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POLITICS
This is History (312)
Good governance is, of course, no guarantee against foreign invasion.
Secretaries call Director PMO as "Sir" ?
Do Secretaries in the Government of India call a junior level official
of the PMO as "Sir"? Infact, one secretary got a call from
a Director of the PMO for some information and the Secretary started
calling him as "Sir".
Bureaucrats' search for Modi connection in vain ?
Bureaucrats these days are said to be in hectic search for someone who
is close to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and can take them to him
but in vain.
Why so much hullabulla after RBI Governor ?
Why is there so much hullabulla after RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan ?
Even the Corporate world is divided on this issue. The fact is that
many are unable to digest that how a UPA appointee is continuing.
DEBATE
In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed
as dictator and why ?
In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators
from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia
Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara
Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister),
Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa
Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba
Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar
Chief Minister).
Mail your views to suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com or mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com
BUREAUCRACY
Karnataka Chief Secretary Arvind Jadhav gets three months extension
Karnataka Chief Secretary Arvind Jadhav has
been granted three months extension. The 1978 batch Karanataka cadre
IAS officer was to retire on June 30.
Secretary level postings this week ?
A couple of Secretary level postings are expected to take place in a
couple of days. Waiting 1981 and 1982 batch IAS officers may be accomodated.
Will Rural Development get a regular Secretary?
Ministry of Rural Development (RD) is without a regular Secretary for
the last five months and additional charge has been given to J S Mathur.
Will RD Department get new Secretary ?.
43 candidates allocated IFS
As many as 43 candidates have been allotted Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
against the Civil Service examination (CSE) - 2015.
Two IAS officers out of four from J&K empanelled as Addl Secretary
in GoI
Only two IAS officers out of four belonging to 1986 batch from Jammu
& Kashmir cadre have been empanelled for Additional Secretary level
posts in Government of India. Besides, one IAS officer has been empanelled
for Additional Secretary equivalent.
Rakesh Kumar Gupta empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Rakesh Kumar Gupta has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary
or Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He
is a 1986 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.
Deputation tenure of officers can be extended upto 7 years
The Administrative Ministries/Departments and other borrowing organizations
can extend the deputation tenure of officers beyond five years upto
seven years if the officers' services are required in necessity in public
interest.
Siddharth Panda deemed to quit IRS-IT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Siddharth S Panda
is deemed to have resigned from the service.
14 IPS officers retiring in June
As many as 14 IPS officers various cadres and batches are retiring in
June, 2016. The officers include: Rajiv Mehta of Assam-Meghalaya cadre;
Chimanlal R Parmar and V V Choudhary of Gujarat; Sat Prakash of Haryana;
Prashant Kumar Karan of Jharkhand; R S Meena of Madhya Pradesh; Dr Hemant
Kumar Purohit, Rajeev Kumar Sharma, A V Shukla of Rajasthan; Sangey
Dorjee of Sikkim; Vijay Singh, Ashok Kumar Raghav, Vijay Kumar Dixit
of Uttar Pradesh and G N Goswami of Uttarakhand cadre.
N S Vishwanathan is new Deputy Governor, RBI
N S Vishwanathan will be new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India . He will succeed H R Khan whose tenure will come to an end on
July 3. He is presently ED in RBI overseeing the banking regulation
and non-banking department
(We said this on June 7)
R Chandra Nathan to be DGP of Arunachal Pradesh ?
Name of R Chandra Nathan is doing the round for the post of DG Arunachal
Pradesh. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
C H Kharshiing appointed as Planning Adviser, NEC Secretariat
C H Kharshiing has been appointed as Planning Adviser (JS level) in
North Eastern Council Secretariat (NEC), Shillong under the Ministry
of Development of North Eastern Region. He is a 1991 batch IA&AS
officer.
UP CS retiring on June 30
Alok Ranjan, Chief Secretary of UP, is retiring on June 30. A 1978 batch
IAS Ranjan was given three months extension in service. Mystery shrouds
about new CS in UP.
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh ?
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh on July 1 ? Names of
Praveer Kumar, Shailesh Krishna and Deepak Singhal are in circulation.
Tenure of Kumar Alok as Joint Secretary, MHA extended
The tenure of Kumar Alok as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA), has been extended for a period of three months beyond June 29,
2016. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.
Dr Pandey appointed as DG, NPTI
Dr Rajendra Kuamr Pandey, Professor, IIT, BHU, has been appointed as
Director General, National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad.
Yugul Kishroe Joshi deputed as Director, Drinking Water
Yugul Kishore Joshi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of
Drinking Water and Sanitation. He is a 1997 batch IRPF officer.
Ajay Shankar Singh promoted to SAG in ICAS
Ajay Shankar Singh has been promoted to the grade of Senior Administrative
Service (SAG) in Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).
UPSC returns promotion file ?
UPSC is reported to have returned the promotion file of four IIS officers.
