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This is History (47)
Frederick II cared little for the anger of the Pope. He wrote long letters to all the princes and rulers of Europe, pointing out that the Pope had no business to interfere with the Kings; it was the business of the Popes to look after religious and spiritual matters and not to meddle with politics.

Who is backing Hardik Patel ?
The person who is emerging as a leader in Gujarat is Hardik Patel. Whose creation is Hardik Patel ? People say those who promoted Narendra Modi in Gujarat and are now opposed to him are now backing Hardik Patel. Any significance ?

12 channels on the verge of closure?
About one dozen channels, mostly news & current affairs, are on the verge of closure. Three have already closed. Reasons are said to be financial crunch and lack of government financial support. Some business houses who have invested huge amount have decided not to invest more.

$ could go up to Rs 70
Rising dollar is a real headache for NDA government. But experts have different opinion. They opined that dollar should go up to Rs 70/- and it should be stable.

Ronne waala ko ronna ka bahaana chahiye
Kuch doh toh rolla kuch na doh toh rolla!!
Isse kehte hai Maskaro ka tolla!!
Aur inn ke paas hai badha jhola!!
Mooh bhi khola aur jhola bhi khola!!

Sonia Aunty ke raaj mein jholle waalo ka tha raaj!!
Bekaar hai yeh aaj !!
Haatho mein inn ke ho rahi hai khaaj!!
Modi se ek dumm naraaj!!

Bihar package ke saath yeh bhi bataaya!
Paisa kiss ke liye hai aaya!!
Abh fikkar hai paisa kaha se aaya!!
Ek jhatke mein kyo bahut kuch Bihar ne paaya!

Abh exchequer leak nahi karta!!
Chor pe chor apni tijori nahi bharta!!
Abh harr chor hai darta!!
Desh ka paisa Desh ka kaam hai karta!

Note chaapna koyi paap nahi!!
Nahi hai koyi baath nayi!!
At least Choro ki note chaapne ki machine gayi!!
Bahut chori Desh aur humm ne sahee!!

Inflows will come in due course!!
8000 cr Discloure has come as per a source!!
Govt will net 5000 cr of course!!
Scare.. the law Govt will strictly enforce!

LAB ko karro paas,
Pataa nahi kyon Desh ki pragatti nahi aathi Cong ko raas,
Farmers will be shortchanged is bakwaas!!
From Lassi Cong wants to water down LAB to chaas!!

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

CBI probing against 100 IRS officers
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is reportedly investigating cases against more than 100 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) for their alleged involvement in corruption.

Major decision on OROP on August 28 ?
A major decision is expected to be announced about OROP by this month end. Probable date is August 28.

Vijay Shankar Pandey to be Secretary in GoI
Vijay Shankar Pandey is all set to join the Government of India as Secretary in the first week of September. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Karnail Singh- First IPS officer to become Director, ED
After two decades a non-IAS officer has been posted ED chief. Karnail Singh,an IPS of 1984 batch UT cadre officer is new Director,ED. It is said that before 1994 IRS & IPS officers were posted ED chief but after 1994 only IAS were posted Chief of ED.

J&K Chief Secretary, Iqbal Kandey quits IAS
Mohammad Iqbal Khandey, Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, has taken voluntarily retirement scheme (VRS) from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from September 1, 2015. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

B R Sharma to be new CS J & K
B R Sharma is being tipped to be new Chief Secretary of J & K. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.

Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Who will succeed Ravi Kant Chopra as DG, Defence Estate?
Ravi Kant Chopra, Director General of Defence Estate under the Ministry of Defence is retiring on August 31, 2015. He is a 1978 batch officer of Indian Defence Estates Service.

Devpreet Singh is new CIO,CBI
Devpreet Singh has been posted as Chief Information Officer cum Spokesperson,CBI. She is a1992 batch IIS officer and was on study leave. Her services has been placed with CBI on loan basis.

Kanchan Prasad posted as Director, DD news
Kanchan Prasad has been posted as Director DD news. She is an IIS officer of 1991 batch.

V K Singh selected as Director (Tech), NEEPCO
V K Singh, GM, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Tech), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 25, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Vacancy of regular CMD, BCCL arises
The post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) fell vacant with the end of tenure of incumbent Tapas Kumar Lahiry on August 7, 2015. N Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of CMD. Meanwhile, PESB has advertised the post seeking applications before October 8, 2015.

