What people say about us!

The most informative site for serving employees.

R G Dindoia

POLITICS

Will the retirement age be raised ?
Again rumours are rife about hike in the retirement age to 62 years. The move has reportedly received PM's nod and the matter is likely to come up in the next cabinet meeting.

200 apply for Lok Pal
About 200 bureaucrats and Judges are reported to have applied for the lok Pal. The last date for applying was February 7.

AAP and PAP
There is general feeling that Congress is responsible for the rise of AAP. One remark made by a seasoned politician "AAP nahin PAP bhi hota to jit jata".

BUREAUCRACY

22 IAS officers retiring in February
As many as 22 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers are retiring in February, 2014. The officers are: Vivek Rae of AGMUT cadre; Rajen Habib Khwaja, Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty, Dr. Prasanta Mahapatra of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Rabendra Kumar Das of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Narayan Singh, Sunil Kumar of Chhattisgarh cadre; V Y Vyasa and P H Shah of Gujarat cadre; Mhathung Kithan of Haryana cadre; Ajai Bhandari, Ram Swarup Gupta of Himachal Pradesh cadre; Farooq Ahmed Factoo of Jammu & Kashmir cadre; L Radhakrishnan of Kerala cadre; Padamvir Singh of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Ajit Kumar Jain, R K Gaikwad, S G Malakolikar of Maharashtra cadre; Liangsi Paul Gonmei of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Arun Kumar Misra, Manoj Kumar and Satyajit Thakur of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Orders of Saurabh Chandra issued
Official orders for the appointment of Saurabh Chandra as Secretary Petroleum have been issued. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on February 19 )

Sailesh to be JS, Home in GoI
Sailesh is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Home in the Government of India.1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Sailesh is presently Principal Secretary Home in Assam.

Pathak to be DG SSB ?
DK Pathak is likely to be appointed DG SSB in April. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Will B D Sharma be Special DG BSF ?
B D Sharma is likely to move to Delhi as Special DG BSF. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Will Gautam be new Ambassador to Bhutan ?
Gautam Bhambawala is likely yo be appointed new Indian Ambassador to Bhutan. He is 1984 batch IFS officer.Name of 1987 batch IFS officer R Venu is also in circulation for the post.

Hemant Contractor to head PFRDA ?
MD of the State Bank of India Hemant Contractor is going to head the Pension Fund Development Regulatory Authority (PFRDA).Altogether 40 persons had been interviewed for the post.
(We said this on February 5 )

Sneh Lata Kumar gets additional charge of Justice
Ms Sneh Lata Kumar, Secretary, Department of Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law and Justice during the period of absence on leave of Ms Anita Kaul upto March 9, 2014. Ms Lata is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Puri appointed Ambassador Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Manjeev Singh Puri, presently Ambassador of India to Belgium and has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with residence in Brussels.

Navin Kumar Choudhary to be JS, Defence ?
Navin Kumar Choudhary is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary Defence. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Ms Tanusree Deb Barma goes on inter-cadre deputation to Karnataka
An inter-cadre deputation of Ms Tanusree Deb Barma from Manipur-Tripura to Karnataka has been approved for a period of three years. She is a 2006 batch IAS officer of M-T cadre.

3 IAS officers get fresh assignments in Delhi
Three IAS officers have been given fresh assignments in Delhi. Accordingly, Mrs Rinku Dhugga has been assigned additional charge of Secretary, Tourism while Ramesh Tiwari was posted as Secretary, Delhi Minorities Commission and V P Rao gets additional charge of Director, Agriculture Marketing.

Hectic lobbying goes on for Chairman, JNPT?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that hectic lobbying has been going on for the coveted slot of JNPT. Presently N N Kumar, Deputy Chairman of JNPT, is the acting Chairman of JNPT. The top post of Chairman has been lying vacant since May 2013 after L Radhakrishnan, a 1984 batch IAS officer, had repatriated to Kerala. N N Prasad is an IRS officer.

N R Wasan poised for empanelment as Dir General, GoI
As the grapevine has it, Navneet Rajan Wasan would be empanelled as DG, Government of India. The 1980 batch IPS of Andhra Pradesh cadre is currently serving as ADG, NIA.

