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POLITICS

Mid term Lok Sabha poll inevitable?
Apprehension of the opposition parties that Mid-Term LoK Sabha polls may be held in November is not incorrect. Infact, the Congress party will also not like to allow Manmohan Singh to break the record of being PM at a stretch for ten years. It may be recalled that even towering personalities like Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi did not complete 10 years at a stretch as Prime Minister.

Coal Ministry is now most important
Coal Ministry is said to be most important ministry in the Government of India. At present Rs. One lakh crore is invested in the power projects of several business houses.

Poor Punjab ?
Who says Punjab is a prosperous state now? Believe it or not Salary of March to the Government employees has not been disbursed even on April 15. Thanks to Badal Government.

BUREAUCRACY

Ajit Seth to continue as Cabinet Secretary?
It is now widely believed that Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth will continue for another one year. He is a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

CBEC cadre restructuring proposal cleared?
In what will bring cheer to CBEC officers, the cadre restructuring proposal has been cleared by FM. The proposal will now go to COS and then to GOM for final approval. With the CBDT proposal already under examination of GOM, the final approvals may come quite quickly.

Now CIT and CCIT transfers only next week
Now the transfer list of Commissioners and Chief Commissioners of Income Tax is expected to be issued only after the week long foreign tour of Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

IAS officer joins UN WIDER University ?
A1991 batch UT cadre IAS officer Gyanendra Badgaiyan is reported to have joined UN WIDER University in Helsinki, Finland as Research Fellow. Badgaiyan is an Economist whose research interests are in the area of poverty/inequality and building state capability in developing countries. He has held senior policy making positions in India. Prior to joining UNU-WIDER, he taught Indian senior civil servants as a Professor of Economics. He holds an M Phil from Cambridge University and a PhD from Princeton University.

Yash Sinha to be Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
Senior IFS officer Yash Sinha is being tipped o be new Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka .

Tripathi is new JS and FA, HRD
Yogendra Tripathi has been appointed Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

CBDT Chairperson got Deepa Krishnan's name cleared!
Suspense over P & V in CBDT is over. It is said that CBDT Chairperson Poonam Kishore personally met Finance Minister P Chidambaram and got the name of Deepa Krishnan cleared for the post.

J N Choudhary unlikely to join IB
Assam DGP J N Choudhary is now unlikely to join as Special Director, Intelligence Bureau. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.

Ashok Prasad to be Special Director in IB?
Ashok Prasad is likely to be appointed Special Director in Intelligence Bureau (IB) .The 1979 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IPS officer, Prasad is presently DGP in Jammu & Kashmir.

Two posts of SDG vacant in CRPF
Two posts of Senior Director General (SDG) are lying vacant in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Good days ahead for top bankers (1)
Good days are ahead for top bankers who are on the verge of retirement or already retired. The big business houses who are planning to set up banks are offering package of over Rs. 5 crore for setting up the banks.

GoI plans to relax promotions norms in PSU banks
The Government of India (GoI) is contemplating to relax promotions norms in Public Sector Banks in order to fill vacancies that would arise at higher level in future.

Shrikant Mishra is part-time Director on UBI board
The Government of India has nominated Shrikant Mishra as part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Union Bank of India (UBI).

Poonam Juneja is JS, Defence
Poonam Juneja has been appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence. Juneja is 1993 batch CSS officer.

Who will be Police Commissioner of Jaipur?
Who will be new Police Commissioner of Jaipur? Will Nav Deep Singh be choice of bigwigs or will M C Meena or Dalpath Dinekar head this coveted post ? Whispers have started doing the round.

Mishra to join BSF
Rajni Kant Mishra ADG (Security) is all set to join the BSF. He is a IPS officer of UP cadre.

Officers poised to move to Delhi set a stage for another reshuffle, though cosmetic one
As many as four AGMUT cadre IAS officers are all set to move to Delhi by the end of this month. All together would set a stage for a further reshuffle, though cosmetic, in Delhi Govt. Two of them are presently in Mizoram and another two officers are serving in Arunachal Pradesh.

