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POLITICS
"Only Congress can defeat Congress"
Why did Congress fail ? The Congress party has still been exploring
the right and convincing answer to the question. Many a times Dr Manmohan
Singh and Rahul Gandhi along with his core-team are being held responsible.
Experts say that the Congress should get the mantra for its revival
from Indira Gandhi's gut feel which once said "Only Congress can
defeat Congress". Only a 360 views & reviews can revive the
Congress.
Too much of experimentation defines the Modi
Government
Whispers in the corridors of power have been doing rounds these days
that the new Government at centre can be defined by single sentence,
"too much of experimentation". Those who buy this theory also
opine that too much of experimentation also brings apprehensions but
at the same time only a visionary with proven track record like Narendra
Modi can take that much of risk.
BUREAUCRACY
Shakti Kanta Das is new Secretary Revenue
Secretary Fertilisers Shakti Kanta Das has been appointed Secretary
Revenue in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of
TamilNadu cadre.
Rajiv Takru is now Secretary DoNER
Secretary Revenue Rajiv Takru has been moved as Secretary DoNER. He
is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Lt Gen Amit Sharma, VSM promoted as Commander
- in - Chief, SFC
Lt Gen Amit
Sharma, VSM, has been promoted as Army Commander and appointed Commander-in-Chief,
Strategic Forces Command. Lt Gen Sharma was commissioned in 45 Cavalry
in December 1976.
Balasubramanyam selected as Director (Prod),
NALCO Ltd
V Balasubramanyam, ED, NALCO, has been selected for the post of Director
(Production) NALCO Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
meeting held on June 13, 2014. As many as 12 persons were interviewed
for the same.
Bhattacharjee is Ambassador to Republic of
Honduras
Subrata Bhattacharjee, presently Ambassador of India to Guatemala City,
has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic
of Honduras, with residence in Guatemala City.
Orders of Rajesh Goel as CMD, HPL issued
The orders of Rajesh Goel, ED, HUDCO, for the appointment as Chairman
& Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) have been
issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on August 23, 2013)
Sai is also CMD, NHPC Ltd
R S T Sai, CMD, THDC India Ltd, has joined as Chairman and Managing
Director, NHPC Limited as additional charge even as incumbent G S Prasad
(IAS of 1991 batch AP cadre) is yet to be relieved of.
Sinha sets race for Chief Secretary, Bihar
Ashok Kumar Sinha's fast approaching date of retirement has accelerated
the pace of selection process for new Chief Secretary of Bihar. The
1976 batch IAS officer is scheduled to retire on June 30.
Mishra to retire from Netherlands assignment
soon
Kumaresh Chandra Mishra is all set to retire on June 30 this year. The
1977 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre has been serving in Hague with
OPCW (Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons).
Prasad gets multitasks in MHA
Braj Kishore Prasad, who joined as Additional Secretary in the Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA), has been assigned Foreigners Division, Police
Modernisation, Freedom Fighters & Rehabilitation, Coordination &
Public Grievances Divisions including Judicial Division. He is a 1983
batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
G S Prasad repatriated to parent cadre
G S Prasad presently working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power
has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer
of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Mall appointed as PS to Agriculture Minister
Santosh Kumar Mall has been appointed as Private Secretary to Radha
Mohan Singh, Minister for Agriculture. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer
of Bihar cadre.
Dwivedi appointed as PS to MSME Minister
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi presently working as Director in the Department
of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has been appointed as Private Secretary
to Kalraj Mishra, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
Orders of Chatterjee for PS to Commerce Minister
issued
Orders of Ashish Chatterjee for the appointment as Private Secretary
to Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry
have been issued by the Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IAS
officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on June 5, 2014)
Orders of Dr Ponnuraj for PS to Railway Minister
issued
Orders of Dr V Ponnuraj for the appointment as Private Secretary to
D V Sadanand, Minister for Railways have been issued by the Government
of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on June 2, 2014)
No post retirement job in Arunachal Pradesh
The Arunachal Pradesh government has banned post retirement appointments
of its employees.
PESB invites applications for Director (Fin),
BHEL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications
for the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL) falling vacant on next year on June 1, 2015. Those willing to
apply can send their applications to the PESB before July 28, 2014.
Ms Mathai posted as PD (Audit), Ordinance
Factories, Kolkata
Ms Rebecca Mathai has been posted as Principal Director of Audit, Ordnance
Factories in Kolkata. She is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer.
Three IAS officers transferred in Karnataka
Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey has been appointed as Commissioner, Survey Settlement
& Land Records with additional charge of Director, Atalji Janasnehi
Kendra, Bangalore while D Randeep was made Deputy Commissioner, Bijapur
and Mrs Dipti Aditya Kanade is Deputy Secretary, Finance Department
in Karnataka.
IRS-C&CE officer, Shukla as OSD, CBEC
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre,
Alok Shukla has been posted as OSD in Central Board of Excise and Customs
(CBEC).
IRS-C&CE officer, S P Rao shifted to DRI,
Jaipur
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre,
S P Rao working at Additional Commissioner level has been shifted from
Cochin CX to DRI, Jaipur.
