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POLITICS

When nothing else inspires history does ! (5)
It is possible to make a garden into wilderness quickly, but it is not easy to re-convert the wilderness into a garden.

Chanakya is re-born !
Comment of a seasoned politician is worth mentioning " Chanakya is re-born in India in the guise of Narendra Modi ".

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1981 batch IAS officers delayed
Empanelment of 1981 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India has now been delayed. It will take place only after the budget session of Parliament. Earlier it was expected the empanelment of this batch in May only.

1980 batch IAS to be Secretary in 2014
Entire 1980 batch of the IAS is expected to get Secretary level postings in a couple of months because of large number of vacancies.

Jawed Usmani to join GoI
Outgoing Chief Secretary of UP Jawed Usmani is now expected to join the Government of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer.

Pawan Kapoor is HC, Kingdom of Swaziland
Pavan Kapoor, presently High Commissioner to Mozambique, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Swaziland, with residence in Maputo (Mozambique).

Khan poised to be PS to Nazma Heptulla
As the grapevine has it, Mohammad Badruddin Khan may soon be appointed as PS to Union MoS (IC) for Minority Affairs Nazma Heptulla. Previously, he has served as PS to former MoS for Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan.

Bhaktavatsalu poised for APS to MoS (IC) for Minority Affairs
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that M Bhaktavatsalu is all set to be appointed formally as APS to Union MoS (IC) for Minority Affairs Nazma Heptullah. He is a former officer of Indian Economic Services.

Dwivedi is APS to Sushma Swaraj
Vijay Dwivedi will now be serving as Assitant Private Secretary to the Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.

Administrative reshuffle in J&K on the anvil
As the grapevine has it, administrative reshuffle in Jammu & Kashmir Government is slated to take place on June 11. Reshuffle of several Principal Secretary rank officers is on the cards.

Thankachen to succeed Asthana as MD, CRWC on July 1
K U Thankachen, Chief Manager, CONCOR, will be joining as Managing Director, Central Railside Warehouse Company Limited (CRWC) on July 1, 2014. He will succeed Vinod Asthana whose tenure ending on June 30, 2014.

Will IRS (C&CE) officer in Chhattisgarh get deputation again ?
Ajay Pande is expected to get one more deputation with the Chhattisgarh Government. He is a 1995 batch IRS (C&CE) officer. He has already completed a deputation of five years here.

Tyagi debarred for central deputation
Shalabh Tyagi, who was appointed as Director in the UPSC, has been debarred from central deputation for a period of five years on failing to join the same. He is a 1998 batch IRSEE officer.

10 IAS Probationers of 2013 batch get postings
As many as 10 Probationers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2013 batch have been given postings as Assistant Collector in Bihar. Accordingly, Raghvendra Singh has been posted to East Champaran, Motihari while Dharmendra Kumar was appointed to West Champaran, Betia and Yogendra Singh is being posted to Gaya. Similarly, Ms Shailja Sharma has been posted to Patna, Girish Kumar Mishra as Rohtas Sasaram; Navdeep Shukla, Purnia; Subrat Kumr Sen as Nalda, Bihar Sharif, Naval Kishore Chaudhary, Madhubani, Jitendra Gupta as Muzzarpur and Ms Ranjita was posted to Sitamarhi.

PESB invites applications for CMD of EIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Engineering India Limited (EIL) falling vacant on next year on June 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 4, 2014.

Yadav shifted as Member, ITAT Bangalore Benches
Rajpal Yadav, Member of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, has been transferred in the same capacity, ITAT, Bangalore benches.

Applications for OSD in ITPO invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Officer on Special Duty (Admin) in India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO). Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of Commerce before June 30, 2014.

Applications for Administrative Members of ODT invited
Applications have been invited for the posts of Administrative Members in the Odisha Administrative Tribunal (ODT) under Government of Odisha. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of General Administration before July 15, 2014.

Applications for Deputy Director in MNCFC invited
Applications have been invited for the post of Deputy Director in Mahalanobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC) under the Ministry of Agriculture. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation at the earliest.