It is said that the commission has asked the Ministry of I & B to
send the proposal along with missing APAR of an officer
Orders of Sahab Narain for Director (Fin), NPCC soon
The orders of Sahab Narain, Deputy General Manager, Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC) for the appointment as Director (Finance), National
Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) are expected to be issued in
a couple of days.
BHEL has no Power Director since January
The post of Director Power has been lying vacant since incumbent Atul
Sobti donned the mantle of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on January 1, 2016.
Agrawal to join as Director (DD), CONCOR on July 1
P K Agrawal, CEO, CONCOR, whose appointment as Director (Domestic Division),
Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR), has been approved by
the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), will take over the charge
on July 1, 2016.
Basant Kumar Thakur likely to join as Director (HR), NALCO on July 1
Basant Kumar Thakur, GM, SAIL, is expected to take over the charge as
Director (Human Resources), NALCO Limited onJuly 1, 2016.
N C Swain posted as CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi region
Upon return from deputation, N C Swain has been appointed as Commissioner
of Income Tax (CIT) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi region. He
is an IRS-IT officer.
Pandey joins in Lucknow
J P Pandey, a 1993 batch IDAS officer, is going to Lucknow as IFA (CC).
Brig R P Kalita to be promoted to Acting Rank of Maj Gen
Brig R P Kalita, SM, VSM, Kumaon, has been approved for the promotion
to the Acting Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and
Staff only stream.
Vacancy of Joint Secretary, Rural Development arising in July
A vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Department of Rural Development
is arising in July.
Sharma to be SO, CP Delhi
Dr Rajiv Sharma, a 2003 DANIPS officer has been posted new SO, Commissioner
of Police Delhi.
Roy posted as ACP
Anita Roy has been posted as Additional CP - ll, West Distt, Delhi Police.
She is a 2002 batch DANIPS officer.
Chaudhary is DCP
Suvashish Chaudhary has been appointed as DCP, DE cell in Delhi Police.
He is an IPS officer of 2003 batch.
Chauhan goes to DAP
Rajvir Singh Chauhan, a 2006 batch IPS officer is going as DCP, 1st
bn, Delhi Arrieta Police (DAP).
Kamara is DCP, Licensing
Satyabir Singh Katara, a 1996 batch DANIPS officer has been posted as
DCP, Licensing, Delhi Police.
21 officers promoted to CGM grade in SBI (UPDATED)
As many as 21 officers have been promoted to the grade of Chief General
Manager (CGM) in the State Bank of India (SBI). The officers are: Shahab
Farooque S M, Venktatesh C V, Mathur Suneet Kumar, Sawant Subodh Balkrishana,
Rao Thota Venktata Sri Ramana, Mehta Arun, Tandon Sunil Kumar, Kannan
Alwar, Mrs Chadha Sushmita, Mishra Ranjan Kumar, Jayaraman Ramamoorthy,
Mahapatra Pushan, Ronjan Vijuy, Vaijinath M Gavarashetty, Natrajan Sunder,
Sengupta Partha Pratim, Coudhary Alok Kumar, Setty Challa Srinivasulu,
Jena Hare Krishna and George Sonny.
(We said this on June 23)
Supriya Sahu relieved to join as DG, Doordarshan
(UPDATED)
Supriya Sahu has been relieved to join as Director General Doordarshan
in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She is an IAS officer
of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Nand Kishore appointed as Deputy C & AG
(UPDATED)
Nand Kishore has been appointed as Deputy Comptroller & Auditor
General in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. He is a
1981 batch IA&AS officer.
Two IPS officers shifted in Bihar (UPDATED)
Upendra Kumar Sinha has been assigned an additional charge of DIG, Koshi
range, Saharsa while Chandrika Prasad was posted as DIG, Armed Police,
North division, Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
Budhdhabhatti relieved to join as PS to Upendra
Kushwaha (UPDATED)
Kartikey Dhanji Budhdhabhatti has been relieved to join as Private Secretary
to Upendra Kushwaha, Minister of State for HRD. He is a 2008 batch IAS
officer of Bihar cadre.
C Viswanath likely to get additional charge
of Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
Chirravuri Viswanath, Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms
& Public Grievances, is expected to be assigned an additional charge
of Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) as present
incumbent Sanjay Kothari is retiring on June 30, 2016. Viswanath is
a 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Pravir Kumar is Acting Chief Secretary of
Uttar Pradesh (UPDATED)
Praveer Kumar will be Acting Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. 1982
batch IAS officer Kumar will take charge from Alok Ranjan who is retiring
on June 30.
Dr Anand Kumar granted Apex Pay Scale (UPDATED)
Dr Anand Kumar, Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau, has been
granted Apex Pay Scale. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.
Mrs Rachana Chopra promoted to Principal Advisor
Cost grade (UPDATED)
Mrs Rachana Chopra has been promoted to the grade of Principal Advisor
Cost in the Indian Cost Accounts Service(ICoAS).
