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Which country will suffer ?
There is a loud thinking that in the Global Restructuring, either China or India will be sufferer.

Life has not changed in India
People find it strange that PM and the Govt is making appeals for donations to PM Relief fund when the curtailment of foreign visits of Ministers and Bureaucrats will result in a substantial accrual of funds for the needy. But only ordinary people are meant to cough up; rules are different for the Rajahs and the praja is meant to bear the increasing burden. Seems life in India has not changed in the last 3000 years

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega RBI Governor ? (5 ) Sumit Bose
Who will be new RBI Governor ?Because of vast experience in Finance Commission and Finance Ministry name of Sumit Bose is also doing the round . The 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Bose is presently Secretary, Revenue.

Shyamal Sarkar is new Secretary, DoPT
Dr Shyamal Kumar Sarkar has been appointed new Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on June 18 and again on June 26, 2013)

P K Sinha is new Secretary, Power
P K Sinha has been appointed new Secretary, Power in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on June 21 and again on June 26, 2013)

Gauri Kumar to be Secretary, Border Management
Gauri Kumar is being tipped to be Secretary, Border Management in the Government of India. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Alok Rawat to be Secretary, Water Resources
Alok Rawat is being tipped to be Secretary, Water Resources in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
(We said this on June 20 and again on June 27, 2013)

Will A K Jain move from Official Languages ?
Will Secretary, Official Languages, A K Jain move to some other Department? He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Sujata Singh is new Foreign Secretary
Sujata Singh will succeed Ranjan Mathai on August 1 as Foreign Secretary. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is believed to have cleared the appointment of Ms Singh. She is a 1976 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on April 10 & June 26, 2013)

Praveen Garg to join GoI as Joint Secretary, Justice
Praveen Garg is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Justice. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

14 IPS officers retiring in June
As many as 14 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) are retiring in June, 2013. They are N Chandra Mouli of Andhra Pradesh cadre, P M Nair of Bihar cadre, D D Chaturvedi of Chhattisgarh, U D Josh of Gujarat , Rajinder Prasad Rasotra of Jammu and Kashmir; Jose George of Kerala, M K Katakvar of Madhya Pradesh; S D Waghmare of Maharashtra; Sanjay Sinha of Manipur-Tripura; Tehal Singh Dhaliwal of Punjab; Om Prakash Dixit, Shailendra Pratap Singh and Kripa Shankar Singh of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Tapas Ranjan Ghosh of West Bengal cadre is retiring in June.

Prasenjit Mukherjee is new Deputy CAG
On promotion Prasenjit Mukherjee will take over as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Government Accounts & Central Revenue Audit) in CAG office on July 1.

Panel for post of Chairman, JNPT yet to be formed
The panel, reportedly, has not been formed yet for the selection of Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. The post has been lying vacant since April 2013. Presently N N Kumar, a 1984 batch IRS officer, is holding the charge of Chairman, JNPT.

Ranjt Rae is new Ambassador to Nepal
Ranjit Rae has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Nepal. He is a 1980 batch IFS officer.

Ms Anshu Sinha is now Director, DoPT
The post of Ms Anshu Sinha as Deputy Secretary has now been re-designated as Director in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) with effect from July 1, 2013. She is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

AS level post in Interstate Council vacant since Aug 2011 ?
One post of Additional Secretary has been lying virtually vacant since August 2011. Interstate Council, which forms the backbone of Indian federalism, had seen the services of A K Jain for merely two months who further moved to Department of Official Languages as Secretary recently.

Will R K Verma be appointed as new Chairman of NDMC ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rajni Kant Verma is also the front runner to make it as the successor of Archana Arora at NDMC as its Chairman. Verma, a 1984 batch IAS officer of AGMUT, previously served Govt. of Goa as Principal Secretary. Will he be new Chairman of NDMC ?

Sunil Kumar joins as Director (HR), MTNL
Sunil Kumar, ED, TCIL, has taken over as Director (Human Resources), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
(We said this on January 28, 2013)

Orders of Sridhar Patra as Director (Fin), THDCIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Sridhar Patra , GM, MRPL for the appointment as Director (Finance), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd (THDCIL) have been issued by the Government of India. He would succeed C P Singh who is due to retire in July end.

Kalbande to join as MD, NERAMAC on July 1
V H Kalbande, CGM, MSSC, Ltd, will be joining as Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) on July 1, 2013.
(We said this on Feb 8, 2013)

Dev Choudhury to take 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)

Tailor to join as Director (Fin.), BCPL on July 1
O P Tailor, Director (Finance), BSCL, will be joining as Director (Finance), Brahmaputra Crackers & Polymers Limited (BCPL) on July 1, 2013.
(We said this on Oct 10, 2012)

Nautiyal to join as Director (Pers), GRSE on July 1
R C Nautiyal, GM, BEL, will be joining as Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) on July 1, 2013.
(We said this on Jan 21, 2013)

H R Singh is now ADG in CRPF
H R Singh will now be ADG in the CRPF. He is a CRPF cadre officer.

