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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (22)
Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy.

Advaniji is busy with Ph D ?
L K Advani is said to be doing Ph D these days. Sources, however could not give the topic of research.

Book of Vinod Rai to be released in August
A book written by former CAG Vinod Rai is going to be released in August. Infact, his publisher wanted the book to be released before the Lok Sabha elections but Vinod Rai refused to politicize the occasion.

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level postings today ?
A couple of Secretary level postings in the Government of India are expected to take place on Monday. Can anyone in the PMO or the Cabinet Secretariat say 100 per cent about this possibility ?

Will Lalit be elevated to SC Roster ?
Supreme Court senior advocate Uday U Lalit is likely to be elevated to the apex court's roster .

CBDT Chairman to get two months extension
CBDT Chairman R K Tewari is getting two months extension in service beginning August 1. He is a 1976 batch IRS officer.

Five 1980 batch IAS yet to become Secretaries in GoI
Five empanelled Secretaries of 1980 batch IAS are awaiting postings as Secretaries: They are : -
1. Surjit Kr Chaudhary (Secretary, NCST, TN 1980)
2. Prabhudayal Meena (MP cadre, Spl Secy, Rural Development)
3. Ashok Kr Angurana (J&K cadre, SSpl Secy, Panchayati Raj)
4. Kapil Dev Tripathy (Secy- CVC, Assam Meghalaya cadre)
5. N Ravi Shankar (Uttarakhand cadre, Administrator USOF, Dept of Telecom

Lall poised to be Accountant General in Chandigarh
Sandeep Lallis is likely to move to Chandigarh as Accountant General. The 1995 batch IA&AS officer served as Senior Financial Adviser to AIIMS, Delhi.

Appointment of Singh as PS to Dr Harshvardhan to be cancelled ?
It is reliably learnt that the appointment of D N Singh as PS to Dr Harshvardhan, Union Cabinet Minister for Health & Family Welfare, is all set to be cancelled. Singh is 1987 batch officer of DANICS cadre. The development is a clear indication that the appointment of any officer as PS or OSD to Minister in Modi Govt having track record as PS or OSD to minister in state or at centre would liable to be cancelled. Singh had previously served as PS to Dr Harshvarshan, Minister in the Govt of NCT.

Santosh Jha under consideration for PS to PM
In the ongoing search for a suitable name as PS to the Prime Minister from Foreign Service cadre Santosh Jha, reportedly, has been under consideration zone. The Joint Secretary rank IFS officer is serving as Joint Secretary (Administration) with MEA HQ. The slot has fallen vacant after Vikram Misri's posting as India's next Ambassador to Spain.

Evans Rynjah Solomon is new Dy CAG
Evans Rynjah Solomon of the 1980 batch of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service has been appointed Deputy CAG in the apex scale of pay .

Proposal of Ravindra for PS to MoS for Rural Development rejected
Prime Minister is reported to have rejected the proposal of Rural Development for appointment of Ravinder Kumar as Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Sanitation. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Sundarasekaran yet to get orders as Director (Tech), MFL
The orders of D Sundarasekaran, GM, MFL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

DoPT seeks applications for JS level post in BARC
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Controller, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai under the Department of Atomic Energy. Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing circular.

Ashok Kumar deputed as PS to Anil Kumar
Ashok Kumar, Deputy Secretary, DoPT, as deputed as Private Secretary to Anil Kumar V Patil, Minister of State for PP on temporary basis.

Tenure of Bihar State Building Corp Ltd MD Ganga Kumar extended
The deputation tenure of Ganga Kumar as Managing Director, Bihar State Building Corporation Limited has been extended for a period of one year upto August 12, 2015. He is a 2000 batch officer of Indian Statistical Service (ISS).

PESB advertises post of CMD, OIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited falling vacant next year on July 1, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before August 29, 2014.

PESB seeks applications for Director (HR), IOCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Human Resources), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)lying vacant since May 23, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before August 11, 2014.

Mahalingam appointed Ambassador to CARICOM
V Mahalingam, presently High Commissioner of India to Guyana has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to Antigua & Barbuda, High Commissioner of India to the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis and next Ambassador of India to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat with residence in Georgetown (Guyana)

Narain is also Registrar Cooperative Societies in Delhi
Jitendra Narain has been assigned an additional charge of Registrar, Cooperative Societies and Secretary, Cooperation in Delhi Government. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Number of appointments in Coal PSUs stuck
A number of appointments at Board level in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Coal Ministry are lying stuck for a long time. The persons, who were selected before the formation of new government have not been appointed against the vacancies.

Tenure of IOCL Director (P&BD) Sinha ends in July
The tenure of A M K Sinha as Director (Planning & Business Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is coming to an end on July 31. Debasis Sen, ED, IOCL, is expected to succeed him in August.

