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SP will not get more than 20 Lok Sabha seats ?
A couple of Samajwadi Party leaders were heard saying that Akhilesh Yadav led Government has failed to deliver and the result will be seen in the Lok Sabha polls. They felt that SP will not get even 20 seats.

Chhattisgarh Naxal attack has rung alarm bell. Is political class hearing it?
Chhattisgarh Naxal attack, seemingly first of its kind has exhibited an example of 'mass-killing of a class'. It has posed a tough task before the political class to rise above their petty politics. The recent elimination of a row of Congress leaders has brought forth a 9/11 like situation which can prove to be a turning-point; if taken rightly. The shrewd silent hunt of 'Operation Green Hunt' is haunting the power corridors the most these days.

BUREAUCRACY

Official list of 1983 batch IAS empanelment in GoI
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.

Sanyal to succeed Anil Kumar as Secretary, Ayush
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 a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on May 15, 2013)

Mathur takes over as Secretary, Defence
R K Mathur has taken over as the new Defence Secretary on Monday. He is a 1977 batch of Indian Administrative Service officer 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 )

Sankaranarayanan selected as CMD, TCIL
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.

Yadav empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
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.

13 IPS officers retiring in May
As many as 13 officers of Indian Police Service (IAS) are retiring in May, 2013. They are N Dilip Kumar of AGMUT cadre; Shafi Alam and Gandhedhwar Prasad Sinha of Bihar cadre; U R Netam of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Sunil Mathur and D S Chudawat of Rajasthan cadre; T Dorjee Rinzing of Sikkim cadre; A M S Gunaseelan, R Arumugam and P Balasubramaniam of Tamil Nadu cadre; Goutam Mohan Chakraborty and Biswarup Ghosh of West Bengal cadre.

Banthia gets six months extension
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)

Mishra is new MD of NCDC
Ms Vasudha Mishra has been appointed new MD of the NCDC in the Government of India. She is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on May 6, 2013 )

36027 posts of Group B vacant in GoI
A total of 36027 posts of Group B have been lying vacant in various departments of the Government of India.

292 posts of Judges vacant in 24 HCs
As many as 292 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in all 24 High Courts of the country against 906 approved strength including 104 posts of Permanent Judges against 584 approved strength and 188 of Additional Judges against 322 approved strength.

Nimze likely to be appointed as MD, SECI
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rajendra Nimze is all set to be appointed as the Managing Director of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). SECI, a newly constituted central PSU, is mandated to cater to India's futuristic demands for green-energy and aims at achieving the target to the tune of 22,000 MW per year by the year 2022.

Bharadwaz poised for Director, HR, SECI
As the grapevine has it, Rajiv Bharadwaz may soon be appointed as Director (HR), Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). Presently, Bharadwaz is ED & CGM of Container Corporation of India. SECI, a recently constituted central PSU, aims to attain the power generation capacity of 22,000 MW per year by the Yr 2022.

Krishnan to succeed Bhutani as BHEL Director (E R&D)
A V Krishnan, ED, BHEL, Trichy, will succeed O P Bhutani as the Director (Engineering, Research and Development - E R&D) . Bhutani is retiring on May 31, 2013.

Post of MS in socially sensitive NCW lies vacant for last 10 months
The Additional Secretary level post of Member Secretary in National Commission for Woman, socially sensitive & crucial department, has been lying vacant since October 2012. Currently K Ratnaprabha, Additional Secretary, is in the additional charge of MS, NCW. The post lies vacant ever since Anita Agnihotri, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, got appointed as AS & FA in Department of Commerce in September 2012.

Malhotra to be Govt Nominee Director on Board of Patiala Bank
Vijay Malhotra, Under Secretary, Department of Financial Services, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director on the Board of State Bank of Patiala.

Expert in Kashmir Affairs is A S Dulat
Former R&AW Chief A S Dulat is considered to be the only expert of Kashmir Affairs in the country. The 1965 batch retired IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre Dulat has spent most of his career in dealing the Kashmir.

28 posts of CCIT/DGIT designated at Secretary level
As many as 28 posts of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax and Director Generals of Income Tax have been designated as Principal Chief Commissioners with drawing salary at Secretary's scale of pay.

