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POLITICS

Who is the biggest player in Politics ?
Who is the biggest player in Indian Politics these days ? Someone asked this question and the answer from a couple of people was "Rajnath Singh is the biggest player".

BUREAUCRACY

44 IAS officers take VRS
According to latest data, as many as 44 IAS officers have taken voluntary retirement in the last six years.

Orders of Justice Nagappan next week ?
Official orders of the elevation of Odisha High Court Chief Justice C Nagappan to the Supreme Court are expected to be issued next week.

Fresh panel for DG, ITBP
Now a fresh panel is being prepared for the post of DG ITBP.IPS officers belonging to 1978 and 1979 batch will figure in the panel.

Dr CV Ananda Bose is new Chairman,CWC
The Government of India has appointed Dr C V Ananda Bose as the new Chairman of Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC). The post had been lying vacant since 2012. The former 1977 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre has been contributing as Member of the Governing Council of
UN-Habitat. Recently he was conferred with the ever first fellowship by LBSNAA Mussoorie.

Niraj Verma is new JS, Road Transport
Niraj Verma has been appointed Joint Secretary Road Transport and Highways in the Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on August 5, 2013)

Dr Kelkar goes on inter cadre deputation to Karnataka
Inter cadre deputation of Dr Rathan U Kelkar from Kerala to Karnataka cadre has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Inter cadre deputation of Lakra extended
The tenure of inter cadre deputation of Diprava Lakra from Punjab cadre to Jharkhand cadre has been extended for more two years upto July 27, 2013. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Dr Manjunatha goes on inter cadre deputation to Karnataka
Inter cadre deputation of Dr D Manjunatha from Sikkim cadre to Karnataka cadre has been approved for a period of five years on personal grounds. He is a 2004 batch IFS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Anuj Sharma is Director in MHA
Anuj Sharma has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 1991 batch IDES officer.

AP HC sets aside appointment of Information Commissioners
Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the appointment of four State Information Commissioners.

Manish Bhimte is new CVO, MECL
Manish Bhimte has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), Nagpur. He is a 1992 batch IRSME officer.

Orders of Justice Khanwilkar in a week or two ?
Official orders of the transfer of Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar to the Madhya Pradesh High Court as its Chief Justice are likely to be issued in a week or two.

Do Dosto ki kahani !
Two 1980 batch IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh Indraneel Dani and Antony De Sa are the best friends. Incidentally tie is between Dani and De Sa for the post of Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary. Entire media has been writing stories about the two officers for the last fifteen days. Unruffled by the outcome both the friends sit together for tea setting an example for the bureaucrats.

Will Mallana join CRPF as IG?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that P Mallana Gaud may join CRPF as IG on central deputation. The 1984 IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre is currently serving as Additional Director General of Police (AP/Training) in Manipur.

Vivek Johri and Mithilesh Jha to join GoI
Madhya Pradesh cadre 1984 batch IPS officer Vivek Johri and 1986 batch Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer Mithilesh Jha are joining the Government of India this month.

Will Reddy be new DGP of West Bengal ?
G M Prabhu Rajasekhar Reddy is likely to succeed Naparajit Mukherjee as DGP of West Bengal on October 1. He is 1982 batch IPS officer.

Naparajit Mukherjee retires on September 30
The 1990 batch officers of Postal Service soon to be empanelled as JS. As the grapevine has it Indian Postal Service officers of 1990 batch may soon be empanelled as Joint Secretary, GoI. The file reportedly has reached to ACC.

Deputation tenure of IAS officer extended
Central deputation tenure of S Suresh Kumar , Joint Secretary, has been extended for a period of 6 months beyond August 28, 2013.He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Pant in the fray of Director, NIFM
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Niranjan Pant is also in the fray of Director, National Institute of Financial Management, (NIFM) Faridabad. The former Deputy CAG of India is a retired IA& AS officer of 1978 batch.

Will Aswini Kumar take temporary charge of Ahmedabad Metro ?
Aswini Kumar, IAS and current MD of GUDC Ltd may take temporary charge of Metro Project for the smooth functioning.

Will Ashish Kumar in the fray of DDG, Department of Post ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ashish Kumar may be given as DDG, Department of Post, Dak Bhawan, Delhi. The 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service is currently serving as Director, UIDAI.

Vishwapavan likely to move from Hyderabad
Vishwapavan Pati, currently serving as Post Master General of Hyderabad, may soon move to Dak Bhawan, New Delhi as DDG. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Post of CMD, TCIL lying vacant since January 16, 2013
The post of Chairman and Managing Director of Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL) has been lying vacant since January 16, 2013. However, V Sankaranarayanan, Dy GM, SJVNL, has been selected for this post, but the orders were not issued so far.

