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POLITICS

Secretary level postings only after Cabinet reshuffle ?
Secretary level appointments and changes in the Government of India are expected to take place only after the Cabinet reshuffle.

Will JDU join UPA Government?
Will JDU join the UPA Government? Railway Ministry has reportedly been given option to the JDU bosses.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (3) Will IAS officer be CMD of BHEL ?
Will an IAS officer be next Chairman of the BHEL ? Name of 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Shishir Priyadarshi has started doing the round. In last 40 years, the CMDs of BHEL had been selected from insiders only…..it has been a convention or precedence…..it is believed that in last 50 yrs nobody from outside BHEL had made as CMD, BHEL….The Question is…will this time BHEL would make history or continue with its history.

Will Anup Wadhawan be JS, Banking?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Anup Wadhawan is likely to be mandated as Joint Secretary, Banking, Ministry of Finance. Wadhawan, a 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, is currently Joint Secretary, DOEA, Ministry of Finance.

Lohiya to be JS, Agriculture?
Sanjay Lohiya is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Agriculture in the GoI. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Formal orders of Ms Sudha Sharma issued
Formal orders of the appointment of Ms Sudha Sharma as CBDT Chairperson have been issued.

S K Roy to take over as Chairman of LIC on July 1
S K Roy is all set to take over as new Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) on July 1. Name of Roy has been approved by the ACC.

Kul Bhushan is out of race for CRB ?
Member (Electrical) in the Railway Board Kul Bhushan is reportedly out of the race for the post of Chairman Railway Board (Chairman Railway Board).

Karnataka CS to get four months extension
Karnataka Chief Minister is yet to decide the name of new Chief Secretary. A request of Karnataka Chief Minister has reached to the Government of India for granting four months extension in service to preset Chief Secretary S V Rangnath. The 1975 batch IAS officer Rangnath , who was to retire on April 30, got a two-month extension due to the assembly polls. The GoI is empowered to give six months extension to the Chief Secretary.

Notification for appointment of Verma as CS, Assam issued (UPDATED)
The Government of Assam has issued notification for the appointment of P P Verma as new Chief Secretary of Assam. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Verma will succeed Naba Kumar Das in July 1, 2013.

R Nair assumes charge as CMD, HOCL (UPDATED)
R Nair V B, CGM (P & E), HOCL, has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL) on June 17, 2013.
(We said this on Oct 22, 2012)

Rajiv Kumar retires as Special Director, R&AW
Rajiv Kumar has retired in the R&AW after being promoted to the rank of Special Director.

Verma poised to join North Frontier Railway
B B Verma, Financial Adviser & Chief Accounts Officer of East Central Railway, Hazipur is all set to move to North Frontier Railway in the same capacity. He is an IRAAS officer of 1979 batch.

Will Mallik succeed Verma as FA&CAO, East Central Railway?
As the grapevine has it, Sharad Kumar Mallik would succeed B B Verma as the Financial Adviser & Chief Accounts Officer, East Central Railway. Mallik, a 1980 batch IRAAS officer, is presently serving at ECR, as Financial Adviser Construction. In case this development takes place Mallik would mark his retirement at ECR, Hazipur only.

Kannan to be CMD of Vijaya Bank ?
ED of the Oriental Bank of Commerce, V Kannan, is likely to be appointed CMD of the Vijaya Bank.

Orders of G Bandyopadhyay likely in July
The orders of G Bandyopadhyay, GM, CIL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) are expected to be issued in the first week of July, 2013.

Interviews for GMs post in BHEL commence
Interviews of Assistant General Managers (AGMs) for the posts of General Managers (GMs) in BHEL have commenced. They are expected to continue for over a fortnight.

DIG, CBI, Chandigarh returns to Tamil Nadu
DIG, CBI in Chandigarh ,Mahesh Aggarwal has been repatriated to the parent Tamil Nadu cadre. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer.

Who will be Deputy Chairman, Goa Port Trust ?
After the return of Biplav Kumar to the parent Railways, post of Deputy Chairman Goa Port Trust has fallen vacant.

Can a Chief Secretary be appointed on contract basis ?
Can a Chief Secretary be re-appointed on contract basis ? This question is being asked in a North-Eastern state.

Ramu empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
G Anantha Ramu has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dr Singh is part-time Member, Law Commission
Dr Gurjeet Singh, Director General of the National Law School & Judicial Academy, Assam, has been appointed as part-time Member of the 20th Law Commission of India.

File of Rastogi still awaited
Even though a Selection Committee headed by a supreme court judge had selected PK Rastogi who retired as Member, TDSAT for another tenure upto the age of 65, the file referred to Chief Justice has not been returned.

3 posts of IG vacant in BSF
Around three posts of Inspector General (IG) have been lying vacant in Border Security Force (BSF).

Mallan Goud likely to join central deputation
P Mallan Goud is likely to join central deputation at the level of Inspector General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Ms Chakraborty granted non-functional upgradation
Ms Maushami Chakraborty, PS to Heavy Industries Minister, has been granted Non Functional Upgradation (NFU). She is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Nine posts of Judges vacant in Orissa HC
As many as nine posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Orissa High Court against 22 approved strength including four posts of Permanent Judges against 17 approved strength.

