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POLITICS
This is History (423)
The Tsarist Russia was growing bigger and bigger, and always be pressing
hard on the Turkish dominions.
Will Sanjeev Tripathi be new J & K Governor ?
Name of former R&AW Chief Sanjeev Tripathi has started doing the
round for the post of Governor J& K.Former 1972 batch IPS officer
is considered to be expert in Kashmir subject.
Women will rule powerful countries in world ?
The fate of candidates-especially key fighters Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton- is being sealed today (November 8). All the eyes of the world
are on the results of American Presidential elections as the winning
candidate will establish hegemonic control over the world. If Clinton
wins the election, she will be third lady to rule one of the powerful
countries after Germany's Chancellor Ms Angela Merkel and British Prime
Minister Mrs Theresa May. The leadership of women is emerging as stumbling
block to the predominantly male leadership at a time when international
terrorism is posing threat to the world.
It's all about selflessness...
After my customary walk around CP I decide to get my shoes polished
from my regular Shoe Shine. I pick up a Cappuccino from a Vend just
opposite the Shoe Shine.The Shoe Shine first gives me a foot and calves
massage and as he works on my feet and calves we get talking.
Shoe Shine: Abh yeh Kejriwal koun sa Odd Even karrega
.ek dinn
yeh ganddi dhund pe Kejriwal bandal (fibs) maare ga aur aggle dinn Sisodia
bandal mare ga!!
Me: (translated into English) It's really very very bad
.. he's
in a quandary
for political compulsions he cannot blame Punjab
for the straw burning
and so Haryana gets off too!!!
SS: Sir ji isse kya pataa
. what is the desperation of a Daily
Wager
. he has banned construction activity for 5 days
..what
will the Daily Wagers working on construction Sites do????? Sir ji yeh
sochch ke kaam karta hai kya
. ki yeh Rahul ki tarah hai.. first
speaking or action and then thinking!!!!
M: In my opinion every action of his has its basis in politics
.
we joke
.. if you ask him 2 + 2
. he will say 4 Votes!!!
And in Rahul's case
. no thinking
. but retreating after
being getting notionally bashed left right and center post his gaffes
..
SS: Sir that poor Farmer hung himself at AAP Rally
. what did
Kejriwal give him
. and this retired Fauji who committed suicide
. Kejriwal has given him 1 crore!!!
M: And given him the title of Martyr
.. how is he a Martyr????
I think he takes himself to be an Authority in Certification!!! Checking
Certificates is part of the Certification that he undertakes!!!
SS: Sir ji the other day a Babu ji was getting his shoes shined and
was talking with a friend
. and he said had it not been for the
Lt Governor
. Kejriwal Dilli ko dooba dehta!! Has his chronic
cough been cured!!!! Or again this year he will go for some treatment
and Dilli waalas will fund it!!!
M: I think he will go for Vipaasna treatment for toning up his health
SS: Sir ji kyon mazaak karte ho
.. Vipaasna is just an excuse
when he is in a tight spot he ducks out giving this Vipaasna excuse!!!
But Sir he has really put on weight!!!! Lagtaa hai bahut khush hai!!
M: Power cheez hee aisi hothi hai
. Narsimha Rao's health improved
by leaps and bounds after he became PM
.. some used to say
firr se jawaan ho gaye Rao ji!!!
SS: Jee ha
.. they must be eating Dry Fruits all day
. and
drinking only Pomegranate juice!!!!
M: With the exception of Modi
. who has lost weight
hair
has gone ek dumm white and receded too
. and he has a frugal diet!!!
SS: But he looks fit and has so much energy
.. fitter and more
energetic than those years younger than him
. iss ka kyaa raaz
hai Sir ji???
M: Iss ka raaz hai
. personal contentment
.work
.the
urge to do good for the Nation
.. what a feeling it must be to
see your work benefitting your Country and Countrymen!!!
SS: Sir Chadaa ( Bachelor) bhi add karro list mein..when I leave home
my wife gives me a list of things to do ...and when I return home dog
tired another list is waiting for me ...nahi toh aaj ..I would have
had a Shoe making unit !! Lucky Modi !!
M: Arre Bhai ...Modi is married to his work...and he's way beyond personal
profit and loss !! Zillion things wait for him when he leaves for work
and zillion when he returns !! And if being a Bachelor is the magic
Mantra ....then do keep in mind Rahul is a Bachelor!!!
SS: Dhutt terre ki....
Disclaimer: Satire. Not aimed at influencing or informing .Inputs from
MSM SM and Blogs
VJS
BUREAUCRACY
Over 70 IAS officers re-patriated
Over 70 IAS officers serving the Government
of India have been re-patriated to the parent cadres during the past
two years.
