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POLITICS

PM in Rajya Sabha for fifth term
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has been given a fifth consecutive term to the Upper House from his 'adopted home state' Assam.

Manipur CMs call -invest in Myanmar
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi has asked the Indian investors to invest in Myanmar. What is the significance?

BUREAUCRACY

Railway Board Chairman to retire this month end
Chairman of the Railway Board Vinay Mittal is superannuating by this month end. Search for the new CRB has started.

Sudha Sharma takes charge as CBDT Chairperson
New Chairperson of the CBDT Ms Sudha Sharma has taken over charge on Friday evening .She is a 1976 batch IRS (IT ) officer.
(We said this on April 4 and May 13, 2013)

Chander is new DRDO Chief
Eminent Scientist Avinash Chander has been appointed as the new Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, Secretary Department of Defence Research and Development and DG DRDO. He has succeeded V K Saraswat.

Chadha is also DG, NDRF & CD
Ajay Chadha, Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, National Disaster Response Force & Civil Defence (NDRF&CD). He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of AGMU cadre.

Narayan gets posting in Delhi Government
Jitendra Narayan who is considered to be an honest and Upright IAS officer has been posted as Member of the Staff Selection Board by the Delhi Government. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer.

Jyoti is new Vigilance Commissioner in Gujarat
Achal Kumar Jyoti has been appointed new Chief Vigilance Commissioner in Gujarat. Former Chief Secretary Jyoti is retired IAS officer of 1975 batch.

Gadhvi is new State Election Commissioner in Gujarat
V S Gadhvi has been appointed State Election Commissioner in Gujarat. He is a former 1987 batch IAS officer.

Dash is now DG in Election Commission
PK Dash has been appointed as Director General (Election Expenditure) in the Election Commission of India. He is a 1982 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Four IAS probationers get posting in Haryana
As many as four 2012 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) probationers have been given postings under training in Haryana. Accordingly, Ms Amna Tasneem has been posted as Assistant Commissioner, Hisar while Dhirendra Khadgata will be Assistant Commissioner, Rohtak and Ms Priyanka Soni is Assistant Commissioner of Kurukshetra. Besides, Shaleen has been appointed as Assistant Commissioner, Mewat.

Four IRS officers retain postings
Four officers in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been retained in their respective regions. They are: M V Panikar, Chaturbhujdas Chatnani and Baban D Patil of Mumbai CCA and P C Pancholy of Delhi CCA.

Ms Sharma deputed to CRIS
Ms Bhavana Sharma presently posted in Northern Railway has been deputed to Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) for a period of three years. She is an IRAS officer.

Goyal to release his book, Stripes in the wild, on June 24
Somesh Goyal is all set to launch his book titled 'Stripes in the wild' on June 24 in New Delhi. Goyal is the third senior most IPS officer in Himachal after the DGP, B Kamal Kumar and ID Bhandari, DGP Home Guards and Fire Services. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer.

10 officers of J&K awarded IAS cadre
As many as 10 officers of Jammu and Kashmir State Civil Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancies of 2010 and 2011. The officers include Mohammed Yousuf Dar,Saleem Mohmmed, Hemant Kumar Sharma, Hilal Ahmad Parray and Kifayat Hussain Rizvi against 2010 vacancies while Mrs Dilshad Khan, Basharat Saleem, Tsering Angchok, Shafiq Ahmed Raina and Sajad Ahmed Khan.

Will Himachal DGP Kamal Kumar get extension?
With the approaching time of retirement of B Kamal Kumar the whispers have started doing rounds that Himachal CM Veerbhadra Singh has been in favour of giving him a three months extension. But the search of successor of Kamal Kumar is bound to become tough and tricky enough to accomplish easily. Will Veerbhadra give him extension?

Mrs Deepa is CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Belgaum in Karnataka
Mrs M Deepa has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Belgaum in Karnataka. She is a 2008 batch IAS officer.

Ms Ramnath to be Director on Air India Board
Ms Renuka Ramnath has been appointed as non-official part-time Director on the Board of Air India.

Jenaw is posted as DDG (PAF) DOP HQ
Rajnish Kumar Jenaw is all set to take charge as Deputy Director General (PAF), DOP. Currently, he is serving as DDG (Finance), DOP HQ. He belongs to Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service.

IAS officer selected for WHO Award
A1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Sanjay Kumar has been selected for the prestigious 'World No-Tobacco Day Award 2013' by the WHO.

