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POLITICS

Arvind Kejriwal to continue till Lok Sabha elections ?
AAP is going to rule Delhi till the Lok Sabha polls. Is there any understanding with the Congress ?

Do not touch Modi otherwise --?
A message has been conveyed through a top Congress leader to 'Madam', " Do not try to implicate Narendra Modi in any case otherwise Vadra case will be opened in Rajasthan ?

BUREAUCRACY

Raghvendra Singh to be Additional Secretary in I & B
Raghvendra Singh is being elevated to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Shaktikanta Das is new Secretary, Fertilizers
Shaktikanta Das has been appointed as new Secretary, Fertilizers in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Chatterjee is NCW' Member-Secretary
Ms Nandita Chatterjee, IAS (WB:80) has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women (NCW), in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary.

Kothari likely to be CMD of NMDC
Narendra Kothari, CEO, SAIL, is whispered to have been selected for the post of CMD, National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC). Two names Tapas Kumar Lahiry, CMD, BCCL and Kothari were short-listed by the Search Committee after interviewing 15 candidates for this post on May 30, 2013.

Tug-of-war for CMD's post
A tug-of-war has started between two senior officials for a Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) level post at a major profit making Public Sector Undertaking (PSU). Guess who will have the last laugh !

Countdown for new Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust to start from Dec 28
The countdown for the appointment of new Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust would start from December 28. The last date for the submission of applications for the slot is December 27. The post is scheduled to fall vacant in March 2014. Presently, 1980 batch IRSME officer, Rajiv Gupta, is its Chairman.

Rizwan Ahmed to be DGP of UP ?
Rizwan Ahmad is likely to be appointed new DGP of Uttar Pradesh on January 1. He is 1978 batch IPS officer. Name of Ranjan Dwivedi is also in circulation.

Dr Sanjay Srivastava back to Health Ministry
Secretary of the Medical Council of India, Dr Sanjay Srivastava, is back to the Health Ministry.

One post of Spl DG in CRPF vacant
One post of Special DG, Central Zone, Kolkata, has been lying vacant in CRPF for months. Aruna Bahuguna, Spl DG, North East Zone, is holding the charge.

IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan in January first week ?
IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Rajasthan in the first week of January.

Will Janga be Intelligence Chief in Rajasthan ?
Srinivas Rao Janga is expected to be appointed new Intelligence Chief in Rajasthan. He is 1990 batch IPS officer.

Will Justice Mishra join Army Tribunal ?
Former Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice R C Mishra, is likely to join Army Tribunal in Delhi.

Eight new High Court Judges likely in Allahabad HC
Eight new Judges are likely to be appointed soon in the Allahabad High Court.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Prod), NALCO Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised the post of Director (Production), NALCO Limited falling vacant on January 1, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before February 21, 2014.

Sharma withdraws from race of DG, ICFRE to avoid leaving Odisha ?
Despite having brighter prospects for the post of DG, ICFRE, Dehradun, Janardan Diwakar Sharma has, reportedly, conveyed his unwillingness to move from his cadre state Odisha. He was in the fray of DG, ICFRE, Dehradun. The 1978 batch IFS officer is currently serving in Odisha as PCCF, Wildlife.

Dixit likely to join central deputation
P N Dixit is likely to join central deputation at Director General level. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

AIR India gets six new ED's in General Cadre
As many as six General Managers in Air India have been appointed as Executive Directors in general cadre. SN Bhattacharya , GM(Personnel), will be ED, (Integration); Capt. H Y Samant , GM (Operations) made ED , Chennai ; Pankaj Kumar, GM, Commercial to be ED, Delhi; Capt A K Goyal , GM (Operation) to be ED, Kolkata and Anil Mehta, GM, Commercial to be ED, Corporate Affairs, Headquarters.

DPC for Principal CCIT in Pananji tomorrow
DPC for promotion to the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax will take place in Panaji on December 27.

Who will be new DGP Goa ?
Who will be new DGP of Goa ? Names of three UT cadre IPS officers Sachidanand Srivastava, T N Mohan and S Nityananda is in circulation.

PESB speeds up its working
After the recent guidelines of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sped up its working with issuing advertisements for the posts much before vacancy paving the way for short-listing candidates, selecting and sending timely recommendations to the concerned Ministry. It will help filling up the vacancy on time.

Meeting for appointment of Spl Dir in CBI tomorrow
As the grapevine has it, a meeting for selection of Special Director in CBI vice Salim Ali would take place on December 27 at MHA. Guessing game goes on as who would succeed Salim Ali in CBI ?

CVC clears file of George Kuruvilla for Director, BECIL
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is understood to have cleared the file of George Kuruvilla, GM, BECIL, for the appointment as Director (Operation & Marketing), Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL).

Why orders of Vaish for CMD, NTC delayed
Why the orders of P C Vaish, Director (Finance), NTC, for the appointment as CMD, National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC) are being delayed despite the clearance of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) ?

Capt Suri promoted as ED in Air India
Capt S P S Suri has been promoted as Executive Director (Operations) I Delhi.

Sankaranarayanan likely to join as CMD, TCIL on Dec 30
V Sankaranarayanan, Dy GM, SJVNL, is expected to give his joining as Chairman and Managing Director of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) on December 30 or 31, 2013.
(We said this on May 27, 2013)

DoPT invites applications for ED, Tea Board, Guwahati
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Executive Director, Tea Board, Guwahati under the Department of Commerce on deputation basis. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to this Department within one month of advertisement of the post.

