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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
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A Government to be loved must first be feared
Will Ram Lalji clear the names of personal staff of Ministers ?
If insiders are to be believed, Ministers will have to get clearance
of personal staff from Ram Lal. Ram Lal is link between the RSS and
the BJP in the BJP Headquarters.
BUREAUCRACY
FM clears file of Mundra ?
Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley is believed to have cleared the file of the appointment
of S S Mundra for the post of Deputy Governor RBI. He is presently CMD
of the Bank of Baroda.
Where is the recommendation for SC Judges ?
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha
had recommended the appointment of CJ of Orissa High Court Adarsh Goel,
CJ of Calcutta High Court Arun Mishra and Gopal Subramanium and Rohinton
Nariman as SC judges in early May. The UPA Government failed to clear
the appointment. Now the file is lying with Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
Tiwari to return to Himachal Pradesh
Joint Director in the CBI, Ashok Tiwari, is returning to the parent
Himachal Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure.
He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Dr Kumar is PS to MoS for DoNER, Gen V K Singh
Dr Rajesh Kumar has been appointed PS to Minister of State (MoS) DoNER
and External Affairs General V K Singh. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer
of West Bengal cadre.
Orders of B K Mehra for Director (Fin), MRVC issued
The orders of B K Mehra, Financial Adviser &Chief Account Officer,
MRVC, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation
Limited (MRVC) have been issued by the Government of India.
Sharma to be PS to Piyush Goyal
Asheesh Sharma is being appointed PS to Union Minister Energy Piyush
Goyal. He is a1997 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Sai Prasad is PS to AP CM
Joint Secretary Power in the Government of India, G Sai Prasad, is back
to Andhra Pradesh as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Chandra
Babu Naidu. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer.
Ms Ghanashyam is new
HC to South Africa
Ruchi Ghanashyam, (IFS: 1982), currently Additional Secretary in the
Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner
of India to the Republic of South Africa.
(We said this on Feb 25 and March 15, 2014)
Ralte is Ambassador to Palau
Lalduhthlana Ralte, presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of
the Philippines, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador
of India to the Republic of Palau, with residence in Manila (Philippines).
Massive reshuffle in Environment Ministry likely !
Grapevine has it that there will be massive reshuffle in ministry of
environment & forests.
Ms Rani empanelled as Joint Secretary in
GoI
Ms V Usha Rani has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in
Government of India. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh
cadre.
Ms G Jayalakshmi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms G Jayalakshmi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary
in Government of India. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh
cadre.
Sarma and Mohanty are Advisors to Telangana Governor
Former 1974 batch IAS officer A P V N Sarma and former 1975 batch IPS
officer A K Mohanty have been appointed as advisors to Telangana governor
E S L Narasimhan.
Ms Tewari to join ERC Gurgaon
The services of Ms Keerti Tewari (IA&AS-1992), on return from leave,
are placed at the disposal of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission,
Gurgaon as Secretary on deputation basis for an initial period of three
years.
Mishra gets three months extension
Joint Secretary in the DEA Prabhat Kumar Mishra has been granted three
months extension in central deputation tenure from May 28. He is 1993
batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Suresh Kumar gets two months extension
K Suresh Kumar Joint Secretary in the MHA has been given two months
extension in central deputation tenure from May 24. He is a 1988 batch
IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
PESB invites applications for Director (P&BP), SAIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications
for the post of Director (Projects & Business Planning, Steel Authority
of India Limited (SAIL) falling vacant on next year on June 1, 2015.
Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before
July 30, 2014.
B R Baskaran shifted as Member, ITAT Mumbai Benches
B R Baskaran, Member of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Cochin, has been
transferred in the same capacity, ITAT, Mumbai benches.
Kalra to move to Beijing
Vinod Kalra, SS in Kualalumpur, has been moved to Beijing in place of
Rajeev Sinha.
Mukul Rohatgi's file cleared (UPDATED)
Finally the suspense is over.Mukul Rohatgi is going to be new Attorny
General.File of his appointment has been cleared and formal orders are
to be issued in a day or two.
