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POLITICS

Rahul Gandhi is not corrupt
At a marriage party topic of corruption came in for discussion. Ninety nine percent people agreed on one count that "Mahatma Gandhi " of this Kalyug , Rahul Gandhi is not corrupt and cannot become corrupt.

Share-Market to remain unstable in this election year ?
It is widely believed that Share-Market will not remain stable in the country during this election year.

BUREAUCRACY

Next CAG to be woman and from Special Family ?
It is believed in the corridors of power that the new CAG would be a woman and from a Special Family. Meanwhile , one thing is also certain that outgoing Secretary Telecom Rentala Chandra Shekhar has not lost the race for the post. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Punit Kumar poised to be Joint Secretary in UIDAI
As the grapevine has it, Puneet Kumar is poised to join UIDAI in the rank of Joint Secretary. Currently he serves as Director in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Puneet, a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, is M. Tech. in Thermal Engineering from IIT Delhi.

Over two dozen Secretaries are two batch senior to Anil Goswami
Over two dozen Secretaries in the Government of India are two batch senior to the newly appointed Home Secretary Anil Goswami. He is from 1978 batch IAS officer.

R R Mishra is new JS Environment and Forests
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Environment & Forest. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Orders of J P Singh as Director (Tech), MCL issued
The orders of J P Singh, CGM, ECL, CIL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Oct 29, 2012)

Rajiv Chaturvedi selected as Director (Mktg), PEC Ltd
Rajiv Chaturvedi, CGM, PECIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), PEC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 29, 2013. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

Brandon for VRS ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rohit R. Brandon has reportedly taken a step ahead towards seeking VRS. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sinha is new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (IFS: 1981) has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
( We said this on April 15 )

Will Goyal be DG of NIC ?
Raj Kumar Goyal who has joined as Joint Secretary Information Technology may be appointed new DG of the NIC. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Orders of V K Gaur as CMD, NSC likely in May
The official orders of V K Gaur, CMD, SFCIL, for the appointment as CMD, National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSC) are expected to be issued in May, 2013. However, he is holding additional charge of CMD, NSC.

Galhotra gets two year extension in CBI
Central deputation tenure of Om Prakash Galhotra Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended for a period of two years from May 07, 2013 i.e. upto May 06, 2015.He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on March 11 )

Shikhar Agrawal appointed JS, Labour
Shikhar Agrawal has been appointed Joint Secretary Labour in the Government of India. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
( We said this on March 16 )

Vikram Dev Dutt appointed JS Defence
Vikram Dev Dutt has been appointed Joint Secretary Defence. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on March 25 )

Meena gets additional charge of Secretary MIC
R P Meena has been given additional charge of Secretary Medical Council of India. He is 1993 btch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Atul Verma to join Forward Markets Commission in Mumbai
Dr.Atul Verma has been appointed as Director(Enforcement)of Forward Markets Commission, Mumbai. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Two names doing rounds as the successor of Gautam in Gujarat
I P Gautam, Principal Secretary, Urban Dev. & Urban Housing Development, Govt. of Gujarat may be succeeded by Guruprasad Mahapatra or S Aparna. Gautam is scheduled to retire on 30th April. Mahapatra is 1986 batch IAS officer whereas Aparna belongs to 1988 batch. Both the officers have wide experience of heading the municipal corporations of Ahmedabad and Surat respectively.

Gautam likely to head Gujarat Housing Regulatory Authority
After Indrajeet Prasad Gautam retires on April 30, he may be given the grand task of realising Narendra Modi's dream project of building more than five million dwelling units. Principal Secretary, urban development and urban housing and port and transport department, is poised to head Gujarat Housing Development Regulatory Authority.

B P Pandey to take charge as FRDC in Govt. of Uttarakhand today
Bhagwati Prasad Pandey, Chief Vigilence Officer, Power Finance Corporation, is all set to take charge as Forest and Rural Development Commissioner from Vinita Kumar who is retiring today. Pandey is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Former DGP of Jharkhand joins BJP officially?
Following the foot-print of former DGP of Karnataka, former DGP of Jharkhand B D Ram took a plunge officially into politics by joining BJP on April 27. The political spectators speculate brighter prospects to win assembly elections. Ram, a 1973 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre served Jharkhand as DGP twice till January 2010.

Post Secretary, GAD still lies vacant in Govt. of NCT
Even after a month has passed when Narendra Kumar, moving on to central deputation, joined Ministry of Road Transport and Highways as Member (PPP), Administration, the post of Secretary, General Administration Department still lies vacant. Presently Arvind Ray has been looking after the GAD, Govt. of NCT.

