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POLITICS

It will be between BJP and AAP!
It is believed that the Congress is not a threat to AAP, the real threat to this party is from the BJP.

Is Congress campaign directionless?
At a high-profile party a seasoned journalist made a comment "Congress campaign is directionless and no one knows the intentions of the party".

Who is planning to damage Modi in BJP ?
Who is planning in the BJP to rock Narendra Modi' s boat ? Political observers are keenly watching this game.

BUREAUCRACY

Amitabh Kant to be new Secretary of IPP
Amitabh Kant is being tipped to be new Secretary of Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Anup Pujari to be new Secretary of Mining
Anup Pujari is being appointed new Secretary of Mining in the Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

A B Joshi appointed Additional Secretary, Women & Child Dev
A B Joshi has been appointed Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development in the Government of India. Joshi is a 1979 batch IPoS officer.
(We said this on March 5 )

Navin Kumar Choudhary appointed JS, Defence
Navin Kumar Choudhary has been appointed Joint Secretary Defence. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
(We said this on February 21)

Pradeep Yadav denied repatriation by GoI
Tamil Nadu cadre 1992 batch IAS officer Pradeep Yadav has been denied repatriation to his parent cadre. He is Joint Secretary in the Department of Pharmaceuticals.

Ex IAS to contest against Ex IFS
Former IAS officer K.P. Ramiyah is going to contest against the Ex IFS officer Meira Kumar from Sahsaram in Bihar. Ramiyah 1986 batch IAS officer has resigned recently to contest election on the JDU ticket.

Justice Gokhle retires
Judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice H L Gokhle has retired on Friday.

Sibi George awarded for Excellent Foreign Service
Sibi George has been conferred with 'S K Singh' award for Excellent Foreign Service rendered in Saudi Arab. He is a 1993 batch Officer of Indian Foreign Service.

Justice Ray transferred to Odisha HC
Justice BP Ray of the Kerala High Court has been transferred to the Odisha High Court.

Pranay Sahay appointed Member in Tripura
Former CRPF DG Pranay Sahay has been appointed Member of the Tripura Police Accountability Commission. He is 1975 batch retired IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

D K Rao to contest elections from Andhra on YSR Congress' ticket
It is no longer a whisper now that Devrapalli Kishore Rao is all set to hit the Lok Sabha polls on YSR Congress' ticket in Andhra. The 1980 batch IAS officer is currently serving as Member Secretary; Human Rights Commission, scheduled to retire in June 2015.

Ferka gets ACS rank in Himachal
V C Ferka has been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary in Himachal Pradesh. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Sahu is back to Tripura
B K Sahu is back from central deputation to the parent Manipur-Tripura cadre. On return 1992 batch IAS officer Sahu has been appointed Principal Secretary - Fisheries.

DoPT seeks applications for Member Secretary, NPPA
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Member Secretary, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). Those willing to apply for this Joint Secretary level post can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing circular.

ECI seeks deputation of CCS officers for Lok Sabha polls
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought deputation of 57 Assistants of Central Secretariat Service and 43 UDCs capable of handling computers and able to manage the general election to Lok Sabha till June 1, 2014.

Tenure of 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.

46 CSS officers promoted as Directors in GoI
As many as 46 Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officers have been promoted as Directors in Government of India. They are - Dr R K Agrawal, A K Singh, M N Sukumaran, J Sriraman, Thanglemlian, Subrata Das, Suraj bhan, Hari Pal, Maya Prakash, J K Mehra, S B Mandal, S P Katnuaria, Mary B Barla, Khatchin Langel, L Thangen, Vijay Ramjohan, Ajit B Chavan, S K Chakrabarty, Arun Kumar, Marwaha, Rattan L Raichandani, Manjit Kumar, Dr Harmeet Singh, L Haokip, T V Dinesh, Pratap Singh, Harish Chander, Jeevan Sharma, M Ramakrishnan, Rakesh Kumar Maggo, Om Prakash, Mukesh Chaturvedi, V Krishnaswamy, Geetha Sundarajan, Anil Uniyal, Jagdish Kumar, H S Nanda, Anil Kumar Madan, V Ramkumar, K L Nandwani, Ram Mohan, Amar Mudi, V K Chopra, V C Chaturvedi, Ajay Kanoujia, P Mohanadasan and Som Nath Gupta.

