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A P Singh

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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (67)
India will either be a world power or will not be at all.


Assembly elections to be test case for Amit Shah ?
Ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections in five states will be test case for newly appointed BJP Chief Amit Shah. Will he succeed ?

DEBATE

What is the character of Narendra Modi ?

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming the third most followed world leader on Twitter, next only to US President Barack Obama and the Pope, he is being discussed everywhere so much so that people have started comparing him with world leaders of the past. "Is Modi Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill" ?

What is your opinion ? Mail it to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Would you believe this ?
Believe it or not in the Modi Government even Secretaries & Ministers do not have any idea, in advance, about the prospective names being appointed as JS & Director for their Departments & Ministries.

Will Bansal be Vigilance Commissioner ?
Name of Oriental Bank of Commerce Chairman S L Bansal has started doing the round for the post of Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC. Present Vigilance Commissioner J M Garg is retiring next month end.

Meeting of Collegium soon ?
A meeting of the Supreme Court Collegium is expected to take place early next month. Names of a couple of SC and HC Judges are likely to be cleared in the meeting.

Why did Sikri meet PM ?
Why did former Secretary Justice D K Sikri meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi ?.Sikri is a former 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

JS empanelment of 1989-1992 batch IFS goes on
The JS empanelment of 1989, 1990, 1991 & 1992 batch of Indian Forest Service officers are still underway. It would be interesting to learn that the 1988 of IFS was empanelled in haste after the new govt was formed at the centre. It was reliably learnt that all the five batches were previously supposed to be empanelled together.

Barnwal to be DEA Director
Sunil Kumar Barnwal is all set to join as Director in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA). He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

File of Sen as Director, IOCL being moved to ACC
The file of Debasis Sen, ED, IOCL, for the post of Director (Planning & Business Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is reportedly being sent to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for final approval. Vacancy against this post has arisen on August 1, 2014.

Dr Babu empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Dr P V Ramesh Babu has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. Dr Babu is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Atreyee Das appointed as DG, PPAC
Ms Atreyee Das has been appointed as DG, Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. She is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer.

Charge of CVO AIIMS given to JS, Health
Charge of Sanjiv Chaturvedi who is Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has been given to the Joint Secretary in Health.

New Director General (Pers), military engineer services
After keeping the post of Director General (Pers) , Military Engineer Services (MES) ,vacant for more than 20 months since January 1, 2013, defence ministry has finally approved the name of Arvind Kumar Arora, Addl DG(Design and Consultancy) in MES for this post of DG(Personnel) which is responsible for HR management of more than 1 lakh civilian defence employees of MES. AK Arora is a 1978 Batch officer of Indian Defence Service of Engineers. He is an alumni of SVNIT Surat, IIT Delhi and Prestigious National Defence College, Delhi. He has served earlier as Garrison Engineer at Kolkatta and Delhi, commander Works Engineers at Deolali and Chief Engineer Bhopal Zone responsible for work services of two important corps of Indian Army. An expert in design of defence infrastructure, Arora has held several important staff appointments across India including port Blair and Udhampur in Jammu & Kashmir

Female employees to be posted near to husbands/parents places
The Department of Financial Services has asked all the Chairpersons, SBI/CMDs all PSU banks including IDBI to appoint female employees (facing genuine hardship and feeling of insecurity) near to the place of their husbands or parents.

Bullet Train to be out of Railways
Railway officers feel that NDA's dream project of Bullet Train would come alive only if the Railway Board is barred from handling it on the pattern of Metro's. Delhi Metro got built only because it is out of the purview of railways. Officers feel that rampant corruption and extremely heavy Bureaucracy in railways will derail all such ambitious projects. It is also said that the 160 kmph drama that was enacted to please the PM has miserably failed and now the Board is busy searching for new avenues to please Modi. Revamp of Varanasi station is being actively chased by the Board Keeping Modi in mind. Whether they succeed or not is to be seen.

Seven posts of Jt Director, ED vacant
As many as seven posts of Joint Director are vacant in Enforcement Directorate. They are in Kolkata, Srinagar, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Jaipur, Bangalore & Hyderabad. Two of them are, however, likely to be filled in a couple of weeks.

Purkayasth relieved from Agriculture Deptt
Atanu Purkayasth has been relieved from the Dept of Agriculture. The 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre had been serving as Joint Secretary (Seeds) with the Dept of Agriculture. Purkayastha is all set to join the Government of West Bengal.

