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POLITICS

Only Lok Pal these days ?
The Government has invited applications for the appointment of a Chairperson and eight Members in the Lok Pal, the anti-corruption watchdog created by the Parliament. And now so many aspirants are keen to join the Lok Pal.

Rahul Gandhi and Adani landed in Bhopal same day !
AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi and noted Industrialist Gautam Adani landed in Bhopal on Monday. Is there any significance ?.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Nandan Dube be Vigilance Commissioner ?
Name of Madhya Pradesh DGP Nandan Dube is also doing the round for the post of Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC. The 1976 batch IPS officer Dube is considered to be an honest and upright person.

Dhesi gets extension as MMTC's CMD, not Khurana !
Whisper has it that an extension to D S Dhesi on the post of CMD, MMTC Ltd may queer the pitch of Sunir Khurana (claimant of this post) at the eleventh hours? MMTC Ltd has, notably, reached a vulnerable position partly because of non-appointment of a regular CMD and partly because of financial losses year after year. The post has been lying vacant for more than 39 months. Meanwhile, interviews were conducted five times but to no avail.

Makwana to be Chairman of Kandla Port Trust
Hitesh Kumar Makwana is being tipped to be the next Chairman of the Kandla Port Trust. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Sundari Subramaniam Pujari is CVO of Air India
Sundari Subramaniam Pujari has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Air India in Delhi. She is a 1980 batch IDES officer.

Dr Joram Beda goes on inter-cadre deputation to AGMUT
An inter-cadre deputation of Dr Joram Beda has been approved from Punjab to AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh segment) cadre for a period of three years. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Kumar Sanjay Krishna to succeed Pramod Agrawal
Kumar Sanjay Krishna is reportedly going to succeed Pramod Agrawal as Joint Secretary Disinvestment in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

PESB to select candidates for Dir (Projects) BBJCCL on Jan 23
Selection meetings for the post of Director (Projects) Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Co Ltd (BBJCCL ) would take place soon. PESB would interview and recommend suitable candidates to ACC on Thursday. Presently the additional charge of Dir (Proj) BBJCCL lies with M K Singh (Dir, Project Mgt, Bridge & Roof, Kolkata).

IA&AS to be Member (Finance) of DDA
Venkatesh Mohan is being tipped to be new Member (Finance) of Delhi Development Authority (DDA).He is 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

Girija Kumar to be next CMD of NICL ?
Whisper has it that Girija Kumar, General Manager, National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) may succeed the present incumbent NSR Chandraprasad as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the company who is retiring on February 28, 2014

No postings of 1996 batch IAS officers at Director level in GoI
The Government of India has said that the officers of 1996 batch will not be offered central deputation at Director level in 2014 as their empanelment at Joint Secretary level is in the offing.

1991 batch IAS to be PS in Madhya Pradesh
1991 batch IAS officers are being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh in a couple of weeks.

Meenakshi Gupta unlikely to join Labour Ministry
Meenakshi Gupta, IA & AS - 1994, is unlikely to join as Joint Secretary in Labour Ministry as she is waiting or her posting to New York

RPF DG to retire next month
DG of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), P K Metha, is going to retire in February end. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

List of promotion of Bank GMs ready
List of over one dozen General Managers who are to be promoted as ED is now said to be ready in the Banking Ministry,

Gamli Padu transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradsh
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
Sanjiv Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of MD, DT&TDC, in Delhi Government. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

CBEC Member Ms Mala Srivastava gets zonal charges
Ms Mala Srivastava, Member (Personnel & Vigilance), CBEC, has been assigned zonal/directorates supervision charges of Chief Commissioner, CX, Mumbai-I; Chief Commissioner, CX, Mumbai-II; Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai-I; Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai-II; Chief Commissioner, Customs (P), Mumbai-III and Chief Commissioner, Customs& CS, Pune.

CBEC Member Ms Joy Chander given zonal charges
Ms Joy Kumari Chander, Member (Legal& Judicial), CBEC, has been assigned zonal/directorates supervision charges of Chief Commissioner, CX, Customs & ST, Hyderabad; Chief Commissioner, CX, Customs, Visakhapatnam; Chief Commissioner, CX and Customs, Bhopal; and Chief Commissioner, CX and Customs, Nagpur.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, HEC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC) falling vacant next year on January 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before February 27, 2014.

Shortage of 119 IAS officers in WB
There is a shortage of 119 Indian Administrative Service officers in West Bengal.

Navin Agarwal likely to join central deputation
Navin Agarwal is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Nine posts of Judges vacant in MP HC
As many as nine posts of Judges are lying vacant in Madhya Pradesh High Court against approved strength of 43. These include four posts of permanent Judges and five posts of Additional Judges.

Administrative reshuffle on the anvil in Odisha
As the grapevine has it an administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in Odisha. Collectors having served more than three years in a district may be changed soon.

Administrative reshuffle on the anvil in Odisha
As the grapevine has it administrative reshuffle is on the anvil in Odisha. Superintendents of Police having served more than three years in a district may be changed soon.

LBSNAA facing shortage of practitioner faculties
The professional courses inducted by Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, are not meeting their objectives, due to shortage of practitioner faculties at the Academy. However, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications from the officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) for three posts of Deputy Director (Director level) and one post of Deputy Director (Under Secretary level).

IIM Bangalore invites applications for Post Graduate Program
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) invites applications for its one year Post Graduate Programme in Public and Management. The programme will commence from May 2, 2014.The interested candidates should have minimum five years of experience. The last date for submitting application is February 7, 2014. Those willing to apply can visit http://www.iimb.ernet.in/pgppm or DoPT website.

