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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (15)
Like the Manchus in China William II had come in with the roar of a tiger.

Road to CBI leads via "Amitji " ?
Heard in the corridors of power "Road to CBI leads via Amitji ".One need not elaborate about Amitji.

BUREAUCRACY

Bhargava displayed decision making in UPA Government !
One would not believe, the height raising of Sardar Sarovar dam was cleared by Sudhir Bhargava presently Secretary , Social Justice as Head of R & R Sub-Group in the UPA Government. This was also cleared by the Environmental Sub Group in 2008. But successive Secretaries set over it under political pressure for last 6 years. Sudhir Bhargava displayed decision making and cleared the raising in sub-group in 2012-13.

Secretary to PM, Ramanujam gets three months extension
R Ramanujam, Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office on contract basis has been, in public interest, given extension for a period of three months beyond the date of his superannuation, i.e. upto September 30, 2014.

Dr Govil empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Dr Manoj Govil has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Tewari empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ajay Tewari has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Chandra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Keshav Chandra has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

S Piramanayagam selected as Director (Fin), BDL
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.

Orders of Tripathy as PS to Venkaiah Naidu issued
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, 2014)

Apparao poised to be OSD to Union Minister for Civil Aviation
As the grapevine has it, V Apparao may soon be appointed as OSD to Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajpathi Raju. Apparao, an alumnus of IIT Delhi, belongs to 1993 batch officer of Indian Railway (Stores) Service. Presently he is Director (Thermal) in Ministry of Power and has been looking after State Thermal and Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

Kishore to be PS to Civil Aviation Minister A Ganapathi Raju
J Krishna Kishore will be serving as PS to Union Minister for Civil Aviation A Ganapathi Raju. He is 1990 batch IRS officer.

Bhave's tenure sets the race for Chairman, AERA
Many retired bureaucrats have been aiming at the coveted slot of Chairman, Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA). The incumbent Chairman Yashwant S Bhave is all set to complete his five years term on July 31. Bhave, a 1972 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre, is the first Chairman of AERA.

Will Tandon get extension as CMD, Hindustan Salts Limited ?
Public Enterprise Selection Board is all set to assess the merits today for extension to R K Tandon, the incumbent CMD of Hindustan Salts Limited. Tandon's tenure is scheduled to end on October 31 this year. June 20 will be crucially important for HSL.

Sharma is PS to Badal till the appointment of new PS
Harsimrat Kaur is yet to appoint her full term PS. Presently G D Sharma, Dy Secretary, is serving as PS to Union MoS for Food Processing.

Tenure of Development Commissioner for Handicrafts extended
The tenure of S S Gupta as Development Commissioner for Handicrafts under the Ministry of Textiles extended for a period of one month upto July 17, 2014. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Shobhit Jain appointed Joint DG, DGFT
Shobhit Jain has been appointed as Joint Director General of Foreign Trade (at Deputy Secretary level) in Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for a period of four years. He is a 2001 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Dr Harsha P S appointed as MD, Karnataka Tourism Dev Corp
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.

Justice Mir is CJ of HP High Court
Acting Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir was sworn in as Chief Justice of the HP High Court by Governor Urmila Singh .
(We said this on Nov 16, 2013)

Anurag Bhardwaj is also CMD, SPINFED
Anurag Bhardwaj has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing 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
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.

Meeting for ED appointments on June 23
The suitable names for the slots of Special Director and Joint Director in Chandigarh and Additional Director and Joint Director in Mumbai will be selected at a meeting slated for June 23. The high empowered committee will clear the names at CVC office.

Nitin Agrawal to complete central deputation on June 30
Nitin Agrawal is all set to complete his seven years tenure under central deputation on June 30. The 1989 batch IPS officer belongs to Kerala cadre. Presently he is serving as IG, ITBP at FHQ Delhi.

Orders of Langstieh for Chairman, DVC likely in July
The orders of A W K Langstieh (IA&AS) for the post of Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) are expected to be issued in the first week of July by the Government of India.

