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POLITICS

Six vacancies of Governor to be filled up
There are going to be six vacancies of the Governors by June.

Is a Chief Secretary badly treated by his CM ?
There are reports that a Chief Secretary of an important state is being badly treated by the Chief Minister.

Shashi Tharoor to address IFS Probationers on May 24
Minister of State for Human Resource and internationally acclaimed former diplomat Shashi Tharoor would address the probationers of Indian Foreign Service at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi on May 24 . The interaction is meant to give the probationers a glimpse of diplomatic experience.

BUREAUCRACY

Formal orders of R K Mathur as Secretary Defence today
Formal orders of the appointment of R K Mathur as new Secretary Defence are expected to be issued on Thursday. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Will Shyamal Sarkar succeed P K Misra ?
The whispers in corridors of power have it that Shyamal Sarkar may be the successor of P K Misra as the new Secretary, DoPT. Sarkar, a 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal Cadre, is Secretary, Water Resources. He became the first, among the recently empanelled 1979 batch officers, to be appointed as Secretary, GoI.

G Mohan Kumar to succeed Sarkar ?
It is widely believed that G Mohan Kumar would succeed Shyamal Sarkar as Secretary, Water Resources if the later moves as Secretary, DoPT. The 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre, Mohan Kumar is presently Special Secretary with his batch mate Secretary, Water Resources, Shyamal Sarkar.

Sharma is new CAG
Shashikant Sharma is new CAG of India. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. He has succeeded Vinod Rai.

Preeti Saran is new Ambassador to Vietnam
Ms Preeti Saran has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. She is a 1982 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on April 25, 2013)

Rajeev Sadanandan to be DG, Labour Welfare in GoI ?
Rajeev Sadanandan , 1985 IAS of Kerala cadre will take over the charge of Director General, Labor Welfare and RSBY from Anil Swarup shortly.

Subrahmanyam to be JS RD in GoI ?
R Subrahmanyam is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary, Rural Development in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ranglal Jamuda joins GoI as AS, Agriculture
Ranglal Jamuda has joined the Government of India as new Additional Secretary, Agriculture. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on March 27, 2013)

Will Aruna Bahuguna get the charge of Central Zone?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Aruna Bahuguna, recently appointed as SDG, CRPF, may be given the charge of Central Zone of CRPF. Aruna, a 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is yet to get the specific assignment.

Will N H Khan move on central deputation?
As the grapevine has it, CM Nitish Kumar has given his green signal to Nayyar Hasnain Khan to move in his papers for central deputation. Nayyar, a 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, is IG Magadh range.

Proposal to increase posts of Judges to 30,000
The Government of India proposes to double the number of judges from 15,000 to 30,000 in next five years so as to dispose the cases speedily.

SK Tiwari is first regular DIG, Veterinary, CPMFs
S K Tiwari has been appointed as DIG, Veterinary, for all the central paramilitary forces. He is the 1st regular DIG mandated for the veterinary services for all the central paramilitary forces.

Agrawal poised for Dy. Registrar, Power Tribunal
As the grapevine has it, Harsh Agarwal may soon be appointed as Deputy Registrar in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, also known as Power Tribunal. Agrawal, an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Allahabad District Court.

Narasimharaju is Principal Secretary to Karnataka CM
D N Narasimharaju has taken over as new Principal Secretary to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer.

Srinivas is Secretary to Karnataka CM
K R Srinivas has taken over as Secretary to the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer.

Anurag Srivastava moves to MEA Hqs
Counsellor in Indian High Commission in Colombo Anurag Srivastava has been moved to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, NTC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), National Textiles Corporation Ltd (NTC) falling vacant on June 1, 2013. Those willing to apply for the same can send their applications to the PESB before May 27, 2013.

V Kurian appointed as PAG, A&E Bengaluru
V Kurian, Director General, NAAA, Shimla, has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (A&E), Karnataka, Bengaluru.

Meena allocated Uttarakhand cadre
One Probationer of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch, Parhlad Narayan Meena has been allocated Uttarakhand cadre.

Rao posted as Commissioner, Bilaspur division in CG
K D P Rao has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty-cum-Commissioner, Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.

IRS officer is Ombudsman Insurance in Hyderabad
G Rajeswara Rao has joined as Insurance Ombudsman at Hyderabad on May 15,2013. He belongs to the 1978 batch of the IRS and recently retired as Chief Commissioner of Income tax, Hyderabad.

