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Reshuffle and appointment of Governors this month ?
Reshuffle and appointment of new Governors is expected to be made in a week or two.

Krishna to move back to Karnataka ?
It is heard that SM Krishna is likely to move back to Karnataka where he will concentrate on building the Congress. However many say that it was SM Krishna who was responsible for the drubbing of the party in 2004 election in the state .Will he be able to change the fortunes of Congress this time and give a tough fight to the BJP and JD (S) ?

Net profit of PNB drops
There has been 11.6 per cent drop in net profit to Rs 1,065 crore in Punjab National Banking the September quarters. K R Kamath is the Chairman of the PNB.

Is industry playing a wait and watch game ?
The industry is playing a wait and watch game as it is not able to fathom which way the policy decisions will be taken.

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

BUREAUCRACY

Over two dozen 1979 batch IAS officers empanelled
Over two dozen 1979 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Empanelment meeting reportedly took place on Wednesday.

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

Suhas Banerjee was CGDA for a day
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
Arunava Dutt has been appointed as new Controller General of Defence Defence Accounts (CGDA). Dutta is an IDAS officer of 1978 batch.

A K Mittal selected as CMD, NBCC
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.

Same panel for Finance Commission
According to reliable sources from the North Block, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has recommended the same panel suggested by the former Finance Minister except one change for the 14th Finance Commission.

Will Srivastava move as Secretary, Land Resources ?
Name of B B Srivastava is now doing the round for the post Secretary Land Resources in the Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Two 1982 batch IAS officers waiting
Two 1982 batch IAS officers in the Government of India are still waiting in the wings to get posting to the rank of Additional Secretary.

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

Rakesh Misra is Director General, CPWD
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).

Khatua is also Ambassador, Republic of Paraguay
Amarendra Khatua, presently Ambassador of India to the Argentine Republic, has been concurrently accredited as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Paraguay, with residence in Buenos Aires.

Tomar appointed Ambassador to Brazil
Ashok Tomar , Special Secretary at Headquarters has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
(We said this on October 26, 2012)

Pandey appointed JS, Commerce
Sudhanshu Pandey has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce. He is a1987 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
(We said this on October 15, 2012)

Kahlon is new Chairman, Kolkata Port Trust
Rajpal Singh Kahlon is joining as Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Subrata Gupta relieved for Jute Commissioner
Subrata Gupta has been relieved by the West Bengal Government to join as Jute Commissioner in Kolkata. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on September 19, 2012)

Kuldeep Singh to be Member , TDSAT
Kuldeep Singh an officer of the Indian Telecom Service and former CMD of MTNL has been selected for appointment as Member of TDSAT.

Justice Sinha to demit charge today
Justice SB Sinha, former judge of Supreme Court and presently Chairman of TDSAT will demit charge on the November 2, 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.

Pandey to move to Lucknow
IG Operations CRPF in Jharkhand D K Pandey has been moved to Lucknow. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

D K Singh moves to Sharad Pawar's staff
D K Singh is back to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's staff from the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Rao to replace Pandey
M V Rao is going to replace D K Pandey as IG Operations in Jharkhand

Property return of all employees of CCI is now available
With a view to further improve transparency and accountability about its employees, B K Mishra, Chairman cum Managing Director hosted the details of Property Return of each and every employee of CCI on the official website (www.cotcorp.gov.in) on 22nd October, 2012. He was accompanied by DC Sagar, IPS, Chief Vigilance Officer in its inauguration. B K Mishra, CMD, CCI acknowledged the pioneering and innovative work done by CVO in this matter. The Vigilance Section and IT Section of CCI had worked hard for the successful compilation and collation of Property Return of CCI personnel. The display of Property
Return on the official website of CCI reiterates the organizational commitment for ensuring transparency and accountability concerning its employees. BK Mishra, Chairman cum Managing Director inaugurated this pioneering feature of CCI website on the occasion of Branch Managers' Conference being held at Head Office of Cotton Corporation India, at Navi Mumbai on 22nd October, 2012. D C Sagar, IPS,CVO, P K Agarwal, Director(Fin), M.M.Chockalingam, Director(Mktg.), U C Jha, Advisor, Dr Rita Kumar,CGM(Mktg.), R C Sarkar, GM(Mktg.), L K Gupta, GM(Fin), Manoj Bajaj, GM(Fin), R K Gupta, GM(HRD), A K Jain, Consultant(Fin), S C Achrekar, Dy GM(Vig), Ajay Kumar, Manager(IT) and other officials of CCI were present on this occasion.

