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POLITICS

New YSR is more powerful in India ?
A new YSR who has emerged from Haryana is more powerful than any Congress Politician in the country these days.

Government functioning in GoI comes to a halt !
Working in the Government of India has almost come to a standstill. Everybody seems to be waiting for the new Government.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Rajeev be Vigilance Commissioner ?
Name of Rajeev is also in circulation for the post of Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC. The 1975 batch retired IPS officer of UP cadre Rajeev had successfully managed the affairs of the CISF .

A C Verma poised to be Secretary Security, Cabinet Secretariat
As the grapevine has it, Arun Chandra Verma, Special DG, CISF, will be appointed as Secretary Security, Cabinet Secretariat. The coveted slot for IPS officers has been lying vacant since Yashovardhan Azad was appointed as Member, Central Information Commission. Verma is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Who will be new DY Governor in RBI ?
Who will be new Deputy Governor in RBI ? Tie is now said to be between B Mahapatra, R Gandhi and P. Vijaya Bhaskar .


Will Banshidhar Sharma succeed Singh as Spl DG, BSF?
It is reliably learnt that Banshidhar Sharma, who is all to be empanelled as Spl DG in GoI, may succeed Raj Deep Singh, who is retiring on January 31, 2014. Sharma, a 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, is currently serving BSF as ADG (Eastern Sector) in Kolkata.

Sushovan Banerjee is new CVO of JNPT
Sushovan Banerjee has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), Mumbai. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Aruna Bahuguna is Director, National Police Academy
Aruna Bahuguna has been appointed Director of the National Police Academy, Hyderabad. She is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on December 16, 2013 )


Santosh Kumar to join as JS, NCST soon
Santosh Kumar is all set to move to National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) as Joint Secretary. He is 1990 batch IDAS officer. The post has been lying vacant since October 31, 2013 after Aditya Mishra completed his extended term as JS, NCST.

Pateriya posted in MP Bhawan
A K Pateriya has been posted as OSD in the Madhya Pradesh Bhawan, Delhi. The 1986 batch IPS officer succeeds Alok Ranjan who has been moved to PHQ in Bhopal.

Two positions of Railway GMs still vacant
Two top slots of GM - namely GM, Eastern Railway and GM, Kolkata Metro - are still lying vacant in Indian Railway. Eight GMs have been appointed on December 31, 2013.

Nishi Vasudeva to join as HPCL's CMD on March 1
If sources are to be believed, speculations about the extension to Subir Rorchoudhury, HPCL Chief, have no significance and Nishi Vasudeva would finally take over as the next CMD of HPCL on March 1. The speculations about Roy Choudhury' extension had gained momentum in the aftermath of extension to B P Rao, BHEL CMD. Vasudeva is currently serving as Director (Marketing), HPCL.

CVC seeks fresh vigilance report about Rajiv Bhattacharya
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is reported to have sought a fresh vigilance report about Rajiv Bhattacharya, GM, FSNL, before giving its clearance to him for the post of MD, Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL). The post has been lying vacant since August 23, 2012 when Antony Chacko joined HMT.

Two crucial slots of BBJCCL Board Members vacant ?
Two crucially important board level positions in Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Co Ltd (BBJCCL) are vacant for the past several months. Presently these posts are running under the additional charge of Kallol Dutta (MD of Andrew Yule & Co. Ltd.) and M K Singh (Dir, Project Mgt, Bridge & Roof, Kolkata) respectively. PESB may soon hold a selection meeting for Director (Projects), BBJCCL.

Who will be Director (Tech) in ECL ?
PESB is soon going to hold selection meeting for the post of Director (Tech) Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) falling vacant following S Chakravorty's superannuation.

Post of CBDT Member lying vacant
A position of Member (Revenue) in CBDT is lying vacant after the appointment of Parvinder Sohi Behuria as Secretary General of NHRC in November last year. Presently the charge of Member (Revenue) is with Anita Kapur, Member (Income Tax). The applications invited for the financial year 2013-14 for the post are being scrutinised.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh this week !
A minor IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Madhya Pradesh this week. A couple of Collectors are to be changed.

Orders of Deepak Dutta for Director, MECON yet to come
The orders of Deepak Dutta, GM, MECON Ltd, for his appointment as Director (Commercial), in the company are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Why orders of Puri for Director (Fin), WAPCOS delayed?
Why the orders of S K Puri, ED, WAPCOS, for his appointment as Director (Finance) in the organization are getting delayed despite the vacancy since February 15, 2013 ?

Assistant Solicitor General of India resigns
Assistant Solicitor General of India, Rupinder Singh Khosla has resigned from the post.

Why GoI unwilling to appoint full-time CMD in NHPC?
Everyone in the power sector is keen to know as to why the Government of India is not appointing a full-time CMD in National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). Presently an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer of 1991 batch, G Sai Prasad, who is working as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power, has been entrusted with the responsibility.

MCI ailing ?
Work in the Medical Council of India has come to a halt. It's now running without Secretary and no one seems to be accountable. Any answer from the Health Ministry ?

Ms Shalini Darbari deputed as GM Finance in DFCCIL
Ms Shalini Darbari, of North Western Railway, has been deputed as General Manager (Finance) of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL), at Delhi, for a period of five years. She is an IRAS officer.

