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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (56)
By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise.

Ministers sitting on files of appointments
Grapevine has it that some of the Ministers in the Narendra Modi Government are sitting on appointment files which are piling up day by day, thus, hampering development of the country.


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

Empanelment of 1996 batch IAS starts, 70 officers in consideration zone
The empanelment procedures for the 1996 batch IAS officers have been initiated. Reportedly, out of 73 officers, 65 officers are in the consideration zone. Initially 78 officers formed the sanctioned strength of the batch.

Additional Secretary level postings next week ?
A couple of Additional Secretary level postings are expected to take place in the Government of India next week.

ACC approves appointment of H Kumar as MD, MRPL
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have approved the appointment of H Kumar, ED, HPCL, as Managing Director of the Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL).

File of Gautam Roy still stuck up in ACC
The file of Gautam Roy, ED, IOCL, for the appointment as Managing Director, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) is still lying stuck to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

Virendra Ojha appointed as Additional Director, ED, Mumbai
Virendra Ojha has been appointed as Additional Director, Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai. He is a 1993 batch IRS-IT officer.

Yes Bank appoints Singh as non-executive Chairperson
Yes Bank has appointed former IAS officer Radha Singh as non-executive chairperson of the board. It is India's fourth largest private sector bank after ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank,

Ms Swarnmala Rawla posted as Spl Commissioner, MP Bhawan, New Delhi
Ms Swarnmala Rawla, who returned from central deputation, has been posted as Special Commissioner (Coordination), Madhya Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

R K Chaturvedi appointed Resident Commissioner, MP Bhawan, New Delhi
R K Chaturvedi has been appointed as OSD-cum-Resident Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh, New Delhi. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh
As many as 60 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr V S Niranjan has been appointed as Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Social Justice while Arun Tiwari will now be OSD-cum-Relief Commissioner, Revenue and Rehibiltation with additional charge of Commissioner and Mrs Neelam Shami Rao shifted to MP State Civil Supplies. Similarly, Mrs Seema Sharma has been appointed as Commissioner, Narmadapuram; Arun Kumar Pandey as MD, MP Agriculture Marketing and Commissioner, Mandi Board; V K Batham as Commissioner, Shahdol division; Rakesh Shrivastava as Excise Commissioner, Gwalior; Chandrahas Dubey as MD, MP Warehousing Corporation; Sachin Sinha as Commissioner, Commissioner, Higher Education; D P Ahirwar as Secretary, GAD, Nitesh Kumar Vyas as Commissioner, MP Housing Board; Mrs Madhu Khare as Member, Revenue Board, Gwalior; Mrs Pushpalata Singh as Commissioner, Integrated Child Development Service Madhya Pradesh and ex-officio Mission Director, Atal Behari Vajpayee Bal Arogya and Nutrition Mission; Kedarlal Sharma as Collector, Tikamgarh; Yogendra Sharma as Additional Commissioner, Revenue Sagar Division; Shobhit Jain as MD, MP State and Additional Secretary, Cooperative Dairy Federation; Sandip Yadav as Additional Secretary, Finance and Director, Budget; Kavindra Kiyawat as Collector, Ujjain; M K Agrawal as Collector, Khandwa; Shivnarayan Rupla as Collector, Sagar; Mrs Jaishree Kiyawat as Collector, Dhar; Neeraj Dubey as MD, MP Mining and Additional Secretary, Development Corporation; Dr Navnit Mohant Kothari as Director, Public Health and Welfare and Pratice of Indian Medicines & Homeopathy; C B Singh as Deputy Secretary, Mantralaya;, B M Sharma as MD, MP State Cooperative Marketing Federation; N P Dehriya as Deputy Secretary, Mantralaya; Ashutosh Awasthi as Collector, Dewas; Ajit Kumar as Mission Director, Integrated Social Security Mission; M Selvendran as MD, MP State Electronic Development Corporation; Mahdesh Chandra Chaudhary as Collector, Chhindwara; Surendra Kumar Upadhayay as Deputy Secretary; Gyandeshwar B Patil as MD, MP Central Region Power Distribution Company Limited, Bhopal; Rajiv Chandra Dubey as Collector, Shivpuri; Ravikant Jain as Collector, Khargone; Pannalal Solanki as Deputy Secretary; Raghuraj M R as Collector, Singrauli; Prakash Chandra Jangare as Collector, Datia; Vinod Kumar Sharma as Collector, Bhind; Rahul Jain as Collector, Rewa; Sanjiv Singh as Collector, Mandsaur; Shekhar Verma as Deputy Secrtary, Mantralaya; Mrs Aruna Gupta as Collector, Alirajpur; Ravindra Singh as Collector, Barwani; Sudam Pandrinath Khade as Collector, Sehore; Dhananjay Singh Bhadhoria as Collector, Sheopur; Shriman Shukla as Collector, Guna; Nagargoje Madan Vibhishan as Project Director, State Wide Area Network; Mrs Swati Meena as Deputy Secretary, Mantralaya; Bhondave Sanket Shantaram as Collector, Hoshangabad; Shashankt Mishra as Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education; Mrs Irin Sinthia J P as Collector, Burhanpur; Krishna Gopal Tiwari as Collector, Umariya; Vishesh Garpale as Collector, Sidhi; CB Chakravorty as Project Director, Uday Additional Commmissioner, Urban Administration and Development; Mrs Shilpa Gupta as Collector, Morena; Ajay Gupta as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gwalior; Avinash Lavania as Sinhasth congregation officer as well as Commissioner, Ujjain Municipal Corporation; Ms Priti Maithil as CEO, Guna Zilla Panchayat; Tejaswi S Nayak as Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation and Mrs Shanmukh Priya Mishra was made CEO, Hoshangabad Zilla Panchayat. Besides, Manoj Shrivastava has been given addtional charges of Religious Trust and Endowment while S K Mishra was given charge Public Relations and K C Gupta is holding addtional charge of MD, MP Finance Corporation, Indore.

