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The Chief reason for the outward showing of strength by China during these years was the presence at the head of affairs of a strong ruler.


More RSS men to be inducted in BJP?
There are reports that more RSS men are being drafted for party work in the BJP. Details are reportedly being worked out.

ST list to be modified?

Two Bills will be introduced in the Parliament for certain amendments in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 so as to modify the list of Scheduled Tribes in respect of five States, namely, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and identification of new communities in the Union Territory of Puducherry.


BUREAUCRACY


Vice Admiral K B Singh is new Vice Chief of Indian Navy

Vice Admiral K B Singh will be new Vice Chief of the Indian Navy. Orders are being issued.

HC Judges' strength increased

Judges' sanctioned strength of the High Courts has been increased from 906 on June 1, 2014 to 1065 as on April 27, 2016. In the case of District/Subordinate Courts, the sanctioned strength has been increased from 17,715 at the end of 2012 to 20,502 in December, 2015. Appointment of Judges in higher judiciary has been undertaken. 86 additional Judges were made permanent, 51 new judges were appointed and appointment of another 170 is being processed .

IPS officer to move Mauritius

Ms Ruchika Rishi is moving to Mauritius in IORA Secretariat Port Luis, Mauritius. She is 2004 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Tarun Sridhar to get ACS rank in Himachal Pradesh
Tarun Sridhar is being promoted to the rank of ACS in Himachal Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Ashok Kumar Gautam appointed as Adviser, Agriculture

Ashok Kumar Gautam has been appointed as Economic Adviser, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare. He is a 1984 batch IES Officer.

A K Srivastava yet to get orders Director (Tech), SPMCIL

A K Srivastava, GM, SPMCIL, who was selected for the post of Director (Tech), Security Printing and Minting Corporation (I) Limited (SPMCIL) is awaited for his appointment orders as vacancy of this post is arising on June 1, 2016.

Amulya joins Bangaluru

Amulya KG has been posted at MEG&C, Bangaluru as PAO. He is also an IDAS officer of 2011 batch.

Ms Nirmalamati Maisnam appointed as Dy AG in PAG office, Imphal

Ms Nirmalamati Maisnam (IA&AS-2008), on return from leave, has been posted as Deputy Accountant General (SS/GS/LB) in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Manipur, Imphal.

Applications for Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency invited

The Ministry of Power has sought applications for the post of Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Efficiency on deputation basis. The willing officers from the Central or State Government holding the post above Deputy Secretary level can apply for this post at the earliest.

P K Purwar yet to get orders Director (Fin), RINL

P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL, who was selected for the post of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), is awaited for his appointment orders as vacancy of this post is arising on June 1, 2016.

G Baganwansarathy appointed as CPIO in ASI office, Chennai

G Baganwansarathy has been appointed as CPIO in respect of RTI matters pertaining to SA, ASI, Chennai Circle, Chennai.

Arun Malik appointed as CPIO in ASI office, Vadodara

Arun Malik has been appointed as CPIO in respect of RTI matters pertaining to SA, ASI, Vadodara Circle, Vadodara.

Mohan Singh Bangyal empanelled as DIG in GoI

Mohan Singh Bangyal has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of UK cadre.

Mrs Smriti Sharan is also CVO, MMTC Ltd

Mrs Smriti Sharan, CVO, Project Equipment Corporation Limited, has been assigned an additional charge of CVO, MMTC Limited. She is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Alok Chaturvedi , DDG, UIDAI, gets premature repatriation

Alok Chaturvedi, DDG, UIDAI, Delhi, under the Department of Electronics & Information Technology, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1985 batch IDAS officer.

10 IAS Probationers get postings in WB

As many as 10 IAS Probationers of 2015 have been appointed as Assistant Collector after completion of their phase-1 training at LBSNAA, Mussoorie Akanksha Bhaskar in West Bengal. Accordingly, Ms Akanksha Bhaskar has been appointed to Burdwan; Ms Dhivya Loganathan to Purba Medinpur; Ms Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru to Jalpaiguri; Manish Mishral to Hooghly; Raju Mishra to Birbhum; Shevale Abhijit Tukaram to Paschim Medinipur; Smrutiranaj Mohanty to Bankura; Shrikant Palli to Murshidabad and Tushar Singla was posted to Cooch Behar.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, Defence arising in June

A vacancy of Joint Secretary, in the Ministry of Defence is arising in June.

Vacancy of ADGFT, Commerce arising in June

A vacancy of ADGFT in the Department of Commerce is arising in June.

M Kalimuthu appointed as Appellate Authority in ASI office, Vadodara

M Kalimuthu has been appointed as Appellate Authority in respect of RTI matters pertaining to SA, ASI, Vadodara Circle, Vadodara.