Surendra Kumar returns to Kerala
Surendra Kumar, IFS, Kerala cadre, has joined state government after completing his successful central deputation. He is person without of box thinking, started the concept of GPS enabled watershed projects tracking, introduction of digital signatures for land records delivery etc.

PESB invites applications for Chairman, DVC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman in the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) falling vacant on December 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before July 25, 2013.

3 IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Anup Khinch has been appointed as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes (VAT & IT) while Mrs Neha Giri will now be MD, Power Finances Corporation, Jaipur and Indrajit Singh is Special Officer, Peronnel, Jaipur.

ESI Corporation observes World Donor Day (UPDATED)
The Financial Commissioner of ESIC S.K.G. Rahate has said that medical care, besides providing the various benefits to the vast workforce under ESI Scheme, is of utmost importance. Rahate was addressing the inaugural function of a Voluntary Blood Donation Camp, organized by the ESIC in association with Indian Red Cross Society, at its Headquarters Office, Panchdeep Bhawan, New Delhi. "Out of an annual expenditure of ` 5600 crore, ` 4100 crore is spent on medical care, which is a whopping 73 percent of the annual expenditure. Promoting such voluntary, unpaid blood donation initiatives will go a long way in meeting our objective of providing foolproof, comprehensive medical care to our workforce", he said. Dr. S.R. Chauhan, Medical Commissioner, ESIC said that different myths about blood donation needs to be changed by organizing such camps. He also said that quality of blood collected at these camps is much superior to that collected from replacement donors. Insurance Commissioner Jose Cherian, IC (P&A) Mrs. K. Padamja Nambiar, IC (PR & ITCD) S.C. Chakraborty and IC (Rectt.) P.K. Srivastava also addressed the gathering and called upon the people to donate blood in maximum numbers.

Former IPS officer passes away in Chennai (UPDATED)
The death concurred in Chennai on Sunday night of Shri B Raman a former IPS officer of MP Cadre of the 1961 batch who went over to the RAW and retired as Additional Secretary in the RAW. He was an authority on security related matters and wrote regularly on China, Islamic terrorism and other political developments. He was Director of the Institute of Tropical Studies, Chennai.

NIESBUD Organises Recruiters' Meet (UPDATED)
The Executive Director of National Council on Skill Development J.P. Rai delineated different initiatives of the Government of India for skilling/up-skilling the youth of the nation for providing them avenues of remunerative employment. Rai was speaking as a Chief Guest at the Recruiters' Meet organised by the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIEBSUD), an apex national - level entrepreneurial Institute of international repute, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), engaged in training, research and consultancy interventions with the objective of promotion and development of micro, small and medium enterprises including enhancement of their competitiveness through different interventions. NIESBUD's Director General Arun Kumar Jha elucidated the efforts of the Institute in increasing enterprise creation by the trained persons and providing employment assistance to them so that they get gainful employment in different. The meet was attended by the representatives of 54 companies/firms including McDonald's; Pizza Hut; Haldiram's; Pantaloon; Devyani Food Chain; Godrej Kitchen etc. A total of 618 participants earlier trained by the Institute in different skills/trades were registered for the Event, out of which 237 were provided on the spot offer of employment by these Companies.

B Ramaiah to continue as Consultant in A P Vigilance Commission (UPDATED)
B Ramaiha will continue as Consultant in Andhra Pradesh Vigilance Commission after retirement for a period of one year. His re-appointment will be on contact basis. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Navin Mittal is Spl Commissioner, GHMC in AP (UPDATED)
Navin Mittal will be holding full charge of Special Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad. He is a 1996 batch IAS

Bihar ex-DGP to be Advisor to Jharkhand Governor (UPDATED)
Former Bihar DGP, Anand Shankar has been appointed as Advisor to Governor, Jharkhand in place of K Vijay Kumar. Shankar is a 1973 batch retired IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

R K Singh promoted as Joint Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation (UPDATED)
R K Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) in the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperation in Government of India. He is a Central Secretariat Service officer.

Kingshuk Bhattacharya appointed as WED on OBC board (UPDATED)
Kingshuk Bhattacharya, Special Assistant, Oriental Bank of Commerce, has been appointed as Workmen Employee Director on the Boards of Directors of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) for a period of three years.

CORPORATE

Narain inducted as Member in Standing Council
Ravi Narain, former MD & present Vice-Chairman, NSE, has been inducted as Member in the Standing Council of experts constituted by Government of India to assess the international competitiveness of the Indian financial sector.

Kothari re-appointed CMD, Kothari Products Ltd
Kothari Products Ltd has re-appointed Deepak Kothari as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company w.e.f. October 12, 2013

Kothari re-appointed ED, Kothari Products Ltd
Mitesh Kothari has been re-appointed as Executive Director (ED) of the company w.e.f. October 1, 2013

Sardana re-appointed MD, UB Engineering Ltd
UB Engineering Ltd has re-appointed J K Sardana as Managing Director (MD) of the company.

