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What people say about us!
Whisper is EYES and EARS of Government.
Sitaram
Cong reshuffle in the offing- Same drawing room, only furniture to be
reorganised
A big reshuffle is in the offing. The congressmen,
however, feel that for this too the drawing room will be the same. What
maximum you can do is, just reorganize furniture.
How many diaries in Petro gate?
Rumors are that one more diary will reveal some big names in Petro gate.
Only Delhi Police can disclose how many diaries have been seized? .
Who is to be blamed ?
NDA government nine months tenure at the Centre could not be termed
as successful on Foreign policy front. It started with Pakistan PM Nawaz
Sharif's visit to India. After his departure firing started at Indian
borders. During Chinese Prez Xi Zinping visit, tension remained at its
height on the borders. Before leaving India, US President Barack Obama's
cautious advice to India created flutter between the two countries.
Now before PM Modi's schedule visit, Sri Lankan warning statement about
Indian fishermen has raised a controversy. Experts see such incidents
as failure of Indian foreign policy. They ask - Who is to be blamed
? Is it the result of too much politicization of diplomacy or negative
diplomacy?.
PDP has hidden agenda?
Whether PDP have any hidden agenda in J&K? The way the Mufti govt
is taking decisions everybody is surprised that why isn't the Mufti
govt following CMP. Will GOI take any action?.
BUREAUCRACY
Rajiv Kumar appointed as Establishment Officer,
DoPT
Rajiv Kumar
has been appointed as Establishment Officer and Additional Secretary,
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is a 1984 batch IAS
officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Jaideep Govind deputed as Additional Secretary, MHA
Jaideep Govind, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1984 batch IAS
officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty appointed as Additional Secretary, MHA
Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty has been appointed as Additional Secretary and
Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Home Affairs. She is a 1983 batch
IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Ms Bharti Sihag appointed as Additional Secretary, Steel
Ms Bharti S Sihag has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial
Adviser, Ministry of Steel. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal
Pradesh cadre.
Vinod Thakral appointed as Additional Secretary, Information & Broadcasting
Vinod Kumar Thakral has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial
Adviser, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is a 1982 batch
IAS officer of MT cadre.
A P Sawhaney deputed as Additional Secretary, Petroleum, Natural Gas
A P Sawhaney, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional
Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a 1984 batch
IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
B K Tripathi deputed as Member Secretary, NCR Planning Board
B K Tripathi, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Member
Secretary, NCR Planning Board, Ministry of Urban Development in the
rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand
cadre.
Pritam Singh appointed as Additional Secretary, Corporate Affairs
Pritam Singh, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional
Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer
of Rajasthan cadre.
Injeti Srinivas appointed as DG, SAI
Injeti Srinivas has been appointed as Director General, Sports Authority
of India (SAI)in the rank of Additional Secretary with additional charge
of Chairman, NPPA. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
T Vijay Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, Women & Child Development
T Vijay Kumar has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Women and Child Development. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra
Pradesh cadre.
Machendranathan appointed Chairman of AERA
S Machendranathan, former Secretary - Civil Aviation, has been appointed
new Chairman of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA). He
is retired 1979 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on March 5, 2015)
75 have applied for Spl Director, Hq ED
Whisper is that 75 officers from different services have applied for
the post of Special Director , Hq, ED. Most of them are IRS officers.This
post is lying vacant since November last year.
Five Acting CJs to be permanent soon !
Acting Chief Justices of Rajasthan, Sikkim, Meghalaya,Chhattisgarh and
Kerala are being made permanent in a couple of weeks.
Panel for selection of GIC' CMD only after approval of new process
Whispers has it that the panel for selection of General Insurance Corpporation
(GIC) CMD would be constituted only after approval of new process on
the lines of appointment to the coveted post in nationalized banks.
The Centre has, in a bid to improve governance, already separated the
posts of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) in nationalised banks.
Dr B P Sharma joins as CMD, Pawan Hans Ltd
Dr B P Sharma, ED, AAI, has taken over the charge as Chairman &
Managing Director (CMD), Pawan Hans Limited (PHL).
( We said this on Sept 30, 2014)
Ms Devika appointed as Asst General, E & RSA, Odisha
Ms Devika, Accountant General, Goa, has been transferred and posted
as Accountant General (E&RSA), Odisha, Bhubaneswar. He is a 1990
batch IA&AS officer.
Cheema to succeed Chopra
S P S Cheema is expected to succeed Anil Chopra as new Western Naval
Commander on April1.
(
We said this on june 2, 2014)
25,749 posts from officers to personnel vacant in BSF
A total of 25,749 vacancies including 186 of gazetted officers, 1,014
for subordinate officers, and 4,876 for women personnel are vacant in
Border Security Force (BSF).
Large scale recruitment in CISF this year
CISF will recruit 10,771 personnel in different ranks this year. More
than 8800 were recruited last year.
PESB seeks applications for Director (Tech), UCIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Technical), Uranium Corporation of India Limited
(UCIL) falling vacant next year on February 1, 2016. Those willing to
apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before April
9, 2015.
Ashok Kumar appointed as Director (CP), Postal Directorate, Delhi
Ashok Kumar has been appointed as Director (CP), Postal Directorate,
New Delhi. He is a 1997 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
PESB invites applications for Director (DB), BEML
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Defence Business), BEML falling vacant on
March 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to
the PESB before May 7, 2015.
K K Sharma joins as CS Delhi
K K Sharma has taken over as the new Delhi Chief Secretary Monday. He
is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(
We said this on march 2, 2015)
Mishra posted as ED (CC), Railway Board
Sushant Kumar Mishra has been posted as Executive Director (CC), Railway
Board. He is an IRTS officer.