Qaiser Shamim elected new Chairman of Haj Committee of India
Qaiser Shamim a former IRS officer of 1974 batch last posted as Chief Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi has been elected Chairman of Haj Committee of India, Ministry of External Affairs Govt. of India Quick Reply

40 IPS officers transferred in Andhra Pradesh
As many as 40 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, S A Huda has been appointed as MD, A P State Police Housing Corporation while Mrs Tejdeep Kaur Menon will now be DG, Special Protection Force and V S K Kaumudi is Additional DGP, Law and Order. Similarly, S Gopal Reddy has been posted as Additional DGP, P & L; S V Raman Murthy as Chairman, A P Road Safety Authority; N Sambasiva Rao as DG, Fire Services; Dr M Malakondaiah as Director, A P Police Academy; J Purnachandra Rao as chairman SLPRB; N V Surendra Babu as ADGP, Training; J V Ramudu as ADGP, Operations with charge of Grey Hounds and OCTOPUS; Satyanarain as ADGP; Rajiv Ratan as Inspector General, South Zone; Amit Garg as Additoinal Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Hyderabad; Anjani Kumar as Additional Commissioner of Police; C V Anand as Commisioner of Police, Cyberabad; Govind Singh as IG, PCS & S; D Tirumala Rao as IG, North Coastal Zone; Kasi Reddy VRN Reddy as IG, West Zone; Jitender as IG, Special Protection Force; P V Sunil Kumar as IG, South Coastal Zone; Ravi Gupta as IG, North Zone; A B Venkateswara Rao as IG, OCTOPUS; Y Nagi Reddy as Joint MD,, Vig & Sec. AP Transco; P Umapathi as Deputy IG, Visakhapatnam Range; N Madhusudan Reddy as Deputy IG, CI Cell, Intelligence; B Srinivasulu as Commissioner, Vijaywada; Vikram Singh Mann as Deputy Inspector General, Eluru Range; T Yoganand as Joint Commissioner, CAR Headquarters, Hyderabad; B Balakrishna as Deputy IG, Anantpur range; M M Bhagwat as Deputy IG, Securi9ty, Intelligence; B Malla Reddy as Joint Commissioner of Police, SB, Hyderabad; T Muralikrishna as Deputy IG, Kurnool Range; G Surayaprakasa Rao as Deputy Inspector General, Nizamabad range; E Damodar as Deputy Inspector General, Coordination in DGP office; M Shiva Prasad as Joint Commissioner, Law & Order, Cyberabad; K Venkateswara Rao as Joint Director, A P Police Academy; A abraham Lincoln as Director, Vig & Sec, APSRTC; A Ravichandra as Deputy Inspector General, CID and V Naveen Chand has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General, Hyderabad.

IAS changes in Kerala
M C Mohandas will be new Land Revenue Commissioner. Additional charge of Principal Secretary (Local Self Government) has been given to James Verghese. Additional charge Mini Antony has been posted as Director of Fisheries and Ajith Kumar, Project Director KSUDP, was posted in her place. K Biju will be new Collector of Malappuram and C A Latha, Director of Fisheries Collector of Kozhikode. KV Mohan Kumar has been shifted as Commissioner of Rural Development. N Prasanth has been given additional charge of Employment and Training.

49 IAS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 49 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1994 batch and various cadres have been empanelled as Joint Secretaries in Government of India. The officers include: Dr Sharat Chauhan and Sanjeev Khirwar of AGMU cadre while Sanjay Lohiya, Samir Kumar Sinha, A P Das Doshi and Niraj Verma of Assam-Meghalaya cadre and Praveen Prakash of Andhra Pradesh cadre. Similarly, Atish Chandra of Bihar cadre; Ms Richa Sharma, Ms Nidhi Chiiber, Vikas Sheel, Manoj Kumar Pingua, Ganesh Shanker Mishra of Chhattisgarh; Anurag Agarwal of Haryana; Ms Anuradha Thakur, Onkar Chand Sharma of Himachal Pradesh; Navin Kumar Choudhary of Jammu and Kashmir; Arvind Shirvastava, Anjum Parwez of Karnataka; Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Sanjay Garg and A Ajith Kumar of Kerala cadre; Ms Pallavi Jain , Ms Rashmi Arun Shami, Hari Ranjan Rao, Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Ms Dipali Rastogi, Manish Rastogi, J N Malpani of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Vikas Shankar Kharage, Ms Vennecaganti Radha, B V Gopala Reddy, Santosh Kumar, Dr V N More of Maharashtra; Rajesh Agarwal of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Piyus Goyal of Nagaland; Ms Ranjana Chopra, Ms Aparajita Sarangi and G Mathi Vathanan of Orissa cadre; Tejveer Singh, Vikas Pratap, Dhirendra Kumar Tiwari of Punjab; Kuldeep Ranka, Naresh Pal Gangwar of Rajasthan cadre; K Sreenivasulu of Sikkim cadre; Atul Anand and Sudeep Jain of Tamil Nadu cadre; Partha Sarthi Sensharma of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Ms Nandini Chakravorty of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on May 2, May 3, 2013)

