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POLITICS

Congress has only leaders
Why did the Congress vanish ? "Reason is simple. The party has too many netas but no followers " A veteran leader remarked at a function.

Will Govt set terms of 7th Pay Commission before model code?
Everyone in the Government of India is eager to know whether the Cabinet would set the terms of reference of the 7th Pay Commission paving the way for salary revision of over 50 lakh central employees before the imposition of model code of conduct. However, the Government appears to be interested in settling the matter before the code of conducts for the general election scheduled in April-May.

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of D K Sarraf as CMD, ONGC Ltd issued
The orders of D K Sarraf, MD, OVL, for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 30, Aug 30 , 2013 and on Feb 19 & 25 , 2014)

Son of the soil Vivek Dhand is new Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh
Vivek Kumar Dhand, Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development, will be succeeding Sunil Kumar as Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh on March 1. Dhand is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre. Sunil Kumar is retiring on February 28, 2014.
(We said this on Feb 26, 2014)

Ms Sundharam appointed as Chairperson, CBEC
Ms J M Shanti Sundharam, Member, CBEC, has been appointed as Chairperson of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance.
(We said this on January 30, 2014)

Will Rautela retire ?
Will DG, NCSMin the Ministry of Culture G.S.Rautela will retire on Friday ?.Answer to this question will be known only tomorrow.

Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi resigns
Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi resigned Wednesday evening in the wake of submarine INS Sindhuratna accident. Joshi who had taken over as the Navy Chief on August 31, 2012 was left with about 15 months service. The Defence Ministry has accepted his resignation.

Vice Admiral Robin Dhowan to take over as acting Naval Chief
In the wake of Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi's resignation following submarine INS Sindhuratna accident, Vice Admiral Robin Dhowan will take over as acting Naval Chief till a regular Naval Chief is appointed.

IPS officer seeks voluntary retirement in Madhya Pradesh
DG Lokayukta in Madhya Pradesh ,Sukhraj Singh, has taken voluntary retirement. 1984 batch IPS officer is joining the Information Commission as Member on March 1.

H K Sahu selected as Member (Fin), DVC
H K Sahu has been selected for the post of Member (Finance), on the Board of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 26, 2014. He is an officer of Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS).

Speculations over new CS, Uttarakhand goes on?
With the approaching time of retirement of Subhash Kumar, the incumbent Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand whispers have started doing rounds as who would be the new CS in the new regime of CM Harish Rawat. Kumar is scheduled to retire in April this year.

Mohan is new DGP of Goa
T N Mohan has taken over as new DGP of Goa. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on January 13 )

Kishan Kumar is back to Delhi
Goa DGP Kishan Kumar is back to Delhi. 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre Kumar is yet to get posting in Delhi.

Three officers of Maharashtra get IAS cadre
Three officers of Non-State Civil Service of Maharashtra have been awarded an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre against vacancies of 2012. The officers are: A A Mahajan, M P Kalyankar and M S Kalshetti.

Rao to join GoI
J R K Rao is expected to join the Government of India soon. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Justice Gupta and Justice Jain to be sworn-in as Judge, MP HC on Feb 28
Two judicial officials S K Gupta and J K Jain, who have been appointed as Judges of Madhya Pradesh High Court, will be administered oath on February 28, 2014. Gupta is presently posted as Commissioner, Inquiries in Bhopal while Jain is District Judge, Chhhindwara.
(We said this on January 1, 2014)

Two posts of Member lying vacant in National SC Commission
Two posts of Member are lying vacant in National Schedule Caste Commission. One post had fallen vacant in August last year after the sudden demise of Lata Priya Kumar and the second post is vacant since November last year after M Shivanna became the Chairman of 'Safai Karmchari Aayog'.

Over 70 IAS officers from UP on central deputation
Over 70 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Uttar Pradesh cadre are serving at various levels from Deputy/Director to Cabinet Secretary in Government of India on deputation basis.

S N Jain poised for empanelment as Dir General, GoI
As the grapevine has it S N Jain is all set to hit the chart of IPS officers as DG, Govt of India. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IRTS officers get posting
S Kapil, SAG/IRTS, North Central Railway, has been posted as CFTM on North Central Railway itself while Ravi Prakash Chaturvedi, SG/IRTS, on return from deputation to SDMC, was posted in the cadre of Northern Railway.