Kumawat likely to join at Joint Secretary level
Udai Singh Kumawat, PS to former Agriculture Minister, is expected to get posting at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Nazeem likely to join at Joint Secretary level
Rawther Dawood Nazeem, who is presently in the cadre, is expected to get posting at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Ms Rajan likely to join at Joint Secretary level
Ms Surina Rajan, who is presently in the cadre, is expected to get posting at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Shorey likely to get posting as Dy Secretary/Director in GoI
Sanjay Shorey, who served as PS to former Minister of State for Roads & Highways, is expected to be given a posting at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch officer of Central Company Law Service.

Pradhan likely to get posting as Dy Secretary/Director in GoI
Gandharb Pradhan is expected to be appointed at Deputy Secretary or Director level in Government of India. He is a 1999 batch officer of Indian Cost Accounts Service.

Amitabh Prasad posted in Shimla
Amitabh Prasad, Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, London, on completion of his tenure has been transferred and posted as Sr. Deputy Accountant General (SS) Principal Accountant General (Audit), Himachal Pradesh, Shimla against an existing vacancy.

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

Ms Smita Pant moves to Ho- Chi-Minh City
CG in Indian High Commission in London Smita Pant has been moved to Ho-Chi-Minh City.

Two IRS-IT officers promoted to Joint Commissioner/Director grade
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
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.

Ms Jaiswal appointed Principal Director, GASDAB
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 Mukherjee transferred to Eastern Railway
Ms Ranjana Mukherjee presently in South East Central Railway has been transferred to Eastern Railway. She is an IRAS officer.

Brajendra Navnit appointed as Director, PMO (UPDATED)
Brajendra Navnit has been appointed as Director in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Punjab & Sind Bank CMD, Jatinderbir Singh bereaved (UPDATED)
The mother of Jatinderbir Singh, CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank has passed away at Gurdaspur in Punjab on June 19, 2014. Singh is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

13 IA&AS officers 1993 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 13 officers belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) of 1993 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers are: S Alok, Deeapk Narain, Ms E parameswaran Nivedita, Himanshu Kashyap dharmadarshi, Chintamani Manohar Sane, Biren Dineshchandra Parmar, Samar Kant Thakur, Vishal Bansal, Sanjay Kumar Jhan, Bijay Kumar Mohanty, Ravindra Pattar, Athikho Chalai and Ms Yatinder Prasad.

12 IA&AS officers 1992 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) of 1992 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary or equivalent in Government of India. The officers are: Nilotpal Goswami, Pravir Pandey, Pramod Kumar, Ms Geeta Menon, Ms Aman Deep Chatha, Inder Deep Singh Dhariwal, Saurav Kumar Jaipuriyar, Stephen Hongray, Sushil Kumar, Bhanu Pratap Yadav, Guljari Lal and Praveen Kumar Singh.

Brahm Dutt appointed as PS to Indrajit Singh (UPDATED)
Brahm Dutt, who retired as Joint Secretary in Lok Sabha Secretariat, has been appointed as Private Secretary to Inderjit Singh, Minister of State (Ind charge) for Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation.

Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu appointed as Addl Judge, Kerala HC (UPDATED)
Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu, Additional Judge of the High Court of Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, has been appointed as the Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court.

Justice Ashutosh Mohunta appointed as Judge, Punjab& Haryana (UPDATED)
Justice Ashutosh Mohunta, Judge of the High Court of Telangana and Aandhra Pradesh, has been transferred to the High Court of Punjab & Haryana in the same capacity.

Punjab & Haryana HC gets two Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Mrs Rekha Mittal and Inderjit Singh have been appointed as Additional Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana for a period of two years.

CORPORATE

Kumar appointed Exec. Chairman, Sterling Green Woods Ltd
Sterling Green Woods Ltd has appointed Basant Kumar as Executive Chairman of the company.

