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Who will be next IB Chief ? (3)
There is one hot contender for the post and he is 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre J N Chaudhury. Presently DG NSG Chaudhury has served in the IB for several years. These days he is frequently seen in the company of Ajit Doval.

V K Gupta to be new Chairman of Railway Board ?
Member Engineering V K Gupta is likely to succeed Arunendra Kumar next month as Chairman of the Railway Board.

Empanelment of 1981 batch IPS soon
Empanelment of 1981 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India is expected to take place in a couple of days.

Mahavir Singh quits IRS-IT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mahavir Singh presently Joint Commissioner, ITAT, Chandigarh, has tendered his resignation from the service.

Chairman of Paradeep Port Trust on way out ?
If top sources re to be believed Chairman of the Paradeep Port Trust S S Mishra is on his way out. He may return to the parent cadre.

P Krishnamurthy likely to be PS to Defence Minister, Parrikar
The name of P Krishanmurthy is being bandied around for the appointment as Private Secretary to Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar. Presently, Vinod Kumar in the Defence Ministry is looking after as PS to the Minister. Krishnamurthy, who is presently on central deputation in the Textile Ministry, belongs to 1997 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Deputation tenure of four IPS officers in CBI extended till Jan 31
Deputation tenure of four IPS officers serving in the CBI has been extended till January 31,2015.They are Mssrs S Sengathir DIG 1997 batch Rajasthan cadre, Ghanshyam Upadhyay DIG 1999 batch Odisha cadre, A S Dhillon DIG Haryana cadre 1997 batch and Dr Atululzele SP 2001 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Dr Amandeep Garg joins as PS to Jagat Prakash Nadda
Dr Amandeep Garg has taken over the charge as Private Secretary to Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister for Health and Family Welfare. Garg is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Atul Nilkantha Patne appointed as Director, Agriculture & Cooperation
Atul Nilkantha Patne has been appointed as Director in the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

R Balakrishnan repatriated to his parent cadre

R Balakrishnan, who is presently working as Deputy Election Commissioner at Joint Secretary level, has been accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Post of MD, CCICIL vacant since June, 2014
The post of Managing Director, Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCICIL) has been lying vacant since June, 2014. However, Pramod Nagpal, CGM, CCICIL, who was selected for this post, is waiting for the orders.

Gautam Kar unlikely to join as CMD, BICL
Maj Gen Gautam Kar is whispered to have expressed unwillingness to join as Chairman and Managing Director, British India Corporation Limited (BICL).

Satnam Singh Badhwan appointed as CVO, CWC
Satnam Singh Badhwan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), Delhi under the Department of Food & Public Distribution at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Vijay Raman is Member Vyapam SIT in MP
Former Special DG CRPF Vijay Raman has been appointed Member of the Vyapam SIT set up by the Madhya Pradesh High Court. He is retired 1975 batch IPS officer.

CBEC Chairman Kaushal Srivastava to look after GST, Computerization, DPPR
Kaushal Srivastava, Chairman and Member Budget, CBEC, has been assigned the charges of GST & Computerization and DPPR.

CBEC Member Ms Srivastava gets charge of Western, NW zone
Ms Mala Srivastava, Member Customs, CBEC, has been assigned charges of Western Zone with additional charge of North Western Zone.

CBEC Member Ms Chander assigned charge of Southern Zone
Ms Joy Kumari Chander, Member (P&V)CBEC, has been assigned the charge of Southern Zone.

CBEC Member Shashi Bhushan gets Central, Northern zones
Shashi Bhushan Singh, Member Central Excise, CBEC, has been assigned regular charge of Central Zone with additional charge of Northern zones.

Who will be new DGP of Uttar Pradesh ?
Who will be new DGP of Uttar Pradesh ? Names of 1981 batch IPS officer Kamlendra Prasad and two 1982 batch IPS officers Praveen Singh and Dr Surya Kumar Shukla have already started doing the round.

Post of CVO, CBEC lying vacant for over 5 months
There has been strong murmuring over the post of CVO, CBEC which has been running vacant for more than five months. Those who know the affairs know well about the reasons & intent both. Conventionally the DG, Vigilance (CBEC) functions as ex-officio CVO, CBEC.

