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CAG reports bound to increase AAP's problems
The BJP Government, in its first cabinet meeting, decided to table all pending 14 CAG reports when the first assembly session started. According to sources, these reports are related to AAP's 11 years Government in Delhi and the Kejariwal led Government never tabled these reports in the Assembly. It is said that CAG reports have reportedly raised many objections related to Covid mismanagement, mohalla clinics, recruitment of staff etc. Sources said that the then government had not taken the required permission from the LG, who is the Head of the Delhi UT administrative. One should not be surprised if a report exposes a scam of crores of rupees.
Bangladesh’s move to heighten embankments threatening Indian cities?
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Bangladesh has undertaken construction work to increase the height of the embankments and strengthen them and this appears to be the latest addition to the deterioration of Indo-Bangla border ties. Kailashahar, a culturally rich town in Tripura, which is also the headquarters of Unakoti District, is under the threat of perpetual flooding because of the construction. The district has a total geographical area of 686.97 Sq. Km and it is bounded by Bangladesh on the Western side. Other cities are also said to be in constant threat due to this development. Since the beginning of this financial year, Bangladesh has exported goods worth Rs 179.88 crore, while India has exported practically nothing. Tripura shares an 856-kilometer-long land border with Bangladesh, which had always been seen as a friendly country until August 5, 2024, when the Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country. In the last few months, international exchanges between both countries have proved that the longstanding friendship between the neighbours has gradually run out of steam.
BJP high command to intervene in internal discord in Karnataka
The internal discord within Karnataka BJP is escalating and the party’s central leadership is expected to intervene after the Delhi elections are over. The party’s top bosses face a dilemma: ensuring stability while addressing the growing unrest. Vijayendra, appointed state BJP President in 2023, is unlikely to be replaced before the next election cycle. However, to prevent the rift from affecting electoral prospects in the state, central leadership may offer dissidents the key positions at the state and central levels.
- Atul Goel will be Chief executive of IBA
- Pant and Patnaik are now MDs of LIC
- Sudhir Chaudhary to join DD News ?
- ITS officer repatriated from AIIMS
- Vimla R to be RC Maharashtra
- IRS officer to join Ministry of Environment, Fore & CC
- Ms Rose Mary Abraham returns to parent cadre
- Satyendra Kumar appointed as Director, NITI Aayog
- Mrithinjal Srikanthan to join Finance Ministry
- Sivaprasad to join Defence Ministry
- Dy Commissioner Mrs Manjula Shenoy takes VRS
- S S Satyaprasad’s VRS from IRS-C&IT accepted
- Bombay HC to get 3 Permanent Judges
- Madras HC to get 4 Permanent Judges
- Patna HC to get 5 Judges
- Fresh one-year term recommended for Ms Justice Manjusha Ajay Deshpande
- CSS officer relieved from DGFT
- Nikhil Kumar Singh joins DoT HQ
- Railway taking passengers without ticket?
- Attacks on minorities in Bangladesh exaggerated
- 20 members of SCS of Gujarat promoted as IAS
- Two Members of Non-SCS of Gujarat promoted to IAS cadre
- K M S Bordoloi promoted as IAS
- Rajesh Dutt Bajpai appointed RGM (PRS), CRIS
- GRK Reddy posted as CE (TP), SCR
- Ms Sharma appointed PCCM, NWR
- Inter cadre deputation of Akshay Labroo extended (UPDATED)
- Cadre of Shiv Malviya transferred to Odisha (UPDATED)
- Inter cadre deputation of Basharat Qayoom extended (UPDATED)
- SECL pushes for eco-friendly Coal evacuation under FMC (UPDATED)
- Shaktikanta Das is now Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister (UPDATED)
- Sandeep Rao appointed MD & CEO, Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd
- Saket Agarwal reappointed MD & CEO, Starlog Enterprises Ltd
- Ms Seshadri reappointed Ind. Director, Starlog Enterprises Ltd
- Mrs Edwina Dsouza re-appointed Whole-Time Director, Starlog Enterprises Ltd
- Hayato Kashiwagi appointed Addl. Director, DIC India Ltd
- Sumeet Rajani appointed Ind. Director, Premco Global Ltd
- R Doraiswamy appointed LIC Nominee Director, IDBI Bank Ltd
- Thomas Muthoot John appointed Whole-Time Director, Muthoot Microfin Ltd
- Anil Sreedhar appointed Ind. Director, Muthoot Microfin Ltd
- Rajender Malla appointed Addl. Director, Religare Enterprises Ltd
- Shrikant Somani appointed Addl. Director, Religare Enterprises Ltd
- Ms Nivedita Sarda quits as Ind. Director, Urja Global Ltd
- Poorvank Purohit quits as MD & CEO, Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd
The IBA has cleared the name of Atul Goel and he will take over as chief executive of the IBA next week. As per information his tenure will be for three years.
(We said this on January 25, 2025)
Dinesh Pant and Ratnakar Patnaik have been appointed Managing Directors in Life Insurance Corp.
