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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (49)
I don't believe in love at first sight but I do believe in taking a second look.

Will Mayawati join BJP camp ?
Will BSP Supremo join the BJP camp in the near future. Political observers do not rule out the possibility citing example of 2002 when she has campaigned for Narendra Modi in Gujarat.


DEBATE

What is the character of Narendra Modi ?

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming the third most followed world leader on Twitter, next only to US President Barack Obama and the Pope, he is being discussed everywhere so much so that people have started comparing him with world leaders of the past. "Is Modi Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill" ?

What is your opinion ? Mail it to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Three Secretaries in GoI retiring today
Three Secretaries in Government of India are retiring on July 31, 2014. The officers include: Sutanu Behuria (1976 batch of Himachal Pradesh cadre), Secretary, Heavy Industries; Ms Zohra Chhatterji (1979 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre), Secretary, Textiles and Syamal Kumar Sarkar (1979 batch of West Bengal cadre), Secretary, DoPT.

Neelam Kapoor poised for new assignment in London ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Neelam Kapoor, the Chief Spokesperson of Govt of India, may soon be entrusted with new assignment with Nehru Centre in London. The 1982 batch IIS officer is Principal DG of PIB, the ever first woman to hold the top PIB post.

Orders for appointment of Mundra as RBI's Dy. Governor issued
Official orders of the appointment of S S Mundra as Deputy Governor RBI have been issued on Wednesday. He is presently CMD of the Bank of Baroda.
( We said this today morning, on March 25 and on June 11)

Prakash Mishra appointed as Special Security (Int. Security), MHA
Prakash Mishra has been appointed as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1977 batch IPS Officer of Orissa cadre.

Rajiv Jain appointed as Special Director, IB
Rajiv Jain has been appointed as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1980 batch IPS Officer of Gujarat cadre.

Surender Singh appointed as Special Director, IB
Surender Singh has been appointed as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1980 batch IPS Officer of West Bengal cadre.

Grover appointed Secretary General Lok Sabha till October
Secretary in the Lok Sabha P K Grover has been appointed Secretary General till October 31, 2014.

Dr Sudhir Mishra appointed Appointed CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace

The Government has appointed Dr Sudhir Mishra as Chief Controller R & D and CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace.He would join on August 1, on completion of tenure of Dr AS Pillai. Dr Mishra is Outstanding Scientist & Scientist 'H' in DRDO and working as Head, programme Office (Missiles) in DRDO Headquarters, Delhi. He graduated from University of Jabalpur in Mechanical Engineering in 1982 followed by Post graduation from IIT Madras, Chennai, in Mechanical Engineering. As Head, Programme Office Missiles, he is responsible for steering and coordinating all major missiles programmes of national importance.

Navtej Singh Sarna appointed Secretary (West), MEA
Navtej Singh Sarna, who is presently Special Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as Secretary, West in the same Ministry. He is a 1980 batch officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS).

Shakuntla Jakhu is new Chief Secretary of Haryana
Shakuntla Jakhu has been appointed new chief secretary of Haryana. She is 1978 batch IAS officer.

Ansuman Pattnaik appointed Additional DG, CCI
Ansuman Pattnaik has been appointed as Additional Director General in the Competition Commission of India (CCI). He is an IRS-IT officer.

Post of MMTC's CMD advertised third time
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Mineral & Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC) for third time after the Minister of Commerce failed to appoint a full time CMD in four years. The PESB has sought applications before September 15, 2014.

File of Rajiv Bhattacharya stuck up in CVC for one and half year
The file of Rajiv Bhattacharya has been lying stuck to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for its clearance for the appointment as Managing Director, Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL) for one and half year for its approval.

G C Pati all set to take charge as CS of Odisha
Gokul Chandra Pati is all set to take charge as the new Chief Secretary of Odisha on August 1. The 1978 batch IAS officer would succeed J K Mohapatra. Pati had been serving at centre as Secretary, Defence Production.
( We said it on July 04, 2014.)

Term of NHPC' Director (Project) Sharma to end on Aug 09
The extended tenure of Director (Project) of National Hydro Power Corporation J K Sharma will come to an end on August 9. He had been given three months extension beyond May 9 this year.

Tenure of Sunil Kumar Singh as Director, Heavy Industry extended
The tenure of Sunil Kuamr Singh as Director, Heavy Industry has been extended for a period of three months beyond July 7, 2014. He is a 1998 batch ISS Officer.

Simanchala Dash appointed PS to Arun Jaitely
Simanchala Dash has been appointed as Private Secretary to Arun Jaitely, Finance Minister. He is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.

