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BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CBI Chief ?(13) and last
'Loyalty " is now road for new CBI Chief ? One thing is certain "Loyalty" will be the criteria for becoming the CBI Chief. Will he be from Delhi or outside Delhi ?. About one dozen candidates are in the run.

Will K K Sharma be SPG Chief ?
K K Sharma is likely to succeed Durga Prasad as Chief of the Special Protection Group (SPG). He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Will Durga Prasad be appointed Spl DG, CRPF?
If some reliable sources are to be believed Kode Durga Prasad is leading the race for Special DG, CRPF. Spectators inside bureaucracy though deny prospects of 1981 batch IPS officer for the position as he belonged to relatively junior batch the biggest paramilitary force in the world. But credible sources say that his long stint with Grey Hounds, a successful anti-naxal force in Andhra Pradesh, has probably been pushing him ahead into consideration zone. A brief stint as the chief of state's intelligence wing brings him an added advantage. Will he be given CRPF's command? If goes first he will be posted as ADG and after his empanelment will be elevated.

No decision in SC Collegium ?
No decision was reportedly taken about the appointment of Judge in SC and CJ in High Courts in the meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium.

Mrs Kacker proves her mettle as Secretary, Disability Affairs
An outstanding performance of Mrs Stuti Narain Kacker as Secretary, Department of Disability Affairs, has showed her mettle under pressure of expectations of newly created this Department. The officer, who was appointed as Secretary on July 25, 2012 after the creation of the Department in May 2012, focussed on the priorities of the law, policy, institution building, schemes and programmes and other long-term measures to fast track social and economic empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The Department organized 12 National Conferences on technical themes and undertook the following new initiatives in short period of time. Mrs Kacker, who belongs to 78 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has to her credit for taking initiatives in formulating State Policy on Disability, accelerating issue of Disability Certificates and improving provisioning for the disabled. Several regional conferences with State Governments and NGOs were held and first State Ministers' Conference was organized on August 23, 2014.

Rajiv Arora likely to take charge as JS, NATGRID on Monday
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rajiv Arora, the newly appointed Joint Secretary of NATGRID, is likely to take charge on Monday. The 1987batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre is serving as JS, Dept of Commerce.

Who'll win for CMD, CIL at PESB meeting on Nov 18 ?
Two names Sutirtha Bhattacharya, Chairman of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) and Nagendra Kumar, Director (Technical) of Coal India Limited (CIL) are being bandied around for the key post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Coal India Limited. The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), which scheduled selection meeting for the post on November 18, 2014, is expected to select one of these two. Bhattacharya is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre while Nagendra Kumar has had knack for handling coal industry.

Gauri Singh to return to Madhya Pradesh
An expert in New and Renewable enrgy Ms Gauri Singh is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre this month. 1987 batch IAS ias officer Ms singh for last seven years has been working in the Renewable Energy Sector, of which three years were in Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), GoI and then at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at its head quarter in Abu Dhabi. India is a founding member of IRENA.At MNRE, she coordinated the formulation and implementation of National Solar Mission. She was selected to IRENA through an international selection process. She worked as Director of Country Support and Partnerships (CSP), and was responsible for supporting the 135 member countries of IRENA, in the development and implementation of national and regional renewable energy strategies. She was also responsible for facilitating the Renewables Readiness Assessments of countries, and leading regional initiatives like the African Clean Energy Corridor - an initiative of IRENA which was showcased at recently held Climate Summit of United Nations in New York. Her role at IRENA also included the capacity-building initiatives across regions.

PNB CMD denied extension
CMD of the Punjab National Bank K R Kamath did not get extension after completion of five year term.Though Kamath had 13 months to turn 60 which is normal retirement age of CMD of a bank.

L L Doungel goes on inter-cadre deputation to Nagaland
An inter-cadre deputation of L L Doungel from West Bengal to Nagaland has been approved for a period of three years on administrative grounds. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Navin Verma relieved to join as AS, RAW
The Government of Bihar has relieved Navin Verma of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Additional Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing, Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Who will be CEO, NATGRID?
Whispers have been doing rounds in the corridors of power as who would succeed Raghu Raman, the outgoing CEO of NATGRID. The founder ECO Raghu Raman's tenure ended on May 31 this year which was declined to be renewed beyond May 31 by MHA. The search has been going on for its new CEO. He is a retired army officer.

