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POLITICS

Will Lalu Yadav be another Devegowda?
Can Lalu Yadav be Prime Minister in the hung Parliament? Those who know him from close quarters say that he is going to be another Devegowda. The Congress party will back him in the event of such a scenario. And Laluji will be de-jure PM.

Is FDI mired in specious arguments?
Even though there is ample evidence that Wal-Mart has destroyed mom-and-pop shops in the west, the situation in India is so different here say experts. The real tragedy is not about FDI in retail but about lack of reforms on land, labour and agriculture policies. But nobody can really say how Indian farmers and kirana stores will adapt to competition, and how Wal-Mart will adapt to India. We will know only after a few years say experts.

Is domestic anti-market policies preventing farmers from getting a better price?
India places curbs on free trade in order to keep domestic prices down thereby preventing a free market. We allow exports only when prices crash in the home market due to temporary over-production, whether it is in rice or vegetables. Farmers can get higher prices if they are allowed to develop export markets. The problem is when state governments force farmers to sell their produce at mandis - where middlemen dominate.

Now Congress and BJP both in a conundrum?
Congress even though has won the vote is actually nervous about the rural votebank, BJP on the other side is worried how the middlemen most of them 'baniyas' will react to its opposition to the vote. But will the effect last till 2014?

How Congress (UPA) won FDI vote?
Congress today won the crucial vote by hand wringing its supporting partners. It bought over Samajwadi Party leadership for a sum of estimated Rs 500 crores with a promise not to investigate Mulayam in disproportionate asset case. It also hand wrung BSP Chief Mayawati with a promise not to open cases against her in disproportionate assets and also agreed to give special quota in government jobs to SC and ST through passage of the proposed bill.

BUREAUCRACY

Justice Gowda to be Judge SC?
Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, Justice V Gopala Gowda is being elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India. The SC Collegium is believed to have cleared the name of Justice Gowda.

Orders of Justice Arun Mishra issued
Official orders of the transfer of Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice, Arun Mishra to the Kolkata High Court have been issued.
(We said this on October 23, 2012)

Patnaik to be Secretary of Vice President
G S Patnaik is being tipped to be new Secretary to the Vice President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Prabhat Mishra is now JS in Finance Ministry
Prabhat Kumar Mishra has been elevated to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on November 27, 2012)

Usha Titus promoted as JS in Finance Ministry
Dr Ms Usha Titus has been elevated to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on November 23, 2012)

Secretary level postings next week
Secretary level postings in the Government of India are expected to take place early next week.

Ravi Kant gets extension in CBI
DIG, CBI, Ravi Kant, has been given an extension in tenure till March 23, 2013. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

S S Negi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S S Negi has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

S Subrahmanyan is MD ( MiG Complex), HAL
S Subrahmanyan has taken over as Managing Director of HAL's MiG Complex at Nasik. Prior to this, he was Chief of Projects at HAL's Helicopter Division (Bangalore). A graduate in mechanical engineering from college of engineering, Guindy, Chennai, Subrahmanyan is also a post-graduate in aircraft production from IIT, Chennai. One of his main tasks at Nasik will be to focus on ensuing new projects at the MiG Complex. Subrahmanyan joined HAL as Management Trainee in July 1980.

Is AIFR defunct?
After the retirement of Badal Das, a 1971 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre, Ashok Mohapatra is the sole Member of the AIFR. Under the rules AIFR is two Member bench.

D R Soorya Thankappan appointed SP, CBI
D R Soorya Thankappan has been appointed SP in the CBI. He is a 2001 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on September 27, 2012)

Dipesh Juneja is new IG, (Pers. and Admn) ITBP
Dipesh Juneja, IG, Central Frontier, ITBP, Shivpuri has been transferred as IG (Personnel & Administration), ITBP Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Yadav joins CRPF
Vijay Singh Yadav has joined central deputation as IG, (Operations) CRPF, Kashmir Sector . He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.

Navy to get three additional Selection Boards
With a view to creating awareness among the youth on the advantages of taking up a challenging and satisfying career, three Service Selection Boards have been constituted for Indian Navy.

Joint civil-military training programme at LBSNAA from Dec 17
A 19th Joint Civil-Military (JCM) Training Programme is being held at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussorrie on 'National Security' from December 17 to 28, 2012. Nominations have been invited from IRS officers for the same.

