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POLITICS

CMs treat Shinde lightly ?
It seems, Chief Ministers treat the Home Minister Sushul Kumar Shinde lightly. This is evident from the fact that only about half a dozen CMs attended Chief Ministers meeting in Delhi on Monday. Mamata Banerjee (WB), J Jayalalitha (TN), Akhilesh Yadav (UP), Narendra Modi (Gujarat), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (MP), Raman Singh (Chhattisgarh), Omar Abdullah (J&K), Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan) and Prithviraj Chavan (Maharashtra) preferred to skip the meeting. Naveen Patnaik (Odisha), Tarun Gogoi (Assam), Vijay Bahuguna (Uttarakhand), Manik Sarkar (Tripura), Nabam Tuki (Arunachal Pradesh), Mukul Sangma (Meghalaya) and Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland) attended the meeting.

Ministers and the PM !
Did the Five Union Ministers who accompanied the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his Germany visit embarrassed the latter ? In fact, in an official function the Ministers showered praise on Rahul Gandhi in the presence of PM Manmohan Singh.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be Secretary Home ?
One well placed & senior IAS officer gave a clue that an officer having 4-5 yrs of experience either with MHA or Defence would be given as Home Secretary after RK Singh in June.

Vijay Singh resigns from UPSC
Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Vijay Singh has resigned. He is 1970 batch former IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

A P Joshi posted as Member (Fin), Atomic Energy Commission
A P Joshi, Special Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, has been appointed as Member (Finance), Atomic Energy Commission, Space Commission and Earth Commission in the rank and pay of Secretary. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

C B Venkataramana is Addl Secretary, DAE
C B Venkataramana has been posted as Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

J N Chamber is Secretary, NCSC
J N Chamber, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, in the pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

B Vijayan is Director General, NPC
B Vijayan, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as Director General, National Productivity Council (NPC) under Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the pay of Additional Secretary. The post has been lying vacant since January 2012. Vijayan is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

N Vidyananda selected as Director (Production & Project), KIOCL
N Vidyananda, General Manager, KIOCL, has been selected for the post of Director ( Production and Project) , Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Ltd (KIOCL) at the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 16 , 2013. As many as seven candidates were interviewed for the same.

Will Deepak Bagla be CMD of IFCL ?
Deepak Bagla Director of 3I is said to be ahead in the race for the post of owned Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IFCL). LIC Chairman D K Mehrotra and IDBI Chairman R M Malla also figure in the panel.

Rajiv Tandon to return Madhya Pradesh
Joint Director in CBI (Administration and Training) Rajiv Tandon is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1988 batch IPS officer.

Anurag Garg succeeds Tandon in CBI
Anurag Garg is new Joint Director Administration and Training in the CBI.He is 1993 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Dhande is new Member NSAB
Kanpur IIT Director Sanjay Govind Dhande has been appointed as a member of the National Security Advisory Board for a period of two years. Earlier his name was in circulation for the post of Vice Chancellor IGNOU.

Singh is new JS DoNER
Arvind Madhav Singh has been appointed Joint Secretary Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). He is 1986 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Now Information Commissioners can be appointed !
The Supreme Court has reportedly stayed its direction that only sitting or retired chief justices of high courts or Supreme Court court Judge can be Chairman of the Central and state information commissions.

IFS officer is new JS Tribal Affairs
Ashok has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IFS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ankur Garg poised to move back to Delhi from Arunachal
As the grapevine has it Ankur Garg would move to Delhi by the end of this month. Garg, a 2003 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, is serving with Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh.

Good days ahead for bankers (3)
Business houses like Reliance, Tatas and Birlas have started search for former CMDs and EDs in banks for setting up banks. Over half a dozen business houses have shown interest in setting up banks.

PSU banks to open 12,000 branches in country
Government of India has decided to open 12,000 branches of Public Sector Undertaking Banks' branches in the country.

