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Top 10 powerful people of Akhilesh Yadav Govt of UP

(1) Anita Singh - IAS, Secretary, CM

(2) Pandhari Yadav - IAS, Special Secretary, UP CM

(3) Javed Usmani - IAS, Chief Secretary, UP

(4) A K Gupta - IAS, Industrial Development Commissioner, UP

(5) O P Singh - IPS, ADG, Intelligence, UP

(6) Rakesh Garg - IAS, Principal Secretary to CM

(7) Navneet Sikera - IPS, DIG, Lucknow

(8) N C Bajpai, Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission, UP

(9) R M Srivastav - IAS, Principal Secretary (Home)

(10) Suvrat Tripathi - IPS, DG, EOW

Interesting political scenario's emerging in UP
The re-entry of Kalyan Singh in BJP is set to capture the votes of OBC and backward class votes for the party that has been faring badly in the Hindi heartland. On the other hand the recent dalliance of Samajwadi Party with spurned Congress ex-CM and political heavyweight ND Tiwari is likely to create new political headwinds in the way elections will be fought in 2014. What will Congress do next is to be watched ?.

Is CIL more powerful than Reliance ?
At a high-profile party an interesting remark came from an IAS officer " These days Coal India Ltd is more powerful than Reliance .Incidentally 1986 batch IAS officer of AP cadre S Narsingh Rao is the CMD of the CIL. Now all the political parties can look for favour from CIL.

BUREAUCRACY

Raghav Chandra is new AS & FA, Agriculture in GoI
Raghav Chandra is all set to join as Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

J S Mathur is new AS, I & B
J S Mathur has been appointed new Additional Secretary, Information and Broadcasting. He is a1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 30, 2012)

Tuk Tuk Kumar is new AS and FA, Road Transport
Tuk Tuk Kumar , Former Secretary to Former Speaker Lok Sabha, Som Nath Chatterjee is joining Government of India as Additional Secretary and FA Road Transport and Highways. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre. Official orders have been issued.
(We said this on October 30, 2012)

A K Mangotra is also Secretary, Official Language in GoI (UPDATED)
A K Mangotra, Secretary, Border Management, has been assigned an additional charge of Official Language in Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Admiral Nirmal Verma is new HC to Canada
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma, retired Chief of the Naval Staff has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Canada.
(We said this on October 8, 2012 )

Orders of Tomar in a day or two
Orders of A K Tomar as Indian's new Ambassador to Brazil are being issued in a day or two. He is presently, posted in the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.
(We said this on October 26, 2012 )

DPC of 1979 batch IFS on November 2
DPC of 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS ) officers for empanelment to the rank of Secretary is going to take place on November 2.

Sanjiv Bahl selected as CMD, PHHL
Sanjiv Bahl, ED, PHL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited (PHHL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 31, 2012. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Amit Dasgupta is now Ambassador to Micronesia also
Amit Dasgupta, presently, Ambassador of India to Republic of the Philippines has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Federated States of Micronesia, with residence in Manila. Dasgupta, presently Ambassador of India to Republic of the Philippines has also been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Palau, with residence in Manila.

Rajeev Shahare is new HC to Botswana
Rajeev Shahare currently Joint Secretary at Headquarters has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Botswana.

A K Singhal to continue as PS to Union Minister for HRD
Anil Kumar Singhal will continue as PS to M M Pallam Raju, Union Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development. Singhal, a 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, was PS to Pallam Raju in his previous tenure, MOS, Defence.
(We said this on October 30, 2012)

Seshu Kumar to continue as OSD to Union Cabinet Minister for HRD
Y S K Seshu Kumar will continue as OSD to M M Pallam Raju, Union Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development. Kumar, an IFS officer, was OSD to Pallam Raju in his previous tenure, MOS, Defence.

Saha moves from Prithwi Bhawan as PS to Union Cabinet Minister for Law & Justice
AK Saha moves to Shastri Bhawan to continue as PS to Ashwani Kumar, Union Cabinet Minister for Law & Justice. Saha, an IRS officer, was PS to the Minister in his previous tenure as MOS, Earth Science.

C B Sood selected as Director (Tech.), SECL
C B Sood, ED, CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

Ekta Jain appointed as Dy Secretary, CBDT
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ms Ekta Jain has been appointed as Deputy Secretary (OT) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue, New Delhi on deputation basis.

