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POLITICS

Poll bound states bankrupt ?
If insiders are to be believed, all the poll bound states have gone bankrupt. New Governments will face difficult situation.

BUREAUCRACY

Gauri Kumar is new Secretary, Labour
Ms Gauri Kumar has been appointed Secretary, Labour and Employment in Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
(We said this on October 8, 2013))

Ajit Sharan to be Secretary,Sports ?
Ajit M Sharan is being appointed Secretary, Sports in the Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Who will be Secretary, Border Management?
Who will succeed Gauri Kumar as Secretary, Border Management in the Government of India. One 1979 batch IAS officer is set to succeed her.

Notification of Justice Khanwilkar either today or tomorrow!
Notification for the posting of Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar to the Madhya Pradesh High Court as its Chief Justice is likely to be issued in a day or two.
(We said this on Oct 3, 2013)

Orders of Justice Sapre either today or tomorrow!
Official orders of the transfer of Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court are expected to be issued in a day or two.

Will Ajoy Kumar move to Department of Food Processing?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ajoy Kumar may move to Department of Food Processing as Joint Secretary. The 1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre previously served as CVO, National Fertilizers Limited.

ACC clears file pertaining to Chief Commissioners, C&CE
Chief Commissioners' file with approval of ACC is on the way down. Unlike Newton's Law, things take time to come down in Government of India.

IRS-IT officer, Jaspal Singh quits service
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, presently CCIT, Chandigarh, Jaspal Singh has quit the service.

Capt Narula selected as Director, Shipping Corporation
Capt. Sarveen Narula, SVP, SCI, has been selected for the post of Director (Liner & Passenger Services), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 8, 2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Anil Wadhwa to be Secretary,(East), in MEA
Anil Wadhwa is going to succeed Ashok Kantha as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) soon. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on February 21, 2013)

G N Mishra to be Ambassador to Portugal
G N Mishra is moving from the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters as Indian Ambassador to Portugal. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.

Haleem Khan to be Member CAT in Gauhati
Haleem Khan is being tipped to be Member of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Gauhati. He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Promoted CC C&CE will be moved
The directive of FM that on promotion everyone will move, means that persons ensconced at Metros will have to move.

Singh gets ACS rank in Chhattisgarh
Ajay Singh has freshly been promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in Chhattisgarh. DPC was held in Delhi on Sept 4. The 1983 batch IAS officer will continue with his present assignment i.e. Principal Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Urban Development and Controller- Food & drug Administration.

Aswal gets ACS rank in Chhattisgarh
Narendra Kumar Aswal has freshly been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary in Chhattisgarh. DPC was held in Delhi on Sept. 4. The 1983 batch IAS officer will continue with his present assignment i.e. Principal Secretary Home, Jail and Principal Secretary, Water Resources Government of Chhattisgarh.

Sinha likely to move to NCB
Sunil Sinha, presently serving as Commandant, CRPF, is poised to move to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

Manoj elevated as Zonal Dir, NCB
Manoj Kumar, presently serving as Joint Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), has reportedly been elevated as Zonal Director, NCB.

Dr Mohan posted as ED, Hyderabad Metro Water Supply
Dr M Jagan Mohan has been appointed as Executive Director, Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Swerage Board, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Single name is being sent to ACC for Director, AIIMS?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the single name will be sent to ACC for the top slot of AIIMS, Delhi. But speculations still go on as who is the one to succeed Deka as Director, AIIMS, Delhi.

Dash appointed as Director, Expenditure in GoI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Chittaranjan Dash has been appointed as Director in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance in Government of India (GoI).

Dinesh Verma is also CCIT(C)-I, Mumbai
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, presently CCIT (C)-II, Mumbai, Dinesh Verma has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT (C)-I, Mumbai.

Deepak Nandra nominated in CBFC
Deepak Nandra has been nominated as Member of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.

Namdev posted as Dy Director (M&C), PIB, Bhopal
Akhil Kumar Namdev has been posted as Deputy Director (M&C), Press Information Bureau (PIB), Bhopal after promotion to Senior Grade. He is an Indian Information Service officer.

