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POLITICS

Will trusted Ministers of PM get ticket ?
Will the trusted Ministers of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh get Congress ticket this time? It will be known in the times to come.

Has Congress set 2014 agenda ?
The comment of Shinde has set a war of words and feelings for all political parties - from polarizing of Hindu sentiments to setting the allies on fire. Mayawati with an eye on Upper Caste vote has screamed. Will it complicate the issue for the Congress or make it easier for the BJP in days to come needs to be seen.

More bloodletting in Karnataka?
It is heard that there is likely to be more resignations on Karnataka assembly in coming days. Sources say even though the elections are in 2014 March but there are many forces working on breaking the BJP flock.

Who came in way of Gadkari's re election?
The script was ready for Nitin Gadkari's re election with the blessing of Sarsangchalak Mohan Bhagwat. But the spoke in the wheel was put in by Suresh Soni (Bhagwat's lieutenant) along with LK Advani. What compounded the fact was that Income Tax raid was carried out just a day before something that weakened the ground for Bhagwat.

BJP National Council to meet in Bhopal
The meeting of BJP National Council is likely to be held in Bhopal between of February 15 to 20, 2013.

Rajnath Singh to announce new team in March ?
Rajnath Singh, BJP President may announce his new team by the first week of March 2013.

Is WEF still relevant for industry?
With the world economy getting wobbly, summits like World Economic Forum (WEF) is getting irrelevant to attract foreign capital and money especially for a country like India that can churn its own domestic capital. WEF is now being termed as a 'failures club' its now just a networking club rather than a capital club say industry watchers.

Is NCP working at getting close to BJP ?
The resent comment of condemning Shinde's statement on saffron terror by the NCP is being read as a gradual cozying up to BJP .

BUREAUCRACY

22 IPS officers retiring in January
As many as 22 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to various cadres and batches are retiring in January, 2013. The officers include: V Rajagopal and S B Deol of AGMUT cadre; Gunotam Bhuyan and Tamanidhar Barua of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Rakesh Malik of Haryana cadre; Ram Niwas Gupta of Himachal Pradesh cadre; Showkat Ahmed Malik and Manmohan Singh of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; Deepak Kumar Verma of Jharkhand; R C Arora of Madhya Pradesh; Jawahar Singh of Maharasthra cadre; Vanup Zathang of Manipur-Tripura cadre; M P Yadav of Rajasthan; Bhola Nath, M Masanamuthu and M Ashok Kumar of Tamil Nadu; Bhagwat Prasad, Mukesh Shukla, Shubh Narayan Upadhaya and Ram Bharose of Uttar Pradesh; Mahrathi Adhikary and Partha Sarathi Ghose of West Bengal cadre.

Sahay jumps into fray for Chairman, IRDA
Former ED of the LIC and former Chief of Star Union Dai-ichi Life Kamalji Sahay has also reportedly jumped into the fray for the post of Chairman, IRDA.

J N Choudhury unlikely to return to IB
Assam DGP, Jayanto Narayan Choudhury who is likely to be relieved for central deputation after Panchayat Election is unlikely to re-join the Intelligence Bureau as Special Director. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Yadav to succeed Deol as DGP A & N Islands
Sudheer Yadav, Special Commissioner Delhi Traffic police has been appointed as DGP, Andaman Nicobar Islands. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre. DGP Deol is retiring on January 31.

Justice Gupta to be CJ of Tripura High Court
Justice Deepak Gupta, who hails from Himachal Pradesh, is being appointed as the Chief Justice of newly created Tripura High Court.

V K Gupta to hold additional charge of Member (Engineering)
General Manager of the Northern Railway V K Gupta is likely to be given additional charge of Member (Engineering ) in the Railway Board. Present Member A P Mishra is retiring on January 31.

W V K K Shankar selected for Director (Ind. Systems & Products), BHEL
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.

A N Prasad likely to repatriate in February
A N Prasad, Chief Vigilance Officer, National Projects Construction Corporation Limited, is likely to repatriate in February this year. Prior to CVO, NPCC, he had served as Inspector General of Forest and Director, Project Elephant, MOEF, GOI. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand.

Arvind Bhatnagar transferred to Delhi
Arvind Bhatnagar, ED, Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR), Mumbai, has been shifted to Delhi in the same capacity. However, he is to receive the orders of appointment as Director (Domestic Division), CONCOR.

Srinivas M is new ED, CONCOR, Mumbai
Srinivas M has been appointed as new Executive Director, CONCOR, Mumbai.

Sanjay Kumar to return to Himachal Pradesh
Sanjay Kumar, Chief Security Commissioner (CSC)/ IG, Railway Protection Force (RPF) Hajipur is likely to return to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer.

Ramesh Kumar to move to Mombasa
First Secretary in Nicosia Ramesh Kumar is moving to Mombasa as AHC in place of A R Radhakrishnan who is retiring in February.

