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POLITICS

Now no Durga only Ashok Khemka
Now people have forgotten much talked about UP cadre IAS officer Durga Nagpal. Suddenly a 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, Ashok Khemka has become the darling of Indian Media courtesy Robert Vadera.

Who is the black-sheep?
Who is the black-sheep in the Congress party and the government instrumental in supplying Khemka report to the media? Only investigating agencies can answer to this question.

BUREAUCRACY

I S Chahal to be Joint Secretary, UT, MHA
I S Chahal is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary (UT) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Will Pathak be relieved of JS (UT), MHA?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Dr Keshav Kumar Pathak may soon be relieved of his current crucial assignment of Joint Secretary, Union Territory. He is tipped to be moved to some another crucially important desk. Pathak is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Gopal Reddy to be Joint Secretary (Police), MHA
Gopal Reddy is being appointed new Joint Secretary (Police) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Reddy would replace K K Mittal who was elevated as Additional Secretary.

V P Joy to be Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
V P Joy is all set to join the Cabinet Secretariat as Joint Secretary this month. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre. He would succeed Subhash Chandra Garg who was recently posted in-situ as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretary. Joy is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on July 29, 2013)

Singh not joining as Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs
Latest information says that Surjit Singh may not be posted as Joint Secretary, Dept of Minority Affairs, a slot recently been vacated by Dimple Verma after she was moved to NBCC as CVO. Surjit, an officer of CSS cadre, is serving as Joint Secretary, MoEF.

P Prakash to be Joint Secretary, HRD
Praveen Prakash is all set to join the Department of HRD, Government of India. The 1994 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre is presently serving as PS to Union Minister of State for Information Technology & Communications, Killi Kruparani.
(We said this on July 26, 2013)

Pranav Kumar to move to Lucknow
Pranav Kumar, who is SP CBI in Kolkata, has been moved to Lucknow. He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Khare to move Ranchi from Lucknow
SP CBI in Lucknow, S P Khare, has been moved to Ranchi. He is a CBI cadre officer.

P K Mishra retires from UPSC
Member of the UPSC, P K Mishra, has retired on August 5. He is a retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

New Member of the UPSC to join this week
New Member of the UPSC, who is an academician, will join the UPSC as Member this week. Zimomi is from Nagaland.

Rohit Arya to be Judge of MP HC
Name of Jabalpur Lawyer Rohit Arya is believed to have been cleared for Judge in the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Collegium did not approve four names of Judge MP HC?
In an unprecedented move the Supreme Court Collegium did not approve four names for High Court Judge recommended from Madhya Pradesh. Name of only Rohit Arya has been cleared.

Employees Unions dead against PFRDA Bill
Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers is mobilizing employees in mass in order to take to the streets to oppose Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill being tabled at Parliament for discussion.

Income criterion for OBCs increased
The Government of India has increased the income criterion for the persons to avail reservation benefits for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs. 6 lakh per annum with effect from May 16, 2013.

Will Sinha be given as Information Commissioner, Bihar?
Followed by the buzz about the supposed appointment of Afzal Amanullah as the new Chief Secretary of Bihar the speculations have started doing rounds that Ashok Kumar Sinha, the incumbent CS, may be appointed as the Information Commissioner of Bihar State Information Commission. Sinha is 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. One can only wait and watch?

Raghuvanshi elevated as Senior PS to Himachal CM
P S Raghuvanshi has been upgraded and re-designated as Senior PS to Himachal Chief Minister, Veerbhadra Singh. Till now he served as APS to the CM. Previously he served as APS to Virbhadra in his previous term as Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

Orders of Joshi as Director, BEML Ltd yet to come
The orders of S S Joshi, ED, DMRC, for the appointment as Director (Metro & Rail Business), BEML Limited are yet to be issued by Government of India.

