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POLITICS

Is Narendra Modi arrogant ?
Narendra Modi was a hot topic of discussion at a get-together of bureaucrats. One bureaucrat said that he was very arrogant person. Another bureaucrat quipped "Is Sonia Gandhi not an arrogant person". And the topic closed.

Is it true ?
Is it true that the Government has accorded approval for extension of tenure for PSU CEOs and Directors for a maximum period of 3 years? If so is this rule prospective or retrospective?

BUREAUCRACY

Vijay Singh is now Director, Tata Sons
Former Secretary, Defence, and Member, UPSC, Vijay Singh has joined the Tata Sons as Director. He is a former 1970 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Vijay Kumar is back to MHA
K Vijay Kumar has been appointed as coordinator for anti-Naxalite operations in the country. He isa former 1975 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on June 12, 2013)

Five IPS officers facing action
As many as five officers of Indian Police Service (IPS), who went on French leave, have been recommended for actions or taken actions by State Governments.

S K Sharma selected for CMD, BEL
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.

R C Nautiyal to take over as Director (Pers), GRSE on July 1
R C Nautiyal, GM, BEL, is expected to don the mantle as Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) on July 1, 2013.
(We said this on Jan 21, 2013)

H K Dev Choudhury to assume charge as MD, BLL on July 1
H K Dev Choudhury, GM, HMT, will be taking over as Managing Director, Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) on July 1, 2013.
(We said this on Feb 28, 2013)

Goyal is Director, Home
Pankaj Goyal has been appointed Director, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1999 batch ITS officer.

Dhodawat is new PS to Vayalar Ravi
Dr Devendra Kumar Dhodawat is new Private Secretary to the Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vyalar Ravi. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

DPC for CC in CBEC to be held in Mumbai on June 20
DPC for selection of Chief Commissioners in CBEC is being held on June 20 at Mumbai. 25 officers are expected to be covered for promotion. The only dampener will be the directive of FM that no officer on promotion shall be retained in the same city on promotion where the person was working as Commissioner.

Dr Shanker moves to CCI
Private Secretary to the Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs, Vyalar Ravi, Dr Sadhna Shankar has moved as Adviser (Law), Competition Commission of lndia (CCI). She is a 1997 batch IRS officer.

No taker for Commissioner Income Tax in Raipur ?
Post of Commissioner Income Tax has not been filled up in Raipur? Is there any fear of Naxalites ?

Bhagwan posted as DIG(G), FTR HQ, Tripura
Bhagwan has been posted as DIG(G), FTR HQ, Tripura. He is a BSF cadre officer.

One post of DIG vacant in NCRB
One post of Deputy Inspector General has been lying vacant in National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB).

Ajay Kumar Tomar likely to join central deputation
Ajay Kumar Tomar is likely to join central deputation at the level of Inspector General. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

DCs of two districts may soon be transferred by Govt. of NCT Delhi
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that as many as two Deputy Commissioners may soon be transferred by the Government of NCT, Delhi.

CSS Associations claim for 60 additional posts of JS
In due course of comprehensive consultations with CSS Associations, held by the Cadre Restructuring Committee of DOPT, approximately 60 Joint Secretary level posts have been claimed in addition to the existing 40 JS level posts for CSS.

DGP Tripura scheduled for retirement on June 30
The fast approaching date of retirement of Sanjay Sinha, DGP, Tripura has also triggered the speculation whether he will be given extension or not.

Ms Sharma granted non-functional upgradation
Ms Smita Vats Sharma, Additional Registrar, Supreme Court of India, has been granted Non Functional Upgradation (NFU). She is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

25 posts of Judges vacant in Punjab& Haryana HC
As many as 25 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Punjab & Haryana High Court against 68 approved strength including six posts of Permanent Judges against 38 approved strength and 19 of Additional Judges against 30 approved strength.

28 Custom Commissioners transferred
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 Ranch 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
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).

