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R C Sharma

POLITICS

Inside story of a big shot (3) ?
Ministry of Corporate Affairs sent a reminder in March 2012 to the big business Tycoon in Kolkata that his Directorship will be suspended if he did not resign.

Rangarajan pens a book
Former RBI Governor and economic advisor to PM Dr. C Rangarajan has written a book titled "The Global Economic Meltdown: Perspectives from India and EU". It is edited by Jayshree Sengupta.

Mamata likely to face voters ire?
It is heard that there is a lot of ire in the public as regards the brashness of Didi and her party men.

Is Govindacharya getting desperate ?
It is heard that former BJP ideologue Govindacharya is getting desperate to return back from long hiatus. His statement are made to create a stir in the saffron party. Will he be noticed?

BUREAUCRACY

A P Singh is new Member of UPSC
Outgoing CBI Director, A P Singh is taking over as Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) today. He is a retired 1974 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on Dec 12, 2012 and again on Jan 28, 2013)

Gautam Mukhopadhyay to be Ambassador, Myanmar
Gautam Mukhopadhyay is being tipped to be India's Ambassador to Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Earlier the name of former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi was in circulation.

Shikhar Agarwal to be JS, Labour ?
Shikhar Agarwal is likely to be appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mathew to be JS, RD
A Santosh Mathew is being tipped to be Joint Secretary, Rural Development in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tripathi to be JS, MSME in GoI
Surendra Nath Tripathi is all set to join the GoI as Joint Secretary in the Department of MSME in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on February 5, 2013)

Badhawan is new JS, MOSPI
Satnam Singh Badhwan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Government of India (MOSPI). He is a 1986 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Jharkhand cadre.
(We said this on February 5, 2013)

Pradeep Yadav is new JS, Pharmaceuticals
Pradeep Yadav has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Shyam S Agarwal appointed Secretary, NDMA
Shyam S Agarwal, presently Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, has been appointed as Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in the rank of Additional Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

D Diptivilasa is also VC, DDA
D Diptivilasa, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, has been assigned an additional charge of Vice-Chairman, Delhi Development Authority(DDA) . He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Orders of S K Srivastava issued
Official orders of DDA, Vice Chairman, Sanjay Kumar Srivastava as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Health and Family Welfare in the Government of India have been issued on Tuesday. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre
(We said on Jan 23, 2013)

Rakesh Sood gets one month extension
Indian Ambassador to France, Rakesh Sood has been given one month extension beginning March 1.
(We said this on Jan 28, 2013)

Rahul Asthana appointed Member, MERC
Rahul Asthana has been appointed Member of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC).The 1978 batch IAS officer, Asthana is scheduled to retire on February 28.
(We said this on February 9, 2013)

Amitabh Banerjee selected as Director (Finance), KRCL
Amitabh Banerjee, IRAS, Director (Finance), Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Konkan Railways Corporation Limited (KRCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting on February 12, 2013. As many as five persons were interviewed for the same.

Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty is Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi
Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty has been appointed as Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi. He was 1970 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, who retired in the rank of Secretary to Government of India.

Nine Bank CMDs to retire this year
Nine CMDs of Public Sector Banks including IDBI Bank, Central Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank and Bank of Maharashtra are retiring during 2013-2014.

Meena to be CVO, AIIMS, Bihar ?
B L Meena, Deputy Director (RPA) Jaipur, RJ Police is likely to join central deputation as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) ,AIIMS (new Project for AIIMS-Bihar). He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Deputation tenure of Rao extended in CBI
The central deputation tenure of G Nageswar Rao, DIG, CBI has been extended for two years upto February 17, 2015. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

PSU Banks GMs to appear for interview today
The General Managers of various Public Sector Undertaking Banks (PSUs) are appearing for the interview of the promotion as Executive Directors (EDs) on February 13, 2013.

Lt Gen K Surendranath takes over in Southern Command
Lt Gen K Surendranath has taken over as Chief of Staff of Southern Army Command on Monday.

Two IRS-Customs officers shifted
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Customs have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Ringzing D Negi has been shifted from CX (Appeals), Jaipur-I to CX, Jaipur-II while Vinay Chhabra is being transferred from CCF, Govt Opium and Alkaloid Factories, New Delhi to CX (Appeals), aipur-I.

