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POLITICS

Will there be Lok Sabha elections in November?
AICC Reorganization and Cabinet reshuffle have fuelled speculations about Lok Sabha polls in November.

Why did UPSC Member go to Home Secretary's office ?
The visit of Member UPSC A P Singh to the office of Home Secretary R K Singh has generated a debate in the bureaucratic circles. Visit was against the protocol since it should have been vice-versa it was felt.

New Minister was once IPS and then IAS
JD Seelam, who was Monday inducted in the Union Council of Ministers as Minister of State, is a former IAS officer of Karnataka cadre. He first joined the IPS in 1983 and then he joined IAS in 1984. He took VRS in 1999.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CMD BHEL ? (4) Will Rao get extension ?
With none of the BHEL Directors left with two years service, from January 31, 2014, onwards, rumours are that BHEL's present CMD BP Rao may be given an extension. In case he gets extension, the interview scheduled on June 20 may be cancelled.

Why Sobti not shortlisted for BHEL CMD's post ?
Mystery prevails that why the name of Atul Sobti, Executive Director, BHEL, has not been shortlisted for interviews for the post of CMD. BHEL circles are agog with rumours that he is the strongest candidate for the post of CMD. He is slated to assume charge as Director (Power) in BHEL when the post falls vacant in November.

Secretary level appointments this week ?
Secretary level appointments are expected to take place this week in the Government of India.

Sarkar to be Secretary, Personnel !
Shyamal Sarkar is reportedly moving as Secretary, Department of Personnel. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

G Mohan Kumar to be Secretary, Water Resources
In all probability G Mohan Kumar will succeed Shyamal Sarkar as Secretary, Water Resources. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Will Machendranathan be Secretary, Border Management?
Special Secretary, Civil Aviation, S Machendranathan may be moved as Secretary, Border Management in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

P P Verma is new Chief Secretary of Assam
P P Verma has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Assam. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on June 17, 2013)

Gupta is new Mission Director, NFSM
Sanjeev Gupta has been appointed Mission Director, National Food Security Management (NFSM). He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

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.

Five IGs to be ex-officio IGs, Naxal Operations in CG
The Government of Chhattisgarh has declared five Inspector General of Durg, Bilaspur, Sarguja, Bastar and Raipur as ex-officio IG, Naxal Operations.

Ahluwalia likely to join as Second Secy., Indian Embassy
As the grapevine it Gaurav Ahluwalia is all set to move to Colombo as Second Secretary, Indian Embassy in Srilanka. Ahluwalia is a 2005 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Jha to join KRIBHCO as CVO
As the grapevine has it, Alka Jha is all set to join as CVO, Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO). Currently she is serving as Deputy Director General (Principal Compliance Officer), Postal Service Board. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

DPC for 1981 batch IRS (IT) on June 28
DPC for promotion of 1981 batch IRS (IT) officers to the rank of CCIT is going to take place on June 28.

Dr Jha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Dr Mohan Jha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Election for office bearers of IRSA to be held on June 27
The Returning Officer has invited nominations for the elections of office bearers of All India Revenue Service Association (IRSA) for the year-2013-14. The last date for filing nomination is June 20 while date scrutiny will be June 21 and last date for withdrawal is June 24. The voting for the same is June 27, 2013. President (1), Vice-President (1), General Secretary (1), Joint Secretary (3), Treasurer (1) and nine executive members are to be elected for the Association.

Roy to be CMD of LIC for five years
Newly appointed Chairman of the LIC S K Roy will have a five -year term as Chairman. He will take over on July 1.

Meeting to select Registrar, TDSAT on Friday
The selection committee for the post of Registrar TDSAT is meeting on June 21. The committee is headed by Member, TDSAT with representatives from DOT, DOPT and an Expert. The committee is normally headed by Chairman TDSAT and with the likely joining of the New Chairman, it would be assumed that the selection will be called off !

