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POLITICS

Big card reshuffle of Pradesh Congress Committee Chiefs on anvil
Soon after the Budget Session would conclude on 22nd March and immediately after the short-term crisis of UPA II would settle down suitably the change of guard would take place in the several states. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi would infuse fresh blood into the state units by placing the faces of his own choice to face the 2014 Lok Sabha elections campaigns.

J P Agrawal to continue as DPCC Chief for reasons which suit 10 Janpath & Sheila both
Among the names doing rounds for new DPCC Chief are MLA Jaikishen, MLA Rajesh Lilotia, MLA Naseeb Singh and Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri. But the hard core loyalist of Gandhi family J P Agrawal is reliably learnt to have signaled by Rahul to continue as DPCC Chief for reasons which suite 10 Janpath and Sheila Dixit both. The annoyed Agrawal occasionally spits venom over Sheila but ironically never takes part in conspiracy which is an uncommon phenomena in other Hindi speaking states. J P does it also because 10 Janpath wants Sheila to sail the boat smoothly. On the other hand Agrawal's occasional venom spitting serves as safety valve also which further weakens the intensity of anti-incumbency sentiments.

Sheila eager to mark bigger than Modi"
At a dinner over a half dozen bureaucrats discussed as whose stature in the Congress party can be compared with Narendra Modi in the upcoming Assembly elections. The dispute finally resolved with a note which said 'let's compare the comparables only'. One of the participants jumped-in in a poetic note and commented, 'Sheila is eager to mark bigger than Modi and she will'. The very participant, seemingly a sympathiser of Sheila, said, 'but the bigger difference between the both is that after Modi won for the third consecutive term he seemed to claim for prime ministerial candidate of his party but even after Sheila would win for the fourth consecutive term she would never be eager to become bigger than a CM'.

Who will win medal of 'first among the equals' as new PCC Chief of Haryana?
There a whole lot of reliable lieutenants of Rahul in Haryana who are the claimants and candidates for new PCC Chief. MP Ashok Tanwar; MP Arvind Sharma; MLA Ram Prakash; former PYC President Chakravarty Sharma form together a panel for the post. But whispers in the corridors of power politics have it that Ashok Tanwar would emerge as the first choice of Rahul. It is believed that among the aforesaid 'Young Turks' Tanwar would emerge as the 'first among the equals'.

Is there are larger conspiracy in CBI raid on Stalin's kin ?
Whispers has reliably learnt that there is conspiracy within the DMK immediate family to instigate trouble for Stalin. The brother and sister of Stalin have been fuming ever since he was named to carry out the legacy of Karunanidhi.

BUREAUCRACY

M F Farooqui to be Telecom Secretary ? (UPDATED)
Secretary Heavy Industries M F Farooqui is now ahead in the race for the post of Secretary Telecom. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Empanelment of 1983 batch IAS delayed
Empanelment of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has been delayed. New date for empanelment meeting has so far not been fixed.

34 Dalits are Joint Secretaries in GoI
Out of the total 434 Joint Secretary and equivalent officers, there are only 32 Dalit officers are posted in the Government of India.

14 ST officers are Joint Secretaries and equivalent in GoI
Out of the total 434 Joint Secretary and equivalent officers, there are 14 Scheduled Tribe officers are posted in the Government of India.

Ms Ismal to join GoI as Joint Secretary, Agriculture
Ms Rani Kumudini Ismal is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary i the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. She is a 1988 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer.

Bhutani appointed Joint Secretary, Agriculture
Ashish Kumar Bhutani has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Mrs R S Borah selected as Director (Fin), OIL
Mrs R S Borah, CGM, OIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Oil India Limited (OIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 21, 2013. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

IPS officer leaves 'Public Service' to serve public?
Amitabh Chaudhary, an ADG rank IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre, has moved the application seeking permission to leave the service after he would complete the statutory notice period of three months in June. Though not fresh but the freezing buzz is that two former IPS officers of Jharkhand cadre are all set to take plunge into politics after retirement whereas Chaudhary is keen to take a plunge even if he has another seven and a half years of service left. If the buzz is to be believed he would contest 2014 elections from Ranchi Lok Sabha seat on BJP's symbol. Chaudhary, a 1985 batch IPS officer, is Special Secretary (Home) and heads the Jharkhand State Cricket Association as President. His popularity is sky high after the glitch-free hosting of the ever first ODI at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA)'s world-class facility in Ranchi. But political observers make it a point that Jharkhand is a turf where hockey is far more popular than cricket.

