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POLITICS
This is History (92)
The Portuguese started misbehaving in many ways and erected forts at
several places. With the Portuguese came Christian Missionaries.
Congress and Mamta Banerjee unlikely to support fresh move
It is widely believed that the Congress and the Mamta Banerjee's Trinamool
Congress will not support the fresh move of the NDA Government about
the NJAC in the Parliament. The Government is in a mood to pass a new
act. An all party meeting is to be convened soon.
Whose Money is this ?
This week ED and other investigating agencies have unearth approximate
Rs 11,000 crore in financial bungling. The capital power galleries are
abuzz that this money belongs to some politicians and bureaucrats. Guess
the name if you can ?
Modi.. Pseudo punching bag
During UPA when Food items prices rocketed!
All said money Pawar and gang have pocketed!
Was Agri..Food Mantri and so he was blamed!
But now PM is being named!
Opposition has a Modi fixation!
He is to blame if anything goes wrong in the Nation!
Even if Sonia gets a tummy pain!
On Modi blame and insults they rain!
Then.. huge hoarding and moolah making!
Now a toll weather has been taking!
But a lesson has been learnt!
Midnight oil has been burnt!
How to tackle has been extensively debated!
Adequate Buffer stock is being created!
During UPA they did not try to solve!
Then money making was the only resolve!
Toor prices will stay high till December!
Had said this here if you remember!
In US prices of Dals have risen too!
But there at Obama no US Indian does boo!
Next year preventive measures will be on place!
Such a situation you will not face!
AAP has muscle power to protect Ghulam Ali!
They could even hire The Khali!
But on law and order the same ole cry!
When it comes to funding ..Treasury is dry!
No money for many of the promises made!
Like CCTVs for lack of funds stayed!
But for Concerts there is ample money!
Really Kejri and gang are funny!
Dengue has ravaged Delhi buy Kejri is chup!
In Public Darbar he is in a soup!
Why were the alarm bells ignored?
Seems in files the advisories were stored!
Shah has ticked off some BJP rabble rousers!
Rest assured one of the most effective do user's!
They have told Boss is against such talk!
Their verbal limits ho gayi hai chalk!
Steam letting is okay upto a point!
He knows this talk was starting to dissapoint!
Development was and is the priority!
And also revealing past impropriety!
This is our last mauka to rise!
And for guessing who wants to stop this no prize!
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
ED to get three months extension ?
Enforcement Director Karnal Singh is
likely to get three months extension beginning November 21. He is 1984
batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
SC Collegium to meet next week ?
Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI Justice H L Dattu is expected
to meet next week for recommendation of the appointment of new High
Court Judges. The three-member collegium consists of Justice T S Thakur
and Justice A R Dave.
Six IPS officers retiring in Oct
Only six IPS officers of various cadres and batches are retiring in
October, 2015. They are: Y Gangadhar of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Sharad
Kumar of Haryana cadre; B Srikantappa of Karnataka; K L Meena of Madhya
Pradesh; Santosh Macheria of Manipur-Tripura and Gholar Prasad Kanaujia
of Uttar Pradesh.
Jain to be MD and CEO ?
Vigilance clearance is believed to have been accorded to Mahesh Kumar
Jain, ED of the Indian Bank, for the appointment as MD and CEO of a
nationalized bank. Jain who was interviewed on September 16 is currently
holding additional charge of MD and CEO of the Indian Bank.
Cadre of Ms Deepti Uppal transferred to Punjab
The cadre of Ms Deepti Uppal has been transferred from Jammu & Kashmir
to Punjab on the grounds of marriage to Vikram Singh Kundra, an IFS
officer of 2012 batch of Punjab cadre.
Hectic days are ahead for Department of Justice
Hectic days are ahead for the Department of Justice. The NJAC verdict
has forced the department officials to work even on Sundays.
Vijay Kelkar committee to submit report this month end
Vijay Kelkar-headed committee on revitalisation of public-private-partnership
model of infrastructure development is expected to submit its report
by the end of this month.
Will Uttarakhand Chief Secretary get extension ?
