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All roads now lead to Ahmedabad ?
After coronation of Narendra Modi as PM now traffic has diverted to Ahmedabad. Bureaucrats and businessmen can be seen hovering around the state capital of Gujarat. It is not difficult to guess the reason ?

BUREAUCRACY

Now Additional charge for Secretary UD and Telecom
After the retirement of Sudhir Krishna and M F Farooqui additional charge of Secretary Urban Development and Secretary Telecom has been given to two other Secretaries.

Agrawal is now DG, Institute of Urban Transport
The former 1979 batch IAS officer Dr O P Agrawal is back to India as DG of the Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) which comes under the Department of Urban Development in the Government of India. Secretary Urban Development is the President of IUT .Dr Agrawal had taken Voluntarily retirement in 2007 to join the World Bank as Advisor Urban Transport.

Tenure of Ajit Lal as Chairman, JIC extended (UPDATED)
The contract appointment tenure of Ajit Lal, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been extended for a period of one month beyond June 30, 2014.

Odisha CS to join GoI as Secretary ?
Odisha Chief Secretary J K Mohapatra is likely to join the Government of India as Secretary. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

S Venkateswar selected as CMD, PDIL
S Venkateswar, Director (Fin), PDIL (lien with NMDC), has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Projects & Development India Limited (PDIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 30, 2014. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

Raju repatriated to parent cadre
Jagmohan Singh Raju, Joint Secretary in the Department of Higher Education, has been accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Orders of Pradhan as PS to Pradhan issued
Orders of Binaya Srikanta Pradhan for the appointment as Private Secretary to Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas have been issued by the Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IFS officer.

Bagley under consideration zone for PS to PM
In the search for a suitable name as PS to the prime minister from Foreign Service cadre Gopal Bagley, has been under consideration zone. The Jt Secretary rank IFS officer is presently serving as India's deputy high commissioner to Islamabad. Once selected, the officer would fill the slot fallen vacant after Vikram Misri's posting as India's next Ambassador to Spain.

Thankachen to take over as MD, CRWC today
K U Thankachen, Chief Manager, CONCOR, is joining as Managing Director, Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited (CRWC) on July 1, 2014. He succeeds Vinod Asthana whose tenure ended in June, 2014.

Singh to join as Director (Refi), IOCL today
Sanjiv Singh, Executive Director, IOCL, is joining as Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on July 1, 2014. He succeeds R K Ghosh who retired in June.

Mishra to join as Director (HR), ONGC Ltd on Aug 1
D D Mishra, GM, ONGC, will be joining as Director (Human Resources), ONGC Limited on August 1, 2014.
(We said this on Feb 7, 2014)

Tenure of Ms Sahu extended
The central deputation tenure of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Ms Supriya Sahu, has been extended for a period of three months. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Rana returns from deputation
Ajay Kumar Rana, on return from deputation to RITES, has been posted in Northern Railway in the cadre. He is an IRSME officer.

Singh repatriated to parent cadre
Bhopal Singh, Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been repatriated to his parent cadre Ministry of Defence. He is a 1992 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Pratap to join central deputation !
Birendra Pratap is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer.

Chandra Prakash to join central deputation at IG level !
Prakash is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level. He is a 1989 batch IPS Officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Prasad to join central deputation!
T V S Prasad, presently in the cadre, is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Central deputation tenure of Sukriti Likhi ends on July 26
The tenure of Counsellor (Economics), in the Ministry of Finance, Sukriti Likhi, is coming to an end on July 26, 2014. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Singh posted as ADRM, Agra
Sheelendra Pratap Singh, East Coast Railway, has been posted as ADRM, Agra, North Central Railway. He is an IRSME officer.

Ravi Agarwal appointed ADRM, Rajkot
Ravi Agarwal, Western Railway, has been appointed as ADRM, Rajkot, Western Railway. He is an IRSSE officer.

Lt Krishna is new DG Military Intelligence
Lt Gen KG Krishna has taken over as the new Director General of Military Intelligence succeeding Lt Gen RN Singh, who retired from service.

Lt Gen Chaturvedi is new DG Military Services
Lt Gen. Ved Chaturvedi has taken over as the new Director General Medical services (army).

Eight IRSME officers get JAG
As many as eight Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME) officers have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). They are Anand Prakash Soni ICF; Vivek Mohan, ECR; Anant Kumar, NFR; Maneesha Goel, SER; Kumar Sambhav, SR; Satish Chandra Prasad, RCF; Prem Prakash, ER and Sanjay Priyadarshanam, NR.

Tiwari accorded JAG retrospectively
C M Tiwari presently in Central Railway, has retrospectively been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) with effect from February 5, 2014. He is an IRSME officer.

