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POLITICS

Will Romesh Bhandari be Governor UP ?
Name of former UP Governor Romesh Bhandari has started doing the round for governorship of Uttar Pradesh again. Who is behind the move ?.

Its a urban woman and youth budget
The whispers is that the Congress is so jilted by the recent spate of events in India Gate that it belatedly realised to remedy the situation through budget proposals.

Despite political instability Karnataka has industrial growth
Despite political instability, Karnataka has no sick industries. The highest level of sickness is from Maharashtra.

Dr CP Joshi goes Google; leveraging IT to reach out to masses
Using Information Technology (IT) as an effective tool to reach out to the end user of road transport and highways, Dr. C P Joshi, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, has taken the ever first initiative to go Google. Joshi would interact live with people and take their suggestions on highways safety through Google Plus Hangout on Friday, March 29, 2013. The initiative aims at ensuring safety, solution and service to the ground user with transparency, accountability. In the era of inclusive development Joshi's ministry aims at making Highways Safety an all-inclusive mission facilitating direct dialogue with the end user of road transport and highways. Joshi terms this experiment as an extension of the Ministry's IT initiatives to connect with people of the country. The minister's conversation with people will expedite the process of inclusion of people's voice in policy making. From February 27, the Ministry is available on online platforms like Twitter, facebook, Youtube and Google Plus. The idea is that; once any idea reaches a critical mark of 5000 and is found feasible and viable will be implemented
ascertaining safety-solution-service to the ground-user of road transport and highways.

Gujarat Tourism Wins Three National Awards
It is learned that Gujarat Tourism has won three National Awards which would be conferred by The President of India on March 18, 2013 at Vigyan Bhawan New Delhi. The awards categories are
1. Best Tourism Campaign of the Nation Award
2. Best Website and use of Technology Award
3.Top Three Overall States in the Country's Ranking Award.
Amitabh Bacchan is the brand Ambassador and Vipul Mitra is Principal Secretary of Gujarat Tourism.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Agla CAG ? (5) D K Mittal
Outgoing Secretary, Financial Services, D K Mittal who has been given post retirement job in the North Block is also reportedly in the fray. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Empanelment file of 1979 batch IFS cleared
Finally the empanelment file of 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers to the rank of Secretary has been cleared. Two IFS officers Pradeep Kapoor and Sarabjeet reportedly do not figure in the list ?

Dr Dubey is new JS, Coal
Dr A K Dubey will now be new Joint Secretary Coal. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Gopal Krishna is new JS, Justice
Gopal Krishna has been moved as Joint Secretary, Justice in the vacancy of Snehlata Srivastava. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Amardeep Singh Bhatia is now JS, Corporate Affairs
Amardeep Singh Bhatia has been appointed Joint Secretary, Corporate Affairs. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Rajiv Kumar takes over as new DGP of Jharkhand (UPDATED)
Rajiv Kumar has taken over as Director General of Police (DGP) of Jharkhand. The 1981 batch IPS officer, Rajiv Kumar succeeded G S Rath.
(We said this on Feb 5, 2013)

Ms Rinchen Ongmu is new Chief Secretary, Sikkim
Ms Rinchen Ongmu has taken over as Chief Secretary, Sikkim on March 1, 2013. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

V K Gupta takes over as DG, CPWD
V K Gupta has taken over the charge of Director General, CPWD in the evening of February 28, 2013. A Gold Medalist in Civil Engineering (1975) from the University of Roorkee, had joined the Central Engineering Services (Central Public Works Department) in 1976. Before taking over the charge of the post of Director General, CPWD, he was working as Engineer-in-Chief, PWD, GNCTD.

FSB to meet in March
Foreign Service Board (FSB) is expected to meet in a couple of weeks.

Batra to move from IDBI ?
DMD in the IDBI, B K Batra is expected to move as CMD of a nationalized Banks. He is believed to have been selected for the post.

