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POLITICS

Difference between Ten Janpath and 7 RCR?
At a high profile party someone asked what is the difference between Ten Janpath and 7 Race Course Road these days? One senior bureaucrat quipped " Friend of 7 RCR N N Vora gets another five year term while nominee of 10 Janpath UP Governor B L Joshi continues as an adhoc Governor ".

Strong Congress leadership only in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh is the only state in the country where the Congress has a strong leadership. All important leaders Kamal Nath, Digvijay Singh, Jyotiraditys Scindia, Suresh Pachori, Kanti Lal Bhuria, Arun Yadav , Rahul Singh they hail from the state hence if they unite they can retain power.

Who will lead in Karnataka ? (UPDATED)
With the likely resounding victory of the Congress in Karnataka, the Central leadership is veering towards a senior established leader who has been CM earlier and has the adminstrative acumen to sort out the mess BJP has inflicted in the state.

BUREAUCRACY

Sudhir Bhargava to be new Secretary Social Justice
Special Secretary Petroleum Sudhir Bhargava is being appointed new Secretary Social Justice in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

New post of Additional Secretary created in IPP
A new post of Additional Secretary has been created in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP).

R C Agrawal to be Member (Staff), Railway Board
GM of the NWR and WR R C Agrawal is likely to be appointed new Member (Staff), of the Railway Board. Present Member (Staff), Railway Board, Mahesh Kumar has been arrested by the CBI.

Will Deepak Bagla be CMD of IFCL?
Deepak Bagla Director of 3I is said to be still ahead in the race for the post of owned Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IFCL).LIC Chairman D K Mehrotra and IDBI Chairman R M Malla also figure in the panel.

Will Batra be acting CMD of IDBI ?
Tenure of CMD of the IDBI, R M Mallah is coming to an end on May 31. DMD in the IDBI, B K Batra may be appointed acting CMD of the IDBI.

Will Sanghi be Chief Secretary of Pondicherry ?
Chetan Bhushan B Sanghi is likely to be appointed new Chief Secretary of Pondicherry. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Honest face of CBI to return Kerala
It seems the UPA Government doesn't need honest and upright officers in the CBI. This is evident from the fact that the officer who investigated Adarsh Society case in Mumbai was shifted to Bhopal for only two months and later relieved for the Kerala cadre. The 1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre Rishi Raj Singh who is considered to be a person of high integrity was recommended extension in tenure by the CBI Chief but was denied the same at the highest level and relieved for the cadre.

Who will be new Member of CBDT ?
Who will be new Member of the CBDT? Names of 1977 batch IRS officer M K Mirani and 1978 batch IRS officer Arun Kumar Jain are in circulation.

Age limit for Independent Directors to be 70!
In principle, it has been decided to raise age limits for Independent Directors from 65 years to 70 years.

Anup Kumar Thakur is also MD, NCDC
Anup Kumar Thakur, Special Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director (MD), National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) upto June 30, 2013. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

More than 25 DIGs in BSF may be transferred
As the grapevine has it, as many as two dozen DIGs may be transferred and posted in the sectors across the country. The reshuffle of officers may take place by the second week of May.

Aman Puri likely to move from MEA
As the grapevine has it, Dr Aman Puri is likely to move from his present assignment with Ministry of External Affairs by the end of this month. Puri, Deputy Chief Protocol (C.), is a 2003 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

OSD to Union Min. for Commerce & Industry to move back to cadre state
As the grapevine has it Ayush Mani Tiwari, OSD to Anand Sharma, Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry, is poised to move back to Tamil Nadu. Ayush, a DIG rank officer, is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Dr Naresh Kr is Member, National Road Safety Council, MoRTH
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways ( MoRTH) has appointed Dr Naresh Kumar as co-opted Member in the National Road Safety Council, an apex advisory body headed by C P Joshi, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways. Its members include Transport Ministers and DGPs of states.

Maj Gen Chakravorty to be promoted ?
Maj Gen Chakravorty is likely to be promoted to the rank of Lt Gen in the Indian Army.

Jayshree Bhoj joins UP Govt, awaits posting
Recently relieved by the Maharashtra government Jayshree S Bhoj has joined UP government and is yet to get the posting. Though the Central government had approved Inter-Cadre deputation of Jayshree in the October 2012 itself, Maharashtra government relieved her few days back only. Kanpur SSP Yashaswi Yadav, Jayshree's husband, has also been serving UP Government on inter-cadre deputation since October last year.

Orders of Saugata Mitra as Director (Fin), B & RCL yet to come
The orders of Saugata Mitra, GM, BRCIL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Bridge & Roof Co Limited (B &RCL) are yet to be issued.

Orders of Krishna Shankar as Director, BHEL in offing
The orders of W V K Krishna Shankar, ED, BHEL, for the appointment as Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) are yet to be issued.