Transfers and postings of IRSME officers
A number of IRSME officers have been transferred. Accordingly, Vineet Singhal, East Coast Railway, has been transferred and posted to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity, Vivek Bajpai, Western Railway was transferred and posted to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity and M K Poddar, East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ KUR, is posted in the cadre on East Coast Railway itself. Similarly, J Digi, East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ SBP, transferred to South East Central Railway and posted in the cadre; A K Misra, North Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ ALD, posted in the cadre on North Central Railway itself and P K Mandal, South Eastern Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ KGP, was posted in the cadre on south eastern railway itself.

Annual General Meeting of Central Bank of India held
Annual General Meeting of Central Bank of India was held on June 30, 2014 at Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala Bankers' Training College, Vile Parle, Mumbai. Those who attended meeting include: Rajeev Rishi, Chairman and Managing Director, Central Bank of India; Executive Directors of the Bank R K Goyal, Animesh Chauhan and B K Divakara. CMD, Rajeev Rishi addressed the share holders of the Bank.

Three IAS officers shifted in Karnataka
Mahendra Jain has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Cooperation Department while M R Kamble was made Principal Secretary, Public Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Social Welfare and Ritesh Kumar Singh is now Managing Director, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited, Bangalore.

Ms Anita Agnihotri is also Secretary, Urban Development (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Agnihotri has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development in Government of India. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ram Sewak Sharma gets additional charge of Telecommunications (UPDATED)
Ram Sewak Sharma has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology in Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

AN Rai assumes additional charge of BSNL CMD's post (UPDATED)
BSNL's Director (Enterprise) A N Rai has assumed the additional charge of the post of CMD on Tuesday. Rai, an ITS officer of 1975 Batch has been trained in Digital Telecom System in various countries including U.K., Germany and USA. As DDG at Corporate Office, he handled rural networking and CMTS areas. Prior to joining as Director, he was the CGM, Orissa Circle of BSNL which bagged the prestigious "Telecom Circle of the year 2010-11 Award."

Prabhat Kumar is Republic of Ecuador (UPDATED)
Prabhat Kumar, presently Ambassador of India to Colombia, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Ecuador, with residence in Bogota (Colombia).

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
A large number of officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Ravindra Kumar has been appointed as DG, Vigilance Investigation Bureau, Patna with additinal charge of DG, Bihar Armed Force while Gupteshwar Pandey will now be ADGP, PHQ, Patna and Vinay Kumar is IG, CID. Similarly, Pravin Vashisht has been appointed as IG, State Human Rights Commission, Patna; Jitendra Kumar as IG, Special Vigilance Unit; Sushil M Khopade as IG, Campaign; Sanjay Singh assigned an additional charge of DIG, Munger range; Ajay Kumar Mishra gets additional charge of DIG, Muzaffarpur; Amrit Raj is also DIG, Central range, Patna; Ram Narayan Singh was posted as DIG, Purnia range; Umashankar Sudhanshu as DIG, Shahabad range; Pradeep Kumar Shrivastava as DIG, Magadh range; Upendra Kumar Sinha as SP, Rail Patna; Mohd Remhan as SP, Madhubani; Chandrika Prasad as SP, Navada; Anil Kumar Singh as SP, Vigilance Investigation Bureau; Upendra Prasad Singh as SP, Jamui; Nishant Kumar Tiwari as SP, Gaya; Anand Kumar Singh as SP, Madhepura; P Kannan as Assistant to IG, PHQ; Pankaj Sinha as SP, Sahrsa; Daljit singh as Principal, CTS, Nathnagar; Babu Ram as SP, Samastipur; Jayant Kant as SP, Buxar; Navin Chandra Jha as Commandant, Bihar Armed Force-4, Dumrao; Manavjit Singh Dhillo as SP, EOW, Patna and Himanshu Shankar Trivedi was appointed as Commandant, SDRF, Disaster Management Department, Patna.

6 IPS officers shifted after promotion to IG rank in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1996 batch have been shifted after promotion to the grade of Inspector General (IG) in Bihar. Accordingly, Amit Kumar Jain has been promoted to the IG rank and posted as IG, Home Guard and Fire Services, Patna in Bihar while Sudhanshu Kumar was posted as IG, Provision after promotion and Sunil Kumar as IG, Budget, Appeal and Welfare; Paras Nath as IG, Muzaffarpur range; Bachhu Singh Meena as IG, Bhagalpur range and Ashok Kumar Singh was appointed as IG, State Crime Bureau Bureau after promotion.

2 IPS officers of 1999 batch promoted as DIG in Bihar (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1999 batch have been shifted after promotion to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Bihar. Accordingly, Satish Kumar has been posted as DIG, Home Gaurd and Fire services while Gopal Prasad was posted as DIG Champaran range, Betia.

