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Kiran Bedi "Could I have a cup of tea ?_".

"Which one do you prefer, Kejriwal brand or Anna Hazare brand ? "
"Oh, then give me Amit Shah brand coffee".

Adani is number three in the country!
Adani seems to have become number 3 business house in the country. This is evident from the photograph . Cheers Adaniji .

Matang Singh and MHA ?
Matang Singh has been arrested by the CBI.Now there is a discussion in the corridors of power about him and the MHA connection.

Will TNCC chief lose his job?
Tamil Nadu Congress is passing through a very critical phase. Senior leaders are levelling charges against each other. Some senior leaders at the party HQ in Delhi feel that TNCC chief Elangovan has failed in his role. It is almost certain that Elangovan is on his way out. Some leaders in the party also feel that it is the BJP which is engineering the split in Congress as well as DMK. Everyone have eyes on the high command.

BUREAUCRACY

Modalities of "one rank-one pension" (OROP) scheme in Army this week ?
Modalities of the "one rank-one pension" (OROP) scheme in the Indian Army are expected to be finalised this week.


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

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

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

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

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

Ms Anita Agnihotri appointed 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 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.

Krishna Kumar is new Additional Director ED
Krishna Kumar has been appointed Additional Director in the Enforcement Directorate,Delhi. IRS officer Krishna Kumar is presently posted as Additional CIT in Faridabad.
(We said this on January 3, 2015 )

D K Mittal appointed 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.

Ashwani Lohani returns to Madhya Pradesh third time
The recent deputation of Ashwani Lohani to the Government of Madhya Pradesh is indeed the only case of its kind in the country where the services of a central service officer have been sought for the third time by a state. Ashwani Lohani with his tremendous achievements in all his postings, very high personal integrity and a large fan following is a much sought after officer of the GOI.

Arvind Kumar Jain is new DGP, UP
Arvind Kumar Jain has taken over as new Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

CBDT meeting likely on February 2
CBDT meeting is likely to be held on Feb 2. It is expected to discuss pending cases of some IRS IT officers related to their promotion.

1985 batch IAS officer Bhanu is now ACS in Assam
1985 batch IAS officer M G V K Bhanu has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Assam. He is presently Principal Secretary to the Assam Chief Minister.

Keshav Kumar gets pro-forma promotion
Joint Director CBI in Mumbai Keshav Kumar has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG by the Gujarat Government. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Has DD news changed ?
Ex Congress leader Jayanti Natrajan accused Congress high command at a Press Conference and announced her resignation from the party. Her PC was shown live for about 25 minutes. After a long time DD news covered PC of an opposition leader for such a long time. In earlier days such "honour" was given only to the Prime Minister only. Has DD news policy changed?.

Bhalla is new JS, Commerce
B S Bhalla is joining the Ministry of Commerce as Joint Secretary. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Jiji Thomson is new Chief Secretary Kerala
Jiji Thomson has taken over as the new Chief Secretary of Kerala on Saturday. He succeeds E K Bharat Bhushan, who retired on January 31.
(We said this on January 2, 2015 )

Rajesh Tripathi to take over as CMD of DCI today
Rajesh Tripathi, presently in the Ministry of Railways, will be taking over the charge as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) on February 2, 2015. He would succeed Capt D K Mohanty who retired on January 31, 2015.
(We said this on July 9, 2014)

Gunadhar Pandey to join as Director (Tech), NCL today
Gunadhar Pandey, GM, NCL, CIL, will be assuming the charge as Director (Technical), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) on February 2, 2015. He would succeed A D Mathur retired on January 31, 2015.
(We said this on July 7, 2014)

Ghanshyam Sharma to assume charge as Director (Fin), HNL today
Ghanshyam Sharma, DGM, NPCIL, will be taking over the charge of Director (Finance), Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) on February 2, 2015.
(We said this on July 1, 2014)

Vacancy of Director (P), IOCL arises
Vacancy of Director (Pipeline), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has arisen on February 1 with the retirement of incumbent V S Okhde on January 31, 2015.

Ms Harjeet Joshi likely to join as Director (Fin), SCI today
Ms Harjeet K Joshi, GM, ONGC, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Finance), Shipping Corporation India Limited (SCI) on February 2, 2015.
(We said this in Aug, 2014)

Orders of R N Misra for CMD, SJVNL soon
The orders of R N Misra, Director (Civil), SJVNL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, SJVN Limited are expected to be issued soon by the Government of India.

