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POLITICS

They are now repenting ?
Number of politicians and bureaucrats who used to touch the feet of Asaram are now repenting. Number of such persons will be in four figures.

Once his Collector Jogi is now super-boss ?
Ajit Jogi used to be Collector Indore when Moti Lal Vora was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. And today Jogi seems to be super boss of the Congress party in the home state of Congress treasurer Moti Lal Vora.

BUREAUCRACY

Number of 1980 batch IAS empanelment is now 30
After the empanelment of two another 1980 batch IAS officers K D Tripathi and Dr Amita Paul the number of empanelled officers to the rank of Secretary and equivalent in the Government of India has now risen to 30.

Will R N Choubey move to Finance Ministry?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rajiv Nayan Choubey may move to Finance Ministry. The 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre is currently heading the DGH.

14 IAS officers retiring in October
As many as 14 IAS officers are retiring in October, 2013. They are Girija Shankar Patnaik of UT cadre; Emily Das Choudhary and Rajeeb Losan Duara of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; R J Patel of Gujarat cadre; P G Dhar Chakraborty of Jammu & Kashmir cadre; Ashok Kumar Sarkar of Jharkhand cadre; F V Vasave and DD Valvi of Maharashtra cadre; Rajnisha Kumar Vaish of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Geetika Kalha and Dilsher Singh Kalha of Punjab cadre; Vikram Sen, Deb Kumar Chakraborti and P d Bandhopadhyay of West Bengal cadre.

Kaushik Mukherjee to be CS of Karnataka !
Kaushik Mukherjee is being tipped to be new Chief Secretary of Karnataka. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

Oraon likely to get the extension as Chairperson of NCST
As the grapevine has it, Dr Rameshwar Oraon is poised to get extension. 1972 batch former IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre is going to complete his term as the Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes on October 28.

Will J P Meena get lateral promotion in the Dept of Food Processing?
Whispers in the power corridors have been doing rounds that Jagdish Prasad Meena may be laterally promoted and posted as Additional Secretary in the Department of Food Processing; in case the proposed post of JS would be upgraded to Additional Secretary. Meena is 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalay cadre. Currently he is Joint Secretary in the department and has been empanelled as Additional Secretary. The time may testify the buzz.

Why did Girija Sankar Patnaik return to parent cadre ?
Why did Girija Sankar Patnaik, Secretary to the Vice-President of India return to the parent UT cadre. Infact 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Patnaik, though empanelled in GoI to the rank of Secretary is scheduled to retire on October 31 .By returning to the parent cadre he would get Rs 80,000 scale with ACS rank.

Why did P G Dhar Chakrabarti return to parent cadre ?
Why did P G Dhar Chakrabarti, Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs return to the parent J & K cadre. Infact 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Chakrabarti, though empanelled in GoI to the rank of Secretary, is scheduled to retire on October 31 .By returning to the parent cadre he would get Rs 80,000 scale with ACS rank.

CBEC is no longer ladies board !
The continuity of all Ladies Board has been broken by Kaushal Srivastava, who took over as Member in CBEC on October 22.

One dozen 1983 batch IFS officers to be empanelled !
About one dozen 1983 batch IFS officers are expected to be empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in a month or two.

Ahmed Javed to be new Police Commissioner Mumbai ?
Ahmed Javed is being appointed new Police Commissioner of Mumbai. He is 1980 batch IPS officer.

P P Madhukar is now Jt Director, Goa
Pawar Pravin Madhukar is now Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate, Goa. He is 2003 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

J N Mishra is new Ambassador to Portugal
Dr. Jitendra Nath Misra (IFS: 1982) currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Portugal.
(We said this on October 8 )

Anita Sinha is now DDG (Kendra), Prasar Bharti
Anita Sinha has been appointed as Duputy Director General (Kendra). The 1990 batch IRS officer previously served as Director in the Department of Culture.

Is DG (RD) MoRTH resigning?
A sudden development at Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has sparked off the buzz that C Kandasami, Director General, Road Development, has made up his mind to resign soon.

Thapar's prospects for the post of Chairman, SCI bleak
Whispers in the corridors of power have it, that the prospects for S C Thapar who was to be appointed as the Chairman of Shipping Corporation of India are now bleak. ACC has, reportedly, rejected his name for the slot.

Interview for MD and Dy MD Exim Bank on October 31
Interview for the Post of MD and the Deputy MD Export and Import bank of India is scheduled to take place on October 31.

Deepak K Das gets extension for two months in IWAI
Deepak Kumar, Member (Finance), Inland Waterways Authority of India has been given a two months extension. His term in the IWAI was supposed to come to an end in the month of October only. Das is 1986 batch ICAS officer.

Mathews to assume charge as Director (Tech), NFL on Nov 1
M S Mathews, Director (Technical), MFL, will be joining as Director (Technical), National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) on November 1, 2013. He will succeed CMT Britto holding charge of this post.
(We said this on April 18, 2013)

Siddharth gets additional charge of CEO PSFT
Joint Secretary Commerce Siddhartha has been given additional charge as Chief Executive, Officer (CEO), Price Stabilization Fund Trust (PSFT) .He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Three IRTS officers shifted
P S Mishra, on being relieved from the post of DRM, Raipur, has been posted as COM, Metro Railway while R S Chhatwal, Dy CTM, WR, was transferred to NAIR/BRC and posted as Professor Safety Management and Surajit Kumar Das, SAG/IRTS/Metro, working as COM, is being shifted to SER and posted in the cadre.