Parida to go as Chairman of Port Trust
Deputy Chairman of the Chennai Port Trust P C Parida will either be appointed Chairman of the Tuticorin Port Trust or new Mangalore Port Trust when Tamilvannan retires.

Sharma empanelled in GoI
Jitendra Sharma has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Rao likely to join central deputation
A P Venkateshwara Rao is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post in SVP or NPA. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Premanand posted as Under Secretary in CBDT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Premanand J has been appointed as Under Secretary (FIFB) in FT & TR Division in the Central Board of Direct Taxes under the Department of Revenue, New Delhi.

Shyam to join MEA
Counsellor in Dhaka B Shyam has been transferred to Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

Who would be the new Commissioner of Police, Jaipur?
The time heading hastily towards the Assembly elections scheduled supposedly by November the prospective successor of B L Soni is being keenly speculated outside the Jaipur and even outside Rajasthan. Biju George Joseph K, Additional Commissioner of Police, is holding the additional charge of Commissioner of Police, Jaipur. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Prabhat likely to move on foreign posting
As the grapevine has it, Manish Prabhat is all set to move on foreign posting. Manish, currently serving at MEA HQ as Director, Finance, is a 1996 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Who would succeed Dhawan on May 31 as new ADG (Medical), MHA?
The guessing game goes as who would take charge from A K Dhawan on May 31 as the next ADG (Medical) MHA. Due to retire on May 31 Dhawan had taken the baton from B S Pandey as ADG on February 28, 2013

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

CVC Pradeep Kumar bereaved
Udit, son of CVC Pradeep Kumar has passed away in Delhi after a brief illness.

Manju Seth appointed Ambassador to Union of Comoros (UPDATED)
Ms. Manju Seth (YOA: 1996), presently Ambassador of India to Madagascar has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Union of Comoros, with residence in Antananarivo

NALCO's sales turnover at Rs.6809 crore (UPDATED)
The National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Navratna PSU under Ministry of Mines, has declared its financial results for 2012-13 fiscal. According to the audited financial results for the year, taken on record by the Board of Directors in a meeting chaired by CMD, Ansuman Das, the NALCO has posted a net sales turnover of Rs.6809 crore, up 4.75%, over Rs.6500 crore achieved in the previous fiscal. The rise in sales turnover is mostly attributed to higher production and sale of alumina. However, the net profit of the company was Rs.593 crore during the year as compared to Rs.850 crore in last fiscal, due to reduced Aluminium prices in London Metal Exchange and high input costs. The company has improved performance in production and sales for the year 2012-13. During the year, the company has achieved highest-ever bauxite production of 54.19 lakh tonnes, against the previous best of 50.03 lakh tonnes achieved in 2011-12. Similarly, NALCO's Alumina Refinery has produced 18.02 lakh tonnes of alumina hydrate, which is an all-time high, against the previous best of 16.87 lakh tonnes achieved in 2011-12. However, during the year, the metal production of the company was reduced marginally from 4.13 lakh tonnes to 4.03 lakh tonnes, due to planned shutdown of pot shells of the smelter. The net power generation by company's Captive Power Plant was 6,076 million units. In terms of sales, during the year, the company sold 9.85 lakh tonnes of alumina hydrate, against 8.43 lakh tonnes in 2011-12. Aluminium export by the company also increased to 1.44 lakh tonnes this year from 0.98 lakh tonnes achieved in the last financial year.

Nikunj Srivastava relieved to join GoI (UPDATED)
Nikunj Shrivastava has been relieved to join the Government of India as Director, Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


Mrs Kushal Sigh appointed as Chairperson, NCPCR (UPDATED)
Mrs Kushal Singh has been appointed as Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). She has been Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan. She is a retired IAS officer of 1974 belonging to Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE

Gurucharan Das to be Director on Air India Board
Gurucharan Das has been appointed as non-official part-time Director on the Board of Air India.

HAL leadership development program inaugurated at IIM
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-Ahmedabadinterspersed with individual and group project work of topics relevant to HAL.

Sanjay Khatal assumes charge as Director (Comm), NSC
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)

Khandor resigns as Company Secy., Balaji Telefilms Ltd
Ms Alpa Khandor has resigned as Company Secretary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

Bisht appointed Company Secy., Balaji Telefilms Ltd
Ms Simmi Singh Bisht has been appointed as Company Secretary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd.

