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POLITICS
This is History (346)
One of the leading German nationalists of the Napoleonic period was
Fichte, a philospopher, but also an ardent patriat who did much to rouse
up his people.
Congress mukta bharat and Pranab Babu ?
Is President Pranab Mukherjee supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi
in his move to have "Congress mukta Bharat "?.Political observers
believe so.
This is the state of affairs in Rajasthan
The Congress has won 19 out of the total 37 civic body elections in
Rajasthan. And the BJP could win only 10. A warning signal for the Vasundhara
Raje Government.
Saurabh Patel to get important assignment in Delhi
The powerful Minister in Gujarat Government Saurabh Patel who was dropped
yesterday is all set to move to Delhi to get important role in the power
sector.
Rising
stars in India’s power sector
The Indian power sector has been a hotbed of activity since the
NDA government took over the reins two years ago.
From providing a lifeline to the ailing state-owned power distribution
utilities (discoms) in the form of UDAY (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana)
to ramping up the country’s traditionally neglected transmission
network to boosting domestic coal supply, providing subsidised gas to
stranded fuel-starved plants and introducing e-auctions for short-term
power purchases by discoms, many initiatives have been introduced.
But these measures without doubt will not be enough to shore up
the fortunes of the struggling power sector without employing the best
brains. Whispers In The Corridors thus took stock of the situation and
found out atleast 16 ‘best brains’ working in the power sector.
They are –
 Aman
Singh - Principal Secretary in IT-Department and to the Chief Minister
of Chhattisgarh
 Gurdeep
Singh - Chairman &Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation
 ICP
Keshari - 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre
 Ajay
Jain - Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited
 Lalnunmawia
Ngama Chuaungo - 1987 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre
 Tarun
Kapoor - Joint Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government
of India
 Devender
Singh - Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary, Industries
& Commerce, Electronics & IT in the Haryana Civil Secretariat,
Chandigarh
 Jyoti
Arora - Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power in Government of India
 Rajesh
Verma - Principal Secretary, Energy, Chairman-cum-Managing Director,
Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Limited
 Sai
Prasad Guttapalli - Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh
 Badri
Narain Sharma - Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power in Government
of India
 Rajesh
Agarwal - 1994 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre
 Ajoy
G Mehta - 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre
 V
P Joy - 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre
 Malay
Kumar De – IAS officer of 1985 batch of West Bengal cadre
 Sanjeev
Kumar - Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution
Company Ltd. (MSEDCL)
This
Story is available in our August 2016 issue (Souvenir) 2016
For
details Click Here
BUREAUCRACY
Kaun Banega CBI Chief ? (1)
CRs circulation has started for the prestigious
post of CBI Director.Files will be ready by October end.
Empanelment of 1983 batch IPS takes place
Empanelment of 1983 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government
of India has reportedly taken place on Friday.
Railways to have two services ?
As recommended by Debroy Committee, Railway will have two sets of service.
One will be Railway Technical Service (IRTechS) and the other will be
called Railway non-Technical Service ( IRLogS). At present Rly has 8
services. Five technical services- IRSE,IRSEE,IRSS, IRSME and IRSSE
will be under one umbrella while IRTS,IRPS and IRAS will be non- technical
services. Railway Minister has to take the final decision.
KK to get extension in Gujarat
K Kailashnathan popularly known as KK Babu is all set to continue as
Principal Secretary to the new Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
He is former 1979 batch IAS officer.
P P Pandey to continue as DGP Gujarat
P P Pandey is going to continue as DGP of Gujarat. He is 1980 batch
IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Dr Joseph joins in Mumbai
Dr John Joseph has joined as Principal Commissioner Nava Sheva Import
and Chief Commissioner Zone II Customs in Mumbai on Monday. He is 1983
batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
DG, Postal Services to retire in December
Ashutosh Tripathi, newly appointed DG, Postal Services is scheduled
to retire in December this year. He is a 1981 batch IPoS officer.
Dr Iyanger posted as IFA
Reverted from Prasar Bharti Dr. Mala Iyangaer has been posted as Internal
Finance Adviser (IFA) at Hq R & D Delhi. She is a 1991 batch IDAS
officer.
