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When nothing else inspires, history does ! (11)
Right through history, India has been culturally united, even though politically it may have been split up into many warring states. Whenever a great man or a great movement arose, it spread all over India regardless of political boundaries.

Couple of Governors to be appointed this week ?
A couple of new Governors are likely to be appointed this week only. Major reshuffle will, however, take place only after the Budget session of the Parliament.

Dr. P K Mishra joining PMO on Monday
Dr. P K Mishra is joining the PMO on Monday as Additional Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi. He is 1972 batch former IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

BUREAUCRACY

Role of Planning Commission to be curtailed ? (1)
The role of planning Commission may be reduced in many terms. In this case Arun Jaitley will be more powerful.

R N Choubey not joining PMO ?
R N Choubey is reportedly not joining the PMO as Additional Secretary. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

One name not acceptable to new Government ?
If reliable sources are to be believed out of the four names recommended for Judges by the Supreme Court Collegiums for the apex court one name is not acceptable to the new Government. The collegium recommendation had been made on May 13, shortly before the general elections.

Appointment of Mundra as Dy Governor RBI this month
Appointment of S S Mundra as Deputy Governor of the RBI is expected to take place in a couple of weeks. He is presently CMD of the Bank of Baroda.

Shaktikanta Das is now Secretary Revenue
Secretary, Fertilisers, Shaktikanta Das ,has been appointed Secretary Revenue in the Government of India. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Rajiv Takru is now Secretary, DoNER
Secretary, Revenue, Rajiv Takru, has been moved as Secretary, DoNER. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

IRS officer Tated joins as PS to Sumitra Mahajan
Sunil Tated has taken over as Principal Secretary (JS rank) to the Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. He is a 1991 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.
(We said this on June 9, 2014 )

MD of N-East based PSU quits over corruption
Amid the commitment of newly formed Government at Centre of eliminating corruption, a Managing Director of a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) based in North-East has reportedly faxed a resignation letter to the Government after he was pressurized by corruption mongers for wrongdoing and non-cooperation from Government of India.

Will an Orissa cadre IAS officer succeed Giridhar as JS Petroleum ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that an Orissa cadre IAS officer has been ahead in the race of Joint Secretary Petroleum vice A Giridhar. Giridhar, a 1988 batch IAS officer, has returned to his parent cadre i.e. Andhra Pradesh.

Jain also in race for GM, NR
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Pankaj Jain is also ahead in the race for GM, Northern Railway. The 1979 batch IRSE officer is presently serving as PCE, North Western Railway Jaipur. The slot of GM, Northern Railway has been vacant vice V K Gupta, now Member, Engineering, Railway Board.

Dwivedi likely to be appointed as Joint Secretary
Gopal Krishna Dwivedi, who served as PS to Ex-Commerce Minister, is expected to get a Joint Secretary level posting in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Meeting for ED appointments this month !
Meeting to select names for the post of Special Director and Joint Director in Chandigarh and Additional Director and Joint Director in Mumbai is expected to place in CVC office this month only.

Central deputation tenure of Sudha Devi ends on June 17
The central deputation tenure of Sudha Devi M as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment is ending onJune 17, 2014. She is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Saurabh Kr poised for APS to Ravi Shankar Prasad
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Saurabh Kumar may soon formally be appointed as Additional PS to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Law Minister. The 2009 batch IRS officer is presently serving as OSD to Member, CBEC.

Five IAS officers in the race of Chief Secretary of Bihar
Including one as most prospective claimant for the slot Chief Secretary, Govt of Bihar as many as five senior IAS officers chart on the list of natural claimants for the slot. They are Alok Kumar Sinha (1979 batch), N K Sinha (1980 batch), Manoj Kr Srivastava (1980 batch), Ashok Kumarr Chauhan (1980 batch), Amita Paul (1980 batch). Ashok Kumar Sinha, the incumbent CS is set to superannuate on June 30.

Mehra likely to join as Director (Fin), MRVC in first week of July
B K Mehra, Financial Adviser &Chief Account Officer, MRVC, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Finance), Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) in the first week of July, 2014.

Chaudhary deputed as Director, Environment and Forests
Harish Chandra Chaudhary has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change for a period upto June 2017. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Mrs Govil to return to MP
Mrs Pallavi Jain Govil, Director in the PMO is returning to parent cadre. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Bharadwaj to join UIDAI as Jt Director today
As the grapevine has it Sunil Prakash Bharadwaj may take charge as Jt Director, UIDAI today. Previously he served as Director (Admin) Ministry for Steel. He is an officer of Indian Statistical Service.

