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POLITICS

Scores of retired officers employed by a Group
Over one hundred retired IAS, IPS and IRS officers have been employed by a top business Group. Guess the name.

Uncertainty about constitution of 7th Pay Commission
Despite the announcement of Central Government in principle, the uncertainty about the constitution of 7th Pay Commission is hovering as Government of India has not initiated any action on paper in this regard.

BUREAUCRACY

Arunendra Kumar is finally new Chairman Railway Board
Acting Chairman of the Railway Board Arunendra Kumar has finally been given full-fledged charge as CRB. Mystery is still there whether The 1971 batch IRSME officer, Arunendra Kumar will get additional charge of Member (Mechanical)?

Kackar to be Secretary General of India Habitat Centre
Former Secretary in the Government of India Rakesh Kackar is reportedly joining as Secretary General of the India Habitat Centre. He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

CAT Administrative Member Basu moves to Delhi
Administrative Member, Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Hyderabad, K Basu, is moving to Delhi Bench on Monday. He is a retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Who will be new DGP of Assam?
Amid the expected movement of Jayanta Narayan Choudhary to Ministry of Home Affairs as Special Secretary - Internal Security, all eyes are now set on the new DGP in Assam ? Currently Choudhury, a 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is the top cop of Assam.

Atul Dulloo to join GoI
Atul Dulloo is joining the Government of India (GoI) as Joint Secretary, Rural Development. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Decision of new Mumbai Police Commissioner next week
Decision about the new Mumbai Police Commissioner is expected next week.

Three 1982 batch IAS officers get pro-forma-promotion in MP
Three 1982 batch IAS officers, J S Mathur (Additional Secretary - Information &Broadcasting ), Ms Snehlata Srivastava (Additional Secretary - Financial Services) and Raghav Chandra (Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Agriculture) have been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of Chief Secretary by the Madhya Pradesh Government.

Singh to proceed on central deputation as IG, NIA soon
The 1991 batch IPS officer G P Singh, currently serving as IG in Assam, is all set to proceed on central deputation. He has been appointed as IG, National Investigative Agency (NIA).

DPC of 1991 and 1992 batch IRS (IT) awaited
DPC for promotion of 1991 and 1992 batch IRS (IT) is still awaited. No date has so far been fixed.

GSL CMD Bakhshi to retire in January
Retired Rear Admiral ( Vineet Bakhshi, VSM, Chairman & Managing Director, Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) is due to retire in January, 2014.

Pathak posted as Dy Director, DFP, Ranchi
N N Pathak has been posted as Deputy Director, DFP, Ranchi after promotion to Senior Grade. He is an Indian Information Service officer.

Dr Mishra poised to join CRPF as Financial Adviser
Dr Sanjeev Mishra is poised to join Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)as Financial Adviser. Mishra, a 1988 batch officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service, is currently serving as Chief Controller of Accounts at Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

Rahul Bhandari is back to Punjab
Rahul Bhandari is back to the parent Punjab cadre from central deputation. On return 1997 batch IAS officer Bhandari has been appointed Secretary Education.

Sinha is poised to join as CVO, Railways
Kundan Sinha has been appointed as new Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of Railways. The 1979 batch IRTS officer is currently serving as Adviser, Commercial (Rates), to the Railway Board.

Patro to succeed Srivastava as Director, ECL on Nov 1
K S Patro, GM, CCL, will be joining as Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) on November 1, 2013. He will succeed S K Srivastava retiring on October 31, 2013.
(We said this on April 10, 2013)

CVC queers pitch of SS Joshi for being Director, BEML Ltd!
It is being whispered that the selection of S S Joshi, ED, DMRC made by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on February 21, 2013, for the post of Director (Metro & Rail Business), BEML Limited, has turned sour with the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) refusing to give its clearance to him for the slot and, thus, the way for the appointment of another candidate.

Post of Dy Chairman, KPT still vacant
The post of Deputy Chairman, Kandla Port Trust (KPT), has still been lying vacant since December 20, 2012 after M A Bhaskarachar vacated the post after joining as CMD, EPL.

Get-together of 1983 batch All India Services
The 1983 batch of all Central and All India Services is getting together to celebrate 30 years in service. All officers - serving, retired and resigned - are invited with their spouses to spend an evening going down memory lane!

The Date: October 27, 2013

The Time: 7 pm

The Place: PSOI Club, Chanakya Puri, New Delhi

All batch mates are requested to attend and also inform and invite those batch mates they are in touch with. Please send your confirmations to either the coordinator for your State/Service, who would have contacted you, or to Arun K Sinha (IAS; 1983; UP) whose coordinates are given below.

Arun Sinha

Addnl Secretary, M/o Labour, GoI

aksinha2@yahoo.com/ arun.sinha@nic.in

(O) 011-23710178

Mo: 09810229264

Dhiraj Mathur

PwC | Executive Director

Direct: +91 (0) 124 3306005 | Mobile: +91 (0) 99 5841 9296

Email: dhiraj.mathur@in.pwc.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited

Building 10, 17th Floor, Tower C, DLF Cyber City

Gurgaon - 122 001, Haryana, India

P K Guin selected as Director (Tech), CCL (UPDATED)
P K Guin, CGM, (CCL),CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Orders of Borgohain as Director (Pers), NEEPCO issued (UPDATED)
The orders of S B Borgohain, GM, PGCL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on June 19, 2013)

MRVC Director, Naresh Chandra gets extension (UPDATED)
The Ministry of Railways is reported to have accorded an extension of six months to Naresh Chandra as Director (Technical), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC), Mumbai, as his tenure on deputation came to an end on October 13, 2013. However, he is waiting for the orders for joining
the same post on absorption.

