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Now Rahul Gandhi is real boss !
Rahul Gandhi seems to be the real boss of the Congress Party since Sonia Gandhi has almost withdrawn herself from routine party affairs.

Gujarat may have a Dy CM soon !
With Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi left with no time to attend Gujarat' affairs, ever since he has been made the chief of BJP's poll campaign committee, an appointment of a Deputy Chief Minister to run the administration in the state is on the cards. Major portfolios earlier held by Modi like general administration, administrative reforms and training along with Narmada and Kalpsar have already been handed over to Anandiben Patel and Saurabh Patel.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be CMD of MMTC ?
The Search Committee is believed to have short-listed Dr Rajiv Sharma, IAS (1982 batch AP ) presently Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and Sunir Khurana, Ex-Director(Marketing), MMTC Limited for the post of CMD MMTC. One can only wait and watch, who will win the race finally or this panel will also have the same fate as was of earlier four panels during last three years.

Will CRPF get its ever first lady officer as DG?
Whispers in the corridors of power have been doing rounds these days that if the top cop job of CRPF may be given to some lady officer for the first time. Still guessing game goes on whether CRPF would make a history for itself or not. Pranay Sahay, DG, CRPF, is scheduled to superannuate on July 31. Still possibility of 1977 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre Subhash Goswami is not ruled out.

P Prakash tipped to be JS, HRD
As the grapevine has it, Praveen Prakash may move to Department of HRD, GoI. The 1994 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre is presently serving as PS to Union Minister of State for Information Technology & Communications, Killi Kruparani.

Minister Textiles recommends P Subramanyam for JS, Textiles?
Even though Pushpa Subramanyam is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary, MSME; the Union Minister for Textiles has also, reportedly, recommended her name to GoI for the slot of JS, Textiles vacated by V Sriniwas who is moving to JS, Culture. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Who will succeed KK Mittal as JS, Police-I at MHA?
Being a crucially important slot the speculations have been doing rounds in the power corridors these days as who would succeed K K Mittal as Joint Secretary Police-I at MHA. Reportedly, the slot may be given to an officer having a diversified experience in handling important desks at MHA like boarder management, internal security etc. Has anybody a clue?

Ranjan to pursue MA in PPSD in TERI; to proceed on study leave
Joint Secretary, Culture, in the Government of India, Rakesh Ranjan is all set to pursue MA in Public Policy & Sustainable Development (PPSD) from TERI. He is going on one year study leave. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Duggal may move on central deputation on a critically important job?
Whispers in the corridors of power make it a fresh buzz that Anjuli Chib Duggal may soon move on central deputation. Reportedly, she is keen on some critically important slot. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre. Will she ?.

Ms Archana Arora to be PS, Home in Delhi Govt
Outgoing Chairperson, NDMC, Ms Archana Arora is being tipped to be new Principal Secretary, Home in Delhi Government. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anand posted as Sr Adviser, Planning Commission in GoI
Pramod Kumar Anand, Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development, has been appointed as Senior Adviser, Planning Commission in the pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary to get extension ?
Latest information says that Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Dr Hari Krishna is getting six months extension in service. The 1981 batch UP cadre IAS officer Dr Krishna is scheduled to retire on July 31.

V P Joy poised to move on central deputation
As the grapevine has it, V P Joy is all set to move on central deputation. He is serving the Government of Kerala as Principal Secretary, Finance. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Tenure of STC Director, M M Sharma extended
The tenure of M M Sharma, Director (Personnel), The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd (STC), has reportedly been extended for further a period of three months.

Ravi Mittal gets three months extension
Central deputation tenure of Ravi Mittal as Adviser (Plan Coord) (Joint Secretary level) has been extended for a period of three months beyond July 15,2013. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ad-hoc appointment of DS extended
The tenure of ad-hoc appointment of all the Deputy Secretaries in Government of India has been extended upto June 30, 2014.

GoI relieves Jain; repatriates to Govt. of Chhattisgarh
After completing almost seven years of service at the centre, Amitabh Jain is all set to move to cadre state. The 1989 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre had been serving as Minister, Economic at the Indian High Commission, London. He may reportedly get some critically important assignment in the state.

Agrawal relieved from GoI; repatriated to cadre state of Chhattisgarh
Amit Agrawal is all set to get back to his cadre state. Reportedly, the 1993 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre has been relieved by the Government of India. He had been serving as Director, GoI, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister. He is likely to get some important assignment in the state.

