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This is History (93)
Foreign invasions in almost every country have always succeeded because
of the weakness of that country and the internal conflicts of its people.
Huge quantity of foreign, Nepalese & fake
currency seized in Bihar
In Bihar assembly elections, various agencies confiscated Nepalese,
foreign, fake and Indian currency in crores. According to official information,
agencies have seized more than 40 crore Indian rupees, about 2 crore
Nepali rupees, more than Rs 60 lakh fake currency and approximately
65 lakh foreign currencies of different countries.
Why prices of pulses are not coming down ?
Despite several steps taken including import of pulses, the prices
of pulses are going on rise. If sources are to be believed, many state
governments are not supporting Union government measures to control
price rise. The Government has taken several measures for increasing
the availability of pulses by banning export of pulses, extension of
zero import duty on pulses and also import of 5000 tonnes of pulses
from Price Stabilization Fund. Centre is said to be not happy with BJP
ruled states because they have not taken hard measures to bring down
prices.
Development. ...Development...Development
'Audit' the Sahitya Awardees!
A lot of favoritism one sees!
Like the ex-rulers gave themselves awards!
For servility to many they also gave rewards!
Amit Shah hit the nail on the head!
It's all about ..Kamai, Padhai and Dawayee he said!
The migration from Bihar is because of these!
Solve these and migration will cease!
Max migration took place during Jungle Raaj!
And is still on aaj!
The worry if by a miracle Laloo returns!
To finish of Bihar goondas will take turns!
Kidnappers, looters, scamsters will rule the State!
Doomed citizens and State's fate!
Killing is unlawful and law supersedes any religious saying!
In hands of rabble rousers why are some playing!
The Majesty of law has its say!
And then murder every religion does flay!
There is so much developmental work going on!
So many negative policies getting undone!
PM has said ...fight poverty not each other!
We are all bros with a different Father and Mother!
Give development a chance !
At other issues don't give cursory a glance!
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
Justice Thakur to be next CJI
Senior Supreme
Court judge Justice TS Thakur is all set to be next Chief Justice of
India (CJI). The present incumbent HL Dattu is due to retire on December
2, 2015.
Fate of 22 Additional Judges of HC to be decided
soon
Fate of 22 Additional Judges of the High Courts of Karnataka, Calcutta,
Andhra Pradesh, Telengana and Bombay is to be decided this week. Will
they be made permanent or get extension ?.
First appointment after SC verdict
This is said to be first appointment in the higher judiciary after the
Supreme Court verdict. Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei, senior-most judge
of that Gauhati High Court, has been appointed acting Chief Justice
with effect from October 21.
(We said this on October 17 )
Seven
IAS officers retiring in Oct
As many as nine IAS officers are retiring in October, 2015. They are
O Ravi of Gujarat cadre; Dr. Avtar Singh and Chhajju Ram Rana of Haryana
cadre; Vidyadhar K Kanade of Maharashtra; Dr. Avind Mayaram and Ashok
Sampatram of Rajasthan cadre; and Rakesh Sharma of Uttarakhand cadre.
Gurjit Singh appointed Ambassador to Germany
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.
No suitable candidate found for CMD, AYCL
Despite interviews of 10 persons, no candidate has been found suitable
for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Andrew Yule & Corporation
Limited at the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held
on October 19, 2015.
Ramachandra Mishra deputed as Director, Cabinet Secretariat
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.
Raju appointed Member Secretary, Law Commission
G Narayan Raju has been appointed Member Secretary in the Law Commission,
Legislative Department.
Five new Members of CAT
Five new Members of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) are being
appointed in a month or two. Names have already reached the ACC.
Anuj Gogia deputed to Enforcement Directorate
Anuj Gogia, Additional Director General, Vigilance of Customs and Central
Excise, has been deputed to Enforcement Directorate on loan basis. He
is an IRS-C&CE officer.
Patwardhan deputed as Director Accounts, NTRO
VA Patwardhan, Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio
Member Audit Board-I, New Delhi, has been deputed to National Technical
Research Organisation (NTRO), New Delhi as Director of Accounts. Patwardhan
is a 1996 batch IA&AS officer.
Vikas Kumar posted as Asst. Accountant General,
MP, Gwalior
Vikas Kumar, on completion of training at NAAA, Shimla, has been posted
as Assistant Accountant General in the office of Accountant General
(G&SSA), Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior. He is a 2012 batch IA&AS officer.
Surana likely to face teething troubles for
HPCL, CMD post
No sooner was the name of M K Surana, CEO, HPCL, announced for the post
of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL) by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on October 15, 2015
than some anti-forces swung into action to dig out his pitch, raising
questions on his selection as he lacks Board level experience. They
have queried as to how a GM level manager can be elevated to the post
of CMD, HPCL.
MHI seeks second runner up for Director (Fin),
BHEL
The Ministry of Heavy Industry is reported to have sought the name of
second runner up from the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
for the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
(BHEL).
Six IES women officer get HAG in GoI
As many as six women Indian Economic Service (IES) officers of 1980
to 1982 batch have been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).
