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Whisper is EYES and EARS of Government.
Sitaram
No one worth Presidential polls as on date ?
If the Presidential polls were held today, there is not even one person
in the country who can be a serious contender.
BUREAUCRACY
Who will be new Cabinet Secretary ? (1)
Who will succeed
Ajit Seth in June as next Cabinet Secretary ?.Guessing game has already
started in the corridors of power.
15 IPS officers retiring in March
As many as 15 IPS officers are retiring in March, 2015. They are: Vivek
Dube of Andhra Pradesh cadre; V Lalthakima of AGMUT cadre; B B Misra
of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Arvind Verma of Jharkhand; Lalrokhuma Pachau
and Mohd Wazir Ahmed of Karnataka cadre; Ashok Kumar Jain and K K Sharma
of Madhya Pradesh cadre; K P Raghuwanshi of Maharashtra cadre; G Bimolchandra
Sharma of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Rajan Gupta of Punjab cadre; T C Damore
of Rajasthan cadre; Arvinder Kumar Jain and Gulab Singh of Uttar Pradesh
cadre and Deepak Jyoti Ghildiyal of Uttranchal cadre.
Foreign Service Board to meet this month !
Foreign Service Board (FSB) is all set to meet this month. Several changes
are expected to take place.
IAS officers seek parity in pay scales
The IAS officers willing to work on central deputation at Deputy Secretary
or Director level have demanded parity in pay scales.
IAS officers on central deputation want vehicles
The IAS Officers have demanded the Government of India to provide vehicles
to all the Deputy Secretaries and Directors irrespective of their seniority
when they are on Central deputation.
No cadre review since 1979?
If sources are to be believed, no cadre review has taken place in BSF
since 1989. Will government do something to ease situation in the largest
border guarding force.
NTC has no regular Chairman
If sources are to be believed, GoI's sick undertaking National Textile
Corporation (NTC) is not having a regular Chairman since 2013. SN Sinha
is holding additional charge of the Chairman.
Cadre Review after 25 years?
Para Military Force CISF is sending cadre review proposal after 25 years.
According to DG, the proposal would be sent to MHA by the end of this
month. Last cadre review took place in 1990. Earlier, 57 posts were
increased by restructuring.
106 NTC Mills are closed
It's now official that out of 125, only 19 Textile Mills, of National
Textile Corporation (NTC) are running. The rest have been shutdown and
declared sick. Will the GoI do something ?.
Dr Ravi Shankar promoted as IG, NIA
Dr A Ravi Shankar has been posted as Inspector General after promotion
to this rank in National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is a 1994 batch
IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Dr Suhas Warke promoted as DIG, NIA
Dr Suhas Madhukar Warke has been appointed as Deputy Director General
(DIG) after promotion to this rank in National Investigation Agency
(NIA). He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
3,213 posts vacant in ITBP
A total of 3,213 posts are lying vacant in Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP).
Deepak Narain posted as Accountant General, Assam
Deepak Narain has been posted as Accountant General (A&E), Assam,
Guwahati. He is a 1993 batch IA&AS officer.
Justice Bajanthri moves to Chandigarh
Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri has been transferred from Karnataka
to Chandigarh High Court. He will be sworn on march 16.
PESB seeks applications for Director (Tech), BCCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Technical), Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL)
falling vacant next year on February 1, 2016. Those willing to apply
for this post can send their applications to the PESB before April 7,
2015.
Pradeep Kumar appointed Director (Estt), Postal Directorate, Delhi
Pradeep Kumar has been appointed as Director (Estt), Postal Directorate,
New Delhi. He is a 1999 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
Sachida Nand Singh to join central deputation !
Sachida Nand Singh is expected to join central deputation at Deputy
Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch
officer of Indian Defence Service of Engineers.
Aniruddha Mukherjee is back to Madhya Pradesh
Aniruddha Mukherjee is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre from
central deputation. He is 1993 batch IAS officer .
Appointment of Vivek Plawat as Director (Tech), NTC delayed
The appointment of Vivek Plawat, ED, NTC, as Director (Technical), National
Textiles Corporation (NTC) Limited is reportedly getting delayed due
to some technical reasons.
Madhukar Gupta relieved to join as Joint Secretary,
Public Enterprises
The Government of Rajasthan has relieved Madhukar Gupta of cadre responsibility
enabling him to join as Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises.
He is a 1985 batch IAS officer Rajasthan cadre.
Ajay Kumar relieved to join as PS to Krishanpal Gurjar
Ajay Kumar has been relieved for joining as Private Secretary to Krishanpal
Gurjar, Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment. He is
a 1999 batch IRS-IT officer.
