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POLITICS

Corruption with intelligence
"Narayan -Narayan" means nar aa raha hai- Security man rings up to the PA of the Minister.
"Damodar-Damodar " means udar mein dam hein=PA rings up to the Minister.
"Vasudev-Vasudev" means =bans dev (the client is rich ) The Minister rings up the PA .
And the deal is finalized

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officers awaited
Empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is still awaited.

Will Prakash Mishra be Special Director, CBI ?
Will Odisha, DGP, Prakash Mishra succeed K Saleem Ali as Special Director CBI on December 1? He is a 1977 batch IPS officer with CBI background.

Yogesh Gupta to be Special Director, ED, Kolkata
Yogesh Gupta is being appointed Special Director ,Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata. The 1983 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer Gupta is presently MD of the Kerala Finance Corporation.

Who will be new Chairman of SBI ?
Who will be new CMD of the State Bank of India ? Interviews for the post took place on Saturday and two MDs Hemant Contractor and Arundhati Bhattacharya have reported to have been short-listed.

1983 batch IPS officers soon to be posted as ADG, GoI
As the grapevine has it, the procedure of promotion & postings of 1983 batch IPS officers has started and some of them may be posted as ADG in a couple of days. The 1983 batch IPS officers have freshly been empanelled as ADG in GoI.

IPS officer seeks VRS in Karnataka
IGP (Home Guards), in Karnataka, Gopal B Hosur, has applied for VRS. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Madan poised to take charge as JS, Minority Affairs
Preeti Madan is all set to take charge as Joint Secretary, Department of Minority Affairs. The 1981 batch IES officer is currently serving as Joint Secretary, Department of Women & Child Development.

Will Ragvendra be promoted laterally in I &B; though by December 2013?
If some well placed sources are to be believed, the 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre Ragvendra Singh may be laterally promoted & posted as Additional Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information &Broadcasting. The Government of India may upgrade the post of Joint Secretary (Films) to Additional Secretary level post. .

Fresh panel for ITBP Chief on Tuesday
Fresh panel for new ITBP Chief is being prepared on Tuesday. Meeting will take place in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Now Bihar will have three Judges in Supreme Court
With the appointment of Justice Shiva Kirti Singh representation of Bihar in the Supreme Court of India has gone up to three, including Justices C K Prasad and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra.

R M Malla is now Chairman of PTC ?
Former Chairman of the IDBI, R M Malla, is reported to have joined as Chairman of the Power Trading Corporation (PTC).

Lallawm Sanga's in fray for new DGP of Mizoram ?
If some well placed sources are to be believed P C Lallawm Sanga's name has also been doing rounds as the prospective successor of Alok Kumar Verma so far as Mizoram Chief Minister's scheme of things are concerned. Sanga, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is presently serving in Mizoram as Principal Secretary of the State Industries Department. But recent charges alleged on him seemingly bleaks his prospects.

Bangar is new HC to Cyprus
Ravi Bangar currently Additional Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cyprus.He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.

Dr Dobhal likely to join as CMD, NRDC on Oct 8
Dr Rajendra Dobhal, Director General, Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology, is expected to take over as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) on October 8, 2013. His joining was delayed, due to natural calamity in Uttarakhand.

Orders of Krishnan for Director (Fin), EPIL yet to come
The orders of A V V Krishnan, GGM, TCIL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Engineering Projects India Limited (EPIL) are yet to be issued by Government of India.

Keshari to return to Madhya Pradesh
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power, I C P Keshari, is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure on September 30. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

Chandra Iyyangar to be inducted in SSC !
Chandra Iyyangar is expected to be inducted in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) in Government of India. Ms Iyyangar, who is a 1973 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, had retired on November 30, 2010.

Sanjay Shukla empanelled in GoI
Sanjay Shukla has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is A 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

CISF Mela-2013 concludes today
Ujwala Shinde to mark as Chief Guest "Navrang"; CISF Mela-2013 would conclude its three days fair affair today at 6 pm. Ujwala S Shinde, wife of Home Minister, Sushil Kr Shinde, to mark the closing ceremony as Chief Guest. Gursharan Kaur, wife of PM, Dr Manmohan Singh, had inaugurated the event on Sept 20 at CISF Campus Saket, New Delhi.

Gupta empanelled as JS in GoI
Rakesh Kumar Gupta has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Kainthola appointed as Director, (M&C), PIB, Chandigarh
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Bhupendra S Kainthola has been posted as Director (M&C), PIB, Chandigarh.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in West Bengal
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in West Bengal. Accordingly, G A Shah has been appointed as Director of Municipalities while Victor Macwan will now be District Development Officer of the state capital and Rajesh Manjhu is Joint Secretary, Finance Department with additional charge of Public Enterprises. Similarly, K D Kapadia has been appointed Commissioner of Youth Services and Cultural Activities; R G Trivedi as Deputy Secretary, Home department; D G Patel as Director of ICDS in the commissionerate of Women and Child Development and J K Astik was made District Development Officer of Surendranagar.

