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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (26)
My country right or wrong, when right, to keep her right; when wrong to put her right. Pranab.

Reading the minds of Modi
Few officers who had worked closely with Narendra Modi opine that Modi is a man who takes hard decisions and also makes you realize about the same. Several steps and decisions of Modi endorse the observations.

BUREAUCRACY

Pati poised for Odisha CS ?
It is reliably learnt that Gokul Chandra Pati may soon repatriate to Odisha as its new Chief Secretary. The 1978 batch IAS officer is presently serving as Secretary, Defence Production. He has been on central deputation since July 2006. In his new stint he may succeed his junior J K Mohapatra.

New pattern of CSB ?
If insiders are to be believed in the new Government there is now no role of the Ministers in the meeting of the CSB .

Now JS will have to operate via AS ?
Position of the Joint Secretary in the new Government is reported to have been diluted. Now Joint Secretaries will have to rout everything via the Additional Secretary. They can meet the Secretary only if called.


Will Asthana be Additional Director, CBI ?
Whispers have been doing rounds in the corridors of power that Rakesh Asthana is being seriously considered for the slot of Additional Director, CBI. The 1984 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre has been serving as Police Commissioner, Surat.


Selvakumar relieved to join as Director in PMO
The Government of Karnataka has relieved S Selvakumar of cadre responsibility and enabled him to join as Director in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.


Panel of Plawat for Director (Tech), NTC on verge of expiry
The expiry date of panel of Vivek Plawat, ED, NTC, for the post of Director (Technical), National Textiles Corporation Limited (NTC) is in next month on August 6, 2014.

NERAMAC MD Kalbande resigns
V H Kalbande has resigned from the post of Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) and his resignation has been accepted by the Government of India. He put up his papers alleging that he failed to work with the corrupt people in this organization and related to it. He had joined NERAMAC last year in July.
(We said this June 15, 2014)

H Kumar yet to get orders for MD, MRPL
The orders of H Kumar, ED, HPCL, for the appointment as Managing Director, Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Post of AS, Health has been lying vacant
The crucially important slot of Additional Secretary, Health (MoHFW) has been lying vacant for more than a month. The post has fallen vacant after C K Mishra, 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, was appointed as Additional Secretary & Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission. He has also been carrying out the additional charge of AS, Health.

Ms Ranjana is now heading the Social Media Cell, PIB
Ms Ranjana Dev Sharma has been assigned with a new role as Director for Social Media Cell of PIB. The 1990 batch IIS officer previously headed the EMMC (Electronic Media Monitoring Cell) under the Ministry of Information &Broadcasting.

Ms Manisha is now Chief of Media with MoHFW
Ms Manisha Varma (Director- PIB) is now Chief of Media for Union Ministry for Health & Family Welfare. The 1995 batch IIS officer previously handled the 'Social Media Cell' of PIB.

Vishwanath is now handling the additional charge of EMMC, I&B Ministry
L Ramashish Vishwanath (ADG- PIB) has been entrusted with the additional charge of EMMC (Electronic Media Monitoring Centre) which functions directly under the Ministry of I&B. The 1987 batch IIS officer has been handling the 'New Media Wing' of PIB as his prime assignment.

Eight officers appointed as PSO in CSSS
As many as eight senior CSSS officers have been appointed to the post of Principal Staff Officer (PSO). They are; J K Jain (Defence Ministry), G V Singh (Dept of IP&P), C S Bisht (DoP&T), Ms Saraswati Rajagopalan (Dept of Rural Development), V P Kaushik (UPSC), Ms R Vijayakumari (MHA), A K Chugh (Petroleum) & Ms Geeta Nair (Dept of Expenditure).

Shukla poised for JS empanelment
As the grapevine has it Sanjay Kumar Shukla is likely to be empanelled as Joint Secretary, GoI. The 1992 batch IFS officer of MP cadre has got the clearance from CVC.

Post of Director (Pers) at SECL falls vacant
The vacancy of Director (Personnel), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) has arisen with the retirement of incumbent Anil Kumar Singh on June 30, 2014. However, Dr R S Jha, who was selected for this post, is yet to get the orders.

Vacancy of Director (Tech), ECL arises
The vacancy of Director (Technical), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has arisen with the retirement of incumbent Ramesh Chandra. However, B R Reddy, who selected for this post, is yet to get the orders.

Khan re-appointed RBI Deputy Governor
Harun Rashid Khan has been re-appointed Deputy Governor of the RBI for two more years, effective Friday.

Former Bank CMD joins PDP
Former CMD of the J & K Bank Haseeb A Drabu has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu & Kashmir

Prabhu to head high level panel on power
Former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu will now head an advisory group for revamp of power and renewable energy. He will be assisted by a couple of former bureaucrats.

