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Who is the biggest loser ?
Who is the biggest loser in India ? One interesting remark came from an 80 year old man " None-only Manmohan Singh, who has lost all his earned capital during his tenure as PM ".

Is Jaitley an Employment Bureau for journalists?
In bureaucratic circles, Arun Jaitley is known as Employment Bureau for the journalists. Several journalists owe their job to him.

39.6% total illicit outflows in Asia
Asia accounts for 39.6 percent of total illicit outflows from developing countries compared to 61.2 percent of such outflows in the 2012 IFF Update. Asia's much larger share of total illicit outflows in the 2012 IFF Update resulted from an overestimation of China's trade misinvoicing due to the "Hong Kong effect." Correcting for the Hong Kong effect sharply reduces the share of outflows from Asia.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be first Lok Pal ?
Who will be first Lok Pal in the country ? One thing is certain, appointment will be made during the present UPA Government.

Shanti Sundharam to be new Chairperson of CBEC
J M Shanti Shundharam is all set to take over as new Chairperson of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC ). She is a 1977 batch IRS officer.

Empanelment of 1995 batch IAS officers this week
Empanelment list of 1995 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is expected to be out this week.

IFS ahead of IAS
Empanelment of 1995 batch Indian Foreign Service officers (IFS) to the rank of Joint Secretary has taken place. IAS empanelment list is still awaited.

R R Verma is new DG of NCRB
R R Verma has taken over as the new DG of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

DGCA Arun Mishra relieved for UN Post
Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Arun Mishra, who is going to Bangkok as Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has been relieved by the Civil Aviation Ministry. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on December 2 & 30, 2013)

Dr Prabhat Kumar is new DGCA
Dr Prabhat Kumar has taken over as new Director- General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on January 1. The 1985 batch UP cadre IAS officer Dr Prabhat Kumar is presently Joint Secretary in Civil Aviation.
(We said this on December 30, 2013 )

Garbyal all set to be new DG of Forest
As the grapevine has it, S S Garbyal is poised to be appointed as new Director General of Forest. If everything goes well Garbyal would soon take over as the successor of Kantharaj Jude Sekar who superannuated on December 31.Reportedly 17 candidates had applied for the slot but only two of them had brighter prospects. Garbyal is a 1977 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre. Presently he is serving as ADG, Forest, Ministry of Environment & Forest with additional charge of DG, Forest.

Orders of S K Srivastava for Delhi CS in a day or two
As the grapevine has it, Sanjay Kumar Srivastava is all set to be appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Government of Delhi. The 1980 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre had previously shouldered the crucially important responsibilities including CS, Govt of Goa and Vice President of DDA. Presently he is serving as Special Secretary, Dept of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. Reportedly, orders may be in a couple of days.

Maroo is new Member of National Monument Authority
Pukhraj Maroo has been appointed Member of the National Monument Authority for a period of three years. He is a retired 1980 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Suresh Arora likely to join central deputation
Suresh Arora is likely to join central deputation at Additional Director General level. He is a 1982 batch IPS Officer of Punjab cadre.

Joint Secretary level post to fall vacant in DoPT
A Joint Secretary level post is going to fall vacant in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) by February 2014.

Seven posts of Judges vacant in Chhattisgarh HC
As many as seven posts of Judges, against approved strength of 18, have been lying vacant in Chhattisgarh High Court. These include one post of permanent Judge and six posts of Additional Judges.

EIL spreads wings to join 'Navratna CPSE' list ?
Engineers India Ltd (EIL) seems to spread its wings to join the list of 'Navratna CPSEs' soon. OnJanuary 06, 2014 the Inter Ministerial Committee meeting is scheduled to study if EIL has raised its performance bars and can be awarded to join the list of 'Navratna CPSEs'. Would A K Purwaha, CMD EIL, be able to earn the credit for this ?


PESB to select Director (Fin) for HPC today
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) will conduct interviews for the vacant post of Director (Finance) Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd on Monday.

NPCC to get new Ind. Directors on its Board soon
The Ministry of Water Resources will soon appoint two non official part time Independent Directors in place of Dr M K Soni and Rihan Ahmad on the Board of National Project Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC).

Susheel Kumar is Chairman of CPCB
Susheel Kumar is new Chairman of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) . The 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre is currently serving as Additional Secretary, MoEF. Previously Ajay Tyagi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest had been heading the board.

Anti Corruption Branch in Delhi faced with severe shortage of personnel
Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) in Delhi is handicapped by a severe shortage of personnel at assistant commissioner of police (ACP), inspector and sub-inspector levels. The branch currently has two ACPs and 11 inspectors against its sanctioned strength of nine ACPs and 30 inspectors.