S K Pattanayak quits Indian Railways
S K Pattanayak, FA & CAO, Indian Railways Organisation For Alternate Fuels, who was transferred to Northern Railway, has reportedly quit the Indian Railway service before joining as Director (Finance), Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL), Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Two from Oriental Bank of Commerce selected for EDs post!
Two from Oriental Bank of Commerce are said to have been shortlisted for the posts of Executive Directors in different Public Sector (PS) banks. They include: K K Sansai and R K Takkar - both General Managers. As many as 20 candidates out of the 35 interviewed for the post last month, have been shortlisted.

Will Batra be new CMD of Union Bank?
B K Batra is likely to be appointed new CMD of the Union Bank. He is presently with the IDBI.

Only woman candidate selected for ED's post in PS Banks
The General Manager at Allahabad Bank, Kolkata, West Bengal, Ms Trishna Guha is said to be the only woman candidate selected for the post of Executive Director in Public Sector (PS) bank. Interviews for the same were held last month by a panel chaired by Secretary, Financial Services, Rajiv Takru. The vacancies are due in next fiscal 2013-14.

Will Sharma join GoI?
Purshottam Sharma, Additional DGP, MP Police,(HQ) Bhopal, has forwarded his willingness for central deputation as IG. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

K P Anand is PD, Regional Training Institute, CAG, Chennai
K P Anand, Principal Director, Northeast Frontier Railway, Guwahati, has been posted as Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Chennai under the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

Post of CVO, SCI is vacant
Post of CVO in the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is currently lying vacant. Who will be new CVO?

R K Arora empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
R K Arora has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Defence Account Service (IDAS) officer of 1990 batch.

K Ram Chandran empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
K Ram Chandran has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1982 batch.

Sita Ramn Mardi likely to join central deputation
Sita Ram Mardi is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Bansal is new Chief Commissioner, Customs, Delhi
BK Bansal 1980 batch has been appointed as Chief Commissioner, Customs, Delhi, vice MS Meryl Michael who goes to Settlement Commission as Member in Kolkata.

Raheja appointed Chief Commissioner Customs ,Bangalore
RP Raheja 1980 batch has been appointed as Chief Commissioner, Customs, Bangalore vice James Gregory who has joined as member in Settlement Commission, Mumbai.

PS Raghuvanshi poised to be Add. PS to CM HP
As the grapevine has it P S Raghuvanshi is likely to join as the Additional PS to the Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He had served as APS Virbhadra in his previous term as Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

Deputation tenure of P Michel Vetha Siromony extended
Central deputation tenure of P Michel Vetha Siromony Director (JS level), Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu has been extended for a period beyond March 15, 2013 and upto August 31, 2013. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Inter cadre deputation of S K Singh extended for one year
The inter- cadre deputation of Sanjay Kumar Singh from Odisha cadre to Bihar cadre has been extended for a period of one year. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

10 MP IFS officers of 1987 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 10 officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) of 1987 batch and Madhya Pradesh cadre have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Surendra Singh Rajput, Rajesh Kumar, R R Okhandiar, Jasbir Singh Chouhan, Shenil Dutta Pateria, Anand Kumar, Lal Singh Rawat, Satish Chandra Silawat, Basant Kumar Singh and Chandrakant Patil.

Who is the official?
There is an official in the Prasar Bharti, who claims of having dinner with the Information & Broadcast Minister, Manish Tiwari once in a week.

Orders of S K Barua as Director (Fin.), NRL issued
Orders of S K Barua, GM, NRL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) have been issued.
(We said this on Oct 9, 2012)

Major reshuffle of IAS/IPS officers in Karnataka in offing
A major reshuffle of officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) is expected to take place in the end of this month. A list of officers is being prepared for transfers and postings at the behest of Election Commission of India, which announced dates of Assembly elections in Karnataka.

PESB seeks application for CMD, IRCTC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of CMD, IRCTC. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 22, 2013.

DoPT invites applications for DG, CCI
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Director General, Competition Commission of India (CCI). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

1995 batch IPS officers to be IG in Bihar
1995 batch IPS officers have been cleared in Bihar for the promotion to the rank of IG.

1998 batch IPS officers to be DIG in Bihar
IPS officers of 1998 batch have been cleared in Bihar for the promotion to the rank of DIG.

Nilmani Bhakta to retire in April
Nilmani Bhakta, Director (Finance), Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is retiring on April 30.