D P Ranjan selected as Director (Fin), Cochin Shipyard Ltd (UPDATED)
D P Ranjan, CGM, CSL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 15, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Ashok Kumar Yadav posted as Secretary, Revenue & Disaster in Haryana (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Yadav has been appointed as Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department in Haryana. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer.

Madhusudhan Reddy is Sub-collector, Perambalur in TN (UPDATED)
P Madhusudhan Reddy has been appointed Sub Collector, Perambalur in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer.

Transfers and postings of IRSME officers (UPDATED)
A number of IRSME officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, A K Singh, SAG/IRSME/ Workshop Project Organisation/ Patna, has been transferred to Central Railway and posted as CME(CHOD) while Dinesh Kumar, SAG/IRSME/RCF, was shifted to Workshop Project Organisation/ Patna and posted as CAO(CHOD) and B K Behera, SS/IRSME/South Eastern Railway, is being transferred to South East Central Railway and posted in the same capacity. Similarly, S Muthu Kumar, SS/IRSME/South Central Railway, has been transferred to Southern Railway and posted it the same capacity; Ananta Kumar, SS/IRSME/Northeast Frontier Railway, to North Central Railway and posted in the cadre; R K Khurana, SS/IRSME/DMW, to North Central Railway and posted in the same capacity and Ghanashyam Singh

Ms Gita Mishra is Director, RVNL on absorption (UPDATED)
Ms Gita Mishra, who was working as Director (Personnel), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) on deputation, has taken the full charge of this post on absorption on October 11 2013.
(We said this on April 30, 2013)

CORPORATE

Balachandran takes over as Non-Executive Chairman
Balachandran M , ex-CMD of Bank of India has taken over as Non -Executive Chairman of National Payments Corporation of India. He succeeds N R Narayana Murthy after the later decided to take over as Executive Chairman of Infosys. Dilip Asbe has taken over as COO and Dr Rajendran N as CTO.

G K Pillai is Director on the Board of MCX-SX
Former Home Secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai has been nominated as Public Interest Director on the board of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX).

Rajani Bhatnagar elevated in IRCON
Mrs Rajani Bhatnagar has been elevated to the post of DGM in IRCON International.

Vora appointed Independent Director, Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd
Sabero Organics Gujarat Ltd has appointed Bhavesh Vora as an Independent Director of the company.

Swami appointed CEO, OCS Group in India
OCS Group has appointed Srikanth Kumar Swami as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in India.

Dhir as Chairman resigns as Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd
Laxmi Paul Dhir has resigned as Chairman of Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd.

Shah resigns as Company Secy. Aqua Logistics Ltd
Bhupendra N Shah has resigned as Company Secretary of Aqua Logistics Ltd.

Murugesan appointed Director, VTM Ltd
VTM Limited has appointed M. Murugesan as Director of the company.

Engineer resigns as Director, GOL Offshore Ltd
Soli C Engineer has resigned as Director of GOL Offshore Ltd.

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Why deprive pensioners ?

Through this forum I appeal to the government of India that the facility of taking treatment in case of acute sickness abroad be extended to the pensioners also covered under CGHS as provided to the serving central government employees. Earlier it was reported that this facility could be availed by IAS/IPS only. But the recent govt. order says that it is meant for all central government employees. Why should the poor pensioners be deprived of this facility?

N K Das, New Delhi.

Reasons for extension ?

Government must have had valid reasons for this extension. What about hydro PSU without a CMD since January 2011? Or is it a blue boy of blue chip company's case?

Sushant

Will I get gratuity, leave encashment etc ?

I joined GoI on deputation in 2003 from Board where I was entitled to contribute CPF as there was no pension scheme in the Board. Subsequently, I was absorbed in the GoI from 31.1.2007 and became member of New Pension Scheme after submitting technical resignation to board and got all retirement benefit from the Board. Can anyone tell whether I will get gratuity, leave encashment etc. under new pension scheme at the time of retirement in May 2014. I will get pension from either LIC, SBI etc after 50 % of my accumulated amount is paid to them and balance 50 % will be paid to me at the time of retirement in May 2014. As I am the first officer in PB 4, to retire from the Ministry under new pension scheme, DDO does not know about rules in New Pension scheme regarding payment of gratuity, leave encashment etc.

Kailash

"Promoted after Retirement"

One ADG in MOSPI was promoted, with retrospective effect, as DG after his retirement. How to implement illegal orders and fix officer's pay has baffled Ministry's Administration?

S Balakrishna

Incredible job !

For once Indian citizens are feeling immense relief on the competence and planning shown by the authorities to evacuate the people from the areas predicted to be in harm's way of Phailin cyclone that hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh the other day. The Government of Odisha deserves all compliments in shifting nearly 9 lakhs people to Cyclone shelters and arranging food and medical supplies there in. The Chief Minister provided able leadership in personally monitoring the arrangements. In Andhra also, the damage in Srikullam district was much less because of the efforts to evacuate thousands of people away from the danger zone. Indian Meteorological Department deserves all praise in being right on spot in predicting the level of seriousness of the cyclone and the areas it was going to hit. They did a better job than even their counterpart in U.S.A. Gone are the days when we joked about our Met Department believing quite the opposite of what they forecast about rain and weather in general. They are now par excellent in their job. Let us be thankful to all those who could save so many lives from the cyclone fury. Let us hope the same efficiency is shown in restoration of damaged utilities and rehabilitation of affected people.

Aarti Khosla

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