FACT Director, Chandrasekharan retiring in September
P K Chandrasekharan, Director (Marketing) Director (Marketing) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) is superannuating on September 30, 2013. V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, is expected to succeed him October, 2013.

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh selected as Regional Director, SEARO
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
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
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
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
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.

Pradeep Shukla empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Pradeep Shukla has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IFS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Jitendra R Gaikwad posted as Under Secretary, DoPT
Jitendra R Gaikwad has been posted as Under Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

M Venkateswra Rao promoted as PPS, DoPT
M Venkateswra Rao, Private Secretary of CSSS cadre of Ministry of Power has been promoted and posted as Principal Private Secretary (PPS), Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

SAIL takes special cost optimisation initiatives to save Rs. 5000 cr
The Indian steel companies are facing the dual challenge of high cost of production on one hand and lower sales realization on the other. The cost of production is being driven up by the volatility in the prices of coal, higher railway freight, power tariff, royalty on minerals, depreciation of the rupee, etc. while prices are flat due to prevailing market conditions leading to severe pressure on margins. To address the above challenges, an apex Strategic Confluence on Cost Control and Cost Competitiveness was organized by SAIL at its Management Training Institute, Ranchi during September 11-12, 2013. C S Verma, Chairman, SAIL, all the Functional Directors, Chief Executive Officers of the Integrated Steel Plants and other top officials attended the Confluence. During the Confluence a special initiative named COIS (Cost Optimization Initiatives of SAIL) was launched outlining the road map for achieving an overall saving target of around Rs 5000 crores during the next three years. Under this special initiative, following thrust areas have been identified for continual cost reduction: I. Input optimization; II. Improving the operational efficiency by optimally utilising the available assets III. Quick stabilization of the newly commissioned units IV. Reducing overhead costs and enhancing employee productivity For each of the areas the integrated steel plants and units have identified potential cost drivers and elaborated their strategy for cost optimisation. During the deliberations, C S Verma, Chairman, SAIL highlighted the challenges before the organisation due to prevailing market conditions and intense competition. He urged the participants to think out of the box and walk the extra mile to enhance competitiveness of the company. He advised the senior officials to lead from the front for achieving the Company's goals.

Another feather in the cap for Ashwani Lohani (UPDATED)
The Institution of Engineers India has decided to confer the "Eminent Engineer Award" on Ashwani Lohani for the exemplary services rendered by him in the field of Engineering and Technology for the year 2013. The award shall be presented during the 46th Engineers day celebration on the 15th of September 2013 at New Delhi.

Jaishankar is new Ambassador to US (UPDATED)
Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar currently Ambassador of India to China has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America in succession to Ms Nirupama Rao. He is a 1977 batch IFS officer
(We said this on June 16, 2013

Ashok Kantha is new Ambassador to China (UPDATED)
Ashok K. Kantha currently Secretary(East) in Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People's Republic of China in succession to Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. He is a 1977 batch IFS officer.
(We said this April 22, 2013)

Venugopal Rao joins as Director (Fin), HCL (UPDATED)
V V Venugopal Rao, Director, Finance, Braithwaite, has taken over as Director (Finance), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL). The post was lying vacant since March 1, 2013.
(We said this on May 20, 2013)

INTUC passes resolution on appointment of 7th Pay Commission (UPDATED)
The delegate conference of INTUC has demanded the central government of India to appoint 7th pay commission without any delay. The 6th central pay commission has recommended a new concept of Pay Band and Grade Pay as replacement to the 5th CPC pay scales/pay structure, which was accepted by the government. Consequently the revised Pay Band/Grade Pay was implemented with effect from January 1, 2006.

Orders of K S Patro as Director (Pers), ECL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of K S Patro, GM, CCL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on April 10, 2013)

IRCTC launches APP for windows phone & windows 8 devices for booking e-ticket (UPDATED)
In its continuing efforts to enhance access to its popular e-ticket portal, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), a Public Sector undertaking of the Ministry of Railways, has launched a new application (App) for Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices so as to facilitate the users with a new channel of booking e-tickets in addition to the existing portal. This new IRCTC-App, which has been launched in collaboration with Microsoft, provides ANYTIME, ANYWHERE access to IRCTC services.With this alternative channel of booking, the passengers will have an additional convenience and better experience of booking e-ticket. Rakesh Tandon, CMD, IRCTC along with Joseph Landes, General Manager - Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corporation launched the new app for the general public at a function held here the other day. The app has been made available exclusively for Windows devices. The users of Windows Phone, Windows 8 Desktop/Tab can download, completely free this application as per their requirement from the Windows Phone Store and Windows Store respectively. Using this new app one can plan a trip, make railway reservations, check the PNR status and perform all the tasks already available on the IRCTC web site. It will be available throughout the day excepting 0800 - 1200 hrs and 2330 - 0030 hrs as per the existing Railway guidelines. The App will provide the users an enhanced experience of all IRCTC website services and will in fact offer a few exclusive services to the App users. The new and exciting features for the App-users will include Visual maps of train routes, Windows Phone live tiles (lighting up as train tickets) and access to saved traveler profiles from multiple devices are just a few to mention. This application will help a wide number of users as Windows is a widely familiar platform. It offers the best in class, security required while handling personal and financial data of customers. The move meets the objective of IRCTC among others to focus relentlessly on enhancing customer experience.

