
This refers to the whisper on the restructuring of the Railway Board.
The move, if true, has been long over due, specially in view of the
monetarily muscled Engineering services dominating the Board postings
which are of Secretary level. Officers recruited through the Civil Service
Exams, who are definitely better equipped in management skills, have
ceased to matter in the upper echelons of Railway Bureaucracy. The Pawan
Bansal incident only exemplifies the rot that has entered into the very
core of Railway system. Incomplete projects, sanctioned for political
reasons are a heavy drain. Officers from the Traffic, Accounts &
Personnel services have no future in the organisation, which only accentuates
the trouble for the system. Career progression needs to be assured for
these cadres on the lines of their counter parts in Audit & Accounts,
Income Tax, Police, Foreign and other Central Civil Services. Otherwise,
these services be removed from the Group A Category and relegated to
Group B level!
If functions relating to policy are to be separated, the Railway Ministry
should be manned by Officers of Organised Civil Services and Board should
be restricted to handle Technical matters under the over all supervision
of the Ministry.
Officers of Traffic, Accounts and Personnel wings can be assured career
progression through the upgradation / in situ promotions.
It may not be out of place to suggest cadre management to be handled
by the DOPT.
Ashok Sharma
Shift White Elephants
Long awaited thing. More white elephants are sitting in Board's Office.
Those who are working more than five years in a Directorate are also
to be shifted
R P Rangnathan
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RTI Act does not provide the right to
supervise the day to day working
The appellant sought certain information including the weekly
certificate. After receiving these documents, the appellant again
wrote to the FAA to inspect records of weekly certificates signed
by the officials and the dates when each of them was sent to the
next officer to check their authenticity. The FAA did not reply
to this communication. The case came up before the CIC where the
question before the Commission was whether the appellant's request
for inspection should have been allowed after the documents asked
for had been provided to him, since the request for inspection
was made to check the authenticity of the documents provided.
The CIC held that the appellant's request virtually amounted to
supervising and monitoring the day to day functions of the public
authority and refused to grant any relief to the appellant. The
CIC ruled that the RTI Act cannot be used for establishing an
unending dialogue with a public authority about general concerns
or apprehensions that an appellant may have in his mind.
Comments
Once the public authority had provided an information or complied
with an order passed under the RTI Act, the obligation under the
Act is fulfilled. The Section 2(j) of the RTI Act does not provide
the right to supervise and monitor day to day working of a public
authority.
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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