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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (31)
No nation can be free when half of the population is enslaved in the kitchen.

PMO relents for personal staff of Ministers
The PMO is reported to have succumbed to the pressure of the Ministers by allowing them to appoint personal staff including the APS and OSD minus the Private Secretaries (PSs).One condition is however, there that appointed persons should not have been in personal staff of UPA Government Ministers during the past ten years.

BUREAUCRACY

File of IG empanelment (1994 batch IPS) reaches to PMO for approval
It is reliably learnt that the file of 1994 batch IPS officers regarding IG empanelment has reached the PMO last week. After PM's approval as many as 84 IPS officers would get empanelled to be posted as Inspector General or equivalent with Government of India. The probable names who may find place on the list are; Vineet Kumar Goyal WB, Niraj Kumar Singh WB, Man Singh WB, Rajesh Khurana UT, Anurag Kumar UT, Anand Mohan UT, Garima Bhatnagar UT, Neeraj Thakur UT, Gurjinder Pal Singh CH, Himanshu Gupta CH, K Sivarama Prasad Kalluri CH, Manoj Shashidhar GJ, Kundan Krishnan BH, Amit Kumar BH, Nirmal Kumar Azad BH, Anupama Nilekar Chandra BH, Deepak Kumar AM, Hemonlang Nongpluh AM, Apte Vin ayak Prabhakar AP, Abilasha Bisht AP, Soumya Mishra AP, Shikha Goel AP, Kumar Vishwajeet AP, Kothakota Srinivasa Reddy AP, A Ravi Shankar AP, B Shiva Dhar Reddy AP, Rakesh Aggarwal HP, S Zahur Haidar Zaidi HP, Navdeep Singh Virk HY, Shrikant Jadhav HY, Anil Kumar HY, Kala Ramachandran HY, Tadasha Mishra Jh, Sampat Meena JH, Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gilani JK, Abdul Gani Mir JK, M Sulaiman Salaria JK, Alok Puri JK, Muneer Ahmad Khan Jk, Manoj Abraham KL, Pronab Mohanty KN, Alok Kumar KN, B Dayananda KN, Rajesh Kumar Arya RJ, Anil Paliwal RJ, Anand Kumar Srivastava RJ, Ashok Kumar Rathore RJ, Malini Agarwal RJ, N Sridhar Rao SK, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal TN, G Venkataraman TN, Vinit Dev Wankhede TN, Sanjay Mathur TN, Anant Kumar Singh MP, Manmeet Singh Narang MP, Ashutosh Roy MP, Raja Babu Singh MP, Deo Prakash Gupta MP, Anurag MT, Lupheng Kailun MT, Sanjib Panda OR, Yoshwant Kumar Jethwa OR, Sukhwinder Singh MH, Anup Kumar Singh MH, Vineet Agarwal MH, Ramanand Sunil Bharma MH, Deven Bharati MH, Anita Punj PB, Naresh Kumar PB, Ram Singh PB, Sudhanshu S Srivastava PB, Praveen Kumar Sinha PB, B Chandra Sekhar PB, Amardeep Singh Rai PB, Neeraja Voruvuru PB, L V Aantony Dev Kumar UL, Binod Kumar Singh UP, Akhil Kumar UP, Raja Srivastava UP, Dhruva Kant Thakur UP, Sujeet Pandey UP, Prakash D UP, Asim Kumar Arun UP, Jai Narayana Singh UP.

Shyamal Sarkar to retire this month end
Secretary, Personnel , Shyamal Sarkar , is retiring by this month end. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Dave to be DMD in NABARD ?
H R Dave is being tipped to be Deputy Managing Director (DMD) in NABARD. He is presently GM in the organization.

