It is widely believed that a few heads of the Army, Intelligence agencies, paramilitary forces and J&K police are going to roll in the Pehelgam incident in Kashmir. One can wait and watch.

Dr A Jayathilak (IAS: 1991: KL) as the next Chief Secretary of Kerala who will replace Sarada Muraleedharan (IAS: 1990: KL). Dr Jayathilak is expected to serve in the role until his retirement in June 2026. Sarada Muraleedharan

After the appointment of new secretaries, the MP cadre will have a lion share. As per information, there will be 10 IAS officers in the Center as Secretary. They are Pankaj Agrawal-Power; Deepti Gaur Mukherjee-Corporate Affairs; V L Kantha Rao-Mines; Neelam Sahmi Rao-Textiles; Alka Upadhyay-Animal Husbandry; Manoj Govil-Cabinet Secretariat; Aashish Srivastav-Inter-state Council; Vivek Agrawal-Culture; Pallavi Jain Govil-Youth Affairs; and Hari Ranjan Rao-Sports.

Pankaj Agrawal	Deepti Gaur M	V L Kantha Rao	Neelam Sahmi Rao	Alka Upadhyay

Manoj Govil	Aashish Srivastav	Vivek Agrawal	Pallavi Jain Govil	Hari Ranjan Rao

Hyderabad is hosting a global symposium on Justice on April 25 & 26. LoP Rahul Gandhi will deliver his keynote address. Now the mystery starts from this point. It is said that several foreign delegates and more than 50 heads of states are likely to participate.  But there is no official confirmation about them either from the govt or by the organiser- Samriddh Bharat.

Rajit Punhani will be taking over the charge as Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on July 1, 2025. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

The Government of India has started searching for a candidate for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) falling vacant with the expiring term of incumbent Pradeep Gaur in August this year.

Neeraj Kumar Gupta (Ex-IAS) joins NSE International Exchange as Chairman and Public Interest Director, effective on April 19, 2025. The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has approved his appointment as Chairman & Public Interest Director (PID) on the Governing Board of NSE IX with effect from April 1, 2025. Gupta is an accomplished and highly experienced retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS)officer (1982 batch, UP Cadre). He retired as Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of Investment & Public Asset Management, Government of India) in 2018 and was re-appointed by the President of India as Central Information Commissioner of India; completed his tenure in 2023.

Nikunja Bihari Dhal will be taking over the charge as Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs on July 1, 2025. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Charges have been allocated to officers in the grade of Special Director in the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Manu Tentiwal has been allocated charge of SDE (HQ), while Viplav Kumar Choudhary will handle charge of SDE (CR) and T Sankar gets responsibility of SDE (HIU). Besides, N Padmanabhan was assigned charge of SDE (NR) and Rajnish Dev Burman will hold charge of SDE (Adjudication).

Shrikant Namdeo, Director in the Department of Financial Services, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre on personal grounds. He is a 2004 batch IRS-IT officer.

Justice Subhendu Sarnanta, Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court, has been appointed as Judge of that High Court.

Sunil Date, Director (Operations), Gliders India Limited (GIL), has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Troop Comforts Limited (TCL).

Ashish Goyal, Additional DG, National Museum has been appointed as Director General (Media) at Joint Secretary level, Election Commission of India. He is a 1996 batch IIS officer.

A vacancy of Chairman & Managing Director, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is arising on September 1, 2025. The tenure of Pradeep Gaur as CMD, RVNL is coming to an end on August 31, 2025.

Sukhvinder Kaur Ganesh has been named in the zone of consideration for promotion to Deputy Managing Director in Top Executive Grade Special Scale II. Interviews are likely to be held in May.

In a major reshuffle, 15 IPS officers have been given new responsibilities in UP. Prabal Pratap Singh has been appointed as SP Mahoba, while BBGTS Murthi was made SSP, Jhansi and Arvind Mishra takes over as SP, Kanpur Dehat. Similarly, Ankur Agarwal was posted as SP, Sitapur; Mrs Sudha Singh as DIG, Railway, Lucknow; Palash Bansal as SP, Banda; Abhishek Yadav as SP, Pilibhit; Mrs Aarti Singh as SP, Fatehgarh; Mrs Puja Yadav as Commandant, 45th Battalion, PAC Aligarh; Chakresh Mishra as SP, ANTF Headquarters Lucknow; Amit Kumar II as Commandant, 24th Battalion, PAC Moradabad; Alok Priyadarshi as Additional Police Commissioner, Law and Order Ghaziabad Commissionerate; Prashant Verma as SP Railway Prayagraj, Avinash Pandey as Commandant, 1st Battalion, SSF Lucknow and Rohit Mishra has been made SP Railway, Lucknow.

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has advertised for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) on deputation basis. Details can be availed from www.indianrailways.gov.in.

 

Ministry of Education has invited applications for scholarships offered by Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes (CMEPIUS). Applications must reach on or before June 30, 2025.

 

Ministry of Minority Affairs has invited applications for one Consultant (Video Editor) in Research and Media Division. Details can be availed from the website https://minorityaffairs.gov.in.


