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POLITICS

Maharashtra DGP and politics
There is a talk that Maharashtra DGP S S Dayal who was to become DG of the ITBP has been sand witched between the Congress and the NCP politics.

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of Justice Shiva Kirti Singh next week ?
Official orders of the elevation of Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Justice Shiva Kirti Singh to the Supreme Court are expected to be issued next week.

Sushma Singh to succeed Deepak Sandhu as CIC
Sushma Singh will succeed Deepak Sandhu on December 19 as Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). She is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Labour Minister wants his Secretary from Rajasthan
Union Labour Minister Sisram Ola is keen to have his new Secretary from Rajasthan. Present Secretary Mrutunjay Sarangi is superannuating by this month end.

Justice Mohapatra to be CJ of Manipur High Court ?
Latest grapevine says that senior-most Judge of the Allahabad High Court Justice L K Mohapatra is being elevated as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court.

A W K Langstieh selected for Chairman, DVC
A W K Langstieh (IA&AS) has been selected for the post of Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 11, 2013. As many as five persons were interviewed for the same.

Arvind Singh to move Tokyo
Arvind Singh is all set to move Tokyo as Minister (Economic). He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Alok Shekhar is now Secretary, AERA
Alok Shekhar has been appointed Secretary, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA). He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

IAS changes in West Bengal
Ajit Bardhan has been appointed as the Tourism Secretary replacing Vikram Sen. R K Vats will now be the DG of ATI. Rajeev Kumar will be Secretary, Animal Resource Development (ARD).Nandini Chakraborty will look after Sunderbans affairs. Rupen Choudhury will be new Industries Director.

Chandrasekhar moves from Mumbai to Hyderabad in CBI
V Chandrasekhar SP of economic offences wing of CBI at Mumbai has been moved to Hyderabad. He is 2000 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Banshidhar Sharma unlikely to return West Bengal ?
ADG BSF Banshidhar Sharma is unlikely to return to West Bengal as DGP. He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre. Present DGP Naparajit Mukherjee is retiring by this month end.

Post of Joint Secretary falling vacant in IPP
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant upto December 2013 in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) in Government of India.

Gaddam Dharmendra is HC Republic of Zambia
Gaddam Dharmendra (IFS: 1990) currently Consul General of India, Hong Kong has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Zambia.

Will Gautam head Ahmedabad Metro?
Outgoing Principal Secretary I P Gautam is likely to head Ahmedabad Metro. He is a retired 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Six 1993 batch officers of Indian Postal Service may soon get SAG
As the grapevine has it as many as 06 officers of Indian Postal Service of 1993 batch may soon be promoted to SAG; equivalent to Joint Secretary.

Orders of E S Rao as Director (Fin), HFPCL yet to come
The orders of E S Rao, DGM HFL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Corporation Limited (HFPCL) are yet to be issued by Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since 2011.

Anjali Anand Srivastava in the fray of Director, NIFM
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Anjali Anand Srivastava is in the fray of Director, National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Faridabad. Currently she is on study leave till April 2014. The 1982 batch IA&AS officer served as Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor to the Ministry of Coal.

Mohan to retire on Sept 30 amid speculations whether he would get extension or not?
Amid the series of extensions given to several IAS officers by the Haryana Government in recent weeks Krishna Mohan, reportedly, is all set to retire on September 30th. If some reliable sources are to be believed the 1977 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre may not get extension. He is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Govt of Haryana. Mohan was one among the brightest candidate for Chief Secretary who finally lost the ground after P K Chaudhary got six months extension on 30th June as Chief Secretary.

Ashish Kumar likely to move from UIDAI
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ashish Kumar may move from UIDAI. The 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service is currently serving as Director, UIDAI.

The post of DDG, Rural Business (Postal) lies vacant for over 5 months
The post of DDG (Postal) has been lying vacant for over five months after Dr Y P Rai, a 1984 batch officer of Indian Postal Service, had moved as Post Master General to Aurangabad (Maharashtra).

Over 3000 clerical posts vacant in BoB
Over 3000 posts at clerical level have been lying vacant in Bank of Baroda (BoB), Government of India undertaking.

A K Oraon is back to cadre state of Punjab
Arun Kumar Oraon has joined the Govt of Punjab, the cadre state. He has been serving in the state of Jharkhand as Inspector General of Police, Dumka (Jharkhand). The 1992 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre has been in Jharkhand on inter-cadre deputation from April 2010.

Kerala Govt wants Manjhi back to the state
If the latest buzz is to be believed the Government of Kerala has sought the services of E K Manjhi. The 1989 batch IAS officer is currently serving as JS, Agriculture. But yet a question; will GoI relieve him to move back leaving his task midway?

