NTPC Limited under the Ministry of Power has been rated as Excellent CPSE for the year 2019-20.

Nimish Rustagi has been attached with the Minister of Information & Broadcasting till further orders. He is an IIS officer and posted as Director, PIB Headquarter

Continuing to cope with the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic during the financial year 2020-21 that led to travel restrictions and flight bans, Air India Ltd incurred a loss of Rs 7,017.42 crore in the current fiscal. Nonetheless, the airline managed to improve on the loss of Rs 7,765.73 crore reported during the previous fiscal. The decline in losses during 2020-21 as compared to the previous year could be attributed to the reduction in the airline's expenses to Rs. 19,083.33 crore in 2020-21 from Rs. 36,290.17 crore in 2019-20 with the airline's operations remaining limited during the pandemic. Recently, Tata Group had won the bid to take back the reins of state-owned Air India after 67 years.

Former State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman, Rajnish Kumar, has been appointed the Chairman of the Fintech company BharatPe board of the recently minted unicorn.

No officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1995 batch from Sikkim cadre has been empanelled for Additional Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India.

Hardik Mukesh Sheth has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Finance on a lateral basis.

Mandakini Balodhi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Finance on a lateral basis.

Avnit Singh Arora has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Law and Justice on a lateral basis.

Neeraj Kumar has been repatriated from National e- governance Division, Ministry of IT & Electronics, has reported back to his parent DoT. He is a SAG level ITS officer.

Ms. Kalpana Srivastava , who is returning from deputation to Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC), has been posted on Central Railway (CR) in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Surinder Pal has been transferred from Northern Railway (NR) to Rail Coach Factory (RCF) and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Anil Kumar Tiwari ,who is returning from deputation to Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jabalpur, has been posted on Central Railway (CR) in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer.

RK Yadav, who is presently working as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction), has been shifted to Western Railway (WR) in the same capacity. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

SM Maheshwari – who is presently working as Chief Project Director (Bridge Workshop) – has been transferred to South Eastern Railway (SER) and posted as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

PK Gupta ,who is presently working as Chief Project Director (Bridge Workshop,  has been transferred to East Central Railway (ECR) and posted as Principal Chief Engineer. He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

MS Chauhan has been transferred from Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to Eastern Railway (ER) and posted as Chief Project Director (CPD), Bridge Workshop (BW). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Vinod Bampal has been transferred from South Western Railway (SWR) to Central Railway (CR) and posted as Chief Project Director (CPD), Bridge Workshop (BW). He is an Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer.

Three IPS officers have been transferred in Rajasthan. Gaurav Shrivastava has been posted as DIG, Personnel, Jaipur, while Rahul Prakash was made DIG, CID, Crime Branch, Jaipur and Dr Ravi will take charge as DIG, Civil Rights.

K C Raju, Under Secretary, has been posted to the Department of Commerce subsequent to his repatriation from deputation.

Rahul Singh, Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Division, Kathua, is transferred and posted as Additional Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, on deputation basis, relieving Anup Kumar Soni, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer, Forest Division, Jammu of the additional charge of the post. He is a 2013 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Satish Korogappa Shetty has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Alexander Stamps And Coin Limited.

Ms. Neeraja Adidam has been appointed as an Additional Director (part-time Government Nominee Director) on the Board of National Fertilizers Limited.

Sachu Rajan Eapen has been appointed as Independent Director and Chairman of Uniroyal Marine Exports Limited.

Pradeep Kumar Panja, who has been serving as Independent Director of Karnataka Bank Limited, has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the Bank with effect from November 14, 2021.

Mrs. Pravin Tripathi has ceased to be Independent Director on the Board of PTC India Financial Services Limited (PFS).

Increase basic minimum salaries for private sector

Government should think of increasing basic minimum salaries for people working in private jobs, especially post Corona times, and as the private sector is worst affected.

Ashish Jain

Population control

Population control is an issue to be seriously pondered on.

Nidhi Joshi 

If the PIO discloses personal information?

The Appellant filed an online RTI application seeking the information about the names of sponsored students and their sponsoring organisations who completed their M.Tech from Department of Computer Science and Engineering of IIT Kharagpur during 1983 - 2019. Part of the information was provided while it was informed that the remaining data is not available. The CIC observed that it is personal information of third parties and ignoring this aspect the CPIO has erred in giving the details of said students through his first reply without seeking consent of such students under Section 11 of RTI Act. The CPIO was advised to exercise due diligence and follow due process of law as per the RTI Act while divulging the third party’s personal information to the applicants.

Comments

An overenthusiastic (ignorant?) PIO may not follow the procedure and disclose personal information of third party. Such an act may lead to loss or detriment to the third party for which a compensation may be claimed. It calls for regular training of the PIO and FAA as such mistakes are being done by a large number of officers.

Citation: Har Sukhdeep Singh v. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in File No: CIC/IITKH/A/2020/106698; Date of Decision: 21/09/2021

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. Apart from her weekly article here, her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: www.rtifoundationofindia.com

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