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POLITICS

Was anointment of a Sikh PM, a lip service ?
Sikh groups protesting in Delhi have accused the Congress of merely doing lip service to their community since 1984 anti-Sikh riots that occurred after the Late PM Indira Gandhi's assassination. On this a question being raised during a high profile gathering was - "Can the anointment of a Sikh Prime Minister, for two consecutive terms i.e. 10 years, ever be considered as merely a lip service ? And this was done when the Congress stalwarts - like Pranab Mukherjee and Arjun Singh - were strong contenders for the post.

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.

BUREAUCRACY

Arvind Mayaram to get charge of SPMCL CMD
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Arvind Mayaram, is likely to get charge of the CMD, Security Printing and Minting Corporation Ltd. Tenure of present CMD M S Rana is coming to an end.

Will Alok Kumar be AS, DoPT ?
With the empanelment of 1984 batch IAS officers as Additional Secretary on the cards, the question that is being asked in the corridors of power is whether Alok Kumar will move from DoPT or he would be elevated as AS with DoPT vice Jaipriye Prakash. Alok, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is waiting in the wings for being empanelled as Additional Secretary.

M Sathiyavathy is new AS and FA, Civil Aviation
M Sathiyavathy has been appointed new Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor Civil Aviation Ministry. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on January 24, 2014 )

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 post in GoI. The 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre is presently serving as Director.

A K Goyal is now AS, Panchayati Raj in GoI
A K Goyal has been appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj in the Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

Gupta is new CMD of Shipping Corporation of India
Arun Kumar Gupta has freshly been appointed as the new CMD, Shipping Corporation of India. The post had been vacant for over a year.
(We said this on December 19, 2013)

Interview for Chairman PFRDA on Feb 6
Interview for the post of Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), the pension regulator is going to take place on February 6.

Posting of EDs to start from August
Posting of newly selected EDs in the banks will start from August only. Now the list is being moved to the ACC for clearance.

Pankaj Jindal is poised to move to Mauritius
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Pankaj Jindal may soon be given a new assignment with Income Tax Overseas Unit in Mauritius; attached to Indian Embassy. Pankaj, a 1998 batch IRS officer is presently serving as Additional Director Internal Taxasion.

Sengupta to succeed Borthakur as Director, ONGC on Feb 1
T K Sengupta, GGM, ONGC, will be joining as Director (Offshore), ONGC Limited on February 1, 2014. He will succeed P K Borthakur retiring on January 31, 2014.
(We said this on July 11, 2013)


Will Sudha Sharma get important assignment in Punjab ?
Chairman of the CBDT, Ms Sudha Sharma, is likely to get important assignment in Punjab after her superannuation on February 28.

Interview for Director (HR) in ONGC on Feb 7
PESB is likely to hold the selection meeting for next Director (HR) in ONGC on February 7, 2014. As many as eight internal applicants are waiting in the wings for the above post. The present incumbent K S Jamestin is set to retire on July 31 this year.

Post of MD, Hotel Corporation of India lying vacant
The post of MD in the Hotel Corporation of India, under Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), is lying vacant for months. Presently Joint Secretary, MoCA, G Asok Kumar, is holding the charge of the slot.

Two IAS officers return from deputation to Rajasthan
Two Indian Administrative Service officers have been given postings upon their return to parent cadre in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Alok has been appointed as Secretary, Energy and CMD, Rajasthan State Power Distribution Corporation Limited while Rajiv Singh Thakur has been appointed Secretary, Rural Development and Commissioner, Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Siddharth gets additional charge of Chairman Tea Board
Joint Secretary in the Tea board Siddharth has been given additional charge of the Chairman Tea Board for a period of three months. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

75 posts created in Flight Standards Directorate
As many as 75 posts in Flight Standards Directorate (FSD) in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have been created. They include one post of Chief Flight Operation Inspector (CFOI), six posts of Deputy Chief Flight Operation Inspectors (Dy.CFOIs), 17 posts of Senior Flight Operation Inspectors (Senior FOIs) and 40 posts of Flight Operation Inspectors (FOIs).


Cadre Restructuring Committee disappoints CSS, no increase of JS (In-situ) posts
Making adverse observation on JS (In-situ) the CSS Cadre Restructuring Committee has not recommended any increase in the number of JS (In-situ) post. Presently CSS only 40 posts of JS (In-situ) are allocated for CSS officers.

No encadred post of JS for CSS
The CSS Cadre Restructuring Committee has rejected the demands of CSS to endacre some posts at the Jt Secretary and Additional Secretary level though it has opened avenues for encadrement of JS equivalent post in autonomous/Independent departments attached to the ministry but not in the central government at all.

