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POLITICS

Will Antony return to Kerala as CM ?
Will Defence Minister A K Antony return to Kerala as Chief Minister ? One can only wait and watch.

Dull affair in Rashtrapati Bhawan ?
There was a talk in the corridors of power about the thin attendance of bureaucrats and the politicians at the Independence day reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1980 batch IAS soon
Empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is now expected to take place in a month or two.

Justice N V Ramana to be CJ of Delhi HC?
Grapevine has it that Senior most Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice N V Ramana is being appointed Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

R Sridharan appointed Additional Secretary, Mines
R Sridharan has been appointed Additional Secretary, Mines, in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on August 13, 2013)

Amitabh Verma to head Inland Waterways Authority of India
Amitabh Verma has been appointed Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
( We said this on August 14 )

D K Jain appointed AS, Agriculture
D K Jain has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Agriculture. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on August 14, 2013 )

Niraj Verma to be JS Road Transport
Niraj Verma is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Road Transport and Highways in the Government of India. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.


Tewary empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Amarendra Kumar Tewary has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is an IRS (IT) officer of 1979 batch officer.

Special post of JS created in ailing Coal Ministry ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that a new post of Joint secretary has been carved out in the ailing Coal Ministry. The post is meant and designed to meet the challenges in the post CAG scenario, consequent complex legal issues and the future challenges.

Panel for JS, Dept of Minority Affairs scrapped ?
The panel created for the post of Joint Secretary, Scholarships & Media, comprising of CSS, IFS & IAS officers, has reportedly been scrapped. The slot was vacated by Dimple Verma after her appointment as the CVO of NBCC.

Administrative reshuffle in Bihar on the anvil
As the grapevine it, a substantial administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in Bihar. All it would inevitably reflect is the face & pace of governance in the newly emerging political equations in Bihar.

Historic development in favour of IRS - 26 CCITs to get Apex Scale soon
As part of the IRS cadre restructuring process, as many as 26 Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are reportedly all set to get the Apex Scale. If all goes well, this would be for the first time in the history of Indian Revenue Services (IRS) when such a large number of senior officers would get the Secretary Rank within the cadre. Among these 26 officers; 18 are cadre controlling whereas the remaining eight are DGs attached to CBDT. The decision in future would bear larger implications on the top order bureaucracy.

Rajiv Bharadwaz appointed Director (HR), SECI
Rajiv Bharadwaz has been appointed as Director (HR), Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). Presently, he is ED & CGM of Container Corporation of India. SECI, a recently constituted central PSU, aims to attain the power generation capacity of 22,000 MW per year by 2022.
(We said it on May 28, 2013 )

376 Assistants of CSS cadre promoted as Section officer
Amid the ongoing restructuring process of CSS cadres, as many 376 Assistants have been promoted to Section Officers. They have also been allocated to different departments and ministries.

Arvind Kumarmoves to Chandigarh
Madhya Pradesh cadre 1988 batch IPS officer Arvind Kumar will now head ITBP in Chandigarh. He is presently IG, ITBP, in Bhopal.

Anuj Gogia to move to Delhi
Additional Director, Enforcement Directorate, in Mumbai Anuj Gogia has been moved to Delhi. He is IRS (C&CE) officer.
(We said this on July 3, 2013 )

Agrawal and Bhatnagar get extension in ED
Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate in Bangalore, Subhash Agrawal and Joint Director Enforcement Directorate in Jaipur, Sanjiv Bhatnagar has been given one year extension in deputation tenure. Both are IRS (C&CE) officers.

Saugata Mitra to join as Director (Fin), B & RCL on Sep 2
Saugata Mitra, GM, BRCIL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Finance), Bridge & Roof Co Limited (B &RCL) on September 2, 2013.
(We said this on Feb 11, 2013)

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...

http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=98280

Why Joshi's orders for Director, BEML Ltd delayed?
Why the orders of S S Joshi, ED, DMRC, for his appointment as Director (Metro & Rail Business), BEML Limited are being delayed despite the existing vacancy? Dwarkanath CMD, BEML, is holding the charge of this post for a long time.

