What is the reason of Manipur crisis ?

Insiders say that real cause of the Manipur crisis is illegal opium trade. The warring groups are reportedly funding and supplying arms for controlling  the illegal opium trade.

Will Odisha CM ask for fresh elections?

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to dissolve the state assembly and may ask for a fresh mandate along with other states scheduled for November this year.

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A two-day interaction was held for the selections of three Members including one Judicial Member in Competition Commission of India (CCI). The names of the selected persons have reportedly been sent to the Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for approval.

It is widely believed that Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal will take over as new DGP of Tamil Nadu on July 1. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer.

As per available information Income Tax department is set to see major reshuffle, especially in Central and Faceless regions.

Delhi Police's transfer list is yet to come, reason is said to be very peculiar. It is said that many UT cadre IPS officers have reported and waiting  for their posting orders. And MHA is yet to issue their posting orders. This is delaying Delhi Police reshuffle.

Tenure of Rakesh Agrawal presently Joint Director in the CBI has been extended for another six months. Tenure of 1994 batch IPS officer of HP cadre Agrawal is coming to an end on June 2.

(We said this on May 24, 2023)

The CBIC has placed the services of seven IRS(C&IT) services at the disposal of ED. They will join the agency as Dy Directors. They are- Pathan Adeeb Daulat Khan, Thorat Piyush Sharadchandra, Abhroop Aryan, Mohit Jangid, Sheeti Kantha Das, Naveen Rana and Tushar Narayan.

A retiring Judge of Delhi High Court is expected to be inducted as Judicial Member, Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Bidyut Bihari Swain has taken oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, UPSC. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Vikraman N has taken over the charge as Director (HR) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He was serving as Executive Director (Radar) and Unit Head of BEL’s Ghaziabad Unit prior to his elevation to the Board.

The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) association, Uttar Pradesh always stands with its members and their families, said UP IAS association President Ranjan Kumar while talking to Whispers in the Corridors. He said that the association is constituting   a committee that would suggest ways, how to support families of the association members, when and where needed. He informed that a few other committees will also be formed for sports, cultural activities and others. He said that the members of the committee will be picked from the association only.

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has rescheduled the selection meeting for the post of CMD, CONCOR on June 7, 2023.

In Madhya Pradesh, two Special Director Generals of Police are going to retire in July following which two Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs) will be elevated to DG rank. The DGs reaching their superannuation in July include DG training Mukesh Kumar Jain, and DG home guards Pawan Kumar Jain. After their retirement, Sushma Singh ADG vigilance and Sajjad Wasi Naqvi (ADG Narcotics) will be elevated to DG rank, retiring in August.

Rajender Kumar Kataria, IAS, 1996 batch, who was Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Sericulture Department to Government of Karnataka is new PS, Revenue Department. After his joining, Jayaram N, IAS, will be relieved of the additional charge of Revenue department.  

(We said this on May 22, 2023)

Pankaj Kumar Pandey, IAS, 2000 batch who was Secretary, Commerce and Industries Department (MSME an Mines), has been transferred as Managing Director, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited. Dr Manjula N, IAS, 2002 batch, who was holding the charge is new Secretary, Department of Women and Child  Development and Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizen.

Sharat B, IAS, 2011 Batch who was holding the post of Commissioner, Agriculture Department has been transferred as Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board. Mohan Raj KP was holding the post till now, who has been shifted to new assignment.

Asha Ram Sihag, former IAS officer of Himachal and ex-Secretary, M/o Heavy Industries, has been appointed Independent External Monitor (IEM) of Punjab & Sind Bank and DAHD.

Vijai Prakash Pathak, former IRSS officer and ex-Member, Railway Board, has been appointed Independent External Monitor (IEM) of IOCL & NPC.

Ms Vidyawati has taken over as the Secretary, Tourism. She is a 1991 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer.

 Ms Sonal Dhakate has been appointed as JS in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment under Central Staffing Scheme for a period of five years. She is a 1994 batch IP&T&AS officer.

 Air Commodore Sanjay Chopra took over command of Air Force Station Hindan from Air Commodore Vinay Pratap Singh on Thursday.  Air Commodore Sanjay Chopra was commissioned as Helicopter Pilot in the Indian Air Force in December 1995.

P Upadhyay, INAS has taken over as Director General of Naval Armament (DGONA) at IHQ MoD (Navy). He belongs to the 1987 batch of Indian Naval Armament Service. He joined the Naval Armament Organization of the Indian Navy on July 12, 1989.

Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar, Judge of Bombay High Court, has been assigned to perform the duties of Acting Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from May 31, 2023, consequent upon the retirement of Justice Ramesh Deokinandan Dhanuka.

Five IAS officers in UP have been given new postings. Prashant Trivedi has been appointed Chairman, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, while Deepak Kumar was given additional charge of ACS, Finance and Lokesh M is Commissioner, Kanpur Division. Similarly, Rajshekhar was appointed Secretary, Agriculture and Yashod Trishikesh Bhaskar was made Commissioner, Saharanpur Division.

V Thavamani Pandi, who is presently posted in Southern Railway, has been appointed in higher administrative grade (HAG) and posted as Chief Engineer (CE), G, in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

A Achuta Rao, who is presently posted in South Central Railway (SCR), has been appointed in higher administrative grade (HAG) and posted as Chief Engineer (Works) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Rajeev Verma, who is presently posted in North Eastern Railway (NER), should be posted as Chief Bridge Engineer (CBE) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Nar Singh Das, who is presently working as Chief Commercial Manager (CCM), PS, in Northern Railway (NR), has been transferred to North Western Railway (NWR) and posted as Principal Chief Commercial Manager (PCCM) (CHOD). He is an Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer.

Mudit Chandra, who is being relieved from the post of Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Agra Cantonment, in North Central Railway (NCR), has been posted as Principal Chief Personnel Officer (PCPO) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer.

Shailesh Gupta, who is presently posted in Northern Railway (NR), has been posted as Principal Chief Signal and Telecommunication Engineer (PCSTE) in the Railway itself. He is an Indian Railways Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) officer.

VK Srivastava. Principal Chief Engineer (PCE), Metro Railway, has been entrusted with the additional charge of the post of Managing Director (MD), Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMRCL). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Asim Kumar Majumdar, Principal Chief Electrical Engineer (PCEE), Metro Railway, has been entrusted with the additional charge of the post of Director (RS&T), Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Limited (KMRCL). He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Vijay Pratap Singh, who is presently working as Principal Executive Director (PED), Bridge, in Railway Board has been transferred to Northern Railway (NR) and posted as Principal Chief Engineer (PCE). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

The Rajasthan Government has transferred seven IAS officers.Accordingly,  Kana Ram, who was Commissioner, Agriculture and Panchayati Raj has been shifted to the post of Director, School  Education, Bikaner, ML Chauhan, Joint Secretary, Higher Education is new Additional Director General, HCM, Udaipur, Ms Pushpa Satyani, Commissioner, Woman empowerment has been shifted as Director, Agriculture Cooperatives, Gaurav Agrawal, who was waiting for posting has been placed as Director, Agriculture and Panchayati Raj, Utsav Kaushal, who was holding the post of Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax is new Commissioner, Jodhpur South. Also, Devendra Kumar, who was Joint Secretary, Personnel Department is new Commissioner, Jodhpur Development Authority. Akshay Godhra, who was Additional Commissioner, VAT and IT has been shifted as Joint Secretary, Personnel.

The Rajasthan Government has given additional charge to two IAS officers. Vikas Sitaramji Bhale, who is Principal Secretary, Labour and Industries Department has been given additional charge of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries department. He is also holding the charge of Health and Medical Services (ESI) Department. Renu Jaipal, who is Managing Director, RSLDC has been given the additional charge of Commissioner, Woman Empowerment Department.

In a major reshuffle, the Rajasthan Government has transferred 17 IPS officers. According to the order, Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar Sharma, who was looking after Rajasthan Police Academy is new DG, Law and Order. Junga Sriniwas Rao, who was DG, Police Training has been shifted as DG, Community Policing and Human Rights, Dr Ravi Prakash, DG, Civil Rights and Cyber Crime is new DG, SCRB, Telecommunication and Telecom. Sanjay Agrawal, who was Additional DG, Roadways has been shifted as ADG, Police Headquarters, Anil Paliwal, who was ADG, Personnel is new ADGP, Roadways, Binita Thakur, ADG, Recruitment and Promotions has been shifted as ADG, Police Housing, Sachin Mittal, ADG, Training is new ADG, Recruitment and Promotions, P Ramji, who was ADGP, Security has been shifted as Director, Rajasthan Police Academy, Rupinder Singh, Inspector General of Police, Ajmer Range has been shifted as IG,RAC. Mrs Lata Nanoj Kumar, who was IG, RAC is new IG, Ajmer range, Gaurav Shrivastava,  IG, Bharatpur range is new IG, Crime. Rahul Prakash, who was DIG, CID has been made DIG, Bharatpur range. Dr Ravi,  DIG, Civil Rights is new DIG, Anti Corruption Bureau, Randhir Singh, DIG, SOG, is also placed in Anti Corruption Bureau, Harendra Kumar Mahavar, DIG, RPTC is also shifted in same wing, Rahul Kotoki, who was DIG, CID is new DIG, Training. Kalyan Meena, DIG, SSB, Kota is new DIG, Anti Corruption Bureau.