Central Information Commissioner to retire this month
Central Information Commissioner Mrs Annapurna Dixit is retiring in June.

Will there be Regulator for Financial Sector ?
There is now a thinking to have strong unified Regulator for Financial Sector.

Bihar ex-DGP to be Advisor to Jharkhand Governor
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.

Singh promoted as Joint Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation
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.

Five posts of DIG vacant in BSF
As many as five posts of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) have been lying vacant in Border Security Force (BSF).

Rao likely to join central deputation
A P Venkateswara Rao is likely to join central deputation at the level of Inspector General in SVP, NPA. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Kumar granted non-functional upgradation
Ms Priya Kumar, Director, Financial Services, has been granted Non Functional Upgradation (NFU). She is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Nine posts of Judges vacant in Patna HC
As many as nine posts of judges are lying vacant in Patna High Court against approved strength of 43. These include one post of Permanent Judge against approved strength of 29 and eight posts of Additional Judges against approved strength of 14.

Kailash Chand posted as DIG (Comm), FTR HQ, Tripura
Kailash Chand has been posted as DIG ( Comm), FTR HQ, Tripura. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Himanshu Kumar is new Secretary, Finance in UP
Himanshu Kumar has been appointed new Secretary Finance in Uttar Pradesh. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

PESB invites applications for Director (HR & CA), BLC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director, Human Resource & Corporate Affairs (HR & CA), Balmer Larwrie Co. Limited (BLC) falling vacant on June 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 14, 2013.

R Nair assumes charge as CMD, HOCL
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)

Orders for suspension of HMT Chairman issued (UPDATED)
The orders for suspension of S G Sridhar, Chairman of all units of HMT, Bangalore, have been issued.
(We said this on June 15, 2013)

Chandrashekar Reddy posted as CCF (Estb) in PCCF office in AP (UPDATED)
G Chandrashekar Reddy has been transferred and posted as Chief Conservator of Forests (Establishment) in the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (HoFF). He is a 1991 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

28 Custom Commissioners transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 28 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Custom and Central Excise cadre and working at the level of Commissioner have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Aruna N Gupta has been shifted to Meerut CX-2 (A) while B Ravichandran was transferred to Hyderabad CX-3 and Bandhan Deori is being transferred to Siliguri CX. Similarly, Bharati S Chavan has been transferred to Ahmedabad CX-I; Bhikhoo Ram to Coimbatore CX (A); Bodduluri Hare Ram to Belgaum CX; C Rajendran to Vizag Cus; D Krishna Srinivas to Mumbai Cus (P), Dawa Doma Sherpa to Ranchi CX; Hemant A Bhat to Mysore CX (A); J S Chanrasekhar to Mysore CX; K L Goyal to Kandla Cus; M V S Chaudhry to Bangalore CX-3; Mahendra Ranga to Meerut CX-2; Navneet Goel to Ahmedabad CX 2; P Hemavathi to Indore CX (A); P S Sodhi to Chandigarh CX-I; Piyush Kumar Patnaik to DGCEI, Mumbai; Rajbans Singh Chahal to Kanpur CX (A), S Faheem Ahmed to Kolkata CX-I (A); Sandeep Srivastava to Jaipur CX-I; Satendra Vikram Singh to DG (Systems), Delhi; Satyendra Jeet Singh to Ahmedabad ST (Adj); Seema Arora to Bhopal CX (A); Shailesh Behari Mishra to Bhubaneshwar CX-2; Shashank Priya to Patna CX; Uma Shankar to Ahmedabad CX-3 and V K Verma was shifted to Surat CX-I.

