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POLITICS

Is faction ridden Sangh going to play a vital role in 2014 ?
Even though Rajnath Singh is a consensus candidate for the post of BJP President the factions within the RSS is going to determine many dimensions in the saffron party . The weakening of Bhagwat, key player Advani , and rise of many of Sangh's young and the restless who are undermining each other is going to create fissures and camps within the Saffron party as it gets closer to the 2014. There is no denying that the RSS will have a vital role in deciding party tickets in the coming elections which as yet was solely the prerogative of the BJP, says a close Sangh watcher.

Is a Cabinet reshuffle in offing?
It is heard that there are again talks of a cabinet reshuffle after the Chintan Shivir.

Who is Shahrukh Khan referring to in his interview?
In an interview that Shah Rukh Khan gave to an overseas publication, he is quoted as saying that he "sometimes become(s) the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India." Is the actor referring to Congress' antics to project him for politics?

Worry of rich : inheritance tax
The super- rich are fighting tooth and nail not to have the inheritance tax levied. But the Finance Ministry sources close to the development believe that this would be a great leveler in a society where the rich are paying meager by way of taxes.

Have hopes from budget increased?
The industry hopes that 2013-14 will be a budget with economy friendly measures rather than a populist budget looking ahead at the elections.

Does Rajnath's elevation have a message ?
Rajnath's surprise nomination as BJP party President contains a message that if the Congress had reposed greater faith in its dynastic system by elevating Rahul Gandhi to post of Vice-President, the BJP is also giving command to someone who has 'son of soil' credentials and is gearing up to 2014 in a different way.

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of new Secretaries in a day or two
Orders of the appointment of a couple of Secretaries in the Government of India are expected to be made in a day or two.

J N Choudhury to return to GoI
Assam DGP, Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, is likely to be relieved for Central Deputation after Panchayat Election. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Dr Varesh Sinha is new Chief Secretary of Gujarat
Dr Varesh Sinha will take over as new Chief Secretary of Gujarat on February 1. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on August 21, 2012 )

1999 batch IPS officers to be DIGs in GoI
1999 batch IPS officers are being empanelled to the rank of DIG in the Government of India in a couple of months.

31 IAS officers retiring in January
As many as 31 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to various cadres and batches are retiring in January, 2013. The officers include Kiran Dhingra of AGMUT cadre; M Chaya Ratan of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Pramod Kumar Chaudhari, Sumitra Das and Pranab Ch. Gohain of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Anil Kumar Upadhyay, Ashish Kumar of Bihar; Xavier Tigga of Chhattisgarh; Achal Kumar Jyoti, S Jagadeesan, V S Gadvi of Gujarat; Satwati Ahalawat of Haryana; Sushi Kumar Chaudhary of Jharkhand; Subir Hari Singh, G S Narayanaswami, D K Rangaswamy of Karnataka; G Rajasekharan of Kerala; Dhru Vijai Singh of Manipur-Tripura; Lalthara of Nagaland; Priya Brata Patnaik of Orissa; Gurdev Singh Sidhu of Punjab; Debendranath Sarangi, T N Ramanathan and A S Jeevarathinam of Tamil Nadu; Dinesh Kumar Mittal and Girish Chandra Chaturvedi of Uttar Pradesh; Sneh Lata Agarwal of Uttarakhand; Prasanna Kumar Pradhan, Dilip Kumar Chakraborti, Uday Sankar Nandy and Swapan Kumar Chanda of West Bengal.

CVC is yet to clear file of Vijayan
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is yet to clear the file of T S Vijayan, former Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for the post of Chairman, IRDA.

Sunil Kumar selected as Director (HR), MTNL
Sunil Kumar, ED, TCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Human Resources), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 28, 2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Justice Waghela to be CJ of Karnataka High Court
Justice D H Waghela, senior Judge of the Gujarat High Court, is going as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
(We said this on January 9, 2013)

Justice Meena Kumari to be CJ of Meghalaya HC
The Supreme Court collegium has cleared the name of Justice T Meena Kumari, a Judge of the Patna High Court for elevation as Chief Justice of the newly created Meghalaya High Court.

Successor of Mishra is unlikely
Appointment of new Member (Engineering) in the Railway Board is unlikely to be made on February1 after the retirement of A C Mishra.

