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POLITICS
This is History (98)
With Japan there were several wars, and on some occasions Korea was
successful. But now there is no comparison between the two.
Amit Shah and UP connection ?
Does BJP president Amit Shah belong to a royal family in Uttar Pradesh.
People were heard saying that Shah belongs to Raja Saheb Jagammanpur
family of Jalaun District in Uttar Pradesh. Is it not a news for Gujarat
people?
Will Judiciary be defamed by the govt ?
The recent statement of BJP leader and Union Minister Arun Jaitley after
the Supreme Court order on NJAC has given rise to the doubt - whether
Judiciary is going to be defamed by the government ? Some say that the
government is reconciled.
BUREAUCRACY
1982 batch IPS empanelment likely in November
If sources are to be believed, empanelment of 1982 batch IPS officers
to the rank of DG in the Government of India is likely to take place
in November. It is said that expert panel has submitted its report.
Inter cadre deputation: Ranjit Kumar Singh's proposal rejected
The proposal of Ranjit Kumar Singh for an inter cadre deputation from
Gujarat to Bihar has been rejected by the Government of India.
Ravindra Gupta is GM, South Central Railway
Ravindra Gupta is new General Manager of the South Central Railway (SCR).
His orders have been issued by the Railway Board.
(We said this on October 15)
Jamshed is new GM, North Frontier Railway
M Jamshed has been appointed new General Manager of the North Frontier
Railway (NFR). He is an IRTS officer.
(We said this on October 15)
Nibaria is new GM, Rail Coach Factory
RP Nibaria has been appointed new General Manager of Rail Coach Factory
(RCF) Kapurthala. He is an IRSEE officer.
(We said this on October 16)
Jaggi is new GM (Constructions), NFR
HK Jaggi has been appointed new General Manager (Constructions) North
Frontier Railways (NFR). He is an IRSE officer.
(We said this on October 14)
CBI yet to give clean chit to four selected Bank MDs, CEOs ?
The CBI has reportedly not given clean chit to four out of the five
selected persons for MD and CEO on September 16.
14 vacancies in Settlement Commission
Out of total 21 posts of Chairman Income Tax Settlement Commission,
14 are currently vacant in the country.
Ajit Balaji Joshi is new Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh
Ajit Balaji Joshi, a 2003-batch Haryana cadre IAS officer has taken
over as new Deputy Commissioner of Chandigarh on Monday. Joshi was earlier
posted as Deputy Commissioner in Jind.
Suresh Arora is new DGP of Punjab
Suresh Arora has been appointed new DGP of Punjab. 1982 batch IPS officer
Arora has succeeded Sumedh Singh Saini.
Saini moves to Police Housing Corporation in Punjab
DGP of Punjab Sumedh Singh Saini has been moved as Chairman of the Police
Housing Corporation in Punjab.
GoI yet to appoint PS Mishra as Director (P&P), OMDC
Why are the orders for appointment of PS Mishra, GM, BCCL/CIL, as Director
(P&P), Orissa Mineral Development Corporation (OMDC) getting delayed?
The post has been lying vacant since February 4, 2015.
Panel of Sahadev Khatua for CMD, JCIL likely
to be scrapped
The panel made for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Jute
Corporation of India Limited (JCIL) Sahadev Khatua, Chief Engineer,
NHPC,is expected to be scrapped for want of vigilance clearance.
Ms Shubhangi posted as Assistant Director
in PDA office, Mumbai
Ms Shubhangi, on completion of training at NAAA, Shimla, has been posted
as Assistant Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit,
Central, Mumbai. She is a 2013 batch IA&AS officer.
DG, Bureau of Police Research & Development
to retire next month
Director General of Bureau of Police Research & Development, NR
Wasan is superannuating by next month end. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer
of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Archana Joshi posted in her cadre
Archana Joshi,DRM Kota, has been relieved from West Central Railway
and posted in her cadre North Eastern Railway. She is an IRTS officer.
Reddi goes to SC Rly
On Return from deputation to Andhra Pradesh, N.V.Ramana Reddi has been
posted in his cadre S.C. Rly. He is an IRPS officer.
M K Singh posted in Central Railways
On premature repatriation from CONCOR, Manoj Kumar Singh, an IRTS officer
has been posted in Central Railways.
IPS transfers in Uttar Pradesh
Om Prakash Srivastava, the Superintendent of Police in Fatehpur has
been moved to police headquarters in Allahabad. Rajiv Malhatora, Additional
SP posted in Lucknow will be new SP Fatehpur .The Superintendent of
Police Sonebhadra, Shiv Shankar Yadav, who is on leave, has been replaced
by Commandant, PAC, Kanpur, Ram Lal Verma.
