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POLITICS

Will Cabinet meeting revoke Durga Shakti's suspension today?
A section of bureaucracy makes it a buzz whether the UP Cabinet meeting scheduled to be held in Lucknow on August 1 would chose to revoke the suspension of Durga Shakti or not. The spectators make it a point that the UP Govt's stand may either bridge the divide or broaden the divide between the government and administration.

Jharkhand may witness Cabinet expansion likely on Aug 3?
The cabinet expansion of newly formed Government of Jharkhand is expected on August 3.

Jairam is poised for Chairperson, Coordination Committee for Jharkhand
Jairam Ramesh may be appointed as the Chairperson of the Coordination Committee for the newly installed coalition government in Jharkhand after August 4. Though he had been coordinating the affairs informally but reportedly, he may formally be declared as the Chairperson immediately after the cabinet expansion.

Eliminating fuel subsidies to cause impact on incomes of households
The current approach to fuel pricing in India has resulted in large fuel subsidies. These subsidies increased sharply from around 0.8 percent of GDP in 2009/10 to 1.9 percent of 20 GDP in 2011/12. As well as being fiscally costly, these subsidies are both inefficient and inequitable. However, eliminating them will have a substantial negative impact on the real incomes of households, estimated to range from 4 percent for the lowest income groups to 5 percent for higher income groups.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega ONGC Chairman (4) Shashi Shankar
Shashi Shankar, who is Director (T &FS ) of the ONGC, is also in the run for the post. He is also an insider. Interviews for the position are expected to be held on August 30 by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB).

Arvind Ranjan gets additional charge of DG, CRPF
DG, NSG, Arvind Ranjan, has been given additional charge of the DG, CRPF.He will take over on Thursday.

Dilip Trivedi to be new DG of CRPF?
Latest information says that Dilip Trivedi is being appointed new DG of the CRPF.The1978 batch IPS officer of UP cadre Trivedi is presently Special DG, BSF.

Lawmkunga is new Chief Secretary of Manipur
P C Lawmkunga has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Manipur. He succeeds D S Poonia, the incumbent CS of Manipur. Lawmkunga is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.
(We said this on July 9, 2013)

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary gets extension
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Dr Hari Krishna has been given six months extension in service. A 1981 batch UP cadre IAS officer, Dr Krishna was scheduled to retire on July 31.
(We said this on July 26, 2013)

19 IRS officers posted as Commissioners of C&CE after promotion
As many as 19 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise have been given postings after promotion to the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: P K Goel has been appointed as ADG, DGICCE, Kolkata; A K Roy as Commissioner (L&J), CBEC, Delhi; M Ponnusamy as ADG, NACEN, Chennai; A M Sahay as Commissioner, Kolkata CX-2; A R S Kumar as Commissioner Trichy Cus (P); Amand Shah as Commissioner, Trichy CX (A); Atul Gupta-II as ADG (Audit), Mumbai; Chandra Prakash Goyal as ADG, Kanpur, NACEN; Deepak Garg as ADG, HRD (I&W), Delhi; G P Chandolia as Commissioner Cochin CX (A); J P Mamgain as Commissioner, Lucknow CX (A); K P Misra as Commissioner Shillong CX; K V S Singh as ADG, DRI, Kolkata; Krishna Pratap Singh as ADG, DGEP, Delhi; L Satya Srinivas as ADG, Audit, Delhi; M K Srivastava as Commissioner, NOIDA CX; M Sridhar Reddy as Commissioner, Thiruvananthapuram CX; M Subramanium as Commissioner Mangalore CX and Madan Mohan Singh has been posted as Commissioner, Kolkata CX 6.

Pillai is Adviser (Finance),Telecom Commission
Nirmala Pillai has been appointed as Adviser (Finance) Telecom Commission. The 1979 batch IP&TAFS officer is serving as Principal Controller of Communication Accounts posted in Delhi.

Tejveer Singh promoted in LBSNAA
Tejveer Singh, Deputy Director, (Sr) in the La1 Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie has been promoted as Joint Director in the Academy. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ranjana Chopra promoted in LBSNAA
Ms Ranjana Chopra, Deputy Director, (Sr) in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie has been promoted as Joint Director in the Academy. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Jharkhand CM soon to appoint OSD & APS for Delhi affairs
As the grapevine has it Hemant Soren, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Jharkhand is all set to appoint an OSD and an APS to be placed in Delhi. They would take care of the CM's affairs in Delhi at Jharkhand Bhawan.