Sanjay Kumar Jindal posted as Director, DoPT
Sanjeev Kumar Jindal has been appointed as Director, Training in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is a CSS officer.

11 IFS officers promoted to CCF rank in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been promoted to the rank and pay scale of Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) in Chhattisgarh. The officials include: Shailendra Kumar Singh (1987), Jai Singh Mhaske (1988), Yunus Ali (1988), V Ramarao (1988), Tapesh Kumar Jha (1989), S S Bajaj (1988), Devendra Singh (1988), Sudhir Kumar Agrawal (1988), Ashish Kumar Bhatt (1988), Sanjay Kumar Ojha (1989), Anil Kumar Rai (1990).

CWC achieves yet another record turnover (UPDATED)
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) achieved yet another record turnover of Rs.1406.70 crore during 2012-13 as against Rs. 1218.65 crore achieved during the preceding year, thus recording a growth of 15.4%. The Profit Before Tax (PBT) and Profit After Tax (PAT) also increased by 31.5% and 40%, respectively over the preceding year. This could be possible due to addition of constructed storage capacity by 2.35 lakh MT in 14 States with a capital investment of Rs.76.86 crore and increase in overall capacity utilization (occupancy) to 93% as against 91% achieved during previous year. Keeping in view the national priority for safe storage of foodgrains, utilization of capacity for storage of foodgrains was given priority as a result of which the utilization by foodgrains increased from 57% during 2011-12 to 60% in 2012-13. CWC MD, B B Pattanaik informed that the CWC handled 10.96 lakh TEUs during 2012-13 inspite of euro zone crisis and a weak rupee. Income from Pest Control activities also registered growth of 20% over the previous year. Keeping in view the improved financial results, CWC in its 51st AGM held at New Delhi on 21.9.2013, has declared dividend for the year 2012-13 @ 41%, as against 40% paid during 2010-11 and 2011-12. During 2012-13 operation of Cargo Terminal of Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari on Indo-Pak border entrusted to CWC by the Department of Border Manager (MHA) commenced in April 2012 which was initially for one year has been extended for a further period of one year beyond April 2013. CWC handled 74,847 export/import trucks and earned a gross revenue of Rs.33.12 crore during 2012-13. During 2013-14 CWC plans to construct storage capacity of about 2.50 lakh MT with a financial outlay of about Rs.90 crore across the country.

Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhary is also DGIT (Inv), Lucknow (UPDATED)
Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhary, DGIT (Inv.), Patna, has been assigned an additional charge of DGIT (Inv.), Lucknow.

Nine IPS officers transferred in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as nine officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Jaswant Sampatram has been posted as ADG, Re-organisation, while Dr Hemant Kumar Purohit will now be ADG, PHQ and Sachin Mittal is Additional Police Commissioner, Commissionerate, Jaipur. Similarly, Girdhari Lal Sharma has been appointed as DGI, CM office, Jaipur; Devendra Singh as DIG, Security, PHQ, Dr B L Meena as DIG, ATS, Jaipur; Vikas Kumar as SP, CID (Intelligence), Anshuman Bhomia as SP, Dausa and K Bahadur Singh Kapur was made Deputy Police Commissioner, Jaipur (South), Police Commissionerate, Jaipur.

Capt. Rajiv Lath joins as Director (S&HE), MDL (UPDATED)
Capt. Rajiv Lath, GGM, MDL, has taken over as Director (Submarine & Heavy Eng.), Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), Mumbai.
(We said this on May 9, 2013)

HAL delivers home-made 'Hawk' to Indian Navy (UPDATED)
HAL has achieved another milestone by handing over the first home-made Hawk Mk -132 aircraft to Indian Navy at a function here today. "We built this aircraft in time and this is the first of the five aircraft to be delivered to the Indian Navy. The remaining four will be delivered soon", said Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. He handed over the related documents to Vice Admiral Pradeep K Chatterjee, AVSM, NM, Deputy Chief of Naval Staff. Dr Tyagi said it is matter of pride that all the training aircraft of the Indian Navy have been supplied by HAL. "We are carrying forward this legacy and will ensure that Navy gets all the support from HAL on all parameters", he added. Hawk Mk 132 is the latest entry into HAL made and maintained aircraft and helicopters of Indian Navy which include Kiran and Do-228 aircraft, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), Chetak and Cheetah helicopters. In addition HAL has also supported Navy in upgrade of Sea Harrier. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Admiral Chatterjee said Navy has long standing unique partnership with HAL. "We will continue to work shoulder to shoulder for all our current and future programs. Hawk delivered today will have a pride of place in Navy's fleet.

