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POLITICS
Jayalalitha to see defeat of Chidambaram's son
In political circles it is widely believed that Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalitha
will see to it that son of Finance Minister P Chidambaram is defeated
from Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency.
Is there such information in any district ?
In Collectorate office Bellary in Karnataka " First Collector in
this district was Thomas Munroe posted from December 1800 to October
14, 1807." Wonder if any other district in the country claim such
distinction than this.
ETV launches a new 24-hour regional news channel in Haryana-Himachal
ETV poster boy Jagdish Chandra creates a new record in the history of
regional television by launching three major regional new channels in
a row, in a single month. After the launching of ETV - Bangla and ETV
- Kannad on March 10 and 19 respectively, by the concerned state Chief
Ministers in Kolkata and Bangalore, now ETV launched its 24-hour regional
Hindi news channel in Haryana-Himachal, under the banner of TV18 on
March 26. In an impressive function at Gurgaon's Leela Hotel, the channel
was launched by the Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda in the presence
of a selective gathering of 300 guests. At this juncture, the Channel
Head Jagdish Chandra claimed that ETV will redefine the regional television
in Haryana and Himachal and will follow an absolutely free, fair and
independent Editorial policy.
BUREAUCRACY
Justice Lodha to be new CJI
Justice R M Lodha will be new Chief Justice of India (CJI). The President
has cleared the appointment file of Justice Lodha. He will succeed CJI
P. Sathasivam, who retires on April 26.
Will post of Director, ED be upgraded to Secretary level ?
If some well placed sources are to be believed the post of Director,
Enforcement Directorate (ED), is being considered to be upgraded to
the rank of Secretary. Only time would testify the buzz.
S S Rana poised for 'Authority for Advance Ruling'
As the grapevine has it, S S Rana may soon be selected to head the 'Authority
for Advance Ruling'. The 1979 batch IRS (C&CE) officer was appointed
as DG, Vigilance/CVO of Customs & Central Excise on October 10,
2012. As per the norms Rana would have to resign from CBEC before assuming
the offices of Advance Ruling.
Who will be new Chairman of CPCB ?
Who will be new Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
for which interviews were held on March 26 under the chairmanship of
Cabinet Secretary ?Tie is said to be between two Sharma's- D C Sharma
and J S Sharma. While D C Sharma is from the private sector, J S Sharma
is from the ONGC. Who will emerge victorious private sector or ?.
Sallauddin Ahmed is Advisor to AP Governor
Former Rajasthan Chief Secretary Sallauddin Ahmed has been appointed
Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narsimhan.He is retired
1975 batch IAS officer.
A K Roy is Advisor to AP Governor
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner A K Roy has been appointed Advisor
to the Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narsimhan. He is a retired 1972
batch IPS officer.
Inter cadre deputation of Kaul to Gujarat extended
The inter cadre deputation of Sanjay M Kaul from Kerala to Gujarat has
been extended for a period of two years. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer
of Kerala cadre.
Dr Surpur goes on inter cadre deputation to
Karnataka
An inter cadre deputation of Dr Ravi Kumar Surpur from Rajasthan to
Karnataka has been approved for a period of two years. He is a 2004
batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Tenure of CPCL MD ends in May
The tenure of A S Basu, Managing Director, Chennai Petroleum Corporation
Limited (CPCL) is coming to an end on May 31, 2014. Gautam Roy, ED,
IOCL, is expected to succeed him on June 1, 2014.
Madhav Chandra appointed Ambassador
Madhava Chandra currently High Commissioner of India to Botswana, has
been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Independent
State of Papua New Guinea.He is a 1979 batch IFS officer.
CBEC Group-B officers poised for promotion as Astt Commissioners
As the grapevine has it, Group-B officers of CBEC are going to be promoted
to Group-A as Assistant Commissioner soon. The exercise has been complete
on part of CBEC and is awaiting Election Commission's approval.
Top priority of CBDT - provide IRS officers their dues ?
On the onset, orders for apex scale to as many as 20 Prl CCITS (IRS)
officers outside CBDT indicate that the new Chairperson of CBDT, R K
Tiwari, had reportedly, on the very first day of taking charge, declared
that all such pending matters like Apex Scale, pending promotions &
empanelments, were going to chart on the top priority list. All it means
that the IRS officers would be getting their dues with pace in near
future.
Jyoti Narayan to take charge as DIG, NIA tomorrow
Grapevine has it that Jyoti Narayan would start his new stint with NIA
as DIG on April 1. The 1996 batch IPS officer of UP cadre is the one
who had cracked down on Tewatia ; the accused of the infamous incident
of Bhatta Parsaul firing, as the then SSP of Gautambuddha Nagar in UP.
Tenure of CISF IG extended
The central deputation tenure of Dr Swaraj Bir Singh as Inspector General
(IG), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been extended for
a period of six months with effect from April 19, 2014. He is a 1986
batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Will post of Legislative Affairs Secretary fall vacant today ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that P K Malhotra, Secretary,
Legislative Affairs, may have lateral appointment as the new Secretary,
Dept of Legal Affairs. If everything goes as per the roadmap of GoI
the post would fall vacant on March 31 this year.