Madan to succeed Bakshi as ACS Home in Maharashtra ?
U P S Madan is likely to succeed K P Bakshi as ACS (Home ) in Maharashtra
on December 1. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
Telengana Chief Secretary to get another extension ?
Telengana Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma is likely to get another three
months extension beginning December 1. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.
Amarendra Khatua is also Secretary, Special Assignment in MEA
Amarendra Khatua, DG, ICCR, has been assigned additional designation
as Secretary, Special Assignment in the Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA). He is a 1981 batch IFS officer.
Dnyaneshwar Mulay re-designated as Secretary, MEA
The post of Dnyaneshwar M Mulay as OSD has been re-designated as Secretary
(Consular, Passport, Visa & Overseas Indian Affairs) in the Ministry
of External Affairs (MEA). He is a 1983 batch IFS officer.
Ms Veena Kumari Meena appointed as Joint Secretary, WDRA
Ms Veena Kumari Meena has been appointed as Joint Secretary Warehousing
Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA). She is a 1993 batch IAS
officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Vinod Rai gets part-time assignment in Kerala
Former Kerala cadre 1972 batch IAS officer Vinod Rai will attend a couple
of meetings as chairman of the Fund Trustee and Advisory Commission
(FTAC) in his parent cadre.
DPC of IIS officers on Nov 10
Long awaited DPC of IIS officers is now scheduled for November 10. About
two dozen officers of different batches are likely to be promoted in
JAG.
P K Purwar becomes fulltime CMD, MTNL
P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL, has taken over full-fledged charge
of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
(MTNL). Earlier, he was given an additional charge of CMD of this organization
.
Purwar declines offer as Director (Fin), RINL
P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL, has reportedly declined the offer
for the appointment as Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
(RINL) after he was reinstated as CMD in present organization MTNL.
Post of Director (Fin), RINL remains vacant
The post of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)
has been lying vacant since June 1, 2016.
Rao is new ED of RBI
M Rajeshwar Rao has been appointed Executive Director of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) following G Mahalingam's taking voluntary retirement
from the central bank.
WB Govt asked to relieve Ram Phal Pawar to join as Joint Secretary,
NATGRID
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Government of West
Bengal to relieve Ram Phal Pawar of cadre responsibility enabling him
to join as Joint Secretary, NATGRID. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer
of West Bengal cadre.
TamilNadu cadre IPS officer Patil joins AP Govt
Vikrant Patil has joined the Government of Andhra Pradesh as ASP, Tulluru,
Guntur Rural after his cadre transferred to this state from Tamil Nadu.
He is a 2012 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Singh to join ED, Lucknow, Zone
Rajeshwar Singh is going to Zonal Office , ED, Lucknow as Joint Director.
H L Meena appointed as Director, Labour
H L Meena, Director Ministry of Steel, has been appointed as Director,
Ministry of Labour and Employment. He is a 1996 batch IES officer.
Four IES officers transferred
As many as four IES officers have been transferred at STS/ JTS level.
Accordingly, Damodar Bawari has been appointed as Deputy Director, Telecommunications
while Ms Shwetha B Rao was posted as Deputy Director, Agriculture, Cooperation
and Farmers Welfare, Market Intelligence Unit, Directorate of Economics
and tatistics, Bangalore and Pratiyush Kumar was transferred as Assistant
Director,(MR Division), Dept. of Economic Affairs. Similarly; C S Verma
has been transferred as Assistant Director, Directorate of Economic
and Statistics, Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare.
Thagjam Rakesh Kumar deputed as Joint GM, IRCTC
Thagjam Rakesh Kumar has been deputed as Joint General Manager/Catering,
IRCTC, New Delhi. He is an RBSS officer.
1993 batch IAS to be PS in Jharkhand
Two 1993 batch IAS officers Avinash Kumar and Surendra Singh are being
promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Jharkhand.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
As many as nine IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different
places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Johny Tom Varghese has been appointed
as Assistant Collector, Cuddolore while V P Jeyasaleen was made Sub-Collector,
Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Deepak Jacob is Sub-Collector, Thoothukudi.
Similarly, P Akash has been appointed as Assistant Collector, Dindigul;
K P Karthikeyan as Sub-Collector, Tirupattur; Killi Chandra Sekhar as
Sub-Collector, Maduranthagam, Kancheepuram; Selvi Grace as Assistant
Collector, Dharapuram, Tiruppur and Sravan Kumar Jatavath has been posted
as Assistant Collector, Tiruppur..
