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Baleshwar Rai
Media house under ED scan ?
ED is believed to have has filed a case against a big media house of
Delhi. If sources are to believe the is related to violation of FEMA.
In 2006-07 the media house has brought heavy amount through Mauritius
rout.
Who from AAP will make it to Rajya Sabha ?
With its spectacular performance, AAP is all set to get three Rajya
Sabha seats. Who will be the lucky three from among Ashutosh, Yogendra
Yadav, Prashant Bhushan,Sanjay Singh and Ashish Khaitan.
BUREAUCRACY
Will Mohan Kumar be new Defence Secretary
?
Name of G Mohan Kumar has started doing the round for the post of Secretary
Defence. 1979 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer Mohan Kumar is presently
Secretary Defence Production.
Anjuly Chib Duggal to succeed Naved Masood ?
In all probability Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal would succeed Naved Masood
as Secretary Corporate Affairs onMarch 1. She is 1980 batch IAS officer
of Punjab cadre.
Seven High Courts have acting CJs
As many as seven, out of the total 24 High Courts, in the country are
having acting Chief Justices . They are Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab and
Haryana, Gauhati, Meghalaya, Rajasthan and Sikkim.
ACC returns file of C P Singh ?
The ACC is believed to have returned the file of the appointment of
C P Singh as Chairman of the Kandla Port Trust. He is an IES officer.
Two vacancies in Port Trusts
Posts of Dy Chairman in new Mangalore Port Trust and Dy Chairman Paradip
Port Trusts are to be filled up.
Rajesh Khullar to return to Haryana
Joint Secretary DEA in the Government of India Rajesh Khullar is returning
to the parent Haryana cadre. 1988 batch IAS officer Khullar is set to
become Additional Principal Secretary to Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar.
Dr Rajesh Kumar his batchmate from Manipur-Tripura cadre may succeed
him in DEA.
Mrs Renuka Jain Gupta deputed as Advisor (FA), CCI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Renuka Jain
Gupta has been deputed as Advisor (Financial Analysis) in the Competition
Commission of India (CCI), New Delhi.
V K Verma joins as Director in DGS&D
V K Verma has taken over the charge as Director in Directorate General
of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D). He is an officer of Indian Supply
Service.
SCI posts net profit of Rs 31.35 cr
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) has posted a net profit
of Rs. 31.35 crore during the quarter ended in December last year. It
brings to the total profit for nine months in the financial year 2014-2015
to Rs. 99.44 crore. This is the fourth consecutive quarter when SCI
has posted a profit. It is noteworthy that the SCI is a scheduled 'A'
Navratna CPSE of Government of India. Arun Kumar Gupta is heading this
PSU as CMD while Ms Harjeet K Joshi is Director, Finance.
Kabul Correspondent post to be scrapped ?
Ministry of I & B is reported to have scrapped the Prasar Bharati
Correspondent post of Kabul. The post was created about 19 years back.
Two Joint CP to get promotion?
Two Joint Commissioner of Police in Delhi are likely to be promoted
as Special Commissioner of Police. Accordingly, Sandeep Goel and Sanjay
Benival could be promoted very soon. Both are 1989 batch IPS officers
of UT cadre.
Tenure of Rakesh Sinha as CMD, ECL ending in May
The tenure of Rakesh Sinha as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Eastern
Coalfields Limited (ECL) is coming to an end on May 31, 2015. Subrata
Chakravarty, Director (Technical), Operation, is expected to succeed
him in June, 2015.
Appointment of Mannur as Director (Mktg), IOCL in progress
The appointment of U V Mannur, ED, IOCL, as Director (Marketing) Indian
Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is reported to be in progress in Government
of India. A vacancy of this post has arisen on January 1, 2015.
File of Ved Prakash for CMD, MMTC yet to move to ACC
The proposal of Ved Prakash, Director (Marketing), MMTC, for the appointment
as Chairman and Managing Director, MMTC Limited is yet to move to the
Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval.
Ms Bhatnagar to join as CPMG, Punjab circle on Mar 1
Ms Achla Bhatnagar will be joining as CPMG, Punjab circle, Chandigarh
on March 1, 2015. She is a 1982 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
Jegadesan Kannan likely to join central deputation at DIG level
Jegadesan Kannan is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Inspector
General (DIG). He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.