H K Dev Choudhury selected as MD, BLL
H K Dev Choudhury, GM, HMT, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 28, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Raj Deep Singh is now Special Director, BSF
Raj Deep Singh, Additional DG, BSF, Tekanpur has been promoted as Special Director. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

D K Pathak promoted in CRPF
D K Pathak, Additional DG has been promoted as Special Director, CRPF. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Annadurai is new PS to MoS Commerce
M Annadurai has been appointed as Private Secretary to Dr Jagathrakshakan Union Ministry of State, Commerce and Industry. He is a 1995 batch Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.

Gin Khan Chin is now FA in NEC
Gin Khan Chin (presently in the cadre) has been appointed as Financial Advisor (Joint Secretary Level) in the North-Eastern Council Secretariat (NEC), Shillong. He has been appointed in place of H Van Laqta (IA&AS officer of 1982 batch). He is an Indian P&T Finance & Accounts Service ( IP&T,F&A S) officer of 1986 batch.

Sandeep Dave appointed JS, Land Resources
Sandeep Dave has been appointed Joint Secretary, Land Resources. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on February 27, 2013)

Umed Singh moves to CRPF Headquarters
Umed Singh, IG, Operations, Jorahat , Assam has been transferred as IG, Intelligence, CRPF Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 1976 batch CRPF cadre officer.

Sarangi relieved from post of Advisor
Outgoing Chief Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Government, Debendranath Sarangi who was appointed Advisor to the State government, has reportedly been relieved from his post. He is a former 1977 batch IAS officer.

IPS officer to return Tamil Nadu
Rajeev Kumar, IG, Intelligence, CRPF is willingly returning to the parent Tamil Nadu cadre. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mishra to look after additional charge in BSF
S K Mishra, IG (G), BSF will look after the Addl. charge of IG,(Pers) till new officer comes on board. This situation has arisen due to the repatriation of Nanda Kishore IPS, IG, Personnel. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Post of Adviser, Inter-State Council Secretariat still vacant
The post of Additional Secretary & Adviser, Inter-State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been lying vacant since A K Jain joined as Secretary, Department of Official Languages in the Government of India in this December last year.

Tyagi is now DCP, New Delhi District
B S Tyagi, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police, Crime & Railway, has been transferred as DCP, New Delhi District, Delhi Police. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

22 posts of Judges vacant in Bombay HC
As many as 22 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Bombay High Court against 75 approved strength including three posts of Permanent Judges against 48 approved strength and 19 of Additional Judges against 27 approved strength.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, HPCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman-cum- Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)falling vacant on March 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 26, 2013.

R P Sharma posted as DD in PD Audit office, Chandigarh
R P Sharma, Deputy Director (AMG-I) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Economic and Service Ministries, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central, Chandigarh.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Projects), GAIL (India) Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Projects), GAIL (India) Limited falling vacant on March 3, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 3, 2013.

P K Sahu posted as ADRM, Sealdah
P K Sahu, SAG/IRTS/SER, has been appointed as ADRM, Sealdah, Eastern Railway.

Rewat Singh transferred to Western Railway
Rewat Singh, SS/IRTS/NWR, presently working as Senior DCM/JU, has been shifted to Western Railway.

Vinod Bhatia is Director, Railway Board
Vinod Bhatia, SG/IRTS/NR, presently working as Senior DOM/G, Delhi division, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director/TT/Punctuality.

Four Custom officers shifted
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service-Custom have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Ravindra Singh Bhati has been shifted to DRI, Zonal Unit, Mumbai while Manoranjan Nanda was transferred to DRI, Zonal Unit, Mumbai and B G Krishna is moved to DRI, Regional Unit, Calicut. Besides, R K Chandan has been transferred to DG, Vigilance, Mumbai.

Vice Admiral Thapliyal takes over as DG
Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal has taken over as the 20th Director General of Indian Coast Guard. The Director General has succeeded Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan.

