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BJP divided over Lokpal ?
The BJP is said to be divided over the appointment of Lokpal. While Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj is keen for the appointment Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley wants that the appointment be made during the new Government.

A question -heard in the AICC ?
One senior Congress leader asked an interesting question in the AICC "If Narendra Modi becomes PM, who amongst us will also rule the country ?"And no one opened his lips.

Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar to contest LS polls !
The Governor of Kerala Nikhil Kumar, who is a former Delhi Police Commissioner has resigned to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Aurangabad seat in Bihar, which he had won in 2004.
(We said this on October 26, 2013)

Sheila Dixit appointed Kerala Governor
Former Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dixit has been appointed as new Governor of Kerala.

Profit making CPSEs show growth 14.00%
Profit of profit making Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have stood at Rs. 1,43,559 crore during 2012-13 compared to Rs. 1, 25,929 crore in 2011-12 showing a growth of 14.00 %.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Revenue Secretary?
Who will succeed Sumit Bose on April 1 as Secretary Revenue? Names of 1978 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer R P Watal and 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre Rajiv Takru have already started doing the round.

Name of Justice Rohini cleared by Collegiums
Name of Justice G Rohini, senior-most Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court has been cleared by the Supreme Court Collegiums for the post of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

Ms Shakuntala Jakhu in fray for CS, Haryana ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Shakuntala Jakhu may be given as the new Chief Secretary of Haryana. She is 1978 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre. S C Choudhary, the incumbent CS, Haryana is retiring in April this year.

N Ahmed takes charge as Chairperson, NCM
Naseem Ahmed, former Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, is taking charge as the new Chairperson of National Minority Commission on Tuesday.

Railway Board Chairman's wings clipped
The Minister of Railways has finally put his foot down. Vide office order no 16 of 2014 issued on 3rd March all files relating to transfers/postings/promotions/deputations except those of ADRM/DRM/GM/Addl Members shall be submitted directly by the concerned Board Member to the Minister of Railways bypassing the CRB. The powers to transfer/post officers up to SAG has also been restored to the Board Members. This move apparently has brought immense relief to the entire officer cadre on the railways due to widely reported underhand dealings and discrimination that had been going on in establishment matters for some time.

Who will be ICFRE' DG ?
Who will be DG of ICFRE ? Tie is said to be between Vinod Ranjan 78 batch, JK cadre IFS and Dr Aswani Kumar, 80 batch, UP cadre IFS officer.

Orders of Ms Mondal for Director, NALCO expected next week
The orders of Ms Soma Mondal, GM, NALCO, for the appointment as Director (Commercial), NALCO Limited are expected to be issued in next week. The post has been lying vacant since July 19, 2013.

Appointment file of Navy Chief moved
Appointment file of the new Navy Chief has been moved by the Defence Ministry. Appointment of new Chief is expected this week.

10 posts of SP lying vacant in BPR&D
Ten posts of Superintendent of Police (SP) have been lying vacant in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).

Joint Secretary level post falling vacant in Planning Commission
A post of Advisor (Joint Secretary) is falling vacant in Planning Commission in Government of India upto March 2014.

PESB seeks applications for Director (P), IOCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Pipeline), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) falling vacant next year on February 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications before April 1, 2014.

Tenure of Bhasin will end this month
Tenure of Chairman of the FACT Lalit Bhasin is coming to an end by March 31. Who will succeed him ?.

D K Rao's resignation to be accepted soon
As the grapevine has it, Devrapalli Kishore Rao's resignation initiated in December last year has reportedly got Gujarat CM's clearance though informally. Rao is presently serving as member Secretary of State Human Rights Commission. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Appointment of Sethi in two weeks
Appointment of Rakesh Sethi as new CMD of the Allahabad Bank is expected to take place in two weeks.

Will Sanjay Latkar be appointed as CRPF of DIG ?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that Sanjay Latkar may be appointed as DIG, CRPF. The 1995 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre is presently serving as Additional Commissioner of Police, Maharashtra ATS. He is on inter-cadre deputation in Maharashtra since July 2005.

Two new Members of Prasar Bharti
Ms Deepa Dixit and Keshavan have been appointed Part-Time Members of the Prasar Bharti.
(We said this on March 4, 2013)

FSNL Headless since August 2012
The post of Managing Director, Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited (FSNL) has been lying vacant since August 23, 2012 with Antony Chacko joining HMT.

Two Members in PFRDA appointed
Two Members one Tiwari and another Bhandari have been appointed for PFRDA.

