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Your contribution to the nation-(Bhupender
Kumar) Did Modi take lead from Whispersinthecorridors Forum column dated
February 15, 2010 ?
Corruption and currency of 1000 and 500 notes
So the solution lies not in raiding 5-10 officers
but in removing currency of notes of thousand and five hundred Rupee
from the circulation. There should be smaller notes of 5,10,20,50 and
maximum 100 rupees in India.
If the above is implemented then corruption
will be eradicated conveniently. There will not be any need for raiding
the premises of powerful bureaucrats and politicians. Because if one
officer wants to take a bribe of 1 crore - he will have to build a big
godown to store 1 crore Rupees of denomination of 50-100 notes. And
the one who will give 1 crore bribe will have to hire 5 trucks to transport
it to the officer! With this fake currency will also be eliminated -
since nobody would risk printing 50 rupee note and get caught.
Therefore, through this esteemed website,
may I request the readers as well as the authorities concerned to take
immediate steps to stop printing one thousand and five hundred rupee
notes and take back the notes of these denominations from the public
by exchanging with smaller notes within a short span of time. India
is a rich country with poor people - let its people be rich as well.
I request Whisper corridors to start a discussion
on the above so that people can exchange their views on stopping the
notes of 1000 and 500 Rupees, in the interest of common man of India.
Kaushal
POLITICS
This is History (439)
The Balkan countries are small , but they have been the storm-centre
of Europe.
Supari killers starving !
Following demonetization of notes, Supari killers are starving as there
is hardly any cash left for the culprits.
India will be transformed !
If the Modi government succeeds in checking corruption, following demonetization
of notes, India - it is expected - will be transformed.
Saurabh Chandra is new Chairman MCX (UPDATED)
Former Secretary Petroleum Saurabh Chandra has been chosen as new Chairman
of the MCX. He is former 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Stop misuse of our MMS ji ...
I stay back in Shimla for another day and today my Respected Friend
, a Retired Senior Bureaucrat, and me decide to meet at India Coffee
House. I'm running late and I hurry towards ICH. I literally run in
to find my respected friend sipping coffee and patiently waiting for
me ..
RF: Late. ...very unlike you!
M: Sorry Sir ....chalo good you have ordered Coffee... (the Waiter gets
my Coffee)..
RF: I come here pretty often...but there's a difference I note this
time ..customers are settling tabs via Cards and Mobile Wallets ...this
is fantastic... the Waiter on my enquiring informed me that cash payments
have fallen down to just 20%!! Yes he's getting his tips in cash!!
M: One of the objectives of this exercise ... Sir what's your opinion
on MMS ji's speech in Parliament. ..
RF: Arre someone should tell Madam
..at least now stop misusing MMS Ji ...and also shows Congress disconnect
with reality ..they chose MMS ji who led allegedly the most Corrupt
Government, India has had to give a speech against a revolutionary measure
that attacks corruption.. ..
M: I hear the toss up was between MMS ji ..Karan Singh and Antony..
RF: MMS ji 'unfit'...Antony 'unsuitable' ...yes very grudgingly Karan
Singh may have agreed !!
M: MMS ji tried to portray that this step literally spells doom for
India...
RF: As an able Administrator and ex RBI Guv he knows the secrecy required
for this step ..as a Economist he knows the short term impacts and the
long term benefits of this step...and as an Administrator and ex RBI
Guv he would know how proactively this Government is reacting to the
temporary woes of the Public because of this step...
M: So our dear MMS ji must have been handed the salient points and ordered
to expound...
RF: I really feel bad that they are still misusing him ..he did not
deserve this..
M: Will GDP take a 2% dip...
RF: The Economy will have a knee jerk reaction ...that is all. Max two
Quarters... and there will be receding pain ...
M: And a welcome change in medium of payments ...and spenfing habits
of Indians. Sir Boutiques that sell Jeans for 30,000 +...and shoes for
15000 + will see a big dip!! This was useless vane expenditure ... GDP
doesn't take a dip because of these ! ! Rupee is falling ....
RF: This is because of the impending decision of the FED on the US interest
rates...its affecting all the Asian Pacific Economies ...wait for December
31 when the figures come out on the Quantum of Notes that have not turned
up and gone missing...we will out- perform ...
