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Unity efforts of Kamal Nath yield results in Madhya Pradesh
Congress was a divided house in Madhya Pradesh three months ago. But, the unity efforts made by Union Minister Kamal Nath has yielded results and now the party is in a strong position to take over the reigns once again .BJP has also changed strategy to retain power in the state.

'The Dream Chasers' by Vipul Mittra hit's best seller chart
Vipul Mittra's new novel 'The Dream Chasers' has hit the best seller chart, rising up to number 3 top seller after Jhumpa Lahiri's Booker award winning book 'lowland' and Sidney Sheldons latest novel.

BUREAUCRACY

Shaktikanta Das to be Expenditure Secretary ?
Shaktikanta Das is likely to succeed R S Gujral as Expenditure Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Subhash Goswami to be new DG in ITBP
Prime Minister has cleared the appointment of Subhash Goswami for the post of DG ITBP. 1977 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre Goswami is presently Director NPA, Hyderabad.
(We said this on October 7, 2013 )

R R Verma to be new DG, NCRB
Prime Minister has cleared the appointment of R R Verma for the post of DG NCRB. 1978 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre, Verma, is presently Special DG, CISF. Verma who is considered to be an outstanding IPS officer will succeed Shafi Alam.

Panel for CBDT Members is ready
New panel for the appointment of CBDT Members is now ready. The panel consists of A K Jain, M K Mirani, T K Shah, Kiran Oberoi Vasudev.

45 lakh central employees to be deprived of medical facilities
Over 45 lakh employees of Central Government and Public Sector Agencies are expected to be deprived of medical facilities as the Corporate hospitals across the country have threatened to stop cashless treatment from January 1, 2014. Protesting against "unviable" rates being given to them under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), the Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) has said that it will give three months' time to the Government to revise the rates.

Naresh Gupta moves to Chennai as CAT Member
Naresh Gupta has moved to Chennai from Bangalore as Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).He is a retired 1973 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Who is this Ambassador of India ?
Audit has reportedly asked Ministry of External Affairs to investigate medical bills of one of the Ambassador of India in Europe? Who is he ?

Gireesh Pradhan to take oath this week
Gireesh Pradhan is expected to take oath on Tuesday as Chairman Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Former 1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, Pradhan, will be administered oath by MoS for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia.
(We said this on March 16 and again on August 29, 2013 )

Ajit Sharan is new Sports, Secretary
Ajit M Sharan has been appointed new Secretary, Sports in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer .
(We said this on October 7 and on October 9, 2013)

Harbhajan Singh promoted and made DG in NPC
Uttar Pradesh cadre 1983 batch IAS officer Harbhajan Singh has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He has been posted as Director General, National Productivity Council (NPC) under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.

CVC clears Madhusudan's file for CMD, RINL
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is reported to have cleared the file of P Madhusudan, Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director in the same organization.

ECL Director, S K Srivastava, retiring in Oct
S K Srivatava, Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), is retiring on October 31, 2013. K S Patro, GM, CCL will succeed him in November, 2013.

Government of India to lock sick HFPCL ?
It is whispered that the Government of India is pondering over whether to shut down Central Public Sector Enterprise, Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Corporation Limited (HFPCL) reeling under severe financial crisis. Presently, Government is bankrolling the company to pay salaries and dues.

Two posts of Member vacant in CBEC
Two important seats of Members have been lying vacant in CBEC. Sheila Sangwan, Member (Budget) retired on September 30 this year whereas M S Badhan, Member (Customs) had retired on December 31, 2012.

Majors prior to 1996 entitled to get pension of Lt Col
The Principal Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal has dismissed the review petition filed by the Union of India citing that the officers who become substantive Majors or equivalent before January 1, 1996 are granted the scale of Lieutenant Colonel or equivalent on completion of 21 years of commissioned service i.e. in their 22nd year, with rank pay of Major. The benefit of this upgradation was only to be given to those officers in the rank of Major who were in service on January 1, 1996.

CVC clears Panda's file for Director (Pers), BCCL
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is reported to have cleared the file of B K Panda, GM, MCL/CIL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL).

