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POLITICS

No third term to any Chief Minister in BJP ruled states ?
There is a loud thinking in the BJP that no one should be allowed to become another Narendra Modi. If this formula is adopted than no Chief Minister in BJP ruled states will be given third term.

Is the bureaucracy upset with polity ?
Home Secretary RK Singh is busy defending Pakistan Home Minister's statements in the media. Whispers have learnt that there are differences in the polity too over the visit of Rehman Malik to India. Some ministers were against his visit o India. The bureaucracy was concerned when Malik came to Wagah border without any protocol and RK Singh had to rush to receive him.

Is RSS now turning around Modi ?
It is now understood that RSS is rallying around Narendra Modi than earlier when a certain section of the Sangh was busy spiting him.

Is there overhype in Keshubhai factor ?
Is there too much importance being given to RSS veteran 85 year old Keshubhai Patel ?

Is Congress planning a television channel ?
It is heard that Congress is planning a television channel of its own and that it has asked I&B ministry to review why government cannot own one.

Cyrus P Mistry appointed Chairman of Tata Group
Cyrus P Mistry has been appointed Chairman of the Tata Sons, the holding company of the over $100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate with effect from December 28.

P.K. Dhumal may retain power
There are clear indications that present Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal may retain power. Result of assembly polls held in HP last month are going to be declared on December 20,2012.

Narendra Modi's image to go up several times
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's image will go up by several times,once he retains power on December 20,2012 feel analysts. Moreover, it would go up by several notches in the new year as global investors meet titled vibrant Gujarat would open on January 13, 2013.

BUREAUCRACY

Now Chief Secretaries can get six months extension !
Service rules of All India Service officers are reported to have been amended. Now Chief Secretaries are entitled to get six months extension in service. A couple of Chief Secretaries have already got such an extension.

Will Archna Ramasunderam be Additional Director, CBI ?
Mrs. Archna Ramasunderam Addl. DGP, Tamil Nadu Police, is likely to be appointed as Addl. Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). She is an IPS officer of 1980 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu Cadre.

Spolia is new Chief Secretary of Delhi
D M Spolia has been appointed new Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government. 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Spolia would succeed P K Tripathi on January 1.
( We said this on November 26 )

Rajiv Kapoor to succeed Ajay Chadha ?
Rajiv Kapoor, Special Director, Intelligence Bureau is likely to succeed Ajay Chadha as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He is an IPS officer of 1978 batch, who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Mohanty moves as DGS&D
Satyanarayan Mohanty CEO Food & Safety and Standard Authority of India, Department of Health and Family Welfare has been moved as Director General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) Ministry of Commerce.. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on November 21 )

Sanjay Kumar to succeed Mohanty
Sanjay Kumar will succeed Satyanarayan Mohanty as Member Secretary, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Prabodh Saxena to move to Manila
Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Prabodh Saxena is going to Manila as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director Asian Development Bank (ADB). He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre. Formal orders have been issued.
( We said this on December 10 )

Railway GMs' file with the Home Minister
The file relating to posting of four General Managers(GMs) in Railway Ministry has reached from Cabinet Secretary to the Home Minister in the Government of India (GOI).

Pramod Kumar tipped to be DG,RSC-Baroda
As the grapevine has it Pramod Kumar is tipped to be Director General(DG)Railway Staff College (RSC) Baroda.

Devi Pande tipped to be GM South Central Railway
As the grapevine has it Devi Pande is poised to be General Manager (GM)GM South Central Railway.

B K Namdeo selected as Director (Refineries), HPCL
B K Namdeo, ED, HPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Refineries), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 18, 2012. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Subhash Joshi to take charge today
Subhash Joshi, Director General of National Security Guard (NSG ), who was appointed as Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), has taken over charge on December 19, 2012. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
(We said this on December 8, 2012)

Arvind Ranjan assumes charge as DG, NSG
Arvind Ranjan, Special Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), has taken over as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG). He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on December 8, 2012)

Ajay Saxena is new JS Food
Ajay Saxena has been appointed as Joint Secertary, Food & Public Distribution in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Bhalla moves as ED FCI
D.K. Bhalla has moved as Executive Director, FCI. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Amrit Raj to join CISF ?
Amrit Raj, DIG Bihar Police is likely to join Central deputation as DIG, CISF. He is Bihar Cadre IPS Officer of 1998 batch.

