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Who will be Home Minister in Next Modi regime?
Narendra Modi is going to be the PM again-this is a foregone conclusion. In the corridors of power people have started talking about the next Home Minister. It is widely believed that the present Home Minister will be again Home Minister but in one knowledgeable circle people say that UP CM Yogi Aditya Nath will be brought to centre as the new Home Minister.
Former IPS officer now joins BRS
Telangana BSP chief RS Praveen Kumar who is a former IPS officer has now joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telengana. He is a 1995 batch former IPS officer.
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- Revised proforma of IPS vigilance profile for empanelment released
- State Govt wanted a three months extension but PMO cleared six months?
- IRS officer to join Arunachal Pradesh
- Anil Kumar Gupta recommended for Member Planning AAI (UPDATED)
- ECI orders removal of Home Secretaries in six States
- S C L Das is also Secretary, Steel for a while
- Govind Mohan gets charge of Secretary, Sports
- Vivek Sahay appointed DGP, West Bengal
- Harshitam Attaluri empanelled as IG in GoI
- Mrinalini Shrivastava empanelled as IG in GoI
- N Kannan empanelled as IG in GoI
- Santosh Kumar empanelled as IG in GoI
- Sonia Singh empanelled as IG in GoI
- Kavita Jalan empanelled as IG in GoI
- Shahnawaz Qasim empanelled as IG in GoI
- Armstrong Changsan appointed Ambassador to Cuba
- T V S N Prasad to serve as Chief Secretary, Haryana for a while
- Das to join GSTC Secretariat
- Md Asad Alam appointed as CMD, Braithwaite & Company Ltd
- Lokesh H D promoted to Senior Administrative Grade
- Pradeep Kumar Singh returns to parent cadre
- Mahendra Prakash Gupta appointed as Director, Tribal Affairs
- Amrit Agrahari appointed as Deputy Secretary, Economic Affairs
- Ms Mrinalini Shrivastava appointed as Director (Fin), NDMA
- Prashant Ranjan appointed as PS to Shantanu Thakur
- Mahander Singh Yadav appointed as Director, CVC
- Central deputation tenure of Aravind Kumar Agrawal extended
- 20 ICoAS officers placed in NFSG in JAG
- Dr Ashok Malik posted to Delhi Police
- ECI issues fresh guidelines on printing of postal ballot papers
- Shortlisted JE (Elec) candidates’ interview dates announced
- UPSC floats list of successful candidates for CGWB
- Chahal removed by EC
- LK Singh is Asst Dir Census Operations Technical
- 12 IP&TAFS officers promoted to STS
- DFCCIL invites applications for top positions
- Various posts advertised by NFSU
- NDFC advertises for top posts
- Five IAS officers get new responsibilities in Haryana
- Vinay Kumar appointed Ambassador to Russia (UPDATED)
- Amresh Mishra takes charge as IGP, ACB/EOW in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
- Ajit N Senior appointed as Director (Mktg), HLL Lifecare Ltd (UPDATED)
- Biranchi Das appointed as Director (Pers), SECL (UPDATED)
- Tsering Dorjai promoted as IG, SSB (UPDATED)
- Dr Subrata Bose promoted to Scientist ‘G’ in MFCS (UPDATED)
- HMIS for health department of BMC to be executed by RailTel (UPDATED)
- Two members of Non-State Civil Service of Kerala promoted to IAS (UPDATED)
- 3 IAS officers get new responsibilities in Punjab (UPDATED)
- Ram Walase appointed CEO, Transindia Real Estate Ltd
- KK Sardana re-appointed MD, Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Ltd
- Arvind Kapil appointed MD, Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd
- K Venkatasubramanian appointed MD, Gillette India Ltd
- K Venkatasubramanian appointed MD, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd
- Mrs Krishnakumar appointed Ind. Director, TTK Prestige Ltd
- K Shankaran re-appointed Whole-Time Director, TTK Prestige Ltd
- Dhananjay Mungale appointed NE Director, NGL Fine-Chem Ltd
- AK Gupta appointed NE Director, Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd
- Ms Singh appointed NE Director, Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Ltd
- SK Gaur appointed Addl. Director, Garnet International Ltd
- Sunil Duggal appointed NE Director, GPIL
- Mrs Balwani appointed NE Director, GPIL
The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a revised proforma of Vigilance Profile for furnishing details of IPS officers by the Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCA) regarding their empanelment to various level as suggested by Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
It looks strange but it is a fact that a state Government wanted three months service extension for the Chief Secretary, but instead of three months the PMO gave a six months extension. What is the indication?