HC Judge of seven years experience is required for ITAT President
Last minute amendment in Finance Bill 2013 now makes sure that a High Court Judge with more than 7 years experience is appointed ITAT President.

GoI sparks off hope to 11000 personnel of CSS cadre
In a latest decision, Government of India sparks off rays of hope to ascertain a promising career prospects for CSS cadre personnel comprising over 11,000 CSS employees. The cadre indeed forms the backbone of functioning of Government of India offices and the bureaucracy as a whole. What lies ahead is going to make the whispers louder in the days to come?

Post of CMD in NRDC yet to be filled
The post of Chairman and Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has been lying vacant since the retirement of Somernath Ghosh on February 28, 2013. However, an additional charge of this post has been given to Mrs Rita Kumar, an IAS officer, whose charge is also ending on May 31, 2013. On the other hand, the orders of Dr Rajendra Dobhal, DG, UCOST, who was selected for this post, are yet to be issued.

Pandit joins as Member (Finance), Prasar Bharti
Former IA&AS officer B B Pandit has joined as new Member, Finance of the Prasar Bharti .
(We said this on April 8, 2013)

Railway Officers Association submits memorandum to CS
Railway Officers Association has submitted a memorandum to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) drawing his attention towards anomalies in senior level appointments in the Railways.

Gujarat HC gets three addl Judges
Abdullah Gulamahmed Uraizee, Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ratilal Parshottambhai Dholaria have been appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court of Gujarat.

Tolani is also Member, Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange
R P Tolani, Judicial Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, has assigned an additional charge of Member of the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange.

Nanda takes over as Director in HCL
Subhendra Nanda, GM, NALCO, has taken over as Director (Operations), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), Kolkata on May 6, 2013.
(We said this on January 31, 2013)

U B S Bedi also looks as Judicial Member, ITAT
U B S Bedi will be looking as Judicial Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) for a further period of three months or till the post is filled up on regular basis, whichever is earlier.

Sahu moves to MEA Headquarters
Counsellor in Indian Embassy, Beijing, Arun Kumar Sahu has been moved to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

IDS Dhariwal is PD, Inspection in Patna
IDS Dhariwal, Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (Inspection) in this office.

M F Farooqui is likely to join central deputation at DIG level
M F Farooqui is likely to join central deputation at Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Four IPS Probationers allocated Rajasthan cadre
As many as four Probationers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2011 batch have been allocated Rajasthan cadre. They are: Ms Rashi Dogra, Mamata Gupta, Pooja Awana and Adarsh Sidhu.

Shree Prakash Rai empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Shree Prakash Rai has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an Indian Telecommunication Service officer of 1982 batch.

Sube Singh Kemwal posted as CIT, OSD in CCIT office, Bhopal
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Sube Singh Kemwal , presently Commissioner of Income Tax, Bhopal region, has been posted as CIT, OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Bhopal.

Ms Bedobani Chaudhari is DCIT (OSD) in CCIT office, NER region
Indian Revenue Service-Income Tax (IRS-IT) officer, Ms Bedobani Chaudhari, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, has been appointed as DCIT (OSD), in the office of CCIT (CCA), NER region.

Kishore is ADG, SCRB, Jaipur
Nand Kishore has been appointed as ADG, State Crime Record Bureau (SCRB) in Rajasthan. He was on waiting for posting. Kishore is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan Cadre.

S N Jain is OSD at Police HQ, Jaipur
S N Jain has been appointed as OSD, Rajasthan Police Headquarter. Prior to the present posting Jain served as ADG, SCRB. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Nine IAS Probationers get postings in Andhra Pradesh
As many as nine Probationers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 2012 batch have been posted as Assistant Collectors (under training) in the districts. Accordingly, D Krishna Bhaskar posted to Visakhapatnam; Khartade Kalicharan Sudamrao to Krishna; Mallikarjuna A to Khammam; Nagalakshmi S to Ananthapur; Prasanna Venkatesh V to Kadapa; Rajeevgandhi Hanumanthu to Warangal; Vijay Rama Raju V to Mahabubnagar; Alagu Varsini V S to Nellore and R V Karnan has been appointed to East Godavari district.

4 IAS officers to retire in Gujarat in May
As many as four officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) namely Radhakanta Tripathy, K Kallashnathan, Chhotilal Meena and M V Paraghi are due to retire in Gujarat in May, 2013. The figure is more than other cadres.

IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are : Sanjeev Sharan Divisional Commissioner Lucknow,Sadakant additional charge as Principal Secretary Information, in addition to Housing and Urban Planning, Jiwesh Nandan additional charge as Director, New and Renewable Energy Development Authority (NEDA), Satyajit Thakur Principal Secretary Khadi and Gramodhyog, Rajesh Kumar Additional MD UPSRTC, Ved Prakash Administrator of the Ramganga Command Project in Kanpur, Bharat Lal Rai Special Secretary to the department of Panchayati Raj.

