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POLITICS

New YSR in Congress party !
Who is the new YSR in the Congress party these days ? Some Congress leaders discussed this question at an informal get-together and the consensus was emerged on Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Travel in Air India, GoI asks its officials
Government of India (GoI) has advised its officials to travel only by Air India in all cases of air travel both in domestic and international.

BUREAUCRACY

Posting of 1980 batch IAS starts in GoI
Posting of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India has commenced.

Agnihotri to be new Secretary, New and Renewable Energy
Satish Balram Agnihotri has been appointed as Secretary New and Non-Renewable Energy in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.
(We said this on November 5, 2013)

Ms Aradhna Johri to be new Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in GoI
Ms Aradhna Johri has been appointed as Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in Government of India. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Somasundaram not relieved by Kerala Government
V Somasundaram who was tipped to take over as Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in the Government of India was reportedly not relieved by the Kerala Government for central deputation. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Machendranathan is new Secretary, Coordination
Special Secretary, Civil Aviation, S Machendranathan, has been appointed Secretary, Coordination in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Shreya Guha moves to Department of Culture
Shreya Guha has been moved as the Ex-officio Secretary of the Mission in the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission. The post has recently been created in the Department of Culture. Shreya, a 1994 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, is currently serving as Director, Department of Financial Service.
(We said this on October 18, 2013)

Who will be Additional Director in CBI ?
If insiders are to be believed, choice for the post of Additional Director in CBI is said to be narrowed down on 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre Archana Ramasundaram and 1983 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre R C Pachnanda.

V K Jain selected as Director (Fin), SCI
V K Jain, General Manager, HPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI). As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Code of Conduct - a blessing in disguise for PS to MP CM
Code of conduct has proved to be blessing in disguise for Manoj Shrivastava, Principal Secretary to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh. During this period he has completed 10 chapters of "Sunder Kand". The 1987 batch IAS officer Shrivastava - who is also a sensitive poet and a thoughtful writer - has so far written 27 books despite his manifold engagements. Known as a strict administrative officer, he has also written a critical review of "Sunderkand" and organized lectures for foreigners for teaching "sundarkand" review in English. An honest official devoted to Indian culture, he has to his credit awards like 49th best communicator Award 2009- 2010 given by Governor of Maharashtra and organised by Socialization of Business Communicator of India and the best bureaucrat award by The Indian Express group .

Will Khare be GM, Central Railway
B P Khare is likely to be moved as General Manager of the Central Railway. He is presently posted as General Manager , DLW Varanasi.

Justice Mir to be CJ of HP HC
Senior-most Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir has been transferred to the Himachal Pradesh High Court .
(We said this on Oct 5, Oct 14 and Nov 16, 2013)

1996 batch IAS frozen for central deputation
1996 batch IAS has been frozen for deputation to the Government of India.

Ayyangar gets additional charge of RGNIYD
The ACC has accorded approval for assigning additional charge of the post of Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) (Joint Secretary Level) under the Department of Youth Affairs to G S G Ayyangar, IAS (MT:87), Joint Secretary in that Department, in addition to his own charge for a further period of three months.

Enhancement of retirement age under consideration of BRPSE
The enhancement of superannuation age of employees in all sick Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) from 58 to 60 years is under the consideration of Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE).

Vacancies of CVCs due to arise in next financial year
A number of posts of Chief Vigilance Officers (CVC) are falling vacant in various Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in next financial year 2014-15. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sought nominations of the officers for the appointments.

Who is M A Khan Yusufi ?
Everybody is curious to know about M A Khan Yusufi who has been cleared for the post of Information Commissioner in the CIC. In fact he is retired Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Law. He retired on December 31, 2011.

Mukesh Jain joins as ED of Punjab and Sindh Bank
GM in the Dena Bank, Mukesh Jain , has joined the Punjab & Sindh Bank as Executive Director (ED).

Interview for CMD, MTNL on Nov 28
If some prospective candidates are to be believed, fate of 15 of them shortlisted for the interview for CMD, MTNL, would be decided on Nov 28. The name of the most competent candidate would then be recommended to ACC for appointment. Ashok Kumar Garg is presently the CMD of MTNL.

