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CCEA contemplating clubbing all regulators in sector specific tasks ?
Worried with the ever increasing number of regulators (an euphemism for post retirement lollipops for IAS officers (in particular), the CCEA is contemplating clubbing of all the regulators in sector specific tasks. For instance, energy regulator will encompass, CERC, PNGR, Coal, Non-renewable Energy. Similarly, the transport regulator will take over NHAI, Aviation, Ports, etc. Another sweeping change is clubbing the financial regulators under RBI; therefore SEBI, IRDA, PFRDA and other abbreviations will be under the command and direction of RBI. Another likely proposal is to club CBEC and CBDT into the Central Board of Revenue. In fact this was the position till 1954, when CBR was divided into the present structure. With the coming into effect of GST, the excise and service tax will become redundant, alongwith state institutions of sales tax/vat, etc. CCEA shall also club TRAI, TDSAT and Prasar Bharti into a single entity. The cabinet is seeking further proposals from other ministries which have regulators and respective tribunals which can be clubbed. When asked about the present incumbents, the spokesperson said that the expenditure on the regulators is a cause of the rising cad (current account deficit). he mentioned the case of MCX, which has gone into a loss because of the expenditure incurred on the board appointed by the central government having eminent retired officers. If the experiment is successful, erstwhile departments, such as irrigation and power, energy, transport may see the light of the day. in fact the ministry of water resources is most keen to acquire control over multi purpose projects, since ministry of power in its quest of cheap power is draining the water in Bhakra, Pong, Tehri etc. according to secretary, water resources, with the likely el nino, it is imperative to save water. mea has however warned of the protest from Pakistan against diminished flows from Sulej and Beas, since the last two years largesse of the central government has assuaged the drinking water problem in that country. (AFW}


Will the bank licences be issued ?
Even though the banking hopefuls are eagerly awaiting the Election Commission approval to RBI for the new applicants, the NGOs associated with the new Party are ready to move the Supreme Court challenging the decision .If gas hike is not permitted, how can these licences be issued ?.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1981 batch IAS officers in a month or two
Empanelment of 1981 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place in a month or two.

Air Marshal Browne to be Ambassador to Norway ?
Outgoing Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal N A K Browne is being tipped to be India' s new Ambassador to Norway.

143 Group-B officers poised to be Assistant Commissioner under CBEC
As many as 143 Superintendents (Group-B) under Customs & Excise are all set to be promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner, Custom & Excise. Reportedly Election Commission would give its clearance by next week.

Ms Jhanja Tripathy appointed as Joint Secretary, Urban Development
Ms Jhanja Tripathy has been appointed as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Urban Development in Government of India. She is a 1986 batch IRAS officer.

Santosh Rastogi poised for lateral transfer to ITBP
As the grapevine has it, Santosh Rastogi may soon be appointed as DIG, ITBP on lateral basis. The 1998 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre is presently serving as DIG, CBI.

Abhishek Singh is ED, FCI
Abhishek Singh has been appointed ED (Engineering and IT),JS rank in the Food Corporation of India. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Post of Director, Capital Market, created with Fin Min
It is reliably learnt that a post of Director, Capital Market has recently been created with Dept of Economic Affairs. All it has raised the curiosity bars as who would be the first officer to get the crucially important slot.

Anbarasu in race of Adviser to ED, World Bank
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that A Anbarasu is also in the fray of Adviser to ED, World Bank. The 1996 batch IAS officer of UT cadre is presently serving as PS to E Narayansami, MoS for PMO. The appointment to the post is underway vice Anuradha Thakur, 1994 batch IAS of HP cadre, who is poised to return from World Bank next month.

IT Ombudsman Randhawa moves to Chandigarh
Income Tax Ombudsman in Bhopal G S Randhawa has been moved to Chandigarh. He is 1977 batch IRS officer. Chandigarh has jurisdiction of Chandigarh,UT, Punjab,Haryana ,Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.

