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POLITICS
This is History (236)
But those who really matter are the masses, and we can not sacrifice
the many to a few.
Karat, founder of SFI in JNU was third president
of its Student's Union
Prakash Karat, one of the founders of the Students Federation of India
(SFI), the CPI(M)'s student wing, in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),
was involved with student politics and was elected the third president
of the JNU Student's Union. He was President of the Student's Union
when Bhagirath Prasad was the Secretary.
Panchayat Day to be celebrated out of Delhi
For the first time, National Panchayat Day is being celebrated out of
national capital Delhi. It will be observed in Tatanagar (Jharkhand)
on April 24, this year. India has 2.58 lakh panchayats. Programmes of
various nature will start from April 14.
Only Congress is democratic
This is the general belief that Congress is the only political party
which has a democratic tradition.
Salary and wages increased by 4.14% in all
CPSEs
Salary and wages went up in all CPSEs from Rs.1,22,322 crore in 2013-14
to Rs 1,27,387 crore in 2014-15 showing a growth of 4.14 %.
TMC Commies ??? ??? ...bros
Take the regular 5.52 Fast... my train Buddies are with me....today
Antony has brought ... Dhoklas and Fruit Juice packs.
Amar: What a tragedy in Kolkata ...did you see the pic of the Bridge
.... you wonder which idiot conceptualised this Bridge and only another
idiot would have taken the Contract .....its a nightmare ...
Antony: Yeah saw it .... looks like flat dwellers of buildings near
the bridge could touch the bridge ....
Akbar: And last night on TV a miracle took place .... Commie and TMC
reps agreeing with each other and refusing to talk about the reasons
for the crash...
Me: Of course they would ...the Bridge conceptualised and ordered during
Commie regime .... during TMC regime the Contractor was blacklisted
but TMC had not objections to the Contractor continuing....
Antony: By God seeing the picture of the bridge I felt claustrophobic
and scared..
Amar: Maybe this Bridge could be the bridge between TMC and Commies
and they come together .... ha ha .... my friend in Brussels tweeted
...when Modi spoke to Indians he did not look like he's had a busy day
..then taken a 8 hour flight ...then had a busy day ...he looked fresh.
.. however his entourage ...if you gave them pillows they'd have gone
to sleep there and then. ..
Me: Yes he is a marvel. ..its the result of a disciplined life ... and
the sense of fulfillment ... which comes when you work selflessly ...
Akbar: India ka band bajh gaya...
Amar: Game hai hotha hai ...
Antony: Shameful....
Me: Not the first or last time they've lost ..... but BCCI should requisition
Nike for special cricket shoes for bowlers ...that have a retractable
rear projection after the heel that bowlers could activate before bowling
...
A person sitting next to us: Andhar ki baath hai Bidoo logh... appan
ko pataa chalaa hai... (translated in English).. WI had taken money
to lose the match from a group of Bookies ... that's why Gayle went
so fast ... but then they got a call from Dubai ... and someone doubled
what they were given to loose .... to win....
Me: Dill ko behelaane ke liye Ghalib yeh khayaal achcha hai...
Disclaimer.... All alleged...based on Media Reports and Rumours . Kindly
verify at your end before drawing any conclusions. Not meant to inform...only
entertain
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
New EDs in Railway Board
Alok Kumar, Swaminathan and Sanjay Suri are being tipped to take over
as EDs in Railway Board.
DPC for promotion in Delhi Police held
The much awaited DPC, in its meeting has reportedly cleared promotions
of 1985 batch Delhi Police IPS officers for DG and 1989 batch for Special
DG. Five 1989 batch IPS officers Sandeep Goel, Sanjay Bainiwal, Ranvir
Singh Krishnia, Mukesh Kumar Meena and Sunil Kumar Gautam are believed
to have been cleared for Special DG.
Will Negi be a dark horse for DGP of HP ?
There are chances that B N S Negi may be next DGP of HP. He is a 1988
batch IPS officer and posted on central deputation as CVO, SJNVL. He
will retire in November this year.
Maj Gen P K Singh empanelled to rank of Lt General
Major General P K Singh has been empanelled to the rank of Lt General
and equivalent in teh Executive cadre of Army Medical Corps (AMC) in
the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).
