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POLITICS

History created in India- Asif Ibrahim takes over as new IB Chief
S A Ibrahim has taken over as new Director of the Intelligence Bureau on Monday afternoon. A 1977 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer Ibrahim is the first Muslim since independence to head the most prestigious IB. He has succeeded 1973 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer. Nehchal Sandhu who retired on December 31, has been appointed Deputy NSA.

( We said this on November 29,2012)

BUREAUCRACY

Subir Gokarn demits office as Deputy Governor, RBI
Finance Minister P Chidambaram did not clear the extension file and Subir Gokarn demitted office as Deputy Governor (DG) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at 11 pm on December 31, 2012.
( We said this on December 24 , 2012)

Ms.Kalpana Kochhar to be new Deputy Governor,RBI
Ms.Kalpana Kochhar is tipped to be new Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Presently she is the World Bank's chief economist for South Asia.

Snehlata Srivastava is new Additional Secretary Banking
Ms Snehlata Srivastava has been appointed Additional Secretary, Banking, in the Government of India. A 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Ms Srivastava is presently Joint Secretary, Justice.

Srivastava to be Additional Secretary Agriculture
A K Srivastava has been moved as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Nilya Mitesh to be JS Economic Affairs
Nilya Mitesh is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs. He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. He is likely to look after the desk of MI.

Amitabh Mathur moves to ARC
Amitabh Mathur - popularly known as Tony Mathur - has been moved to Aviation Research Centre (ARC). He is 1977 batch R&AW cadre officer.
( We said this on November 27, 2012)

Sinha gets additional charge
PK Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, has been given additional charge of Road Transport and Highways during the absence on leave of AK Upadhyay. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Veena Kumari Meena is now JS, MHA
Veena Kumar Meena who was Director in the Department of Urban Development has been elevated and moved as Joint Secretary in the MHA. She is 1993 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Sheela Balakrishnan is new Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu
Sheela Balakrishnan has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu. A 1976 batch IAS officer Sheela Balakrishnan has succeeded Debendranath Sarangi, who retired on December 31
(We said this on November 19, 2012 )

V K Sharma retires as ED, RBI
V K Sharma, Executive Director (ED), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), will be retiring on December 31,2012.

File of DG Forests with the Cabinet Secretary
File relating to appointment of new Director General (DG) Forests has reached Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth. It may be stated here that two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to 1976 batch have been short listed for the slot of Director General (DG), Forests. They include K Jude Sekar (Orissa cadre).

Ms Meenakshi Gupta posted as DG (SMU), CAG
Ms Meenakshi Gupta, Director General (Training & Research), in this office of CAG, has been transferred and posted as Director General (SMU) in this office.

Anupam to join GoI ?
Ms K S Anupam, DIG, Bihar Police is likely to join Central deputation as DIG. She is a 1998 batch IPS officer of the Bihar cadre.

Pruthi moves to CAT ?
One of the aspirants to the post of Member, CBEC, PS Pruthi has reportedly filed a case in CAT against Deptt. of Revenue challenging appointment of 3 Members when 4 vacancies were available. According to unconfirmed news, Pruthi's angst asises of an apprehension that he may be superceded by a junior in the selection for Member.

Five CCITs retires
Five Chief Commissioners of Income Tax have retired on December 31. New postings are yet to be made.

Mrs Sheba Bhattacharya is also CCIT, Udaipur
Mrs Sheba Bhattacharya, CCIT, Jodhpur, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT, Udaipur.

Alok Tiwari to be DRM, Ahmedabad
Alok Tiwari is likely to be posted as new DRM of Ahmedabad. He is presently posted in the Western Railways.

Kezo is new DGP of Nagaland
B Kezo has taken over as the new DGP of Nagaland on January 1. A 1978 batch IPS officer Kezo has succeeded O Alem who retired on December 31.
(We said this on December 24, 2012)

Two IPS officers of TN cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1989 batch and Tamil Nadu cadre have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. They are P Kandaswamy and Md. Shakeel Akhtar.

T P Raghunath empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
T P Raghunath has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Negi is a 1984 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

65 scientists quit services in 2009
As many as 63 scientists of group B, C, D, E and F have quit the services in 2009.

