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POLITICS

Top 5 IAS of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
1. Sanjay Mitra (1982) Chief Secretary
2. Basudeb Banerjee (1983) Home Secretary
3. Atri Bhattacharya (1989) Pr Secy, Information & Cultural Affairs
4. Debasish Sen (1985) Pr Secy, Urban Development
5. Syed Ahmed Baba (1988) Pr Secy, Fisheries

Top 5 IPS of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
1. Surajit Kar Purkayastha (1985), Police Commissioner Kolkata
2. GMP Reddy (1982), DGP West Bengal
3. Sivaji Ghosh (1985), MD Police Housing Corporation
4. Virendra (1985) Director Security
5. Sanjoy Mukherjee (1989), Addl Commissioner, Kolkata Police


Media and politics ?
Narendra Modi gives interview to Hindi Daily Jagran and Rahul Gandhi gives interview to another Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar ? Any significance ?

Total revenue of all CPSEs increases 6.79%
Total turnover/gross revenue from operation of all Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) during 2012-13 has stood at Rs.19, 45,777 crore compared to Rs.18, 22, 049 crore in the previous year showing an increase of 6.79 percent.

Who will contest Lok Sabha election from Bhopal ?
Congress and BJP will shortly finalize candidates for such key constituencies as Bhopal Lok Sabha seat where entry of an AAP activist in the fray could queer the pitch for the major parties in a three, possibly four-cornered contest. Congress has some names under discussion and the sitting BJP MP is a twice-elected venerable who was CM of the State in 1977-78.

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level appointments today ?
A couple of Secretary level appointments in the Government of India are expected to take place on Monday.

Appointment of Raghuvendra Singh runs into rough weather
Appointment of Raghuvendra Singh as Additional Secretary - Information and Broadcasting has run into rough weather. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

K N Srivastava appointed NDMA's Member
Former Civil Aviation Secretary K N Srivastava has been appointed Member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) with the status of MoS . He is 1978 batch former IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on March 1, 2014 )

Sailesh appointed JS, Home in GoI
Sailesh has been appointed new Joint Secretary - Home in the Government of India. Assam-Meghalaya cadre 1985 batch IAS officer, Sailesh is presently Principal Secretary, Home in Assam.
(We said this on February 21, 2014 )

Neeraj Mandloi appointed JS , Urban Development
Madhya Pradesh cadre 1993 batch IAS officer Neeraj Mandloi has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Urban Development Ministry vice Ashok Singhvi who is 1983 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer. Mandloi is an alumni of IIT Delhi and London School of Economics and currently posted as Finance Secretary in Bhopal.

Orders of Choudhary in a week or two
Orders of Navin Kumar Choudhary for Joint Secretary - Ministry of Defence are expected to be issued in a week or two. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Shashi Bushan appointed CBEC Member
Indian Revenue Service officer of Custom and Central Excise cadre, Shashi Bushan has been appointed Member of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

R K Tewari appointed as Chairperson, CBDT
R K Tiwari has been given additional charge of the CBDT Chairman. Formal orders of his appointment as Chairman are expected this week only.
(We said this on Feb 7, 2014)

Kumar appointed JNPT's Chairman
N N Kumar has been appointed Chairman of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). An IRS officer, Kumar has been elevated from the post of Deputy Chairman. He was Chairman-in-charge since May 2013.

MoEF has removed Dr Pisupati, Chairman, NBA
MoEF's latest move to remove Dr Pisupati from the post of Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority has astonished the IFS cadre officers. The full additional charge of NBA Chairman has been given to Hem Pandey, Additional Secretary, MoEF.

P Sreedharan appointed Lok Sabha Secretary
P Sreedharan has been appointed new Lok Sabha Secretary. He will be performing the duties of Secretary General for the time being.

Saurabh Chandra takes over as new Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas
Saurabh Chandra, who played a role in setting up of Oman - India Fertilizer Project, one of the most successful Joint Venture Projects set up by a Central Public Sector Enterprise/Multi-State Cooperative working as Director with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has joined as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in Government of India. Chandra, who belongs to 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, was Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion before taking over this charge.

61 posts vacant in Central Forces and GoI Agencies
As many as 61 posts of various levels - from Superintendent of Police (SP) to Director General (DG) - have been lying vacant in Central Police Forces and Agencies of Government of India.

Ms Suman Saxena promoted as Dy CAG
Ms Suman Saxena (IA&AS-1980), Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Central Region) has been promoted as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Apex Scale: Pay Rs. 80,000/- fixed) in the vacancy arising on the superannuation of Ms Vijaya Moorthy. She will take over as Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Defence, Communications & Railway) in this office.