Justice Saxena appointed Chairman, MP Consumer Redressal Commission
Justice Rakesh Saxena has been appointed Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Consumer Redressal Commission.
(We said this on March 3, 2014 )

Mishra is new Ombudsman Banking in Odisha
Reserve Bank Chief General Manager Bijay Kumar Mishra has been appointed new Banking Ombudsman for Odisha.

Tenure of Irshad Hussain, Presiding Officer, DRT ending in April
The tenure of Irshad Hussain, Presiding Officer, Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Nagpur is coming to an end on April 14, 2014.

Girija Kumar looking after charge of NICL CMD
The charge of CMD of National Insurance Company Ltd. is at present with the General Manager & Executive Director A. V. Girija Kumar since the file of K Sanath Kumar is stuck up with the ACC. Kumar, General Manager and Whole-Time Director, The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., is the front runner for the coveted post.

Oil Officers body members keen to contest polls
The Indian Oil Officers Association has, through a PIL in the Supreme Court, challenged the government rules barring PSU employees from contesting elections. The Association has pleaded before the court - It was imperative that educated people were included in participatory democracy and that the regressive rules barring PSU employees from contesting polls violated the constitution. The writ has been admitted by Supreme Court.

7 IPS officers of 2010 batch get Senior Time Scale in MP
As many as seven officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) belonging to 2010 batch have been accorded Senior Time Scale in Madhya Pradesh. The officers are: Abid Khan, Gaurav Kumar Tiwari, Nimish Agrawal, Ashutosh Pratap Singh, Mohd, Yusuf Qureshi, D Kalyan Chakravorty and Siddharth Bahuguna.

U C Sarangi relieved to join as IG, NSG in GoI
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has relieved U C Sarangi of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Inspector General of Police in National Security Guard (NSG) in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of UP Governor, Joshi extended for second term (UPDATED)
The tenure of B L Joshi as Governor of Uttar Pradesh has been extended for a second term.

Bhardwaj is also Governor, Kerala (UPDATED)
H R Bhardwaj, Governor of Karnataka, has been given an additional charge of Governor of Kerala until a new Governor takes charge in the State.

Abhyanand is also DG, Home Guard in Bihar (UPDATED)
Abhyanand has been assigned an additional charge of DG, Home Guard and Fire Fighting Department. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

8 IPS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Hava Singh Ghumaria has been posted as DIG, Anti-corruption Bureau, Jaipur while Girdhari Lal Sharma will now be DIG, Armed battalion, Jaipur and Prafull Kumar is SP, Vigilance, Jaipur. Similarly, Mahendra Singh Chaudhary has been appointed as Commandant 5th battalion, RAC, Jaipur; Sanjay Kumar Kshotriya as SP, ACB, Ajmer; Ravi Datt Gaud as Deputy Police Commissioner, Jaipur Urban South and Ashok Kumar Gupta was made Deputy Police Commissioner, Jaipur urban north.

10 IPS officers of 1980 batch empanelled as DGP in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 10 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1980 batch and various cadres have been empanelled for the post of Director General of Police or equivalent in Government of India. The officers include: Rajiv Jain of Jharkhand cadre while Banshidhar Sharma and Surender Singh of West Bengal cadre and Mrs Archana Ramasundram and Anoop Jaiswal of Tamil Nadu cadre. Similarly, S N Jain of Rajasthan cadre; Navneet Rajan Wasan of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Pramod Kumar Thakur of Bihar cadre; Ahmed Javed of Maharashtra cadre and Ramesh Chand Tayal of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

2 IPS officers of 1980 batch empanelled for DGP equivalent post in GoI (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1980 batch have been empanelled for holding Director General equivalent post in Government of India. The officers are Atul Kumar Mathur of Assam-Meghalaya cadre and Narinder Pal Singh of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Navdeep Singh promoted to DGP grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Navdeep Singh has been promoted to grade of Director General of Police (DGP) in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Dr Chaudhary promoted to PCCF grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Surendra Singh Chaudhary has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Rajasthan. He is a 1981 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Joshi to be Additional Secretary Child and Women Welfare (UPDATED)
A V Joshi is being tipped to be new Additional Secretary Child and Women Welfare in the Government of India.

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

Jha takes over charge as MD, Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd
Sunil Jha has taken over the charge as the Managing Director of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd .

Panda appointed Govt Nominee Director, Oil India Limited
Subhasish Panda, Director (E-III), Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been appointed as the Government Nominee Director of Oil India Limited.

