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POLITICS

BJP to gain, BSP to be static in Uttar Pradesh
It is widely believed that BJP will be gainer in the Lok Sabha polls.BSP to continue with the present day figure because of committed cadre.

Who after Mayawati?
Some politicians were discussing the fate of BSP. Someone asked "Who after Mayawati ? And there was no answer with anyone.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Secretary, Defence Production?
Who will be new Secretary, Defence Production? It seems consensus has not been arrived at S Machendranathan for the post with a logic that 1979 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre will not have even one year left in service. Now the name of Secretary, Agriculture, Ashish Bahuguna has started doing the round for the post. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Road to CAG goes via DFS !
Shashi Kant Sharma (IAS 1976 batch) has taken over charge as CAG. Like outgoing CAG Vinod Rai, Sharma had also been Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS). Will present Secretary, DFS Rajiv Takru go there after his superannuation? Does the way to CAG go via DFS?

1984 batch IAS frozen
1984 batch IAS has now been frozen for the central deputation.

Chauhan on inter-cadre deputation to Rajasthan
Maneesh Chauhan has been transferred on inter-cadre deputation from Uttar Pradesh to Rajasthan for a period of three years. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

24 posts of Judges vacant in AP HC
As many as 24 posts of judges have been lying vacant in Andhra Pradesh High Court against 49 approved strength including nine posts of Permanent Judges against 32 approved strength and 15 of Additional Judges against 17approved strength.

Singh likely to join central deputation
Prit Pal Singh is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level post. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Will Paliwal be new Police Commissioner of Jaipur?
Whispers in the corridors of power make it a buzz that Anil Paliwal, may be given as the new Police Commissioner of Jaipur. Paliwal, a 1994 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is currently serving as Additional Commissioner of Police, Jaipur.

Orders of Ravi Kant issued
Official orders of the reappointment of Ravi Kant as DIG, CBI have been issued. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Raghavan poised to succeed Nimesh as new Director (Medical), CRPF
As the grapevine has it, Raghavan, IG (Medical), CRPF, is all set to succeed S N Nimesh as new Director (Medical), CRPF. S N Nimesh is retiring on May 31.

Jr CCIT/DGIT get scale of Addl. Secretary
Junior Chief Commissioners/Director Generals, who have been promoted from CITs, will draw the hitherto scale of Additional Secretary to Government of India which prevailed in the pre restructuring scenario.

Announcement of new LIC Chief awaited
Who will succeed D K Mehrotra as CMD of the LIC on June 1.Official announcement is still awaited.

Name for DG, ASI yet to be declared
The Ministry of Culture is yet to declare the name for the post of Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). A number of candidates had appeared for the interviews held on May 10, 2013. Presently, Pravin Srivastava, a 1980 batch IAS officer of Manipur Tripura cadre, is holding this post. The Ministry is willing to appoint the candidate having experience of archaeology.

Deputation term of Venkateswaralu extended
The deputation term of D Venkateswaralu as Managing Director, A P Women's Cooperative Finance Corporation Limited, Hyderabad, has been extended upto December 3, 2013. He is a 1996 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Bhagat to be MD of TPA
GM of the General Insurance Corp of India (GIC) P K Bhagat is going to be MD of the common Third-Party Administrator (TPA).

Subramanian selected as Director (Mktg), FACT
V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 29, 2013.

Dr Khan to move to Austria
Dr Suhail Aezaz Khan, PS to Union Minister E Ahmad is soon moving to Austria. He is an IFS officer.

Nohwar to be Director on Air India Board
Air Marshal (retd) K K Nohwar has been appointed as non-official part-time Director on the Board of Air India.

Mathur posted as DDG (Finance) DOP HQ
Shikha Mathur Kumar is all set to replace Rajnish Kumar Jenaw at DOP HQ as DDG (Finance). Until now she served as DDG (FEB), HQ Department of Telecommunication. She belongs to Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service.

All India police housing conference to be held at Bangalore today
The 3rd All India Police Housing Conference is being held at Bangalore in Karnataka on May 30, 2013. Besides, a fast track construction technology park of Karnataka State Police Housing Corporation Limited (KSPHC) will also be inaugurated on the same day.

Singh's term of re-employment to end on June 30
The three months term of re-employment of Chattar Singh is all set to end on June 30. Singh, Principal Secretary to Haryana CM, was scheduled to retire on March 31 but the extraordinary development of re-employment for another three months had made the mandarins amazed.

