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POLITICS

IAS Probationers rate Vijay K Deb's lecture 'undisputably the best'
How to reclaim and regain the "glory of IAS"? This was one of the main topics explored and discussed during the valedictory ceremony of the 2011 batch IAS officers on August 20 at LBSNAA. Moved by his lecturer on the subject, the IAS probationers formally rated Vijay Kumar Dev's lecture as 'undisputedly the best'. Reportedly, the topic discussed the apparent erosion of the institution and tried to find out ways to reclaiming the glory of the service. He emphasized that the glory can be regained within the existing system also given every officer sticks to the four-pronged formula; absolute integrity, fearlessness before the politicians, no room for any alternative to the enhanced public service delivery to the citizens, zero tolerance to the subordinates for any their public misconducts. But still remains a question whether till how long the members of bureaucracy, though a few, would manage to stick to the suggestive?

IPS Amitabh Thakur wins; Allahabad HC orders UP CAT to ensure justice
You may call it a part of usual development but it means something extraordinary to Amitabh Thakur, a UP cadre IPS officer of 1992 batch. He may have appeared as a lost case for the time being but he never gave up. Finally, Allahabad High Court has ordered UP CAT to ensure justice to the petitioner within two months. It may be recalled that the UP Government has been denying promotion to him despite he doesn't have any pending enquiry or chargesheet against him. The HC order is being taken as a spark of hope among the bureaucracy, post Durga Shakti episode. He is 1992 batch IPS officer.

BUREAUCRACY

Ms Deepak Sandhu to be new CIC
Ms Deepak Sandhu will be new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). She will succeed Satyanand Mishra on September 5. Ms. Sandhu who is a former PIO is presently senior most Information Commissioner. Her name has been cleared for the post on Monday.

Mohinder Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Mohinder Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS).

Inter-cadre deputation tenure of K Vidya Sagar extended
The inter-cadre deputation tenure of K Vidya Sagar to Andhra Pradesh Government has been extended upto March 1, 2014. He is presently posted as Special Commissioner, Rural Development in Andhra Pradesh Government. He is a 1996 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

H S Kingra gets in-situ promotion to Additional Secretary, GoI
Hardeep Singh Kingra has been promoted, in-situ, to the rank of Additional Secretary, GoI. The 1980 batch Indian Forest Services officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre is serving as CMD, National Scheduled Cast Financial Development Corporation.

25 IRTS officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 25 Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officers of 1986 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. They are Mrs Jaya Sinha Verma, U Krishnamurthy, A Madhukumar Reddy, D P S Sandhu, R Badri Narayan, A K Behra, Mrs C Mukherjee, Devendera Singh, M Ravi Babu, D K Singh, Sunil Jain, G P Meena, Mrs Seema Kumar, G Johan Prasad, N K Sachan, Mrs Smita Rawat, Niraj Kumar, M Sarjana Rao, K Siva Prasad, Mrs P Viswanathan, S N Ali,k K V Rao, Vishnu Kumar, Alok Singh and M Guansekharan.

Pradeep Kumar is new Director, Defence
Pradeep Kumar, IPTAFS (95), has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Defence. He is IP&TA&FS officer.

Jha is Deputy Secretary, Corporate Affairs
Rajendra Jha has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is 2002 batch IT officer.

Four probationers of AP cadre confirmed in IPS
Four Andhra Pradesh cadre probationers of 2009 batch have been confirmed in Indian Police Service (IPS). They are Koya Praveen, Bhaskar Bhushan, Ambar Kishore Jha and Ms Rama Rajeswari R.

Will Siddhu be new DGP of Uttarakhand?
Being the senior most claimants for the coveted slot, the name of B S Siddhu has been much talked about these days as the likely successor of Satyavrat Bansal, the incumbent DGP of Uttarakhand. But the spectators of bureaucracy in Uttarakhand claim that some development that has taken place in recent past may mar his prospects. Siddhu, currently serving as DGP (Rules & Manuals), is 1979 batch IPS officer whereas the incumbent DGP belongs to 1976 batch.

Narlikar poised to move on central deputation
As the grapevine has it, Jayant Narlikar is all set to move on central deputation. The 2003 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre is currently serving as Deputy Commissioner, Kokrajhar, Assam.

PESB invites applications for Director (Tech), CCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Technical), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL), that fell vacant on July 19, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 26, 2013.

