What people say about us!

It is very educative.

D Muralikrishna

POLITICS

Prafull Patel to join Congress ?
Heard in the Maharashtra Political circles -In case Supriya Sule is appointed Chief of the NCP,Prafulla Patel will join the Congress party .

BUREAUCRACY

G Mohan Kumar is new Secretary Steel
Finally G Mohan Kumar has been chosen as successor to D R S Chaudhary, Secretary Steel, in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Sarraf to be next CMD, ONGC Ltd
D K Sarraf, MD, OVL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 30, 2013. As many as four persons were interviewed. It is reported that GAIL (India) CMD, B C Tripathi who was considered to be a top contender for the post did not attend the interview.
(We said this on July 30, 2013)

Justice Nagappan to be elevated?
Chief Justice of the Odisha High Court, Justice C Nagappan, is likely to be elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Justice Singh to move to SC?
Grapevine has it that Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Shiva Kirti Singh, is moving to the Supreme Court of India.

Justice Chandrachud to succeed Justice Singh ?
There seems to be a change in the original proposal. Now there are reliable reports that most senior Judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice D Y Chandrachud, will succeed Justice Shiva Kirti Singh as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court. Earlier there was a proposal that Justice Chandrachud will move as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Justice Ramana appointed CJ, Delhi HC
Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi.
(We said this on August 16, 2013)

T K Viswanathan unlikely to get extension
Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, T K Viswanathan, is unlikely to get an extension.

Dr Mahboob Alam is also DG, ITBP
Dr Mahboob Alam, Additional DG, ITBP, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Verma to take charge as Chairman, IWAI in 1st week of Sept
Amitabh Verma who has recently been posted as Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India, will take charge of the mandated responsibility in the 1st week of September. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre who would run the affair in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Anurag is back to Tripura
DIG in CBI, Anurag, is back to the parent Tripura cadre. On return 1994 batch IPS officer Anurag has been appointed IG Law & Order.

Ms Himabindu posted as Director, in DG office, CAG Mumbai
Ms M Himabindu, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn.), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai, has been transferred and posted as Director (CRA/CERA), in the office of Director General of Audit, Central, Mumbai.

Rajshekhar, GM, RCF Kapurthala to retire today
B N Rajashekhar, General Manager, Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala, is retiring formally today adding one more vacant post of GM to the already ailing Railways. The file of the appointment of five GMs is alreading waiting to be cleared.

SO to CS, Delhi poised to move to Andaman
A S Dagar, Staff Officer (SO) to Chief Secretary of Delhi, is being transferred to Andaman & Nicobar.

Dhillon is new PS to Haryana CM
S S Dhillon has been appointed new Principal Secretary to the Haryana Chief Minister. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

IAS officer gets extension in Haryana
ACS, Home, Samir Mathur has been given extension in service for three months till November 30. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Mrs Binita Mitra shifted to SECR
Mrs Binita Mitra, SAG/IRAS/ Eastern Railway, has been transferred to South East Central Railway (SECR) and posted in the cadre.

Two IRAS probationers posted to NR
Two IRAS probationers belonging to 2010 batch namely Mrs Aparajita Rai and Lokesh Singla have been transferred from ECR to Northern Railway (NR).

Venkateshwar Rao posted as CIT, Madhurai
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, G T Venkateshwar Rao, on return from deputation, has been appointed as CIT (A)-I, Madhurai CCA, Chennai.

Six IPS probationers get postings in AP
As many as six IPS Probationers belonging to 2011 batch have been posted as Assault Commanders, Greyhounds, Hyderabad after their completion of phase-II Training in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad. The officers are: Fakkeerappa Kaginelli, Abhishek Mohanty, Babujee Attada, Bhusarapu Satya Yasubabu, Venkata Appalanaidu Chintam and Sunpreet Singh.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Punjab (UPDATED)
Some officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Ramesh Kumar Ganta has been appointed as Director, Treasury and Accounts and ex-Officio Secretary, Finance with an additional charge of Member Secretary, Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission while Ajoy Kumar will now be Chief Administrator, Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority and Amit Kumar is SDM, Malout. Similarly, Shruti has been appointed as SDM, Talwandi; Apneet Riyait as SDM, Jagraon; M K Arvind Kumar as SDM, Banga; B Srinivasan as SDM, Dhar Kalan, and Kumar Saurabh Raj was appointed as SDM, Gidderbaha.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Over a dozen officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, L V Nagarajan has been appointed as Chairman, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), Bangalore while G Lathakrishna Rau will be Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and N Sivasailam is Principal Secretary, Forests, Ecology & Environment Department and Mrs Vandita Sharma is Principal Secretary, Infrastructure Development with additional charge of Managing Director, Karnataka State Finance Corporation, Bangalore. Similarly, I S N Prasad has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Finance; Mrs G Kalpana as Chairman, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal Bangalore; Dr Rajkumar Khatri as Principal Secretary, Education; Basavaraju as Principal Secretary, Revenue; Tushar Giri Nath as Secretary, Commerce & Industries (Mines, SSI & Textiles) with additional charge of Secretary, Revenue (Disaster Management, Bhoomi & UPOR); Srivastava Krishna as Secretary, Information Technology, Bio-technology and Science & Technology with additional charge of DPAR (e-governance); K H Aswathanarayana Gowda as Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries; A M Kunjappa as Deputy Commissioner, Chamarajanagara and S T Anjan Kumar was posted as Deputy Commissioner, Davanagare.

Two new PCCF in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Dhiraj Sharma and A K Singh will get fixed 80,000 scale.Two IFS officers have been cleared for PCCF in Chhattisgarh.

