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Has Maharashtra spent poorly on various schemes and allocations?
It is understood that Maharashtra has spent only 28 percent of the budgeted outlays and has a balance of 72 percent to be spent in a months time.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banea Agla CAG ? (6) Rentala Chandrasekhar
Name of Secretary Telecom, Rentala Chandrasekhar is also in circulation. The 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh Chandrasekhar is scheduled to retire on March 31.Seniority wise he is above all.

Lokesh Chandra appointed JS, Steel
Lokesh Chandra has been appointed Joint Secretary, Steel in the Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. Chandra is presently PS to Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.
(We said this on February 12, 2013)

Tripathi is new JS, MSME in GoI
Surendra Nath Tripathi has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of MSME in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on February 5, 2013)

Dinesh Singh goes as AS, Programme Implementation
Dinesh Singh, Joint Secretary, MSME has been promoted and posted as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

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)

Outgoing Chief Secretary is now Administrative Advisor in Sikkim
Outgoing Chief Secretary of Sikkim Karma Gyatso has been appointed as Administrative Advisor to the Government of Sikkim. He is a former 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

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.

U P Pani assumes charge as Director (HR) NTPC
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)

Jayaseelan is Addl. PS to Dr Jagathrakshakan
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.

Binod Kumar relieved for NDC Course
Binod Kumar, DIG (Prov), National Security Guard (NSG) has been relieved for NDC course. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Billa gets promotion in J & K
Udayabhaskar Billa, SP, J&K Police has been promoted as Senior Time Scale. He is a 2008 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Mktg), PEC Ltd
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Marketing), PEC Limited fallen vacant since November 1, 2012. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 4, 2013.

Rajiv Kumar takes over as new DGP of Jharkhand
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)

PESB seeks applications for Director (Pers.), RVNL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Personnel), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) falling vacant on October 13, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 8, 2013.

Ms Hussan proceeds on two years leave
Ms Nuzhat Hussan, former OSD to Union Minister Salman Khurshid, has proceeded on a child care leave for two years. She is a 1991 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Negi transferred to Jorhat as IG
M P S Negi, DIG, CRPF Directorate, New Delhi has been transferred on promotion as IG, Ops, CRPF, Jorhat, Assam. He is a CRPF cadre officer.

Rahul Asthana is now Member of MERC
Rahul Asthana, Chairman &Managing Director of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), has taken over as Member of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). The 1978 batch IAS officer, Asthana retired on February 28.
(We said this on February 11, 2013)

Who will succeed Rahul Asthana?
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.

Air Marshal Daljit Singh is Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, SWAC
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.

Applications for Under Secretary, Space (DOS), Bangalore invited
Applications for the post of Under Secretary in Department of Space (DoS), Bangalore, Karnataka, have been invited. Those willing to apply can send their applications to Department of Space, Antariksha Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bangalore before March 25, 2013.

Swain gets new posting in Tamil Nadu
Jatindranath Swain has been appointed Principal Secretary, Public and Rehabilitation Department in Tamil Nadu in the place of Dr A Chittaranjan Mohandoss, who has retired.

17 posts of Judges vacant in Calcutta HC
As many as 17 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Calcutta High Court against 58 approved strength including six posts of Permanent Judges against 45 approved strength and 11 of Additional Judges against 13 approved strength.

Ram Hit posted as Director, INDT in PD, Audit office, Lucknow
Ram Hit, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn./GE/Works) in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna, has been transferred and posted as Director (INDT) in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central, Lucknow.

M G Kiran gets additional charge of Home Department in Sikkim
M G Kiran, IAS, Commissioner -cum- Secretary, Finance, Revenue & Expenditure Department shall hold the additional charge of Home Department following the appointment of Mrs R Ongmu, IAS, Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department as Chief Secretary to the Government of Sikkim w.e.f. March 1, 2013, till further order.

Six IPS officers get fresh postings in AP
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 additional SP, Administration, Krishan district.

Two IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 2009 batch have been given fresh assignments in Haryana. Accordingly, Pankaj has been appointed as ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Gurgaon while Yash Garg will now be ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Kurukshetra.

Nand Kishore is ADRM, Raipur, ECR (UPDATED)
Nand Kishore SAG/IRPS/ WCR, has been posted as ADRM, Raipur, Eastern Central Railway (ECR).

C N Jha posted as ADRM, Sonepur, ECR (UPDATED)
C N Jha/ SG/IRSEE, ER, has been posted as ADRM, Sonepur, Eastern Central Railway (ECR).

