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Congress 117 seats or BJP 117 seats in MP Assembly elections ?
If UPA Government's agencies are to be believed, the Congress will get 117 seats and the BJP 103 seats in Madhya Pradesh and if BJP Government's agencies are to be believed, the BJP is sure to get 117 seats and the Congress 103 seats. What does this mean ? Independent agencies however say there will be surprises on both the parties and whichever party loses will not get more than 75 seats.

BUREAUCRACY

Posting of 1980 batch IAS officers to commence from December 1
Posting of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India will commence from December 1.

11 IAS officers of 1980 batch empanelled are only from three states
Out of the total 28 IAS officers belonging to 1980 batch empanelled for Secretary rank in the Government of India 11 belong to three states- four each from Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh and three from Odisha.

Who will be new Director, NPA ?
Who will succeed Subhash Goswami as Director of the National Police Academy (NPA) , Hyderabad ?.So far picture is not clear.

Talukdar may soon be appointed as the new head of DGH?
With the fast approaching time of vigilance clearance to B N Talukdar, Oil India Ltd Director (Exploration and Development), the whispers get momentum that Talukdar is all set to be appointed as the successor of R N Choubey in Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).

A K Jain to be Member of CBDT
A K Jain is all set to become new Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He is 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Kaushal Srivastava to be Member of CBEC
Kaushal Srivastava is all set to become Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) .His file has finally been cleared by the ACC.

Empanelment of 1983 batch IFS delayed
Empanelment of 1983 batch IFS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary has been delayed.

Sharan to take charge tomorrow
Ajit M Sharan, the newly appointed Secretary, Dept of Sports, will take charge tomorrow. He is a 1979 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer.

K Sreenivasulu to join GoI
K Sreenivasulu is likely to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Orders of H L Chaudhary as CMD, NPCC issued
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)

Dr Bali appointed as Joint Director, Enforcement
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Dr Girish Bali has been appointed as Joint Director, Enforcement at Jalandhar for a period of four years.

RINL CMD, Choudhary to retire in December
A P Choudhary, Chairman cum Managing Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), is retiring in December, 2013. P Madhusudan, Director (Finance) will succeed him in January, 2014.

Cadre restructuring to benefit 3.5 lakh Railway employees
The cadre restructuring approved by the Ministry of Railways is expected to benefit 3.5 lakh employees as they would get promotion from November 1, 2013.

Search process for Adviser to M N Prasad in Washington initiated
The search for the adviser to Mukesh Nandan Prasad, Executive Director, World Bank, has been initiated. The post of Adviser to ED, World Bank is scheduled to fall vacant in the fourth week of March next year. The officer selected will be moved to the Washington DC by
the last week of March 2014.

Gangadharan is new Member CAT in Bangalore
Rudra Gangadharan has assumed charge as Administrative Member in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Bangalore Bench. He is a retired 1975 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on September 3, 2013 )

Term of Pandey as CMD, Singareni Collieries Co Ltd extended
The term of deputation of Surendra Pandey as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, Hyderabad, has been extended for a further period of one year. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Chairperson, NCST, to complete his tenure on Oct 28
Dr Rameshwar Oraon, Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Tribe (NCSC), is all set to complete his tenure on October 28. He is a 1972 batch former IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre. He took over the office as the Chairperson of the third Commission constituted for ST in 2010.

Four officers of KSCS get IAS cadre
As many as four officers belonging to Karnataka State Civil Service (KSCS) 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
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.

Harbhajan Singh is no longer Chairman, HMT Ltd
Harbhajan Singh has ceased to be Chairman of HMT Limited after appointment as Director General, National Productivity Council (NPC). He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Mystery over appointment of new CMD, PHHL
Why the appointment of Sanjiv Bahl as CMD, PHHL is being delayed for one year by the Government of India? Interestingly, Bahel was selected at PESB meeting on October 31, 2012 and one year is completing on October 31, 2013.

Ms Singh is Dy Director in DG Audit office, Patna
Ms Tanya Singh (IA&AS-2006), has been appointed as Deputy Director in the office of Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, branch office at Patna. She is a 2006 IA & AS officer.

Adhikari posted as Dy Director, PIB, Bhubaneswar
B N Adhikari has been posted as Deputy Director (M&C), PIB, Bhubaneswar after promotion to Senior Grade. He is an Indian Information Service officer.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, PFC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) fell vacant since September 13, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before November 29, 2013.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), HPC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPC) fell vacant since October 5, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before November 28, 2013.

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

49 IRS-IT officers promoted to Deputy Commissioners
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 are: 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
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.

S P Roy appointed as Dy Secretary, Expenditure
S P Roy has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Department of Expenditure in Government of India. He is a Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officer.

Tarsem Lal promoted as Director in GoI
Tarsem Lal has been promoted as Director in Government of India (GoI) after inclusion of his name in CSS senior selection grade with effect from September 2009.

Justice Agrawal is new CJ of Madras HC
Chief Justice of Madras High Court Rajesh Kumar Agrawal has been appointed regular Chief Justice of the Court.
(We said this on Aug 21, 2013)

Mukherjee to be Member West Bengal HRC ?
Outgoing DGP of West Bengal, Naparajit Mukherjee, is being tipped to be Member of the State Human Rights Commission. He is 1976 batch retired IPS officer.