Will Delhi CM award PK Tripathy with a post retirement arrangement?
PK Tripathy, Chief Secretary of Delhi, scheduled to retire this month, reportedly, may be awarded with a top level assignment by Delhi CM, Sheila Dixit. The guessing game goes on as what top-assignment Tripathy would grab? Tripathy is a 1977 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Will D M Spolia make as the successor of PK Tripathy?
With the approaching date of retirement of PK Tripathy, the incumbent Chief Secretary of Delhi, whispers in the corridors of power have been gaining momentum that D M Spolia who would finally make it as the next Chief Secretary of Delhi. Spolia, a 1979 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, was recently appointed as Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh was held back by the Delhi CM.

Nabakishore Singh to be CEO, Manipur?
O Nabakishore Singh is being tipped to be new Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) , Manipur. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer.

Mrs Neelam Vohra shifted to Expenditure in GoI
Mrs Neelam Vohra has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary, Department of Expenditure in Government of India. She is a Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer.

A K Dash poised to join as Additional Secretary, CIC
Ashok Kumar Dash, Deputy Director General (PMU), is all set to join as Additional Secretary in Central Information Commission(CIC) in Delhi. Dash is a 1984 batch Indian Postal service officer.

Pravin Kumar to be Director, Heavy Industries
Pravin Kumar is all set to join as Director in the Department of Heavy Industry in the Government of India. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Jauwad Hasan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Jauwad Hasan has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Naidu to move Guangzhou
IFS officer Nagraj Naidu, who is presently posted in Beijing as Counsellor, has been moved to Guangzhou as CG.

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

V A Patwardhan posted as PD, Commercial Audit, Delhi
V A Patwardhan, Principal Director (Defence/Communication) in this office, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex- Officio Member Audit Board-I, New Delhi under Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

Who shall be New Custodian in Ministry of Finance?
Jayanti Prasad was appointed as Custodian in June 2012, but he is not willing to join the Custodian office, being its temporary status. He is a 1986 batch IA &AS officer.

23 UP State officer awarded IAS cadre against 2003 vacancies
As many as 23 officers of Uttar Pradesh State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancies of 2003. The officers include: Umesh Chandra Tiwari, Pragyan Ram Mishra, Ranjeet Singh Pankaj, Rama Shankar Sahu, Shashi Kant Sharma, Balvant Singh Chauhan, Chandra Prakash-I, Chob Singh Verma, Jai Prakash Mishra, Madhukar Dwivedi, Rajendra Prasad, Sudhir Saxena, Pawan Kumar, Uday Pratap Singh-II, Vinay Kumar Srivastava, Saroj Kumar Tiwari, Dinesh Chandra Shukla, Sachchida Nand Dubey, Shankar Lal Pandey, Santosh Kumar Srivastava, Tarkeshwar Nath Singh, Vishal Nath Rai, Dinkar Prakash Dubey.

7 IRS-IT officers shifted
As many as seven officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Ms Neha Chaudhary has been shifted to TPOI (5), Delhi with additional charge of APA, Delhi while Dr Vedanshu Tripathi was transferred to Circle 2 (I), Delhi and S K Chatterjee is being moved to TPO II (7), Delhi with additional charge of APA, Delhi. Similarly, Ms Priyanka Singh has been posted to TPO I (4), Delhi; Dileep Kumar to TPO I (10), Mumbai with additional charge of APA, Mumbai; Jadhav S Krupacharya to TPO II (7), Mumbai and Amit Kumar Singh to DDIT (Tech) (IT)-I, Mumbai.

Notifications for three Kerala HC Judges issued
Notifications for the appointment of three Justices namely Balakrishnan, Chitambresh and A M Shaffique as Additional Judges of Kerala High Court have been issued.

Arvind Kumar to be permanent Judge of Karnataka HC
Notification for the appointment of Justice Arvind Kumar as Permanent Judge of Karnataka High Court has been issued.

IPS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh
JP Singh has been appointed IG Raipur Range. Rajesh Mishra will be IG Bilaspur. Ashok Juneja and Himanshu Gupta will be IG of Durg and Bastar respectively. TJ Longkumer has been moved to Police Headquarters as IG (Anti-Naxal Operations and CAF). DM Awasthi has been made Managing Director (Police Housing Corporation) in place of RC Srivastava who was given the charge as Additional DGP (Administration). RC Patel has been given additional charge as Director (FSL).Sanjay Pillai will now be IG (EOW and ACB). Mukesh Gupta will be IG Intelligence and Special Investigation Bureau.RK Vij has been appointed IG (Special Task Force and Anti-Naxal Operations) . Pawan Deo will now be IG (Rail, Telecommunications and Training) in place of Arun Dev Gautam who became IG (CAF).

