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Anna Hazare and Rahul Gandhi join hands ?
It is now widely believed in political circles that Anna Hazare and Rahul Gandhi have joined hands . Who is the mediator ?

Energy boom in USA
The United States is experiencing a boom in energy production. Natural gas output increased 25 percent and crude oil and other liquids rose 30 percent during the past five years, reducing net oil imports by nearly 40 percent.

BUREAUCRACY

IPS officer, Gopal B Hosur quits service in Karnataka
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.

16 new DRMs appointed
Orders for 16 DRM's have been issued. N.Salecha-Ajmer,R.Argal-Malda,A.Prakash-Palghat,A.Kansal-Nagpur (secr),O.P.Singh-Nagpur(CR), V.K.Tripathi-Allahabad,S.K.Singh-Khurda Rd,Ms J.V.sinha-Ranchi,Niraj Kr-Lumbdig,R.K.Lal-Mysore,D.Kashyap-Sealdah,A.Daulat-Tinsukia,V Bhusha-Mughalsarai,A.Gangal- Vadodara,Shubranshu-Salem, & S. Bajpai-Trivandrum.

J K Sharma promoted in Delhi Police
JK Sharma, presently DG, Police, Arunachal Pradesh has been promoted as Special Commissioner in Delhi Police. Allocation of charge will be decided by Commissioner, Police, Delhi. He is 1982 batch IPS officer
of UT cadre.

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

Four IPS officers get DG rank in Tamil Nadu
Two 1981 batch IPS officers R Sekar and Mahboob Alam and two 1982 batch IPS officers Ashok Kumar and S K Dogra have been promoted to the rank of DG in Tamil Nadu.

Rajiv is new Health Director in GoI
Suresh Chandra Rajeev has been appointed Director in the Department of Health and Family Welfare. He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.

Karol is Director in Home Ministry
Subhash Chandra Karol has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the GoI. He is 1999 batch ITS officer.

Vacancy of Director (Fin), MCL arises
A vacancy of Director (Finance) has arisen in Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) with Kulmani Biswal joining as Director (Finance), NTPC.

IPS officer Sarvashresth Tripathi to pursue LLB degree
Sarvashresth Tripathi has been permitted to pursue an LLB degree of three years commencing from the academic year 2013-14 at Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hyderabad. He is a 2006 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Six posts of Additional Commissioner vacant in SDMC
As many as six Additional Commissioner level posts are lying vacant in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). The posts are to be filled through central and state govt employees on deputation basis.

Six posts of Assistant Commissioner lying vacant in SDMC
As many as six Additional Commissioner level posts are lying vacant in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). The slots are to be filled through central and state government employees on deputation basis.

Ashok Kumar to be SP CBI in Goa
Ashok Kumar is being appointed Superintendent of Police in Goa. The CBI was without SP since November 30. Shiv Kumar relieved by Bihar Government Senior IAS officer S Shiv Kumar has been relieved by the Bihar Government for central deputation. He will join as chief vigilance officer of Bharat Electronics Limited, Bangalore.

Benita Mary transferred in Delhi
Assistant Commissioner of Police Defence Colony, South District Ms Benita Mary, an IPS officer of 2010 batch, has been transferred as ACP, Vasant Vihar, South District.

Baijendra Kumar is also Chairman of Chhattisgarh Housing Board
Principal Secretary to Chhattisgarh CM , N Baijendra Kumar has also been appointed the Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Housing Board .He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Oberoi to join Interpol
Madan Mohan Oberoi Joint Commissioner of police (Licensing) will join Interpol unit in Singapore. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Vedprakash M Patwa posted as Dy Director, SSC, Raipur
Vedprakash M Patwa, Superintendent, Directorate General of Service Tax, Mumbai, has been appointed as Deputy Director, Sub-Regional office of Staff Selection Commission (SSC), Raipur.

IPS officer to head Wakf Board in AP
1995 batch IPS officer Shaik Mohammed Iqbal has been appointed special officer to the AP State Wakf Board .

IAS officer suspended in UP
Vice Chairman of the Gorakhpur Development Authority Hriday Shankar Tiwari has been suspended by the UP Government. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer.

Lt Gen Rai is new GOC Eastern Command
Lt Gen MMS Rai has been designated as GOC-in -C (Army Commander) Eastern Command.

V S K Kaumudi to participate in international seminar at Dubai
V S K Kaumudi, Additional Director General (Law and Order) in Andhra Pradesh, is participating in a three-day seminar organised by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) at Dubai, UAE from December 27 to 30, 2013. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dhanasekharan posted as Asst Director (News) DDK, Chennai
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, A Dhanasekharan has been posted as Assistant Director (News)DDK, Chennai after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

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

Tiwari empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Gopal Dutt Tiwari 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.