JS slot with DPE to be vacant
Rakesh Bharti is all set to superannuate on June 30. The CSS cadre officer has been serving as Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises.

Purushottam tipped for PS to Venkaiah Naidu
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.

Sekar to continue as AG (E&RSA), Madhya Pradesh
D K Sekar, Accountant General (E&RSA), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal will continue holding charge of Accountant General (E&RSA), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.

Central deputation tenure of Gupta ending on June 21
The central deputation tenure of Rajiv Kumar Gupta as Director in the Ministry of Power is ending on June 21, 2014. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Three IAS officers shifted in UP
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been shifted in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Murli Manohar Lal has been appointed as Special Secretary, Higher Education with additional charge of Registrar of Ram Manohar Lohia Law University, Lucknow while Govind Raj N S was made DM Manipuri and Chandrapal Singh is DM, Ghazipur.

Rajan Kumar Gupta is ACS of multi-departments in Haryana (UPDATED)
Rajan Kumar Gupta has been assigned additional charges of Industries & Commerce, Mines, Geology, Electronic & Information Technology and Forest, Wildlife Departments in Haryana. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Vijay Kumar Bidhuri appointed as Dy Commissioner, North Delhi MC (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar Bidhuri has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, North Delhi Municipal Corporation on deputation basis. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sanjay Kumar appointed as Dy Commissioner, South Delhi MC (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, South Delhi Municipal Corporation on deputation basis. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

No candidate turns up for Director (Fin), HMT Ltd (UPDATED)
No candidate has turned up for the interviews held by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for the selection of Director (Finance), HMT Limited on June 16, 2014. However, the Board has recommended to the Secretary, Heavy Industry to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis as a onetime measure for a period of five years.

CORPORATE

Bhandari ceases to be Nominee Director, S Kumars Nationwide Limited
Gaurav Bhandari has ceased to be Nominee Director of Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on the Board of Directors of S. Kumars Nationwide Limited

Mathur resigns as Whole-time Director, PSL Ltd
M M Mathur has resigned as Whole-time Director of PSL Limited

Ms Poojari appointed Nominee Director, PSL Ltd
Ms Geeta Poojari has been appointed as Nominee Director of Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) on the Board of Directors of PSL Ltd.

Bagaria appointed CS, DPSC Ltd
DPSC Limited has appointed Nitin Bagaria as Company Secretary of the company from w.e.f. June 9, 2014

Tandon appointed Nominee Director, IFCI Ltd
The Central government has nominated Alok Tandon, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services on the Board of Directors of IFCI Ltd

Arora appointed COO, Tata Chemicals Ltd
Richa Arora has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Tata Chemicals Ltd

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Shame on Uttar Pradesh !

It is a matter of great shame that UP's law and order situation has deteriorated so badly. Is the UP cadre IAS a divided house ? If not, such things should never have happened since it is well known that the UP cadre of the IAS has the finest officers in India.

Vijay Kumar

People doing everything to get into Vijay Menon's orbit

It is sad that PM has nothing to say about environmental protection and nature conservation about which the whole world is concerned today. Modi's success against the ill conducted NBA agitation by publicity crazy Medha Pedkar has emboldened him to go for the jugular of those not clearing environmental approvals even in for projects in EFAs. His business model in which forests are considered as 'forests for cash' has alarmed many conservationists. The mining and the deforestation lobby will have a field day now with PM's pronounced dislike for environmental clearances. This has made environment ministry officials scared to put even a query on projects in environmentally fragile areas and they go blindly approving projects. I hope the PM will understand that there should be an balance between exploitation of nature and wildlife and setting up of industries.

N Krishnan

Is Modi a Lone Crusader

Modi Government has taken charge on 26th May, 2014 and has taken a lot of positive and speedy steps. However, the functioning of a number of departments shows that Modi is a lone crusader and hence these departments are running as usual in a corrupt and inefficient way. Are the Ministers and the Officers just waiting for compliance of Modi's Orders ? Are they not supposed to take some initiatives ? What the RSS and BJP workers are doing ? Failure of Kejriwal does not mean everything associated with him has failed. Zero tolerance on corruption should be visible.

Bharteeji

People sitting in offices of Ministers don't know what to do !

People are sitting in the offices of Ministers for a long time and some of them even don't know about their original work.

V Kumar

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