Justice Tataia to retire on August 3
Justice Prakash Tatia, Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, is all set to retire on August 3. Will he?

A P Panda joins as Director (Finance), SECL today
A P Panda, AGM, RINL, is joining as Director (Finance), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) on August 1, 2013. He will succeed A R Komawar.
(We said this on January 30, 2013)

Krishna Shankar joins as Director (IS&P), BHEL today
W V K Krishna Shankar, ED, BHEL, is joining as Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on August 1, 2013. He will succeed M K Dubey.
(We said this on January 29, 2013)

Sridhar Patra to join as Director (Fin), THDCIL on Aug 2
Sridhar Patra, GM, MRPL, is joining as Director (Finance), THDC India Limited (THDCIL) on August 2, 2013. He will succeed C P Singh.
(We said this January 11, 2013)

A K Tyagi joins as CMD, MECON Ltd today
A K Tyagi, Director (Commercial), MECON, is joining as Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited, on August 1, 2013. He will succeed K K Mehrotra.
(We said this on January 10, 2013)

Bhaskar joins as Director (Prod), BDL today
V U Bhaskar GM, BDL, is joining as Director (Production), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on August 1, 2013. He will succeed P K Srivastava. He is an M. Tech in Polymer Science & Technology from IIT, Delhi. Prior to this, he did B.Tech in Plastics Technology and Chemical Engineering from HBTI, Kanpur. He is a recipient of the prestigious Raksha Mantri’s Innovation Award in Group/Individual Category for the year 2010 – 11 for his distinguished contribution in establishing Ballistic Evaluation Method using T-72 fixed firing stand for indigenisation of explosive charges of Invar Missiles.
(We said this on January 8, 2013)

Change of ADG (Law & Order) unlikely in UP Police?
As against the recent whispers regarding the supposed change of ADG, Law & Order; the fresh buzz suggests that Arun Kumar, 1985 batch IPS officer, would continue with the present assignment. Recently two names had resurfaced as the replacement of Kumar namely: Mukul Goyal and R K Vishwakarma who are 1987 & 1988 batch IPS officers respectively. One can only wait and watch?

Will Rizwan be the new DGP of UP?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rizwan Ahmed is also in the fray for DGP slot. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of UP cadre currently serving as DG, Railways. Will he win the race?

P C Jain posted as OSD before joining as Director (Mktg), BEL
P C Jain, GM, BEL, has been appointed as OSD before joining as Director (Marketing), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). Jain will succeed present incumbent H N Ramakrishna on September 1, 2013.

43 IRS officers promoted as C&CE Commissioners
As many as 43 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise for the panel year 2012-13 have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: Sansar Chand, K P Misra, J P Mamgain, A M Sahay, Shailendra Sharma, V K Singh-I, Sudhir Kumar, G P Chandolia, Satish Kumar, R S Meena, Amand Shah, Chandra Prakash Goyal, Prachi Saroop, A R S Kumar, Priya V K Singh, Rimjhim Prasad, Deepak Garg, Rajesh Jindal, Satya Prasad Sahu, Simmi Jaini, U Niranjan, Krishna Pratap Singh, P N Tiwari, P Anjani Kumar, Sunil Tated, M K Srivastava, Atul Gupta-II, Mayank Kumar, Alok Chopra, Madan Mohan Singh, Sharwan Kumar, L Satya Srinivas, Arti A Srinivas, Charul Barnwal, Rajiv Ranjan, K V S Singh, M Subramanium, M Sridhar Reddy, Capt. Sanjay Gahlot, P V Subba Rao, Sanjay Rathi, Nitish Kumar Sinha and Shailendra Kumar Sinha.

D K Samantaray relieved to join central deputation
Madhya Pradesh Government has relieved D K Samantaray of cadre responsibility and paved the way for joining as Chief Executive Officer, Food, Safety and Standard Authority of India on central deputation. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on July 6, 2013)

Dr Birdi is also Chairman, Vyapam
Dr Devraj Birdi has been given an additional charge of Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam). He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Posts of eight CITs re-designated in Chennai
Posts of eight Commissioners of Income Tax (CIT) have been re-designated in Chennai. Accordingly, J Sirikumar has been re-designated as CIT (A), Central-I, Chennai; Vikram Gaur as CIT (A) Central, Chennai; K Krishnamurthy as CIT (A)-I, Chennai; Uppalapati Anjanyeyalu as CIT (A)-II, Chennai; E S Nagendran Prasad as CIT (A)-III, Chennai; Joe Sebastian as CIT (A)-IV, Chennai; Pathalavath Peerya as CIT (A)-VII, Chennai and M Krishnasamy was re-designated as CIT (A)-VII, Chennai.