One post of IG vacant in CRPF
One post of Inspector General (IG) is lying vacant in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

Prit Pal Singh is likely to join CRPF
Prit Pal Singh is likely to join Central deputation at Inspector General level in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Rakesh Mohan Dobriyal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rakesh Mohan Dobriyal of Indian Forest Service (IFS) of 1987 batch and Andhra Pradesh cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India.

D K Mehrotra -the PM and the FM
D K Mehrotra LIC Chairman is most liked PSU chief for TV news channel, It all happened on the occasion of 25th Anniversary of National TV News production house wherein PM Dr. Manmohan Singh was the chief guest and all the who's who were present on this occasion. Mehrotra was called for presenting a memento from channels side to PM Dr. Manmohan Singh. After presenting the memento to PM, LIC Chairman chatted with PM and PM petted Mehrotra's shoulder. Also the parents and friends of the girl who died in Delhi gang rape were present on the occasion

Justice S P Wangdi is Member, NALSA
Justice S P Wangdi of the Sikkim High Court has been nominated as Member of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

Tenure of CMD, PEC extended
The tenure of A K Mirchandani as Chairman-cum- Managing Director (CMD), PEC Limited, has reportedly been extended for a period of three months.

Baijwan will now move to North Frontier SHQ, Dehradun
R C Baijwan, DIG, ITBP, has been transferred from Delhi HQ to Northern Frontier, Dehradun.

Orders of R Nair as CMD, HOCL expected soon
The orders of R Nair V B, CGM (P & E), HOCL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) are expected to be issued later this month. The vacancy will arise with the retirement of present incumbent R N Madangeri on April 30, 2013.

Interview for MD and CMD LIC on April 23 !
Interview for the post of new CMD LIC and four MDs in LIC is going to take place in Delhi on April 23.

Sunil Kumar assumes charge as MD, CRIS
Sunil Kumar has taken over as Managing Director, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). However, he will continue to hold the post of Advisor Safety in Railway Board in addition to his present post. An officer of the 1976 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS), Kumar has done his MBA and MA (Political Science) from the University of Allabhabad.

Delhi High Court gets eight new Additional Judges
As many as eight Justices have been appointed as Additional Judges of Delhi High Court. They are: Justice Jayant Nath, Justice Najmussahar Waziri, Justice Najmi Waziri, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Justice Vibhu Bakhru, Justice Valluri Kameswar Rao, Justice Mrs Sunita Gupta, Justice Mrs Deepa Sharma and Justice Ved Prakash Vaish.

1982 batch IPS gets DG rank in West Bengal
1982 batch IPS officer Anil Kumar has been promoted to the rank of DG in West Bengal.

6 posts of DIG vacant in BSF
As many as six posts of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) are lying vacant in Border Security Force (BSF).

K Selvaraj is likely to join CRPF
K Selvaraj is likely to join Central deputation at Inspector General level in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ramanarayan Patel empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ramnarayan Patel 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.

Rawat to move Mexico City
Upendra Singh Rawat is moving to Mexico City as DCM in place of Dinkar Asthana who has been transferred to MEA Headquarters.

CSS officer, J S Gupta is Dy Secretary, Statistics, Programme Impl
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, J S Gupta has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

S C Kanojia promoted as Dy Secretary, Health & Family Welfare
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, S C Kanojia has been promoted as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Chhatar Singh is also Chief Coordinator, Invest. Promotion Centre, New Delhi
Chhatar Singh, Principal Secretary to Haryana CM, has been posted as Chief Coordinator, Investment Promotion Centre, New Delhi, in addition to his present charges. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Sudhir Rajpal is Secretary, Sports & Youth Affairs in Haryana
Sudhir Rajpal has been posted as Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Department in Haryana. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Major reshuffle of IFS officers in MP
A number of officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Dharmendra Shukla has been appointed as Additional PCCF (IT), Bhopal while C P Rai will now be Additional PCCF (Land Management), Bhopal and P K Chaudhary is Additoinal PCCF (Vigilance & Complaints), Bhopal. Similarly, Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as Regional Director, Bandhavgarh; Ajay Shankar as Chief Conservator of Forests, Joint Forest Management, Bhopal; K Raman as Regional Director, Sanjay National Park, Sidhi; Sanjay Shuka as Conservator of Forest, Khandwa; Mridul Pathak as Conservator of Forests, Work Plan, Bhopal; Shant Kumar Sharma as Conservator of Forests, Work Plan, Shahdol; Mohanlal Ladia as DFO, North Balaghat division; Mrs Padampriya as DFO, Ujjain; R K Shrivastava as Conservator of Forests, Chhatarpur; Autl Kheda as Conservator of Forests, Gwalior; Kallu Singh Alawa as Conservator of Forests, Katni; Sarpat Singh Rawat as Conservator of Forest, Narsinghpur and T S Chaturvedi has been appointed as Conservator of Forests, Damoh division; Madhu V Raj as DFO, Harda (Production); Prashant Kumar Singh as DFO, South Chindwara division and Anupam Sahay has been posted as DFO, Raisen (Production) division.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
Ten IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh have been transferred on Tuesday.

