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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (10)
Empires are built up on unsavoury foundation of treason and forgery. But, such, more or less is the way of all empires and empire builders.

Sushma Swaraj calls IFS best service
In her first meeting in MEA, Sushma Swaraj referred to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) as India's best service. What happens to IAS then ?

BUREAUCRACY

Orders of Rohatgi as Attorney General of India issued
Orders of Mukul Rohatgi, Senior Advocate, for the appointment as Attorney General for India have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on May 29, 2014)

Choubey to succeed Singh as Additional Secretary in the PMO
RN Choubey is going to succeed Shatrughan Singh as Additional Secretary in the PMO. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. He is presently serving as Additional Secretary, Power.

Shatrughna Singh to join IPP
Shatrughan Singh, Additional Secretary in the PMO, who has been replaced by RN Choubey will now go to Industrial Policy and Promotions (IPP) . He is a 1983 batch UD cadre IAS officer.

Ahluwalia selected as Director (Fin), NMDC Ltd
D S Ahluwalia, ED REC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), NMDC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 12, 2014. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Nine IPS officers retiring in June
As many as nine IPS officers are retiring in June 2014. They are D G Vanzara of Gujarat cadre; S B Bisanalli of Karnataka cadre; Lakhan Lal Ahirwar and J S Sansval of Madhya Pradesh of Madhya Pradesh; T A Chavan of Maharashtra cadre; C Bala Subramanian of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Ramphal Singh of Rajasthan cadre; Janga Basnet of Sikkim cadre and Dr Mahboob Alam of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Why no PS to PM?
Intense lobbying is going on for appointment of PS to the PM. Various corporate houses and Chief Ministers have been sending their recommendation to the PM. But Modi being a man who makes up his own mind, will perhaps go with someone who does not lobby at all.

Will Gulzar be PS to Arun Jaitley ?
Gulzar Natarajan (IAS, AP, 1999) who has returned from Harvard Kennedy School's MPA-International Development program is being considered for PS to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Jaitley has reportedly received over 50 applications for the position.

Dr Raju tipped to be PS to Union Minister for Env & Forest
Prakash Javdekar, Union Minister for Environment & Forest, picks Dr Sirra Kauna Raju as his new PS. Previously an IFS officer's name had been doing rounds for the slot. Raju is 1998 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Prasad tipped to be appointed as PS to I&B Minister
As the grapevine has it that Chaitanya Prasad may soon be appointed as PS to Information & Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javdekar. Prasad is an officer of Indian Information Service.

Purushottam tipped for PS to Parliament Affairs Minister
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that B V R Chandra Purushottam is being considered for PS to Venkaiah Naidu, Union Cabinet Minister for Parliament Affairs. He is 2004 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre. One can wait and watch only.

Kumawat is PS to Ravishankar Prasad
Uday Singh Kumawat will be serving as PS to Ravishankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics & IT. Previously he served as PS to Tariq Anwar, Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Food Processing. The 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre had served Ravishankar Prasad, the then I&B Minister, as his OSD till 2004.

Sarvesh Kaushal is new Chief Secretary of Punjab
Sarvesh Kaushal has taken over as new Chief Secretary of Punjab. He is 1982 batch IAS officer . Kaushal has succeeded 1978 batch IAS officer Rakesh Singh who is all set to join the Government of India as Secretary.

(We said this on June 3, 2014)

Shashi Shekhar poised to be repatriated to Tamil Nadu
As the grapevine has it, Shashi Shekhar is all set to repatriate to Tamil Nadu. The 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre is presently serving as Additional Secretary, Department of Environment & Forest. He would complete his tenure under central deputation this month.

Gupta in race for GM NR on lateral basis?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that R K Gupta, GM North Eastern Railway, have been trying for lateral shift as GM, Northern Railway. Presently he has been carrying out the additional charge of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) with the HQ at Delhi. The post of GM, NR has fallen vacant after V K Gupta made it as Member Engineering, Railway Board.

Dewangan likely to be appointed as JS in GoI
Vivek Dewangan, PS to former Food Processing Minister, waiting for posting, is expected to be appointed as Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Rao to join as SP CBI
R GopalKrishna Rao is joining the CBI as SP. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

MHA yet to pass orders for Mishra Mudgal IPL Probe Committee
As the grapevine has it orders of B B Mishra (DDG, Narcotics Control Bureau) may soon be issued by the MHA placing his services at the disposal of the Justice Mudgal Committee. Former CBI Chief R K Raghawan & former IPS officer M L Sharma were expected for the task but the Supreme Court had finally chose Mishra to assist Justice B B Mudgal Mudgal in its probe on betting and spot-fixing scandal in IPL 2013. Mystry shrouds over the same as report has to be submitted by August 31 whereas the orders of 1983 batch IPS officer are yet to be issued by the MHA.