Sinha posted in Capital Navy
R.K.Sinha , a 1991 batch IDAS officer has been posted as IFA, Capital
Navy, Delhi He was posted on deputation in MoD.
Ms Nirja Saraf likely to join as MD, HAL in Oct
Ms Nirja Saraf, CS & ED, BCL, is expected to take over the charge
as Managing Director, Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL) on October
1, 2016.
Who will succeed Debasis as Director (P&BD), IOCL ?
The Government of India is yet to appoint successor of Debasis Sen as
Director (Planning & Business Development), Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL) retiring on August 31 this year.
Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi empanelled as Secretary in
GoI
Aditya Prasad Padhi has been empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary
equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer
of Orissa cadre.
Andhra gets seven new IAS officers
As many as seven candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative
Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been
allotted Andhra Pradesh cadre. They are: Kirthi C, Anand O, Misha Singh,
Mahesh Kumar R, Chetan T S, Venkateswar Salijamala and Pundkar Swapnil
Dinkar.
Pramod Kumar appointed as Director, MHA
Pramod Kumar has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Home
Affairs (MHA). He is a 1992 batch IDSE officer.
More IAS officers nominated for training
More IAS officers than IPS officers were nominated for short term training
in Govt of India in the last three years. Available information says
that 492 IAS officers and only 26 IPS officers got the opportunity of
short term training. 177 IAS officers were nominated in 2013-14,167
in 2014-15 and 148 IAS officers were nominated for short term training
in 2015-16. Whereas 11 IPS officers were sent for training in 2013-14,
2 in 2014-15 and 13 in 2015-16 were nominated for short term in service
training.
10 Scientists promoted to Outstanding Scientist grade
As many as 10 Scientists have been promoted to the grade of Outstanding
Scientist. They are: Joseph CC, Maraleedharan A, Gopala Krishna Barla,
A Alaguvelu, Rajeev Jyoti, Anuradha T K, Valarmathi N, Rama Subramanian
R, Sethuraman K and Surinder Singh.
Three Scientists promoted to Distinguished Scientist grade
Three Scientists: Nagendra Rao, Somanath S and Santanu Chowdhury have
been promoted to the grade of Distinguished Scientist.
66 Scientists promoted to Scientist 'G' grade
As many as 66 Scientist 'SG' have been promoted to the grade of Scientist
'G'. They include: Anil Kumar V, Koraha Bina Chatherine, Sukesh Kumar
S, Girija J, Vasudevan Potty S, Suresh Babu J, Vasudevan Unni M, Renganathan
K, Arun Kumar Mishra, Ramesh Narayanan P, Ruben Velentine Lopez, Athi
Pagavan C, Syamala S, John Binoy Joseph, Abraham P K, Anna Priya Koshy,
Satheesh Kumar N, Rachel Selva Kumari D, Rajendran S, Jeby Philip, Prabhakaran
P V, Subramanian UA, Mahendra Murali LG, Sadasivan Achari VT, Anand
Vishnuprasad Pathak, A S Patel, Rajesh Khandelwal, Ashish B Mishra,
Arundhati Misra, Uma Kumari S ,Viswanathan M, Bindagi S V, Kalpana Arvind,
Srinvasa Rao, Ganesh Shanbhogue H, Raveendranatha G N, Prasad L V, Basavara
S Akkimaradi, Poomani D, Nagaraju V, Narasimha Prasad M V, Vijaykumar
G, Suresh Kumar C, Jagannathan S, Venkttaraman D, Kameswara Rao, Rajashree
V Bothale, TVSRK Prasad, Himanshu M Shah, M K Mathur, David Dason A,
George M A, Saboot T, Rajeev UP, Anilkumar AK, Pankaj Priyadarshi, Govind,
Raghavendra M R, Jasvinder Singh Khoral, Raghu Ram T S, Ramesh Babu
G, Sunil P, Suresh Mathew Thomas, Xavier M, Shambayya K and B N Ramakrishna.