CBI to verify complaint against Cement Corporation CMD
If official announcement by Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy is to be believed, the CBI is verifying a complaint against Cement Corporation of India CMD RP Tak.

Fraud cases in Punjab National bank
Fraud cases to the tune of Rs 619.86 crore have been detected in the Punjab National Bank during the past six months. K R Kamath is the CMD of PNB.

Are outsider IPS officers being discriminated in Orissa ?
There is talk amongst the outsider IPS officers of Odisha that they are been discriminate vis a vis insiders. Coastal districts are considered important in Odisha. Now all the coastal districts are manned by insiders except Ganjam. Immediately after joining, DGP Prakash Mishra shifted Berhampur SP Shefin Ahamed to Kalahandi and G S Kumar from Dhenkanal to Battallion. Berhampur was given to insider Pratik Mohanty and Dhenkanal to a very junior OPS officer (NO SPS officer promoted to IPS is available in Odisha). Similarly outsider Devdutt Singh's charge of Jagatsinghpur was given to insider Satyabrata Bhoi. Then 1998 batch Rajesh Kumar was shifted to HQ and charge was given to insider 2006 batch Amrita Dash. Eight months ago Coastal Puri and industrial Jharsuguda were manned by the outsiders. Now Puri is manned by insider IPS and Jharsuguda is given to an OPS officer. Now most of the important districts are with insiders and OPS officers. ….and it is discussed that soon Commissioner of Police for Bhubaneswar Cuttack will be given to some insider.

Subba empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary, GoI
V L V S S Subba gets empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary, Govt. of India. Subba is an Indian Economic Services officer of 1985 batch.

Chet Ram empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Chet Ram has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Revenue Service officer of 1985 batch.

S S Mundra to finally head Bank of Baroda
Finally, S S Mundra - Executive Director (ED) with the Union Bank of India will on elevation go as Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) of the Bank of Baroda.

6 IPoS officers to get SAG
As least six officers of IPoS belonging to batches of 1991 and 1992 will soon get the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Post Master Generals (PMGs).

Justice Kaushal and Justice Saxena to be permanent Judge in MP HC
Justice P K Kaushal and Justice G D Saxena are being appointed permanent Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Formal communication to this effect is expected next week.

Ms Jhanjha Tripathi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Jhanjha Tripathi has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of 1985 batch.

Shharat Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Shharat Sharma has been empanelled to the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service.

3 IPS officers of Orissa cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1989 batch and Orissa cadre have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Amrit Mohan Prasad, Mrs B Radhika and Pranabindu Acharya.

Dr Avinash Kumar Mishra receives Delhi Ratna Award
Dr Avinash Kumar Mishra, Chief Resident Commissioner, Arunachal Bhawan, New Delhi has been conferred with prestigious Delhi Ratna Award for promotion of National Integration and excellent coordination and valuable service to the people of Arunachal Pradesh in particular and North Eastern Region in NCR Delhi at large by the All India Conference of Intellectuals during its 31st Annual Conference held in India International Centre New Delhi on December 16, 2012. A former Governor and Union Minister Bishma Narayan Singh was the Chief Guest and Harishankar Brahma, Election Commissioner of India was the guest of honour while Kris Shrikant, Former Captain of Indian Cricket team was the Special Guest on the Dias. Dr Mishra, 1979 batch of IFS officer, served in various Districts of Arunachal Pradesh in different capacities is the father of two sons and a daughter who is also a father in law of North East as his eldest son Sudhanshu married in Nagaland.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Proj), NTPC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Projects), NTPC Limited falling vacant next year on October 10, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 29, 2013.

Anil Kumar Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Anil Kumar Singh has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Chief Justice Bombay High Court appoints two more Judges in Special Court
Chief Justice Bombay High Court has appointed two more Judges in Special Court (TORTS)- Justice Mr. R.C.Chavan and Justice Mrs. Roshan Dalvi in addition to Justice Mr. V.M. Kanade for expediting the pending matters of Securities/ shares scam of 1992 in next 6 months. After disposal of pending matters, the process of winding up of the offices of Special Court and Custodian would commence.

Pankaj Rag is also Secretary, Culture in MP
Pankaj Rag, Commissioner-cum-Director, Archaeology and Museum, has been assigned additional charges of ex-officio Secretary, Culture as well as Trusty Secretary, Bharat Bhawan in Madhya Pradesh. Rag is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Chauhan gets ACS rank in Bihar
A K Chauhan has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Bihar. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Pradhan is back to Bihar
CVO Airports Authority of India B Pradhan is back to the parent Bihar cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.