HPSC awaits full term Chairman for last six months?
The coveted post of Chairman of Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has been lying vacant for more than six months. HPSC, the prestigious and crucially important body, is awaiting its full-term Chairman. Manbir Singh Bhadana was appointed as the acting Chairperson of HPSC after the two top brass bureaucrats, R S Dalal (DGP) and Chattar Singh (PS to CM), had shown unwillingness to take the coveted seat.

IRSA to host farewell dinner for CBDT Chairperson
The Indian Revenue Service Association (IRSA) has decided to host a farewell dinner for CBDT Chairperson Dr Poonam Kishore Saxena on May 31, 2013 on superannuating in New Delhi.

Chaudhary poised to move on for central deputation
As the grapevine has it, Surjit Kumar Chaudhary is likely to move on central deputation. He is Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, Government of Tamil Nadu. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Reportedly, the TN Government has already given its clearance to Chaudhary.

The 1st meeting of Cadre Restructuring Committee for CSS takes place
The first meeting of Cadre Restructuring Committee of CSS cadre took place yesterday. The four member committee aims at formulating the sync between the futuristic manpower needs of GoI and promising career prospects for CSS cadres. Bhanu Pratap Sharma, EO, DOPT is Chairman, Manoj Joshi and Sudha Krishnan are Member and Utkarsh R Tiwary is Member Secretary.

Singh to join as IG, SSB today
As the grapevine has it Kuldeep Singh is all set to take charge as IG, SSB today. He is a 1986 batch IPS of West Bengal cadre.

Shankar to succeed Dubey as Director (IS & P)
W V K K Shankar (ED - P&D) will succeed MK Dubey as Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL). Dubey is retiring on July 31, 2013.

Deputation tenure of Mrs Arora extended
The deputation tenure of Mrs Alka Arora as Managing Director, Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd in Government of India, has been extended for further one year. She is a 1991 batch officer of Indian Defence Account Service (IDAS).

Singh moves to Edinburgh
Consul CGI, Dubai, M P Singh has been moved to Edinburgh as Consul.

Jinwal promoted as ACIT
S L Jinwal, Income Tax officer (retired), Bhopal, MP region, has been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT).

DoPT invites applications for Dy Jute Commissioner, Kolkata
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Deputy Jute Commissioner, Kolkata. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

CBDT invites applications for Under Secretaries
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has invited applications from the IRS-IT cadre officers for three posts of Under Secretaries in FT&TR-II division. Those willing to apply can send their brief resume by e-mail to alok.malviya@nic.in.

Mid-career training programme for IRS-IT officers from June
The 8th batch Advanced Mid-Career Training Programme of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers at the rank of Commissioner of Income Tax is being conducted from June 3 to July 26 in India and USA.

Harsh Agrawal joins as Dy. Registrar, Appellate Tribunal of Electricity (UPDATED)
Harsh Agarwal has taken the charge as Deputy Registrar in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, also known as Power Tribunal. Agrawal was an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Allahabad District Court.
(We said this on May 21, 2013)

SAIL commissions projects worth Rs 5500 cr in FY'13 (UPDATED)
SAIL's relentless drive to fast-track its modernisation and expansion plan (MEP) has resulted in commissioning of projects worth Rs 5500 crores in 2012-13. The company's capital expenditure during FY13 was Rs. 9731 crore. Under the MEP, cumulative orders worth Rs 58,225 crore were placed and an expenditure of Rs 44,536 crore incurred until April '13. In FY 2012-13, projects which were commissioned included New Sinter Plant no. 3 at RSP, 700 TPD Air Separation Unit-4 Oxygen Plant-II at BSP, Skin Pass Mill at BSL, Raw Material Handling Plant at ISP, Sinter Plant at ISP, Coke oven Battery No.11 at ISP, Burnpur, Coke Dry Cooling Plant at ISP, By-product Plant at ISP, Wire Rod Mill & RHF at ISP. In April 2013 itself, projects worth Rs 2175 crore have already been commissioned. The above facts came to light on Thursday when the audited financial results of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for the year 2012-13 were taken on record by its Board of Directors. The company recorded Profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 3241 crore and Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 2170 crore for the FY 2012-13. These were respectively 37 % and 39 % lower than the corresponding period last year (CPLY). Even though the gross sales turnover of the company in FY'13 at Rs. 49,350 crore was more or less maintained at previous year level, net profit was down largely due to the lower Net Sales Realization resulting from a subdued market . SAIL Chairman C S Verma expressed confidence that depressed market conditions will improve with recent measures to facilitate faster clearance of projects. He further stated "2013-14 is going to be a landmark in SAIL's journey of nation-building, with new production capacities being added after a gap of around 15 years, when we take up our present capacity of 14 million tonnes to 19 million tonnes by the end of this fiscal".

