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US Assessment about next Lok Sabha polls in India
If informed sources are to be believed, the US Government has also conducted survey about Lok Sabha elections in India. It reportedly gives the Congress party 52 seats and the BJP 172 seats. Altogether 2 lakh people were reportedly covered in the survey.

This is UPA Government
For the first time there has been no cadre allotment for the 2013 batch IAS officers. And the interesting part is that first phase has already started without the cadre allotment. this game.

BUREAUCRACY

Nachiket Mor to be new Deputy Governor of RBI ?
Nachiket Mor is likely to succeed Dr K C Chakraborty as new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Former DMD of the ICICI Bank, Mor is considered to be a financial services expert.

Rajiv Mishra to be Ambassador to Austria
Rajiv Mishra is being appointed new Ambassador to Austria. He is 1980 batch IFS officer.

Vikram Doraiswamy to be Ambassador to Uzbekistan
Vikram Doraiswamy is being appointed Ambassador to Uzbekistan. 1992 batch IFS officer Doraiswamy is presently head of Americas desk in the Ministry of External Affairs.

PM constitutes committee to extend tenure of Scientists
Prime Minister has approved a composition of Standing Peer Review Committee comprising of five members in respect of Department of Bio-technology for extension of services of Scientists upto 64 beyond the age of superannuation.

Will Sanjay Kothari repatriate to Haryana?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Sanjay Kothari may repatriate to the state in the wake of retirement of the incumbent Chief Secretary, Haryana scheduled for 30 April this year. Names of Sanjay Kothari and Sakuntala Jakhu are in the fray of CS Haryana.

2653 cases of compassionate appointment pending in Railways
A total of 2653 cases of appointment on compassionate ground of dependent family members have been pending with various Railway zones.

10 posts of SP lying vacant in BPR&D
As many as 10 posts of Superintendent of Police (SP) are lying vacant in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).

Kishore all set to move on central deputation as Secy
As the grapevine has it, Rajesh Kishore is all set to move on central deputation this month. The 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre is presently as Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Govt of Gujarat.

Capt Narula to be Director, Shipping Corporation of India
The ACC is believed to have cleared the name of Capt S Narula for the post of Director in Shipping Corporation of india.

Joint Secretary level post falling vacant in UIDAI
A post of Deputy Director General (Joint Secretary) is falling vacant in UIDAI, Planning Commission in Government of India by March 2014.

60 Deputy Secretaries waiting to be promoted as Director
As the grapevine has it, as many as 60 Deputy Secretaries in Government of India are waiting to be promoted as Director. So far only 42 Deputy Secretaries have been promoted as Director.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, NJMC
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), National Jute Manufacture Corporation Limited (NJMC) lying vacant since February 5, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 21, 2014.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), NFL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) falling vacant on March 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before May 5, 2014.

N B Singh yet to be relieved to join as Director (Tech), BDL
A V M, N B Singh, who is presently in Ministry of Defence, is yet to be relieved for joining as Director (Technical), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).

Orders of Padmanabhan for MD, NRL issued
The orders of P Padmanabhan, ED, BPCL, for the appointment as Managing Director, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Sept 27, 2013)

PESB seeks applications for vacant post of MD, ONGC Videsh Ltd
The post of Managing Director, ONGC Videsh Limited, has fallen vacant with D K Sarraf joining as CMD, ONGC on March 1, 2014. The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post before April 25, 2014.

Mooshahary joins Trinamul Congress
Former DG BSF and NSG and former Meghalaya governor Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary has joined the Trinamul Congress.He is retired 1967 batch IPS officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Infra), DFCCI
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Infrastructure), Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCI) falling vacant on March 1, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications before March 17, 2014.

Post of Chairperson, DRAT, Allahabad vacant
The post of Chairperson, Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals (DRAT), Allahabad has been lying vacant.

Retired IAS officer leaves Congress to join BJP
Retired 1975 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Bhagirath Prasad who was allotted Congress ticket from Bhind has resigned to join the BJP. Now he is going to contest election on BJP ticket from the same Bhind Parliamentary constituency.

Applications for Director (Admn), NWDA invited
The post of Director (Admn) in National Water Development Agency (NWDA) under the Ministry of Water Resources has been lying vacant. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the concerned department.

IRAS officer, Ashok Kumar Shukla transferred to East Central Railway (UPDATED)
Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) officer, Ashok Kumar Shukla, presently in South Eastern Railway, has been transferred to East Central Railway and posted in the cadre.

IRAS officer, Ms Deepa Kotnis posted to Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) officer, Ms Deepa Kotnis, after return from deputation, has been posted on Northern Railway in the cadre.

NBCC constructed 'Indashala', NADT, inaugurated (UPDATED)

An advanced training centre, hostel-II and mess building 'Indashala' of NADT, Nagpur, constructed by NBCC, has been dedicated recently in the presence of Mrs Sudha Sharma, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Yogesh P Sharma, General Manager; PRK Sastry, Addt. General Manager and other senior officials.The project was awarded to NBCC by National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), under the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India at a cost of Rs. 101.12 crore.

