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POLITICS

Election dates to be announced on March 1 ?
Election Commission is expected to announce Lok Sabha election dates on March 1. It means Code of Conduct will come into force from March 2.

476 applicants for Lok Pal
Latest information says that altogether 476 Bureaucrats and Judges have applied for the Lok Pal. A Search Committee to select Lok Pal 1 + 8 is expected to meet in Delhi this week.

Move to raise retirement age to 62 causes tension among PESB selected candidates
The move to raise retirement age to 62 years in the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) is giving tense moments to those selected by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for higher posts because if the move comes through, they may lose whatever little chance they have to occupy the coveted post.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Ms Anita Agnihotri be new HUPA Secretary?
Latest grapevine has it that a 1980 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, Ms Anita Agnihotri, is being appointed new Secretary of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA). Earlier the name of Kerala cadre 1980 batch IAS officer P K Mohanty was in circulation for the post.

P K Mohanty to join MHA ?
P K Mohanty is likely to join NDMA in the Ministry of Home Affairs as Secretary. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Secretary, DIPP would be given to a 1980 batch IAS officer
As the grapevine has it, a 1980 batch IAS officer is tipped to be Secretary of DIPP, Ministry of Commerce. Saurabh Chandra, the incumbent Secretary, DIPP, has been appointed as Secretary, Petroleum. Guessing game goes on.

Powerful lobby scuttles appointment of Aradhana Johri ?
Proposal of the appointment of Aradhana Johri as Health Secretary in the Government of India is believed to have been scuttled by a powerful lobby of MCI. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

President returns file of Ambassador
President Pranab Mukherjee has, with his approval, returned the file of the appointment of new Ambassador to the Ministry of External Affairs .

A C Verma to be SS in Internal Security ?
A C Verma is being tipped to be next Special Secretary, Internal Security, in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

H K Jaggi suddenly moves on long leave, reason yet unknown?
H K Jaggi, Secretary, Railway Board, has suddenly proceeded on long leave. All it has prompted the speculation over the reasons for this move. Reasons are not known as yet. Guessing game goes on.

Gajbhiye is new Secretary, Railway Board
P C Gajbhiye has taken over from H K Jaggi as new Secretary of Railway Board, Ministry of Railways. Previously he served as Chief Mechanical Engineer of South Central Railway.

Sujeet Pandey to be relieved from CBI on Feb 28
As the grapevine has it, Sujeet Pandey is all set to be relieved from CBI on February 28. UP cadre 1994 batch IPS officer is prematurely repatriating to the cadre state on his own choice.

Vinayak to join CBI in first week of March
Vinayak Vineet is all set to move from Bihar on central deputation in the first week of March. The 1995 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre is presently serving in Bihar on interstate deputation since April 2010. In his new stint Vinayak would succeed Sujeet Pandey who is moving to UP police on February 28.

J S Raju likely to get extension on central deputation
As the grapevine has it, 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre Jagmohan Singh Raju, who is on central deputation since March 16, 2009 and set to complete five year term in March this year, is tipped to get extension. He is serving as Joint Secretary, Central University & Languages, Union Ministry for HRD. Reportedly the file for extension has been initiated.

Tenure of Parvez Hayat as CVO, PGCIL extended
The deputation tenure of Parvez Hayat as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has been extended for further two years upto January 31, 2016. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Subhasish Panda deputed as Director, Petroleum & Natural Gas in GoI
Subhasish Panda has been deputed to Government of India as Director in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

(We said this Jan 23, 2014)

Habibullah likely to be repeated as Chairman, NMC
As the grapevine has it Wajahat Habibullah may be given as the Chairman of National Minority Commission (NMC) for the second term. His term as Chairman, NMC ended on February 2 this year. Previously, Dr Shafi Alalm's (former DG, NCRB) name had been doing rounds for the position.

1991-92 batch IRS officers poised to be CIT soon
As the grapevine has it, 1991-1992 batch IRS (IT) officers are all set to be promoted to Commissioner Income Tax. The file had been awaiting Fin Min's approval. It is expected at any point of time from now.

