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POLITICS

Who are the two VVIPs whose call data was sought ?
Two VVIPs from Congress whose call data was soughtalong with that of Jaitley is the whispers making rounds.

Why did Shinde roll back saffron terror remarks?
It is heard that Shinde's saffron terror remarks are got to do with some political posturing by the Congress. Much needs to be seen what happens in days to come.

One builder rules Mumbai ?
It is widely believed that one builder virtually rules the commercial capital of the country, Mumbai and nobody can dare to touch him. One can easily guess the name.

BUREAUCRACY

Ajit M Sharan empanelled as Secretary
Ajit M Sharan has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Bhamathi empanelled as Secretary
B Bhamathi has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Net Ram empanelled as Secretary
Net Ram has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Three 1993 batch IAS officers empanelled
Three 1993 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. They are Mssrs Aniruddhe Mukherjee Madhya Pradesh, Sandeep Verma Rajasthan and S K Bagade Maharashtra.

Orders of Vijayan as Chairman, IRDA issued
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)

S M Maruvada selected as Director (Fin), MECL
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.

Oommen is new CMD KFC
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary P Joy Oommen has been appointed CMD of the Kerala Financial Corporation (KFC). He is 1977 batch retired IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.
(We said this only yesterday )

IIS officer seeks VRS
Aishwarya A. Rao, IIS of 1987 batch has applied for VRS. At present Rao is ADG, Dte of Field Publicity Hq. New Delhi.

Post of Special Director is vacant in IB
One post of Special Director, Intelligence Bureau is currently lying vacant.

Brig Raj Kumar to be DIG BSF ?
Brig. Raj Kumar is likely to be appointed as DIG, Border Security Force (BSF),Force. He is an Army officer.

Will Bunker succeed R Prasad ?
Outgoing Secretary in the Compatition Commission of India S L Bunker is likely to succeed R Prasad as Member CCI.

MP Government wins first prize
The "E-Uparjan (Foodgrain Procurement) Project" of the Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Madhya Pradesh, has won the first prize in the NASSCOM IT Innovation Awards, in the category "Best Government Project for Social Inclusion". This is the third Award the E-Uparjan system of Madhya Pradesh has received since July last year. E-Uparjan has been successfully used for two procurement seasons - Rabi (wheat procurement) in 2012,and Kharif (paddy procurement) in 2012-13, and now will be used for Rabi 2013. It has undergone a continuous refining process, and has now stabilised. So far, it has entailed the registration of almost 20 lakh farmers of MP, along with their landholding details, mobile numbers and bank account numbers. A total of 100 lakh MT of foodgrains has been procured through 3,000 computerised procurement centres, and payments of almost Rs 20,000 crore have been made directly into the farmers' accounts entirely through bank transfer. Anthony de Sa (IAS-MP-1980), Additional Chief Secretary in charge of the Food Department received the Award from Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission, and Mr Som Mittal, President of NASSCOM, at a function in Mumbai on Feb 20, 2013.

Prof. Mushirul Hasan's term as DG, NAI ends in the 2nd week of May
The term of Prof. Mushirul Hasan, Director General National Archives of India, is scheduled to be over in the 2nd week of May this year. India's acclaimed historian Prof. Hasan is former vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University, recipient of Padma Shri and author of
numerous books on Indian history.

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

Who will be next Director (Medical) CRPF after Dr. AK Dhawan ?
With Dr. AK Dhawan poised to be ADG Medical (MHA) on 1st March 2013 the speculations have started doing rounds as who would succeed Dhawan in CRPF as Director, Medical? Reportedly, names of two IGs (Medical) have been doing rounds belonging to CRPF and BSF respectivly.

Rajeev Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajeev Sharma 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.

Two Rajasthan HC Judges to retire in 2013
Two Judges of Rajasthan High Court are retiring in the year-2013. Accordingly, Meena V Gomber will be retiring on July 30, 2013 while Prem Shankar Asopa is due to retire on September 30, 2013.

Faizan Nayyar posted as DAG in AG (Audit) office, Raipur
Mohd. Faizan Nayyar, Deputy Accountant General (Admn./GS) in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Bihar, Patna, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (ES/RS), in the office of Accountant General (Audit), Chhattisgarh, Raipur.