Santosh Rastogi to move from CBI !
As the grapevine has it, Santosh Rastogi may soon move from CBI. The
1998 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre is presently serving as
DIG, CBI.
Anurag Prasad gets proforma promotion to CIT grade
Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Anurag Prasad has been promoted
to the grade of commissioner of Income Tax. He is presently working
on deputation as Director, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce
& Industry, New Delhi.
Nine posts of Judges vacant in Bombay HC
As many as nine posts of Judges are lying vacant in Bombay High Court
which has approved strength of 75, The vacant posts include five posts
of permanent Judges and four posts of Additional Judges.
Two posts of Joint Director vacant in CBI
Two posts of Joint Director have been lying vacant in Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI).
OECD commercial oil stocks continue to fall
OECD commercial oil stocks continued to fall in January after a sizeable
decline in 4Q13. Crude and products showed a deficit of 19 mb and 123
mb, respectively, compared to the five-year average. In February, US
total commercial oil stocks increased, but remained 32.0 mb below the
five-year average, with crude some 8.0 mb above the seasonal norm.
98 cases of compassionate appointment pending in SWR
As many as 98 cases of appointment on compassionate ground of dependent
family members have been pending with South Western Railway (SWR).
11 posts of SP vacant in SVPNPA
Eleven posts of SP have been lying vacant in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
National Police Academy (SVPNPA).
Kundal to move to Cape Town
Puneet Kundal, Director (MOSPKO) is moving to Cape Town as CG in place
of Swati Kulkarni . Kulkarni has posted in the MEA Headquarters.
C R Kamalnathan appointed Chairman, Advisory
Committee (UPDATED)
C R Kamalnathan has been appointed as Chairman of Advisory Committee.
He is a 1965 batch retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
MoU between NTPC and MoP signed for 2014-15
(UPDATED)
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between NTPC and Ministry of Power
for the year 2014-15 was signed by P K Sinha, Secretary (Power), Government
of India and Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury , CMD, NTPC in New Delhi on March
28, 2014. I J Kapoor, Director( Commercial), N N Misra, Director (Operations),
A K Jha, Director (Technical), U P Pani, Director (HR), S C Pandey,
Director (Projects), K Biswal, Director (Finance) were present on the
occasion.
Vice Admiral KR Nair takes over as Chief of
Materiel (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral KR Nair, AVSM, VSM has taken over as the Chief of Materiel
of Indian Navy. Nair was commissioned on January 1, 1977 and is an alumnus
of National Defence Academy and National Defence College. The Flag Officer
has held various appointments at sea and in "Repair & Training
Organisations" including the appointment of Additional and Deputy
General Manager at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Principal Director Weapon
and Equipment at IHQ MoD(N).
110 IRS-C&CE officers promoted to Assistant
Commissioners (UPDATED)
As many as 110 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs
& Central Excise (C&CE) have been promoted to the grade of Assistant
Commissioners. The officers include: Aditya Narayan Singh, Sajive N
J, On N Sharma, Basant Kumar Uppal, Kishan Chand Vyas, Sushil Kumar
Pareek, Raj Pal Singh, Tuhin Kumar Malot, Pradeep Joshi, M A Kale, Md
Iqbal, Narasimhan P M, P G Sane, T K Chatterjee, Ram Kumar Singh, T
Satya Murthy, PUrna Chandra Mandi, D P S Kochar, Madhukar Anand, Sanjay
Jain, Prabhas Shankar, P C Bahuguna, Shahsi Shekhar, Pradeep Sharma,
M G Nadkarni, M K Tripathi, S Venkata Ramana, Manoj Kumar Jha, Shashi
Kant Kumar, Chandra Narain Mishra, V P Shukla, Unesh Kumar Garg, Sunil
Kumar, Rakesh Aggarwal, Prasanta Giri, T P Singh Nagpal, Sanchay Kumar
Sharma, Nandula satyanarayana, Anish Jagdish Parashar, A Y Gokhale,
J Ilango, Adesh Kumar Jain, R K Kundu, P K Sharma, Vijay Saxena, Anuj
Agarwal, H Mahesh Venkatrao, A V Subbaiah, A K Choudhury, Shobit Sinha,
S Nandkumar, Jai Prakash Singh, Ashutosh Nath, Ajay Gupta, A K Dwivedi,
Joe Paul Mampilly, Dhruvajyoti Roy, Shaji John, K K Taneja, Damodar
Singh, V K Trehan, Mohinder Pal Taneja, Satya Vir Singh, P V K Vivek,
V V Dev Kumar, S S Sastry, K Chandera Sekhar, Tapan Kumar Sarkar, S
K Choudhary, K V B Singh, A Behera, Sarwan Kumar, Ram Ganesh, Jambu
Lama, N G Barman, Rajoo Sonowal, T Tuankhanthang, L Letkhothang Mate
Gangte, P S Das, James Guite, Chauhan Chandrakant Jerambhai, D R V Veena,
S Thallari, B Vinod Rao, D Yahoshuva, Gurucharan Das, G C Ram, Pratap
Bhanu, J C Das II, M S Naik, G S Marwah, N Shaikh, R S Singh, P S salian,
A B Hardasani, S K Thorat, S T Mohanath, S Dharmathan, S K Dutta, Ajit
Singh Ahir, Iqbal Singh, Anupam Barua, Anil Chaudhary, Anand Kumar,
Amita Joshi, J M Kishore, Abhay Desai, Y Srinivasa Rao and S M Panwar.
