The Banks Board Bureau has recommended name of G R Chintala for Chairman of NABARD.

The officers of Indian Statistical Service of 1999 batch are being evaluated for empanelment for holding the post of Join Secretary/ Equivalent in Government of India.

The work on deciding Cadre/substantive rank structure of Army officers had been transferred to Department of Military Affairs (DMA).

Credentials of 126 applicants (38 for CVC and 88 for both CVC and vigilance commissioners) were examined by the selection committee headed by the PM Narendra Modi .

The services of Kekhrievor Kevichusa have been placed at the disposal of Government of Nagaland. He is a 2000 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

The Bombay High Court is set to lose four of its senior-most Judges over the next two months.

Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain has been appointed as Member of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

The Central Government has approved the appointment of former DG , Indian Coast Guard, Rajendra Singh as a Member of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Ram Sajiwan Singh has been given one year extension  upto March 31, 2021 , who is on deputation in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. He is posted as Director. He is an ITS officer.

P Subramanyam has been appointed Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in A&N Island. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

SEBI to sign an updated Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) MoU signed between SEBI and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UK. This has necessitated after UK's exit from the European Union on 31st January 2020. Cabinet has approved this proposal.

High Courts of Calcutta, Tripura, Sikkim and Gauhati now have full strength of Additional Judges.

S Balachandra Iyer, presently posted as EDE(N), Railway Board has been appointed as Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunications for a period of five years. He is an IRPS officer.

S S Deshwal, DG, ITBP has awarded members of those  ITBP team who successfully managed the Quarantine facilities for 406 people taken from Wuham, China. These persons stayed at the Force's Chhawala camp in Delhi from Feb 1 to 19, 2020. More than 60 staff including Doctors were put on dury for their care. 

Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay, Judicial Officer, for Judge of the Tripura High Court.

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of Ahanthem Bimol Singh, Advocate, as Judge of the Manipur High Court.

Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of three Judicial Officers - Vinod Chatterji Koul, Sanjay Dhar and  Puneet Gupta - as Judges of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court:

The Maharashtra Govt has carried out major reshuffle of IAS officers in the State. Accordingly, Dr Nitin Kareer, Additional Chief Secretary ,Urban Development Department, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue, Registration and Stamp Duty),Manu Kumar Srivastava, Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue, Registration and Stamp Duty) has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (Forest), I S Chahal,  Principal Secretary (Water Resources), has been posted as Principal Secretary , Urban Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai, B. Venugopal Reddy,  Principal Secretary (Forest) has been posted as Principal Secretary (Industries), Industry, Energy and Labour Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai and Sanjay Khandare,  has been posted as Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai.

Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel visited SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) on his maiden visit today. During his visit, Pradhan witnessed the beginning of the heating process of the 3rd Convertor at the modernized SMS-3. During his interaction with the senior management of SAIL-BSP, Pradhan congratulated the Bhilai Collective for achieving highest ever production of rails in current fiscal year and exhorted senior officials to draw a detailed action plan for enhancing production, efficiency and ensuring a zero accident paradigm. Minister Pradhan also interacted with the representatives of MSMEs in and around Bhilai, worker’s unions and officers association. Holding an in-depth discussion with MSME representatives of ancillary steel industry in Chattisgarh, Minister Pradhan discussed ways to promote steel industry SMEs in the region by developing a supporting local ecosystem.Stating tremendous opportunity for growth in steel sector in Eastern India, he called for greater localisation of sourcing and promotion of entrepreneurship. During the visit, the Minister started the heating process of BOF-3 which paved the way for operationalization of Convertor-3 in the modernized SMS-3 shop of the Plant. Equipped with modern state-of-the-art facilities for crude steel production, two convertors and three casters including two billet casters and one bloom caster and other facilities are presently in operation at SMS-3. The new 180 Tonne capacity Convertor-3 will pave the way for 4 MTPA (Million Tonne Per Annum) capacity modex facility of Steel Melting Shop-3 of the Plant.  The Minister also visited Safety Excellence Centre inside the Plant, new Blast Furnace No. 8, Universal Rail Mill that produces the world’s longest 130 metre rails and the Rail & Structural Mill. It may be mentioned here that the blooms cast in SMS-3 are ideally suited for rolling the world’s longest 130 metre rails at the Plant’s Universal Rail Mill (URM). Even as the graph of production from SMS-3 is steadily rising with two convertors in operation, the addition of Convertor 3 would enable SMS-3 to supply higher volumes of cast blooms for URM.  The Minister was accompanied in his visit by Chairman SAIL, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Directors and other senior officials of SAIL.

Dr S K Rahamatullah presently posted with East Coast Railway has been given clinical post in South Eastern Railway on attaining the age of 62 years. He is an IRHS officer.