Muraleedharan moves to Dubai
Second Secretary in Colombo K Muraleedharan has been moved to Dubai.

Rakesh Bihari posted as Chairman, DSIDC in Delhi Govt
Rakesh Bihari, Secretary, PWD and Urban Development in Government of Delhi, has been appointed as Chairman, DSIDC. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Shakit Sinha is Secretary, Finance in Delhi Govt
Shakit Sinha, Chairman DSIDC, has been appointed as Secretary, Finance in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Pankaj Tyagi is Director (Civil Engineering), Railway Board
Pankaj Tyagi, SG/ IRSE, Northern Railway has been posted as Director, Civil Engineering (Planning), Railway Board.

Ved Prakash Dudeja posted as ED (Works), Railway Board
Ved Prakash Dudeja, SAG/IRSE, Executive Director (Project Monitoring), Railway Board, has been posted as Executive Director (Works)/ Railway Board.

Spolia is new Chief Secretary of Delhi
D M Spolia has taken over as new Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government. A 1979 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Spolia has succeeded P K Tripathi .
(We said this on November 26, 2012)

Transfers and postings in Railways
T S Khawas, SAG/IRSE, South Western Railway, has been shifted to South East Central Railway while A Achuta Rao, SAG/IRSE/ South Western Railway, was posted to South Central Railway and Madan Sen, SAG/IRSE, Northeast Frontier Railway is now being moved to North Central Railway. Similarly, J N Babu, SS/IRSE, South East Central Railway, has been posted to East Coast Railway; M V Satyanarayana, SS/IRSE, has been transferred from South East Central Railway, to East Coast Railway and posted in the cadre.

IPS reshuffle in Kerala
There is IPS reshuffle in Kerala.Two IGs B Sandhya and Anil Kant have been promoted as ADGs.Sandhya has been attached to the Armed Reserve Battalion. Anil Kant will now be managing director of the State Police Housing Construction Corporation. T J Jose, M R Ajithkumar and Sureshraj Purohit have been promoted to the rank of IG.Jose will now be IG, State Crime Records Bureau whereas Ajithkumar has been shifted to the crime branch headquarters.Putta Vimaladitya has been transferred to Pathanamthitta as SP.H Manjunath will replace him in Thiruvananthapuram. P Vijayan has been appointed as the new commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram city police.K G James has been moved to Kochi as the commissioner.Thomson Jose will be SP Alappuzha. Sanjeevkumar Patjoshi has been appointed as IG, traffic.

IPS changes in Tamil Nadu
S Manoharan has been transferred to Villupuram as SP. Xavier Dhanraj has been posted as the Kancheepuram SP. N Baskaran has been transferred as SP to state human rights commission and Kaliraj Maheswaran as SP Tiruvarur.

IAS postings in Karnataka

Siddaiah has been appointed commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Rajneesh Goel will now be Principal Secretary Higher Education.

Eight officers of WB State service awarded IAS cadre
As many as eight officers of West Bengal State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers include: Sumit Halder, Swapan Kumar Das, Mriganka Sekhar Kar, Mrs Runu Ghosh, Pritish Sarkar, Tapan Kanti, Ganguli, Nityanand Mandal and Mrs Pritha Sarkar.

15 officers of AP State Civil service awarded IAS cadre
As many as 15 officers of State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre in Andhra Pradesh against the vacancies of 2010 and 2011. M Rama Rao, M Champalal and K Sarada Devi were given IAS cadre against the vacancies of 2010 while Mrs B Bharati Lakpathi Naik, J Murali, Sridhar, M V Seshagiri Babu, B Vijendra, D Muralidhar Reddy, B Laxmi Kantham, K Kanna Babu, S Satyanarayan, K Y Naik, P Venkata Rami Reddy and K Surendra Mohan agains the vacancies of 2011.

Five officers of TN State Civil Service awarded IAS cadre
As many as five officers of State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre in Tamil Nadu against the vacancies of 2011. The officers include Mrs G Latha, Mrs E Sundaravalli, E Saravanavelraj, Dr N Subbaiyan and V Dakshinamoorthy.