SBI unveils digital banking initiative 'sbiINTOUCH' (UPDATED)
The State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest bank, on the occasion of its 60th foundation day unveiled a digital banking initiative sbiINTOUCH. SBI launched six state-of-the-art digital stores in five cities across India. Located in malls or high street shopping destinations in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore Chennai and Ahmedabad, these digital stores aim to deliver best-in-class services to the Bank's growing tech-savvy customer base. The digital stores will be bringing several unique and differentiated offerings to the new-age Indian customers. These will include, for the first time in India, instant issuance of personalized debit cards created through an instant account opening kiosk, instant in-principle loan approval and an interactive dream wall to aid customers in conceptualizing their journey towards realizing their financial dreams. The digital store proposition, technology and devices used as well as training of employees were achieved in just 14 weeks in partnership with Accenture. Finance and Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley launched the sbiINTOUCH digital stores from Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Jaitley said, "I want to congratulate SBI for bridging the online and offline worlds. With the innovative technology and user-friendly features at the digital stores, SBI has led the way in digital innovation in the Indian banking industry. SBI's initiative is a win-win for both customers and the bank". Ms Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman of State Bank of India ,whose brainchild this project is, said, "This is the start of a journey for us and we are delighted by the response we are already getting. SBI is committed towards offering best-in-class services to our increasingly tech-savvy customers and will continue to invest in digital stores to create a superior banking experience. We would like to invite all to come and experience sbiINTOUCH". S K Mishra, Deputy Managing Director, New Business and Corporate Strategy, who spearheaded this initiative for SBI, said, "We are benchmarking against the best in the world and will use these stores as innovation hubs to experiment with new ways of delighting our customers and enabling more seamless customer journeys. We will continue to build on our digital offerings scaling it across geographies, processes and capabilities."

Tenure of Ajit Lal as Chairman, JIC extended (UPDATED)
The contract appointment tenure of Ajit Lal, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been extended for a period of one month beyond June 30, 2014.

Sinha is also Secretary, New& Renewable Energy (UPDATED)
Pradeep Kumar Sinha has been assigned an additional charge of New & Renewable Energy till the absence of Upendra Tripaty. Sinha is a 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

N Jha appointed as OSD to Rajnath Singh (UPDATED)
Nitesh Kumar Jha has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Rajnath Singh, Home Minister in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch Uttarakhand IAS officer.

Krishnaiah appointed as OSD to Sadanand Gowda (UPDATED)
B N Krishnaiah has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to D V Sadanand Gowda, Railway Minister in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

(We said this on June 2, 2014)

Rao posted as OSD to Gajapathi Raju (UPDATED)
V Appa Rao has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to P Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Minister for Civil Aviation in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IRSS officer.

(We said this on June 20, 2014)

Singh joins as Director (Refi), IOCL (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Singh, Executive Director, IOCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
(We said this on Dec 26, 2013)

Thankachen takes charge as MD, CRWC (UPDATED)
K U Thankachen, Chief Manager, CONCOR, has assumed the charge as Managing Director, Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited (CRWC).
(We said this on Dec 11, 2013)

Air Marshal Reddy joins as Chief of IDS to Chairman Chiefs (UPDATED)
Air Marshal P P Reddy has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, in New Delhi.

(We said this on June 27, 2014)

Two IPS officers shifted in AP (UPDATED)
Babujee Attada has been posted as ASP, Paderu, Visakhapatnam Rural while Sunpreet Singh was made ASP, Nandyal Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh.

Sharma selected as Director (Fin), HNL (UPDATED)
Ghanshyam Sharma, DGM, NPCIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) at a Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 1, 2014.

CORPORATE

Ramuka re-appointed Whole-time Director, Shree Hari Chemicals Export Ltd
Shree Hari Chemicals Export Ltd has re-appointed Kishori Lal Ramuka as Whole-time Director of the company w.e.f. October 1, 2014

Gupta resignated as ED & CFO, PNB Gilts Ltd
PNB Gilts Ltd has designated Ms Sunita Gupta as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company

Bhansali appointed ED, Jainco Projects India Ltd
Jainco Projects India Ltd has appointed Sushil Kumar Bhansali as Executive Director of the company with immediate effect.

Three Directors cease to be on Board of Scope Industries (India) Ltd
Srinivas Goutam Pattela, Sai Kumar Akella and Damiraju Sri Hari Charan have resigned as Directors of Scope Industries (India) Ltd.

Sheth appointed Independent Director, Zodiac Ventures Ltd
Zodiac Ventures Ltd has appointed Ritwik Sheth as Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Gada resigns as Director, Zodiac Ventures Ltd
Litesh Gada has resigned as Director of Zodiac Ventures Ltd immediate effect.

Dokania appointed Addl. Non Exec Director, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd
Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd has appointed Gopal Prasad Dokania as an Additional Non-Executive Director of the company.