CERC Member Finance Dayalan retiring on Feb 22
M Deena Dayalan, Member Finance, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
(CERC), is retiring on February 22, 2015.
Mohan Lal deputed as Director in Animal Husbandry,
Fisheries
Mohan Lal has been deputed as Director in the Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairying & Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture. He is a
1993 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Yugandhar appointed ED, BHEL Bhopal
AMV Yugandhar has been appointed Executive Director of BHEL's Bhopal
unit.
NR Edkie appointed ED of BHEL Haridwar
NR Edkie has been appointed Executive Director of BHEL's Haridwar unit.Earlier,
his name was in circulation for the Executive Director of BHEL's Bhopal
unit.
Vishwas Bhave is BHEL's Jagdishpur unit head
Vishwas Bhave has been promoted as GM (Incharge) and appointed BHEL's
Jagdishpur unit head. He was GM (Material Management)
PESB seeks applications for Director (M&P),
CWC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Marketing & Planning), Central Warehousing
Corporation (CWC) lying vacant since August, 2014. Those willing to
apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 6, 2015.
APT seeks applications for Director, Project Development, Bangkok
The Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) has invited applications from the
candidates involved in ICT and Telecommunications for the post of Director,
Project Development at APT Secretariat, Bangkok, Thailand. Those willing
to apply can send their applications to the Secretariat before February
28, 2015.
2 IPoS officers of 2007 batch get Senior Time Scale
Two officers belonging to Indian Postal Service (IPoS) of 2007 batch
Ms Kalya Arora present in Maharashtra circle and Ms Padmagandha Mishra
of Delhi circle have been accorded Senior Time Scale.
2 IPoS officers of 2008 batch get Senior Time Scale
Two officers belonging to Indian Postal Service (IPoS) of 2008 batch
Ram Vilash Chaudhary of Bihar circle and B Arumugam of Tamil Nadu circle
have been accorded Senior Time Scale.
4 IPoS officers of 2009 batch get Senior Time Scale
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Postal Service (IPoS) of
2009 batch have been accorded Senior Time Scale. The officers are: Sanjay
Dnyandeo Akhade of Gujarat circle; Ashish Singh Thakur of Chhattisgarh
circle; Ms Binti Chaudhury of Delhi circle and Sunil Kumar of ADG (IM),
Postal Directorate.
Tata Endowment officers scholarships for higher
education in abroad
J N Tata Endowment, which has been awarding loan scholarships to Indian
nationals to pursue their post graduate education in abroad since 1892,
has offered the same. Those willing to seek higher education in abroad
can contact to Dr Nawaz Mody, Advisor to J N Tata Endowment at: nmody@tatatrusts.org
along with their contact details to enable the Endowment to get back
to them.
Indian Forest Service Exams-2014 declared
UPSC has declared the Indian Forest Service Examination - (IFS)-2014.
Altogether, 85 candidates have been recommended for appointment. The
result will be available on UPSC website www.upsc.gov.in.
K. Jose Cyriac is now Member KAT
K. Jose Cyriac has has been appointed Member of the Kerala Administrative
Tribunal (KAT).He is former 1977 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
1997 batch IPS is IG in Odisha
Three 1997 batch IPS officers Mssrs A KPanigrahi,D S Kutey and Sanjay
Kumar have been promoted to the rank of IG in Odisha. Rekha Lohani of
this batch will get pro-forma promotion.
2001 batch IPS is DIG in Odisha
2001 batch IPS officer Shyni S has been promoted to the rank of DIG
in Odisha. Thankapan of this batch will get pro-forma promotion.
