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O P Pandey

Why did T K A Nair meet Jayalalitha?
Why did the key adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha last week? Nair is considered to be eyes and ears of the Prime Minister. Anybody's guess.

Will Mulayam Singh Yadav be another Deve Gowda ?
Will Mulayam Singh Yadav be another Deve Gowda after the next Lok Sabha elections ? One can only wait and watch.

Who gave Kejriwal HSBC papers?
It is reliably learnt that someone in the Congress leaked the HSBC list to Kejriwal .

Is personal loan growth picking up?
Bankers say that the impact of festival season is slightly felt with a pickup in loans for the sector. Vehicle loans, credit card loans and other personal loans have seen a decent pick up in the current quarter.

Is RBI worried about restructured assets?
It is heard that in a recent RBI meeting there was a discussion on increasing bad and restructured assets in the banking system. PSU banks are rampantly restructuring loans to make their balance sheet look better. The discussion included on whether there is a need to raise the provision for such assets.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be Finance Commission Chairman?
Who will be new Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission - a politician, a bureaucrat or a man of finance? Latest information says that tie is between former RBI Governor Y V Reddy and outgoing Foreign Minister S M Krishna. Infact, the PM is keen to give Krishna this post with Cabinet rank. The Government is in a dilemma since consent of Y V Reddy for this post has already been taken.

Search Committee for Dy Governor of RBI to meet today
Search Committee is expected to meet again in Mumbai on Monday to suggest names for the new Deputy Governor of RBI.

Who will be new CBI, Chief?
Who will succeed A P Singh on December 1 as CBI, Chief? Panel has already been constituted but now the game of tricks, intrigues and politics has begun. Guessing game is on.

Malhotra to be new Secretary, Legislative Affairs in GoI?
The Search Committee is believed to have recommended the name of P K Malhotra for the post of Secretary, Legislative Affairs in the Government of India.

1979 batch IFS empanelled
Latest information says that barring Pradeep Kapoor and Sarvjeet, 10 Indian Foreign Service officers of 1979 batch have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary.

Deepak Kumar to join GoI
Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary, General Administration is expected to join the Government of India soon as Joint Secretary and FA in the Ministry of HRD. A 1984 batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar is holding the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Tourism and Principal Secretary, DIPR.

Sri Ram to be MD, Jaipur & Bikaner Bank?
Chief General Manager, State Bank of India in Delhi, Sri Ram is likely to be appointed as new MD, State Bank of Jaipur and Bikaner.

Rajeev Mehta to take over as DG, NCB
Rajeev Mehta, Additional DGP (L&O), Meghalaya Police Shillong is taking over as DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) this week. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on July 12, 2012)

File of Bansal's extension moved?
File for three months extension in service to DG, BSF, U K Bansal has reportedly been moved by the MHA. He is a 1974 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Now 31 Principal Secretary level officers in Haryana
With the promotion of seven 1987 batch IAS officers to the rank of Principal Secretary the total number has risen to 31. It seems no where in the country so may IAS officers are Principal Secretary. Promoted officers are Devender Singh, TC Gupta, Amit Jha, SN Roy, Avtar Singh, Rajiv Arora and Jyoti Arora.

Strange death wish
Very strange, but Mumbai Customs refused to give Customs House Conference Room for COFEPOSA Advisory Board meeting as the Advisory Board was coming for ED cases only. Generally, the Advisory Board comes for Customs, DRI as well as ED cases, but Customs has always been the host. Apparently the State Government came to know about the predicament of the Judges and Maharashtra CM directed the State Govt protocol to take over the arrangements. The three sitting Delhi High Court judges will now carry a permanent chip on their shoulder vis a vis CBEC.

Srivastava to join NHRC
Alok Kumar Shrivastava is joining the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as Joint Secretary this week. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Sixth book of an IAS officer

Sixth book "Through these eyes" written by a UP cadre IAS officer Ministhy S has been published recently by Nageen Jain Publications Meerut. It is an eclectic collection of many genres including essays, poems and articles and is nearly 180 pages. A 2003 batch IAS officer Ministhy works as DM, Barabanki now.

1987 batch IAS officers poised to get empanelled in GoI as JS
Two IAS officers of 1987 batch are poised to get empanelled in the Government of India.

V Vumlunmang gets Foreigner desk in MHA
V Vumlunmang, Joint Secretary, Administration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has been transferred as Joint Secretary (Foreigner), MHA. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

NSIC to hold 'Techmart India-2012' at New Delhi on Nov 14 (UPDATED)
National Small Industries Corporation is holding an exhibition 'Techmart India-2012' at Hall States, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on November 14, 2012. NSIC CMD, Dr H P Kumar informed that the Minister of State (Independent charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) K H Muniyappa would inaugurate the same in the presence of Vivek Rae, Secretary, MSME.

