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POLITICS
This is History (350)
The Germany of philosophers and scientists retired into the background
and the new Germany of blood and iron, of military efficiency, began
to dominate the continent of Europe.
No political party has PM material like Modi ?
At a get-together majority of the persons said that no political party
has PM material like Narendra Modi because he knows the nerves of the
people owing to his field experience .
BJP to have only bachelor Chief Ministers ?
There is a new thinking in the Modi School of Thoughts. In order to
free the party from corruption they want only bachelor Chief Ministers.
After Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana and Sonowal in Assam search is
on to have bachelors as Chief Minister in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh.
"Modi
is a democratic dictator"
Dictator has become
the buzzword since Narendra Modi's rise on the political spectrum of the
country. His opponents often describe him as a dictator but the question
is - Is he really a dictator ? NO, if one was to go by the opinion of
the surfers of whispersinthecorridors.com.
At the most, he can be called a 'democratic dictator'.
This
Story is available in our August 2016 issue (Souvenir) 2016
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BUREAUCRACY
Kaun Banega CBI Chief ? (5)
The real claimant for the post is 1981 batch
IPS officer of Karnataka cadre R K Dutta. Dutta is presently number
two in the CBI. Insiders say if Special Director Dutta is not moved
from the CBI to some other CPO then he only will be definitely a top
contender.
Arun Singh to be Deputy NSA ?
Indian Foreign Service officer Arun Singh is likely to succeed Arvind
Gupta as Deputy National Advisor. Singh who is presently posted in US
is reportedly retiring by this month end.
Will Murmu return to Gujarat ?
The new Gujarat Government is likely to recall G S Murmu from central
deputation.1985 batch IAS officer Murmu is presently additional Secretary
Financial Services in the Government of India. On return, he may be
appointed either Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister or PS Home.
New policy for appointment of GM in Railways
The Ministry of Railways has come up with a new policy being applied
from the next panel i.e., due on April 1, 2017. At least one officer
from every service having residual service more than two years will
be considered for the posting as General Manager. The difference of
two years in seniority will be maintained.
P K Gupta selected as Director (HR), Gail (India) Ltd
P K Gupta, ED (HR), GAIL, has been selected for the post of Director
(HR) Gail (India) Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
meeting held on August 11, 2016. As many as 12 persons were interviewed
for the same.
KK Babu gets extension in Gujarat
K Kailashnathan popularly known as KK Babu Principal Secretary to the
new Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has been given extension till
2017 Vidhan Sabha election. He is former 1979 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on August 8 )
One post of Member vacant in CBDT
One post of Member (IT) is vacant in CBDT for the last few days. Who
will take this slot is a question to guess ?
Member UPSC D.K. Dewan to retire this month
Vice Admiral (Retd.) D.K. Dewan ,Member, UPSC, is retiring this month
end.
Manjula Chellur appointed as Chief Justice, Bombay High Court
Mrs Manjula Chellur, Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, has been
transferred and posted as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
G C Gupta to perform as Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court
Girish Chandra Gupta has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the
Calcutta High Court.
K S Jhaveri appointed Judge, Rajasthan High Court
Kalpesh Satyendra Jhaveri, Judge of the Gujarat High Court, has been
transferred and posted as a Judge of the Rajasthan High Court.
Ramana is new Deputy Chairman of KPT
A V Ramana presently in Kolkata Port Trust, has been appointed as the
deputy chairman of the Cochin Port Trust.
22 IIS officers to go on Foreign Training
Ministry of I & B has nominated 22 IIS officers for the foreign
Component in the second batch in University of California, USA during
September 19- 27, 2016, under the Mid-term Training Programme.
Nandakumar appointed as DG, CPRI, Bangalore
V S Nandakumar has been appointed as Director General, Central Power
Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore.
Ambastha appointed as CVO, MSTC
Sarwashtrestha Ambastha has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer
(CVO), Metal Scrap Trading Corporation (MSTC), Kolkata. He is a 1992
batch CISF officer.
Sudhir Kumar appointed as CVO, IRCTC
Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Indian
Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), Delhi. He
is a 1989 batch CISF officer.
Alexander joins as Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy, Mumbai
Stephen Mervin Alexander, PMG, Chennai city region, Tamil Nadu, has
taken over the charge as Joint Secretary in the Department of Atomic
Energy, Mumbai.
