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POLITICS

Why is Piyush Goyal going to Harvard University ?
BJP Treasurer and Rajya Sabha MP Piyush Goyal is going to Harvard University. Rumors are rife about the reason why he is going there when elections are just round the corner.

Goa CM and MHA at loggerheads ?
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar says that Centre is not his boss. Officers posted in Goa should have consent of the Goa Government.

BUREAUCRACY

Who is Farooqui ?
Appointment of M F Farooqui as Telecom Secretary has generated curiosity in 2G, 3G, 4G related country's top business tycoons. Before joining the GoI, 1978 batch IAS officer Farooqui was Secretary, Industries in K Karunanidhi's Government in Tamil Nadu. Is he going to be a link between DMK and the Congress? Basically he is a religious person.

Why delay in empanelment of 1983 batch of IAS ?
Delay in the empanelment of 1983 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is now debated in the bureaucratic circles. If insiders are to be believed, everything is ready and it's a matter of just half an hour. It is heard that delay is there because of a couple of officers who do not figure in the list.

ACC's guidelines on inter-cadre transfers
Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has given new guidelines on inter-cadre deputation directing that the pending cases of inter-cadre transfers of officers to third cadre, on the grounds of marriage may be processed accordingly and where both the cadres on which the two officers are borne have refused to accept the officers, a fresh attempt may be made to obtain the consent of the two cadres.

Appointment in Banks only after Parliament Session
If top sources are to be believed, nothing has been finalized about appointment of Bank CMDs and EDs. All kinds of rumours have been going on in the banking circles. Infact, file of selected candidates is presently lying with the CVC and the appointment will commence only after the Parliament session.

Three vacancies in Central Information Commission
There are presently three vacancies of Members in the Central Information Commission .After the retirement of Annapurna Dixit, the number will go up to four in June.

Mathew is new JS, Rural Development
Santhosh Mathew has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Rural Development. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

(We said this on Feb.13, 2013)

Tripurari Sharan not returning to Bihar
Sources close to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar say that DG, Doordarshan, Tripurari Sharan who is doing good job is not being recalled. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Singh is new Director, Justice
Shambhu Prasad Singh has been appointed new Director, Justice in the Government of India. He is a 1992 batch ITS officer.

Meena is new Director, Textiles
Prathvi Raj Meena has been appointed new Director textiles in the Government of India. He is a 2003 batch IRS (IT) officer.

S P Singh to get DG rank in Maharashtra
Mumbai Police Commissioner, Dr S P Singh is being promoted to the rank of DG on April 1. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

1987 batch IPS to get ADG rank in Maharashtra
Barring one all the five 1987 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Maharashtra.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Chhattisgarh soon
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place soon in Chhattisgarh in the first week of April.

Post of Dy Chairman, KPT still vacant
The post of Deputy Chairman, Kandla Port Trust (KPT), has still been lying vacant since December 20, 2012 after M A Bhaskarachar vacated the post after joining as CMD, EPL.

S K Tripathi out of run for CMD, STCIL
S K Tripathi, Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), MSTC Limited, whose name was at the top in the panel for the post of CMD, STCIL, has been eliminated from the run at the eleventh hours, due to some technical reasons. The other name of STCIL has turned up for the post.

Rahim Khaleel proposed as CMD, STCIL
The name of Rahim Khaleel, Director (Marketing), STCIL, has reached the number one position for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), STCIL, after the name of S K Tripathi, CMD, MSTC, being eliminated from the panel.

Vijay Shankar Madan ceases to be Director, HECL
Vijay Shankar Madan, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, ceases to be Director, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL) after he joined as DG, UIDAI. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of AGMU cadre.

