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POLITICS

Appointment and reshuffle of Governors soon
Appointment and reshuffle of about a dozen Governors is going to take place next month.

Now the Police has come in action?
Delhi Police or police anywhere in the country is nowhere around when the security of common woman is at stake on a daily basis. It is completely missing when the rapes take place . All the police reasons is dress properly to all women who are aged from 2-80 years. They are missing when FIR's are to be filed against rapes. All of a sudden the police has come out of the woodwork in large numbers to scare protesters. But have they been able to scare the rapists who go around so brazenly and will continue to do so ?

Who is with the youth of India ?
The youth icon Rahul Gandhi and his young MP brigade are as usual missing in action and are only mouthing fake sympathy lines on television and making it a political agenda. So much for the being a youth icon - Rahul just fiddled while Delhi youth burned!

Who will give justice to rape victims who have been tormented ?
What happens to all the victims who have been tormented by lawmakers ? These women have simply dissappeared .Who can get justice to those women when lawmakers have become merrymakers ?

Who benefits from quota ?
There is a lot of thinking in the bureaucracy going on who will benefit most from quota Muslims or the SC/ST's.

Stocks of Adani Group go up
Stocks of Adani Group have gone up after the grand victory of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

BUREAUCRACY

Gokaran unlikely to get extension ?
Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Subir Gokarn is unlikely to get extension beyond December 31.

Lov Verma to head Aids Control in GoI ?
Lov Verma is likely to join the Government of India as Head of AIDS Control which comes under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Pande is now AS, Forests and Environment
Hem Kumar Pande has been appointed Additional Secretary, Forests and Environment, in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
( We said this on November 30 )

Meena is new JS, Defence Production
Ashok Kumar Kaluaram Meena has been appointed Joint Secretary - Defence Production. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
( We said this on December 13 )

Orders to Railway GMs this week !
Orders of the new General Managers in Indian Railways are expected to be issued in a couple of days.

Brij Lal to be Special DG in CRPF ?
Brij Lal is likely to be appointed as Special Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He is Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1977 batch.

Will Azad move as DG Jharkhand ?
Will Yashovardhan Azad move to Jharkhand as DGP ?. Answer to this question lies with Azad only. 1976 batch IPS officer Azad is presently Secretary, Security in the Government of India. His father has been Chief Minister of Bihar.

Three new Judges of SC may not be Presiding Judges ?
Three newly appointed Supreme Court Judges who are to be sworn in on December 24 may not become the Presiding Judges.

V C Pharka is Principal Secretary (PS) to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
V C Pharka who so far is Principal Secretary (PS) - Youth Service and Sports & Horticulture to the Himachal Pradesh Government is being appointed as Principal Secretary (PS) to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister designate Vir Bhadra Singh. Pharka is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on December 21, 2012)

Ms Upma Chaudhary to be RC Himachal Pradesh in Delhi
Ms Upma Chaudhary is likely to be appointed Resident Commissioner of Himachal Pradesh in Delhi. She is 1983 batch IAS officer.

Jagdish Chand Chauhan is PS to Himachal Pradesh CM
Jagdish Chand Chauhan is is being appointed as Private Secretary (PS) to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister designate Vir Bhadra Singh. Jagdish Chand Chauhan is an IAS officer of the 2000 batch who belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Alka Meena to join Punjab cadre
2010 batch Orissa cadre IPS officer Alka Meena is all set to join the Punjab cadre this week.

L A C Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
L A C Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Audit and Accounts Service.

Kezo to be new DGP of Nagaland
Meanwhile B.Kezo is all set to take over as the next DGP of Nagaland on January 1. 1978 batch IPS officer Kezo will succeed O Alem who is retiring on December 31.

Amandeep Singh is PS to Sachin Pilot
Dr Amandeep Singh, IRS (C&CE), has been appointed as Private Secretary to the Minister of State(Independent Charge)for Corporate Affairs , Sachin Pilot.

Santosh Kamila empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Santosh Kamila has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

2 GM level vacancies in Railways in January 2013
Two posts of General Managers (GMs) in Railways are going to fall vacant next month. They are of Director General(DG) - Railway Staff College (RSC), Baroda and GM - South Central Railway. While, Neeraj Kumar is DG, RSC; G N Asthana is GM - South Central Railway.

Anand Mohan to join CISF ?
Anand Mohan, IGP, Andaman Police is likely to join Central deputation as DIG, CISF. He is an IPS Officer of 1994 batch who belongs to the AGMU Cadre.