14 IAS officers of 2012 batch get postings in MP
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service of 2012 batch have been given postings after returning from training. Accordingly, Neeraj Kumar Singh has been appointed as SDO, Revenue Dhar while Pankaj Jain will be SDO, Revenue Multai and Ajay Katesaria is SDO, Revenue, Sabalgarh. Similarly, Ms Nidhi Nivedita has been posted as SDO Revenue, Pandurna; Chandramohan Thakur as SDO, Revenue, Sironj; Rohit Singh as SDO, Revenue, Baihar, Balaghat; Swarochis Somvanshi as SDO, Revenue Baidhan, Singaroli; Pravin Singh Adhyak as SDO, Revenue, Lakhanadaun, Seoni; Anurag Verma as SDO, Revenue Bijawar, Chhatarpur; Ms Pratibha Pal as SDO, Revenue, Narsingagarh, Rajgarh; Fating Rahul Haridas as SDO, Revenue, Pushparajgarh, Anuppur; Rajiv Ranjan Meena as SDO, Revenue, Nagda, Ujjain; Bakki Kartikeyan as SDO, Revenue and Deepak Arya was made SDO, Revenue, Barwani. Besides, Ms Surabhi Sinha of 2008 batch was posted as SDO, Chanderi, Ashoknagar.

Five SC advocates in race for Addl Secy, Legal Affairs
As many as five senior Supreme Court advocates are in the race for Additional Secretary, Dept of Legal Affairs. One post of AS has been lying vacant with the Dept of Legal Affairs after the retirement of R Raghupati on June 30 this year.

Ms Suri in race for Addl Secy, Dept of Legal Affairs
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Ms Sushma Suri, senior Supreme Court advocate, is in the race for the post of Additional Secretary, Dept of Legal Affairs. It may be noted that as many as three posts of Additional Secretary have been lying vacant with the Dept of Legislative Affairs & the Dept of Legal Affairs which may soon be filled with fresh appointment by the third week of August.

Mehra in race for Addl Secy, Legal Affairs
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that D S Mehra, senior Supreme Court advocate, is in the race for Additional Secretary, Dept of Legal Affairs. As many as three posts of Additional Secretary have been lying vacant with the Dept of Legislative Affairs and the Dept of Legal Affairs which may soon be filled with fresh appointment by the third week of August.

Madhukar Sinha to move from Eastern Railway
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Madhukar Sinha may soon move to Railway Ministry. The 1987 batch IRAS officer is presently serving with Eastern Railway as Financial Adviser & Chief Accounts Officer.

Selection process for two new posts of Directors in BPRL to start soon
As the grapevine has it, Public Enterprises Selection Board may soon start the selection process for two newly created posts with Bharat Petro Resources Ltd. Posts of Director (Finance) & Director (Ops & BD) have been newly created with BPRL which is BPCL's sister concern company for Exploration & Production. It would be interesting to see as who would be the first Directors for BPRL's Finance and Operations & Business Development.

Anupam Yadav appointed OSD to Kiren Rijiju
Anupam Yadav has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home. He is a non-Government official.

ALIMCO CMD retiring in September
Narayan Rao G, Chairman & Managing Director of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), is retiring on September 30, 2014. D R Sarin, GM, NSC, is expected to succeed him on October 1, 2014.

Dr Thomas yet to get orders for Director (Mktg) HLL Lifecare Ltd
The orders of Dr Babu Thomas, SR. VP, HLL for the appointment as Director (Marketing), HLL Lifecare Limited are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since December 12, 2013.

