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POLITICS

Preparations for Vibrant Gujarat 2013 in full swing
Hectic preparations are going on for Vibrant Gujarat 2013 Summit. It is 6th edition of the biennial global conclave that the Government of Gujarat (GOI)organises to create a perfect platform to understand and explore business opportunities in the State. This year's mega event acquires much vital significance because this is going to maiden appearance by Narendra Modi before global audience after he was sworn in Chief Minister of Gujarat for the 4th time.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.

Is India facing a fiscal cliff ?
India's economy is dangling dangerously from the two cliffs-the current account deficit (CAD), which is the difference between what the country earns and spends abroad, and the fiscal deficit, the gap between what the government spends and earns back home. Both cliffs lead to slowdown and financial crisis.


Has Jaya and Shivraj set tone over state law and order?
Stringent laws and strict policing is going to be the agenda for most states in 2013.Jayalalitha and Shivraj Singh Chauhan have set the tone for law and order in their states. Will the coming year see CM's competing with each other to prove that besides their states being a good investment destination is also safe for investors and women ?


Does Mulayam miss Amar Singh ?
It is learnt from reliable sources that Mulayam Singh misses the presence of Amar Singh. He used to manage family, finances, and party matters but now there are multiple power senters in the party, frictions within the party and between family members. Finances are becoming a fiefdom of each individual who heads the ministry say observers.

BUREAUCRACY

21 IPS officers of 1982 batch empanelled in GoI
Altogether 21 IPS officers of 1982 batch have been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. The list of empanelled officers has reached the MHA.




Jha to be Joint Secretary, MSME?
A K Jha is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary MSME in the Government of India. He is an Indian Economic Service Officer.

Umashankar to be Joint Secretary, Defence?
V Umashankar is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Defence. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.




Dinesh Singh takes over as AS, Programme Implementation
Dinesh Singh has taken over as Additional Secretary, Programme Implementation, in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on December 31, 2012 )



Balvender Kumar is new DC, Handlooms
Balvender Kumar is new Development Commissioner (DC), Handlooms, in the Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on December 17, 2012 )

V Rajagopalan is also Secretary, New & Renewable Energy in GoI
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.

Hem Kumar Pande is Additional Secretary, Env..& Forests in GoI
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
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
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.

Ms Snehlata Srivastava is Additional Secretary, Financial Services in GoI
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)



Ms Dipali Pant Joshi elevated as ED, RBI
Ms Dipali Pant Joshi who so far was Jaipur based Regional Director (RD) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been promoted as Executive Director (ED).



K Jude Sekar's chances bright for DG, Forests
As the grapevine has it, K Jude Sekar has very bright prospects for the post of Director General (DG) Forests in the Government of India (GoI). He is a 1976 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Orissa cadre.

Will Urjit Patel be new Dy Governor RBI?
Name of Urjit Patel, an economist with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has started doing the round for the post of Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India.



Kahlon is new Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust
Rajpal Singh Kahlon is taking over as Chairman of the Kolkata Port Trust on January 2. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on November 2, 2012 )


Navneet Manohar posted as OSD to Advisor to FM
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Navneet Manohar has been posted as OSD to Advisor to Finance Minister.


Rajiv is also DG, BPR &D
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
Milind Kanaskar, Joint Director, NPA , has been assigned an additional charge of Director, NPA until a new Director is appointed on regular basis. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.



Niharika Singh gets lateral shifting
Director in the Department of Revenue in the Government of India Niharika Singh is moving to the Department of Economic Affairs.



Rao is new Director, DEA
Dr Srinivasa Rao is posted as Director, Department of Economic Affairs. He is a 1995 batch Indian Economic Service officer.



1980 batch IAS officers get ACS rank in Rajasthan
Six 1980 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Rajasthan. They are Mssrs Sunil Arora, A Mukhopadhyay , Ashok Shekhar, GS Sandhu, Chandra Mohan Meena and Tapendra Kumar.


