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POLITICS
Is NAC a major factor behind
fall of Congress ?
In the IIC in a chit chat one intellectual remarked " National
Advisory Council (NAC) created by Ms Sonia Gandhi is major factor for
the fall of the Congress and the UPA Government ". Is it true?
Decrease of voters in Nagaland
It looks strange but it is true that Nagaland has witnessed a decrease
of nearly 1.5 lakh voters in the state.
Global crude oil price of Indian basket declines
to 105.04 per bbl
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published
by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas has gone down to US$ 105.04 per barrel (bbl)
on March 13, 2014. This was marginally lower than the price of US$ 105.05
per bbl on previous trading day of March 12, 2014.
BUREAUCRACY
Ms Ghanshyam poised to be India's new Ambassador
to South Africa
As the grapevine has it, Ms Ruchi Ghanshyam is poised for India's new
Ambassador to South Africa. The 1982 batch Indian Foreign Service officer
is presently serving as Additional Secretary (EW) Ministry of External
Affairs.
Parida takes over as new Chairman, Mangalore
Port Trust
P C Parida has joined as new Chairman of Mangalore Port Trust in Mangalore.
Presently, he is serving as Deputy Chairman of Chennai Port Trust.
( We said this on May 28 and October 28, 2013)
15 States fail to submit QRs of IAS officers
There are 15 States from which quarterly report of disciplinary cases/vigilance
matters in respect of IAS officers is pending.
Mrs Prabha gets posting as ACS, Commerce &
Industries in Karnataka
Mrs K Ratna Prabha, who was waiting for posting on repatriation from
central deputation, has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary,
Commerce & Industries Department after promotion to Apex scale of
IAS in Karnataka. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Tenure of Gupta as Addl Secretary, Defence
Production extended
The tenure of Ashok Kumar Gupta as Additional Secretary, Department
of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, has been extended for a
period of three months. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu
cadre.
Two posts of SDG lying vacant in CRPF
Two posts of Special Director General (SDG) have been lying vacant in
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
PESB seeks applications for Director (Comm),
MOIL Ltd
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Commercial), MOIL Limited falling vacant next
year on February 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications
before April 1, 2014.
Ms Chaudhary gets charge of Eastern zone
Ms Lipika Majumdar Roy Chaudhury, Member Service Tax of Central Board
of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has been assigned charges of Eastern Zone:
Chief Commissioner CX, Bhubaneswar, chief Commissioner CX, Kolkata,
Chief Commissioner Customs, Kolkata, Chief Commissioner CX, Ranchi,
Chief Commissioner, Customs, Patna, Chief Commissioner CX, Shillong
and DG Service Tax.
26 IRAS officers get Selection Grade
As many as 26 officers belonging to Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS)
have been accorded Selection Grade with effect from January 1, 2014.
The officers are: Ms Amrita Darpan Jain, SWR; Ms Indu Nair, NR: Ms S
Selva Lakshmi, SR; Arvind Sharma, NER; Tripuresh Dhar Diwivedi, NR;
Arvind Kumar, NCR; K R Abhishekanand Rao, SCR; Anoop Kumar Gautam, EF;
Ms M R Kusum, RWF; Ms Makwana Bhavnaben Mahijibhai and Dayanand Prasad,
NFR; L Sundresan, RRB/Bangalore; Ms R C Alamelu, SWR; Ms Bhavna Ramesh
Devnani, WR; Vijay Kumar Sharma, RCF/RBL; K A Nantha Subramanian, SR;
D Vijay Kumar, ECOR; Bishnu Pada Sarkar, ER; Ganesan Kalyanaraman and
T V Subramanian of SR; Jagwinder Singh Grewal, RCF; V V Srivastava,
NER; Ramkumar Hardeo Singh, NWR; Alok Kumar Chatterje, Metro; Thangavelu
Velusamy, SR and Ram Hans Meena of WCR.
Pandey promoted as Additional Member (T&C),
Railway Board
K L Pandey working as Adviser (T&C), Railway Board has been posted
as Additional Member (T&C), Railway Board on promotion to Additional
Member grade. He is an IRTS officer.
Mishra gets proforma promotion to CCIT grade
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, S M Mishra, who
is presently on deputation as Chief Vigilance Officer with Hindustan
Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai, has been granted proforma
promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT).
Applications for Chairman of TAMP, Mumbai invited
Ministry of Shipping has invited applications for the post of Chairman,
Tariff Authority for Major parts (TAMP), Mumbai. Those interested for
the same can send their applications to the concerned Department at
the earliest.