Purkayastha likely to return to parent cadre
Atanu Purkayastha, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, is expected to return to his parent cadre. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

S Kishore likely to return to parent cadre
S Kishore, Development Commissioner in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is expected to return to his parent cadre. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

DoPT seeks applications for Financial Commissioner, ESIC
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Financial Commissioner, Employees State Insurance Commission (ESIC), Delhi. Those willing to apply for this joint secretary level post can send their applications to the Department within one month of issuing this advertisement circular.

Choudhary is also Principal CCIT, Patna
Ujjwal Kumar Choudhary, DGIT (Inv), Patna, has been given an additional charge of Principal CCIT (CCA)-I, Patna.

Mrs Surbhi Sinha is also Principal DGIT (HRD), Delhi
Mrs Surbhi Sinha, CCIT-III, has been assigned an additional charge of Principal DGIT (HRD), Delhi till the return of T Jena from abroad tour.

Vimla Mehra posted as Spl CP, GAD, Planning & Imp. in Delhi Govt
Vimla Mehra has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police, General Administration and Planning and Implementation in Delhi Government. She is a 1978 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

A K Patnaik appointed as Spl CP (Vig) in Mizoram Govt
A K Patnaik has been transferred and posted as Special CP (Vigilance), Mizoram Government. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

P Kamraj is Spl Commissioner, PHQ, Delhi
P Kamraj has been transferred and posted as Special Commissioner of Police Delhi (Headquarters). He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Arvind Deep posted as Spl CP, Recruitment and Armed Force in Delhi
Arvind Deep has been appointed as Special CP, Recruitment and Armed Police in Delhi. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Balaji Srivastava appointed as Spl CP, Provision & Lines in Delhi
Balaji Srivastava has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police, Provision and Lines in Delhi Government. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre

Mahapatra joins as Director (Expl & Dev), OIL (UPDATED)
Sudhakar Mahapatra has taken over the charge as Director (Exploration and Development) on the Board of Oil India Limited (OIL).

(We said this on April 22, 2014)

Ajay Bisaria appointed as next Ambassador to Republic of Poland (UPDATED)
Ajay Bisaria, who is currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Poland. He is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service.

(We said this on March 11,2014)

Mithilesh Kumar Singh is also Secretary, Revenue Board in Bihar (UPDATED)
Mithilesh Kumar Singh has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Revenue Board, Bihar. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

4 IAS officers transferred in Himachal (UPDATED)
Four officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Ajay Mittal has been given the charge of Transport Department while Vineet Chowdhry will now be ACS, Health and Family Welfare with additional charge of Agriculture Department and Tarun Shridhar gets additional charge of Horticulture. Besides, K Sanjay Murthy has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Food Civil Supplies & CA with additional charge of I&PH.

J Ravi Shankar takes over as Director (Mktg), PEC Ltd (UPDATED)
J Ravi Shankar, CGM, PECIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Marketing), PEC Limited.
(We said this on April 28, 2014)

Maiden CIINCA meet focuses on creating vibrant aerospace manufacturing (UPDATED)
Some of the key issues related to Indian aerospace industry such as strategy for import substitution, skill development in aerospace, taxation impacting the industry, how to develop and integrate Indian supply chain with the global aerospace OEMs were discussed at the first meeting of newly constituted Confederation of India Industry's National Committee on Aerospace (CIINCA) under the chairmanship of Dr. R.K. Tyagi. The aim of the committee headed by HAL Chairman is to create a vibrant aerospace manufacturing and service sector in India through active engagement of all stakeholders from Government, PSUs, private sector, multi-national companies, research organizations etc. Dr Tyagi informed the top representatives of these organizations that CIINCA would work closely with the Ministry of Defence and Civil Aviation, IAF, Director General of Civil Aviation, other strategic ministries, and state governments to create a conducive environment for the industrial growth and FDI in the aerospace sector. CIINCA would also like to propose taxation reforms to the Government, policy framework for MRO sector, proposals to promote R&D and innovation culture, how to leverage strength of service sector for aerospace industry.The composition of CIINCA includes companies such as RIL, BEL, Mahindra Aerospace, Walchandnagar Industries Limited, L&T, TATA Sons, Maini Precision Products, Godrej & Boyce. SASMOS Technologies, Shinmayawa Industries, Bharat Forge Limited, Mach Aero Components, Samtel Color Ltd, Gorwa Engineering Technologies, Astra Microwave Products Ltd, Hi-Tech Robotic Systemz Ltd, Lockheed Martin, Boeing India, BAE Systems India, India Airbus Group, Airbus Helicopters, Rolls Royce, Honeywell India, SAAB India, Rosoboronservice (India) Ltd, Raytheon Inc, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd, AAI, GMR Group, Air India and Safran India.

Orders of Iqbal Singh Bains issued (UPDATED)
Orders of the repatriation of Iqbal Singh Bains to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre have been issued. 1985 batch IAS officer Bains is presently posted as Joint Secretary Indian Overseas Affairs.