CISF receives Trophy from Defence Minister
Defence Minister A K Antony presented the Best Marching Contingent Trophy to CISF for excellent performance in the Republic Day Parade 2013. CISF contingent was adjudged as the best amongst "Paramilitary Forces & other Auxiliary Marching Contingents".

Three IPS officers get Selection Grade in MP
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
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.

Ashish Srivastava bereaved
Ashok Srivastava father of 1992 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Ashish Srivastava has passed away in Delhi. He was 82.

S S Joshi selected as Director (Metro Rail Business), BEML Ltd (UPDATED)
S S Joshi, ED, DMRC, has been selected for the post of Director (Metro & Rail Business), BEML Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 21, 2013. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

BHPV merges with BHEL (UPDATED)
A public sector undertaking unit, Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels Limited (BHPV) has been merged into Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). Now, it has worn a look of BHEL unit at Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is expected that this unit will overcome losses after merger.

NBCC holds Draw of Lots for Apartments allotment (UPDATED)
State-owned National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) is holding Draw of Lots for allotment of Apartments for its Residential Project- NBCC Town, Khekra (UP), Phase-I. Seen on the dais are Judges who include among others S K Pal, Director (Finance) and Rajendra Chaudhari, Executive Director (Real Estate), NBCC.

Three IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Haryana. Accordingly, D Suresh (1995) has been appointed as MD, Haryana Minerals Ltd, New Delhi and Director General, Elementary Education, Haryana and Secretary, School Education while T L Satyaprakash (2002) will also be State Project Director, Prathmic Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad and Project Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Mrs A Mona Sreenivas (2006) is Executive Director, HIPA, Gurgaon.

Deepa Krishnan is new Member of CBDT (UPDATED)
Deepa Chandran has been appointed new Member CBDT and ex-officio Special Secretary .She is a 1977 batch IRS-Income Tax officer.
(We said this on Jan 8 & Feb 6, 2013)

HAL signs Rs. 418 cr Defence contract for Cheetal Helicopters (UPDATED)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed contract worth Rs. 418 crore with the Ministry of Defence for supply of 20 Cheetal helicopters and associated equipments to the Indian Army over the next four years. HAL will also provide training to the pilots and technical crew. This is the first contract for supply of Cheetal helicopters to the Indian Army. HAL had the initial order for 10 Cheetal helicopters from Indian Air Force. Cheetal is the re-engined variant (developed as company funded programme) of the proven Cheetah helicopter being manufactured by HAL for over four decades. Cheetal helicopter is equipped with a Turbomeca TM 333-2M2 free turbine turboshaft engine which is more fuel efficient and provides higher payload capability of 90 kgs at an altitude of 6 kms. Cheetal helicopter can operate up to seven kms altitude and has a range of 640 kms with an endurance of 3.50 hrs. The Cheetal is fitted with a full authority digital engine control (FADEC) system for engine control and an Electronic Backup Control Box (EBCB) system which automatically takes over engine control in the event of FADEC failure. Cheetal incorporates features of modern cockpit instruments like electrically driven artificial horizon, directional gyro, Flight monitoring system, Cockpit Voice Recorder and Master Flasher Warning System. The Cheetal helicopter is a multirole helicopter and is best suited for the missions such as personnel transport, casualty evacuation, reconnaissance and aerial survey, logistic air support, rescue operations and under slung loads (cargo).

Rozi Agrawal gets extension (UPDATED)
Deputy FA in the CRPF Rozi Agrawal has been given extension till March end. Agrawal is 1994 batch IDAS officer.

Rao is new CVO, NTPC (UPDATED)
The ACC has cleared the appointment of M Rama Prasad Rao as Chief Vigilance Officer in the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC). He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Jan 21, 2013)

D B Gupta is also Commissioner, Agriculture in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
D B Gupta, Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, has been assigned an additional charge of Commissioner of same department in Rajasthan. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE

SCOPE: Making avenues for accelerated professionalization and transformation of CPSEs Boards
The Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises O P Rawat (DPE) inaugurated a two-day Programme on Corporate Governance organised by SCOPE aiming at accelerated professionalization of CPSEs Boards. Organized under the aegis of DPE in association with Academy of Corporate Governance the program comprised 60 delegates including Chief Executives, Functional/Independent Directors and senior executives of CPSEs.

