whispers in the corridors
What bureaucrats say about Delhi polls !
In an informal chat Delhi bureaucrats say that in the Delhi elections the BJP will get around 32 to 36 seats while the Aap Party may get 30 to 33 seats and the Congress and Owaisi may get one seat each.
Adani’s son promises Rs 10 lakh yearly for weddings of women with disabilities
Gautam Adani's son Jeet Adani has announced a yearly amount of Rs 10 lakhs for each woman with disabilities. As many as 500 women with disabilities will annually be covered by this initiative. Both Jeet Adani and his fiancée Diva Shah pledged to support the same before their marriage on February 7. Gautam Adani, who is an Indian billionaire businessman, expressed immense pride in the couple’s decision, calling it a noble initiative.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) advertised 979 vacancies for Civil Service Examination (CSE)-2025. Notably, the UPSC had sought applications for the 1,105 vacancies for CSE-2024. The aspirants can apply till February 11, 2025.
Ms Vandna Gupta's name is doing the rounds for the post of CGCA in the Ministry of Communication. She is the senior most IP&TAFS officer. She is a 1990 batch officer. Presently Masish Sinha, Member Finance, is holding the additional charge of CGCA. Ms Gupta is presently posted as Addl CGCA.
ADG rank IPS officer Abhay Chudasama has resigned in Gujarat. He is 1999 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas will select a candidate for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) through Search-cum-Selection Committee (SCSC) after the PESB failed to find a suitable candidate for the same despite interviewing as many as 12 candidates.
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of two Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the Madras High Court. They are: Justice Venkatachari Lakshminarayanan and Justice Periyasamy Vadamalai.
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of three Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the Telangana High Court. They are: Justice Laxmi Narayana Alishetty, Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, and Ms. Justice Sujana Kalasikam.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is seeking Police Officers in active service for appointment on secondment to Capacity Building and Development Coordinator in the United Nations Interim Security Force and Abyei (UNISFA). Applications must be sent on or before February 14, 2025.
Two IPS officers have been nominated for the seventh (English) United Nations Police Women Command Development Course. These officers are Mrs Sheela Sail, SP, Maharashtra (2013 batch, Maharashtra cadre) and Mrs Niharika Bhatt, SP, Andaman and Nicobar (2015 batch, AGMUT cadre).
The MHA called a meeting on security related issues in J&K on Tuesday. As per information, recently terrorist activities have seen an upward trend in the state and LET reportedly also threatened.
Four General Managers (Technical): Harish Sharma, Abdul Basit, M T Attarde and P Sivasankar have been promoted as Chief General Manager (Technical) in the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
Ms Sudiksha Rani has been given proforma promotion to the grade of Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (Addl.CIT). She is a 2012 batch IRS officer.
Jasbir Singh Chouhan has been promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) on in-situ basis. He is a 1991 batch IRS-IT officer.
Dr Roopa I P has been appointed as Additional CIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Tamilnadu & Puducherry Region, Chennai on return from deputation.
Jitender Singh has been appointed as CIT(OSD) in the Office of Principal CCIT, Delhi on return from deputation. He is an IRS-IT officer.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF & CC) has advertised for the post of Associate (Legal) for Bhopal on contract basis. Applications can be emailed at rowz.bpl-mef@nic.in.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF & CC) is seeking candidates for various posts including Principal Private Secretary (PPS) and more for Ranchi, Jharkhand. Details can be availed from the Ministry’s website.
National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) has invited applications from Central Government employees for the post of Consultant (Lead Architect). Applications must reach on or before February 24, 2025.
The Ministry of Railway Board has advertised for Doctor and Paramedics (Gazetted officer) for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
Last date for submission of applications for the posts of Director (Policy and Statistics) and more in the Airports Economics Regulatory Authority of India (AERA)has been extended. The revised date is February 17, 2024.
Consequent upon repatriation, Sidh Kumar has been posted at Digital Bharat Nidhi(DBN). He is an ITS officer.
The DoT has given regular promotion to three HAG+ ITS officers. Accordingly, Sanjeev Tyagi has been posted as Advisor on a regular basis. Promotion of Sunita Chandra and Ramesh Kumar GOyal has been relularized in HAG+.
