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POLITICS

Tenure of Board level incumbents in sick PSUs can be extended upto 65 years
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said that the tenure of a Board level incumbent, who has contributed exceedingly well in the turnaround of a sick company can be extended upto the age of 65 years.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Arvind Ranjan be appointed as DG, CISF ?
The fresh buzz is that Arvind Ranjan may be mandated with the top cop job of CISF as its new Director General. The 1977 batch IPS officer had been serving NSG as DG since December last year.

Ms Jena appointed as Secretary, Land Resources in GoI
Ms Vandana Kumari Jena, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Land Resources in Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Binoy Kumar appointed as Addl Secretary and Fin Adviser, MEA
Binoy Kumar, at present in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Will R K Jain move from MoHFW, GoI?
The speculations have been doing rounds since months that Ravinder Kumar Jain may move from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW ) to grab a crucially important slot with the Dept of Urban development, GoI. In a fresh bid to fill the slot in MoUD fresh buzz is that Jain may not move from MoHFW. The 1981 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre is currently serving as DG, CGHS,MOHFW.

Is Meena's lateral promotion traversing rough weather zone ?
Amid brighter prospects for getting lateral promotion as Additional Secretary with Department of Food Processing J P Meena's prospects now seems to be passing through adverse atmosphere. If some reliable sources are to be believed, Meena may be elevated though outside the department of Food Processing where he has been serving as Joint Secretary. Meena is 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre. He is among the few 1983 batch IAS officers waiting in the wings to be elevated as Additional Secretary.

Anurag Jain is Acting CMD of EXIM Bank
Joint Secretary in the Financial Services, Anurag Jain, has been appointed as the acting Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Export-Import Bank of India.

Arun Tiwari to be CMD of Union Bank !
Executive Director of the Allahabad Bank, Arun Tiwari, is all set to become new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD ) of the Union Bank. Earlier the name of B K Batra was in circulation.

Lohia is back to Railways
Sanjeev Kumar Lohia has completed his deputation tenure in the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) . The 1986 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Engineers served the Ministry as OSD (Urban Transport) and as Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Urban Transport. Lohia, IIT, Delhi alumunai, is considered to be one of the architects of India's highly successful bus transport story under the JNNURM and also instrumental into policy frame-work and reforms relating to urban transport and development of metro rail services and BRTS in the country.

Sinha succeeds Lohia in Urban Development
Mukund Kumar Sinha has moved from Railway Board to Department of Urban development. The 1991 batch IRSME officer has taken over the charge of the desk vacated by Sanjeev Kumar Lohia. Sinha would be the new OSD (Urban Transport) & Ex-officio Joint Secretary, Department of Urban Development.

Umashankar on the Board of ONGC
Former Secretary Power in the Government of India, P Umashankar, has been appointed as Independent Director on the board of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp ( ONGC). He is retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh.

No candidate found for Director (Fin), OMDC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has not found any suitable candidate for the post of Director (Finance), Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd (OMDC) at a selection meeting on December 2, 2013. The Board has recommended to the Ministry of Steel to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation as a onetime measure.

Will Pandey be the new GM, Northern Railway?
Whispers in the corridors of power have been doing rounds these days that K L Pandey may be given as the General Manager, Northern Railway. The 1977 batch IRTS officer is currently serving as Additional General Manager, South Central Railway. He is also the Director (Public Grievance), South Central Railway.

Search for Director (Explor.) has made many officers curious in Dept of PNG?
An important post of Director- Exploration in the Department of Petroleum & Natural Gas (PNG) has been lying vacant after Atul Patne had moved to the Department of Social Justice & Empowerment as PS to MoS few months back. Though DoPT, reportedly, has not zeroed down yet on any specific name but all it has made many officers in the department more curious about the name for reasons. Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the Secretary has categorically asked for an officer from IAS cadre for the slot. Keep guessing?

Hazarika poised to move from Moscow
As the grapevine has it, Madhumita Hazarika is all set to move from Moscow. The 1999 batch Indian Foreign Service officer is currently serving as Counsellor at Indian Embassy in Moscow.

Sandhu all set to move to Washington DC as Minister Commerce
As the grapevine has it, Reenat Sandhu is all set to move to Indian Embassy in Washington DC as Minister, Commerce. Reenat is 1989 batch IFS officer. She is the wife of Taranjit Singh Sandhu, currently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Washington, the second ever diplomat to be posted to US for three times.

