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What people think of Digvijay Singh?
Friends and foes were discussing AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh in a Five Star Hotel in Delhi. One person who knows Digvijay from close quarters said that he is over estimated as a politician and under estimated as a human being.

Railway Transfers and postings
WIC has time to time highlighted the irregularities in postings and transfers by Railway Board as observed by PMO/ Cabinet Secretariat and apprised by some regular readers of WIC. However, nothing changed for years together. Recent arrest of a Board Member reveals serious nature of corruption. In fact there have been several postings during the tenure of present and previous Ministers where money exchanged hands. If one looks at the past profiles (postings) of Executive Directors, Advisers, Additional Members, Members in Railway Board and some Heads of Departments (posted in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata), they have been able to manage to get their postings by corrupt practices either directly or through contractors. Despite a rule of tenure in place, several of these officers have continued in one place for decades together. Several of them have done multiple tenures in Board. Recent postings in Board and Metros raise eyebrows as no norms have been followed. It will be most prudent for CBI to investigate this matter and reverse these orders.

What is compulsion of Chhattisgarh CM Dr Raman Singh?
What is Dr Raman Singh's compulsion in carrying a baggage of a Minister, who has gone abroad, by demanding bribes in dollars?

BUREAUCRACY

Sindhu Shree Khullar to be new CAG?
Sindhu shree Khullar is reportedly going to be the next CAG of India. She is a 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to clear the appointment of Ms Khullar next week.

Anil Sinha is new Special Director, CBI
Anil Sinha will be new Special Director, CBI. The 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, Sinha is considered to be an officer of high integrity and honesty. He is presently Additional Secretary in the CVC.

Justice Chandrachud to be CJ Punjab and Haryana HC ?
Latest grapevine has it that senior most Judge of the Bombay High Court Dr D Y Chandrachud is moving as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Justice Ahmed to be Acting CJ of Delhi High Court ?
In the event of Justice Murugesan' s elevation and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul's appointment as CJ of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed will be acting CJ of the Delhi High Court.

V S Senthil is new JS in Finance Commission
V S Senthil has been appointed new Joint Secretary in 14th Finance Commission. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on April 8, 2013)

Mukesh Kumar to be Member, AAI !
Mukesh Kumar has reportedly been selected for the post of Member, Adjudicating Authority of India, (PMLA), New Delhi. The 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer Mukesh Kumar is presently DG (Investigations), UP and Uttarakhand. About one dozen candidates had appeared for interview.

Will Sanjiv Mishra join the Board of Hindustan Levers?
Sanjiv Mishra is likely to join the Hindustan Levers Board of Directors. He is a former 1972 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Capt. Rajiv Lath selected as Director (S&HE), MDL
Capt. Rajiv Lath, GGM, MDL, has been selected for the post of Director (Submarine & Heavy Eng. ), Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 9, 2013. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Is R R Verma not keen on DG, BPRD?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it, that Rajiva Ranjan Verma has shown his disinclination for the slot of DG, BPRD. Verma's name has also been doing rounds for the slot. Verma, a 1978 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre is Special DG, CISF.

Lalit Kohli, MD, NSKFDC to retire in Sept
Lalit Kohli, Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis Finance Development Corporation (NSKFDC), is due to retire in September, 2013.

Purwar to assume charge as Director (Fin), MTNL on June 1
Praveen Kumar Purwar, Adviser (FA), Competition Commission of India, is expected to assume the charge as Director (Finance), Mahangar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) on June 1, 2013 as present incumbent Ms Anita Soni is due to retire on May 31.

Joshi is Member, Cadre Restructuring Committee for CSS
Manoj Joshi has been mandated as Member, Cadre Restructuring Committee for CSS. Joshi, a 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, is Joint Secretary in DoPT. In his previous stint he served KSIDC as MD.

Bhargava assumes charge as Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment
Sudhir Bhargava has taken over as Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
(We said this on May 7, 2013)

Deputation tenure of Tiwari extended
Central deputation tenure of Rajendra Kumar Tiwari, Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, has been extended beyond April 24, 2013 till his successor joins in the Ministry of Agriculture to take up his new assignment as MD, National Horticulture Board or till March 15, 2013, whichever is earlier. Tiwari is a 1985 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Sushil Behl, Director (Fin), WCL to retire in August
Sushil Behl, Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) is retiring in August 2013. G Bandyopadhyay, GM, CIL, is expected to succeed him in September, 2013.

S K Jha posted as PD, GA, Lucknow
S K Jha, Principal Director of Audit, Central, Lucknow, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (GA) in this office.

