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Raj Nath Singh to be Home Minister in Modi Cabinet ?
This is a reliable whisper., In the Narendra Modi cabinet, when it happens, Raj Nath Singh will be Home Minister of India.

Illicit financial flows impacting global south
The illicit financial outflows from the developing world totaled a staggering US$946.7 billion in 2011, with cumulative illicit financial outflows over the decade between 2002 and 2011 of US$5.9 trillion. This gives further evidence to the notion that illicit financial flows are the most devastating economic issue impacting the global South.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Secretary Commerce (2) Rajeev Kher
It is widely believed that Rajeev Kher will succeed S R Rao as Secretary Commerce. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. Incidentally 4 IAS officers of 1980 batch are currently posted in the Ministry of Commerce. Will 3 officers of his batch work under Kher ?

New panel for Director General, Railway Protection Force?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the panel for Dir Gen, Railway Protection Force is being scrapped which comprised three Senior IPS officers. Since two officers, out of three on the panel, are now slated to move to NPA & BSF a new panel would soon be prepared.

Dinesh Kumar empanelled as Addl Secretary in GoI
Dinesh Kumar has been empanelled for the posts of Additional Secretary or equivalent posts in the Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.


Rajiv Sharma poised to prematurely repatriate to Andhra Pradesh?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Rajiv Sharma, Additional Secretary, MHA, is all set to repatriate to the cadre state. The 1982 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre is presently serving as Additional Secretary (Naxal Management), MHA. Currently he is looking after the additional charge of AS (Foreigners) & AS (centre State). Rajiv had joined GoI in December 2011 as Mission Director, MoEF and further elevated as Additional Secretary, MHA in January 2013.


Ganai prematurely repatriates to J&K, poised for Prl Secy Home in J&K
Khursheed Ahmed Ganai, a 1982 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre, has prematurely repatriated to J&K. He had been serving GoI as Additional Secretary (Foreigners). Ganai had joined GoI in May 2011 as JS, I&B and had later moved to MHA as JS where he was elevated as Additional Secretary in 2012. Presently the charge of AS (Foreigners) has been given to Dr Rajiv Sharma, Additional Secretary, Naxal management, MHA.

OM Prakash selected as CMD, SECL
OM Prakash, Director (Technical), WCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held onJanuary 8, 2014. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Dasgupta appointed as Member, Settlement Commission, Chennai
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, D Dasgupta has been appointed as Member of the Additional Bench of Settlement Commission, Chennai.

Panel of a selected candidate on verge of scrap
The panel of a selected candidate for the post of Director in a Coal PSU is on the verge of scrap in February, due to delay of one year of his appointment on the post. It is expected that the Ministry can extend the panel.

Ministry can seek reserve panel for Board level appointment
The Ministry/Department concerned can seek the name in the reserve panel from the PESB if CVC denies vigilance clearance to the recommended candidate for a Board level post in PSU.

Hussain to retire in February
Member (Personnel) in the Prasar Bharti Board Brig (retd), V A M Hussain, is retiring in February end.

Chander to take charge as Member CBEC on Jan 20
As the grapevine has it Joy Kumari Chander may take charge as Member, CBEC on January 20, 2014. The 1978 batch IRS (IC&CES) officer was selected on October 24, 2013 as Member of CBEC. Presently, she is serving as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax, Coimbatore.

PK Bhagat is now MD & CEO of TPA of India Ltd
Praveen Kumar Bhagat, General Manager GIC, has been appointed as Managing Director and CEO of Health Insurance TPA of India Ltd a joint venture company promoted by 04 Non Life PSU Insurance companies and GIC to service Health Insurance Claims.


An appointment can expose many in a PSU
Staff members as well as officers of a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) unit are whispered to have been afraid of appointment of an All India Service (AIS) officer on the Board. The officer, who has a knack for auditing, can expose misdemeanors and financial irregularities committed by officials and employees.

Ms Chinchkhandi posted in Mumbai
Ms J M Chinchkhandi (IA&AS-2006), on return from leave has been posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn.), O/o Principal Accountant General (Audit)-III, Maharashtra, Mumbai against an existing vacancy. She will relieve Gurpreet Walia of the additional charge of the post held by him.

Tandon is now Additional Member (IT), Railway Board
Rakesh Kumar Tandon is now Additional Member (IT) Railway Board. He completed his term as CM IRCTC on January 4, 2014.

K S Jha soon to join as Zonal Director, NCB in Mumbai
K S Jha is all set to take charge as Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai. He is a BSF cadre officer.

Delhi police headquarters swings into action
Following the Delhi government's demand of seven ACPs, 19 inspectors and at least 15 sub-inspectors for understaffed Anti Corruption Branch (ACB), files have begun to move at the police headquarters. The Headquarters branch of the Delhi Police is currently in the process of identifying personnel to be posted to the ACB.