Negi promoted to CGM rank in RBI
J S Negi has been promoted to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Singapore University seeks nominations of officers for Master programmes
The Lee Kaun Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, has sought nominations of officers for the following programmes: MPP (2 years), MPA (1 year) and MPM (1 year).

Ms Poornima posted as Asst Director, DFP, Mysore
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Ms T C Poornima has been posted as Assistant Director, DFP, Mysore after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

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

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

Subhass Dubey is now SP, CBCID at Lucknow
Subhass Dubey takes charge of the newly assigned responsibility of SP CBCID at PHQ Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh Government had recently revoked the suspension of 2005 batch IPS officer who was the SSP when riots broke out in Muzaffarnagar district.

Intelligence Chief in Odisha transferred
Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Abhay has been posted as director of the government press. He is 1986 batch IPS officer.

Sunil Roy is new Intelligence Chief in Odisha
Sunil Roy has been appointed new Intelligence Chief in Odisha. He is 1987 batch IPS officer.

Arvind Ranjan to be DG CISF (UPDATED)
Arvind Ranjan has been appointed new DG of the CISF. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre. He is presently DG NSG.

(We said this on Dec 3, 2013)

J N Choudhary to be DG NSG (UPDATED)
J N Choudhary has been appointed new DG of the NSG. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He is presently DG Assam.
(We said this on Dec 9, 2013)

Sampatram is also CMD, Warehousing; Chairman, Seeds Corp in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Ashok Sampatram has been assigned additional charges of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Rajasthan State Warehouse Corporation and Chairman Rajasthan State Seeds Corporation Limited in Rajasthan. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Rajeev Swarup is Principal Secretary, Public Relations in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Rajeev Swarup has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relations in Rajasthan. He is a 1985
batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sanjiv Singh selected as Director (Refi), IOCL (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Singh, Executive Director, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 26, 2013. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Oil demand growth slows
Oil demand growth has slowed, particularly in China, India and Middle East. Coal and natural gas prices have fallen, oil spot prices have remained above $ 105 a barrel, reflecting various supply outages and renewed geopolitical concerns in the Middle East and North Africa.

Will Kamyotra be appointed as new Chairman, CPCB ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that J S Kamyotra's name has emerged as the front runner for the post of Chairman Central Pollution Control Board. Reportedly, several senior applicants are in the consideration zone. Kamyotra is the Member Secretary of CPCB. The meeting for the selection of new Chairman was held on December 10 but decision is yet to be taken.

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.

Dadia appointed Addl. Director, PAL Credit & Capital Ltd
PAL Credit & Capital Ltd has appointed Jayesh Dadia as Additional Director of the company.

Two Addl. directors appointed on Board of Archana Software Ltd
Archana Software Ltd has appointed S Vasanth Kumar and V Ramani as additional directors of the company.

Jajodia appointed CFO, Jai Balaji Industries Ltd
Jai Balaji Industries Ltd has appointed Sanjiv Jajodia who is Whole-time Director as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. December 20, 2013.

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Need to prune our staff in missions

I totally agree that there is an urgent need to cut the staff in all our missions abroad by at least sixty percent. To begin with repatriate all customs police revenue officials who have no work except to receive their bosses or pursue shopping. The country can save valuable foreign exchange. The mea budget needs to be pruned. The cabinet sect should play a more active role by pruning the foreign tours of all officials. Cabinet Secretary should appoint a committee and review the staff sanctioned and most of them have no work .

Y Harishankar

IFS - not a bed of roses

With increasing role of India in world affairs and economic prowess of India, it is unwise suggestion to cut short in Indian Missions' staff strength. Indian Foreign Service is already understaffed to cope up pressures of work. Even the smallest countries have much more diplomats than our huge country. A country which have small army cannot defend security interest, the same way a country which has few diplomats cannot defend its country's business, bilateral and strategic interests abroad. It is undermining national interests to suggest reduction of staff abroad and reduction of perks. Foreign Service is not bed of roses, ask those who are posted in conflicted areas such as Afghanistan and parts of Africa where wars are going on for decades. Many Diplomats have sacrificed their lives on duty abroad.

Singh R K

It is really strange !

A complete rout of the party ruling in the centre and no statement from the PM, as if he is weighing options to change sides after 2014 elections.

Prakash

UPSC behaves like a Leviathan

There is no accountability. It behaves arbitrarily in DPC, downgrading same ACR, in next DPC, concurring the same ,i.e grading. There is no audit of its functioning, it being a constitutional authority. This demoralises a number of government servants. It is revealed through RTI that its functioning is arbitrary, inconsistent and discretionary, contrary to Articles 14 and 16 of Constitution.. Its functioning is called into question only in judicial review.

Amiya

UPSC not to be blamed

Select List and DPC are delayed not on account of UPSC. The Courts of this country are responsible for the same. They give stays and the cases keep on pending for long time. As a result, the smooth conduct of DPC meetings and finalization of select lists get delayed. The Court should allow the select lists to operate with riders as in the ad-hoc promotions. It is inhuman to frustrate the employees who are toiling hard.

A Srivastava

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