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R C Sharma

POLITICS

Will there be another Deve Gowda or Gujral as PM ?
Some people were discussing national politics. When the topic of uncertain political scenario after the next Lok Sabha elections came up one gentleman said " wait this time another Deveg Gowda or Gujral will be our PM ".

Gold metals prices continue falling in world
Gold, base metals and the Henry Hub natural gas price continued falling, while other major commodities remained either flat or witnessed a rebound. Gold fell by an additional 5.0% in May, according to World Bank data, after having lost already significantly in April, when it declined by 6.6%. With falling consumer prices across the globe, the precious metal's attraction for hedging against rising inflation has been reduced and funds seem to have been diverted into the equity market, which provides an inflation hedge while at the same time allowing participation in an economic recovery.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CMD MMTC ? (2) K Harikumar
CMD of the Hindustan Insecticides Limited K Harikumar is believed to have been short-listed by the high powered search committee for interview. The post has been lying vacant since October1, 2010.

Dilip Trivedi to be DG ITBP ?
Special DG, BSF, Dilip Trivedi is likely to succeed Ajay Chaddha on September 1 as new DG ITBP.He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. UT cadre 1977 batch IPS officer Chaddha is retiring on August 31.

Sharad Kumar to head NIA ?
Sharad Kumar is likely to be appointed new Chief of the NIA. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Bassi to be new Police Commissioner Delhi ?
In all probability Bhim Sen Bassi will succeed Neeraj Kumar on August 1 as Delhi Police Commissioner. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre. Neeraj Kumar is retiring on July 31.

Will APD Joshi move to MSME as JS?
Whispers in the corridors of power have been doing rounds that Avinash Purushottam Das Joshi may move from Department of Commerce to MSME as Joint Secretary. The 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalay cadre is presently serving as Director Dept. of Commerce. Will he?

Lohiya is new JS, Agriculture
Sanjay Lohiya has been appointed Joint Secretary Agriculture in the GoI. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on June 17, 2013)

Jain is new CMD of Syndicate Bank
Sudhir Kumar Jain has been appointed new CMD of the Syndicate Bank. He will hold the post of Chairman and Managing Director for a period of five years from the date of his taking charge. Earlier he was Executive Director, Bank of Baroda.

Mainak appointed MD of LIC
S B Mainak has been appointed as Managing Director of the Life Insurance Corporation. Presently ED, Mainak will hold office of MD from the date of assuming charge till February 29, 2016.
(We said this on March 15, 2013)

Only one Secretary level vacancy in GoI this month
There will be only one Secretary level vacancy in the Government of India this month end. Secretary, Justice, D K Sikri will retire on July 31.

Senior most serving IAS officer to retire
Senior most serving IAS officer after the Cabinet Secretary will retire this month end. He is a 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre D K Sikri.

Railways to have Tariff Authority!
There is a proposal to set up Rail Tariff Authority in the Indian Railways. Details are being worked out.

Mukesh Kacker takes over as Chairman
Mukesh Kacker has taken over as Chairman, Isolux Corsan (India) from June, 2013. Isolux Corsan is a Spanish infrastructure multinational and the biggest European investor in India. Kacker is also on the Board of three major listed companies. He is a former 1979 batch IAS officer who took voluntary retirement in 2007.

Chauhan to be ED of Central Bank of India ?
General Manager, Bank of Baroda, Animesh Chauhan is likely to be appointed ED of the Central Bank of India.

Krishna Tyagi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Krishna Tyagi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Tyagi is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).

Asthana to move from force HQ as IG (Operations) Kashmir
Dr Nirmal Chand Asthana is all set to move from force HQ as IG (Operations) Kashmir. He served as IG (Provisioning) at the HQ in Delhi. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rashmi and Lawmkunga; front runners for coveted slot in Manipur
Whispers in the corridors of power take it as the tie between P C Lawmkunga and Rajani Ranjan Rashmi for the coveted slot of CS in Manipur. They are 1979 & 1983 batch IAS officers of Manipur Tripura cadre.

Deputation tenure of T Vijaya Kumar extended
The deputation tenure of T Vijaya Kumar as Director, Singareni Collieries Company Limited, has been extended till March 31, 2014. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Applications for Training & Placement officer in BRAIT, Port Blair invited
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Training & Placement officer in BR Ambedkar Institute of Technology (BRAIT), Port Blair. Those willing to apply can their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Applications for Training & Placement officer in BRAIT , A & N Islands invited
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Training & Placement officer in BR Ambedkar Institute of Technology (BRAIT) , Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) Islands. Those willing to apply can their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Publication of book written by C.V. Subramaniam
Former Director, Department of Electronics & IT, Government of India, C V Subramaniam has published his book 'Seeing Opportunities Through Your Mind' .

