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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
(47)
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time
and courageous person afterwards.
People voted to Modi and not to party?
There is a general belief in the Lok Sabha polls this time people voted
to Narendra Modi and not to the Party.
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
Agrawal empanelled as Secretary in GoI
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
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 are: 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 Rawla empanelled for Secretary equivalent
posts in GoI
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
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 are : 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
Rao to be next Chief
Secretary Tripura !
G Kameswara Rao is all set to take over as Chief Secretary of Tripura
on August 1. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Earlier the name of Pravin Srivastava was in circulation.
Singh poised to be Additional Secy, MHA
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Anant Kumar Singh may
soon be appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
In his new stint the 1984 batch IAS officer of U P cadre will succeed
Rajeev Sharma who moved to Telangana as its first Chief Secretary.
Purwar gets extension as CMD, MTNL
P K Purwar, Director (Fin), MTNL, has been given extension of two months
as Chairman and Managing Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
(MTNL), a post of which he is having additional charge. Notably, orders
for the same are awaited.
Das to join as Director (Fin), BCL today
A K Das, AGM, BHEL, is joining as Director (Finance), Braithwaite &
Co. Limited (BCL) on July 29, 2014.
(We said this on January 7, 2014)
Tenure of VC&MD, APSCFC Jayaraj extended
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.
Ankur Garg is also Dy Commissioner, Delhi
South-West
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 Ranjan appointed Spl Secretary (Tech),
Forest in J&K
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.
Sharma is new Secretary to UP CM
Parthasarthi Sen Sharma has been appointed as Secretary to UP Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.
Praveer Ranjan is Head of Pondicherry Police
Praveer Ranjan has taken over as Chief of the Pondicherry Police. He
is a 1993 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
HAL to create skill development council for
aerospace & aviation sector
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited along with Bangalore Chambers of Industry
and Commerce (BCIC) and Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies &
Industries (SIATI) have come together to form non- profit organization
for developing skills in the Aerospace and Aviation sector in India.
Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman HAL would be heading the Governing Council of
this organization to be registered soon. The council will comprise members
from aviation majors, airport operators and academia. Invites have been
sent to Air India, Jet Airways, Spice Jet, Indigo, GVK Group, Tata,
ISRO, NAL to join in this endeavour. “The Council is mandated to
train approximately four lakh persons over next ten years in 90 different
trades identified for better employment opportunities, improving employability
and bridging gaps in skills required in this sector”, says Dr Tyagi.
The broader objective of this collaboration is to aggregate skill requirements
of the industry including sub sector requirements, regional requirements
and international trends and best practices that can be introduced in
the domestic skill development space. This Sector Skill Council would
also build capacity for training delivery and regulate the skill development
activities in the industry sectors including development of National
Occupational Standards, qualifications, training curriculum and assessment
criteria. According to a Census report, in India 54% population is under
the age group of 30 years and the ratio of population in the working
age group (15-59 years) is likely to be 64% by the year 2021.
D N Singh appointed as PS to Harsh Vardhan
(UPDATED)
D N Singh has been appointed as Private Secretary to Dr Harsh Vardhan,
Minister for Health & Family Welfare. He is a 1987 batch DANICS
officer.
Gokul Chandra Pati repatriated to his parent
cadre (UPDATED)
Gokul Chandra Pati, Secretary, Defence Production, has been repatriated
to his parent cadre. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Tenure of Ashok Kumar Gupta as Additional Secretary,
Defence extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Ashok Kumar Gupta as Additional Secretary, Defence Production,
has been extended for a period of three months. He is a 1981 batch IAS
officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Utsav Mitra appointed as OSD to Piyus Goyal
(UPDATED)
Utsav Mitra has been appointed as Office on Special Duty (OSD) at Director
level to Piyus Goyal, Minister for Power. He is a non-Government official.
Premchandran Narayanan Nair promoted to ACIT
grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Premchandran Narayanan
Nair has been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner (ACIT).
Ms Waraich joins Punjab Govt on deputation
(UPDATED)
Ms Surinder Kaur Waraich has been deputed to Government of Punjab as
Director (Budget) in Department of Finance. She is an IRS-IT officer.
CORPORATE
Nabar re-appointed CEO & MD, Praj Industries
Ltd
Praj Industries Limited has re-appointed Gajanan Nabar as Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of the company.
Whabi appointed CFO, Finolex Industries Ltd
Finolex Industries Limited has appointed Anil Whabi as the Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) of the company.
Singh appointed Whole-time Director, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd
Nucleus Software Exports Limited has appointed R P Singh as Whole-time
Director of the company with immediate effect.
Shah appointed Non Exec. Director, Strides
Arcolab Limited
Strides Arcolab Limited has appointed Bharat D Shah as a Non-executive
Director of the company.
Ganguli resigns as Non-executive Director,
ICRA Ltd
Amal Ganguli has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of ICRA
Limited.
Manoharan resigns as Independent Director, Manappuram Finance Limited
V M Manoharan has resigned as Independent Director of Manappuram Finance
Limited.
Phadke resigns as Non Exec. Director, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts
India Ltd
Uday Y Phadke has resigned as Non Executive and Non Independent Director
of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited.
Shah appointed CS, Kemrock Industries and
Exports Ltd
Kemrock Industries and Exports Limited has appointed Gopal Shah as a
Company Secretary of the company.
Agarwal appointed Independent Director, TCI
Developers Ltd
TCI Developers Limited has appointed Manisha Agarwal as Independent
Director of the company.
FORUM
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The Science of Language and The Science of Translation
The dark clouds gathering around an unnecessary controversy will prove
terribly costly for any incumbent government. The English press in print
and electronic format is doing what it is best at- first disinforming
and thereafter giving it a spin to create political ISIS of a deadly
kind. It is because everybody suffers from the all knowing syndrome.
The bitter fact is that people are generally deficient in their own
language. It is further strengthened when they attack "translation"
of a comic variety. Perhaps they have some idea of the translator, not
a well paid job in any case in India excepting a few vocations which
are unduly rewarding because of scarcity of good translators, and blaming
human translators for the machine that translates for Google. The scholar
politicians (especially the MPs)ought to acknowledge this fact. What
is called mother tongue needs to be upgraded by gurukul or school education,
to be further improved by special schools where training and advanced
studies almost replace the vocabulary of the mother tongue. As far as
translation is concerned, it is a Postgraduate degree course in Translation
Technology, where admission is tough. The UPSC translation, the butt
of ridicule of the English Press in India, is neither the fault of the
human translator nor of the Indian languages nor the Advisors of the
UPSC. The day the country acknowledges the status of language as a science
(it is higher pure mathematics at that level) and the expertise involved
in good quality translation, such fallacious debates would be rendered
irrelevant. Meanwhile the incumbent government would be well advised
not the walk the trap and beware of the sharks in the Delhi language
waters.
M L Gupta
An upright officer
K V Choudhary is a most competent and upright officer. It is much
required and needed in CBDT. Now things move fast and in right direction.
Ramesh Kumar
Promotions in Income Tax Department
For last decade the Income Tax guys are getting promoted in the name
of Restructuring Phase 1 and Phase 2. If anyone walks in the corridors
of Income Tax office he is likely to crash with commissioner at every
corner. So to so the organisation has become top heavy beyond any management
reasoning. Earlier there used to be 75 commissioner once in two/three
years. Now 100s of commissioners are elevated . There are no complementary
staff.
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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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