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POLITICS
Who will be NDA Prime Minister ?
Four versions received from BJP circles: If BJP gets 180 seats Narendra Modi, if BJP gets 170 L K Advani, if BJP gets 160 Raj Nath Singh and if BJP gets 150 seats then Shiv Raj Singh .

CIL dip in net profit
Coal India Ltd (CIL) has reported a 16.51 per cent dip in net profit at Rs 3,371 crore for the first quarter as compared to the same period a year ago. Former 1986 batch IAS officer S Narsing Rao is the present Chairman of the CIL.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary, Steel ?
Who will succeed D R S Chaudhary as Secretary, Steel on September1? Names of Madhav Lal 1977 (J&K), L C Goyal 1979 (Kerala) and Jitesh Khosla 1979 (Assam-Meghalaya) cadre have already started doing the round.

Verma poised for JS, Dept of Road Transport & Highways
As the grapevine has it, Niraj Verma is all set to be given as Joint Secretary, Department of Road Transport & Highways. He has been serving as PS to Paban Singh Ghatowar, MoS (IC) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region. The 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre has recently been empanelled as Joint Secretary.

Who scuttled the move ?
Who scuttled the move to elevate the outgoing Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Justice T Meena Kumari and the outgoing Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court Justice Prakash Tatia to the Supreme Court of India ?

Justice Singh is Acting CJ of Meghalaya HC
Justice T Nandakumar Singh, a Judge of the High Court, is now Acting Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

Will Justice Tatia be Chairperson of Army Tribunal ?
Latest grapevine has it that the outgoing Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court Justice Prakash Tatia is being appointed Chairperson of the Army Tribunal.

Next CSB meeting to be held today
The next Civil Services Board (CSB) meeting is scheduled to be held on August 5.

PS to Ghatowar poised to be posted as JS
As the grapevine has it, PS to Paban Singh Ghatowar, MoS (IC) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, is likely to get posting as Joint Secretary soon. The 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre has recently been empanelled as Joint Secretary. The CSB is expected to clear his posting on Monday.

Six IAS officers nominated for Harvard University programme for November
As many as six officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been nominated for four additional short-term training programmes of Harvard University ''Leadership Decision Making: Optimizing Organisation Performance" from November 17 to 22, 2013. The officers are Ashok Kumar Gupta (TN:81); G C Murmu (GJ:85); Pradeep Singh Kharola (KN:85); Rajiv Kumar Bora (AM:85); Rajendra S Shukla (WB:86) and Arun Kumar Bal (WB:86).

17 IAS officers reserved for Harvard University programme
As many as 17 IAS officers have been reserved for four additional short-term training programmes of Harvard University. They are Sanjeeva Kumar (AM:86); Manoj Kumar Parida (UT:86); S C Gupta (SK:86); G V Venugopala Sarma (OR:86); Chittranajan Kumar Khaitan (CG:87); K Jayakumar (SK:87); Amit Jha (HY:87); B V R Subrahmanyam (CH:87); Dayanand Kataria (TN:89); Rohit Kumar Singh (RJ:89); Rakesh Singh (KN:89); Manoj Joshi (KL:89); Ashok Khemka (HY:91); Seema S Jain (PB:91); K A Prasad Sinha (PB:92) and Nikunj Bihari Dhal (OR:93) .

Surjit Chaudhary to take charge today
Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, recently appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities, is likely to take charge on August 5. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on July 2, 2013)

Three IPS officers are now 'hard core'
Three IPS officers have been inducted into the Intelligence Bureau as 'hard core' .They are Manoj Kumar Call, IPS (AGMU:88), Vinayak P. Apte, IPS (AP:94) and Tarun Kumar, IPS (KL:2000).

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

Post of Zonal Dir, NCB vacant in Bangalore
One post of Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), has been lying vacant in Bangalore Zone of NCB.

Tata Consultancy hired to renovate NEPA Limited
Government of India (GoI) has reportedly hired Tata Consultancy to install deink machine and renovate paper machines of NEPA Limited as a part of revival package reeling under financial crisis.

Change of guard on the anvil in Bihar administration?
Amid the rapidly emerging equations in Nitish's Bihar the rumour mills have started doing rounds that the Nitish may go for a change of guard in Bihar administration. Currently A K Sinha is the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer. Is Nitish Kumar aiming high about the emerging equations?

