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When nothing else inspires history does ! ( 2)
Empires fall not so much because of the strength of the enemy outside as through the weakness and decay within.

Now time for case study?
People feel that now there should be a case study "Will Congressmen be able to live without power".

BUREAUCRACY

Cabinet Secretary, Ajit Kumar Seth gets extension
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, 2014)

Ms Banerjee appointed as Secretary, Posts, Chairperson & DG Postal Services
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.

29 IFS officers of 1988 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 29 officers belonging to 1988 batch of Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent posts in Government of India. The officers are: Subhash Chandra, Iswar Singh, Pankaj Asthana and Rajiv Kumar Gupta of AGMUT cadre; Ram Kumar, Bharat Lal, Sanjiv Tyagi, Nityanand Srivastava of Gujarat cadre; Rajiv Kumar, Sameer Rastogi, A R M Reddy, P L Chauhan of Himachal Pradesh; Ganga Singh of Kerala cadre; Sunil Agarwal, Amitabh Agnihotri, Dr Atul K Srivastava, Chitranjan Tyagi, Dr Dharmendra Verma, Kamlesh Chaturvedi, Himmat Singh Negi of Madhya Pradesh cadre; R Das and Dr D K Sharma of Manipur-Tripura cadre; Debidutta Biswal and Mrs Meeta Biswal of Orissa cadre; Rajiv Kumar Goyal, Dr D N Pandey and Ashok Kumar B Ramteke and Dr Ramesh Chandra of Rajasthan cadre and Vinod Kumar Yadav of West Bengal cadre.

Ashok Prasad is now Special Director IB
Outgoing DGP of J & K Ashok Prasad has taken over as Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

Injeti Srinivas deputed to GoI as Chairman, NPPA
Injeti Srinivas, who is presently in the cadre, has been deputed to the Government of India as Chairman, National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA), Department of Pharmaceuticals in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

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

Rao appointed as Chief Secretary, AP
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)

Prasad relieved to join as Additional Secretary, MHA
The Government of Tamil Nadu has relieved Braj Kishore Prasad of cadre responsibility enabling him to join Government of India as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
(We said this on Feb 6, 2014)

File of Roy for 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 has arisen on June 1, 2014.

Resignation of Dr Choudhary from Chairman, DVC accepted
The resignation of Dr Arup Roy Choudhary, CMD of NTPC Limited, from the additional charge of Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), has been accepted by the Government of India.


Sunny Thomas joins as Director (Tech), CSL
Sunny Thomas, CGM, CSL, has taken over as Director (Technical), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). He succeeded Vinaykumar retired on May 31, 2014.
(We said this on Nov 25, 2013)

Rajendra Kumar is new DGP of J & K
K Rajendra Kumar has taken over as the DGP of Jammu & Kashmir. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on May 22, 2014)

Dr Jacob moves from OSD to RM to DDP
Dr K V Jacob (CSS cadre 1983 batch) who served as coterminous Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Defence Minister AK Antony from 2006 to 2014 has currently been posted to Department of Defence Production (DDP). It has been known that however after been promoted as Joint Secretary, he has been currently posted against vacancy of Director.

Prasad willing to quit as CMD, NHPC?
G Sai Prasad, who is holding an additional charge of CMD, NHPC Limited, is whispered to be willing to quit the charge. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh.

Three names in race of Chief Secretary Govt of Punjab
With the prospects getting brighter for Rakesh Singh's new stint at the centre the whispers have been doing rounds as who would win the race as new Chief Secretary to the Govt of Punjab. As many as three names are in the race: Sarvesh Kaushal, Navreet Singh Kang and Suresh Kumar. Kaushal is a 1982 IAS officer whereas Kang & Kumar are 1983 batch IAS officers. The most prospective name is clear to those few who know the affairs well. But one has to wait and watch till the incumbent makes his fortune in a top slot assignment at North Block.

Consultants in MOSPI
The Union Ministry of Statistics has advertised for engaging 5 Consultants in the National Accounts Division on a consolidated salary of Rs.40000. The maximum age limit is 30 years. No experience of working in national accounts has been prescribed. Prima facie it looks that the posts have been advertised and essential qualifications prescribed to suit certain specific people. They already has some people in mind. May be the New Minister should look into it and put a stop to this malpractice.

Applications for ED (South), FCI invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Executive Director (South), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Chennai under the Department of Food and Public Distribution. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of Personnel and Training before June 22, 2014.

