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POLITICS

Will Antony go Arun Singh way ?
Will Defence Minister A K Antony go the Arun Singh way in the Helicopter deal ? Honest and straightforward politicians face such a situation. Arun Singh the then MoS Defence who was personal friend of late Rajiv Gandhi had to go.

Who will be chosen as Uttrakhand Congress President?
The high command is looking for a face that can bridge the differences between Harish Singh Rawat and CM Vijay Bahuguna. Who will it be?

Who hosted TKA Nair in Mumbai?
A high level IT official reportedly hosted TKA Nair in Mumbai when he went there for a dental surgery.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Agla CAG (3) S K Sharma
The name of Defence Secretary, Shashi Kant Sharma is also emerging as a strong contender for being the next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Meeting for empanelment of 1983 batch IAS next week
Meeting for the empanelment of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place next week.

Who will be new Secretary (East) in MEA ?
Who will succeed Arun Singh as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs ? Tie is said to be between Indian Ambassador in Bangkok Anil Wadhwa and Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Ashok Kanth.

Dr Prabhu to join Health Ministry ?
Dr H Nagesh Prabhu is likely to join central deputation as Joint Secretary, Department of health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

Chahal appointed JS, Home in GoI
Iqbal Singh Chahal has been appointed new Joint Secretary Home in the Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on February 14, 2013 )

S Varadarajan selected as CMD, BPCL
S Varadarajan, Director (Finance), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Corporation at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 27, 2013. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Vijaya Srivastava gets additional charge of CAPART
Ms Vijaya Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of India has been given additional charge of the post of Director General, Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) (Additional Secretary level) .She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Sandeep Dave to join GoI
Sandeep Dave is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Land Resources. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Anand Sinha gets extension
Deputy Governor of the RBI, Dr Anand Sinha has been given extension until January 18, 2014. He was scheduled to retire on February 28.
(We said this on February 25, 2013 )

Who will succeed Dr Nalin Shinghal ?
A key post of Director (Tourism & Marketing) in IRCTC goes vacant, after Dr Nalin Shingal has switched over to CEL. Hectic chasing will be seen once PESB invites applications for this hot and key post in IRCTC which is Govt. of India Enterprise -Mini Ratna Category-I

DoPT gives two-year extension to Prof. Mushirul Hasan as DG, NAI
Prof. Mushirul Hasan, Director General, National Archives of India, reportedly, has been given extension for two years. Prof Hasan, former VC of Jamia Millia Islamia University, is India's one of the most eminent historian and scholar who has authored numerous books on Indian History.

Dr Kheya Bhattacharya to return
Dr Kheya Bhattacharya. Deputy Permanent Representative of India to UN, posted in Geneva, is returning to the MEA next month.

Singhal moves to Lucknow
DIG, ITBP, Sanjay Singhal has been, on promotion, moved to Lucknow as IG, Frontier. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on February 14, 2013)

Jitendra Narayan is back to Delhi Government
Jitendra Narayan is back to the Delhi Government after completion of central deputation tenure. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Assam DGP unlikely to join CBI
It is now heard that Assam DGP J N Choudhury is unlikely to join the CBI as Special Director. Will the 1978 batch IPS officer Choudhury re-join the IB ?

File of 1979 batch IFS officers stuck up ?
File of 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers to the rank of Secretary is still not cleared. Is the delay because of two IFS officer Pradeep Kapoor and Sarabjeet ?.

Indispensable in Sikkim ?
R S Basnet seems to be indispensable for the Sikkim Chief Minister. He has been given extension after retirement for the last five years as Private Secretary to the Chief Minister.

Mantri to be Director of NIFT in Jodhpur ?
IRS (IT) officer posted in Bangalore S S Mantri is being tipped to be Director, NIFT in Jodhpur.

S K Mishra joins Settlement Commission in Mumbai
Chief Commissioner Income Tax, Indore ,S K Mishra has joined the Settlement Commission in Mumbai. He was scheduled to retire in May.

IPS officer appointed Director in MEA
Akhil Kumar, DIG, UP Police has been appointed as Director, Ministry of External Affairs . He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Manish Kumar-II posted as Accountant General (A&E) in J&K
Manish Kumar-II, on return from leave, has been posted as Accountant General (A&E), Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. He is an IA&AS officer of 1993 batch.

Rao poised to be appointed as Delhi High Court Judge?
As the grapevine has it, V K Rao's name may soon be cleared for appointment as Delhi High Court Judge.

R P Sinha poised to be appointed as Jharkhand HC Judge ?
As the grapevine has it, Rajendra Prasad Sinha's name may soon be cleared for appointment as Jharkhand High Court Judge.

