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P S Ganapathy

Rahul Gandhi is more diplomatic than PM?
It seems Rahul Gandhi is more diplomatic than the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The PM was desperate this time to get his entry into the Cabinet but he refused to join knowing well that in this sinking ship all the follies of this Government will now go in his account.

Scindia is choice of PM ?
Nobody is going to believe that Jyotiradiya Scindia is the choice of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and not of Ten Janpath for independent charge as MoS Power. Infact, PM is aware of Scindia's ability and competence.

S M Krishna revamped MEA
Former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will be remembered for injecting transparency in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) while uprooting alleged corruption that prevailed in Haj pilgrimage. Apart from this Krishna reformed passport system.

Is Rajasthan over represented in reshuffle?
With the Congress all set to loose Rajasthan in the election that are due next year the party has decided to increase its representation in the state.

Is Soni to be appointed new political Secretary ?
It is relaibly learnt by whispers that Ambika Soni will be appointed new political Secretary in addition to Ahmed Patel.

Shashi Tharoor, MOS HRD, to take charge on 1st November (UPDATED)
Monday, 29th November, is marked by several newly appointed ministers taking charge of their offices but Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha MP from Thiruanantpuram and the newly appointed MoS, HRD would take charge by 1st November only. At present Tharoor is hosting President Pranab Mukherjee who is in Kerala for a two-day visit in the state.The source placed with Dr. Tharoor indicated that he would take charge of his office 1st November.

BUREAUCRACY

Finance Commission to be constituted this week
14th Finance Commission is being constituted this week. Official announcement is expected soon.

Who will be new DG, SSB ?
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has finally prepared the panel for Director General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). The names in panel are: Subhash Goswami, IPS 1977 batch, Assam-Meghalaya cadre , Arun Choudhary, IPS 1977 batch, Bihar cadre and Arvind Ranjan, IPS 1977 batch, Kerala cadre.

Ashok Mohapatra to be Acting Chairman, AIFR
Ashok Mohapatra is likely to be appointed Acting Chairman of the AIFR. He is retired 1971 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

S C Sinha joins BIFR
S C Sinha, former Executive Director (ED) of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), has joined as a Member of the for Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR).
(We said this on August 14, 2012)

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.

Alok Kumar Misra soon to be new Member, SEBI
As the grapevine has it, decks have been cleared for Alok Kumar Misra, former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Bank of India (BOI), to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI).He had retired in September 2012. He was one of nine candidates to have been interviewed for two posts of Member in the SEBI on May 8, 2012.
(We said this on May 9, 2012)

Sonia Singh to join UP cadre on deputation
Ms Sonia Singh, DIG, Nagaland Police, has been granted inter-cadre deputation to Uttar Pradesh. She is a 2003 batch IPS officer ofNagaland cadre

CoS to select new Member CBDT today
Meeting of the CoS is reportedly going to take place on Monday to select new Member of the CBDT.

Shinde to lead in INTERPOL Conference
This time Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is going to lead the Indian Contingent in the INTERPOL Conference at Rome. Earlier this conference was always led by Director (CBI).

Rahul Bhandari to move to Rail Bhawan
PS to Pawan Bansal, Rahul Bhandari is moving to the Rail Bhawan from the Shram Shakti Bhawan. A1997 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Rahul Bhandari will now be PS to new Railway Minister Pawan Bansal. Bhandari is considered to be an outstanding IAS officer.

Empanelment of 1993 batch IPS delayed
The empanelment meeting of IPS officer 1993 batch for empanelment to the rank of IG in the Government of India has been delayed. The scheduled meeting on October 22 did not take place.

Gopal Reddy is also Nodal Officer for AP
Gopal Reddy, Joint Secretary (IS-II), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has also been appointed Nodal officer for implementation of the various programme/ schemes undertaken by MHA in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Neeraj Kumar Gupta is Resident Commissioner of UP in Delhi
Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Executive Director, ITPO under the Government of India, has been appointed as Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh Government in New Delhi. He was recently repatriated to parent cadre. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Alok Singh is PS to MEA Minister Salman Khursheed
Alok Singh will be serving as Private Secretary (PS) to Union Minister for External Affairs (MEA) Salman Khursheed. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, armed with a background in Marketing Management and Physics. He had been trained at Centre of Excellence at Vicenza, Italy, for handling International Police Interventions in disturbed societies, Singh had successfully commanded 10 districts of diverse socio economic status. He ensured public peace and communal harmony in Kanpur and Meerut, promoted a safe atmosphere for business and enterprise to thrive, led teams of special troops and diverse human talents and also led operations against Naxalites and was awarded with Presidents Medal for conspicuous gallantry.