XIV research policy committee of ICFRE held (UPDATED)
Indian council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun, the apex body for Forestry Research in the country, has conducted the XIV annual meeting of its Research Policy Committee from May 30 to 31, 2013 under the chairmanship of Dr V K Bahuguna, Director General, ICFRE. Eminent Foresters, scientists, representatives of forest based industries, prominent NGOs working in the field of forestry, representative of farmers, local bodies and Universities along with internal members consisting of Directors of ICFRE Institutes, Deputy Director Generals forms the core committee of Research Policy. Dr P P Bhojvaid, welcomed all the Research policy committee members, DG ICFRE in his opening remarks emphasized the need of address the problems of tribal land and livelihood issues. Also he emphasized that ICFRE will work for global level problems of biodiversity and climate change and proper documentation of the data. Linkages are to be established with industries. A book "Atlas of Wood Decaying Fungi of Central India" was released in the inaugural session of RPC 2013 meeting by Dr Bahuguna on May 30, 2013. This book authored by C K Tiwari and colleagues, published by Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur (MP) is a comprehensive document enlisting 191 species of fungi with colourful illustrations of their fruiting bodies as well as microscopic taxonomic details taken from the field and critically examined in the laboratory, respectively.

Three IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, T M Vijay Bhaskar (1983) has been posted as Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department while Dr E V Ramana Reddy (1988) will now be Principal Secretary, Housing Department and P N Sreenivasachary (1988) gets additional charge of Principal Secretary, Urban Development.

M Lakshimnarayana is Commissioner, Bangalore Mahanagar (UPDATED)
M Lakshimnarayana has been appointed as Commissioner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP), Bangalore. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Dr Suresh Kunhi Mohammad posted as Mission Director, NRHM (UPDATED)
Dr Suresh Kunhi Mohammad has been appointed as Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Bangalore. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Rajan Kumar Gupta is also PS, Civil Aviation in Haryana (UPDATED)
Rajan Kumar Gupta has been given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Civil Aviation Department. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

V K Sinha selected as Director (Tech), CMPDIL (UPDATED)
V K Sinha, CGM, BCCL, has been selected as Director (Technical), CMPDIL at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 30, 2013. As many as 18 persons were interviewed for the same.

Two candidates selected for CMD, NMDC Ltd (UPDATED)
The Search Committee of Ministry of Steel has found two candidates Narendra Kothari and Tapas Kumar Lahiry for the post of CMD, National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC). As many as 15 persons were interviewed by the Committee held on May 30, 2013.

CORPORATE

'Huge potential for helicopter usage in India'
Keeping in line with the national policy of acquiring indigenous capabilities and self reliance, the HAL took initiative to organise a one-day seminar on "Future trends on Helicopter technologies" on May 29, 2013. Speaking on the occasion renowned aerospace scientist Prof Roddam Narasimha called for pragmatic policies to meet the strategic vision in the helicopter manufacturing and technology. He said one should learn from failures and set workable vision. He complimented HAL for achieving success in ALH and hoped that the eco-system built by the company further helps all the players involved in Helicopter technology. Prof Gopal Krishna of Indian Institute of Science made a key-note presentation on structural health monitoring of aircraft. Speaking on the occasion, Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL felt that usage of civil helicopters is far less in India although there is huge scope and potential for civil helicopters. He said HAL has launched modernization drive and capacity augmentation will happen in due course. He complemented HAL's Helicopter Complex for its achievements, particularly in last one year in which IOC for weaponized version of ALH "Rudra" was achieved. Designers, researchers, R&D institutes, academicians, regulatory authorities, helicopter pilots and users attended the day-long seminar.

NBCC acquires impress profit in Q4
National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC) A CPSU under the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India of which Anoop Kumar Mittal is CMD. NBCC audited financial results has posted 45.25 percent increase in net profit at Rs 95.97 crore in Q4. For the entire 2012-13 fiscal, net profit increased to Rs 207.50 crore from Rs 190.17 crore in 2011-12.

Agarwal resigns as Joint MD, Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd
Kailash Chandra Agarwal has resigned as Joint Managing Director of Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd.

Agarwal appointed Non Exec. Vice Chairman, Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd
Kailash Chandra Agarwal has been appointed as Non Executive Vice Chairman of Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd.

Agarwal appointed MD & CEO, Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd
Rajendra Kumar Agarwal has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Genus Power Infrastructures Ltd

Kothari appointed CFO, Barak Valley Cements Ltd
Barak Valley Cements Limited has appointed Sushil Kumar Kothari as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Chaturvedi appointed Non Exec. Director, Provogue (India) Ltd
Provogue (India) Limited has appointed Salil Chaturvedi as a Non Executive Director of the company.

