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POLITICS

Narendra Modi and Corporate world
Entire Corporate World in the country is keen to see Narendra Modi as next PM. If reliable sources are to be believed, in case Modi gets 170 seats the Corporate world is going to provide him 100 MPs.

Success of AAP !
If someone reacts it's considered to be success. AAP is happy that the BJP and the Congress react on every agenda of the party.

If Rahul Gandhi comes to street ?
One friend of Nehru-Gandhi family was heard saying that Congress will be revived only when Rahul Gandhi will come to street.

Bachchan starts next phase of shooting for gujarat Tourism
Amitabh Bachchan starts the next phase of shooting for Gujarat Tourism Advertisement. For next eight days he will be travelling and shooting in the state.Vipul Mitra, Principal Secretary, Gujarat Tourism is also seen in the picture.

BUREAUCRACY

Five short-listed for Vigilance Commissioner
In the final round five persons have been short-listed for the post of Vigilance Commissioner in the CVC. They are Mssrs Rajiv 1975 batch retired IPS officer of UP cadre Ajay Chaddha 1977 batch retired IPS officer of UT cadre,D K Sikri 1975 batch retired IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, Anshu Vaish 1975 batch retired IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre and P K Malhotra Secretary Law and Legislative Affairs in the Government of India.

Delhi High Court CJ to move to SC ?
Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice N V Ramana is reportedly moving to the Supreme Court of India. Name of Justice Ramana is believed to have been cleared by the SC Collegium.

Justice Agrawal to be SC Judge ?
The Supreme Court Collegium has reportedly cleared the name of Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Justice R K Agrawal for elevation to the Supreme Court of India.

CSB on to take place today i.e. 27 January
After the CSB did not take place on last Monday i.e. 20 January many takers are eyeing at CSB to scheduled for today.

Appointment of three CCI Members next month
Appointment of three Members of the Competition Commission is expected to be made next month.

Upamanyu Chatterjee to head PNGRB
Upamanyu Chatterjee will now move from Defence Ministry to petroleum Ministry to head the Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Alok Kumar joins as JS (PP), MHA
Alok Kumar is new JS (Policy & Planning) Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre. Previously he served as Dy Director General, UIDAI. The charge of the vacant seat in UIDAI has been given to Sujata Chaturvedi (DDG, UIDAI), a 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Dr Prabhat Kumar appointed DGCA
Dr Prabhat Kumar has been appointed new Director- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for three years. 1985 batch UP cadre IAS officer Dr Prabhat Kumar was earlier Joint Secretary Civil Aviation.
(We said this on December 30 )

Archana Varma likely to continue with DoPT after JS empanelment
As the grapevine has it, Archana Varma would continue with DoPT even after her supposed empanelment for JS, GoI. The 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre is presently serving as Director, DoPT.

Debjani Chakrabarti poised to move from Dept of Revenue, GoI
As the grapevine has it, Debjani Chakrabarti is all set to move form Dept of Revenue, GoI. The 2002 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre is presently serving as Deputy Secretary (ST), Dept of Revenue, GoI.

Orders of Arun Gupta in a week or two
Orders of Arun K Gupta as next Chairman of Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) are likely to be issued in a week or two. Gupta is currently Director-Offshore Services, SCI.

Kuruvilla to join as Director, BECIL on Feb 1
George Kuruvilla, GM, BECIL, will be joining as Director (Operation & Marketing), Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) on February 1, 2014. He will succeed I S Mehla retiring in January, 2014.
(We said this on July 16, 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)

Rao likely to join as Director, HFPCL in Feb
E S Rao, DGM HFL, is likely to take over as Director (Finance), Hindustan Photo Film Manufacturing Corporation Limited (HFPCL) in the month of February, 2014. His orders are expected to be issued till the end of this month. The post has been lying vacant since 2011.
(We said this on May 6, 2013)

R K Mitra likely to join as Director, HSCL in Feb
R K Mitra, Director (Finance), Jute Corporation of India Ltd (JCIL), is expected to take over the charge as Director (Finance), Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited (HSCL) in the month of February, 2014. The post has been lying vacant since June 13, 2013.
(We said this on Sept 16, 2013)

File of A K Manocha for CMD, IRCTC stuck in CVC !
The file of A K Manocha is reported to have been stuck in the Central Vigilance Commission for its clearance for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC). IRCTC Finance Director, M P Mall is presently looking after an additional charge of CMD.