Who will succeed Rahul Asthana ? (UPDATED)
Who will succeed Rahul Asthana as CMD of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) ?. Now names of 1982 batch IAS officer A K Jain and 1987 batch IAS officer R A Rajeev are in circulation.

Six IPS officers get fresh postings in AP (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 2008 batch have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr Gajrao Bhupal has been posted as Additional SP, Administration Medak while Gopinath Jatti will now be Additional SP, Administration, Guntur Urban district and S Senthil Kumar is Additional SP, Administration, Srikakulam. Besides, Tafseer Iqubal has been posted as Additional SP, Administration, Khammam; Grewal Navdeep Singh as Additional SP, Administration, Anantpur district and Ms Shemushi was also made additioinal SP, Administration, Krishan district.

Jatindranath Swain is PS, Public & Rehabilitation in TN (UPDATED)
Jatindranath Swain has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Public and Rehabilitation in Tamil Nadu. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mukhopadhyay appointed Head of Government affairs, Abbott Healthcare (UPDATED)
Amitabh Mukhopadhyay has been appointed as Head of Government Affairs, Abbott Healthcare. Mukhopadhyay, a seasoned professional having 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry, was earlier with Piramal Enterprises.

Jayaseelan is Addl PS to Dr Jagathrakshakan (UPDATED)
Jayaseelan has been appointed as Additional Private Secretary to Dr Jagathrakshakan, Union Ministry of State, Commerce and Industry. He is a 2003 batch Indian Defence Account Service (IDAS) officer.

U P Pani assumes charge as Director (HR) NTPC (UPDATED)
U P Pani has taken over charge as Director (Human Resources), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) on March 1, 2013. An Electrical Engineer from BITS Pilani of 1978 batch, Pani joined NTPC in November 1978 as third batch Executive Trainee.
(We said this on August 22, 2012)

Air Marshal Daljit Singh is Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, SWAC (UPDATED)
Air Marshal Daljit Singh AVSM VM has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, of South Western Air Command (SWAC) Gandhi Nagar on March1,20 13. Air Marshal Daljit Singh was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in Jun, 1976.

CORPORATE

Shashi Ranjan Prasad appointed ED of BHEL's Bhopal unit
Finally, Shashi Ranjan Prasad, currently Executive Director (ROD&CFP) at BHEL New Delh, has been appointed as head of the BHEL's Bhopal unit. The present ED of BHEL Bhopal, SS Gupta, is retiring on March 24, 2013. So far, there was suspense over his successor, moreso, because normally such a decision is taken a month, or even more, in advance and the new incumbent is posted as OSD to maintain continuity of work. For Hyderabd and Haridwar units, where unit heads are retiring in April, the OSDs were already been posted over a month ago.

(We said this on Dec 6, 2012)

Kaul ceases to be MD, Stovec Industries Ltd
Ashish Kaul has ceased to be the Managing Director of Stovec Industries Ltd.

Raghuvanshi appointed Addl. Director, Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd
Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd has appointed Pramod Singh Raghuvanshi as an Additional Director of the company.

Bajpai resigns as Director, Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd
G N Bajpai has resigned as Director of Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd.

Palm resigns as MD, Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd
Peter M Palm has resigned as Managing Director of Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd.

Parikh appointed MD, Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd
Dr Deepak Parikh has been appointed as Managing Director of Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd w.e.f. March 1, 2013.

Deoras re-appointed MD, TRF Ltd
TRF Ltd has re-appointed Sudhir L Deoras as Managing Director of the company for a further period of 3 years w.e.f. April 1, 2013

Bhat appointed Non Exec. Chairman , Roselabs Finance Ltd
Prakash Ganapathi Bhat has been appointed as Non Executive Chairman of Roselabs Finance Ltd.

Gupta to continue as MD, Roselabs Finance Ltd
Deependra Gupta to continue as the Managing Director of Roselabs Finance Ltd.