ONGC to look for environmental friendly alternative
to hydro-fracturing
In yet another step towards providing leadership in quest of indigenisation
in import intensive oil and gas industry, ONGC has undertaken an important
initiative for innovation in the field of hydraulic fracturing, while
significantly addressing environmental concerns. ONGC today entered
into an MoU with Super Wave Technology Pvt. Ltd. (SWTPL) for doing research
on alternative technology for hydraulic fracturing. SWTPL is a company
incorporated by Society for Innovation and Development, Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore. The event was held at IISc, Bangalore in the
gracious presence of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. Minister
of State (I/c) MoPNG Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Secretary MoPNG Saurabh
Chandra, CMD ONGC Dinesh K Sarraf, Director IISc Prof. Anurag Kumar
and Director SWTPL, IISc Prof Gopalan Jagadeesh were also present on
this occasion. The MoU was signed by Shri Shashi Shanker, Director (Technology
& Field Services) on behalf of ONGC and Prof K P J Reddy on behalf
of SWTPL. With this partnership ONGC will provide assistance to SWTPL
for developing Shock Wave Assisted Fracking Technology, an alternate
to the conventional hydraulic fracturing which if proven effective as
a substitute to hydraulic fracturing, in particular for shale gas exploitation,
will be a game changer for the oil & gas industry. Hydraulic fracturing
requires very large quantity of fresh water and huge quantity of energy
for pumping the same at very high pressures. Post hydraulic fracturing,
the well produces substantial quantity of effluent water which needs
to be disposed. These are some of the issues that are bothering the
current hydro-frac technology. Therefore, the global oil & gas industry
has been searching of late for alternate technique for fracturing which
either does not require any water or minimum quantity of water. Shock
Waves are one of the most efficient energy dissipation phenomena. Sudden
release of massive amount of energy in a miniscule space domain triggers
the formation of these waves. The impulse generated by these waves can
be used for many interesting and innovative applications. In the present
project with ONGC, SWTPL proposes to use shock/blast waves for initiating
fractures/features in sandstone/shale reservoirs located initially at
depths of 1000-1500m. The MoU signed today will provide impetus for
development and field implementation of Shock Waves technology for oil
& gas fields. Once successful, the technology will be jointly patented
by ONGC and SWTPL for further commercial benefits worldwide.
31 Divisional Railway Managers appointed by
Railway Board (UPDATED)
Railway Board has appointed as many as 31 DRMs comprising 9 IRSE officers,
8 IRSME officers, 4 IRSEE officers, 2 IRSSE officers, 2 IRAS officers,
2 IRSS officers, 1 IRPS officer and 3 officers from Indian Railway Traffic
Services. They are; S K Agrawal, DRM Jhansi, U S Yadav, DRM Katihar,
A K Lahoti, Lucknow, Vijay Sharma , Guntur, Vivek Kumar Waltair, Alok
Kumar, Bhopal, Anuj Prakash, Firozpur, Arun Arora, Delhi, A K Agrawal,
Tiruchirappalli, R Badri, Hawrah, Sunil Sharma, Agra, Anuradha Mukhedkar,
Rajkot, Anjali Goyal, Jaipur, Sudhir K Gupta, Bhusaval, Rajendra Prasad,
Chakradharpur, Sanjay Agarwal, Bengaluru, Sudhanshu Sharma, Samastipur,
Ashok Kumar, Vijayawada, Satish K Kashyap, Varanasi, Radhey Raman, Rangiya,
Assam, Amitabh Ojha, Mumbai (CR), Anshul Gupta, Adra, NK Sachan, Asansol,
JP Pandey, Bhavnagar, Sunil Kumar Garg, Bhadurai, Aruna Singh, Hyderabad,
Sanjeev Kishore, Alipurdwar, Assam, Rahul Agarwal, Ahmedabad, RK Saxena,
Bikaner
HAL hands over BrahMos missile integrated Su-30
to IAF (UPDATED)
HAL handed over the first BrahMos missile integrated Su 30 to IAF in
an exclusive event today at Aero India 2015. "This is a proud moment
for HAL. The successfully completion of the first Su 30 aircraft integrated
with BrahMos missile shows the synergy between DRDO, HAL and IAF. We
are hopeful of rolling out the second aircraft in a record time",
said T Suvarna Raju, Chairman, HAL. S K Misra, CEO &MD, Aerospace
Pvt Ltd was present on the occasion. The Flight Clearance Certificate
was handed over by Dr K Tamilmani, distinguished scientist and DG (Aero)
to Air Marshal S B P Sinha, Deputy Chief of Air Staff. The Aircraft
Acceptance Certificate was handed over by A M Raja Kannu, DG (AQA) to
Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh. This unique programme was taken up as an
indigenous challenge by HAL's Nasik division in 2010. The team overcame
several difficulties due to limited design data of Su-30 Mk I and received
approval in Jan 2011 and order for integration was obtained from BAPL
on techno-commercial merits against OEM in January 2014.
