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Will retirement age of Chairman and Members of Prasar Bharti be reduced ?
Retirement age of Chairman and Members of the Prasar Bharti is likely to be reduced to 55 years. A proposal to this effect has already been moved at the highest level. Will this include CEO of the Board ?

Delhi Police to file FIR against Justice Ganguly ?
Delhi Police is likely to file FIR against former Supreme Court Judge Justice Ganguly in a couple of days.

BUREAUCRACY

Four Secretary level vacancies in GoI
Four Secretary level vacancies in the Government of India are to be filled by this month end. They are in Departments of Civil Aviation, Tribal Affairs, Fertilisers and Public Enterprises.

Orders of extension to SEBI Chairman soon
The ACC is likely to clear two years extension file of SEBI Chief U K Sinha in a week or two.

Usha Titus in fray of Sr Adviser to ED, World Bank?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Usha Titus is also in the fray of Senior Adviser to Executive Director, World Bank. She is 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre. Will she move to IMF ?

300 IRS officers from 1982-1987 batches poised for Principal CIT
As many as 300 IRS officers are waiting to be upgraded as Principal Commissioner of Income Tax. The date for DPC has not been fixed up as yet. Once cleared, all they would get the HAG scale. The development has compliance to IRS cadre restructuring.

Pradeep Rao promoted as Additional Secretary, Expenditure
H Pradeep Rao, Joint Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. He is an IA&AS officer of 1981 batch.

IRS-IT officer Sandeep G R quits service
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sandeep G R has tendered his resignation from the service.

IRS-IT officer Dinesh Kumar quits service
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, A S Dinesh Kumar has tendered his resignation from the service.

Anupam Shrivastava selected as CMD, BSNL
Anupam Shrivastava, Director (CM), BSNL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 19, 2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same. He is a 1981 batch officer of Indian Telecom Service (ITS).

24 IAS and 7 IPS officers convicted
As many as 24 IAS officers, seven IPS officers and 16 other Allied Central services personnel have been convicted between 2010 and 2013.

Dasgupta may soon move from Geneva?
Grapevine has it that Jayant Dasgupta may soon move from his WTO assignment in Geneva. The 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre has been serving in Geneva as the Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to the WTO since August 1, 2010. Prior to his Geneva assignment he had served as Secretary, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

Spl Director ED , Mumbai ,S W Naqvi is MD
The Special Director Enforcement Directorate (ED ) in Mumbai Dr S W Naqvi is MD (Medicines).He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Alok Nigam returns to Haryana
Alok Nigam is back to parent Haryana cadre. Alok Nigam presently working as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Finance is back to his parent Haryana cadre. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Arijeet Banerjee to return to Rajasthan
Arijeet Banerjee is all set to return to Rajasthan from central deputation to join CMs Secretariat. He is 1991 batch IFS officer.

Mrs Sushma Singh sworn-in as CIC
Mrs Sushma Singh has been sworn-in as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). She is a retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on Sept 12, 2013)

Ashok Singhvi to return to Rajasthan ?
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development, Ashok Singhvi, has been recalled by the Rajasthan Government from central deputation. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer.

Micro auditing of Five Banks ?
The RBI Governor Raghuraman is believed to have ordered micro-auditing of five nationalized banks.

File of Suresh Kumar for Director, RCIL sticks in CVC
The file of Suresh Kumar, GGM, RCIL, for the appointment as Director (PO&M), Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) is learnt to have been lying stuck in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its approval.

Rajesh Goel promoted as ED, HUDCO
Rajesh Goel, General Manager, HUDCO, has recently been promoted to Executive Director (Projects), HUDCO.

File of Gupta for Director, ITI Ltd sticks in CVC
The file of P K Gupta, GM, ITIL, for the appointment as Director (Marketing), ITI Limited has been lying stuck in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its approval.

Tenure of Mirchandani as Chairman, PEC Ltd ending in Dec
The fifth extended tenure of A K Mirchandani as Chairman, PEC Ltd is coming to an end in December.

REC Ltd seeks applications from IAS officers for ED's post
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Ltd, a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, is seeking applications from the officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for the post of Executive Director in REC Ltd on deputation basis. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications before January 9, 2014.

Post of CMD, HPL lying vacant since April 2013
The post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Prefab Limited has been lying vacant since April, 2013. However, Rajesh Goel, GM, HUDCO, was selected for the post, but he is waiting for the orders. HUPA Joint Secretary, Sanjeev Kumar is holding additional charge of CMD.

CAT opens floodgates for jobs
Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has invited applications for the posts of Registrar (4 posts), Joint Registrar (4 posts), Principal Private Secretary (2 posts) and Court Officers/Section Officers (19 posts).