Dr Prashant Khambra deputed as Under Secretary, CBDT
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Dr Prashant Khambra has been posted as Under Secretary (V&L) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue, New Delhi on deputation basis.

Ms Sunita Singh appointed as Director, CBDT
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ms Sunita Singh has been posted as Director, (A & PAC) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue, New Delhi on deputation basis.

Relieving orders of B Kezo in a couple of days
B Kezo, who has been appointed as Director General of Police (DGP), Meghalaya, is waiting for relieving orders from Nagaland Government where he is serving as DGP (Prisons) on deputation basis. Orders of relieving are expected in a couple of days. He will succeed N Ramachandran retiring on October 31, 2012. Kezo is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Golcha transferred to Andaman & Nicobar
Satish Golcha who was JD in the CBI on return from central deputation has been transferred to Andaman Nicobar as IG. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Venkatram is now OSD to Union Minister for Science & Technology
C Venkatram Reddy will continue as OSD to Jaipal Reddy, Union Cabinet Minister for Science & Technology. Venkatram was OSD to Jaipal Reddy in his previous portfolio, Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Ramkrishna to continue as OSD to M Veerappa Moily
M Ramkrishna Reddy will continue as OSD to M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas. Reddy served as OSD to Moily in previous portfolio, Corporate Affairs.

Cyriac is new Chief Secretary of Kerala
K Jose Cyriac has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Kerala. A1977 batch IAS officer Cyriac has succeeded K Jayakumar who retired on October 31.
(We said this on September 25, 2012)

Vundru moves as CEO
Raja Sekhar Vundru, Joint Secretary, Department of Pharmaceutical, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizer, government of India has been transferred as CEO, National Trust of Welfare of Person, Ministry of Disability. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Nar Singh Dev continues as OSD to Union Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
Nar Singh Dev, 1996 batch IIS, OSD to former Union Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs P.K. Bansal will, reportedly, continue with the Ministry as OSD to Kamal Nath.

Meena is Dy Secretary in MHA
Samar Singh Meena has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, MHA, Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IRS-(IT) officer .

Ranjana Chaudhary to be Member, CAT ?
Ranjana Chaudhary is likely to be appointed Member of CAT in Hyderabad. She is a 1974 batch retired IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Mukesh Sharma is new SD, DD Kendra, Mumbai
Mukesh Sharma has been appointed Station Director (SD), Doordarshan (DD) Kendra, Mumbai. He has succeeded Laxman Chopra who retired on October 31.

Surya Prakash appointed Director, Defence
Surya Prakash has been appointed as Director, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. He is a 1996 batch ITS officer.

P K Mishra posted as CSO, Western Railway
Praveen Kumar Mishra , SAG IRSE, who on being relieved from the post of DRM Hubli was posted in Western Railway, has now posted as Chief Safety Officer in the Western Railway itself.

Shakil Alam is OSD in President's Secretariat
Shakil Alam has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty at the President's Secretariat. He is a 2001 batch IES officer.

Malik to continue as OSD to Harish Rawat, Union Minister for Water Resources
P K Malik will continue as OSD to Harish Rawat, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources. Malik served Harish Rawat as OSD in his previous tenure as MOS, Agriculture & Food Processing Industries.

Z A Naqvi to continue as PS to Union Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
Z A Naqvi, reportedly, will continue as PS to the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Nath. Earlier Nakvi served Pawan Kumar Bansal in his previous tenure in Parliamentary Affairs.

Dependra Pathak IPS officer without a posting
As the grapevine has it, the Mizoram Government has not yet given a posting to Dependra Pathak, former Director (Exploration I) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural. Pathak is a 1990 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre. Reason for this is said to be a cold war that has been going on between the Mizoram Government and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) over cadre management. Moreover, authorities in Mizoram are piqued on the issue that as to how Pathak's posting was done without the State Government's clearance and that too on an upgraded post?

Goa Government at loggerheads with MHA
As the grapevine has it, the Mizoram Government has decided not to allot a bungalow or a car to officers whom the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the Government of India (GoI) would post now. In corridors of power such a decision has been taken as the Goa Government is also unhappy with cadre management of AGMU cadre officers by the MHA.

