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O P Mathur and Saudan Singh to be Chief Ministers ?
O P Mathur and Saudan Singh may be dark horse as Chief Ministers .?One need not go into details.They are going to be Manohar Lal Khattar and Devendra Fadnavis.

BUREAUCRACY

Announcement of new Planning Commission on December 25 ?
Announcement of new Planning Commission is expected to be made on December 25 the birthday of Atal Behari Vajpayee.

IRS-IT officer, Sharat Chandra Sarangi quits
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sharat Chandra Sarangi presently JCIT, Pune has quit the service.

Recommendations for CMDs in PSU banks for 2014-15 made
The Appointment Board has made fresh recommendations for the posts of Chairman-cum-Managing Directors (CMDs) in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Banks for the year 2014-15.

Will Baligar succeed Ashoke Joshi ?
Will V P Baligar take up assignment in Private Sector ?. 1980 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer who retired last month is likely to succeed Ashoke Joshi in TVS House in Tamil Nadu.

Cadre clearance of Dr Somanathan sought ?
Cadre clearance of Dr T V Somanathan is believed to have been sought from the TamilNadu Government for the appointment as Chairman of the Forward Markets Commission. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Will man from ONGC be CMD of Oil India ?
The name of a man from the management of ONGC is being bandied around for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Oil India Limited?.

Pranabjyoti Nath goes on inter-cadre deputation to Odisha cadre
An inter-cadre deputation of Pranabjyoti Nath from Kerala cadre to Odisha cadre has been approved for a period of five years. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Additional Solicitor General resigns !
Additional Solicitor General L Nageshwar Rao is reported to have resigned from his post .

PESB invites applications for CMD, OIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Oil India Limited (OIL) falling vacant on July 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 7, 2015.

M P Government is unwilling to relieve Rishi Shukla !
The Madhya Pradesh Government is unwilling to relieve Rishi Shukla for central deputation. 1983 batch IPS officer Shukla has been appointed ADG in the CISF.

Panel of Goel for CMD, PFC expires today
The panel of M K Goel made for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) is on the verge of expiry on December 16, 2014. His appointment as CMD, PFC is getting delayed for want of CVC clearance. Goel, who is presently Director Commercial, is also holding an additional charge of CMD.

Shailendra Srivastava is new Transport Commissioner in Madhya Pradesh
Shailendra Srivastava will be new Transport Commissioner in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1985 batch IPS officer. Presently he is ADG SAF.

Pattnaik yet to get orders for Director (Comm), MOIL Ltd
The orders of T K Pattnaik, GM, MOIL, for the appointment as Director (Commercial), MOIL Limited are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Three posts of Judges vacant in Supreme Court
Three posts of Judges have been lying vacant in the Supreme Court. There is an approved strength of 31 Judges in this Apex Court.

Dr Shakuntala Devi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Dr Shakuntala Devi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. Dr Devi is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).

Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal is also Secretary, Corporate Affairs
Ms Anjuly Chib Duggal has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs till the return of Naved Masood from leave. Ms Duggal is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Post of Director (Fin), GRSE still vacant
The post of Director (Finance), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) has been lying vacant since November 1, 2014 as S S Dogra, DGM, Nalco, who was selected for this post, is yet to get his orders for joining.

Book of S C Panda released
The Book titled "Message of Sai" penned by S.C. Panda, Special Secretary & FA(Home), Ministry of Home Affairs was released by Dr. C.B. Satpathy and Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on 14th December, 2014 at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. On this occasion another book titled "The Eternal Sai Consciousness" by A.R. Nanda, IAS (Retd) was also released. Speaking on this occasion Dr. Satpathy highlighted the relevance of Sai philosophy in the present day world torn by conflict, hatred and strife. The Baba's message of love fellow-feeling, compassion for all and universalism of all religions was also highlighted by Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon'ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Bhagwan Das posted as Sr Research Officer, Planning Commission
Bhagwan Das has been appointed as Senior Research Officer, Planning Commission. He is a 2006 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

Pradeep Kumar likely to join central deputation
Pradeep Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Jitendra Kumar likely to join central deputation
Jitendra Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

M K Singh likely to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level
Mihir Kumar Singh is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Biswapriya Das yet to get CVC clearance for Director, IOCL
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is yet to give clearance to Biswapriya Das, ED, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (Research& Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). The post has been lying vacant since July 2014.

File of Sanjib Dutta for Director, GAIL stuck in ACC
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is reported to have given its clearance to Sanjib Dutta, ED, GAIL for the appointment as Director (Business Development), GAIL and his file for the final approval is lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC). The post has been lying vacant since October 2014.

