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POLITICS

Rahul Gandhi should have qualities of Sanjay Gandhi ?
At a high profile party, it was suggested that Rahul Gandhi must have some political qualities of his uncle late Sanjay Gandhi for becoming a successful politician.

Is Hagel trying to give a message to Pakistan?
After pro Pakistan John Kerry its Defense Secretary designate Chuck Hagel who is trying to give a message to Pakistan that US backs them despite exit from Afghanistan. Its bad news for India as this could mean more aid to Pakistan say sources in MEA.

Is Advantage Vidharbha a hogwash?
The Advantage Vidharbha held in Nagpur to attract industries in the region is a hogwash to save the drought affected situation in the region.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Agla CAG ? (4) R K Singh
Senior IAS officer and present Home Secretary R.K. Singh too is said to have emerged as the likely choice for the next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). He is a 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Meeting for empanelment of 1983 batch IAS on March 5 ?
Meeting for empanelment of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place on March 5.

Sinha to be Member, NHRC ?
Name of National Investigative Agency (NIA) DG S C Sinha is believed to have been cleared for the post of Member, NHRC. He is a 1975 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Dr Ravi Kota to move MHA
Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel, Dr Ravi Kota is moving to NATGRID Ministry of Home Affairs . He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Amitabh Pathak is new Gujarat DGP
Amitabh Pathak has been appointed new DGP of Gujarat. The 1977 batch IPS officer Pathak would succeed Chitranjan Singh who is retiring on February 28.

Vijay Thakur Singh appointed HC to Singapore
Vijay Thakur Singh, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of the India to Singapore. Shi is a 1985 batch IFS officer.

B N Reddy to succeed Dr Kheya Bhattacharya
B N Reddy is all set to succeed Dr Kheya Bhattacharya as Deputy Permanent Representative of India to UN in Geneva .He is a 1993 batch IFS officer.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, NTC
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.

Devika Raghuvanshi is Additional FA, Defence
Ms Devika Raghuvanshi,has been appointed as Additional Financial Adviser(Joint Secretary level) in the Ministry of Defence vice Ms. Shobna Joshi. lDAS (79). She is an IDAS officer of 1988 batch.

Sinha to be Special Director, IB
D P Sinha, Additional Director is likely to be promoted as Special Director, IB. He is a 1979 IPS officer of MT cadre.

Chaturvedi to be promoted in SPG
SS Chaturvedi, DIG, Special Protection Group (SPG) is likely to be promoted as IG. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.

Modia is new DIG, BSF
Piyush Modia SP, Sitapur UP Police has been appointed as DIG, BSF .He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

S Choudhury poised to be appointed as Jharkhand HC Judge ?
As the grapevine has it, Srijeet Choudhury's name may soon be cleared for appointment as the Judge of Jharkhand High Court.

Narendra Kumar poised for central deputation?
As the grapevine has it Narendra Kumar, Secretary (GAD) Delhi Government, is poised to proceed on central deputation. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

One more bureaucratic reshuffle in Delhi Government ?
One more bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in the Delhi Government before the Vidhan Sabha election.

Today is the last working day for BS Pandey as ADG (Medical), MHA?
BS Pandey, Additional Director General (Medical), MHA is retiring today. AK Dhawan, IG (Director/Medical) CRPF, would take charge as the new ADG (Medical), MHA.

Orders of Deepak Agrawal as PS to Union MoS HRD yet to come
The latest buzz is that order of Deepak Agrawal as PS to Union Minister of State for HRD, Jitin Prasad, is yet to take place. Deepak is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

G S Rath's last day in the coveted office of DGP, Jharkhand
Gauri Shankar Rath marks his last day presence in the coveted office of Jharkhand DGP. Reportedly, after a short stay in Rachi Rath would move to Bhubaneshwar for a new beginning of life.

Dwivedi transferred in Delhi Police
KC Dwivedi Addl.CP New Delhi Distt. Delhi Police has been transferred as Addl. CP Spl. Branch Delhi Police. He is an IPS officer of 1995 batch who belongs to the AGMU cadre.

