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Nothing is final in Indian politics till it is really final
Though Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have spoken of contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls independently, there are talks that the two might be rekindling their past affections. Recently, the senior leader Sharad Pawar held a meeting wherein, AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal, his trusted Parliamentary aide and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, his lawyer in the excise scam case and Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's close aide participated. Also, the stage was set for the senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to hold a meeting with leaders of the party’s Delhi unit and people who have been part of its month-long ‘Dilli Nyay Yatra’ Wednesday. On Tuesday night though came the message that the event had been cancelled and the meeting called off due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’. Now it is said that the backchannels will spring a surprise. So, again it is proved, nothing is final in Indian politics till it is really final.
Online radicalisation: Fall of Assad regime in Syria keeps Indian Intelligence on toes
Online radicalisation, a huge concern for India, has become a force multiplier after the fall of Assad regime in Syria. Soon after the rebels captured Syria, India has re-strategized its approach to online content. The Union Home Ministry has asked agencies to depute more people to track the growing traffic online linked to the escalating conflict in West Asia. Various social media handles are already scanned by the MHA, but with recent developments in Syria, monitoring has become more region centric. The Multi Agency Centre has highlighted that there has been a massive increase in traffic on internet relating videos and literature. The centre has alerted states about these developments.
- Screening Committees meetings on for promotions of IAS/IPS officers
- Will Ajith Kumar be promoted as DGP in Kerala?
- Gurjinder Pal Singh reinstated in Indian Police Service in CG
- Justice Brar recommended as Permanent Judge, Punjab & Haryana HC
- Delhi HC to get two Permanent Judges
- Karnataka HC to get three Permanent Judges
- Justice Kallangala recommended as Permanent Judge, Karnataka HC
- Anitha Thampi in race for CMD, HLL Lifecare
- Five candidates from SAIL are in race for CMD, HLL
- Sristiraj Ambasta appointed as CMD, ECGC Ltd
- Interviews for Director (M&CP), CWC on Dec 17
- Central deputation tenure of Pulkesh Kumar extended
- Final results of IES & ISS exams declared
- S Kamei posted as ADRM, Alipurduar
- Ankur Chandra is also SDGM, NER
- 13 officers of SFS of Madhya Pradesh promoted to IFoS
- Four IPS officers get new postings in Chhattisgarh
- Prasar Bharati amends Graduate Media Internship Policy
- Eight ITS officers transferred
- Atul Sinha joins DoT HQ
- Voluntary retirement of CGM, West Bengal accepted
- Six FTDO promoted to Asst DGFT
- Eight ITS officers get new postings
- IAS officer changed her name as Priyanka Singh Mehta
- Mahendra Kumar Yadav quits ITS
- NEPA, Meghalaya seeks Guest Faculties
- Interviews for Mission Director, Deep Ocean Mission post in January
- Sarbeswar Majhi Director, DAHD relieved to join MoSPI
- Retired govt officials sought for consultant posts
- Presiding officers sought for DRT Allahabad
- Whole-time Member (Finance) PFRDA post advertised
- HUDCO CMD awarded for Business Excellence through Leadership & Development (UPDATED)
- Ashish Tripathi appointed as Additional CIT, PrCCIT, Delhi Region (UPDATED)
- Navneet Manohar appointed as CIT, PrCCIT, Delhi Region (UPDATED)
- Sandip Pradhan appointed as CCIT, Delhi region (UPDATED)
- Chirumamilla Vinay Kumar Chowdary relieved to join as Additional PS to Steel Minister (UPDATED)
- Sunil Duggal appointed Addl. Director, Avro India Ltd
- Suzad Mohd Iqbal Hussain appointed ED, Visagar Polytex Ltd
- Jhalavadia appointed Addl. Director, Shilp Gravures Ltd
- K K Jalan is Addl. Director, Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates
- Suresh Kumar Jain is Addl. Director, Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates
- Parag Shah appointed NE Director, Thermax Ltd
- SR Shah appointed Addl. Director, Arigato Universe Ltd
- Lalit Varshney appointed Addl. Director, Meson Valves India Ltd
- Kunal Atul Bora quits as NE Director, Meson Valves India Ltd
- Deepak Jajoo steps down as Ind. Director, Arigato Universe Ltd
- Mahapatra exits as NE Director, Suraj Estate Developers Ltd
The Screening Committees meetings are being held for the annual promotion of IAS and IPS officers in various states in the country. The promotion lists are expected to be issued soon.