Naidu inaugurates DoPT In-Service Training
Programme on 'Smart Cities'
M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,
Urban Development and Information & Broadcasting, inaugurated DoPT's
IAS Training on 'Smart Cities' the other day. In the inaugural address,
the Minister elaborated that the objective of the Smart Cities Mission
is to promote cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent
quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment
and application of 'smart' solutions. Dr. M Ravi Kanth, CMD HUDCO said
that the training programme would go a long way in helping the participants
to develop a better understanding of Smart Cities and urged the participants
to implement the learning in their respective areas of work at field
level.
NTPC's third summit 'Redefining Power Generation
Landscape'
A N Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forest, referred to
the dilemma of NTPC as a responsible Power Generator to find ways of
providing power to feed the development needs of 1.2 billion people
of India and also ensuring minimum damage the environment while inaugurating
NTPC's Third International Technical Summit "Redefining Power Generation
Landscape." Jha said Technology holds the prime space in all development
initiatives and is the most appropriate theme. He praised NTPC's contribution
for improving the Carbon sink by planting 1 crore saplings. S D Dubey,
Chairperson, CEA; A S Bakshi, Member-CERC; A K Singhal, Member-CERC
M K Iyer, Member-CERC; Gurdeep Singh, CMD NTPC, A K Jha, Director (Tech),
senior officials, International as well as Indian Delegates were present
on the occasion. In all, 275 papers have been received for the Summit,
out of these 71 papers have been selected for Presentation, which includes
41 International papers from developed countries of the world. All papers
have been summarised in Compendium released during inauguration ceremony.
Conference is largely paperless with all technical papers received and
processed electronically and Compendium released in the electronic format
for all the delegates.
Rakesh Anand appointed as CMD, MDSL (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approve the appointment
of Cmde Rakesh Anand (Retd) as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD),
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL).
M V Gowtama appointed as CMD, BEL (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment
of M V Gowtama as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL).
D V Singh appointed as CMD, THDC India Limited
(UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment
of Dhirendra Veer Singh as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Tehri
Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Limited.
M V Nemade appointed as Joint Director in FICC (UPDATED)
Manohar Vishwanath Nemade has been appointed as Joint Director (Director
level) in the Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee (FICC) under
the Department of Fertilizers, Delhi. He is a 1996 batch Indian Cost
Account Service (ICoAS) officer.
S K Gorai appointed as Director, KIOCL (UPDATED)
S K Gorai has been appointed as Director (Finance), Kudremukh Iron Ore
Co Limited (KIOCL).
Ravi Agarwal appointed as Director, MRVC Limited (UPDATED)
Ravi Agarwal has been appointed Director (Technical), Mumbai Railway
Vikas Corporation Limited.
SAIL wins Golden Peacock Award for Corporate
Governance (UPDATED)
The Maharatna Company Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has bagged
the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance instituted
by the Institute of Directors, India for the year 2016. Ashwini Kumar,
CEO, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) received the award on behalf of SAIL
during the 16th London Global Convention on Corporate Governance and
Sustainability held in London recently. SAIL was presented the award
on account of its exemplary performance in the field of Corporate Governance
that is for balancing the interests of all the stakeholders of the Company
namely shareholders, management, customers, suppliers, financiers, government
and the community. The event was attended by leaders, policy makers,
academicians, jurists and social thinkers, professionals in business,
finance, corporate governance and sustainability from across the world.
Reshuffle of IAS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as 10 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different
places in Bihar. Accordingly, K K Pathak has been appointed as Additional
Member, Revenue Board with additional charge of Additional Departmental
Inquiry Commissioner while Ms Udita Singh was made Deputy Secretary,
Energy and Amit Kumar Pandey is posted as Deputy Secretary, Panchayati
Raj. Similarly, Shashank Shubhankar has been appointed as Deputy Secretary,
Health; Roshan Kushwaha as Deputy Secretary, Education; Aditya Prakash
as Deputy Secretary, Tourism; Ms Abhilasha Kumari as Deputy Secretary,
Planning and Development; Yashpal Meena as Deputy Secretary, Rural works;
Shyam Bihari Meena as Deputy Secretary, Rural Development and Saurabh
Jorwal was posted as Deputy Secretary, Labour Resources.
CORPORATE
Kumar appointed as MD & CEO of BoB Capital Markets Ltd
Ratnesh Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of BoB Capital Markets Ltd.
Kanjilal appointed Chairman of Shalimar Paints Ltd
Shalimar Paints Ltd has appointed Gautam Kanjilal as Chairman of the
company.
Kapoor resigns as Independent Director of Visa Steel Ltd
Shiv Dayal Kapoor has resigned as Independent Director of Visa Steel
Limited.
Tekchandani appointed as CS of Sanofi India Ltd
Sanofi India Ltd has appointed Girish Tekchandani as Company Secretary
of the company w.e.f. November 8, 2016.
