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When nothing else inspires history does! (1)
French revolution (Narendra Modi, burst suddenly on an astonished Europe (India), like a thunderbolt.

Will Kalam head Advisory body?
Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam may be brought to head big constitutional or higher-advisory body in the new Government.

BUREAUCRACY

New Govt scraps earlier proposals; seeks fresh ones for appointments
The formation of new Government at Centre has queered the pitch of several persons poised to be appointed at board level in various Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) units. According to sources, the proposals of appointments have been scrapped and fresh appointment proposals of the same candidates are being sought by new Government causing delay in appointments.

Meeting for CBI appointments today
A meeting is taking place on Monday in the CVC office to select names for Special Director and Additional Director. Cases of two extensions are also to be considered.

Srivastava to be PS to Tomar
Director, Petroleum, Nikunj Srivastava is joining as PS to Union Minister Steel and Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ponnuraj poised for PS to Union Minister for Railways
V Ponnuraj is all set for appointment as PS to Sadanand Gowda, Union Minister for Railways. Ponnuraj has been serving the Govt of Karnataka as OSD (Expenditure Monitoring), Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka. He is 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Krishnaiah poised for OSD to Union Minister for Railways
B N Krishnaiah is all set for appointment as OSD to Sadanand Gowda, Union Minister for Railways. Krishnaiah has been serving the Govt of Karnataka as Commissioner, Religious & Charitable Endowment & E/o Addl. Secretary to Govt. Revenue Department. He is 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

PS to Jairam Ramesh- is now COO of 'Roshni'
R Vineel Krishna, PS to Jairam Ramesh- former Union Minister for Rural Development, has moved to Hyderabad as the Chief Operating Officer for Roshni. 'Roshni', a placement-oriented skill-development scheme, was pioneered by the then minister in the backdrop of brutal Maoist attack on a Congress Convey in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh which killed nearly 16 people, including two senior Congress leaders. The 2005 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre was abducted by the Maoists in Feb 2011 during his instint as Malkangiri Collector in Orissa.

Sriniwas poised for PS to Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers
K Sriniwas is all set to be appointed as PS to Ananth Kumar Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers. Sriniwas, a Director rank officer belongs to CSS cadre.

Padmanabhan is APS to new Union Min for Chemicals & Fertilizers
K Padmanabhan will be serving as APS to Ananth Kumar, the Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers. Padmanabhan previously served with the Govt of NCT.

Hans is poised for PS to Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan
As the grapevine has it Sanjiv Hans may soon be appointed as PS to Ramvilas Paswan, the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. The 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre has been serving as the Chairman, Bihar Rajya Pul Nigam Limited.

Abhinav Kr takes charge as PS to Kiren Rijiju
Abhinav Kumar took charge on Friday as PS to Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home. Abhinav is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ramesh to take charge today as CMD, NSTFDC, GoI
As the grapevine has it Gantha Ramesh Kumar may take charge today as the new Chairman & Managing Director for National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation, Govt of India. The 1993 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre is Joint Secretary rank officer in Govt of India.

Sharma, PS to former I&B Minister, proceeds on two months leave
Vijay Sharma, PS to the former I&B Minister, has reportedly proceeded on two months leave. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre. Prior to the PS assignment, he served as I&B Ministry as Director (IP & Administration).

File of Roy for as MD, CPCL to be put up before new Govt
The file of Gautam Roy, ED, IOCL, who was selected for the post of Managing Director, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL), is reportedly being put up before new Government. The sources said that his appointment is expected to be delayed. The vacancy is arising on June 1, 2014.

Malhotra is acting Chairman of IOC
Director (R&D) R K Malhotra is taking over on Monday as acting chairman of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

Dr Choudhary willing to quit as Chairman, DVC
Dr Arup Roy Choudhary, CMD of NTPC Limited, who is holding an additional charge of Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), is reported to have resigned from the latter's post. His resignation proposal, which is lying with the concerned Ministry, will be accepted, sources said.

Langstieh facing teething troubles
Formation of new Government at Centre has delayed the appointment of A W K Langstieh as Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) as ACC seeking fresh proposal scraping earlier one.

AIS officers to be repatriated on failing for acceptance of deputation to AP or Telangana
The All India Service (AIS) officers working on inter cadre deputation to Andhra Pradesh Government will have to apply to the States Government of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for their acceptance of deputation or they will be repatriated to the parent cadre if they fail to do so.

Mahesh Joshi to be Principal Advisor to I & B Minister
Additional Director-General of Doordarshan Kendra, Delhi Mahesh Joshi, is being tipped to be Principal Adviser to Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar.

