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POLITICS

Is there any deal between Modi and Mulayam ?
There is rumour of Mulayam-Modi deal to ensure SP retains Muslim vote and Congress not getting any. Rumour, but likely scenario.

Bureaucracy (GoI) may soon face major workforce-crisis at assistant level?
After the promotion list of 376 CSS personnel, from Assistant level to Section Officer, another lot of 300 CSS personnel are waiting in the wings to be promoted from Assistant to Section Officer. Going by the voluminous work of bureaucracy in Centre; GoI is all set to face a major manpower crisis at Assistant level.

BUREAUCRACY

20 IPS officers of 1983 batch empanelled in GoI !
About 20 IPS officers of 1983 batch have reportedly been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. Those who reportedly figure in the list are Tejdeep Kaur Menon (AP), R K Sharma and B B Mishra (AM), SK Sinha (Bihar), Girdhari Nayak (Chhattisgarh), A K Patnaik, Shivanand Jha and Vipul Vijoy (Gujarat), Mohinder Lal (HP), Ms Neelmani and H V Raju (Karnataka), Rishi Shukla, D M Mitra and Rina Mitra (MP), S P Singh (Rajasthan), T Rajendran (Tamil Nadu), Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, Gopal Gupta and O P Singh (UP), and R K Pachnanda (West Bengal) and K K Pathak (Maharastra).
(We said this on July 19, 2013)

Mukharjee poised to succeed Sinha as JS, DPE
As the grapevine has it Dipti Gaur Mukherjee is all set to be Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprise. The slot was vacant after Arun Kumar Sinha moved to Dept of Labour & Employment as Additional Secretary. Dipti is 1993 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Goyal empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
A K Goyal has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

Sreya Guha empanelled in GoI
Sreya Guha has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1994 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

COS to discuss cadre review proposal of CBEC
COS will discuss the cadre review proposal of CBEC on the August 27. The CBDT cadre review having been implemented, delay in CBEC proposal is causing considerable angst/heart burn in and among the officers of CBEC.

V Kannan appointed as CMD, Vijaya Bank
V Kannan, Executive Director, Oriental Bank of Commerce, has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, Vijaya Bank.

(We said this on June 17, 2013)

Patel appointed as ED, Oriental Bank of Commerce
Suresh N Patel, General Manager, Dena Bank, has been appointed as Executive Director, Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).

(We said this on March 20, 2013)

Two 1991 batch IAS officers empanelled
Two 1991 batch IAS officers B L Meena (UP) and Amit Yadav (UT) have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Major administrative reshuffle on the anvil in UP
As the grapevine has it a major administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in Uttar Pradesh. The reshuffle would, reportedly, unfold the fortitude of UP Chief Minister Akhislesh Yadav post sand-mafia cases which recently appeared widely on several news media platforms. The reshuffle may take place by the end of August.

Gupta is new Joint Secretary, Youth Affairs
Lalit Kumar Gupta has been appointed Joint Secretary, Youth Affairs, in the Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
(We said this on August 20, 2013 )

Mohan is now Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs
Rakesh Mohan has moved as Joint Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IA &AS officer.

Arun Jha gets six months extension
Arun Jha, Additional Secretary, Administrative Reforms, has been given six months extension in his central deputation tenure beyond August 25. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

VC, Agra Dev Authority likely to be changed?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ajay Chauhan, Vice Chairman (VC) , Agra Development Authority is likely to be changed in the next administrative reshuffle expected to take place by the end of August. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Reshuffle in Delhi Police on the anvil next week
As the grapevine has it a major administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in Delhi Police. The reshuffle would have compliance to the expectations of Election Commission wherein officers who have completed three years of services in the district would be transferred and posted. The changes may take place sometime in the next week.

Ms Bhagirath appointed HC to Botswana
Ms Hemalata C Bhagirath (IFS: 1982) presently Additional Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Botswana.

Will the sanctioned strength of CIC continue to face the crunch?
With the fast approaching date of retirement of Satyanand Mishra and M L Sharma on September 4 apprehension is getting stronger about the strength of CIC in terms of sitting members. The sanctioned strength of CIC is 11, including CIC, out of which four seats have been lying vacant since months. Even after the successors of Mishra and Sharma are appointed in days to come the numbers would remain the same. Sharma, reportedly, has chosen to join hands with the CIC Satyanand Mishra to make an exit on Sept. 04.