Appointment of P C Vaish as CMD, NTC still in doldrums
The Ministry of Textiles is whispered to have been holding the appointment of P C Vaish, Director (Finance), NTC, as CMD, National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC). Notably, he was selected for this post on July 4, 2013. The Ministry is yet to decide the fate of Vaish. Meanwhile, his penal validation has been extended for some time more.

Proposal of Bandyopadhayay sent to ACC after 21 months
The proposal of G Bandyopadhyay, GM, CIL, has reportedly been sent to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) after one year and nine months after for the post of Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL). His appointment has been delayed for the want of clearance from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which was sitting on the file for no reason.

PESB to advertise post of Director (Tech), MFL again
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is expected to advertise again the post of Director (Technical), Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) soon after the panel of D Sundarasekaran, GM, MFL expired, due to delay in appointment orders before his retirement. The post has been lying vacant since M S Mathews joined another PSU unit as Director, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) on November 1, 2013.

Prospective candidates have better chance for bank CMD
The candidates appearing for interviews for the post of CMDs in eight public sector banks have brighter prospects this time. While last time 19 candidates appeared for interviews for six vacancies of CMD, this time there are only 16 eligible candidates for eight posts.

CVC yet to clear appointment of Sahu as Member (Fin), DVC
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is yet to give its clearance to H K Sahu for the appointment as Member (Finance), on the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC).

Oak to head PR in Maharashtra
Special Sales Tax Commissioner C V Oak has been appointed DG of Information And Public Relations. He is 2002 batch IAS officer.

Panel of Sundarasekaran for Director (Tech), MFL scrapped
The panel of D Sundarasekaran, GM, MFL, made for the post of Director (Technical), Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) has reportedly been scrapped after CVC failed to give its clearance before his retirement in October. Sundarasekaran, who was selected for this post on January 28, 2014, has been deprived of becoming Director for want of CVC clearance.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in MP
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, R K Arusia has been posted as Commandant 10th Bt, SAF, Sagar while Anurag will be Commandant 15th bt SAF, Indore and Baghawat Singh Chauhan is Commandant 24th bt SAF, Jaora, Ratlam. Similarly, K B Sharma has been appointed as AIG, PHQ, Bhopal; N P Barkade as Commandant 9th bt SAF, Rewa; Manoj Sharma as SP, Mandsaur; Gaurav Rajput as SP, Katni; B P Chandravanshi as Commandant 32 bt, SAF, Ujjain; Anand Prakash as SP, Mandla; Deepak Verma as SP, Raisen, Mahendra Singh Sikarwar as SP, Khandwa; Prembabu Sharma as SP, Harda; Manohar Singh as SP, Ujjain; Sushant Kumar Saxena as SP, PHQ, Bhopal; Ravishankar Daheria as AIG, PHQ, Bhopal; Mrs T Amongla Iyer as Commandant 25th bt SAF, Bhopal; Rajesh Hingankar as SP, Dhar and M L Chhari was made SP, Shivpuri.

Two IFS officers transferred in Chhattigarh
Krishnachand Yadav has been appointed as APCCF, HRD and IT while Rajendra Kumar Dey was posted as APCCF, State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur in Chhattisgarh.

Two IAS officers shifted in Chhattisgarh
Dr Kamalprit Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, GAD with additional charge of Director, Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection while Prasanna R will now be Director, Health Services in Chhattisgarh.