4 IPoS officers promoted to DDG/PMG grade
Four Indian Postal Service officers: Sanjay Singh, Ms T M Sreelatha,
Anil Kumar Singh, Ms Radhika Chakravarthy have been promoted to Deputy
Director General/Post Master General (DDG/PMG).
Bhatt to be Chairman of Karnataka PSC ?
T. Sham Bhatt is being tipped to be Chairman of Karnataka Public Service
Commission (KPSC). He is 1992 batch IAS officer.
Sabyasachi Paul promoted to Joint Commissioner of Customs grade
Sabyasachi Paul has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner
of Customs and Central Excise notionally with effect from December 31,
2013. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.
Narayan Maiya U N promoted as GM, SBI
Narayan Maiya U N has been promoted to the grade of General Manager
in State Bank of India (SBI).
Bansal passes away
Utthan Kumar Bansal has passed away in Lucknow. A 1974 batch UP cadre
IPS officer Bansal retired as DG, BSF and after that he was appointed
member CAT, Allahabad. He resigned from CAT last month. He was SS (IS),
MHA also.
Ms Benerjee joins I & B Ministry (UPDATED)
Ms Jaishree Benerjee today joined as Additional Secretary in the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting. She is a WB cadre 1986 batch IAS officer.
The AS post was vacant since April 25 this year.
Ms Achla Bhatnagar appointed as Chairperson
PLI Investment Board(UPDATED)
Ms Achla Bhatnagar has been promoted as Member (PLI), Postal Service
Board & Chairperson, PLI Investment Board. She is a 1982 batch officer
of Indian Postal Service.
Anant Narayan Nanda appointed as Member (B&HRD),
Postal Service Board (UPDATED)
Anant Narayan Nanda has been promoted as Member (Banking & HRD),
Postal Service Board. He is a 1982 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
Justice Prasad joins as Chairperson, Gujarat Human Rights Commission
(UPDATED)
Justice Bhagawati Prasad, former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court,
has taken over the charge as Chairperson of the Gujarat State Human
Rights Commission in Gujarat.
(We said this
on Aug 1,2016)
Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary is also Director,
Information in J&K (UPDATED)
Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has been assigned an additional charge of
Director Information in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer.
Om Prakash Saini is also Chairman, Canal Board
in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Om Prakash Saini has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman,
Indira Gandhi Canal Board in Rajasthan. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer
of Rajasthan cadre.
CORPORATE
Chaudhary gets extension as Director (Finance), SAIL till Dec. 31, 2020
Union Ministry of Steel has extended the tenure of A K Chaudhary, Director
(Finance), Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) beyond August 31, 2016
till December 31, 2020.
Mehta ceases to be Chairman of Deepak Nitrite Ltd
C K Mehta has ceased to be Chairman of Deepak Nitrite Limited.
Wang resigns as Independent Director of D-Link (India) Ltd
Ms Sue Fung Wang has resigned as Non-Executive and Independent Director
of D-Link (India) Limited.
Patel appointed CS of Triochem Products Ltd
Triochem Products Ltd has appointed Sandip Patel as Company Secretary
of the company.
Naliyadhara appointed CS of Bhagwati Autocast Ltd
Bhagwati Autocast Ltd has appointed Mehul Naliyadhara as Company Secretary
of the company.
FORUM
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How can Modi factor be responsible for outcome of US Presidential
Election ?
How can Modi factor be responsible for outcome of US Presidential Election
when Modi factor and Gujarat Model is on the vane in his own turf, India.
The Americans are not fools to be carried away by your irresponsible
projection. The American bureaucracy and law makers are mostly Jews
and every one knows how intelligent the Jews are? Please confine yourself
to Indian Politics. They have their own Agenda which includes Medicare,
counter terrorism, growing gun culture and employment.
Radhikai
IRS lobby targeting the Ministry ?
It is appalling to see a section of the IRS lobby targeting the Ministry
day in and out. It is also shocking that the highest official is being
targeted by name.