Agrawal appointed Company Secy. Websol Energy System Ltd
Websol Energy System Limited has appointed Ms Swati Agarwal as Company Secretary of the company.

Singh appointed Director, GS Auto International Ltd
GS Auto International Ltd has appointed lqbal Singh as Director of the company.

Monga resigns as Director, GS Auto International Ltd
Satish Monga has resigned as Director of GS Auto International Ltd

Korgaokar appointed Director , Food & Beverage, Goa Marriott Resort & Spa
Rahul Korgaokar has been appointed as Director (Food and Beverage), Goa Marriott Resort & Spa.

Anand resigns as CFO,Tech Mahindra Ltd
Sonjoy Anand has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tech Mahindra Ltd.

Bhatt appointed Deputy CFO, Tech Mahindra Ltd
Manoj Bhatt has been appointed as Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Tech Mahindra Ltd.

Kulkarni appointed CFO, Tech Mahindra Ltd
Milind Kulkarni has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tech Mahindra Ltd.

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Goof up in Index of industrial production

"Goof up in industrial production index" has raised many pertinent issues which need to be addressed immediately to save the Official Statistical System which has been facing sharp decline in recent past. Revision of the industrial production data for April, 2013 twice within 27 hours of releasing it by CSO speaks for itself. An insider has informed me that what has come in the public domain is just a tip of the iceberg. The National Statistical Commission under the Chairmanship of Dr. C. Rangarajan had recommended constitution of a permanent National Statistical Commission (NSC) whose Secretary was to be ex-officio Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The recommendations have been accepted and implemented but no one has bothered to review whether in 10 to 12 years the new system has delivered the desired result or not. To add insult to injury, the Central Administrative Tribunal has found fault in appointment of the present Chief Statistician of India (CSI) on the ground of lack of experience in managing a big statistical system and biased process of selection (c.f. judgement dated 20th October, 2011 in OA No. 1653/2010). However, the incumbent is continuing in the office on the strength of a stay in the case by the High Court of Delhi and delay in the judicial process. It is learnt that the Minister of State (Independent Charge) was requested not to appeal against the CAT's judgement, but same was not acceded to. It should have been realised that a demoralised CSI with proven inexperience cannot command and deliver. This is why we have fiascos like GDP fiasco, IIPA fiasco, export-import data fiasco, etc. in the short span. It is a hard fact that in absence of an IAS boss, it has become easy for all in MOS&PI to relax and take things casually. The National Statistical Commission has little to control and contribute. There is no action plan to revamp the system. Is PM or FM listening. Is there anyone to realise that one needs vast experience to head and run a Ministry. One needs firsthand knowledge of management in government to avoid a battery of sycophants always looking for opportunity to grab the system for personal gain. Academic excellence and administrative acumen are not necessarily correlated. The present CSI having academic excellence need to be given a right job and a right person need to be made head of MOS&PI. My heartfelt thanks to wishpersinthecorridors.com for raising the issue.

Prof. Akshay Kumar Dubey, Newtown

Enhancing retirement age is wrong

It is very wrong on the part of Government of India to consider enhancing the retirement age of the Scientists from 62 to 64 years. While working in the Ministry of Science of Technology, I had gained firsthand knowledge as to what the Scientist are doing. In the past few years no new scientific invention/innovation has taken place. Further, these Scientist work as Babus asking & cribbing for all their perks & facilities. Some of the Scientist had been provided official vehicle for commuting from residence to office but they were using it for their personal purposes also. I had to confront with excess mileage and shopping mall plaza parking bills for payment, which I did not agree and attained their wrath. They ensured that I was out of the Ministry in three months. What we need is to induct new Scientists. Agreed that the new crop does not want to work in the Government culture but Government can do some counselling. They can tell them about the stability, the facilities and enhanced salaries which people are getting in Government service.The private sector looks lucrative from outside. However, during the recent 'recession' it has been seen that there has been drastic reduction in salaries. Be it be in foreign land. They are made to toil hard and for long hours. They have to neglect their family life. Companies are closing at short notices. The resultant effect is that many of them are getting blood pressure and diabetes at the age of 30 to 40 years. Secondly many of them have become mental patients and their family lives have also become a ground of mess. As per the recent Census the population of people within the age group of 1 to 35 years in the country is 60% of 120 crore people. Future is for them. We should think about them. We should tell the stale and sadist to leave Government service and go back to their homes as they are one fourth from their grave yard.

Anurag Srivastava

Why DoPT is silent ?

DoPT has not been able to implement transfer orders of under secretaries made more than 3-4 months back because some of officers have been clinging to their posts for their vested interests. There is no budget session , no parliament session right now. Why then DoPT is silent on this making mockery of their orders.

Nandan

Use experience of Directors in BHEL

The present Directors who have a long field experience should be used for furtherance of Development in BHEL. If needed, amend the rules in the best interest of the Nation.

N V K Prabhakar