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M M Rather

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (204)
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Cementing force is Rahul Gandhi !
During a discussion at a dinner party, it came to the fore that the only cementing force who can keep the Congress party united is Rahul Gandhi !

BUREAUCRACY

Sikkim Chief Secretary gets three months extension ?
Sikkim Chief Secretary Ms Rinchen Ongmu has been given extension in service till April 30. She is 1979 batch IPS officer. She was to retire on January 31.

Krishna Chaudhary appointed as DG ITBP
When we said in the morning that proposal of Krishna Chaudhary for DG ITBP has been shelved the same evening the Government appointed RPF DG as Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF). The proposal had been lying pending for the last two months. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on January 2, 2015)

Rajan Katoch to continue as Enforcement Director
Secretary Heavy Industries Rajan S Katoch will continue holding an additional charge of Enforcement Director of Directorate of Enforcement for further three months. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Dr Sanjeev Kumar deputed as PS to Suresh Prabhu
Dr Sanjeev Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary to Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Pradeep Kumar Thakur deputed as OSD to Nadda
Pradeep Kumar Thakur has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to J P Nadda, Minister for Health & Family Welfare. Thakur is an HP State Service officer.

D P S Rajesh deputed as OSD to UpendrA Kushwaha
D P S Rajesh has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Upendra Kushwaha, Minister of State for Human Resource.

Upendra Joshi deputed as OSD to Manohar Parrikar
Upendra Joshi has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister. He is a private person.

Amitabh Mathur selected as Director (IS&P), BHEL
Amitabh Mathur, ED, BHEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Industrial Systems & Products), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 30, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Gupta given charge of member traffic
V K Gupta has been given additional charge of member traffic. An IRSE officer Gupta is member engineering in the Rly Board. Orders issued late evening

Ms Reena Ray appointed as Additional Secretary, School & Literacy
Ms Reena Ray, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed Additional Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, in Government of India. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

R K Mathur is also Secretary, Defence Research & Development
R K Mathur has been entrusted with an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development for a period of three years. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

Dr Saraswat takes charge as Member, NITI Aayog
Dr VK Saraswat has taken over the charge as Member NITI Aayog. He is former Secretary of Defence (Research & Development- R&D) and Director General of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).

Sudhir Bhargava to retire today
Social Justice Secretary in the Government of India Sudhir Bhargava is retiring on January 31. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Arvind Mayaram is also Secretary, Persons with Disabilities, Social Justice
Arvind Mayaram has been entrusted with additional charges of Secretaries of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Social Justice Departments in Government of India.

Dr Satish Balram Agnihotri to retire today
Coordination Secretary in the Government of India Dr Satish Balram Agnihotri is retiring on January 31. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Dev Raj Birdi to be new Chairman of MPERC
Dr Dev Raj Birdi will be new Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC). The 1982 batch IAS officer, Birdi would succeed Rakesh Sahni.

Sanjay Goel deputed as CVO, IREDA
Sanjay Goel has been deputed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA). He is a 1989 batch IRSME Officer.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in West Bengal
There has been a minor reshuffle of IPS officers in West Bengal. Accordingly, Jag Mohan has been posted as Additional Commissioner of Police, Kolkata while Manoj Kumar Verma was made Commissioner of Police in Siligur and Jayanta Kumar Basu is Additional CP II. Similarly, Rabindra Nath has been posted as DIG Training; Alok Rajoria as Commandant of 9th Battalion; Rupesh Kumar as SP Purulia district; Mukesh as Birbhum SP; Sudheer Kumar Neelkanta as Bankura SP; Anoop Jaiswal as Commandant, Border Wing Home Guard; Akash Magharia was posted as Alipurduar SP.