M: You wanted to go to the Bank ...so I'll accompany you ...but as usual
before we go out ..something humorous ...I know you have a treasure
of sensible honour ..
RF... White Money... Kamaana Mushqil.... Black Money ...Chupaana Mushqil...
Pink Money (Rs 2000) ... Chutta Karwaana Mushqil...and .... now Jann
Dhan accounts have been renamed .... Dhan Dhan accounts.
We have a good laugh and walk out.
Disclaimer : Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from
MSM, SM and Blogs
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
11 IPS officers retiring in November
As many as 11 IPS officers of various cadres and batches are retiring
in November, 2016. They are: P S Ranga of Haryana cadre; B N S Negi
of Himachal Pradesh; T J Jose and V C Mohanan of Kerala cadre; V P Sharma
and D S Korbu of MP cadre; K L Bishnoi of Maharashtra cadre; Bhushan
Kumar Garg of Punjab; D K Chowdhary, Kripa Shankar Singh of UP and Arvind
Kumar Maliwal of West Bengal cadre.
Meeting to select new CBI Chief on Monday ?
Meeting to select new CBI Chief is expected to take place on Monday.
Who will be put on number one in the panel ?
Ashok Kumar Verma empanelled as ADG in GoI
Ashok Kumar Verma has been empanelled for holding Additional Director
General level posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer
of Bihar cadre.
Dayainder Singh Sidhu relieved to join as Joint Director, ED
Dayainder Singh Sidhu has been relieved to join as Joint Director in
Enforcement Directorate at Chandigarhfor a period of four years. He
is an IRS-IT officer.
Recruitment kept in abeyance
According to sources the Goa government will keep in abeyance new recruitment
to meet the extra financial burden of 7th Pay Commission.
Deshmukh gets pro-forma promotion
V.H. Rao Deshmukh, who is currently on central deputation, has been
promoted to the rank of DGP in Jharkhand. He is 1986 batch IPS officer.
ISS officer Satya Narain Singh gets HAG
Satya Narain Singh has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade
(HAG) in Government of India. He is an officer of Indian Statistical
Service (ISS).
Murthy superannuating in January
Thangvel Murthy, a 1981 batch IPoS officer will retire in January 2017.
Presently he is posted as Member (Operation) in Postal Service Board
(PSB).
Tusar Taba empanelled as DIG in GoI
Tusar Taba has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General
(DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer
of AGMUT cadre.
Betham transferred from Medak
S. Raaj Betham, a 1997 IDAS officer has been transferred from Medak
to PCA ( Fys) , Kolkata.
Nine posts of Judges vacant in Kerala HC
A total of 9 posts of Judges including 9 of Permanent and 0 of Additional
are lying vacant in Kerala High Court.
Rakesh Kumar Mishra empanelled as ADG in GoI
Rakesh Kumar Mishra has been empanelled for holding Additional Director
General level posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer
of Bihar cadre.
DGS & D facing acute shortage of staff
Directorate General , Supply and Disposal (DGS & D), is facing acute
shortage of staff. According to sources, volume of work load have increased
many fold but staff has not been increased to match the volume. Presently
it is facing 50% shortage of staff. Posts are vacant almost at every
level .
Dr Suresh Babu of Kerala awarded IAS cadre
Dr P Suresh Babu of Kerala State Civil Service has been awarded Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.
Joint venture of IOCL, BPCL, HPCL at West Coast
of Maharashtra
Three Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
(HPCL) announced a plan to jointly set up an integrated refinery capacity
of 60 MMTPA on West Coast of Maharashtra. HPCL along with Gas Authority
of India Ltd conducted a prefeasibility-cum-configuration study to set
up a Petrochemical Complex in AP. Expansion of refining capacity of
Barauni Refinery from 6.0 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA with an estimated cost of
Rs. 8297 cr has been approved.
Anil Kumar Goel appointed as PCCF in Rajasthan
Anil Kumar Goel has been appointed as a Principal Chief Conservator
of Forest (PCCF/Head of Forests) in Rajasthan. He is a 1983 batch Indian
Forest Service (IFS) officer.