Fourth extension to SP in Goa
PANJIM: Retired Superintendent of Police (SP) Allen D'Sa has been granted
fourth extension in Goa.
Revenue Secretary pulls up CBDT
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has reportedly pulled up the CBDT .
He is unhappy that the estimated target has not been achieved.
Ramesh Kumar is State Election Commissioner in AP
Outgoing Principal Secretary to the AP Governor, Ramesh Kumar has taken
over as State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh.
Rajiv Gauba takes over as Secretary, Urban Development
Rajiv Gauba has taken over as Secretary, Urban Development in Government
of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.
M K Surana joins as CMD, HPCL
Mukesh Kumar Surana has taken over the charge as Chairman & Managing
Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.
(We said this on Oct 15, 2015)
Balraj Joshi takes charge as Director (Tech),
NHPC Ltd
Balraj Joshi, GM, NHPC, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical),
NHPC Limited.
(We said this on Oct 16, 2015)
Mrs Renu Chibber posted as DIG, Railway Board
Mrs Renu P Chibber, DIG-cum-Additional CSC, North Western Railway, has
been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Deputy Inspector General
(R&T).
Ravinder Kumar retires
Ravinder Kumar, IRPS, has retired from the post of Chief Personnel Officer,
South Central Railways. R.R.Prasad has succeeded him.
114 CSS officers promoted to Under Secretary grade
As many as 114 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
have been promoted to the Under Secretary grade in Government of India.
K S Jayachandran appointed as Deputy Secretary,
Justice
K S Jayachandran has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department
of Justice under the Ministry of Law and Justice in Government of India.
He is a 2006 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.
Dhiraj Kakadia to join Gujarat Govt as Director, Information
Dhirja Kakadia, who is presently Director, DAVP, New Delhi, has been
appointed as Commissioner, Entertainment Tax as well as Director (Electronics
Media) in the office of Commissioner of Information in Gujarat Government
on deputation. He is a 1993 batch IIS officer.
12 IES Probationers get postings in various
Ministries
As many as 12 Probationers of Indian Economic Services of 2014 batch
have been posted as Assistant Director in different ministries on completion
of Probationary training. Accordingly, Ms Sonal Ramesh, Kanika Wadhawan,
Nayonika Dutta and Nitish Saini have been posted in the Ministry of
Finance, while Ms Sukriti Verma in the Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change. Similarly, Ms Aditi Pathak in the Department of
Commerce; Avni Gupta, Urban Development; Sikha Dahiya, Consumer Affairs,
Naveen Kumar; Textiles; Umesh Kimar Ram, Social Justice and Empowerment;
Shakala Kujur, Electronics and Information Technology and Neha Chauhan,
Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Two IES officers shifted
Two IES officers of 2013 batch have been transferred and posted as Assistant
Director. Accordingly, N G Yirmani has been posted to Rural Development
while Kamini Tandekar was transferred to Labour and Employment.
Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
As many as nine IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different
places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Dr G Kalpana has been appointed as
DG, Administrative Training Institute, Mysuru and Principal Secretary,
Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Training) while Dr Shalini Rajneesh
was made Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare and S R Umashankar
is Secretary, Culture & Information. Similarly, T K Anil Kumar has
been appointed as MD, Mysuru paper Mills Limited; Hars Gupta as Secretary,
Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs; Naveen Raj Singh as Secretary,
Backward Classes Welfare; V Ponnuraj as Commissioner, Public Instruction,
Bengaluru; Dr Ramegowda as Director, Pre-University Education with additional
charge of Commissioner for Transport & Road Safety and Mrs Pallavi
Akurathi was made Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel & Administrative
Reforms.
Shyama Prasad given Additional charge
K.Shyama Prasad , ADG, PIB, Ahmedabad has been given additional charge
of DFP, Ahmedabad. He is a 1989 batch IIS officer.
5 IAS officers shifted in Delhi Govt
Ramesh Negi has been appointed as Principal Secretary, UD and GAD while
Mrs Alka Diwan was made Special Commissioner VAT and Ms Padmini Singla
is MD, DT &TDC. Besides, Ms Soumya Gupta has been appointed as Director,
Education and T Sreekanth is Registrar Cooperative Societies with additional
charge of Director, Agriculture Marketing in Delhi Government.