Tenure of Gupta extended
Deputation tenure of Rakesh Kumar Gupta Additional Secretary (JS level), Union Public Service Commission Government of India has been extended for a period of three months beyond February15, 2013 .He is an IAS officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the JK cadre.

V K Singh is new CVO, BSNL
Vijay Kumar Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), New Delhi .He is an IFS officer of1986 batch who belongs to the HP cadre.

IAS officers are up in arms in Uttarakhand
Resentment is reportedly brewing amongst the IAS officers in Uttarakhand. The IAS Association is quite unhappy these days.

D K Bakshi is Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Jammu
D K Bakshi, Accountant General (A&E), Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Jammu.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma likely to be shifted?
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.

ICFRE DG Bahuguna releases 'annual report 2011-12'
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.

Yarram appointed DDG, UIAI
Lakshmi Prasada Rao Yarram has been appointed as Deputy Director, General (Joint Secretary level) in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIAI) at New Delhi under the Planning Commission . He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of 1986 batch who belongs to the MH cadre.

18 posts of Judges vacant in AP HC
As many as 18 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Andhra Pradesh High Court against 49 approved strength including 3 posts of Permanent Judges against 32 approved strength and 15 of Additional Judges against 17 approved strength.

Abhinav Gupa deputed as Deputy CPM, DFCCIL, Jaipur
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
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.

Anurag G Thapliyal to take charge on Feb 28
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
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
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.

PESB seeks applications for post of CMD in NMDC Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), NMDC Limited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 2, 2013.

Singh brothers bereaved
Ms Madhuri Singh mother of Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary A V Singh and former Secretary Water Resources in the Government of India D V Singh has passed away in Delhi. She was over 90.

SCOPE urges to revisit Right to Information Act (UPDATED)
SCOPE organized a Programme on "RTI Act & Its Implementation in CPSEs" at SCOPE Convention Centre, New Delhi. On this occasion, a Special issue of KALEIDOSCOPE Journal on "RTI Act - Enhancing Transparency and Efficiency in PSEs" was also released. O P Rawat, IAS, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Mrs Annapurna Dixit, Central Information Commissioner, CIC and Dr U D Choubey, Director General, SCOPE addressed the Programme. It was attended by a large number of Chief Executives/Directors and senior Executives of PSEs. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE in his address said many years have passed ever since the RTI Act was introduced in 2005 and many aberration now necessitates review of the Act to bring suitable amendments. The institution of CIC also needs to be strengthened to handle the large number of appeals pending for decisions. Dr Choubey said that RTI has enhanced the image of the country and PSEs and today the world recognizes India's improving transparency and efficiency in governance. He informed that Private Sector, particularly the utility sector is being covered under the ambit of RTI Act in several countries. He stressed on bringing private sector under the purview of RTI Act in India also to bring transparency in their working. In his address, O P Rawat, IAS, Secretary, DPE said disclosure and transparency is the key for healthy governance and advised the PSEs to be proactive in disclosing the information and bring more and more information in public domain, so that RTI queries are reduced to the bare minimum in their organizations. PSEs should submit the required information within the stipulated time frame and try to remove the bottlenecks in the implementation of RTI Act, said Rawat, advising PSEs to implement the RTI Act in letter and spirit.

Dr CP Joshi goes Google; leveraging IT to reach out to masses (UPDATED)
Using Information Technology (IT) as an effective tool to reach out to the end user of road transport and highways, Dr. C P Joshi, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, has taken the ever first initiative to go Google. Joshi would interact live with people and take their suggestions on highways safety through Google Plus Hangout on Friday, March 29, 2013. The initiative aims at ensuring safety, solution and service to the ground user with transparency, accountability. In the era of inclusive development Joshi's ministry aims at making Highways Safety an all-inclusive mission facilitating direct dialogue with the end user of road transport and highways. Joshi terms this experiment as an extension of the Ministry's IT initiatives to connect with people of the country. The minister's conversation with people will expedite the process of inclusion of people's voice in policy making. From February 27, the Ministry is available on online platforms like Twitter, facebook, Youtube and Google Plus. The idea is that; once any idea reaches a critical mark of 5000 and is found feasible and viable will be implemented ascertaining safety-solution-service to the ground-user of road transport and highways.