Khatua resigns as CS, Jagson Airlines Ltd
Gopinath Khatua has resigned as Company Secretary of Jagson Airlines Ltd w.e.f. June 13, 2014.

Ms Choudhary appointed CS, Runeecha Textiles Ltd
Runeecha Textiles Ltd has appointed Ms Preeti Choudhary as the Company Secretary of the company with immediate effect.

Sahoo appointed CS, Uniply Industries Ltd
Uniply Industries Ltd has appointed Antaryami Sahoo as Company Secretary of the company.

Mandke appointed Independent Director, Deep Industries Ltd
Deep Industries Ltd has appointed Arun Mandke as an Independent Director of the company.

Pardiwalla appointed Addl. Director, Omnitex Industries India Ltd
Omnitex Industries India Ltd has appointed Ms Geeta Pardiwalla as Additional Director of the company

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Is Health Minister listening?

CGHS beneficiaries especially pensioners are suffering due to inadequate facilities available in Government hospitals. There are no CGHS OPD in Dental, Eye, Orthopedic, Cardio, Neuro etc even in RML hospital. Keeping this in mind, private hospitals were empanelled. But biggest problem is to get the case referred to empanelled hospitals by Governemt hospitals or dispensary. CGHS dispensary show their helplessness in referring the case directly to these private hospitals in one or other reason. They say we do not have powers to refer the case directly. Another bigger problem, these empanelled hospitals charge general tariff from CGHS in absence of permission from dispensary/hospitals. It is submitted that Minister for H&FW may take decision permitting Sr. Citizens say above 65 years can go directly in empanelled hospitals for OPD consultation for treatment/tests. Medicines will continue to be issued by respective dispensaries. Secondly if any CGHS beneficiary is visiting empanelled centres they should be charged CGHS tariff whether case is referred by CGHS or not. CGHS Beneficiary will make cash payment for consultation and diagnostic tests accordingly. This will remove the discrimination created by empanelled centers. For example, Centre for Sight charges Rs. 1200/ to Rs. 600/ for consultation depending on Sr. consultant or consultant from CGHS beneficiaries in absence of permission from CGHS. Similarly C for S charges general tariff for tests also from CGHS beneficiaries. This arbitrary charges from CGHS beneficiaries are not justified as long as CGHS beneficiaries provide valid CGHS card to the center for consultation or tests. This should be immediately be removed and these centres should be directed to charge CGHS rates from beneficiaries ir-respective of permission. Pensioners are suffering due to their age and illness. They further suffer if no support from family is available. Minister for H&FW, please look into the plight of pensioners specially above 65 years of age.

N Prakash

Stop this nonsense

Those who were with the ministers of UPA govt. for several years are still trying to get the appointment with the NDA Ministers. Their only mission is misuse of official power and vehicles. Please stop this nonsense.

Vijay Menon

Raising Rail fare

This is not the right step augmented by Modi sarkar . The railways need complete overall from inside . The following could be the best way.
1 Reorganize the Railway Zones to five zones as earlier it was better managed in past .
2. Drastic cut in rail staff working in office , recruit better efficient young drivers , guards, TTE , and running and maintenance staff instead of clerks who just roam about outside Rail Bhavan and other zonal head quarters yielding up productivity to the organization .
3. Reduce the perks to staff like free bees like passes PTO no rail world over provides such free bees to staff as Indian Railways.
4. Introduce safety audit procedures to reduce accidents.
5. Curtail travel of rail staff on duty no need to travel as in today's world. One can do free business by internet video conferencing NO travel at all .
6. Reduce the Board members to three with additional member safety .
7. The ultimate control lies in reducing man power , cut the size of head counts , hire people from private agencies they will work better than the rail staff .
8. railways sit on huge assets of land exploit this opportunity it is gold mine . Lease rail stations to private agencies for maintaining and see the turn around.


Kailash

Some appointments made by previous govt need to be reconsidered

It is good that the present government is appointing honest officers to key posts in the Public Sectors ! But some appointments made by the previous regime need to be reconsidered. It appears a that one of the Directors of a prestigious Railway PSU was selected by PESB in May 2013 despite being relatively junior and not having any exposure to Railways as he was related to the then Chairman Railway Board who was also privy to the selection process !

Laxman

Install vending machines to sell platform tickets

Recently, I had to go to Nizamuddin Railway Station to drop somebody. As the train is of early morning, we reached the time of almost train leaving the station, but as a responsible citizen, I thought to buy platform ticket. I was surprised to find that I have to stand in queue with the travelers to buy just a platform ticket. My suggestion to Railway authorities is that they can easily install vending machines at platforms to sell platform tickets, instead causing people to either skip buying platform ticket or to curse railways or themselves.

Ashok K Bhimani

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