Certainly a new concept and worthwhile.
Anita Kothari

POLITICS

Mohapatra in touch with Congress ?
There are reports that Pyari Mohan Mohapatra is these days in touch with the Congress leaders. Will he join hands with the Congress in Orissa?

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary, Ayush, Anil Kumar to retire
Secretary, Ayush, Anil Kumar is superannuating by this month end. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Subhash Kumar is again Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand
Subhash Kumar has taken over as Uttarakhand Chief Secretary for the second time on Friday. He succeeds Alok Kumar Jain. Kumar is a 1977 batch IAS officer.

Ranglal Jamuda appointed AS, Agriculture
Ranglal Jamuda has been appointed new Additional Secretary, Agriculture. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on March 27 and on April 1, 2013)

Angurana appointed MD, Trifed
Ashok Kumar Angurana has been appointed MD, Trifed. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
(We said this on April 1, 2013)

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

Balvinder Singh promoted as Addl Dy CAG, NE region
Balvinder Singh, Director General, Eastern Region, has been promoted as Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General, North Eastern Region. He is a 1981 batch IA&AS officer.

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

Das is new Director, Textiles
S Madhavi Das has been appointed as Director, Ministry of Textiles for a period of one month. Das is A 1991 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Satyanarayana Murty Talla promoted to CIT
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Satyanarayana Murty Talla, presently on deputation as Deputy Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT), CBDT.

Akashwani centres san Station Directors
Believe it or not, most of the Akashvani Kendras in the country do not have Station Directors.

Justice Siddiqui to retire on June 30
Justice M A Siddiqui of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is superannuating on June 30.

Three Additional Judges to be Permanent Judge in MP HC
Three Additional Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Sheel Nagu, Justice Sujay Pal and Justice K K Trivedi are being appointed Permanent Judges in a couple of months.

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

Naveen Saxena to move to Bangkok
First Secretary in Belgrafe Naveen Saxena has been moved to Bangkok in place of Saiket Sen Sharma. Sharma has been transferred to MEA Head Quarters.

IAS changes in Orissa
Aparajita Sarangi has been appointed as Secretary, Textiles and Handloom. Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh would replace Sarangi. Panchanan Dash, will now be Secretary of the department, succeeding Singh. Siba Prasad Mishra will be Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs and Alekh Padhiari Secretary, Personnel grievances and pension administration.

Ms Anita Soni, Director (Fin), MTNL to retire in May
Ms Anita Soni, Director (Finance), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), is due to retire on May 31, 2013. Ms Soni belongs to Indian P & T Finance & Accounts Service.

51 IRS-Custom officers transferred
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
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.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Punjab
Some officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Arun Sekhri has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Fatehgarh Sahib while Yashvir Mahajan will now be Managing Director, Punjab Small Industries & Export Corporation Ltd (PSIEC) and MP Arora is MD Sugarfed. Similarly, Ashok Kumar Sikka has been appointed as Deputy Director, Local Government at Patiala and J C Sabharwal as Joint Secretary, Local Government.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana
A number of officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Sudhir Chaudhary has been posted as IG/HAP, Madhuban while Navdeep Singh Virk will also be IG/RTC, Bhondsi and Charu Bali is DIG (Administration). Similarly, Mamta Singh has been appointed as DIG/RTC, Bhondsi; Mata Ravi Kiran gets additional charge of DIG, Lokayukta; Bharti Arora as DCP Traffic, Gurgaon; Saurabh Singh as SP, Sirsa; Rajshree Singh as Commandant, 3rd Battalion, HAP, Hisar; Hamid Akhtar as the Commandant, 1st Battalion, HAP, and SP Telecom in addition; Hardeep Singh Doon as SP/CID; Rajinder Kumar as SP, HVPNL; Sibash Kabiraj as SP, Yamunanagar; Mitesh Jain as SP, Bhiwani; Y Puran Kumar as SP, Kurukshetra; Rakesh Kumar Arya as SP, Palwal; Shashank Anand as SP, Railways; Simardeep Singh as SP, Narnaul; Abhishek Garg as SP, Karnal; Ashok Kumar as SP, Commando Naval with additional charge of AIG, Traffic and Ram Kumar has been posted as SP, HAP, Madhuban.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh
Some officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Devesh Chaturvedi has been appointed as Secretary, Higher Education Department while Kamran Rizvi will now be Secretary, Higher Secondary Education Department and Rahul Bhatnagar gets additional charge of Cane Commissioner. Similarly, Rama Raman has been given an additional charge of the Chairman Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Authority.

