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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (78)
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Subject of Research ?
September, 2014- NDA Government, Judiciary and Ministry of Law and Justice !

DEBATE

What is the character of Narendra Modi ?

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming the third most followed world leader on Twitter, next only to US President Barack Obama and the Pope, he is being discussed everywhere so much so that people have started comparing him with world leaders of the past. "Is Modi Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt or Churchill" ?

What is your opinion ? Mail it to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

BUREAUCRACY

Sunil Arora to join as Secretary, Skill Development
Sunil Arora is joining the Government of India as Secretary - Skill Development in the Government of India in a couple of days. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. This newly created Department is the dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Appointment proposals sent to ACC in bulk
The Ministry of Coal is reported to have sent around half dozen proposals of appointments in various Boards of Coal PSUs to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval.

Mohapatra to join GoI
Guruprasad Mohapatra is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary in acouple of months. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Verghese Cherian selected as Director (HR), IOCL
Verghese Cherian, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Human Resources), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 2, 2014. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same

(We said this on Sept. 2, 2014)

Iyer appointed Senior Adviser, World Bank
S V Iyer has been appointed as the Senior Adviser - in charge of the Infrastructure Development for India - in the World Bank. It is learnt that this senior level appointment follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking the world Bank President to generously support his vision for a resurgent India with Information, latest know-how and funding. Iyer is a former 1981 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Girish Dayalan relieved to join Punjab cadre
Girish Dayalan has been relieved by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir for joining the Punjab cadre. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Mohapatra takes charge as IG, North Sector, CISF
A N Mohapatra takes charge as IG (North Sector) CISF on promotion. The CISF cadre officer previously served as DIG (CISF) West Zone-II.

Batham is now ADG in BSF
An eminent Hindi poet and writer, M L BATHAM, I.G. B.S.F., 1976 batch (B.S.F. cadre), has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General. The outstanding officer is a recipient of President Police Medal for distinguished service, Police Medal for meritorious service, Pandit Govind Vallabh Pant award, Indira Gandhi Raj Bhasha award and NHRC award for creative writing.

IAS postings in Madhya Pradesh
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ashok Kumar Singh has been posted as Collector, Sagar while D D Agrawal will be Deputy Secretary, Mantralaya and Madhukar Agneya is Collector, Bhind. Similarly, Vinod Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Collector, Agar-Malwa; Mrs G V Rashmi as Collector, Neemuch; Vikash Narwal as Collector, Katni; Ganesh Shankar Mishra as Additoinal Collector, Harda and Mrs Shanmukh Priya Mishra was posted as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Harda.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Assam on the anvil
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that as many as four SP rank IPS officers may be transferred and posted in Assam. Reportedly, Upper Assam district is set to get new SP.

Sunil Garg to be IG Goa
Sunil Garg is all set to take over as IG Goa Police. He is 1991 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Sanjay Sorey appointed Director, Custodian in GoI
Sanjay Sorey has been appointed as Director in the office of Custodian under the Ministry of Finance. He is a 1997 batch ICLS officer.

Pavan Kumar Gupta posted as Director, Agriculture & Cooperation
Pavan Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Director in the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 2000 batch ITS officer.

Ms Kalpana Narain appointed Director, Public Enterprises
Ms Kalpana Narain has been appointed as Director, Public Enterprises in Government of India. She is a CSS cadre officer.

Dr Preeti Srivastava posted as Director, Tourism
Dr Preeti Srivastava has been appointed as Director, Tourism in Government of India. Dr Srivastava is a CSS cadre officer.

Nikhil Varma relieved to join as Deputy Secretary, Economic Affairs
Nikhil Varma has been relieved to join as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance. He is a 2005 batch IRS-IT officer.

Sanjay Agrawal gets posting as IG, CM Security in Rajasthan
Upon return from central deputation, Sanjay Agrawal has been appointed as Inspector General (IG) in the Vigilance and Security office of Chief Minister in Rajasthan. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Srivastava posted as Chairman, Delhi Fin Corp
S K Srivastava has been appointed as Chairman, Delhi Financial Corporation in Delhi Government. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Arun Goyal relieved to join Govt of Mizoram
Arun Goyal, who is serving in Government of Delhi, has been relived to join Government of Mizoram. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

Two IAS officers get additional charges in Delhi Govt
Dharam Pal has been given an additional charge of Financial Commissioner while Amit Yadav was entrusted with the charge of OSD Power in Delhi Government.