Rajeev Krishna is now IG Operations, BSF
Rajeev Krishna has been moved to the BSF Headquarters as IG Operations. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Tomar is new IG BSF Jammu Frontier
S S Tomar has taken over as new IG Border Security Force (BSF) Jammu Frontier. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Will PS to Nitish Kumar be moved as PS, Education?
Followed by the buzz about Deepak Kumar's supposed appointment as Principal Secretary to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the speculations have started doing rounds that Anjani Kumar, the incumbent PS to Nitish, may be appointed as Principal Secretary, Education, Govt of Bihar. Deepak Kumar is a 1984 batch IAS officer while Anjani Kumar belongs to 1981 batch.

Arundhati Bhattacharya is new CFO, SBI
Arundhati Bhattacharya will be new CFO and DMD of the State Bank of India. Prior to this she was the MD and chief executive of SBI Caps.

Seven CGMs promoted in SBI
The seven CGMs have been promoted as Deputy MDs in the State Bank of India. They are VG Kannan, Jeevandas Narayan, N Jambunathan, Krishna Machari, SA Ramesh Rangan, Praveen Kumar Malhotra and Jibendu Narayan Misra.

IPS officer Meena holds record of maximum transfers in UP
The record for maximum transfers among IPS officers is currently held by 1983 batch KL Meena who has been transferred 59 times in Uttar Pradesh.

GoI closes six sick CPSEs
Government of India (GoI) has closed six sick Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) which are: Bihar Drugs & Organic Chemicals Ltd in Bihar; Indian Oil Technologies Ltd in Delhi; Brushware Ltd in UP; Pyrites Phosphates & Chemicals Ltd in Bihar; National Instruments Limited in West Bengal and Bharat Yantra Nigam Limited in Uttar Pradesh.

Anil Kumar is all set to join BSF as IG
Grapevine has it that Anil Kumar is all set to move from NSG to BSF. He will start his new stint as IG. The 1993 batch IPS officer of MP cadre has been serving as DIG (admin) NSG.

Ms Srivastava posted as Asst AG in AG office, Allahabad
Ms Sailaja Srivastava, on completion of training at Shimla, has been posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of the Accountant General (A&E)-I, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad. She is an IA&AS officer of 2011 batch.

Coal India to decide to change its logo or not
Coal India is mulling over the suggestion of Government of India whether it should change its logo or not.

Rath launches Global Program on Corporate Governance at IMI New Delhi
Dr Arun K Rath Chairman & Professor Centre for Corporate Governance and Social responsibility, International Management Institute New Delhi is launching month long International Training Program on Corporate Governance in Public Sector Enterprises for executives of government and corporate sector from different countries commencing on August 12,2013. Sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India the global event will have 26 participants from 20 countries of the world . Former Secretary Ministry of Human Resource Development , Dr Rath belongs to 1973 batch of IAS Jharkhand Cadre.

Ms Kaul empanelled as JS in GoI
Ms Padma Iyer Kaul has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1989 batch officer of IP&TA &FS.