NSKFDC MD, Lalit Kohli to retire in Sept
Lalit Kohli, Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis Finance Development Corporation (NSKFDC), is due to retire on September 30, 2013. M Nagaraj will succeed him in October, 2013.

Prakash B Magdum appointed as Director (DFP), Guwahati
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Prakash B Magdum has been posted as Joint Director (DFP), Guwahati.

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

Sandhya Shukla empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sandhya Shukla has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is an IA&AS officer of 1991 batch.

12 IPS and 2 DANIPS officers shifted in Delhi
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred in Delhi. Accordingly, Sandeep Goel has been posted as Joint CP, Central Range while Sanjay Baniwal will now be Joint CP, Eastern Range and Mukesh Kumar Meena is Joint CP, New Delhi range. Similarly, S K Gautam has been appointed as Joint CP, GA; Tajendra Singh Luthra as Joint CP, South Western range; Vivek Gogia as Joint CP, South-Eastern Range; Praveer Ranjan as Joint CP, EOW; V Renganathan as Addl CP, Security; Dr A K Singh as Addl CP, Licensing; Ranvir Singh as DCP, West district; Dheeraj Kumar as DCP, 1st Battalion, DAP and Rupinder Kumar was posted as DCP, Traffic (VIP). Besides, two officers of DANIPS were also shifted. Rajveer "Singh Chauhan was posted as DCP, Traffic (NDR) and Rajendra Singh Sagar is Addl DCP-I/North East district.

Saurabh Gupta is 'Head - Long Term Assets' , Kalpataru Group
Saurabh Gupta has joined as 'Head - Long Term Assets' of Kalpataru Group - a leading player in infrastructure, reality, power transmission, power generation & logistics. Gupta had earlier served in major infrastructure companies of the country including National Highways Authority of India, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd & Gammon Infrastructure Projects ltd.

Bhupinder Singh joins as Chief Engineer, DUSIB (UPDATED)
Bhupinder Singh has taken over as Chief Engineer in Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), New Delhi on deputation. He is an IDSE officer of 1983 batch.

NBCC AGM: bottom line up by 9.11% (UPDATED)
The 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of NBCC, a Schedule A Mini Ratna PSE and a State owned Construction Giant was held in New Delhi on September 10, 2013 in presence of all members of Board of Directors (BOD) and Shareholders of the Corporation. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC, chaired the meeting and addressed the Shareholders on the occasion. In his speech Mittal gave a detailed account of the company's performance for the FY 2012-13, its operations in various segments of business and also future outlook. This is the second AGM of NBCC after it hit the market with an IPO in the month of April 2012 when it was listed with NSE & BSE.He informed the Shareholders that the Company's financial performance in the year 2012-13 has been impressive as compared to previous year, with improvement in Profit Before Tax from Rs.289.83 crore to Rs.301.64 crore and Profit After Tax from Rs.190.17 crore to Rs.207.50 crore despite fall in turnover from Rs.3429.32 crore to Rs.3186.82 crore. Being fairly optimistic of not only achieving the targeted turnover of Rs.3600 crore and earning higher margins in the financial year 2013-14, NBCC has proposed to declare dividend @ 37.5% (previous year 35%), he added. The total dividend payout works out to Rs.52.30 crore including dividend tax of Rs.7.30 crore. Apart from the highlights on financial performance, Mittal also specifically said that theCompany has massive plans to aggressively tap the Real Estate market by constructing Residential and Commercial projects in every state and main cities of the Country. Real Estate projects to come up on land admeasuring 145 acres (approx.) already procured by NBCC at different locations will result in taking care of the bottom line, Mittal added .

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Rajesh Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Water Supplies while Tanaji Satre will be MD, Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation and Vikas Kharge is MD, MSRTC. Similarly, Soniya Sethi has been appointed as MD, MA.JI.PRA; K H Govindraj as Chief, National Rural Health Mission, Maharashtra State; Purushottam Bhapkar as Director, Municipal Administration and Aabasaheb Jarhad was made as Municipal Corporation Commissioner, Navi Mumbai

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh selected as Regional Director, SEARO (UPDATED)
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been selected as Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region.This is after a gap of 44 years that India has regained the post of the Regional Director of SEARO countries. India had occupied the post from 1948 - 1968, but since 1968 India has not occupied the post of the Regional Director of SEARO. She will succeed Dr. Samlee Plianbangchang who is from Thailand and has been serving for 10 years now for two consecutive terms since 2004.

Interviews for selection of NABARD Chairman held (UPDATED)
As many as 12 candidates including some IAS officers are reported to have been interviewed for the post of Chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) by a high level panel of Government of India.

