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POLITICS

Raman Singh and Prime Minister's post!

After Arun Jaitley responded in a recent interview that BJP has as many as 10 leaders worthy of holding the Prime Minister's post, several aspirants seem to be tempted to throw their hats in the ring with one significant exception Dr Raman Singh ,the self effacing Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

Story of missing file in Uttarakhand!

An important file is missing in Uttarakhand too. Now the Chief Secretary has been asked to locate it.

How many files are missing in Railway Board ?

Files pertaining to the posting of GM from 2008 onwards in Railway Board, will not be a surprise to hear, are missing as there is an enquiry going on with the Mahesh Kumar scam under surveillance.

BUREAUCRACY

L C Goyal to be Secretary, Rural Development ?
If all goes well, L C Goyal will be new Secretary, Rural Development, in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Will Chhatar Singh be new Member of UPSC ?
All the bigwigs are now out of the race for the post of Member - Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). It seems Chhatar Singh is now ahead in the race. The 1980 batch IAS officer Chhatar Singh is presently Principal Secretary to the Haryana Chief Minister B S Hudda.

Jain empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Rakesh Jain has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary level in Government of India. He is an IA &AS officer of 1981 batch.

101 IPS officers empanelled as DIG in GoI
As many as 101 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, from 1994 batch to 1999 batch, have been empanelled for the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) or equivalent in Government of India. They are Shankarasan Das (1994) of AGMU cadre; Dr Paresh Saxena of Bihar cadre and M K Mudgal of MP cadre from 1994 batch; Tsering Punchok of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, T J Jose of Kerala cadre and Deepal Jyoti Ghildiyal of Uttarakhand cadre from 1995 batch; N Sanjay & Sudhanshu Kumar of Bihar cadre, Prafulla Kumar Roushan & Anil Singh K Jadeja of Gujarat cadre, S K Saxena of MP cadre and Vijay Singh Meena of UP cadre from 1996 batch; Binod Kumar & H Marbaniang of AM cadre, N Suryanarayana of AP cadre, T Kandasamy of Jharkhand cadre, Surinder Kumar of Jammu & Kashmir cadre, Mekala Suresh Kumar of Maharashtra cadre, R L Prajapati of Madhya Pradesh cadre; P F Zeliang of Nagaland Cadre, K N Sathivamurthi of Tamil Nadu cadre, A Pari & M C Sarangan of Tamil Nadu cadre, Amit Kumar Sinha of Uttarakhand cadre and Swapan Banerjee Purnapatra, Sib Sankar Dutta, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Pallab Kanti Ghosh, Chanchal Kumar Dutta & Saroj Kumar Gajmer of West Bengal cadre from 1997 batch; Sanjay Kumar of AGMU cadre, Vijaya Krishna Ramisetti of AM cadre, Amit Lodha of Bihar cadre, R J Savani of Gujarat cadre, Yoginder Singh Nehra and Bharti Arora of Harayana cadre, Shakeel Ahmed Beigh, Syed Ahafadul Mujtaba and Mustaq Mohd Sadiq of Jammu & Kashmir cadre, Hemant M Nimbalkar of Karnataka cadre, D P Singh & Rajendra Prasad of Madhya Pradesh cadre; I Toshitsungba Aier of Nagaland cadre, Rajesh Kumar of Orissa cadre and Tripurari, Dilip Bandhopadhayay & Mehboob Rahaman of West Bengal cadre from 1998 batch; Rajinder Singh, A K Singh, Chhaya Sharma & Vivek Kishore of AGMU cadre, Deepak Kumar Kedia of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, M Stephen Raveendra, Y Gangadhar, D Rama Krishnaiah, Shaik Mohd Iqbal & M Kantha Rao of Andhra Pradesh cadre, S M Khatri, K G Bhati, S G Trivedi, D S Bhatt, Brajesh Kumar Jha, Wabang Jamir and Ajay Kumar Chaudhari of Gujarat cadre; Sibash Kabiraj of Haryana Cadre, Vijay Singh Samyal, Jagdish Lal Sharma, Anand Jain, Nitish Kumar & S R Samuel of Jammu & Kashmir cadre, K G James & P Vijayan of Kerala cadre, Vipul Kumar, M Madhukar Shetty & B S Prakash of Karantaka cadre, Shirish Jain, V M Jadhav & P S Patankar of Maharashtra cadre, Deepika Suri, Rakesh Gupta & Niranjan B Vayangankar of MP cadre, Lhari Dorjee Lhatto & Goduguhuri Srinivasa Rao of MT cadre, Bidhu Shekhar of Nagaland cadre, Ghanshyam Upadhayay of Orissa cadre, Rakesh Agrawal of Punjab cadre, Satyapriya Singh, Rupinder Singh, Bhupendra Sahu & Bhanwar Lal Meena of Rajasthan cadre;
Mandeep Singh Tuli of Sikkim cadre, N Rajashekaran, R Samuthirapandi & Anand Kumar Somani of Tamil Nadu cadre, Ramit Sharma of UP cadre, Vishal Garg, Sakeel Ahmed, Kalyan Bandopadhayay, Satyajit Bandopadhayay & Chelling Simick Lepcha of West Bengal cadre from 1999 batch.