CBI seeks applications for SP posts
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is seeking applications for the posts of Superintendent of Police (SP) (other than IPS) from the IRS officers of Income Tax and Custom cadres.

Five MPSCS officers get IAS cadre against vacancies of 2010.
As many as five officers of Madhya Pradesh State Civil Service (MPSCS) have been accorded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancies of 2010. The officers are: Panna Lal Solanki, Naresh Pal Kumar, Nisar Ahmed, Shiv Narayan Singh Chouhan and Ravindra Kumar
Mishra.

17 MPSCS officers get IAS cadre against vacancies of 2011.
As many as 17 officers of Madhya Pradesh State Civil Service (MPSCS) have been accorded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against the vacancies of 2011. The officers include: Raja Bhaiya Prajapati, Narendra Singh Parmar, Madhukar Agneya, Prakash Chandra Jangre, Nivas Sharma, Rajeev Sharma, Mukesh Kumar Shukla, Alka Shrivastava, Ram Prasad Bharti, Durg Vijay Singh, Shekhar Verma, Ajay Singh Gangvar, Aruna Gupta, Ashok Kumar Verma, Rajesh Kumar Jain and Ravindra Singh.

Jain brothers beraved
Dulari Jain, mother of Pramod Jain, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Anil Jain, IRS.CUS has passed away in Delhi today. Cremation will be held at Lodhi Road Crematorium at 2.30 P.M.

Three IPS officers transferred in UP (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been shifted in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Anil Kumar Jain has been appointed as SP, Kannauj while Balikaran Singh Yadav will now be SP Mirzapur and Suresh Chandra Pandey was posted to DGP office.

Dhruv clocks 1,00,000 flying hours; boosts India's indigenous (UPDATED)
The first indigenous chopper of India, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH -Dhruv) designed, developed, produced and maintained by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) to meet the requirement of military and civil operators, achieved a new milestone of flying one lakh hours. The land mark has been achieved in the early hours today with the flying of helicopter IA 3104 of 301 Army Aviation Sqn (Spl ops). "It is a proud moment for us that Dhruv has proved its mettle over the years. India is the sixth nation in the world to have the capability to develop helicopters of this class. Dhruv has been exported to Ecuador, Mauritius, Nepal and Maldives", said Dr RK Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. He also thanked Indian armed forces, BSF and other precious customers for their continued support to this product. "One lakh hours flown by the machine is an awesome feat to achieve. It is a dream machine for any pilot", said Lt Col Kapil Agarwal who completed the landmark flying hours. ALH is being operated by Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Coast Guard, BSF and state governments since 2002. Currently, more than 132 Dhruv helicopters are serving the Indian Defence Forces. HAL has also built 12 civil variant Dhruv helicopters and they are being used by its customers. The Ecuador Air Force (FAE) operates six Dhruv helicopters with their President choosing to fly in them. Dhruv is extremely useful to the Indian defence forces in meeting the arduous tasks in difficult terrains of Himalayas like Siachen Glacier and Kashmir. It played a key role in rescue operations during Tsunami (2004), flash floods at Leh (2010), earth quake at Sikkim (2011) and the biggest ever helicopter based rescue operation undertaken by Indian defence forces in flood & rain-hit areas of Uttarakhand recently. ALH Dhruv is an all weather helicopter which can carry 10-16 people at heights of 10,000 feet. It is a multi-role, multi-mission new generation helicopter in the 5.5 tonne weight class and meets Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) specifications. It has demonstrated its capability in long distance flights, vertical climb and in manoeuvring.