Utsav Mitra appointed OSD to Piyus Goyal
Utsav Mitra has been appointed as Office on Special Duty (OSD) at Director level to Piyus Goyal, Union Minister for Power. He is a non-Government official.

P M Chandraiah selected for Director (Fin), BC&PL
P M Chandraiah, Additional General Manager, EPIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BC&PL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 30, 2014.
(We said it on June 12, 2014.)

20 Under Secretaries poised to be promoted as Directors
Whispers in the corridors f power have it that as many as 20 Under Secretaries may soon be given promotion as Director.

R S Mina to get three months extension as Dir (HR), NHPC
As the grapevine has it, R S Mina is all set to get an extension for three months. His extended tenure as Director (HR), NHPC came to an end on July 27.

R K Srivastava poised to be repatriated
Ravindra Kumar Srivastava is all set to complete his central deputation tenure on August 28. The 1984 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre, serving in GoI as Jt Secretary (MHA), will soon repatriate to the Govt of Jharkhand. He has already been been empanelled as Additional Secretary, Govt of India.

Sanjay Kumar to move on central deputation
Sanjay Kumar, presently serving as Additional Resident Commissioner to the Govt of Jharkhand in Delhi, is all set to move on central deputation. He is 1984 batch officer of Indian Forest Service.

Shivani Singh appointed Director in CVC
Shivani Singh has been appointed as Director in Central Vigilance Commission. She is a 1994 batch IRS-IT officer.

Dharmendra Prakash appointed CVO, Railways
Dharmendra Prakash has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Ministry of Railways. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Nagaland cadre.

A K Singh posted as Addl Resident Commissioner of Sikkim House, Delhi
A K Singh has been appointed as Additional Resident Commissioner, Sikkim House, New Delhi. He is 2005 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Appointment of Bandyopadhyay as Director (Fin), WCL in doldrums
Despite the elapse of one-and-half-year, the Ministry of Coal has failed to appoint G Bandyopadhyay as Director (Finance), Western Coalfields Limited for want of CVC clearance. He was selected for the post on February 18, 2013.

PESB yet to conduct interviews for CMD, Hindustan Salts Ltd
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is yet to conduct interviews for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Salts Limited. The PESB had sought applications for the post before December 31, 2013. The tenure of incumbent R K Tandon is coming to an end in October, 2014.

Corporate frauds of Rs 10,818 cr detected by SFIO
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has detected corporate frauds of RS 10,818 crore involving 31 companies in this between April 2014 and June 2014.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Planning), AYCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Planning), Andrew Yule & Company Limited (AYCL) falling vacant next year on August 8, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB beforeSeptember 30, 2014.

JS level post falling vacant in Atomic Energy dept, Mumbai
A post of Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai in Government of India up to September 2014.

Rakesh Sureshbhai Desai to join central deputation !
Rakesh Sureshbhai Desai is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch Indian Telecom Service officer.

Post of CVO, SBT falling vacant in Sept
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer in State Bank of Travancore (SBT) is falling vacant on September 2, 2014. The names of interested officers can be sent to the Department of Financial Services before September 1, 2014.

Rao to move to New York
Director L & T Division in the MEA Dr M K Rao is moving to New York in place of Vishnu Dutt Sharma, Counsellor. Sharma is joining the MEA Headquarters.

Why orders of Palash Goswami for Director (Fin), HPCL delayed?
Why the orders of Palash Goswami, GM, HCL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) are being delayed by the Government of India? The post has been lying vacant since incumbent Amitabh Banerjee joined KRCL as Director Finance in October, 2013.

Orders of Om Prakash for CMD, SECL yet to come
The orders of Om Prakash, Director (Technical), WCL/CIL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Dr Suresh Nagesh Jadhav appointed APCCF in PCCF office in AP
Dr Suresh Nagesh Jadhav has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (FCA) in PCCF office in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

20 IRS-IT officers transferred
As many as 20 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted at different places at Additional/Joint Commissioner level. Accordingly, I P Nago has been posted to Pune while Memories Massar was appointed to NER and Yogendra Prasad Verma is being shifted to Mumbai. Similarly, Krishna Kant Upadhaya has been poted to UP East; Surabhi Sharma to Mumbai; Rampriya Raghavan to Mumbai; Rajitha Voruvuru to Andhra Pradesh; Ramesh Kumar Kakkar to Delhi; V Subba Rao to Andhra Pradesh; B Isaivani to Tamil Nadu; Swaran S Sempla to NWR; Gaya Prasad to UP West; Zeenia Hand to NWR; Monika sharma to UP West; H L Sowmya Achar to Karnataka; Alka Gautam to Delhi; Shivraj Deshmukh to Pune; Rakesh Tripathi to UP West; Prabhat Kumar Gupta to Andhra Pradesh and Neeraja Pradhan was transferred to Madhya Pradesh.

