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POLITICS

TOP TEN OF DELHI CM ARVIND KEJARIWAL IN BUREAUCRACY

1 Rajendra Kumar IAS

2 S K Srivastava CS IAS

3 Ranganathan IPS

4 M M Kutty IAS

5 Vijay Kumar IAS

6 Puneet Goel IAS

7 Manish Gupta IAS

8 Gyanesh Bharti IAS

9 Sajjan Singh Yadav IAS

10 R K Yadav DANICS


Is AAP Government clean ?
Did the AAP Government give helpline tender by nomination and not by applying tender procedure ? Answer lies with the AAP Government headed by Arvind Kejariwal.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Sandhu be next Secretary Mining ?
G S Sandhu is likely to be appointed new Secretary Mining in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. The post is falling vacant this month end following the superannuation of R H Khawja.

1995 batch IAS empanelment file reaches PMO
Finally the empanelment file of 1995 batch IAS officers, to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India, has reached the PMO.

Orders for DG empanelment may take place any time
As the grapevine has it, the orders for the empanelment of 1980 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India may now be issued any time. Cabinet Secretariat has completed its bit and may send it to MHA any time.

Meeting for panel for DG BSF today
As the grapevine has it, the top decision making body of MHA is going to meet on Monday to formalise the panel for the coveted slot of BSF.

Archana Ramasundaram appointed Additional Director, CBI
Finally suspense is over. Ms Archana Ramasundaram has been appointed Additional Director CBI . She is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on Jan 4 and February 4, 2014)

Kumar Sanjay Krishna is new JS, Disinvestment
Kumar Sanjay Krishna has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Disinvestment in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on January 21, 2014 )

ACC to get file of Mehboob Alam's appointment as DG, NDRF soon?
If some top sources are to be believed, Mehboob Alam may soon be appointed as the new Director General of NDRF. MHA, reportedly, is all set to send the file to ACC for its ratification.

37 posts of SPs lying vacant in CBI
As many as 37 posts of Superintendent of Police (SPs) are lying vacant against total strength 101 in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Those willing to apply can view more information on its website.

Sudeshna Sen to be new Secretary NCERT
Sudeshna Sen, IRAS 1997 batch has reportedly been selected as the new Secretary, NCERT from among the 14 candidates who were shortlisted for interview.

Ms Geetali Tare appointed as PD, Audit, ECR, Hajipur
Ms Geetali Tare, on return from leave, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, East Central Railway, Hajipur. She is an IA&AS officer of 1992 batch.

Anmol Kr is DG, FSI, Dehradun
Dr Anmol Kumar is new DG, Forest Survey of India. He is 1982 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.


Selection meeting for DG, ICFRE, Dehradun on Feb 14
As the grapevine has it, the meeting for selection of DG, CFRI is expected to take place on February 14, 2014. The post has been lying vacant since June 2013 after V K Bahuguna's retirement.

Dr Karnatak to join as Director, GAIL on Mar 1
Dr A Karnatak, ED, GAIL, will be joining as Director (Projects), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) on March 1, 2014. He will succeed present incumbent R D Goyal retiring in February 28, 2014.

Navneet to take charge of Prl Secy, IPRD, UP Govt today
Making it big news for bureaucracy across the states Navneet Kr Sehgal is all set to take the charge of IPRD (Government of UP) today. At the very outset of Lok Sabha elections UP Govt's decision to assign Sehgal with the additional task of Information & Public Relations is being seen as a big move of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

IRAS officers of 1991 batch to get SAG, orders soon
Indian Railway Accounts Service officers of 1991 batch are poised to get Senior Administrative Grade soon. Orders are expected in a day or two.

Ashok Dalwai may soon move from UIDAI?
As the grapevine has it, Ashok Dalwai, heading the UIDAI's Technology Centre in Bengaluru as DDG, may move from UIDAI. The 1984 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre is waiting in the wings to be empanelment as Additional Secretary, GoI.

V B Vasanta poised to move to UK
As the grapevine has it, Vijay Babu Vasanta would soon move on new assignment with Income Tax Oversaes Unit in United Kingdom; attached to Indian Embassy. Vijay, a 2001 batch IRS officer is presently posted as Additional Commissioner Income Tax in Delhi.

Khandare to move on central deputation as DIG, CISF
Satish S Khandare will now move to CISF as DIG. The 1995 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre is presently serving as IGP, Technical Services & CIV, Govt of J&K.

Two Director level panels on verge of expiry
Two Director level selections made by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) are on the verge of expiry as they are failing to get clearance from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).

