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Who is undisputed Thakur leader in Congress ?
Who is the undisputed Thakur leader in the country ?.Majority of the people named Digvijay Singh .

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level shake -up after session ?
A major Secretary level reshuffle in the Government of India is expected to take place after the budget session of the Parliament.

Orders of Justice Banumathi for SC this week
Formal orders of the appointment of Jharkhand Chief Justice R Banumathi for elevation to the Supreme Court of India are being issued in a couple of days.
(We said this on May 1, 2014)

Orders of Justice Sapre for SC in a day or two
Formal orders of the appointment of Guwahati HC Chief Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre for elevation to the Supreme Court of India are being issued in a day or two.
(We said this on July 14, 2014)

Orders of Justice Pant for SC this week
Formal orders of the appointment of Meghalaya HC Chief Justice Prafulla C. Pant for elevation to the Supreme Court of India are being issued in a couple of days.
(We said this on July 14, 2014 )

Orders of Uday U Lalit for SC this week
Orders of the appointment of noted lawyer Uday U Lalit as Judge of the Supreme Court of India are being issued this week.
(We said this on June 30 , 2014)

Justice Chellur is new CJ of Kolkata High Court
Chief Justice of the High Court of Kerala Manjula Chellur has been moved to the Kolkata High Court.
(We said this on May 22, 2014)

16523 personnel quit CRPF
A total 16523 personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have quit the service during the period of 2009 to 2012.

File of 1982-87 batch IRS (IT) officers reaches ACC
It is reliably learnt that the file of IRS (IT) officers belonging to 1982-87 batch has reached to the Appointment Committee of Cabinet on July 16. DPC had taken place on April 30 this year. Meaning hereby; as many as 300 IRS (IT) officers would soon get the rank of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax.

Tripathy to be appointed as OSD to Petroleum Minister
As the grapevine has it orders for Sambit Tripathy may soon be issued. The 1998 batch IRS (IT) officer had been serving as Director, Dept of Shipping.

Rajgopal Sharma is OSD to Shipping Minister
Rajgopal Sharma has been appointed as OSD to the Union Minister for Shipping. He is 2004 batch IRS (IT) officer.

Dr Vatsala is APS to Shipping Minister
Dr Vatsala Joshi has been appointed as APS to the Union Minister for Shipping. Previously she worked with Dept of Higher Education in the Govt of Himachal Pradesh.

Shashi Shekhar wins six months extension
Setting the speculations of repatriation aside Shashi Shekhar has got six months extension under central deputation. The 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre is presently serving as Additional Secretary, Dept of Environment & Forest. His deputation tenure was scheduled to be over on July 31. Meaning hereby Shashi Shekhar would now make it as Secretary, GoI in the months to come.

Post of ADG (Wild Life) running vacant
The coveted slot of Additional Director General, Wild Life, has been running vacant since January 14 this year after S S Garbyal made it as DG, Forest in the month of January. Garbyal has been carrying the additional charge of ADG, WF.

NHIDCL under MoRTH witnessed its first board meeting yesterday
The newly carved out PSU under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways witnessed its ever first Board meeting yesterday. National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited has now only three members on its board; Vijay Chhiber (Secretary, MoRTH) as its Chairperson and Rohit Singh (JS Project) & Niraj Verma (JS Admin) are Members on the Board.

Tenure of Dr Behari as MD, DKVIB extended
The deputation term of Dr Bipin Behari as Managing Director, DKVIB in Delhi Government, has been extended till December 31, 2014. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Kumar relieved to join as PS to Prasad
The Government of Bihar has relieved N Saravana Kumar of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Private Secretary to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications & IT and Law & Justice. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Will Nagraj be promoted to ADG rank ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have been doing rounds that K Nagraj is being considered to be promoted to ADG rank in Tripura. The 1983 batch IPS officer of Tripura cadre is presently serving as DGP (in-charge).