Vikramjit Singh appointed as Deputy Secretary, Power
Vikramjit Singh has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Power. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Harpreet Singh Pruthi posted as Director, Power
Harpreet Singh Pruthi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power. He is a 1999 batch IRSS officer.

Sukh Ram Meena appointed Director, Inter-State Council Secretariat
Sukh Ram Meena, who was on compulsory wait, has been appointed as Director, Inter-State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1993 batch ISS officer.

Orders of Anuj Aggarwal for Member (HR), AAI issued
The orders of Anuj Aggarwal, ED, AAI, for the appointment as Member (HR), Airport Authority of India (AAI) are reported to have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on June 4, 2014)

NLC posts Rs.259.35 cr net profit during Q2/2014-15
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, a 'Navratna' Public Sector Enterprise, under the administrative control of Ministry of Coal has a chequered history of achievements. B Surender Mohan, CMD informed that at present, NLC operates three Opencast Lignite Mines at Neyveli and one at Barsingsar, Rajasthan of total capacity of 30.60 Million Tonnes Per Annum and three Thermal Power Stations at Neyveli and one at Barsingsar with a total installed capacity of 2740 Mega Watt. Financial Performance: Second Quarter: During the Second quarter of 2014-15 (July - September 2014), Sales turnover stands at Rs. 1402.49 Crs. as compared to Rs.1382.82 Crs. for the same period in the previous year 2013-14 and registered a growth of 1.42%. Profit After Tax stands at Rs.259.35 Crs. as compared to Rs.240Crs. for the same period in the previous year 2013-14 and registered a growth of 8.06%. First Half (April 2014 to September 2014): Neyveli Lignite Corporation's Profit After Tax stands at Rs.593.40 Crs. for the period April 2014 to September 2014 as compared to Rs.518.43 Crs. in the same period of previous year and registered a growth of 14.46%. Power Generation: During the First Half of the Financial Year 2014-15 NLC has generated 9983.10 Million Units of Power, achieving 100.04% of the set target.


Bureaucratic changes in Assam likely
Senior level transfer and postings of IAS and IPS officers on a large scale are likely to take place in Assam very soon.

Rajpal poised for new assignment in Haryana ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Sudhir Rajpal may soon be moved from his present assignment in Haryana. The 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre is serving with the Govt of Haryana as DG, DIPR and Secretary, Excise & Taxation.


No Brahmin will be posted in Maharashtra CMO ?
Any Brahmin officer is unlikely to be posted in the Maharashta Chief Ministers office.

ACC yet to approve appointment of Sathpathy as Director, NMDC
The file of P K Sathpathy, GM, NMDC, is reported to have been lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its approval for the appointment as Director (Production) in National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC).

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana
A number IPS officers in Haryana have been transferred. Accordingly, Parminder Rai has been appointed DG, Prisons, Y P Singhal - DG, State Vigilance Bureau, Mohinder Lal - DG, Human Rights and Litigation, A K Dhul - DGP, Modernization; Dr R P Singh - DGP, OSD Rules; K K Sindhu - Director, State Crime Record Bureau (SCRB) Madhuban; Alok Kumar Roy - IGP, Rohtak Range; Rajbir Singh Deswal - IG, Haryana Police Academy, Madhuban; O P Singh - Police Commissioner, Ambala-Panchkula; Ajay Singhal - IGP, Modernization; Alok Mittal - IGP, Law & Order; A S Chawla - IGP, SVB; Anil Kumar Rao - IGP, Hissar Range; C S Rao - IGP, Police Training Centre (PTC) Sunaria; Subhash Yadav - CP, Faridabad; Charu Bali - IGP, Telecom; Ranga - IGP, CID; Mamta Singh - IGP, South Range, Rewari; Hanif Qureshi - IGP, Karnal Range and Hardeep Singh Doon was made DIG, SCB.