NEC discusses strategy for developing tertiary care facilities in NER (UPDATED)
North Eastern Council (NEC) discussed the strategy for developing territory care facilities in North Eastern Region (NER) and the Regional plan for development of Health & Medical Sector in NE States in a meeting chaired by Ashoke K Dutta, Member, North Eastern Council. The meeting was attended by Commissioner/Secretary (H&FW), Senior Health Officials of the all 8 North Eastern States, Officials from NEIGRIHMS, CIHSR Dimapur, Shankaradeva Nethralaya Guwahati, North Eastern Space Association Centre Umiam Meghalaya, Dr B Borooh Cancer Institute Guwahati, North Eastern Space Associaltion Centre Umiam Meghalaya, Shija Hospital Imphal, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, Regional Director of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and Regional College of Nursing & Dental College Officials.

Discussing the strategy for future for health & medical sector, Ashoke K. Dutta, Member NEC said that the North Eastern Region need to think long term planning with respect to the development of infrastructure, paramedical health care, super speciality health care.

Addressing to the officials from North Eastern States, Secretary, NEC said that the NEC is committed to the planned development of the North Eastern Region. He said that NEC should extend resources to the development of tertiary care facilities in NER provided that the State Governments plan it and propose to NEC. There was unanimity that NEC should consider for funding short term fellowship training programme to Government Nurses, Doctors and Para-Medical Staff in the NER for specialization in Oncology, Cardiology, Chest, Cancer, Diabetes, Liver treatment etc. for the students of North Eastern Region.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as 19 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Manish Kumar Verma has been posted as District Magistrate, Purnia while Abhijeet Sinha was made Director, Mid-Day Meal Scheme, Education Department, Patna and Lakshmi Prasad Chauhan will now be District Magistrate, Supaul. Similarly, Naveen Chandra Jha has been posted as District Magistrate, Aurangabad; Ajay Kumar Chaudhary as Joint Secretary, Labor Resources Department, Patna; Sanjay Kumar Aggrawal as Managing Director, North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, Patna; Sarvanan N as Director, Primary Education, Education Department, Patna; Pankaj Kumar Pal as District Magistrate, Bhojpur; Divesh Sehra shifted to General Administration Department, Patna; Ajay Yadav as Director, Agricultural Department, Patna, Mission Director, Bihar State Gardening Mission, Additional Chief Executive officer, Bihar Watershed Development Society, Patna; Aadesh Titarmare as Additional Chief Executive officer, Bihar Rural Livelihood Project, Patna and Director, JPF, Patna; Narendra Kumar Singh as District Magistrate, Arariya; Sanjay Kumar Singh as District Magistrate, Seevan; Manoj Kumar as Joint Secretary, Health Department, Patna; Amarendra Prasad Singh as District Magistrate, Munger; M Ramachandrudu as District Magistrate, Samastipur; Manoj Kumar Singh as District Magistrate, Lakhisarai; Sima Tripathi as District Magistrate, Begusarai and Rajiv Roshan was made District Magistrate, Khagaria.

R R Mishra selected as CMD, WCL (UPDATED)
R R Mishra, Dir (PERS), CCL/CIL has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 6, 2014. As many as thirteen persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Kleemann appointed Addl. Director, Hikal Ltd
Hikal Ltd has appointed Prof. Dr Axel Kleemann as an Additional Director of the company.

Sankaranarayanan appointed CFO, Cyber Media (India) Ltd
Cyber Media (India) Limited has appointed Sankaranarayanan V.V. as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company

Kapoor appointed Chairman, Micromax
Sanjay Kapoor has been appointed as Chairman of Micromax.

Khattar designated as CFO, Bhartiya International Ltd
Bhartiya International Ltd has designated Manoj Khattar as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Sharma to be appointed CMD, CMM Broadcasting Network Ltd
The Board of CMM Broadcasting Network Ltd is to appoint Kishan Vir Sharma as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the company

Rao resigns as Whole-time Director, Jindal Poly Films Ltd
I Chandrakantha Rao has resigned as Whole-time Director of Jindal Poly Films Ltd w.e.f. June 6, 2014

Ms Malde resigns as CS, TechTrek India Ltd
Ms Khushboo Malde has resigned as Company Secretary of TechTrek India Ltd.

Tayal resigns as Director, K-Lifestyle & Industries Ltd
Navin Kumar Tayal has resigned as Director of K-Lifestyle & Industries Ltd w.e.f. February 26, 2014

Agarwal resigns as Director, Asahi Industries Ltd
Pran Agarwal has resigned as Director of Asahi Industries Ltd

Poddar appointed Addl. Director, Orient Beverages Ltd
Orient Beverages Ltd has appointed Anil Kumar Poddar as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. May 29, 2014

Agarwal ceases to be Director, ATN International Ltd
Hari Ram Agarwal has ceased to be Director of ATN International Ltd.

