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  • Indian Railways removed one ‘non-performer or corrupt official’ every three days in the last 16 months

    Indian Railways removed one ‘non-performer or corrupt official’ every three days in the last 16 months

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    In the last 16 months, the Railways has removed one “non performer or corrupt official” every three days. Meanwhile, 139 officers were forced to take voluntary retirement while 38 were removed from service. The move is a part of the Centre’s efforts to weed out non performers.

    “The (Railways) minister (Ashwini Vaishnaw) is very clear about his missive of ‘performance or perish’. Every three days, we have weeded out one corrupt official from the Railways since July 2021,” an official said. Vaishnaw took office as Railways Minister in July 2021 and has repeatedly warned officials “to take VRS and sit at home” if they did not perform.

    According to sources, two senior-grade officers were sacked on Wednesday. “One of them was caught by the CBI with a bribe of Rs 5 lakh in Hyderabad while the other was caught with Rs 3 lakh in Ranchi,” they told PTI.

    Those forced to take voluntary retirement or sacked include officials from the electrical and signalling, medical and civil services and personnel from stores, traffic and mechanical departments.

    Under the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), an employee is paid a salary equivalent to two months’ pay for every year of service left. But similar benefits are not available in compulsory retirement.  

    Rule 56(J) of the Department of Personnel and Training service rules was invoked by the Railways that says — a government employee can be forced to retire or be dismissed after being served a minimum of three months’ notice or pay for a similar period.

    Under the provisions relating to premature retirement in the Fundamental Rules and the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, the appropriate authority has the absolute right to retire a government servant under FR 56(j), FR 56(l) or Rule 48 (1)(b) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, as the case may be, if it is necessary to do so in public interest.

    (With inputs from PTI)

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  • Govt uses ‘She’, ‘Her’ instead of ‘He’, ‘Him’ for all genders in Draft Data Protection Bill

    Govt uses ‘She’, ‘Her’ instead of ‘He’, ‘Him’ for all genders in Draft Data Protection Bill

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    For the first time in the history of Indian legislation, the pronouns “She” and “Her” are used to refer to individuals of all genders.

    IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tweeted the words from the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, asking for feedback on the proposed law that would broadly recognise a person’s right to protect personal data as well as the necessity of processing personal data for lawful purposes.

    “We have attempted in the philosophy of women’s empowerment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji’s government works to use the words she and her in the entire bill, instead of he, him and his. So this is an innovative thing which has been attempted in the bill,” IT Minister Vaishnaw said.

    One of the interpretations in the proposed legislation read, “..the pronouns “her” and “she” have been used for an individual, irrespective of gender.”

    This initiative is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” campaign, which aims to empower girls and encourage families to educate and raise them well.

    “The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill is a legislation that frames out the rights and duties of the citizen (Digital Nagrik) on one hand and the obligations to use collected data lawfully of the Data Fiduciary on the other hand,” the explanatory note read.

    The draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill calls for fines of up to Rs 500 crore for non-compliance and the establishment of a regulator. It has done away with regulating the use of non-personal data by focusing solely on personal data.

    Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, shared a link to the draft bill’s PDF on Friday, seeking public feedback.

    The draft bill will go through extensive consultations before being introduced in Parliament during the next Budget Session.

    Also Read: Draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2022 much better than the earlier version: Cyril Shroff

    Also Read: You can withdraw consent to share data anytime you want: Draft data protection bill 

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  • Apple’s biggest iPhone manufacturing unit coming up near Bengaluru: Ashwini Vaishnaw

    Apple’s biggest iPhone manufacturing unit coming up near Bengaluru: Ashwini Vaishnaw

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    Apple’s biggest iPhone manufacturing unit is coming up near Bengaluru and will employ around 60,000 people, Telecom and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday.

    Speaking at the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas ceremony, Vaishnaw said that six thousand tribal women residing near Ranchi and Hazaribagh have been trained for making iPhones. He said Apple’s iPhone is now getting made in India and its biggest plant in the country is being set up at Hosur near Bengaluru. 

    “60,000 people work in a single factory. The first 6,000 employees of these 60,000 employees are our tribal sisters from places nearby Ranchi and Hazaribagh. Tribal sisters have been trained to make Apple iPhone,” the minister said.

    Apple has outsourced the manufacturing of iPhone enclosures to Tata Electronics, which has a plant at Hosur. In India, iPhones are manufactured by electronics giants – Foxconn, Wistron, and Pegatron.

    Last week, Reuters reported that Apple supplier Foxconn was planning to boost the workforce at its plant in southern India to 70,000 and would add 53,000 more workers over the next two years. Foxconn’s largest plant is in Zhengzhou – the capital of China’s Henan province.  Zhengzhou Park employs 200,000 workers. 

    Foxconn opened its plant in India in 2019 and began producing iPhone 14 this year.

    In September, JP Morgan revealed that Apple was looking for ways to move about 5 per cent of iPhone 14 production to India, which is the second-biggest smartphone market after China. The move comes as Apple is cutting production from China, amid the country’s mounting geopolitical tensions and strict Covid lockdown policy.

    During an earnings call in July, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that while the June quarter saw record growth in Americas, Europe and the rest of Asia Pacific, Apple’s revenue in India also nearly doubled.

    (With input from PTI)

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