1988 batch IPS to be ADG in Orissa
All the 1988 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Orissa in a week or two.

DoPT invites applications for Director (Fin), CSB
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Central Silk Board (CSB), Bengaluru. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Major reshuffle in Income Tax; 29 officers at CCIT/DGIT level transferred
As many as 29 Chief Commissioners of Income Tax/Directors General of Income Tax have been transferred. Accordingly, Dileep Shivpuri has been posted as DGIT (Sys), Delhi CCA while Arun Kumar Jain was shifted as DGIT (L&R), Delhi CCA and Navin Chandra Joshi is transferred as DGIT (Intl Tax), Delhi CCA. Similarly, Subrata Kumar Ray has been shifted as CCIT-I, Ahmedabad CCA; Deeptasshree Kumar Das Sharma as CCIT, Cochin CCA; Kiran Oberio Vasudev as DGIT, NADT, Nagpur CCA; T Jena as DG (HRD), Delhi CCA; Bibhab Dutta as CCIT-V, Mumbai; Virendra Kumar Mishra as CCIT, Indore (Bhopal) CCA MP & CG; Promila Bhardwaj as CCIT, Shimla (Chandigarh CCA); Shashikant Pathak as CCIT-II Kolkata CCA; Rani Singh Nair as CCIT-II, Ahmedabad CCA; Ramesh Chandra Mishra as DGIT (Inv) PUne CCA; Anil Kumar Agrawal as CCIT-III, Ahmedabad CCA; Deepali Bahadur as CCIT, Dehradun (Kanpur CCA); Devendra Prasad Sharma as CCIT, Vishakhapatnam (Hyderabad CCA); D S Saksena as CCIT (C), Delhi CCA; Ujjwal Kumar Choudhary as DGIT (Inv) Patna CCA; Archana Ranjan as CCIT, Jodhpur CCA; Indla Suresh Babu as CCIT-II, Hyderabad CCA; Rajeev Nayan Prasad as CCIT-IV, Delhi CCA; Gurpreet Singh as CCIT, Amritsar (Chandigarh CCA); Sushil Kumar Sahai as CCIT-II Bangalore CCA; Nishi Singh as CCIT, Ludhiana CCA; C L Dengzongpa as CCIT-IV, Kolkata CCA; Anita Gupta as CCIT-V, Chennai CCA; Dinesh Verma as CCIT (Cent)-II, Mumbai CCA; Ajit Kumar Srivastava as CCIT, Nagpur CCA and S Mahapatra has been transferred as CCIT, Raipur (Bhopal), CCA MP & CG.

12 officers at CCIT/DGIT level locally shifted
As many as 12 Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCIT) and Director Generals of Income Tax (DGIT) have locally been shifted. Accordingly, Mahesh Kumar Mirani has been transferred to Delhi CCA as CCIT-I while Pramod Chandra Srivastava was posted to Mumbai CCA CCIT-III and Debasish Dasgupta was made CCIT-I,Kolkata CCA. Similarly, Ashutosh Mangsang Sangma has been appointed as CCIT-II, Kolkata CCA; Suresh Jandhyala as CCIT-I, Hyderabad CCA; Vivek Varun Prasad as CCIT-IX, Mumbai CCA; Anil Kumar Singh as CCIT-VI, Mumbai CCA; Fakir Mohan Mohanty as CCIT LTU+ CCIT-X, Mumbai CCA; Narendra Kumar Sangwan as CCIT XIII, Delhi CCA; Balbir Verma as CCIT-XIII, Mumbai CCA; Aswini Kumar Behera as CCIT-III, Hyderabad CCA and Abrar Ahmed has been shifted as CCIT-XI, Mumbai CCA.

27 Dy/Asst Commissioners of Income Tax transferred
As many as 27 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre and working in the grade of Deputy/ Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred. Accordingly, Kailash D Ratnoo, Mahesh Kumar, Jai Singh, Gudrun Nehar and Gaurav Dudeja have been shifted to CCA, Delhi while C Vatchala was transferred to Tamil Nadu and Ashok Kamble is posted to DGIT (FT & TP), Mumbai. Similarly, S S Negi has been transferred to DGIT (IT & TP), Delhi; Priyanka Singh to Delhi CCA; Madanappa Gari Erappra to DGIT (IT & TP), Mumbai; Krishna Reddy to DGIT (IT&TP), Mumbai; S Venkatesh to DGIT (IT & TP), Bangalore; K C Gupta to Rajasthan; Mohd Javed to DGIT (IT & TP), Mumbai; Dipi Agrawal to DGIT (IT & TP), Bhubaneshwar; Bipin C N to Kerala; Amit Kumar Jain to Delhi; Shabana Praveen to DGIT (IT&TP), Mumbai; Sanjay Paul to DGIT (IT&TP), Delhi; Sudha Rani to DGIT (IT & TP), Delhi; N Ashok Babu to Mumbai; Rajneesh Yadav to Gujarat; Vikram Singh Sharma to DGIT (IT &TP)m Delhi; Bilas Singh to DGIT (IT & TP), Mumbai; Mayank Kumar to UP West and Bhupinder Jit Kumar has been shifted to Delhi.