41 CSS officers promoted as Under Secretary in GoI
As many as 41 Section officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the grade of Under Secretary and posted at different Ministries in Government of India. Accordingly, Rajesh Kumar Verma has been shifted to Food and Public Distribution while Ashish Sharma will remain in the same Ministry, Economic Affairs and Manoj Kumar Jha is shifted to Tribal Affairs. Similarly, Vijayant Kumar Arora has been appointed to UPSC; Bharat Bhushan Joshi to Defence; Sunil Kumar Adlakha to Civil Aviation; Mrs Kusum to Health & Family Welfare; Vinayak Mishra to Minority Commission; Jeewan Kumar to Tribal Affairs; Mrs Nidhi Garg to Urban Development; Arun Kalra to Disability Affairs; Mrs Madhavi Mohan to Urban Development; P Y Mohanan to Home Affairs; Kundan Bharti Sinha to AYUSH; Arunva Sengputa to Minority Commission; Mrs Jayashree Sivakumar to Revenue; Sangeet Kumar to Food and Public Distribution; Rajesh Kumar Khatri to AYUSH; Ravi Chandra to Minority Affairs; Pramod Kumar Samal to Home Affairs; Alok Jabharia to Administrative Reforms & PG; Rupesh Kumar to Cabinet Secretariat; Mukesh Kumar to Supply; Mrs Sureksha Sharma to Disability Affairs; Mohan Chandra Bhatt to Petroleum & Natural Gas; Sauranshu Sinha to Disability Affairs; Brijesh Kumar Sharma to Industrial Policy & Promotion; Mrs Lalita Chawla to Health; Jasvinder Singh to Rural Development; Jatender Singh to Personnel & Training; Sanjay Singh to Culture; Mrs Anita Mahendru to Agriculture & Cooperation; Nitin Gupta to Disability Affairs; K C Raju to CBI; Avinash Kusumakar to Shipping; Mrs Savita Sharma to Economic Affairs; Harish Rajpal to Civil Aviation; Mrs Sarla Aggarwal to Planning Commission; Praveen Kumar Sachan to Health and Lal Chand Garg will remain in Road Transport & Highways.

Vivek Kate to be Airport Manager, Kuwait
Air India officer, Vivek Kate has been appointed as Airport Manager, Kuwait.

India's largest blast furnace becomes operational at SAIL's Rourkela plant (UPDATED)
"Durga", the largest blast furnace of the country has become operational at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the Maharatna Company, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Chairman SAIL, C S Verma visited the furnace and inspected the facilities on 10th August. Also present on the occasion were Director (Technical) S S Mohanty, Director (Projects & Business Planning) T S Suresh, CEO RSP GS Prasad and senior officers and employees of the steel plant. Built at an approximate expenditure of Rs 1600 crore, the furnace has a useful volume of 4060 cubic metres, and will increase SAIL's hot metal capacity by 2.5 million tones per annum (MTPA). Verma inaugurated the new Slab Caster at the Steel Melting Shop-II of RSP, which can cast slabs of up to 2500 mm width. With the start of the new state-of-the-art Furnace, hot metal capacity at RSP will increase to 4.5 MTPA from its present capacity of 2 MTPA. With a daily hot metal production of 8000 tonnes per day, the furnace has an enhanced campaign life of 20 years, and is equipped with systems such as pulverized coal injection, cast house fume extraction, cast house slag granulation, high top pressure operation coupled with top gas recovery turbine, twin material bin bell-less top, waste heat recovery and conveyor belt charging. It incorporates level II automation and has twin flat cast house with four tap holes. The environment-friendly furnace ensures minimum emissions and recovers waste energy to the fullest; it also has a closed-loop cooling system resulting in almost zero water discharge. The new slab caster set up at an approximate expenditure of Rs. 500 crore incorporates latest technologies and can cast slabs of width upto 2500 mm with thickness of 220 mm, 250 mm and 300 mm. This slab caster will supply slabs to the new 4.3 metre wide Plate Mill being installed as a part of RSP's modernisation and expansion plan.

NMDC's first quarter result 2013-14 (UPDATED)
NMDC has posted good performance for the first quarter of FY 2013-14. NMDC has posted a turnover of Rs.2871 crore which is 1% higher than CPLY turnover of Rs 2840 crore. The Gross profit and net profit after tax during the first quarter of FY 2013-14 was Rs.2390 crore and Rs.1572 crore representing an improvement of 6% &7% respectively over previous quarter. Speaking on the occasion of 1st quarter results for 2013-14, C.S. Verma, CMD, NMDC, said: "In spite of the challenges and down trend in the steel sector, NMDC performance in this quarter is appreciable considering the Company's focus has been to support the domestic steel industry".