Santosh Macheria is back to Manipur
After completion of deputation tenure Santosh Macheria is back to the Manipur-Tripura cadre. On return a 1984 batch IPS officer Macheria has joined as ADG.

Will Kaushal Srivastava be Member of CBEC ?
Will Kaushal Srivastava be able to make it as Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

Appointment of Pande and Pramod Kumar this week ?
Appointment of D P Pande and Pramod Kumar as GM South, Central Railway and Staff College Baroda is expected to be made either this week or early next week.

Interview for Bank EDs in Mid February
Interview for the selection of EDs in the nationalized banks is going to take place in Mid February. Dates to be announced soon.

Promotion of 1991 batch IRS (C&CE ) officers delayed
Mystery shrouds the delay in the promotion of 1991 batch IRS (C&CE) officers to the rank of Commissioner. 43 Commissioner level posts have been lying vacant for the last one year.

Three CSS officers in MHA yet to be promoted
Three CSS officers in MHA are reportedly waiting in the wings to get promotion to the rank of Joint Secretary.

H Rahman posted as Deputy Director (M&C), PIB, New Delhi
H Rahman has been posted as Deputy Director (M&C), PIB, New Delhi. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Atindra Sen leaves Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry
After three and a half years as Director General of Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry Atindra Sen is leaving on January 31. He is a former 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Chawdhary to move to Melbourne
First Secretary in Indian Embassy Bahrain Nirmal Kumar Chawdhary is moving to Melbourne as Consul.

Jharkhand cadre IFS officers first to hit list of beneficiaries, post Presidential Rule
As many as 11 Indian Forest Service officers get Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and, in a way, made it as the first to hit the list of beneficiaries, post Presidential Rule. The DPC, though, had recently been done by the CM Arjun Munda but the Governor took little time to formalise it. A.N. Prasad, a 1979 batch IFS officer, is the first and Sanjay Kumar, a 1984 batch IFS officer, is the last to chart on the list of eleven.

Will Manjari Jaruhar get some assignment in Jharkhand ?
Whispers in the corridors of power seem to be strongly in tune with the dynamics of decision making in Jharkhand, post presidential rule, which suggest that Manjari Jaruhar may get some important assignment in Jharkhand. The first woman IPS officer of Bihar had been synonymous to 'hunterwali' during her stint as SP, Bokaro. As IG, JAP she had launched several welfare projects for the families of JAP Jawans. She is the recipient of the Government of India's Police Medal for Meritorious Service and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. She was awarded the DG's Commendation Disc for outstanding service twice in the CISF and once when she was with the CRPF. A 1976 batch IPS officer recently retired from the post of Special DG, CISF.

24 IPS officers get JAG in MP

As many as 24 officials of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2003 and 2004 batches have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Madhya Pradesh. The officers include: Sanjay Kumar, Gaurav Rajput, Irshad Vali, B P Chandravanshi, Akhilesh Jha, Anand Prakash Singh, Purushottam Sharma, P S Uikey, D S Chaudhary, I P Arjaria, Rakesh Kumar Jain, Anil Maheshwari, Deepak Verma, Ashok Kumar Goyal, M S Sikarwar, Anil Kumar, Prem Singh Visht, B S Chauhan, G K Pathak, Sudhir Lad, K B Sharma, Avinash Sharma, N P Barkade and Manoj Sharma.

7 IPS Probationers get postings in MP
As many as seven Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch underwent training at National Police Academy, Hyderabad, have been given postings in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Aditya Pratap Singh has been appointed as ASP, Sagar while Asit Yadav will now be ASP, Gwalior, Ms Isha Pant is ASP, Jabalpur. Similarly, Lodha Rahul Kumar has been posted as ASP, Satna, Riyaz Iqbal as ASP, Bhopal; Sourabh Mishra as ASP, Ujjain and Ms Simala Prasad was appointed as ASP, Indore.

DG A &N Islands Deol to retire
SB Deol, DGP, Andaman Nicobar Islands is retiring on January 31, 2013. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Upadhyay is new IG, Chandigarh Administration
Rajender Pal Upadhyaya is taking over on Wednesday as IG UT police in Chandigarh. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
The Jharkhand government under President's rule has issued transfer and postings orders of IAS officers in the State. Accordingly, N N Sinha has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Governor Syed Ahmed with additional charge of IT, JAP-IT while Aditya Swaroop will now be Principal Secretary, Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasa department and D K Tiwari is head state human resources development (HRD) department. Similarly, B K Tripathi has been sent to the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries department with additional charge of Co-operative department; Sunil Kumar Burnwal as Additional Finance Commissioner; R A Ekka as Director, Panchayati Raj; Praveen Shankar as Director, Municipal Administration, Urban Development department; P Toppo as Director, Secondary Education Department with additional charge Joint Secretary of state HRD department and Ms Mamta has been appointed as Director, Primary Education-cum-Joint Secretary, HRD with additional charge of Project Director of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan.

