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POLITICS
This is History (319)
In the West, however, a new empire arose which, spread to Central Asia
and included Persia.
Down but not Out
Union Minister Smriti Irani is down but not out. If sources are to be
believed, her services will be utilised in the next Assembly elections
in UP to take on Priyanka Gandhi and Sheila Dixit. Therefore she has
been given light ministry. Only time will tell, what is going on behind
the scene.
Nine out of 20 new Ministers are from RSS
Nine out of 20 of the ministers inducted in the Modi Cabinet are from
the RSS. BJP Chief Amit Shah had been in constant touch with the RSS
bosses.
Sikkim, next target of BJP after Assam
After Assam, Sikkim seems to be next target of the BJP. This is evident
from the frequent visits of BJP leaders in the state. Sikkim is border
state of Assam.
Majority favoured Rajan's continuation as RBI Governor : Survey
Announcement of RBI Governor Rahuram Rajan that he will not opt for
second term after his present tenure ends on Sept. 4, 2016, notwithstanding,
an overwhelmingly majority of our surfers had favoured his continuation
on the post when thewhispersinthecorridors.com conducted a survey in
this regards in May-June this year.
We had asked - "Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether
he should be an Economist, a Professor, a Banker or a Politician".
And the reply of the majority was that Rajan who has enforced the discipline
in country's finance orbit, should be given another term. While U K
Mohanty said, "Raghuram Rajan should be given one more term since
he is genuinely concerned about the economic stability of India and
is not afraid to call a spade a spade despite huge political pressure
and compulsion", another surfer Suresh Joshi also felt, "Considering
his past outstanding performance Rajan should be given one more term.
Govt. of India should not delay this wise decision. For Rajan, there
is no dearth of jobs. Many takers are waiting for the prized catch".
Similarly, another surfer and former DGP of MP, Raman Kackar opined,
"An Economist should be the next RBI Governor because he understands
pros-cons and causes of good and bad economic policies. He can give
proper direction to boost up the sagging economy" whereas yet another
surfer Rajendra Kothari emphasized "An Economist with Rajan's commitment
should be picked, preferably Rajan should repeat term".
Raghuram Rajan has to be the new RBI Governor. A brilliant economist
of international repute; an intrepid, independent central banker; Governor
Rajan has proved himself many times over in his illustrious career.
His brilliance is self evident, his good intentions and desire to serve
the country are palpably clear. As RBI Governor, he has acquitted himself
exceptionally well, he is clearly in the league of Chintaman Deshmukh,
ICS, ex-RBI Governor and ex-Finance Minister of India. He is destined
for even bigger roles. For now, a second term as Governor RBI would
suffice", opined Vijay Kumar.
A host of other surfers also favoured granting one more term to Rajan
and strongly opposed appointment of a politician or a bureaucrat on
the coveted post.
(For details - see July issue of Whispers In The Corridors)
BUREAUCRACY
Singhal appointed CS Uttar Pradesh
Deepak Singhal has been appointed new Chief Secretary of UP. He is a
1982 batch IAS officer. He was Principal Secretary Water Resources and
Irrigation in UP.
(We said this in February & on June 29)
Two candidates allocated DANICS
Two candidates have been allotted Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Civil Service (DANICS) against the Civil Service examination (CSE) -
2015.
Tenure of Deepak Ojha as Counsellor, Permanent
Mission, Austria extended
The tenure of Deepak Ojha as Counsellor (Atomic Energy), Permanent Mission
of India, Austria, has been extended uptoDecember 31, 2016.
Tenure of Sanjeevanee Kutty as Addl Secretary,
MHA extended
The tenure of Ms Sanjeevanee Kutty as Additional Secretary and Financial
Adviser in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been extended for
a period of two months. She is a 1983 batch IAS Officer of Maharashtra
cadre.
Resignation of Mrs Jadhav as ACIT, Bhopal not
acceded
The Government of India has not acceded the resignation of Mrs Anuradha
Jadhav, ACIT, Bhopal from the Service. She is an IRS-IT officer.
Tenure of A K Mishra as Director (CIIL) extended
The tenure of Awadesh Kumar Mishra as Director, Central Institute of
Indian Language (CIIL) has been extended for a period of six months.
Strength of Judges in Madras High Court is
complete
Strength of judges in the Madras High Court which was 37 last year has
now gone up to 75.
Kshatrapati Shivaji empanelled as Additional
Secretary in GoI
Kshatrapati Shivaji has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary
or Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He
is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
P K Saxena promoted to Senior Administrative
Grade
P K Saxena has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG)
in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. He is a Central Labour Service
officer.
Gupta is DG, Rly, UP
Gopal Gupta will be new DG Railway Police in UP. He is a 1983 batch
IPS officer.
There were eight Secretaries in GoI from Rajasthan
and now only two
There was a big representation of Rajasthan in the Indian bureaucracy
last year. There were eight Secretaries in the GoI from Rajasthan. and
today there are only two Mssrs Rajiv Mehrishi and Shyam Agrawal.
IDAS has no 1980 batch officer
Indian Defence Account Service ( IDAS) has no 1980 batch officer now.
