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What people say about us!
Whispersinthecrridors is Horoscope of Indian Bureaucracy.
Ashwani Tayal
POLITICS
This is History (170)
On both sides there were bold and unscrupulous adventurers, over -eager
to gain wealth and power, and there were naturally intense rivalry between
them.
Arundhati beats Chanda Kochhar
Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya - the first woman Chairperson of State Bank
of India has, it seems, over a period of time left Ms. Chanda Kochhar
- Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank much behind
in popularity. Now she is the most talked about Indian woman banker
instead of Ms. Kochhar.
AAP stops resignation demand of Jaitley ?
AAP has stopped asking resignation of Arun Jaitley in DDCA case -thanks
to 1988 batch UT cadre IAS officer Chetan Bhushan Sanghi. The day a
letter written by Sanghi reached to the media that there was a "lot
of pressure from various stakeholders" and a "considerable
emphasis on naming…a certain VIP." Earlier there was a demand
of Jaitley's resignation almost every day.
BUREAUCRACY
Who will be Secretary (Space) ?
Who will succeed Secretary (Space) S Srinivasan
in Bangalore ? 1980 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre Srinivasan is
retiring by this month end. It is believed that either Shobhana Pattanayak
or G Latha Krisha Rao will succeed Srinivasan. Both are 1982 batch IAS
officer of Karnataka cadre.
Will Shivanand Jha be new Police Commissioner Delhi ?
There are strong rumours that Ahmadabad Police Commissioner Shivanand
Jha may move as Delhi Police Commissioner. He is 1983 batch IPS officer
of Gujarat cadre. In fact the 1st Police Commissioner JN Chaturvedi
was from UP, PS Bhinder from Haryana, SC Tandon from Rajasthan and SS
Jog from Maharashtra and the last was Ajai Raj Sharma a UP cadre IPS
officer. In case Jha is appointed Delhi Police Commissioner, only two
IPS officers A K Verma and J K Sharma will be senior to him.
DG Doordarshan seeks Voluntary Retirement ?
DG Doordarshan C Lolrosanga is believed to have sought Voluntary Retirement
from February 29.
Will Delhi High Court CJ move to Madras High Court ?
Grapevine has it that Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice
G Rohini is moving to the Madras High Court in the same capacity.
Will Justice Kaul be CJ of Allahabad High Court ?
Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul is
likely to be moved as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
Will Justice Chandrachud be CJ of Delhi High Court ?
Another grapevine says that Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
Justice D Y Chandrachud is moving to the Delhi High Court in the same
capacity.
Lt Gen Chopra to be Army Commander in 2018
Lt Gen R Chopra of 1980 batch from Infantry Steam will be able to achieve
Army Commander Status only on March 31 ,2018 when he replaces Lt Gen
Bipin Rawat.
Pravesh Sharma applies for voluntary retirement
Pravesh Sharma, a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, has
sought voluntary retirement from service. Mantralaya sources in Bhopal
confirmed that a formal application has been received in this regard.
He had recently returned to the State from central deputation and was
posted as Special Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi.
Padsalgikar to be new Mumbai Police ommissioner next week !
D D Padsalgikar is all set to become new 40th Police Commissioner next
week. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Amar Sinha is Secretary (Economic Relations ) in MEA
Amar Sinha has taken over as Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry
of External Affairs. He is 1982 batch IFS officer.
Who will be Spl Director ED, Mumbai ?
Lobbying has started for the coveted post of Special Director Enforcement
Directorate in Mumbai. Who will make it ?
Spl and Addl Directors post to be advertised ?
If sources are to be believed ED is going to advertise three posts of
Special Director and 3 posts of Additional Director soon.
Will Yadav go to ED ?
Name of S S Yadav is doing the round for the post of Addl Director ,
ED. He is a 1997 batch UT cadre IPS officer and presently posted as
Addl. CP, ACB, Delhi govt.
Dhaliwal likely to move from BACS
H G S Dhaliwal, Additional Commissioner Security , BACS is likely to
move from BACS. He is likely to go to ED as Additional Director.
Sanjay Aggarwal to be Police Commissioner Jaipur ?
Sanjay Aggarwal is likely to be appointed Commissioner of Police, Jaipur.
He is 1992 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
IDAS officer Veena Prasad promoted
Veena Prasad has been promoted and posted as Additional Controller General,
Defence Account. A 1982 batch IDAS officer Prasad is presently posted
as Additional FA & JS in the Ministry of Defence.
