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O P Pandey

Who will rule ?
Who will rule the Government of India in the next couple of years? Answer of this question received in a high profile party. "One who will get 40 Lok Sabha seats".

Have Cong men who jumped to defend Vadra helped masses ?
P Chidambaram, Veerappa Moily, Kapil Sibal, Jayanthi Natrajan, Manish Tewari, Rashid Alvi, even HR Bhardwaj, currently the Governor of Karnataka, and a former law minister also came to the indirect defence of Robert Vadra (even though governors were meant to be above politics and political parties) .

Is there a power scam waiting to unfold in Maharashtra ?
It is heard that there is a scam of Power department waiting to unfold in Maharashtra. A power tussle is taking place among the bureaucrats who claim to have `cracked' the system as against those who have been sidelined much of this also has to do with the politics of Congress versus its alliance partner NCP. Many names in politics and bureaucracy could come to light pertaining to power purchase, fuel purchase, equipment purchase and operational inefficiencies that could be deliberate. Will CM Prithiviraj Chavan take a serious note of the once profit making sector and get to the root of the things in days to come?

Here is a basic fib by M/s Sky Light Hospitality
The memorandum of association of Vadra's Sky Light Hospitality claims that the company will carry out the business as hotels, restaurants, lodges, ice-cream merchants, sweet meat merchants, milk manufactures, bakers, wine and spirit merchants, etc. But instead of doing all that Sky Light Hospitality primarily seems to
be in the business of real estate.

Who is new star of Karnataka BJP ?
It is heard that Dharmendra Pradhan is the new rising star of the Karnataka BJP.

Is DMK arm twisting UPA over raising Urea prices ?
Union Fertiliser Minister Alagiri is arm twisting the centre to bail him out first before he will agree to cooperate with the reforms agenda of raising Urea prices. Alagiri wants that non bailable warrant that is issued against his son Durai Dayanidhi who is absconding in a multi-crore illegal multi crore granite scam in Tamil Nadu - is quashed. Will the UPA oblige?

BUREAUCRACY

Ranjit Narayan to head BCAS ?
Ranjit Narayan, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police (Crime), Police Headquarter, New Delhi is likely to be appointed as new Commissioner, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

Pranay Sahay is new DG, CRPF
The ACC has cleared the appointment of Pranay Sahay as DGP of CRPF. DG SSB Sahay was holding additional charge of CRPF since October 1. He is a 1975 batch IPS officer of Manipur- Tripura cadre.
(We said this on October 10, 2012 )

Will Subhash Joshi be new DG, SSB?
Subhash Joshi is likely to be appointed DG of the Seema Shashtra Bal (SSB). He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Jha is new Additional Secretary and FA, Food
Prabhas Kumar has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Food and Public Distribution. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

New CBI Director from one of the six states
This is almost certain that the new CBI Director is going to be from seven IPS cadres-namely Bihar, Haryana, Delhi. Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Manipur-Tripura.

Nidhi Khare joins Planning Commission
Nidhi Khare has joined the Planning Commission as an Advisor. She is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Ramachandran to retire this month end
Meghalaya, DGP N Ramachandran is retiring by this month end. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Subrat Ratho gets VRS in Maharashtra
A1986 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre Subrat Ratho has been relieved by the GoI as he had applied for VRS.

Pandey gets extension as CVO in PFC
B P Pandey has been granted extension in central deputation tenure till April end 2013. He is a1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Somnath Sengupta inducted in Axis Bank Board
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
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.

Anita Bhatnagar Jain gets three months extension
Joint Secretary Information Technology in the Government of India, Anita Bhatnagar Jain, has been given three months extension in deputation tenure beginning January 2013. She is a 1985 IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Anita Kapur to join as Member, CBDT on Oct 22
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Ms Anita Kapur will join as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on October 22, 2012.
(We said this on July 6 & Sept 18, 2012)

