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Is appointment with Mayawati difficult?
It seems, appointment with BSP Supremo is not easy. This is evident from the fact that a Dalit IAS officer rang up her office couple of times to seek an appointment. There was however, no response.

After Asaram Bapu-who ?
After Asaram Bapu who will go behind the bar ? Answer to this question is not very difficult. One can guess the name.

Eight crore on Facebook in India
As many as eight crore people are using new social medium Facebook in India.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officers this month
Empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India will take place in a couple of weeks.

Will Maharashtra DGP S S Dayal be DG ITBP ?
On Thursday latest name of Maharashtra DGP S S Dayal has cropped up for the post of DG ITBP. He is 1977 batch IPS officer.

Posting of 1979 batch IAS officers to complete next month
Posting of all the 1979 batch empanelled IAS officers as Secretary in the Government of India will be complete by October end.

1980 batch IAS officer is Member UPSC
Chhatar Singh has joined the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as a Member. He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on August 26)

P K Sinha selected for Director (P&P), OMDC
P K Sinha, GM, CCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Production & Planning), Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited (OMDC) at a Public Enterprises selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 4, 2013. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

Uma Kant Panwar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Uma Kant Panwar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Srivastava to be GM SCR !
K Srivastava is being tipped to be new General Manager of the South Central Railway (SCR),

Naveen Tandon to be GM SECR
Naveen Tandon is being tipped to be new General Manager of the South East Central Railway, Bilaspur.

Rajendra Kashyap empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Rajendra Kashyap has been empanelled for the post of Secretary level in Government of India. He is an IRAS officer of 1977 batch.

Rajat Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajat Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent level at Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Justice Agnihotri to move Madras High Court ?
Grapevine has it that Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court Justice Satish K Agnihotri is moving to the Madras High Court.

Sanjay Verma is new Ambassafor to Ethiopia
Sanjay Verma (IFS: 1990) currently Consul General of India, Dubai has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Banerjee to succeed Shahzad as Director (Fin), KRCL on Sept 17
Amitabh Banerjee, IRAS, Director (Finance), Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited, will be taking over the charge as Director (Finance), Konkan Railways Corporation Limited (KRCL) on September 17 as the deputation tenure of present incumbent Shahzad Shah is coming to an end on September 16, 2013.
(We said this on Feb 12, 2013)

1984 batch IAS frozen
1984 batch IAS has been frozen for the central deputation. This batch is to be promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary.

1995 batch IAS frozen
1995 batch IAS has been frozen for the central deputation. This batch is to be promoted to the rank of Joint Secretary .

Sarabjit Singh is new ADG Intelligence Madhya Pradesh
Sarabjit Singh has taken over as new Intelligence Chief in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1985 batch IPS officer.

DoPT initiates internship scheme
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has initiated an Internship Scheme in order to engage Indian Nationals, who are Graduate /Post Graduate or Research Students enrolled in reputed University/Institution within India or abroad and preferably specializing in HR and associated subjects in Public Policy and Public Administration, as "Interns". These interns would be expected to supplement the process of policy analysis within the Department through desirable empirical collection and collation of in-house and other information.

Viswanathan to continue as Honorary officer in Lok Sabha
Outgoing Secretary of the Lok Sabha T K Viswanathan is going to continue as honorary officer .

Lal appointed Director Housing
Premjit Lal has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty alleviation. He is 2001 batch ITS officer.

IRS-IT officer charge-sheeted in Andhra Pradesh
An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Income Tax cadre, who was on deputation to Andhra Pradesh Government, has been charge-sheeted by the State Government with the initiation of inquiry for misconducts. A retied IPS officer, Alok Srivatsava has been appointed Commissioner of Inquiries.

D N Mohanty appointed ADG (News) Air, New Delhi
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, D N Mohanty has been posted as ADG (News), NSD:AIR, New Delhi.

1500 posts of officers vacant in Andhra Bank
Around 1500 posts at officer level have been lying vacant in Andhra Bank, a Government of India undertaking.

Pradeep Kumar posted as Dy AG in PAG office, Gwalior
Pradeep Kumar, Deputy Accountant General (A/cs/VLC), in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E)-I, Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (SS-III), in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior.

Patna High Court Judge passes away
Patna high court judge Seema Ali Khan has passed away after a brief illness. She was 60.

