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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (107)
You can swallow the medicine, you cannot get rid of its taste.

Story of living ICS officers

Mr. V. M. M. Nair, ICS (Bihar and Orissa, 1942) celebrated his 95th birthday on October 8th 2014. A resident of New Delhi, Mr. Nair holds MA degrees from the Universities of Madras, Cambridge and Oxford and is a Barrister. Mr. Nair was a pre-independence recruit to the Indian Political Service and then was absorbed into the IFS. For twenty years, he headed Indian Missions overseas with the rank of Commissioner, High Commissioner and Ambassador in countries such as Malaya, Singapore, Cambodia, Tunisia, Morocco, Norway, Poland and Spain.

Mr. Nair is not the oldest ICS officer alive. That distinction belongs to Mr. V. K. Rao, ICS (Bengal, 1937, then Madras and later Andhra Pradesh), who is just over 100 and lives in Hyderabad. Mr. Rao is a Wrangler and holds a first class mathematics degree from Cambridge University. He is a former Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh, and also held the position of Principal Secretary to the President of India, the only person to hold that post specially created for him.

Professor Sumit Majumdar, of the University of Texas at Dallas, who is writing a comprehensive microhistory of the Indian members of the Indian Civil Service met with Mr. Rao very recently and found him to be sharp, possessing an astoundingly clear memory of minute details of peoples, places and events of a historical as well as a contemporary nature, completely balanced in his outlook and to be the ultimate role model for all the civil servants of India.
Professor Majumdar's blog (http://majumdar.wordpress.com) will soon have full details of his meeting with Mr. Rao, including a recent picture of Mr. Rao, as well as snippets collected over the last 25+ years about the ICS and especially about its Indian members.

BUREAUCRACY

Will an IAS be posted in CBDT and CBEC board ?
There is whisper in the IRS circles that an IAS officer may be posted in CBDT and CBEC Board.

Will Ms Dakshita succeed Ms Krishnan as JS (Pers) Expenditure ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ms Dakshita Das under consideration zone for Joint Secretary (Pers), Dept of Expenditure. If the buzz becomes true she would succeed Ms Sudha Krishnan. Name of three lady officers are in consideration zone for the position including Ms Das, an IRAS officer of 1985 batch.

Ms Renuka may soon move from SSB
As the grapevine has it, Ms Renuka Mishra may soon move from Sashastra Seema Bal. The 1990 batch IPS officer of U P cadre is presently serving as IG (Pers) SSB.

Dharmadhikari to be Judge of Madhya Pradesh HC?
Noted lawyer of Jabalpur Sushrut Dharmadhikari is likely to be appointed Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court.

Two posts of Special Director General in BSF vacant
Two posts of Special Director General, Border Security Force (BSF), have been lying vacant.

Vacancy of Director (Tech), CCL arises
A vacancy of Director (Technical), Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) has arisen with the incumbent T K Nag joining as Chairman and Managing Director, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL).

Rao is all powerful in Telangana
It is said in political and bureaucratic circles that S Narsing Rao is all powerful in Telangana. He is 1986 batch IAS officer. Rao who is Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister was earlier CMD of the Coal India Ltd..

Tenure of Misra as Director (Ope), NTPC ending in October
Tenure of N N Misra, Director (Operations), NTPC Limited is coming to an end on October 31, 2014. K K Sharma, ED, NTPC, is expected to succeed him on November 1, 2014.

ACC yet to clear file of Dr Rao for Director, NMDC
The file of Dr T R K Rao for the appointment as Director (Commercial) in National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) is still lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its approval.

12 DRM posts lying vacant
Over one dozen posts of DRM in the country are presently lying vacant. One can say-thy name is Indian Railways.

Mahesh C Tiwari appointed as OSD to Ms Najma Heptulla
Mahesh C Tiwari presently working as Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to Ms Najma Heptulla, Minister for Minority Affairs.

Jagmohan Sundriyal appointed as OSD to Venkaiah Naidu
Jagmohan Sundriyal, Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs.

Justice Navin Sinha appointed as Acting Chief Justice, CG HC
Justice Navin Sinha has been appointed Acting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court after Chief Justice Yatinder Singh retired. Senior most Judge of the Patna High Court joined the Chhattisgarh High Court in July 2014.


