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Akbar managed to gather around himself many efficient lieutenants who were devoted to him.

Middleman culture has no place under Modi regime

With the Middleman culture being totally eliminated in the top echelons in the corridors of power under Modi regime, mediators now have no place at the centre.


State of the Nation....

My day off and I'm enjoying watching TV and my Cuppa ....in walks Bahadur ...domestic help ...and just keeps standing ....

Me: (translated for convenience)... What do you want ...if you want to watch TV just do it sitting ... get your tea here ... is your fav WWF Wrestling on..

Bahadur: No Sahab ji... from today I'm on strike ...

M: Why what happened ...did Madam get angry with you.. ... did Napoleon snap at you ..

B: Nahi Sahab no problems ...its bahar ka issue .... you see Cops have arrested the Servant in the house you call Ajeeb Bangla (the paint job outside) for robbery ...we are protesting his arrest..

M: Isn't he the guy who wanted to do part time washing of neighbor's cars ...but you advised neighbor to say no... you said he's a thief....and you adviced me to be careful if he came to me ..

B: That's okay ....but we are protesting as this guy was like a Dadaa amongst us...

M: But he's a thief .... is there truth in what the Cops have charged him...

B: (whispering)...Yes....

M: So then why protest ....he's giving you guys a bad name. ..

B: Boss you know that Neta's servants who loiter outside all the time ... well they are friends with this Dadaa and they said their Boss has advised ...new way to stop law in India is to protest ... and with protest make wild allegations .. we will say Ajeeb House guy has gambling sessions inside....

M: He does play Bridge ...but no gambing...I think it's gonna backfire badly ...now you don't get involved ....stay in the background ...you can be on strike for them.. but work inside or I will kick you so hard you will land in Nepal ( I've brought up this guy and is like a kid to me)...

I take a Cab to go to the Market...

Cabby: Sir ji from tomorrow we are going off the roads. .. strike

Me: Now what happened ...

C: Traffic Police are coming out with new rules ...the rules are good and will be good for us and customers ...but they are not agreeing to withdraw/cancel all the previous Cases/Challans against us...

Me: Aren't you guys being unfair ... some of the Cases/Challans would be for serious offences ...

C: Who cares... see the Maahol in the Country ...if Political Parties can stop the Nation for their personal issues ... why not us ...or only those who are powerful can do this ...

Reach back home and sit in my fav chair and return to watching TV..

Napoleon ( my intelligent talking dog): Boss I'm getting a part time job...

M: Before I say anything please educate me further ...

N: See my breed is known to be intelligent ..ferocious .... you know that Neta ... his Pomeranian has offered me a part time job... you will have to let me out at 6 am and I will return at 9 am...

M: Don't say another word .. you will be the Early Warning cum Deterrent at the Neta's home .. during the hours that raids usually start ...

N: I'll be paid in my fav Tandoori Chicken ....

M: NO

N: Then like I see on TV News ... I am gonna protest ...whenever anyone at home starts to talk I will bark my head off ...you all won't be able to hear each other ...

M: Where do you get this idea Mutt...

N: TV .... News .... I'm usually at your feet hearing you lament ...that place where people shout ... and a person sitting on a big Chair says ... work stopped ... come back after some time .. and then the place closes down for the day....

M: (lament to myself).... From today News Channels are banned here .... and will take up banning with RWA too ....we can't let all this enter our homes ....

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Supreme Court's verdict over Judges' appointment likely today
The Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict over the appointment of new Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court on December 16, 2015.

Is 1998 batch IAS empanelment stuck up?
Whispers are that empanelment of 1998 batch IAS as JS is held up due to some or the other reasons. It is said that PMO has raised some queries in 2-4 cases.

A K Jain appointed Chairman of CBDT
A K Jain has been appointed as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He is an IRS-IT officer.
(We said this on Dec 05,2015)

Lt Gen Bipin Rawat to be Army Commander !
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat is believed to have been cleared for post of Commander in Chief of the Army. He is 1978 batch from the infantry stream.

Will Kathuria be ED, Union Bank ?
Vinod Kathuria GM in the Punjab National Bank is likely to be appointed ED in the Union Bank.

Praveen Mahajan to be Member, CAT ?
Praveen Mahajan, Former Chairperson, CBEC is likely to be appointed Member CAT of Jodhpur Bench .