P K Sahu posted as ADRM, Sealdah (UPDATED)
P K Sahu, SAG/IRTS/SER, has been appointed as ADRM, Sealdah, Eastern Railway.

Rewat Singh transferred to Western Railway (UPDATED)
Rewat Singh, SS/IRTS/NWR, presently working as Sr DCM/JU, has been shifted to Western Railway.

Vinod Bhatia is Director, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Vinod Bhatia, SG/IRTS/NR, presently working as Sr DOM/G, Delhi division, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director/TT/Punctuality.

Four IRS-Custom officers shifted (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service-Custom have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Ravindra Singh Bhati has been shifted to DRI, Zonal Unit, Mumbai while Manoranjan Nanda was transferred to DRI, Zonal Unit, Mumbai and B G Krishna is moved to DRI, Regional Unit, Calicut. Besides, R K Chandan has been transferred to DG, Vigilance, Mumbai.

Mrs P Amudha posted as Spl Secretary, Home in TN (UPDATED)
Mrs P Amudha has been appointed as Special Secretary, Home, Prohibition & Excise Department in Tamil Nadu. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

SPF DG Lokendra Sharma retires today (UPDATED)
Lokendra Sharma, Director General, Special Protection Force (SPF), Hyderabad, has retired on February 28, 2013. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mystery shrouds delay in naming next ED of BHEL Bhopal (Updated)

Though present ED of BHEL Bhopal, SS Gupta, is retiring on March 24, 2013, his successor is yet to be named. Normally such a decision is taken a month, or even more, in advance and the new incumbent is posted as OSD to maintain continuity of work. For Hyderabd and Haridwar units, where unit heads are retiring in April, the OSDs have already been posted whereas in the case of Bhopal it is not so despite the head of the unit here is retiring in the next 25 days- six days before the end of the current financial year.

Rajiv Kumar is new DGP of Jharkhand (UPDATED)
Rajiv Kumar has been appointed new DGP of Jharkhand. 1981 batch IPS officer Rajiv Kumar will succeed G S Rath who is retiring today.
(We said this on Feb 5, 2013)

V K Gupta takes over as DG, CPWD today (UPDATED)
V K Gupta is taking over the charge of Director General, CPWD in the evening of February 28, 2013. A Gold Medalist in Civil Engineering (1975) from the University of Roorkee, had joined the Central Engineering Services (Central Public Works Department) in 1976. Before taking over the charge of the post of Director General, CPWD, he was working as Engineer-in-Chief, PWD, GNCTD.

P V Sunil Kumar is also DG, SPF in Andhra (UPDATED)
P V Sunil Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Special Protection Force (SPF), Secunderabad, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Special Protection Force, Secunderabad after Lokdendra Sharma, who was holding the post, retired on February 28, 2013. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

NSIC CMD, Dr H P Kumar expresses views on budget 2013-14 (UPDATED)
The announcement in the budget that SMEs can list in the SME Exchanges without going for IPOs, will benefit the SMEs to capitalize their companies without incurring expenditure on public offerings. It's a welcome step. By extending the benefits for another three years for a unit even after graduating from micro to small or small to medium, it will encourage entrepreneurs to grow and bring newer entrepreneurs in the fold stated Dr H P Kumar, CMD, National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC).The Finance Minister has announced a major initiative by setting up a Rs 1000 crore fund for an ambitious scheme and asking National Skill Development Corporation to set up curriculum and standards for training in different skills. This will encourage lakhs of youths and motivate them to go for skill-based programmes. It'll help both in entrepreneurship and employment generation.

H K Dev Choudhury selected as MD, BLL (UPDATED)
H K Dev Choudhury, GM, HMT, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 28, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Ms Rinchen Ongmu is new Chief Secretary, Sikkim (UPDATED)
Ms Rinchen Ongmu is taking over as Chief Secretary, Sikkim on March 1, 2013. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

CORPORATE

Kumar ceases to be Director, NALCO
Arun Kumar has ceased to be a Director on the Board of Directors of National Aluminum Company Ltd (NALCO).

