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Judicial accountability bill in Cabinet soon ?
The Government and the Opposition are believed to have agreed on Judicial Accountability Bill. The bill is likely to be introduced in the next Cabinet meeting.

Plan to reform subsidies officially not adopted
Despite the government's emphasis on fuel subsidy reform, a comprehensive plan to reform subsidies has not been officially adopted. This section outlines a possible reform agenda for the remaining fuel subsidies for diesel, LPG and kerosene.

First quarter review of monetary and credit policy
The First quarter review has buttressed exchange rate as a deterministic variable influencing the stance of monetary policy. The policy acknowledges Rupee depreciation to pose systemic risks to macroeconomic stability and policy formulation. Though Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation is on a downward trajectory and is largely within the comfort zone, there are upside risks. Moreover, retail inflation is potentially close to entering the double digit territory. While asserting the inevitability of structural reforms, the policy rightly identifies Current Account Deficit a challenge to grapple with. A reform momentum has started but the key is to sustain the same not only in form but also in substance. Limits to growth has also been acknowledged and GDP growth forecast for FY 14 has been cut to 5.5% from 5.7% earlier. The status quo in policy was widely anticipated and has to be seen in tune with the recent measures announced over the past fortnight. The forward guidance from the policy that the recent liquidity tightening measures are aimed at checking undue volatility in the foreign exchange market and will be rolled back in a calibrated manner augurs well for stability in the financial market. RBI has also asserted that it is ready to use all tools at its disposal for quick response to adverse events.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega ONGC Chairman (3) N K Verma
Narendra Kumar Verma, Director (Exploration) ONGC, is also a hot contender for the post of Chairman, ONGC. He is also an insider. Interviews for the position are expected to be held on August 30 by the Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB).

Vinay Mittal is new Member, UPSC
Outgoing Chairman, Railway Board, Vinay Mittal has been appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Nagaland PSC Member is new UPSC Member
Woman Member of the Nagaland Public Service Commission has been appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Sharad Kumar appointed as DG, NIA
Sharad Kumar has been appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on April 20 , 2013)

43 IPS officers of 1990 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 43 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1990 batch and various cadres have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers are: Dependra Pathak of UT cadre; Shyam Bhagat Negi of Himachal Pradesh cadre;Anil Palta of Jharkhand cadre; Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb of Kerala cadre; Kamal Pant of Keranataka cadre; A M Kulkarni and V V Lakshminarayan of Maharashtra cadre; Arun Pratap Singh, Dr Sajjad Wasi Naqvi, V K Maheshwar and Anuradha Shankar of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Y B Khurania, Arun Kumar Sarangi of Orisha cadre; Rajeev Kumar Sharma ofRajasthan cadre; Shankar Jiwal, T V Ravichandran of Tamil Nadu cadre; Mrs Renuka Mishra, Bijaya Kumar Maurya, Satya Narain Sabat and Mrs Tilotma Verma of UP cadre; Neeraj Sinha of Bihar cadre; V Vinay Kumar of Uttarakhand cadre; Saiyed Mohd Afzal of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Prashant Kumar-1 and Daljit Singh Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh cadre; S S Chaturvedi of MT cadre; Avinash Chandra of UP cadre; Harinath Mishra of Kerala cadre; B Srinivasan of Jammu and Kashmir cadre;Debaish Roy of West Bengal cadre; Amrendra Kumar Singh of Sikkim cadre; Ranveer Kumar of West Bengal cadre; Dr Ravi Prakash Meharda of Rajasthan cadre; Rajwinder Singh Bhatti of Bihar cadre; Kulwant Kumar of Maharashtra cadre; Sanjay Singh of UT cadre; Abhash Kumar of Tamil Nadu cadre; Rajiv Ranjan Verma and Sandeep Salunke of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Anjani Kumar of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Jaijeet Singh of Maharashtra cadre and Dr Y K Gautam of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Binod Kumar selected as Director (Comm), SAIL
Binod Kumar, ED, SAIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 30, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Praveen Prakash to be JS, HRD
Praveen Prakash is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Higher Education in the Ministry of HRD. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Will Justice Saha be CJ of Jharkhand HC
As the grapevine has it Justice U B Saha, Guwahati High Court Judge, may soon be appointed as the new Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Justice Prakash Tatia, the incumbent Chief Justice of Jharkhand HC is all set to demit the offices on August 3. Though Justice R Banumathi, Madras High Court Judge also shares the brighter prospects for the supreme slot of judiciary in Jharkhand.