DDA to get its new Vice Chairman after winter session
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that DDA would have to wait for few more weeks to find it's new Vice Chairman. The post has been vacant since February this year after Sanjay Kumar Srivastava, 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre, had vacated the slot following his appointment as Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser with MoHFW. Diptivilasa, Additional Secretary, Dept of Urban Development has been in the additional charge of Vice-Chairman, DDA for last nine months.

DDA to get regular Commissioner (Planning) after winter session
As the grapevine has it, DDA's ten months long waiting for its regular Commissioner (Planning) would end after winter session of parliament. The crucially important post has been lying vacant for over 10 months. Currently J B Ksheersagar, Chief Planner, Town & Country Planning Organisation, has been carrying out the additional charge of the slot.

One dozen IAS officers get ACS rank in Uttar Pradesh
One dozen IAS officers belonging to 1981 batch have been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in Uttar Pradesh. They are : Anuj Bishnoi, Anil Swarup, J P Sharma,Anand Mishra,Balvinder Kumar, Vrinda Swarup ,H K Paliwal,C B Paliwal, Devendra Chaudhary, Dipti Vilasa ,Rajiv Kumar and Kunwar Fateh Bahadur.

Mahawar to move back from MoUD to his ICAS cadre
K K Mahawar is all set to get back to his ICAS cadre. Mahawar, a 1999 batch officer of Indian Cost Accounts Service, has been serving as Deputy Secretary (Finance) in the Department of Urban Development.

Bhargava is Chairman of Remuneration Committee of MCX
The retired IAS officer Ravi Kamal Bhargava has been appointed as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX).

Saleem Ali retires from CBI
Special Director of the CBI, K Saleem Ali, has retired on November 30. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Lt Gen Aniruddha Chakravarty is DG of the NCC
Lt Gen Aniruddha Chakravarty has taken over the reins of National Cadet Corps (NCC) as the Director General of this premier youth organization

Four Kerala cadre 2010 batch officers confirmed in IAS
As many as four officers belonging to 2010 batch and Kerala cadre have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from August 2012. The officers are: Ms Anupama T V, Mohammed Y Sairulla K, Ms Bandari Swagat Ranveerchand and Ms Veena N M.

Thakur gets additional charge
A.K. Thakur, IAS (AM:79), Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries has been given additional charge of Ministry of Agriculture during the period of absence on leave of Ashish Bahuguna, IAS (RJ:78) up to 06.12.2013.

Madhup Vyas moves to Commerce Ministry
Madhup Vyas, ,Commissioner(Land Disposal), Delhi Development Authority, has moved as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Commerce for the balance tenure of his central deputation up to Aug 2, 2014.He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Deputation of Sandeep Jain to CONCOR cancelled
The deputation of Sandeep Jain, IRSME, Director (Safety), Railway Board to CONCOR, has been as cancelled.

Manoj Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Manoj Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

E R Sheikh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
E R Sheikh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

CWC inks MoA with CPT (UPDATED)
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) for operating the Container Parking Yard developed by the ChPT at Tiruvottiyur (Chennai) on Ennore Expressway. The MOA was signed by B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC with Atulya Misra, IAS, Chairman, ChPT in the presence of G K Vasan, Minister of Shipping on November 29, 2013. The facility aimed at decongesting the traffic on Ennore Expressway leading to the Chennai Port comprises of 28,300 sqm. developed area which can accommodate about 250 trailers. CWC will further develop the facility with office accommodation for Customs and user agencies, security and surveillance system, high mast towers and other basic amenities, EDI connectivity, etc. for round the clock operations to enable expeditious clearance of Excise sealed and self sealed of factory stuffed export containers. Initially about 1 lakh TEUs per annum is expected to be handled. Depending upon the need another 17,000 sqm. area can be developed in the 2nd phase.

R G Rao selected as Director (Fin), ILK (UPDATED)
R G Rao, Senior Manager, RINL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Instrumentation Ltd, Kota (ILK) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 3, 2013.

Two IFS officers promoted to CF rank in AP (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to 1999 batch have been promoted to the Super Time Scale in the rank of Conservator of Forests in Andhra Pradesh.

Four IPS officers get postings in AP (UPDATED)
Four officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been given postings in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, S Senthil Kumar has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Anantpur District while Abhishek Mohanty was posted as ASP, Dharmavaram, Ananthpur district and Fakkerappa Kaginelli as ASP, Paderu, Visakhapatnam rural. Besides, Venkata Appala Naidu Chintan has been posted as ASP, Jammalamadugu, Kadapa district.

Two IRS-IT officers shifted (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Kumar Pranav has been posted as DCIT (OSD) Audit CBDT while Adhir Jha will now be OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA) office, Delhi.

