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What people say about us!
You have a revolution through your whispers.
M Ray
Ministers and Secretaries debarred from meeting
businessmen
Whispers have it that the Ministers and the Secretaries have been debarred
from meeting businessmen directly. Unofficial instructions are said
to have been issued in this connection.
How many central ministries are at 'espionage' radar ?
If sources in the power gallery are to believed, there are 8-10 such
ministries, especially infrastructure related, where leakage of classified
documents is going on for the last so many years. They are of the opinion
that if through inquiry conducted many hidden faces will be unfolded.
BUREAUCRACY
Who will be new Rural Development Secretary
?
Who will be
new Secretary Rural Development in the Government of India.Tie is said
to be between two 1981 batch IAS officers S M Vijayanad of the Kerala
cadre and Ms Rita A Teaotia of Gujarat cadre.
Is Aap Government fair ?
Is Aap Government fair and honest ?. Appointment of new Chief Secretary
is going to be a test case for the Delhi Government. Logically the senior
most IAS officer Sanjay Srivastava should be appointed Chief Secretary
on March 1 after the superannuation of D M Spolia. Infact, Srivastava
was the Chief Secretary in the first tenure of Arvind Kejriwal and was
shunted out soon after the exit of the former.1980 batch IAS officer
Srivastava had joind as CS Delhi Government denying the Secretaryship
in the Government of India.
Touch and go for Justice Roy ?
Name of Orissa High Court Chief Justice Amitava Roy has been forwarded
to the GoI by the S C Collegium for his elevation to the Supreme Court
of India.Justice Roy is due to retire on February 28.If his name is
not cleared by the PM in a couple of days,he may miss the bus. Once
the PM clears his name it would go to the President for his signature.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Bihar on cards
A major bureaucratic reshuffle in Bihar is expected to take place this
week.A couple of heads close to Jitan Ram Manjhi are going to roll.
Chanchal Kumar to be Secretary to Bihar CM
Chanchal Kumar is all set to become Secretary to new Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar.He is 1992 batch IAS officer.
Amrit Lal Meena to go ?
Principal Secretary to outgoing CM of Bihar J R Manji ,Amrit Lal Meena
is reportedly on his way out.He is 1989 batch IAS officer.
Who will be new Principal Secretary to Bihar CM ?
Still picture is not clear as to who will be new Principal Secretary
to Nitish Kumar.
Atish Chandra to move ?
Secretary PR in Bihar Atish Chandra is all set to move to other department.
He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
CS and DGP in Bihar to continue
Bihar Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and DGP P K Thakur are going
to continue in the Nitish Kumar regime.
Special Director post in Enforcement Directorate vacant
Special Director, Hq post at Enforcement Directorate (ED) is lying vacant
for the last two months. After completion of deputation, Baalesh , an
IRS officer had left the organization in November last year.
Important posts in Govt of India lying vacant
In govt of india many important posts are lying vacant in the GoI for
the last many months. Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), Chief Information
Commissioner (CIC) and Election Commissioner (EC).
Ms Shobha Ohatkar appointed Dy CVO, Air India Ltd
Ms Shobha Ohatkar has been deputed as Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer
(Dy CVO) in Air India Limited, Mumbai under the Ministry of Civil Aviation
on deputation for a period for three years. She is a 1990 batch IPS
officer of Bihar cadre.
Maheswar Sahu is now Director in RIL
Former ACS in Gujarat Maheswar Sahu has been appointed as an independent
director on the board of RIL.He is retired 1980 batch IAS officer of
Gujarat cadre.
Sen yet to join as Director, AYCL
R C Sen, Additional GM, MTNL, is yet to take over the charge as Director
(Finance), Andrew Yule & Company Limited (AYCL).