Lian Kunga gets HAG in Bihar
Lian Kunga has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade in Bihar. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sudhanshu Kumar relieved to join as PS to Giriraj Singh
The Government of Bihar has relieved Sudhanshu Kumar of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Private Secretary to Giriraj Singh, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises at Director level. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

S N Jayaram deputed as MD, KMF in Karnataka
S N Jayaram has been appointed as Managing Director, Karnataka Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited (KMF). He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Jaipal Singh deputed as PS to Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary
Jaipal Singh has been deputed as Private Secretary to Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, Minister of State for Home Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Sambasiva Rao deputed to AP Govt as VC&MD, INCAP
K Sambasiva Rao has been deputed to the Government of Andhra Pradesh and posted as Vice Chairman & Managing Director, AP Infrastructure Corporation Limited (INCAP). He is a 1997 batch IRTS officer.

Four IAS officers posted in Telangana
Four Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Telangana have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, L Sharman has been appointed as Joint Secretary, MA & UD Department while G S Panda Das is made Deputy Secretary, Energy Department and M Champalal is posted as Deputy Secretary, I & CAD Department. Similarly, D Venkateshwar Rao has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Agriculture & Co-operation Department in Telangana.

Raj Kumar Goyal promoted to Principal Secretary level in J&K
Raj Kumar Goyal has been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (Principal Secretary level) in the Jammu & Kashmir. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

3 IAS officers of 1999 batch promoted to Secretary level in J&K
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1999 batch have been promoted to the Super Time Scale (Secretary level) in the Jammu & Kashmir. The officers are: Mrs Sarita Chauhan, Mohammad Ashraf Bukhari and Mrs Shagufta Parveen.

R S Sinha deputed as common CVO, ILK, REIL, HSL & SSL
R S Sinha has been appointed as common Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Instrumentation Limited, Kota (ILK), Rajasthan Electronics & Instrumentation Limited (REIL), Hindustan Salts Limited (HSL) & Sambhar Salts Limited (SSL), Jaipur under the Heavy Industries.

A K Sinha is now Information Commissioner in Bihar
Former chief secretary Ashok Kumar Sinha has taken over as chief information commissioner of Bihar. He is retired 1976-batch IAS officer.

DoPT invites applications for Director (NZ), FCI
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Executive Director (North Zone) in Food Corporation of India. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing the circular.

Srivastava posted as JGM, RITES, Allahabad
M K Srivastava, deputy CSTE, South East Central Railway, has been deputed to RITES as JGM, at Allahabad. He is an IRSSE officer.

Avijit Halder deputed to RITES as DGM
Avijit Halder, DSTE, Eastern Railway, has been deputed to RITES as DGM, at Kolkata.

Panda deputed to RITES as DGM
P K Panda, ECR, has been deputed to RITES as DGM, Bhubaneswar.

14 officers of AGMUT segment awarded IAS cadre
As many as 14 officers belonging to State Civil Service of joint AGMUT segment have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. The officers are: V K Beniwal, M K Garg, S N Mishra, Devinder Singh, Dr S Sunderavadivelu, Lakhpat Rai Garg, S K Bhandari, Bansi Lal Sharma, Umesh
Kumar, J P Agarwal, Sudhir Mahajan, Ajay Kumar Singla, D N Singh and Virendra Kumar.

3 IAS officers promoted to Principal Secretary grade in CG
Three officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been promoted to the Principal Secretary grade in Chattisgarh. They are: R P Jain of 1990 batch; R S Vishwakarma and Mrs Renu G Pillai of 1991 batch.

2 IAS officers promoted to Secretary grade in CG
Two officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been promoted to the Secretary grade in Chhattisgarh. The officers are: Dr M Geeta and Sonmani Bora.

