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Will Kamal Nath be CM of Madhya Pradesh ?
There is general consensus in the Congress circles that in the event of the Congress coming to power, veteran and seasoned leader Kamal Nath will be acceptable choice for the Chief Ministership. Infact, for the first time Kamal Nath was seen working day and night for the Congress victory by addressing 96 public meetings during the past 10 days. In case any kind of coalition is required from the BSP and the SP, only Kamal Nath has the capacity to bring them in the fold of the Congress. The only question is whether Nath would like to come to the state politics..

BUREAUCRACY

Gujral to be Member-Secretary, 7th Pay Commission
Secretary, Expenditure, R S Gujral, is likely to be appointed Member-Secretary of the 7th Pay Commission. The 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre Gujral is retiring on November 30.

1980 batch IAS to get in-situ promotion
After the promotion of SB Agnihotri and Aradhna Johri to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India, all the empanelled officers of this batch are being given in-situ promotion as Special Secretary.

Orders of Gurucharan for Addl Secy, Consumer Affairs issued
Orders of G Gurucharan for the appointment as Additional Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution have been issued by the Government of India. Gurucharan, who is 1982 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, is presently in the cadre.
(We said this on November 25, 2013)

Orders of Singh for Addl Secy, Water Resources issued
Orders of Jatinder Bir Singh for the appointment as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources have been issued by Government of India. Singh, who belongs to 1983 batch Assam -Meghalaya cadre IAS officer, is presently in the cadre.
(We said this on November 25, 2013)

Sihag appointed as DG, Acquisition in Defence
Asha Ram Sihag, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence, in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on November 22, 2013)

Ms Biswas empanelled as Addl Secretary in GoI
Ms Nutan Guha Biswas has been empanelled for the post of Additional Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Choudhary's name may be finalised today as SSIS
In case any dark horse does not emerge today, Jayanta Narayan Choudhary's name, a 1979 batch IPS officer of AM cadre, may be finalised for the slot of Special Secretary (SS) , Internal Security (IS). One has to wait and watch as who would emerge victorious in the race of Special Secy, Internal Security.

Does Bhargava, GM- RWF, seek VRS?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rajeev Bhargava has moved in his papers for VRS. He is the GM of Rail Wheel Factory (RWF) at Yelahanka. Recently he was given the additional charge as General Manager of South Western Railway after A K Mittal had been appointed as the Member (Staff), Railway Board.

Neeru Abrol to get three months extension
NFL, CMD, Neeru Abrol is reportedly getting three months extension in her tenure. Extension file has been cleared by the Fertiliser Minister.

No suitable candidate for Director (Fin & Comm), HSL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has not found anyone suitable candidate for the post of Director (Finance & Commercial), Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) after interviewing around five candidates. The Board has recommended to the Department of Defence Production to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis as a onetime measure for a period of five years.

Will A C Verma move from CISF?
Whispers in the corridors of power have been doing rounds that Arun Chandra Verma may soon be moved from CISF with some elevated assignment in a CPMF. The 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre is serving as Special DG, CISF. One may only wait and watch ?

Singh spreads his wings to join GoI
As the grapevine has it, Om Prakash Singh is all set to move on central deputation. Amid the refusal to several officers for central deputation, the UP Government has reportedly conveyed to him that he would be relieved. He may soon join CPMF as ADG. The 1983 batch IPS officer of UP cadre is serving as ADG (Telecom), Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Sharma relieved to join NCB
Rohit Sharma has reportedly been relieved by CBDT, the cadre controlling authority. He may join today as Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is 2003 batch IRS officer who served as Joint Director (Faculty) at NADT, Nagpur.
(We said this on Sept. 27, 2013)

GoI worries about officers not joining at Dy Secretary/Director level
The Government of India is concerned about the officers not coming on central deputation at the level of Deputy Secretary and Director resulting in a shortage of officers at that level.

DoPT invites applications for Project Director, RGNAU
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Project Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their applications to DoPT at the earliest.

NWDA seeks applications for Director (Admin)
National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has invited applications for the post of Director (Administration) under the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Agency at the earliest.

Vijay Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Vijay Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Vishwakarma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
C S Vishwakarma has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Kathirvel joins central deputation
P Kathirvel has been deputed to Central Government as Deputy Director, FSI, Dehradun under the Ministry of Environment & Forests. He is a 2004 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

IAS officer passes away in UP
Ashok Kumar has died of a heart attack on Tuesday in Lucknow. He was 1982 batch IAS officer.

