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POLITICS

Inside story of big shot (9) ?
Now investigative agencies are reported to have started the case of Directorship of a Kolkata based big business tycoon .

Cameroon to get a large retailer ?
It is heard that British Prime Minister is lobbying for retailer Tesco to establish its super stores in the country.

Who is Bagrodia close to in Congress party ?
It is heard that Santosh Bagrodia is close to a senior Congress leader and so the VVIP Chopper deal is getting to be sensitive to 10 Janpath.

Who in business world is linked in Agusta Westland deal?
It is heard that a prominent business house is involved in the Agusta Westland deal and now they are trying to cover up.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Sarvesh Kaushal be new CMD of FCI ?
Sarvesh Kaushal is likely to succeed Dr Amar Singh as CMD of the FCI. Kaushal is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre. Madhya Pradesh cadre 1981 batch IAS officer Dr Amar Singh is scheduled to superannuate on May 31.

Sahu to be JS Animal, Husbandry ?
Satya Brata Sahu is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Animal, Husbandry in the Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Abha Shukla is JS, Road Transport
Abha Shukla has been appointed as Joint Secretary, in the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Raghavan poised for India's next Ambassador to Pakistan
Indian Ambassador to Singapore, TCA Raghavan, is poised to move to Pakistan as new Ambassador. The 1982 batch IFS officer would succeed Sharad Sabharwal whose term comes to an end in March this year. Earlier YK Sinha's name had been doing rounds for the critical Islamabad slot but finally he had to move to Rome as the successor of D Saha in December last year.

Sharma to be Special Director IB
Dineswar Sharma, Additional Director-X, IB- SIB, Lucknow is likely to be promoted as Special Director, IB. He is a1979 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Puducherry CS M Sathiavathy transferred to Mizoram.
Puducherry Chief Secretary M Sathiavathy has been transferred to Mizoram. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer. Her successor has not been named.

Hectic lobbying on for Secretary, East?
The approaching retirement date of Sanjay Singh, Secretary (East) to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs, has sparked off hectic lobbying for the top diplomatic slot. The guessing game goes on about the front runners for the slot.

Resignation of IPS officer accepted
The President of India has accepted the resignation of Kundan Kumar.He is a 2009 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Will Medhekar get some assignment ?
Former NSG Chief Rajan K Medhekar is likely to be given some assignment in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Kerala cadre IPS officer Medhekar hails from Maharashtra.

Gautam poised to be Indian Ambassador to Myanmar
Gautam Mukhopadhyay, currently Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, is poised to take over the evenly thin-skinned portfolio of Indian Ambassador to Myanmar, reportedly, by April. Mukhopadhyay, a 1980 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service, is currently Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan.

Feb. 28 marks last working day for BS Pandey as ADG (Medical), MHA?
Whispers in the corridors of power make it a buzz that most likely it is AK Dhawan, IG (Director/Medical), CRPF who would be succeeding BS Pandey as the new Additional Director General (Medical), MHA.

Das is OSD to R P N Singh
Trithankar Das has been appointed OSD to the Minister of State Home R P N Singh.

Appointment of Indian envoy to Brazil likely by 1st week of March?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the appointment of Indian Ambassador to Brazil may take place by the 1st week of March. The post has been lying vacant since November 2012 after the retirement of B S Prakash in October last year.

R Prasad to retire this month
Member of the Competition Commission of India R Prasad, a former Member of the CBDT is retiring by this month end.

Tripathi gets extension
P K Tripathi, Advisor, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been given 11 months extension. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

OSD to former Union Minister Vilasrao poised to go back to Maharashtra?
As the grapevine has it, Deepak Tawade, OSD to the former Union Minister for Science & Technology late Vilasrao Deshmukh, is all set to go back to Maharashtra by March. Tawade is a PCS officer of Maharashtra state.

50 vacancies of GM in Banks
There are going to be about 50 General Manager level vacancies in the nationalized banks this year.

