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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (19)
Trotsky said Any contemporary of ours who wants peace and comfort before everything else has chosen a bad time to be born ".

What is the difference between Modi and Rahul Gandhi ?
What is the different between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi ? A question was discussed at an informal get-together, and the conclusion was "Narendra Modi is a full time politician while Rahul Gandhi is a casual politician ".

BUREAUCRACY

Slot of SS IS (MHA) ear-marked for IPS now reserved for IAS officers only
The top position with MHA, earmarked for senior IPS officers, has reportedly been earmarked for IAS officers only. The coveted position of Special Secretary Internal Security at MHA has now been offered to Additional Secretary rank IAS officer only. Now one can examine the reasons the crucially important position of SS IS had been kept vacant since October last year despite the fact that A C Varma's name (Spl DG, CISF) had twice been shortlisted & duly recommended for the slot but it was put on hold twice for reasons unknown. One can read between the lines.

1979 batch IPS yet to get Apex scale
1979 batch IPS officers in the Government of India including DG BSF are still waiting to get Apex scale.

Three new Judges in SC appointed
President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed the Chief Justice of Calcutta HC Arun Mishra and Orissa HC CJ Adarsh Kumar Goel and senior lawyer Rohinton Nariman as Supreme Court Judges.
(We said this on May 14 )

Chandra accredited as the HC of India to Republic of Rawanda
Dr A V S Ramesh Chandra, presently High Commissioner of India to Uganda , has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to Republic of Rawanda and Ambassador of India to the Republic of Burundi, with residence in Kampala.

Javed Ashraf to continue with PMO
Amid the ongoing process of making of the super PMO the grapevine has it that Javed Ashraf is set to continue with PMO. The 1991 batch Jt Secretary rank officer of Indian Foreign Service has been serving as link between the PMO & MEA.

S Selvakumar appointed as Director, PMO
S Selvakumar, who is presently as MD, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd, has been appointed as Director in the Prime Minister's Office. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Krishna joins as CPWD CVO
M R Krishna has joined as CVO of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD ). He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 21, 2014)

Ravi Mittal to return to Bihar
Ravi Mittal who is presently in the Planning Commission is expected to return to the parent Bihar cadre in July. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer.

Sunil Joshi to join Gujarat cadre!
Sunil Joshi is expected to go to the Gujarat cadre. He is a 2010 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

LTC for Central Govt employees extended
Union Ministry for Tourism extended by another two years a proposal to grant Leave Travel Concession (LTC) to Jammu and Kashmir and North East by air for the all categories of Central Government employees using either Air India or private airlines by Economy class only, irrespective of their entitlement.

Dokania likely to join central deputation
Rita Kumari Dokania is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IRS-IT officer.

Mishra likely to join central deputation
Ashwini Kumar Mishra is expected to join central deputation at Deputy Secretary/Director level in Government of India. She is a 2000 batch Indian Ordnance Factory Service officer.

Abhay likely to join central deputation at IG level
Abhay is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level. He is a 1986 batch IPS Officer of Orissa cadre.

Tenure of Modi as Regional Officer, Internal Fin Corp S-Asia ends in July
The central deputation tenure of Arbind Modi as Regional officer (Joint Secretary level) International Finance Corp in South Asia Department is coming to an end on July 18, 2014. He is a 1981 batch IRS-IT officer.

Central deputation tenure of Puneet Kumar ends on July 7
The central deputation tenure of Puneet Kumar as DG in the Ministry of Textiles is ending on July 7, 2014. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Six IAS officers of 1999 batch get JAG in Bihar
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1999 batch have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) (Additional Secretary level) in Bihar. The officers are: Sudhir Shrivastava, Ashok Kumar Mallik, Rajendra Prasad Ojha, Prabhat Shankar, Raman Kumar and Parshuram Mishra.

Two IRS-IT officers get postings
Two officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Income Tax cadre have been given postings after return from deputation. Accordingly, J Albert has been posted to CCIT, Chennai while Sanjay Shivam was appointed to CCIT, Kolkata.