A dozen IAS officers have been assigned new responsibilities in Haryana. Sudhir Rajpal, ACS, Health & Family Welfare, Medical Education and AYUSH, will also handle charge of ACS, Women & Child Development, while Amneet P Kumar will take over as Commissioner and Secretary, Fisheries and Commissioner and Secretary, Archives. Similarly, Ashima Brar will be posted as Commissioner and Secretary, Cooperation Department and MD, Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd.; Phool Chand Meena as Commissioner, Rohtak Division; Shekhar Vidyarthi, DG and Secretary, Archives gets additional charge of DG, Fire Services; Dusmanta Kumar Behera, DG and Secretary, Archives will also hold charge of Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Transport; Anshaj Singh takes over as DG, Swarna Jayanti Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management and Commissioner, Ambala Division; Vinay Pratap Singh gets an additional responsibility of Excise and Taxation Commissioner and Special Secretary, Excise and Taxation; Dr Shaleen was assigned additional charge of MD, Haryana State Warehousing Corporation; Saloni Sharma has been shifted as Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Citizen Resources Information Officer, Bhiwani and District Municipal Commissioner, Bhiwani; Harshit Kumar as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Sonipat and District Municipal Commissioner, Sonipat and Rahul Modi is now District Municipal Commissioner, Rewari.
As many as eight IAS officers have been assigned additional charges in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Kuldeep Ranka has been assigned an additional charge of ACS, Commissioner for Child Rights, Jaipur, while Mrs Sreya Guha was given the charge of State Mission Director, Livelihood Projects & Self Help Groups, Jaipur and Dr Arushi Ajey Malik is also Managing Director, RAJSICO, Jaipur. Similarly, Mrs Shivangi Swarnkar was given an additional charge of Commissioner, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, Jaipur; Suresh Kumar Ola gets charge of Joint Secretary, Finance Exp-II Department; Bachanesh Kumar Agrawal gets charge of Commissioner & Special Secretary, Disabilities, Jaipur; Saheen Ali Khan gets charge of ACS, State Health Assurance Agency, Rajasthan and Dr T Shubhamangala was given an additional charge of Medical IEC, Jaipur.
As many as 11 IPS officers have been given new assignments in Haryana. Accordingly, Pankaj Nain has been appointed as Special Officer Community Policing and Outreach in Chief Minister office with additional charge of IGP, Security, while Simardeep Singh was made IGP, STF with additional charge of Prisons and Ms Naazneen Bhasin is CP, Sonipet with additional charge of IG,RTC Bhondsi. Similarly, Kuldeep Singh has been appointed as IG, Karnal Range; Shiv Charan as IG, PTC Sunaria Rohtak; Rajehs Mohan as Additional SP, Nuh; Ms Srishti Gupta as Additional SP, Yamunanagar; Shubham Singh as Additional SP, Palwal; Prateek Gahlot as Additional SP, Hisar; Manpreet Singh Sudan as Additional SP, Kurushetra and Ms Sonakshi Singh was made SP, Jind.
Former IAS officer Rajesh Sharma has been appointed as Chairman, Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The post of Kumar Saurabh Raj has been upgraded as Director in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Punab cadre.
The post of Himanshu Roy has been upgraded as Director in the Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is a 2011 batch IRS-IT officer.
The post of Neeraj Kulhari as Deputy Jute Commissioner has been upgraded to Director level. He is a 2011 batch ICAS officer.
Ms Shashi Kajle has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs. She is a 2007 batch IRS-IT officer.
Ms S Divyadarshini has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs. She is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Raghavendra Pal Singh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. He is a 2008 batch IRS-C&IT officer.
IAS officers have been given additional responsibilities in Rajasthan. Kuldeep Ranka gets additional charge of ACS and Commissioner, Child Rights and Chairman, Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, while Mrs Sreya Guha will also hold charge of State Mission Director, Livelihood Projects & SHGs Jaipur. Similarly, Dr Arushi Ajey Malik will also hold charge of MD, RAJSICO, Jaipur; Mrs Shivangi Swarnkar of Commissioner, Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DVIC) and Commissioner, Investment & NRIs, Bureau of Investment Promotion, Jaipur; Suresh Kumar Ola of JS, Finance (Exp-II) and Shaheen Ali Khan was assigned an additional charge of Additional CEO, State Health Assurance Agency.
Four IAS officers of 1995 batch have been promoted to Above Supertime Pay-scale in Rajasthan. They are: Ashwani Bhagat, Rajeev Singh Thakur (pro forma promotion), Ashwani Bhagat and Kunji Lal Meena.