Padmanabhan takes over as MD, NRL (UPDATED)
P Padmanabhan, ED, BPCL, has taken over the charge as Managing Director, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL). He succeeded Dipak Chakravarty retired on March 31, 2014.
(We said this on Sept 27, 2013)

N B Singh assumes charge as Director (Tech), BDL (UPDATED)
Air Vice Marshal NB Singh, AVSM, VSM (Retd), has assumed the charge as Director (Technical) of Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad. Prior to his present appointment, AVM NB Singh (Retd) served as Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Communication) in the Indian Air Force. A graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering and Fellow of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), AVM NB Singh (Retd) was commissioned in the Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) stream in the Indian Air Force on January 1, 1979.
(We said this on Sept 26, 2013)

Vacancy of Director (Tech), IREDA arises
The post of Director (Technical), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) has been lying vacant since K S Popli joined as CMD, IREDA on March 1, 2014.

Orders of R G Rao as Director (Fin), ILK yet to come
The orders of R G Rao, Sr MGR, RINL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Instrumentation Ltd, Kota (ILK) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since February 1, 2013.

Tenure of P P Sahoo, Director (HR&CA), BLC ending in May
The tenure of P P Sahoo, Director (HR&CA), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC), is coming to an end on May 31, 2014. Ms Manjusha Bhatnagar, GM, MRPL, is expected to succeed him on June 1, 2014.

Dr Mohanty is Member, Advisory Committee for AP & Telangana
Dr P K Mohanty, Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh, has been inducted as Member of Advisory Committee constituted for cadre strength of two emerging states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Vice Admiral KR Nair takes over as Chief of Materiel
Vice Admiral KR Nair, AVSM, VSM has taken over as the Chief of Materiel of Indian Navy. Nair was commissioned on January 1, 1977 and is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and National Defence College. The Flag Officer has held various appointments at sea and in "Repair & Training Organisations" including the appointment of Additional and Deputy General Manager at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, Principal Director Weapon and Equipment at IHQ MoD(N).

Esthar Lal Ruatkimi gets proforma promotion to CIT grade
Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Esther Lal Ruatkimi has been promoted to the grade of commissioner of Income Tax. Ruatkimi is presently on deputation to Government of Assam.

14 posts of Judges vacant in Calcutta HC
As many as 14 posts of Permanent Judges have been lying vacant against approved strength of 58 in Calcutta High Court.

17 posts of DIG vacant in CBI
As many as 17 posts of Deputy Inspector General of Police have been lying vacant in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Demand for OPEC crude revised by 0.1 mb/d
Demand for OPEC crude for 2013 and 2014 was revised up by 0.1 mb/d to stand at 30.0 mb/d and 29.7 mb/d, respectively. Compared to the previous year, demand for OPEC crude is expected to decline by 0.3 mb/d in 2014, following an estimated drop of 0.5 mb/d in 2013.

110 cases of compassionate appointment pending in WCR
As many as 110 cases of appointment on compassionate ground of dependent family members have been pending with West Central Railway.

One post of IG vacant in NSG
One post of Inspector General (IG) has been lying vacant in National Security Guard (NSG.