239 IRS-IT officers promoted to Principal CIT grade
As many as 239 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) in the HAG scale and kept posted at the same stations. The officers are: Kale Hari Lal Naick, Shanta Sujata Abrol, Ajay Singh, Rakesh Kumar kakkar, Pramod Chandra Modi, A K Jaiswal, Laxmi Narayan Pant, Mukesh Chand Singhal, Meeta Nambiar, Pawan Parmar Singh, Hukum Chand Jain, Neena Kumar, Desh Deepak Goek, A K Nigam, Amresh Chander Shukla, Abhay Tayal, Braj Kishore Singh, S S Narain, Desh Bandhu Goel, K Ramalingam, Girish Kumarh Maheshwari, Sreekant Chatterjee, Harjit Singh Sohi, Ashutosh Chandra, Pushpa Lat Srivastava, K Ajay Kumar,Buta Singh, K C Gghumarai, Anirudh Rai, R P Srivastava, Kishan Lal Maheshwari, Arun S Bhatnagar, Binay Kumar jha, Gauri Shankar Singh, Rakesh Mohan Garg, K K Arumugam, G M Belagali, Sushil Kumar, Ravindra Kumar Jain, Sanjay Kumar Patra, Ashu Jain, Pradee Sharma, Shyama Prasad Choudhary, Prabhash Shankar, Mukulesh Chander dubey, Bharat Bhushan Nanwati, Akhoury Abhay Shankar, Seema Khorana Patra, Feroz Khan, D C Sreedhar, Asha Agarwal, Shishir Sinha, Subrat Kumar Dash, vidhu Shekhar Singh, vinodanand Jha, Kailash Chand Naredi, Kavita Jha, Bishwanath Jha, Neena Nigam, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Girish chandorkar, B R Balakrishnan, Shayam Bihari Singh, Yog Raj Saini, Sunita Puri, Pragati Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Shukla, Binod Kumar, Rang Nath Jha, Hemendra Patidar, T P Krishna Kumar, Pranab Kumar Das, B Murali Kumar, dharma Vir Singh, Lav Chandra Joshi, N Sankaran, Santosh Kumar Singh, Pramod Kumar Gupta, Narendra Prasad Sinha, Rajani Kant gupta, virendra Kumar Saksena, Yogendra Kumar Batra, Vinod Kumar Pandey, Shambhu Dutta Jha, Satish Kumar Gupta, Kishore Kumar Vyawahare, DavendreA Shankar, Krishna Mohan Prasad, Raman Kumar Goyal, Om Prakash Kakraila, Praveen Kumar, Ajay Kumar chauhan , Suraj Bhan, Manoj Kumar Singh, Rakesh Suri, Anil Kumar Jain, Ashok Kumar Sinha, Sangeeta Gupta, Anuradha Bhatia, Usha S Nair, Samir Mukhopadhayay, Rajiv Jain, Raindra Kr Srivastava, Suresh Kumar Mittal, Safiqur Rahaman Malik, Rashmi Saxena Sahni, Alka Tyagi, S S S Bharamarbar Ray, Ajay Kumar, P Sridhar, Pradosh Chandra Mohanty, S K Choudhary, Venigalla Naga Prasad, Surinderjit Singh, Vinay Kumar P Ventakateswara Rao, J S Naurath, Sukhpal Mena, Jugesh Ch. Pegu, Kalu Ram Meena, Om Prakash Meena, Hokum Chand Negi, Prakash Chandra, P K Ambhastha, P S Punia, Girija Dayal, Ashim Kumar, Himalini Kashyap, I Sasikala, A K Satapathy, Om Prakesh Mehra, V Mahalingam, Anil Mehta, Ajay Pal Singh, M Tirumala Kumar, Manoj Kumar Dubey, Narender Singh, Arun Kumar Thatai, Tapas Kumar Dutta, Kantipurid Krishana Rao, Rananjay Singh, Harish Kumar, Bharatendu Pratap Singh, Sushil Kumar Agarwal, Pramod Nangia, Anjali Tiwari, G V Gopala Rao, Shefali Shah,, D V Reddy, D P Semwal, Chitta Ranjan Pati, Ravinder Singh Gill, Geetmala Mohananey, Manas Shankar Ray, Nitya Nanda Mishra, Pravin Verma, Raghubir Sharan Upadhayay, Satbir Singh, Amith Jain Devendrea Nath Mishra, Anuja Sarangi, Hemant Kumar Sarangi, Sunil Kumar Ojha, virendra Singh, Kan Ram Meghwal, S R Sikder, Jagdish, Manik Lal Karmakar, chandra Shekhar Prasad, H L Dihana vijay Kumar, Chet Ram, K Timothy Zimik, D P Haokip, R S Meena, Pritam Singh, Anuradha Mukerjee, Sandeep Kapoor, Ravindra Kumar Anand Kumar Agarwal, Ajit Kumar Sinha, Chhavi Anupam, Patanjali, Arvind Kumar Shiv Dayal Srivastava, S Vengateswarlu, Durga Charan Dash, Nabin Kumar Pradhan, Pramod Kumar Srivastava, Nageshara Rao Koripalli, Pramod Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Paliwal, Satyakam Mishra, mahendra Singh, Susie S Varghese, Nitin Gupta, Dinesh chander Patwari, Ronmoy Das, Sridhar Karavadi, Atul Pranay, Ruby Srivastava, Kaushalendera Kr Singh, Devashish Roy Choudhary, Mohammand Wasimul Haque, Avinash Kishore Sahay, Rajiv Kumar Nabar, Pawan Singh Tomar, Bommareddy Gangadhar Reddy, Arvind Kumar, Suresh Singh Panwar, T Tonsing, Anil Kumar, Shri Krishna, Prem Prakash, Jagtar Singh, Biswanath Jena, Shayam Kumar, Shailendra Mamidi, A Vasantha Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Bhaskar, Ramesh Kumar, Lekh Kumar, Ashutosh Dikshit, Sadhana Shankar, Subashre Anantkrishnanan, Subrat Mishra, Rakesh Mishra, Uma Singh, Kumud chandra Paricha Patnaik, Karri Kamakshi, Anuradha Mishra, Archana Chaudhary, Ashish Verma, Amitabh Kumar, Parneet Singh Sachdeva, Anirudha Kumar, Narottam Mishra, Shouvik Guha and Shishir Jha.