Chauhan to join central deputation as GM, FCI
Devendra Singh Chauhan, Joint Commissioner of Police (L&O), Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, has been deputed to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for being appointed as General Manager, Food Corporation of India, Lucknow, for a period of five years. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Applications for Secretary-cum-DG, CEIB invited
The Department of Revenue, Government of India, has invited applications from the officers of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of both Income Tax and Customs & Central Excise cadres for the post of Special Secretary-cum-Director General in Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB). The nominations of the officers should reach this Department before January 31, 2014.

Who will be next CMD of NICL?
Who will be next Chairman and Managing Director (CMD ) of National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL)? The present incumbent NSR Chandraprasad is retiring on February 28, 2014?

Six IAS officers shifted in West Bengal
As many as six officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in West Bengal. Accordingly, M Joyoshi Das Gupta has been appointed as OSD to Chief Secretary while Dr Vishwanath will now be Additinal District Magistrate Darjeeling and Ms R Vimala is CEO, Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority. Similarly, Arvind Kumar Meena has been appointed as Addtiional District Magistrate, Murshidabad; R Arjun as Additional District Magistrate, Paschim Medinipur and Shashank Sethi was posted as Joint Secretary, Chief Minister office.

Justice Chaudhary is Judge of HP High Court
Justice Dharam Chand Chaudhary has been sworn-in as the Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

TDSAT Seminars losing way !
Seminars organised by TDSAT which are lavishly funded by Government for benefit an welfare of Consumers, has increasingly become a platform for big Industry. The recent Seminar at Jaipur saw minimal presence of Consumers and the few representatives were muzzled from voicing any anti Broadcaster/MSO sentiment. If Consumers' interests are to be ignored, Industery Watchers feel that Government should stop its funding for Big Industry Fete.

Sundari Subramaniam Pujari is CVO Air India (UPDATED)
Sundari Subramaniam Pujari has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer Air India, Delhi. Sundari is 1980 batch IDES officer.

Gamli Padu transferred from Delhi to Arunachal govt (UPDATED)
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has transferred Gamli Padu, Special Secretary in Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer AGMUT cadre.

Sanjiv Kumar is also MD, DT & TDC in Delhi govt (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of MD, DT&TDC in the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

DEBATE - What bureaucracy of the country feel ?
There has been a lot of hue and cry over the (mis)rule of the UPA under Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The alarming defeat of the Congress party in the recently held state Assembly polls has only added fuel to the fire. We invite the decision makers to make their own assessment regarding the above notion about Dr Singh's tenure and feel free to post us that How do they rate performance of the economist Prime Minister as a head of the government? Please be short, to the point and objective in your assessment which should not be more than 200 words or so since too long statements and opinions don't attract much audience.

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CORPORATE

Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of the year
Sanjay Mehrotra, the Indian-American Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SanDisk, leading maker of flash memory devices, has been named the CEO of the Year 2013 by the Entrepreneurs' Foundation of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF).

Udwadia resigns as Director, DCB Bank Ltd
Darius Udwadia has resigned as Director of DCB Bank Ltd.

Shetty re-elected President, AHAR
Arvind Shetty has been re-elected as President of the Indian Hotel & Restaurant Association (AHAR) for the year 2013-14

Panda to be Non Exec. Independent Director, OTCO International Ltd?
OTCO International Ltd is to appoint Ramakanta Panda as Non Executive Independent Director of the company.

Shah appointed ED, Asian Star Company Ltd
Asian Star Company Ltd has appointed Rahil V Shah as Executive Director of the company.

Dang appointed CMO, Tupperware India
Chandan Deep Singh Dang had been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer of Tupperware India.

Verma appointed Director, Sales, Kempinski Ambience Hotel, Delhi
Raag Verma has been appointed as Director of Sales of Kempinski Ambience Hotel, Delhi.

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Withdrawing cashless facility of treatment unfortunate !

The news that the cashless facility of treatment and procedure from the govt. empanelled pvt. hospital is going to be withdrawn w.e.f feb 1 is highly disturbing. Where will the pensioners go thereafter. Health Secretary should be forced to take treatment in Safdarjung hospital or Deen Dayal Hospital so that he gets a feel of how the hard life is.. If the government. has not paid them off, it is its fault. Beneficiaries should not suffer. This issue must be raised in high volume.

N K Das, New Delhi

Who cares for pensioners ?

Neta to Videsh mein ja kar treatment lenge and pensioners India mein marenge. But who cares for them in this present government.

Pramod Kumar

People in Rlys also skeptical about medical facilities

Like CGHS, people in Railways are generally skeptical about Railway medical facilities too. The popular belief is Railway Hospitals are there ONLY for Union leaders and influential officers; all others i.e. vast majority including medical personnel desire privatization & sooner the better

Ravi Pipal

Services of Indian Forests service can be utilised

Services of Indian Forests service can be utilised to fill the void of IAS in UP

Dr Dinesh Kumar Tyagi

Delhi govt should think fast

IRS officers are eminently suited for sensitive and Citizen services delivery positions. Their ability to take correct decisions without buckling under pressure in a quick manner should see golden days for Delhi and model for the nation. Now that the euphoria has subsided, the participative Governance should occupy the center. One of elements of this would be that the persons holding top slots in power structure should be in constant communication with the citizens. The CM and the CS should hold quarterly public reviews of the performance and targets the way the Corporate world does and quarterly performance of the Government should even be published in Newspapers. The precedent of Bangalore city Government can be a role model in this regard. Most members of Public are interested in knowing what is brewing within the Government rather than the grievance redressal. Once the systems of sharing the information gets done, and citizen delivery is ensured , the requirement of Janata Durbar will not arise. Think and Think fast

Shari

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