Fraternity plus rivalry in 1982 batch IAS
At a get-together of IAS officers 1982 batch IAS came in for discussion. A couple officers made a remarkable comment " There is big fraternity in this batch and equally there is great rivalry ". "Khoob dosti hai aur khoob jhagdte bhi hein ".


DVC running without Board
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is running without Chairman and Board Members. R N Choubey, Additional Secretary, has been entrusted with the responsibility of Board. There are vacancies of Chairman, Member Secretary, Member Technical and Member Finance in this PSU for a long time.

Whose man is Sanjeev Singla?
The 1997 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer who served as Director in Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai's office has been appointed PS to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Everybody in the MEA is asking the question who pushed Singla's candidature as PS to PM?.

Orders of B G Raj as Director (Fin), MIDHANI issued
The orders of B G Raj, GM, MIDHANI, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on February13, 2014)

Venkatasamy posted as Sr Deputy Accountant General
R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy has been posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (A/CS) in the office of Accountant General (A&E), Tripura, Agartala. He is a 2000 batch IA&AS officer.

Dharmendra Prakash is CVO, IRCTC
Dharmendra Prakash has been appointed CVO in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC). He is 1989 batch IFS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Ranjan Thakur to return to Railways
Former PS to Ambika Soni Ranjan Thakur is all set to return to the parent Indian Railways .New I & B Minister has turned down the proposal of Prasar Bharti to appoint Thakur DG of the DD.

Two IPS officers re-patriated from SPG
AP cadre 1984 batch IPS officer Sudeep Lakhtakia and UT cadre 1986 batch IPS officer Rajesh Malik have been repatriated from the SPG to the parent cadre.

DoPT seeks applications for Counsellor, Indian Embassy, Abu Dhabi
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Counsellor, Community Affairs (Development) in the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi under the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Those willing to apply for this Deputy Secretary/Director level post can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing circular of this advertisement.

Eight CSS officers shifted after promotion to Deputy Secretary grade
As many as eight officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been shifted in different Ministries after promotion to Deputy Secretary grade. Accordingly, G Amarendra Reddy has been appointed to UPSC while Ashok Kumar will remain in Civil Aviation and Geetha Nair was posted to Urban Development. Similarly, Fazal Mehmood has been shifted to HRD; Gokul Chandra Rout to Consumers Affairs; R V Subra Mani to Textiles; Chandra Mohan Bhatla to New & Renewable Energy and T R Prasad has been transferred to Statistics & Programme Implementation.

Post of Chairman, AAI re-advertised by PESB
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has again invited applications for the post of Chairman, Airport Authority of India (AAI) after it failed to select suitable candidate at its previous meeting on June 17. The post has been lying vacant since January 24, 2014. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before August 20, 2014.

Arya is also Commissioner (Appeals), Jaipur I&II
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre, Ashok Kumar Arya, Commissioner (Appeals), Delhi-I, has been assigned additional charges of Commissioner (Appeals), Jaipur-I and II.

4 IAS officers shifted in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Administration Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Abhilaksh Likhi has been appointed as Managing Director, Haryana Warehousing Corporation and Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affairs and Inquiry Officer, Vigilance while Arun Kumar Gupta was made Director General, Food & Supplies, Secretary, Food and Supplies, MD, CONFED and DG, S&T and Satyaprakash T L is Director, Industries & Commerce and Mines & Geology; Special Secretary, Industries & Commerce and Mines & Geology. Besides, Ashok Sangwan has been appointed as MD, HARTRON, Special Secretary, Electronics & Information Technology Department and Information Technology and Director Supplies and Disposals.

Mrs Shakuntala Gamlin appointed as Principal Secretary, Services in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Mrs Shakuntala D Gamlin has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Services in Delhi Government. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sanjeev Khirwar appointed as Commissioner, Trade & Taxes in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Khirwar has been appointed as Commissioner, Trade & Taxes in Delhi Government. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Biplav Kumar shifted to NCR after promotion to SAG (UPDATED)
Biplav Kumar has been transferred from North Railway to North Central Railway after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an IRTS officer.