Appreciating the unique initiative of SCOPE of Corporate Governance O P Rawat, Secretary PDE, said that training of Directors builds capacity and makes CPEs a robust business entity. Dr. U.D. Choubey, DG, SCOPE said that good Corporate Governance an envisioned long term commitment for enhancing the values for all stakeholders in a transparent, accountable and fair manner. While highlighting the composite coalition of Directors; Functional, Government Nominee and Independent ones, U D Choubey laid down special emphasis on a hard pressed need for transformation of all these three layers to ensure that CPSEs' Boards are run on a system oriented process in the larger interest of national economy and public money.

Konno resigns as Director, IFGL Refractories Ltd
Yoshihiro Konno has resigned as Director of IFGL Refractories Ltd w.e.f. February 20, 2013

Mina to temporarily hold additional charge as Director (Finance), NHPC Ltd
R S Mina, Director (Personnel) has been assigned additional charge of Director (Finance) in addition to his duties as a Director (Personnel) of NHPC Ltd w.e.f. February 11, 2013 to May 10, 2013 till the post of Director (Finance) is filled up

Chanda appointed Workmen Employee Director, UCO Bank
The Central Government has appointed Partha Chanda as Workmen Employee Director on the Board of Directors of UCO Bank w.e.f. February 15, 2013

Srivastava ceases to be Director, PTC India Ltd
A B L Srivastava has ceased to be Director of PTC India Ltd w.e.f. February 10, 2013

Bishnoi appointed Company Secy. Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd
Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited has appointed Ms. Preeti Bishnoi as Company Secretary (of the company w.e.f. February 11, 2013

Daga appointed Independent Director, Ashoka Buildcon Ltd
Ashoka Buildcon Limited has appointed Gyan Chand Daga, as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the company w.e.f. February 18, 2013

Ramasubramanian appointed Director, State Bank of Mysore
Ramasubramanian. S has been appointed as Director of State Bank of Mysore for period of three years w.e.f. February 15, 2013

Tyagi resigns as Director, Zuari Global Ltd
S.P. Tyagi has resigned as Director of Zuari Global Ltd w.e.f. February 16, 2013

Dubey appointed Part-time Non Official Director, Allahabad Bank
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has nominated Dinesh Dubey as Part-time Non-Official Director of Allahabad the Bank

Antony also to be CFO, Panasonic Appliances India Company Ltd
The Board of Panasonic Appliances India Company Limited has designated Tom Antony, who is a Company Secretary also as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

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Post-retirement jobs shouldn't be given to Judges and bureaucrats
There should be a political consensus on Arun Jaitley's suggestion that post-retirement jobs should not be given to HC and SC Judges and bureaucrats, since a corrupt Government can dangle it as a carrot to get favourable orders. Members of National Commissions, ECs, Directors of CBI,IB,RAW etc should be drawn only from serving Judges and bureaucrats. As Jaitley, pointed out, pre-retirement judgments/actions can be influenced by post-retirement benefits. Some such post-retirement beneficiaries are alleged to have coloured their decisions as a quid pro quo. The appointments of Chairmen of HRC and Press Council are already mired in controversy. It is better to increase the retirement ages of Judges and bureaucrats and give such jobs to serving officers./ bureaucrats since they will be more accountable than retired ones.

N Krishnan

DSAT

Now it is high time to abolish TDSAT as TRAI and regular court already exist. There is no useful purpose is served by TDSAT. Why telecom disputes can not be handled directly by regular court ?

N prakash

Delivery should be clearly defined
I had been reading views on appointment of officials promoted from PAs, PS as Ambassador. My considered view is that anybody going as HOM or HOP must be given clear cut targets for delivery and if he or she fails to deliver must be penalized. This is a commercial world and delivery should be clearly defined and so the penalty before moving to head the post/mission.

Harish Kumar

What can a PIO do ?

During my presence in CIC, the Information Officer has suggested PIO to prefer to provide photocopies to the applicant instead of abstracting the information from files. I think Information Officer's suggestion will reduce the work of PIO and CIC as well as it will definitely provide the correct information to the applicant, as sought.

Ramesh Chhabra

Disposal of cases will improve
On judicial Reform One step not to allow adjournment of cases, only in exceptional circumstances adjournment be allowed giving cogent reasons in the court record. It should be strictly monitored. Disposal of cases will improve unsubstantially .

T K Ghosh