CBI and Railgate
It is learnt that CBI is now focusing to interrogate one retired Board Member and about 20 Railway officers whose names have figured in the recorded tapes and their transfers and postings were managed by the associates of then Ministers Cell. Recordings and the related movements of these officers have been checked for money trails.

Verma empanelled as JS in GoI
Satish Chandra Verma, who was investigating Ishrat Jehan case, has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Arundhati Nag loses to Wamen Kendre ?
Arundhati Nag seems to have lost to Prof Waman Kendre for the post of Director, National School of Drama (NSD).

Will Kishan Verma move from ARC ?
Kishan Verma is likely to move from the ARC to the NTRO as number two in the organization.

Muhnot to be CMD of Bank of Maharashtra ?
Chairman, SIDBI, Sushil Muhnot is expected to move as CMD of the Bank of Maharashtra .

Maini to be Acting Chairman of SIDBI
In the event of Muhnot's movement to the Bank of Maharashtra, Deputy MD N K Maini will continue to be Acting Chairman of the SIDBI. The post is not going to be filled .

Mrs Bandyopadhayay empanelled as JS in GoI
Mrs Saswati Bandyopadhayay has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is an IDAS officer of 1983 batch.

Orders of Boopathy for posting as Director (P& P), NLC yet to come
The orders of S Boopathy, GM, NLC, for the appointment as Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) are yet to be issued by Government of India.

Orders of Swaminathan for posting as Director (Fin), BEML yet to come
The orders of P Swaminathan, ED, BEML, for the appointment as Director (Finance), BEML Limited are yet to be issued by Government of India. He will succeed present incumbent Pitchiah.

Ms Sonia Bhalla to be Country Manager, Yangon
Air India officer, Ms Sonia Bhalla has been appointed Country Manager, Myanmar, Yangon.

IRSME officer Subodh Kumar Sagar gets SAG
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer (IRSME) officer, Subodh Kumar Sagar, presently in DLW, has been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non functional basis.

Suparna Deb empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Suparna Deb has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an IA & AS officer of 1991 batch.

Surjit Singh posted as DIG, SHQ, Sunderban
Surjit Singh has been posted as DIG, SHQ, Sunderban. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Vaidya is new Director in PMO (UPDATED)
Santosh Dattatraya Vaidya has been appointed as Director in the Prime MInister Office for a period of five years. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anil Chopade is also CGM, MSSC (UPDATED)
Anil Chopade, Deputy General Manager, has been assigned an additional charge of CGM, Maharashtra State Seeds Corporation Ltd (MSSC). The post was vacated by V H Kalbande who joined as Managing Director, North Eastern
Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC).

MoU signed for second Airport at Raigarh in CG (UPDATED)
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for development of Raigarh Airport at the estimated cost of Rs. 280 Crores was signed between State Govt of Chhattisgarh & Airports Authority of India in the presence of Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. The function was chaired by Dr. Raman Singh, Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh, also present during the function were Sunil Kumar Chief Secretary, D S Mishra Additional Chief Secretary (Finance), N Baijendra Kumar Principal Secretary & Chairman NRDA, and Senior officials of State Govt. & Airports Authority of India. V P Agrawal Chairman AAI and Subodh Kumar Singh, Secretary Aviation Govt of Chhattisgarh signed the MoU. Raigarh Airport will be the Second Airport for Domestic flights in the state. State Govt has provided 592 acres of land to AAI for Construction of the Raigarh Airport. The Chairman AAI, while addressing the gathering, extended thanks to Dr Raman Singh for reducing the tax on ATF from 25 to 5%; as a result of which the number of domestic flight operations and passenger movement have increased significantly. Chairman, AAI mentioned that the Union Minister of Civil Aviation lauded at various occasions this initiative of Chhattisgarh Govt. On this occasion, Chief Minister declared that the tax on ATF will be further reduced from 5% to 1% on commencement of International flights from Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur.

Did an incident result in wrist slashing by senior officer in GoI ? (UPDATEED)
Did an incident of humiliation by a Secretary resulted in wrist slashing by an Addl. Secretary level officer in the Government of India ?.

NBCC inks MoA with Govt of NCT Delhi (UPDATEED)
N. P. Aggrawal, SGM (BD), NBCC and Dr. N.V. Kamat, Director, on behalf of Govt. of NCT Delhi exchanging documents after signing a Memorandum of Agreement for execution of 200 bedded Hospital at Ambedkar Nagar, New Delhi. The MoA was signed in presence of A. K. Walia, Minister of Health, Govt. of NCT, Delhi; S.C.L. Dass, Secretary (Health & FS), S. B. Shashank, Special Secretary (Health & FS) and Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC.