LCH TD3 makes maiden flight; IOC expected by Sept 2015
The Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Technology Demonstrator TD-3 made the successful maiden flight here today. "Escorted by a Dhruv helicopter, the entire flight was flawless. It will be an effective weapon platform to deliver precision strikes at high altitude and we are confident it will meet the requirements of the IAF", says Dr R K Tyagi. "We are making all efforts to achieve IOC by September next year", he adds. In all HAL is expected to produce/manufacture 179 LCH for Indian Defence forces. Today's flight was piloted by Wg Cdr Unni Pillai and co-piloted by Gp Capt SHK Nair. It took off at 15.20 hrs. and flew for 20 minutes. The scope of this project covers design and development of two technology demonstrators, one full scale mock-up, one break away fuselage (BAF) and Initial Operational Clearance (IOC). During development of LCH, HAL Board sanctioned LCH related projects, namely, Modified Rotor System, Manufacturing of TD-3 & TD-4 for acceleration of development flight testing, indigenous development of Integrated Avionics and Display System (lADS) & Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) in order to reduce the dependency on foreign vendors and develop indigenous technology. Breakaway fuselage of LCH was built and limit load testing was completed successfully in October 2012. LCH-TD-1 was first flown on March 29, 2010 and LCH-TD-2 was flown on June 28, 2011. Together TD-1 & TD-2, LCH has flown for 388 flights (285:10 hrs.). For better planning, execution and monitoring of the project leading to enhancement of number of flights to achieve milestones of Cold Weather Trials, Hot Weather trails and weapon firing trials, HAL Board had sanctioned manufacturing of TD-3 and TD-4.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as 26 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Rajan Kumar Gupta has been appointed as ACS, Power, Renewable Energy while Mrs Navraj Sandhu will be ACS, Panchayats and RoshanLal is ACS, Excise & Taxation, Mines & Geology. Similarly, S S Dhillon has been appointed as ACS, Tourism and Archaeology & Museums; Hardeep Kuamr as ACS, PW B&R, Architecture; S s Prasad as ACS, Food & Supplies, Industrial Training; R P Chander as ACS, Medical Education & Research, Women and Child Development; S K Gulati as ACS, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of SC&OBC; Ram Niwas as ACS, Health; P Raghavendra Rao as ACS, Town and Country Planning & Urban Estates; P K Mahapatra as ACS, Home, Jails, Criminal Investigation and Administration of Justice, Principal Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan; K K Khandelwal ACS, Sports and Youth Affairs; Dhanpat Singh as ACS, Agriculture; Vijai Vardhan as ACS, Higher Education, Archives and Printing& Statonery, Cultural Affairs; Sanjeev Kaushal as PS, Information Public Relations and Langague; P K Das as PS, Finance & Planning; Mrs Shashi Bala Gulati as PS, Labour and Employment; Alok Nigam as PS, Public Health Engineering; Cooperation; R R Jowel as PS, Irrigation; Mrs Dheera Khandelwal as PS, Technical Education; Devender Singh as PS, Industries & Information Technology Departments; T C Gupta as PS, School Education; Amit Jha as PS, Forests and Wild Life; S N Roy as PS, Urban Local Bodies; Avtar Singh as PS, Transport & Civil Aviation, Environment and Mahavir Singh was posted as PS, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Fisheries.

SBI launches barcode based passbook printing kiosk (UPDATED)
State Bank of India today announced the launch of barcode based passbook printing kiosk named 'SWAYAM'. The facility was launched by Mrs Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India. Swayam enables customers to carry out passbook printing in self service mode using barcode technology. Speaking on this occasion, Mrs Bhattacharya said, "Swayam, which is another milestone of the bank with the use of technology, will go a long way to enhance customer experience." Swayam will be rolled out at more than 2,500 branches of the Bank. Customers can print their passbooks of Savings, Recurring Deposit as well as PPF account through the facility round the clock, even after branch timings.