IRSME officer Sanjay Biswas gets SAG
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer (IRSME) officer, Sanjay Biswas, presently in Eastern Railway, has been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non functional basis.

J S Oberoi posted as DIG (Estt), Directorate
J S Oberoi has been posted as DIG (Estt), Directorate. He is a BSF cadre officer.

R P Saroj granted non-functional upgradation
R P Saroj, Director (News), DDK, Lucknow, has been granted Non Functional Upgradation (NFU). He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Sharma posted as OSD, CCIT (CCA), Delhi region
On return from foreign deputation, Sanjeev Sharma, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Four IRSME officers transferred
Uday Borwankar, SAG/IRSME, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/Nagpur, Central Railway, has been transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre and Tarun Huria, SG/IRSME, Rail Coach Factory, was also transferred to Western Railway. Besides, Sanjay Chadha has been assigned additional charge of ED, Corporate Coordination, Railway Board and Binay Kumar Jha is being shifted as Director, Mechanical Engineering (Dev), Railway Board.

DTU VC, P B Sharma conferred with UK's Doctorate degree
In recognition of extraordinary accomplishment and achievement, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom has awarded honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree to Prof. P B Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University on July 3, 2013. The Degree was awarded by Sir Dominic Cadbury, Chancellor at the Convocation ceremony at University of Birmingham, United Kingdom in the presence of Professor David Eastwood, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Duc Pham, Head, Mechanical Engineering Department and other Deans and Heads of the Departments. The Degree was awarded in recognition of outstanding service of Prof. P B Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University.

14 IAS officers of 2004 batch get JAG in AP
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2004 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Bhaskar Katamneni, P S Pradyumna, E Sridhar, M Jagannadham, Mrs T K Sreedevi, I Samuel Anand Kumar, Mrs V Karuna, mrs B Bala Maya Devi, Mrs Anita Ramachandran, K V Satyanarayana, Mrs K Nirmala, H Arun Kumar, Mrs M Padma and Mrs P A Shobha.

Dr Laxman Singh Rathore elected Co-Vice Chairman, IBCS (UPDATED)
Dr Laxman Singh Rathore, Director General of Meteorology & Permanent Representative of India with World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has been elected as Co-Vice Chairman of Intergovernmental Board of Climate Services (IBCS). Dr Rathore was recently elected as member of the Executive Council of the WMO and has earlier served a term as Vice President of Commission of Agriculture Meteorology.

Shaleen Kabra is also Commissioner, Food Safety in J&K (UPDATED)
Shaleen Kabra has been assigned an additional charge of Commissioner, Food Safety in Jammu and Kashmir. She is a 1992 batch IAS officer.

Mrs D Divya posted as Project Director, IT in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs D Divya has been posted as Project Director, e-governance, Information Technology & Communication Department in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer.

BSNL employees to donate for Uttarakhand disaster affected (UPDATED)
Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations has unanimously decided to donate one day pay from the salary of July,2013 to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for helping the people affected by the ttarakhand disaster. The Forum has suggested that an advance by BSNL be immediately given to Relief Fund,without waiting for the collection and also urged the BSNL Management to make all efforts for immediate restoration of the BSNL services in the State.

Another year of excellent growth for HUDCO (UPDATED)
Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) has completed yet another year of continued accelerated growth in its performance with a significant emphasis on housing and provision of core infrastructure. During the year 2012-13, it has witnessed highest ever sanctions of Rs 23,974 Cr (Rs 20511 Cr in 2011-12), highest ever Gross Profit: Rs 1061.70 Cr (Rs 939.97 Cr in 2011-12) , highest ever Profit After Tax: Rs 700.56 Cr (Rs 630.33 Cr in 2011-12), over 4.39 lac (4.25 lac for EWS/LIG) Houses sanctioned ( 4.23 lac units in 2011-12), gross NPA down to 5.69% and Net NPA to 0.83 % (From 6.07% & 1.44% in 2011-12), brought down Interest Rate to 8% for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) from May 1, 2013, excellent rating likely as per the MoU for the year 2012-13 and above all for seventh year in a row nil comments from C&AG once again.

Four IFS officers transferred in MP (UPDATED)
Four officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, K P Sharma has been shifted to Obaidullahganj as DFO while Ravindra Saxena will now be DFO, Raisen and K S Bhadoria is DFO, Hoshangabad. Besides, Mrs Kiran Bisen has been appointed as Deputy Director, Pench National Park, Seoni.