Ms Chaudhuri goes to London
Ms Yashodhara Ray Chaudhuri, Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, London vice Rajesh Singh. She is 1991 batch IA & AS service officer.

Sukhdev Singh is PPS to Hemant Soren, CM, Jharkhand?
After a week long trail of speculations Sukhdev Singh has finally been appointed as the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) of Hemant Soren, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Though having the brightest prospects he was said be unwilling for the slot. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Ms Subashini accredited HC to Barbados
Ms M Subashini (YOA: 1987), presently Ambassador of India to Republic of Suriname has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Barbados, with residence in Paramaribo.

Appointment of Railway GMs delayed
Much awaited appointment of five General Managers in the Indian Railways is believed to have been delayed.

What happened to promotion file if IRS (CBEC) officers
Promotion file of 1981 batch IRS (C&CE) to the rank of Chief Commissioner and 1991 batch IRS (C&CE) to the rank of Commissioner has been stuck up.

Orders of A K Gaur for posting as Director (Fin), RITES yet to come
The orders of A K Gaur, GM, RITES, for the appointment as Director (Finance), RITES Limited are yet to be issued by Government of India.

Will Gupta be the new DGP of UP?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that AK Gupta has the brighter prospects in case of a change in guard in UP Police. The 1977 batch IPS officer of UP cadre is currently serving as Chairman & Managing Director of UP Police Awas Nigam. Reportedly, two more officers are in the fray of top cop job in UP.

Biswas to continue as PS to Najeeb Jung?
Amid the speculations doing rounds in the corridors of power, that almost all the top order officials would be changed in the offices of new LG of Delhi, the fresh buzz is that Nutan Guha Biswas may continue with the LG as Principal Secretary. Guha served the previous LG as PS. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. But the question still continues?

Neeraj Kumar to pass on the baton of responsibilities to Bassi today
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar is all set to pass on the baton of responsibilities to Bhim Sain Bassi today. The day would mark its importance on the onset of poll preparations of Delhi Vidhan sabha election this year.

Mystery still shrouds over the new DG of CRPF?
With few hours left in hand in the retirement of Pranay Sahay, DG CRPF, armed forced is still awaiting its new chief. Guessing game goes on whether the new name would be declared today or charge would be given to a top brass.

Mystery still shrouds over the new Chief Secretary of Manipur?
With few hours left in hand in the retirement of D S Poonia as the Chief Secretary of Manipur, the Manipur mandarins are keenly awaiting its new top brass. The name would be declared by the evening today. Either Rajani Ranjan Rashmi or P C Lawmkunga may soon be appointed as the new CS, Government of Manipur. They are 1983 & 1979 IAS officers of Manipur Tripura cadre. Reportedly, Rashi may win the race. Poonia is a 1978 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre who is retiring today.

ED Northern Region Air India Vineeta Bhandari retires today
Executive Director, Northern Region Air India, Vineeta Bhandari is retiring on Wednesday. Pankaj Kumar has been given an additional charge of Northern Region.

Special fund for buying shares of Scooters India Ltd
Government of India has created a special fund in order to buy shares of loss making PSU, Scooters India Ltd.

Post of Zonal Dir, NCB lies vacant in Patna
One post of Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau has been lying vacant in Patna Zone of NCB.

Karve to be elevated Indian Navy
Western Fleet Commander A R Karve is being elevated in the Indian Navy.

Madhukar Sinha appointed to ECR
Madhukar Sinha, SAG/IRAS, on return from deputation, has been posted on East Central Railway in the cadre.

File of Rajiv Bhattacharya for MD, FSNL still sticks in CVC
It is learnt that the file of Rajiv Bhattacharya, GM, FSNL, for the appointment as Managing Director, Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL), is lying stuck in the CVC for its clearance.