Senior journalist and Aaj Tak Anchor Sudhir Choudhary is reportedly joining the DD news from April on a fat salary.
Consequent upon repatriation from AIIMS, Deoghar, Amrendra Kumar has been reported to his parent DoT and posted in the HP, LSA. He is an ITS officer.
Vimala R has been appointed as Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra in New Delhi. She is 2009 batch IAS officer.
V. Pezhaniyandi will join the ministry of environment, Forest & Climate Change as Director under the Central Staffing Scheme for five years. He is a 2009 batch IRS(C&IT )officer.
Ms Rose Mary K Abraham, Director, DIPAM, has been given premature repatriation in order to avail the benefit of promotion. She is a 2006 batch IES officer.
Satyendra Kumar has been appointed as Director in NITI Aayog. He is a 2007 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
Mrithinjal Srikantha has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Expenditure under Central Staffing Scheme for a period of four years. He is a 2013 batch ITS(C&IT) Officer.
Sivaprasad S will join the Ministry of Defence under the CSS for a period of four years as Director. He is a 2009 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.
The Government of India has accepted the voluntary retirement of Mrs Manjula Shenoy Pai from IRS(C&IT). She was posted as Dy Commissioner.
The CBIC has accepted the voluntary retirement application of S S Satyaprasad from the IRS(C&IT). He is presently Assistant Commissioner.
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of three Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the Bombay High Court. They are: Justice Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Justice Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, and Justice Jitendra Shantilal Jain.
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of four Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the Madras High Court. They are: Justice Ramasamy Sakthivel, Justice P. Dhanabal, Justice Chinnasamy Kumarappan, and Justice Kandasamy Rajasekar.
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of five advocates as Judges of the Patna High Court. They are: Alok Kumar Sinha, Ritesh Kumar, Ms. Soni Shrivastava, Sourendra Pandey, and Ansul.
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that Justice Ms. Manjusha Ajay Deshpande be appointed as an Additional Judge of the Bombay High Court for a fresh term of one year.
Mrs F D Initha, Joint DGFT, has been relieved from the DGFT Chennai office. She is a CSS officer.
Nikhil Kumar Singh has joined the DoT Hq as ADG. He had been transferred from Assam LSA.
If sources are to be believed to clear the huge rush of Maha Kumabh at different railway stations in Prayagraj, most of the passengers are travelling to and fro Prayagraj without ticket. Trains are running over crowded. Railway has said that tickets are being checked.
Bangladesh has claimed the reports on attacks on minorities are exaggerated. Bangladesh Border Guard (BSG) chief has said that the authorities have taken steps for their protection. DG, BSF also claimed that infiltration along the Bangladesh border has come down substantially.
As many as 20 members of State Civil Service (SCS) of Gujarat have been promoted as IAS against the Select List (SL) of 2023 and 2024 and allocated Gujarat Cadre. H J Prajapati, C C Kotak, K J Rathod, S J Joshi and V I Patel have been promoted against SL of 2023. Officers promoted against SL of 2024 are: P A Ninama, K P Joshi, B M Patel, Kavita Rakesh Shah, B D Davera, A J Gamit, S K Patel, N F Chaudhari, H P Patel, J K Jadav, D K Brahmbhatt, M P Pandya, R V Vyas, N D Parmar and R V Vala.
Sangeeta Govindbhai Raiyani and Rohitbhai Nanubhai Dodiya, members of Non-State Civil Service (Non-SCS) of Gujarat, have been promoted as IAS against the Select List (SL) of 2023 and allocated Gujarat cadre.
Kuntal Moni Sarmah Bordoloi, member of Non-State Civil Service (Non-SCS) of Assam Segment, has been promoted as IAS against the Select List (SL) of 2023 and allocated to the Joint Assam-Meghalaya Cadre.
Rajesh Dutt Bajpai, formerly Executive Director (I&P), Railway Board, has been granted post-facto sanction for deputation to the Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) as Regional General Manager (Passenger Reservation System), Northern Railway (NR), at New Delhi from January 25, 2023, to April 15, 2024. He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.
G Ramesh Kumar Reddy, who is presently posted in South Central Railway (SCR), has been posted as Chief Engineer (Track & Planning) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.
Ms. Seema Sharma, who is presently working as Chief Administrative Officer (System), Central Railway, has been transferred to North Western Railway (NWR) and posted as Principal Chief Commercial Manager (CHOD). She is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer
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Inter cadre deputation tenure of Akshay Labroo from Tripura Cadre to AGMUT Cadre (Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir) has been extended for a period of one year beyond February 17, 2025. He is a 2018 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.
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Inter cadre transfer of Shiv Malviya from Assam-Meghalaya Cadre to Odisha Cadre has been granted on grounds of marriage to IAS officer Ms Kasturi Panda. Malviya is a 2023 batch IAS officer.
