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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (14)

Garibaldi said to countrymen "Come come ! He who stays at home is a coward.I promise you weariness and we will conquer".

Why Defence Ministry to Jaitley ?

There are strong whispers that the Defence Ministry has been given to Arun Jaitley for a special purpose....once accomplished it will be handed over to a full fledged minister.

NDMA Members asked to resign ?

In a new development Members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) are believed to have been asked to resign.

Now Modi's two channels to select PSs and OSDs

People say Narendra Modi's theory is clear" Gather information from many Channel , don't rely on one source". This is evident from the fact that the information about PSs and OSDs is being collected from IB and the RSS.

BUREAUCRACY

Role of Planning Commission to be curtailed ? (4)
If the role of Planning Commission is curtailed, would mean that some small statured person would be made as Dy Chairman Planning Commission....and not people like Arun Shourie etc.

Appointment of Choubey as Addl Secretary, PMO cancelled
Appointment orders of R N Choubey as Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) have reportedly been cancelled by the Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Rajeev Topno appointed as Private Secretary to PM, Narendra Modi
Rajeev Topno, whose tenure as Director in PMO ending in June, has been appointed as Private Secretary to Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
(We said this on May 30, 2014)

Four Secretary level vacancies to be filled up this month
Four Secretary level vacancies are to be filled up in the Government of India by this month end. The Departments are -Telecom - Urban Development - Inter-state Council and- Fertilizers.

Dr Purushottam appointed PS to Venkaiah Nadu
Dr B V R C Purushottam has been appointed as Private Secretary to M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in Government of India. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

(We said this on June 13 & 16 , 2014)

Tenure of Suresh Chandra Panda ending this month
Central deputation tenure of Suresh Chandra Panda as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is coming to an end on June 30, 2014. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Matter of Sushobhan Sarkar reaches CVC
Sushobhan Sarkar, managing director at Life Insurance Corporation is likely to move to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority as Member, Life. His file has reportedly reached to the CVC.

Chandra has moved to 7RCR, looking after Media cell at PMO
It is reliably learnt that Sharat Chandra, Director- PIB, has moved to PMO to look after the Media cell. Sharat had been serving PIB as Director.

Search for successor to Rao may conclude today
Public Enterprises Selection Board may find a right choice today for the slot of Director (Finance), Bharat Dynamics Limited. S V Subba Rao, the incumbent Director (Fin) will be completing his tenure on December 31 this year. PESB is all set to conduct the selection interview today.

Who will succeed FMC Chairman
Who will succeed Forward Market Commission (FMC) Chairman Ramesh Abhishek next month ?. Names of D S Kolamkar and K S Uma have started doing the round. Kolamkar is presently director general in labour bureau, Chandigarh while Uma is serving in the Railway Ministry as Additional Chief Economic Adviser.


Samariya likely to join at JS level in GoI
Heeral Lal Samariya, who is presently in the newly carved Telangana cadre, is expected to get posting at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Rao likely to join at Joint Secretary level in GoI
J Rama Krishna Rao, who is presently in the cadre, is expected to get posting at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Durai likely to get posting as Dy Secretary/Director in GoI
Maruthachalam Kali Durai, presently in the cadre, is expected to be given posting at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Nambudiripad returns to parent cadre
K Satish Nambudiripad, PS to former Minister, Consumer Affairs F &PD, has been repatriated to parent cadre. He is a 1991 batch IIS officer.

Vijay Sharma returns to parent cadre
Vijay Sharma, PS to former Minister, Information & Broadcasting, has been repatriated to parent cadre. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Appointment of Mahesh Joshi unlikely
Appointment of Mahesh Joshi as Advisor to I & B Minister Prakash Jawdekar has now run into rough weather.

Bahadur is new Principal Secretary Home in UP
Rakesh Bahadur has been appointed new Principal Secretary Home in UP. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

Shastry promoted as Superintending Engineer in GoI
V V Shastry has been promoted to the grade of Superintending Engineer (Civil) in Government of India. He is a Central Engineering Service officer.

Dhall posted as PD (Exam), GASAB
S R Dhall, Principal Director, Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB) has been posted as Principal Director (Exam) in this office.

Ramalingam moves to MEA Headquarters
V S Ramalingam CG in Birmingham has been moved to the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters.

14 IRS-IT officers promoted to Joint Commissioner grade
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner with shifting five of them. They are: S N Gopala of Karnataka CCA; Choudhary Oraon of Bihar CCA; Bangar Sujit Sudhakar of Mumbai CCA; Ashok Mishra of MP & Chhattisgarh CCA; Sukhjit Singh of North West Region (NWR) CCA; T R Rehman of UP (West) CCA; Anant Prakash of Delhi CCA; P D Taneja of Delhi CCA and V G Irkal of Karnataka CCA. G Hukugha Sema has been transferred to Gujarat CCA; S K Agarwala to West Bengal CCA; V B Sargar to MP CCA; Umesh Takyar to NWR CCA and A R Ninawe to Nagpur CCA.

3 IRS-IT officers posted as OSDs in Principal CCIT offices
Three Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre, on return from deputation, have been posted as OSD in the offices of Principal CCIT (CCA). Accordingly, Pratima Kaushik and Amitav have been posted as OSD in Delhi CCA while T S N Murthy was made OSD in Bangalore CCA.

Ms Manika Jaiswal appointed as Principal Director, GASDAB (UPDATED)
Ms Manika Jaiswal, who is presently on deputation to DFCCIL, has been appointed as Principal Director, Government Accounting Standard Advisory Board (GASDAB). She is an IRAS officer.

Ms Ranjana Mukherjee transferred to Eastern Railway (UPDATED)
Ms Ranjana Mukherjee presently in South East Central Railway has been transferred to Eastern Railway. She is an IRAS officer.