Prasad appointed Exec. Chairman, CCL Products (India) Ltd
CCL Products (India) Ltd has appointed Challa Rajendra Prasad as Executive Chairman of the company

Srishant appointed MD, CCL Products (India) Ltd
Challa Srishant has been appointed as Managing Director of CCL Products (India) Ltd

Three Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Ugar Sugar Works Ltd
Ugar Sugar Works Ltd has appointed Rakesh Vishwanath Kapoor, Sachin Rajendra Shirgaokar and Sohan Sanjeev Shirgaokar as Additional Directors of the company.

Pradhan resigns as Company Secy. DCM Ltd
Bhabagrahi Pradhan has resigned as Company Secretary of DCM Ltd .

Sharma appointed Company Secy. DCM Ltd
Mukesh Sharma has been appointed as Company Secretary of DCM Ltd .

Two Whole-time Directors re-appointed on Board of Trishakti Electronics & Industries Ltd
Trishakti Electronics & Industries Ltd has re-appointed Sagarmal Jhanwar and Suresh Jhanwar as Whole-time Directors of Trishakti Electronics & Industries Ltd w.e.f April 1, 2014

Balaji appointed Addl. Director, First Leasing Company of India Ltd
First Leasing Company of India Ltd has appointed K L Balaji as Additional Director of the company.

Prakash resigns as Director, of First Leasing Company of India Ltd
N Rajeeva Prakash has resigned as Director of First Leasing Company of India Ltd

Tarneja resigns as Independent Director, Gati Ltd
Dr Ram S Tarneja has resigned as Independent Director of Gati Ltd

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Shree Rang Mark Travels Ltd
Shibnarayan Das and Naresh Chandra Gupta have resigned as Directors of Shree Rang Mark Travels Ltd.

Patel ceases to be Director, India Polyspin Ltd
Ganeshbhai Patel has ceased to be Director of India Polyspin Ltd.

Akhramka resigns as Independent Director, Integra Garments And Textiles Ltd
Pramod Kumar Akhramka has resigned as Independent Director of Integra Garments And Textiles Ltd

Mankodi ceases to be Company Secy. Sagar Tourist Resorts Ltd
D M Mankodi has ceased to be the Company Secretary of Sagar Tourist Resorts Ltd.

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Shame on Government of India

It is shameful act of some Babu who created mess in CGHS working. From 7th March 2014 cashless services to CGHS beneficiaries are being withdrawn due to non-payment of bills. Most affected will be pensioners who will face hardship and trouble for their diagnostic tests and treatment in empanelled hospitals. Minister for Health &FW is so insensitive that neither he called for an explanation from DG,Health Services and Secretary H&FW nor issued any warning for not resolving the matter so long. The issue is well known for last one year. When Govt. is spending crores of rupees in so many schemes then what is problem in paying the bills to hospitals for services utilized by CGHS beneficiaries. Even Joint Secretary in PMO who looks after ministry of H&FW has not given brief about the problems being faced by CGHS beneficiaries otherwise the matter cannot go unattended by PM. What is solution? First, Is our Govt. really serious in providing cashless facilities to CGHS beneficiaries, if so then Minister for H&FW to take immediate action to resolve the problem by ordering to make payment due to empanelled hospitals and save CGHS beneficiaries from harassment specially pensioners. I hope Minister for H&FW will rise to occasion and find amicable solution.

N Prakash

Age Limit

As reported by you today, it appears that the Government have once again remained policy paralyzed with regard to the Retirement Age. It is not a figment of imagination that the DoPT did complete all the formalities in this regard as a precursor to the Cabinet decision. But, somehow, those opposing the move got the better of those in favour. The so called loss of employment opportunities to the youth is a myth as there are over 11% vacancies existing as of now which can not be filled up in one GO! The increase in the age would have provided the Govt to consider downsizing itself in real-time. But I am amazed at the Joke having being played on the employees whose hopes were raised. Would there be political repercussions since this is election time is any body's guess. Afterall, Employees, both in service as well retired, account for more than seven million PLUS their families!

Hope such blunders are not caused due to the Bal hat!

Ashok Sharma

Welcome decision

Welcome decision of the UPA government deciding against increasing the retirement age. This has reference to the whispers appearing on your website today that "It is almost certain that retirement age will not be increased". This would be a very good decision of UPA govt. as increasing the retirement age would have sendvery wrong signal to the youth of this country. Employment opportunites for the youth should be increased. If the govt. decides to retain outstanding officers beyond retirement age, that is already being done. Why retain majority of the inefficient officers beyond 60 years. In fact, there should be a through appraisal every year after 55 years to allow officers even continue upto 60 years.

SKS

Discrimination with IRS officers

It's nice that 1985 officers are getting DGP grade but the Govt of India is so callous that even 1979 batch of IRS is not in DGP grade. There is no concept of equality in India.

Sunil

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