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Is Assange helping Kejriwal?
It is heard that Wikileaks' Julian Assange is helping Arvind Kejriwal. Is he really giving details of politicians and big business houses?

UPA caught in a conundrum?
As UPA braces for a stormy winter session over the FDI issue and tries to improve its number over dinner and lunch diplomacy with the SP and BSP the ground reality is that the party workers are facing a storm from the farmers in the hinterland. Will these parties still be able to support UPA while they face a storm in their backyard

Is Rane going to be projected as MPCC, President?
Narayan Rane may be projected as the face of Congress before the 2014. The thinking in Congress high command is that more than Chavan, Rane is an acceptable public face.

BUREAUCRACY

Arun Chaudhary to be DG, SSB
Arun Chaudhary is being appointed new DG of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre. Chaudhary is presently, Special DG, CISF.

Seven 1990 batch IAS officers empanelled
Seven 1990 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are: Anoop Kumar, Ms Meeta Rajeev Lochan and Ms Shyamala M Shukla of Maharashtra, Arun Baroka of UT,Ms M P Nirmala of Tamil Nadu, Ms Sumita Mishra Singh of Haryana and Manoj Kumar Das of MT.

Arun Kumar Jain empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Jain has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Padamvir Singh empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Padamvir Singh has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Lov Verma empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Lov Verma has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

30 IAS officers of 1979 batch empanelled
Altogether 30 IAS officers belonging to 1979 batch have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Names include: Lalit Panwar, Rajiv Gupta and Ashok Sampatram.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Two 1979 batch IAS officer to get equivalent rank
Two IAS officers of 1979 batch, Meera Mehrishi (Rajashtan) and C S Kedar (Karnataka) have been empanelled to the rank equivalent to the Secretary in the Government of India.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary empanelled
Sunil Kumar, Chhattisgarh, Chief Secretary has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Madhya Pradesh will have four new Secretaries in GoI
Four Madhya Pradesh cadre 1979 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. They are: R Ramanujam, Rajan Katoch, Ms Snehlata Kumar and Bimal Julka.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Amitabh Rajan empanelled as Secretary
Dr Amitabh Rajan Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Maharashtra has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Anita Kaul empanelled
Ms Anita Kaul has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Shyamal Sarkar empanelled
Dr Shyamal Kumar Sarkar has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Khosla empanelled in GoI
Jitesh Kumar Khosla has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Afzal Amanullah empanelled
Afzal Amanullah has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

L C Goyal empanelled in GoI
L C Goyal has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Sudhir Bhargava empanelled as Secretary
Sudhir Bhargava has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Machendranathan empanelled in GoI
S Machendranathan has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Zohra Chatterjee empanelled in GoI
Zohra Chatterjee has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Siraj Hussain empanelled
Siraj Hussain has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Anoop Thakur empanelled as Secretary
Anoop Thakur has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

T M Bhasin's name cleared for Bank of Baroda
Decks have been cleared for elevation to a larger public sector bank. Presently, he is Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) Indian Bank. He will soon move to the Bank of Baroda.
(We said this on September 7, 2012)

S S Mundra soon be CMD, Indian Bank
S S Mundra will soon be elevated as Chairman & Managing Director of the Indian Bank. Presently, he is Executive Director with the Union Bank of India.
(We said this on September 7, 2012)

FM to meet Banks' CMDs' today
Finance Minister P Chidambaram will be meeting CMDs of Public sector banks on November 15, 2012. He will mainly discuss with them banking and economic scenario.

Sheila Dixit wins battle
In the case of D M Spolia, Delhi CM, Mrs Sheila Dixit has won the battle. The MHA was determined to send 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Spolia to Arunachal Pradesh as Chief Secretary but Delhi CM Mrs Dixit had put her foot down for not relieving Spolia. And finally, Spolia was not relieved for Arunachal Pradesh.

Deputation tenure of Neena Singh extended
Deputation tenure of Ms Neena Singh Pandey as CVO in Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Mumbai, has been extended for a period of two years beyond upto JUNE 21, 2014. She is a 1988 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Garg is EDPG to MoS Railways
Mahesh Kumar Garg has joined as EDPG to Minister of State of Railways, K Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy. He was also EDPG to K H Muniyappa, Minster of State for Railways.

New book of Guruprasad
34th Kannada book written by 1976 batch retired IPS officer D V Guruprasad has been released by the Karnataka CM .The name of the book in Kannada is "Bharatada Indina Police Vyavasthe" (Today's Police system in India). He has also written eight books in English.

Two posts of Appraiser vacant at DG, C&EC, Mumbai
Two posts of Appraiser are lying vacant in Directorate General of Systems & Data Management of Customs & Central Excise, Mumbai. Those willing to apply can send their applications to this Directorate General at the earliest.

Jawad Hasan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Jawad Hasan has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh.