Raju gets three months extension in Uttarakhand
Additional Chief Secretary and Commissioner, Forest and Rural Development
in Uttarakhand S Raju has been given three months extension in service.
He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
Waghmare is new Director Tourism in Jharkhand
Krishna Prasad Waghmare has taken over as Director Tourism in Jharkhand.
He is 2011 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
11 officers awarded IAS cadre in Gujarat
As many as 11 officers of Gujarat State Civil Service have been awarded
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. They are: B A Shah, D K Parekh,
S R Bhavsar, J D Desai, A B Gor, M I Patel, V J Rajput, D H Shah, B
P Chauhan, S M Khatana and R R Raval.
Gareeb Dass promoted as IG in J&K (UPDATED)
Gareeb Dass has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police
in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.
Viplav Kumar promoted as IG in J&K (UPDATED)
Viplav Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of
Police in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of J&K
cadre.
Surinder Gupta promoted as IG in J&K (UPDATED)
Surinder Gupta has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of
Police in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of J&K
cadre.
Ahfadul Mujtaba promoted as IG in J&K (UPDATED)
Ahfadul Mujtaba has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General
of Police in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of J&K
cadre.
Promotion of Alok Kumar to IG grade withheld
in J&K (UPDATED)
Promotion of Alok Kumar to the grade of Inspector General of Police
has been withheld. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.
3 IAS officers assigned additional charges
in HP (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers have been assigned additional charges in Himachal
Pradesh. Accordingly, Abhishek Jain has been assigned an additional
charge of Director, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj-cum-Ex Officio
Special Secretary (RD & PR) while Dr Ajay Sharma is also Special
Secretary (PWD) and Hans Raj Sharma was given an additional charge of
Director, Information Technology.
2 IRSE officers transferred to RDSO, Lucknow
(UPDATED)
Two IRSE officers Mahendra Pratap Singh and Abhay Kumar have been transferred
and posted to Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow.
Ms Amita Paul posted as Inquiry Commissioner,
GAD in Bihar (UPDATED)
Ms Amita Paul has been appointed as Departmental Inquiry Commissioner,
General Administration Department in Bihar. She is a 1980 batch IAS
officer of Bihar cadre.
Airports Authority of India gets applaud for
ranking of four of its airports amongst top five airports in the world.
(UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India (AAI) tasked for providing state-of-the-art
passenger facilities and air navigation services at all the airports
in the country celebrated its 21st Annual Day on 1st April, 2016 at
Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi. Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State
for Civil Aviation was the Chief Guest and RN Choubey, Secretary (Civil
Aviation) was the Guest of Honour in the function.
Before the start of the cultural programme, the AAI achievers in their
respective fields were felicitated for their commendable contribution,
key awardees being Airport Director, Jaipur, Lucknow, Goa, Trivandrum
and Srinagar for the best ASQ Rating by Airports Council International
for their airports. The awards were given by the Minister in the presence
of other dignitaries.
Speaking on the occasion of AAI's 21st Annual Day celebrations, Minister
of State Dr. Mahesh Sharma, asserted that seeing the phenomenal growth
over the last two years, the Indian Aviation sector is set to improve
its global ranking from No. 9 to No. 3 by 2020. He also congratulated
the entire AAI family for the commendable achievements in the recent
past in the field of development of airports infrastructure, air-navigation
services, corporate social responsibilities, etc.
On this occasion, Secretary (CA) RN Choubey, reaffirmed his confidence
on the services provided by AAI towards the goal set by Government of
India in the field of civil aviation. He congratulated the entire AAI
family for AAI's achievements during the past one year and also acknowledged
the august gathering that AAI's persistent efforts to improve the services
and passenger facilities at its airports have placed AAI amongst the
best service provider in the world.
Speaking on the occasion Chairman, AAI Sudhir Raheja reeled out the
number of achievements made and accolades earned by AAI during the year
and also informed about the developments of Airport infrastructure in
the country and stated that AAI takes pride to inform that under the
aegis of Ministry of Civil Aviation two key airport development projects
namely Chandigarh and Tirupati airport were dedicated to the nation
by Prime Minister of India. In addition airport development projects
at Kadapa and Khajuraho were dedicated to the nation by Union Minister
of Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju during the year gone-bye.
