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This is History (34)
Fresh water runs on, and if you stop it, it becomes stagnant. So also is it with the life of man and life of a nation.

Odisha CM - a subject of research ?
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik should be a subject of research as he has overcome both - the Congress and the BJP.


Leakage of PDS kerosene is 41%
As per the Report of the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) of October, 2005, total leakage is estimated at 38.6% of total sale of PDS kerosene and as per Economic Survey 2014-15, estimated leakage of PDS kerosene is 41% of the total allocation of PDS Kerosene made to States/UTs for the year 2013-14.

Eight states fully rolled out CCTNS
Many states are adopting Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS). Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Delhi, Karnataka, UP and Haryana have fully rolled out CCTNS project. Out of 14,324 Police Stations in the country, approximately 11,000 Police Stations are using CCTNS Software for registration of FIRs. Out of this, about 9,000 Police Stations registered 100% FIR through this system only.

DEBATE - Bureaucracy under NDA rule better !

Modi government has completed one year in office only recently and the perception about the functioning of bureaucracy, atleast, at the central level has started changing with the majority claiming that it is better under the present rule than the previous regime even as, many say that there is no change in working of bureaucracy.
Whispersinthecorridors.com has asked its surfers – Whether functioning of the bureaucracy under the present rule better ? And the majority of them said that it was ‘certainly better’ than what it used to be under the UPA regime.
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BUREAUCRACY

New TRAI Chairman to take charge on Monday
Newly appointed Chairman of TRAI, RS Sharma will take over charge on Monday. He is a former 1978 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Kaushik Rakshit selected as Director (Fin), HIL
Kaushik Rakshit, GM, NSC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL), at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 7, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Rakesh Garg is also Secretary, Electronics & IT
Rakesh Garg has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology. He is a 1980 batch IAS office officer of UP cadre.

Ashok Kumar appointed Joint Secretary, Commerce
Ashok Kumar has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce. He is a CSS officer.

Prakash appointed Joint Secretary, DoPT
Prakash has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training. He is a CSS officer.

Moti Lal appointed Joint Secretary, Water Resources
Moti Lal has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources. He is a CSS officer.

Raghavender appointed Joint Secretary, IPP
G R Raghavender has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. He is a CSS officer.

Rajneesh Tingal appointed Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Rajneesh Tingal has been appointed Joint Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat. He is a CSS officer.

Sushi Taishete appointed Joint Secretary, Petroleum
Sushma Taishete has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. Taishete is a CSS officer.

Ashwani Kumar appointed Joint Secretary, Agriculture
Ashwani Kumar has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Agriculture & Cooperation. He is a CSS officer.

Subha Thakur appointed Joint Secretary, Urban Development
Shubha Thakur has been appointed Joint Secretary, Urban Development. Thakur is a CSS officer.

Sanjeev Jindal appointed Joint Secretary, Prasar Bharti
Sanjeev K Jindal has been appointed Joint Secretary in Prasar Bharti. He is a CSS officer.

Aparna Sharma appointed Joint Secretary, HRD
Aparna S Sharma has been appointed Joint Secretary in Human Resource Department. Sharma is a CSS officer.

Koyal and Singh back to Odisha
Two IPS officers who were on deputation to the CBI, Mssrs Yatindra Koyal and Sanjay Singh are now back to parent Odisha cadre after completion of deputation tenure.

Mrs. Usha Chandrasekhar repatriated to parent cadre
Mrs. Usha Chandrasekhar, Central Vigilance Commissioner, National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC), Hyderbad, has been given premature repatriation to parent cadre. She is a 1983 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Sreeshan Raghavan returns to parent cadre
Sreeshan Raghavan, Joint Secretary in the Department of Bio-Technology, has been repatriated to parent cadre on completion of his central deputation on August 31, 2015. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Orissa cadre.

Mrs. Tilotma Verma appointed Additional Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
Mrs. Tilotma Verma, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed Additional Director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. She is a 1990 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

IAS officer appointed Registrar in Lokayukta office
For the first time 2003-batch IAS officer PC Jaffer has been appointed Registrar, Lokayukta in Karnataka.

Three IAS officers shifted in Telangana
Rahul Bojja has been appointed Collector, Hyderabad while Dr Yogita Rana was made Collector, Nizamabad and D Ronald Rose is Collector, Medak in Telangana.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana
As many as seven IAS officers have been transferred in Haryana. Accordingly, A K Singh has been appointed Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance, DG, Training and Inquiry officer, DG, Science & Technology while Sandeep Garg will now be DG, Industries & Commerce, Chief Executive, Khadi & Village Industries Board, Advisor, Civil Aviation and Chander Parkash is Transport Commissioner and MD, HAFED. Similarly, Rajbir Singh has been appointed as Secretary, Monitoring & Coordination and Commissioner, Rohtak and Hisar division; Rajeev Ranjan as Secretary, GAD & Administrative Reforms, DG, Social Justice & Empowerment; Vijay Singh Dahiya as MD, Agro Industries Corporation Limited and Vikas Yadav was made Director, Tourism and MD, Tourism Development Corporation.

Four 4 IRS-IT officers get postings
Anu J Singh has been appointed OSD in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi 2 while Aparna Karan was posted as OSD in the office of Principal CIT, Patna and Prabhjot Kaur is OSD in the office of Principal CCIT, Bhopal. Besides, RK Gupta was posted as Joint CIT in the office of Principal CCIT, CCA, Delhi region.