T Suvarna Raju takes over as Chairman of HAL
T Suvarna Raju, Director (D&D), who has a distinction of being granted the first patent in HAL in January 2002, has assumed the charge as Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). He took over from Dr R K Tyagi who retired on January 31, 2015. "Given the high expectation built around the Company, my priorities would be to concentrate on operational excellence, and build the company as technology powerhouse", says Raju. He is committed to set the HAL as one of the best examples that align with "Make-in-India" endeavour of the Government of India and he believes that doing so may be a challenging job in the aviation filed, however not impossible because he strongly believes that "the Best of Technologies can never be bought, it can only be developed". "I would like HAL to grow as knowledge based organization", he emphasises. Born in a humble village of P Vemavaram of Tanuku (West Godavari) district in Andhra Pradesh (AP), Raju, an Engineering Gratudate, joined HAL on June 26, 1980 as Management Trainee. Unfazed by the extreme work hours and challenging goals, Raju not only continued to deliver and meet his professional goals and targets, but also continued perusing is academic interests. Raju, attended prestigious Indian Institute of Technology at Chennai. Raju was selected and attended the elitist National Defence College. Raju also undertook academic program at National Law School of India University relating to Intellectual Property Rights. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration as well as Masters of Philosophy in Deference and strategic Studies.

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 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 )

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.

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 for 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).

Batham retires from BSF
M L Batham, Additional Director General BSF superannuated on 31st Jan 2015 after putting in 39 years long memorable and eventful career .A 1976 BSF cadre officer had an outstanding career which earned him many awards and rewards including President Police Medal for Meritorious Service, President Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Garaj Medal form N.S.G (Black Cats). Batham is a famous poet of Hindi Literature with his poetry book translated into two dozen Indian and foreign languages. He is recipient of Pt. Govind Vallabh Pant and Indira Gandhi Raj Bhasha awarded for his book on terrorism and human rights. National Human Right commission has also awarded him for his creative writings.

5 IAS officers transfered in Haryana
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
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
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.

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.

I&B ministry organising Media workshop
For the first time, the Ministry of I&B is organising one day Media workshop at national media centre, Delhi, on Feb 2. Apart from PIB officers, all ministries and personal staff of ministers will participate in the workshop. The aim of this workshop is to formulate better coordination among the ministries, especially during crisis so that media's aspirations could be fulfilled.

Agarwal gets additional charge of Southern Railway
Ashok Agarwal, General Manager of Integral Coach Factory has been given additional charge as General Manager, Southern Railway.

Mrs Anuradha Shankar deputed as CVO, HPCL (UPDATED)
Mrs Anuradha Shankar has been deputed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. She is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Sanjeev Kaushik joins as Ed, IIFCL (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Kaushik has assumed the charge as Executive Director in India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL). He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Narendra Singh Tomar's maiden RSP visit (UPDATED)
SAIL has operationalized the new integrated steelmaking facilities under the ongoing modernization and expansion programme at Rourkela Steel Plant. With commencement of country's second biggest Blast furnace 'Durga' in August 2013, RSP has more than doubled its Hot Metal Capacity from a level of 2 MTPA to 4.5 MTPA. Hon'ble Union Minister of Steel and Mines Shri Narendra Singh Tomar made his maiden visit to Rourkela Steel Plant on February 1, 2015 to witness the integrated functioning of the modernized Plant. He was accompanied by Chairman SAIL, CS Verma, Joint Secretary, Steel, Sunil Barthwal and other SAIL Directors. During the visit, Minister inaugurated the rolling facilities of the new 4300 mm wide state-of-the-art Plate Mill. The new plate mill is one of the widest plate mills in the country with latest features enabling it to roll plates of very high strength (API X 100). The mill includes advanced features like computerized control system for Plan View Rolling (PVR) process to maximize yield and high capacity levellers with hydraulic control to produce distortion free plates. The mill has a capacity of 1.0 Million Tonne (MTPA) with provision for expanding it to 1.8 MTPA in future. Addressing the workforce of RSP during his visit, Tomar said "I am very happy to be here amongst the RSP collective. I want to congratulate them for putting their best foot forward for quick stabilization of all facilities. I am sure they will do their best for ramping up production from the newly operationalized facilities further to reap full benefits of the modernization." Later in the day, the minister also reviewed the CSR activities undertaken by RSP under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan. He was happy to note that SAIL's RSP Plant has taken up 'Swachha Vidyalay Abhiyan' in a big way by targeting to construct 355 toilets in various schools during the year. He laid the foundation stone for construction of a toilet block as a part of the Swachhata Abhiyan in Jhirpani high school. Minister also laid the Foundation Stone for the construction of an Art Gallery in Nehru Traffic Park.

3 IAS officers assigned additional charges in Bihar (UPDATED)
Three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have been assigned additional charges in Bihar. Accordingly, Atul Prasad has been given Additional charge as Saran Divisional Commissioner, Chapra while Sudhir Kumar is made Kosi Divisional Commissioner, Saharsa and Pankaj Kumar as Production Commissioner, Patna.

Mrs Shivani Dogra posted as DFO, Medak in Telangana (UPDATED)
Mrs Shivani Dogra has been appointed as Divisional Forest Officer, Medak in Telangana. He is a 2007 batch IFS officer of Telangana.