Countdown for Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority starts
Even though the tenure of Dr Balakrishna Pisupati is scheduled to come to an end in August this year, the countdown has reportedly started for the slot. Dr Pisupati has been serving as NBA Chairman since August 12, 2011. The Government of India has, probably, identified a suitable officer as Pisupati's successor. Keep guessing.

Selection meeting for Dir (Finance) TCIL on January 29
PESB would hold selection meeting for the post of Director (Finance) Tyre Corporation of India Ltd on January 29, 2014. PESB send the selected name to ACC for its ratification the same day.

Selection meeting for Dir (Technical) MFL on January 28
PESB would hold the selection meeting on january 28 for the post of Director (Technical) Madras fertilizers Ltd.

Rajesh Kishore poised to move on central deputation
As the grapevine has it Rajesh Kishore is all set to move on central deputation. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre is currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Dept of Health & family Welfare, Govt of Gujarat.

Applications for DG, National Labour Institute invited
The Ministry of Labour & Employment has invited applications for the post of Director General, V V Giri National Labour Institute, NOIDA, an autonomous body under this ministry. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications within two months of advertisement of the post.

14 GMs selected for promotion
Names of 14 GMs promoted as EDs in banks is now finalized. The list will now go to the ACC for approval.

Chairman of the National Housing Bank resigns ?
Chairman of the National Housing Bank R V Verma is reported to have put in his papers. Is he joining some other organization ?

Maharashtra -IAS and IPS grapevine
Grapevine is that Sanjeev Kumar, Saurabh Rao, Rahul Mahiwal and Vipin Sharma are running for most coveted post of Pune Collector. Also up for grabs are other important collector's posts like Raigad and Jalgaon. Parimal Singh, Virendra Singh and Anabalagan may also get into one of these districts.

And after long tiff off between CM and HM of Maharashtra, finally transfers of IPS officers are also expected soon. It is expected that either Prasanna, Ravindra Shisave or Rajesh Pradhan will be posted as SP of biggest rural district in India that is SP Thane Rural.

Transfers expected anytime now and not later than end of this week. It is discussed in the corridors of power that CM of Maharashtra is strongly in favour of posting direct IAS/IPS officers in these big districts not withstanding opposition from local ministers.

Reshuffle of officers and minimum support price for support to AAP Govt?
A dramatic turn came to the fore with the denial from I S Chahal (JS, UT at MHA) saying; no such orders were issued appointing Praveer Ranjan as the Chief of Anti Corruption Bureau of the Govt of NCT of Delhi ever. It proved to be a setback, may be for a while, for Arvind Kejriwal's pomises to launch immediate investigations into graft allegations. One would hardly deny that Kejriwal has started paying the price of the conditional (read 18 points condition) support. Union Home Minister Shinde's negative remark about Kejriwal had made it clearer that Delhi govt would no longer get sooth support and cooperation from MHA. The recent setback may be an orchestrated one MHA made the fact clear that Praveer was transferred to Puducherry much before Kejriwal took oath as Delhi CM. Adding to it PM has seemingly denied from entertaining Kejriwal's request to stay MHA orders transferring 17 IAS officers of AGMUT cadre on January 10, 2014. Is it the 'minimum support price' for suppoting AAm Admi Party to form Kejriwal's elected Govt?.