3 IAS officers get new postings in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Ms A Mona Sreenivas has been appointed as Mission Director, Mission Convergence-SSS while Dr Madhu Rani Teotia was made Deputy Commissioner, North and Dr Ashima Jain is Additional Director, Education in Delhi Government. Besides, Dr R C Meena (DANICS) has been made Deputy Commissioner, Central.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
A large number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Suresh Kumar Bhardwaj has been appointed as ADG, SCRB whi8le Abhay Kumar Upadhayay will be ADG, Bihar Armed Police Force and Sunil Kumar gets additional charge of ADG, CID. Similarly, Arvind Pandey has been appointed as ADG, (Weaker Section) Crime Investigation; Alok Raj as ADG, Law and Order; Amrendra Kumar Ambedkar as IG, Patna; Jitendra Kumar as IG, SCRB; Paresh Saxena as Special Secretary Special Home; Kundan Krishnan as IG, Anti-Terrorism Squad with additional charge of IG, Security Special Branch; Amit Kumar Jain as IG, Darbhanga; Sourabh Kumar as SP(A), Special Branch; Vinay Kumar as Commandant, BAF-10 with addtional charge of BAF-16; Shiv Kumar Jha as SP, Shivhar; Sunil Kumar as SP, Motihari; Sudhir Kumar Singh as Commandant, BAF-8 Bagusroy; Satyaveer Singh as SP, Saran; Prantosh Kumar Das gets additional charge of SP, City Patna; Nagendra Prasad Singh as DIG, Koshi range, Sahrasa; Mrs Manju Jha as DIG, Railway, Patna; Lalan Mohan Prasad gets charge of SP, Rail Muzaffarpur; Rajiv Ranjan as SP, Kishanganj; Manoj Kumar is also Commandant, BAF-8, Begusroy; Sanjay Kumar gets charge of Principal, Constable Training Centre, Simultalla; Jayant Kant gets charge of Principal, BAF, Training, Dumrao; Navin Chandra Jha as SP, Shekpura and Hari Prasad was given an additional charge of Commandant, BAF-15, Valmikinagar, Bagaha.

Two IPS officers get postings in AP (UPDATED)
Sudeep Lakhtakia has been appointed as ADGP, Training while J Prabhakar Rao was posted as AIG, Law and Order in DGP office in Andhra Pradesh.

17 IAS officers transferred in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 17 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Dr Shyam S Agrawal has been appointed as Chairman, Rajasthan Civil Service Appellate Authority, Jaipur while Vipin Chandra Sharma will be PS, Minority Affairs & Waqf Board and Dr Ashok Singhavi is PS, Mining and Petroleum and Chairman, Rajasthan State Mining and Minerals Limited. Similarly, Khemraj Chaudhary has been appointed as PS, Tribal Regional Development; Sudarashan Sethi as PS, Social Justice and Empowerment; Dr R Venkateshwaran as Commissioner, Departmental Inquiry; Rajiv Singh Thakur as Secretary, Rural Development and State Mission Director, Livelihood; Ashwini Bhagat as Secretary, Higher and Technical Education; Navin Mahajan as Project Director, Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project; Vikas Sitaramji Bhale as Divisional Commissioner, Bharatpur; Omkar singh as Divisional Commissioners, Kota; Bhanu Prakash Etru as MD, Rajasthan State Minig and Mineral Limited, Rajasthan; Kunj Bihari Gupta as IG, Registration and Stamps, Ajmer; Dr Samit Sharma as Commissioner, NRI; Ambrish Kumar as Director, Social Justice and Empowerment; Suva Lal as Director, Middle Education, Bikaner and Sudhir Kumar Sharma was made Director, Finance Budget.

CORPORATE

Rao appointed CFO, Oriental Bank of Commerce
S S Mallikarjuna Rao, General Manager, Oriental Bank of Commerce has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank w.e.f. November 5, 2014

Khurana ceases to be CFO, Oriental Bank of Commerce
C M Khurana has ceased to be Chief Financial Officer of Oriental Bank of Commerce on reaching the age of superannuation w.e.f. October 31, 2014.

Mohan appointed CFO, ZEN Technologies Ltd
ZEN Technologies Ltd has appointed P V Krishna Mohan, General Manager (Finance & Accounts) as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Kamath appointed Senior VP, ZEN Technologies Ltd
H J Kamath has been appointed as Senior Vice-President of ZEN Technologies Ltd

Ahuja appointed Independent Director, Advance Metering Technology Ltd
Advance Metering Technology Ltd has appointed Nisha Ahuja as Independent Director of the company

Parida resigns as Director, Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd
Samaresh Parida has resigned as Director of Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd w.e.f. November 08, 2014.