Goenka appointed Addl. Director, Saregama India Ltd
Saregama India Ltd has appointed Ms Preeti Goenka as an Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.

Gupta appointed Addl. Director, Raj Rayon Industries Ltd
Raj Rayon Industries Limited has appointed Suresh B Gupta, as Additional Director of the company.

Ghostine appointed Nominee Director, United Spirits Ltd
Gilbert Ghostine, a Nominee of Relay BV has been appointed as an Additional Director of United Spirits Limited.

Dani appointed Addl. Director, Gujarat Organics Ltd
Gujarat Organics Ltd has appointed Hasit A. Dani as Additional Director of the company.

Thakur appointed Addl. Director, DPSC Ltd
Tantra Narayan Thakur has been appointed as an Additional Director of DPSC Ltd.

Narain appointed Addl. Director, Flexituff International Ltd
Flexituff International Limited has appointed Vishwarupe Narain as Additional Director of the company.

Gupta appointed Addl. Director, DCM Ltd
Ravi Vira Gupta has been appointed as Additional Director of DCM Ltd.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of ICRA Ltd
Ms Jennifer Ann Elliott and Frederic Walter Jacques Drevon has resigned as Non-Executive Director of ICRA Ltd.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of ICRA Ltd
Dr Min Ye and Simon Richard Hastilow have been appointed as additional directors of ICRA Ltd .

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Defective recruitment policy

Such large vacancies in Group 'A' services not only in Government of India but also in all the states all over the country is primarily due to the defective recruitment policy of 1:1 by direct recruitment and by way of promotion. This policy is one of the negative legacies of the British Raj when Indians were initially banned from I.C.S. - the steel frame of the British Empire with a view to maintain its total hold at the apex level. After Independence and also the Partition of the country, the ratio should have been changed to 100% by way of promotion. However in the name of fresh young talents and also to maintain hold of the Elite Class, 1:1 ratio has continued so far to the detriment of the Direct Recruits, Promotees and also the Governments themselves at the Centre as well as States. The occasion demands a fresh look at the existing policies and develop new norms of Recruitment as well as promotion at least for sake of the Country and the respective Departments.

Ashwani Kumar

Caste menace growing worse

There was a time when we got our independence, people started removing caste indicators from their names. After 60 years of independence things have changed for the worse, upper castes especially in the professional field are becoming more and more proud of their caste names since they feel public will accept them better since their professional qualifications and jobs are not obtained through an unjustified reservation. I for one will prefer to go to a doctor with an upper caste tag in his name since I know he got his admission to the Medical College through sheer merit. Give every incentive to a student from the so called deprived castes; give them free School and College education at the best schools, give them free hostel stay and other incentives; but base admissions to professional colleges and giving jobs purely on merit. That will remove the inferiority complex among them, especially among the elite who now managed to raise the creamy layer limits to Rs.6 Lakhs per annum.

N K Nair

Covering their inefficiency in administration

To cover their own inefficiency in administration, the convenient excuse is reserved category people are unfit not apt etc. like we blame the politicians for all the ills in the country but run to them for transfers, postings, everything. Let good sense prevail and people should learn to recognize that reserved is not synonymous with inefficiency. My superior officers have always appreciated my work openly and I am a Dalit, would they have done if I was inefficient and unfit.

S Rao

Why not we think of human being as one ?

Does any religion have anything other than humans, thus why not be a good human being.