NK Nanda in race for Chairman, SAIL
NK Nanda, Director (Technical), NMDC Limited, is reported to be in race for grabbing the post of Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is reported to be holding interviews for the selection of Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on August 31, 2015.

Delay in order of Amitabh Mathur as Director (IS&P), BHEL
Why has the order for the appointment of Amitabh Mathur, ED, BHEL as Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) got delayed. A vacancy of this post is arising on September 1, 2015?

Profit of NSC scales down to Rs 5 cr after merger of SFCI?
Whisper has it that the profit of National Seeds Corporation Ltd. (NSC) has scaled down to Rs 5 crore for the year 2014-15 from Rs 52 crore for the year 2013-14 after merger of State Farms Corporation of India Limited (SFCI).

V Mohan to succeed Sharma as Director (Fin), NSC on Sept 1
V Mohan, GGM, TCIL, will be joining as Director (Finance), National Seeds Corporation Limited (NSCL) on September 1, 2015. He will succeed present incumbent MM Sharma whose tenure ending on August 31, 2015.

A R Karve assumes charge as Chief of Personnel
Vice Admiral AR Karve has assumed charge as the Chief of Personnel at Naval Headquarters. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the Indian Navy on July 1, 1980. After his initial sea appointments, he completed his specialization in Anti-Submarine Warfare in 1986 and has served onboard various frontline fleet ships.

Ajay Kumar Sharma appointed Ambassador to Republic of Mali
Ajay Kumar Sharma presently Ambassador of India, Pyongyang, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.

Orders of Vivek Kishore issued
Orders of Vivek Kishore for the post of JD, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, New Delhi have been issued. He is a 1999 batch UT cadre IPS officer and presently posted as DIG in Mizoram police.

Shashi Bala Srivastava goes to Bengaluru
Shashi Bala Srivastava, IDAS 1989 batch is going to Bengaluru as CDA in PCDA. Presently she is posted as C of A (Fly) Kolkatta.

RK Karna transferred to Udhampur
RK Karna of 1991 batch IDAS officer has been transferred from Joint CGDA Hq , New Delhi to IFA ( NC) , Udhampur.

Orissa CS Pati takes a firm line on taking MP, MLA complaints seriously
The Chief Secretary of Orissa, GC Pati has reportedly asked all the Secretaries to lend ear to the complaints and requests made by MPs and MLAs and dispose them within one month.

90 percent posts vacant in Doordarshan
With 90 percent posts in Doordarshan lying vacant, majority stations are without Station Directors.

Dinesh Kumar likely to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level
Dinesh Kumar, who did not enjoy central deputation during his 20 years of service, is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Dr. Sahni is DG, CSIR ?
Chandigarh based renowned Scientist Dr. Girish Sahni has reportedly been appointed Director General, CSIR. The post was vacant since December 2014. Dr. Sahni is presently posted as Director, Institutes of Microbial Technology.

Why an IRTS officer of SEC Railway is being harassed for 14 years?
Why is an IRTS officer of 1993 batch, Anup Kumar Satpathy being harassed for the charges, which are not proved and not-sustained? Satpathy, who is presently Divisional Safety Officer, Raipur in SEC Railway, has been suffering from traumatic condition for 14 years despite having been exonerated from the charges.

12 IAS officers of 2013 batch of WB cadre get postings in GoI
As many as 12 IAS officers of 2013 batch have been posted to various Ministries and Departments in Government of India after completion of phase -II training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. Accordingly, Mayuri Vasu has been posted to Animal Husbandry while Panicker Harishankar was posted to Health Research and Anshul Gupta was appointed to Higher Education. Similarly, Shama Parveen has been posted to IPP; Tshering Y Bhutia to Revenue; T Balasubramanian to Power; Nidhi Malik to Rural Development; Preeti Goel to Land Resources; Reena Niranjana to Urba Development; Rajat Nanda to Electronics & Information; Khurshid Ali Khadri to Ex-servicemen Welfare and Nitin Singhanaia was posted to Disaster Management.

HL Raichandani appointed Consul, Wana
Indian Foreign Service officer, H L Raichandani has been appointed Consul, Wana.

