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Massive corruption after polls
Common man has a thinking that there is going to be massive corruption after the election in the poll bound states.

Where is Jaipal Reddy?
Where is once powerful Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy these days? This is the topic of discussion in the political circles.

BUREAUCRACY

Appointment of Dayal as DG, ITBP runs into rough weather!
Appointment of Maharashtra DGP S S Dayal as DG of the ITBP has now run into rough weather. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer.

Two Secretary level vacancies in GoI this month
There are going to be two Secretary level vacancies in the Government of India this month end-Youth Welfare and Labour.

Three women officers to become Secretary in GoI
Three 1979 batch women IAS officers Ms Snehlata Kumar, Vandana Kumari Jena and Kanwaljit Siddhu are waiting in the wings to become Secretary in the Government of India.

DGCA Arun Mishra gets one year extension
DGCA Arun Mishra has been given one year extension in his deputation tenure. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Will Mittal be Member Staff, Railway Board ?
General Manager, Railways in Hoogly, A K Mittal is likely to be appointed Member (Staff) in the Railway Board.

Interview for SBI CMD on September 21
Interview for the post of CMD State Bank of India is going to take place in Delhi on September 21.

Orders of Venugopal Rao for Director (Fin), HCL issued
The orders of V V Venugopal Rao, Director, Finance, Braithwaite, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on May 20, 2013)

Three 1991 batch Indian Postal Service officers to get SAG soon
As the grapevine has it, as many as three Indian Postal Service officers of 1991 batch may soon be promoted to SAG; equivalent to Joint Secretary.

Who will head AIIMS?
Who will be head of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ? A search Committee which met last week has short-listed 15 Doctors from the AIIMS and seven from outside Delhi.

NLC Director, Kandasamy retiring this month
Kandasamy, Director (Planning & Projects), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) is retiring on September 30, 2013. S Boopathy, GM, NLC will succeed him in first week of October.

Mittal likely to join as Director (Fin), DFCCIL on Sept 16
M K Mittal, General Manager, RECL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Finance), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) on September 16, 2013.
(We said this on May 8, 2013)

Kerala Govt wants Alok Sheel back to the state
If the latest buzz is to be believed the Government of Kerala has sought the services of Alok Sheel. The 1982 batch IAS officer is serving as JS, PM's Economic Advisory Council. But yet a question; will GoI relieve him leaving his task midway?

Stock of Culture Ministry going up these days
The stock of Culture Ministry seems to be going up these days. There is a good talk of successful launch of the Gandhi Heritage Portal by PM last week. This Portal has put half a million digitised pages of authentic writings, books, journals, letters and messages from Mahatma Gandhi, now easily available on an electronic platform. There are also some photos .Secondly, Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony (carrying Rs 1 crore, plaque, citation etc.) was given on September 6 to Zubin Mehta, the great conductor of western classical music by President at Rashtrapati Bhawan. This Award Function was attended by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and others. The Ministry has also established Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission for preserving and conserving the 39 important building associated with Bapu Gandhi. These buildings include Sabarmati and Wardha Ashrams, his cell in Yervada jail, Kingsweay camp, Delhi, Kausani, Porbandar houses etc. The contribution of the Jt Secretary concerned (Pramod Kumar Jain, J&K cadre, 1985 batch) and his speech in Rashtrapati Bhawan is being lauded.

AK Oraon is IG, Community Policing in Punjab
After repatriation from inter cadre deputation to Jharkhand Dr Arun Kumar Oraon is back to Punjab. He takes charge as Instector General of Police, Community Policing. The 1992 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre had been in Jharkhand since April 2010 on inter-cadre deputation.

Narayanan moves to Netherlands on study leave
S Narayanan, a 1997 batch Haryana cadre officer of Indian Forest Services, moves to Netherlands on one year study leave. He had been serving Wildlife Crime Control Bureau as Regional Deputy Director, Chennai.