Shaminder Singh

Reply to Judgement

This is in reply to the judgement awarded by D Raju for best job in Government Service i.e. PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO etc. on this forum on 24th instant. In this context, I have a few submission to make (please do not take it as my judgement so as to choose this as career). To some extent he may be right as these senior officers only know to use their rights but when comes to attending duties, they show reluctance and like to part the work with their juniors and for administrative matters to other divisions. However, this theory does not apply for all and only for this line of officials. One can find redundant officials/officers in any service but that is why Government Service is best chosen for where 'all is well'. The hard working officials are always been posted on heavy seats (an earlier quote "sincerity pays" should therefore be replaced as "sincere pays" for these type of people because the person works hard tend to commit mistake and their absence is noticeable). The only disheartening factor in Government of India offices is the factor that there is no reward/appreciation for these lime-lighted officers apart from being recognized and there is no penalty for the people who never come to light. There are two Hindi quotations best suited for this situation is "jo karta hai wohi marta hai" and "Shakkar Khore Shakkar Doondh hi lete hain". But over the years I have also seen that even officers are lacking the ability to dictate (please do not take for all) and for that matter they wish to get the works done by juniors (PAs/PSs) directly on computer so that their weakness in respect of this angle is not Highlighted (cut and paste ka jamana hai). Further, with the lesser promotional avenues in the line of PAs/PSs, they get promotion as PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO at the age of above (average) 50 + years and when their attachment comes with senior officers(younger in age) who use to belong some All India Services, where promotional avenues are better, comfort ability factor may be the driving force to load work to juniors with whom they find better comfort zone. The only solution in my mind comes to the optimum utilization of these people is to post them after the level of PS as Under Secretaries/DS or Director with due training from ISTM but I suppose to which CSS cadre has some reservation. I think the concept of introduction of Executive Assistant by 6th Pay Commission was also the outcome of these problems, seeds of which are yet to be sown in Government of India offices. So let the fraternity of PPS/Sr.PPS/PSO enjoy the time for the hard work they may have done when they were PAs or PSs and for others who avoid work, let their karma decide their destiny and do not be jealous of seeing other happy!

Ashok K Bhimani

Maoism , Naxalism or Public Reaction

The attack on the Parivartan Yatra of Congress in the area of Bastar (Jagdalpur) of Chattisgarh and death of leading Congress leaders has sent shock waves among all sections of political society, as it may be one of the worst incident ,which has caused death of top political leaders of a leading political party of the country and being condemned by all irrespective of political affiliations. And it has sent a warning bell to all other political parties to resist from entering into those areas which are full of naxalites, as claimed by the government. The so called Naxalism or Maoism needs deep social study, as to what are the cause of so serious public reaction ,who are compelled to take to arms and attack on not only people in uniform or civil service officers but now also political leaders, who tries to enter into strong bastions of so called naxalites. Who are naxalites ? Are they aliens on Indian land or the public in general, who have been deprived of their due share in development, jobs, right to live with dignity and have normal two times meals for themselves and their wards. Are these people victim of political terrorism or feudal forces of the society and now resorted to counter terrorism, needs to be understood by the government. As history is evidence that suppressive society, which is the victim of authoritarian groups of the society, whether political bosses, rich people or ruthless civil services groups, tend to react one day, though in the form of peaceful processions, may be then aggressive processions, by way of democratic process by changing the political parties. And when they feel no substitute available in the form of good governance, they ultimately resorts to aggressive methods of arms attacks or killings, that way they express their anguish, which is finally recognised by the all sections of the society including political bosses, who feels they are above all laws and laws of democratic set up. The government at the state level and National levels, managed and controlled by the public representatives needs to give a serious thought on the issues and problems of reactionaries segment of society, understand their genuine aspirations and needs, excepting, where foreign forces are involved and take good social steps, understanding the root cause of the problems, if they are seriously concerned about bringing social stability in the democratic system instead of exploiting the poor for their political gains, only then such undesired actions and reactions of the oppressed and deprived can be avoided and bring social and political stability in the country like India. I am sure, good sense will prevail over all at last

Ravinder Gupta (Social Activist) J&K

Dole out from the public funds

The spate of front page 'Bharath Nirman' advertisements in the news media appears to be a dole out from the public funds by the UPA for distracting public attention from its non-performance by giving 24x7 coverage on issue like IPL spot fixing. Was there any orders from upstairs that the GoI didn't want adverse coverage of its non performance on Rajiv Gandhi's death anniversary and particularly so on the 4th anniversary of UPA2 ? Some how it looks likefooling the nation.

N K Gupta

Reservation for everything ?

It's ironical that after a person gets reservation despite performing so bad in the competition, he starts demanding further concessions. He wants promotions without being eligible. He doesn't want to perform and if anyone scolds him, he starts the cry "oh I am a Dalit". That's why being Dalit is only a political classification. It's not a license to remain permanently noncompetitive and still get everything on a platter. Politics in India doesn't allow even the most basic realities come to fore otherwise everyone knows inside his heart that reservations are the most brutal, most inhuman and the most ill planned tool in any system. Only a country which intends to commit slow suicide can adopt this policy based on hatred of 5000 year back.

Shailendra