Will Anjani be Principal Secretary, Home?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Anjani Kumar, the incumbent PS to Nitish, may be appointed as Principal Secretary, Home, Government of Bihar, in place of Amir Subhani. Anjani, an Additional Secretary rank officer belongs to 1981 batch whereas Subhani belongs to 1987 batch. It would, however, take time to testify the buzz?

Khare resigns from his services
P C Khare, Financial Adviser of AIIMS, Rishikesh, has resigned from his services. Reportedly, the charge if AIIMS Rishikesh has been given to Sushil Thakur, FA & CAO, PGI Chandigarh.

Deepak Kumar is back to Bihar
Joint Secretary in MHA, Deepak Kumar, is back to Bihar. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on August 21, 2013)

Boopathy to succeed Kandasamy in October
S Boopathy, GM, NLC will be joining as Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) in the first week of October, 2013. He will succeed R Kandasamy who retires in September.

Deputation tenure of Raj extended
The tenure of K Manicka Raj as State Representative, National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), UNDP in Jammu and Kashmir has been extended till December 31, 2013. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Deputation tenure of Dr Yogita Rana extended
The tenure of Dr Yogita Rana as State Representative, National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), UNDP in Jammu and Kashmir has been extended till December 31, 2013. She is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Gupta is PS to Governor in Rajasthan
Rajesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Director, ST Welfare and Principal Secretary to Governor in Rajasthan. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer of this State cadre.

Ms Sampath empanelled as JS in GoI
Ms Sharda Sampath has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Two new High Court Bench in Karnataka
Two new High Court Benches are being set up in Karnataka - one in Gulbarga and another in Dharwar.

Nilankar posted as Asst AG in PAG office, Hyderabad
Avinash K Nilankar, on completion of training at Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. He is an IA&AS officer of 2011 batch.

Ganasekaran empanelled as JS in GoI
Ganasekaran A has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary/equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch officer of IP&TA &FS.

Sunil Mathur appointed ED, Railway Board
Sunil Mathur, SAG/IRTS, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Moradabad, Northern Railway, has been appointed as Executive Director Vigilance (Traffic), Railway Board in place of Rajiv Saxena, SAG/IRTS, who was posted as DRM/Raipur/SECR.

158 IAS probationers complete course at LBSNAA, Mussorie
As many as 158 IAS probationers belonging to 2011 batch have completed their foundation course officially at LBSNAA, Mussorie. CAG, Shashi Kant Sharma and former CAG Vinod Rai were also present on the occasion of culmination ceremony.

Ms Chaddha returns from central deputation
Ms Kalyani Chaddha, SAG/IRSME, on return from deputation to Ministry of Woman and Child Development, has been posted in the cadre in IROAF.

7 IAS probationers get postings in Rajasthan
As many as seven IAS probationers have been given postings after training in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Abhimanyu Kumar has been appointed as SDO, Girwa, Udayapur while Ms Anupama Jorwal will now be SDO, Bikaner North and Bhagwati Prasad Kalal is SDO, Byawar, Ajmer. Similarly, H Guite has been appointed as SDO, Dungarpur; N Shivprasad Madan as SDO, Jhalawad; Sandesh Nayak as SDO, Bharatpur and Ms Shivagi Swarnkar was posted as SDO, Jodhpur.

PESB invites applications for Director (P&BD), IOC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Planning & Business Development), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) falling vacant next year on August 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 24, 2013.

Will A K Verma be back to Delhi Police? (UPDATED)
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Alok Kumar Verma may soon be back to Delhi Police. The 1979 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre is presently serving as DGP, Mizoram. Still it remains a question which may unfold with the time to come?

Mrs Priyanka Basu Ingty returns from Central deputation (UPDATED)
Mrs Priyanka Basu Ingty, on return from central deputation, has been appointed as Director-cum-Special Secretary, IT in Himachal Pradesh. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

R K Tewari is also Chairperson, CBDT (UPDATED)
R K Tewari, Member (IT), CBDT, has been assigned additional charge of Chairperson, CBDT along with zonal charge of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi and NWR till the return of Chairperson Dr Sudha Sharma.

