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POLITICS
When nothing else inspires, History does !
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Akbar was a wise despot like--- and he worked hard for the welfare of
Indian people. At a times when there was little of nationality in the
country and religion was a dividing factor, Akbar deliberately placed
the ideal of Common Indian nationhood above the claims of separatist
religion.
AAP has given crowd, not ideology
There was a political discussion during the morning walk. One seasoned
person remarked " AAP has only given crowd but neither ideology
nor cadre ".
BUREAUCRACY
Warjri is new Chief Secretary of Meghalaya
P Barkos O Warjri
has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Meghalaya. He is 1978 batch
IAS officer. Warjri will take over on Monday.
S Kumaraswamy is new JS (Admn) Space
S Kumaraswamy has been appointed Joint
Secretary (Administration) in the Department of Space, Bangalore. He
is a 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Alok Shukla to join on July 1
Dr Alok Shukla, Joint Election Commissioner,
is returning to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre on July 1. He will take
over as Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education.
Orders of Misra as Director (HR), ONGC Ltd issued
D D Misra, GM,
ONGC, is reported to have received the orders for the post of Director
(Human Resources), ONGC Limited.
Sachin Sinha returns to MP
Sachin Sinha
who was on deputation to the Government of India is back to the parent
Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer.
Venu Rajamony's appointment is co terminus with President's term
Appointment
of Press Secretary to President, Venu Rajamony, is co terminus with
the term of the President. He is an Indian Foreign Service officer.
Sitanshu Kar is now DG in PIB
Sitanshu Kar
has been appointed DG in the Press Information Bureau (PIB). He is a
1983 batch IIS officer .
Muthu Kumar is ADG in DD
Muthu Kumar
has been appointed Additional Director General, Doordarshan. He is a
1984 batch IIS officer.
Rao gets assignment of Parliamentary Affairs
Indian Information
Service officer AA Rao has been given assignment of Parliamentary Affairs.
He is ADG PIB.
IPS officer gets one year extension in Service
The 1991 batch
IPS officer A M S Gunaseelan has been given a year's extension of service
by the Tamil Nadu Government.
A K Sinha gets new assignment
Outgoing Chief
Secretary of Bihar Ashok Kumar Sinha has been appointed Director-General-cum-Executive
Director of Centre for Good Governance Society with effect from July1.
He is a 1976 batch IAS officer.
Goyal relieved to join Govt of Goa
Prashant Goyal, who is presently Commissioner, Trade & Taxes in
Delhi Government, has been relieved to join Government of Goa. He is
a 1993 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.
Dhruv Singh posted to RCF/RBL
On return from deputation to RVNL, Dhruv Singh has been posted to RCF/RBL.
He is an IRAS officer.
5 IAS officers transferred in Tamil Nadu
As many as five IAS officers have been transferred in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly,
Rajendra Ratnoo has been appointed as Director, Town Panchayats, M A
Siddque will now be Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research
and Mrs Bhajibhakare Rohini Ramdas is Additional Collector, Development
and Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency, Madurai. Besides,
Dr C N Maheswaran has been given full additional charge of Managing
Director, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation and L Sitherasenan
was appointed as Director, Horticulture and Plantation Crops.
DoPT seeks applications for Sr Adviser to
ED, World Bank
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought applications
for the post of Senior Adviser to the Executive Director, World Bank,
Washington. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post
can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing
circular.
3 IRS-IT officers deputed as Under Secretaries
in Revenue Department
Three officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre have
been deputed to the Department of Revenue. Accordingly, Rajat Mittal
has been appointed as Under Secretary (Inv.V) while Gaurav Sharma will
be Under Secretary (Inv.I) and J K Chandani was posted as Under Secretary
(A & PAC-II)
Bhagat appointed ADG, CCI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Madhukar Kumar Bhagat
has been appointed as Additional Director General in the Competition
Commission of India (CCI) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Ms Bhagat deputed as Joint DG, CCI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Garima Bhagat
has been appointed as Joint Director General in Competition Commission
of India (CCI) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Anil Ranga to join central deputation!
Anil Ranga is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director
level in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch Indian Ordnance Factory
Service officer.
Akhtar to join central deputation!
Md Javed Akhtar is expected to join central deputation at Inspector
General (IG) level. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh
cadre.
Ms Anupama to join central deputation !
Ms G Anupama, who served as PS, to former Minister, Housing & Urban
Poverty Alleviation, is expected to join central deputation at Joint
Secretary level. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
4 IPS officers shifted in UP
As many as four IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different
places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Rakesh Singh has been appointed
as SP, Sambhal while Piyush Srivastava was shifted to DGP office and
Anis Ahmad is SSP, Etah. Besides, Luv Kumar has been appointed as SP
Bahraich.
