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POLITICS

Aziz Qureshi to be Governor of Uttar Pradesh ?
Grapevine has it that, Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi is being transferred to Uttar Pradesh.

What is behind Rajnath Singh?
Second term for Rajnath Singh is clearly a choice for winning UP elections for 2014 say BJP sources. Nobody in the BJP can steer UP politics in hindi heartland like Rajnath Singh does.

Has exports of petroleum products hit domestic producers?
With the decontrol of diesel prices in domestic market private oil refiners will suffer a loss by not exporting to neighbouring countries like Pakistan.

Former bureaucrat to join BJP in UP
Former bureaucrat Baba Hardev Singh is reportedly leaving the RLD to join the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

BUREAUCRACY

Raghwan poised for Secretary, Dept. of Biotechnology
As the grapevine has it the eminent scientist K Vijay Raghwan will make it as the successor of Dr Maharaj Krishan Bhan as Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, GoI, Ministry of Science and Technology.

Orders of Vivek Rae issued
Orders of the appointment of Vivek Rae as Petroleum Secretary have been issued. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Rae will succeed G C Chaturvedi on February1.
(We said this on January 21, 2013)

Umashankar to be JS, Telecom!
V Umashankar is now not moving as Joint Secretary, Defence. A 1993 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Umashankar will in all probability be Joint Secretary, Telecom.

Goyal to be Joint Secretary, IT
Raj Kumar Goyal is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary, Information Technology in the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Kaushik to be CEO IPL IIFCL ?
Sanjeev kaushik is likely to take over as CEO of the IIFCL's IPL projects wing for doing PPP. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Will Jain be Vice Chairman, DDA ?
Ravinder Kumar Jain, DDG, CGHS is likely to be appointed Vice Chairman (VC), DDA Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, He is a 1981 IAS officer of Himachal Cadre.

IRS (IT) Rajanvir Singh Kapur quits service
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Rajanvir Singh Kapur has quit the service.

IRS officer Divya Mittal quits service
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Divya Mittal has quit the service.

IPS may not get post in NHRC ?
Indications are there that they may not be appointment of any IPS officer this time as Member, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).The post has been lying vacant for the last six months. Earlier names of three IPS officers A P Singh, S C Sinha and B K Gupta had cropped up for the post.

P K Jain selected as Director (Mkt), MMTC Limited
P K Jain, CGM, PECIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), MMTC Limited as a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 22, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

R C Nautiyal selected as Director (Pers), GRSE
R C Nautiyal, GM, BEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Five new Judges likely for Delhi High court ?
Five new Judges for Delhi High Court are likely to be appointed soon. They include Sanjiv Sachdeva, Nazmi Waziri, Vibhu Bokru and V Rao.

Is Ajay Chaudhary proceeding on inter-cadre deputation?
As the grapevine has it Ajay Chaudhary, Additional Commissioner of Police, South East Delhi, is all set to move to UP on inter-cadre deputation. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Hectic lobbying on for the hot slot of CEO, NOIDA Authority
Whispers in the corridors of power make the buzz of lobbying louder going on in Lucknow for the hot slot of CEO, Noida Authority. So far the UP Government has not figured out any officer as yet. After Sanjeev Saran was relieved from the post of CEO, Noida Authority, the additional charge lies with Rama Raman, CEO of GNOIDA.

Goa IGP transferred
Goa IGP Sanjay Singh is reported to have been transferred. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Will Chhya Sharma move from Delhi?
Whispers in the corridors of power in Delhi make it a buzz that Chhya Sharma, DCP South Delhi may move from Delhi. She is a 1999 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

V S B Babu to take charge in April
V S B Babu GM, NPCL, will take over the charge as Director (Personnel) of Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) in the first week of April this year.
(We said this on August 13, 2012)

S K Pal to assume charge on Feb 1
S K Pal is expected to take charge as Director (Finance), National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) on February 1, 2013. He is presently General Manager, IRCON.
(We said this on August 29, 2012)

Orders of Arvind Bhatnagar yet to be issued
The orders of Arvind Bhatnagar for the appointment of Director (Domestic Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) are yet to be issued. He is presently Executive Director, CONCOR, Mumbai.

New High Courts this week ?
Three new High Courts are expected to be set up in Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura this week.

Applications for Secretary, Bureau Energy Efficiency invited
Ministry of Power has invited application for the post of Secretary, Bureau Energy Efficiency.Those interested can send their application to Under Secretary, Government of India at the earliest.

Mundra to be CMD of BoB till 2014
The new CMD of the Bank of Baroda (BOB) S S Mundra will remain on the post till July 31, 2014.