R H Khwaja is also Secretary, Steel (UPDATED)
R H Khwaja, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, has been assigned an additional charge of Ministry of Steel. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

IRS-IT officer Mrs Anita Menon quits service (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Mrs Anita Menon, Commissioner of Income Tax (TDS)-II, New Delhi, has quit the service with effect from January 1, 2013.

IRS-IT officer Hira Singh Negi resigns from service (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Hira Singh Negi,Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi, has quit the service with effect from January 2, 2013.

Ms Subramanian promoted as Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Kolkata (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue service-Customs and Central Excise officer, Ms Kameswari Subramanian has been posted as Chief Commissioner, Central Excise, Kolkata after promotion to this grade.

Four CBEC Additional Commissioners transferred (UPDATED)
Four officers of Indian Revenue service-Customs and Central Excise working at Additional Commissioner level have been transferred. Accordingly, Suresh Kumar has been shifted to Bangalore Central Excise while C P S Bakshi is being transferred to DGICCE Delhi as OSD (Admin), CBEC and Mahfuzur Rahman was posted to NACEN, Vadodara. Besides, Srihari Rao has been shifted to Chennai.

Six CBEC Asst/Deputy Commissioners shifted (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Indian Revenue service-Customs and Central Excise working at Assistant/Deputy Commissioner level have been transferred. Accordingly, A Shakti has been shifted to Chennai Customs (Preventive) while Gauri Shankar Sinha is being transferred to Delhi Customs and Neha Garg was retained at Meerut, Central Excise. Similary, Himendu Roy has been shifted to NACEN, Faridabad; Mohd Iqbal to Chennai CX and Virendra Kumar was shifted to DG, HRD, Delhi.

Sarvesh Kaushal empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Sarvesh Kaushal has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Kaushal is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Alok Sheel empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Alok Sheel has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Ms Leena Nair empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Leena Nair has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Ms Nair is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

M Sathiyavathy empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
M Sathiyavathy has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Sathiyavathy is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

B Vijayan empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
B Vijayan has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Vijayan is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Bibhu Dutta Mishra appointed as Director, Defence (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Bibhu Dutta Mishra has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Defence, New Delhi on deputation basis for a period of five years.

SAIL production up 8% in November (UPDATED)
Steel production from plants of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) marked a growth of 8% during November, 2012 as compared to corresponding period last year (CPLY) with saleable steel production at 9.72 lakh tonnes. During the period of April-November 2012, SAIL plants produced 8.2 million tonnes of saleable steel, a growth of 2.3% over the previous year. Major techno-economic parameters during April-November 2012 period fared better, with 2% improvement in coke rate & energy consumption and 3% improvement in BF productivity as compared to CPLY.

A K Gupra takes voluntary retirement (UPDATED)
A K Gupra, HAG IRSE, Adviser Bridges Railway Board, has taken over as voluntary retirement with effect from December 17, 2012. He is likely to join Metro Railway.

3 IRSE officers go on deputation as GM RITES (UPDATED)
R K Bariar, Chief Engineer, Northern Railway, Brahmeshwar Chaudhary, Chief Bridge Engineer, North Central Railway and Anil Kumar Singh, Chief Engineer South East Central Railway SAG IRSE officers, have been transferred and posted as General Manager RITES on deputation.

Transfers and postings in Railways (UPDATED)
Vinay Kumar Singh, SAG IRSE, Northern Railway, has been transferred as General Manager, Projects RVNL, Delhi while Pancham, SAG IRSE, North Eastern Railway is posted to South Central Railway, Secunderabad and V K Sirvastava, SAG IRSE, East Central Railway is being transferred to South Eastern Railway, Kolkata.

Rakesh Tumane selected as Director (Fin), IREL (UPDATED)
Rakesh Tumane, GM, MTNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 19, 2012. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

R S Vishwakarma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
R S Vishwakarma has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Madhu Sudan Padhi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Madhu Sudan Padhi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

A Venu Prasad empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
A Venu Prasad has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

S Kumaraswamy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
S Kumaraswamy has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

CORPORATE


Mihir Kumar nominated Director, SBI - Bikanet and Jaipur
Mihir Kumar, Director Department of Financial Services has been nominated as Government Nominee Director of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur .

Almeida ceases to be Director, Dena Bank
Ignatius Marshal Almeida has ceased to be Director on the Board of Directors of Dena Bank w.e.f. December 1, 2012 after attaining superannuation.

Thakur appointed Officer Employee Director, UCO Bank
The Central Government in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed D. N. Thakur, Senior Manager, UCO Bank as Officer Employee Director on the Board of Directors of UCO Bank for a period of three years w.e.f. December 12, 2012.

Sarkar to represent LIC on L&T Board?
Larsen & Toubro Limited has appointed Sushobhan Sarkar as a Director representing Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), in place of Thomas Mathew T on the company's Board of Directors.

Sheth resigns as Director, Ankush Finstock Ltd
Prashant R. Sheth has resigned as Director of Ankush Finstock Ltd w.e.f. December 18, 2012.

Shah appointed Addl. Director, Ankush Finstock Ltd
Zalak D. Shah has been appointed as Additional Director of Ankush Finstock Ltd

Yatish Mehrishi appointed Exec. VP & Regional Director (West & Central India), ENIL
Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL) has appointed Yatish Mehrishi as the Executive Vice President and Regional Director ( West & Central India).

Thanikainathan resigns as Company Secy. Ram Kashyap Investment Ltd
A. Thanikainathan has resigned as Company Secretary of Ram Kashyap Investment Ltd w.e.f. December 11, 2012

Sushant appointed Company Secy. Thinksoft Global Services Ltd
Thinksoft Global Services Limited has appointed V. S. Navin Shushant as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. December 13, 2012

Gupta resigns as President & CMO, LGEIL?
L K Gupta has resigned as President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of LG Electronics India Ltd (LGEIL).

Sheth resigns as director of Ankush Finstock
Prashant Sheth has resigned as director of Ankush Finstock.

Sarkar appointed as director of L&T
Sushobhan Sarkar has been appointed as director of L&T.

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Make CBI an independent constitutional body

It is funny to see some of the ex-CBI Chiefs preaching in TV channels about uprightness and transparency. One of these gentlemen who frequently comes on channels was thoroughly exposed in a book by B R Lall, a former Jt. Director. He harassed the officers, by transfers, to fall in line and ultimately Courts have to intervene to keep him away from those cases. It was for the first time in the history of CBI that a Director was prohibited from seeing files in his own department. To prevent such misuse it is a must that CBI should be made a constitutional body and independent.

S K Singh

Rahman Malik's Rahamo Karam

Rahman Malik will go on doing what he has been doing so long and Shinde will go on doing what he has been doing and the PM will watch the goings in the mindset of 'Aman Ki Asha', leaving the responsibility of a suitable reply to the Whispersinthecorridors and its surfers

M L Gupta

UPA govt. will survive if …..

UPA govt. will survive if BJP does not declares Modi as PM candidate or for any other important role.

Pawan Khatri

Gross Human Rights violation

We have stopped recruiting Staff Car Drivers and purchasing Staff Cars as it was felt that the erstwhile Staff Car drivers were causing drain to the exchequer by giving false petrol bills, having wrong/extra works done on the Staff Car and they were taking huge salaries. But in turn what are we propagating i.e. a society in which you have hired cars, the drivers of which belong mainly to
Himachal/Uttaranchal/Nepal, who are lowly paid, do extra work and sleep in the vehicles itself in the night. Is this not gross violation of 'human rights'. Even Obama has now started talking about public expenditure. In late nineties and early 2000, some of the sick PSUs of Bengal were demanding only a few crore of rupees for their revival, which was denied by the Government. The result today is that we see lakhs of crores of government money being gulped away in scams like 2G, Coalgate etc, industrial production of the country going down and the unemployed youths becoming rapists.

B B Srivastava

Misuse of transport allowance

This has been highlighted number of times in the past but no action. It is a very high level scam going on for ages in the all central government departments. The irony is ,even non-entitled officers in collusion of head of the department are not only using 24 x 7 AC state of the art cars and even claiming transport allowance. Immediately all government departments should be instructed to obtain certificate from all level of officers every month that they have not availed government transport for coming and going back to residence based on which transport allowance should be released and vigilance division to closely monitor this and report to be submitted to minister of the concern deptt/ministry and put on the website of the ministry. No exception to this under any circumstances. The transport agency also be monitored and any violation to this be non empanelment of the agency. It is high time we should clean up this scam before some one put an RTI case, incurring loss of crores of rupees

Ravinder Kumar