Promotions of 25 IRS-IT officers to PrCIT grade withheld
The promotions of 25 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT)have been withheld until they report back and join in the cadre from leave, deputation. These officers are: A K Jaiswal, Rajendra, Abhijit Chakravertty, Abha Anand Kishore, Madhu Mahajan, Akhilesh Ranjan, Prasanna Kumar Dash, Anand Kishore, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Sunali Arora, Ajai Das Mehrotra, Niraj Nab Kumar, I Vijay Kumar, J B Mahapatra, Anuj J Singh, Nilimesh Barua, Smita Jhingran, R Bhama, Saroj Deswal, Sangeeta Singh, Pragya Sahay Saksena, Ramesh Kumar Yadav, Lalit Mohan Pandey, Binod Kumar Sinha and Sanjay Kumar.

T S Raju gets additional charge of Chairman HAL
T Suvarna Raju, Director (D&D), HAL, has been entrusted additional charge of Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). He succeeded Dr R K Tyagi whose tenure ended on January 31, 2015. However, the orders of Raju for full-fledged Chairman are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

No extension to UP DGP, retires
The Central Government did not agree with the recommendations of Uttar Pradesh Government for the extension of Arun Kumar Gupta on the post of Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. Gupta, who belongs to a 1977 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has retired on January 31, 2015.

Name for new DGP, UP expected till late evening
New successor of Arun Kuamr Gupta as Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh Government is expected to be announced till late evening of January 31, 2015.

AK Jain is new DGP of Uttar Pradesh
1979 batch IPS officer AK Jain has been appointed new DGP of Uttar Pradesh. He was DG Training.

