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Will Pranab Mukherjee go down in history ?
Heard at a get-together " Pranab Mukherjee will go down in the history of India if he becomes the PM after remaining President of India ".

No proposal for extension after superannuation in PSUs and Banks
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has cleared that no proposal for extension of service beyond the age of superannuation in Executives in Banks, PSUs and Financial Institutions can be entertained by any administrative Ministry/Department.

BUREAUCRACY

1980 batch IAS officers poised to be designated as Spl Secy on Dec 1
With the posting of two 1980 batch IAS officers as Secretary, Pharmaceuticals & Secretary, Renewable Energy rest of the 1980 batch officers, empanelled as Secretary, are likely to be designated as Special Secretary on December 1.

Meena to get lateral promotion in Dept of Food Processing
As the grapevine has it, Jagdish Prasad Meena may soon be laterally promoted and posted as Additional Secretary in the Department of Food Processing. The 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre is currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Department.

Raghavendra may be laterally posted as AS, I&B
Whispers have been doing rounds that immediately after the 34th edition of IFFI, Goa, would be over on November 30. Raghavendra Singh would be given lateral posting as Additional Secretary in Information and Broadcasting (I&B). He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Agrawal to be Advisor Inter-State Council Secretariat
Vinod Agrawal will be Advisor in the Inter-State Council Secretariat .He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Many vacancies in shipping sector
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), Jawaharlal Nehru and Vizag ports, all have temporary Chairmen for months, as important appointments in the maritime sector - already facing capacity constraints and poor cargo growth - are stuck. Though SCI had announced Sunil Thapar as its new Chairman, the appointment has not
become effective for want of certain clearances. The Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust, R P S Kahlon, has been holing the additional charge of Vizag port as well. At Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, L Radhakrishnan's premature departure left Deputy Chairman N N Kumar holding the Chairman's position on a temporary basis. The selection of the new Chairman even though advertised and formalities completed is awaiting the Minister's nod. The Ministry officers are wisecracking that the Minister of Shipping should also be on an adjunct charge of some other Ministry to bring everything on par. NHAI, CERC, Bank heads and now Shipping vacancies: seems as if the appointments in UPA make haste slowly.

P K Purwar selected for post of CMD, MTNL
P K Purwar, Director Finance, MTNL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 28, 2013. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Ghanashyam is new HC, Nigeria
Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.

Sharma to be Spl Commissioner Police Delhi !
Jitendra K. Sharma is likely to be posted as Special Commissioner in Delhi Police. He is presently DG (Police) in Arunachal Pradesh. Orders are likely to be issued post Delhi elections. He is a1982 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sudhir poised to move from MEA
As the grapevine has it, Sanjay Sudhir, Joint Secretary, MEA, may soon move on a foreign assignment. He is a 1993 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Pandey is poised to move from SCR, Secunderabad
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that K L Pandey may soon move from South Central Railway, Secunderabad. The 1977 batch IRTS officer is currently serving as Additional General Manager, South Central Railway. He is also the Director (Public Grievance) South Central Railway.

Arun Jain to be Secretary, Child and Women Welfare
As the gravepine has it , Arun Jain may soon to move to Child and Women Welfare in the Government of India.

Update job profile for PSUs Board three months before: DoPT
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked all the Ministry and Department to finalize/modify the job description/qualification/eligibility conditions three months in advance of the stipulated period of one year and communicate the same to the PESB.

Four posts of GM, Railways, lying vacant
As many as four GM posts have been lying vacant in Indian Railways.

Mishra moves to Kolkata as IG, BSF
Rajnikant Mishra has been posted in Kolkata as IG, BSF, South Bengal Frontier. The 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre had moved on central deputation in June this year and was posted in Tripura as IG, Tripura Frontier.

Who will be new Chairman, HMT?
Who is being appointed as new Chairman of HMT Machine Tools Limited as present Chairman, holding additional charge, Harbhajan Singh is being relieved on November 29, 2013.

DoPT invites applications for ED, Tea Board, Guwahati
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Executive Director, Tea Board, Guwahati under the Department of Commerce, Government of India. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Tech), CPCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Technical), Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) falling vacant next year on December 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 23, 2014.

Orders of Biswal as Director (Fin), NTPC likely in Dec
The orders of Kulmani Biswal, Director (Finance), MCL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), NTPC Limited are expected to be issued by Government of India in December. The post, which was to fall vacant on February 1, 2014, has arisen vacant with A K Singhal joining as Member, CERC.

Tarun Tejpal, an inspiration behind 'The Dream Chasers'?
It is learnt that one of the characters 'Karan' in Vipul Mittra's best seller novel 'The Dream Chasers' is inspired by none other than Tarunjit Tejpal, who was a class fellow of Mittra at DAV College. Karan is shown as the dopey, crazy young man who rides scooters semi-naked in middle of the night. The book has sold two large re-prints and Random House, world's largest publisher after their take of Penguin, is running to supply books at stores, where the novel is flying off the shelves. The book was released by Amitabh Bachchan in October.

DoPT asks PESB to advertise posts one year before of vacancy
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has instructed the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) to initiate the recruitment process to Board level post in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) units one year prior to date of occurrence of vacancy so as to fill the post on time.

Arya to retire on Nov 30 adding one more vacancy of GM Railways
S V Acharya is scheduled to superannuate on November 30 adding one more vacancy for the takers waiting in the wings. The vacant posts of GM will now increase to five. In addition to that this may increase to six as well in case the VRS proposal of Rajeev Bharadwaz, GM, RWF, is accepted by the Railway Board.

