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POLITICS

What is difference between Mahatma Gandhi and Kejriwal ?
Some people in the country have started comparing Arvind Kejriwal with Mahatma Gandhi. At a high profile party this topic came in for discussion. An old man commented "There is an established fact that Mahatma Gandhi was an obstinate person so is Arvind Kejriwal. But, there is a difference between the two-Mahatma Gandhi never wanted power but Kejriwal is all for power ".

Ensure participation of SC/ST/OBC/Minority in Selection Board
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked all the Departments under the Government of India to ensure mandatory one member belonging to SC/ST/OBC and one member belonging to Minority community in Selection Committees or Board of more than ten members.

UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani quits
Infosys co-founder and Aadhaar founder Nandan Nilekani, who has been fielded as Congress candidate from Bangalore South Loka Sabha Constituency, resigned from the Chairmanship of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI/Aadhaar) on March 13, 2014.
(We said this on March 13 morning)

BUREAUCRACY

Renu Pall to be Ambassador to Czech Republic
Renu Pall who is presently Joint Secretary (Multilateral Economic Relations-ASEAN) in the MEA is being tipped to be next Ambassador to Czech Republic. She is 1988 batch IFS officer.

Kohli to be Ambassador to Algeria
Sanjeev Kohli Joint Secretary (West Africa) is being posted as Ambassador to Algeria.Kohli is 1988 batch IFS officer.

Jeeva Sagar is Ambassador to the Republic of Burkina Faso
Jeeva Sagar, presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Ghana, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Burkina Faso, with residence in Accra.

OSD to Vice President of India to move to Atlanta as CG !
As the grapevine has it, Nagesh Singh is all set to move to Atlanta as Consulate General of India. The 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service officer is presently serving as Director & OSD to the Vice President of India, Md Hamid Ansari.

P R Kundal poised to move to Durban as CG
As the grapevine has it, Puneet Roy Kundal is all set to move on foreign assignment as Consulate General of India in Durban. The 1996 batch Indian Foreign Service officer is presently serving as Director to Parneet Kaur, MoS for External Affairs.

Gujarat cadre IAS officer to go to Uttarakhand
Gujarat cadre 1998 batch IAS officer Mohammad Shahid is going on deputation to Uttarakhand. He is going to be PS to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat .
(We said this on Februry 4 )

Ram S Sangapure joins as ED PNB
Dr. Ram S Sangapure, General Manager-Retail Banking, Central Bank of India has taken over Executive Director of PNB in the place of Rakesh Sethi .
(We said this only yesterday)

Sahoo to be ED of Central Bank !
Naba Kishore Sahoo, Chief Executive London Branch of Canara Bank is being tipped to be new ED Central Bank of India .

Prakash Mishra to join central deputation !
Prakash Mishra is likely to join central deputation at Director General level post in Government of India. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

S B K Singh poised for promotion as Special CP, Delhi Police
As the grapevine has it Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh is all set to be promoted to the rank of Special Commissioner of Police. The 1988 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre is presently serving Delhi Police as Joint CP, Crime Branch.

R S yadav poised for elevation as Additional CP
Ravindra Singh Yadav is poised for elevation from Additional CP to the rank of Joint CP. The 1995 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre is presently serving Delhi Police as Additional CP, Crime.

Ms Shobha L Chary assigned charge of North Western zone
Ms Shobha L Chary, Member Customs of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has been assigned charges of North Western zone: Chief Commissioner CX, Ahmedabad, Chief Commissioner Customs, Ahmedabad, Chief Commissioner CX, Vadodara, Chief Commissioner CX, Jaipur and Chief Commissioner CX, Chandigarh.

D S Bisht all set to move on central deputation this month
As the grapevine has it, Dinesh Singh Bisht is all set to move on central deputation. The 1987 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre is presently serving as ADG, SCRB, Govt of Bihar.

