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Credibility of CBI again established
CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha has once again established the credibility of the investigative agency. Nobody would believe that Lalu Yadav will go to jail with Ranjit Sinha at the helm of affairs of the CBI. Sinha had been Yadav's DGP in Bihar for several years and also investigating officer in the fodder case. When he landed in Delhi on central deputation, Sinha was always named as Lalu's man. When he became CBI Chief there was a talk in the corridors of power that now Lalu's fate is secured. Infact, two Congress Ministers in the UPA Government had to go because of CBI headed by Ranjit Sinha.

BUREAUCRACY

Three IAS officers interviewed for new post of JS in Finance Ministry
Three IAS officers Manoj Joshi (Kerala 89),Shreya Guha (Rajastham 94) and Arunish Chawla (Bihar 92) have been interviewed for the post of Joint Secretary Commodity Exchange in the Ministry of Finance.

Meshram posted Joint Secretary, Commerce in GoI
Mrs Sharda P Meshram has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce in Government of India. She is an officer of CSS cadre.

S D Sharma appointed Director, MHA in GoI
S D Sharma has been appointed as Director, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Government of India. He is an officer of CSS cadre.

Anil Kumar is new Joint Secretary, MSME
B H Anil Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on September 2, 2013)

Antony DeSa is new Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh
Antony DeSa has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on September 18, 2013)

Jitesh Khosla is new Chief Secretary of Assam
Jitesh Khosla has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Assam. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on September 30, 2013)

Sidhu is new DGP of Uttarakhand
B S Sidhu has taken over as new DGP of Uttarakhand. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
(We said this on September 29, 2013)

B Prasada Rao replaces Reddy as DGP, AP
B Prasada Rao has been appointed as Director General of Police (DGP), Head of Police Force in Andhra Pradesh. He will replace V Dinesh Reddy who retires on September 30, 2013. Rao is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 27, 2013)

Reddy is new DGP of West Bengal
G M Prabhu Rajasekhar Reddy has succeeded Naparajit Mukherjee as DGP of West Bengal on October 1. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on September 13, 2013)

Arunendra Kumar gets one month extension
Acting Chairman of the Railway Board Arunendra Kumar has been given one months extension beginning October 1.

ACC clears promotion of 23 Commissioners in CBEC
The ACC has finally cleared the promotion of 23 Commissioners to the rank of Chief Commissioner in the CBEC.

S Bala Shekhar re-appointed as Lok Sabha Secretary General
After his retirement as Secretary General Lok Sabha, S Bala Shekhar has been re-appointed as Secretary General, Lok Sabha on contract basis till February 28, 2013. The orders have been issued in this regard.

Likhi gets extension on deputation tenure
Central deputation tenure of Abhilaksh Likhi Joint Secretary in the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has been extended for a period upto July 31, 2014 . He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Malay Srivastava gets pro-forma promotion in GoI
ED, ITPO, Malay Srivastava, has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of Principal Secretary. He is 1990 batch IAS officer. Infact, 1990 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh.

Three CSS officers promoted to Deputy Secretary in GoI
Three officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Secretary and shifted to other Ministries in Government of India. Accordingly, Premraj Kuar has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Consumer Affairs while R Sunder will now be Deputy Secretary, Food & PD and Mrs Asha Chauhan is Deputy Secretary, Environment & Forests.

Major retirement in Public Sector Undertakings' units
As many as eight Board Members including one CMD and MD in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) units have retired on September 30, 2013. They are R K Singh, CMD, BPCL; Lalit Kohli, MD, NSKFDC; Ananth Kumar, Director(Finance), OIL; B P Singh, Director (Projects), NTPC; G D Brara, Director (Commercial), Air India Limited; Pitchiah, Director (Finance), BEML Limited; P K Chandrasekharan, Director (Marketing), FACT and Kandasamy, Director (Planning & Projects), NLC.

