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POLITICS

What will Narendra Modi PMO look like?
1 Amit shah, MoS, PMO
2. Vijay Nehra, PS to PM
3. Ajit Doval, NSA
4. Hasmukh Adhia, Additional Secretary
5. AK Sharma, Joint Secretary
6. K.Srinivas, Joint Secretary
7. Hiren Joshi, OSD to PM in rank of JS
8. Outsider IAS officer as Joint Secretary
9. Outsider IAS officer as PS to PM (II)
10. Outsider IAS officer as Joint Secretary to PM

Why did SEBI Chief meet President ?
Why did SEBI Chief U K Sinha meet President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi early this week ? Anybody's guess.

BUREAUCRACY

Names for empanelment of 1981 batch IAS reach to CVC
List of 1981 batch IAS officers who are to be empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India has reached to the CVC for vigilance clearance.

Empanelment of 1994 batch IPS as IG likely by last week of April
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the empanelment of 1994 batch IPS officers as IG would be completed by the last week of April. Reportedly, it would have taken place by now but Immovable Property Return issue made it a bit delayed. It is reliably learnt that now the matter has crossed the hurdle and has got the momentum again.

Niharika Barik Singh in race of Adviser to ED, World Bank
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Niharika Baraik Singh is also in the fray of Adviser to ED, World Bank. The 1997 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre is presently serving as Director (PMU & Training) with Dept of Economic Affairs. The appointment to the post is in progress, vice Anuradha Thakur, 1994 batch IAS of HP cadre, who is poised to return from World Bank next month.

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

Shah joins Settlement Commission in Kolkata
CCIT I in Mumbai T K Shah has joined the Settlement Commission in Kolkata. He is 1977 batch IRS officer.
(We said this on March 18 , 2014)

IT Ombudsman moves to Delhi from Chandigarh
Income Tax Ombudsman in Chandigarh A K Manchanda has been transferred to Delhi.

M K Mirani is Member, IT Settlement Commission
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
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.

Reddy inducted as Member in Advisory Committee for AP & Telangana
V Nagi Reddy has been inducted as Member of Advisory Committee constituted for cadre strength of two emerging states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

S Girish Kumar is Head of six PSU units
S Girish Kumar is enjoying the leadership of six Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) units: Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Co Ltd; HMT Machines Tools Limited; HMT International Limited; HMT Watches Limited; HMT Chinar Watches Limited; HMT Bearings Limited.

Rampant misuse of railway saloons by officers
Saloons meant for inspections by railway officers are normally utilized only for the benefit of the families of railway officers. Family outings under the garb of official trips with overflowing wining and dining taken care of by worthy subordinates has become the norm in railways. Surprise inspections of saloons by CBI/CVC/CAG would reveal horror stories. Even otherwise when there is so much rush in trains, why the feudal system of one officer travelling in a full saloon continues in a poor country like ours. Modi is expected to take a call on this issue.

HPCL CVO, Mishra returns to parent cadre
S M Mishra, who was recently accorded promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT) on central deputation as Chief Vigilance Officer in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai, is returning to his parent cadre on premature repatriation. He is an IRS-IT officer of 1981 batch.

Ms Chaudhri joins central deputation as Joint Secretary in NCSC
Ms Smita Shailendra Chaudhri is joining central deputation as Joint Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), Delhi, under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. She is a 1990 batch IA&AS officer.

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

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.

Tanveer Ahmed posted as ED (Fin), Railway Board
Tanveer Ahmed presently in NAIR, has been shifted to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Finance (X)-I. He is an IRAS officer.

Vaidialingam appointed as Adviser(Finance), Railway Board
P V Vaidialingam presently posted as Adviser, Accounts, Railway Board has been appointed as Adviser, Finance, Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.

Mohapatra posted as Adviser ( Accounts), Railway Board
B N Mohapatra presently posted as Adviser, Finance, Expenditure, Railway Board, has been appointed as Adviser, Accounts, Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.

Applications for group training program at Japan invited
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has invited applications for group training program named 'Building and Designing of ICT Infrastructure for Bridging Digital Divide in Rural Area' being held in Japan from July 23 to September 6, 2014 under the Technical Cooperation Program of the Government of Japan. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of Personnel Training (DoPT) before May 23, 2014.