A C Sharma posted as MD, Handicrafts & Handlooms Cop in HP (UPDATED)
A C Sharma has been appointed as Managing Director, HP Handicrafts & Handlooms Corporation, Shimla. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of this State cadre.

Rahul Bojja appointed ED, APIICL, Hyderabad (UPDATED)
Rahul Bojja has been appointed as Executive Director, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructre Corporation Ltd (APIICL), Hyderabad with full additional charge of Vice Chairman & Managing Director, SAAP. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

IRS-IT officers transferred (UPDATED)
Some Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, T C Gupta has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, CCA Karnataka & Goa while Mrs Ambika Khatua was shifted as CIT (OSD) in Directorate of HRD, New Delhi and Virendra Ojha was moved to CCA, Mumbai. Similarly, Rajeev Kumar Sahu has been shifted to CCA, Mumbai; K Ravi Kiran to CCA, Mumbai; Deva Kumar Sonwal to CCA West Bengal and Rajat S Biswas to CCA West Bengal.

Orders of Mrs R S Borah as Director (Fin), OIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Mrs R S Borah, CGM, OIL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Oil India Limited (OIL) have been issued.

Rajesh Goel selected as CMD, HPL (UPDATED)
Rajesh Goel, GM, HUDCO, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 23, 2013. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Jain appointed as Non Exec Dir on Maharashtra Bank Board
Sanjeev Jain has been appointed as part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Bank of Maharashtra for a period of three years.

Krishna appointed as WED on Vijaya Bank board
Y Murali Krishna of Vijaya Bank has been appointed as Workmen Employee Director (WED) on the Board of Directors of Vijaya Bank for a period of three years.

New building of Tripura Bhawan constructed by NBCC inaugurated
A newly building of Tripura Bhawan constructed by NBCC was dedicated in the presence of Chief Minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar, Governor of Tripura, Devanand Konwar and Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC on August 18, 2013. For last 15 years, NBCC has engaged itself in the infrastructural development of the state of Tripura by implementing many important projects.

NTPC lives and grows in its projects, stations, says CMD
Accept challenges to become a complete power professional , with work experience at power projects and coal mines as NTPC lives in its projects spread across the country, said Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury , CMD, NTPC at the inaugural function of Executive Trainee -2013 batch held today . In his address he said that NTPC is a company full of opportunity for the young engineers to learn at NTPC green field, brown field projects and generating stations. It is this all round experience that will help them grow in NTPC and contribute to the growth story of the country said CMD, NTPC. NN Misra, Director (Operations), A K Jha , Director (Tech) , UP Pani , Director (HR) and AC Chaturvedi , Executive Director PMI were with him on the occasion. Dr Roy Choudhury gave a comprehensive view of the World power scenario and special requirements of India as a developing economy to the new joined. He emphasized on the mission of the NTPC to provide reliable power at competitive rates. The meritorious Executive Trainees of 2011 batch who had topped in various streams were also awarded on the occasion by the CMD and Directors.

SCOPE organizes global leadership programme for PSEs
August 26 is going to mark as something very important day for CPSEs & SCOPE Collectively. The apex body of PSEs and IIM, Calcutta (IIM-C) are jointly organizing the 2nd Advanced Global Leadership Progrramme 2013 aiming at developing global leaders in public sector enterprises. The programme will conclude on September 20. Dr Nitish Sengupta, Chairman, BRPSE, O P Rawat, IAS, Secretary, DPE, R Gopalan, IAS (retd) Member, PESB, Mrs Deepak Sandhu, Information Commissioner, C S Verma, Chairman, SCOPE & Chairman, SAIL and Dr Sougata Ray, Professor at IIM-C will address the senior level executives of PSEs during the Program. The Advanced Global Leadership Programme is being organized for the top level executives of PSEs who hold or likely to assume Board level as CEOs or Directors. The Programme will help them meet the transformation challenges to steer their organizations in the new globally competitive environment.

Non-budgetary support to sick Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co Ltd approved
The Department of Heavy Industry has approved a proposal for providing non-plan budgetary support to meet payment of statutory dues, salary wages in this sick / loss making CPSE Nagaland Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.

Vikram Vats to be CRM/ APM, Rome
Air India officer, Vikram Vats has been appointed as CRM/APM, Rome.

Banerjee designated as ED (Operations) , Ceat Ltd
Ceat Ltd has appointed Arnab Banerjee as a Whole-time Director while designating him as Executive Director (Operations) of the company.