NBCC reaches overseas for business opportunity (UPDATED)
NBCC's Director (Finance) S.K. Pal, recently had been to UAE looking for business opportunity for NBCC. He met Ali M. Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, Chairman & CEO; Ahmed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, Managing Director & Dr. Kaltakji Orfan, Business Consultant of United Eastern Group, Abu Dhabi, Also accompanied him Pradeep Sharma, DGM (BD), NBCC.

Search Committee to meet tomorrow for Director AIIMS (UPDATED)
Search Committee is meeting tomorrow to select new Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.(AIIMS).

Rajeev Prasad Singh posted as OSD in CCIT office, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Rajeev Prasad Singh, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been appointed as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA) Delhi.

Orders of Ms Gita Mishra as Director (Pers), RVNL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Ms Gita Mishra, Director (Personnel), RVNL, for the appointment as Director (Personnel), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) have been issued by Government of India. Ms Mishra, who was on deputation, will now join the same on absorption.
(We said this on April 30, 2013)

Orders of M K Mittal as Director (Fin), DFCCIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of M K Mittal, GM RECL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) have been issued by Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since January 29, 2013.
(We said this on May 8, 2013)

Sarwesh Kumar Arya posted as Deputy Secretary, Culture in GoI (UPDATED)
Sarwesh Kumar Arya, Deputy Secretary, Environment & Forests, has been shifted to Ministry of Culture on the same capacity.

K S Popli selected as CMD, IREDA (UPDATED)
K S Popli, Director, IREDA, has been selected for the post of CMD, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 5, 2013. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

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

Rohit Adya leads External Affairs for Vodafone India
After traversing numerous challenging roles in his 34-year-long career, Rohit Adya now leads the External Affairs portfolio for Vodafone India, India's second largest mobile operator. In his current role as External Affairs- Director, Vodafone India, Rohit spearheads Vodafone India's External Affairs where he will be overseeing the PR /CR Public portfolio and managing Government Relations -- Corp Affairs besides administering the Corporate Social Responsibility & the Vodafone Foundation. Based out of Mumbai, he'll also be focusing on various industry issues, including EMF. Before joining Vodafone, Rohit Adya was working as Heading Hindustan Times Group in West & South - heading business operations and as Director,

Shukla nominated part-time Director, Allahabad Bank
Ajay Shukla has been nominated as part-time non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Allahabad Bank for a period of three years.

Kukreja resigns as Nominee Director, Torrent Power Limited
V K Kukreja has resigned as Nominee Director of Life Insurance Corporation of India Ltd from the Board of Directors of Torrent Power Limited w.e.f. August 22, 2013

Gupta designated as Chairman , Prakash Woollen Mills Ltd
Jai Kishan Gupta has been designated as the Chairman of Prakash Woollen Mills Ltd w.e.f. August 26, 2013.

Gupta designated as Vice-Chairman , Prakash Woollen Mills Ltd
Daya Kishan Gupta has been designated as Vice-Chairman of Prakash Woollen Mills Ltd w.e.f. August 26, 2013 Rao appointed CFO, Opto Circuits (India) Limited Opto Circuits (India) Limited has appointed P V Rao as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. September 4, 2013.

Sudheendra promoted as Vice President Global Strategy , Opto Group
Krishna Sudheendra Group CFO has been promoted as Vice President (Global Strategy) of Opto Group w.e.f. September 4, 2013

Rao resigns as Independent Director, Aftek Ltd
Dr SSSP Rao has resigned as Independent Director of Aftek Limited

Shroff ceases to be Executive Director, Excel Crop Care Limited
Prakash K Shroff has ceased to be Executive Director of Excel Crop Care Limited w.e.f. August 31, 2013

Bandodkar appointed Company Secretary, De Nora India Limited
De Nora India Limited has appointed Ms Jyoti Bandodkar as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. August 12, 2013

Rao appointed ED, Prudential Sugar Corporation Ltd
Prudential Sugar Corporation Ltd has appointed K Subba Rao as Executive Director of the company w.e.f. September 30, 2013

Prusty appointed Company Secretary, AMD Industries Ltd
AMD Industries Ltd has appointed Prakash Chandra Prusty as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. September 2, 2013

Sheregar appointed Addl. Director Riverdale Foods Ltd
Riverdale Foods Ltd has appointed Mahesh Sheregar as Additional Director of the company.