Former IPS officer N K Tripathi is now Vice Chancellor
Former DG NCRB and Special DG CRPF N K Tripathi has been appointed Vice
Chancellor of the Malwanchal University in Indore. He is former 1974
batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Bihar gets nine new IAS officers
As many as nine candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been
allotted Bihar cadre. They are: Lokesh Mishra, Anshul Agarwal, Richie
Pandey, Ravi Prakash, Varsha Singh, Mukul Kumar Gupta, Anshul Kumar,
Vaibhav Chaudhary and Vijay Prakash Meena.
Subhash Chandra Garg empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Subhash Chandra Garg has been empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary
equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer
of Rajasthan cadre.
Three IAS officers to return to Odisha
Three IAS officers on deputation to the Government of India Mssrs T
K Pandey,Vishal Gagan and V V Yadav are returning to the parent Odisha
cadre soon.
Swamy to return to Odisha
D V Swamy who is currently on inter-cadre deputation to Karnataka is
returning to the parent Odisha cadre. He is 2001 batch IAS officer.
Mrs Jayashree Reddy promoted as GM, SBI
Mrs Mummadi Jayashree Reddy has been promoted to the grade of General
Manager in State Bank of India (SBI).
Three IAS officers get new assignments in WB
Abhishek Kumar Tiwary has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Chief
Minister office while Mrs Doma Tsherinig Sherpa would look after the
works of Registrar of Co-operative Societies and Shashank Sethi is Chief
Executive Officer, Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority with additional
charge of Additional District Magistrate, Asansol in West Bengal.
Pankaj Srivastava continues as Director, Corporate Affairs till Oct
Pankaj Srivastava will continue as Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
till October 31, 2016. He is an ISS officer.
Susheel Kumar posted as Under Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Susheel Kumar has been appointed as Under Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
in Government of India.
Eight ISS officers transferred
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Statistical Service (ISS)
have been given new postings. Accordingly, Bamane Mohan Jinnapa has
been posted to NSSO, DPC, MoSPI, Bangaluru while S L Peshan was appointed
to Animal Husbandry & Dairying and Ms Vandana Gautam is posted to
Department of School Education & Literacy. Similarly, Ms Ritu has
been posted to Intra, Inter & International Coordination Unit; Srijan
Acharya to DG, Commercial Intelligence & Statistics; Ms Monika Kumawat
to DGFT; Shyam Sunder Nayak to NSSO, FOD, SRO, Cuttack and Ashok Kumar
Soni was posted to PLFS, NSSO, FOD, RO, Raipur.
Reshuffle of IAS officers in Kerala
(UPDATED)
Some IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places
in Kerala. Accordingly, Sanjay M Kaul has been posted Special Secretary,
Industries while M C Mohandas was made Rural Development Commissioner
and Mini Antony is Special Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies. Similarly,
A T James has been appointed as Land Revenue Commissioner with additional
charge of Karipur airport development; K Ambady (IIS) as Director, Information
and Public Relations; P M Ali Asgar Pasha as Director, SC/ST Development;
K N Satheesh as Housing Commissioner with additional charge of Director,
Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra and Project Manager, National Cyclone Mitigation
Project (Kerala); Keshvendra Kumar as Mission Director, AYUSH, with
additional charge of Director, Food Safety, National Health Mission;
P Balakiran as Director, Social Justice, with additional charge of Director,
State IT Mission; S. Karthikeyan as Director, Fisheries, with additional
charge of Director, Lotteries and D Balamurali was appointed as Additional
Director, Tourism, with additional charge of Managing Director, Kerala
Tourism Development Corporation.
Dr Adapa Karthik gets premature repatriation
(UPDATED)
Dr Adapa Karthik has been given premature repatriation from his inter
cadre deputation in AGMUT cadre to his parent cadre. He is 2008 batch
IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Post of Senthil Pandian upgraded to Director
level (UPDATED)
The post of Senthil Pandian as Private Secretary to Radhakrishanan,
Minister of State for RT&H and Shipping has been upgraded to the
grade of Director. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer.
Who is the boss MIB or Prasar Bharti ?(UPDATED)
Ministry of I&B last week issued an order and restructured large
scale posts in Prasar Bharti. DG, AIR News however issued another advisory
against the Ministry's order on August 11,2016 saying that those RNUs
and Correspondents whose units and posts have been shifted are requested
to continue with their normal services and perform duties from their
locations till further orders.
Gurumoorthy Mahalingam appointed Whole Time
Member, SEBI (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment
of Gurumoorthy Mahalingam, Executive Director, RBI, as Whole Time Member,
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)for a period of five years
or till the attainment of 65 years of age.