LIC supports rural electrification project (UPDATED)
The Urja Foundation and Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan Memorial Trust commissioned the lighting up of un-electrified homes across rural India with solar power system at Mumbai recently. Apart from the United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan (UNIC), the initiative is also supported by Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) . Niraj Agarwal, Executive Director (Corporate Communications) LIC and D S Mukadam, Secretary, (Corporate Communications) LIC were felicitated by Amitabh Bachchan during the function. 100 Solar Home lighting Systems have lit up homes that had till recently no access to power at Maswan Village in Palghar District, Maharashtra with support from LIC under this initiative.

K C Selvamani posted as OSD, CCIT, Bhopal (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, K C Selvamani has been appointed as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Bhopal.

HAL receives Raksha Mantri's awards (UPDATED)
HAL's Avionics Division (Hyderabad) has been conferred with Raksha Mantri's 'Best Performing Division among Defence PSUs' in the category of Division/Factory Awards for the year 2011-12. A K Antony, Defence Minister, presented the award to V M Chamola, Director (HR) and Sunil Kumar, General Manager (Hyderabad Division) at a function in New Delhi on November 25, 2013. HAL also received the award for innovation under the group/individual award category (2011-12). The project "sand reclamation system" was implemented at HAL's Foundry and Forge Division (Bangalore). The process is entirely automatic, modern and eliminates environmental issues and conserves natural resources. A Selvaraj, General Manager, Indigenization and Deepak Bhoi, Dy Manager (Foundry and Forge) received the award. Established in 1967, HAL, Avionics Division, Hyderabad, is engaged in design, development, manufacture, repair, overhaul of avionic systems for various military and civil fields covering ground, naval and air operations. The product range of the Division includes airborne radar equipment (RAM, IFF), communication equipment (INCOM, COM), navigation equipment (VOR/ILS, TACAN), on-board computers and testers.

BEM conferred with Raksha Mantri Award (UPDATED)
BEML LIMITED, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence and a premier manufacturer of rail products, has been conferred with Raksha Mantri Award in recognition of the excellent effort, 'Design Effort' for design and development of country's first Stainless Steel Electric Multiple Unit (SSEMU) for Indian Railways for suburban commuting. At a function held at New Delhi today, the Award together with the cheque of Award Prize for Rs.1.00 lakh has been received by P Dwarakanath, Chairman & Managing Director, BEML from A K Antony, Defence Minister in the presence of Jitender Singh, Minister of State for Defence.

Why was promotion list of CITs withdrawn ? (UPDATED)
Grapevine has it that the promotion list of CITs to CCITs, was issued on Tuesday and later withdrawn, because it contained the name of two such officers who had already retired. The retired officers whose name were inadvertently mentioned in the list were Srinivasulu and Kuldeep Singh.

Promotion of CITs to CCITs to be announced today (UPDATED)
The promotion list of CITs to CCITs which was announced yesterday and later withdrawn is expected to be finally announced today. While the regular list of those of 1981 batch promoted contains the name of one Mishraji in the last, the extended list has the name of DD Gupta in the last.

CCIT Raipur, Harsh Mahapatra to retire on Friday (UPDATED)
The last working day of the month being Saturday, CCIT Raipur, Harsh Mahapatra will be retiring on Friday November 29, 2013.

No suitable candidate found for Director (Tech), ECIL (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has not found any suitable candidate for the post of Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) despite being interviewed as many as eight candidates. The Board has decided to see more candidates for the same.

37 IRS-IT officers promoted to Chief Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 37 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner. The officers include: Subhash Mehra, Lakshmi Singh Negi, P C Karunadhar S, Nutan A wodeyer, Ambika Khatua, Balvir Singh, Nathan Rau, Shailendera Handa, Suman Kumar Anand, Krishna Saini, S Bhattasali, Gopal Kamal, S S Rathore, Arbind Modi, Ameeta Saini, Pawan Kumar Vatsyayan, Sunil Kumar Mishra, Nutan Sharma, Bijoy Kumar Mishra, Bajrang Das Vishnoi, Bajrang Das Vishnoi, Baldkp Singh Sandhu, Sudhir Kumar, Rekha Goel, Vinod Kumar Mathur, P R Ravikumar, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Anil Goel, Ajit Kumar Panda, Aditya Vikram, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, K K Mishra, Sunil Mohan Mishra, Sanjeev Kumar Abrol, Suresh Chandra Kabra, S M Ashraf, Abhay Charan Naik and Bhagwan Das Gupta.