Two Judges of AP HC retires
Two judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice G Krishna Mohan Reddy and Justice P Durga Prasad have retired this month.

UTI Asset Management has no CMD
UTI Asset Management Co. Ltd, India's fifth largest mutual fund house has no CMD for the last two years. The last CMD U K Sinha is now SEBI Chief.

Mrs Poonam Krishna returns from deputation to KRCL
Mrs Poonam Krishna Kumar Modi, IRAS, on return from deputation to Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL), has been posted to Western Railways in the cadre.

Jawed Mazhar transferred to South Eastern Railway
Jawed Mazhar, SG/IRAS/ Metro Railway, has been transferred to South Eastern Railway and posted in cadre.

Shil Asheesh shifted to South Eastern Railway
Shil Asheesh, SS/IRAS/East Central Railway, has been transferred to South Eastern Railway and posted in the cadre.

Shreeshail Malge transferred to South Eastern Railway
Shreeshail Malge, JAG/IRAS/North Central Railway, has been transferred to South Central Railway and posted in the cadre.

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

71 posts of Judges vacant in Allahabad HC
As many as 71 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Allahabad High Court against 160 approved strength including 19 posts of Permanent Judges against 76 approved strength and 57 of Additional Judges against 84 approved strength.

Arun Kumar is Director, CVC
Arun Kumar has been appointed Director in the CVC. He is 1995 batch IFS officer.

Six IAS officers of 1997 allotment get Super Time Scale in TN
As many as six officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1997 batch have been promoted to Super Time Scale in Tamil Nadu. The officers include: Dr D Karthikeyan, Dr S Swarna, Ashish Vachhani, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, Satyabrata Sahoo and Har Sahay Meena.

Seven IAS officers of 2009 allotment get Senior Time Scale in TN
As many as seven Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of 2009 year of allotment have been promoted to Senior Time Scale in Tamil Nadu. The officers include: N Venkatesh, G K Arun Sundar Thayalan, Mrs Shilpa Prabhakar, Dr T G Vinay, T Annand, Nanduri Sandeep and Kiran Gurrala.

Four IAS officers of 2004 allotment get JAG in TN
Four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2004 year of allotment have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Tamil Nadu. The officers include: Anshul Mishra, J Kumaragurubaran, Dr Pingale Vijay Maruti and T P Rajesh.

Seven IAS officers of 2000 allotment get Selection Grade in TN
As many as seven Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of 2000 year of allotment have been promoted to the Selection Grade in Tamil Nadu. The officers include: G Prakash, Anil Meshram, Santosh K Mishra, Dr M Rajendran, Mahesan Kasirajan, Dr R Palaniswamy and Dr J Uma Maheshwari.

Two IAS officers get fresh assignments in Himachal (UPDATED)
Mrs Manisha Nanda (1985), Principal Secretary, (Language, Art & Culture), has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Printing & Stationary while Maneesh Garg (1996), Director, Public Finance & Public Enterprises-cum-Secretary, Finance is assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Language, Art & Culture in Himachal Pradesh.

Vineet Kumar is MD, HP State Forest Corporation in Himachal (UPDATED)
Vineet Kumar, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Soil), has been appointed as Managing Director, H P State Forest Corporation, Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. He is an IFS officer of 1985 batch.

CISF theme song released (UPDATED)
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde released the theme song of CISF at a function at its HQ in New Delhi. The noted lyricist Javed Akhtar had penned the motivational theme song of CISF. While Raju Singh is the composer, Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan have sung the song. Applauding the robust security management at all critical installations across the country and underlining its versatility Akhtar said that for the very reason it took him lot of efforts to depict the uniqueness of this force. Rajiv, DG/CISF welcomed the chief guest and other distinguished guests. Among those present at the function were Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla and AICC general secretary Ahmed Patel, Digvijay Singh, Member of Parliament Shatrughan Sinha, Rajiv Pratap Rudi. Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth and senior officers of Central Government and Central Armed Police Forces marked their presence in the function.

Pradeep Kasni is also Director, Census Operations Haryana (UPDATED)
Pradeep Kasni, Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi & village Industries Board, has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Census Operations Haryana. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Vipul Chaturvedi is Dy Commissioner, PHQ and Traffic in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Vipul Chaturvedi has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner (PHQ and Traffic), in the office of Police Commissioner, Jodhpur. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Next ED of BHEL to be decided today ? (UPDATED)

With less than a month left for the retirement of the Executive Director of the BHEL's Bhopal unit, SS Gupta, the company's management is today all set to decide his successor. A meeting in this connection is learnt to be underway at the BHEL's Corporate office. The front runners for the post are Shashi Ranjan Prasad and Shrikhande.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, NTC (UPDATED)
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has not found any suitable candidate for the post of CMD, National Textile Corporation Limited (NTC). The Board has now decided to re-advertise the post with one scale below eligibility pay scale. Only two persons had turned up for the interview.

