IPS Agam Jain is a 2016 Batch Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre and is currently posted as Superintendent Of Police in Chhatarpur, MP. Known for his fearless temperament and often also referred as Singham officer, he is also a writer and has penned down books like Decode UPSC and Kabhi Gaon, Kabhi College.

His mission for the district is to crackdown on illegal weapons and control the gun culture. Jain highlighted how firearms are misused and flaunted on social media to scare people.

"The district has suffered some heinous crimes due to these weapons” he shared

To combat this, he launched a helpline number, even sharing his number with the public. This initiative proved to be a game changer as citizens became key informants "Many people continuously shared details with us, and we took swift action,"he shared.

Under his leadership, more than 250 illegal weapons have been seized in the past one to two months and those involved have been arrested. With these efforts, Jain aims to create a safe, secure and fear free environment for the district citizens.

At least five Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of Government of India: HMT (Watches Limited)(Subsidiary of HMT Ltd), Hindustan Cables Limited, Tungabhadra Steel Products Limited, Bharat Pumps and Compressors Limited and Scooters India Limited on the verge of closure.

The Chief Minister of Mizoram is in favour of appointment of next DGP as resident of Mizoram. According to information, the CM has conveyed his desire to union home minister during the latter's Mizoram visit recently.

David Lalrinsanga IPS officer AGMUT 1995 batch presently posted as IG BSF, MHA has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre. Lalrinsanga recently empanelled to the ADG rank in Government of India. He is a Mizo.

Mrs Parminder Chopra, CMD, Power Finance Corporation Limited, has been assigned an additional charge of CMD, REC Limited for a period of three months.

Indranil Bhattacharya has been appointed as Executive Director (ED), Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As ED, he will look after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.

In a span of less than 14 years, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has got its 12th civic Chief, this time in the form of Radhabinod Ariban Sharma, an IAS officer (2012 batch), who has assumed the charge. The coveted Commissioner’s post in the Corporation (MBMC) has been reduced to a game of musical chairs. Under the garb of routine transfers, none of the upright IAS officers including Vikram Kumar, followed by Suresh Kakan, BG Pawar and Dr Naresh Gite, were not given an opportunity of completing their term. It will be interesting to see if Sharma manages to have an upper hand while administrating the corporation.

Sachin Badshah, IG (Pers), FHQrs, CISF, will also handle charge of IG (Tech & Prov) following repatriation of Prateek Mohanty from CISF to his parent cadre. Badshah is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Charu Sinha, IG of the Southern Sector, is likely to return to his parent cadre in April. She is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.

Praveen Singh Adhayach has been appointed as Private Secretary to Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Minister for Agriculture. He is a 2012 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

P Siva Sankar has been appointed as Director in the Department of Rural Development. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Salil Kumar has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Youth Affairs. He is a 2007 batch IOFS officer.

Masroor Ahmad has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 2015 batch IA & AS officer.

Prakash Rajpurohit has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ms Laya Madduri has been appointed as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ms Smitha Mol M S has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. She is a 2013 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.

The central deputation tenure of Niraj Kumar Gayagi working as Joint Secretary, Department of Justice has been extended for a period of three months beyond April 6, 2025. He is a 1997 batch IDAS officer.

Aditya Pratap Singh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy. He is a 2011 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

The post of Ms Shruti Singhal has been upgraded as Director, National Recruitment Agency. She is a 2011 batch IRAS officer.

No officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1994 batch from Gujarat cadre has been empanelled as Secretary in the Government of India.

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of eight Judicial Officers as Judges of the Gujarat High Court. They are: Liyakathussain Shamsuddin Pirzada, Ramchandra Thakurdas Vachhani, Jayesh Lakhanshibhai Odedra, Pranav Maheshbhai Raval, Mool Chand Tyagi, Dipak Mansukhlal Vyas, Utkarsh Thakorbhai Desai, and Rohenkumar Kundanlal Chudawala.

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of three Additional Judges as Permanent Judges in the High Court of Punjab & Haryana. They are: Justice Sumeet Goel, Ms Justice Sudeepti Sharma, and Ms Justice Kirti Singh.

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justices Sachin Singh Rajput, Radhakishan Agrawal, and Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal as Additional Judges of the High Court of Chhattisgarh for a fresh term of one year.

