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POLITICS

Wah Sikkim Chief Minister is spelt as "Thief Minister "
Believe it or not in class V textbooks the Chief Minister of Sikkim has been spelt as "Thief Minister". And now four officials have been suspended for the error.

Will Cong gain from separate Telangana state ?
Will the Congress party really gain from accepting separate Telangana state's demand ? During a get together it was feared that more than gaining from the issue, it may lose the sympathy of voters from the places where there is similar demand for separate states like Bundelkhand and Vidarbha and many others.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega ONGC Chairman (5) S P Garg
ONGC Videsh Director (Finance) S P Garg is also a powerful contender for the post. He has also been short-listed for the interview. Interviews for the position are expected to be held on August 30 by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB).

Will Meena be laterally posted as AS in Dept of Food Processing?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Jagadish Prasad Meena may be laterally posted as Additional Secretary, Department of Food Processing. The 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre has been serving as Joint Secretary in the Dept.

Mrs Anita Kaul assumes charges as Secretary, Law and Justice
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)

Abha Shukla would finally move to I&B
Finally Abha Shukla would move to I&B Ministry as Joint Secretary. Recently whispers had it that she may continue with her present assignment. Presently she is Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. She would succeed RK Singh who has already moved to Petroleum Ministry as JS. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Secretary General of Lok Sabha to get two months extension?
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, T K Viswanathan, is expected to get two months extension beginning October 1.

Usha Sangwan to be MD, LIC !
Usha Sangwan is being tipped to be new Managing Director of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). Presently occupying the post of Executive Director (ED), she is going to be the first woman to hold the post of Managing Director in the LIC.

Mittal to take charge as Addl. Secy , Dept of Culture today
Kamal Kant Mittal is all set to take charge today as the Additional Secretary, Department of Culture. Mittal, a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre has recently been empanelled as Additional Secretary, GoI. Currently he is serving in MHA as Joint Secretary, Police-I.
(We said it on July 10, 2013)

Sujata Singh is new Foreign Secretary
Sujata Singh, who was hitherto India's Ambassador to Germany, has taken over as new Foreign Secretary. She is a 1976 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on April 10 & June 26, 2013)

Gupta to be Joint Secretary,Youth Affairs
L K Gupta is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Youth Affairs. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Six IAS officers nominated for Harvard University programme for October
As many as six officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been nominated for additional short-term training programmes of Harvard University '' Creating Collaborative Solutions: Innovations in Governance" from October 20 to 25, 2013. They are Ms. Anita Agnihotri (OR:80); Madhusudan Prasad (HY:81); J S Deepak (UP:82); P K Parmar (GJ:85); Alok Chaturvedi (BH:86) and Ms Sangeeta Singh (GJ:86).

Takkar to be ED, Dena Bank !
R K Takkar, General Manager, Oriental Bank is likely to join as ED of Dena Bank in January next year.

Rama Rao to be ED, Vijaya Bank !
B S Rama Rao, General Manager, Andhra Bank is likely to be appointed ED of the Vijaya Bank.

1981 batch IAS is now ACS in Andhra Pradesh
Four 1981 batch IAS officers Venkataramani Bhaskar, Mrutyunjay Sahoo, Satya Prakash Tucker and Koppula Raju have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Andhra Pradesh.

Suvrat Tripathy also in fray for post of DGP in UP ?
Whispers in the power of corridors suggest that Suvrat Tripathy's name is also there in the consideration zone in case there is a change of guard takes place in UP soon. Tripathy is currently serving as DG, COOP Cell. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Prof Waman Kendre posted as Director, NSD
Professor Waman Kendre has been appointed as Director of National School of Drama (NSD) for a period of five years.
(We said this on June 26, 2013)

Rajesh Agarwal selected as Director (W&W), KRCL
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.

Sridhar Patra to join as Director (Fin), THDCIL today
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)

Spl Secy to LG, Delhi is poised to move to Andaman ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Devinder Singh likely to be posted in Andaman. He is serving as the Special Secretary to Najeeb Jung, the newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

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

Manoj Dubey poised to join Railway Board
As the grapevine has it, Manoj Dubey is all set to be posted at Railway Board. The 1993 batch IRAS officer was on study leave.

Nirmala Pillai is given Member (Finance), Telecom Commission as look after
After Sadhna Dixit, Member, (Finance), Telecom Commission, demitted her offices as on July 31 Nirmala Pillai has been given to see that affairs as look after. It has triggered another trail of speculations whether Pillai will be appointed as the Member (Finance) Telecom Commission or not. The 1979 batch IP&TAFS officer is the senior most among the officers in the fray.

