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POLITICS
This is History (46)
Where two "supremes" meet,
there is bound to be trouble.
Kaptan Singh: Body in Haryana, Soul in Punjab
Will the senior BJP leader Kaptan Singh Solanki become Governor of Punjab
? It is said that though he remains physically in Haryana, his soul
remains in Punjab.
HRA likely to remain the same in 7th Central
Pay Commission
House rent allowance is expected to be the same in the 7th Pay Commission
report as it was in 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC).
Whispers: Bihar DNA
With 1,25,000 crore largesse on the platter,
every Bihari has gone busy with his calculator,
how much each denizen will get, Or
how much is the price of each voter//
Puzzled people of the country,
trying to find out the source of funds,
For, every other day there announced is
a project worth billions and trillions,
will it come from taxes on the country's
several crore minions?
alternatively,
Skeptics apprehend Security Presses working overtime printing 1 rupee
notes//
Elephants and hippos are ruling Bihari 'jungle raj',
even when it is the sole prerogative of
the one and only Gir Vanraj//
Brouhaha over good days ahead for Bihar,
for, it will now be ruled by Loh-Purush Chhote Sardar//
JPG
BUREAUCRACY
Ten IPS officers to be empanelled as DG in
GoI ?
At least ten
IPS officers belonging to 1982 batch are likely to be empanelled to
the rank of DG in Government of India next month. They are said to be
Mssrs Anurag Sharma (AP), Parminder Rai (Haryana), Asha Sinha (Jharkhand),
Mahesh Kumar Singla (Kerala), D D Padsalgikar (Maharashtra), BK Behera
(Odisha), Suresh Arora (Punjab), KK Sharma (Rajasthan), PVK Reddy (Tripura),
Praveen Singh (UP) and SK Bhagat (Uttarakhand).
Will Negi be new Chairman of NTPC ?
Name of SK Negi, CMD of Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited
(GETCO) has started doing the rounds for the post of CMD, NTPC. Name
of REC, CMD Rajeev Sharma is also in circulation.
Six in-house candidates of SAIL in the fray for Chairman post
At least six in-house candidates of SAIL are reportedly joining the
fray for the post of Chairman, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to be
selected by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on August 31,
2015.
V Thangapandian to join as Director (Power), NLC on Sept 1
V Thangapandian, GGM, NTPC, will be assuming charge as Director (Power),
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) on September 1, 2015.
(We said this on February 23, 2015)
Mohanty yet to get orders; vacancy of Director (Mktg), HIL arises on
Sept 1
SP Mohanty, DGM, Rashtriya Chemicals Frtilizer Ltd (RCFL), is yet to
get orders for appointment as Director (Marketing), Hindustan Insecticides
Limited (HIL) as vacancy is arising on September 1, 2015.
A B Khare selected for CMD, MFL
A B Khare, Chief General Manager, Rashtriya Chemicals Frtilizer Ltd
(RCFL), has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director,
Madaras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) at a Public Enterprises Selection
Board (PESB) meeting held on August 24, 2015. As many as seven persons
were interviewed for the same.
Will Vijay Shankar Madan be Secretary in GoI?
Vijay Shankar Madan, Director General of Unique Identification Authority
of India (UIDAI), who is due to retire next year in August, is whispered
to be appointed as Secretary in Government of India this week. He is
a 1981 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.
Will IFS officer continue in Uttarakhand Government ?
The Uttarakhand government has given NOC for continuation of Vinod Fonia
on deputation. The GoI is said to be averse to further extension in
deputation tenure.
Diggikar is new Chairman, JNPT
Anil Diggikar is new chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).
He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
CAD's initiative
In a path breaking first in the GoI, Indian Defence Account Services
has uploaded the entire noting and remarks made on the file involving
transfers of IS level IDAS officers on CAD website to bring in greater
transparency and objectivity, as the department claims.
K Satheesh Babu transferred to R & D Bengaluru
K Satheesh Babu, 1987 batch IDAS has been transferred to CDA, R &
D Bengaluru. Presently he is posted as FA to DG, ADA, Bengaluru.
Mukesh Sharma gets addl, charge of Films Division
Mukesh Sharma, ADG, Doordarshan in Mumbai, has been given additional
charge of DG, Films Division.
