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Top Ten Lieutenants of Rajnath Singh

Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi:
A PhD in Mechanical Engineering, he encompasses an array of abilities and capabilities. He is the national spokesperson of the BJP & Political Advisor to Rajnath. An articulate orator and is widely seen in primetime discussions on mainstream TV news channels. Keeps a sharp vigil on Rajnath's PR & profile and ensures that all the policy matters are robust before they are brought to Rajnath. In a nutshell, he is to Rajnath what Ahmed Patel is to Sonia Gandhi.

Sudhanshu Mittal:
Sudhanshu Mittal, a shadowy figure in the BJP, used to command the confidence of Pramod Mahajan as his closest associates. His influence grew in direct proportion to Mahajan's meteoric rise in the BJP. After the demise of Pramod Mahajan, Mittal remained loyal to Mahajan's family. He made a new political footing and found succor in Rajnath Singh and rapidly rose in significance again.

Rajiv Pratap Rudi:

Rudi is Rajnath's confidante for several reasons. He is young and youthful, makes a comfortable caste equations with Rajnath. Rudy and Rajnath share a common cultural ethos as they belong to Eastern UP & Bhojpur area respectively. The intensity of intimacy can be gauged by the fact that Rajnath has entrusted Rudy with the responsibility of most resourceful and mighty state of Maharashtra as In-charge.

Saudan Singh:

A Joint General Secretary of BJP carries the confidence of Rajnath and shares a convenient caste equation as well. Insiders of the BJP believe that Saudan is seen as an appropriate alternative to Ram Lal (national secretary General- Organisation) who commands the mandate of the RSS and forms a bridge between the BJP & RSS.

Prabhat Jha:

A Rajya Sabha Member from Madhya Pradesh, Jha was born in Bihar and brought up in Madhya Pradesh. He started his career as a journalist before joining politics. Known as a grassroot RSS worker Jha is well versed in the tricks and tantrums of politics. He is National Vice President and prior to that he served as BJP State President for Madhya Pradesh till December 2012. Still cayying the credentials as a former journalist he serves as Editor of 'Kamal Sandesh'-- BJP's mouthpiece. Jha commands a solid backing of RSS stalwart Suresh Soni.

Dr Anil Jain:

A native of Firozabad, he is a qualified MBBS and renders part-time services to Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi as a Senior Consultant Surgeon. He holds key positions in the BJP as National Secretary and Co-In-charge of Haryana BJP. Jain had once played crucial role in stepping down of Ramesh Pokhariyal, the then CM of Uttarakhand.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi:

He is the Muslim face of the BJP. He is party's National Vice President, sitting Rajya Sabha Member from Uttar Pradesh and a former Union Minister of the Vajpayee Govt. Having foot firmly grounded, Naqvi has very good terms with all the BJP stalwarts. Since he belongs to Allahabad, he commands the confidence of Rajnath. His political credentials within the party are impeccable.

Saroj Pandey:

A Lok Sabha Member from Durg whom Rajnath picked up to lead BJP's 'Mahila Morcha' as its National President. She started her political career at the local municipal level and rose to become the Mayor of Durg. She is one of the most acceptable female faces of the BJP.

Ramapati Ram Tripathy:

Rajnath's confidence in Tripathy reflects by the fact that he was handed over the command of Election Management Committee for UP ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha election. A qualified 'Aayurvedic' doctor and a former UP state BJP President; he is a member of UP legislative Council. He belongs to Gorakhpur and has a command over regional politics in Western UP & Bundelkhand.

Vijay Goel

Goel shares the list with Sudhanshu Mittal as Rajnath Singh's confidente in Delhi. Goel, Delhi BJP President, was promoted as BJP's CM candidate but lost the race to Harshvardhan. In 1977 he was elected as DUSU President as ABVP candidate. He has been the MP for the 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha from Chandni Chowk and Sadar constituencies of Delhi. He has proved his mettle in governance as Union MoS for several ministries in the NDA government.