The DoT has given new postings to three ITS officers. Accordingly, Asit Kadyan has been posted as DDG, Digital Twin while Arpit Shukla and Bhoomiks Gaur has also been posted in the Digital twin unit.

K S Narenthiran Nayar has been appointed as IG, Establishment in DGP office, Chennai while Mrs S Lakshmi was made IG, Idol Wing CID, Chennai and Pravesh Kumar is now IG/Additional Commissioner, Law & Order, North Greater Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

The CBIC has granted the NFSG to C R Bunkar, a retired IRS(C&IT Officer with effect from July 1, 1991 on actual basis. He has been given NSFG in JAG.

Five IAS officers have been shifted in Punjab. Simrandeep Singh has been appointed as Additional Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Punjab and in addition Additional CEO, Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion, while Himanshu Jain takes over as Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana and Varjeet Walia is now Deputy Commissioner, Roopnagar. Besides, Nirmal Ouseppachan was posted as Additional Secretary, Coordination and in addition OSD to CS and Tarsem Chand is now Deputy Excise Commissioner, Patiala

Seven IPS officers have been given new postings in UP. Upendra Kumar Agarwal has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Security, Lucknow, while Vinod Kumar Singh was made Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime, Kanpur City and Amit Verma is shifted as Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Lucknow. Similarly, Bablu Kumar has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, Police Commissionerate; Pradeep Kumar as Superintendent of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Varanasi; S M Qasim as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Police Commissionerate, Kanpur City and Manoj Kumar Awasthi will take over as Superintendent of Police, Law and Order, Office of Director General of Police, Lucknow.

IRCON International Limited has advertised for one vacancy each of Chief General Manager, General Manager-Finance (CGM, GM) for Corporate Office, New Delhi on deputation basis. Applications must reach before April 18, 2025.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has advertised for one Consultant (Legal) in OE&PGE Division. Applications must reach on or before April 1, 2025.

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has advertised for Principal Consultant & Chief Technology Officer for Passport Seva Programme (PSP) Division, New Delhi. Applications must reach on or before April 7, 2025.

Three officers have been shortlisted for three posts of Technical Officers in Computer and System Division, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Department of Women Safety, Ministry of Home Affairs. These officers are Devendra Gupta, Amit Singh and Arjun Ghosh.

Department of Higher Education has invited online applications from postgraduate students (willing to pursue MSc) to avail scholarships for academic year 2025-26. The scholarships are awarded to three Indian nationals as per  the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, and the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (ClNG), scholarships (depending on availability). Applications must reach on or before May 14, 2025.

Interviews of 39 candidates for empanelment of Consultants (Proceedings) in National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will be held on March 21. Interviews will be conducted on hybrid mode and the weblink will be shared with candidates on their email/ Mobile Numbers as mentioned in their application form.

Pankaj Kumar has been given additional charge of Zonal Office, Punjab & Himachal Pradesh and all offices under its jurisdiction in addition to his present duties. He is presently posted at Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDNASS) Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical).

Dayanand Sahu, who is being relieved from the post of Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Ahmedabad, Western Railway (WR), has been transferred to East Coast Railway (ECoR) and posted in the cadre. He is an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer.

Abhinav Agrawal has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Election Commission of India. He is a 2014 batch IRS-IT officer.

Five members of Non-State Civil Service of West Bengal have been promoted as IAS against the Select List of 2023 and allocated W Bengal cadre. The promoted officers are: Saequa Monazza, Sabnam Mukhopadhyay De, Chinmoy Dey, Kunal Biswas and Anindya Bhattacharya.

Avichal Chaturvedi in Rajasthan has been promoted to the Selection Grade of IAS w e f January 1, 2025. The post of Joint Secretary, currently held by him, has been re-designated as Special Secretary. He is a 2021 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two officers of Indian Forest Service (IFoS) have been given new responsibilities in Rajasthan. While 2006 batch Sedu Ram Yadav has been appointed as Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF), Udaipur, 2009 batch Sunil was shifted as Conservator of Forest (Territorial), Udaipur.

Amit Kumar Sharma has been appointed as CVO, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Delhi. He is a 2004 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Vinita Narera has been appointed as CVO, Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), Delhi. She is a 2000 batch IRSSE officer.