Jaisankar to look after Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
D Jaisankar (IA&AS-2000), on repatriation to the department has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (SS-III), in the office of Principal Accountant General (General & Social Sector Audit), Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Chennai against an existing vacancy.

Post of Chief Town Planner, SDMC is lying vacant
The post of Chief Town Planner, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has been lying vacant. The post has been advertised inviting the applications for the slot. The post has to be filled through deputation.

Post of CVO, South Delhi Municipal Corporation, lying vacant
South Delhi Municipal Corporation has been running without CVO since its formation in May 2012. The post has been advertised inviting the applications for the slot. The post has to be filled through central deputation.

R S Pandey resigns as Interlocutor
R S Pandey who intends to contest Lok Sabha election on BJP ticket has resigned from the post of Interlocutor, Nagaland. He is a retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

R K Raina posted as Asst Director (News) AIR, Srinagar
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, R K Raina has been posted as Assistant Director (News), AIR Srinagar after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

Manoj Joshi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Manoj Joshi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an IRSME officer of 1983 batch.

Post of CVO vacant in GSL
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) has been lying vacant in Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL).

Govind Mohan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Govind Mohan 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.

IAS postings in Odisha
D Prasanth Kumar Reddy will be Malkangiri Collector. Hemanta Kumar Padhi has been appointed as Nayagarh Collector. M Muthukar will be Balangir Collector and Dhiren Patnaik as Collector of Puri.

Four Income Tax Commissioners transferred (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre and working at Commissioner level have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Sandeep Kapoor has been posted as CIT (C)-I, Ahmedabad with addtional charge of CIT (C)-2 Ahmedabad while Dr Simmi Gupta will now be CIT (LTU), Delhi and R S Rawal is CIT (A)-28, Delhi. Besides, R P Singh has been appointed as CIT DR (AAR), Delhi.

26 Income Tax Commissioners get additional charges (UPDATED)
As many as 26 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre and working at Commissioner level have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, D P Semwal has been given additional charge of CIT-I, Agra UP West; P C Modi gets of CIT-I, Ahmedabad; K R Meghwal of CIT-3, Ahmedabad; Dr Ramesh Kumar of CIT (A)-3, Ahmedabad; K C Ghumaria of DIT (Inv), Bhopal (CCA MP & CG); P K Dash of CIT, Bhubaneswar; Jyoti Kumari as Director (RTI), Chandigarh; K K Arumugan of CIT (LTU), Chennai; E Sankaran of CIT-1, Cochin; Manoj Joshi of DIT (Recovery), Delhi; G K Maheshwari of CIT-1, Delhi; Binay K Jha of CIT (Judl), Delhi; S S Narain of CIT-I, Indore; Dr Harshvardhini Buty of CIT-I, Jabalpur; Desh Deepak Goel of CIT (Audit), Jaipur; Saroj Deswal of CIT, Karnal; Anand Kumar of CIT (Co), Kolkata; Lakshmi Narayan Pant of CIT-2,Mumbai; Shreekant Chatterjee of CIT-8, Mumbai; O P Meena of CIT-23, Mumbai; Abhay Tayal as Secretary (ITSC), Mumbai; Satish Chand Goyal of CIT, Mysore; Tejinder Singh of CIT-I, Pune; Smita Srivastava of CIT-I, Surat; T H LUcas Peter of CIT-I, Vishakhapatnam and Vishwas Rattan has been assigned an additional charge of CIT-I, Thane.

Mid career training programme at Academy of Administration, Bhopal from Jan 20 (UPDATED)
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is conducting a three day mid career interaction between armed forces and civil service officers on the theme of 'Human Trafficking' at RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration, Bhopal from January 20 to 22, 2014.

IPS officer, Gopal B Hosur quits service in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Gopal B Hosur has tendered his resignation from Indian Police Service (IPS) in Karnataka and his resignation has been accepted with effect from December 31, 2013. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer.