NSIC -Techmart India 2012 inaugurated by Minister, MSME (UPDATED)
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) Techmart India 2012 was inaugurated by K H Muniyappa, Minister of State with Independent Charge, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, in the presence of Vivek Rae , Secretary, MSME, and Dr. H P Kumar, CMD, NSIC . Also present on the occasion were Amarendra Sinha, AS &DC (MSME), Ravindra Nath, Director (Fin) and P Udayakumar, Director (P&M) NSIC. The exhibition is divided into several segments like machine and machine tools, Light Engineering, mechanical products, electrical & electronics, institution, leather products, auto components, health care, information technology, rubber products, building materials & general products and gives the MSME units an opportunity to enhance their marketing efforts & technology transfer under one roof. More than 426 participants from all over India are participating in Techmart India 2012, Out of these are 34 entrepreneurs are fromthe North Eastern States, 31 are Women Entrepreneurs and 17 entrepreneurs belonging to SC/ST Category. During Techmart India 2012,with a view to encourage young people, entrepreneurs, Micro& Small enterprises to set up new projects, expand their business & export .Low Cost and Employment generation oriented Technologies are on Display and giving live demonstration like Food Processing machine ,Packaging machine ,Silver Extraction Plant ,Pulvriser-Micro Machine extraction & equipments, Bio Technology /Products, Welding Machine, Paper Cup Making machine,Hydraulic Presses (Hand & Power operated),Finishing machine, Surface Grinder machine, Diesel fuel pump test bunches & CRDI testing, Bakery plant, Mini Sugar Mill plant,Gem & Jewellery making machine, Industrial Oven, etc. The Industrial Products on display includes, Packing material, Rubber, Plastic & Auto components, Water purifier, water treatment plant, Industrial Publication, Analog & digital panel meters, current transformers, test terminal blocks, Corrugated packing printed, Sand & slate stone tiles, Steel Doors,Hose assemblies & fittings, Screw, bolt & components, Security holograms, Power cables, parts & accessories, UPS, Invertor, stabilizers, solar, batteries, Solar Street lighting, batteries, Lantern, CFL & filing products, Lights, Fans, Geyser, Solar Light, Air water heater, oil cooler, etc.

Antony to inaugurate HAL's strategic electronics factory on Nov 17 (UPDATED)
Defence Minister, A K Antony will inaugurate Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd's Strategic Electronics Factory at Kasaragod (Kerala) on November 17, 2012. Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala will inaugurate the production facilities at the same function. This factory will produce advanced avionics for Aircraft and Helicopters. "Avionics plays a major role in functioning of modern aircraft and contributes significantly to the value of an aircraft/ helicopter. Considering huge potential of Avionics systems in the coming years, a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for a variety of Avionics has been established at Kasaragod. This would result in better operational effectiveness and improved customer satisfaction", says R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. Based on the initiative of the Kerala Government in providing assistance to industries to set up their plants in the state, Kasaragod was short listed on the availability of adequate land, power, water and better logistic facilities. Kerala Government allotted 196 acres of land for setting up the new unit. The foundation stone for the construction of the factory buildings was laid by Antony on August 23, 2008. The first phase of this factory has been setup at the cost of Rs. 66 crores. At present, seven buildings are dedicated for various activities like production, administration, technical services, materials management, security, medical, canteen and for Government Agencies (Air Force and DGAQA). A sub-station has also been set-up. All these building have come-up in an area of 4250 sq. meters. Other facilities like underground water tank, overhead water tank, vehicle parking sheds, scrap yards, guard room, pump house, crèche etc. have also been created. The factory is fully operational. Presently the production of Airborne Special Purpose Computers like Mission computer, Display Processor, Radar Computers, Open Architect Mission computer etc. for SU-30, LCA, MiG-27 upgrade have been taken up at this factory. This factory will be further expanded in phase-II to undertake the manufacture of Avionics for medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) like Automatic Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar, Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite, Communication and Navigation equipments besides other indigenous projects like Softnet Defined Radio, Interrogate Friend-Foe (IFF) Mark-XII etc. The facilities and expertise acquired at this factory for advanced avionics of MMRCA would be used for various upcoming projects like Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), Multirole Transport Aircraft (MTA), Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), Medium Lift Helicopter (MLH), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) etc. Thus, the workload of this factory is slated for considerable increase in coming years. The required manpower has been trained and positioned for carrying out production. There will be need for substantial augmentation in manpower in phase-II due to number of projects planned including MMRCA. The expansion of this factory will also lead to growth of ancillary industries which in-turn will generate secondary employment opportunities and enhance skill-set in this area.