Four 1989 batch IPS officers get pro-forma promotion
Four 1989 batch IPS officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre viz. Sushovan Banerjee, Mukesh Jain, Sanjay Mane and Sanjay Jha have been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG. All the four officers are currently on deputation to the Government of India.

IAS reshuffle unlikely in Madhya Pradesh
A major IAS reshuffle is unlikely to take place in Madhya Pradesh till Lo k Sabha polls.

RR Collectors ruling the roost in Maharashtra
All the major districts of Maharashtra are learnt to be having collectors of Regular Recruitments (RRs). This includes all six divisional HQs- Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad and Nashik. RRs are also collectors in largest district by population i.e. Thane and largest dist by area i.e. Ahmednagar. Even CM's dist Satara has RR collector. Other districts of political bigwigs like Latur, Sangli and Solapur and other large districts like Yavatmal, Gadchiroli and Nanded are all manned by RRs. And lastly, politically most important region i.e. Pune Division (Western Maharashtra) has 4 out of 5 RR collectors. In earlier days, having RR collectors in these places was a rarity.

DoPT invites applications for Textile Commissioner, Mumbai
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Textile Commissioner, Mumbai under the Ministry of Textiles. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their applications to this Department within one month.

Raj Shekhar is new Lucknow DM
Raj Shekhar has been appointed District Magistrate of Lucknow. He is 2004 batch IAS officer.
(We said this on February 8)

Karthik is Special CEO in Tamil Nadu
A Karthik has been appointed as the Special Chief Electoral Officer in Tamil Nadu. He is 1996 batch IAS officer.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in J&K
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Jammu & Kashmir. Accordingly, Baseer Ahmad Khan has been posted as Secretary, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department, Saleem Mohammad will now be Director, Rural Sanitation, J&K, Saugat Biswas is Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, Sheetal Nanda has been posted as Managing Director, J&K Medical Supplies Corporation, Shah Faesal as Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora and Kumar Rajeev Ranjan as Executive Director, Communication and Capacity Development Unit, PHE and I&FC Department.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
A number of Indian Administrative Service officers have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Navneet Sehgal has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Information Department, Lucknow District Magistrate Anurag Yadav has been put on the waiting list, Raj Shekhar has been made District Magistrate, Lucknow, Sadakant has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Housing; P Guruprasad as District Magistrate Allahabad; Chanchal Kumar Tewari as Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj; Kumar Arvind Singh Dev as Principal Secretary, Transport; BS Bhullar as Principal Secretary, Medical Education; Badal Chatterjee as Divisional Commissioner, Allahabad; Kinjal Singh was put in the waiting list and Lal Behrai was made District Magistrate, Jhansi.

K Rajendra promoted to DGP grade in J&K
K Rajendra has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police (DGP) in Jammu & Kashmir. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

P L Gupta promoted to DGP grade in J&K
P L Gupta has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police (DGP) in Jammu & Kashmir. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

Lalatendu Mohanti promoted to ADGP grade in J&K
Lalatendu Mohanti has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

Four IPS officers promoted to IG grade in J&K
Four 1996 batch IPS officers of have been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police in Jammu & Kashmir. They are Mukesh Singh, Manish Kishore Sinha, Sunil Kumar and Danesh Rana.

Four IPS officers promoted to DIG grade in J&K
Four 2000 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Jammu & Kashmir. They are Swayam Parkash Pani, Basant Kumar Rath, Ghulam Hassan Bhat andn Khifayat Haider.

Four IPS officers in J&K get Senior Time Scale
Four 2010 batch IPS officers have been accorded Senior Time Scale in Jammu & Kashmir. They are Rayees Mohammad Bhat, Pande Raju Omparkash, Shridar Patil and Mansih Agrawal.

K Shyam Sunder to be ED (Sales & Mktg), Air India
K Shyam Sunder has been appointed as Executive Director (Sales & Marketing), Headquarters, Delhi in Air India Limited.