Shalabh Tyagi has been appointed as CVO, Oil India Limited (OIL). He is a 1997 batch IRSEE officer.

Gaurav Govil has been appointed as Combined CVO in Military Engineer Services (MES) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO). He is a 1996 batch IRSSE officer.

Bajaj Finance  has re-appointed Rajeev Jain as  vice chairman and Anup Kumar Saha as managing director, effective from April 1.

Amitabh Chaturvedi has been re-appointed as Executive Director and Executive Chairman of Purple Finance Limited.

Sachet Saraf has been re-appointed as Managing Director of Encash Entertainment Limited.

Mahadevan Anand has been appointed as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Ganon Products Limited.

Katwala Sandip Jayeshkumar has been appointed as an Additional Independent Director of Trident Texofab Limited.

Utkarsh Singh has been appointed as an Additional Non-Executive Director of Kerala Ayurveda Limited.

Mrs. Vandana Bhagavatula has been appointed as Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of Shakti Pumps India Limited.

Mahesh Ramchand Chhabria has resigned from the position of Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited.

Raj Kumar Srivastava has resigned from the position of Independent Director of Droneacharya Aerial Innovations Limited.

Ranjal L Shenoy has ceased to be Non-Executive Independent Director of Sunshield Chemicals Limited.

Selections for apex level posts in CBDT & CBIC soon

Selections for the apex level posts in Department of Revenue of Members of CBDT and CBIC may be made soon. There is every need to have strong profiling and background checks preferably by top investigative agencies on the probable, to check corrupt or incompetent officers from manning these positions.

Vijay Kumar

Sunita Williams deserve a ‘Bharat Ratna’

Sunita Williams, the NASA astronaut and an experienced pilot, returned to the planet earth from the space after getting trapped for nine months. A test of her mental strength and a magnificent feat achieved by a US citizen of Indian descent. She has done India proud. I appeal to the Government to honour her with Bharat Ratna. It would also be a tribute to US's advancements in the field of space technology.

A K Saxena (Former civil servant)

Numerous complaints against CPIO and First Appellate Authority of Bank

The PIO denied information sought by the appellant claiming that it relates to internal communication of the Bank and is confidential in nature. Further, no larger public interest is involved in the matter and the information is exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(d) of the Act. Before the CIC, it was submitted that the appellant has filed multiple RTI applications and First Appeals and the same have been disposed of within stipulated time frame. It was informed that RTI applications of the appellant are an offshoot of a family dispute between him and his relative (being one of their staff) and the respondent authority is being dragged to such a personal dispute, which is a clear abuse of the provisions of RTI Act. The respondent claimed that in addition to filing numerous RTI applications and complaints, the appellant had also been harassing the officials of our Zone by repeated calls and personal visits to the Branch/Zone. The Appellant has filed numerous complaints against the CPIO, First Appellate Authority of Ujjain Zone and even against the CPIO and First Appellate Authority of Head Office for exercising their functions under the RTI Act. The officials including the CPIOs are under threat of constant attack from the RTI Applicant for no fault of theirs. Malicious attacks are made on CPIOs through lengthy RTI Applications and Appeals. It was also submitted that the appellant's second appeal was dismissed by the CIC vide order dated 20.09.2024 in No. CIC/BKOIN/A/2023/128876 and order dated 28.11.2024 in No. CIC/BKOIN/A/2023/141282. The CIC noted that the reply given by the PIO is evasive and misleading. The CPIO, without applying his mind, has simply denied the information as it pertains to their internal communication and most importantly, the CPIO has not specified any of the exemptions clauses or sub-clauses as enumerated under sections 8 and 9 of the RTI Act. The CIC directed the PIO to revisit the above-mentioned points and furnish a revised reply to the appellant, specifying the correct exemptions clauses or sub-clauses. Regarding the submission of the respondents of multiple RTI applications being filed by the appellant, the CIC observed that the said concern can be taken up in an appropriate matter in the future for want of any similar pattern of cases as well as in the absence of any specific reference of the number of RTI applications filed with the respondent.

Comments

A PIO must know the clauses of the RTI Act thoroughly and the denial of information should be only as per section 8 or section 9.

Citation: Premchand Bangaria v. Bank of India, Mumbai, CIC/BKOIN/A/2024/116770; Date of Decision: 05.03.2025

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