Five IRS-IT officers at Principal CCIT & CCIT level retires
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.

Two IAS officers of 1982 batch promoted to CS grade in AP
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
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.

Kishore promoted to ADGP grade in AP
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.

J P Singh moves to Islamabad
J P Singh OSD (PR) is moving to Islamabad as Deputy High Commission. He will replace Gopal Baglay who has been transferred to the MEA Headquarters.

Nirupama Kotru gets proforma promotion to CIT grade
Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Nirupama Kotru has been promoted to the grade of commissioner of Income Tax. He is presently working on deputation as Director, (Films), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, New Delhi.

Five posts of Judges vacant in Chhattisgarh HC
As many as five posts of Judges have been lying vacant against approved strength of 18 in Chhattisgarh High Court. One post of permanent Judge while four posts of Additional Judges are vacant.

Five posts of Senior SP lying vacant in CBI
As many as five posts of Senior Superintendent of Police have been lying vacant in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Former Tamil Nadu DGP joins AIADMK
Former DGP of Tamil Nadu R Natraj has joined the AIADMK. He is a former 1975 batch IPS officer.

95 IRS-IT Probationers get postings in various regions
As many as 95 Probationers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, who underwent training at National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur, have been given postings in various region of CCIT (CCA). Accordingly, Vaibhav Agarwal has been posted to Gujarat CCA while B Fouzia Taranum was appointed to Bangalore CCA and Pushkar Khathria is being given posting to Mumbai CCA. Similarly, Richa Gulati has been posted to Mumbai CCA;Dharmendar Singh Punia to Gujarat CCA; Garima Sharma to North West region CCA; Pitta Samuel to mumbai CCA; Kotapati Vimsi Krishna to Andhra Pradesh CCA; Prashant Kumar Jain to Gujrat CCA; Nair Reshma Reghunathan to Delhi CCA; Mirza Azhar Beg to Mumbai CCA; Rajarajeswari R to Delhi CCA; Sahil Kumar Bansal to Mumbai CCA; Akshay Jain to Mumbai CCA; Kanchan Garg to North West Region CCA; Hande Samruddhi Dhananjay to Mumbai CCA; Praveen Shekhar to Mumbai CCA; Dhrubasish K Deka to Delhi CCA; Akashdeep to Mumbai CCA; Atul Kumar to Mumbai CCA; Sandeep Rana to Delhi CCa; Himanshu to Gujrat CCA; Suresh A to Bangalore CCA; Ashwin S to North West Region CCA; Asmita singh to Delhi CCA; Khushvi Gandhi to Mumbai CCA; Bhatt Ravish Virendrabhai to Delhi CCA, Chinthapalli Meher Chand to Andhra Pradesh CCA; Hemant Suresh Shirsat to Mumbai CCA; Kaml Deep to North West Region CCA; Rohit Shukla to Delhi CCA; Lalit Kumar to Mumbai CCA; Rajiv Wadhera to North West Region CCA; Prabhakar Prakash Ranjan to Mumbai CCA; Ananjay Kumar Tiwary to Delhi CCA; Aswini Prasad to Mumbai CCA; Guru Kumar Sompalle to Andhra Pradesh CCA; Sruthi Kollabathula to Mumbai CCA; Bhuvaneshwary J to Tamil Nau CCA; Sudiksha Rani to Gujarat CCA; Virendra Kumar Singh to North West Region CCA; Neha Yadav to Delhi CcA; Vinikupu H Arkha to Delhi CCA; Zahid PArvez to North West Region CCA; Gautam Singh Chaudhary to Gujarat CCA; Soumandu Kumar Dash to Delhi CCA; Praveen Kumar to North West Region CCA; Senthil Kumar PM to Tamil Nadu CCA; Shankarlal Verma to Rajasthan CCA; Komaljit Meena to Rajasthan CCA; Sushil Kumar Kulhari to Rajasthan CCA; Neha Nautiyal to Delhi CCA; Pradeep S to bangalore CCA; Shelake ratnakar Bhimrao to Pune CCA; Kumar Aditya to Mumbai CCA; G Sathish to Delhi CCA; Sharda Meena to Rajasthan CCA; Surender Kumar Jatav Uttar Pradesh (West) CCA; Venudhar Godesi to Andhra Pradesh CCA; O N Hari Prasad Rao to Bangalore CCA; Indu bala to Delhi CCA; Jancy Elizabeth Rani L to Tamil Nadu CCA; Gaurav Bharill to North West Region CCA; Srinath Sadnala to Andhra Pradesh CCA; Vivekanad T S to Delhi CCA; Divya Sharma to Delhi CCA; Krishna Kumar Sharma to Uttar Pradesh (West) CCA; Shamala D D to bangalore CCA; Sanjeev Kumar Chahar to Gujarat CCA; Meenu Singh Bisht to Uttar Pradesh (West) CCA; Abhishek Gramin to Andhra Pradesh CCA; Raghav Gupta to Mumbai CCA; Shikha Semwal to Delhi CCA; Bipin Kumar Ahirwar to Delhi CCA; Moatenla to Bangalore CCA; Anand Kumar to West Bengal CCA; Aditya Diwakar Prabhudesai to Mumbai CCA; Prithviraj to Bangalore CCA; Piyush Kumar Kothari to Delhi CCA; Preeti Singh to Delhi CCA; Abhishek Yadav to Mumbai CCA; Gudimella V P Pawan Kumar to Bangalore CCA; Reema Yadav to Delhi CCA; Rupavatiya Kalpeshkumar K to Gujarat CCA; M Mohan Babu to Andhra Pradesh CCA; Sourabh Anand to Uttar Pradesh (West) CCA; Adesh Rai to Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh CCA, Deeptha M S to Kerela CCA; Toufel Tahir to North West Region CCA; Pratibha Choudhary to Delhi CCA; Pramod Kumar to Uttar Pradesh (East) CCA; Saole Aditya Manohar to Pune CCA; Sunil Kumar Rajwanshi to Rajasthan CCA; S B R Kumar Laghimsetti to Andhra Pradesh CCA and Durgesh Kumar Shukla was posted to Delhi CCA.