Sandeep Rai Rathore IPS bereaved
Jagdish Rai Rathore , father of Sandeep Rai Rathore (IPS),Tamil Nadu cadre1992 batch)expired on December 30,2012 in Kuwait. funeral will be in Delhi on January 2,2013 at 1230 hrs at Satnagar crematorium,behind Pusa Road telephone exchange, Karol Bagh, New Delhi.

17 IPS officers of 1979 batch empanelled
As many as 17 IPS officers of 1979 batch have been empanelled to the rank of DG in the Government of India. They are Ashok Prasad, Ms Aruna Bahuguna and B Prasad Rao (Andhra Pradesh), A K Verma (UT), D K Pathak (Assam-Meghalaya), Anil Kumar Sinha, Krishna Chaudhary and A C Verma (Bihar), Sharad Kumar (Haryana), Dineshwar Sharma (Kerala), R C Arora (Madhya Pradesh), A M Patnaik (Maharashtra), D P Sinha and Rajinder Kumar (Manipur-Tripura), Suresh Chowdhary (Tajasthan), Raj Deep Singh (UP) and J C Chattopadhyay (West Bengal).

Ashwani Kumar formerly assumes charge of Dena Bank (UPDATED)
Ashwani Kumar has formerly taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank.

R C Balihar is new GM (CC) of Bank of India (UPDATED)
R C Balihar has taken over charge as General Manager Corporate Communication at BKC Headquarters of Bank of India Balihar has succeeded Debashish Chakraborty who has will now be looking after learning and Development Department in Bank of India.


Guljeet Singh is new Dy GM (CC) of Bank of India (UPDATED)
Guljeet Singh has been appointed as new Dy.GM (Corporate Communication) at BKC Headquarters of Bank of India.

Jha is new CVO CPWD (UPDATED)
SD Jha has been appointed as the Chief Vigilance Officer in the Central Public Works Department(CPWD). He is 1984 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Seven IRTS officers promoted to HAG (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been promoted to the grade of Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and posted at different places. Accordingly, Girish Pillai, SAG/IRTS, presently working as ED/Infra, Railway Board, has been posted as Adviser (Infrastructure), Railway Board while Ravinder Kumar Tandon, SAG/IRTS, presently working as COM/WR and Ambrish Kumar Gupta, SAG/IRTS, presently working as COM/ER, was appointed as Adviser /TT/M, Railway Board; Rajendra Dutt Tripathi as COM/CR; CP Sharma as CCM/WR; Deepak Cchhabra, as CCM/ECR; Ashok Kumar as CAO/PTS/NR and G P Srivastava, SAG/IRTS, presently working as CSO/NR, has been posted as COM/WCR.

Preparations of Vibrant Gujarat 2013 in full swing (UPDATED)
Hectic preparations are on for Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit, a biennial global Summit held by the Government of Gujarat to create a perfect platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State. The Summit is being held at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar on January 11-13, 2013.The biennial global Summit held by the Government of Gujarat brings together business leaders, investors, corporations, thought leaders, policy and opinion makers. It provides an excellent platform for showcasing products and services on the one hand and one-to-one meetings, roundtable conferences and B2B meets between prospective investors and government officials on the other.

Ashwani Kumar formerly assumes charge of Dena Bank (UPDATED)
Ashwani Kumar has formerly taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of Dena Bank. (We said this on January 18,2012 and later on also)

Rajiv is also DG, BPR &D (UPDATED)
Rajiv, Director General (DG), CISF, has been assigned an additional charge DG, BPR&D until an incumbent to the post of Director General, BPR&D is appointed on regular basis. He is a 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Milind Kanaskar gets additional charge of Director, NPA (UPDATED)
Milind Kanaskar, Joint Director, NPA , has been assigned an additional charge of Director, NPA until an incumbent to the post of Director, NPA is appointed on regular basis. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rajiv Chopra takes over as Director (Marketing), STCIL (UPDATED)
Rajiv Chopra, CGM, MMTC, has taken over as Director (Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCIL). His orders of appointment were issued on December 31, 2012.
(We said this on August 28, 2012)