Sanjiv Kumar likely to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level
Sanjiv Kumar, who did not enjoy central deputation during his 27 years
of service, is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary
level. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Seven IAS officers transferred in AP
As many as seven IAS officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh.
Accordingly, Mrs G Jayalakshmi has been posted as Secretary, Youth Service,
Sports & Culture while B Sreedhar was posted as VC&MD, AP Industrial
Infrastructure Corporation and K V Satyanarayana is posted as Joint
Secretary, General Administration Department with additional charge
of MD, AP Aviation Corporation Limited. Similarly, Girija Shankar has
been appointed as Director, Mines & Ex-Officio, Mines & Geology;
K Harshvardhan as VC&MD, AP BC Coop Finance Corporation Limited;
K Dhananjaya Reddy as Director, Agriculture with additional charge of
Deputy Secretary, Revenue and Adusumilli V Rajamouli was made Joint
Secretary to Chief Minister.
Madhusudhan Reddy posted as MD, AP Seeds & Agro in Andhra Pradesh
Y Madhusudan Reddy has been appointed Managing Director, AP Seeds Corporation
and MD, AP State Agro Industries Development Corp. Ltd. He is a 1990
batch IFS officer of AP cadre.
Three IRS officers get postings in AP govt.
Three officers of Indian Revenue Service who are on deputation to the
Government of Andhra Pradesh have been given postings. Accordingly,
Naresh Penumaka was made Commissioner, Handloom and Textiles and CEO,
Khadi & Village Industries Baord, MD, AP Handicrafts Corp Ltd while
G S Phani Kishore was posted as Special Secretary, IT & C Department
and MD, AP Technology Services and Venkaiah Chowdary Chirumamilla was
made VC&MD, AP Mineral Development Corporation Limited APMDC.
Vacancy of Joint Secretary in Road Transport in Sept.
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Ministry of Road
Transport & Highways in September 2015.
IM Pandey appointed DCM, Milan
Indian Foreign Service officer, IM Pandey has been appointed as DCM,
Milan.
7 IPS officers of 2013 batch get postings in Bihar
As many as seven IPS officers of 2013 batch have been given postings
as Assistant SPs in Bihar. Accordingly, D Amarkesh has been appointed
as ASP, Anti-Terrorism Force, Patna while Jagunath Reddy Jalareddy was
made ASP, Special Action Force, Patna and Manish is SDOP, Bagaha. Similarly,
Rakesh Kumar has been appointed as ASP, Rail Jamalpur; Ramchandra Rajguru
as ASP, Rail Patna; Upendra Nath Verma as ASP, Special Action Force
and Vishal Sharma was posted as ASP, Rail, Katihar.
Tenure of Udayakumar as Director (P&M), NSIC extended
The tenure of P Udayakumar as Director (Planning & Marketing), National
Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has been extended for another five
years. He is on the Board of NSIC and also alumni of IIM (Bangalore)
and has vast experience in the development of MSME sector.
Dr. Sahni is DG ,CSIR ? (UPDATED)
Chandigarh based Renowned Scientist Dr. Girish Sahni has reportedly
been appointed Director General, CSIR. The post was vacant since December
2014. Dr. Sahni is presently posted as Director, Institutes of Microbial
Technology.
Orders of Vivek Kishore issued
(UPDATED)
Orders of Vivek Kishore for the post of JD,Wildlife crime control bureau,new
Delhi have been issued. He is 1999 batch UT cadre IPS officer and presently
posted as DIG in Mizoram police.
12 IAS officers of 2013 batch of WB cadre
get postings in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 12 IAS officers of 2013 batch have been posted to various
Ministries and Departments in Government of India after completion of
phase -II training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration,
Mussoorie. Accordingly, Mayuri Vasu has been posted to Animal Husbandry
while Panicker Harishankar was posted to Health Research and Anshul
Gupta was appointed to Higher Education. Similarly, Shama Parveen has
been posted to IPP; Tshering Y Bhutia to Revenue; T Balasubramanian
to Power; Nidhi Malik to Rural Development; Preeti Goel to Land Resources;
Reena Niranjana to Urba Development; Rajat Nanda to Electronics &
Information; Khurshid Ali Khadri to Ex-servicemen Welfare and Nitin
Singhanaia was posted to Disaster Management.
Ajay Kumar Sharma appointed as Ambassador
to Republic of Mali (UPDATED)
Ajay Kumar Sharma presently Ambassador of India, Pyongyang, has been
appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.
