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Non-Tribal is now CM of Jharkhand
As predicted by Whispersinthe corridors non-tribal Raghubar Das will be sworn in as new Chief Minister of Jharkhand onDecember 28.
(We said this on December 25 )

Over six Congress MLAs willing to defect ?
Reports reaching here said that about half a dozen Congress MLAs are willing to join the BJP in J &K. It is said that anti-defection law is not applicable in J & K.

BUREAUCRACY

N K Sinha empanelled as Secretary
N K Sinha has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Nandita Chatterjee empanelled as Secretary
Ms Nandita Chatterjee has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ranglal Jamuda empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Ranglal Jamuda has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Amrendra Sinha empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Amrendra Sinha has been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Aruna Sharma empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
ACS in Madhya Pradesh Ms Aruna Sharma has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

79 IRS (C&CE ) officers promoted
As a new year gift the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have approved promotion of 79 officers of IRS (C&CE) belonging to 1991, 1992 and 1993 batches.

Anant Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, MHA
Anant Kumar Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 17 )

Raghvendra Singh posted as Additional Secretary, Agriculture
Raghvendra Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Vijayakumar appointed DG, CAPART
T Vijayakumar has been appointed as Director General, Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Joseph appointed DG, BIS
M J Joseph has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Department of Consumer Affairs in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1979 batch ICAS officer.

D V Prasad appointed Additional Secretary, Women & Child Dev
D V Prasad has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Women and Child Development. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Deepak Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, Labour & Employment
Deepak Kumar has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Labour and Employment. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Deepak Shetty appointed DG, Shipping
Deepak Shetty has been appointed as Director General, Shipping in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Ms Vijaya Shrivastava appointed Additional Secretary and FA, Health
Ms Vijaya Shrivastava has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Health and Family Welfare. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ajay Narayan Jha appointed Additional Secretary, Expenditure
Ajay Narayan Jha has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Expenditure in the Ministry of Finance. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Alok Shrivastava posted as Additional Secretary, Shipping
Alok Shrivastava has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Shipping. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Anand Kumar appointed MD, National Highways Infra Dev Corp
Anand Kumar has been appointed as Managing Director, National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1984 batch IAs officer of Kerala cadre.

Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma appointed Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj
Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Panchayati Raj. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

T Jacob appointed Additional Secretary, DoPT
T Jacob has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Alok Kumar appointed Secretary, CVC
Alok Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Lohani to be MD cum Commissioner MPTDC ?
The Railway Ministry is believed to have cleared the deputation of Ashwini Lohani to Madhya Pradesh Government as MD cum Commissioner of the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation.

Orders of Dogra for Director (Fin), GRSE issued
The orders of S S Dogra, DGM, Nalco, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 27, 2014)

Sunil Kumar appointed PS to Geete
Sunil Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary to Anant G Geete, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He is a 1998 batch ISS officer.

S Charles takes over as Director (Fin), DCIL
S Charles, Vice President, SCIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL).
(We said this on January 27, 2014)

M K Pandey posted as Under Secretary, Higher Education
M K Pandey has been appointed as Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education on his repatriation from deputation.

Shivendra Mohan posted as EDME/Workshops, RB
Shivendra Mohan has been posted as EDME/Workshops, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Ajay Shukla posted as Advisor (Com), RB
Ajay Shukla has been posted as Advisor (Commercial), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Ganju deputed to RITES as GM, Gurgaon
Deepak Ganju has been deputed as General Manager to RITES Limited, Gurgaon for a period of three years. He is an IRSEE officer.

Rupak Mazumdar awarded IAS cadre
Rupak Kumar Mazumdar of Assam cadre has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

Orders of Dogra issued
The orders of S S Dogra, DGM, Nalco, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 27, 2014)

Two Income Tax Commissioners locally shifted
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have locally been shifted. Shishir Sinha has been appointed as Commissioner of Income Tax (C)-2, Kolkata 2 while Ashok Kumar Sinha will now be Commissioner of Income Tax (C)-1, Kolkata-1.

Two IRS officers transferred at Add/Joint Commissioner level
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have locally been shifted at Additional/Joint Commissioner level. Manisha Chandra has been transferred to CCA Delhi while Sujit Kumar was posted to CCA WB & Sikkim.

8 IAS officers transferred in TN
As many as 8 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, R Kirlosh has been posted as Director, Town and Country Planning while Jayashree Muralidharan is made Registrar, Co-operative Societies and K S Palanisamy is posted as Collector, Tiruchirappalli. Similarly, N Venkatachalam was posted as Collector, Theni; T N Hariran as Collector, Dindigul; V Rajaraman as Collector, Virudhunagar; T Munusamy as Collector; Sivagangai and S Palanisamy as Collector, Nagapattinam.

D K Mishra posted as Spl Commissioner, Trade& Taxes in Delhi Govt
D K Mishra has been appointed as Special Commissioner, Trade and Taxes in Government of Delhi. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

World class Maharatna PSE of year award to NTPC
NTPC India's premier power utility has been awarded as World Class Maharatna PSE of the Year at India Public Sector Enterprises (IPSE) Awards for Excellence -2014 held in New Delhi. Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC was also Awarded as PSU Doyen of the Decade on the occasion for his contribution to India's PSE sector first at NBCC and now in NTPC. His services for making NTPC the most admired PSE brand and Topmost Global Energy & Power Utility - a pride of India Brand were also lauded. Awards were received by S N Ganguly, RED WR II, ED to CMD & ED (CC) and P K Sinha, General Manager(CC).