Services of Behar as Advisor to Delhi CM discontinued
The Government of Delhi has discontinued the services of S C Behar as Advisor in the office of Chief Minister. He is a retired IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

SAIL CMD C S Verma visits GSL (UPDATED)
C S Verma, Chairman Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) visited Goa Shipyard Limited on 06th March 2013. This was the maiden visit of Verma to GSL, since he took over as the Chairman SAIL. During the visit, Chairman SAIL had discussions with RAdm (Retd) Shekhar Mital NM CMD GSL on areas of mutual cooperation as well as issues pertaining to improving productivity in PSUs and CSR. Chairman SAIL, who is also the Chairman SCOPE, was conducted around the shipyard and apprised of the shipbuilding, ship repair activities and the expertise available at GSL. Verma was also apprised of the GSL modernization plan and progress thereof. Later, Verma visited the largest NOPV INS 'Sumedha' , indigenously designed in house and built by GSL for the Indian Navy. Noteworthy that, SAIL is one of the largest state-owned steel producers and one of the top steel makers in World. The company manufactures and supplies special grade steel for construction of warship. Entire steel used in Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) has been supplied by SAIL. Verma expressed satisfaction on GSL's capability to design and build sophisticated and high value ships like Mine Counter Measure Vessels and lauded GSL's efforts in upgradation of the Shipyard to meet the future defence requirements.

2 IAS officers get additional charge in HP (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been given additional charges in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Priyati Mandal has been given an additional charge of Additional Director, RD and ex-officio Special Secretary, RD while Kanshi Ram Bharti will also be Special Secretary (LAC), Shimla.

Orders of Nandita Gupta as Special Secretary cancelled (UPDATED)
The additional charge orders of Nandita Gupta as Special Secretary (LAC) have been cancelled by Government of Himachal Pradesh. Gupta is a 2001 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

Kundan Krishnan shifted as SP (Def), Special Branch in Bihar (UPDATED)
Kundan Krishnan has been transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police (Defence), Special Branch, Patna in Bihar. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Bihar Cadre.

2 IFS officers transferred in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Yogendra Kumar Dak has been posted as Secretary, Environment Department, Jaipur while T Mohan Raj will now be Deputy Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, Udaipur.