141 officers get Postal Service Group-B cadre
As many as 141 officers working in various circles have been accorded
Postal Service Group-B cadre. The officers include: Ramesh Olla, Ramakrsihna,
Somayaji, V N Shivashankara Prasad, Banambar Sethi, K Soorappan, T Amudha
Ganeshan, N P Sampath, Barun Ghosh, S Chennakrishanan, S Bubba Rao,
Ram Prasad Kushwaha, R Ismail, P S Chandrashekarh, G C Eligarh, S M
Bhat, H L Nataraj, K R N Moorthy, Manoj Halder, R N Tavakari, Bhagabat
Sehti, Chaturbhuj Meher, Balaswamy, P Singh, D V Mahidhar, Naimuddin,
T D Vahihnav, Bajrang Lal Sharma, Parmanand Pandey, R P Singh, R C Srivastgava,
Rajmal Jain, S D Swami, Sushil Kumar Trivedi, T D Raskar, Laxshminarayan,
S K Jain Om prakash Singh, B M Gangwal, C P Rajeevan, A K Mishra, Umesh
Shettigar B, K C Yadav, Dhagla Ram, Vijay Shankar, Prasad, Manoj Kumar
Sharma, V K Gupta, G R Patil, V P Phirke, M Mini Rajan, N Janakiraman,
R L Sharam, R P S Chauhan, Shashi Kumar Tiwari, Rajendra Babu, C R Nagraj
Rao, S Linga Setty, M S Ashirrao, A K Chirichole, Balbir Singh, R S
Kaushal, R K Chourasia, Sandhya, Deogirikar, C Sivadasan Pillai, Sadhuram
Sharma, S K Thakor, R N Kulkarni, V H Nadagouda, K V Anilkumar, P M
Hariswaran, R Venunathan Pillai, P Damodaran, B S Pathre, B R Manjunath,
I K Lathakumari, V Naryanakutty, Jayanta Choudhuri, Ravi Dutt Sallu,
Banamali Patra, M Muthuswamy, B S Dhindsa, BP Singh, A K Jain, M K Maheswari,
Kishore Kumar Soni, Satyan Narayan P D, B S Nagaraj, H S Mahapatra,
D R Narasimhamurthy, S S Rajput, K N Tiwary, L V Surya Wanshi, R S Gaikwad,
K V Thimmanna, Nareshkumar Soni, H S Gupta, K Subbaraya Pai, Karam Ch
Sharma, N B Kundra, B Vasantha, L K M Khedikala, B R Yadav, K R Korde,
A K Jain, Umesh Ch PD, D K Panda, V K Gautam, Hari Sharan Panday, p
K Bahulkar, Sanjay Kr Gupta, Ramesh Kumar Agarwal, Maheshwar Sethi,
A N Sushir, V M Rajanna, G M Nandanwar, M R Sakpal, N Subbarao, Mrs
T A Vijayamma, Tribhuvan Singh, Balram Manda., Tapan Malik, Ram Swaroop
Munhot, Ishra Ram, Raj Balabh Paswan, Yashpal Singh, Kajjari Maruthi,
Anand Rao, D A Salve, Vishnu Pada Khanra, Ratan Lal L R Parihar, Madhu
Mirdha, J M Rathwa, K P Meena, Shajan Davi, Chandra Bhan Singh, M V
Basapur, S L Meena, Kajod Mal Meena, Mrs K Kharshandi and V N Dadmal.
18 officers of Postal Service Group 'B' cadre transferred
As many as 18 officers belonging to Postal Service Group 'B' cadre have
been transferred and posted at different circles. Accordingly, P V Raman
Reddy, K Sreekumar, B Mallikarjun Sarma have been transferred to Andhra
Pradesh while S H Desbhandari, K Dinkar, K S Telkar, G C Srineevasa,
Rajaram R Bhat were shifted to Karntaka and S Vasudevan and T R Baskaran
are being appointed to Tamil Nadu. Similarly, K S Mehra and S K Kandwal
have been transfered to Uttarakhand; Umesh Pandey to Bihar, B K Ninama
and L C Jogi to Gujarat; G A Patel to PTC Vadodara and Y P Singh and
Charu Mitra were posted to Uttar Pradesh.
