A&N Lt Guv D K Joshi may play decisive role in selection of next Navy Chief Devendra Kumar Joshi, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Island may play key role in selection of next Navy Chief.

Sanjeev Shami has been appointed Inspector General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for a period of five years. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Anshuman Yadav has been appointed Inspector General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for a period of five years. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Rajesh Kumar has moved to BSF from ITBP as IG. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Vikas Kumar has been promoted to the rank of IG in the BPR&D. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

S Dev Dutt Singh has been promoted as IG in CRPF. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

M R Naik has been promoted as IG in CRPF. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

A total of 14 Additional Judges of Bombay High Court have the date of expiry of their present term on the same date on June 4, 2019. They are : Justices- Sandeep Kashinath Shinde, Rohit Baban Deo, Mrs Bharati Harish Dangre, Sarang Vijaykumar Kotwal, Riyaz Iqbal Chagla, Manish Pitale, Sunil Keshaorao Kotwal, Arun Digambarrao Upadhye, Mangesh Shivajirao Patil, Arun Madhav Dhavale, Prithviraj Keshavrao Chavan, Murlidhar Ganpatrao Giratkar, Mrs Vibha Vasant Kankanwadi, Sopan Mahadu Gavhane, Shriram Madhusudan Modak, Jamadar Nijamoddin Jahiroddin, Vinay Gajanan Joshi, Avachat Rajendra Govind and Mrs Pushpa Virendra Ganediwala.

ED has constituted Special Investigative Team (SIT) to tackle Money Laundering and ancillary issues arising out of crime of Drug trafficking. Jitendra Kumar Gogia, Dy Director, ED, heads the 12 member team. In addition to this, four officers have also been appointed as Nodal Officers related to drug cases of different regions.

Rajan Agrawal, Director in the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre with the condition of extended cooling off. He is a 1984 batch IDSE officer.

Sachin Badshah has been appointed DIG in CRPF on central deputation. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Lt General  Rajesh Pant has  joined as Officer on Special Duty at  the country's first National Cyber Security Coordinator. He would succeed Gulshan Rai on April 1.

Hanish Chhabra has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Poojan Rana has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 2009 batch IRS-IT officer.

Bharati Ghosh, a retired IPS officer once considered close to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, will after getting BJP ticket now take on TMC's filmstar Lok Sabha candidate, Dipak Adhikari.

As many as nine Indian Trade Service (ITS) officers have been promoted to STS as Dy Director General, Foreign Trade. They are- P C Ravindran, Ramesh Chandra Verma, Dr. Banavath Punnam Kumar, Rohit Soni, Ms Suganya K, N. Vaidyanathan, Md Moin Afaque, Anad Mohan Mishra and Kaladi Hrushikesh Reddy.

Altogether five ITS officers , who are promoted to DY DG, FT, have been transferred to new place. Accordingly, P C Ravindran has been transferred to RA, Ahmadabad, Dr Banavath P. Kumar going from Visakhapatnam to RA Bangalore, Rohit Soni is going from Kolkata to RA Ahmadabad, Anad Mohan Mishra has been transferred to Kolkata Zonal office and K Hrushikesh Reddy joins RA, Hyderabad. He was in Chennai office.

S S Mishra has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi, Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court has resigned from the date he will assume charge as Member (Judicial), Lokpal.

The 13th round of Phase-V training of the Mandatory Mid-Carrier Training Programme (MCTP) ,2019 for IAS officers is scheduled from June 17 to July 5, 2019 at LBSNAA, Mussoorie.

The Central Government has announced that the amount of liberalized family pension of eligible child /children of armed forces personnel should be subject to a minimum of Rs 18,000 per month.

Allahabad High Court tops with highest number of vacancies for additional judges at 36 against approved strength of 84 judges as on March 1, 2019.

Dr Dhananjay Kumar Tiwary has been appointed as Counsellor (S&T) in the Embassy of India’s  Defence Technology Wing in Washington DC.

A working IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, Vijay kumar Bhagwat Pawar has reportedly committed suicide by hanging after shooting at wife Sonali at his resident in Solapur district in Maharashtra. His wife is said to be in critical condition while Pawar was declared dead. 

Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra , senior-most Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court to perform duties of Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court from the date Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court Ajay Kumar Tripathi relinquishes charge as Chief Justice to assume charge as Member (Judicial) , Lokpal.

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh has been appointed as the next Navy Chief. Singh will succeed Admiral Sunil Lanba who retires on May 31. Vice Admiral Singh is presently Flag Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam.

 ( We  said this on March 22 )

Dr Ravi Kumar Surpur has been appointed as Special Commissioner (Projects), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, while Dr Sunil Panwar was made Executive Director, Centre for Smart Governance, Bengaluru with additional charge of Additional Mission Director-1, Sakala Mission. Besides, Pradeep P has been appointed as Director, e-Governance and Ex-officio Director, Directorate of Electronic Delivery of Citizen Services.

Indian Infotech & Software Ltd has appointed Ankit Shaw, Bharat Pathak and Mrs Aksha Bihani as independent directors of the company.

Hira Automobiles Ltd has  appointed Rajan Kaushal as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Vitesse Agro Ltd has appointed Roop Kishore Gola and  Avadhesh Kumar Gola as  Additional Executive Directors of the company.

Haryana Capfin Ltd has appointed Saket Jindal as Additional Director of the company.

Titan Securities Ltd has appointed Aashish Dalmia as Independent Additional Director of the company.

Vote Rahul and his party out

Fully agree with the views that appeare4de in this column the other day. When India was engaged with China in Doklam, Rahul Gandhi met Chinese ambassador in their consulate. Had the country was first in the eyes of Rahul, he should have persuaded Chinese ambassador to go back and in that case he would have narrated it at every forum but unfortunately he is total silent on this issue. Moreover, he got more than enthusiastic response from China when he visited Kailash Mansarovar last year. It proves that he is propagating only those things on Doklam what China wants him to. This makes even more important for public at large to vote Rahul and his party out in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He is only making fun of Narendra Modi at Doklam totally forgetting that only cactus have grown from the seeds sown by his ancestors as far as China is concerned. But one thing I want to ask, what prevented India from declaring Azahar Masood a global terrorist from Parliament with unanimous vote ?

V K Pandey

Record Keeping the government offices

Information regarding the list of pensioners, who are receiving pension from Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration under jurisdiction of Pay and Accounts Office Code 071383, issued by CGHS card in CGHS covered cities across India as also the list along with their details such as names, designation, CGHS card number, date of issue, etc. was sought . The Respondent expressed his inability to address the issues raised by the Appellant and stated that since issuance of CGHS cards was decentralized, no specific data was available with them. The CIC noted that the DoPT constituted a Task Force for the effective implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act. The CIC expressed serious concern about the state of recordkeeping within the CGHS and directed the Director, CGHS to depute a team of officials to enquire into the entire matter and provide information to the Appellant. The CIC directed that a comprehensive and robust policy for digitization of its records to be evolved and implemented within a time bound manner for the ease and convenience of all concerned.

Comments

The implementation of section 4 of the RTI Act remains a dream which is yet to be realised in most of the government departments. The Department of Personnel and Training of the Government of India had constituted a Task Force for the effective implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act. As a part of this Task Force, a sub group on ‘Guidelines for Digital Publication under RTI supporting Proactive Disclosure of Information’ held a one day consultation on ‘Formulating guidelines for digital publication under RTI supporting proactive disclosure of information’. Hopefully, the departments should start implementing the same in the right earnest.

Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is an expert on RTI matters and has co-authored the books RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

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