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POLITICS

Only Scindia can counter Modi in Oratory !
It is now widely believed in the Congress circles that only Jyotiradiya Scindia can counter rising star in Indian politics Narendra Modi in oratory.

Amitabh Bachchan launches Vipul Mittra's book 'The Dream Chasers'
Amitabh Bachchan launched the book 'The Dream Chasers'(Random House) written by Vipul Mittra in Mumbai September 26, 2013. It is the story of youth, their dreams and fantasies. Mittra is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

BUREAUCRACY

Three Secretary level vacancies to be filled up next week
Three Secretary level vacancies in the Government of India will be filled up next week. Vacancies are there in the Department of Youth Affairs, Labour and Coordination.

Will Labour Secretary be 1978 batch IAS officer ?
New Secretary Labour in the Government of India may be an IAS officer belonging to 1978 batch.

IAS or non-IAS in CIC ?
With no post in Central Information Commission (CIC) left for IAS, the Steel frame will surely ask "Mera Kya Hoga" So the battle, technically is for the last spot in the CIC. But the person in the pack is reportedly Sheila Sangwan who retires on September 30 as Member in CBEC. She belongs to IRS (IC&CES).

Ruchira Kamboj goes to UNESCO
Ruchira Kamboj, currently the Chief of Protocol, has been appointed as the next Ambassador & Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, Paris. The 1987-batch IFS officer, Kamboj will succeed V S Oberoi. She is expected to take up her assignment shortly.

CVC clears file of Subramanian for Director (Mktg), FACT
The file of V Subramanian, GM, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (Marketing) Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT), has reportedly been cleared by Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). The post is falling vacant on October 1, 2013.

Post of JS level falling vacant in Culture Ministry
The post of Ex-officio Secretary at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant by December 2013 in the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission, under the Ministry of Culture (newly created) in Government of India.

Girish Bali to be JD, ED, Jullandhar
IRS officer Girish Bali will be Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate, Jullandhar. He is presently DCIT in Jullandhar.

Prasad to be JD, ED , Chennai
K S V V Prasad will be Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate ,Chennai .He is presently Joint Commissioner in Chennai.

Jayant Narlikar likely to be PS to DoNER Minister
Whispers have it that Jayant Narlikar is being appointed as Private Secretary (PS) to the Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Rajiv Shukla is now OSD to Uttarakhand CM
Rajiv Shukla, a 2004 batch DANICS officer, is now OSD to Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Vijay Bahuguna. Previously he served as ADM, New Delhi, Government of Delhi.

A V M N B Singh selected as Director (Tech), BDL
A V M N B Singh in Ministry of Defence, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 26, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Seven Zones of NCB to get Zonal Directors soon
As the grapevine has it as many as seven Zones of Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) are all set to get Zonal Directors by the first week of October. Currently, the posts of Zonal Directors have been laying vacant in J&K, Delhi, Patna, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore & Chandigarh.

Will Sharma be appointed as Zonal Director, NCB
As the grapevine has it, Rohit Sharma may be appointed Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is a 2003 batch IRS officer presently serving as Joint Director (faculty) at NADT, Nagpur.

Posts of GMs in 3 production units are vacant
Amid the ongoing puzzling procedures for the appointment of 08 GMs the posts of GMs in three main production units are lying vacant. The appointment procedures against these three posts have not been initiated yet. These are; Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Diesel Locomotive Works Varanasi; and Kapoorthala Coach Factory.

Has Khare's prospect for GM, Railways, become bleak?
Amid the file of appointment of 06 GMs oscillating between the PMO & the Railway Ministry the fresh buzz is that the PMO has put objection against B P Khare's appointment as GM, Central Railway as he has less than a year in hand to superannuate. The 1976 batch IRSE officer is
presently looking after the zone as GM.

Orders of Swaminathan for Director (Fin), BEML issued (UPDATED)
The orders of P Swaminathan, ED, BEML, for the appointment as Director (Finance), BEML Limited have been issued by the Government of India.

(We said this on March 13, 2013)

Rao to be DGP of Andhra Pradesh ?
B Prasada Rao is expected to succeed Dinesh Reddy on October 1 as DGP of Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer.

Orders of Chaudhary for CMD, NPCC yet to come
The orders of H L Chaudhary, GGM, RITES, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) are yet to be issued by Government of India.

Why orders of Bandyopadhyay delayed?
Why the orders of G Bandyopadhyay, GM, CIL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) are getting delayed?

G S Gill likely to be inducted in SSC
G S Gill is expected to be inducted in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) in Government of India. Gill, who is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, had retired on March 31, 2011.

2000 batch IPS to get DIG rank in GoI
2000 batch IPS officers are expected to get DIG rank in the Government of India soon.

Krishnan yet to get clearance from CVC for Directorship in BHEL
A V Krishnan, ED, BHEL, Trichy, who has been selected as one of the Director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), months ago, has not been able to join in Delhi because his file is yet to be cleared by the CVC.