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Inter cadre deputation tenure of Basharat Qayoom from Jharkhand Cadre to AGMUT Cadre (Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir) has been extended for a period of one year beyond February 23, 2025. He is a 2016 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), under the guidance of the Ministry of Coal, is accelerating efforts to enhance safe and sustainable coal evacuation from its mines through First Mile Connectivity (FMC) projects. In a significant milestone, SECL's Dipka Megaproject successfully commenced operations by loading the first coal rake from its newly built Rapid Loading System and Silos 3 & 4 on 21st February 2025, marking a major step in boosting eco-friendly and efficient coal transportation. The newly commissioned Dipka CHP-Silo FMC project has an annual coal evacuation capacity of 25 million tons, significantly improving the dispatch efficiency of the megaproject. Before the commissioning of the new silo, Dipka relied on a Merry-Go-Round (MGR) dispatch system with a capacity of 15 MTPA. Aerial view of Silo 3 of Dipka CHP-Silo FMC project. With the commissioning of Silo 3 & 4, Dipka’s total coal dispatch capacity has now surged to 40 million tons per annum, effectively aligning transportation infrastructure with production levels. Under the guidance of the Ministry of Coal, SECL has prioritised the development of FMC infra under the PM Gatishakti Plan. SECL has undertaken 17 First Mile Connectivity (FMC) projects with a cumulative capacity of 233 MTPA. Out of these, 9 projects with a total capacity of 151 MTPA have already been commissioned demonstrating the company's commitment to modernizing coal transportation. Rest 8 FMC projects of 82 MTPA capacity are under various phases of development with a target to commission them in the next 2-3 years.FMC is widely recognized as an efficient and eco-friendly coal transportation mode. The implementation of FMC infrastructure at Dipka brings multiple benefits: Improved efficiency and accurate loading, minimizing both underloading and overloading of coal in rakes. Faster loading times leading to shorter turnaround time and improving rake availability. Enhanced coal quality, minimizing contamination and losses. Reduced dependence on road transport, leading to savings on diesel expenses and a cleaner environment. The commissioning of these new silos represents a win-win situation for SECL, Indian Railways, and coal consumers by streamlining logistics, optimizing coal movement, and reducing environmental impact.
Shaktikanta Das, former Governor, RBI, has been appointed as Principal Secretary-II to the Prime Minister. He is a 1980 batch retired IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Sandeep Rao has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Solara Active Pharma Sciences Limited.
Saket Agarwal has been reappointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Starlog Enterprises Limited.
Ms. Seshadri has been reappointed as Independent Director of Starlog Enterprises Limited.
Mrs. Edwina Dsouza has been reappointed as Whole-Time Director of Starlog Enterprises Limited.
Hayato Kashiwagi has been appointed as an Additional Director of DIC India Limited.
Sumeet Rajani has been appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Premco Global Limited
R Doraiswamy, Managing Director of LIC, has been appointed as LIC Nominee Director on the Board of IDBI Bank Limited, effective May 19, 2025.
Thomas Muthoot John has been appointed as Whole-Time Director of Muthoot Microfin Limited.
Anil Sreedhar has been appointed as Independent Director of Muthoot Microfin Limited.
Rajender Mohan Malla has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Religare Enterprises Limited.
Shrikant Shreeniwas Somani has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Independent) of Religare Enterprises Limited.
Ms. Nivedita Ravindra Sarda has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Independent Director of Urja Global Limited.
Poorvank Purohit has resigned from the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Solara Active Pharma Sciences Limited,
Corruption by newly recruited officers alarming
It is really alarming that newly recruited officers through UPSC in various services have started accepting and demanding huge bribes misusing their positions. Such officers are not only spoiling their career but also working against the nation’s interest. The reports of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) suggest that the officers are riddled with rampant corruption. The officers who crack UPSC exams should care for their career instead of indulging in corrupt practice.
Sunil Kumar
Outcome of chargesheets issued for a massive scam
The applicant submitted that after serving the chargesheet to certain officials, nothing has been beard so far and it is not known as to what happened to the chargesheets. He sought to know whether some major or minor penalty has been imposed or not and whether the embezzled amount in connivance with each other and on account of serious lapse on their part the loss caused to the State exchequer has been recovered. The PIO replied that the charge-sheet, disciplinary proceedings, professional records etc. are all personal information exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1) (j) of the RTI Act. The appellant appealed claiming that it related to a massive scam and records have been sought for in larger public interest. Upon being asked by the CIC as to whether the appellant was the informer/complainant based on which action initiated against the delinquent officials, he answered in negative. Considering the issue flagged by the appellant and in the light of larger public interest and a natural public expectations to know the broad outcome of a case which was in the public domain, the Respondent was directed by the CIC to inform the broad outcome of the final order passed on the chargesheet issued to the officials as also the final outcome of departmental disciplinary appeal as mentioned in the RTI application.
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The copy of chargesheet and its outcome has often been sought by applicants. It has been debated whether it is a personal information and whether the same should be made available to the complainant or any other person.
Citation: Ram Lal Arora v. Executive Engineer (HQ), O/o Chief Engineer, Chandigarh Administration, CIC/ENGDP/A/2024/611452; Date of Decision: 14.01.2025
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