Punjab cadre IAS officer is GM of FCI
Kumar Rahul has been appointed General Manager (GM) of Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Chandigarh. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Interview for Director (Finance) NEPA Ltd today
As the grapevine has it PESB would conduct the interviews for the selection of Director (Finance) NEPA Ltd on January 9. Indian Telephone Industries Ltd on 6 December. The post has been lying vacant since long. The post has been lying vacant since months. Presently S K Goyal, Director, Dept of Heavy Industries is shouldering the responsibilities of Dir (Finance), NEPA Ltd.

CVC clears file of Gupta for Director, ITI Ltd
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is reported to have cleared the file of P K Gupta, GM, ITIL, for the appointment as Director (Marketing), ITI Limited.

Orders of Mehra for Director, MRVC yet to come
The orders of B K Mehra, Financial Adviser &Chief Account Officer, MRVC, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Luck didn't favour Prakash Chand for BHEL's top job
No one had any doubt about the successor of BP Rao - Chairman and Managing Director of BHEL when the government's headhunter PESB selected the company's one of the Executive Director Prakash Chand, head of the company's unit at Haridwar in Uttarakhand, for the top job after interviewing over 10 candidates in June. But destiny had something else in store. Rao was given two years extension by the committee headed by Pulok Chatterji, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, on the grounds that the public sector firm needed continuity in decision making.

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

A P Siddique likely to join central deputation
A P Siddique is likely to join central deputation at Inspector General level. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.


Four posts of Judges vacant in Himachal Pradesh HC
As many as 4 posts of Judges have been lying vacant against approved strength of 11 in Himachal Pradesh High Court. One post of permanent Judges while three posts of Additional Judges are vacant.

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

Rajesh Kumar appointed Legal Consultant in Delhi Govt
Rajesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Legal Consultant (VAT) in the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Major IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan
As many as 55 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Prafull Kumar has been appointed Ajmer SP while H G Raghvendra Suhasa will now be Bhilwara SP and Bal Mukund Verma is AIG, Police Training. Similarly, Hari Prasad Sharma has been apponted as Shriganganagar SP, Mahesh Kumar Goyal as Intelligence SP, Jaipur; Virbhan Ajwani as Principal, PTS, Kishangarh; Bahadur Singh Rathod as Jaipur rural SP; Om Prakash Sharma as Commandant, 4th battalion, RAC; S N Khinch as SP, CID, Crime Branch; Dr Nitin Deep Blaggan as SP, Jodhpur rural; Hinglajdan as Deputy Commissioner, Police (West), Jodhpur; Gaurav Shrivastava as SP, SCRB; Sharat Kaviraj as SP, Hanumangarh; C Santosh Kumar Tukaram as Bikaner SP; Om Prakash as Deputy Director, Rajasthan Police Academy; Vikas Kumar as Alwar SP; Deepak Kumar as SP, ACB, Jaipur; Swai Singh Chaudhary as Deputy Commissioner, Crime, Jaipur Commissionerate; Bharat Lal Meena as Commandant, 11th Batallion, RAC (IR); Anil Kumar Jain as Director, Intelligence Training Academy; Sanjay Kumar Kshotriya, Deputy Commissioner, Jaipur South; Mehmood Alam Tarik as SP, PHQ, Jaipur; Surendra Kumar Gupta as SP, CID, Crime Branch; Dilip Kumar as SP, CID, Crime Branch; Laxman Gaud as SP, Nagaur; Prasanna Kumar Khamesara as Chittorgarh SP; Ajay Pal Lamba as Udaypur SP; Dr Vishnu Kant as Deputy Commissioner, PHQ and Traffic, Police Commissioner office, Jaipur; Rahul Prakash as Bharatpur SP; Kishan Sahay Meena as SP, GRP, Ajmer; Rajendra Singh as Commandant, 2nd Battalion, RAC, Kota; Dr Ramdev Singh as Commandant, 10th Batallion, RAC, Bikaner; Jainarayan as Pali SP; Satyendra Singh as Tonk SP; Ashok Kumar Gupta as Commandant, 5th Battalion, RAC; Swai Singh Godara as SP,, Swaimadhopur; Lalit Maheshwar as SP, Intelligence, Kota; Hemant Kumar Sharma as Badmer SP; Anil Kumar Tank as Banswara SP; Kailash Chandra Bishnoi as Deputy Commissioner, Jaipur West; Dr Ravi as SP, ACB, Ajmer; Barhat Rahul Manhardan as SP, Jhalawad; Mrs Lavali Katiyar as Deputy Commissioner, Traffic, Commissioner office, Jaipur; Mrs Priti Chandra as SP, ACB Kota; Dr Rahul Jain as Deputy Commissioner, Jodhpur West, Commissioner office in Jaipur; Om Prakash as Commandant, 7th Battalion, RAC, Bharatpur; Samir Kumar Singh as SP, ATS, Rajasthan; Mrs Shweta Dhankhad as SP, Rajasamand; Mrs Priti Jain as Principal, RPTC, Jodhpur; Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary, SP, Bundi; Dr Gagandeep Singla as Dungarpur SP; Vikas Sharma as Jaisalmer SP; Dr Rajiv Pachar as Sirohi SP; Deshmukh Paris Anil as Bara SP and Rathod Vinit Kumar Trikamalal was made SP, Jalor.

