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POLITICS
This is History (182)
These were the days when Englishmen returned to England from India overflowing
with Indian Money and were called 'Nabobs'.
Creation of 75 posts of Jt Secretary, 120 of Addl Secretary for ITS
officers today
A cadre review committee meeting being chaired by Cabinet Secretary
on February 1 is expected to give a nod of approval for creating 75
posts of Joint Secretary and 12 posts of Additional Secretary levels
for surplus officers of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) under the Central
Staff Scheme. The approval may arouse controversy over gobbling up the
share of non-technical officers wishing to serve on central deputation.
At the first meeting, DoPT Secretary, Sanjay Kothari already expressed
his disagreement on the move. The Government of India is forging ahead,
despite 6th and 7th Pay Commissions recommended for abolition of this
cadre for operational works while Delhi High Court ruled that ITS officers
posted in BSNL/MTNL wishing to revert to DoT should be deployed to surplus
cell as per Government rules. After the creation of these posts, other
non-technical officers of All India Service may be deprived of posting
to central deputation.
Is it true?
Is it true that the premier investigating agency is currently making
rounds of a ministry and shall explode a major scam including one constitutional
authority's previous office.
BUREAUCRACY
Empanelment of 1983 batch IAS this month!
In all probability, empanelment of 1983 batch
IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India will
take place in February.
Who will be new DG Doordarshan? (1)
Who will succeed D G Doordarshan C Lalrosanga on March 1? Present DG
Lalrosanga has reportedly sought VRS from February 29?
Two Railway Officers to get Secretary rank in GoI!
Only two railway officers who are eligible, namely Ashwani Lohani IRSME
1980 and Girish Pillai IRTS 1980 are likely to be empanelled as Secretary
in the Government of India.
SSB DG retires
B D Sharma has retired as DG, SSB on January 31 and the Government failed
to appoint new incumbent till late night. Though names of 2-3 IPS officers
are doing the round for the top post.
Deshwal given change of DG, SSB
S S Deshwal, ADG SSB, will look after the charge of DG of the force
till a regular incumbent is appointed. He is an IPS officer of Haryana
cadre.
Will Archna Ramsunderam be DG, SSB?
Latest whisper says that Archna Ramsunderam may be posted as DG, SSB.
Presently she is DG, NCRB. She is a 1980 batch TN cadre IPS officer.
CBI JD Arunachalam to return Tamil Nadu
Joint Director CBI, S Arunachalam is returning to the parent Tamil Nadu
cadre. In fact, the Tamil Nadu Government has sought the services back
of this 1993 batch IPS officer.
1980 batch IPS to be DG ITBP?
Grapevine has it that a 1980 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre
is being posted as new DG of the ITBP. Present ITBP Chief, Krishna Chaudhary
is likely to move to the BSF on March 1.
Atulesh Jindal is new Chairman of CBDT
Atulesh Jindal has succeeded A K Jain as new Chairman of the CBDT. He
is a 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Sanjeev Chopra gets ACS rank in West Bengal
Sanjeev Chopra has been given ACS rank in West Bengal. He is 1985 batch
IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Viswanatha joins as Director (M&CB), BEML
Ltd today
B R Viswanatha, ED, BEML, is joining as Director (Mining & Constructions
Business), BEML Limited on February 1, 2016. Orders of his appointment
have already been issued by the Government of India.
A K Sahoo takes charge as Director (Fin), MRPL
today
A K Sahoo, GM, MRPL, is taking over the charge as Director (Finance),
Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on February 1,
2016.
L N Mishra joins as Director (Pers), MCL today
L N Mishra, Chief Manager, CIL, is joining as Director (Personnel),
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on February 1, 2016.
D Gangopadhyay takes charge as Director (Tech),
BCCL today
D Gangopadhyay, GM, ECL, is assuming his charge as Director (Technical),
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) on February 1, 2016.
Pardeshi is new Ambassador to Mexico
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has
been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico. He is a 1991
batch IFS officer.
Amit Khare is Development Commissioner in Jharkhand
Amit Khare, Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Jharkhand, has
been given an additional charge of Development Commissioner of the state.
He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.
Sudhakar to join as Director (Fin), GSL today
Sudhakar T N, GM, CSL, is joining as Director (Finance), Goa Shipyard
Limited (GSL) on February 1, 2016.
Rautela to get extension?
In all probability, DG National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) G
S Rautela will get an extension of two years on February 28, 2016.
Vacancy of Director (Tech), UCIL likely to arise as Ghade fails to get
orders
A vacancy of Director (Technical), Uranium Corporation of India Limited
(UCIL) is expected to arise after the retirement of present incumbent
S K Srivastava on January 31, 2016 as Ajay Ghade, GM, UCIL selected
for this post is yet to get appointment orders.
Amit Chatterjee and Gopalkrishna on Board of Dena Bank
Amit Chatterjee and G Gopalkrishna have been appointed as part-time
non official Director on the Board of Dena Bank.
PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), BWC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications
for the post of Director (Finance), Braithwaite & Co. Ltd lying
vacant since October 6 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can
send their applications for this post before February 5, 2016.
