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POLITICS

Former IFS officer Hardeep Puri joins BJP
Hardeep Singh Puri, a former Indian Foreign Service officer of 1974 batch, joins BJP. He was India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

AAP impact : Babus miss New Year's '5 star' revelries
Believe it or not, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) started showing its impact in Delhi even before its government was sworn in on Thursday, January 2. However, the first one to have its taste were the Babus who missed the complimentary New Year parties hosted by several 5 Star hotels in the national capital. Though the invites to the bureaucrats were sent as usual, they preferred not to join the festivities.

Kejriwal is second Chief Minister to be an IITian
Arvind Kejriwal is the second Chief Minister to be an IITian after his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar. A product of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Khargapur, 45-year-old Kejriwal studied Mechanical Engineering and passed out in 1989 while Parrikar passed out as a metallurgical engineer from IIT, Mumbai.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Judge of the Supreme Court ?
Who will be new Judge of the Supreme Court of India ? Names of CJ of Jharkhand High Court Justice R Banumathi and CJ of the Gauhati High Court Justice A M Sapre are in circulation.

AAI Chairman, Agrawal gets extension
V P Agrawal, Chairman of Airports Authority of India, who was due to retire on December 31, 2013, has been accorded an uncertain extension on this post. He will continue holding the post until further orders by the Government of India.
(We said this on Nov 15, 2013)

A K Jain is new Secretary, Child and Women Welfare
A K Jain has been moved as Secretary Women and Child Development in the Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Nita Chowdhury moves to Official Languages
Finally Nita Chowdhury has been moved from Secretary Women and Child Development Department to Official Languages. She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Dr Aggarwal appointed Advisor Inter-State Council
Dr Vinod Aggarwal, IAS(JH:80) has been appointed as Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs. The appointment of Aggarwal is in the rank and pay of Additional Secretary to the Government of India with effect from Dec.30, 2013.

Proposal for Ambassadors this month
Proposal for about one dozen new Ambassadors are expected to be cleared by January end.

Tenure of Sanjeeva Kumar as CVO, ONGC extended
The central deputation tenure of Sanjeeva Kumar as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), New Delhi, has been extended upto March 31, 2014. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Fanal goes on inter cadre deputation to AGMUT cadre
The inter cadre deputation of Lalrinliana Fanal from Uttarakhand to AGMUT cadre (Mizoram segment) has been approved by the Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer.

Kiran Gitte goes on inter cadre deputation to Maharashtra
The inter cadre deputation of Kiran Gitte, from Manipur-Tripura to Maharashtra cadre has been approved by the Government of India. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer.

Dr Beda goes on inter cadre deputation to AGMUT cadre
The inter cadre deputation of Dr Joram Beda, from Punjab to AGMUT cadre has been approved by the Government of India. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer.

ACC refuses inter cadre transfer of D Sathiyan
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has declined to give an inter cadre transfer of D Sathiyan from Assam-Meghalaya to Kerala cadre on the grounds of extreme hardship. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer.

Cooling-off period for woman IAS officer waived
Three years cooling-off period for a woman IAS officer can be waived up to six months if her husband is posted under the Government of India and she may get posting at the station where her husband is posted.

Promotion of 1983 batch IFS still awaited
Promotion of 1983 batch Indian Foreign Service officers to the rank of Additional Secretary is still awaited.

Promotion of 1995 batch IFS still awaited
Promotion of 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service officers to the rank of Joint Secretary is still awaited.

Indrani Banerjee to be CGM in RBI
Indrani Banerjee has been promoted to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Sujit Kumar all set to move on central deputation
Sujit Kumar is all set to move on central deputation. The 2006 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre is currently serving as AIG (Inspection) with Bihar Police.

Five Additional Judges appointed for Bombay HC
Five Additional Judges have been appointed for the Bombay High Court.

B K Behera likely to join central deputation
B K Behera is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General level. He is a 1982 batch IPS Officer of Orissa cadre.

Eight posts of Judges vacant in Calcutta HC
As many as eight posts of Judges are lying vacant in Calcutta High Court against approved strength of 58. Nine posts of permanent Judges are vacant.