T Das is now OSD to MOS for Home Affairs
Tirthankar Das will continue to serve as OSD to RPN Singh, Minister of State for Home Affairs. Earlier also he served as OSD to R PN Singh in his previous portfolio, Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Technical resignation of IPS officer accepted
President has accepted the technical resignation of Praveen Munde, Probationer IPS officer, 2011 batch, who belongs to the Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Mittal is Nodal Officer also
K K Mittal, Joint Secretary (P-I), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has also been appointed Nodal officer for implementation of the various programme/schemes undertaken by MHA in Assam, Meghalaya & Sikkim State. He is a1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Will Meenaxi Dua be GM, Air India ?
Meenakshi Dua on return from long leave is likely to be posted as General Manager in Air India.

187 IRS-IT officers made Exp. Observers for Gujarat Assembly polls
As many as 187 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been deputed as Expenditure Observers for the Gujarat Assembly election. The officers include: B Kulshresth, K Meghanath Chowhan, M Mathivanan, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Samir Tekriwal, Sanjeev Kashyap, Vinod Tanwani, Anurag Sharma, F R Meena all from Ahmedabad, Chandra Mohan M, Vimal Anand, A Sundarajan, Biju M K, Chandra Kumar, Durai Pandian R, Kiran Katta, Meera Srivastava, Pankaj Kumar, Pradeep Shoury Arya, Prakash N Borde, Prasad AGV, Pratap Singh, Ramesha G, Sambit Mishra, Satish Kumar, Sesha Srinivas Y, Sunil Kumar Agarwal, Timir Haran Chakravorty, Venkatram K and Nishcal B from Bangalore; D r Lathorla, D N Parekh, Debasish Lahiri, I B Khandel, Rajendra Prasad Khandelwal, R K Baral, V I Mehta, Ved Prakash Mishra from Bhopal; Amitabh Chaudhuri, G C Bhoi, Anthres Tigga, Dipankar Bandopadhaya from Bhubaneswar, Alok Nath, Ankush Kappor, Anshuman Sharma, K S Bains, Manish Sareen, P K Sharma, Rakesh Kumar from Chandigarh; A V Sreekanth, B Lakshmi Narayanan, C Venkata pravana Kumar, G Nantha Kumar, Howard Devisser, K Gopala Krishna, M Sitharam, N Madhavan, N Padmanaban, N Senthil Kumar, P Radhakrishnan, P Srinivasa Murthy, P Selvaganesh, R Sampathkumar, S Balasubramanian, S Maruthupandian, S Senthilkumaran, S Suresh Kumar, S Rengarajan, Sallong Yaden, Sanjay Punglia, Satish Meriga, Sunku Srinivas, T chandra Sekhar, V Vivekanandan, V S Chakrapani, V S Kumar, Vikash Keraba Suryawanshi and Yogesh Vishnu Kamat from Chennai, Ajaya Kumar Sharma, Ajit Kumar Singh, Anand Kumar Kedia, Anant Prakash, Assem Sharma, B L Sharma, Gagan Sood, Gaurav Dudedja, J S Ahirwar, Jasprit Singh Minhas, K C Badhok, Kamlesh Chandra Varshneya, Kishore B, Manoj Pandey, Mritunjoy Barnwal, P D Taneja, Prafulla Kumar Prusty, Praveen Kumar, Rajiv Ranka, Rajnish Yadav, Raju Lepcha, S K Chattterjee, Sanjay Goyal, Sanjay Tripathy, Santhi Kumar Jain, Vachashpati Tripathi; Vijay Choudhary, Virendra Kumar, Vivek Kumar from Delhi, Narendra Singh, Rajat Mitra, and Shashi Saklani from Guwahati, Satyanarayana Raju B, Dayasagar Mekathoti, Jeevanlal Lavidiy, Rajendra Kumar, Srinivas Reddy, Kuchkula, Srinivasan Annamalai, Venkateswara Rao B, Yadagiri B from Hyderabad, G R Kokani, M K Julka from Jaipur, Javed Akhatar, Manas Mehrotra, S K Sarkar, Sanjvee Kumar Yadav, Shankar Lal Maurya,Shantanu Dhamija, Sheodan Singh Bhadauria from Kanpur, Appu Joseph Jose, M Jayaram, P V Maralidharan, V P Asghar Zain from Kochi, Amarjyoti, Mazumdar, Ashoke Kumar, Chandra Prakash Bhatia, Debashis Benerjee, Debasish Roy, Debasish Roay, Gautam Kumar Mandal, K N Jana, Niloy Baran Som, P Dam Kanunjna, Pijush Mukherjee, Pinaki Mukherjee, Sanjib Kumar Roy, Sankar Kumar Haldar, Subhendu Dutta, Subhro Jyoti Chakraborty, Sunil Kumar Agarwal, Sunip Kumar Sarkar, Vivek Anand Perampurna, Vivek Verma, Zafarul Haque Tanweer, A K Singh, Ajay Pratap Singh, Anubhav Singh, Harish Gidwani, Puneet Kumar, R P Maurya, Rajesh Yada from Lucknow, Abhinay Shivaji Kumbhar, C Sriniwas Reddy, D Prabhakar Reddy, Duresh Sumrott, Ganesh Sudhakar Bare, Maurya Pratap, Peeyus Sonkar, Rajeev Keswarwani, Ravi Kant Gupta, Udaya Bhaksar Jakke, V Amarender Reddy, Vikram Batra from Mumbai, Ajay G Dhoke, Dhanjaya S Wanjari, Kiran P Unavekar, P R Mane, Raghunath from Nagpur, Ajit Kumar Srivastava, Alok Nag, Durga Dutta, Harmohan Moharana, Kalyan Nath, Kanhaiya Lalo Kanak, R Manunath Swamy, Ram Babu, Sanjay Kumar, V R Sonbhadra from Patna and R P Mauriya from Pune.