Siddharth Chattopadhyay to move to Lusaka
Siddharth Chattopadhyay has been moved from the Ministry of External Affairs to Lusaka as Second Secretary.

Sunil Kumar Garg empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sunil Kumar Garg has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS).

R N Mishra is ADG (M&C), PIB, New Delhi
R N Mishra, ADG (N), DDN, New Delhi, has been appointed as ADG (M&C), PIB, New Delhi. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

S C Swain empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S C Swain has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Odisha cadre.

Mrs Sonali Kumar posted as Financial Commissioner (Co), J&K, Delhi

Mrs Sonali Kumar, Principal Secretary, Coordination, has been appointed as Financial Commissioner (Coordination), Jammu & Kashmir Government, New Delhi after promotion to the fixed scale of IAS. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

CIT (C &S), CBDT to hold addl. charge of CIT, Media and Technical Policy
Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) (C &S), CBDT, has been assigned an additional charge of CIT, Media & Technical Policy till the end of budget session of Parliament.

ACIT, Media & Tech. Policy assigned addl. charge of DTC Task Force
Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT), Media & Technical Policy, has been assigned an additional charge of Additional, CIT, DTC Task Force.

Two IFS officers promoted in Kerala
1985 batch IFS officer Anil Bharadwaj and 1984 batch IFS officer Nagesh Prabhu have been promoted to the rank of Additional PCCF in Kerala.

CRPF IG, S N Sabat bereaved (UPDATED)
Mrs Naxatramala Sabat, the mother of Satya Narayan Sabat, IPS, IG, CRPF, has passed away at SUM Medical College Hospital at Bhubaneswar. Sabat is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

M M Singh shifted to Tribal Ministry (UPDATED)
M M Singh has been shifted from Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs as Deputy Secretarty in Government of India. He is a CSS officer

Dr R K Mitra promoted in-situ as Joint Secretary, MHA (UPDATED)
Dr R K Mitra has been promoted in-situ as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs in Government of India. He is a CSS officer.

Two IAS officers get fresh assignments in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been assigned fresh assignments in Haryana. Accordingly, Chander Parkash (1995) has also been made Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgon besides his present assignments while Vijay Singh Dahiya (2001)will now be Joint Secretary, Finance Department.

Kadyan is new CVO of BHEL (UPDATED)
Arvind Kadyan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL), New Delhi.He is 1987 batch IDAS officer.

Ms Ramanathan is new CVO RVNL (UPDATED)
Ms. Rajalakshmi Ramanathan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL),New Delhi. She is 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

Madhavan appointed as JCIT, Tamil Nadu region (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, N Madhavan has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT) in Tamil Nadu region.

Eight Judges appointed to Bombay High Court (UPDATED)
As many as eight Additional Judges of Bombay High Court have been appointed as Judges of this High Court. They include: Justice Filomeno Manuel Lopo Sales Rosario Dos Reis, Justice Rajesh Govind Ketkar, Justice Ravi Krishnarao Deshpande, Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala, Justice Tanaji Vishwas Nalawade, Justice Madatali Noormohammed Gilani, Justice Madan Trymbak Joshi and Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani.

CORPORATE



Gujarat Tourism wins India Pride Award 2012-13
Gujarat Tourism has won the India Pride Award in the category of (State PSUs) "India Image Enhancement/Creating a Global Brand" this year, it is an as initiative of Dainik Bhaskar. Vipul Mitra who is an IAS officer of 1986 batch Gujarat Cadre is the Principal Secretary of Gujarat Tourism. Vipul Mittra will receive the India Pride Awards from Dr M Veerappa Moily, Union Minister, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India in a function to be held in Delhi at Hotel The Oberoi, on January 28, 2013. Gujarat Tourism has achieved continuous benchmarks under the command of its Secretary, Tourism, Vipul Mittra. It is to be noted that millennium superstar Amitabh Bachchan is the brand Ambassador of Gujarat Tourism.

Bose to succeed Vyapuri in Goa
A K Bose, Manager, (Railway Operations), Haldia Dock Complex, under the Kolkata Port Trust, has succeeded Vyapuri Traffic Manager of Mormugao Port Trust, Goa. Vyapuri has gone as Traffic Manager of Chennai Port Trust .

Goel re-appointed MD, Dish TV India Ltd
Dish TV India Ltd has re-appointed Jawahar Lal Goel as the Managing Director of the company.

Vijayanand quits India Motor Parts & Accessories Ltd
S Vijayanand, Company Secretary of India Motor Parts & Accessories Ltd has resigned from the services of the company.