What about Member, TDSAT ?
Consequent to the retirement of PK Rastogi, Member TDSAT, the post was advertised and Rastogi reappeared for the interview in the Search Committee headed by Justice Sathasivam, Judge Supreme Court of India. Insiders are bemused and befuddled by this since in the past, a Member of TDSAT has never been reappointed or even be reconsidered for reappointment.

CVO Selection Committee to meet today
The meeting to select Chief Vigilance Officers (CVO) is scheduled to meet today in the Chamber of Secretary, DoPT, North Block New Delhi.

Will some high and mighty be next PS (Finance) in Punjab?
Whispers in the corridors of power in Punjab are that an officer once counted as high profile with mighty mission may be appointed as the next Principal Secretary (Finance) after Satish Chandra moves on central deputation. The guessing game goes on.

Renu Pillay gets in-situ promotion
Director, Census Operations in Chhattisgarh, Renu G Pillay has been promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Pawan Kumar Bansia posted to NWR
Pawan Kumar Bansia, SAG/IRAS, on return from deputation to RVNL, has been posted to North Western Railway (NWR) in the cadre.

Diptiman Das posted to NR
Diptiman Das, SAG/IRAS, on return from deputation to RCIL, has been posted to Northern Railway (NR) in the cadre.

Bala Bhaskar is DCM in Beijing
Dr B Bala Bhaskar Minister in Indian Embassy Washington has moved to Beijing as DCM.

Laxmi Narayan Soni awarded IAS cadre
Laxmi Narayan Soni, Non- State Civil Service of Rajasthan, has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancy of 2012.

Former Tamil Nadu DGP no more
Former Tamil Nadu DGP P Rajendran has passed away in Jaipur. He was a retired 1973 batch IPS officer.

M Nagaraj selected as MD, NSKFDC (UPDATED)
M Nagaraj, GM, IIFCL, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 19, 2013. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

Rajender Singh is Director, SC, OBC& Minority Affairs in HP (UPDATED)
Rajender Singh has been appointed as Director, SC, OBC & Minority Affairs, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer.

M W Ansari to join GoI (UPDATED)
ADG in Chhattisgarh Government M W Ansari is all set to join the Government of India as Secretary Maulana Azad Educational Foundation under the Ministry of Minority Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IPS officer.

Madhav Lal assumes charge as Secretary, MSME (UPDATED)
Madhav Lal has taken over as Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) on February 20, 2013. He succeeded Vivek Rae who was posted as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Madhav Lal is a 1977 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam presents HAL Innovation Awards (UPDATED)
We need to build culture of excellence in aerospace missions and a few set-backs should not deter us from succeeding in various projects of national importance", said Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former President of India, at a function organized by HAL at Bangalore on February 20, 2013. Addressing the young management and design trainees of HAL, he urged them to set high aims, acquire knowledge, work hard and persevere in difficult times. "There are opportunities and challenges such as developing 100-seat passenger jet which could be taken up by youngsters like you", he added. Dr R K Tyagi, in his welcome address, recalled Dr Kalam's association with HAL in 1957 for a short period and credited him for developing the Company's 10-year vision in later years as one of HAL's board members. Dr Kalam presented HAL Innovation Awards on this occasion to Javed Asghar of HAL's Kanpur Division for his pioneering work on "Incremental sheet forming" technology and HAL's team from Strategic Research and Development Centre (SLRDC), Hyderabad, Ms P Padmaja, K Shrikanth and Arun Kumar in the design category. A vote of thanks was proposed by P Soundara Rajan, Managing Director, (Helicopter Complex

Four senior officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as four officers in HAG/SAG have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, V K P Meshram, HAG/IRSS, ICF, has been transferred to Central Railway and posted as COS while P K Benerjee, HAG/IRSS, South Eastern Railway, was shifted to ICF and posted as COS and Ramesh Chandra, SAG/IRSS, Central Railway, is being moved to North Western Railway and posted as COS. Besides, Alok Kumar Agarwal, SAG/IRSS, North Western Railway, has been transferred to South Eastern Railway and posted as COS.