Dr. G Narayana Raju gets additional charge of Secretary, Justice
(UPDATED)
The additional charge of post of Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry
of Law and Justice has been given to Dr, G Narayana Raju, Secretary,
Legislative department till Aug 28.
Rajiv Gupta gets additional charge of Secretary, Sports (UPDATED)
The additional charge of the post of Secretary, Sports has been give
to Rajiv Gupta, Secretary, Youth Affairs till August 28.
CORPORATE
Ms Betai appointed CFO of IDBI Bank Ltd
IDBI Bank Limited has appointed Ms Padma Betai, Chief General Manager
of the Bank as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) w.e.f August 16, 2016 .
Rajamani appointed as MD of Microsoft's India Lab
Sriram Rajamani has been appointed as Managing Director of Microsoft's
India Lab.
Kannan ceases to be Nominee Director on State Bank of Travancore Board
V G Kannan has ceased to be State Bank of India's Nominee Director on
the Board of Directors of State Bank of Travancore.
Bajoria re-appointed MD of Rajasthan Cylinders & Containers Ltd
Rajasthan Cylinders & Containers Ltd has re-appointed Avinash Bajoria
as a Managing Director of the company w.e.f.October 15, 2016 .
Sumant Patel appointed Exec. Chairman of NESCO Ltd
NESCO Ltd has appointed Sumant J Patel as the Executive Chairman of
the company.
Krishna Patel appointed MD of NESCO Ltd
Krishna S Patel has been appointed as the Managing Director of NESCO
Ltd.
Sabharwal appointed Addl. Director of KRBL Ltd
KRBL Limited has appointed Alok Sabharwal as an Additional Director
of the company.
Datta resigns as Director of Tide Water Oil Company (India) Ltd
Kallol Datta has resigned as Director of Tide Water Oil Company (India)
Limited.
Ganguly appointed Addl. Director of Silicon Valley Infotech Ltd
Silicon Valley Infotech Limited has appointed Dinabandhu Ganguly as
an Additional Director of the company.
Kedia appointed Independent Director of Asian Fertilizers Ltd
Asian Fertilizers Ltd has appointed Sunil Kedia as Independent Director
of the company.
Ms Bansal appointed CS of PSL Ltd
PSL Ltd has appointed Ms Nikita Bansal as Company Secretary of the company.
Jain appointed Addl. Director of Punj Lloyd Ltd
Punj Lloyd Limited has appointed Atul Kumar Jain as Additional Director
of the company.
FORUM
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Why IAS dominated system deprives bureaucrats from other services
?
When we can make NSA from IPS which was earlier baby of the IFS, why
the IAS dominated system deprive other services bureaucrats to become
Secretaries to GOI and serve the nation. I am sure by this way GoI will
break the monopoly of the IAS bureaucracy. What happened in Bulandshahar,
UP or Gurugaon blockade. Do we think that only IPS officers are to be
blamed ? This needs to be looked into deeply. Surely, we will get very
reasonable answer.
Ashok
Constitution hasn't earmarked/graded services on the basis of CSE rank
False supremacy of British slavery tax collector service IAS-Torrent
of letters by Mr. NK Nair (WIC 8.8.16): The author is completely under
the wrong impression that Govt/Constitution has earmarked/graded services
on the basis of CSE rank. It is not so. The Constitution treats all
37 Group-A services EQUAL; only their nature of duties vary. It is nowhere
written that rank no. 1 will get a particular service only. In fact,
it is the preference opted by candidates based on which various services
are allotted.
Let me make it clear that deputation posts in Govt of India are NOT
cadre post of any service, including IAS. The posts under Central staffing
Scheme (CSS), commonly known as central deputation, are ex-cadre posts
and thus open to all the 37 organised Group-A services without any discrimination/preference
to any one service for all posts of Dy Secy, Director, JS, AS, Secretary,
Cabinet Secretary. In fact, IAS has exploited and made some specific
unwritten rules so that only they get senior posts of JS to Cabsec.
You may notice that in the recommending agency DOPT, ias has grabbed
all crucial posts of Secretary, Establishment Officer and Director/Dy.Secy
(Senior Management) to promote officers of their service only. In fact
DOPT is Human Resource Policy making deptt of all 37 services. DOPT
should NOT have been made cadre controlling authority (CCA) of ias or
any other service so that it could work in an unbiased manner for all
services. in fact, the CCA for IAS should be shifted to Home Ministry
(MHA). MHA is already a CCA for IAS of UT cadre. Why can't a Doctor
or Engineer or Law Officer or Revenue Officer become a Cabinet Secretary
?