Sharma to be new IAF Vice-Chief
Eastern Air Command Chief Air Marshal R K Sharma will take over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) at Air Headquarters. As Vice Chief, Air Marshal Sharma will directly be in charge of IAF’s ongoing capability buildup and visualizing its future technology requirements. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Air Marshal Sharma was commissioned into the Fighter stream of the IAF in June 1975. He has been awarded with ‘Ati Vishisht Seva Medal’ (AVSM) and ‘Vayu Sena Medal’ (VM) and has also been commended by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) twice.
(We said this on Nov 8, 2013)

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

Rajiv Mehrishi to join as CS Rajasthan on Monday
Rajiv Mehrishi is joining as Chief Secretary of Rajasthan on Monday. Official orders of 1978 batch IAS officer Mehrishi have been issued.
( We said this on December 13 ,2013)

AAI bags India Pride Award 2013-14
India Pride Awards are in vogue since 2009. This is an annual event. The award ceremony is conducted in the presence of leaders of various stake holders involved in nation building across the country from State & Central PSUs. This year, award ceremony was held on December 19 at New Delhi and AAI has won this year's award in the category of "Public Sector Undertakings - Central - in Infrastructure & Development". The award has been conferred upon V P Agrawal, Chairman, AAI keeping in view the recent developments undertaken by AAI which involves development of airport infrastructure, CNS. ATM Infrastructure and other allied upgraded facilities developed by AAI and its efforts towards connectivity. The Jury for this year's awards operated under the Chairmanship of Jagdambika Pal, Member of Parliament, Chairman Committee on Public Undertakings, Lok Sabha. This award to AAI at this juncture is motivational for all the employees of AAI.

SSB Golden Jubilee Raising Day celebrated
Golden Jubilee celebrations of SSB, the border guarding force deployed on the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan frontiers, culminated into a Golden Jubilee Parade organised as SSB Campus at Ghitorni, New Delhi on December 20, 2013. Sushilkumar Shinde Union Home Minister marked his presence as the Chief Guest. Home Minister released the Coffee Table Book titled "The Border Guards" which showcases the journey of the force through five decades. The celebration also marked itself with the telecast of a documentary film on SSB's journey of 50 years produced by Doordarshan. The film, titled "SSB-The Sentinel of Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders", was telecasted on DD-1 on the day of celebration. Adding to the contributions of SSB Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that the civic action programmes conducted by para-military Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in border areas have indeed helped to bring the population there to the national mainstream.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan
Services of 33 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been affected with their transfers and postings in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Umrao Salodiya has been appointed as DG, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur while Ashok Sampatram will now be ACS, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development and Ashok Shekhar is ACS, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs. Similarly, Gurdayal Singh Sandhu has been appointed as ACS, Minority Affairs and Wakf Board; Sunil Arora as ACS, Home, Civil Security, Home Gaurd, Jail and ex-officio Chief Vigilance Officer; Rakesh Verma as ACS, Administrative Reforms, Coordination, Public Grievances, Printing and Stationery; Kumar Gurjot Kaur as ACS, Ayurved; Rajhans Upadhyay as ACS, Cooperative; Vipin Chandra Sharma as PS, Women and Child Development; Pradeep Sen as PS, Culture; Dr Purushottam Agrawal as DG, Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Institute; Devendra Bhushan Gupta as PS, Urban Development and Housing, Local-self Government; Ajit Kumar Singh as PS, Sports and Youth Affairs; Mukesh Kumar Sharma as PS, Transport and Commissioner, Transport; Dr Lalit Mehra as PS, Irrigated Area development; Khemraj Chaudhary as PS, School Education; Giriraj Singh as PS, Labour and Employment; Sanjay Dixit as Commissioner, Departmental Inquiry; Prem Singh Mehra as PS, PHE, Land water; Mrs Vinu Gupta as PS, Industries, State Public Enterprises and MD, Industrial Development and Employment Corporation; Dr Subodh Agrawal as PS, Medical Education; Sanjay Malhotra as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes; Abhay Kumar as Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development and MD, RCDF; Akhil Arora as Secretary, Planning and Commissioner, Information Technoloogy and Communication; Kuldeep Roka as Member, Revenue Board, Ajmer; Naresh Pal Gangwar as Commissioner, Rajasthan Primary Education Council; Bhaskar Atmaram Sawant as MD, Rajasthan State Road Corporation; Ajitabh Sharma as Secretary, Water Resources, State Water Resources Planning and Indira Gandhi Cancal; Navin Mahajan as Commissioner, Social Justice and Empowerment; Siddharth Mahajan as Commissioner, Employment Guarantee Scheme; Rajiv Mahrishi was given an additional charge of Commissioner, NRI and Appropriation.

