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Vijayan
India is placed 85th in corruption index
India has been ranked 85th among 175 countries as per Corruption Perception
Index, 2014 released by Transparency International.
No survey regarding corruption
According to official information, the government has not conducted
any survey to ascertain whether over all corruption has increased in
the country?
Majithia Board to submit report this month?
If sources are to be believed, SC is likely to give its verdict about
implementation of Majithia Wage Board this month.
BUREAUCRACY
24 IPS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as IG in GoI
As many as 24 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1994
batch have been empanelled for the Inspector General level posts in
Government of India. The officers are: Hemonlang Nongpluh of Assam-Meghalaya
cadre; Amit Kuamr of Bihar cadre; Manoj Shashidhar of Gujarat cadre;
Rakesh Aggarwal of Himachal Pradesh; Navdeep Singh Virk, Shrikant Jadhav
and Anil Kumar of Haryana cadre; Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gilani and Muneer
Ahmad Khan of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; Vineet Agarwal and Ramanand Sunil
Bharma of Maharashtra cadre; Yoshwant Kumar Jethwa of Odisha; Praveen
Kuamr Sinha, B Chandra Sekhar, Amardeep Singh Rai, Ms Neeraja Voruvuru
of Punjab cadre; Anand Kumaar Srivastava, malini Agarwal of Rajasthan
cadre; N Sridhar Rao of Sikkim; Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal of Tamil Nadu
cadre; L V Antony Dev Kumar of Uttarakhand cadre; Akhil Kumar and Asim
Kumar Arun of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Man Singh of West Bengal cadre.
One dozen Secretary-level posts in GoI to be filled up
It is now official that at present six secretary rank posts are vacant
in GoI. They are- Secretary (Official Language), Secretary (Fertilizers),
Secretary (National Commission for Scheduled Tribes), General, Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research-cum-Secretary (Department of Scientific
and Industrial Research), Director General, Defence Research & Development
Organisation-cum-Secretary (Department of Defence Research and Development),
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research-cum-Secretary (Department
of Health Research). Five secretaries of 1979 batch and 1978 IAS batch
are retiring in April, 2015. They are Mssrs Saurabh Chandra, Petroleum,
Ravindra Singh, Culture, Ms Sneh Lata Kumar, Border Management, Hrusikesh
Panda, Tribal Affairs and H K Dash, Inter-State Secreteriat Council.
Secretary General of NHRC, a Secretary rank statutory position, is also
getting vacant on 30.4.2015 on account of superannuation of current
incumbent.
Sandeep Verma repatriated to his parent cadre
Sandeep Verma, Deputy Director General (JS level), UIDAI, has been repatriated
to his parent cadre. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Orders of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax
on the cards
Orders of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are on the cards. Formal
orders are expected in a day or two.
Orders of Principal Commissioners next week
Posting orders of Principal Commissioners of Income Tax are expected
to be issued early next week. Secretary Revenue is reported to have
made some queries.
File of JCs and ACs of Income Tax with MoS
File pertaining to postings of Joint Commissioners and Additional Commissioners
of Income Tax has reached MoS Finance.
IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Pravir
Krishna has been transferred as Principal Secretary - -Rural Industries,
Horticulture and Food Processing, Ms. Gauri Singh - Principal Secretary
- Public Health and Family Welfare, Manu Shrivastava has been made Principal
Secretary - Renewable Energy, Sanjay Shukla has been made MD, Energy
Holding Company, Suranjana Ray - Chairperson, School Education Board,
SN Mishra has been made Principal Secretary - Transport and CEO Madhya
Pradesh Intercity Transport Authority, Malay Shrivastav - has been made
Principal Secretary - Urban Development, Vivek Agarwal Commissioner
- Urban Development, Rakesh Agarwal has been made ACS - Minorities and
Bavkward Classes and Public Grievances.
Will Manoranjan replace Rao in RD?
Indian Economic Service officer Manoranjan, is likely to replace Subba
Rao as Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Rural Development.