10 IAS officers shifted in Himachal (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been shifted in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Arun Sharma has been posted as Director, Revenue Training Institute, Jogindernagar while Ram Swaroop Gupta has been made Commissioner, Departmental Enquiries and P Mitra is given an additional charge of Urban Development, Town and Country Planning, Housing and Fisheries and Ajay Mittal is now as Additional Chief Secretary, Labour and Employment. Similarly, Dr A R Sihag has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Agriculture; P C Dhiman gets additional charges Transport and Managing Director, HP Power Transmission Corporation; Jagdish Chander Sharma as Managing Director, HPMC, with the additional charge of HP Agro Industries Corporation; Bharat Harbanslal Khera gets additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Shimla Division; Amar Singh Rathore as Special Secretary, IT; Dr Purnima Chauhan has been made Director, HP Institute of Public Administration.

BOI declares final results (UPDATED)
Bank of India (BOI) has declared its final results. A K Verma, CFO, Bank of India, N Seshadri, Executive Director, Bank of India, Mrs V R Iyer, Chairperson and Managing Director, Bank of India, M S Raghavan, Executive Director, Bank of India and B P Sharma, Executive Director, Bank of India jointly released the figures at a press conference on January 28, 2013. As per figures, Operating Profit for Q3 increased by 7.15% on a Y-O-Y basis from Rs.1732 crore to Rs 1856 crore while Net Profit for Q3 increased by 12.15 % on a Y-O-Y basis from Rs.716 crore to Rs.803 crore and Asset Quality improved sequentially. Gross NPA ratio improved from 3.42% in September 2012 to 3.08% in December 2012. Similarly, Non-Interest Income increased by 9.98% on Y-O-Y basis from Rs.852 Cr to Rs.937 crore; CASA ratio improved from 32.41% to 33.84% on Y o Y basis, an increase of 143 bps. Cost to Income Ratio as at December 2012 improved to 41.61% from 42.70% as at December 2011. Overseas Business shows a robust Y o Y growth of 29.84%; Productivity, a measure of Business per employee increased from Rs.12.83 crore during December 2011 to Rs.14.51 cr during December2012. Global Deposits increased from Rs.3,07,252 crore as at December 2011 to Rs.3,49,117 crore (Growth:13.63%) while Global Advances increased from Rs.2,33,115 crore as at December 2011 to Rs.2,80,356 crore as at 31st December,2012. (Growth: 20.27%). CASA Deposits increased from Rs.78,571 crore in December 2011 to Rs. 87,972 crore in December 2012 (Growth 12%). CASA percentage improved from 32.41% to 33.84%. Operating Profit increased from Rs.1731.88 crore in Q3-FY 2011-12 to Rs.1855.79 crore in Q3- FY 2012-13 (Growth: 7.15%). Net Profit of Q3 FY 2012-13 increased from Rs.716.15 Cr as on Q3 2011-12 to Rs. 803.48 Cr as on Q3 2012-13, a growth of 12.19%. Net Interest Income (NII) increased from Rs.2067.55 crore to Rs.2308.46 crore on Y o Y basis. (Growth:11. 65%). Non-Interest Income increased from Rs. 852.15 crore in Q3 FY 2011-12 to Rs.937.15 crore in Q3 FY 2012-13.(Growth: 9.97%).

18 CSS officers shifted after selection grade (UPDATED)
As many as 18 officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been shifted after giving selection grade at Deputy Secretary level in Government of India. Accordingly, Soumya Chattopadhyay has been posted to Commerce while P Ahilan was appointed to Agriculture & cooperative and Valsamma K Daniel is made Deputy Secretary, Home Affairs. Similarly, Sachi Kanta Sahoo has been posted to UPSC; Italia Mohan to Defence; Jai Lal to Defence; Rekha Chauhan to Rural Development; Bijendra Singh to Mines; Shankar Chandra Das to Financial Services;Subhash Chand to Defence; Bhupinder Singh to NDMA; Laxmi Narayan to Labour& Employment; Roop Singh to Food & PD; Mahendra Kumar to Home Affairs; Dhan Pat Singh to Telecommunications; P L Verma to I&B and Manik Mandal has been shifted to Higher Education.