MP cadre IAS officer, Dr E Ramesh to serve in AP upto June 30
Dr E Ramesh Kumar, who is presently VC & MD, GCC Limited, Visakhapatnam on inter cadre deputation can remain in Andhra Pradesh upto June 30, 2014. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre

UT cadre IAS officer, Cholleti Prabhakar to serve in Telangana upto June 30
Cholleti Prabhakar, who is serving as Special Secretary, PR&RD Department in Telangana State on inter-cadre deputation can remain in the newly carved State upto June 30, 2014. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Haryana cadre IAS officer, A Srinivasa to serve in Telangana upto June 30
A Srinivasa, who is working as VC & MD, APDDC Limited in Telangana State on inter cadre deputation, can remain in the State uptoJune 30, 2014. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Rajasthan cadre IAS officer, P Ramesh to serve in Telangana upto June 30
P Ramesh, who is serving as JMD, APTRANSCO Hyderabad in Telangana State on inter cadre deputation can remain in the State upto June 30, 2014. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ashish Chatterjee relieved to join as Director, Commerce
The Government of Tamil Nadu has relieved Ashish Chatterjee of cadre responsibility enabling him as Director in the Department of Commerce under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on Mar 20 & Apr 18, 2014)

Rupesh Kumar is new DPR Uttar Pradesh
Rupesh Kumar has been appointed new Director Public Relations in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer.

Vinod Kumar repatriated to parent cadre
Vinod Kumar is reported to have been repatriated to his parent cadre after completion of his central deputation from the post of Director in the Office of the Custodian, Ministry of Finance. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service.

Names of 44 IAS officers declared for newly carved Telangana cadre
As many as 44 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been allocated newly carved Telangana state coming into existence on June 2, 2014. The officers include: D Lakshmi P Bhaskar and Aswni Kumar Parida of 1980 batch; Dr Rajiv Sharma, K Pradeep Chandra, Shyam Kumar Sinha of 1982 batch; Vinod Kumar Agrawal, Bibhu Prasad Acharya, T Radha of 1983 batch; V Nagi Reddy, J Raymond Peter, Shailendra Kumar Joshi, Ajay Mishra of 1984 batch; Suresh Chanda, Heera Lal Samariya of 1985 batch, S Narsingh Rao, B Aravinda Reddy, Bhambal Ram Meena of 1986 batch; Poonam Malakondiah, Vijay Kumar of 1988 batch; Sunil Sharma of 1990 batch; K Ramakrishna Rao, Harpreet Singh of 1991 batch; Jayesh Ranjan, Vikas Raj of 1992 batch; Busani Venkateswara rao, N Siva Sankar, M Jagadeeswar, B Kishore, C Parthasarathi, V N Vishnu, r V Chandravadan of 1993 batch cadre; Sabyasachi Ghose, G D Aruna of 1994 batch; B Venkateshm, A Anil Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Benhur Mahesh Dutta Ekka of 1995 batch; B Janardhanreddy, L Shasidhar, Lav Aggarwal of 1996 batch; Shailaja Ramaiyer, N Sridhar, A Ashok and Ahmed Nadeem of 1997 batch.

IPS officer suspended in MP
An officer of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 1995 batch has been suspended in Madhya Pradesh on the charges of amassing property/wealth out of his source of income.

Sunil Kumar appointed as Vice-Chairperson, CG State Planning Board in Cabinet rank
Former Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh, Sunil Kumar is reported to have been appointed as Vice Chairman of State Planning Board in Chhattisgarh in the Cabinet rank. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Shivraj Singh appointed as Advisor to CM
Former officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Shivraj Singh is reported to have been appointed as Advisor to CM & Chairperson of Electricity Companies in Chhattisgarh in Cabinet rank.

Applications for JD (Tech), Directorate of Printing invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Joint Director (Technical), Directorate of Printing under the Ministry of Urban Development. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Ministry of Urban Development at the earliest.

Vice Admiral Lamba is new Vice Chief of naval staff
Vice-Admiral Sunil Lamba has been appointed as vice-chief of the naval staff today. He was earlier commandant of the National Defence College.

Vice Admiral Chopra to head Western Command in Navy
Eastern Naval Chief Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra has been asked to take over as the commander-in-chief of the western command.

(We said this on May 1, 2014)

Vice Admiral Soni to move Eastern Command
Chief of the Southern Naval Command Vice-Admiral Satish Soni has been transferred as chief of the eastern command.

(We said this on April 29, 2014)

Pattanaik is new Deputy Chief of Indian Navy
Vice Admiral R K Pattanaik has taken over as the Deputy Chief of the Indian navy from Vice Admiral P.K. Chatterjee who has been appointed as commander-in-chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command.

Vice Admiral Cheema moves to Southern Command
Strategic Forces Command chief Vice-Admiral, S P S Cheema has been moved to head the Western Naval Command.

