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Field Marshal in IAS- N N Vohra

Who is the Field Marshal in the IAS? At a get-together name of Jammu & Kashmir Governor N N Vohra was unanimously referred. He is a retired 1959 batch IAS officer. Field Marshal means who doesn't retire.

BUREAUCRACY

PM to clear appointment of Anil Goswami today?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is reportedly going to clear the appointment of Anil Goswami as new Home Secretary on Thursday. The 1978 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre Goswami will take over as OSD in the MHA prior to taking over as Home Secretary in June.

Move to raise age of selection of CMD !
There is a move to raise the age of selection of the CMDs to 45 to 60 years instead of 45 to 58 years at present.

Radhika poised to move as Indian Ambassador to Ireland
As the grapevine has it, Radhika Lokesh is all set to move to Ireland where she would succeed Debashish Chakravarti, the incumbent Indian Ambassador to Ireland. Radhika, a 1982 batch IFS officer is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Jaideep Prasad would mark his new stint as DIG in CISF, North Zone 1
Jaideep Prasad would mark his new stint at Saket Campus, New Delhi as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) , CISF, North Zone 1. Previously he served the force headquarters and marked his stint as DIG, Operations. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Why delay in changes of UT cadre IAS officers ?
Confusion prevails over delay in the postings of UT cadre IAS officers. Is it because of difference of opinion between Home Secretary, R K Singh and Additional Secretary, Home, K A Ganai ?.

Sudha Devi is new Director in Labour
Sudha Devi M has been appointed as Director in Ministry of Labour and Employment .She is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Meena is new Secretary of GTA
R D Meena has been appointed new Secretary of the Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) . He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Five Lawyers to be Judge in MP High Court ?
Five Lawyers are likely to be appointed Judge in the Madhya Pradesh High Court. They are Sunil Jain (Indore), Nawal Gupta (Gwalior) and Rohit Arya, Aditya Adhikari and Ram Kumar Verma.

Eight IPS officers retiring in April
As many as eight officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to various cadres and batches are retiring in April, 2013. They are Rajinder Mohan Sharma of Himachal Pradesh; George Varghese of Kerala cadre; Dr Bhagwant D More and N P Mhaske of Maharashtra cadre; T Radhakrishnan of Tamil Nadu; Vipan Kumar and Gurdarshan Singh of Uttar Pradesh and Jogesh Chandra Chattopadhayay of West Bengal cadre.

Highest ranking Muslim officer in Indian Army to retire
Highest ranking Muslim officer in the Indian Army and current Military Secretary at IHQ of Ministry of Defence, (Army), Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, is going to retire in June 2013. He is the younger brother of Raza Hasnain, IAS (Retd). General Hasnain is an alumnus of St Stephen's college Delhi, and Kings College, University of London.

Preeti Saran poised to be Indian Ambassador to Vietnam
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Preeti Saran, Consul General of Indian Embassy in Toronta, in keenly waiting to pack her baggage to move to Vietnam, a nearby country where her husband Pankaj is heading the Dhaka chapter. Preety is 1982 batch IFS officer.

Search Committee to select NTRO Chief tomorrow
Search Committee is meeting on Saturday to prepare a three name panel for the post of NTRO Chief. Present NTRO Chief P V Kumar is scheduled to retire in June end.

DoPT to advertise for Members in CIC
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is going to advertise for about six posts of the Member in the Central Information Commission (CIC).

Who will be new Member of CAT?
Who will be new Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)? Names have reportedly cleared by the CVC.

Who will be Ombudsman Insurance?
A couple of names have reportedly been cleared for Ombudsman in the Insurance. Interviews had taken place last month.

Khushi Ram is new CVO of MTNL
Khushi Ram has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) for a period of two years upto June end 2015. He is a 1981 batch IRSEE officer.

Rastogi declined extension as CVO of PEC
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has declined the proposal of the Department of Commerce for extension of deputation of tenure of Sanjay Rastogi, IAS (OR-91), as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Projects & Equipment Corporation of India Limited (PEC) for a further period of six months beyond 19.04.2013.

Kamran Rizvi gets PM award
Kamran Rizvi and his team have been conferred with the `Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration' for the creation of information technology system in Sugarcane & Industry Department in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

U S Bawa to be MD, NEHHDC (UDATED)
Brig. U S Bawa, Ministry of Defence, has been recommended for the post of Managing Director, North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Corporation Limited (NEHHDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 25, 2013.

Ms Rekha Gupta is Director, Women Empowerment in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Ms Rekha Gupta has been appointed as Director, Women Empowerment Department in Rajasthan. She is an IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mrs Sharandeep Kaur Brar posted Administrator, HUDA, Panchkula (UPDATED)
Mrs Sharandeep Kaur Brar has been appointed as Administrator, HUDA, Panchukla in Haryana. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre

Sarkar to be new LIC Chairman ? (UPDATED)
Sushobhan Sarkar is likely to be appointed new Chairman of the LIC. He reportedly figures at number one in the panel for the post.