Mangal in race for GM, NR
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Mahesh Mangal is ahead in the fray of GM, Northern Railway. The 1978 batch IRSSE officer is presently serving as Senior Executive Director, RDSO. The slot of GM, N R hhas fallen vacant after V K Gupta made it as Member, Engineering, Railway Board.

Mrs Shrivastava nominated as Director, NABARD
Mrs Snehalata Shrivastava, Additional Secretary, Financial Services, has been nominated as Director on the Board of Directors of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Central deputation of Ms Chakravarty remains one year
The central deputation tenure of Ms Maushumi Chakravarty, PS to former Heavy Industries Minister, remains more than one year. However, the officer, who belongs to 1991 batch of IIS, is yet to request for an alternate posting at the centre.

Central deputation of Raj Kumar Mishra remains one year
The central deputation tenure of Raj Kumar Mishra, PS to former Road Transport Minister, remains more than one year. However, the officer, who belongs to 1999 batch of Indian Postal Service, is yet to request for an alternate posting at the centre.

Central deputation of D Madhukar Nai remains one year
The central deputation tenure of D Madhukar Naik, PS to former Comm &IT Minister, remains more than one year. However, the officer, who belongs to 2002 batch of IDES, is yet to request for an alternate posting at the centre.

Central deputation of Mrs Mamta Varma remains one year
The central deputation tenure of Mrs Mamta Varma, OSD to former Law & Justice Minister, remains more than one year. However, the officer, who belongs to 1999 batch of Indian Postal Service, is yet to request for an alternate posting at the centre.

Tenure of Upadhyay, MD, MRPL ending in July
The tenure of P P Upadhyay, Managing Director, Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), is coming to an end on July 31, 2014.

Tenure of Sinha, Director (P&BD), IOCL ending in July
Tenure of A M K Sinha as Director (Planning & Business Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is coming to an end on July 31, 2014.

DoPT seeks applications for Member Secretary, NMA
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Member Secretary, National Monuments Authority (NMA), New Delhi. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their applications to the DoPT within one month.

PESB invites applications for Director (Ope), OIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Operations), Oil India Limited (OIL)falling vacant on next year on June 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before July 28, 2014.

Divya Malhotra posted as PAG (G&SSA), Rajasthan
Divya Malhotra, Director General (Railways) has been transferred and posted as Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Jaipur in Rajasthan.

1228 candidates recommended for All India Services
A total of 1228 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in IAS, IPS, IFS, Central Services Group A & B after short-listing in Civil Services Examinations-2013 and interviews for Personality Test held by UPSC.

180 candidates recommended for IAS
As many as 180 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after short-listing in Civil Services Examinations-2013 and interviews for Personality Test held by UPSC.

150 candidates recommended for IPS
As many as 150 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in Indian Police Service (IPS) after short-listing in Civil Services Examinations-2013 and interviews for Personality Test held by UPSC.

32 candidates recommended for IFS
As many as 32 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in Indian Foreign Service (IFS) after short-listing in Civil Services Examinations-2013 and interviews for Personality Test held by UPSC.

710 candidates recommended for Central Services Group 'A'
As many as 710 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in Central Services Group 'A' after short-listing in Civil Services Examinations-2013 and interviews for Personality Test held by UPSC.

156 candidates recommended for Central Services Group 'B'
As many as 156 candidates have been recommended for the appointments in Central Services Group 'B' after short-listing in Civil Services Examinations-2013 and interviews for Personality Test held by UPSC.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Bharat Harbans Lal Khera has been assigned an additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Shimla while Dr R N Batta was made Director of Transport with additional charge of MD, HRTC and Dr Sunil Kumar Chaudhary is Chief Executive Officer, HIMUDA. Similarly, Jeet Ram Katwal has been made Special Secretary, Revenue Disaster Management Cell; Beer Singh Thakur as Settlment Officer, Shimla Division; Vikas Labroo as MD, HP Backward Classes, Finance & Development Corporation, Kangra; Rajeev Sharma as Director (Personnel& Finance), HP Power Transmission Corporation Ltd; S S Guleria as MD, State Industrial Development Corporation; Hans Raj Chauhan as Deputy Commissioner. Lahaul & Spiti; Ritesh Chauhan as Deputy Commissioner, Sirmour at Nahan, District Sirmour and Vivek Bhatia was made Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Mandi, District Mandi.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Bihar
Some officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, B Pradhan has been made PS, Food and Consumer Protection while Deepak Prasad will now be Principal Secretary, Tourism with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation and Giriwar Dayal Singh is District Magistrate Madhubani. Bandana Preyasi was made Joint Secretary, General Administration.