Lavingia appointed Vice Chairman, Sterling Green Woods Ltd
Umesh Lavingia has been appointed as Vice Chairman of Sterling Green Woods Ltd

Gupta to hold addl. charge as Director (Finance), SCI
Union Ministry of Shipping has provided additional charge of the post of Director (Finance) of Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) to A K Gupta for a period of 3 months.

Ms Chandra appointed Independent Director, JSW Energy Ltd
JSW Energy Limited has appointed Ms Shailaja Chandra as an Independent Director of the company.

Thakore appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Prism Cement Ltd
Prism Cement Limited has appointed Shobhan M Thakore as as Non-executive Independent Director of the company with immediate effect.

Reddy appointed Independent Director, Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills Limited
Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills Limited has appointed R Surender Reddy as Independent Director of the company.

Bajalia appointed Independent Director, Capri Global Capital Ltd
Capri Global Capital Limited has appointed T R Bajalia as Independent Director of the company

Ms Sankaranarayanan appointed Independent Director, Shoppers Stop Ltd
Shoppers Stop Limited has appointed Ms Abanti Sankaranarayanan as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Raj resigns as Director, SPEL Semiconductor Ltd
Dr A Besant C Raj has resigned as Director of SPEL Semiconductor Ltd

Two addl. Directors appointed on Board of Prag Bosimi Synthetics Ltd
Devang Vyas and Rohit Doshi have been appointed as additional Directors of Prag Bosimi Synthetics Ltd.

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Good governance required

Good governance is indeed a need of the day. What the PM is thrusting upon is all ethical and moral practices which the Bureaucrats and the citizens must already be knowing. Secondly, if it is to be felt as a storm, then a silence will must follow, i.e. once the hard yardsticks are put in place, it will go smooth then.

Sanjeev Jha

Is PMO an exception ?

But this ruling does not seem to apply to PMO as an officer of JS rank, who worked as PS to former PM, has recently been granted extension upto March 2015.

S C Poddar

Govt paying more than enough

I think government is paying more than enough. Have you thought of people living in villages and who are striving for bread, forget about butter. Can you justify your earning with reference to the amount of labour you are putting in. Most of the government servants are living a comfortable life.

Nand Ram

Cong lead govt have demolished culture of honesty

The Congress led UPA-I/UPA-II and the previous Congress governments at the centre have demolished the culture of honesty of the country due its corrupt and in transparent misrule. They have damaged the institutions by posting their pliable cronies in vital places of governance like CVC, CBI, PESB, UPSC. They have selected most corrupt officials to CMDs and Directors of majority of the PSUs by taking hefty bribes from them. As rightly remarked by the PM Narender Modi, the Congress had been allotting the Ministries for looting to their allies and corrupt officers all along. There is a big gang of these pliable and corrupt officers positioned by the Congress in every Ministry and Public Sector who were collecting bribes from their jurisdiction for the Congress masters. Many of these favoured officials have been in Delhi for more than 20 years. It is not very difficult for the new government to identify these scoundrels and get rid of them as soon as possible. So long as these corrupt people remain on the influential posts, they will continue to follow the wishes of their Congress masters to the detriment of the new Govt. As a first cleansing act, the PM should immediately get rid of all these Most favoured bureaucrats and CMDs/Directors of PSUs many of whom had paid hefty bribes to the UPAI/UPAII Govts. to buy the posts of CMDs & Directors and are working overtime to loot the public sector to recover their investment. Officials/Officers who worked as the Personal Staff of various Ministers of UPA I & II need to be replaced by choosing the honest and upright officers who can be easily identified in each and every department. Maintaining Confidentiality in sensitive cases is of most important. Key Policy Changes should be a well guarded secret. It is time, the present government particularly the PMO issued instructions to all the new Ministers.

Nirvair

Good choice

He is a very dynamic officer. Good choice by Minister V Naidu.

Sudhir Kumar

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