Applications for Joint Directors in 14th Finance Commission invited
Nominations have been invited from the willing officers for the three posts of Joint Directors in Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) being constituted by Government of India. The nominations of the personnel may be sent to Director (FFC), Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs before November 15, 2012.

Applications for Private Secretary in 14th Finance Commission invited
Nominations have been invited from the willing officers for the one post of Private Secretary to Chairman in Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) being constituted by Government of India. The nominations of the personnel may be sent to Director (FFC), Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs before November 15, 2012.

Applications for 85 various posts in 14th Finance Commission invited
Nominations have been invited from the willing personnel for a total 85 posts of various position including Director, Joint Director, PS to Chairman, Deputy Director, PPS/Addl. PS, Librarian & Information Officer, Assistant Director, Admn-cum-A/C Officer, Asst. Accounts Officer, Private Secretary, Economic Officer, Assistant, Cashier, Personal Assistant, Hindi Steno Gr. "C", Stenographer, UDC, Telephone Operator, Hindi Typist, LDC/Typist, Staff Car Driver and MTS. The nominations of the personnel for various posts may be sent to Director (FFC), Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs before November 15, 2012.

New Haryana DGP supersedes 10 officers
Newly appointed DGP of Haryana S N Vashist has superseded 10 officers of the Haryana cadre working in and out of the state. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer.

IPS postings in Haryana
Sharad Kumar whose name was under consideration for the post of DGP in Haryana has been appointed DG Vigilance Bureau. R K Vachher has been made Chairman of Haryana Police Housing Corporation at Panchkula.

1981 batch IPS officers get DG rank in Orissa
Two 1981 batch IPS officers Sanjeev Marik and V Thiagrajan have been promoted to the rank of DG in Orissa.

VRS of Prahraj accepted
The Orissa Government has accepted VRS of former DGP M M Prahraj. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer.

Thoasen bereaved (UPDATED)
Mother of 1988 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer S L Thaosen who is presently IG in the SPG has passed away in Assam.

