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Anita Kothari

POLITICS

Is Prime Minister ruthless ?
Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ruthless or emotional ? People say it will be proved in the months to come.

BUREAUCRACY

Over 60 IAS officers of 1994 batch in consideration zone ?
Empanelment of 1994 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is on the cards. Over 60 officers of this batch are reportedly in the consideration zone. They are Dr Sharat Chauhan, Dr A C Verma and Sanjeev Khirwar (UT), Sri Vatsa Krishna , Praveen Prakash and Sabyasachi Ghosh (AP), Samir Kumar Sinha, A P Das Joshi, R C Joshi and Sanjay Lohiya (AM), A Chandra (Bihar), Richa Sharma, Nidhi Chibbar and Vikas Sheel (Chhattisgarh ), K N Bhatt, (Gujarat ), Anurag Agrawal (Haryana), Arvind Shrivastava, Anjum Pervez, (Karnataka ), A Ajith Kumar and Sanjay Garg (Kerala), Anuradha Thakur and Ms Priya Ajit Singh (HP), N K Choudhary (J&K ), R K Sinha (Kerala), Piyush Goyal (Nagaland), Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Rashmi Arun Shami, Hari Ranjan Rao, Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Dipali Rastogi, Manish Rastoki, Arun Kochar, Pallavi Jain Govil, Vivek Agrawal and Chandrahas Dube (MP), B V Reddy ,S K Gupta and Santosh Kumar (Maharashtra), Rajesh Agrawal (MT), S K Sarangi, Aparajita Sarangi and G Mathi Vathanan (Orissa), D K Tiwari, Alok Shekhar , J M Balamuruganand Tejveer Singh (Punjab), Ms Roli Singh, Kuldeep Ranka Sreya Guha , Anand Kumar and (Rajasthan ), Ms Karkarla Usha , Sand K A Balachandran, Atul Anand, Sudeep Jain, Dr Apoorva ((Tamil Nadu), Partha Sarthi Sensharma Amit Kumar Ghosh, K R M Rao (UP), K Srinivasulu (Sikkim), Manish Jain, Ravi Inder Singh, Nandini Chakravorty (West Bengal ).

Will Justice Ahmed be CJ of Madhya Pradesh High Court ?
Judge of the Delhi High Court Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed is likely to be appointed Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Other source said that he may go as Chief Justice of either J&K or Patna High court. He is the son of former President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.

Sudha Sharma to be new Chairperson of CBDT ?
If all goes well Ms Sudha Sharma will be new Chairperson of the CBDT on June 1. She is 1976 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Cadre re-structuring of CBDT takes place
Cadre re-structuring of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has taken place. Details are being worked out.

Seven 1979 batch IAS officers get posting in GoI
Till date 7 postings of 1979 batch IAS officers as Secretary in the Government of India has taken place.

R K Singh to succeed L N Gupta
R K Singh is reportedly going to succeed L N Gupta as Joint Secretar, Petroleum in May. Gupta is likely to move as Secretary, Oil Industries Development Board (OIDB). The I & B Ministry has given NOC to Singh.

Selvam to be Joint DGFT
R Selvam will be new Joint DG Foreign Trade in the Ministry of Commerce. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

B P Sharma heads Cadre Restructuring Committee for CSS
Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been mandated to head the Cadre Restructuring Committee for CSS as Chairman. Sharma, Establishment Officer (EO) Department of Personnel & Training, is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. In his previous stint he served the Ministry of Minority Affairs as JS.

Mystery shrouds Puneet Kumar's prospects for JS, UIDAI ?
If the latest buzz is to be believed mystery shrouds over Puneet Kumar's posting as Joint Secretary, UIDAI. If a well placed source is to be believed Puneet, all set to move to UIDAI, may abstain or may be abstained from the said slot. Puneet, a 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, is serving as Director in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

A K Singh posted as Dy CAG, NE region
Arun Kumar Singh, Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (North Eastern Region), has been appointed as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in this office. He is an IA&AS officer of 1979 batch.