Sapre posted as Asst Director, DAVP, New Delhi
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Nitin Nath Sapre has been posted as Assistant Director - DAVP, New Delhi, after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

Arun Arora empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Arun Arora has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is an IRSME officer of 1984 batch.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
A number of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Mrs S Malarvizhi has been posted as Director, Social Security Schemes with additional charge of ex-officio Joint Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Disaster Management and Mitigation while S Palanisamy will be Deputy Secretary, School Education Department and Dr S Prabhakharan is Director, Sericulture, Salem. Similarl, K S Kandasamy has been appointed as Joint Commissioner, Land Administration; C Kathiravan as Additional Director, Agriculture; Mrs F Innocent Divya as Special Officer, Chief Minister's Special Cell; S Suresh Kumar as Executive Director, Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency; Mrs M Lakshmi as Regional Deputy Commissioner, North, Corporation of Chennai; Mrs R Gajalakshmi as Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited; S Ganesh as Joint Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board.

Manoj Bhatt promoted to DGP grade in Rajasthan
Manoj Bhatt has been promoted to the grade of DGP in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mrs Singh promoted to ADGP grade in Rajasthan
Mrs Nina Singh has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Rajasthan. Mrs Singh, who belongs to 1989 batch IPS officer, is presently on central deputation.

Mrs Thakur promoted to ADGP grade in Rajasthan
Mrs Binita Thakur has been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police in Rajasthan. Mrs Thakur, who belongs to 1996 batch IPS officer, is presently on central deputation.

4 IPS officers promoted to ADGP grade in Rajasthan
Bhupendra Kumar Dak, Indu Kumar Bhushan, Umesh Mishra and N Moris Babu have been promoted to the grade of ADGP in Rajasthan.

5 IPS officers promoted to IGP grade in Rajasthan
As many as five IPS officers namely Sachin Mittal, Sanjiv Kumar Narjeri, L N Meena, Nisar Ahmed Farooqui and J N Purohit have been promoted to the grade of IGP in Rajasthan.

6 IPS officers promoted to DIG grade in Rajasthan
As many as six IPS officers namely Anand Vardhan Shukla, Rohit Mahjan, Vipul Chaturvedi, K Bahadur Singh Kapur, Ashok Naruka, Shivlal Joshi have been promoted to the grade of DIG in Rajasthan.

13 IPS officers get selection grade in Rajasthan
As many as 13 IPS officers namely Praful Kumar, H G Raghvendra Suhasa, Bal Mukund Verma, Hari Prasad Sharma, Mahesh Kumar Goyal, Surendra Kumar, Mahendra Singh Chaudhary, Pravin Sharma, Virbhan Ajwani, Prem Prakash Tak, Bahadur Singh Rathod, Om Prkash Sharma and S N Khinch have been accorded Selection Grade in Rajasthan.

5 IPS officers get senior grade in Rajasthan
As many as five IPS officers namely Dr Gagandeep Singla, Vikas Sharma, Dr Rajiv Pachar, Deshmuk Paris Anil, Rathod Vinit Kumar Trikamalal have been accorded Senior grade in Rajasthan.

4 IAS officers get Above Super-time scale in Rajasthan
Three IAS officers namely V Srinivas, Mrs Shubhra Singh and Rohit Kumar Singh, who are on central deputation at Joint Secretary level posts, have been accorded above Super-Time Scale in Rajasthan. Besides, Rajeswar Singh has also been accorded Above Super- time Scale in Rajasthan.

4 IAS officers transferred in Rajasthan
As many as four IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rajeshwar Singh has been appointed as PS, Small Scale Industries, Khadi & Rural Industries while Navin Jain will now be Director, College Education and Secretary, Higher Education and Girijaj Singh Kushwaha. Besides, Indrajit Singh has ben appointed as Joint Secretary, Personnel.

3 IAS officers get Super Time scale in Rajasthan
Three IAS officers namely Vaibhav Galariya, T Ravikant, Subir Kumar have been accorded Super time scale in Rajasthan.

3 IAS officers get Selection Grade in Rajasthan
Three IAS officers namely Navin Jain, Dr Krishna Kant Pathak and Giriraj Singh Kushwah have been accorded Selection Grade in Rajasthan.

5 IAS officers get Senior scale in Rajasthan
As many as five IAS officers namely Prakash Rajpurohti, Jitendra Kumar Soni, Indrajit Singh, Mrs Neha Giri and Vishwa Mohan Sharma have been accorded Senior Scale in Rajasthan.

