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POLITICS

Jogi to be Governor Rajasthan ?
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi is likely to be appointed Rajasthan Governor.

Margaret Alva to join active politics ?
Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva is likely to join active politics. Will she go to Karnataka ?

AICC reshuffle soon
After the constitution of the Rajnath Singh's team, it is expected that the team of Rahul Gandhi in the AICC may be announced soon.

BUREAUCRACY

S C Sinha to be NHRC Member?
Suspense over the appointment of Member of National Human Rights Commission seems to be over. The Government is reportedly going to assert its executive supremacy by appointing NIA Chief S C Sinha as Member of the NHRC. Sinha is 1975 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Prakash Mishra was first choice of GoI for NIA
Orissa DGP Prakash Mishra was the first choice of the Government of India (GoI) for the post of NIA Chief. The Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, however, refused to return his services to the GoI. Mishra is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Will Salim Ali be new DG, NIA?
After the refusal of Prakash Mishra, DGP, Odisha, to take over as DG of NIA the uncertainty and speculations have been going hand-in-hand. The fresh buzz seems to make the picture clearer suggesting brighter prospects for Salim Ali to make it as new DG of NIA. Salim, Special Director CBI, is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Now suspense over appointment of Sanjeev Tripathi ?
Infact, name of former R&AW Chief, Sanjeev Tripathi, was also in circulation for the post of Member NHRC. Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley reportedly did not agree and expressed reservations about giving the NHRC post to retired bureaucrats and police personnel. Now suspense is there over the next appointment of Sanjeev Tripathi.

Farooqui is new Telecom Secretary
M F Farooqui has succeeded Rentala Chandrasekhar as new Telecom Secretary on Monday . 1978 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer Farooqui was earlier Secretary Heavy Industries. Chandrasekhar, 1975 batch AP cadre IAS officer has retired on March 31.
(We said this on March 22 )

Sutanu Behuria is new Secretary, Heavy Industries
Sutanu Behuria has taken over as Secretary, Heavy Industries. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on March 25)

Who will be new Secretary, Minority Affairs ?
Who will succeed Sutanu Behuria as Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India ? Names of two 1979 batch IAS officers Afzal Amanullah and Siraj Hussain have reportedly been suggested. Picture is however not clear.

Goyal is poised to join Dept. of IT as Joint Secretary
As the grapevine it R K Goyal, Principal Resident Commissioner of J&K in Delhi is may join Department of Information & Technology as Joint Secretary. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Who will be Member (P &V) in CBDT ?
Who will succeed S S Rana as Member (P&V) in the CBDT ? Tie is said to be between Sudha Sharma and R K Tiwari.

Dr Parvinder Sohi Behuria may not join as Member CBDT today ?
Dr Parvinder Sohi Behuria, Secretary - Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), is now unlikely to take charge as Member of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on April 1, 2013 due to a Judicial stay in Ahmedabad on her appointment. She is a 1977 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax.

List of CIT and CCIT either today or next week ?
Much awaited transfer and posting list of Commissioners of Income Tax and Chief Commissioners of Income tax is likely to be issued either on Monday or next week.

Who will be next Chairman of TDSAT ?
The retirement of Justice Aftab Alam this month may give Supreme Court and Government a way out for the appointment of the next Chairman of TDSAT. The all important Tribunal for Telecom and Broadcasting has been headless and Memberless for some time causing important cases to be delayed.

Arvind Kumar to be IG in ITBP
Arvind Kumar is all set to join the ITBP as IG this month. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Gupta joins SPG
Munna Prasad Gupta has joined the Special Protection Group (SPG). He is 1995 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Anurag Kumar joins NIA
Anurag Kumar has joined the National Investigative Agency (NIA). He is 2004 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Kumar hails from Uttarakhand.

J.N. Singh, NHAI Member (Finance) repatriates
Jagdip Narayan Singh, Member (Finance) NHAI, completes the term of seven years under central deputation on 31st March and is back to his cadre state of Gujarat. He would complete his in March this year. Singh, 1983 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, is serving as Member (Finance) NHAI with additional charge of Member (Admin.)

