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Governors Conference next month
A two day Governors Conference will commence in New Delhi on February 11.

BUREAUCRACY

New High Courts created in NE
Three new High Courts have been set up in Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura . Process of appointments has also started.
( We said this on January 23 )

Would Jharkhand Chief Secretary run the show for three more months?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Jharkhand Governor has proceeded on a three-months extension to the Chief Secretary Sushil Kumar Choudhary. Choudhary, a 1976 batch IAS officer who is scheduled to retire on January 31 will now, reportedly, run the show for three
more months.

Repatriation of Mohanty comes as surprise to bureaucrats in AP
Premature repatriation of Prasanna Kumar Mohanty to his parent Andhra Pradesh cadre has taken bureaucrats of his batch and juniors by surprise. No one thought if he could succeed the Chief Secretary, Mrs Minnie Mathew, by squandering chance to become Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

Gudy Srinivas to return to Orissa
Joint Secretary Mines in the Government of India Gudy Srinivas is returning to the parent Orissa cadre this month end. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

Rana to be DHC in Male
Director (UNP) in the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters Sanjay Rana is moving to Male as Deputy High Commissioner.

115 policemen awarded President's Police Medal for gallantry
As many as 115 policemen have been awarded President's Police Medal for gallantry. For details click below :
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/gallantry-rd13.pdf

President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
As many as 88 policemen have been awarded President's Police Medal for distinguished service.For details click below :
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/ppm-rd13.pdf

37 officials of Customs & Enforcement selected for President Awards
As many as 37 officials of Customs and Central Excise and Enforcement Directorate have been selected for President Award for specially distinguished record of service. They include: Atul Dikshit, Mannem Raghu Rami Reddy, Ganesh Dutta Lohani, Ganesh Dutta Sinha, Rajesh Kumar Mishra, Mrs Limatula Yaden, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, Vinod Kumar Agarwal, Ashwini Kumar, Jagat Singh Tonk, Jaswant Kumar Higgins, Narm Deshwar Azad, Somnath Chaudhary, Diwakar Shrikrishna Mehta, Anil Kumar Sinha, A Jebastin, Ashutosh Nivaskar, Rakesh Gupta, Pawan Kumar, P Muralidharan, K S S Janardhana Rao, Sarwan Singh, Tashi Tshering Wangdi, M N Thyagaraj, G P Padma Sundari, Nukala Bala Subrahmanyam, Vedantham Srinivas, Rajeev Kumar Sadana, Inderjit Singh Sahni, Sandip Das, S Varadharajan, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Ajit Kumar Karthikeyan, Purshottam Das Lalwani, Ajay Kumar K P and Virender Singh Negi.

Justice Reddy to be Goa Lokayukta
Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy is all set to become the first Lokayukta of Goa.

359 Republic Day Gallantry, Defence Decorations Announced
The President has approved awards of 359 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of the 64th Republic Day celebrations. This includes 1 Kirti Chakra, 11 Shaurya Chakra, 56 Sena Medal (Gallantry), 1 Bar to Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 3 Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), 3 Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry), 28 Param Vishisht Seva Medal, 3 Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, 06 Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, 44 Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, 12 Yudh Seva Medal, 2 Bar to Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty), 37 Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty), 1 Bar to Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty), 7 Nao Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty), 14 Vayu Sena Medal (Devotion to Duty), 4 Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal and 116 Vishisht Seva Medal. Details are on following link:
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91831

Deepak Chaturvedi of RPF gets President's police medal
Deepak Chaturvedi, Assistant Security Commissioner, Railway Protection Force (RPF), North Western Railway, Jaipur, has been awarded President's Police Medal for distinguished service.