If working in State Govts/District is necessary then, non-IAS officers
may be posted on deputation in State govt/Districts against seats vacated
by IAS who occupy posts in Govt of India on central deputation.
I would like to bring to notice of all readers that British introduced
ICS in India to torture Indians and forcibly collect Taxes for Queen
of England, while these ICS Tax Collectors enjoyed life at the cost
of oppression of Indians. This torturous British legacy should have
ended immediately after the exit of British from India on 15.8.1947,
70 years ago, but the ICS who enjoyed patronage under British rule wanted
the service to continue to enjoy its perks and thus after BREXIT from
India, IAS was born for some greedy people. And it continued to oppress
other domain experts and dragging the country behind for their selfish
comforts of India's Slavery period.
Readers will be surprised to know there is nothing like British Administrative
Service in England. They have a common Civil service called Her Majesty's
Home Civil Service, also known as Her Majesty's Civil Service or the
Home Civil Service. Officers from all streams are inducted into this
service. There is also provision of 'LATERAL ENTRY' of officers at higher
levels of Civil service.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/civil-service
So is a Slavery period state govt service IAS really relevant in Bharat
after 70 years of independence? Why should domain experts not take over
the reins of Govt at all levels, including Cabinet Secretary.
Let us raise our voice to Honorable PM Modi Ji who respects talent in
an unbiased manner.
BHARAT.
Success with humility !
The greatest success of Finance Minister is to have the Constitution
Amendment Bill passed for rollout of GST. Success is always associated
with humility not with ego. As per PM it is end of Tax Terrorism. This
has been achieved by cooperation, close coordination and persuasion
of all. Good results are achieved thru love, cooperation and pardon.
GST success story should not be masked by alleged negative story of
direct tax collection. There has been good work by income tax department
in processing ITRs and issuing refunds. Any short fall in budget can
be met by appropriation of incentives to Corporates, support to loss
making PSUs, Bank's NPA etc. Additional revenue will be available by
auction of spectrum and disinvestment in loss making PSUs. There is
Herculean task ahead for Department of Revenue to complete for rolling
out GST. We already have tax friendly, investor friendly and growth
oriented environment which will be free from fear, threat and tax terrorism.
There will be better tax compliance. All this will translate into GDP
growth of 8%+ in coming years. We have to work with love and cooperation
to get the successful implementation of GST. No retrograde implementation.
All the best for successful implementation of GST and free from tax
terrorism.
N Prakash
Who says FC cannot become CRB ?
A news item in WIC today says that Financial Commissioner cannot become
Chairman of the Railway Board since he is not a Board Member. Who says
so ? He is very much a Board Member. Actually, he is among the very
first posts of Members when the Board was reconstituted with the separation
of Railway Finances from General finances and has been more powerful
than the Chairman being independent in giving financial advice and by
virtue of its being an ex-cadre post which could be held by an officer
of other services like IAAS or even the IAS. Over a period however the
prestige of the post was lowered with the erosion of independent character
of the Indian Railway Accounts Service- a cadre under the control of
Financial Commissioner as also by making it a cadre post after Fifth
Pay Commission.
Aarti Khosla
Democratic dictator ?
The term 'democratic dictator' is an oxymoron.
Parth Garg
Late U K Bansal was outstanding
I am shocked to know about sad demise of U K Bansal He was an outstanding
professional, a thorough gentle man and a keen golfer. May his soul
rest in peace.
P C Tripathi
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Action for not writing the APAR
The appellant sought information about the writing of APAR and
specifically sought to know about the applicable Rule for deterrent/punitive
action on the Reporting and Counter signing officer(s) if they
do not fill the APAR of officers working under them in time and
keep the APAR's pending for several years despite reminders from
the Headquarters. The CIC observed that it is the internal matter
of the organization to review and reform the personnel policy
for the welfare of the employees in a most efficient and transparent
manner. The dissatisfaction in the work force adversely impacts
the morale of the employees and consequent inefficiencies. The
CIC advice the Air India to review its grievance redressal mechanism
in personnel matters to ensure the transparency in accordance
with the spirit of the Act. The public authority was also directed
to provide the necessary information as sought by the appellant
within a period of 15 days.
Comments
The APAR is a record of the assessment of the work done by an
individual. When specific time limits have been prescribed for
the reporting and reviewing, there appears little reason for not
following the prescribed time limit. All officers must adhere
to the time schedule prescribed for the writing / review of the
APAR.
Citation: Mrs. Geeta Kapoor v. ED(NR) Air India Ltd. Northern
Region in Appeal No.:CIC/YA/A/2014/003009/BJ
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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