Lt Gen Kumar is new DGMO
Lt General PR Kumar has been appointed the Director General Military Operations (DGMO) in place of Lt General Vinod Bhatia who has retired .

Countdown for CS, Haryana starts now
With the retirement of Satish Chandra Choudhary, Chief Secretary of Haryana, approaching fast, whispers have started doing rounds as to who would be the new CS. The 1977 batch IAS officer is retiring in April this year.

Krishna Choudhary appointed DG RPF
Krishna Choudhary has been appointed DG of Railway Protection Force (RPF). He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on Jan 22 and Feb 19 )

Rakesh Sethi gets vigilance clearance
Decks are now clear for the appointment of Rakesh Sethi as CMD of the Allahabad Bank. The Banking Ministry has received Vigilance clearance of Sethi. He is presently ED in the Punjab National Bank.

Selection interview for CMD, ALIMCO on March 4
PESB will hold interview for the post of CMD, Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) on March 4. The company comes under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. Presently G Narayan Rao is the CMD.

CBI still has two Jt Director level posts to offer
As against 18 sanctioned posts of Joint Director as many as two positions have been lying vacant with CBI.

IPS officer quits to contest election
A 1992 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Ajit Joy has resigned from service. He is likely to contest Lok Sabha election on the ticket of AAP from Thiruvananthapuram.


Banshidhar Sharma poised to be empanelled as DG, GoI
As the grapevine has it, Banshidhar Sharma is all set to be empanelled as Director General, Government of India. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre currently serving as ADG, BSF in Kolkata.

Will Mukesh Jain be CMD of UBI ?
ED of the Punjab and Sindh Bank ,Mukesh Kumar Jain , is likely to be appointed CMD of the United Bank of India to succeed Archana Bhargava.

Justice Rakesh Saxena to be new Chairman, MP Consumer Redressal Commission?
Justice Rakesh Saxena is being appointed Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Consumer Redressal Commission.

Saurabh Garg nominated Director, Central Bank of India
Saurabh Garg, Joint Secretary, PF II, Department of Expenditure, has been nominated as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Central Bank of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Retirement age of HMT MTL Board members increased to 60
The Government of India has approved increasing the age of retirement of Board members from 58 to 60 in HMT Machine Tools Limited (HMT MTL).

VRS package for HPE employees
The Government of India has approved the proposal for providing non-plan budgetary support of Rs. 181.54 crore for VRS at 2007 notional pay scales as one time relaxation of DPE Guidelines for all employees of Hindustan Photo Films Mfg. Co. Ltd. (HPF), Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu). This is a Central Public Sector Enterprise [CPSE] under the Department of Heavy Industry [DHI], Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (HI&PE).

Additional Compensation to FACT
The Government of India has approved the continuation of additional compensation to Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) (a PSU under administrative control of the Department of Fertilizers), an indigenous manufacturer producing Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers using Naphtha.

Arbind Modi promoted to CCIT grade
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Arbind Modi has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), CBDT. He is presently on foreign assignment to the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank.

Sukhraj Singh is Member State IC
Sukhraj Singh has joined as Member Madhya Pradesh Information Commission. He is former 1984 batch IPS officer .

90 IRS-IT officers get Selection Grade
As many as 90 Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre have been accorded Selection Grade (Non-Functional). The officers include: Vilas V Shinde, Uday Kumar Sardar, Pravena, Vinay Sinha, Sheo Dan Singh Bhadoria, Salil Mishra, Rohit Garg, Nidhi Sharma, Mohd Saloman Khan, Shaveta Nakra, Sanjay Pandey, Deepshikha Sharma, Ritesh Misra, Aashna Paul, Nimisha Singh, K Ramana Babu, Rajiv Kumar, S Rvai Shankar Narayan, Ashim Kumar Modi, Prakhar Viplava Gupta, Pravin Kumar Rawal, Manoj Kumar Mahar, R H Gohel, S R Desai, K C Mathew, R K Chaturvedi, D Ravi Kumar, R C Gupta, Horam Singh, Sachindra Das, Rajeshwar Prasad, C M Naik, M K Singh, Lata Sunder, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Braja Kishore Das, Roop Chand, V K Khanna, Ajit Kumar Khan, N A Joshi, Lal Philips, R K Gupta, Motilal Roy Burman, Krishna Kumar Das, D C Sharma, I Satish Kumar, R Dolly, Bhim Kunwar, K Venkataram, R N Sinha, R N Poonia, J S Ahlawat, A Tigga, A Kujur, G R Kokani, Pancham Lal Kureel, Madhu Kumar Julka, Kultej Singh, M S Minhas, D N Parekh, P P Kakade, Anuradha Ravi, Sanjay Dhariwal, Dharam Veer Singh, Sujit Kumar, Ajai Pratap Singh, Neelam Shukla, Satyasai Rath, Rajan Bahadur, P Praveen Siddharath, Susan Thomas, A S Kumbhar, Manish Sareen, Dr Sanjay Kumar Lal, Prakash Dubey,, Y P Verma, Vijay Kumar Jaiswal, T Prasanna Kumari, Vijay Babu Vasanta, Pradeep Kumar Meel, Raghuveer Singh Dagur, Rajib Jain, R Clement Ramesh Kumar, Deshmuk S vishwasrao, K Shyam Prasad, Umesh Chandra Mishra and Korra M Chouhan.