Bombay Professor is new Director of IIM, Lucknow
Prof Ajit Prasad Professor of Strategy at S P Jain Institute of Mangement
,Mumbai has been appointed new Director of the IIM Lucknow.
CORPORATE
Ms Rawal resigns as CS & CFO of Bhilwara
Technical Textiles Ltd
Ms Khwahish Rawal has resigned as Company Secretary and Chief Financial
Officer of Bhilwara Technical Textiles Ltd
Kandula appointed Capgemini India CEO?
Srinivas Kandula has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini
India
Jangid appointed CS of Unique Organics Ltd
Unique Organics Ltd has appointed Ramavtar Jangid as Company Secretary
of the company.
Modi appointed Addl. Director of Fraser and
Company Ltd
Fraser and Company Ltd has appointed Dhiren Modi as an Additional Director
of the company
Subandh appointed CMO of Flipkart
Samardeep Subandh has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer of Flipkart.
Saxena appointed Regional Sales Manager (North
India) of Volk and Keeler
Volk and Keeler has appointed Amit Saxena as the Regional Sales Manager
for North India
FORUM
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carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)
Colossal credibility crisis
'When Anna Hazare raised the slogan of Lokpal for eradication of nation's
evils, majority of the people were sceptical of the demanded Institution's
existence and its competence to achieve desired goals, in view of the
almost pervert politics. So, the individual slogan raisers gained prominence
and the Institution is not yet in sight, nor anyone is asking for it
anymore. Since the days of Internal Emergency serious efforts have been
afoot to gain political intrusion into the domain of Judiciary for the
reasons other than bringing about reforms for better justice delivery
system. The main reason for failure of such motivated efforts is the
almost complete credibility crisis of the other two pillars of democracy
i.e Executive and Legislature. At the same time Judiciary, in spite
of some questionable issues, has been able to retain public faith and
its inbuilt credibility..The likes of the stalwarts like, late Justice
Hans Raj Khanna, the judge of the Supreme Court, who spoke his mind
in the historic judgement about the vires of Emergency and sacrifice
his illustrious career, added lustre to the judiciary. The efforts to
replace Collegium system with NJAC are prima-facie motivated to wrest
control of Judiciary to make it subservient, thereby defeating the constitutional
provision of Judiciary's independence. It is good that the self scrutiny
by the Supreme court to make the Collegium system more transparent and
effective will be substantially helpful, instead of replacing it with
NJAC. Governments in states and at the Centre have made some rules for
filling the Constitutional posts. How the governments have been making
those appointments is not beyond even a laymans' comprehension. By making
appointments on the criteria other than merit, most of the Constitutional
bodies have lost faith of the public and credibility. Here is an example.
In the states where the population of Ex-servicemen and serving soldiers
is large, some Constitutional institutions get retired Generals as their
heads. I know a retired Lt General, who wanted to get appointment as
chairman of a public service commission. He had some political relatives,
who approached the keyman for such appointments. That keyman, after
listening to his very well-known politicians said, ''Baaki ttan sabh
theek a, par jarnail sahib jitthe kawange angutha laounge? (well, will
the General sahab put his thumb impression wherever they wanted?)''So
in the current political scenario,control of judicial appointments should
remain with the judiciary.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar
"Collegium v/s NJAC"
In terms of Apex Court's verdict, the collegium's recommendations will
be required to be submitted to the President, who acts on the aid and
advice of Union Council of Ministers i.e the political Executive. Selection
of judges of high courts and Supreme Court involves search for essential
core qualities in judges in a transparent manner. Making 360 degree
appraisal of aspirants' credentials through NJAC, is the best option.
The in-house mechanism would be opaque, fraught with biases and prejudices.
The impasse must be resolved with Presidential intervention as otherwise
the "sovereign people of India" will continue to suffer due
to judicial delay caused by vacancies in high courts and Supreme court.
About 3 crore cases are reportedly pending in courts across the country.
This is no time for confrontation, debates and political wrangling.
AK Saxena ( A retd. civil servant)
Attitude of senior officers
One of the ills which is plaguing the development of the country is
the feudalistic attitude of Senior Officers in the Ministries/Departments.
Why should a junior official enter the room of his Joint Secretary,
Additional Secretary and Secretary with fear? Why should the Senior
Officials not entertain the sporting advice of their juniors? Why should
the Senior Official not have trust in his juniors, when he says so?
Why should there not be any training senior officers as to how they
should they behave with subordinates? In this era the carrot stick policy
will not work. You will have to work in cooperation. By being feudalistic
and ferocious you only make yourself unpopular. At the time of transfer/retirement
people don't give you farewell. When people see you in the market/streets,
they look at you with disdain. The ACR/APAR system is ruining this country
wherein the junior even if he is right has to keep quite. We should
have a system of performance review which is quantitative nature only
which includes punctuality, energy, dynamism etc. also.
Nick
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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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