Mishra appointed Part-time Official Director, NALCO
Durga Shanker Mishra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines has been appointed as Part-time Official Director of National Aluminum Company Ltd (NALCO).

Udwadia resigns as Independent Director, Nitesh Estates Ltd
D E Udwadia has resigned as Independent Director of Nitesh Estates Ltd.

Mourya appointed Addl. Director, Tumus Electric Corporation Ltd
Tumus Electric Corporation Ltd has appointed Manish Mourya as an Additional Director of the company.

Jain resigns as ED, Tumus Electric Corporation Ltd
Ms Darshna Jain has resigned as Executive Director of Tumus Electric Corporation Ltd

Sharma to hold additional charge as CFO, UT Ltd
S K Sharma, Deputy General Manager (Finance & Accounts) UT Ltd has been offered additional responsibility as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Bardhan appointed Director (Operations), UT Ltd
Nandan Bardhan has been appointed as Director (Operations) of UT Ltd.

Prakash appointed GM, Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi, Saket
Satya Prakash has been appointed as General Manager of Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi, Saket

Barje resigns as Asst. Company Secy., Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd
Abhijit Barje, Assistant Company Secretary of Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd has resigned from the company.

Geetanjali appointed Director, TechNVision Ventures Ltd
TechNVision Ventures Ltd has appointed T Geetanjali as a Director of the company.

Rai appointed Company Secy., Divya Jyoti Industries Ltd
Divya Jyoti Industries Ltd has appointed Ms. Sweety Rai as Company Secretary of the company.

Talwar appointed Director (Sales), Goa Marriott Resort & Spa
Rakshit Talwar has been appointed as Director of Sales at the Goa Marriott Resort & Spa.

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"Hang Giver and Swing Receiver."
My suggestion for stopping/reducing Corruption considerably is :- "Hang the Giver and Swing the Receiver."
Terence Correya

Submission to Finance Minister
Following are few suggestions for considerations in the forthcoming budget; 1. Increase exemption limit to 2,50,000/ for individuals and 3,00,000/for Sr. Citizens. 2. Create tax rates of 40% for people earning more than 20 lakhs. 3. Increase tax base for the people earning more than 50 lakhs. See the area like Sadar Bazar, Khari Baobli, Karol Bagh, Chandani Chowk, CP, South Ex., GK etc where the earnings are in crores but how many people paying tax? 4. Do some data mining to asses the income. 5. Make tax laws simpler as suggested by Dr. Kelkar.
A Kumar

Sleeping Tamil Nadu MPs/MLAs
The request to MPs that frequency of trains from Delhi to Chennai or number of present trains running be increased has gone waste. Just like last time, after the rail budget nothing has been done for passengers travelling between Chennai and Delhi and they have been left where they are. It is high time these MPs/MLAs from Tamil Nadu, particularly from Chennai wake up from their slumber and address the Railway Minster to increase the frequency of trains or number of trains between Chennai and Delhi.
Ravichandran

Entire IRSE cadre is demoralised
The entire IRSE cadre is demoralised in the Railways due to no posting of Member Engg Hope good sense will prevail and PM Orders implemented in posting senior most honest eligible candidate as ME.
Kunal

Whimsical thinking of the lethargic employees
R V Nathan more work/extra work is a state of mind and as per the whimsical thinking of the lethargic employees. Without any dealing hand and SO for three years, I reported to three bosses and replied to 55 RTI applications. If all the country men are expected to know about RTI, then all the Government employees all the more. If you have the intent of working as per the Karma theory of Gita, no work is more. Even if you have extra work you know how deal with and also deal with RTI applications. Don't behave like a old Feudal British Officers, that it is below my dignity to type. You also learn to type and if you have extra work take it to your home and do in on holidays. Bring everything on the pen drive and put it on your office computer. Don't crib. When you were unemployed and not getting any such job, many a times you would have murmured that 'bhaghwan mujhe jaldi se naukri de de warna main suicide kar loonga'. When Government has given you a job, you are coming up with all the excuses of not doing government work. Government has done a lot for you. It is time for you to do.
B Bahadur