Paritosh Dixit posted as Correspondent, AIR, Indore
Paritosh Dixit, FPO, DFP, Rewa, has been appointed as Correspondent, AIR, Indore in Madhya Pradesh. He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Pradip Bhatnagar is back to UP
Pradip Bhatnagar is back to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre from his foreign assignment. On return a 1982 batch IAS officer Bhatnagar has been given the rank of Principal Secretary.

18 CSS officers shifted after selection grade
As many as 18 officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), after being granted selection grade at Deputy Secretary level in Government of India, have been shifted. 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 in GoI transferred
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.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in HP in offing
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.

ACS Kamal Mahanta promoted to Secretary grade in Assam
Kamal Mahanta, ACS, (DR- 1983), Secretary Assam Public Service Commission has been promoted to the rank of Secretary to the Government of Assam.

Ms Archana Verma appointed as Director in DoPT
Ms Archana Verma, IAS, (RR- 1995), Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Science and Technology Department and Secretary to Chief Minister of Assam has been appointed as Director, in the Department of Personnel and Training under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, New Delhi on central deputation for a period of five years.

A N Prasad gets HAG
A N Prasad, Chief Vigilance Officer, National Projects Construction Corporation Limited, has been given Higher Administrative Grade. He is a 1979 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Fresh postings of 11 IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Vineet Chawdhry (1982) has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Cooperation while Dr Ajai Bhandari (1990) is posted as Managing Director, HP State Industrial Development corporation, Shimla and Bharat Harbanslal Khera (1995) is also Secretary, Sainik Welfare Department. Similarly, Rajender Singh (2000) has been appointed as Resident Commissioner, Pangi at Killer, District Chamba; Mrs Madhu Bala Sharma (2000) gets additional charge of Director, SC, OBC & Minorities Affairs;Abhishek Jain (2000) as Deputy Commissioner, Una District; Dr Sunil Kumar Chaudhary as MD, HP Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation, Kangra district; Kadam Sandeep Vasant (2008) as Deputy Commissioner, Chamba; Ms Iva Sahay (2010) as Sub Divisional Officer, Civil, ArKi, Yunus as Sub Divisional Officer, Civil, Nalagarh, District Solan and Sudesh Kumar Mokhta (2010) has been appointed as Sub Divisional Officer, Civil Karsog, Mandi district.

Srivastava appointed ED of Corporation Bank (UPDATED)
B. K. Srivastav, General Manager, Allahabad Bank has been appointed Executive Director of the Corporation Bank .

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Delhi (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Delhi. Accordingly, Puneet K Goel (1991) has been appointed as Transport Commissioner-cum-Secretary while Amit Yadav (1991) will now be Chairman, DSIIDC and Vikas Anand (2002) is Secretary, NDMC. Similarly, D S Pandi (1997) has been appointed as Special Secretary, Health; Nila Mohanan (2007) as Additional Secretary to Chief Minister; Abhyankar Ameya Ajit (2007) as Deputy Commissioner, New Delhi district; Lalmalsawma (1983) as Principal Secretary, SC/ST/OBC/Minorities; Nikhil Kumar (2002) as Deputy Commissioner, South West; J B Singh (2000) as Deputy Commissioner, South/South East; Shurbir Singh (2004) as Additional Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation and Udit Prakash (2007) as Deputy Commissioner, North West.

Ravinder Singh Yadav posted as Addl. CP, Crime Branch, Delhi (UPDATED
Ravinder Singh Yadav, Additional CP, Delhi Police (Special Branch), has been transferred and posted as Additional CP Crime Branch, Delhi. He is 1995 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

Anil Shukla shifted as Addl. CP, Traffic, Delhi (UPDATED
Anil Shukla, Additional CP, PHQ, Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Additional CP Traffic, Delhi Police. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer AGMU cadre.

P K Kushwaha is Addl DCP-I South District, Delhi (UPDATED
Parmod Kumar Kushwaha, Additional DCP, Crime Delhi Police, has been transferred and posted as Additional DCP-I/South District, Delhi. He is a 1995 batch DANIPS officer.

Kumar Gyanesh appointed Addl DCP, Crime Delhi (UPDATED
Kumar Gyanesh, Additional DCP/PSO, Rashtrapati Bhawan, has been transferred and posted as Additional DCP Crime, Delhi Police. He is a 1995 batch DANIPS officer.

Ms Sushma Chauhan posted as Addl Deputy Commissioner, Jammu (UPDATED)
Ms Sushma Chauhan has been transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Three IFS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Indraj Singh has been appointed as Chief Conservator of Forests, Forests Security, Jaipur while Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj will now be Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Jodhpur and Mohit Kumar Nigam is Deputy Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Jodhpur.

CORPORATE
Central Silk Board bags ToI award under Livelihood Category
Central Silk Board received the Times of India (TOI) 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.

Krishna quits ING Vysya Bank Ltd
Aditya Krishna has resigned as Director of ING Vysya Bank Ltd.

Gopalakrishnan appointed Addl. Director, L&T Finance Holdings Ltd
L&T Finance Holdings Ltd has R Gopalakrishnan as an Additional Director of the company.

Navarro quits Idea Cellular Ltd
Juan Villalonga Navarro has resigned as Director of Idea Cellular Ltd.

