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POLITICS

Who favored private air lines?
In private discussions someone was heard saying "Banks will have to pay a price for favoring private airlines in the next government.

Coal Regulatory Authority set up
The Government of India has set up a coal regulatory .It will have its headquarters in Delhi and consist of a chairperson and four members .

World oil demand rising by 1.14mb/d
World oil demand growth for 2013 was revised up by 70 tb/d to stand at 1.05 mb/d. Upward revisions were seen in OECD Americas and Europe, reflecting stronger-than expected seasonal demand for 4Q13. Africa was also higher due to baseline effects. For 2014, global oil demand is seen rising by 1.14 mb/d, following an upward revision of 50 tb/d.

Orders to promote IRS-IT officers to Apex Scale in GoI issued
The orders for the promotion of 20 Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax to Apex Scale in the Government of India have been issued. The development is seen as one of the biggest achievement of IRS cadre in terms of prospects and positioning in Govt of India. The tentative names expected on the list are; A K Mirani, U K Shukla, Pomela Bali Prasad, T K Shah, R K Rai (all from 1977 batch) whereas expected names from 1978 batch are G N Pandey, N C Joshi, PC Srivastava, S K Ray, Poonam Dutt, D K Das Sharma, S K Srivastava, Kiran Oberon Vasudev, K satyanarayana, Atulesh Jindal, T Jena, Swatantara Kumar, R K Gupta, Dhirendra Khare, S Ravi.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be next Cabinet Secretary ?
In our bid to keep our surfers/readers/visitors abreast with what is happening in the world of bureaucracy, we now start search for the next Cabinet Secretary who in any case will be decided by June 13 this year as the incumbent Ajit Kumar Seth is due to retire on that date.

Seth, 1974 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, had joined as cabinet secretary on June 14, 2011, for a fixed two- year tenure. The government, however, keeping continuity of the country's topmost bureaucratic post till the next general election in mind, extended his term by one-year and the 30th cabinet secretary of India is now in the seat till June 13, 2014.

While the government level decision will come under the new regime that would be assuming power after the impending general elections, guessing game in this regards has already started with everybody agreeing that the next man on the top post would be from among 1976 batch of IAS to 1980 batch.

We are, however, starting a series to have an insight on who would be the lucky officers who would reach the top post in next couple of years.

Let's have a look around the same.

Kaun Banega Cabinet Secretary (8) Vishwapati Trivedi

With wide experience in the Indian Bureaucracy Vishwapati Trivedi has also a chance to become the Cabinet Secretary. The 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Trivedi is scheduled to retire on December 1, 2014

Orders to promote 20 IRS-IT officers to Apex Scale issued (UPDATED)
The orders for the promotion of 20 Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre to Apex Scale have been issued. They are: RK Gupta, Dhirendra Khare, S Ravi; S K Srivastava, Kiran Oberon Vasudev, K satyanarayana, Atulesh Jindal, T Jena, Swatantara Kumar, GN Pandey, NC Joshi, P C Srivastava, S K Ray, Poonam Dutt and D K Das Sharma of 1978 batch and Pomela Bali Prasad, T K Shah and R K Rai of 1977 batch.
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10 IPS officers retiring in March
As many as 10 IPS officers are retiring in March 2014. They are Umesh Kumar of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Amrik Singh Nimbran of Bihar cadre; Dr Mohan Singh Tomar of Chhattisgarh cadre; Gopal B Hosur of Karnataka cadre; YHashvardhan Azad and Aditya Dubey of Madhya Pradesh cadre; T Norbu of Sikkim cadre; Akhileshwar Ram Mishra of Uttar Pradesh cadre; Swapan Kumar Maity and Debashish Ghosh of West Bengal cadre.

252 post of Judges vacant in High Courts
As many as 252 posts of Judges are lying vacant against a total strength of 906 approved posts in all 24 High Courts in the country. The vacant posts include 104 posts of permanent Judges and 148 posts of Additional Judges.