24 officers of IRS-Custom and Central Excise transferred
As many as 24 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre and working at Deputy/Assistant Commissioner grade have been transferred and posted different places. Accordingly, Prashant Kumar Jha has been shifted to Delhi Customs while Santosh Kumar Vats is being moved to Mumbai-II, Customs and Ramesh Kumar was posted to Delhi customs. Similarly, Periasamy M has been transferred to DRI, Bangalore; Nilesh Rautkar to CCF, Delhi; D V Kulkarni to Cochin, CX; Amresh Kumar to DGCEI, Hyderabad; Sumit Kumar to DGICCE, Delhi; Niraj Dubey to Bhopal CX (Non-sensitive); Ashutosh to DG Systems, Delhi; Saurabh Kumar to Delhi CX; M Sriramchandra Murthy to Hyderabad CX; Pursottam Gupta to Jaipur CX; Badri Prasad M V to Mumbai-II Customs; Shaukat Ali to Mumbai-I CX; Vipul Gupta to Mumbai-I Customs; N Kavitha to Chennai CX; Subodh Singh to Delhi Customs; R Ananth to DG Systems Delhi; P Narsimha Rao to Hyderabad CX; Shiv Shankar to Kolkata CX; P N Sarviya to Ahmedabad CX and Alok Srivastava was shifted to Ahmedabad CESTAT.

Transfers and postings of IRS-IT officers
Three officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted different places. Accordingly, Rajni Kant Gupta has been posted as CIT-I, Delhi while Sadanand Sonbarsa will now be CIT (Audit), Bangalore and R S Rawal is CIT (LTU), Delhi. Besides, Rashmi Saxena Sahni is given an additional charge of CIT-&, Delhi and transfers orders of Dr Simmi Gupta as CIT (LTU) have been cancelled. On the other hand, Silak Ram Dahiya was shifted to Directorate of Vigilance, New Delhi at Assistant Commissioner level.

Two IAS officers shifted in Karnataka
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. A B Ibrahim has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada district, Mangalore while Mrs Baddipudi Vijaya Jyotsna was made Deputy Secretary, Zilla Panchayat, Raichur with additional charge of CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Raichur

CORPORATE

Kumar given additional charge as CMD, HMT Ltd
S Girish Kumar, Managing Director, HMT (International) Limited has been assigned additional charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director of HMT Limited.

Vyas appointed Non Exec. Director, Trilogic Digital Media Ltd
Trilogic Digital Media Ltd has appointed Sanjay Rameshchandra Vyas as a Non Executive Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Kejriwal appointed Non Exec. Director, Barak Valley Cements Limited
Barak Valley Cements Limited has appointed Renu Kejriwal as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company.

Zainulbhai appointed Independent Director, Reliance Industries Ltd
Reliance Industries Ltd has appointed Adil Zainulbhai as an Independent Director of the company.

Babu resigns as Director, VSF Projects Ltd
J Srikanth Babu has resigned as Director of VSF Projects Ltd.

Jain appointed CFO, Artson Engineering Ltd
Artson Engineering Ltd has appointed Shailesh Jain as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Soni resigns as Director, Jolly Merchandise Ltd
Jimish Jitendrabhai Soni has resigned as Director of Jolly Merchandise Ltd.

Ananthasubramanian is Nominee Director, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has appointed S N Ananthasubramanian who is the President of Institute of Company Secretaries of India as Independent Director nominated by Forward Markets Commission (FMC) of the company.

Ishii to take over as MD, Toyota Kirloskar Motor?
Naomi Ishii will shortly take over as Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar Motor

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MACP on promotional hierarchy basis
Since Supreme Court has dismissed the SLP No.CC/7467/2013 filed by Govt. of India against the decision of Punjab & Haryana High Court CWP No.19387 of 2011 on the grant of MACP on promotional hierarchy, Govt. of India, in all fairness of the Govt. being a model employer, should grant MACP on promotional hierarchy basis and not on next Grade Pay basis w.e.f.January 1, 2006, to bring somewhat uniformity in rules coinciding with implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission.

Paul

Devyani khobragade case
There are some interesting points for consideration, in the Devyani khobragade case. The sanctimonious assertion of US prosecutor about evacuating material witnesses seems to question the Indian Judicial system per se. More interestingly, are US personnel involved in issuing the visa and the US prosecutor himself not guilty of obstructing the judicial process in India and therefore liable for prosecution here.

AP

GoI's responsibility about safety of Indian Diplomats
I feel this is MEA's own creation. In the first instance as to why MEA agreed to give copy of the servants employment contract for obtaining Visas, do American Diplomats do this with sincerity, honesty , reciprocity and oblige GoI with copy of the similar contracts. After all diplomacy is reciprocity including the following of Vienna conventions. What is done is done, reciprocity should be followed with all countries in letter and spirit. Giving of copies of servant contracts is also as good as entering into Officer's privacy by the Host country where the officer is being posted as Diplomat.

Harish Kumar

Caste has nothing to do
Caste has nothing to do with the diplomat's case. USA has violated all norms of decency. The fight is against the arrogance of uncle Sam and all are affected.

S Rao

Converting shame into an opportunity
Our Diplomats are covertly converting this shame into an opportunity by pitching for higher allowances equal to that of American/EU Diplomats. On the other hand they are not paying allowance equal to them to the officers of equivalent status of other Govt Ministries who are working in London, Germany, Holland etc and are in-charge of many countries and not 1 like them. Do they not have children to be looked after? Do their children not require care when they remain out of the country for official purpose for about 10-12 days in a month? Diplomats at least remain in the country of posting.

ZQ

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