Verma is Information Commissioner in Bihar
A former 1976 batch IAS officer, B K Verma, has been appointed State Information Commissioner in Bihar

Rentala Chandrashekhar is now President, NASCOM
Rentala Chandrashekhar, former Telecom Secretary, is the new President of NASCOM. The 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhara Pradesh cadre has succeeded Som Mittal.
(We said this on May 7, 2013)

Pawan Hans pays dividend to Govt (UPDATED)
Pawan Hans pays dividend after a gap of 4 years. Cheque of dividend of Rs.1,19,32,164/- for the financial year 2012-13 was presented to Minister of Civil Aviation Ajit Singh by Anil Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director,Pawan Hans in the presence of Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Civil Aviation Alok Sinha JS, G.Asok Kumat , JS , MoCA , Sanjiv Bahl, ED, PHL and other senior officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation and Pawan Hans. Pawan Hans is an organization of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, for the financial year 2012-13 Pawan Hans earned operating revenue of Rs.465.25 crores (Rs.428.86 crores in the previous year). The net operating profit for 2012-13 is Rs.39.64 crores and the company has managed to turn around with profits net of everything at Rs.11.70 crores against the net loss of Rs.10.35 crores during previous year and has declared dividend @ 20% of the net profit after tax (i.e. Rs.11.70 crores) to Govt. of India and ONGC. In the paid up share capital of the Company of Rs.245.62 crores, Government through Ministry of Civil Aviation holds Rs.125.266 crores( 51%) and ONGC holds. Rs.120.35 crores (49%).

S K Srivastva appointed new Chief Secretary of Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as Chief Secretary in Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.
(We said this on Dec 31, 2013)

Delhi C S, Spolia posted as Financial Commissioner in Delhi (UPDATED)
Chief Secretary, D M Spolia has been transferred and posted as Financial Commissioner with additional charge of CMD, DFC in Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Lalmalswma posted as PS, SC/ST/OBC, Minorities Welfare in Delhi (UPDATED)
Lalmalswma has been appointed as Principal Secretary, SC/ST/OBC Minorities as well as MD, DSFDC in Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
Ajay Singhal has been appointed as new Commissioner of Police, Panchkula-Ambala while Rajbir Deswal was shifted to Telecom wing and Rahul Sharma is DCP, Ambala (Urban). Besides, Hamid Akhtar has been appointed as AIG, Provisioning.

Chhabra appointed as OSD, Social Welfare & CEO, MSRRDA (UPDATED)
S S Chhabra has been appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty in the Social Welfare department and as Chief Executive Officer of Manipur State Rural Road Development Agency (MSRRDA) on his return from central deputation. Chhabra has earlier also served as Secretary, Sports Authority of India (SAI) during 2008- 2010 and as Commonwealth Sports Development Adviser (SDA) at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London (UK) during 2010-2013. He is a 1993 batch IFS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

2 IAS officers get addl charges in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Rajesh Kumar Yadav has been assigned an additional charge of Commissioner, Labour while Ajit Kumar Singh gets additional charge of Chairman, State Sports Council in Rajasthan.

Ravindra Kumar selected as Director (Fin), NEPA Ltd (UPDATED)
Ravindra Kumar, Jt GM, TCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), NEPA Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 9, 2014. Notably, one B S Prasad, GM, BDL, was selected for this post earlier on March 11, 2013, but he did not join citing some personal reasons.

H V Gujjar appointed as OSD in CCIT, Delhi office (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, H V Gujjar has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi.

M V Chandavarkar deprived of promotion (UPDATED)
M V Chandavarkar, Income Tax officer, Bangalore, has been deprived of promotion to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax after he requested for foregoing promotion.

Kerala High Court gets three Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Babu Mathew P Joseph, Justice Ambazhavelil Velayudhan Pillai Ramakrishna Pillai and Justice Pannipuzhayil Divakaran Rajan, all Additional Judges of the High Court of Kerala, have been appointed as Judges of the same High Court.

Justice A K Singh appointed as Judge, Jharkhand HC (UPDATED)
Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, has been appointed as Judge of the same High Court.

Justice Kuldip Singh appointed as Addl Judge, Punjab&Haryana HC (UPDATED)
Kuldip Singh has been appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana for a period of two years.