43 IRTS officers accorded Selection Grade (UPDATED)
As many as 43 officers belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been accorded Selection Grade. The officers are: Ram Prasad Meena of NWR; Zafar Azam of ECR; Praveen Gaur Dwivedi of NR; Mudit Chandra of NCR; Gaurav Krishna Bansal of DEP. (NCZCC); syed Abdul Rehman of SER; Shelly Srivastava of NR; B Ravichander of SR; Shishir Somvanshi of ECOR; Manoj Kumar of SER; Sumant V Deulkar of CR; Kamleshkumar Hematgiri Gosai of WR; Ratnesh Kumar Jha of NWR; Rakesh Kumar Rousan of DEP. (DMRC); Alok Kumar Singh of NER; Chhote lal Shah of NER; Nirbhay Narayan Singh of NFR; Kumar Anand of DEP. (CONCOR); Ranjan Kumar Bandopadhyay of SER; Rumappalli Venkateswara Rao of SCR; B K Shukla of NR; Mansoor Ahmed of NCR; Kamlesh Tiwari of WR; Vinod Kumar of NCR; P K Varshney of DEP (CRIS); Dipankar Bhattacharya of SER; Snehashish Bhattacharjee of SER; Dilip Kumar Naskar of ER; Birendra Narayan Prasad verma of ECR; Ramachandran Raghuraman of SR; Mukanda Adhikari of ER; Tambe R N of ER; Sudhanshu Bhusan Baskey of ER; Rajendra Prasad of NCR; Rajesh Kumar Pundhir of WR; C P Verma of WR; Ashim Kumar Biswas of NFR; Ramlal Meena of NWR; Sanjay Arora of NWR; Kamla Lagun of NR; Upjeet Singh of NR; A K Gupta of NR and Nandlal Meena of NR.

Manmohan Handa selected as Director (B'lore Com), BEL(UPDATED)
Manmohan Handa, GM, BEL has been selected for the post of Director (Bangalore Complex), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Devendra Kumar Pathak appointed as DG, BSF (UPDATED)
Devendra Kumar Pathak, who is presently as Special DG, BSF, has been appointed as Director General of Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1979 batch IPS Officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

AAI signs MoU with Ministry of Civil Aviation (UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) for the financial year 2014-15. The MoU was signed by Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Civil Aviation and Alok Sinha, Chairman, AAI. All the Board Members of AAI were also present on the occasion. This Memorandum spells the targets to be achieved by AAI on key performance areas during 2014-15.