Seven Distt Collectors reshuffled in Orrisa
Sachin Ramchand Jadav is new Collector Angul. Jadav, a 2007 batch IAS officer, previously served as Collector Koraput. Yamini Sarangi is new Collector Koraput who previously served as Collector Nabarangpur. She is 2008 batch IAS officer. Aravind Agarwal is new DM Balasore who previously served as Director, Technical Education & Training. B Parameswaran is new Collector Deogarh who previously served as Collector Balasore. He is 2008 batch IAS officer. Simultaneously G C Biswal, State Administrative Service officer, is now Collector Nabarangpur. Ratnakar Rout (OAS) is new Collector Kendrapada and Anjan Kr Manik (OAS) is new Collector Bargarh.

A K Padhee is Commissioner-Cum-Secretary Tourism & Culture in Orrisa
Arabind Kumar Padhee has been appointed as new Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept of Tourism & Culture in Orrisa. The 1997 batch IAS officer would also function as Chief administrator for Jagannath temple Administration.

Vodafone India release its Annual Sustainability Report 2013 Footprints - III.
Vodafone India release its third edition of Annual Sustainability Report 2013 Footprints - III. A digital version of the report was formally released in the presence of Dr RK Pachauri, Director General, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) Dr. Shashi Tharoor, the Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Marten Pieters, Managing Director and CEO, Vodafone India,Sunil Sood, Chief Operating Operator, Vodafone India were present during the release. .Vodafone India and TERI announce a strategic partnership to jointly develop Sustainability initiatives for Energy Conservation and Green Telecom,It is first Sustainability Report by an Indian Telecom Company as per latest GRI G4 guidelines.

3 officers of BPR&D awarded on Republic Day
Three officers of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) have been awarded PPPDM and Police Medal on the occasion of Republic Day, 2014. Dr. Dhani Ram, Assistant Director has been awarded with- President Police Medal for Distinguished Services while Anand Prakash, Inspector General and Anshuman Yadav, DIG, have been given Police Medal for Meritorious Services.

2 IAS officers get postings in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Ms Saumya Gupta has been appointed as Director, Women & Child Development while S C L Das gets additional charge of Secretary, Tourism in Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.

Bolung Siram shifted to Arunachal Govt (UPDATED)
Bolung Siram has been transferred from Delhi Government to Arunachal segment of AGMUT cadre. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer.

ONGC inks MoU with Mitsui for petroleum and natural gas opportunities (UPDATED)
An MoU has been signed between Indian Maharatna Public Sector Enterprise ONGC and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. on 24th January, 2014 in New Delhi. The agreement was signed by Masami Iijima, President and CEO of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, ONGC. The MoU signing ceremony was attended by senior officials from both the companies. The MoU provides for cooperation in Exploration and Production for conventional and unconventional petroleum and natural gas opportunities in India and in third countries. In August 2012, ONGC and Mitsui had entered into an MoU for wide ranging cooperation in gas and LNG business. Later in March, 2013, Mitsui had entered into another MoU with ONGC, BPCL and New Mangalore Port Trust for feasibility study of an LNG Terminal at Mangalore.

J P Meena appointed as Addl Secretary, Food Processing in GoI (UPDATED)
J P Meena, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dinesh Kumar posted as Development Commissioner, Textiles in GoI (UPDATED)
Dinesh Kumar, Executive Director, Food Corporation of India, has been appointed as Development Commissioner (Handlooms) in the Ministry of Textiles in Government of India in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

S Charles selected as Director (Fin), DCIL (UPDATED)
S Charles, Vice President, SCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held onJanuary 27, 2014. As many as eight persons were selected for the same.

Mrs Krishnaveni Desavatu appointed as SP, Narcotics in MP (UPDATED)
Mrs Krishnaveni Desavatu has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Narcotics, Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh. She is a 2007 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Shivakumar is also IG, Vigilance, WRD in Karnataka (UPDATED)
N Shivakumar has been assigned an additional charge of IG, Vigilance, Water Resources Department (WRD), Bangalore in Karnataka. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Karnataka 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.)