PESB invites applications for CMD, NLC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) falling vacant next year on October 1, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before November 26, 2014.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, HDPEL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Limited (HDPEL) fell vacant on September 13, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before November 17, 2014.

Simanchala Dash is also PS to Arun Jaitely
Simanchala Dash has been assigned an additional charge of Private Secretary to Arun Jaitely, Minister of Defence. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Orders of Dr Thomas for Director HLL Lifecare Ltd soon
The orders of Dr Babu Thomas, SR. VP, HLL for the appointment as Director (Marketing), HLL Lifecare Limited are expected to be issued in a couple days by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant for one year.

Ms A Srija posted as Director, Economic Affairs
Ms A Srija has been appointed as Director, MR Division, Department of Economic Affairs in Government of India. She is a 1996 batch IES officer.

Ms Ashwini Lal posted as Joint Director, Women & Child
Ms Ashwini Lal has been appointed as Joint Director, Ministry of Women & Child Development in Government of India. She is a 2004 batch IES officer.

Ashwini Kumar appointed Director, Urban Development
Ashwini Kumar has been appointed as Joint Director, Urban Development, in Government of India. He is a 2004 batch IES officer.

Sandeep Poundrik relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Petroleum
The Government of Bihar has relieved Sandeep Poundrik of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Joint Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rao relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Defence
The Government of Bihar has relieved J R K Rao of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Joint Secretary, Defence Production in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Kallol Datta is also CMD, B&RCL
Kallol Datta, CMD, Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director, Bridge & Roof Company Limited (B&RCL).

Purwar gets one more extension as CMD, MTNL
P K Purwar, Director (Fin), MTNL, is reported to have been given an extension of one month on the post of additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). Notably, orders of him for the post of CMD are awaited.

Will Ms Awasthi take charge as ARC, UP ?
Whispers in the corridors of power in UP has been that Kalpana Awasthi may not join the position she has been given in the latest reshuffle in U P bureaucracy. The 1990 batch IAS officer of UP cadre has been appointed as Additional Resident Commissioner of UP at New Delhi. Until few days back she served as Commissioner National Capital Region, Ghaziabad. It is reliably learnt that she is unlikely to take charge in the office as ARC where she had served as RC previously.

Arun Kr may be relieved by UP Govt this week to join at centre
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Arun Kumar may be relieved by the UP Govt this week to join at centre as IG, CRPF. The 1985 batch IPS officer of UP cadre is presently serving as ADG, Rules & Manuals. Arun Kumar, for the ever first time in UP, explored the application of electronic survelliance system in policing in UP. He was fisrt STF chief in UP.

Tripurari Sharan is back to Bihar
DG, Doordarshan, Tripurari Sharan, is back to the parent Bihar cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. On return 1985 batch IAS officer Sharan has been posted as Principal Secretary IT, Science and Technology.

Tenure of Sharma as Director, Tea Promotion ending in Oct
The tenure of Mangat Ram Sharma as Director, Tea Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry is coming to en and in October, 2014. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Sardar Singh Meena likely to join as CVO, CPSE
Sardar Singh Meena is expected to join central deputation at Director level as a Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO), Central Public Sector Enterprises(CPSE). He is a 1993 batch IRS-IT Officer.

Post of CVO, KPT falling vacant
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO), Kolkata Post Trust(KoPT), Kolkata, is falling vacant in February, 2015.

Chandra Prakash likely to join central deputation
Chandra Prakash is expected to join Central deputation at Inspector General level post. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Rahul Singh likely to join central deputation
Rahul Singh is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch Indian Telecom Service officer.

Mrs Vasudev is also DG, Service Tax, Mumbai
Indian Revenue Service officer of Excise & Customs cadre, Mrs Arusha Vasudev has been assigned additional charge of Director General, Service Tax, Mumbai.