Another ICS officer Ahmed passes away
Syed Ghiasuddin Ahmed (ICS, 1938) passed away in Pakistan on 5th Dec, 2014 at the age of 100. In the initial years, he served in Aligarh, Benares and Allahabad in U.P. and, after Partition, as Commissioner, Rawalpindi Division and Principal Secretary, Defence. He was in the direct line of the renowned 11th century Persian saint, Abdul Qadir Al-Gilani, whose descendants migrated to the Punjab in the time of Ahmed Shah Durrani in the 18th century.Barring AGN Kazi (ICS, 1943), he was, in all probability, the last surviving Pakistani member of the ICS.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officer in Bihar (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been given fresh assignments in Bihar. Accordingly, R Laxmanan has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Industries while Mrs Ashwini Dattatreya Thakare was given the charge of MD, Bihar State Beverages Corporation, Patna and Dinesh Kumar is being posted as Director, Handcrafts and Sericultue with additional charge of Joint Secretary, Industries. Besides, Mohammed Sohail has been given the charge of MD, Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation; Anupam Kumar Suman was posted as Special Work Officer, Finance Department; Shailesh Thakur was posted as Director, Food Processing, Industries with additional charge of Director Finance, Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited and J K P Singh (IRPS) was made Chief Executive Officer, Bihar Local Region Development Authority, Planning and Development Corporation.

Bipin Kumar posted as Resident Commissioner of Bihar Bhawan, Delhi (UPDATED)
Bipin Kumar, who is presently Additional Resident Commissioner, has been appointed as Resident Commissioner, Bihar Bhawan, New Delhi. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

4 IRS-Custom officers given new postings (UPDATED)
Four IRS officers of Customs & Central Excise cadre have been given postings at Deputy/Joint Commissioner level. Accordingly, S Kesava Narayana Reddy, on return from deputation, has been posted to Chennai CX while Vijay Manvatkar Janrao is being appointed to Vizag CX and Sunil Kumar Singh gets posting to Vadodara CX. Besides, Sharad Chandra Srivastava has been posted to Delhi ST.

Sathpathy joins as Director (Prod), NMDC (UPDATED)
P K Sathpathy, GM, NMDC, has taken over the charge as Director (Production) in National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC).
(We said this on April 11, 2014)

Dev is new Adviser in Chandigarh Administration (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar Dev has been appointed new Adviser to the UT Administrator in Chandigarh. Dev who is presently Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Delhi is 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on December 11 )

Chandra Bhushan Kumar to be new CEO Delhi (UPDATED)
Chandra Bhaushan Kumar will Succeed Vijay Kumar Dev as Chief Electoral Officer ,Delhi. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

BEML bags dual Awards for equipment (UPDATED)
BEML LIMITED, the premier manufacturing Company of heavy earthmoving equipment, has received two Awards for its Equipment under the categories of Best Seller-Rigid Dump Trucks and Best Seller-Crawler Dozers in the 2nd Equipment India Awards-2014 at Delhi. The Awards were received by Pradeep Swaminathan, Director (Finance) on behalf of the Company. The selection of BEML's products is a prestigious accomplishment as it validates the supremacy in the category. The selection process by a panel of Industry-Experts was based on the outcome of detailed tabulation and analysis of several parameters of the relevant companies. BEML's ability to steer through troubled waters has found reflection and resonance in the results of the analysis for India's Best Seller of Dump Trucks and Dozers. BEML, since the past five decades, has been the leading manufacturer of earth moving equipment deployable in Mining and Construction Sectors and commands a major share in the domestic market apart from its presence in as many as 61 countries across the globe. Exhibiting its technological prowess, the Company has launched a series of 'Made in India' innovative products to its product range thus ensuring maximum returns to its customers.

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

Two directors cease to be on Board of ONGC
Prof. S K Barua and O P Bhatt have ceased to be Independent Directors of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited w.e.f. December 13, 2014,

Satpathy assumes charge as Director ( Production), ONGC
The Central government has appointed P K Satpathy , General Manager, NMDC Limited as Director (Production) of the company. He assumed charge of the post of Director (Production) of the company on December 13, 2014

Vishwakarma appointed MD, S&S Power Switchgears Ltd
S&S Power Switchgears Limited has appointed Ashok Kumar Vishwakarma as a Managing Director of the company.

Maj. Gen (Retd) Bagga resigns as Chairman, Avantel Ltd
Maj. Gen. R K Bagga, AVSM (Retd) has resigned as Chairman of Avantel Ltd

Dubey appointed CEO, Surabhi Chemicals & Investments Ltd
Surabhi Chemicals & Investments Ltd has appointed Mukesh H Dubey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company w.e.f. December 13, 2014

Das resigns as Independent Director, Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Ltd
S K Das has resigned as Independent Director of Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Limited

Bansal resigns as CFO, B L Kashyap and Sons Ltd
Ashok Bansal has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of B L Kashyap and Sons Limited w.e.f December 17, 2014

Pethapara resigns as Whole-time Director, Decolight Ceramics Ltd
Jayantibhai M Pethapara has resigned as Whole-time Director of Decolight Ceramics Ltd

Jain ceases to be Non Exec. Director, Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Ltd
Dr Rakesh Jain has ceased to be Non-Executive Director of Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Limited w.e.f. December 15, 2014