R K Sharma posted as Addl Secretary, LG Secretariat, Delhi (UPDATED)
R K Sharma, DC-MCD, has been posted as Additional Secretary, LG Secretariat in Government of Delhi.

Dr Manjula Subramanian to be Chairman, Ahmedabad Metro (UPDATED)
Dr Manjula Subramanian has been appointed as Chairman, Ahmedabad Metro Project. Dr Manjula is a retired IAS officer.

I P Gautam to be Vice Chairman, Ahmedabad Metro (UPDATED)
I P Gautam has been appointed as Vice Chairman, Ahmedabad Metro Project. Gautam is a retired IAS officer.

Vijay Nehra to be MD, Ahmedabad Metro (UPDATED)
Vijay Nehra has been appointed as Managing Director of Ahmedabad Metro Project. He is an IAS officer.

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

Shashtri is Director, SAIL
A Sanskrit teacher of Himachal Pradesh Sita Ram Shashtri has been appointed member of the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) .

Dinesh Kumar nominated as Member on Delhi Local Board of SBI
Dinesh Kumar has been nominated as a Member on Delhi Local Board of State Bank of India for a period of three years.

Nag appointed Nominee Director, Jai Balaji Industries Limited
Jai Balaji Industries Limited has appointed Manas Kumar Nag as Nominee Director of State Bank of India on the Board of Directors of the company

Wani appointed MD, Stovec Industries Ltd
Stovec Industries Ltd has appointed Shailesh Wani as Managing Director of the company, w.e.f. October 1, 2013.

Kumar appointed Part-time Director, Power Grid
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has appointed Pradeep Kumar, Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor, Union Ministry of Power as Part-time Director on the Board of Directors of the company with immediate effect

Shah resigns as Acting CFO, Wyeth Limited
Pragnesh Shah has resigned as the Acting Chief Financial Officer of Wyeth Limited.

Dhande appointed Non-official Part-time Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited has appointed Dr Sanjay Govind Dhande as Non-official Part-time Director of the company.

Nag appointed Nominee Director, Jai Balaji Industries Ltd
Jai Balaji Industries Ltd has appointed Manas Kumar Nag as Nominee Director of State Bank of India on the Board of Directors of the company

Chaturvedi nominated Part-time Director, SBI
The Central Government has nominated Tribhuwan Nath Chaturvedi as Part-time Non-official Director on the Central Board of Directors of State Bank of India for a period of three years

Walia resigns as Company Secy, Net 4 India Ltd
Ms Archana Walia has resigned as Company Secretary of Net 4 India Ltd.

Badekar appointed Addl. Director, Marvel Capital & Finance India Ltd
Marvel Capital & Finance India Ltd has appointed Ms Sandhya Badekar as Additional Director of the company.

(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 ?

Prime Minister should be with multiple qualities not one or two of these options.

Ashok Jaidka

DEBATE-2

The best suited Prime Minister for India would be a person who has gained support of Corporates, as we know more than 96% capital is within their hand. For present time resources are prime factor for growth of a country.

Prashant Kumar Bagh

DEBATE-3

Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?
He should not be imported or a disguised foreigner and should not be adorned with a foreign degree. He should not be spineless. He should not be insensitive or nerveless. He should not be a puppet. He should not be dishonest/guardian of dishonest. He should not be unimaginary/visionless. He should be a nationalist to the core and people should feel proud of having him as PM of their own.

Rana S S

Economic Crisis or Growth

Whatever economic growth has been there, if any, during last nine years can be judged by inflation, price rise, increasing CAD, falling exports, increasing imports, falling industrial production and job loss. If there is real growth that there is no need to bring food subsidy bill or NAREGA as these are required only when government has failed in providing these essential things to poor or common man. Instead government would have brought one bill "Right to Job" as right to education is already there. If people are educated and have jobs then what is need of NAREGA or food subsidy. Any little progress is surpassed by alleged corruption in 2G, CWG, coal scam etc. The net result is negative and country is suffering due to all these factors. Investors are loosing confidence. Recently there is problem in NSEL about the payment and still responsibility has not been fixed and investors are fearing they will loose money. All these raise the issue of governance which is to be addressed by the government.