E S Rao selected as Director (Fin), HFPCL
E S Rao, DGM HFL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Corporation Limited (HFPCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 6, 2013.

LIC denies having any malpractice in organization (UPDATED)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has said that the LIC is a responsible organization, always extremely sensitive to compliance on all statutory as well as regulatory guidelines. The LIC made its stand clear in reference to the reports appearing on Cobrapost.com regarding AML/KYC implementation. Very effective systems have been built in to ensure compliance to AML/KYC norms. Our IT system itself does not accept any cash transaction beyond Rs. 50000/- without quoting PAN. In addition regular reporting is made to Financial Intelligence Unit , India, where cash is received beyond Rs.5 lacs. Our Audit/Inspection department regularly monitors violation if any and issues special reports. Strict action is taken where any such cases are reported. In addition to above all the Training institutes in the Corporation have been instructed to mandatorily include AML/KYC compliance in all the trainings imparted to agents as well as employees. Still in case any violation is noticed at any level necessary action will be taken by the Corporation.

Ms Chowdhury is also Secretary, Women & Child Development in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Nita Chowdhury, Secretary, Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, has been given an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development. She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Umesh Kumar is new ED ADB (UPDATED)
Joint Secretary Financial Services Umesh Kumar is going to succeed Dr Ashok Lahiri as Executive Director in Asian Development Bank, Manila.Orders of 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre have been issued.
( We said this on May 4 )

6 IFS officers of 1990 batch get upgraded pay scale in MP (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to 1990 batch have been given an upgraded pay scale in Madhya Pradesh. The officers are: Mrs Sanyukta Mudgal,, Charanjit Singh, Vibhasha Kumar Thakur, Vivek Jain, Asit Gopal and Dr Renu Singh.

CORPORATE

Syndicate Bank net profit goes up
Aided by a substantial tax credit during 2012-13, Syndicate Bank on Thursday reported a Net profit of the Syndicate Bank has gone up toRs.2,004 crore, 52.6 per cent higher than in the previous year. M G Sanghvi is the CMD of the Bank.

Chandran to be MD of KIAL
V N Chandran is being appointed Managing Director (MD) of Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL). He is presently with the AAI.

Gupta is MD of IDFC Capital
Sandeep Gupta has been appointed as Managing Director - Corporate Finance of the IDFC Capital.

Dubey is Director, Coal India
A K Dubey, Additional Director, Coal Ministry has been appointed as the nominee Director of the Coal India.

Mathur ceases to be Director, Bank of Baroda
Ajay Mathur has ceased to be Director on the Board of Directors of Bank of Baroda.

Chakraborty appointed Addl. Director, ATN International Ltd
ATN International Limited has appointed Pranab Chakraborty as Additional Director of the company.

Gupta appointed MD (Corporate Finance Division), IDFC Ltd
Sandeep Gupta has been appointed as Managing Director (Corporate Finance Division) of IDFC Ltd.

Narayanamurthy appointed Nominee Director, Rain Commodities Ltd
IDBI Bank Limited has appointed V Narayanamurthy as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Rain Commodities Ltd.

Nayyar appointed Independent Director, XL Energy Ltd
Vikas Nayyar has been appointed as an Independent Director of XL Energy Ltd.

Chowdhary resigns as Director, Stel Holdings Ltd
Paras K Chowdhary has resigned as Director of Stel Holdings Ltd.

Kavarana appointed Independent Director, ACC Ltd
ACC Limited has appointed Farrokh K Kavarana as an Independent Director of the company.

Gupta ceases to be Company Secy., Khandwala Securities Ltd
Pooja Gupta ceases to be the Company Secretary of Khandwala Securities Ltd.

Mathur appointed Independent Director,Tube Investments of India Ltd
S B Mathur has been appointed as an Independent Director of Tube Investments of India Ltd.

Ramadorai appointed Chairman, NSDC
S Ramadorai has been appointed as Chairman of National Skills Development Corporation Ltd (NSDC)

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It all happens in India:

1. Attorney general and Additional solicitor general lie before Supreme Court and still hold the office of protecting the Constitution of India?
2. Railway Board hiding the truth of PMO orders from Minister railways in the case of CAT approving the appointment of one of the officers as GM open line and would have been Chairman today ?
3. Middle men call for the price of lucrative postings in Railway Board and still the Minister denies any knowledge. Still he continues on post ?

Kunal

Enough is enough

There is no harm in suggesting that rich and elite among the upper castes should share the opportunities with their poor brethren. There is definitely a harm if all the opportunities are appropriated by the rich and powerful. Otherwise how could it happen that out of seven Board Members in Railways, five belonged to one particular caste. Upper castes want the reservations abolished so that they can appropriate the opportunities so released also to themselves. Earlier they used to argue that instead of reserved jobs there should be better education for dalits from school to college level. But they vehemently opposed the reservation in the educational institutions also. See what has happened with the RTE. Even the industry has not kept their promise of CSR and hardly recruited anybody from among the dalits during the last several years. Upper castes do not want to share anything with the under privileged. Having said that I also agree that the discussion on this topic should be stopped as enough is
enough.