Dhariwal appointed CFO, Precision Pipes and Profiles Company
Precision Pipes & Profiles Company Limited has appointed Manish Dhariwal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Rajagopal appointed Alternate Director, Excel Crop Care Ltd
Excel Crop Care Limited has appointed L Rajagopalan as Alternate Director to Dr Mukul G Asher.

Khaitan resigns as Independent Director, Tanla Solutions Ltd
Abhishek Khaitan has resigned as Independent Director of Tanla Solutions Ltd

Agarwal appointed Company Secy., Eastern Silk Industries Ltd
Eastern Silk Industries Limited has appointed Deepak Agarwal as the Company Secretary of the company.

Surana resigns as Whole-time Director, Surana Industries Ltd
Rajesh Surana has resigned as Whole-time Director of Surana Industries Ltd.

Surana resigns as ED, Surana Industries Ltd
Rajiv Surana has resigned as Executive Director of Surana Industries Ltd .

Sekar appointed Nominee Director, Sri Chamundeswari Sugars Ltd
IFCI has nominated Vinay C Sekar as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Sri Chamundeswari Sugars Ltd.

Harsh Agrawal joins today as Dy. Registrar, Appellate Tribunal of Electricity (UPDATED)
Harsh Agarwal takes charge as Deputy Registrar in Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, also known as Power Tribunal. Agrawal, an Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Allahabad District Court.
(Note- We said it 0n 24th June)

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Large number of vacancies everywhere

Such large number of vacancies not only in Group 'A' & 'B' services, as reported in your columns yesterday and again today as well as in subordinate positions in Government of India and also State Governments all over the country are bound to be perpetual till the "Natives" of this country i.e. the Masses as such are not taken into confidence in running the Governments and day to day administration. It is more so in view of total failure of our political leadership which has alienated itself and confined to the comforts of the Red Fort and Raiseena Hills of New Delhi as also the state Capitals.

Ashwani Kumar

Complexity in Tax Rules

Finance Minister addressed top tax officials and stressed for 100% tax collection. See how Income Tax department works. It is making even filing of return difficult. ITR-1 (SAHAJ) meant for salary and pensioners but at least 80% cannot fill this return as tax exempt income more than 5000/ makes ineligible to opt for ITR-1. Tax exempt include more than 20 types of allowances and income as tax free income. It means most of people have to fill ITR-2. What is the objective of introducing such condition while issuing amendments? Only make the process cumbersome and make the people afraid of tax department. Cozy posts are being created without any positive results where the country still finds 42800 people having taxable income above One crore. As per some report in any of the city be it Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata more than mentioned figure, people will be having income more than One crore but still department struggles to catch low and medium income group people. Why it is so ? Not clear! IT department should concentrate their manpower and use modern technology to increase tax net of people having income above 10 lakhs not wasting their energy for the people having income less than 5 lakhs.

N Prakash

Expenditure on contractual employees is more

Can we compare the cost at the minimum of scale of pay of these Group C posts and the contractual employees already engaged? The expenditure on contractual employees would be more despite record management and continuity having become the casualty.

HG

Good for Air India

It may do some good to Air India, as Dr. Prem Vrat has been an academician par excellence.

Upendra

Fallacy of present caste based reservation

Gayatri was not able to continue higher studies not because she is from the scavenger community but because of she is poor. Gayatri's performance also shows the fallacy of the present caste based reservation. It shows that given proper facilities, students from deprived communities can compete with anybody and come out with flying colours. Give them all financial incentives; free education, free hostelling, scholarships and make them compete with others on equal terms. Then only the stigma of reservation leave them. The cacophony of pro-reservationists crowding the columns of your portal appears to be from those who wants to exploit reservation benefits generations after generation. Now with the creamy layer limits extended to Rs.6 Lakhs per annum all reservation benefits will be garnered by this elitist crowd who can afford to send their children to costly schools and give them extra tuitions and Gayatris will remain as Gayatris.

N Krishnan

Condolences

My condolences are with Pradeep Kumar.

Rajesh

Enemies of India feeding Naxalism

While I agree that it is time that authorities seriously study the problem of Naxalism to be able to finish this menace, I do not think it is lack of development alone which has given rise to this monster which has become a major threat to our country. If this were so why would they not allow development work in the areas controlled by them? Definitely some enemies of India are feeding it. The moot question is from where are they getting arms and ammunitions for their reckless killings of civilians and paramilitary forces. Their macabre dance (literally) before gunning so many people in Chhattisgarh is condemnable and they should not be allowed to get away with these murders. It is high time to act unitedly against these devils of naxalites who have spread like cancer in many areas of our country.

Aarti Khosla