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POLITICS

There is no talk of Mid Term poll now
Now the wild talk about the Mid Term Lok Sabha polls this year has come to a halt in the political circle.

BUREAUCRACY

21 IPS officers of 1982 batch empanelled as ADGP in GoI
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.

Why did Watal not join as Secretary?
In bureaucratic circles, it was talk of discussion as to why Ratan Watal did not join as Secretary, New and Renewable Energy on January 1. Enquiries, however, revealed that he is on leave and would join the new assignment next week.

Praveen Srivastava poised to be DG, ASI
As the grapevine has it, Praveen Srivastava is poised to be new Director General (DG) of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). Presently, he is Member - Secretary in the National Monument Authority (NMA) of India. This was a newly created post. Srivastava , former ADG of ASI , is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura(M-T) cadre.

Dr Gulshan Rai tipped be OSD in PMO on e-Security
As the grapevine has it, Dr Gulshan Rai is poised to be OSD in PMO on e-Security. Presently, Dr Gulshan Rai is Director General (DG), CERT, in Government of India (GoI).

Selection committee for PS banks appointments mooted
Selection committee to hold interviews for new CMDs and EDs in Public Sector (PS) banks has been mooted.

Urjit Patel to succeed Subir Gokaran
Name of renowned Economist Urjit Patel has been cleared for appointment as the new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He would succeed Subir Gokaran.
(We said this on January 2, 2012)

Y V Reddy to head 14th Finance Commission
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 14th Finance Commission
Former Secretary, Finance in GoI, Ms Sushma Nath has been appointed Member of the 14th Finance Commission. She is a retired 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Govind Rao is Member of 14th Finance Commission
M Govind Rao, Director , NIPFP, has been appointed Member of the 14th Finance Commission.

Mundle is Member of 14th Finance Commission
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
Member, Planning Commission, Abhijit Sen has been appointed Member of the 14th Finance Commission.

C H Kharsingh posted as AG, Audit, Guwahati
C H Kharsiingh, Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board, Bangalore, has been transferred and posted as Accountant General (Audit), Assam, Guwahati.

Four vacancies of Special Commissioners in Delhi Police
There are going to be four vacancies of the Special Commissioner in Delhi police this month.

Bhanumati to be Director (Investigations), Delhi
M P Bhanumati on completion of deputation tenure is back to the parent IRS (IT). A 1987 batch officer Bhanumati who was in the DEA is being tipped to be Director (Investigations) in Delhi.

Lt Gen Ashok Singh to head Southern Command
Lt Gen Ashok Singh is going to head Southern Command on February 1. He is presently heading the NDA.

M L Gupta nominated Director, Dena Bank
The Government of India has nominated M L Gupta, Senior Manager, Dena Bank, MP Nagar, Bhopal as Officer Director on the Board of the Dena Bank. He is a General Secretary of All India Dena Bank Officers Federation.

Sinha to succeed Joti as CS, Gujarat?
Grapevine has it that, after the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Varesh Sinha is going to succeed present Chief Secretary A K Joti. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer. Joti is retiring on January 31.

Jayalalitha picks up lady Chief Secretaries!
Ms Sheela Balakrishnan has become the third woman Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The first was Mrs Laxmi Pranesh while Ms Malathy was second and is no more. However, Ms S. Malathi, (IAS, TN, 1977) was made CS in 2010 when the DMK was in power. She was transferred out in May 2011 after the AIADMK came to power. Ms Jayalalitha gets credit for picking lady Chief Secretaries.

Kumar couple to get CS rank in J & K
Two 1979 batch IAS officers Dr Arun Kumar and Ms Sonali Kumar are being promoted to the rank of ACS in J & K this month.

IAS officer to return to Orissa
Sanjay Kumar Singh who is on inter-state cadre deputation to Bihar is returning to the parent Orissa cadre. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer.

Information Commission in Madhya Pradesh headless
After the superannuation of a 1974 batch retired IAS officer Iqbal Ahmad, Madhya Pradesh Information Commission is headless.

Six ISS officers transferred
Six ISS officers have been transferred on promotion as ADGs in MOSPI.

