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Which businessman is closest to Kejriwal ?
Which businessman is closest to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ? Only one who has interest in Delhi.


Modi not to save Jayantinatrajan !
Contrary to the general opinion that Jayantinatrajan has been propped up by the BJP to take mileage during the Delhi polls, whispers has it that Narendra Modi would not come to her rescue.


Nitish Kumar to take oath as CM fifth time ?
Nitish Kumar has been sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth time. Hindu culture says that Nitish Kumar had taken oath in "Panchak" hence he would take oath for the fifth time again as CM.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Railway have one service ?
If buzz is to believed Indian Railways, instead of five, will have one service. Sources feel that though its a very ticklish exercise but if such move materializes, it would help to improve Railways a lot. Sources said that at present lack of proper coordination is hampering various services, especially punctuality of trains, within the organization. They also charge that some services are not getting its due in promotions. Name and modalities of the proposed service are yet to finalized.

Will Ramesh Negi be Chief Secretary of Delhi ?
In a surprise move, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is believed to have selected Ramesh Negi, IAS of 1984 batch, as Chief Secretary of Delhi, superseding six batches of IAS officers. This is a first in the history of IAS. It could lead to non cooperation of the superseded batches. Interestingly, the superseded officers are empanelled as Secretary and Additional Secretary to GoI whereas Negi is only a Joint Secretary to GoI. But Negi is a fine man and a fine officer. He is currently the acting Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh and is shortly arriving in Delhi to take charge.

16 IFS officers of 1989 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) of 1989 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: M D Sinha of Haryana cadre; M L Srivastava of Sikkim; Satya Prakash Yadav of UP; Vineet Kumar Garg of Haryana; Visharam Sagar Sharma and Prashant A Jadhav of MP; Sudhanshu Gupta of Tamil Nadu; Aditya Kumar Joshi of MT; Amitabh Gautam of HP; Biswajit Kumar Singh of J&K; Pankaj Goel of Haryana; Soumitra Das Gupta of West Bengal; K S thakur and Manoj Bhaik of HP and Alok Das and Om Prakash Choudhary of MP cadre.

IRS-IT officer quits
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Sumedha Verma Ojha presently working as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi, has resigned form the service.

IRS-C&CE officer quits
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs & Central Excise, Om Prakash Singh presently working as Assistant Commissioner, Noida, has resigned from the service.

Mishra appointed Joint Secretary, Housing & Poverty Alleviation
Rajiv Ranjan Mishra has been posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Housing & Poverty Alleviation. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Rajendar deputed as Joint Secretary, Water Resources
B Rajendar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rajiv Aggarwal posted as Joint Secretary, IPP
Rajiv Aggarwal has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (IPP). He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ms Dayamati appointed Joint Secretary, Ex-servicemen Welfare
Ms K Dayamanti has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare. She is a 1993 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Ramaswamy posted as Joint Secretary, DoNER
S Ramaswamy has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region(DoNER). He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Ms Panwar appointed as Joint Secretary, Health & Family Welfare
Ms Manisha Prasad Panwar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Health & Family Welfare. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Dr Rajesh Kumar posted as Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development
Dr Rajesh Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Women & Child Development. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

R P Meena appointed as Joint Secretary, Health Research
R P Meena has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Health Research. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of A-M cadre.

Ms Gargi Kaul posted as Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation
Ms Gargi Kaul has been appointed as Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. She is a 1984 batch IA&AS officer.

Madhukar Gupta appointed as Joint Secretary, Public Enterprises
Madhukar Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Public Enterprises. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ms Ishita Roy appointed as Joint Secretary, Higher Education
Ms Ishita Roy has been posted as Joint Secretary in the Department of Higher Education. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Ms Debashri Mukherjee posted as Joint Secretary, DoPT
Ms Debashri Mukherjee has been deputed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

T V S N Prasad deputed as Joint Secretary, NMCG
T V S N Prasad has been appointed as Joint Secretary and Mission Director of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG). He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Tenure of Alok Srivastava as Director, Defence extended
The tenure of Alok Srivastava as Director in the Ministry of Defence has been extended for a period of three months. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Ordance Factory Service.

Dr Purushottam deputed as PS to Mahesh Sharma
Dr B V R C Purushottam has been deputed as Private Secretary to Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Thangapandian selected as Director (Power), NLC
V Thangapandian, GGM, NTPC, has been selected for the post of Director (Power), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 23, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

1986 batch IPS officer gets DG rank in Himachal Pradesh
Perhaps S R Mardi is the first of 1986 batch IPS officers in the country to get DG rank in Himachal Pradesh. He has been made DG Home Guards.
( We said this on February 13 )

Somesh Goyal gets pro-forma promotion
ADG in the SSB Somesh Goyal has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of DG . He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on February 13 )

Tenure of Panda Spl Secretary, MHA ending this month
The tenure of Suresh Chandra Panda as Special Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), is coming to an end in February 2015. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Will Petroleum Ministry see major reshuffle ?
Petroleum ministry is all set to go for a major reshuffle. If sources are to believed about half a dozen officials ,from under secretary to J. S. , will be removed from the ministry. Clerical staff will also be changed drastically. Ministry is waiting for Delhi Police report.

PMO serious about security of infrastructure ministries
It is said that after the petroleum ministry espionage PMO is understood to have directed the minister's of infrastructure related ministries to adopt top most security network. PMO is also closely monitoring the situation.