Tanvi Garg moves to Mizoram
Tanvi Garg has moved to Mizoram from Chandigarh. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Dr Animesh Shukla to be Member, NVDA , MP
Dr Animesh Shukla has been promoted as APCCF and appointed as Member (Environment and Forest), Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA), Bhopal. The appointment will come into effect after his retirement on September 30, 2013. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Dhande is new Member of UGC
Sanjay Govind Dhande former Chairman of the IIM Kanpur has been appointed new Member of the UGC.

Three IFS officers promoted to APCCF grade in MP
Three officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to 1983 batch have been promoted to the grade of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, V Satyam has been appointed as APCCF, Research Development Forestry in PCCF office while D Y Prakashm will now be APCCF, TF RI Jabalpur and Jai Prakash is APCCF, State Forest Development Corporation after their promotions.

Major reshuffle of IFS officers in MP
A number of senior and junior officers of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, R N Saxena of 1978 batch has been made APCCF, Work plan, forest land record while S P Singh (1979) will now be APCCF, Vigilance and Complaints and P K Chaudhary is APCCF, Administration-1 in PCCF office in Bhopal. Similarly, Dr Atul Kumar Shrivastava has been appointed as Chief Conservator of Forests, Chhindwara; Vinay Kumar Burman as CCF, Shahdol; Pushkar Singh as CCF, Balaghat; Satyendra Bahadur as CCF (Conservation) PCCF office, Bhopal; Bhanu Prakash Gupta as CCF,MP State Forest Development Corporation; Mahendra Yaduvendu as CCF, Bhopal; S S Rajput as CCF, NVDA; Dhirendra Bhargava (1991) posted as CCF, Community Forest Management in PCCF office, Bhopal after promotion; Bhagwat Singh as CCF, Development in PCCF office; R D Mahla as Conservator of Forests, State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur; D K Agrawal (1997) as Conservator of Forests, Shivpuri; Vikram Singh as DFO, Barwah; Anupam Sahay as Deputy Director, Panna National Park, Panna; A K Baronia as DFO, Raisen. Besides, Raj Bihari Sharma will remain as DFO, Sidhi and A K S also remains as DFO, West Chhindwara.

1990 batch IAS officers to get Principal Secretary rank-DPC today (UPDATED)
1990 batch IAS officers are all set to get the rank of Principal Secretary in MP. DPC is being held on Friday.

Orders of Swaminathan for Director (Fin), BEML issued (UPDATED)
The orders of P Swaminathan, ED, BEML, for the appointment as Director (Finance), BEML Limited have been issued by the Government of India.

Pal and Nair appointed Directors (UPDATED)
Vijay Pal, General Manager with IFCI and K.P. Nair, Chief General Manager with IDBI have been appointed as Director on the Board of Biotech Consortium India Ltd., New Delhi; a Government Company under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Orders of Pankaj Srivastava for Director (Comm), Air India Ltd issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Pankaj Srivastava, GM, Air India, for the appointment as Director (Commercial), Air India Limited (AIL) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on March 7, 2013)

Orders of Varadarajan for CMD, BPCL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of S Varadarajan, Director (Finance), BPCL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have been issued by Government of India.
(We said this on Feb 26, 2013)

Pradeep K Ambastha posted Dy DG, CEIB (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Pradeep K Ambastha has been appointed as Deputy Director General in Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) under the Department of Revenue.

Spirit of entrepreneurship, focus on leadership must for growth: Choudhury (UPDATED)
'The spirit of entrepreneurship and focus on leadership can help India come out of the challenges of uncertainties and volatility', said Dr Arup Roy Choudhury CMD NTPC while addressing the students at IMT Ghaziabad as the Fifth Mahendra Nath Memorial Lecture on 'Changing Role of Management Education in Nation-Building'. Dr Bibek Banerjee, Director , IMT and Dr S Bhattacharyya, Program Chairperson, IMT were present. Appreciating the youthful audience, Dr Roy Choudhury said opportunity to address young minds on whose fresh energy and hard work rests the future of our society is a blessing. Calling students as builders of tomorrow's India he shared with them his Guruji's message 'Sankalp Shuddha Hi Siddha', meaning- if your intentions are pure, you are bound to succeed in life which he felt was relevant for all. He spoke about nation-building as the key concept behind management education by detailing some fundamentals of management with Indian characteristics on the occasion. He asked the students to follow and learn from the life of the founder of the institution Mahendra Nath a person known for tremendous entrepreneurial drive and leadership qualities.

Ramesh Krishna is also MD, Haryana Warehousing Corp (UPDATED)
Ramesh Krishna has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Haryana Warehousing Corporation in Haryana. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Sanjay Kumar Jha to be IG, Bhopal in MP (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Jha has been appointed as Inspector General of Bhopal range in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Upendra Kumar Jain to be IG, Jabalpur in MP (UPDATED)
Updendra Kumar Jain has been appointed as Inspector General of Jabalpur range in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer Madhya Pradesh cadre.