IAS postings in Bihar
Santosh Kumar Mal has been appointed Divisional Commissioner Saran. C Lalsova will report to the GAD.

10 IRS-IT officers promoted as CIT (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) working at Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). The officers include: Ram Bilash Meena, Renu Amitabh, Vivek R Wadekar, Rachna Surinder Singh, P Soma Shekar Reddy, Md Sahid Atahar Khan, Prabha Kant, Vibha Kumari Bhalla, Sanjay Kumar and Sunil Kumar.

Rajiv Kumar Shankar is Spl Secretary, Admin Reforms in HP (UPDATED)
Rajiv Kumar Shankar, Special Secretary (Cooperation), has been appointed as Special Secretary (Administrative Reforms), Himachal Pradesh Government. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer.

R Kishore Babu posted to South Central Railway (UPDATED)
R Kishore Babu, SAG/IRTS, on return from deputation to Government of Andhra Pradesh, has been posted to South Central Railway (SCR) in the cadre.

Pramod Kumar posted as DG, Railway Staff College (UPDATED)
Pramod Kumar, IRSME, Addl General Manager/ South Eastern Railway, has been appointed as Director General, Railway Staff College (Now National Academy of Indian Railways).
( We said this on March 28 )

S N Yadav posted as ED, RDSO (UPDATED)
S N Yadav, SAG/IRSME, North Eastern Railway, has been transferred to RDSO and posted as ED/QA/RDSO.

Atul Sobti selected as Director (Power), BHEL (UPDATED)
Atul Sobti, Executive Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), has been selected for the post of Director (Power), BHEL at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 17, 2013. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Prathi Raj Meena is Deputy Secretary, Textiles in GoI (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Prathi Raj Meena has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi in government of India on deputation basis.

CORPORATE

K S Jamestin, Director (HR), ONGC elected Board Member, SCOPE
Appointed to the Board of ONGC as Director (HR) in May 2011, for demonstrating remarkable competence in challenging roles in a career spanning over 35 years, K S Jamestin, Director (HR), ONGC, is also 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. Jamestin. also holds the portfolio of Director (Incharge) Business Development of ONGC - steering the Business diversification initiatives of ONGC in the Power, Petrochemicals and SEZs sectors, besides focusing on diversification into alternate and unconventional sources of energy like nuclear, solar, etc. He is a Director on the Board of ONGC Tripura Power Company, ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (OMPL), Dahej SEZ Ltd (DSEZ), Mangalore SEZ Ltd (MSEZ), ONGC PetroAdditions Limited (OPaL).

