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This is History (12)
Ashoka was always ready for public business "at all times and at
all places, whether I am dining or in the ladies apartments, in my bedroom
or in my closet, in my carriage or in my palace gardens, the official
reporters should keep me constantly informed of the people's business
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R P Agrawal to head 'Vyapam Scam'?
Joint Director CBI R P Agrawal will head the team enquiring "Vyapam
Scam" in Madhya Pradesh . He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya
cadre. Incidently Agrawal had been incharge of Madhya Pradesh for the
last couple of years.
Parallel CBI required for "Vyapam Scam" !
Real challenge for the CBI.' Vyapam Scam" is such a big investigation
that it would require a parallel CBI. Thousands of people are involved
in the scam.
Nagpur RSS man appointed Member, CBFC
General Secretary of Sanskar Bharti, Chandrakant Gharote has been appointed
member of Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC).
BUREAUCRACY
Posting of 1982 batch IAS officers to start next month
Posting of 1982 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government
of India will commence only in August.
Randeep Sudan quits IAS
Randeep Sudan has resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Who will be new Secretary, Railway Board ?
Anand Mathur IRPS officer is tipped to become Secretary, Railway Board.
He is presently Chief Personnel Officer, Northern Railway. Ghanshyam
Singh is is also a top contender. Present Secretary, PC Gajbhiye is
retiring by this month end.
Four Bihar cadre IAS officers to be Secretary in GoI
Four IAS officers of the Bihar cadre, all from the 1982 batch, have
been empanelled for promotion to the rank of secretary in the Government
of India .The officers - Girish Shankar, Rashmi Verma, Navin Verma and
Ramesh Abhishek - are currently on central deputation.
Five Telangana cadre IAS officers facing inquiry
As many as five officers belonging to Telangana cadre are facing inquiry.
Why is an AIS officer missing?
Why an officer of All India Service (AIS) is missing while his wife
is rendering her services with the Government of India?
Lt Gen Bakshi to move to Kolkata
Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi is moving as Army Commander, Kolkata. He is presently
Chief of Staff, Northern Command.
(We said this on June 26 )
Lt Gen Rai is new Vice Chief of Indian Army
Lt Gen M M S Rai is taking over as Vice Chief of Indian Army. He was
earlier posted as Army Commander in Kolkata. He would succeed Vice Chief
of Army Staff Lt Gen Philip Campose who is retiring on July 31.
(We said this on June 23)
Lt Gen Nimbhorkar to head 16th Corps
Lt Gen R R Nimbhorkar of Punjab Regiment moving to J & K to head
16th Corps in J & K.
(We said this on July 1)
Lt Gen Cheema to move to Jalandhar
Lt Gen J S Cheema is moving from Kolkata to Jalandhar.
(We said this on July 3)
Lt Gen Singh posted in Mhow
Lt Gen K H Singh is moving from J & K to head Infantry School, Mhow
in Madhya Pradesh.
Major retirement of IPS officers in UP
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) are
retiring in Uttar Pradesh. They include: Suvrat Tripathi, Yogendra Pal
Singh, Kanhaiya Lal Meena, Laljit Shukla, Satyendra Vir Singh, and Om
Prakash Sagar.
IS Jha yet to get CVC clearance for CMD, PGCIL
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is yet to give its clearance
to IS Jha, Director (Project), PGCIL, for appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing
Director, Powergrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). Vacancy of
this post is arising on October 1, 2015.
Prof Chaudhary appointed VC of Sanskrit University
Renowned Sanskrit scholar of Rajasthan Professor Arck Nath Chaudhary
has been appointed Vice Chancellor of Sanskrit University, Somnath on
Gujarat.
Anything for a Delhi posting?
Dr D. K. Tiwary, IAS(1986) Jharkhand Cadre has joined as Resident Commissioner
of Jharkhand at Delhi.He was earlier posted as Principal Resident Commissioner
at Delhi till January 2015 when he was transferred as PS Mines to Ranchi.
Within 6 months he has now returned to Delhi but as Resident Commissioner
working under another Principal Resident Commissioner.
Rakesh Sahni is new Chairman, NVDA in MP (UPDATED)
Former Chief Secretary, Rakesh Sahni has been appointed as Chairman,
Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) in Madhya Pradesh. He is
a 1972 batch former IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Liankima Lailung promoted to CCF grade in
Mizoram (UPDATED)
Liankima Lailung, Conservator of Forests (CF), Mizoram, has been promoted
to the grade of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Mizoram. He is a
1992 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.
Santosh Kuamr promoted to CCF grade in Chandigarh
(UPDATED)
Santosh Kumar, Conservator of Forests (CF), Chandigarh, has been promoted
to the grade of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Mizoram. He is a
1993 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.
Mishra gets additional charge of VC DDA (UPDATED)
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development D S Mishra
has been given additional charge of Vice Chairman Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) for a period of three months. He is 1984 batch IAS officer
of UP cadre.