Chandra to take charge as Member (Finance) NHAI on April 02
As the grapevine has it Satish Chandra, appointed as Member (Finance), NHAI, would take charge April 02. He succeeds J N Singh who is back to his cadre state (Gujarat) after completing seven years term under central deputation. Prior to this assignment Chandra had been serving as Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Punjab. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Narendra Kumar to take charge as NHAI, Member (Admin) today
Moving on under central deputation Naredndra Kumar would take charge as Member (Admin.), NHAI today. Until now the department was under the charge of J N Singh, NHAI, Member (Finance) who has repatriated to cadre state (Gujarat) w.e.f. 1st April. Prior to this assignment Narendra, 1988 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, was Secretary, General Administrative Department, Delhi Govt.

Sanjay Singh to retire this month end
Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs Sanjay Singh is retiring on April 30,

A K Singh to be Principal Secretary, GTA
Jalpaigudi Divisional Commissioner A K Singh is being tipped to be Principal Secretary GTA. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Suresh K. Makhijani gets extension as DHC
Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, Suresh K Makhijani has been granted Extension till his superannuation.

Importance of CBI !
Considering the clout, CBI has gained over the past few years, the 'At Home' on the CBI Day on April 2, at the Director's residence at Janpath, is seeing a clamour for invites. With only the Delhi's top Political and Bureaucratic brass being invited, some of the high profilers are desperate to be seen at this 'At Home'.

Posting of two dozen DRMs this month
Posting of about two dozen DRMs is expected to be made this month end. List is being prepared.

Applications for Director (Finance) in HCL invited
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Copper Limited ( HCL), that fell vacant on March 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 2, 2013.

Applications for CMD, ONGC Limited invited
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of CMD, ONGC Ltd falling vacant on March 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 20, 2013

Why orders of Arvind Bhatnagar delayed?
Why the orders of Arvind Bhatnagar ED, CONCOR, for the appointment of Director (Domestic Division), CONCOR, are being delayed? Meanwhile, he has been transferred to New Delhi from Mumbai. Bhatnagar was selected for the post in July, 2012.

File of K M Prasad forwarded to ACC
The file of K M Prasad, GM, KAPL, for the appointment as Managing Director, Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (KAPL) has been forwarded to Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for final approval. The orders of appointment are expected to be issued in next couple of weeks.

Ms Gauri Karol deputed as Director, DIPP in GoI
Ms Gauri Karol, Director (Reports), in the office of Director General of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, Delhi, has been posted as Director, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

Six officers of Uttarakhand State Service awarded IAS cadre
As many as six officers of Uttarakhand State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancy of 2011. They are Ashok Kumar, Bhupal Singh Manral, Vinay Shankar Pandey, Dependra Chaudhary, Surendra Narayan Pandey and Vinod Kumar Suman.

Three 1987 batch IFS officers empanelled as JS in GoI
Three 1987 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers of Assam-Meghalaya cadre have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. They are Mrs Alka Bhargava, Dr Amit Sahai and T V Reddy.

Santosh Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Santosh Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India (GoI). He is an Indian Defence Account Service (IDAS) officer of 1990 batch.

Arvind Sinha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Arvind Sinha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1982 batch.

Navin Agarwal likely to join central deputation
Navin Agarwal is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Major reshuffle of ASP & DSP rank officers in Bihar on anvil
Second major reshuffle in ASP & DSP rank officers is slated in Bihar. Reportedly, as many as hundred officers may be transferred and posted in a couple of days.

Shambhu Singh gets re-employment in UP
Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shambhu Singh has been given re-employment after his retirement.

Justice Sharma is Judge of HP High Court
Additional Judge Justice Rajiv Sharma has been sworn in as the Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

R S Sharma is new Chief Secretary Jharkhand
R S Sharma has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

(We said this on March 22, 2013)

Bureaucratic changes in MP likely
Bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Madhya Pradesh in a couple of days.

