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POLITICS

Who will be next Manmohan Singh of Congress Party ?
Who will be next Manmohan Singh of the Congress Party ? Except Sonia Gandhi, no one can answer this question. Will he be P Chidambaram or Sushil Kumar Shinde ?

Plans for more reforms on the agenda
There clearly is time for more reforms waiting in the wings in the coming months. Given that BSP Supremo Mayawati has already spelled out that elections could be announced anytime after the coming budget but before the monsoon are indicative enough. The government is also looking at doing many things that it wants to carry out in terms of reforms agenda purely because there is least baggage of coalition that it feels at the moment.

Who is Congress stalwart close to someone higher up in BJP?
It is heard that one Congress MP is close to someone highly influential in the BJP. It is also being said that the BJP is making inroads in the vital place where Congress is ceding space because of ignoring stalwarts.

Will Maulana's call stir things in Pakistan ?
Maulana Tahiruddin Qadri's call for a march on January 14 in Pakistan is expected to stir things up in a big way. The Maulana has backing not only of Nawaz Sharif but also of the US. All eyes are now on Pakistan's internal situation.

BUREAUCRACY

1979 batch IAS to get in-situ promotion this week
1979 batch IAS officers in the Government of India are being given in-situ promotion this week.

Lokesh Chandra to be JS, Steel ?
Lokesh Chandra is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary, Steel in the Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Will Ganai be dark-horse ?
Whispers in the Corridors of power suggest that Khurshid Ahmed Ganai may be dark-horse as Chief Secretary of J & K. A 1982 batch IAS officer Ganai is presently on deputation to the Government of India.

IRS officer to be Secretary, CCI
Smita Jhingran is all set to take over as Secretary of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). She is 1986 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Ms Singh to be DD, IB in Delhi ?
Ms Satyapriya Singh, Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Government of India, is likely to be transferred as (DD) SIB New Delhi. She is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Patra to be Director (Finance) THDCIL
The PESB has put the name of Sridhar Patra number one in the panel prepared for the post of Director (Finance) THDC India Ltd..

Interview of Bank ED and CMD next month
Fresh dates will be announced for the interview of Bank Executive Directors and CMDs next month.

R K Dubey is new CMD of Canara Bank
RK Dubey has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank on Friday. Prior to this he was ED, Central Bank
(We said this on September 4, 2012)

Goyal is new ED of Central Bank
Raj Kumar Goyal has taken over as Executive Director of Central Bank of India. His appointment is effective from January 11.

Ramanujam is new Secretary to PM
R Ramanujam has taken over as new Secretary to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on January 11, 2013)

Will Justice Reddy be Goa Lokayukta?
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice B Sudershan Reddy, is likely to be appointed Goa Lokayukta.

Who would make it as next Chief Secretary of Jharkhand ?
With only 15 days left to the retirement of SK Chaudhary, Chief Secretary Jharkhand, the speculations are at its peak as who would make it as the successor of S.K. Chaudhary as Chief Secretary on February 1, especially when there is turmoil. As many as three names have been doing round the corner namely; Ram Sewak Sharma, DG and Mission Director of UIDAI; Debashish Gupta, Development Commissioner; A.K Sarkar, Additional Chief Secretary. They are 1978, 1978 & 1979 batch IAS officers respectively.

Ashish Vachhani to move Delhi
Director in LBANAA Mussorie Ashish Vachhani is likely to move the North Block as Director in the Department of DEA. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Presently serving as Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration Mussoorie is likely to laterally shift to Department of Economic Affairs.

One lakh bank staff to retire in three years
About one lakh bank staff in the country is going to retire before 2015.

Sanjay Kundu empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sanjay Kundu , a 1989 batch Indian Police Service of Himachal Pradesh cadre ,has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India.

G Mohanty is new DG of DAVP
G Mohanty DG, AIR News has been moved as DG DAVP. He is a 1982 batch Indian Information Service officer.

Naronha moves to PIB
DG, DAVP Frank Noronha has been moved as DG, PIB. He is a 1982 batch Indian Information Service officer.

Archana Dutta is now DG Air News
Archana Dutta, former Press Advisor to the President, has been appointed Director General (News) in All India Radio.

1988 batch IAS officers are now PS in Orissa
Three 1988 batch IAS officers: C J Venugopal, P Mohapatra and Parag Gupta have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Orissa.