Post of Director (Fin) in RITES vacant since Oct, 2012
The post of Director (Finance), RITES Limited has been lying vacant since October 12, 2012. However, A K Gaur, GM, RITES, has been selected for the post and is waiting for appointment orders.

Vacancy of AGM in RINL
A vacancy of AGM, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has arisen with A P Panda joining as Director (Finance), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).

Who has knocked the doors of Ministry for transfer of DG BIS ?
Who has knocked the doors of Ministry with bribe to transfer present DG, BIS, Sunil Soni, in pretext to the coming elections ?.

French leave taking employees to be axed from service in CG
The Government employees who have gone on French leave for more than five years, in Chhattisgarh, will be deemed to have tendered resignation from the service.

Vacancy of Director (Commercial), MECON Limited arises
A vacancy of Director, Commercial, MECON Limited has arisen with A K Tyagi joining as Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited. The PESB is expected to advertise the post.

Seven probationers of Maharashtra cadre confirmed in IAS
As many as seven Maharashtra cadre IAS probationers of 2009 batch have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from August, 2011. They are Amgothu Sri Ranga Naik G Sreekanth, Narnaware Prashant Bholanath, Pradeep P, Ruchesh Jaivanshi, Shweta Singhal and Ugale Sheetal Shahajirao.

Tripathi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Alok Tripathi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

M B Menon to be Asst Airport Manager, Dubai
Air India officer, M B Menon has been appointed as Assistant Airport Manager, AIE, Dubai.

Katyal posted as DIG(Ops), Border FHQ, OPS, Directorate
Pradeep Katyal has been posted as DIG(Ops), Border FHQ, OPS, Directorate. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Sharada Subramanian empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Subramanian has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is an IA&AS officer of 1991 batch.

1994 batch IPS is now IG in Uttar Pradesh
Five 1994 batch IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh namely J P Singh, D K Thakur, A Dev Kumar, Aseem Arun and Prakash D have been promoted to the rank of IG.

PESB invites applications for Director (Tech), BDL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Technical) Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) which fell vacant on June 27, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 2, 2013.

WAPCOS pays highest ever dividend (UPDATED)
Harish Rawat, Union Minister for Water Resources was presented dividend cheque of Rs. 12.00 crore for the year 2012-2013 by R K Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited, in the presence of Alok Rawat, Secretary (Water Resources); G. Mohan Kumar, Special Secretary; N S Samant, Joint Secretary and other senior officers from Ministry of Water Resources and WAPCOS. During the year 2012-2013, the Gross Income of the Company has increased by 60.08%, Net-worth by 26.23% and Gross Margin by 19.46%, as compared to the year 2011-2012. The dividend of Rs.12.00 Crore is the highest ever since WAPCOS inception in 1969. WAPCOS is eligible for "Excellent" Rating on the basis of its performance in all Financial & Dynamic parameters under MOU such as Gross Margin; Turnover; New Business; Projects Implementation; Human Resource Development, Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility, R&D and Corporate Governance etc. The Company forayed and forged ahead to secure new business in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen and Zimbabwe by virtue of which WAPCOS increased its presence in many countries and also facilitated strengthening of bilateral relations between India and other countries.

Bank ED's appointment orders to be issued soon (UPDATED)
Orders for appointment of Public Sector Bank's Executive Directors to be issued soon.

Rakesh Sethi to be ED Union Bank of India (UPDATED)
Rakesh Sethi, General Manager, Bank of India, will be Executive Director Union Bank of India.
(We said this July 9, 2013)


B B Joshi to be Executive Director Bank of Baroda (UPDATED)
B B Joshi, Chief Executive, Bank of India, will be Executive Director Bank of Baroda


Animesh Chauhan to be Executive Director of Central Bank of India (UPDATED)
Animesh Chauhan, General Manager (Rajasthan Zone) Jaipur, Bank of Baroda, will be Executive Director of Central Bank of India


Kishore Sansi to be Executive Director of Punjab Sindh Bank (UPDATED)
Kishore Sansi, General Manager (Government Accounts Department), OBC, will be Executive Director of Punjab Sindh Bank


J K Garg to be Executive Director of UCO Bank (UPDATED)
J K Garg, General Manager, Corporation Bank, will be Executive Director of UCO Bank


Mrs. Trishna Guha to be Executive Director of Dena Bank (UPDATED)
Mrs. Trishna Guha, General Manager of Allahabad Bank, will be Executive Director of Dena Bank


R Athmaram to be Executive Director of Bank of Maharashtra (UPDATED)
R Athmaram, General Manager of Andhra Bank, will be Executive Director of Bank of Maharashtra


P S Rawat to be Executive Director of Canara Bank (UPDATED)
P S Rawat, General Manager, Bank of India, will be Executive Director of Canara Bank.