Mishra, IG BSF (Pers) to join APPA course soon
Shishir Kumar Mishra

Tomar likely to take charge as IG (Admin), BSF HQ today
As the grapevine has it, Ajay Kr Tomar may take charge today at BSF HQ as IG (Admin). The 1989 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre has been serving as IG, BSF (Punjab Frontier) at Jalandhar.

Ashok Kumar likely to take charge as IG (BSF), Punjab Frontier today
Ashok Kumar may take charge at Jalandhar as IG (BSF), Punjab Frontier. The 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre served BSF HQ as IG (Admin).

Mishra to take charge as IG (Admin) today
Rajnikant Mishra is set to take charge at BSF HQ in Delhi as IG (Admin). The 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre served as IG, BSF, South Bengal Frontier at Kolkata.

Orders of D D Mishra as Director (HR), ONGC Ltd issued
D D Mishra, GM, ONGC, is reported to have received the orders for the post of Director (Human Resources), ONGC Limited.

Das yet to get orders for Director (R&D), IOCL
The orders of Biswapriya Das, ED, IOCL, for the appointment as Director (Research& Development), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Anil Kumar bereaved
M C Rai, father of 1986 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Anil Kumar, has passed away in Varanasi. He was 85. Anil Kumar is presently posted in Mumbai.

Tenure of Ms Supriya Sahu as Joint Secretary, I&B extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Ms Supriya Sahu as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has been extended for a period of three months. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Sheelendra Pratap Singh posted as ADRM, Agra (UPDATED)
Sheelendra Pratap Singh, East Coast Railway, has been posted as ADRM, Agra, North Central Railway. He is an IRSME officer.

Ravi Agarwal appointed as ADRM, Rajkot (UPDATED)
Ravi Agarwal, Western Railway, has been appointed as ADRM, Rajkot, Western Railway. He is an IRSSE officer.

8 IRSME officers get JAG (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME) have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers include: Anand Prakash Soni ICF; Vivek Mohan, ECR; Anant Kumar, NFR; Maneesha Goel, SER; Kumar Sambhav, SR; Satish Chandra Prasad, RCF; Prem Prakash, ER and Sanjay Priyadarshanam, NR.

C M Tiwari accorded JAG retrospectively (UPDATED)
C M Tiwari presently in Central Railway, has retrospectively been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) with effect from February 5, 2014. He is an IRSME officer.

Transfers and postings of IRSME officers (UPDATED)
A number of IRSME officers have been transferred. Accordingly, Vineet Singhal, East Coast Railway, has been transferred and posted to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity and Vivek Bajpai, Western Railway was transferred and posted to RDSO, Lucknow in the same capacity and M K Poddar, East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ KUR, is posted in the cadre on East Coast Railway itself. Similarly, J Digi, East Coast Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ SBP, transferred to South East Central Railway and posted in the cadre; A K Misra, North Central Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ ALD, posted in the cadre on North Central Railway itself and P K Mandal, South Eastern Railway, on being relieved from the post of ADRM/ KGP, was posted in the cadre on south eastern railway itself.

S Venkateswar selected as CMD, PDIL (UPDATED)
S Venkateswar, Director (Fin), PDIL (lien with NMDC), has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Projects & Development India Limited (PDIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 30, 2014. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

AGM of Central Bank of India held (UPDATED)
Annual General Meeting of Central Bank of India was held on June 30, 2014 at Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala Bankers' Training College, Vile Parle, Mumbai. Those who attended meeting include: Rajeev Rishi, Chairman and Managing Director, Central Bank of India; Executive Directors of the Bank R K Goyal, Animesh Chauhan and B K Divakara. CMD, Rajeev Rishi addressed the share holders of the Bank.

Three IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Mahendra Jain has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Cooperation Department while M R Kamble was made Principal Secretary, Public Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport Department with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Social Welfare and Ritesh Kumar Singh is now Managing Director, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited, Bangalore.

CORPORATE

Dubey given additional charge as CMD, CIL
Union Ministry of Coal has given Dr A K Dubey, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal the additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Limited for a period of three months or until further orders.

Suresh appointed CS, HMT Ltd
HMT Limited has appointed Subash B K as Company Secretary of the company.

Gupta promoted as ED, Axis Bank
Axis Bank has promoted Sanjeev Kumar Gupta as Executive Director of the company w.e.f. September 1, 2014.

Wadhawan resigns as VC & MD, PBA Infrastructure Ltd
Balkrishan Wadhawan has resigned as Vice Chairman and Joint Managing Director of PBA Infrastructure. Limited.