Justice Prakash Tatia is Chairman, Arms Tribunal
Justice Prakash Tatia, former Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, has been appointed as Chairperson, Arm Forces Tribunal.
(We said it on August 5, 2013)

S K Biswas empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S K Biswas has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of MP?
Who will succeed R Parasuram as Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh on September 30 ? Official announcement of new CS will be made either on August 29 or 30.One thing is certain he will be either I S Dani or Anthony J C Desa. Both are 1980 batch IAS officers.

All eyes set on appointment of CMD, NMDC
All eyes in the Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) are now set on the appointment of CMD, National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC). Narendra Kothari, CEO, SAIL and Tapas Kumar Lahiry, CMD, BCCL are the top contenders for the coveted post. The Ministry of Steel is yet to select the candidate out of these two short-listed names after interviewing as many as 15 persons.

Orders of Chandra for Director (Tech), MRVC, yet to come
The orders of Naresh Chandra for the appointment as Director (Technical), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC), Mumbai are yet to be issued by the Government of India. Chandra is already working at the same post on deputation and the orders will confirm his absorption.

Justice Basha is new Chairman of IPAB
Former Judge of the Madras High Court Justice, K N Basha, has been appointed Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). He succeeds Justice Prabha Sridevan who has retired.

Applications for post of Director (Comm), MRPL invited
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Commercial), MECON Limited (MRPL) fell vacant on August 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 26, 2013.

50 Additional CITs may soon be promoted as CIT
As many as 50 Additional Commissioners of Income Tax are waiting in the wings to be promoted to CIT. The IRS officers, in consideration zone, belong to 1991 & 1992 batch. Reportedly, UPSC is yet to decide the date for DPC.

Sanjay Mane is new CVO, Shipping Corporation of India
Sanjay Mane has joined as CVO Shipping Corporation of India in Mumbai. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Open war between two former IAS officers in Maharashtra
There is an open war between 1975 batch former IAS officer Ratnakar Gaikwad and 1978 batch former IAS officer Rahul Asthana in Maharashtra.

Chaturvedi to be Part-Time Non Official Director in SBI
Tribhuvan Nath Chaturvedi has been appointed part-time non-official Director of the State Bank of India.

Central deputation of Jayesh enters into a rough weather zone?
Andhra Pradesh CM, reportedly, is not willing to relieve Jayesh Ranjan for central deputation. The 1992 batch IAS officer of Andhra cadre, empanelled as JS, GoI, may not be able to move on central deputation at present. Presently he is serving as MD, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, Govt of Andhra Pradesh.

Committee to find out reasons for backlog constituted
Government of India has set up a committee to find out the reasons for backlog in filling up of reserved vacancies. A 20-member committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will suggest measures to enhance the employability of reserved category candidates. The Committee members are from various Central Government Ministries including Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Ministry of Railways, UPSC, SSC, Railway Recruitment Board etc.

Pandey posted as Asst AG in AG office, Ranchi
Ashish Kumar Pandey, on completion of training at Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Assistant Accountant General in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Jharkhand, Ranchi. He is an IA&AS officer of 2011 batch.

Who will be new Dean of AIIMS?
Who will be new Dean of All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) ? Names of Dr M C Mishra, Dr D K Sharma, Dr V K Paul and Dr Rath are currently in circulation.

Ghosh to retire on Aug 31 adding one more vacancy of GM in Railways
Amid the files of appointment of five GMs waiting on the Minister's table for long Indra Ghosh is all set to add one more vacancy to it. Ghosh, currently serving as GM, East Coast Railway, is retiring on August 31. The 1976 batch IRTS officer had taken this charge on November 9, 2011.

Manoj Kumar Dubey posted as Director (Fin), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Dubey, SG/IRAS/ Eastern Railway, has been appointed as Director, Finance (PPP), Railway Board.

Dr Parthasarathy Shome to be Chairman, TARC (UPDATED)
Dr Parthasarathy Shome has been appointed as Chairman of the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) set up by Government of India to review the application of tax policies and tax laws and submit periodic reports that can be implemented to strengthen the capacity of tax system.

Orders of S C Pandey as Director (Proj), NTPC issued (UPDATED)
The orders of S C Pandey, ED, NTPC, for the appointment as Director (Projects), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on March 8, 2013)

Dr Tina Kumar posted as Director, Women Empowerment in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Tina Kumar has been appointed Director, Women Empowerment in Rajasthan. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Shashi Shankar appointed DCF, Sirohi in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Shashi Shankar has been appointed as Deputy Conservator of Forests, Sirohi in Rajasthan. He is a 2009 batch IFS officer.