Transfers and postings of IAS officers in Manipur
A number of officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Manipur. Accordingly, R R Rashmi has been given an additional charge of Finance and Planning while Ram Muivah will be looking after Relief and Disaster Management and Suhel Akhtar is given Health and Family Welfare and Barun Mitra is Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Social Welfare. Similarly, S K Dev Varman has been appointed Principal Secretary, Labour; Letkhogin Haokip takes charge of IPR and Transport and Y Thamkishore has been given the charge of CAF&PD.

Ashish Kumar Sengupta gets JAG
Ashish Kumar Sengupta, posted in Metro Railway, has been promoted in Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). He is an IRTS officer.

Umesh Kumar to join ADB ?
Grapevine has it that Joint Secretary Banking Umesh Kumar is going to ADB in Manila. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

CORPORATE

Sharma is OED on Board of IOB
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.

Sadakkadulla is Regional Head of RBI
J Sadakkadulla has taken over as the Regional Director of Reserve Bank of India (Tamil Nadu and Puducherry) .

Nagappan appointed Addl. Director of Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd
Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Limited has appointed V Nagappan as an Additional Director of the company.

Ramanathan cease to be MD & CEO, Exide Industries Ltd
T V Ramanathan, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Exide Industries Ltd has retire from the company

Kataky to be MD & CEO, Exide Industries Ltd
P K Kataky who is presently Director (Automotive) has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Exide Industries Ltd.

Chatterjee to be Joint MD, Exide Industries Ltd
Gautam Chatterjee who is presently Director (Industrial) has been appointed as Joint Managing Director of Exide Industries Ltd .He will also head the Automotive and Submarine batteries business of the company.

Chakraborty designated Director (Industrial), Exide Industries Ltd
Subir Chakraborty has been designated as Director (Industrial). He will be looking after Industrial Battery business of the company

Kulkarni resigns as Whole-time Director, Pratibha Industries Ltd
Vinayak B Kulkarni has resigned as Whole-time Director of Pratibha Industries Ltd.

Madhuprasad promoted as Non Exec. Chairman, Keynote Corporate Services Ltd
Keynote Corporate Services Limited has promoted B Madhuprasad who is currently Vice Chairman of the company as Non-Executive Chairman

Mhatre appointed Joint Company Secretary of GTL Infrastructure Ltd
Nitesh A Mhatre has been appointed as Joint Company Secretary of GTL Infrastructure Ltd the Company.

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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

What Central Armed Forces?
A lot is being made on this comments section of the grievances of certain alleged "Central Armed Forces". In the first place, this is not a recognised nomenclature in any government classification. The organisations referred to are Central Police Organisations. In the second place, the NFFU scheme is only for Group A organised services, which are defined as those which have posts beginning at Pay Band 3, Grade Pay 5400, and extending up to the Higher Administrative Grade+, i.e. Special Secretary's grade, or Special Director General of Police. How are BSF, CRPF etc asking for this scheme, when they are merely subordinate services, whose highest rank reaches only till Inspector General, which is to say, Pay Band 4, Grade Pay 10,000? To blame the IPS for this is hardly correct. Even IPS does not receive this NFFU scheme, and successive IPS DG's have done a great deal to improve the conditions of the CPO officers. And to claim "unrest" is also entirely wrong, and shamelessly inciting of insurrection, mutiny and indiscipline in a uniformed force for purposes of purely personal financial gain, and can be dealt with harshly through a Security Force Court, as per the law. If a case is before the High Court, let it be heard and decided, and while it is subjudice, let's not have such shabby pressure tactics on here.

A Singh

Need for positivism in DoPT for CSS deputations
In the interest of government as well as the individual, we should have positive and proactive approach in our actions. 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. 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? This is the clear violation of Article 14 of our Constitution.

Y Mishra

Can anybody prevent it under law?
Constitution of India recognizes Executive, Judiciary and Legislature. Everybody has to be part of that except the Constitutional authorities like CAG, CEC etc. Further in any setup, a boss has inherent right to look into the work of subordinates. Can anybody prevent it under law?

J K