Mail to -mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com Or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo mail.com

CORPORATE

Khandelwal nominated as Part-time Director, PNB
Union Ministry of Finance has nominated Gautam Premnath Khandelwal as Part-time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Punjab National Bank w.e.f. January 24, 2014

Sahoo appointed Nominee Director, Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited
Ashok Kumar Sahoo, Zonal Manager, Hyderabad of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been appointed on the Board of Directors of Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited as a Nominee Director

Choudhary resigns as Non-Executive Chairman, The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited
A P Choudhary has resigned as Non-Executive Chairman of The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited w.e.f December 31, 2013

Madhusudan nominated, Non-Executive Chairman, The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited
P Madhusudan CMD, RINL has been nominated as Non-Executive Chairman of The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited w.e.f. January 9, 2014

Reddy resigns as Company Secretary, BS Ltd
S Mahipal Reddy has resigned as Company Secretary of BS Ltd w.e.f. January 23, 2014.

Kumari appointed Company Secy. BS Ltd
Ms Alka Kumari has been appointed as the Company Secretary of BS Ltd w.e.f. January 23, 2014

Thakkar appointed Whole-time Director (Legal), Gokul Refoils and Solvent Limited
Gokul Refoils and Solvent Limited has appointed Bipinkumar Thakkar as Whole-time Director (Legal) of the company w.e.f. January 16, 2014.

Goel ceases to be Whole-time Director, PTC India Limited
Satyanarayan Goel has ceased to be Whole-time Director of PTC India Limited w.e.f. January 20, 2014

Sorathiya appointed Addl. Director, Presha Metallurgical Ltd?
Presha Metallurgical Ltd has appointed Ketan D Sorathiya as Additional Director of the company

Thothawala resigns as Director, Presha Metallurgical Ltd?
Kamlesh Thothawala has resigned as Director of Presha Metallurgical Ltd

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A Tribute to Pankaj Agarwala

Losing a close colleague is shocking, but losing a friend who was like an elder brother is quite devastating.
Pankaj Agarwala, warmly known to close friends as "Aggie," was a multi-dimensional personality. He could rise to any occasion and enliven the dampest of moments with heady conversation, tempered with a rare blend of wisdom and joviality. Sometimes one wondered whether he had already researched a topic on which he spoke so authoritatively--but then he was knowledgeable on so many diverse subjects that it seemed humanly impossible to have done that.

I first met Aggie when I joined St Stephens College in the summer of 1975, and was housed in Allnutt North, the same Block in which resided two senior and almost inseparable buddies, Aggie and Rajiv Mehrishi, the current Chief Secretary of Rajasthan. Aggie was gentle to the Freshers, always encouraging, and ever-ready to counsel and support. He was elected President of the St Stephens College Students Union and was highly successful; St Stephens rose to cultural heights under his leadership. Aggie chose me as part of his Academic Council team, and we stayed close ever since.

In the IAS, Aggie held prominent positions, the last being as Secretary Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution. But the official stints he always recalled most passionately were those in the Departments of Urban Development and Information Technology, subjects about which he had a unique understanding and that he could expound endlessly on.

In Delhi, Aggie was one of the most popular members of the Delhi Golf Club, playing regularly, being the first amongst the 'torch-brigade' of morning golfers, vibrant and sparkling--with as much his sharp wit as with his irons. I once suggested that he stand for the DGC elections, but he quipped promptly with a smile that it would make him lose some friends and detract from the fun of the game.

Krishi Bhawan, where he worked, will never be the same again, without Aggie playing host of the famous 'lunch-club' that he espoused in his room. In fact, he made it so vibrant and enticing that its members chose to even skip going out with friends or to their own homes to participate in it!

Aggie will always be remembered for his humane attitude, his zest for life-food, music, sports, clothes, trivia--but, above all, his abiding loyalty to his friends. His accessibility and his readiness to help and offer advice, his delectable sense of humor and his endeavor to accommodate all will be severely missed. He was complimented beautifully in his outreach by Renu, his caring wife, who has always been warm, gracious and hospitable.

Aggie's sudden and untimely departure has etched a deep and sorrowful furrow in the fragile landscape of many of our lives.

