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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (30)
Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do the danger is that we shall do nothing.

Modi Government to shift from Nehruvian Model of Development ?
RSS ideologues have suggested ( Modi agreed upon) to go for a shift from the Nehruvian Model of Development (as he had said on 16th evening in Vadodra post victory public address)....."Congress Sarkaron ne Vikas ko kewal sarkari karyakram banakar rakh diya hai".

BUREAUCRACY

29 IAS officers to retire in July
As many as 29 IAS officers are retiring in July 2014. They are A B Shukla of AGMUT cadre; Shyam Kumar Sinha, B Aravinda Reddy and D Sreenivasulu of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Ashok Kumar Sinha and K P Ramaiah of Bihar cadre; Naval Singh Mandavi and Rajpal Singh Tyagi of Chhattisgarh cadre; Rohit K Pathak of Gujarat cadre; Dr Sutanu Behuria of Himachal Pradesh cadre; G V Krishna Rau, Dr. Erubothu Venkataiah, K Amaranarayana and K R Niranjan of Karnataka cadre; Sharadkumar Ved and Pradeip Kumar Khare of Madhya Pradesh; J S Saharia, D R Bansod, H Khekuto Khulu of Nagaland cadre; Gagan Bihari Swain of Orissa cadre; Satwant Singh and Dr Inderjit Singh Sandhu of Punjab cadre; C K Mathew and Tapender Kumar and Rohit R Brandon of Rajasthan cadre; M Kutralingam and Chandra Prakash Singh of Tamil Nadu cadre; Ms Zohra Chatterjee of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Dr Syamal Kumar Sarkar and Ms B. Bandyopadhyay Chakraborty of West Bengal cadre.

Goel likely to get CVC clearance in July
M K Goel is expected to get CVC clearance in this month for the appointment of Chairman and Managing Director, Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC).

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

Puneet Kansal appointed as Director, Power in GoI
Puneet Kansal has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Devesh Deval posted as Dy Secretary, Health & Family Welfare
Devesh Deval has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Family Welfare. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer.

Misra appointed Director, DoPT
Diwakar Nath Misra has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Atul Basumatary appointed as Director, DoNER
Atul Basumatary has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Ordance Factory Service.

Tripathi appointed as Director, Water Resources
Manish Tripathi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 1998 batch IDAS officer.

B D Sharma is new DG SSB
Banshidhar Sharma has been appointed new DG of the SSB. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ravi Thapar is also High Commissioner to Niue
Ravi Thapar, presently High Commissioner of India to New Zealand, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Niue, with residence in Wellington.

Ms Jain is Ambassador to Republic of Costa Rica
Shamma Jain, presently Ambassador of India to Panama, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Costa Rica, with residence in Panama.

Anish Aggarwal selected as Director (Pipeline), IOCL
Anish Aggarwal, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Pipeline), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 8, 2014. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

File of Kumar being moved to ACC
The file of T V S K Kumar, GM, RINL, is reportedly being moved to Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for the appointment as Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).

Mathew being repatriated to parent cadre
P J Mathew, who is working as Joint Secretary (Finance), Department of Space, is being accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre in the month of September, 2014. He is a 1983 batch IA&AS officer.

Prasad soon to move to Mumbai as Chief Commissioner, Customs & Excise
Bimal Behari Prasad is all set to move to Mumbai as Chief Commissioner, Customs- II for Mumbai Zone. The 1980 batch IRS (C&CE) officer, is presently serving as Chief Commissioner, Hyderabad Zone.

B K Singh to be new PS to Rajnath Singh
B K Singh is being appointed new PS to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Tripathi gets charge of Coir Board
S K Tripathi, Joint Secretary, MSME, has been assigned an additional charge of Coir Board.

Rishi Raj Singh to head Nirbhaya Project in Kerala
Rishi Raj Singh is now going to head the Nirbhaya Project in Kerala. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.He is a ADGP Special Services [ Crime Against Women And Children] , Traffic Planning And Nirbhaya Project For Security Of Women in Kerala.

