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POLITICS

This is History (181)
The position of the British in northern India was now one of power and wealth without and responsibility.

One lakh houses are vacant in Bhopal and Indore?

People say that about one lakh newly constructed houses are vacant in Indore and Bhopal. Any reason?

Gujarat IAS officers in real estate project?

There are reports that two retired IAS officers in Gujarat have entered into a real estate project.


BUREAUCRACY


Tucker is new Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary
Satya Prakash Tucker has been appointed new Chief Secretary for Andhra Pradesh. A 1981 batch IAS officer, Tucker will succeed IYR Kirhsna Rao who is retiring on January 31.
(We said this on January 7)



Samariya likely to be given additional charge of EPFO

Heera Lal Samariya is likely to be given an additional charge of Commissioner of EPFO. A 1985 batch Telengana cadre IAS officer, Samariya is presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Labour. Present incumbent K K Jalan has been appointed as Secretary, MSME.

Rajeev Kumar is new Police Commissioner Kolkata

Rajeev Kumar has been appointed new Police Commissioner Kolkata. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Purkayastha is now DG CID in West Bengal

Kolkata Police Commissioner Surajit Kar Purkayastha has been posted as DG CID in West Bengal. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Two IAS get ACS rank in Jharkhand

1983 batch IAS officer Rajbala Verma and 1984 batch IAS officer P K Jajoria have been promoted to the rank of additional chief secretary in Jharkhand.

Aruna Sharma to join GoI as Secretary

Dr Aruna Sharma is joining the Government of India as Secretary, Electronics in Information Technology. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

J S Deepak is new Secretary, Telecommunications

Secretary Electronics and IT, J S Deepak has been moved as Secretary Telecommunications. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Pattanayak is new Secretary Agriculture

Shobhana K Pattanayak is joining the Government of India as Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

(We said this on January 5, 2016)

Avinash Srivastava is new Secretary, Food Processing Industries

Special Secretary Agriculture, Avinash K Srivastava has been appointed as Secretary Food Processing Industries in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Jalan is Secretary MSME

K K Jalan has been appointed as Secretary MSME. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. He was Central PF Commissioner.

Dr Vinod Agrawal is Secretary, Department of Disabilities

Dr Vinod Agrawal has been appointed as Secretary Department of Disabilities in the Ministry of Social Justice. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Dr Shyam Agrawal is new Secretary, Tribal Affairs

Dr Shyam Agrawal has been appointed new Secretary Tribal Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Arun Jha moves to National Commission for SC

Secretary Tribal Affairs, Arun Jha has been moved as Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rakesh Garg moves to Minority Affairs

Secretary Telecom, Rakesh Garg has been moved as Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Bhatnagar appointed as DG, NCB

Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed new DG of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Benazir shifted in Delhi

Ms Moina Benazir has been shifted from IFA office Delhi to PCA office Delhi. She is a 2005 batch IDAS officer.

Rajendra Garawad appointed as Assistant IG, NTCA, Bangalore

Rajendra G Garawad has been appointed as Assistant Inspector General of Forests, NTCA, Bangalore in Karntaka. He is a 2001 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Kaushlendra Kumar posted as SP, Karnataka Lokayukta

Kaushlendra Kumar has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta in Karnataka. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Nitish Kumar to attend course on anti-corruption in Vienna, Austria

Nitish Kumar will be attending second module of two years master course in anti-corruption studies at international anti-corruption academy (IACA), Vienna, Austria from February 8, 2016. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Ms Bhagat changes her name as Dr Kadambari Balkawade

Ms Kadambari Bhagat has changed her name as Dr Kadambari Balkawade for all official purposes. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

3 Railway officers transferred to RDSO, Lucknow

Ram Samuj (IRSE), Gaurav Govil (IRSSE) and O P Gupta (IRSSE) have been transferred to RDSO, Lucknow.

4 IAS officers transferred in J&K
Four IAS officers have been shifted in Jammu and Kashmir. Accordingly, Piyush Singla has been deputed to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board while Vikas Kundal is SDM, R S Pura and Ms Avny Lavasa was posted as SDM, Jammu north. Besides, Anshul Garg has been appointed as SDM, Basholi.


Reshuffle of IAS officers in Punjab

A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Rajat Aggarwal was posted as Excise and Taxation Commissioner (ETC) while Ravi Bhagat is the new Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana and Varuna Roojam has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar. Similarly, Rambeer Singh has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Patiala; D S Mangat of SAS Nagar, Kuldeep Singh of Moga, Karnesh Sharma of Ropar and Tanu Kashyap of Kapurthala. Parminder Singh Gill has been appointed as the Patiala Municipal Commissioner; Tejinderpal Singh Sidhu is now the Mandi Board Secretary, Commissioner; S R Ladhar as Principal Secretary (Planning) and Harbhupinder Singh Nanda was posted as Commissioner, Jalandhar Division.

