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POLITICS
This is History (99)
Japan is a great and powerful empire, with all the vices of imperialist
powers.
FIR likely in National Herald case?
If sources are to be believed, investigating agencies are likely to
file an FIR in the National Herald case.
Crowd was managed even during Nehru era !
While the alleged mobilization of crowd by Narendra Modi was being discussed
at a get together, a senior citizen believed to be in the know of the
things claimed that crowd was managed even during the days of Jawaharlal
Nehru.
Will Judges be put under CBI scanner ?
Will the Judges of various courts too be raided by the CBI since, of
late, it is being said that they are not above the law.
BUREAUCRACY
Performance of three Secretaries on watch
?
There are rumours in the power gallery that performance of three Secretaries
to GoI is being watched closely. Guess the names of the three?
Kini to be new DG of Bureau of Police Research & Development
In all probability ARK Kini will succeed NR Wasan as DG of Bureau of
Police Research & Development (BPR & D) onDecember 1. He is
a 1981 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
Supreme Court Collegium to meet this weekend ?
Supreme Court Collegium is likely to meet this weekend to recommend
two names of SC Judges. Three posts are to be filled up.
Three officers to join Enforcement Directorate !
Three officers are being posted on loan basis in Enforcement Directorate.
They are all IRS officers, one in the rank of Additional Director and
remaining two as JD. Posting is expected to be made in a couple of days.
Girish Kumar to be Director (BC) BEL
Girish Kumar, GM, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), has been selected
for the post of company's Director (BC) after the interviews conducted
for the same by the Public Enterprises Selection Board on Monday. As
many as 10 BEL GMs and one scientist besides a GM from NALCO appeared
for the interview.
Mirani to join Settlement Commission
MK Miranai is joining as Chairman of Settlement Commission Income Tax.
He is a former 1977 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Adhoc promotion of 2007 batch IRS postponed ?
The adhoc promotion of 2007 batch IRS to the post of Joint Commissioner
of Income tax which was expected shortly has reportedly been postponed
to next financial year.
Appointment of Goyal not cleared by ACC
While four GMs in the Railways were appointed, proposal of A K Goyal
for appointment in the Railway Staff College, Baroda was not cleared
by the ACC. Any reason ?
Radhe Shyam to retire this month end
General Manager of South Eastern Railway (SCR) Radhe Shyam is superannuating
by this month end.
Appointment of PK Prasad as MD, NERAMAC still pending ?
Why is the appointment of PK Prasad, Senior GM, NSC, as Managing Director,
North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)
pending with the DoNER?
Tenure of Cmde K Subramaniam as CMD, CSL to end in Dec
The tenure of Cmde K Subramaniam as Chairman & Managing Director,
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is coming to an end onDecember 31, 2015.
D Ravi yet to get orders for Director (Comm), PFC
D Ravi, ED, PFC, who was selected for the post of Director (Commercial),
Power Finance Corporation (PFC), is yet to get orders. The post has
been lying vacant since January 23, 2015.
Secretary post for MSRVVP, Ujjain advertised
Ministry of HRD has advertised post of Secretary, Maharishi Sandipani
Rashtriya Veda Vidya Pratishthan(MSRVVP), Ujjain. Those interested could
apply till December 10, 2015.
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.
Buxy joins GoI
Dr.Suneesh Buxy served as Conservator of Forest NCT of Delhi for 3 years
and Now joined Ministry Of Environment a, Forest and Climate Changeas
DIG on Central deputation fo
Additional Judges appointed in Calcutta High
Court (UPDATED)
The President has appointed Ms Samapati Chatterjee, Sahidullah Munshi,
Subrata Talukdar, Tapabrata Chakraborty, Arindam Sinha, Arijit Banerjee,
and Debangsu Basak, as the Additional Judges of Calcutta High Court,
for a period of three months beginning October 30.
Additional Judges appointed in Karnataka High
Court(UPDATED)
The President has appointed Arakalagudu Venkataramaiah Chandrashekara,
Ms Rathnakala, Budihal Rudrappa Bhimappa, Pradeep Dattatraya Waingankar,
and Koratagere Narasimha Murthy Phaneendra, as the Additional Judges
of Karnataka High Court, for a period of three months beginning October
24.