HAL achieves new highs, registers record patents (UPDATED)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) achieved a new financial high with a turnover of Rs 14,316 crores in the financial year 2012-13(provisional figures). The profit before tax for the FY 2012-13 stands at Rs. 3,471 crores. The company has declared an interim dividend to the tune of Rs. 823 crores, 683% of equity base of Rs 120.50 crores for the financial year. The performance is expected to earn the Company, the 'Excellent' score under the MoU with Government of India for the year. "We strive to live up to the expectations of our stakeholders", says Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman HAL. The company's return on shareholders' investment is impressive, comparable to some of the best companies anywhere, he added. The defence major, being a technology driven company continues its thrust on R&D, by incurring Rs.1749 crores, 12% of its turnover towards it. The company filed a record 32 patents in 2012-13 to reinforce and protect its intellectual property developed at large investment. The year witnessed landmark events such as handing over of the first weaponized Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) "Rudra" to Indian Army, export of Cheetah helicopters to Republic of Surinam and Do-228 light transport aircraft to Seychelles and the first flight of Jaguar DARIN-III upgrade and LCA Naval prototypes. The last of the limited series production LCA took to skies this year. Backed with long experience of being with military aviation and extensive infrastructure, HAL plans to foray into civil segment which is forecast to have promising growth. Separate operations are planned to handle civil segment including suitable partnerships with private Indian industries and foreign operators. The company aims to achieve business excellence while pursuing its mandate of nation building. It has plans to add capacity to handle the future programs like Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA), Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA), Multi-role Transport Aircraft (MTA), Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and Light Utility Helicopter (LUH). The LUH has gone past the design phase with successful realization of the Ground Test Vehicle, MTA has entered the conceptual design phase and the FGFA will be entering the detail design stage, all encouraging signs for the future of aerospace in India. During the year HAL focus areas included building partnerships and relationships -be it with employees, shareholders, customers, value chain & business partners, industry leaders, academic institutions or the government as industry regulator.

Anoop Kumar Mittal is new CMD, NBCC (UPDATED)

Anoop Kumar Mittal has taken over as the Chairman & Managing Director of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), a schedule ‘A’ Mini Ratna public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, on April 1, 2013. Before taking over the charge of Chairman and Managing Director, Mittal was Director (Projects) in the company. Mittal holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. He has expertise in environmental, mass housing and large value projects. His knowledge and expertise in the field is manifested by many landmark projects he has undertaken and successfully executed.

(We said this on November 1, 2012)

Three IPS officers get fresh assignments in CG (UPDATED)
Girdhari Nayak, ADGP, Jail Reforms Services, has been assigned an additional charge of Chhattisgarh Nagar Sena and Home Guard while T J Longkumer, will now be IG, Sarguja range and M M Tomar was made IG, Chhattisgarh Armed Force/Naxal Operation, PHQ, Raipur.

IAS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
There is IAS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh.New postings are Mssrs Ajay Singh APC. MK Raut Principal Secretary Health and Urban Affairs,Baijendra Kumar Additional charge Principal Secretary Commerce and Indsurties, B K Srivastava School Education,K Pisda GAD and Revenue, B L Agrawal Higher Education,R C Sinha Dharmasva,R S Vishwakarma Excise and Commercial Taxes and G S Mishra PHED.

Two IRS-IT officers get additional charge (UPDATED)
Gopal Mukherjee, DGIT (Inv), Kolkata has been assigned an additional charge f DGIT (Inv), Patna while Jaspal Singh, CCIT, Chandigarh is given an dditional charge of CCIT, Amritsar.

Two IRS-IT officers retire (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT), N P Bhagat, GIT (Inv), Patna and K S Pathania, CCIT, Amritsar, have retired.

M D Jamshed posted as COM, Northern Railway (UPDATED)
M D Jamshed, HAG/IRTS, working at present as SDGM/NR, has been posted as OM on Northern Railway itself.

Shiv Kumar Chowdhari, SDGM, NR, retires (UPDATED)
Shiv Kumar Chowdhari, HAG/IRTS, SDGM, Northern Railway, has retired on March 31, 2013.

M K Sharma is also PS, Revenue, Sainik Welfare in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Mukesh Kumar Sharma has been assigned additional charge of Principal Secretary, Revenue, Sainik Welfare and Religious Places in Rajasthan. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer.

M P High Court gets four new Judges (UPDATED)
As many as four Justices namely Subhash Kakade, B D Rathee, R K Mudgal and D K Paliwal have been sworn-in as new Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
(We said this on October 12, 2012)

A M Khanwilkar to be Chief Justice, HP HC (UPDATED)
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar, Judge of Bombay High Court, is being appointed as Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court.