B K Singh is now ADRM, Danapur, ECR (UPDATED)
B K Singh, SAG/IRPS/ ECR, ADRM, Sonepur, has been posted as ADRM, Danapur, ECR.

Bhaskar Hazarika is ADRM, Lumding, NFR (UPDATED)
Bhaskar Hazarika, SG/IRSEE/ NFR, has been appointed as ADRM, Lumding, NFR.

A B Khare posted as ADRM, Kota, WCR (UPDATED)
A B Khare, SAG/IRSE ECOR, has been shifted to WCR and posted as ADRM, Kota.

T Kuppan is ADRM, Trivandrum, Southern Railway (UPDATED)
T Kuppan, SAG/IRSME CLW, has been transferred to Southern Railway (SR) and posted as ADRM.

Suhag Radhawa shifted to Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Suhag Radhawa, SAG/IRSEE ECR, has been shifted to Northern Railway (NR) and posted in the cadre.

Satish Kothari shifted to Southern Railway (UPDATED)
Satish Kothari, SAG/IRSEE/ NFR, has been transferred to Southern Railway (SR) and posted in the cadre

U P S Madan is Metropolitan Commissioner, MMRDA in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
U P S Madan, MD, MADC, has been appointed as Metropolitan Commissioner of MMRDA. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Apurva Chandra is PS, Industries in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Apurva Chandra has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Industries in Maharasthra. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on Jan 2, 2013)

Transfers & postings of IAS officers in Maharasthra (UPDATED)
Thane Zila Panchayat CEO, K V Kurundkar has been appointed as Collector of Buldhana while B G Wagh will now be Additional Commissioner, Amrawati and Gukul Maware is Additional Commissioner, Aurangabad in Maharasthra.

Shashi Ranjan Prasad joins as OSD at BHEL's Bhopal unit (UPDATED)
Shashi Ranjan Prasad who has been appointed as head of the BHEL's Bhopal unit has taken over as OSD on Saturday. He will takeover the charge of Executive Director of BHEL Bhopal on the superannuation of the present incumbent SS Gupta who is retiring on March 24, 2013. Prasad will, however, also continue to hold the additional charge of Executive Director (ROD&CFP) , BHEL, New Delhi.

(We said this on Dec 6, 2012)

D Sreenivasulu to attend international convention at Toronto (UPDATED)
D Sreenivasulu, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department in Andhra Pradesh, is attending an international convention of "PDAC-2013" from March 3, 2013 to March 6, 2013 at Toronto, Canada. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

Mukhopadhyay joins as Head of Government Affairs, Abbott Healthcare at Mumbai HQ
Amitabh Mukhopadhyay takes charge as Head of Government Affairs, Abbott Healthcare. Mukhopadhyay, a seasoned professional having 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical industry, was earlier with Piramal Enterprises.

Tripathy gets additional charge of APEDA
Asit Tripathy has been given additional charge of the post of Chairman, Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA). He is a batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Dhariwal resigns as Director, Mega Corporation Ltd
Manish Dhariwal has resigned as Director of Mega Corporation Ltd.

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, Mega Corporation Ltd
Shurab Kumar has been appointed as an Additional Director of Mega Corporation Ltd.

Khatri resigns as Company Secy., Sterling Biotech Ltd
Kirtidev Khatri has resigned as Company Secretary of Sterling Biotech Ltd.

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, High Street Filatex Ltd
High Street Filatex Ltd has appointed Shanti Narain Kumar as an Additional Director of the company.

Ghiya resigns as Whole-time Director, High Street Filatex Ltd
Kamal Kishore Ghiya has resigned as Whole-time Director of High Street Filatex Ltd.

FORUM

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Do we have only 42,800 crorepatis in this country?
FM's emphasis on 'only' shows that he himself was skeptical about this figure. Our Members of Parliament and many of the State Assemblies are crorepatis going by their own affidavits. What about our corrupt bureaucrats. Even a small fry when caught is found to be worth so many crores. It only shows many of the crorepatis are tax evaders. Why not start an 'abhiyan' to catch them instead of burdening those 'poor' crorepatis with surcharge on tax who have declared their status of a crorepati
and pay tax on that income.
Aarti Khosla

Biggest flaw

The Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure (CSMOP) in the Central Government is being administered by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances. One of the biggest flaw is that it still talks about U.O. Note, which is not longer in existence. We have started calling it I.D. Note since 7th Edition of CSMOP. The training module also does not contain information about the changes made in the 13th Edition of CSMOP based on the recommendations of 2nd ARC. Prior to its hosting DAR&PG should have been consulted.

Nupur S