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Shashi Kumar

POLITICS

Bidari to join Samajwadi Party
Former Karnataka DGP, S M Bidari is reportedly joining the Samajwadi Party. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer.

71 complaints against IAS officers in 2010
As many as 71 complaints were received against IAS officers working at the Joint Secretary level during 2010.

BUREAUCRACY

R Sridharan to be Additional Secretary, Mines
R Sridharan is being appointed Additional Secretary Mines in the Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Amitabh Verma to head Inland Waterways Authority of India
Amitabh Verma is being appointed Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

D K Jain to be AS, Agriculture
D K Jain is being elevated as Additional Secretary Agriculture. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Akhilesh Ranjan posted as Joint Secretary, CBDT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Akhilesh Ranjan has been appointed as Joint Secretary (FT&TR-I) in the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, for a period of five years.

Ms Kalpana Singh appointed as Under Secretary, CBDT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Kalpana Singh has been appointed as Under Secretary (Inv. IV) in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue for a period of three years.

Tenure of Rajeev Prasad Singh extended
The tenure of Rajeev Prasad Singh, Commissioner of Income Tax presently working in DEA on loan basis has been extended for a further period of one more month.

Three IRSME officers get posting
There are postings of three officers in Railway. Accordingly, Niraj Srivastava and Abhjit Singh of SG/IRSME/SCR, have been transferred to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity while S K Bharti, SG/IRSME/ER, was posted to North Eastern Railway.

Sanjay Murthy not allowed to join GoI
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh is reported to have said no to Sanjay Murthy for central deputation. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer.

Justice Ravi Shankar to retire
Justice N Ravi Shankar is retiring on August 16, 2013.

Passport office to be set up in Shillong
There is a proposal to open a pass port office in Shillong.

Phillips is PTI Correspondent in Pakistan
Snehsheeth Alex Phillips is going to Islamabad as PTI Correspondent.

Decks cleared for setting up of six addl Benches of CESTAT
The Ministry of Finance has at last cleared the deck for establishment of six Additional Benches of the CESTAT. The matter is now being sent to the Cabinet for final approval. These six new Benches shall be located as under:-Chandigarh ,Allahabad ,Hyderabad, New Delhi (Additional Bench), Mumbai (Additional. Bench) and Chennai (Additional. Bench). The Members of Bar and the Trade Industry are disappointed as no Bench has been given to the Central India either at Jaipur, Indore or Raipur. Similarly, in the Western Zone, a Bench either at Pune or Nagpur would have cut short the torturous travel to Mumbai from far off destinations. It seems that Govt has missed the point that the new Benches at Chandigarh and Allahabad will take out large chunk of pending cases from Delhi Benches, thus it would have been prudent to have a Bench either at Jaipur, Indore or Raipur.

Amitabh Jain posted as Secretary, Forest, Industries & Commerce in CG
On return from central deputation, Amitabh Jain has been appointed as Secretary, Forest and Industries & Commerce in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Sunil Kumar Kujur appointed CEO, ECI
Sunil Kumar Kujur has been appointed as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh.

Mrs Sanjukta Mudgal posted Director, Literacy school in GoI
Mrs Sanjukta Mudgal has been appointed as Director, Literacy School, New Delhi on deputation. She is a 1990 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Charan Jeet Singh goes on central deputation in Rural Development
Charan Jeet Singh has been appointed to Central deputation in Rural Development Department in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Major reshuffle of IFS officers in MP
A number of officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr A K Bhattacharya has been appointed as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Member Secretary, MP State Bamboo Mission and Handicraft Development Board while Rajesh Shrivastava will now be CCF, State Minor Produce Federation and Arun Kumar is CCF(Finance & Budget) in PCCF office. Similarly, Ramesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as CCF (Administration-2), PCCF office; P C Dubey as CCF, Ujjain circle; R R Okhandiar as CCF, Indore circle; Pankaj Shrivastava as CCF, Khandwa circle; Satish Chandra as CCF, Research and Expansion circle, Indore; Ramesh Kumar Shrivastava as CCF, Shivpuri circle; Dr Atul Kumar Shrivastava as OSD, Forest Department, Bhopal; Mahendra Singh Dhakad as Commissioner, Command Area, WRD, Bhopal; Prashant Kumar Jadhav as CCF, Associate Professor, IIFM, Bhopal; Vibhash Kumar Thakur as CCF, Panchayat & Rural Development, Bhopal on deputation and Vivek Jain was made CCF (Land Management), PCCF office, Bhopal.

Police Medals announced
As many as 864 personnel have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Independence Day this year. President's Police Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to six personnel, Police Medals for Gallantry to 132 personnel, President's Police Medals for Distinguished Service to 87 personnel and Police Medals for Meritorious Service to 639 personnel. For more information, visit following link...
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Shyam Lal Gaur gets Police Medal
Shyam Lal Gaur, SI/Railway Board/SWR, has been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Services.

Shukdev Raj awarded President's medal
Shukdev Raj, IPF, Ambala/Northern Railway, has been awarded President's Police Medal for Distinguished Services.

