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BUREAUCRACY

Appointment of Ambassadors soon
Appointment of Ambassadors is expected to be made soon. Foreign Secretary is meeting the IFS officers to ask the name of country of their choice. Several vacancies have arisen.

Satpal Chauhan gets the desk of Administration in MHA
Satpal Chauhan, Joint Secretary (Coordination & Police Grievance), will look after the charge of Administrative Division in addition to his own duties. He is IES cadre officer.

Number of private universities in country go up
The number of private universities in India has gone up from 10 in 2006 to 145 now. Maximum number of private universities is 33 in Rajasthan followed by Himachal Pradesh - 15.

Spolia to continue in Delhi Government
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.

Who will be new CS of Arunachal Pradesh ?
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh. The MHA is now in search of another senior officer for this post.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Haryana soon
A bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Haryana in a week or two. An exercise is on.

Kezo to continue in Nagaland
It is now official B Kezo is not coming from Nagaland to Meghalaya as DGP. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.

Pathak declines offer of DGP, Meghalaya
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.

Khoda to be CVC in J & K
Former DGP of J & K Kuldeep Khoda is being tipped to be first Chief Vigilance Commissioner in Jammu and Kashmir .He is retired 1974 batch IPS officer.

Ajit M Sharan to attend training programme in USA
Ajit M Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana, is going to USA to attend a training programme being held from November 16 to 21. He is expected to join as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women on central deputation after returning from foreign tour. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Rural Administrative Service in Assam
A rural administrative service is being started by the Assam government for serving in the rural areas of the state.

IPS changes in Orissa soon
IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Orissa in couple of days.

Justice Sekhon is Lok Pal in Punjab
Former Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Jai Singh Sekhon has been appointed Lokpal in Punjab.

Information Commissioner suspended in Kerala
Kerala Governor HR Bhardwaj has reportedly suspended State Information Commissioner K Natarajan .

Four new Judges in Gujarat HC
Four new Judges have been sworn in in the Gujarat High Court. They are Mssrs Subodhkumar Shah, Satish Vora, Ghanshyam Udhwani and Rajendra Kothari.

Retired IPS joins Congress in Gujarat
A retired 1981 batch IPS officer Rajan Priyadarshi has joined the Congress to contest ensuing Assembly elections .

CORPORATE

NIB to be set up
National Investment Board (NIB) for fast-tracking clearance to large infrastructure projects is being constituted in the country.

Saraogi is Director, JSPL
Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, ED of Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), project in Odisha, has been appointed the whole-time director of the company.

Who is Country Head of HSBC in India ?
Everybody is keen to know that who is Head of HSBC in India. Naina Lal Kidwai is the country head of HSBC India.

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No norms and objectivity in transfers and promotion

An ex-member of the Railway Board, who did not give his name (Why not?) laments the subjective decisions on transfers and postings beingindulged by the Railway Board with scant regard for several guidelines laid down by DoPT and Cabinet Secretary. He is quite right in this. There are absolutely no norms and objectivity in transfers and promotion of officers by some members of the Railway Board. Brilliance and merit do not matter. What matters is how close you are to the boss that is Member concerned who controls your cadre. Do you speak the same language as the Boss? Are you from the same region, caste or gotra. One Member soon after joining made several changes by bringing own men in crucial posts while shunting out previous incumbents to inconsequential posts. Though such like persons are in minority but they are doing immense damage to the organisation. Strict action needs to be taken against such narrow-minded individuals.

Aarti Khosla