Justice V Eswaraiah takes over as Chairperson, NCBC (UPDATED)
Justice Vangala Eswaraiah, former Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court, has taken over the charge as Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).

R S Sikdar posted as Under Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
R S Sikdar has been posted as Under Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in Government of India.

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

NFDC' production makes entry in Oscars 2014
"The Good Road", a film in Gujarati Language produced by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) , a Central Government PSU, was selected as India's official entry in Oscars 2014 in the Best Foreign Language Film category. The film earlier received National Award from President of India in Best Gujarati Feature Film category. This is the first time that three films produced / co-produced by NFDC was in race for India's official entry in Oscar, namely, Bhag Milkha Bhag, Lunchbox and The Good Road. National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) , a Central Government PSU produces and distributes critically acclaimed cinema in various Indian languages under its brand "Cinemas of India". It launched Videos on Demand (VoD) website www.cinemasofinida.com to showcase such cinema. It also undertakes production of Advertisement Films, development of Audio - Visuals, Executing full -scale mass-publicity campaign for government departments and PSUs.

Muthukumar appointed Senior VP (Operations), Automotive Axles Ltd
Automotive Axles Ltd has appointed N Muthukumar as Senior Vice President (Operations) of the company w.e.f. October 1, 2013.

Rao resigns as President, Automotive Axles Ltd
Ashok Rao has resigned as President of Automotive Axles Ltd w.e.f. October 1, 2013.

Raizada resigns as MD, Systematix Corporate Services Ltd
Ramesh Kumar Raizada has resigned as Managing Director (MD) of Systematix Corporate Services Ltd.

Goyal appointed Non Exec. Director, Mohit Paper Mills Ltd
Mohit Paper Mills Ltd has appointed Shubhi Goyal as Non-Executive Director of the company with immediate effect.

Garg resigns as Director, Shalimar Paints Ltd
Rajiv Garg has resigned as Director of Shalimar Paints Ltd.

Rajvanshi appointed Independent Director, Shalimar Paints Ltd
Rajiv Rajvanshi has been appointed as Independent Director of ShalimarPaints Ltd.

Bandyopadhyay appointed Inde. Director, Crew B O S Products Ltd
Prasanta Bandyopadhyay has been appointed Independent Director of Crew B O S Products Ltd.

(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)

My views on "Who will make the best Prime Minister in India ?" in 100 words are as under

In present scenario, days of Government with absolute majority are over. Prime Minister of a Coalition Government should have spines to implement the programs once 'a common minimum program' is set in. He should be ready to step down without fear. India has enough plan and programs for the development of a country as a whole. Lacking is the will or compulsion for its implementation. For this, PM should be a political person, be decisive with clarity in his thought. Corporate World will like to have PM with such quality. English speaking gives an edge. Charisma does not last long.

V K Pandey

Who will the best Prime Minister ?

The best Prime Minister for India for this moment will the person who say always Yes Sir/Madam and does not know anything.

What will happen If Sheila Dixit or Congress wins Delhi Election again ?

You can expect three times increase in electricity bills atleast/MCD will increase your water bills/rates of CNG supplied to residence will increase without individuals knowledge/business people in Delhi will take advantage of inflation and increase the prices of essential commodities to their will and of course distribute the extra money earned to concerned individual who are backing them

Ashok SINHA

How can govt think of such discrimination ?

How can a Government think of such discriminatory treatment for only 3 services among its employees. It will not stand the scrutiny of the court on the rubrics of Art.14 of the constitution. Centre should do well to either withdraw such order or allow all employees to avail such facility. Otherwise there will be embarrassment for the government which will weigh heavily in an election year.

Gautam

Employ senior citizens

I partly agree with the views on "plight of senior citizens" Instead of HRA or increased pension, I think right approach would be to use their services as Consultants on honorary retainership of just Re 1 per month, in return they can be allotted Government accommodation till they are alive. This way their long experience can be better utilized, government will save money. Giving back to society in old age when children are settled does not exist in India.

Harish Kumar

TAIL-PIECE

Hiring Only Married men

A certain factory had a HR policy, of hiring only married men

Concerned about this, the leader of a local Woman's Liberation Front, called on the CEO of that factory, and asked him, "Why is it that you limit your employees, to married men? Is it because you consider us women: weak, dumb, cantankerous, tantrum-throwers and/or bossy?"

That C EO replied, "Not at all, Ma'am. Our policy, is to hire staff who:-

- are used to obeying orders, without questioning
- are accustomed to being shoved around.
- know how to keep their mouths shut. And
- would put up with anything, when I yell at them.
And we found all these qualities, only in married men.

By-A Contributor

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