Md Jamshed appointed Member Traffic, Railway Board
Mohd Jamshed, General Manager, Northeast Frontier Railway, has been appointed as Member Traffic, Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Cadre of Ms Krittika Jyotsna transferred to UP
The cadre of Ms Krittika Jyotsna has been transferred from Telangana to Uttar Pradesh on the grounds of marriage to Rahul Pandey a 2014 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. She is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Orders of Madhu S Nair for CMD, CSL issued
The orders of Madhu S Nair, CGM, CSL, for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) have reportedly been issued by the Government of India.

Two profit making PSUs slide into financial crisis
Two profit making Maharatna Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of Government of India have reportedly slid into financial crisis. One of the PSUs is said to be registering a deficit of Rs 40 crore per month.

Confusion worse confounded
Days after, S Ramesh, Chief Commissioner, Chennai was being congratulated on his imminent appointment as DG, DRI: CBEC reportedly has now sent 4 names to Revenue Secretary for Consideration, DG, Systems, S Ramesh, John Joseph, ADG, DRI and PK Das, Principal Commissioner. In addition, the name of Jayant Misra was already in there in the initial proposal. Chairman CBEC now reports to Member, Customs as DG DRI. Member, Customs, otherwise reports to Chairman.

Mishra is new High Commissioner to Maldives
Akhilesh Mishra (lFS:1989), Consul General of lndia, Toronto, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of lndia to the Republic of Maldives.

Post of DG Investigation in NHRC vacant
Post of DG Investigations in theNational Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is presently lying vacant.

IMPCL to get new MD in January
M N Vijay Kumar, GM, KAPL, will be joining as Managing Director, Indian Medicines Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited (IMPCL) on January 1, 2016.

Shekhar Saran to take over as CMD, CMPDIL on Jan 1
Shekhar Saran, Director (Technical), CMPDIL/CIL, will be taking over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) on January 1, 2016.

Ms Kokila Jayaram appointed as Assistant Director, DIPP
Ms Kokila Jayaram has been appointed as Assistant Director, Office of the Economic Adviser, DIPP. She is a 2011 batch IES officer.

Post of CVO falling vacant in Prasar Bharati
A vacancy of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Director level is arising in Prasar Bharati, Delhi on June 19, 2016. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications before January 8, 2016.

Ms Padma Angmo likely to get extension
Ms Padma Angmo whose central deputation tenure as Deputy Secretary, Election Commission of India, is coming to an end in December, is expected to get extension. She is a 2002 batch Indian Information Service officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin) HABL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HABL) lying vacant since August 2, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before January 15, 2016.

Applications for Member (Power), NCA, Indore sought
The Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) has sought applications for the post of Member (Power) in Narmada Control Authority (NCA), Indore. Those willing to apply for this post can their applications to the Ministry within a period of 60 days from the date of issuing this circular.

T Padma Mohan deputed as Additional GM (Tourism), IRCTC, Mumbai
T Padma Mohan presently working as Member Secretary, RRB, Mumbai, has been deputed as Additional General Manager (Tourism), IRCTC, West Zone, Mumbai for a period of three years. He is an IRTS officer.

Justice Bhaktavatsala is Chairman of KAT
Former Judge of the Karnataka High Court Justice Bhaktavatsala has been appointed as chairman of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT).

Interview for Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust postponed
Interview for the post of Chairman Mumbai Port Trust scheduled for today has been postponed.

Subhash Chandra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Subhash Chandra has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Pratap Reddy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Pratap Reddy has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Sanjeeb Kumar Pat Joshi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Sanjeeb Kumar Pat Joshi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Dr Atul Verma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Dr Atul Verma has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Will appointment of Judges be delayed (UPDATED)
Supreme Court today pronounced Judgement & directed the Centre to finalise a draft memorandum of procedure (MOP) on judges appointments. It will be approved by CJI and 4 Sr. Judges. Big question is whether appointment of approx. 400 vacancies will further be delayed till finality of MOP.

IREDA conferred with 'HR Excellence Award' (UPDATED)
Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has presented the India Today HR Excellence Award to K S Popli, Chairman and Managing Director, IREDA December 14, 2015 in presence of Minister of State (I/c) for Coal, Power and New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal.