1986 batch IPS to get DG rank in Odisha
1986 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of DG in Odisha
in a couple of months.
Justice Umanath Singh is new Chairman of Delhi NHRC
Former chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Justice Umanath Singh
has been appointed Chairman of first State Human Rights Commission (SHRC)
in Delhi.
V P Singh appointed as DDG, (IR&GB), Postal Dte, New Delhi
V P Singh has been appointed as DDG (IR&GB), Postal Directorate,
New Delhi. He is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.
Arun Kumar Sahu posted as DHC, Ottawa
Arun Kumar Sahu has been appointed as DHC, Ottawa. He is an Indian Foreign
Service officer.
Krishna K appointed to Astana
Krishna K has been posted to Astana in the rank of TS/SS. He is an Indian
Foreign Service officer.
ITBP DIG empanelled as IG
Abhinav Kumar, DIG, procurement ITBP has been empanelled as IG. He is
an IPS officer of 1996 batch and belongs to Uttarakhand cadre.
Post of CMD, BVFCL to be advertised for third time?
The Government of India is expected to advertise the post of Chairman-cum-Managing
Director, Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL)
for the third time after no candidate applied for this post.
A Shreenivasan is new DIG, BSF Gurdaspur Sector
N Shreenivasan has replaced NK Mishra as DIG Gurdaspur Sector BSF. This
is said to fallout of Pathankot Air Force station attack.
B K S Ray comes out with three poetry books
B K S Ray (I.A.S., 1972) has come out with three new English poetry
books - (i) Love, Freedom and I, (ii) Rythms of Identity, & (iii)
Across That Solitary Street. His poetry relates to love, loneliness,
isolation, despair and the human will to assert itself against heavy
odds. All these books were released in the recently held World Book
Fair in New Delhi. So far B.K.S. Ray has written 29 books.
Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Gujarat
(UPDATED)
The services of 42 IPS officers have been affected with their transfers
and postings in Gujarat. Accordingly, Ms Archana Shivhare has been posted
as SP, CID, Crime, Gandhinagar while Dr S K Gadhvi was made Deputy Police
Commissioner, Zone-4, Ahmedabad and Ms Gagandeep Gambhir is Police Deputy
Commissioner, Zone-3, Surat City. Similarly, Gautam Parmar has been
appointed as Commandant, SRPF; Sachin Badshah as SP, Anti Economi Offences
Cell, Gandhinagar; Raghvendra Vatsa as Police Deputy Commissioner, Zone-3,
Ahmedabad; Himanshu Shukla as SP, Bharuch; Maninder Partap Singh Pawar
as SP, Kheda; Nilesh Jajadia as SP, Junagarh; Sharad Singhal as SP,
Western Railway, Vadodara; Chirag Koradia as SP, CM and VIP Security
with additional charge of State CRB; Saurabh Tolumbia as SP, Vadodara
rural; R S Bhagora as Deputy Police Commissioner, Zone-3, Vadodara city;
R J Pargi as SP, Devbhumi Dwarka; Manoj Ninama as SP, Dahod; R F Sangada
as SP, Surendranagar; B R Pandor as Commandant, SRPF; R V Asari as SP,
Panchmahal; K N Damor as SP, Arvalli; Neeraj Badgujar as SP, Banaskantha;
Ms Shobha Bhutada as Commandant, SRPF; Mrs P V Rathod as Deputy Police
Commissioner, Zone-2, Surat City; Antrip Sood as SP, Rajkot rural; Ms
Sweta Shrimali as SP, IB Gandhinagar; Mahendra Bagaria as SP, Narmada;
Sunil Joshi as SP, Prison, Ahmedabad; Hitesh Joysar as Deputy Commissioner,
zone-2, Vadodara city; Tarun Duggal as SP, Porbandar; Chaitanya Mandalik
as SP, Mehsana; Ms Saroj Kumari as SP, Botad; Dr N K Amin as SP, Mahisagar;
R V Chudasama as SP, Western Railway, Ahmedabad; R P Barotf as SP, Amreli
Jagadish Patel as Deputy commissioner, Zone-1, Surat City; Dr G A Pandya
as Deputy Commissioner, Zone -5, Ahmedabad City; M J Chavda as SP, Operations
ATS, Ahmedabad; Ms Usha Rada as Deputy Commissioner, zone2, Ahmedabad
city and postings of S D Dave, D N Patel, M A Chavda and J R Mothalia
will be decided later.
