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POLITICS

New UPA in offing !
This time United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is unlikely to return to power. A new UPA (Ulta Pulta Alliance) is in the offing.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary, Minority Affairs ?
Who will succeed Sutanu Behuria as Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India ? Names of two 1979 batch IAS officers Afzal Amanullah and Siraj Hussain have reportedly been suggested. Picture is however, not clear.

Justice Aftab Alam to retire on April 12
Justice Aftab Alam is reportedly retiring on April 12 from the Supreme Court of India.

R S Sharma is all set to receive flag as new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand
Ram Sevak Sharma, one of the chief architects of UIDAI and hitherto DG of UIDAI, has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Jharkhand. He will take charge of the coveted post on April 01. The incumbent CS of Jharkhand is scheduled to retire on March 31. Sharma is a 1978
batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

(We said this on Jan 22,2013)

March 30 would be last working day for incumbent CS of Jharkhand
S K Chaudhary is scheduled to retire on March 31 but March 30 would mark itself as the last working day for the incumbent Chief Secretary of Jharkhand. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Girdhari Nayak to get DG rank in Chhattisgarh
Girdhari Nayak is being promoted to the rank of DG in Chhattisgarh .He is a 1983 batch IPS officer.

S S Rana to retire
Member of the CBDT S S Rana is superannuating on March 31. He is a 1975 batch IRS (IT) officer.

IRS-Income Tax officer, Dalip Brar promoted as CIT
Indian Revenue Service (IRS-Income Tax) officer Dalip Brar has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT).

Two IRS-IT officers shifted
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax,(IRS - IT) presently working at the level of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, have been transferred. Accordingly, Mrs Ranjeet Kaur has been shifted to CCA, NWR while Sohail Malik Shafi Ansari was transferred to CCA, Delhi.

Prof Ajay Pande is Acting Director of IIM Ahmedabad
Prof Ajay Pande has been appointed acting director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad in place of Samir Barua whose term is coming to an end on March 31.

Sanjay Bhatia gets award
The 1985 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, Sanjay Bhatia has been awarded the first prize in the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Administrative Efficiency Campaign.

Rajiv Yaduvanshi to move Delhi ?
Rajiv Yaduvanshi is reportedly moving to Delhi from the Pondicherry Government. He is 1989 batch UT cadre IAS officer.

1995 batch IPS officers get IG rank in Orissa
All the five IPS officers of 1995 batch of Odisha cadre have been promoted to IGP rank. They are RK Sharma, Ritu Arora, S.Priyadarsi, Santosh Bala and PS Ranpise.

Bureaucratic reshuffle soon in Haryana
A bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Haryana in a couple of days.

Pathak is new Special DG, CRPF, Northern Zone
D K Pathak has taken over as Special DG, CRPF Northern Zone in Jammu. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Reddy is now ADG, CRPF in Headquarters
P V K Reddy has joined the CRPF Headquarters as ADG in place of D K Pathak . He is a 1982 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IPS officer.

Two IPS officers re-instated in Bihar
Two IPS officers Babu Ram and Ansuiya Ransingh Sahu have been re-instated in Bihar.

Chhatar Singh to continue
Principal Secretary to the Haryana Chief Minister, Chhatar Singh has been given three months extension in service. He was to retire on March 31.

A K Yadav, DIG Darbhanga, poised for Dy. Dir. Patna AIIMS
Anil Kishore Yadav, DIG Munger range is all set to join Patna AIIMS as Deputy Director. Bihar Governmenr, reportedly, has relieved him to move on central deputation. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sudhanshu will be DIG Munger in place of DIG Saran
Issuing fresh orders, quashing the earlier one, Bihar Government has mandated Sudhanshu Kumar, DIG Saran, to take charge as DIG Munger. Few days back he was appointed as DIG Saran. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Shivdeep is appointed as ADC to Bihar Governor
Shivdeep Waman Lande, SP Araria, will be back to Patna once again as new ADC to Bihar Governor. Popular among youngsters as youth icon and popularly known as 'Dabang', Shivdeep had served in as Patna City SP prior to his Araria assignment. He is 2006 IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Hussain will take over from Lande as SP Araria
Akhtar Hussain will take charge from Shivdeep Waman Lande as SP Araria. Hussain, a 2012 batch IPS Bihar cadre was serving as City SP, Gaya.