Pandey is DPR, Jharkhand
A K Pandey has been appointed new Director, Public Relations in Jharkhand.

Gurdarshan Singh is Member PSC in UP
Gurdarshan Singh has taken over as Member of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission. He is a retired 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Five vacancies of GM in Railways
Believe it or not on July 1 there will be five vacancies of General Managers in the Indian Railways. Vacancies in South East Central Railway (SECR), Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) are already there. There will be two more vacancies South Eastern Railway, Kolkata, and Integral Coach Factory, Perambur on June 30.

Four vacancies in Railway Board
Posts of Member (Traffic) and Member (Staff), have been lying vacant in the Railway Board for nearly two months. On June 30 posts of Chairman and Financial Commissioner will also fall vacant.

Imam posted as Sr Dy AG in AG office in Bhubanswar
Faisal Imam, Director, iCISA, has been posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General(GS), in the office of Accountant General (G&SSA), Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

Pandit posted OSD (Comm Policy), AP, Hyderabad
Ms Chanda M Pandit has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (Communication Policy), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, after promotion to the grade of Accountant General.

IRSME officer Subrata Nath gets SAG
Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer (IRSME) officer, Subrata Nath presently in Department of Agriculture has been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non functional basis.

Bodke posted as Asstt Director (News), DD News, N- Delhi
Sidharth Babanrao Bodke has been posted as Assistant Director (News), DD News, New Delhi after the termination of probation period. He is a 2007 batch officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).

Riyaz Ahmed Khan posted as DIG,SHQ, Gandhi Nagar
Riyaz Ahmed Khan has been posted as DIG,SHQ, Gandhi Nagar. He is a BSF cadre officer.

K Selvaraj likely to join central deputation
K Selvaraj is likely to join central deputation at the level of Inspector General in NCSC or DG, CIC. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Sandeep Jain re-designated as Director, DoPT
The post of Sandeep Jain as Deputy Secretary has been re-designated as Director in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is an IOFS officer of 1999 batch.

Malviya granted non-functional upgradation
S K Malviya, Director, DFP, Patna, has been granted Non Functional Upgradation (NFU). He is an Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Bajaj appointed as Chief Adviser Cost, Finance in GoI
D C Bajaj has been elevated to the position of Chief Adviser Cost in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure. Bajaj is the senior most officer of the Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS).

R Manjunath Rao shifted to SWR
R Manjunath Rao, SG/IRAS/ Central Railway, has been transferred to South Western Railway and posted in the cadre.

Bimal Julka to be new Secretary I & B (UPDATED)
Bimal Julka will be new Secretary Information and Broadcasting. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Official orders are expected to be issued today.

Vishwapati Trivedi is new Secretary Shipping (UPDATED)
Vishwapati Trivedi Chairman, Inland Waterways Authority of India has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Shipping vice Shri Pradeep Kumar Sinha. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Balasubramaniam is new Tripura DGP (UPDATED)
C Balasubramaniam will take over as new DGP of Tripura on June 30. He is 1981 batch IPS officer .

A K Brar selected as Director (T&M), IRCTC (UPDATED)
A K Brar in the Ministry of Railway has been selected for the post of Director (Tourism & Marketing), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

No suitable candidate found for Director (Fin), IL (UPDATED)
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find anyone suitable for the post of Director (Finance), Instrumentation Limited (ILL) and decided to convert itself into search cum selection committee.

D K Das Sharma is also CCIT, Thiruvanantapuram (UPDATED)
D K Das Sharma, CCIT, Kochi, has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT, Thiruvananthapuram.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A large number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, P R Shampath has been posted as Principal Secretary/Commissioner, Museums while Anshul Mishra will now be Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Enforcement), Chennai and Dr Pingale Vijay Maruti is Deputy Commisioner (Works), Corporation of Chennai. Similarly, P W C Davidar has been appointed as PS, Personnel and Administrative Reforms; Harmander Singh as Princ8ipal Secretary, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi; S Krishna as Principal Secretary, Planning and Deelopment; T Udhayachandran as Secretary, (Expenditure), Finance with holding the post of CMD, INDCOSERVE, Coonoor; Swaran Singh as Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection; Brajendra Navnit as Director, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, L Subramanian as Collector, Madurai; A Gnanasekaran as Collector, Tiruvannamalai; K Vivekanandan as Collector, Dharmapuri; R Lilly as Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes; T Abraham as Joint Commissioner, Commercial Taxes; J Jeyakanthan as Director, Stationary and Printing; C N Maheswaran as State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; Mohammed Aslam as Commissioner of Minorities Welfare; S Murugaia as MD, Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation Ltd; Dr T G Vinay as Deputy Commissionjer, Revenue & Finance, Corporation of Chennai and T Anand as Deputy Commissioner, Health, Corporation of Chennai.

