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POLITICS

Difference between PIB and State PR Departments
PR Departments of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have successfully steered the ship in the Vidhan Sabha elections. And the mighty PIB with funds of several crores has failed to project the programmes and the policies of the UPA Government. It would be wise for the UPA Government to import PR men of these three states.

Madhya Pradesh to become UP and Bihar
In political circles it is believed that after the debacle in Vidhan Sabha election for Congress party Madhya Pradesh is going to be Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Hi-tech campaign for the race of Rajasthan CM
Vasundhara Raje Scindia, President, Rajasthan BJP. Formerly served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan (2003-2008),Union Minister and 5 time Lok Sabha MP from Rajasthan. She has been extensively on public to public contact campaign in all most all the places in Rajasthan. Notably she is getting very warm response in rural pockets wherein group of women children as well as mans are coming to meet her and listen to her speeches. Noticing the important of social media Vasundhara Raje Scindia keeps updating her each and every visit of the campaign on her Facebook account titled Vasundhara Raje for Rajasthan CM, the page has about 81,162 likes.
(We said this on April 28, 2013)

BUREAUCRACY

Will Justice Singhvi be Chairman of 7th Pay Commission ?
Name of Judge of the Supreme Court Justice G C Singhvi has started doing the round for the post of Chairman 7th Pay Commission. Justice Singhvi is superannuating on December 12.

Search for JS in Financial services ?
Who will succeed 1986 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Alok Nigam as Joint Secretary in Financial services. Whispers have started doing the round to this effect.

Bharadwaj to be DGP of Rajasthan
Omendra Bharadwaj is likely to be appointed new DGP of Rajasthan. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer.

Who will be new Chief Secretary in Rajasthan?
Who is going to be new Chief Secretary in Rajasthan? A couple of names have already started doing the round.

Will Singhvi return to Rajasthan ?
Ashok Singhvi is likely to be recalled by the new Rajasthan Government led by Vasundhara Raje Scindia. The 1983 batch IAS officer Singhvi is presently Joint Secretary, Urban Development in the Government of India.

Ashwani Sondhi selected as Director (Mktg), STCIL
Ashwani Sondhi, CGM, MMTC, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 9, 2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Secretary, Child and Women Welfare
Arun Kumar Jain has been moved as Secretary of Women and Child Development in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre. He has rendered his service in both centre and state for than 35years.He has held important positions in central as well as Government of Nagaland. He has been Adviser in Home Affairs, Member- Finance , Prasar Bharti and Principal Secretary in Environment and Forest Department in Nagaland government. Prior to being moved as Secretary of Women and Child Development, he was Secretary , Official Languages.
(We said this on Nov 29, 2013)

Thakur is new DGP of Gujarat
P C Thakur has been appointed new DGP of Gujarat. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Sahay to succeed Singh in Heavy Industries
Vishvajit Sahay is likely to succeed Harbhajan Singh as Joint Secretary, Heavy Industries in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IDAS officer.

Rajesh Gopal also in the fray of DG, Forest
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Dr Rajesh Gopal is also in the fray of DG, Forest. The 1978 batch IFS officer of MP cadre is currently serving as ADF, Project Tiger and Member Secretary, National Tiger Conservation Authority. Will he ?

Nandan appointed JS, Defence (Air)
Jivesh Nandan, a 1987 batch IAS officer of U P cadre has been appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Air). In his new instinct he would be the one to handle the crucially important file of Augustawasteland helicopter deals.
(We said this on October 30, 2013)

No postings of 1984 batch IAS officers at JS level in GoI
The Government of India has said that the 1984 batch IAS officers will not be deputed to Centre at Joint Secretary level posts as their empanelment at Additional Secretary level is in the offing.

Disclosure of reserve panel for Board level at ACC approval only
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said that the reserve panel for a post at Board level kept with PESB is disclosed only on order of the ACC.

DoPT asks PESB to ensure 45 days for filing applications
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked the PESB to ensure maximum 45 days time for filing the applications.

NWDA seeks applications for Director (Admin)
National Water Development Agency (NWDA ) has invited applications for the post of Director (Administration) under the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Agency at the earliest.

Interview for MD, CRWC, on Dec 11
PESB is all set to conduct interviews for the selection of Managing Director, Central Railside Warehouse Company (CRWC) Limited on December 11. Presently Vinod Kumar Asthana is the MD of CRWC.

IPS in Himachal Pradesh promoted
Abhishek Trivedi (HP'96) has been promoted as IG and posted as IG CID. J.P.Singh (HP'2000) has been given proforma promotion(on central deputation) and Arvind Sharda (HP'2000) promoted as DIG and posted in Anti-Corruption & Vigilance, HP.