Dr Shankha Brata Bagchi relieved to join CBI (UPDATED)
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has relieved Dr Shankha Brata Bagchi of cadre responsibility as DIG, CID in order to pave the way for joining Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on deputation at the level of Deputy Inspector General (DIG). Dr Bagchi is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this in May, 2013)

CWC contributes Rs 100 lakh to PM's relief fund (UPDATED)
In the wake of extensive devastation due to cloud burst and floods in the State of Uttarakhand in June, 2013, responding to the appeal made by Prime Minister to all citizens to donate generously to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, the Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) on July 26 presented a cheque amounting to Rs.100.00 lakh towards one day's salary contributed by some of the employees of the Corporation as well as out of its CSR budget. The cheque was presented to Prof. K V Thomas, Minister of State (IC) for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on behalf of Prime Minister by B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC in the presence of Sudhir Kumar, Secretary (F&PD) and other senior officials of the Ministry. Minister lauded the humble contribution made by the employees of the Corporation in supplementing the efforts of the Government in rescue and relief operations as well as massive reconstruction in the State of Uttarakhand

S K Puri selected as Director (Fin), WAPCOS Limited (UPDATED)
S K Puri, ED, WAPCOS, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), WAPCOS Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 26, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Mahadevan resigns as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) , Thermax Limited
Gopal Mahadevan has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Thermax Limited

Agarwal re-appointed VLS Finance Limited
VLS Finance Limited has re-appointed S K Agarwal as Managing Director of the company.

Mehra ceases to be Whole-time Director, Living Media India Limited?
Anil Mehra has ceased to be Whole-time Director of Living Media India Limited

Natu appointed Additional Director, Zenith Birla (India) Limited
Zenith Birla (India) Limited has appointed Pushkar Madhav Natu as an Additional Director of the company.

Steiner appointed Additional Director, Orient Refractories Limited
Orient Refractories Limited has appointed Reinhold Steiner as Additional Director of the company.

Cappelli resigns as Director , Orient Refractories Limited
Dr Giorgio Cappelli has resigned as Director of Orient Refractories Limited.

Krishnamurthi appointed Chairman, Madhav Marbles and Granites Limited
Madhav Marbles and Granites Limited has appointed Ravi Kumar Krishnamurthi as Chairman of the company.

Bertilsson resigns as Director, SKF India Ltd
T Bertilsson has resigned as Director of SKF India Ltd.

Talwar resigns as Ind. Director, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd
S P Talwar has resigned as an Independent Director of Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd with immediate effect.

Shah appointed Company Secretary, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd
Rahul Shah has been appointed as Company Secretary of Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.

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DoPT doesn't gives equal opportunity
In the recent DoPT nomination order regarding the 2013 short term programmes at Harvard University, there seems for to be seen a major favoritism for IAS lobby in it. How come six officers selected for all the four programmes at Harvard are all IAS officers? How come there are no officers from other services not nominated to the program? There is no one from CSS, IRS, IPS, IFS and other services being nominated for the programs. Why is equal opportunity and diversity not practiced by DoPT?

Jose, AS to Government of India (retd.)

Humanitarian Appeal
Humanitarian appeal to all powerful people: Please visit any Collectorate on the day of Jan Sunwayi and you will find that all the poor and distressed citizens of this independent country are standing in hoards waiting for their turn to make deaf administration listen their problems. I just want to request our powerful collectors that only once you stand in that crowd while hiding your identity and you will really understand the trouble of those poor people. Kindly make sitting arrangement in your offices during Jan Sunvayi for common citizens. They are also human beings.

AKS

CGHS working
Many decisions are being taken in CGHS without giving proper thought and analysis. Medical help is very important for the people especially at old age. As single agency is not able to supply, there is no harm in appointing three or four more agencies to supply the medicines so harassment is reduced. Second, still Cancer empanelled hospitals have not been authorized to undertake diagnostic tests for detection of cancer without CGHS reference. Why CGHS reference is needed for the empanelled hospitals for diagnostic tests? The government should work in reasonable basis in the field of medical. It is helping needy people by bringing Food Security bill notification. But CGHS administration does not wish to move forward in making the system simpler. Think and work for the welfare of CGHS beneficiaries.

N Prakash