Meena is Member Secretary of SIT
M L Meena has been posted as Member -Secretary of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up to probe into black money. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Srivastava is OSD to UP Chief Secretary
Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as OSD to UP Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer.

CBEC Chairperson Ms Sundharam get charges of GST, DPPR, Computerization
Ms Jam Shanti Sundharam, Chairperson, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) will be looking after GST-through Member (Budget), Computerization and DPPR through Member (P&V).

Ms Srivastava gets charge of Western Zone, North Western Zone
Ms Mala Srivastava Member (Customs and charge of L&J), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has been given charge Western Zone with additional charge of North Western Zone.

Ms Chander given charge of Southern Zone
Ms Joy Kumari Chander Member (P&V), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has been given the charge of Southern Zone.

Ms Bhama appointed as Adviser (Law), CCI
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms R Bhama has been appointed as Adviser (Law) in the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for a period of one year.

Vijay Nehra is now Secretary to Gujarat CM
Vijay Nehra has been appointed Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister. He is 2001 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Mishra promoted as Commissioner of Income Tax
Madnesh Kumar Mishra presently as Additional DG (OSD), NADT, Nagpur, has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT).

Two IRS-IT officers get postings
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been given postings after return from deputation. Accordingly, Vipul Agarwal and P S Sivasankaran have been OSD to Principal CCIT office.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
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.

Mrs Jain appointed as PS, Parliamentary Affairs in MP
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.

Vacancy of CMD, MTNL arises
A vacancy of Chairman and Managing Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has arisen vacant with the retirement of incumbent A K Garg on May 31 and delay in appointment of P K Purwar for want of orders.

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

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

Rao appointed as PS, Home in AP
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
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
R P Thakur has been designated as Additional Director General, Vigilance & Enforcement in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer.

Reddy to officiate as Hyderabad Police Commissioner
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.

Reddy to officiate as IG, Intelligence in Telangana
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.

Tolani transferred as Member, ITAT Jaipur Benches
R P Tolani, Member of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, has been transferred in the same capacity, ITAT, Jaipur benches.

A V Joseph appointed as PCCF in AP (UPDATED)
A V Joseph has been deputed to officiate as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest) in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

NMDC conferred with Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award-2014 (UPDATED)
NMDC was awarded the best company under the mining category of the prestigious 'Dun & Bradstreet-Mannapuram Corporate Awards 2014' where India's leading corporate names and to performers across sectors were felicitated. Narendra Kothari, CMD, NMDC Limited, received award for the top Indian company under the Mining sector from Dr Arun Shouri, journalist and former World Bank Economist in presence of Kamlesh Sampath, President and CEO, Dun & Bradstreet, India and Unni Krishna, Dy CEO, Mannapuram Financial Limited on May 28, 2014 at a function in Mumbai.

D S Selvam selected as Director (MB), BLC (UPDATED)
D S Selvam, GM, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Manufacturing Business), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 3, 2014. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Zainulbhai appointed Independent Director, Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Larsen & Toubro Limited has appointed Adil Zainulbhai as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company with immediate effect

Mazumder appointed CMD, TIL Ltd
S Mazumder, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the TIL Limited has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Singh resigns as ED, Rasoya Proteins Limited
Ajay Kuwar Singh has resigned as Executive Director of Rasoya Proteins Limited

Khulbe appointed CS, DCM Financial Services Ltd
DCM Financial Services Limited has appointed Ms Swati Khulbe as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Bhatt resigns as CS, Nakoda Ltd
Ms Rashmi Bhatt has resigned as Company Secretary of Nakoda Limited

Ms Paul appointed CS, Nakoda Limited
Ms Anita Paul has been appointed as Company Secretary of Nakoda Limited

Kumar resigns as Addl. Director, JBM Auto Ltd
Dhanendra Kumar has resigned as Additional Director of JBM Auto Limited w.e.f May 9, 2014

Balaraj resigns as Director, Firstsource Solutions Ltd
K P Balaraj has resigned as Director of Firstsource Solutions Limited w.e.f. May 21, 2014 due to his other professional commitments.

Two Independent directors inducted on Board of Pearl Polymers Ltd
Pearl Polymers Limited has appointed Ms Meera Johri and Ravi Mehra, as Non-Executive and Independent Directors of the company.

Mukadam appointed CS, Hercules Hoists Limited
Hercules Hoists Limited has appointed Kiran Mukadam as Company Secretary of the company.