2 IRS-IT officers shifted (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre working at
Additional and Joint Commissioner level have been shifted to different
regions. Accordingly, Raju Lepcha has been posted to West Bengal and
Sikkim while Subra Jyoti Chakraborty was shifted to Directorate of Income
Tax (Vig), East Zone, Kolkata.
Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana
(UPDATED)
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly,
Sudhir Rajpal has been appointed as PS, Cooperation Department while
Ankur Gupta was made PS, Printing & Stationery and Anurag Rastogi
is being shifted to PS, Enviornment, Monitoring Coordination. Similarly,
Sandeep Gar has been appointed as DG,Secretary, MD Tourism; Abhiliksh
Likhi as DG, Secretary, Hospitality; Arun Kumar Gupta as DG, Town &
Country Planning and Secretary, Town and Country Planning and Urban
Estates and DG, Mines & Geloogy; Ashok Kumar Yadav as MD, HAFED;
S K Goyal as Secretary, Lokayukta; Vijayendera Kuamr as Secretary, Revenue
& Disaster Management; D Suresh as Divisional Commissioner, Gurgaon,
Health & Nutrition, Mewat Area; C R Rana as Labour Commissioner,
Secretary, Labour; Rajbir Singh as Secretary, Establishement and Defence
and Chief Executive Khadi & Village Industries Board; Shaymal Misra
as Excise & Taxation Commissioner, Haryana; Rajeev Ranjan as Commissioner,
Rohtak Division with additional charge of Hisra division; W S Goyat
as MD, Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd; Balraj Singh as Director,
Higher Education; Chander Shekhar as Director, Development & Panchayats
and D K Behera was posted as Director, Industries & Commerce and
Additional Secretary.
P S Rawal is also DG, RPF (UPDATED)
P S Rawal, Inspector General (Crime & Intelligence), Railway Board,
has been assigned an additional charge of Director General in Railway
Protection Force in Railway Board.
Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Jharkhand
(UPDATED)
As many as 22 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have
been transferred and posted at different places in Jharkhand. Accordingly,
Durga Uraon has been appointed as Commandant IRB-5 while Sudhir Kumar
Jha was made SP CID and Jitendra Kumar Singh will now be SP, Special
Branch. Similarly, Nagendra Chaudhary has been appointed as Commandnat
IRB-4; Mrs Annepu Vijaylaxmi as SP Bokaro, Kranti Kuamr Gadidesh as
SP, Special branch; Michael Raj S as SP, Chaibasa; Nagendra Kumar Singh
as SP, CID, Devendra Thakur as SP Godda, Rajkumar Lakra as SP, Ranchi
Rural; Mrs Sangita Kumari as SP, Special Branch; Anup Birthare as SP,
Pakud; Rakeshg Bansal as SP, Dhanbad; Ajay Linda as SP Latehar; Indjrajeet
Mahtha as SP, Saraikela-Kharsawa; Kartik S as SP, Traffic, Ranchi; V
S Ramesh as SP, Kodarama; P Murugan as SP Deghar; Mrs Kusum Punia as
SP Jamtada; Priyadharshi Alok as SP Gargwa; Mrs Jaya Roy as SP Nagar,
Ranchi and Chandan Kumar Jha was posted as SP, Giridih.
Chaudhary to be new Chairman of RPSC !
(UPDATED)
Sawai Singh Chaudhary a former RPS officer is being tipped to be new
Chairman of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC).
Shiv Babu Mishra deputed as Director in CVC
(UPDATED)
Shiv Babu Mishra has been deputed as Director in the Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC). He is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory
Service (IOFS).
Tenure of Keshav Rao as Director CVC extended
(UPDATED)
The tenure of Keshav Rao as Director in Central Vigilance Commission
(CVC) has been extended for a period of three months with effect from
June 26, 2015. He is a 1993 batch ITS officer.
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
Das appointed CFO, EIH Associated Hotels Ltd
EIH Associated Hotels Limited has appointed Samidh Das as Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. December 1, 2014.