Mrs Innocent Divya appointed Dy Secretary to CM in TN
Mrs J Innocent Divya has been appointed Deputy Secretary to Chief Minister. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

13 CSS officers promoted to Deputy Secretary grade in GoI
As many as 13 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: S S Rana, Roshan Lal, M D Kumar, A N Jena, S K Verma, Jyoti Mathur, A K Sharma, Mam Chand, Narendra Kumar, Suresh Kumar, Ziley Singh Vical, Surender Kaur and Debendra Prasad Majhi.

Braj Kishore Ravi appointed as Adviser (Security), IOCL (UPDATED)
Braj Kishroe Ravi has been appointed as Adviser (Security) in the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

3 IFS officers shifted in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar Goyal has been appointed as APCCF, Forest Security, Jaipur while Rajesh Kumar Grover will be Secretary, Environment and Mohan Lal Meena is APCCF, Headquarter in Rajasthan.

Proposal of Arun Kumar Mehta for premature repatriation declined (UPDATED)
The proposal for premature repatriation of Arun Kumar Mehta, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change to parent cadre has been declined by the Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Sahni takes charge as Director CSIR (UPDATED)
Dr. Girish Sahni, who had been the Director, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh has assumed charge as the next Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, with effect from the 24th August 2015.

Rajesh Manjhu posted as Collector, Patan in Gujarat (UPDATED)
Rajesh Manjhu has been appointed as Collector, Patan in Gujarat. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Prashant Narain Sukul to serve as ROI, ICAO upto Aug 31 (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Prashant Narain Sukul as Representative of India (ROI) on the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada extended upto August 31, 2015.

Santosh Sarangi gets extension as Chairman, Tea Board (UPDATED)
Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Joint Secretary, Commerce, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, Tea Board for a period of three months. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ashutosh Sinha appointed as ED, FCI, Guwahati (UPDATED)
Ashutosh Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Executive Director (North-East) at Joint Secretary level in Food Corporation of India (FCI), Guwahati. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.

Proposal of central deputation extension to Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia declined (UPDATED)
The proposal of Mukhmeet Singh Bhatia for the extension of central deputation has been declined by the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Ratish Kumar selected as Director (Project), NHPC (UPDATED)
Ratish Kumar, ED, NHPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Project), National Hydero-Electric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) held on August 26, 2015. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.

UD Minister inaugurates IIT Roorkee - NBCC R & D centre (UPDATED)
The Union Minister for Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu, inaugurated IIT Roorkee-NBCC Research & Development Centre on Sustainable Civil Infrastructure at IIT Roorkee's Greater Noida Extension Centre (GNEC). Congratulating the initiative of NBCC & IIT Roorkee, the Minister stressed upon the need for Research & Development in today's environment and said that the innovation through constant research can only bring in faster infrastructure development of the Nation. In his welcome address, Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC, briefly outlined the objectives behind setting up this ambitious project and stated that the Centre would be extensively carrying out research, training, workshops and would look for constant innovation in construction technology and adoption of green/smart features in construction.

Ms Neerja Mathur joins as Member of JERC for Goa & UTs (UPDATED)
Ms Neerja Mathur has taken over as a Member of Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Goa & UTs.

Name of Anurag Shrivastava for CEO, CBFC cleared (UPDATED)
Name of Anurag Shrivastava, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, has reportedly been cleared for the appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

CORPORATE

Interview - Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC)
"Our business USP is Customers' Delight"

A blue-chip Government of India Navratna Enterprise, under the Ministry of Urban Development, National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC), stands out as a leader in the construction sector with more than INR 20000 crore Order Book in hand and counting and a consolidated revenue of INR 5000 crore. Winner of a number of awards because of its consistently extra ordinary performance, the Company has been receiving "Excellent" rating from Govt. of India consistently since 2004. "Our proven track record coupled with our achieved expertise and constant pro-active approach has made us think beyond the horizon, says the company's Chairman cum Managing Director Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal in conversation with our Chief Copy Editor Sujata Sharma.