Presently senior most officer Shobhana Joshi belongs to 1979 batch officer.
Her CSE year is 1978. While S.K.Kohli and N.Neihsial are from 1981 batch.
Both officers CSE year is 1980 but their cadre allotment year is 1981.
No IAS officer from Nagaland empanelled as
Addl Secretary in GoI
No IAS officer belonging to 1986 batch from Nagaland cadre has been
empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India.
Shaktikanta Das is also Secretary, Investment
& Public Asset Mgt
Shaktikanta Das has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary,
Department of Investment and Public Asset Management till the return
of present incumbent from leave. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil
Nadu cadre.
Balvender Kumar gets charge of Coal
Balvender Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary,
Coal till the return of present incumbent from leave. He is a 1981 batch
IAS officer of UP cadre.
R K Suman is also Director of Ports, Kakinda
R K Suman, presently Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, A P Infrastructure
Corporation Limited (INCAP) has been given the full additional charge
of the post of Director of Ports, Kakinda. He is a 1993 batch IFS Officer
of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Additional charge of CCA to Debjani Nag extended
The additional charge of the post of Controller of Certifying Authorities
(CCA) entrusted to Mrs Debjani Nag has been extended for a period of
three months. She is presently Deputy Controller (Technical), Office
of the CCA.
Brig Shailendra Jha to be promoted to Acting
Rank of Maj Gen
Brig Shailendra Jha, ARMD has been approved for the promotion to the
Acting Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and Staff only
stream.
CWM post created on Eastern Railway
One SAG post of Chief Works Manager (CWM) in the machenical deptt of
Diesel Component Factory, Dankuni on Eastern Railway is being created.
The union cabinet has given approval for the creation of post.
K T Raju appointed as DAG in PAG office, Kerala
K T Raju, Deputy Director (CERA/CRA-I/Admn.), in the office of Principal
Director of Audit, Central, Ahmedabad, has been posted as Deputy Accountant
General (A/cs, VLC), in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E),
Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. He is a 2010 batch IA&AS officer.
Ramamoorthy appointed as CGM, HR, Corp Centre,
Mumbai
Jayaraman Ramamoorthy has been appointed as Chief General Manager, Human
Resources State Bank of India at Corporate Centre, Mumbai.
Verma is now IG, CRPF
S C Verma has been appointed IG in the CRPF. He is 1986 batch IPS officer
of Gujarat cadre.
DIG rank officer to protect cows
The Haryana Government has appointed a DIG-rank officer Bharti Arora
to "protect cows" against smuggling and slaughter. She is
1998 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
Reshuffle of IPS officers in Chhattisgarh
As many as eight IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different
places in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Pawan Dev has been appointed as
IG, CID, PHQ, Raipur while G P Singh is IG, Planning/Management and
Technical Services, PHQ, Raipur and Pradeep Gupta was made IG, Raipur
range. Similarly, Vivekanand has been appointed as IG, Bilaspur on return
from central deputation; Dipanshu Kabra has been posted as IG, Durg
range; B P S Pausharya as IG, Chhattisgarh Armed Force, PHQ, Raipur;
Badrinarayan Meena as SP, Raigarh and Sanjeev Shukla was posted as SP,
Raipur.
Two Tripura officers awarded IAS cadre
Two officers of Tripura State Civil Service: Pratap Chakma and Saradindu
Choudhury have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.
Tri -Service Commanders' conference at Jodhpur
The 33rd Tri-Services Commanders' Conference is being hosted at Air
Force Station Jodhpur from 07 & 08 Jul 16. The Tri-Services Commanders'
Conference of Southern Region is anannual feature amongst the seven
Commanders' of the Army, Navy and the Air Force. The objective of the
Conference is to strengthen and promote jointness amongst the three
services.
12 Asst Commissioners of Police shifted in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
As many as 12 Assistant Commissioners of Police have been shifted in
Delhi Government. Accordingly, Suman Kant Jha has been shifted ACP/
Kalyan Puri East District while Achit Singhal was posted to ACP/ Operations,
South West District and Ashok Kumar is being posted to ACP/R P Bhawan.
Similarly, Ms Mansvi Jain has been shifted to ACP/Traffic; Mayank Bansal
to ACP/ Special Branch; Balram to ACP/Special Branch; Dabhi Anand Dinesh
B to ACP/DIU, New Delhi district; Rajnikant Awadhiya to ACP/Traffic;
Gaurav Gupta to ACP/DIU, East district; Jagjit Singh to ACP/PCR; Rajinder
Singh will look after the work of ACP/DIU, South West District and Raman
Kumar Lamba will look after the work of ACP 1st Bn DAP.
CORPORATE
Dubey nominated Director of IFCI
Ltd
Union Ministry of Finance has nominated R N Dubey, Economic Advisor,
Department of Financial Services as Director of IFCI Ltd.
Gupta appointed CFO of Kwality Dairy (India)
Ltd?
Kwality Dairy (India) Ltd has appointed S K Gupta as Chief Financial
Officer of the company.
Ms Das resigns as CS of OMDC
Ms Sucharita Das has resigned as Company Secretary of The Orissa Minerals
Development Company Limited.
