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BUREAUCRACY

Race for Director IB starts (1)
It is reliably learnt that new government has started its bit to appoint the successor of Asif Ibrahim, the incumbent Director of IB. He is set to retire in the month of December this year. Major point of murmuring is whether the new chief of IB would be taken from within or from outside IB.

CoS to clear 3 Members in CBEC and 1 in CBDT !
CoS is going to clear 3 members in CBEC and 1 in CBDT. 3 likely members of CBEC are Deepa Das Gupta CC Vizag, Najib Shah, DGN DRI and Gautam Ray, CC Kolkata. In a departure from the past, no panel for anticipated vacancies being made in both the Boards. There is considerable resentment over this since All India Services have full Batches empanelled.

Mahapatra tipped for JS, Dept of Commerce
As the grapevine has it, Guruprasad Mahapatra may soon be appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce. The 1986 batch IAS officer has already been relieved from the Govt of Gujarat where he served as Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner.

S G Dhande unlikely to be CEO, NATGRID ?
Sanjay Govind Dhande is now unlikely to be appointed as new CEO of NATGRID, under MHA. The former Director, IIT Kanpur has been the integral part of National Security Advisery Board as its member.

ACC yet to approve appointment of Bhaduri as CMD, NJMC
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is yet to approve the appointment of Kushal Bhaduri, Additional GM, NTPC, as Chairman & Managing Director, National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Limited (NJMC).

Javed Usmani is new CIC in UP
Former Chief Secretary Javed Usmani will be the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Uttar Pradesh. Name of 1978 batch IAS officer Usmani has been approved by the Governor.

Great relief in Ministry after removal of Minister !
The staff members of a Ministry expressed a sigh of relief after their Minister was stripped of the Ministry in newly expanded Council of Ministers in Narendra Modi Government. They (staff members) are whispered to be throwing a party after getting rid of this harassing Minister.

Swadheen Kshtriya to continue as Maharashtra CS !
If top sources are to be believed, Swadheen Kshtriya is going to continue as Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

ACC yet to approve appointment of Ahluwalia as Director, NMDC
The file of D S Ahluwalia, ED REC, is reported to have been lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its approval for the appointment as Director (Finance), National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC).

DCGI G N Singh to be relieved
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Gyanendra Narayan Singh, the incumbent Drugs Controller General of India, is expected to be relieved soon from the position.

Why Jethi relieved from CVO (MCI) post ?
The sudden relieving of H K Jethi from the post of CVO (MCI) has been creating murmuring over the reasons & circumstances. Reportedly Jethi had requested to relieve him from the position. The reasons could be self explaining. One can keep guessing.

Singh posted as MD of SICOM in Maharashtra
Principal Secretary to outgoing Maharashtra CM Prithiviraj Chavan ,Ashish Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Managing Director of SICOM, a premier financial institution in the state. He is 1988 batch IAS officer. Baldev Singh will now be Principal secretary Revenue and Forests.

Major IPS reshuffle in Bihar
A large number of IPS officers have been transferred in Bihar. Accordingly, Suresh Kumar Bhardwaj has been appointed ADG, SCRB, Abhay Kumar Upadhayay - ADG, Bihar Armed Police Force and Sunil Kumar has been given 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.

C B Singh posted as Additional Secretary, School Education in MP
C B Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary, School Education Department in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

17 IAS officers in Rajasthan transferred
As many as 17 IAS officers have been transferred in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Dr Shyam S Agrawal has been appointed as Chairman, Rajasthan Civil Service Appellate Authority, Jaipur, 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.

Post of Rajiv Mehrishi designated as Finance Secretary (UPDATED)
The post of Rajiv Mehrishi as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, has been designated as Finance Secretary. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Orders of Prabhat Sahai as CMD, MRVC issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Prabhat Sahai for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on June 9, 2014)

CORPORATE

Wadhwa promoted as Chairman, AI Champdany Industries Ltd
AI Champdany Industries Ltd has promoted D J Wadhwa, currently Vice Chairman, as Chairman of the company.