M Raju relieved to join central deputation
The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has relieved M Raju of cadre responsibility and paved the way for joining as Internal Financial Adviser at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam in Government of India. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer.

Ashish Kumar posted as Director, DoPT
Ashish Kumar has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is an IOFS officer of 1996 batch.

Vacant posts of Members to rise to three in CBEC
The retirement of Sandhya Baliga, Member (Legal & Judiciary), CBEC on October 31 will add one more number to the vacant seats of Member at CBSEC. The seats of Member (Customs) and Member (Budget) are already lying vacant.

Orders of V K Sinha as Director (Tech), CMPDIL yet to come
The orders of V K Sinha, CGM, BCCL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), CMPDIL , are yet to be issued by the Government of India. However, he already joined this organization (CMPDIL) as CGM level. This post has been lying vacant since January 1, 2013.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, SECL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) fell vacant since August 1, 2013. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before December 2, 2013.

A K A Lakra posted as Asst Director, AIR Ranchi
A K A Lakra has been posted as Assistant Director(News), AIR, Ranchi, after promotion to Senior Grade. He is an Indian Information Service officer.

Radhakrishnan posted as Dy Director (Admn) in PDCA office, Chennai
R Radhakrishnan, Deputy Accountant General (ES-I), in the office of Accountant General (E&RSA), Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Admn.), in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit and Ex-Officio Member Audit Board,
Chennai against an existing vacancy.

S P Roy posted as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce
The earlier appointment orders of S P Roy to Expenditure Department have been cancelled and now he is being appointed as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry. He is a CSS officer.

IAS officer on compulsory wait
Barun Kumar Ray has been placed on compulsory wait in West Bengal. He is 1992 batch IAS officer.

H L Chaudhary joins as CMD, NPCC (UPDATED)
H L Chaudhary, ED, RITES, has taken over the charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) on October 24, 2013 He has vast experience in the field of construction.
(We said this on April 15, 2013)

CORPORATE

S C Das nominated as Govt Director on Punjab & Sind Bank board
S C Das, Deputy Secretary, Department of Financial Services, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Punjab & Sind Bank.

Mishra appointed Company Secy. MRPL
Dinesh Mishra has been appointed as Company Secretary of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) w.e.f. October 23, 2013

Khanna appointed Part-time Director, HPCL
Rohit Khanna has been appointed as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) w.e.f. September 27, 2013.

Nair is CCO GoAir
Girish Nair has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of the GoAir.

Sabnis appointed Alternate Director, Infotech Enterprises Limited
Infotech Enterprises Limited has appointed Jayant Sabnis as Alternate Director to Thomas W. Prete

Five Part-time directors on Board of MRPL appointed
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed Capt. John Prasad Menezes , C L Shah , Ms. Neela Gangadharan , Jayant M. Modak and Prof. Usha Kiran Rai as Non-official Part-time Directors on the Board of Directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL).

Mariwala appointed Addl. Director, L&T Finance Holdings Limited
L&T Finance Holdings Limited has appointed Harsh Mariwala as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. October 23, 2013

Two directors cease to be on Board of DCW Ltd
R V Ruia and S K Jalan have resigned as Directors of DCW Limited

Kapoor appointed Addl. Director, DCW Ltd
Salil Kapoor has been appointed as an Additional Director of DCW Limited

Nirula resigns as Director, Vardhman Special Steels Limited
Ramni Nirula has resigned as a Director of Vardhman Special Steels Limited w.e.f October 7, 2013

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System that may help in national interest
It is right time for the nations elite intellectuals, educated citizens, civil servants and social workers to come together to do something for their country as all of us are feeling ashamed of the present political system of our country. Though it is very difficult to change the system unless the masses specially, the educated youth, intellectuals and the society come forward with a firm determination of change. I am of the view that each and every voter citizen of the nation should come forward to caste her/ his vote for the right Party and Right person.

For Lok Sabha elections, we should caste our vote only to the candidate of national party, so that black mailing of the Government in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha is avoided, as the present Government is not in a position to take a strong decision of national interest. Government is not in a position to take a decision on Economic Reforms, social reforms and many other issues relating to national interest.

The Regional Parties have their own local interests, which always hamper the national level decisions and interests. Now, time has come to fix a age limit and minimum educational qualification for contesting Lok Sabha/ Vidhan Sabha elections. There should be no pension for MP's/MLA's. They need not to be paid salary, they should be paid only a fixed amount as monthly honorarium.

Similarly, common citizen of the nation expect from the civil servants that they should work in the interest of the nation, come forward with fairness, transparency, honesty and hard work and avoid Chamchagiri of Ministers/politicians. There should be no political interference in transfers & postings, writing of CR Dossiers and promotions of Civil Services officers. This should be looked into by the concerned Secretary of the Department and the Cabinet Secretary. This system may help in national interest.