Applications for Controller of BARC, Mumbai
invited
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has invited applications
for the post of Controller, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai.
Those interested for the same can send their applications to the Department
of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.
CCI imposes penalty of Rs 18.38 cr on BCDA
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs.
18.38 crores on Bengal Chemist and Druggist Association (BCDA) and its
office bearers for anti-competitive practices.
256 cases of compassionate appointments pending
in North Frontier Railway
As many as 256 cases of appointment on compassionate ground of dependent
family members have been pending with North Frontier Railway.
IAS officer dies of heart attack in UP
Hardoi DM Anand Kumar Dwivedi has died of cardiac arrest. He was 2002
batch IAS officer.
NBCC bags CIDC Vishwakarma Awards
National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), a Government
of India Enterprise, has been conferred with 'Vishwakarma Awards'. On
behalf of NBCC, S K Chaudhary, Director (Projects), P K Seth, ED (East
Kidwai Nagar), Mrs Reshma Dudani, General Manager (SBG) and B Bhattacharya,
DGM (CC), jointly received the CIDC Vishwakarma Awards 2014, from RAdm
(Retd) Shekhar Mital, Chairman & Managing Director, Goa Shipyard
Ltd, as NBCC is chosen as the Best Professionally Managed Company in
Category 1. It is also to be mentioned here that Dr Anoop K. Mittal,
CMD (NBCC), was conferred with CIDC Vishwakarma Achievement Award for
Best Public Officer.
ONGC acquires 5% equity shares of Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd
Pursuant to the decision of the Government of India to divest 10% of
the equity share capital of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd from the shareholding
of the President of India to ONGC and OIL, the matter was deliberated
by the Board of Directors of ONGC. Accordingly, in terms of approval
of the Government of India and the Board of Directors of the ONGC, 5%
equity shares of Indian Oil Corporation Limited amounting to 12,13,97,624
equity shares of Rs. 10 each fully paid up have been acquired in an
off-market deal by Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited @ 220/- per
share. The consideration amount of Rs. 2670,74,77,280/- has been paid
to the Government of India today. Necessary disclosures in this regard
have been submitted to Stock Exchanges etc.
BHEL ED SR Prasad appointed Chairman of BHEL
EML
The Executive Director of Bhopal unit of BHEL, Shashi Ranjan Prasad,
has been appointed Director BHEL Electrical Machines Ltd., Kasaragod
- a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) and a subsidiary of Bharat
Heavy Electricals Ltd., the industrial Maharatna of India. Known as
BHEL EML, it was incorporated in 2011, by acquiring the Kasaragod Unit
of the state-owned Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Company
Ltd. (KEL), one of the State PSU, as a Joint Venture with Govt. of Kerala.
BHEL EML manufacture Electrical Machineries, catering to segments of
Railways, Defense, Alternate/Non-Conventional/Renewable Energy, etc.
Orders of G B S Prasad as Director (Pers), RINL issued
The orders of G B S Prasad, ED, RINL, for the appointment as Director
(Personnel), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) have been issued by
the Government of India.
(We said this on Oct 11, 2013)
Shyam Kumar Sinha gets full charge of PS,
GAD in AP
Shyam Kumar Sinha has been given full additional charge of Principal
Secretary, General Administration (GPM&AR) Department (GAD). He
is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
CORPORATE
58 complaints pending against Montari Industries
Ltd
As many as 58 complaints have been pending against Montari Industries
Ltd with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Karthak nominated Director, Andhra Bank
The Union Government has nominated E E Karthak, Chief General Manager
(CGM) of Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata as Director on the Board of
Directors of Andhra Bank.
Rajagopal nominated Director, Bank of Maharashtra
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated
Dr S Rajagopal, Chief General Manager,Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai
as Director on the Board of Directors of Bank of Maharashtra with immediate
effect.
Bhatnagar nominated Director, Central Bank
of India
The Union government has nominated Shekhar Bhatnagar, Regional Director,
Reserve Bank of India, Kanpur as Director of Central Bank of India with
immediate effect.
Samant appointed Officer Employee Director,
Indian Bank
The Union Government following consultation with the Reserve Bank of
India has appointed Deepak D Samant, Manager, Indian Bank as Officer
Employee Director on the Board of Directors of Indian Bank
Sanghvi re-appointed MD, Real Strips Ltd
Real Strips Ltd has re-appointed Arvindkumar D Sanghvi as Managing Director
of the company.
Jain re-appointed Joint MD, Real Strips Ltd
Prakashraj Jain had been re-appointed as Joint Managing Director of
Real Strips Ltd.