Darpan Jain gets PM award for excellent works
Darpan Jain has been conferred with the `Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Public Administration' for the year 2011-12 for protecting cultural heritage and lakes of Hubli-Dharwad cities in Karnataka. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer.

One post of DIG vacant in NEPA
One post of Deputy Inspector General is lying vacant in North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA).

A P Siddique is likely to join CBI
A P Siddique is likely to join Central deputation at Inspector General level in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

7 IPS Probationers allocated MP cadre
As many as seven Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch have been allocated Madhya Pradesh cadre. They are: Vivek Agarwal, Mayank Awasthi, Vivek Singh, Kumar Prateek, Vipul Srivastava,Shiv Dayal, Sonia Meena, G P Srivastava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI.

Srivastava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
G P Srivastava 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.

B K Ravi likely to join central deputation
B K Ravi is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Kanyal to move from Paris
Mahendra Singh Kanyal First Secretary in Indian Embassy Paris has been moved to Abuja in place of Ram Prasad. Ram Prasad is going to Manila.

As many as eight bureaucrats to contest in Jharkhand election
As many as eight bureaucrats, present and former, of Jharkhand cadre are all set to contest the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha Elections; most of them are IPS officers.

CISF prompts "Gender Sensitization"; Shabana shares the dais
Addressing the inaugural session of a two days "National workshop on Gender Sensitization" Rajiv, DG, CISF termed the occasion as an opportunity to find out trends in gender sensitisation and create an effective grievance redressal mechanism against sexual harassment at workplace; especially in CISF and other paramilitary forces as well. In her inaugural speech, chief guest Shabana Azmi congratulated CISF for conducting the workshop and shared an anecdote as testimonial by saying that while travelling in Delhi Metro Rail she came across with large number of women commuters who expressed that they feel safe and secure in Delhi Metro because of presence of large number of CISF women staff. The workshop was also addressed by Ms Indira Jaising, Additional Solicitor General and Prof Lakshmi Lingam, Deputy Director, Tata Institute of Social Science, Hyderabad, Ms Manjari Jaruhar, former ADG CISF, Ms Chandramukhi Devi, Ms Sudha Chaodhry of NCW, Ms Saunya Saxena. The second and concluding day, 30th April, of the workshop would continue with the discussion where panellists from National Commission for Women, delegates from prominent NGOs will be discussing the issues with women personnel of CISF.

Two UT cadre IPS officers shifted to Mizoram
Two 1999 batch IPS officers of UT cadre South district's DCP Chhaya Sharma and DCP (headquarters) Vivek Kishore have been transferred to Mizoram.

NBCC to upgrade NCDC Building Complex
With an objective to contribute to the healthcare sector of the nation, NBCC, the Mini Ratna Schedule 'A' PSE under the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt of India, is all set to equip National Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) with state-of-art facilities and infrastructure. In this regard, GhulamNabi Azad Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, laid the foundation stone of the upcoming new building complex of NCDC in New Delhi on April 28, 2013.The proposed structure of upgraded NCDC would cover two broad areas i.e. Epidemiology and Disease Control and Referral Diagnostics & Laboratory Services Complexes. The complete project is valued at Rs 382.41crorewhich include civil work, laboratory equipment and additional manpower.NBCC has huge stake in Govt.'s initiative towards providing state-of-the-art Healthcare facilities in the country. The Company has been executing most of the Hospitals & Medical Colleges for ESIC, Central & State Govts, all across the nation valuing Crores of Rupees

Reshuffle of IAS officers in HP (UPDATED)
A number of officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Tarun Shridhar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Home and Vigilance apart from existing charge while A R Sihag is assigned an additional charge of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Amandeep Garg will now be Managing Director, State Civil Supplies Corporation with holding an additional charge of Special Secretary, Revenue-Disaster Management Cell. Similarly, Sandeep Bhatnagar has been given an additional charge of Settlement Officer, Shimla Division and Amitabh Avasthl is Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission with holding the charge of Special Secretary.

IRS-IT officer changes his name as Vagya Dutt Sharma (UPDATED)
Yag Dutt Sharma, Additional CIT (Headquarters Administration), New Delhi, has changed his name as Vagya Dutta Sharma.

