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POLITICS

Is Pranab Mukherjee playing his game ?
It is being heard that President Pranab Mukherjee is playing his cards with a full hand of putting pressure on the government which has lost all its credibility.

Kamal Nath gets further importance
Minister of Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Nath has replaced Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh as ex-officio member of the Planning Commission.

Over 3000 frauds reported in Banks during 2011-12
In 2011-12, Public Sector Banks had reported 3,392 frauds involving Rs 4,025.3 crore.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary of New and Renewable Energy ?
Who says New and Renewable Energy Department is not glamorous ? This is evident from the fact that currenly Dr Sutanu Behuria 1976 batch IAS HP, Madhav Lal 1977 batch IAS J & K, Lov Verma 1978 batch IAS UP and Zohra Chatterjee 1979 batch IAS UP are said to be in the run. Present Secretary Gireesh Pradhan is scheduled to retire on December 31.

Who will be IRDA Chairman ?
Who will be new IRDA Chairman ? Tie is said to be between Secretary Telecommunications Rentala Chandrasekhar and former LIC Chairman T S Vijyan. Name of Secretary Petroleum G C Chaturvedi who was Additional Secretary Insurance is also in circulation.

12 IPS officers retiring in December
As many as 12 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of various batches and cadres are retiring in December, 2012. The officers include: P N Tiwari of Chhattisgarh while K N Sharma and V K Gupta of Guarat cadre and Brijinder Rai and V N Rai of Haryana cadre. Similarly, J K Gaonkar of Karnataka is also retiring in this month; Kart Dsouza and D G Shrirao of Maharashtra; M Obanglemba Ao of Nagaland; A K Upadhyay of Orissa; Davinder Singh Garcha of Punjab and Vijai Pratap Singh of Uttar Pradesh.

Arvind R Kaushal posted as Addl. Secretary, Agriculture in GoI
Arvind R Kaushal, (IDAS-79), presently in the cadre, has been posted as Additional Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture.

Tenure of Bhamathi extended till her retirement
Central deputation tenure of AS and FA Rural Development B Bhamathi has been extended till her superannuation on August 31, 2013. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sudhir Vyas posted as Secretary (West), MEA
Sudhir Vyas, (IFS 77), Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs.

Pinak R Chakravarty posted as Secretary (Eco. Relations), MEA
Pinak R Chakravarty, (IFS 77), Special Secretary (PD), Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs.

Ms Shobhana Joshi is Addl Secretary, Defence
Ms Shobhana Joshi, ( IDAS(79), presently Additional Financial Adviser and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Finance), has been appointed as Financial Adviser (Acquisition) & Member (Defence Procurement Board) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence.

K Ahluwalia takes over as Commandant, IML Kamptee
Colonel Dinesh Kumar Ahluwalia has taken over the charge of Commandant of Institute of Military Law (IML) Kamptee. A graduate from Maharaja Singh College, Saharanpur (U.P), Col Ahluwalia did his LLB from J V Jain College, Saharanpur (Meerut University). He was commissioned directly in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the Indian Army in the year 1986. During his distinguished service of more than 26 years, he had held key legal appointments at various Command and Corps Headquarters.

Date for interviews of CMDs in PS banks yet to be decided
Date for interviews of Chairman cum Managing Directors(CMDs) in public sector(PS) banks is not yet final.It may be stated that 17 Executive Directors(EDs)will face interviews for nine slots of CMDs in PS banks.

Mandal to take charge as CMD SCI ?
After the superannuation of S Hajra ,B K Mandal is expected to take over as acting CMD of the Shipping Corporation of India on January 1.

Will DIG Malarvizhi make it for Andhra Pradesh cadre?
As the grapevine has it, R Malarvizhi, DIG cum Deputy Commandant, Home Guard & Fire Services; may soon move to Andhra Pradesh from Bihar on the basis of change in her cadre. She is 1995 batch IPS officers of Bihar cadre.

M A Lincoln empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
M A Lincoln has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service.

Alok Pateriya to join NDC Course
Alok Pateriya, Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is all set to join one year NDC course. He Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer of 1986 batch.

Mishra to join GoI ?
R K Mishra, IGP, Uttar Pradesh Police, is likely to go on Central Deputation as IG. He is an IPS Officer of 1989 Batch who belongs to U P Cadre.

Sandhu gets apex scale from 2008
Nehchal Sandhu, Director Intelligence Burea (DIB) India has been granted apex scale w.e.f. February 1, 2008. He is an IPS Officers of 1973 Batch who belongs to the Bihar Cadre.

Ms Sunita H Khurana is Joint Secretary, Defence
Ms Sunita H Khurana has been appointed as Joint Secretary (in-situ) in the Ministry of Defence. She is a 1998 batch officer of Central zecretariat Service.

Ms Anita Chauhan appointed as Joint Secretary, Disinvestment
Ms Anita Chauhan has been appointed as Joint Secretary (in-situ) in the Ministry of Disinvestment. She is a 1998 batch officer of Central Secretariat Service.