Will Pravin Srivastava be new CS Tripura ?
Pravin Srivastava, Member Secretary, National Monuments Authority, is likely to return to the parent MT cadre as Chief Secretary of Tripura. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

File of P K Gupta for Director, ITI Ltd sticks to ACC
The file of P K Gupta, GM, ITIL, for the appointment as Director (Marketing), ITI Limited has been lying stuck to Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval.The post has been lying vacant since December 1, 2013.

Tenure of Radheshyam Meena, NHPC Director (Pers) to expire in April
The tenure of Radheshyam Meena, Director (Personnel) National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is coming to an end in April, 2014.

Seven IAS officers of 1981 batch promoted to CS grade in TN
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1981 batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: Dr Girija Vaidhyanathan, Dr R Kannan, K Ganesan, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Chandra Prakash Singh, Shasi Shekhar and Rajiv Nayan Choubey.

Director (Tech), ECIL to be selected today
Selection for the post of Director (Tech), Electronics Corporation of India Ltd is set to take place today. The post of Director (Tech) ECIL has been lying vacant.

Administrative reshuffle slated in J&K on 22 February?
An administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in J&K on February 22. The cabinet meeting is supposed to approve the awaited reshuffle on Saturday. One can wait & watch only.

CoS to take place soon for appointment of two Members of CBDT
As the grapevine has it CoS may take place soon to induct two Members in CBDT. One slot of Member is lying vacant vice P S Behuria and another position of Member is all set to be vacant following R K Tiwari's succession as Chairman, CBDT on February 28.

Book of Prasanna Kumar Mishra released
"Sweet Tamarind", a book written by well known Odisha Bureaucrat Prasanna Kumar Mishra (IAS-1966), former Coal Secretary to Government of India, was released at Bhubaneswar on the 16th of February, 2014 by Major General (Rtd) Soumendra Dev Mahanti. The Book contains the former Bureaucrat's views on governance, growing governance deficit, citizen's entitlement, poverty, mineral resources, role of the Collector and prevailing state of India's Bureaucracy. Mishra has adopted the style of the Panchatantra in conveying important messages through short pieces of lucid writing. General Mahanti described the Book as of great relevance for the civil servants and commended the chapter on the role of the Collector during mid fifties and twenty years later, revealed through the tour diaries of two Collectors of Odisha--father and son. The Book is available with the publisher at omprakashanodisha@gmail.com

Applications invited for Controller, BARC
The Department of Atomic Energy has invited applications for the post of Controller, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Those willing to apply can send their applications for this Joint Secretary level post to the BARC before March 18, 2014.

PESB seeks applications for Director (T&OS), SCI
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Technical & Offshore Services), Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) fell vacant since January 28, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before March 28, 2014.

Prashant Mishra to be Dy Director Enforcement Directorate in Indore
IRS officer Prashant Mishra is all set to join as Deputy Director Enforcement Directorate in Indore.

CAPART DG post taken away from bureaucrat ?
Director General CAPART post has been taken out from of civil service DoPTT and accordingly advertisement was given in the newspapaer.

56 IRS-IT officers promoted to CIT grade
As many as 56 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). The officers include: Devinder Kumar Gupta, Sanjay Agarwal, Sanjeet Singh, Inderjit Singh, Kalika Singh, Om Prakash Sharma, Nikhil Pandit, Munesh Kumar, Kishan Kumar Vyas, Nikhil Choudhary, Ajit Kumar Srivastava, Anurag Sahay, Shravan Kumar, Ranjeet Singh, Abha Rani Singh, G Awungeshi, Duregsh Sumrott, Anurag Prasad, Sushil Kumar Madhuk, M Sampath, N Ranga Raj, M Chandra Mohan, Chinthala Sundararao, R Manjunathaswamy, Rajinder Singh, Surendra K Goswami, R Laxman, Hari Prasad Meena, Pradeep S Hedavo, Dinesh J S Aibor, Jacinta Zimik Vashai, Esther Lal Ruatkimi, A K Agensh Rao, Ajay Chandra, N Jayasankar, Batsala Jha Yadav, G Phani Kishore, Sandkp Garg, Nirupama Kotru, Vandana Chawala, Krishnamurthi Ramesh, Nidhi Srivastava, O P Singh, Deepkant Prasad, Renuka Jain gupta, sirpurapu Padamja, Surabhi Ahluwalia, D Srinivas, V S Sreelekha, Anupama Anand, Manu Malik, Amlan Tripathy, Anshu Shukla Pandey, Rajrshi Dwivedy, Vasundhra Upmanyu and Sheefali Juneja.

