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B B Singh

POLITICS

Is Taliban uprising beneficial for India ?
It is heard that an uprising against the Taliban in its stronghold in Afghanistan has some Indian footprint and is just the beginning of the end of the dreaded militancy in the region.

What does India expect in BRICS summit ?
There are going to be some valuable points that India plans to make in the forthcoming BRICS summit in Durban say sources close to development.

Why is Congress taking credit for Italian marine's return ?
When the actual work has been done by the Supreme Court why is the Congress taking credit for it is the whisper making round.

BUREAUCRACY

Glittering farewell, emotional speeches at Telecom Secretary's FICCI farewell
Two speeches by two distinguished Harvard alums, unrehearsed and unwritten, straight from the heart, got repeated applauses and standing ovation from the Telecom Industry big wigs at FICCI and the Telecom Industry farewell for Rentala Chandrashekhar, IAS officer of 1975 batch, yesterday. Highlights of the farewell, one was by Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for IT and Communications, who gave full credit for everything the Ministry had done to Mr Chandrashekhar and praised him as one of the finest civil servants ever. The other was by Srivatsa Krishna, IAS officer 1994 batch who called him the Sachin Tendulkar of IAS and pointed out the startling coincidence that how both Tendulkars were retiring on the same day and showed why he is called God in the IAS. Both speeches were marked by remarkable poetry and emotion and left many teary eyed at the end of it. Many telecom CEOs repeatedly requested
Mr Chandrashekhar to join the private sector.

M F Farooqui to be Telecom Secretary?
Secretary, Heavy Industries, M F Farooqui is now ahead in the race for the post of Secretary, Telecom. He is s 1978 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Decision is to be taken next week.

Justice Pius C Kuriakose is new CJ of Sikkim High Court
Senior judge of the Kerala High Court, Justice Pius C Kuriakose has been appointed new Chief Justice (CJ) of Sikkim High Court.
(We said this on February 25, 2013)

Mayank Warwade on inter-cadre deputation to Chhattisgarh
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
M Sathiyavathy is going to continue as Chief Secretary (CS) of Puducherry. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

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

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

Justice T Meena Kumari is new CJ of Meghalaya High Court
Justice T Meena Kumari, a Judge of the Patna High Court, will be sworn in as the first Chief Justice (CJ) of the Shillong High Court on March 23.

Two new Judges of Meghalaya High Court
Justice TMK Singh and Justice SR Sen have been appointed Judges of the newly constituted Meghalaya High Court.

Justice Deepak Gupta is new CJ of Tripura High Court
Justice Deepak Gupta of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has been appointed as the first Chief Justice (CJ) of the newly constituted Tripura High Court. He would be sworn in on March 23.
(We said this on March 15, 2013)

Three new Judges of Tripura High Court
Justice Utpalendu Bikash Saha, Justice S C Das and Justice Subashish Talapatra will be Judges of the newly constituted Tripura High Court.

Justice Sapre is now CJ of Manipur High Court
Senior Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court, Abhay Manohar Sapre has been appointed as Chief Justice of newly constituted Manipur High Court.

(We said this on January 5, 2013)

Two officers of West Bengal State Service awarded IAS cadre
Two persons of non-State Civil Service of West Bengal have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. They include: Gopal Chandra Das and Shahzad Shibli.

Retired IPS officer to be Minority Commission Member ?
Tsering Namgyd Shanoo (Retd. IPS officer) is likely to be appointed as Member, National Commission of Minority in Ministry of Minority Affair, Government of India.

Ms Shrivastava to get one year extension ?
Ms Mrinalini Shrivastava, presently posted in United National Police Office (UNIOPGBIS) is likely to get one year extension on her central deputation tenure . She is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Vijay Arora goes for higher studies
Vijay Arora has gone abroad for higher studies. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

P K Verma is Principal Director (Rajbhasha), CAG, Tripura
P K Verma, Accountant General (A&E), Tripura, has been transferred and posted Principal Director (Rajbhasha), Tripura, Agartala under the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

World's first newspaper in Tribal Dialect launched
Worlds First newspaper in Gondi Tribal Dialect, Lokanchal, has been launched in Madhya Pradesh. Mayank Bhargava is the Editor of the newspaper.

