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Bhatnagar is President of TMC, MP
Arun Bhatnagar has been appointed President of the Madhya Pradesh unit of Trinamool Congress. The 1966 batch former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Bhatnagar has held several important positions in the Government of India besides holding the post of Secretary of NAC for several years.

Sick PSUs facing worst condition due to ineffective Board
A number of sick Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are reportedly facing worst condition partly due to lack of full time Chairman, MD and Directors and partly due to delay in appointments at board level.

Railway Board to constitute committee for productivity linked bonus
The Railway Board is contemplating to constitute a Committee for evolving a new formula for productivity linked bonus on Indian Railways.

ETV celebrates its Himachal channel at Simla
ETV (now a part of TV18 group) had recently launched its one more new 24-hour regional News channel Haryana-Himachal at Gurgaon. The Haryana Chief Minister had launched the channel. Now, to formally launch and to celebrate its Himachal part, a colourful function was organized at Simla on 5th April, 2014. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Veer Bhadra Singh was the Chief Guest, along with an impressive presence of a number of senior Ministers, Chief Secretary, DGP and other dignitaries. The channel Head Jagdish Chandra claimed that ETV will prove to be the voice of the common man in Himachal and will follow an absolutely free, fair and independent editorial policy.

BUREAUCRACY

Four Secretary level vacancies this month
Secretary DoNER Uttam Sangama , Secretary Panchayati Raj Ms Loretta Marry Vas ,Secretary Women and Child Development A K Jain and Secretary Inter-State Council Tabom Bam are retiring by this month end.

Ms Joshi appointed Special Secretary, Commerce in GoI
Ms Vijay Laxmi Joshi, who had proceeded on study leave, is whispered to have been appointed as Special Secretary, Ministry of Commerce in Government of India. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Dr Sharma to be Chief Secretary, AP or Telangana?
The name of Dr Rajiv Sharma is being bandied around the corridors for the appointment of Chief Secretary of either Andhra Pradesh or newly carved Telangana state. Presently, he has been deputed as Special Representative of Government of India for re-organisation of Andhra Pradesh. Dr Sharma is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Baligar to return to Karnataka
CMD of HUDCO, V P Baligar, is returning to the parent Karnataka cadre this month. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

Ananya Ray in race for DG, Vigilance (CBEC)
Whispers has been doing round the corners that Ananya Ray has been in the fray of making it as the new Director General, Vigilance (CBEC). The 1980 batch IRS (C&CE) officer is presently serving as Chief Commissioner, Shillong.

Mann is new Ambassador to Slovak Republic
Param Jit Mann currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Slovak Republic. He is a1987 batch IFS officer .

A G Sarma is HC to Fiji
Anumula Gitesh Sarma currently Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji. He is a1986 batch IFS officer .

Ajay Kumar is Ambassador to Iraq
A Ajay Kumar currently Counsellor in Embassy of India, Tehran, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iraq. He is a 2001batch IFS officer .

Why orders of Rajesh Goel for CMD of HPL delayed?
Why the orders of Rajesh Goel, GM, HUDCO, for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) are being delayed despite the vacancy since April, 2013.

Anirudh Kumar to be new Director (M&RB), BEML Ltd
Anirudh Kumar, Executive Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), is being appointed as Director (Metro & Rail Business), BEML after the penal of SS Joshi was scrapped. It is reported that the name of Anirudh Kumar was forwarded for appointment as he had stood in second position at PESB selection meeting held on February 21, 2013.

Post of Director (Fin), SIL vacant since March 2011
The post of Director (Finance), Scooters India Limited (SIL) has been lying vacant since March 18, 2011. Meanwhile, Sanjay Kumar, DGM, SAIL, was selected at PESB selection meeting on September 3, 2013 but refused to join citing some personal reasons.

Ahtesham Akhtar tipped to be Director, AHDF, Min of Agriculture
As the grapevine has it, Ahtesham Akhtar is all set to be appointed as Director, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 2003 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Behera repatriates to Kerala as ADG
Lokanath Behera, IG BPR&D, has been relieved from BPR&D on April 01. Prior to joining BPR&D in November last year Behera, a 1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, had served NIA as IG. Kerala Govt has already been empanelled as ADG.