CWC signs MoU with Department of Food & Public Distribution for 2013-14 (UPDATED)
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), a Schedule 'A' Mini Ratna Category-I PSU signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & P.D. for the year 2013-14 setting out various physical and financial targets on 21st March, 2013. The MoU was signed by B B Pattanaik, Managing Director, CWC with Sudhir Kumar, Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution in the presence of PK Jha, AS&FA, and other senior officials of the Ministry and CWC. Under the MOU for 2013-14, CWC has targeted to achieve Gross Sale of Rs.1420 crore. CWC has been a consistently profit making and dividend paying PSU and undertaking all its expansion plans out of its own internally generated resources without any budgetary support from the Government. During 2011-12 CWC had achieved a turnover of Rs.1219 crore and rated "Excellent" under MOU parameters. During 2012-13, with capacity utilization improving to 93%, CWC is poised to achieve turnover of about Rs.1385 crore.

Mayank Warwade on inter-cadre deputation to Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
The inter-cadre deputation of Mayank Warwade from Bihar cadre to Chhattisgarh cadre has been approved for a period of five years. Warwade is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

M Sathiyavathy to continue as CS Puducherry (UPDATED)
M Sathiyavathy is going to continue as Chief Secretary of Puducherry .She is 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

MHA clears file of two Railway GMs (UPDATED)
Home Ministry is believed to have cleared the file of the appointment of two new Railway General Managers.

Tenure of Dheeraj Gupta extended (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of Dheeraj Gupta as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office has been extended till June 30,2014. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

UPSC declares Engineering Services Examination-2012 (UPDATED)

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the results of the written part of the Engineering Services Examination, 2012 held by UPSC in June, 2012. The candidates who have qualified for Interview/ Personality Test are at following link: http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013032202.pdf

CORPORATE

Sinha appointed Chairman, GSFC
Dr Varesh Sinha, lAS, has been appointed as Chairman of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC).

Saraf resigns as MD, Vidharbha Iron & Steel Corporation Ltd
M D Saraf has resigned as Managing Director of Vidharbha Iron & Steel Corporation Ltd.

Sharma appointed Company Secy., Shreyans Industries Ltd
Shreyans Industries Limited has appointed Videshwar Sharma as a Company Secretary with immediate effect.

Goyal appointed Company Secy. Orient Abrasives Ltd
Orient Abrasives Limited has appointed Vinod Kumar Goyal as Company Secretary of the company.

Rambabu ceases to be Workmen Employee Director, Central Bank of India
B S Rambabu, Workmen Employee Director ceased to be the Director of Central Bank of India.

Vohra appointed Independent Director, Cinemax India Ltd
Cinemax India Limited has appointed Sanjai Vohra as an Independent Director of the company with immediate effect

Ramakrishnan resigns as Director, Automobile Corporation of Goa Ltd
C Ramakrishnan has resigned as Director of Automobile Corporation of Goa Ltd .

Murthy resigns as Director, Bio Green Papers Ltd
Menda Bala Krishna Murthy has resigned as Director of Bio Green Papers Ltd.

Agarwala resigns as Director, Indo Tech Transformers Ltd
Banmali Agrawala has resigned as Director of Indo Tech Transformers Ltd

Bravo appointed Addl. Director, Indo Tech Transformers Ltd
Manuel Hernandez Bravo has been appointed as Additional Director of Indo Tech Transformers Ltd

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Criteria for Selection of Secretary

This refers to latest feedback on Forum. What is the criteria for being selected for Secretary of a key Ministry? The only criteria are your proximity to the powers that be, so you can swing deals and be benefitted in turn. Also, this is the age of the political bureaucrat, where a Secretary, far from being aloof, is a known camp follower, discharges his functions accordingly, and best of all, is proud of his political credentials. Today, secretaries, holding charge of key Ministries, are politicians in the making, avidly testing their spurs, under benign Powers that be. So much for meritocracy.

Narendra Singh

Composition of Secretaries

It's strange that you are also talking like divisive politicians. How does it matter what is the caste composition of Secretaries at any given time in the GoI? We need to bred a cloture of meritocracy in the Government services, not cheap caste based postings and promotions, which have already played havoc with the delivery and quality of governance!

Arun Bhagra

Dalit officers deprived of promotions by not maintaining roster

For the past few days, our this famous website brings position about the Dalit officers in government offices at the top levels. But you will be surprised to know that similar is the position even at the bottom level in junior posts in all the attached and autonomous bodies, etc which deliberately violate the reservation roster, harass the dalit officials, generate vigilance cases against them when their promotion is due and put all kinds of inconvenience in their personal and professional career. It may be verified from records that NHAI, an organisation working under Road Transport Ministry never maintained Reservation Roster, never promoted anyone by extending the roster benefits, never posted such dalits in important positions. Recently a DyGM who was so much disgusted with the harassment that he left the job for a better alternative. Is the government listening?