15 UP cadre probationers of 2009 batch confirmed in IAS
As many as 14 Uttar Pradesh cadre of 2009 batch probationers have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS). They are Aditi Singh, Anuj Kumar Jha, Bhanu Chandra Goswami, Bhupendra S Chaudhry, Mala Srivastava, Mansoor Ali Sarwar, Nitin Bansal, Prakash Bindu, Rupesh Kumar, S Rajalingam, Shubhra Saxena, Surya Pal Ganwar, Vijay Kiran Anand and Vivek.

Tshering empanelled as JS in GoI
P D Tshering has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Ms Jose posted as Asst AG in AG office, Hyderabad
Ms Anu Jose, on completion of training at Shimla, has been posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of Accountant General (E&RSA), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. She is an IA&AS officer of 2011 batch.

V Murugaiyan empanelled as JS in GoI
V Murugaiyan has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch officer of IP&TA &FS.

Posting of Collectors in Gujarat
Collectors have been posted in the seven new districts of Gujarat. M A Narmawala has been appointed as the first collector of Botad district.S B Raval will be Morbi collector.D P Joshi has been made collector of Devbhumi Dwarka and C P Patel as the collector of Gir Somnath.B J Bhatt will now be the collector of Aravalli and P P Harshe will hold the post of collector of Mahisagar. Jenu Devan will be the first collector of Chota Udepur district.

Mukul Ratra posted as Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
Mukul Ratra has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) in Government of India. He is a CSS officer.

RTI online facility extended to 37 Ministries in GoI (UPDATED)
The facility of RTI online web portal has been extended to 37 Ministries/Departments of Government of India. This facility would be extended to all the remaining Ministries/Departments of Government of India with effect from August 21, 2013.

Alok to be DDG BEE (UPDATED)
Alok is all set to join as DDG (Technical) National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

R K Tewari gets addl charge of Member (Revenue), CBDT (UPDATED)
R K Tewari, Member(IT), CBDT, has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Revenue), CBDT along with zonal charge of Eastern Zone (West Bengal and North East), Orissa, Bihar and Jharkhand till September 4, 2013.

Four IRS-IT officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre working at the level of Additional CIT/Joint CIT have been transferred and posted at different palces. Accordingly, Dr S Shakir Hussain has been appointed to Directorate of IT & TP, Bangalore while Budala Koteswara Rao was posted to CCA Delhi and Priya Sahu is being moved to CCA Kanpur. Besides, Jivandeep singh Kahlon has been appointed to CCA, NWR.

Orders of Boopathy as Director (P& P), NLC issued (UPDATED)
The orders of S Boopathy, GM, NLC, for the appointment as Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on March 20, 2013)

Dr A Karnataka selected as Director (Proj), GAIL (UPDATED)
Dr A Karnataka, ED, GAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), Gas Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 16, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

NALCO registers net profit of Rs. 160 cr in first quarter (UPDATED)
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna PSU of Ministry of Mines, being led by CMD Anshuman Das, has announced the results for the 1st quarter ended June 2013. According to the reviewed financial results for the 1st quarter of the financial year 2013-14, taken on record in the meeting held in New Delhi today, Nalco has registered a net profit of Rs.160 crore, which is in line with the target set for the quarter. However, there has been some decline in profit as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal due to lower international price. On production front, while bauxite production during this quarter increased to 14.63 lakh tonnes against 11.42 lakh tonnes in the corresponding quarter of last year, alumina production has gone up to 4.82 lakh tonnes against 4.76 lakh tonnes during the comparable quarter of previous fiscal. During the quarter, power generation was at 1,327 million units, against 1,614 million units and aluminium production was 0.85 lakh tonnes as against 1.03 lakh tonnes achieved in the 1st quarter of the previous fiscal. The total alumina sale during the quarter was at 2.83 lakh tonnes as against 2.53 lakh tonnes in the 1st quarter of the previous fiscal. As regards metal sales, NALCO sold 0.85 lakh tonnes in the 1st quarter as against 1.02 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of previous year.

