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POLITICS

Who was plotting to become leader of opposition in Chhattisgarh ?
Whatever the BJP in Chhattisgarh may claim in hindsight, party leaders - except Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh - had on December 8 lost all hopes when Congress was ahead on 50, of the 90, seats for about an hour. Among the doomsayers was a powerful minister who was busy conspiring to be leader of the opposition in the belief. However, Dr Singh assumed office for the third time and he cut the 'aspirant' to size by talking away several 'prized' portfolios from him this time.

Is Hooda helping AAP by troubling Khemka ?
In a small gathering of Aam Admi Party supporters, it was widely discussed that by troubling Ashok Khemka - a whistle blower IAS officer of Haryana, CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda has been softening the turf for AAP in Haryana. The discussion revolved around the assumption that by creating consistent troubles for an honest officer like Khemka, Hooda throws a message that the Congress party always feels uncomfortable with the honest officers. AAP's next aim is to heat up the state of Haryana as well.

Why Shazia Ilmi and Kumar Vishwas kept out of Delhi Govt ?
Rumour mill says that Shazia Ilmi and Kumar Vishwas have been deliberately kept out of the Delhi Government by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. What could be the reason ?

BUREAUCRACY

20 IAS officers retiring in December
As many as 20 IAS officers are retiring in December 2013. They are A K Wasnik of AGMUT cadre; Winston Mark Simon Pariat and Renilla D Marak of Assam-Meghalay cadre; Amitava Bhattacharya of Gujarat cadre; Ramendra Jakhu of Haryana cadre; Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal of J&K cadre; M K Shankaralinge Gowda of Karnataka cadre; T J Mathew of Kerala cadre; Om Prakash Rawat of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Ramesh Chander Nayyar of Punjab of cadre; Dinesh Kumar Goyal of Rajasthan cadre; Rameshram Mishra of Tamil Nadu cadre; Joginder Paul Sharma and Sanjeev Kumar of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Vibha Puri, Ajay Kumar Joshi, Hem Lata Dhaundiyal, Mohan Chandra Upreti of Uttarakhand cadre and Susanta Majumdar and Nima Gyasto Dukpa of West Bengal cadre.

DGCA Arun Mishra going on UN Post
Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Arun Mishra is going to Bangkok as Regional Director, Asia- Pacific, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).He is 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on December 2, 2013 )

Dr Prabhat Kumar is new DGCA
Dr Prabhat Kumar will take over as new Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on January 1. The 1985 batch UP cadre IAS officer Dr Prabhat Kumar is presently Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation.

Who will be new PS to Dr Singh ?
Amid the speculations of Indu Shekhar Caturvedi's expected movement from the PMO, the whispers have started doing rounds as who would be the new PS to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. If some top sources are to be believed, the officer for the slot has been identified from Finance Ministry.

Will Vice Chairman of DDA change ?
A meeting between a 1983 batch IAS officer and Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath has fuelled speculations about a change of Vice Chairman of the DDA.

IAS officers asked to submit Annual Property Return by Jan 31
The Government of India has asked all the officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) to submit Annual Property Return giving full details of immovable property before January 31, 2014.

258 post of Judges vacant in High Courts
As many as 258 posts of Judges have been lying vacant against the approved total strength of 906 posts in all 24 High Courts. A total of 86 posts of permanent Judges and 172 posts of Additional Judges are lying vacant.

Rajesh Aggarwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajesh Aggarwal has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Cadre of Ms Malik transferred to Punjab
The cadre of Ms Surabhi Malik has been transferred from Gujarat to Punjab on the ground of marriage to Sandeep Kumar Garg, a 2012 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Swamy goes on inter cadre deputation to Karnataka
The proposal of inter cadre deputation of D V Swamy from Orissa cadre to Karnataka cadre has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Joining on three major posts in Petroleum sector
Come March 1, 2014, and there are going to be joining on three major posts in Public Sector Oil Companies under Government of India. These include two at CMD level and one at Director level .