CORPORATE

Garg re-appointed MD, SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd
SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd has re-appointed Jitender Kumar Garg as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. March 7, 2014

Kaneswaran appointed CCO, SpiceJet
SpiceJet Ltd has appointed Kaneswaran Avili as Chief Commercial Officer of the company.

Goel appointed Addl. Director, Five X Finance & Investment Ltd
Five X Finance & Investment Ltd has appointed Ms Madhu Rajkumar Goel as Additional Director of the company w.e.f. March 7, 2014.

Vasishth resigns as Director of Five X Finance & Investment Ltd
Praveen Vidyashankar Vasishth has resigned as Director of Five X Finance & Investment Ltd w.e.f. March 7, 2014

Rangachary designated Chairman, Salzer Electronics Ltd
Salzer Electronics Ltd has designated N Rangachary as Chairman of the company w.e.f. March 1, 2014.

Anjaneyulu has stepped down as MD & CEO, Lakshmi Vilas Bank
R Anjaneyulu has stepped down as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Lakshmi Vilas Bank.

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Every Service has a right to grow

One of our esteemed reader advocated that Revenue Secretary must be from the IRS on the ground that if the Post and Telegraph Service, Audit and Accounts Service can have their own Secretary, why not the IRS? The ground is not factually correct. In Postal Department, the Secretary Post is occupied by Indian Postal Service, but in Telecom Department, the Secretary happens to be from IAS and not from the Indian P&T AFS. In my personal view, every Service has a right to grow and therefore, the top most post of Secretary should be enriched by the concerned Service.

Kumar

It is common

The controversy raised in your column about relative parity between IAS an IRS and related issues are common in many other hierarchies and in different dimension. At a time when administrative reforms are the need of hour and the most potent alternative to the clean and just governance, i believe the 7th pay commission has an important role to play to remove the opaque vision for the benefit of the governance system rather than perpetuating grounds for grievances. The financial benefits and entitlements should not be hacked by artefacts. Seniority does not mean posts below are inferior. Pay Commission is rightly placed to remove many anomalies of entitlements.

Devbrat

Jealous of Modi !

Both Advani and Sushma behave as if they are agents of Sonia. They are jealous of Modi. If they failed to perform in the last election they should support a new leader who has improved the image of BJP by sheer hard work.

Shashi

Attention DG, CGHS

The empanelled hospitals under dental and eye care are charging general tariff from CGHS beneficiaries even after production of valid CGHS card. Their argument is that CGHS beneficiaries should have permission letter or reference from CGHS/Govt. hospital for consultation or test. This is arbitrary and against guidelines of empanelment to charge general tariff from CGHS beneficiaries even after producing valid CGHS card. Permission letter is needed for reimbursement or to avail cashless facilities. As long as beneficiary hold valid CGHS card, he can avail the facility after paying charges for consultation or test as per CGHS rates. After all he is paying cash. General tariff is not applicable for CGHS beneficiary. DG, CGHS may issue clarification/instruction in this regard to dental and eye care empanelled hospitals to charge CGHS rates from CGHS beneficiaries holding valid CGHS card for consultation and diagnostic tests. Empanelled hospitals to cooperate with CGHS beneficiaries and should not be harassed as long as they pay charges for utilizing hospital services as per CGHS rates provided they have valid CGHS card.

A Kumar

Cashless facility not withdrawn

This is for the information of all the CGHS beneficiaries in general and pensioners in particular that Staffcorner.com has posted on the facebook a clarification from the government side according to which the cashless facility has not been withdrawn and that efforts were agog to clear the bills of pvt. hospitals in a weeks time. According to the available information with the ministry pvt recognised hospitals were mostly extending cashless facilities to the beneficiaries. The health ministry called a fresh tender from the hospitals for the revision of consultancy charges or so what so ever. Let us hope that all the issues are resolved soon.

N K Das, New Delhi

"Withdrawal of cashless facilities for CGHS beneficiaries?"

The officers of three All India Services namely IAS,IPS and IFoS, are permitted to go abroad for medical treatment along with an attended - all at public cost. Will they make advance payment for to-and-fro passage and medical treatment for re-imbursement by CGHS ? Further, if anything untoward happens to a CGHS pensioner before fund mobilisation, the CGHS should be liable to pay compensation to the next of kin of the deceased.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Is the Election Commission listening ?

The model code of conduct for elections to the 16th Lok Sabha have come into force w.e.f. March 5, 2014. We have seen the outlandish behaviour of AAP aka Kejriwal on the same day., both in Gujarat as well as elsewhere. On 7th, AK aka AAP was provided a platform for making a blatantly shameless election speech by the India Today Group via the India Today Conclave Gp. He was even provided the services of a Chartered plane to reach the venue! He has been sparing the AB Birla Gp. And never mentions them. His attacks are directed against the rivals. One need not name them. AB BIRLA is one of the sponsors of the conclave. Does one smell a rat there? Why should a party be provided a platform to give election speeches from a seemingly apolitical platform? When the election code is in force, even religious and social functions are put under scanner against a possible misuse. Yesterday's expenses incurred on the India Today conclave should therefore be added to AAP aka AK's poll expenses.

Ashok Sharma

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