CORPORATE

SAIL Chief C S Verma elected Chairman of SCOPE
The Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) C S Verma has been elected as the Chairman of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) - the apex body of Central Government owned Public Enterprises. The bi-annual elections for Chairman, Vice Chairman and Members of the SCOPE Executive Board were conducted recently in the presence of representatives from member PSEs. Chandra Shekhar Verma who would be completing three years as Chairman of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) in June, this year, is also Chairman of International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL) - a Joint Venture of five leading Public Sector Enterprises viz. SAIL, CIL, RINL, NMDC & NTPC formed for acquisition of coal assets in overseas territories. With Verma at its helm and his vast knowledge and experience in support, SAIL is poised to attain greater heights.

Vinod Kumar Mehta is part time non-official Director, BEL
Lt. Gen. (Retd) Vinod Kumar Mehta, Ex-Director General of quality assurance, Ministry of Defense, has been appointed as part time non-official Director of Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) for a period of three years with effect from March 26, 2013.

Vasireddi re-appointed MD, Vimta Labs Ltd
Vimta Labs Ltd has re-appointed Dr. Sivalinga Prasad Vasireddi as Managing Director of the company.

Mittal appointed President, ICC India
Rajan Bharti Mittal had been appointed as President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in India.

Kachru elevated as Chairman, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in South Asia
K B Kachru has been elevated as Chairman of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group in South Asia

Desai appointed Partner , Mindshare Consulting
Rajit Desai had been appointed as Partner, Mindshare Consulting

Crawdford appointed Addl. Director, Indian Hotels Company Ltd
Indian Hotels Company Ltd has appointed Guy Lindsay Macintyre Crawdford as an Additional Independent Director of the company w.e.f. March 27, 2013

Aggarwal resigns as Director, Modern Steels Ltd
Partap K. Aggarwal has resigned as Director of Modern Steels Ltd with immediate effect

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Argument is baseless

The argument that SC/ST candidates join Civil Services late and that is why they cannot reach Secretary level is baseless. If you go through Civil List, you will find there are SC/ST officers who joined Civil Services at 21 and certainly below 25 also but unfortunately these candidates were not promoted above Joint Secretary and upto JS level also they had to file cases in CAT which ordered the department concerned to promote them. One can find in media archives that one Civil servant who reached to the highest position in India was promoted to Secretary-level only after personal intervention of the then PM. However, this officer was an internationally acclaimed personality. It is a long list of sufferers but posting names would not be proper on this forum. Kindly revisit the Civil List to correct the facts.

Singh R K

Fooling their own community

SC/ST/OBC's claim are more to create hype and taking advantage of our present political scenario. The much said discrimination is now only on societal factors, and not in govt. sectors that too at Class I jobs. It is only the petty mindset of intellectual community within them. Despite all their claims of discriminations, is there any one in crores of them, who has ever raised this issue that after class I or so, the benefit should be given to the most deprived among them. After all why they would want, they are gradually become elite class unto themselves, capturing both political and bureaucratic powers and need poor, downtrodden SCs/STs/OBCs to fool them and vote for them. Is there any a righteous person in SC/ST/OBC who shall speak for them. All these elite class create hype on their rights but what about their duties. Most of them, even do not identify with their own community and lose touch of them, instead of helping them. All these class I officers/MPs/MLAs should mandatorily serve them in their respective fields out of the box of their official duties, instead of harping on getting more and more for them. Indian constitution have done enough for them, and these intellectual class in them now should help the poorest among them. They are fooling the system, public and their own community by raising such random issues of discrimination which happen all around to every community. Is their any SC/ST/OBC leaders who said- I do not need preference, even the richest MPs have not done so far.

Bobby Kapoor

It has nothing to do with merit

That SC/ST category officers are not to be found at Secretary level has nothing to do with merit. Rather, the late age of entry of direct recruit SC/ST candidates in the IAS does not leave them with enough time to reach the apex scale. Wherever SC/ST candidates have entered service at an early age, they have made it to Secretary level. This talk of discrimination against SC/ST candidates to prevent them from reaching the Secretary level is nothing but a bogey.

Indra

Reservation is most welcome

But there are so many people give fake certificates and misuse. There is no proper mechanism in place to check this. Moreover, the Tax Payers' Money is utilised not only give free education to certain reserved categories, but also free meals. But, how many of them remain loyal to the country. Most of them flee away and settle abroad and never come back. There are so many officers belonging to these so called reserved categories indulging in corrupt practices. So Let us not talk about reservation after certain levels. Only Honesty, Integrity and Loyalty should be the parameters for top level postings.

Siva Kumar