P V K Prasad poised to repatriate to Uttarakhand
As the grapevine has it, Dr P V Krishna Prasad is all set to repatriate to Uttarakhand. The 1995 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre has been serving as Principal, Central Detective Training School under BPR&D in the rank of DIG.

BSF now has two ADG rank post to offer
BSF has two posts of ADG to offer. R K Hazela, ADG Training & Communications, has vacated the post on March 31 on his retirement. Another ADG rank post has been lying vacant with BSF Training College, Tekanpur vice Himmat Singh.

One post of Dir, Investigation falls vacant with Dept of Corporate Affairs
After B N Harish was relieved from Dept of Corporate Affairs on March 27 a crucially important post of Director, Investigations has fallen vacant with Dept of Corporate Affairs, GoI. Harish is a senior officer of Indian Corporate Law Services.

R C Joshi is now Director, DAVP
Senior IIS officer R C Joshi has been appointed as Director, DAVP. Previously he served PIB as Director (PMO & P&NG). He has reportedly been relieved to succeed R K Baweja.

Baweja joins PIB as Director, to get posting soon
Moving from DAVP as Director Y K Baweja has joined PIB as Director. The senior officer of Indian Information Service may soon be allotted with the new responsibility in his new posting.

BSF now has two Spl DG rank post to offer
BSF has now two Special DG rank posts to offer. After Devendra Kr Pathak's appointment as DG BSF the post of Spl DG, Chandigarh has fallen vacant whereas Spl DG, Kolkata has already been running vacant vice Dilip Trivedi, present Directior General of CRPF.

R K Srivastava poised to be empanelment as JS, GoI
R K Srivastava is poised to be empanelled as Joint Secretary with GoI. The 1985 batch Indian Forest Service officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre is presently serving as Chief Conservator of Forest, Government of Manipur. Reportedly, he has got the clearance from CVC.

IDES affairs ?
DPC proposals of 3 HAG level post (additional DG) and 31 SAG level posts( chief Engineer) in indian defence service of engineers ( IDSE) are over delayed. Out of the above 1 HAG level post and 28 SAG level posts are already vacant. This situation due to indifferent attitude of cadre controlling authority has created vacuum at the senior level, leading to adhocism in appointment of officiating incumbents to these posts. These officers are required to deal with defence related infrastructure projects worth more than 10000 crores. Adhocism is leading to delay in these projects.

There are a number of cadre issues of the civilian gp A cadres of military engineer services which are not being addressed due to the fact that the senior most post of the cadre , i.e. the post of DG(pers) in military engineer services is lying un filled since 01 January 2013 for last 15 months due to some internal indecision . This post is being occupied by a junior army officer while 3 officers of ADG level are available for manning this post within the cadre.

Five posts of Judges vacant in Himachal Pradesh HC
As many as five posts of Judges are vacant in Himachal Pradesh High Court against approved strength of 11. These include two post of permanent Judges and three posts of Additional Judges.

523 Executive rank posts vacant in CBI
As many as 523 posts of Executive rank are vacant in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against sanctioned strength of 4544 while there is actual strength of 4021.

Anoop Jaiswal is DGP (Elections) in Tamil Nadu
In a sudden move the on the onset of LS polls Anoop Jaiswal has been appointed as Director General of Police (Elections) in Tamil Nadu. The 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre served Government of Tamil Nadue as CMD, Police Housing Corporation in the rank of DGP. Presently K Ramanujam is DGP (L&O) Tamil Nadu who is scheduled to retire by November 2014.

Applications for Managing Director of NCCF invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Managing Director, National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF) under the department of Consumer Affairs. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) at the earliest.

Applications for Managing Director of CCICIL invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Managing Director, on Deputation basis in Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd (CCICIL), under the Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the concerned Department at the earliest.

Two IAS officers shifted in MP
Two IAS officers have been transferred in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Chindwara Collector, Mahesh Chandra has been shifted to Secretariat as Deputy Secretary while Sanjiv Singh, Director, Skill Development, will now be Collector, Chhindwara.

Mazumdar to move to MEA Hqs
DCM in Kathmandu Jaideep Mazumdar has been transferred to the MEA Headquarters.