Arun Agarwal ceases to be Director, GAIL
Arun Agarwal, CA, would cease to be non-official part-time Director, GAIL India Limited on February 23, 2014.

Surendra Singh poised for empanelment as Dir General, GoI
As the grapevine has it, Surendra Singh is all set to appear on the empanelment list of 1980 batch IPS officers as Director General of Police, GoI. The West Bengal cadre IPS officer is currently serving as Jt Director, SIB in Jaipur.

Appointment of new UBI CMD in two weeks
Appointment of new CMD of United Bank of India (UBI) is expected to take place in two weeks.

Last date for DRTs' posts extended
The last date for receiving the application for the 13 posts of Secretary/Registrar, 6 posts of Assistant Registrar and 21 posts of Recovery officers in various Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) has been extended. Those willing to apply for these posts can send their applications to Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance before March 11, 2014.

Orders of Ranjan as Director (Fin), CSL yet to come
The orders of D P Ranjan, CGM, CSL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

IPS officer resigns to join politics
P K Jain has resigned from service to join politics. The 1981 batch IPS officer Jain is presently ADG in Maharashtra.

Post of Presiding Officer, DRT-II, Chennai vacant
The post of Presiding Officer, Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT)-II, Chennai, has been lying vacant.

Pravin Kavi appointed as Asst Director, PIB, Delhi
Pravin Kavi has been appointed as Assistant Director (M&C), PIB, New Delhi. He is an officer of Indian Information Service (IIS).

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan
As many as 23 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Naresh Pal Gangwar has been posted as Secretary, School Education while Vaibhav Galriya will now be Divisional Commissioner, Udaypur and Bhawani Singh Detha is Collector, Ajmer. Similarly, R S Jakhad has been posted as Collector, Shriganganagar; Dr Pritam B Yashwant as Collector, Jodhpur; Ravi Jain as Director, Elementary Education, Bikaner; Ambrish Kumar as Project Director, Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project, Jaipur; Gaurav Goyal as Managing Director, Rajasthan Skill and Livelihood Development Corporation; Rohit Gupta as Collector, Pali; V Sarvan Kumar as Collector, Sirohi; Prakash Rajpurohit as Joint Secretary, Finance (Exepnditure-I), Jaipur; Jitendra Kumar Soni as CEO, District Council, Jaipur; Vishwa Mohan Sharma CEO, District Council, Jhalawad; Anupama Jorwal as SDO, Jaipur Urban South; H Guite as SDO, Mount Abu, Sirohi; Dharmendra Bhatnagar as Director, Horticulture; Hanuman Singh Bhati as Commissioner, Rajasthan Elementary Education Council; Mahavir Prasad Swami as Collector, Alwar; Hanuman Sahay Meena as Collector, Churu; Raghuvir Singh Meena as Director & Joint Secretary, Persons with Disablities, Jaipur; Ved Prakash as Collector, Chhittogarh; Madhusudan Sharma as Managing Director, Rajasthan Finance Corporatino, Jaipur and Kailash Chand Verma was posted as Collector, Rajsamand.

10 IPS officers transferred in Rajasthan
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Umesh Mishra has been appointed as ADGP, State Disaster Action Force while Sanjib Kumari Narjari will now be IG, CID, Crime and Nisar Ahmed Farooqui is IG, Anti-Corruption Bureau. Similarly, Girdhari Lal Sharma has been posted as DIG, Vigilance PHQ; K Bahadur Singh Kapur as DIG, CID, Crime; Dilip Kumar as DIG, Jail, Jodhpur; Mrs Param Jyoti as SP, Anti-corruption Bureau, Jaipur; Dr Ravi as SP, ATS, Jaipur; Om Prakash-II, SP, CID, Security, Jaipur and Samir Kumar Singh was made Commandant, Hadi Rani battalion Ajmer.