Post of Member vacant in NCDRC
Post of Member (with Judicial background) has been lying vacant in National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) (National Commission), under the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Amitesh Kumar likely to join central deputation
Amitesh Kumar is likely to join central deputation at Deputy Inspector General level. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
A large number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Sunil Porwal (1983) has been posted as Principal Secretary (Textile), Co-operation, Marketing and Textile Department while Anil Diggikar (1990) will now be Vice Chairman and Managing Director, MSRDC, Mumbai and Bipin Shrimali (1992) is CMD, M S Electric Transmission Co.Ltd. Similarly, Mrs Manisha Mhaiskar (1992) has been posted as Secretary, Medical Education and Drugs Department, Mumbai; Mrs Ashwini Bhide (1995) as Secretary, School Education and Sports Department; S M Sarkunde (1996) as Commissioner, TERI, Pune; V V Deshmukh (1998) as Municipal Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation; Rajeev R Jadhav (1998) as Municipal Commissioner, Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation; Shrikar Pardeshi (2001) as Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps, Pune; C V Oak (2002) as Joint Commissioner, Sales Tax, Mumbai; K M Nagargoje (2002) as Dy.DG, YASHADA, Pune; Mrs Shaila A (2003) as Collector, Mumbai City; Abhishek Krishna (2006) as Collector, Nagpur; Mrs Rubal Agarwal (2008) as Collector, Ahmednagar; Radhakrishnan B (2008) as Collector, Nashik; Mrs Shweta Singhal (2009), as CEO, ZP, Solapur; Ashutosh Salil (2010) as CEO, ZP, Chandrapur and Mrs Prerna Deshbhartar (2010) was posted as CEO, ZP, Jalna.

Two IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Mrs Aparna Arora has been appointed as Chairman, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, Jaipur while Rajesh Kumar Yadav will now be Secretary and Commissioner, Panchayatiraj in Rajasthan.

12 IRAS officers get SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) have been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non functional basis. The officers include: Divya Kant Dhusia, NWR; Sharat Bhatia, SER; Sumana Mohanty, SER; Basant Kumar Singh, DEP/RLDA; Angshuman Sarkar, ER; Radhika Bhir, NR; Parimal Kasliwal, NAIR; Sanjiv Narain Mathur, Dep to CONCOR; Bijay K Mishra, ECOR;Dinesh Kumar, Dept to RVNL; Abul Hayat, NFR and Gaithaorei of NFR.

Ms Rashmi Kapoor posted as Addl Member (Fin), RB (UPDATED)
Ms Rashmi Kapoor has been appointed as Additional Member (Finance), Railway Board. She is an IRAS officer.

Ms Saroj Rajware posted as Addl Member (Budget), RB (UPDATED)
Ms Saroj Rajware has been appointed as Additional Member (Budget), Railway Board. She is an IRAS officer.

Kadmiel posted as Secretary, Command Area Dev Authority in AP (UPDATED)
D Kadmiel has been posted as Secretary & Commissioner, Command Area Development Authority, Irrigation and Command Area Development Department in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh.

Mishra posted as Director, Tribal Research & Training Institute in CG (UPDATED)
Dr Durgesh Chandra Mishra has been appointed as Director, Tribal Research and Training Institute, Raipur while D K Shrivasvastava was relieved of the charge of Commissioner-cum-Director, DPI and M S Paraste is also relieved of the charge of Director, Tribal Research and Training in Chhattisgarh.

Mrs Urmila Mishra posted as Secretary, Information Commission in MP (UPDATED)
Mrs Urmila Mishra has been appointed as Secretary, State Information Commission in Madhya Pradesh. She is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

DEBATE

WILL AAP Party get fractured ?
There is a saying "If you want to start a journey of 1000 miles begin with a single step ". Will the AAP Party get fractured by running very fast ?
Mail your views to + mehrotra.suresh @gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd
Balrampur Chini Mills Limited has appointed D K Mittal (IAS Retd) and Krishnava Dutt as additional Independent directors of the company.

Avili appointed Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet
SpiceJet Ltd has appointed Kaneswaran Avili as Chief Commercial Officer of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2014

Three Directors cease to be on Board of Lanco Industries Limited
L Madhusudhan Rao, G Bhaskara Rao and L Sridhar have ceased to be directors of Lanco Industries Limited.

Mutha appointed Addl. Director, Ramgopal Polytex Limited
Ramgopal Polytex Limited has appointed Abhay Z Mutha as Additional Director of the company.

Attal resigns as Director, Ramgopal Polytex Limited
Harinarayan Attal has resigned as Director of Ramgopal Polytex Limited.

Rakesh appointed CEO, Syntel?
Syntel has appointed Nitin Rakesh as the Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f. April 21, 2014

Agarwal resigns as Director, PTC India Financial Services Ltd
R T Agarwal has resigned as Director of PTC India Financial Services Limited w.e.f. January 20, 2014

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DEBATE (1)

Arvind Kejriwal should take the mantle of the PM of India.