Eight IRAS officers transferred
As many as eight officers of Indian Railways Accounts Service (IRAS) have been transferred and posted to different railway zones. Accordingly, V R Modhe has been transferred to Central Railway while Ravi Sharma was shifted to North Western Railway and R L Khandelwal is being appointed to North Western Railway. Similarly, L V Dudam has been transferreed to Western Railway; Ms C Suryalakshmi to South Western Railway; Shatrughan Prasad to RCF; B N Das to East Central Railway and Sunil Kumar has been transferred to Northeast Frontier Railway.

Rao appointed Chief Secretary Tripura (UPDATED)
G Kameswara Rao has been appointed Chief Secretary of Tripura..He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre. Earlier the name of Pravin Srivastava was in circulation.
( We said this on July29)

New transfer policy of CSS officers in a day or two (UPDATED)
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that CSS officers may witness a new transfer policy soon. The prescribed period under transfer policy for CSS may be increased. For Assistant rank employees the present period of 07 years may be increased to 10 years. For Under Secretary rank the present period of 05 years may be increased to 07 years whereas for Dy Secretary and above rank it may remain unchanged i.e. 05 years.

Busi Sam Bob appointed as DG, National Academy of Construction in AP (UPDATED)
Busi Sam Bob has been appointed as Director General of National Academy of Construction, Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh Government. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

CSS cadre officers soon to get new designation; orders soon (UPDATED)

Whispers in the corridors of power have it that CSS cadre officers are all set to get new designation in GoI. LDC rank would be designated as Junior Secretarial Assistant. UDS rank may now be designated as Senior Secretariat Assistants. Assistants would now be designated as Asstt Section Officer.

Ms Archana Arora is also PS, Women Commission in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Ms Archana Arora has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Delhi Commission for Women. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Tenure of Rakesh Ranjan as Adviser, Planning Commission extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Rakesh Ranjan as Adviser, Planning Commission has been extended for a period of three months with effect from August 25, 2014. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.

Two IAS officers get additional charges in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
A Mukhopadhyay has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Harischandra Mathur Rajasthan State Public Administration Academy and Bhaskar Atmaram Sawant was given the charge of CMD, Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation in Rajasthan.

4 IFS Probationers get postings in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Four probationers of Indian Forest Service (IFS), who completed their training, have been given postings in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Ajay Chittoda and Ms Kavita singh have been appointed as Assistant Conservators of Forest, Kota while S Sarath Babu was posted to Bharatpur as Assistant Conservator of Forests and Ashok Kumar is Assistant Conservator of Forests, Pali.

Deepak Anand is also Project Director, Gram Swaraj Yojan Society in Bihar (UPDATED)
Deepak Anand has been given an additional charge of Project Director, Bihar Gram Swaraj Yojna Society, Panchayati Raj Department in Bihar. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Nine IAS officers transferred in Telangana (UPDATED)
As many as nine officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Telangana. Accordingly, Mrs G D Priyadarshini has been posted as Collector, Mahabubnagar while J Raymond Peter will now be Director, APARD, Hyderabad and K Illambarthi is Collector, Khammam. Similarly, D Ronald Rose has been posted as Collector, Nizamabad; B Laxmi Kanthan as Joint Collector, Adilabad; Ms Amarapali Kata as Director, Women and Child Welfare; J Nivas as Joint Collector, Adilabad; Dr Preeti Meena as Joint Collector, Nalgonda and M Hari Narayanan was posted as Sub-collector, Vikraad, Ranga Reddy district.

Ms Anita Tripathi appointed as Dy Secretary in Planning Commission (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation, Ms Anita Prakash Tripathi has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Planning Commission. She is a CSS officer.

18 Under Secretaries shifted after promotion to Dy Secretary grade in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 18 Under Secretaries have been transferred after promotion to Deputy Secretary grade in Government of India. Accordingly, Sanjay Kumar has been posted to Financial Services while P G Kaladharan was appointed to Culture and Suresh Chandra is being moved to UPSC. Similarly, D K D Rao has been shifted to Higher Education; Samita Arora to DoNER; Amrik Singh to Home Affairs; Ajay Kumar Tripathi to Statistics & Programme Implementation; Anil Kumar Joshi to Legal Affairs; Deepak Israni to I&B; A M Manichan to Heavy Industries; Mrs Shipra Roy to Women & Child Development; Sathis Kumar Chhikara to Home Affairs; Satya Mohan Gupta to Fertilizers; Deepak Grover to UPSC; Yatindra Kumar to Social Justice & Empowerment; P Sasi Kumar to Higher Education; Raj Singh to Defence and Ajay Joshi was shifted to I&B.