Santosh Kumar Mall appointed as PS to Agriculture Minister (UPDATED)
Santosh Kumar Mall has been appointed as Private Secretary to Radha Mohan Singh, Minister for Agriculture. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Manoj Kumar Dwivedi appointed as PS to MSME Minister (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi presently working as Director in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has been appointed as Private Secretary to Kalraj Mishra, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

Orders of Ashish Chatterjee as PS to Commerce Minister issued (UPDATED)
Orders of Ashish Chatterjee for the appointment as Private Secretary to Mrs Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry have been issued by the Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on June 5, 2014)

Orders of Dr V Ponnuraj as PS to Railway Minister issued (UPDATED)
Orders of Dr V Ponnuraj for the appointment as Private Secretary to D V Sadanand, Minister for Railways have been issued by the Government of India. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on June 2, 2014)

R S T Sai is also CMD, NHPC Ltd (UPDATED)
R S T Sai, CMD, THDC India Ltd, has joined as Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC Limited as additional charge even as incumbent G S Prasad (IAS of 1991 batch AP cadre) is yet to be relieved of.

Orders of Rajesh Goel as CMD, HPL issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Rajesh Goel, ED, HUDCO, for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Prefab Limited (HPL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on August 23, 2013)

Braj Kishore Prasad gets multitasks in MHA (UPDATED)
Braj Kishore Prasad, who joined as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has been assigned Foreigners Division, Police Modernisation, Freedom Fighters & Rehabilitation, Coordination & Public Grievances Divisions including Judicial Division. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

H S Revanna posted as SP, Karnataka Lokayukta (UPDATED)
H S Revanna has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta in Karnataka. He is a 2001 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

V Balasubramanyam selected as Director (Prod), NALCO Ltd (UPDATED)
V Balasubramanyam, ED, NALCO, has been selected for the post of Director (Production) NALCO Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 13, 2014. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

2 IAS officers shifted in Odisha (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been shifted in Odisha. Accordingly, Mrs Shalini Pandit has been posted as Labour Commissioner while Nitin Bhanudas Jawale will be Director, Special Projects, Panchayat Raj.

IRS-C&CE officer, Alok Shukla as OSD, CBEC (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre, Alok Shukla has been posted as OSD in Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

IRS-C&CE officer, S P Rao shifted to DRI, Jaipur (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre, S P Rao working at Additional Commissioner level has been shifted from Cochin CX to DRI, Jaipur.

39 IRS-C&CE officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 39 officers in the grade of Joint/Additional Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Ashir Tyagi has been shifted to Mumbai-II Cus while B A V Srinivasa Rao was posted to Vizag CX and Kailash Chandra Jena is being moved to CC AR Chennai. Similarly, Manisha Saxena has been appointed to Vadodara CX; Sameer Chitkala to Bhopal CX; Sheo Shankar Mahli to Ranchi CX; Smita Sudhakar Dolas to Pune CX; Suresh Narayan Rao Nandanwar to Trichy Cus (P); Akhilesh Kumar to Mumbai-I CX; N J Kumaresh to Coimbatore CX; Rajesh Kumar Verma to Mumbai-III Cus; Rajeshwar Singal to Delhi DGICCE; Suraksha Katiyar to Kolkata Cus; Shiv Pratap Singh to Chochin CX; Pankaja Ashish Thakur to Nagpur CX; Sharad Chandra Srivastava to Kolkata Cus; Rajee Kumar to CBN Gwalior; R S Maheshwari to Bhopal CX; Sucheta Sreejesh Rout to Delhi CX; Parmod Kumar to Chennai CX; Alok Jha to Delhi CX; Ganesh Havanur to Bangalore Cus; Shailesh Kumar to Delhi DRI; Manish Goel to Delhi DGHRD; Chandra Shekhar to NACEN Faridabad; Ramji Lal Meena to Delhi Cus; Ashima Bansal to Delhi CX; Zubair Riaz Kamili to Delhi DGRHD; Navneet to Mumba CX-I; Mihir Kumar to Delhi Cus; MD Yusuf P K to CC AR Bangalore; Manoj Kumar Rajak to Ahmedabad CX; Ashutosh Srivastava to Jaipur CX; Dinesh Kant Soni to CC AR Delhi; Anil Kumar singh to CC AR Mumbai; P Kalaichelvan to Chennai CX; Virendra Kumar Chaudhary to Delhi System; Sanjeev Bhatnagar to Delhi DG Sys and Manish Saxena was shifted to Delhi System.