Post of Director (Mktg), MMTC Ltd lying vacant since Sept 2012
One of the posts of Director (Marketing), MMTC Limited has been lying vacant since September 19, 2012. However, the orders of P K Jain, CGM, PECIL, who was selected for this post, are expected to be delayed, due to some technical reasons.

Training module evolved by CBEC !
The training module evolved by CBEC with Syracuse University in USA has proved to be an EYE OPENER, literally, for the officers who have been deputed for training in the 1st batch. The struggle for getting a nomination will be an easy walk for subsequent claimants. An officer presently undergoing Training or 'Torture' as he calls it has messaged the next in line prospective Trainees, "Be ready for an eye opener, I have not been able to sleep, given the 12 hour class schedule and the load of assignments." Some of the soon to be Senior Citizens attending the course, who got themselves nominated much to the chagrin of the more deserving, are now bitter with their bosses for nominating them for the punishment meted out inspite of their stellar Service.

Seven IPS Probationers allocated AP cadre
Seven Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch have been allocated Andhra Pradesh cadre. They are Varun BR, Vijay Kumar S M, K Sasikumar, G Chandana Deepti, Bhaaskaran R, Kalmeshwar Shingenavar and Siddharth Kaushal.

Brij Mohan Sharma goes on central deputation
Brij Mohan Sharma has been deputed as Principal in the Central Detective Training School, Chandigarh under Bureau Police Research & Development (BPR&D) for a period of four years. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh.

Manoj Pant empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Manoj Pant has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch Indian Telecommunication Service officer.

A P Siddique likely to join central deputation
A P Siddique is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Krishnamoorthy to move to Belgrade
L Krishnamoorthy who is looking after US (DPA) in the MEA has been moved to Belgrade as Second Secretary.

India's first unique, indigenous MCW Shop inaugurated (UPDATED)
Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Defence, inaugurated the state-of-the-art Manned Chamber Welding (MCW) shop, the only of its kind in the country and second in the world at HAL's Koraput (Sunabeda) facilities in Odisha on May 9, 2013 in presence of R K Mathur, Secretary Defence Production. "India and Russia are the only two countries having this facility", said Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL.The minister lauded HAL's efforts. The Indian equipment has been developed indigenously by HAL with help of other vendors. Dr Tyagi handed over a symbol of robotic argon chamber dedicated to the nation to the Minister. Robotic tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding system in argon chamber plays an important role in welding of complicated assemblies for aero engine in total argon environment that ensures quality and reliability. The Indian MCW system at HAL is unique as it offers both robotic and human (manual) welding in argon atmosphere while the Russian welding is carried out only manually. In this robotic system, HAL does welding of 17 major modules of Sukhoi engine. The welding is of high quality and free of defects. The entire outer casing module of the engine is welded inside this chamber. The welder working inside has all life support and health monitoring features. Air Marshal, S Sukumar, DCAS, IAF, S Subrahmanyan, HAL's MD (MiG Complex), Aniruddh Kumar, HAL Executive Director (Koraput Division), top MoD and HAL officials were present on the occasion.

FM clears CCIT file ? (UPDATED)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram is believed to have cleared the transfer and posting file of the Chief Commissioners of Income Tax.

10 IAS officers shifted in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, B B Singh has been appointed as Divisional Commissioner of Jhansi while R P Arora will now be Director NEDA and Neena Sharma is DM of Azamgarh. Similarly, Rangarao has been appointed as Special Secretary in Food and Civil Supplies Department; Bhupendra S Chaudhri as Special Secretary, Labour Department; Usha Raman Singh as Special Secretary, Technical Education Department; Avinash Gaur as Special Secretary in the Cooperative Department; Adarsh Singh as Special Secretary, Rural Development Department; Pushpa Singh as Managing Director of PCF and Satyendra Kumar Singh has been posted as Vice Chairman of Meerut Development Authority.

Interviews for DG, ASI being held at Ministry today (UPDATED)
Interviews for the post of Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) are being conducted at the Culture Ministry, New Delhi on May 10, 2013. Presently, Pravin Srivastava, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre, is holding this post. It is believed that the Culture Ministry will select the candidate having experience of archaeology.

Mrs Bhaskar is also PS, Transport, Roads in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs D Lakshmi Parthasarathy Bhaskar has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Transport, Roads & Buildings in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Three IAS officers transferred in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Kumar Jayant has been appointed as Commissioner, Technical Education while Arun Roy will now be Managing Director, Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited and TANGEDCO CMD, K Ganandesikan is also holding the charge of Chairman of Poompuhar Shipping Corporation Limited in Tamil Nadu.