Two Jharkhand HC Judges to retire in August
Two Judges of Jharkhand High Court are retiring in August, 2013. Accordingly, Prakash Chandra Tatia is due to retire on August 4, 2013 while Mrs Jaya Roy is scheduled to retire on August 8, 2013.

Chandra S Mohapatra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Chandra S Mohapatra has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IES officer.

Ms Madhumita Basu is PAG, G&SSA, West Bengal
Ms Madhumita Basu has been appointed as Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), West Bengal, Kolkata, after the promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade. She is a 1988 batch IA & AS officer.

Kuldeep Khoda is Chief Vigilance Commissioner in J&K
Kuldeep Khoda has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Commissioner in State Vigilance Commission. He is a retired IPS officer of 1974 batch.
(We said this on Nov 13, 2012)

R K Jerath is Vigilance Commissioner in J & K
R K Jerath has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner in State Vigilance Commission in Jammu and Kashmir. He is a retired IAS officer.

NRDC CMD Gosh Somenath Ghosh to retire in Feb
Somenath Ghosh, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), is retiring on February 28, 2013. Dr Rajendra Dobhal, DG, Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology, will be installed in place of Ghosh. However, the orders of appointment of Dobhal are yet to be issued by Government of India.

Rastogi is back to Orissa
Sanjay Rastogi who was serving in the Commerce Ministry in the Government of India is back to the parent Orissa cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer.

Vivek Kumar joins MEA
DCG in Sydney Vivek Kumar has been transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Headquarters.

IAS postings in West Bengal
Information and Cultural Affairs(I & CA) , Secretary, Ms Nandini Chakraborty has been transferred as Editor, West Bengal State Gazetteers. On return from central deputation, Atri Bhattacharya has taken over as I&CA Secretary in addition to his present charge.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Divisional Commissioner , Lucknow, Sanjiv Dubey has given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Information. Shiv Shankar Singh has been made Commissioner, Moradabad division while Shambhu Singh Yadav, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister has now been appointed as Secretary to the Chief Minister. Shahabuddin has been posted as Commissioner, Azamgarh division.Vipin Kumar Dwivedi will be new District Magistrate of Faizabad.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Bhagwan Swarup, has been moved to PAC, Meerut, as DIG. Nitin Tewari will be SSP, Muzaffarnagar . Dipika Garg Tewari has been sent as Commandant, 6th PAC Battalion, Meerut. Happy Guptan has been made the SP of Hathras. VK Garg, has been attached to the DGP headquarters.

35 GMs interviewed for ED posts in PSU Banks (UPDATED)
As many as 35 General Managers of various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Banks have been interviewed for the promotion to the Executive Director level conducted on February 12 and 13, 2013. The General Managers, who appeared for the 16 posts of Executive Directors falling vacant in 2013-14, include: S N Patil, R K Gupta, M K Jain, Kharab and B M Nanda of Dena Bank; Krishna Guha, S K Srivastava, P S Bhatia, V Chakravorty and Vinod Kumar of Allahabad Bank; R C Marathe, R Koteshwaran, K N Manvi, Arun Shrivastava and Animesh Chauhan of Bank of Baroda; Rakesh Sethi, P S Rawat, Gaurishankar and B P Joshi of Bank of India; R Atmaraman, M S Rao, B S Rama Rao of Andhra Bank; T Srikandan of Canara Bank; Atul Agrawal, S Sangapure, U Mohapatra; B K Diwakar, J K Garg, S N Awasthi of Central Bank of India; K K Sansi and R K Takkar of Oriental Bank of Commerce; M K Jain of Syndicate Bank; P K Srivastava and S K Sengar of Union Bank of India and K V Brahmaji Rao of Vijay Bank.

CORPORATE

Who's who in India ?
Who is who in the country? People are curious to know the presence of bigwigs in the marriage ceremony of Adani family in Ahemdabad on February 15.

Ashwin Kumar leaves Reliance to join L & T
Ashwin Kumar has left the Reliance to join as CEO of L & T Power. Johri is moving from Mumbai to Delhi in place of Ashwin Kumar in Reliance.