Ms Hanchate resigns as CS, Tree House Education
& Accessories Ltd
Ms Deepali Hanchate has resigned as Company Secretary of Tree House
Education & Accessories Ltd.
FORUM
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Political Interference- Reality or Perception
There is resentment against political interference in governance, but
the fact is that the Political Executive enjoys the power/authority
under the law. It is "colourable use" of that power/authority
which qualifies to be called corruption. Eradication of corruption is
a facile argument for catching votes only. People have carved out excellent
careers out of anti-corruption, but only the public servants alone know
what a difficult job it is to persist with honest dealings, as per the
written law of the land, and what it costs to deliver honest public
service. Will an anti-corruption crusader alone, all by himself, be
able to eradicate corruption, which operates invisibly? Many civil servants
and public spirited citizens have jumped in to electoral fray under
the impression that politicians enjoy power. How many MPs/MLAs can even
ask a question on the floor of the house as they would confidently ask
under the RTI? Will their party or bosses allow them any freedom of
free operation. How many times have they enjoyed the privilege of casting
"conscience vote" in the past 67 years? Today the former Telecom
Minister, A. Raja, has revealed that he got an unsigned note with a
covering letter from the PM on allocation of 2G spectrum to consult
him before taking a decision. Earlier the former Home secretary had
complained of getting chits of name of the police officer for transfer.
I had seen several such notes received by the top which were signed
by the competent authority given directly to lower levels for implementation.
The (im)moral of the story is that neither the administrative head nor
the executive head is powerful enough to take decision and still it
is not political interference because the proxy works as the legitimate
authority with the stamp of the authorized person. As it is generally
the exercise of the "delegated authority", the higher authority
can always take direct decisions ! Only the President of India exercises
his authority under his own hand and seal !
M L Gupta
CGHS be disbanded right now
If readers remember exactly these words and sentiments I'd expressed
few months ago. That CGHS must be disbanded right now without even wasting
a minute. No new doctors be recruited. Present infrastructure be dedicated
towards serving general public. Doctors who become surplus should go
central and States' government hospitals. So called beneficiaries of
CGHS and more so the poor pensioners be assigned to hospitals of their
choice for A to Z medical services , procedures without even once being
to referred to Govt. I am sure such an arrangement is possible. And
I'm also sure the expenditure overall will be much less than maintaining
this white elephant kind of monster called CGHS. Hope some one is listening
M L Chauhan
Problems of political parties in reckoning
Problem with AAP is its vaulting ambition. It lacks substance and appears
hungry for power for which it takes recourse to posturing in everything.The
problem with the Congress is its corruption and contempt for the public.Its
other problem is that exists only for the dynasty.The problem with the
BJP is that it is more capitalist than the capitalists and forgets the
common man when it attains power. It also has a dubious record of jingoism.
Vijay Kumar
Good suggestion
The suggestion to dismantle DGHS/CGHS and to give reimbursement of cashless
medical insurance cover is worth consideration.
M L Sikka
CGHS facility - a white elephant
It is high time this is disbanded. There are so many procedural requirements,
shoddy services provided in dispensaries, that three fourths of the
time one spends on medical care from ones pocket. What great facility
am I getting from the Government? Is anyone listening?
N Kumar
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Treatment details of a deceased chronic psychiatric patient
An application was filed under the Right to Information Act on
seeking medical documents relating to the treatment done by Dr.
Sunil, of a patient namely Late Nani Gopal Biswas, from 1.1.1989
to 27.5.2010. The Public Information Officer (PIO) denied the
information under Section 8(1)(h) of the RTI Act claiming that
it is a medico-legal case. The appellant claimed that late Shri
Nani Gopal Biswas was her legally wedded husband and she needed
information in connection with a suit challenging the gift deed
executed by her late husband, who was a chronic psychiatric patient,
without the information or knowledge of the family members (legal
heirs). The Respondents submitted that they were not in a position
to accept a death certificate issued by a Tehsildar and such a
certificate ought to be issued by the Registrar of Births and
Deaths. The CIC directed the CPIO to provide the information sought
by the Appellant if she submits the death certificate of Shri
Nani Gopal Biswas, issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths,
and documentary proof that the Appellant was his widow.
Comments
Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act cannot be invoked to deny information
regarding the treatment of a deceased person to his widow, and
disclosure of such information does not lead to unwarranted invasion
of the privacy of the individual.
Citation: Smt. Maya Rani Biswas v. Andaman And Nicobar Administration
in File No. CIC/SM/A/2013/000666/SH
Weekly article by Dr (Mrs.) Anuradha
Verma, (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore.
(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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