Jyoti Narayan to join NIA
Jyoti Narayan, DIGP (Security), Uttar Pradesh Police, has been relieved by the State Government for joining as DIG, National Investigating Agency . He is an IPS Officer's of 1996 Batch who belongs to the U P Cadre.

Pant is new CVO, BPCL
Manoj Pant has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). Mumbai. He is IFS officer of J & K cadre.

Deputation tenure of Mishra extended
Central deputation tenure of S.M. Misra as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai has been extended for a period of two years beyond December 15. He is 1981 batch IRS (IT) officer.

1988 batch IPS is now ADG in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Three 1988 batch IPS officers Mssrs R K Vij, Mukesh Gupta and Sanjay Pillai have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Chhattisgarh.

Ms Panda goes as Dy Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat
Ms. S Ahlladini Panda (IA&AS-2000), Director, O/o Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi is joining the Cabinet Secretariat as Deputy Secretary.

Who will be Chairman of JSERC ?
Who will be new Chairman of the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) ? Present Chief Secretary, two former Chief Secretaries and a former HC Judge are said to be eying for the post.

IFS officer recalled by HP CM ?
Nagin Nanda, an Indian Forest Service officer who was on study leave has been recalled by the new Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister V B Singh.

Arya is new DG Home Guards in Delhi
Aditya Arya has been appointed as the Director General of Home Guards in Delhi. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Chawdhary moves to Melbourn
First Secretary in Bahrain Nirmal K Chawdhary has been moved to Melborun.

Two IPS officers of WB cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1989 batch and West Bengal cadre have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Rajeev Kumar and Sanjoy Mukherjee.

Anjum Pervez promoted as ED (Proj. Monitoring), Railway Board
Anjum Pervez (IRSE) has been promoted to SAG and posted as Executive Director (Project Monitoring), Railway Board.

10 IRSE officers officiated in SA grade
As many as 10 officers (IRSE)have been appointed to officiate in SA grade. The officers include: A G Srinivas, SCR; Shaji Zackariah, SR; P R S Raman, SWR; A K Gupta, NCR; Suvomoy Mitra, Metro; Rajesh Agarwal, RDSO; Indra Bhushan Jha, SWR; Gopal Kumar Jalan, SWR; Avanish Kumar Pandey, NER and A K Manuwal, NFR.

Ajit Singh promoted as OSD, Railway Board
Ajit Singh (IRSE), on promotion to SAG, has been posted as OSD/ME, Railway Board.

Vinay Kumar Singh shifted as GM (Projects), RVNL
Vinay Kumar Singh, SAG IRSE Northern Railway, has been transferred as General Manager Projects RVNL Delhi.

1993 batch IPS to be IG in UP
1993 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of IG in Uttar Pradesh.

Ajay Kumar moves to PMs Security
On return from Lakshadeep Ajay Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer, has been posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police in Prime Minister's Security .

1999 batch IPS is now DIG in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
1999 batch IPS officer P S Gautam has been promoted to the rank of DIG n Chhattisgarh.

16 candidates selected for CISF Asst. Commandants (UPDATED)
As many as 16 candidates have been selected for the posts of Assistant Commandants (Executive), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after the written and personality tests conducted by UPSC. The selected candidates include: Ravi Ranjan Singh, Raj Kumar, Manish Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Brij Mohan Singh, Abhishek Ahuja, Rajesh Kumar Dhayal, Umesh Kumar Gautam, Manish Chandra Jha, Jaganmoy Som, Vinay Kumar Singh, Rakesh Chandan, Kadam Rupesh Madhukar, Prem M J and Naresh Joshi.

Transfer of Rly officiall cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfer of Yas Pal Singh Dabi of SS/IRSE (looking after in JAG) who was transferred from WR to NFR, has been cancelled.


Transfers and promotions of Rly officials (UPDATED)
Satya Pal Kataria, Group`B`officer of Civil Engg. in NWR, presently working on ER, has been transferred to NWR, MV Satyanarayana of SS/IRSE has been transferred from SECR to ECOR and posted in the cadre, JN Babu of SS/IRSE has been transferred from SECR to ECOR and posted in the cadre, R Mohanraja of SG/IRPS has been promoted to SAG on SR itself and posted in the cadre, G. Srinivasa Rao of SG/IRPS has been transferred from SCR to SR and promoted to SAG on SR itself and posted in the cadre, Mrs. Renu Sharma of SG/IRPS has been transferred from NR to ER and promoted to SAG on SR itself and posted in the cadre, G. Srinivasa Reddy of SG/IRPS has been transferred from SCR and promoted to SAG on SCR itself and posted in the cadre, Ajay Kumar Srivastava of SG/IRPS has been transferred from NER toNR on promotion to SAG and posted in the cadre and RK Kapoor, Group`B` officer has been on return from deputation posted to WR.

CORPORATE


Magolske resigns as Director, Titagarh Wagons Ltd
Charles Magolske has resigned as Director of Titagarh Wagons Ltd w.e.f December 24, 2012

Gopalakrishnan ceases to be Director, NHPC Ltd
A. Gopalakrishnan has ceased to be Independent Director of NHPC Ltd on completion of his tenure on the Board of Directors of the company.