Vijay Kumar

DEBATE (2)

Is Mr Kejriwal only headline hungry? He has a strategy of confrontation to make it appear that he is doing something extraordinary. Lack of experience or lack of substance? His cohorts also have a strategy of gnashing their teeth and displaying righteous indignation. Gimmickry is all right but governance is not only about playing to the gallery and using the media.

Arjun Mallik

Government should think about senior citizens

The government should think about senior citizens. Atleast their retirement benefits derived out of PF, PPF can be deposited with government agencies or public sector banks and earn tax free interest. May be they can put a condition that only interest can be drawn every year and that they cannot withdraw principal amount atleast for some minimum lock-in period which will help govt using the funds. Or, the government can think of any scheme which will help the senior citizens to cover the inflation.

Subramanian

Government in a dilemma.

One of the important mandates assigned to the 6th Pay Commission was downsizing the Government. This has not happened. On the contrary, bureaucracy has only managed to grow.

Presently, we have more than 6% vacancies in the Central Government / Public enterprises. If we were to fill them up all at once, a virtual crisis would result in the HRD, as career progression would go haywire. And this is true for all groups from A to D. Many cadres already enjoy age limit in excess of 60 years for retirement. Simply because increase in the retirement age may affect employment of youth in government services, does not therefore, appear to be a rational argument. On the contrary, the country stands to lose experienced manpower emanating from the greyed yet youthful retirees, who can be retained at a fraction of the cost of new recruits.

There is also the question of postponing payment of retirement dues. Last, but not the least, the country's youth is no more dependent only on government jobs, ever since the economy opened up in the 1990's.

Coming five years are going to be crucial for restoring the country's economic well being. Let, therefore, rational thinking take over while deciding the future of greying youth of the country engaged in public service beyond 60 years of age

Ashok Sharma


Support GAP (Grab a Plot) movement.

We should be grateful to builders and politicians who are grabbing land meant for schools and parks. Of what use are these schools, just aggravating the unemployment in our poor country. Of what use are these parks just encouraging crimes. Vacant plot only breeds slum.

Ravi Pipal

About derecognising pvt. hospitals ?

What is the latest about derecognising pvt. hospitals approved for CGHS beneficiaries. Has anything been done for pensioners. Any latest decision. Please share.

NK Das, New Delhi

ONGC will gain

I have known this lovable gentleman while I was posted in Assam (NAZIRA). He deserve this assignment and ONGC will gain a lot. He has tremendous respect for the Seniors. I wish his every success. Also to mam...

P D Sharma

Good step by Whispers

It is good that whispersinthecorridors is taking the issues of seniors in respect of their income, health etc. However, recently breaking all norms of propriety the Hon'ble LG of Delhi wiped out the Seniors and Students from the Pay and Play category of golfers at Qutab Golf Course. This Golf Course is a public course run with public funds.

This is against social justice. Anyway, Seniors - thy name is helplessness ! Students and Seniors are the Beginning and the End of any system. To ignore them is costly and inhuman.

Z S Nirwal

Float tax free bonds for senior citizens

Government should float tax free bond scheme for senior citizens. Period can be 10 to 15 years. This will be a win win situation for both.

Arun Kumar Basu

Very good suggestion

It is a fact that these gentlemen are working the same place for many years. If the DoPT has any kind of control of these officers, they should apply the same to these people also. Rules are meant to everybody irrespective of their place of posting.

Vijayan

Apply Rotation Transfer Policy on all

Rotation Transfer Policy of DP&T should be made applicable to all officials irrespective of cadre whether the officials belongs to CSS or CSSS. There are so many CSS officials whom could not be disturbed by the respective Ministries/ Departments because of the shield provided by the Senior Officers/Ministers in the Ministries/Departments. RTP has become a joke in some cases.

V P Sharma

How this income is exempted from Income Tax ?

As per the provision of sec.192 of Income tax Act, the Drawing and Disbursing authorities are liable to deduct income-tax at source from the payment of salary. Naturally government and non government employees are tensed during the last 3 months in every financial year. But in Kerala a group of employees not paid a single paisa as tax. The reason they raised that the income of monks and priests are exempted from tax as per Circular issued by CBDT in 1942 ie in British Rule. The fact was that the salary and other perks to monks working in schools and colleges were given Christian monasteries and they donated the same to their monasteries. Here a fundamental fact was hided. The salary of Christian monks working in government aided schools are given from public exchequer from 1964 onwards. In the meantime the Income-Tax Act came in to force from 1-04-1961.Then how this income is exempted from Income Tax. It is prejudicial to the interest of revenue. I invite the special attention and clarification of CBDT in this matter. It is not good for creating division among the employees in levy of tax.

Koyaji

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