39 IRS-C&CE officers transferred
As many as 39 officers in the grade of Joint/Additional Commissioner
of Customs & Central Excise have been transferred and posted at
different places. Accordingly, Ashir Tyagi has been shifted to Mumbai-II
Cus while B A V Srinivasa Rao was posted to Vizag CX and Kailash Chandra
Jena is being moved to CC AR Chennai. Similarly, Manisha Saxena has
been appointed to Vadodara CX; Sameer Chitkala to Bhopal CX; Sheo Shankar
Mahli to Ranchi CX; Smita Sudhakar Dolas to Pune CX; Suresh Narayan
Rao Nandanwar to Trichy Cus (P); Akhilesh Kumar to Mumbai-I CX; N J
Kumaresh to Coimbatore CX; Rajesh Kumar Verma to Mumbai-III Cus; Rajeshwar
Singal to Delhi DGICCE; Suraksha Katiyar to Kolkata Cus; Shiv Pratap
Singh to Chochin CX; Pankaja Ashish Thakur to Nagpur CX; Sharad Chandra
Srivastava to Kolkata Cus; Rajee Kumar to CBN Gwalior; R S Maheshwari
to Bhopal CX; Sucheta Sreejesh Rout to Delhi CX; Parmod Kumar to Chennai
CX; Alok Jha to Delhi CX; Ganesh Havanur to Bangalore Cus; Shailesh
Kumar to Delhi DRI; Manish Goel to Delhi DGHRD; Chandra Shekhar to NACEN
Faridabad; Ramji Lal Meena to Delhi Cus; Ashima Bansal to Delhi CX;
Zubair Riaz Kamili to Delhi DGRHD; Navneet to Mumba CX-I; Mihir Kumar
to Delhi Cus; MD Yusuf P K to CC AR Bangalore; Manoj Kumar Rajak to
Ahmedabad CX; Ashutosh Srivastava to Jaipur CX; Dinesh Kant Soni to
CC AR Delhi; Anil Kumar singh to CC AR Mumbai; P Kalaichelvan to Chennai
CX; Virendra Kumar Chaudhary to Delhi System; Sanjeev Bhatnagar to Delhi
DG Sys and Manish Saxena was shifted to Delhi System.
1981 batch IAS officers get ACS rank in Bihar
Two 1981 batch IAS officers Vijoy Prakash and A V Sinha have been promoted
to the rank of ACS in Bihar.
CORPORATE
Two Directors cease to be on Board of PNB
M A Antulay and Ms Aradhana Misra have ceased to be Directors on the
Board of Directors of Punjab National Bank (PNB).
Chatterjee appointed CS, Rupa & Company
Ltd
Rupa & Company Ltd has appointed Sudip Chatterjee as Company Secretary
of the company.
Kaushik appointed Whole-time Director, Chromatic
India Ltd
Chromatic India Ltd has appointed Vinod Kumar Kaushik as Whole-time
Director of the company.
Ms Sharma appointed CS, Chromatic India Ltd
Ms Dipti Sharma has been appointed as Company Secretary of Chromatic
India Ltd.
Agrawal resigns as Director, Mahamaya Steel
Industries Ltd
Ramanand Agrawal has resigned as Director of Mahamaya Steel Industries
Ltd
Pendse resigns as CS, UB Engineering Ltd
V M Pendse has resigned as Company Secretary of UB Engineering Ltd.
Sinha takes additional charge of MD of AP Dairy
Development Ltd.
Principal Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Intermediate Board, Adhar Sinha,
has taken additional charge as the Managing Director of A P Dairy Development
Cooperative Federation Limited. Managing Director of Telangana Dairy
Development Cooperative Federation A.
FORUM
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Let us not get tense
It is high time for the Government of India to introduce flexi timings
and make a six day week keeping the total number of working hours as
42.
D S N Murthy
5- Days week must continue
Going back to 6-days week will be a retrograde step considering the
poor working conditions in Central govt offices. The officers and staff
need to be given more time to spend with their families and rejuvenate
themselves. This is a welfare measure acknowledged by successive Pay
commissions. More emphasis should be given to "quality of working
hours".The babus must be advised to break their comfort zones.
The non-functional employees must be shown the door. Despite instructions
on chopping off the "dead wood", not a single babu has been
prematurely retired in the past on grounds of in-efficiency and incompetence
. They are treated like ornamental showpieces. "Peter principle"
is in full command.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)
Emulate MHA Model of Governance
Minister of Defence should overcome the problem of shortage of staff
& vehicles by emulating the MHA Model of Governance where more than
2000 personnel from CPOs are working at the residences & offices
with any number of vehicles, though official list of Division will indicate
only around 250 staff and around 100 vehicles but actual figure is much
higher. Who is bothered about working conditions at borders. Both CPO
personnel and officials are happy in a situation where you scratch mine
and I will scratch yours. CPOs staff will be working in a cool and static
environment for life long and a pool of vehicles being round the clock
for family even to a large number of non entitled class, though all
entitled officers are using Department vehicle plus many other from
CPOs even in length & breadth of the country.
Gagan
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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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