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POLITICS

He is not VIP for his own men !
R&AW Chief is considered to be an important figure in the country. Present R &AW Chief Alok Joshi has shun the image of being an important person in the organization. He uses the lift meant for other employees in the office. Employees say it has never happened in the history of R&AW.

BUREAUCRACY

P K Sinha to be Secretary, Power ?
If all goes well, Secretary Shipping P K Sinha will move as Secretary Power in the Government of India on July 1. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ajay Mathur to be DG, Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Ajay Mathur is all set to take over as DG of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency next month.

Prakash Chand to be next CMD, BHEL
Prakash Chand, ED, BHEL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 20, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same. Notably, this is a Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) unit of Government of India.

36 CBI cases against IAS officers
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered as many as 36 cases against officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) engaged in corrupt practices between 2009 and 2012.

IAS are now reluctant to join as PS ?
The newly appointed Ministers in the Manmohan Singh Government may find it difficult to have an IAS officer as PS. Infact, no IAS officer is keen to join as PS because of short tenure of the Government.

Ms. M. Subashini appointed Ambassador
Ms. M. Subashini (YOA: 1987), presently Ambassador of India to Republic of Suriname has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with residence in Paramaribo.

Lt Gen Ahuja to move to Tejpur
Major Gen Ahuja on promotion as Lt General has been moved from Delhi to Tejpur.

Pachnanda to join GoI
Former Kolkata Police Commissioner R K Pachnanda is all set to join the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

CSS Associations asks for 400 additional posts of DS/Director?
CSS Associations and stakeholders have claimed for over 400 additional posts of Deputy Secretary & Director for themselves. At present approx 450 posts of DS/Dir are allotted to CSS cadres. The CSS Associations, in the recent consultation, have asked to raise the number of allotted posts of DS/Dir to more than 800 posts from the present figure of approx 450.

S K Verma poised to be elevated as IG BSF
As the grapevine has it, Sunil Kumar Verma is poised to be elevated as Inspector General, BSF. Currently he is posted in Gujarat DIG, BSF.

Files related to appointments in PSUs to revisit to Railway Ministry
The appointments in the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) units under the Ministry of Railways are expected to be delayed further as all the files related to this will revisit to the new Minister of Railways.

Search Committee constituted
Ministry of Finance has constituted a Search Committee for selection of CEO&MD of IFCI Ltd. comprising of AS(Banking), JS(IF), ED, LIC, CME, PNB & former Chairman, SEBI, M Damodaran.

Garg gets new assignment in Delhi Govt.
Ankur Garg IAS-2003 of UT cadre has joind as Spl. Secretary (Power) in Delhi Government. He has also been assigned the job of Director (HR) in Delhi Transco Limited.

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 NEPA
One post of Deputy Inspector General has been lying vacant in NEPA.

Ranbir Singh Sharma likely to join central deputation
Ranbir Singh Sharma is likely to join central deputation at the level of Inspector General. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Orders of A P Panda as Director (Fin), SECL issued
The orders of A P Panda, AGM, RINL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on Jan 30, 2013)

15 ADRM appointed in Railways
As many as 15 officers have been posted as ADRM in Railways. Accordingly, R Mohan Raja has been appointed as ADRM/MAS while Mahavir Singh will no be ADRM/FZR and Vivek Khare is ADRM/Raipur. Similarly, Abhay Kumar Gupta has been posted as ADRM/JU; B S K Rajkumar as ADRM/HYB; S K Sinha as ADRM/UMB; R K Moondhra as ADRM/Ajmer; H R Khandekar as ADRM/BSP;M Rajamurugan as ADRM/MYS; R K Sharma as ADRM/MCT; Jaideep Gupta as ADRM/NGP; S S Mishra as ADRM;BSL;B S Dohare as ADRM/SPJ; S K Gupta as ADRM/NGP, SER and Ms Sunanda Arul was appointed as ADRM/SBC.

Sanjay Kumar posted in Western Railway
Sanjay Kumar, on return from deputation to KRCL, has been posted in the cadre on Western Railway.

UPSC declares results of Engineering Services Examination-2012
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the results of Engineering Services Examination-2012. A total number of 635 candidates have been recommended for the appointments including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

Ms Alpana Pant Sharma granted non-functional upgradation
Ms Alpana Pant Sharma, Director (News), AIR, Mumbai, has been granted Non Functional Upgradation (NFU). She is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Nine posts of Judges vacant in Rajasthan HC
As many as nine posts of judges have been lying vacant in Rajasthan High Court against 40 approved strength including 10 posts of Permanent Judges against 32 approved strength and one of Additional Judge against eight approved strength.

Two CCITs retiring in June
Two senior officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre are retiring in June, 2013. They are: Dilip Kumar CCIT, Panaji and S G Joshi, CCIT-II, Pune.

Two CCITs get additional charge
K Satyanarayanan, CCIT-I, Bangalore, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT, Panaji while R K Roye, CCIT-I, Pune will be holding an additional charge of CCIT-II, Pune.

Nominations sought for two posts of Dy Secretary/Director in NATGRID
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought nominations of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for two posts at the level of Deputy Secretary/Director in National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID). The nomination of willing officers can be sent to the Ministry at the earliest.