Reshuffle in CRPF soon?
After the arrival of new DG, reshuffle at IG, DIG and ADG level in the CRPF is expected to take place soon.

Bhaskarachar likely to join as CMD, EPL on Dec 1
M A Bhaskarachar, Deputy Chairman, KPT, who was selected for the post of CMD, Ennore Port Limited (EPL), is expected to don the mantle on December 1, 2012 as present incumbent S Velumani is due to retire on November 30, 2012.

C Balakrishnan on BEML Board
Former Secretary in Government of India, C Balakrishnan has been appointed (non-official part time) Director on the Board of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML).

Nidhi Jain transferred
Ms Nidhi Jain, Deputy Accountant General (SS-II/GS), in the office of the Principal Accountant General (Audit)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (CRA/CERA), in the office of the Director General of Audit, Central, Mumbai.She will relieve JR Inamdar.

Chinoy is HC to Belize
Sujan R Chinoy presently, Ambassador of India to Mexico has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Belize, with residence in Mexico city.

Manu Seth is Ambassador to Republic of Madaga
Ms Manju Seth (YOA : 1996), presently Consul General of India in Reunion Island, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Republic of Madagascar.

Sharan to be Ombudsman in Mumbai
Hrishikesh Sharan has been cleared for Ombudsman for Customs, Excise and Service Tax, Mumbai. He is a 1974 batch officer who retired over a year back. His appointment was delayed since ACC had raised certain queries on his appointment.

EPL CMD to retire in November
S Velumani, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Ennore Port Limited (EPL), is due to retire on November 30, 2012.

Behera to join GoI ?
Binoy Kumar Behera, Additional DGP (Fire Service & Home Guard), Odisha Police, is likely to join GoI as IG. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

Technical resignation of IPS accepted
President has accepted the technical resignation of D Krishnabhaskar, Probationer IPS officer, 2011 batch, who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

DGP not allowed to transfer Inspector in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal has held that it was beyond the powers of the DGP to transfer a police Inspector.

Uttarakhand CM to open "International Poplar Commission on Poplars and Willows" on Tuesday
Elaborate arrangements have been made to host the three day 24th Session and 46th Executive Committee Meeting of "International Poplar Commission on Poplars and Willows" to be inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna, at Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun. To facilitate the coordination amongst the host institution and Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), an IPC-FAO Secretariat has also been established at Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE). The session, that will continue from October 30 to November 2, 2012, is being attended by experts from India and abroad, including about 100 foreign delegates from 25 countries which are engaged in poplar and willow growing. Leading international experts on poplar-based industry viz. Dr Ian McIvor, New Zealand and Prof. Joris Van Acker, Belgium will be present, besides experts from host country, informed Dr. V.K. Bahuguna, Director General. ICFRE adding that the officials from FAO have also reached to deliberate on the issues. It is expected that various scientists and experts from Sweden, Canada, China, New Zealand, Belgium, Russia, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Germany, United Kingdom shall be attending and mutually get benefitted from the session being held, he said. The 23rd Session of the IPC was held in Beijing, China in 2008. He further told that 24th Session of "International Poplar Commission" (Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) on poplars and willows shall be inaugurated by Sh. Vijay Bahuguna, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 30th October, 2012. The Theme of this session being held is "Improving Lives with Poplars and Willows".

CORPORATE

Shastri appointed CEO (Motion Pictures), Divine Multimedia (India) Ltd
Aditya Shastri have been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (Motion Pictures) of Divine Multimedia (India) Ltd

Bhatt quits Sandesh Ltd
Dr Jitendra Nanalal Bhatt has resigned as Director of Sandesh Ltd

Yes Bank appoints Addl. Directors
Yes Bank Ltd has appointed the following persons as Additional Directors on the Board of Directors of the Bank -- Ravish Chopra, Diwan Arun Nanda and M R Srinivasan

Alapatt appointed Head (Mktg.), Thomas Cook India Ltd
Thomas Cook India Ltd has appointed Abraham Alapatt as Head (Marketing).

