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POLITICS

Who will win in Madhya Pradesh ?
Who will win the Vidhan Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh ? Calculation of RSS says that the BJP will get 125 seats out of the total 230 seats. The Congress says that the BJP will not cross even three figures.

Justice Kurian Joseph sets an example
The Supreme Court has long been insisting upon the rehabilitation of women - victims of an acid attack. Justice Kurian Joseph, one of the three apex court judges hearing the matter relating to acid attacks, has ultimately taken the lead. An acid attack survivor , who lost her vision in the incident, will now soon join in the Supreme Court as its employee. Anu Mukherjee, 33, a dancer in Delhi till attacked in 2004 by a man, was two months ago selected as a Junior Court Attendant on the initiative taken by Justice Kurian read of Ms Mukherjee's ordeal in the media and sought a job for her. "I took the initiative thinking what little I could do from my side not as a Judge but as a human being. I substituted my daughter or my sister in her place and that's how I responded," he says.

BUREAUCRACY

Appointment of new Chairman of PFRDA soon
Appointment of new Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is expected to be made in a couple of months. The last date for applying for the post is December 27.

Antony Devkumar may move on central deputation
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that L V Antony Devkumar is likely to move on central deputation. The 1994 batch IPS officer of UP cadre has been serving as IG, Allahabad Zone.

R G Rao selected as Director (Fin), ILK
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.

Sinha poised to move from Railway Board
As the grapevine has it, Mukund Kumar Sinha is poised to move from Railway Board. The 1991 batch IRSME officer on is currently serving the Railway Board as Director, Planning.

CIC finds two new fields of experience for first time
The induction of Sharat Sabharwal, MA Khan Yusufi and M Sridhar Acharyulu the CIC seems to get two new fields of experience in its pool. Sabharwal is the first ever diplomat and Yusufi and Acharyulu are the first ever experts of Law to be inducted to CIC.

Prasad poised to be Director, Department of Steel, GoI
As the grapevine has it, Mahabir Prasad may soon join as Director, Department of Steel, GoI on central deputation basis. The 1997 batch IRAS officer is currently serving as Senior Divisional Finance Manager in Western Railway, Ahmedabad.

Ms Mala Iyengar is CVO, Prasar Bharti
Ms Mala Iyengar, IDAS (91), has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Prasar Bharati, Delhi, at the level of Director .
(We said this on November 28, 2013)

Karmakar is Trustee of MCX Investor Protection Fund
K.G Karmakar, former Managing Director of Nabard has been appointed Trustee of the Multi Commodity Exchange Investor (Client) Protection Fund.

Three officers of 2009 batch Jharkhand cadre confirmed in IAS
Three Jharkhand cadre IAS officers of 2010 batch have been confirmed in Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from August 2012. They are Ameet Kumar, Amit Kumar and Rajeev Ranjan.

G L Rajoria promoted to HAG
G L Rajoria, SAG/IRSME, CME/CLW(CHOD), has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade and posted in the same post.

P K Srivastava appointed as GM, SCR
P K Srivastava, HAG/IRSEE/ Central Railway, has been appointed as General Manager/ South Central Railway.
(We said this on Oct 3, 2013)

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

Mandal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Pulak Ranjan Mandal 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.

Two IFS officers promoted to CF rank in AP
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.

Sinha succeeds S Lohia in Dept of Urban Development
Mukund Kumar Sinha has succeeded Sanjeev Kr Lohia who has just completed his tenure as OSD (Urban Transport) & Ex-officio Joint Secretary, Department of Urban Development. Sinha, a 1991 batch IRSME officer was serving Railway Board as Director, Planning.

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

Two IRS-IT officers shifted
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.

Applications for Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust invited
The Ministry of Shipping has invited applications for the post of Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust from All India Service/Central Civil Services officers. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Ministry before December 27, 2013.

Ashish Yadav is OSD to UP CM
Ashish Yadav has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Sharma is PCCF, Odisha
J D Sharma has been appointed new PCCF in Odisha. He is a 1978 batch IFS officer.

Extra ordinary General meeting of BoI held (UPDATED)
Shareholders of Bank of India have accorded their approval to issue 4,63,60,686 fresh equity shares to Government of India on preferential issue basis at the Extra ordinary General meeting held on 3rd from Government of India in the current quarter. This will increase the Government of India's shareholding to 66.70% During the Half Year ended September 2013, Bank has touched a total business mix of Rs. 7,69,105 Crore (YOY Growth 29.68%) and posted a net profit or Rs. 1586 crore (YOY Growth 33.39%) December, 2013. The Bank will get an equity capital of Rs. 1000 crores.