Patel appointed Chairman of Bayer CropScience Ltd
Bayer CropScience Ltd has appointed Pankaj Patel as the Chairman of
the company.
Shah re-appointed ED of Artefact Projects Ltd
Artefact Projects Ltd has re-appointed Siddharth P Shah as an Executive
Director of the company.
Limaye appointed CS of 3i Infotech Ltd
3i Infotech Limited has appointed Rajeev Limaye as Company Secretary
of the company.
Ramaiah resigns as Independent Director of
Bartronics India Limited
C Prakash Ramaiah has resigned as Independent Director of Bartronics
India Limited.
Shah appointed Independent Director of National Standard (India) Ltd
National Standard (India) Ltd has appointed Bhushan Shah as Independent
Director of the company.
Rao appointed CFO of Aanchal Ispat Ltd
Aanchal Ispat Ltd has appointed A S Nageswar Rao as Chief Financial
Officer of the company.
FORUM
(The views expressed in this column are of
the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the
views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we
would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or
indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views
which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised
to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the
most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would
carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)
Don't get carried away by stray and isolated instances
Ashok K Choudhury was selected as MD IRFC out of nine or ten candidates.
Out of these, if one remembers correctly, 5 were "Professionals"
as per the latest "Dictionary" introduced by the Ministry
of Railways. It is a tragedy that an officer of proven ability is being
called an "Amateur" by the mandarins in Rail Bhawan. Lets
not play foul with the established norms and invite ridicule. My earnest
request to MR is to see the unblemished and outstanding track records
of IRAS officers in the IRFC and elsewhere in the GOI and also the PSUs.
Not only this, even in his own backyard, in the ex-cadre posts of DRMs
in the Railways the IRAS officers have decisively outshone their counterparts.Obviously,
the MR's vision and thinking has been blurred and vitiated by the so
called "Professionals" in the Rail Bhawan. I see no other
reason for the unwarranted delay in Ashok's appointment as MD IRFC.
It is never too late! Please don't get carried away by stray and isolated
instances.
Ravi Prabhat
It is very strange and totally untrue
It is very strange to see that Rama Raman, IAS, has been coined to be
CEO of Noida Greater Noida and Yamuna for continuous six years which
is totally untrue. Deepak Agrawal, IAS, is CEO of Greater Noida and
Arun V Singh, IAS, is CEO of Yamuna Authority for quite some time Further
when Samajwadi Party came to power in April 2012 Sanjeev Saran, IAS,
1983 was crowned as CEO of Noida Authority until he was removed under
the instructions of HCUP in January 2013 when we may say that Rama Raman
was ousted as CEO of Noida . It may be correct to say that he has been
Chairman of all these three authorities for quite some time but never
CEO of these authorities uninterrupted for 6years.which is totally untrue
and spread by few of insolent persons and could be pyrrhic victory for
them for a short while but capricious facts should not be placed. Government
has been mulling the idea of placing an officer unless proved contrary
for at least three years but no where the maximum stay has been drawn.
I am not trying to speak in favour of anyone which I am neither empowered
nor authorized but there are innumerable cases where the IAS officers
have stuck to one position or in Delhi away from their cadre may be
as much as for 10-20 years without a blink. Noida Authority is arguably
the Naboth's vineyard amongst posting so some officers must be mastering
with profanity and rancour to achieve their aims.
Mahendra Goel
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Multiple RTI Applications seeking huge information
The applicant sought huge information pertaining to Income Tax
offices. He also wanted to know the basis of conducting survey
and search and the specific steps taken to stop tax evasion during
the financial year 2013-14 etc. The PIO submitted that the appellant
has filed as many as 30 appeals before the Central Information
Commission seeking all and sundry information and despite heavy
pressure they have made strenuous efforts to provide the information.
He further stated that much of the information sought by the appellant
is in the public domain and can be accessed by visiting the department's
website www.incometaxindia.in. The appellant stated that he had
lodged a TEP against a medical store in early 2015 and wants to
know what action has been taken by the department. He further
stated that he wants a copy of the scheme for payment of award
to informants. He also requested for a note explaining the method
adopted by the Income Tax Department for assessment and scrutiny.
The PIO stated that he will supply the information as requested
above by the appellant. The CIC observed that once a certain information
is placed in the public domain accessible to the citizens either
freely, or on payment of a predetermined price, that information
cannot be said to be 'held' or 'under the control of' the public
authority and, thus would cease to be an information accessible
under the RTI Act. The Commission hoped the appellant will take
a careful note of the above judicial observations and refrain
from filing frivolous RTI applications in future
Comments
Whenever one is seeking information under the RTI Act, the RTI
Application should be focused and specific. Asking for voluminous
information through multiple applications may lead to a charge
of abuse of the process of law.
Citation: Mr. Pawan Kumar v. Income Tax Department in File No.
CIC/CC/A/2014/001693+001794+002534+002537+002579+002580+002581+
002586 002304+002598+002601+002603+002604+002605+002606+002607+002608+002609
+ 002610+002611+002305+002306+002594+002597+002593+002596+002599+002600
+ 003009+003010/BS/10334
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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