Gautam Sawang to attend regional meet at Jordhan (UPDATED)
D Gautam Sawang, Additional Director General of Police, A P Special Police Battalions, Hyderabad, is scheduled to visit Amman, Jordhan to attend the fourth regional meeting on the strategic guidance framework for the international police peacekeeping being held from May 28 to May 30. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Amarpreet Duggal re-designated as Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
Ms Amarpreet Duggal has been re-designated as Director in Department of Personnel & Training with effect from July 1, 2013. She is an IPoS officer of 1999 batch.

B K Panda selected as Director (Pers), BCCL (UPDATED)
B K Panda, GM, MCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 23, 2013. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Mrs Chandana Khan to attend road shows in USA (UPDATED)
Mrs Chandana Khan, Special Chief Secretary, (Tourism), Youth Advancement & Culture Department is scheduled to visit USA to participate in road shows being held from May 24 to June 2, 2013. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Lav Agrawal is also ACS, Tourism in AP (UPDATED)
Lav Agrawal has been given an additional charge of Special Chief Secretary, Tourism in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

R K Mathur gets additional charge (UPDATED)

Secretary Defence Production R K Mathur has been given additional charge of Secretary Defence.

CORPORATE

More is Director of RBI
Nachiket Mor has been nominated by the Government of India as a director of the central board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

New Zonal Manager of LIC in South
T Sitharthan has taken over as Zonal Manager in-charge of LIC of India, southern zone, Chennai. Southern Zone comprises Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.

Former Kerala CS joins as Director of Dhanlaxmi Bank
Former Kerala Chief Secretary K Jayakumar has joined as Director of the Dhanlaxmi Bank.

Singh re-appointed CEO, JSW Ispat Steel Ltd
JSW Ispat Steel Limited has re-appointed B K Singh as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for a period of one year.

John ceases to be ED & CFO, The Federal Bank Ltd
P C John has ceased to be Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Federal Bank Ltd.

Choksi appointed CFO, Allcargo Logistics Ltd
Jatin J Chokshi has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Allcargo Logistics Ltd.

Sekhar appointed CMD, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd
Aditya Sekhar has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Micro Technologies (India) Ltd.

Sekhar to be Chairman Emeritus, Micro Technologies (India) Ltd
Dr P Sekhar would act as a Chairman Emeritus of Micro Technologies (India) Ltd .

Taneja ceases to be Independent Director, TD Power Systems Ltd
Salil B Taneja has resigned as an Independent Director of TD Power Systems Ltd with immediate effect on account of other professional commitments.

Saraf ceases to be Company Secy., Orient Paper & Industries Ltd
S L Saraf has ceased to be Company Secretary of Orient Paper & Industries Ltd.

Dutta designated Company Secy., Orient Paper & Industries Ltd
Ram Prasad Dutta has been designated as Company Secretary of Orient Paper & Industries.

Katkar resigns as Company Secy., Weizmann Forex Ltd
Ms Sai Kedar Katkar has resigned as Company Secretary of Weizmann Forex Ltd.

Bodapati appointed Independent Director, Opto Circuits (India) Ltd
Opto Circuits (India) Limited has appointed Bhaskar Bodapati as an Independent Director of the Company.

Peesapati appointed Addl. Director, Vivimed Labs Ltd
Vivimed Labs Limited has appointed Dr V Peesapati as an Additional Director of the company.

Gupta resigns as Non Exec. Director, Allcargo Logistics Ltd
Satish Gupta has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of Allcargo Logistics Ltd.

Bajoria appointed Whole-time Director, Titagarh Wagons Ltd
Titagarh Wagons Limited has appointed Vinita Bajoria as Whole-time Director of the company.

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Salute to out-going CAG

I salute Vinod Rai on his superannuation. Rai protected the dignity of the institution and worked fearlessly in discharging his duties and responsibilities. Of course he was attacked by many from the Government as well as by political parties. In fact such institutions were established to get the Government working audited and take measures to overcome the shortcomings or mistakes/lapses that has happened without criticizing the individuals or institution. Anyhow CAG only submits the report to Parliament that is debated and forwarded to PAC for further action. There is no compulsion to Govt. to follow unless it is recommended by PAC. The objection can always be replied in positive way. Only Govt. has made such institution for the betterment and to have check and balances in Government working. When such lapses are brought to the notice to Govt. then Govt. can take corrective measures. We should give due respect to the institutions like CAG, Election Commission, CVC etc. not always criticize. Best of luck to new CAG Shashi Kant Sharma.