Will Gopal Tiwari be appointed as PS to CM Jharkhand ?
Whispers in the corridors of power has it that Gopal Tiwari may be appointed as the Private Secretary to Hemant Soren, the newly elected Chief Minister of Jharkhand. He is a PCS officer.

Administrative reshuffle on the anvil in Chhattisgarh
As the grapevine it, a substantial administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in Chhattisgarh. Amid some other changes Amit Agrawal and Amitabh Jain may be given some substantial & crucially important slots. Both are 1989 & 1994 batch IAS officers of Chhattisgarh cadres.

D K Tiwari returns to Punjab
D K Tiwari is back to the parent Punjab cadre from deputation to the Chandigarh Administration. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer.

Prabhat Kumar is new CVO, Pawan Hans
Prabhat Kumar has taken over on Thursday as CVO of the Pawan Hans. He is a 1993 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

CIC's Annual Convention to be inaugurated on Sept 2
The Annual Convention of Central Information Commission is scheduled to witness its opening ceremony on September 2 in the august presence of the President of India Pranab Mukherjee.

Mishra to be Deputy Secretary, Power
Kamlesh Kumar Mishra has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power, New Delhi for a period of four years. He is a 2003 batch IRTS officer.

Kumar Gayagi is Director, Food Processing Industries
Kumar Gayagi has been appointed as new Director, Ministry of Food Processing Industries. He is a 1997 batch IDAS officer.

CIC's Annual Convention to mark some initiatives this year
The Annual Convention of CIC for the first time makes it a three days affair. Conventionally it used to be a two days affair but for the ever first time the third day session would be dedicated to the Chief Information Commissioners of the states.

FCI ,CMD, Viswanath gets fixed grade promotion
Chirravuri Viswanath, who is on central deputation as CMD, Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi, has been accorded fixed grade promotion by Andhra Pradesh Government. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Post of Zonal Dir, NCB lies vacant in Kolkata
One post of Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau has been lying vacant in Kolkata Zone of NCB.

K B Singh to be elevated in Indian Navy
Flag officer Maharashtra and Gujarat Area K B Singh is being elevated in the Indian Navy.

Tenure of DGCA to end on September 24
Deputation tenure of DGCA Arun Mishra is coming to an end on September 24.He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre .

11 probationers of MP cadre confirmed in IAS
As many as 11 IAS probationers belonging to 2009 batch and borne on Madhya Pradesh cadre have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS). They are Abhishek Singh, Ajay Gupta, Amit Tomar, Avinash Lavania, Dhanaraja S, Preeti Maithil, Priyanka Das, Srikanth Banoth, Sufivah Faruqui, Tarun Kumar Pithode and Tejaswi S Naik.

A K Jha is Director (P&P), MOIL Ltd
A K Jha, GM, CCL, has taken over as Director (Production & Planning) MOIL Limited.
(We said this on Feb 22, 2013)

GoI to appoint retired employees as Consultants
Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India has proposed to prepare a panel of officers of Central Government, who have retired from the Service or will be retiring in the next three months at Section Officers' level for engagement as Consultants against the vacancies at Section Officers' level. The maximum age limit for engagement as Consultant is 65 years.

Jivandeep Singh Kahlon posted JCIT in CCIT, Chandigarh region (UPDATED)
Jivandeep Singh Kahlon, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, who was on compulsory wait, has been posed as JCIT (OSD) in the office of CCIT (CCA), Chandigarh, NWR region.

Last date filing returns extended to Aug 5 (UPDATED)
The last date of filing returns has been extended from July 31, 2013 to August 5, 2013.

92.3 lakh returns e-filed this year (UPDATED)
Around 92.03 lakh returns have been e-filed up to July 30 July, 2013 which is 46.8 % higher than the returns e-filed during the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.