ITBP DIG Nagender Singh moved to Central Frontier, Bhopal
Nagendra Singh, DIG, ITBP, has been transferred from North West Frontier, Chandigarh to Central Frontier, Bhopal.

Agrawal to move to Melbourne
DCM in Bangkok Prashant Agrawal has been moved to Melbourne on the vacant post of CG.

Justice Jasbir Singh is Member, NALSA
Acting CJ of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Jasbir Singh has been nominated as Member of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

Applications invited for CMD, MMTC Ltd
The last date of submission of applications for the post of CMD, MMTC ends on the 30th day from April 13 when Department of Commerce; Union Ministry of Commerce & Industries had invited the applications for the slot. It is a scheduled 'A' Miniratna CPSE in Trading and Marketing Services sector under the administrative control of Department of Commerce.

Food Secretary, Sudhir Kumar releases training calendar of CWC (UPDATED)
Sudhir Kumar, Secretary (Food & Public Distribution), Government of India released the Training Calendar of the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) for 2013-14 during a Conference of the CMDs/MDs of the 17 State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) held recently. B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC, Dinesh Rai, Chairman, WDRA, senior officials of the Ministry and the Functional Directors of CWC were present on the occasion. CWC organizes training programmes in different functional areas relating to warehousing and logistics management. The training programmes are also available for the officials of SWCs. Recently CWC has signed a MOU with the Department of Food & Public Distribution for managing the training functions of Indian Grain Storage Management & Research Institute (IGMRI), Hapur and to develop it as Centre of Excellence for organizing various training programmes on warehousing, foodgrain storage and post harvest management.

Hemant Kumar is Adviser (ME), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Hemant Kumar, HAG/IRSME, CME/ER, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Adviser (ME)/Railway Board.

P K Singh posted as CME, Eastern Railway (UPDATED)
P K Singh, HAG/IRSME, CAO/JMP/Eastern Railway, has been posted as CME/Eastern Railway.

20 IRSME officers get HAG (UPDATED)
As many as 20 officers of Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) have been granted Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) on Non Functional basis with effect from August 7, 2012. The officers are: Ram Saran COFMOW; P Chandra ECOR; Sushil K Luthra NFR; Anil Handa RCF/BRL; Ravindra Gupta WR; Ashwani Lohani NR; Prabhat Sahai CLW; Rajeev Gupta DEP/Mumbai Post Trust; Ravinder Nath Mishra DLF/MAR Howrah; Sanjay K Pathak WR; Ashok K Singh ECR; Dinesh Kumar RCF; K Swaminathan SCR; Avinash K Garekar CR; Surender K Agarwal NFR; Debal Kumar Gayen NFR; Bhushan L Patil CR; A K Gupta ECOR; Bhupendra K Agarwal SER and Sudhanshu Mani RA/Berlin.

Hinglajdan posted as AIG, Training in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Hinglajdan has been appointed as Assistant Inspector General (AIG), Training, Jaipur. He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Six IFS Probationers get postings in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as six Probationers of Indian Forest Service (IFS), who completed their training, have been given postings. Accordingly, Bijo Joy has been posted as Assistant Conservator of Forest, Rajgarh, Alwar while Vikram Kesari Pradhan is being appointed as Assistant Conservator of Forests, Swai Madhopur and Ms Sudeep Kaur is Assistant Conservator of Forests, Pali. Similarly, Ms Anita has been appointed as Assistant Conservator of Forests, Chittorgarh; Supong Shashi as Assistant Conservator of Forests, Badmer and Kapil Chandrawal has been posted as Assistant Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Kailadevi, Karauli.

H L Chaudhary selected as CMD, NPCC (UPDATED)
H L Chaudhary , GGM, RITES, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director ( CMD), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) at the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 15, 2013. As many as seven candidates were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

S P S Bakshi, CMD of EPI elected Board Member, SCOPE
SP S Bakshi, who joined Engineering Projects (India) Ltd (EPI) as Chairman-cum-Managing Director in February 2009 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. He has rich experience of 30 years in specialization in Project Planning, execution and coordination on turnkey basis and expertise in Project Management operations with key focus on profitability and optimal utilization of resources. Prior to joining EPI, Bakshi has worked as Executive Director/Regional Executive Director, Airports Authority of India and Chief General Manager, National Highways Authority of India. He has handled major Infrastructure Airports and Highways Projects of National Importance. He is a Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a Member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, USA.