GAIL Director R D Goyal to retire in Feb
R D Goyal, Director (Projects), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), is due to retire on February 28, 2014. Dr A Karnatak, ED, GAIL, expected to succeed him on March 1.

Retirement of HPCL CMD in Feb
S Roy Choudhury, Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is due to retire on February 28, 2014. Ms Nishi Vasudeva, Director (Marketing), HPCL, is expected to succeed him on March 1, 2014.

Tenure of RCIL's Director Rajiv Sinha ends in February
The tenure of Rajiv Sinha, Director (PO&M), Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) is coming to an end on February 28, 2014. Suresh Kumar, GGM, RCIL, is expected to succeed him in March.

Sunil Chaturvedi to join Caterpillar arm as MD and CEO
Sunil Chaturvedi, Executive Director and COO of Indian multinational Bharat Forge has been picked up by Caterpillar the US infrastructure equipment giant to work as Managing Director and CEO of its India arm Tractors India Private Limited. Chaturvedi an IAS of 1988 batch had taken voluntary retirement in 2008 to join Bharat Forge board. Baba Kalyani, group Chairman of Bharat Forge is learnt to have persuaded Chaturvedi to continue his association on the board of Bharat Forge while working with Caterpillar.

G Srinivas to be CGM in RBI
G Srinivas has been promoted to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Mrs Ratnaprabha nominated as non-official Director on Central Bank board
Mrs N S Ratnaprabha has been nominated as part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Central Bank of India for a period of three years.

Satish Chandra prematurely back to cadre state of Punjab
Satish Chandra finally moves back to the Government of Punjab. The 1985 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre had been serving as Member (Finance), NHAI, since April 2, 2013. The buzz had been doing rounds since September that Chandra would opt for pre-mature repatriation.
(We said this on July 5 and again on Dec 19, 2013 )

Applications for Presiding Officer, DRTs invited
The Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Finance has invited applications for the post of Presiding Officers of Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) for various places. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department of Financial Services before February 20, 2014.

Mittal to succeed Bakhshi as CMD, GSL on Feb 1
Rear Admiral Shekhar Mittal, who is presently in the Ministry of Defence, will be taking over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on February 1, 2014. He will succeed present incumbent Vineet Bakhshi retiring in January.
(We said this on June 14, 2013)

Why orders of Mishra for WAPCOS Director delayed ?
Why the orders of Anupam Mishra, Senior General Manager, WAPCOS, for his appointment as Director (Commercial & HRD), WAPCOS Limited, are being delayed by the Government of India ?

Uncertainties and apprehensions among top level officers in Delhi Govt
One can feel the heat of Kejriwal's new regime when it comes to the level of uncertainties and apprehensions mounted among the top level officers posted in Delhi Government. It would be a challenge for Arvind Kejriwal's government to infuse the sense of trust in its bureaucracy first. The time to unfold his further plans has reached now.

Delhi Chief Secretary to continue
Delhi Chief Secretary D M Spolia is likely to continue because the change will require permission of the LG and the MHA. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

Rizwan may emerge victorious as DGP of UP
Even though it may seem unlikely to many spectators of bureaucracy in UP, Rizwan Ahmed may emerge victorious in the fray for new DGP. As many as four officers, namely Ranjan Dwivedi, Anand Lal Banerjee, Arun Kumar Gupta and Rizwan Ahmed, are in the fray.

Tactful decision expected on new DGP of UP ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that UP Government would chose to come up with a tactful decision on the appointment of new DGP. In case Rizwan Ahmed is named for the top cop job, he would continue till February 28, 2014 only after which it would be safer and easier to name Ranjan Dwivedi as the successor of Rizwan just before the notification of Lok Sabha elections.

Appointment of Haryana Chief Secretary on Dec 31
The name of the new Chief Secretary of Haryana would be declared on December 31 only.

S C Choudhary poised to be new CS of Haryana
As the grapevine has it, Satish Chandra Choudhary would be the new Chief Secretary of Haryana. The 1977 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Home.

