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No. 1/31/2013-IR Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel & Training North Block, New Delhi, Dated the 8th January, 2014 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:  Order dated 20.11.2013 of the High Court of Kolkata in Writ Petition No 33290 of 2013 in the case of Mr Avishek Goenka Vs Union of India regarding personal details of RTI applicants circulation of. In compliance of the directions of the Hon'ble High Court of Kolkata in its said order, a copy of the judgement (order) is enclosed here with for appropriate action. 2. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned. sd/- (Sandeep Jain) Director Source: www.persmin.gov.in [http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02rti/1_31_2013-IR.pdf]

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The Central Vigilance Commission was set up in 1964 on the recommendation of Santanam Committee. The CVC was a one man Commission for about three and a half decades for exercising general superintendence over vigilance administration in the Government. Justice Nottoor Srinivasa |Rau became the first Central Vigilance Commissioner with effect from 19thFebruary, 1964. The Supreme Court of India , in criminal writ petitions nos.340-343/1993 (Vineet Narain and others Vs.Unionof India and others) popularly known as Jain Hawala case, had directed on 18.12.1997 that statutory status should be conferred upon the Central Vigilance Commission. It came on the statute book as the CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION ACT, 2003 (45 OF 2003). The Central Vigilance Commission Act,2003 provides for constitution of Central Vigilance Commission to inquire or to cause inquiries to be conducted into offences alleged to have been committed under the Prevention of Corruption Act,1988 by certain categories of public ...

Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC)  invites Online applications from Indian nationals for filling up the various vacancies of  Professors , Principal  and Deputy Superintendent  posts. Interested Candidates can apply Online through   MPSC Online  portal from 04th January, 2014 to 24th January, 2014. More detailed information of latest opening in Maharashtra PSC is mentioned below. Complete vacancy details in MPSC : Name of post : 1. Professor in Skin and V.D. 2. Professor in Physiology 3. Principal, Government Law College 4. Assistant Professor in Pharmacy 5. Associate Professor in Pharmacy 6. Professor Pharmacy 7. Head of Department in Pharmacy 8. Principal Pharmacy 9. Professor, Mechanical Engineering 10. Professor, Electrical Engineering 11. Professor, Civil Engineering 12. Professor, Automobile Engineering 13. Professor, Computer Engineering 14. ...

Govt of Uttar pradesh  invites Online application from Indian national for filling the various vacancies of    Primary Teachers  in Uttar pradesh,primary Schools. Previous year , The State Council of Educational Research & Training(SCERT), Uttar Pradesh has Conducted  Teacher Eligibility Test (UPTET)  for appointing Candidates as Teacher in Government Primary Schools. Interested Candidates can register their applications through Online mode from 07th January, to 21st January, 2014. UPTET 2014 Examination  will be held in  two parts in 2 days i.e Part I and Part II. On first day, Candidates will have to appear in Examination for  Primary Teachers  of Class I to V and on Second day,  Exam will be held for recruiting the candidates on  Upper Primary teachers post  of Class VI to VIII. Name of the Posts 1. Primary Teacher (from 1st class to 5th class) 2. Upper Primary Teach...

>>    ISRO on 5 January 2014 (Sunday) launched a 1,982 kg Indian communication satellite GSAT 14 aboard its new and improved version of the indigenous GSLV called the GSLV D5. >> The successful launch was a morale booster for ISRO which helps commercial launches using the GSLV and even prepare for a proposed Chandrayaan 2 mission in the days to come. Highlights of India's GSLV D5's mission 1) GSLV-D5 launched 1982 Kg GSAT-14, a communication satellite, into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). 2) GSLV-D5 mission was launched from the second launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. 3) GSLV-D5 is the eighth flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). It is also the fourth developmental flight of GSLV. 4) During this flight, the indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS) was flight tested for the second time. 5) The flight duration of GSLV-D5 was 17 min 8 sec. 6) GSLV D5's mission was aborted at the eleventh hour on A...