Gandhi appointed CFO, Aarti Industries Ltd
Aarti Industries Limited has appointed Chetan B Gandhi as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Sen resigns as CS, AI Champdany Industries Ltd
Surajit Sen has resigned as Company Secretary of AI Champdany Industries Limited.

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New Finance Minister

Congratulations and welcome New Finance Minister. CBDT and CBEC have given their presentation but no innovations and vision to increase tax net of higher income group. There has always been emphasis on lower income group. 80% energy and man power is wasted to chase small tax payers. If these two organizations are watchful then chances of generation of black money gets reduced. CBDT is too much concerned and wastes energy in innovating things like that if tax exempt income is more than Rs.5000/- tax payers cannot fill ITR-1. CBDT does not think about the people whose taxable income is more than 100 lakhs. It is perception that no notice, no innovations to find out the complete details of such people, they remain free bird. There is no data base available, people owning cars value of 20 lakhs and above, people travel abroad more than two times in a FY, owning house more than 100 lakhs, stayed in five star deluxe hotel in last three years, have acquired property/land more than 100 lakhs in last three years etc. Good data mining is required to stop the tax evasion. I request FM to make small tax payers free from these hassles. All the best to New FM.

A Kumar

Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service needs immediate cadre review

The Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service needs immediate Cadre Review as the Cadre Controlling Authority is under compulsion to send their SAG officers on deputation or on Training or on study leave. The proposal for Cadre Review is pending in DoPT for last year.

Y Mishra

Transport allowance should be exempted from Income Tax

As per existing guidelines, the Transport Allowance to the extent of Rs.800/- (old TPA) only is exempted from Income Tax. After implementation of 6th Pay Commission Report on 01.1.2006, the amount of TPA has been increased to Rs.3200+DA. The Ministry of Finance may kindly issue necessary instructions for exemption of the entire amount of Transport Allowance, which is given in performance of duty.

H K Deewan

Technos may find space in Modi Govt

Please report on the Indian Telecom Service Officers also. The technos may find some space in the Modi Govt otherwise this cadre liable to fade away.

Madhukar

This is on quota remarks

Krishnan's remarks on quota what about those who manage to get seats through capitation fee or enter through sports quota, management quota etc. Those buying degree with money -are they meritorious? all talk about merit is meaningless when we look at the qualification of those governing the country.

S Rao

MCA should relook draconian of new companies Act 2013

The new MCA minister should have an urgent relook at some of the draconian provisions of new companies act 2013. Some of them are anti-growth, for example the provision relating to raising of unsecured loans by a private limited company, which are mainly family owned enterprises in small and medium scale . As per the earlier provisions these companies were allowed to raise unsecured loans from its shareholders only , and accordingly the businesses were run with loans from family members/close associates who were shareholders in the company. However now as per new companies act, 2013 and rules notified therein, the private companies are not allowed to raise loans from its shareholders beyond 25% of its paid up capital. this will hamper the functioning of these companies as they will have to unnecessarily incur extra costs to raise funds from banks and FI's and may also not be able to do so in absence of securities insisted upon by banks. The rationale for this change is not understandable as these loans are only from shareholders of the companies who are mainly family members or close associates whose loans in spite of being unsecured remain within the family owned and run business and they are not worried about their investments going bad. The new provisions require all such companies to repay all these loans before 31-03-15 and this will lead to closure/disruption of business activity and growth of all such small and medium scale enterprises. it cannot be presumed that such was the legislative intent when it is not a case of raising funds from public. the penalty for violation is a hefty sum of Rs.1 crore and it seems to be a case of laws and regulations being made without application of mind and without having the pulse of the ground realities. Let us pray to god that the new government understands this and exempts private limited companies from such draconian law and ensure the growth and continuity of business of small and medium scale companies.

Sanjeev Jain

Dr Ashwani Kumar an eminent forest scientist and educationist

Apropos to the comments of Ashok Sharma regarding posting of Dr Ashwani Kumar to the post of DG ICFRE, let me add that besides he being senior IFS he is the first and perhaps the only D Sc Forestry degree holder in the service. There is always heartburn amongst the scientist that Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education is generally headed by a forest bureaucrat. Dr Ashwani Kumar is an eminent Forest Scientist as well as educationist. With these qualifications it is quite sure that he would take the Scientists along with to further the cause of Forest and Environmental developments and restore the pristine glory of this world famous organisation.

A Khabbah

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