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POLITICS

Who will be PM ?
Who will be next Prime Minister?. Besides other names one should not rule out the possibility of L K Advani and Sharad Pawar. Will the life time ambition of the two leaders be fulfilled?

Did Camron push sales of more weapons?
It is heard that visiting British PM was pushing the sales of his defense equipment under the garb of saving british jobs and that of his allies. He was promoting the sale of Typhoon fighter jets which lost the race to French Rafeal in India.

Is BJP preparing for another hectic session?
It is heard that opposition party BJP is preparing for a heated Budget session which starts today. All minds are being put to embarrass the scam ridden government ahead of elections in key states starting with Karnataka in May and four key states in December.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Home Secretary ?
Who will be new Home Secretary in the Government of India ? Name of UP Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani has been floated by a powerful lobby in the PMO. Jawed Usmani is a 1978 batch IAS officer. Another lobby is reported to have pushed forward the name of Secretary Mining Rajan Habib Khwaja for the post. Khwaja is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Who are front runners for Secretary (East), GoI?
It seems to form a triangular contest when it comes to figure out the front runners for Secretary (East) to the GoI in MEA. The names of the front runners, reportedly, are Anil Wadhwa, Ashok Kanth, DP Srivastava Indian Ambassador to Thiland, Sri Lanka and Iran respectively.

Archana Bhargava to be CMD of United Bank
Archana Bhargava is now all set to take over as new CMD of the United Bank most probably this month.

Rajinder Kumar to be Special Director, IB
Rajinder Kumar, Additional Director-X PIB, New Delhi is likely to be promoted as Special Director, IB. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre.

Resignation of IPS officer accepted
President of India has accepted the resignation of D Praveen, who is a 2010 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre

M W Ansari to join GoI
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 a 1984 batch IPS officer.

M Nagaraj selected as MD, NSKFDC
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.

Post of JS Justice is yet to be filled up
Post of Joint Secretary Justice in the Government of India has been lying vacant for the last one month.

Sanjay Singhal promoted in ITBP
Sanjay Singhal has been promoted as IG, ITBP. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. He is now likely to move Lucknow.

Kunwar Vijay joins as IG at CRPF HQ Delhi
Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has joined CRPF HQ as Inspector General of Police. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre. Prior to joining he served Punjab Govt. as DIG.

Tomar is India's new Ambassador to Brazil
Ashok Tomar has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India in Brazil. Tomar, a 1978 batch IFS officer, is Additional Secretary (Administration) in MEA.

Will Vini win slot as next Principal Secretary, Finance in Punjab?
As the grapevine has it Badals, reportedly, seem to consider Vini Mahajan as their first choice for the slot of next Principal Secretary, Finance after Satish Chandra would move on central deputation as Member, Finance (NHAI). Her grasp of 2G issue had brought her six months extension while serving as Joint Secretary in the PMO in October 2011. Vini is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre and presently serving as Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Punjab.

Post of Member, CCI unlikely to go to IRS
After the retirement of R Prasad the post of Member, Competition Commission of India is unlikely to go the IRS .

Madhav Lal assumes charge as Secretary, MSME
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. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

V K Pipersenia is now ACS in Assam
VK Pipersenia, Principal Secretary, Revenue is promoted and posted as Additional Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Agriculture, Irrigation, Revenue & Disaster Management and Cooperation Departments. Pipersenia is a 1980 batch IAS officer.

MP Govt gets 'National Excellence Employer-2011-12' award
Social Justice Department of Madhya Pradesh Government has been conferred with ' National Excellence Employer-2011-12' Award for performing outstandingly to provide jobs to the persons with disabilities in the State. The Social Justice Commissioner, V K Batham received the award from the President, Pranab Mukherjee at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on February 6, 2013.

Rajat Sachar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajat Sachar has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Economic Service (IES).

Sunil Mishra promoted as Joint Secretary in Ministry of Shipping
Sunil Mishra has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India and promoted in situ in Ministry of Shipping. He is a CSS officer of 1995 batch.

A V Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
A V Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch officer of Indian Defence Estate Service.

Four Judges of P&H HC to retire in 2013
As many as four Judges of Punjab& Haryana High Court are retiring in the year-2013. Accordingly, Ranjit Singh will be retiring on April 5, 2013 while Amar Nath Jindal is scheduled to retire on May 25, 2013 and Laxmi Narain Mittal is superannuating on November 6, 2013. Besides, Nawab Singh is retiring on December 11, 2013.

R K Pandey posted as PD, Audit Air Force, Delhi
R K Pandey, Accountant General (A&E-I), MP, Gwalior, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Air Force, New Delhi.

