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POLITICS

Hectic horse trading going on ?
It is understood that Congress has offered huge money to independent MP's of Rajya Sabha to vote for FDI in its favour.

Is return of Ajit Pawar a FDI tradeoff ?
It is understood that re-induction of NCP's Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra is part of trade -off for a vote on FDI.

Resentment brewing in SEBI
As the grapevine has it that the resentment has been brewing in SEBI on the issues of foreign trips and consent orders. In many cases, a person has done two or more foreign trainings and others have been left out. On the other hand consent orders were taken on pick and choose basis. For example consent orders of 2009 and 2010 are still pending whereas such things relating to 2012 have been cleared by adopting policy of pick and choose.

BUREAUCRACY

V Rajagopalan is Secretary, Environment & Forests in GoI
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.

3 IAS officers of 1978 batch still waiting
Three IAS officers of 1978 batch are still waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India.

Rajeev Shahare is new HC to Maldives
Rajeev Shahare Joint Secretary West Asia North Africa in the Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed India's new High Commissioner to Maldives.

Mulay to move New York
India's High Commissioner to Maldives D M Mulay has been appointed as India's consul general in New York.

Pranav Kumar to join CBI as SP
Dr Pranav Kumar has been appointed as SP in the CBI. He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Nitin Aggarwal is now IG Training ITBP
Nitin Aggarwal, IG, Eastern Frontier ITBP, Lucknow, has been transferred as IG, Training, ITBP Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Maheshwari joins CRPF
A P Maheswari has joined as IG, CRPF Head Quarters, New Delhi. He is a 1984 IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 25, 2012)

Sandhu goes to Mount Abu
S S Sandhu, IG (Operations), CRPF, Kashmir Sector, has been transferred as IG, Internal Security Academy, Mount Abu. He is a CRPF cadre officer.

Rajiv Rishi, Raj Kumar of Indian Bank short-listed for CMD
Names of Indian Bank Executive Director, Rajiv Rishi and Raj Kumar have been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

V Kannan of OBC short-listed for CMD
Name of Oriental Bank of Commerce, Executive Director, V Kanan has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Rakesh Sethi, Usha A, S R Bansal of PNB short-listed for CMD
Names of Punjab National Bank Executive Director, Rakesh Sethi, Usha A and S R Bansal have been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director.

M S Raghvan of BoI short-listed for CMD
Name of Bank of India, Executive Director, M S Raghvan has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Amar Lal Daultani of Corporation Bank short-listed for CMD
Name of Corporation Bank, Executive Director, Amar Lal Daultani has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Deepak Narang, S D Arya of United Bank short-listed for CMD
Names of United Bank of India, Executive Director, Deepak Narang and S D Arya have been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Rajendran of BoM short-listed for CMD
Name of Bank of Maharashtra, Executive Director, Rajendran has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

K R Shenoy of Vijaya Bank short-listed for CMD
Name of Vijaya Bank, Executive Director, K R Shenoy has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

P Srinivas, S K Jain of BoB short-listed for CMD
Names of Bank of Baroda, Executive Director, P Srinivas and S K Jain have been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

B P Sharma of BoI short-listed for CMD
Name of Bank of India, Executive Director, B P Sharma has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Arun Tiwari of Allahabad Bank short-listed for CMD
Name of Allahabad Bank, Executive Director, Arun Tiwari has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

N K Maini of SIDBI short-listed for CMD
Name of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Executive Director, N K Maini has been short-listed for the promotion of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

Five Dena Bank GMs short-listed for EDs
Five General Managers of Dena Bank namely S N Patel, R K Gupta, M K Jain, Kharab and B M Nanda have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Five Allahabad Bank GMs short-listed for EDs
Five General Managers of Allahabad Bank namely Trishna Guha, S K Srivastava, P S Bhatia, D Chakraborty and Binod Kumar have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Five BoB GMs short-listed for EDs
Five General Managers of Bank of Baroda namely R P Marathe, R Koteeswaran, K N Manvi, Arun Srivastava and Animesh Chauhan have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Four BoI GMs short-listed for EDs
Four General Managers of Bank of India namely Rakesh Sethi, P S Rawat, Gauri Shanker, B B Joshi have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Three Andhra Bank GMs short-listed for EDs
Three General Managers of Andhra Bank namely R Athmaram, M S Rao and B S Ramarao have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Name of T Sreekanthan short-listed for ED
Name of Canara Bank General Manager, T Sreekanthan has been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Director.