ONGC Videsh declares H1 FY'15 results (UPDATED)
The Board of Directors of ONGC Videsh in its 395th Meeting held on 12th November 2014 approved the financial results for first half year of fiscal 2014-15 (H1 FY'15). Crude Oil production during H1 FY'15 is slightly higher by 1.22% due to the commissioning of phase II in Block BC-10, Brazil as well as acquisition of additional 12% PI in the block and increase in production in Carabobo, Venezuela which was offset by temporary shutdown of production in South Sudan. The gas production has increased by 10.43% mainly due to production from Blocks A1 and A3, Myanmar during whole H1 FY'15 whereas it was for 4 months during H1 FY'14. Gross Revenue during H1 FY'15 has increased mainly due to increase in sales quantities in BC-10, Brazil and Block A1 and A3, Myanmar. The net profit during H1 FY'15 is higher by 9.65% over the corresponding half year mainly due to higher sales revenue partly offset by higher charge of depreciation, depletion & amortization. ONGC Videsh achieved the coveted distinction of the Most Internationalized Indian firm in a survey conducted by the prestigious Indian School of Business. ONGC Videsh is the only PSU in the list of top 20 Indian firms in the study. The ranking, which have taken into account figures for fiscal ended March 2013 are based on percentage of international assets against total assets, overseas revenues against total revenues and percentage of foreign employees with respect to total headcount. The methodology is based on the framework and the Trans-Nationality Index (TNI) developed by the United Nations conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Mrs Manju Rajpal looks after as PS to Chaudhry Birender Singh (UPDATED)
Mrs Manju Rajpal is looking after as Private Secretary to Chaudhry Birender Singh, Minister for Drinking Water & Sanitation. She is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Sachin Mittal empanelled as DIG in GoI (UPDATED)
Sachin Mittal has been empanelled for the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

3 IPS officers of 1997 batch empanelled as DIG in GoI (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1997 batch have been empanelled for the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Government of India. They are Vinod Kumar-I and Ajitabh Kumr of Bihar cadre and Vijayasree Kumar of Kerala cadre.

3 IPS officers of 1998 batch empanelled as DIG in GoI (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1998 batch have been empanelled for the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Government of India. They are: R Bheema Naik of Andhra Pradesh cadre; D K Arya of MP cadre and V N Jhadav of Maharashtra cadre.

7 IPS officers of 1999 batch empanelled as DIG in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1999 batch have been empanelled for the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Government of India. They are: Satyen Gogoi of Assam cadre; ali Mohd Bhat of J&K cadre; K V Sridhar of Karnataka cadre; I P Kulshresth of MP cadre; P Nagarajan, V H Mohammed Haneefa and J Bhaskaran of Tamil Nadu cadre.

18 IPS officers of 2000 batch empanelled as DIG in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 18 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 2000 batch have been empanelled for the post of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in Government of India. They are: Mrs Meenu Choudhary and Mrs I B Rani of AGMUT cadre; Manish Kumar Sinha of AP cadre; V Chandrasekhar of Gujarat cadre; K Venkata Ramana of Hyarana cadre; Tarun Kumar of Kerala cadre; Dr Suhas Madhukar Warke and Mrs Aswati G of Maharashtra cadre; K V Sreejesh of MT cadre; Yatindra Koyal of Orissa cadre; Mrs Lata Manoj Kumar and Navjyoti Gogoi of Rajasthan cadre; Ashwani Kumar Chand of Sikkim cadre; Mrs Sonal V Misra of Tamil Nadu cadre; Ajoy Kumar Ghosh, Asit Pal and Basab Dasgupta of West Bengal cadre.

CORPORATE

Improve energy indices; keep pace with world standards in emission: Chandra
"The Make India campaign will make India into a manufacturing powerhouse and energy demands will multiply. Indian Refiners must record a marked improvement in energy performance, up the refinery complexity to squeeze maximum value and yield, all the while keeping the emissions in check on par with the global benchmark" said Saurabh Chandra IAS, Secretary Petroleum & Natural Gas, MoP & NG., GoI. He was speaking after inaugurating the 3-day, 19th Refinery Technology Meet organized by Centre for High Technology (CHT) of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG), GoI and co-hosted by MRPL ( Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd) that got off to a start at Chennai on November 12, 2014. "The participants of the Meet should come up with out of the box solutions and innovative ideas, translate them into action and demonstrate the value and impact before the next RTM " said Saurabh Chandra. Quoting numbers and data on performance in the Indian Refining sector, Sandeep Poundrik IAS, Joint Secretary (Refineries), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of Indiaclearly set the target for the downstream stalwarts gathered at the RTM. " There is gap between the world's best in Energy Intensity Index and our refineries, he said, "We needto cover this and the GRMs definitely need to improve, particularly that of the 17 PSU refineries; energy and operational efficiencies must be on par with the best and Indian refiners must plan infrastructure vamps to process sour, high tan and different quality crudes while extracting the best yield". Welcoming everyone H Kumar, Managing Director, MRPL said that the timing of this meet could not have been better in view of the game changing decisions and fresh strategies in the energy sector.


