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Does DLF story go far back as Rajiv Gandhi?
DLF's success goes way back to Rajiv Gandhi's initiatives taken to develop a world class city in Gurgaon.

Ashok Chawla to inaugurate Mid-Career Training Programme in Mussorrie
One of the towering personalities in the Indian Bureaucracy Ashok Chawla will inaugurate the Mid Career Training Programme Phase V 2012 for the IAS officers in LBSNAA Mussorie on Monday. Ashok Chawla who is presently, Chairman of the Competition Commission of India has held many important positions including Finance Secretary and Civil Aviation Secretary in the Government of India. Chawla is a 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

BUREAUCRACY

Meeting to prepare panel for CBI, Director on October 18
Formal meeting to prepare panel for the post of CBI, Director will be held on October 18 under the Chairmanship of the CVC Pradeep Kumar. The panel will be sent to the PMO for further action.

Justice Yatindra Singh to be CJ of Chhattisgarh High Court ?
Justice Yatindra Singh of the Allahabad High Court is likely to move as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

Will Bassi be new Secretary, Security ?
Mystery shrouds the delay in the appointment of B S Bassi as new Secretary, Security in the Government of India. He is a1977 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Atul Chaturvedi is new Chairman, PESB
Atul Chaturvedi is taking over as new Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board on Tuesday. He is a former 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 9, 2012)

Kumawat is now Vice Chancellor
Former DG BSF M L Kumawat has been appointed as the Founding Vice Chancellor of the Sardar Patel Police, Security Justice University ,Jodhpur by the Governor of Rajasthan. This is the first University of its kind not only in India but South Asia devoted to study of Security, Police and Criminal Justice related issues and research in this most turbulent part of the world. Earlier in 2008, the Union Cabinet also approved the establishment of the National Police University which continues to be one of the major projects of The Union Home Ministry and a part of Prime Minister's Police Mission. The proposal incidentally was mooted by Kumawat . He is former 1972 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Pandey to be JS, Commerce ?
Sudhanshu Pandey is likely to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Commerce. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Additional Secretary rank officer to be Secretary to Vice President
Additional Secretary level officer is being appointed new Secretary to the Vice President of India.

IAS officer applies for VRS
Suvrat Ratho is reported to have applied for the VRS. He is a1986 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Five 1982 batch IAS officers to get posting this month
Five 1982 batch IAS officers presently serving in the Government of India are expected to get posting to the rank of Additional Secretary in a week or two.

Gupta to join CBI as DIG ?
Munna Prasad Gupta, DIG (CID), Assam is likely to be inducted as DIG in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Kerala is short of 56 IAS officers
As against the authorized strength of 214, IAS officers in Kerala only 158 are presently serving in the state.

Khade Nitin Kumar Shivdas to return to parent cadre
Khade Nitin Kumar Shivdas, who was on inter-cadre deputation to Maharashtra from Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is prematurely being repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

1997 batch IAS officers takes charge at Kabul
Sanoj Kumar Jha moves to Afghanistan for a UNDP Project. Jha takes charge as Advisor to Capacity Development Advisor to National Institution Building Project. Jha is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

(We said it on 7 August 2012)

Pande applies for ED
Madhukar Shiv Govind Pande Addl.CP Mumbai Police has applied for the post of Joint Director-Enforcement, Directorate of Enforcement Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Prabal Basu to join as Director (Fin), BLC on Dec 1
Prabal Basu will join as Director (Finance), Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited (BLC) on December 1, 2012, as present incumbent K S Subramaniam is retiring in November this year.
(We said this on May 29, 2012)

Amit Narang to go to New York
Amit Narang has been moved to New York from the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters as First Secretary.

11 posts vacant in MP High Court
As many as 11 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Madhya Pradesh High Court against approved strength of 43. The vacant posts include eight posts of Permanent Judges against 32 approved strength and three of Additional Judges against 11 approved strength.

Bangalore University VC quits to join KHSC
Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor (VC) N Prabhu Dev has quit to join as Chairman of the Karnataka Health Systems .

1987 batch IPS officers promoted in Bihar
Three 1987 batch IPS officers :Sunil Kumar, G Pandey and D S Bisht have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Bihar.

Judiciary is not a 9 am to 5 pm job
Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir is of the view that Judiciary could not be a 9 am to 5 pm job.

IAS officer asked to return to West Bengal
Rajiva Sinha, a 1986 batch officer, on deputation as programme manager to Unicef in Patna, has been asked by the parent West Bengal Government to return to the cadre.

K M Chandrasekhar to appear before JPC
Former Cabinet Secretary ,KM Chadrasekhar will appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Tuesday. The JPC is looking into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

DoPT seeks applications for Deputy Director, AIIMS
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is seeking applications for the post of Deputy Director (Administration), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on deputation basis. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their
applications to the Department at the earliest.

Applications for Deputy Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust invited
Ministry of Shipping has invited applications for the post of Deputy Chairman in Mumbai Port Trust. Those willing to apply can send their applications to this Ministry before October 25, 2012.

Neelam Vohra joins as Dy Secretary in DEA
Ms. Neelam Vohra, CSS has joined as Deputy Secretary in Depatment of Economic Affairs. She was earlier Under Secretary in DEA.