CORPORATE

Sumanta Datta appointed VP, (BO), Coca Cola India
Sumanta Datta has been appointed as Vice-president, Bottling Operations Coca-Cola India

Bhupendra Suri appointed as VP, FBO, Coca Cola India
Bhupendra Suri has been elevated as Vice-president, Franchise Bottling Operations (FBO), Coca-Cola India.

Chawla made Coca-Cola's Franchise Operations Head, Athens
Vikas Chawla has been shifted to Athens as Franchise Operations Head, Coca-Cola in South East Europe looking around dozen European countries.

Andriy Avramenko is VP Strategy, Still Beverages, Coca-Cola
Andriy Avramenko has been appointed as Vice-president, Strategy and Still beverages, Coca-Cola.

Debabrata Mukherjee appointed as VP (Mktg & Comm), Coca-Cola India
Debabrata Mukherjee has been appointed as Vice-president, Marketing and Commercial, Coca-Cola India.

Non-budgetary support to sick Tungbhadra Steel Prod Ltd approved
The Department of Heavy Industry has approved a proposal for providing non-plan budgetary support to meet payment of statutory dues, salary and wages in this sick / loss making CPSE Tungbhadra Steel Products Ltd.

Saraf ceases to be Nominee Director, Eveready Industries India Ltd
ICICI Bank Ltd has withdrawn A Saraf as its Nominee Director from the Board of Directors of Eveready Industries India Ltd.

Mathews elevated as CEO, IDS NEXT Business Solutions
Binu Mathews has been elevated as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), IDS NEXT Business Solutions.

Sah resigns as Independent Director, Karuturi Global Ltd
Raaj Sah has resigned as Independent Director of Karuturi Global Ltd.

Sikka appointed Chairman, AMFI
Sundeep Sikka has been appointed as Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI)

Thakur appointed GM, JW Marriott, Bengaluru
Parul Thakur has been appointed as the General Manager of JW Marriott, Bengaluru.

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Worst Economic Condition

Economic condition of the country is worsening every day despite making tall claims that everything is OK. They are also right everything is OK in their houses not in the country. Country is really passing thru a very difficult situation facing economic fallout. Now it is very easy to blame others for their own fault. First it was due to CAG or RBI, this situation has come. Nothing works then global slowdown is one of excuse being given now for FE fluctuation or increasing CAD or inflation. There are real problems in the country. GDP growth is down, industrial production is declining, no jobs/employment. Common man is suffering from price rise, corruption etc. Measures are being taken on daily issue by issue basis not on policy basis as long term solution e.g. cutting imports of gold bars/coins, TV sets increasing import duties on certain items. These measures will not help in long term unless production is increased, jobs are created, subsidies are reduced and removed in long term. We are not far away from 1991 situation whether we have reserves for BOP for 6-7 months or 2-3 months.

A Kumar

Why no Whistle Blower in Coal Ministry ?

The system response to a Whistle Blower is always pathetic. From CVC to CVO only frustrates a Whistle Blower. They, as a policy, do not respond to his requests. Moreover, his name invariably gets disclosed and he faces isolation. He is not trusted by any one. IAS Officers of the Ministry of Coal knows it better and hence there is no Whistle Blower in the Ministry. Moreover, all these officers are there at the mercy of the system and are part of the comfort.

Shaktipad Gorai

CBDT has no other work ?

Your website is full of transfers of IRS-IT officers. Does CBDT have no other work except ordering transfers around the year? Or, is it the result of tug-of-wires by the individual officers.

S Indira

CBEC cadre review

Mirza Ghalib, the great poet of Urdu had possibly penned his immortal couplet for CBEC cadre review ..Humne Mana Ki Taghaful Na Karoge Lekin Khaak Ho Jaayenge Hum Tumko Khabar Hone Tak ( accepted that you won't ignore me but by the time you come to know about my plight ,i would have turned into dust ) its more than 11 years that the CBEC had some meaningful promotions .all cadres of Grade A who had barely managed to figure in Grade A in the civil services rank ,have got into SAG .IAS ,IPS AND IA & AS are about to get principal secy scale whereas the CBEC Grade A cadres are languishing as ever .it will not be strange if one hears that the DOPT has decided to refer the matter to the UNO FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION OR SEEK REFRENDUM IN THE COUNTRY on the issue .

Sahabb

No specific qualification or selection criteria

It is surprising to know from a RTI reply that the super cabinet that goes by the name NAC and that plays havoc with nation's economy, does not specifies any qualifications or selection criteria for its Chairman and Members. Most probably, this is going to be challenged in Court.

N Krishnan

Need for CBI enquiry
I entirely agree that there is need for CBI enquiry into the cases relating to TA on retirement. There would be hundreds of cases where TA has been claimed illegally.

Puliprath

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