PESB to hold interviews for Director (Power), NLC today
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding the interviews
for the selection of Director (Power), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
(NLC) on February 23, 2015. Vacancy of this post is arising on September
1, 2015.
Shivakumar deputed as IG, Karnataka Human Rights Commission
N Shivakumar has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Karnataka
State Human Rights Commission, Bengaluru. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer
of Karnataka cadre.
Ms Sunita Saxena posted as Under Secretary, Expenditure
After repatriation from Finance Commission, Ms Sunita Saxena has been
posted as Under Secretary, Expenditure in Government of India. She is
CSS officer.
Naresh Kumar posted as Under Secretary, Expenditure
Naresh Kumar has been appointed as Under Secretary, Expenditure in Government
of India. He is a CSS officer.
Deepak Sajwan appointed Under Secretary, Civil Aviation
Deepak Sajwan has been appointed as Under Secretary, Civil Aviation
in Government of India after promotion to this grade. He is a CSS officer.
Customs' Superintendent convicted in bribery case
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Visakhaptnam has convicted Bhitravarapu
Srikrishna, then Superintendent, Customs & Central Excise, Guntur
Division, Customs & Central Excise, Brodipet, Guntur in a bribery
case to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.20,000.
Will Ramesh Negi be Chief Secretary of Delhi
? (UPDATED)
In a surprise move, Kejriwal is believed to have selected Ramesh Negi
IAS 1984 as Chief Secy Delhi superseeding 6 batches of IAS officers.
This is a first in the history of IAS. It could lead to non cooperation
of the superseeded batches. Interestingly, the supersseded officers
are empanelled as Secretary and Additional Secretary to GoI whereas
Negi is only a Joint Secy to GoI as he did not make it even to Addl
Secy. But Negi is a fine man and a fine officer. Negi is currently the
acting Chief Secy of Arunachal Pradesh and is shortly arriving in Delhi
to take charge.
Thangapandian selected as Director (Power),
NLC (UPDATED)
V Thangapandian, GGM, NTPC, has been selected for the post of Director
(Power), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) at a Public Enterprises
Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 23, 2015. As many as
13 persons were interviewed for the same.
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
Will Singh be Adviser to Delhi govt ?
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.
Desai designated ED & CEO, Gammon India Ltd
Gammon India Ltd has designated Ajit Balubhai Desai as Executive Director
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the company w.e.f. December 18,
2014.
Mody re-designated as ED ( Strategy), JL Morison India Ltd
JL Morison India Ltd has re-designated Sakshi Mody as Executive Director
( Strategy) of the company.
Doshi resigns as CFO, Action Financial Services India Ltd
Keyur Doshi has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Action
Financial Services India Ltd w.e.f. January 30, 2015
Parekh appointed CFO, Action Financial Services India Ltd
Bakul R Parekh has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CEO) of
Action Financial Services India Ltd w.e.f. February 12, 2015
Pathak appointed CS, PMC Fincorp Ltd
PMC Fincorp Ltd has appointed Ms Nidhi Pathak as Company Secretary of
the company w.e.f. February 1, 2015.
Kumar resigns as CS, PMC Fincorp Ltd
Raman Kumar has resigned as Company Secretary of PMC Fincorp Ltd w.e.f.
February 1, 2015
Patidar appointed CS, Texmo Pipes and Products Ltd
Texmo Pipes and Products Limited has appointed Ravi Patidar as Company
Secretary of the company w.e.f February 20, 2015.
Pillai appointed GM, Vivanta by Taj, Bengaluru
Ravi Pillai has been appointed as General Manager of Vivanta
by Taj, MG Road, Bengaluru.