Nikunj Srivastava creates history as Bhopal Collector
Nikunj Srivastava who is joining the Government of India as Director, Petroleum has created a history by remaining Collector of Bhopal for over three years. He is 1998 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to start functioning by this year end
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is expected to start functioning by this year end. The CAA will have a Chairman and over half a dozen members.

Administrative reshuffle on the anvil in BSF
As the grapevine it, a routine reshuffle of officers is on the anvil. The transfers & postings, reportedly, may take place anytime in the 1st or 2nd week of May.

Office of Custodian crosses the mark of 6000 crores
The statutory Office of Custodian, established by Government of India in June1992 under the Special Court (TORTS) Act, 1992 has reportedly recovered more than Rs.6000 crores against the money lost by banks and Financial institutions in the scam to the tune of Rs.4000 crores. The office can be wound up if pending court cases are disposed of by Special Court and Supreme Court expeditiously.

M Moni takes over as DG, NIC
M Moni is reported to have taken over as Director General ( DG ) of the NIC.

MECON CMD, Mehrotra to retire in July
K K Mehrotra, CMD, MECON Limited, is due to retire in July, 2013. A K Tyagi, Director, Commercial, MECON Limited is expected to succeed him.

Air Commodore takes over in Chandigarh
Air Commodore S K Indoria has taken over as 28th Air Officer Commanding (AOC), 12 Wing in Chandigarh. Prior to this he was serving in Air Headquarters.

Air Commodore SC Chafekar moves to Air Headquarters
Air Commodore S C Chafekar has been moved to Air Headquarters as Principal Director Operations (Space).

Haider moves from Athens
First Secretary in Athens Somnath Haider has been transferred to Maputo.

Sanjeeb Kumar is back to Orissa
Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra is back to Orissa from central deputation. On return, 1997 batch IAS officer Mishra has been posted as MD, OMFED.

DoPT invites applications for Internal Financial Adviser, DAE
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Internal Financial Adviser, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Kalpakkam, near Chennai. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

DoPT re-advertises JS post in Independent Evolution office
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Joint Secretary (Admin/Finance) in the Independent Evaluation office, an attached office of Planning Commission, on deputation basis for a period of five years. The Department has re-advertised the post after it did not receive sufficient nominations for the same. The applications of willing officers should reach this Department at the earliest.

D S Poonia gets extension
D S Poonia, Chief Secretary, Manipur, who was to retire on April 30, 2013, has been given an extension of three months in the office. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Mahesh Kumar takes over as Member (Staff), Railway Board
Mahesh Kumar, General Manager, Western Railway, has taken over as Member (Staff) Railway Board and ex officio Secretary to the Government of India.
(We said this on April 29, 2013)

Orders of CCIT either today or tomorrow ? (UPDATED)
Transfer and promotion orders of the Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are likely to be issued either today or tomorrow.

Orders of CIT on Monday ? (UPDATED)
Transfer and promotion orders of the Commissioners of Income Tax are likely to be issued on Monday.CORPORATE

Dhillon is Additional PS to Haryana CM (UPDATED)
S S Dhillon has moved as Additional Principal Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister.He is 1984 batch IAS officer. 1987 batch IAS officer T C Gupta will now be Principal Secretary Town and Country Planning.Dhanpat Singh will be Principal Secretary Food.