RM Johri posted as PAG, Account, Shimla
RM Johri, on return from leave, is posted as Principal Accountant General (Audit), Himachal Pradesh, Shimla. He is a 1989 batch IA&AS officer.

3 IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Naveen Raj Singh has been posted as Managing Director, Mysore Paper Mills Limited, Bangalore while P S Vastrad will now be Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare and Ayush Services and B M Vijayshankar is Commissioner for Employment and Training, Bangalore in Karnataka.

6 IAS officers get Selection Grade in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been accorded Selection Grade in Bihar. The officers are: Pradeep Kumar, Sudhir Shrivastava, Rajendra Prasad Ojha, Prabhat Shankar, Raman Kumar and Parshuram Mishra.

Vinay Kumar is also Project Director, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation in Bihar (UPDATED)
Vinay Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of Project Director, World Bank sponsored Rural Water Supply & Sanitation and PHE in Bihar. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

3 IAS officers transferred in Haryana (UPDATED)
R R Jowel has been appointed as Principal Secretary, SC,OBC Welfare while Devender Singh will also be Chief Coordinator, Investment Promotion Centre, New Delhi and Anurag Agrawal is MD, Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation and MD Financial Corporation in Haryana.

Ashwani Soni joins as Director (Proj), EIL (UPDATED)
Ashwani Soni, ED, EIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Project), Engineers India Limited (EIL).
(We said this on Feb 14, 2014)

Promotion orders of Ms Geetha Nair to Deputy Secretary cancelled (UPDATED)
The promotion orders of Ms Geetha Nair from Under Secretary to the grade of Deputy Secretary in Government of India have been cancelled on her own request. She is a CSS officer.

M Venkatesh selected as Director (Ref), MRPL (UPDATED)
M Venkatesh, GGM, MRPL, has been selected for the post of Director (Refinery), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 3, 2014. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Chopra ceases to be Part-time Non Official Director, Indian Bank
Amarjit Chopra has ceased to be Part-time Non Official Director of Indian Bank w.e.f. August 29, 2011.

Jorapur appointed Chief HR Officer, Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Hero MotoCorp Ltd has appointed Sanjay Jorapur as Chief Human Resources Officer of the company.

Paliwal appointed CS, Syncom Healthcare Ltd
Syncom Healthcare Limited appointed J C Paliwal as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. August 30, 2014

Kumar resigns as CS, Omax Autos Ltd
Sanjeev Kumar has resigned as Company Secretary of Omax Autos Limited w.e.f. August 25, 2014

Kumar resigns as CS, EMCO Ltd
Praveen Kumar has resigned as Company Secretary of EMCO Limited w.e.f. August 30, 2014

Lohia resigns as CFO, Star Ferro and Cement Ltd
Om Prakash Lohia has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Star Ferro and Cement Limited w.e.f. August 28, 2014

Venkatesh ceases to be Nominee Director, 3i Infotech Ltd
N S Venkatesh has ceased to be Nominee Director of IDBI Bank on the Board of Directors of 3i Infotech Ltd.

Agarwal appointed Director, Jay Mahesh Infraventures Ltd
Jay Mahesh Infraventures Ltd has appointed Sandeep Agarwal as Director of the company.

Thakur appointed CS, Kusam Electrical Industries Ltd
Kusam Electrical Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Kunjal Thakur as the Company Secretary of the company.

Bandwadekar appointed Addl. Director, Dalal Street Investments Ltd
Dalal Street Investments Ltd has appointed Sudhir Shankar Bandwadekar as an Additional Director of the company

Hsieh ceases to be Independent Director, Bharti Airtel Ltd
Tsun-yan Hsieh, an Independent Director has ceased to be Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd w.e.f. September 1, 2014

Goenka designated as Independent Director, National General Industries Ltd
National General Industries Ltd has designated Ms Abhilasha Goenka as Independent Director of the company

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Distorting facts

Those who have stage managed the Natural resources of Indian Economy for their self-benefit again attacked to distort the facts in the temple of law & justice and confuse the mass by blaming system instead punishing the culprits through CBI investigation against those who misused the system to favour.

Vimal

Why Indian railways running in loss ?

This is the reason why Indian railways are running in loss. I have heard G M level taking away entire furniture and fixtures of the bunglow on retirement and still the matter was kept in cover

Kumal

' 20 CGHS Centres to cater to public '

Union Health Minister unveils a scheme for senior citizens.......