ACC soon to appoint Dr R S Jha as Director (HR) SECL
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that ACC may soon approve the selection of Dr R S Jha as Director (HR), South Eastern Coalfields Limited. PESB had selected him for the slot on January 17 this year. Presently he is serving Mahanadi Coalfields Limited as GM, HR. Till last week the file was under submission with the new Union Minister for Coal.

Post of BCAS vacant for the last two years
Post of the Commissioner Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has been lying vacant for the last two years. Let us see the movement in the new Government.

Ms Zohra Chatterjee to retire this month end
Secretary, Textiles, Ms Zohra Chatterjee is superannuating by this month end. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Post of Director (Fin), SIL vacant since March 2011
The post of Director (Finance), Scooter India Limited (SIL) has been lying vacant since March 18, 2011. Meanwhile, a person was selected for the post, but he declined to join the same.

Applications for Passport officers, MEA invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Passport officer in the Ministry of External Affairs. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the concerned department before July 30, 2014.

Sekar posted as Principal Director, Audit, WCR, Jabalpur
D K Sekar, Accountant General (E&RSA), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, has been posted as Principal Director of Audit, West Central Railway, Jabalpur.

Ashish Kumar Sanghi likely to join central deputation
Ashish Kumar Sanghi is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 2001 batch Indian Telecom Service officer.

Pronab Mohanty likely to join central deputation
Pronab Mohanty is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level. He is a 1994 batch IPS Officer of Karnataka cadre.

Central deputation tenure of Anbarasu ending on Aug 2
The central deputation tenure of A Anbarasu in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is ending on August 2, 2014. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Barwar to move to Lusaka
Second Secretary in PhnomPenh S S Barwar has been moved to Lusaka in place of J S Vanaah Counsellor.

Prem Nath Tiwari posted to ADG, CEI, Bangalore
On return from deputation, Prem Nath Tiwari has been posted to ADG, CEI, Bangalore. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

5 IRS-C&CE officers get postings as Chief Commissioner
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Customs & Central Excise have been transferred and posted at different places at Chief Commissioner level. Accordingly, B B Prasad has been posted as CC, Cus-II, Mumbai while Ms R Shankuntala will now be CC, CX, Hyderabad and Ms Vanaja N Sarna is CC, TAR, Delhi. Besides, Ms Kameswari Subramanian has been appointed as CC, CX, Bangalore and Indrajit Dasgupta was posted as CC, CX, Ahmedabad.

Ms Mohanan is also Dy Commissioner, S-West in Delhi Govt
Ms Nila Mohanan has been given an additional charge of Deputy Commissioner, South-West in Delhi Government. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

NBCC bags Performance Excellence Award by IIIE (UPDATED)
Yogesh J P Sharma, General Manager (Engg.), West Zone, on behalf of NBCC, received the prestigious performance excellence award by Indian Institute Of Industrial Engineering (IIIE). The award has been conferred to NBCC for its consistent efforts towards gaining excellence in the field of construction and contribution to the nation's growth. It is to be mentioned here that NBCC has recently been given the Navratna status by the Government of India.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh cadre. 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.

3 Senior IRS-IT officers get inter-region postings (UPDATED)
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.

26 Chief Commissioners of Income Tax locally shifted (UPDATED)
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.

3 Chief Commissioner of IT get additional charges (UPDATED)
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.

Tenure of Mrs Saswati Bandopadhyay as CVO, IRCON extended (UPDATED)
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.

ACC rejects extension file of Mirchandani (UPDATED)
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.

Rajani Ranjan Rashmi is also Chairman, PEC Ltd (UPDATED)
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.

Two officers get postings in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
V P Rao has been appointed as Director, Agriculture Marketing while Arun Mishra, on repatriation from DDA, was posted as Additional Secretary, TTE in Delhi Government. Rao is a 1999 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre while Mishra belongs to DANICS.

Mrs Yesoda Bai posted as Curator, SVZP Tirupathi in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs R Yesoda Bai has been appointed as Curator, SVZP, Tirupathi in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 2010 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Rajesh Tripathi selected as CMD, DCI (UPDATED)
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.

CORPORATE

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, Britannia Industries Ltd
Britannia Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Ranjana Kumar as an Additional Director of the company.

Bhutada appointed CFO, Poddar Developers Ltd
Omprakash Bhutada has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Poddar Developers Ltd.