R Subrahmanyam to attend international workshop in Australia in April
R Subrahmanyam, Principal Secretary, Rural Development is scheduled to attend Australian Council of International Agricultural Research Project Meetings/workshops on Watershed Institutions and field discussions being held from April 14, 2013 to April 25, 2013 in Australia. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

I Y R Krishna Rao to attend international convention at Beijing in May
I Y R Krishna Rao, Special Chief Secretary, Cooperative & Marketing and Chairman, Andhra Pradesh State Warehousing Corporation, Hyderabad, is scheduled to attend the Convention of International Federation of Warehousing Logistics Associations (IFWLA) for 2013 at Beijing, China being held from May 8, 2013 to May 12, 2013. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

AP IPS officer to pursue PG Diploma from Hyderabad varsity
M Stephen Raveendra is pursuing a PG Diploma in 'Criminal Justice & Forensic Science (PGDCJ&FS) through Centre for Distance and virtual learning in University of Hyderabad. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

P C Panigrahi selected as Director (Pers), MCL (UPDATED)
P C Panigrahi, GM, NALCO, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 22, 2013. As many as 16 persons were interviewed for the same.

Five IPS officers get fresh assignments in MP (UPDATED)
As many as five officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been given fresh assignments in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, A P Singh (1990) has been made IG, R&D , Police Manual, Bhopal while Pawan Shrivastava (1992) will now be IG, State Economic Offence Wing, Bhopal and Ravi Kumar Gupta (1993) is IG, Planning, PHQ and OSD to Home Minister. Besides, Anil Kumar (2003) has been appointed as Commandant, 2nd Battalion, SAF, Gwalior and Rakesh Kumar Jain (2004) is SP, Rail, Jabalpur.

Remove officials immediately, ECI asks Karnataka CS, CEO (UPDATED)
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked the Chief Secretary (CS) and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka to remove with immediate effects to the officers posted at their home town or completed more than three years at the place of working.

Deepika Suri to join CBI (UPDATED)
Ms Deepka Suri has been relieved by the Madhya Pradesh Government for joining the CBI. She is 1999 batch IPS officer.

(We said this on November 28, 2012)

Dr Rippudaman Singh Dhillon is also AS, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Dr Rippudaman Singh Dhillon, who was waiting for posting orders, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Finance Department with additional charge of Additional Secretary, Protocol, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi.

CORPORATE

Mukundan elected Chairman CII Western region
R Mukundan MD Tata Chemicals Ltd has been elected Chairman CII Western region.

CWC signs MoU with Department of Food & Public Distribution for 2013-14
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 March 21, 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.

Sen appointed Part-time Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd
The Ministry of Mines has appointed Ms. Bulbul Sen, former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Copper Ltd.

Joti ceases to be Chairman, GNFC
The Gujarat government has withdrawn the nomination of A K Joti, IAS (retd.) from the Board of Directors of Gujarat Narmada Valley. Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) and he ceased to be both Director and Chairman of the company .

Goyal appointed CEO, NITCO Ltd
Nitco Ltd has appointed Ashok K Goyal as the Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Mishra to be PNB's Nominee Director on Board of Magnum Ventures Ltd
The Board of Punjab National Bank (PNB) has decided to appoint Bikash Narayan Mishra, Circle Head, NCR, Noida as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Magnum Ventures Ltd

Sahai appointed Whole-time Director, Vipul Dye Chem Ltd
Vipul Dye Chem Ltd has re-appointed Dr S N Sahai as Whole- time Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2013

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Why can't we get out of caste mentality ?
What do those people want who are talking about 'only so few Dalit Secretaries or Additional Secretaries' in the Government of India. Reservation at that level ? Once the reservation in recruitment is there the officers come up to higher positions on their own merit. This includes Dalit officers also. I am sure no one is going to ignore them for promotion on the basis of caste. Why can't we get out of this caste mentality in this age of globalisation and modernisation? While any willful act of discrimination has to be resisted and equal opportunity given to all those who entered service in the General or Reserved category asking for quota at higher echelons of services is being unfair even for Dalit officers who have shown sufficient merit
and will reach the top in the normal course.

Aarti Khosla