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POLITICS

Muslims with whom in UP?
To whom decisive Muslim votes will vote for in UP in Lok Sabha polls ? People say that they will neither vote to Mulayam Singh nor Mayawati. Then ? Infact, they have unlimited choice this time.

China's growth on decelerating path
The growth in China has been on a decelerating path. Activity has been supported by a huge expansion in credit-fueled investment in 2012 investment reached close to 50 percent of DGP and credit reached almost 200 percent.

BUREAUCRACY

Will 1980 batch IAS officer of TN cadre be Secretary, Fertilizers ?
Amid the ongoing guessing game the post of Secretary, Dept of Fertilizers, may be given to a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Kusumjit Sidhu appointed Public Enterprises Secretary
Kusumjit Sidhu will succeed O P Rawat as Secretary Public Enterprises in the Government of India on January 1, 2014. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre. Rawat is superannuating on December 31.
(We said this on December 17, 2013)

Lavasa appointed Civil Aviation Secretary
Ashok Lavasa has been appointed new Secretary, Civil Aviation in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on Dec 23, 2013)

Dr Panda is new Tribal Affairs Secretary in GoI
Dr Hrusikesh Panda has been appointed new Secretary Tribal Affairs in the Government of India. The 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, Dr Panda, would succeed Vibha Puri on January 1. Vibha Puri is retiring on December 31.

Duggal is new Governor of Manipur
V K Duggal will be new Governor of Manipur. He is a former 1968 batch UT cadre IAS officer.

Post of ADG (Works), CRPF vacant for over 4 months
A post of Additional Director General (Works) has been lying vacant for over four months. Aruna Bahuguna, Spl DG, North East Zone, is holding the charge.

1989 batch IAS officers to be PS in Odisha
Four 1989 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Odisha

1998 batch IAS officers to get super-time scale in Odisha
1998 batch IAS officers are all set to get super-time scale in Odisha in a week or two.

Jafar Iqbal promoted as ED in Air India
Jafar Iqbal has been promoted as Executive Director (Properties and related business) in the Air India.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Ope), RINL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised the post of Director (Operations), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), falling vacant on August 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before February 21, 2014.

Prabhugaonkar posted as Asst Director (News) AIR, Pune
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, B V Prabhugaonkar has been posted as Assistant Director (News), AIR, Pune after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

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

A K Malti empanelled as JS in GoI
A K Malti has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Malti is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Eight senior IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu
As many as eight IAS officers in Tamil Nadu have been transferred. Accordingly, K Rajaraman has been posted as Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Dr K Manivasan as State Commissioner for the welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Apurva Varma as Principal Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise, Dr Niranjan Mardi as Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Economics and Statistics; Dr V Irai Anbu as Principal Secretary/Director, Anna Institute of Management and Director General of Training; Pankaj Kumar Bansal as Managing Director, Chennai Metro Rail Ltd; V K Jeyakodi as Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu and N S Palaniappan as Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department.

AP DGP appears for pre-Ph D test
Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police B Prasada Rao has appeared for the pre-PhD test at Sri Krishnadevaraya University .

Sasmal deputed as Director, Tribal Affairs in GoI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Biswaranjan Sasmal has been deputed as Director in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs under the Government of India.

IRS-IT officers shifted to NADT, Nagpur (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre and working at Deputy/Assistant Commissioner level have been transferred. Accordingly, V Vidhyadhar and Abhishek Prabhat have been shifted to DG, NADT, Nagpur.

CORPORATE

Sankar appointed Part-time Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
C V Sankar, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Industries Department has been appointed as a Part-time Official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited.

Balakrishnan appointed Non-official Part-time Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
C Balakrishnan has been appointed as a Non-official Part-time Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited.

Suthankar appointed Deputy MD, HDFC Bank Ltd
Paresh Sukthankar has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director of HDFC Bank Ltd .

Bharucha appointed ED, HDFC Bank Ltd
Kaizad Bharucha has been appointed as Executive Director of HDFC Bank Ltd

Kamdar appointed Company Secy. Silicon Valley Infotech Limited
Silicon Valley Infotech Limited has appointed Ms Shilpa Kamdar as the Company Secretary of the company.

Czurda resigns as Non Exec. Inde. Director, SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited
Dr Martin Czurda has resigned as Non-Executive and Independent Director of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited.

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None can match the brains of Indians !

America may be the richest and most powerful country in the world but they cannot match the brain of we Indians. See how smart Sangeeta Richard, the maid who caused all this spat between the two countries over the inhuman and humiliating way our Deputy Counsel in New York was treated, proved to be so smart for them. She has successfully executed her plan of permanent migration to that land of opportunity with the help of some dubious NGO. While her employer who took her to that country to do her housekeeping faces criminal charges, the maid has found a sanctuary there with her family also joining her with the help of American embassy who 'evacuated' them at their expense. The maid appears to be much more brilliant than our diplomats or even that upstart attorney Preet Bhrara who is leaving no chance to prove his more American than Americans' credentials.

Aarti Khosla

Best choice of Kejriwal !

Rajendra Kumar, IAS and Alumni of IITK has done excellent job as Director, Education in Delhi Government. Seems best choice of Kejriwal !

Debendra Prasad Majhi

Injustice to Dy. Secretary level officers by Government

Since the level of responsibility, duties and powers for Deputy Secretary and Director level officers in Government of India are the same and both these posts are interchangeable depending upon the seniority of the officer concerned, there used to be a total difference of only Rs.2300/- between the Pay Scales of these officers before implementation of the 6th Pay Commission report. The starting Scale of Pay for DS being Rs.12,000/- and that for Director Rs.14,300/-. It was highly unjustified on the part of GOI when it granted Pay Band and Grade Pay with a substantial difference to these levels of officers at the time of implementation of the 6th Pay Commission report. As is known, PB-3 of Rs.15600-39100 with GP of Rs.7600/- is prescribed for DS and PB-4 of Rs.37400-67000 with GP of Rs.8700 for Director level officers. This is one of the greatest anomalies in the implementation of the 6th Pay Commission report. There has been a demand to grant PB-4 with a Grade Pay of say Rs.8000/- to DS level officers. When the Government could grant PB-4 to Lt. Colonels, there is no logic to deny the same to DS level officers. It is not that only DS level officers are affected. In fact even All India Service and equivalent officers including young Section Officers and Under Secretary and equivalent level officers belonging to CSS, CSSS, etc. will also be affected when they reach the level of DS. Time is ripe for these level of officers to request Government to rectify this anomaly, otherwise it will never be done. GOI is competent to do so. Let Madam Sonia Gandhi help in this matter.

Paul

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