Files for Director, MD, CMD appointments stuck in CVC
A number of files related to the appointments of Director, Managing Director and Chairman-cum-Managing Director in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have been lying stuck for a long time in Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its clearance.

J S Raju gets UNESCO award
Jagmohan Singh Raju, 1985 batch officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been conferred King Sejong International Literacy Prize 2013 by UNESCO. He has been chosen for this $ 20,000 Prize for the outstanding work done by him to promote literacy in India as Director General of the National Literacy Mission Authority. The award was presented to him by Director General, UNESCO at Paris. A rare honour for India!

Mittal to be appointed CMD of GSL !
The appointment of Rear Admiral Shekhar Mittal as Chairman and Managing Director, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) is reported to have been confirmed by the Government of India.
(We said this on June 14, 2013)

Search for successor of Ramachandran, Dir (Tech), CPCL may start soon ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the search process for the successor of T S Ramachandran may be started soon. Ramachandran is Director (Technical), Chennai Petrochemical Corporation Limited (CPCL).

Highest number of officers on deputation is from Arunachal Pradesh
Highest number of IAS and IPS officers, seven and four respectively, currently on deputation to the Government of India from the North-East are from Arunachal Pradesh.

Reddy is new MD of AP Tourism
KS Reddy has taken over as new Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation. He is a 1983 batch IFS Officer.

Srivastava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sanjay Srivastava has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

R S Jha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
R S Jha has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IoFS officer.

Ms Venkateswar posted as FA & CAO, IRFM, Secunderabad (UPDATED)
Ms A R Venkateswar, HAG/IRAS, AS FA &CAO, SCR, has been appointed as AS FA & CAO, Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management (IRIFM), Secunderabad.

NBCC observes Vigilance Awareness Week (UPDATED)
Dr Lalit K Panwar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India; Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC; Mrs Dimple Verma, IAS, CVO, NBCC and Executive Directors of NBCC, jointly released NBCC Vigilance Posters after formally inaugurating the week-long event in the corporate office. Earlier, Anoop K Mittal, CMD and S K Pal, Director (Finance), NBCC administered the vigilance pledge to all the employees of the corporate office.

Highest academic honour conferred on Mittal, CMD NBCC (UPDATED)
Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC has been conferred honorary D.Phil Degree by D C Singhania, Chancellor, Singhania University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan on November 19, 2013 in recognition of his exceptionally outstanding contribution to the cause of quality value based education in civil & trenchless engineering and promoting building & civil technology on both national as well as international levels. With more than 30 years of experience in the construction arena, Dr. Mittal has assisted in the pioneering work of constructing the first Metro Station in New Delhi at Seelampur which because of its aesthetic excellence was chosen as the venue to inaugurate Delhi Metro, way back in 2003. He has implemented the 270 Cusec Raw Water Pipeline Project of NBCC from Muradnagar (UP) to Sonia Vihar (New Delhi) which made drinking water available to the East & South Delhi residents. He has also made NBCC complete the breakthrough re-development of Netaji Nagar by commercial exploitation of 4 acres of land from the 123.49 acres earmarked for this project.

Dhananjaya Reddy to attend international workshop in Bangkok (UPDATED)
K Dhananjaya Reddy will be attending a workshop on 'Universal Health Coverage & Hospital Accreditation' at Bangkok, Thailand from November 25 to 29, 2013. He is an IAS officer of AP cadre.

Appointment orders of Somasundaran cancelled (UPDATED)
The appointment orders of V Somasundaran as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals have been cancelled. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Orders of Subramanian as Director (Mktg), FACT issued (UPDATED)
The orders of V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (Marketing) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on May 29, 2013)

CORPORATE

Bhaskar nominated as non-official Director on Corporation Bank
Bonam Venktata Bhaskar has been nominated as part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Corporation Bank for a period of three years.

Chaudhary appointed Director (Projects), NBCC
National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) has appointed S K Chaudhary as Director (Projects) of the company.