Tucker is new Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary
Satya Prakash Tucker has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Andhra
Pradesh. A 1981 batch IAS officer Tucker has succeeded IYR Kirhsna Rao
who retired on January 31.
(We said this on January 7)
D Gangopadhyay yet to takes charge as Director
(Tech), BCCL
D Gangopadhyay, GM, ECL, is yet to take charge as Director (Technical),
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).
(We said this on January 7)
One hundred new High Court Judges by June
About one hundred new High Court Judges in the country are being appointed
by June end. The number of vacancies has now touched 450.
IAS reshuffle on cards in Maharashtra this week?
A top level IAS reshuffle is likely to take place in Maharashtra this
week.
D
D Padsalgikar is new Mumbai CP
D D Padsalgikar, who was on central deputation as Additional Director,
Intelligence Bureau (IB has taken over as Police Commissioner of Mumbai
on Sunday.
(We said this on January 7)
IPS
reshuffle in the offing in Gujarat
A major reshuffle of IPS officers in Gujarat is expected to take place
in a week or two.
Vice Admiral Lanba is FOC-in-C
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba has taken over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief
(FOC-in-C) of the Western Naval Command (WNC) from Vice Admiral S P
S Cheema in Mumbai.
Lt Gen Sarath Chand is head of South West Command
Lt Gen Sarath Chand on Monday is taking over as Commander of South West
Command based in Jaipur.
Sumit Mallick is acting ACS PWD in Maharashtra
Sumit Mallick has been given an additional charge of PWD in Maharashtra.
He is a 1982 batch IAS officer. ACS PWD Anand Kulkarni has retired on
January 31.
Reshuffle of IAS officers in Arunachal Pradesh
Some administrative officers have been shifted in Arunachal Pradesh.
Accordingly, Mige Kamki has been posted as Joint Secretary Labour and
Employment, Skill Development while Sandeep Kumar Singh was made DC
of Capital complex and Tai Kaye is Joint Secretary, Transport; Pooja
Jain as Papum Pare DC; Deepak Shinde as DC East Kameng and Seppa ADC,
Rahul Singh in his place Satya Gopal gets additional charge of Department
of Personnel, AR & Trg and Hage Batt will hold the additional charge
of Commissioner Geology and Mining in Arunchal Pradesh. Besides, Vijayanta
Arya has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Special Branch
continuing an additional charge of SP, SIT & Crime.
P Harish appointed as Ambassador to Vietnam
(UPDATED)
P Harish presently CG, Houston, has been appointed as the next Ambassador
of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He is a 1990 batch IFS
officer.
Vinod Kumar Thakral is also Member (Fin),
Atomic Energy (UPDATED)
Vinod kumar Thakral has been assigned an additional charge of Member(Finance),
Atomic Energy/Space/ Earth Commission. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer
of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
IRS-IT officer, Radhey Shyam gets Senior Time
Scale (UPDATED)
Radhey Shyam, Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, has been granted
Senior Time Scale. He is an IRS-IT officer.
Ramanarao takes over as Director (Fin), HAL
(UPDATED)
C V Ramanarao, General Manager (Finance) has taken over as Director
(Finance) of HAL. A Chartered Accountant, Ramanarao, joined HAL as Finance
Officer in 1985.
26 CSS officers promoted to Under Secretary
grade in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 26 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
have been promoted to the grade of Under Secretary. The officers are:
Vinay Kumar, Manoj Kumar Bansal, Oruganti Phani, Amit Srivastava, Shah
Faiz Ahmed, A G Subramanian, Manoj Kumar Pathak, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Pankaj
Shrma, Rajesh Ranjan, Balbir Singh, Arjun Rana, Ashok Kumar Singh, Raghunath,
Hitlar Singh, Vivek Mishra, Rameshwar Kumar, Indrajit Kuri, Gracy Varghese,
Manjit Singh, Abhishek Biswas, Arun Kumar Shakya, Harit Kumar Shakya,
Rajener Singh Sidhu, Ram Kishan Trehan and Vinod Kumar.
8 IDAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary
in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to 1993 batch of Indian Defence
Accounts Service (IDAS) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary
level posts in Government of India.
10 CSS officers promoted to Deputy Secretary
grade (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS)
have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Secretary. The officers are:
Indira Sharma, G Rajeev, MP Rama Rao, A Radha Rani, Neeraj Kataria,
Shashi Pal, Prem Prakash Gupta, Neeranjan Chaudhary, Praveen Chand Dhasmana
and Naveen Yadav.
DEBATE
Is PM Narendra Modi losing his charm ?.
Is he a changed man ? Any suggestions ?
Mail your views to:- mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com
CORPORATE
Two part-time Directors appointed on SBI's
Central Board
Girish Kumar Ahuja and Dr Pushpendra Rai have been nominated as Part-Time
Non official Directors on the Central Board of Directors of State Bank
of India.
Ms Dholakia is Non-official Director of Bank of Maharashtra
Ms Archana Ravindrarai Dholakia has been appointed as Part-time Non-official
Director of Bank of Maharashtra.
Pal appointed Govt. Nominee Director of RCF
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd has appointed Dharam Pal as
Government Nominee Director of the company.