Mulchandani appointed CFO, Times Television Network
Jagdish Mulchandani has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Times Television Network.

Gupta appointed Head (M&A), Middle East & North Africa, HSBC Holdings
Anshul Gupta had been appointed as Head (Mergers & Acquisitions), HSBC Holdings , Middle East & North Africa.

Patel appointed GM, Eastin Residences, Muscat, Oman
Absolute Hotel Services India has appointed Biju Palet as the General Manager of Eastin Residences, Muscat , Oman.

Panindra ceases to be ED & Director, KNR Constructions Ltd
J V Panindra has ceased to be Executive Director and Director of KNR Constructions Ltd.

Reddy appointed Non Exec. Director, Speciality Papers Ltd
Speciality Papers Ltd has appointed VBS Reddy as the Independent and Non-Executive Director of the company

Dash resigns as Company Secy., Simplex Projects Ltd
Binaya Kumar Dash has resigned as Company Secretary of Simplex Projects Ltd.

Jain appointed Company Secy., Simplex Projects Ltd
Anil Jain has been appointed as Company Secretary of Simplex Projects Ltd.

Malhotra appointed Non Exec. Director, Himachal Fibres Ltd
Himachal Fibres Ltd has appointed Mayank Malhotra as Non Executive Director of the company

Chhabra designated as ED, Goa Carbon Ltd
Goa Carbon Ltd has re-appointed Jagmohan J Chhabra as Whole-time Director of the company and also designated him as Executive Director of the company.

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"Thy name is world"

It is no big deal. The concerned Under Secretary (retd.) may be best knowing the reasons for not being able to take retired official's telephonic call. Maybe, the US was very busy with priority work. Mostly in Government business, officials call back if someone had left important message along with his contact details. Depending upon one's engagement and/or reason, not picking up any one's call is not a big deal. Whatever designation you held does not matter.

R K Singh

Technically outdated people heading technical departments

Technically outdated people are heading key posts of technical departments that is why we are still importing electronic equipments from abroad. Time has come to try other cadres also for heading technical departments. British people have gone but still we are working on age old pattern of too much pampering of civil servants. A lot of scope is there for improvement in core department of IAS officers hence they should concentrate on eradicating fraud, corruption and delay in state revenue and land related issues. Well qualified and updated people are there for technical issues of this country. This kind of untouchability is also harming the progress of this country.

Ash K

Earning money from poor constables in name of their welfare

The raison-d-eter of trying to introduce the policy of changeover of men instead of Units was made into a prestige issue by certain top brass of IPS category in BSF. It was to earn money from poor constables in the name of their welfare. Otherwise there was no rationale as the policy was opposed vigorously at all levels by all ranks of the BSF including Sainik Sammelans of even the DG. These IPS officers think that they are know all and project that they are the only custodians of the welfare of troops. Thus they try to drive a wedge between the men and the officers of the cadre who are in direct command of the troops. These IPS officers are far removed from the ground realities and busy managing their own affairs and further postings while remaining in Delhi all through their deputation tenure. It is high time that the government thought over the rationale of having them on deputation to a specialized force like Border Security Force where they have almost nothing to contribute.

R Krishna

Why good private hospitals not empanelled on CGHS list ?

Has anyone noticed why good private hospitals are not empanelled on the CGHS list ? Has anyone addressed their complaints on delayed payments and most allege that "cuts" are demanded for speedy payments....hence their refusal to get enlisted on CGHS. If this is true then Health Ministry should devise a mechanism of clearing their dues. Don't forget, all those serving government today shall get retired someday and need expert medical services. Create a system that benefits their tomorrows if not ours !

Vinod