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PM won't say "NO" to two Chief Ministers
It is heard in the corridors of power that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh doesn't say "No" for any kind of recommendation to two Chief Ministers Punjab CM Prakash Singh Badal and Assam CM Tarun Gogoi.

Rahul Gandhi to decide 'Sultan" in Karnataka
In the present political scenario Rahul Gandhi is going to decide the "Sultan" in Karnataka after the Vidhan Sabha polls.

Thy name is world !
One Secretary in the Government of India two weeks after his retirement rang up his Under Secretary for some kind of minor favour. The Under Secretary did not pick up the phone. Thy name is world.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Foreign Secretary? (4)Ranjan Mathai to continue
In the PMO, one powerful lobby is in favour of giving one year extension to present Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai. One can only keep fingers crossed. He is a 1974 batch IFS officer.

Subhash Chandra to be CVO, REC ?
Subhash Chandra, Joint Secretary, Defence, is likely to move as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Bharat Bhushan to be new Chief Secretary of Kerala
EK Bharat Bhushan will be new Chief Secretary of Kerala. The 1979 batch IAS officer Bharat Bhushan is presently, Special Secretary, Steel in the Government of India. He will succeed K Jose Cyriac who is retiring on April 30.

Subodh Jain appointed Member (Engineering), Railway Board
Subodh Jain, General Manager of the Central Railways, has been appointed Member (Engineering) in the Railway Board.
(We said this on April 10, 2013)

K S Patro selected as Director (Personnel), ECL
K S Patro, GM, CCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 10, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Justice A K Sikri to be sworn in as Judge, SC on Friday
Orders of Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court for the appointment as Judge of Supreme Court of India have been issued on April 10, 2013.
(We said this on March 20, 2013)

Justice S A Bobde to be sworn in as Judge, SC on Friday
Orders of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court for the appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of India, have been issued on April 10, 2013.
(We said this on March 20, 2013)

Tripathi to join as JS, MSME in GoI
Surendra Nath Tripathi is joining as Joint Secretary in the Department of MSME in the Government of India this week. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Dr Y L P Rao joins as DDG, UIDAI
Dr Y L P Rao, who was appointed as Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), has assumed the charge. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Forest Service of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on January 6, 2013)

Lalit K Panwar assumes charge as Secretary, Minority Affairs
Lalit K Panwar has assumed charge of Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs on April 10, 2013. He replaced Sutanu Behuria (HP:76). Panwar is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. He was holding the charge of Vice Chairman and Managing Director ITDC under the Ministry of Tourism.
(We said this on March 19, 2013)

Who will be CJ in MP HC and P & H HC ?
Who will be new Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court. Guessing game is on the judicial circles.

P K Mohanty to be CS, Andhra Pradesh on May 1
P K Mohanty will take over as Chief Secretary (CS) of Andhra Pradesh on May 1. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Who will be Ombudsman in Insurance Sector?
Several retired IAS, IFS and Judicial officers have appeared for interview for 4 posts of Ombudsman in the Insurance Sector.

Three IPS officers not joining CISF
Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS), who were appointed as Deputy Inspector General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), are not joining the Organisatioin.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle slated in Jharkhand by May; unveiling face & pace?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that a major administrative reshuffle would be carried out in Jharkhand by the first week of May. Reportedly, the reshuffle would set the pace of governance and would unveil the face of face of electoral Assembly elections in the state.

M K Singh, DIG, ITPO, would be stationed at Mountain Driving School, Almorha
M K Singh has been transferred to Mountain Driving School, Almorha. Prior to his new posting he was stationed at Directorate General, Training Zone.

Is this apprehension of Mulayam Singh Yadav ?
It seems Mulayam Singh is apprehensive about Brij Lal that in case Brij Lal would make it as Special DG, CRPF he would affect SP's prospects in upcoming Lok Sabha Elections by his authority of deploying CRPF jawans as per BSP's choice….whereas it is Mulayam's hypothetical apprehension….because in elections all the forces come under the supervision of Election Commission of India and not the DGs' & DGPs'.