100-seat transport aircraft in future: Ajit Singh
Ajit Singh, Civil Aviation Minister has said efforts will be made to get HAL's Advance Light Helicopter (ALH-Dhruv) certified by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in near future. Inaugurating the FAA - Asia Pacific bilateral partners' meeting hosted by HAL here today the Minister felt that a mechanism needs to be evolved to benefit the bilateral countries involved in such agreements so that they could export or import aeronautical parts mutually. "We also have a national civil aircraft development program for 100-seat medium transport aircraft. Some of the country's leading aeronautics and space scientists are spearheading the project and I hope this takes shape", he added. Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL said the Company has been focusing on military aviation but now plans to diversify into civil market. "We have made a humble beginning with Dhruv civil variant as an offshoot of the military program. We now propose to play a leading role in India's national civil aircraft development program as we have dedicated facilities at our transport division in Kanpur", he added. The three-day meet organized by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) with the main focus on the aircraft certification, provides an opportunity for partner Civil Aviation Authorities (CAAs) from 11 countries to share methods for strengthening bilateral airworthiness relationships through enhanced resource sharing, communications and procedural improvements. It also seeks future direction for aircraft certification and international collaboration. Apart from the delegates from the USA, the participating Asia-Pacific countries include Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and hosts India. Chris Carter from FAA and Arun Mishra, Director-General of Civil Aviation, also spoke on the occasion.

Ghosh ceases to be Officer Employee Director, Corporation Bank
Kaushik Kumar Ghosh has ceased to be Officer Employee Director of Corporation Bank w.e.f. April 16, 2013 on completion of his term

Venkataraman is GM (F&A) and CFO, Allahabad Bank
Allahabad Bank has designated K. S. Venkataraman, General Manager (F&A) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Bank along with his current designation.

Anmolu appointed ED, Beardsell Ltd
Amrith Anmolu has been appointed as Executive Director of Beardsell Ltd w.e.f. April 1 , 2013.

Chowdhary ceases to be Whole-time Director, CEAT Ltd
Paras Kumar Chowdhary has ceased to be the Whole-time Director of CEAT Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2013. However, he will continue as a Non Executive Director of the company.

Didwania resigns Company Secy. & CFO, Websol Energy System Ltd
Nitin Didwania has resigned as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Websol Energy System Ltd w.e.f. April 15, 2013.

Poddar appointed CFO, Websol Energy System Ltd
Ankur Poddar has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Websol Energy System Ltd

Fitz appointed Head (Sales), Mercedes-Benz India
Boris Fitz had been appointed as Head (Sales), Mercedes Benz India

Iyer designated as Head (Marketing), Mercedes-Benz India
Santosh Iyer had been designated as Head (Marketing), Mercedes-Benz India

Shah resigns as Director, JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Dr Rajen D. Shah has resigned as Director of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd w.e.f. April 15, 2013

Gupta resigns as Director, Alpine Housing Development Corporation Ltd
G.H.S. Gupta has resigned as Director of Alpine Housing Development Corporation Ltd w.e.f. April 15, 2013

Bhattaharjee resigns as Director of Lykis Ltd
Samir Bhattacharjee is relocating to Dubai and subsequently has resigned as as a Director of Lykis Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2013

Desai resigns as Company Secy. Lykis Ltd
Pratik Desai has resigned as Company Secretary of Lykis Ltd w.e.f. March 23, 2013.

Fernandes appointed Company Secy. Lykis Ltd
Agnelo A. Fernandes has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Lykis Ltd w.e.f. March 23, 2013

Mata resigns as Company Secy. Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd
S K Mata has resigned as Company Secretary of Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Kapoor appointed Company Secy. Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Raj K. Kapoor has been appointed as Company Secretary of Jagsonpal Pharmaceuticals Ltd w.e.f. March 20, 2013

Mangal appointed Company Secy. Sanwaria Agro Oils Ltd
Sanwaria Agro Oils Limited has appointed Ms. Nikitasha Mangal as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. April 5, 2013

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Private hospitals are better !

Private hospitals provide much better healthcare. There are lot of either lazy or corrupt doctors in govt hospitals. What is wrong if government pays at market rate for treatment to government employees.

AK

Govt shouldn't pay for treatment at pvt hospitals

Why do the government employees always think of themselves alone ? If their treatment will be withdrawn from the government hospitals and they would be paid for treatment in private hospitals, nobody will care for improvement of facilities in government hospitals which are basically meant to take care of health of 'Aam Aadmi'. The protagonists of treatment of government employees in private hospitals should instead pressurize the government to improve the state of affairs in the state owned hospitals and also feel ashamed that the private ones are able to provide better health care despite being less resourceful than the government.