Two IRS-IT officers locally shifted
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have locally been shifted. Krishna Kumar Tiwari has been posted as CIT-16, Mumbai while Balakrishnan B R will now be DIT (Inv)-I, Mumbai CCA.

Three IRS-IT officers get additional charges
Three officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax (IRS-IT) cadre have been given additional charges. Accordingly, Abhay Kumar Tayal has been assigned an additional charge of DIT (ITSC)-II, Mumbai while B V Gopinath gets an additional charge of CIT (IB), Hyderabad and Sudhir Kumar was given an additional charge of CIT (Burdwan) and CIT (Durgapur), Kolkata CCA.

Will Sansi be ED, Punjab and Sindh Bank?
Kishore Sansi, General Manager, (Government Accounts Department),OBC is likely to be ED, Punjab Sindh Bank.

Athmaram to be ED, Bank of Maharashtra ?
R Athmaram, GM, Andhra Bank is likely to be appointed to be ED of Bank of the Maharashtra.

New post created in DDA
A new post of Principal Commissioner (Monitoring & Coordination) has been created in Delhi Development Authority (DDA).

Mukherjee poised for Principal Commissioner, DDA
Ranjan Mukherjee is all set to join DDA as Principal Commissioner (Monitoring & Coordination). Previously he served as OSD to Tejendra Khanna, previous Lieutenant Governor, Delhi. He is a Group Captain rank officer, Indian Air Force.

Special fund for buying shares of HMT
Government of India has created a special fund in order to buy shares of loss making PSU, HMT.

Ajit Kumar to be elevated Indian Navy
Eastern Fleet Commander P Ajit Kumar is being elevated in the Indian Navy.

Eight IRSME officers get fresh postings
As many as eight officers of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) have been given fresh postings. Accordingly, A K Gupta, SAG/IRSME/East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/SBP, has been transferred to North Central Railway and posted in the cadre while R L Gupta, SAG/IRSME/East Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Sonepur, is being posted to South East Central Railway and posted in the cadre and L C Trivedi, SAG/IRSME/South East Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/BSP, was transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre. Similarly, Rahul Jain, SAG/IRSME/South Western Railway, on being relieved from the post of the DRM/Hubli, has been transferred to Central Railway and posted in the cadre; T P Singh, SAG/IRSME/South Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Guntakal, is transferred to North Western Railway and posted in the cadre; Ramesh Kumar, SAG/IRSME/North Western Railway, is posted as CME(CHOD)/North Western Railway; Sandeep Mehra, SAG/IRSME, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/SBC/South Western Railway, posted as Chairman RRB/Bangalore; P U K Reddy, SAG/IRSME, Chairman/RRB/Bangalore, should be posted as Chairman/RRB/Secunderabad and C M Rao, SAG/IRSME/East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/WAT, was transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre.

K B Agarwal posted Principal Resident Commissioner of J&K to Delhi (UPDATED)
K B Agarwal has been appointed as Principal Resident Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in J&K (UPDATED)
Some officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu and Kashmir. Accordingly, Ms Sonali Kumar has been appointed as Chairperson, J&K Special Tribunal while Shantamanu will now be Divisional Commissioner, Jammu and Ms Sarita Chauhan is Secretary, Animal & sheep Husbandry. Similarly, M A Bukhari has been appointed as Secretary, GAD, Sheikh Mushtaq as Secretary, Higher Education; Saurabh Bhagat as Secretary, Industries & Commerce; Saugat Biswas as MD, J&K Medical Supplies Corporation; Shyam Vinod Meena as Additional Secretary, PHE, Irrigation and Food Control.