65 IRS-IT officers get Selection Grade
As many as 65 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax working at Joint Commissioner level have been accorded Selection Grade (NFSG). The officers include: Satish Kumar, Shankar Lal Mourya, Monika Dhami, Kusum, Mudvathu N Murthy Naik, P K Banerjee, Amitabh Ropy, Chandan Kumar Bhattacharya, Amitava Chaudhuri, Khagendra N Jana, Abhishek Shukla, Timi Haran Chakraborty, K G Ramachandre Menon, Kaleemulla Khan, YD Gohil, Y P B Singh, T N Betgiri, Prabhashankr Rao,Nirmaljit Singh, V K Khanna, Neeta Aggarwal, K V K Singh, Rajendra Singh Negi, Rakesh Kumar Agarwal, Arindam Bhattacharjee, Randhir Gupta, Dipankar Mukhopadhaya, O P Bhateja, D K Chauhan, Ram Ker Ram, P K Srivastav, D P Tiwari, Naresh Kumar Neb, Sanjay, K J Kawade, P K Charvarty, Anil Kumar Pandey, Alamleu Lakshmi Narayanan, Vidhya Ramachandran, K Gopala Krishna, H M Wanare, Vinod Johri, D K Singh, M J Paul, L P Jain, Mahesh Kumar, R Viswanathan, S S Kanwal, T N Prakash, Satya Prakash, Yogendra P Shrivastava, Pant Rajiv A, R K Vohra, A S Shenoy, B P Singh, A K Sehjpal, Shanti Kr Jain, U B Singh, N M Kane, Sudhir Kumar, K K John, R P Dawande, M V Rudran and K k Upadhayay.

18 IRS-IT officers transferred
As many as 18 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been given postings at Additional/ Joint Commissioner level. Accordingly, P Dam Kanunjna has been posted to CBDT, Delhi while R V Reddy was appointed to Andhra Pradesh & Telangana CCA and Vivek Nangia, Neethar ranjan, Pandey, Vijay Choudhry, Menakshi Goswami, Devi Sharan Singh and Bhaskar Goswami were posted to Delhi CCA. Similarly, Prathvi Raj Meena has been posted to Rajasthan CCA, Rajib Jain to MP&CG CCA; Chandra Vijay to Mumbai CCA; Sanjay Dharival to NADT, Nagpur; Harinder Kumar to North-West region CCA; S S Hari Rao to Pr CCTIT (IT&TP), Bangalore; Manish Kumar Singh to Pune CCA; B K Dixit to UP East; Syamal Datta to West Bengal & Sikkim CCA and Buddhadeb Mukhopadhyay.

N Sridhar posted to Hyderabad CX Zone
Upon return from deputation, N Sridhar, Additional Commissioner of Customs, has been posted to Hyderabad CX Zone.

5 IAS officers transferred Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
As many as five Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been transferred in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Emil Lakra has been posted as Joint Secretary, Mantralay while Neeraj Bansod will be Collector, Sukma and Rajesh Singh Rana is made Deputy Secretary, Mantralay. Similarly Bhure Sarvesh Narendra was posted as SDM, Bilaspur with additional charge of CEO ZP, Bilaspur and Nilesh Kumar as SDM & CEO ZP, Raigarh.

Mrs Kavita Singh appointed as MD, CITCO (UPDATED)
Mrs Kavita Singh has been appointed as Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO) on an inter cadre deputation from Punjab to AGMUT (Chandigarh Administration). She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as 13 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Z H Khan has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Economic Offence Wing (EOW), Patna while Arvind Kumar will be now Deputy Inspector General of Police, Technical Services & Communication, Patna and Nagendra Prasad is Deputy Inspector General of Police, Railway, Patna. Similarly, Binod Kumar Chaudhary has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Crime Investigation Department (CID), Patna; Manju Jha as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Kosi Range, Saharsa; Shiveshwar Prasad Shukhla as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Munger Range, Munger; Chandrika Prasad as Superintendent of Police, Arwal; Parvez Akhtar as Superintendent of Police, Nawada; Rajeev Ranjan as Superintendent of Police, Sheikhpur; Prakash Nath Mishra as Superintendent of Police, Railway, Patna; Satyaveer Singh as Superintendent of Police, City Patna; Naveen Chandra Jha as Superintendent of Police, Kishenganj; Deepak Varnawal as Superintendent of Police (Security), Special Branch, Patna.