5 IAS officers get JAG in Rajasthan
As many as five IAS officers of 2005 batch namely Dr Arushi Ajey Malik, Joga Ram, Purna Chandra Kishen, Pallakondi Ramesh and Mrs Punam have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Rajasthan.

I C P Keshari is new RC Madhya Pradesh in Delhi (UPDATED)
I C P Keshari has been appointed new Resident Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh in Delhi. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

Sood joins as GM, Central Railway (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar Sood has taken over as the new General Manager Central Railway.
(We said this in December)

LIC's new endowment plan launched (UPDATED)
LIC launches another plan "LIC's New Endowment Plan". This is a with profit non-linked plan which combines the features of savings and protection plans. It provides financial support for the family of the deceased policyholder in case of death any time before maturity. On survival of the term of policy a good lump sum amount is payable to the policyholder, as maturity benefit. The policyholder is entitled to full risk coverage for the term of the policy. At the end of the policy term Sum Assured along with Vested Simple Reversionary Bonus and Final Additional Bonus (if any) is payable. Death Sum Assured is Basic Sum Assured or 10 times of annualised premium (excluding service tax, extra premium and rider premiums, if any), and in any case this death benefit shall not be less than 105% of all the premiums paid as on date of death. The policy can be taken from age 8 years to 55 years and has the convenience of choosing policy term from 12 years to maximum of 35 years. Minimum Sum Assured is Rs 100,000/- and in multiples of RS. 5000/- thereafter. It also takes care of liquidity through its loan facility. This is the second plan launched by the corporation this year. Earlier Single Premium Endowment plan was launched on 1.1.2014.

144 Customs officers shifted after promotion to Jt. Commissioner (UPDATED)
As many as 144 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise have been transferred after promotion to the grade of Joint Commissioner.

Sales growth of 14% by SAIL in Dec 2013 (UPDATED)
SAIL registered a growth of 14% in sales of saleable steel at 1.13 million tonnes (MT) in the month of December'2013, as against the same month last year (SMLY). Crude steel production at 1.16 MT in Dec.'13 was up by 7% over SMLY. On techno-economic front, Coke rate and energy consumption improved by 1% each in the month of December'2013 over SMLY. The upward trend in performance in the last couple of months is an outcome of concerted efforts directed at sales improvement in both domestic and international market. Strategic focus on enhanced production especially of value-added products has resulted in sustained growth on production and sales front. In Oct-Dec'2013 period, total sales of steel by SAIL at 2.98 MT were up 6% on Y-O-Y basis. This included exports of 1.77 lakh, which recorded a growth of 122% over the same period last year. Production of crude steel in Q3FY14 also went up by 4%, as compared to CPLY. Chairman, SAIL C S Verma, in his new year address to employees, exhorted the employees to work and conduct themselves in a way that SAIL becomes synonymous with business excellence. He highlighted the imperative need for excellence in areas like improving the quality of inputs, enlarging share of value added products and intensive customer engagement with thrust on higher net sales realisations. He urged the employees to have ownership of SAIL, passion for SAIL and pride in SAIL, which together are the driving force that will lead our company to greater heights. Let "my SAIL, my Pride" be the mantra for 2014.

Orders of V K Sinha as Director (Tech), CMPDIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of V K Sinha, CGM, BCCL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), CMPDIL have been issued by the Government of India. However, he already joined CMPDIL at CGM level.
(We said this on May 30, 2013)

T P Senkumar promoted to DGP grade in Kerala (UPDATED)
T P Senkumar has been promoted to the grade of DGP and posted as DGP, Prison in Kerala. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

2 IPS officers of 1989 batch promoted to ADGP grade in Kerala (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1989 batch namely K Padmakumar and S Aananthakrishna have been promoted to the grade of ADGP in Kerala. Padmakumar posted as ADGP Coastal Police with charge of Kochi Range and S Aananthakrishnan will be ADGP Intelligence after promotion.

Two IRAS officers transferred (UPDATED)
Mrs Kusuma Hari Prasad, JAG/IRAS/RWF, has been transferred to South Western Railway while Mrs Meghna Sharma, SS/IRAS/South Western Railway, is being shifted to RWF.

Sudhir Bhandari appointed as PCCA, Road Transport & Highways (UPDATED)
Sudhir Bhandari has been appointed as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts (PCCA) in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch officer of ICAS.

