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Corporate world thinks Modi will again be PM!
Country’s Corporate World is said to be of the opinion that PM Narendra Modi will again come to power in 2024.
Why is the PM aggressively attacking Congress?
In the 2024 Lok Sabha campaign , PM Narendra Modi aggressively attacked and exposed the Congress party at every rally. Other party leaders are also following Modi and leaving no stone unturned to corner the Congress party. According to experts, perhaps this is being done as a planned poll strategy.
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- Law & Order situation in WB under scanner of Supreme Court?
- Ashish Bansal is also CMD, IRCON
- Telangana HC gets two Judges
- Sunil Kumar Yadav appointed as Director, Housing
- Anurag Chandra appointed as Deputy Secretary, Chemicals
- Sarvadanand Barnwal appointed as Director, Land Resources
- Post of Vikas Singh upgraded to Director level
- Jitender Ahlawat returns to parent cadre
- R Veerabahu selected as Director (Fin), Braithwaite
- Shankar Prasad Tiwari is ADRM, Moradabad
- Rajeev Agrawal appointed as ADRM, Izzatnagar
- Sharavan Singh Purohit is GM (Elec) RVNL
- 20 candidates qualify for JE (Elec) in ESIC
- Post of Director (C&HRD), WAPCOS advertised
- UIDAI to appoint Deputy Director on deputation at Hyderabad
- Last date to file Form 10A/10AB is June 30
- CGM-Civil post advertised for IRCON International Limited
- IRFC invites applications for CMD, New Delhi post
- IHRC adopts new logo & motto
- Interviews for vacant positions in officer of CLC (Central) soon
- 10 IPS officers in Gujarat get new postings
- Three IAS officers get new assignments in Maharashtra
- Abirami SP appointed as Assistant CGA, Office of CGA
- Revathy D appointed as Deputy CGA, Office of CGA
- RS Sajwan appointed DGM (HR), RLDA
- SS Purohit appointed GM (Elec.), RVNL
- CSS Subrahmanyam appointed Professor (Signal-II), IRISET
- KK Maheshwari re-appointed MD, CIL Securities Ltd
- Navin Agarwal appointed MD, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd
- Dhruvin Shah appointed MD, Madhuveer Com 18 Network Ltd
- SS Shah appointed Addl. Director, Madhuveer Com 18 Network Ltd
- SC Kondapally re-appointed MD, Medinova Diagnostic Services Ltd
- OP Jagetiya appointed NE Director, CIL Securities Ltd
- Santosh Rathi appointed NE Director, CIL Securities Ltd
- GK Thirukonda appointed Whole-Time Director, Atul Ltd
- Praveen Kadle appointed NE Director, Atul Ltd
- Navin Puri re-appointed Ind. Director, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd
- DJ Kalyaniwala appointed NE Director, LKP Finance Ltd
- Mrs Alla re-appointed ED, Alphageo (India) Ltd
- A Mukhopadhyay re-appointed Ind. Director, Quick Heal Technologies Ltd
- Sohan Chaturvedi appointed Whole-Time Director, Genpharmasec Ltd
Whisper has it that during the recent interview for selection of tribunal members, one of the senior judges of the Supreme Court asked the candidate from West Bengal to comment on the present law & order situation. Is there a congenial atmosphere for growth of industry in Bengal? When the candidate was stuck to take a stand, he slowly disagreed. The justice remarked, in the present situation, 'Only You Can Survive’!
Ashish Bansal, Principal Executive Director (Traffic, M&MC), Railway Board, has been entrusted with additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), IRCON International Limited with effect from April 29, 2024. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.
Two Additional Judges have been appointed as Judges of Telangana High Court. They are: Justice Jaggannagari Sreenivas Rao and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao.
Sunil Kumar Yadav has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs. He is a 2010 batch IRS-IT officer.
Anurag Chandra has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals. He is a 2014 batch IRS-IT officer.
Sarvadanand Barnwal has been appointed as Director in the Department of Land Resources. He is a 2010 batch ISS officer.
The post of Vikas Singh as Commissioner (Land Management), Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has been upgraded to Director level. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.
Jitender Ahlawat, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 2010 batch IFoS officer of Haryana cadre.
R Veerabahu, GM, (Internal Audit), Corporate office, New Delhi, BHEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Braithwaite & Co. Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.
Shankar Prasad Tiwari has been posted as Additional Divisional Railway Manager / Moradabad (ADRM/ MB). He is an IRSME officer.