Lalbhai appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd
Sanjay S. Lalbhai, has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd w.e.f. December 24, 2012

Thakur appointed Director (Finance), Bihar Sponge Iron Ltd
B. K. Thakur has been appointed as Director (Finance) of Bihar Sponge Iron Ltd w.e.f. December 20, 2012

Pandey resigns as Independent Director, KMF Builders & Developers Ltd
Ram Kumar Pandey has resigned as Independent Director of KMF Builders & Developers Ltd

Mittra appointed Independent Director, KMF Builders & Developers Ltd
Shyam Sunder Mittra has been appointed as Independent Director of KMF Builders & Developers Ltd w.e.f. December 10, 2012

Chavan resigns as Company Secy. Mather and Platt Fire Systems Ltd
Ms. Manisha Chavan has resigned as Company Secretary of Mather and Platt Fire Systems Ltd

Banka resigns as Director, Advance Powerinfra Tech Ltd
Manoj Kumar Banka has resigned as Director of Advance Powerinfra Tech Ltd

Goswami appointed Independent Director, Advance Powerinfra Tech Ltd
Sandip Goswami has been appointed as Independent Director of Advance Powerinfra Tech Ltd w.e.f. December 19, 2012

Mohan resigns as Acting CFO, Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd
Amit Mohan Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd has resigned from the company w.e.f. November 30, 2012.

Singhania takes charge as Acting CFO , Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd
Anupam Singhania has taken charge as Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Ltd with immediate effect

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Reservation in promotions

Reservation for SC/STs in bureaucracy as proposed in the 117th Amendment Bill, duly passed by the Rajya Sabha with overwhelming majority would definitely prove a mile stone in making the Indian administration more effective and transparent. The officers of SC/ST category are hard working, result oriented and most important, they have courage to take decisions. Most of the SC/ST officers are down to earth and they can do justice in implementation of several government schemes.

D Chaudhary

Reservation policy

On the reservation policy, I think that it is the lack of awareness which is leading to the development of this type of attitude about the whole intervention by way of reservation. What a misconception about the competency of doctor belonging to scheduled castes. Yes, there is reservation at the entry level and maybe there is little lowering of the merit for entry but once a student get admission into the medical school there is no concession for clearing the exams and all students are declared pass with same standards and pass marks. Once the qualifying standards are the same how one can say that doctors belonging to scheduled castes are in any way inferior to others belonging to the general category. Is it not irrational to think so and is not an indicator of closed mind on the part of the general population. This kind of thinking itself justifies that there is strong case for reservation to continue and the general population at the level of educated masses also have a narrow thinking and closed mind to think that the doctors passed out from medical colleges with similar passing standards are different in their competencies based on castes. The creamy layer concept is not tenable at all. The evil of caste is not an economic evil but it is a social evil and economic empowerment and economic incentives coupled with reservation are simply interventions and tools to bring social equality and elimination of caste notions. There are very rich people belonging to scheduled castes but people belonging to higher castes still do not want to marry their daughters and sons to their wards. I don't think the creamy layer is socially integrated and the concept of creamy layer can be put on hold for those who have not overcome the barrier of caste and are still being discriminated. No names but one of the Sikh politicians is held guilty of killing daughter for getting involved with a lower caste boy, though Sikhism as a religion do not recognize casteism. Rather there are many verses in Guru Granth Saheb to condemn the evil of casteism and discrimination based on castes. Let us think over again about the creamy layer.

Hardip Singh Kingra

Leaderless agitation going off mark

The leaderless agitation though started for a noble cause in Delhi seems going to be off the mark as after all these days of shouting and breast-beating no outlines of demands and changes sought in the law have been presented by any core group (which does not exist) to the Govt. By endless agitation they cannot achieve much and on the contrary there are indications that unscrupulous politicians and other individuals and groups seeking media attention and footage will highlight it. First thing is to form a core group of well informed and knowledgeable people who should prepare the list of demands which should be reasonable , like changes in the law relating to rape and its punishment as also in the modality of trial of the cases of rape, setting of fast track courts. The citizens should be encouraged to protect the honour of ladies when they come under assault or a nefarious molestation including rape. Like M.P. Govt. all States should declare handsome cash rewards nd other incentives.

S C Agrawal, D G Police (Retd). M.P.

Give CBDT Chairperson full two years tenure

CBDT Chairperson Mrs. Poonam Saxena, IRS -1975, is doing good work. During her tenure, for the first time, justice is being done. The upright and no nonsense officer should be given a full two years tenure.

Arjun Malik

What happened to the file of Rajeev Bhargava ?

What happened to the file of Rajeev Bhargava to be placed on Open line GM with seniority or is the Parliament to be rocked for this genuine case?

Kunal

Delhi CP

Now that serious questions have been raised about conduct of Delhi Police and Police Commissioner regarding its handling of gangrape case and protests following the rape , death of constable Subhash Tomar and lodging of FIRs against handpicked persons, one would like to know whether Home Secretary RK Singh who had rated the performance of Delhi police as outstanding in a televised press conference would still stick to his assessment or would like to admit that he had blundered. . RK Singh enjoys the reputation of being a very fair impartial and no nonsense officer .

Sudhir Chopra