Mrs Innocent Divya appointed as Dy Secretary
to CM in TN (UPDATED)
Mrs J Innocent Divya has been appointed as Deputy Secretary to Chief
Minister. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
A R Karve assumes charge as Chief of Personnel
(UPDATED)
Vice Admiral AR Karve has assumed charge as the Chief of Personnel at
Naval Headquarters. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was
commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1980. After his initial
sea appointments, he completed his specialization in Anti-Submarine
Warfare in 1986 and has served onboard various frontline fleet ships.
V K Singh selected as Director (Tech), NEEPCO
(UPDATED)
V K Singh, GM, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Tech),
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) at a Public
Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 25, 2015.
As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.
13 CSS officers promoted to Deputy Secretary
grade in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 13 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Secretary in Government of
India. The officers are: S S Rana, Roshan Lal, M D Kumar, A N Jena,
S K Verma, Jyoti Mathur, A K Sharma, Mam Chand, Narendra Kumar, Suresh
Kumar, Ziley Singh Vical, Surender Kaur and Debendra Prasad Majhi.
CORPORATE
Interview - Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing
Director of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC)
"Our business USP is Customers' Delight"
A blue-chip Government of India Navratna Enterprise, under the Ministry
of Urban Development, National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd.
(NBCC), stands out as a leader in the construction sector with more
than INR 20000 crore Order Book in hand and counting and a consolidated
revenue of INR 5000 crore. Winner of a number of awards because of its
consistently extra ordinary performance, the Company has been receiving
"Excellent" rating from Govt. of India consistently since
2004. "Our proven track record coupled with our achieved expertise
and constant pro-active approach has made us think beyond the horizon,
says the company's Chairman cum Managing Director Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal
in conversation with our Chief Copy Editor Sujata Sharma.
Q. Your focus is more on new-age, green and modular buildings? Why
so?
A. NBCC has traversed a long way since 1960 gaining all sorts of exposure
in the field of construction and has successfully faced all challenges
coming in its way. Today, the company stands at the zenith of its success
and has become a brand in itself by comprehensively responding to the
demand of the day. As I say demand of the day, I mean that sustainability
in building construction incorporating Smart features and infrastructure
tagged with environment care, has become the buzz word in our construction
activity. This eventually points to the features such as green, new
age, modular buildings which every individual, entity and the society
at large demand today. Obviously, NBCC being in the business with all
its expertise and exposures today, cannot afford to ignore the fact
that when it comes to construction of buildings, habitat or similar
infrastructure, sustainability is always the foremost concern which
is again conditioned by new-age, green and modular features. So is our
focus on the environment/ecology friendly structures adding all Smart
green features that make these sustainable.
Q What are the challenges you face when dealing with your clients?
A. Our clientele profile primarily includes most of the Ministries of
the Govt. of India, Govt. Depts., State Govts., Central & State
PSUs, Autonomous Bodies and Councils etc. I must tell you in this regard
that our business USP is Customers' Delight and that is the most important
challenge before NBCC all the time, as far as our esteemed clients are
concerned. Here, I have no hesitation in the first place, to put on
record that because of its consistently good performance and proactive
initiative towards fulfilling clients' requirements, NBCC carries a
very high repute in clients' fraternity and has today, become the most
sought after company amongst its peer group. However, with NBCC going
new-age construction way, it sometimes, has to face, little hic-ups
from some clients who carry a perception that if a building is good
and smart, it will be expensive. Here, it becomes a challenge for NBCC
to convince the client, particularly their finance departments, that
it is not so. But let me further add here that the mindset of those
clients is also changing fast, as they can now see for themselves, examples
of so many such cost effective projects implemented by NBCC all across
the country and counting.
Q What about your plans to rebuild the Parliament House?
