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POLITICS

Maharashtra CM to join Union Cabinet ?
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is likely to move to Delhi again to join the Union Cabinet very soon.

Top ten lieutenants of RSS Chief Madukar Mohan Bhagwat:-

Suresh Joshi

Joshi, popularly known as 'Bhaiyaji', not only holds the second highest post in RSS but is also considered as the second most powerful man in RSS. He was unanimously re-elected as its General Secretary for second consecutive term in March last year. If BJP comes into power in 2014 general elections Joshi would continue with his second highest rank in RSS.

Suresh Soni

The native of Chhattisgarh holds the post of Joint General Secretary (Sahasarakaryavah) of RSS. He has been the first choice of RSS leadership to act as the Sangh's liaison person for the BJP.

Nitin Gadkari

Even though Gadkari, former BJP President, missed the bus to win the second consecutive term as BJP President, he continues to enjoy the support of all the new-generation leaders; like Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh besides Modi.

Dattatreya Hosabale

Dattatreya is National Joint General Secretary of RSS who started his career with RSS as its 'Pracharak' before joining the BJP.

Manmohan Vaidya

Manmohan Vaidya, also known as Vaidya junior, holds the position of 'Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramuk' which is equivalent to head of media cell. He is the son of senior RSS ideologue Madhav Govind Vaidya. Reportedly, he is the one who always stands by Gadkari; especially in the time of any political crises.

Dr Krishna Gopal

Dr Gopal, Joint General Secretary, RSS, hails from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Having Masteres degree in Environmental Science from Agra University, he secured doctorate from CSIR. He dedicated his nine precious years in Assam and Mizoram as 'Kshethreeya Pracharak' of RSS.

Anil Oak

Oak, holding the post of 'Akhil Bharatiya Sharirik Pramukh', maintains relatively a low profile outside the RSS but he is said to have an outrightly close term with the RSS chief.

P Parmeshwaran

A senior RSS Ideologue who heads the RSS 'Think Tank' of Kerala 'Bharatiya Vichara Kendram' as its Director.

Bajarangalal Gupta

Gupta is a Member of Central Executive Council of RSS and is associated with Shraddhanand College of University of Delhi. He heads the northern region chapter of RSS.

Rakesh Sinha

Sinha is an Associate Professor of Political Science in University of Delhi who also heads 'India Policy Foundation' as it's Director. A hardcore sailor of RSS' ideology in print & electronic media is the author of the biography of Dr K B Hedgewar; the RSS Founder.

BUREAUCRACY

Hrusikesh Panda empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Hrusikesh Panda has been empanelled for the post of Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ms Kusumjit Sidhu empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Ms Kusumjit Sidhu has been empanelled for the post of Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
(We said this on April 22, 2013 )

Rajendran is new CMD of Andhra Bank
C V R Rajendran has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank, Prior to this he was Executive Director at Bank of Maharashtra.

(We said this on Feb 12, 2013)

Omendra Bhardwaj appointed as new DGP in Rajasthan
Omendra Bhardwaj has been appointed as new Director General of Police (DGP) in Rajasthan. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on Dec 10, 2013)

H C Meena appointed as DGP, Jail Rajasthan
H C Meena, who was Director General of Police, has now been posted as Director General of Jail in Rajasthan. He is a 1976 batch IPS Officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Tanmay Kumar is new Secretary to Rajasthan CM
Tanmaya Kumar has been appointed as Secretary to Chief Minister in Rajasthan. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on Dec 11, 2013)

CSS Cadre Restructuring Committee submits its report to Narayansami
Making it as good news for CSS officers the Cadre Restructuring Committee submits its report to E Narayansami. Pratap Bhanu Sharma (EO. DOPT & chairman of the committee), Manoj Joshi (member), SudhaKrishnan (member) & Utkarsh R Tiwari (member secretary) formally submitted the reports yesterday.

Joshi takes charge as JS, Capital Mkt & Forward Mkt Commission
Manoj Joshi is new JS, Dept of Economic Affairs (DoEA). He has, reportedly, been given the desk of Capital Market & Forward Market Commission. The 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre previously served as JS, DOPT.

IAS officer changes her name as Ms Indra Mallo
The name of Ms Indra Mall-Jain has been changed as Ms Indra Mallo. She will, henceforth, be known as Ms Indra Mallo. She is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Four IPS officers due to retire in AP in 2014
As many as four IPS officers will be retiring in 2014 in Andhra Pradesh. Umesh Kumar (1977) is due to retire on March 31 while P Muni Swamy (SPS:2000) will retire on June 30 and Jasti Venkata Ramudu (1981) is set to superannuate on July 31. Besides, D Boobathi Babu (1983) is retiring on September 30, 2014.

Singh to be Secretary, Finance, Chandigarh Administration
Sarvjit Singh, a 1992-batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre, is being appointed posted as the new UT Finance Secretary. His name has been cleared by the MHA.