Ankur Garg appointed as Additional Secretary, Power in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Ankur Garg has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary,
Power in Government of Delhi. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of AGMUT
cadre.
Mrs Nila Mohanan is also Dy Commissioner, South-West
in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Mrs Nila Mohanan has been given an additional charge of Deputy Commissioner
of South-West in Government of Delhi. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer
of AGMUT cadre.
UD Minister hands-over NBCC's re-development
project surplus fund to FM (UPDATED)
M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, seen handing over a
cheque of Rs. 330.61 crore, a surplus fund, generated out of the re-development
work of Netaji Nagar (Part) and New Moti Bagh (East) GPRA complex implemented
by National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC), to Arun
Jaitley, Minster of Finance, Govt. of India. The money was saved after
completion of redevelopment of the New Moti Bagh project in the capital.
NBCC, a Schedule 'A' Mini Ratna CPSE of Ministry of Urban Development,
Govt of India, implemented the New Moti Bagh eco-friendly Complex instilling
all possible green features. This is India's first and largest Green
Home Campus of its kind. The project was developed by NBCC on a novel
concept of commercially utilising a small part of the government land
to generate resources to finance the housing project to mitigate the
acute shortage of General Pool Residential Accommodation. A total of
3 acres of land was commercially utilised as a source to finance the
project and the land was e-auctioned for Rs 611 crore by NBCC on free
hold basis to Leela Hotel.
PESB withholds selection of CMD, BDL (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has withheld the recommendation
for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Dynamics Limited
(BDL) in view of High Court orders. However, the Board has interviewed
as many as 10 persons for the post and not declared the name.
CORPORATE
Tandon is Govt. Nominee Director, ICICI Bank
Alok Tandon, Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Union
Ministry of Finance, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director
on the Board of Directors of ICICI Bank Limited.
Mehta to be ED, Accel Frontline Ltd
Accel Frontline Ltd has appointed Malcolm F Mehta as a Whole-time Director
who is also to be designated as Executive Director of the company.
Shah appointed MD, Aaswa Trading & Exports
Ltd
Aaswa Trading & Exports Ltd has appointed Anish A Shah as Managing
Director of the company.
Shah appointed CFO & CS, Aaswa Trading
& Exports Ltd
Pritesh Shah has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and
Company Secretary of Aaswa Trading & Exports Ltd.
Balasubramanian resigns as Director, Infomedia Press Ltd
Saikumar Ganapathy Balasubramanian has resigned as Director of Infomedia
Press Ltd due to his other professional commitments.
Sangeetha appointed CS, Empee Distilleries
Ltd
Empee Distilleries Limited has appointed Ms S Sangeetha as Company Secretary
of the company.
Jaiswal appointed CFO, Shilpi Cable Technologies
Ltd
Shilpi Cable Technologies Limited has appointed Vikas Jaiswal as Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.
Bhuta resigns as Independent Director, TPL
Plastech Ltd
Jagdish Bhuta has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of
TPL Plastech Ltd due to personal reasons.
Agrawal resigns as CS, Ruchi Strips &
Alloys Ltd
Shyam Sunder Agrawal has resigned as Company Secretary of Ruchi Strips
& Alloys Ltd.
Sanklecha resigns as Director, Lifeline Drugs
& Pharma Ltd
Anil Sanklecha has resigned as Director of Lifeline Drugs & Pharma
Ltd.
FORUM
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Dr P K Mishra : Simple Living, High Thinking
Dr P K. Mishra is of simple living style and is of high thinking.
His creativeness both in thought and action will be a blessing for India.
B K Pujari
Spare retd PSU' employees from IT
First of all, Congratulations to the Prime Minister of India and his
team in a grand victory in the General election in2014. Secondly, thanks
to whispersinthecorridors.com team in bringing factual information to
all.
We the retired PSU officials wish to bring the following facts to the
knowledge of Finance Minister and Prime Minister of India ...............that
at the time of retirement, we the officials of PSUs, get the lump sum
amount of provident fund, gratuity etc from their respective organisations.