107 IRS-Customs officers deputed Exp. Observers for Gujarat, HP polls (UPDATED)
As many as 107 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Customs (IRS-Customs) have been deputed as Expenditure Observers for Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The officers include: Shyam Dhar, A J Verma, Nitin Saini, Milind R Lanjewar, Manzoor Ali Ansari, A K Bhatnagar, Akhil Kumar Khatri, Alok Agarwal, Ashok Kumar Aswal, Atul Kumar Rastogi, Mahender Singh, B P Singh, Bamin Tari, Binod Kumar Gupta, D P Pangarkar, Deepak bhilegaonkar, Dharam Singh, G Santimano, G Naga Raju, Gauri Shankar Sinha, H Soikhanthang, Hans Kumar Sharma, Hardeep Singh, J P Singh, J Raja Manohar, Jagmohan, Jitesh Nagori, R Sriram, R K Mishra, R Jagannathan, K Bala Krishna Raju, K K Katheria, K P Singh, K V Ganesh Prasad, K V R K Bhupal Rao, Kala Kant Singh, Karamvir Singh, Krishna Pratap Singh, R K Tyagi L Dhandem Lal Bahadur Yadav, M Chandrabose, M A Ansari, M Mohan Rao, M S Reddy, M S Chouhan, Mahendra Singh, Mahesh Kumar Rustagi, Manish Kumar, Perumal Devaraj, P K Agarwal, P Mohan Rao, Nitin Anand, Neeraj Prasad, Naveen Kumar Jain, Mohmmed Abu Sama, A Jayachandran, Sanjvee Devalwar, Sunil Shing Katiya, Tulsi Das, V S Kumbhare, S B Akashi, S K Sinha, S N Ojha, Samriti Goel Saran, Ramesh Chander, S D Chand, Rajesh Jindal, Rahul Lal Radhe Shyam Sharma, R K Meena and Nitesh Srivastava. Besides, Anuradha Mishra, Arvind Saran, Atul Handa, Dharmjeet Kumar, G M Kamei, G S Saroj, H N Meena, Harbir, Manish Saxena, Navraj Goyal, P K Rameshwaram, R K Verma, R L Ramesh, R V Balaram, Rajeev Ranjan, Rajeev Agarwal, Rajendra Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rakesh Gupta, Ramji Lal Meena, S K Sinha, S K Mishra, Sandeep Rawal, Sanjay gupta, Sanjay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Satyendra Mathuria, Valte Vungzamuan, V N Thete, Vijayant Singh, Vikas Kumar, Vinod Kumar Gahlot, Amish Kumar Gupta, P Devaraj and M M Singh.

Justice Sinha to demit charge tomorrow (UPDATED)
Justice SB Sinha, former judge of Sureme Court and presently Chairman of TDSAT will demit charge on the 2nd November, 2012. The next Chairman of TDSAT has not been appointed. The bench of TDSAT cannot work in the absence of the Chairman and all cases of TDSAT can now be filed only in High Court.

A K Mittal selected as CMD, NBCC (UPDATED)
Anoop Kumar Mittal, Director (Project), NBCC, has been selected for the post of CMD, National Building Constructions Corporation Limited (NBCC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 1, 2012. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

NPC recommends renaming as National Commission on Poplar Willow (UPDATED)
Dr V K Bahuguna, Director General, ICFRE -cum- Chairman, National Poplar Commission of India, chaired the meeting of the NPC on the third day of 24th Session of the IPC 2012 National Poplar Commission (NPC) held on November 1, 2012. The International Poplar Commission provides all the member nations to have their National Poplar Commissions. NPC prepares country report on detailed progress in knowledge, technology and techniques in Poplar and Willow culture, production and utilization. These country reports provide information for items on the agenda of the Sessions and exchange of technical and statistical information. The NPC meeting was attended by Dr R B S Rawat, Principal Chief Conservator Forest of Uttarakhand, Basheer Khan, PCCF Bihar, Additional PCCF Punjab & Haryana, Directors of ICFRE Institutes, officers of FRI & ICFRE, NGO representatives, representatives from the Industries, farmers and others. The meeting was held to work out the strategy for propagating Poplar and Willow in the different states of India. The NPC recommended to rename it as "National Commission on Poplar Willow and other Short Rotation Crops" with its Head Quarter at FRI Dehradun, to expand its scope to include other short rotation species and to expand Poplar to other states wherever feasible. Dr P P Bhojvaid, Director, FRI told to create a corpus, carry out SWOT Analysis learning from the experiences and to include industry as strong and active partner. It was proposed that Dr Bhojvaid, Director FRI will look after the functioning of the body and do networking of all parties and Dr Dinesh Kumar, Technical Advisor, NPC will look after technical issues under him. Working Parties and Working Groups would be constituted under this body for effective discharge of its functions. Later during the day voting for next Executive Committee of IPC was held in IPC- FAO Secretariat, established at FRI. After the deliberations the day was over. At the end of the day, the colourful rhythmic dances including Indian Classical, Folk and Modern dance forms from different states of the host country were presented by the students of FRI Deemed University in Hari Singh Auditorium in FRI Campus which was highly appreciated by one and all.