New Public Sector Enterprise today
Public Sector will have one more feather in its hat today after the inauguration of NAWADCO (National Waqf Development Corporation Limited); a new Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Minority Affairs. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate NAWADCO today in the presence of Sonia Gandhi as chief guest at the function. Congress claims it to be inevitable culmination of Sachchar Committee recommendations. NAWADCO would nurture, develop and mobilise the Waqf properties for community welfare, particularly for Muslims in India. It may be a good decision on part of the incumbent government at the centre and a logical result of Sachchar Committee too but one can hardly deny it that UPA-II has played a trump card well on time to woo minority votes ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new CCI's Member from Law and Justice ?
Who will be new Member of Competition Commission of India (CCI) from Law and Justice field? Tie is said to be between P K Malhotra and Former Judge of the Delhi High Court Justice Mehta.

Orders of U K Sinha in a week or two
Orders of the two years extension to SEBI Chairman U K Sinha are expected to be issued in a week of two. He is retired 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sudhir Kumar is also Secretary, Consumer Affairs in GoI
Sudhir Kumar, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs for a period of three months. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Will S R Rao get post retirement assignment in Gujarat?
With the date of superannuation of S R Rao ,Commerce Secretary, Govt of India, approaching fast, whispers have started doing rounds that Rao may get a post retirement assignment in Government of Gujarat. One can only wait and watch.

Will Alkesh Kumar Sharma be appointed as Member (Finance), NHAI?
Alkesh Kumar Sharma's name has been doing round for the slot of Member (Finance) in NHAI vice Satish Chandra who has prematurely repatriated to Punjab, his cadre state. The 1990 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre is presently serving as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

D Sundarasekaran selected as Director (Tech), MFL
D Sundarasekaran, GM, MFL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical) of Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL), at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on Tuesday. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Arvind Singh joins as Minister in Tokyo
Arvind Singh IAS (MH:88)has joined as Minister (E&C) in the Indian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan.

All three slots of Spl DG in CRPF vacant
All three posts of Special DG are now vacant in CRPF. Central Zone (Kolkata) has been lying vacant for five months. SDG North Zone has fallen vacant after Aruna Bahuguna's appointment as Director, SBPNPA, Hyderabad. D K Pathak has already vacated the post of SDG, J&K Sector. In a way CRF has now three SDG posts to offer.

Maximum number of GMs were from BoI
Maximum number of General Managers who appeared for interview for promotion as ED in various banks were from Bank of India. Five GMs appeared from BoI followed by four from Canara bank and three each from Dena Bank and Central Bank.

Search for Joshi's successor as JS, DoPT still goes on ?
Whispers in the corridors of power suggest that officers who are suitably available to be appointed and posted as JS (AT&T), a slot recently vacated by Manoj Joshi, are unwilling for the post. Meaning hereby the search for Joshi's successor in DoPT has been traversing through apprehensions.

Four internal candidates appearing for Director (R&D) IOCL today
As the grapevine has it as many as four internal candidates would be appearing before PESB for selection interview for the post of Director (R&D) Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Names of internal candidates are: Biswapriya Das (ED, IOCL), Ramjee Ram (ED, IOCL), Vijay Prakash (ED, IOCL) and Debangshu Roy (GM, IOCL). Rest of the four internal candidates have already got suitably selected for other top slots within IOCL or other PSUs.

Jan 31 to mark as last working day for Praveen Mahajan as Chairperson, CBEC
Amid the appointment orders for the new Chairman of CBEC, awaited for any point of time now, January 31, 2014 is going to mark itself at CBEC as the last working day of Praveen Mahajan, the incumbent Chairperson of CBEC.

Ram Singh deputed as Director, Textiles in GoI
Ram Singh has been deputed to the Government of India as Director in the Ministry of Textiles for a period of five years. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Delay in Vigilance clearance
Government departments are increasingly getting frustrated with the delay in Vigilance clearance by CVC. Members in CBEC who were selected in September, could be appointed only in January and now panel for Member in CERC is stuck with CVC for the past two and half months. Seems as if this is the new bottleneck for governance 'a la MOEF'

Post of Director (M&RB), BEML vacant since Oct 2012
The post of Director (Metro & Rail Business), BEML Limited has been lying vacant since October 10, 2012. Presently, CMD, P Dwarakanath is holding an additional charge of the post.

Sood is ADG in Prasar Bharti
Prerna Sood has been appointed Additional Director General (Programmes) in Prasar Bharati .Sood is 1989 batch IRAS officer.