Jaswal appointed Addl. Non Exec. Director,
Mawana Sugars Ltd
Mawana Sugars Limited has appointed Piar Chand Jaswal as an Additional
Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. February 18, 2015
Reddy ceases to be Part-time Non-official
Director, Andhra Bank
Nagi Reddy Venkata Ramana Reddy has ceased to be Part-time Non-official
Director of Andhra Bank with immediate effect.
Chandra ceases to be Nominee Director, Orient
Bell Ltd
IDBI Bank has withdrawn the nomination of Satish Chandra as Nominee
Director on the Board of Directors of Orient Bell Limited
Bharali ceases to be Director (HR&BD),
Oil India Ltd
N K Bharali has ceased to be Director (HR&BD) of Oil India Limited
on reaching the age of retirement w.e.f. January 31, 2015
Choudhary resigns as CFO, Ankit Metal &
Power Ltd
Bishwanath Choudhary has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of
Ankit Metal & Power Limited with immediate effect
Babu appointed Nominee Director, LML Ltd
IFCI Ltd has nominated Anish V Babu as its Nominee Director on the Board
of Directors of LML Limited w.e.f. February 14, 2015
Kumar appointed CFO, MSP Steel & Power
Ltd
MSP Steel & Power Limited has appointed Kamal Kumar Jain as Chief
Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. February 18, 2015.
Gupta resigns as Independent Director, NCC
Limited
Anil P Gupta has resigned as Independent Director of NCC Limited
Mathur resigns as CFO, SPML Infra Ltd
S N Mathur has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SPML Infra
Limited w.e.f. from January 31, 2015 .
Garg resigns as CS, Sri Adhikari Brothers
TV Network Ltd
Ms Payal Garg has resigned as Company Secretary of Sri Adhikari Brothers
Television Network Ltd w.e.f. February 11, 2015
Arora appointed CS, Sri Adhikari Brothers
TV Network Ltd
Ms Lehar Arora has been appointed as Company Secretary of Sri Adhikari
Brothers Television Network Ltd w.e.f. February 12, 2015
FORUM
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DEBATE
The Collegium system for appointment of judges, as introduced in 1993
failed to ensure selection of real competent judges. There have been
instances when mediocre judges were appointed while the real deserving
competent judges were passed over. Allegations of trade off and other
controversies also marked the selection by Collegium which comprised
of CJI and four seniormost judges(for High court the top three).That
is what led to the idea of a Judicial Commission under an act passed
in 2014.Only time will tell whether the appointment of judges by the
Judicial Commission would be flawless which consists of CJI, two senior
judges plus the Law Minister and two eminent jurists, of whom one has
to be from SC,ST,OBC, Minority or a woman selected by the Prime Minister,
Leader of the opposition and CJI. There lies the rub-the reservation
of one member from any of these five categories. Merit may be given
a good bye in selecting a member for the commission from any of these
categories and the selectors may themselves differ. Then the CJI remains
to be appointed on seniority basis. For other judges the criteria is
as in section 5(1) of the ACT viz ability, merit and any other criteria
of suitability. when discretion is left to human beings things can go
wrong. In any case Judicial Commission has replaced the Collegium System
and all future appointments have to be made under this system. Where
is the scope for the debate ?
Aarti Khosla
Retirement age
If the NDA had indeed reduced retirement age they would have earned
some goodwill of the youth. Everyone is sick of government servants
and such a move to reduce retirement age would have at least given some
solace to the youth.
ARC Kumar
Keriwal should think of Delhi's survival
One of the biggest challenge which Arvind Keriwal has to think about
the survival of the city of Delhi is its increasing traffic and the
consequent air pollution. A number of vehicles in the city of Delhi
is running on the exchequer's account. The Staff Car rules states that
the Minister are entitled to consume only 750 litre of petrol every
quarter that means only one Staff Car. The personal officers/staff are
blatantly using vehicle facility either on the departments account or
on the account of PSUs/private companies/Attached Offices/Subordinate
Offices accounts blatantly. At the same time, they all have the courage
to take transportation allowance with their salaries every month. Then
they are number of bureaucrats who are also indulging in such sort of
practices. Vehicles at Government cost run for their personal work and
family members on daily basis. If GPS is made compulsory on all vehicles
running in the city of Delhi, a lot of control could be brought. The
taxi companies who have DTDC permit and provide vehicles to the government
should be strictly advised that they should not heed to the request
of the Government officials/staff for using the vehicles for private
purposes. The Head of the Departments of all Government (which includes
PSUs, Attached Offices etc.) should be advised to ensure discipline
& responsibility fixed. This tendency also exist among higher ranked
executives of the private sector companies. They should also be brought
to books. Some system of monitoring should be set up and deterrent action
be taken against the defaulters. When the people will have to pay from
their pocket to perform personal journeys, their trips will reduce and
automatically the congestion of traffic & air pollution will reduce
in the city of Delhi. These steps should be adopted in the entire length
& breadth of the country. Further there will also be less petrol/diesel
consumption and the subsidy burden of the country.
