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POLITICS

Profile of Lok Pal
The proposed Lok Pal will consist of 9 members. Chief Justice of India or retired Chief Justice of India will head the body. There will be four Judges .Two IAS officers , one IPS officer and one IRS officer may be other four members.

Who is the most powerful businessman in the country ?
At a high profile party in Delhi question was discussed Who is the most powerful businessman in the country ?Consensus was the person who controls 50 MPs.

BUREAUCRACY

Ms Archana Ramasundaram to be Additional Director of CBI
Finally suspense is over. Ms Archana Ramasundaram is all set to join CBI as Additional Director. She is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on Jan 4, 2014)

Augustine Peter to be new Member of CCI
Augustine Peter is being appointed new Member of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) . He is an Indian Economic Service (IES) officer.

Will Davinder Kumar move from UIDAI?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Davinder Kumar may move from UIDAI. The 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre is posted in Guwahati as Regional DDG, UIDAI.

S C Panda poised to move on central deputation
As the grapevine has it, S C Panda may soon move on central deputation. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre has been serving as Chief Secretary, Government of Tripura. The government, reportedly, has identified the officer for the coveted slot.

Jatinder Bir Singh is new CMD Punjab and Sindh Bank

Jatinder Bir Singh, a 1983-batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab & Sindh Bank (PSB). Prior to this, Singh was Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources.

Devinder Pal Singh repatriated to his parent cadre
Devinder Pal Singh, CMD, Punjab & Sind Bank, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Shailendra Singh joins as JS, IPP
Shailendra Singh has joined as Joint Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) in the Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on Dec 18, 2013)

Subramanian to join as MD, BCPL on Feb 5
E A Subramanian, Senior VP, HLL, will be assuming the charge as Managing Director, Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL) on February 5, 2014. The post has been lying vacant since June 1, 2013.
(We said this on Sept 18, 2013)

Will Iqbal Khande proceed on leave?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Iqbal Khande, Chief Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir may proceed on a leave. All it has triggered the speculation that Jammu & Kashmir administration would see a change of guard in days to come. One can watch only.

S K Pandey empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S K Pandey has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Agrawal to join GoI
K B Agrawal is joining the Government of India as Joint Secretary, Aids Control. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this Dec 13, 2013)

Alok Shukla gets extension in deputation tenure
Deputy Election Commissioner Dr Alok Shukla has been given extension in central deputation tenure till June end. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre,

Rajagopal is new MD NAFED
R Rajagopal has been appointed new Managing Director (MD) of the NAFED. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on January 28, 2014 )

Will Suresh Kumar be new RC of J& K in Delhi ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Suresh Kumar may succeed Krishan Ballabh Agarwal as RC of Jammu & Kashmir in Delhi. Suresh, a 1986 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre, is currently serving as Principal Secretary, Home, Government of Jammu & Kashmir

Prabhat Ranjan Deo is new CVO RITES
Prabhat Ranjan Deo has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CFO) in the Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES), Gurgaon. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Panda is new Director in Petroleum
Subhashish Panda has been appointed Director Petroleum in the Government of India. He is 1997 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this Jan 23, 2014)

S B Singh poised to be Member (Excise & Computerization) CBEC?
As the grapevine has it, Shashi Bhushan Singh may be appointed as Member (Excise & Computerisation) CBEC though in a matter of month or so. Singh, a 1979 batch IRS officer is serving in Jaipur as Chief Commissioner (Cadre Control) of Customs & Central Excise, Jaipur Zone. After J M Shantisundaram would be appointed as Chairman, CBEC the slot of Member (Excise & Computerization) would, reportedly, go to S B Singh.

Shashi Saklani poised to move to Singapore
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Shashi Saklani may soon be given a new assignment with Income Tax Overseas Unit in Singapore; attached to Indian Embassy. Presently Saklani is serving as Additional Commissioner Income Tax, Shimla Circle.

Mishra also in the race of Director (HR) ONGC
D D Mishra is also waiting in the wings to hit PESB selection interview which may take place in the second week of February. He is Group General Manager of ONGC. K S Jamstein, the incumbent Dir (HR) ONGC, is retiring on July 31, 2014.

Baramula and Srinagar DCs may be changed soon
Amid the ongoing exercise of administrative reshuffle in Jammu &Kashmir , the Deputy Commissioners of Baramula & Srinagar may soon be changed.

Gujarat Cadre IPS officer to go to Uttarakhand ?
Gujarat cadre 1998 batch IPS officer Mohammad Shahid is likely to go on deputation to Uttarakhand. Shahid was PS to Harish Rawat in GoI.