Posting of Custom Commissioner, Faheem Ahmed retained (UPDATED)
The posting of S Faheem Ahmed, Commissioner (C & CE) has been retained in Salem CX till 2014. He was transferred to Kolkata CX-I (A) on June 18, 2013.

Seven officers transferred in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as seven Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) officers of RPF have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, R S Meena has been shifted as Sr DSC, Bikaner, North Western Railway while P Kumar is being appointed as Sr. SC/DLW in Northern Eastern Railway and Ms K Brar will now be Sr. DSC, Vododara, Western Railway. Besides, N Hoda will retain as Sr DSC/DLI-E in Northern Railway; A Agnihotri as Sr. DSC/DNR in Eastern Railway; A Khatrekar as Sr DSC, Bhopal, West Central Railway and A K Chouraisa was made Dy CSC in North Eastern Railway.

CORPORATE

History made
Venezuela Stock market Index became the first ever to break the MILLION mark. While rest of the world stock markets were reeling, Venezuela has in a matter of 13 days, rocketed by nearly 20%.

Saha appointed Official Employee Director, PNB
Union Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services has appointed Dilip Kumar Saha as Officer Employee Director on the Board of Directors of Punjab National Bank (PNB) for a period of three years.

Bilgrami appointed Part-time Director, Canara Bank
Union Ministry of Finance has appointed Khalid Luqman Bilgrami as a Part-time Non-official Director of Canara Bank for a period of three years.

Dahiya resigns as Senior VP (Consumer Products & Comm.), Viacom18 Media
Sandeep Dahiya has resigned as Senior Vice President ( Consumer Products & Communications) of Viacom18 Media.

Subramaniam ceases to be Asst. MD & CFO, Finolex Industries Ltd
P Subramaniam has ceased to be Assistant Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Finolex Industries Ltd on reaching the age of retirement.

Thorat resigns as Director, Menon Pistons Ltd
Dr Y S P Thorat has resigned as Director of Menon Pistons Ltd.

Mehta appointed CMO, Lowe Lintas and Partners
Vikas Mehta has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO),Lowe Lintas and Partners.

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Should UPSC member have visited Home Secretary?
I also read in the autobiography of Pt Nehru that he was recommended a Dalit candidate (Alumini of London School of Economics)for IAS and in turn, he was inducted in the IAS (or ICS ?). The candidate subsequently, attained dizy heights in the GoI.

Dr K C Rathore

IPS again lagging behind !
Once again, after departure of PC from Home Minister's post, IPS seems to be lagging behind in empanelment and promotion in Centre? Who will look after interest of IPS officer, now? On the other hand, loss of IPS is gain of IRS and ICES.
Suresh

Most of India feels persecuted
The SC feels persecuted, the ST feels persecuted, the Muslim element feels persecuted, the "general" category feels persecuted, the "Backward" castes feel persecuted. What has been done now is that all this feeling has been channelised into groups which are political constructs. So you hear of "Dalit-Muslim-Backward" lobby. This is all a political game. Most atrocities on Dalits are by the dominant castes who are often backward". Similarly, what is common between the Muslims who ruled over India for two thousand years and Dalits? It's all vote bank and nothing else.

Vijay Kumar

"Revive direct recruitment into CSS through Civil Service exam"
The Central Sectt Service after stopping direct recruitment through the civil services examination, has lost its sheen. This is the reason for failure of bureaucracy at the Centre.
V K Vashishtha, Retired Joint Secretary, GoI

Disparity between the pay scales
Disparity between the pay scales of the Secretariat and Non-Secretariat officials. The Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure states that the Ministerial officials mainly deal with the work of framing policies. The Non-Secretariat organizations like Attached & Subordinates offices execute government policies. In the Rs.7600/- grade pay, at a number of places in various subordinate offices, a number of officials have been designated as Directors and Joint Directors but that does not mean that they will get the grade pay of Rs.8700/- i.e. equivalent to the grade pay of Directors in Ministries (secretariat set up) in spite of the fact that they do not have the necessary eligibility criteria. In Secretariat the work is different in comparison to the non-secretariat offices. The Secretariat officials interact on day to day basis with the higher Executive, Legislatures, State Governments, Central PUSs and Parliament and are always on tenter hooks. No parallel can be drawn.

Satya Prakash