Tak relieved to join Government of Goa
Amjad Tak, who is presently working ad Deputy Commissioner, East Delhi Municipal Corporation in Delhi Government, has been relieved to join the Government of Goa. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Garg brothers bereaved
C N Garg father of Praveen Garg JS Justice and Law,Sanjiv Garg ED REC and Rajiv Garg GM BHEL Delhi has passed away in Delhi. He was 83. Prayer meeting will be held on Friday,27th June at 4 PM at the Chinmaya Mission,Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

Anjani Kumar Singh is new CS of Bihar (UPDATED)
Anjani Kumar Singh has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Bihar.He is 1981 batch officer of Bihar cadre.

Navratna status to NBCC reflects govt.'s positive attitude towards PSUs (UPDATED)
The positive attitude of the Narendra Modi government towards PSUs seems to have started paying dividends with the NBCC being granted Navratna status after 55 years of its existence. The same was pending since long. This will provide the company with "enhanced operational and financial autonomy to work in domestic and overseas markets". NBCC, it may be pointed out here, provides civil engineering construction services in wide gamut of projects of varied nature, complexities & at socio-political geographical locations, both at home & overseas. The Company has been operating in infrastructure segment as well, wherein it has been executing projects such as chimneys, cooling towers, and various types of power plant works.

3 IAS officers transferred in Haryana (UPDATED)
C R Rana has been appointed as DG, Agriculture and Secretary, Agriculture and MD, Haryana Agro Industries while R S Kharb was made Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi & Village Industries Board and Vinay Singh is Chief Administrator, Housing Board in Haryana.

Dr R Selvaraj appointed as MD, SIPCOT in Tamil Nadu (UPDTED)
Dr R Selvaraj has been appointed as Managing Director, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

S K Negi promoted to Chief Secretary rank in Bihar (UPDATED)
S K Negi has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Bihar. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Deepak Kumar appointed as PS to CM in Bihar (UPDATED)
Deepak Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister in Bihar. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Amrit Lal Meena posted as OSD to CM in Bihar (UPDATED)
Amrit Lal Meena has been appointed as Special Officer on Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister in Bihar. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Four IAS officers shifted in Bihar (UPDATED)
Four IAS officers have been shifted in Bihar. Accordingly, Alok Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Chief Consultant, Bihar State Planning Council while Narendra Kumar Sinha was posted as Information Technology Adviser, IT Department and C Lalsota is Principal Secretary, Vigilance. Besides, J R K Rao has been given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, IT.

Adesh Sharma selected as MD, DFCCIL (UPDATED)
Adesh Sharma, who is presently in the Ministry of Railways, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) at Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 15 persons were interviewed for the same.

Avijit Ghosh selected as CMD, HECL (UPDATED)
Avijit Ghosh, Director (Mining), HCL, has been selected for the post of CMD, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 26, 2014. Three persons were interviewed for the same.

Chhattisgarh IAS Association gets new body (UPDATED)
A new body of Chhattisgarh IAS Association has been constituted in Chhattisgarh. N Brajendra Kumar has been elected as President while Dinesh Kumar Shrivastava will be Vice President and R Prasanna is Secretary. Besides, Amit Kataria has been elected as Joint Secretary while Rajat Kumar is Treasurer.

CORPORATE

Ms Tripathy inducted to NBCC Board as Director
The Union Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has appointed Ms Jhanja Tripathy, Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor (JS&FA), MoUD as Director on the Board of Directors of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC).

Goyal to be re-appointed CMD, Oregon Commercials Ltd?
Pradeep Goyal, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) is to be re-appointed as CMD of Oregon Commercials Ltd.

Ono resigns as Non Exec. Non-Ind Director, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited
Koji Ono has resigned as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited.

Lashkari resigns as CS, Alpa Laboratories Limited
Mayank Lashkari has resigned as Company Secretary of Alpa Laboratories Limited.

Kaushalya resigns as Independent Director, Kaushalya Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
Sakti Pada Banerjee has resigned as Independent Director of Kaushalya Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Bhalerao appointed Nominee Director, DQ Entertainment (International) Limited
DQ Entertainment (International) Limited has appointed Ms Manjiri Bhalerao as Nominee of EXIM Bank on the Board of Directors of the company.