Ekka posted as Commissioner, Housing Board in AP (UPDATED)
Benhur Mahesh Dutt Ekka has been appointed as Vice Chairman and Housing Commissioner, AP Housing Board in Andhra Pradesh with full additional charge of Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Rajiv Swagruha Corporation Ltd. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Major shifting of 52 IAS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as 52 officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Narendra Kumar Sinha has been posted as Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Patna while Vijay Prakash was made Principal Secretary, Department of Transport, Patna & State Transport Commissioner and Shishir Sinha will now be Mining Commissioner, Principal Secretary, Mining & Geology Department, Patna and Managing Director, Bihar State Development Commission Limited. Similarly, Rajesh Gupta has been appointed as Commissioner, Purnia Range, Purnia; Amarjeet Sinha as Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Patna; Sunil Kumar Singh as Additional Member, Revenue Board, Patna & Departmental Investigation Commissioner, General Administration Department, Patna; Subhash Sharma in General Administration Department, Patna; Shashi Shekhar Sharma as Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Patna; Arun Kumar Singh as Principal Secretary, Track Construction Department, Patna & Managing Director, Bihar State Track Construction Corporation, Patna; ELSN Bala Prasad as Commercial Tax Commissioner & Secretary, Commercial Tax Department, Patna; R K Mahajan as Principal Secretary, Education Department, Patna; B Pradhan as Managing Director, Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation, Patna; Sudhir Kumar as Departmental Investigation Department, General Administration Department, Patna; Anshuli Aarya as Secretary, Bihar Child Rights Protection Commission, Bihar; Vivek Kumar Singh as Principal Secretary, Environment & Forest Department, Patna; Dr Deepak Prasad as Principal Secretary, Food & Consumer Rights Protection Department, Patna; Amrit Lal Meena as Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department, Patna & Principal Secretary, Sugarcane Industry Department, Patna; Pratyaya Amrit as Secretary, Energy Department, Patna, CMD, Bihar State Power (Holding) Company Limited and Secretary, Information and Communication Department, Patna; Raajit Punhani as Departmental Investigation Department, General Investigation Department, Patna; S Siddharth as Secretary, Village Work Department, Patna & Secretary, Public Grievance, Ministerial Secretariat, Patna; S M Raju as Secretary, Rural Development Department, Patna; Deepak Kumar Singh as Secretary, Water Resources Department, Patna; Chanchal Kumar as Chief Executive Officer, Bihar Foundation, Patna; Harjot Kaur Bamhara as Secretary, Cattle & Fishery Department, Patna and Director, Disaster Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Department Society, Patna; Hukum Singh Meena as Secretary, Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, Other Backward Classes and Severe Backward Classes Welfare Department, State Minorities Commission and Registrar, Associate Councils, Patna; Sandeep Paundrik as Secretary, Urban Development & Housing Department, Patna; Arvind Kumar Chaudhary as Managing Director, State Food and Civil Supply Corporation, Patna and Executive, Bihar State Track Construction Corporation, Patna; N Vijay Lakshmi as Commissioner Patna Range, Patna; B Rajender as Secretary, Resource, Finance Department, Patna, Secretary, Expenditure, Finance Department Managing Director, Bihar State Industrial Area Development Authority, Bihar State Basic Infrastructure Development Authority and Bihar State Industrial Development Corporation, Patna; Anand Kishore as Executive Director, Bihar Health Committee, Patna and Secretary, Health Department, Patna; Pankaj Kumar as Secretary, Planning & Development Department, Patna; Santosh Kumar Malla in General Administration Department, Patna; Sanjeev Hans in General Administration Department, Patna; Ramroop Singh as Commissioner, Kosi Range, Saharsa; Upendra Kumar as Commissioner, Saaran Range, Chhapra; Sanjay Kumar Singh as Secretary, Registrar, Product and Liquor Prohibition Department, Patna; Vinay Kumar additionally as Executive, Bihar State Co-operative Bank,Patna; Neelam Gupta additionally as Managing Director, Bihar State Women Welfare Corporation, Patna; Shridhar Chiribolu as Project Director, Bihar Rural Livelihood Project, Director, Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation, Project Director, State Rural Livelihood Mission and Commissioner, Self-Employment, Rural Development Department, Patna; Sanjay Kumar Agrawal as District Magistrate, Gaya; Sarvanan M additionally as Managing Director, Beverage Corporation, Patna; Bandana Preyashi as District Magistrate, Madhubani; Lokesh Kumar Singh as District Magistrate, Champaran; Abhay Kumar Singh as District Magistrate, East Champaran; R Lakshman as Managing Director, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited, Patna; Balamurugan as Managing Director, North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited; Aadesh Titimare as Director, COMFED and Additional Mission Director, Bihar Administrative Reform Society, Patna; Dharmendra Singh as Executive, Market Committee; Aditya Kumar Das as District Magistrate Jahanabad; Mohd Sohail as Joint Secretary, Water Resource Department, Patna; Animesh Kumar Parashar as District Magistrate, Kishanganj and Rajeshwar Prasad Singh as Additional Executive Officer, Bihar State Rural Road Development Agency, Patna.

CORPORATE

Rakesh Sharma is new MD and CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank
Rakesh Sharma has been appointed MD and CEO of the Lakshmi Vilas Bank.Prior to this he was with the State Bank of India.

Iyengar resigns as Group CFO, Shrenuj & Company Limited
Venkatraman Iyengar has resigned as Group Chief Financial Officer of Shrenuj & Company Limited

Sawant appointed Group CFO, Shrenuj & Company Limited
Shridhar Sawant has been appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of Shrenuj & Company Limited with immediate effect

Goel appointed Addl. Director, Out of City Travel Solutions Ltd
Out of City Travel Solutions Ltd has appointed Ms Madhu Goel as an Additional Director of the company .