Ms Nita Kejriwal posted to NAC (UPDATED)
Ms Nita Kejriwal, Director, CCS, Ministery of Rural Development, has been posted to National Advisory Council (NAC) under the Prime Minister Office (PMO).

P R Sethi is also CCIT, Madurai (UPDATED)
P R Sethi, CCIT-III, Chennai, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT, Madurai.

UPSC declares results of Defence Services Exam-2012 (UPDATED)
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the final results of Combined Defence Services Examinations (II), 2012.

CORPORATE

ONGC provides 2 Crore to CMs Fund
Joining national efforts to provide immediate relief to the disaster struck Uttarakhand where unprecedented monsoon caused large scale destruction and huge loss of life, ONGC has announced a contribution of 2 Crore to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, ONGC CMD Sudhir Vasudeva termed the natural disaster as "deeply disturbing and shocking" and said that the devastation emerging out of this tragedy has been a matter of pain and anguish to the entire nation. Vasudeva said that ONGC stands by the people of Uttarakhand in this hour of difficulty.

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay inducted as Member in Standing Council
Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, Director, India Development Foundation, 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.

Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, TFCI
Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited (TFCI) has appointed Niraj Agarwal, Executive Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd (LIC) as an Additional Director of the company.

Rai resigns as Director, TFCI
R R Rai who was representing Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) as Director on the Board of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd (TFCI) has resigned from the company.

Dube appointed Director , Nelco
Nelco Limited has appointed Sanjay Dube as Director on the Board of Directors of Nelco Ltd. w.e.f. June 6, 2013.

Bhimjyani to be re-appointed CMD, RT Exports Ltd
The Board of RT Exports Ltd has decided to re-appoint Rashmi C Bhimjyani as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company w.e.f. September 30, 2013

Driver resigns as Independent Director, MT Educare Ltd
Cyrus Driver has resigned as Independent Non-executive Director of MT Educare Ltd w.e.f. June 17, 2013

Adinarayana re-designated Company Secy. Natco Pharma Ltd
Natco Pharma Ltd has re-designated M Adinarayana as Company Secretary and Vice President (Legal and Corporate Affairs)

Pal ceases to be Director, Jagatjit Industries Ltd
Gautam Pal has ceased to be Director of Jagatjit Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 30, 2013.

Sharma appointed Addl. Director, Jagatjit Industries Ltd
Peri Kameswara Sharma has been appointed as Additional Director of Jagatjit Industries Ltd w.e.f. May 30, 2013

Kashyap resigns as Director, Global Land Masters Corporation Ltd
Rajiv Kashyap has resigned as Director of Global Land Masters Corporation Ltd

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No increase in retirement age, no re-employment

There should be no increase in retirement age so that young talent gets a chance. These days one gets lot of money at the time of retirement. Those who still want to remain active, want to give back to society, may work for the GoI on a salary of Re 1 and at the most transport allowance reimbursement. There is no notion of social service in India. DoPT should think on these lines, frame rules and there should be no re-employment for anyone after retirement whatsoever.

Harish Kumar

Helpline or what ?

Income tax has a helpline number 1 800 4025 0025 which if you call the recorded voice will ask you to press 1 or 2 for response in Hindi and English respectively. You press the number and the reply will be that you have not given any input and so the call is disconnected. This will be repeated any number of times without your being able to get through the call, to your utter frustration and waste of time and effort. Is this a helpline or no-helpline? What should a helpless
citizen to do in this situation?

P K Mohanty

Does anyone have the magic wand to identify who are the 'deadwood babus'. In the era of favouritism and parochial tendencies, those persons will be identified as 'deadwood'', who are bold, rule minded and ready to take on the superiors for their wrong desires/ intentions. The chamchas will be considered as 'efficient'. The incompetent at the top may also treat the competent under him as 'deadwood'. Your suggestion is a very difficult task to achieve.
Contradictions are going to remain. The court's in the country will be laden with cases and we will not be able to achieve the end. The best way is to allow the nature and the system to take its own course. In fact there is case for reducing the retirement case rather than increasing it.

Satya Prakash

SC reservation is meant for Dalits

SC reservation is meant for Dalits. But children of affluent and well to do Dalits mostly Group A officers who got an opportunity to study in best of schools of the country ,still want to apply for government jobs as SC candidates. Then who is usurping the rights of poor Dalits. Rich and powerful Dalits enjoying this privilege are responsible for plight of poor Dalits.

Shashwat

Stop comments on Reservation

I go through this site regularly and would request the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial team managing it to carry healthy comments on the Forum column. Healthy discussions on relevant topics should be carried and not on the rubbish subjects like 'reservation'. Otherwise also it is now too much and it would be better if we stop entertaining both - those pro and against reservation. It is an unnecessary and an unending debate.

Rangit

CSS cadre structure

Office Management Group (OMG) in the Central Superior Services of Pakistan is the exact an equivalent service to the Central Secretariat Service (CSS) in Civil Service of India. The most important positions in the Federal Secretariat in Pakistan are occupied by the OMG officers. Moreover, after DMG, OMG has the highest share in BS-22 positions (Secretary to Government of Pakistan/Chief Secretary to Provincial Government rank) of the Secretariat Group and hence end up at the highest levels of Pakistan's bureaucracy.

I think the CSS officers in India atleast deserve 10 to 15 Additional Secretary rank and equivalent posts in Central Secretariat. This should be done in the ongoing cadre restructuring in 2013.
- Jose