Rath to launch 3rd IMI DPE Directors' Conclave on Nov 28
International Management Institute ( IMI )New Delhi in collaboration with Department of Public Enterprises Government of India is organizing the 3rd Directors' Conclave at J P Greens Golf and Spa resorts Greater Noida from November 28 to 30, 2013. Following huge success of the 1st and 2nd Conclaves ,the 3rd Directors' Conclave is poised for being a major corporate event aimed at training and capacity building of corporate leaders of India. Dr Arun K Rath ( IAS 1973 Jharkhand,Retd ) former Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,Government of India, currently Chairman & Professor, Centre for Corporate Governance & Social Responsibility, International Management Institute, New Delhi is the Program Director of this prestigious program.

Applications for Members in Competition Commission invited
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has invited applications for the two posts of Members falling vacant between March and April, 2014 in the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The applications of willing candidates should reach the Ministry at the earliest.

Among 1980 batch officers Lavasa to serve for longest period as Secretary, GoI
Among the freshly empanelled IAS officers of 1980 batch Ashok Lavasa would serve as Secretary, GoI, for the longest period. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre is currently serving as Additional Secretary, Department of Power, GoI. He is scheduled to superannuate on November 1,2017.

Rajan is Chief Secretary of Rajasthan
After the Election Commission's clearance, C S Rajan, has been appointed Chief Secretary of Rajasthan. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.

Justice Sapre is new CJ of Gauhati High Court
Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court .

( We said this on September 2 and again on October 4 )

Rao is DG, Naval Systems, DRDO
V Bhujanga Rao has taken over as Director General, Naval Systems and Materials, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Kishore posted as Director in PDA office, Delhi
V M V Nawal Kishore, Director in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member Audit Board, Hyderabad, has been transferred and posted as Director (AMG-IV), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Economic & Service Ministries, New Delhi.

Ajay Mhamia posted as Dy Director, AIR, Agartala
Ajay Mhamia has been posted as Deputy Director (News), AIR, Agartala after promotion to Senior Grade. He is an Indian Information Service officer.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. M Karunakaran has been appointed as Collector, Tirunelveli while Mrs Archana Patnaik will now be Collector, Coimbatore and Dr P Shankar is Collector, The Nilgiris. Similarly, Dr R Nantagopal has been appointed as Collector, Vellore; K Baskaran as Collector, Kancheepuram and Dr N Subbaiyan was made Collector, Thanjavur.

LIC of India awarded Asian Sustainability Leadership awards (UPDATED)
LIC of India has been awarded with the Asian Sustainability Leadership awards 2013 at a function held at Dubai, in the following two categories: Best Overall Sustainable performance and Outstanding Social Impacts. R Thamodharan, CEO & Managing Director, LIC (INTERNATIONAL) BSC, received the award on behalf of LIC, from Sunder Balasubramanian, VP Environmental Business, United Phosphorus Limited, India and Ms Sushma Berlia, President, Apeejay Stya University, India. The Awards function was a well attended event held at the prestigious Movenpick Hotel, Jumeirah Beach, Dubai.

Nitin Kumar posted as Under Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
Nitin Kumar has been appointed as Under Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Four officers of Karnataka State Service get IAS cadre (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Karnataka State Civil Service have been accorded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. Accordingly, M Manjunath Naik and Dr Muddu Mohan have been given IAS award against 2008 vacancies while Mrs Neela Manjunath and A B Ibrahim against 2009 vacancies.

Three CSS officers get postings in GoI (UPDATED)
Krushna Chandra Singha has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence while Kimbuoung Kipgen was made Director, DoPT and Lekhan Takkar is Deputy Secretary, Economic.

Two IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
Wazeer Singh Goyat has been appointed as Special Secretry, PHE and Director, Archaeology & Museums and Mrs Garima Mittal was made ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA and Special Officer, APZ, Faridabad.