Will Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma get six months extension
in service beginning November. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister during
his meeting with PM Narendra Modi last week has reportedly asked for
the extension of 1981 batch IAS officer Sharma.
NEPA Ltd to get new CMD in Dec
CMDE A N Sonsale will be joining as Chairman and Managing Director,
NEPA Limited on December 1, 2015.
S K Gupta joins as Director (Tech), RECL (UPDATED)
S K Gupta, ED, RECL, has
taken over the charge as Director (Technical), Rural Electrification
Corporation Limited (RECL).
(We said this on April 16, 2015)
Thakkar joins GERC
Outgoing Director (Technical) P J Thakkar has joined as Member of the
Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC).
Lt Gen Mathews is new Commandant, OTA
Lt. Gen. Bobby Mathews has taken over as the new Commandant of Officers
Training Academy (OTA), Chennai. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Ravindra Pratap
Sahi.
Gurjit Singh appointed Ambassador to Germany
(UPDATED)
Gurjit Singh (lFS: 1980), presently Ambassador of lndia to lndonesia,
has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to the Federal Republic
of Germany.
(We said this on October 15,2015)
Two IAS officers shifted in Karnataka
(UPDATED)
Mrs Rashmi V Mahesh has been appointed as Special Commissioner, Welfare,
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike while Subodh Yadav will be Special
Commissioner, Solid Waste Management, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Bengaluru in Karnataka.
Two ASI officers get new postings
(UPDATED)
Mrs Surbala Devi has been posted as Assistant Archaeologist, NMMA, Red
Fort, Delhi while Mrs Tejinder Kaur was appointed to ASI hqrs, Data
Bank Red Fort Delhi.
Ramachandra Mishra deputed as Director, Cabinet
Secretariat (UPDATED)
Ramachandra Mishra has been appointed as Director in the Cabinet Secretariat
in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Ordnance
Factory Service.
CORPORATE
Anand resigns as Independent Director of Virtualsoft
Systems Ltd
Ashok Kumar Anand has resigned as Independent Director of Virtualsoft
Systems Ltd
Patidar resigns as CS of Texmo Pipes and Products
Ltd
Ravi Patidar has resigned as Company Secretary of Texmo Pipes and Products
Limited
Havele to be re-appointed MD of Dhanada Corporation
Ltd ?
The Board of Dhanada Corporation Ltd is to re-appoint Ramesh R Havele
as Managing Director of the company
Kamboj resigns as CS of Alliance Integrated Metaliks Ltd
Ms Ritika Kamboj has resigned as Company Secretary of Alliance Integrated
Metaliks Ltd
Ms Shah appointed CS of Chartered Logistics
Ltd
Chartered Logistics Ltd has appointed Ms Priti Shah as Company Secretary
of the company.
Rangarajan appointed CFO of Housing.com
Mani Rangarajan has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Housing.com.
Sangwan appointed Director ( HR) of Adecco
India
Anviti Sangwan has been appointed Director ( Human Resources) of Adecco
India.
FORUM
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"Appeal to PM: Do not mollycoddle Bureaucracy"
DoP&T's circular dt Sept 30,2015 advises all ministries to create
gyms at work places to de-stress bureaucrats and overcome threats of
" frustration, low productivity, absenteeism, sedentary jobs, increasing
workload, image makeover of offices by creating a positive and energetic
work force , help in effective discharge of official duties etc."
DoP&T's pearls of wisdom or plebian arguments. Insiders reveal
on condition of anonymity that suggestion for gyms came from a few top
bureaucrats to burn their calories. Juniors do it, anyway, travelling
by public transports. Why can't seniors emulate their subordinates and
eliminate VVIP racism? Have they forgotten Modi mantra: Swachh Bharat
Abhiyan. Sweeping would surely keep them healthier and happier.
Consider logistics. Shortage of office space in Delhi and outside is
well known. Scouting for additional office space in the open market
would be costly. Private gyms have sprouted at every nook and corner.
Why not avail of these facilities instead of creating duplicate infra-structure.
