The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice S. Muralidhar to the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Justice Murlidhar is the third senior-most judge in the Delhi High Court.
The Collegium has also recommended the transfer of the third senior-most judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Ranjit V More to the Meghalaya High Court even as the senior-most judge of the Karnataka High Court Justice Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath has been recommended for the Uttarakhand High Court.
The government is expected to issue a formal notification regarding these transfers soon.
Lt General (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain, who was GoC-in-C of the Army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps, was on Wednesday appointed as a member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) along with two others, officials said.
Former Director General of the Coast Guard Rajendra Singh and policy advisor, disaster recovery, climate change and disaster risk reduction, UNDP, Krishna Vatsa have also been appointed as members of the NDMA.
All the newly appointed members will serve for a tenure of five years from the date of assumption of charge.
The NDMA is the apex body of the central government to formulate policies for disaster management.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the Chairman of the NDMA.
The central government on Wednesday approved the appointment of Kamal Kishore as a member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), for a fresh term of five years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s former principal secretary Nripendra Misra (Retd. IAS:1967:UP) will head the temple construction committee of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust. He was elected as the head of the temple construction committee by members of the newly-formed trust on Wednesday. Misra has served as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Modi from May 2014 to August 2019.
S Sankthimani has been seleceted for the post of Director (Finance), Fertilizer & Chemicals Travancore Ltd. at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 19, 2020. Presently, he is working as Director(Finance), Cement Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI)
The following 03 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting :
S Sakthimani, Director (Finance), Cement Corporation of India Ltd. (CCI)
R M Bhadang, General Manager (F&A) & Chief Financial Officer, Gujarat State Electricity
Corporation Limited
Pankaj Gupta, Vice President Commercial and Accounts, Siyaram Silk Mills Limited.
Sumit Deb has been seleceted for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, NMDC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 18, 2020. Presently, he is working as Director(Personnel), NMDC Limited.
The following 08 applicants were interviewed in the selection meeting :
Sumit Deb, Director(Personnel), NMDC Limited
Atul Bhatt, Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited
Prasant Dash, Executive Director, NMDC Limited
B Sahoo, Executive Director, NMDC Limited
Rakesh Tumane, Director(Finance), MOIL Limited
Ajay Agrawal, Director (Finance), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)
Sanjay Kothari (Retd IAS:1978:HY), the Secretary to the President, has been selected as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner by a high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Wednesday.
The committee has also chosen by a majority decision, former Information and Broadcasting Secretary Bimal Julka(Retd IAS:1979:MP), currently serving as an Information Commissioner, as the new Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission.
“Kothari and Julka have been selected as the next CVC and CIC,” a senior government official said.
Both Kothari and Julka are retired Indian Administrative Service officers.
While Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury opposed the decisions, it was supported by other members in the panel — Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of State for PMO and Personnel Jitendra Singh, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Secretary Personnel C Chandramouli, sources said.
The panel also decided by majority the appointment of Suresh Patel as Vigilance Commissioner and Anita Pandove as Information Commissioner.
The orders related to the appointments are expected to be issued on Wednesday after formal approval from President Ram Nath Kovind, the official said.
The Central Vigilance Commission is an-corruptiom watchdog with autonomous status.
It is free of control from any executive authority and has the responsibility of monitoring all vigilance activities in the Central government besides advising various authorities in planning, executing, reviewing and reforming their vigilance work.
The Central Information Commission was constituted under the Right to Information Act and has the jurisdiction over all central public authorities. (Source:PTI)
Nageswara Rao Y was on Tuesday appointed as Executive Director, Bank of Maharashtra (w.e.f. 31.03.2020) for a period ending 31.01.2021. He has been also given extension as OSD and Whole Time Director of Syndicate Bank beyond 21.01.2020 till 30.03.2020.
Supratim Bandyopadhyay has been appointed as Chairperson, Pension Fund Regulator and Development Athourity (PFRDA), a body which regulates the National Pension Scheme subscribed by government and private employees from organised and unorganised sectors.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved Bandyopadhyay”s appointment for a period of five years, with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post or till attaining the age of 65 years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest, said a government order.
Bandyopadhyay was working as Member (Finance) in the PFRDA which is the regulator for promotion and development of an organised pension system to serve the old age income needs of people on a sustainable basis.
Anurag Sharma has been appointed to the post of Director (Onshore), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), with effect from the date of his assumption of charge of the post on or after 01.06.2020 till the date of his superannuation, i.e. 28.02.2023. Presently, he is serving as Executive Director, ONGC.
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