What makes MoEF to delay appointment of Director, IPIRTI?
The post of Director, Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore, has been lying vacant even though the selection committee had recommended the name of the officer on 26 July 2013. The committee included Secretary, MoEF; Secretary, Science & Technology as well. To many IFS officers the delay appeared deliberate but to some it seemed something mysterious. The appointment orders are yet to be issued. Has anybody a clue?

Three IRAS officers get JAG
Three IRAS officers namely P Sudhakar (SCR), Shaik Yousuf Basha (SCR) and M Gopal Naik (posted SR) have been promoted to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Railways.

Vashisth empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Upendra Vashisth has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Tiwari likely to join as CMD, HPIL next week
Saurabh Kumar Tiwari, Deputy Director General in the Department of Telecommunications, is expected to take over the charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD),Hemisphere Properties India Ltd (HPIL) in next week.

Kulmani Biswal joins as Director (Fin), NTPC
Kulmani Biswal, Director (Finance), MCL, has taken over as Director (Finance), NTPC Limited on December 9, 2013.
(We said this on July 9, 2013)

Lal is CVO of DFCCIL
Umakant Lal has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Delhi. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Air Marshal Verma is Member of AFT, Chandigarh
Retired Air Marshal Naresh Verma has joined the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) - Chandigarh Bench as Administrative Member .

Two 1980 batch IPS officers get DG rank in UP
Two 1980 batch IPS officers, Himmat Singh and Sulkhan Singh have been promoted to the rank of DG in Uttar Pradesh.

H P Singh gets DG rank in Gujarat
H P Singh has been promoted to the rank of DG in Gujarat. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Jagmohan is new Police Commissioner of Siliguri
Jag Mohan has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Police of Siliguri Police .He is a 1991 batch IPS officer.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in J&K (UPDATED)
A large number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu and Kashmir. Accordingly, Mohammad Sulaiman Salaria has been posted as posted as IGP Railways while Dr Kamal Kumar Saini will now be IGP State Human Rights Commission and Yogender Kaul is as Commissioner Civil MilitaryLiaison. Similarly T Punchok was posted as IGP Home Guard/Civil Defence; Sham Lal Sharma as as DIG Trainings, Police Headquarters; Mubarak Ahmed Ganie as DIG Security; Kastoori Lal Bhagat as DIG Armed, Jammu; Ashok Kumar Atri as DIG Home Guards, Jammu; Johnny Williams as DIG Crime, J&K; Mushtaq Mohammad Sadiq as DIG Armed, Kashmir; Ali Mohammad Bhat as DIG (Administration), Police Headquarters; Vijay Singh Samyal as DIG IRP, Jammu; Jagdish Lal Sharma as DIG Vigilance; Bashir Ahmad Yatoo as DIG Home Guards, Kashmir; Nissar Ahmad as DIG Railways Security; Mansoor Ahmad Untoo as Commandant, IR 12th battalion; Vijay Kumar as Commandant, IR 10th battalion; Varinder Sharma as SSP, CID (Special Branch), Jammu; Amit Kumar as SSP Srinagar; Shakti Kumar Pathak as SSP Crime Branch, Jammu; Anil Magotra as SSP Samba; Pawan Kumar Parihar as SSP Traffic, Jammu; Chouhan as SSP Doda; Vivek Gupta as SSP Reasi; Dr Sunil Gupta as SP Leh; Mohammad Suleman Choudhary as SSP Udhampur; Tejinder Singh as SP Pulwama; Shailendra Kumar Mishra as SP West, Srinagar; Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari as SSP Crime, Kashmir; Ramesh Kumar Jalla as SSP CID (SB); Bashir Ahmad Khan as Commandant, JKAP 13th battalion; Ranjit Kanwar as Principal, PTTI, Vijaypur; Abdul Rashid Bhat as Commandant, IR 20th battalion; Rajneesh Pran as SO to DIG Jammu-Kathua; Dr Mohammad Haseeb Mughal as SP Traffic National Highway; Javed Ahmad Koul as SP Traffic Rural, Kashmir; Ramesh Kumar Bhat as Divisional Commandant, Home Guards, Srinagar; Sheikh Junaid Mehmood as SSP Anantnag; Abdul Qayoom as SP Sopore; Maqsood-ul-Zaman as SP Handwara; Suhail Munawar Mir as SP PCR, Srinagar; Rashmi Wazir as Additional SP Crime Branch, Jammu; Rajeshwar Singh as AIG (Welfare) Police Headquarters; Anita Sharma as Commandant IR 15th battalion; Mohammad Shafi Mir as SP Bandipore; Jatinder Singh Johar as SP PCR, Jammu; Zahid Naseem Man as SO to ADGP Armed, J&K; Ashok Kumar as SO to IGP Jammu Zone; Showkat Ahmad Dar as Commandant, IR 13th battalion; Altaf Ahmad Shah as SP, Armed PCR, Srinagar; Baqar Hussain Samoon as Commandant, JKAP 12th battalion; Ranjit Singh Samyal as SP Police Transport Workshop, Jammu; Rajesh Kumar Sharma as Commandant, IR 19th battalion; Ranjit Kanwar; Mumtaz Ahmad as SP Kulgam; Mohammad Aslam as Commandant, IR 2nd battalion; Ramesh Kumar Angral as SP Security, Jammu; Shailender Singh as SP CID (CI), Jammu; Tahir Sajad Bhat as SP CID CI, Kashmir; Imtiyaz Hussain Mir as Commandant IR 4th battalion; Randeep Kumar as SP Security, Civil Secretariat; Mohammad Arif Rishu as Commandant, IR 7th battalion; Benam Tosh as SO to IGP Railways, J&K; Showkat Hussain Shah as SP, Shopian; Joginder Singh as SP CID, Headquarters; Mehmood Ahmad as Commandant JKAP 6th battalion; Mohammad Farid as SO to ADGP, Home Guards/Civil Defence; Stenzin Nurboo as Commandant, Auxiliary Police 2nd battalion; Manzoor Ahmad Dalal as SP Anti-Hijacking, Srinagar; Bashir Ahmad Sofi as SO to IGP Armed/IR, Kashmir and Mohammad Zaid has been appointed as SP Railways, Kashmir.