Kapoor promoted as Accountant General, MP Bhopal
Deepak Kapoor, Director (Report), in the office of Director General of Audit, Defence Services, New Delhi, has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade and appointed as Accountant General (E&RSA), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.

Behera to join central deputation
Harekrishna Behera is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer.

Singh to join central deputation
P P Singh is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level. He is a 1984 batch IPS Officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dewangan to join central deputation
Vivek Kumar Dewangan, who served as PS, to former Minister, Food Processing Industries, is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level.He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Central deputation of Ms Sharma ends on July 27

The central deputation tenure of Ms Nidhi Sharma as Deputy Director in the DoPT is coming to an end on July 27, 2014. He is a 2000 batch ITS officer.

Selvam gets posting in HP after return from central deputation
On return from central deputation, R Selvam has been appointed as Special Secretary, MPP & Power, NCES & PWD in Himachal Pradesh. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
The services of 36 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been affected with their transfers and postings in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Institutional Finance Department while Bhupendra Singh will now be Divisional Commissioner, Meerut and Kamini Chauhan Ratan is Secretary, Finance. Similarly, Renuka Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Women and Child Development and DG, State Nutrition Mission; Jitendra Kumar as Principal Secretary and Textile Industries; Anant Kumar Singh gets additional charge of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; Rajiv Agrawal given charge of Secretary, Home; Sudhir Kumar Shrivastava, Divisional Commissioner, Basti; Sanjay Prasad as Secretary, Medical, Health and Family Welfare; Dheeraj Sahu as Secretary, Planning; Rakesh Kumar Ojha as Divisional Commissioner, Gorakhpur; Prabhat Mittal as Commissioner, Rural Development; Ravi Prakash Arora as Divisional Commissioner, Devipatan, Gonda; Vraj Kishore Singh put on waiting;R M Shrivastava gets additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Mirjapur; K Dhanlaxmi put on waiting; Aditi Singh as District Magistrate, Sultanpur; Ravi Kumar N G put on waiting; Ranjan Kumar as District Magistrate, Gorakhpur; Aparna Y as Secretary, Revenue; Shubhra Saxena as District Magistrate, Shahjenhapur; Bhuvnesh Kumar relieved of Director, Sports and Mission Director, Skill Development; Abhya as Mission Director, Skill Development Mission; Saurabh Babu as Special Secretary, Sports and Youth Welfare and Director, Sports; Anurag Yadav as Director, Panchatiraj; Suryapal Gangwar put on waiting; Shamim Shyam Mishra as Deputy Chairman, Gorakhpur Development Authority; Karn Singh Chauhan, Special Secretary, Food and Supply; Pawan Kumar as District Magistrate, Sambhal; Arvind Kumar Singh and Ranvir Prasad put on waiting; Narendra Shankar Pandey as District Magistrate, Bhadoi; Vidya Bhushan put on waiting, Nitin Bansal was made District Magistrate, Itawa and sanjiv Dubey was relieved of additional charge of Principal Secretary, Institutional Finance Department.

CBI invites applications for Sr/Dy& Junior Advisor
The Central Bureau of Investigation has invited applications for various posts like Senior Advisor (Banking), Deputy Advisor (Banking) and Junior Advisor (Banking) from the officers of Central/State Governments, Financial Institutions including RBI, NABARD, SIDBS or Public Sector Financial Institutions including Public Sector Banks. Those willing to apply for these posts on deputation basis can apply and view more details on its website: www.cbi.gov.in.

E Ramesh Kumar deputed as PS to Thaawarchand Gehlot (UPDATED)
E Ramesh Kumar, who is working on inter-cadre deputation to Andhra Pradesh cadre, has been deputed as Private Secretary to Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Sanjeev Hans appointed as PS to Ram Vilas Paswan (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Hans has been appointed as Private Secretary to Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Vikas Anand deputed as PS to Kiren Rijiju (UPDATED)
Vikas Anand has been appointed as Private Secretary to Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Manoj Kumar Arora appointed as PS to Mrs Maneka Gandhi (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Arora has been appointed as Private Secretary to Mrs Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child Development. He is a 1990 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

5 IRS-C&CE officers get postings after return from deputation (UPDATED)
On return from deputation, five officers of Indian Revenue Service of Custom & Central Excise cadre have been given postings at Additional Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise. Accordingly, Dr Amandeep Singh has been appointed to Delhi DPPR while K Ramakrishnan was posted to Delhi DTE of Logistics and Ranjan Khanna gets posting at CC AR Delhi. Besides, Umesh Sharad Wagh has been posted to Delhi DGICCE and Dr V Santosh Kumar was posted to Chennai Custom.

Central Bank receives 1st prize for best work in official language implementation (UPDATED)
To promote the Official Language in Banks every year Andhra Pradesh State level Banker's Committee has given prizes for outstanding performance every year. In continuation of this for the year 2012-13 Central Bank of India has been awarded First Prize. This prize has been given in the 184th Andhra Pradesh State Level Banker's Committee held in Hyderabad. In a glittering function Chief Guest Nara Chandra Babu Naidu , Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh honored K Eswar, Field General Manager, Central Bank of India with Shield and Certificate.