Sandeep Rathore promoted as IG, NDRF
Sandeep Rathore, DIG, Administration, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Directorate, has been promoted as Inspector General, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Nabin Paying promoted as IG, SSB
Nabin Paying, Deputy Inspector General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Tejpur Sector, has been promoted as Inspector General in the same sector of the organization. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Amit Agrawal gets additional charge of OSD to Pitroda
Director in the PMO, Amit Agrawal has been appointed OSD to Sam Pitroda for three months. He is a1993 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Avinash Chandra is IG, SSB Lucknow Frontier
Avinash Chandra is new IG Seema Shashtra Bal (SSB) Lucknow Frontier. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

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

Stand of an IRS officer vindicated
The phrase 'forensic accounting' has become a part of the lexicon today. The pioneer of this India, an officer of IRS posted in Ministry of Finance in late 1990's stands vindicated since the Govtin 2000-2001 sent him on leave saying "what is this nonsense'' This after a number of industrial groups were caught skimming of money in the garb of sundry debtors and loans and advances, so much so that RBI was compelled to issue directions to banks not to permit loans at a rate of interest lower than at which Corporates borrow from banks. It's another matter that the instruction was withdrawn in 2002. If the instruction had been allowed to stand the entire financial mess and allegations of corporate misdemeanours would be a thing of the past.

Devajyoti Ray applies for ED
Devajyoti Ray SP KGF has applied for the post of Deputy Director-Enforcement, Directorate of Enforcement Ministry of Finance, Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Yashasvi Yadav joins UP Government
A 2000 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS officer Yashasvi Yadav has joined the Uttar Pradesh Government on inter-cadre deputation. He has been posted as SP, Technical.

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

SC vacancies rise to six
The vacancies of Judges have risen to six in Supreme Court. There are 25 judges against 31 approved strength in this Apex Court.

Jacob moves to Beijing
First Secretary in New York Vinod Jacob has been moved to Beijing.

Four Railway officers shifted
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.

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

Lt Gen Choudhary is head of Bengal area
Lieutenant General Ashok Kumar Choudhary has taken over the command of the prestigious Bengal Area of the Army .

K V Chowdary gets zonal charge (UPDATED)
K V Chowdary, Member (Investigation), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has been assigned zonal charge of all DGs (Inv.) and CC (Central circles)

Anita Kapur assigned charge of, MP, CG, UP (UPDATED)
Anita Kapur, Member (A & J), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has been assigned zonal charge of MP, Chhattisgarh and UP.

S S Rana II joins Vigilance/CVO, CCE (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Customs (IRS-Customs) officer, S S Rana II has joined as Director General of Vigilance/CVO of Customs & Central Excise. However, he will continue as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi zone, until a substitute is posted against the post.
(We said this on October 1, 2012)

We will take up dual regulation issue with concerned ministries' (UPDATED)
Consumer Affairs Secretary, Pankaj Agarwala has said that the Department will soon take up the critical issue of dual regulation vis-à-vis packaging norms with the concerned ministries to iron out the element of dualism in its legislation. He was speaking during an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi. "I propose to take up the issue of dual regulation with my colleagues in other ministries to resolve the issue of dual regulation as we do not intend to have overlapping jurisdictions," said Agarwala while inaugurating the 'Packaging Summit' organized by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM). "When we look at the packaging as an industry, we intend to follow a flexible approach rather than a rigid regulatory environment that has been created unintentionally," said he. "I do concede that if we balance and harmonise the interest of the consumer with the producer's ability to innovate and compete in the market place then we would probably touch upon the ideal situation." J K Dadoo, joint secretary, Department of Commerce, said "the annual turnover of packaging industry which contributes to over five per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to reach from the current level of about $14 billion to about $50 billion by 2020." ""The small and medium sector accounts for about 85 per cent of the total 22000 packaging industries in India," said the joint secretary. N C Saha, Director, Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), said "IIP has taken a lead to study and review the existing system of distribution of mid-day meal scheme, for packing in hygienic conditions for the school children. Developing alternative packaging material, using natural fabrics like jute and coir." Amid others who spoke during the ASSOCHAM summit included: S K Jindal, Chairman, ASSOCHAM Investment and Investors' Protection Committee and D S Rawat, Secretary General.

