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March 16 marks the anniversary of the Whispersinthecorridors.com.
It is fascinating to find that this informative website has sustained
unabated for over 14 long years and has consistently provided valuable
insights and updates for the civil service community in the country.In
fact for me and many others it has become akin to a daily diet and lately
twice a day. Congratulations. You must now start a column on AIS rules
and citations such as new LTC rules for SAARC nations etc. Issues of
common interest like the CGHS must also be flagged regularly. Just like
the RTI column, this will be of great service to the serving officers.Your
website is not just an information window but truly a public service
movement. Best wishes. Keep on marching ahead.
Rohit R Brandon IAS- Retd
Former ACS and Director of the HCM RIPA Training Academy Jaipur
Maximum number of Islamic Sects in India
India is the only country having 72 sects of Islam which are not in
any other country in the world.
Mandatory requirement of Passport for Seamen
The members of the crew and tindals of sailing vessels will have to
procure a valid passport as mandatory requirement before travelling
abroad with effect from June 1, 2015. All Indian citizens, who are also
members of the crew and tindals of sailing vessels, have been told to
obtain passports for their international travel.
Oldest Church in Kerala
One of the oldest Church of the world, according to the Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh - is in Kerala in India.
BUREAUCRACY
Abhay K to head Nehru Centre in London
Abhay K, India's First Secretary in Indian Embassy Kathmandu, has been
appointed new Director of the Nehru Centre in London. He is 2003 batch
IFS officer.
Mukul is new Ambassador to Kingdom of the
Netherlands
J.S. Mukul, (IFS:1981), presently Ambassador of India to Oman, has been
appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Indra Mani Pandey appointed Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman
Indra Mani Pandey presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India,
Paris , has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Sultanate
of Oman. He is a 1990 IFS officer.
Vikram Doraiswami appointed Ambassador to the
Republic of Korea
Vikram Kumar Doraiswami, presently Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan,
has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of
Korea. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer.
Cadre of Ms Kritika Batra transferred to AP
The cadre of Ms Kritika Batra has been transferred from Jammu &
Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh on the grounds of marriage to Himanshu Shukla,
an IAS officer of 2013 batch. She is a 2013 batch IAS officer of J&K
cadre.
DD Kisan channel likely to go on air April
14
The much awaited DD channel is likely go on air on April 14. PM Narendra
Modi is expected to inaugurate the proposed channel.
IPS officer to be Home Secretary in West Bengal ?
The Mamata Banerjee government is likely to post an IPS officer as the
Home Secretary.
U K Tiwari posted as Director, Defence
U K Tiwari has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Defence
in Government of India. He is a CSS cadre officer.
K S Panchpal appointed as Deputy Secretary,
Panchayati Raj
K S Panchpal has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department
of Panchayati Raj in Government of India. He is a CSS cadre officer.
Six CSS officers shifted after promotion to Deputy Secretary grade
As many as six officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
have been transferred after promotion to Deputy Secretary grade in Government
of India. Accordingly, M Subramanian will remain in MHA while Bhaskar
Bandhopadhyay was shifted to Food & PD and P K Srivastava kept in
Science & Technology. Besides, A N Narayan and A K Saha have been
transferred to DoPT and B Bandhopadhyay was shifted to Health and Family
Welfare.
146 officers promoted to Assistant's Grade
of CSS in GoI
As many as 146 officers of Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS)
have been promoted to Assistant's Grade of Central Secretariat Service
in Government of India.
DG, BPR&D retires on March 31
Rajan Gupta, DG, BPR&D is going to retire on March 31,2015. Gupta
is a Punjab cadre 1978 batch IPS officer.
IAS officer to lead team
2011 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre Ravindra Kumar will lead a nine-member
team, which includes five civil service officers, to summit the world's
highest peak Mount Everest.The other officers include Saroj Kumari (2011
batch IPS), S. Prabhakaran, (2011 batch IFS), Vikram Jindal (2012 batch
IAS) and Suhail Sharma (2012 batch IPS).
Eight officers of Maharashtra Service get IAS
cadre
As many as eight officers of Maharashtra State Civil Service have been
awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers include:
S Y Patil, A B Unhale, S S Dumbare, O N Deshumukh, S R Jondhale, D D
Pandharpatte, S K Lakhe and S M Lokhande.
Dr Vipul Aggarwal deputed as MD, Gujarat Medical
Services Corp Ltd
Dr Vipul Aggarwal has been appointed as Managing Director of Gujarat
Medical Services Corporation Limited, Gandhinagar in Gujarat. He is
a 2001 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
RWWCO honouurs 35 Railway women employees
Mrs Rashmi Mital, President, Railway Women's Welfare Central Organisation
(RWWCO) felicitated 35 railway women employees for their outstanding
performance during 2014-15, at a function held in New Delhi. RWWCO honours
the services of selected women employees of Group-C & Group-D for
their outstanding services. The purpose was to boost up the morale of
those women, who show exemplary dedication, integrity and courage in
discharge of their duties and who also work quietly in any other social
field viz. Hospital, School, Sports, Blood Donation, Family Welfare
Programme, Scouts & Guides etc.