Sanjiv Sharma selected as Director (Fin), MDL (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Sharma, Director (Finance), GSL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 9, 2014. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Hardeep Kumar is also ACS, Food & Supplies, Haryana (UPDATED)
Hardeep Kumar has been assigned additional charge as Additional Chief Secretary, Food & Supplies Department in Haryana. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

T V S N Prasad relieved to join as JS, Water Resources (UPDATED)
The Government of Haryana has relieved T V S N Prasad of cadre responsibility enabling him to join Government of India as a Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

NBCC launches Swachha Bharat Abhiyan (UPDATED)
Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC, in presence of all the staff including S K Chaudhary, Director (Projects); S K Pal, Director (Finance); Smt. Dimple Verma, IAS, Chief Vigilance Officer and other senior personnel of NBCC, administered Swaccha Bharat Abhiyaan pledge to all employees and also led them to cleanliness drive of the office complex. NBCC, the Navratna CPSE under MoUD, GoI, launched Swachha Bharat Mission in its corporate office on the auspicious occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. It is also to be mentioned here that in a record time of seven days, NBCC constructed a Bio-digester toilet, which was inaugurated on this day, by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, at Mandir Marg, New Delhi. On this occasion, NBCC CMD Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal also accompanied the PM.

Rishi Kumar Shukla to be ADG, CISF (UPDATED)
Rishi Kumar Shukla is all set to join the government of India as ADG, CISF in a couple of weeks. A 1983 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Shukla is presently Director General, Home Guards in the State.

CORPORATE

Three new EDs in RBI
M D Patra, K K Vohra and G Mahalingam have been elevated as Executive Directors in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).With this the number of EDs has now risen to 11.

Khanna appointed Chairman, Jindal Cotex Ltd
Rajesh Khanna has been appointed as Chairman of Jindal Cotex Ltd

Ray resigns as Nominee Director, Petronet LNG Ltd
Tapan Ray, Nominee Director of Gujarat Maritime Board ceased to be on the Board of Directors of Petronet LNG Ltd.

Anderi appointed ED & CFO, Prism Informatics Ltd
Prism Informatics Ltd has appointed Christof Anderi who is Non-Executive Director of the company as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the company with immediate effect

Sharma appointed Independent Director, NCL Research & Financial Services Ltd
NCL Research & Financial Services Ltd has appointed Laxmi Narayan Sharma as an Independent Director of the company.

Three Independent Directors appointed on Board of Jindal Cotex Ltd
Jindal Cotex Ltd has appointed Rajesh Khanna, Anil Kumar and Ms Preeti Khanna as Non Executive and Independent Directors of the company.

Thangaraju resigns as Director, Repco Home Finance Ltd
C Thangaraju has resigned as Director of Repco Home Finance Ltd

Shah resigns as Director, Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd
Kishor Shah has resigned as Director of Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd

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PM and IRS officers

PM saw very correctly IRS officers are getting this HAG grade of Principal Commissioners much later than equivalent Additional DG in police and Principal Secretary to the State Government. It is not these officers of IRS will become eligible for additional Secretary earlier than IAS. IAS is already for five years ahead. IRS officers are actually lagging behind IAS, IPS and IA&AS and others services in prospects of promotions. 1985 batch IRS will get grade of Rs 67000-79000 HAG grade only no whereas IAS, IPS officers of 1989 and 1990 batches have already got this in their respective States in January 2014.

An IRS officer

Each Ministry be offered a residential complex for officers

Ideally, each Ministry should be offered one residential complex for housing its officers. This will allow the GoI to run ferry bus services to and from the complex and the office. This will reduce the money spent on commuting, requirement of enhanced parking space, delays in attending the office, pollution etc. This service could be provided to officers and officials upto the ranks of Deputy Secretary. Director and above could be provided home pick up and drop service at GoI expenses. The reason is very simple, Director and above in other organsations of GOI and state governments are provided with official vehicles. This will only enthuse good officers to come on central deputations. Schooling and medical attention are major concern. These two may be addressed on the basis of location of accommodation provided to the officials of the concerned Ministry. The disparities of perquisites between Delhi and State postings too need to be addressed. While GOI posting is seen as professionally more desirable, the perquisites are becoming poorer and poorer when compared to State Governments.

SKV

" Abrasive Bosses and Subservient Subordinates "

Browbeating in bureaucracy -private and government- is endemic . Civil servants' memoirs are a rich source of bosses' incivility to subordinates. It is now time for all the aggrieved to unite and catch the bulls by the horns.
An unrestrained boss, the psychologists say, betrays false ego, diffidence and incapacity to handle higher responsibilities. Instances of file throwing, uttering swear words, insulting in full public view, are common ploys. The private sector is not insulated. Fixing impossible targets, threats of negative ratings for failure to realize them , cause stress. Female employees are particularly vulnerable.