A. Of late, NBCC, by adding innovative sustainable green and smart features
in its building construction activity, have executed a number of new-age
green government building projects in the country that include CBI HQ
Building in Delhi; Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) Building
at Manesar (Haryana); Redevelopment of huge New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex,
New Delhi; Office Building of Coal India Ltd., Kolkata; CSOI Building,
New Delhi; National Institute for Solar Energy, Gurgaon, Aykar Bhawan,
Noida (UP); SIB, Kolkata etc. These were the outcome of our out of box
thinking and were highly successful initiatives, giving a new dimension
to the whole concept of building construction which is green, environment
friendly and sustainable too. This proven track record coupled with
our achieved expertise and constant pro-active approach has made us
think beyond the horizon volunteering the idea of re-building our Parliament
House in the style and concept of New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex, Delhi;
Indian Museum, Kolkata etc. that NBCC has already implemented. New Moti
Bagh GPRA Complex is a brown-field redevelopment project, the Company
has already completed successfully, on a 105 acre land and now certified
as the largest Green Home Complex of its kind in the country. The next
huge one- a Rs.5000 crore East Kidwai Nagar-Redevelopment project, another
brown-field project in Delhi, is presently under implementation by us
for the Government.
Inspired by all these success in the field of redevelopment & rebuilding
of brown-field and green field energy efficient projects, we have volunteered
to rebuild Parliament House so that it gets a smart new look, with fixing
of all its existing hazards developed over the past many years. However,
I would say that, it is the Govt. who is to take a call in the matter.
If assigned the responsibility, NBCC is, of course, very confident of
coming up to the expectation.
Q How about your focus on Tier-2 cities?
A. NBCC has huge number of projects in PMC, Real Estate & Redevelopment
and EPC segments pan-India, which include areas such as Health Care,
Offices & Institutions, Transportation, Environment & Industrial,
Misc. Infrastructure, Border Fencing, PMGSY, Power Projects, Commercial
& Residential Real Estate/Redevelopment etc. As far as Real Estate
is concerned, which is our focus area now, we are doing projects in
metros as well as in some Tier-2 cities. Presently, apart from metros,
NBCC has projects in cities like Alwar, Patna, Kochi, Jaipur, Khekra
(UP), Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar etc. But our
future plan is to focus more and more on Tier-2 Cities. As we work to
a plan, we are now expanding our stake, based on the potential locations.
That way, our forthcoming target locations include cities like Bhopal,
Surat, Rajkot, Raipur, Ranchi, Dehradun, Pune, Nagpur etc. and also
include some smaller cities such as Moradabad, Bareilly, Aligarh and
so on.
Q Say something on your redevelopment plans in Delhi.
A. As you know, New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex, New Delhi, now certified
as largest Green Home Complex of its kind in the country, is our first
Redevelopment Project and is located in Delhi. This has been followed
by the on-going Rs.5000 Crore East Kidwai Nagar Redevelopment Project,
another Zero Waste Disposal Project of its kind. I would say that NBCC's
highly successful redevelopment project of New Moti Bagh Complex has
caught the imagination of the Govt. on new-age building infrastructure,
opening up huge future opportunities for NBCC in the field of Redevelopment
in the Capital Delhi and and in other States as well. As far as Delhi
is concerned, there are three more Govt. colonies in pipeline for redevelopment
by the Company and these include Netaji Nagar, Kasturba Nagar and Thyagraj
Nagar. The proposals for approval of these projects are on fast track
and are likely to mature soon. Apart from this, there are also plans
to redevelop some old govt. Presses in Delhi on the same model as that
of East Kidwai Nagar. Move is on and hopefully things shall be in place
in quick time.
Q What is the contribution of the real estate business in the total
revenue of NBCC? And how much funds have you earmarked for the real
estate business?
A. Presently, it contributes to approximately 10-15 per cent of total
revenue of NBCC. However, our target is to raise the Real Estate business
in the range of 25-35 per cent in the next two to three years. If I
have to say about earmarking of funds for Real Estate, I would put it
this way, that, there is no such budgeting by us as of now. But, the
practice is to invest the profits earned from the Rear Estate business
into Real Estate sector itself. Also, some portions of the profits earned
from other businesses are also invested in Real Estate. However, all
these depend on the opportunities we get.
Q Would you please elaborate on your diversification plans?
A. Presently, NBCC has been operating in a unique business model, probably
the one that no other company in the peer group has. It has three segments
of operation i.e. PMC, Real Estate Development and EPC Contracting.