Arun Srivastava to be Executive Director of Bank of India (UPDATED)

Arun Srivastava of Bank of Baroda will be Executive Director of Bank of India

Koteeswaran R to be Executive Director of Bank of India (UPDATED)

Koteeswaran R (GM, DWH & CRM, BCC) of Bank of Baroda is most likely to be Executive Director of Bank of India

Suresh N Patel of Executive Director Oriental Bank of Commerce (UPDATED)
Suresh N Patel of Dena Bank will be Executive Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce.

Gauri Shankar to be ED of Punjab National Bank (UPDATED)
Gauri Shankar of Bank of India will be ED of Punjab National Bank

Mahesh K Jain to be ED Indian Bank (UPDATED)
Mahesh K Jain of Syndicate Bank will be ED of Indian Bank.

P K Srivastava to be ED of Syndicate Bank (UPDATED)
P K Srivastava of Union Bank of India will be ED of Syndicate Bank.

Mukesh Jain to be ED Punjab Sindh Bank (UPDATED)
Mukesh Jain Chief General Manager (Accounts, Inspection &Internal Audit) of Dena Bank will be ED Punjab Sindh Bank

G C Pati to be Secretary, Defence Production ? (UPDATED)
G C Pati is being tipped to be new Secretary, Defence Production. The 1978 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer Pati is presently Secretary, Animal Husbandry.

Anoop Kumar Thakur to be Secretary, Animal Husbandry (UPDATED)
Anoop Kumar Thakur is being tipped to be new Secretary, Animal Husbandry in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

14 IPS officers transferred in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Mrs K B Vandana has been posted to Sardar Patel University of Police Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur on deputation while Deepak Kumar will now be Deputy Police Commissioner, Jodhpur and Bharat Lal Meena is Commandant, 7th Battalion, RAC Bharatpur. Similarly, U L Chanval has been posted as SP, Crime Branch (Human Rights and Weaker Section), Jaipur; Surendra Kumar Gupta as Deputy Police Commissioner, Crime, Jaipur Commissionerate, Jaipur; Ravi Datta Gaud as SP, ACB, Ajmer; Mrs Param Jyoti as SP, Vigilance, PHQ, Jaipur; Om Prakash Dahima as SP, Law & Order, PHQ, Jaipur; Rajendra Singh as SP, Crime Branch (Investigation), PHQ, Bhopal; Sandeep Singh Chauhan as Deputy Police Commissioner, Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation; Satyendra Singh
as Commandant, 10th Battalion, RAC, Bikaner; Ashok Kumar Gupta as Director, Intelligence Training Academy, Jaipur; Randhir Singh as SP, ACB, Jaipur and Sameer Kumar Singh was posted as SP, Bharatpur.

Sandeep Kumar posted as Registrar, Cooperative Societies in AP (UPDATED)
Sandeep Kumar Sultania has been appointed as Registrar of Cooperative Societies & Commissioner for Cooperation in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of this State cadre.

Ms Gauri Kumar is also Secretary General, NHRC (UPDATED)
Ms Gauri Kumar, Secretary, Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

CORPORATE

OBC reports decline in net profit
Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has reported a 9.7 per cent decline in net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013 at Rs 353.38 crore. S L Bansal is the Chairman of the Bank.

Nayar appointed Chairman, TFCI
Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) Ltd has appointed S B Nayar, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IFCI Ltd as Chairman of the Company.

Tyagi appointed CMD, MECON
Ashok Kumar Tyagi has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of MECON.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of TFCI
S P Arora and R P Singh have resigned as Directors of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd (TFCI).

Mills quits as CEO, Spicejet Ltd
Neil Raymond Mills has resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Spicejet Ltd.

Yogeshwary appointed Addl. Director, Epsom Properties Ltd
Ms Yogeshwary has been appointed as an Additional Director of Epsom Properties Ltd.