Danday to be Director, Health
Ramesh Chand Danday will be Director, Health & Family Welfare in the Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Murthy is Regional Dy Dir, WCCB at Chennai
S R V Murthy is now Regional Deputy Director (Southern Region), Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in Chennai. The 1997 batch officer of Indian Forest Service belongs to Rajasthan cadre.

Ms Gupta posted as Director (M&C) PIB, New Delhi
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Ms Vasudha Gupta has been posted as Director (M&C), PIB, New Delhi.

Virendra Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Virendra Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Mishra to be Director (Pers), RVNL on absorption from Oct 13
The deputation tenure of Ms Gita Mishra as Director (Personnel), RVNL, is coming to an end on October 12, 2013 and she will join the same post in RVNL on absorption on October 13, 2013.
(We said this on April 30, 2013)

One thousand posts vacant in PNB
Over one thousand posts at officer level have been lying vacant in Punjab National Bank, a Government of India undertaking.

Rajvir Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajvir Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is an IA&AS officer of 1991 batch.

Mohanty is Director, Social Justice
Anjan Kumar Mohanty has been appointed Director, Social Justice in the Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Two IRS-IT officers shifted
Two officers of IRS-IT at the level of Additional/Joint CIT have been given posting. M Sampath has been shifted to Tamil Nadu CCA while Arun S Shenoy was posted to Gujarat CCA.

Anil Kumar Pathak appointed Judge in Delhi HC (UPDATED)
Justice Anil Kumar Pathak, Additional Judge, has been appointed as Judge of Delhi High Court.

Pritinker Diwaker appointed Judge in Chattisgarh HC (UPDATED)
Justice Pritinker Diwaker, Additional Judge, has been appointed as the Judge of the Chattisgarh High Court.

Tripura High Court gets two new Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Swapan Chandra Das and Justice Subhasis Talapatra have been appointed as Judges of Tripura High Court.

Allahabad High Court gets four new Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Saeed-uz-zaman Siddiqi, Justice Aditya Nath Mittal, Justice Mahendra Dayal and Justice Virendra Vikram Singh have been appointed as Judges of the Allahabad High Court.

Calcutta High Court gets two news Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Asim Kumar Mondal and Justice Toufique Uddin have been appointed Judges of Calcutta High Court.

Gujarat High Court gets four new Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Chandrakant Laljibhai Soni, Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai, Justice Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria, and Justice Paresh Ravishanker Upadhyay have been appointed as Judges of Gujarat High Court.

Rohit Arya appointed as Additional Judge, MP High Court (UPDATED)
Justice Rohit Arya has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh for a period of two years.

20 IPS officers of 1983 batch empanelled as ADGP in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 20 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1983 batch have been empanelled for the post of Additional Director General of Police or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Harshvardhan Raju of Karnataka cadre; Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda of West Bengal cadre; Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar of UP cadre; Rishi Kumar Shukla of MP cadre; Gopal Gupta of UP cadre; A K Patnaik of Gujarat cadre(presently on central deputation); Rajendra Kumar Sharma of Assam-Meghalaya cadre (presently on central deputation); S K Sinha of Bihar cadre (presently on central deputation); B B Mishra of Assam-Meghalaya cadre (presently on central deputation); D Bhoobathi Babu of AP cadre; K K Pathak of Maharashtra cadre; Om Prakash Singh of UP cadre; Ms Rina Mitra (presently on central deputation) and D M Mitra of MP cadre; Neelamani N Raju of Karnataka cadre(presently on central deputation); Vipul Vijoy of Gujarat cadre; T Rajendran of Tamil Nadu cadre; Sudhir Pratap Singh of Rajasthan cadre (presently on central deputation); P Chandrasekharan of Kerala cadre and Girdhari Naik of Chhattisgarh.

V Subba Rao shifted to Tamil Nadu CCA (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, V Subba Rao has been shifted to Tamil Nadu CCA from AP CCA.