Reunion of 1982 batch
To celebrate 32nd anniversary an all services contributory dinner arranged at Ashwani BSF mess, Nizamuddin, Delhi, on 1-9-2014 (Monday) at 7.30 PM. Participate with your family. Confirm participation and also inform batch mates you are in touch with. Lets all (serving and retired) join hands to make this occasion a success. RSVP: Avinash Srivastava (09711162377), Raghav Chandra, Rajiv Gauba (09871374660) and Dalip Singh (09971147133)

Bharadwaj all set to be PS to Delhi Vidhan Sabha Speaker
Satish Baradwaj is all set to be PS to Delhi Vidhan Sabha Speaker. Previously he has served as APS to the then Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and as APS to Union Minister for MSME, K H Muniyappa.

Job opportunities for women in GoI upto 40 years
There is a provision for age relaxation for appointment in Government service for Widows, divorced Women and Women judicially separated from husbands and not re-married upto 35 years for posts of Group C filled through Staff Selection Commission/Employment Exchange (upto 40 years for members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes).

Applications for Community Affairs Counselor in Abu Dhabi invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Counselor, Community Affairs (Development), in the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi under the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) before September 19, 2014.

Subuddhi poised to be empanelled as JS
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that U K Subuddhi may soon be empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent with Govt of India. The 1992 batch Indian Forest Service officer of MP cadre has reportedly got the CVC clearance.

Yadav to attend interview for Director (HR) in IOCL !
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that B D Yadav charts on the list of candidates to be interviewed for Director (HR), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL). PESB has started it's bit to bring the prospective candidates on board for selection interview. He is serving with IOCL as Executive Director, Western Region Pipelines, Gauridad.

Manoj empanelled as Joint Secretary
D Manoj has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Ex-DGP Karnataka Bidari joins BJP
Shankar Mahadev Bidari, who served as Bangalore Police Commissioner and DGP, is reported to have joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Orissa
Around one dozen officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Orissa. Accordingly, Mrs Chithra Arumugam has been assigned an additional charge Special Secretary, Water Resources Department and Managing Director, OLIC, Bhubaneswar while Srikantha Kabi will now be Additional Secretary, Finance Department and Debaraj Mishra is Director, OBc, ST & SC Development. Similarly, Anupam Saha has been appointed as Sub-Collector, Baliguda; Nikhil Pavan Kalyan as Sub-Collector, Titlagarh; Manish Agrawal as Sub-Collector, Champua; Vineeth Bhardwaj as Sub-Collector, Dharmagarh; Surendra Kumar Meena as Sub-Collector, Bonei in Sundargarh district; Ms Poma Tudu as Sub-Collector, Jeypore; Gopalbandhu Satpathy as Joint Secretary, Finance department.

7 IAS Probationers get postings in Rajasthan
As many as seven IAS Probationers have been given postings as Sub Divisional officers after completing training in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Avichal Chaturvedi has been posted to Bhilwara; Himanshu Gupta to Dhaulpur; Namit Mehta to Bikaner (North); Omprakash Kasera to Baran; Rukmani Riar to Banswada; Siddharth Sihag to Dungarpur and Vikram Jindal to Sawaimadhopur

Harishkumar Rasiklal Dave appointed as DMD, NABARD (UPDATED)
Harishkumar Rasiklal Dave, Director, Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a period of five years.

(We said this on July 10,2014)

Bhasin is new Chairman of IBA (UPDATED)
T M Bhasin, CMD of Indian Bank has been elected the chairman of the Indian Banks Association for 2014-15.

Amalorpavanathan appointed as DMD, NABARD (UPDATED)
R Amalorpavanathan, Chief General Manager, NABARD, has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director (DMD), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

(We said this on July 9,2014)

Debashish Ghosh selected as Director (Fin), UCIL (UPDATED)
Debashish Ghosh, Deputy General Manager, SAIL, has been selected as Director (Finance), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 21, 2014. As many as 7 persons were interviewed for the same.

3 IAS Probationers get postings in HP (UPDATED)
Three IAS Probationers of 2012 batch have been given posting in Himachal Pradesh after completion training at LBSNAA, Mussoorie. Accordingly, Rakesh Kumar Prajapati has been posted as Assistant Commissioner (Development) cum Block Development Officer, Nurpur district Kangra while Dr Ms Richa Verma was posted as Assistant Commissioner Development cum Block Development Officer, Haroli district, Una and Harikesh Meena as Assistant Commissioner Development cum Block Development Officer, Seraj district Mandi.