D S Chaudhry posted as Commissioner, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, D S Chaudhry has been appointed as Commissioner (A&J), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) under the Department of Revenue.

Dr B K Sinha posted as Commissioner, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Dr Binod Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Commissioner(C&S), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) under the Department of Revenue.

Ms Anupama Anand appointed Director, CBDT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Anupama Anand has been appointed as Director, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) under the Department of Revenue.

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

Bajaj appointed ED, Shree Rama Newsprint Ltd
Shree Rama Newsprint Ltd has appointed V D Bajaj as Executive Director of the company .

Jindal resigns as Joint MD, Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Limited
Vijay Jindal has resigned as Joint Managing Director of Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Limited.

Dahanukar resigns as Director, Centron Industrial Alliance Ltd
Dilip S Dahanukar has resigned as Director of Centron Industrial Alliance Ltd

Gambhir to be appointed ED, Esab India Ltd
Rohit Gambhir is being appointed as Executive Director of Esab India Ltd w.e.f. November 1, 2013.

Kula to quit as MD, Esab India Ltd
Jiri Kula who is currently Managing Director of Esab India Ltd will quit office w.e.f. October 31, 2013

Mehta resigns as Independent Director, ICVL Chemicals Ltd
Hemant J Mehta has resigned as Independent Director of ICVL Chemicals Ltd.

Sarwade appointed Head for Dunkin' Donuts India Division
Prashant Sarwade has been appointed as Head (Marketing and New Product Development) for Dunkin' Donuts India Division.

(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)

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

Coalition government in India is a norm and coalition politics is here to stay. The Congress style is simple. The PMs are handpicked from amongst the least controversial and the most pliable candidates. Qualities of head and heart do not have even tertiary importance are immaterial. Dr Manmohan Singh is English speaking academician-turned shrewd politician with clarity in thought and support of India Inc.. A good man though; but good -for- nothing PM. Look at the mess, he has created by allowing himself to be remote controlled by his party. Though keen on a hat trick, he has no chance to be PM again. Assuming the Congress returns as UPA-III (God forbid), there could be a wild-card entry by another loyalist or a descendant of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. In a parliamentary democracy, mustering magical number of seats in Lok Sabha and candidate with maximum pliability , are more important than traits identified by Dr Suresh Mehrotra, Editor-in-Chief, WIC to make the best PM.

Allama Iqbal aptly summed up the plight through his immortal words :

Jamhooriat ek tarzey hukoomat hai ke jis main, bandon ko gina karte hain, tola nahi karte!

A K Saxena (a retired civil servant)

DEBATE (2)

Please do not encourage day-dreaming. Without an absolute majority of his own any PM will be chicken-hearted whatever party he might belong to.

ARC Kumar

DEBATE (3)

Giving views on this topic is not a difficult task. In our country we know only the political person can be, will be and would have the right on the PM's seat. One should not get confused by one time chance!

Ashok K Bhimani

Increase in retirement age

It will be totally against the ethics, if Government of India increases the age of retirement from 60 to 62, as lakhs of our educated youth is unemployed in the country. After passing out from the colleges/universities, they are unable to repay the installments of their education loan to the Banks. Frustrated youth will indulge in unfair and unpleasant activities for their bread and butter. Government should stop this proposal without loss of time. We need not to explain much about the out-put, dedication & salary basket of the Government employees who are near to their retirement age, as everybody in the country knows about this. Government of India should immediately stop the taking old retired staff as consultants and the retirement age of the employees of judiciary, educational institutions and tribunals etc., should be reduced to 60 only. Only High Tech area where efficient people are not available in the country, govt. should consider it upto 62. Keeping in mind, the unemployment condition in the country, the retirement age of Government employee should be brought down to 58 as it was before 1998.

H S Bhandari

Vapor and steam about India's growth story has vanished !

Suddenly all the vapour and steam about Indias growth story has vanished ! It is like a Gogia Pasha magic show! .The fact is, it never was there. It was all an illusion. It was pure magic. What was being touted as 8%growth in the GDP was simply hot money from America which had entered the Indian stock exchange to make a fast buck. And when better rates were available in the West the hot money fled Indian shores. This is casino capitalism. The owners of this casino are two well known Sardarjis of New Delhi( both resemble Gogia Pasha with their large blue turbans).It is called Pappe da dhaba, a desi fast food joint started by the two sardarjis specially for American tourists. Recently they have employed a madrassi cook called Rajan to improve their service.

D Choudhury

Could CAG conduct performance audits of SC/ HCs and others courts in India?

Such Apex Financial institutions should be headed by academically competent persons like Director of IIMs to bring the standard of NIFM at par with any other top government institution.

E G Somanathan

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