51 IRS-Custom officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 51 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Customs working at Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise level have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Abhinav Gupta has been posted to Delhi Custom while Ajay Kumar Bhatnagar was shifted to NACEN, Faridabad and Amresh Kumar is appointed to DGCEI, Hyderabad. Besides, Anand Kumar has been shifted to DGCEI, Nashik; Anirudha Suresh Kulkarni to DGCEI, Belgaum; Arjun Lal Jat to Delhi CX; Ashwini Kumar to Nagpur CX; B Shyamsunder Rao to Vizag CX; Braj Lal Meena to Ahmedabad CX; Chetana M to Shillong CX; Dasarath to Kolkata CX; Dinesh Bhoyar to Mumbai Custom-I; Dinesh Boudh to Goaf Neemuch; Dinesh Kumar Bisen to Bhopal CX; G K Pati to Kolkata CX; Jag Ram Meena to DGCEI, Jaipur; Karamveer Singh to Delhi Custom; Lalaih Dhandem to Mysore CX; Mahafoozur Rehman to Meerut CX; Mahboob Ahmed Ansar to Nagpur CX; Mahesh Kumar Yadav to Bhopal CX; Mahipal Singh to Mumbai Custom I; Manish Kulhare to DGRI Lucknow; Mohanlal Sukhapal to Ahmedabad CX; Nalinjan Pan to Kolkata CX; Nisha Gupta to Shillong CX; Om Prakash to DG Audit Delhi; P K Rameswaram to Vadodara CX; P K Sinha to Patna Custom (P); Prakash Chandra Nayak to Hyderabad CX; R Gopalsamy to DGCEI Madurai; Ramand Tyagi to Delhi CX; Ranjita to Ranchi CX; Reena Shetty to Bangalore CX; S Jeyraj to Vadodra CX; S K Srivastava to Ranchi CX; S R Meena to Lucknow CX; Sandeep Jot Singh to DGRI, Gandhidham; Sanjay Lawania to Lucknow CX; Sankhesh Mehta to DGRI Surat; Sitansu Karmakar to Kolkata CX; Sunil Bhimrao Deshmukh to Vadodra CX; Surendra Paul Singh to GOAF Gazipur; Tapan Kumar Sinha to Mysore CX; V K Vamasdhara to Mumbai Custom I; Vijay Manvatkar to DGRI Siliguri; Vikas Jeph to Jaipur CX; Vishal Pal Singh to Ahmedabad CX; Vishwanath to CBN Gwalior and Y S Reddy has been appointed to Hyderabad CX.

44 IRS-Custom officers locally shifted (UPDATED)
As many as 44 officers of Indian Revenue Service-Customs working at Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise level have locally been shifted. Accordingly, Anoop Kumar Sharma has been shifted to Mumbai Custom I; Arjun Raghvendra M to DGRI, Mumbai; Aseem Nanda to DGICCE Delhi; Bhaskar Dabral to DGICCE to Mumbai; Bhim Singh to Delhi Custom; Binay Pratap Singh to Mumbai CX I;Birendra Singh to DGHRD Delhi; Datta Kumar to Bangalore CX; Deepshika Arora to DGICCE Delhi; Harish Dharania to Mumbai CX I; Indrajit Guha to Kolkata CX; K Bala Krishna Raju to Chennai CX; K V Ganesh Prasad to Bangalore CX; Mandeep Sangha to DGRI Delhi; Manisha S Kulkarni to Mumbai Custom I; Mansa Kata to DGRI Bangalore; Mathias Dung Dung to Chennai CX; Pradeep K Bohra to CBN, Mumbai; Pran Gopal Pal to CBN, Kolkata; R Kumar to Chennai CX; R Ravikumar to CBN Chennai; Rajeev Ranjan to Delhi CX; Rajesh Kumar to Delhi CX; Rajiv Garg to Mumbai CX I; Rakesh Kumar Sehgal to NACEN Mumbai; Raman Kumar Mehta Delhi CX; Remysette V Balram to Hyderabad CX; Rohit Singhal to DGHRD Delhi; Saroj Kumar Behera to Delhi CX;Shekhar Kumar Bose to DG Audit, Kolkata; Dr Subhash Yadav to Mumbai Custom-I; Dr Sudesh Kumar Sheoran to DGCEI Delhi; Sudhakar Mishra to DG, Valuation, Mumbai; Sukhjit Kumar to Mumbai CX I; Sumit Kumar to DG, Safeguard Delhi; Sunita Mayur Pandey to Mumbai CX I; Sushant Kumar to Mumbai CX I; V Pandiraja to DGCEI Kolkata; S Sreenivasan to DG, Valuation, Chennai; V V Pandit to Mumbai CX II; V R Eliza to DG, NACEN, Hyderabad; Vikram Chand Meka to DGRI Kolkata and Vinod Kumar Agrawal has been posted to DG Vigilance Delhi ZU.