1982 batch IPS officer gets ACS rank in Maharashtra
1982 batch IAS officer A K Jain has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Maharashtra on Monday.


Ms Gurveen Sidhu appointed as PD, Audit, Scientific Departments
Ms Gurveen Sidhu, Principal Director (SMU) in office of CAG, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi.


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


Girijavallabhan posted as PD, Commercial Audit, Bangalore
V K Girijavallabhan, Accountant General (A&E), Nagaland, Kohima, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board, Bangalore.


Apurva Chandra to return to Maharashtra
Apurva Chandra is returning to the parent Maharashtra cadre from central deputation. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.


1988 batch IPS is now PS in Maharashtra
1988 batch IAS officers including Ashish Kumar Singh and Nitin Kareer have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Maharashtra.

Lt Gen Singh is new DG, Military Intelligence
Lt Gen R N Singh has been appointed new Director General of the Military Intelligence.

Batchmate is boss in Delhi Government
Can a batchmate become boss? This has happened in Delhi Government where a 1979 batch IAS officer Shakti Sinha is sitting in the Secretariat where his batch mate D M Spolia has taken over as Chief Secretary. Normally the batch mate is assigned with dignified post outside the Secretariat.

1988 batch IAS officers get PS rank in Rajasthan
Three 1988 batch IAS officers namely Subodh Agrawal, Pawan Kumar Goyal and Manjeet Singh have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Rajasthan.



1997 batch IAS get super-time scale in Rajasthan
Three 1997 batch IAS officers namely Hemant Kumar Gera, Naveen Mahajan and Gayatri Rathore have been given super-Time scale in Rajasthan.

1988 batch IPS is now ADG in Rajasthan
Two 1988 batch IPS officers B L Soni and U R Sahoo have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Rajasthan.


1995 batch IPS is now IG in Rajasthan
Three 1995 batch IPS officers namely B G Joseph K, Smita Srivastava and Janardan Sharma have been promoted to the rank of IG in Rajasthan.



2000 batch IPS is now DIG in Rajasthan
Two 2000 batch IPS officers Manoj Kumar and Umesh Chandra Dutta have been promoted to the rank of DIG in Rajasthan.



Posting of Commissioners in CBEC awaited
The quirky tale of postings of Commissioners in CBEC has all ingredients of a Hindi masala movie. The postings which have had the entire CBEC in thrall for over a month, are yet to be decided. Thanks, principally to certain Dabang officers who are not willing to take a NO for an answer.

Jamir is new Chief Secretary of Nagaland
A Jamir has taken over as Chief Secretary of Nagaland. A 1977 batch IAS officer Jamir has succeeded Lalthara who retired on December 31.
(We said this on December 21, 2012)


Now Tripathi is Chairman in Delhi Government
Outgoing Delhi Chief Secretary, P K Tripathi has been appointed Chairman of Public Grievance Commission. He would also be Adviser, innovation and reform, to the government. He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on December 6, 2012)


IFS officer empanelled
D Haraprasad (AM) officer of Indian Forest Service of 1984 batch (initial left over) has been empanelled for appointment to the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.


Mani is back to Tamil Nadu
S Mani who was with National Investigation Agency (NIA) is back to the parent Tamil Nadu cadre. On return, he has been posted as SP in the Economics Offences Wing.


Seven IRTS officers promoted to HAG
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.

Rajiv Chopra takes over as Director (Marketing), STCIL
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)

P R Sharma takes over as AOP in IAF
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
Air Marshal P P Reddy has assumed the charge as the Director General (Inspection and Safety) at Air Headquarters.

Ramesh Kumar Jain awarded IAS cadre in Rajasthan
Ramesh Kumar Jain of Rajasthan State Civil Service has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the select list of 1994-95.


Ramakrishnan is new Director, VSSC
S Ramakrishnan has taken over as Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram.


O P Rawat bereaved (UPDATED)
Mother of Secretary Public Enterprises in the Government of India O P Rawat has passed away in Jhansi on Tuesday.