Mrs Kumari to join foreign assignments with UNDP
Mrs A Santi Kumari has been selected for the post of Chief Operating Officer with the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), UNDP for a period of one year. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mehboob Alam is all set to get extension?
As the grapevine has it, Dr Mehboob Alam may soon be given extension. The 1981 batch IPS officer is presently serving as ADG, ITBP. He is scheduled to complete the seven years term under central deputation on December 6 this year. If everything goes well he would retire from his services from Delhi only. He had recently carried the additional charge of DG ITBP as well.

Mishra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajendera Kumar Mishra has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Jain empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Arun Kumar Jain 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.

Pujari and Das to be administered oath as Judges of Orissa HC today
Law Secretary Satrughna Pujari and Ganjam District Judge Debabrata Das would be administered oath as Judges of Orissa High Court on November 29. With this appointment, the number of Judges in the high court will go up to 17.

Rear Admiral M S Pawar takes charge
Rear Admiral M S Pawar has taken over as the Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command.

BSE launches currency, interest rate derivative trading
BSE, Asia's first stock Exchange, has launched currency and interest rate derivative trading. In its Currency Derivatives segment, BSE allows trading in contracts like US Dollar-Indian Rupee (USD-INR), Euro-Indian Rupee (EUR-INR), British pound-Indian Rupee (GBP-INR) and Japanese Yen- Indian Rupee (JPY-INR). Currency Options trading will be commenced on the contracts on US Dollar- Indian Rupee (US$- INR). The Exchange today launched trading of the currency derivatives segment on its new trading platform through its BOLT Plus software. Bolt Plus platform is based on T7, the global trading architecture of Deutsche Bourse AG. One of the key features of the new system is a response time of approximately 200 micro seconds making it the fastest trading platform in the country today several times faster than the nearest competition. The Clearing & Settlement of trades executed on the Currency Derivatives Segment will be performed by the Indian Clearing Corporation Ltd (ICCL), wholly owned subsidiary of BSE.

Two IPS officers shifted in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
Two IPS officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, J Purnachandra Rao has been appointed as Vice Chairman & Managing Director, AP State Road Transport Corporation while A K Khan will now be Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau.

Jagdish Chandra Mohanty is also PS, Sports & Youth Affairs in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Jagdish Chandra Mohanty has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs in Rajasthan. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

CORPORATE

Goenka re-designated Exec. Chairman, Duncans Industries Ltd
Duncans Industries Ltd has re-designated G P Goenka as Executive Chairman of the company with immediate effect.

Agarwal resigns as Director & MD, Eins Edutech Ltd
Akhil Agarwal has resigned as Director and Managing Director of Eins Edutech Ltd

Bhat resigns as Director, Indus Fila Limited
V Balaji Bhat has resigned as Director of Indus Fila Limited

Doshi appointed Addl. Director, Walchandnagar Industries Limited
Walchandnagar Industries Limited has appointed Bhavna Doshi as Additional Director of the company.

Pandit appointed Addl. Director, Indo Count Industries Limited
Dr Vaijayanti A. Pandit has been appointed as Additional Director of Indo Count Industries Limited.

Ms Arora resigns as Director, Nuway Organic Naturals India Ltd
Ms Rosy Arora has resigned as Director of Nuway Organic Naturals India Ltd

Kusnur resigns as Director, Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd
Subramanya Kusnur has resigned as Director of Aadhaar Ventures India Ltd.

Kapoor to be MD, Reckitt Benckiser?
Nitish Kapoor has been appointed as Managing Director of Reckitt Benckiser from January 2014.

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Cadre restructuring of CSS

When the CSS Officers become eligible for Joint Secretary level posts, they are only given in situ promotions by upgrading their existing positions or given inconsequential posts. There is no reason why they cannot be given proper postings. While doing the cadre restructuring , this aspect should be considered.

Ravi Kumar

We hope recruitment of Direct Recruit Section Officers resumes in CSS. The service is not working well in the absence of Direct Recruits.

Arjun Mallik

Medical Insurance schemes damaging Insurance companies due to connivance
Once the General Insurance companies of the country were a blue chip companies and earning huge profits. In the recent past all of these companies have gone into red only because of the Medical Insurance schemes. The so called private hospitals in connivance with the some officials of the Insurance companies paid huge medical treatment benefits to the Hospitals, which improved the financial position of the latter and improved the financial position of the former.

I am dealing with the re-reimbursement bills of private CGHS empanelled hospitals. We see how these people submit huge inflated bills and we are forced to refer matters to the CGHS for clarifications. In the process we save huge amounts of the government. The private empanelled hospitals also do not have proper doctors. The interns are mostly the people who have done their MBBS from China, Russia etc. The whole world is aware as to how the private hospitals are fleecing people in the name of tests and treatment, which are not necessary.

Instead of criticizing CGHS, we should talk about setting up of some hospitals for Central Government employees. In the existing Central Government hospitals like AAIMS, Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Hospitals we should have sufficient & separate arrangements for Government employees to show to the doctors, get lab & diagnostic tests done and also there should be separate wing of Wards and Private Wards for the Central Government employees. These facilities should also remain open on the Saturdays so that the office does not suffer.

Anurag Srivastava

God save this Country

There is no point even in raising any issue in the present set up? It is insensitive, ruthless, corrupt and only busy in the loot? We may see the worst of CGHS in the days to come. You can go for treatment abroad at government expenses but difficult to deal with CGHS, say it to be doctors, pharmacist?

Ravinder

Congress makes pre election pact

Toughness increases for both - the BJP and the Congress. Kirodilal Meena will be probable Dy CM in Rajasthan with 10-13 MLAs in hand supporting the Congress from outside. The Congress has likely made pre election pact. Anyway wait and watch.

S Pandey

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