DoPT seeks nod from departments for posting of 1993 batch IAS officers
As the grapevine has it, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in the in the Government of India (GoI) has sought clearance regarding posting of those IAS officers of 1993 batch as Joint Secretaries who were empanelled a few weeks back. Clearance has been sought on the issue that whether or not they would take such IAS officers of 1993 batch on Joint Secretaries post in their department on arising of a vacancy or an existing vacancy. Likewise clearance has also been sought about those empanelled IAS officers of the said batch who were presently serving as private secretaries (PSs) to certain Ministers at the Centre. It was important because in GoI it has been followed quite religiously in UPA -II that bureaucrats who are elevated as Joint Secretaries will not be allowed to continue in staff of Ministers as PSs.

Asit Singh is PS to R P N Singh
Asit Singh has been appointed as Private Secretary to R P N Singh, Minister of State, Home. He is a 1990 batch IRS officer.

Neeraj Gupta joins GoI
Neeraj Gupta has joined the Government of India on deputation as Principal of the Central Training Institute in Gaziabad. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

IRS officer to return to cadre
Anita Gupta who is presently posted in the Central Information Commission is reportedly returning to the parent IRS (IT).

107 IRS-Customs officers deputed Exp. Observers for Gujarat, HP polls
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.

Technical resignation of IPS officer accepted
President has accepted the technical resignation of Kaushal Kumar, Probationer IPS officer, 2011 batch, who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.

Pradeep Agrawal is now CMD of Ventura Air Connect
Pradeep Agrawal is now Chairman cum Managing Director of the Ventura Air Connect.

Air India Headquarter to be shifted to Delhi
Headquarters of the Air India is likely to be shifted to Delhi. Only formal announcement is to be made.

Nandita Chatterjee is poised to join UNDP project in Kabul?
Whisper in the corridors of power is that Nandita Chatterjee would move soon to Kabul for UNDP Project in Afghanistan. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

S K Kulshreshtha CSO, Western Railway, elevated
S K Kulshreshtha, Chief Safety Officer (CSO), Western Railway, on promotion has been posted as Chief Administrative Officer (Construction)-II in North Frontier Railway, Guwahati.

Sarma is also Nodal Officer for Odisha
G V Venugopala Sarma, Joint Secretary (Foreigner), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has also been assigned additional charge of Nodal officer for implementation of the various programme/schemes undertaken by MHA in Odisha State. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Justice Sengupta moves to Uttarakhand
Justice K J Sengupta of the Calcutta High Court has moved to the Uttarakhand High Court as senior Judge.
(We said this on October 22, 2012)

Bhati is JD, SC Zone, CBI
R S Bhatti has joined as Joint Director, SC Zone, Central Bureau of Investigation, (CBI), New Delhi. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Prahraj is now Chairman in Orissa
Former DGP of Orissa M M Prahraj has taken over as Chairman of the Subordinate Staff Selection Commission. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on September 13, 2012 )

Prabhakant deputed as ED, NYKS
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Prabhakant, presently Additional CIT, New Delhi, has been deputed as Executive Director in Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

CBDT seeks applications for Under Secretary
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is seeking applications from the IRS-IT officers for the post of Under Secretary. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the CBDT at the earliest.

Sahani re-appointed Chairman of Pollution Control Board in Maharashtra
Former IAS officer J S Sahani has been re-appointed Chairman of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).

N C Marwah is Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (UPDATED)
Lt Gen Naresh Chandra Marwah has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) from Vice Admiral SPS Cheema.

Ashish Kumar Chauhan is new MD-CEO - BSE (UPDATED)
Ashish Kumar Chauhan who so far was serving as an interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on his appointment as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE),has assumed charge.It may be stated here that Chauhan had joined BSE as Deputy CEO in 2009. The slot of BSE chief was vacant ever since Madhu Kanan had quit BSE to join the Tata Group of Industries as Head of Group Business Development.

IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra soon (UPDATED)
IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra in a couple of days. New Police Commissioner will be posted in Nagpur.