Former IAS officer joins BSP
Amal Kumar Verma has joined the BSP. He is former 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Six posts of DIG lying vacant in BPR&D
Six posts of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) have been lying vacant in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).

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

Post of Presiding Officer, DRT-I, Mumbai vacant
The post of Presiding Officer, Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT)-I, Mumbai has been lying vacant.

Six Directors including Chairman, IOCL to retire in 2014
The tenure of six Directors including Chairman in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is coming to an end in 2014.

Four IPS officers to get DG rank in Uttar Pradesh
Four IPS officers belonging to 1980,1981 and 1982 batch are being promoted to the rank of DG in Uttar Pradesh.

Manish Agrawal is now IG, Daman and Dieu
Manish Agrawal has taken over as IG Daman,Dieu and Nagar Haveli. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Pradeep Gupta joins as IG, Durg in Chhattisgarh
Pradeep Gupta has joined as Inspector General of Police, Durg range in Chhattisgarh. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

5 IPS officers shifted in Chhattisgarh
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Ratanlal Dangi has been appointed as Commandant 4th battalion, Chhattisgarh Armed Force, Raipur while Amresh Mishra will now be SP, Korba and Ramgopal Garg is SP, Balod. Besides, D R Paikara was made Commandant 8th battalion, Chhattisgarh Armed Force and B S Dhruv is being appointed as SP, Koriya.

9 IRAS officers transferred
As many as nine officers of Indian Railways Account Service (IRAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Railways. Accordingly, D K Dhusia has been posted to West Central Railway while Sharat Bhatia will officiate in SAG on South Eastern Railway and Ms Sumana Mohanty is being sent to Eastern Railway. Similarly, Angshuman Sarkar has been appointed to officiate in SAG on Eastern Railway; Ms Radhika Bhir shifted to CORE and appointed to officiate in SAG; Parimal Kasliwal shifted to North Western Railway; Bijay Kumar Mishra to officiate in SAG on East Coast Railway; Abul Hayat shifted to East Central Railwa to officiate in SAG and Gaitharei was transferred to South East Central Railway to officiate in SAG.

3 IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Three officials of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Dr Satya Pal Singh Bharia has been transferred as Joint Secretary, Medical Education Department, Jaipur while Naresh Kumar Thakral was made Secretary, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer and Babu Lal Meena will now be Commissioner, Colonization Department, Bikaner.

Members of MP IAS Association to donate one day's salary to relief fund (UPDATED)
The officers and members of Madhya Pradesh IAS Association have decided to donate one day's salary to the relief fund of State Government so as to overcome the natural calamity, which wreaked havoc on Rabi crops.

Head of Lokpal search committee quits (UPDATED)
In a major embarrassment for the government, Justice KT Thomas - the man heading the search for the nine members of the Lokpal or national anti-corruption ombudsman has quit his assignment.

4 IAS officers get additional charge in HP (UPDATED)
Four officials of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given additional charges in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Rajender Singh has been given an additional charge of Director, Information and Public Relations, Shimla while Dr. R N Bhatta was assigned the charge of Secretary, H P Public Service Commission, Shimla and Meera Mohanty will also be Special Secretary (Health), Shimla. Similarly, Ritesh Chauhan has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Controller of Stores and Director, Health and Safety Regulations, Shimla.

Two IRAS officers get posting (UPDATED)
J P Pandey, CORE, has been transferred to North Central Railway and posted as FA&CAO while Ms Anuradha Mukhedkar, West Central Railway, was posted as FA & CAO (CHOD) on Western Central Railway itself.