Vivek Gupta transferred to West Central Railway (UPDATED)
Vivek Gupta has been transferred from North Central Railway to West Central Railway. He is an IRAS officer.

117 officers accorded Junior Scale of IRTS (UPDATED)
As many as 117 Group B officers of Traffic Department of Indian Railways of different zones have been accorded Group A/Junior Scale of IRTS. The officers include: Birendra Mohan, V V Ramanamurthy, Prabhakar Mishra, R C Srivastava, Sanjay Ghosh, H K Mohanty, B k Routh, L D Behera, Debaraj Nayak, N K Jaya Singh, B Danieal Christopher, D R Paul, P S Seal, D D Choudhury, A Jha, Vijay Singh, R N Jha, Sanjeev Sethi, Arun saxena, Sikha Rani Roy, Virender Kumar, B K Sahu, S K Shukla, KK Pathak, A A Masram, A K singh, Jaydev Mondal, Asish Mukherjee, A Laksminaryanan Reddy, A Malleswara Rao, Dipankar Dutta, S Sengupta, p Kumar, D Thakuria, Alkananda Sarkar, B K Misra, C Padmadas, Sankar Mukherjee, P L Bhutia, Amar Kumar Das, Ramvir Singh, G L Meena, Ram Nath Meena, Bhupal S Brijwal, Lallan Prasad, Ram Avtar, B K Chaudhary, S Govinda Samy, Rajinder Pd Pandey Ajay bhardwaj, S S Rawat, Tarun Shukla, Yas Pal singh, Satyavir Srivastava, Jyoti Bhateja, K L Mahavar, Babulal Machaya, Manjeet Singh, V A Iyer, V K Johri, Jitendra K Agarwal, S K Yadav, Sanjay Shrivastava, C S Kuril, Ashok Kumar Agrwalla, Mansranjan Acharya, Tapan Bhattacharjee, R V K Singh, Binod Jha, Jahar Basu, R N Dey, P K Samal, V Venkataraj, Md Nizar, P L Ashok Kumar, A K Khare, N K Wathre, s Brahmo,Subimal Sen, R K Sharma, K V Thomas, R K Modi, K K Mishra, K E Answar, M R Baloampuruga Das, S Iqbal Ahmed, M Srikanta, Y P tripathi, Raj Kishore, Harish Gandhi, S R Viswas, Niranjan Ghosh, J Purty, R J Sharma, Sher Singh, P C Dudi, A K Naulalkha, Rakesh Mehta, Devi Singh, Yas kumar, J P Singh, Lalta Ram, J A Azmi, D S meena, Nirmal Kr Sinha, D D Ahirwar. Mukul Basumatary, V Sudharkar Naik, J Arundhati, Kamal Devo Das, B l Kori, T G Jadhav, Manik Ram, Tek Bhadur, A K Saxena, K V Ramana and V G Shayamkule.

S S Dogra selected as Director (Finance), GRSE (UPDATED)
S S Dogra, DGM, Nalco, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE). As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

Rinawma posted as CCIT-XI, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ralte Lal Rinawma has been appointed Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT)-XI, New Delhi.

S M Misra appointed as CCIT, Thane (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, S M Misra has been appointed as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), Thane.

Chopra posted as OSD in Principal CCIT office, Delhi Region (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Manoj Kumar Chopra has been appointed as OSD (CW) in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

CORPORATE

Tuli ceases to be Director, IDBI Bank
Subhash Tuli has ceased to be Director of IDBI Bank Limited.

Srivastava appointed Director, State Bank of Travancore
Ramesh Chandra Srivastava, General Manager (Associates & Subsidiaries) A&S Group, State Bank of India, Mumbai has been appointed as Director of State Bank of Travancore.

Vakil appointed Non Exec. Director, Asian Paints Limited
Asian Paints Limited has appointed Abhay Vakil as an Additional and Non-Executive Director of the company.

Nishibayashi resigns as Director, Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited
Hitoshi Nishibayashi has resigned as Director of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited.

Two Directors appointed on Board of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited
Hidenori Furukawa and Ms Brinda Somaya have been appointed as Directors of Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited.

