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POLITICS
This is History (64)
The era of conquest is not over, and they were still overflowing with
energy. March is on.
Bureaucracy feels BJP is ahead in Bihar ?
Whispersinthecorridors.com spoke to several bureaucrats in Bihar. Most
of them say NDA is having an edge.
This is the prediction
RJD - 41
JD(U)- 47
Congress- 11
BJP- 119
LJP-7
RLSP-9
HAM-6
Others-3
An unbelievable story in the corridors of
power
Power play is said to be the preferred pastime in the corridors of
Delhi, and few can resist that temptation in everyday life. There are
exceptions, though like this eye witness account whispered to us by
a former civil servant who was at the CGHS dispensary in Motibagh, the
other day. An unassuming lady was patiently waiting in queue for appointment
with the CMO, a few places ahead of our witness. A senior staff of the
dispensary failed repeatedly in his attempt to persuade the lady to
be ushered in the Doctor's room. She politely turned down any attention
from the staff, took her turn and after consultations were over, came
out and joined the tail of rather longish queue at the pharmacy counter
without a fuss. Our curious witness got to know later that the simple
and unassuming lady in question was the wife of P K Mishra, Additional
Principal Secretary and a key figure in the PMO. No further proof is
required to show how careful Prime Minister Modi has been in hand-picking
self-effacing and honest officers in his team.
To cut rates or not to cut
Other People's money or OPM,
Is heady like Opium!!
Do not know why but borrowers feel 'it's ours'!!
Do you own hired cars???
Industry and a kid are the same!!
To escape responsibility both are always game!!
If you tell a kid study kid will say ..too little light!!
Or table is too high or chair is too tight!
Similarly Industry has something to complain!
Duties .. Corporate Tax or Interest rates need to be 'slain' (slashed)!
Bring up NPAs and all look other way!!
Or excuse ..so many issues at play!!
We have NPAs that are unheard of!!
At our NPAs Government is right to scoff!!
Chiddy had his own funda!!!
Investor ko maaro interest cut ka dandaa!
Make interest rates fall to such an extent!!
That retirees budgets the fall badly does dent!!
To supplement incomes they would look at Stocks!
Enter the Stock Market in flocks!
But then Chiddy ran MOF looking at the Sensex ticker!!
And he prided himself as a golden touch 'picker' (of stocks)!!
Bottom line is FDs do not come with disclaimer!!
Investments will get affected if markets get 'tamer'!!
India has benefitted by Indians penchant to save!!
Global downturns India has been able to brave!!
So Government needs to look at interest rates holistically!!
Inflation down does not mean rates come down automatically !!
Those 4 Hospitals who turned back a sick kid!!
Should be 'bottled and seal the lid'!!
All the kid needed was a IV transfusion!!
Proves with hypocratic oath some Doctors have no fusion!!
Many Hospitals are now money minting businesses!!
To rake in no opportunity a hospital misses!!
We need a Regulator for Health Sector!!
Because there is no malpractice detector!!
Disclaimer ... by saying Chiddy had holden touch does not mean he dabbled
in Stocks ....all alleged... Satire ..read it and forget it
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
13 IPS officers retiring in September
As many as 13 IPS officers are retiring
in September. They are: B Prasada Rao of Andhra Pradesh; Dilip Kumar
Bora and H Marbaniang of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Rajeev Sagar Sharma
of Haryana cadre; P L Thakur of Himachal Pradesh cadre; S S Dayal, A
M Patnaik, R K Khaire and A D Shinde of Maharashtra cadre; Divya Prakash
Sinha of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Satish Kumar Sharma of Punjab cadre;
K Shaanmugavel of Tamil Nadu cadre and Ravinderjit Singh Nalwa of West
Bengal cadre.
A big list of HOM postings on the cards
A big list for HOM postings is expected to be issued by the Ministry
of External Affairs. The list is likely to cover Russia, Japan, UK,
China, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.
Will Ravi Parmar move as Chairman, Kandla
Port Trust ?
Ravi M Parmar is likely to move as Chairman of Kandla Port Trust. Parmar
belongs to 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Transfer and posting list of IT Commissioners
this week
Transfer and posting list of about 150 Income Tax Commissioners is likely
to be issued by this weekend.
Who will be new Chairman of National Automotive
Board ?
Who will be new Chairman of the National Automotive Board under the
Department of Heavy Industries? Selection is expected to take place
next month.
Alagesan to be Director (Production), ITI
K Alagesan will be new Director (Production) in ITI. On Monday the PESB
selected Alagesan for the post.
Additional charge period of CVO, IOCL Anand
Kumar extended
Anand Kumar, CVO, Oil India Ltd. (OIL), will continue to hold the additional
charge of CVO, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) till October 29, 2015
or till further orders. Kumar is UP cadre 1988 batch IPS officer.