Tenure of Prof Janat Shah as Director, IIM, Udaipur extended
(UPDATED)
The tenure of Prof Janat Shah, Director, Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Udaipur, has been extended for a period of six months with effect
from June 2, 2016.
Appointment of A K Mishra as Director (Tech),
CCL approved (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment
of A K Mishra, General Manager, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), as
Director (Technical), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL).
Appointment of B B Nagpal as Director (CP,P&BD),
GSL approved (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment
of Cmde B B Nagpal as Director (Corporate Planning, Project & Business
Development), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
Dr Vinay Kumar Dadhwal appointed as Director, IIST (UPDATED)
Dr Vinay Kumar Dadhwal, Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad,
has been appointed as Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and
Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram on immediate absorption.
Vualnam deputed as CVO, NTC (UPDATED)
Vumlunmang Vualnam has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO)
in National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC), Delhi. He is a 1992
batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.
CORPORATE
TIDCO CMD inducted on Titan Company Ltd Board
K Gnanadesikan, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary and Chairman and Managing
Director of Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO)
has been appointed as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of
Titan Company Ltd.
Singh appointed Govt. Nominee Director on IDBI Bank Board
Union Ministry of Finance has appointed Ashok Pal Singh, Joint Secretary,
Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance
as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of IDBI Bank
Ltd
Chuaungo resigns as Director of GGL
L Chuaungo, IAS, has resigned as the Director of Gujarat Gas Limited.
Kartial appointed CEO (Designate) of Electrosteel Steels Ltd
Electrosteel Steels Limited has appointed Sunil Katial as Chief Executive
Officer (designate) of the company w.e.f. July 4, 2016.
Bansal appointed Addl. Director of Advik Industries Ltd
Advik Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Latika Bansal as Additional Director
of the company.
Puthran appointed Director of Jaihind Synthetics Ltd
Jaihind Synthetics Ltd has appointed Lokesh Venkappa Puthran as Director
of the company.
FORUM
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DEBATE (1)
Narendra Modi can not be a dictator,he has his roots in the soil and
understands the basic psyche of Indians.He also has correct assessment
of the country and is moving in the right direction.
S C Agrawal DGP ( Retd)
DEBATE (2)
All the leaders shown here are dictators in their state.By any reckoning
Narendra Modi can not be a dictator.
N K Trivedi
Department of Disinvestment should take note of it
National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (NICSI) was set up in 1995
as a section 25 Company under National Informatics Centre, Ministry
of Communications. NICSI is public sector company with share capital
of Rs.2, 00,000/-. Not much of an enterprising work is being done by
NICSI. Ever year it gets some funds from a number of government agencies
for implementing e-Office on nomination basis on the insistence of Deity
and NIC. It is implementing the same software again and again at all
places and charging money as if they are doing something new.
It is a company of lazy personals. They are not offering anything new.
Granting of orders to NICSI by NIC on nomination basis is against the
principle of natural justice, against the GFR-2005 and against financial
prudence of the Government of India. We are tax payers and our money
should not be wasted.
It is showing profit because it is taking money from the government
agencies and in comparison spends fewer amounts. There is an urgent
need to privatise NICSI. Further, it should not be the sole authority
of the NIC to implement e-Governance all over the country. They could
be other organization in the private sector, which could cost the Government
lesser amount.
Nivedita Srivastava
Such delays send wrong signals
It is learnt that the Railway Ministry has taken a stand that AKC is
not a "professional". This is ridiculous and utterly irresponsible,
to say the least. AKC was selected by the PESB wherein he, the "Amateur
par excellence" outwitted and outsmarted the so called 'Professionals'
as per the definition, understanding, conviction and misplaced perception
of the Ministry of Railways. It also amounts to casting aspersions on
the integrity and wisdom of the PESB, which is unfortunate. Let there
be no further delay and AKC be allowed to takeover.
Ravi Prabhat
Importance to Professionals
It is natural for the professionals to lobby for the better assignments
to professionals. But, for an objective view, it is necessary to evaluate
the performance of those professionals who have been given higher responsibilities.
I am personally aware of the performance of some of the professionals
and they have been found disastrous. In general, IAS Officers have all
the qualities, except politeness and respect for others.
Bharati Jee
CVC must look
It is strange and surprising to note that a probationer (Sanjay Tyagi
of 2015 batch) being appointed CVO of NDMC. How can an officer who himself
would not be knowing all the rules/regulations find the corruption in
the organisation. CVC must look in to it.
S Gopal
Ranks in Air Force
Sunil Joshi should know that there is a Marshal of the Air Force, Arjan
Singh, who is in his 90s now.
N Krishnan
Ranks in Air Force
The highest rank in the Air Force is called Marshal of the Air Force
(now held by Arjan Singh former Air Chief) which is equivalent to Field
Marshal in the Army. There is scope for confusion in the layman's mind
as to which is higher - Marshal (of the Air Force) or Air Chief Marshal.
K P Singh
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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)
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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