Sunil Kumar Ranjan joins Chhattisgarh Govt on deputation (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar Ranjan, who was in the Ministry of Mines in Government of
India, has reportedly joined the Government of Chhattisgarh on deputation
for a period of three years. He has been posted as Joint Secretary of
Social Welfare and Sports & Youth Welfare. He is a 1998 batch officer
of Central Secretariat Service.
Two IRS-IT officers get postings (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation, Anand Kishore has been appointed as Principal
Commissioner of Income Tax-10, Delhi while Rajnish Kumar was made Principal
Commissioner of Income Tax-3, Delhi on promotion.
3 IPS officers promoted to DIG rank in Meghalaya
(UPDATED)
A R Mawthoh, S S Kynjing and Mawthoh have been promoted to the rank
of deputy inspector-general (DIG) in Meghalaya.
2 IPS officers promoted to SP rank in Meghalaya
(UPDATED)
B Laloo and Nazarius Lamare have been promoted to the rank of Superintendent
of Police in Meghalaya.
3 IPS officers transferred in Meghalaya (UPDATED)
H Nongpluh has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Crime Investigation
Department (CID) while C V S Reddy was posted as Commandant of 2nd Meghalaya
Police Battalion and J F K Marak is being appointed Commandant of Special
Force-10 in Meghayala.
CBI arrests Regional Commissioner, EPFO (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Regional Commissioner-I,
Chennai Region, Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Chennai; two
Enforcement Officers and four private persons including a conduit in
a bribery case of Rs.14.5 lakhs.
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
Singh appointed Director of Dena Bank
Dena Bank has appointed Ashok Kumar Singh as Director of the Bank.
Dubey nominated as Director of Syndicate Bank
The Central Government has nominated R N Dubey as Director on the Board
of Directors of Syndicate Bank
Sengupta resigns as Independent Director of
Duncans Industries Ltd
D Sengupta has resigned as Independent Director of Duncans Industries
Limited
Godse resigns as CFO of Broadcast Initiatives
Ltd
Avinash Godse has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Broadcast Initiatives
Limited but will continue as the Company Secretary of the company.
Gangopadhyay resigns as CS of Kanco Tea &
Industries Ltd
A K Gangopadhyay has resigned as Company Secretary of Kanco Tea &
Industries Ltd
Ms Sisodiya appointed CS of Syncom Healthcare
Ltd
Syncom Healthcare Limited has appointed Ms Akansha Sisodiya as Company
Secretary of the company.
Menon to Head HSBC's Asset Mgt. arm in India
Ravi Menon has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of its Asset
Management arm in India
Krishnamurthy resigns as Director of Castex
Technologies Limited
Ms Bhama Krishnamurthy has resigned as Director of Castex Technologies
Limited
Benje appointed MD of Scania India
Mikael Benje has been appointed as Managing Director of Scania India
FORUM
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DEBATE (1)
Yes he is losing charm
Yes, Modiji is fast losing his charm.Make up done at beauty parlour
is always short-lived.
Dr Manoj Mathur
India is lucky to have Modi as PM
The country is indeed lucky to haver a P.M. like Modi. He is travelled
abroad extensively to improve our relations with the different power
blocs. Now he must devote more time to the national problems in all
fronts. He should do his bit to improve governance and see that the
govt. policies are being promptly and properly implemented. Firm action
is also needed against loudmouthed politicians who create law and order
problems. Agriculture and industrial growth needs to be given a boost
as the Chinese downslide has badly mauled Indian economy.
S C Agrawal DGP (Retd)
As PM no charm
As long as Modi was not the Prime Minister, he was a charming person.
Renu Garg
I could not agree more with the analysis on why Modi is hated like no
one. Kudos
Rajeshwar Dayal
No statesman leader, fault lies with us
I agree that we have not been able to produce a Statesman/Leader who
could command respect of the entire country .The fault lies with us
,the people of the country .Majority of the people still consider Politicians
as" Masters " and become subservient to their whims .Otherwise
one can not explain how a politician in jail contests in election and
wins ! Even in cities why people invite a Politician to be a chief guest
for a function ? What is needed is a change in thinking of people which
can be done by NGOs or other civil societies through constant campaigning
.Further people should boycott politicians unless they make drastic
change in electoral laws to ban charge sheeted persons to contest election,
small regional parties to contest Lok Sabha elections etc.
S Gopal
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DATE WITH RTI
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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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