Payment of dividend by AAI for the year 2012- 13 (UPDATED)
V P Agrawal, Chairman, Airports Authority of India has presented today a final dividend cheque of Rs. 147 crores to the Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ajit Singh. in the presence of K N Shrivastava, Secretary(Civil Aviation), Anil Srivastava, Joint Secretary, G Asok Kumar, Joint Secretary, M Kannan, Economic Advisor and AAI Board Members K K Jha, Member(Human Resource), V Somasundaram, Member (Air Navigation Services), G K Chaukiyal, Member (Operations). Airports Authority of India(AAI) is an organization of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and it has been making profits since its inception. For the financial year 2012-13, AAI earned revenue of Rs.6917 crores, profit before tax of Rs.1337 crores and has declared Dividend of Rs.147 crores to the Government of India. Despite increase in Gross Revenue during 2012-13 by Rs. 1038 crores, profit before tax has reduced to Rs.1337 (Previous Year Rs.1364 Crores), primarily due to increase in operating expenses, security operating expenses viz-a-viz PSF (Security) amount received. Substantial investment in creation of infrastructure have taken place during the previous years, however the airport tariff have not been revised since 2003 baring Kolkatta, Chennai Airport which was revised with effect from March 2013. Closure of M/s. Kingfisher Airlines have also impacted the revenue of AAI. In the process of modernizing its airports terminals, passenger's facilities and Air Traffic and Navigational Aids, AAI spent a sum of Rs.1800 crores in the year 2012-13(Previous year 2095 crores). Senior officers from Ministry of Civil Aviation as well as Airports Authority of India were also present on this occasion.

Ranjan Mathai takes over as HC in UK (UPDATED)
former Foreign Secretary of India Ranjan Mathai has taken over as the country's next High Commissioner to the UK. He is retired 1974 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on June 5, 2013)

Four IAS officers of 1981 batch promoted to ACS grade in Gujarat (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 1981 batch have promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in Gujarat. The officers are: Hasmukh Adhia, D J Pandian, G R Aloria and Haribhai V Patel.

Tapan Ray of 1982 batch promoted to ACS grade in Gujarat (UPDATED)
Tapan Ray has been promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Secretary in Gujarat. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.

Orders of Sankaranarayanan as CMD, TCIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of V Sankaranarayanan, Dy GM, SJVNL for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) have been issued by the Government of India on December 10, 2013.
(We said this on May 27, 2013)

12 IRSME officers of 1983 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers of IRSME belonging to 1983 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Shubaransu, Sanjay Kumar, T V Subramanian, S K Gupta, D Govinda Kumar, Manoj Joshi, Anuj Prakash, A Gangal, D K Tete, R P
Singh, Sunil Bajpai and Ma Inbarasu.

14 IRSME officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers of IRSME belonging to 1984 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Sanjeev Kishore, Alok Kumar, Ashesh Agarwal, Sanjay Chadha, Arun Arora, S K Yagnik, A K S Ganvir, A K Agarwal, Vivek
Kumar, Anupam Sharma, Amitabh Sinha, K B Sahay, A K Singh and A K Pandey.

Sumit Bose appointed as Secretary, Finance in GoI (UPDATED)
Sumit Bose, Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, has been appointed as Secretary, Finance in Government of India. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh.

V R Sadashiv appointed as Addl Secretary (Fin), Atomic Energy (UPDATED)
V R Sadashiv has been appointed as Additional Secretary (Finance), Atomic Energy Department on in-situ basis. He is a 1981 batch officer of IDAS.