Rajeev Ranjan inducted in IPS
Rajeev Ranjan, Deputy Commissioner, Delhi Police (PM Sec.) has been inducted in IPS. He is a DANPS-AGMU cadre officer.

Tiwari gets additional charge
P K Tiwari has been given additional charge of the newly created post of Joint Secretary in the Department Pension & Pensioners' Welfare for a period of three months. He is presently JS ARC.

Four senior officers shifted in Railways
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.

DoPT invites applications for Deputy Directors, ISTM
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the posts of Deputy Director (Economic & Planning) and Deputy Director (Management Services) on deputation basis in Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), New Delhi. Those willing to apply can send their applications to Under Secretary, DoPT at the earliest.

Orders of Vijayan as Chairman, IRDA issued (UPDATED)
The orders of T S Vijayan, former Chairman of the LIC, for the appointment as Chairman, Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) have been issued after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the proposal. Outgoing Chairman, J Hari Narayan has completed his five year term on Tuesday.
( We said this on January 10, 2013)

Oommen to be CMD KFC ? (UPDATED)
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary P Joy Oommen is being appointed CMD of the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC). He is 1977 batch retired IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

S M Maruvada selected as Director (Fin), MECL (UPDATED)
S M Maruvada, GM, KIOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 20, 2013. As many as five persons were interviewed for the same.

Shailendra Mendiratta is no more; last rites performed at New Delhi (UPDATED)
Shailendra Mendiratta has passed away last night, due to a prolonged illness and his last rites were performed at 10.30 am on February 21 in New Delhi. Mendiratta, who was a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, had retired as Principal Resident Commissioner, Meghalaya Bhawan in New Delhi.

Three IPS officers get Selection Grade in MP (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 2000 batch have been accorded Selection Grade in Madhya Pradesh. The officers include: Santosh Kumar Singh, K C Jain and S P Singh.

Four IFS probationers of 2009 batch get postings in MP (UPDATED)
Four probationers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to 2009 batch have been given fresh postings in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Rajnish Kumar Singh has been appointed as Assistant Conservator of Forests, Kanha National Park, Mandla while Manoj Kataria will be Assistant Conservator of Forests, Bandhavgarh National Park, Umaria and Ashok Kumar Solanki was made Assistant Conservator of Forests, Dindori. Besides, Rakesh Kumar Damar has been appointed as Deputy DFO, Sheopur.

CORPORATE

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam presents HAL Innovation Awards
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.

Lakshmi resigns as Whole-time Director Vaishnavi Gold Ltd
Ms M Jyothsna Lakshmi has resigned as Whole-time Director of Vaishnavi Gold Ltd.

Rao appointed Addl. Director, Vaishnavi Gold Ltd
Palakurthy Sreenivas Rao has been appointed as Additional Director of Vaishnavi Gold Ltd.

Singh nominated as Director & Chairman, Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd
The Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation Limited has nominated Karan Avtar Singh, IAS as Director and Chairman on the Board of Directors Punjab Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd.

Reddy re-designated as Joint MD Savera Industries Ltd
Savera Industries Ltd has re-designated Ms A Nina Reddy as a Joint Managing Director.

Protonotarios to be designated as Director (Technical), Nestle India Ltd
Nestle India Ltd has appointed Aristides Protonotarios as an Additional Director and designated as Director (Technical) of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2013.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Abbott India Ltd
Laurent Van Lerberghe and Ramon F Neira Hoyos resigned as Directors of Abbott India Ltd.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Abbott India Ltd
Bhaskar lyer and Sachin Dharap have been appointed as additional Directors of Abbott India Ltd

Shah appointed Company Secy. Todays Writing Instruments Ltd
Todays Writing Instruments Ltd has appointed Ms. Bhavika Shah as the Company Secretary.

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Is Finance Minister listening ?

To contain corruption, make all transaction exceeding Rs. 20,000 compulsorily thru credit card/debit card/cheque/draft/online but no cash. Now a days every poor person has bank account based on Aadhar card as most subsidies are direct to bank accounts so there is no excuse that poor person does not have bank account. Please implement and see impact in curtailing corruption. It will reduce the burden of printing of notes and will also reduce the circulation of fake currencies. Purchase of expensive items and expenditures can easily be tracked.

N Prakash

Judiciary should act fast

A simple solution to the problem of the pile up of crores of cases before the judiciary would be to build in a limitation period for the judiciary within which time it has to dispose of cases. These limits can be different for different types of cases. Criminal cases for example, can have a longer limitation, say, thirty years. But why should the judiciary, which is all powerful, keep crores of cases pending before it? It results in dilution of the Rule of Law.