Akhaya appointed as CVO, Telecommunications
M Akhaya has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Department
of Telecommunications, Delhi. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Orissa
cadre.
Nandan appointed as Vigilance Commissioner
in Telangana
K R Nandan has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in Telangana
for a period of three years. He is a retired IPS officer of Telangana
cadre.
Reddy gets multi-task in Telangana
B Janardhan Reddy has been given additional charge as Managing Director,
Telanagana Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation
Limited (TUFIDC0); Mission Director, Mission for Elimination of Poverty
in Municipal Areas (MEPMA) and also Director General, National Institute
of Urban Management (NIUM). He is 1996 batch IAS officer of Telanagana
cadre.
5 IAS officers of 1990 batch promoted to Principal Secretary grade in
Gujarat
Five officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1990
batch have been promoted to the grade of Principal Secretary in Gujarat.
The officers are: Kamal Kumar Dayani, Manoj Kumar Das, Manoj Aggarwal,
Chandra Vanu Som and Arunkumar M Solanki.
Reshuffle of IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh
As many as 11 IPS officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh.
Accordingly, T A Tripathi has been appointed as DG, Fire Services while
Md Ahsan Reza will be Special Secretary, Home and Madireddy Pratap is
DG, SPF. Similarly, P S R Anjaneyulu has been appointed as Director,
Police communications & Computers; Kripanand Tripathi ujela as IGP,
Home Guards; atul Singh as Chairman, SLPRB & IGP Training; G Suryaprakash
Rao was directed to report at Police Hqrts; N Madhusudan Reddy as DIG,
Personnel & Organisation; E Damodar as Director, Prohibition &
Excise Enforcement; S Syamsunder as SP, Incharge Police Transport Organisation
and P Venkatrami Reddy was made Principal, PTC, Ananthpur.
IFCI pays 10% interim dividend to GoI (UPDATED)
Malay Mukherjee, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, IFCI
Ltd., has handed over a Dividend Cheque of Rs.92.30 Crore to Shri Arun
Jaitley, Hon'ble Finance Minister, Government of India. This Interim
Dividend is of Rs.1 per equity share of Rs.10 each for the financial
year 2014-15. In the financial year 2013-14, 10% dividend has been paid
to the Government of India, which is holding majority stake of 55.53%
equity shareholding in IFCI Ltd. It is also pertinent to note that based
on recent developments including operational and financial performance
of IFCI Ltd for the 9 months period ended December 31, 2014, CARE Ratings
have revised the rating assigned to debt instruments of IFCI upward
from ''CARE A'' to ''CARE A+'' for long term Bank facilities and long
term debt instruments, from ''CARE A1'' to ''CARE A1+'' for short term
bank facilities and Commercial Paper and from ''CARE A-'' to ''CARE
A'' for Subordinate Bonds.
3 IRS-IT officers transferred
(UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre
have been transferred at Principal Commissioner/Commissioner level.
Accordingly, Sanjay Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Principal Commissioner
with additional charge of DIT (Audit), Delhi while Ruchika Chaudhary
Govil will now be CIT in the office of DGIT, L&R and Sanjay Kumar
Jain is CIT in the office of DGIT, Vigilance.
S V Kher selected as Director (BC&T), SCI
(UPDATED)
S V Kher, Senior VP, SCI, has been selected for the post of Director
(Bulk Carriers & Tankers), Shipping Corporation of India Limited
(SCI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on
March 13, 2015. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.
S S Gupta gets charge of ED, Civil Engineering
(P), Railway Board (UPDATED)
S S Gupta has been assigned an additional charge of Executive Director,
Civil Engineering (Planning), Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.
S K Pathak is also ED (B&S)-I, Railway
Board (UPDATED)
S K Pathak has been assigned an additional charge of Executive Director
(Bridges & Structure)-I, Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.
Young IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre dies
(UPDATED)
A 2004 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, Ms Mamta, who was suffering
from prolonged illness, breathed her last in Jharkhand on March 12,
2015. She was 43. The last rites are being performed at4.30pm at Ranchi
on March 13, 2015.
NBCC SIGNS MoU WITH MEA (UPDATED)
NBCC has signed an MoU with MEA: for Construction of Institute for the
Security and Law Enforcement Studies (ISLES) at Addu City, Maldives.
Dr Anoop K. Mittal, CMD, NBCC, Sanjeev Ranjan, Joint Secretary, MEA,
Harish Aggarwal, Director (DPA-III), MEA; Rajendra Chaudhari, Sr.ED;
N P Aggarwal, Executive Director and Pradeep Sharma, AGM(Engg.) of NBCC
were among those present on the occassion.