Kushwaha freshly mandated for Gaya SP (City)
Issuing fresh orders, quashing the earlier one, Bihar Government has mandated Chandan Kumar Kushwaha to serve as City SP Gaya as the successor of Akhtar Hussain. Kushwaha, a 2010 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre was recently appointed as Commandant BMP-16. Prior to BMP-16 Kushwaha served
City SP Patna.

A R S Sahu is Commandent of BMP-4
Anusuiya Ran Singh Sahu, a 2006 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Bihar Military Police-4. Prior to the new assignment she had served as SP Sheikhpura.

B Ram is Commandant of BMP-16
Babu Ram, a 2009 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Commandant of Bihar Military Police-16. Prior to the new assignment she had served as SP Sheikhpura. Few days back Chandan Kushwaha, a 2010 batch Bihar cadre IPS had been appointed as Commandant BMP-16.

Former IAS officer V K Mandloi passed away
Former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Vinod Kumar Mandloi has passed away in Indore. He was father of 1993 batch IAS officer Neeraj Mandloi.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
A large 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, Dr C Somasekhara (1997) has been posted as Secretary, Youth Services while B N Krishnaiah (2000) will now be Director, Horticulture Department and Dr G C Prakash is Commissioner, Social Welfare Department. Besides, N S Prasannakumar has been appointed as Managing Director, Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM), Bangalore; V P Ikkeri as Managing Director, Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Limited, Bangalore; N Prakash as Additional Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Bangalore; V Srirama Reddy as Director, NREGA, RD & PR Department; S N Nagaraju as Commissioner, Survey Settlement & Land Records, Bangalore; F R Jamadar as Managing Director as Managing Director, Mysore Minerals Limited, Bangalore; Dr Ramegowda as Additional Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumers Affairs Department; N Jayaram as Commissioner for Labour, Bangalore and Mrs M Deepa has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Karnataka Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Agency, Bangalore.

CORPORATE

Murthy appointed as 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).

Karkaria joins Kouni Board Executive Board
Zubin Karkaria who is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VFS Global Group has been appointed as a Member of the Executive Board of the Kuoni Group.

Balakrishnan resigns as CMD, Lazard India ?
K Balakrishnan has resigned as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Lazard India.

Iyer appointed Director (Sales & Mktg.), Sheraton Bangalore Hotel
Sheetal Iyer has been appointed as Director (Sales and Marketing) at Sheraton Bangalore Hotel at Brigade Gateway.

Sethuraman resigns as ED, Huawei Technologies
A Sethuraman, Executive Director (ED) of Huawei Technologies has resigned from the company

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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 government 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

Attention CBDT
The CBDT has been doing hard work in transfer of officials during this month. What about the grievances of assesses who has filed their returns and copy of ITR-V timely for refund. Unfortunately, in many cases CPC at Bangalore has not processed the returns for want of duly signed ITR-V, which was already submitted. Kind attention of CBDT invited to this matter.
Koyaji

All are benefited by reservation policy !
The presumption that poorer among SC/STs are not benefited as richer among them keep on utilizing quota is contrary to the fact. Sometimes one might get carried away by anti-or pro- reservation beliefs unless someone clarifies on the forum. First of all, there are many rich among the particular lot who neither use the caste nor do they take reservation benefits. In fact, there is no reservation after Class Posts, hence reservation automatically gets stopped after Class I. Secondly, those who take advantage of reservations and reach the top, they set an example to poorer lot and become source of inspiration for them to follow their examples. Above all, it is not per force that you have to utilize status of reservation, it is optional and well established lot is already not so much interested in it. Thirdly, you are aware very poor cannot afford admission and affordability in certain institutions, it is only better for well to do to apply there so that seats do not lie vacant. The job opportunities in Government vary from Peon to the top, hence people from different financial affordability can make use of the facility. So in actual all are being benefited by the reservation policy.

Singh R K