Rajeev Agrawal has been transferred as Additional Divisional Railway Manager / Izzatnagar Division (ADRM/IZN). He is an IRSE officer.
Shravan Singh Purohit has been sent on deputation to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) as General Manager (Electrical) at Vadodara. He is a 2003 batch IRSEE officer.
20 candidates have been shortlisted for the posts of Junior Engineer (Electrical) in Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Ministry of Labour & Employment. The candidates include, Akash Raj, Shubham Singh Rawat, Kappa Shanmukha Rao, Kaushal Kishor Singh, Deepak Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Aayush Kumar Pandey, Neeraj Parijat Gupta, Shivani Kushwaha, Appalabattula Sunil Kumar, Anuj Yadav, Aditya Yadav, Manish Kumar, Esikela Sreekanth, Abhishek Kumar, Rajneesh Kumar Singh, Vivek Kumar, Satpal Meena, Govind Jha and Rajat Anant.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications till May 5 for the post of Director (Commercial & HRD), WAPCOS Limited.
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has invited applications by May 27 from the officers for filling up one post of Deputy Director at UIDAI Regional Office, Hyderabad, on deputation basis for a period of 5 years, on foreign service terms.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the due date for filing Form 10A/ Form 10AB under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the ‘Act’). The extended date is June 30, 2024.
The Ministry of Railways has invited applications from SAG/ NFSAG – CGM level officers for the posts of Chief General Manager (Civil) of IRCON International Limited. The vacancies are for Corporate Office, Delhi and J&K Project, Banihal locations. The applications must reach on or before May 18, 2024.
The Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director for New Delhi location. The applications must reach on or before May 22, 2024.
The Indian Historical Records Commission (IHRC) has adopted a new logo and motto. The logo signifies the theme and uniqueness of IHRC entirely. The pages in the shape of lotus petals represent IHRC as the resilient nodal institution for maintaining historical records. The Sarnath pillar in the middle represents India's glorious past. Brown as the colour theme reinforces the organisation's mission of preserving, studying and honouring India's historical records. The motto translates as "Where history is preserved for the future." The motto holds great significance for the IHRC and its work.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has shortlisted 163 candidates for interview of Labour Enforcement officer (Central) posts in Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Ministry of Labour & Employment. The interview dates will be announced shortly.
As many as 10 IPS officers have been reshuffled in Gujarat and given new postings. Accordingly, Mrs. Gagandeep Gambhir has been appointed as IG Administration, while Raghvendra Vatsa takes over as Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Surat City, and Sharad Singhal was made Joint CP (Crime) Ahmedabad City. Similarly, Neeraj Kumar Badgujar will be posted as Additional Commissioner Sector-1 Ahmedabad City; Chaitanya Ravindra Mandlik as SP (CID Crime); Manish Singh as SP MT Gandhinagar; Mrs Usha B Radha as Commandant SRPF Group-6 Mudeti; Ajit Ranjan as DCP (Crime) Ahmedabad City; Dr Lavina Sinha as DCP (Cyber Crime) and Himanshu Kumar Verma has been shifted as DCP Zone-1 Ahmedabad.
Three IAS officers have been given new assignments in Maharashtra. Mrs Idzes Angmo Kundan has been posted as Principal Secretary, School Education and Sports Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai, while Ranjit Singh Deol was appointed as PS, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, Mantralaya and Anshu Sinha will take over as PS and Special Enquiry Officer, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai.
Ms Abirami SP has been appointed as Assistant Controller General of Accounts, Office of CGA, New Delhi. She is a 2019 batch ICAS officer.
Ms Revathy D has been appointed as Deputy Controller General of Accounts, Office of CGA, New Delhi. She is a 2012 batch ICAS officer.
RS Sajwan, DD (Budget), Railway Board, has been selected for deputation to Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) as Deputy General Manager (DGM), Human Resources (HR), at Delhi for a period of three years. He is a Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS) officer.
Shrawan Singh Purohit, Chief Electrical Loco Engineer (CELE), Jabalpur, West Central Railway (WCR), has been selected for deputation to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) as General Manager (Electrical) at Vadodara for a period of five years. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.
CSS Subrahmanyam, who is returning from deputation to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), has been transferred and posted as Professor (Signal-II), Indian Railways Institute of Signal Engineering & Telecommunication (IRISET). He is an Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer.
Krishna Kumar Maheshwari has been re-appointed as Managing Director of CIL Securities Limited with effect from July 31, 2024.
Navin Agarwal, Non-Executive Director, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited, has been re-designated as Managing Director of the company.