Mehta appointed Addl. Director, Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd
Milin Mehta has been appointed as an Additional Director of Shaily Engineering Plastics Ltd w.e.f. November 8, 2014

Patodia appointed CFO, Eurotex Industries and Exports Ltd
Eurotex Industries and Exports Ltd has appointed Rajiv Patodia as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company with immediate effect

Shah appointed Addl. Director, Hindusthan Safety Glass Industries Ltd
Hindusthan Safety Glass Industries Ltd has appointed Darshit Shah as Additional Director of the company.

Shah appointed Addl. & Independent Director, Jayant Agro Organics Ltd

Jayant Agro Organics Ltd has appointed Sucheta N Shah as an Additional and Independent Director of the company

Kohli appointed Addl. Director, Zenotech Laboratories Ltd
Zenotech Laboratories Ltd has appointed Surinder Kumar Kohli as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. November 8, 2014.

Kundu appointed Addl Director, Maithan Alloys Ltd
Maithan Alloys Ltd has appointed Kalpana Biswas Kundu as an Additional Director of the company.

Rastogi appointed CS, Oscar Investments Ltd
Oscar Investments Ltd has appointed Hariom Rastogi as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. November 1, 2014.

Singh resigns as CS, Oscar Investments Ltd
Pankaj Kumar Singh has resigned as Company Secretary of Oscar Investments Ltd

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Democratising data collection for good governance

Government programmes are structured to develop institutes and scale programs following broad consultations, based on evidence from existing domestic and international efforts. Execution of schemes is often through existing institutions, and occasionally a few additional hands are recruited for sharing the load.

This often results in overloading, and overlapping of goals of existing institutional bodies and increasing paperwork. Reform, then, involves integration and rationalising overheads, periodically.

Development agencies, including UN bodies, meanwhile are quick to emphasize participatory, bottom-up approaches. With relatively limited resources, they try to spread the message, monitor and facilitate regional recruits and hope to influence Government programmes.

Social media has the potential of bridging this divide and making execution more transparent. Everyone with a mobile phone, together with third-party monitoring guidelines can become an inspector. Monitoring the inspectors can rely less on human effort and more on aggregate statistics dropping outliers through machine learning. Only, appropriate incentives have to be channeled to individuals, possibly under schemes including MNREGA. Citizens may collect data to make holders of power accountable, in exchange for phone credit.

Rekha Bhargava

Former Secretary GoI

Air India duping GoI !

We thought of taking LTC due for my wife in this block year.

Came across an instruction that ticket must be bought from website or from Ashok Travels/Balmer Lawrie. As per Govt. instructions, Air India notifies LTC fares valid for the year: This year notified in February.

While booking the ticket on Air India website I found the discrepancy in Concessional fare and the Actual Fare. Amazing that Government is allowing itself to be screwed by crores of rupees on account of the so called concessional fare. Another fact, production of the actual fare ticket will not be honoured by the office, since the actual fare ticket is not the LTC 80 ticket. The logic of Air India, we are giving discount on full fare ticket; same logic they use for International ticket. But full fare tickets are a thing of the past. When will Government of India save tax payers money? Because of such fraudulent practices, Air India shows some revenue which it then has to pay to incompetent Air India employees by way of performance bonus, overtime and whatnot.

Ajay Agnihotri

Special Secretary is also Secretary

In response to the query of a visitor about "Special Secretary" in the Government of India (i.e. Central Government), the following is the difference between Joint Secretary to Government of India, Additional Secretary thereto and Special Secretary/ Secretary thereto. Joint Secretary is Joint Secretary. Additional Secretary is Secretary in waiting. Special Secretary is also Secretary. In terms of pay, Joint Secretary draws lesser pay than Additional Secretary, Additional Secretary draws lesser pay than Special Secretary/ Secretary, Special Secretary draws 80,000/- per month fixed just as the Secretary. Special Secretary can put up files directly to the Minister without going through the Secretary. However, in practice, for courtesy's sake or sometimes for keeping the Secretary in the loop or if so desired by the Minister, files are put up by the Special Secretary through the Secretary to the Minister.

Vijay Kumar

PMO should fix responsibility on officers

PMO should look into this and fix responsibility on officers of DOT,DOP&T and CVC for this abnormal delay in finalising the selection of CMD OF MTNL and BSNL .The absence of Head of the organisation is reflected in the poor customer service by these organisation.

S Gopal

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