10 IPS officers transferred in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Sunil Dutth has been appointed as IG, Jodhpur range, Jodhpur while Prafful Kumar will now be SP, Jaipur rural and Vikas Kumar is SP, Dausa. Similarly, U L Chhanwal has been appointed as SP, Pratapgarh; Sanjay Kumar Kshotriya as Deputy Commissioner, Traffic in PC office in Jaipur; Dileep Kumar as Commandant 2nd batallion, RAC Kota; Laxman Gaud as SP, CM house, Jaipur; Dr Aman Deep Singh Kapur as Deputy Commissioner, Jaipur urban (East), Barhat Rahul Manhardan as Deputy Commissioner, Jodhpur (East) and Yogesh Yadav was made SP, Karauli.

Two Commissioners of IT shifted (UPDATED)
B B Panigarh has been appointed as Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT, ITAT), Vishakhapatnam(CCA Hyderabad) while Rajeev Prasad Singh, on return from deputation, was posted as Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD), Delhi (CCA Delhi).

DEBATE

Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?

Whether he should -

1. be a political person

2. be decisive

3. be having clarity in his thought

4. be a charismatic personality

5. be English speaking

6. have support of the Corporate World

Mail your views in not more than 100 words to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com

CORPORATE

FMC to be under Finance Ministry
The Forward Markets Commission (FMC), chief regulator of forwards and futures commodity markets in India will now come under the Finance Ministry instead of the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Food.

Khanna appointed CEO (Domestic Enterprises Business),RCL
Reliance Communications Ltd (RCL) has appointed Deepak Khanna as Chief Executive Officer (Domestic Enterprise Business)

Beesani appointed Head (Sales & Mktg.), Ayana Hospitality
Ayana Hospitality has appointed Deepti Beesani as head of Sales and Marketing

Vaidya promoted as VP & Global Head (Applications & BPO), Dell Services
Dell Services has elevated Ashutosh Vaidya as Vice President and Global Head (Applications & Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).

Andrade quits Infosys Ltd as its BPO Head (Latin America)?
Infosys Ltd's BPO Head for Latin America Humberto Andrade has quit the company.

Wadhwa elevated as Director (Sales & Mktg.), Hyatt Regency, Mumbai
Pankaj Wadhwa has been elevated to the post of Director ( Sales and Marketing), Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.

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DEBATE (1) Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?

The mess that India is in, we need a PM who is a mass leader, a statesman and an able administrator. Only a mass leader can lead India. Having the support of corporate honchos is neither here nor there. He/ She should have the support of the masses. Nor is knowledge of Hindi, English or French relevant. He should have been voted to power and not nominated.

A K Singh

(DEBATE 2)

As the situation seems emerging it is again going to be the coalition government. The Prime Minister should be the one so bold enough to tell the supporting parties to be with the government on the issues of national interest or quit. If the government collapses let it collapse. The nation may go to the mid - term polls. The message would go loud and clear that Coalition at center would not be in the national interest. Whole tenure of the government goes in saving itself. The Prime Minister should be ready to sacrifice his job. An honest and tough PM is the need of the hour.

N K Das

(DEBATE 3)

How can you forget "Honesty" and "integrity" or by being politician these virtues are gone?

Hemant

Economy in the Hands of the Gods!

It is in the public domain that the central bank of the country i.e. the Reserve Bank of India is mulling a proposal to invest the gold deposited with the prominent temples in India like the Tirupati Thirumalla Devasnanam and the Shiridi Sai temple as sureties and it believes that such a measure can help the Government to save the country from the ongoing economic crisis. Media has reported that the RBI is discussing with banks on how to convince temple trusts to deposit their gold stocks that could be converted into bullion. It has been felt that the current account deficit is mainly on account of huge imports of gold, coal and higher cost of crude oil. Recently, RBI has also imposed certain curbs to discourage gold imports.
Temples are not simple structures and the money and the jewellery of the God's and Goddess's are not like bank deposits or any other kind of saving instruments. Temples are embodiments of faith of the Hindus and the wealth of the deities are the offerings by the bhaktas which has components like shraddha and bhakti in them, irrespective of their monetary value. By taking over the possession of such wealth by the Government would definitely hurt the sentiments of the people. Almost all the citizens are concerned about the state of the economy in our country and praying for its early recovery as they themselves are the victims of this crisis. Government on its part need to end the policy paralysis and take urgent and effective corrective measures, both short term and long term, for the economy to bounce back. Government needs to take sincere efforts to bring back the deposits in the Swiss accounts. It has been estimated that black money accounts for approximately 30 per cent of our GDP, indicating the size of the parallel economy could be about Rs 28 lakh crore. Return of this huge cash to India would definitely boost the economy and would make it resilient against crisis situations. Therefore, sincere efforts are required for its recovery. But at this hour of crisis, the least the people of India expect from the Government of the day that their sacred faith and bhakti which has been deposited in the temples in the forms of currency or gold should not be used by the Government for its mundane affairs.