H S Bhandari

CBEC is the most neglected board

Only god can save the CBEC now.the cadres have not got promotions for years .the cadre review is taking eons and may be by turn of this century we can expect it to be through .while 1984 batch of the IAS is ACS, IRS 1984 is still commissioner ,that is 3 ranks behind .have you ever heard that an officer recruited from the same civil services exam is lagging behind by three PROMOTIONS? It happens only in IAS ruled India ..to hell with this grossly unjust system .

Pankaj

Improve working of CGHS

CGHS can work excellently by empaneling good private hospitals. Only Ministry of Health & FW has to be realistic and should have vision in this changing technology. Following simply lowest quotation can not work. Charges for treatment requires to be revised. When onions are sold at Rs. 100/ per Kg. and ministry wants to follow the charges fixed in 2008 even in case of cancer treatment. Highly disgusted. Dispensaries should be authorized to refer the case directly to empaneled hospitals without requiring any other govt. hospital to recommend the case. CMO in-charge is senior level doctor and has
basic qualification to judge the case based on patient history. Why for even dental reference is needed when patient has problem with his tooth and CMO can refer to empaneled hospital for treatment. This is something ridiculous in working of CGHS by Ministry of H&FW. Even Minister is not bothered to listen the problems of CGHS. No monitoring is working how CGHS beneficiaries are being treated specially pensioners. With so much infrastructure and good doctors but no good
end results. It is all due to lack of vision and accountability on the part of Ministry. I request to streamline the working of CGHS for the benefit of beneficiaries so that they should not run in government hospital for reference for small things. Decentralize the powers and make CMO in-charge of dispensary for all purpose in parallel to existing system so both can work. I hope Hon'ble Minister for H&FW is listening.

N Prakash

Why defend CGHS ?

It's not at all improved. If some one in doubt ask DGHS to outsource a survey to some reputed opinion survey outfit like ORG MARG TCS what beneficiaries actually want. Both OPD and indoor must immediately be entrusted to reputed private hospitals. I am sure the harassment will be much less and will end all kind of humiliation especially to senior citizens. With IT so advanced it is certainly possible. Reassign all CGHS doctors to government hospitals like AIIMS Safdarjung RML JP Narain and in States. I am sure the total expenditure on entrusting lock stock and barrel all CGHS services to private sector compared to maintaining CGHS doctors para medical buildings medicines all para phernalia will be much less. Blessed are PSU staff both in service and retired who have the full liberty to go to reputed private hospitals including Medanta. You may have retired as senior most IAS, IPS, IFS whatever IES ISS slum ke nagrikon ki terah 10 rupaye ki dawai ke liye 1 ghanta ek khidki se doosree khidki ke bahar khada rehna padega. Tumahare Bachche to hanmste hee hain PSU wale retd Babu bhee tum par
hanste hain hahaha. Kya atishyokti hai ki CGHS Cattle Grade Humilation Service. Those in authority to take decision please disband it right now don't waste any more time on just patch work from time to time and provide relief to millions harassed and humilated " beneficiaries " or victims ?

Manohar L Chauhan

Demystify the 1000 ton gold treasure

The timing, the location and the political connections of the strident followers of the dreamers of 1000 tons of gold raise several issues. The forthcoming General Election 2014 is crucial for the claimants and their protectees. UP makes the PM. Gold helps that. It needs unprecedented investment. Gold is the best- the issue is not whether there is gold in Dhaundhiya Khera. There is thousands of tons of gold in possession of our shrewd politicians. Just to remind the younger generation, 1000 tons of "gold bricks" were recovered from a mansion in Chhoti Saadri in Rajasthan in the 1960s- the walls of the mansion
were of solid gold. However the revenue authorities later stated that no gold was found. But the incident cost the best Chief Minister Rajasthan ever had: Mohan Lal Sukhadiya. His political career came to an end because his political stature posed the gravest threat to many. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat became popular by his polished attacks on Sukhadiya in the Assembly for decades. Later he was to adopt some of the tricks of the trade of Sukhadiya to stay in power as CM. In Emergency there was another incident of similar kind. This time's tons of gold was recovered from the fort at Moti Doongri in Jaipur, adjacent to the University of Rajasthan. Again , it was stated that nothing was found. Now, the "fort" is a pregnant symbol. This time it
is at Dhaundhiya Kheda. So the thousands of tons of gold is hidden in some non -descript fort (rather fortress, away from public glare, to facilitate its removal without arousing much curiosity. While the Dhaundhiya Kheda velocity has visibly diverted the public and media glare from that hidden treasure itself, the desired spiel on the ASI action goes on in the press as well as TV debates! Our politicians or ministers are not fools- they are awfully clever than the legendary Chanakya, but when they promote or patronize superstition, it is with a purpose. After all, what is democracy without elections and what is an election if it isn't the best means to mine gold? The voter is attracted by nothing else as by the glitter of gold. Can the WIC announce one gram of gold to the best post on this Diwali?

M L Gupta

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