Wadhawan appointed Addl. Director, PBA Infrastructure Limited
Munish Wadhawan has been appointed as Additional Director of PBA Infrastructure Limited.

Cooper appointed CEO & MD, HeidelbergCement India Ltd
HeidelbergCement India Limited has appointed Jamshed Naval Cooper as CEO & Managing Director of the company w.e.f. July 1, 2014.

Shah resigns as CFO, Elecon Engineering Company Ltd
H C Shah has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Elecon Engineering Company Limited.

Chari resigns as CS, Zenith Infotech Ltd?
Dr V G Chari has resigned as Company Secretary of Zenith Infotech Limited due to health reasons.

Sharma resigns as CS, Tainwala Chemical and Plastic (I) Ltd
Santosh Kumar Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Tainwala Chemical and Plastic (I) Limited.

Pancholy made MD, OnMobile Global
OnMobile Global has appointed Rajiv Pancholy who is currently CEO of the company as Managing Director of the company.

Sirois appointed Addl. Director, OnMobile Global
Francois-Charles Sirois has been appointed as Additional Director of OnMobile Global.

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PMO can make strong India

PMO is like Hanumanji. They may not know the divine (ADMN) powers. PMO can make strong India.

K Chari

Improving work efficiency in government offices

Nowadays we are listening a lot about new Government's directives on PS appointments, record review etc. Frankly saying it is totally eyewash. In strict sense, nothing new is happening just hullaballoo of tantrums. What Government can do at the least is just strict compliance of the Rules and Government Orders and Modi should as every Secretary/Minister in charge to certify that the Orders and Rules are being complied with. All rules and regulation in force regarding entitlement of personal staff by Ministers, Secretaries, Addl/Joint Secretaries must be complied with and put on website. Punctuality is must. Expenditure on renovations of offices of Ministers and Secretaries (to start with) must be put on the website. Instead of doing daily drama of issuing circulars, Cabinet Secretariat and PMO should just seek detailed compliance report of its orders(as well as standard DoPT/MoP instructions. Concerned Deputy Secretary(Administration) of every Ministry/Department should certify to PMO/DoPT that personal staff posted with JS/Secretary/Minister are as per the orders and entitlement issued by DoPT. You will be surprised to know that just following the simple rules and orders, we will be able to have a lot of monetary savings and efficiency will be increased manifold. Is PM listening?? or we are just being entertained by this daily rumours.

S K

Dear Sir,

I am a regular visitor of your site and find it very useful. I want to highlight an issue which is - Can there be Modi effect on its own ?

"There is an organised Gp A service in GoI under MoD named IDSE in which 1988 batch officers are yet to be promoted as Director after 25 years of Gp A service. Officers of 1995 IAS batch have become Jt Secy but even batch parity to Jt Secy scale is not given to these IDSE officers as recommended by CPC, as DoPT has interpreted that these are yet to become director(This is leading to court cases). To reduce stagnation, a delayed 3rd Cadre review was approved in June last year but no DPC for any level has been approved by MoD. DPC for EE to SE for the year 2013-14, delayed on pretext of cadre review, is yet to be held and is lying with UPSC for last two months with no date of DPC in sight. SE to CE DPC held in April 2014 is yet to be approved and some officers may retire in the mean time.

As there is no accountability for such delays by authorities (UPSC/MoD/DoPT), though it affects the morale of officers affecting performance of organisation, authorities feel that Modi effect cannot be there on its own and such issues will never get the attention of PM, so are having their way without getting noticed.
It seems "Achey Din" have come for all but IDSE officers who are have got only one promotion after spending 25 years of Gp A service."

Rajesh

IAS always denigrates IPS

IAS has always denigrated the IPS. This is just another incidence of IAS usurping the powers and authority of IPS. A sick colonial legacy unfortunately followed by the new government at the center.

Parantap Chandurkar

By Air LTC - a dream for lower class employees

By Air LTC for Andaman & Nicobar Islands is still a dream for lower class employees as the flight is entitled from Kolkata and Chennai only, whereas it should be from the place of origin as there would not be too much of difference in airfare. L.K. Advani, then Dy. PM had expressed in the Cellular Jail that this is the ultimate temple where everybody should bow his head. Will Government think it over.

Yoginder Kumar

Justified appointment

I saw the headlines in the Shillong Times of June 28, 2014 about the appointment of Evans Rynjah Solomon as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General. This appointment though belated is a tremendous happening as this marks the appointment of a tribal officer for the first time ever to the post of Dy.C&AG. Solomon is a no nonsense officer, a strict disciplinarian, upright in all manner, a lover of the arts and a great team player. I personally wish him only the very best as I have known him right from my school days in St. Edmund's College, Shillong.

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