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POLITICS

Opposition think-tank for effective whistleblowers policy ?
In preparations to shortlist the key populist agendas for General Elections 2014, opposition think-tank is mooting an effective whistleblower policy covering Corporate India. As a step forward , some factions are mooting to highlight the dilemma of whistleblower of India's biggest expose that is now under a court directed multi-agency scrutiny. While the current system leaves corporate whistleblowers as sitting ducks ,a senior lawyer close to the opposition is preparing to seek intervention of the apex court for suitable directions till a policy to safeguard whistleblowers is in place.

Former CBI Chief is now Governor
Former CBI Chief Ashwani Kumar has been appointed Nagaland Governor. A Retired 1973 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer, Kumar was CBI Director from August 2008 to November 2010. Perfect in his job, Kumar always maintained a low profile. Soon after his retirement, he preferred to go on teaching instead of lobbying for any post.

1963 batch IPS is now Governor Kerala
Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar has been moved to Kerala. He is a former 1963 batch IPS officer. Earlier there were reports of his return to the active politics.

Who helped Bajwa replace Amarinder Singh?
It is heard that the growing clout of Manish Tiwari helped in the rise of new Punjab PCC President Partap Singh Bajwa.

Public & Private Banks improve NIM
Both public and private sector banks have registered increase in cost of funds by around 20 bps in 9MFY13, however private sector banks have witnessed improvement in yields which has resulted in improvement in Net Interest Margin (NIM).

BUREAUCRACY

Will Vivek Rae move to Defence ?
Now there is a buzz of Petroleum Secretary, Vivek Rae's moving as Secretary, Defence. Will the 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Rae be next Secretary Defence?

Will R K Mathur succeed S K Sharma as Secretary, Defence ?
There are strong rumours also that Secretary, Defence Production, R K Mathur will succeed S K Sharma and Vivek Rae will be Secretary Defence Production. Mathur is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura.

Confusion about Defence Ministry
Can 1978 batch IAS officer be Secretary, Defence and 1977 batch IAS officer continue as Secretary, Defence Production ? Bureaucracy is divided over this issue.

Sudhir Bhargava to succeed Vivek Rae ?
In the event of Vivek Rae moving as Secretary, Defence, Special Secretary, Petroleum, Sudhir Bhargava may succeed him. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Now Bhamathi will retire as Secretary
B Bhamathi will not retire as Additional Secretary on September 1. The 1979 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Ms Bhamathi who is presently AS &FA in the Rural Development has been promoted to the rank of Special Secretary in the GoI.
(We said this on February 22, 2013)

Kusumjit Sidhu to be AS, IPP ?
Orders of Ms Kusumjit Sidhu as Additional Secretary, Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP), in the Government of India, are being issued this week. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Koppula Raju is now Additional Secretary
Koppula Raju, Joint Secretary in National Advisory Council in PMs Office has been elevated to the rank of Additional Secretary.
(We said this on March 6, 2013)

Susheel Kumar promoted as AS in GoI
Sushil Kumar JS in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the same Ministry. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
(We said this on March 5, 2013)

Sailo joins Settlement Commission in Delhi
Laldingliani Sailo has joined the Settlement Commission in Delhi. Sailo is a 1979 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Singh gets additional charge of NMDFC
Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs, YP Singh has been given additional charge of Managing Director, National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).

Lal is JS and CEO, National Trust
Ajay Kumar Lal has been appointed as Joint Secretary and CEO of National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. This comes under the Department .He is a 1985 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service officer.

Dhande loses to Prof Aslam ?
Prof Sanjay G Dhande, Director, IIT Kanpur, is believed to have lost to Prof Mohammad Aslam for the post of Vice Chancellor of IGNOU.

No name for Secretary, PESB in circle
No name for the post of Secretary, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), is so far, in the corridors of power. The present Secretary, Dr Parvinder Sohi Behuria (IRS-IT), is vacating the post this month end.