New Terminal building at Goa International Airport dedicated to nation (UPDATED)
A new Integrated Terminal building, built by Airports Authority of India has been dedicated to the Nation by Ajit Singh, Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the august presence of Bharat Vir Wanchoo, Governor of Goa, Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa, KC Venugopal, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Francisco Sardinha, Member of Parliament, Shantaram Naik, Member of Parliament and other dignitaries. The New Terminal Building at Goa is an integrated terminal building capable of handling both domestic and international operations. The terminal building is equipped with modern state of the art facilities such as 5 Nos. of passenger boarding bridges, CUTE enabled Check in counters, inline compatible baggage handling system, software based building management system, elevators and escalators. The terminal building can handle 2750 peak hour passengers at a time. The Terminal building has been built at a cost of Rs. 345cr. Keeping in view the growth of passenger traffic at Goa airport, Airports Authority of India has already given a go ahead for development of western side finger of the terminal building, at a cost of plus Rs.40cr to further enhance the handling capacity and operational efficiency. Three additional passenger boarding bridges shall be provided. The New Integrated Terminal building is expected to contribute immensely towards promotion of Tourism in the state in particular and economic development in general. Speaking on the occasion dignitaries appreciated the efforts of Airports Authority of India and also acknowledged the cooperation extended by the State Government and Indian Navy towards this project by handing over the land to AAI.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, S P Goyal has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary Rural Development while Lokesh M will now be Special Secretary, Housing department and Mayur Maheshwari is Special Secretary, Health with additional charge of Project Director UPHSDP, Lucknow. Similarly Govind Raju N S has been appointed as CEO Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority;. Shradha Mishra as Director Mid-Day Meal project; Yashod Rishikesh Bhaskar as Home Special Secretary; Dr Adarsh Singh is also appointed as Home Special Secretary; V S Mishra is Member (Judicial), Revenue Board and V S Prasad has been appointed as Director, Handicap Directorate.

CORPORATE

Koshy to be appointed Part-time Chairman, The Federal Bank Ltd
The Federal Bank Limited is to appoint Prof. Abraham Koshy as Part-time Chairman of the Bank for a period of two years.

Totla appointed Head (Legal) and Company Secy, PAE Ltd
PAE Ltd has appointed Vishal Totla as Head (Legal) and Company Secretary of the company.

Sharma appointed CFO, Indian Sucrose Ltd
Indian Sucrose Ltd has appointed Ravinder Sharma, as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Mantha appointed Independent Director, TD Power Systems Limited
TD Power Systems Limited has appointed Ravi Mantha as an Independent Director of the company.

Agrawal re-appointed MD, Brahmanand Himghar Ltd
Brahmanand Himghar Ltd has re-appointed Rajendra Kumar Agrawal as Managing Director of the company for a further period of five years.

Bansal appointed Addl. Director, Credit Analysis and Research Ltd
Credit Analysis and Research Ltd has appointed A K Bansal as Additional Director of the company .

Bundellu resigns as Chairman, Credit Analysis and Research Ltd
O V Bundellu has resigned as Chairman of Credit Analysis and Research Ltd.

Chandaria appointed Addl. Director, Steelco Gujarat Ltd
Steelco Gujarat Ltd has appointed Vimal Chandaria as an Additional Director of company.

Raavi appointed Addl. Director, Salguti Industries Ltd
Salguti Industries Ltd has appointed Uma Reddy Raavi as Additional Director of the company

Yadav appointed Company Secy. Haryana Capfin Ltd
Haryana Capfin Ltd has appointed Ms Sonia Yadav as Company Secretary of the company.

Manchanda resigns as Company Secy. Avon Mercantile Ltd
Ms Jyoti Manchanda has resigned as Company Secretary of Avon Mercantile Ltd.

Prabhu appointed CFO, DBS Bank
Rajesh Prabhu had been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of DBS Bank.

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Separate CGHS centre for pensioners required

Considering the difficulties, all pensioners - old, sick and infirm, there should be a CGHS Centre catering only to Pensioners with well stocked dispensary for all ailments such as diabetes, blood pressure, skin problems, stomach problems etc. This will go a long way inalleviating their misery of standing in line as at present along with general patients for hours together. A little bit of care and regard for senior citizen pensioners would go a long way in mitigating their sufferings. Similarly one specialist should always be available at hand in the dispensary for any emergencies.

Raman

Cashless facility only for specific diseases

Cashless facility is available to the pensioners in the pvt. empanelled hospitals only for specific disease such as cancer in Max, Saket Hospital. kidney related problem including dialysis is not covered. Even cardiology has been withdrawn. we will request authorities to impanel more and more reputed pvt. hospitals so that pressure is less on government hospitals. They could see the patients properly. As of now doctors in government hospitals are under heavy pressure. Sometimes the patients surround their table and make a scene as if they would fall on his body. It is humanly impossible for the pensioners to see a doctor in the govt. hospital. They are likely to catch infection also in the hospital because of poor immunity system. Please spare them and allow them to see a good doctor in good hospitals. They served the government for 37 years with honesty and dedication and now it was government`s turn to ensure that they spend a good quality of life for the remaining period.

N K Das. New Delhi

Cashless facility required

Prior permission from the dispensary for getting diagnostic tests from Pvt. empanelled labs/hospitals should be done away with and it should be cashless. Further it should be mandatory for the doctor on duty in the wellness center to visit a critical or infirm patient at home when requested.

S Gopal

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