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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
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Carve your name on hearts and not on marble.
Attendance in Golf Clubs is now very thin
Attendance in Delhi Golf Clubs is very thin these days. A list of 270
serving officials in the Government of India going to the Golf Clubs
had reached to the PM.
BUREAUCRACY
Consensus could not be arrived at Uday U Lalit
for SC Roster ?
If top sources are to be believed, consensus could not be arrived at
in the Collegium for Supreme Court senior advocate Uday U Lalit for
elevation to the apex court's roster .
E Ramesh Kumar deputed as PS to Gehlot
E Ramesh Kumar, who is working on inter-cadre deputation to Andhra Pradesh
cadre, has been deputed as Private Secretary to Thaawar Chand Gehlot,
Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment. He is a 1999 batch IAS
officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Hans appointed PS to Ram Vilas Paswan
Sanjeev Hans has been appointed as Private Secretary to Ram Vilas Paswan,
Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. He is
a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this June 2,
2014)
Anand deputed as PS to Kiren Rijiju
Vikas Anand has been appointed as Private Secretary to Kiren Rijiju,
Minister of State for Home. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of AGMUT
cadre.
(We said this June 25,
2014)
Manoj Kumar appointed PS to Mrs Maneka Gandhi
Manoj Kumar Arora has been appointed as Private Secretary to Mrs Maneka
Sanjay Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child Development. He is a 1990
batch IRS-C&CE officer.
(We said this June 9, 2014)
Nanda empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Nagin Nanda has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent
in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh
cadre.
Sharat Chander posted as Information Officer
to PM
Sharat Chander has been appointed as Information Officer on the principal
Staff of Prime Minister. He is a 1999 batch IIS officer.
Abu Imran confirmed in IAS
Abu Imran has been confirmed as Member of Indian Administrative Service
with effect from February 21, 2013. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of
Jharkhand cadre.
Paul may soon be empanelled as JS, GoI
It is reliably learnt that G R Paul may soon be empanelled as Joint
Secretary, GoI. He is 1991 batch IFS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Reportedly, his CVC clearance is through.
Majumdar to attend short training programme at USA
Anindo Majumdar, Principal Secretary, Education in Delhi Govt, will
be attending the short-term training programme 'leadership for 21st
Century: Chaos, Conflict & Courage' at JFK School, Harvard University,
USA from September 7 to 12, 2014. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of
AGMUT cadre.
Kakati is Member in SPAC Assam
Former Meghalaya Director General of Police Sibabrata Kakati has been
appointed Member of State Police Accountability Commission, Assam.
Bhattacharya is high -level panel Member
Partha Bhattacharya has been appointed Member of the high-level panel
on power revamp "Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power,
Coal and Renewable Energy headed by former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu."
5 IRS-C&CE officers get postings after return from deputation
On return from deputation, five officers of Indian Revenue Service of
Custom & Central Excise cadre have been given postings as Additional
Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise. Accordingly, Dr Amandeep
Singh has been appointed to Delhi DPPR, K Ramakrishnan was posted to
Delhi DTE of Logistics, Ranjan Khanna gets posting at CC AR Delhi while
Umesh Sharad Wagh has been posted to Delhi DGICCE and Dr V Santosh Kumar
was posted to Chennai Custom.
Ram Hit promoted as Accountant General, Gujarat,
Rajkot
Ram Hit, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn/GE), in the office of
Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna, has been promoted to the
Senior Administrative Grade and posted as Accountant General (A&E),
Gujarat, Rajkot.
Raj Kishore to join central deputation !
Raj Kishore is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director
level in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory
Service officer.
Nagraj is acting DGP of Tripura
A 1983 batch IPS officer K Nagraj has been appointed DGP on adhoc basic
after the retirement of C Balasubramanian.
Deshmukh to join central deputation at IG level !
V H Deshmukh is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General
(IG) level. He is a 1986 batch IPS Officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Pant to join central deputation at JS level !
Sudhansh Pant, presently in the cadre, is expected to join central deputation
at Joint Secretary level. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan
cadre.
Central deputation tenure of Mahawar ends on July 27
The central deputation tenure of Munu Mahawar as Director in the Prime
Minister's Office (PMO) is ending on July 27, 2014. He is a 1996 batch
officer of Indian Foreign Service.
2 IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been transferred
in Haryana. Accordingly, Shyamal Mishra have been transferred as Secretary,
Health Department; Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
and Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration, Haryana while Satyaprakash
T L was made Director, Industries & Commerce and Mines & Geology;
Special Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Mines & Geology
Department; Managing Director, Haryana State Small Industries &
Export Corporation; Managing Director, Haryana Handlooms & Handicrafts
Corporation and Managing Director, Haryana Tanneries Limited, Jind.
Three IAS officers shifted in Karnataka
(UPDATED)
Atul Kumar Tiwari has been appointed as Project Administrator, Karnataka
Health Systems Development and Reforms Project (KHSDRP) with additional
charge of Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) while
Mrs Rashmi V Mahesh will now be Director General, Administrative Training
Institute, Mysore and Mrs N T Abroo is Director, Women and Child Development.