Two Addl. Directors inducted on Board of Super Spinning Mills Ltd
Super Spinning Mills Limited has appointed C G Kumar and Ms Suguna Ravichandran as additional Directors of the company.

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Tax system be simple and people friendly

Tax system of a country should be simple and people friendly so maximum number of people can follow the system and deposit the tax. First category of people who deposit the tax is salaried/pensioners where most of the tax is deducted as TDS by the employer. This category of people fill up first return form known as ITR-1 and should be simplest one. But CBDT has made it more complex than thought. For example, interest on saving banks were exempted from tax some year back but was taxed afterwards. Now only Rs.10000/ is tax exempt. When Rs. 10000/- is tax exempt then what is need of adding in income and then taking deduction under 88TTA. This is how CBDT makes IT rules complex. Similarly a retired person in rural area is getting pension and has agriculture income of Rs. 500/ per month and a person in urban area is earning dividend of Rs. 500/per month apart from his pension. These people are debarred from filing ITR-1 because they cannot use this from because the tax exempt income is more than Rs. 5000/. These are misgivings in the tax system and to be removed. It is submitted to new Finance minister that 88TTA to be removed and if interest is more than Rs. 10000/, the same will be added in total income and also remove the rider from ITR-1 of tax exempt income of Rs. 5000/ or revise the limit to Rs. 50,000/- as there are twenty heads under tax exempt income including agriculture income.

N Prakash

Low fares and unnecessary travel

I completely agree that due to unrealistically low fares many people travel without having a serious reason to travel. Even if it results in a large number of people traveling, the revenues are not high enough to justify it. Also having large uncontrolled crowds in the bogies results in improper checking and ticketless travellers. The large numbers put lot of pressure on the already stretched resources of the Railways. This gives rise to deficient monitoring and control which results in frequent accidents not to talk of shoddy maintenance and cleanliness. In fact there should be a complete moratorium on adding new trains or increasing track length till there is a drastic improvement in service. If the fares are increased it would effectively cut down the number of not too needy travellers and enhance the revenue handsomely.
Another aspect is that people book tickets immediately after the booking opens even if they may not have a good chance of travelling. This results in genuine travellers not getting tickets. To discourage this the cancellations charges should be increased drastically.

V K Nautiyal

Don't appoint staff from UPA I & II with present Ministers

Staff from UPA I & II should not be appointed with the present Ministers, which is being done with most of the Ministers. The cap of 10 years on personal staff should be adhered to strictly and new comer should be given an opportunity. The in all the Ministries, PMO, MHA etc. who have put in more than 10 should be relocated to other Ministries.

Ravi


Revamp Ministry of Personnel

The new Government should revamp the Ministry of Personnel .It functions arbitrarily and in opaque manner .There is no transparency in the empanelment ,posting/transfer process. Further why Cabinet Secretary, Secretary Personnel etc should be from IAS only? There are capable officers in other services also who can perform these functions better than IAS officer.

S Gopal

Ab Acche din aane wale hain

There is a lot of speculation amongst Indian Postal Service Officers as to whether new Minister will opt for an IPoS officer for the post of Secretary Post or he will opt for an officer from some other service. There is news that the post of Secretary Official Language under MHA is being earmarked for Postal Services officer in the line of promotion for Secretary to end disgruntlement. This way the new Minister will be able to overhaul the Department of Posts by having a new person with fresh perspective. A large number of complaints of bias in transfer postings and favoritism in promotions is making the rounds. A coterie of officers has gripped the outgoing Postal Secretary as well as Postal Services Board. Just Two months back the Chief Vigilance Officer was removed because she had recommended for transfer of Officers who have overstayed their tenure in Headquarters. The new Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is a strict disciplinarian and a man in a hurry. He is no nonsense man like his Boss Modi. Thus he wants to drastically change the work culture and lethargy within the Department. The lower staff is happy with new Minister and saying Ab Acche din aane wale hain but officers say nothing outwardly but are not happy to be questioned or held accountable.

James Kutty

CEOs of all sick companies be changed

Change the CEOs of all the existing sick companies appointed by earlier government as most have no vision for turning around these companies and just clinging on to their posts.

Ankit

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