MOD to procure 56 transport Aircraft
Ministry of Defence has a proposal to procure 56 transport aircraft as replacement for the ageing fleet of Avro aircraft through 'Buy & Make' route has been accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC). Out of these, 40 aircraft will be manufactured in India by an Indian Production Agency (IPA) from the private sector.

M.Phil & PhD in Disaster Management
Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) will start M.Phil and PhD programmes in Disaster Management for the first time in India. The National Institute of Disaster Management NIDM will be providing financial assistance amounting to Rs 4.14 crores (@ Rs. 1.38 crore per annum, to JNU over a three year period i.e. 2015-16 to 2017-18 to start the said courses.

Kovind appointed as Bihar Governor (UPDATED)
Ram Nath Kovind has been appointed as the Governor of Bihar.

Vrat appointed as Himachal Governor (UPDATED)
Acharya Dev Vrat has been appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

Amrit Lugun appointed as Ambassador to Republic of Sudan (UPDATED)
Amrit Lugun, presently Ambassador of lndia, Sa'naa, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Sudan. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer.

12 IRS-IT officers at Principal CIT level transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted at different regions in the grade of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax. Accordingly, Amaresh Chandra Shukla has been posted as PCIT-2, Nasik while Narendra Prasad Sinha was posted to PCIT (C)-2, Delhi and Rajani Kanth Gupta was made PCIT-3, Surat. Similarly, Ashok Kumar Sinha has been appinted as PDIT (Inv), Patna; Ajai Das Mehrota as PCIT-6, Ahmedabad; Himanlini Kashyap as PCIT, rohatak; Ajanajya singh as PCIT, Haldwani; Gadi Venupgal Rao as PCIT, Rajamundry; Anuj J Singh as PCIT-9, Chennai; Chita Ranjan Pati as PCIT(C)-2, Chennai; Nitya Nand Mishra as PCIT-13, Kolkata; Suresh Singh Panwar as PCIT-8, Delhi' Thanghminguan tonsing Prasad as PCIT,NOIDA; Subashree Anantkrishnan as PCIT-6, Hyderabad; Rakesh Mishra as PCIT-31, Mumbai and Patanjali was posted as PCIT (C), Bhopal.

M.K.Iyer to be sworn on Monday ? (UPDATED)
M K Iyer is likely to be sworn in as Member of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on Monday.

Mrs B Radhika returns to cadre, posted as Director, SCRB (UPDATED)
Mrs B Radhika has returned to her parent cadre and been posted as Director, State Crime Record Bureau (SCRB), Odisha. She is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

2 IPS officers get postings in Odisha (UPDATED)
Sanjeeb Panda has been appointed as Inspector General, SAP Cuttack while Mrs S Shyni was made DIG, SWR, Koraput in Odisha.

CORPORATE

Aggarwal resigns as Director of NRB Industrial Bearings Limited
Kaushal Aggarwal has resigned as Director of NRB Industrial Bearings Limited

Bahuva resigns as CS & GM (Legal) of INOX Leisure Limited
Miket Shashikant Bahuva has resigned as Company Secretary and General Manager (Legal) of INOX Leisure Limited

Shah resigns as Independent Director of Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd.
Prakash Shah has resigned as an Independent Director of Gulf Oil Corporation Limited

Kiri appointed CS of Transformers And Rectifiers (India) Ltd.
Transformers And Rectifiers (India) Limited has appointed Rakesh Kiri as Company Secretary of the company.

Bajaj resigns as Independent Director of Shoppers Stop Limited.
Avnish Bajaj has resigned as Independent and Non Executive Director of Shoppers Stop Limited

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"Is Parliamentary democracy a waste of time ? "

Both houses of Indian Parliament wasted the monsoon session without legislation. Proceedings are being washed out, day after day, amidst sloganeering and placards waving by Opposition MPs, smiling and chuckling at Treasury benches. Is this the Parliamentary democracy, we are proud of ?

A K Saxena (A retd. civil servant)


Restructure of steel sector PSUs

It is the need of hour. The steel sector PSU's should be restructured because of corruption, frauds etc. Units of RINL, Bhilai, Chandrapur, Bhadravati, Salem, Cochin, etc. should be merged under RINL. Others are Under SAIL. Units head quarters under sail located at Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi etc. should be relocated at Ranchi. CMO should be trimmed. Make SAIL organization structure should be pyramid type and presently inverted pyramid. KPMG report should be disclosed. appraisal system of sail should be totally revamped as developed corrupt, frauds, casteism, regionalism, and TA's, PA and promotes gets benefitted. Bring honest, sincere and qualified and suffered to top and investigate all forged age certificates and qualifications and take action against. Investigate all lateral level appointments since 1994 onwards.

Retd. EXE

Pro-criminal sentiments

On 'Pro-criminal sentiments a bane' by Kumar. What great service the Punjab police was doing yesterday by beating the three kids after taking their clothes off. If they were at fault how taking off their clothes will help the victim? First police to have to be impartial in dealing with the weak and the influential. Why people with connection get bails and acquittals? And do they have power of a judge to do instant justice?

Prakash

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