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POLITICS
This is History (102)
It is dangerous to isolate oneself; dangerous both for an individual
and for a nation.
Will Pradhan be BJP's face in Odisha ?
The buzz around is that Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of State - Independent
Charge), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will be the face of
BJP in Odisha.
Mamata, Jayalalitha unlikely to go along with BJP
TMC leader Ms. Mamata Banerjee and AIADMK leader Ms. Jayalalitha are
unlikely to go along with the BJP because Narendra Modi will never like
to have strong leaders as coalition partners.
National Tribal Advisory Council in the offing
Government has decided to set up a National Tribal Advisory Council
for effecting monitoring and implementation of various tribal welfare
schemes. The council will be chaired by the Prime Minister and will
meet once or twice in a year.
BUREAUCRACY
New appointment of HC Judges from first week
of November ?
Beginning of new appointment of Judges in various High Courts is expected
to commence from the first week of November.
Chinoy is new Ambassador to Japan
Sujan R. Chinoy (IFS : 1981), presently Ambassador to Mexico has been
appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Japan.
Arvind Mayaram, Secretary in GoI, to retire in Oct.
Arvind Mayaram, who is presently in the Government of India as Secretary,
Ministry of Minority Affairs, is due to retire on October 31, 2015.
He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Ratan Kumar Sinha, Secretary Atomic Energy, to retire in Oct.
Ratan Kumar Sinha, Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy, is
retiring on October 31, 2015. He is a Scientist.
Three new Independent Directors in NTPC
Former 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre Ms Gauri Trivedi will
be new Independent Director in the NTPC. Rajesh Jain and MR Venkatesh
have also been appointed Independent Directors.
Srivastava to be ED (Security) ONGC
Devesh Chandra Srivastava is being tipped for ED (Security) in the ONGC.
He is 1995 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Ms Verma is now Member Settlement Commission
Ms Balbir Verma has been appointed Member of the Income Tax Settlement
Commission, (Additional Bench) in Kolkata .
Akok Shekhar appointed Representative of India,
CICAO, Montreal
Alok Shekhar has been appointed as Representative of India in the Council
of International Civil Aviation Organisation, Montreal, Canada at Joint
Secretary level under the Ministry of Aviation. He is a 1994 batch IAS
officer of Punjab cadre.
Justice Rafat Alam to be Chairman of HRC in UP
Former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh Justice Rafat Alam is being tipped
for new Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.
A K Nanda selected as Director (Pers), GRSE
A K Nanda, CGM, BEML, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel),
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) at Public Enterprises
Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 29, 2015. As many as
10 persons were interviewed for the same.
Ashwani Sondhi yet to join as Director (Mkt), MMTC Ltd.
Ashwani Sondhi, CGM, MMTC, is yet to take over the charge as Director
(Marketing), MMTC Limited as the post has been lying vacant since March
19, 2015.
A B Khare gets CVC clearance for CMD, MFL
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is reported to have given clearance
to A B Khare, Chief General Manager, RCF, for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing
Director, Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL).
Dinesh Chakravarty posted as Additional Director, SFIO, Hyderabad
Dinesh K Chakravarty has been appointed as Additional Director in the
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), RO, Hyderabad under the Ministry
of Corporate Affairs for a period of five years. He is a 2001 batch
IRS-C&CE officer.
Two Railway officers deputed to RVNL
PP Badoga and Shailesh Kumar Sinha have been deputed as DGM, Projects
in Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) at Srinagar, Uttarakhand.
Post of CMD, ECIL advertised
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Electronics Corporation
of India Limited (ECIL) falling vacant next year on November 1, 2016.
Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before
December 28, 2015.
PESB seeks applications for Director (Ref) HPCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Refineries), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited (HPCL) falling vacant next year on November 1, 2016. Those willing
to apply can send their applications to the PESB before December 28,
2015.
ITBP has 2% women force
Border guarding force ITBP has approximate 2% women force from constable
to Inspector. According to Krishna Chaudhary, DG, the force has asked
the UPSC for the recruitment of Asstt. Commandant(ACs).
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
Mrs Sunita Tripathi has been appointed as Director, Public Health and
Family Welfare while Dr Navneet Mohan Kothari was made Additional Secretary,
Finance and Director, Budget and Mrs Shilpa Gupta is Additional Project
Director, Middle Education Campaign and Deputy Secretary, School Education.
