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Will Kapil Sibal contest election from Chandigarh ?
Rumour mill says that HRD Minister Kapil Sibal is seriously thinking of contesting next Lok Sabha election from Chandigarh instead of Delhi.

Where does the politician's money go ?
With a lot of hue and cry being made over the unaccounted money of politicians in Swiss Bank, the so called servants of 'common man'' have now started investing in the construction business. A latest survey in this connection also indicates that a number of politicians are these days putting in their money in the construction business.

Who in mining business funded political parties ?
The list of funders to the political parties include all those companies who require captive coal blocks, captive iron and bauxite mines.

Is Kejriwal India's answer to Assange ?
The whispers in the corridors are that Arvind Kejriwal with all his exposes against the system I emerging to be Julian Assange.

Has Beni done in Salman ?
Steal Minister (as he is popularly called) Beni Prasad Verma has done more damage to Salman Khurshid than he himself can do. The meaning of his statement to defend his fellow UP colleague ranges from -it's a scam too small for someone as big as Khurshid, two, he has been involved in bigger scams, this one is nothing in comparison; and three, he is an honest man, let's not drag him into this.

BUREAUCRACY

What is going to be PM's role in appointment of CBI Director ?
Now one has to wait and watch what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will do on the appointment of new CBI Director. Whether he will appoint CBI Director on pressure or go by the merit and seniority ?

Basant Gupta loses to Nirmal Verma
Diplomat Basant Gupta has lost to former Naval Chief Nirmal Verma for the post of Indian High Commissioner to Canada.

Will someone move from IB ?
It is believed that the appointment of B S Bassi to the post of Secretary Security has been delayed to accommodate one senior IPS officer from the Intelligence Bureau .

Will Justice Sapre move to Calcutta High Court ?
Will acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre move as Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. One can only wait and watch.

1982 batch IPS empanelment soon
Empanelment of 1982 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India is expected to take place in a month or two.

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

(We said this on May 7, 2012)

Arora to join CISF
Vikas Kumar Arora is all set to join the CISF as DIG. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

BSF DG to retire next month end
DG BSF U K Bansal is retiring next month end. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sayeed Ahmed Baba to move to Afghanistan by the 1st week of November
Syeed Ahmed Baba, Secretary- Department of Cooperation, Government of West Bengal, will move to Kabul by the end of October this year. DoPT has selected Baba, a 1988 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre for UNDP Project at Kabul.
( We said this on August 11 , 2012)

Why delay in appointment of Deepa Krishnan ?
Mystery shroud in the delay of the appointment of Deepa Krishnan for the post of DG, Central Economic Intelligence Bureau. Post has been lying vacant since July but the appointment of 1977 batch IRS (IT) officer has not een made.

Krishna to join CBI ?
A Y V Krishna, DIG (NR), Assam, Tezpur, is likely to be inducted as DIG in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is an IPS Officer of 1995 Batch who belongs to the Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Deputation tenure of S Narayanan extended
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet has approved the extension of deputation tenure of S. Narayanan for one more year in his present post of Regional Deputy Director of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Southern Region, Chennai. He is an IFS Officer of 1997 batch belonging to Haryana Cadre.

Karnataka is short of 80 IAS officers
As against the authorized strength of 299 IAS officers in Karnataka, only 219 IAS officers are presently serving the state.

Praveen Kumar applies for ED
Praveen Kumar, SP (Naxal), Jharkhand Police has reportedly applied for the post of Deputy Director- Enforcement. He is an IPS officer of 1998 batch who belongs to the Jharkhand cadre.

Transfers and postings in Railways
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.

7 posts in Madras High Court vacant
As many as seven posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Madras HighcCourt against approved strength of 60. The vacant posts include one post of Permanent Judge against approved strength of 43 and six of Additional Judges against approved strength of 17.

Manish Gupta moves from New York
Counsellor in New York Manish Gupta has been transferred to Istanbul.

SC Judge Swatanter Kumar to retire in Dec
Supreme Court Judge, Justice Swatanter Kumar belonging to parent Delhi High Court is retiring in December, 2012.

Post of Sr Investigation officer vacant in Mumbai Custom Settlement Commission
The post of Senior Investigating Officer is lying vacant in the office of Customs & Central Excise Settlement Commission, Additional Bench, Mumbai. Those willing to apply for this deputation post of three years can send their applications to the department at the earliest.

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

V Giriraj is new Secretary Irrigation in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
V Giriraj has been appointed Principal Secretary Irrigation in place of D Shirke. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Four officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
Four officers have been given fresh postings in Railways. Accordingly, R Gopalakrishnan, SG/IRTS/WR , has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director, TT (POL), Railway Board while M Ghoshal, SAG/IRSME, Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Wagon Production), Railway Board, is being posted as Executive Director/Infra/Mechanical, Railway Board in PPP Cell and Shubhranshu, SAG/IRSME/Railway Board was transferred to IROAF/New Delhi. Besides, A K Garekar, SAG/IRSME/Central Railway, has been posted as SDGM/Central Railway.