Scholars of various languages awarded by President
The President of India awarded the Certificate of Honor to the scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit for their outstanding works.
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CORPORATE

SAIL achieves 5% growth in sales in April-June-2013
SAIL's relentless drive to fast-track its modernisation & expansion plan (MEP), resulted in commissioning of projects worth Rs 2700 crore in April-June 2013, the highest in any quarter , since inception. The company's capital expenditure during Q-1FY14 was Rs. 2082 crore. Under the Modernization & Expansion Plan, cumulative orders worth Rs 58,579 crore were placed and an expenditure of Rs 46,064 crore incurred until June '13.In April-June'13 quarter, the significant projects which have commenced production, included the new 7 meter tall battery complex along with coke dry cooling plant and the 2500-mm wide slab caster, both at Rourkela Steel Plant. Maintaining its thrust on higher sales, the company achieved a growth of 5% in total sales during the quarter April-June'13 which were 2.62 million tonnes, as against 2.49 million tonnes in the corresponding quarter of last year. Production of value added steel touched the best ever Q1 mark, at 1.29 MT, a y-o-y growth of 4%. Efficiency in production also got a boost with specific energy consumption lower by 2% than CPLY, and BF productivity better by 1%. Chairman, SAIL C S Verma said, "The much-awaited capacity addition in SAIL has taken concrete shape with the commencement of hot metal production from India's largest operational blast furnace at our Rourkela steel plant. This ushers in, an era of quantum jump in SAIL's production capacity, which will enable us fulfil the country's growing demand of quality steel."There was an improvement of 2 % in concast production, and captive power generation increased by 8 % compared to CPLY. The unaudited financial results of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for the quarter April-June '13 were taken on record by its Board of Directors today. The company recorded Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 451 crore in Q1 of FY14, down 35% compared to Rs 696 crore in CPLY.

GAGAN to be operationalized for aviation in the coming months
GAGAN certification programme crossed yet another milestone on Tuesday, 13th August, 2013 when K N Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation released the GAGAN Certification documents to Sh. Arun Mishra, Director General of Civil Aviation in the presence of V P Agrawal, Chairman AAI in a function organised by Airports Authority of India at the Corporate Headquarters, New Delhi. More than 150 documents/artefacts prepared for GAGAN from the stage of its initial conception to the stage of operational testing and evaluation, Reviews conducted by expert groups were on display. V Somasundaram, Member (Air Navigational Services), briefing on the occasion, stated that the development of documents have been the collective effort of ISRO, AAI and DGCA for the past four years and is a milestone for Certification process of GAGAN. The GAGAN certification process is the first unique exercise where the regulator, DGCA officials have worked in tandem with service providers and system developers to reach the current milestone. India will soon have the GAGAN operationalized initially meeting Required Navigation Performance specifications of 0.1 for en-route and non-precision approach operations and subsequently GAGAN will be operationalized for Approach with Vertical approach guidance providing ILS like approaches to most of the Runway ends. GAGAN will be the fourth operational SBAS in the world leading Indian Aviation into the era of GNSS. K N Srivastava, Secretary, speaking on the occasion, complemented the entire team for the milestone progress. He urged DGCA and AAI to take up with the airline operators for appropriate aircraft equipage ensuring a successful business models are prepared and time bound plan is worked out.

Sattar appointed Non Exec. Director, Orbit Corporation Limited
Orbit Corporation Limited has appointed Prof Abdus Sattar as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Potluri re-appointed CMD, SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd
SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd has re-appointed Ramesh Babu Potluri as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company for a period of three years w.e.f. December 1, 2013

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National level shorthand competition
I wish to briefly write about an article by one visitor about National Level Shorthand Competition. This is good idea, since competition generates creativity and sustained workmanship. How about competition for clerks who ascends during their tenure still barely able to scribble few lines, but acts on receipt of papers as if some decision would be taken by them, though they know very well what are their capabilities including one of pointing sarcastic fingers. You know, it is clerks who are defaming the GoI and induce people like Anna Hazare to go for Anshan. You all are the fit case for Citizens' Charter implementation. Then people will realize whether you need training before appearing for competition or suggesting others to undergo some competition. You are a sick visitor who needs to be taken to some dispensary......take care of your health after reading this.

Another Visitor

Contemptuous statement
The Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia says that a bunch of CAs cannot decide policy. He was referring to CAG and his department. This contemptuous statement coming from an important functionary of Government is quite outrageous. The institution of CAG is provided in the constitution. To belittle it by such remarks is an insult to the constitution. But what can you expect from those who have come to occupy such high positions not by virtue of their being elected by the people or having special qualifications for that but by because of their proximity to powers that be. CAG and the Audit and Accounts department raise their ire because they bring out the irregularities in case after case where public money is being siphoned off by decision makers.

Aarti Khosla

About computer literacy

The view in the Forum (WIC 14/08/2013) makes an interesting reading as it talks of computer illiteracy of the bureaucracy from top to bottom. There is indeed more than required computer literacy among the school leavers these days. Children are already computer literate by the time they complete their boards, which is the minimum qualification to land up a government job. In fact, today's generation might need handwriting practice workshops. The language this generation uses is Latin for those instructed on Wren & Martin or A S Hornby etc. They don't use the spelling we are used to. As is well known, the telegram has made a mournful exit and people have simply stopped writing letters. The tradition of writing letters to friends and family regularly was more precious an activity than emails. May be the bureaucracy of the future might express shock when informed about writing office notes or letters in hand by their predecessors! Who will, then, make which illiterate literate? It was different 13 years ago as it would be 13 years hence.

M L Gupta

Officers transferred if they don't abide by politicians
While there may be instances where officers are transferred because they do not do what they are told by their political masters as in case of Khemka, is it not possible that in many cases, they may be transferred frequently simply because they are incompetent or inefficient?

V RAJ

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