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POLITICS
Is Margaret Alva keen to return to active politics ?
If AICC ources are to be believed Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva is keen to return to the active politics.

BUREAUCRACY

281 vacancies of High Court Judges
According to official sources, 281 sanctioned posts of High Court Judges are currently lying vacant in the country. At present 614 judges are working against a sanctioned strength of 894 in High Courts.

Government recommends action by CBI in 218 cases
A high-level government panel has recommended appropriate action by the CBI in 218 cases. The panel had received complaints against Chief Executives and functional Directors of PSEs and CMDs and functional directors of public sector banks and financial institutions.

Dr Gautam Sengupta DG, ASI to demit office on January 17
Dr Gautam Sengupta Director General (DG) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is going to demit office on January 17, 2013

Maximum corruption in Railways
The CVC has received maximum number of complaints of corruption from the Railways. Number of Complaints is said to be 9000 followed by 8,430 against bank employees and 5,026 against Income Tax officials.

Bansal is also Director, Oriental Insurance Co
CMD of the Oriental Bank of Commerce, S L Bansal has also been appointed as Director of Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.

IRS-IT officer promoted to ACIT after retirement
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Aftab Badruddin has been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax after promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT).

Rao to join NDC Course ?
K Rajeshwar Rao, C V O, Container Corporation of India Ltd (CONCOR), Ministry of Railways is likely to join one year NDC course. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Manipura-Tripura cadre.

Lt Gen Singh is new DG, Military Intelligence
Lt Gen R N Singh has been appointed new DG, Military Intelligence, in the Indian Army.

Jegadesan is PS to MoS Social Justice
K Jegadesan is now PS to Union Minister of State for Social Justice D Napolean. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Six IFS officers get JAG in Rajasthan
As many as six officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) of 2009 batch have been given Junior Time Scale in Rajasthan. They are Mohit Kumar Nigam, Kumari Harini V, Sunil, Shashi Shankar, T Mohan Raj and Balaji Kari.

A G Kulkarni posted as DD, PDA, Defence Services, Pune
A G Kulkarni, Deputy Director in the office of the Principal Director of Audit, Scientific Departments, New Delhi, at its Bangalore branch, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Pune.

Orders of V S B Babu next week
Orders of V S B Babu GM, NPCL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) are expected to be issued next week in this month.

381 Group B Scientists quit services
As many as 381 scientists of group B have resigned from the services since 2007. A total 166 scientists quit the service in 2007 while 78 in 2008, 41 in 2009, 38 in 2010 and 58 in 2011.

Lal Tendu Mohanti empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Lal Tendu Mohanti of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1989 batch and Jammu & Kashmir cadre has been empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India.

UP to have Banks Security cadre
There is a proposal in Uttar Pradesh to have Banks Security cadre.

Thapliyal to move Doha
Suneel Thapliyal is moving to Doha from Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters as Second Secretary.

A K Mishra is DRM, Ahmedabad
A K Mishra, SAG IRSME, Central Railway, has been transferred and posted as DRM Ahmedabad.

Rakesh Behal posted as CRSE (F&O), WR
Rakesh Behal, SAG IRSME, on being relieved from DRM Ahmedabad, has been posted as CRSE(F&O) in Western Railway.

Sandeep Rajvanshi is ADRM, Western Railway
Sandeep Rajvanshi, SAG IRSME, Western Railway, has been appointed as ADRM, Mumbai Division, Western Railway.

Two IAS officers of 1988 batch get HAG in J&K
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1988 batch and belonging to Jammu and Kashmir cadre have been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers include Sundeep Kumar Nayak and Arun Kumar Mehta.

Three IAS officers of 1997 batch given Super Time Scale in J&K
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch and belonging to Jammu and Kashmir cadre have been promoted to the grade of Super Time Scale. The officers include: Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal and Farooq Ahmad Factoo.