Dr S K Mitra presently working as ACMS in Western Railway has been posted as Professor (Health Management) , NAIR. He is an IRHS officer.

Sanjay Kumar Agrawal has been appointed as Administrator, Bihar Road Transport Corporation, while Dr Shyamal Kishore Pathak is Director, Land Acquisition and Anshul Agrawal is Municipal Commissioner, Nalanda. Besides, Richi Pandey has been appointed as Deputy Development Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer, Patna Zilla Panchayat in Bihar.

Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh AVSM, NM has assumed charge as the Commandant of the prestigious Naval War College.

Rear Admiral Antony George has assumed charge as the Chief Staff Officer (Training) at Headquarters, Southern Naval Command.

The Reserve Bank of India has approved the appointment of  Sunil Gurbaxani as Managing Director & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank for a period of three years from the date of taking charge.

NBCC, a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), has recently implemented the ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’ [RPL-4] programme in collaboration with CSDCI and CII at the IIT-Delhi project site of NBCC. The workers were felicitated with certificates given away to them by the Senior officers of NBCC. Officers from CII, and CSDCI were also present at the programme. Under Skill India Mission of Government of India, NBCC has been implementing RPL programmes at various project sites across the country with a purpose to promote skill development and discover uncertified talented workforce in construction sector.

M Senthilnathan, ED, ECGC, Limited, has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, ECGS Limited, Mumbai. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved his appointment to the post.

Amarjeet Sinha has been appointed as Advisor to the Prime Minister. He is a 1983 batch retired IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

The Central Govt has appointed Justices Mohammad Nawaz,  Harekoppa Thimmanna Gowda Narendra Prasad,  Ashok Golappa Nijagannavar, Hethur Puttaswamygowda Sandesh and Krishnan Natarajan, Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court as Permanent Judges of the Karnataka High Court with effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices.

Shalimar Paints Ltd has appointed Ms Shruti Shrivastava as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Blue Chip India Limited has appointed Ms Rashmi Sharma as Company Secretary of the company.

Dhan Raj has resigned as Independent Director of Aksh Optifibre due to personal reasons.

Rajendra Kumar Jatav has resigned as Company Secretary of  Empower India Ltd due to personal reasons.

Jaffar Imam has resigned as Independent Director of SVC Industries.

DEBATE (1)

Though nothing wrong with it but not possible in this vast country. Every service needs specialisation.

N K Singh IPS (RETD)

Raaj-hath, the Royal Obstinacy

Redevelopment of Central Secretariat complex and Central Vista would mean demolition of Parliament House and other prestigious office buildings including Udyog, Krishi, Nirman, Shastri Bhawans and various ancillary structures Lutyens Zone — an integral part of the history of New Delhi.

In October 2019, CPWD awarded the project to a Gujarat-based company HCP Designs.

The same company had revamped Kashi Vishwanath corridor in Varanasi and the new BJP headquarters in Rouse Avenue Delhi.

All of us have grown watching these elegant buildings

Now, there will be a single triangular composite building to accommodate all ministries.

Security will be compromised by locating all ministries in a single building.  A separate Parliament house will be constructed. Work will start in May 2020 and completed in 2024.

The new structures will rob the area of much of its heritage importance. Public was not consulted despite being the largest stake-holders. Sheer waste of public resources that could be diverted to strengthen existing infrastructures.

There will be utter chaos ,dislocation during the period of construction roads, clogging with traffic congestions during the three years period of construction.

PM Modi is hell-bent on undertaking the project, come what may.

An instance of Raajhath, the Royal Obstinacy. A One-man show.

A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

Disclosure of personal information by IIM, Ahmedabad

The appellant requested for information regarding Prof. Dheeraj Sharma’s recruitment in IIM, Ahmedabad including the academic background and documentary evidences of the same. The PIO submitted that whatever information was available was provided to the appellant. The appellant requested for inspection of the relevant documents. The CIC observed that the information sought by the appellant was regarding a third person namely Prof. Dheeraj Sharma which is purely in the nature of personal information of a third party and thus exempted from disclosure u/s 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The CIC cautioned the PIO to remain careful while handling the RTI applications and ensure that such kind of mistakes do not occur in future.

Comments

Disclosure of third party information without giving a third party notice indicates the pathetic level of knowledge of the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005. IIM, Ahmedabad, being the premier management institute of the country, is expected to set example in all fields. The irreparable loss caused to the third party by the disclosure of information which is beyond the scope of the RTI Act cannot be undone.

Citation: Nirmalya Bandyopadhyay v. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in Decision no.: -CIC/IIMAH/A/2019/114008/02862, Date of Decision: 12/02/2020

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