Besides, Madhukar Agneya has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Scheduled
Caste Welfare Department while Ajay Gupta was made Deputy Secretary,
Kissan Welfare and Agriculture Development in Madhya Pradesh.
Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka
As many as six IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different
places in Karnataka. Accordingly, D Prakash has been appointed as SP,
Railway Bengaluru while S N Siddaramappa was made SP, Vijayapura district
and Ms Chitra N is SP, chkkabalapur district. Besides, M Muthuraya has
been appointed as SP, Internal Security Division, Bengaluru; Dr Ram
Niwas Sepat as Commandnat, KSRP, 1st bt, Bengaluru city and Dr Divya
Gopinath was appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Administration Bengaluru
City.
Dhananjaya Singh posted as Director (Works), Railway Board
Dhananjaya Singh presently in Northern Railway has been transferred
to Railway Board and posted as Director (Works)-II, Railway Board. He
is an IRSE officer.
ITDC posts 4.28 cr profit in half yearly results
(UPDATED)
India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the public sector undertaking
under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, posted a robust performance
in half yearly results of the current financial year 2015-16. The total
turnover in H1 ending September 2015 stood at Rs.205.88 cr as compared
to Rs.218.33 cr in the corresponding H1 last year. The company registered
Net Profit Before Tax (PBT) at Rs.4.28 cr as compared to Rs.2.61 cr
in the corresponding H1 last year i.e. 2014-15. These details were announced
in the Board of Directors' meeting of the company today on October 29,
2015 at the Group's flagship hotel, The Ashok, New Delhi. In H1, 2015-16
the momentum generated in the last financial year seem to have continued
posting profit yet again. Also, The Ashok group of hotels has been in
the forefront of innovative marketing initiatives ensuring consistency
in sales and occupancy.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
Vinay Singh has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Jind while Mrs
Anita Yadav will be Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar and Anshaj Singh is
Administrator, HUDA, Gurgaon and Additional Director, Urban Estates,
Gurgaon. Besides, Vijayendra Kumar has been appointed as DG, Electronics
and Information in Haryana.
Jai Deep Prasad is now IG BPR&D
(UPDATED)
Jai Deep Prasad has joined the BPR&D as IG. He is 1995 batch IPS
officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
ASI officers transferred (UPDATED)
Two ASI officers have been transferred at Deputy Superintending Archaeologist.
Rama Krishna Reddy Konudula has been transferred to Delhi circle while
Ms Karabi Saha was posted to Bhubaneswar circle.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in AP (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service
have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh.
Accordingly, L V Subramanyam has been appointed as Special Chief Secretary,
Sports & Youth Advancement, Tourism while Mrs Poonam Malakondaiah
is designated as Principal Secretary, Health, Medical & Family Welfre
and Mission Director, NHM and Dr B Kishore is Secretary, Services, GAD.
Besides, M V Seshagiri Babu has been assigned an additional chrge of
Marketing Commissioner; Mukesh Kumar Meena as Commissioner, Excise and
Managing Director, AP Beverages Corporation Limited; K V Satyanarayana
as Special Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare.
Ashok Babu appointed as OSD, AP Bhawan, Delhi
(UPDATED)
Lt Col M Ashok Babu has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty, AP
Bhawan, New Delhi.
Mrs Preeti Sudan gets promotion to CS grade
in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs Preeti Sudan, who is presently working on deputation to the Government
of India as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development,
has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh.
She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Sharad Kumar re-appointed as DG, NIA
(UPDATED)
Sharad Kumar, Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA)
has been re-appointed to the same post on contract basis after his retirement
onOctober 31, 2015. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on Oct 13,2015)
Sunjay Sudhir appointed as OSD, Ministry of
Petroleum (UPDATED)
Sunjay Sudhir has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in
the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for a period of three years.
He is a 1993 batch IFS officer.
Bhushan Bansal appointed as Member, CBEC (UPDATED)
Bhushan Kumar Bansal has been appointed as Member of the Central Board
of Excise and Customs (CBEC). He is a 1981 batch IRS-C&CE officer.
Ms Sobhana Kamala Rao is also Development
Commissioner, APIIC (UPDATED)
Ms Sobhana Kamala Sudarsan Rao has been assigned an additional charge
of Development Commissioner, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure
Corporation Limited (APIIC) at Achutapuram, Vishakhapatnam. She is a
1987 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.