523 posts at various levels lying vacant in CBI
As many as 523 posts from Special Directors/ Additional Director to Constables are lying vacant in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Will Chakrabarty join international consultancy firm ?
Rumours have started doing the round that Dr K C Chakrabarty who has quit the post of RBI Deputy Governor is joining an International Consultancy Firm.

Order of Anjuly Chib Duggal stuck up ?
Order of the appointment of 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab Cadre Anjuly Chib Duggal for the post of Enforcement Director has been stuck up ? Any reason ?

Anil Trigunayat appointed Ambassador to Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Anil Trigunayat, (YOA: 1989) currently Ambassador of India to Libya, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Dr Babu Thomas selected as Director (Mktg), HLL Lifecare Ltd
Dr Babu Thomas, Senior VP, HLL, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), HLL Lifecare Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 26, 2014. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

A K Ambasht is new CVO in ONGC
Akhilesh Kumar Ambasht has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Oil and Natural Gas authority of India (ONGC), New Delhi. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.


Will P K Mishra move from Economic Affairs Dept?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Prabhat Kumar Mishra may soon move from the Department of Economic Affairs. The 1993 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre is presently serving as Joint Secretary (C &C), DEA, Ministry of Finance.

No proposal for DG, CSIR moved yet ?
If reliable sources are to be believed, no proposal has yet been moved for the coveted slot of DG, CSIR. The post had fallen vacant in the month of December last year after the extended tenure of Samir K. Brahmachari concluded on December 31. Presently Dr T Ramasami has been taking care of the responsibilities of CSIR as additional charge.

OSD to Vice President moves to Atlanta
OSD to the Vice President of India Nagesh Singh is moving to Atlanta as CG in place of Ajit Kumar.

Interview for selection of CMD in CCIL today
Interview for selection of CMD in Cement Corporation of India Ltd is taking place today. As many as 16 candidates supposed to appear for the same are O P Singh (Dir- Prodn, BVFC), S C Agrawal (Dir- HR, CCIL), Vijay Kumar (IRSME), Rajesh Kumar (GM, BSNL), Manoj Mishra (HR Dir- CCIL), S D Singh (Dir- Prodn, BVFC), A K Gupta (GM, BSNL), R K Sinha (Dir- HR, NTC), P K Mukhopadhyay (Dir- Prodn, BCL), T Premnath (ED, AAI), R S Dubey (Min of Railway), J S Sondhi (IRSE), Amit Garg (IRSE), Umesh Chandra (ED, BEML) etc.

Will P B Singh be appointed as AS, Dept of Legislative Affairs?
If top sources are to be believed, prospects for P B Singh as new Additional Secretary, Dept of Legislative Affairs is all set for a rough weather zone. In tandem with the precedence the ACC had mandated the senior most JS&LA for the post of Additional Secretary, Department of Legislative Affairs and P B Singh, being the senior most JS&LA had fair chances for the position. But the new scenario it is now unlikely for P B Singh to make it as Additional Secretary, Legislative Affairs.

Coveted slot of Secy, Dept of Legal Affairs vacant since Jan 2014
The coveted position of Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs has been running vacant after Brahm Awatar Agrawal's term ended on December 31, 2013. Presently P K Malhotra, Secretary, Dept of Legislative Affairs, is looking after the additional charge of Secretary, Dept of Legal Affairs.

A K Tripathy poised to get ACS rank in Odisha
As the grapevine has it, Ashok Kumar Tripathi is poised to make it as the 7th ACS in Odisha. Till date, as many as six posts of ACS rank are there with Odisha Govt.

Neelu Agrawal in race for Patna HC Judge?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Neelu Agrawal is in the race for being appointed as Patna High Court Judge. The woman member of Bar is practicing as Advocate, Patna High Court.

ACC may soon scrap panel for NHPC' CMD ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) may soon scrap the second panel for the position of NHPC CMD that was duly formed in 2011. The Ministry of Power has reportedly already recommended for the same.

255 IRS-IT officers deployed as Expenditure Observers
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has deployed 255 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre as Expenditure Observers for the Lok Sabha Elections and State Legislative Assemblies of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and by-elections.

Ashis Kumar Saha deputed as Director, Cabinet Secretariat
An Indian Cost Accounts Service officer of 1991 batch, Ashis Kumar Saha has been deputed on central services as Director in the Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India.