Jain resigns as Non Exec. Director, Idea Cellular Ltd
Dr Rakesh Jain has resigned as Non Executive Director of Idea Cellular Limited due to his personal commitments

Kale resigns as Director, Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd
Y M Kale has resigned as Director of Oracle Financial Services Software Limited with immediate effect

Vijeshwar resigns as Director, South Asian Enterprises Ltd
Gian Vijeshwar has resigned as Director of South Asian Enterprises Ltd.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age

Before LS election some media created a hype of raising of retirement age from 60 to 62, which raised some hopes among the CG staff members as they were reeling under severe burden of social and family obligations, and they were expecting the same from the previous government to raise the retirement age. But ultimately it did not came, and Cogress party reduced to meagre 44 seats. Again the media is creating a hype of reducing the retirement age from 60 to 58 (60 was the blessings of which Hon'ble Vajpai ji) creating a fear psychosis among the senior staff members, who have made a calculated plan to lead a happy retired life after retiement will jeopardize not only their lives but also the family members who are yet to get settled. This social obligation the present government cant shake off, on some plea. The present employees who are due to retire during the next 5-10 years didnt have much channels of employment as the present youths are getting, the major employer is the private sector and the MNCs and not the government sector. During those days no MNCs were existing and not even much private companies were too, they get the employment at the later stage of their life in government sector and still major of them are yet to fulfil their liabilities like marriages of daughters, education of children, housing, etc. etc. I full agree with the comments of KB if the retirement age is reduced it would surely - CHEATING TOM TO PAY PAUL. Cogress government probably backtracked from raising the retirement age thinking of a political setback, which backfired. So the present government should restrain itself from reversing the decision which Vajpai made.

Janaki

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age

It is improper and unjust to lower the retirement age to58yrs,It should be noted thatfor certain services such as teaching and judiciary etc the age is more than 60 yrs. Why so? It may be just because of taking advantage of their experience. This is applicable to all category of services. Besides above, better medical and health services availability has increased life expectancy due to which there is no problem in serving upto 65 years. There does not seem any logic behind lowering retirement age as this has no relation with creation of more job. Rather non utilisation of services of experienced persons in the national interest, shows refusal of skill utilisation. In fact jobs are provided mostly at the induction level which has no relation with lowering of retirement age. It is further to note that in various fields consultants and advisors are appointed by the government including part time directors from among the retired persons of much higher age to take advantage of their experience in the national interest. Those people are also humans to perform the job after more than 60 yrs of age. then why a person can not serve the nation upto 65 yrs. It is also important to note that there is no age bar for the politicians who control the overall policy and system of the entire nation. The President, PM, Governors and Ministers have no retirement age. The irony is obvious. These constitutional post occupants shoulder the future of the country are always considered fit to work at all ages then why not the citizens of the country are allowed to work upto 65 yrs at least. In fact it is totally unjust to lower the retirement age to58.it should rather be raised to 65 yrs with parity to all category of services otherwise achhe din aanewale hain will become achhe din jaanewaale hain for the entire nation. It is expected that present pm will take care of all aspects and will increase the retirement age to 65 for all category of professionals to have parity and equality.

Krishna Shrivastava

"Good Riddance"

Modi's decision to scrap the Planning Commission ( PC) is a welcome step. Set up in 1950 by a GOI's resolution, the PC had lost its relevance and utility. It was a drain on non-Plan expenditure. No wonder, the commission was permitted by MOF to renovate the washroom of Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, its Dy Chairman in Yojana Bhavan costing Rs 35 lakhs (non-Plan). Later, under Media pressure, it was thrown open to public. The Congress-led UPA misused the Commission to rehabilitate its favourites as Members ,enjoying status and privileges of MOSs. The quality of deliberations in PC leading to allocation of Plan resources, had become lacklustre, arbitrary and irresponsible. Decisions were taken on personal and political considerations. Discussions were a charade and merit became the casualty. Sheer waste of manpower. Empowering States with more say in Plan allocation, will strengthen country's co-operative federalism. The PMO should now spell out the format, Vision and Mission statements of the replacement body .

A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)

It's really harassment !

This is really harassment with other staff/officers of Airport Authority of India. Sr. Officers didn't call their staff/officers who posted on LOAN BASIS in Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India, Statutory Body of Civil Aviation Ministry. Why not call them back in parent cadre?

Officer of AAI

Tender! Tender! Tender!

Yeh sab to dikhava hi hota. Pahle se hi decided hota Contract kisko dena hai. Sab jante hai yeh to manpasand company ko hi diya jayega, baki sab ko bewkuf bana diya jata hai. Blacklisted companies ko bhi contract diye jate hai. Kyu ? Yeh tender aur contract ka procedure mani Ministry ke jariye hi hona chahiye. System kab sudherega.

Jhadav

Why deputation posts are vacant ?

In Airports Economic Regulatory Authority deputation posts are vacant because of AAI Staff/Officers. Secretary of AERA, who doesn't want to fill vacant deputation post.

Sriram

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