Garg quits Majestic Auto Ltd
Ajay Garg has resigned as Company Secretary of Majestic Auto Ltd w.e.f November 15, 2013

Saini appointed Company Secy., Majestic Auto Ltd
Rajesh Saini has been appointed as Company Secretary of Majestic Auto Ltd.

Two addl. Directors appointed on Board of Lakshmi Electrical Control Systems
Lakshmi Electrical Control Systems Ltd has appointed A. Palaniappan and Arun Selvaraj as additional directors of the company.

Jaipuria quits Monsanto India Ltd
Amitabh Jaipuria has resigned as Managing Director and Director of Monsanto India Limited w.e.f. February 28, 2013.

Nanavaty to hold addl. charge as Company Secy., Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd
V D Nanavaty, General Manager (Finance), Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd has been assigned additional charge of Company Secretary of the company .He will also be the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Vachhrajani quits Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd
V V Vachhrajani has resigned as Company Secretary of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd .

Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, Advance Lifestyles Ltd
Advance Lifestyles Ltd has appointed Sundeep Agarwal as Additional Director of the company.

Vyas quits Advance Lifestyles Ltd
S D Vyas has resigned as Director of Advance Lifestyles Ltd.

Bhargava appointed Addl. Director, Industrial Investment Trust Ltd
Industrial Investment Trust Ltd has appointed Subhash C Bhargava as an Additional Director of the company.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Fight false cases foisted on reserved category officers

The focus in future will be to fight false cases foisted on reserved category officers and also bad CR's. This has to be taken on prirority. It's time for action now and no point in wasting time in defending reservations, the debate is never ending.

M A Rao

Anti-reservation comments

It is easy to agree with the comment that whisphersinthecorridors publishes only anti-reservation comments. I have read many contrary views too. However, there are not very strong logics which can be put forward for defending the reservation policy in its present form which is politically motivated to capture votes. On the other hand, there are strong reasons why it should be revised and that is what most of the comments in your site state. I respect other views; but nobody seems to be taking a fair and reasonable view that the present policy is not only anti somebody but is benefiting repeatedly the same families and not the needy SCs. I would again request answers to four questions I put on your website on January 15. As regards not givingdeserving CRs to SCs, I had seen cases where SC officers did not give good CRs to their SC subordinates.

Bishan Sharma

Do away with present reservation policy

It is time we do away with the present reservation policy which is based solely on caste. In our country there are thousands of SC/ST/OBC castes. Among these castes itself there are forward and backward castes, wealthy and poor, and highly educated and illiterates. The former cornering all the benefits of the latter. One can see the proliferation of certain wealthy castes from certain states in the central services all over. Some use this reservation benefits to even three generations. These people who have swindled all the reservation benefits have done very little for the benefit of their community. Many for their social upliftment marry from upper castes. I can reel out names of politicians and bureaucrats, who have done so. It is these people who cry hoarse against creamy layer concept. It is these people who shout at people like Dr. Nandi. One need not search for finding reason as to why these castes are generally remain backward even after 60 years of reservation. We should do away with this caste concept and bring in reservation only based on economic grounds.

N Krishnan

Data needs to be analyzed

The data relating to 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. Its 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

Regulator should also be perceived to be above board

The regulator should be like Julius Ceaser's wife. Not only he should be above board but also be perceived to be so.

Vinay Shah

Why delay in finalizing Successor to ME ?

Successor to ME is in all possibilities Rajeev Bhargava, GM, whose empalnment is approved by PM in 2009-2010 panel with suitability for open line GM Then why delay ?

Kunal

IT dept believes only in one way communication

It is a fact that I.T. Department believes in one way communication only. One can't understand as to why communications from individuals be replied. With computerisation of the entire tax net work, the Department should acknowledge the receipt of all communications. Further when they send notices or refund orders, they should indicate the details as to how they have arrived at a particular figure. It's time CBDT and Finance Minister take note of it and take appropriate action.

S Gopal

Mystery doesn't shrouds promotion

Sorry. No mystery shrouds promotion of 1991 batch of Custom officials to Commissioner. And 43 posts are NOT lying vacant for last one year. Please check your facts before reporting.

Arun Gupta

A well deserved elevation!

Dr Varesh Sinha is new Chief Secretary of Gujarat.

A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)

He epitomises the best in Civil Services

Vivek Rae's qualities are well known. A rare human being, he epitomises the best in the Civil Services. To lend ourselves to innuendo in the matter of his appointment as petroleum Secretary is demeaning to Mr Rae. Without knowing him personally and basing the observation solely on his work in his official capacity, it is clear that the kind of person that he is, he will never respond to such insinuations. However, as neutral observers without a stake in the appointment, let us congratulate the Government on a happy choice and wish him the very best in his new role (not that he has ever caviled at whichever role he is assigned).

Arjun Malik

Congratulations to Vivek Rae

Congratulations to Vivek Rae for his appointment as Petroleum Secretary. He is known for his integrity and intelligence and has come up without any godfather or mentor. I wish him all success in his new assignment.

Suman Swarup