CBI requires 12 SPs
The country's much sought after investigation agency Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) requires as many as 35 officers at Superintendent
of Police level.
Vivek Kishore joins Wildlife Crime Control
Bureau
Vivek Kishore has joined as DIG, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Delhi,
He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. He was earlier posted in
Mizoram.
A K Dutta yet to get orders for Member (ANS),
AAI
The orders for the appointment of A K Dutta, ED, AAI, as Member (Air
Navigation Services), Airports Authority of India (AAI) are yet to be
issued by the Government of India as vacancy of this post is arising
onOctober 1, 2015.
Post of Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority
vacant since Feb 2014
The post of Chairman National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai has been
lying vacant since February 2015. Hem Kumar Pande, Special Secretary,
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, is looking after
an additional charge of this post.
Banking reforms target NPA
Banking reforms that have been put in place recently have been crafted
in a manner that they should lead to maximum reduction of Non Performing
Assets (NPA). The norms are believed to be most stringent in the history
of post-nationalisation banking world in India.
Steel Sector worst hit
The Steel industry is in incredible trouble today. The last 12 months
have been mainly taxing for the industry.
Vacancy of DG (JS level) arising in ECI in
Oct
A vacancy of Director General (Information) at Joint Secretary level
is arising in Election Commission of India in October 2015.
Ms. Anita Praveen gets additional charge of
CEO - Price Stabilisation Fund Trust
Tamil Nadu cadre 1989 batch IAS officer Ms. Anita Praveen, Joint Secretary,
Department of Commerce, has been entrusted with the additional charge
of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Price Stabilisation Fund Trust (PSFT)
for a perid of three months.
Ashok Juneja is new Intelligence Chief in Chhattisgarh
Ashok Juneja has been appointed new Intelligence Chief in Chhattisgarh.
1989 batch IPS officer Juneja has replaced Mukesh Gupta.
Gautam is Home Secretary in Chhattisgarh
Arundeo Gautam has been appointed Home Secretary in Chhattisgarh. He
is 1992 batch IPS officer.
IPS changes in Odisha
M Nageswar Rao has been appointed ADG Railways.Mahendra Pratap will
be ADG hrpc. Rajesh Kumar will be DIG PHQ.On return from CBI 2000 batch
IPS officer Yatindra Koyal has been posted as DIG North Central Range.
U P Singh is new Principal Secretary Industries in Jharkhand
U P Singh has been appointed new Principal Secretary Industries in Jharkhand.
He is 1984 batch IAS officer.
IRSEE officer Ms. Neelam Chandra to be Director,
UPSC (UPDATED)
IRSEE officer of 1993 batch Ms. Neelam Chandra has been selected for
appointment as Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
for a period of five years.
SBI to use Pinterest and Instagram to connect
with customers (UPDATED)
State Bank of India's (SBI) Chairman Mrs. Arundhati Bhattacharya inaugurated
SBI's official pages on two new social media platforms, Pinterest and
Instagram to connect and reach out to its valued customers. The bank
will use these platforms to promote and popularize its various products
and services and appeal to the aspirations of the young and digital
India. The function was also graced by the senior management of SBI,
comprising of MDs, DMDs and CGMs.
CORPORATE
Arrival of Imported Pulses begins from Sept.
23
Government has started importing pulses to meet the growing demand.
2500 MT of the imported Tuar will arrive in three tranches at Chennai
Port and similar quantity of around 2500 MT of Tuar will arrive at JNPT
in four tranches beginning September 23, 2015. The entire consignment
of 5000 MT of Tuar would be received at the two ports by October 20,
2015. To further improve the availability, import of additional 5000
MT of Tuar has also been approve. Government sources claim that import
will bring down the prices of pulses in the country.
Singh appointed MD & CEO of Petronet LNG
Ltd
Petronet LNG Ltd has appointed Prabhat Singh as Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer of the company
Bajaj appointed MD of Vani Commercials Ltd
Vani Commercials Ltd has appointed Divesh Kumar Bajaj as the Managing
Director of the company
Sundar appointed CFO of Opto Circuits (India)
Ltd
Opto Circuits (India) Limited has appointed V Sundar as the Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) of the company
Saha resigns as Non Exec., Director of IL&FS
Investment Managers Ltd
Arun Kumar Saha has resigned as Non-Executive Director of IL&FS
Investment Managers Limited
Sony resigns as Director of Minda Industries
Ltd
Rakesh Sony has resigned as Director Minda Industries Limited
Sethi resigns as CS of Asian Hotels (West)
Ltd
Nikhil Sethi has resigned as Company Secretary of Asian Hotels (West)
Limited
Jamenis resigns as Director of Kalyani Forge
Limited
A R Jamenis has resigned as Director of Kalyani Forge Limited
FORUM
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Special secretaries
As per the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure the Special
Secretaries are the heads of wings like AS & JS. It is for the Minister
to distribute work between Secretary and Special Secretary.