24 CSS officers transferred in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 24 officers of Central Secretatariat Service (CSS) working at Joint Secretary/Directors and Deputy Secretary levels have been transferred and posted to different Ministries in Government of India. Accordingly, Kiran Puri has been transferred to Food Processing Industries while vinoy Bhushan Dubey was shifted to Supply and Mallpudi is being appointed to Economic Affairs. Similarly, B S Rawat has been shifted to New and Renewable Energy; L K Meena to Women & Child; S B Sinha to Urban Development; Gayatri Mishra to DoPT; G R Raghavender to DoPT; K R Vaidheeswaran to Expenditure; Vandana Sharma to DoPT; S L Meena to DoNER; T Srinivas to Steel; Ashwani Kumar to Agriculture & CooP; S L Negi to Higher Education; Moti Lal to Home Affairs; Mrs Anju Bhalla to Shippingp; Maha Bir Prashad to Agriculture & Coop; U K Tiwari to Industrial Policy & Promotion; R K Gupta to Water Resources; Rohit Mathur to Panchayat Raj;Amrit Lal to Health & FW; Mohan Lal to Public Enterprises; Anil Kumar Madan to Earth Sciences and P K Ravi has been appointed to Power.

Central Silk Board bags ToI award under the Livelihood Category (UPDATED)
Central Silk Board received the Times of India award under the Livelihood Category for its contribution to impacting lives of thousands of women, especially from the marginalised groups of tribals in Bihar. The Board has taken TASAR silk activities by creating Mutual Benefit Trusts of beneficiaries with NGO support. In the process they have created micro entrepreneurial models of income augmentation of communities, helped to enhance the capacity,asset base,productivity and bargaining power of the beneficiaries.The initiative madea positive impact on socio economic transformation of tribal women viz food security and enhancement of income levels, due to the efforts of the CEO of the Silk Board Ishita Roy and her team.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in offing in HP (UPDATED)
A major reshuffle of IPS officers is in the offing in Himachal Pradesh with shifting some Superintendents of Police (SPs) apart from appointment of two ADG level officers at Training and Law and Order Departments. Besides, some appointments of DIGs have to be made with filling some posts in CID and Vigilance.

W V K K Shankar selected for Director (Ind. Systems & Products), BHEL (UPDATED)
W V K K Shankar, ED, BHEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 29, 2013. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Shah appointed Company Secy., IITL Projects Ltd
IITL Projects Ltd has appointed Ms Reena Shah as Company Secretary of the company.

Raghuram appointed Company Secy., Puravankara Projects Ltd
Puravankara Projects Ltd has appointed V P Raguram as the Company Secretary of the company.

Lewiner appointed Addl. Director, Crompton Greaves Ltd
Crompton Greaves Ltd has appointed Ms Colette Lewiner as an Additional Director of the company.

Kukreja appointed Addl. Director, KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd
KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd has appointed Sanjay Kukreja as an Additional Director of the company.

Parmar quits as Birla Capital & Fianncial Services Ltd
Ashok Parmar has resigned as Director, Birla Capital & Financial Services Ltd.

Tulsian appointed CFO, JMC Projects (India) Ltd
JMC Projects (India) Ltd has appointed Manoj Tulsian as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company with immediate effect.

Jatwal appointed Addl. Director, Moryo Industries Ltd
Moryo Industries Ltd has appointed Shashi Kumar Jatwal as Additional Director of the company.

Deora quits Moryo Industries Ltd
Sanjay Deora has resigned as Director of Moryo Industries Ltd.

Agarwal quits Suryaamba Spinning Mills Ltd
Sanjiv A Agarwal has resigned as Director of Suryaamba Spinning Mills Ltd.

Dastur quits Transwarranty Finance Ltd
Kersi K Dastur has resigned as Director of Transwarranty Finance Ltd.

Shenoy appointed Addl. Director, Transwarranty Finance Ltd
Ranjal Laxmana Shenoy has been appointed as an Additional Director of Transwarranty Finance Ltd.