Rajesh Tripathi selected as CMD, DCI
Rajesh Tripathi, presently in the Ministry of Railways has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 9, 2014. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Chaudhary is now Member Finance Commission in MP
Former Secretary Steel in the Government of India D R S Chaudhary has been appointed Member of the Madhya Pradesh Finance Commission. He is former 1977 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Bhargava to look after as Secretary, Tribal Affairs till July 15
Sudhir Bhargava has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs upto July 15, 2014 during the absence on leave of Hrusikesh Panda. Bhargava is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

P K Dash to head AFRC in Madhya Pradesh
P K Dash has been appointed Chairman of the Appellate Authority Admission and Fees Regulatory Committee in Madhya Pradesh. He is former 1981 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Ghanashyam is also Ambassador to Benin
Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam, presently High Commissioner to Nigeria, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Benin, with residence in Abuja (Nigeria). He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.


Ms Shakuntala soon to move to Hyderabad as Chief Commissioner, C&CE
Ms R Shakuntala is all set to move to Hyderabad as Chief Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise for Hyderabad Zone. In her new stint she will succeed B B Prasad. The 1981 batch IRS (C&CE) officer is presently serving as Chief Commissioner, Customs & Excise, Chennai.

ACC rejects extension file of Mirchandani
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have rejected the file of A K Mirchandani moved for the approval of 8th extension on the post of Chairman, PEC Limited.

Tenure of Mrs Bandopadhyay as CVO, IRCON extended
The central deputation tenure of Mrs Saswati Bandopadhyay as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Indian Construction Company (IRCON) has been extended upto June 6, 2015. She is a 1983 batch IDAS officer.

Rashmi is also Chairman, PEC Ltd
Rajani Ranjan Rashmi, Additional Secretary, Commerce, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, PEC Limited. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Sinha to move from Gujarat on central deputation
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Praveen Sinha may soon move on central deputation. The 1988 cadre IPS officer of Gujarat cadre is presently serving in the state.

Gupta deputed as DDG, CCI
R K Gupta has been deputed as Deputy Director General (DDG) in the Competition Commission of India (CCI) under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Three Senior IRS-IT officers get inter-region postings
Three senior officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre have been given inter region transfers. Accordingly, Atulesh Jindal has been posted as Principal CCIT, Delhi while Ramesh Chandra was made CCIT-II, Mumbai and Anand Deep is made DGIT (Inv), Pune.

Rinwa transferred as Principal Director, RTI, Jabalpur
J R Rinwa, Principal Director of Audit, West Central Railway, Jabalpur, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Jaipur.

Mohan to join central deputation !
Shashi Mohan is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch Indian Telecom Service officer.

Anil Shukla to join central deputation !
Anil Shukla is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Central deputation tenure of Vyas ends on Aug 2
The tenure of Madhup Vyas as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry is coming to an end on August 2, 2014. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

26 Chief Income Tax Commissioners shifted locally
As many as 26 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre have locally been shifted. Accordingly, Pradeep R Sethi has been made CCIT-II, Chennai; Ashwani Kumar Mehta as CCIT-III Chennai; Anita Gupta as CCIT-IV; Kisan Kumar Misra as CCIT-V, Chennai; Sanjeev Kumar Abrol as CCIT-VI, Bal Krishna Mishra as CCIT-II, Delhi; Surabhi Sinha as CCIT-III, Delhi; Kulvindar Singh as CCIT-V, Delhi; Amit Chatterjee as CCIT-VI, Delhi; Raminder Kaushal as CCIT-VIII, Delhi; Simar Singh Negi as CCIT-LTU-IX Delhi; Subhash Mehra as CCIT-XII, Delhi; C L Denzongpa as CCIT-II, Bheru Pratap Jain as CCIT-III, Kolkata; Nathan Raul as CCit-IV, Kolkata; Baldip Singh Sandhu as CCIT-V; Dinesh Kumar Gupta as CCIT-VIII, Kolkata; Syed Muhammad Ashraf as CCIT-X, Kolkata; Anil Kumar Singh as CCIT-IV, Mumbai; Fakir Mohan Mohanty as CCIT-V, Mumbai; Balbir Verma as CCIT-VI, Mumbai; Abrar Ahmed as CIT-IX, Mumbai; Ajit Kumar Srivastava as CCIT-LTU-X, Mumbai;Bijoy Kumar Mishra as CCIT-XII, Mumbai and Abahay Charan Naik was made CCIT-XIII, Mumbai.