DoPT invites applications for DG, GSI, Kolkata
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Director General (DG) in central headquarters Geological Survey of India (GSI).Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Orders for suspension of HMT Chairman issued
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)

NBCC inks MoU with STPI (UPDATED)
NBCC undertaking future works of STPI as Project Management Consultant (PMC) which shall involve planning, designing and construction of Data Centre, Incubation Facility and Network Operation Centre of STPI across the country. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and Omkar Rai, DG, STPI (Software Technology Park of India) seen exchanging documents after signing an MoU with STPI on June 18, 2013, Also seen in the picture are N.P. Aggrawal, SGM (BD), NBCC, Pradeep Sharma, DGM (BD), NBCC and DeveshTyagi, Director, STPI. STPI projects are located at Bhopal, Srinagar, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Noida, Puducherry and Dehradun.

Ramesh Thete posted as Dy Secretary, Housing & Environment in MP (UPDATED)
Ramesh Thete has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Housing and Environment Department in Secretariat in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

S K Pathak is also CCIT, Jalpaiguri (UPDATED)
S K Pathak, CCIT-III, Kolkata, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT, Jalpaiguri.

HAL and Dassault Aviation confident in partnership (UPDATED)
On the occasion of ongoing Paris Airshow, HAL top brass led by CMD R K Tyagi met with top executives of Dassault Aviation to review the progress in ongoing projects at Paris. Both the teams expressed satisfaction on the work already achieved by the integrated teams and renewed their commitment towards successful completion of the various projects. Today, HAL has 19 Production Units and 10 Research & Design Centres in 8 locations in India. The Company has an impressive product track record - 15 types of Aircraft/Helicopters manufactured with in-house R & D and 14 types produced under license. HAL has manufactured over 3658 Aircraft/Helicopters, 4178 Engines, Upgraded 272 Aircraft and overhauled over 9643 Aircraft and 29775 Engines. While on the other hand, in the past sixty years Dassault Aviation has delivered more than 7500 civil and military aircraft to 83 countries logging some 28 million flight hours to date. This unique worldwide experience has allowed Dassault Aviation to build up considerable expertise in the design, development, production, sale and support of all types of aircraft and a recognized and demonstrated know-how, innovative operational solutions as well as a pragmatic and dynamic approach to cooperation.

Four IFS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, K P Shrma (1997) has been posted as DFO, Hoshangabad while Manoj Argal (2001) will now be DFO, Barwani and Amit Kumar Dubey (2002) is Deputy Conservator of Forest, NVDA, Bhopal. Besides, Mahendra Singh Sisodiya has been appointed as DFO, Neemuch.

S B Borogohain selected as Director (Pers), NEEPCO (UPDATED)
S B Borogohain, GM, PGCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 19, 2013. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

Dr V B Ramana Murthy promoted to CCF in AP (UPDATED)
Dr V B Ramana Murthy has been promoted to the rank of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer.

Three IFS officers shifted in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
C Venugpala Rao has been posted as Divisional Forest officer while M Bhaskar Raju will now be DFO, Wildlife, Rajampet and Dr K Gopinath is CF, State Trading Circle, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

CORPORATE

Will IAS officer attend interview tomorrow?
Will Shishir Priyadarshi, IAS, 1980, another front-runner for the post of CMD ,BHEL attend interview on the June 20 ?


Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (4) Prakash Chandra
Prakash Chandra, Executive Director of the Haridwar unit, of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is in race for the post of CMD in the PSU giant.


Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (5) Akhil Joshi
Akhil Joshi, Executive Director (Spares & Services Business), at BHEL is also in race for the post of CMD in the Maharatna Company.

Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (6) Anuj Bhatnagar
Anuj Bhatnagar Executive Director, Quality, at BHEL is also in race for the post of CMD in the Maharatna company.

Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (7) Ravi Chander
N Ravi Chander who is Executive Director in the BHEL, is also in the race for the post of CMD in the Maharatna Company.


Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (8) M S Rana
Chairman of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India, M S Rana is also in the race for the post of CMD in the Maharatna Company.

Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (9) Kushal Saha
Director of the Heavy Engineering Corporation, Kushal Saha is also in the race for the post of CMD in the Maharatna Company.