A Kumar

Post requires specialised knowledge of accounts and audit

The post requires specialised knowledge of accounts and audit which a generalist service like IAS is not expected to possess. We, however, shamelessly continue to follow the British legacy of putting IAS over the head of all departments. The CAG must either be a Chartered or a Cost Accountant.

Pratap

Declare them as BPL

With creamy layer limit among reserved classes raised to Rs.6 lakhs per year, Government should declare those with income below Rs.6 lakhs per year as BPL and income tax limits raised to Rs.6 lakhs per year.

N Krishnan

Abolish all reservations in recruitment

I think that all reservations in recruitment by the government should be abolished as it goes against the fundamental principle of merit in selection. Forget caste , creed and religion, if we select candidates on grounds other than merit then it is tantamount to corrupting the system itself. Is that the object? If so then why hold any examinations at all? We have ended up eroding the governments efficiency by this promiscuous policy of reservation based on caste and not on merit, we have also ended up shoring up caste prejudices by this policy. True the politicians have a vested interest in dividing our society into vote banks along caste lines but that does not give them a right to destroy our country. In 1947 they conspired with the British and divided the country into India and Pakistan and the people of undivided India are still paying the price for that diabolical folly. Was a referendum held in India by the British to decide if Indians wanted Partition? No, because if they had the people of India would have rejected Partition just as the people of India reject reservations in jobs along caste lines. Was there a referendum by the politicians in 1950 when the Constitution was being drafted to know if the people of India wanted reservations? No, the decision was arbitrary by a set of privileged lawyers who arrogated to themselves the right to speak on behalf of 1.2 billion Indians when they declared, We the People of India..... but they were merely opportunistic lawyers turned politicians looking for vote banks.

D Choudhury

It was the practice in Vedic period

The ban on education to Shudras was the practice in Vedic period when Varna System was in place. It continued even after collapse of Varna system and Brahminical legal books such as Manu Smriti and other religious book duly define it. So, it is absolutely incorrect to say that there was no ban on Shudras / Dalits in education in earlier times i.e. Vedic times. One cannot mislead by giving examples of Ambedkar and Jagjivan Ram who were born in recent times i.e. modern India and not in Vedic times. I agree with your views that in modern India Dalits were going to schools but were being met out with untouchability by asking them to sit separately and away from class, even the teacher will check homework from distance. There was a great man called 'Ahlawat' last name who retired as Head Master in Sixties in Haryana. He was topper in school. In his own world, his teacher used to check his homework from distance by making faces and commenting his caste, however, the brave boy fought all along with topped the examinations and administration forced to hire him as a teacher in 1940s. However, agony of caste did not stop there, he was ill treated even by his general castes students though he was a known mathematician in his State. After retirement, he opened a school and gave free education to all. I fail to understand whether this practice organized untouchability in schools which you describe as not ban in schools, was an improvement in the behaviour of three varnas i.e. general castes or their degeneration. My point is although in modern India foreign rulers opened doors for education to all, three castes/varnas which were in the habit of availing 'ancestral reservation in education' did not take it lightly and started the social practice of untouchability in schools by certain castes, which was no less than a ban on Dalits. Ban or a ban-like situation in both in old times i.e. Vedic and modern India in educational matter hence cannot be denied. It is quite clear that the reason putting ban on Shudras in vedic times and ban-like situation in modern India i.e. during Muslim and British Rule by way of untouchability in schools, was the result of practice of 'ancestral reservation policy' by and for three varnas because they knew that once education is imparted to all human beings, they will lose their monopoly. A lot has changed since 1950 after the arrival of new Reservation Policy in terms of equality in education. Sincere thanks to all great men who dedicated their lives for spread of education in society and breaking ancestral monopoly.

R K Singh

Reservation is wrong

Whether it is of vedic period or the after Independence period, the reservation is wrong. Why should we support a wrong thing now on the plea that same type of wrong thing was practiced in past. As it is mentioned, there is no reservation for the blacks in USA. If someone is to be helped then he should be given education not reservation. Make all of them educated so that they can earn and live a standard life. Don't reserve a seat for a less qualified and spoil the system.

Manas