A Dozen top level vacancies in Railways (CRB, MS, FC).
In total there is a dozen top level vacancies in Railways GM/CR, SCR,SER,WR,METRO, ICF, SECR, RCF, ECOR.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, S K Prabakar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Commercial Taxes and Registration while T K Ramachandran will now be Secretary, Information Technology and Sunil Paliwal is Commissioner of Milk Production and Dairy Development and MD, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd. Similarly, Dr V Irai Anbu has been appointed as Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Economics and Statistics; Anita Praveen as Principal Secretary, Personnel & Administrative Reforms (Training); Selvi Apoorva as Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy; Pooja Kulkarni as State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; D Vivekanandan as Project Director, Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society; Dr C N Maheswaran as MD, Tamil Nadu Text Book Corporation; Dr J Kumaragurbaran as MD, Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation; Rajeev Ranjan as MD, Tamil Nadu Road Development Company Ltd.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Vinay Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of IG, Provisioning while Paras Nath will now be DIG, Purnia range and Varun Kumar Sinha is SP, Saran. Similarly, Chandrika Prasad has been appointed as SP, Samastipur; Nishant Kumar Tiwari as SP, Gaya; Shiv KUmar Jha shifted to Bihar Police Force-16; Siddarath Mohan Jain as SP, Nalnda; Sujit Kumar as Assistant to IG (Inspection), Patna; Babu Ram as SP, Buxer and Deepak Varnwal was appointed as SP, Khagdiya.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh (UPDATED)
In a major reshuffle, around two dozen officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Ranjan Dwivedi has been appointed as DG, PAC while A L Benerjee will now be DG, Vigilance and Subrat Tripathi relied of chage of EOW. Similarly, Gopal Gupta has been appointed as ADG, PAC; A K Dhar Dwivedi as ADG, SIT; Sujanvir Singh as ADG, Special Investigation; Nasir Kamal ADG Traffic; Mukul Goal as ADG, Railways; Vitul Kumar as IG, Establishment; Alok Sharma as IG, Bareilly; G L Meena as ADG, Human Rights; Bhavesh Kumar Singh as ADG, Technical Services;Brijbhushan as IG Meeruth; Rajiv Sabbarwal as IG, Varanashi; L V Antony Dev Kumar as IG, Allahabad; Hitesh Chand Awasthy as ADG, Crime; Virendra Kumr as ADG, Home Guard; Sutapa Sanyal as ADG, EOW; Satish Kumar Mathur as IG, Administration; Manjil Saini attached to DGP office; Amitabh Thakur as Commandant PAC, Ajamgarh; Hiralal attached to DGP office; Subhash Chand Dube as SSP, Muzaffarnagar and Muniraj was made SP Nagar Gaziabad.

Girish Pradhan is new Chairman of CERC (UPDATED)
Former Secretary in GoI Girish Pradhan has been cleared to head the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). He is retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on March 16, 2013)

Commercial Operation of Second Unit of Vallur ( NTECL ) Starts (UPDATED)
The second 500 MW unit of Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. (NTECL), a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TANGEDCO, has started commercial operation. On completion, Vallur will have installed capacity of 1500 MW with three units of 500 MW each. Presently 1000 MW is in operation at the project, one more 500 MW unit is expected to go on stream this financial year. IJ Kapoor , Director (Comml) visited the project recently and witnessed the loading of coal from ship to the pipe conveyor at the port. He also visited CWC Pump house , switch yard, desalination plant areas of the project and the control room with Shri Subhash Muley , CEO , NTECL and senior officials. The project will help in improving the power scenario of southern states especially Tamil Nadu.

Deepak Kumar is back to Bihar as OSD to CM (UPDATED)
Deepak Kumar is back to Bihar from Central deputation. On return 1984 batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar has been posted as OSD in the Chief Minister's office.

DEBATE

Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?

Whether he should -

1. be a political person

2. be decisive

3. be having clarity in his thought

4. be a charismatic personality

5. be English speaking

6. have support of the Corporate World

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CORPORATE

Maroo resigns as Deputy MD, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
Sushil Maroo has resigned as Deputy Managing Director of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd w.e.f. August 31, 2013

Nair appointed Chairman, Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd
Hindustan Fluorocarbons Ltd has appointed V B Ramachandran Nair as a Chairman of the company w.e.f. August 12, 2013

Mehta appointed Addl. Director, Birla Cotsyn (India) Limited
Birla Cotsyn (India) Limited has appointed Jignesh Mehta as Additional Director of the company.

Dixit appointed Additional Director of Birla Cotsyn (India) Limited
Rakesh Kumar Dixit has been appointed as Additional Director of Birla Cotsyn (India) Limited

Unnikrishnan re-appointed Deputy Managing Director Steel Strips Wheels Ltd
Steel Strips Wheels Ltd has re-appointed A. V. Unnikrishnan as Deputy Managing Director of the company

Khurana will cease to be Director, Kamat Hotels (India) Ltd from Sept 21, 2013
Ved Prakash Khurana will cease to be Director Kamat Hotels (India) Ltd w.e.f. September 21, 2013

Jogi appointed Whole-time Director , Shekhawati Poly Yarn Ltd
Shekhawati Poly Yarn Ltd has appointed Ravi Sanjay Jogi as an Whole-time Director of the company.