NBCC gets new Chief Vigilance Officer (UPDATED)
Mrs.Dimple Verma, IAS, has taken over as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of NBCC, a Mini Ratna Schedule "A" CPSE. Mrs.Verma has served in various administrative capacities at District & State level in Uttar Pradesh before joining NBCC. While working with the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation (DAC), Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, Mrs. Verma dealt with IT and Extension programmes of DAC. As Joint Secretary in Ministry of Minority Affairs, she looked after Education & Women Empowerment Programmes along with Media & Research Schemes of the Ministry. She was instrumental in digitalization of data in educational schemes which was appreciated but the Government and several Ministries / Organizations are in the process of adopting it.

Rahim Khaleel joins as CMD, STCIL today (UPDATED)
Rahim Khaleel, Director (Marketing), STCIL, has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), STCIL on August 12, 2013.
(We said this on Mar 26, July 27, Aug 8, 2013)

Deepak J S relieved of CMD charge of STCIL (UPDATED)
Deepak J S, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has been relieved of the charge of Chairman and Managing Director, The State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCIL) on August 12, 2013. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Punetha posted as Spl CS, Agriculture & Cooperation in AP (UPDATED)
Anil Chandra Punetha has been appointed as APC & Special Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Cooperation Department in place of Koppula Raju who was relieved of after he quit the IAS in Andhra Pradesh. Punetha is a 1984 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Koppula Raju of AP cadre quits IAS (UPDATED)
Koppula Raju has quit Indian Administrative Service (IAS) on account of certain personal reasons. His resignation has been accepted with effect from August 12, 2013. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Six IFS officers shifted in AP (UPDATED)
Four officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to 1999 batch have been transferred after promoting them to the rank of Conservator of Forests. S Sri Sarvanan has been posted as Director, Eco-Tourism, AP Forest Development Corporation Limited, Hyderabad while Md Jalaluddin Akbar will now be Conservator of Forests in the office of PCCF, Hyderabad and M Ravi Kumar is Conservator of Forests, Wildlife Management circle, Tirupathi and T P Thimma Reddy as Conservator of Forests. Besides, P V (1994) has been appointed as Conservator of Forests, Guntur Circle and D Nalini Mohan will report PCCF, Hyderabad for further posting.

Amrit Lugun appointed Ambassadr to Yemen (UPDATED)
Amrit Lugun (IFS: 1989) has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Republic of Yemen.

Two IAS officers shifted in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been shifted in Andhra Pradesh. I Srinivas Srinaresh (1995)has been appointed as Collector, Khammam district while M Veerabrahmaiah (1997) will now be Collector, Karimnagar.

13 IFS officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 13 officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) and belonging to 1986 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Abhay Kumar singh of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Bhagwan Bux Singh of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Manoj Pant of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; T V Narshima Rao of West Bengal cadre; P K Pant of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Atul Kumar Shukla and Dr Jiten Kumar of Chhattisgarh cadre; Gambir Singh of Uttarakhand cadre; Liandawala of UT cadre; D J N Anand of Manipur-Tripura cadre; N Venkata Raja Sekhar of West Bengal cadre; Rajesh Kumar Singh of UT cadre and C B Pandey of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Two IRTS officers get postings (UPDATED)
Two IRTS officers have been given postings in Railways. Ravindra Goyal, SAG/IRTS, WR, has been appointed as CFTM, Western Railway while Vishal Agarwal, SAG/IRTS/, on being relieved of DRM post, Pune, was posted in the cadre of Central Railway.

CORPORATE

Profit in Canara Bank
Canara Bank has reported profit 2.2% to Rs 792 crore in the first quarter ended June. R K Dubey is the CMD of the Bank.

Rao is President of NSAI
M Prabhakar Rao has been elected as the President of National Seed Association of India (NSAI). He will head NSAI's governing council during 2013-2015.

Samal resigns as Ind. Director, ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd
Dr B Samal has resigned as Independent Director of ARSS Infrastructure Projects Ltd.