Post of Director (Fin) in BPCL vacant since Oct, 2013
The post of Director (Finance) in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is vacant since October 1, 2013. However, P Balasubramanian, ED, BPCL, who was selected for the post, is waiting for the orders.

Joint Secretary level post falling vacant in Textiles
A post of Textile Commissioner (Joint Secretary) is falling vacant in the Ministry of Textiles, Mumbai upto April 2014.

Mrs Parvathy V Sundaram nominated as Director on UBI Board
Mrs Parvathy V Sundaram, CGM, Mumbai, RBI, has been nominated as Director of United Bank of India (UBI).

50 cases of compassionate appointment pending in NCR
As many as 50 cases of appointment on compassionate ground of dependent family members have been pending with North Central Railway.

Director's post in SVPNPA vacant
One post of Director has been lying vacant in Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA).

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin) in CIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director(Finance), Coal India Limited (CIL) falling vacant next year on March 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications before April 25, 2014.

Devinder Kumar Gupta gets proforma promotion to CIT grade
Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Devinder Kumar Gupta has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax. He is presently working as Additional Director, Directorate of Enforcement, New Delhi.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
A number of new returning officers have been posted at various districts of Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly,Mani Prasad Mishra has been appointed as Retuning Officer of Deoria district while Saumya Agarwal will be Returning Officer of Maharajganj district and Anuj Kumar Jha is of Mahoba. Similarly, Kumud Lata Srivastava has been appointed as Returning Officer of Mau district; Navdeep Rinwa of Meerut; Karan Singh Chauhan of Sambhal; Chandra Kant Pandey of Sant Ravidas Nagar; Chandra Kant of Sonbhadra; Kanchan Verma of Banda; Muthukumarswamy B of Chitrakoot; Mayur Maheshwari of Etah; Ritu Maheshwari of Firozabad;, Vikas Gothawal of Gonda;, Sameer Verma of Jhansi; GS Naveen Kumar of Kaushambi; Chaitra V of Lalitpur; Govindraju NS of Mainpuri; Surendra Singh of Pratapgarh; Gauri Shankar Priyadarshi of Rampur and Vijay V Pant of Shahjahanpur district.

MoU signed between HUDCO, MoHUPA
The Memorandum of Understanding for the year 2014-15 was signed between Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) and Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) with Mrs Anita Agnihotri, Secretary (MoHUPA) and N L Manjoka, Officiating Chairman and Managing Director (HUDCO) on March 25, 2014 in the presence of K B S Sidhu, Joint Secretary (Housing), Ministry of HUPA and AK Kaushik, Director (Finance), HUDCO. The MoU for 2014-15 envisages a significant growth in the operations of HUDCO in the housing and urban development sectors with proposed sanctions of Rs.16100 crore and disbursements of Rs. 7300 crore during the year with exclusive focus on social housing and core infrastructure. As per the MoU, MoHUPA would facilitate HUDCO to achieve its projected growth by supporting the Corporation to increase its credit worthiness and enable it to achieve its social objectives by providing the necessary policy support. The Ministry would also support HUDCO in mobilizing resources at lower costs. HUDCO has been rated as 'Excellent' during the last two years.

Commercial Operation (COD) of Unit 6 at NTPC Rihand & Unit 12 at Vindhyachal (UPDATED)
Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD NTPC, has declared the Commercial Operation of Unit 6 of NTPC Rihand Project and Unit 12 of Vindhyachal at the respective sites on March 27, 2014. The total installed capacity of Rihand is 3000 MW project and Vindhyachal 4760 MW at present. Dr Pradeep Kumar, Jt. Secretary and Financial Advisor to MoP, Govt. of India, I J Kapoor, Director(Commercial) N N Misra, Director(Operations), S C Pandey, Director(Projects) , S N Ganguly, ED(OS) , Sharad Anand, Regional Executive Director(North), Project Heads of both NTPC Rihand &Vindhyachal were present on the occasion. Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury congratulated the Team Rihand and Team Vindhyachal for achieving this significant milestone.