He further affirmed that AAI has also drawn a roadmap for generation
of non-traffic revenue, marketing strategy, making available the airport
infrastructure in every nook and corner of the country, training and
re-training the human resources, making them capable to take up the
challenges, undertaking the CSR responsibilities and above all promotion
of Regional Connectivity scheme, a important feature of MoCA's Civil
Aviation Policy 2015.
Annual Day programme concluded with fun-filled musical evening "Swar
Sandya" presented by renowned artists Rekha Bhardwaj and Sugandha
Mishra and the audience were spell bound with their presentation.
CORPORATE
Jayaram to continue as Non Exec. Director
of Kotak Mahindra Bank after retirement
C Jayaram who is currently the Joint Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra
Bank Limited who will retire onApril 30, 2016will continue as a Non-executive
Non-Independent Director of the Bank w.e.f. May 1, 2016
Reddy promoted as MD of TRF Ltd
P S Reddy who is Deputy Managing Director of TRF Limited has been appointed
as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2016.
Singh resigns as CFO of Phoenix Lamps Limited
Gagandeep Singh has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix Lamps
Limited
Bidaye resigns as Independent Director of Mercator Limited
Manohar Bidaye has resigned as Independent Director of Mercator Limited.
Ranka appointed President of Weizmann Ltd
Weizmann Limited has appointed Jivanraj M Ranka as President of the
company
Mehra ceases to be MD of Weizmann Limited
Chetan Durgadas Mehra has ceased to be Managing Director of Weizmann
Limited. However, he will continue as Director on Board of Directors
of the company.
FORUM
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Regarding implementation of the Report of the 7th CPC.
This refers to the specific recommendation under Highlights No.12 of
the 7th CPC regarding pay parity among central government employees
(CSSS, CSS) Headquarters and employees working in Non-secretariat organizations
i.e. field.
In this connection, the representatives of Central Government employees
are raising a point regarding down grading of their Grade Pay to their
counterparts working in field offices i.e. Non-secretariat organizations,
which also covers the central autonomous bodies. Needless to mention
that the recruitment rules/process, other service bye-laws and nature
of duties of both categories of employees are the same.
It would have been better if they should have demanded for similar pay-scales
for common categories as per recommendations of the 7th CPC. Needless
to mention that 6th CPC also made same recommendation which was accepted
by the Central Government but later changed which was totally against
the spirit of recommendations of the 6th CPC duly approved by the Cabinet.
My submission is that since employees working in non-secretariat organizations
which also includes employees of central autonomous bodies are not represented
in Delhi, therefore, officers of the Finance Ministry and DoPT who are
part of the Empowered Committee constituted by the Prime Minister of
India may please address this issue and do the justice.
V S Rana
Kya Bakwas Hai
With due respect, when are you going to post the promotion list of Class
IV to Class III. Do some constructive job doing than postings and transfers
in the Central Secretariat Service. I know pretty sure that the Class
III and Class IV won't pass on any secret information to your columns.
Radhikai
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Copies of documents held after the completion of retention
period
The appellant filed the RTI application seeking attested copies
of external examination question papers of B. Arch. for a certain
period, some answer sheets etc. The Respondent informed that according
to rules of the University, the students are supposed to apply
for copies of answer sheets, within 15 days from the date of declaration
of the result. As per the University's retention policy, answer
sheets are retained for three months, from the date of declaration
of result. But, if the student fails to apply within the prescribed
period of 15 days, the answer sheets cannot be given to the student,
though the same are held by the public authority upto three months.
The CIC ruled that the above retention policy of the University
is not a correct practice. If they have retained the answer sheets,
even after the prescribed retention period for any reason, they
cannot deny if it is not destroyed as on the date of RTI application
Comments
No public authority can impose additional restrictions over and
above those prescribed under Section 8 of the RTI Act to deny
any information to the applicant. A Public Authority is expected
to make its own record retention policy and provide information
to any RTI applicant as per the same as long as the records are
not weeded out. If the records have been retained even after the
prescribed retention period, copies of the same cannot be denied
if it is not destroyed as on the date of RTI application. Further,
a Public Authority is required to hold the records, if an RTI
application is pending before the authorities.
Citation: Swati Babber v. Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University,
GNCTD in Case No.CIC/SA/A/2015/001407
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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