Ms Bullo Mamu will join the Arunachal Pradesh Government as OSD on deputation for a period of three years. She is a 2014 batch IRS(C&IT) officer.
The PESB has recommended Anil Kumar Gupta as the Member (Planning) of the Airports Authority of India .The Public Enterprises Selection Board interviewed a total of 12 candidates for the position on March 18, 2024.
The Election Commission of India has reportedly ordered the removal of Home Secretaries of six states including Bengal in order to ensure free and fair elections in the country.
S C L Das, Secretary, MSME, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Steel till March 28, 2024. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Govind Mohan, Secretary, Culture, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Sports till April 16, 2024. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Vivek Sahay has been appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP), West Bengal. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of W Bengal cadre.
Mrs Harshitam Attaluri has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
Mrs Mrinalini Shrivastava has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Dr N Kannan has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Santosh Kumar has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Sonia Singh has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is a 2003 batch IPS officer of Nagaland cadre.
Kavita Jalan has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. She is a 2003 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.
Shahnawaz Qasim has been empanelled for holding Inspector General (IG)/Inspector General Equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.
Armstrong Changsan, presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cuba. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer.
T V S N Prasad, ACS & Financial Commissioner, Revenue & Disaster Management, will hold the charge of Chief Secretary, Haryana, during the leave period of CS Sanjeev Kaushal. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Sridhar Das will join the Goods and Service Tax Council Secretariat as Under Secretary on deputation basis for a period of three years. He is a 2016 batch IRS(C&IT Officer.
Md Asad Alam, Chief Rolling Stock Engineer (Coaching), SER, has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, Braithwaite & Company Limited (BCL). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.
Lokesh H D has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade and designated as Additional Director General Foreign Trade/ Development Commissioner Special Economic Zone/ Trade Advisor. He is ITS officer.
Pradeep Kumar Singh, Private Secretary to Dr Subhash Sarkar, Minister of State for Education, has been given premature repatriation in order to avail the benefits of promotions. He is a CSS officer.
Mahendra Prakash Gupta has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. He is a 2001 batch ITS officer.
Amrit Agrahari has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 2011 batch IRS-IT officer.
Ms Mrinalini Shrivastava has been appointed as Director (Finance), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). She is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Prashant Ranjan has been appointed as Private Secretary to Shantanu Thakur, Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways. He is a 2007 batch IRS-IT officer.
Mahander Singh Yadav has been appointed as Director in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.
The central deputation tenure of Aravind Kumar Agrawal working as Director in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been extended upto February 28, 2025. He is a 1997 batch CWES officer.
As many as 20 officers of Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS) have been placed in the Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) in the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Shiv Shankar Ojha, Sujoy Mitra, Ratn Kumar Khatwani, Arun Kumar Diwan, Bharti Sahai, Rakesh Kakkar, Naresh Arya, K N Harihara Prasad, Kumar Aman Bharti, Pawan Kumar, Ram Kumar S Pandey, Rashmi Tahiliani, Anand Prakash, Nipun Gupta, Amit Kumar, Vikas Mathur, Shyam Sundar Agrawal, R Jegan, Manoj Kumar Singh and Dhananjoy Mondal.
Dr Ashok Malik has been posted to Delhi Police. The period from the date of his joining the cadre to the date of issue of this order may be treated as 'awaiting posting'. He is a 2009 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued fresh guidelines on printing of postal ballot papers, their transportation and storage. The guideline also has specific instructions on checking of printed postal ballots, disposal of surplus and waste postal ballot papers at the printing press, colours of postal ballot paper and envelopes, custody of postal ballot papers after counting and so forth.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has shortlisted candidates to be interviewed for the posts of Junior Engineers (Electrical) in the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). The interviews will be held on April 8, 9 and 10 from 9 am and from 12 noon onwards.
A list of successful candidates for the post of Assistant Hydrogeologists in the Central Ground Water Board, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti has been issued by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). However, two posts have been kept vacant due to non-availability of candidates.
The Election Commission of India on Mondayordered the removal of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal .
Lavish Kumar Singh has been appointed to the post of Assistant Director of Census Operations (Technical) in the office of the Registrar General of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.
The DoT has promoted 12 IP&TAFS officers to STS grade. Accordingly, Alok Kumar Pandey will join the CCA, Bihar office, Kirdak Neha Laxnan, पर CCA Mumbai office, Vinit Ranjan, DoT HQ, Abhilash P, PAO Ranchi, Chisteena Joy, CGCA office, S S Rohane PAO, Nagpur, Md Shahrukh Hussain, Jt CCA, A&N, R S Warang, PAO, Nagpur, Rajat Tripathi, DoT HQ, Shivani Sharma DoP HQ, Chaitra AM, PAO, Bangalore and K. Prathima, Pr, CCA, Telangana office.
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) has advertised for one post each of General Manager, Deputy Chief Project Manager and Project Manager (Civil) for Prayagraj location. The applications must reach on or before April 6, 2024
The National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) has invited online applications for various teaching, non-teaching, and scientific and technical posts. The applications must reach on or before April 14, 2024.
The National Film Development Corporation Limited (NFDC) has invited applications for various top posts on deputation basis. The applications must reach on or before April 30, 2024.
Five IAS officers have been given new responsibilities in Haryana. A Sreenivas has been appointed as Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management and will continue to hold charge of CEO, Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority and CEO, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority. Besides, 4 IAS officers have been assigned additional charge. TL Satyaprakash has been assigned additional charge of MD, Haryana Minerals Ltd; Ramesh Chander Bidhan was entrusted additional responsibility of Secretary, Haryana State Commission for SCs; Brahmjeet Singh Rangi will also hold charge of District Municipal Commissioner, Palwal and Pradeep Singh gets an additional charge of District Municipal Commissioner, Nuh.
Vinay Kumar, presently Ambassador of India to Myanmar, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer.
Amresh Mishra has taken charge as IGP, Chhattisgarh State Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Economic Offences Wing (ACB/EOW), Raipur. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer. With Amresh Mishra taking charge, D M Awasthi, OSD, PHQ, Raipur, has been relieved of the additional charge of DGP, ACB/EOW.
Ajit N Senior, Vice President, HLL Lifecare Limited, has been appointed as Director (Marketing), HLL Lifecare Limited. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.
Biranchi Das, GM, MCL, has been appointed as Director (Personnel), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.
Tsering Dorjai has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General in Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
Dr Subrata Bose has been promoted to the grade of Scientist 'G' in the Modified Flexible Complementing Scheme (MFCS).
To digitalize and interconnect the healthcare system Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to implement a Healthcare Management Information System (HMIS) for the citizens of Mumbai. RailTel, a PSU under Ministry of Railways, has received the order of Rs 351.95Cr (excluding GST) for Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning, Operations & Maintenance of HMIS (Health Management Information System) for Health Department of BMC. The order was received by RailTel in consortium with Sterlite Technologies Limited. The HMIS is an integrated clinical information system with the basic objective of improved hospital administration and patient healthcare. This will ensure a unique, novel and improved experience to hospital administration and patients. Through the appointment of a System Integrator, the project aims to enhance the efficiency & Quality of Healthcare Service. The project foresees a significant transformation in healthcare administration by seamlessly linking patient care, clinical and non-clinical services, diagnostic facilities, and drug inventory management. This HMIS initiative aims to interconnect all hospitals managed by the Authority within the city. Under this project, 191 dispensaries, 30 maternity homes, 16 peripheral hospitals, 5 specialty hospitals, dental hospitals with medical college and major hospitals including facilities medical college will be covered. A web portal and mobile application will be launched for patients, hospitals and BMC administration which can be used to access relevant data in an instant. The project scope also includes network connectivity, cloud hosting and manpower deployment along with operations and maintenance for a period of 5 years. The execution timeline for the project is 1 year. HMIS application is going to address the fundamental needs of all concerned stakeholders like patients, hospitals, and BMC administration. Patient Satisfaction is the bottom-line of this whole project helping them to have ease of access to healthcare in a hassle-free environment. It will help doctors in faster delivery of service with Clinical Knowledge support. Administrators will be able to make better decisions with the systematic and intelligent data that is going to be generated in HMIS. RailTel has already executed Hospital Management Information System bringing digitized health data of 709 health units of Indian Railways in one single digital platform.