Besides that a meager amount of Rs. 1500/- to Rs. 2000/- per month as
pension which is not sufficient for livelihood because of inflation
and high cost of medicines and hospitalisation charges. It is next to
impossible to live with this pension amount. Lot of PSU s do not provide
post retirement medical facilities to their employees. Officials of
such PSUs, as explained above, meet their livelihood/or expenditure
from the interest earned from the lumpsum amount they get from their
respective organisation after serving their whole life service of 35
- 40 years. After a year, we have to pay a lot of amount as Income Tax
on the amount we get from our office which put us in hard condition.
Therefore we earnestly request the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister
to give relief to such retired officials in Income Tax and also provide
post retirement medical facilities to all retired PSU employees.
We will be indebted for this. I shall be grateful to Dr. Suresh Mehrotra
to publish this request in their column for two-three days for getting
the attention of govt. as your web site reaches to all.
Ved Prakash Rustagi, A retired PSU Official
Entire personal staff be changed
Not only the personal staff of the previous Ministers, the staff of
the Secretaries, Spl/Addl Secretaries should also be transferred out
to other departments and Ministries. Otherwise there is all the likelihood
of same formation going out to those Ministers and Secretaries.
Sudha
"Curbs on publicity expenditure of Government"
When the Congress came to power in 2004, its first step was to enhance
the "publicity budget" of DAVP, several times over. Justification
: awareness campaign for public. The result was disastrous. Half and
full-page advertisements in all English and Vernacular dailies started
appearing with photographs of Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister and Minister-n-Charge.
It was concealed subsidy to big and influential Media houses for gaining
control over them. The game continued unabated for 10 years. Lakhs of
crores of rupees were wasted. The inflation was at its peak. M/Finance
added to confusion by announcing austerity measures. The public felt
frustrated, suffocated and helpless with excessive visibility of Sonia
Gandhi . Let this not happen again. Following steps need be taken.
(a)Let the present govt drastically slash the publicity budget of GoI.
(b) Let it put embargo on ministries/ autonomous organisations/ Constitutional
bodies etc on resorting to such flattering advertising practices at
cost of public exchequer.
(c) Let I& B ministry order a special audit of publicity expenditure
incurred by the UPA government during the past decade.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)
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Is the Information which cannot be denied to Parliament to
be provided to the RTI applicant?
The appellant sought copies of file in which the loan of M/s Kingfisher
Airlines was processed by the Bank, the copy of remittance made
to Air bus Industries or any other entity by bank being the advance
/ booking amount for purchase of Aircraft by M/s King Fisher Airlines
India, the initiatives taken by bank to recover this loan etc.
The PIO informed that the Kingfisher Airlines is a customer of
the bank and any information provided by the company for availing
loan and copies of remittances made to Airbus Industries as advance/booking
amount, is of commercial confidence and held by the bank in fiduciary
capacity which is exempt under section 8(1)(d). With regard to
the contention of the Appellant that information which cannot
be denied to Parliament has to be provided to the RTI applicant,
the FAA stated that the above proviso is sub section specific
and not a general proviso under Section 8 of the RTI Act. The
appellant argued that information regarding loans going 'bad/bust/NPA'
has to be disclosed as 'public interest' is involved. The CIC
held that the proviso below Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act which
reads "Provided that the information which cannot be denied
to the Parliament or a State Legislature shall not be denied to
any person" is applicable only to section 8(1)(j) and not
the whole of section 8(1).
Comments
The Bombay High Court in Surup Singh Hryanaik versus State of
Maharashtra AIR 2007 Bom. 121 had held that it is proviso to the
said subsection and not to the entire Section 8(1). This interpretation
has been based on the use of punctuation marks. The exemptions
contained in the clauses (a) to (i) of section 8(1) end with a
semi colon ";" after each such clause which indicate
that they are independent clauses. However, sub section Clause
(j) however, ends with a colon ":" followed by the proviso.
Immediately following the colon mark is the proviso in question
which ends with a full stop ".".
Citation: Sh. Harinder Dhingra v. Oriental
Bank of Commerce in File No. CIC/VS/A/2013/000664
(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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