CORPORATE

Jain resigns as Independent Director of National Steel and Agro Industries Ltd
Veer Kumar Jain has resigned as Independent Director of National Steel and Agro Industries Ltd.

Swar resigns as Director, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
Dattatraya R Swar has resigned as Director of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd

Nimbolkar re-designated CFO & CS, Praj Industries Ltd
Praj Industries Ltd has re-designated Dattatraya Nimbolkar, VP ( Finance & Accounts) and Company Secretary as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary of the company.

Bansal appointed CFO, ETT Ltd
ETT Ltd has appointed Ayush Bansal as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. June 1, 2014

Khaitan resigns as Director, Saregama India Ltd
Pradip Kumar Khaitan has resigned as Director of Saregama India Ltd

Choudhary resigns as Director, SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Dr B M Choudary has resigned as Director of SMS Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Kamra appointed CS, Delta Leasing & Finance Ltd
Delta Leasing & Finance Ltd has appointed Ms Shipra Kamra as Company Secretary of the company.

Syam Kumar appointed CS, Elgi Equipments Ltd
Syam Kumar R has resigned as Company Secretary of Elgi Equipments Ltd

Mukharji resigns as Whole-time Director, GIVO Ltd
Aninda Mukharji has resigned as Whole-time Director of GIVO Ltd with immediate effect.

Singhi resigns as Director, Standard Batteries Ltd
Vinod Kumar Singhi has resigned as a Director of Standard Batteries Ltd.

Charan appointed Independent Director, Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd
Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd has appointed Amulya Charan as an Independent Director of the company.

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Constitutional scheme ensures Independence to the CAG

It would be befitting to mention that it is the Constitutional scheme which ensures independence to the CAG not only regarding its own functioning but regarding all matters pertaining to his organization. The CAG heads the IA&AS cadre and He decides all matters relating to the cadre. The C&AG is very well aware of his onerous responsibilities. In most establishment related matters the organization follows the GOI orders of the DOPT, though the CAG can decide not to follow them. The Promotions of the Dy.CAG level officers go to the ACC for approval. The HAG and SAG level posts in the Dept. are by and large identified posts and downgradation is done only for administrative exigencies or if officers are temporarily not available. It is therefore meaningless to compare the promotions/postings of the Indian Audit and Accounts Officers with the Central Secretariat promotions and postings.


An IA&AS Officer

Structural changes

Today, there is problem in every area. We do not find any area where there is no problem - whether it is the functioning of the Executive, the Legislature or the Judiciary, corruption, crime, spiraling prices of essential commodities etc. We have a strong stable BJP Government at the Centre now under the charismatic leadership of Narendra Modi. This strong Government can bring robust structural changes in our system of governance. Unless and until these changes are brought into place, the strong Government has no meaning. It is the appropriate time that the Government should bring legislative, electoral, judicial and administrative reforms, major ones are - bench mark of eligibility in the educational qualification of Ministers and Members of Parliament, absolute ban on persons entering legislatures having criminal background, and appointment of clean and honest persons in the Executive and Judiciary. If we make these institutions strong enough, the problems will automatically subside, like if we maintain our body healthy, our internal organs will function well. Cosmetics changes will not last any longer.

Negi

Regarding Six day Week

All Government employees should welcome the idea of six weeks. Basically, we are to serve the people of India for which we are well paid from the tax payers money. Gone are the days, when Government jobs were taken as the right. Now we must deliver and it is the right of the master i.e. GoI.

V S Rana

Rebate in Income Tax to retired employees

Most retired people have no source of income. Those retiring from public and private sector do not even have pensions. All retirees have to mainly depend on their hard earned savings in Provident Fund etc. Purchase value of these savings keeps diminishing with inflation. Interest on bank term deposits mainly is compensation for erosion of purchase value of these deposits. Thus there is hardly any real income for these senior citizens. To mitigate the sufferings of retired senior citizens, it is necessary that only that portion of bank interest on deposits is taxed which is over and above the inflation rate. This concession should be given to all retired personnel whether from Govt., PSU or Private for term deposits from their retirement funds.

Mani

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