Dhillon is Dy Secretary DEA (UPDATED)
Petal Dhillon has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs Dhillon is 2002 batch IRTS officer.

Ashok Pai posted as Joint Secretary, Tribal in GoI (UPDATED)
Ashok Pai, Secretary to Governor, Uttarakhand, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Tribal Department in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Arun Kumar Dhaundiyal is Secretary to Governor in Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Dhaundiyal has been appointed as Secretary to Governor in Uttarakhand. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of this cadre.

Jai Deo Sharma is OED on Board of IOB (UPDATED)

Jai Deo Sharma, Senior Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, has been appointed as Officer Employee Director (OED) on the Board of Directors of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) for a period of three years.

Ms Stuti Narain Kackar is also Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment (UPDATED)
Ms Stuti Narain Kackar, Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for a period of three months. She is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

A K Angurana is MD, TRIFED (UPDATED)
A K Angurana, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj as Managing Director, TRIFED, under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on May 1, 2013)

CORPORATE

Bhushan resigns as Govt Nominee Director, SAIL
Following appointment as Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala, E K Bharat Bhushan who is currently Special Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel, Government of India has resigned as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).

Mukherjee ceases to be Director (Commercial), SAIL
S Mukherjee, Director (Commercial) of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has ceased to be Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Amin appointed President , Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited has appointed Shaunak Amin as President (Branded Formulations Business) of the company.

Chakravarti resigns as Exec. Non Independent Director, DQ Entertainment Ltd
Ms Rashmi Chakravarti has resigned as Executive Non-Independent Director of DQ Entertainment (International) Ltd

Mathur resigns as Nominee Director, Lexington Equity Holdings Ltd
Gaurav Mathur has resigned as Nominee Director of Lexington Equity Holdings Limited.

Datta resigns as Director, Vesuvius India Ltd
Shekhar Datta has resigned as Director of Vesuvius India Ltd.

Prasad appointed Part-time Official Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd
Union Ministry of Mines has appointed Ms Sujata Prasad, Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Mines as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Copper Limited with immediate effect

Bhartia resigns as Director, Zuari Global Ltd
Shyam Bhartia has resigned as Director on the Board of Directors of Zuari Global Ltd

Moorthy resigns as Director, UltraTech Cement Ltd
V T Moorthy has resigned as Director of UltraTech Cement Ltd.

Jain resigns as Company Secy., GEI Industrial System Ltd
Sudeep Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of GEI Industrial System Ltd

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Can CBI be independent body?

It is big surprise that everyone wants CBI should be independent and free from Govt. How it is possible logically, when it is a part of Government. It is beyond any understanding when CBI Director reports to Government bosses how one can expect it is to be free from Government pressure. It is neither possible nor feasible. We should stop saying it should be free from Government unless it is made like CAG or Election Commission body.

A Kumar

Need for positive approach in DoPT

The DoPT frames norms, rules, guidelines etc. for the welfare of the government officials, so the interpretation thereof must be done in the interest of the officials. But in practical, the philosophy-" Show me the face, I will show you the Rule" is prevalent. The rule must be interpreted always in the interest of the officials for whom the rules are enacted. If an officer appointed on central deputation under non-Central staffing Scheme gets pay protection due to Proforma promotion in his/her parent department, then why this benefit is not extended or available to the officers appointed on central deputation under Central Staffing Scheme? Is it not the violation of Article 14 of our Constitution? Why we act as "Lakeer ke Fakeer"? Hope somebody from DoPT would justify this discrimination?

M Roy

Indian P&T AFS needs Cadre Review

The Indian P&T, Accounts and Finance Service, created by the Government of India in 1972 after recommendations of the World Bank, is badly needed for cadre review. In many services, even the 1996 batch officers have become SAG, but in Indian P&T AFS, there is no SAG promotion after 1993 batch.