12th NTPC Professional Circle Convention inaugurated (UPDATED)
Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD inaugurated the 12th NTPC Professional Circle Convention. I J Kapoor, Director (Commercial), B P Singh, Director (Projects) N N Misra, Director (Operations) A K Jha, Director (Tech.)) UP Pani, Director (HR) were present with him on the occasion. Professional Circles provide a platform for sharing and dissemination of knowledge among NTPC executives to keep them abreast of latest developments while leveraging their efforts to address business problems and challenges. Sixteen winner teams of all regional level conventions participated in this company level convention held recently. Awards were presented to the Successful Professional Circles - Apex from Farakka, Gyanoday of NETRA, Ankur from Faridabad. Southern Region and Eastern Region were also awarded on the occasion

Ms Richa Gaharwar posted as Dy Secretary, CBDT (UPDATED)
Ms Richa Gaharwar( JCIT, IRS) has been deputed as Deputy Secretary (V&I) in Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue on deputation basis.

Mrs Anita Kaul assumes charges as Secretary, Law and Justice (UPDATED)
Mrs Anita Kaul has taken over as the Secretary, Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law & Justice. Before joining the Department of Justice, Mrs Kaul was the Principal Secretary Planning in the Programme Implementation Department of the Government of Karnataka. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on July 4, 2013)

Mrs Sujatha Singh joins as Foreign Secretary (UPDATED)
Mrs Sujatha Singh has taken over as new Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs. She is a 1976 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS).
(We said this on April 10 & June 26, 2013)

Prof Waman Kendre posted as Director, NSD (UPDATED)
Professor Waman Kendre has been appointed as Director of National School of Drama (NSD) for a period of five years.

Rajesh Agarwal selected as Director (W&W), KRCL (UPDATED)
Rajesh Agarwal, ED, KRCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Way & Works), Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 1, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Shah appointed Independent Director, Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited
Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited has appointed Ms Hina Shah as Independent Director of the company.

Malhotra appointed Addl. Director, HCL Technologies Limited
HCL Technologies Limited has appointed Ms Roshni Nadar Malhotra as the Additional Director of the company.

Ratnaparkhi appointed CFO, Finolex Industries Limited
Finolex Industries Limited has appointed Mandar B Ratnaparkhi, Vice President(Finance & Accounts) as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. August 1, 2013

Joshua appointed Company Secretary, Morepen Laboratories Ltd
Morepen Laboratories Limited has appointed Thomas P Joshua as the Company Secretary of the company.

Maniar resigns as Non Exec. Director, Varun Shipping Company Ltd
C M Maniar has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Varun Shipping Company Ltd on his personal grounds

Subbarao appointed Independent Director, Educomp Solutions Ltd
Educomp Solutions Ltd has appointed Dr V V Subbarao as Independent Director of the company.

Balasubramanian ceases to be Director, Mafatlal Industries Ltd
V K Balasubramanian has ceased to be Director of Mafatlal Industries Ltd.

Surana appointed Addl. Director, Madhusudan Industries Ltd
Madhusudan Industries Ltd has appointed Prem Chand Surana as an Additional Director of the company.

Mohata resigns as Director of Madhusudan Industries Ltd
Narayan Mohata has resigned as Director of Madhusudan Industries Ltd.

Kohli ceases to be Company Secy,Advance Metering Technology Ltd
Jaspreet Singh Kohli has ceased to be the Company Secretary of Advance Metering Technology Ltd.

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Justice of an IAS officer against an IAS officer

The question is as to who has made Durga Shakti- 'Shaktiless'. I do not find fault in politicians as the suspension order must have been passed by an IAS officer and an IAS officer is expected to do justice. One should not doubt the decision of an IAS officer and if the suspension order is not valid, the Secretary passing the impugned order is not fit for the post in my opinion and we should cry for that only.

S K Singh

Suspension of IAS officer a dangerous trend

Suspension of Ms Durga Shakti Nagpal, an IAS officer of UP cadre, is a dangerous trend. Either, the Allahabad High Court or the Supreme Court should have suo-moto taken up the incident of suspension of Ms Durga Shakti Nagpal as a case of PIL and issued notice to the UP Government. The biggest casualty of illegal mining taking place along the rivers is the 'environment'. Where are the propoganist of environment? Why are they not shouting from the top? "A la Sunita Narain of Centre for Science and Environment".