7 IAS Probationers of 2013 batch get postings in Gujarat (UPDATED)
As many as seven IAS Probationers of 2013 batch have been given postings as Assistant Collectors. Accordingly, Nirgude Yogesh Babanrao has been posted as Assistant Collector, Dhrol, Jamnagar while Ms Agre Kshipra Suryakantarao is Assistant Collector, Valsad and Amit Prakash Yadav was posted as Assistant Collector, Bharuch. Similarly, Gosai Harshit Pruthwiraj has been appointed as Assistant Collector, Santrampur, Mahisagar; Ms Stuti Charan as Assistant Collector, Vanthali, Junagarh; Manish Kumar as Assistant Collector, Barsad, Anand and Arun Mahesh Babu was made Assistant Collector, Mehsana.

Prabodh Seth empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Prabodh Seth has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IRS-IT officer.

D N Gupta empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
D N Gupta has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Railway Store Service.

P N Pandey empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
P N Pandey has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Railway Store Service.

Justice Virendra Singh is new Lokayukta of UP (UPDATED)
Former Judge of the Allahabad High Court Justice Virendra Singh has been appointed new Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh .

6 officers of HP service awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
As many as six officers of Himachal Pradesh have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers are: Gopal Sharma, Raj Krishan Pruthi, Vinod Kumar, Chander Prakash Verma, Sandeep Kumar and Amarjeet Singh.

P V Ramasashtry appointed as Joint Secretary, Consumer Affairs (UPDATED)
P V Ramasashtry, IG, NIA, has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Praveen Vashista appointed as Joint Secretary, Mines (UPDATED)
Praveen Vashista, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Mines. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Leena Nair is also Chairman, Coffee Board (UPDATED)
Ms Leena Nair has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, Coffee Board, Bengaluru under the Department of Commerce. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Anita Praveen gets charge of CEO, PSFT (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Praveen has been assigned an additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, Price Stabilization Fund Trust (PSFT) at Joint Secretary level. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

17 IOFS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 17 officers of Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) belonging to 1986 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Dilip Kumar Mahapatra, S Chhatterjee, Ravi Kant, Mukul Gaur, Santosh Kumar Sinha, Anil Kumar Nayak, Rajeev Puri, Mohan Jacob Kurian, Chhedi Lal Maurya, Gautam Charan Rout, Sanjai Wakhaloo, P Rama Krishna, Shirish Khare, Yadavendra Somra, Sanjiv Kumar, Umesh Kumar and Yash Pal Singh Pundir.

8 IDAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) belonging to 1992 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Suchindra Misra, Maushumi Rudra, A Ramaiah, Vinod Kumar Vijay, Rajesh Sharma, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Vandana Kumar and Vinakshi Gupta.

29 IOFS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 29 officers of Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) belonging to 1987 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: G C Agnihotri, Adityanand Srivastava, Sanjay Kumar Pattanayak, R Shyam Sunder, Rajesh Choudhary, Alok Prasad, Sujata Ray, Manoj Shridhar Wagh, Dhruba Jyoti Das, Biswatanu Sarkar, Sharad Kumar Yadav, A C Baletia, A K Mourya, T S Murthy, Vijay Kumar Tiwari, P K Meshram, Sanjeev Chadha, Sukumar Rath, Vasant Nimje, Raghubir Singh, Surjit Das, Subash Baila, M Chandrasekharan, R Anguvel, Anoop Kumar Shukla, Atul Gupta, G Chandran, P N Mahajan and Nand Kishore Gupta.

12 IPS officers get field postings in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 12 IPS officers have been given new field postings in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Rajeshwar Prasad Singh has been appointed as SP, Rail, Jabalpur while A K Pandey was posted as SP, Seoni and Sanjay Kumar is SP, Rewa. Similarly, R A Choubey has been appointed as SP, Rajgarh; I P Arjaria as Commandant 23th Bt, SAF, Bhopal; R K Hingankar as SP, Satna; Tarun Nayak as Commandant 15th Bt SAF, Indore; Manoj Singh as SP, Neemuch; O P Tripathi as SP, Panna; Shashikant Shukla as SP, Dhar; Mrs Monica Shukla as SP, East Indore and Abid Khan was made SP, Sidhi.

George Kuruvilla selected as CMD, BECIL (UPDATED)
George Kuruvilla, Director (O&M), BECIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultant India Limited (BECIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 17, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Nayak is new CMD, IDCOL
P K Nayak has been appointed new CMD of IDCOL in Odisha. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Nair appointed Independent Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited has appointed K Madhavan Nair as Independent Director of the company.