Additional Judges for AP and Telangana HC
(UPDATED)
The President has appointed Bulusu Siva Sankara Rao, Mandhata Seetharama
Murti,Saripella Ravi Kumar,Upmaka Durga Prasad Rao, Talluri Sunil Chowdary,Mallavolu
Satyanarayana Murthy,Misrilal Sunil Kishore Jaiswal, Ambati Shankar
Narayana, and Ms Anis, as Additional Judges of High Court of Telangana
& Andhra Pradesh, for a period of three months beginning 23rd October.
Achliya is Additional Judge of Bombay HC (UPDATED)
Vijay Lakhichand Achliya, to be an Additional Judge of the Bombay High
Court, for a period of two years with effect from 21st October, 2015.
Gupta is new CGPTDM (UPDATED)
Om Prakash Gupta has been appointed Controller General of Patents,Design
and Trade Marks in Mumbai for five years. He is 1992 batch IAS officer
of Maharashtra cadre.
Solanki empanelled as JS in GoI (UPDATED)
A K Solanki has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the
Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
IFS officer empanelled in GoI
(UPDATED)
1986 batch Gujarat cadre Indian Forests Service officer R D Kamboj has
been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of
India.
Shubhra Singh gets extension (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) Ms Shubhra Singh
has been given three months extension in deputation tenure. She is 1989
batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
19 IRSME officers empanelled for Joint Secretary
or equivalent (UPDATED)
As many as 19 officers of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
(IRSME) belonging to 1986 batch have been empanelled for the post of
Joint Secretary or equivalent at the Centre. They are Satish Kumar,
Kalyani Lal Chadda, S Srinivas, PK Misra, Ramesh K Sangar, Saibal Kumar
Bose, Janendra K Jain, Anirudh Gautam, Sanjay Kumar Pankaj, Inderjit
Singh, Prakash K Mandal, Braj Mohan Agarwal, Prem Narayan Jha, Atulya
Sinha, Manu Goel, Jyotindra Digi, Gautam Majumdar, Nitin Chowdhary and
RS Saxena.
AS officer Balamurugan empanelled for Joint
Secretary or equivalent (UPDATED)
Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1994 batch JM Balamurugan has been empanelled
for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent at the centre.
IAS officer Chandra Bhushan empanelled for
Joint Secretary or equivalent (UPDATED)
UT cadre IAS officer of 1995 batch Chandra Bhushan Kumar has been empanelled
for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent at the centre.
Three IRS (IT) officers empanelled as JS (UPDATED)
Three 1988 batch IRS (IT) officers Mssrs Shyama S bansia,Dr Simmi Gupta
and Rajeev Sinha have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary
in the Government of India.
CPWD organises seminar on 'Preventive Vigilance as a tool of Good Governance'
(UPDATED)
The Vigilance Commissioner, Central Vigilance Commission, Rajiv on Tuesday
praised the efforts made by the Vigilance Unit of CPWD towards implementing
various preventive vigilance measures to bring about more transparency
and accountability in the organisation.
He was speaking as a Chief Guest at a Seminar cum interactive session
organized for all seniors officers of CPWD focusing on the main theme
of the Vigilance Week "Preventive Vigilance as a tool for Good
Governance" held at Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Rajiv has also emphasized the importance of creating the right environment
in the organisation which is conducive for honest and sincere working
besides inaugurating the upgraded web page of the Vigilance Unit provided
in the CPWD web site.
CPWD is observing the Vigilance Awareness Week from Oct 26 to Oct 31,
2015 in the Directorate and in all the field offices spread across the
country.
M.R. Krishna, CVO, CPWD give a detailed presentation of various preventive
vigilance measures implemented by the Vigilance Unit. He also explained
in detail various systematic improvements implemented by the Vigilance
Unit. Digital technology and information technology are being leveraged
to a large extent to bring transparency in the procedures and systems.
Dharmendra, IAS Joint Secretary & CVO, M/o Urban Development, S.N.
Srivastava, IPS, Spl. Commissioner of Delhi Police, Alok Pateria, IPS,
Addl. D.G. M.P. Police, attended the Seminar as Special Guests. The
function was presided over by Divakar Garg, Director General, CPWD.