Justice Markandey Katju warns newspapers of violations of journalistic ethics
Press Council of India Chairman, Justice Markandey Katju has warned all the newspapers in the country of violations of the norms of journalistic ethics and legal action if they continue damaging any person with malice aforethought. The Chairman has instructed the newspapers after taking cognizance of a false news item published in a local newspaper in West Bengal about an IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Nitin Chandra is back to Orissa
Nitin Chandra is back to the parent Orissa cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is a1990 batch IAS officer.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IPS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are :- Mukul Goyal, IG Barelley ,D S Chauhan IG, PAC Central Zone ,Love Kumar SP, Bagpat, V K Shekhar, PAC Ghaziabad, Laxmi Singh PAC, Suresh Rao Anand Kulkarni SP Basti and M D Karndhar ,SP, Mahoba.

Results of Geologists Exam-2011 declared (UPDATED)
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared final results of Geologists Exam-2011. As many as 260 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in category-I while 65 in category-II.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
A number of officers have been transferred and posted at different zones of Railways. Accordingly, Mrs Saandhay Deep Das, IRAS/SAG/NR, has been transferred to RCF and posted as FA&CAO while Ms Sumita Mukherjee, IRAS/SAG/SER, is being shifted to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Finance (Stores), Railway Board and B Singaiah, IRAS/SAG, on return from deputation, was appointed to SCR and posted as ADRM/Secunderabad. Similarly, V Chandrasekhar Rao, IRAS/SAG/SCR, has been transferred and posted as ADRM/Guntur/SCR; R D Tripathi, SAG/IRTS/CC, as COM/CHOD on Central Railway Itself; Ravinder Kumar Tandon, SAG/IRTS/WR, as COM/CHOD, on Western Railway; C P Sharma, SAG/IRTS/CR, transferred to Western Railway and posted as CCM/CHOD.

Rajiv Mehrotra appointed CMD RITES (UPDATED)
With the approval of ACC, Rajiv Mehrotra has been appointed as Chairman-cum- Managing Directer, RITES Ltd., a Ministry of Railways Enterprise.

Former MP DGP A N Singh is no more (UPDATED)
Former Madhya Pradesh DGP A N Singh has passed away in Bhopal on Monday. He was 1966 batch IPS officer.

DEBATE
Is FDI in retail in the interests of economic independence of India? Mail your views to Mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo. com.

CORPORATE

K R Kamath inducted in High Level Committee of RBI
K R Kamath has been inducted in the 'High Level Committee' set up by Reserve Bank of India to spearhead efforts to ensure accessible financial services in the country.

Nayar appointed GM, Sheraton Udaipur Resort and Spa
Sheraton Udaipur Palace Resort and Spa has appointed Ashwani Nayar as General Manager of the property.

Sreekant R appointed National Head (Sales), Fourth Dimension Media Solutions
Sreekant R has been appointed as National Head (Sales) of Fourth Dimension Media Solutions

Rao appointed GM, UCO Bank , Bhubaneshwar Circle , Odisha
N Sambasiva Rao has been appointed as General Manager of UCO Bank, Bhubaneswar circle , Odisha

Naik appointed Addl. Director, Atreya Petroleum Ltd
Atreya Petrochem Ltd has appointed Rakesh Ganesh Naik as an Additional Director of the company.

Jalota appointed VP (Sales), Mogae Media
Deepti Jalota has been appointed as Vice President (Sales), Mogae Media

Chakraborty appointed GM, Movenpack Hotel & Spa, Bangalore
Mövenpick Hotel & Spa Bangalore has appointed Biswajit Chakraborty as General Manager of the property.

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Alert: CBDT
Congratulations for first step about TDS filing by the deductor.
Income tax Department has published big advertisement for filing TDS statement in time and imposing levy of Rs. 200/per day for delay in filing TDS statements. But again CBDT is missing fine prints of mismatch in 26AS. Unless correct TDS statements are filed, it should invite levy of Rs. 200/per day. It is just like appearing in exam is not sufficient unless you pass the examination. Similarly, unless the TDS statement is filed correctly by the deductor it should continue to invite the proposed levy. Tax payers can only be sure if his TDS account is properly credited in his 26AS statements. IT department looks for matched entries only. All the best for right approach making TDS deductor responsible for filing correct TDS statements.

N Prakash

Who is lucky guy ?
Who is the "lucky guy "on which the so called corporate house (again a mystery) has bid 100 Cr.? Pl publish the ongoing rates for other posts as well. I feel relieved as till now only State Govts. Were being blamed for 'Transfer mafia' or scam. It appears that those state level politicians & bureaucrats have graduated to Center and have started the business. I recently heard that a Joint Secretary level officer, recently to central deputation from a state, has started his game in the ministry. With such officers at the helm of affairs, do we need FDI to be blamed for our woes.

Bosidini

Shortage of staff in govt jobs
Do you know that for the past quite some time recruitment at all levels down under in the Government of India has reduced a lot and almost stopped. There is a shortage of staff down below. The pyramid has become top heavy. You should give credit to the Section/Branch level officers who are somehow or the other performing their duties. They are doing duties like despatching letters, doing typing work, making photo copies washing their utensils etc. in office, in addition to the long notes which they have to record on files.

The people at the top level continue to remain feudalistic and try avoiding to look into the problems down below. They somehow want to get their tenure completed, get their promotions on time and then retire smoothly along with their retiral dues. They are preaching the culture of sub-contracting of government work. The Data Entry Operators have no loyalty as every year the contractors providing manpower gets changed. What is the alternative you suggest?. In India we have 1% of government servants to population. In China it is 4%, USA 5% and Canada 7%. The World Bank tells us that we are overstaffed.

A Srivastava

Congratulations to G Srinivasan

I Salute/Congratulate G Srinivasan as the new CMD of New India Assurance Company He is a hard worker, hope New India Premium Will reach Rs-Twenty Five Thousand Lakhs in his tenure. .My Best Wishes.
Deepak Misra

Deepak Misra
Lucknow.