Two IAS officers shifted in Chhattisgarh
Rajat Kumar, Collector, Korba, has been shifted to Secretariat (Mahanadi Bhawan) as Deputy Secretary, while Reena Balasaheb Kangale will now be new Collector, Korba in Chhattisgarh.

ETV celebrates its Himachal channel at Simla
ETV (now a part of TV18 group) had recently launched its one more new 24-hour regional News channel Haryana-Himachal at Gurgaon. The Haryana Chief Minister had launched the channel. Now, to formally launch and to celebrate its Himachal part, a colourful function was organized at Simla on 5th April, 2014. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Veer Bhadra Singh was the Chief Guest, along with an impressive presence of a number of senior Ministers, Chief Secretary, DGP and other dignitaries. The channel Head Jagdish Chandra claimed that ETV will prove to be the voice of the common man in Himachal and will follow an absolutely free, fair and independent editorial policy.

Haj Committee delegation calls on President (UPDATED)
A delegation led by Qaiser Shamim , Chairman , Haj Committee of India met Pranab Mukherjee, President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on April 2, 2014 and requested him to help increase the quota of the Haj Pilgrims proceeding for Haj 2014 through the Haj Committee of India.

Transfers and postings of IRSME officers (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer (IRSME) have been transferred and posted at different zones of Railways. Accordingly, M Saquib, JAG/IRSME, Northern Railway, has been transferred and posted to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity while S Kabeer Ahmed, HAG/IRSME/DLW, was shifted to South Central Railway and A K Singh, HAG/IRSME/ Central Railway, is being moved to DLW. Similarly, A K Garekar, HAG/IRSME/ DLF/MWH/ East Central Railway, has been transferred to Central Railway; D K Agarwal, SAG/IRSME/RDSO, to Northeast Frontier Railway; Ravinder Gupta, SAG/IRSME, to Northeast Frontier Railway and posted as CSO; Ved Bhushan, JS/IRSME/ South Central Railway to Western Railway; M Srinivas, SS/IRSME/Western Railway to South Central Railway and P Srinivas, SG/IRSME, South Western Railway was transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director/ Safety(ME).

Bibhu Dutt Mishra posted as OSD in Principal CCIT office, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Bibhu Dutt Mishra has been appointed as OSD in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

CORPORATE

Gogri resigns as Chairman, Aarti Drugs Ltd
Rajendra V Gogri has resigned as Chairman of Aarti Drugs Ltd. He, however would continue as Director of the company

Patil appointed Chairman, Aarti Drugs Ltd
Prakash M Patil has been appointed as Chairman of Aarti Drugs Ltd

Shah resigns as Chairman Emeritus, Dr Datsons Labs Ltd
Chandulal Champaklal Shah has resigned as Chairman Emeritus of Dr Datsons Labs Ltd

Ms Bhardwaj appointed Addl. Director, Fortune International Ltd
Fortune International Ltd has appointed Ms Ruchika Bharadwaj as the Additional Director of the company

Tayal appointed Addl. Director, SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd
SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd has appointed Parveen Tayal as Additional Director of the company

Bansal resigns as Director, SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd
Bishan Bansal has resigned as Director of SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd

Kadel appointed Company Secy. SKP Securities Ltd
SKP Securities Ltd has appointed Dipak Kadel as a Company Secretary of the company.

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Comment on mass scale recruitment in IRS ill informed
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The feed back comment on mass scale recruitment in the IRS is ill informed. With such mass recruitments in the past IRS officers stagnated for years without promotion which I rectified and brought down recruitment in a manner to improve promotion chances. Yes I did take action against corrupt customs officers three were sentenced to jail for corruption and three others were involved in mumbai bomb blasts. were removed under article 311 .One of them helped a notorious smuggler and got shot when he was being criminally prosecuted The department is fully aware of it and they also know it was during my time that more than Rs 500 crs was spent on accommodation to the IRS officers.It was I who computerised customs operation when the whole department resisted it. Today I am glad that the whole department is computerised which effort met with resistance from customs officers and custom house agents .The then Chairman Govindaraj would not even attend the inauguration of the new customs house in delhi whose construction I personally supervised. Five past chairmen attended the function and openly accepted my contribution to reforms and the welfare of IRS officers The IRS officers should now stop this IAS baiting.I visited customs border check posts on foot near the Myanmar border, indo Pak border which no Customs officer ever visited and was duly acknowledged by Tarun Roy - then Chairman in a dignified manner before the present PM. The report is on file. Now regarding revenue increase it is in proportion to price and GDP increase and not perceptibly more. The income tax revenue is more than 70% by way of TDS.