Dr Devraj Birdi promoted to CS grade in MP
Dr Devraj Birdi has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. Presently, he is serving as Chairman, Board of Secondary Education with additional charge of Chairman, Board of Professional Education (Vyapam). He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Mrs Suranjana Ray promoted to CS grade in MP
Mrs Suranjana Ray has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. After the promotion, she will work as Additional Chief Secretary, OBC and Minority Welfare. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

I S Dani appointed DG, Noronha Academy of Administration
I S Dani has been appointed as Director General of RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration with additional charge of Director General of Atal Behari Vajpayee, Public Administration Institute. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 18, 2013)

Justice Agrawal is new Chief Justice of Madras HC
Acting Chief Justice of the Madras high Court, Justice R K Agrawal has been appointed full-fledged Chief Justice.

(We said this on August 21, 2013)

R N Prasad is also CCIT-III, Delhi
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, R N Prasad has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-III, Delhi.

Binoy Kumar to be Commissioner, AP Bhavan, New Delhi
Binoy Kumar has been appointed as Commissioner, Projects, AP Bhavan, New Delhi and ex-officio Principal Secretary, General Administration Department. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mrs Subrahmanyam relieved to join as JS, Textiles in GoI
The Government of Andhra Pradesh has relieved Mrs Pushpa Subrahmanyam of cadre responsibility and paved the way for joining as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

L Premchandra Reddy is also PS, Finance in AP
L Premchandra Reddy has been assigned an additional charge of Finance Department. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Prasad joins Settlement Commission in Mumbai
In an amazing development, AK Prasad has joined in Settlement Commission, Mumbai. This means that J Chaturvedi will be posted at Chennai in the Settlement Commission

S Boopathy joins as Director (Planning & Projects), NLC
S Boopathy, GM, NLC has joined as Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) in the evening of September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 20, 2013)

Varadarajan assumes charge as CMD, BPCL (UPDATED)
S Varadarajan, Director (Finance), BPCL, has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on October 1, 2013. He succeeded R K Singh who retired September 30, 2013.
(We said this on February 26, 2013)

M Nagaraj joins as MD, NSKFDC (UPDATED)
M Nagaraj, GM, IIFCL, has assumed the charge as Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC) on October 1, 2013. He succeeded Lalit Kohli who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on February 19, 2013)

Mrs R S Borah joins as Director (Fin), OIL (UPDATED)
Mrs R S Borah, CGM, OIL, has taken over as Director (Finance), Oil India Limited (OIL). She succeeded Ananth Kumar who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 21, 2013)

Swaminathan assumes charge as Director (Fin), BEML (UPDATED)
P Swaminathan, ED, BEML, has taken the charge as Director (Finance), BEML Limited on October 1, 2013. He succeeded Pitchiah who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 13, 2013)

Pandey takes over as Director (Proj), NTPC (UPDATED)
S C Pandey, ED, NTPC, has taken over the charge as Director (Projects), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited on October 1, 2013. He succeeded B P Singh who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 8, 2013)

Srivastava assumes charge as Director (Comm), Air India (UPDATED)
Pankaj Srivastava, GM, Air India, has taken over the charge as Director (Commercial), Air India Limited (AIL) onOctober 1, 2013. He succeeded G D Brara who retired on September 30, 2013.
(We said this on March 7, 2013)

Subramanian expected to join as Director (Mktg), FACT in Oct
V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, is expected to take over as Director (Marketing) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT). He would succeed P K Chandrasekharan.
(We said this on May 29, 2013)

Ms Gita Mishra to join as Director (Pers), RVNL in Oct
Ms Gita Mishra, Director (Personnel), RVNL, will be joining on absorption on the same post on October 13, 2012.
(We said this on April 30, 2013)

Naresh Chandra to join as Director (Tech), MRVC in Oct
Naresh Chandra, Director (Technical), MRVC, will be joining on absorption on the same post on October 14, 2013.
(We said this on March 14, 2013)