15 Custom Commissioners locally shifted (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Custom and Central Excise cadre and working at the level of Commissioner have locally been transferred. Accordingly, A K Gupta has been shifted to Ahmedabad Cus while A P S Suri was transferred to Mumbai Airport and Alok Shukla is being
moved to DGCEI, Chennai. Similarly, Atul Dikshit has been shifted to ICD, Cus Delhi; Karnail Singh to Bangalore CX-2, Krishna A Mishra to Delhi Cus (P); M S Arora to DG Systems, Delhi; O P Dadhicha to Jaipur CX-2 (A); P M Salim to Mumbai CCAR; R P Meena to Kolkata CX-3 (A); Raj Kumar to Kolkata
CX-3; Raju to CCAR, Ahmedabad; S K Das to Kolkata Cus (Port); S L Lenka to Bangalore Cus (A) and Syed Haider Hasan was shifted to Nhava Sheva (Export).

S K Sharma selected for CMD, BEL (UPDATED)
S K Sharma, Director, BEL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 18, 2013. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

Shambhu Dayal Meena posted as PS, Finance in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Shambhu Dayal Meena has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Finance Department (Expenditure) in Karnataka. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

CORPORATE

Gandhi inducted as Member in Standing Council
Vikram Gandhi, CEO, VSG Capital Advisors, 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.

Bhattacharya appointed as WED on OBC board
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.

Singh given addl. charge as CMD, HMT Ltd
Harbhajan Singh, lAS, Joint Secretary, Government of India, Department of Heavy Industry & Director, HMT Limited has been given additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director, of HMT Limited.

Asher resigns as Director, Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd
H C Asher has resigned as Director of Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd.

Dugar resigns as Director, Zensar Technologies Ltd
Manish Dugar has resigned as Director of Zensar Technologies Ltd.

Jain resigns as Company Secretary, K S Oils Ltd
Ankit Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of K S Oil Ltd.

Kumar appointed Company Secretary, K S Oils Ltd
Sandeep Kumar has been appointed as Company Secretary of K S Oils Ltd

Sridhar appointed Addl. Director, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd
S Sridhar has been appointed as Additional Director of Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd.

Vaidya appointed Independent Director, Premier Ltd
Premier Limited has appointed Shailesh S Vaidya as an Independent Director of the company.

Aggarwal resigns as Company Secretary, Citurgia Biochemicals Ltd
Ms Shubhra Aggarwal has resigned as Company Secretary of Citurgia Biochemicals Ltd.

Kumari appointed Company Secy. ,Citurgia Chemicals Ltd
Ms Anshul Kumari has been appointed as Company Secretary of Citurgia Biochemicals Ltd

Tayal appointed Addl. Director, KSL & Industries Ltd
KSL & Industries Ltd has appointed Navin Kumar Tayal as an Additional Director of the company.

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Those not fit should be retired at 60 itself

Government is doing well by extending retirement age of scientists from 62 to 64.The life span and health of individuals have increased and it would have been foolish for the Government to retire scientists at the prime of their life and experience. It would have been a national wastage. There is also urgency for extending the retirement age of bureaucrats from the present 60 to 64.The present retirement age was fixed when the average entry age was 24.With the extension of entry age, the average has become 28.A bureaucrat reaches his prime at the age of 60 and there is no rationale in retiring them off that also when the retirement age of SC and HC judges is 65.But there should be conditionality at 60 for their physical fitness, honesty and efficiency as reflected in their ACRs. All not fit should be retired at 60 itself.

N Krishnan

Recent CBDT orders smacks of opportunism

The recent orders of CITs by CBDT smacks of opportunism, nepotism and crass regionalism and casteism. Officers close to the 3 members of the placement committee have got plum assignments and have been retained at Delhi and Mumbai despite no vacancies at these stations while other officers with similar grounds have been thrown across the country. The FM is being requested to look into the orders and see that justice is done by analysing orders on caste and regional basis.

Anantkrishnan V

Extending retirement age of AIS officers justified

There is sufficient justification to extend the retirement age to AIS officers

Dr R Chaudhury

Cabinet reshuffle

The idea behind inducting quite old people in the Cabinet appears to be to make Rahul Gandhi look young fresh and unencumbered.

Sudhir Chopra