TN cadre IAS officer of 1983 batch wins battle in apex court
Justice has been done in the case of IAS officer of 1983 batch, K Ashok Vardhan Shetty with the Supreme Court giving the judgment in his favour and dismissing the appeal of Tamil Nadu Government, which denied voluntary retirement from service (VRS). Shetty alleges that a senior IAS officer had suppressed facts from the Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu while rejecting Shetty's VRS and then going on appeal after appeal when the Government's stand was patently wrong. The State Government had filed an appeal with Supreme Court after Madras High Court rejected disallowing Shetty's VRS. He has neither been getting his salary nor pension since December 2011 due to the mischief of this one senior IAS officer. It is another matter that the misdeeds of this senior IAS officer got exposed by CM herself and he was summarily dismissed by her.

Animesh Chauhan to be ED, Central Bank of India?
Animesh Chauhan, General Manager (Rajasthan Zone) Jaipur, Bank of Baroda, is most likely to be appointed Executive Director of Central Bank of India

Mrs Trishna Guha to be ED, Dena Bank?
Mrs Trishna Guha, General Manager of Allahabad Bank, is most likely to be appointed Executive Director of Dena Bank.

Justice Chinnappa appointed Chairman in Karnataka
Retired judge of the Karnataka High Court, Justice M P Chinnappa has been appointed as Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.

BHEL Director M K Dube retires today
M K Dube, Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), is retiring on July 31, 2013.

THDCIL Director C P Singh retires today
C P Singh, of Director (Finance), THDC India Limited (THDCIL), is retiring on July 31, 2013.

MECON CMD Mehrotra retires today
K K Mehrotra, Chairman and Managing Director, MECON Limited, is retiring on July 31, 2013.

BDL Director P K Srivastava retires today
P K Srivastava, Director (Production), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), is retiring on July 31, 2013.

SECL Director R K Komawar retires today
R K Komawar, Director (Finance), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), is retiring on July 31, 2013.

Pratik Majumdar to be Airport Manager, London
Air India officer, Pratik Majumdar has been appointed as Assistant Airport Manger, LHR, London.

M P S Bhatt posted as DIG (G), FTR HQ, Gujarat
M P S Bhatt has been posted as DIG(G), FTR HQ, Gujarat. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Qaiser Shamim Chairman of Haj Committee meets President and Vice President
Qaiser Shamim (IRS 1974 Retd) Chairman of Haj Committee of India recently met the President of India Pranab Mukherjeeand Hamid Ansari Vice President of India. Shamim briefed them regarding the progress of Haj arrangements being made by the Haj Committee of India for Haj , 2013 , in conjunction with the Ministries of External Affairs , Civil Aviation , Health etc.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Delhi (UPDATED)
Some officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Delhi. Accordingly, P Karunakaran has been appointed as DCP southeast district while Ganasambandan will be DCP northwest and K Jagadesan is additional commissioner in PM security. Similarly, Mandeep S Randhawa has been appointed as Addl DCP (I) in East District; Dinesh Kumar Gupta as Addl DCP, New Delhi district; Irshad Haidar as DCP airport; Jagjeet Singh Deswal as DCP licensing.

Arvind Ranjan gets additional charge of DG CRPF (UPDATED)
DG NSG Arvind Ranjan has been given additional charge of the DG CRPF.

BEML gets Rajbhasha award (UPDATED)
BEML Limited, a Public Sector Undertaking, has bagged Rajbhasha Shield in Big PSU category from Town Official Language Implementation Committee (PSU), Bangalore for its commendable performance in implementation of Hindi during the year 2012-13. At a function held in Bangalore, Dr Hansraj Bharadwarj, Governor of Karnataka has presented the award to Deepak Kumar Hota, Director (HR) BEML Limited, in presence of Arun Kumar Jain, IAS, Secretary, Dept. of Official Language.