Kaun Banega CMD BHEL? (10) R Mohan Das
R Mohandas is also in the fray. Presently, he is Director, HR, Coal India. Previously Mohandas had served BHEL as DGM.

Khaitan appointed CMD, Khaitan Electricals Ltd
Khaitan Electricals Ltd has appointed Sunil K Khaitan as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company w.e.f. November 1, 2013

Dabriwal appointed Deputy MD, Khaitan Electricals Ltd
Sajjan Dabriwal has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director of Khaitan Electricals Ltd w.e.f. September 20, 2013

Bhutia appointed Non Exec. Director, Krishna Ferro Products Ltd
Krishna Ferro Products Ltd has appointed Chandra Bhutia as Non Executive Director of the company.

Kazuo Kudo has resigned as Director of DIC India Ltd
Yoshiaki Masuda has been appointed as Additional Director of DIC India Ltd.

Muchhala appointed Independent Director, BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd
BSEL Infrastructure Realty Ltd has appointed Dipal A Muchhala as Independent Director of the company.

Kukreja resigns as Nominee Director, Titagarh Wagons Ltd
Sanjay Kukreja has resigned as Nominee Director of Titagarh Wagons Ltd.

Bhatia resigns as Company Secretary, Pawansut Holdings Ltd
Ms Yachika Bhatia has resigned as Company Secretary of Pawansut Holdings Ltd.

Gupta appointed Company Secretary, Pawansut Holdings Ltd
Ms Kumud Gupta has been appointed as a Company Secretary of Pawansut Holdings Ltd.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of WW Technology Holdings Ltd
Paresh Kariya and Ms Sadhana Kariya have been appointed as Additional Directors of WW Technology Holdings Ltd.

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Regarding Retirement Age

Though it is very sad to know that the Government is considering to increase the retirement age for Central Government employees. However, in case, the Government is seriously thinking on these lines, it should be for all civilian employees. The Government may put certain conditions, such as, last five years ACRs, health conditions etc.

V S Rana, IIAS, Shimla


Don't increase retirement age

The retirement age of Government servants should not be increased. The merits of the Scientists could be utilized either on Consultancy basis by the Government or the private sector. As per the 2011 Census (120 crore), people in the age group of 1 to 35 years constitute 60% of the population of India. The country needs to provide job for them be it be from the private sector or from the government sector (Boond Boond se Samudra banta hai). If we will not do anything for them at this stage, then in future we will be faced with monocracy and anarchy in the country (a la Syria). A demonstration to the effect was evident from the fall out of the Anna Hazare's fast and Nirbhaya Murder case. People, one fourth from the grave yard, should serve on free/voluntary basis for the country and not hanker for anything extra.


Satya Prakash



ACR doesn't reflects true character

For Railways atleast, the ACR does not reflect true character of the candidate. More than often, it indicates how efficient (in meeting demand) and dedicated to his superiors. Objectives of the organisation are secondary

Amit

A good sailor !

Even as a bureaucrat MMS was considered as not much above mediocrity by those who knew him well enough. He was a plodder but he always managed to foster an aura around him as a great economist. His connections outside the country had a vested interest in putting him on a pedestal and they succeeded with MMS being hoisted on the PM's chair. In his bureaucracy days he was known to keep his counsel to himself till it became clear which way the wind blew. He was a good sailor!

Prashanth



Reservations!

Not absolutely the upper castes but the Dalits also are equally responsible for the plight of the Dalits. Invariably the Dalit politicians and officers are exploiting their brethren in the name of Dr Ambedkar. Constitutionally, they are not the true representatives of the Dalits, instead they are against the Dalits. What the hell when the Dalits constitute more than 25 per cent population of the country, they are still beggars. Un-united, they are spineless and on the crumbs of others. Since Independence, hardly any Dalit politician has groomed his/her true successor. Except on the issue of extension of reservations, the Dalit MPs are not united on any other front. Jay Hind and Jay Bhim !

Z S Nirwal, IFS (retired)