CORPORATE

Kocheta nominated Director on Canara Bank Board
Sunil Hukumchand Kocheta has been nominated as part-time non-official Director under the Charted Accountant category on the Board of Directors of Canara Bank for a period of three years.

Sivakumar to head PepsiCo in India
Former Nokia head for emerging markets D Shivakumar has been appointed chairman and CEO PepsiCo India.

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Many Khemkas, Many Vadra

There are many Khemkas and many Vadras in the system but the media attention is guided by TRP only and therefore Other Vadras have easier goings. We have created institutions to fulfill our various expectations but all these institutions fell short of our expectations simply because they are not measured by their 'Failure Story'' but by their 'Success Story'' and there is no accountability for their failures. If in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation or in any other Ministry a Whistle Blower is being harassed and Charged Officers are being shielded then apart from the Ministry a number of other institutions like UPSC, CVC, DOPT, PMO, ACC, etc. are equally responsible. I am personally aware of the fact that the Whistle Blower in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation had approached Prashant Bhushan, Senior Advocate, Social Activist and one of the founders of Aam Adami Party for his guidance and help, but surprisingly the e-mail is awaiting a response since last four months. Where is the hope? What is the solution?

Bijon Sarkar, Kolkata

Right time to mend their ways

Outcome of State Assembly Elections have shown that people are fed up with Congress Party. Even Government employees are also not far away. If Congress Party really wants to recover from this jolt, they should think over long pending pay anomalies of Group 'B' and 'C' of Govt. employees and sort it out as early as possible keeping in view the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections in 2014.

Hemant

Raising retirement age ?

Is Central Government considering raising retirement age from 60 yrs to 62 yrs wef January 1, 2014?

Anil Kumar

Irrational thought

The thinking of increasing the age of retirement in completely irrational. Younger generation should not be made to suffer for the cause certain babus. In fact, the government should reduce the retirement age so frequent induction of young blood & ideas is infused in the bureaucracy to keep it fresh.

Nand Ram

CGHS facilities

For the last few days, discussions were on towards praising or cursing the CGHS facilities. I find it little bit confusing as some are satisfied with the treatment and some are not. But today I wanted to pointed out the other scandal which is mushrooming under the aegis of CGHS these days i.e. Dental Care and in the name of providing good facility to CGHS beneficiaries, Ministry of Health has given license to loot the beneficiaries and indirectly to Government exchequer by allowing running of one chain called 'Dental Life'. What I found from my personal experience and from the discussions with co-patients, these clinic tend to get the bill signed in the name of providing treatment at the very first visit of patient and then takes modus operandi such as giving poor treatment like having inferior quality of medicines/pins for RCT or giving future dates for attending which are crafted in such a way that patient is compelled to visit some private clinic to get rid of toothache or whatsoever. Employee like me when questioned their way of providing ill-treatment, doctors are either found of complaining about not getting enough instruments or things required or are themselves found frustrated from the Management as they have not been paid for months together. Therefore, through this forum, I would like to highlight this menace of looting Government exchequer which will be a big dent in the future when budget allocation for CGHS is drafted. Hope that authorities will take view of my point and either these facility improved at the earliest or please close this facility.

Ashok K Bhimani

Hard working officer

Person like Mr Gabriyal will not only give the direction to the forest related issue as DG, but also to the R&D, which is an emerging requirement in the field of Forest and Environment. He is a hard working officer, known for his honesty and unbiasness.

Sudhir Kumar

Present case to proper forum

If statistic department staff need more grade pay then they should present their case to the proper forum for justification of their rightful demand. Don't under estimate the nature of work of Inspectors of Income tax with statistic department.

Meer Irfan Ali

Inclusion of Engineers of PSUs

On the one hand, CVC talks about open competition, on the other, it restricts eligibility for the posts of Tech. Examiner/ATE etc. to only those working in Central/State Govt. In order to have wider choice, it should make Engineers working in PSUs also eligible for these posts.

Paul

Draconian decision of DDA

The draconian decision of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to increase the playing (green) fee Three to Four times at Qutab Golf Course, Lado Sarai has upset the Seniors. It will have an adverse effect on their physical, mental and financial capacities. The universal truth is irrationality does not bear good fruits'. It is very clear (I) either the decision to increase the green fee four folds is wrong OR (2) the Fee structure going on till last week was wrong. Either way the Management must accept the responsibility. It is a Public Course funded from Public Exchequer and not a personal fiefdom.

Nirwal

Poor reporting

Very poor reporting. Unnecessary provocating statement. Exaggerated news. It is not news at all. As per rule any employee whose date of birth falls on 1st of any month, he would retire in the previous month.

K K Mishra

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