Apurva Chandra to return Maharashtra
A 1988 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer , Apurva Chandra is returning to the parent state from central deputation.

Kaushik joins as Judicial Member, CAT in Chandigarh
S K Kaushik has moved from Allahabad to Chandigarh as Judicial Member in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).

13 Group F Scientists quit services
As many as 13 scientists of group F have resigned from the services since 2007. A total six scientists quit the service in 2007 while one in 2008, three in 2009, two in 2010 and one in 2011.

Tyagi gets extension in Islamabad
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy ,Islamabad YV Tyagi has been given extension for one year till superannuation in March 2014.

Chandra Shekhar to be Judge of Jharkhand HC

R Chandra Shekhar has been appointed new Judge of the Jharkhand High Court.

Four IRS-customs shifted (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS-Customs) in the grade of Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise/Director General in CBEC have been transferred. Accordingly, G S Sarna has been posted as DG, Safeguard, Delhi while B B Prasad will now be CC, CX, Customs & Service Tax, Hyderabad and S B Singh is appointed as CC, CX, Jaipur. Besides, Rajiva Kumar has been posted as CC, TAR, Delhi.

Two IAS officers get fresh assignments in HP (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Narinder chauhan (1984) has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Public Works Department while Jagdish Chander Sharma is posted as Managing Director, HP Power Transmission Corporation Ltd, Shimla.

IRS-IT officers laterally shifted in Bangalore (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been shifted. Accordingly, P S Chhina has been posted as Director, RTI, Bangalore while G M Belagali will now be CIT-III, Bangalore, CCA Karnataka.

P Praveen Siddharth posted Deputy Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, P Praveen Siddharth has been deputed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, New Delhi for a period of four years.

Vijay Kumar Chadha shifted in DG, IT (Vig), New Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Vijay Kumar Chadha, has been transferred and posted in the office of Director General of Income Tax (Vigilance), New Delhi for a period of three months.

Mukul Kumar is Director, Transport Planning, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Mukul Kumar, SG/IRTS/Railway Board, presently working as DTT, Punctuality, has been posted as Director, Transport Planning, Railway Board.

Two officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
P R Parhi, SG/IRTS, presently working as DTP, Railway Board, has been transferred to East Coast Railway and posted in the cadre while S K Mehta, JAG/IRTS/West Central Railway, presently working as Dy CSO, Safety, is shifted to North Western Railway and posted in the cadre.

CORPORATE

World community to feel Gujarat: CM Narendra Modi
'I cleave a path through negative propaganda against me. I don't care what people say about me. I just do my own business. The development of Gujarat will not only fame in the country but also in the world. The world community will feel Gujarat with the participation of 2100 foreign delegates', said Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat while concluding a three-day 'Vibrant Gujarat-2013: Global Business Summit' organized at Gandhi Nagar. Modi said that the Gujarat State is emerging at global level as far as infrastructure facilities to the foreign investors are concerned. The Government stresses on developing skill manpower to meet the objectives. He appealed to the foreign investors to forge ahead with their business plans without any fear in the State. All the requirements of them will be met, he added. As many as 58, 000 delegates took the part in the summit in total.

Next 'Vibrant Gujarat summit' to be held on Jan 11, 2015
Overwhelmed by positive response, the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi has announced that the next 'Vibrant Gujarat Summit' will be held on January 11, 2015.

Direct flight from Thailand to Gujarat from Apr 1
With a view to improve Buddhist tourism, the Thailand Government has announced launching of a direct flight from Thailand to Gujarat. Pisom Manwapu, Ambassador of Thailand to India, informed that the Government would start flight from April 1 this year. This facility will help the tourists to reach Gujarat directly instead of going to Mumbai to catch another one.

Modi is a true partner: Cyrus Mistry
Cyrus Mistry, Chairman of Tata Sons, has said that he will continue investing in Gujarat as he described the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi as true partner and supporter.

Advertising a must for promotion of products: Piyus Pandey
Advertising Guru Piyus Pandey has underlined the need for advertising campaign to promote and market the products. The campaign of advertisement is a continue process to maintain and build the image of products, he said.

Talwalkar quits S Kumars Nationwide Ltd
Suresh Talwalkar has resigned as Director of S Kumars Nationwide Ltd.