Its PMC covers almost all areas of construction like Offices-Institutions,
Roads, Bridges, Highways, Airports, SWM projects, Townships, Mass-housing,
Hospitals & Medical Colleges, PMGSY, Border Fencing, Infrastructures
for Para Military Forces & Misc. infrastructures etc.. Our Real
Estate includes Commercial & Residential projects. Here, I would
say that in an initiative to diversify in this segment, we have, of
late, added Redevelopment of Govt. Properties which is a very significant
move forward from our end and would remain as a key driving force for
NBCC's future growth. Recently, NBCC has, of course, added another important
vertical in its operation which takes care of Renovation & Reconstruction
of India's Heritage Buildings. To this end, we have already successfully
completed two projects, one named Indian Museum, Kolkata and the other
is Museum of Moving Images (MoMI) in Mumbai. I may also add that NBCC
has a massive plan to develop unused land properties of various sick
PSUs and autonomous bodies and departments. You may be knowing that
NBCC has recently signed MoUs with Air India and NAWADCO for development
of their huge land banks spread across the country, for mutual benefit.
Talks are also on for more such initiatives in future. In EPC, of course,
we are executing all civil infrastructure works in power plants of various
PSUs like NTPC, BHEL and others.
Q After the devastating quake in Nepal, what changes are you planning
to make in your building construction policy?
A. First of all, my deepest condolences to the victims of the devastating
earthquake that occurred in Nepal sometime back. In fact, NBCC has already
shown interest to the Government of India for it's participation in
the rehabilitation work of earthquake ravaged Nepal. Now, as far as
NBCC's building construction policy is concerned, I would like to tell
you that my company has proven track record of constructing earthquake
resistant buildings right from the beginning. That is to say that our
existing building construction policy takes care of all the norms provided
in the National Building Code. Moreover, whenever NBCC goes for constructing
a building, it ensures preparing earthquake resistant design of the
structure to be constructed. Further, I can add that NBCC strictly follows
all the guidelines and procedures while constructing a building and
therefore, the projects that we execute, are always earthquake resistant.
You take any example of a building constructed by us anywhere in the
country or overseas, and you would see, there is no instance ever that
our building has collapsed due to earthquake. Therefore, as a responsible
Govt. of India organization, NBCC has all construction imperatives in
place in respect of its building construction policy.
Vittal resigns as Director of Axis Bank Ltd
Ireena Vittal has resigned as Director of Axis Bank Limited
Two directors cease to be on Board of The
Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited
Abdul Majid Matto and Prof. Nisar Ali, have resigned as directors of
The Jammu & Kashmir Bank Limited
Singh ceases to be Independent Director of
NTPC Ltd
Dr A Didar Singh has ceased to be the Independent Director of NTPC Limited
Modi appointed CS of Texmaco Infrastructure
& Holdings Ltd
Texmaco Infrastructure & Holdings Limited has appointed Pratik Modi
as Company Secretary of the company.
Betai appointed Director of Welspun India
Limited
IDBI Bank Limited has nominated Ms Padma Betai as Director on the Board
of Directors of Welspun India Limited
Shah resigns as Independent Director of Garden
Silk Mills Limited
J P Shah, has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of Garden
Silk Mills Limited
Sinha appointed Nominee Director of Surya
Roshni Limited
IDBI Bank Ltd. has nominated Rajeev Kumar Sinha as as Nominee Director
of Surya Roshni Limited
Aloria appointed Chairman of Gujarat Gas Ltd
G R Aloria, lAS has been appointed as Chairman of Gujarat Gas Ltd
Joshi resigns as CS of Sterling International
Enterprises Ltd
Sunil Joshi has resigned as Company Secretary of Sterling International
Enterprises Ltd
Two Addl. directors appointed on Board of
Lycos Internet Ltd
Lycos Internet Limited has appointed Michael Loren Mauldin and Subrato
Saha as additional directors of the company
FORUM
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No land of Law in MOS & PI
MoS &PI is going to be a weak spot for Narendra Modi too. MoS &PI
has no regards for DoPT's OM No. 11013 / 10 / 2013 - Estt. A dated 2nd
July 2015 in the subject matter of framing a transfer policy for the
members of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) and Subordinate Statistical
Service (SSS). In fact transfers and postings in MoS&PI is being
used for considerations other than good governance. Will anyone in the
present government care for MoS&PI ! Can responsibility be fixed
for such harassments, victimization and disregards to the rule and procedures?
S Nath
All not well in MOS & PI
It seems that in the WIC Forum retired MOS & PI officers are very
much active in making comments, while in service they looked other way
and kept mum or connived with the miscreants. It is not true that all
is not well in MOS & PI, on the other hand it was not well in MOS
& PI before.