A K Gupta joins the race for DGP, UP?
The recent buzz figures out Arun Kumar Gupta as one of the brightest front runners for the top cop slot of U P. Gupta, a DG rank IPS officer of 1977 batch, is Chairman/MD, Police Awas Nigam. The master spectators feel that if UP CM would go by the talent and tenure then Gupta would be the brighter one.

Banking service and post retirement job
What is the possibility of post retirement job of any ED or CMD ? At a dinner this question came in for discussion. It was stated that only five per cent bankers get post retirement job.

Who will be ED, Bank of India?
Who is going to be the successor of N Seshadri, Executive Director (ED), Bank of India, as he is retiring in the month of April. Many eyes are set for this key position in the Bank.

Ms Ruchira Chatterjee to join CBI as SP
Ms Ruchira Chatterjee, Senior Commandant, 6th Bn. RPSF, Delhi is joining as Police Superintendent in CBI [Group 'A'-Non IPS] on deputation basis for an initial period of four years from the date of assumption of charge of the post.

Devi Prakash Pande takes over as GM, SCR
Devi Prakash Pande has taken over on Wednesday as General Manager, Southern Central Railway (SCR) .
(We said this on March 28, 2013)

Mazumdar gets extension in Kathmandu
Jaideep Mazumdar, DCM in Indian Embassy, Kathmandu has been given extension till July 2014.

Bhagat is likely to join central deputation at ADG level
S K Bhagat is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General (ADG) level in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Saurabh Narain posted as Sr Dy Accountant General, PAG office, Dehradun
Saurabh Narain, Director (International Relations), in this office, on relief from his present duties by Rajdeep Singh, is transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (Administration) in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Uttarakhand, Dehradun.

Mrs Shobhana K S Rao empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Mrs Shobhana K S Rao of has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1987 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Kerala cadre

Banwari Lal Varshney empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Banwari Lal Varshney has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch Indian Telecommunication Service officer .

Inter Service Workshop at NADT, Nagpur re-scheduled
The first Inter Service Workshop scheduled to be hosted at the NADT, Nagpur, from April 29 to May 3, 2013, has now been re-scheduled to May 6- 10, 2013 on account of forthcoming visit of the President of India to the NADT on April 29, 2013.

Sheila to inaugurate India's first Gem & Jewellery Fair on April 12
'India Gem and Jewellery Fair', the ever first initiative of ITPO in association with GJEPC (Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council), will be inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on April 12 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Over 200 prominent gem and jewellery companies would chill the venue with a wide range of designer products and Celebrity 'Brand Ambassadors' and fashion shows would rock the event amid scorching heat.

DoPT invites applications for MD, CCI
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Managing Director (MD), Central Cottage Industries Corporation (CCIC) of India Ltd. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT before April 15, 2013.

DoPT invites applications for Adviser to ED, IMF
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Adviser to the Executive Director(ED), International Monetary Fund (IMF).Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Mannepalli Lakshmikantham appointed Director, IICT
Mannepalli Lakshmikantham of AP is appointed as Director of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad on April 8, 2013 under CSIR .She is the India's first woman Director of any research Institute.

IPS changes in Orissa
Pratik Mohantyhas been appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) of Sambalpur. Nikhil Kanodia will be SP of Mayurbhanj. Anirudha Kumar Singh and Kabita Jallan were appointed as SPs of Berhampur and Keonjhar respectively.

N L Manjoka assumes charge as Director (Planning), HUDCO (UPDATED)
N L Manjoka, former Executive Director, Planning, CONCOR, has taken over as Director, Corporate Planning, HUDCO.

Ajay Seth is Commissioner, Commercial Taxes in Karnataka (UPDATED)

Ajay Seth, Principal Secretary, Finance Department, has been posted as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Bangalore. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Air Vice Marshal, VS Bharti joins as SAASO, Air Force (UPDATED)
Air Vice Marshal, VS Bharti, YSM VM VSM, has taken over as Senior Air & Administrative Staff Officer (SAASO), Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force at Nagpur on April 11, 2013. Bharti was commissioned into helicopter stream of Indian Air Force on December 11, 1981. He did
his schooling in Mumbai and joined National Defence Academy (NDA) in 1978.