Accommodations to Delhi posted officers from general pool
Government of India has decided that the allotment of general pool residential accommodation will be made to the officers/employees of State/Union Territory Governments posted or whose presence is required in Delhi, other than in the offices of the Resident Commissioners of State/Union Territory Governments in Delhi.

Ministry has no right to extend tenure at Board level
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has cleared that the administrative ministry/department cannot extend tenure of a board level appointee beyond the ACC approved period.

Dr Bagde gets extension on co-terminus basis
PS to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Dr Surendra Kumar Bagde, has been given extension in deputation tenure on co-terminus basis. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ample increase of SOs & USs posts under CSS Cadre Restructuring likely
If the GoI adheres to the recommendations of CSS Cadre Restructuring Committee 2013 as many as 400 numbers of Section Officers and 200 numbers of Under Secretaries may be added to the pool of CSS officers. If everything goes well the current number of SOs will rise from 3000 to 3400 and that of Under Secretaries may rise from 1500 to 1700.

Pradeep Saharia in race of Director (HR) ONGC
Pradeep Saharia is waiting in the wings to hit PESB selection interview which may take place in the second week of February. He is Executive Director, ONGC.

Why orders of Naresh Chandra as Director, MRVC delayed?
Why the orders of Naresh Chandra for appointment as Director (Technical), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC), Mumbai, are being delayed ? Chandra, who is on six months extension on this post on deputation, was selected for the absorption appointment on March 14, 2013.

Shortage of 84 IAS officers in Jharkhand
There is a shortage of 84 Indian Administrative Service officers in Jharkhand.

Sudhir Singh Yadav likely to join central deputation
Sudhir Singh Yadav is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

11 posts of Judges vacant in Rajasthan HC
As many as 11 posts of Judges are lying vacant against approved strength of 40 in Rajasthan High Court. They include 12 posts of permanent Judges and one post of Additional Judge.

Three officers posted as OSD in CBEC
Three Indian Revenue Service officers of C&CE cadre have been posted in Central Board of Excise & Customs. Accordingly, Rajan Lachala has been posted as OSD (Customs), Traffic unit, Pawan Kumar Khetan as OSD (Customs), PAC and Rajiv Shankar as OSD, DBK.

Eight IAS officers in Haryana transferred
As many as eight Indian Administrative Service officers in Haryana have been transferred. Accordingly, C R Rana has been posted as MD, Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd, Panchkula, Vijay Singh Dahiya as Deputy Commissioner, Faridabad, Vikas Yadav as Commissioner, MC, Faridabad, Balraj Singh as Deputy Commissioner, Karnal and Commissioner, MC Karnal; Saket Kumar as Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, EO for Management of Government Land in Excised Area, Ambala Cantt. and Commissioner, MC Ambala; Atul Kumar as Deputy Commissioner, Mahendrabarh at Narnaul; D K Behera as Deputy Commissioner, Fatehabad and K M Pandurang has been made Deputy Commissioner, Palwal.

Rajeev Prasad Singh deputed to ADB as Sr Country Specialist
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Rajeev Prasad Singh has been deputed to Asian Development Bank (ADB) as Senior Country Specialist (P-5, level) with the Indian Resident Mission, South Asia Department.

Two IRS-IT officers get additional charges
Two Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre have been given additional charges. Accordingly, Dilip Shivpuri was given an additional charge of CCIT-I, Delhi while S K Pathak will also be CCIT (CCA), Kolkata.

Praveer Ranjan is new IG Puducherry
UT cadre IPS officer Praveer Ranjan has taken over as IGP in Puducherry.

PCRA holds Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight 2014 (UPDATED)
Attended by over 800 young students from different schools of Delhi, the Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight (OGCF) -2014, organized by Petroleum Conservation and Research Association (PCRA), was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas in the august presence of Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Secretary, MoPNG, and other senior officials from Govt. and Oil Companies. The function also witnessed presentation of Star Labels by Director General (DG), Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) to Additional Secretary, MoP&NG for newly approved benchmarking initiatives for LPG hot stoves & Diesel Mono Set pumps. During the function, PCRA book titled "Handbook on Energy Efficiency in Pharma Sector" was also released. The Minister gave away awards for exemplary work in Oil & Gas conservation by oil industry and also to the winners of National Level essay and Painting competition for school children. The function culminated with flagging-off of publicity vans by dignitaries carrying PCRA conservation messages to various towns and villages of Northern India

