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POLITICS

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Dress code of Narendra Modi !
There is a curiosity in the political and bureaucratic circles as to who decides the dress code of Prime Minister Narendra Modi." One should learn dress code of only from Narendra Modi", they feel.

BUREAUCRACY

Surjit Kumar Chaudhary appointed as Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, Secretary, National Commission for Minorities, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mohanty appointed new Secretary, Higher Education
Satyanarayan Mohanty, Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mrs Johri appointed Secretary, Disinvestment
Mrs Aradhana Johri, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Subburaj appointed as Secretary, Pharmaceuticals
V K Subburaj, Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Sidhu appointed as Secretary, Justice
Ms Kusumjit Sidhu, Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Tripathi appointed as Secretary, Public Enterprises
Kapil Dev Tripathi, Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Vijaykumar appointed Secretary, DoNER
R Vijaykumar, Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of DoNER. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Takru appointed Secretary, National Commission for Minorities
Rajiv Takru, Secretary, Ministry of DoNER, has been appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Minorities. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ms Singh is new Additional Secretary in CVC
Sonali Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary (JS level) in Central Vigilance Commission. She is 1987 batch ICAS officer.

Sudhir Kumar is JS (Administration) in CBDT
Sudhir Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Administration), CBDT, Department of Revenue. He is a CSS officer.

Joshi returns to parent department
A.B. Joshi ( IPoS: 1979), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development has returned to the parent Department of Posts.

Vandna Kasrekar and R K Mahajan to be Judge of MP High Court
Orders of the appointment of Senior Advocate of Indore Vandna Kasrekar and R K Mahajan DJ in Mandsaur as Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court are expected to be issued by the end of this month.
(We said this on July 15, 2014)

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Gujarat
As many as nine officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, Dr Vinod R Rao has been appointed as Collector, Vadodara while Mrs Avantika Singh Aulakh will now be Collector, Bharuch and Sagale Sandip J is Collector, Narmada-Rajpipla. Similarly, Dr Rahul B Gupta has been appointed Joint Secretary, Law and order, Home Department; D G Patel as Municipal Commissioner, Junagarh MCJ; B K Tacker as Joint Secrtary, Forests & Enviornment; Ms Praveena D K as District Development Officer, Kheda-Nadiad; C V Som as MD, Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd and Dr S Murali Krishna was made MD, Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd, Gandhinagar.

Makkar appointed as OED, Bank of Baroda
Prem Kumar Makkar has been appointed as Officer Employee Director (OED) on the Board of Directors of Bank of Baroda for a period of three years.

Post of CMD, Coal India Limited advertised
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Coal India Limited (CIL) lying vacant since June 26, 2014. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before October 29, 2014.

Rajeev is new JS in Atomic Energy
R A Rajeev has been appointed Joint Secretary (Finance) Atomic Energy in Mumbai. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Rao is JS, Defence Production
J Rama Krishna Rao has been appointed Joint Secretary Defence Production. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Praveen Prakash is now JS, Urban Development
Praveen Prakash has been moved from HRD to Urban Development as Joint Secretary. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

R K Singh moves from Petroleum Ministry
R K Singh Joint Secretary Petroleum has been moved to the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Kumawat is new JS Revenue
Uday Singh Kumawat has been appointed Joint Secretary Revenue in the Government of India. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Anil Kumar Singh is JS Power
Anil Kumar Singh has been appointed new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of pOWER. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anupama moves as JS S & I Research
G Anupama has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Anupama is 1991 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Sanjay Jaju moves to GoI
Sanjay Jaju is joining the Government of India as Director (Finance and Administration ) (JS Level) National Highways Connectivity Company. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Biswas is new Development Commissioner (Handicrafts)
Samir Kumar Biswas has been appointed Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Rajit Punhani is new JS Home
Rajit Punhani has been appointed Joint Secretary Home in the Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Panwar is JS Child and and Women Welfare
Ms Manisha Prasad Panwar has been appointed Joint Secretary Child and Women Welfare in the GoI. She is 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ms Joshi appointed Joint Secretary, New & Renewable Energy
Ms Varsha Joshi has been appointed Joint Secretry, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy in Government of India. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ms Khati appointed as Joint Secretary, Steel
Ms Urvilla Khati has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel in Government of India. She is a 1986 batch IRPS officer.