Dr Sandhu to continue as PS to Rawat
Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu is going to continue as Principal Secretary to Uttarakhand new Chief Minister Harish Rawat. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.

Pankaj Kumar to be ED (Northern Region), Air India
Pankaj Kumar has been appointed as Executive Director (Northern Region), Delhi in Air India Limited.

PESB invites applications for Chairman, HAL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) falling vacant next year on February 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 1, 2014.

H K Lohia likely to join central deputation
H K Lohia is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Two IAS officers get fresh assignments in Delhi govt
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Arvind Ray has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Services while Dharam Pal is entrusted with additional charges of Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner (Development) and Principal Secretary, Irrigation & Flood Control.

Two IRAS officers transferred
Two IRAS officers have been transferred in Railways. Accordingly, Mrs Ankita Kar has been transferred from Western Railway to Northern Railway while Vinay Bansal was shifted from NFR to North Western Railway.

U K Lal relieved to join as CVO, DFCCIL
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has relieved U K Lal of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Delhi. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

9 IAS officers transferred in MP
As many as nine officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Karmvir Sharma has been appointed as CEO, Zilla Panchayat Dindori while Kaushlendra Vikram Singh will be CEO, Zilla Panchayat Narsinghpur and Anurag Chaudhary is CEO, Zilla Panchayat Raisen. Similarly, Bhaskar Lakshkar has been posted as CEO, Zilla Panchayat Datia; Ms Neha Makhya as SDO (Revenue), Chanderi, Zilla Ashok Nagar; Ms Anugrih P as SDO (Revenue), Berasia, Zilla Bhopal; Saurabh Kumar Suman as SDO (Revenue), Kevlari, Zilla Seoni and Dr Vijay Kumar J was made as SDO (Revenue), Bina Zilla Sagar.

Sheheryar is new DG, AIR
Fayyaz Sheheryar has taken over as new Director General, All India Radio (AIR). He is an Indian Broadcasting Service officer.

Mehta appointed Chairman in Rajasthan
Former Rajasthan Chief Secretary M L Mehta has been appointed Chairman in the State Skill and Livelihood Development Corporation(RSSLDC).

Saurabh Rao appointed as Collector, Pune
Saurabh Rao has been appointed as Collector of Pune in Maharashtra. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Goa
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Gao. Accordingly, B Vijayan, Chief Secretary, has been assigned additional charges of home, personnel, administrative reforms, science and technology and general administration while R K Srivastava is given the charge of forests, environment, urban development, revenue, tourism, NRI affairs and information technology and Parimal Rai was given additional charges of housing, town and country planning, industries, trade and commerce, public works, transport and water resources departments. Besides, Keshav Chandra, has now been designated as secretary elections and will look after elections besides being chief electoral officer of the state; P Krishnamurthy gets charge of the departments of finance, planning and women and child development; Hage Khoda Shalla looks after protocol, legal metrology and labour and employment; Hage Batt as secretary, ports, river navigation, craftsmen training, factories and boilers, non-conventional energy, handicrafts textile and coir with additional charge of member secretary, Goa State Commission for Backward Classes; P Mathew Samuel gets departments of sports and youth affairs, Panchayati Raj, rural development, public grievances and official language besides additional charge of the post of secretary Goa Lokayukta; Jayadev Sarangi as secretary, archaeology, museum, gazetteer and archives; F O Hashmi as secretary (co-operation) and charge of departments of co-operation, civil supplies and consumer affairs and art and culture; D P Dwivedi looks after departments of agriculture and education (school, higher and technical) with additional charge of OSD, GIPARD; Z U Siddiqui promoted to the rank of secretary and given charge of printing and stationary with the charge secretary of Goa Human Rights Commission; Talem Tapok gets tribal welfare and look after the tribal welfare department with additional charge of managing director of Goa State Scheduled Tribes Finance Development Corporation with the charge member secretary of Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Neerk Semwal gets charge of the departments of fisheries, animal husbandry and veterinary services and power; Pawan K Sain as secretary social welfare and given charge of social welfare, civil aviation, institute of public assistance and Provedoria, mines and geology and information and publicity and Pramod Kamat has been assigned departments of law, judiciary and legislative affairs.

Arbind Modi promoted to CCIT grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Arbind Modi, who is presently on foreign assignment to the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), CBDT.

15 IRS-IT officers promoted to JCIT grade (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax. The officers include: S N Gopala Krishna, Bangalore; Anant Prakash, P D Taneja, Delhi; Choudhary Oraon, Patna; V G Irkal, Bangalore; S K Agarwala, Bangalore; Ashok Mishra, Bhopal; Shailesh Thakur, Patna; Sukhjit Singh, Chandigarh; Gagan Sood, Delhi, Bangar Sujit Sudhakar, Mumbai; G Hukugha Sema, Delhi; Umesh Takyar, Kanpur; V B Sargar, Pune and T R Rehman of Kanpur.