Post demonetization, three GoI officers deputed to assess situation
in AP
Three officers in Government of India: A P Sawhney, Additional Secretary,
Petroleum & Natural Gas, Atul Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary, Industrial
Policy & Promotion and Tapish Chandra Nuatiyal, Deputy Secretary,
Rural Development have been deputed to undertake field visit in Andhra
Pradesh for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation
of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
Post demonetization, three GoI officers deputed to assess situation
in Punjab
Three officers in Government of India: Arun Goel, Additional Secretary,
Labour & Employment, Ms Ravneet Kaur, Joint Secretary, Industrial
Policy & Promotion and Ms Mandeep Kaur, Deputy Secretary, Revenue
have been deputed to undertake field visit in Punjab for making on the
spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender
of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
Post demonetization, two GoI officers deputed
to assess situation in Telangana
Two officers in Government of India: R Subrahmanyam, Additional Secretary,
Higher Education and Ms Anamika Singh, Deputy Secretary, School Education
& Literacy have been deputed to undertake field visit in Telangana
for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation
of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
Post demonetization, two GoI officers deputed to assess situation in
Kerala
Two officers in Government of India: Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary,
Electronics & Information Technology and C Paulrasu, ED, Tea Board,
Commerce have been deputed to undertake field visit in Kerala for making
on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal
tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
Deputation tenure of Umakant Lal extended
The deputation tenure of Umakant Lal as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO),
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), Delhi
has been extended till February 2019. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer
of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Additional charge to V K Rama extended
The additional charge of Director (Projects & Services), Container
Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) to V K Rama, CMD, CONCOR, has
been extended till the appointment of regular incumbent.
R K Tripathi promoted as Senior Manager, MMS, Delhi
R K Tripathi has been promoted to the grade of Senior Manager (Mail
Motor Service), GCS Group 'A' and has been posted as Senior Manager
(MMS), Delhi. He is an officer of Indian Postal Service.
A K Roy continues additional charge of GM, Operations
Ajay Kumar Roy will continue to hold the additional charge of GM (Operations),
PLI Directorate. He is a 1991 batch Indian Postal Service (IPoS) officer.
VMM Rao transferred to SWR
VMM Rao has been transferred to South Western Railway. He is an IRTS
officer.
P K Srivastava is also GM, Modern Coach Factory
P K Srivastava has been assigned additional charge as General Manager,
Modern Coach Factory. He is an IRSSE officer.
Justice Mittal is Chairman in Haryana
Former Judge of the High Court Justice LN Mittal has been appointed
as Chairman of the Haryana Tax Tribunal.
Lt Gen Bedi is GoC in Tezpur
Lt Gen. Amarjeet Singh Bedi has taken over as the general-officer-commanding
of the army's Tezpur-headquartered Gajraj Corps.
Sudhir Tripathy is back to Jharkhand as ACS
Health
Sudhir Tripathy on his return from central deputation has been appointed
additional chief secretary of health. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.
B B Pradhan is DG Home Guards in Jharkhand
B B Pradhan has been appointed DG Home Guards in Jharkhand. He is 1985
batch IPS officer.
Vijayanand is also Secretary, Information
Technology & Comm in AP
K Vijayanand has been assigned full additional charge as Secretary,
Information Technology & Communications Department in Andhra Pradesh.
He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.
14 IRMS officers transferred as CMS/MD
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Railway Medical Service have
been transferred and posted to various zones as CMS/MD, Railway Board.
Accordingly, R N Ray has been transferred to East Central while Atul
Vaish to North Western and K Nagasundari to South Central. Similarly;
Basudev Bhattacharjee has been posted to North Western; N Ramesh to
Soouth Central; Aniruddha Kirtania to Western; Ravindra C Sarma to Western;
Bidha Chandra Roy to Northeast Frontier; Bhaskar Chakarborty to Western;
Ashish Mukherjee to RWP/Bela; P K Samantaray to Central Railway; P Venkatram
to South Western railway and Sanjay Srivastava was transferred to North
eastern Railway.