Khushaldas resigns as Non Exec. Director, Baroda Extrusion Ltd
Chandrakant Khushaldas has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Baroda Extrusion Ltd.

Karthik designated as Director (Corporate Strategy), BGR Energy Systems Ltd
BGR Energy Systems Ltd has appointed Ms Swarnamugi Karthik as an Additional Director of the company while designating him as Director (Corporate Strategy).

Mahajan appointed Director, IFCI Ltd
IFCI Ltd has appointed Ms Savita Mahajan as Director on the board of Directors of the company.

Ghosh appointed Addl. Director, Gontermann Peipers India Ltd
Gontermann Peipers India Ltd has appointed Susanta Ghosh as Additional Director of the company.

Swarup resigns as Director, Techtran Polyenses Ltd
Dr Pradeep Swarup has resigned as Director of Techtran Polyenses Ltd.

Raja appointed Techtran Polyenses Ltd
Hemang Harish Raja has been appointed as an Additional Director of Techtran Polyenses Ltd.

Pandey appointed Addl. Director, Matru Smriti Traders Ltd
Matru Smriti Traders Ltd has appointed S K Pandey as Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

Saini resigns as Director, Matru Smriti Traders Ltd
Ms Gurmitkaur Reshmsingh Saini has resigned as Director of Matru Smriti Traders Ltd with immediate effect

Jeyasree appointed Company Secy., Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd
Consolidated Construction Consortium Ltd has appointed Ms P K. Jeyasree as Company Secretary of the company.

Telugu resigns as Independent Director, EPIC Energy Ltd
Ramesh Babu Telugu has resigned as Independent Director of EPIC Energy Ltd.

Kochar resigns as Director, Linc Pen & Plastics Ltd
Sohan Lal Kochar has resigned as Director of Linc Pen & Plastics Ltd.

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National Population Register

The Union Cabinet was right when it expressed its reservations about the National Population Register Project of MHA with a total cost of more than Rs.4000 crores. Although the Cabinet in its meeting did not straightaway rejected the project as it came from a senior Minister, it passed it on to a Group of Ministers for examination. It's really unfortunate that MHA or for that matter the Registrar General of India showing scant regard for the Cabinet, has gone ahead with its intensive campaign Desh Kee Mitti on all the private TV Channels at a cost of miilions of rupees asking citizens to join in the project. Will someone fix the responsibility for this faux pas ?

Surendra

Excellent performers being harassed

The spine less bureaucracy is being more and more evident the way the excellent performers during Common Wealth Games are being harassed. Instead of rewarding them for the spectacular performance in all adverse circumstances, they are being harassed for doing the right thing- the right way-at the right time. The harassment is by whom, by those who are settling their personal non-performing scores or being just spectator to the entire episode. Does it enhance what the CabinetSecretary is trying to push i.e. Performance Matters---well, the actions of many of Ministries and Officers do not endorse the same. No wonder today Decision Paralysis and non-confidence prevail more and more.

N R Saxena

CGHS beneficiaries

While the government hospitals are overcrowded and one have to have connection to get the appointment from doctor/specialist, private hospitals always try to over treat and go for unnecessary tests to make money. Their primary objective is not only to treat but to make money otherwise doctor will loose his job? Moreover the government employee gets step motherly treatment as they get peanuts as compared to regular private patients and I have experienced that a senior doctor in one of the most prestigious hospital send me out without even signing the prescription as he got a call from foreign patient. This is the situation and one has to believe only on God, not doctors. May God save all of us, specially government employees.

Ravinder Kumar

Transfers in IT department be effected in June

Annual General Transfers in the Income Tax Department should be done every year in the same month, i.e. June. Last year, orders came too late i.e. in September and this year, the same are attempted to be too early i.e.in first week of April. The time of transfers should not be dependent on the month in which Member (P) or Chairman, CBDT is retiring and AGT should be done uniformly in June. This would allow officers to wind up the year's work and have time for vacation before they are asked to pack their bags.

Devendra

Officials also make money

The higher authorities not only misuse staff car but also make money out of it. In many regional centres, the official sends the vehicle to workshops and carry out some works just on paper. The looted money is shared between officer and driver.

Sivakumar

Congratulations !

I know these officers - they are competent to take up higher responsibility. My congratulations to all of them.

S M Sharma