Is the performance of Uttarakhand police worst ?
The performance of Uttarkhand Police in CCTNS has reportedly been adjudged worst. The MHA has issud notice for cut in their CCTNS budget and Home Secretary is very annoyed at their worst performance.

Deepak Das empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Deepak Das has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Civil Accounts Service officer of 1986 batch.

11 IRTS officers to get HAG
As many as 11 IRTS officers of 1980 batch are soon going to get Higher Administrative Grade (HAG).

Interviews of GMs to CGMs in RBI on Dec 27 & 28
Interviews for promotion of General Managers(GMs) to Chief General Managers (CGMs) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)will be held on December 27 and 28,2012.

Anoop Srivastava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Anoop Srivastava 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.

Coal Ministry sets up panel
The Coal Ministry has has set up an inter-ministerial panel to look into applications from government companies for allocation of coal blocks. Panel is headed by the Secretary Coal.

Services of NALCO CMD terminated
The services of Chairman and Managing Director of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Abhay Kumar Srivastava, has been terminated. He was under suspension. This paves the way for the appointment of a new CMD for the company.

Justice Mohanty is Acting CJ of Orissa High Court
The senior-most Judge of Orissa High Court Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty has been appointed as acting Chief Justice of the High Court.

Air India to connect Agra station (UPDATED)
Air India is connecting to Agra Station, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, effective from December 26, 2012 on routing Delhi-Varanasi-Agra-khajuraho with weekly three flights on Monday / Wednesday and Friday. Air India will, thus, become the sole operator to Agra station. Air India CMD, Rohit Nandan informed that the tickets can be bought through Air India website, Air India offices or through its authorised travel Agents. Nandan is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

HAL signs contract for 42 Su-30 Supersonic Fighters with Rosobornexport & MOD (UPDATED)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) signed a contract for 42 numbers of Su-30 MKI frontline Fighter Aircraft with the Ministry of Defence and Russian firm Rosoboronexport in New Delhi on December 24, 2012. “HAL’s total responsibility for this supersonic multirole aircraft has now gone up to 222. This will further boost our confidence and operations as we have already delivered 119 Su-30 aircraft to the Air Force. We will continue to contribute to the country’s defence preparedness”, says Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. The deal was inked by Dr. Tyagi on behalf of HAL with the Ministry of Defence. S Subramanyan, Managing Director of HAL’s MiG Complex signed the contract with A A Mikheev, Deputy General Director of Rosobornexport. One hundred fifty seven Indian vendors are involved in providing 13,350 components of the aircraft while another 19,450 components are manufactured at HAL’s Nasik and Koraput Divisions, adds Dr Tyagi. The Su-30 MKI project provides solid platform to indigenous manufacturing and technical competence creating hundreds of direct and indirect jobs. HAL’s hand-holding with private entrepreneurs has also ensured creation of strong infrastructure and quality avionics products. Su-30 MKI is a two-seater, highly manoeuvrable, supersonic, multirole aircraft for day and night operations in all weather conditions. The aircraft is fitted with two turbojet AL-31FP engines and is equipped with state-of-the-art avionics from Russian, Western and indigenous sources. The project has enabled HAL to master niche technologies of aircraft building and absorb new technologies in manufacturing areas like machining, forming, welding, assembly, testing and aircraft system checks. The aircraft airframes are made at Nasik, engines at Koraput, accessories at Hyderabad (communication and navigation), hydraulic, pneumatic and fuel aggregates and instruments at Lucknow and avionic displays and INGPS at Korwa. Overhauling and repairs of Su-30 MKI have already commenced in the dedicated lines set up at Nasik.

BHEL wins ‘PSE Excellence Award’ (UPDATED)
B P Rao, CMD, BHEL, has received the Indian Chamber of Commerce ‘PSE Excellence Award’ in the R&D, Technology & Innovation category from O P Rawat, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India.

NERAMAC's 1st Meet on National Mission on Food Processing held at Guwahati (UPDATED)
The 1st Meet on National Mission on Food Processing was organized at Guwahati on December 20, 2012 by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India jointly with NERAMAC, a CPSU who has been appointed by the Ministry as the PMA (Project Management Agency) for all the eight states of the north eastern region to implement the Mission in each of the north Eastern States for the development of Food Processing in the north east. This meet was inaugurated by lighting of lamp by Rakesh Kacker, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing in the Government of India. Also present were Dr U Venkateswarlu, IAS, Joint Secretary, MoFPI, Commissioner of Industries & Commerce, Government of Assam, Asst Industrial Advisor, MoFPI and also S Bhattacharjee, Managing Director of NERAMAC. This meet was attended by the senior officers of Industries & Food Processing from all the eight north eastern states as well as the senior officers from the nationalized banks of north east.