Roy re-appointed MD of Phillips Carbon Black Ltd
Kaushik Roy has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Phillips Carbon
Black Ltd w.e.f. February 5, 2016.
Satish appointed as Whole-time Director of L&T
M V Satish has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of Larsen &
Toubro Ltd.
Sagar appointed ED of Nirlon Ltd
Nirlon Ltd has appointed Rahul V Sagar as an Executive Director of the
company.
Dandekar re-appointed Chairman & ED of Kokuyo Camlin Ltd
Kokuyo Camlin Ltd has re-appointed Dilip D Dandekar as Chairman and
Executive Director of the company.
Gopalan resigns as CFO of Entegra Ltd
Sanjay Gopalan has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Entegra
Limited.
Shetty quits as Director of Banco Products Ltd
Kiran Kumar Shetty has resigned as a Director of Banco Products (India)
Ltd.
FORUM
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Debate (1)
Modi is following Nehru. 'From 1 to 10, there is no BJP leader after
Modi'. There is no challenger of Modi.
Dr N Srivastava
DEBATE (2)
Believe it or not, fact is Modi is a democratic dictator.
Dr N Jain
Guiding principles for Padma awards same with this Govt too
Going through the list of Padma awardees it becomes clear that the
guiding 'principles' for conferring these awards are the same with this
Government too. Barring for a few deserving persons there are either
the electoral considerations, supporters of the party in power or recommendations
by allies whose support the Government needs .The natural reaction on
reading the names of some awardees is 'award for what? Some of the awardees
has been bestowed their third Padma awards for the same achievement.
It is like you get your degree for doing some course and then are given
masters for the same course and finally a doctorate also for it. Some
of the artists and others have long stopped their professional field
owing to very advanced age but are resurrected for the highest Padma
award. In one case ,irrespective of the fact whether the individual
deserves or not the decision to award him is not politically correct
since it is reopening the controversies surrounding him in a politically
sensitive state .Clearly the selectors of these awards have not applied
their mind. We have really taken the sheen out of these awards.
Aarti Khosla
He is lying….
He is lying when he is claiming all these heroics. He was Director
(Headquarters) in that office looking after mundane administrative issues.
Rashmi John
No growth in Telecom Deptt
Best decision Government of India has taken. There was no growth in
Telecom Department, particularly the ambitious Digital India.
Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Threat and a warning
Prime Minister's speech will have sent shivers down the spine of industry
honchos attending the Economic Times Global Business summit. "I
have been referring to cooking gas, fertilizer and kerosene subsidies.
I must confess that I am surprised by the way words are used by experts
on this matter. When a benefit is given to farmers or to the poor, experts
and government officers normally call it a subsidy. However, I find
that if a benefit is given to industry or commerce, it is usually called
an "incentive" or a "subvention". We must ask ourselves
whether this difference in language also reflects a difference in our
attitude? Why is it that subsidies going to the well-off are portrayed
in a positive manner? Let me give you an example. The total revenue
loss from incentives to corporate tax payers was over Rs. 62,000 crores.
Dividends and long term capital gains on shares traded in stock exchanges
are totally exempt from income tax even though it is not the poor who
earn them. Since it is exempt, it is not even counted in the Rs. 62,000
crores. Double Taxation avoidance treaties have in some cases resulted
in double non-taxation. This also is not counted in the Rs. 62,000 crores.
Yet these are rarely referred to by those who seek reduction of subsidies.
Perhaps these are seen as incentives for investment. I wonder whether,
if the fertiliser subsidy is re-named as "incentive for agricultural
production", some experts will view it differently." If PM
were to incorporate these in this year budget, the wealth of the richest
shall take a sharp knock, besides the Stock markets which will take
it on the chin.
Ajay Agnihotri
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Action taken on sexual harassment complaint
Copy of enquiry report and action taken report on appellant's
complaint pertaining to sexual harassment to his wife at work
place was sought. The respondent informed that the information
sought could not be provided under the provisions of Section 8(1)(h)
of the RTI Act as the disclosure of information at that point
of time would impede the process of investigation. Subsequently,
the SBI informed that an inquiry by the Internal Committee constituted
under Sexual Harassment Committee was conducted and the Committee's
report and the findings of the Committee had already been communicated
to the wife of the appellant. They further added that as per Section
16 of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition
and Redressal) Act, 2013 the contents of the complaint made, the
identity and addresses of the aggrieved woman, respondent and
witnesses, any information relating to conciliation and inquiry
proceedings, recommendations of the Internal Committee or the
Local Committee and the action taken by the employer or the District
Officer under the provisions of this Act, shall not be communicated
to the public and media in any manner. Further, the appellant
has no locus standi to file complaint on behalf of his wife. The
CIC accepted the submissions of the respondents. However, the
PIO was directed to pass a speaking order on appellant's RTI application.
Comments
In the cases of sexual harassment, the Supreme Court guidelines
issued under the Vishakha case have to be followed. The CIC has
preferred not to issue a notice to the third party under section
11 and has upheld the denial of information.
Citation: Shri Lalu Varghese v. State Bank of India in Appeal:
No. CIC/MP/A/2014/001168
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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