Kanwaljit Deol to be new DG (Inv.), NHRC (UPDATED)
Mrs Kanwaljit Deol has been appointed as Director General (Investigation), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). She is a 1977 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.
(We said this on September 20, 2012)

Four IAS officers get fresh postings in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Mohmmed Nasimuddin has been posted as Secretary, Youth Welfare & Sports Development Department while Dr P Muthuveerran will now be Director, Handlooms & Textiles and G A Rajkumar is being posted as Additional Chief Secretary/ CMD, Tamil Nadu Industrial Explosives Ltd. Besides, V Palanikumar has been posted as Director, Anna Institute of Management with additional charge of DG Training.

271 IRS-IT officers promoted to Deputy Commissioners (UPDATED)
As many as 271 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner. The officers include: M Lakshmi Bai, K Giresha, B R Ramesh, P Suresh Rao, A Ramesh Kumar, Satyaprakash R Singh, Ms Beena Dinesh, V Murlidharan, Ms Rajeshwari M Motwani, Ms Sudha Ramchandran, Ms Agnes Thomas, Rajiv S Keswarani, Dharmavir D Yadav, Arkendra Singh, O P Pathak, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Usha V Ramarao, S S Kulkarni (Suhas), R M Majumdar, Ashok Khanna, Ravinder Kumar Mittal, Shiv Nath Sharma, Nittin Garg, Ganshyam Sharma, Anil Kumar Dhir, Mukesh Kumar sharma, Kamal Mangal, C S Sharma, Sanjib Kumar Pal, Mrinal Kanti Chanda, Dhrubajyoti Roy, Sandip Sengupta, Supriyo Pal, Harish Gidwani, Harish Chandra, P K Sharma, A S Nehra, K C Gupta, Divakar Chakraborty, Ajit Kumar Laskar, Chandal Nag, Mohd Javed, A K Singh, I B Khandel, A K Koli, P S Chouhan, A K Das, S Seeni, A R Rewar, Shivraj Singh, Ramesh Chander, Dulal Ch Mondal, Sanjib Kumar roy, chandan Das, Shankar Halder, Bikas Biswas, Swapan Bepari, Debabrata Baidya, Sailen Samaddar, Dr Anup Biswas, Javanta Mridha, A N Sontakke, Rajeev Kumar, Gitesh Kumar, R R Chandekar, E Sulochna, F R Meena, T P V Latha, S K Mitra, V R Rao, V J Boricha, N D Gupta, A Sunderajan, Namita Khurana, K Ranga Rao, Mini chandran U, Dipti Agrawal, Shweta Mishra, Partha Sarathi Roy, Bimal Krishna Bandyopadhaya, Praveen Verma, Subhransu Mitra, Apoorva Bhardwaj, Sumit Roy, V Vidhyadhar, Saurabh Singh, Abhijit Dutta, Arju Gardia, Sita Shrivastava, Ullas Kumar Saha, N Hemalatha, Amit Katoch, Swapan Das, Manish Kumar Jha, Bidyut Kumar Begchi, Sumit Kumar Verma, Tarun Kumar Bhhattacharya, Divya K J, Alok Singh, Pulak Aich, Raman Garg, Sudip Bandopadhya, Geetinder Mann, Sanjay Paul, S Sunder Rajan, Kaushik Kumar Das, Shaurya Shashwat Shukla, Provash Roy, Veni Raj, Anidya Bandopadhayay, Mahender Bishnoi, Rati Deb Barman, Prashant Kumar Mishra, Anup