Partap Singh

Ideal Country

Can India see the period where society is free from caste, creed, gender, religion which is also propagated by the Constitution of India. Can political parties work on these principles and no discrimination on based of above mentioned points. Let us pray to have such society.

N Prakash

SC/STs will welcome it

The so called elite from SC/ST are competing in the General Category. It's a pity, not many are aware or deliberately not aware. This shows their level of ignorance so that they can continue SC/ST bashing. Let reservations be for all castes in proportion to their population. SC/STs will welcome it.

S Rao

Caste wise reservation

If we can have caste wise reservation in vital areas like administration and police, why can't we have it in other departments like sports. Caste based reservation should be given in selecting our hockey, foot ball and cricket teams. In athletics if general category has to run for 100 meters, it should be reduced to 90 meters for OBCs, 80 meters for SCs and 60 meters for STs.

N Krishnan

Anomaly created by GoI

After the implementation of the 6th CPC, again anomaly has been created by the GoI in terms of the common categories of employees working in the non-secretariat offices/ organizations whereas the method of recruitment and nature of duties are same. The DoPT may kindly see the pay-scales of Stenographer Cadre working in Central Secretariat and non-secretariat since there is no forum for the employees of non-secretariat organizations.

V S Rana

Blaming each other illogical

I don't see any logic in blaming each other on NFFU for officers of CAPFs. Since DoPT has already mentioned that they do not maintain any list of organised cadre as such question of opposing CAPFs officers for NFFU is illogical. There are more than 3500 officers in BSF with one Additional DG post. Does it not speak of apathy with them? They have fought many battles since 1971 including participating anti-insurgency ops in North East, J&K, Maoist area etc. Many officers sacrifice their life for the nation. What all they have to show. CAPFs officers are being deprived of their due since long. The various court judgments favor their demands. Now it's high time that Government should consider their demand and implement new policy to grant NFFU to these officers.

Jagat Singh

Unsung heroes

I am also a retired Indian Police Service Officer and feel proud to had the opportunity to have a stint with CPMFs now called CAPFs. Comments of A Singh are the manifestation of immaturity of the new IPS officer. Infact I would ask him to serve with any of CAPFs to learn the art of professionalism and the sacrifices they have made for national sovereignty. They are actually unsung heroes guarding the most challenging Indian Borders and Internal Security. To me Indian government must recognise their services and must consider their demands. It is irony that due to certain biased attitude of senior officers their genuine demand has so far not been considered. Difficulties are many and mere extension of Organised Cadre to CAPFs will to some extent act as balm on their wounds. I urge the DOPT to recognise their services as the best in India and shall make special provisions for their contributions. Unless it is done on priority, nonetheless, it will emerge a major challenge for the Government of India to address where the nation is mired by daily acts of vandalism, rape etc. IPS officers must give up as they are no match to professional competency of CAPFs officers. Government should not wait for the orders from the Court to decide rather take the initiative to accord organised service status before it is too late.

Jimmy Shagril

BSF, CRPF, ITBP are central Armed forces

The central Armed forces are BSF, CRPF, ITBP etc. The preamble of the acts of these forces defines them as Armed Forces of the Union. These forces are not Police as their training and operational philosophy is more akin to Armed Forces. Also let us be clear about the Organised Services. The highest pay scale required for a service to be recognized as a Organised service is that of a joint secretary and not Special or Additional Secretary. In any case, the officers of these CPOs have reached the level of Additional Secretary. Moreover there are several court rulings that state clearly that any service having a hierarchy of ranks and rules to govern the service is an organised service. The officers have gone to court for redressal of their genuine grievances and nobody should have any objections to that. As regards the contributions of IPS officers to these organisations !!!!! Less said the better. They have left no stone unturned to try and reduce the competence of these organisations to that of State Police that they command. It is the tenacity and leadership qualities of the junior leaders that is the saving grace. All that the Police officers are doing is try and gain cheap popularity and create reemployment avenues for themselves. If these IPS officers are so competent, why don't they go and provide leadership to their own State Police ?

Lalsiamkim

Is it IAS bias ?

This year the PM award for excellence in civil services has not been given to any non-IAS and any of the central government projects. Does this mean that none of the central government departments have done any outstanding projects worthy of such awards? Is it reflective of IAS bias or monopolistic approach of IAS or their arrogance? Is this inclusive approach of the so called decision makers? Perhaps this does not reflect well on the state of affairs and the stature which such awards ought to have.

Raj