That official is widely known to be honest and sincere and putting all
out efforts to bring the Revenue earning departments concerned with
the field operations in line with the changing needs. Unfortunately,
a section of the IRS lobby who feel that their turf is being encroached
upon and their domain jeopardized are up in arms and are indulging in
gross insubordination. They feel that just because they belong to the
revenue service, they are all powerful. On the contrary, those dealing
with them know that it is a most insensitive and corrupt department
Their campaign needs to be condemned unequivocally and the ring leaders
must be shown their place. They must be dealt with quickly and not allowed
to go scot free.
I Khan
An Aam Admi, disturbed by the IRS games
Railways seem to be in for a radical overhaul which is bound to raise
several problems than solve them.It seems every recommendation of a
committee appointed soon after this Government took over is being accepted
without discussing its pros and cons. One such recommendation is merger
of the eight Group A services into two Groups -Technical and Non-technical.
While All the four Engineering Services And Indian Railway Store Service
would be under Technical Service(I wonder why Store service is being
placed under this Group)the other four will be under the Non-Technical
head. These four as well as the Stores Service are part of the Civil
Services Exam. How the Recruitment and seniority etc. are going to be
determined for officers of these Services is a big question mark. The
rationale being given for this merger is to end the departmental approach
to Railway working. it is true that whosoever heads the Board the service
to which he belongs flourishes at the cost of others. Currently Indian
Store Service is the favourite with a large share of DRMs. May be because
the Chairman is from that service. Since he is still at the helm by
being reappointed Stores Service is being clubbed with the Technical
Group perhaps. This departmental approach is not going to end with this
merger. It will only shift to the two Groups with infighting in each
Group. The departmental bias can be prevented by the minister who heads
the entire entity instead of creating confusion and playing with the
careers of officers. I wish more focus is given to safety, punctuality,
cleanliness, comfortable travel than on such radical changes suggested
by so-called theorists.
Aarti Khosla
15 Secretaries only from one Service ?
I remember, in 70s and early 80s, officers from other services including
CSS had held posts of Secretaries in the Government of India. As far
as posting of a non-IAS officer as Cabinet Secretary, there is an unwritten
condition that the officer should have worked as District Collector/
Collector in the State Government. Since other service officers do not
fulfill this condition, they are never considered for the post of Cabinet
Secretary.
Pradeep
Torrent of letters
As one who failed to clear UPSC Exam not once but twice and as one who
is now reasonably employed in private sector, I am baffled at the torrent
of letters in your portal complaining about the dominance of IAS in
the government, some letters even demanding important posts like that
of Cabinet Secretary to be given to the other 36 services like revenue
and postal. Though IAS officers are trained as SDOs, DCs etc for administrative
functions, the fact is that all these officers in the 36 services are
selected on the basis of a written examination and interview. Those
who get higher ranks get into IAS though many in the lower bottom levels
manage to get in due to the prevailing lopsided reservation policy.
Creeping about these higher rankers getting predominance in the government
is questioning the sanctity of the examination itself. Why a service
like IRS who get into service through one examination, to be the monopoly
of certain people. Why can't government recruit at different levels
qualified people even CAs from outside. If an IRS or postal service
officer can aspire to become a Cabinet Secretary, why can't an outsider
?
N K Nair
Tax Friendly Environment ?
It is alleged that reporting on black money issue gives negative image
and impact that a country is facing which is not pro investor friendly
like tax terrorism. We have to be careful in dealing such issues. Direct
tax collection has crossed indirect tax collection in 2008-2009 and
is at much more comfortable level than indirect tax collection so we
need much more attention in indirect tax collection. It is estimated
that any budget deficit can be met by recovery from 40-50 big loan defaulters.
A pragmatic approach is needed. A part of collection from taxes is also
going to Banks for meeting NPAs and support to loss making PSUs apart
from using funds for infrastructure development and social schemes.
This is upto Government how to use the money. We have achieved good
success in passing GST, a uniform tax regime thru cooperation and support.
India is peace loving country since ages despite number of wars but
we are much below in the list of safe living country published by IEC.
Country e.g. Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, Japan, Canada etc are much
ahead in the list. We have to work with love, cooperation and pardon
to reach at the top of list. We have already made strong foundation
for the country to be developed in coming years. We have put great efforts
in this direction in last two years. Let us work with love and cooperation
not in fear and threat.
N Prakash
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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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