Hegde quits Metkore Alloys & Industries Ltd
Chandrashekhar Hegde has resigned as Company Secretary of Metkore Alloys & Industries Ltd.

Raghuveer quits Arvind Remedies Ltd
Dr Raghuveer, Executive Director (Operations) of Arvind Remedies Ltd has resigned from the company.

Chandra appointed Addl. Director , Arvind Remedies Ltd
Sudhir Chandra has been appointed as Additional Director on the Board of Directors of Arvind Remedies Ltd.

Balamurugasundaram is Company Secy. & GM (Legal), Ramco Industries Ltd
Ramco Industries Ltd has appointed S Balamurugasundaram as Company Secretary and General Manager (Legal) of the company.

Shushant quits Ramco Industries Ltd
V S Navin Shusant has resigned as Company Secretary and General Manager (Legal) of Ramco Industries Ltd.

Basu ceases to be Director of Balmer Lawrie Investment
Prabal Basu has ceased to be Director of Balmer Lawrie Investment.

Ghadiyali retires as CFO of Tata Investment Corporation
KJ Ghadyali has retired as CFO of Tata Investment Corporation.

Dubey ceases to be ED, Central Bank of India
R K Dubey, Executive Director of Central Bank of India ceased to be the Director on the Board of Directors of the Bank w.e.f. January 11, 2013 after becoming Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Canara Bank.

Sharma appointed Head (Southern Region), MediaCom
MediaCom has appointed Sriram Sharma as Head (Southern Region)

Dey appointed Director, (Food & Beverage), Hyatt Regency , Delhi
Hyatt Regency Delhi has appointed Somnath Dey as Director ( Food and Beverage) of the property.

Sharma appointed CMO, Rhiti Sports
Rhiti Sports has appointed Monjit Sharma as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

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Isn't it funny ?

The old royal titles like Maharaj-a- Rajgan/ Amir-ul-umra are now being conferred on elected servants of the public! Isn't it funny?

Satya Singal

It would set a wrong precedent

It is the international best practice to mandate two years cooling period before a person associated with regulated entity is appointed as regulator. Appointment of Vijayan as Chairman would set a wrong precedent involving conflict of interest .

Vinay Shah

A matter of utter disgust and shame

There can be argument for and against merit. The issue related to the difficulty faced by the SC/ST's in getting fair treatment in promotions. It needs to be made clear that the reservation in civil services is only at the initial stage of recruitment and all officers, including SC/ST, have to get promoted on merit based on ACRs. There is reservation in promotion in Group B and C and upto lowest rung of Group A. A general category candidate, last in a selection panel, may be getting 50/100 marks less than the first or the topper in that selection. If such person is considered meritorious, others can also be so treated as such. SC/ST who compete in their own categories are also to be treated as such. More so, all general category officers are not race horses. Same is the case for others and all SC/ST officers are not asses. Here, the problem relates to treating even the race horses among the SC/ST as asses. This is because the SC/ST officers are not acceptable by the system in general and the seniors in particular. Even the asses among others are acceptable by people of their own clan sitting above. Everybody knows, for now, as to how the bureaucracy functions. What is required is fairness and transparency in the evaluation for promotions, or, for that matter, even the postings. Many officers of the underprivileged categories have done very well in the services. Reservations have been in place for quite some time. If these were detrimental to efficiency etc, then governance system should have collapsed by now. However, it is still functioning smoothly despite the presence of Dalits. It is also nobody's case that all the ills in the system can be attributed to the Dalits; because higher offices are mostly captured by the 'meritorious' people only. This only proves that even Dalits have been making their humble contribution to the nation's development and peaceful progress. The other day, one of the contributors mentioned that if the Dalits were so meritorious, they should have brought many Nobel prizes by now. I would say that if merit was the only criteria then all meritorious general category people should have been given the prize. If Mahatma Gandhi did not get the prize so did Dr. Ambedkar. In many respects, the latter was also a much deserving candidate because he provided Roti and Respect to millions of Dalits. If discrimination on caste lines is a consideration, which can be worse than racism, then no Indian should get it because India practiced untouchability, even after its abolition by the Constitution. This is evident from the existence of manual scavenging even after decades of independence. This is just a matter of utter disgust and shame. For this kind of evils, at least, Dalits are not responsible.

Partap Singh