V Rajagopalan is also Secretary, New & Renewable Energy in GoI (UPDATED)
V Rajagopalan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, has been given an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Balvender Kumar posted as Dev. Commissioner, Handlooms in GoI (UPDATED)
Balvender Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, has been appointed as Development Commissioner (Handlooms), Ministry of Textiles in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Hem Kumar Pande is Additional Secretary, Env.& Forests in GoI (UPDATED)
Hem Kumar Pande, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on Dec 24, 2012)

Rajiv Sharma posted as Additional Secretary, Home Affairs in GoI (UPDATED)
Rajiv Sharma, Mission Director, National Mission Clean Ganga, Ministry of Environment and Forests, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Avinash K Srivastava is Additional Secretary, Agriculture in GoI (UPDATED)
Avinash K Srivastava, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Dinesh Singh posted as Addl. Secretary, Statistics & Programme Imp. in GoI (UPDATED)
Dinesh Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh.
(We said this on Dec 31, 2012)

Ms Snehlata Srivastava is Additional Secretary, Finance in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Snehlata Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Dec 18, 2012)

P R Sharma takes over as AOP in IAF (UPDATED)
Air Marshal P R Sharma took over as the Air Officer-in-charge Personnel (AOP) in Indian Air Force (IAF).

P P Reddy is DG (Inspection & Safety), AIR Hqrs (UPDATED)
Air Marshal P P Reddy has assumed the charge as the Director General (Inspection and Safety) at Air Headquarters.

CORPORATE


M F Farooqui visits BHEL Corporate office
M F Farooqui, Secretary, Heavy Industry, visited BHEL's Corporate Office at Siri Fort. BHEL CMD, B Prasada Rao, all functional Directors welcomed the Secretary. The performance and future readiness of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) were reviewed by the Secretary. He was briefed about the performance trends of the company, diversification plans, manufacturing and R&D capability WRT new initiatives and strategies for growth, among others.

Central Bank of India celebrates 102nd Foundation Day at Delhi
Central Bank of India has celebrated its 102nd Foundation Day at New Delhi on December 21, 2012. The function was presided over by P Chidambaram, Finance Minister while Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State (E&FS) and D K Mittal, IAS, Secretary-DFS graced the occasion as Guests of Honour. On this occasion, Bank launched a bucket of services like, Opening of 101 Branches, Opening of 101 ATMs, Opening of 101 Ultra Small Branches, 10001 Kisan Credit Cards, 101 Education Loans, linkage of 1001 Self Help Groups and converted 101 branches into Cent Navchetna Branches. Besides this, Central Bank of India opened Money Exchange Counters at New Delhi Railway Station and at Srinagar Airport to facilitate the passengers visiting these places. Central Bank of India also laid down the stone of 11Rural Development and Self Development Training Institute across the country. Bank has also dedicated one mobile Medicare Unit for bed-ridden and immobile elders through Helpage India Ltd. under its Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Finance Minister said, that Banking Industry is going in its transformational phase. The Public Sector Banks have to play a greater and wider role beyond their present horizon to give pace to the reform process. He applauded the role of the Banking system in providing supportive role to the Government's endeavours. He praised the efforts of Central Bank's founder Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawalla in bringing a truly and wholly owned Swadeshi Bank. He congratulated all the Centralites and wished them for a brighter future ahead.

Hajara will cease to be CMD & Director, The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd from today
S Hajara , Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd will cease to be on the Board of Diretors of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2013 on reaching the age of superannuation .

Gupta to cease to be Director (Personnel & Admin.) , The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd today

Kailash Gupta , Director (Personnel and Administration) will cease to be on the Board of Directors of The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. January 1, 2013 on reaching the age of superannuation.

Sinha appointed Director (Personnel & Admin), The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd
Capt. B. B Sinha has been appointed as Director (Personnel and Administration) of The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. January 01, 2013

Bajpai appointed Independent Director, Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd
Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Limited has appointed G. N. Bajpai has as an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. December 31, 2012.