Orders of George Kuruvilla as Director, BECIL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of George Kuruvilla, GM, BECIL, for the appointment as Director (Operation & Marketing), Broadcasting Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) have been issued by the Government of India.

Dr Ashok Janwade re-employed as Dy Secretary to CM in MP (UPDATED)
Dr Ashok Janwade has been re-employed as Deputy Secretary to Chief Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh with effect from January 1, 2014.


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.

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Applications for CMD, National Housing Bank invited
The Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, National Housing Bank (NHB). Those willing to apply can send their applications to the Department before February 10, 2014.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

(DEBATE 1)

Despite goodies, poor governance took toll on UPA II

It is unfortunate that the Manmohan Singh Government got mired in many alleged scams most of which were not generated by members of the Congress. Despite having a brilliant PM and a galaxy of talented Ministers like Antony, P Chidambaram, Sushil Shinde, Veerappa Moily, Kapil Sibal etc guided by the indefatigable Mrs Sonia Gandhi and the young Rahul Gandhi both of whom genuinely care for the poor people of the country, and all the good work on RTE, RTI, MNREGA, Bharat Nirman etc; poor day to day governance (law and order and safety of women issues), inflation (especially food inflation) and alleged scams/corruption (Commonwealth, Adarsh, 2G, Coal, Railway postings, Helicopter etc) have taken a toll on the record of the UPA-II. The lack of tall regional leaders and over dependence on the strategies thought out by Digvijay Singh (though well meaning) added to the loss of sheen. However, the fact is that the Congress is the default template for India's governance and will undoubtedly bounce back. The country needs the Congress. The Congress should ditch their corrupt allies like the NCP and DMK and go to the polls with fresh faces under the dynamic leadership of Sh Rahul Gandhi.

Arjun Mallik


(DEBATE 2 )

Complete mess put paid to all positives

The scams of the last decade, inflation, price rise, no jobs, have put paid to all positives, if any, of this government. PM is accountable for all working of his team. IN COAL SCAM he is personally at fault. Time to go was when VP of his party threw out his ordinance on tainted polity. That was nadir and he should have resigned.

Devendra Sethi


Dynamic officer

S R Rao is such a dynamic officer that he has transformed Surat City during nineties when he was the Surat Municipal Commissioner. He was borrowed by AP Govt headed by then CM Chandrababu Naidu. If he is given extension it will benefit the nation. Even if UPA didn't give him extension, Na Mo as soon as taking over as PM will accommodate him in suitable position.

K Ganesan

Central Government Health Scheme

I think finally Govt. has woken up and looking the problems being faced by CGHS beneficiaries and also revising the rates for diagnostic tests. But still not taking enough measures for pensioners and making the direct access to empanelled hospital without reference from CGHS dispensary or Govt. hospitals even for the cases related to cancer. It is being submitted to Minister of Health & FW to consider direct access of empanelled hospitals and cashless treatment for pensioners. Pensioners are worst sufferer in getting the consultation and treatment in Govt. hospitals. They are treated as burden to them.

N Prakash

Is this all not tokenism ?

All agree that CM should have a spacious house/Bungalow. But the present incumbent did repeatedly blow a trumpet during election that they will not accept bungalow, if elected. Now he chose to select a house which has a bigger constructed area (10 Bed rooms) than his predecessor. That is what raised everyone's eyebrows. Secondly, they promised not to use cars fitted with red beacons. This they compensated with the size of cars like Tata Innova. Being Aam Aadmi should they not use Maruti or Ambassador car ? By not accepting overt security they have increased expenditure on covert security. Is this all not tokenism?

ZQ

Follow what you preach

Do you know that the fiscal deficit of the country at present is around Rs.2,50,000/-. Boond Boond se samudra banta hai. What you preach, you should follow also. Everybody knows that official vehicles are also lined up in the markets on holidays. Government functionaries pay visit to their relatives and friends on holidays on Government vehicles. The fuel consumption amount is kept secret. When you have created some impression, then you should stick to it. Why did Kejriwal allowed his parents to visit the site in Maruti Alto? I am retired Special Secretary level officer of the Government of India. On a number of occasions late in the night, I took 610 DTC Bus from Central Secretariat for going to my residence in Satya Marg. I never made the Staff Car Drivers to sit late. Throughout my life I had never got my office refurbished in my new place of posting. I was holding a very important post of the Government of India in my last posting, wherein (like Kejriwal) I can also say that I could have made crores. Because of honesty and integrity, there was never an occasion that one could call me negative, an impediment or sadist. Throughout I got Outstanding ACRs be it be from an honest boss or dis-honest boss. Austerity and honesty has to flow from the top. When you are in a sensitive situation, then you should be all the more careful. Never allow any family member to come near your area of work. Kejriwal should have occupied the bungalow on as is where is basis and then should have brought in his family members.


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