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This is History (270)
At first the East India Company encouraged Indian industries because they made money out of them.

Undisclosed income of Rs 21,000 Crore recovered

Enhanced enforcement measures have resulted in un-earthing of tax evasion of approximately Rs 50,000 Crore of indirect taxes and undisclosed income of Rs 21,000 Crore .The value of goods seized on account of smuggling activities has increased to Rs 3,963 Crore in the last two years ,32% increase over corresponding two previous years.Prosecution has been launched in 1466 cases as against 1169 cases in the previous two years 25% increase.

Food& C. S. ministry organising programme in Patna?

Grapevine has it that Ram Vilas Paswan lead LJP, a partner of NDA is organising main function of two years , in Patna. Paswan is the minister of Food and Civil Supplies. Officials of his ministry are said to be touring Patna to finalise the event. The big question is that have allies been asked to organise celebration programme separately ?


BUREAUCRACY

M K Gupta to be GM Railway RCF ?

M K Gupta is likely to be appointed General Manager of RCF Raibarelly. He is presentl posted in Mumbai as COA.

Inter cadre deputation of AIS officers extendable by two years

All the cases of inter-cadre deputation of All India Services officers initially restricted to three years can be extended by two more years after review.

Army suffers short of officers

The Army has been facing a shortage of 8, 671 officers against authorized strength of 49, 833 officers. There is an existing strength of 41,162 in the Army.

Will Prasad become Member, CAT ?

Madhusudan Prasad, a 1981 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer is likely to be appointed as Member, CAT. He retired as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development in March this year.

Khandare is new IG CISF
Satish Khandare will be new IG CISF. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Bhardwaj is attached with MSIB

Varun Bhardwaj, an IIS officer and Dy Director, AIR, News, New Delhi is now attached with the office of the Minister of State I & B.

Afzal Amanullah Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, retiring in May

Afzal Amanullah, Secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, is retiring on May 31, 2016. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Chinmoy Gangopadhyay to be Director (Project) PFC

Chinmoy Gangopadhyay, ED (EIG), PFC has been selected for the post of Director (Project) in the Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) at a selection interview held on Tuesday. As many as 10 officials had appeared for the interview.

1995 batch IAS officer empanelled

1995 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre Chithra Arumugam has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Three Directors in two years

Dr. Rajat Bhargava is the third Director of National Mission for Clean Ganga. An outstanding IAS officer of AP cadre 1990 batch Bhargava is JS in the Ministry of Water Resources.Before him TVSN Prasad, a Haryana cadre 1988 batch IAS was removed in Noveber last year. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra was Director in 2014 but after some months he was transferred. He was also an AP cadre 1987 batch IAS officer.

Tamil Nadu govt to hire services of IES officers

Facing crisis of manpower at administrative level, the Tamil Nadu Government will hire the services of Indian Economic Service (IES) officers at Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on deputation.

Justice Prashant Kumar moves to Allahabad High Court

Judge of the Jharkhand High Court Justice Prashant Kumar has been moved to Allahabad High Court.

Justice Ahluwalia moves to Punjab and Haryana High Court

Justice Sudip Ahluwalia Judge of the Calcutta High Court has been transferred to Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Gauhati HC judge goes to Tripura

Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei, Judge of the Gauhati High Court is going as a judge of the Tripura High Court .

Justice Vaish Transferred to Meghalaya

Justice Ved Prakash Vaish, Judge of the Delhi High Court has been transferred as a Judge of the Meghalaya High Court .

Madras HC judge going to Sikkim HC

Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri, Judge of the Madras High Court is going as a Judge of the Sikkim High Court

Justice Sinha is new CJ of Rajasthan HC

Justice Navin Sinha, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court,will be new Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court . He will assume charge of the office of the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on or before 23rd May, 2016.
(We said this on April 25 )


Tripura HC, CJ is new Chhattisgarh CJ

Justice Deepak Gupta, Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court, has been transferred to Bilaspur as the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court . He will assume charge of the office of the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court on or before 23rd May, 2016.
(We said this on April 26 )

6 IPoS officers to retire this year

Six Indian Postal Service officers, including present secretary, postas, are superannuating this year . They are-Sanjeev Thapar, May, D.K.S Chauhan,June,S.K. Sinha, M.S.Ramanujam & A.K.Shori in July and Ashutosh Tripathi in December this year.

Services of IIS officers placed for Transforming India Campaign

Services of 13 IIS officers have been placed at the disposal of DAVP with immediate effect till May 23,2016 for transforming India Campaifn.They are mssrs- Chaitanya Prasad, Nidhi Pandey, Rajendra Bhat, Ajay Joy, Shushrut Sharmma, Vipin Kumar Singh, Virat Mazboor, Arun Kumar P, Anuj Chandak, Himanshu Singh ,Rajesh Kumar,Shalu Debey and Abhishek Kumar.These officers are posted in different media units of Ministry of I & B in Delhi.

Kambo promoted as Additional Secretary Lok Sabha
R S Kambo,Joint Secretary in the Lok Sabha has been promoted to the grade of Additional Secretary in the HAG scale of Rs.67000-79000.