Secretary to PM ,Ramanujam gets three months extension (UPDATED)
R. Ramanujam Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, in public interest, on contract basis has been given extension for a period of three months beyond the date of his superannuation, i.e. upto 30.9.2014.

Sheik Pareeth is new Director Tourism in Kerala (UPDATED)
P.I. Sheik Pareeth, IAS of 2002 batch has been appointed as Director, Department of Tourism, Govt of Kerala. Pareeth would continue with additional charge of Director Ports.

Anurag Bhardwaj is also CMD, SPINFED (UPDATED)
Anurag Bhardwaj has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Manging Director, Rajasthan Rajya Shakari Spinning & Ginning Mills Federation Limited (SPINFED), Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1993 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Rajiv Swarup gets charge of MD, RAJSICO (UPDATED)
Rajiv Swarup has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Limited (RAJSICO), Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IRS-IT officers promoted to Joint Commissioner/Director grade (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre namely Gagan Sood and Pavan Kumar Sharma have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner/Director.

Simanchal Dash posted as OSD in CCIT office, Delhi region (UPDATED
On return from deputation, Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Simanchal Dash has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Orders of Manoj Kumar Tripathy as PS to Venkaiah Naidu issued (UPDATED)
Orders of Manoj Kumar Tripathy, presently working as Deputy Secretary in the Urban Development, for the appointment as Private Secretary to M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) have been issued. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on May 30)

7 IAS officers transferred in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Adoni Syed Saleem has been appointed as State Project director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan while R R Jannu will now be Deputy Commissioner, Koppal and N Prakash is IG of Registration & Commissioner of Stamps. Similarly, P A Meghannavar has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Bagalkot; Manoj Jain as Deputy Commissioner, Yadgir; K P Mohanraj as MD, Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited and Mrs Priyanka Mary Francis was made CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Chickmagalur.

S Piramanayagam selected as Director (Fin), BDL (UPDATED)
S Piramanayagam, GM, BEML, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 19, 2014. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Dr Harsha P S appointed as MD, Karnataka Tourism Dev Corp (UPDATED)
Dr Harsha P S has been appointed as Managing Director, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation, Bangalore in Karnataka. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

CORPORATE

Ms Panse appointed Addl. Independent Director, Federal Bank Ltd
Federal Bank Ltd has appointed Ms Shubhalakshmi Panse, former Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank as an Additional Independent Director on the Board of Directors the Bank

Prasad appointed Addl. Director, Karur Vysya Bank Ltd
Karur Vysya Bank Limited has appointed Dr V G Mohan Prasad as an Additional Director of the Bank.

Ghosh appointed CFO & CS, Blue Star Infotech Ltd
Blue Star Infotech Limited has appointed Aloke Ghosh as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Chandwani appointed CS, Circuit Systems India Ltd
Circuit Systems India Ltd has appointed Ms Amrita B Chandwani as a Company Secretary of the company .

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Indus Fila Ltd
Shashikant G Mandhana and Prakash G Mandhana have resigned as Directors of Indus Fila Ltd.

Shah resigns as Independent Director, Fairdeal Filaments Ltd
Manubhai Jethalal Shah has resigned as Independent Director of Fairdeal Filaments Ltd..

Ms Shukla resigns as CS, Fairdeal Filaments Ltd
Ms Prachi Shukla has resigned as Company Secretary of Fairdeal Filaments Ltd.

Desai resigns as CS, Gokul Refoils and Solvent Ltd
Kalpesh Desai has resigned as Company Secretary of Gokul Refoils and Solvent Limited

Atthreya has resigned as Non Exec. Independent Director of TVS Srichakra Ltd
N H Atthreya has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of TVS Srichakra Limited.

Chauhan appointed Independent Director, SRG Infotec (India) Ltd
SRG Infotec (India) Limited has appointed Harish Kumar Chauhan as an Independent and Non-Executive Director of the company.

Kulkarni appointed CS, Pudumjee Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd
Pudumjee Pulp & Paper Mills Limited has appointed R M Kulkarni as the Company Secretary of the company.

Singh appointed Addl. Director, Persistent Systems Ltd
Persistent Systems Limited has appointed Mritunjay Kumar Singh who is Chief Operating Officer of the company as the Additional Director of the company.

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Modi govt must have control over bureaucracy

I agree with the view that Modi Government must have control over bureaucracy to be able to deliver. They must develop procedures to monitor the progress made at the ground level. students during holidays can be involved to verify the claims of the local officials about the work done.

P C Tripathi

Good decision of PMO

Yes, it is a good decision of PMO. All the appointment held during UPA should also be reviewed and re-advertised. Modi should have his own team for development of the Country.

Sudhir Kumar


Where is Action ?

A vibrant PMO is not a substitute for a Vibrant Government. There is no improvement in punctuality, and corruption continues unabated. A government which cannot protect his own minister from false affidavit (Refer V. K. Singh vs Suhag) is not inspiring. I fear MOdi going Kejriwal way, losing our votes very soon.

Bharateeji


Overhaul existing system of Central Staffing

To improve the quality of examination of issues and suggestions for a decision, by middle level officers ,the existing system of Central Staffing needs overhauling .Large number of officers of central services apply for central deputation expecting to work in a ministry of their choice. Unfortunately no weightage is given to this aspect and they get posted to ministries/departments which has no relevance to their service to which they belong. This not only demoralise them but also affects their work eg IFS OR ITS etc officers posted in CVC,UPSC etc .DOP&T should keep this in view before posting officers .In case some one is not interested in a particular dept,/ministry he/she should be given an alternative or refused .This action should not debar them for central deputation later on.

S Gopal

Check antecedents

There are few OSDs in Krishi Bhawan who were earlier also with Ministers.There antecedents should be checked.

Nandan

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