Mehrotra gets additional charge of Secretary to Governor in Bihar
Brajesh Mehrotra has been given additional charge of Secretary to the Governor, Bihar. He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

First woman DC in Mysore
C Shikha has taken over as the first woman Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysore. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer. Her husband Ajay Nagabhushan has been posted as Deputy Commissioner for Mandya.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
A number of officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka with clear cut instructions to join the places of postings with immediate effects. Accordingly, Shambhu Dayal Meena (1988) has been posted as Commissioner of Excise, Bangalore while Harsh Gupta (1997) will now be Deputy Commissioner, Dakshina Kannada District, Managalore and Naveen Raj Singh (1998) is Deputy Commissioner, Ramanagara District. Similarly, Munish Moudgil (1998) has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Belgaum district; Mrs P Hemalatha (2000) as Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Rural District; V Ponnuraj (2000) as Deputy Commissioner, Bangalore Urban District; Dr J Ravi Shankar (2001) as Deputy Commissioner, Chitradurga District; Dr M N Ajaynagabhushan (2004) as Deputy Commissioner, Mandya District; V Anbu Kumar (2004) as Deputy Commissioner, Haveri District; Mrs C Shikha (2004) as Deputy Commissioner, Mysore District; Dr K G Jagadeesha (2005) as Deputy Commissioner, Gulbaraga District; Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh (2008) as Deputy Commissioner, Raichur District; P Rajendra Cholan (2008) as Deputy Commissioner, Yadgir District.

BAE Chairman visits HAL's facilities at Bangalore (UPDATED)
Led by Chairman, Dick Olver and Chief Executive Officer, Ian King, Board Members of BAE Systems paid a rare visit together outside the UK/US to HAL's facilities in Bangalore recently. They interacted with HAL Chairman, Dr R K Tyagi and top officials and discussed about various business areas of mutual interest. Speaking on the occasion, Olver insisted that the deep routed business relationship with HAL should go beyond Hawk to make the future even better than past. India being the second largest market for Hawk after UK, he said both the partners could think of working on new projects in 17 countrieswhere BAE has its presence. Dr Tyagi said HAL would be keen to carry forward this relationship. A new business model such as Performance Based Logistics (PBL) could be an area of cooperation with HAL learning from BAE experiences. HAL and BAE Systems have been together since 40s when Tiger Moths were overhauled and the relationship strengthened through production of Jaguars in 80s and the Hawkfleet in the last 20 years, he added. K Naresh Babu, HAL's Managing Director, (Bangalore Complex) and T Suvarna Raju, Director, (Design and Development) were also present. Currently HAL produces Hawk Mk, 132 under license from BAE Systems, UK and the first aircraft was handed over to the Indian Air Force in August 2008. The Hawk Mk 132 is an advanced jet trainer with tandem duel seats meant to provide advanced flying and weapons training.

A K Gaur selected as Director (Finance), RITES (UPDATED)
A K Gaur, GM, RITES, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), RITES Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 26, 2013. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Sutanu Behuria to be Secretary Heavy Industries (UPDATED)
Name of Secretary Minority Affairs Sutanu Behuria has been cleared for the post of Secretary, Heavy Industries. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on March 25 )

Ashwani Lohani posted as CME, Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Ashwani Lohani, SAG/IRSME, CME(CHOD),Northern Railway, has been appointed in HA grade and posted as CME on Northern Railway.

P Sahai posted as CME, CLW (UPDATED)
P Sahai, SAG/IRSME, CSO/ South East Central Railway, has been transferred to CLW and appointed in HA Grade and posted as CME/CLW.

R N Misra posted as CAO, DLF (UPDATED)
R N Misra, SAG/IRSME/DLW, has been transferred to DLF/Marhowrah, and appointed HA grade and posted as CAO/DLF.

P Mondal appointed as CSO, SECR (UPDATED)
P Mondal, SAG/IRSME/South East Central Railway, has been posted as CSO/ South East Central Railway.

Santosh Sinha posted as EDME (PU), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Santosh Sinha, SG/IRSME, DME (W)/ Railway Board, on promotion to SAG, has been posted EDME(PU)/ Railway Board.

Vijay Kumar posted as ED (Infra), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar, SAG/IRSME/NR, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as ED/Infra/MEch/ Railway Board.

Anand Swaroop deputed to IRCON as JGM, Mechanical (UPDATED)
Anand Swaroop, Director, Testing, Research Design and Standards Organisation, has been selected and approved for deputation to IRCON International Ltd as JGM/ Mechanical at IRCON's RBL RCF Project, Rae
Bareilly for a period of three years.