P Padmanabhan selected as MD, NRL (UPDATED)

P Padmanabhan, ED, BPCL, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) at a Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 27, 2013. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Nine IAS officer of 1990 batch promoted to Principal Secretary grade in MP (UPDATED)
As many as nine officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1990 batch have been promoted to the grade of Principal Secretary and some of them posted at different places after promotion in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr Rajesh Kumar Rajaura has been posted as Principal Secretary, Farmers' Welfare and Agriculture Development, Bio-diversity and Bio-technology while S N Mishra will be Principal Secretary, Urban Administration and Development, Housing and Environment after promotion and Ajit Kesari is Principal Secretary, Cooperative. Similarly, the post of Pankaj Rag as Commissioner-cum-Director, Archives and Museum has been upgraded to PS grade besides the post of Ashok Kumar Shah was upgraded as Principal Secretary, SC Welfare and MD, SC Finance Development Corporation; Mrs Alka Upadhaya is now posted as CEO, Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority; Ashwni Kumar Roy as Principal Secretary, Personnel; the post of Sharad Kumar Ved as Excise Commissioner, Gwalior was also upgraded to PS grade and the post of Dr V S Niranjan as Commissioner, Higher Education was also upgraded to Principal Secretary level.

R K Swai to be new Principal Secretary, Home in MP (UPDATED)
R K Swai has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Home in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Three IAS officers shifted in MP (UPDATED)
Three officers of India Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs Kanchan Jain has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing while Mrs Shikha Dubey will now be Principal Secretary, Cottage and Rural Industries and MD, Madhya Pradesh Khadi and Gramodhyog Parishad and Ashok Kumar Varnwal is Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection.

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

Sreenivasan is Member of Censor Board
K S Sreenivasan,Chartered Accountant, Chennai, has been appointed as Member, Advisory Panel of the Central Board of Film Certification, by the Government of India.

Sikka appointed Chairman of AMFI
Reliance MF President and Chief Executive Sundeep Sikka has been appointed Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

Choudhary appointed Independent Director, Gallantt Metal Limited
Gallantt Metal Limited has appointed Ramesh Kumar Choudhary as an Independent Director of the company.

Sejpal appointed Company Secy, Maximaa Systems Ltd
Maximaa Systems Ltd has appointed Ms Avani Sejpal as the Company Secretary of the company.

Babu resigns as Company Secy, Maximaa Systems Ltd
Ms Nitya Babu has resigned as Company Secretary of Maximaa Systems Ltd

Kumar resigns as Independent Director, SKS Microfinance Ltd
Ms Ranjana Kumar has resigned as Independent Director of SKS Microfinance Ltd due to personal reasons.

Patel resigns as Director, Ari Consolidated Investments Ltd
K D Patel has resigned as Director of Ari Consolidated Investments Ltd

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DEBATE -

The Prime Minister of our country should be the one who knows the country well, understands the needs of the people at large, should not discriminate between the States, be aggressive and quick thinking, should be able to bring out quick and permanent solutions to the problems affecting day-to-day lives of the people of the country, should be a political heavy-weight and touch the hearts of even poorest of poor, should work towards ending the monetary mismatch amongst its citizens, should never criticise the system already in place and bring out some concrete steps to stop the rotten system which will address the grievances to a large extent, make the elite services more answerable and accountable and sensitise the higher officers in the Government afresh. Being honest / secular / communal are all farce statements. If a person is born in India and respects the Constitution per se, he / she can never be dishonest or communal.

Regards,

Pankaj Kumar Das

But CS has no powers !

This is interesting news appearing in Whispers that Secretary of important Ministry writes to Ajit Seth Cabinet Secretary against his Minister. But one thing that poor Secretary forgets is that Ajit Seth has no powers. What he can do ? Everyone knows that the Cabinet Secretary is like a section supervisor who carries out orders. He cannot take a stand for someone else or take up cause of some other Secretary. Why should he commit Harakiri knowingly and lose his job?

Lok Nath Mehra

Seventh pay commission has been constituted

It's a good news that 7th pay commission has been constituted. However, 10 years is too long a time for reviewing the pay scales and pensions looking to the inflation. Things are desperate at the moment and one has to wait until 2016. The cover given by CGHS is pathetic and to meet all needs specially of pensioners is becoming impossible. There should be immediate relief rather than after two long years.

Alka

Austerity measures and Engagement of Consultants after 60 years

Retirement at the age 60 is fair and just. There should be no back door entry in the form of consultants. This practice deprives the needy ones. There are many Tribunals, Statutory Offices, Commissions etc. where such Consultants and Advisers are running the show and stretching the life of such offices. The Finance Ministry and DoPT should immediately take a lead and ban such illegal practices going on in Tribunals and Statutory offices. Justifications for engaging consultants is merely a paper work. DoPT has made provisions of re-employment upto 62 years only in some departments like- Science and Technology. So immediate steps should be taken by the Government for not engaging the consultants on contract basis. If some temporary offices want to engage persons on contract basis, they should engage youngsters, who are more competent, having computer and professional knowledge. Hope Ministry of Finance shall also adopt austerity measures in this connection.

M Roy

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