Jayonto Choudhury bereaved (UPDATED)
Rishab Narain Choudhary, 22-year-old son of NSG Chief Jayonto Choudhary
has died in US in an accident
P C Vaish takes over as CMD, NTC
(UPDATED)
P C Vaish, Director (Finance), NTC, has taken over the charge as CMD
of National Textiles Corporation (NTC) Limited.
(We said this on July 4, 2013)
K K Singh appointed as Joint Director, ED
in Chandigarh (UPDATED)
K K Singh has been appointed as Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate
(ED) in Chandigarh. He is a 2002 batch IRS officer.
K G Goyal appointed as Joint Director, ED in Jaipur
(UPDATED)
K G Goyal has been appointed as Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate
(ED) in Jaipur. He is a 2003 batch IRS officer.
Satyabrata Kumar appointed as Joint Director, ED in Mumbai
(UPDATED)
Satyabrata Kumar has been appointed as Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate
(ED) in Mumbai. He is a 2004 batch IRS officer.
Dr Alka Beotra nominated as Member, Executive
Board of WAADS (UPDATED)
Dr. Alka Beotra, Scientific Director, National Dope Testing Laboratory,
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, has been nominated as Member
to the Executive Board of World Association of Anti Doping Scientists
(WAADS) for a period of three years.
CORPORATE
S K Acharya selected for CMD, NLC
S K Acharya, Director (HR), NLC, has been selected for the post of Chairman
and Managing Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) at
a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 11,
2015. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.
Rashmi appointed Part-time Official Director, STC
The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce,
New Delhi has appointed Rajani Ranjan Rashmi posted as Additional Secretary,
Department of Commerce as Part-time Official Director on the Board of
Directors of The State Trading Corporation of India Limited with immediate
effect
Sharma ceases to be Director (Projects), NHPC Ltd
J K Sharma, Director (Projects) NHPC Limited has ceased to be Director
of the company w.e.f. March 11, 2015
Subramanian appointed ED, TCS
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd has appointed Ms Aarthi Subramanian as
Executive Director of the company w.e.f. March 12, 2015.
Bharat Sheth re-appointed Dy. Chairman & MD, The Great Eastern Shipping
Company Ltd
The Great Eastern Shipping Company Limited has re-appointed Bharat K
Sheth as Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of the company w.e.f.
April 1, 2015.
Ravi Sheth to step down as ED, The Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd
on Apr. 1, 2015
Ravi K Sheth will step down as the Executive Director of The Great Eastern
Shipping Company Limited w.e.f April 1, 2015. He will, however remain
Non-Executive Director of the company
Koteeswaran appointed MD & CEO, IOB
R Koteeswaran has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of Indian Overseas Bank w.e.f December 31, 2014
Vaid appointed Independent Director, Hinduja Foundries Ltd
Hinduja Foundries Limited appointed Vijay Vaid as an Independent Director
of the company.
Rajan resigns as MD, Hinduja Foundries Ltd
GRV Rajan has resigned as Managing Director of Hinduja Foundries Ltd
w.e.f. March 12, 2015
Morparia resigns as Director, CMC Ltd
Ms Kalpana Morparia has resigned as Independent Director of CMC Limited
w.e.f. March 10, 2015
Berryas appointed CS, Vardhman Holdings Ltd
Vardhman Holdings Limited has appointed Ms Tanu Berryas as Company Secretary
of the company w.e.f February 12, 201
Chandrasekhar appointed Whole-time Director, Kitex Garments Ltd
Kitex Garments Limited has appointed Ms Sindhu Chandrasekhar as a Whole-time
Director of the company.
FORUM
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Why not on deputation?
Why Secretary of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) wants
to fill the post on loan basis and appoint Consultants ? Why not on
deputation? As per guidelines of Deptt. o Expenditure all the post in
AERA should be filled on deputation basis ? Chairman of AERA is to see
in this matter.
Swami
Justify Staff on Deputation
New Chairman of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India will
justify Staff on Deputation of AERA.
Sita Ram
Why is Mufti silent on Kashmiri Brahmins ?
Mufti Mohammed is also not talking about bringing Kashmiri Brahmans
back to their land for doing developmental activities.
BBS
Good practice
It is a good practice to appoint HC judges as President of ITAT. Even
the Vice Presidents of ITAT should be chosen from the HC judges because
judicial discipline would be infused into the Members.
An IRS officer
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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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