Yelgaonkar resigns as Company Secy. Zuari Global Ltd
Swapnil Yelgaonkar has resigned as the Company Secretary of Zuari Global Ltd

Two directors cease to be on Board of Jayavant Products Ltd
Prakash Bihani and Satyanarayan Bhandari has resigned as Director of Jayavant Products Ltd w.e.f. February 25, 2013

Two addl. directors appointed on Board of S Mobility Ltd
Hanif Mohamed Dahya and Rajul Garg have been appointed as Additional Directors of S Mobility Limited

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Third All India Service apart from IAS & IPS

Third All India Service apart from IAS & IPS Yes indeed, there is an All India Service called Indian Forest Service, which was constituted as AIS in 1966. The AIS Act as well as rules call it by the initials I. F. S. but, the DoPT, for reasons best known to it, prefers to use IFoS instead of I. F. S. This is perhaps so because a similarly named Central Service - the Indian Foreign Service also exists, which is higher in profile than its country cousin - the Forest Service ! If this distinction is to be drawn, why not formalise the same? By the way, Imperial Forest Service ( IFS ) dates back to 1866 or so which continued till 1935 ! Alternatively, why the Foreign Service can not be called Indian Diplomatic Service or Indian External Affairs Service? Why keep trivialising the Indian Forest Service as IFoS?

Ashok Sharma

Noble intention pushed through a faulty bill !

So the food security bill has been passed by Lok Sabha notwithstanding the fact that many have voiced concern over this massive burden on the already ailing economy. That the purpose of this latest sop for the 'poor' is vote bank politics is obvious. Though the opposition has decried it as vote security bill they have gone along with passing it since they also do not want to lose votes. That no one in the country should go hungry is a noble intention but to go about in this manner by pushing through a faulty bill is not the right way to do it. Even the food minister admitted that there are many loopholes in the bill and he says those will be rectified once the scheme gets going. How casual ? By the time they rectify the flaws, much damage would have been done .This would turn out to be another scheme for pilferage, malpractices and corruption. Introducing schemes without the groundwork and the necessary infrastructure in place is wasting public money. This time it will cause havoc to the already stressed economy. Whether the real poor will benefit from this scheme, only time will tell. Let us keep our fingers crossed. With 80 crores covered under it, even you and I are poor to get these doles at the cost of public money. It is in the interest of the ruling dispensation to keep the people poor and then at election time offer them some sops to get their votes rather than lift them out of poverty.

Aarti Khosla

Demand is justified

The demand of Stenographers Gr C (CSSS) for relaxing the minimum prescribed service for their promotion to next higher grade is justified and DP&T may accept it sympathetically as one-time
arrangement.

Hari

Are China's intrusions into India Non-events' ?

Describing China's intrusions as 'Non events', India's MEAs spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin added : "We don't take up non-events in diplomatic practice. What has happened or not is up to sentinels of our borders to answer. They know the factual position on this and I think they have answered that."

This is shocking in the face of PLA's 20 Kms penetration into Arunachal Pradesh(AP) on August 13,2013, staying on for 3 days, till physically ousted by Assam Rifles. Violation of India's territorial sovereignty is a serious matter. Why was the event down-played (rather suppressed) by GoI even while Parliament was in session. China claims the entire Arunachal Pradesh as its territory, calling it China's India'.

Why is India so soft towards the malevolent China despite successive incursions? Strangely, India has never, till date, asked China to vacate our territory occupied by it in Aksai Chin during the 1962 war. Is there any justification in carrying on Sino-India talks against this background of total capitulation? India's image in the comity of nations, has suffered a serious setback due to its timidity.

Will GoI de-mystify its foreign policy towards China?

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

TAIL=PIECE

Student: Sir, why FDI is down

Teacher: It is due to CAG who spoiled the environment

Student: Sir, why GDP growth is down

Teacher: It is due to RBI not reducing interest rate

Student: Sir, why inflation is not contained

Teacher: It is due to RBI not doing enough

Student: Sir, why economic condition of the country is so bad

Teacher: It is due to global slowdown

Student: Sir, why prices of all items are increasing

Teacher: It is due to opposition parties

Student: Sir, why there are no jobs

Teacher: It is due to lack of skilled workers

Student: Sir, when rupee is so much depreciated why Govt. is not

putting 8-10 billion from foreign reserves

Teacher: It is kept when condition gets further worsens after food subsidies

Student: Sir, then what government is doing

Teacher: Government is studying the problem and condition will improve after 2014 election when every one gets wheat, rice and bajra to eat

Contributed by-A Kumar

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