Gupta is HC, Commonwealth of Dominica
Gauri Shankar Gupta, presently High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica, with residence in Port of Spain.

Mirchandani gets 6th extension as Chairman of PEC Ltd
A K Mirchandani, Chairman of PEC Ltd, is reported to have been accorded six consecutive extension upto March 31, 2014.
(We said this on Dec 27, 2013)

Rakesh Kumar is new CEO of CBFC
Indian Railways Personnel Officer (IRPS),Rakesh Kumar, has taken over as the CEO of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in Mumbai
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Lal to join as CVO, Dedicated Freight Corridors soon ?
U K Lal may soon join as CVO of Dedicated Freight Corridor, in Railways, as the DoPT has already given him clearance for relieving by the state government. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.
(We said this on Sept 24, 2013)

Ms Beena posted as Asst Director, DFP, Ermakulam
Indian Information Service (IIS) officer, Ms K A Beena has been posted as Assistant Director (DFP), Ernakulam after promotion to Junior Grade of IIS Group 'A'.

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

Rajesh Aggarwal empanelled in GoI
Rajesh Aggarwal has reportedly been empanelled as Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

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

Justice Chauhan to head Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal
Justice BS Chauhan, a Judge of the Supreme Court is reportedly being appointed Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

Ms Arti Lal appointed SDM, Model Town in Delhi govt (UPDATED)
Ms Arti Lal has been appointed as SDM, Model Town in Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Pritam singh has been made PS, Dairy Development and MD, RCDF while Dr Lalit Mehra will now be CMD, Rajasthan State Bhandran Corporation and Sudarshan Sethi is PS, Tribal Regional development. Similarly, S K Agrawal has been appointed as PS, Small Scale Industries, Khadi and Rural Industries; Rajeshwar Singh as PS, Tourism, Sudhansh Pant as Commissioner, Agriculture, Alok Gupta as Secretary, Personnel; Dinesh Kumar as Secretary, Local Self-Government; Mrs Gayatri A Rathod as Commmissioner, Tourism and MD, Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation; Siddharth Mahajan as Special Secretary, Finance (Budget); Dr Samit Sharma as Group General Manager, RSMML Ltd; Sunil Dhariwal as MD, Rajasthan Medical Services and ex-officio Joint Secretary, Medicaland Health; Anil Kumar Chaplot as Special Secretary, Home; Vinod Ajmera as Commissioner, Industries and Om Prakash Yadav was made Commissioner, Excise and ex-officio Commissioner, Prohibition.

Wing Commander Gangakhedkar takes over as PRO (Defence) (UPDATED)
Wing Commander Samir S Gangakhedkar today assumed charge of the Public Relations Officer of Ministry of Defence at Nagpur, replacing Group Captain Mahesh Upasani.

Group Captain Upasani assumes charge of Group Commander NCC (UPDATED)
Group Captain Mahesh Upasani has assumed full time charge of Group Commander NCC at Nagpur.

Chowdhury takes charge as Secretary, Official Languages, GoI (UPDATED)
Nita Chowdhury has taken over the charge as Secretary, Department of Official Language under Ministry of Home Affairs. Previously she served as Secretary, Dept of Women & Child Development in Government of India. She is a 1977 batch IAS officer of the U P cadre.

Jain joins as Secretary, Women & Child Development, GoI (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Jain has assumed the charge as Secretary, Department of Women & Child Development. The 1977 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre previously served as Secretary, Department of Official Languages under Ministry of Home Affairs.

HAL contributes to ISRO's GSLV D5 mission (UPDATED)
HAL congratulates ISRO for the successful launch of Geo-stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) D5 from Sriharikota on January 5, 2013. "HAL's Aerospace Division contributed in a significant way for the launch by supplying 13 types of riveted structural assemblies, seven types of welded propellant tankages which include the cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen tanks and cryogenic stage structures of GSLV-D5", said Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. HAL integrated and delivered all the four L40 booster rockets and provided the bare structure of the communication satellite (GSAT-14), an assembly of composite and metallic honeycomb sandwich panels with a composite cylinder. The HAL-ISRO partnership has been growing over the years and is poised for more. HAL has been associated with India's prestigious space programmes since the establishment of ISRO. This includes the recent successful launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft for which HAL delivered seven types of riveted structural assemblies and four types of welded propellant tankages.

Palash Goswami selected as Director (Fin), HPCL (UPDATED)
Palash Goswami, GM, HCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Four persons were interviewed for this post, which was vacated by Amitabh Banerjee who joined KRCL as Director Finance in October, 2013.