Four CCsIT retire
As many as four Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCsIT) have retired on May 31, 2013. The officers include: Arvind Shankar CCIT-II, Ahmedabad; Rajiv Kumar Lal, CCIT, Baroda; Chitra Srinvasan, CCIT-II, Bangalore and Shebha Bhattacharya, CCIT, Jodhpur.

Sudha Sharma takes charge as CBDT Chairperson
New Chairperson of the CBDT Ms Sudha Sharma has taken over charge on Friday evening .She is a 1976 batch IRS (IT ) officer.
(We said this on April 4 and May 13, 2013)

M Ravindran joins as Director (HR), GAIL (UPDATED)
M Ravindran, ED, GAIL, has taken over as Director (Human Resources), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) on June 1, 2013.
(We said this on Nov 29, 2012)

P K Purwar joins as Director (Fin), MTNL (UPDATED)
P K Purwar has taken over as Director (Finance), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) on June 1, 2013. Earlier, he was Adviser (FA), Competition Commission of India.
(We said this on Nov 23, 2012)

K V Rao assumes charge as Director (Fin), HPCL (UPDATED)
K V Rao, ED, HPCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on June 1, 2013.
(We said this on Nov 7, 2012)

HAL provides grievance redressal mechanism for vendors (UPDATED)
HAL is in the process of streamlining its procurement process, particularly on imports and adopt best global practices, said Dr. R.K. Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. Inaugurating the second Global Vendors' Meet organized by the company at Bangalore on Saturday, he said that the company has for the first time introduced a Grievance Redressal Mechanism where bidders aggrieved by any decision can make an application to the Grievance Redressal Committee at divisional and complex levels. "What matters is understanding of each others' concerns and finding out workable solutions with the least lead time", he added. Around 110 vendors - half of them representing foreign countries- were present at the meet started as annual feature last year. In 2012-13, HAL made major purchases from 566 suppliers from 27 countries including 270 from India. The company has reviewed its purchase procedures and has come out with the revised purchase manual besides introducing online bill tracking system. Dr. A. K. Mishra, Director (Finance) in his welcome address called upon the business partners to make use of the new changes brought out by the Company. "Our robust relations should result in the cost reduction which is the need of the hour", he said. The vendors actively participated in the Q&A session and appreciated the action taken report on the feedback and suggestions given during the last meet in 2012.

3 IAS officers get fresh assignments in MP (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ashish Upadhyaya (1989) has been assigned an additional charge of ex-officio Principal Secretary, Finance while Manish Rastogi (1994) will now be Secretary, Finance and Shobhit Jain (2000) is given additional charge of Director, Budget.

K Kailashnathan is now Chief PS to Narendra Modi (UPDATED)
K Kailashnathan, who retired as additional chief secretary to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi on May 31, has been appointed as chief principal secretary to the CM. He took charge on June 1. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

Anandan gets additional charge in Sikkim (UPDATED)
D Anandan Secretary, Information &Public Relation Department shall hold the additional charge of Secretary, Tourism &Civil Aviation Deptt in Sikkim. He is 2000 batch IAS officer.

CORPORATE

Roy takes over as MD LIC
S K Roy has taken charge as Managing Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India on May 31, 2013. SK Roy joined LIC in 1981 as a Direct Recruit officer of the 11th batch. He has served the Corporation in prominent positions like Area Manager, LIC HFL, Secretary (Legal), Chief (SBU-Estate) , Regional Manager (P&IR), Executive Director (Mktg./Bancassurance & Alternate channels). He was Zonal Manager of North Central Zone from 2009 to 2011 and from 2011to 2013 he was in charge of Eastern Zone, one of the premier Zones of the Corporation. He had been recently posted as head of the International Operations before taking over as Managing Director.