Ms Panmei is new CVO EPIL (UPDATED)
Ms Chaitali Panmei has been appointed CVO of the Engineers Projecrs India Ltd (EPIL).She is 1987 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Vaibhav Dange appointed PS to Nitin Gadkari (UPDATED)
Vaibhav Dange has been appointed as Private Secretary to Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Minister for Shipping. He is a non-Government official.

Rajashekhar selected as Director (Fin), BCCL (UPDATED)
K S Rajashekhar, GM, NCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Two IRAS officers shifted (UPDATED)
Ravij Seth has been transferred to RCF, Rae Bareli while the work of IRITM/LKO will be looked after by Ms Kalpana Dubey, EDF/RDSO.

CORPORATE

Bickson to step down as MD & CEO, The Indian Hotels Company Ltd on Aug 31
Raymond Bickson will step down as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of The Indian Hotels Company Limited w.e.f. August 31, 2014

Sarna to take over as MD & CEO, The Indian Hotels Company Ltd from Sept 1
Rakesh Sarna will take over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of The Indian Hotels Company Limited w.e.f. September 1, 2014

Sangar appointed MD, TFCI
Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited has appointed S K Sangar as Managing Director of the company.

Arora resigns as MD, TFCI
Satpal Arora has resigned as Managing Director of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited

Mitchell resigns as Director, Amara Raja Batteries Ltd
Eric Stuart Mitchell has resigned as Director of Amara Raja Batteries Limited w.e.f. August 6, 2014

Sharma resigns as CS, HOV Services Ltd
Bhuvanesh Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of HOV Services Limited w.e.f. July 30, 2014 due to personal reasons

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Archies Ltd
Archies Limited has appointed Dr Bhavna Chadha and Deepak Thakkar as Additional Directors of the company

Bhattacharya appointed Independent Director, Usha Martin Ltd
Usha Martin Limited has appointed Partha S Bhattacharyya as an Independent Director of the company

Sahay resigns as Director, Jenson & Nicholson (India) Ltd
B S Sahay has resigned as Director of Jenson & Nicholson (India) Limited

Sarawgee appointed CFO, Trinity Tradelink Ltd
Trinity Tradelink Ltd has appointed Saroj Kumar Sarawgee as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. August 1, 2014

Pandya appointed Independent Director, Super Crop Safe Ltd
Super Crop Safe Ltd has appointed Kalpanaben J Pandya as an Independent Director of the company

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What is the character of Narendra Modi ? (DEBATE 1)


"Is Modi Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill" ?.He is not even Indira Gandhi. Infact, he is only Narendra Modi.

M N Buch

Cumbersome procedure for empanelment

I agree the procedure for empanelment from Director to JS (level) is cumbersome, frustrating and is based on pick and chose theory by ACC where political/personal connections/equations matter more than merits. The best course would be to ask for a write up of achievements and contributions to the nation right from the date of joining to the date empanelment which should be supported by evidences and tabulated by real data. Thereafter ACC should decide on the basis of the merits. As is a recognized fact ACRs have never been true picture of human beings. After all, as JS one becomes policy maker of the Government of India.

Harish Kumar

CIC is at fault

It cannot give double punishment i.e. compensation and penalty.

Suresh Kumar

For Minister for Health & FW

Number of difficulties being faced by CGHS beneficiaries Pensioners category have been highlighted in this column but Minister for H&FW still unaware of the problems and sleeping over the issue. Now how to make him awake?. He is doctor by profession and must appreciate the health problem of Sr. citizen group. He has to decide on two accounts to make the life easier for old people;

1. Direct consultation in empanelled hospitals and diagnostic tests.
2. CGHS tariff to be charged by beneficiaries holding valid CGHS card irrespective of permission from hospitals or dispensaries.

These are things to be implemented. Only a decision is required. Hospitals/Diagnostic Centres are empanelled by CGHS only simpler procedure is required to avail treatment by pensioners. Going to Govt. hospitals like RML is very painful specially in eye, dental, orthopedics, neuro etc. as no CGHS counter in these departments. Old pensioners cannot stand in Q for one hour to get the registration done another two hrs for the consultation. We need a person like Kejriwal to make Health Minister wake up. Otherwise Minister is not going to look into problems and difficulties being faced by CGHS beneficiaries pensioners. Request Minister for health & FW to do something in these issues.

N Prakash

Joshi shouldn't be give extension

Vineet Joshi Chairman CBSE has been in Delhi since 1998-16 yrs. away from his cadre. HRD minister should not give any extension to him.

S Gopal

"UPSC Imbroglio"

Everyone is singing in praise of C-SAT paper-II. Does it mean that all officers recruited before 2011 exam, are incompetent and immature.

Sarvesh Kumar IRS ( Retd)

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