Udaya Shankar Pant posted as PCCA, MEA (UPDATED)
On return from his assignment as IMF Advisor in Nepal, Udaya Shankar Pant has been posted as Principal Chief Controller of Accounts (PCCA)in the Ministry of External Affairs in the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Pant is a 1982 batch officer of ICAS.

CORPORATE

Sidhu resigns as Part-time Director, BHEL
Ms Kusumjit Sidhu has resigned as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL).

Singh appointed Company Secy., SPML Infra Ltd
SPML Infra Limited has appointed Abhay Raj Singh as Company Secretary of the company.

Nayak resigns as Director, TRC Financial Services Ltd
Ramakant Nayak has resigned as a Director of TRC Financial Services Ltd w.e.f. December 6, 2013

Mathew appointed Exec. VP, The South Indian Bank Limited
South Indian Bank Ltd has appointed V G Mathew as Executive Vice President of The South Indian Bank Limited.

Khusrokhan ceases to be Non Exec Director, Rallis India Ltd
Homi R Khusrokhan has ceased to be Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of Rallis India Limited.

Das ceases to be on ONGC Board
Shaktikanta Das, Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has resigned from the company following his assuming charge as Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Union Ministry of Chemical & Fertilizers.

Sharma resigns as Whole-time Director, Gokul Refoils and Solvent Ltd
Dinesh Kumar Sharma has resigned as Whole-time of Gokul Refoils and Solvent Ltd.

Reddy appointed Director, Aptus Industries Ltd
Aptus Industries Ltd has appointed S Ganga Reddy as Director of the company with immediate effect.

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AAP and Cong (I) are same !
We are all in favour of Kejriwal and AAP. But they are also behaving in the same manner like the Congress (I). They are extending largesse on the lines of Congress (I) a la MNREGA, NHRM and Food Security Bill. Agreed that the Accounts of the discom companies should be audited and the water mafia be brought to books in Delhi. But instead draining states scarce exchequer in subsidy they should spend those money in laying down water pipe lines for distribution of water. They also
discipline the callous government employees and also enforce punctuality in government offices. Just go and see what is happening in the NDMC and DMC officers, which make birth and death certificate. Like Narendra Modi in Gujarat, they should also use the services of retired government employees on voluntary basis (without any salary etc.) for sitting in front of the counter in all offices of the government offices of Delhi having inter face with the public. They can be very helpful in filling up of forms, giving of proper guidance etc. to the poor public. But, I know that for the present the AAP is not going to take any unpopular actions. In this country if you try to discipline a lackadaisical or corrupt officials, you face the flak and nobody comes to your rescue. If and only if all the Government functionaries be it be the bureaucrats, clerks, ministers, judges etc. started disciplining themselves, become honest, become punctual and develop a heart wherein their intention should be only to help the poor; then only the country will prosper.

Anju Srivastava

Kejrival is not an AIS officer
Arvind Kejriwal's erstwhile Income Tax Service is not an All India Service but is a central government service which is administered as a government of India service and has no connections with states and the state politicians. All India Services (IAS,IPS and Indian Forest Service) are services jointly administered by the centre and the states and that is why they are called All-India services. Though this difference may not be discernible to the common man, it is important that this subtle but vital difference is clearly brought out in a widely-acclaimed column like WIC. Kejriwal's political success is not through his hobnobbing with state politicians before resigning his government job as is the case with many babu-turned-politicians.

M S Krishnan

Kejriwal belonged to the Central Services
Arvind Kejriwal belonged to the Central Services, being an IRS officer and not to All India Services. The first husband-wife team who became members of the CBDT were B. Nigam and Mrs. S. K. Nigam, in the late
nineties.

Sunil Chopra

Arvind Kejriwal is from Central Services
Arvind Kejriwal is from Central Services. Not from All India Services. IAS, IPS and IFS are the only three AIS and IRS is a Central Service.

SN

Indian Revenue Service is not an All India Service
I should point out to you that Indian Revenue Service is not an All India Service and not part of AIS. There are only three AIS - namely the IAS (Indian Administrative Service), IFS (Indian Forest Service) and IPS (Indian Police Service). IRS (Indian Revenue Service) is a member and part of the Central Civil Services (CCS) only.

Jose, Additional Secretary to Government of India (Retd.)

It is very easy to find honest bureaucrats
Take a list of those rotting in insignificant positions and you will get many.

Prakash

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