Lt. Gen Prasad appointed as Govt. Director of ITI Ltd
Lt General A R Prasad, VSM, ADC, Signal Officer-In-Chief of Union Ministry
of Defence has been appointed as Government Director on the Board of
Directors of ITI Limited .
Raghunath appointed CFO of Allsec Technologies Ltd
Allsec Technologies Ltd has appointed Raghunath P. as Chief Financial
Officer of the company.
Pandey resigns as CFO of Hilton Metal Forging Ltd
Rohit Pandey has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Hilton Metal
Forging Limited.
Vishwasrao appointed as Independent Director of STI India Ltd
STI India Limited has appointed Suresh Shankar Vishwasrao as Independent
Director of the company.
Verma appointed MD (India & SAARC) of Juniper Networks
Dinesh Verma has been appointed as Managing Director (India & SAARC)
of Juniper Networks.
FORUM
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Menace of rampant corruption is not limited to Police department only
In fact, this menace is not limited to Police department only. Almost
in all the Tribunals and Commissions (perhaps more than 50 in numbers)
in Delhi, are unofficially and un-authorisedly practicing this menace
for the same reasons - to placate the Chairmen and Members to get undue
favours and indulge in rampant corruption. And in all of these offices,
staff not willing to work at residences are threatened directly or indirectly
and forced to work like bonded labourers. The higher up and their family
members use them like personal slaves, behave with them in the most
undignified manner and keep pressurising them by creating terror in
their minds and put them undue long hours of forced duty (bonded labour)
without paying anything from their own coffers but from the coffers
of our exchequer. All this is happening in the Capital of our country
that too right under the nose of Government of India who is well aware
that no such facility is allowed in any government office to any government
official or a public servant except for the cabinet ministers. Apparently,
this is the most inhuman face of corruption in India (taken in legacy
from the colonial mentality) and the day this practice is rooted out,
every corrupt activity in our offices and also in public life will automatically
come to standstill.
S K Sharma
Gross injustice done to ITS officers
DoT still has major technical functions meant for ITS officers, its
another matter if concerned are not willing give due share to ITS officers
(based on ill advice of finance officers). Gross injustice done to ITS
officers , there is "increase in finance posts and drastic reduction
to ITS officers posts" in respective cadre review just because
"fiance is vested with surgical tool to edit, cut and paste as
they like". There should be full stop to wrong , baseless, motivated,
self centered , wrong propaganda of finance officers in this forum.
editor may please take note of this .
NMK
Biggest Scandal
The Delhi Transport Corporation is charging Rs. 8 for toll tax from
the persons travelling from Noida and Delhito and fro inspite of orders
from the Supreme Court that the dnd toll should be free and they have
no right whatsoever for collection of toll tax in the name of dnd and
people travelling in DTC . The illiterate conductors used to use many
duplicate ticket for adding money for themselves. It is a biggest scandal
now.
Ram Singh
Whispers 08 (Edited & Revised)-final
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Information Commission to examine the public interest in each
case of second appeal
Vide multiple RTI Applications, the appellant sought different
information from the EFL Univeristy, Hyderabad. The CIC examined
whether the details about appointment of standing counsel and
expenditure incurred can be shared under RTI with the appellant?
Another issue related was whether legal opinion rendered by the
standing counsel to the University should be considered as given
under 'fiduciary capacity' and hence be denied. The CIC referred
to the Section 126 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 and the section
91 of CrPC apart from various Court judgments. It was observed
that Section 22 of RTI Act which accords overriding effect to
RTI over all other statutes cannot be totally brushed aside, and
it has to be read in addition to provisos in Section 8 of RTI
Act. The CIC noted that the appellant and his wife is having a
right to seek legal remedy in a court of law, which is an issue
of public interest. The CIC ruled that the copy of note file of
the EFL University containing order issued by the Vice Chancellor
to obtain pointwise legal opinion from the advocate is a privileged
communication between university and its legal counsel. The CIC
held that the University is under an obligation to disclose on
his own entire information about the process of appointments as
per the DoPT Office Memorandum dated 30th June 2015. The CIC directed
the Public Authority to intimate the basis of appointing a lawyer
in RTI proceedings, along with expenditure involved along with
the copy of opinion given by the standing counsel after severing
exempted information.
Comments
This order of the CIC sheds light on what is Public Interest
and the role of the Information Commission in such cases. The
CIC has categorically ruled that it is the duty of Information
Commission to examine the public interest in each case of second
appeal. Further, it has been held that a right to seek legal remedy
in a court of law is an issue of public interest.
Citation: Alok Srivastava v. English
& Foreign Language University in Case No. CIC/SA/A/2015/000933
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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