Satya Kumar transferred to Southern Railway
G V L Satya Kumar has been transferred and posted in the cadre of Southern
Railway cadre. He is an IRTS officer.
Dudhe transferred to Central Railway
S P Dudhe has been transferred and posted in the cadre of Central Railway
cadre. He is an IRTS officer.
Ms Anshu Sinha appointed as Director, Information
& Broadcasting (UPDATED)
Ms Anshu Sinha has been shifted to the Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting at Director level. She is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra
cadre.
Sudhir Kumar deputed as Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel
and Training (DoPT). He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
U Venkateswarlu posted as Financial Commissioner,
ESIC (UPDATED)
U Venkateswarlu has been appointed as Financial Commissioner, Employees
State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) at a Joint Secretary level. He is
a 1986 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.
CORPORATE
Dr Rajib Mishra joins as Director, PTC Limited
Dr Rajib K Mishra has taken over the charge as Director (Marketing and
Business Development) on the PTC Limited Board. Prior to this, he has
worked as Executive Director since October 2011 and was responsible
for Operations, Business Development, Retail & Advisory Services.
Dr. Mishra played a key role in starting of PTC retail business to meet
power requirements of business entity. He has professional experience
of 30 years with Powergrid, NTPC and PTC India. Before joining PTC,
he was General Manager (CMG) with POWERGRID.
Srivastava is Govt. Nominee Director, MRPL
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG), has nominated
Nalin Kumar Srivastava, Deputy Secretary, MoP&NG as a Government
Nominee Director on the Board of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals
Limited (MRPL) w.e.f. March 9, 2015
Mathur appointed CS, Nagarjuna Oil Refinery Ltd
Nagarjuna Oil Refinery Limited has appointed Ms Ankita Mathur as the
Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 5, 2015
Mirchandani appointed Independent Director, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)
Ltd
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited has appointed Ms Hiroo Mirchandani
as an Independent Director of the company.
Sankaranarayanan appointed Non-Independent Director, Tata Teleservices
(Maharashtra) Ltd
Govind Sankaranarayanan has been appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive
Director of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd
Bansal appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Voltas Ltd
Voltas Limited has appointed Ms Anjali Bansal as Non-Executive Independent
Director of the company w.e.f. March 9, 2015
Virkar appointed Addl. Women Director, Olympic Management & Financial
Services Ltd
Olympic Management & Financial Services Ltd has appointed Ms Priti
Virkar as Additional Women Director of the company.
Jain appointed CS, Orbit Corporation Ltd
Orbit Corporation Limited has appointed Manoj Jain as Company Secretary
of the company w.e.f. March 9, 2015.
Kaushal appointed Director, Oswal Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd
Oswal Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited has appointed Vipin Kaushal
as Director of the company.
Mannheimer resigns as Non Exec. Director, Merck Ltd
Dr Peter Ulrich Mannheimer has resigned as Non Executive Director of
Merck Limited.
Simpson nominated Non Exec. Director, Merck Ltd
Bradley Simpson has been nominated as a Non - Executive Director of
Merck Limited
Three Independent Directors appointed on Board of GIC Housing Finance
Ltd
GIC Housing Finance Limited has appointed Bimalendu Chakrabarti , M
K Garg and A V Muralidharan as Independent Directors of the company
w.e.f. February 6, 2015
FORUM
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No other country maintains such large police forces
There is no other country in the world which maintains such large police
forces. The time has come for this flawed thinking to be junked and
reduce drastically the size of these forces like CRPF / BSF. In war
they will not be capable of facing forces like the Taliban / ISIS. The
NDA govt must do away with this flawed thinking of the UPA govt of the
past. Like ASSAM RIFLES all these forces must be brought back to IA
control and manning. The 60,000 vacancies can be productively filled
up by IA soldiers and utilized for all national tasks by IA / MoD think
.
Devindra Sethi
Income Tax deptt chasing people
I fully agree with Virendra that Income Tax deptt is chasing people
who have purchased mutual funds of more than Rs 25000 in a single year
to file tax return rather than chasing big Fishes who are accumulating
huge black money and not paying taxes.
M K Arora
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DATE WITH RTI
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Communication by Lt Governor of Delhi
regarding appointment of CM
The appellant sought copies of all communication made between
Lt Governor of Delhi and Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, Central Government,
Commissioner of Police & Advocate General or Solicitor Generalregarding
appointment of Chief Minister. The PIO declined disclosure claiming
exemption under section 8(1)(c) of RTI Act. The Central Information
Commission (CIC) referred to the Apex Court decision in the case
of SP Gupta vs Union of India, wherein it was held that while
the exact advice given by the Council of Ministers to the President
could not be examined by the court, the material on which such
advice was based was not excluded from the judicial purview. The
CIC held that appointing a Chief Minister of a state is an open
public activity. It is also not the case of respondent that the
correspondence between Executive Head of State and leader who
staked claim to form the Government could not be disclosed when
the decision is still in the process. No harm would cause to any
interest whether public interest, protected interest or interest
in protecting the communication sought by the appellant.
Comments
This case pertains to the time before the election of the Delhi
Assembly. It is important as it discusses what constitutes a breach
of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature. Section 8(1)(c)
of the RTI Act says that there shall be no obligation to give
any citizen information, the disclosure of which would cause a
breach of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature. Article
74(2) of the Constitution of India prohibits the courts from inquiring
into the question 'whether any and if so what advice was tendered
by Ministers to President'
Citation: Rakesh Agarwal v. Lt. Governor Secretariat in Case
No. CIC/SA/A/2014/000836
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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