15 officers of RPF, RPSF awarded President's police medal
As many as 15 officers of Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) have been awarded President's Police Medal for meritorious service. The officers include: D B Kasar/DIG/SER; A KRay/DSC/CR; A Mishra/DIG/RB; Birendra Kumar/DIG/ECR; R C Joshi/IPF/NCR; Rajeshwar Prasad/ASIPF/NCR; Ramashankar Sharma/HC/NCR; A B Dubey/CT/NCR; S L Chaudhary/ASIPF/WCR; T R Meena/ASIPF/WCR; L K Sagar/IPF/KRCL; Ugrasen Singh/IPF/NR; M K Kurmi/ASIPF/ER; Rajesh Kumar Das/IPF(M)/4 BN/RPSF and Gunjal Madhav J./IPF(M)/1 BN/RPSF.

Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra gets Param Vishist Seva Medal
Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command has been chosen for Param Vishisht Seva Medal. The award has been given for their eminent contribution to the service of Nation and its Armed forces.

Air Vice Marshal, D K Pandey chosen for Ati Vishist Seva Medal
Air Vice Marshal, D K Pandey, the Air Officer in charge, Engineering Services of HQ Maintenance Command has been chosen for Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. The award has been given for their eminent contribution to the service of Nation and its Armed forces.

671 police personnel awarded President's Police Medal for meritorious service
As many as 671 police personnel have been awarded President's Police Medal for meritorious service. For details click below :
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/pm-rd13.pdf

37 Correctional Service medals awarded this Republic Day
As many as 37 Correctional Service medals have been awarded this Republic Day. They include five for distinguished service, 29 for meritorious service and three for Gallantary. For details click below :
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Correctional-rd13.pdf

CORPORATE

Aero India 2013: HAL to fly Dhruv, Rudra and LCH
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) strength in design, development and production will be showcased through its products during the up-coming Aero-India 2013. The major attractions of the HAL's pavilion include in-house designs such as Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), "Rudra" the weaponised Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) and Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT). "For the first time, we will present to the world glimpses of prospective multirole fighter (PMF) also known as Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA). This is under co-development with the Russians", says Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. ALH- Dhruv, LCH and Rudra (Mk 4 WSI) will be on flying display. Scale Models of Light Utility Helicopter, Hawk, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and Su-30 will also be on display. In addition, Pilotless Target Aircraft (Lakshya), Shakti engine, state-of-the-art accessories and avionics from various Divisions of HAL are being showcased. The other specialities of the HAL pavilion include 3D video mapping of HTT-40, Dornier Glass cockpit, scale models of aerospace structures of GSLV MkII, GSLV Mk III and PSLV. The Rotary Wing Corner will provide the visitors through simulation & visual display, a helicopter view of the technologies, the capabilities and competencies built in the Company. There will also be a holographic projection depicting capabilities of LCA, Hawk, LCH and LUH.

ONGC among select few Global Oil majors in green rankings
In spite of operating in a sector which is intrinsically polluting, ONGC's environment friendly initiatives have been recognized by International magazine Newsweek, as it is ranked 386th in the Newsweek Green Rankings 2012 Global 500 list published on October 22, 2012. This particular accomplishment by India's Energy anchor is extremely praiseworthy in Indian context as the few Indian companies ranked higher than ONGC are mostly from IT and banking sector, which have lesser environmental footprints and impacts due to the inherent nature of their business. Sudhir Vasudeva is CMD of ONGC.

A K Baweja to head new unit of QuEST Global
Former HAL?chairman Ashok K Baweja is going to head the Singapore-based company's nascent QuEST Global Defence Engineering Services.

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Kudos to J S Verma committee !
The effort put in by the three members anti- rape committee headed by former CJI in submitting its 631 pages report to GoI merits appreciation. The job was completed in a record 29 days after orally consulting 474 witnesses.. Let the law makers in Parliament and State assemblies now legislate on the matter. The lukewarm response by serving DGs across the country, is reprehensible. Their inability to assist the committee by give suggestions/opinions for amendments to criminal law, displays their lack of concern for women safety. They must all be show-caused and reprimanded.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)