H C Meena appointed as Secretary, Security in Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
H C Meena has been appointed as Secretary, Security, Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Hans Raj Sharma posted as Director, Health Safety& Regulations in HP (UPDATED)
Hans Raj Sharma has been appointed as Director, Health Safety & Regulations in Himachal Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of HP cadre.

India needs more helicopters: Dr Tyagi (UPDATED)
India needs more helicopters compared to West and China as these wonder machines have proved their mettle in variety of uses by Armed Forces in general, during natural calamities and internal security threats, said Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. Pointing out that these machines ensure better governance but the country has far less copters compared to over 35,000 that are operational across the world, he said what is needed is a national helicopter policy. Dr Tyagi was addressing the delegates of National Workshop on "Use of helicopters for Airborne Law Enforcement (ALE)" organized by the Rotary Wing Society of India (Southern Region) here today. He also stressed on benefits of indigenisation and self-reliance. "India is one of the six helicopter producing nations in the world. HAL Dhruv remains our pride" he added. Dr G Asho Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation spoke on the innovative ways of helicopter usage to help the administration at various levels. "Currently these machines are underutilized" he said. Wg Cdr Unnikrishna Pillai, Chief Test Pilot (Rotary Wing) made a presentation on how helicopters, Dhurv in particular, were helpful in the recent Uttarakhand relief operations. Col Sasikumar, SM delivered the key-note address and Air Vice Marshal K Sridharan, VM spoke on importance of helicopters in ALE. The day-long workshop also deliberated on regulatory guidelines for ALE and the ALE needs of Karnataka.

B R Reddy, selected as Director (Tech), ECL (UPDATED)
B R Reddy, GM, CCL, CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 21, 2014. As many as 14 persons were interview for the same.

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

Tak appointed CS of Shree Rama Multi-Tech Limited
Shree Rama Multi-Tech Limited has appointed Ms Minakshi Tak as Company Secretary of the company.

Reddy re-appointed Joint MD of Savera Industries Ltd
Savera Industries Ltd has re-appointed Ms A Nina Reddy as Joint Managing Director.

Reddy resigns as Director of IVRCL Limited
E Sunil Reddy has resigned as Director of IVRCL Limited.

Joshi resigns as CS of Integra Engineering India Ltd
Mayank S Joshi has resigned as Company Secretary of Integra Engineering India Ltd.

Reddy appointed MD, Savera Industries Ltd
A Ravikumar Reddy has been appointed as Managing Director of Savera Industries Ltd.

Bhat appointed Addl. Director of IKF Technologies Ltd
IKF Technologies Ltd has appointed Umesh Govind Bhat as an Additional Director of the company.

Mani appointed Addl and Independent Director of Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd
Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd has appointed K V Mani as as an Additional and Independent Director of the company.

Sheth resigns as Director, Sharp Industries Ltd
Ashwin T Sheth has resigned as Director of Sharp Industries Ltd.

Sheth appointed MD, Sharp Industries Ltd
Rajesh Sheth has been appointed as Managing Director of Sharp Industries Ltd.

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DEBATE (1)

Though we do have an Economist in our Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh, but he lacks certain leadership qualities which are very much essential in political arena.

R C Pant

I do not know the economic policies of Dr. Man Mohan Singh. But I will honor him as a great politician who runs the government very smoothly, efficiently & completed his tenure as PM twice.

Ramesh Chhabra

Country lacks system

There is no rule or system in the country. The resources of country are looted in the disguise of EGOM (As GoI has not made any system/procedure / law required for development in 21st century. Where is comprehensive law / policy for internet, Facebook, UMPP, FDIs, Foreign Investment, ATMs/ E-trading, coal allocation, spectrum, land allocation etc.

In the nut shell where is Responsibility / Accountability. Can a highest officer in the country i.e. Cabinet Secretary afford even a small 2 bed room apartment with his legitimate salary. Everywhere there is corruption.

V K Shah

Rest in Peace

You didn't belong to this world at first place Male driven, male dominated kingdom it is, call it maledom! The world is cruel and more than cruel it is crafty First they encouraged you "Bravo! Bravo! Here is a lady Who has broken the glass ceiling … one who lives on her terms " My foot! This is all frustration and display of contempt by men For everything you stood for Just see even before you were proclaimed dead The world was already busy doing your post mortem Each one of them wanted to dissect and dissect it all What made you tick and why? You were a challenge to their male world of arrogance Self assured warmth of safety n security There is no place for yours or for that matter anyone else's co-existence Leave alone growth in my world of oversized egos. However brilliant you may be, you were never assessed Beyond the flesh and blood the world could cast their ogling eyes at. Nor were you ever inaccessible to their scrutiny and groping in their usual fantasies. They had in fact so many names not just for you but for him too. They at once envied, loved and hated him Did you ever believe when they declared in unison 'Indian woman has arrived' What they meant was 'you have penetrated in our circle, be prepared to face the consequences'
And there and then daggers were uncovered. Could you see the beast smiling behind their grins?

Men cannot bear the very thought of any one barging in and challenging
His so called intellectual superiority.
How can you be thinking and a woman simultaneously? No way!
You drink and the world drinks with you. You drink with 'Alparax' and you drink alone.
They lament you were LIFE of party circuit.
I hope you didn't believe a word of it.
They said this many a times before
They said it to numerous ladies and oh god all those nasty things they said
In next breath as soon as backs were turned
You were yet another victim of your image the persona you created,
Nursed by the male all around you
You too burned your candle at both ends.
It did give dazzling illumination but lasted for painfully brief period.
Rest in peace dear and in next birth (Hindus do believe in next birth but)
Don't you believe that men, Indian men will be any different.

Ravi Pipal

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