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POLITICS
This is History (165)
In 1674 Shivaji had crowned himself with great ceremony at Raigarh.
His victories continued to his death in 1680.
Obama to be remembered as first Black President of USA
Barrack Obama will be remembered as first Black President of USA. He
is the 44th and current President of the United States, as well as the
first African American to hold the office
Who is more close to RSS - Phadnavis or Gadkari ?
Two BJP leaders - Nitin Gadkari and Devendra Phadnavis - are said to
be too close to the RSS. But only Mohan Bhagwat and Ram Madhav will
be able to tell that who is more close.
Baat cheet waali Boot Polish ...
In CP Delhi there is this place outside Embassy Take Away where I always
get my shoes shined...my regular shoe shine guy was missing for some
time...but he's back now ...
Me: (translated from Hindi)... Where were you..
Shoe Shine: Sahab gone to my village in Bihar ....
M: All fine ...
SS: Khaak fine Sahab ....Bihar mein firr Jungle Raaj is back ....Cops
are scared to step out of Police Stations ... Goons have distributed
areas between themselves and run these areas like mini Kingdoms. ...
M: Chalo good you are back...where's your family ..
SS: Got them with me ...Rakshaso ke paas how can I leave them ..
M: You have a room to stay ...
SS: Sahab ...one room 23 people ...other relatives have come too...
Just then we are joined by a Elderly retired Fauji ....who comes to
bask in the sun...gossip and read the newspaper ...
EJ: Wapas aa gaya baandar ...jithe di khoti uthe aayee khaloti (the
donkey returns to the place it lives in)....hope all is well...
M: Dukhi hai ...very bad situation in Bihar ..
EJ: I used to tell this fool in the run up to the elections ...if Nitish
Laloo win Bihar is going to go back 20 years ...he at that time was
totally pro Nitish ...
SS: Babuji don't ashame me ...... Apne de-ke, Burbak banne-ke....(changes
topic) Sahab they come from there bomb our Faujis and we don't respond
..
EJ: Buss this is the difference between a Child and a grown up Man...the
child does not know firecrackers could burn and maim self ...so he's
not careful ...grown up man is careful ...
M: But Buzurgo (Elderly)... if they are not made to realize the pain
they inflict ...they'll keep in doing it...
EJ: Buss jawaan khoon...takes an action and then thinks ...sensible
person..thinks and takes action.. Pakistani citizens should be thankful
that they have a sensible enemy ...otherwisetoday Pakistan would have
been History ..yes we too would have suffered ..but we would not have
been wiped out ...
SS: In Bihar they say... jabh aisan..tabh taisan ..na karre...toh...
Mardh kaisan (if man does not react as per the situation he's not a
man)...
EJ: And in Punjabi it's ....Sau sonaar dee ...ik lohaar di (the
goldsmith hammers a 100 times versus the blacksmith who does his job
in one blow of his hammer)...
M: But Buzurgo you were just saying India always respond maturely ...
EJ: That's why ...when needed India will deliver a decisive blow ....
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
Empanelment of 1985 batch IPS officers this week
Formal announcement of the empanelment of
1985 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India
is expected to be made this week.
Lt Gen Devraj Anbu to be Army Chief in 2019 !
After the retirement of Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi ,Lt Gen Devraj Anbu in
all probability be Army Chief.Lt Gen Anbu will become 3rd officer from
Sikh Light Infantry to reach the top after Gen V P Malik and Gen Bikram
Singh.
Justice Mittal to be CJ of Rajasthan High Court
Senior-most Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice S K Mittal
is moving as Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court.
Justice Gupta to be CJ of Patna High Court ?
Senior Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Hemant Gupta
is moving to the Patna High Court. He is likely to be appointed Chief
Justice of the Patna High Court.