Spolia to continue in Delhi Government (UPDATED)
Finally suspense is over. D M Spolia who was to move to Arunachal Pradesh as Chief Secretary is now going to continue in Delhi Government. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Pathak declines the offer of DGP Meghalaya (UPDATED)
ADG CRPF D K Pathak is believed to have declined the offer to go as DGP of Meghalaya. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

CORPORATE

Cyrus Mistry appointed Deputy Chairman, Tata Steel Ltd
Tata Steel Ltd has appointed Cyrus Mistry as Deputy Chairman of the company with immediate effect.

Mistry takes over as Chairman, Tata Power Company Ltd
Cyrus Mistry has taken over as Chairman of Tata Power Company Ltd with Ratan Tata stepping down from the post.

Sharma quits Wrigley India
Gautam Sharma has resigned as Managing Director of Wrigley India.

Chatterjee appointed Whole-time Director, Tata Steel Ltd

The Board of Tata Steel Ltd has appointed Koushik Chatterjee who is currently Group Chief Financial Officer of the company as Whole-time Director with immediate effect.

Ananthakrishnan appointed Country Head (India), United Overseas Bank
United Overseas Bank has appointed PV Ananthakrishnan as Country Head for India operations

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This should be Kejriwals next issue !

As already known that the Ministry of Railways has been the hub for hiding facts, thereby favours. RTI banner is handled by some irresponsible promotee RBSS officers who want to move to lucrative positions than just to PHOTOCOPY the APARS etc. Under RTI and by the blessings of Chairman and Secretary Railway Board ( they are huddled together under fear most of the time) , along with an Appellate Authority of RTI under their belt, who want to retain the seat of power in Delhi, they are massacring the Ministry. Milking the COW in earlier version by the the one Ex Minister to doing the same by Members now. As there is no stable Minister for long. Examples :

1. Can someone explain the deviations in rules for appointments for senior level officers in the last 20 years for this Ministry?

2. Why are directives of CabSec and DOPT not carried out by this Ministry? Case of Mr R Bhargava (and many others) to be appointed as GM of open line and then Member Engineering?

3. Chairman and Board controlling the Vigilance Deptt internally to destroy careers of bright officers, just to choose the favoured ones.

4. Why Mr PM should not be reprimed for approving the recent wrong recommendations to appoint Board Members and Chairman under pressure of TMC? The Board continues while TMC is gone ?

This should be Kejriwals next issue. This is wider corruption to put favoured people in positions where they do not belong.

Ex Member

No need to sell headquarters

There is no need for Delhi Police to sell its headquarters building. They have already sold their souls to the biggest bidder. They never take any action even in criminal cases where politicians or those perceived to be connected to politicians but they take draconian action against petty thieves and homosexuals in order to extort money. Delhi Police is famed for its brutality and savagery towards the helpless, they don't need any lessons in sales.

D Choudhury

By ill-advisedly describing the suggestion on economy by Delhi police on the lines of the famed London police selling off the Scotland Yard building as ludicrous, browser has invited the ludicrous comment on himself by exposing his ignorance. It is not just PSUs but any government department can effect savings by selling off its gigantic abodes and moving into a smaller building costing less to run and maintain and thereby reduce its burden on the budget. This is one visible, direct method of effecting economy in government apart from the other method of abolishing unnecessary posts and offices.

K P Singh

London police too is not a Corporate House -1

The browser has skewed priorities. Removing corruption from Delhi police is more meaningful than selling off police Hq building to achieve economy.

Prof Madhuri Sharma, Raj Univ, Jaipur

London police too is not a Corporate House -2

The browser's views are unprofessional. Let him focus his attention to remove corruption in police to save money rather than sell off Delhi police headquarter.

R L Meena, IPS (Retired)

London police too is not a Corporate House -3

The learned browser has no clue to police functioning. His obsession with London Police is meaningless. As a retired Police officer, I support suggestions for Police reforms in the country and remove corruption.

Baldev Raj IPS (Retired)Punjab

On budget deficit, austerity and monetizing prime assets

Generic views posted in this regard on WIC are well taken and as has already been suggested, concrete measures, which are feasible, must be explored by the 14th Central Finance Commission. However, obsession with budget deficit and debt reduction under cash accounting blurs the big picture in terms of the net worth of government. Therefore, to facilitate greater transparency and accountability by all departments, gradual shift to accrual based accounting was recommended by the 12th and 13th Central Finance Commissions as also 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission. It is imperative that problems, which stand readily identified and call for immediate resolution, are addressed holistically and boldly and implemented for all the organs of government rather than adopt a blinkered approach and introduce baby steps on piecemeal basis.

S.K. Tewari