CORPORATE
Rs 2 lakh crore worth defence acquisition
cleared
The government has cleared more than Rs 2 lakh crore worth defence acquisition
in the last two years and is resolved to order 3 lakh crore by the end
of this financial year. 24 submarines which are to be acquired as part
of the 30 year submarine building plan of India, out of which 6 submarines
have been ordered.
Amitabha Bhattacharya promoted as ED (P&A),
RMD in SAIL
Amitabha Bhattacharya has been promoted from General Manager (P&A),
RMD to Executive Director (P&A), RMD with addl charge of CMO in
Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
Ms Chadha appointed as CS of Alankit Ltd
Alankit Limited has appointed Ms Preeti Chadha as Company Secretary
of the company w.e.f. November 28, 2016.
Ghosal re-appointed as MD of Tide Water Oil Company (India) Ltd
Tide Water Oil Company (India) Limited has re-appointed R N Ghosal as
Managing Director of the company.
Lochan appointed as Independent Director of
Sundaram Finance Ltd
Sundaram Finance Limited has appointed Rajiv C Lochan as an Independent
Director of the company.
Jain appointed CS of Navkar Corporation Ltd
Navkar Corporation Limited has appointed Hitesh Kumar Jain as Company
Secretary of the company.
Daptari appointed Addl. Independent Director
of Gufic Biosciences Ltd
Gufic Biosciences Limited has appointed Gopal Daptari as an Additonal
Independent Director of the company.
FORUM
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Who will be ultimate beneficiary of cashless system ?
Million Dollar question doing rounds in the corridors of power is "who
will be the ultimate beneficiary of the introduction of the cashless
system and by what quantum?
A Rai
Modi should be beware of 'babus'
Now Modi will realise how incompetent these IAS fellows are. They have
made a mess of implementation of decisions of Prime Ministers/Ministers.
In the past, Heads of many politicians have rolled because bureaucracy
has failed the system. Therefore Modi should review his decision to
provide protection to Babus. No permission should be needed from Government
to take action against corrupt Babus. After all who is the Government?
It is the steel frame and it will never allow action against itself.
Politicians get swayed by the chamchas in the Ministries who pressurise
them to take soft decisions in their favour. Babus are interested in
promotion, power, perks and privileges. They care a damn for everything
else. Anyway it is the head of politicians that always rolls so why
bother.
Vikramjit Singh
Inconsistent News
Off late some of your news are inconsistent. You posted about IDAS promotion
to SAG that, batches till 1997 have been promoted to SAG, whereas 1998
batch was also promoted. Today you posted that RK Singh IDAS is posted
as Joint Secretary, he is 1983 batch IDAS, where as actually he is 1993
batch officer.
Mansoor H Khan
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DATE WITH RTI
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Grievance of a railway pass holder
A retired Master Craftsman claimed that despite being eligible
for first class pass, the Railways had not been honouring several
clauses related to the journey performed by a pass holder. He
sought Information regarding rules relating to privilege passes
issued to railway employees. The Commission observed that under
the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005, only such information as
is available and existing and held by the public authority or
is under control of the public authority can be provided. The
PIO is not supposed to create information that is not a part of
the record. He is also not required to interpret information or
furnish replies to hypothetical questions. Similarly, redressal
of grievance, reasons for non-compliance of rules /contesting
the actions of the respondent public authority are outside the
purview of the Act. Further, the CIC observed that the appeal
relates to the grievance of the retired employee regarding utilization
of railway passes and lack of awareness and sensitization of the
work force dealing with such matters. This aspect needs to be
re-examined by the competent authority to provide relief and succour
to the affected retired employees in an objective and transparent
manner.
Comments
Even though the redressal of grievance is outside the purview
of the RTI Act, it has been frequently used to obtain some relief.
The Information Commission has been sympathetic to injustice metered
through a system which is not objective or opaque.
Citation: Appeal No.: Mr. Kakubhai R.
v. CPIO & Sr. DCM, Divisional Office, Western Railway v. CIC/VS/A/2014/003044/BJ
CIC/SA/A/2015/000935 CIC/SA/A/2015/000949
CIC/SA/A/2015/001023 CIC/SA/A/2015/001062 CIC/SA/A/2015/001064
CIC/SA/A/2015/001082 CIC/SA/A/2015/001083
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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