Orders of H L Chaudhary as CMD, NPCC issued (UPDATED)
The orders of H L Chaudhary, GGM, RITES, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on April 15, 2013)

49 IRS-IT officers promoted to Deputy Secretary (UPDATED)
As many as 49 Assistant Commissioners of Income TAx have been promoted to the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax in Senior Time Scale. The officers include: Dawa Nangyal Bhutia, Virendra Kumar, SPG Mudaliar, Abhishek Prabhat, Supriya Biswas, Raja Sengupta, Arvind Sudreshan, R S Ambedkr, A K Verma, Paramjit Singh, Ram Singh, Amar Singh Rana, L T Bhutia, A H Khan, Gautam Deb, N C Upadhyay, Sangeeta Yadav, Aashwita Lal, Suresh Kumar, Pinki Mahawar, V K Patel, Satish Kumar Gupta, Dev Raj Sharma, Saurav Narayan Modi, P R Chauhan, Rajendra Kumar, H K Jha, Nishant Samaiya, M A Dalbhide, Ch Sanjeev, K Jayaprakash, Vinod Sharma, Vikas Singh, Janardan Das, Raj Singh, Pranay Saha, Ashok Kumar Mondal, Sanjay Kumar, P K Senthil Kumar, Ramanjit Kaur Sethi, Sumathy Venkatraman, K C Solomon, Pradip K Biswas, C K Singh, Arun Kumar, S M Joshi, HCG Chikkale, Rakhee Nisha Oraon and Ram Pyare Ram.

Four IRS-IT officers get postings (UPDATED)
As many as four officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre have been given postings. Priyanka Singh and Nitin Garg have been shifted to Directorate of Income Tax (HRD), New Delhi while Sandip Kumar Salunke was posted to NADPT, Nagpur and P Kiran Kumar is being appointed to CPC, Bangalore.

CORPORATE

Major joining in PSUs in October
As many as nine persons have joined at CMD, MD and Director levels in various Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) units in the month of October, 2013. They are: S Varadarajan, CMD, BPCL; Dr Rajendra Dobhal, CMD, NRDC; M Nagaraj, MD, NSKFDC; R S Borah, Director(Finance), OIL; S C Pandey, Director (Projects), NTPC; S Boopathy, Director (Planning & Projects), NLC; Amitabh Banerjee, Director (Finance), KRCL; Pankaj Srivastava, Director (Commercial), Air India Ltd; Pradeep Swaminathan, Director (Finance), BEML Ltd.
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Giridhar appointed Company Secretary of Tulsyan NEC Limited
Tulsyan NEC Limited has appointed C S Giridhar as Company Secretary of the company.

Javalekar resigns as MD & CEO, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Shreekant Javalgekar has resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

Arora resigns as Director, Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd
Deepak Arora has resigned as Director of Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd.

Maloo re-designated Director, Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd
Neeta Maloo has been re-designated from being Chairperson and Managing Director of Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd to being appointed as Director of the company.

Deodhar appointed Independent Director, Arora Fibres Ltd
Arora Fibres Ltd has appointed Hrushikesh Deodhar as Independent Director of the company.

Marwah resigns as Director, Arora Fibres Ltd
Navin Marwah has resigned as Director of Arora Fibres Ltd.

Deodhar appointed Indenpdent Director, Rap Media Ltd?
Rap Media Ltd has appointed Hrushikesh Deodhar as Independent Director of the company.

Marwah resigns as Director, Rap Media Ltd
Navin Marwah has resigned as Director of Rap Media Ltd.

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Regarding benefits of MACP

Since the Apex Court has not agreed to the Government's decision with regard to the benefits extended under MACP in the running Grade Pay, the DoPT may issue orders in this regard at the earliest so that the employees should not suffer unnecessarily.

V S Rana, IIAS, Shimla

NCSC - New Directors

It is good that the Commission will have three new Directors. However, it is sad to know that the incumbent Deputy Directors are waiting for promotion for a long time. It is demoralizing for them. Secondly, there is need to strengthen the NCSC by inducting more staff because the grievances/complaints of the SCs are not taken up appropriately and on time with concerned authorities in the Government. There are arrears galore.

Nirwal

CGHS facility

The CGHS facility is pathetic and a sham. Please disband it as soon as possible and work out a direct cash reimbursement procedure instead.

G Sharan

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