A panel headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi  finalised the names of   new CVC and CIC late evening. The meeting concluded at 8 pm. Apart from the PM the panel comprised Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of the  Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Choudhury. Official announcement of the selected candidates will be made  today.

Name of Sanjay Kothari, a 1978 batch retired IAS officer of Haryana cadre and presently Secretary to President, has reportedly been cleared for the post of Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).

Name of Bimal Julka, Information Commissioner, has  reportedly been cleared for the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). He is a 1979 batch retired IAS officer of MP cadre.

Former CMD of Andhra Bank Suresh Patel has reportedly been chosen as a Vigilance Commissioner  by the panel headed by PM Narendra Modi.

Former member of Punjab Civil Services Commission Amita Pandove  has reportedly  been chosen for the post of Central Information Commissioner.

A typical situation has arisen for those IPS officers who wants posting in Central Police Organisations (CPOs). Delhi HC has stayed IPS officers posting in CPOs as DIGs & IGs. According to sources because of Court's stay ITBP's cadre implementation has also stopped.

Rajiv Bansal has taken over as new CMD, Air India second time. He held the post in 2018 for few months. He is a 1988 batch Nagaland cadre IAS officer.

60 IPS and IRS officers have been short-listed for over half a dozen posts of Special Director in the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

A 1985 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, Dr Savita appears to be one of the contenders for the post of Director General in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEF&CC).

The decision on setting up promotion boards in case of officers from the rank of Group Captain to Air Commodore and above will now be decided by Department of Military Affairs .

O M Prabhakaran presently serving as Deputy Director General, RO, FOD, NSSO, MoSPI, Ahmedabad, has resigned from Indian Statistical Service (ISS) with effect from April 7, 2020.

Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is likely to have an IPS officer as Director for the first time. This office comes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Sumit Deb, Director (Personnel), NMDC Limited, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NMDC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 18, 2020. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

The post of full time Chairman & Managing Director, PEC Limited has been lying vacant since incumbent M Nagaraj joined HUDCO. Meanwhile, the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) had held a selection meeting on November 7, 2019, but did not find suitable candidate for the same. The Board has recommended the concerned Ministry to choose an appropriate course of further action for selection.

Rajiv Kumar Singh has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in the office of Pr. CCIT, Bhopal MP & Chattisgarh Region, while Amitabh Kumar Sinha is CIT (OSD) Delhi Region and Deepak is CIT(A), Jamshedpur.

Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi has assumed charge as Commander of Strategic & Rising Star Corps.

Nageswara Rao Y has been appointed as Executive Director (ED), Bank of Maharashtra with effect from March 31, 2020. 

Pankaj Kumar Goswami, CGM, OIL, has been appointed as Director (Operations), Oil India Limited (OIL). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.

Anurag Sharma, ED, ONGC, has been appointed as Director (Onshore), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC).The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.

Supratim Bandyopadhyay has been appointed s Chairperson, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.

 The Government of Bihar has relieved Raghvendra Singh of cadre responsibility to join Madhya Pradesh Government cadre transfer. He is a 2013 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Dean and Deputy Commandant of Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, Major General Mrs Madhuri Kanitkar had been elevated to the rank of Lt. General now . She was empanelled in October last year as Lt General.

The services of Akash Gupta had been permanently absorbed in CONCOR. He is an IRSE officer.

Jai Prakash Pandey, presently posted with Northern Railway has been selected for deputation as Director, Department of School Education and Literacy, New Delhi. He is an IRPS officer.

The services of Surender Singh had been permanently absorbed in IRCON. He is an IRSE officer.

Prashant Kumar Verma on his return from deputation to Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Ltd will be posted in the cadre with North Eastern Railway (NER). He is an IRSSE officer.

 Abbott India Ltd  has appointed Ambati Venu as Vice President, Established Pharmaceutical Products, within the Abbott Group in India w.e.f. March 1, 2020 .

 Ms Alankrita Soni has quit as Non-Executive Independent Director of KSK Energy Ventures.

 J N Godbole quits as Non- Executive Independent Director of Zuari Agro Chemicals.

 Ashok Kumar Hamirbasia has quit as Managing Director of Salem Erode Investment Ltd.

 Vikas Grover has quit as Independent Director of RLF Ltd.

Ms Prachi Sharma has quit as Company Secretary of  Visesh Infotecnics.

Suryakant B Mainak has quit as Non-Executive Independent Director of The Investment Trust of India.

DEBATE(1)

          I fully agree with the concept following will be advantages

1.      Saving of money and efforts of government

2.      Saving on part of candidates also

3.      Synchronization between different services as foundation course will be one

4.      No issue of same date different exam

5.      All civil services will start at same time so no issue of delay in some civil service

Thank you

Preetinder Rajput

Revenue dept in pathetic state

 In so far as D/o Revenue is concerned the management of this Department has been very pathetic for decades. This is the department which generates the revenue and your handling of it has been worst than a municipal corporation. The appointments are done on whims and fancies. The rules are often changed according to circumstances. The posts of most of the Members are always vacant by design. Why can’t these be filled in advance, why Chairman posts in both CBEC and CBDT has been made a tool, why can’t regular officers who have put in more than 30 years of service could not find favour with the system and the retired are preferred over the serving. Members are taking voluntary retirement due to supersession, why don’t you remove them if they are incompetent, there is rot in the system and reality is not being projected to the higher ups. Recently in CBEC Adhoc arrangement was made to appoint Chairman and when he was considered one of the best man suited to the job overnight he was removed just 12 hrs before the budget by substituting the junior most as Chairman and all his seniors working under him. If all the seniors were incompetent, corrupt you could have removed them. Do you realise in this situation the system will work and generate revenue or there will be lag pulling only. This is how you deal with an organisation who is the revenue generator for GOI. Can you do all these things to an AIS officer, even junior in inter se seniority you cant put him incharge what to talk of many batched junior. Why this malice in Revenue and Revenue officers only. This system needs immediate intervention and things needs to be straitened. Incidentally this is all happening in an organisation which is closest situated to PMO.

Ravi

AICC  celebrates IAC

AICC Celebrates IAC? What an emotion: Congress leaders on bail are celebrating the victory of the party born of India Against Corruption? Have the AICC members developed love and respect for clean public life or anti-corruption or remain under the illusion of using anti-corruption as a mere slogan to carry on CWG, 2G, Coal Mines Licensing etc with/without the aid/support of the AAP? May be they take the AAP to be like them only!

M L Gupta

Disclosure of personal information by IIM, Ahmedabad

The appellant requested for information regarding Prof. Dheeraj Sharma’s recruitment in IIM, Ahmedabad including the academic background and documentary evidences of the same. The PIO submitted that whatever information was available was provided to the appellant. The appellant requested for inspection of the relevant documents. The CIC observed that the information sought by the appellant was regarding a third person namely Prof. Dheeraj Sharma which is purely in the nature of personal information of a third party and thus exempted from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The CIC cautioned the PIO to remain careful while handling the RTI applications and ensure that such kind of mistakes do not occur in future.

Comments

Disclosure of third party information without giving a third party notice indicates the pathetic level of knowledge of the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005. IIM, Ahmedabad, being the premier management institute of the country, is expected to set example in all fields. The irreparable loss caused to the third party by the disclosure of information which is beyond the scope of the RTI Act cannot be undone.

Citation: Nirmalya Bandyopadhyay v. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in Decision no.: -CIC/IIMAH/A/2019/114008/02862, Date of Decision: 12/02/2020

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