Bhhattacharjee, Rajat Mittal, Anup Singh, Gautam Patra, Shudhanshu Shekhar, Arun Kanti Dutta, Deepti Chandola, Ashim Kumar Chakraborty, Vaibha Jain, Subhra Das, Mahesh Gopinath Jiwade, Rajat Datta, Anchal Khandelwal, Sanat Kumar Raha, Runi Pal, Pranaba Kumar Koley, Pankaj Srivastava, Arup Chatterjee, Manas Mondal, Koushlendra Tewari, Biswanath Chakraborty, Vikrant Pal Singh, Amaninder Singh Dhindsa, S T Sheshadri, Bipin C N, K S Deshpande, Amit Kumar Jain, M G Jasmani, Mundhe Vishwas Sopan Rao, A V Shapur R, M Anitha, A Vengugopal, Prashant Ranjan, Sourab Kumar Rai, V Srinivas Raj, A Padma Meenakashi, Amresh Kumar Tiwari, M S Nethrapal, Manav Bansal, Anuparna Singla, Kishore W Vispute, Shahnawaz UL Rahman, Ram Tiwari, T A Khan, Amit Dua, Deshpande Saurabh Girish, Veerander Kumar Sheoran, R S Arvindhakshan, Beena Santosh, Ram Prakash Maurya, P Nagendra Kumar, Monika Rana, Vikas Singh, Laganpreet Sandhu, Arvind G Desai, Faran Khan, Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Madan Lal, Aditya Shukla, R K Agarwal, Ashish Tripathi, Ajay Kumar, Virendrea Singh, Rajamma Paul, Rajesh Mahajan, Shinde Sudhakar Namdeo, Binod Kumar Sinha, Suman Kumar, Vivekanand Mishra, Renuga Devi P, H Kabila, Sanjay Kumar, Kirti S, Ram Prakash Rastogi, J K Lenka, Yashvender Singh, A K Mohanty, C Yamuna, Raghu Nath, S Nataraja, Shabana Praveen, Meenakshi Dohare, S A Fazulullah, Jenardhanan V, P V Subha Raju, V Justin, K Ravi, Rajni Rani Roy, N Gopi Krishna,Samrat Rahi, G Johnson, Tarundeep, K S Meena, Pavuna Sundari E, Bhavani Shankar, Anoop Singh, Maimun Nisha Ansari, Anil Kumar Sharma, B Ramanjiancyulu, Giriraj Pareek, Purshottam Kumar, O P Chaudhary, Vijayendera Kumar, Bobde Amit Ashokarao, Jagdish Prasad Talania, Shivanand H Kalakeri, Rajesh Kumar, Das Rignesh Kalpesh, Brij Mohan Singh, Murali Mohan M, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Shailesh Kumar, B Naveen Kumar, Subash Verma, Amit Raj, Sher Singh, Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Sudha Singh, Kiran D, Narendra Kumar Naik, Kamal Kumar Khanna, Abhishek Meshram, R B Singh, Mrinal Kumar Das, Sanjeev Mahajan, Inder Solanki, Panak Kumar Saxena, Pallavi, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Dhoke Ajay Gopalrao, Parmar Alpeshkumar Trikamalal, Poonam Rai, Uma Shankar Prasad, V Srinivasan, Mohit Mrinal, Sheila Parthasarthy, Waghmare Vipul Digambar, R Durairaj, Shashi Kajke, Chanchal Meena, G Chandrababu, Kranti, B Sagadevan, Rintel Renthlei, Prem Prakash Meena, Bimal Kumar Meena, T M Suganthamala, M C Omi Ningshen, Satya Pal Singh Meena, C P K Dutta, roshanta Kumari Meena, Siddhar Bhim Singh Meena, Kumar Aikal Manu, Sumit Kaur, G N Raghavendra Rao, Pooja Swaroop, T Satyanandam and P Muthushankar.