Vishvanathan appointed Director, State Bank of Travancore
S Vishvanathan, Managing Director and Group Executive (Associates & Subsidiaries), State Bank of India, Mumbai has been appointed as the Director of State Bank of Travancore.

Kelkar appointed Company Secy. 3i Infotech Ltd
3i Infotech Ltd has appointed Ninad Kelkar as Company Secretary of the Company

Maheshwari resigns as Company Secy. 3i infotech Ltd
Sumeet Maheshwari has resigned as Company Secretary of 3i Infotech Ltd.

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Durga Shakti-Real story

Because of smoke screen created by vested interests the real story of suspension of Durga Nagpal the gutsy IAS SDM of Noida Sadar which is very simple has been obfuscated. The simple story of this brave heart is as follows. Illegal extraction of sand from the Yamuna and Hindon riverbeds has an annual turnover of 300 - 400 crores according to some reports. The illegal extraction is monopolised by gangs close to local ruling party politicians who in all probability get their share of the loot in lieu of their patronage because of which the concerned government machinery gets signals not to proceed against the wrong doers. Durga Nagpal's crackdown on the illegal extraction has thus hit the financial interests of the gangs as well as their patrons because of which getting rid of this thorn in the flesh became an operational imperative. To give the devil its due, even criminals and their patrons have some sense of shame because of which they simply can't proclaim that because of this 'inexperienced' lady's intransigence they may soon be starving unless the lady is thrown out in a manner that could serve as an effective forewarning to her successors as well. Hence the suspension instead of mere transfer along with a respectable alibi for the suspension. As part of the strategy for a respectable alibi the local MLA gave fifty thousand rupees to the local congregation 'so that they could extend the area for Namaz & Taraabi' by constructing a wall and occupy the adjoining public land. Simultaneously a complaint was sent (presumably by the MLA's own team) to the DC about the wall coming up in violation of Supreme Court's directive. As could be reasonably anticipated the DC detailed his SDM for doing the needful. Soon after the wall was pulled down a local source called up the MLA in Lucknow and informed 'deewar girgayi hai' and the MLA as per his own bragging got the suspension order issued in 41 minutes flat. The politicians are so sure of their smartly worked out strategy that they want us all to believe that 'sand mining has nothing to do with the suspension which was ordered to avert the possibility of serious communal riots all over the country because of demolition of the mosque wall during the holy month of Ramzan by Durga Shakti.' It is up to each one of us now to go by the real story or by the smoke screen. I for one would definitely reject the smoke screen with the contempt it deserves.

NN Ojha

Azam Khan's demand is ridiculous

1. The District Magistrate has not done any wrong. In the era of RTI Act-2005, the wordings of Azam Khan that 'action of the DM to make the inquiry report public demands that the DM should also be suspended' is ridiculous.
2. The paragraph No.116 of the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure states as under:-
"116: Communication of official information-Every Government Servant shall, in performance of his duties in good faith, communicate to a 'member of public or any organization full and accurate information, which can be disclosed under the Right to Information Act, 2005. (Nothing stated above shall be construed as permitting communication of classified information in an unauthorized manner or for improper gains to a Government Servant or others)"
3. The rule 11 of the Central Civil Services Conduct Rules states as under:-
"Every Government servant shall, in performance of his duties in good faith, communicate information to a person in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and the rules made there under :
Provided that no Government servant shall, except in accordance with any general or special order of the Government or in performance in good faith of the duties assigned to him, communicate, directly or indirectly, any official document or any part thereof or classified information to any Government servant or any other person to whom he is not authorised to communicate such document or classified information." Azam Khan please note that India does not belong to Taliban. In the era of accountability and transparency you should not try to impose your will. I have already sent an RTI application to the UP Agro Corporation inviting information about the entitlement of salary, perks & facilities for which the Chairman-UP Agro Corporation is entitled for and facilities being taken by Narinder Bhatti against those entitlement. I have also asked for details of the names of the parties to whom the UP Agro Corporation have given orders during the last one year or so. I also propose to send to the IT Department an application about the Income Tax amount deposited by Shri Bhati during the last five years.