Mishra is also in the race of Director (HR) ONGC
D D Mishra is also waiting for PESB selection interview for the post of Director (HR) in ONGC which may take place in the second week of February. He is Group General Manager of ONGC. The incumbent K S Jamstin is retiring on July 31, 2014.

Robin Deka posted as ED, Railway Board
Robin Deka, SAG/IRAS, presently in Northern Railway, has been appointed as Executive Director (Pay Commission-I), Railway Board.

Capt Samant to be ED (Southern Region), Air India
Capt. Ms. Meenakshi Dua has been appointed as Executive Director (Southern Region), Chennai in Air India Limited.

PESB invites applications for CMD, DCI
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI), falling vacant next year on February 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 1, 2014.

M K Jha likely to join central deputation
M K Jha is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

DoPT seeks applications for Adviser, Indian Embassy, Brussels
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Adviser (Agriculture and Marine Products), Embassy of India, Brussels for a period of three years. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing advertisement of the post.

IPS officer Ashok Juneja posted as Home Secretary in CG
Ashok Juneja has been appointed as Home Secretary, Home in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

A N Upadhayay appointed as ADGP, Administration in CG
A N Upadhayay, Home Secretary, has been appointed as ADGP, Administration in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Deputation tenure of Papi Reddy to Govt of AP extended
The deputation tenure of M Papi Reddy to Andhra Pradesh Government as Commissioner, Horticulture, has been extended upto December 25, 2015. He is an IRTS officer.

33 IRS selected for promotion as Commissioner (UPDATED)
33 officers of IRS (IC&CES), 1992 batch have been selected for promotion as Commissioner. Officers of balance of 1992 &1993 batches are upset that cadre restructuring vacancies were not included for the promotion.

Arunachal Pradesh CS to retire today (UPDATED)
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secretary, HK Paliwal, is retiring today.Development Commissioner, Ramesh Negi, 1984 batch IAS AGMUT will be given the charge of CS today in the second half of the day.

Skandan returns to parent cadre, posted PS, Tourism (UPDATED)
K Skandan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been repatriated to his cadre and posted as Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Tourism and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Hemant Kumar Sinha appointed as PS, Higher Education in TN (UPDATED)
Hemant Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department in Tamil Nadu. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

8 IAS officers of 1998 batch get Super Time Scale in TN (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1998 batch have been promoted to Super Time Scale in Tamil Nadu. The officers are:C Vijayraj Kumar, Anandrao Vishnu Patil, S Murugaia, D Vivekanandan, V M Xavier Chrisso Nayagam, V Chandrasekaran, M Chandrasekaran and P Seetharaman.

11 IAS officers of 2001 batch get Selection Grade in TN (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2001 batch have been promoted to the Selection Grade in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: T N Venkatesh, Dr P Umanath, Rajendra Ratnoo, R Lalvena, R Kirlosh Kumar, T Soundiah, V Palanikumar, Dr M Jayaraman, Dr V K Shanmugam, R Sudalaikannan and U Sagayam.

3 IAS officers get addl charges in Haryana (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers have been given additional charges in Haryana. Accordingly, Vikas Gupta has been assigned additional charge of Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Director Land Records, Haryana, Special Collector and Special LAO while A S Mann will hold an additional charge of Additional State Transport Commissioner (Road Safety) and Mrs Anu gets charge of Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon.

Dr Vasantha Kumar deputed as Mission Director, Health Mission in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Dr Vasantha Kumar N has been deputed as Mission Director, Delhi State Health Mission with additional charge of Director, NRHM, Project Director, CATS, Additional Secretary, H&FW and MD, Geospatial Delhi Ltd in Delhi Government. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Barnwal posted as PS, Food after promotion to PS grade in MP (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Barnwal has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection after promotion to this grade in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Pramod Agrawal posted as PS, Transport after promotion to PS grade in MP (UPDATED)
Pramod Agrawal has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Transport after promotion to this grade in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Manu Shrivastava promoted to PS on existing post in MP (UPDATED)
Manu Shrivastava has been promoted to Principal Secretary grade on the upgraded post of MD, Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited, Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Satish Chandra Mishra promoted as PS to CS in MP (UPDATED)
Satish Chandra Mishra has been appointed as Principal Secretary (Coordination), Chief Secretary office with additional charge of MD, Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation after promotion to the grade of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Vishwa Mohan Upadhyaya promoted to PS grade on existing post in MP (UPDATED)
Vishwa Mohan Upadhyaya has been appointed as OSD-cum-Commissioner, OBC Welfare after promotion to the grade of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

M K Vashnerya promoted as PS, Labour in MP (UPDATED)
M K Vashnerya has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Labour after promotion to the grade of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Arun Tiwari promoted to PS grade on present post in MP (UPDATED)
Arun Tiwari has been appointed as OSD-cum-Commissioner, Narmada division on upgraded post of Principal Secretary after promotion to this grade in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

