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Dinesh Meena


No love lost between Modi and Media !
Media which made Narendra Modi Prime Minister now seems to be turning against him. What could be the reason behind no love lost between the two in such a short time?

Luckiest politician in India !

Motilal Vora is said to be the luckiest politician in India. He is in power in some way or the other since nineties.


BUREAUCRACY


Two IFS officers get important assignment in GoI

Two Indian Forest Service officers of Gujarat cadre have got important assignments in the Government of India. While N K Singh is joint secretary to the Ministry of Mines, A K Verma is joint secretary, power.

Jitendra Kumar joins NITI Aayog
Jitendra Kumar has joined as Advisor at Joint Secretary level in NITI Aayog. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.
( We said this on June 4)

New body of IRS-C&CE Association constituted

A new body of IRS (C&CE) Association has been constituted with the selection of Dr Johan Joseph (1984) as President and Yogendra Garg (1990) as Vice President. Besides, Anwar Ali TP has been elected as General Secretary and Gandhi Donthi as Treasurer. Ms Neha Garg, Dinesh Bisen, Ravneet Singh Khurana and Saurabh Kumar will be Joint Secretaries.

Ms Manula Hosmani promoted to Joint Commissioner of Customs grade
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs & Central Excise, Ms Manula Dundappa Hosmani has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner, Hyderabad, CX zone.

Two IRS-Customs officers get Posting

Two Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise officers have been given postings upon return from deputation. S C Agarwal has been appointed to DG Systems, Delhi while Ramyash Kanaujia was posted to Nagpur-CX.

Five IAS officers in TN facing inquiry

As many as five officers belonging to Tamil Nadu cadre are facing inquiry against complaints.

Ms Mausumi Ray Bhattacharya posted as AG (A&E), Jharkhand, Ranchi

Ms Mausumi Ray Bhattacharya, Accountant General (E&RSA), West Bengal, Kolkata, has been posted as Accountant General (A&E), Jharkhand, Ranchi. She is a 1991 batch IA&AS officer.

PESB advises Textile Secretary to appoint DF, NJMC on deputation basis

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advised Secretary, Textiles to re-assess the necessity for a full-time Director (Finance), NJMC and if found so, appoint a person on deputation basis after it failed to select the candidate for the post at the selection meeting held on June 23, 2015. Only one person turned up for the interview.

Manoj Kumar Singh deputed to IRCON, Malaysia

Manoj Kumar Singh has been deputed to IRCON International Limited as DGM, S&T at IRCON/Malaysia project. He is an IRSSE officer.

S K Panda deputed to DFCCIL as DGM

S K Panda has been deputed to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) as DGM, RTI & PIO. He is an RBSS officer.

Maharashtra to do away with SAT
Maharashtra Government is likely to wind up State Administrative Tribunal (SAT).

Financial restructuring of ALIMCO, Kanpur

Conversion of interest of Rs.39.53 crore accrued on the loan of Rs.21.82 crore provided to Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), Kanpur during the years 1977-78 to 2001-02 has been approved by the Government of India and penal interest of Rs. 12.61 crore on this amount as on March 31,.2015 that is a total of Rs. 52.14 crore (Rs.39.53 crore + 12.61 crore) into equity. Penal Interest after 31.03.2015 has been waived.

Mrs Anuradha Thakur gets posting as Secretary, Social Justice in HP
Mrs Anuradha Thakur, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment in Himachal Pradesh. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in UP
As many as 20 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Satyendra Kumar Kaul has been appointed as IG, Police Training while D K Thakur will now be IG, Allahabad and Pramod Kumar Mishra is IG, Telecommunications. Similarly, Navnit Kumar Rana has been apointed as DIG, Meerut; Anil Kumar Jain as DIG, Allahabad; Yashsvi Yadav as PAC, Kanpur; Krishna Mohan as DIG, PAC Sector, Moradabad; Laxmi Narayan as DIG, Basti range; Rakesh Chandra Sahu as SP, Intelligence; Virendra Pratap Shrivastava as SP, EOW, Lucknow; Ram Lal Verma as Commandant, 37th Bt, PAC, Kanpur; Ashok Kumar-II as SP, PHQ, Allahabad; Sanjiv Tyagi as SP, Amoroha; Mrs Poonam as Commandant, 6th Bt PAC, Meerut; Satyendra Kumar Singh as Commandant, 24th Bt, PAC, Moradabad; Shiv Hari Meena as SP, Hapud; Himanshu Kumar as Commandant, 8th Bt PAC, Bareilley; N Kolanchi as SP, Jalon; Rajendra Prasad Pandey as SP, Maharajganj and Sunil Kumar Saxena was posted as SP, CBCID, Lucknow.