Makwana unlikely to be Chairman of Kandla Port Trust
The ACC did not approve the appointment of Hitesh Kumar Makwana as Chairman of the Kandla Port Trust. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Applications for Member Secretary, Coastal Agriculture Authority invited
Applications for the post of Member Secretary, Coastal Agriculture Authority under Ministry of Agriculture have been invited. Those interested to apply for the same can send their applications to the Department Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries at the earliest.

Applications for CVO, Allahabad Bank invited
Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the post of Chief Vigilance officer (CVO) in Allahabad Bank. Those interested in applying for the same can send their applications to this Department beforeApril 28, 2014.

Joint Secretary level post falling vacant in Empowerment
A post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment upto March 2014.

222 cases of compassionate appointment pending in North Eastern Railway
As many as 222 cases of appointment on compassionate ground of dependent family members have been pending with North Eastern Railway.

One post of ADG vacant in CISF
One post of Additional Director General (ADG) has been lying vacant in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), HNL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director(Finance), Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) falling vacant next year on February 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications before April 1, 2014.

Seven 1998 batch IPS officers get notional promotion to DIG grade in AP
As many as seven IPS officers of 1998 batch in Andhra Pradesh have been accorded notional promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police with effect from June 30, 2012. The officers include: A Abraham Lincoln, A Sunder Kumar Das, T Yoganand, K Venkateswara Rao, T Muralikrishna, M Shiva Prasad and A Ravichandra.

DoPT declares holiday on April 14
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has declared Monday, April 14, 2014 as a closed holiday on account of birth day of Dr B R Ambedkar for all Central Government offices including industrial establishments throughout India.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, SIL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find suitable candidate for the post of Chairman-cum- Managing Director, Scooters India Limited (SIL) at its selection meeting held on March 13, 2014. The Board has recommended Department of Heavy Industries to explore the possibility of appointing a candidate on deputation basis considering relaxation of cut of age for applying to 62 years with minimum tenure of three years for appointment of Chief Executive in sick/loss making CPSE.

Sunil Bajpai posted as OSD in CCIT office, Delhi
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sunil Bajpai has been posted as OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region on premature repatriation from deputation.

Mrs Anima Barnwal appointed as Deputy CIT in CCIT office, Delhi
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Anima Barnwal has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD) in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Sobhan Kar deputed to CBDT as Add CIT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sobhan Kar has been deputed as Additional CIT (OSD) at the disposal of Joint Secretary (FT&TR-I), CBDT.

IPS officer suspended in TamilNadu
A woman IPS officer M Sathyapriya, who went on central government deputation to serve in the United Nations peace has been suspended by the TamilNadu Government. She is 1997 batch IPS officer.

Former IPS officer joins AAP
Former director general of police R B Sreekumar in Gujarat has joined the AAP. He is former 1972 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

AAI Tech, R & D demonstration inaugurated at Hyderabad Air Show
Ajit Singh, Minister for Civil Aviation and Ashok Lavasa, Secretary Civil Aviation inaugurated the technology and R & D demonstration stand of Airports Authority of India at the 4th India Aviation 2014 at Hyderabad being held from March 12 to 16, 2014 at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. On this occasion, Alok Sinha, Chairman, AAI and joint Secretary, MoCA and V Somasundram, Member (ANS), AAI were also present. During the show, AAI will demonstrate the GGAN, SBAS technology, R&D capabilities developed and being developed by AAI along with infrastructure development capabilities. Besides, a set of technology demonstration brochure was also released by V Somasundram, Member (ANS), AAI on this occasion.\