Jain takes charge as CMD of Syndicate Bank (UPDATED)
Sudhir Kumar Jain has taken charge as CMD of the Syndicate Bank on Tuesday. He will hold the post of Chairman and Managing Director for a period of five years from the date of his taking charge. Earlier he was Executive Director, Bank of Baroda.
(We said this on Dec,7,2012 and today)

CORPORATE

Bhadra nominated as Member, Bhubaneswar local Board of SBI
Sarat Chandra Bhadra has been nominated as a Member on the Bhubaneswar Local Board of State Bank of India for a period of three years.

Jain nominated as Member, Lucknow local Board of SBI
Munish Kumar Jain has been nominated as a Member on the Lucknow Local Board of State Bank of India for a period of three years.

Anil Arora nominated as Member, Chandigarh local Board of SBI
Anil Arora has been nominated as a Member on the Chandigarh Local Board of State Bank of India for a period of three years.

Ranganath nominated as Member, Hyderabad local Board of SBI
M V Ranganath has been nominated as a Member on the Hyderabad Local Board of State Bank of India for a period of three years.

Anil Garg nominated as Member, Bhopal local Board of SBI
Anil Garg has been nominated as a Member on Bhopal Local Board of State Bank of India for a period of three years.

Srikanth appointed ED, Cigniti Technologies Ltd
Cigniti Technologies Ltd has appointed C Srikanth as an Executive Director of the company

Vempalli resigns as CFO, Taksheel Solutions Ltd
Prasad Rao Krishna Vempalli has resigned as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of Taksheel Solutions Ltd.

Khaitan resigns as Non Exec. Independent Director, KRBL Ltd
Gautam Khaitan has resigned as Non-Executive and Independent Director of KRBL Ltd.

Haranahalli appointed Director, The Karnataka Bank Ltd
The Karnataka Bank Limited has appointed Ashok Haranahalli as a Director of the Bank.

Gupta appointed Company Secy,Blue Chip India Ltd
Blue Chip India Limited has appointed Ms. Jyoti Gupta as the Company Secretary of the company.

Thakur appointed Company Secy, Commex Technology Ltd
Commex Technology Ltd has appointed Vivek Thakur as Company Secretary of the company.

Shah appointed ED, Artefact Projects Ltd
Artefact Projects Ltd has appointed Siddharth P Shah as an Executive Director of the company.

Ms Bhagchandani appointed Company Secy, Silktex Ltd
Silktex Ltd has appointed Ms Kratika Bhagchandani as Company Secretary of the company.

Koteswararao appointed Addl. Director, Austral Coke & Projects Ltd
Austral Coke & Projects Ltd has appointed Srirama Mandalaneni Koteswararao as an Additional Director of the company.

Shetty resigns as Independent Director, Sudar Industries Ltd
Shridhar Shetty has resigned as Independent Director of Sudar Industries Ltd.

NBCC undertakes real estate developing and selling project at East Kidwai Nagar New Delhi.
National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), a PSU under the aegis of Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Govt. of India is developing Residential & Office space on an area of about 86 Acres in Kidwai Nagar (East). The proposed complex is in the heart of South Delhi adjoining South Extension & INA Market. The office blocks coming up under this scheme are facing the Ring Road across AIIMS. The project will be having all the modern facilities like Power Back-up, Schools, Cycling & Jogging Track, Shopping Centre, Milk & Vegetable Booth, ATMs & Banking, Sewerage Treatment Plant etc. The complex is designed on green specifications and will be beautifully landscaped. more information is being made available at the following link
http://nbccindia.gov.in/nbccindia/public/jsp_pub/schemes.jsp

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Auction of Mahatma Gandhi's Blood Sample

It has been read in the newspaper that in 1924 Bapu stayed in Bombay after Appendicitis Surgery wherein he had given his blood sample to the family where he stayed. Recently the then given blood sample was auctioned in England with the minimum price 10000 pound but nobody quoted and was sold at 7000 Pound. The purchaser's name has not been disclosed. Bapu's personal belongings have been auctioned thrice but no steps have been taken by our Government. These belongings were purchased by Industrialist Kamal Murarka who belongs to Gandhian Traditional business house. It is disheartening that some of our National Father's relatives already owing big business house nor Government didn't wish/desire to conserve our legacy. Question arises if scientist create copies of sample's DNA fragments via Cloning then results may be mischievous. Country needs to investigate the purchaser's intentions behind buying this sample. To pay due respect to our Rashtra Pita Govt should come up with a law concerning India's proprietorship with respect to Bapu's every personal belonging.

I C Sharma

NFU to BSF officers !

Will NFU also be granted to BSF cadre officers ?

Gajraj

New Meghalaya DGP

Heartiest Congratulation, Meghalaya needs dashing, fearless, dedicated and honest "senapati" with vision. I am sure you will be one. Best Wishes, Col Krishna Sinha, Retd.