Varesh Sinha gets three months extension (UPDATED)
Gujarat Chief Secretary Varesh Sinha has been given extension for three months. The incumbent Chief Secretary of Gujarat was scheduled for superannuation on April 30 this year.

A P Singh selected as Director (Engg), MECON Ltd (UPDATED)
A P Singh, GM, MECON, has been selected for the post of Director (Engineering), MECON Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 2, 2014. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Global economy to see gradual recovery in 2014
The assumption that the global economy will see a gradual recovery in 2014, led by growth acceleration in the major OECD economies, remains valid. This is despite softening economic indicators at the beginning of the year, particularly in the US and China, which have highlighted some fragility in the on-going momentum. However, some of this might be explained by temporary factors such as the extremely cold weather in the US and reduced economic activity due to the Chinese New Year holiday.

Sarawgi appointed CFO, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has appointed Sandeep Sarawgi as the Chief Financial Officer of the company

Balasubramanian appointed Director (Finance), BPCL
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has appointed P Balasubramanian who is currently Executive Director (Corporate Finance) as Director (Finance) of the company.

Bhat appointed Non-Executive Non-Independent Director, Trent Ltd
Trent Ltd has appointed Harish R. Bhat as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the company

Gupta resigns as Company Secretary, Karuturi Global Ltd
Ms Rashmi Gupta has resigned as Company Secretary of Karuturi Global Ltd w.e.f. February 28, 2014

Dhillon resigns as Non Exec. Director, Bharti Infratel Ltd
Sarvjit Singh Dhillon has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Bharti Infratel Ltd

Bhat appointed Global CFO, Dishman Group of Companies
Rajashekhar Bhat has been appointed as a Global Chief Financial Officer of the Dishman Group of Companies

Ajmani appointed CFO, Talbros Automotive Components Ltd
Talbros Automotive Components Ltd has appointed Manvinder Singh Ajmani as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Srivastava resigns as Director, VCCL Ltd
Ram Kumar Srivastava, has resigned as Director of VCCL Ltd

Kumar appointed Exec. VP & CEO, Ricoh India Ltd
Ricoh India Ltd has appointed Manoj Kumar as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the company

Singhal appointed CFO, Ricoh India Ltd
Arvind Singhal has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Ricoh India Ltd

Khanna appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, NRB Bearings Ltd
NRB Bearings Ltd has appointed Uday Khanna as Non-executive, Independent Director of the company.

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CAT's cause list

The poor government 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.

How many winners are there? And the looser has/ have to knock the door of High Court. How much money and time is to be incurred again?

Ramesh Chhabra

Let DoPT consider

My submission is that DoPT may consider providing free Tea/Cofee/Soup/Lemon Tea/Black tea etc. by providing Machines on each floor of the Offices of GoI. Perhaps this will go a long way in the welfare of one and all.

K M Lal

DoPT order reg coupons

It would better if non-gazetted employees go to court against this order and certainly they can take stay; as it serves no purpose as this order does not have official backing since government is paying salary. If today coupons are issued for tea packets, biscuits etc., shortly they may issue coupons for atleast for one rationing like wheat, rice etc.for their family as they may take a stand that they are gazetted officers and they are royal citizens of India and it is their right to these facilities and salary is only for designation and not for any other purpose. As far as official work is concerned, it is the duty of non-gazetted employees and it is not theirs.

Pradeep

Election Commission

Election Commission creditability will be effected if unprecedented things are not stopped and not to be allowed to be quoted as a precedence in future. Gas price revision as proposed by Govt. of India was stalled, RBI has forwarded the case to EC for concurrence before issue of new bank license. But here is case IRDA has increase third party premium knowing well model code of conduct is in force and such rise can not be made applicable till election is over. Will EC look into the matter and take immediate action to stop it. EC has come out for ethical voting. Will EC be ethical in debarring candidates who are defying model code of conduct by way of making unacceptable speeches, trespassing private property, spreading anarchy etc. Media reports and footages are available and is sufficient proof to take action not wait some one to make complaint. Suo-moto

N Prakash

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