Rakesh Misra is Director General, CPWD (UPDATED)
Rakesh Misra has taken over as Director General, Central Public Works Department (CPWD) under the Ministry of Urban Development. Misra, is a 1974 batch officer belonging to Central Engineering Service (Civil).

Suhas Banerjee was CGDA for a day (UPDATED)
Suhas Banerjee was Controller General of Defence Defence Accounts (CGDA) for a day. On elevation, he became CGDA on October 30 and retired on October 31, 2012. Banerjee is an IDAS officer of 1977 batch.


Arunava Dutt is new CGDA (UPDATED)
Arunava Dutt has been appointed as new Controller General of Defence Defence Accounts (CGDA). Dutta is an IDAS officer of 1978 batch.

CORPORATE

No Sectoral concessions under CDR: RBI
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has no plans to introduce sectoral packages for extending relaxations in Corporate Debts Restructuring (CDR) as demanded by the industry in view of the current and global economic conditions, said Chief General Manager, Deepak Singhal at an ASSOCHAM event held here in New Delhi on October 31, 2012. While addressing a 'Seminar on Restructuring of Corporate Debts' organized by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), Singhal, chief general manager, DBOD-CO, RBI, informed that RBI has constituted a high power committee of two Dy Governors, Dr K C Chakrabarty and Anand Sinha to speak to the CMDs of all the banks to know the problems faced by SMEs and suggest to arrest the rising sickness in the SME sector. The committee is likely to submit its report by end of the November. Sectoral packages for extending relaxations in restructuring of corporate debts are under stress. He clarifies that such a piece-meal approach to macroeconomic problems may have its own adverse impacts and it may lead to adverse incentives, untrue or unrealistic balance sheets of banks leading to misreading of their financial positions and also lack of confidence in Indian banks by the global banks or international credit rating agencies, added Singhal. He further added that RBI extended one time measure of being fully secured in cases of Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) facing unprecedented problems in recovery and liquidity due to environmental factors. Banks can restructure any account, whether standard, sub-standard or doubtful as also more than once, provided the financial viability is established and there is a reasonable certainty of repayment as per the terms of restructuring package. Other who also spoke during the events were Mr Abhay Singh, Former CGM, SBI, Dr Ashok Haldia, Chairperson ASSOCHAM Taskforce on CDR & Director, PTC India Financial Services Ltd and S C Aggarwal, CMD of SMC group.

P K Borthakur is Director (Offshore), ONGC
P K Borthakur has taken over as Director (Offshore), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). P K Borthakur, like his predecessor Sudhir Vasudeva, is predominantly brought up in the professional nuances of offshore oil engineering. He commands a rich portfolio of experiences in diverse fields of oil production chain. Before being elevated to the Board of India's flagship explorer ONGC, Borthakur effectively managed India's biggest oil producing asset Mumbai High and biggest gas asset Bassein & Satellite.
(We said this on March 6, 2012)

R S Sharma inducted in High Level Committee of RBI
R S Sharma has been inducted in the 'High Level Committee' set up by Reserve Bank of India to spearhead efforts to ensure accessible financial services in the country.

Singh quits IG Petro
Premjit Singh has resigned as Director of IG Petro.

Prasad appointed as MD, Ushdev International
Arvind Prasad has been appointed as MD of Ushdev International.

Jain appointed as Director of Rajdhani Leasing and Power
Rajiv Jain has been appointed Director of Rajdhani Leasing and Power

Joshi appointed as Director of DCW
VH Joshi has been appointed Director of DCW

Shah quits Transoceanic Properties
Jagdish Shah has resigned as Director of Transoceanic Properties.

Hinduja quits Hinduja Ventures
Dheeraj Hinduja has resigned as Director of Hinduja Ventures.

Agarwal appointed as Director ,Falcon Tyres
Ashok Agarwal has been appointed as Director of Falcon Tyres.

Prasad appointed MD, Ushdev International Ltd
Ushdev International Ltd has appointed Arvind Prasad as Managing Director of the company.

Gupta quits Ushdev International Ltd
Prateek Gupta has resigned as Managing Director of Ushdev International Ltd. However he will continue to be Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Gupta appointed Vice Chairman , Ushdev International Ltd
Prateek Gupta has been appointed as Vice-Chairman of Ushdev International Ltd.