Three CBI GMs short-listed for EDs
Three General Managers of Central Bank of India namely Atul Agarwal, S R Sangapure and U Mohapatra have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Three Corporation Bank GMs short-listed for EDs
Three General Managers of Corporation Bank namely B K Divakara, J K Garg and S M Awasthi have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Three OBC GMs short-listed for EDs
Two General Managers of Oriental Bank of Commerce namely K K Sansi and R K Takkar have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Name of Syndicate GM, M K Jain short-listed for ED
Name of Syndicate Bank General Manager, M K Jain has been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Director.

Two Union Bank GMs short-listed for EDs
Two General Managers of Union Bank namely S K Sangar and T K Srivastava have been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Directors.

Vijaya Bank GM, Brahmaji Rao short-listed for ED
Name of Vijaya Bank General Manager, K V Brahmaji Rao has been short-listed for the promotion of Executive Director.

Post of Member PESB is vacant
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Member, Public Enterprises Selection Board latest by February 4, 2013.

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

Nilotpal Goswami posted as PD (Customs) in CAG
Nilotpal Goswami, Accountant General (A&E), Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (Customs), in this office under Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

30 UP State officer awarded IAS cadre against 2004 vacancies
As many as 30 officers of Uttar Pradesh State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancies of 2004. The officers include: Radha Krishna Singh, Charan Jeet Singh Bakshi, Avdesh Kumar Singh Rathore, Kunwar Vikram Singh, Jagdish Prasad, Hemraj Singh Chauhan, Rakesh, Vijay Kumar Tripathi, Mohd. Mohiuddin Khan, Chandra Prakash Mishra, Kapil Dev Tripathi, Sushil Kumar, Mrs Sunishta Singh, Chandrika Prasad Tiwari, Narendra Kumar Chaudhari, Arun Singh, Mrs Sunita Chaturvedi, Ram Nava Singh, Dileep Kumar Gupta, Ajay Agrawal, Rambodh Maurya, Raj Narayan Singh, Mrs Somlata Singh, Gyan Singh, Vimal Kishore Gupta, Atul Kumar, Akhilesh Kumar Baranaval, Yogendra Bahal, Aravind Kumar Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar Yadav.

Shyam Kapoor posted as Joint Secretary in GoI
Shyam Kapoor has been appointed as Joint Secretary to the Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is an officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS).

Will Tripathy be Special Advisor to Delhi CM?
Mrs Sheila Dixit's life-time challenge to make it as fourth consecutive term in the next assembly elections seem to trigger the speculations that P K Tripathy, Chief Secretary, Delhi, would be appointed as the Special Advisor to Delhi CM though as a post-retirement award. Known for her Machiavellian spirit Dixit is, reportedly, working upon her scheme to ensure Tripathy's experience in governance as leverage in the upcoming elections. Tripathy is a 1977 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mrs Sheila's search is on for slot
Whispers in the corridors of power make it a fresh buzz that the Delhi CM, Mrs Sheila Dixit is searching for a competent officer for the slot of Chairman, Public Grievances Commission. The perspective raises the curiosity bars in bureaucratic circle as whose name the CM would zero-down on?

IAS changes in J & K
There is IAS reshuffle in J & K.Dr Arun Kumar has been appointed Financial Commissioner, Revenue.BR Sharma has been posted as the Principal Secretary, Planning and Development Department.KB Agarwal will now be Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department. Suresh
Kumar has been transferred as the Principal Secretary, Home Department.Arun Kumar Mehta, on his repatriation to the state government, has been posted as the Commissioner Secretary, Power Development Department. Jeet Lal Gupta has been posted as the Commissioner Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department and Gazanfar Hussain as Secretary of the Social Welfare Department.

Eight IES officers make it for the post of Joint Secretary, GoI (UPDATED)
Eight officers of Indian Economic Services have got empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary, Govt. of India. Out of twenty four IES officers of 1985 batch eight officers have made it for the slot.