19 IRS officers posted as Commissioners of C&CE after promotion (UPDATED)
As many as 19 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise have been given postings after promotion to the grade of Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers include: P K Goel has been appointed as ADG, DGICCE, Kolkata; A K Roy as Commissioner (L&J), CBEC, Delhi; M Ponnusamy as ADG, NACEN, Chennai; A M Sahay as Commissioner, Kolkata CX-2; A R S Kumar as Commissioner Trichy Cus (P); Amand Shah as
Commissioner, Trichy CX (A); Atul Gupta-II as ADG (Audit), Mumbai; Chandra Prakash Goyal as ADG, Kanpur, NACEN; Deepak Garg as ADG, HRD (I&W), Delhi; G P Chandolia as Commissioner Cochin CX (A); J P Mamgain as Commissioner, Lucknow CX (A); K P Misra as Commissioner Shillong CX; K V S Singh as ADG, DRI, Kolkata; Krishna Pratap Singh as ADG, DGEP, Delhi; L Satya Srinivas as aDG, Audit, Delhi; M K Srivastava as Commissioner, NOIDA CX; M Sridhar Reddy as Commissioner, Thiruvananthapuram CX; M Subramanium as Commissioner Mangalore CX and Madan Mohan Singh has been posted as Commissioner, Kolkata CX 6.

Eight IRSME officers get fresh postings (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) have been given fresh postings. Accordingly, A K Gupta, SAG/IRSME/East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/SBP, has been transferred to North Central Railway and posted in the cadre while R L Gupta, SAG/IRSME/East Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Sonepur, is being posted to South East Central Railway and posted in the cadre and L C Trivedi, SAG/IRSME/South East Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/BSP, was transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre. Similarly, Rahul Jain, SAG/IRSME/South Western Railway, on being relieved from the post of the DRM/Hubli, has been transferred to Central Railway and posted in the cadre; T P Singh, SAG/IRSME/South Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of DRM/Guntakal, is transferred to North Western Railway and posted in the cadre; Ramesh Kumar, SAG/IRSME/North Western Railway, is posted as CME(CHOD)/North Western Railway; Sandeep Mehra, SAG/IRSME, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/SBC/South Western Railway, posted as Chairman RRB/Bangalore; P U K Reddy, SAG/IRSME, Chairman/RRB/Bangalore, should be posted as Chairman/RRB/Secunderabad and C M Rao, SAG/IRSME/East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/WAT, was transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre.

D K Samantaray relieved to join central deputation (UPDATED)
Madhya Pradesh Government has relieved D K Samantaray of cadre responsibility and paved the way for joining as Chief Executive Officer, Food, Safety and Standard Authority of India on central deputation. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.

Dr Birdi is also Chairman, Vyapam (UPDATED)
Dr Devraj Birdi has been given an additional charge of Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (Vyapam). He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Orders of V U Bhaskar as Director (Prod), BDL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of V U Bhaskar GM, BDL, for the appointment as Director (Production), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) have been issued and he will succeed P K Srivastava who retired on July 31, 2013.
(We said this on January 8, 2013)

Sambasiva Rao posted Commissioner, Printing & Stores Purchase in AP (UPDATED)
N Sambasiva Rao has been appointed as Commissioner, Printing, Stationary and Stores Purchase in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Four IAS officers get Above Super Time scale in AP (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and belonging to 1981 batch have been accorded above Super Time Scale in Andhra Pradesh. The officers include: Venkataramani Bhaskar, Mrutyunjay Sahoo, Satya Prakash Tucker and Koppula Raju.

CORPORATE

Amjad joins Cargill as Director of Corp Affairs
Ishteyaque Amjad has joined Cargill as Director, Corporate Affairs - Asia Pacific Singapore. US based Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, The Company has 142,000 employees in 65 countries. For Ishteyaque Amjad, this will be an enriching yet challenging role which includes looking after some major countries in region including India.

A K Jha is Director (P&P), MOIL Ltd
A K Jha, GM, CCL, has taken over as Director (Production & Planning) MOIL Limited.
(We said this on Feb 22, 2013)

Kumar appointed Nominee Director, IFCI Ltd
Union Ministry of Finance has nominated Arvind Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS) as Director on the Board of Directors of IFCI Ltd with immediate effect.