Brar appointed Chairman of MphasiS Ltd
MphasiS Limited has appointed Davinder Singh Brar as the Chairman of the company.

New VP ( Prod.) of Hyundai Motor India appointed
S Ganesh Mani has been appointed as Vice President ( Production) of Hyundai Motor India

Malvi appointed MD of SVC Resources Ltd
SVC Resources Ltd has appointed Akhilesh Malvi as Managing Director of the company.

Patni appointed Addl. Director of Ankit Metal & Power Ltd
Ankit Metal & Power Ltd has appointed Ankit Patni as Additional Director of the company

Selvi appointed Director (Mktg. & Comm.) of Uniphore Software Systems
Uniphore Software Systems has appointed M Thamarai Selvi as Director (Marketing and Communications).

Thukral appointed Addl. Director of Trilogic Digital Media Ltd
Trilogic Digital Media Ltd has appointed Aman Thukral as an Additional Director of the company.

Purohit appointed Senior VP of Paytm ?
Vikas Purohit has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Paytm.

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Climate change and hypocrisy of Indian govt.

The government of India will agree to ratify any short of legislation compelled by world community, because they know that back in India they will not implement even after making laws. similar is the case of biodiversity conservation which is the only tool for carbon sequestration, India has made biodiversity conservation act 2002 but did not try to implement even today because it is not populist. If this act has been implemented, National biodiversity authority would have got Rs 10000 crore rupees every year from MNCs utilizing bio resources of India but Govt of India could not appoint full time chairman in 2yrs what to talk of implementing. It is also not being implemented in states because of lack of guidelines from center and all state together are loosing 25000crore of rupees every year.
Will PMO look into this matter ? Climate change is real threat to world so we should be serious and awaken the people for adaptation.

We are not serious rather we are hypocrates and try not to implement whatever is possible.

Gopal Thosar

Transparency in Railways !

In this era of transprency, no information/list is available today regarding the officers to be promoted to GMs grade, SAG to HAG or JA to SG and from SS to JAG. This I am talking of those posts which are filled by Board. Though list of non-gazd. persons are available on many zonal sites, but gazetted seniority lists are not available on most zonal Rlys ,except for 2-3 railways.

I wish to point out that only official Associations site in not updated , even the official sites are not updated. Many of the zonal sites are showing information pertaining to the year 2012 or 13 even. Even Railway Bds site is showing the classified list of gazetted officers as on 01.01.2005 only. Many of the sites cannot be viewed specially the sites pertaining to Railtel cannot be opened out of Railway computers. Sae is the case of RBE circulars, which are totally outdated.

Climate change and hypocrisy of Indian govt.

The government of India will agree to ratify any short of legislation compelled by world community, because they know that back in India they will not implement even after making laws. similar is the case of biodiversity conservation which is the only tool for carbon sequestration, India has made biodiversity conservation act 2002 but did not try to implement even today because it is not populist. If this act has been implemented, National biodiversity authority would have got Rs 10000 crore rupees every year from MNCs utilizing bio resources of India but Govt of India could not appoint full time chairman in 2yrs what to talk of implementing. It is also not being implemented in states because of lack of guidelines from center and all state together are loosing 25000crore of rupees every year.

Will PMO look into this matter ? Climate change is real threat to world so we should be serious and awaken the people for adaptation.

We are not serious rather we are hypocrates and try not to implement whatever is possible.

Gopal Thosar

Transparency in Railways !

In this era of transprency, no information/list is available today regarding the officers to be promoted to GMs grade, SAG to HAG or JA to SG and from SS to JAG. This I am talking of those posts which are filled by Board. Though list of non-gazd. persons are available on many zonal sites, but gazetted seniority lists are not available on most zonal Rlys ,except for 2-3 railways.

I wish to point out that only official Associations site in not updated , even the official sites are not updated. Many of the zonal sites are showing information pertaining to the year 2012 or 13 even. Even Railway Bds site is showing the classified list of gazetted officers as on 01.01.2005 only. Many of the sites cannot be viewed specially the sites pertaining to Railtel cannot be opened out of Railway computers. Sae is the case of RBE circulars, which are totally outdated.

S K Bansal

No decision from the CAT

Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore bench has taken more than 9 months on a DGP's petition-a contender to the post of DG & IGP of Karnataka. Still there is no decision from the CAT.

K D Swami

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