S K Mishra posted as PS, PHE after promotion to PS grade in MP (UPDATED)
S K Mishra has been appointed as Principal Secretary, PHE and PS to CM with additional charge of MD, MP Water Corporation Limited after promotion to the grade of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Mrs Sudha Chaudhary promoted to PS grade on existing post in MP (UPDATED)
Mrs Sudha Chaudhary has been appointed as Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Milk Federation on upgraded post after promotion to the grade of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

13 IAS officers transferred in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Sanjiv Kumar Jha has been appointed as Secretary, Panchayat and Rural and ex-officio Development Commissioner while Mrs Madhu Khare will now be Secretary, Revenue with additional charge of Revenue Commissioner and Mukesh Chandra Gupta is Additional Secretary, WRD; Project Director, World Bank projects. Besides, Santosh Mishra has been appointed MD, Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Marketing Federation, Bhopal; Manohar Lal Dubey as Secretary, Public Service Commission, Indore; Dr Sanjay Goyal as Director, Public Health and Family Welfare and ex-officio Deputy Secretary of the same department; Naresh Pal Kumar as Collector, Narsinghpur; Nisar Ahmad as Secretary, Minority Commission and Secretary, OBC welfare with additional charge of CEO, Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board; Shiv Narayan Singh Chauhan as Director, Tribal Regional Development projects, Bhopal; Ravindra Kumar Mishra as Collector, Panna; Raja Bhaiya Prajapati as Collector, Ashok Nagar; Mrs Alka Shrivastava as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Betul and Sanjiv Singh was made Director, Skill Development, Jabalpur.

Dr Poonam Khetrapal joins as Regional Director for WHO SE-Asia Region (UPDATED)
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has taken the charge as the Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region. She retired as Advisor, International Health in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
(We said this on Dec 9, 2013)

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

Ramesh appointed MD, EID Parry India Limited
EID Parry India Limited has appointed V Ramesh as Managing Director of the company.

Misra to be MD, TGBL
Tata Global Beverages Limited (TGBL) has promoted Ajoy Misra who is presently the Executive Director of TGBL as the Managing Director of TGBL w.e.f. April 1, 2014. Misra will immediately operate as 'Managing Director Designate' of the company.

Kikani appointed Addl. Director, Jyoti Structures Limited
Jyoti Structures Limited has appointed Kalpesh Kikani as an Additional Director of the company.

Advani to be again Exec. Chairman, Ador Welding Limited
Ador Welding Limited has re-appointed Ms A B Advani as the Executive Chairman and Whole-time Director of the company w.e.f. May 1, 2014

Singhal appointed Addl. Director, Welspun India Limited
Welspun India Limited has appointed Arvind Kumar Singhal as Additional Director of the company.

Hussain appointed Addl. Director, Super Sales India Limited
Super Sales India Limited has appointed S K Najmul Hussain as Additional Director of the company.

Selvaraj appointed Whole-time Director, Super Sales India Limited
Super Sales India Limited has appointed N R Selvaraj as Whole-time Director of the company.

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Finance Minister to watch

Recent case of cash loot in Delhi has shown that crores are flowing on the street of Delhi without source and destination. How this type of money is generated in cash? It clearly shows that there are loop holes in tax system which government is not recognizing. Income tax is wasting more than 40% time in chasing small tax payers & are not finding time to look such loop holes. Money is flowing like water in some sectors. FM to take steps to arrest such tax evasion. This cannot happen unless small tax payers are made free from scrutiny and notices where most of time is consumed. At least start with salaried people having taxable income up to 10 lakhs need not be scrutinized and notices send. No if and but required like otherwise. This directive has to go from CBDT to field units. Utilize manpower in tracking the evasion of large amount tax. At least data base can be prepared people having cars more than 10 lakhs, stayed in five star hotels, undertaken foreign travels, possessing houses/assets more than crore, expenses in marriages, parties, organising rallies, high value purchase (not 2 lakhs MF, 1 lakh credit card expenses)like jewellery, diamonds, property and son on. Then requires thorough data mining to find out the categories of people having taxable income more than crore. Make the tax procedure simple like property tax where the people pay yearly on self declaration.

N Prakash

HR function is important in any company

HR functions are an important function in any company. Hence short listing of Dir HR post should not be a simple mathematical exercise but HR experience need to be evaluated by search committee and candidates called.8inside and 7 outside candidates without any relevance to HR experience in totality may be a superficial one. Thus those having wide range of HR experience be given priority as against seniority.

Outside organization may have faster promotion channel.

V K Verma

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