National Poplar Commission meet concludes (UPDATED)
Dr V.K. Bahuguna, Director General, ICFRE -cum- Chairman, National Poplar Commission (NPC) of India, on Friday advocated the inclusion of other short rotation species in addition to Poplar and Willow like Melia dubia, Casuarina Acacia nilotica, Rubber wood and others for upliftment of livelihood, for mitigating the demand supply gap and poverty alleviation. Chairing the meeting of the NPC on the 3rd day of 24th Session of the IPC 2012 meeting of the National Poplar Commission, Dr. Bahuguna also stressed upon providing ecological, environmental and social services. The NPC also 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 Technical sessions under different themes listed by International Poplar Commission at different venues, election of new executive committee, meetings of different working parties and poster sessions on different themes of IPC by different partner countries were also held on the occassion. The session of IPC was attended by the researchers, scientists, farmers, foresters, NGOs and representatives from the Plywood industries. Dr. Walter Kollert, Secretary, IPC- FAO and Dr. Stefano Bisoffi, outgoing Chairman of IPC-FAO appreciated the commendable contribution made by the Organising Committee of the ICFRE and FRI under the leadership of Dr. Bahuguna and Dr. P.P. Bhojvaid, Director Forest Research Institute supported by a large team of Scientist, Technician and volunteers.

14 IAS officers of 1992 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1992 batch belonging to various cadres have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Koothati Gopal and M Raja Ram of Tamil Nadu cadre; Jaspal Singh and Raminder Singh of Punjab; A Subbiah of West Bengal; Arun Kumar Gupta and D P Nagpal of Haryana cadre; Vijay Kumar and Tajom Taloha of UT cadre; A K Pande and Pankaj Agarwal of Madhya Pradesh; Milind Jayant Mhaiskar of Maharashtra; Anand Bardhan of Uttarakhand and Abhay Kumar of Rajasthan cadre.

Biswas is Director (Personnel) THDC (UPDATED)
S K Biswas has taken over as Director (Personnel) of THDC India Limited, a public-sector hydropower producer.

Ms Kavita Pandey is also CIT (OSD), DTC, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ms Kavita Pandey presently CIT (Media Coordinator), CBDT, has been assigned an additional charge of CIT (OSD), DTC, Delhi.


Mrs Anita Gupta and Susan D Goerge posted OSD, CCIT, Delhi (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT), Mrs Anita Gupta, Commissioner of Income Tax, and Mrs Susan D George, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, have been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

First lady FC of Indian Railways no more (UPDATED)
First lady Financial Commissioner of Indian Railways, Mrs Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan has passed away at Chennai. She was an IRAS officer of 1967 batch. Viswanathan had occupied all the important positions on Indian Railways and is credited with distinguishing herself in each one of them. Some of the landmarks of her career include the positions of ADRM/MAS, DRM/Mysore, FA&CAO/SR, AGM/SR, AM/Budget, AM/Finance and Financial Commissioner (Railways).

Judges appointed to Gauhati High Court (UPDATED)
Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh have been appointed as Judges of Gauhati High Court.

Sanjay Malhotra is also Secretary, Sci. & Tech in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Sanjay Malhotra has been assigned additional charge of Secretary, Science and Technology in Rajasthan. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

O P Rawat is also Secretary, Heavy Industry (UPDATED)
O P Rawat, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, has been assigned an additional charge of Department of Heavy Industry. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

Das to be Director, Air India
Former Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble India Gurcharan Das is expected to be appointed as independent director of the Air India board.

Goho appointed President of IFB Agro Industries
Indroneel Goho has been appointed President of IFB Agro Industries

Mohta quits Claris Lifesciences
Nikhil Mohta has resigned as Director of Claris Lifesciences.

Shukla has ceased as Director of Monica Electronics
SK Shukla has ceased as Director of Monica Electronics

Murari appointed as Chairman of Aban Offshore
P Murari has been appointed as Chairman of Aban Offshore.

Bajaj quits Bajaj Steel Industries
Hargovind Bajaj has resigned as Director of Bajaj Steel Industries

Gill appointed Director of Nectar Lifesciences
Harprakash Gill has been appointed Director of Nectar Lifesciences.