Shikhar Agrawal posted as Commissioner, JDA in Jaipur (UPDATED)
After return from central deputation, Shikhar Agrawal has been appointed as Commissioner, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

7th Pay Commission constituted with Justice Mathur as Chairman (UPDATED)
The GoI has constituted 7th Pay Commission with retired Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur as Chairman.Vivek Rae Secretary Petroleum who is retiring by this month end will be Full Time Member-Secretary. Dr Rathin Roy who is Director ,NIPFP will be part-time Member. Ms Meena Agarwal OSD ,Department of Expenditure will be Secretary of the Commission.
(We said this only yesterday )

Sushovan Banerjee joins as CVO JNPT (UPDATED)
Sushovan Banerjee has joined as CVO Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this Jan 20, 2014)

CORPORATE

Abhyankar appointed Director, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has appointed Rajiv S Abhyankar as Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Mehta appointed Chairman, Gillette India Ltd
Gillette India Ltd has appointed B S Mehta as the Chairman of the company.

Adlakha appointed Company Secretary, RLF Ltd
RLF Ltd has appointed Ankur Adlakha as the Company Secretary of the company.

Dalal resigns as Director, Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd
Ashvin Chinubhai Dalal has resigned as Director of Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd .

Dalal appointed Addl. Director, Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd
Anand Ashvin Dalal has been appointed as an Additional Director of Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd.

Rajasekhar appointed Addl. Director, Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Ltd
Taj GVK Hotels & Resorts Ltd has appointed A Rajasekhar as an Additional Director of the company.

Kumar resigns as CFO, Asian Oilfield Services Ltd
Sudhir Kumar has resigned as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Asian Oilfield Services Ltd.

Ramanathan appointed Company Secretary, SPEL Semiconductor Ltd
SPEL Semiconductor Ltd has appointed Ms Rohini Ramanathan as Company Secretary of the company.

Patnaik ceases to be Addl. Director, RNB Industries Ltd
Jayanta Kumar Patnaik has ceased to be Additional Director of RNB Industries Ltd.

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Why this discrimination ?
On retirement, Govt. employees and PSU employees can get their leaves encased upto 10 months of leaves.
For Govt. employees, the entire encashment amount is income tax free. But for PSU employees, only Rs. 3 lakhs is tax free. On rest of the encashment amount PSU employees have to pay income tax. This causes suffering to senior citizens who retire from PSUs. In this election year, it is proposed that this disparity be removed. This way Government can get millions of additional votes from PSU employees and their family members (about one crore votes). Alternatively, opposition can take it in their manifesto.

Mani

Misuse of office perks and facilities
One does not talk about one form of corruption, which is also killing our finances. Misuse of office perks and facilities by the Senior Bureaucrats and Ministers. These people take staff car facilities, personal staff and stationery staff much more than their entitlement. Further, in order to satiate their needs they mulch the PSUs and other offices. Anything extra on the accounts of the exchequer much more than the entitlement is moral and illegal. In addition the Government employees who are unpunctual and derelicting duty are also in one way indirectly making a dent on the scare resources of the government finances. Their acts are also illegal and immoral.

Satya Prakash

Give fact and figure

I do not agree with comment of Prakash .He seems to be prejudice in giving his observation He must come out with fact and figure.

Madan Mohan

Indians Ignorant of Indians !

The tragic death of a young man from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi has been condemned by the civil society. However, protests are being carried in and out of the media calling it "racism", without realizing the politicization such irresponsible use of the English language can lead to. what happened with the young student and also experienced by others from the NE in Delhi or elsewhere in India is primarily due to ignorance of Indians about Indians. How many would be comfortable in correctly taking the name of one Indian from another part of India? We are a nation taking pride in diversity but making little efforts towards integration. How many of us know the people's representatives in the parliament? Have they ever registered their gracious presence by taking up national issues, influencing policy or strengthening the Rule of Law in India or even the NE state from which they come? Have we actively promoted visits of people to the NE States? Even after the DoNER existing for more than a decade there is hardly any visible achievement towards increasing general understanding between people from the NE and others. The DoNER has not made, to my best knowledge, any attempt as to how, why or for what we should be proud of India and Indians in the NE states as an integrated part of India's common history and culture. What has been done in the name of culture? Unless the nation comes to a sensible decision to promote one language for day to day interaction and culture to bond together, ignorance is bound to create problems. Basically we lack respect for each other, institutions and rule of law. Equality vouches no superior or inferior.

M L Gupta

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