D K Mittal appointed as Mission Director, DBTS
Dinesh Kumar Mittal has been appointed as Mission Director, Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme (DBTS) for a period of three months. He is a 1977 batch retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ms Gauri Kumar appointed as Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Ms Gauri Kumar has been appointed as Secretary (Co-ordination & Public Grievances), Cabinet Secretariat. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Shankar Agarwal appointed as Secretary, Labour & Employment
Shankar Agarwal has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Madhusudhan Prasad appointed as Secrtary, Uban Development
Madhusudhan Prasad has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Lov Verma posted as Secretary, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Lov Verma has been appointed as Secretary, Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under the Ministry of Social Justice. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ms Anita Agnihotri appointed as Secretary, Social Justice, Empowerment
Ms Anita Agnihotri has been appointed as Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ms Chatterjee appointed as Secretary, Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation
Ms Nandita Chatterjee has been appointed as Secretary Minsitry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Bhanu Pratap Sharma appointed as Secretary, Family Welfare
Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been appointed as Secretary, Health and Family Welfare. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

5 IAS officers transfered in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, P K Mahapatra has been appointed as Chairman, Haryana Minerals Limited, New Delhi while Anil Kumar will now be Principal Secretary, Industrial Training and A K Singh is Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentary Affaris, DG, Inquiry Officer, MD, Agro Industries Corp Ltd. Similarly, Pradeep Kasni has been appointed as DG and Secretary, Medical Educatoin & Research and Mani Ram Sharma was made ADC-cum-CEO, DRDA, Mahendragarh.

5 IPS officers shifted in Uttaranchal (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttaranchal. Accordingly, Anil Raturi has been appointed as ADGP, CID while Ram Singh Meena will now be ADGP Administration and Ashok Kumar is ADGP, Intelligence and Security. Similarly, G S Martoliya has been appointed as DIG, Ard Kumbh Mela, Haridwar and P S Sailal was posted as DIG, Kumaon range.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Punjab (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Charanjit Singh has been appointed as SSP, Faridkot while Snehdeep Sharma shifted to SBS Nagar and Harjinder Singh will now be DCP, Amritsar and Bikram Pal Singh Bhatti is DCP, Jalandhar. Similarly, Amar Singh Chahal has been appointed as DIG, Ferozepur range; Shiv Kumar Verma as DIG, Bathinda range; Balkar Singh Sidhu as DIG, Patiala range; Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh is also DIG, Counter-Intelligence; CSR Reddy as ADGP, Information Technology; Jasminder Singh as ADGP Traffic, RP Singh as ADGP Welfare, Balbir Kumar Bawa as IG Security and SK Singh was made IG Human Rights.

DEBATE

DEBATE- Appointment of Judges should be continued through the Collegium system or through the Judicial Appointments Commission set up by the new Government ? Mail your views to-

mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Gadit appointed CS, BoI
Bank of India has appointed Ms Niyati Gadit as Company Secretary of the company.

Saradhi appointed CS, NMDC Ltd
NMDC Limited has appointed A S Pardha Saradhi as Company Secretary of
the company w.e.f. January 22, 2015.

Noel Tata appointed Independent Director, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd
Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited has appointed Noel N Tata as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. January 30, 2015 .

Johnson appointed ED, Store One Retail India Limited
Ms Pia Johnson has been appointed as an Executive Director of Store One Retail India Limited

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of ICRA Ltd
ICRA Limited has appointed Robert Scott Fauber and Thomas John Keller Jr. as Additional Directors of the company w.e.f. January 30, 2015

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PSU's need professionalism

Professionalism is missing in PSU's for the last four decades. People having leadership qualities, professional qualities and honest and sincere are not reaching the top positions. The basic reason is the selection procedure of PESB. Government should abolish the PESB and constitute a new board by inviting applications directly. It is the time for the government to review all the appointments and replace the entire board with honest professionals.

Prasad

Maintain best traditions of services

This refers to the action taken by the State Government in respect of religious propagation activities by an IAS office who claims that it is his right to do so.
Irrespective of any service rules, it is felt that such type of activities must not form part of an officer belonging to any of the services. Of course, there is no bar on any officer simply practicing his/her own faith as an individual. But the officer community must build a consensus and pressure on any of their colleagues undertaking activities which amount to active propagation, whether during or even outside office hours. Let every member of the services be seen also to be secular.
This is a call to all officers to prevail upon their colleagues to maintain the best traditions of the services, which go beyond the rule book.

A K Singh

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