India Aviation-2014: CEOs for indigenisation, single certifying agency for civil/military flying (UPDATED)
The CEOs forum at the ongoing India Aviation show at Hyderabad (March 12-16), has largely felt that the Indian aviation industry would be better off with single certifying agency authorised to issue civil and military flying rights simultaneously for any aircraft produced in the country. The participation of high profile CEOs from Indian industry chaired by Secretary, Civil Aviation, Ashok Lavasa, had free-wheeling discussion on several contentious as well as on-going business challenges. Dr R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL said single certifying agency would be in the national interest as it would mean huge savings in terms of costs and time. "It is absolutely must to give fillip to our own products both in civilian and military segments and reduce dependency on foreign products", he added. The theme of the forum was 'Development of Sustainable Air Connectivity". Dr Tyagi and others also focused on the critical issue of some Indian products getting approval from relevant certifying agencies in Europe and USA. "For example, our products such as Dhruv helicopter (civil and military variants) has proved its metal in the most challenging situation why shouldn't it fly in America or anywhere else?", he asked insisting that quick procedural solutions must be found at various levels to pave way for Indian products to fly abroad. "We need to create right technological eco-system", he added. The forum also hailed the recent IOC of LCA (Tejas) and opined that with multiple Indian agencies involved, LCA is the best example of what the Indian industry could achieve on the indigenisation front. In this context offset opportunities should be encouraged at various stages, some CEOs felt. Another significant aspect that emerged at the Hyderabad Show was the captains of American industry discussing their willingness to collaborate on India's Regional Transport Aircraft (RTA) initiative. India is keen to develop 70-100 seater passenger aircraft with joint efforts of HAL and NAL through JV/Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV). The initial funding of Rs. 20 crores will be borne by the JV partners. HAL Board has already given approval for the JV/SPV with the hope that Indian skies will see its own regional transport aircraft in future.

26 IRAS officers get Selection Grade (UPDATED)
As many as 26 officers belonging to Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) have been accorded Selection Grade with effect from January 1, 2014. The officers are: Ms Amrita Darpan Jain, SWR; Ms Indu Nair, NR: Ms S Selva Lakshmi, SR; Arvind Sharma, NER; Tripuresh Dhar Diwivedi, NR; Arvind Kumar, NCR; K R Abhishekanand Rao, SCR; Anoop Kumar Gautam, EF; Ms M R Kusum, RWF; Ms Makwana Bhavnaben Mahijibhai and Dayanand Prasad, NFR; L Sundresan, RRB/Bangalore; Ms R C Alamelu, SWR; Ms Bhavna Ramesh Devnani, WR; Vijay Kumar Sharma, RCF/RBL; K A Nantha Subramanian, SR; D Vijay Kumar, ECOR; Bishnu Pada Sarkar, ER; Ganesan Kalyanaraman and T V Subramanian of SR; Jagwinder Singh Grewal, RCF; V V Srivastava, NER; Ramkumar Hardeo Singh, NWR; Alok Kumar Chatterje, Metro; Thangavelu Velusamy, SR and Ram Hans Meena of WCR.

K L Pandey promoted as Additional Member (T&C), Railway Board (UPDATED)
K L Pandey working as Adviser (T&C), Railway Board has been posted as Additional Member (T&C), Railway Board on promotion to Additional Member grade. He is an IRTS officer.

CCI imposes penalty of Rs 18.38 cr on BCDA (UPDATED)
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 18.38 crores on Bengal Chemist and Druggist Association (BCDA) and its office bearers for anti-competitive practices.

Global crude oil price of Indian basket declines to 105.04 per bbl (UPDATED)
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has gone down to US$ 105.04 per barrel (bbl) on March 13, 2014. This was marginally lower than the price of US$ 105.05 per bbl on previous trading day of March 12, 2014.

Tenure of Ashok Kumar Gupta as Addl Secretary, Defence Production extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Ashok Kumar Gupta as Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, has been extended for a period of three months. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mrs Ratna Prabha gets posting as ACS, Commerce & Industries in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Mrs K Ratna Prabha, who was waiting for posting on repatriation from central deputation, has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industries Department after promotion to Apex scale of IAS in Karnataka. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Parida is new Chairman, Mangalore Port Trust (UPDATED)
P C Parida would be new Chairman of Mangalore Port Trust. Presently he is serving as Deputy Chairman of Chennai Port Trust.
( We said this on May 28, 2013 and again on October 28, 2013)

