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What people say about us!
What an accurate information ? Good going. Keep it up.
Aditya Kumar
Who can revive Congress ?
The million dollar question is that who can revive the Congress ? And
the general opinion is that only 'Uparwalla' (the almighty).
PM's message is loud and clear
Prime Minister is taking incidents of vandalism on churches in Delhi
very seriously. Official circles are abuzz about the way the PM called
CP, Delhi, and HS on Friday to take stock of the situation. His message
is seen very loud and clear by someone. Guess the name?
Women empowerment to increase to 15% in PSUs
The Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises has emphasized
the needs for increasing women empowerment from 10% to 15% in various
Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
BUREAUCRACY
Joint Secretary level reshuffle in MEA on
Cards !
South Block
and Jawaharlal Nehru Bhavan may see reshuffle of Joint Secretaries in
a couple of weeks.
Sanjay Kumar Singh returns to parent cadre
Sanjay Kumar
Singh, who completed his seven years inter-cadre deputation tenure to
Bihar, has returned to his parent cadre. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer
of Orissa cadre. Singh was Secretary to the Bihar CM.
(We said this on February 4, 2015)
Karnataka DGP to retire this month end
Karnataka DGP Lalrokhuma Pacchau is retiring by this month end. He is
1977 batch IAS officer.
2001 batch IPS is DIG in Jharkhand
Two 2001 batch IPS officers Hemant Toppo and P K Srivastava have been
promoted to the rank of DIG in Jharkhand.
Indian women police going to Liberia
One company of para- military CRPF's women going to South African country
Liberia. Comndt Madhubala will lead the125 strong contingent. Indian
women police company has been going to Liberia for the last nine years.
They are put on President's security and law & order duty in Liberia.
They were given farewell on Friday.
4 IPS officers shifted in UP
Four IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places
in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Krishna Bahadur Singh has been appointed
as Senior SP, Muzaffarnagar while Hari Narayan Singh was posted as SP,
Traffic, Lucknow and Mohit Gupta is SP, Raibareilly. Besides, Umesh
Kumar has been appointed as Senior SP, Faizabad.
Shyam Vinod Meena deputed as PS to Prof Sanwar
Lal Jat
Shyam Vinod Meena has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prof. Sanwar
Lal Jat, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.
S Ramaswamy likely to join central deputation
S Ramaswamy is expected to join central deputation in Government of
India at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal
cadre.
Sunil Kumar Aggarwal likely to join central
deputation
Sunil Kumar Aggarwal is expected to join central deputation at Joint
Secretary level. He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.
B K S Ray comes out with new novel "The
Blind Horizon"
B K S Ray (I.A.S., retd. 1972 -Chhattisgarh cadre) has come out with
a political novel that revolves around the struggle of a young political
activist against a corrupt and autocratic Chief Minister. The Chief
Minister tries to divide the bureaucracy to realise his criminal ends
and hatches conspiracies against his opponents. His two advisors known
for criminal activities commit suicide and the Chief Minister too runs
away to an unknown destination after his defeat in the state assembly
polls. "The Blind Horizon" is Ray's 26th book. The novel will
be formally released at the India International Centre, New Delhi on
February 22 and will also be available in the World Book Fair, New Delhi.
Ms Palka Sahni appointed Deputy Secretary,
IPP
Ms Palka Sahni has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce and
Industry. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Anil Kumar is now Member of Task Force
Former Secretary in GoI Anil Kumar has been appointed Member of the
Task Force of Department of Public Enterprises for concluding MOUs with
CPSEs in the Coal and Power Generation and Transmission sectors, for
2015-16. He is retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
Pande joins as ADG in Gujarat
P P Pandey has taken over as additional DGP (law and order) in Gujarat.
He is 1980 batch IPS officer.
Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha relieved to join as PS
to Nihal Chand (UPDATED)
Bhuvnesh Kulshrestha has been relieved to join as Private Secretary,
Nihal Chand, Minister of State for Panchayat Raj. He is an IRS-IT officer.
Dr Murthy promoted to APCCF grade in AP (UPDATED)
Dr V Bhasakr Raman Murthy has been promoted to the rank of Additional
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer.
Ms Harjeet Joshi joins as Director (Fin),
SCI (UPDATED)
Ms Harjeet K Joshi, GM, ONGC, has recently taken over the charge as
Director (Finance), Shipping Corporation India Limited (SCI).
(We said this on Sept 1, 2015)
DEBATE
DEBATE- Appointment of Judges should be continued
through the Collegium system or through the Judicial Appointments Commission
set up by the new Government ? Mail your views to-
mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or
suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
CORPORATE
Siraj appointed Chairman, Weizmann Ltd
Weizmann Limited has appointed Dharmendra G Siraj as Chairman of the
company.