Sharma re-appointed Whole-time Director, Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd
Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd has re-appointed Mukat Behari Sharma as Whole-time Director of the company.

Hariharan appointed Addl. Director, AI Champdany Industries Ltd
Ms Ramya Hariharan has been appointed as an Additional Director of AI Champdany Industries Ltd

Soni appointed CFO, Logix Microsystems Ltd
Logix Microsystems Ltd has appointed Ms Kiran Soni as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Panchal appointed CFO, Sterling Green Woods Ltd
Sterling Green Woods Ltd has appointed Kantilal Panchal as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Valecha resigns as Director, Jyoti Structures Ltd
G L Valecha has resigned as Director of Jyoti Structures Ltd with immediate effect

Khosla appointed Independent Director, Gabriel India Ltd
Gabriel India Ltd has appointed Atul Khosla as an Additional Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Kapuria appointed Independent Director, Omax Autos Ltd
Omax Autos Ltd has appointed Deep Kapuria as an Independent Director of the company.

Two Independent Directors appointed on Board of Ador Welding Ltd
Ador Welding Ltd has appointed Gaurav Lalwani and Sasha Mirchandani as Non Executive Independent Directors of the company w.e.f. November 10, 2014.

Patel appointed CS, AVI Photochem Ltd
AVI Photochem Ltd has appointed Ms Bhavna Patel as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. November 10, 2014.

Barve resigns as CS, Kalyani Forge Ltd
Amogh Barve has resigned as Company Secretary of Kalyani Forge Ltd w.e.f. December 15, 2014

Dwivedi ceases to be Director, Cosmo Films Ltd
Ramkant Dwivedi has ceased to be Director of Cosmo Films Ltd w.e.f. October 30, 2014

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Kin appointed by Ministers in their personal staff !

So much noise was made by TV. Channels on discovering that the Chief Minister Of Bihar had his Son-in law as his P.A. This is of course, highly improper but his is not the only case where kin have been appointed by Ministers in their personal staff. I am reminded of an important Union Minister during NDA rule, who incidentally is now adorning Rajbhawan of a state, who had quite a few of his relatives including a son ,a daughter, a niece on his personal staff. This is no doubt unethical and even corrupt as the relatives need not work but they get paid salaries and enjoy other perks of office. Prime minister Modi has laid down a few norms for the personal staff of the ministers. Rightly so because it is the Personal staff, the PSs and PAs who are the first face of a minister and some of them are experts in wrong-doing. They are arrogant and even humiliate senior officers of the Ministry. Files are moved only with their blessings which do not come free. Apart from the strict, no to relatives the limit of persons a minister can have in his staff should also be followed. There are guidelines to this effect .I remember, way back in 1985 when I was Joint Secretary (E) in DoPT these guidelines were framed. These must have been reiterated and formulated afresh. Are these being observed ? Only the other day someone mentioned to me that the Railway minister is having as many as 62 personnel on his personal staff. I hope it is not true.

Aarti Khosla

Partiality in AAI

No action has been taken by higher authorities of Airports Authority of India against the staff posted outside their department on loan basis. They are posted out for 5-6 years and no transfer orders are applicable on them. They get salaries and perks from AAI and also get benefits from other departments. This is partiality.

AAI Staff

Problems created by PSUs employees not solved

I daily read news/views and problems of employees on "whisper". Now a days I read news of Loan-basis employees posted in another departments and problems of CGHS beneficiaries (pensioners/serving).Mostly problem of CGHS solved and beneficiaries are happy. They get right way through whisper. But problems created by PSUs employees posted in another departments on loan basis, not solved.

Neeraj saxena

No promotion policy for Scientific Officers in BIS

It is surprising that the National Standards Body i.e Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is not having any promotion policy for its Scientific Officers for the last 4 years. How can they set standards for the country when their own house in not in order?

Raj Kumar

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