Bali appointed Officer Employee Director, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
The Central government has nominated Sunil Dutt Bali, Assistant General Manager, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur as Officer Employee Director of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur for a period of three years
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Talwar ceases to be Alternate Director, Rhodia Spciality Chemicals Ltd
S N Talwar has ceased to be an Alternate Director to Ian Brown on the Board of Directors of Rhodia Speciality Chemicals India Ltd

Talwar appointed Addl. Director, Rhodia Speciality Chemicals Ltd
S N Talwar has been appointed as an Additional Director of Rhodia Speciality Chemicals Ltd .

Sachdeva quits Kalpatru Power Transmission Ltd
Pankaj Sachdeva has resigned as Managing Director of Kalpatru Power Transmission Ltd.

Singh designated MD, Kalpatru Power Transmission Ltd
Ranjit Singh, has been designated as Managing Director of Kalpatru Power Transmission Ltd w.e.f. November 1, 2012

Agarwal appointed Addl Director, Tips Industries Ltd
Vijay Agarwal has been appointed as Additional Director of Tips Industries Ltd .

Singh quits IG Petrochemicals Ltd
Premjit Singh has resigned as Independent Director of IG Petrochemicals Ltd .

Ravikumar appointed Independent Director, IG Petrochemicals Ltd
P H Ravikumar has been appointed as Independent Director of IG Petrochemicals Ltd.

Sundararajan appointed MD, Shriram City Union Finance Ltd
Shriram City Union Finance Ltd has appointed G S Sundararajan as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. November 1, 2012

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Laud the government?

This is with reference to Surendra Mohan's post in Forum (WIC Oct 30, 2012) quoting statistical data of what is claimed to be an NSSO survey on cooking fuel consumption in the rural and urban areas. I have my post retirement home in a small village (population 1600) in the Darjeeling hills. Over 90% of the village population consists of marginal farmers who are genuinely BPL. The nearest Indane supply depot at a distance of approximately 2 kms can be reached only after an arduous road less climb of a thousand feet at Mirik. (Mirik the nearest town is 5800 feet above MSL and the altitude of my village 'Paila gaon' is 4800 feet). With such impeccable-though unenviable-credentials for being termed 'rural' I can challenge that the NSSO finding that the rural consumers need only one and a half cylinders in a year (or just three cylinders for good two years) is false, bogus and disgustingly ridiculous. Rural peoples 'requirement is the same as that of any urban consumer as both eat the same food and cook it the same way. Because of abject poverty, the rural people buy less of LPG than their actual requirement but even then it is at least 1 cylinder every 45-60 days. Their dependence on firewood to meet the deficiency is criminalising the poor villagers and enslaving them to the forest bureaucracy on pretexts of green laws violations. As regards dung cakes well the NSSO experts perhaps don't know that an average villager prefers to use the dung as manure rather than burning as fuel.

So you laud the government for treating abject poverty and lack of resources as a norm or for pushing the poor villagers to cutting more and more trees, bushes or shrubs for fuel and leaving them at the mercy of the petty bureaucracy of the local forest department. We were till now blaming the government that the decision to cap the number of LPG cylinders was taken without any application of mind. But now it seems the decision is based on undiluted perversity of thought and data obtained in a survey in total disharmony with the realities of rural life.

NN Ojha

Logic of reduction in LPG cylinders funny and concocted

The logic of reduction in LPG cylinders is funny and concocted. When we have to take average why take the entire population into account which does not have even safe drinking water, medical facilities, power, education, hygiene etc actually speaking nothing available to them except crocked and corrup politicians and bureaucrats and police. They neither know law nor have regard for it and why should they ? This argument has been published by pro government paper's but found no takers. need is to take into consideration actual people using LPG and then find average use of cylinder per family of four(4). I am doubly sure that a family of four members using LPG will need at least (1) one cylinder every month. If it is not true then may I request the argumentator and supporter of another anti-thesis logic to kindly and honestly share after asking his wife or servant who runs the kitchen to share on this forum that how many members are in his family and how much 14.2 kg cylinder's are used in the kitchen ?

Rajesh Kumar

Has whispers developed an anti-IPS stance ?

Whispers seems to have developed an anti-IPS and anti-police stance and appears to be carrying all kinds of trash about IPS and Police. Is it calculated?

ARC Kumar