Abhinav Gupa deputed as Deputy CPM, DFCCIL, Jaipur (UPDATED)
Abhinav Gupta, IRAS, Senior DFM, North Western Railway (NWR), has been deputed as Deputy CPM, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) at Jaipur for a period of three years.

Dinesh Kumar deputed as GM (Fin), RVNL, Delhi (UPDATED)
Dinesh Kumar, IRAS, Dy FA &CAO/S&W, Eastern Railway, has been deputed as General Manager (Finance), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) at Delhi for a period three years.

ICFRE DG Bahuguna releases 'annual report 2011-12' (UPDATED)
Dr V K Bahuguna, Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) and Chancellor, FRI-Deemed University, Dehradun released the "Annual Report 2011-2012" and the "Semi-Annual Report June 2012-Dec 2012" of the World Bank funded project on Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management on 27-02-2013. Three studies entitled (i) "Participatory model for water harvesting and development of community pastures in Thar desert, (ii) Rehabilitation of degraded bamboo forests in Madhya Pradesh, and (iii) Agarbatti preparation from degraded bamboo forests of Madhya Pradesh" under Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management Technical Facilitating Organization (SLEM-TFO) Project at ICFRE were also released. The above said publications were prepared by thematic area experts under the guidance of Saibal Dasgupta, DDG (Extension), Directorate of Extension, ICFRE, Dehradun and in the supervision of Dr T P Singh, National Project Director, SLEM-TFO Project. Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Govt. of India has designated ICFRE as the Technical Facilitating Organization for the implementation of SLEM-CPP program. The project was started in September, 2009 and is operational for a period of four years. All Deputy Director Generals, ICFRE, Dehradun, Director, FRI, Dehradun and other senior officers of ICFRE were also present on this occasion.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma likely to be shifted? (UPDATED)
There is a whisper floating around in the corridors that Hyderabad Police Commissioner, Anurag Sharma is likely to be shifted in Andhra Pradesh? He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of B S Yousu as Director, GAD extended in AP (UPDATED)
The tenure of B S Yousuf Sharief as Director (NR) in General Administration Department (GAD), Hyderabad, has been extended till May 31, 2013. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of Haryana awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
Rippudaman Singh Dhillon of non-State Civil Service of Haryana, has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancy of 2012.

Anurag G Thapliyal to take charge on Feb 28 (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal is taking over the charge as new DG, Coast Guard on February 28, 2013.

Four CSS officers promoted in-situ as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted in-situ as Joint Secretary in Government of India. Accordingly, Anil Kapoor has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal while Vijay Kumar and Chandan Singh will now be Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests and Sharda P Meshram as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources.

CSS officer P Karupasamy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer, P Karupasamy has been empanelled as Joint Secretary in Government of India. Presently, he is on deputation to the Government of Tamil Nadu.

CORPORATE

Dr Nalin Shinghal is new CMD of CEL
Dr Nalin Shinghal has assumed the charge as CMD of Central Electronics Limited (Public Sector Enterprise) CEL is under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. Shinghal was Director - Tourism & Marketing at IRCTC from January 2007 till February 2013. He has a significant career in PSU where he has held key position in the past he was Managing Director - Holding Charge at IRCTC; Director/ Planning - LRDSS at Ministry of Railways, Senior GM at Container Corporation of India (CONCOR). And Research Scholar at Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds Executive Assistant at Tata Steel.
(We said this on Dec 28, 2011)

Mehna is Director in SBT
Under Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, Jitendar Kumar Mehna has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Directors of the State Bank of Travancore .

Rae appointed Director & Chairman, Petronet LNG Ltd
Petronet LNG Ltd has appointed Vivek Rae, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as Chairman and Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Rathore appointed as Addl. Director, Boston Bio Systems Ltd
Kishal Rathore has been appointed as Additional Director of Boston Bio Systems Ltd.

Patodia resigns as Director, First Financial Services Ltd
Sourabh Patodia has resigned as Director of First Financial Services Ltd.

Buha resigns as Director, Rutron International Ltd
Bharatkumar Nathabhai Buha has resigned as Director of Rutron International Ltd.

Shashidharan appointed Addl. Director, Madhusudan Industries Ltd
Madhusudan Industries Ltd has appointed P K Shashidharan as Additional Director of the company.

Gandhi resigns as Director, Madhusudan Industries Ltd
Nilesh Gandhi has resigned as Director of Madhusudan Industries Ltd.