Varughese ceases to be Non-Exe and Non Inde Dir, Tata Sponge Iron Limited
K K Varughese has ceased to be Non-executive and Non-Independent Director of Tata Sponge Iron Limited.

Chintak ceases to be Non-Exec and Non-Inde Director , Tata Sponge Iron Limited
Rajesh Chintak had ceased to be Non-Executive and Non-independent Director of Tata Sponge Iron Limited.

Henriques resigns as Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Limited
Peter G Henriques has resigned as Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Limited w.e.f. December 31, 2013

Yamanaka appointed Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Limited
James H Yamanaka has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Limited w.e.f. January 1, 2014.

Rafat appointed Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Ltd
Prof. Mubeen Rafat has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of VST Industries Ltd w.e.f. January 1 , 2014.

Jain appointed Part-Time Government Director, SJVN Ltd
SJVN Limited has appointed Mukesh Jain, Joint Secretary (Hydro), Union Ministry of Power as Part-Time Government Director of the company.

Prasad ceases to be Director, SJVN Limited
G Sai Prasad has ceased to be Director of SJVN Limited

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Administrative lethargy of central govt. may cost Sheila Dixit dearly

Central government is, even at the time of election in the State of Delhi, still lethargic towards the lawful rights of central government employees by not implementing Supreme Court decisions and compelling government servants to go in for litigation in CAT. Most of the common issues in CAT relate to forfeiture of pension and gratuity, issue of charge sheet , bad entry in ACR etc. Thousands of government servants are in CAT in respect of such common issues. The Supreme Court has recently held on August 14, 2013 in the case of State of Jharkhand & ors Vs. Jitendra Kumar Srivastava and ANR that pension and gratuity are right to property and are therefore fundamental right and therefore the same cannot be forfeited in departmental proceedings. Hon'ble SC has observed as under "Government cannot withhold Gratuity and Pension during the pendency of the departmental proceeding or criminal proceeding: It is an accepted position that gratuity and pension are not the bounties. An employee earns these benefits by dint of his long, continuous, faithful and un-blemished service." Still so many government servants are struggling to get their pension and gratuity. Delay on the part of govt. in settling such cases is incomprehensible. Similarly, Supreme Court has clearly settled the law that ACR entry of government servant cannot be spoiled without giving reasons. DoPT instructions of G.I., D.P.& AR O.M.No.51/3/74-Estt. (A) dated 22nd May 1975 are also on this lines. Still thousands of govt. servants are struggling to get their ACR entries corrected in consonance with DoPT instructions and SC decisions.

Anil

At the mercy of concerned Ministries/Departments

In the matter of allocation of budget, especially for Office Expenses and Medical Treatment, the Attached & Subordinate Offices, Statutory Bodies and PSUs are at the mercy of their concerned Ministries/Departments. The Ministry of Finance also sees with opaque eyes. The Ministries/Departments, if they have any shortage of funds under the Office Expenses heads, they fall upon their PSUs for recuperation. There are a number of such cases and can be substantiated by the RTI information obtained. The Officials of the Ministries/Departments at times show themselves to the doctors of the PSUs at the latter cost. The increase in prices in the market has catapulted the Offices Expenses of all and there is hand to mouth situation everywhere. Money is not there to pay for the washing purposes, telephone purposes, canteen purposes. More and more government servants opting for treatment in the private CGHS empanelled hospitals and more & people falling sick, acquiring diseases on account of facing tensions of rising prices, on eating spurious products from the market & deteriorating environment conditions. There is scarcity of budget under the medical head everywhere. The hospitals are threatening the sick government employees. There is a need for the Finance Ministry to wake up and clean the slate of all in so far as the medical budget of the Government employee is concerned. Nobody on his volition likes to go to a doctor or a hospital. One can easily catch an employee who tried to pull a fast one on the Government in so far as the medical treatment is concerned.

BBS

Thank you for suggestion

Thank you Bula saheb for the suggestion. Whether it is to be filed in New Delhi consumer court or Varodara consumer court. I had sent an e-mail to CMD, IRCTC. But he did not care to respond. Who is the highest authority in the Railways to lodge the complaint. Please suggest.

N K Das, New Delhi

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