Naresh Kumar posted as GM (Mechnical), RVNL (UPDATED)
Naresh Kumar, Principal/TTC/Varanasi, Diesel Locomotive Works, has been selected and approved for deputation to Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) as General Manager (Mechanical) for a period of three years in cadre.

D K Tete shifted to Southern Railway (UPDATED)
D K Tete, SAG/IRSME/ICF, has been transferred to Southern Railway and posted in the cadre.

R Bansal transferred to South Central Railway (UPDATED)
R Bansal, SG/IRSME/Rail Coach Factory, has been transferred to South Central Railway in the same capacity.

P K Saha transferred to Eastern Railway (UPDATED)
P K Saha, SAG/IRSME, presently working as Railway Heritage Manager/Eastern Railway, has been posted in the cadre on Eastern Railway itself.

Ranjan Kumar deputed as ADG, UIDAI (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer Ranjan Kumar has been deputed as Assistant Director General (ADG), Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), New Delhi under the Ministry of Planning Commission for a period of three years.

Sandeep Jain is OSD in CCIT office, Delhi (UPDATED)
Sandeep Jain, Commissioner of Income Tax, on return from deputation, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi.

All Banks, RBI offices to remain opened on March 29, 30 and 31 (UPDATED)
All designated branches of agency banks and RBI offices conducting overnment business will keep their counters open on March 29,30 and 31, 2013 in order to provide greater convenience to the tax payers to accept Government taxes.

IRS-IT officer Ashok Singh quits service (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ashok Singh, DCIT in the office of CIT (Central), Jaipur, has quit the service.

R Gopalan to be Member of PESB (UPDATED)
Former Secretary DEA R Gopalan is being appointed Member of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). He is retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

CORPORATE

Singh gets additional charge in Bihar
Sanjay Kumar Singh (1997) has been given additional charge of MD, Bihar State Power Transmission Co. Ltd.

Chaudhery ceases to be Govt. Director, IDBI Bank
Consequent upon his appointment as Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana, Pradeep Kumar Chaudhery has ceased to be Government Director on the Board of Directors of IDBI Bank with immediate effect.

Madan relinquishes charge as Part-time Official Director, BHEL
Vijay S Madan has relinquished his charge of the post of Part-Time Official Director on the Board of Directors of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) to assume the charge of Officer on Special Duty in Unique Identification Authority (UID) w.e.f. March 22, 2013.

Maroo appointed Deputy MD, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd has appointed Sushil Maroo as Deputy Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2013.

Sharma appointed CMD, Vegepro Foods & Feeds Ltd
Vegepro Foods & Feeds Ltd has appointed Shyam Sunder Sharma as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Goenka appointed ED, Welspun India Ltd
Welspun India Ltd has appointed Dipali Goenka as an Executive Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2013.

Pillai appointed Addl. Director, Mcdowell Holdings Ltd
McDowell Holdings Ltd has appointed Rup Narayan Pillai as an Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

Subramanian appointed Nominee Director, Jamna Auto Industries Ltd
V Subramanian has been appointed as Nominee Director of IFCI Ltd on the Board of Directors of Jamna Auto Industries Ltd.

Shroff to step down as ED, United Phosphorus Ltd
The Board of United Phosphorus Ltd has approved stepping down of Vikram R Shroff as Executive Director of the company. He will continue as Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Vyas to be appointed ED & President, IVP Ltd
D D Vyas, who is presently the President (Foundry Chemicals) of IVP Ltd to be appointed as the Whole-time Director designated as Executive Director and President of the company.

Jain resigns as Director, Sand Plast (India) Ltd
Suresh Pukhraj Jain has resigned as Director of Sand Plast (India) Ltd.

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What to add further on reservations ?
A lot is being written these days for and against reservation in Government jobs. So much has been written that I cannot think what to add further. But I recollect, recently someone had posed some questions on this issue in your site. No answer was given by any one. One question was - whether reservation is justified for a person whose father/grand-father had got benefit and reached a position higher in every respect than that of lakhs, may be crores of people, irrespective of their caste and why such people should not be excluded and benefit given to needy among SCs? The point is all important but supporters of reservations in its present form seem to be ignoring this, maybe for their own vested interests. If they were so concerned about their caste fellows, they would not only agree with this, but support and work for it. Unless this is done, poorest among the Scheduled Castes etc. cannot be uplifted in the society.