Yog resigns as Director, Sinclairs Hotels Ltd
Siddhartha Yog has resigns as Director of Sinclairs Hotels Ltd

Kohli appointed Director, Sinclairs Hotels Ltd
Aseem Kohli has been appointed as Director of Sinclairs Hotels Ltd

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Govt. really suffering from policy paralysis?
Civil Services examination has been touted as one of the prestigious exam. Unfortunately by Feb. 2013 forms should have been available and schedules announced but surprisingly there is none. Aspirants who have toiled hard for the last year or so are waiting in vain. Now there is news that UPSC will be implementing a new system whereas aspirants have prepared on the basis of existing system. It seems bureaucrats are busy eying plum postings and post retirement rehabilitation and even PMO is also aloof to the plight of aspirants. If any decision for change needed should have been taken at least 6 months before 2013 exam. Is this Government really suffering from policy paralysis? What impression these aspirants will get with the working of this system. May good sense prevail in the best interest of aspirants.
Raghav

Indian judiciary is best
The Indian judiciary is the best in the world. The pendency of cases before the judiciary is only 4 crore. In terms of per capita population, pendency is less than 0.04%. It may be that cases drag on for years, but then nothing is perfect and the people have faith in the judiciary. The problem is that the judiciary is also a bureaucracy, though by another name. It is different from the rest of the bureaucracy because it makes its own appointments and its own rules, fixes its own pay, perks and service conditions, carries out its own transfers and postings and has real power.
Vijay Kumar

Talent not drawn to judicial side
I have been following the debate on the judicial system on your site. Interesting thing is, the judicial system is manned almost exclusively by Provincial Judicial Service officers at District level (who get inducted into the Higher Judicial Service on promotion with very few Direct Recruits into the Higher Judicial Service) and who also get promoted to the High Court. There is no All India Service to man the Districts. Though pay and perks are very high nowadays with Additional District Judges (of the same rank as Additional Collectors drawn from the Provincial Civil Service) getting the pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, talent apparently is not drawn to the judicial side. During British days, the ICS (Judicial) manned the Districts and the Provincial Judicial Service officers never reached the High Courts. The time has come to have an All India Judicial Service to man the Districts and to serve as High Court judges upon elevation from the Districts. This alone will improve the situation with respect to pendency, quality and probity in the lower judiciary. It will also ensure that there is no whiff of nepotism in the system. Let it also be acknowledged that the judiciary is the only institution in India in which the common man has faith and the efforts of the Judiciary to uphold the Rule of Law and Democracy in India are what have saved the country from going the way other south east Asian countries who attained independence at the same time as India have gone.
Arjun Mallik

It is election time !
With over 25000 seats within and outside the country withdrawn from KF and 'for sale', it is election time for Minister Ajit Singh and party. Now everyone knows why he delayed action against KF through amenable bureaucrats.

Capt J Mukherjee

Fix average rate
It appears that Government's decision to pay only Rs 25,000 for stent has been taken by someone at the junior level. It is unthinkable that some senior officer will agree to such absurd decision. Why can't health ministry take the average rates of the private hospitals and fix the rate in consultation with them after getting a discount for likely large numbers?
P C Tripathi

An outstanding officer
Dr V K Gupta, IDAS, is the most deserving officer for this post. She is multi talented, a linguist (knows six languages-Tamil, Malyalam, Marathi, Hindi, English and German, a subject in her UPSC exam). She was a topper throughout. An NDC gold medal winner (the only lady officer in the history of National Defence College). A highly religious and secular person as also helpful and an officer with a vision. Her talent and high level of IQ is accepted by all with whom she has worked. She was the officer who conducted 3g auction and got 106000cr. for the government. She is mild but very firm, honest and positive, great public speaker. Brigadier level officers at IIM Indore where she went and delivered a lecture gave her a thumbs up and highest rating and called her talk as a 'value for money'. No one else deserves post retirement selection more than her. Thumbs up for all those who were instrumental in selecting this talented lady officer.
PKD

State failure in protecting citizens
Killing of yet another sarpanch in J&K, close on the heels of bomb blast in Hyderabad, is yet another reminder of total failure of the state to protect its citizens. The state has a policy to protect politicians /ministers /VIPs by providing them Z Y category of security but none for the citizens for whom only condolence messages are reserved. However the state which cannot protect the citizens is very efficient in arresting and lodging FIRs against citizens for expressing or sharing comments on social media .
Sudhir Chopra

Finding hard to change with time
While the number of PIO who are getting penalised under the RTI Act has been rising, there is very little in terms of a framework based training on regular basis for them. Training includes not only that of skills, but also of attitude. Very few old officers are willing to work with the changes in law and remain stubborn in approach. I only wish there were more people to propel the change in the system.
Ranjana Singh