I C Sharmat

Govt should ponder ?

Till recently, people who were qualified doctors, scientists and engineers were joining the Civil Services in great numbers may be because of their education background, wherein they are most of time away from the society, they were not able to bring in the element of sympathy and compassion in their way of functioning. In order to select Civil Servants who are well aware about the ground situation of our society, the Government of India has modified the system of Civil Service examination conducted by the UPSC. The number of options have been reduced from two to one. The paper on General Studies has been made more comprehensive, wherein a candidate is expected to have substantial information on the subjects of economy, polity, society, judiciary, executive and administration in our country. This will enable the candidates to appreciate the ground situation of society and also bring in the elements of ethics, compassion and sympathy when he formally joins the Civil service. Earlier the Banking Service Recruitment Boards, use to invite applications for recruitment to the posts of Probationary Officers with eligibility condition as Graduate. Off late they have revised the criteria and made it has First Class Graduate. The Government of India needs to ponder over this. It is only the people of Science background who get 60%. People who have Arts background and are more close to the society rarely get 60%. In premier Universities say like Delhi University, Madras University, Bombay University, Allahabad University etc., it is very difficult to get 60%. As a result, a number of bright Arts graduate, are not able to apply for the post of Probationary Officer in Nationalised Bank examination. In such a background, these days, what is happening a number of Engineers, who have had their education in proliferating Engineering colleges in the country are getting selected as Probationary Officer. These officers, apart from lacking that sense of compassion after some stint in the bank get frustrated with the nature of their job. Many of them leave the service and even if some who decide to stay back do not give their 100%. Most of these technocrats also don't have grip over English language. They make atrocious notings on the files. Further, they also don't have the necessary communication and marketing skills. The IIMs have started encouraging Arts students especially woman candidates in their selections. Will the National Banks like to do some introspection, in order to bring about pleasantness in their offices. For Arts students, the minimum eligibility criteria should be kept as 50% marks at graduation level.

Anurag Srivastava

Congratulations to Nitish Kumar

Congratulations and best wishes to Nitish Kumar (and also ISS fraternity) on his selection to the post of Director, CVC. He is a thorough gentleman.

Hemant Chauhan

TAIL=PIECE

Student: Sir, such pathetic economic situation in the country is due to ignorance.

Teacher: can you explain it ?

Student: Yes, Sir ignorance of FM

* that only 42800 people having taxable income more than 1 crore

* a day meal can be obtained in Rs 32/

* food subsidy will not increase fiscal deficit

* CAD can be reduced by increasing import duty in gold,silver and

increase in duty in LCD/LED TV sets

* reduction in interest rates will boost growth without affecting inflation

* FDI is not affected due to loss of confidence but due to environment

* there is no job loss but more jobs have been created in last 3 years

* price rise is not due to inflation but people purchasing power has gone up

* rupee is still undervalued

* better half is working as defense counsel in one of the IT tribunal case

* enough gold is there to meet country's requirement

* enough foreign reserves to meet emergency needs

* overall economic condition is due to better condition in US

Teacher: have patience, conditions will improve and GDP growth will be better than 8% after 2014 election and before 2019 election

Student: Sir, I will be getting tablet or mobile proposed to be distributed by BSNL Teacher: Difficult to say as BSNL will be paying salary to their employees and bonus during festivals.

Student: What should I do?

Teacher: Have patience

Contributed by-A Kumar

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