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POLITICS

Will Kiran Kumar leave Congress ?
There is a strong rumour that in the event of Congress debacle in four states, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy will resign from the Congress party to form a regional outfit.

Sharad Pawar to leave UPA ?
It is heard in the corridors of power that NCP leader Sharad Pawar will leave the UPA if Congress loses in the four Vidhan Sabha elections. One can only wait and watch,

BUREAUCRACY

Over one dozen 1980 batch IPS officers to get DG rank in GoI ?
Over a dozen 1980 batch IPS officers are expected to be empanelled to the rank of DG in the Government of India next month. Those who are in the consideration zone include N R Wasan (AP), K K Maheshwari (UT), A K Mathur and R C Tayal (Assam-Meghalaya), P K Thakur (Bihar), Rajiv Jain (Jharkhand), S P Singh, K P Raghuvanshi and Ahmad Jawed (Maharashtra), Archana Ramasundaram, Anoop Jaiswal and N P Singh (Tamil Nadu) and B D Sharma and Surendra Singh (West Bengal).

Sushma Singh to be new CIC
Sushma Singh will be sworn in as new Chief Information Commissioner of India on December 19. She is a 1972 batch retired IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on September 12, 2013)

CCEA clears Cadre restructuring of CBEC
CCEA has on December 5 cleared the Cadre restructuring of CBEC bringing much relief to the stagnation issues among the officers.

GoI asks States to expedite deemed resignation cases
The Government of India has asked all the State Governments to expedite the pending deemed resignation cases and to review all such cases of unauthorized absence.

Srivastava would have superannuated a month later; misses by a single day
Nothing new about it but difference of only a single day has destined K N Srivastava to share the day of superannuation with O P Rawat and Vibha Puri Das. All the three officers would superannuate on December 31 this year. Srivastava would have retired on January 31, 2014 had his official DoB been a day later i.e. January 2. Having his DoB on January 1, Srivastava would retire on December 31, 2013 only joining hands with Vibha Puri Das (Secretary, Dept of Tribal Affairs) and O P Rawat (Secretary, Dept of Public Enterprises). Rawat's official DoB is December 2 and Ms Das' on December 3 which extends their superannuation on December 31 instead of November 30.

Will P K Metha be Vigilance Commissioner ?
Will DG, RPF, P K Metha, become Vigilance Commissioner ? Meeting of 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre Metha with CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has fuelled speculations to this effect. Will he make it?

Arvind Ranjan is also DG, CISF
Arvind Ranjan, DG, NSG, has been assigned an additional charge of the post of Director General, CISF till an incumbent to the post of Director General, CISF is appointed on regular basis. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

CVC clears Madhusudan's file for CMD, RINL
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), is reported to have given its clearance to Finance Director, P Madhusudan paving the way for joining on the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).
(We said this on June 13, 2013)

Who will be new CEO and MD of IFCI ?
VS Krishna Kumar, Ashok Kumar Gupta, S.Chandrasekharan, TR Chawla, KK Mishra, Malay Mukherjee, TK Srivastava, Bhupendra Nayyar, EDs of various PSBs are being interviewed for the post of CEO&MD of IFCI on December 6, 2013 at MOF.

Who would succeed K J Sekar on December 31 ?
With merely 25 days left in hand for the retirement Kantharaj Jude Sekar the guessing goes on as who would receive the baton of DG Forest December 31 this year. Sekar He is 1976 batch IFS officer of Odisha cadre.

File of Sankaranarayanan for CMD, TCIL sticks in ACC
The file of V Sankaranarayanan, Dy GM, SJVNL for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) is whispered to have stuck in Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its approval.

Interview for CMD, BSNL to take place on December 19
As the grapevine has it the interview for the selection of CMD, BSNL would take place on December 19. R K Upadhyay, the incumbent CMD of BSNL, is scheduled to retire on April 29, 2014.

Interview for CMD, PFC on December 16
As the grapevine has it, the interview for the selection of CMD, Power Finance Corporation would take place on December 16. Currently M K Goel, Director (Commercial) PFC, is looking after the additional charge of CMD. Satnam Singh, CMD- PFC, had retired on July 31 this year.