Dr Sudeepta Ghosh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 2010 batch ISS officer.
Guriqbal Singh has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 2012 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.
The post of Satish T J as Secretary-cum-Controller of Examination has been upgraded to Director level. He is a 2010 batch IDAS officer.
The Union Cabinet is scheduled to meet on Friday evening in New Delhi.
Pravin D Chaudhari has been appointed as Managing Director of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited.
Dr T Natarajan, IAS, has been appointed as Managing Director of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited.
Mrs. Shalini D Piramal has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Kemp & Company Limited.
Maneck Davar has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Kemp & Company Limited.
Radheshyam Laxamanrao Mopalwar has been appointed as Managing Director of Hazoor Multi Projects Limited.
Robert Jonathan Moses has been appointed as Independent Director of Hazoor Multi Projects Limited.
Tunviey Radheshyam Mopalwar has been appointed as Executive Director of Hazoor Multi Projects Limited.
VS Hariharan has been appointed as Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Redington Limited.
Kumar S. Taurani has been re-appointed as Executive Director, designated as Chairman of Tips Films Limited effective May 2, 2025.
Ramesh S Taurani has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Tips Films Limited, effective May 2, 2025.
Ms. Jaya Taurani has been re-appointed as Executive Director of Tips Films Limited, effective May 2, 2025.
Suvamoy Saha has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Eveready Industries India Limited, effective March 8, 2025
Ashok Kumar Barat has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Eveready Industries India Limited, effective February 5, 2025.
Ashok Chinubhai Shah has been appointed as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Lesha Industries Limited.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Chaudhary has been appointed as Additional Director, designated as Non-Executive Independent Director, of HG Infra Engineering Limited.
Mrs. Richa Manoj Goyal has been appointed as Additional Woman Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Skipper Limited.
Sharan Bansal has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Skipper Limited, effective July 1, 2025.
Devesh Bansal has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Skipper Limited, effective April 1, 2025.
Siddharth Bansal has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of Skipper Limited for five years, effective April 1, 2025.
Jimmy Mahtani has been appointed as Additional Director of Sagility India Limited.
Corporate making wealth at cost of workers life
90 hour a week is simple drudgery to increase corporate profit without commensurate benefits to employees. It is just to fatten owners’ wealth at the cost of workers' lives. These corporate companies are taking heavy subsidies enjoying huge corporate tax concessions without increased capital investment which the Government was promised. Top management and lowest employee remuneration ratio is abysmally skewed in favour of top corporate honchos.
Rajesh Gohel
Selling parts of the seized vehicles
The RTI applicant alleged that the registered scrap dealer in association with the ASI of the Transport Department, Delhi, instead of sending the vehicle to the registered scrapping yard, opens it at another location and sells its parts. He stated that this information can be verified through the CCTV footage of the registered pang yard. After the vehicle is picked up by the Transport Department's team, it is checked whether the vehicle has gone to the registered pang yard at the given address or been sent elsewhere. After a few days, the owner receives messages regarding the registration and related payment on the provided phone number. The applicant sought certain information relating to the same. The CIC held that the instant RTI application has not been adequately answered and directed the PIO to revisit the contents of RTI application and provide revised information. The CIC issued an advisory under Section 25(5) of the RTI Act to the Transport Department, GNCTD, for (i) amending the concerned Rules to incorporate the provisions for inspection of seized end-of-life vehicles to its owner; and (ii) upfront disclosure of information regarding Rules, Bye laws, SoP, Guidelines, Office Orders governing RVSFs (Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities) under Section 4 of the RTI Act in public domain, to make it easy for a layperson particularly vehicle owners to get relevant information through website.
Comments
The Transport Department has ordered the registered dealer to retain the engine number and chassis number by cutting and preserving them. The guidelines for releasing end of life vehicle (ELV) seized as part of enforcement drive should be put in public domain. If section 4 of the RTI Act is implemented fully, it would relieve the Public Authority of the burden of RTI Applications.
Citation :V Singh v. Transport Department, Delhi, CIC/TDDEL/A/2023/649458; Date of Decision: 16.01.2025
Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Vishakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books PIO’s Guide to RTI and Right to Information – Law and Practice. Her weekly article is being published since 2008 on this site. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and third party audit to individuals / organisations. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation at the link https://www.rtifoundationofindia.com