CMD of Banks and public sector undertakings who are number one Yesman of Ministers are given lucrative jobs even after their retirement even if they are corrupt and there are several adverse reports on his conduct.
CVC rakes up row over appointment of Ramasundaram as CBI Additional Director -Economic times 11.02.2014
NEW DELHI: BJP and the Congress-led UPA government are again on collision course over the affairs of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), this time over the appointment of a senior CBI officer.
The latest round has been set off over the last week's appointment of Tamil Nadu batch IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram as Additional Director in CBI. The Central Vigilance Commission has complained that the Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by the prime minister ignored a seletion. committee recommendation to appoint West Bengal cadre officer RK Pachnanda for the same post.
According to a CVC source, Ramasundaram's name was not recommended by the selection committee at all. BJP reacted to the development by saying, "the government is imposing its officers on CBI. Inadvertent mistakes don't happen in such high-level appointments. There is a clear violation of rules in this appointment," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said
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Do away with CVC clearance for post-retirement jobs for secys,-Business Standard
Government should do away with the need for vigilance clearance for secretaries who are appointed to statutory and constitutional posts within six months of their retirement, the Prime Minister's Office had been told by a former incumbent in the post of the Chief Information Commissioner.
Satyananda Mishra, who is presently chairman of the Multi Commodity Exchange, had made the recommendation before his retirement as Chief Information Commissioner.
Mishra had argued that appointments to crucial posts had been held back over the requirement for vigilance clearance.
"In recent years, one keeps hearing of numerous cases in which appointment of an existing director of a PSU or a bank as CMD has been held up for long periods ... Only because the vigilance clearance is not received in time and because numerous complaints, often engineered by rivals, keep pouring in as soon as the proposal is mooted for such appointments," Mishra had written to Pulok Chatterjee, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.
In the letter, the contents of which have been made public under the RTI Act by Commodore (retd) Lokesh Batra, Mishra has said that the problem had assumed serious proportions and was impacting the filling up of vacancies in key positions.
Until a few years back, no such clearance was required for filling up statutory positions, especially if the person concerned was serving as a secretary to the Government of India at the time of appointment or a few months prior to that, the letter says.
"The assumption was that if somebody was fit to be secretary to the Government of India, he would not need any further clearance from CVC for appointment to a Statutory/ Constitutional office," the letter adds.
Mishra had suggested that the government may go back to the old practice of appointing serving senior officers like secretaries or those who had just retired from service to the various statutory and constitutional positions without seeking any prior vigilance clearance from the CVC.
Satyananda Mishra, who is presently chairman of the Multi Commodity Exchange, had made the recommendation before his retirement as Chief Information Commissioner.
Mishra had argued that appointments to crucial posts had been held back over the requirement for vigilance clearance.
"In recent years, one keeps hearing of numerous cases in which appointment of an existing director of a PSU or a bank as CMD has been held up for long periods ... Only because the vigilance clearance is not received in time and because numerous complaints, often engineered by rivals, keep pouring in as soon as the proposal is mooted for such appointments," Mishra had written to Pulok Chatterjee, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.
In the letter, the contents of which have been made public under the RTI Act by Commodore (retd) Lokesh Batra, Mishra has said that the problem had assumed serious proportions and was impacting the filling up of vacancies in key positions.
Until a few years back, no such clearance was required for filling up statutory positions, especially if the person concerned was serving as a secretary to the Government of India at the time of appointment or a few months prior to that, the letter says.
"The assumption was that if somebody was fit to be secretary to the Government of India, he would not need any further clearance from CVC for appointment to a Statutory/ Constitutional office," the letter adds.
Mishra had suggested that the government may go back to the old practice of appointing serving senior officers like secretaries or those who had just retired from service to the various statutory and constitutional positions without seeking any prior vigilance clearance from the CVC.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/do-away-with-cvc-clearance-for-post-retirement-jobs-for-secys-114012901255_1.html
CVC recovers Rs 200 crore from government departments-Jagaran Post--11.02.2014
New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) recovered Rs 200 crore after conducting technical examination of public procurement and other works being carried out by various government departments last year.
The anti-corruption watchdog is mandated to conduct technical examination of any public works done by Central government departments or public sector enterprises under its jurisdiction.
As many as 53 reports were submitted to the Commission by its Chief Technical Examination wing which resulted in recovery of about Rs 198.97 crore, according to CVC's monthly performance reports for the year.
The highest recovery of Rs 109.68 crore was made in January, Rs 6.48 cr in February, Rs 5.67 cr in March, Rs 1.07 cr in April, Rs 5.15 cr in May, Rs 35.33 cr in June, Rs 21.26 cr in July, Rs 10.30 cr in August, Rs 1.64 cr in September, Rs 1.36 cr in October, Rs 57.68 lakh in November and Rs 38.93 lakh in December 2013.
The probity watchdog had effected a recovery of Rs 151.19 crore during 2012.
According to CVC's performance report for December 2013, as many as 1,251 corruption complaints, including 22 from whistle blowers, were processed during the month. It sought investigation or factual report in 54 complaints from the concerned ministries or departments.
The CVC advised initiation of major penalty proceedings against 71 officials of various central government departments which include a Joint Director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, four General Managers from Industrial Development Bank of India, an Executive Director of Dena Bank and an IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Besides, the then Chairman and Managing Director of National Project Construction Corporation Ltd and a General Manager from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd were also advised the penalty by the Commission during the month.
On the advice of the Commission, competent authorities imposed major penalties on 92 officials of various ministries or departments which include a General Manager from Air India, a General Manager from Punjab National Bank, a Chief Engineer and Superintending Engineer from Delhi Development Authority, it said.
As many as 53 reports were submitted to the Commission by its Chief Technical Examination wing which resulted in recovery of about Rs 198.97 crore, according to CVC's monthly performance reports for the year.
The highest recovery of Rs 109.68 crore was made in January, Rs 6.48 cr in February, Rs 5.67 cr in March, Rs 1.07 cr in April, Rs 5.15 cr in May, Rs 35.33 cr in June, Rs 21.26 cr in July, Rs 10.30 cr in August, Rs 1.64 cr in September, Rs 1.36 cr in October, Rs 57.68 lakh in November and Rs 38.93 lakh in December 2013.
The probity watchdog had effected a recovery of Rs 151.19 crore during 2012.
According to CVC's performance report for December 2013, as many as 1,251 corruption complaints, including 22 from whistle blowers, were processed during the month. It sought investigation or factual report in 54 complaints from the concerned ministries or departments.
The CVC advised initiation of major penalty proceedings against 71 officials of various central government departments which include a Joint Director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, four General Managers from Industrial Development Bank of India, an Executive Director of Dena Bank and an IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Besides, the then Chairman and Managing Director of National Project Construction Corporation Ltd and a General Manager from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd were also advised the penalty by the Commission during the month.
On the advice of the Commission, competent authorities imposed major penalties on 92 officials of various ministries or departments which include a General Manager from Air India, a General Manager from Punjab National Bank, a Chief Engineer and Superintending Engineer from Delhi Development Authority, it said.
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