Book on role of District Collectors published
A book 'District Collectors: Recollections and Reflections' co-edited
by Ramesh K Arora and C K Sardana has been published. The book is all
about a district collector who has been depicted as an entrepreneur
with a mission. Perhaps no other position in the Indian Administrative
system is as challenging as that of a district collector. In the Foreword,
B K Chaturvedi, former Cabinet Secretary says 'I am sure the experiences
which have been given in this volume would provide an excellent back
ground for those young Collectors who wish to move forward and contribute
to the betterment of their area...every piece is 'must read' for all
young Collectors.
Fast and Furious wins CRPF Cup Race-2015
Fast and Furious won CRPF Cup Race-2015 Delhi Race Club in which 7 Horses
participated. Black Pink secured second position while Gucci Water and
Sweet Sofia came third and fourth respectively. Kishore Jha, ADG, CRPF,
the Chief Guest, presented CRPF Cup to the trainer of Fast and furious,
S Nawab. He also gave away winner's prize to the Jockey K Narendra Kumar.
C S Verma re-elected as Chairman of SCOPE
C S Verma, Chairman, SAIL has been re-elected as SCOPE Chairman for
the second consecutive term with an overwhelming response in his favour.
SCOPE elected a new Executive Board which will assume office with effect
from April 1, 2015. SCOPE, is an Apex Body of the PSEs in the country,
representing all the Central Public Enterprises, a few State Government
Enterprises and some nationalised banks as its members.
Dr Qureshi told to quit as Governor, Mizoram
Dr. Aziz Qureshi has been told to cease to the office of the Governor
of Mizoram.
Keshari Nath Tripathi is also Governor, Mizoram
Keshari Nath Tripathi, Governor of West Bengal, has been assigned an
additional charge of Governor of Mizoram.
CORPORATE
DLF Managing Director Goyal to retire
DLF Managing Director T C Goyal will retire from the company on March
31.
Khetrapal re-appointed MD, Orient Cement Ltd
Orient Cement Limited has re-appointed Desh Deepak Khetrapal as Managing
Director of the company
Ram appointed Nominee Director, Suzlon Energy
Ltd
Suzlon Energy Limited has appointed Pratima Ram as the Nominee Director
of State Bank of India on the Board of Directors of the company
Kamineni appointed Non-Exec. & Independent
Director, Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Hero MotoCorp Limited has appointed Ms Shobana Kamineni as Non-Executive
and Independent Director of the company w.e.f March 27, 2015
Bhandari appointed Addl. Director, Bal Pharma
Ltd
Bal Pharma Limited has appointed Ms Sarika Bhandari as Additional Director
of the company.
Agarwal appointed Independent Director, Future
Lifestyle Fashions Ltd
Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited has appointed Ms Sharda Agarwal as
an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. March 27, 2015
FORUM
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Nine year itch in IFS
Will 2015 be as bad for MEA as 2006 when Secretary level IFS officers
created ruckus all over the world? That year India's Ambassador to New
Zealand Harish Dogra (IFS 1972) made serious allegations against the
then Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran. Dogra's batchmate, Rakesh Kumar
was charged by CBI for human trafficking. Ambassadors in UAE (IFS 1975)
was hauled up for misconduct and his counterpart in Kyrgyzstan (IFS
1974) had even more serious charges against him. R.K.T. Arasu, was recalled
from Malaysia allegedly on grounds of misusing his position to help
illegal migrants land jobs. The Prime Minister of New Zealand described
the situation at the time as "most unusual - I can't recall anything
like it". In 2015, some Secretary rank officers are indulging in
worse activities with impunity abroad. In one European country, the
Indian Ambassador is loathed by the foreign office there and the public
prosecutor has opened an enquiry against him. In 2006, PM Manmohan Singh
was also the Foreign Minister. To his credit he knew what was going
on and expressed his anguish from time to time. In 2015, the Foreign
Minister, MOS or the Foreign Secretary know nothing what is going on,
especially in small countries.
M. P. Liberhan
Why AAI provides vehicles to other departments ?
Why Airport Authority of India provides vehicles to other departments
? Does Chairman of AAI know about it ?
Swami
AERA Chairman should control
Chairman of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has joined.
Now he should control financial, administrative and establishment policy
of AERA which Secretary could not control.
Balwinder Singh
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Disclosure of action taken on a complaint
The appellant had filed a complaint against a government official
and he sought information about the action taken on those complaints.
He sought copy of final order issued against the chargesheet and
asked whether the administrative warning given to the employee
will have any impact on his career. The information was denied
under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act citing Hon'ble Supreme Court's
decision in Girish Ramchandra Deshpande's matter claiming that
in absence of larger public purpose, the same is exempt from disclosure.
The appellant argued that being the complainant, he is not a third
party and the judgment in Deshpande's matter does not apply to
the appeals on hand before the Central Information Commission
(CIC). The CIC observed that though the complaint was lodged by
appellant, it relates to a third party (viz. the government employee).
The CIC ruled that the action taken on a complaint by the department
is information of personal nature relating to the employee and
as no larger public purpose has been demonstrated by the appellant,
the same is exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the
RTI Act.
Comments
Different benches of the CIC have taken contradictory stand in
the past whether information related to action taken on a complaint
should be provided to a complainant. Some benches have directed
to provide the broad outcome of the outcome of the complaint.
Hopefully, a uniform approach would now taken by all the benches.
Citation: K. S. Jain v. BSNL in File No. CIC/BS/A/2014/000818+001164/6667
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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