H Chaudhary

CSSS restructuring

The CSSS restructuring was done in 2003 & 2008. Naturally it should have been set up in 2013 as has been done in the case of CSS but DoPT does on its whims & fancies. Presently around 150 posts of PSO and more than 200 posts of Sr. PPS are lying vacant due to non completion of residency period by the cadre officers and it will not be out of place to mention that other services are being given relaxation in residency period by Estt. Division up to 2 years whereas this dispensation is being denied to CSS & CSSS. Moreover whenever cadre restructuring takes place its main motive is to remove the stagnation but it is always seen after cadre restructuring residency period is always required to be relaxed upto 50% so that posts created after restructuring actually materialises in removal of stagnation. CSS/CSSS are the two services which are the mainstay of Central Secretariat and by denying them these promotional avenues we are demotivating the officers by applying nonexistent rules to derive sadastic pleasure. DOPT should work in cohesion and when Estt Division of DoPT is granting similar dispensation to other services why it should not be applicable to these cadres. MOS(PP) needs to ask its officers and stop this discrimination immediately. Does civil services day meant for a select few services only and as a model employer Government needs to look into this bias.

Ravi

Other upper castes should also help poor brethren

It is always argued that the elites among the SC/STs should not be allowed the benefit of reservation in the interest of poor dalits. To extend such an argument a little further, the rich and elitist Brahmins should leave some posts in the general category for the poor Brahmins. Similarly, other upper castes should also help their poor brethren. In this manner, no lawyer should be from the 'family of lawyers' or no judge from the 'family of judges' and doctor from the 'family of rich doctors'. Are the rich and elite among the upper caste not appropriating to themselves all the opportunities available? Poor among them are suffering due to the rich and elites among the upper castes. There are many against the reservation system. But nobody talks of abolition of caste system. Even Gandhi did not promote abolition of caste system.

Partap Singh

On reservation only two opinions come up

Whenever an issue of abolition of caste is raised on any forum such as Whispers or elsewhere, rather than supporting the cause of annihilation of caste from Hinduism, dominantly two opinions come up

(i) elite among SC/ST should be stopped from reservations and
(ii) poorer among SCs/STs are not getting benefits.

It is rarely seen in pre-independent or post independent India that when a SC has become Minister or Secretary, there were million congratulatory messages higher caste Hindu brothers feeling proud of achievement of their own? Maybe, one might quote one or two spiritual leaders at the most. Such opinion makers should realize that it only reflects their age-old hatred towards well to do among SCs/STs and their tendencies to air views against rise of SC/STs which SC/STs view as natural expression given the role played by institution of caste taught by our forefathers and practiced by us in upbringing. Abolition of caste has priority over loopholes, if any, in reservation policy for Dalits and so it should be for all Hindus. Unlike Others, the larger goal of Dalits is not securing govt. job, but it is annihilation of institution of caste. Reservation in jobs is a petty matter to discuss before the monster 'Caste'. Caste existed before implementation of reservation policy, so does it now. Still caste is decided by birth as centuries ago. Thus Caste automatically leads to divisions by birth. The word 'Caste' needs to be replaced with 'Hindu'. Others are not able to visualize that there is life after government job too. What a job gives you bread and butter. But respect, dignity, and social equality is much more important which is connected with the Caste you are born in. Those who enjoy higher castes status by birth argue it is not their fault God has placed us in that caste. It is not their fault but it is their fault to carry on with this system and to support it and not raise voice to abolish caste along with Dalits. After all, social reforms in Hinduism is not the sole responsibility of Dalits alone others should also share the movement and support abolition of caste. All Hindus should unite and rise above petty matters when it comes to social reforms in it. Jai Hind

Singh R K

Mamata not corrupt?

Forget that a politician is not corrupt. People at large now know the source of funding to her party was ponzi scheming companies, a fact only few people knew in WB.

Rajesh Tiwari

Govt hyper active

After deep slumber, the Government seems to be in hyper active after the death of Sarabjit Singh.

Sanjay Mukherjee

Committed SAIL executive

Jain is highly productive, honest and committed executive of SAIL. He has contributed to SAIL worth thousand crores to SAIL.

Mukesh Sharma