Nick
Forged age certificate
This is regarding forged age certificates. After the issue came up
in WIC I have been told that a serving DGP and Secretary GoI are in
service thanks to forged certificates. What a shame!
Abhijit
Time for a relook
Since the new Government wants to bring in new ideas, it may start
with doing away with the system of IAS secretaries. This single cadre
has dominated the entire bureaucracy like a colossus since independence
and they have become a great interest group in themselves seldom allowing
any fresh air to come in. Old order changeth yielding place to new but
here old order never changeth and yields place to few.
Sunil
Incorrect facts
The news is factually incorrect. Everyone from our 1979 batch congratulated
Goyal, because CMD, ITPO, is an equally important job. Further, Mehrishi's
wife Mira is from our batch!
S Ramasundaram
CGHS - how to improve its services
All along last few months I have been reading comments against CGHS
dispensaries. However, many views have been expressed in (September
12, 2015) whispers giving the positives of CGHS and the doctors working
in its dispensaries. It has been argued that they are under tremendous
pressure (as they have to attend to 60-70 patients daily and the patients
waiting outside are desperate and disturb the doctor while he/she is
attending to another patient) but still the CGHS dispensaries are better
than private hospitals. It has also been argued that doctors in private
hospitals convert gastric pain case into bypass case to beef up revenue.
I have a different opinion altogether. The doctors in private hospitals
are more qualified (an ordinary MBBS doctor can never gain entry into
a private hospital) and more humane. Qualification-wise they are at
least MD or MS, whereas an ordinary MBBS can gain entry into CGHS. The
doctors in private hospitals are in equal demand and the care given
by all the staff of private hospitals (right from registration to the
examination by doctor) is hassle free. In CGHS dispensaries, you have
to face cruel behaviour (I am using the word "cruel" intentionally
because right from the registration clerk to the doctor and the pharmacist
behave as if they are superior to the patients). The doctor or the pharmacist
or the registration clerk in CGHS dispensaries is mannerless. They have
no idea as to how to speak with an ailing person or a relative of an
ailing person. They always feel that the patients are utilising free
services and treat the patients as a burden on them. It is generally
seen that before you fully explain your problem, the doctor would have
prescribed medicines already (in this way, the CGHS doctors are more
qualified than private hospital doctors, as they can "imagine"
the disease by seeing the face of the patient or even the face of the
relative of the patient, which a private hospital doctor can never do).
I think the CGHS doctors are not provided any refresher training including
behavioural training. This is need of the hour if the CGHS facilities
are to be improved.
I would also agree with the idea floated by Nick (Incentives for docs
- 12 September 2015) that there should also be award scheme both at
the national and state level. This will definitely boost the performance
of the doctors and those working in CGHS dispensaries. The performance
evaluation of the doctors should be done by the patients only.
I would also suggest that CGHS doctors should be available round the
clock in the dispensary because many times the patients require consultation
with doctors at midnight or after dispensary hours. The available doctors
in the dispensary can be put on rotation so that they are available
round the clock. This will also reduce the pressure on the doctors during
day time. It is not necessary that the patient will fall ill only during
dispensary hours.
I think the Pay Commission would have considered some measures for improving
the conditions of CGHS dispensaries and also their behavioral training
and refresher training of doctors and staff of CGHS dispensaries.
Pradeep Kumar
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DATE WITH RTI
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Recovery from a deceased employee
The Appellant's husband was the Manager of a Branch of a Bank.
After he passed away, the bank recovered some money from the amounts
due to him on the ground that he had been involved in some frauds.
The Appellant sought information regarding the action taken by
the bank to recover some amount from the dues of her late husband
and related issues. The information about the deposits of third
parties in respect of which recoveries were made from the her
husband's dues, action taken against third party employees and
an inspection report of the bank was denied under Section 8 (1)
(e) and (j) of the RTI Act. The CIC noted that no departmental
enquiry was initiated against the deceased officer as he had already
expired when the fraud was detected. Had he been alive, he would
have got some of the information, in the course of an enquiry
that would have been conducted against him. The CIC held that
since his dues, which would have come to the Appellant as his
widow, have been adjusted against the amounts, allegedly misappropriated
by him, the Appellant should at least be given the information
about the basis on which the above action was taken. The CIC directed
the PIO to provide a certified copy of the notings / report(s)
of the bank leading to the recoveries from the dues applying severability
under Section 10 of the RTI Act.
Comments
Whenever any action is taken against an individual, an opportunity
of hearing should be provided to him. Unilateral action where
any benefit is denied to an individual or his dependent, is likely
to be challenged in a court of law.
Citation: Smt. Sunita Devi v. Indian
Bank in File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/001428
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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