GoI turns down recommendation of Delhi CM
The GoI has turned down the recommendation of Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal
to depute Naresh Kumar as Chief of NDMC. 1987 batch IAS officer of UT
cadre Kumar is presently Joint Secretary in the Department of Mines.
Three IAS officers of Punjab cadre empanelled
as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three 1997 batch IAS officers of Punjab cadre, Krishan Kumar, Veerendra
Kumar Meena, Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari have been empanelled for the posts
of Joint Secretary in Government of India.
1984 batch IAS officers in Punjab get ACS rank
Four 1984 batch IAS officers Mssrs Karan Avtar Singh,Nirmal Jeet Singh
Kalsi,Mandeep Singh Sandhu and Dharam Vir have been promoted to the
rank of ACS in Punjab,
Sidhu gets ACS rank
K B S Sidhu who is on deputation to the GoI has been given pro-forma
promotion to the rank of ACS. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab
cadre.
Sushil Kumar transferred to Guatemala
Indian Foreign Service officer Sushil Kumar has been transferred to
Guatemala City (C) in place of Aliawati Longkumer.
G C Das appointed Deputy Director in PD Audit office, Guwahati
G C Das, Deputy Director (Cons), in the office of Principal Director
of Audit, Eastern Railway, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted
as Deputy Director (Cons), in the office of Principal Director of Audit,
Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati. He is a 2007 batch IA
& AS officer.
S N Saha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S N Saha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government
of India. He is a 1986 batch IRS-C&CE officer.
Suresh Kumar to get PS rank in Kerala
K. Suresh Kumar, a 1989 batch IAS officer is all set to get the rank
of Principal Secretary in Kerala.
PK Bhagat, GM of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
takes charge
PK Bhagat, first Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Health
Insurance TPA (third-party administrator) of India, who was appointed
General Manager of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. assumes office.
Gauri Singh is new PS Health in Madhya Pradesh
Ms Gauri Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary Health in Madhya
Pradesh. She is 1987 batch IAS officer.
Pravir Krishna moves to Rural Industries in M P
Pravir Krishna will now be Principal Secretary Rural Industries, Horticulture
and Food Processing in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.
Malay Srivastava is new Secretary Urban Development
in M P
Malay Srivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary Urban Development
in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.
S N Mishra is now Principal Secretary Transport
in M P
S N Mishra will be new Principal Secretary Transport and CEO Madhya
Pradesh Intercity Transport Authority,. He is 1990 batch IAS officer
of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Manu Srivastava is Principal Secretary Renewable
Energy in M P
Manu Srivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary Renewable Energy
in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1991 batch IAS officer.
Sanjay Shukla moves to Jabalpur
Sanjay Shukla has been made MD, Energy Holding Company in Jabalpur.
He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Ms Smita Bharadwaj is now CEO NREG in Madhya
Pradesh
On return to the parent cadre Ms Smita Bharadwaj has been appointed
CEO of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Madhya Pradesh.
She is 1992 batch IAS officer.
No candidate found suitable for post of Director
(Fin), SIL
No candidate was found suitable for the post of Director (Finance),
Scooters India Limited (SIL) following interviews conducted by the Public
Enterprises Selection Board. Two persons interviewed for the post included
Madhusudan Ray, General Manager of ALIMCO and Seshamani Sakthimani,
AGM of RINL.
VS Hejmadi selected for the post of Director
(Fin) Air India Limited )
VS Hejmadi, General Manager of Air India Limited (AIL) was selected
for the post of Director (Finance), AIL. Three persons including A Jayachandran,
GM, AIL, VS Hejmadi, GM, AIL and Mrs. Neelam Sanghi, IRAS, MOR were
interviewed for the same by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).
Satinder K Bhalla selected for post of Director,
MHA, Delhi
Satinder Kumar Bhalla, ITS officer of 1992 batch has been selected for
appointment as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi.