A K Srivastava posted as Deputy Director, IIMC, Delhi
A K Srivastava has been appointed as Deputy Director, IIMC, New Delhi. He is an officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).

Pramod Nangia posted as CIT, Audit Chennai
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax, Pramod Nangia has been transferred and posted as CIT (Audit), Chennai CCA.

Two IRS-IT officers get additional charge
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been given additional charge. Accordingly, D P Semwal has been assigned an additional charge of CIT, Noida and CIT, Aligarh while Anirudhha Kumar was given the charge of CIT-II, Agra.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Gujarat
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, A M Tiwari has been posted as Principal Secretary, Primary & Secondary Education while Sangeeta Singh will now be Principal Secretary, Higher & Technical Education and PD Vaghela was given the assignment as Commissioner, Commercial Tax. Similarly, Pankaj Joshi has been posted as Development Commissioner; Sanjay Prasad as Principal Secretary, Labour & Employment with additional charge of Director, Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute; M S Dagur as Principal Secretary, Social Justice & Empower department; A K Rakesh is given full charge as Vice-Chairman & MD, Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB); D N Pandey as Commissioner of Relief with additional charge of Secretary, Third Finance Commission and C V Som was made Commissioner, Bureau of Public Enterprise.

7 IAS officers of 1998 batch promoted to Secretary rank in Gujarat
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1998 batch have been promoted to Secretary rank in Gujarat. The officers include: Dhananjay Dwivedi, Dr Murali Krishna, R M Jadav, M A Narmawala, Sanjeev Kumar, Mohamad Shahid and P P Harshe.

S K Bahri to be AS and FA IPP (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar Bahri (IA&AS-1981), Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Rajasthan, Jaipur is joining the Government of India as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on deputation basis.

United Aircraft Corporation (Russia) President visits HAL (UPDATED)
A high level Russian delegation led by Mikhail A Pogosyan, President, United Aircraft Corporation, visited aircraft manufacturing and overhaul divisions of HAL at Nasik, recently. "They had first-hand impression of the state of the art facilities created for Su 30 MKI manufacturing and overhaul facilities at Nasik", said Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. The 4.5 generation aircraft, the main striking force of Indian Air Force is manufactured at five Divisions of HAL Nasik, Koraput (Odisha), Lucknow, Hyderabad and Korwa (UP).The delegation included representatives of various Russian agencies and companies such as Rosoboronexport, Irkut Corporation, RAC-MIG and Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant. Pogosyan expressed confidence that Russian and Indian specialists together would achieve the set tasks on various manufacturing programs with distinction. At present, HAL is producing these aircraft from raw material phase and till date has delivered 134 aircraft to Indian Air Force. HAL manufactures around 43000 components for airframe, 6300 for engine, and 9600 for accessories. HAL makes 72% of the components in India with 100% technology absorption as per the scope defined in the contract. The Su-30MKI manufacturing programme is an example of synergy between public - private partnership as various assemblies, sub-assemblies and components are outsourced to vendors spread across different states in India. Support for manufacturing extends to various categories of production such as machining, sheet metal, non-metallic components, painting, looms, tooling and assembly, PCBs, etc. They are outsourced in the form of packages to various SMEs and MSMEs. Prior to Nasik visit, the delegation participated in the 31st session of Indo-Russian Subgroup on Aviation (IRSA) which is a biennial event held to discuss all the issues related to manufacture, repair and overhaul of aircraft, aero engines and accessories under the aegis of Indo-Russian Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) with Russian Federation. In addition, issues related to ongoing projects, prospective projects and future cooperation were also discussed. The session was co-chaired by Dr Tyagi, Chairman, HAL, with participation of senior officers from MoD and IAF from Indian side and Mikhail A Pogosyan, President, United Aircraft Corporation from the Russian side that included representatives from Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), Rosoboronexport and number of OEMs. The main focus was on steps for improved serviceability/ availability of the existing fleet and all the participants decided to continue the activities initiated in this direction with the tripartite committees that were formed with representatives from HAL, IAF and Russian OEMs.