Krishna Srivastava

Ms Durga's is not an isolated case

Suspension of IAS officer Ms Durga by politicians is not an isolated case. Another IAS officer Harish Chandra is also placed under suspension by Uttarakhand Government and suspension has not been revoked inspite of CAT Allahabad's order.

M Semwal

GoI should bring in suitable rule amendments to avoid harassment of officers

While there has been a justifiable furore over the suspension of Durga Shakti, SDM by the Government of Uttar Pradesh, the case of denial of pensionary benefits to a honest senior IAS officer of the 1983 batch, K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty of Tamil Nadu seems to be equally bad if not worse. Despite DoPT,Government of India, ruling that Government of Tamil Nadu's rejection of the notice of voluntary retirement by the Government of Tamil Nadu (in December 2011) was wrong and without jurisdiction as early as January 2012, and despite C.A.T, Chennai and the High Court of Madras ruling in the officer's favour, Government of Tamil Nadu filed a SLP in the Supreme Court just to prolong the litigation so as to deny him his retirement benefits as long as possible. While the Supreme Court also ruled in Shetty's favour on July 30, 2013, the officer was left without pension for 20 long months and had to fight the legal cases at his own expense. If such a thing can happen to an officer of Shetty's integrity and track record, IAS officers of Tamil Nadu say, then nobody is safe. While the media is fixated only on frequent transfers and the occasional suspension of IAS officers, other forms of victimisation include: keeping an officer on compulsory wait for months together; posting him in newly created non-cadre posts with zero or low functional responsibilities; posting them out of State Headquarters in the later stages of their careers which seriously dislocates the family; foisting false vigilance cases on honest officers; etc. Government of India needs to bring in suitable rule amendments to address all such issues. It is not doing so either of lethargy/ inefficiency or because Congress Party is in power in several States and doesn't want to handicap itself. The Civil Society should launch a movement towards this end. There is no point in carping about the deterioration in the bureaucracy if nothing is done to protect honest officers from being victimised.

K Raja, IAS (retired)

Why don't bureaucrats join hands to fight out politico-mafia nexus ?

When Politicians and mafias can join hands to scuttle any investigation against their wrong doings, why can't IAS and IPS and PCS officers join hands together to fight against them. If they do it, will send a clear signal that bureaucrats cannot be ill-treated /harassed at the whims of Politicians.

S Gopal

Dangerous trend

As per some reports, a very dangerous trend has started that leaders have started criticizing constitutional bodies/institutions to suppress or hide their failures. It is said that these bodies are much more responsible and discharging their duties faithfully. Because they are bound by code books hence cannot speak in public. Statements are made that economy is in good condition. Slowdown is global phenomenon. As a normal lay man, it is seen that prices are rising on some items daily basis, export is declining, import is increasing, current account deficit is increasing, inflation is increasing, GDP growth is down, growth is slow, industrial production is down then what is right? How economy of country can be right or good when nothing is in favour of growth. For example, India is not able to manufacture main telecom equipment and in result a very large amount has been spent in import of telecom equipment. It is estimated that after oil, electronic items will be second in imports. What we are exporting except software it is hardly any substantial percentage of imports. Unless we produce goods for consumption as well as for exports, the situation will remain the same. Laptops, tablets are being distributed but there is no power in rural areas and cannot be charged or used due to lack of internet connectivity. Create the jobs in the country so after employment they can buy these items and lead respectable life. How many jobs have been created in last three years? There is lack of infrastructure in the country. Power is main source for growth but huge power shortage is being felt in the country. Without power how the country will move forward? We are unable to harmonize inflation, interest rates and growth. All three parameters are going in their own ways. No one is able to control or manage these three parameters. Fourth and fifth parameters have also come in picture i.e. current account deficit and foreign exchange rate. It is complex to understand how to tackle the situation unless all the stakeholders work in harmony and find amicable solution. The situation may become more worse when subsidies starts rolling.

N Prakash

Expect nothing from Railway Board

Don't expect any action from Railway Board as the Rail Chairman is busy with PMO for making his posting permanent as CRB. While there is no boss, the Minister is in Karnataka. He is also as slow as passenger train of Indian Railways or why can't he take decision and appoint CRB and other board members ?

Kunal

Right Officer to head Foreign Service

Sujatha Singh is the Right Officer to head the Foreign Service. Had a brief tenure in Australia, where she was the High Commissioner.

Kishore Dudani

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