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

He should be a political person with mass base, can speak English. He should be good diplomat and should know about economy.

Tarsem Kansal

DEBATE (2)

On the subject my priorities are as below:

1. Should have leadership qualities and respectable.

2. Should not be connected directly or by his family to any type commercial activities.

3. All decisions should be transparent and be focused on the issue.

4. I agree he should have clarity on his thoughts and decisive. (People needs immediate action)

5. Should be concerned about people and if need be give weightage to right suggestions of opposition.

6. Moreover the incumbent should be dare to take any action without partylines.

Challa Rama Gopal

DEBATE (3)

In the present state of affairs, being decisive, having clarity of thoughts, having charismatic personality is not a prerequisite to become PM. English speaking quality was never a prerequisite to become PM. All or few of these qualities will be just incidental. This leaves just two criteria of those listed. These are- being a political person and having support of Corporate world. Now if UPA wins, even these qualities will not decisive factors. Anybody who the high command thinks will serve its interest will be PM whether or not he possesses any of these qualities. If the PM is not from UPA then he will certainly be a political person- be he from BJP, SP, JD or any other party/group. In that case having support of corporate world will also
be an added advantage.

Prafulla Mishra

Why are IAS officers intruding in specialized fields ?

If there is shortage of IAS (generalists) officers then why are they intruding in the domain of Specialists(like IT, Power, Aviation, Telecommunication, Railway, PWD, CPWD, Defence, Health, Home etc.)? Let other technical cadre officers become Jt. Secreatary, Addl Secretary and Secretary of these departments. There is no need of so many exams being conducted by UPSC. Only one exam should be conducted and people should be allotted services on merit and choice basis.

AKS

Gold medalists make flop managers

There is a joke that gold medalists make flop managers. Is this syndrome responsible for our economic mess? All the top economic managers in South Block and Yojana Bhavan are supposed to be toppers with oxbridge background.

Ketan

Economic Crisis or Emergency

The economic condition is in peril. As per rating agency (S&P) the country outlook is negative and likely to be downgraded in future. Government is still defending that situation is under control. What is under control only government knows. Inflation, price rise fall of rupee, current account deficit, fiscal deficit, industrial production, GDP growth whatever parameters are considered to define economic situation in the country all are negative. Now blame game has started and no one is accepting the blames. Now biggest problem in country is that there is no vision and no direction. Country is facing real challenge in the absence of strong leadership. Country is not able to move forward in absence of long term clear vision and direction. Suggestions are being made such as gold can be mortgaged, petrol pump can be shut during night times, import of gold can be restricted, temple gold can be taken for the benefit of country etc.. This all shows nervousness. Fire fighting steps are being taken to overcome the problem. Fall of rupee is not controlled. We have to find some solution otherwise we have to go to IMF or world bank to get some help instead of strong denial. Where is our foreign reserves of 278 Billion $? Can not 8-10 billion out of reserves is pumped in the market to overcome the situation.

N Prakash

Severe blow to Mamta Banerjee's vote bank

In a significant judgement, Kolkatta HC has given a severe blow to Mamta Banerjee's vote bank politics by striking down the TMC Government's order giving pension to Mullahs and Mukris from Government funds. The WB Government has already spent almost Rs.200 crores on this account. This amount should be recovered from the CM and her political party and it will be a lesson to other parties indulging for vote bank politics.

N V Krishnan

Consider Smriti Irani

If Sushma Swaraj can't be spared to be the C.M. candidate of BJP for Delhi, Smriti Irani should be considered. The existing BJP leaders do not stand a chance because of their image and infighting.

S S

RTI is pillar of democracy

RTI is pillar of democracy but due to red tape of bureaucracy we have to go a long way.

Joydeb Ghatak

TAIL-PIECE

Learn Hindi

Professor in Hindi Class : "gaali ki paribhasha batao.. ?"

Student sandeep ji : "atyadhik krodh aane per shaaririk roop se hinsaa pragat na kerte huye, maukhik roop se ki gayi hinsaatmakpratikriyaa ke liye chune huye shabdon ka samooh jiske uchchaaran ke pashchaat mann ko aseem shaanti ka anubhav hota hai, use hum gaali kehte hai..!!''

Professor: Aapke CHARAN kahan hai prabhu

BY- A VISITOR

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