Q. Your focus is more on new-age, green and modular buildings? Why so?

A. NBCC has traversed a long way since 1960 gaining all sorts of exposure in the field of construction and has successfully faced all challenges coming in its way. Today, the company stands at the zenith of its success and has become a brand in itself by comprehensively responding to the demand of the day. As I say demand of the day, I mean that sustainability in building construction incorporating Smart features and infrastructure tagged with environment care, has become the buzz word in our construction activity. This eventually points to the features such as green, new age, modular buildings which every individual, entity and the society at large demand today. Obviously, NBCC being in the business with all its expertise and exposures today, cannot afford to ignore the fact that when it comes to construction of buildings, habitat or similar infrastructure, sustainability is always the foremost concern which is again conditioned by new-age, green and modular features. So is our focus on the environment/ecology friendly structures adding all Smart green features that make these sustainable.


Q What are the challenges you face when dealing with your clients?

A. Our clientele profile primarily includes most of the Ministries of the Govt. of India, Govt. Depts., State Govts., Central & State PSUs, Autonomous Bodies and Councils etc. I must tell you in this regard that our business USP is Customers' Delight and that is the most important challenge before NBCC all the time, as far as our esteemed clients are concerned. Here, I have no hesitation in the first place, to put on record that because of its consistently good performance and proactive initiative towards fulfilling clients' requirements, NBCC carries a very high repute in clients' fraternity and has today, become the most sought after company amongst its peer group. However, with NBCC going new-age construction way, it sometimes, has to face, little hic-ups from some clients who carry a perception that if a building is good and smart, it will be expensive. Here, it becomes a challenge for NBCC to convince the client, particularly their finance departments, that it is not so. But let me further add here that the mindset of those clients is also changing fast, as they can now see for themselves, examples of so many such cost effective projects implemented by NBCC all across the country and counting.


Q What about your plans to rebuild the Parliament House?

A. Of late, NBCC, by adding innovative sustainable green and smart features in its building construction activity, have executed a number of new-age green government building projects in the country that include CBI HQ Building in Delhi; Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) Building at Manesar (Haryana); Redevelopment of huge New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex, New Delhi; Office Building of Coal India Ltd., Kolkata; CSOI Building, New Delhi; National Institute for Solar Energy, Gurgaon, Aykar Bhawan, Noida (UP); SIB, Kolkata etc. These were the outcome of our out of box thinking and were highly successful initiatives, giving a new dimension to the whole concept of building construction which is green, environment friendly and sustainable too. This proven track record coupled with our achieved expertise and constant pro-active approach has made us think beyond the horizon volunteering the idea of re-building our Parliament House in the style and concept of New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex, Delhi; Indian Museum, Kolkata etc. that NBCC has already implemented. New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex is a brown-field redevelopment project, the Company has already completed successfully, on a 105 acre land and now certified as the largest Green Home Complex of its kind in the country. The next huge one- a Rs.5000 crore East Kidwai Nagar-Redevelopment project, another brown-field project in Delhi, is presently under implementation by us for the Government.

Inspired by all these success in the field of redevelopment & rebuilding of brown-field and green field energy efficient projects, we have volunteered to rebuild Parliament House so that it gets a smart new look, with fixing of all its existing hazards developed over the past many years. However, I would say that, it is the Govt. who is to take a call in the matter. If assigned the responsibility, NBCC is, of course, very confident of coming up to the expectation.


Q How about your focus on Tier-2 cities?

A. NBCC has huge number of projects in PMC, Real Estate & Redevelopment and EPC segments pan-India, which include areas such as Health Care, Offices & Institutions, Transportation, Environment & Industrial, Misc. Infrastructure, Border Fencing, PMGSY, Power Projects, Commercial & Residential Real Estate/Redevelopment etc. As far as Real Estate is concerned, which is our focus area now, we are doing projects in metros as well as in some Tier-2 cities. Presently, apart from metros, NBCC has projects in cities like Alwar, Patna, Kochi, Jaipur, Khekra (UP), Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar etc. But our future plan is to focus more and more on Tier-2 Cities. As we work to a plan, we are now expanding our stake, based on the potential locations. That way, our forthcoming target locations include cities like Bhopal, Surat, Rajkot, Raipur, Ranchi, Dehradun, Pune, Nagpur etc. and also include some smaller cities such as Moradabad, Bareilly, Aligarh and so on.

Q Say something on your redevelopment plans in Delhi.