Four IAS officers get fresh postings in Punjab (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Punjab. Accordingly, Anirudh Tewari has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Science, Technology, Environment and Non-Conventional Energy with the charge of the Secretary, Power and Personnel while Balwinder Singh was posted as Special Secretary, School Education and Bhawna Garg, Special Secretary, Science, Technology and General Administration, is now being appointed as Special Secretary, Planning and General Administration. Besides, Harbhupinder Singh has been made Special Secretary, Medical Education and Research.

Y V Reddy to head 14th Finance Commission (UPDATED)
This is now official Former RBI Governor Y V Reddy will be the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission.The Commission has been asked to submit its report by October 31, 2014.
(We said this on August 8, 2012)

Ms Sushma Nath is Member of Finance Commission (UPDATED)
Former Secretary Finance in GoI Ms Sushma Nath has been appointed Member of the 14TH Finance Commission. She is retired 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Govind Rao is Member of 14th Finance Commission (UPDATED)
M Govind Rao Director NIPFP has been appointed Member of the 14TH Finance Commission.

Mundle is Member of 14th Finance Commission (UPDATED)
Former Acting Chairman of National Statistical Commission Sudipto Mundle has been appointed Member of the 14TH Finance Commission.

Abhijit Sen is Member of 14th Finance Commission (UPDATED)
Member Planning Commission Abhijit Sen has been appointed Member of the 14TH Finance Commission.

21 IPS officers of 1982 batch empanelled as ADGP in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 21 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1982 batch and various cadres have been empanelled for the posts of Additional Director General of Police or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Krishna Kumar Sharma of Rajasthan cadre while Anurag Sharma of Andhra Pradesh cadre and Surendera Kumar Bhagat of Uttarakhand cadre. Similarly, Bipin Gopalkrishna of Karnataka; Kishore Jha of Manipur-Tripura; D D Padsalgikar of Maharashtra; G M Prabhu Rajasekhar Reddy of West Bengal; Ram Niwas of Chhattisgarh; B K Behera of Orissa; Dilip Kumr Bora of Assam-Meghalaya; Ratnakar Baral of Manipur-Tripura; Ashok Kumar of Tamil Nadu; Paras Nath Rai; P V K Reddy of Manipur-Tripura; Mahesh Kumar Singla of Kerala; K L Prasad of Maharashtra; Parminder Rai of Haryana; Anil Kumar, Raj Kanojia of West Bengal and B Kamal Kumar of Himachal Pradesh cadre have been empanelled for the post.

Major reshuffle of senior officers in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as 17 senior officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, G P R Srivastava, SAG/IRTS NR as Chief safaty officer, has been shifted to WCR and posted as COM while Ashok Kumar SAG/IRTS, deputation with RVNL on return, was posted as CAO/NR and Deepak Chhabra, SAG/IRTS, ECR, is being appointed as CCM/ECR. Similarly, CP Sharma, SAG/IRTS, WR has been appointed CCM/WR; Rajendra Dutt Trpathi SAG/IRTS CR as COM/CR; Ambrish Kumar Gupta SAG/IRTS ER, as COM/ER; Ravinder Kumar Tandon, SAG/IRTS, WR, as COM/WR; Sharad K Srivastava SAG/IRSSE, on return from deputation, shifted to ECR in the same capacity; Mrs Seema Kumar, SAG/IRTS, on return from deputation, to NR as CPM under CAO/FOIS; Dr C Panda , SAG/IRMS, ECOR, as as CMD/ECOR; Dr S K Gupta, SAG/IRMS, RCF, as CMD/SCR; Dr S Gadi, SAG/IRMS, NR as CMD/NER; Dr M P Jain, SAG/IRMS, NER, as CMD/CR ; Dr S K Nema, SAG/IRMS, SECR as CMD/SECR; Dr B B Agarwal, SAG/IRMS, NCR, as CMD/NCR; Dr S Ramprakash SAG/IRMS, SR, as CMD, SR; Mahesh Kumar, GM, WR, has been assigned an additional charge of DG/RSC for a period of three months.