Three Chief Commissioner of IT get additional charges
Swatantra Kumar has been given an additional charge of CCIT, Jaipur while Ramesh Chandra Mishra was given the charge of CCIT-I, Mumbai and Shailendra Handa is also CCIT, Thane.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh
As many as 15 IAS officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs Y V Anuradha has been appointed as Commissioner, Endowments while K Ramgopal will be Commissioner, Disaster Management and Ex-officio Secretary, Revenue and Kantilal Dande is Collector, Guntur. Similarly, Solomon Arokia has been appointed as Collector, Ananthpur; Siddarath Jain as Collector, Chittoor; Saurabh Gaur as Mission Director, NRHM with additional charge of Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare; C Sudarshan Reddy as Secretary, Commercial Taxes; Kona Sasidhar as Director, e-Seva; Lokesh Kumar as Director, Survey Settlement and Land Records; Vijaya Mohan as Collector, Kurnool; K V Ramana as Collector, Kadapa; Bhaskar Katamneni as Collector, West Godavari; Dr Gaurav Uppal as Collector, Srikakulam, Dr N Yuvaraj as Collector, Visakhapatnam and Mudavatu M Nayak has been posted as Collector, Vizianagaram.

Rajiv Gauba appointed as Additional Secretary, MHA (UPDATED)
Rajiv Gauba has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe posted as Additional Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Durga Shankar Mishra appointed as Additional Secretary, Urban Development (UPDATED)
Durga Shankar Mishra has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Arun Kumar Panda appointed as Additional Secretary, Health & Family Welfare (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Panda has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ravi Kant appointed as Additional Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Ravi Kant has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tarun Bajaj appointed as Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs (UPDATED)
Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

(We said this on May 8,2014)

BSE, CEO & MD, Ashish Kumar Chauhan reacts to union budget (UPDATED)
Reacting to the union budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today, BSE, CEO & MD, Ashish Kumar Chauhan said the Finance Ministry has done an excellent job despite having only 6 weeks to prepare its first budget. The biggest positives have been containing fiscal deficit to below 4.5% and 3.6% in the next and GST implementation time frame. There have been many details but the deft touches relate to SLR/CRR not being applicable to infrastructure loans, extension for power plants starting to produce before 2017 to have 10 year tax holiday, Rs 10,000 crore SME fund, deepening of currency and bond futures market, uniform KYC for financial markets, single demat account. Overall, big picture looks good and he has managed to make his mark in the history of Indian budget presenting in his own subdued and mature way.

Three IPS officers get fresh postings in MP (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, A K Pandey has been appointed as SP, Rail, Jabalpur while Jaidevan A was made Assistant IG, PHQ, Bhopal and Siddharath Bahuguna is now SP, Damoh.

Yogeshwar Varma is also Ambassador to Somalia (UPDATED)
Yogeshwar Varma, presently High commissioner of India to Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia, with residence in Nairobi (Kenya). He is a 1980 batch IFS officer.

Rajiva Misra accredited as Ambassador to Montenegro (UPDATED)
Rajiva Misra, presently Ambassador of India to Austria, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Montenegro, with residence in Vienna. He is a 1980 batch IFS officer.

Chongthu appointed as Bhagalpur Divisional Commissioner in Bihar (UPDATED)
Robert Lalchungnunga Chongthu has been appointed as Commissioner, Bhagalpur division with additional charge of Commissioner, Munger division in Bihar. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sanjiv Hans relieved to join as PS to Ram Vilas Paswan (UPDATED)
The Government of Bihar has relieved Sanjiv Hans of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Private Secretary to Ramvilas Paswan, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

CORPORATE

Gehlaut resigns as Chairman, Indiabulls Power Ltd
Sameer Gehlaut has resigned as a Chairman of Indiabulls Power Ltd

Sarin appointed CEO, Anant Raj Ltd
Anant Raj Ltd has re-appointed Amit Sarin as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company .