LIC wins Indian Insurance Awards- 2014 (UPDATED)
Life Insurance Corporation of India has won THREE AWARDS at Indian Insurance
Awards 2014. M K Kemmu, Secretary, Corporate Communications, received
the Award for "Life Insurance Company of the Year" on behalf
of LIC. The other two awards that were won by LIC were: Underserved
Market Penetration and Claims Service Leader. The presentation was done
at a glittering ceremony held in Mumbai.
CORPORATE
Sura resigns as Joint MD, Conart Engineers
Ltd
Tejas S Sura
has resigned as Joint Managing Director of Conart Engineers Ltd w.e.f.
June 1, 2014
Ananthasubramanian appointed Director, IFCI
Ltd
IFCI Ltd has appointed S N Ananthasubramanian as Director of the company
Jain resigns as Director, Orosil Smiths India
Ltd
Puneet Jain has resigned as Director of Orosil Smiths India Ltd
Reddy resigns as Director, Cements & Mineral
Industries Ltd
A Sreenivasulu Reddy has resigned as Director of Panyam Cements &
Mineral Industries Ltd
Reddy ceases to be Director, Smilax Industries
Ltd
Parvathreddy Siva Mohan Reddy has ceased to be the Director of Smilax
Industries Ltd.
Sinha appointed Independent Director, Shreyas
Shipping & Logistics Ltd
Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd has appointed Ms Maya S Sinha as
Non Executive Independent Director of the company.
Gothi appointed ED (Market Operations), Hindustan
Cola Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd
Rohit Gothi has been appointed as Executive Director ( Market Operations)
of Hindustan Cola Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.
FORUM
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Rejoinder of NOA
"Attention of NERAMAC Officers' Association (NOA) is drawn to
the comments of VH Kalbande, appeared in Whispers of 4/7/14, stating
that he was forced to resign as Managing Director of NERAMAC due to
the corrupt officials of NERAMAC and others related. The NOA desires
to bring it to the notice of readers of Whispers that the NOA had provided
about 100 documents to Ministry of DoNER in support of suspected corrupt
activities, acts of intellectual dishonesty, acts that brought disrepute
to organisation, nepotism, violation of official norms, promoting indiscipline,
ignoring official hierarchy, harassing business associates, lack of
professionalism and basic administrative knowledge, pressurising officials
to carry out misdeeds, arbitrary and whimsical decisions, unstable mind,
misguiding the Board of Directors, Ministry of DoNER, State Governments,
misbehaving with employees etc. by Kalbande. The matter was enquired
by the DoNER Ministry. It appears that Kalbande smelt that the enquiry
report was not in his favour and fearing termination from service, he
escaped by submitting his resignation even before completing the initial
one year probation period, after which his service would have been confirmed
after assessing his performance, as a face saving exercise. His present
comment itself is a proof of incompetency and display of gracelessness.
The NOA is contemplating taking legal action against Kalbande, besides
taking up the matter with DoNER Ministry for appropriate action."
KCS Kurup
Secretary, NERAMAC Officers' Association.
Overhaul CGHS services
CGHS services should be overhauled completely keeping in view the plight
of pensioners.
SK
Plight of CGHS beneficiaries
I would like to add few points about the plight of CGHS beneficiaries.
After so much pain to see the doctors/specialists, dispensaries issue
only substitute medicines for the medicine prescribed by the specialists.
How can a doctor at the dispensary change the medicine that was prescribed
by the specialist? There are serious issues of fraud involved in this
health sector. I hope the government will take steps to stop such malpractices.
Puspalatha
Great expectations
All honest and unbiased government employees have great expectations
from new government. There are two issues which have to be highlighted:
1. It appears that in many key ministries, high level bureaucrats (Jt.Secy/Secy)
still have soft spot for the previous government may be because they
got handsome rewards in form of preferred postings, stable tenure and
other things. They need to be immediately shifted to avoid embarrassment
to the new government.
2. It is indeed the time now for Whistle Blowers to come forward and
expose various corrupt practices and corrupt officials. There has been
a long wait for broom cleaning. Honest officers must come forward.
Manu Ashar
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What is substantial financing under the RTI Act?
The Delhi High Court had remitted the case to the CIC for consideration
whether the Population Services International (NGO) received any
indirect substantial funding from the appropriate Government or
not. The NGO contended that they are not a public authority for
the purpose of section 2(h)(d)(ii) of the RTI Act as they are
not being "substantially financed" by the appropriate
government and hence are not covered under the Act. The appellant
argued that the NGO should be considered as public authority for
the purpose of RTI Act as it has received some amount of funding
from the government. The two member bench of CIC held that an
amount of 18% to 20% cannot be construed as substantial financing.
Further, only 8% was contributed from Central and State Government
in the year 2013 and hence, the amount contributed by the Central
and State Government cannot qualify as "substantial financing".
Comments
The term "substantial finance" has not been defined
under the RTI Act. Unless it can be shown that the funding was
so substantial to the body which practically runs by such funding
and but for such funding, it would struggle to exist, the same
cannot be termed as "substantial".
Citation: Shri Rajesh Dhiman v. Population
Services International (NGO)in Case No. CIC/SG/A/2011/003380/SS
(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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