CORPORATE


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


Balihar is new GM (Corporate Communication), Bank of India
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 will now look after Learning and Development department in Bank of India.



Guljeet Singh is new Dy GM (Corporate Communication), Bank of India
Guljeet Singh is new Deputy GM (Corporate Communication) at BKC Headquarters of Bank of India.

Sen ceases to be CMD, United Bank of India
Bhaskar Sen has ceased to be Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of United Bank of India (UBI) on reaching the age of superannuation on December 31, 2012.

Sharma is new Director, DMRC
Sharat Sharma has taken over as the new Director (Operations) of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).



Kapur ceases to be Part-time Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
Vikram Kapur, Part-time Official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company.

Chawla quits Mahaan Food Ltd
Aseem Chawla Director of Mahaan Food Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company.

Manchanda appointed Company Secy., Avon Mercantile Ltd
Ms Jyoti Manchanda has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Avon Mercantile Ltd.

Samdhani quits Spectrum Foods Ltd
Anuj Kumar Samdhani has resigned as Director of Spectrum Foods Ltd.

Kulkarni appointed Vice President (Legal) & Company Secy. Thermax Ltd
Gajanan P Kulkarni has been appointed as Vice President (Legal) and Company Secretary of Thermax Ltd.


Chi re-designated as MD, Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd
Myung Suk Chi, Executive Director of Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd has been re-designated as Managing Director of the company.



Agrawal ceases to be MD, Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd
R S Agrawal ceased to be the Managing Director of Styrolution ABS (India) Ltd.

Subbaraju appointed as Director, Kernex Microsystems
S Subbaraju has been appointed as Director of Kernex Microsystems.



Rawat appointed Director of Mahaan Foods
Yodhveer Rawat has been appointed Director of Mahaan Foods.

Agarwal appointed as Director of Amit Securities
Anoop Agarwal has been appointed as Director of Amit Securities.

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There are many brilliant officers in SC/ST community too

As someone who belongs to other caste, I must confess that there are many brilliant officers in the SC/ST community, I have seen in the Telecom department, they are too good technocrats but they are not given the CR's they deserve and it is being done deliberately. The fault lies with us the so called upper castes we have done nothing for the nation nor allow others to come up. If proper CR's are not given, they get demoralised and don't give 100 percent. Today if such a bill is proposed, the other castes themselves are responsible because we never encourage others to grow and develop because of their caste!.

C S V Sarma

Merit is not the sole hegemony

Today where does India rank in terms of development. For years since Independence only a small minority has ruled the nation in bureaucracy without actually developing the country. India cannot boast of any breaking inventions, discoveries etc where these establishments are outside the purview of reservation. Merit is not the sole hegemony of a certain section. All are born intelligent except that they are deprived or deliberately deprived of opportunities. Have people forgotten Ekalavya's story. The same is being repeated now.

Sujtha S

Barbaric end of Delhi girl condemnable

As a serving lady bureaucrat, I strongly condemn the barbaric end of Delhi girl who was raped and then murdered by the assailants.

Neerja Jain, PCS Officer, Maharashtra

"Male Chauvinism"

The IPC must be amended by enhancing the existing quantum of punishment to death penalty. This will meet the ends of justice.

Prof (Dr) Meenakshi Haldar

IPS bosses reluctant to pass on benefits

It is well known that the officers of almost all the CPMF have approached the High Courts at different places seeking directions to the Government to extend the benefits of non functional upgradation to their Cadres. However, the IPS bosses of these CPMFs do not want this benefit to be extended to these officers. Resultantly, they have not even cared to file replies to the petitions even after 6 months of these having been filed. Recently, the High Court of Delhi has imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000/- on CRPF for not having filed the reply. I think a similar penalty on the authorities of BSF will only spur them to file the reply

Ajay