CORPORATE

1070 complaints pending against Vatsa Corporation Ltd
As many as 1070 complaints have been pending against Vatsa Corporation Ltd with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

SBI launches own Aggregator Service - SBIePay
State Bank of India has in a bid to encourage the growth of e-Commerce, launched its own online aggregator service - SBIePay - a payment intermediary which will have electronic connectivity with various Banks, financial institutions and merchants, thus facilitating e-Commerce/ m-Commerce transactions between merchants, customers and various financial institutions for all kinds of payments. The launching was done at the hands of State Bank of India Chairman Mrs. Arundhati Bhattacharya at the bank's Corporate Centre in Mumbai on Thursday. The domain has been registered ashttps://sbiepay.com. State Bank of India, the first Bank in India to start its own such service, has claimed that it will go a long way in providing payment facilities to a large number of customers performing online transactions. SBIePay is also in the process rolling out Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment platform (EBPP) and IVRS for making payment over phones.

NSPCL Celebrates Raising Day
NSPCL (A Joint Venture of NTPC & SAIL) celebrated its Raising Day recently by organizing a cultural programme of famous singer Dr Jaspinder Narula for the employees and their family members at NTPC-PMI, Noida. Dr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC , N N Misra, Chairman-NSPCL & D(O), NTPC, B B Mohanty, Director (Technical), SAIL, Binod Kumar, Director (Commercial)-SAIL, Tej Veer Singh, Director-NSPCL, R Bhargava, Director-NSPCL, D Basu, Director-NSPCL, Executive Directors from NTPC, K K Sharma, CEO-NSPCL and Senior executives from NTPC & SAIL graced the occasion.

Monga is COO of IDFC
Avtar Monga has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the IDFC.

V. Sumantran resigns from Ashok Leyland
Vice Chairman of the Hinduja Automotive and truck-maker Ashok Leyland V. Sumantran has resigned.

Dasari appointed MD Ashok Leyland Ltd
Ashok Leyland Ltd has appointed Vinod K Dasari as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2014.

Acharya ceases to be Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Ms Rita Acharya, Joint Secretary (Transmission), Union Ministry of Power has ceased to be Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited following her retirement from the Union Ministry of Power.

Hamied to step down as Executive Vice-Chairman, Cipla Ltd?
M K Hamied has expressed his intention to step down as Executive Vice-Chairman of Cipla Ltd.

Arora resigns as Director, Bharti Airtel Ltd
Nikesh Arora has resigned as Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd

Mittal appointed Independent Director, Bharti Airtel Ltd
Dinesh Kumar Mittal has been appointed as Independent Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd

Agarwal appointed Independent Director, Paragon Finance Ltd
Paragon Finance Ltd has appointed Ms Sujata Agarwal as an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. March 10, 2014.

Lohia resigns as Independent Director, Paragon Finance Ltd
Vishnu Lohia has resigned as Independent Director of Paragon Finance Ltd w.e.f. September 27, 2013

Kumar re-appointed ED, Bajaj Hindusthan Limited
Bajaj Hindusthan Limited has re-appointed Dr Sanjeev Kumar as Executive Director of the company w.e.f. March 12, 2014

Chandrasekharam ceases to be Independent Director , MRPL
Dr D Chandrasekharam has ceased to be Independent Director of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on completion of his tenure.

Krishna appointed Company Secy. GSS Infotech Limited
GSS Infotech Limited has appointed Sai Krishna as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 3, 2014

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Highest civil service must set the highest standards for itself

There was a time when Rajiv Gandhi refused even three month's extension to a powerful bureaucrat. The highest civil service must set the highest standards for itself.

Datt

ICFRE selection is too far a cry.