232 IRS-IT officers to officiate as DCIT
As many as 232 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) have been appointed to officiate as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (Senior Time Scale). The officers include: Mohammed Mustafa, R Sampath Kumar, K Ramamuthy, R K Baral, Sanjay Mallikc, D K Pradhan, Charistopher Jerome Singh, Abhijit Ghosh, Mukesh Jain, Miland V Rajguru, Gopalkishan D Sharma, A C Rout, D G Pansari, Shiva Srinivas, A Seethrama Rao, S Kumar Singh N, K R Narayana, T G Shiva Kumar, C Eranna, S N Kabra, R P Selvam, B C Medhi, A K Boro, N Gurmel Singh, R Y Balwade, T C Meena, P N Prasad, C Murugesan, K L Solanki, Om Prakash, Muchael Kullu, D K Meena, Bhairon Lal Meena, B L Meena, D A Chourasia, Varghese Joseph, Rajesh D Menon, Iyer Ananatharaman N V, M A M Krishnan, T K Inamdar, Rajeev Kumar Singh, Anil A Gupta, Manjit Kumar, Smitha V Nair, bhudeshwar Doley, Saratha G, L M MJindal, T M Chackala, P S Walia, P S Walia Dr Kaumudi Patil, D Kumutha, A Jyoti Ranjan Singh, Sugandha Sharma, Jaya Ganesh K, P G chaudhury, B M Varkey, Nilanjan Dey, Deepika Arora, Neelam Agrawal, Smita Singh, S B Singh, Rajesh Mahajan, A Singh Yadav, Pushpender Kumar, Smarak Swain, C Siva Kumar, Sanjeev Sharma, A D Kulkarni, P S Bhalla, Sourabh Dubey, Omana Kuttan, S Mudit Mithilesh, P S Gautam, A P Mani, A S Hiwase, G N Singh, N D Gupta, Princy Singla, B R Mishra, Rupesh Agrawal, M Anand Kumar, B S Rajpurhoit, Leena Lal, S N Pandey, M N Kumar Shete, Harkamal Sohi, V K Chaturvedi, Deepika Mohan, Inderalal Maheshwari, Sudha Gupta, Manoj Chauhan, Sumesh Swani, Neha, D S Rawat, D K Jain, Ranjan Srivastava, V S Negi, Shailendra Kumar, J C Kulhari, Rajan Kumar Singh, J K Chandnani, Anubhha Tah, P K Singh, Tamil Selvam S, S C Mohanty, Srinivasa Rao Vana, Kanv Bali, Vikram S Sharma, M S Parmar, Gaurav Sharma, Manish Gupta, N K Bansal, Rajendra Singh, R N Dixit, P J Lawand, Nishi Padma, Shiv Kumar Rai, S P Padmakar, R Namedeo, Ashish Kumar, Yagyesh, A K Mahala, Shivani Bansal, A P Singh Daia, M Logapathi, Rohini D, B P Srivastava, B K Singh, Aastha Lakshmi, A K Rawat, Janardhan S, Ravi Prakash, Priyanka Singla, A M Mittal, K Harigovind, Abdul Hakeem M, P U Charakant, D Chakgraborty, D V Subbarao, S A Bhasist Narayan, T V Goipkrishna, Pramod Kumar, Padma Ram, K Shiva Bhagya Rao, Abhishek Narang, V M Mahidhar, D K Chaudhary, U Umesh Kasar, Priyadarshit Mishra, Purnesh Gururani, Ravindra, Himanshu Sharma, L M Majhi, A K Ojha, Pavitran Kumar J, Altaf Hussain, T Ramalingam, S S Ramling, U K Panchamram, Partha P Barman, Gajendra Singh, Partha B Basak, Marrapu Naveen, N K Varta Singh, Ajay Kumar, Ram Kishan Meena, A Rama Karhikeyan S, A S Sant, Apul Jayaswal, A Chinnathambi, J X Peter, Jai Nath Verma, R Mukundanan, Rohit Raj, A Anand Kumar, Lalita Kumar, M M Waman Rao, R Kaitha, Ram Krishna Kedia, Jayanthi Angayarkanni G D, Raja Ghosh, Atesham Ansari, Manoj Kumar Singh, R Anita, Avijit Mishra, Ajay Jadeja, Liyagat Ali Aafaqui, K Lakshmi, Waseem U R Rehman, Nayanjyoti Nath, Rohit Anand, V N Trivedi, Anil Kumar, A D Wadhawan, W S Machchhindra, S K Jain, A K Deharia, Ashok Gautam, Y R Rawal, Anand Swaroop, Manoj Kumar, H B Mallayya, W D Soinda, M N Raju, B Nahak, Varuvoornu Sreedhar, Rajiv Kishan, Gubotra, Nelapatla Ashok babu, R Krishanmurthy, J S Nagar, S Anbuselvam, R V A Prasaad, R K Madanlal, B K Vishnu Priya, N J Vyas, B S Anant, K S Rani, S S Priya M, D Prasad Rao, R Satish Chandra Ramsevak, A K Dubey, Ankur Alya, Sanjay Gosain, Sandeep Lakra, Baij Nath Singh, L Pachuau, Panna Roy, Sridhar Dora, S Nandan Kaul, D K Srivastava, Surendra Meena, Seema Meena, Anita Meena, C Manickam, Pratibha Meena, Rabindra Nath Ray, K Hauthang, A K Mandal, Lal Ramsanga Saila, P S Thuingaleng, Kapil Mandal, Anubhav Singh, Bhopal Singh, Guman Singh Negi and N S Shashidhara.