SAIL Director Mohanty retiring in June

The tenure of S S Mohanty as Director (Technical), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is coming to an end in June, 2016. Raman, ED, SAIL, is expected to succeed him in July this year.

Tenure of Rajiv Datt as MD, IRFC ending in June

The tenure of Rajiv Datt as Managing Director, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) is coming to an end in June, 2016. A K Choudhury, ED, RVNL, is expected to succeed him in July.

Scooters India Limited going to be Boardless

Scooters India Limited (SIL) is going to be Boardless after the appointment of Rahul Bali, Director Technical, SIL as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Andrew Yule & Co. Limited (AYCL). The posts of CMD and Director Finance are already lying vacant. The post of Director Technical will also fall vacant if Bali joins other PSU.

A Tiwari promoted as Air Marshal in IAF

A V M A Tiwari has been promoted to the rank of Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Vacancy of DG (Info) arising in ECI

A vacancy of Director General (Information) at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in Election Commission of India in May.

Vacancy of ADG arising in Tourism

A vacancy of Additional Director General at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Ministry of Tourism in May.

Ms T Uma appointed as Regional Deputy Director, WCCB, Chennai

Ms T Uma has been appointed as Regional Deputy Director, WCCB, Chennai. He is a 2009 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

Justice Ratakonda Murali appointed as Judicial Member, NCLT

Justice Ratakonda Murali has been appointed as Judicial Member in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years.

Justice Bethala Shanta Vijay Prakash Kumar appointed as Judicial Member, NCLT

Justice Bethala Shantha Vijay Prakash Kumar has been appointed as Judicial Member in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years.

Alok Kumar empanelled as DIG in GoI

Alok Kumar has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

13 PPS officers awarded IPS

As many as 13 Provincial Police Service (PPS) officers in UP have been awarded IPS. They are- Rampal, Ashok Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Santosh Kumar Singh, Amrendra P Singh, Dr. Akhilesh Nigam, Lallan Singh, Mahendra Yadav, Lallan Rai, Ajay Shankar Rai, Rahul Yadvendra, K. Chandra and Lala Ram.

Srivastava takes over as Special DG, CRPF

S N Srivastava has taken over as
Additional DG CRPF J & K Zone. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Orders of 4 SC Judges today ! (UPDATED)
The President has cleared the appointment of four new Judges of the Supreme Court of India.

Allahabad High Court CJ moves to SC (UPDATED)
Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud. has been elevated to the Supreme Court.
(We said this on May 2, 2016)

Madhya Pradesh HC CJ Justice Khanwilkar is new Judge of SC (UPDATED)
Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar has been appointed Judge of the Supreme Court.
(We said this on May 2, 2016 )

Kerala High Court CJ elevated as Judge of Supreme Court (UPDATED)
Justice Ashok Bhushan, Chief Justice, Kerala High Court has been elevated to the Supreme Court of India.
(We said this on May 2, 2016 )

Lawyer Nageshwar Rao appointed Judge of Supreme Court (UPDATED)

Eminent lawyer L Nageshwar Rao has been appointed Judge in the Supreme Court of India.
(We said this on May 2, 2016 )

Gagandeep Gambhir to be SP CBI (UPDATED)
Ms Gagandeep Gambhir is all set to join the CBI as SP. She is 2004 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Raghavendra Vats to be SP CBI (UPDATED)
Raghavendra Vats is joining the CBI as SP. He is 2005 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

NSIC bags ADFIAP Award -2016 - It's First International Award (UPDATED)

The CMD of NSIC, Mr. Ravindra Nath, received "ADFIAP AWARD-2016" conferred by Association of Developing Financing Institution of Asia & Pacific on NSIC in recognition of its significant contribution for SME development through Raw Material Distribution- Benefit Cost Project for SMEs by providing stable access to inventory of raw materials at most competitive prices. Award was presented in the award ceremony held at Samoa. The Prime Minister of Samoa also addressed the participants during the Ceremony.


DEBATE
Who should be RBI Governor ?

Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether he should be an Economist, a professor, a Banker or a Politician. The term of present RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is coming to an end in September.

Mail you views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com


CORPORATE

Krishnan resigns as CS of Arvind Remedies Ltd
P R Krishnan has resigned as Company Secretary of Arvind Remedies Ltd

Gupta resigns as Non Exec. Director of Orient Green Power Company Ltd

Vishal Gupta has resigned as Non- Executive Director of Orient Green Power Company Ltd

Shankar appointed Chief of Operations (IT ) & Customer Services Officer of Aviva Life

C Shankar has been appointed as Chief of Operations (IT) and Customer Services Officer of Aviva Life Insurance

Bhattacharya resigns as Independent Director of Speciality Restaurants Ltd

Tara Sankar Bhattacharya has resigned as an Independent Director of Speciality Restaurants Limited.

Modi appointed Independent Director of Ramgopal Polytex Ltd

Ramgopal Polytex Ltd has appointed Arun Kumar Modi as Non Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Mutha resigns as Director of Ramgopal Polytex Ltd

Abhay Zankarmal Mutha has resigned as Director of Ramgopal Polytex Ltd.

