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Now more IPS than IAS are Governors
There are presently eight IPS officers and four IAS officers and three army officers are Governors.

BUREAUCRACY

23 IAS officers retiring in May
As many as 23 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers are retiring in May, 2013. They are Rakesh Behari of AGMUT cadre, K Chandramouli of Andhra Pradesh cadre, Radhakanta Tripathy, K Kallashnathan, Chhotilal Meena and M V Paraghi of Gujarat cadre, Mohinder Kumar and Rajinder Paul Gupta of Haryana cadre, Yedullah of Jammu and Kashmir, C S Suranjana, N C Munlyappa, Siddaiah, Md Sanaullah of Karnataka cadre, Amar Singh of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Azeez Mehdi Khan of Maharashtra cadre, Anil Kumar of Nagaland cadre, Tilak Raj Sarangal of Punjab cadre, Asha Singh, Meera Mehrish of Rajasthan cadre, S S Jawahar of Tamil Nadu cadre, Sharda Prasad of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Ajai Singh Nabiyal of Uttarakhand cadre and Tapan Kumar Shoma of West Bengal cadre.

It started with S K Sharma and ended with S K Sharma
Finally Shashi Kant Sharma has become new CAG. Infact , his name for the post had started doing the round from January this year. In between several names cropped up for the post but culminated in the appointment of 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Shashi Kant Sharma.
( We said this on February 27 )

Will S Machendranathan be Secretary, Defence Production ?
Name of S Machendranathan is currently doing the round for the post of Secretary Defence Production. 1979 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer S Machendranathan is presently Special Secretary Civil Aviation.

14503 posts of Group A vacant in GoI
A total of 14503 posts of Group A have been lying vacant in the various departments of Government of India.

13 judges against 1 million people
Only 13 judges are posted for every one million people in India. The figure is less than other developed and developing countries in the world.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Manipur ?
Who will be new Chief Secretary in Maipur ? Tie is said to be between 1981 batch IAS officer Ameising Luikham and 1983 batch IAS officer Rajni Ranjan Rashmi.

Cabinet approved restructuring of Income Tax Department
The Cabinet has approved restructuring of Income Tax Department by creating 20,751 additional posts which include 1349 additional posts in the IRS cadre and 19,402 additional posts in the non-IRS cadres. Government will incur additional expenditure of Rs. 450 crore per annum.

SECI is all set to get two new Directors
As the grapevine has it, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is all set to get two new Directors on its Board. Reportedly, the high powered search-cum-selection committee, under Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth and Chairman of SECI, Anil Kakodkar, has completed the selection process for MD & Dir. HR. The newly constituted central PSU is mandated to cater to India's futuristic clean energy demands. SECI aims at harvesting the solar energy to the tune of 22,000 MW per year by the year 2022 in phased manner.

4 Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners shifted
Four Deputy/ Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax have been shifted. Anchal Khandelwal has been shifted to FT & TR-I, CBDT while Manav Bansal is being appointed to FT & TR-II, CBDT. Besides, Ms Madhusmita Sahoo has been transferred to CCA, Delhi and Siva Prasas Reddy was moved to CCA Karnataka.

IRS-IT officer quits service
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Kuntal Kumar Sen presently DIT (IT)-II, Mumbai, has quit the service.

Selvaraj moves to Dhaka
Second Secretary in Indian Embassy, Cairo, Bijay Selvraj has been moved to Dhaka.

BHEL Director (E R&D) to retire this month end
O P Bhutani, Director (Engineering, Research and Development - E R&D) in Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL). is retiring on May 31.

Ms Roy to be Govt Nominee Director on Board of Corporation Bank
Ms Anna Roy, Director, Department of Financial Services, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Corporation Bank.

Will K. Sathiavasan be MD of HPL ?
K Sathiavasan, 1981-batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer, is likely to be appointed MD of the Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL).

Tamilvannan to retire this year end
Chairman of the new Mangalore Port Trust P Tamilvannan is retiring on December 31.

Dr Munde empanelled in GoI
Dr P N Munde has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

P K Tiwari-II posted as PD, Commercial Audit, New Delhi
P K Tiwari-II, Accountant General (A&E)-I, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-IV, New Delhi.

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

P Mallam Goud likely to join central deputation
P Mallam Goud is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post in CRPF. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Tech), NTC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Technical), National Textiles Corporation Ltd (NTC) fallen vacant since April 30, 2013. Those willing to apply for the same can send their applications to the PESB before June 28, 2013.

Sankaranarayanan selected as CMD, TCIL (UPDATED)
V Sankaranarayanan, Dy GM, SJVNL has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 27, 2013.