A sense of despondency and hopelessness in subordinates impacts their performance negatively. The employers ultimately are losers in the bargain. There is no regulatory mechanism in place to tame the bullying bosses ? Introducing 360 degree appraisal , that is, annual appraisal of bosses by peers and subordinates , is one way to reign in bosses.

"Sensitization to subordinates" is as important as "Gender sensitization".

All bosses have been obedient subordinates to their bosses without fail. Why should they now fall victim to "Saas bhi Kabhi bahu thi " syndrome? Bosses are not always right.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Quite disturbing

A news in the Indian Express that a senior Officer of Mechanical Engineering Service of the Railways has been punished for not supplying toilet paper to the residence of Railway Board Chairman from the official store is quite disturbing. The Chairman has denied the allegation.The fact remains however that the officer has been removed from his post of Senior DME and sent on training as also has been given a letter for non-performance.Training is not punishment says the chairman.True but in Railways and maybe elsewhere too officers are sent on some training programmes relevant or irrelevant to them when they are not wanted in their posts.And when an officer reports back after training he/she is made to hang on or sent to an inconvenient post.I recently came across the case of an upright,hardworking and exceptionally competent officer who went on training to IIPA for 38-week APPPA programme last year.After the end of his training he reported back to Railway Board."I have no post for you in Delhi"Go out or take leave',he was told by the Member concerned with his service.As the officer'wife is posted in Delhi and he has his only child in a crucial class the officer had no option but to take leave.He has been on leave since April with all consequent problems.So sending someone on training ,specially when not relevant to the nature of the job is indeed punishment since the officer is not sure he would get his posting in Delhi or shunted out.As far as the remarks of the Chairman that it would not have been considered punishment by the officer if the training was in Newyork,only that officer would have been sent to Newyork who would have supplied the toilet paper.Senior Railway officers do suffer from a feudal mentality and it is high time they come down to earth.

Aarti Khosla


We have elected Modi and not RSS

As a bureaucrat . these days when I look back ,1) the Congress was elected and PM Manmohan was given mandate to run the country but he gave the baton to irresponsible unaccountable UPA's National advisory council filled with NGO and socialites and abandoned confused officers.

2) The people elected BJP and gave the mandate to Modi to run the country. But it appears that he too has given the baton to RSS which is again an unaccountable , irresponsible body with rigid and dogmatic ideas.

I think both PM 's have made their strategic initial failure plan effectively.
Dear Sir, we expect you and only you to run the country so we have elected you. Please do that...

RS

Question is of dignity

God has not made two individuals as of one kind. One is bound to differ from the other because his different state of mental level and mentality. Since coming into existence human beings have been of contradictory nature. They have always been under conflict. This is the reason why so may wars were fought. I had been on a training to an Institute in London organized by GoI. One lecture we had from a female psychologist of London police. After the lecture in an informal chat with the lady psychologist, I asked her whether she was satisfied in her organization. Her reply was 'a lot of politics' politics. My point is simple that we can never have an 'idealistic state of government' in the country. Flaws are going to be here & there and they exist world over. The question is of only dignity. In London the Staff Car Driver use to address his officer in first name. In feudalistic/brahmanical country like ours we have to chage this first. There is nothing wrong in standing in the que or by travelling bus by even a Secretary or a Minister. Then only Ram Rajya will come.

B B Srivastava

All royal facilities are availed by IAS, IRS,IPS etc.

Respected Modiji,

All royal facilities are availed by IAS, IRS,IPS and up to Deputy secretary Level officers in Government / PSUs. According to rule this is misused of funds.

Govt. / Private vehicles are used by these officers themselves and for their families' pvt works. Casual / Contractual staff are posted in their homes but salaries paid by Govt. departments. Why they are eligible for Bonus/ Incentives? Celebrate his wife birthday with great pomp and show from govt. Fund and use vehicle in his children's school. All the needs are fulfilled from allocated fund from Govt. First Senior Officers stop these type of corruptions.

Phir iss incentive ki baat karna.

Mukul Bhatt

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