Two IAS officers shifted in TN (UPDATED)
Dr R Palaniswamy has been posted as Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services and Dharmendra Pratap Yadav will now be Inspector General of Registration in Tamil Nadu.

Abrar Ahmed posted as OSD, CCIT, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Abrar Ahmed working at the level of Commissioner of Income Tax has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

A V Krishnan selected as Director (ER&D), BHEL (UPDATED)
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommended the name of A V Krishnan, ED, BHEL, for the post of Director (ER & D), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at the Board meeting held on December 24, 2012. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Welspun bags ASSOCHAM Global CSR Excellence Award 2012
Welspun Energy Ltd. (WEL) has successfully interwoven business with social inclusion and environment sustainability. This has differentiated Welspun Energy from its contemporaries. In a short span the organization has become the largest clean energy company in India. Simultaneous to business growth, WEL's social inclusion programs have been launched at all its project sites. After assessing the extensive work done by WEL, ASSOCHAM has identified Welspun Energy with its CSR Excellence Award 2012. The award was presented by Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on December 20, 2012 in New Delhi. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries like Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Justice R C Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of India. ASSOCHAM has chosen this year's winners based on their Corporate strategy that focuses on positive impacts and mitigates the negative impacts of doing business. Welspun Energy's CSR commitments were assessed on the National Voluntary Guidelines for the Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business 2011. These guidelines have been instituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. By initiating programs like 'Training the Trainer', Enrolling children in Schools, 'Healthy Baby Competition' and Skill Development for Women, Welspun Energy has engaged with local communities to bring a positive change in their lives. Its social inclusion initiatives are beginning to show transformational results in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. "It is a proud day for us at Welspun Energy Ltd. I am thankful to President Kalam and ASSOCHAM for recognizing our sincere efforts. I believe that local communities are our key stakeholders and any business must share its prosperity with those around it. Welspun Energy has been working on its triple bottom line. We have been engaging with local people to understand their needs and concerns. Based on an extensive consultation with the Sarpanch, District Collectors and local residents, we devise and implement our CSR programs.", said Vineet Mittal, Co-Founder and Managing Director Welspun Energy Ltd. Welspun Energy's leadership is also involved in various forums which are focused on sustainable growth on a global scale; these are - B20's Green Growth Action Alliance, World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Steering Committee on Sustainable Infrastructure & Urban Development. WEL was also recognized for its commitment to CSR by the Amity CSR Excellence Award 2011.

Parag Gupta is CMD IDCOL
Parag Gupta has been appointed CMD of the IDCOL. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Jana is CMD of GRIDCO
P K Jena has been appointed CMD of the GRIDCO and OPECL in Orissa . He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

Dev to head IDCD
V K Dev is going to head IDCD in Orissa. He is 1996 batch IAS officer.

Khaitan resigns as Director, Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd
Haigreve Khaitan has resigned as Director of Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd w.e.f. November 30, 2012

Gupta appointed CFO of Twitter
Twitter has appointed Mike Gupta as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Madhavan appointed Company Secy. Info-Drive Software Ltd

ANL Madhavan appointed of info drive software ltd
ANL Madhavan has been appointed as Company Secretary of Info-Drive Software Ltd with immediate effect.

Ghandy steps down as Non Exec. Director, TRF Ltd
Sarosh J. Ghandy has stepped down as Non Executive Director on the Board of Directors of TRF Ltd w.e.f. December 21, 2012 on attaining the age of retirement

Padhy appointed Director (HR), NALCO
S. C. Padhy has been appointed as Director (HR) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) w.e.f. December 20, 2012

Calicut Airport Women Assn. observes silver jubilee (UPDATED)
Kalyanmayee Airports Authority Women's Welfare Association celebrated its silver jubilee on December 21. The objective of the Association is to bring about the developments of socially and economically marginalized communities and the undeserved sections of the society. Kalyanmayee center of Calicut International Airport is headed by Anita Alexander, wife of Airport Director. She said that the women could make more than a difference, women can and do uphold their own achievements against all odds. The women efficiently balance work in and outside the home. Anita Alexander sought the help to make it more meaningful organization. On this occasion, various programmers ware organized.