(We said this on April 30, 2014)

P M Jagtap shifted as Member, ITAT Hyderabad Benches
P M Jagtap, Accountant Member, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai Benches has been shifted in the same capacity, ITAT, Hyderbad Benches.

Cabinet Secretary, Ajit Kumar Seth gets extension (UPDATED)
The Government of India (GoI) has accorded yet another extension of six months in the tenure of Ajit Kumar Seth with effect fromJune 14, 2014. He is a 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on May 22 and again on May 30 )

Ms Kavery Banerjee appointed as Secretary, Posts, Chairperson & DG Postal Services (UPDATED)
Ms Kavery Banerjee has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Posts, Chairperson, Postal Services Board and Director General of Postal Services in Government of India. She is a 1978 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Rajiv Sharma appointed Chief Secretary of Telengana (UPDATED)
Rajiv Sharma has been appointed Chief Secretary of newly carved Telengana state. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.
(We said this May 27, 2014)

Rao appointed as Chief Secretary, AP (UPDATED)
I Y R Krishna Rao has been appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on May 26, 2014)

Jasti Venkata Ramuda to officiate as DGP, Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
Jasti Venkata Ramuda has been deputed as officiate as Director General of Police for the State of Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer.

Anurag Sharma to officiate as DGP, Telangana (UPDATED)
Anurag Sharma has been deputed to officiate as Director General of Police for the State of Telangana. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer.

B Prasada Rao appointed as PS, Home in AP (UPDATED)
B Prasada Rao has been deputed to officiate as Principal Secretary, Home Department in the new State of Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer.

T P Das appointed as DG, Vigilance & Enforcement in AP (UPDATED)
T P Das has been deputed to officiate as Director General, Vigilance & Enforcement in the new State of Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer.

R P Thakur designated as ADG, Vigilance & Enforcement in AP (UPDATED)
R P Thakur has been designated as Additional Director General, Vigilance & Enforcement in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer.

M Mahender Reddy to officiate as Hyderabad Police Commissioner in Telangana State (UPDATED)
M Mahender Reddy has been deputed to officiate as Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad in the State of Telangana. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer.

B Shivadhar Reddy to officiate as IG, Intelligence in Telangana (UPDATED)
B Shivadhar Reddy has been deputed to officiate as Inspector General of Intelligence in the State of Telangana. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A number of Officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, P Seetharaman has been posted as Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise while R Kirlosh Kumar will now be as Registrar of Cooperative Societies and S Suresh Kumar is Collector, Cuddalore. Similarly,, Mohan Pyare has been posted as PS, Housing and Urban Development; Hans Raj Verma as PS, Environment and Forests; Dr T Prabhakara Rao as PS, Transport; Satyabrata Sahoo as Transport Commissioner; Dr D Karthikeyan as Commissioner of Archaeology; Pradeep Yadav as Commissioner of Social Security Schemes; Mrs V Kalairasi as Director of Land Reforms; T Abraham as Director, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary; Mrs R Lilly as Joint Commissioner, Disaster Management and Mitigation; Chandra Prakash Singh as Additional Chief Secretary/Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research; C Munianathan as Director, Treasuries and Accounts; Mrs Beela Rajesh as Commissioner of Fisheries with additional charge of MD, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Dev. Corp Limited; Mrs C T Manimekalai as Director of Social Defence; Mrs Meenakshi Rajagopal as PS/Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and K Skandan was made Chairman, Pollution Control Board.

Deepak Mishra is now Special Commissioner Police (Crime) (UPDATED)
Deepak Mishra has taken over as Special Commissioner Police (Crime) in Delhi from Dharmendra Kumar. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

GSL to build fast interceptor boats for Govt of Mauritius (UPDATED)
In a new chapter for GSL in export promotion, the Keel for the 11 Fast Interceptor Boats (FIB), being built by GSL for the Government of Mauritius was laid on June 2, 2014. at GSL Unit II, Sancoale. Mrs. K O Fong Weng-Poorun, Senior Chief Executive of the Prime Minister's Office, Mauritius did the honour in presence of A Nayeck, Dy. High Commissioner of Mauritius, RAdm (Retd) Shekhar Mital, NM, CMD GSL . Directors and other Senior Officials of GSL were also present on the occasion. The contract for construction and delivery of 10 FIBs for Mauritius Coast Guard and One FIB for Revenue Authority of Mauritius was signed between GSL and Government of Mauritius on 4th April 2014 and May 7, 2014 respectively. The FIBs will be of 14.5 metre long with a maximum speed of 35knots. They can perform day/night patrolling, search and rescue and special forces operations. During the visit, Mrs. K.O Fong Weng-Poorun was conducted around the shipyard by RAdm (Retd) Shekhar Mital, NM, CMD GSL, who apprised her of the various ongoing projects, the massive modernization programme underway and the progress thereof. Mrs KO Fong Weng-Poorun appreciated GSL's capabilities in building high end sophisticated vessels with in house design efforts. She was particularly appreciative of ERP based production & planning system, virtual design capabilities & ongoing modernisation.