Post of DG, ICFRE has been vacant since June 2013
The post of Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education has been lying vacant since June this year. The charge of DG, ICFRE has been lying with K Jude Sekar, DG- Forest since June 4 this year.

Bisht may move on central deputation?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Dinesh Singh Bisht may soon move on central deputation. The 1987 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre is currently serving as Additional Director General of Police, State Crime Record Bureau, Government of Bihar.

Agrawal to retire on December 31 adding one more vacancy to GM Railways
GC Agrawal is scheduled to superannuate on December 31 this year. Prior to this assignment, Agarwal served as Principal Chief Engineer in Eastern Railway, Western Railway and North Eastern Railway (NER) as well. The 1976 batch IRSE officer had taken over as GM, NER on June 30 this year.

A K Singh promoted to HAG
A K Singh, SAG/ IRSME/ Workshop Project Organisation/ Patna, has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted as CME/ Central Railway.

Meena empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Kailsh Chandra Meena has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Pradip Gupta empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Pradip Gupta 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.

Applications for Jt Director, Institute of Secretariat Training & Management invited
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Joint Director (Financial Management) on deputation basis in the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, New Delhi. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department within two months of advertisement of post.

IRS-IT officer, Datta shifted to Delhi
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Shaveta Nakra Datta, CCA Rajasthan, has been transferred to the office of DG (Logistics), New Delhi.

Posting of IPS officers after promotion to ADG rank in UP (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been posted after promotion to ADG rank in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Vishwajeet Mahapatra has been posted as ADG Human Rights while R K Vishwakarma will not be ADG Technical Services and Bhavesh Kumar is ADG Karmik. Similarly, DL Ratlam has been appointed as ADG Police Training College in Sitapur; Devendra Singh Chauhan as ADG Telecom; Vijay Kumar as ADG Police Training College in Unnao and Brij Raj was shifted as ADG, Housing and Police Welfare at PHQ.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Odisha (UPDATED)
Yeshwant Kumar Jethwa has been appointed as IG, South-Western Range while SS Devdatt Singh will now be as DIG (Operations) and S Shyani is as Commandant of Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) 7th Battalion after her return from Central deputation. Besides, Purushottam Sahu has been appointed as DCP (Headquarters).

7 IPS officers shifted in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Kumar Rajesh Chandra has been appointed as DG, Bihar State Sports Authority, Patna while Sunil Kumar is assigned an additional charge of ADG, Special Branch and Gupteshwar Pandey is being shifted as ADG, Bihar Armed Force, Patna. Similarly, Arbind Pandey has been appointed as IG, Darbhanga; Alok Raj as IG (Weaker Section), CID, Patna and Dr Paresh Saxena has been posted as IG, Home Gaurd Patna.

Orders of Kulmani Biswal as Director (Fin), NTPC issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Kulmani Biswal, Director (Finance), MCL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), NTPC Limited have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 9, 2013)

CORPORATE

Kumar appointed Director (Commercial), SAIL
The Central government has appointed Binod Kumar, Executive Director, SAIL as Director (Commercial) on the Board of Directors of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) on December 2, 2013

(We said this on July 30, 2013)

Mitra resigns as President & CS of Assam Company India Limited
Romit Mitra has resigned as President (Legal) and Company Secretary Assam Company India Limited.

Baig appointed Company Secretary of Pennar Industries Limited
Pennar Industries Limited has appointed Mirza Mohammed Ali Baig as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. December 6, 2013.

Rajagopal resigns as Company Secretary of Pennar Industries Limited
Ravi Rajagopal has resigned as Company Secretary of Pennar Industries Limited

Gambhir resigns as Company Secretary of Bhartiya International Limited
Ms Deepti Gambhir has resigned as Company Secretary of Bhartiya International Limited.

Chanda appointed Alternate Director, Birla Ericsson Optical Limited
Birla Ericsson Optical Limited has appointed Dinesh Chanda as Alternate Director to Magnus Kreuger during his absence on the company's Board of Directors.