72 IPS officers of 1996 batch empanelled as IG in GoI
As many as 72 IPS officers belonging to 1996 batch of various cadres
have been empanelled for the posts of Inspector General of Police in
Government of India. The offers are: Shalini Singh, Anul Shukla, Jaspal
Singh, Alok Kumar, Manish Kumar Agarwal and Ajay Choudhary of AGMUT
cadre; Vineet Sharma and Hiren Chandra Nath of Assam-Meghalaya cadre;
S B Bagchi, Bhavana Saxena of AP cadre; V Naveen Chand, Charu Sinha,
Ritu Mishra, Anil Kumar V C Sajjanar of Telangana cadre; Amit Kuamr
Jain, Sudhanshu Kumar, Nayyar H Khan, Sunil Kumar, Kamal Kishore Singh,
Paras Nath, Anil Kishore Yadav Bachu Singh Meena of Bihar; Vivekanand
of Chhatisgarh; Anil Singh K Jadeja, Narshima N Komar , Prafulla Kumar
Roushan of Gujarat cadre; Satwan Atwal Tried, Abhishek Trivedi, Ajay
Kumar Yadav of Himachal; Mamta Singh, Matta ravi Kiran and Hanif Qureshi
of Haryana; Navin Kumar Singh Baljit Singh of Jharkhand; Mukesh Singh,
Manish Kishore Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Danesh Ran of J&K; R Hitendra,
Vijay Kumar Singh and Seemant Kumar Singh of Karnataka; Nikhil Jayaprakash
gupta, Madhukar Pandey, Brijesh Bahadur Singh and Chiranjeev Prasad
of Maharashtra; S K Saxena, Yogesh Choudhary, Md Shahid Absar, Balbir
Singh of MP cadre; M Raja Murugan of Tripura and Clay Khongsai of Manipur;
Sunita Kokran of Orissa; Vibhu Raj, Rajiv Ahir, Lakshmee Kant Yadav
of Punab; Binita Thakur, Sachin Mittal and Sanjib Kumar Narzary of Rajasthan;
Avichal of Sikkim, K Shankar and A Amalraj of Tamil Nadu; Bhanu Bhaskar,
Abhinava Kumar, Jyoti Narain, Vikram Thakur, Vijay Prakash, A Satish
Ganesh and N Ravinder of UP cadre; Damayanit Sen, Rashmi Sinha and Rajeev
Mishra of West Bengal cadre.
Dr Pardesh Saxena empanelled as IG in GoI
Dr Paresh Saxena has been empanelled for the post of Inspector General
of Police in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of
Bihar cadre.
Anurag Sharma unlikely to join GoI as DG
DGP in Telengana Anurag Sharma is unlikely to join the Government of
India as DG. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Telengana cadre.
Vinod Kathuria to be ED, Union Bank ?
Vinod Kathuria is likely to be promoted as Executive Director, Union
Bank?
T N Jha selected as Director (Tech), WCL
T N Jha, GM, WCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical),
Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board
(PESB) meeting held on January 11, 2016. As many as 11 persons were
interviewed for the same.
Transfer and postings in Railways in March
Transfer and postings in Indian Railways are now expected to take place
only in March.
Sanjiv Ranjan is Ambassador to Argentina
Sanjiv Ranjan (lFS: 1993), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry,
has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to Republic of Argentina.
Calcutta High Court gets Additional Judges for six months
Indrajit Chatterjee, Shib Sadhan Sadhu, Sudip Ahluwalia, Tapash Mookherjee,
Ranjit Kumar Bag, Ishan Chandra Das, Samapati Chatterjee, Sahidullah
Munshi, Subrata Talukdar, Tapabrata Chakraborty, Arindam Sinha, Arijit
Banerjee and Debangsu Basak have been appointed as Additional Judges
of the Calutta High Court for a period of six months.
Kerala High Court gets Additional Judges
Puttekadan Ubaid, Kandathil Abraham Mathew, Alexander Thomas, Muhamed
Mustaque Ayumantakath, Ala Kunnil Jayasankaran Nambiar and Anil Kalavampara
Narendran have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Kerala High
Court for a period of six months.
Five Additional Judges appointed to Bombay High Court
Vinay Manohar Deshpande, Ajey Shrikant Gadkari, Nitin Wasudeo Sambre,
Girish Sharadchandra Kulkarni, and Burgess Pesi Colabawalla have been
appointed as Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court for a period
of six months.
MMTC DP, Rajeev Jaideva gets extension
Rajeev Jaideva, Director Personnel, MMTC, has been accorded an extension
of three months. His tenure is said to be ending in December 2015.