Synghal resigns as Nominee Director, GEI Industrial Systems Limited
Sanjiv Synghal has resigned as Nominee Director of GEI Industrial Systems Limited w.e.f. March 7, 2014

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Planted Whispers !

I am writing this letter with a heavy heart but with a heavier sense of duty and responsibility that I have imbibed as a citizen, who has been fortunate to serve the public for over four decades. I have a great respect for you because of the faith that you are impartial & fair. To the horror of the faithful like me, I find even a sacred information sharing site like yours, can be manipulated by vested interests. Fairness, truthfulness, and unbiased parameters that are expected to be the governing principles of information sharing to public seem to have vanished and replaced by "planted whisper" to settle the personal score by vested interest through unsubstantiated, frivolous and motivated information against the higher officials. In this connection, I would like to invite your attention to the whispers "Railway Board Chairman's wings clipped"..Such a whisper is Infact murder of truth. The truth is- CRB on very first day of assuming the charge i.e on 01.07.13 gave a suo moto note/proposal to Minister of Railways to take away the powers from him (power to transfer the officers) and instead delegate it to the concerned Members. This single document speaks of his bonafide intention. I am sure your inner conscience will prick you for posting a planted and false whisper, and thereby, committing the sin of maligning an innocent officer and leveling false allegations of "underhand dealing" in transfers. On such proposal initiated by CRB on his own, and that too, on the first day of assuming the charge (on 01.07.13) , MR had ordered (on 6.07.13) to continue with the existing system for some more time. And finally on 3rd March 14 , order was issued with some changes. That is the truth. I have made an honest attempt to hold up a mirror to you, it is for you to look into it and introspect for corrective actions, if any. The minimum I expect that you would publish the correct information to repair the damage at least to some extent.

R.K.Singh

Withdrawal of cashless facilities for CGHS beneficiaries?

It is cozy business for DG, CGHS - Addl. Secretary rank officer of Government of India - who is not bothered for his own work. CGHS beneficiaries specially pensioners are suffering for getting the treatment in empanelled hospital. Even Minister of H&FW is not bothered about the beneficiaries problem. He is not trying to resolve the problem thru mutual discussion and taking decision about the payment to be made to hospitals and other issues as raised by the association of the empanelled hospitals. It is whole business of DG, CGHS to coordinate the activity in this regard but there is no accountability for his work.


N Prakash

Congress Rahit Bharat in the making !

Congress lead UPA government seems to have left the goalpost by withdrawing cashless facilities to the pensioners from CGHS approved hospitals. When TRS refused to merge with Congress in Telengna, media reported that Congress did a self goal by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. But by withdrawing facilities of taking treatment from the recognised pvt. Hospitals, it has taken away the goal keeper from the goal post leaving it open for the opposition parties to score as much goals as these could. Congress party is not going to get votes of pensioners for sure. Even majority of the serving employees may not vote for Congress. We had never seen such a mess. Even God would not spare this party. Modi may be true that it becomes a Congress Rahit Bharat.

N K DAS. Dwarka, New Delhi

IRS is next only to IAS

In the civil services rank IRS used to be next only to the IAS .for example the topper of customs in 1995 had 54th rank, the topper of 96 customs had 56 th rank in the civil services ,much above many IPS officers and IFS officers .the whole batch closed around 130 rank whereas other services who are promoted much earlier began at around 25o rank . Now if rank is the criteria to treat the IAS as superior, why cant the IRS be treated as next only to the IAS in promotions ? Why should CPOs be compared with the IRS which begins career at the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel and not as Assistant Commandants. It's totally against the concept of NBR that officers having inferior ranks are promoted before officers having superior ranks .

Sunil

May his soul rest in peace !

Dr JS Sarma while serving as JS in the MoRD was the Architect of PMGSY. He had done a lot for India, in particular for the Rural Development. May his soul rest in peace.

Vanlal Duhsaka

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