Prashant Kumar Singh posted as MD, NCCFIL
Prashant Kumar Singh has been appointed as Mangaing Director, National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limted (NCCFIL) under the Department of Consumer Affairs. He is a 1933 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

Sandhu appointed Joint Secretary, Higher Education
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Higher Education in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ranjan appointed Joint Secretary, Higher Education
Rakesh Ranjan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Higher Education in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

Goyal appointed Joint Secretary, Higher Education
Shashi Prakash Goyal has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Higher Education in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Makwana appointed Joint Secretary, MHA
Hitesh Kumar S Makwana has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Sandeep Pondrik appointed JS, Petroleum & Natural Gas
Sandeep Pondrik has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Rajan appointed Joint Secretary, Defence
Ms Surina Rajan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Bedi appointed Joint Secretary, School Education
Ms Satbir Silas Bedi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy in Government of India. She is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Prasad appointed Joint Secretary, Water Resources
T V S N Prasad has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Prasad appointed Joint Secretary, Water Resources
Ms Amita Prasad has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Ms Singh appointed Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy
Ms Nisha Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy in Government of India. She is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Dilip Kumar appointed Joint Secretary, MHA
Dilip Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Dr Ammed appointed JS, Pharmaceuticals
Dr M Ariz Ammed has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ashok Pal Singh appointed JS, Disinvestment
Ashok Pal Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Disinvestment in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPoS officer.

Himanshu Kumar appointed JS, Defence
Himanshu Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Niranjan Kumar Singh appointed JS, Mines
Niranjan Kumar Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Sinha appointed Deputy Election Commissioner
Umesh Sinha has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner (JS level), Election Commission of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Pant appointed JS, Pharmaceuticals
Sudhansh Pant has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Manohar Sane appointed JS (Fin), Space, Bangaluru
Chintamani Manohar Sane has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Fin), Department of Space, Bengaluru. He is a 1993 batch IA&AS officer.

Mishra appointed Member (Fin), Central Ground Water Board
S K Mishra has been appointed as Member (Fin), Central Ground Water Board under Ministry of Water Resources. He is a 1984 batch IRS-IT officer.

Singh appointed JS, Petroleum & Natural Gas
U P Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

I S Chahal appointed JS, Women & Child Development
I S Chahal has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ms Bhatnagar posted as JS (Security), Cabinet Secretariat
Ms Arti Bhatnagar has been appointed as Joint Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat. She is a 1990 batch IDAS officer.

Manoj Kumar Singh posted as JS, Environment & Forests
Manoj Kumar Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Khera appointed JS, Defence Production
Bharat Harbanslal Khera has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra appointed JS, Commerce
Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ali Raza Rizvi appointed JS, Health & Family Welfare
Ali Raza Rizvi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Gopal Krishna Diwivedi appointed JS, MHA
Gopal Krishna Diwivedi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Meena is now DDG CAPART
Joint Secretary Revenue M L Meena has been appointed DDG CAPART. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Samariya is new JS Fertilizers
Heera Lal Samariya has been appointed Joint Secretary Fertilizers in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Arbind Modi posted as CCIT in Principal CCIT office, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Arbind Modi has been appointed as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region after return from deputation.

Amit Yadav is also Chairman, DTL, IPGCL/PPCL, CMD, DPCL in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Amit Yadav has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, DTL, IPGCL/PPCL and CMD (DPCL) in Government of Delhi. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Services of 11 IAS officers affected in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Sudhir Kumar Shrivastava will remain Divisional Commissioner, Basti while Sadakant also remains as Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Planning, Child Development and R P Arora was retain in the same place as Divisional Commissioner, Devipatan, Gonda. Besides, the transfer orders of Sanjiv Saran and Jivesh Nandan were cancelled. Kumar Kamlesh has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Rural Engineering Department; Mahesh Kumar Gupta was given additional charge of Principal Secretary, Small Scale Industries Development; Yogesh Kumar will remain as Chief Development Officer, Lucknow; Pushyapati Saxena as Special Secretary, National Integrating Department; Mrs Pushpa Singh as Special Secretary, GAD and Arun Vir Singh was made Additional Commissioner, Commercial, Gautam Buddh Nagar.

R K Srivastava selected as CMD, AAI (UPDATED)
R K Srivastava has been selected for the post of Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 25, 2014. As many as ten persons were interviewed for the same. Jha is an IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

CORPORATE

Two Independent Directors cease to be on SAIL Board
R S Sharma and D K Mittal have ceased to be Independent Directors of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)

Ghosh appointed MD, TAI Industries Ltd
TAI Industries Ltd has appointed Rohan Ghosh as the Managing Director of the company.