Tiwari is new JS Administrative Reforms (UPDATED)
P K Tiwari has been appointed Joint Secretary Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in the Government of India. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dinesh Kumar is PS to MoS Railways (UPDATED)
Dinesh Kumar has been appointed PS to Union Minister of State Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. He is 2004 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Subhash Joshi to be DG, BSF? (UPDATED)
Subhash Joshi, Director General of National Security Guard (NSG), is being moved as Director General of Border Security Board (BSF). He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Arvind Ranjan poised to be DG, NSG? (UPDATED)
Arvind Ranjan, Special Director General of Border Security Force (BSF), is being appointed as Director General, National Security Guard (NSG). He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Ajay Chadha to be DG, ITBP? (UPDATED)
Ajay Chadha, Special Secretary, Internal Security under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is being appointed as Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP). He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of AGMUT.

Ms Mausami Chakravorty is now PS to Praful Patel (UPDATED)
Ms Mausami Chakravorty, who was Director PR to Praful Patel, Union Minister, has been appointed as Private Secretary to the latter. She is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).


K S Pratap Kumar is PS to Chiranjivi (UPDATED)
K S Pratap Kumar has been appointed Private Secretary to Chiranjeevi, Union Minister. Earlier, he was Director NIFT. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on November 14)


Amiya Chandra appointed PS to Ajay Maken (UPDATED)
Amiya Chandra has been appointed as Private Secretary to Ajay Maken, Union Minister. He is an Indian Trade Service officer of 1989 batch.


Tenure of Anuj Sharma extended (UPDATED)
Tenure of Anuj Sharma as Director, Foreigners on central deputation has been extended for further one year. He is an IDES officer of 1991 batch.

V K Rattan selected as Director (Engg), NPCC (UPDATED)
V K Rattan, GM, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 7, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

ASSOCHAM to hold national conference on 'Tax Implications' on Dec 19
The Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) is organizing its third National Mergers and Acquisition Conference on 'Tax Implication' on Dec 19, 2012 at Hotel Shangri -La, New Delhi. Sachin Pilot, MoS, Corporate Affairs; Avinash Kumar Shrivastava, Additional Secretary, Corporate Affairs; Rashmi Verma, Additional Secretary, Finance; Geeta Gouri, Member , CCI; SV Murali Dhar Rao, ED, SEBI; Dr Poonam Kishore Saxena, Chairperson , CBDT; Prashant Goyal, Commissioner ,Department of Trade and Taxes would be among the eminent speakers. Various Chief Executives, Senior Executives of finance, investment bankers would also attend the conference.

Ramamurthy appointed KSIDC Nominee Director on Board of JSW Steel Ltd
Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KSIIDC) has nominated P B Ramamurthy, IAS, as its Nominee Director on the Board of JSW Steel Ltd in place of Dr Sandeep Dave, IAS

Seshadri appointed Addl. Director, AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd
AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd has appointed Narayan K. Seshadri as an Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

Koshy appointed GM, Khyber Himalayan Resort & Spa, Gulmarg
The Khyber Himalayan Resort & Spa, Gulmarg has appointed Alex Koshy as the General Manager of the property

Merchant appointed Director, Trade Wings Ltd
Trade Wings Ltd has appointed A G Merchant as a Director of the company.

Bansal appointed Director, Associated Finlease Ltd
Associated Finlease Ltd has appointed Nikhil Bansal as the Director of the company

Two additional directors appointed on Board of Wintac Ltd
Wintac Ltd has appointed Toby Simon and Dr. Paranjothy as additional directors of the company w.e.f. December 6, 2012

Jain resigns as Company Secy. Asia Pack Ltd
Ms. Siddhi Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of Asia Pack Ltd w.e.f. October 31, 2012

Mishra appointed Company Secy. Asia Pack Ltd
Ashok Ranjan Mishra has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Asia Pack Ltd w.e.f. November 30, 2012

Vaswani appointed President, Dell Services
Suresh Vaswani has been appointed as President, Dell Services.

Merchant appointed director of Trade Wings
AG Merchant has been appointed director of Trade Wings.

Patel resigns as MD of Jolly Plastic Industries
Arvind Patel has resigned as MD of Jolly Plastic Industries.

Bansal appointed as director of Associated Finlease
Nikhil Bansal has been appointed as director of Associated Finlease.

Khetrapal appointed as director of Svam Software
Neeraj Khetrapal has been appointed as director of Svam Software.