Nigam is CMD , WB State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd
Narayan Swaroop Nigam, IAS has taken over charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)of West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.

Bhat ceases to be MD of United Breweries (Holdings) Limited
Harish Bhat has ceased to be Managing Director of United Breweries (Holdings) Limited.

Shashikanth appointed Addl. Director, United Breweries (Holdings) Limited
V Shashikanth has been appointed as an Additional Director of United Breweries (Holdings) Limited.

Agrawal resigns as Director, Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd
Dr S B Agrawal has resigned as Director of Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd.

Arumugham appointed Additional Director, Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd
A Arumugham has been appointed as Additional Director of Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd

Balasubramanian appointed Addl Director, Financial Technologies (India) Limited
Financial Technologies (India) Limited has appointed N Balasubramanian as Additional Director of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Financial Technologies (India) Limited
R Devarajan and P R Barpande have resigned as Directors of Financial Technologies (India) Limited.

Manchanda resigns as Director,Crew B.O.S. Products Limited
Deepak Manchanda has resigned as Director of Crew B.O.S. Products Limited.

Rashmi Gupta appointed CS, Karuturi Global Limited
Karuturi Global Limited has appointed Rashmi Gupta as the Company Secretary of the company.

Gupta resigns as Independent Director, Indosolar Limited
Arun Kumar Gupta has resigned as Independent and Non-Executive Director of Indosolar Limited.

Rastogi appointed Company Secy, HealthFore Technologies Ltd
HealthFore Technologies Ltd has appointed Shikha Rastogi as Company Secretary of the company.

Singh resigns as Company Secy, HealthFore Technologies Ltd
Vivek Kumar Singh has resigned as Company Secretary of HealthFore Technologies Ltd

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No hopes for India !

I see no hopes for India, it is incorrigible country. Let some outsider take contract to repair the system with strong hand.

Y K Mathur

Factors to be rectified to stop steep fall of rupee

There are several factors which must be rectified to stop the steep fall of rupee. Our growth rates have gone down substantially . Why? I find certain factors responsible for this.
1. Halting of many infrastructure projects due to environmental green raj.
2 .Be it highways, mining etc, all are at grinding halt.
3. Certain scams and CBI investigations have further disturbed various sectors including telecom and mining due to 2 g and coalgate scams.
4. Besides, the policy paralysis, as many government servants are scared to take out of box pro development decisions which was rightly pointed out by Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
5. What Vedanta has suffered in Odisha etc has adversely eroded the opinion of foreign investors.
6. Lot of campaigns against Swiss bank dollars have also scared genuine
foreign investors.

When growth rate declines, the capital also moves out giving further adverse impact. The oversupply in the real estate and distrust of middle class in the share market because of its inherent dirty tricks etc. Now people find gold as good destination to invest. So a Gold rush upsetting the entire foreign reserves. Thanks to good Monsoon otherwise excess pressure of oil import could be further devastative.

I find the gold tax policies further upsetting the situation. Restriction in import of gold and imposing heavy duties and taxes on import of gold, have created a Smuggler class who indulge in the gold trade, sending rupee through hawala creating further pressure on rupee and demand of dollars abroad. We must change our Gold policy. All banks should be allowed to sell Gold in open market at par with international rates in cash also, discouraging Smugglers market. This will reduce the Gold smuggling and dollar demand abroad.

M N Tiwari

What about CRB appointment?

What about appointment of Chairman, Rail Board ? Is the price for the same not yet fixed or the concerned has not yet received the said amount to release the orders for the post ?

Kailash

May good sense prevail

In the Uttarakhand tragedy it was only the ITBP & NDRF under the present DG that came at the rescue of the Government to save the large scale human tragedy which struck the State and the credit for visiting the inhospitable terrain first time in the history of ITBP led to reality at the China border manned by ITBP. Hardly 4 working days are left no successor has been selected for the post of DG, ITBP. What message we are giving to the world or some vested interest in the department stalling the process. May good sense prevail and a leader of suitable seniority is appointed.

