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Policy of kicking and kissing

No IAS,IPS or IFS will be Governor ?
Indirectly it has been decided by the NDA Government not to appoint any retired IAS, IPS or IFS officer as Governor. Judiciary and Army will however be an exception.

BUREAUCRACY

Sahoo to be Member of Competition Commission of India ?
Former Member of the SEBI M S Sahoo is being tipped to be new Member of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Anurag Jain is now Joint Secretary in PMO
Anurag Jain will take over as Joint Secretary in the PMO on January 1, 1989 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Jain is presently Joint Secretary in the Financial Services.

18 IAS officers retiring in December
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of various cadres and batches are retiring in December, 2014. They are: R Bhattacharya of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Praveen Kumar Gupta, Sarban Singh and Ramesh Chand Verma of Haryana cadre; Rajinder Singh Negi of Himachal Pradesh cadre; Sheikh Musthaq Ahmad and Md Shafi Rather of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; Aditya Swaroop and Rajendra Pratap Sinha of Jharkhand cadre; Dr V S Niranjan of Madhya Pradesh cadre; R D Shinde of Maharashtra; Maken Toshi Aier of Nagaland cadre; Yash Vir Mahajan of Punjab cadre; K K Pradhan of Sikkim cadre; Prem Narain and Ms Stuti Narain Kacker of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Manjul Kumar Joshi of Uttarkhand cadre and Gautam Ghosh of West Bengal cadre.

Orders of Vivek Srivastava for IG, SPG issued
The orders of Vivek Srivastava, IG, Intelligence Bureau, for the appointment as Inspector General (IG) in Special Protection Group (SPG) have been issued by the Government of India. He will hold the charge of Director SPG.
(We said this on Dec 4, 2014)

355 posts of Judges vacant in 24 High Courts
As many as 355 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in the 24 High Courts in the court. The working strength stands at 629 against the approved strength of 984.

Vimalesan yet to get orders for Director (Ope), HMT Ltd
The orders of R Vimalesan, GM, HMT Machine Tools, for the appointment as Director (Operations), HMT Limited are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

No junior officer will escort IPS officers off and on premises
The Government of India has dissuaded junior police officers from escorting IPS officers posted police and paramilitary forces off and on the premises terming these practices as a British era legacy.

Choudhary awarded for innovative works in Naxal infested district in CG
O P Choudhary has been conferred with the Bhartiya Manavadhikar Samman-2014 by All India Council of Human Rights, Liberties and Social Justice for his outstanding and innovative works in Naxal infested district Dantewada in Chhattisgarh during his tenure as Collector. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar to be Acting CJ of P&H High Court
Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar will be the Acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court . He will be sworn-in on December 15.

Will Dev be UT Adviser in Chandigarh ?
Vijay Kumar Dev is likely to succeed K K Sharma in Chandigarh as UT Adviser.He is 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

No suitable candidate found for Director (Fin), BVFCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find the suitable candidate for the post of Director (Finance), Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL) at the selection meeting as only one candidate turned up for the same. The Board has recommended the Department of Fertilizers to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis.

Two IRS-IT officers transferred to different regions
Two IRS-IT officers have been transferred and posted at different regions at Additional/Joint Commissioner level. Accordingly, Dr Dayainder Singh Sidhu has been posted to Principal CCIT (IT&TP), Delhi office in NWR region while Tanuj Kumar Neogi was shifted to Bihar & Jharkhand in West Bengal & Sikkim region.

PESB invites applications for Director (Fin), WAPCOS Limited
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), WAPCOS Limited falling vacant on May 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before February 13, 2015.

J K Rathi appointed as Dy Director, Labour & Employment
J K Rathi has been appointed as Deputy Director in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. He is a 2006 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

Ms Kamala likely to join central deputation
Ms Kamala Sudarsana Rao Sobhana is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

Valaven likely to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level
Ramakrishnan Karikal Valaven is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

PESB invites applications for Director (Fin), AIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Air India Limited (BPRL), falling vacant on November 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before December 31, 2014.

Tenure of Subba Rao as Director (Fin), BDL ending in Dec
The tenure of S V Subba Rao as Director (Finance), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) is coming to an end on December 31, 2014. S Piramanayagam, GM, BEML, is expected to succeed him in January.

Five posts of Deputy Inspector General in ITBP vacant
Five posts of Deputy Inspector General, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), have been lying vacant.

Anand Kumar Singh likely to join as CVO, CPSE
Anand Kumar Singh is expected to join central deputation at Director level as a Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSE). He is a 1994 batch ITS Officer.

Four new CBDT Members appointed (UPDATED)
Finally R C Mishra out of the race and Ashutosh Jindal is up.Ashutosh Jindal , S M Nigam, Rani Singh Nair and Surbhi Sinha have been appointed Members of the CBDT.

Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone for forensic lab at Guwahati (UPDATED)
Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister, Govt. of India, laid the Foundation Stone of Central Forensic Science Laboratory at Guwahati, Assam being implemented by NBCC on November 29, 2014. On this occasion Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC and other senior officials were also present.

DEBATE- RETIREMENT AGE
With the BJP government in Haryana lowering the retirement age of state government employees from 60 to 58 years, it is being rumoured that the next in line will be Delhi government (after the polls) before being implemented by the central government in the months to come. How far is it fair ?

Send your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com…………

CORPORATE

Sura appointed MD, Conart Engineers Ltd
Conart Engineers Ltd has appointed Jitendra S Sura as Managing Director of the company

Sanganeria appointed Addl. Director, Nagreeka Capital & Infrastructure Ltd
Nagreeka Capital & Infrastructure Limited has appointed Ms Surabhi Sanganeria as an Additional Director of the company

Behera resigns as MD, Lifeline Drugs & Pharma Ltd
Alok Kumar Behera has resigned as Managing Director of Lifeline Drugs & Pharma Ltd with immediate effect

Sen appointed CFO, IFB Agro Industries Ltd
IFB Agro Industries Limited has appointed Dipak Sen as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Dhal ceases to be Director, Ginni Filaments Ltd
EXIM Bank has withdrawn the nomination of Subhasis Dhal from the Board of Directors of Ginni Filaments Limited with immediate effect

Saigal appointed Associate Director ( Rooms), JW Marriott Mumbai
Neha Saigal has been appointed as Associate Director (Rooms), JW Marriott Mumbai.

Deshpande resigns as CS, Gabriel India Ltd
Sarang Deshpande has resigned as Company Secretary of Gabriel India Ltd w.e.f. December 9, 2014

Bothra resigns as Independent Director, Dynamic Portfolio Management & Services Ltd
Ashok Bothra has resigned as Independent Director of Dynamic Portfolio Management & Services Ltd w.e.f. December 4, 2014 because of personal reasons.

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Can the IAS Justify Its Existence ?

A reading of "Whispersinthecorridors.com" suggests that a recent conclave of some IAS officers opined that Delhi is now "kalapani" for them. Under the present dispensation officers at the Centre have long hours, have to work hard, have no recreation or entertainment and enjoy no perquisites or privileges. In the States they have power, pelf and perquisites.
A Service created to be Spartan and elite, which accepted rough living in the districts to serve the people, a Service in which a person who sought a soft job was looked down upon as a sofa snake or poodle faker, a Service which the people trusted for the integrity and commitment of its officers, has now become a group of self seeking, avaricious, sycophantic, even corrupt and lazy bunch of no-gooders who are feeding off the living body of this nation. Comfort rather than the rough pleasures of the field, the drawing room rather than the chaupal, personal greed rather than a life of austere simplicity is what the Service has achieved as a level of degradation. Does such a Service justify its existence? Should the nation continue to support officers who will not do their duty, look only to their own benefit and care not a jot for the people? I think the answer.
Go disgrace yourself, commit deeds which will destroy the Service, but do not besmirch the name of the Service of which I was so proud to be a part and of which I am thoroughly ashamed today. I consider officers who shy away from the service of the people to be vermin, criminals who must be exterminated.

M N Buch

DEBATE (1)

Need for civil service reform has been felt for far too long. No system of weeding out the deadwood exists , therefore early age for retirement at 55 - 58 is justified and the meritorious will always find new pastures and opportunities both within and outside government. A screening system at 55 must be put in place to screen and retire IAS and other officers. Those who clear the bar can go on till 60 and after second screening continue till 65. Early retirement based on performance screening will make the Indian bureaucracy accountable and achieving. Hope the decisive government can take such a decisive step.

Rohit. R. Brandon IAS (1981 Retd)

Experience of dealing with insurgency must

Any Officer to be assigned the post of CRPF should have preferably experience of serving in CRPF or at the minimum dealing with insurgency in LWE or J&K or North East. He should serve the Force for minimum two years. The appointment should be objective based which should be assessed periodically by MHA.

Sunand Kumar

No Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan in Northern Railway headquarters

I just visited Baroda House, the headquarters of Northern Railway. It seems the Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan has not touched this place. While the complex was crowded with haphazard parking of cars, I found the stairs of the Annexe building I visited quite dirty and the section where I had a small job was in the same old dismal condition with damp walls, cobwebs and cluttered tables. I do not think we can turn India clean as per our Prime Minister's vision till people develop the habit to keep their surroundings clean. Dirty offices are epitome of inefficiency and I found one this morning.

Aarti Khosla

Bureaucracy hasn't changed

Only Government has changed not the bureaucracy. Still the same builders are running the show. People say that D is running another D. First D stands for DLF and another DDA...

M K Paul

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