Pawar is Director, CCO - South Asia at Publicis Worldwide
Bobby Pawar joins as Director, Chief Creative Officer (CCO) - South Asia at Publicis Worldwide.

Partha is Director, Chief Strategy Officer South Asia at Publicis Worldwide
Partha Sinha has joined as Director, Chief Strategy Officer South Asia at Publicis Worldwide

Ambika is Director, Marketing at Publicis Worldwide
Ambika Srivastava has joined as Director, Marketing and New Business India at Publicis Worldwide.

Jasmin elevated as CEO, SEA & India of Omnicom Media Group
Jasmin Sohrabji elevated as CEO, SEA & India of Omnicom Media Group. She will continue to lead Omnicom Media Group India as CEO, and also lead the South East Asian markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand for OMD, PHD and M2M - brands of Omnicom Media Group.

India Today Group ropes in Maxim's Monica Kubba
Monica Kubba has been appointed as the General Manager - Impact, India Today Group.

Prakash joins Tata Services
Niranjan Prakash, General Manager - Strategic Marketing, HT Media is learnt to have put in his papers to take up a research, consulting and academic role with Tata Services.

Seth re-appointed MD, Pearl Global Industries Ltd
Pearl Global Industries Limited has re-appointed Pulkit Seth as a Managing Director (MD) of the company for a further period of three years w.e.f. June 1, 2013

Srinivasan appointed CFO, Excel Crop Care Ltd
Excel Crop Care Limited has appointed K Srinivasan as Chief FinancialOfficer (CFO) of the Company.

Shankar appointed Director, SPIC
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Limited (SPIC) has appointed S Shankar as Director of the Company.

Muthiah appointed Chairman, SPIC
Ashwin C Muthiah has been appointed as Chairman of Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd (SPIC).

Doraisamy resigns as Director, TVS Electronics Ltd
Balu Doraisamy has resigned as Director of TVS Electronics Ltd.

Dhingra ceases to be Part-time Official Director, SJVN Ltd
Ravi Dhingra has ceased to be Part-Time Official Director of SJVN Ltd.

Prasad ceases to be Part-time Official Director, SJVN Ltd
Ms Bharti Prasad has ceased to be Part-Time Non-Official Director of SJVN Ltd

Jayaraman resigns as Director of Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd
K Jayaraman has resigned as Director of Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd.

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Feigning ignorance

Many Dalits have come forward to help Gayatri. A misconception is deliberately being spread that so called elite Dalits don't care about their lesser brethren. We do care but as usual everybody deliberately want to feign ignorance about the reality.

S Rao

Caste system - origin of all ills in society

One of the contributors has said that pro reservation people want to abolish caste system before the abolition of reservation and that the reservations are perpetuating the caste system. Yes, be the caste system abolished first because the caste system is the origin of all the ills in the society. Reservation system is one of the steps to fight this evil. And why do the upper castes want to continue and perpetuate the caste system; simply they have a vested interest in continuing it. They want the abolition of reservations so that they can appropriate all the opportunities to them. This is like putting cart before the horse. If they are so concerned about the welfare of the poor among the upper castes they should leave some part of the general quota for their poor people. Why should they eye the share of the Dalits for looking after the poor among the upper castes. With the availability of some opportunities to Dalits they have started proving themselves and show the merit. It is because of this step alone the poor Dalits have been able to gain some respect which is not liked by the upper castes. By depriving slightly better off among the Dalit of the opportunities would mean that they will always remain always low in merit and the upper castes will continue to argue that Dalits areuseless. As pointed out by one other contributor, one of the Dalit medical student scored 197/200 which shows are not less meritorious given the opportunities. Nobody can deny the Dalits their proportionate share in the resources and the other opportunities. And somebody should tell me the logic of keeping the caste or religion based regiments in the army. This was one reason that foreigners attacked the places like Somnath temple and fled with the booty. If the Dalits were also allowed to fight like the so called 'martial' races, this country never would have gone in foreign hands.

Partap Singh

Calibre and efficiency of an officer

This shows the caliber and efficiency of an officer. His unstintful hard work and sincerity helped him to remain at that post for so many years. He exemplified that given an opportunity even IFS officers can do very good work.

Hemanth

Policy to protect functioning of the organisation

I fully agree with the comments of 1:1 policy to protect the smooth/systemic and correct functioning of the organisation.

Dr Vijaya Kumar