Dhruvin Shah has been appointed as Additional Director and Managing Director of Madhuveer Com 18 Network Limited. He succeeds Kalpan Jashminkumar Sheth to the post.
Sagar Samir Shah has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent) of Madhuveer Com 18 Network Limited.
Sunil Chandra Kondapally has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Medinova Diagnostic Services Limited with effect from September 25, 2024.
Om Prakash Jagetiya has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of CIL Securities Limited.
Santosh Rathi has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of CIL Securities Limited.
Gopi Kannan Thirukonda has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of Atul Limited with effect from October 17, 2024.
Praveen Kadle has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of Atul Limited with effect from May 1, 2024.
Navin Puri has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited with effect from September 4, 2024.
Dara Jahangir Kalyaniwala has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of LKP Finance Limited.
Mrs. Savita Alla has been re-appointed as Executive Director of Alphageo (India) Limited with effect from May 25, 2024.
Amitabha Mukhopadhyay has been re-appointed as Independent Director of Quick Heal Technologies Limited with effect from June 10, 2024.
Sohan Chaturvedi has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of Genpharmasec Limited.
“Whom to blame for the mess?”
Apropos WIC dated April 25, 2024. The Congress bashing (Recall the Cong-led UPA’s arrogance of power) justified due to its dynastic and autocratic proclivities combined with dismal track record. But, the criticism cannot be allowed to rest here. It will be termed partisan. Things have not changed an iota! Selectively slamming the congress party cannot absolve the ruling dispensation from its constitutional obligations. The common perception is that the present dispensation has grown terribly megalomaniac and intolerant to freedom of press. And, worst of all- it is being chased by various controversies arising out of serial scams. Worse still, the factors like rising inflation, unemployment, rampant corruption, poor services delivery mechanism, lack of accountability and transparency, are noteworthy features. These may tilt the electoral results, one way or the other. Public is fully aware. Political coalitions are mere opportunistic alliances, marriage of convenience. ‘Public service’ is the profession of the politicians. Then , why condemn them, alone? The bureaucracy cannot escape its responsibilities and obligations under the law of the land. It has to share the lion’s share of the blame for the present state of affairs.
Sadly, true to their genre, the bureaucracy has been consistently failing by remaining pliant to the political class. It is gutless, even gum less to stand its ground and question the decisions of the temporary Executive. On the contrary, it is found ever ready to implement the orders of the political masters (legal or illegal).As consultants, the bureaucrats also advise the politicians on decision-making. Selecting bureaucrats to sensitive assignments is arbitrary, discretionary, based on pick and choose. Loyalty is rewarded. This has been the usual practice all along in the past under different political dispensations, both at the centre and the states.
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)
Guidelines regarding the authenticity of Swamy's Medical Attendance Rule / Swamy's Handbook
The applicant referred to reply of earlier RTI application where it was mentioned that CGHS Rules are being followed for settlement of medical claims including dental medical reimbursement as applicable in Delhi NCR. The applicant submitted that since there is no clear circular or guidelines of FCI Headquarters, New Delhi for reimbursement of dental medical treatment. Therefore, Swamy's Medical Attendance Rule mentioned in the letter issued by FCI Headquarters is followed in most of the Offices in FCI while dealing with medical reimbursement of employees of FCI. The applicant contended that there is a huge confusion in most of the FCI Offices as to which Circular / Guidelines / Letter issued by FCI, Headquarters, New Delhi has to be adhered while dealing with reimbursement of medical claims. He requested to provide the clear information / FCI Headquarters Circular or Guidelines regarding any kind of medical reimbursement (which includes dental medical treatment also). The respondent replied that as per RTI Act, PIO is required to provide information as available with him in the form of O.M., notifications, rules, regulations, orders, letters and circulars etc. Queries / clarifications or interpretation of information is outside the preview of the RTI Act. The CIC held that an appropriate response as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 has been provided by the Respondent
Comments
Legally, only such information that is held and available with a public authority can be provided to the information seekers and giving reasons/ opinions/ interpretations, etc are beyond the scope of duty of the PIO. However, it is an Obligation of public authorities under section 4(1) (d) to provide reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.
Citation: Shri CHANDAN v. Food Corporation of India, CIC/FCIND/A/2022/647480; Date of Decision : 18.03.2024
Dr Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is a RTI Consultant currently working with IIM Visakhapatnam. She has co-authored the books, RTI Right to Information - Law and Practice and PIO’s Guide to RTI. She offers consultancy on RTI matters and Third party audit. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link www.rtifoundationofindia.com
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