Book 'Shirdi Sai Baba- the Perfect Master' penned by S C Panda released (UPDATED)
The book titled 'Shirdi Sai Baba - The Perfect Master' penned by S C Panda and his wife Mrs Smita Panda was released by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde at a function held on April 24, 2013. Speaking on the occasion, Shinde highlighted the life and teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba while Guruji C B Satpathy told the gathering the relevance of teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba in today's world. He is presently Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Panda is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Gautam Mukhopadhaya is new Ambassador to Myanmar (UPDATED)
Gautam Mukhopadhaya has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. He is a 1980 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.
(We said this on February 13, 2013)

ONGC Videsh prices US$800 mn dual-tranche USD senior unsecured bond offering (UPDATED)
OVL, wholly-owned subsidiary of ONGC, has announced that it has priced an inaugural US$800 million dual-tranche USD senior unsecured bond offering (the Issue"). The Reg S Notes priced US$300 million in 5-year tenor and US$500 million in 10-year tenor and were rated Baa2/BBB-(Moody's/S&P). D K Sarraf, Managing Director of OVL, said, "We are delighted with the strong interest shown by top global investors in OVL's inaugural bond issue. While this was the largest RegS issuance from India, the transaction was well executed to achieve the lowest pricing in the 5-year and 10 year tenor in the USD bond market by an Indian issuer. High participation by real money investor demonstrates the superiorquality of the order book and the confidence of global investors in the fundamentals of the Company". The Notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by ONGC. The Notes were over-subscribed with an order book aggregating close to US$3billion from high quality investor accounts. The transaction is significant on various accounts: Inaugural USD bond issuance for OVL; Lowest ever coupon achieved by an Indian issuer in the 5-year & 10-year tenor in the USD bond market. Largest Reg S only transaction by an Indian issuer in the USD bond market After successfully completing investor roadshows across Singapore, Hong Kong and London, OVL decided to announce a dual-tranche Reg S transaction on Monday, April 29, 2013. Initial guidance of T+200bps area for a 5-year tranche and T+230bps area for a 10-year tranche with both tranches expected to be US$ benchmark in size was released to the market at Asia open on April 29, 2013.

D Das Gupta is also CCIT-I, Kolkata (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, D Das Gupta, CCIT-II, Kolkata, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-I, Kolkata.

K K Mohapatra, CCIT-I, Kolkata retires today (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, K K Mohapatra, CCIT-I, Kolkata, has retired on April 30, 2013.

Binod Kumar is new CVO of NHPC (UPDATED)
Binod Kumar has been appointed as CVO in the National Hydro Power Corporation Limited (NHPC), New Delhi. He is a 1983 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Krishna Rao is Chief Commissioner, Land Administration in AP (UPDATED)
I Y R Krishna Rao has been appointed as Chief Commissioner of Land Administration & Special Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

(We said this on April 27,2013)

Orders of Mohanty issued, takes charge as CS, AP on May 1 (UPDATED)
Orders of Dr Prasanna Kumar Mohanty for the appointment as next Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh have been issued by the State Government. He will assume the charge on May 1, 2013. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh.
(We said this on April 11,2013)

B Somasekhara Reddy is PCCF, HoFF in AP (UPDATED)
B Somasekhara Reddy has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (HoFF) in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1978 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh.

Ms Gita Mishra selected as Director (Pers), RVNL (UPDATED)
Ms Gita Mishra, Director (Personnel), RVNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 30, 2013. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same. Presently, she is on deputation on this post.

CORPORATE

Kaushal to assume charge as Director (Pers), CWC on May 3
J S Kaushal, GM, IOCL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Personnel), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on June 3, 2013.
(We said this on Nov 26, 2012)

Behera is new Director (Finance) ITDC
Trinath Behera has joined as Director (Finance ) in the ITDC . Prior to this Behera was General Manager Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd.

Kapoor resigns as Director, TFCI
Rakesh Kapoor has resigned as Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd (TFCI) w.e.f. April 23, 2013

Hasuike designated as Joint MD, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
Maruti Suzuki India Limited has appointed Toshiaki Hasuike as Whole-time Director and also designated him as Joint Managing Director with effect from April 27, 2013

Ohasi resigns as Director & Managing Exec. Officer (Production), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
Tsuneo Ohashi has resigned as Director and Managing Executive Officer (Production) of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd w.e.f. April 26, 2013

Bothra appointed Addl. Director, Swarnasarita Gems Ltd
Swarnasarita Gems Ltd has appointed Sunderlal L. Bothra as an Additional Director of the company

Ganatra resigns as Director, Sadbhav Engineering Ltd
Pravinkumar M. Ganatra has resigned as Director of Sadbhav Engineering Ltd w.e.f. April 18, 2013

Muley appointed Company Secy. 20 Microns Ltd
Ms. Anuja Muley has been appointed as the Company Secretary of 20 Microns Ltd w.e.f. April 29, 2013

Ravindrakumar resigns as Director, Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd
K. Ravindrakumar has resigned as Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd w.e.f. April 26, 2013

Aran resigns as Independent Director, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd
Arun Shekhar Aran has resigned as Independent Non-Executive Director of Nucleus Software Exports Ltd w.e.f April 27, 2013.