Biswapriya Das selected as Director (R&D), IOCL (UPDATED)
Biswapriya Das, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Research& Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 29, 2014. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

NTPC declares 3rd quarter results with PAT growth of 20.41% (UPDATED)
NTPC Limited, India's largest power generating company having an installed capacity of 42454 MW has announced unaudited financial results for the third quarter of financial year 2013-14. NTPC CMD, Dr Arup Roy Choudhury informed that the unaudited total income for Q3 of financial year 2013-14 is Rs. 19,554.07 crore as against Rs. 16,541.04 crore reported for the corresponding quarter in previous year, registering a growth of 18.22%. The unaudited Profit after Tax of the company for Q3 of financial year 2013-14 is Rs. 2,861.28 crore as compared to Rs. 2,596.76 crore of previous corresponding quarter, registering a growth of 10.19%. Excluding one-off items, on adjusted basis, quarter the PAT has increased by 20.41% over previous corresponding. For the nine-month period of financial year 2013-14, the unaudited total income is Rs. 52,972.26 crore and the unaudited PAT is Rs. 7,881.20 crore. The Board of Directors have recommended highest ever interim dividend @ 40% of paid up equity share capital being Rs. 4.00 per equity share for the financial year 2013-14 in their meeting held on January 28, 2014. The dividend will be paid on February 10, 2014.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Thakur Ram Singh has been appointed as Collector, Raipur while Siddharat Pardesi will now be Collector, Bilaspur and Ritu Sen is Collector, Sarguja. Similarly, Himshikhar Gupta has been made Collector, Jashpur; N K Shukla as Collector, Balod; R Prasanna as Joint Secretary, GAD; L S Ken shifted to Mantralaya and Amrit Khalkho was made MD, Seed Corporation.


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?

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CORPORATE

TAFE Chairperson Ms Mallika Srinivasan conferred with the Padmashri
The Chairperson & CEO of TAFE Group Ms. Mallika Srinivasan has been conferred with the Padmashri by the Government of India for her contribution to Trade & Industry. Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited - TAFE - a US $1.6 billion tractor major incorporated in 1960 at Chennai, India, is the third largest tractor manufacturer in the world and the second largest in India by volumes, with a 25% market share of the Indian tractor industry and a sale of approximately 148,000 tractors (domestic and international) annually. TAFE's partnership with AGCO Corporation and the Massey Ferguson brand for 52 years is an outstanding example of TAFE's commitment to its values of building long-term relationships with its stakeholders, through fair and ethical business practices.

Dubey re-appointed MD, PNB Gilts Ltd
PNB Gilts Ltd. has re-appointed S K Dubey as Managing Director of the company with his tenure upto June 30, 2015.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of The Karnataka Bank Limited
R V Shastri and U R Bhat have ceased to be Independent directors of The Karnataka Bank Limited.

Vittal to be MD , Bharti Airtel Ltd?
Gopal Vittal appointed as Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Kajaria to be appointed Addl. Director, ABC India Ltd
ABC India Ltd is to appoint Rajya Vardhan Kajaria as Additional Director of the company.

Singh resigns as Director, Sesa Sterlite Ltd
Jagdish Pal Singh has resigned as Director of Sesa Sterlite Ltd.

Kant appointed Independent Director, Sesa Sterlite Ltd
Ravi Kant has been appointed as an Independent Non Executive Director of Sesa Sterlite Ltd.

Verma ceases to be Nominee Director, Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd
EXIM Bank has withdrawn Ms Meena Verma as its Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd.

Saini appointed Independent Director, Tarai Foods Ltd
Tarai Foods Ltd has appointed Hakam Singh Saini as an Independent Director of the company.

Pai to be appointed Whole-time Director, Archana Software Ltd
Archana Software Ltd is to appoint Chikalpat Yogesh Pai as Whole-time Director of the company.

Srinivasan appointed ED, Elpro International Ltd
Elpro International Ltd has appointed Madhav Srinivasan as an Executive Director of the company with immediate effect

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Tribute to Late Pankaj Agarwal

I am shocked and sad to know the sudden demise of an amicable & amiable IAS Officer, Pankaj Agarwala. My tribute to the departed soul is to highlight his greatness, because I met him only once in July, 2007 when he was JS, IT and realized that he can be so nice & very friendly to a person, he is meeting for the time. With that one meeting, I realized that Pankaj Sir is a great person. May his soul rest in peace. My heart-felt condolences to his family members and especially to his aged-mother, for giving birth to such a lovely human-being.