A P M Hanish empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
A P M Hanish has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

K K Dayani empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
K K Dayani has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

G S Negi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
G S Negi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IES officer.

P N Ranjit Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
P N Ranjit Kumar has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Lalitendu Pradhan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Lalitendu Pradhan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Sayed Fazil Hussain Rizvi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Sayed Fazil Hussain Rizvi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

M K Khan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
M K Khan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Anil Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Anil Kumar has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Ambesh Upamanyu empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ambesh Upamanyu has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Rajesh Tripathi takes over as CMD, DCI (UPDATED)
Rajesh Tripathi, presently in the Ministry of Railways, has taken over the charge as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI). He succeeded Capt D K Mohanty who retired on January 31, 2015.
(We said this on July 9, 2014)

Gunadhar Pandey joins as Director (Tech), NCL (UPDATED)
Gunadhar Pandey, GM, NCL, CIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL). He succeeded A D Mathur retired on January 31, 2015.
(We said this on July 7, 2014)

Ms Meera Ranjan Tshering empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Meera Ranjan Tshering has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Ms Asha Agarwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Asha Agarwal has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1983 batch IRS-IT officer.

Bipin Behari empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Bipin Behari has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Murlidhar Rao empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
C H Murlidhar Rao has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Kanwarjit Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Kanwarjit Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Sonali Arora empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Sonali Arora has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1984 batch IRS-IT officer.

Krishna Mohan Prasad empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Krishna Mohan Prasad has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IRS-IT officer.

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-

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CORPORATE

P. Chellapandi is new CMD of BHAVINI
P. Chellapandi has taken over as CMD of India's fast breeder reactor power company Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI).

Bhandari resigns as MD & CEO, ING Vysya Bank Ltd
Shailendra Bhandari has resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ING Vysya Bank Ltd w.e.f. January 31, 2015.

Naik resigns as Non Exec. Director, Tricom Fruit Products Ltd
Prakash Naik has resigned as a Non Executive Director of Tricom Fruit Products Ltd w.e.f. December 31, 2014

Verma appointed ED, Intellect Design Arena Ltd
Intellect Design Arena Limited has appointed Anil Kumar Verma as Executive Director of the company w.e.f. February 1, 2015

Bhavsar appointed CFO, Amani Trading & Exports Ltd
Amani Trading & Exports Ltd has appointed Navinchandra Bhavsar as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. February 1, 2015

Khaitan resigns as Director, Xpro India Ltd
Haigreve Khaitan has resigned as Director of Xpro India Limited w.e.f. January 30, 2015

Taneja appointed CS, Vardhman Special Steels Ltd
Vardhman Special Steels Ltd has appointed Ms Sonam Taneja as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. January 31, 2015

Sunny appointed CFO, Delta Magnets Ltd
Delta Magnets Ltd has appointed Abhilash Sunny as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Priya appointed CS, ITI Ltd
ITI Limited has appointed Ms S Shanmuga Priya as Company Secretary of the company.

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Masterstroke Kiran Bedi:

Kiran Bedi can never bring any change in Delhi. Highly autocratic, stubborn and media savvy. She was never good to her fellow officers. Her stunts were meant for gimmickry to media and social elites, never for the aam public. Work of Tihar jail was compilation of works of her earlier predecessors, neatly showcased to get Magsay Award . One opportunist . All qualities you name. Let's see. What the result would be ?

Jaiswal

Anna movement has prevailed

Product of Anna movement Kejri & Bedi are dominating Delhi politics. Fact is that there is no politician today in Delhi. Kejri is No. 1 & though Bedi is trailing but today ruling Delhi BJP. Modi has left ground. Ajay Maken only politician is irrelevant. In view of this, Kejri going to hit road because he is ahead of Bedi in all respect.

Murari Chaturvedi

What was Sujata Singh's fault ?

Sujata Singh got the marching orders for her apolitical advise to the PM, who, in his first interaction with the senior bureaucrats spoke of freedom of speech without the fear of repercussions. Is he turning into a blind man being guided by his own people around him who would not like to tell him anything negative or critical of him? His stint as a PM, so far, has been a show of India's foreign policy successes. He should not confuse it with his successes only. He should not feel himself to be larger than India. If he continues with such an attitude, he will find it difficult to have a team of advisers who can speak his/her mind out to him. Indian bureaucracy should work for the nation and not fora particular political personality, be it the Prime Minister himself.

SKV

Need for Railways is technology

The need for Railways today is technology. Look at what value online ticket booking has created, The valuation of irctc booking itself should be around 3-4bnUSD. Similar ideas for promoting clean technologies should be implemented. Even simple things like train announcements, food supply and passenger comforts needs to be digitized. Min of railways can create an ecosystem to create more apps and e commerce services just around railways. This can create a massive technology space and innovative services especially in smaller towns near railway stations which are huge consumer of services.

Prashant Skekhar

DATE WITH RTI

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