BBS
C G H S procedures required to be changed
I fully agree with Surendra Mohan about need for change in C G H S procedures.
But whether comments on whispers are seen by the senior officers / Ministers
who can make the changes ? Can Whispers not summarise and send these
comments for the perusal of the Health Minister directly on his e mail
or through his media advisor ?
P C Tripathi
Apprise PM
Good, now he should continue his job with more seriously to set new
milestone in highway sector. No doubt NHAI is the biggest organization,
he should convince PM about wrong steps leading to sidelining of NHAI.
Ram Kumar
Why govt appointing babus from corrupt states ?
Why government appointing babus from states where there are heavy corruption
and underdeveloped. Government should think before appointing the babus
of the domicile or cadre of these states in important posts. It includes
the PSU.
Prasad
Ministry of Health & FW
Embarrassing and shameful
It is embarrassing and shameful that the treatment even for disease
like cancer for CGHS beneficiary is not getting any attention in the
Ministry. Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital is one of the best hospital in
North India but it is not empanelled for CGHS treatment. Can someone
imagine that even Minister of Health & FW is not taking much interest
in resolving the old issues of pensioners category. Even on date, direct
consultation in empanelled hospital is not permitted which is long pending
demand and pensioners of age 65 years and above are worst sufferer.
It is not understood why the old people are not being allowed for direct
consultation in CGHS empanelled hospitals? Why Rajiv Gandhi cancer hospital
is not in CGHS empanelled list? Some action is needed from Minister
of Health & FW in this direction.
N Prakash
Offering sops to attract voters
PM Modi and BJP have been equally generous in offering various sops
to attract voters. They need to play with the sentiments of Dellhites
rather carefully; here PM Modi needs to take a national call and not
get BJP involved to score over AAP,, which has got massive mandate.
surely they are bound to make mistakes, like any elected government
which BJP Should encash later on. for this time around, they need to
be in tandem with public sentiments and supportive of AAP-led Delhi
Government.
Vinod Sachdeva, IFS (1987) Retired
How come strategist BJP made her a CM candidate ?
The foolish Congress was not fool enough to make Bedi as head of Delhi
police. But how come strategist BJP made her a CM candidate. Probably
power got into the head of BJP and hence making foolish decisions.
Jiswal
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Disclosure of Bank account details of
a Trust
The Appellant sought information regarding the bank accounts of
a Trust which was denied by the Public Information Officer (PIO)
under Section 8 (1) (d), (h) and (j) of the RTI Act. The PIO informed
that under the provisions of Section 13 of the Banking Companies
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970, the bank
was bound to maintain secrecy relating to the affairs of its constituents.
The Appellant submitted that he is a member of the Trust and was
earlier it's General Secretary and a signatory of the bank accounts
in question during the year 2001-02. He alleged that the trust
maintains these accounts, but the funds in the same do not figure
in its books. The Central Information Commission (CIC) observed
that a member of the Cooperative Society is in no different position
than a shareholder of a company. Neither the membership in the
Cooperative Society nor the shareholding in the Company gives
to a person the right to access information about the management's
operations, especially when this operation relates to opening
and maintaining Bank accounts. The CIC ruled that the information
sought by the Appellant is held by the Respondents in a fiduciary
capacity and is exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(e) of
the RTI Act.
Comments
An allegation such as that of misuse of funds by the Trust not
supported by any evidence cannot be regarded as a ground establishing
larger public interest for disclosure of personal information.
Citation: Shri Damodar Prasad Poddar
v. Bank of India in File No. CIC/MP/A/2013/000051/SH
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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