110 IRS-C&CE officers promoted as Assistant Commissioners
As many as 110 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise (C&CE) have been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioners. The officers are: Aditya Narayan Singh, Sajive N J, On N Sharma, Basant Kumar Uppal, Kishan Chand Vyas, Sushil Kumar Pareek, Raj Pal Singh, Tuhin Kumar Malot, Pradeep Joshi, M A Kale, Md Iqbal, Narasimhan P M, P G Sane, T K Chatterjee, Ram Kumar Singh, T Satya Murthy, Purna Chandra Mandi, D P S Kochar, Madhukar Anand, Sanjay Jain, Prabhas Shankar, P C Bahuguna, Shahsi Shekhar, Pradeep Sharma, M G Nadkarni, M K Tripathi, S Venkata Ramana, Manoj Kumar Jha, Shashi Kant Kumar, Chandra Narain Mishra, V P Shukla, Unesh Kumar Garg, Sunil Kumar, Rakesh Aggarwal, Prasanta Giri, T P Singh Nagpal, Sanchay Kumar Sharma, Nandula satyanarayana, Anish Jagdish Parashar, A Y Gokhale, J Ilango, Adesh Kumar Jain, R K Kundu, P K Sharma, Vijay Saxena, Anuj Agarwal, H Mahesh Venkatrao, A V Subbaiah, A K Choudhury, Shobit Sinha, S Nandkumar, Jai Prakash Singh, Ashutosh Nath, Ajay Gupta, A K Dwivedi, Joe Paul Mampilly, Dhruvajyoti Roy, Shaji John, K K Taneja, Damodar Singh, V K Trehan, Mohinder Pal Taneja, Satya Vir Singh, P V K Vivek, V V Dev Kumar, S S Sastry, K Chandera Sekhar, Tapan Kumar Sarkar, S K Choudhary, K V B Singh, A Behera, Sarwan Kumar, Ram Ganesh, Jambu Lama, N G Barman, Rajoo Sonowal, T Tuankhanthang, L Letkhothang Mate Gangte, P S Das, James Guite, Chauhan Chandrakant Jerambhai, D R V Veena, S Thallari, B Vinod Rao, D Yahoshuva, Gurucharan Das, G C Ram, Pratap Bhanu, J C Das II, M S Naik, G S Marwah, N Shaikh, R S Singh, P S salian, A B Hardasani, S K Thorat, S T Mohanath, S Dharmathan, S K Dutta, Ajit Singh Ahir, Iqbal Singh, Anupam Barua, Anil Chaudhary, Anand Kumar, Amita Joshi, J M Kishore, Abhay Desai, Y Srinivasa Rao and S M Panwar.

Bagchi moves to Colombo
Arindam Bagchi is moving to Colombo as DHC.He will succeed P Kumaran who has been transferred to the MEA Headquarters.

Two IAS officers shifted in Delhi Govt
Two IAS officers have been shifted in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Lalthangpuia Sailo has been posted as Special Commissioner, Labour while Biaktluanga was made Special Secretary, Urban Development.

Innovations of new machines in Railways
V.K.Gupta General Manager Northern Railway inaugurated a machine for cleaning the railway tracks recently in New Delhi. This machine, the first of its kind on the Indian Railways is the brainchild of Ashwani Lohani (previously CME/NR) who has earned widespread appreciation in the country for his innovations.

Mirchandani gets 7th extension as Chairman, PEC Ltd (UPDATED)
Tenure of A K Mirchandani, as Chairman, PEC Limited, has been extended for the seventh times. His extended tenure ended on March 31, 2014.

M K Mirani is Member, IT Settlement Commission (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, M K Mirani, presently Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi, has been appointed as Member, Income Tax Settlement Commission.
(We said this on Jan 1, 2014)

Mrs Pomela Bali Prasad is also Principal CCIT, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Pomela Bali Prasad, presently Principal DGIT (Admn), Delhi, has been assigned an additional charge of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi.

5 IRS-IT officers at Principal CCIT & CCIT level retires (UPDATED)
As many as five senior officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have retired on March 31, 2014. The officers include: M K Mirani Principal CCIT Delhi; T K Shah Principal CCIT Mumbai; R K Rai Principal CCIT Bihar & Jharkhand; Siddhartha Mukherjee CCIT-IX Delhi and K K Sinha CCIT Ranchi.

2 IAS officers of 1982 batch promoted to CS grade in AP (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1982 batch have been promoted to Apex Scale (Chief Secretary level) in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Lingaraj Panigarhi and K Pradeep Chandra.