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People not understanding constraints of Government

The not so knowledgeable and populated people of the country are not understanding the constraints of the Government. Please understand that I am not trying to defend the Government. There is one policeman for 30,000 population of the country as against 1 for 900 in Italy. Now one may say that increase the number of policemen. The question will arise from where the money will come to pay their salaries. This can be done only if we receive the actual tax revenues of the country. Some of these people who crying on the streets may not have exposed their actual dealings when they would have purchased or sold their property. In their day to day affair also they may be trying to avoid paying tax and would be paying bribes, be it be the holiest one. Government will also have to mend its ways. One day I was standing at a shop in 'Khari Baoli', one man came and handed over his bag to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper said abhi to diya tha. The man said that it may be for the MCD or Police and not for the IT Department. The Government (Ministry of Home Affairs) is also not taking action on some of the reports of second administrative commission relating to police reforms, judicial accountability bill, whistleblowers bill etc.

B B Srivastava

Also make legal heirs liable for punishment

As per present law criminal cases are dropped against an individual in the event of his/her demise. It would be worthwhile to consider amending the law to make the legal heirs of an individual liable for punishment for crimes committed by anyone in the event of the death of the wrongdoer. This may act as a deterrent as the dependants may also try to dissuade crminal activities.

Puliprath

Give chance to others to achieve equality

Continuation of Reservation: I am also from general class but I too support the reservation policy to SC, ST and OBCs to certain extent. But there should be some limit because the Doctor (politician) has become so much commercial that he is keeping patient(SC&ST) in ICU(reservation) after seeing his paying capacity and not as per health requirement. If one generation of some family has taken advantage of reservation in entering to a job then how again reservation is justified to the children of that person because there are many families of SC and STs who have never taken the benefit of reservation due to this creamy layer of SC and STs. Even children of SC and ST IAS,IPS,IRS,IFS,IRSE,IRTS,ITS,IRSSE,ISS etc officers are taking advantage of reservation? Please give chance to others also then only equality can be achieved.

Ashish

Secularism - last refuge of politicians in India.

Rape is only a symptom of our all-round degeneration, the main cause of which is corruption .People lose their fear by seeing hundreds of crores being looted with out any fear of retribution day in and day out. They lose their values and fear of God, when they see corporators, MLAs amd MPs, once a common man suddenly becoming crorepatis. They lose their value when they see their elected Government helps criminals to escape as in the case of Quottrochi, Mulayam and Laloo. What happened to the Fodderr scam, CAG scam, Taj corridor scam,2 G scam. Swiss bank accounts and other scams. None of these criminals are going to be punished in their life time. Even Home Secretary has admitted hat only 52% of the rape cases in the country have been brought to a successful completion. This means a majority of rapists have escaped perhaps due to political support. Urge to wealth and urge for sex are human failings. The imbibed values put a control over it as also the fear, fear of the society, fear of the Government and the fear of God. If none is there men turns into animals. If there is any fear in those criminals, the Delhi incident would never have happened.

There is no doubt that better security should be provided to women and harsher and fast punishment should be given to offenders. At the same time drastic efforts should be made to decriminalise our politics and stop flow of easy and evil money. But this will be a difficult task as happened in the case of Anna's movement. We are a nation of tolerant. Our first PM, Nehru with his massive popularity could have foreseen the tragedy and corrected the path. But he was a dreamer and rather contributed to this mess. Faceless movements have no future. There should be a leader whom people can trust . Only politician whom I can see in our political horizon today to save this nation is Gujrat's Modi. But look at the way he is being thrashed by the so called
secularists and the paid channels day in and day put. In India secularism has become the last refuge of politicians.

N Krishnan

Ludicrous comments on misuse of official vehicles

It's laughable to read ludicrous comment of some persons on misuse of official vehicles by few officers. Those in the know of things are aware that these people are speaking on behalf of a particular service which has license to all kinds of misuse for last 60 years. Go to any state capital and have a round of spacious bungalows of secretaries, collectors. In addition to huge bungalow over an acre of land you will see at least 3 cars/ SUVs. One for officer, one for family nd an extra. Even their dogs go for fresh air in the evening in car. I am not in favor of those misusing the official cars. But don't paint the entire service for misuse by few officers. Like in society, each service has all kinds of sheep. But if somebody is making generalized comment he has been obviously hired by some interested group.

Shantanu Ghosh

Roof on head of a middle-class family, out of reach

One slum dweller has committed a heinous crime therefore slums should be removed will not be fare. We should have good governance so that people may not be forced to live in slums. Today politicians and bureaucrats are hand in glove with builder lobbies and a roof on the head of a middle-class family has gone out of their reach. Housing Boards and Development Authorities that were created for providing housing at affordable costs are setting benchmarks for the builder lobbies to sky-rocket the prices of houses. Crime committed by Ram Singh and cohorts must be condemned in strongest possible words and they also be given maximum punishment quickly but for heaven's sake do not paint all hapless inhabitants of the slums with one brush.

Sewa Ram