(We said this in November, 2015)
A K Sahoo to join as Director (Fin), MRPL on Feb 1
A K Sahoo, GM, MRPL, will be joining as Director (Finance), Mangalore
Refineries andPetrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on February 1, 2016.
(We said this on July 15, 2015)
Interviews for CMD, PFC likely on January 18
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is reported to be holding
interviews for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Power Finance
Corporation Limited (PFC) on January 18, 2016. A vacancy of this post
is arising on October 1, 2016.
Tenure of Datta ends in March; appointment of new CMD, AYCL in progress
The tenure of Kallol Datta as Chairman & Managing Director, Andrew
Yule & Co. Limited is coming to end on March 31, 2016. Meanwhile,
PESB has begun the process of selecting a person for this post by calling
applications for the second time after it failed to select the candidate
despite interviews of 10 persons on October 19, 2015.
Gujarat cadre IAS officer replaces another Gujarat cadre officer
1975 batch Gujarat cadre former IAS officer D K Sikri has replaced another
Gujarat cadre former 1973 batch IAS officer Ashok Chawla as Chairman
of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Why Gupta's proposal is pending?
D. K. Gupta, Additional Director, ED's proposal as Spl Director, hq.
is pending for the last four months for ACC clearance. He is an IRS-IT
officer.
V Sriram yet to get orders for Director (CS), IRCTC
The orders of V Sriram, Regional Director, IRCTC, for the appointment
as Director (CS), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation
Limited (IRCTC) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.
Tenure of Ravi Shankar as DCM, Rome extended
The tenure of Ravi Shankar as DCM, Rome, has been extended till June
2016. He is an Indian Foreign Service officer.
A K Choudhary gets posting to Sao Paulo
A K Choudhary has been appointed to Sao Paulo in the rank of Consul.
He is an Indian Foreign Service officer.
Mrs Smita Nagaraj relieved to join as DG, Defence
The Government of Tamil Nadu has relieved Mrs Smita Nagaraj to join
as Director General (Acquisition) in the Ministry of Defence. He is
a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
IDES officer is VC and MD of APTDC
Indian Defence Estates Service officer Veleti Premchand is new Vice
Chairman and MD of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.
Tenure of Krishnamoorthy as Deputy Secretary, Shipping extended
The tenure of B Krishnamoorthy as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of
Shipping has reportedly been extended for a period of three months.
He is a 2002 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.
Tenure of Roli Singh as Deputy Director, LBSNAA ends
The tenure of Roli Singh as Deputy Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) has come to an end on January 9,
2016. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Ms Usha Titus returns to parent cadre
Ms Usha Titus, Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs,
is returning to her parent cadre after completion of tenure. She is
a 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in MP (UPDATED)
Five IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places
in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Faiz Ahmed Kidwai has been appointed
as MD, MP State Civil Rights Corporation while Mrs Jaishree Kiyawat
will now be Mission Director, NHM with additional charge of and Director,
AIDS and Rajesh Kumar Jain is Collector, Guna. Besides, Shriman Shukla
has been appointed as Collector, Dhar and Ashok Kumar Verma was made
Deputy Secretary, Labour in Secretariat.
5 officers of Kerala cadre confirmed in IAS
(UPDATED)
Five IAS officers belonging to 2012 batch of Kerala cadre: Navjot Khosa,
Nooh P B, Suhas S and Seeam Sambasiva Rao have been confirmed in India
Administrative Service (IAS).
5 officers of Jharkhand cadre confirmed in
IAS (UPDATED)
Five IAS officers belonging to 2012 batch of Jharkhand cadre: Ravi Shankar
Shukla, Neha Arora, Sandeep Singh, Santanu Kumar Agrahri, Bhuvnesh Pratap
Singh have been confirmed in India Administrative Service (IAS).
2 officers of AP cadre confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers belonging to 2012 batch of Andhra Pradesh cadre: Vijay
Rama Raju V and Nagalakshmi S have been confirmed in India Administrative
Service (IAS).