M R Ajith Kumar, ADGP, is expected to be promoted to the Director General of Police (DGP) grade in Kerala. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Gurjinder Pal Singh, who was retired from the Indian Police Service (IPS), has been reinstated in Indian Police Service at the court orders with effect from July 20, 2023. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Harpreet Singh Brar, Additional Judge, for appointment as Permanent Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of two Additional Judges for appointment as Permanent Judges of the Delhi High Court. They are: Ms. Justice Shalinder Kaur and Justice Ravinder Dudeja.
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The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of three Additional Judges for appointment as Permanent Judges of the Karnataka High Court. They are: Justice Ramachandra Dattatray Huddar, Justice Venkatesh Naik Thavaryanaik, and Justice Vijaykumar Adagouda Patil.
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The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Rajesh Rai Kallangala, Additional Judge, for appointment as Permanent Judge of the Karnataka High Court upon the occurrence of a vacancy on February 1, 2025.
Anitha Thampi, Director (Technical & Operations) HLL Lifecare is in the race for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HLL Lifecare.
As many as five candidates from SAIL are reported to have been shortlisted for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HLL Lifecare.
Sristiraj Ambasta, Executive Director, ECGC Limited, has been appointed as Chairman cum Managing Director, Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC LTD).
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Director (Marketing & Corporate Planning), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on December 17, 2024. The post has been lying vacant since August 31, 2024.
The central deputation tenure of Pulkesh Kumar as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been extended for a period of three months. He is a 2011 batch IRPS officer.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the final result of Indian Economic Service (IES) and Indian Statistical Service (ISS) examination, 2024.
Sahemlung Kamei, who is currently serving in Northeast Frontier Railway, has been posted as Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) at Alipurduar (APDJ) within the same Railway. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.
Ankur Chandra, who is presently serving as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), has been assigned additional duties of the post of Senior Deputy General Manager (SDGM) in North Eastern Railway (NER). He is an Indian Railway Stores Service (IRSS) officer.
As many as 13 officers of State Forest Service (SFS) of Madhya Pradesh have been promoted to the Indian Forest Service (IFoS) against the Select List of 2022. The officer are: Hemlata Shah, Ashish Bansod, Vidya Bhushan Singh, Gaurav Kumar Mishra, Taruna Varma, Dr Kalpana Tiwari, Hemant Yadav, Suresh Kumar Ahirwar, Rakesh Kodape, Preeti Ahirwar, Lokesh Nirapure, Rajaram Parmar and Karan Singh Randha.
Four IPS officers have been shifted and given new postings in Chhattisgarh. Santosh Kumar Singh has been appointed as Assistant IGP, PHQ, Raipur, while Lal Ummed Singh takes over as SP, Raipur and Suraj Singh Parihar was posted as Commandant, 14th Battalion, Dhanora, Dist Balod. Besides, Ravi Kurre was shifted as SP, Koriya.
Prasar Bharti has amended the media internship policy 2020. Now, total intake of media interns will not exceed 250 in a particular year. Earlier, it was 50. Their renewal shall be done only on the need basis of the organization.
The DoT has transferred eight SAG level ITS officers . Accordingly, N Satyanarayana has been transferred to AP, LSA; Thomas Verghese , Kerala LSA; Ananad Kumar Singh, Delhi LSA; Jaipal Singh Timar, NE LSA; Sanjeev Kumar Narang, BSNL; Ravindra Prasad BSNL and Arvind Kumar Trioathi goes to TAC.
Atul Sinha has joined DDG at BTU in the DoT HQ. He is an SAG level ITS officer.
The DoT has accepted the voluntary retirement notice of Mahendra Kumar Yadav,CGM, BSNL, West Bengal Circle. He is a SAG level 1989 batch ITS. His voluntary retirement would be effective from December 18, 2024.
Six FTDO has been promoted to Asstt DGFT. They are: Mrs Reema Awasthi, Rajan Joshi, Kailash Chand Meena, R Kumar, Krishnadas C and Mrs R. Padmapriya.
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has transferred eight Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) Group ‘A’ officers with immediate effect. Accordingly, N Satyanarayana has been shifted to AP while Girish N Kataria was posted to Gujarat and Thomas Varghese is transferred to Kerala. Similarly, Anand Kumar Singh has been posted to Delhi); Jaipal Singh Tomar to NE; Sanjeev Kr Narang and Ravindra Prasad to BSNL and and Arvnd Kumar Tripathi is shifted to TEC.
The name of Priyanka Singh has been changed to Priyanka Singh Mehta. She is a 2019 batch IAS officer of West Bengal Cadre.
Mahendra Kumar Yadav has quit Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) with effect from December 18, 2024. He was working as Chief General Manager Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, (CGM, BSNL) West Bengal Circle. He is a 1989 batch ITS officer.