A K Gupta

No reservation for PM level

I disagree with Ravinder Kumar that there is no reservation at PM level. Since Independence all Prime Ministers of India have been from general castes thereby implying 100% reservation for General Castes. Isn't it ample proof to say unwritten reservation seems to exist?

R K Singh

Promotions must be earned

Its amazing that few people think that being a so called dalit makes them entitled to all the conceivable facilities on earth without blinking the eyelids. they feel since the notion is that their forefathers were persecuted ,hence they have every right to persecute the innocents who had no role whatsoever in this oppression few thousands year back .let me give them a chilling reminder that the system of USA and Europe was far more oppressive as they had the most cruel system of slavery and their forefathers had tortured the lower classes in a much more brutal manner still no special facilities are given to the blacks and descendents of former slaves. Its only in India that this revengeful system was resorted to for political reasons only. The system of giving special benefits to the so called dalits is based on the unacceptable theory of revenge and revenge is never a democratic way for atoning the past mistakes. Secretary and additional secretaries ought to be selected on the basis of pure merit If a dalit officer deserves he must be promoted not just because he is dalit but because he deserves.

Shailendra

Look at content of job

As an IRS officer, I am aghast at the comments being made by some of my colleagues in the service. I call it the ' Indian Royal Service'. The yardstick cannot be the 'make of the car' or 'size of the house'. Look at the content of the job. See the security of tenure. Experience the peace of mind- not hounded by the political class. Meeting the success stories of life-who challenge you and amaze you!!! And coming to the facilities-vehicles are now provided at the Assistant CIT level itself, free phones at home etc....Which other central service can boast of such facilities?

Of course, promotions are an issue

Rather than cribbing about the service conditions, what is required is improving the image of the service in the eyes of the society. This can be achieved through dedication, ethical behaviour, responsiveness and commitment.

S T

Mr Prasad, please check your facts

Mr Prasad B, please check your facts, one side your saying that presently 1979 batch is being considered for sectary level post, on the other hand your yelling it aloud that minimum 36-37 years of services in IAS is required to be sectary in Government of India strange it is. How your change figure according to your choice. The ways there are many officers in SC/ST category who join service within age group of 23-27. Anybody can check the profile of such officers in civil list. Can't government find them suitable for these apex posts?

Kumar

No SC/ST Chairman/Members in CBDT

Condition of SC/ST in Income Tax from 1947 to till date, no Chairman/Member of CBDT is from SC/ST. Only 1% of total Chief Commissioners are SC/ST. Those who can reach to top are given adverse entries in ACR or subjected to vigilance. In the matters like study leave, Foreign training, dropping of departmental proceedings and transfers and postings the category plays a very vital role.

S K Singh

Death knell of the BSF

The proposed annual changeover of men in BSF instead of the changeover of units is going to sound the death knell of the BSF. The cohesion and camaraderie which was the USP of this elite organisation and this gave it an edge over other CPOs is now going to end and we are now going to have another force which is worse than the Police.

Ardiman

Reservation policy benefitting economically strong persons

Ever since some people accused your site of becoming a forum for anti-reservation views, I stopped writing on this. But since views like "no Dalit Secretary in GoI" etc continue to pour in, I have persuaded myself to repeat that the present reservation policy is mostly benefitting economically strong among SCs and OBCs; it rarely helps have nots among them. The policy is constitutional discrimination and fraud on the so called upper classes who because of their caste are even denied admissions to higher and technical education. Unless the policy is revised (not done away with completely as many argue) large majority of SCs will remain where they were. Those not belonging to SCs and OBCs will go down. If a SC becomes Secretary to GoI, how does it help and uplift the the needy, downtrodden and the poorest on his class? He i fact distances himself from them. It will only help his children. Needy and vulnerable in his class will benefit only if children of such beneficiaries are excluded from the purview of reservation to make way for others in his class. But who will bell the cat.

Bishan Sharma

Count SC /ST Officers don't want to work at Centre

Count SC /ST officer in Additional Secretary grade (Principal secretary or equivalent) working in the States and their respective cadres/departments also to get a correct picture. Giving only Government of India figures is misleading. I can list many Sc/ST IAS officers, who though empanelled at GoI, do not want to come, and prefer to work in their cadres, for better facilities or amenities available there or due to other personal reasons. For a correct comparison, take officers of same batch and age group for the total cadre strength of the service, say IAS, then see the proportion of SC/STs who reach the same level as that of General category.

JMS