Justice Mohapatra is new CJ of Manipur HC
Justice Laxmikanta Mohapatra of the Allahabad High Court has been sworn in as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court .
(We said this on October 3 , 2013)

Rajendra Kashyap gets full-fledge charge of Financial Commissioner (UPDATED)
Rajendra Kashyap has taken full-fledge charge of Financial Commissioner (Railways) and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India. Prior to this, Kashyap was holding the additional charge of Financial Commissioner (Railways) with effect from July 1, 2013 in addition to his own duties as Additional Member(Budget), Railway Board. He belongs to 1976 batch of Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS).

1995 batch officer of AP cadre quits IAS (UPDATED)
K Devanand has resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Pradhan sworn-in as Chairperson, CERC (UPDATED)
Gireesh B Pradhan has been sworn-in as Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in New Delhi. He is a former 1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on Mar 16, Aug 29 and Oct 21, 2013)

Ms Amita Paul empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Amita Paul has been empanelled for the post of Secretary and Secretary equivalent in Government of India. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Kapil Dev Tripathi empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Kapil Dev Tripathi has been empanelled for the post of Secretary and Secretary equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Five senior IFS officers shifted in AP (UPDATED)
As many as five senior officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, D Nalin Mohan (1987) has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (STC) in the office of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests while Dr K Tirupathaiah (1986) will now be ADG, Dr MCR HRD Institute of Andhra Pradesh and Y Babu Rao is posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Nizamabad circle. Similarly, K S Reddy has been appointed as VC & MD, AP Irrigation Development Corporation and Sunil Kumar Gupta is being posted as Commissioner, Tourism.

Swashpawan Singh appointed as Secretary to Vice President of India (UPDATED)
Swashpawan Singh has been appointed as Secretary to the Vice-President of India, on contract basis, in the rank and pay of Secretary. He is a 1974 batch retired IFS officer.

Girija Sankar Patnaik repatriated to parent cadre (UPDATED)
Girija Sankar Patnaik, Secretary to the Vice-President of India, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

P G Dhar Chakrabarti repatriated to parent cadre (UPDATED)
P G Dhar Chakrabarti, Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Karnataka HC gets five Addl Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Arakalagudu Venkataramaiah Chandrashekara, Justice Mrs Rathnakala, Justice Budhihal Rudrappa Bhimappa, Justice Pradeep Dattatraya Waingankar, and Justice Koratagere Narasimha Murthy Phaneendra have been appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court of Karnataka.

Major reshuffle of senior IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as 14 senior officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Shyam Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Principal Secretary, GAD, while Dr T Radah will now be Principal Secretary, OBC Welfare and J Raymond Peter is Principal Secretary (RD), PR &RD. Similarly, Dr Sameer Sharma has been appointed as Principal Secretary, MA&UD; Somesh Kumar as Commissioner, GHMC; Harpreet Singh as Commissioner (Appeals) in CCLA office; C Parthasaradhi as Commissioner, Disaster Management and Ex-officio Secretary; Busani Venkateswara Rao as Secretary, (Endowments) Revenue; Mrs B Udayalaxmi as Commissioner, Tribal Welfare; Mrs G Jaya Lakshmi as Commissioner, Social Welfare; Ahmad Nadeem as Commissioner, Prohibition and Excise; Dr Jyoti Budhha Prakash as Special Commisioner, GHMC; P Venkata Rami Reddy as Additional Commissioner, GHMC and D Muralidhar was made CEO, Employment Generation and Marketing Mission.

CORPORATE

Chugh appointed MD of PNB Met Life
Tarun Chugh has been appointed as Managing Director of PNB MetLife.

Pai appointed VP (Legal) & CS, Gujarat Sidhee Cement Limited
Gujarat Sidhee Cement Limited has appointed Anupama Pai as Vice President (Legal) and Company Secretary of the company.

Jain resigns as Non-Official Independent Director, EIL
Adit Jain has resigned as Non-official Independent Director of Engineers India Limited (EIL) .

Belle appointed Addl. Director, Karnataka Bank Ltd
Karnataka Bank Ltd has appointed Rammohan Rao Belle, former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI General Insurance Co. Ltd. as an Additional Director of the Bank

Two Directors cease to be on Board of HDFC Ltd
Keshub Mahindra, Vice-Chairman and Shirish B Patel, Independent Director of Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC) have resigned as directors of the company with immediate effect.

Gupta resigns as Independent Director, Innoventive Industries Limited
Yashpaul Gupta has resigned as Independent Director of Innoventive Industries Limited.

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of El Forge Limited
K J Ramaswamy and Balaraj Vasudevan have resigned as Independent Directors of El Forge Limited.

Sheth appointed Non Executive and Non Ind. Dir., NCC Limited
NCC Limited has appointed Utpal Sheth as Non Executive and Non Independent Director of the company.