A. As you know, New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex, New Delhi, now certified as largest Green Home Complex of its kind in the country, is our first Redevelopment Project and is located in Delhi. This has been followed by the on-going Rs.5000 Crore East Kidwai Nagar Redevelopment Project, another Zero Waste Disposal Project of its kind. I would say that NBCC's highly successful redevelopment project of New Moti Bagh Complex has caught the imagination of the Govt. on new-age building infrastructure, opening up huge future opportunities for NBCC in the field of Redevelopment in the Capital Delhi and and in other States as well. As far as Delhi is concerned, there are three more Govt. colonies in pipeline for redevelopment by the Company and these include Netaji Nagar, Kasturba Nagar and Thyagraj Nagar. The proposals for approval of these projects are on fast track and are likely to mature soon. Apart from this, there are also plans to redevelop some old govt. Presses in Delhi on the same model as that of East Kidwai Nagar. Move is on and hopefully things shall be in place in quick time.

Q What is the contribution of the real estate business in the total revenue of NBCC? And how much funds have you earmarked for the real estate business?

A. Presently, it contributes to approximately 10-15 per cent of total revenue of NBCC. However, our target is to raise the Real Estate business in the range of 25-35 per cent in the next two to three years. If I have to say about earmarking of funds for Real Estate, I would put it this way, that, there is no such budgeting by us as of now. But, the practice is to invest the profits earned from the Rear Estate business into Real Estate sector itself. Also, some portions of the profits earned from other businesses are also invested in Real Estate. However, all these depend on the opportunities we get.


Q Would you please elaborate on your diversification plans?

A. Presently, NBCC has been operating in a unique business model, probably the one that no other company in the peer group has. It has three segments of operation i.e. PMC, Real Estate Development and EPC Contracting. Its PMC covers almost all areas of construction like Offices-Institutions, Roads, Bridges, Highways, Airports, SWM projects, Townships, Mass-housing, Hospitals & Medical Colleges, PMGSY, Border Fencing, Infrastructures for Para Military Forces & Misc. infrastructures etc.. Our Real Estate includes Commercial & Residential projects. Here, I would say that in an initiative to diversify in this segment, we have, of late, added Redevelopment of Govt. Properties which is a very significant move forward from our end and would remain as a key driving force for NBCC's future growth. Recently, NBCC has, of course, added another important vertical in its operation which takes care of Renovation & Reconstruction of India's Heritage Buildings. To this end, we have already successfully completed two projects, one named Indian Museum, Kolkata and the other is Museum of Moving Images (MoMI) in Mumbai. I may also add that NBCC has a massive plan to develop unused land properties of various sick PSUs and autonomous bodies and departments. You may be knowing that NBCC has recently signed MoUs with Air India and NAWADCO for development of their huge land banks spread across the country, for mutual benefit. Talks are also on for more such initiatives in future. In EPC, of course, we are executing all civil infrastructure works in power plants of various PSUs like NTPC, BHEL and others.

Q After the devastating quake in Nepal, what changes are you planning to make in your building construction policy?

A. First of all, my deepest condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred in Nepal sometime back. In fact, NBCC has already shown interest to the Government of India for it's participation in the rehabilitation work of earthquake ravaged Nepal. Now, as far as NBCC's building construction policy is concerned, I would like to tell you that my company has proven track record of constructing earthquake resistant buildings right from the beginning. That is to say that our existing building construction policy takes care of all the norms provided in the National Building Code. Moreover, whenever NBCC goes for constructing a building, it ensures preparing earthquake resistant design of the structure to be constructed. Further, I can add that NBCC strictly follows all the guidelines and procedures while constructing a building and therefore, the projects that we execute, are always earthquake resistant. You take any example of a building constructed by us anywhere in the country or overseas, and you would see, there is no instance ever that our building has collapsed due to earthquake. Therefore, as a responsible Govt. of India organization, NBCC has all construction imperatives in place in respect of its building construction policy.

Moorthy is new ED UBI
ED of the Bank of Baroda K Venkata Rama Moorthy has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Kolkata-based United Bank of India (UBI).

Kapoor re-appointed MD & CEO of Yes Bank Ltd
Yes Bank Limited has re-appointed Rana Kapoor as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer w.e.f. September 1, 2015

Patel appointed Addl. Director of LIC Housing Finance Ltd
LIC Housing Finance Limited has appointed Ameet N Patel as Additional Director of the company.