Dr. M Ravi Kanth, CMD, PDIL

Good Bye Pankaj (Aggie)

The first thing that hits you when you met Pankaj Agrawal or Aggie as friends called him was his disarming smile, with a twinkle in the eye. Instantly with a firm handshake, he made every stranger into a friend. The vivacity, enthusiasm, spontaneity was so transparent in him, that we all felt ''charged'' in his company. He was loquacious. Talk to him on any subject ,he could go on for hours without boasting of any intellectual superiority. To lighten the atmosphere in any meeting he would offer dry fruits, rasins, dates, chocolates all carefully kept on his office table in sweet little boxes. The most striking part of his personality was the ease with which he interacted with people of every social strata. I saw him asking his old retired peon to sit down and have tea in his office chamber. He loved to talk to people in ''aam admi'' language and rightly boasted of his district collector days in rural Uttar Pradesh. Never did I see him bragging of his Havard qualifications nor could i smell in him the typical Stephenian airs.

He loved good food and had himself great culinary skills. When it came to preparing dishes for his parties at home, he loved perfection to the fingertip. Even when dining out he would call for chef and give a few complimentary tips on cuisine.

Golf was his ultimate addiction. He loved to play not to win the game but to win the heart of players. In golf course, unlike other stiff-necked bureaucrats he smashed any distinction of seniority just as he smashed the golf ball straight into the right spot.

Lunch Club was his second passion. In office he would insist on colleagues to share their lunch boxes. If you run into him during lunch hours, you became an instant guest with automatic invitation to club. The variety of from lunch boxes of officers coming from all parts of the country spread a loving Pan-Indian feeling in your stomach and heart.

Pankaj had a large all encompassing royal heart, which included everyone everywhere. He was a man of heart not head. Emotions ruled him. His child like simplicity, boyish curiosity, tremendous vivacity and perennial cheerfulness set him apart in crowd. Eager to help people he loved solve their problems always and in all ways.

The man had a massive heart and he died of a massive heart attack on his way to office last Friday. Good bye Aggie ,the Aag' ,the spark you ignited in our hearts will never die.

Manoj Parida - Joint Secretary, Consumer Affairs

Delhi's Bureaucracy cries "Trahimaam"

Kejriwal has created a fear psychosis in Government of Delhi by fixing impossible targets as populist measures and then pressure the Delhi bureaucracy to produce results. Take the case of Janlokpal Bill, which he had promised to deliver first on December 27, 2013 later shifted to January 15, 2014, now shifted to first week of February 2014. The draft bill needs approval of GoI ( MHA , Law and union Cabinet ) before being presented in Delhi Vidhan Sabha. With the face off between Delhi CM and union HM , Kejriwal will have to defer the consideration of draft Janlokpal bill ,sine die. There is no chance of seeing it through in the foreseeable future. Be that as it may, his autocratic style of functioning stands exposed.

A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)

Kejriwal is our Tomorrow

Whatever people might be writing against the CM of Delhi, one thing is clear as crystal for all to see-He is our Tomorrow.

N K Pushpakaran

Why media gives importance to their madness ?

VP Singh was another master in this trade ! How many innocent people/students got killed committed suicide ,,
One fails to understand why the media gives so much importance to their madness ...he wanted to become chief minister ..it is very clear ..there is no difference between his ambitions ..and Lallo's For them ends justify the means ..whatever be the means ..let the country go back to 17th century ..let there be barbarism ..anarchy ..but they must remain in power ..or at least in limelight ..it is high time media ignore Kejriwal n company .. Even the president makes a ref ..how pained he must be .. Media should start boycotting these lpeople ..at most ..U can be fool some people some people for some time ..but not all people for all time ... How these people failed ..meteoric rise followed by meteoric fall ...NTR ..Prague Mahant ...

Rajlaxmi

How fair and impartial appointments are ?

Calling back the proposal of appointment of P C Vaish, as CMD National Textile Corporation, by the Government after recommending it based on selection by the duly constituted PESB shows how the present Government respects the duly constituted institutions/Boards. It also shows at Board level of CPSUs are made by the Central Government.

R K Taneja

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