Juneja ceases to be Director, Rajdhani Leasing and Industries Ltd
Anil Juneja has ceased to be Director of Rajdhani Leasing and Industries Ltd

Joshi appointed COO, VivaKi Exchange
Harsha Joshi had been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) VivaKi Exchange

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India - a land of bribes

Nobody can disagree that India is a land of bribes. Actually what is happening in India can be called system failure. God is running this country. Almost every one who gets the opportunity is grabbing money by any means. In Delhi, policemen are taking bribe even before Parliament house openly. No one believes that CP, DPC is not aware. Politicians of all shades lead the plunder. Besides many other factors, weak and minority Government at the Centre which cannot take any decision is one reason. Congress - the elder brother which has ruled the country for most of the period after Independence has divided the country in every way and is itself responsible for this. BJP is copying the Congress. Can any BJP leader tell how its policies are different from those of Congress? Parliamentary democracy system has failed or has been failed. Presidential form in which role of professional politicians is not much could be alternative. Judiciary should be independent. Retirement age of judges of High Courts and The Supreme Court should be enhanced and no retired judge should be given any assignment for very obvious reasons. Members of Parliament and State Legislatures should not be given any benefit in kind like free electricity, water, telephone, travel and so on. They are getting free plenty of these and therefore do not know the pinch. Their noise is crocodile tears. They know well that public knows this, but is helpless. Their salary should be increased to maximum and that should be taxable. Daily allowance should not be given to the MPs, MLAs if they get the houses adjourned like they are doing as a regular habit now.

Bishan Sharma

'Apana Ghar Sudharo' (WIC 27.10.12.)

Sir, I fully agree that crime investigation should not be done by loose-minded police SI or ASIs, who have extremely low level of IQ. Their sole intention is to squeeze money and then transport a part of their money to local neta who can get them posted in a lucrative thana, preferably market and industrial areas. They infact support and promote criminals who later become netas with their help, who inturn help these SI/ASIs. Iit is a vicious circle. They are the root cause of increasing criminality and corruption.

On the other hand, we have lot many excess 'newsreader police officers'. The public does not pay for their fat salary and perks just for reading the newspapers in AC offices, as they do not have any field work to go in scorching summer or chilling winter. The minimum level of IO and Head of police station/thana should be a Gazetted Officer from IPS/PPS, not the neta-ka-sevak Inspectors. It is an irony that gazetted officers feel shame to head a police station and investigate the crime, although they dont hesitate to become partners in corruption through the same police station and their occupants.

Similarly, our laws framed by Supreme Court and Parliament are implemented in the field by a 12th or 10th class-pass constable. What a shame? Does a constable have the IQ to implement the laws on public? instead he is more fit to act as 'collection agent' of senior policemen and netas. The minimum level of field officers should be Law graduates at the level of ASI or SI or inspectors. Mostly they work as peons of senior offficers/ netas like the latest case of Punjab officer. Constabulary should be disbanded, as was recommended by one of the Government commissions.

Moreover, the corruption prone areas like market and industrial areas should not be guarded by these money-minded policemen. Instead, such areas be handed over to a newly created private police. Let the public choose whether they should be guarded by present government police or the new private police.

Further, the present state police is out of purview of CVC and CBI. Since the police is the source of corruption and subsequent criminality, hence state police must be brought under the eyes of CVC and CBI.

Bharat

Why IRS is it not first choice ?

I am amused by the fact that if IRS is the best platform to offer intellectual satisfaction, why is it not the first choice of the civil service aspirants and, moreover, why these 'intellectual' IRS officers keep on cribbing about their promotion prospects, their job conditions? IRS is one of the GOI over- staffed civil services. The officers, themselves, need not do anything to hunt for cases. People of India, perforce, are required to file income tax returns. If they don't, Income tax department shall be after them. Thereafter, nobody can question the Income Tax officers about the disposal of personal cases. Any outsider should think twice before making any mistake, but in case any Income tax official makes any mistake , that can be corrected next time, if caught; with no penalty on the official.

Bosidini