Satya Prakash

Victimization of lady officer

The lady IAS officer has been suspended without calling for an explanation. The Chief Secretary should not consider that he cannot be treated in the same manner if the situation is so arrived. In Govt working if any action has to be taken against even a peon. First explanation is called for the violation of any rules. In case reply is not satisfactory then a memo is served why action should not be taken against you for such and such lapse. Here is case where punishment has been awarded without calling even for an explanation. What is this working? What it shows? Let the officer should request for central deputation which will be the best option for her at this moment. We should be more sensitive in such matters.

N Prakash

Victimization of officers not reported in media

It is not understood why so much hue and cry there on suspension of an IAS officer in UP. In reality there are many officers and staff are victimized which have been either not reported or got unnoticed by the media. Specially the lower rung staff who have been victimised in the same way.

Kalyan

Alok Ranjan makes everyone in IAS coterie ashamed

Alok Ranjan, an IAS officer of 1978 batch, has made everyone in IAS ashamed holding charge as Acting Chief Secretary in UP. A thoroughly weak officer who suspended an upright IAS young girl Durga Shakti Nagpal.

R C Srivastava IAS

Alok Ranjan is a blot on IAS

Alok Ranjan is a blot on IAS. As Acting Chief Secretary, he was instrumental in suspending her. Jawed Usmani the CS is on leave for 5 days. Alok Ranjan wants to be CS and is holding the powerful posts of APC and IDC and also the President of IAS UP Association and CM's sycophant.

A Goyal IAS

Ranjan tried to appease UP CM

The present Acting Chief Secretary, Alok Ranjan (IAS 1978) fooled all of us and was instrumental in suspending Durga Shakti Nagpal (IAS 2010). Trying to appease the CM UP. Unfortunate for IAS in UP.

P Sen Sharma

Ranjan fools IAS Association

Alok Ranjan (IAS 1978) is Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC), Industrial Development Commissioner (IDC) and several other portfolios and President IAS Association. He fooled IAS Association by saying that he will take the case to CM. What a pity.

R S Nigam IAS

Politicians make bureaucrats dance to their tunes

The suspension of young IAS probationer in UP is a strong indicator to the fact that it is the top echelon of our bureaucracy which is intellectually bankrupt and morally weak. This again prove how politicians can make them to dance to their tunes. But it needs a spine of steel to refuse to the tunes of political masters but corrupt and self centered bureaucrats always look for the shortcuts. It is such bureaucracy which has let the country down. Political masters would have fallen the line had these white collared burden to the exchequer proven their integrity and commitment towards the people. Such people in the echelon should be identified and exposed on public domain. Righteous and impartial officers must hold the baton of bureaucracy.

Chanakya

Poonia proves his mettle

Poonia will be remembered for his hard work and sincerity to the state. Best wishes for new inning sir.

Komal Singh

MEA should improve performance in Passport

I fully agree. MEA should improve on performance in each sphere but passport is of prime importance as this is where is public knows existence of MEA. Should devise a system wherein New Passport be issued within one month, if it is rejected or refused, that also be intimated to the applicant within one month. Renewal is done 3-4 days. Other areas where MEA needs to improve is increase in India's exports, India's investment abroad, especially in the poor countries so that goods can be produced and exported at competitive prices via export free zones and third country. Each representative posted abroad must be given a target for India's exports. This should judge his/her performance. This is a commercial world.

Harish Kumar

Scooters India Ltd: Reforms fail to restore it to health

The curious case of Scooters India Ltd isn't this public sector unit celebrating the 39th glorious year of its "sickness"? Even reforms have failed to restore it to health. This case presents itself for a research study on fair business practices in India. None of our celebrated economists and planning czars, their think tanks or advisory councils, have ever pronounced on such cases of economic miseries inflicted on the aam aadmi & the tax payer. We are so cute a country!

M L Gupta

IAS officer causes sufferings of IAS officer

It is indeed a long awaited rendering of justice for Shetty. It is a pity that another IAS officer was the cause of all this suffering of Shetty.

S Ramasundaram

Neither Mulayam nor Lalu is Dalit leader

Neither Mulayam Singh nor Lalu is Dalit leader. They are neither Dalit nor leaders of Dalits alone. Behenji is a Dalit leader and, it must be added, a great achiever despite being a woman and a Dalit both of which categories have suffered greatly in the past before our constitution came into force (though now empowered through our constitution). Meira Kumarji is a leader of great stature of all communities, castes and religions and it is wrong to fetter her as merely a Dalit leader.

Vijay Kumar

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