Praveen K. Gupta has been appointed MD SBI
(UPDATED)
Gupta was MD SBI Capital Markets. Earlier Gupta has been the DMD and
CFO of State Bank of India. Gupta has been with the State Bank of India
for over three decades, having joined the bank in 1982.
Manohar Kumar selected for the post of Director
(Engineering) in NPCC (UPDATED)
Manohar Kumar, GGM of the National Projects Construction Corporation
Limited (NPCC) has been selected for the post of Corporation's Director
(Engineering) after the interviews conducted for the same by the Public
Enterprises Selection Board on Tuesday. As many as 12 aspirants for
the post have appeared for the same.
CORPORATE
Sharma appointed Addl. Director of Taj GVK
Hotels & Resorts Ltd
Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Limited has appointed Chinmai Sharma as
an Additional Director of the company
Ms Singh appointed CS of Inox Wind Ltd
Inox Wind Limited has appointed Ms Shubha Singh as Company Secretary
of the company.
Sapre appointed CFO of Persistent Systems Ltd
Persistent Systems Limited has appointed Sunil Sapre as the Chief Financial
Officer of the company w.e.f December 1, 2015
Vasantavada resigns as Whole-time Director of Advanta Ltd
Venkatram Vasantavada has resigned as Whole-time Director of Advanta
Ltd
Piramal appointed Whole-time Director of Peninsula Land Ltd
Peninsula Land Ltd has appointed Nandan A Piramal as a Whole-time Director
of the company.
Dua ceases to be Independent Director of Peninsula Land Ltd
Ajay Dua has ceased to be an Independent Director of Peninsula Land
Ltd
Sharma appointed CS of Austin Engineering Company Ltd
Austin Engineering Company Ltd has appointed Ms Ashwini Sharma as Company
Secretary of the company.
Three Addl. directors appointed on Board of Mega Corporation Ltd
Mega Corporation Ltd has appointed Kunal Lalani, Navratan Baid and Rajendra
Bengani as Additional Directors of the company.
FORUM
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Collegium vs NJAC
I feel neither the NJAC nor the present Collegium system answer
all the ills.
Our constitution already has an in-built provision for an All India
Judicial Service.
It has not seen the light of the day so far owing to a clash of interests.
If we are interested in quality inductions in the Judiciary even the
Collegium under its auspices could get an all India exam conducted for
the aspirants of the higher judiciary and get able people shortlisted.This
will also uphold the primacy of the judiciary.Once the all India Judicial
Service comes into being we may not require even the Collegium.
Nandan Dube, Former DGP MP
Comments on Bihar
One should compare the good things such as development, cleanliness,
education, genuine date of birth certificates, genuine qualification
certificates etc. There is 2G scam, but system is there to catch, but
simultaneously a rickshaw puller has got mobile. One should know about
railways, steel, coal, fertilisers, etc . They are downgraded.
Suyas
Why this sudden change ?
Suddenly, there is a lot of brouhaha on reservations in the media. All
the leftists, Nitish Kumarji, Lalu Prasadji etc are talking of reservations.
Suddenly, Sahitya Akademi award winners have started returning their
awards (strange, that conscience emanates from a residential location
in Janpath Street in New Delhi!). Suddenly, Nitish Kumar has found political
savvy in Rahul Gandhi. Suddenly, Laluji has become a paragon of virtue
for Nitish Kumar. What Jungle Raj? Laluji is the voice of the poor and
downtrodden, avers Nitishji. What fodder scam? Whoever raised this issue?
Not Nitish Kumar, goes the refrain.
What has caused all this? Is there a pattern to all this? There is
a clear and obvious pattern. It is against one man, Narendrabhai Damodardas
Modi. Keep him at bay in Bihar, by hook or by crook. Narendrabhai has
a vision of development. If the public gets a taste of development,
they will kick the Lalus and Nitishs out for ever. Keep the public ill
educated, ill-informed, away from the fruits of development. Sing the
old casteist and minority vote bank songs. Sell reservations in a new
avatar. Keep society divided. What if criminals have a field day. What
if more and more scams, fodder or others, occur. What if kidnappings,
murders, rapes, looting become the norm again in Bihar. Let Bihar go
behind the rest of the country by a thousand more years.
Ramasubban T
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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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