R Ravi

Misuse of vehicles

Vehicles at the cost of PSUs is not only being misused in the Ministry of Coal rather in all the Ministry/Departments having PSUs under their control. The Ministry of officials are taking transport allowance on one side along with their salary and at the same time availing the vehicle facility of the PSUs for commuting from office to residence. This is criminal, the CVC needs to refer the matter to CBI as they have done in the case of LTC. One more malpractices also needs to be inquired i.e. claim of transfer allowance on retirement. This practice is also rampant. People are settling in the place of retirement and at the same time claiming transfer grant by showing falsely that they are going to settle at places like Bangalore, Hyderabad etc.

Satya Prakash

Provide vehicles with GPS system

All Government/PSU vehicles, including vehicles taken on hire should have GPS system and log books should be GPS system based. The misuse of official vehicles should go down and consumption of Petrol/Diesel will go down immediately. Secondly, DPCs are held by UPSC in places outside Delhi, when all DPC members are Delhi based and the files are in Delhi. Like DPCs of Group A officers of CBDT and CBEC. Companion free foreign travel- when spouse or children of bureaucrats travel free. Why can't they call quotations as is being done by CBDT and CBEC. In the cases of CBDT and CBEC, the FAs who are IAS apply different yardsticks and same IAS chaps, who are FAs in other Ministries. Avoid wasteful expenditure and spend on welfare of people.

Harish Kumar

Case of missing Coalgate files is quite serious

The curious case of missing Coalgate files is quite serious. It is obvious the guilty in this massive scam have made the files disappear. Who knows these would have been destroyed. 'na rahega baans na bajegi bansuri'. When the evidence of wrong doing is not available how can CBI prove their guilt ? But have the accused not compounding their guilt by destroying the evidence? They need to be hauled up for this crime. If they go scot free it will send a very wrong message to all the evil doers in bureaucracy. Take wrong decisions, indulge in financial irregularities, cause loss to the exchequer and let the files disappear. No one can catch you. I hope it doesn't happen and Apex court orders severe action against all those who play both 'chor and chatur'.

Aarti Khosla

Mil Jayegi, File hai Anaarkali Nahi

Don't publish such trash. Please do not allow humour to overtake such serious issues.

Vedantham Iyer

COALGATE SCAM

Reconstruction of Coalgate Scam files is the only solution. The files have been dumped in the sea of corruption. Comparison with Anaarkali is ludicrous.

S Vijayan

'Beware ; Reconstructed Scam Files may not have Evidentiary Value?'

The re-constructed coal gate scam files may not stand scrutiny in the court of law. The ruse seems to have been floated by the political class to hoodwink the public. Vested interests are active. The Media failed to see through the game. This column is a wake-up call in a super sensitive case like the Coalgate Scam. There is a reference to GoI Compendium on re-construction of missing files. Fair enough. But, the suggestion may not work in court matters. Complete reconstruction of missing files is impossible. Worse, the re-constructed files will always be scanty or incomplete with little or no evidentiary value.

While the 'Correspondence' portion of files could be recreated to some extent with photocopies collected from different sources. It is common practice in the PMO not to retain photocopies of communications received. These are merely forwarded to ministries concerned for action. The PMO, more often than not, works by receiving and giving oral directions .The position turns bizarre when the PM doubles as Coal minister. Another point. The most important part of a file is the 'Notes' portion carrying signed directions of competent authorities and observations of lower bureaucracy. Once lost, how these could be retrieved. One wonders whether the office of C&AG (as suggested in these columns)would be able to supply authenticated copies of 'Notings' from all Coalgate scam related missing files. In the absence of 'unethical orders' in file notings, how could charge sheets be framed against the offenders by CBI for court's approval ? Even if filed, it will be weak, liable to be rejected due to legal infirmity. Consider the legal aspects. Jurisprudentially, an accused is presumed to be innocent till found guilty by a competent court. In giving its verdict the court will give 'benefit of doubt' to the Coalgate scamsters due to absence of material evidence. Will India's tax payers allow the Coalgate scam suspects to get acquitted and go scot free? This will be a travesty of Justice. Let us not get trapped.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Make fuel price affecting all commodities affordable

The fuel raise always have a cascading effect on prices of all commodities causing high scale inflation. Thus, why don't the Economist at helm of affairs work to make fuel price - whether petrol, diesel or even cooking gas both domestic and commercial - affordable. All subsidies can be diverted to it and thus make food grains, nutrients, vegetables, commodities all affordable and will not require further subsidy that is drain to exchequer and pain to citizens.

Jaggu

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