Sri Ram is new MD of SBI Jaipur & Bikaner
Chief General Manager of State Bank of India in Delhi, B Sri Ram, has been appointed new MD of the Jaipur and Bikaner Bank.
(We said this on November 13, 2012)

Sanjiv Mishra succeeds Dr Adarsha Kishore in Axis Bank
A Former 1972 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre Dr Sanjiv Misra has succeeded Dr Adarsha Kishore on March 8 as Non-Executive Chairman of the Axis Bank.
(We said this on January 19, 2013)

Galhotra to get extension in CBI ?
Om Prakash Galhotra, Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to get an extension of one year is his tenure of central deputation. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two posts of IG level vacant in BSF
Two posts of Inspector General level are lying vacant in Border Security Force (BSF).

Orders of two Railway GMs this week
Orders of the appointment of two General Managers in Indian Railways are expected to be made this week.

Placement Committee of CBDT to meet today
Placement Committee of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is expected to meet on Monday.

B K Behera likely to join central deputation
B K Behera is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General level post. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Dr Parvinder Sohi Behuria to take charge on April 1
Dr Parvinder Sohi Behuria, Secretary, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), will take over the charge as Member of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on April 1, 2013. Dr Behurai has been working as Secretary, PESB since January, 2008. She is a 1977 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax.
(We said this on March 7, 2013)

CBI Selection Committee meeting to be held on March 11
The meeting of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Selection Committee to choose Special Directors and Additional Directors is being held at CVC Chamber, New Delhi, on March 11.

Chandra Bhan Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Chandra Bhan Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