DoPT confers 22 employees with 'certificate of excellence' award (UPDATED)
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has conferred as many as 22 meritorious employees including Under Secretaries and Section Officers with 'Certificate of Excellence' award for outstanding performance during the year 2012-13. The officers include: Mrs Jayanthi Sriram(Under Secretary), G C Rout (Under Secretary), V S Raghavan(Under Secretary), Virener Singh(Under Secretary), N K Wadhwa(Under Secretary), P K Pattanaik(Under Secretary), S Nayak(Under Secretary), A K Singh, Debbrata Das(Under Secretary), S Basu, H Govind (PPS), P RK Pradhan (desk officer), Mrs Jayashree Challmani (Section officer), Sanjay Kumar (Section officer), K G Suresh Kumar (Section officer), Rajesh K Yadav (Sectiion officer), Anant Kumar (Section officer), S A Ansar (Section officer), E V Poulose (Section officer), James Joseph (Section officer), Bihari Lal (Section officer) and M Ventakesan (Private Secretary).

NBCC wins Time Research Business Leadership Award (UPDATED)
NBCC Executive Director R. L. Mehra, Senior General Manager Neelesh Shah, Senior General Manager N.P. Aggrawal and DGM B. Bhattacharya receiving Time Research Business Leadership Award 2013 for Real Estate Company of the Year from the Member of Parliament Subodh Kant Sahay and Chairman, All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) Maninderjeet Singh Bitta.

T Jena is also DGIT (Vig), CBDT (UPDATED)
T Jena, DGIT (HRD), has been assigned an additional charge of DGIT (Vigilance)& CVO, CBDT, Delhi.

SAIL production up by three per cent (UPDATED)
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has registered three percent growth in production of Saleable Steel, at 1.08 million tones, during July 2013 as compared to the same month last year. Owing to SAIL's renewed focus on controlling internal costs, techno-economics parameters of production continued their upward trend with energy consumption and Blast Furnace productivity showing improvement of one percent and two percent respectively. SAIL's modernisation and expansion programme (MEP) continues to be implemented on high priority. Cumulative orders worth Rs 58,579 crore were placed and an expenditure of Rs 46,064 crore incurred until June 2013.

Subramaniam gets addl charge of GM, MRPL (UPDATED)
Subramaniam , DGM, MRPL, has been assigned an additional charge of General Manager (Finance), MRPL the post fell vacant with Sridhar Patra joining as Director (Finance), THDC India Limited (THDCIL). Government of India is expected to advertise the post.

Bhupendra Kumar Dak posted as Jaipur Police Commissioner (UPDATED)
Bhupendra Kumar Dak has been appointed as Police Commissioner, Jaipur. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Major reshuffle; 48 IPS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 48 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Dharam Chand Jain has been appointed as IG, ACB, Jaipur while T Guite will now be IG, Security, Jaipur and Govind Gupta is IG, Kota range. Similarly, Amrit Kalash has been appointed as IG, Udayapur range; Biju George Joseph K as Police Commissioner, Jodhpur; Janardhan Sharma as IG, Bikaner range; Mrs Lata Manoj Kumar as Commandant, 10th Battalio, RAC; Umesh Chandra Datta as Commandant 8th Battalion, RAC; Rakesh Saxena as Commandant, 3rd Battalion, RAC, Jaipur; Vipul Chaturvedi as SP, CID CB, Jaipur; K Bahadur Singh Kapur as SP (PHQ), Jaipur; Ashok Naruka as SP, SSB, Jaipur; Praful Kumar as SP, Churu; Hari Prasad Sharma as SP, Jaipur rural; Mahesh Kumar Goyal as SP, Udayapur; S N Khinchi as Commandant 4th Battalion, RAC, Jaipur; Satyavir Singh as SP, Kota city; Mrs S Parimala as SP, CID, Intelligence, Jaipur; Om Prakash as SP, Alwar; Mrs K B Vandana as Commandant, Hadi Rani Battalion, Ajmer; Vikas Kumar as Deputy Police Commissioner, Jaipur City East; Deepak Kumar as SP, CID, CB, Jaipur; Dr Vishnu Kant as SP, Pali; Mrs Param Jyoti as Commandant, SDRF, Kota; Anshuman Bhomia as SP, CID, Intelligence, Jaipur; Kailash Chandra Bishnoi as SP, Hanumangarh; Barhat Rahul Manhardan as Commandant, RPTC, Jodhpur; Mrs Priti Chandra as SP, CID Intelligence, Kota; Dr Rahul Jain as SP, CID, Intelligence, Jaipur; Mrs Shweta Dhankhad as SP, ACB, Bharatpur; Mrs Priti Jain as Deputy Director, Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur; Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary as Commandant, PTS, Kishangarh; Kunwr Rashtradeep as SP, Jhunjhunu; Anil Jain as SP, CM Secretariat; Sanjay kshotriya as SP, CM Secretariat; Md Alam as SP, Bundi; Dilip Kumar as SP, Dausa; Laxman Gaud as Deputy Police Commissioner, Jodhpur; Prasanna Kumar Khamesara as SP, Dungarpur; Kishan Sahay Meena as SP, Tonk; Jainarayan as SP, Banswada; Ashok Kumar Gupta as SP, Bharatpur; Swai Singh as SP,Badmer;Lalit Maheshwar as SP Swaimadhopur; Haider Ali as SP, Sikar; Hemant Kumar Sharma as SP, Jaisalmer; Anil Kumar Tank as SP, Jalore and Om Prakash has been appointed as Commandant, 5th Battalion, RAC, Jaipur.