I do not want to debate more which I am prepared to do and take on anybody. Before I conclude I have great admiration for the character and courage of certain IRS officers with whom even now I am in contact. Every service has black sheep, corrupt and indolent officers and people are aware of the number of IAS ,IPS and others charged with corruption . It must be remembered that everyone has a role to play in nation building. It is because of these bickering amongst various services of the nation it is described as crabs in a bottle trying to pull down everyone else. This should change.

Shiv Raman Former Secretary Revenue

Cut down entire bureaucracy

The bureaucracy is growing many times than what is needed. Only Narasimharao had the guts to prune the IAS specially Joint Secretaries. Now we need to cut down entire bureaucracy by at least 40 percent so that the rest are fruitfully employed. The IAS,. IPS IFS and forest services and also IRS Customs and Income Tax should be halved.

Harry Shankar

RTI comments are not correct

The amount is reimbursed on the basis of visiting place in LTC and Medical bills.This cannot be private info. If the reimbursement is sought. many cases of dismissals have occurred on the basis of false bills claims etc. the action to give false info is malafide.Your opinion is misleading all officers.

SR

Cadre restructuring in Railway Board

Recent Cadre Restructuring in Railway Board was held to have been wrongly done, which file was later referred to DoPT. DoPT has also expressed similar views and further directed the Railway Board to take corrective measures within a specific time frame. A few officers in the Secretary Directorate are reportedly trying to keep that file in dark till the time Kataria is posted as PS in the Ministry.

WH

Helpless Election Commission !

Election Commission gave a message for Ethical Voting. Excellent message to the voters. This is first time. But what happens to election commission when watches TV news about one of the top religious leader in Delhi gave a speech and appeal to particular community to vote for one particular party. EC can judge is it clear violation of model code of conduct?. Then what election Commission is doing? Can EC do any thing? Let EC should also ethical. EC is constitutional body, it has all powers in hand to ban such appeal. EC can change and clean the politics of the country. This is dangerous trend which has started. Let EC rise to the occasion and do something which can be remembered by the coming generation. EC should set an example that election is free from caste, community, religion etc. It can not happen automatically. It has to be exerted. Candidates are using un-parliamentary languages in public forum. What people of the country expects from such people when they are elected and go to parliament? They will be using same language in parliament also because no one has told them that it is wrong to use such foul language and you are UNFIT to go to parliament "a worship place of democracy". Let God help us.

N Prakash

Court decisions be implemented fast

I agree with the views. Court decisions must be implemented fast. Action against Head of Department is necessary. Apart from this most of the people especially Government servants may not be aware that if there is a time frame given by the Hon'ble court, one can approach the court (simple letter with copy of judgement) for contempt of court orders and also claim compensation for harassment too.

Harish Kumar

Railways affairs !

Is travelling by inspection carriages a crime, particularly when it is permitted by rules? Are Railway officers the most corrupt officials in Indian bureaucracy? Are they the only ones seeking favours from the political masers? Why were there no such leaks when CRB's used to be from other departments?

Rajiv Mishra

Sumit Bose - a gentleman to the core

Sumit Bose, IAS (1976), ex-Doon, Stephens and LSE, superannuated on March 31, 2014. A gentleman to the core and the epitome of integrity, efficiency, courtesy and selfless service, it would be difficult to find a more unassuming person. He brought a rare dignity to the office of Revenue Secretary (& Finance Secretary). Amongst the finest officers of the IAS, his is a breed that is vanishing fast. He would be sorely missed by his colleagues and subordinates both in the IAS and the IRS. The Government would do well to consider utilising his services in some capacity in the national interest.

Vijay Kumar

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