S K Bhagat likely to join central deputation
S K Bhagat is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General level. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Sankaranarayanan joins as CMD, TCIL (UPDATED)
V Sankaranarayanan, Dy GM, SJVNL, has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) on December 30.
(We said this on May 27, 2013)

Behar invited to become Kejriwal's Adviser
A former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary S.C. Behar is learnt to have been invited to become Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Adviser and help draft the "mohalla sabhas" (local committees) legislation, the AAP's concept of "swaraj" (self-rule). Behar had attempted a similar power devolution experiment in Madhya Pradesh when Digvijaya Singh was the state's Chief Minister between 1993 and 2003.

Mrs Mahajan is ED, Personnel & IR, AIR India
Mrs Deepa Mahajan , General Manager , Personnel , has been appointed as Executive Director (ED) of Personnel & IR in AIR India.

Joint Secretary level post in MHA to fall vacant
A Joint Secretary level post is going to fall vacant in Ministry of Home Affairs by February 2014.

Asit Gopal to be Director, CVC
Asit Gopal will join the CVC as Director .He is a 1990 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

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

Sanjeev Kishore empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sanjeev Kishore has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an IRSME officer of 1984 batch.

N Sivanand empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
N Sivanand 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.

10 officers of TN State Civil Service promoted to IAS cadre
As many as 10 Tamil Nadu state civil officers have been awarded IAS cadre. They are Mrs S Malarvizhi, S Suresh Kumar, S Palanisamy, Dr S Prabakharan, Mrs M Laksmi, R Gajalakshim, K S Kandasamy, S Ganesh, C Kathiravan and Mrs F Innocent Divya.

Rajendra Kumar is Secretary to CM, Delhi (UPDATED)
Rajendra Kumar has been appointed as Secretary to Chief Minister in Delhi. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Delhi (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted in Delhi. Accordingly, Ms Archana Arora has been given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Finance while R K Verma is posted as Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Training & Technical with additional charge of IT and Arvind Ray is also holding additional charge of Principal Secretary-cum-Commisisoner, Transport. Similarly, Dr M M Kutty has been made Principal Secretary, Social Welfare and Women and Child Development; Mrs Debashree Mukherjee as CMD, DTC; PUneet Kumar Goel as Secretary, Power, CMD, DTL/DPCL and Chairman, PPCL/IPGCL; Vijay Kumaras CEO, Delhi Jal Board and Kailash Chandra was assigned an additional charge of Secretary-cum-Director(Vigilance) in Government of Delhi.

HAL inducts management trainees on fast track (UPDATED)
HAL has been inducting Management Trainees & Design Trainees (MTs & DTs) in various streams for its Divisions/Offices located across the country as replenishment and to cater for capacity augmentation. For the current year, around 260 MTs in the discipline of Technical, HR, IMM, Legal, Marketing, Civil and Architecture have been inducted today and MTs in Marketing, Civil and Architecture disciplines for the first time."HAL is poised to meet the challenges of its various current and future projects and the recruitment process has been put on the fast-track for the benefit of both the Company and applicants", said Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman HAL. "The need of the hour is speed and transparency in selection process and HAL's current induction of MTs is an indicator of this" said V M Chamola, Director(HR). A whopping 1,37,569 applications were received for initial scrutiny, followed by an online selection test across 55 test centres in 30 cities for 95,201 candidates. Constitution of multiple selection committees for interviewing the candidates helped in completing the interviews in the shortest time while doing due justice to each candidate and final results were announced within 48 hours of interview. Pre-employment medical examination prior to reporting at HAL Convention Center, Bangalore for induction prorgramme took just two weeks time and selection process was concluded within a short span of three months. The inducted MTs will undergo a structured 52 weeks training programme commencing on December 30 at HAL Management Academy, Bangalore.

PM cears file of Railway GMs (UPDATED)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have cleared the file of the appointment of eight General Managers of Indian Railways.

Sood to be GM, Central Railway (UPDATED)
S K Sood has been appointed as General Manager of Central Railway.