Bishnoi nominated as Part-time Non-official Director, BoI
Bank of India (BoI) has nominated Rajeev Lochan Bishnoi as Part-time Non-official Director of the Bank.

Muttuluri appointed Additional Director, KCP Ltd
KCP Limited has appointed Narasimhappa Muttuluri as Additional Director of the company.

Dani resigns as Non Exec. Director, Asian Paints Ltd
Ms Ina Dani has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Asian Paints Ltd.

Dani appointed Non - Executive Director , Asian Paints Ltd
Malav Dani has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Asian Paints Ltd.

Natarajan ceases to be Whole-time Director, Ennore Coke Ltd
Ganesan Natarajan has ceased to be Whole-time Director of Ennore Coke Ltd .

Pandya appointed Additional Director, Rutron International Ltd
Rutron International Ltd has appointed Hitesh Jaswantrai Pandya as an Additional Director of the company.

Agarwal resigns as Company Secretary, Max Alert Systems Ltd
Ms Soniya Agarwal has resigned as Company Secretary of Max Alert Systems Ltd.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Disband CGHS

Even most senior IAS officers mostly the retired ones are thrown out in the ring to face utmost humiliation of the "Cattle Government Health Scheme " known as CGHS. Better if disbanded right now. Beyond redemption

Manohar L Chauhan

CGHS services have improved

CGHS services have improved considerably in the recent past especially for the Pensioners. We still need more reforms regarding simplification of referring the patients to Panel hospitals, arrangements with in the CGHS (sufficient scope), distribution of medicines after consultation with doctors, attitude of CGHS employees/doctors. Hope DGHS is listening, DGHS should views of beneficiaries and improve accordingly. Many thanks to the team which has brought to this level.

Harish Kumar

Apex court's orders timely and rational

Apex court's orders about MACP are timely and rational. Government shouldn't harass its employees. Orders in this regard be issued at the earliest. Similarly Transport allowance should also be made more realistic. Either staff be given subsidized petrol and diesel or they should be compensated fully. Thanks.

P K

Time has changed for better for all!

My bureaucratic experience demands from apex/top management everywhere that due to shortage/scarcity of resources focus should now shift from performance appraisal/audit to performance management ! Second, officers on ex cadre posts everywhere must be placed under constant watch/scrutiny!

Arvind Kumar Singh

Ministers go by Secretary's advise

The paragraph No.3 of the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure (CSMOP) states as under:-
3. The Council of Ministers -
(1) In the exercise of his functions, the President is aided and advised by a Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister. In actual practice the executive power of the Union resides in the Council of Ministers.
(2) The Council of Ministers consists of three categories of Ministers, namely : (a) Cabinet Ministers; (b) Ministers of State; and (c) Deputy Ministers.
(3) The Cabinet, which consists of Ministers of the first category only, is responsible for shaping the overall policies of the Government in discharging its responsibilities. It sometimes functions
through its Committees.

The paragraph No.5 (3) of the CSMOP states as under:-
" A Department is normally headed by a Secretariat to the Government of India who acts as the administrative head of the department and principal adviser of the Minister on all matters of policy and administration within the Department".

The functions of Secretary in the paragraph No.5(9) (a) of the CSMOP has been stated as under:-
"Secretary- A Secretary to the Government of India is the administrative head of the Ministry or Department. He is principal adviser of the Minister on all matters of policy and the administration within his/her Ministry/Department, and his responsibility is complete and undivided."

From the above it is quite clear that thez. The whole sole responsibilities lies with the Secretary concerned. Why P.C. Parakh did not refer back the matter of allotment of Coal block to the Hindalco to the Screening Committee for reconsideration?

Why did he act on his own? Parakh was known to be a bully officer. Ministry of Coal is a very small Ministry and it is understood from certain sources that he used to call the Section Officers and tell them to write notes on files according to his wishes. It is also understood that the CMDs of PSUs under the Ministry of Coal, whenever,
in Delhi used to call Mr. Parakh in their Suites in the 5 Star Hotels and entertain him. It is quite possible that in spite of the aforesaid murmurs, Parakh was a honest and upright officer. It would also be worthwhile to speak to his contemporary officers both in the Ministry of Coal and PSUs under the Ministries control. His past
record should also be explored. Further, his role as Secretary needs to be probed not only with reference to the Hindalco's case rather with reference to all other cases in order to take a holistic view.

Parakh has no business to work as Director on the Board of organization with whom he has dealt as a Government official.
The All India Service Officers Association should not try to put up a blanket veil on one of the Members of their fraternity.

Ravinder Gupta was a former Secretary, Heavy Industry. During his tenure one of the sick PSU of the Ministry namely Jessop was disinvested. Seven years later when he was Chairman-BIFR, Jessop came out of the purview of BIFR. After his retirement from BIFR he became a Director on the Board of Jessop. Can one explain this phenomena?

One important thing to be noted is that in so far as the Prime Minister is concerned the Rule No.12 of the Transaction of Business Rules states as under:-

"Departure from Rules: - The Prime Minister may, in any case or classes of cases permit or condone a departure from these rules, to the extent he deems necessary".

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