They are Dr. KS Uma (1980); Ms. Urvashi Sadhwani (1982); Dr. Sunita
Chhibba (1982); Dr. Archana S Mathur (1982); Dr. Anandi Subramanian
(1982) and Dr. Renu Singh Parmar (1981).
Dr. KS Uma appointed Principal Adviser, Communications
& IT
Dr. KS Uma has been appointed Principal Adviser, Ministry of Communications
& Information Technology, Department of Telecommunications. Dr.
Uma is a 1980 batch IES officer.
One Member of CWC retiring in Oct.
CK Agrawal, Member, Design and Research Central Water Commission is
going to retire in this month end.
Member, Water Planning & Projects post
vacant since June
After K. Mahendran, retired in June the post of Member, Water Planning
and Projects, CWC is lying vacant.
Two ASI officers get new postings
Mrs Surbala Devi has been posted as Assistant Archaeologist, NMMA, Red
Fort, Delhi while Mrs Tejinder Kaur was appointed to ASI headquarters,
Data Bank Red Fort Delhi.
SC Jethi is also Additional Member, Tourism
& Catering in Railway Board
S C Jethi Additional Member, Commercial, has been assigned an additional
charge of Additional Member of Tourism & Catering in Railway Board.
He is an IRTS officer.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in J&K
As many as six IAS officers in Jammu & Kashmir have been transferred.
Accordingly, Sundeep Kumar Nayak has been appointed as Principal Secretary,
Relief and Rehabilitation with additional charge of CEO, Project Monitoring
Unit of the 'New World BanK Project' while Dheeraj Gupta was made Commissioner,
Power Department and Shailendra Kumar is Commissioner, Industries and
Commerce Department with additional charge of Labour and Employment.
Besides, Saleem Mohammad has been appointed as Additional Commissioner
in the office of Divisional Commisioner, Jammu; Mohammad Javed Khan
as Custodian General, J&K and Saugat Biswas was made Project Director,
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan with additional charge of Project
Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
Three IPS officers get new postings in J&K
Arun Kumar Choudhary has been posted as MD J&K Police Housing Corporation
in the rank of IG while JP Singh was made Commissioner, Civil Military
Liaison in the Home Department and Viplav Kumar Choudhary is posted
as DIG, Traffic, Jammu with additional charge of Traffic in Jammu &
Kashmir.
Warrier is new Ambassador to Congo (UPDATED)
S. K. Ashok Warrier, presently in the Ministry, has been appointed as
the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Justice Tatia is new Chairman HRC in Rajasthan
(UPDATED)
Former Judge of the Rajasthan High Court Justice Prakash Tatia will
be new Chairman of the Human Rights Commission in Rajasthan.
S B L Misra gets charge of PCCF in AP
(UPDATED)
S B L Misra has been given full additional charge of Principal Chief
Conservator of Forests in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1980 batch IFS officer
of AP cadre.
Jaideep Prasad promoted as IG, BPR&D (UPDATED)
Jaideep Prasad, DIG, CISF, has been promoted to IGP grade and posted
as IG in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). He
is a 1995 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.
Posting orders of Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb as
IG, BPR&D cancelled (UPDATED)
The posting orders of Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb as Inspector General in
Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) have been cancelled.
He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Ajit Balaji Joshi relieved to join as Deputy
Commissioner, Chandigarh Administration (UPDATED)
Ajit Balaji Joshi has been relieved by the Government of Haryana for
joining as Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh Administration on deputation.
He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Two IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Rajan Kumar Gupta has been appointed as ACS, Irrigation Department while
Mrs Navraj Sandhu gets charge of ACS, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
and Fisheries Department in Haryana.
Cadre of Ravi Prakash Gupta transferred to
Haryana (UPDATED)
The cadre of Ravi Prakash Gupta has been transferred from Chhattisgarh
to Haryana. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
N Krishnappa selected as Director (OU), BEL (UPDATED)
N Krishnappa, GM, BEL, has been selected for the post of Director (OU),
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board
(PESB) meeting held on October 20, 2015. As many as 14 persons were
interviewed for the same.
Retired IAS officer, S K Behar passes away (UPDATED)
Surendra Kumar Behar, brother of former Chief Secretary of MP, Sharatchandra
Behar, has passed away in Banglore. Behar, who was a retired IAS officer
of Chhattisgarh cadre, will be cremated at Raipur on October 21.
7 CSS officers shifted after promotion to Under Secretary grade (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have
been promoted to the Under Secretary grade and posted to different Ministries.
Accordingly, Dhirendra Kumar has been posted to Food & PD while
Phool Chandra Prasad was appointed to Rural Development and Raj Krishna
Bhoria was posted to Statistics & P I. Similarly, Rajneesh Mohan
Singh has been poted to Science & Technology; Ravinder Kumar to
SSC; Satya Prakash to urban Development, HUPA and Subhash Chandra Sharu
was posted to UPSC.
Bhagwan Shankar appointed as ED, FCI (UPDATED)
Bhagwan Shankar has been appointed as Executive Director (North zone)
at Joint Secretary level in Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi.