10 IAS officers transferred in Himachal (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Hans Raj Sharma has been appointed as Additional Controller of stores with holding the charge of Director, Health Safety & Regulations while Dev Dutt Sharma will now be Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur at Reckong Peo and Capt Jatinder Mohan Pathania is Director, Urban Development. Similarly, Rohan Chand Thakur has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Hamipur; Mrs Manasi Sahay Thakur as Settlement Officer, Kangra Division at Dharmshala; Yunus as Additional Deputy Commissioner (Dev.)-cum- Project Director (DRDA); Sudesh Kumar Mokhta as Additional Deputy Commissioner (Dev)-cum-Project Director (DRDA), Kangra at Dharamshala; Lalit Jain as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Nalagarh district Solan; Rugved Milind Thakur as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Baijnath, District Kangra and Vivek Bhatia was made Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Nichar, District Kinnaur.

2 IFS officers promoted to APCCF in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
B P Singh (1985 Batch) has been promoted and as posted as APCCF, Resource Utilization Nagpur while A Ashraf (1985 Batch) was posted as APCCF NTFP Monitoring and Evaluation, Nagpur after promotion.

Two IFS officers promoted to CCF in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Arvind Patil has been promoted and posted as CCF Territorial Nashik while Sarfaraz Khan was posted as CCF Vigilance and Employees Welfare after promotion in Maharashtra.

10 IFS officers shifted in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Maharashtra. Accordingly, Saiprakash has been posted as CCF and FD Sahayadri TR, Kolhapur while Mohan Karnat will now be CCF Budget and Audit, Nagpur and B S Hooda is CCF Territorial Aurangabad. Similarly, Uday Avasak has been posted as CCF and DDG SFD Thane; Madan Kulkarni as Deputy Director ACB Mumbai; Gajendra Hire as DCF Central Chanda; Ramesh Kumar as DCF Sawantwadi; Hemendra Meena as DCF Allapalli; Sujay Dodal as DCF Nanded and Kadaskar was posted as Deputy Director Core TATR.

3 IRS-IT officers get postings after promotion to CCIT (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been given postings after promotion to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT). Accordingly, Syed Muhammad Ashraf has been posted as CCIT-II, Kolkata while Abhaya Charan Naik will be CCIT, Mumbai and B D Gupta is CCIT, Shimla.

Promila Bhardwaj shifted as DGIT, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Promila Bhardwaj has been shifted as DGIT (Sys), Delhi.

Milind V Patil promoted to ACIT grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Milind V Patil has been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT).

Justice Rohini to be CJ of Delhi High Court ! (UPDATED)
Senior most Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Justice G Rohini, is being tipped to be new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

3 IAS officers of Rajasthan to attend training programme at LBSNAA from Mar 3 (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Rajasthan cadre namely Suwa Lal, Hanumant Singh Bhati and Mrs Nivedita Mehra will be attending 115th Induction Training Programme being held at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie from March 3 to April 25, 2014.

29 CSS officers promoted as Under Secretary (UPDATED)
As many as 29 Section Officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been transferred after promotion to the grade of Under Secretary. Accordingly, R Venkatesan has been transferred to Personnel and Training (CS.I Division) while V Ramaswamy was posted to Posts and Santosh Kumar to Home Affairs. Similarly, Pradip Kumar has been shifted to Defense; Vivek Narayan to Supply; Manoj Kumar to Pension and Pensioners' Welfare; Ravi Kumar Choudhary to Defense; Prem Sagar to Health and Family Welfare; A C Trivedi to Water Resources; Pankaj Kumar Prabhat to Agriculture and Cooperation; Mahesh Kumar Chahar to Home Affairs; R S Kunwar to Commerce; S Narayanaswamy to Steel; U C Pandey to Petroleum and Natural Gas; Sanjay Rawat to Defense; Paramjit Singh Kalra to Home Affairs; G Saravanan to Agriculture and Cooperation; Rajesh Kumar Pandeer to Food and Public Distribution; Manjula Daniel to Earth Services; Ranjay Kumar Sinha to Higher Education; Ramesh Kumar Mishra to NDMA; C L Gautam to Higher Education; A K Aggarwal to Financial Services; Kaikam Doungel to DONER; G D Parate to Food and Public Distribution; Arnab Dhaki to Higher Education; Roop Lal to Urban Development; Satya Pal Singh to Environment and Forests and Subhendu Das was transferred to Higher Education.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
As many as 22 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttarakhand. Accordingly, D Dr Nidhi Pandey is being appointed as Additional Secretary to the Governor while D Senthail Pandian will now be DM Haridwar and Niraj khairwal was made as Secretary In-charge Health Education. Besides, Harish Chand Semwal will be new DM Pithoragarh and others.