Orders of Ashwani Lohani as MD, MP Tourism Dev Corp issued
Orders of Ashwani Lohani for the deputation to Madhya Pradesh Government as Managing Director, MP State Tourism Development Corporation and Commissioner Tourism have been issued by the Government of India. Lohani, who is presently CAO in Indian Railways, Organisation for Alternative fuels, belongs to Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME).
(We said this on Dec 26)

HAL tops performance among DPSUs
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been rated as "Excellent" with a score of 1.08 which is the best among all Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). Incidentally, this is the 13th consecutive year that HAL has been rated as "Excellent". Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India has recently declared MoU performance scores of Public Sector undertakings. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a negotiated document between Government and Corporate Management of CPSE. It contains the intentions, obligations and mutual responsibilities of the Government and the CPSE and is directed towards strengthening CPSE management for better results. In the last two years, HAL has been preparing for 2020 and beyond. In this sojourn HAL has taken up measures to build capacity and capabilities. HAL board has approved capital of Rs. 3600 crores towards modernisation of the company. HAL is building capabilities by way of aggressively investing into its R&D. As a result of increased focus on R&D, HAL has filed 761 patents towards safeguarding its IPR base. HAL has established chairs at Indian Institutes of Technology at Kanpur, Roorkee, Kharagpur & Bombay. Our 10 R&D Centres have been brought under the ambit of Committee of Institutional Network (COIN). HAL Board also decided to create an R&D corpus fund by earmarking 1/10th of the annual profits of the Company for taking up advanced & applied research in aerospace domain. Initiatives like Vendor Meet, MoU with Transparency International, strengthening vendor base, employee satisfaction survey and competency mapping and sector skill council in aerospace & aviation sector have ensured that company transforms itself into a dynamic learning organisation. HAL achieved "Excellent" MoU rating from Department of Public Enterprise and is proud to have a score to be in top six top performing public sector companies out of over 180 PSEs assessed by DPE.

DEBATE- RETIREMENT AGE
With the BJP government in Haryana already 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 and then ?
Send your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com…………

CORPORATE

Charles appointed Director (Finance), Dredging Corporation of India Ltd
Union Ministry of Shipping has appointed S Charles as Director (Finance) of Dredging Corporation of India Limited. He assumed charge on December 26, 2014

Motwani ceases to be Nominee Director, of JSW Energy Ltd
IDBI Bank Limited has withdrawn A K Motwani as its Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of JSW Energy Limited with immediate effect

Roy to be MD, Vesuvius India Ltd
Subrata Roy has been appointed Managing Director of Vesuvius India Limited w.e.f. January 1, 2015

Gupta resigns as CS, Eldeco Housing & Industries Ltd
Ms Shruti Gupta has resigned as Company Secretary of Eldeco Housing & Industries Ltd w.e.f. December 4, 2014 .

Ahluwalia appointed CS, Eldeco Housing & Industries Ltd
Anuj Ahluwalia has been appointed as the Company Secretary of the Eldeco Housing & Industries Ltd w.e.f. December 8, 2014

Challu appointed Independent Director, Minda Industries Ltd
Minda Industries Limited has appointed Ms Renu Challu as an Independent Woman Director of the company.

Samal ceases to be Nominee Director, Tinplate Company of India Ltd
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has withdrawn B N Samal as its Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Tinplate Company of India Ltd w.e.f. December 17, 2014.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age
The age of retirement should at all if needs to be reduced, it should be made 45 or maximum 50 years-like army.
Generally or say mostly a govt servant retires and then tires. Very few take any other work/job. this wastes skill achieved throughout ones career. if retired early people will certainly look for job of some kind including politics where there is no retirement age. People even at 60 are fit to work, healthy and can perform so why 58 ? Why a retrograde step ? Retire people who are unfit at 60. If a retired person can be appointed to advise P.M., can be National security advisor, can work and perform , why such retrograde step ? Why such close mindedness. why not have retirement age for political persons ? The very people who are deciding 60 to 58 are themselves above 60.
They need to think.
Rajesh K Singh

ICFRE closes its only Centre for Forest based livelihood
" Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Dehradun has on 17th December closed down its only Centre for Forest based livelihood and Extension of technology to the rural farmers and tribal people. This Center was established in 2012 through MOU between Dr VK Bahuguna the than DG ICFRE and Dr Sanjay Panda the then Chief secretary of Tripura. The Centre had became immensely popular among the rural tribal and farming communities and the people have come on road spontaneously hearing the news. Being developed as a model of Centre and State cooperation, the Centre had been choked to death when the PM Narendra Modi is treating North East has his priority. The Governor Tripura had taken up the matter with DG ICFRE and Forest Minister have written to Prakash Javadekar on the one sided decision as the State had provided a new building to the Centre and other infrastructure. Grapevine has it that the Director of the Jorhat Institute and Secretary ICFRE have played a key role to avoid going to Tripura for monitoring. Director Jorhat runs the Institute from Dehradun. Hope the President of ICFRE society is listening."
By- A Visitor

Inexperienced ITS officers on crucial positions
The above post about ITS officers is quite correct. Many of them are occupying crucial posts like Director (Admin.) or Director (Estt.) in many Ministries including DoPT. And because of their lack of experiences in these fields, they are spoiling these posts. these posts have become totally dependent on the whims and fancies of lower level officials. This is causing lot of harm to the officers and the organisations, in addition to increasing the red tapism, which the current Govt. wants to go away.
Rakesh

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