Kurle appointed as Director of Inland Printers
Vinay Kurle has been appointed as Director of Inland Printers

Shah quits OCL Iron and Steel
Chetan Kumar Shah has resigned as Director, OCL Iron and Steel.

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DPC is not God !

How can a Delhi Police Commissioner (DPC) sknow as to what is their in the mind of his subordinate, who suddenly commits crime and derelicts his duty. He is not God. The Home Secretary praised the Delhi Police Commissioner in cracking the case early and not for Delhi Police not being to able to prevent the rape. In India there is one policman for 1,00,000 population whereas in crime prone Italy it is 1 for 989. There is a need to have more policeman, their proper capacity building and better infrastructure for them to perform. Secondly you also need more hospitals, proper medical facilities and rational number of doctors in order to ensure that no time is lost. Government needs money for this, which is only possible if all the citizens especially the citizens of the country especially the Lawyers, Property Dealers, Doctors etc. pay their taxes in an ethical manner. With due respect, why did the Verma Committee did not speak on the subject of reforms in judiciary so that pointedly the criminals cases are resolved at the earliest and the cases do not linger on.

Bimal Bahadur

Epitome of efficiency

There are opinions on the luke warm response from the DGPs of the state governments to the Verma Committee. The Verma Committee has of course done a commendable job and Justice Verma, as always the epitome of efficiency, erudition and service to the nation, has again rendered yeoman service to our democracy. Not to forget the services of the luminaries who have served with him on the Committee that bears his name. However, the issue perhaps needs a perspective. Respectfully, it is submitted that the Verma Committee is an independent Committee. If the DGPs had flooded the Committee with responses, they might have laid themselves open to the charge of crowding out public opinion. It is also for kind consideration that had the Committee specifically desired the suggestions of DGPs, perhaps they might have called upon the Government to have the DGPs present their views. If it is deemed desirable, even now, the same can be asked from the DGPs.

Vijay Kumar

Why can't IT Dept Be Tax Payer Friendly?

The Income Tax Department's dictate "Do Not Reply" is disappointingly tax payer un-friendly. Here is a real life case. The IT officer concerned at CPC Bangalore somehow is unable to get the details of the tax already paid and credited to the government treasury and shown in the details in the statement of the income tax payer on the IT department's own website, since there might be some difficulty in the system. So a liability is shown against the individual income tax payer without any justification, necessitating filing of rectification request under section154 of the IT Act1961. To that extent the tax payer is not worried. But the trouble starts when even such rectification application is rejected on the same erroneous ground. The communication from the ACIT-CPC rings frightening bells, especially for pensioners. The telephone numbers given in thecommunication are not reachable at all, adding to undeserved headache. The PR section is located with great difficulty, which gives some numbers, including the Chief Commissioner's number, but none works. It is an exercise in futility. Should the Income Tax Dept treat the tax payers' this way? Does it require foreign technology to strengthen the system? Or FDI is needed? Why should the tax payer be forced to approach the highest in the government for such routine simple things? Why should the tax payer not be able to communicate to his/her assessing officer through e-mail? What is this nonsense of do not reply? The assessing officer has the telephone and email number of the tax payer and surely known that the email is genuine from an existing tax payer. What is the fear in the two communicating through email? The CBDT, if it wishes to be tax payer friendly, ought to order with immediate effect abolition of this archaic practice of do not reply and set the system at CPC Bangalore in order immediately. This is nothing but harassment, deficiency in service and pre-modern India practices of the foreign rule.

M L Gupta

Data needs to be analyzed

The data relating to the number of persons availed benefits of reservations/relaxations needs to be analyzed to decide whether to continue reservations or not for those persons who availed the benefits in past. To the best of my knowledge, inspite of lapse of more than 6 decades about 40% vacancies still exist in Group-A posts, the probable reason for that seems half-hearted efforts. It's pity that reserved officers are not allowed to rise to the higher posts as their ACR's are intentionally made below bench mark or they are entangled in false cases.

Tarun Kumar

Anti reservation policy comments

Mostly your website publishes anti reservation policy comments. It would be in the fitness of things if you publish the views and comments which are pro-reservation policy and which suggest better implementation of the policy. You should confine listing news related to transfer of officials for which your website is known otherwise your website will become like Baba Ram Dev whose main job is teaching. Yoga but he concentrates more on lectures on politics during yoga sessions which undermines his importance.

R K Singh