It has been more than 23 years when ICFRE was formed as an autonomous R&D organization but the Scientists of ICFRE are not even eligible to apply for the post of DG,

Ashok Kumar

Kejriwal's criticism not worth

By criticizing Kejriwal, one of the contributors to these columns has projected himself as in the category of those persons in the country, who want that the things should move in the country the way it is and that corruption should grow day by day. You may have become schizophrenic in your old age. You have no business to criticize Shri Kejriwal as 'split personality'. What was your educational qualification? Shri Arivind Kejriwal is an alumini of IIT, Kharagpur. He has Sun and Mercury/Buddh in 10th house of his kundli relating to career. He was destined to gain fame and high position in life viz. first an IRS Official, Magassay Award Winner, Chief Minister etc. Agreed that there is Constitution and that there are procedures, which need to be followed. Tell me if (i) the Parliamentarians are not performing their jobs, (ii) the Ministers/Bureaucrats act as hurdle in procedures, (iii) there is no grievance redress system, there is all around corruption & total disregard for laws; then what one should do. Just go to the streets and die. Mr.Kejriwal is fighting for the cause of the sufferers of the country. His method may not be correct but we cannot doubt his intentions. Let there be crisis for sometime. Crisis automatically restores order one day. You get house furniture repaired after small small interval of times. One day you decide to through out all the furniture and purchase a new one. This is the way the nature functions. You seem to be a messiah of the page three people of the country. Please try to look at the country from a different perspective.

Anju Srivastava

Unfit for Governance

Though Forum is meant for what affects bureaucracy, the political halla-gulla is very much a concern for civil servants. They cannot remain isolated from what is happening on the political front. The three main parties-Congress, BJP and AAP, the new infant on block, are very much on public and bureaucratic radar. Have you noticed Arvind Kejriwal shifting his primary focus from 'bhrashtachar' to Modi-bashing. After his two-day hop to Some areas of Gujrat he railed against Modi's' Failure' on so many fronts in India Today enclave on 8th March to the great glee of Congress. He is indirectly helping Congress by cutting into votes of BJP. Rahul Gandhi had picked up Kejriwal's language to criticise Modi in Gujrat the other day. Why does Kejriwal not speak with the same vehemence about UPA scams? Why does Congress not criticise him as much as they do Modi and BJP.ASpolitical analyst i can surmise it is because both of them are nourishing a fond hope that maybe there can be a partnership between them to form the next Government. You never know who will marry whom after the results of elections are out. They are all self-centered power-hungry mob with no principles or ideology. AAP had given us great hope but alas! They are turning out to be unfit for Governance.

Aarti Khosla

Why no action against Kejriwal ?

Why NGOs in Delhi not taking legal action against Kejriwal for misleading the public about water and power bills and making empty promises?

Shashi

This Gandhi Dummy

In the name of Mahatma Gandhi, movements promote fast by the satyagrahis, whereas the Gandhi Dummy promotes dinners costing rupees 20000 or more per plate. The aam aadmi will have to compulsorily pick up the bill indirectly in due course when 200 diners will regulate democracy for them. Boston Tea Party in India or perhaps for India. They have all the aam aadmi data under the aadhar category. Target one leader, none other than one. Top two of Congress spared. Shazia runs away and Kumar fights his own battle. AAP was not created for it. Meanwhile prominent Congress leader campaigns with these words: AAPKA APNA ..... Deduce for yourself the merger of the two. Bharat Mata Ki Jai Ho!

M L Gupta

Officer in BSF

Nice to have such a good officer in BSF !

S Kumar

Nothing surprising in Delhi

Haat premises w.r.t. Agri. exhibition and all that, always an effort to spend allocated fund in last moment in march, e.g recent coconut development board advertisement in electronic media, a traditional long lasting indigenous fruit, who needs publicity? Another effort by bankrupt entities who are far far away from the radar of another ignorant careless egoist super power minister for this sector, terrible waste of financials, who cares, only me and you who pointed out this tragedy !!!! General Indian public is treated as spring board for any kind of experiment, provided there is enough margin to waste and grab paisa

Rangnath

DGHS/CGHS be dismantled

I fully agree that DGHS/CGHS to be dismantled and services of doctors be utilized in hospitals where there is a acute shortage of manpower. Pensioners and active government servants be given cashless medical insurance.

Yogesh Kumar

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