Srinivas Murali

Mandatory requirement for higher Judiciary

Getting first Division/First Class throughout academic career including Law Degree should be mandatory requirement for higher Judiciary.

KK

False claim

Reference to an article published in your esteemed website that 'Steno' are not IFS B. I wish to express my astonishment on this false claim and wish to inform that IFS B consists of PA/Assistants/LDC, who ascend in their respective cadre after having completed seniority norms. All are recruited through UPSC/SSC through competitive exams. Now, if someone unilaterally claims that only specific cadre is the exclusive representative of IFS B, is untenable. Government always exercise due diligence in the appointments of senior posts. And it is immaterial which post or cadre one belongs as long as you are from the concerned department and your ability, education, experience and past records is taken cognisance of. As a government servant we must respect decisions of the competent authority who are mandated to take decisions on such matters and should not make false propaganda demeaning others just for mere self- gains. Thank you.

Sushil Kumar

Stenos and Interpreters- Ambassadors

The writer should have given detail how this is going to harm the relations between the countries. The group 'B' officer who is said to have PA/PS, only becomes competent to become Ambassadors. Do they work directly with the highest officers, are they involved as interpreters where the top leaders of the countries meet. These are the unique opportunities given to the stenos/interpreters who learn how decisions are taken, bottlenecks are removed. They are much more trained by the direct IFS officers and political leaders. Given the assertion by IFS(B), even political leaders should not be appointed, because they appear to be more experienced in carrying out the job as Ambassador. IFS (B) people should not try to scuttle the career growth of this categories alleging dereliction of duties by the department.

Bobby Kapoor

Govt always observes diligence in appointing Ambassadors

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

Only IFS and IFS'B' officers can be appointed as Indian Ambassadors

In the recent post, it is mentioned that only officers of IFS and IFS'B' can be appointed as Indian Ambassadors. IFS is okay, but IFS(B)!!! I believe, IFS(B) join as Assistants and some of them get promoted from clerks and even peons. Ambassadors or Consul Generals must only be from IFS. The whole IFS(B) is a supporting cadre.

B Chatterjee

All PIOs should keep receipts

All PIOs should keep the receipts and files at their level and frame on their own the response after taking information from their subordinates. Initially there should be no note sheet on the file. Note sheets should start once the Appellate Authority comes into picture. Some Sisy type PIOs submit their replies to their superiors seeking approval, which is not required.

A Srivastava

What can a PIO do ?

What can a PIO do if he is deputed for the job without any formal training and specially when he is overworked? The government has brought an excellent act without any preparations making it go as a waste.

Uday Kothari

Antony is too smart a person

Antony is too smart a person though externally he does not look so. All this mask about clean image etc are for the gullible public. Last time he resigned from the central cabinet on a very trivial issue, which the press touted as an example of his cleanliness in public life. but ostensibly, it was to torpedo and remove his bete noir Karunakaran from Kerala CMship, which he succeeded. As CM, he had no control over the UPA partners. Muslim League got involved in all unsavory activities like child prostitution, Marad murders etc while other Christian Partner went on encroaching forest lands. People were fed up. In the Lok Sabha elections after his CMship, Congress lost all seats. The benevolent Sonia took him to the centre for two reasons, one she can use him as a clean mask and secondly his religion. What ever may be the Defence Ministry's fault, Antony will not resign this time for his roots in Kerala have already taken over by Oomman Chandy and others. And he knows it well.

N Krishnan

Lobbies don't want good people

The reason why posts cannot be filled in Telecom are obvious. The lobbies don't want good people. Kuldeep Singh's orders have not been issued for more than one year. There is neither Chairman nor Member in TDSAT which is paralysed with one member Rastogi who is retiring at the end of this month. If powerful people pull strings, and the Government is unable to post selected persons. TDSAT and TRAI will not be working. Who is to be held responsible?

Tejinder Sethi

Telecom Sector in shambles

The Telecom Sector is in shambles...the Government has not appointed a replacement for a Member in TDSAT who retired in April 2011 till today. The Chairman retired five months ago. TDSAT is managing with one member who is retiring in March. TRAI member retired six months ago. Nobody has been appointed till now. The ITS officers are sitting at home drawing salaries without work. BSNL and MTNL are down to the bone ...with no money to pay even the salaries. The vacant posts must be filled up immediately to avoid further deterioration of the sector which was a success story .

Sachin Kumar Gokhle

An asset to CCI

Ms Smita Jhingran has done excellent work in Delhi TDS and I am sure she will be of great assistance to CCI.

R Bharadwaj