Two directors cease to be on Board of IAG Company Ltd

Santosh Kumar Biswas and Sambhu Nath Bose have ceased to be directors of IAG Company Ltd.

Ms Matani resigns as Director of Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Ms Meena Matani has resigned as Director of Plethico Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Taneja appointed CBO of Jabong

Rahul Taneja has been appointed as Chief Business Officer of Jabong

Ms Jain appointed Non Exec Director of Inter Globe Finance Ltd

Inter Globe Finance Ltd has appointed Ms Manju Jain as a Non-executive Director of the company

Agrawal appointed COO of Gaana.com

Prashan Agrawal has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Gaana.com


FORUM

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DEBATE (1)

"You follow me and I will give you Economic freedom"


Raghuraman Rajan

Should continue till last.


" As Never Before And Never Again"

Few people born for specific purpose:

1.Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi. For Free India
My father Late K.N.TENANY asked my brother how was your first day in MBA at ORLANDO, USA.
He replied I was taught Gandhi , Martin Luthar king , Abraham Lincoln ,J.F Kennedy.
2. Subhash Chandra Bose.
Tum mujhe khoon do mai tumhe aazadi doonga. And freedom was at door step.
3. Kurian - Amul Chief known for white revolution.
4.Shridharan -Metro Man
5.Sardar vallabh bhai patel.
For administration.
6.Kedar Nath Tenany -For running Paper Industries in profit for 50 years in India and Africa.
7.Ratan Tata. Putting all Tata ventures in profit.
2. Professor - They are good at college, university and Educational sector. They are good at producing talented personalities.
3. Politicians - It is not a political post. Job is to improve the country. When they improve the condition of country and when every citizen have job, education, shelter, clothings, food, bank balance, things smooth and hassle free business.
Then they can takeover every posts they want.
Best example among politicians is Kamal Nath. He has made Chhindwara not less then Heaven in all the respect.
When politicians wants to stay at all the posts, it will be like military rule or like North Korea Kim Jong Un type rule.
Or like Myanmar type country.
Look at Bhopal Sehakari bank.
Even otherwise every thing belongs to the politicians and people of nation have handed over the nation. They are the Pilots of nation.
4. IAS- Never.See the condition of INSURANCE SECTOR IRDAI .Headed by J.Harinarayan (Retd IAS).Totally Messed up and beaten up sector.
CBI enquiry against IRDAI chairman and had to resign, Bajaj Allianz Insurance Scandle in NEEPCO as CMD Gupta had to resign, Bajaj Allianz opened 582 branches overnight, Gwalior court orders for FIR against BAJAJ ALLIANZ. , Transfered Rs.1000 cr in the name of expenses to Team Life care pvt. Ltd for which IRDAI fined token penalty of Rs.3.1 cr.etc.
5. Economist - They are good to provide statistical figures and good at Statistics.
Sir today all the sectors i.e. Industry, trade, railway, infrastructure, airports, real estate, job sector, education sector, insurance sector and bank sector are badly beaten up sectors and are in total mess.
And of course Bank Sector comes under beaten up sector due to unfriendly treatment and bad loans , but ray of hope of its improvement is seen under able ship of Raghuraman Rajan.

Rajesh Tenany

Why common id is not being enforced ?


It is not understood why a simple principle of having one common id for any officer entering the government is not being enforced. Such a number can be the employee id, the PF number and can also be part of the aadhar and income tax PAN no. The government is wasting a lot of money in transfer of PF accounts which causes inconvenience to the employees too. The solution does not require a great innovation or technical mind. The banks already have accounts where a person can deposit from anywhere in the country. The need is only to implement it.

Shashi Kant Sharma

Why is Arvind Kejriwal obsessed with PM's degrees ?


Why Arvind Kejriwal is obsessed with the degrees Prime Minister holds. He is spending so much time and energy on this which he can better spend on governing Delhi. How does it matter if PM has or does not have a BA degree. He is doing a better job than some with degrees from IITs or IIMs. It is frustrating to find that our public dialogue has gone so low and simply because you do not like a person you raise all kinds of irrelevant charges against him.

Aarti Khosla

Lohani to be new CRB shortly

Ashwani Lohani will now become new CRB very shortly. His name was under consideration.

Saranjit Singh Chawla

DATE WITH RTI

Failure to provide the information

The appellant sought information pertaining to travelling status of a PNR number. No reply was given to him. The appellant stated that he could not board the train because of rush When the case came up before CIC, the respondent stated that the appellant had not travelled. The CIC directed to public authority to provide the information to the appellant through nodal CPIO of the Railway Board. The CIC admonished the First Appellate Authority for dereliction of duty and issued show cause notice to the PIOs why penalty should not be imposed on them.

Comment


The RTI Act, 2005 prescribes a time limit for the PIO and the FAA to respond to the applicant. Failure to reply to an applicant within the time limit laid down under the Act may invite the displeasure of the Information Commission.

Citation: Mr. Vipin Kumar Parashar v. North Western Rly in Appeal No. CIC/VS/A/2014/002894

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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