Energy Conservation awards announced: Indian Oil makes a clean sweep
The Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Awards : First, Second and Third that come with a silver trophy, citation and certificates, are given in different categories based on complexity (more than 7.5 Nielson or less than 7.5 Nielson). These were given away today at the Inaugural session of the 19th Refinery Technology Meet (RTM) at Chennai on November 12, 2014. The Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Awards for 2013-14 were swept by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, with Indian Oil's Panipat Refinery bagging the First Prize in Group I; their Haldia Refinery securing First and Barauni Refinery the Third Prize, in Group II. Indian Oil's Guwahati Refinery took home the Special Award for Best Improvement in 2013-14. IndianOil's Gujarat Refinery also won the First prize in the Oil & Gas Conservation Award for Furnace/ Boiler Insulation Effectiveness in Category I and Haldia, Digboi and Barauni Refineries of Indian Oil got the first, second and third prize in Category II. Under the "Furnace /Boiler Efficiency" in Group II, again Indian Oil's Mathura, Haldia and Guwahati Refineries took away the first, second and third prizes. The First Prize in the Oil & Gas Conservation Award under Group III, for Furnace/Boiler Efficiency, was secured again by Guwahati Refinery of IndianOil.The Prizes were received by B Ashok, Chairman Indian Oil, Sanjiv Singh, Director Refineries, Indian Oil and Team members at the RTM. The Second Prize in Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Awards for 2013-14 in Group I was won by SEZ Refinery of Reliance Industries Limited and the Third Prize went to Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. Reliance Industries Limited SEZ Refinery also won the Second Prize under Group II for Furnace/Boiler Efficiency Oil & Gas Conservation Award. In Group II of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Award Second Place went to Vadinar Refinery of Essar Oil. The First Prize in the Oil & Gas Conservation Award Group I for Furnace/Boiler Efficiency went to HMEL. HPCL's Mumbai Refinery also bagged the Second prize in Group III under the same. Manali Refinery of CPCL won the Oil & Gas Conservation Award Second Prize under Category I for Furnace/Boilers Insulation Effectiveness and BPCL's Kochi Refinery secured the Third position in the same.

Adhia ceases to be Director, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd
Dr Hasmukh Adhia, IAS, has ceased to be Director on the Board of Directors of Gujarat State Petronet Ltd w.e.f. November 11, 2014

Goyal resigns as ED, Nectar Lifesciences Ltd
Aryan Goyal has resigned as Executive Director of Nectar Lifesciences Ltd w.e.f. November 12, 2014

Kumar resigns as Whole-time Director and CEO of Yash Papers Ltd
Girish Kumar has resigned as Whole-time Director and CEO of Yash Papers Ltd w.e.f. November 10, 2014

Jobanpotra appointed Independent Director, Golden Goenka Fincorp Ltd
Golden Goenka Fincorp Ltd has appointed Ms Leena Hinesh Jobanpotra as an Additional Independent Director of the company w.e.f. November 12, 2014

Dave appointed CFO, Kamadgiri Fashion Ltd
Kamadgiri Fashion Ltd has appointed Jagdish Prasad Dave as Chief Financial Officer of the company with immediate effect.

Chaudhuri appointed Addl. Director, Zodiac Clothing Company Ltd
Zodiac Clothing Company Ltd has appointed Dr Saumitra Chaudhuri as an Additional Director of the company.

Shankar appointed Addl. Director, IMP Powers Ltd
IMP Powers Ltd has appointed P Uma Shankar as an Additional Director of the company.

Pareek appointed CFO, TGB Banquets and Hotels Ltd
TGB Banquets and Hotels Ltd has appointed Prem Pareek as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company

Jalan appointed Addl. Director, Dwitiya Trading Ltd
Dwitiya Trading Ltd has appointed Rabi Jalan as Additional Director of the company.

