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POLITICS

Cong now on verge of collapse in MP and Chhattisgarh!
Is Congress now on the verge of collapse in MP and Chhattisgarh too ? Speculations to this effect have taken birth, given the fact, that wherever it has lost more than two state elections in a row, it has been decimated. Being out of power for over two decades in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Bihar, it has now reduced to little or no presence. Continuous defeats have made its presence marginal in some other states viz. Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal and in all these places too, the chances of recovery are bleak. Though only time will decide its fate in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh - where it has lost for a third time in a row, the pattern has been that wherever the Congress loses continuously more than twice, it just collapses.

Will it now be technocrats versus bureaucrats ?
Given the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's call to the IITians to 'come help build Delhi', will it be technocrats versus bureaucrats (specially IAS) in the days to come. Let's wait and watch.

BUREAUCRACY

BHEL CMD BP Rao gets extension
BHEL's Chairman-cum-Managing Director B P Rao has been granted extension. A panel of Secretaries 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.
(We said this on Nov 18, 2013)

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

S C Choudhary appointed new CS of Haryana
S C Choudhary has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Haryana. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on Dec 30, 2013)

No new appointment of PS to PM ?
No officer is expected to succeed Indu Bhushan Chaturvedi as PS to the Prime Minister because of Lok Sabha polls. Charge of PS will be allotted to some officer in the MPs Secretariat.

JS level post to fall vacant in Higher Education
A Joint Secretary level post is going to fall vacant in Department of Higher Education till February 2014.

Kishore Jha likely to join central deputation
Kishore Jha is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General level. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Manipur -Tripura cadre.

S K Sharma to take charge as CMD, BEL on Jan 1
S K Sharma, Director, BEL, will be joining as Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on January 1, 2014. He will succeed Anil Kumar retiring on December 31, 2013.
(We said this on June 18, 2013)

Madhusudan to assume charge as CMD, RINL in first week of Jan
P Madhusudan, Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), is expected to take over as Chairman and Managing Director, RINL in the first week of January, 2014. His orders are expected to be issued in a couple of days. He will succeed A P Choudhary who is retiring on December 31, 2013.
(We said this on June 13, 2013)

Boroghain to join as Director (Pers), NEEPCO on Jan 1
S B Boroghain, GM, PGCL, will be joining as Director (Personnel) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) on January 1, 2014. He will succeed I P Barooah retiring in December 31, 2013.
(We said this on June 19, 2013)

Panda to take over as Director (Pers), BCCL on Jan 1
B K Panda, GM, MCL/CIL, will be joining as Director (Personnel) of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) on January 1, 2014. He will succeed P E Kacchap retiring on December 31, 2013.
(We said this on May 23, 2013)

Chauhan is new GM of FCI in Lucknow
Devendra Singh Chauhan will be new General Manager with Food Corporation of India in Lucknow. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

ITBP, BSF and SSB also part of CRPF launched massive anti-Naxal operation
The ITBP, BSF and SSB are also participating in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched massive anti-Naxal operations in eight states viz. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh . As many as 40,000 security personnel are said to be involved in the operation against the Maoists. BSF and IAF helicopters too have been positioned for air droppings and evacuation, if need be.

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

Radhey Shaym to be GM, SER
Radhey Shaym has been appointed as General Manager, South Eastern Railway.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

73 posts of Judges vacant in Allahabad HC
As many as 73 posts of Judges have been lying vacant against approved strength of 160 in Allahabad High Court. The vacant posts include two of permanent Judges and 71 of Additional Judges.

Kutty to be new CVO of IOC
A 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre Sanjeevanee Kutty will take over as the new Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

Arup Raha is new Air Chief Marshal
Vice Chief of Air Staff Arup Raha will succeed Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne on December 31.
(We said this on July 23, 2013)

Amit Singla to join central deputation as Deputy Secretary
Amit Singla will be joining as Deputy Secretary in Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India on deputation basis for a period of four years. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Air India gets four new ED's in Commercial cadre
As many as four General Managers, Commercial cadre, AIR, have been appointed as Executive Directors. While S S Uberoi has been appointed as ED, Ground Handling, K Shyam Sunder as ED, Sales Marketing, Harsh Kumar Pandey as ED, Cargo and Alok Singh has been made ED, Strategy and Planning .

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

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

M K Garg empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
M K Garg 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.

A M Sangma is also CCIT-I, Kolkata
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, A M Sangma, CCIT-II, Kolkata, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-I, Kolkata.

Who will be DMD of NABARD ?
Two officers from NABARD attended the NABARD, DMD interviews along with four other candidates from other institutions on Dec 23, 2013. Only one of the two is expected to be shortlisted for the post.

Orders of Talukdar for DG, Hydrocarbon yet to come
OIL India Director Exploration, B N Talukdar, who was short-listed for the appointment of Director General, Hydrocarbon, is yet to get orders from the Government of India.

Sharma nominated as non-official Director on Allahabad Bank board
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma has been nominated as part-time non-official Director under Chartered Accountant category on the Board of Directors of Allahabad Bank for a period of three years.

Applications for Dy FA&CAO, MRVC invited
The Ministry of Railways has invited applications from the IRAS officers for the post of Deputy Financial Adviser & Chief Account Officer, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Ministry for this deputation post.