Basha appointed as MD, APCO in AP

S Johan Basha has been appointed as Managing Director, APCO, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

CBI arrests CSS officer for accepting bribe
A Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, who is on deputation to Central Board of Film Certification, Hyderabad, as Regional Officer, has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for accepting a bribe of Rs 10, 000 as first installment of total bribe of Rs 1,00,000 from the complainant.



DEBATE

Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government

Is functioning of bureaucracy better under the present NDA rule or in the UPA regime.
Send your brief specific views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com


CORPORATE

Ms Jacob nominated as Govt Director of Balmer Lawrie Investments Ltd
Ms Mary Jacob, Deputy Secretary in the Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been nominated as Government Director on the Board of the Balmer Lawrie Investments Ltd

Pandey resigns as Independent Director of Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd
R K Pandey has resigned as Independent Director of Hanung Toys and Textiles Limited

Colella to be Head (Indian Ops.) of Ericsson
Paolo Colella had been appointed as Head of Indian operations of Ericsson - the Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer w.e.f September 1, 2015.

Sarkar ceases to be Nominee Director of The Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd
The State Bank of India has withdrawn the nomination of Pradeep Kumar Sarkar from the Board of Directors of the The Oudh Sugar Mills Limited

Ms Upadhyay appointed Independent Director of Deep Industries Ltd
Deep Industries Limited has appointed Ms Renuka Anjani Upadhyay as Independent Director of the company.


FORUM

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DEBATE (1)

Work culture in NDA govt

There is a work culture in NDA Government and networking was there in the UPA Government.
S Ghate

Why Armymen are called jawans

An Army Veteran commented in the Forum yesterday that Army Combatant start retiring at 50. I really wonder what kind of veteran is he? More than 90 percent of Soldiers recruited between the age of 18 to 20 years, on completion of 18 - 20 years service retire between the age of 36 - 40 as barely 10 percent climb up the ladder where retiring ages are higher. That is why they are still called "Jawan"..
Raja

Bring back the elite persons
Is it not possible for entire system to locate, bring back these elite persons or system help them systematically.
M K Tyagi

Only cleared candidates be interviewed

PESB should shortlist candidates for interview and get their clearance from CVC and only cleared candidates must be called for interviews. This shall save lot of time and unnecessary complaints against selected candidates.
C Mohan

Punctuality in offices

DoP&T's stress on punctuality (ToI, June 23) in government offices fills one with a sense of déjà vu. Despite ritualistic instructions issued by successive dispensations, year after year, the situation has not improved during the past 67 years except during the Emergency (1975-77). Digitalisation has not helped. With biometric attendance system , no punitive action is taken by ministries to punish defaulters and habitual late-comers. Worse, the seniors are not aware whether the official time is actually spent on quality output. The common perception is : the officials indulge in gossiping and tale-carrying in corridors of powers , tea-spree at subsidized rates etc. Surprise checks at work places are seldom conducted.It does not require suspension of Fundamental / Human rights of public servants in order to be punctual.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Good luck to Narendra bhai

Narendra bhai needs all the good luck and best wishes from his well wishers and supporters
R K Nagpal

DATE WITH RTI

The Appellant had a marital dispute with his wife, who worked in the bank as an officer. He had been filing a number of RTI applications, repeatedly seeking information on various issues related to the said bank officer. The Appellant sought the copies of educational certificates of the bank officer claiming that the qualification of his wife has been mentioned as B.Sc, while she did not study science beyond class 10. The PIO denied the same under section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act claiming that it was personal information. The CIC referred to the observation of the Apex Court in the Central Board of Secondary Education & Anr. Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors."…… if on the request of the employer or official superior or the head of a department, an employee furnishes his personal details and information, to be retained in confidence, the employer, the official superior or departmental head is expected to hold such personal information in confidence as a fiduciary, to be made use of or disclosed only if the employee's conduct or acts are found to be prejudicial to the employer."The CIC upheld the rejection of request for information.

Comments

Many government officials face applications seeking their details of loans taken, marital status, PAN number, income tax details, copies of form 16, details of movable and immovable assets and details of gifts etc. Such harassment of honest officials is not the objective of the RTI Act.


Citation: Shri Harshadkumar Chimanlal Gandhi v. Bank of Baroda in File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/000837, File

No. CIC/SH/A/2014/001245 File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/002761
File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/002763 File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/002760 File No. CIC/SH/A/2014/

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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