Mohapatra appointed Additional Director, PNB Gilts Ltd
PNB Gilts Ltd has appointed Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, General Manager, Punjab National Bank as an Additional Director of the company.

Regunta resigns as Company Secy, Goenka Diamond & Jewels Ltd
Ms Kalapan Regunta has resigned as Company Secretary of Goenka Diamond & Jewels Ltd.

Srinath resigns as Company Secy, BPL Ltd
Srinath Maniyal M has resigned as Company Secretary of BPL Ltd.

Goel resigns as Director, Lead Financial Services Ltd
Ravi Kumar Goel has resigned as Director of Lead Financial Services Ltd.

Chudasma resigns as Director, Balaji Telefilms Ltd
Akshay Chudasama has resigned as Director of Balaji Telefilms Ltd its subsidiary Balaji Motion Pictures Limited.

Kapoor appointed MD, Balaji Motion Pictures Limited
Ms Ekta Kapoor has been appointed as Managing Director (MD) of Balaji Motion Pictures Limited. She is also Joint Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

Sippy appointed Director (Distribution), Balaji Motion Pictures Limited
Ramesh Sippy has resigned as Director of Balaji Motion Pictures Limited but appointed as an Advisor with designation of Director (Distribution) of Balaji Motion Pictures Limited

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Bharat Forge Ltd
S D Kulkarni and Dr Uwe Loos have resigned as directors of Bharat Forge Ltd.

Sharma resigns as Company Secy,Bharat Forge Ltd
Ajay Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Bharat Forge Ltd .

Vaishampayan appointed Company Secy, Bharat Forge Ltd
P S Vaishampayan, Vice President of Bharat Forge Ltd has been appointed as Company Secretary of the company.

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Bureaucrats should have autonomous body

Just like MCI and Bar Council, bureaucrats should have an autonomous body which should be final authority for transfer suspension etc and state govt can just recommend them. Fixed tenure and transfers when there's scientific and corroboratory proof that transferring an official will bring improvement to the current post and the next post the person is getting transferred. A mathematical scoring and statistical model to check effectiveness of officials in deciding there postings .. Also the same model should be replicated at state level with state civil servant body. Institutions should run like business houses with accountability and also adequate incentives to perform well. Durga Nagpal and Ashok Khemka case highlights why even honest officers give up due to obsolete system.

Himanshu Singh

Mafiosi to administer in UP?

Now Azam Khan of Samajwadi Party (SP) has come up with the suggestion to abolish civil services. Who does he think will run the administration? The sand mafia or other Mafiosi? They can then have a free run on the plunder of all natural resources and fill their already full coffers without anybody questioning them. No civil services, no audit, no police, no vigilance. What an ideal environment to carry on with loot. Why not abolish the electoral system which throws up such "worthies' to rule the poor people of this country. Civil servants on their own can provide better administration if they are acting without fear and favour.

Aarti Khosla

TAIL-PIECE

Jiya Jale jaan jale, raat bhar dhuan chale - FEVER
Tadap tadap ke is dil se aah nikalti rahi - HEART ATTACK
Suhani raat dhal chuki, na jaane tum kab aoge - CONSTIPATION
Bidi jalayle jigar se piya jigar ma badi aag he - ACIDITY
Tujhme rab dikhta hai, yaara main kya karoo - CATARACT
Tuje yaad na meri aayi kisi se ab kya kahna - ALZHEIMER'S
Mann dole mera tann dole - VERTIGO
Tip tip barsa pani, pani ne aag lagayee - URINARY INFECTION
Dil dhadak dhadak ke keh raha he - HYPERTENSION
Aaj Kal paaon zameen par nahi padte mere - CORN ON FEET
Haay re haay neend nahin aaye - INSOMNIA
Batana bi nahi aata, Chupana bi nahi aata - PILES
And above all
Lagi Aaj Saawan ki phir woh Zadi he - LOOSE MOTION

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