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It has nothing to do with merit !
The reason why few reserved category officers are not to be found at Secretary level has nothing to do with merit. Rather, the late age of entry of direct recruit SC/ST candidates in the IAS does not leave them with enough time to reach the apex scale. Wherever SC/ST candidates have entered service at an early age, they have made it to Secretary level. This talk of discrimination against SC/ST candidates to prevent them from reaching the Secretary level is nothing but a bogey.

Indra

Where is Justice?
SCs who are in the Class I services will have benefitted, their children/ grand children will benefit and so on... Who is concerned about the poor SC still working in the farms of the rich farmers?

Prakash

Reservation is most welcome but …
Reservation is most welcome. But there are so many people who give fake certificates and misuse. There is no proper mechanism in place to check this. Moreover, the Tax Payers' Money is utilised not only to give free education to certain reserved categories but also free meals. But, how many of them remain loyal to the country. Most of them flee away and settle abroad and never come back. There are so many officers belonging to these so called reserved categories indulging in corrupt practices. So let us not talk about reservation after certain levels. Only Honesty, Integrity and Loyalty should be the parameters for top level postings.

Sivakumar

May God give sense of duty to officials !
We are grateful to the Indian Constitution that the Dalits have reservation. Readers of WIC may like to note that despite a stringent law as Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989 and Rules 1995, even the complaint of a retired Ambassador under the Act has not been registered for over three and a half month. Are you favouring the Dalits ? From Head Constable in the Police Station to the Commissioner of Police are aware of this fact! God save my country and God give some sense of duty to concerned officials. The offence under the Act is not only against the victim but against society and ultimately the Nation.

Z S Nirwal

Discrimination is evident because of rigid thinking

Merit should have impartiality embedded in grading, which is not possible through whims and fancies of a few denying justice to deserving SC /ST officers. It happens to a limited no of others also but not like the later where discrimination is evident, omnipresent and obvious because of rigid thinking

R Raman

Hypocrates are cause of all problems
People who behave (hypocrates) on basis of caste only see no merits in SC/ST officers. As we all know the history of our land, people who ruled so far belong to certain caste. And due to their meritorious ruling capacity, we have been compelled to follow or imitate the colonial mindset in this country. The root cause of all the problems faced today are only derived from such so called hypocrate persons. And I am sure that this class does not constitute of Sc/ST and OBCs who are deprived.

Mukesh

Dalit/ OBC/ ST Officers ruling roost
In most state governments, Dalit/ OBC/ ST officers are ruling the roost. They are Secretaries to Chief Ministers, Principal Secretaries to Chief Ministers etc. Remember that Dalits have massive political patronage, because even for MPs and MLAs, they have reserved seats. OBCs have massive political patronage since most CMs/ MLAs/ MPs are OBCs (this is simply because most castes in India have been labeled backward and thus a major chunk of the population has garnered these benefits for themselves. It is another matter that third and fourth generation Dalit officers are cornering all seats meant for Dalits, third generation well heeled Meenas and North Easters tribals are cornering most of the seats meant for tribals and the richer business families amongst the OBCs like the Marwaris who all claim domicile in Bihar to get reservations, well heeled kurmis etc are cornering all benefits by suppressing their incomes and falsely showing that they do not come within the creamy layer). Remember also that the power, pelf and perks for officers are much greater in the states than the central government. Further, scope of corruption is higher in the state governments. For all these reasons, most Dalit/ OBC/ ST IAS officers do not prefer to serve at the centre. They simply are far happier in the states. Your head count is accordingly flawed. Just by the way, why are all these Secretary level posts only occupied by IAS officers and no other service is allowed to man these posts when actually these posts are open for all services? Any head count service wise as well?

Arjun Mallik

CBDT working hard
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been working very hard to transfer and post Commissioners of income tax in the month of March. They deserve congratulations. Had they displayed similar commitment to targets, even the revenue targets could have been achieved.

Srinivas Murali