Neeraj Bansal posted as Deputy Chairman, JNPT (UPDATED)
Neeraj Bansal has been appointed as Deputy Chairman, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) under the Ministry of Shipping in Government of India. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Ms Chaitali Panmel relieved to join as CVO, EPIL (UPDATED)
Ms Chaitali Panmel has been relieved to join as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Engineering Projects India Limited (EPIL), Delhi. She is an IRS-IT officer.

Mrs Garima Jain shifted to Delhi CCA (UPDATED)
Mrs Garima Jain has been transferred from Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to Delhi CCA. She is an IRS-IT officer.

Sunil Kumar posted to Pr CCIT office, Delhi region (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar has been posted as CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region. He is an IRS-IT officer.

CORPORATE

Rao to be appointed Independent Director, LIC Housing Finance Ltd
The Board of LIC Housing Finance Limited has approved appointment of T V Rao as an Independent Director of the company.

Adhi designated CFO, Kalyani Forge Ltd
Kalyani Forge Limited has designated Niteen P Adhi as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Agarwal designated CFO, Rupa & Company Ltd
Rupa & Company Limited has designated Ramesh Agarwal as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Mohan appointed CEO, Rupa & Company Ltd
N Krishna Mohan has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Rupa & Company Limited.

Gandhi resigns as Independent Director, Nandan Denim Limited
Gautam Gandhi has resigned as Independent Director of Nandan Denim Limited

Oswal appointed Addl. Director, Vardhman Polytex Ltd
Vardhman Polytex Limited has appointed Ms Rakhi Oswal as Additional Director of the company.

Piramal appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Kokuyo Camlin Ltd
Kokuyo Camlin Limited has appointed Ms Aparna Piramal as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Misra appointed Independent Director, Petronet LNG Ltd
Petronet LNG Limited has appointed Arun Kumar Misra as Independent Director of the company.

Nagaraju resigns as Nominee Director, Krebs Biochemicals Ltd
P Nagaraju has resigned as Nominee Director of IDBI Bank on the Board of Directors of Krebs Biochemicals Limited.

Page appointed GM, JW Marriott Hotel, New Delhi
Antony Page has been appointed as General Manager of JW Marriott Hotel in New Delhi

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What is the character of Narendra Modi (Debate 1)

Modi is already World leader

Narendra Modi is combination of all the five personalities. Infact, he has already become World leader .Though his approach is democratic but people see him like a dictator.

Subhash Tripathi former Secretary Security, GoI and former DGP MP

Yes, I am agree with Rahul, as Modi has promised, there should be technical people on all the technical post whereas these post are occupied by IAS.

Vijay Kumar

Dear Health Minister -

You must have read pathetic tales of pensioners vis a vis CGHS. These grievances have appeared on this site more than dozen times. After attaining age of 60 years and after retired, pensioners are largely undergoing a phase of trauma and depression. As the years pass by their physical strength also gets diminishing. All faculties start working at around 50% or less. By the age of 65 years they are only kind of skeletons. Not only this in some cases they become widowers. And children in most cases have already left them after marriage or otherwise and live in other countries/cities meaning thereby no emotional support at hand.

So devoid of physical strength, continuous fight to remain medically not fit or very fit but only workable they are required to undergo the following ordeal by CGHS

1. Stand in long queues for hours in local CGHS dispensary
2. To Spend money in taxis etc to reach hospitals like Willingdon hospital for referrals.
3. Again stand in Queues for their turn for hours to see the specialists.
4. Again in Queues to take medicines / injections

Health Minister - this is torture?

Kindly now ask Health Ministry to wake up from deep slumber and take care of your pensioners and do the following immediately for pensioners or atleast for pensioners who have attained 65 years of age.

1. Whether OPD or Indoor or all major / minor surgeries / procedures allow them to go to any empanelled hospital of their choice directly, absolutely no need to be got referred / forwarded by local dispensaries.
2. Similarly, all diagnostic/other tests in any empanelled hospital directly without need of being referred to.
3. Most minimal interface with any CGHS outfit
4. All cashless or say reimbursable basis with CGHS card
5. Today with IT technology everything is possible.

Please do it.

Manohar L Chauhan

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