Major reshuffle of senior IPS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 40 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, H C Meena has been appointed as DGP, Home Guard and Civil Security while Manoj Bhatt will now be DGP, Anti-corruption Bureau and Ajit Singh is ADGP, Crime Branch. Similarly, Kapil Garg has been appointed as ADGP, State Crime Record Bureau; Nand Kishore as ADGP, Police Training; Dr Sunil Kumar Mehrotra as ADGP, Planning, Modernisation and Welfare; Dr Sudhakar Johri as ADGP, Traffic; Dalpat Singh Dinkar as ADGP, Home Gaurd and Civil Security; Rajiv Kumar Dasot as ADGP, Police Housing; Utkal Ranjan Sahu as ADGP, Intelligence; K Narsimha Rao as ADGP, Railways; Bhupendra Kumar Dak as ADGP, Jail; Indu Kumar Bhushan as ADGP, Rules; Umesh Mishra as ADGP, Anti-Corruption Bureau; N Morris Babu as ADGP, Anti Human Trafficking; Janga Shrinivas Rao as Police Commissioner, Jaipur; Dharam Chand Jain as IG, Jaipur range; Saurabh Shrivastava as IG, Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission; Rajesh Nirvan as IG, Planning, Modernisation and Welfare; Amrit Kalash as IG, Ajmer range; Anil Paliwal as IG, Re-organisation; Anand Kumar Shrivastava as IG, PHQ; Biju George Joseph K as IG, Bharatpur range; Mrs Smita Shrivastava as IG, ACB, Jaipur; Janardhan Sharma as IG, Intelligence; Sachin Mittal as Police Commissioner, Jodhpur; L N Meena as IG, Bikaner range; Nisar Ahmed Farooqui as IG, Jail; G N Purohit as IG, Udayapur range; Vishal Bansal as Assitance Police Commisioner, Jaipur Commissionerate; Dr Girraj Lal Meena as DIG, CID (CB), Jaipur; Girdhari Lal Sharma DIG, Jaipur Development Authority; Bipin Kumar Pandey as Assistant Police Commisioner, Jaipur Commissionerate; Alok Kumar Vashisht as DIG, Anti-corruption Bureau; Rohit Mahajan as DIG, Vigilance Mining; Vipul Chaturvedi as DIG, Anti-corruption Bureau; K Bahadur Singh Kapur as DIG, Jail; Ashok Naruka as DIG, CID (SB), Jaipur and Shiv Lal Joshi was made DIG, Jail, Udayapur.

Three IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given fresh assignments in Karnataka. Accordingly, T V Manjunatha has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Dharwad while P A Meghannavar was made Registrar, Karntaka State Law University, Hubli and D Kiran is MD, Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Company (CHESCOM), Mysore.

CORPORATE

Sahoo resigns as CS of Hittco Tools Ltd
Alok Jyoti Sahoo has resigned as Company Secretary of Hittco Tools Ltd.

Jena appointed CS of Hittco Tools Ltd
Chittaranjan Jena has been appointed as Company Secretary of Hittco Tools Ltd.

Chandrashekhar takes over as NASSCOM President
Ex Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar has taken over as President of NASSCOM.

Natta resigns as Director, Sagar Cements Ltd
Gilbert Noel Claude Natta has resigned as Director of Sagar Cements Ltd.

Jain is CEO, Bharti Retail?
Raj Jain has assumed charge as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Retail.

Vengurlekar appointed Independent Director, Transchem Ltd
Transchem Ltd has appointed Vinayak G Vengurlekar as Independent Director of the Company.?

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Honest bureaucrats ?

The perception that honest bureaucrats are those rotting in insignificant positions is wrong. There are large number of honest bureaucrats who are performing well in the government and such honest but good performers are in great demand. Good number of those so called honest rotting in insignificant posts are doing that as their own choice, they are those who have resolved not to take responsibility and be called honest. They pass their life without doing anything though. They don't hesitate to regularly draw their salary. Is this not a dishonesty? We should stop branding all not doing anything as honest officers. In a way we are saying all those who are sincerely and honestly doing their duty are dishonest. The way we are condemning the bureaucrats in general, we are really doomed.

AK Sinha

The debate about AIS is useless

The debate about AIS is useless. In fact the Central Services are the real AIS as they serve through out the country and have broad approach. The IAS, IPS and IFS are state services as they serve only particular state working under certain environment and some of them deputed to Centre for gaining knowledge. The approach of defining the AIS character should be modified.

Nand Ram

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