Six IRAS officers shifted in Railways (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) have been transferred and posted at different zones in Railways. Accordingly, L S Meena, Northern Railway, has been transferred to North Western Railway while Subhashish Nath, Northern Railway, is being shifted to Western Railway and posted in the cadre and Mrs Reena Ranjan, SCR, was posted to Western Railway. Similarly, Mrs Purna M Chera, East Central Railway, has been shifted to South Central Railway; G S Meena, East Central Railway to Western Railway and D L Balai, South East Central Railway, has been transferred to North Western Railway.

Transfer orders of S K Nag cancelled (UPDATED)
Transfer orders of S K Nag, IRAS, from RCF, RBL to Northern Railway have been cancelled by Railway Ministry.

CORPORATE

Profit of Uco Bank declines
Net profit of Uco Bank has declined 80.4 per cent to Rs 49.55 crore in the fourth quarter ending March 31. Arun Kaul is the CMD of the Bank.

K K Sharma elevated as VC, Lupin Ltd
Kamal K Sharma has been promoted as Vice-Chairman, Lupin Ltd.

Vinita Gupta promoted as CEO, Lupin Ltd
Vinita Gupta has been promoted as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lupin Ltd.

Nilesh Gupta posted as MD, Lupin Ltd
Nilesh Gupta has been appointed as Managing Director (MD), Lupin Ltd.

Ramchand re-appointed MD, IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited
IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited has re-appointed K Ramchand as Managing Director of the company.

Sapre re-appointed ED, IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited
Mukund Sapre has been re-appointed as Executive Director of IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited.

Kumar ceases to be Nominee Director, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited
Pankaj Kumar, IAS, Nominee Director from Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) ceased to be a Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited.

Maloo resigns as Chairman, Murli Industries Ltd
Shobhagmal Maloo has resigned as Chairman of Murali Industries Ltd

Pati appointed Workmen Employee Director, United Bank of India
Union Ministry of Finance has appointed Sanjib Pati, Single Window Operator (B), United Bank of India as Workmen Employee Director of United Bank of India.

Maloo appointed Chairman Emeritus Murli Industries Ltd
Murli Industries Limited has appointed Shobhagmal Maloo as Chairman Emeritus of the company.

Shishir Bajaj re-appointed CMD, Bajaj Hindustan Ltd
Bajaj Hindustan Limited has re-appointed Shishir Bajaj as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2013.

Mendonza ceases to be VP and CS, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Marshall Mendonza has ceased to be Vice President and Company Secretary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd following his retirement from the company.

Chowdhary appointed Company Secy., Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Sanjay Kumar Chowdhary has been appointed as Company Secretary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Gupta resigns as Chairman, Vesuvius India Ltd
Dr S K Gupta has resigned as Chairman of Vesuvius India Ltd.

Poddar appointed Alternate Director, Zuari Global Ltd
Zuari Global Ltd has appointed Akshay Poddar as Alternate Director to Ms Jyotsna Poddar a Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Singh resigns as Director, Crew B O S Products Ltd
Jitinder Bir Singh has resigned as Director of Crew B O S Products Ltd.

Chauhan resigns as Company Secy., Chromatic India Ltd
Priyanka Chauhan has resigned as Company Secretary of Chromatic India Ltd .

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Does it not make Nitish Kumar anti-Hindu ?

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in an effort to please his minority vote bank in Bihar, is saying things which tantamount to nothing else than political rhetoric of minority appeasement. He keeps implying that since the Godhra riots in Gujarat happened on Narendra Modi's watch, he is an anti-Muslim leader. Kumar, in order to consolidate his minority vote bank in Bihar keeps saying and doing things to appease the Muslims. Does it not make Kumar anti-Hindu? I strongly feel that Muslims are as much a part of India as Hindus. It is the duty of our leaders to work with them to take care of their issues in the same manner they would take care of the Hindus. The Muslim leaders should also question Nitish if he "Unki topi pehan kar Muslim community ko topi pehnanen ki koshish to nahi kar rahen hain?"

Punyatma Sharan

Scam gate

I differ. The story is other way round. The quality of noting and drafting at levels junior to Joint Secretary has deteriorated. Officers at JS level are now doling original notings/ drafting's than those their counterparts in yesteryears used to do. They sit late, attend office on Saturdays and offer valuable advice to their juniors on working days.

HG

IPS hold all key posts in CAPF

In CAPF all the key posts are being headed by the IPS officers, At least one officer of CAPF cadre(having grass root level experience) be promoted to the SDG/ADG rank, so that good policies/decisions for the welfare of Jawans could be made.

Ravi Mann

BJP will become a model political party if …………..