39 IRAS officers of 2002 batch get JAG
As many as 39 officers of Indian Railways Account Service (IRAS) belonging to 2002 have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are Vijay Sharma and Sandeep Maheshwari of NR; S Salim Javed of SR; K Anjaneyulu of SCR; M S Chandrasekaran of ICF; S Sasiraman of SR; S K Pandey of NCR; V Thirupurasundari of ICF; A K Bhadoria and D M Sonwane of WR; D P Sharma of NWR; A Z Khan of RE; S S Chattopadhyay of CLW; S Sujata of SCR; S Dilip Kumar of RE; Sanjeev Sharma of RB; Gajmohan of NR; M Lakshmi Narashimhan of SR; N K Das of SER; Raja Lakshmi Udayashankar of ECOR; P S Chauhan of WCR; H O Chopra of NR; K Ramasubramanian of SR; Ram Kishore of NCR; Prema Sripathyrao of SWR; Rakesh Kumar Bhargava of RCF; Sumathi Bharadwaj of WR; Shailendra Sharma of NCR; Titty Johan of SR; J H Choudhari and U V R Murty of ER; Revathi Subhash of CR; M V Narsimham of ECOR; Vinod Kumar of NCR; H S Mahto of ECR; Ghanshyam Das Bhatia of NR; C L Verma and R K Chaturvedi of NWR and B Pradhan of NFR.

24 IRAS officers of 2003 batch get JAG
As many as 24 officers of Indian Railways Account Service (IRAS) belonging to 2003 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are Pallavi Joshi of NR; Parage Santosh Gunvant of CR; Md Manzarul Hasan of SER; S Chowdhury of ER; J K Singh of DLW; Indra Prakash of NCR; Ms N Umasobana of ICF; N G Shete of NFR; G Ammeswara Rao of SCR; F Daniel of NFR; Md Nayeemul Haque of NCR; P K Hazra of SER; Urmila Sharma of RB; Rakesh Sharma of NWR; C Girija of NFR; L V Dudam of SWR; S B Mohalkar and Juliet Tauro of CR; A N Banerjee of SER; Gandhar Pati of SECR; G V Somasekhar of SR; Manohar Pillai of SCR; M Borsaikia of NER and G L Meena of ER.

IPS changes in UP
SSP Meerut, Deepak Kumar, Kumar has been attached to DGP office, Lucknow. Onkar Singh will be new SSP Meerut and Raju Baba Singh has been made SSP Ballia.

Jha is new Police Commissioner, Ahemdabad
Shivanand Jha has been appointed new Police Commissioner Ahemdabad. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer.

Pachnanda gets DG rank in West Bengal
R K Pachnanda has been promoted to the rank of DG in West Bengal. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer .

Ranjan Mathai appointed HC to UK (UPDATED)
Former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.
( We said this on June 5 and again on September 25 )

Dr Tina Kumar is also Secretary, Child Rights Commission in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Tina Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Jaipur. She is a 2007 batch IAS oficer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IPS officers shifted in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been shifted in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, K C Agrawal has been appointed as Assistant IG, PHQ, Raipur while R P Sai will now be SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Raipur.

Rajiv Gupta is also Secretary, Youth Welfare in GoI (UPDATED)
Rajiv Gupta, Secretary, Sports, has been assigned an additional charge of Youth Welfare in Government of India upon the retirement of P D Deb. Gupta is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Alok Rawat is also Secretary, Labour & Employment (UPDATED)
Alok Rawat, Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment in Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

MP Govt sanctions 10% DA to its employees (UPDATED)
Madhya Pradesh Government has accorded sanction of 10 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) to its employees rising from 80 percent to 90 percent. The DA will be effective retrospectively from July 1, 2013. The orders have been issued in this regard.

Ms Srivastava gets additional charge of CMD NABARD (UPDATED)
Additional Secretary Financial Services Ms Snehlata Srivastava has been given additional charge of the CMD NABARD. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Orders of Bansal in a day or two (UPDATED)
Orders of the appointment of Sadhuram Bansal as CMD Corporation Bank are expected to be issued in a day or two. He is presently ED in the PNB.