5 IAS officers of 1980 batch promoted as CS in TN (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1980 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The officers include: M Kutralingam, V K Subburaj, Shaktikanta Das, Rameshram Mishra and Surjit K Chaudhary.

CORPORATE

Rishi is new CMD of Central Bank of India
Rajeev Rishi has taken over as Chairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India .Prior to this assignment Rishi was the Executive Director of Indian Bank since October 2010.

(We said this on June 12, 2013).

Shankar assumes charge as Director (IS&P), BHEL
W V K Krishna Shankar has assumed charge as Director (IS&P) on the Board of Directors of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

Bhandari ceases to be Company Secy, Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited
Devendra Bhandari has ceased to be Company Secretary of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited.

Wadia appointed Company Secretary, Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited
Ms Hutokshi Wadia has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited.

Naqui re-appointed ED, Novopan Industries Limited
Novopan Industries Limited has re-appointed Sayd Ali Naqui as Executive Director of the company.

Jha ceases to be Whole-time Director, Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited
Nirmal Chandra Jha has ceased to be Whole-time Director of Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited.

Menon appointed Addl. Director, Cummins India Limited
Cummins India Limited has appointed Rajasekhar Menon as an Additional Director of the company.

Khanna appointed CS ,GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited has appointed Ms Sonali Khanna as the Company Secretary (CS) of the company.

Ganesh appointed Administrative Member, The Karnataka Bank Limited
The Karnataka Bank Limited has appointed Ms Usha Ganesh, IAS, retired Administrative Member, Karnataka Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore as an Additional Director of the Bank

Jain appointed Company Secretary, Bank of Baroda
M L Jain has been appointed as Company Secretary of Bank of Baroda.

Talwar ceases to be Director, Greaves Cotton Ltd
Suresh N Talwar has ceased to be Director of Greaves Cotton Ltd.

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All India Service officers

All India Service officers should press with the Govt of India that in the present scenario of politics in our federal setup, powers delegated to the State Governments to act against All India Services officers under the Disciplinary and Appeal rules should be withdrawn. At least the power to suspend should be immediately withdrawn. These powers were delegated in 1972-73 and in the changing scenario this needs to be immediately reviewed.

Mahadev

Careers ruined by the corrupt and the powerful

Dozens of young IAS officers have been suspended or have been victimised and their careers ruined by the corrupt and the powerful in the past merely because they were bold enough to do their duty in the public interest. None of them got any support of any kind from any quarter. Neither their seniors nor the Press and media cared to go deep and find out the facts of the case. Even the media happily repeated parrot like what was dished out to them by the central ministries. There was collusion all the way. The bold officer was advised not to be so tactless and independent and his or her spirit was crushed with repeated transfers to punishment postings. Everyone avoided even meeting such officers socially and the story was spread that so and so does not get along with people or is cracked or is a homosexual and therefore....

D Choudhary

Passport Service

I have handled the Consular Sections in our Embassy in Manila (Philippines) and Consulate General, Vancouver(Canada). Why not a passport is issued to a child when he is enrolled in class I. In my opinion, the issuance of a passport and criminality has no connection whatsoever. The Ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs are fully aware that so many criminals have valid passports. Some have even more than one. What is the guarantee that today one passport holder is law abiding and tomorrow he will be a criminal. Certainly, passport policy needs a review and it must be public friendly. If I am correct, Aadahar Card or an Election Voting Card is given freely to a person irrespective of the fact whether he is a criminal or not. Voting right to a criminal is a more serious matter.

Z S Nirwal

Constitutional post to avoid arresting

Vinay Mittal has been given a constitutional post so that CBI is not able to arrest him.

Manju Sharma

Scam as old habits die hard

One can expect another SCAM in UPSC similar to one like RAILGATE Scam as old habits die hard

Kunal

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