Capt. Narula assumes charge as Director (L&PS), SCIL
Captain Sarveen Narula has assumed charge as Director (L&PS) of Shipping Corporation Of India Limited (SCIL).

Singh appointed Director, CPCL
Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited has been appointed as a Director on the Board of Directors of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL)

Jayapal is HUDCO nominee on Ind Bank Housing Ltd Board
Dr P Jayapal, Senior Executive Director, Regional Office, HUDCO, Chennai has been nominated to the Board of Directors of Ind Bank Housing Ltd.

Dixit appointed CFO, Mohit Paper Mills Ltd
Mohit Paper Mills Ltd has appointed Arvind Kumar Dixit as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Sahoo ceases to be Director, Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd
P P Sahoo has ceased to be Director (Human Resources & Corporate Affairs) of Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd .

Dekrey appointed Addl. Independent Director, Kesoram Industries Ltd
Kesoram Industries Ltd has appointed Dr Steven John Dekrey as Additional Independent Director of the company.

Bajpai appointed VP ( Mktg.) Dish TV
Sandeep Bajpai has been appointed as Vice President ( Marketing), Dish TV.

Ms Mallikar resigns as CS, Abhishek Corporation Limited
Ms Anuja Mallikar has resigned as Company Secretary of Abhishek Corporation Limited.

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IDSE the most victimised cadre

IDSE is the most victimised service under GoI with no one to listen to the plight of IDSE officers. Officers with 25 years service are at Jt Dir level and officers with 30 years service are at Dir level. DPC of 1988 batch is lying with UPSC since April 2014 with no progress. The highest post of DG Pers is grabbed by Army officers since Jan 2013. There is no one to whom these officers can go and request for respite except courts which take their own time for giving decisions in favour of IDSE, which are not implemented by army officers sitting at the helm of affairs. Request PM and RM to please look into the state of affairs at their level and do something.

IDSE officer

Let us bear it

1st year of Modi Sarkar will be harsh. Let us bear it. If we don't give him revenue how can he be able to improve things . So don't crib

Shekhar Dey


Check higher officials

Govt knows well that corruption is among the bureaucrats not on low level. So please check the bureaucrats and higher officers/authorities first then blame the subordinates.

Kalyani


Install attendance machines

Late coming in offices should be tackled with technology like in many private companies. Install attendance machines at gates and generate data of late comers through an independent agency.

Nandan

Facilities in Mumbai ?

The CGHS facilities in Mumbai are such that it denies the central govt. employees their due. Earlier there were recognized hospitals like Bombay Hospital with a CGHS counter. One reference was needed from the dispensary and one could be admitted for treatment. The expenses were billed to the CGHS. However, there were problems with clearing the bills so the hospital have refused to treat in that manner.Now CGHS has prescribed an unrealistic upper limit for tests and procedures beyond which there will be no reimbursement. The amount is petty looking to the charges in hospitals. It is also discriminatory because in Delhi its the old system that is being followed. Many employees are now going from Mumbai to Delhi for big operations because it is cashless and fully paid. One can imagine the plight of pensioners. Dr. Harshvardhan please help in the matter.

RD

Elaborate security checks at the airports

India has one of the most elaborate security checks at the airports. Today we have to cross atleast 6 barriers from the gate to the boarding an aircraft. CISF the specialised agency and machinery worth crores are checking us.Then why does the Air India retain their archive security staff to open the bags just before stepping into the aircraft? Are they more expert in security aspects or there is doubt on the conduct of the CISF? Air India should do away with this cadre. Similarly, even after the last check, there is another set of air India employees checking your ticket? is it essential? Abroad, not more than 3 checks are held . One for issue of boarding pass, second security clearance and the third at the aircraft entry point. With doing away with the security cadre and the staff engaged at the entry/exit point, Air India can reduce its loss in crores and bring in more efficiency and less irritation to the passengers.

D Anil Kumar

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