Narayan appointed Non Exec. Director, Ashiana
Housing Ltd
Ashiana Housing Limited has appointed Anand Narayan as Non-Executive
Director of the company.
Tipnis resigns as CFO, Piramal Phytocare Ltd
Deepak Tipnis has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Piramal
Phytocare Limited w.e.f. February 13, 2015.
Narang resigns as CS, MindTree Ltd
Rajesh Srichand Narang has resigned as Company Secretary of MindTree
Limited w.e.f. February 13, 2015
Rai appointed Addl. Director, Responsive Industries
Ltd
Responsive Industries Limited has appointed Ms Jyoti Rai as an Additional
Director of the company w.e.f. February 13, 2015.
FORUM
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No improvement in bureaucracy in BJP govt:
I was wrongly charge sheeted by CBDT authorities. Charges framed were
absolutely and prima facie baseless and with mala fide motives.
Three out of five charges impute that I decided appeal wrongly; though
my orders were already upheld by higher courts long ago and already
accepted as correct by authorities. But these orders of higher courts
were not kept in file and charge sheet was prepared with a mala fide
motive. Retirement benefits were withheld without any order whatsoever.
I denied the charges. Even after six months, even inquiry officer has
not been appointed.
I offer open challenge to CBDT authorities to have an open debate in
any fora: media, TV channel, court or in administration on prima facie
sustainability of charges.
I sought just one minute's time of FM to listen to me. But he forwarded
the letter to CBDT, which is sitting silent on the letter. Thus CBDT
has proved that governance has not improved and would not allow BJP
govt. to improve the governance. This is just an example.
BJP Govt. is not ready to punish the guilty in CBDT. On the contrary
they are being given promotion.
This is the state of governance in new government. This is why voters
in Delhi have warned suitably to the govt.
I hope suitable action would now be taken against the erring CBDT officials
to save the image of the govt.; else AAP may ask govt. why sincere officers
are being harassed.
It is worth noting that I had caught tax evasion by big business houses
of Mumbai, which could bring additional revenue to govt. of thousands
of crores of Rs. . I had specifically informed this to FM also. Is harassment
to me because of such good work done by me?
I had been RSS Shakha sanchalak and I am facing harassment by bureaucracy
in my own govt. Imagine the situation of common man who are still suffering
from the bureaucracy even after getting favourable order from CAT. (Proof:
see the cause list of CAT, a large number of cases of contempt are fixed
daily.)
Pavan ved
Retired commissioner of income tax
Former RSS activist.
Not bringing back the black money cost BJP dearly
One reason for the BJP defeat is the non-fulfillment of the promisse
of bringing back the black money. As Ram Jathmalani suggested we should
have brought a law putting the onus on the individual to prove that
the money in the foreign accounts are not black. But Jaitley is following
the Congress line, first taking the Income Tax route and then putting
the responsibility on the prosecuting agency. Why this rule when in
the case of ordinary Indian citizens, onus is on him to explain to the
ITO the source in case of any large entry into his account. Jaitley
is a rejected candidate in the last elections and we do not know he
is helping whom.
N Krishnan
BJP paid for mishandling middle class sentiments
The reasons attributed for the BJP's grand failure by A.K. Saxena are
fully justified. However, he has forgotten to name the great Finance
Minister for mishandling the middle class sentiments. There is hardly
any hope of improvement. In addition, induction of Kiran Bedi demoralised
Vijay Goel, Harashvardhan and Bidhuri. Vijender Gupta who won from Rohini
despite AAP wave could be face of party. Modi performs well at international
fora but jhuggi wala in Delhi will not appreciate it. For him, prices,
house, electricity, water, road, school admission, transport, small
level corruption, extortion matters.
Prof I R Aggarwal
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Responsibilities of the employees at different ranks
An application was filed seeking information relating to the service
matters of the appellant like the details and responsibilities
of the Jr. Engineers and Jr.Engineers1; the distinction between
their work; and the reasons for not giving ACP to the appellant.
No response was sent because the appellant had not specified the
posts whether they belong to Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, S
& T, etc. The CIC directed to provide the details and responsibilities
of Junior Engineers & Junior Engineers1 including the distinction
between their work and also the reasons for not giving ACP to
the appellant.
Comments
Section 4 (1)(b)(ii) of the RTI Act puts a responsibility on the
public authority to suo-motu disclose the powers and duties of
its officers and employees. Such information should be put in
the public domain pro-actively by the public authority without
waiting for an applicant to approach it.
Citation: Shri Jarnail Singh v. Ministry
of Railway in Decision No.CIC/AD/C/2013/001588/VS/08393
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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