Cabinet reshuffle ruled out? (UPDATED)
If some highly placed sources are to be believed, contrary to speculations, union cabinet reshuffle are ruled out till 'Dushehra pooja'. Meetings of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi with President Pranab Mukherjee, which took place on Tuesday, had triggered the all-round speculations that it would take place on 19 October.

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

Manoj Saunik is Director, BEL
Manoj Saunik has been appointed as part-time official director on Bharat Electronics Ltd board. He has been appointed in place of Satyajeet Rajan. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Dipankar Gupta inducted in High Level Committee of RBI
Dipankar Gupta 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.

Ms Kumud Srinivasan appointed President, Intel India.
Ms Kumud Srinivasan has been appointed President, Intel India. She succeeds Praveen Vishakantaiah .

Goel appointed Director (Mktg. & Operations), PTC India Ltd
S N Goel has been appointed as Director (Marketing and Operations), PTC India Ltd.

Sen quits Tata Motors Ltd
Ranendra Sen has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Tata Motors Ltd .

Agrawal appointed CFO, Torrent Cables Ltd
Amit Agrawal, Assistant General Manager (Finance) has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Torrent Cables Ltd.

Kumar quits Emmsons International Ltd
Suvindra Kumar has resigned as Company Secretary of Emmsons International Ltd .

Goel appointed CFO, Surya Roshni Ltd
Deepak Goel has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Surya Roshni Ltd

Lahiri appointed Addl. Director, Mindtree Ltd
Mindtree Limited has appointed Anjan Lahiri, as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Parthasarathy appointed Alternate Director, Mindtree Ltd
N S Parthasarathy has been appointed as an Alternate Director to S Janakiraman on the Board of Mindtree Ltd

Duggal no longer Director, Uflex Ltd
IFCI Ltd has withdrawn the nomination of Narender Kumar Duggal from the Board of Uflex Ltd.

Motiwala quits Panama Petrochem Ltd
Moiz HMotiwala, Independent Director of Panama Petrochem Ltd has resigned from the company.

Duggal ceases to be Director of Uflex
Narendra Kumar Duggal has ceased to be Director of Uflex.

Panda appointed as Director Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys
Baijayant Pande has been appointed as Director Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys.

Ruia quits Essar Port
Anshuman Ruia has resigned as Director of Essar Port.

Agarwal appointed as CFO, Torrent Cables
Amit Agarwal has been appointed as CFO of Torrent Cables

Goel appointed as CFO, Surya Roshni
Deepak Goel has been appointed as CFO of Surya Roshni.

Sengupta appointed as Director of Axis Bank
Somnath Sengupta has been appointed as Director of Axis Bank.

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Persistent problem

Subjectivity in APARs seems to be a persistent problem to do away with the careers of some outstanding officers. In a recent case, an officer was serially getting outstanding/ very good. But suddenly the officer was given good in the previous year, which is considered unacceptable for promotions to HAG etc. This happened mainly due to earlier shoulder rubbing in official matters with the reporting as well as accepting officials. I will appreciate if some knowledgeable senior officer throws light as to how such cases are dealt in DPC? What are the options with the officer to challenge this situation, including bringing the matter into notice of DOPT, CabSec etc. ?

Rajaram

Reduce number of IAS officers

Frequently you are giving news about the shortage of IAS officers in the states. Cadre strength has been unnecessarily inflated for the officers to get promotion. Many IAS officers are enjoying life without doing substantial work "Zombies". Country is already burdened by the existing IAS officers. There should be an independent assessment by a professional agency to ascertain the real number of IAS officers needed and cost to Government in maintaining an IAS officer (Not salary alone). There should be drastic reduction in the number of IAS officers to increase the efficiency of the system and reduce corruption. Pl. don't spread the wrong impression about shortage of IAS officers.

Mohan Singh

Switch over to officer pattern
One way to increase efficiency of output is to switch over to officer pattern of functioning. Each Officer be provided specific items of work following SIU norms, complete monthly assignment in addition to the sudden work that springs up. Services of a Stenographer, a clerk and 1/2 Peon and 1/2 Daftry be provided so that record management does not suffer. Provision of leave reserve would be a must.

H G Upreti

Incredible Nation

(Excerpts from Mr Khushwant Singh's write up in HT/Delhi/15-10-12)

"When Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of England, introduced the Indian Independence Bill in 1947 and it was being debated in British Parliament, Sir Winston Churchill, the war time Prime Minister of England, had angrily remarked : 'Power will go into the hands of rascals, rogues, and free-booters. All Indian leaders will be of low caliber and men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles. Not a bottle of water or loaf of bread shall escape taxation; only the air will be free and the blood of these hungry millions will on the head of Attlee."

We are indeed an incredible Nation; we have really worked very hard and proved Sir Churchill's forecast Absolutely Right.

Pawan Kumar

Singh - an officer brimming with elixir of life

A N Singh as an officer brimming with elixir of life is no more deep knowledge of scriptures had a profoundity of ideas and yet always simple A lovable person my heart felt condolences
Sri Mohan Shukla