Four IAS officers of 2000 batch get Selection Grade in J&K
Four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2000 batch and belonging to Jammu and Kashmir cadre have been promoted to the grade of Selection Grade. The officers include: Sheikh Mushtaq Ahmad, Vineeta Gupta, Shahid Anayatullah and Tushar Kanti Sharma.

Two IAS officers of 2009 batch get Senior Time Scale in J&K
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2009 batch and belonging to Jammu and Kashmir cadre have been promoted to the Senior Time Scale. The officers include: Shahid Iqbal and Shushma Chouhan.

First woman conservator
Ms Karuna priya IFS -96 batch has been posted as Conservator of Villupuram, circle. She is the first woman conservator to head circle in Tamil Nadu.

Five new High Court Judges in Rajasthan
The President has appointed P K Lohra,Arun Bhansali, Vijay Bishnoi,J K Ranka and Virendra Singh Saradhana has Judges of the Rajasthan High Court.

Uday Shankar is Director (Tech), RajComp Info Services Limited in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Uday Shankar, Forest Conservator (M & E) and Chairperson, FDA, Bikaner, as been transferred and posted as Director (Technical) RajComp Info Services Limited, Jaipur. He is a 1996 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

K Narsimha Rao promoted as ADGP in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
K Narsimha Rao, IG, Telecommunication, has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police in Rajasthan. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Justice Dash in new Judge of Orissa High Court (UPDATED)
Justice Raghubir Dash has been sworn in as new judge of Orissa High Court on Friday.

1986 batch IPS is dg Home Guards in Nagaland (UPDATED)
1986 batch IPS officer Thechamo Lotha has been appointed DG Prisons, Home Guards & Civil Defence in Nagaland.

Shashi Bhushan shifted to NCR (UPDATED)
Shashi Bhushan, SS/IRTS/ East Central Railway, presently working as Sr DOM/Sonpur, has been transferred to North Central Railway (NCR)and posted in the cadre.

CORPORATE


Jain nominated as Director, IFCI Ltd
The Central Government has nominated Anurag Jain, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services as Director on the Board of Directors of IFCI Ltd.

Khurana appointed COO, Bharti Infratel Ltd
Sunil Khurana has been appointed as the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Bharti Infratel Ltd.

Shorawala nominated Part-time Director, Central Bank of India
Union Ministry of Finance has nominated M P Shorawala as Part -time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Central Bank of India

Chhanghani quits Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd
G K Chhanghani, Executive Director of Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd has resigned from the company.

Chhanghani appointed Whole-time Director, Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Ltd
G K Chhanghani has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Ltd.

Three Directors cease to be on Board of IFCI Ltd
Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, Atul Ashok Galande and S Shabbeer Pasha have resigned as Directors of IFCI Ltd.

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Military prowess of India has no relation with Woman's condition
Military prowess of India displayed on January 26th should not be co-related with condition of women in India. Display of artillery and men and women in Military Uniform not only gives common man an insight into military strength of India but also to enemy nations. The world must know growing military power of India.

R K Singh

Fourteenth Finance Commission and Diagonal Devolution for Agriculture
While a Central Finance Commission is charged primarily with vertical and horizontal devolution of tax proceeds, Grants-in-aid to States comprise the largest component of funds which flow from its recommendations. Also, successive Central Finance Commissions have acknowledged that distribution and allocation of Plan funds is crucial to correcting the economic imbalances that have manifested in the development profile of various States. However, while recommending grants-in-aid, they have considered it expedient to address the needs of the States to the extent of their requirement only on the non-Plan revenue account. The logic is that Plan requirements are best determined on annual basis under the Five Year Plan in consultation with Planning Commission, which determines Plan grants. In recent times, perhaps the Ninth Finance Commission was an exception in that it recommended Plan grants. The Thirteenth Finance Commission recommended specific grants for improving outcomes in different identified sectors viz., health, justice, UID programme etc. In the prevailing development paradigm, which places overriding emphasis on inclusive growth and the importance which attaches to agriculture in this context, the Fourteenth Finance Commission may consider recommending substantive grants for improving outcomes in agriculture in States which demonstrate potential yet lag in performance.

S.K. Tewari