Justice Bobde sworn-in as CJ, MP HC (UPDATED)
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, senior Judge of the High Court of Bombay, was sworn-in as Chief Justice of High Court of Madhya Pradesh on October 16,2012.
(We said this on August 1, 2012)

Somnath Sengupta inducted in Axis Bank Board (UPDATED)
Somnath Sengupta has been inducted in the Board of Directors of Axis Bank and assumed charge as Executive Director with effect from October 15, 2012.


V Srinivasan inducted in Axis Bank Board (UPDATED)
V Srinivasan has been inducted in the Board of Directors of Axis Bank and assumed charge as Executive Director with effect from October 15, 2012.

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

Y H Malegam inducted in High Level Committee of RBI
Y H Malegam has been inducted in the 'High Level Committee' set up by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to spearhead efforts to ensure accessible financial services in the country.

Rao is new GM, UCO Bank in Orissa
N Sambasiva Rao has taken over as General Manager of UCO Bank, Bhubaneswar circle .Earlier he was posted in Kolkata .

Dineshbhai Patel to continue as Chairman, Sintex Industries Ltd
Dineshbhai B. Patel to continue as Chairman, Sintex Industries Ltd w.e.f. October 12, 2012.

Arunbhai Patel to continue as Vice Chairman, Sintex Industries Ltd
Arunbhai P. Patel to continue as Vice Chairman Sintex Industries Ltd w.e.f. October 12, 2012

Nair resigns as Director (Finance), Kings Infra Ventures Ltd ?
C. K. Gopalan Nair has resigned as Director (Finance), Kings Infra Ventures Ltd w.e.f. September 15, 2012.

Singh appointed Company Secy. Religare Technologies Ltd
Vivek Kumar Singh has been appointed as Company Secretary of Religare Technologies Ltd w.e.f. October 15, 2012

Kishore resigns as Company Secy. Religare Technologies Ltd
Bhavesh Kishore has resigned as Company Secretary of Religare Technologies Ltd w.e.f. October 12, 2012

Sunilkumar Patel appointed Independent Director, Ceejay Finance Ltd
Ceejay Finance Ltd has appointed Sunilkumar G. Patel as Independent Director of the company .

Jaimin Patel resigns as Promoter Director, Ceejay Finance Ltd
Jaimin Patel, Promoter Director, Ceejay Finance Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. September 29, 2012

Two directors no longer on Board of Kings Infra Ventures Ltd
T. Venkatramani and Baby John Shaji have resigned as directors of Kings Infra Ventures Ltd w.e.f. September 15, 2012

Seshadri ceases to be Director, Development Credit Bank Ltd
Narayan K. Seshadri has ceased to be Director of Development Credit Bank Ltd w.e.f. September 29, 2012

Development Credit Bank appoints Addl. Directors
Development Credit Bank Ltd has appointed the following as additional directors--- C. Narasimhan, Srinivasan Sridhar, Nalin Shah,Keki Elavia and lmran Contractor

Mukherjee resigns as Director, Bala Techno Global Ltd
Amitabha Mukherjee has resigned as Director of Bala Techno Global Ltd w.e.f. August 1, 2012

Carlos resigns as director of Shree Digvijay Cement
Antonio Carlos has resigned as director of Shree Digvijay Cement

Ramchandran appointed as director of Rane Madras
Anita Ramchandran has been appointed as director of Rane Madras.

Rekhi appointed as CEO of KPMG
Richard Rekhi has been appointed as CEO of KPMG.

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Staffing pattern in govt offices defies logic
The present staffing pattern in Government offices defies logic. The top has become heavy-an inverted pyramid !!The senior officers keep more numbers of support staff than what they are entitled to. This has created pressure on the junior officers and the section. The existing practice of "outsourcing" the clerical services should be stopped immediately. Similarly taking officers on 'Secondment" from other deparments/PSU/Banks (resorted to by many dept.including CVC) should also be stopped.If there is a shortage of staff,Govt. should make fresh recruitment.

S Gopal

"Bureaucratic Gag "
Why are government decisions under UPA-II ,sought to be justified politically at Media conferences by the ubiquitous Congress spokespersons? Are politicians, one wonders, privy to decision making ? As per GoI Office Manual , officers of the level of Joint Secretary and above, are authorized to brief the Media and defend government's actions on merit. In some cases, the Information Officers attached to ministries used to brief the Media. Not , any longer!. Why have departures been made from the normal practice? This raises suspicion in public mind about the credibility of decision making process in GOI. Are decisions being taken on political considerations rather than merit? At least, so it seems ? Has the political Executive lost faith in the permanent Executive?

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

A blessing for WB bureaucracy

The west Bengal Government should not have asked the return of Rajiv Sinha, IAS who is working well with UNICEF. However, the return of Sinha, my esteemed colleague will be a blessing for the West Bengal bureaucracy. He is an upright, hard working, intelligent and down to earth officer who has delivered excellently wherever he has worked. I wish him all the success.

A K Verma