CORPORATE

HMT Machine Tools Ltd competing Global competition in Technology
Hindustan Machine Tools Ltd (HMT MTL), the pioneer in the machine tool industry and a prime nerve of all Indian industries has indigenously designed and developed for the first time in India a "Vertical Turning and Machining Centre (VTMC 500B 5A)", a complete machining solution with 5 axis simultaneous machining capability and bagged the prestigious FIE award in the IMTEX-2013,recently concluded at Bangalore (India). It is after a gap of almost 10 years that HMT Machine Tools receives an award which exemplars HMT MTL's strengths even today in building Technological Solutions. HMT MTL also exhibited the largest Slant Bed Turn Mill Centre indigenously designed and developed for the first time in India, model SBCNC 80 - C- axis. This machine is offered with swing up to 1000 mm and admit between centres up to 3000 mm. First of this kind was exclusively designed and developed for VSSC Trivandrum just 2 months back. The other CNC Turning centres exhibited were "High Speed Slant Bed CNC Turning centre (STC 30 C)" and a "CNC Precision Turning Centre (VAJRA 500)" suitable for any raining/Institutions/Labs, Small/Medium scale industries where return on Investment (ROI) is a prime consideration. "CNC Double Disc Grinder (CNC GDS 22 - 2A)" a most required machine with total automation in loading and unloading of components which is today's very much required in Auto and Auto Ancillary industries and lastly was also exhibited. All these machines automated machines are essential for any type of industries where manpower is very precious / critical in today's environment and for "Exponentially growing India globally "with the consistent growth and demand in manpower/investments in all sectors. A number of dignitaries visited HMT Stall and appreciated the capability of HMT as exhibited in the IMTEX. Addressing the press here, M D Sreekumar, the Managing Director of HMT Machine Tools Ltd said "The technology Up-gradation / Product Development in Machine Tools is getting structured to meet the present and future demands for the user industries and various Research Organisations in India. Modern trends in manufacturing are combinations of technology which is commonly known as 'Multi Tasking'. The term multi-tasking is the mantra of the day in manufacturing. HMT is in the process of indigenously designing and developing a CNC Mill Turn Centre based on the various industries' requirements which are projected by our Indian Society of Scientists and others. HMT Machine Tools is the only Public Sector Undertaking which addresses the machine tools requirements of countries' strategic sectors. As a part of HMT's plan to resurge itself as the leader in Machine Tool Industry, HMT is emphasizing on Research and Development (R & D) for development of latest technological products to compete global completion in addition to Indian counter parts. Towards celebrations of HMT's 60th year of operations, HMT MTL continues to provide the complete manufacturing solutions keeping our motto "Technology for excellence". HMT MTL will continue to work hard holding the flag of 'Customer's Ultimate Delight" Sreekumar added " The company is now finalising its next 5 year Corporate Plan and we are confident that HMT Machine Tools can be turned around during the next financial year 2013-14 itself".

Prabakar appointed Nominee Director, TIIC
S K Prabakar, IAS, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Ltd (TIIC)) has been appointed as the Nominee Director on the board of Directors of the company.

Dhoot appointed Whole-time Director, Mirc Elecronics Ltd
Shyamsunder Dhoot, Vice President (Operations) has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of Mirc Electronics Ltd.

Bansal appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, GlaxoSmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd has appointed Ms. Anjali P Bansal as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Ravindran re-appointed ED, Fiberweb India Ltd
Fiberweb India Ltd has re-appointed G Ravindran as an Executive Director (ED) of the company for a period of five years.

Rao appointed Addl. Director, Granules India Ltd
Granules India Ltd has appointed K B Sankara Rao as an Additional Director of the company.

Patel resigns as Director, Kiri Industries Ltd
Shanker R Patel has resigned as Director of Kiri Industries Ltd.