Ms Tanna resigns as Addl. Director, Swan Energy Ltd
Ms Dhamishta Tanna has resigned as Additional Director of Swan Energy Ltd .

Swaminathan resigns as Independent Director, DHP India Ltd
Vijay Swaminathan has resigned as Independent Director of DHP India Ltd

Pillay ceases to be Non-Exec. Nominee Director on Board of Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd
Rajeevan Pillay G has resigned as Non-Executive Nominee Director of Indian Bank on the Board of Directors of Indbank Merchant Banking Services Ltd

Dalal appointed Independent Director, Kapashi Commercial Ltd
Kapashi Commercial Ltd has appointed Varsha Praful Dalal as Independent Director of the company.

Ms Bagwe appointed CS, Kapashi Commercial Ltd
Ms Pooja Paresh Bagwe has been appointed as Company Secretary of Kapashi Commercial Ltd.

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"No PSU Staff , No Consultants in Ministries"

Taking staff from PSUs is ill-advised. Working mostly at lower echelons ,the borrowed staff owe allegiance to PSUs as their pay-masters. Hired on contract basis, the staff is deployed by ministries on sensitive duties. Ministries of Power, Petroleum, Heavy industries, Steel, Coal, Telecom, Civil Aviation etc are flooded with such staff. Min. of Finance enjoy hospitality from public sector banks and MHA from para-military forces. An RTI could be filed with DOP&T to know the actual strength of such " guest staff ". Ministers in former Congress-led government followed the unwritten practice of getting " informal staff " from ministries they headed along with entitled quota besides appointing staff from industrial and banking utilities. There was huge corruption, misuse of government facilities, tale-carrying and leakage of classified data on policy matters . Hired on contract basis, such staff and officers are not liable to disciplinary action under Conduct Rules.

Modi took the right step of prior screening of staff of present ministers. He should now impose a total ban on all GOI ministries and departments on taking staff on loan basis. These must make-do their requirement from existing strength. Further, the present digital age calls for pruning the staff / officers' strength in ministries by disallowing appointment of Consultants post- retirement.

A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)

Do all officers have prior exposure

Keshkamat finds all in other services as incompetent to handle a GoI post, because they are not having appropriate exposure. Have all senior officers presently working in GoI had a prior exposure in the department which they are handling now, along with the donkey and mule department. The empanelment procedure is designed and implemented by IAS offices only and Keshkamat has difficulties with that. He finds that basic concepts are wrong and the system is opaque and it is punishing people who are not at fault. He can go through the other feed back given below his own and would know what others have to say about the bureaucracy of our country which is considered as the worst in the world. Majority of this high level bureaucracy belongs to this esteemed service.

This feedback is an example of limited vision. The complaint is against everything which is personally unfavourable. Be it empanelment procedure or other services. I am glad that the new Government wants to induct private people. This will further expose such people who are enjoying the comforts of life in the protective outer layer of a cocoon.

Avalokan Drishya

All are equally capable of handling senior level posts

The IAS is meant to serve the state Governments where posts are encadred in the IAS. On the other hand, senior positions at the Centre are open posts which are manned by officers from all Services. These are not encadred. Most Joint Secretary and above posts at the centre are manned by IAS officers only because the empanelment process is deliberately designed to exclude others by hook or by crook. As it is, all Services recruited through the common Civil Services Examination are generalist services and not technical and all are equally capable of handling senior level posts as much as the IAS and they do, too. For the record, in recent memory, IA&AS officer Jung has been Secretary Civil Aviation earlier, so has IRS officer Krishnamurthy been Secretary, Corporate Affairs.

Vijay Kumar

Unreachable email addresses

Most of the email addresses on the website of Director General of CGHS are unreachable.

Radha Ranjan Dash

Babus are selective

Who said that babus are clearing all files promptly. They are doing it selectively for which minister's are interested. one file went to dope from min of I&B on August 14, 2014 and not cleared till date regarding DPC of SAG. From JAG.

Sadhana

Condition of Ministerial Staff worse

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital is situated in New Delhi and Autonomous Body of M/o H& FW. There is worse condition of Ministerial Staff. No chance of promotion, no cadre, no better pay-scales no DPC etc. only old posts. Staff can't get their Seniority List time to time. Like other ministries promotion can be centralised in another ministries/ departments. PM should do something for Ministerial Staff of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital

Harjeet

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