Two addl. Directors appointed on Board of Roselabs Finance Ltd
Roselabs Finance Ltd has appointed Santosh Kumar Ojha and Prakash Ganapathi Bhat as additional Directors of the company with immediate effect.

Bhansali ceases to be Director, Jainco Projects India Ltd
Summit Bhansali has ceased to be Director of Jainco Projects India Ltd with immediate effect

Gaur resigns as Company Secy., Micro Technologies (India) Ltd
Ms Neha M Gaur has resigned as Company Secretary of Micro Technologies (India) Ltd.

Ramaswamy appointed Company Secretary, Metkore Alloys & Industries Ltd
Ramaswamy K has been appointed as Company Secretary of Metkore Alloys & Industries Ltd.

4.5% year-on-year growth rate in Indian economy: Dhoot (UPDATED)
ASSOCHAM President Rajkumar Dhoot said, "the 4.5 percent year on year growth rate of the Indian economy in the October-December quarter of the current fiscal reveals that the downslide of the Indian economy is yet to see the bottom and hence recovery remains elusive. Thus, achieving a growth in excess of 6 percent in 2012-13 is really going to be a Herculean task for the nation. The only way to accomplish this is by way of revival of business sentiments". "Given the nature of policy proposals contained in the Union Budget for 2013-14, it seems that revival is going to be a long drawn process unlike in the case of 2009. As manufacturing is increasingly been turning out as lost opportunity, one has to wait for judging the effectiveness of investment incentives announced today. Manufacturing revival is critical for the revival of services sector and employment generation", added Dhoot.

A pragmatic budget amidst challenging times (UPDATED)
The Budget recognises tough global and domestic challenges- especially on the twin deficits front and has tried to balance the responses to these. Mrs V R Iyer, CMD, Bank of India, said that the Budget has outlined government's commitment for fiscal prudence and at the same time providing enough thrust to the Social sector. Stimulus given to the Capital/Debt Markets (by hike in income limit in RGESS, introduction of inflation indexed bonds and tax free infrastructure bonds) and the Infrastructure sector are big positives. Special impetus to the Education, Health, Housing (especially Rural) and MSMEs will go a long way in broadbasing the growth. Recognising the fact that Banks should be healthy and well capitalised, Rs. 14,000 crore has been provided for capitalisation of PSU banks, she said. Move of setting up an All-Women Public Sector Bank is a novel idea, which is very much appreciable. Over all, the budget has given required thrust to the deserving sectors so that growth momentum is built up ensuring stability, Mrs Iyer added.

FORUM

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Govt work can be finished daily
Government work, if done sincerely, can be finished on day-to-day basis without the need to do it on holidays from home. At times, due to urgency, one may have to devote 2-3 hrs extra in the office on normal working days. That's all.
H G Upreti

Antony will not resign
If anyone thinks that 'Mr Clean' Antony will protest and resign for the culpability of his ministry in the recent Chopper scam, he is in a fool's paradise. Last time he resigned as a cabinet minister 'on his way to sainthood' was actually to torpidoe Karunakaran as CM of Kerala. He was successful in his efforts and became CM to give Kerala one of the weakest CMs, the state has ever seen. Now he will not resign since, as shrewd as he is, he is fully aware that the sand under his feet has been removed for ever by Oomman Chandy and others.
N Krishnan

Empanelment of non IAS officers ?
Can someone tell us what is happening to the empanelment of non IAS officers of 1980 batch for Additional Secretary?

Rakesh Mishra

Huge failure of DoPT and UPSC
This is a huge failure of DoPT and UPSC. If they cannot manage the premiere service of the country,one can only think what would be the state of other services/exams.
Himesh

Sour grapes and Mudslinging!
Yet another 'Capt.' has emerged to throw mud at the civil aviation ministry and minister by cooking up a non-existent story just like the earlier cooked-up and non-existent story of the 'file missing' planted in the media
Raju