P K Mohanty empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Prashant Kumar Mohanty has been empanelled as Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

L V Nagarajan empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
L V Nagarajan has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Nilanjan Sanyal empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Nilanjan Sanyal has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Jugul Kishore empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Jugul Kishore been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Ravindra Singh empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ravindra Singh has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

G Mohan empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
G Mohan Kumar been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Vinay Sheel Oberoi empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Vinay Sheel Oberoi has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

V Somasundaran empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
V Somasundaran has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

Vandana Kumar empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Vandana Kumar has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on August 31, 2012)

B K Dev Varma empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
B K Dev Varma has been empanelled as Secretary in Government of India .she is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

1979 batch IAS officer empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Kusum Jit Sidhu has been empanelled as Additional Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Surjit Kumar Chaudhary empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Surjit Kumar Chaudhary has been empanelled as Additional Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Jagan Nath Chamber empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Jagan Nath Chamber has been empanelled as Additional Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Yogesh Kumar empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Yogesh Kumar has been empanelled as Additional Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Dhanbir Singh Bains empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Dhanbir Singh Bains has been empanelled as Additional Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ajay Maken inaugurates HUDCO Build Tech-2012 (UPDATED)
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ajay Maken inaugurated HUDCO Build Tech - 2012 at India International Trade Fair (IITF) displayed in Hall No. 3 on November 14, 2012. In this exposition, an attempt has been made to showcase a grand display of Cost Effective & Sustainable, Innovative and Environment Friendly Building Material, Technologies and Services, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Interiors, Government of India Programmes etc. Building material manufacturers including developers besides BMTPC, Sulabh International etc. are also participating. The activities of the companies from real estate and housing finance would also be projected. HUDCO Build Tech has always earned a tremendous response from National and International visitors including professionals from diversified fields like Architecture, Interior Designers, Builders, Contractors, Civil Engineers and Consultants from various fields. Moreover, trade delegations from abroad; captains of the industry, Chief Executives of Organisations, opinion makers, Technocrats, Government Officials would also grace the show. This year, there would be a magnificent display of a striking combination of cost effective and environment friendly building materials and Technologies, by way of display by various Building Centres and Hindustan Prefab Ltd., Outside Hall No. 3.

V Sadagopan selected as MD (Helicopter Complex), HAL (UPDATED)
V Sadagopan, GM, HAL, has been selected for the post of Managing Director (Helicopter Complex), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 15, 2012. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Pratip Chaudhuri inducted in Panel
Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman, State Bank of India, , has been inducted in Panel set up by Government of India to suggest ways to improve business in Country.

Rama Vedashree inducted in High Level Committee of RBI
Rama Vedashree 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 appointed Director (Technical), Petronet LNG Ltd
Rajender Singh has been appointed as Director (Technical) of Petronet LNG Ltd.

Kulkarni appointed Independent Director, Bil Energy Systems Ltd
Bil Energy Systems Ltd has appointed Vasudeo Kulkarni as Non- Executive Independent Director of the company.

Lakshmi appointed Company Secy., Tera Software Ltd
Tera Software Ltd has appointed M Sri Lakshmi as Company Secretary of the company.

Singh appointed Director (Sales & Mktg.), Kempinski Ambience Hotel, Delhi
Kempinski Ambience Hotel, Delhi has appointed Aditya Singh as Director (Sales & Marketing)

Mohapatra appointed Addl. Director, Runeecha Textiles Ltd
S B Mohapatra, former Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India has appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Directors of Runeecha Textiles Ltd .

Prasad quits Independent Director, XL Energy Ltd
N Prasad has resigned as Independent Director of XL Energy Ltd.

Khanna appointed Chairman, ICCA
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has appointed Jaideep Khanna as General Manager (Sales, Marketing & Distribution, Hyderabad (International Convention Centre) as its new Chairman.

Oberoi appointed Secretary, ICCA
Kalpana Oberoi, General Manager, Kuoni Destination Management India has been appointed as Secretary of International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).

Sohi appointed Addl. Director, Nahar Capital and Financial Services Ltd
Nahar Capital and Financial Services Ltd has appointed Dr Amrik Singh Sohi as Additional Director of the company.

Jairath ceases to be Non official Director, BHEL
V K Jairath, Part-time Non-official Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has ceased to be on the Board of Directors of the company on completion of his tenure.

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Misleading comparison

The statement that USA has a diplomatic corps of 20,000 as against India's IFS strength of 775 is highly misleading and ill-informed because the entire 20000 are not diplomats but includes other subsidiary and supporting staff; otherwise with only 100-odd major countries in the world a diplomat-strength of 20,000 will mean 200 'diplomats' for each country! India also has an IFS-B and other subsidiary services as also officers drawn from various other cadres
like RAW, IPS, IRS, etc manning the missions abroad.

C K Najib

Views on expansion of Indian Foreign Service cadre

The suggestions are excellent and good for the IFS.

Gauri Mehta

I would suggest that the academicians teaching international relations in universities must also be allowed to appear in the examination proposed to be conducted by the UPSC.

Dr Veena Aggarwal, D/Pol Science& Int Affairs
Agra University

The action for saving government money has to percolate from top to the bottom. First the Ministers/Executive should reduce corruption and their expenditure on excess perks & facilities having bearing on Government exchequer. Automatically a lot of money of the country will be save.

A Srivastava

Expansion of Indian Foreign Service cadre needed the column by A K Saxena contains practical suggestions for the IFS for consideration of the Central government.

Mohammed Ayub, Bangaluru

Why Ms Khosla is shying away from naming the Railway Board Member and his cronies. At least naming such persons will make others not to take such unilateral decisions.
Bosidini