Moore appointed Alternate Director, Castrol India Limited
Castrol India Limited has appointed Andrew Moore as an Alternate Director to Ralph Hewins.

Loya appointed CS, Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd
Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd has appointed Ms Padma Loya as Company Secretary of the company.

Chile appointed Addl. Director, Oregon Commercials Ltd
Oregon Commercials Ltd has appointed Sumit Tukaram Chile as Additional Director of the company.

Sachdeva resigns as Non-Exec. Director, Ramsons Projects Ltd
Ram Lal Sachdeva has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Ramsons Projects Ltd

Gupta resigns as Independent Director, Morgan Ventures Ltd
Pradeep Kumar Gupta has resigned as Independent Director of Morgan Ventures Ltd.

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'Ïnteract with the Hon'ble PM'

Recently, a special section 'Ïnteract with the Hon'ble PM' was added in PM's website to receive various ideas and suggestions. It is a great innovative idea. There is only one apprehension that in case the serving officers/ staff in central government want to give ideas for systemic improvements or public policy inputs, their identity may be disclosed to respective secretaries or ministers who are likely to pull up the officers why these ideas are not floated in regular meetings. Here the importance is idea not identity. If PMO would assure that the identity will not be disclosed, thousands of ideas flow from section officers to secretaries or retired bureaucrats.

Kameswara Rao

Controversy over deployment of officers

Regarding controversy of deployment of officers as PS or SA to Ministers. I feel this should be left to the Secretary in charge of the Ministry whom to deploy with the Minister as PS/SA are a conduit or link between the Minister and organization as a whole. This encourages healthy functioning too.

Harish Kumar

Ad-hoc appointments made on promotions

As the Prime Minister himself is in charge of Ministry of Personnel, Pensions & P.G., it is high time to draw his attention about the ad-hoc appointments made on promotions on seniority basis in the CSSS/CSS in the higher grade and that continued/are continued for years together without any break. As the officers are not able to claim seniority in the higher grade because of the nature of appointments, the officers are bound to suffer for want of regular promotions. The senior employees retire on super annuation without having been promoted on regular basis. It is a clear cut denial of the regular promotion in disguised manner. Hon'ble PM may kindly visit the entire issue and take remedial measures to end such type of ad-hoc measures stalling the promotional avenues of the senior sincere employees in CSSS. It would be pertinent to mention that RRs may be suitably amended to give effect so that the officers who put in more than 3 years continued ad-hoc service may be given one time measure for relief to count ad-hoc service from the date of initial ad-hoc appointments. This would pave ways for the regular promotions to the retiring employees.

V P Sharma

Rationalise all posts

It is true that the number of bureaucrats in the Government of India and its institution to be minimized to reduced the expenditure. An independent review conduct has already said that Planning Commission is a perking place for All India Officer. It is not only Planning Commission, Government of India has several organisation like IGNFA, ICFRE of MoEF and corporation to accommodate these officers. MoEF alone has more than 200 All India Officers in Ministry and its organisation. All these posts need to be rationalized, keeping in view the budget constraint and burden on public money. I feel honorable MoS MoEF should independently review the functioning of MoEF, keeping a side the present officers of the MoEF.

Subramanian N


Caste Menace continues in Indian Society

The biggest failure of our country is that despite of completion of 66 pears of our independence from the Britishers, still the caste menace continues in every field (politics, bureaucracy etc.) of our society. In Rigvedic times, there were four classes in society based on the functions and specialization of the people. But later on it was converted into caste, which we are still facing in the society. No doubt education level of the people of our country has gone up, but the mental level is still stagnant. Article 17 of our constitution abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form but it is still persisting in blood?

Y Mishra

How can you do that in a country...

How can you do that in a country...
There is premium on inefficiency
There is premium on dishonesty
There is premium on religious affiliations
There is premium on communal affiliations
There is premium on cronies
There is premium on family/blood relations
There is premium on partners in crime..


Suresh Kumar

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