KB
" No leave for 158 trainee IAS officers "
DOP & T's OM No- 21021/5/2015-Academy Desk dated 10th August, 2015,
to appoint 158 new IAS officers of 2013 batch as Assistant Secretaries
for three months on deputation to central Ministries on completion of
phase-II training at LBSNAA. States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and others
with non-BJP dispensations had opposed it. West Bengal Chief Minister's
office is miffed as it had already issued posting orders for 12 officers
with directions to report. The unsavoury confrontation could have been
avoided by keeping the State govts in loop while reviewing the training
format . Issuing fatwas without consultation merely generates mutual
acrimony. The State governments have the wherewithal for 90 days attachments
and acquaint officers with policy formulation. One wonders, how will
knowledge of central hierarchy and its functioning help officers in
discharging their cadre responsibilities more efficiently? State governments
have their own work cultures and officers should get attuned to it.
Deputation to Centre after waiving the mandatory nine years period is
not understood. The grapevine has it that the idea of central grooming
originated in the PMO. What is the motive? Was the format issue considered
by Secretaries committee ? Be that as it may, feedbacks of trainees
and State govts must be obtained for impact assessment of DOP&T's
order. dt 10-8-15.
A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)
Utility of CAT
What's the utility of CAT? Time taken to dispose of cases is too high.
Ashok
Corporation polls in Bangalore
Bangalore city is going to have its corporation elections shortly. An
interesting feature of the election is that most of the candidates are
just matrics and many of them with criminal backgrounds. None of them
appear to have any vision about the emerging megacity other than how
to make some quick bucks during their tenure as corporators making true
Churchil's famous prophesy that the country will go into the hands of
scums and free booters. The whole city is stinking with corruption even
with complaints against Lokayukta. The city can only be saved if a ten-year
holiday is declared for BMPP and a CEO, an expert on city development
is posted with full powers. Government is spending almost 1500 crores
for this election which could have been spent in a better manner.
N Krishnan
Lohani has vision
Appointment of Ashwani Lohani as CMD, Air India will remove many of
the ills from which our national carrier is suffering. Lohani has vision
and he is a wonderful administrator.
S C Agrawal DGP (Retd.)
Lohani's right choice
Ashwani Lohani is an excellent selection for the growth of Air India.
Rawat R B S
Congrats Lohani
Congratulations to Lohani. Proven administrator without IAS tag. Sure
Air India needs such leaders to pull it out of mess. Great decision
to place technocrat there.........
M K Tyagi
Lohani, right choice for AI
I congratulate Lohani on his selection and GoI on the right choice.
I am confident Air India will be put on the path to progress and restored
to glory.
S Kanakasabapathy, IRTS (R)
Search box facility
I appreciate your efforts for providing information on the website.
I feel there should be search box facility on the website. If anyone
wants information of any particular person, then putting his name in
the search box should be able to display all the news of that particular
name since beginning.
Anand Kumar
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Use of park for marriage function
The appellant sought information regarding proposal of Municipal
Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to convert the residential park, Rampura
into marriage/function site, the copy of approval from the Residents
Welfare Association (RWA) for the same, copy of MCD clearance,
copies of No Objection Certificate (NOC) taken from Delhi Fire
Services, etc. The PIO did not provide the information but after
the order of the First Appellate Authority (FAA), a reply was
provided. The respondent stated that there is no such record and
that an undertaking is obtained from the party applying for holding
a marriage/function in a park and it is the responsibility of
the party to take action on the fire safety measures, etc. The
CIC directed the PIO to provide a copy of the undertaking (last
booking of park for marriage/function), after redacting the personal
information of the third party, whose form is provided to the
appellant.
Comments
It is often seen that public parks are given for marriage functions
etc. in an arbitrary manner which spoils the garden and also disturbs
the residents living in the near vicinity. A clear policy should
be drawn in consultation with the residents instead of acting
in a random basis.
Citation: Shri Ram Naresh Kaushik v. North Delhi Municipal
Corporation in F.No.CIC/YA/A/2014/003108
Weekly article by Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha
Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant to IIM, Indore.
Her other articles can be read at http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/
(dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in), RTI Consultant
to IIM, Indore and Co-author of the books: RIGHT TO INFORMATION
- LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO's Guide to RTI by Taxmann. (The views
are Personal)
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