Pirthi Lal joins as CIT Jalandhar (Punjab)
Pirthi Lal has joined as Commissioner Income Tax at Jalandhar (Punjab) on his promotion. He is a 1990 batch Indian Revenue Service officer.

Dr P Shome is Adviser to Finance Minister (UPDATED)
Dr Parthasarathy Shome has been appointed as Adviser to Union Finance Minister.

IG level changes in Tripura (UPDATED)
B K Ray (1993) has been made IGP (Training) while T B Roy (1994) will now be IGP (TSR) and K Nagaraj (1983) is posted as IGP (Admn) in Tripura.

V Rajagopalan is Secretary, Environment & Forests in GoI (UPDATED)
V Rajagopalan, presently Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Fertilizers, has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests in Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

Prasad to be new Head of Bhopal unit of BHEL?
In all probability S R Prasad will be new Chief of the Bhopal Unit of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). He is presently, ED in Delhi. Name of another ED posted in Delhi Srikhande is also in circulation for the post.

Gupte appointed Company Secy., Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd
Ms Vallari Gupte has been appointed as Company Secretary of Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd.

Rajinder Chadha appointed CMD, Wave Group
Rajinder Singh Chadha has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director( CMD) of Wave Group.

Four Directors cease to be on Board of Voltaire Leasing & Finance Ltd
Nayan Surendra Modi, Ms Pramila Arun Shelar, Pratik Ajit Shroff and Sanathjumar S Shetty have resigned as Directors of Voltaire Leasing & Finance Ltd.

Kukker appointed Company Secy., Nouveau Global Ventures Ltd
Nouveau Global Ventures Ltd has appointed Ms. Garima Kukker as Company Secretary of the company.

Gupta quits IFL Promoters Ltd
Kishan Gupta has resigned as Director of IFL Promoters Ltd.

Patel appointed Non Exec. Director, Mphasis Ltd
Mphasis Ltd has appointed Chandrakant Patel as Non-Executive Additional Director .

Brossard quits Mphasis Ltd
Gerard Brossard has resigned as Director of Mphasis Ltd w.e.f. December 6, 2012

Dutt quits Mawana Sugars Ltd
Ms Anuradha Dutt has resigned as Director of Mawana Sugars Ltd.

Chatterjee appointed GM, Savannah Sinclairs, Whitefield, Bengaluru
Swajib Chatterjee has been appointed as General Manager, Savannah Sinclairs in Whitefield, Bengaluru

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DoPT protects higher pay of pro forma promotion

DoPT vide its OM dated November 30, 2012 has gifted the officers who are on deputation in the Central Government offices by modifying the Para 8.6(a) of its earlier OM dated June 17,2010. With the issuance of this OM, the higher pay of such officers, after their Pro forma promotion in their Parent Department, would be protected even after their sanctioned tenure.

sanctioned tenure.

M Roy

Why should CBI Director be selected by judges or oppn leader?

It is absurd to equate Director, CBI with Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Secretaries, Cabinet Ministers etc. I firmly believe that the CVC should also be selected by the collegium proposed for
Director,CBI. Both head sensitive, anti-graft agencies. LOP (LS) is already being associated with CVC's selection. Why should the IAS officers, reporting to political Executive, be given the say in selection.

Prof A J Mathew, Deptt of Political Science, Delhi University

'Yaar Aap Log Bura Na Mana Kijiye Mera Nature Hi Aisa Hai'

These days there are a number of senior level officers in the Government, who because of certain personal problems at their home front (relationship, financial & health) try to vent in their feelings on their juniors in office. Sometimes their behaviour is such that one ponders as to how they got selected in the service and how they are going to serve the nation. After their misbehaviour they feel their guilt and say 'Yaar Aap Log Bura Na Mana Kijiye Mere Nature Hi Aisa Hai. Mujhse aisa ho jata hai.' But, what is the point, your one minute misbehaviour, spoils the other persons one week. They should try to control themselves as much as possible because one day for their such behaviour one type of 'Anna' may rise in the Government and make their life hell. Gone or those days of British Feudalistic.

Bimal Bahadur

IRS and other services

The IRS and other services should be given uniform functional upgradation to prevent this humiliation. When IAS, IPS and IAAS can get it, others can also get. Don't make the gap so appalling that other services feel totally cheated.

Shailja