Man Singh selected for post of Director, MHA,
Delhi
Man Singh, an IDSE officer of 1984 batch has been selected for appointment
as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi.
5 IPS officers shifted in Jharkhand
(UPDATED)
Services of five IPS officers have been affected with their transfers
and postings in Jharkhand. Accordingly, Rajeev Kumar has been appointed
as Chief, Jharkhand State Police Housing Corporation and Special Branch
Inspector General, Anurag Gupta has been promoted to Additional Director
General rank while R K Mallick was made IG, provisions and SP Manoj
Kumar Singh will be JAP VI commandant. Besides, Sandhya Rani Mehta has
been appointed as Commandant of JAP X, Mahila Battalion and Ashwini
Kumar Sinha was shifted to Special Branch as SP in-charge.
Digital media best tool to raise school education
issues, says Trevor, MP UNICEF Chief (UPDATED)
The use of social media has become inevitable in the age of Information
Technology. The users of Facebook and Twitter have considerably increased
not only in India but also entire world. I believe that the digital
(social and web) media can play a major role in educating the people
and bring the school related issues to the notice of decision makers
and government, said Trevor Clark, Chief, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh while
delivering his introductory speech at a workshop held titled "Using
Social/Web media to raise discourse on the issue of school education"
at Pachmarhi on April 24, 2015. Throwing lights on UNICEF and social
media, Communication Specialist, UNICEF India, Ms Maria Fernandez has
informed that India ranks in second position after USA as far as use
of social media is concerned. She said that people and decision makers
can be influenced by digital media for social change in terms of quality
education in India. Ms Maria said that there are various social media
tools through which people can get easy access to reach out to individuals
in the world. She also informed that entire rural social strata would
get accustomed to social media by 2018. Besides, F A Jami, Education
Specialist, UNICEF, MP presented data current status of Madhya Pradesh's
schools while Girish Upadhaya Senior Journalist, shared and sought suggestions
on improvement of school education through social media. Anil Gulati,
Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh proposed a vote of
thanks. A large number of digital media luminaries of the state attended
the workshop.
Reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
The services of nine officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS)
have been affected with their transfers and postings in Karnataka. Accordingly,
Dr M Abdulla Saleem has been appointed as IG & Additional Commissioner,
Traffic & Security, Bangalore City while B Dayanand will now be
IG & Commissioner, Mysore city and Soumendu Mukherjee is DIG, Security
& Vigilance, Karnataka State Road Transport Corp. Similarly, Dr
B A Mahesh has been appointed as SP & Director, Security, Vigilance
& Enviornment, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp; M Nagaraj
as SP, Internal Security Div8ision, Banglore; Chetan Singh Rathore as
SP, Raichur; R Chethan as SP, Ballari District; K Santosh Babu as SP,
Chikkamagaluru. Besides, posting orders of H S Ravanna as DIG, &
Director, Security & Vigilance, Karnataka State Raod Transport Corp
have been cancelled.
Sanjiv Kumar posted as PS, Rural Development
in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Rural Development
and Panchayat Raj Department in Karnataka. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer
of Karnataka cadre.
NSIC makes foray into Services Sector (UPDATED)
NSIC will facilitate MSMEs of the Service Sector in a big way stated,
Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC at the National Conference on MSMEs in Services
sector. The Services Sector is the key to transform Indian MSMEs into
a global economic Powerhouse and offers opportunity to our youth to
attract the World's services sector at their doorstep. Also present
on this occasion were S N Tripathi, ,Joint Secretary and B H Anilkumar,
,Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME and A K Jha, CEO, KVIC.
3 IRS-Customs officers transferred
(UPDATED)
Three officers at the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs
and Central Excise grade have been shifted. Accordingly, Anil Mishra
has been appointed as Commissioner, Appeals, Customs, Kolkata while
R K Sharma will be Principal ADG, ST, Kolkata and Mahesh Kumar Rustogi
will be Commissioner CX, Dibrugarh.