Ms Anandhi, Deputy Director (Sr), LBSNAA, has been given premature repatriation to her parent cadre. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ravi Prakash Gupta has been appointed as Secretary, Haryana, Revenue & Disaster Management Department. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Surya Madhaba Panigrahi, member of State Civil Service of Odisha, has been promoted to the IAS against Review Select List of 2020 and allocated Odisha cadre.

The Rajasthan Government has transferred 13 IPS officers. According to the order issued on Friday, a total of 30 IPS officers have been shifted. According to the order, Sunil Kumar Bishnoi, who was DIG, SSB, Bharatpur has been placed as Sdig, Crime. Manish Agrawal, DIG, Training is new DIG, SOG. Vikas Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Udaipur has been shifted to Alwar. Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav, who was SP, Cyber Crime is new SP, Udaipur. Mamta Gupta, SP, Sirohi is new SP, Karoli, Dr Kiran Siddhu, SP, Jalore is new Commandant, 11 Battalion, RAC, New Delhi, Shyam Singh, SP, Bharatpur is new SP, Jhunjhnu, Naryan Togas, SP, Karoli is new SP, SOG. Anil Kumar was SP, Alwar but he is now SP, Cyber Crime, Monika Sen, SP, SOG is new SP, Jalore, Mridul Kachawa, SP Jhunjhnu is new SP, Bharatpur, Vikas Sangwan, SP, SOG is new SP, Jaisalmer, and Jaiyeshtha Maitriya, who was Deputy Commissioner, Crime has been transferred as SP, Sirohi.     

As many as 19 IAS officers have been given new assignments in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Mrs Sujata Saunik has been posted as ACS (Home), Home Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai, while S V R Srinivas was made OSD, Dharavi Redevelopment Project, Mumbai and Lokesh Chandra is CMD, MAHADISCOM, Mumbai. Similarly, Mrs  Radhika Rastogi has been posted as PS & Development Commr., Planning Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Mrs I A Kundan, as PS, Minority Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Sanjeev Jaiswal as VP and CEO, MHADA, Mumbai; Asheesh Sharma as PS(2), Urban Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Vijay Singhal as GM, BEST, Mumbai; Mrs Anshu Sinha as Secretary, OBC Bahujan Welfare Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Anup Kumar Yadav as Secretary, Women and Child Welfare Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Tukaram Mundhe as Secretary, Marathi Bhasha Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai; Dr Amit Saini as Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission, Mumbai; Chandrakant Pulkundwar as Commissioner, Sugar, Pune; Dr Manik Gursal as CEO, Mah.Maritime Board, Mumbai; Mrs Kadambari Balkawade as DG, MEDA, Pune; Pradipkumar Dange as Director, Sericulture, Nagpur; Shantanu Goel as Joint Managing Director, CIDCO, Navi Mumbai; Prithviraj BP as Director, Information Technology, Mumbai and Dr Hemant Vasekar has been posted as Commissioner, Animal Husbandary, Pune. Besides, Dr Sudhakar Shinde, IRS (1997) has been posted as AMC, BMC, Mumbai.

The Rajasthan Government has given additional charge to 3 IPS officers with the present assignments. According to the order, Sanjeeb Kumar Narjari, who is Additional DG, Community Policing has been  given the additional charge of Personnel department, Rupinder Singh, Inspector General (IG) RAC, is also IG, Security. Kishan Sahai Meena, who is IG, Human Rights is given the additional charge of Training.    

Saurabh Garg, Secretary Social Justice & Empowerment, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities from June 3 to June 25, 2023. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Results of the elections of office bearers of CSS Forum have been declared. Udit Arya, ASO, Defence has been elected President of the Forum. The Vice Presidents are: Sahayar Kumar Bairwa, Neeraj Nara and Piyush Kumar. Similarly, Ashutosh Mishra is elected General Secretary and Jatin Kumar Organizing Secretary. The Secretaries of the Forum are: Vipin Singh, Indu Balyan, Yatendra Chandela, Monalisa Dutta and Kanchan Thakur. Himanshu Prabhakar was elected Coordination Secretary, Amit Kumar Sahu is Treasurer and Simarpreet Singh has been elected unopposed as Auditor.