Sastry appointed Addl. Director, Nucleus Software Exports Ltd
Prof. Trilochan Sastry has been appointed as an Additional Director of Nucleus Software Exports Ltd w.e.f. April 27, 2013.

Kaarthikeyan resigns as Independent Director, Hubtown Ltd
D. R. Kaarthikeyan has resigned as Independent Director of Hubtown Ltd w.e.f. April 17, 2013 on accoutn of his other professional commitments

Ranade resigns as Director, Eon Electric Ltd
P K Ranade has resigned as Director of Eon Electric Ltd w.e.f. March 23, 2013

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Consequences of hanging not analysed by govt

It appears consequences of hanging Ajmal Kasab and Afjal Guru before securing the release of Sarbjeet Singh were not analysed by the government or may be scam ridden government was in such a desperation to improve its image by hanging the two that fate of Sarbjeet Singh was hardly of any consequence.

Sudhir Chopra

Caste is not unique to the Hindus

Caste is not unique to the Hindus. In the subcontinent, even Muslims and Christians have caste. Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians are a fact of life not only in India but even in Pakistan. caste inequality and oppression have been outlawed in India and rightly so. Hindu society has reformed itself over two centuries starting from the renaissance through the freedom movement and post independent, modern India. Slowly, the phenomenon of caste was fading. However, with mandalisation, caste came back with a bang, and today, it is almost the only reality of India. This time it is not the inequality but the reservation opportunities that come with it caste consciousness that is driving the race to "backwardism". Every community is laying claim to being more and more "backward" to reap the benefits of reservation. Everybody is claiming "caste oppression" despite the equality that is not only enshrined in the Constitution and law, but also practised in modern India. Let us not forget that Babasaheb Ambedkar's wife as also Babu Jagjivan Ram's wife were Brahmins.

Vijay Kumar

Casteism is a curse

Casteism is a curse for this country. No body should support this. India is getting urbanised very fast and in the urban areas casteism has disappeared to a great extent. In the villages also, this criminal practice is not so acute now. But in my humble view reservation in jobs for them particularly giving benefit to successive generations of one family is not the solution. Reservations have no doubt uplifted the SCs which no one should grudge. But there are SCs, etc. who have not got this benefit. Give it them so that they can come on equal platform. Only economically strong can fight against social and other injustices. Give economic strength to whose among SCs STs who are poor.

Bishan Sharma

Yatha Rajaa Thatha Prajaa

I wish to inform my friend (Yatha Rajaa Thatha Prajaa) that the Madras Chit Fund Act 1961 is the fore-runner for formulation of all rules and regulations in regard to conduct of Chit Fund Activities. Most of them were really doing well and serving the down-trodden and needy. It was only after the entry of film-wallas and politicians that this noble profession became notorious. Hundreds of poor families in 60s and 70s got benefitted by Chit Funds. There is ample provision in the Rules
for safeguarding the interest of small time depositors.

Radhikai

Civil Services Day - only for the IAS

It is true that Civil Services day appears as a Function only for the IAS as only they are on the dias and only they receive the awards. And yet other service officers are compelled to attend the program to fill up the seats in Vigyan Bhawan.

Vibhore

Ms Mamata Banerjee is an honest Politician

Ms Mamata Banerjee is a rare honest Politician. People should resist the media if they try to drag her name in the Chit fund scam.

AK

Merger of CSSS with CSS

The Sixth CPC had recommended merger of CSSS with CSS and the Government had accepted this recommendation in view of the ongoing acute stagnation in CSSS cadre. Before recommending, Sixth CPC must have considered all the factors and in the interest of both the community it is the best solution to the ongoing acute stagnation. Merger was also suggested with a view to make optimum use of CSSS officials who are not able to contribute much owing to the given nature of duties. If the merger is allowed, stenographers will be motivated to get themselves involved in the main stream of official work. In other words, their jobs may not be confined to only stenography work and attending telephone calls provided their jobs are suitably modified. In return, stenographers will get better treatment in terms of promotional avenues, parity from top to bottom in all respects.

V P Sharma