Prasad quits V Guard industries
PGR Prasad has resigned as Chairman of V Guard industries.

Diwanji appointed as Director of Elecon Engineering company
Jai Diwanji has been appointed as Director of Elecon Engineering company.

Bansal appointed Director of SJVN
RK Bansal has been appointed Director of SJVN.

Goho appointed President & COO, IFB Agro Industries Ltd
Indroneel Goho has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of IFB Agro Industries Ltd .

Sharma quits Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltyd
Ms. Shubhrima Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd .

Chandrasekhar appointed Director (Projects), BGR Energy Systems Ltd
BGR Energy Systems Ltd has appointed K Chandrasekhar as Director ( Projects) of the company.

Dhingra appointed Non Exec. Director, Monica Electronics Ltd
A K Dhingra has been appointed as Non Exec. Director of Monica Electronics Ltd

Hariharan appointed Addl. Director, Crompton Greaves Ltd
B Hariharan has been appointed as an Additional Director of Crompton Greaves Ltd .

Sethi appointed Addl. Director, Alsthom India Ltd
Surya Prakash Sethi has been appointed as an Additional Director of Alsthom India Ltd .

Jain quits Electrosteel Castings Ltd
Jyoti Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of Electrosteel Castings Ltd .

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Black sheep in every service
I see lot of blaming by officers of one service about another. Black sheep is there in every service. I was doing fundamental course at Mussourie after selection in IAS. I had come from Indian Customs and Central Service. One of the probationers who had been allotted IC&CE service came to me and asked how money could be made in that service.I was shocked and did not know how to react. I advised him wait and see it himself as he would soon get positioned. Now a days he is commissioner in an important commissionerate. I do not know how is doing in the service. I hope he is reformed by now. It is also possible that he might be executing his plan meticulously. But good and bad people exist everywhere. You can not paint the entire service within colour. This kind of bickering about services must stop.

Sewa Ram

Ill doing by IPS

Features about ill doing by the IPS is true and they are being correctly reported by whsipersinthecorridors.

Rakesh Sood

Why should the IPS crib about it ?

This establishment is all for the IAS and feels all other Services are children of a lesser God (Foreign Service being the lone exception, which this establishment does not even consider to be a child at all, of even a lesser God), why should the IPS crib about it ?

A K Singh

Appointment of Haryana DGP
Such imbalances of decisions will continue unless effective/judicious state security commissions are created as directed by Supreme Court. I don't mean any disrespect to sri Vashist; My grouse is, systems are tossed about every where and no one is punctilious about rectitude in conduct.

S M Shukla 1965 (retd DGPCG)

LPG misery

One LPG cylinder lasts for 24 days in a family of 4. It is utter disregard to the feelings of others that people put up concocted figures. Why have we lost our sensitivities. Here I find some defending LPG, some defending coalgate, some defending petrol hike. Strange are the ways of world....and what is this cable TV melodrama???.. why burden already overburdened hapless people?? If you want cable quality to improve, this could have been done without burdening aam aadmi.

P K Sharma

LPG, NSSO and the Statistical System

This has reference to Mr. Saxena comments under the caption "Laud Good Work : Reduction in Number of Subsidized Gas Cylinders". Dig deeper. The vacancy at DG level is not the basic problem in the statistical system. The basic problem is systemic change introduced on recommendation of Dr. C. Rangarajan Commission which handed over the command of MOS&PI to a technocrat secretary with the hope that his expertise will be of immense help to the system. Unfortunately, the experience of six years suggests that there is all-round deterioration as reflected by GDP Fiasco, IIPA fiasco, Export-Import Data fiasco, depleting manpower and human resource in the system and above all serious corruption charges against some seniors awaiting promotion to the post of DG and blatant cover-up at the coast of probity in public life. As far as use of LPG per family is concerned, here mean is misleading. One should go for mode which will be at least twice the mean in the case.

Shaktipad Gorai

Result of lack of cooperation

Regarding the comment on NSS data o consumption of cooking gas titled 'Unfortunate': If the figures of cooking gas consumption given by NSSO is low, it is not because NSSO or Government cooked up the figures. It is because of the apathy of the lack of cooperation from the public, especially those in middle and upper income groups in urban areas, who do not even give enough time to NSSO investigators to ask all questions, let alone give correct answers.

K N Unni