Sandhu appointed Independent Director, Supreme Tex Mart Limited
Supreme Tex Mart Limited has appointed Daljeet Singh Sandhu as an Independent Director of the company.

Haribhakti resigns as Alternate Director, Hercules Hoists Limited
Shailesh Haribhakti has resigned as Alternate Director to K C Uebel on the Board of Directors of Hercules Hoists Limited.

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Dreamliner be renamed Nightmareliner

The Boeing Dreamliner should be renamed the Nightmareliner if one goes by the number of major defects brand new aircraft have. First we heard of the engine cowling which fell off in mid- air and one engine caught fire in a Quantas flight.Then we heard of our own dear Air India flight whose windshield cracked wide open in mid-flight to Australia. And then another Air India flight whose fuselage fell off in mid-flight. Now we are told that the Boeings radar doesnt work in cloudy weather and during landing in the rain and that the pilots have to open the cockpit window to peer at clouds far away to avoid them. Heaven help us during the monsoons when the dreamliner will become a nightmare. This shocking decline in standards of engineering in the American Boeing company is actually a symptom of the steep decline of America itself. So air passengers beware, you might end up being barbequed in mid- air while still alive! Ram naam sathya hai! Hari ka naam sathya hai! will be your fate. The blame for ordering a very large number of this untested aircraft for Air India is on Praful Patel when he was minister for civil aviation. God alone knows how many crores changed hands to secure this contract. But when passengers go up in flames in mid- air who will answer?

D Choudhury

India in the Global Talent Trade

Are we gainers or losers in the global talent trade? Perhaps, we are oblivious about it. For decades our top talent has been migrating to foreign countries and we are so elated at our boys getting selected on the campus by the top global companies for a package in excess of Rupees 1.5 crores annual. All the cream is skimmed annually in almost all fields of modern knowledge, the IITs topping the migration exodus. Does it surprise anybody that these top global talents are of no use to the Government of India (which expression includes all state govts) as also the Private Sector companies? Our PSUs go headless for years, development projects suffer, project cost increase geometrically, higher education suffers, research & Development continues in slow motion, defence imports are on the rise and brand India has yet to begin competition. Why is it so? Are we left with the remaining talent pool with which we are pursuing our dreams of becoming a Super Power by 2020? One reason could be an unwritten ceiling on remuneration package: it would be a heresy to pay a young graduate global salary of rupees 1.5 crores. How can anybody get higher salary than the highest civil servant in the country, which is not more than 20 lakhs per annum? At that price no company can employ any talented graduate if the lowest offered this year at 35 lakhs is any indication. One begins at what the other doesn't get at the closing of the career innings. Even the service chiefs and CJI or other Justices don't get paid so much. But private sector should have no difficulty in employing these talented graduates to take the country in to the congress of the advanced countries. Everybody cites China these days. We can do better in just 5 years provided we trade profitably in the Global Talent Trade, where we have so far been losing heavily.

M L Gupta

One more charge-sheet

Hooda govt has issued one more charge-sheet to Ashok Khemka who had cancelled land registrations of Robert Vadra. Hooda appears to be doing this to please Gandhi family and deter those public servants whose role model ashok khemka has become . But in doing so he is is keeping issue of Robert Vadra,s land deals alive in the minds of people thereby embarrassing Gandhi family. In days to come, Khemka can pose serious electoral challenge to Rahul Gandhi or even Sonia Gandhi. As they say wise enemy is better than a foolish friend. Or Hooda is doing this deliberately with a purpose to cause huge damage to Gandhi family.

Sudhir Chopra

Provide information on job vacancies

It would be appreciated by all viewers of this site, if you could provide some information regarding job vacancies in Government Departments/PSU's/PSU Banks,etc., from time to time so that unemployed youth of the country can approach the Government through various Forums to fill up these vacancies. Sources say the there are thousands of vacancies in Banks itself as bulk of staff retired on Oct 31, 2013 and Nov. 30, 2013. This exercise of yours and the viewers can certainly help the unemployed youth of the country.

Hoshiyar Singh Bhandari

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