10 IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Mrs Shakunta Jakhu has been appointed as ACS and Financial Commissioner, revenue & Disaster Management and Consolidation Departments while P K Gupta will be ACS, Home Jails, Criminal Investigation & Administration of Justices Departments and R P Chander is Principal Secretary, Labour & Employment Department. Similarly, Alok Nigam has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Cooperation Department; Mrs Dheera Khandelwal as Principal Secretary, Forests & Wild Life Department; Arun Kumar as Principal Secretary, Science & Technology; Mrs Sumita Misra as Transport Commissioner and Secretary, Transport; Vineet Garg as DG, State Transport and Secretary, Transport; S K Goyal as DG, Industrial Training and Secretary, Industrial Training and Abhe Singh was made Special Secretary, Public Health Engineering.

NTPC emerges winners in DAC Media Quiz 2013 (UPDATED)
NTPC emerged as a first prize winner in the last round between NTPC, Innocean Worldwide, REC+, Indian Oil, Havas Media (MPG) and Mindshare whereas 2nd and 3rd Prize winners were Innocean worldwide, REC+ respectively at the DAC-Advertising, Marketing & Media Quiz 2013 held at Hotel - The Connaught, Connaught Place, New Delhi on 20th.Decemeber 2013. According to H S Paul - President DAC, Media Quiz is being organized by the club every year as part of professional activities for the members of the club. This time Sixteen Teams participated in the Quiz who are Innocean Worldwide (2 Teams), Indian Oil, NTPC, Havas Media/MPG (2 Teams), Mindshare World, Motivator World, Graphisads Ltd., Airads Ltd., Zenith Optimedia, Mediacom, Interpublicity and News 24. Kailash Arora- Hony. Secretary said that there was good response from the Banner sponsors which helped the club to raise sufficient funds for organising the event. The banner sponsors are Daily Excelsior of Jammu, NTPC, Lehar Advertising, Competition Success Review, IPSA Labs, Havas Media (MPG)and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., said Arora. Before the quiz starts, R C Tanwar - Convenor Program Committee requested V.K.Chopra - Chief Patron to welcome Quiz Master B Sridhar with a bouquet and than H S Paul - President DAC briefed about him. " B Sridhar is Group Director of Media Services at Innocean Worlwide. He has been in the Media Planning function for the last 19 years and has served Mudra, McCann-Erickson, Ogilvy, Group M and Initiative Media in the past. Quizzing on either side of the table has been his passion. He is absolutely thrilled to have got this opportunity of putting professional knowledge and personal passion into one place called the DAC Quiz" said Paul.

3 Chief Commissioners of Income Tax get addl charges (UPDATED)
M K Mirani, CCIT-I, Delhi, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-XIII, Delhi while A K Sinha, CCIT, Shillong will hold additional charge of CCIT, Guwahati and C L Denzongpa, CCIT-IV, Kolkata is given the charge of CCIT-II, Kolkata.

Meghalaya Chief Secretary gets six month extension (UPDATED)
Meghalaya Chief Secretary WMS Pariat has been given six more months extension in service. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on Dec 18, 2013)

R K Gupta is new ED Bank of Maharashtra (UPDATED)
R K Gupta has taken over as new ED of the Bank of Maharashtra. Prior to this he was GM in the Dena Bank.

Suresh Patel is new ED OBC (UPDATED)
Suresh N Patel will join as ED of the Oriental Bank of Commerce on January 1. Prior to this he was GM in the Dena Bank.

(We said this on Aug 6, 2013)

Parihar to be JS Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Forests and Environment S.P. Singh Parihar has been moved as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat . He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rizwan Ahmed appointed DGP of UP (UPDATE)
Rizwan Ahmad has been appointed new DGP of Uttar Pradesh. He is 1978 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on Dec 26, 2013)

Srivastava's meeting with Kejriwal raises speculations about next CS, Delhi? (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is reportedly meeting Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi fueling speculations that he could be appointed new Chief Secretary of Delhi. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

CORPORATE

Kumar appointed MD (Corporate Banking), SBI
P Pradeep Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, Corporate Banking, of the State Bank of India (SBI).

Raman appointed Inde. Director, Rajapalayam Mills Limited
Rajapalayam Mills Limited has appointed V Santhana Raman as an Independent Director of the company.

Jain appointed Group CFO, Parsvnath Developers Limited
Parsvnath Developers Limited has appointed M C Jain, Senior Vice President (Corporate) of the company as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with immediate effect.

Maloo resigns as Group CFO, Parsvnath Developers Limited
R N Maloo has resigned as Group Chief Financial Officer of Parsvnath Developers Limited

Maloo appointed ED & Group CFO, Surya Roshni Limited
Surya Roshni Limited has appointed R N Maloo as Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of the company .

Pandya resigns as VP (Legal) & CS, Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals
Deepak S Pandya has resigned as Vice President (Legal) and Company Secretary of Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Limited w.e.f. December 29, 2013.

Modi appointed CS, Melstar Information Technologies Limited
Melstar Information Technologies Limited has appointed Vijaykumar H Modi as Company Secretary of the company.

Shah resigns as Director, Fintech Communication Ltd
Sunil Shah has resigned as Director of Fintech Communication Ltd.

Two Directors appointed on Board of Fintech Communication Ltd
Nitin Raghav and Ashok Gohil have been appointed as directors of Fintech Communication Ltd.

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Some Congmen jittery about supporting AAP

Some Congress-wallahs appear to be jittery about supporting AAP. They feel that if Kejriwal succeeds in fulfilling his election manifesto promises they will be thrown out on the way side in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Those who are in favour of support fondly hope that he will fail to deliver and that will revive the fortunes of the party. In any case AAP cannot succeed in delivering if these eight MLAs veto every proposal of them. In that event Congress will be further exposed. We are indeed witnessing a very interesting phenomenon in our politics and those of us who welcome ethics and probity in public life wish the AAP experiment to succeed.

Aarti Khosla

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