Two members of the Non-State Civil Service of Kerala: Binu Francis and Harikumar K have been appointed to the Indian Administrative Service against the Select List of 2022 and allocated Kerala cadre.
Mrs Kanwal Preet Brar has been appointed as MD, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation Ltd and in addition Chief Administrator, Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority, SAS Nagar and in addition Director, Town & Country Planning and in addition Secretary, Housing and Urban Development. Similarly, Mrs Apneet Riyait takes over as Special Secretary, Personnel and Upkar Singh was made Special Secretary, Revenue & Rehabilitation.
Ram Walase has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transindia Real Estate Limited
Kuldip Krishan Sardana has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Limited with effect from May 1, 2024.
Arvind Kapil has been appointed as Managing Director of Poonawalla Fincorp Limited with effect from June 24, 2024. He succeeds Abhay Bhutada consequent upon his retirement on June 23, 2024. However, he will continue to serve as Non- Executive Director of the company.
Kumar Venkatasubramanian has been appointed as Managing Director of Gillette India Limited with effect from May 1, 2024. He will succeed LV Vaidyanathan, who will step down on April 30, 2024
Kumar Venkatasubramanian has been appointed as Managing Director of Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited with effect from May 1, 2024. He will succeed LV Vaidyanathan, who will step down on April 30, 2024.
Mrs. Akila Krishnakumar has been appointed as Independent Director of TTK Prestige Limited with effect from May 1, 2024
K Shankaran has been re-appointed as Whole-Time Director of TTK Prestige Limited with effect from April 1, 2024.
Dhananjay Mungale has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of NGL Fine-Chem Limited.
Anil Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Limited
Ms. Sangeeta Singh has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Shreyas Shipping & Logistics Limited.
Suresh Kumar Gaur has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent) of Garnet International Limited.
Sunil Duggal has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Godawari Power & Ispat Limited (GPIL).
Mrs. Roma Ashok Balwani has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Godawari Power & Ispat Limited (GPIL).
“Lok Sabha polls and UPSC Prelims exam 2024 - Implications”
The 6th phase of elections for 57 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha, UP, West Bengal and Delhi, has been fixed on May 25, 2024.Coincidentally, the UPSC Prelims for202 (notified on Feb 13,2024)are already fixed on May 26,2024.Needless to mention, any change of dates of elections and examination, is not possible. General permission by the Election commission to UPSC, States PSCs, SSC etc to go ahead with recruitment process, is appreciated. But, it throws up other issues connected with logistics and aspirants’ right to vote. The venues for polling and the prelims on consecutive days would be largely same along with administrative staff and the police force, deployed on special duties. Both events would involve massive logistic operations for addressing security concerns. The authorities will, no doubt, take appropriate steps to ensure smooth conduct of elections by ECI and examination by UPSC, the following day. It is unfortunate that lakhs of aspirants would have to forego their right to vote for being unable to reach the examination venues, the next day in a different city. A large number of CS aspirants from States, who choose Delhi as their centre, will be discriminated against. This would cause their unintended disenfranchisement? The aspirants of other exams held by States’PSCs, SSC and other recruitment bodies will face similar predicament. Some States may contemplate changing dates of their exams.
A K Saxena ( A former civil servant)
Details of payment made to the advocates other than ASG
The appellant asked the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) to inform in how many High Courts, a separate advocate was appointed to present its case apart from apart from the Additional Solicitor General of India, and the amount paid by PCI to the advocate from the year 2020 till now. The PIO informed that such list is not available. On second appeal, the Respondent stated that the relevant information from their official record has been duly furnished to the Appellant within stipulated time frame. The CIC held that an appropriate response as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005 has been provided by the Respondent since only such information that is held and available with a public authority can be provided to the information seekers. Hence, no further intervention of the Commission is required in the instant matter.
Comments
The quantum of payment made to the advocates has often been argued as personal information held in the fiduciary capacity. In most organisations, there would be a legal head for making the payments which would contain the details of the expenditure incurred during the financial year. Further, such information can be found after inspection of the individual files.
Citation: Shri Arvind Kumar v. Pharmacy Council of India, CIC/PHRCI/A/2023/646736; Date of Decision: 27.02.2024
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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