Kumar appointed Company Secy., India Motor Parts& Accessories Ltd
N Kumar has been appointed as Company Secretary of India Motor Parts & Accessories Ltd.

Parande to retire as CFO & Exec VP, Kirloskar Oil Engines on Jan 31
Sanjay D Parande, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd will be retiring from service on January 31, 2013.

Vinodkumar to take over as CFO, Kirloskar Oil Engines from Feb 1
T Vinodkumar has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Kirloskar Oil Engines w.e.f. February 1, 2013

Adarkar quits Mega Fin India Ltd
Nitin Adarkar has resigned as Director of Mega Fin India Ltd.

Two addl. Directors appointed on Board of Onward Technologies Ltd
Onward Technologies Ltd has appointed Pranay Vakil and Nandkumar Pradhan as additional Directors of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Onward Technologies Ltd
Dr Atul Wad and Samir Desai have resigned as Directors of Onward Technologies Ltd.

Mundle quits Kotak Mahindra Bank
Dr Sudipto Mundle has resigned as Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank w.e.f. February 1, 2013 after being appointed as Member of the 14th Finance Commission of Government of India

Joshi appointed Company Secy., Saint Gobain Sekurit India Ltd
Saint Gobain Sekurit India Ltd has appointed Ms Madhura Joshi as Company Secretary of the company.

Parmar appointed Non Exec. Director, Alka Diamond Industries Ltd
Alka Diamond Industries Ltd has appointed Nilesh Parmar as Non-Executive Director of the company.

Suryarau quits VST Industries Ltd
R V K M Suryarau has resigned as a Director of VST Industries Ltd w.e.f. March 31, 2013

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Suspend reservation and quota system and see its impact

Can we suspend all reservation and quota system for three years or five years and see its impact.

Tipu

Role of IAF in anti-naxal war

In a display of shameful cowardice IAF officers left behind a critically injured policeman to die. As usual the IAF HQ will justify this completely inexplicable and inhuman conduct of these officers, and cover it up citing SOPs and "technical reasons", and media will
shy away from criticizing the over-glorified IAF, I hope the Chhattisgarh Police HQ and MHA takes up this matter and gets these coward IAF officers punished.

Yesterday, a CAF Jawan was killed and another severely injured while conducting a road-opening operation along with CRPF in the forest area of Temelwada under Dornapal police station area (Chhattisgarh).

The IAF HU which has the mandate of casualty evacuation, providing relief supplies during an operation and also air dropping of Para-military and state police personnel was asked to carry out a casualty evacuation mission. The Mi-17 helicopter, with seven personnel on-board, was hit by Naxal gunfire at about 1700 hrs when it was about to land for the pick-up. The helicopter was hit twice by Naxal gunfire, apparently damaging its hydraulic systems and generators, and also injuring the Chhattisgarh Police radio operator Head Constable M R Sahu who was in the helicopter to provide radio contact with the CAF and CRPF. HC Sahu suffered a bullet injury in his abdomen and was critically injured.

The two IAF pilots decided to steer the helicopter away from the location and landed it about 4kms away in a paddy field. The six armour-plated Mi-17 has two Guard commandos on board with 2 LMGs other than the personal weapons that each crew carries.

The IAF crew (the two pilots, commandos and the engineer's), in a bizarre decision, left behind the injured radio operator and walked away. At 1930hrs they reached Chintagufa police station which was about 3 Kms from the landing site.

Paramilitary forces, mobilized from different areas, then mounted an operation to rescue the injured jawans left behind at the spot as well as "secure" the helicopter. Around 2130hrs a CRPF contingent reached the spot and rescued the injured police wireless operator.

An IAF spokesperson confirmed the incident and said: "After successfully landing the helicopter, the crew's first task was to seek support to secure the chopper and get medical attention for the injured jawan." The IAF, however, didn't explain how the damaged helicopter could have been protected and the injured radio operator attended to when the entire crew decided to walk away.

Manish Kumar

Chief mentor of IAS fraternity

DADA Banerjea was the chief mentor of IAS fraternity. He used to become emotional while mentoring young minds joining civil administration. He was a gentle soul with a resounding voice. His comments that I have only age as the edge over all of you while I
teach. Dada of LBSNAA Dada of our fond memories and DADA of civil servants for almost a decade May his soul rest in peace. RIP DADA

S N Tripathi

Is Govt. of West Bengal listening?

It seems that the Government of West Bengal has not yet learnt any lesson from the Delhi Gangrape Case. Many Government run buses in Kolkata are still plying with advertisement pasted on the windows of the buses, which makes it totally opaque, and is vulnarable for the women passengers.

KB