CORPORATE

Rajasekharan to be Airport Manager, Kathmandu
Air India officer, R Rajasekharan has been appointed as Airport Manager, Kathmandu.

Lakhotia ceases to be Independent Director, Parsvnath Developers Limited
Ram Niwas Lakhotia has ceased to be an Independent Director of Parsvnath Developers Limited

Purohit appointed Company Secy. Emkay Global Financial Services Limited
Emkay Global Financial Services Limited has appointed Vaibhav Purohit as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. August 1, 2013

Sahasrabuddhe ceases to be Company Secretary , Emkay Global Financial Services Limited
Rahul Sahasrabuddhe has ceased to be Company Secretary of Emkay Global Financial Services Limited

Nair appointed Company Secy. Chromatic India Ltd
Chromatic India Limited has appointed Ms Nidhi Aneesh Nair as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. July 19, 2013

Two directors to re-appointed on Board of Lakshmi Precision Screws Limited
Lakshmi Precision Screws Limited to reappoint Ms Sushila Devi Jain and Jamshed Rustomji Desai as directors of the company.

Madan appointed Non Executive Independent Director , Lakshmi Precision Screws Limited
Yudhisthir Lal Madan has been appointed as Non Executive Independent Director of Lakshmi Precision Screws Limited

Lindgren appointed Alternate Director , Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited has appointed Lars Olov Ricard Lindgren as an Alternate Director to Nils Peter Sandehed who is serving a Director on the Board of the company nominated by SAAB AB, Sweden w.e.f. August 14, 2013

Bhamidipati resigned as Executive Director, Amara Raja Batteries Limited
Ravi Bhamidipati has resigned as Executive Director of Amara Raja Batteries Limited the Company with effect from w.e.f. August 31, 2013

Balachandran resigns as Director , Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited
Prof. Bala V Balachandran has resigned as Director of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited

Yuvaraj appointed Director, Orchid Chemicals and Phamaceuticals Limited
Sundaram Yuvaraj has been appointed as Director of Orchid Chemicals and Phamaceuticals Limited .

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Praful Patel behind move to change logo!

It appears that Praful Patel Minister for Heavy Industries is behind the move to change the logo of NTPC & BHEL. When he was the Civil Aviation Minister he was behind changing the name and logo of Indian Airlines as Indian and later made it as Air India. People were aware of Indian Airlines for more than 50 years and all of a sudden he created confusion. What purpose did the name change achieved. Now he moved into Ministry of Heavy Industries and doing the same confusion. He was responsible for developing un viable Airports in Jalgaon & Gondia where there is not even a single movement till date. Some one should file PIL and highlight such vested policy decisions of the Government.

K Ganesan

Rotational transfer policy be followed strictly

I think the rotational transfer policy should be strictly followed in Central Govt. Ministries/Departments irrespective of age etc. to avoid vested interest in a particular department. People who retain in a particular department in a particular seat develop vested interest as they have no fear of being transferred and get protection from seniors. Their transfer is certainly a deterrent to developing such vested interests. This policy should be strictly followed at all levels in govt. and the maximum duration in one cadre should not be more than 5 years at all levels. After all, all government departments are the same.

Shiv Shankar

Quite unfortunate changes

It is quite unfortunate that change in people at the Under Secretary and above in a particular Ministry heavily affects the routine work. On the one hand, the new incumbent tries to understand the intricacies of the new Section, suddenly his Section Officer and Assistants get transfer Orders. This leads to wrong decisions due to lack of proper feedback about a subordinate office. In one Ministry, an Officer of US level facing vigilance enquiry has been posted as a Head of Office in a Regional Office, particularly when the office is entitled to have a DS level Office. When such an officer heads a Regional Office, what would be image of the Regional Office. So, something serious thoughts to be given to carefully maintain all relevant records about a particular office/officer for making right decisions. Some Ministries repeatedly ask for ACRS for particular periods despite the field offices did send them several times.

Siva Kumar

Political clout !

For some it is pure political clout. Have you heard of an Indian Forest Service Officer belonging to a southern state cadre working on deputation as Passport Officer in Rajasthan for the past 8 years.

K P Kumar

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