Vibhu Nayar has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. Nayar is 1990 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Puneet Kumar Goel has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Arunish Chawla has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Chanchal Kumar has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Nidhi Khare has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is 1992 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Vineet Joshi has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Vumlunmang Vualnam has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Neelam Shammi Rao has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is 1992 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Pankaj Agrawal has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

V L Kantha Rao has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Rajat Kumar Mishra has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sanjay Jaju has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

J Radhakrishnan has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Neeraj Mittal has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Narendra Bhooshan has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Subhas Chandra Lal Das has been empanelled for holding Secretary and Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Ashish Kumar Bhutani has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

 Rakesh Ranjan has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Rajendra Kumar has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Shashi Ranjan Kumar has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.

Shashi Ranjan Kumar has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.

Sriram Taranikanti has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.

Vijay Kumar has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. 

Hari S Bhartia has been appointed as Whole-Time Director, designated as Executive Co-Chairman, of Jubilant Ingrevia Limited.

Gajanan Posti has been appointed as Chairperson of Tricom Fruit Products Limited.

Ajit Venkataraman, currently designated as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Finolex Industries Limited (FIL), has been appointed as Additional Director and Managing Director of FIL.

Sanjay Varma, Director (Refinery), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), has been assigned additional charge of Managing Director of the company.

Sudipta Mukherjee has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director of Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited.

Bharat Salhotra has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive) on the Board of Integra Engineering India Limited.

Yoshitsugu Matsushita, Nominee of Japan's Stanley Electric Company Limited, has been appointed as Additional Director (Non-Executive Non-Independent) of Lumax Industries Limited.

Satish Srinivasan has been appointed as Additional Director and Whole-Time Director, designated as Executive Director -Technical of Nestlé India Limited with effect from July 1, 2023.

Rana Pratap Singh has been appointed as Executive Director (Whole-time Director) of International Combustion (India) Limited.

Sreekant Kandikuppa, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has assumed additional charge of the post of Director (Personnel) of POWERGRID.

Nagarajan Vikraman has been appointed as Director (Human Resources) on the Board of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

Amitabh Chatterjee has resigned from the position of Deputy Managing Director (deputed by Canara Bank) of Can Fin Homes Limited because of his repatriation and transfer back to Canara Bank.

Most statutory organizations have failed to fulfil goals

It is astonishing that most of the statutory organizations do not work and have failed to fulfil the goals for which they were set up. It is equally astonishing that nobody cares - people can discuss a stick calling it by the most grand names. The whole issue is discussed in a light different from what the issue actually is. The RNI is supposed to fulfil some function for which it was set up. Are they collecting the copies of the newspapers to sell them to the person who buys the old newspaper as scrap? It is so easy to digitalize the data for posterity. Is anyone willing to think, plan and act???

Shalin Bhatnagar

What happens to the copies of the newspapers sent to RNI?

The appellant sought to know if the record copy of the newspapers maintained by the Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI) was in print format or otherwise; and some other related information was also asked. The PIO informed that the details of newspapers received in RNI as per section 11(B) of PRB Act, 1867 is updated on regularity portal on RNI website and RNI does not maintain copy(s) of newspapers. The Appellant contended that the PIO has provided a false and misleading reply and quoted Rule 5 of the Registration of Newspaper (Central) Rules, 1956. The CIC observed that the PIO has reaffirmed the factual position of not maintaining copy of newspapers and is within the confines of the RTI Act. The CIC observed that action or inaction of RNI in not maintaining the said record cannot warrant any punitive action against the PIO under the RTI Act. The CIC directed the PIO to place this order before their competent authority to look into the allegations of the Appellant in consonance with the extant rules governing RNI.

Comments

It is a classical case which demonstrates how the RTI Act can be used to initiate action against non-compliance of any act or rules. Rule 5 (1) of the Registration of Newspaper (Central) Rules, 1956 reads that “Every publisher shall, within 48 hours of the publication of an issue of his newspaper, send to the Press Registrar one copy of the issue by post or by a messenger”. Sadly, in many cases, no copies of the newspapers are retained for future.

Citation: Samir Sardana v. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers of India, CIC/RNIND/A/2021/662365; 27/04/2023

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