23 IAS officers of 1980 batch empanelled as Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 23 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1980 batch and various cadres have been empanelled for the post of Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Swadheen S Kshatriya of Maharashtra cadre; Rajesh Kishore of Gujarat cadre; Upendra Tripathy of Karnataka cadre; Satish Balram Agnihotri of Orissa cadre; Ashok Lavasa of Haryana cadre; Gurdial Singh Sandhu of Rajasthan cadre; Aradhana Johri of Uttar Pradesh cadre; V K Subburaj of Tamil Nadu cadre; Rajeev Kher of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Anita Agnihotri of Orissa cadre; Amitabh Kant of Kerala cadre; Anthony J C Desa of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Shaktikanta Das of Tamil Nadu cadre; Rakesh Garg of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Sunil Arora of Rajasthan cadre; Vinod Kumar Pipersenia of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Sanjay Kumar Srivastava of UT cadre; Sanjay Kumar Panda of MT cadre; Sudarshanam Srinivasan of Orissa cadre; N Ravi Shankar of UL; Hara Krushna Dash of Gujarat cadre; Ashok Kumar Angurana of Jammu and Kashmir cadre and Prabhudayal Meena of MP cadre.

Five 1980 batch IAS officers to be Secretary equivalent in GoI (UPDATED)
Five 1980 batch IAS officers have been empanelled to the rank of Equivalent to Secretary in the Government of India. They are Girija Sankar Patnaik of UT cadre; Maheswar Sahu of Gujarat cadre; P G Dhar Chakraborty of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; Amitava Bhattachayra of Gujarat cadre and Jagan Nath Chamber of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

B Ashok selected as Chairman, IOCL (UPDATED)
B Ashok, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 9, 2013. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Interview for CMD, Indian Oil to be held today
Interview for the selection of CMD, Indian Oil, reportedly, will take place today i.e. October 9.

Nayar to be CMD, IIFCL
S B Nayar is all set to take over as CMD of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL). Earlier the name of Deepak Wagla was in circulation.

Kumar re-appointed Part-time Chairman Karur Vysya Bank Limited
Karur Vysya Bank Limited has re-appointed K P Kumar as Part-time Non Executive Chairman of the Bank.

Garg appointed Part-time Director, NHPC Ltd
Union Ministry of Power has appointed K N Garg, Member (Hydro), Central Electricity Authority, as Part-time Government Director on the Board of Directors of NHPC Ltd

Kumar nominated Director, United Bank of India
Nihir Kumar, Director, Union Ministry of Finance has been nominated as Director of United Bank of India.

Ramachandran appointed Ind. Non-Exec. Dir, Chennai Meenakshi Hospital Ltd
Chennai Meenakshi Multispeciality Hospital Ltd has appointed B Ramachandran as Independent Non-Executive Director of the company.

Mishra resigns as Director, Aris International Ltd
Satyajit Mishra has resigned as Director of Aris International Ltd.

Pawar appointed Company Secy,Cosmo Ferrites Ltd
Ms Neha Pawar has been appointed as Company Secretary of Cosmo Ferrites Ltd.

Mullick appointed CFO, Tilaknagar Industries Ltd
Tilaknagar Industries Ltd has appointed Srijit Mullick as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of company w.e.f. October 5, 2013

Arte appointed MD, Beam Inc.
Vidyut Arte appointed Managing Director, Beam Inc.

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CEC be extra vigilant
In the Code of Conduct regime, the Central Election Commission (CEC) should also keep a secret watch as any of the Ministers is using the facility of both office and PSUs for his election campaigning. Government advertisements should not be issued containing the photograph of party Presidents, as this cannot be termed as official.

Krishna S

Is it not waste of time and energy ?
Why should a citizen who does not have faith in the Today's Indian form of Democracy go all the way to the Polling Booth to express his option of unwillingness to Vote ? Is it not waste of time and energy. On the contrary, the Election Commission of India must strive hard to find ways and means to ensure fair and proper polling. Many voters in rural areas enter the polling booth in an inebriated condition. What this implies is that a person who really wants to vote to a particular candidate, might not be in a position to do so and he could even exercise his franchise favouring someone who he never wants to win. So EC should come out with some orders which ban entry of voters after consuming alcohol, narcotics etc. on the day of polling.

Sivakumar

CSS is abbreviation for Central Secretariat Service
CSS is abbreviation for Central Secretariat Service only all along from time immemorial. Don't give that notation to Central Staffing Scheme which comprise of selection from all other Group `A' Services which may be called Union Govt. Staffing Arrangement.

R V Nathan

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