Three IAS officers get additional charges in Rajasthan
Three officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given Additional charge in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rajesh Yadav has been assigned an additional charge of Director, ICDS and ex-officio Joint Secretary, Jaipur while Subir Kumar gets the charge of Commissioner, Department of Colonization, Bikaner and Anup Khinchi will also be looking as Additional Commissioner, Department of Commercial Tax (Vat and IT), Jaipur.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in AP
As many as five officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, A Abraham Lincoln has been appointed as Joint Commissioner, Administration, Hyderabad while K V V Gopala Rao will now be DIG, V&SD, APSRTC and Joel Davis is SDOP, Adilabad. Besides, Dr Mahender Kumar Rathod was made Commandant, SAR CPL, Amberpet and M Srinivasulu is DCP (L&O), Visakhapatnam City.

Two IAS officers of AP to undertake study tour to Mexico
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of Andhra Pradesh cadre, J Raymond Peter presently Principal Secretary, Rural Development and B Rajsekhar working as Chief Executive Officer, Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty, Hyderabad, will be attending a study tour to study conditional cash transfer schemes of "Bosla Familia in Brazil and Opportunidades in Mexico" from March 1 to March 13, 2014.

24 Section Officers transferred in GoI
As many as 24 Section Officers have been transferred and posted to different Ministries in the Government of India. Accordingly, Pradeep Kumar Shehrawat, Ram Meena and Zachariah Thomas have been transferred to DoPT while Hriday Nand Sah and Kiran Lakra were posted to Department of Education and Krishna Chakravarthy, Rohit Tiwari, Darshan Lal, Bharat Lal Munda, Vyomesh Pant and Neeraj Kumar are being appointed to Department of Expenditure. Similarly, Kanta Rani and Naresh Kumar have been transferred to Department of Health; B B Sharma to Department of Shipping; Kuntala to IP&P; Pushpa Rani to Department of Commerce; Pushpa Piplani to Civil Aviation; S Lalthang to Department of Consumer Affairs; M M Khakha to MHA; V P Arya to Department of Supply; S C Bharadwaj to Legal Affairs, Elizabeth Kujur to MHA; T R G Parate to Ministry of Defense and Vijaylakshmi was transferred to RT&H.

LIC wins ABP News BFSI awards
LIC has won the ABP News BFSI Awards for Most Admired Insurance companies in Public Sector. The Citation and Trophy was received on behalf of LIC by D S Mukadam, Secretary (Corporate Communications) and Manoj Kumar Kemmu, Secretary (Corporate Communications) respectively. The honours were done by M Narendra, Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Overseas Bank at a well attended event at Mumbai.

U C Sarangi appointed as IG, NSG (UPDATED)
U C Sarangi has been appointed as Inspector General in National Security Guard (NSG). He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Suresh Warior selected as Director (Fin), RCFL (UPDATED)
Suresh Warior, GM, RCF, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCFL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 27, 2014. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Rajiv is new Vigilance Commissioner in CVC (UPDATED)
Rajiv has been sworn in as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission. He is former 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Jan 20, 2014)

3 CSS officers transferred in GoI (UPDATED)
Three officers of Central Secretariat Service have been transferred and posted to different Ministries in Government of India. Accordingly, K Nagaraja, on return from deputation, has been posted as Director, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances while Rohtash Singh will now be Director, Ministry of Rural Development and N Radhakrishnan, on return from deputation, posted as Deputy Secretary, Department of Expenditure.

G N Pande is also CCIT-VIII, Kolkata (UPDATED)
G N Pande, CCIT, Kolkata has been assigned an additional charge of CCIT-VIII, Kolkata on attaining the age of superannuation of Mrs Bratati Mukherjee.

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

Piramal resigns as Non Exec. Director, ICICI Bank Limited
Dr Swati A Piramal has resigned as Non-executive Director of ICICI Bank Limited due to her other board commitments

Vikamsey appointed Non Exec. Chairman, Ramky Infrastructure Limited
Ramky Infrastructure Limited has appointed Kamlesh Shivji Vikamsey as Non Executive Chairman of the company for a period of six months.

Reddy resigns as Exec. Chairman, Ramky Infrastructure Limited
A Ayodhya Rami Reddy has resigned as Executive Chairman and Director of Ramky Infrastructure Limited following his intention to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Dasgupta resigns as Director, C & C Constructions Limited
Deepak Dasgupta has resigned as Director of C & C Constructions Limited.

Hammel resigns as Director, Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited
Philipp Hammel has resigned as Director of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited.

Kurthalanathan has resigned as Company Secy. Tanfac Industries Limited
M Kurthalanathan has resigned as Company Secretary of Tanfac Industries Limited due to personal reasons.