Raichandani appointed CFO, Orbit Corporation Limited
Manoj Raichandani has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Orbit Corporation Limited.

Mishra resigns as CS, TechNVision Ventures Ltd
Sulabh Mishra has resigned as Company Secretary of TechNVision Ventures Ltd.

Kandoi to be appointed Addl. Director, KG Petrochem Ltd?
The Board of KG Petrochem Ltd is to appoint Savitri Kandoi as Additional Director of the company.

Avery resigns as Independent Director, Bimetal Bearings Ltd
A B Avery has resigned as Independent Director of Bimetal Bearings Ltd.

Ms Phadke resigns as Director, Kay Power and Paper Ltd
Smita Phadke has resigned as Director of Kay Power and Paper Ltd.

Ms D'Souza resigns as Director, Amit International Ltd
Ms Oswald D'Souza has resigned as Director of Amit International Ltd.

Sharma appointed CS, Gufic Biosciences Limited
Gufic Biosciences Limited has appointed Santoshkumar Sharma as the Company Secretary of the company.

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Reduce retirement days to four

For enhancing efficiency and improving working hours in central government, it is suggested to reduce retirement days to four from the present 12 i.e.on March 31, June 30, Sept 30 and December 31 so as avoid the wastage of working hours on the last working days of every month.

Anil Agrawal


Six days week in Central Government

If you work sincerely on all 5 days, it is more than sufficient to complete the work. If you don't, even seven days will be insufficient.

Raj

Encourage employees

Instead of forcing punctuality on the individuals, the Government should encourage its employees to work harder and improve performance by rewarding the honest and hard workers time bound promotion/out of turn promotion. Their performance should be evaluated on pending files/receipts and not the working hours. In other words, some officers are quick in taking decisions and disposing of their files in a comparatively shorter time without making hue and cry for the work whereas the other are in the habit of keeping the files with them just to show how much work he/she has. This can be avoided. In this connection, DP&T can also play a vital role in motivating the officers particularly CSS/CSSS by introducing the time bound regular promotions in all categories of employees and there should not be ad-hoc promotions. Employees would be more encouraged if all the employees who had either been promoted on ad-hoc basis and became regular after putting more than 10 years continued and uninterrupted ad-hoc service or are still working on ad-hoc basis for a long for want of regular promotion and thereby loosing their interests in their jobs but bound to continue due to domestic circumstances are promoted from the date of their ad-hoc appointments. No where in the world, the ad-hoc promotions are given provided the officers fulfills the service conditions otherwise.

V P Sharma

Extend CGHS facility

Even though Bangalore is developed, new Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (city corporation limits) areas are not covered with CGHS. Whenever central government employees want to take treatment, they have to go to Ama"s and then should take treatment only in govt hospitals including CGHS recognised hospitals. CGHS recognised hospitals are 20 kms away from new BBMP areas. Hence, Ministry of Health should take initiative in extending CGHS facility to the entire BBMP areas immediately which would help all central govt employees residing in new BBMP areas .

Venketesh R


Bharart Broadband Network Limited (BBNL)-a leap towards connecting India

Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), a Public Sector Undertaking /Company under the Companies Act (1956) was incorporated by the Government of India on February 25, 2012 for the Establishment, Management and Operation of National Optical Fibre Network. The NOFN was set up by Government of India on October 25, 2011 to provide connectivity to all the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country. This would ensure broadband connectivity with adequate bandwidth by utilizing the existing optical fibre and extending it to the Gram Panchayats. Broadband is a tool for improving the life of people by providing affordable and equitable access to information and knowledge. It has direct impact on their day to day life style and behaviour. For states, it enormously contributes towards trade and generation of employment. NOFN has the potential to transform many aspects of our lives including video, data, internet, telephone services in areas such as education, business, entertainment, environment, health households and e-governance services. These services will be offered by TSPs/ISPs. The BSNL, RailTel, PGCIL, C-DOT, TCIL and NIC are working with BBNL on the NOFN Project. The funding of the project is from USOF. The officers of Indian Telecom Service and Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service (IAS allied) are playing a major role in connecting India.

Y Mishra

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