CORPORATE

Sobti takes over charge as Director (Power), BHEL
Atul Sobti has taken over charge as Director (Power) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

Pandit appointed Independent Director, Zee Learn Ltd
Zee Learn Limited has appointed Ms Sangeeta Pandit as an Independent Director of the Company.

Nityanandam appointed Addl. Director, Asian Granito India Limited
Asian Granito India Limited has appointed Dr Indira Nityanandam as Additional Director of the company .

Rungta appointed Company Secretary, Phoenix Lamps Limited
Phoenix Lamps Limited has appointed Aditya Rungta as Company Secretary of the Company.

Kasliwal resigns as CS, National Steel And Agro Industries Limited
Ms Paridhi Kasliwal has resigned as Company Secretary of National Steel And Agro Industries Limited.

Dudhane appointed Independent Director, Abhishek Corporation Limited
Abhishek Corporation Limited has appointed Manohar Dudhane as an Independent Director of the Company.

Murugesh resigns as Company Secretary, Precot Meridian Limited
C Murugesh has resigned as Company Secretary of Precot Meridian Limited

Mulchandani appointed Independent Director, Spanco Ltd
Spanco Ltd has appointed Vijay Mulchandani as Independent Director of the Company.

Rajgarhia appointed Addl. Director, Wellesley Corporation Ltd
Wellesley Corporation Ltd has appointed Vishnu Gopal Rajgarhia as Additional Director of the Company.

Rao appointed Director, Sankhya Infotech Ltd
Sankhya Infotech Ltd has appointed Dr J V Rao as Director of the Company.

Pai resigns as Director, Sree Sakthi Paper Mills Ltd
N Rajagopal Pai has resigned as Director of Sree Sakthi Paper Mills Ltd.

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Exposing Indian media and news channels

All your readers should go to Facebook and click on, Exposing Indian media and news channels. What is surprising is the great inroads that western fundamentalist Christian organisations have made into the Indian media. This is through full or partial funding from abroad. In such an event how can news coverage be impartial and not be biased against the majority Hindu community in India? Fortunately the ISI and the Saudis haven't caught on or else we would be subjected to another barrage from another direction against the Hindus and Hindu society and values. The revelations on this Facebook site are truly shocking. I hope the government wakes up and puts some curbs on foreign funding of Indian media or else our young generation will get prejudiced against our own country through this kind of 24/7 brain washing.

D Choudhury

Minister of Health & Family Welfare

Pensioners are worst sufferer in getting CGHS medical help. First they cannot afford costly treatment and old enough to go from one hospital to another hospital for the treatment. Minister should consider the case of pensioners getting CGHS treatment be allowed to get cashless facility in empanelled hospitals without reference from hospital or dispensary. The medicines are always issued by the dispensary. Atleast diagnostic tests, operation (if required), casting etc. can be undertaken in empanelled hospitals without reference. Hospital like Escorts, Max to be brought under CGHS empanelled list.

N Prakash

Cashless treatment available for pensioners

Cashless treatment is already available for pensioners in case they visit the Private Empanelled hospitals provided they have obtained permission from Wellness Center/dispensary in case of OPD/indoor treatment. In case of emergency, no permission is necessary. A pensioner can straightway go to the Empanelled hospital and avail treatment. He just needs to sign the bill when he is discharged. He will not be charged for anything. He only needs to give copy of his CGHS Card.

Satyendra

Cashless treatment to pensioners

The GoI must consider cashless treatment to pensioners on presentation of CGHS Card.

Harish Kumar

CGHS facility - a boon !

CGHS facility is a boon for those who are suffering from minor ailments or who are fit but visit it to just collect medicines. For those who are genuinely ill, it is a nightmare come true. First of all, except for the Govt areas, the dispensaries are not located near the residences. For the people of Uttam Nagar, Dabri, Palam and other areas the only nearby dispensary is in Janakpuri. just imagine being sick and waiting in lines for getting the card registered, then outside the doctor's room and finally for getting the medicines that is of course if you are lucky enough. This whole process takes a minimum of three hours. But most of the times all the medicines are not in store and prescription has to be got changed from the doctor or it has to be indented and then the patient has to collect the same after two days. And if you need the MC then of course, one more visit to the so called Wellness Centre. Reminds one of the insurance and that is being aired nowadays where the patient is shown running pillar to post with the IV drip attached. Perhaps they should change the name to Illness Centre. As suggested by some one else the best option would be to make cashless process in hospitals viable.

Kala

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