Singh appointed CS, Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd
Lords Chloro Alkali Ltd has appointed Sandeep Singh as Company Secretary of the company.

Khaitan resigns as Independent Director, Lumax Industries Ltd
Suman Jyoti Khaitan has resigned as Independent Director of Lumax Industries Ltd.

Sharma appointed Director ( Personnel) STC
Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce has appointed S K Sharma, Group General Manager (Personnel) of The State Trading Corporation of India Limited as Director (Personnel) of The State Trading Corporation of India Ltd

Tyagi appointed Director, Allied Computers International (Asia) Ltd
Allied Computers International (Asia) Ltd has appointed Mohit Tyagi as Director of the company.

Parikh appointed Independent Director, Subway Finance & Investment Company Ltd
Subway Finance & Investment Company Ltd has appointed Sandeep Parikh as Additional and Independent Director of the company.

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Formidable task

Shankar Agarwal new Secretary, Urban Development, has the formidable task of cleaning up the Urban Development Ministry which is in a complete mess. Now Shri Agarwal will have to work doubly hard. Firstly he will have to build trust because there is trust deficit due to erosion of ethics of Institutions. As a result people ask who is the individual occupying the highest chair, what is his nature, prevailing image, habits etc. They then decide future course of action accordingly. Rules, precedents and institutional integrity have taken a back seat. Institutions have lost trust due to continuous erosion of ethics by each officer holding the highest chair and its image changes with the change in incumbent heading the organization whose reputation is sole deciding factor. If an honest officer heads the organization reputation of the Institution will rise and vice versa.

Lok Nath Mrehra

Why only restrict to pensioners above 65 ?

There are many people who are pensioners below 60 and need medical care for various diseases including cancer, IHD, Diabetics, etc. This should be uniformly applied.

Anil Kumar

Hand to mouth even while in politics

I know an MLA from Chaukhutia near Ranikhet, Jaswant Singh Bisht, whose wife worked as labour in PWD road construction project and he always travelled in Kumaoun Transport Union buses. There may be many who are hand to mouth even while in politics, though they are diminishing fast.

Prakash

Transfer of Arun Goyal, Principal Secretary (Power), GNCTD

It is surprising to hear the news that Arun Goyal, Principal Secretary (Power), GNCTD was transferred from Delhi government to join Mizoram government.

Goyal joined as Principal Secretary (Power), GNCTD in February 2014. He is also CMD DTL and Chairman of IPGCL and PPCL. When he took the charge of the power sector, the power sector was precarious. On one side the financial position of the Government run transmission and generating companies is in ruined states due to non-payment of dues by BRPL and BYPL and on other side the stalled progress of infrastructure development of transmission system. When he joined, the transmission capacity of the system was only 5200MW against the anticipated demand of about 6000MW during summer. On May 30, 2014.

The nature also created trouble for the system, grounding halt to three vital system namely 220 kV Mondola- Gopalpur D/C link, 220kV Bamnauli- Papankalan double circuit link and 220 W Bawana- Rohini double citcuit link. Due to his personal initiates and leadership quality, the crucial system could be restored within 24-48 hs through ERS. He also brought back the stalled transmission project like 220kV Maharanibagh- Gazipur double circuit line, restoration of 220kV Maharanibagh Trauma centre double circuit line and 220kV Shalimarbagh - Wazipur double circuit line. With this system improvement, the transmission system capacity has now increased to more than 6000MW and Delhi could meet the peak load of 5925MW on 15/7/14, which is the all time high demand.

The main reason of non progress of power system is the frequent changes of leadership. Since year 2010, there are frequent transfers of principal secretary namely

(1) Rakesh Mehta
(2) Sipolia
(3) Roy
(4) Shakti Sinha
(5) R.K Verma
(6) Puneet Goel

It is learnt that Arun Goyal has been transferred to Mizoram.

For the sake of power system of Delhi, the Government may kindly re-look and allow Goyal to continue to lead the power department at least for 3yrs.

Pawan Kumar Gupta

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