2 officers of Maharashtra cadre confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers belonging to 2012 batch of Maharashtra cadre: Nidhi
Choudhari and Laxminarayan Mishra have been confirmed in India Administrative
Service (IAS).
Ashish Bhargava confirmed in IAS
(UPDATED)
Ashish Bhargava has been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service
(IAS). He is 2012 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
Oinam Sarankumar Singh confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
Oinam Sarankumar Singh has been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service
(IAS). He is 2012 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Brig Vijay Kumar takes over as IML Commandant
(UPDATED)
Brig Vijay Kumar has taken over as IML Commandant from Col Sandeep Kumar.
Brig Vijay Kumar is an aluminous of Officers Training School, Madras.
He has had a distinguished carrier as an officer of the JAG’s Dept
of Indian Army wherein he has held the appointments of Assistant Judge
Advocate General.
Mrs Bharathi Sihag is also CMD, NMDC
(UPDATED)
Mrs Bharathi S Sihag, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Steel,
has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director,
NMDC Limited as the orders of CMD designated, Gopal Singh are getting
delayed.
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
Ashish Saraf appointed VP, Airbus India
Ashish Saraf has been appointed as Vice President ( Industry Development,
Strategic Partnerships & Offsets) of Airbus India
Sondhi assumes charge as Director (Marketing) of MMTC Ltd
Ashwani Sondhi has assumed charge as Director (Marketing) of MMTC Ltd
Pandey assumes charge as CMD of WBSEDCL
Rajesh Pandey, lAS, has assumed charge as Chairman and Managing Director
of West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL).
Jain appointed Independent Director of GACL
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited has appointed Rajiv Lochan Jain
as Independent Director of the company.
Ms Anchlia resigns as CS of Orient Press Ltd
Ms Meenakshi Anchlia has resigned as Company Secretary of Orient Press
Limited
Natarajan ceases to be Director of Tata Elxsi Ltd
Dr R Natarajan has ceased to be Director of Tata Elxsi Limited
Madiyar re-designated as CMD of Excel Castronics Ltd
Excel Castronics Ltd has re-designated Jayesh Madiyar as Chairman and
Managing Director of the company
Balasubramaniam appointed Country Manager ( India) of ShoreTel
Arun Balasubramaniam has been appointed Country Manager ( India) for
ShoreTel.
FORUM
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DEBATE (1)
Modi Ji doing such a great work. No one gonna do anything with this
enthusiasm for India.
Ritika Gupta
DEBATE (2)
Debate :- " Is PM Narendra Modi losing his charm ? Is he a changed
man. Any suggestions ?
PM Modi is affected by the law of "diminishing charm", though
marginally. First thing first. Expected to be an agent of change, he
set wonky priorities. His inability to rein in loose cannons within
the party dented his image and gave fodder to the Opposition. Perennially
on flight mode, making record- breaking number of foreign tours by ignoring
domestic issues, was ill-advised. No doubt, foreign trips are necessary
for raising funds for investments, these surely have made global impact.
PM Modi has been in a tearing hurry to achieve the maximum good for
the country and build a positive image. He is honest and incorruptible.
Handling the Pathankot fiasco will be the litmus test for his leadership.
There could be a change in his working style. He will surely curtail
his foreign visits and focus on domestic concerns. He must realize that
Governance without delegation of power and down-sizing the mammoth bureaucracy
is meaningless. Micro-managing union ministries are not advisable. This
has robbed them of initiative and ability to take independent decisions.
Political executive must be responsible to tame the bureaucracy. Blind
reliance on bureaucracy, is administratively inexpedient.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)
Has judiciary grown in status ?
Yes definitely. But they only filled the void created by the IAS that
started cheap tactics and gradually downgraded itself in post 70 era,
to the extent of lifting chappals of the political bosses. Brotherhood
and fraternity lost ground to cheap utter selfishness with chicken heart
when it came for colleagues. IPS has been better off. In fact the void
created by IAS was filled not by Judiciary alone but major shares were
conceded to political bosses and equally to the IPS. Shear lack of courage
to take responsibility and attitude of "may also see" and
"committee constituted" should also account for it. Gradually
the shoulders have become very narrow.
S C Poddar
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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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