Mehra appointed Non Official Director, NTPC
Prashant Mehta, Ex-Director General, Academy of Administration, Bhopal has been appointed as Non-Official Part-Time Director on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years.

Singhania re-appointed MD, Prime Industries Ltd
Prime Industries Ltd has re-appointed R K Singhania as a Managing Director of the company.

Dalal appointed Addl. Director, Windsor Machines Limited
Windsor Machines Limited has appointed Shishir Dalal as an Additional Director of the company.

Nair appointed Nominee Director, Jaypee Infratech Ltd
Jaypee Infratech Limited has appointed K P Nair as a Nominee Director of IDBI Bank Limited on the Board of Directors of the company.

Doshi appointed Whole-time Director, LKP Securities Ltd
Pratik M Doshi has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of LKP Securities Limited w.e.f. October 26, 2013.

Singh appointed Independent Director, Crew B O S Products Limited
Crew B O S Products Limited has appointed Mahavir Singh, as Nominee Independent Director on behalf of HSIIDC in the company.

Kulkari ceases to be Director, Persistent Systems Ltd
P B Kulkarni has ceased to be Director of Persistent Systems Ltd.

Kakodkar resigns as Independent Director, Financial Technologies (India) Ltd
P G Kakodkar has resigned as Independent Director of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd on account of his ill health.

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What is happening in UP

UP IAS Association President Alok Ranjan working as Acting Chief Secretary suspends the IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal and opposes as Association Chief. Alok Ranjan is gaining power through these acts. He is an IAS APC cum IDC cum IAS Association President.

Mukesh Kakkar

Double standard of UP Acting CS

Alok Ranjan (IAS 1978) as acting Chief Secretary in UP ordered suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal IAS and as President of IAS Association opposed it. What a fraud. Did not have the courage to oppose it

D D Verma

IAS officers should move to SC

Suspension of young IAS Officer Ms Durga Shakti has made national news. Since she is stationed near Delhi she should consider moving Supreme Court under article 14 of Constitution of India.

Ketan

Senior IAS officers victimizing young honest officer

The Akhilesh govt including the Chief Secretary, Revenue Secretary and other senior officers are to be condemned for victimizing a young honest officer. She should have been guided and supported by her seniors. The central IAS Association should take up this case with the UP Govt and ensure that justice is done, if required thro courts intervention.

S Swarup

All IAS officers should go on stir in UP

All IAS officers of UP cadre should stop working in protest. But Alas it would not happen for the reasons best know to everybody.

Yoginder

Shame on Indian politicians

It's shame on such Indian politicians who get elected by illegal means and act as such.

Nagesh Singh

Durga Shakti should not be helpless

The Samajwadi party in UP, is twisting the real issue of Mafia Raj by giving it a communal colour. It is a lame excuse to ward off criticism against Durga Shakti's suspension. Strangely, suspension was ordered by CM's office without even calling for reports from the District Magistrate or Commissioner. Both are dumb like the Chief Secretary. No opportunity was given to the lady officer to defend herself under the principle of Equity and Natural Justice. Let the UP IAS Officers Association petition the Allahabad High Court for justice failing which a PIL by a social activist would be advised.

A K Saxena (a retired civil servant)

Shameful statement

It is shameful to read such statements from a Minister after having lost the seat. Wish they were fair when occupying seat and taking decisions. I don't know how long it will take for these reforms. Not much seems to be happening. Let's hope for better anyway.

B K

Passport services

MEA has taken technology driven decisions to allow some of the services using mobile applications. Good approach but MEA should see how much time is taken to issue a normal passport after submission of the application. MEA should work out minimum and maximum time taken from the last six month data and try to reduce this time of delivery of passport. Also MEA should see min. and max. time taken after police verification to issue a passport. If this delivery time is reduced to 3-4 weeks then really real use of technology has been achieved. If delivery time remains more than a month then what is use of innovative technologies and their applications. Use of innovative technology is to reduce delivery time and MES must achieve it. Although working of PSK has improved a lot.

N Prakash

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