CORPORATE

Goel appointed MD, Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd
Shilpi Cable Technologies Limited has appointed Manish Goel as Managing Director of the company.

Gupta resigns as MD, Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd
Mukesh Kumar Gupta has resigned as Managing Director of Shilpi Cable Technologies Limited. However he will continue to remain as Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Ashman to quit as CEO, Hypercity Retail (India) Ltd?
Mark Ashman is to quit as CEO of Hypercity Retail (India) Ltd.

Sharma resigns as CS, Adhunik Metaliks Ltd
Anand Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Adhunik Metaliks Limited.

Bhatia appointed CS, Sea TV Network Ltd
Sea TV Network Ltd has appointed Surinder Singh Bhatia as Company Secretary of the company.

Goel appointed Addl. Director, Rajasthan Petro Synthetics Ltd
Rajasthan Petro Synthetics Limited has appointed Rishabh Goel as an Additional Director of the company.

Choudhary appointed Independent Director, Indus Fila Ltd
Indus Fila Limited has appointed Sandeep Choudhary as an Independent Director of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of HealthFore Technologies Ltd
Sunil Godhwani and Capt. GPS Bhalla have resigned as Directors of HealthFore Technologies Ltd.

Gupta re-designated Director, SBEC Sugar Ltd
Santosh Chandra Gupta has been re-designated as a Director of SBEC Sugar Ltd.

Babel appointed Addl. Director, Peacock Industries Ltd
Peacock Industries Ltd has appointed Namrata Babel as an Additional Director of the company.

Shah appointed Director, Wheel & Axle Textiles Ltd
Wheel & Axle Textiles Ltd has appointed Shilpa P Shah as a Director of the company.

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Proposed six day week in central government offices:

The above at present is not required. The existing 5-day week is more than enough to meet the work requirements and succeed in completing the pending work that has remained as it is. For this, the Head of Department/Ministry should ensure that employees irrespective of their designation reach office by 9.00 AM sharp and start their jobs immediately and remain in office till 5.30 PM without roaming about here and there or doing their personal work.

Similarly, officers should ensure that SR.PPS/PPS/PS are fully utilised for dictation. At present, the above designated persons mostly avoid dictation and simply attend to telephone calls or appointments only. This is not a specialised job as even any DEO or an UDC can do this job. As a result, the Steno D or PA are exposed and after all they have their own limitations. If these persons are also exposed to dictation, typing of DO letters from senior most officers, then automatically, the work will get completed more early. Similarly, attending of meetings are to be centralised so that US/DS attend most of meetings and the Head of Department can concentrate more on taking decisions and disposing of the files without any delay.

So as it going on now, that is, if the employees continues coming to office at about 10.30 AM and leave office early for name sake only to take care of spouses if they are also employed and attend to their personal work, then even 7-day week will not work.

Brig Hoshiar Singh

Why subsidy to passengers ?

I agree the number of Zonal Railways should decrease and their should be induction of technology. But you should realize that with the amount of investment done so far in the Indian Railways it is being run quite efficiently. Indian Railways are carrying 1.50 crore passenger daily but there is not much of an accident. The freight is also being moved quite efficiently. If the growth rate of the country declines, then you cannot expect them to carry more freight. If you travel from Delhi to Ghaziabad in a normal passenger train you pay only Rs.3.00/-. This is unrealistic as even a BUS will charge you Rs.20/-. Why should the passenger of the country be subsidized, when they look for one or the other opportunity for travelling like 'mundan', 'nakchedan' and 'kanchedan'. People are ready to pay Rs.75/- for liquor or dosa in restaurant but they cannot pay Rs.75/- extra for going to Kolkata from Delhi.

BBS

All state governments should purchase HMT Tractors

HMT Tractor Factory at Pinjore is a sick company like any other PSU. It is also overstaffed. Government can help it by providing helping hand of assistance of Rupees 150 Crore very well which will help the company to be at its own and can sustain . There are more than 1300 Staff who are directly depending on it but there are thousands of people indirectly depending on it. The whole city of Pinjore, near Punchkula Haryana, is looking at HMT Factory to be successful. Government should also help the company by asking all the state Governments to purchase HMT Tractors which is the only PSU of Govt of India

Vishal

No Homeo & Ayurvedic CGHS dispensary in Dwarka

There is no Homeopathic and Ayurvedic CGHS dispensary in Dwarka area. CGHS beneficiaries have to go to Harinagar and Janakpuri to avail this facility. Minister of Health may please look into it and provide these facilities in Dwarka area.

Yogesh Kumar

Congratulations !

Congtatulations to Prabhat Kumar on his continued elevation.

Rajesh Kaul

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