The cascading effect on the States has not been visualized ? Expenditure
running into thousands of crores of rupees. This could be utilized on
projects/schemes to help the less fortunately circumstanced. People
are getting increasingly disillusioned. GOI must get its priorities
right. Sooner ,the better.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)
National Literary Audit Authority
There is an urgent need to create a National Literary Audit Authority.
Literature is Soft Power of a nation. If undeserving people run away
with awards from the Academy, spew venom in their writings as Academy
awardees and create trash of literature, it dents the image of a nation
proud of its epics and priceless literature. The Authority should scrutinize
each and every awarded work and poem to tell society of the literary
content and beauty of expression. If the awardees had written even a
good/inspiring poem, the nation would have celebrated it. What are the
themes they are writing about? There is literature from 24 languages.
Enough production to be recognized internationally. Are our writers
known pan India or internationally? Time to reassess our national soft
power strengths and weaknesses. Generally the Academy has been ruled
by retired bureaucrats, who also call themselves poets.
M L Gupta
Bihar and UP benighted states ?
Why are Bihar and UP such benighted states? Indeed, why is it that these
states together pull India down to such an extent that the development
of the rest of India is dragged down? Many are the avowed reasons for
this. The main reason though, which may be unpalatable to the denizens
of these parts of the country, is that these regions are ungovernable.
In other parts of the country, the Rule of law does prevail, if it breaks
down, it does so temporarily. In these parts, it has never taken root.
Kidnappings, murder, loot, rape, you name it, newspapers in these parts
are full of ghoulish incidents of this ilk, day in and day out. These
states are ruled by the criminal-politician nexus. Even the ordinary
man on the street is very happy to talk about the leading criminal belonging
to his caste or religion. These states are absolutely casteist/ communal.
They do not believe in development. Education, health, electricity,
business and industry just cannot develop in these lawless parts. They
have no need for development. They must dominate, though it might lead
their states to the middle ages. Chauvinistic to the core, my caste
or religion, right or wrong, is their mantra. The result is that a vast
ocean of humanity resides in these parts, ill educated, under developed,
without the basic necessities of life, but ready to do anything for
their caste or religion. These parts are totally mediaeval in their
approach and modern India is an anomaly there. Now, Bihar has an election.
It is unlikely to bring about any change, the jungle needs its raj.
Arjun Mallik
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DATE WITH RTI
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Minutes of meeting
of Empowered Committee of State Finance Minister on GSTN
The appellant asked for the minutes of the meeting of Empowered
Committee of State Finance Ministers from January 2010 to till
date etc. The FAA directed the PIO to provide extracts of the
minutes of the Empowered Committee meeting pertaining to the GSTN.
The FAA clarified that the Empowered Committee had taken a decision
that the Minutes of the Empowered Committee meeting should be
treated as items covered under “not open to disclosure under
section 8 of the RTI Act, 2005. It was argued that disclosing
the entire minutes of the Empowered Committee meetings will be
a breach of parliamentary privilege. The appellant contended that
the Empowered Committee is a registered Society and does not perform
any sovereign functions. The CIC noted that the Empowered Committee
(EC) is deliberating the issue of introduction of the Goods and
Services Tax (GST) in the country and that the discussions on
the same are intense, resulting in points of views, often, being
expressed in closed door meetings of the State Finance Ministers.
The PIO has also stated that the decision of the working groups
consisting of officers of both the Central and State Governments
have been formed to prepare a draft legislation of GST, business
process to be adopted in the GST regime and related issues. He
has categorically stated that any premature disclosure about the
future tax policies could have an adverse effect on the economic
interest. The CIC upheld the denial of information.
Comments
The introduction of Goods and Services Tax is heralded as the
major tax reform initiative. With the advent of participation
of the stakeholders in the statute making process, new ways and
means have to be found for constructively involving all in such
a manner that sharing of information does not itself become a
hindrance.
Citation: Shri R.K. Jain v. Empowered Committee of State Finance
Ministers, Delhi Secretariat in F.No. CIC/SS/A/2013/001766-YA
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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