IAS officer selected for IT Leaders
Maharashtra IT Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal (IAS, 1989 Batch, Maharashtra Cadre) has been selected for 2014 Premier 100 IT Leaders by the international magazine ComputerWorld.

P C Thakur is new DGP of Gujarat
P C Thakur has taken over as new DGP of Gujarat. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Pathak moves to Goa
Dependra Pathak has been transferred to Goa. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Ojha goes to Goa
A K Ojha has been moved to Goa. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan
A number of senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Dr Govind Sharma has been appointed as Chairman, India Gandhi Canal Board, Jaipur while Shrimant Pandey will now be Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Niranjan Kumar Arya is Member, Revenue Board, Ajmer. Similarly, Rajat Kumar Mishra has been posted as Secretary, Labour and Planning and Pravin Gupta was made Secretary, Finance (Revenue) in Rajasthan.

21 Commissioners of Customs get fresh postings
As many as 21officers of Indian Revenue Service of Custom and Central Excise cadre have been given fresh postings at Commissioner level. Accordingly, Sunil Kumar Sawhney has been appointed as Commissioner, Amritsar Customs while Sanjay Gahlot will now be Commissioner, Ahmedabad Customs and Om Prakash Dadhich is ADG, DRI Ahmedabad; Similarly, Anil Kumar Jain has been posted to Service Tax, Delhi; Suchitra Sharma to CESTAT, Delhi; J P Mamgain to Indore CX; Satendr Vikram Singh as ADG, DGCEI, Delhi; Gautam Bhattacharya as ADG, Systems Delhi; P V Ramareddy to Nagpur CX; A K Jyotishi to VAdodara-I, CX; K R N Chary to Vapi, CX; Jayant Kumar Jha to Ranchi, CX; S S Lenka to Cochin CX; Wilson L Hangshing to LTU Mumbai; Premanand Das to Mumbai-I CX (Appeal); Yogendrea Garg to Delhi CX(Adj) to work in DG Systems Delhi on loan basis; S Kannan to Chennai Cust (A); V Manivaaannan as ADG (Audit) Chennai; Harinder Bansi to Delhi CX-I; Satish Kumar Agarwal to Delhi CX-II and Hemambika R Priya was made Commissioner (Coor), CBEC with additional charge of LTU Delhi.

Three officers posted as OSD to CM in Rajasthan
Three officers namely O P Saharan, Dhiren Kamthan and Phulsingh have been appointed as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister in Rajasthan.

Mahendra Bhardwaj is Media Adviser to CM, Rajasthan
Mahendra Bhardwaj has been appointed as Media Adviser to Chief Minister in Rajasthan.

Sharda Pratap Singh appointed as DCF Wildlife in Rajasthan
Sharda Pratap Singh has been appointed Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), Wildlife, Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 2006 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan.

Harsh Kumar Bhanwala appointed as Chairman, NABARD (UPDATED)
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Executive Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), has been appointed as Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a period of five years.

(We said this on Nov 26, 2013)

Singhal and Lal promoted as DG in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two 1983 batch IPS officers Yash Pal Singal and Mohinder Lal have been promoted to the rank of DG in Haryana.

Invitation card in six pages reprinted in five times (UPDATED)
An invitation card for the Bangalore Airport inauguration was re-printed five times as everyone wanted one's name on the card. The card was again printed in six pages containing names of around two hundred persons.

LIC conferred with SKOCH Renaissance Awards-2013 (UPDATED)
LIC of India has been awarded with SKOCH Renaissance Awards -2013 for Customer Relationship Management. Niraj Agarwal, Executive Director, Corporate Communications received the awards on behalf of LIC from Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman , Planning Commission. The Presentation Ceremony was held in a glittering Ceremony held at New Delhi.

Payment of dividend by AAI for year 2012 -13 (UPDATED)
V P Agrawal, Chairman, Airports Authority of India, has presented 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) and Rajesh Bhandari, Executive Director (Finance) . 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.

Two IRS-IT officers get local postings (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been given fresh assignments. Mohan Kumar Singhania has been appointed as Commissioner of Income Tax, Dehradun while Sanjay Awasthi gets additional charge of CIT (A)-1, Dehradun.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 21 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Rajendra Mohan Shrivastava has been given an additional charge of Panchayati Raj while Manoj Kumar Singh will hold an additional charge of Rural Engineering Department and Rajan Shukla gets additional charge of Culture Department. Similarly, L Venketshwer has been appointed as Director and Commissioner, Industries; Jai Prakash Singh as Director NEDA; Ravindra Nayak as Secretary, Urban Development and Director, SUDA; Sudhir Kumar Shrivastava gets additional charge of Commissioner, Rural Development; Suresh Kumar Pratham as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, NOIDA; Jitendra Bahadur Singh-II as MD, Cooperative Sugar Mill Corporation; Vimal Kumar Sharma as Additional Commissioner, Housiing Development Council; Harikant Tripathi shifted to Housing and Town plan; Pankaj Yadav to Food and Civil Supplies; Devendra Nath Verma as Director, Social Welfare Department; Ravi Prakash Arora as Special Secretary, Small Irrigation department; Harendra Vir Singh as Director, State Project; Sharad Kumar Singh shifted to Horticulture; Dr Adarsh Prakash Singh as Secretary, Rural Development; Raghvendra Vikram Singh as Special Secretary, Home; Kedarnath as Special Secretary, Social Welfare, Kumar Ravikant Singh as Special Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies and Gurrala Shrinivaslu was transferred to Revenue Board.