BJP should have internal elections where the voters are cadres and not just the board members. BJP should also make a new beginning by relegating Advani to a ceremonial advisory role and not involve him in any executive decisions. He is well past his prime and has lost touch with the ground reality. Along with him, his select group of AC room politicians like Ananthakumar, Sudheendra Kulkarni, Jaswant Singh, etc should also go. People should not be nominated to any posts but elected. BJP should also appoint some competent and suave spokespersons from states of Kerala, Andhra, TN, and North East. Only then will the people of these states be able to identify with BJP. These spokespersons can then be deployed as regional leaders to the states. A code of ethics should be adopted and any member whether he is a CM, PM, or ordinary member should be expelled from party for violating this code of ethics. When limits are well known and strictly enforced, people will stop crossing them. This will instill discipline and fairness in party working. One national leader should be given charge of one state and the state leaders should be given charge of each district. The performance of party in each district should thus be monitored and fine tuned. People from grassroots should have a forum to express their views and the same should be implemented. If these suggestions are incorporated, I am sure BJP will become a model political party and will sweep all elections.

Prashanth

It's strange

When corruption of a particular community is pointed out, the immediate reaction is it is individual centric and not caste based. One look at the railway scam reveals the web of one particular community all through. Strange that Raja & Maran were treated differently.

S Rao

CBDT orthodox working

Recently Income Tax department has made ITR-1 (SAHAJ) cannot be filed by salaried/pensioners whose tax exempt income is more than 5000/ from agriculture or dividend/interest. It looks that Income Tax department never wants to change with time. Now it is being discussed how to increase tax net with people earning more than 1 crore but still Income Tax department works for the people earning more than 5000/ as tax exempt income. CBDT should consider immediately to stop such things and withdraw the amendment. Make ITR-1 (SAHAJ) applicable for salaried/pensioners having income from salary and interest only. Do not move in backward direction. On one hand CBDT making system to work with simplicity but on other hand putting riders e.g. running with chain in the race to win.

N Prakash

Independence to CBI from clutches of Govt

A judgement by Supreme Court on this matter is heartening it has come at right time. When CBI is initiating rail scam on posting CBI should now call for details of the files for approval of GM and look for people who have been denied seniority also call all those who have been denied the promotion inspite of having orders from CAT and High Court this will bring truth as these people could not afford to Pay the cost for Board posting ?

Kunal

Reservation Policy can't divide society

Friends, Reservation Policy for SC/STs does not and cannot divide the society, Hindu, which is divided by birth, by scriptures and by practice. Nobody can create a new caste, can divide a caste, it is decided before your birth and lives on after your death too with your offspring's. The Policy only unites and cements Caste System but at the same time, it weakens casteism, it has changed hatred of general castes into jealousy in their minds. But this minor sort of feeling jealously cannot be compared to their ancestors' practice of untouchability. Gradually, this feeling of unnecessary jealously will also fade away. It is unfortunate that there are very few takers of the fact that due to reservations for SC/STs, they have been ruling the largest state, they have the biggest say in Assemblies and the Parliament due to the number of representatives they have been able to get due to reservation policy. All would agree, before reservations, there was no political freedom, social freedom, right to choose profession, or right to enter jobs, to SC/STs. If any anti-SC/ST Reservation Policy organization or individual intellectual or a layman can provide any data available with them between 1920-1950 when there was no reservations, what was strength of SC/STs in any field. There was none............ And Casteism-untouchability too prior to reservation policy was in its ugliest form unlike these days... One can see due to reservation policy some SC/ST castes have progressed like anything but it has not abolished caste system as such, these benefitting castes have become stronger and well off. So one can conclude that reservation policy for SC/ST has strengthened the caste system, not casteism rather it has reduced casteism, (here casteism referred to as hate towards Dalits), so it unites castes since the progress and development of a SC/ST castes has not abolished the institution of caste but has uplifted them within their particular caste. The difference between Caste as an institution and Reservation Policy for SC/ST is that Institution of Caste taught hatred, inequality, degraded lower castes to slavery, however, the Reservation Policy has given them political and social freedom to SC/STs, and above all the Reservation Policy in all its fairness has not put any direct restrictions on general castes to entry to jobs or on human rights as Caste as an Institution had put on fellow Hindu- Dalits for centuries. Hence, Caste as an institution is casteist i.e. division among society in its goal, the reservation policy for SC/ST is not casteist- its goal being welfare of Dalits, because it does not put ban on general castes as the Caste used to put. One may differ, but my humble analysis concludes that Reservation Policy for SC/STs unites we the Hindus and strengths us socially. Reservation policy for SC/STs unites and strengthens. Jai Hind

Singh R K