Dr P Ravindranath gets posting as ADGP, Research & Restructuring in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Dr P Ravindranath, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Additional Director General of Police, Research and Restructuring Dharwad in Karnataka. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Mrs Kanchan Jain appointed as PS, Parliamentary Affairs in MP (UPDATED)
Mrs Kanchan Jain has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs. Besides, Dr Rajesh Rajora was given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Horticulture and Food Processing in Madhya Pradesh.

CORPORATE

Bahri resigns as Part-time Director, HMT Ltd
S K Bahri, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Heavy Industry has been appointed as Part-time Official Director on the Board of Directors of HMT Limited.

Raguvanshi steps down as CFO, Info Edge (India) Ltd?
Ambrish Raguvanshi has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer and Whole-time Director of Info Edge (India) Ltd . He will however continue to work in an Advisory position with the company.

Agarwal resigns as Joint MD, BS Ltd
Rakesh Agarwal has resigned as Joint Managing Director of BS Ltd.

Kanodia appointed Whole-time Director, Raj Rayon Industries Ltd
Raj Rayon Industries Limited has appointed Naval Babulal Kanodia as Whole-time Director of the company.

Chung resigns as CFO, Mudra Lifestyle Ltd
Whon Young Chung has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Mudra Lifestyle Limited.

Yi appointed CFO, Mudra Lifestyle Ltd
Byounghoon Yi has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Mudra Lifestyle Limited.

Chauhan resigns as Independent Director, Logix Microsystems Ltd
Roop Sing Chauhan has resigned as Independent Director of Logix Microsystems Limited.

Ms Jain resigns as CS of Tijaria Polypipes Limited
Ms Kanak Lata Jain has resigned as Company Secretary of Tijaria Polypipes Limited

Mundhra appointed CS, Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd
Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Limited has appointed Rajeev Mundra as Company Secretary of the company.

Thakur resigns as Director, Kamat Hotels (I) Ltd
S S Thakur has resigned as Director of Kamat Hotels (I) Limited due to his other professional commitments

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Opportunity to All
When the source is the same, all services must get fair and just treatment. Difference in ranking/marks in civil services examination for IAS and non-IAS is minimal. Therefore, the superiority of IAS in every department should be avoided. It is really painful that empanelment and further posting as JS and above posts has become very tough for non-IAS. The non-IAS must get due participation in Government machinery. This would be in the interest of the country. It would be for IAS to concentrate on the development of their respective state.
Y Mishra

If graduation not necessary; why there is graduation eligibility for departmental exams?
Graduation is not necessary for ruling this country, right and working efficiency is only matter. But when the persons entering with same qualifications into the service are denied when they appear for the departmental examinations, is it justified?

Vijay Menon

No safety mechanism is available to Gr A officers
Referring to comments of a visitor in whispers of May 29, I would like to point out a serious defect in CCS CCA rules whereby no safety mechanism is available to Gr A officers against arbitrary and malicious abuse of powers by the Secretary of the Ministry to teach a lesson to him for not falling in line with him .UPSC comes into picture in such cases very late and is often ineffective. By that time the officer if he happens to be at asr. Level like joint secretary or addl. secy. has already retired after losing his promotion. The new govt. is aiming at rooting out corruption and has appointed an officer of impeccable integrity and sincerity as Principal Secretary to the PM. It is hoped that he would look into this aspect and amend the CCS CCA Rules suitably so that a secretary to the Govt of India is unable to charge sheet his Jt secretaries and Addl secretaries for not being a part of his unholy gang. It is to be noted that certain procedural safeguards are available to the personal staff of ministers against un warranted disciplinary action. Some such provisions are required for senior Gr. A officers as discussed above. This is imperative to safeguard the interests of honest officers.

S K Sharma IPoS (Retd)

Present policy demoralise railway staff
Frequent railway accidents and near misses show how far the present reservation policy has demoralised the railway staff. A graduate and bright station master is superceded by a matric, years junior to him, just because he belongs to the priveleged' class. And the railways were the first to implement such a policy. One can understand social compulsions in giving reservation to certain communities, but to carry it forward on promotions also is most ludicrous. By implementing such a policy in railways and other professions like medicine and engineering .government is playing with the life of the people.
N Krishnan


Modi should take new staff
I would like to request or sincere suggestion to the newly formed Government of Narandrabhai Damodardas Modi, please do not position old staff of UPA-1 / UPA-2 Ministers/MoS. Take new staff.

A visitor

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