He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
CORPORATE
Gupta appointed Director (Technical) of REC
S K Gupta, Executive Director of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
(REC) has been appointed as Director (Technical) on the Board of Directors
of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited . He assumed charge on
October 16, 2015
Ms Raval appointed Independent Director of
Torrent Power Ltd
Torrent Power Limited has appointed Ms Dharmishta Raval as an Independent
Director of the company.
Duggal appointed Chairman of MCFL
Arun Duggal has been appointed as Chairman of Mangalore Chemicals and
Fertilizers Ltd (MCFL).
Krishnan to be MD of MCFL
N Suresh Krishnan to be Managing Director of Mangalore Chemicals and
Fertilizers Ltd (MCFL) w.e.f. January 1, 2016
Sieber appointed Independent Director of HCL
Technologies Ltd
HCL Technologies Ltd has appointed Thomas Sieber as Independent Director
of the company.
Kumar appointed CS of Rajasthan Petro Synthetics
Ltd
Rajasthan Petro Synthetics Limited has appointed Amit Kumar as Company
Secretary of the company.
Malegam resigns as Independent Director of
Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd
Y H Malegam has resigned as Independent Director of Clariant Chemicals
(India) Limited
Ms Chakraborty appointed Non Exec. Independent
Director of Alchemist Ltd
Alchemist Limited has appointed Ms Silpi Chakraborty as Non Executive
Independent Director of the company.
Biswal appointed Director of PTC India Ltd
PTC India Limited has appointed K Biswal who is a nominee of NTPC Limited
as Director of the company.
Verma appointed CS of Tecpro Systems Ltd
Tecpro Systems Limited has appointed Suman Kumar Verma as Company Secretary
of the company.
Alai inducted as Director on Board of SKS
Microfinance Ltd
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has nominated K G
Alai, Chief General Manager of SIDBI on the Board of Directors of SKS
Microfinance Ltd
Ms Gurjar appointed Addl. Director of Beryl
Drugs Ltd
Beryl Drugs Ltd has appointed Ms Bharti Gurjar as an Additional Director
of the company
Agarwal appointed CS of Modi Naturals Ltd
Modi Naturals Ltd has appointed Ankit Agarwal as Company Secretary of
the company
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Rakesh Sinha and Sambhit Patra
Rakesh Sinha though meritorious in studies, does not know India while
Sambhit Patra behaves like a fresh Higher Secondary passout. Both bright
students of our country should go for intensive exposure tour of India
& understand different parts around Indian periphery. India is great
with its diversity. Do both these gentleman even understand difference
in Hindu practices in northern India & Southern India, eating habits
of different parts of India. Simple training at home of respecting elders
& intellectuals is missing. Request all friends to undergo four
weak intensive course designed on India covering geography, social practices,
historical background, economics of region, agriculture practice - dairy
animals & Constitution of India. This would help them to become
worthy Atalji descendants and true Indians.
Rajendra Kothari
Need for foreign visits
This is ridiculous. When final report is ready for submission (as per
media reports), what is the necessity of these so called foreign visits
to study pay structure. It seems that government and 7th CPC are hand
in glove to derail the process of Independent pay commission. It is
time to be vigilant and voice our concerns against these acts.
L L Satyanarayana
PM and RTI
By addressing the RTI annual symposium, the Prime Minister has clearly
shown his commitment for RTI. It is very good that they have surveyed
the credentials of the activists who are largely criminals. Of course
a country like India does not need criminals to implement the act. The
PM is right and correct. But the electronic media is giving wrong impression
to public.
Umesh Tripathi
Vacant post of Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority
It is really shocking to know in Modi government, the post of apex
body of biodiversity conservation i.e. the post of Chairman, NBA is
lying vacant since February 2014 approximately 20 months. To fill the
post they have advertised twice, second time interview was taken in
May 2015 but Minister, MOEF did not find time to sign one file in six
months and that too for an important post. The office is at Chennai
and person holding additional charge is at Delhi. Due to absence of
regular chairman the person holding the charge is not taking any interest
and he is just passing time. The minister was not aware of the consequences
of non implementation of Bio-diversity Act 2002. NBA is losing revenue
worth thousands of crores of rupees from bio resource industries every
year. NGT has given order to implement BD Act and new guidelines have
been notified by MoEF in Nov 2014 but it has not been implemented due
to regular Chairman. PMO should take speedy action.
Gopal Thosar
RTP in CSSS
Regarding RTP in CSSS whereby PPSs were transferred, one more example
is that of Secretary, Panchayati Raj who has allowed his PPS to just
join in Coal Ministry and to return to him. Coal Secretary and Secretary,
Panchayati Raj have come to a mutual "working arrangement".
Secretaries to GoI are not following the orders of Prime Minister Modi.
Vishwanathan
Sensitive offices of Secretaries
While it is a fact that a vast majority of CSSS personnel are unable
to manage highly sensitive offices of Secretaries, there are a handful
of them who by virtue of their professionalism, sincerity, devotion
and above all their impeccable integrity have earned the appreciation
of senior officers. Only such persons are sought after by Secretaries
who after nearly thirty years of service have the ability to differentiate
between wheat and chaff.
Arun
All whispers are right, but u are chamcha of BJP
Pardeep
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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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