HAL leadership development program inaugurated at IIM (UPDATED)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) comprehensive one year Leadership Development Program for 30 senior executives was inaugurated by Ashok Kumar Gupta, Additional Secretary, Defence Production (MoD) at IIM, Ahmedabad. "It is rare opportunity for HAL executives on one hand and IIM on the other to understand the needs of the defence sector. We need to develop leadership in PSUs and competency mapping is vital factor. HAL's initiative should bring about positive changes in all aspects of its functioning", he said. Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL said, the company is proud to be associated with the country's premium management institute and both the organizations stand to gain with such initiatives. "Our aim is to prepare today's generation to take on the challenges of tomorrow by exposing them to the best international practices on all operational fronts", he said. IIM Officiating Director, Prof Ajay Pandey explained diverse activities of the institute which he says strives for excellence whatever the field and will look after the special needs of HAL. The participants will have international exposure and the subjects to be covered include business environment, individual and organisation, global competitive mindset, innovation and technology, strategic alliances and JVs, ethics and governance. One-year program to be conducted in seven phases comprises of training at IIM-Ahmedabad interspersed with individual and group project work of topics relevant to HAL.

Sanjay Khatal assumes charge as Director (Comm), NSC (UPDATED)
Sanjay Khatal, GM, MSSC, has taken over as Director (Commercial), National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSC) on May 27, 2013.
(We said this on Sept 12, 2013)

Deputation tenure of Dr Rao extended (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of Dr T R K Rao on the post of V C & Managing Director, Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh has been extended for a further period of one year upto March 2014. He is an officer of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS).

Prem Singh Mehra is also ACS, Transportation, Forest in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Prem Singh Mehra has been assigned an additional charge of ACS, Transportation, Environment and Forest departments. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sanyal to succeed Anil Kumar as Secretary Ayush (UPDATED)
Nilanjan Sanyal presently serving as Special Secretary Ministry of Women and Child Development will succeed Anil Kumar as new Secretary, Department of Ayush. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
( We said this on May 15, 2013 )

Mathur takes over as Secretary Defence (UPDATED)
R K Mathur has taken over as the new Defence Secretary on Monday. He belongs to the 1977 Batch of the Indian Administrative Service of Manipur-Tripura Cadre. He did his B.Tech from IIT Kanpur, M. Tech from IIT Delhi and MBA from International Centre for Public Enterprises, Ljubljana. Mathur has a rich and varied experience in the field of public administration and has held many important positions in the Government of Tripura. He has served as Principal Secretary in the Agriculture, Rural Development and Finance Departments of the Government of Tripura. He has also held the position of Chief Secretary of Tripura.During his different stints at the Centre Mathur has served as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) & Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textile and as Additional Secretary and Special Secretary in the Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence. He has held Secretary level postings in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.
(We said this on May 16 and on May 23, 2013)

Banthia gets six months extension (UPDATED)
Maharashtra Chief Secretary J K Banthia has been given six months extension in service by the Government of India, beginning June 1. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on May 20, 2013)

Justice Raveendran to head NBSA (UPDATED)
Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice R V Raneendran will be Chairman of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA).

Dr Amar Singh repatriated to his parent cadre (UPDATED)
Dr Amar Singh, who is due to retire this month, has been repatriated to his parent cadre Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer.

46 IAS officers of 1983 batch empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 46 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1983 batch and various cadres have been empanelled for the appointment to Additional Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. The officers include: Subhash Chandra Garg of Rajasthan cadre; Rajeev Kapoor of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Sudhi Kumar Rakesh and Chandra Kishore Mishra of Bihar cadre; Navneet Singh Kang of Punjab; Yudhir Singh Malik of Haryana; T M Vijy Bhaskar of Karnataka; Devendra Bhushn Gupta, Umesh Kumar of Rajasthan cadre; R Sridharan of Karnataka; S K Srivastava of Maharashtra; Bharti S Sihag of Himachal Pradesh; Anjali Prasad of Uttarakhand; Ashim Khurana of Gujarat; K P Krishna of Karnataka; Asha Ram Sihag; Thomas Mathew and V J Kurian of Kerala cadre; Aditya Prasad Padhi of Orissa; Dinesh Kumar Jain of Maharashtra; Preeti Sudan of Andhra Pradesh; Basudeb Banerje of West Bengal; Urvinder Pal Singh Madan of Maharashtra cadre; Suresh Kumar of Punjab; Seema Bahuguna of Rajasthan; Shatrughn Singh of Uttarakhand; Dinesh Sharma of Kerala cadre; Binoy Kumar of Andhra Pradesh; Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe of West Bengal; Paul Antony of Kerala cadre; Arun Kumar Sinha of Uttar Pradesh; Kamal Kant Mittal of Assam-Meghalaya; Bhagwati Prasad Pandey of Uttarakhand; Ram Tirath Jindal of Assam-Meghalaya; Injeti Srinivas of Orissa cadre; Jatinder Bir Singh of Assam-Meghalaya; Ambuja Sharma of Tamil Nadu; Upendra Nath Behera of Orissa cadre; Braj Kishore Prasad of Tamil Nadu; Raghvendra Singh and Gopal Krishna of West Bengal; Jagdish Prasad Meena of Assam-Meghalaya; Pramod Kumar Anand and Tapesh Pawar of Rajasthan; Archana Arora of AGMUT and Harbhajan Singh of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Rajiv Yadav empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)