Chandra resigns as Chairman of Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd
Asim Chandra has resigned as Chairman of Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd

Ray appointed Independent Director of IFGL Refractories Ltd
IFGL Refractories Limited has appointed Ms Bharati Ray as Independent Director of the company

Karnik resigns as Independent Director of Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd
Kiran S Karnik has resigned as Independent Director of Sasken Communication Technologies Limited

Kaicker appointed Independent Director of Kotak Mahindra Investments Ltd
Kotak Mahindra Investments Ltd has appointed Ms Padmini Khare Kaicker as an Independent Director of the company.

Clark appointed Head (Digital Services) of NIIT Technologies Ltd
NIIT Technologies Ltd has appointed Graham Clark as Head of Digital Services

Manghani resigns as CS of Setco Automotive Ltd
Naveen Manghani has resigned as Company Secretary of Setco Automotive Ltd

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Good to train new IAS officers
It is a good idea to train new IAS officers at the centre in their initial training. It is well known that the Central Government functioning is far superior to the State Governments. It will add to the experience of fresh IAS officers. In many states also, IAS Probationers are attached to the Chief Secretary's office, to provide fresh officers with a bird's eye view for learning. As it is, in current batches, fresh IAS officers go to the states, rapidly unlearn all that the Mussoorie Academy imparts and start tangoing with the political masters. The Centre should also ask States to put in place Civil Service Boards in each state to decide on transfers and postings, with a proper transfer policy for the IAS (and even the IPS) when they are serving the states.
A K Singh

Complaints
Our country has a federal structure. We can only advise the states in the matter which fall in the State lists. We cannot enforce it. Some officials in centre are in the bad habit of yelling at the State Government officers very rudely. Some of these State Government officials have decided to complain it to their Chief Minister, especially of U.P., Bihar and Karnataka.
BBS

Need to structure govt.
Privatisation is the only solution of AIR India. Further, the Government should make a rethink whether there is a need to have so many Ministries & Departments in the Government. There is an urgent need to restructure the Government. When there is Steel Authority of India, then why Ministry of Steel? We should learn from the Railway Board. The Board and Ministry are one and the same thing. All transport Ministries/Departments should be under one fold.
Nick

Mismatched work distribution
This is regarding mismatched work distribution lamented upon by one technocrat. In case Technocrat turned bureaucrat is so obsessed about being posted in a ministry, not matching his technical caliber, why in first instance he joined nontechnical services. There are many other technical departments waiting for them, to show their mettle. It has been observed that even in technical departments, they have become purely non-sensitive to the professional hazards of a technical job. So what is the fun now in cribbing. So just go out & enjoy the life like your brethren in the services do. No more sobbing, Technocrats are there to take the burden, after all the things in the country are being run by professionals, Generalists are there to find faults only.
Bosidini

Restructure of steel PSU
The views published in this forum is very much required. It is den of corruption, fraud, regionalism, corruption, lobby. Govt should investigate the recruitments, the promotions, the temporary transfers, the deputations of kith and kin, the fast track promotions of TA's and PA's for the past 20 years. The lavish expenditure in metros, paying rents to the tune of several crores. There are 50 odd ED's 300 odd GM's, 6000 odd DGM's & AGM's. The referral medical expenditure to Escorts and CMC Vellore etc.0, should be investigated. Now this PSU is in loss of 300 odd crores in first quarter, but to cover up, they make hue and cry about market dumping. Merge all units and post excess manpower in plants. FAll projects should be reviewed.
Suyas

Will CAT working improve?
While I agree with Krishna Kant that present Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal is taking pains to streamline its working. Since he is a transparent & honest man therefore he is trying to make the system clean. But there are too many contempt petitions. It seems no one is afraid of authority of CAT. Why Government Department not implementing CAT orders. Chairman is bit easy going on erring Government officers who are not implementing CAT orders. He should be strict. It is also given fact that there is too mych of taareekh pe taareekh........pe taareekh ..... Let us see what remedial measures the Chairman will take. He has good intentions & wants to improve working of CAT. But question is will he be able to do it?
V Raghuraman

No leave for 158 trainee IAS officers
I do not know whether views of experienced IAS officers were taken by DOP&T before issuing orders. State governments can also attach incoming IAS officers to their ministries.
An IAS officer

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