Vice Admiral Luthra assumes charge of Southern Naval Command
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM, has taken over the charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM.

Dr Pandey appointed as Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities
Dr. Kamlesh Kumar Pandey has been appointed as the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) for a period of three years. Before this appointment, Dr Pandey was associated with Saksham, an NGO working in the field of disability.

Paraag Jaiin Nainuttia, MD MTDC participates in Japanese Hospitality Programme
Jica Grassroots Omotenashi (JAPANESE HOSPITALITY) TRAINING PROGRAMME organised by Govt of Wakayama,Japan for JICA under mou with Govt of Maharashtra was conducted Recently Eight member delegation led by MD MTDC Shri Paraag Jaiin Nainuttia, IAS participated in this programme. The programme was a great sucess.

Pardeshi is new Ambassador to Mexico
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi (IFS:1991), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico.

K Alagesan joins as Director(Prod), ITI Limited
K Alagesan Additional, GM, ITI, has taken over the charge of Director (Production), ITI Limited.
(We said this on Sept 14, 2015)

Akhilesh Ranjan promoted to CCIT grade
Akhilesh Ranjan has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) and posted in the office of Principal CCIT Delhi region. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Johny William appointed as DIG Rajouri-Poonch range in J&K

Johny William has been appointed as DIG, Rajouri-Poonch range in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Assam
A number of IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Assam. Accordingly, Surendra Kumar, DIG (WR), has been posted as DIG, CID while Abhijit Bora gets charge of DIG, BIEO and Bishnu Prasad Rabha is DIG, Eastern Range. Similarly, Satyen Gogoi has been posted as DIG CR; Akhilesh Kumar Singh as DIG, WR; Luish Aind as DCP crime, Guwahati; Swapnanil Deka as SP, Dhemaji; MI Mandal as DCP, Security and Intelligence; Diganta Kumar Choudhury as SP, SB (G); Ranjan Bhuyan as DCP (Central), Guwahati; Y T Gyatso as Commandant Second APTF Battalion; Dr S S Jagadeesan as DCP (ops), Guwahati; Ankur Jain as Commandant of the Assam Commando battalion; Mohneesh Mishra as Commandant of 12th APBN; Arabinda Kalita as SP, Railway Police, Pandu; Dilip Kumar Dey as SP, Nagaon; Pratap Sinha as Commandant of 6th APBN; N V Chandrakant as SP, Sadiya; Amitabh Sinha as SP, Jorhat; Hemanta Bhattacharjee as SP (VNAC); Bibekananda Das as SP, Border; Pankaj Sarma as Commandant of the 14th APBN; Kalyan Phukan as Commandant of 16th (IR) battalion; Prasanta Sagar Sangmai as SP, BIEO; Amitabh Das as Commandant 2nd APBN; Amrit Bhuyan as Commandant of 8th APBN; Mridul Kumar Dutta as Commandant 25 (ONGC) battalion; Prasanta Kumar Dutta as AIG,(AP) Guwahati; Mrinal Talukdar as in charge of the 2nd AFPF battalion; Mushleh Uddin Ahmed as Commandant 19th AP(IR), IH Borah; Sadiya as AIGP (R ) and Joyashree Khersa was posted as Deputy Director SFSO.

 

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

Doshi re-appointed ED of Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd
Mayur R Doshi has been re-appointed as Executive Director of Indian Hume Pipe Company Limited w.e.f. April 1, 2016. His current term expires on March 31, 2016.

Ram appointed CMD of DCM Ltd
Dr Vinay Bharat Ram has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of DCM Limited w.e.f. January 30, 2016.

Tuli resigns as CMD of DCM Ltd

Jitendra Tuli has resigned as Chairman and Managing Director of DCM Limited. He will however continue as Director of the company.

Atre appointed CS of Thermax Ltd

Thermax Limited has appointed Amit Atre as the Company Secretary of the company.

Parikh appointed CS of Elecon Engg Company Ltd
Elecon Engineering Company Limited has appointed Parthiv Parikh as Company Secretary of the company.


FORUM

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DEBATE (1)

Forget, he is not losing charm. Is there any charm in other leader in the country?

R N Khanna

DEBATE (2)

Yes, Modi is losing charm. Go and talk to ten people you will know the reaction about the Modi Government.

Sandeep Gulati

Transfer CAT members

Judges are being transferred in High Courts. Will the Modi Government look into the corruption in central administrative tribunals (CAT). Modiji, start the cleaning process by transferring such member from CAT.

R K Singh

DATE WITH RTI

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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