North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) Umsaw, Umiam, Meghalaya has invited applications from experienced and retired Deputy Superintendent Police (Dy SP) police officers for empanelment as Guest Faculty.
Interviews of qualified candidates for the post of Mission Director, Deep Ocean Mission under the Ministry of Earth Sciences advertised on contract basis will be held in January 2025. Interview schedule will be uploaded on the ministry’s website soon.
Sarbeswar Majhi Director, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has been relieved from his duties from December 13, 2024, to report to his parent cadre which is Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). He is a 2009 batch 1SS officer.
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension has invited applications from retired Central Government Officers of Director, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary level for Consultant posts.
The Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the posts of Presiding officers in Debts Recovery Tribunals (DRT), Allahabad. The post will fall vacant on December 21, 2024.
The Ministry of Finance has advertised for the post of Whole-time Member (Finance) in Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), New Delhi. The post will fall vacant on April 5, 2025.
Piyush Goyal, Union Home Minister of Commerce and Industry, presented the prestigious 17th BML Munjal Award for Business Excellence through Leadership & Development in the PSU category for 2023, to Sanjay Kulshrestha, CMD HUDCO, at a grand ceremony in New Delhi. This prestigious recognition highlights HUDCO's continued focus on investing in employees' learning and development, to foster accelerated growth and excellence to maintain a competitive business advantage.
Ashish Tripathi has been appointed as Additional CIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi, Delhi region on return from deputation.
Navneet Manohar has been appointed as CIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi region on return from training.
Sandip Pradhan has been appointed as CCIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi, Delhi region on return from deputation. He is an IRS-IT officer.
Chirumamilla Vinay Kumar Chowdary has been relieved to join as Additional Private Secretary in Ministry of Steel, New Delhi on deputation. He is an IRS-IT officer.
Sunil Duggal has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of Avro India Limited.
Suzad Mohd. Iqbal Hussain has been appointed as Executive Director of Visagar Polytex Limited.
Jayantilal T Jhalavadia has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Shilp Gravures Limited.
Krishan Kumar Jalan has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates Limited.
Suresh Kumar Jain has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Asit C Mehta Investment Intermediates Limited.
Parag Shah has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Thermax Limited.
Sanket Rajan Shah has been appointed as Additional Director of Arigato Universe Limited.
Lalit Varshney has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Director of Meson Valves India Limited.
Kunal Atul Bora has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Director of Meson Valves India Limited.
Deepak Jajoo has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Arigato Universe Limited.
Mrutyunjay Mahapatra has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Suraj Estate Developers Limited.
Cash Schemes for Women
Schemes offering fixed monthly payments to women, such as Madhya Pradesh’s Ladli Behna Yojana, have emerged as potent vote-winning strategies for political parties. These initiatives, while easing financial strain on women, highlight a broader political trend: it is easier to transfer cash directly than tackle systemic challenges like job creation, poverty alleviation, or improving farmer welfare. Recently, Arvind Kejriwal announced a similar scheme ahead of Delhi elections, promising Rs1,000 per month for women, which proves its growing popularity among leaders. The schemes place financial burden on state treasuries, yet their political efficacy remains undeniable. Taxpayers ultimately bear the cost of these measures, which often prioritize immediate political gains over long-term developmental reforms. However, as long as such schemes resonate with voters, they are likely to remain a key tool in election strategies.
Neha Ahirwar
RTI Application and appeal filed by two citizens
The issue before the CIC was whether to hear the appeal in cases where the RTI application, first appeal and the subsequent second appeals was filed collectively by two citizens. The CIC referred to Section 6 (a) of the RTI Act, which stipulates that a person, who desires to obtain any information under this Act, shall make a request in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area in which the application is being made. The CIC observed that in the instant case, the RTI applications, the First Appeal and the subsequent second appeal, all have been filed collectively by two citizens, Pawan Gupta & Vijender Kumar Gupta and therefore, the RTI applications, first appeals and second appeals, not being filed in individual capacity, are not maintainable. The CIC dismissed the appeal.
Comments
In case of Mr Samir Kumar Haldar v. Employees Provident Fund Organization, CIC/SG/A/2010/001429/8585 dated 16 July 2010, the appellant had filed an RTI application which was also signed by seven other people. The CIC observed that the PIO's rejection was completely wrong since there is nothing in the law or the rules preventing more than one citizen from submitting the RTI application. The CIC referred to Section3 of the RTI Act which states, "Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have Right to Information". The CIC had then ruled that the PIO's rejection has no basis in law.
Citation: Pawan Gupta & Vijender Kumar Gupta v. University Grants Commission, Second Appeal No. CIC/UGCOM/A/2023/140271; Date of Decision: 05.11.2024
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
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