Four short-listed for MD of LIC ? (UPDATED)
Mssrs S B Mainak, S K Roy, Usha Sangwan and V K Sharma are believed to have been short-listed for the post of MD LIC.

S K Mohanty is Director, Forward Markets Commission, Mumbai (UPDATED)
S K Mohanty, Commissioner of Income Tax (A), Jamnagar, has been deputed as Director, Forward Markets Commission, Government of India, Mumbai, on deputation basis for a period of three years.

Dadoo assigned addl charge of CMD, MMTC (UPDATED)
J K Dadoo, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce has been assigned an additional charge of CMD, MMTC for a period of 15 days. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

14 IFS officers transferred in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, S N Singh has been appointed as APCCF, Headquarters, Jaipur while Virendra singh will now be APCCF, Administration, Headquarters, Jaipur and M K Kuril is APCCF, Production, Jaipur. Similarly, Dr Suresh Chandra has been made APCCF, CAMPA, Jaipur; G V Reddy as APCCF, Project Formulation and Coordination, Jaipur; K C Sakarwal as APCCF, NTFP, Jaipur; Rajiv Kumar Goyal as CCF, Bharatpur; K K Garg as CCF, Udaypur; R S Shekhawat as Conservator of Forests in the office of CCF, Ajmer; Rajesh Kumar Gupta as Conservator of Forests, M & E in the office of CCF, Jaipur; T C Verma as Conservator of Forest, Concurrent Evaluation, Jaipur; V S Bohra as CF, Wildlife, Jaipur; Ajay Kumar Gupta as Joint Project Director, RFBP, Jaipur and Mrs Akanksha Chaudhary has been made Deputy Conservator of Forest, Wildlife, Zoo, Jaipur.

CORPORATE

Parpia resigns as Director of Supreme Petrochem Ltd
Aziz H Parpia has resigned as Director of Supreme Petrochem Ltd.

Ms Ameeta Parpia appointed Director of Supreme Petrochem Ltd
Ms Ameeta A Parpia has been appointed as Director of Supreme Petrochem Ltd.

Terdal appointed Group CFO of GMR Infrastructure Ltd
Madhu Terdal has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of GMR Infrastructure Limited.

Sukhov appointed CEO of Shyam Teleservices
Shyam Teleservices has appointed Dmitry Sukhov as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company w.e.f. June 1, 2013

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Parrys Sugar Industries Ltd
Parrys Sugar Industries Ltd has appointed C R Rajan and P Gopalakrishnan as additional Directors of the company.

Rao appointed Addl. Director of Odyssey Technologies Ltd
Odyssey Technologies Ltd has appointed Kurilla Srinivas Rao as an Additional Director of the company.

Chopde resigns as ED (Manufacturing) of Artson Engineering Ltd?
P S Chopde, Executive Director (ED) (Manufacturing), Artson Engineering Ltd has resigned from the company.

Pawar appointed Addl. Director of Artson Engineering Ltd
Artson Engineering Ltd has appointed Pralhad Pawar as an Additional Director of the company.

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Why contradictions in Rule framing Body (DoPT)?

The Office of EO, DoPT vide Circular No. 7/3/2013-EO(SM-I) dated April 22, 2013 has invited applications for filling up the post of Joint Secretary in an attached office of the Planning Commission on deputation basis under non-Central Staffing Scheme for a period of Five years. However, in eligibility conditions, the Ministries/Departments have been asked to recommend the names of only those officers who are empanelled as Joint Secretary under Central Staffing Scheme? Why this contradiction? How the EO office has committed such error? As per Non-CSS deputation terms and conditions as contained in DoPT OM dated 17.6.2010, the initial tenure is only three years. Extension for 4th and 5th year is granted after approval of the Secretary and Minister concerned. The terms and conditions for CSS and Non-CSS deputations are altogether different.

Y Mishra

CGHS beneficiaries

CGHS beneficiaries are suffering due to rough treatment at Government hospitals. Specifically pensioners are worst sufferers. Neither they are able to get appointments nor they can wait in long queues due to old and poor health. Govt. has closed eyes and ears to listen their grievances. Ministry has not taken any action to start empanelling private hospitals which have been removed recently. It is humble submission to Minister of Health & WF to look into the matter personally and see all the hospitals in Delhi made available to CGHS beneficiaries for treatment.

N Prakash

Congrats

Tons of appreciation to R K Singh for his efforts regarding bringing out facts of Baba Saheb to this so called intellectual class who don't know anything except their own interests.

Sanjeev

Thanks

Thanks for the valuable information about Babasaheb.

M A Rao

Modi the Great

One thing that goes credit to Narendra Modi, that he has created a competitive atmosphere among the CMs that who has made most development of his State. That's the Modi the Great.

Kalyan

Nitish Kumar fooling country

Nitish Kumar is fooling the country. Narendra Modi is a great leader and administrator. He is the best person to lead the country.

JK

Statement could have been better

The Home Minister's April 22nd Statement could have been drafted better

M L Gupta