Two SP level officers shifted in MP

Prembabu Sharma has been shifted from SP, Harda to PHQ, Bhopal as Assistant IG while Aditya Pratap Singh, Commandant 13th Bt, SAF, Gwalior was posted as SP, Harda in Madhya Pradesh.

Governor rejects name of Lokayukta

Karnataka Governor is reported to have rejected the name of Justice S.R. Nayak to the post of Lokayukta.

Vice Admiral Luthra gets new assignment

Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Girish Luthra, has been appointed Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command.

Telengana Chief Secretary gets three months extension (UPDATED)
Telengana Chief Secretary Dr Rajiv Sharma has been given three months extension in service beginning June 1.1982 batch IAS officer Dr Sharma was scheduled to retire on May 31.
(We said this on April 19,2016 )


CORPORATE


Asher ceases to be Chairman of IVP Ltd
Rajesh H Asher has ceased to be Chairman of IVP Limited.

Pandit appointed Chairman of IVP Limited

Vishal Pandit has been appointed as the Chairman of IVP Limited.

Kaul may be appointed MD of Ingersoll Rand (India) Ltd?

Ingersoll Rand (India) Limited may choose to appoint Amar Kaul as Managing Director of the company

Kumar re-appointed MD of Goldstone Infratech Ltd
Goldstone Infratech Limited has re-appointed L P Sashi Kumar as the Managing Director of the company

Chand appointed Addl. Independent Director of K S Oils Limited

K S Oils Limited has appointed Prakash Chand as Additional Independent Director of the company.

Nolkha designated as Group CFO of Kanoria Chemicals

Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited has designated N K Nolkha who is Chief Financial Officer of the company as Group Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Dhanawade appointed Addl. Director of Zenith Birla (India) Limited

Zenith Birla (India) Limited has appointed Pritam Parshuram Dhanawade as an Additional Director of the company.


FORUM

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Deteriorating law and order situation in some states?
Why is there a hullabaloo over the deteriorating Law and Order situation in some states? The reason is that in India, arms are licensed. No one can bear arms unless licensed to do so by the authority of the State. A corollary of this is the State's bounden duty to protect the thus disarmed public against armed onslaught (even all onslaught, but let us confine ourselves to armed onslaught, which is by far more dangerous and difficult to defend against). It is in this context, that the State's inability to maintain law and order and prevent kidnappings, murder, extortion at gunpoint is so egregious. And if conditions are such that there is a nexus between criminals and the administration or its components, it is even worse. For, if the State has robbed the citizenry, by law, of the right to bear arms, it is its bounden duty to protect those unarmed citizens. And in case, it is not happening thus, the conditions call for intervention by law. This intervention is lacking today, in India. It is my humble opinion, that in the context stated above, the Central Government has a bounden duty to intervene in the administration of the state Governments and state Governments cannot hide under the fig leaf of having been democratically elected.
Vijay Kumar

Mallya's case - a diversionary tactic

I do agree that Mallya's case is a diversionary tactic. There are bigger Mallyas in the system who may be owning more than 10000 crores to the PSU banks. Why is Jaitley not allowing their names to be published ? Atleast Mallya lost more than 4000 crores of his inherited money.Why is Jaitley taken the tax route for those massed black money avroad?It is time Modi unloads Jaitley from the cabinet.
N K Nair

'Bonding, bonds and bonded Labour'

The narcissistic Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is considered sacrosanct and above the Congress party. Extracting " allegiance affidavits" from party's foot soldiers in west Bengal supporting leadership of the supremo , confirms absence of inner-party democracy , developing climate of mistrust and distrust , waning popularity and hatred for leadership. All national spokespersons and party leaders have justified the "stage-managed show of sychophancy". Not a sign of mature leadership. Unprecedented. Surely, a weak Opposition is not good for a healthy democracy.
Bafadaari ki kasam se party nahi chalti.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

DATE WITH RTI

Claim for maintenance

Appellant, a deserted wife, claimed inadequacy of maintenance from her husband. She sought the latest salary slip of Shri Naresh Kumar Chopra, his residential address, copy of service book, latest GPF statement, details of assets owned by him. She also sought name of nominee appointed by her husband in GPF & Family Pension, group insurance schemes, CGHS, death & retirement gratuity etc. The PIO denied information under section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act as it was personal information.
The CIC observed that certain documents like annual returns of assets, investments, IT returns etc were earlier declared as private/ personal or third party information, as far as spouses are concerned they are not private or personal or third party information between them, in the context of marital disputes especially for maintenance purposes. The CIC ruled that the appellant is entitled to have access to the salary related information but has no right to her husband’s private information like deductions from salary

Comments

Right to Information Act entitles an appellant to get even the personal information if there is overwhelming public interest. In case the husband does not maintain his wife, a question arises whether denial of such information challenges her right to live. If so, the information related to maintenance becomes life related information.

Citation: Sunita Chopra v. Dte of Education (North), GNCTD in Case No. CIC/SA/A/2015/001934

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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