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POLITICS

Signals of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
The Prime Minister's two comments that reforms will continue and he is not retiring after the Lok Sabha polls - real signals ?.

BUREAUCRACY

Sutanu Behuria to be Secretary, Heavy Industries
Name of Secretary, Minority Affairs, Sutanu Behuria, has been cleared for the post of Secretary, Heavy Industries. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on March 25, 2013)

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

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

A K Gaur selected as Director (Finance), RITES
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.

Kalha gets additional charge
The Competent authority has approved that DS Kalha, IAS (PB:77) Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, will hold additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals from March 26, 2013 to April 01, 2013 during the absence of Indrajit Pal, IAS (AP:77), who is on leave.

Awasthy to join GoI
Avnish Awasthy is being relieved by the UP Government next week to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Social Justice. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer.

1988 batch of IPS to get ADG rank in Orissa
1988 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Orissa in a couple of weeks..

1995 batch of IPS to get IG rank in Orissa
1995 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of IG in Orissa in a couple of weeks.

1984 batch of IAS to be Chief Secretary of Pondicherry
In all probability, the 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre will be appointed new Chief Secretary of Pondicherry.

IPS reshuffle in Tripura soon
SP level reshuffle is on the cards in Tripura. Khowai, Dhalai, North and West Tripura district will have new SPs.

AP High Court to have five new Judges
Andhra Pradesh High Court may have five new Judges soon. They are P Naveen Rao, A V Sesha Sai, Challa Kodanda Ram, S V Bhatt and A Rajasekhar Reddy.

Chhatar Singh to get post retirement job
Principal Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister, Chhatar Singh, who is retiring on March 31 is expected to get important post retirement job. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer.

Arvind Khare posted as Adviser (Prod. units), Railway Board
Arvind Khare, SAG/IRSME, on promotion to HA Grade, has been repatriated from deputation to RITES to Railways and posted as Adviser (Production Units), Railway Board, by operating the post of Additional Member (Production Units), Railway Board in HA Grade.

Ashwani Lohani posted as CME, Northern Railway
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
D K Tete, SAG/IRSME/ICF, has been transferred to Southern Railway and posted in the cadre.

R Bansal transferred to South Central Railway
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
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
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
Sandeep Jain, Commissioner of Income Tax, on return from deputation, has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi.

New CJ of Sikkim High Court
Justice Pius Chakkalayil Kuriakose has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of Sikkim High Court on Thursday.
(We said this on February 25, 2013)

All offices of CBEC to remain opened (UPDATED)
All offices under the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) will remain opened March 29, 30 and 31, 2013 observing their normal office hours, as a part of trade facilitation measure.

CORPORATE

Nokia India head quits
D Shivakumar, Senior Vice-President (India, Middle East, Asia) Nokia has decided to resign.

Mitra resigns from Mercedes Benz India
Marketing & Sales Director of Mercedes Benz India Debashis Mitra has resigned from the company.

Burman appointed Independent Director, Cinemax India Ltd
Cinemax India Ltd has appointed Amit Burman as an Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Murthy appointed Non Official Part-time Director, ONGC
Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed K Narasimha Murthy as Non-official Part-time Director on the Board of Directors of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC).

Banerjee to take over as MD, Caprihans India Ltd from April 29
Caprihans India Ltd has appointed Robin Banerjee as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 29, 2013.

Jain re-appointed Executive Chairman, Maan Aluminium Ltd from April 1, 2013
Maan Aluminium Ltd has re-appointed Ravinder Nath Jain as Executive Chairman of the company for a period of three years w.e.f. April 1, 2013

Thompson resigns as Director, Saraswati Industrial Syndicate Ltd
C R Thompson has resigned as Director of Saraswati Industrial Syndicate Ltd.

Memani resigns as Director, HEG Ltd
Kashi Nath Memani has resigned as Director of HEG Ltd.

Ramji appointed MD, Polyspin Exports Ltd from April 1, 2013
Polyspin Exports Ltd has appointed R. Ramji who is currently JointManaging Director as the Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2013

Chivukula resigns as Company Secretary, Shetron Ltd
Vidyacharan Chivukula has resigned as Company Secretary of Shetron Ltd.

Bharuka re-appointed MD, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd from April 1, 2013
Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd has re-appointed H.M. Bharuka as the Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2013.

Sukhani resigns as Independent Non Exec. Director, Sah Petroleums Ltd
Alok D Sukhani has resigned as Independent Non Executive Director of Sah Petroleums Ltd.

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Minority Affairs

Now that Farooqki has moved to Telecom, the case of Dr Santanu Behuria's transfer to Heavy Industry is being talked about. In case he moves from Minority Affairs, the Govt. should post a person belonging to the Minority Community to that post. Posting a Sikh or a Christian would be ideal. A Hindu Secretary should never occupy the post of Secretary, Minority Affairs.

Prasad

Reservation policy must be revisited !

The ongoing caste-based Census in India is likely to be over soon. No impact assessment studies were ever carried out by GoI to decide upon the continuance of reservation policy i.e. whether the objectives have been realized or not. The job of data analysis may be undertaken by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (covering SC/ST ) and DoPT (for OBC) in a transparent and time-bound manner.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Nondiscrimination ?

To the best of my knowledge, no SC officer of JS level is posted in DoT, although a large number of such officers are sitting idle for last more than one year. Still we talk of nondiscrimination.

Tarun Kumar

What is DoPT hiding?

Applications were invited for CSOI membership some time back. It is understood that membership has now been given on a selective basis without disclosing the criteria for the membership. The CSOI website is also silent about the new membership. What is the DoPT hiding?

K S Saha