Pingle appointed Independent Director, Tulsi Extrusions Ltd
Tulsi Extrusions Limited has appointed Vivek Pingle as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2013

Subbaraju appointed Addl. Director, Kernex Microsystems (India) Ltd
Kernex Microsystems (India) Limited has appointed S V Subbaraju has been appointed as an Additional Director of the company.

Puri quits as Independent Director, Brooks Laboratories Ltd
Dinesh Puri has resigned as Independent Director of Brooks Laboratories Ltd with immediate effect

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Quota politics

Quota politics have given rise to different political constructs. Now, the Dalits support quotas for OBCs. OBC itself is a political construct. Dalits support quota for OBCs solely because if the OBCs get quotas, the Dalits will get quotas till eternity. OBCs cite injustice to put themselves on a par with the Dalits and call others "savarna" though all OBCs are savarna and the reason for OBC quotas is not injustice but merely low representation in public jobs. In the result, age old notions of caste and creed are given new life to suit contemporary interests and third generation Dalit IAS officers and MPs leave no space for the genuinely deserving and poor amongst the Dalits to avail of the benefits of quotas.

Arjun Malik

Issue is not reservation but caste

The issue to be discussed is not reservations but caste. Caste is based on birth and SC/ST are marked as non-meritorious not on the basis of their performance but caste they have born in. We do not want to eradicate the disease but find fault with the prescriptions. All those who are proclaiming reservations as injustice should explore their own hearts whether they have treated SC/ST's as equals. The answer will be a big 'No'. Let us reform ourselves first. Efficiency is often cited as reason for doing away with reservations. Let us not forget this nation has gone to docks when these so called efficient segments were at the helm of affairs. SC/ST have entered the system very recently. Let us follow the constitution and practice equality, liberty and fraternity. I can assure then there will be no need for reservations. Even today SC/ST will not be able to enter legislative bodies without reservations. Examples can be given of Muslims. They have no reservations and they are not proportionally represented in elected bodies. Rectify first this discrimination against Muslims without resorting to reservation to re-assure SC/ST that there is no need of reservations and then comment on this constitutional provision for their protection.

Sewa Ram

Is Government encouraging black money?
The conduct rules framed for Government Servents are more than 50 years ago and out dated today. Nobody is looking into this. For instance, as per the service rule, Government servant who invest more than 50000 in stock has to inform his controlling office. Today most of the Group A officers who earns more than Rs 5 lakhs an year invests in stock. But due to conduct rules, they invest in benami names and if they earn huge profit by way of capital appreciation they cannot show such sum as it is targeted by public as black money. Similar is case with other many rules. Government should wake up and make simple rules for conduct of government servant. Such process will legitimately improve investment climate and also make the conduct of servant more
realistic and transparent.

Yadav

They don't want to retire
Probably, many senior scientists are getting extension after 60 (they don't want to retire even after 60) and many juniors are feeling no scope in the departments ( ISRO, DRDO, DAE) and only those who are working for the personnel interest of the so called bosses are getting promoted, not for the interest of department or country, may be the reason for resignation.

Dinesh

Outstanding officer

Alok Joshi is an outstanding officer. He is a great professional who will imp[rove the RAW. a great asset and things would certainly improve in raw.

Y Hari Shankar

Group Insurance Scheme
Government of Introduced a scheme called Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme (CGEGIS) some time in early 80s with the objective of providing insurance cover to Central Government Employees, with a nominal contribution from employees. Differentamounts were fixed for all the four categories of Officers viz. Group A, B, C and D. For the highest category i.e. Group A, the insurance cover was for Rs.1.25 lakhs which was quite a substantial sum those days. In the last 30 years or so lot of water has flown through the Ganges with three pay commissions 1986, 1996 and 2006; inflation rising at a rate of 6-7 % on an average per annum but the amount of insurance cover remains the same. It has not occurred to babus in DoPT of MOF to raise this amount, of-course with higher contribution from employees. Going by the present situation, the amount of cover should be raised to Rs. 1 crore for Group A Officers and similar good amount for other group officers. Will someone in DoPT or MOF look into this?
Surendra