SAIL wins PSE Excellence Award-2013 for CSR & Sustainability (UPDATED)
SAIL has won the PSE Excellence Award-2013 for Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability in Maharatna & Navratna category. Advisor to Prime Minister of India T K A Nair, and Secretary, DPE O P Rawat, presented the trophy and the certificate to Chairman, SAIL C S Verma in the award function held at New Delhi on 16th December, 2013. In his acceptance speech, Verma dedicated the award to SAIL team and stated that while investing in addition of new capacities, SAIL would also invest more in social and sustainability initiatives. The PSE Excellence Awards have been instituted by the Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India and Indian Chamber of Commerce. SAIL recognises that its business activities have direct and indirect impact on the society. It strives to integrate its business values and operations in an ethical and transparent manner to demonstrate its commitment to sustainable development and to meet the interests of its stakeholders. SAIL is pioneer in implementing CSR initiatives towards community growth and development. Education, health, income generation and sustainable development play a key role in SAIL's CSR initiatives. On the health front, SAIL has established super-speciality hospitals and primary health centres, to provide specialised and basic healthcare to people living in the vicinity of its Plants & Units. SAIL owns, maintains and supports several schools in its steel townships to provide modern education to children. SAIL has provided access to lakhs of people across villages in its peripheries by constructing and repairing of roads. It has provided access to water infrastructure to people living in far-flung areas by installing water sources, thereby providing drinking water access to people over the years. In order to bridge the disparity between rural and urban areas as also to provide comprehensive development of both physical and social infrastructure, many villages have been identified in 8 states as "Model Steel Villages" for holistic development.

P C K Solomon is also CCIT-IX, Kolkata (UPDATED)
P C K Solomon, CCIT-I, Kolkata, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-IX, Kolkata.

S K Jha appointed as CVO, SPMCIL (UPDATED)
S K Jha has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (CPMCIL), New Delhi. He is a 1989 batch IPS Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

Krishnan to be CFO, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited has appointed S Krishnan as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2014.

Goparaju quitting Infosys Ltd?
Subrahmanyam Goparaju who is Member of the Executive Council of Infosys Ltd has expressed his intention to resign from the company

Mehta appointed Non Exec Director, Technocraft Industries (India) Limited
Technocraft Industries (India) Limited has appointed Jagdeesh Mal Mehta as a Non Executive Independent Director of the company

Bhagwati appointed President, Institute of Indian Foundrymen
Reena Bhagwati has been appointed as President of Institute of Indian Foundrymen

Dayya appointed GM, Novotel Goa Shrem Resort
Manish Dayya has been appointed as General Manager of Novotel Goa Shrem Resort.

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Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

Devyani's incident is very unfortunate. It lacks the national will through our respective government(s) to sort out such matters. It is not the first such case. The Philippines, a small country will never tolerate the insult of its citizens, even if she/he is an ordinary maid/sailor working anywhere in the world. During 1997-2000, dozens of Indians, including prominent visiting Indian businessman were murdered by the Philipinos. Their dead bodies were sent to Delhi. There was no reaction on the part of our government. We wake up only when our President, Ministers and VVIPs are insulted. More shameful is the fact that our Press and Politicians have talked about Devyani's caste. Who knows, our own diplomats got her framed! Do our Press and Politicians know that a retired Ambassador's (SC) complaint was registered as an FIR after 127 days in South Delhi and no charge sheet was filed even after seven months. Life and property of an ordinary person has become the plaything of the powerful.

A retired Diplomat

Moral duty of Indian Government

It is moral duty of Indian Government to get Devyani a diplomat to get out of trouble. However to avoid such embarrassments in future for India, Ministry of External Affairs should reframe its rule regarding servants allowed to officers posted abroad on government cost or at personal cost. It should be the sole responsibility of the officer concerned who uses the services of servant at his residence for personal work to pay due wages according as per law of the country of deployment, or else he or she should not take servants from India.

Singh R K

What has caste to do with it ?

IFS bosses take domestic helps abroad at Government cost. They want to stay abroad comfortably by carrying cheap labour from India and do not wish to follow the laws of those countries. This should end. Very strangely Ms. Mayawati tried to blame the 'Dalit' factor for this act saying that the Government of India did not do enough as the concerned IFS was a Scheduled Caste. Ms. Mayawati however, did not checked the caste of the maid involved. What has caste to do with this whole episode ? Case of sick mentality. Any one of the upper castes would love to switch places with such scheduled castes.

Arun Sharma

Shun British mentality

Domestic servants exploitation by diplomats and bureaucrats is very true and has hit on Bull's Eye. Our officers have to shun the British mentality. See the force of illegal servants in the houses of bureaucrats and diplomats. Even political leaders are better human being as compared to Indian bureaucrats.

Satya Vachan

Not fair for them to join politics

Most unfortunate, people work in Home Ministry as Secretary joining politics because they may not get chance to become Governor etc but Highest Authorities in Court must see that persons who have worked as Secretary Home or Defence or Chief Secretary are not allowed to join politics because they know most secrets of government and it is not fair for them to join politics.

Rakesh Rao

Aman Singh's appointment as PS

The appointment is welcome. IAS hegemony broken. He is a million times better than most of the IAS officers. Congrats.

Sunil

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