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

Mail your views in not more than 100 words to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

M K Zutshi inducted as part-time Member, TARC
M K Zutshi has been inducted as Part-time Member 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.

Iyer appointed Workmen Employee Director, Syndicate Bank
The Central Government has appointed Sankaran Bhaskar Iyer as Workmen Employee Director on the Board of Directors of Syndicate Bank

Shanbagh resigns as Whole-time Director, Kamat Hotels (I) Limited
Ramesh N Shanbhag has resigned as Whole-time Director of Kamat Hotels (I) Limited w.e.f. August 30, 2013

Mechtersheimer has resigned as Non Executive Director , Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited
Thomas Georg Mechtersheimer, Non Executive Director has resigned as of Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited August 31, 2013

Two Addl. directors appointed on Board of TV Today Network Limited
TV Today Network Limited has appointed Ashish Kumar Bagga and Dinesh Bhatia as Additional Directors of the company w.e.f August 23, 2013.

Pai resigns as Director, Cipla Ltd
Dr Ranjan Pai, Director has resigned as Director of Cipla Ltd

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Suggestion on rupee depreciation

As per news reports, Herve Falciani now in France has information on 1.30 lac Swiss Accounts. Many of them have to relate to Indian Politician and Businessmen. Spain has bought such information which yielded 330 million dollar equivalent of additional taxes. India should also try to purchase information from this person and try to get the Dollars stacked abroad by Indians through taxes or issue of zero-interest Bonds to be repayable after 10 or 15 years.

Arun Kumar

Who can sail India ?

Any sincere and honest person who is a good economist, who can sail India through a safe boat of this worst economic crisis. Anyone who can switch over to the Presidential form of Government so that there are less Maharajas in India and immediately takes to task the Dhongi Babas in India. Above all nationalizes worship places as Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board.

Harish Kumar

India's interest

The third world war as predicted by the American Psychic, Jeanne Dixon, in the fifties is gradually gathering pace. Her book, The Crystal Gazer, should be read by everyone. With uncanny accuracy she predicted that the third world war will begin gradually in the 8os due to American interference in the Middle East. In the 80s the Americans interfered in Iran and then in the 90s in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and now in Egypt and Syria. Dixon predicted the world war will be between America and Russia on the same side against China. If America persists in meddling in the Middle East, it is quite possible that Iran will enter into a defensive alliance with China against America. It is also possible that Russia out of white solidarity against the Islamic world will join America and the west against Iran and China. Where would all this leave India? Dixon is silent on this. She also predicted quite correctly the use of battlefield nuclear weapons. In Iraq, the Americans have used 300 tonnes of depleted uranium which has led to the birth of babies with congenital defects, like two heads and three arms etc in Iraq and neighbouring countries as this uranium is air borne. India should plan ahead now for the coming World War or she will perish. Since both China and Pakistan, now US allies against? India, have occupied Indian Territory by force, there is no chance of India having common cause with either of these two countries. India should encourage America to go to war against China as also against Islamic terror so that all these three threats to India eliminate each other. This would be in India's interest.

D Chaudhury

Financial burden on tax payers just for votes

Budget allocation for some flagship social sector schemes for 2013-14 is as under:

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme:- Rs 33,000 crores.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana - Rs 21,700 crores

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan - Rs. 27,258 crores

Mid Day Meal Scheme - Rs 13,215 crores

Integrated Child Development Scheme - Rs. 17,700 crores

Drinking Water and Sanitation - Rs 2,260 crores. Jawaharlal

Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission - Rs 14,873 crores.

Total - Rs.1, 30,006 crores

Now the financial burden of Food (Vote) Security Scheme is estimated at Rs 1, 25,000 crores. Funding of this Rs 1, 25,000 crores shall be by raising tax rates, increasing borrowings or by resorting to printing of more money. All these recouping measures, in turn, shall escalate the pace of galloping inflation. The vicious cycle shall end up with irreparable pains. As per 2011 census India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% below the age of 35. The cascading effect of this scheme shall be far reaching since it would make working manpower a national liability rather than an asset.

S S Rana

CRB ?

The CRB currently is one of the junior MR. Is minister is inclined to continue him till the last day.

Sunil

Govt believes in Honesty or Might is right

The government is not ready to undo what wrong has been done by the predecessors as it needs courage. The most senior officer MR Bhargava with clear chit from CVC is kept waiting since long. Does the government believes in Honesty or might is right.

Sunita

Follow the mantras given by Vijay Deb

One has to find out why the bright young men are shying away from IAS. I know of two probationers who were on the top 10 but refused to join IAS but joined IFS and IPS. They belonged to the same 2011 batch to whom Deb exhorted. The IAS needs to be made more attractive in terms of perks and higher salaries. But the real problem lies in their training. And also because the modern day politicians are highly educated. More than the IAS like Akhilesh, Chidambaram, Salmanazars, Khurshid, Jairam Ramesh Omar Abdullah etc. The solution would be to have lateral entry at. KS as Secretary levels.

Hari Shankar

Why should there be a grapevine ?

This is how you people spoil the poor guy's credibility. People will think that this is a prized posting and he has lobbied for it. Absolutely stupid.

Anand Kumar

Feel proud of officers like Vijay Dev, Durga Shakti

We are proud and happy to read that there still are officers like Vijay Dev who are openly advocating that civil servants should follow the law and their conscience and keep the interest of citizens above everything else. That he belongs to my cadre adds to the sense of pride. If young officers like him and Durga Shakti can lead the way, there is still hope for the service.

Suman Swarup

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