AVM JS Kler to head Air Wing, BSF (UPDATED)
AVM JS Kler has been deputed to head Air Wing of Border Security Force (BSF).

Delhi High Court gets four Judges (UPDATED)
As many as four Additional Judges namely Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, Justice Valmiki J. Mehta, Justice Vinay Kumar Jain and Mrs Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar have been appointed as Judges of Delhi High Court.

R P Thakur selected as Director (Tech), SECL (UPDATED)
R P Thakur, CGM, CCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) at Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 11, 2013. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

K C Verma gets additional charge of SC/ST Development in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Kailash Chandra Verma has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Rajasthan Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation. He is an IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE

RP Tak, CMD of CCI Ltd. elected Board Member, SCOPE
R P Tak, Chairman and Managing Director of Cement Corporation of India (CCI) Ltd., too is one of the 19 Board Members of Standing Conference of Public Enterprise (SCOPE) who were elected during the recently held bi-annual elections of the apex body of Central Government owned Public Enterprises. Tak, a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Law Graduate, having 32 years of experience in various Public Sector Enterprises and in private sector, is basically a finance man who has proved to be cement man now. By virtue of his multifarious experience and with intensive efforts, he has been able to turn around a loss making company into a profit making company.

Singhvi resigns as MD, EID Parry India Ltd
Ravindra S Singhvi has resigned as Managing Director of EID Parry India Ltd.

Manchanda ceases to be MD, Asian Oilfield Services Ltd
Avinash Manchanda has ceased to be Managing Director of Asian Oilfield Services Ltd on completion of the term of five years.

Datta appointed GM, Vivanta by Taj-Connemara, Chennai
Samrat Datta has been appointed as General Manager of Vivanta by Taj-Connemara, Chennai.

Ummat appointed Independent Director, Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd
Ind-Swift Laboratories Limited has appointed R K Ummat as an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Upadhyay appointed Company Secy., Jauss Polymers Ltd
Srikant Upadhyay has been appointed as Company Secretary of Jauss Polymers Ltd.

Damodaran appointed Addl. Director, Triveni Turbine Ltd
Triveni Turbine Limited has appointed Meleveetil Damodaran as an Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Linehan resigns as Director, Agro Tech Foods Ltd
Patrick Douglas Linehan has resigned as Director of Agro Tech Foods Ltd.

Wellington appointed Addl. Director, Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited has appointed Ms Samantha Wellington as an Additional Director of the company.

Mamtani resigns as Company Secy., The Phoenix Mills Ltd
Ms Shinanji Mamtani has resigned as Company Secretary of The Phoenix Mills Ltd.

Gupta resigns as Director, Optiemus Infracom Ltd
Lalit Gupta has resigned as Director of Optiemus Infracom Ltd.

Arya appointed Deputy Company Secy., Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd has appointed Ms. Niti Arya as a Deputy Company Secretary of the company.

Sharma appointed Company Secy., Poddar Developers Ltd
Poddar Developers Ltd has appointed Chandra Kant Sharma as Company Secretary of the company.

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Reduce retirement age
The retirement age of central government employees should be gradually reduced to 58 years now and 55 years after two years. Lakhs of educated unemployed will be benefited and crime/ extremism may get reduced. Moreover there is tendency in every government offices to hire people on contract basis more than the original sanctioned strength.

Ch Govind Rao

IPS officers thwarted in their attempts
The IPS officers have finally been thwarted in their attempts to ruin the basic character of the finest fighting force that is Border Security Force. The Home ministry finally was convinced about the glaring shortcomings of the annual move of men instead of the units as a whole that these IPS officers had almost implemented. The resultant outcry in shape of several representations by the serving and retired personnel finally convinced the Govt about the disadvantages of the proposed policy and they have issued orders today to hold orders to maintain status quo. Well done Home Ministry.
Rudra Pal

Include news about CPOs also
They are rendering a yeoman's service under most trying circumstances. It is expected that your forum will be fair enough to cover these services as well.

Parveen