Rajiv Yadav has been empanelled for the appointment to Additional Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

CORPORATE

Balsekar appointed Addl. Director, Tavernier Resources Ltd
Tavernier Resources Ltd has appointed Shashi Krishna Balsekar as an Additional Director of the company

Shankar promoted as Joint MD, Redington (India) Ltd
Redington (India) Ltd has promoted Raj Shankar who is Deputy Managing Director as the Joint Managing Director of the company

Singh appointed Chairman, Shervani Industrial Syndicate Ltd
Shervani Industrial Syndicate Ltd has appointed Dr Ashutosh Pratap Singh as a Chairman of the company w.e.f. May 20, 2013

Parakh re-appointed MD, Poona Dal & Oil Industries Ltd
Poona Dal & Oil Industries Ltd has re-appointed Pradip P. Parakh as Managing Director of the company

Agrawal appointed Addl. Director , Western India Shipyard Ltd
Western India Shipyard Ltd has appointed Ashok Kumar Agarwal as Additional Director of the company

Ayyappan given another extension as CMD, HLL Lifecare Ltd
M Ayyappan has been given extension for the third time as Chairman and Managing Director of HLL Lifecare Ltd

Rawal appointed Addl. Director, Uttam Galva Steels Ltd
Uttam Galva Steels Ltd has appointed D L Rawal as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f May 24, 2013

Raizada to assume charge as Company Secy. Britannia Industries Ltd from June 1
Vivek Raizada has been appointed as Company Secretary of Britannia Industries Ltd w.e.f. June 1, 2013

Talwar ceases to be Independent Director, Crompton Greaves Ltd
S P Talwar has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of Crompton Greaves Ltd w.e.f. May 24, 2013

Agnihotri appointed Addl. Director, LML Ltd
Dr. V K Agnihotri has been appointed as an Additional Director of LML Ltd w.e.f. May 24, 2013

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Plan to lower retirement age

Unemployment needs to be addressed with all possible options. While lowering of retirement age may be one of the options, all contractual appointments need to be done away with and minimum strength of staff for each establishment fixed keeping in view of efficiency that IT has brought in and regular appointments be made. The practice of giving re-employment also needs to be put on hold, with exceptions of scientific and technical requirements.

HG

Caste has spread feeling of hatred and inequality

Caste as an institution has spread feeling of hatred and inequality among all irrespective of lower of higher. The three higher Varnas or Castes hated each other and even today there are honour killings among so-called castes when their children indulge in inter-caste i.e. among three upper. Newspapers are full hatred among three castes. Caste-related hatred is not confined to lower or upper, it is more practiced among three upper castes. The so called lower castes were no exception. This is what Varna and Caste has taught us. We cannot defend either of the two. On paper casteism has been abolished. But who practices this law of abolition, you are still born in a particular caste and carry with age-old bad traditions attached to it. Please tell me why a Brahmin's children are not called Jatavs or vice-versa. Why a Gupta's kids are not called Brahmins, why a Rajput's children are called, Guptas. Have you ever seen such a change in our society? Why all the castes in Hindus stop using their caste and say with proud We are Hindus. Saying so and practicising so will bring equality and will remove the stigma the ugly institution of caste has inflicted on our Hindu religion. It is a matter of debate what makes people to not to ban using castes and what stops them just saying 'Hindu'? Or is that this would bring equality among all which might not be in the interest of the community which are reaping benefits of social discrimination for centuries. One cannot believe that they simply are unaware of the fact Hindu religion unites and Caste break unity and derogates Hinduism. Yet, they are continuing with this barbarian institution called Caste. We are born in it, practice it, die in it and then we argue, it is not we, it were our ancestors, why should we pay for their sins in terms of reservation. People should try to change society first rather than suggesting changes in reservation policy. From a broader perspective and in the overall interest of Hinduism as a religion of equality or to make it a religion of equality and for its revival, we need to crush caste system which has been hurdle in growth of Hinduism, (rather it has made leave from its fold), instead of debating pros and cons of reservation policy. If we can spread word around through this Forum to eradicate this system, it will be the best service to mankind or at least to Hinduism. Let us share our views on how to eradicate the root cause of social evils i.e. Caste.

R K Singh