Rajeev Kumar Mathur selected as Director (BD),
GAIL (UPDATED)
Rajeev Kumar Mathur, ED, GAIL, has been selected for the post of Director(Business
Development), GAIL India Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board
(PESB) meeting held on October 30, 2015. As many as 12 persons were
interviewed for the same.
CORPORATE
Shaji appointed Joint MD of Kings Infra Ventures
Ltd
Kings Infra Ventures Ltd has appointed Baby John Shaji as Joint Managing
Director of the company.
Vethachalam appointed Director of VTM Ltd
VTM Ltd has appointed K Vethachalam as Director of the company.
Hegde appointed Independent Director of National
Standard (India) Ltd
National Standard (India) Ltd has appointed Umashankar K Hegde as the
Independent Director of the company.
Ms Shankar appointed Director of Mefcom Agro
Industries Ltd
Mefcom Agro Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Seema Shankar as Director
of the company
Jain appointed Senior VP , (Investor Relations,
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integrations of Snapdeal
Ashish Jain has been appointed as Senior Vice President (Investor Relations,
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integrations of Snapdeal
Narayan appointed MD of Macquarie Infrastructure
and Real Assets (India) Pvt Ltd.
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has appointed R K Narayan
as Managing Director of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (India)
Pvt Ltd.
FORUM
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Bureaucracy needs Flexi hours "
If PM Modi wishes that bureaucrats should spend more time with their
families, let him introduce "Flexi hours" scheme in offices
with suitable regulatory mechanism. The existing punctuality-based attendance
is difficult to achieve due to traffic snarls leading to strain in family
ties and fall in efficiency. Women are the worst sufferers as they have
to attend to household chores before setting out.
A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)
Officers' postings
The Government should be rational in posting of officers at the Centre.
A class one Civil Engineer of Ministry of Railways or CPWD could function
very nicely in the Ministry of Urban Development when posted under the
Central Staffing Scheme. An IRSME officer may function very well in
the Ministries like Steel, Heavy Industry, Petroleum & Natural Gas.
An IRSEE officer may work well in the Ministry of Power. An IRTS officer
may work very well in the Ministries like Coal, Power, Steel etc. as
he is day to day interaction with these sectors.
Nick
Hate speeches don't work
A small child of six tells his grandfather to bring toy for him, while
he was going to the market. The grandfather forgets to bring it. The
child remonstrates, catches his grandfather's hand and shows him the
door to go away as he had not brought toy for him. The child does not
know what he is doing. He wants his toy. A young man of 16 comes to
his house late without informing his parents. When he comes back late,
the mother opens the door and asks her son in anger, ''Kitthey marr
gaya c? The boy tries to give some lame excuse, but the angry mother
says,''Jey phir late aaya ttan mere ghar na warhin.(If you repeat this
don't ever come here.'' But the mother's threat is for her son to be
disciplined and she does not mean it.
Some Indian states have not been able to provide jobs and provide congenial
environment to its people. They have made the administration captive
leaving the population at the mercy of law-breakers. Drug-mafia rule
the roost, shrinking land and failing crops have distressed farmers
and triggered migration of people to foreign lands. The Constitution
of India has provided the Right to Equality to all its citizens, but
still some people have started thinking that they have got superior
rights. Telling any citizen to perform certain acts, which the Constitution
or law does not provide for to perform or leave India amounts to creating
disaffection and deserves to be curbed with iron hand. Instead of causing
animosity amongst the different religions, and making the air poisonous
with hate speeches, effort should be made to improve the overall scenario
for the Indians to prosper. During my college days, one of my friends,
was disturbed by his father's attitude towards him. My friend always
stood first, but still his father expected more. He appeared in the
Indian Military Academy exam, but could not qualify. His father was
so angry that he told him he would disinherit him from his property.
Incidentally, they were refugees from Lahore and could manage their
living with his father working as a clerk in transport department. They
had two acres of land, which was also water-logged, they had a small
house in a street in dirty area and that was all. In Lahore they had
a very good living with transport business, agricultural land and a
big house. His father did not get all he claimed from the rehabilitation
department. But he continued to threaten his son. Finally my friend
told me all about it. He told his father he did not care for any property
and that he would show him how property was created. After that incident,
his father never threatened him. My friend rose to become an IAS at
a young age. He acquired the Mughalia saltanat of his father of course.
Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar
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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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