Shah appointed Addl. Director, Satellite Engineering Ltd
Satellite Engineering Ltd has appointed Amit Nandkishore Shah as an Additional Director of the company.

Nanavaty resigns as Non Exec. Director, Satellite Engineering Ltd
Janak Gautambhai Nanavaty has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Satellite Engineering Ltd.

Singh appointed Addl. Director, Samtel Color Ltd
Samtel Color Ltd has appointed Ajit Singh as an Additional Director of the company.

Sehgal resigns as Director, Samtel Color Ltd
N K Sehgal has resigned as Director of Samtel Color Ltd.

Kumar resigns as Director, Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd
K Tejesh Kumar has resigned as Director of Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd

Mundada resigns as Company Secy., Picturehouse Mundada Ltd
Ms Prerna Mundada has resigned as Company Secretary of Picturehouse Media Ltd.

Dasgupta appointed Head (Management Consulting Practice), KPMG India
KPMG India has appointed Ambarish Dasgupta as the Head ( Management Consulting Practice).

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Suggestions for improvement in functioning of Judiciary

The following are the suggestions for improvement in the function of judiciary:-
(i) The infrastructure of judiciary should be brought into consonance with the population of the country. There should be facility Video Conferencing and Data Management, wherein through a press of button the judges could get information about Government laws, rules, regulations, instructions and guidelines.
(ii) The vacation period of judiciary should decrease.
(iii) In some cases the layer of disposal cases should be reduced. As per earlier practice, CAT cases should be immediately referred to the Supreme Court. In the Supreme Court there should be a separate bench dealing with employee grievance related cases be it be from the Centre, State/UT and Army personnel. This will improve the morale of the Government employees to perform.
(iv)The court proceedings should be televised live for the Bar Association of India, President's Office, Prime Minister's Office and Law Ministry.
(v) All payments to lawyers be made through cheques.
(vi) Lawyers should not be allowed to take cases at their whims and fancies, which is detrimental to the interests of their earlier clients.
(vii)The judges should contemplate taking strict action against the lawyers, who do not come prepared for the hearing and ask for fresh dates on regular basis.

A Srivastava

Scams in Defence deals

Yet another scam detected by media in Defence purchases. The most lucrative assignment in GoI apparently goes to Defence Ministry where kickbacks are paid in all currencies and in any country. It's unlikely that CVC will be able to book officers involved in scams as many officers are drawn from defence ministry itself. These officers in CVC are harassing the officers from other ministries even in false cases and cases of miniscule amount compared high transaction levels which could be found only in Defence deals. The officers from other ministries are treated like jawans by the officials of CVC. It is now to be seen whether the high and mighty are booked in latest Helicopter and various earlier Defence scams. In the name of punishing the bribery charges even if its Rs 1/ the big rupees in Defence deals are made to disappear. Hope CVC chief takes a serious look .

Shari

Fine tune defence deals

I do not agree with the views that defence suppliers found indulging in giving kickback should be penalized and not be black listed. The principle of caveat emptor rightly apply and procurement procedures should be made transparent with independent eminent persons being part of the committee (a fundamental duty) with pre and post audit. Let us fine tune procedures and deepen democratic values in all spheres of life.

R Krishnan

Ability alone should matter for future growth.

Government always observes due diligence in appointing Ambassadors. There is no bar that promoted officials from interpreters as senior officers or promoted officials from stenographer cadre will not be appointed as head of department, head of mission, minister or for that matter any higher post.

Once you are promoted to a certain senior level, it becomes immaterial, which post or cadre you belong to, only your ability, performance and service record matters. It is a proof that ability should and of course does matter and not cadre of an employee for future growth.

R K Singh

What will steno or interpreter do as an Ambassador?

What will a steno or an interpreter do for MEA as an Ambassador? Stop political recruitment in such a sensitive department which is highly related with the pride of this nation.

Harishchandra M Jagtap