A Tribute by Raghav Chandra AS and FA, Ministries of Agriculture/Animal Husbandry/Culture


Pankaj Agarwala - a friend, philosopher and guide

I totally agree with Raghav Chandra 's word about Mr Agarwala, who was a friend, philosopher and guide apart from being elder brother to everyone who worked with him. I got opportunity to work with him when I moved first time from district Level posting to Lucknow Secretariate. Since then he was there, whenever we needed him, for any sort of issue we had. His zest for life was always an inspiration. It is hard to believe he is no more. RIP. May God give courage and strength to madam and his children to bear this loss.

Narendra Bhooshan, JS - Agriculture



Very sad to know about the untimely passing away of Pankaj Aggarwal. I had known him from the days we attended a week's training course together in Bangalore in 1989. Later, he succeeded me in the Ministry of Urban Development. I pray to the Almighty to bestow peace on his soul and to give strength to his family to bear this massive loss.

Satya Singal

Congratulations

Congratulations Arun keep it up sky is the limit. What an incredible son you have , I have no words!

Vasundhra Raje

Fatal hand of friendship proffered

The fatal hand of friendship proffered by the Congress which the AAP grasped eagerly will be the cause of its undoing. Slogans against corruption, poverty and malaria goes down well with the masses,as Indira Gandhi cynically once said. The Congress did succeed in eradicating malaria but failed in eradicating poverty. Instead it is succeeding in eradicating the poor as the suicides of 2.5 lakh peasants shows.It never considered corruption an issue. Indira Gandhi herself said that corruption was a global issue.Period. Now AAP , a collection of ambitious and increasingly unprincipled novices who have neither the experience of running a government nor the humility to accept their shortcomings is going full steam ahead to form a national party in two months time. Their arrogance is breathtaking. Abuse of power will be their calling card as power goes to their immature heads. Arvind Kejriwal could have remained in the Income Tax Service and become a Commissioner of Income Tax in due course . He would then have got his car with a red beacon against which there is so much ranting and railing.He could and should have led a life of dignity issuing IT notices. Again in due course he could have moved out of his flat in Ghaziabad and bought himself a larger flat in Gurgaon and settled there in peace after retirement. What is so bad about that? Instead he has thrown everything away so recklessly as if he were playing a game of dice.It is likely he and his friends in AAP may loose all as the Pandavas did while playing dice with the Kauravas (read Congress).He is feasting with panthers. So beware!

D Choudhry


Uniform policy on retirement required

Every other day superannuating officers are given extension in service on one pretext or other. There should be uniform policy on retirement whether at higher level or lower level employees serving in government. Such adhocism to favour only few with extensions in service on superannuation is making mockery of service rules.

Raman

High expectation

High expectation of Indian Dairy industry outside Gujarat & Karnataka.

M P Bagi

Lack of Administration

Recently two gross mistakes have been committed owing to lack of administrative skills: First is the case of our former Dy. Consul General Devyani in New York and the second is the consequences leading to the Dharna by the Hon'ble Chief Minister. The timely transfer in both the cases would have saved the face of India as well as of the national bureaucracy. Transfer of a govt. employee does not amount to any punishment. Finally, Hon'ble LG's decision saved the situation, which, otherwise would have done a huge damage to our polity. No doubt, a common man knows that A STICH IN TIME, SAVES NINE. Unfortunately officials in place do not want to put this valuable precept in practice. My personal experience has been that no action on or even to ignore normal administrative matters became mountain of a molehill. The end result in both the cases: Sab Kuchh Loota ke honsh mein aye to kya hua.

Zile Singh, IFS(Retd.)


Padma Awards: several irregularities alleged

The forum for good Governance (FFGG) Padmanabha Reddy the secretary alleged irregularities evident by RTI documents, single meeting was held on September 30 last year by four secretaries and from 85 names 35 were finalised, after which the CM's letter suggested a few changes they claimed. RTI documents also show that each person nominated for the award these days get recommendations from several politicians - The Hindu dated Jan 24 , can put more light on the same to open Pandora box, regards

Byragoni Sreenivas Goud

DATE WITH RTI

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