2 IAS officers shifted in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers have been shifted in Delhi Government. Accordingly,
Lalthangpuia Sailo has been posted as Special Commissioner, Labour while
Biaktluanga was made Special Secretary, Urban Development.
CORPORATE
Biyanee re-appointed ED (Works), Rohit Ferro-Tech
Ltd
Rohit Ferro-Tech Ltd has re-appointed Dinesh Biyanee as Executive Director
(Works) of the company
Kanodia appointed ED, Raj Rayon Industries Ltd
Raj Rayon Industries Ltd has appointed Naval Babulal Kanodia, as an
Executive Director of the company.
Kanodia re-designated Chairman, Raj Rayon
Industries Ltd
Raj Rayon Industries Ltd has re-designated Ms Rajkumari Kanodia who
is Non Executive Promoter Director as Chairman of the company
Gupte to be re-appointed ED, Windsor Machines Ltd ?
Windsor Machines Ltd is to re-appoint K C Gupte as the Executive Director
of the Company
Gandhi to be re-appointed MD, Lyka Labs Ltd?
Lyka Labs Ltd is to re-appoint N I Gandhi as Managing Director of the
company w.e.f. April 1, 2014.
Piramal appointed Independent Director, Bajaj Holdings & Investment
Limited
Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd has appointed Dr Gita Piramal as
Independent Director of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Limited.
Lodha designated as CFO, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd
Kishore Kumar Lodha who is Finance Controller of SREI Infrastructure
Finance Ltd has been designated as the Chief Financial Officer of the
company w.e.f. April 1, 2014
Bhasin appointed CS in Frontier Springs Ltd
Frontier Springs Ltd has appointed Dhruv Bhasin as Company Secretary
of the company.
FORUM
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Election Commission Members:
IAS Officers should not be appointed as EC members at all because they
have to work with politicians all along by rubbing shoulders and cannot
afford to be neutral all of a sudden. Regulatory and Constitutional
functions can be better discharged by those Civil Servants who are politically
neutral by their very functioning such as Judges, IA&AS Officers
and IRS Officers. These officers have no obligation either organisationally
or functionally to associate with the politicians unlike the IAS/IPS
who have to work with the politicians. IAS always claim that policy
making (working with politicians) is their purview due to close working
with people from ground level. If that be the case they should not be
made constitutional functionaries.
R K
"Kaun Banega Cabinet Secretary ?"
Appointment of next Cabinet Secretary is inter-linked to that of Principal
Secretary to new Prime Minister. The present incumbents are batchmates.
Sharing a harmonious relationship between them, is of utmost importance
as both report to PM and have to work in close tendom. No room for mistrust.
The Cab Secy is the senior- most civil servant, ex-officio head of the
Civil Services Board and as the nomenclature suggests, Secretary to
the Cabinet. Its selection is PM's prerogative . If a junior is appointed
as Cab Secy, seniors are given equivalent status, unless they choose
to resign or sacked. The civil servants can no longer claim political
neutrality. They carry biases and prejudices. So, a background check
is necessary. Many heads might roll,this time. The doctrine of Seniority-cum-fitness
, may not be followed for the crucial appointment. Selection would be
an uphill task.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
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Is information about dependency of a government employee personal?
The appellant wanted to know whether a particular government employee
has shown her parents to be dependent on her and what benefits
she has availed for her parents. He further asked whether the
government employee was on leave on a particular date and if so,
whether she was on out station leave and the station to which
she had gone. The information was denied as being personal information
which is exempt from disclosure under section 8(1)(j) of the RTI
Act. The Central Information Commission (CIC) held that information
about dependency is not personal. The CIC observed that leave
information cannot be termed as personal information and directed
to provide the same. Further, the CIC held that whether she was
on out station leave on the date and the name of the station is
personal information and need not be disclosed.
Comments
On the basis of information about dependency, an employee claims
certain benefits like LTC, and medical benefits. Therefore, information
about dependency which has been made by a government employee
to obtain benefits is not a personal information. Whether a government
employee is on leave is not personal information, but the name
of the station where the employee went on a holiday is personal.
Citation: Gaurav Garg v. Heavy Water Plant in Case No. CIC/SM/A/2013/000855/SS
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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