A Kumar

Need to stop bungling stories of increasing age of retirement

I totally agree with the viewpoint explaining the need to stop bungling stories of increasing the age of retirement of Government employees. These rumours, I suppose are the creativity of those employees/officers who are on verge of retirement only! The repercussion of increasing the age of retirement are manifold like stagnant promotion avenues, increase in unemployment etc. Further employing retiring officials should also be scrapped immediately.

Ashok K Bhimani

Woes of IRS

The cup of woes of the IRS is more than full. Such services like postal which end in the civil services list even behind the GR B services like DANICS are getting into the SAG and the IRS which during those days ended only next to the IAS is only dreaming to get into the SAG even in 22 years time . Will you ever get up to these humiliating facts the IRS management ? Your cadre review takes the longest period in the history of services and still there are miles to go .why don't you inform the civil services aspirants in the UPSC'S info booklet that you are the worst service in so far as promotions are concerned. At least they would be saved of this future humiliation.

Sunil

Will Government listen ?

I really appreciate your website which keeps us updated daily specially the showing the vacancies in Government Departments/PSU's/Banks etc., that brings a ray of hope in the eyes of unemployed youth of our country. The Vacancies of officers in PUNJAB & SINDH Bank as shown in your website, the Government of India, Ministry of Finance and IBPS should give directions to the concerned Bank to fill up the vacancies from IBPS Wait List. The Government should take advantage of vacant positions lying in various Banks by filling up these positions immediate through Wait List of IBPS so that they can go before the voters by saying that we have filled __X NOS of vacancies in Banks/Government Departments/PSU's and going ahead to reduce the problem of unemployment. Will Government listen this?

H S Bhandari

Caste Menace

India got political independence in 1947. We are still struggling for economic independence of our 60% population. We have to struggle for ever to get ourselves free from mental slavery. Casteless society is an extent dream. Except the Constitutional provisions, no body, i.e. legislature, executive or the judiciary has shown any seriousness to wipe out this menace. In fact, these institutions have made mockery of Constitutional laws. On paper, the untouchability has been abolished but in reality, it is being practiced in every nook and corner of the country in one form or the other. There are stringent provisions in the law, but who cares. The cases under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 have the lowest conviction rate. The Parliamentarians/legislators from reserved constituencies are not the representatives of the Dalits, instead, they are the true representatives of the non-dalits. Even the Constitutional bodies like the National Commissions for SC and STs are not serious enough to take up cases of the Dalits in appropriate manner. The complaints of the affected persons are pending with these Commissions for months and years. Police is not answerable for delay in registering the FIR and filing the charge sheet.

Z S Nirwal

Senior bureaucrats have become cautious

Due to the recent spate of scams in the Government and the inquiry of CBI thereon, the Senior Bureaucrats in the Government have become somewhat cautious and they are not taking decisions. This has led to policy paralysis wherein offices like Pay & Accounts Office in the Ministries/Departments raising their voice on matters of administrative nature. They have started calling for copies of OMs and Circulars and in turn they have started exercising their negative powers. Objections are being raised by the office of Pay & Accounts Office on medical bills, TA, DA etc. of poor government staff. But they do not raise any objections on the petrol bills and other purchases of the Ministers and Senior Bureaucrats, which on many occasions are against the entitlements. Ministers/Senior Bureaucrats are keeping with them staff much more than their entitlement and their salary is paid. The Office of Pay & Accounts Office here also is a moot spectator. Some middle level officers are on daily basis using the vehicles of PSUs for commuting to office and on the other hand are taking Transport allowance with their salaries. The Office of Pay & Accounts Office turn a blind eye in this area. Like any hypocrites they are not able to catch the big fishes and trying to show their teeth. The Office of P&AO become 'gad-gad', when the question of payment some huge amount to a private company comes up. The role of Pay & Accounts Office in Ministries/ Departments needs to be clearly demarcated.

A recent development taking place in Government of India Ministries/Departments. The Senior Officers (Secy, AS, JS etc.) are calling their juniors, tearing the letters and dictating fresh notes in front of them (which of is definitely according to their desire to help somebody in lieu of some backdoor profits) and then telling the junior to sign the note. This is grave injustice and against the principle of CSMOP and needs to be curbed at the earliest. If not controlled, it could lead to bigger scams and the juniors being made a scapegoat.

Satya Prakash

Even considering seizing temple gold is blasphemy !

For the government even to consider seizing temple gold is an act of blasphemy. It is like the Italian government trying to confiscate the gold and art treasures of the Vatican in order to pay for its own financial mismanagement. The same goes for the daily tirade in the media against religious preachers of the Hindu faith alone. There is hardly any debate in the media of the proven cases of catholic priests routine molestation of boys in their schools. Instead there is a resounding silence over these issues. Is it because our convent educated electronic media anchors were themselves victims of child abuse at the hands of lecherous catholic priests and enjoyed the experience?

D Choudhury

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