3 IFoS officers promoted to APCCF in Rajasthan
Three officers of Indian Forest Service (IFoS) of 1985 batch have been promoted to the grade of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) in Rajasthan. The officers include: Suresh Chand, G V Reddy and K C Sakarwal.

2 IPS officers of Maharashtra cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1989 batch and Maharashtra cadre have been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers are Sanjay Kumar and Vivek V Phansalkar.

63 scientists quit services in 2010
As many as 63 scientists of group B, C, D, E and F have quit the services in 2010.

Major IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh
In a major IAS reshuffle altogether 38 officers have been affected in Himachal Pradesh.

IFS officer is Director, Administration in Lucknow University
Indian Foreign Service officer Arindam Bhattacharya has been appointed Director , Administration in Lucknow University.

Bhatnagar is back to UP
Pradip Bhatnagar is back to the parent UP cadre from central deputation. On return a 1982 batch IAS officer Bhatnagar has been posted as Divisional Commissioner, Agra.

Major reshuffle of senior officers in Railways
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 garwal, 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.

Vibrant Gujarat' to showcase state as a global business hub(UPDATED)
With Japan and Canada as partner countries and endorsements from UK, US and Australian business councils, the sixth edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS) 2013, a biennial event of the Gujarat government, will be held at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar from January 11 to 13, 2013. "USIBC's ( US-India Business Council) executive mission, comprising senior US business executives representing a broad range of sectors, seeks to promote Gujarat as India's global business hub," says the council's portal adding that under Modi's leadership, Gujarat has emerged as one of the most attractive investment destinations for American businesses. The event, which showcases Gujarat as a global business hub and investment destination, will have participation from some African countries, Australia, Bahrain, Thailand, Russia, the Netherlands and Belgium, among others.

Would Badal's be weathering the investment environment? (UPDATED)
Enthused with the World Banks study reports; declaring Punjab as most favoured investment destination across the country and as future growth engine for the country, Punjab govt. is hosting a two days 'NRI Summit 2013' on January 04-05 at Chandigarh and Jalandhar respectively. In sync with the investment target of one lac crore the summit seems to aim at identifying and highlighting the concerns of Punjabi Diaspora and draw an effective roadmap for their solutions.

Perhaps for the first time the NRI Media are being roped in, as partner in progress; albeit in a catalytic role. Approximately 45 journalists representing NRI Media would share their aspiration and vision to project the progressive image of Punjab across the globe.

On January 04 Badals, the CM & Dy. CM, would divulge into the dialogues with more than 50 representatives comprising sitting and former MPs, MLAs, Mayors and Councillors from various countries to get their suggestive for the welfare of NRIs. It would portray the picture of promising Punjab and in reciprocation it would solicit the cooperation of Punjabi Diaspora for a futuristic Punjab in line with the 'patterns of progresses' of developed countries.

Though; the meet would conclude, supposedly, with the announcement of a policy frame-work facilitating the Punjabi Diaspora; but it also triggers inquisitiveness whether Badal's are brightening their electoral prospects in 2014.