 

Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) has advertised for the post of General Managing (GM) for Corporate office, New Delhi on deputation basis. Details can be availed from www.rvnl.org.

Ministry of Education has invited applications for DUO-CIMEA-Italy Fellowship Programme 2025-26. The programme is managed by CIMEA, Italy and aims to exchange Professors, Researchers and PhD Students between Italian institutions and entities affiliated to CIMEA and Institutions in 20 Asian ASEM countries. Last date to file applications is October 31, 2026.


 

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has invited applications for the post of Administrative-cum-Accounts Officer (AAO), Mumbai for Office of the Commissioner, Seamen’s Provident Fund Organisation. Details can be availed from the Ministry’s website.

Anubhav Agarwal, who is presently serving in Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), has been transferred to North Eastern Railway (NER), and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Sanjay Dutt Meena, who is presently serving in East Coast Railway (ECoR), has been transferred to Northern Railway (NR), on his own request and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Sushil Kumar, who is presently serving in East Central Railway (ECR), has been transferred to Southern Railway (SR) and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Ravindran Govindan has been appointed as Managing Director of Fischer Medical Ventures Limited with effect from January 31, 2025.

Karan Bhagat has been re-appointed as Managing Director of 360 ONE WAM Limited.

 

Chirag has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Unishire Urban Infra Limited.

Vaibhav Dixit has been appointed as Whole Time Director and Chief Executive Officer of Orient Cement Limited.

Vinod Bahety has been appointed as Chairman and Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

 

Rakesh Tiwary has been appointed as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Sudhir Nanavati has been appointed as Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Ms. Shruti Shah has been appointed as Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Ravi Kapoor has been appointed as Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Dr. Rebecca Nugent has been re-appointed as Independent Director on the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited.

Ms. Janki Vaibhavkumar Shah has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Caspian Corporate Services Limited.

Kunal Salawat has been appointed as Additional Whole-Time Director (Executive) of Blue Blends (India) Limited.

Mrs. Neetu Jalan has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Frontline Corporation Limited.

Ms. Veni Thapar has been appointed as Part-time Non-official (Independent) Director on the Board of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.

Prof. (Dr.) K. Jayaprasad has been appointed as Non-Official Director on the Board of Shipping Corporation of India Land and Assets Limited.

Chandrakant Birla has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Non-Independent Director and Chairman of Orient Cement Limited.

Amita Birla has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Desh Deepak Khetrapal has resigned from the position of Executive Director, Managing Director & CEO of Orient Cement Limited.

Swapan Dasgupta has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Yasodhara Rama Krishna Rao Ippagunta has resigned as Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Mrs. Varsha Vasant Purandare has resigned as Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Kartick Maheshwari has resigned as Independent Director of Orient Cement Limited.

Time to give final blow to Pakistan!

Pahalgam saw the targeted killing of segregated Hindu tourists by “The Resistance Front”, a proxy of the ISI-supported LeT. They were hand-picked for killing on the basis of their religion. Worst since Pulwama attack.

Both President Trump and President Putin have condemned the dastardly terror attack. Timing shows it was well-planned to synchronise with US Vice-President's private visit to India.

 The J&K police and the local intelligence unit clearly failed to provide the security cover to domestic tourists in the face of increasing security threat perception. The UT administration of J&K  would have much to explain.

 What could be Pakistan’s motive to launch the terror attack. Logically, to halt the development process in J&K which is not taking place in POK.

For obvious reasons, the local population of J&K will suffer heavy losses in their business if the tourist inflow is adversely impacted. Normalcy in the union territory is paramount for running business.

 Enough is enough. Surgical strike is no option. All things considered, India must retaliate with a solid military response, full and final and take back POK with Gilgit-Baltistan. It is now or never. The centre would, no doubt, take all  precautionary measures to ensure that similar attacks are not repeated in J&K and elsewhere in the country.

 A K Saxena (Former civil servant)

Justification for a change in the answer key

For the post of AHO Gr B under the Medical Dept of East Coast Railway Bhubaneswar, certain examination was done. The appellant submitted the representation towards Question No. 97, as the first answer key published the right answer was given option C and the revised answer key mentioned the right answer as option A. The appellant requested to provide a copy proof which justifies the answer A is correct and what is the existing practice in East Coast Railway for stores and works matters. The CIC observed that the reply provided by the Respondent is not satisfactory as the Respondent has not provided the documentary proof to the Appellant. The CIC directed the PIO-cum-Additional Chief Medical Director to provide documentary proof to the Appellant within two weeks.

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The PIO is sometimes faced with a dilemma whether providing a “justification” amounts to creating an information and whether the same is covered under the definition of “information” as per section 2(f) of the RTI Act, 2005. This case law should be read along with Section 4(1)(d) of the RTI Act which reads, ‘provide reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.’

Citation: Kumar Swet Kamal v. Office of the Principal Chief Medical Director, Rail Sadan, Bhubaneswar, CIC/ECRBH/A/2023/652155; Date of Decision: 06.03.2025

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