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Baleshwar Rai
In UP, AAP to have effect in districts
adjoining Delhi
AAP may have made a clean sweep in Delhii state elections but
in Uttar Pradesh, it will have effect only in districts adjoining Delhi.
Who did adverse publicity of PM ?
Who was behind the propaganda of 'Modi temple' ? It is being
considered as adverse publicity of the PM Narendra Modi.
BUREAUCRACY
Over three dozen key positions to be filled
up in MEA !
Over three dozen
key positions as Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General
are expected to be filled up this year .
1984 batch IPS officer Pande to be new DGP of Jharkhand ?
ADG in the CRPF,
D K Pande is believed to have been recalled by the Jharkhand Government.
1984 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre is slated to take over as
DGP of the state.
Rajiv Mehta to take over as DGP of Meghalaya next week
DG NCB in the Government of India Rajiv
Mehta will take over as new DGP of Meghalaya next week. He is 1981 batch
IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Ms Aindri Anurag relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Social Justice
Ms Aindri Anurag,
who is presently working as PMG, South Karnataka region, Karnataka circle,
has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary in the Department of Social
Justice and Empowerment. She is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal
Service.
3 IAS officers of 1985 batch get Apex Scale in Karnataka
Three officers
belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1985 batch have
been accorded Apex Scale in Karnataka. The officers are: N Sivasaliam,
Pradeep Singh Kharola and Mahendra Jain.
Santosh Kamila appointed as CPMG,
North East circle
Santosh Kumar Kamila has been appointed as CPMG,
North East Circle, Shillong. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal
Service.
Four IAS officers shifted in Telangana
As many as four
officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in Telangana
have been transferred. Accordingly, Busani Venkateswara Rao has been
posted as Secretary, Services & HRM, GAD while B Kalyan Chakravarthy
was made DG, Environment Protection in Training and Research Institute
(EPTRI) and Mrs Anita Rajendra is Additional Secretary, Home Department.
Besides, Mrs Shailaja Ramaiyer has been posted as Secretary, Endowments,
Revenue Department and Commissioner, Endowments.
1990 batch IPS to be ADG in Odisha
1990 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Odisha
very soon.
Praveen Sinha to join central deputation at
IG level !
Praveen Sinha is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General
(IG). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Suresh Kumar to join central deputation !
Suresh Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary
level in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Jammu
and Kashmir cadre.
Ashutosh Gupta to join central deputation !
Ashutosh Gupta is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director
level in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch Indian Telecom Service
officer.
CBI registers 3 cases against Ex-VC and others
of Sagar Varsity
CBI has registered three cases against former V.C. and others of Dr.
Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar for committing alleged irregularities
in the selection of candidates for various posts U/s 120-B of IPC r/w
Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 on the allegations that the
then Vice Chancellor and the members of screening/ selection committee
of Dr. Hari Singh Gaur Central University, Sagar during the year 2013.entered
into a criminal conspiracy with the non-eligible candidate and selected
non-eligible candidate After registration of the said cases, searches
were conducted on Friday at 8 places at Sagar, Jhansi and Kanpur, at
residential premises of the accused persons. During searches, various
incriminating documents, investment documents & 3 locker keys, etc.
have been recovered.
Tapas Mihra is Director SAC
Tapan Misra has taken over as the director of the Space Applications
Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad.
Seven new Additional Judges of Allahabad HC
The President has appointed Seven Additional Judges of the Allahabad
High Court. They are Mukhtar Ahamad, Amar Singh Chauhan, Shamsher Bahadur
Singh, Vinod Kumar Misra, Pramod Kumar Srivastava, Raghvendra Kumar
and Pratyush Kumar.
Defence Minister of Czech Reupublic visits
BEML (UPDATED)
A high level delegation led by the Hon'ble Defence Minister of Czech
Republic Martin Stropnicky visited the Bangalore Complex of BEML. On
arrival, P Dwarakanath, Chairman & Managing Director and Directors
of the Company received the Minister and his Team. The Delegation went
around the manufacturing facilities of the Company and held detailed
discussions on the emerging areas of mutual business cooperation. Appreciating
the technical competence of BEML, the Czech delegation expressed keen
interest in mutual co-operation. The delegation included Deputy Minister
of Industrial co-operation and organization management Thomas Kuchta
and Ambassador of Czech Republic in India His Excellency Milsoav Stasek
and CEOs of various industries of Czech Republic.
Will Singh be Adviser to Delhi govt ? (UPDATED)
latest buzz is that Berjinder Singh may be appointed as Adviser, power
in the Delhi Government . Singh is a former Chairman of Delhi Electricity
Regulatory Commission (DERC) . He was in news in 2010-11 when he had
recommended reducing power tariff in Delhi by 20% but that was stalled
by the Sheila Dixit govt.
Ravi Shankar posted as Deputy Director, LBSNAA
in Mussoorie (UPDATED)
R Ravi Shankar has been appointed as Deputy Director (Deputy Secretary
Level), LBSNAA, Mussoorie. He is a 2003 batch IFS officer of Karnataka
cadre.