Dr T R K Rao selected as Director (Comm), NMDC (UPDATED)
Dr T R K Rao has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial) in National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 24, 2014. As many as 11 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

Kumar appointed Nominee Director, Indowind Energy Limited
Indowind Energy Limited has appointed K Ajit Kumar, Chief General Manager of Export-Import Bank of India, Mumbai as Nominee Director of the company.

Rathi appointed Director, Uniworth International Ltd
Uniworth International Ltd has appointed Shyam Kumar Rathi as Director of the company.

Tenneti appointed Manager, Courtyard by Marriott Pune Chakan
Hemant Tenneti has been appointed as Hotel Manager of Courtyard by Marriott Pune Chakan.

Two Directors appointed on Board of HCL Infosystems Ltd
Sangeeta Talwar and Kaushik Dutta had been appointed as Directors of HCL Infosystems Ltd

Mathur appointed CMD, EXIM Bank
Yaduvendra Mathur has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Export Import Bank of India ((EXIM Bank).

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DEBATE (1)

AAP will not be allowed to survive / or they will not survive because of following:

a) They do not have the skill of maneuvering of corrupt politician, bureaucrats s or businessmen.
The GoI, through unconstitutional power do any thing through EGOM and is not held responsible. They do not make law for many things. There is no comprehensive law / system / guidelines for many new things such as social network, coal allocation and other resource allocation etc. The Govt has solution for everything EGOM and when issue is raised they say we did on recommendations and the recommending people ( Babus in office ) say we have no authority to recommend we have sent only proposal .

In nut shell the country is being run by lawyer without following any law / rule.

b) As thieves do not allow honest Police to survive similar way the corrupt of more than 60 years in power shall not allowed things to change and Kejriwal to survive.

What Kejriwal saying is simple let me pass the Janlokpal in assembly and recommend it to constitutional authority for ratification / approval. What is wrong in this. He want the assembly t take responsibility in recommending the Janlokpal.

V K Shah

Yes I agree with the remarks. Leaving Delhi Orphan on Jan Lok Pal issue after serving only 49 days does not sound convincing to middle class educated people. While some of the Ideas are very good mainly the corruption issue they should have tried & served Delhi at least for 1 year and shown their competence & level of Governance & made only token participation in Lok Sabha election by fighting on 30-40 seats that would have been more logical & sensible.

R K Nagpal CA

India needs employment generation

I agree with the views expressed by PRT regarding non-increasing retirement age of Government Servants. The reasons given are valid, correct and stand the test of today's economic mess too. India needs employment generation, active young blood with brilliant ides for government offices. Increase in retirement age is a temporary relief to Government but create multiplying problems for the economy in the long run.

Harish Kumar

COAL REGULATOR

India's first Coal Regulator will be put in place through executive order; not through legislation. This is a welcome decision. Let Government choose the Regulator with care and not by rewarding yet another favourite for a sinecure. In recent times, it was PK Mishra, (OR-1966) who had opened up the sector during his stint as Coal Secretary (2002-2004) and strived for a meaningful energy security. There need not be an age bar when no such bar operates for a Member of Planning Commission or even an Advisor/Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. Let the Augean stables be cleared by this no-nonsense, publicity-shy 70 year old former civil servant at least for a short period of two years.

Sugyan Chaudhury

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