Swadheen Kshatriya joins as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Swadheen S Kshatriya has taken over the charge as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ramprakash appointed as PCCF, Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Ramprakash has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) of Chhattisgarh. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

CORPORATE

Jain re-appointed MD, Porwal Auto Components Ltd
Porwal Auto Components Ltd has re-appointed Devendra Jain as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. August 1, 2014,

Goenka re-appointed MD, Golden Goenka Fincorp Ltd
Golden Goenka Fincorp Ltd has re-appointed G L Goenka as a Managing Director of the company w.e.f. November 23, 2014

Zameer appointed Independent Director, PFL Infotech Ltd
PFL Infotech Ltd has appointed M A Zameer as the Independent Director of the company w.e.f. July 30, 2014

Shukla resigns as MD, Monsanto India Ltd
Gyanendra Shukla has resigned as Managing Director of Monsanto India Ltd w.e.f. September 1, 2014.

Nirula appointed MD, Monsanto India Ltd
Shilpa Divekar Nirula has been appointed as the Managing Director of Monsanto India Ltd w.e.f. September 1, 2014

Haribhakti appointed Independent Director, Navin Fluorine International Ltd
Navin Fluorine International Ltd has appointed Ms Radhika Haribhakti as an Additional and Independent Director of the company w.e.f. July 30, 2014

Shah appointed CFO, IIFL Holdings Ltd
IIFL Holdings Limited has appointed Parag Shah as the Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. July 29, 2014

Gupta appointed Independent Director, Zuari Global Ltd
Zuari Global Ltd has appointed K K Gupta as Additional Director and Independent Director of the company w.e.f. July 30, 2014

Four Non Exec. Directors appointed on Board of Ador Welding Ltd
Ador Welding Ltd has appointed Manoj Kumar Maheshwari, Piyush K Gupta, Rakesh N Sapru and K Digvijay Singh as Non-executive and Independent Directors of the company w.e.f. July 28, 2014

Shankar appointed Addl. Director, Pidilite Industries Ltd
Pidilite Industries Limited has appointed Ms Meera Shankar as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. July 30,2014

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What is the character of Narendra Modi ? (DEBATE 3)

Modi is none of these. He is not a clone of any of these personalities. He is unique in himself. He is Narender Modi, a true Indian leader with his mind full of ideas and a man of vision who wants to take India to places. Whether he succeeds or not only time will show. The trouble is that he has too many detractors in the country also. Why he is the most tweeted person after Obama and Pope is due to the fact that his style, his campaign and his massive win at the husting has created lot of interest in the world about him.

Aarti Khosla

What is the character of Narendra Modi ? (DEBATE 4 )

Modi is Mahatma Gandhi who said if he was to rule the country he would like to be benevolent dictator. Modi understands the plight of poor of country. He understands that Bharat has the potential to be World's superpower in all respects-be it economic superpower, political superpower, technologically advanced superpower and country with equitable development for all. He is dictator in the sense that once a decision is taken, he sees to it that the decision is ruthlessly implemented.

Prafulla Mishra

Transfer all after Five years

To reduce corruption in Ministries, Govt should transfer not only officers but even clerks and peons after every 5 years. Often they become a conduit for unholy deals.

Nandan

Restructuring of Railway Board

Restructuring of Railway Board is a refreshing news-a departure from the present stagnant/moribund arrangement suiting a miniscule few and keeping rightful claimants capable of better contribution at bay. The other organisation that needs a restructuring at the highest level is Border Roads Organisation which handles road infrastructure in border states. Too much reliance on Army for everything is counterproductive both for Army and for the Organisation. It should be re-moulded on the lines of DMRC-where qualification and domain expertise are the bottom line.

Rajendra

Why one more tier of govt ?

The Chairman of the Railway Board is ex-Officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. That all cadre officials (including Traffic and Accounts) in the Railways at the time of induction are also trained on technical matters like the specification of rail tracks, bogies, couplers etc. How will a Central Staffing Scheme Officers manage these things ? When Modi is talking of less government and less of governance, then why do you want one more tier of government.

BBS

Hard to digest.

No one in last 4 years have been found suitable? Little hard to digest.

NK

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