Justice Mir sworn in as acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh HC (UPDATED)
Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir has been sworn in as acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court. Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmilla Singh administered oath to Mir. Justice Mir, a native of Rajpora village in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, completed LLB in 1978 and joined Higher Judicial Services in 1992.

CORPORATE

Gyan Bhushan elevated in SEBI
Gyan Bhushan, Chief General Manager has been elevated to the position of Executive Director in SEBI. He is an IES officer.

Kurian appointed Govt Director, BPCL
P H Kurian, Principal Secretary (Industries & IT), Government of Kerala has been appointed as Government Director on the Board of Directors of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

Venu appointed Director (Strategy), Sundaram Clayton Ltd
Lakshmi Venu has been appointed as Director (Strategy) (which is in the rank of Managing Director) of Sundaram Clayton Ltd.

Khera appointed MD & CEO, Horizon Infrastructure Limited
Horizon Infrastructure Limited has appointed Ajay Khera as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f. November 27, 2013.

Akhade designated MD & CEO, Autoline Industries Ltd
Autoline Industries Ltd has designated S T Akhade as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Chugh appointed Addl. Director, Prakash Industries Limited
Prakash Industries Limited has appointed Y N Chugh and Mamraj Agarwal as Additional Directors of the company.

Srinivasan resigns as Director, Sri Chamundeswari Sugars Limited
S Srinivasan has resigned as Director of Sri Chamundeswari Sugars Limited.

Soni re-designated Director (Finance) & CFO, VLS Finance Ltd
VLS Finance Ltd has re-designated K K Soni as Director ( Finance) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Singh to be President (Asian Ops.) Coca Cola from Jan 1
Atul Singh has been promoted as President (Asian Operations), Coca Cola w.e.f. January 1, 2014.

Kumar appointed Company Secy. JTL Infra Ltd
JTL Infra Ltd has appointed Nitin Kumar as Company Secretary of the company.

Kamra resigns as Director, Gangotri Cement Ltd
Ravi Kamra has resigned as Director of Gangotri Cement Ltd

Surekha resigns as Director, Silverpoint Infratech Ltd
Mohan Lal Sureka has resigned as Director of Silverpoint Infratech Ltd.

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Judge the performance

There are 7-8 parameters on which the economic condition of a country can be judged. It does not require much debate unless someone make a issue of un-necessary discussion. Let us see trade deficit which has increased to $191bn in 2012-13 from $ 28bn in 2004-05. CAD has widened to record high 4.8% of GDP $ 87.8 bn. It means our export has gone down and imports have increased resulting in widening of CAD. GDP growth has come down to 3.8% (As per IMF) from more than 8% in 2004-05. Low GDP and core infrastructure growth is a matter of concern. Fiscal deficit has increased, industrial production has gone down resulting in job losses. Prices are rising. Common man is suffering. See the performance of Air India after pumping Rs.3000 crores. BSNL, MTNL, ITI and other PSUs which are finding difficulty even paying salaries. The performance is not good which can be appreciated. We have to find some one while reviewing the performance can say "I am not interested in excuses for delay; I am interested in getting the work done". Even after 66 years of independence we are coming to a situation to bring food security bill because we could not provide opportunity to common man to earn themselves for their livelihood and lead respectable life without depending on others. We have to think how to create jobs and provide necessary things like health care, education, drinking water, roads etc. We do not have sufficient electricity to meet the requirement of rural areas. Power generation is not very encouraging. Where we are progressing? Can someone analyze it?

N Prakash

Cadre restructuring of CSS

We do hope some good news in the front of cadre restructuring of CSS. It is really a fact that this service is the backbone of functioning of the government and so it indeed deserves some good recommendations. Let us wait and watch.

Rajeswar Lal

Avoiding plight of government servants

The Government of India is trying to avoid plight of government servants. The CSS 2003 select contains those tainted names whose services are not to the mark and it is suggested that they should have been curtailed

Ram Singh

Poor quality food in trains

There is a help line: 57886 which could be used for remedy even while travelling , immediately on the rise of the complaint, I gather.

R V Nathan

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