Radhye Shaym to be GM, SER (UPDATED)
Radhye Shaym has been appointed as General Manager, South Eastern Railway.

Tayal to be GM, CLW (UPDATED)
C P Tayal has been appointed as General Manager, CLW.

Pradeep Kumar to be GM, NCR (UPDATED)
Pradeep Kumar has been appointed as General Manager, North Central Railway (NCR).

Saxena to be GM, SWR (UPDATED)
P K Saxena has been appointed as General Manager, South Western Railway (SWR).

Ramesh Chandra to be GM, WCR (UPDATED)
Ramesh Chandra has been appointed as General Manager, West Central Railway.

Mrs Ravi Kumar to be GM, Railway Staff college (UPDATED)
Mrs R Ravi Kumar has been appointed as General Manager, Railway Staff College, Vadodara.

Pramod Kumar to be GM, RCF (UPDATED)
Pramod Kumar has been appointed as General Manager, RCF.

IRCTC CMD Rakesh Kr. Tandon to join Rly Board on Jan 4 ! (UPDATED)
The Chairman and Managing Director of IRCTC Rakesh Kr. Tandon is likely to join Railway Board on January 4. His term as IRCTC top boss is coming to an end shortly.

BHEL CMD BP Rao gets extension (UPDATED)
BHEL's Chairman-cum-Managing Director BP Rao has been granted extension. A panel of secreataries set up by the Prime Minister's Office, reportedly, met on Monday to decide on granting two years' post-retirement extension to Rao and decided in his favour. The orders for Rao's extension are expected to be issued before 5 PM on Tuesday - when he was scheduled to retire.

CORPORATE

Pradeep Kumar is new MD of State Bank of India
P Pradeep Kumar has been appointed new Managing Director of State Bank of India. He would handle Corporate Banking.

Gemini resigns as Whole-time Director, Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd
Ms Kalpana Gemini has resigned as Whole-time Director of Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd.

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd
Hemant Kumar has been appointed as Additional Director of Kalindee Rail Nirman (Engineers) Ltd.

Poddar resigns as Chairman, Gillette India Ltd
S K Poddar has resigned as Chairman of Gillette India Ltd.

Poddar resigns as Director, Gillette India Ltd
Akshay Poddar has resigned as Director of Gillette India Ltd.

Narang resigns as MD, Maxheights Infrastructure Ltd
Manan Narang has resigned as Managing Director of Maxheights Infrastructure Ltd.

Singh appointed Part-time Director, HMT Ltd
HMT Ltd has appointed Rajesh Kumar Singh as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Singh ceases to be Director, HMT Ltd
Harbhajan Singh has ceased to be Director of HMT Ltd

Garg resigns as Independent Director, VCU Data Management Ltd
Ashok Kumar Garg has resigned as Independent Director of VCU Data Management Ltd.

Three Directors re-appointed on Board of Gokak Textiles Ltd
Pradip N Kapadia, C G Shah and Kaiwan Kalyaniwalla have been re-appointed as directors of Gokak Textiles Ltd

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Which service is a bed of roses ?

Foreign Service is not a bed of roses. Which service is? The lavish residence of most Ambassadors belies Per Capita Income of the country they represent. Do postings of police officers in J&K or other strife affected parts in India give them a chance to have such a life style as most Foreign Service officers have ?

M S Arora

Indian Foreign Service and Devyani

No doubt, an Unfortunate saga. A better Precept: A Stich in Time, Saves Nine. It was not at all a foreign policy matter. It was a normal administrative matter which should have been sorted out in the months of September/ October 2013 before the unacceptable and unfortunate incident of Devyani's arrest and search. Devyani could have been shifted to our UN Mission or the Embassy much earlier. Now, hasty decisions might boomerang ! Testing time seldom happens for IFS administrators!

Nirwal

Always a vacancy !

In a justice system where decision on face value is rule and merit an exception (exceptions apart) there will always be a vacancy.

Kapil

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