Dr Krishna Kant Pathak posted as Special Secretary to CM in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Krishna Kant Pathak has been appointed as Special Secretary (Public Grievances) to Chief Minister in Rajasthan. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

HAL Dhruv handed over to Maldives (UPDATED)
HAL's indigenously designed and produced Dhruv helicopter has been symbolically handed over to the Maldivian defence forces at a function organized by the Southern Naval Command at Kochi Naval Base (INS Garuda) on December 14, 2014. The Maldivian Defence and National Security Minister Mohamed Nazim unveiled what he called "precious gift from India in presence Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command and T Suvarna Raju, Director (Design and Development), HAL, was present on the occasion.Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL hailed the momentous occasion and said the ALH would be in Male in the beginning of the New Year. "We are proud that ALH handed over to Maldives is `Made in India' with proven track record in both military and civil operations", he added. HAL technical support team is positioned at GAN, Maldives to provide maintenance and logistic support. Dhruv has also been exported to Ecuador, Mauritius, Nepal. The Ecuador Air Force (FAE) operates six Dhruv helicopters with their President choosing to fly in one of them. Dhruv is extremely useful in meeting the arduous tasks in difficult terrains. It played a key role in search and rescue operations during Tsunami (2004), flash floods at Leh (2010), earthquake at Sikkim (2011) and the biggest ever helicopter based rescue operation undertaken by Indian defence forces in flood & rain-hit areas of Uttarakhand. Dhruv is already operated in Maldives which is extensively used for surveillance, medical evacuation, in assisting civil administration, training and rescue operations.

CORPORATE

Rajeev Rishi nominated as Director on IZB Board
Rajeev Rishi, CMD, Central Bank of India, has been nominated as Director on the Board of Indo Jambia Bank (IZB).

Swaminathan appointed CFO, Polaris Financial Technology Limited
Polaris Financial Technology Limited has appointed S Swaminathan as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company w.e.f. December 16, 2013

Sahoo appointed Part-time Director, OBC
Madhu Sudan Sahoo has been appointed as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC)

Marwah re-appointed MD, Jai Mata Glass Ltd
Jai Mata Glass Ltd has re-appointed Chander Mohan Marwah as Managing Director of the company.

Ramani appointed Company Secy., Responsive Industries Ltd
Responsive Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Alpa Ramani as a Company Secretary of the company

Chandrasekaran re-appointed CMD, Pentamedia Graphics Ltd
Pentamedia Graphics Ltd has re-appointed V Chandrasekaran as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company.

Iyer appointed President & CEO, India unit, Walmart?
Krish Iyer has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), India Unit of Walmart

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All central pensioners be given sixth pay commission benefit
As per recommendation of sixth pay commission, central pensioners who took voluntary retirement before the implementation of sixth pay commission ( i.e 1.1.2006), should also be the benefit of 50% pension. People even after putting more than 20 years service their pension is calculated in the old formula. Government should sympathetically consider granting them this benefit.

A retired civil servant.

Apathy shown to CGHS Pensioners
Much hue and cry has been made against the apathy shown to CGHS Pensioners by the Government. While I fully agree, resort to private hospital/private Doctors is not the only remedy. I know very well how Private Doctors in Dwarka loot the patients with ruthlessness. A big mafia of Doctors has completely fortified the entire area behind Sector 6 Market much to the chagrin of peace loving Residents. One has to cough a whopping Rs. 1000 for consultation and medicines. The private doctors neither give any bill/receipt nor bothered about the Income Tax Department. Government should come with heavy hands and
prescribe a fixed fee for different diagnosis. When asked for the exorbitant fee, pat came the reply from a Doctor "Our parents have paid capitation fee to make us Doctors and now it is our turn to pay back double the amount to our parents".

K Raghuraman

CGHS care for pensioners
CGHS care for pensioners is utterly mismanaged by authorities. CGHS card alone should be a passport for cashless consultation with empanelled private hospitals either on OPD or otherwise. Even medicines should be made available from the concerned hospital affiliated pharmacy on prescription from the concerned doctor treating CGHS pensioner. This will go a long way in mitigating their sufferings at the hands of babus and doctors in dispensary.

Raman

Retirement age
Yes, increase the retirement age to 62.
B K Tripathi

Vacant posts abolished ?

How many of the vacant positions are deemed to have been abolished?
HG

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