Sumita Misra also PS, Science & Technology
(UPDATED)
Sumita Misra has been assigned additional charge as Principal Secretary,
Science and Technology Department. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of
Haryana cadre.
Will Justice Roy be Judge of SC ? (UPDATED)
Name of Orissa High Court Chief Justice Amitava Roy is doing the round
for his elevation to the Supreme Court of India.
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
HAL Hands Over 75th Hawk Aircraft to IAF
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over 75th Hawk aircraft to
Indian Air Force (IAF) at a function held at HAL Pavilion yesterday
at Aero India 2015. Mr T Suvarna Raju, Chairman, HAL said "we have
absorbed the Hawk technology completely and will be able to support
the project for next 40 years."
The aircraft is currently being produced at HAL under licence from BAeS,
UK and the first aircraft was handed over to IAF in August 2008.
Air Marshal Ramesh Rai, AOC-in-C, Training Command said Hawk has been
of great service to IAF and has flown over 70,000 hrs.
Rathod appointed CFO, Poona Dal & Oil Industries
Ltd
Poona Dal & Oil Industries Ltd has appointed Abhijit Ashok Rathod
as Chief Financial Officer of the company with immediate effect
Prasad appointed Director, Hindustan Fluorocarbons
Ltd
J S Venkateswara Prasad, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Andhra
Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation (APSIDC) has been appointed
as a Director of Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd.
Dhupelia to be re-appointed MD, Foods &
Inns Ltd?
Foods & Inns Ltd is to re-appoint Utsav Dhupelia as Managing Director
of the company.
Garg appointed Whole-time Director, Grauer
& Weil India Ltd
Grauer & Weil India Ltd has appointed Neeraj Garg as Whole-time
Director of the company w.e.f. February 13, 2015.
Kalyani resigns as Director, KPIT Technologies
Ltd
Amit Kalyani has resigned as Director of KPIT Technologies Ltd
FORUM
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Will miss you !
Will miss you as a spokesperson of face of India, MEA
Ghaus Mohd
India Post IT Modernisation project delayed
Postal Department launching the India Post IT Modernisation project
in 2010 and call it IT Project 2012. Now it is 2015 and project still
not complete. It is delayed by three years already. It is to be completed
in 2012. Officers getting extension in tenure on grounds they incharge
of Project. Project Management Unit is a farce and should be wound up.
How about fixing of responsibility for delay. Why tenders cancelled
& retendered several times ? Why particular vendors being favoured
? Minister should start reading files to see dirty muck in his department.
All Ministers should read file note and check truth from ground . Officers
giving wrong feed back in file that everything rosy. We need a Kejriwal
in Postal Department as Minister who can clean muck.
Prit Pal Singh
Lack of governance cost UPA dearly
Modi may be thinking that it is his charisma alone that has brought
BJP to power (One can see it from his body language) but the fact is
that people were fed up with the colossal corruption indulged by UPA,
black money and the lack of governance exemplified by a PM taking orders
from an extra-constitutional authority. People expected him to form
a time bound anti-corruption tribunal immediately to go into various
cases of corruption. They also expected the Government enact a law putting
the onus on accounts held abroad on the account holder(as suggested
by Ram Jathmalani).But what are we seeing now. Nothing much is heard
about CWG ,Tetra deal and other scams. Normal legal process will take
decades. Bureaucrats (some retired and some still in the same posts)
are enjoying the fruits of their corruption. Modi's lack of urgency
can be seen in keeping vacant the posts of CIC, CVC, Chairman Competition
Commission, CERA Chairman etc for months now. Mean while Modi is busy
trying to get an international halo around him. Delhi electorate's slap
on his face is due to this. People are not concerned whether he should
talk to Pak PM or not, but they want him tp punish the people who looted
this country as fast as possible.
R K Tyagi
Congratulations
Congratulation for selection of NHPC CMD K M Singh
K K Dass
PMO should take cognizance
There was an order, I understand, that prevented the Ministers from
appointing those people who earlier worked as the Personal Staff of
Ministers during the past 10 years with a view to ensuring corruption-free
administration. But, it seems there are still a large number of people
working in different capacities, of-course as informal staff, with different
ministers who have been continuing with their corrupt practices thus
earning bad reputation for the Ministers they work. PMO should take
cognizance of this serious issue and media is news-hungry
Sivakumar
Favour in posting of Secretaries
Now two posts of secretaries are vacant and 3 more will be vacant on
27th Feb. Official languages, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Rural Development
and Company affairs. It is to be seen that BJP govt posts congress loyal
sitting on malaise posts or use some logic. Most of the IAS officers
are saying, now also the saying "Money makes the made go"
will be proved true. Wealth test the economic affairs and poorest the
official languages. Now a days every decision of Modi Govt is being
weighed by public on the balance of justice. Public is great.
Tapas
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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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