Orders of Dr M Ravi Kanth as CMD, HUDCO issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Dr M Ravi Kanth, CMD, PDIL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) have been issued by the Government of India. Dr Kanth is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on Oct 17, 2013)

BEML rolls out 136 Metro Car to Delhi Metro RS6 project (UPDATED)
BEML LIMITED, the only Public Sector manufacturing Metro Cars in the Country has rolled out 136th Metro Car to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRCL), the final consignment for deployment in the RS6 Project of Delhi Metro. At a function held at the Company's Bangalore Complex, Mangu Singh, Managing Director of DMRCL has flagged of the 136th Intermediate Metro Car in the presence of P Dwarakanath, CMD and Directors of BEML. Besides, HS Anand, Director (RS) and Senior Executives of Delhi Metro, Executives and Employees of BEML were also present on the occasion. With the roll out of the said 136th Metro Car, BEML has fulfilled all the contractual obligations and supplied the entire lot of consignment on time. While addressing the gathering after rolling out ceremony, Mangu Singh MD, DMRC said that Punctuality is the prime focus for serving the commuters in Delhi Metro, wherein It has achieved 99.7% punctuality because of Quality Metro Cars supplied by major suppliers like BEML. BEML has bagged an Order worth Rs.923.44 Crores from Delhi Metro in March 2011 for the supply of 136 Intermediate Cars for its prestigious RS-6 Project for replacing the existing 4-Car train sets to 6-Car train sets for enhancing passenger carrying capacity. The Intermediate Metro Cars for RS-6 project of Delhi Metro is developed indigenously by BEML which predicates the technical prowess and expertise attained by BEML over the years. With this successful execution, BEML has also substantially curtailed foreign exchange outflow from India and has proven successful absorption of niche technology leading to self-reliance of the country in the urban rail transport sector. BEML has forayed into the manufacture and supply of hi-tech Metro Cars during 2002. Since then, BEML had made significant strides and emerged as the preferred destination of metro coach manufacture in the country. BEML has so far supplied more than 520 state-of-the-art metro coaches to Delhi Metro, 144 coaches to Bangalore Metro and 36 coaches to Jaipur Metro. Thus, the Company has so far rolled out more than 700 metro cars to various metro corporations in India, all in service of the nation.

R K Mitra joins as Director (Fin), HSCL (UPDATED)
R K Mitra, Director (Finance), Jute Corporation of India Ltd (JCIL), has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited (HSCL).
(We said this on Sept 16, 2013)

Three IAS officers shifted in Sikkim (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Sikkim. Accordingly, D P Sharma has been posted as Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department while C T Wangdi will now be Secretary-Cum-State Relief Commissioner, Land Revenue & Disaster Management Department and B N Sharma is Principal Director-cum- Secretary, Mines, Minerals & Geology Department.

3 IRAS officers transferred (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Railways Account Service (IRAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, Abhay Mishra presently in North Western Railway has been transferred and posted to Northern Railway while Mrs Jhanjha Tripathi presently as EDE (Sports), Railway Board was shifted to Northern Railway and posted in the cadre and Brajendra Kumar is being posted as FA& CAO (CHOD) on North Eastern Railway.

Prashant Rao selected as Director (Tech), ECIL (UPDATED)
Prashant Rao, ED, DMRC, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 21, 2014. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

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

Mohta re-appointed MD, Metropoli Overseas Ltd
Metropoli Overseas Ltd has re-appointed Ashok Kumar Mohta as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2014

Rehman resigns as CEO, Odyssey Corporation Ltd
Shafique ur Rehman has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Odyssey Corporation Ltd

Trivedi appointed Addl. Director, Sun Techno Overseas Ltd
Sun Techno Overseas Ltd has appointed Anand Ramanlal Trivedi as Additional Director of the company.