Wadhwa appointed CS, Media Matrix Worldwide Ltd
Media Matrix Worldwide Ltd has appointed Shitij Wadhwa as a Company Secretary of the company

Jogani appointed CS, NRB Industrial Bearings Ltd
NRB Industrial Bearings Ltd has appointed Pravin Jogani as Company Secretary of the company

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Civil Aviation Security-A great lapse

There was a news item on October 10, about a buffalo being overrun by an aircraft. The Civil Aviation Bureau of Security & Director General of Civil Aviation are the two authorities who lay down the standards regarding Security & Safety respectively. Ministry of Civil Aviation is supposed to see that Airport operators & Air operators follow their instructions. In USA earlier FAA was the final authority to decide the matters of Security & Safety Of Airports & Aircrafts. Now after 9/11 the all matters are being dealt By Inland Security Ministry. Looking to the poor implementations of instructions of BCAS & DGCA,US A has downgraded the status of India regarding matters of Security & safety. The attitude of Civil Aviation Ministry towards these two important wings is lukewarm. While the post of Commissioner BCAS is Vacant for almost a year the post of DGCA is manned by an IAS officer. The Ministry is located in the building of AirPort Authority & the AAI feels that being a Government of India Undertake they can flout the law and Instructions of BCAS. Similarly Air India feels the same. The Private operators often follow Government company's system If it were not like that how is it that many inspections' note of BCAS officers pointing about the position of broken fences could have been overlooked ? Will some drastic action be taken against AAI responsible for this lapse. It was an agile pilot who could control the damage other wise, it would have caused many deaths. How is that many pilots are flying without getting their license renewed ? Are we waiting for some catastrophy ? Even The Present Minister while briefing about his task did not mention a word about upgrading our Safety & Security system. Hope the Minister & The Bureaucrats of the Ministry realize that getting upgraded our Airport Security is also a task to be achieved.

S C Tripathi,
Former Secretary,(Security), Cabinet Secretariat & Commissioner
Civil Aviation Security

Spl Secr is as good as Secretary

Thanks to Vijay Kumar and others for explaining the status of Special Secretary, from which it is clear that Special Secretary is as good as Secretary, The logical question, therefore, is that why should a Ministry be overburdened with Secretary, Special Secretary, Additional Secretary?

Can anyone throw light on the past practice and how far it was prevalent earlier?

Manu Ashar

Media critical because Modi is not giving them free jaunt

Narendra Modi is taking a lot of small steps, which is making impact and in the long run will be beneficial for the countrymen. People may make fun of him but in the long run "boond boond se samudra banta hai". The media is specially critical because Modi is not giving them free jaunt on the Air India's flight on his tours abroad.

B B Srivastava

All are treated alike in central Government

All are generally treated alike in central Government on the issue of retirement age. Any organisation including military and private establishments keep different retirement age based on the ranks and thus tends to retain the top management in preference to new entrants without affecting average age. The main argument against increase in retirement age had been crunch in new appointments. Just an equal number of non functional up-gradations may be affected in respective cadre. Though there may be views, delay in it citing pay commission and thereby continuing to loose top managers may not be fruitful. The prevailing health conditions in group A services at the age of 60 years is extremely good in general.

R Agrawal

Create clean image of CBEC

It is very good step taken by CBDT by issuing an internal circular about dealing with tax payers without harassing them. Can CBEC also issue such directive for their staff how to deal with the assessees or new customer. There is problem to deal with the officers even in service tax registration. One has to submit certain documents after filling form online, this causes problem and one has to sell out some money to get the registration certificate which is very unfortunate part. It is surprising why Govt. is not making whole process of registration online. the documents like PAN, address proof etc, can easily be uploaded while submitting the form online. This small window of submission of documents is opportunity for the officers to extract money from new registrant. This should be avoided by a internal circular by cautioning the officers dealing with service registration. The work should be completed in one visit only without harassing the new registrant. There are people available who undertakes job of broker and try to extract money to get the work done. Create a clean image of CBEC.

N Prakash

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