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Modi Suit
Kya socha tha aap ne
Sach bolla tha Congress aur AAP ne
Jhoote ab topic change karte hai
Misquoting ka blame Media pe dharte hai
See Modi's foresight ...suit went for 4.5 crore
This suit will now be folklore
And please do check out which gifts MMS retained
Just added another blot to Mr Stained
Obama on reading this news must have said
Why did I not think of this instead ?
Singhvikramjit
Request of Hindi Language to PM Modi Ji
Dear Prime Minister, though I am Hindi but I have forgot myself that
is why I am communicating my feelings in English. Please post a full
fledge Hindi knowing Secretary in Deptt. of Official Languages where
I reside in miserable condition. Every one posted here makes efforts
to shift, so select someone from UP cadre who is holding some malai
post and will work peacefully to chant OM SHANTI. May God Bless You
.
By A Visitor
Impatient and ruthless Delhi
Bhimani mentioned factual position of future of Delhi. In a number
of cases Jhuggies are owned by mafias and let out by them to poor people.
They are having 100-200 jhuggies and earning a lot on monthly basis.
Same is the case of autos and e-rikshaws. Plenty number of drivers are
only like servants and paying rent on daily basis to the owners. Delhi
Govt. should look into this.
R K Bansal
Kejriwal's master stroke
Only one move of Kejriwal 'ban on removal of contractual employed persons
with immediate effect' will alone give him clear mandate in any state
where the election will held. Therefore AAP will break all records in
UP and all future election bound states. Because contractual employment
is a no. 1 issue, impact of this ban is not being judged by any politician
in India. kejriwal has understood the catch point here.
Murari Chaturvedi
AERA neglected !
Post of Chairman in Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) is
vacant. I think, Minister of Civil Aviation is aware about this but
no step is taken till now. 32 deputation posts are vacant. Applicants
are waiting for Interview. Secretary of AERA is trying to fill these
posts on LOAN BASIS from AAI. State Minister Mahesh visited AERA only
for 2 minutes (i.e. drama) and never discussed the problems of AERA
employees. Behavior of AAI employees with deputation staff is not good.
Raj Singh
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Are the Supreme Court and Parliament
buildings safe?
The appellant sought certified copies of latest Fire Safety Certificates
issued by the competent authority to buildings of Parliament and
Supreme Court of India which was denied claiming that the information
was related to sensitive buildings and could not be disclosed.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) called for the concerned
files from the Delhi Fire Service department for perusal. After
examination, the CIC observed that questions like 'whether fire
safety certificate was issued or not, what was the advice of the
respondent authority regarding fire safety' are 'safety' related
questions and not security threatening. Ignoring fire safety issues
would raise security concerns and it is a grave matter of life
of hundreds of Constitutional office holders, hence the information
sought is matter relating to life which should have been answered
within 48 hours. Expressing concern over the public interest in
the information request of appellant regarding preventive measures
and implementation fire safety norms in Supreme Court and Parliament
Buildings, the CIC directed the Fire Safety department to take
a serious note of fire safety lapses in the aforesaid buildings
and directed to appraise the authorities in Legislature and Judiciary
about necessity and importance of taking the measures recommended
by them. The CIC also directed the Fire Safety department to inform
the appellant and the CIC why they have not performed their duties
as prescribed under The Delhi Fire Services Act, 2007. Further,
the CIC recommended to the Fire Safety department, the PIO of
Supreme Court of India and Parliament of India to inform the appellant
and the CIC regarding the measures initiated by them to comply
with the safety standards/ safety recommendations against fire,
within one month from the date of receipt of the order.
Comments
While RTI Act has been known to be an instrument to obtain information,
this case law shows how citizens are using the Act to question
the actions of a public authority. It provides a route for the
citizen to seek the reasons for omission to perform the duty on
the part of the public authority.
Citation: Shri Rohit Sabharwal v. Delhi
Fire Service GNCTD in File No.CIC/SA/A/2014/000083
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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