Seven IPS officers in Gujarat charge-sheeted
As many as seven officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) are reported to have been charge-sheeted in Gujarat in 2012.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
As many as 29 IAS officers Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Pravin Garg has been appointed as Commissioner-cum-Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Protection while Ashishg Upadhyaya will now be Commissioner-cum-Director, Institutional Finance and P K Parashar is now Secretary, GAD. Similarly, Vishva Mohan Upadhyaya has been made Commissioner, OBC Welfare; K C Gupta as Labour Commissiuoner, Indore and MD, MP Finance Corporation; Raghuvir Shrivastava as Commissioner, Panchayati Raj; Sanjay Dubey as Commissioner, Indore Division; S B Singh as Commissioner, Bhopal division; Umakant Umrao as Commissioner, Scheduled Caste Welfare with Director, Tribal regional schemes; Gulshan Bamra as Commissioner-cum-Director, Town and Country Planning; K K Khare as Commissioner, Gwalior division; Mrs Pushplata Singh as Secretary, Board of Secondary Education; G P Kabirpanthi as Additional Commissioner (Revenue), Sagar division; Rajesh Prasad Mishra as Collector, Betul; Santosh Kumar Mishra as Collector, Ashok Nagar; Mohan Lal Meena as Collector, Satna; Vivek Kumar Porwal as Collector, Jabalpur; N P Dehriya as Collector, Alirajpur; Ajit Kumar as Additional Excise Commissioner, Gwalior; B Chandrashekhar as Collector, Balaghat; J K Jain as Collector, Raisen; Rajendra Singh as Deputy Secretary, Mantralaya; Lokesh KUmar Jatav as Collector, Mandla; Mrs G V Rashmi as Director, SKill Development, Jabalpur; Mrs Swati Meena as Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Indore; Bhondave Sanket Shantram as Collector, Datia; Vikas Narval as Collector, Neemuch; Bharat Yadav as Collector, Seoni and Nand Kumaram has been made Collector of Anuppur.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers; 44 IPS officers transferred in MP
As many as 44 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, M R Krishna has been posted as ADGP, Training, PHQ, Bhopal while Rajendra Kumar will now be ADGP, CID, Bhopal and B Mariya Kumar as ADGP, Integrated Training Complex, Bhaunri, Bhopal. Similarly, Vijay Yadav has been appointed as ADGP, State Economic Offence Wing, Bureau; U C Shadangi as ADGP, Campaign Against Dacoit, Gwalior; Sanjay Kumar Jha as IG, Jabalpur range; Mrs Anuradha Shankar as IG (Administration), PHQ, Bhopal; Vipin Kumar Maheshwari as IG, Indore; A P Singh as IG, Technical Services, PHQ, Bhopal; Ashok Awasthy as IG, ATS, Bhopal; V Madhu Kumar as IG, Ujjain; Upendra Kumar Jain as IG, Bhopal range; Mrs Pragya Richa Shrivastave assigned additional charge of IG,SAF, Jabapur; Adarsh Katiyar as IG, Gwalior; Ms Sonali Mishra as IG, Law and Order, Security, PHQ, Bhopal; Umesh Joga as DIG, Chhindwara range; R L Prajapati as DIG, Rural Bhopal range; D P Singh as DIG, Balaghat range; I P Kulshresth as DIG, Ujjain range; S P Singh as Commandant of 15th Battalion SAF, Indore; Manohar Singh as SP, Dindori; Santosh Singh SP, Gwalior; R P Singh as Commandant 29th Battalion, SAF, Datia; G G Pandey as SP, Shahdol; D K Singh as Commandat 26th Battalion, SAF, Guna; Raman Singh Sikarwar as SP, Shivpuri; G K Pathak as SP, Ratlam; Bhagwat Singh as SP, Dhar; Anil Kumar as SP, Rail, Jabalpur; Pritam Singh as SP, Umariya; B P Chandravanshi as SP, Rajgarh; Sanjay Kumar as AIG, PHQ, Dhamendra Singh as SP, Vidisha; Anil Maheshwari as SP, Dewas; Rakesh Kumar as Commandant 18th Battalion SAF, Shivpuri; Sushant Kumar as Commandant 2nd Battalion, SAF, Gwalior; Mrs Ruchivardhan Mishra as Commmandant 24 th Battalion, SAF, Jaora, Ratlam; Akash Jindal as SP, Rewa; Sachin Atulkar as SP, Bhind; Kumar Saurabh as Commandat 14th Battalion, SAF, Gwalior; Rudolf Alvares R J as SP , PHQ, Bhopal; Navneet Bhasin as SP, Sidhi; Tarun Nayak as SP, Ashok Nagar and Ajit has been made Addl SP, Balaghat.

5 IPS officers 1988 batch promoted in MP
As many as five officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1988 batch have been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Anvesh Mangalam has been posted as ADG, Telecommunications, PHQ, Bhopal while Surendra Kumar Pandey will now be ADG, Naxal Campaign and Kailash Makwana is now ADG, Management, PHQ, Bhopal. Similarly, Pradeep Kumar Runwal has been appointed as ADG, Home Guard and M R Asudani as ADG, R & D and Police Manual, Bhopal.

Maharashtra Govt asked to relieve Dr Y L P Rao
Government of India has asked the Maharashtra Government to relieve Dr Y L P Rao of cadre responsibility. Dr Rao has been appointed as Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary level), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on January 6, 2013)

Eight posts of Judges vacant in Jharkhand HC
As many as eight posts of Additional Judges have been lying vacant in Jharkhand High Court.

Prasad selected as Director (Finance), NEPA Ltd (UPDATED)
B S Prasad, GM, BDL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), NEPA Limited at Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 11, 2013. Three persons were interviewed for the same.

Foundation stone for NBCC's multistoried residential complex laid at Gurgaon (UPDATED)
Vishnu P Das, Chairman and Managing Director, National Building Constructions Corporation (NBCC), laid the foundation stone of NBCC Green View- A Multistoried Residential Complex at Sector - 37D, Gurgaon (Haryana) recently. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Director (Projects); S K Pal, Director (Finance), Arvind Kumar, IAS, Chief Vigilance Officer; Rajendra Chaudhari, Executive Director & other officials of NBCC, were also present on this occasion.