Naved Masood is also Secretary, Coal in GoI (UPDATED)
Naved Masood has been given an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Coal upto March 9, 2014. A 1977 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, Masood is Secretary in Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Two IAS officers shifted in West Bengal (UPDATED)
Amalesh Pathak has been appointed as Director, Pension, Provident Fund & Group Insurance while Niranjan Kumar will now be Special Secretary, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) in West Bengal.

3 IAS officers get additional charges in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Three officials belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given additional charges in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Vinod Ajmera has been given an additional charge of Chairman, Jaipur Metals and Electricals Limited (JMEL), Jaipur while Veenu Gupta will also be Chairman, Finance Commission, Jaipur and Hanuman Singh Bhati is also Director, Literacy and Continued Education, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

DEBATE

WILL AAP Party get fractured ?
There is a saying "If you want to start a journey of 1000 miles begin with a single step ". Will the AAP Party get fractured by running very fast ?
Mail your views to + mehrotra.suresh @gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

D K Sarraf assumes charge of ONGC' CMD
D K Sarraf, MD, OVL, has taken over the charge as Chairman & Managing Director, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited. He succeeded present incumbent Sudhir Vasudeva retired on February 28, 2014.
(We said this on July 30, Aug 30, 2013 and on Feb 19 & 25 , 2014)

Ms Nishi Vasudeva is new CMD, HPCL
Ms Nishi Vasudeva, Director (Marketing), HPCL, has taken over the charge as Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).
(We said this on Aug 21)

K S Popli takes over as CMD, IREDA
K S Popli, Director, IREDA, has taken over as CMD, Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA).
(We said this on Sept 5, 2013)

Dr A Karnatak joins as Director (Project), GAIL
Dr A Karnatak, ED, GAIL, has assumed the charge as Director (Projects), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL).
(We said this on Aug 16, 2013)

Kang ceases to be MD, Naraingarh Sugar Mills Ltd
Baldev Singh Kang has resigned as Managing Director of Naraingarh Sugar Mills Ltd w.e.f. February 22, 2014. However, he will continue to act as Director of the company.

Asifa appointed Company Secy. Kandagiri Spinning Mills Limited
Kandagiri Spinning Mills Limited has appointed Ms Asifa J. as Company Secretary .

Parikh resigns as Director (Finance), Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd
Ramesh Parikh has resigned as Director (Finance) of Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd

Roy Choudhury ceases to be CMD, HPCL
S Roy Choudhury has ceased to be Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) on attaining the age of superannuation

Parasuraman resigns as Director, Repco Home Finance Ltd
Mahesh Parasuraman has resigned as Director of Repco Home Finance Ltd w.e.f. February 28, 2014

Chakraborty appointed GM, Sofitel Mumbai BKC
Biswajit Chakraborty has been appointed as General Manager of Sofitel Mumbai BKC

Sarraf nominated as Director & Chairman, MRPL
D K Sarraf, Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC Ltd has been nominated as Director and Chairman on the Board of Directors of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) w.e.f. March 1, 2014

Garg appointed Non Exec. Director, SRS Ltd
SRS Ltd has appointed Ankit Garg as Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. March 1, 2014.

Shrinivas resigns as Director, Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd
Poonghat Shrinivas has resigned as Director of Uniroyal Marine Exports Ltd w.e.f. February 19, 2014

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DEBATE (1)

AAP has already generated the process of the Revolution the impact of which we are unable to gauge just because of our total alienation from the masses. The situation of February, 1977 are prevailing today. We should not be surprised if it bags 300 seats in the coming Loksabha Election in 2014. Amen

Ashwani Kumar

DEBATE (2)


Ten thousand mile journey starts with the first step (this is a Chinese proverb. Thousand-mile journey ends with first step (this is Indian proverb). AAP wanted to cover ten thousand mile journey with one step just like VAMANAN.

Rajendran


Those bashing against increasing retirement age to 62 should think clearly

India's GDP has come all the way from 10% to 4%. In addition with the current inflation, implementation of One rank, One pension for military and then with increasing India's debt and deficit and now implemented ultra populist measure like National Food Security Act, 2013 (also Right to Food Act) will make India bankrupt very soon. People should realize the fact that even the federal government is run on money not air. With the retirement of employees, the central government would have to pay the first lump sum and then pension. Where is the money going to come from? Either Reserve Bank starts to print money or begs again from World Bank and IMF.


Jose, Additional Secretary to Government of India (retd.)

Special attention to pensioners be given top priority

Special attention to pensioners may be given top priorities. Facilities like easy process of getting CGHS facilities, provision of one annual increment, one LTC for self and spouse every four or five years.

R K Bansal

To be tough with US is not easy

To be tough with US is easy said than done. Just think...has any country dared to act against them ?

Gautam

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