NEW DELHI: Trade unions will press for 9.5 per cent interest on PF deposits to over five crore subscribers for the current fiscal at next week's meeting of the trustees of retirement fund body EPFO.  The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's apex decision making body the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) will meet on Monday to discuss and approve the proposal regarding rate of return to be provided on PF deposits in 2013-14.  "We will demand for 9.5 per cent rate of interest for subscribers for the current fiscal, higher than 8.5 per cent provided for 2012-13," All India Trade Union Secretary and a CBT member D L Sachdev told PTI.  He said: "This rate of 8.5 per cent is less than the interest provided by banks these days, and would not be able to cover inflation."  Retail inflation for industrial workers in November was 11.47 per cent. This is the rate of inflation which is used by central government for computing hike in Dearness Allowance.  According ...

On the basis of the results of the COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION (II)-2013 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 8 th  September, 2013,  8984  candidates with the following Roll Numbers have qualified for being interviewed by the Service Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence, for admission to (i) Indian Military Academy, Dehradun 137 th  Course commencing in July, 2014 (ii) Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala Course commencing in July, 2014 (iii) Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training Course for 196 th  F(P) Course commencing in July, 2014 (iv) Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai  100 th   SSC Course (for Men) commencing in October, 2014 and (v) Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai, 14 th  SSC Women (Non-Technical) Course commencing in October, 2014.             The ratio of candidates shortlisted for the examination per vacancy is  1:17....

In a good news for lakhs of beneficiaries under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), the Government is in the process of revising the rates of medical procedures offered by empanelled hospitals and diagnostic centres and giving them early payment assurance to encourage more medical institutions join the scheme. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has floated e-tenders for empanelment of hospitals and decided that the rates of various medical procedures would be fixed by an average of rates quoted in e-tenders instead of the old system where the lowest quotation became the rate. Rates of all medical procedure centres under CGHS would be revised by April next year. Not just that, the Government is also revising its policy by providing empanelled hospitals assured upfront payment of 70 per cent of the total bill within five days of its presentation and balance admissible amount within a maximum period of 30 days. The direction for a 10 per cent deduction in case of early/cas...

The United Forum of Bank Unions ( UBFU) have called a strike on January 20 and 21, 2014. Around two lakh employees of Rural Bank have also announced to extend their support in the two-day strike. Scores of bank employees representing 30 bank unions staged a demonstration during the day in front of Punjab National Bank, Birhana Road branch on Monday. Addressing to the bank employees, secretary UP Bank Employees Union, Sudhir Sonkar claimed that the tenth wage revision was due since November 1, 2012 whereas UFBU and Indian Bank Association had convened six rounds of talks and only two points - effective date of wage revision and merger of dearness allowance with 444 consumer price index - were agreed upon. Sudhir told the demonstrators that institutional expenses of banks amounted to Rs 56,292 crore on March 31, 2012 and that the Indian Bank Association had proposed to enhance the salary at the rate of 5 percent i.e to give Rs 1,575 crore before the December 18 strike. The banks were und...

The Formula Bar resides at the top of your Excel window, immediately below the Ribbon area or the Formatting toolbar depending on which version of Excel you own the license to. There are two parts of the Formula Bar: On the left-hand side is the Name Box and on the right-hand side is the contents of your currently selected cell. If the Formula Bar serves as a distraction to you, you have the option of turning it off by following the instructions below: Click the  File  tab of your  Ribbon  to display the Excel Options dialog box. On the Left-hand side, click  Advanced . Scroll down until you see  Display  options. Click on the  Show Formula Bar  checkbox. If it is already selected, then the Formula Bar is displayed. Deselect it and it will not be displayed. Click  Ok . The Formula Bar resides at the top of your Excel window, immediately below the Ribbon area or the Formatting toolbar depending on which version of Excel you own the l...

It is proposed to give a memorandum to the Chairman of the VII th pay commission our suggestion on the following points, hence it is invited from the colleagues more suggestion   to incorporate in the memorandum. Since 1946, six pay commissions had been constituted to review and recommend the pay structure of the Central Government Employees. The pay commissions have taken many aspects into consideration to prescribe the pay structure. Some mile stones are i)                     Living wage ii)                    Need-based wage iii)                  Proper pay package Generally, the pay commission will analyse all the aspects including the economic situation of the country, financial resources of the government, com...