CORPORATE

Electricity Sector of CPSEs records 16.17% growth
The Electricity Sector of Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) has registered a 16.17 per cent growth in revenue during 2011-12.

Orders of K V Rao as Director (Finance), HPCL issued
The orders of K V Rao, Executive Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), for the appointment as Director (Finance), HPCL have been issued. He is likely to assume the charge on June 1, 2013.
(We said this on Nov 7, 2012)

S C Pandey selected as Director (Projects), NTPC
S C Pandey, ED, NTPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited at a Public Selection Enterprises Board (PESB) meeting held on March 8, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Subodh Kumar Agrawal is President of ICAI
Subodh Kumar Agrawal has been elected President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Shekhar Sharan promoted Director
Shekhar Sharan, CGM, Eastern Coal Field Ltd. (ECL) has been promoted as Director, Technical, Central Mine Planning and Design.

Chitalia resigns as Director, Anukaram Commercial Enterprises Ltd
Milan Chitalia has resigned as Director of Anukaram Commercial Enterprises Ltd

Gangar appointed Independent Director, Anukaram Commercial Enterprises Ltd
Dumpy Gangar has been appointed as an Independent Director of Anukaram Commercial Enterprises Ltd

Dashora appointed GM, Mercure Hyredabad Abids
Pramod Dashora has been appointed as General Manager of Mercure Hyderabad Abids.

BlackBerry India MD quits!
BlackBerry India Managing Director, Sunil Dutt has resigned from the company. Dutt having 27 years of experience in the Indian telecom sector was appointed head of BlackBerry's India operations in December 2011.

Rick Costanzo to head BlackBerry India
BlackBerry's Executive Vice President for Global Sales, Rick Costanzo, will look after the company's India management team as its head till a new incumbent is appointed. It's India Managing Director Sunil Dutt has resigned from the company and also left his position with immediate effect.

Bhatia resigns as Director, Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd
Samir Bhatia has resigned as Director of Cambridge Technology Enterprises Ltd.

Chaudhry appointed MD & Country President, Schneider Electric India Ltd
Schneider Electric India has appointed Anil Chaudhry as Managing Director and also Country President of the company.

Three Part-time Directors appointed on Board of CCI
Container Corporation Of India Limited (CCI) has appointed Pradeep Bhatnagar, Deepak Gupta and M P Shorawala as Part-time Non Official Directors of the company.

Srinivasan appointed Vice Chairman, CII
Shyam Srinivasan who is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Federal Bank Ltd has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Singh appointed GM, Mosaic Hotels
Mosaic Hotels has appointed Raman Deep Singh as General Manager of the property.

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CBDT : No fruitful results

Income tax department has started sending notices who have not filed returns. Govt. has to think how to increase tax base by not targeting the people whose income is between 5-10 lakhs but find out methodologies and strategies how to increase figure of 42800 tax payers to 4200000 whose taxable income exceeds 1 crore. It is very rough estimate that there will be more than 42 lakhs whose income will be more than 1 crore. So by sending notices to lower income group will not serve any fruitful purpose. Govt. should come out with innovative idea how to find out real numbers earning more than a crore.

N Prakash

India should welcome Musharraf's return

India should whole heartedly welcome the return of Musharraf, who has done what an army commander should never do, disowning his own men and refusing to accept their bodies from Indian Army after the Kargil conflict. He will follow Yahya's footsteps and vivisect Pakistan into Waziristan, Sindh, Punjab and other countries.

N Krishnan

Wharton's snub to Modi was unethical and undemocratic

First denied a visa by the US followed by Wharton's cancellation of keynote address was an affront to India. On the contrary, Modi's video conference with the Indian diaspora - that enhanced country's image in the comity of nations - was a grand success across the World. Modi can be called modern India's Chanakya, not a patriot by default, as some tend to think.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)