NBCC built SVPNPA's Officers' Club at Hyderabad
(UPDATED)
The Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju and the Director
of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) Mrs. Aruna
Bahuguna inaugurated NBCC built SVPNPA's Officers' Club at Hyderabad.
Also present on the occasion were NBCC's Executive Director (South),
S D Sharma and other executives of NPA and NBCC.
Ajay Ghade selected as Director (Tech), UCIL
(UPDATED)
Ajay Ghade, GM, UCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical),
Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) at a Public Enterprises
Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 13, 2015. As many as 11
persons were interviewed for the same.
DEBATE
Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government
Is functioning of bureaucracy better under the present NDA rule or in
the UPA regime.
Send your brief specific views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
CORPORATE
B Sambamurthy is Director, Bandhan Bank
B Sambamurthy, former chairman and managing director of Corporation
Bank, has been appointed Director on the Board of Bandhan Bank.
Kadur re-appointed Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd
Can Fin Homes Ltd has re-appointed S A Kadur, as Director of the company
Ganesh appointed CFO of Arshiya Ltd
Arshiya Ltd has appointed V L Ganesh as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
of the company
Mahajani appointed Independent Director of Acrow India Ltd
Acrow India Ltd has appointed Ms Ramola Mahajani as an Independent Director
of the company.
Bhushan appointed CDO of Accor Hotels
Accor Hotels has appointed Gaurav Bhushan as Chief Development Officer.
Bhalerao appointed CS of Chordia Food Products Ltd
Chordia Food Products Ltd has appointed Ms Tejashree Bhalerao as Company
Secretary of the company.
FORUM
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DEBATE (1)
No change in bureaucracy working
No change in the working of bureucracy in Congress and BJP government.
Just few instances, where present government is only following what
UPA-II government was doing--(a) prolonging suspension for year after
year without any justification, (b) endless inquiry proceedings. Just
a sample, in one inquiry in min of corporate affairs, the fifth IO is
also not submitting his report and going on retirement, (c) total arbitrariness,
dictatorship and absence of guidelines on postings and transfers within
all central ministries and their field offices. All these are demoralising
govt employees and PM dont have time, to go into all these. Present
govt has not done anything to remove the caste system in bureaucracy
(life long discrimination to employees based on their entry exam, service
and batch). So far as employees matter, this second BJP-NDA govt is
actually UPA-III.
Raj Kumar
Merger of CSSS
I beg to disagree with Anil Kumar ji as it is not at all my view about
merger of CSSS and general cadre, it is after careful consideration
that 6th Pay Commission had recommended.
Harish Kumar
PAs in waiting to be PS
I agree with VP Sharma. As there is lot of stagnation and late preparation
of Select List, many PAs are waiting in the wings to become PS. Especially
2010 batch is a very big one. Hope DoP&T does something to clear
all these PAs to PSs as a one time measure to boost morale and confidence.
Once 2010 is cleared, the other batches will follow smoothly.
Seth
" Search for CMD, Oil India Ltd "
The PESB has invited applications a third time. The initial attempts
did not fructify as panel was scrapped. The OIL is the fastest growing
upstream petroleum Navratna Company with global presence. The exploration
sector has potential candidates in ONGC and ONGC Videsh who could shoulder
the responsibility. Reasons for muted response must be analysed.
Govt's motive is suspect. It surely wants to instal a bureaucrat à
la mode Coal India Ltd . Bureaucratization of PSUs by ignoring professionals
is unfair, unjust and damaging to the interests of Public sector. PM
Modi ,one trusts, will not be misled .He favours more professionals
in ministries but not bureaucrats in PSUs.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant) & Former Secretary PESB
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DATE WITH RTI
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Filing of RTI Application to know the fate of earlier application
An application was under the RTI Act seeking information regarding
action taken on an earlier RTI application and first appeal filed
by the Complainant. A reply was sent to him on but the Complainant
stated that he did not receive this reply. The Respondents volunteered
to send another copy to him. While noting that no further action
is due on this RTI application, the CIC observed that the right
course of action for an RTI applicant, in the event of the PIO
not responding to his RTI application, is to file an appeal to
the First Appellate Authority and thereafter, if necessary, an
appeal / complaint to the Commission. Instead, the Complainant
took upon himself to enquire into the delay on the part of the
Respondents in responding to his earlier RTI application by filing
yet another RTI application. Filing of such applications is avoidable
because the RTI Act provides for appeals / complaint process in
the event of unsatisfactory action by Respondents on an RTI application.
Such applications needlessly clog the system.
Comments
RTI act is a self contained act which provides
for the mechanism to deal with cases where replies have not been
received. An applicant should use the modalities provided under
the Act which can provide him the best results.
Citation: Shri D. Shekhar v. APWD Nirman Bhawan, A & N Administration
in File No. CIC/SH/C/2014/000545 File No. CIC/SH/C/2014/000438
File No. CIC/SH/C/2014/000549 File No. CIC/SH/C/2014/000495 File
No. CIC/SH/A/2014/001400
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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