Purohit resigns as Director , Sun Techno Overseas Ltd
Umeshbhai Mahashankar Purohit has resigned as Director of Sun Techno Overseas Ltd

Mehta resigns as Independent Director , Birla Power Solutions Ltd
Jignesh Mehta has resigned as Independent Director of Birla Power Solutions Ltd

Raj appointed Independent Director, Refex Refrigerants Ltd
Refex Refrigerants Ltd has appointed Hem Senthil Raj as an Independent Director of the company

Heinrich appointed Addl. Director, FAG Bearings India Ltd
FAG Bearings India Ltd has appointed Dietmar Heinrich as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. February 11, 2014

Pareek resigns as Company Secretary, Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd
Govind Narayan Pareek has resigned as Company Secretary of Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd w.e.f. February 14, 2014.

Ganapathi resigns as CFO, W. S. Industries (India) Ltd
Raja Ganapathi has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of W. S. Industries (India) Ltd but would continue as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. February 15, 2014

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

DEBATE (1)

Kejriwal has bitten more than he can chew. He has embarked upon cleansing the system without looking into improving the institutional machanisms. He could haver begun first with freeing Income Tax Department from redtapism and public harrassment. Today the IT Department is sending notices to honest tax payers by showing tax paid as tax unmatched and thereby causing mental agony and harrassment.

Rajeshwar Daya



Why don't they take action ?

When the rule books provide several methods to prevent members coming into the well as well as acting disgracefully, Why are the speaker and the Chairpersons of Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha shy of using them. Why are they scared of naming the recalcitrant members and eject them using Marshals. Two words conveniently used by these luminaries are 'please" and 'adjourn' and in the process make the august body the laughing stock of the world. While the unruly members should be blamed, but the blame for the non-functioning of the Parliaments also rests on the speaker and chair persons.

N Krishnan

Post of DG very important

The post of Director General is very important in today's scenario. The Government of India should seriously review the name of recommended person from the panel and also review the selection process of DG, ICFRE. The selection process seems to provide benefits to the selected persons of particular group, therefore the process need to be reviewed by an independent body at GoI/Cabinet level.

P Subramaniam

Dishonesty everywhere

The irony is law maker is the law breaker in India. Secondly if we have criminals as politicians, what can be expected of them, they are a shame what they do in Parliament/legislative assemblies, this is certainly an insult to the democratic institutions. Unless Election Commission makes a requirement of verification of 3 generation character antecedents for the legislators as a pre-requisite of filing nomination by MPs/Legislators, nothing will improve in India. Mind it even for peon's job, this is done.

Harish Kumar

Saurabh Chandra is a Great officer

Non-non-sense man. Can think of some sensible decisions.

Anand Natrajan

Nice officer

Good. He is a nice officer.

Navin Singh

What a fantastic idea of administration !

It will be interesting to know for the readers of this column that, according to a well-known Malayalam daily (Malayala Manorama) that published a series of investigative reports in its editorial page, the Kerala Ministers and others of equal rank can appoint 30 persons in their personal staff, whether there is sufficient infrastructure available for them such as office space and other facilities. A member in the personal staff becomes eligible for State pension after spending just two years. Those who have completed two years in the personal staff may leave the job with pension and newer persons can be appointed in similar fashion to get pension! Perhaps the State Ministers cannot engage their own kith and kin in their personal staff. For that, there is an adjustment with other Ministers on a reciprocal basis i.e. you engage my relative and I will engage yours ! What a fantastic idea of administration, if true! The investigative report also says that the monthly pension is also not a measly amount but something that we consider comfortable, say Rs.30000/- or more. No educational qualification is needed for appointment in personal staff! They can do any petty jobs including looking after the cattle in the fields. I do not know if this type of State funding is available anywhere else in the country.

N K Pushpakaran

DATE WITH RTI

Top	Click here for Your Feedback about this whisper	Next