Three IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh transferred (UPDATED)
They are Dr. Ajai Bhandari, IAS (HP:1990), who has been posted as Secretary (Sainik Welfare Department) and also been given the additional charge of the post of Managing Director, H.P. State Industrial .Development, Corporation Ltd., Shimla, Budhi Ram Verma, IAS (HP:1996), as Divisional Commissioner, Kangra Division at Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra and also been given the additional charge of the post of Divisional Commissioner, Mandi Division, Distt. Mandi, HP and Dr P C Kapoor, IAS (HP:82), Additional Chief Secretary (Industries and Labour Employment) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla who has been given the additional charge of the post of Additional Chief Secretary (Horticulture) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.

CORPORATE


Mandal takes charge as CMD, SCI
After the superannuation of S Hajra, B K Mandal has taken over charge as acting CMD of the Shipping Corporation of India on January 1.
(We said this on December 27, 2012)

Capt. R S Dhillon suspended
Capt. R S Dhillon, General Manager (Operations), In- charge Training, has been suspended on grounds of fudging Simulator training records by Air India.

Gokarn ceases to be Director, SBI
Dr Subir V Gokarn, has ceased to be a Director on State Bank of India's Central Board.

Raman quits City Union Bank
K S Raman has resigned as Director on the Board of Directors of City Union Bank.

Paul appointed Company Secy., Newtime Infrastructure Ltd
Kamal Kishor Paul has been appointed as Company Secretary of Newtime Infrastructure Ltd.

Pradhan appointed CFO, Zee Learn Ltd
Umesh Pradhan has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Zee Learn Ltd.

Pearce appointed Director, Religare Enterprises Ltd
Start D Pearce, Director of Religare Enterprises Ltd has resigned from the Board of Directors of the company.

Ratan Tata steps down as Non Exec. Director, Tata Power Company Ltd
Ratan N Tata, Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Tata Power Company Ltd has stepped down from the Board of Directors of the company.

Asano appointed Deputy MD, Yamaha Motor, India
Masaki Asano has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director of Yamaha Motor in India

Marwah appointed Director , Bengaluru Marriott Hotel, Whitefield
Sanjay Marwah has been appointed as Director (Finance) at Bengaluru Marriott Hotel, Whitefield.

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'Apply Prevention of Corruption Act to Practicing CAs.

Practicing Chartered Accountants are an important institution of society. They certify the accounts of any entity as correct. All banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, govt., courts etc. rely on their certification. Therefore they are just like an inspecting authority of Govt. They are not simply private employees. They are independent authorities. Moreover, they are more vulnerable to corruption in certifying the accounts as correct because they work for their clients who appoint them and pay them their fees and therefore they are required to take care of interest of their clients. The Government should therefore seriously think of bringing them under prevention of corruption Act so as to avoid scams like in the case of Satyam computers.

Pavan Ved,

Commissioner of Income Tax

Mumbai

IPS bosses play truant

Not only in the case of non functional up-gradation, in all other matters the IPS bosses play truant and subvert the rightful dues of the CPO officers. In matters of promotion also the DPCs are being deliberately delayed. Even though several ACs were eligible and due for promotion, they did not hold the DPC in BSF for over one year thus deliberately delaying their consideration for promotion to the next rank

Gurang

Shun reservation in all forms

If the reserved classes are so great, why don't we see in any one in them, the caliber of Robindra Nath Tagore,C V Raman, Hargobind Khurana , S Chandrashekhar , V S Naipaul , in last 50 years. Why none of them won us a Nobel in any field?

Sunil

Legal and constitutional injustice to non-SC/ST

About reservations I would like to say that the question is not that SCs/STs are non-meritorious, the point is that if two-three generations of a family have benefitted from reservation and have economically reached a level where they can very well afford to provide good education to their children at par or even above the level that non SC/ST are providing or are not able to provide, they should make way for others in their own community who are economically weaker. Only this will improve the condition of SC/ST as a whole. As regards reference to Constitutional provision, it was for ten years. Everybody knows that it is being continued after 60 years for political reasons. This is legal and constitutional discrimination and injustice to non-SC/ST. Why this aspect is being ignored? Are they not citizens of this country? What sin they have committed? Please think about them also.

Bishan Sharma

Congratulations to Spolia

I congratulate DM Spolia my batchmate

Lawmkunga