Simon appointed as director of Wintac
Toby Simon has been appointed as director of Wintac.

Vohra resigns as director of Firstsource Solutions
Pravir Vohra has resigned as director of Firstsource Solutions.

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Merge MTNL & MTNL in DoT

The Department of Telecom's decision on repatriation of about 1600 officers of the Indian Telecom Service (ITS) and some Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service, Group-'A' officers from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) is bad from the public interest point of view. This may be called a foolish decision taken by DoT. This has badly hit the working of both the PSUs. Balance sheets of these PSUs have already gone in red after the earlier repatriation decision taken in October, 2005. To utilise the experienced manpower, it would be better to merge the MTNL and BSNL in DoT. Let there be one government player in addition to private players in the operations of Telecom services. Hope Ministry of Communication would take the positive steps further in public interest.

Y K Mishra

PAR/ACR business

The APAR should be linked with the performance. The targets or parameters for ACR are never fixed in the beginning of the financial year or as per the ACR period. So writing ACR becomes very subjective, where face value and other factors (caste etc.) matters a lot. In most of the cases, it is seen that the Reporting officers award grading below the bench-mark where their subordinates come on their way or their interests are clashed. After Supreme court judgment in Dev Dutt's case, communication of APAR is mandatory. The ACRs are the assets of the employee and are linked with the promotional and the extensional stage of his service career. So one should not play with anybody's career. Here it is also required that the Civil Servants should be given proper role playing field and they should be made more responsible and more accountable by providing proper delegation of administrative and financial powers, giving additional responsibilities, and also reviewing their performance by calling monthly meetings. The fairness on the part of the reporting/ review officers would be the great service to the nation.

M Roy

Modi needs to win

Modi needs to win. He is a performer. He has ushered in new era of development in Gujrat and made it the most prosperous state of the country. There is no gimmick in is functioning in spite of many hiccups, the people have like him and his policies.

Manmohan Guleria

Change in directorship, top management

After Government having control of IFCI (56% equity in the name of President of India and 19% with LIC & PSU Banks) what changes GoI contemplating for change in directorship, top management, access to cheaper long term funds and business profile of IFCI.

Victor

Madhav Lal a good officer

Madhav Lal is extremely good officer. I had a wonderful experience when he was DC, MSME. Let them hope he will soon be Cabinet Secretary.

Anand Ranganathan

Resentment against a top notch in Tripura

Serious resentment from IAS, IPS and IFS Officers is brewing against a top notch in Tripura administration who, in the name of the Chief Minister, arbitrarily holds up on his own, bona fide applications for leave, training and other reserve matters of AIS Officers causing them serious hardships. The culture of sycophancy introduced by this top notch has virtually suffocated the All India Service Officers working in Tripura. There is a serious discussion among the AIS Officers to take drastic measures to deal with the situation.

S D

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

'Yaar Aap Log Bura Na Mana Kijiye Mera Nature Hi Aisa Hai' Bimal Bahadur's post ( Dec 6) must have filled all browsers with a sense of déjà vu. Serving 'ill mannered' superiors in offices is an act of God. It is inevitable and inescapable, a universal malaise afflicting the Government service, public sector. There are cases galore of seniors insulting their subordinates at public fora, leaving them totally shattered and demotivated. The bottom line is that the deviant behavior resulting from arrogance, impatience and intolerance, is undemocratic and violative of the Conduct Rules that prohibit use of 'intemperate language'. But, rules are never invoked. Recall Rajiv Gandhi the then PM blasting the then Foreign Secretary at an international conference in Vigyan Bhavan. The case of a former Union Power Minister ( UPA-I) slamming the CMD of a Nav-Ratna PSU in full public view, sent wrong signals to the entire public sector. There are several cases of Secretaries asserting their authority on helpless subordinates by humiliating them publicly and even 'physically throwing' files at them. These are well known cases in the corridors of power. There is no grievance redressal mechanism in place to deal with such demeanours. I appeal to all top officers of GoI, State governments, Chiefs of Public Sector ( Industrial, Banking, Financial )and private sectors who regularly read the WIC website, to introspect and self-regulate their behaviour towards their subordinates. This appeal is without prejudice to any one.

A K Saxena (retired civil servant)