Sanjay

Government doctors are better than private doctors

Instead of enhancing infrastructural facilities and fill up medical and para-medical vacancies in govt hospitals, the authorities have vested interests in empanelling private hospitals with the CGHS. Land is allotted to private builders at throwaway prices for constructing hospitals provided they reserve 10 to 20 % beds for patients from EWS category. The provision is being violated with impunity with no mechanism in place to conduct surprise checks, let alone cancel the lease. Hospital equipment in government hospitals are kept out-of-order to force the patients visit private diagnostic centres and spend more. The motive is clear. Consider the deficit in the human resources in health sector . There is a huge shortage of medical and para-medical manpower in the country. Public-private partnership is necessary. But, there is also a need to have an effective regulatory mechanism. The private hospitals in Delhi are smarter than the rules- bound government hospitals. The former get land to have their captive nursing colleges from where untrained nursing students from 1st or 2nd year are deployed at half the salaries. Now, a word about the relative medical expertise. The government doctors, though remuneratively poorer, are far more accurate in their diagnosis than their counterparts in the affluent private sector. But, the conditions for govt doctors are so tough, that they are forced to leave for greener pastures in 5-star comforts.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant) aksaxena@nic.in

Acute stagnation in promotion of Stenographers Grade 'C' and D' CSSS

DP&T has requested for DPC for the nomination of Stenographers Grade 'C' for promotions as Private Secretary on regular basis in Select List 2010. Despite repeated reminders by DP&T, respective cadre authorities have delayed the matter under one pretext or the other and thereby adding to the woes to already stagnated career of CSSS officials. It is the need the hour for the respective cadre authorities to take up the matter for DPC and give their recommendations to DP&T for enabling them to nominate the officers for PS urgently. Simultaneously, DP&T may take a view in consultation with respective cadre authorities and thrash out a solution for the unusual delay and nominate the officers with the conditions to clear the DPC. It would avoid further delay for the officers whose DPC has cleared their names and pressurise other cadre authorities to expedite the matter for DPC.

V P Sharma

Ambedkar's efforts conveniently forgotten to serve political ends

Dr Ambedkar also found many people who supported him during his struggle. The Gaekwad of Baroda sent him abroad to the USA. Sahuji Maharaj of Maharashtra also helped him. Nehru made him Law Minister though he was not a member of the Congress. The British made him Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council (he was never a part of the freedom struggle and was thus never jailed by the British). The story of Ambedkar is also the story of Hindu society reforming itself. Unfortunately, today, the efforts of the reformers of Hindu society are conveniently forgotten to serve political ends. So Raja Rammohan Roy, Keshab Chandra Sen, Jotiba Phule, Justice Ranade, Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru , Patel, Prasad, Maulana Azad, Babu Jagjivan Ram are all forgotten while eulogising only Babasaheb Ambedkar. We must also remember that for all his virtues, Ambedkar never went to jail during the freedom struggle. While Ambedkar was made Member of the Viceroy's Council, Nehru, Gandhi, Babu Jagjivan Ram, Prasad, Patel, Maulana Azad spent years in inhuman conditions in British jails, thousands others sacrificed their lives, Bhagat Singh , Ashfaqullah, Chandrashekhar Azad etc were martyred for freedom from the British.

Vijay Kumar

It paints IT department in a bad light

The report about Rs. 42 Crore bribe taken by Income Tax officers in the Stockguru scam case paints the department in a bad light. but even worse is the fact that examples of such officers inspires the junior officers in a negative manner. They feel that since such officers despite their very tarnished reputation were given good postings by the department so it can be emulated.

Amar Upadhyay

Ablest Diplomat

Ambassador Amar Sinha is one of the ablest Diplomat to take up assignment as Ambassador of India to Afghanistan.

Kishore Dudani

Somewhat True

Therefore, focus must shift to those who are still deprived from those who have been uplifted.

R K Vashistha