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Raise retirement age for Cong benefit

As on date debate in the open market that retirement age is being increased from 60 to 62 years in view of general elections. At his event whether, Congress Govt. would increase recruitment age to protect the welfare of unemployed youngsters, who are waiting for employment. If age for direct recruitment is not increased then they would become overage and they will be in disadvantageous position.

Hawa Singh

Is there any gain in increasing retirement age ?

Government trying to is likely to announce retirement age from 60 to 62 years within one or two days. Whenever such a decision is taken, debates centre on the big picture. What are arguments for ?

(i) Life expectancies are increasing. There is a shortage of good people within government. Let's tap this expertise. (ii) In any case there are extensions in "exceptional circumstances". But that's arbitrary and can be shot down by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC). Why not formalize the system by allowing extensions to everyone? The trouble with this argument is that there will be no finality about 62 either and there will be "exceptional circumstances" beyond 62. (iii), there should be parity. Professors now retire at 65. High Court judges retire at 62, Supreme Court judges retire at 65.

(ii) The counter-arguments of the big picture are also obvious. India is a young country, young need employment opportunities. Promotional avenues of existing civil servants get blocked. Often, in the private sector, people retire at 60 and there are extensions, with the qualification that extensions are at consolidated monthly emoluments, with no perks. An increase in retirement age occurs with all perks. Therefore, there are significant fiscal costs. While these big picture arguments and counter-arguments are important, my problem is that such decisions aren't taken because of logical coherence. They are ad hoc decisions, driven by myopic motives. First, increase in retirement age postpones the one-time superannuation burden of severance payments by around Rs 5000 crores. For a government that has drawn up red lines on deficit numbers, that's a desirable objective, even though it is myopic because it increases fiscal costs on future governments. Second, there's a clear political cum electoral motive. Outright, if we include Defense, we are talking about 1.5 million Central government employees.

In a broader sense, we are talking about something like 6 million, excluding State governments and quasi-government, all urban. This is therefore a significant component in that 65 million urban household figure. These two points will also be made when the 62 decision is announced. But the one that bothers me most is a third element, one that is invariably never talked about. Such ad hoc decisions are taken because of specific individuals. There is one particular individual whom government wishes to place in one particular position. Once he is placed there, government wishes him to benefit from increase in retirement age. But to ensure he is placed there, one needs to ensure those who are senior to him get out of the way first. After all, supersession is not desirable. Hence, announce the decision after some people have retired at 60 and exited. This is the way decisions are taken. At one level, there is no point complaining, because we have accepted corruption of institutions and systems as fact of life. But when this 62 decision would be announced, as it soon will, let us not pretend there are any big picture considerations involved.

India is a young country, young need employment opportunities. What will happen with those, who are waiting for employment?

Radha Kumari

Take care of committed voters

Young voters, particularly the facebook or the twitter type, are showing great affinity towards Modi or Kejriwal or NOTA. Rahul has a chance only after failure of Modi/Kejriwal and resultant disillusionment of young voters. Till then it may not be a bad strategy to take care of committed voters.

Archie

Election Commission to Act

It is now the time for Election Commission to act and do some national service apart from routine work conducting fair and free election. Fairness comes when it appears that fair work has been done. Model code of conduct will be in force as soon as general election is declared. Every political party is getting ready to promise freebies in election manifesto or election rallies. Commission should see and enforce strictly as these are not charity from Government kitty. Nothing comes free. It has to be earned. Any scheme or luring voters on the basis of caste, community, religion should disqualify the candidates and non-recognition of the party. Any scheme or policy should be based on development of state/country not to particular a class of society/community/religion. It should be for the development of state,country, society as a whole. Distributing of any gifts should be discouraged to the maximum possible. It is just equivalent to bribe the voters openly. If you give vote to us, we will provide this thing in return when we are in power.

N Prakash

Killing our traditional skills

During the recent past the current government have come up with 'lok lubhavan' like NHRM, MNREGA, Food Security etc., which in the long run is going to kill our traditional skills. Already we are facing shortage of Artisan and Craftsmen in big cities. Many of them have migrated back to their native places and started living in the meager peace of land. They are getting food and some funds out of MNREGA, without doing any work. They are not doing any work signing on papers indicating Rs.5000/- and actually getting only Rs.1000/-. We are only making people to become lazy and they will never be able to stand on their feet.

BBS

An honest person be CMD of ONGC

An honest person like Sarraf should be chosen as CMD of ONGC without any hitch. ONGC performance will definitely improve under his leadership.

Vinod Kumar

Would all postings come to a stand still ?

Would all postings come to a stand still; after the code of conduct kicks in ? What happens to all the posting pending approval and clearances, post the selection ? can somebody throw some light on the subject matter ?

Satish

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