Six IPS officers shifted in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Asgar Imam has been appointed as Assistant Director, Police Academy, Patna while Chandrika Prasad will now be SP-cum-Principal, CTS, Nathnagar, Bhagalpur and Saurabh Kumar is SP, Security, Special Branch, Patna. Similarly, P Kannan has been posted as SP, Samastipur; Ranjit Mishra as Senior SP, Muzaffarpur and Daljit Singh was made as SP, Katihar.

Nine IAS officers promoted to Secretary grade in MP (UPDATED)
As many as nine officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1998 batch and one of 1993 batch have been accorded Super Time Scale (Secretary level) in Madhya Pradesh. The officers including Akash Tripathi, Mukesh Chandra Gupta, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, Mahendra Gyani, Mrs Pushplata Singh, S S Bansal, G P Kabirpanthi, Mrs Urmil Mishra and Anupam Rajan of 1993 batch.

Manoj Mishra selected as CMD, CCIL (UPDATED)
Manoj Mishra, Director (HR), CCIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 27, 2014. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

31 complaints pending against Usha (India) Ltd
As many as 31 complaints have been pending against Usha (India) Ltd with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Rastogi appointed Deputy Company Secy. Gillette India Ltd
Ms Jessica Rastogi has been appointed as the Deputy Company Secretary of Gillette India Ltd.

Maheshwari resigns as Non Exec Director of MIRC Electronics Ltd
Manoj Maheshwari has resigned as Non-Executive Director of MIRC Electronics Ltd .

Khandwala appointed Head (Corporate Affairs), MIRC Electronics Ltd
Aashay Khandwala has been appointed as a Head (Corporate Affairs) Legal & Company Secretary of MIRC Electronics Ltd .

Rege appointed CS of Sahyadri Industries Ltd
Sahyadri Industries Ltd has appointed Jaiwant Rege as Company Secretary of the company.

Sinha appointed Addl. Non Exec. Director, Rallis India Ltd
Rallis India Ltd has appointed Dr Punita Kumar-Sinha as an Additional Non - Executive, Independent Director of the company.

Lakshman designated Exec. Chairman, Rane Holdings Ltd
Rane Holdings Ltd has designated L Lakshman as Executive Chairman of the company.

Ganesh designated Vice Chairman Rane Holdings Ltd
L Ganesh has been designated as Vice-Chairman of Rane Holdings Ltd.

Subbu appointed Addl. Director, Zyden Gentec Ltd
Zyden Gentec Ltd has appointed V Siva Subbu as Additional Director of the company.

Ms Kumari resigns as Whole-time Director, Zyden Gentec Ltd
Ms Anita Kumari has resigned as Whole-time Director of Zyden Gentec Ltd.

Mulye resigns as CS of Kay Power and Paper Ltd
Sham Atmaram Mulye has resigned as Company Secretary of Kay Power and Paper Ltd.

Modi resigns as Non Exec. Director, Alok Industries Ltd
K R Modi has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of Alok Industries Ltd due to personal reasons.

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Requisite qualities ?

Sir, you have presented seven names till date. I am sure more names will come. But what are the qualities one looks for in an officer for this post.

Datt

No politician wants a Seshan !

Why Election Commission is not able to enforce discipline is because the members are selected for their ineptitude in their past assignments. No politician wants a Seshan. One will understand it if he looks into the departments they worked before becoming EC. Such officers are good at lobbying with politicians.

N Krishnan

Youth will not be carried away by Cong gimmicks

Congress Party is including Right to Health for all citizens in its election manifesto. Is it not ironical when it has not been able to take care of medical facilities of Government employees and pensioners by messing up with CGHS and have destroyed the system as was available to entitled categories. It will be just like Right To Education they brought in without having the infrastructure for implementing the scheme. There are no schools, no teachers, no buildings, no equipment but yes our children do have the right to education. Similiarly, people will have right to health without nutrition, without hospitals, without doctors and without medical facilities available nearby. The Vote Bank politics continues. Political parties must remember that this time the youth form the major chunk of electorate and they are not going to be befooled by such dole-outs.

Aarti Khosla

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