Anurag Sharma promoted to DGP grade in AP (UPDATED)
Anurag Sharma, Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police (DGP). He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

K R M Kishore promoted to ADGP grade in AP (UPDATED)
K R M Kishore Kumar has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Andhra Pradesh cadre. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Term of Agarwal as Pay Revision Commissioner in AP extended (UPDATED)
The term of Pradeep Kumar Agarwal as Pay Revision Commissioner has been extended upto May 31, 2014in Andhra Pradesh. He is a retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

CORPORATE

Venkatasubramanian appointed Independent Director, Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd has appointed K N Venkatasubramanian as a Non-Executive, Independent Director of the company.

Mishra ceases to be Part-time Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
R K Mishra has ceased to be Part-time Non-official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited on completion of his tenure.

Gupta re-appointed MD, Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd
Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Limited has re-appointed Uday Gupta as the Managing Director of the company.

Shin resigns as Exec. Chairman, Mudra Lifestyle Limited
Eung Kyun Shin has resigned as Executive Chairman of Mudra Lifestyle Limited.

Bahri appointed Part-time Director, BHEL
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has appointed S K Bahri, as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Cox resigns as Director, ING Vysya Bank Ltd
Richard Cox has resigned as Director of ING Vysya Bank Limited.

Ananthanarayanan appointed Addl. Director, Hinduja Foundries Limited
Hinduja Foundries Limited has appointed T Ananthanarayanan as an Additional Director of the company.

Sahami resigns as Director , Hinduja Foundries Limited
F Sahami has resigned as a Director of Hinduja Foundries Limited

Mulye resigns as Non Exec. Director, 3i Infotech Ltd
Ms Vishakha Mulye has resigned as Non-Executive Director of 3i Infotech Limited.

Shah resigns as Whole-time Director, Euro Ceramics Ltd
Paresh K. Shah has resigned as Whole-time Director of Euro Ceramics Limited.

Patel resigns as Director, Banco Products (I) Limited
Manubhai G Patel has resigned as a Director of Banco Products (I) Limited.

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CAT's cause list

Open the web site of Central Administrative Tribunal and see the cause list. You will find many, at least 10 on a conservative basis, cases per day fixed for hearing of contempt petition filed by the government servants against the central government. This clearly shows how central government is insensitive to the orders of courts in particular and government servants in general. The poor govt. servants for whom litigation cost is very high have to hire advocates again for filing contempt petition even after winning from the CAT, and nobody compensates them for such costs.

Would Congress government redress problem of government servants particularly during present election season for which possibly approval of election commission will also not be required. Will SC take cognizance of this situation and pull the government in the interest of justice and of improving functioning of court. Will government servant unite and teach the present govt. a lesson when they have got such an opportunity.

Will leaders of present government feel that government servants are also a vote bank, which they have already seen this in Delhi election. Surely it would cause difficulty for Kapil Sibbal law minister. At least he should wake up from his deep sleep.

S Rajeswara Rao

Don't patronize them

Matrix Cellular charge Rs. 10000 at the time of contract closure routinely. None should patronize them in the age of internet calls.

Rajeev Kumar

Views expressed are absolutely true

Yes, the views expressed by people about Matrix are absolutely true. We have also experienced similar situation when we travelled to Thailand. In fact, it is better to use prpaid sim card at the host country itself. TRAI should consider some enquiry on this.

Subramanian ,DoPT

Why this facility ?

There is an order of DOPT which allows payment of coupons worth Rs.400 for SO/PS, 800 for Under Secretary/PPS, 1200 for Dy Secy/Sr.PPS for tea, biscuits etc. Most of the Ministries have implemented this. Already, when tea/biscuits are provided in an official way, it is really unfortunate that in addition why this facility is being given. They have relaxed this order in such a way, that in exchange of this coupon they are allowed to take Tea packets/biscuits and milk powder equal to the amount of coupons to their house. This is really funny as to why the other staff like Assistant/PA/UDC/LDC and Groupd D have not be given this facility. May be the DOPT is of the view Non-gazetted staff are drawing more salary and well settled than the sympathetic gazetted employees like SO/PS/US/DS/PPS/Sr.PPS. Who will look into this illogic and funny order and rectify it.

Ramesh Raju

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