Heartiest congratulations Dear Health Minister,

This exactly, we the pensioners of CGHS have been suggesting to you for long. Kindly ensure that all CGHS buildings , dispensaries, wellness centres and hospitals with its army of Doctors with all equipments, machines, drugs, lock stock and barrel be from now onwards used only for general public.

All existing CGHS beneficiaries be attached to private empanelled hospitals of their choice for everything OPD, Indoor, minor major surgeries all medical procedures diagnostics everything absolutely no relationship whatsoever with CGHS. CGHS from now onwards should cater to only and only general public which has absolutely almost nil zero health care.

To start with CGHS beneficiaries who are pensioners in the first instance be attached for all services. Gradually all the existing CGHS be fully detached from CGHS and attached to empanelled hospitals of their choice Still if you have any reservation in the first instance like the pilot project of 20 existing CGHS wellness centres you have opened for general public, you attach government pensioners of 60 % years age and more to the empanelled hospitals of their choice for each and every ( A to Z ) medical and health care service. Absolutely no link with CGHS whatsoever. This is 100 percent possible with its enabled services. Believe your pensioners who served their entire life with you and also the private hospitals.

Once you decide to do all this, you will get blessings of all senior citizens.

Will wait for such news.

Sooner than later

ML Chauhan (Govt Pensioner above 65 yr)

Health Minister increasing miseries of CGHS

Health Minister seems not able to adjust himself with new Government and taking baseless decisions causing problems many. There has been a case of AIIMS now creating problems in working of CGHS. At present CGHS centres are not able to handle existing beneficiaries and give attention to their health problems. Opening CGHS centres to general public looks taking decision like one ruler shifting capital from Delhi to Devgiri, promoting bronze and copper coins without any success. The request was to allow CGHS beneficiaries of pensioners category for direct consultation in Private empanelled hospitals and Minister decided otherwise giving more trouble to exiting beneficiaries. Why Minister has not made these arrangements opening time window 1pm to 3pm in Govt. Hospitals like RML, Safdarjung, AIIMS, Jaiprakash Narain for Sr. Citizens of general public? HM further created problems by reversing the order of earlier HM of UPA Govt. issuing medicines for those suffering from diabetes, hypertension, heart problems, cancer effected etc. and having stable treatment from two months to one moth giving some baseless excuses. Now beneficiaries will make number of trips to CGHS dispensary to get the medicines for stablized treatment which is prescribed by specialist for longer period. Let the good sense prevail and CGHS beneficiaries are not affected.

N Prakash

First 100 days of the Narendra Modi government - An early assessment

It is important to take a review of progress every now and then for any activity. Moreimportantly for Government in India where expectations are running very high with the new Government.

A society used to waiting for a miracle cure for all ills is a difficult customer to service for any Government. Moreover, the myriad channels of formal and informal communications have made the environment heavy with expectations.

Therefore taking a stock of achievements after 100 days of the Government is not? an easy task. The question to ask is - what can a Government possibly do in 100 days as compared to what the Government has done?

In the first few months of its regime, the Government can make its priorities clear either by making announcements or by policy actions or by both. The new government seems to have made its priorities clear especially with the budget and more importantly during the independent day speech of the Prime Minister.

It was evident from the beginning that the Prime Minister of India is going to break many conventions to do what is right for the country. Even at the time of his inauguration ceremony, he called the heads of the neighbouring countries. It was unprecedented and was opposed by many within his party and also by various heads of states. However he realised that if we need a well functioning democracy and prosperous high growth economy, we need to have good relations with our neighbours.
Subsequently, he also visited many neighbouring countries personally to give a comfort to them about India's priorities.
Given the pronouncements and subsequent policy and executive actions including Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojna, the new government is trying to take up some extremely ambitious but achievable ?projects in time bound manner. The opening up of banking sector to entire population is a welcome step. However the scale of execution has been mind boggling. In a single day, on August 28, on the launch day of Prime Minister's Jan Dhan scheme, more than 1.5 crore bank accounts were opened. The target of achieving 7.5 crore accounts is expected to be completed in five months instead of six months as originally planned.

The scheme provides a bank account, a debit card, an insurance of upto Rs. 1 lakh (additional Rs 3 lakhs if one opens an account before January 26,2015) and overdraft facility upto Rs. 5000. On its own, the scheme looks huge. However when you look at it as a part of the larger framework of providing direct subsidies and help to poor in urban and rural areas, you start admiring the way the breath taking vision of reaching out to every Indian - especially poor and helpless Indian directly - has been worked out in a step by step.

Ashish Chauhan, MD & CEO BSE

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