3 IAS officers of 2002 batch get Selection
Grade in Telangana (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers belonging to 2002 batch C Sudharshan Reddy, M Raghunandan
Rao, T Chiranjeevulu have been granted Selection Grade in Telangana.
DEBATE
- Who uses whom ?
Even as confusion prevails whether politicians use bureaucrats or vice
versa, we invite our surfers to send their views on this. Send your
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and suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
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CORPORATE
Palande steps down as Director, HDFC Bank
Dr Pandit Palande has stepped down as Director of HDFC Bank Limited
Yadav appointed Independent Director, Arvind Remedies Ltd
Arvind Remedies Limited has appointed Madhav Yadav as Independent Director
of the company
Shah resigns as Independent Director, Hinduja Ventures Ltd
Prakash Shah has resigned as Independent Director of Hinduja Ventures
Limited
Gupta resigns as CS, TV18 Broadcast Ltd
Sachin Gupta has resigned as Company Secretary of TV18 Broadcast Limited
Alawani resigns as Director, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
Anil N Alawani has resigned as Director of Kirloskar Brothers Limited
FORUM
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the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the
views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we
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indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views
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DEBATE (1)
Media persons use politicians, bureaucrats
Neither. It is the media persons who shamelessly use both politicians
and bureaucrats.
M N Buch
Modi impact
Narendra Modi still has the aura. The plenary hall in Vigyan Bhawan
was jam packed on April 21, 2015 with civil servants of the country
during Civil Services Day. All were 'mantrmugdh'. Modi had inquired
'kya baat hai aap log itna dukhi kyon ho'. He said sometime you should
forget files and spend some time with your families. He was allotted
30 minutes for making speech but he spoke for 70 minutes. To say his
body language has lost its lustre is wrong.
BBS
CSS- Not a Group A service
Let me correct your information about CSS in one respect: CSS is not
a Group A service.
Vijay Kumar
"CSS officers demand parity with IAS, other services"
After stoppage of direct recruitment to the CSS through IAS exam, the
demand is laughable.
Nishant
Show Gilani his place
Aarati Khosla has hit the nail on the head. People like Gilani should
be imprisoned for life or deported to Pakistan. He cannot bite the hands
that feeds him. Such traitors needs to be shown their place.
Puluprath
Tech officers
Technical officers(gr.1) in state government also have the same plea
and claim.
Dr S Vaittianadane
PS to State Govt on repatriation
On repatriation one can become a PS to a State govt, not GoI
T Bhattacharyya
Check facts
Please check your facts. Secretary to Government of India are covered
only some of the IAS officers from 1982. It may not be correct to use
Secretary, GoI for younger colleagues.
Kuldeep Dhatwalia
TAIL-PIECE
Population Control System in Bihar :-
HUM DO, HAMAARE DO;
Uske baad jitne ho;
Unko Delhi bhej do !!!
Pawan Kumar
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Failure of international roaming to
work
The appellant had taken international roaming facility from the
BSNL but found that the international service failed to work in
8 different countries. On return, he surrendered his instrument
and requested the BSNL to investigate why the service did not
work and when no reply was received for three months he wrote
to them for refunding the entire amount and also claiming token
compensation of Rs.1500/- for the harassment and inconvenience
caused to him. The Public Information Officer (PIO) informed that
there are rules for refund of principal amount within 60 days
from the date the service is surrendered but no rules have been
prescribed either for payment of interest or for compensation.
He informed that a cheque for Rs.4724/- in favour of the appellant
was issued. The CIC opined that such a callous and whimsical behaviour
on the part of the service provider who deals with the public
at large cannot be treated lightly. The CIC directed the PIO to
provide copy e-mail exchanged regarding the appellant's complaint
of his SIM not working and warned the PIO to exercise due care
for future.
Comments
The RTI Act is being used to address the
grievances related to the quality of services offered by the PSU's.
The PIO should be careful in replying in time and providing the
information as available on records.
Citation: Smt. K.V. Padma v. Corporation Bank in File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/000140
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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