Mahalingam appointed Ambassador to (CARICOM) (UPDATED)
V. Mahalingam, presently High Commissioner of India to Guyana has been
concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Antigua
& Barbuda, High Commissioner of India to the Federation of St. Kitts
& Nevis and next Ambassador of India to the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) Secretariat with residence in Georgetown (Guyana).He is a
1992 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.
Jitendra Narain is also Registrar Cooperative Societies in Delhi
(UPDATED)
Jitendra Narain has been assigned an additional charge of Registrar,
Cooperative Societies and Secretary, Cooperation in Delhi Government.
He is 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
O P Yadav is also MD, RSMML in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
O P Yadav has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director,
Rajasthan State Mining and Minerals Limited (RSMML), Udaipur. He is
an IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
CORPORATE
Khaitan appointed Addl. ED, Wires & Fabriks
SA Ltd
Wires & Fabriks SA Ltd has appointed Devesh
Khaitan as an Additional Executive Director of the company.
Khaitan re-designated MD, Wires & Fabriks
SA Ltd?
Kishan Kumar Khaitan, Joint Managing Director of Wires & Fabriks
SA Ltd has been promoted and also re-designated as the Managing Director
of the company .
Joshi resigns as Director, Bobshell Electrodes
Ltd
M T Joshi has resigned as Director of Bobshell Electrodes Ltd due to
his advancing age.
Dalal appointed Ind Director, Zicom Electronic
Security Systems Ltd
Zicom Electronic Security Systems Ltd has appointed Prabhakar Dalal
as an Additional and Independent Director of the company w.e.f. June
27, 2014
Khan ceases to be Director, The Federal Bank
Ltd
Dr M Y Khan has ceased to be Director of The Federal Bank Ltd after
reaching the age of retirement.
FORUM
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Health Minister will take care ?
We got a Health Minister who is himself a renowned doctor. Now officers
can not take him for a ride. We the pensioners are hopeful that he would
take care of the pensioners and look into the problems like queuing
up for seeing a doctor in the dispensary, then lining up at the pharmacy
counter for hours together besides hearing harsh words of doctors and
pharmacists. Health minister, sir, city hospital Saket, New Delhi is
not providing us CGHS facility of consulting doctor in OPD at cghs rate.
They say it is for serving employing. Other CGHS approved hospitals
are providing such facility to pensioners also. Director CGHS is silent
on this issue. Would you, sir, kindly look into it.
N K Das, New Delhi.
Robbing Peter, Rewarding Paul Justified?
Peter has never travelled without ticket. He has never damaged Railway
property. He has paid income tax from day one when he used to get a
cheque for just Rs 425 per month. What has he achieved after 45 years?
He is at the same economic distress level now as he was then. Compared
to the guys who never bought a ticket or ever paid income tax or other
taxes levied on smallest business activity, Peter feels cheated. Was
Peter a fool? He has been consistently penalized for the misdeeds of
Paul, who has sort of been rewarded all along. Peter doesn't understand
what is black money or how does one carry it to foreign banks and deposit
it there. Peter's State Bank of India Branch Manager refuses to add
his wife's name as a joint account holder unless a GAZETTED Officer
or Notary or some such entity helps him out. What should Peter do? Go
on paying increased rail fares and income tax because Paul is not going
to change, in spite of change of government?
M L Gupta
Why don't we worship merit ?
It is rather strange that finance officers of MTNL, bright, promising
officers should be losing a well deserved chance to serve as CEO. This
happened to a lady officer as well in the past. Why don't we worship
merit ?
Nalin S Rao
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Settling personal vendetta using RTI
An application was filed seeking information in respect of Shri
Ramesh Chander Gupta, about details of movable and immovable assets
held by him, his mother, his wife and children, bank accounts,
details of source of investment, etc. any criminal or civil proceedings
are pending against him, details of properties devolved on him
by virtue of will, etc. details of medical expenses claimed by
him in the office, etc. Respondent Public Information Officer
(PIO) delivered copies of three annual returns. Appellant demanded
copy of gift deed mentioned in one of the returns. Respondent
denied the copy of the gift deed claiming that it belonged to
third party. When the CIC asked the purpose of seeking the information,
the appellant submitted that he wants to file Disproportionate
Properties case against his brother Mr. Ramesh Chander Gupta.
Holding that there is no public interest in this RTI application
which is being used to harass his brother for personal reasons,
the CIC rejected the appeal.
Comments
There are many cases which are guided by private interest and
personal vendetta and the appellant is looking for some grounds
to harass a government official, sometimes even without having
any reason or basis for suspicion. There are no such provisions
in the law against persons who misuse the RTI brazenly to settle
scores with someone they have a dispute with.
Citation: Shri Ram Niwas Gupta v. Services
Deptt. GNCTD, Delhi in File No.CIC/AD/A/2013/000949SA
(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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