Gauri Shankar to succeed Bansal (UPDATED)
GM in the Bank of India Gauri Shankar will succeed Saduram Bansal as ED of the Punjab National Bank. Orders are expected in a couple of days.

D Nagabhushanam gets selection grade in AP (UPDATED)
D Nagabhushanam has been accorded selection grade in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Tushar Kanti Sharma posted as Director, School Education in J&K (UPDATED)
IAS officer, Tushar Kanti Sharma has been appointed as Director, School Education, Jammu while Saurabh Bhagat was kept on waiting in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sudarsanam Srinivasan is also Member (Fin), Space/Atomic/Earth Commission (UPDATED)
Sudarsanam Srinivasan, Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Space, has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Finance), Space Commission/Atomic Energy Commission/Earth Commission. Srinivasan is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

CORPORATE

Now Jackie Shroff launches Vipul Mittra's book 'The Dream Chasers
After Amitabh Bachchan, now Jackie Shroff has launched the book 'The Dream Chasers'(Random House) written by Vipul Mittra in Ahmedabad on Monday. Earlier Bachchan had in Mumbai on September 26, 2013, launched this book. It is the story of youth, their dreams and fantasies. Mittra is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre

Ravi resigns as Director, Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd
S Ravi has resigned as Director of Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd with immediate effect.

Chandran steps down as CMD, BASF India Limited
Prasad Chandran has stepped down as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BASF India Limited.

Ramachandran appointed CMD, BASF India Limited
Dr Raman Ramachandran has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of BASF India Limited w.e.f. October 1, 2013

Goenka resigns as Non Exec. Director, Zee Media Corporation Limited
Punit Goenka has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Zee Media Corporation Limited.

Balakrishnan ceases to be Director, Binani Industries Limited
Jitender Balakrishnan has ceased to be a Director of Binani Industries Limited

Ganesh appointed Addl. Director, Kirloskar Electric Company Limited
Kirloskar Electric Company Limited has appointed as K Ganesh, Executive Director (CRM), Mumbai, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC ) as an Additional Director of the company.

Two Independent Directors appointed on Board of NELCO Ltd
NELCO Limited has appointed Ramesh Savoor and K Raghuraman as Independent Directors of the company.

Rao appointed Addl. Director, Nitesh Estates Limited
Nitesh Estates Limited has appointed Sudhakar Rao, IAS (retd.) as an Additional Director of the company.

Dutt appointed President, Andhra Chamber of Commerce
V L Indira Dutt had been appointed as President of Andhra Chamber of Commerce.

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DEBATE (1) WILL CONGRESS WIN AGAIN OR NARENDRA MODI TURN THE TABLE THIS TIME ?

Unless we make Voting compulsory, for all and Rejection of all candidates implemented in letter and spirit, then only India will be democracy, non-voting should be an punishable offence Indian situation cannot be improved in India, the present one is not a democracy because the Government in power always won and ruled by getting only 21% votes out of 121 crores. We never had a democracy, it has always been minority Government with a weak PM installed.

Harish Kumar

Once a soldier always a soldier

Once a soldier always a soldier, this should be the motto of all members of the armed forces and most of our valiant men are maintaining this tradition. Unfortunately people like VK Singh has become a black sheep among them. I am deliberately not using his rank as I feel he no longer deserves the title. In one stroke he has compromised the security of the country which he had pledged to preserve. He should be tried for treason.

Puliptath

Unhealthy Trend

A very unhealthy trend is continuing in Government departments to employ retired officers as consultants and grant extensions to blue eyed officers. This stops the opportunity for younger generations to get the employment and feel frustrated after completing their education. One time relaxation becomes permanent and continues year to year. Govt. should provide equal opportunity to all employees working in all the departments. As one starts giving preference of one particular cadre then it spreads to others without check.

N Prakash

Truth behind appointment of consultants

When justice becomes costly and no one bothers about probity in public life, it is natural to see many undeserving officers being appointed as consultant. At times, the favours are obtained through illegal means too. It is too much to expect a fair deal through an empowered committee. A ban on appointment of retired persons for two years may be one correcting measures.

Bharat

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