Jharkhand to get one more DG post
Jharkhand is getting one more cadre post of DG. At present there is only one cadre and one ex-cadre post of DG.

Manoj Bhatt to be new DGP of Rajasthan ?
Manoj Bhatt is likely to succeed Omendra Bharadwaj on March 1 as new DGP of Rajasthan. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.

Major IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan this week !
A major IPS reshuffle is likely to take place in Rajasthan this week.

Tenure of S Raghavan as Joint Secretary, Biotechnology extended
The tenure of S Raghavan as Joint Secretary in the Department of Biotechnology has been extended upto August 31, 2015. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Orissa cadre.

Why is a BHEL Director pursuing GMs not to attend ED's farewell ?
It is, perhaps, for the first time in the history of BHEL that a Director is pursuing the company's General Managers not to attend the farewell of their Executive Director. The GM's are said to be getting messages on their cell phones that they should be prepared for transfer if they do not abstain from attending the function. What could be the reason ?

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Chhattisgarh
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Chhattigarh. Accordingly, A M Juri has been poted as Assistant IG, Planning, PHQ while Anand Chhabra will now be DIG, Naxal Operation, PHQ and Sunderraj P was made SP, Rajnandgaon. Simiarly, R S Nayak has been posted as SP, Sarguja; G S Darro as SP, STF, Administration, Baghera Durg; J S Batti as SP, SIB, Jagadalpur with additional charge of Commandant, PTS, Jagadalpur; Rahul Bhagat as SP, Kabirdham, Shiekh Arif Hussain as SP, Balod; Sanjiv Shukla as SP, Raigarh; Mayank Shrivastava as SP, Durg; Rajendra Narayan as Asst IG, Administration/ Railway, Traffic, PHQ; Jitendra Singh Meena as SP, Kanker; Mrs Nithu Kamal as SP, PHQ; Girijashankar as SP, Jashpur and Sadanand Kumar was posted as SP, Balrampur.

Ajay Bhadoo posted as Secretary to CM, Gujarat (UPDATED)
Ajay Bhadoo has been appointed as Secretary to Chief Minister in Gujarat. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Gujarat (UPDATED)
As many as 72 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, H R Suthar has been posted as Collector, Amreli while Dr Dhavalkumar Patel will now be Collector, Anand and Dr Vikrant Pandey is Collector, Bharuch. Similarly, Banchha Nidhi Pani has been appointed as Collector, Bhavnagar; Ms Ardra Agrawal as Collector, Dangs-Ahwa; D G Patel as Collector, Porbandar; P Swaroop as Collector, Sabarkantha-Himatnagar; Udit Agrawal as Collector, Surenderanagar;Mrs Avantika Singh Aulakh as Collector, Vadodara; Ravi Kumar Arora as Collector, Valsad; B C Patani as Collector, Tapi-Vyara; S K Pandya as Collector, Botad; R J Mankadia as Collector, Devbhumi Dwarka; Dr Ajay Kumar as Collector, Gir Somnath; Ms S Chhakchhuak as Collector, Arvalli; K B Upadhyay as Collector, Mahisagar; S M Patel as Collector, Morbi; Ms B R dave as Disitrict Development Officer, Ahmedabad; M D Modia as District Development Officer, Anand; Oak Aayush Sanjeev as District Development Officer, Bhavnagar; N L Pujara as District Development Officer, Dangs-Ahwa; K M Bhimjiyani as District Development Officer, Gandhinagar; Ajay Prakash as District Development Officer, Junagadh; C J Patel as District Development Officer, Kutch-Bhuj; S K Langa as District Development Officer, Mehsana; V A Vaghela as District Development Officer, Panchmahals-Godhra;C P Nema as District Development Oficer, Porbandar; M R Kothari as District Development Officer, Rajkot; Sujal Jayanthibhai Mayatra as District Development Officer, Narmada-Rajpipla; R S Ninama as District Development Officer, Tapi-Vyara; P B Thakar as District Development Officer, Botad; Kankipati Rajesh as District Development Officer, Morbi; M A Pandya as District Development Officer, Devbhumi Dwarka; A V Kalaria as DDO, Gir Somnath; S B Patel as DDO, Arvalli; R G Gohil as DDO, Mahisgar; Dr Pardhi as DDO, chhotaudepur; Hareet Shukla as MD, Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd, Mehsana; Ajay Bhadoo as Secretary to Chief Minister; A M Mankad as Commissioner of Technical Education; V P Patel as Commissioner, Land Reforms and ex-officio Secretary, Revenue; H S Patel as Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara Municipal Corporation; S B Raval as Commissioner, Information; A J Shah as Commissioner, Higher Education; N P Thakar as Secretary, Gujarat State Human Rights Commission; G R Chaudhari as Municipal commissioner, Gandhinagar; Manish Bhardwaj as Secretary to Sports & Cultural Activities; D K Rao as Secretary to Climat Change; B K Kumar as Director, Prohibition & Excise, Ahmedabad; D N Modi as CEO, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board; R J Halani as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Rajkot; R B Barad to continue as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad; C R Kharsan as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad; I K Patel continues as Deputy Commissioner, Ahmedabad; N K Damor as ED, Development Support Agency of Gujarat; V C Verma as Additional Secretary, Education; Dr Vinod R Rao as Director, NRHM, Gandhinagar with additional charge of women and child development; C P Patel as Deputy Rural Development Commissioner, Gandhinagar; J C Chudasama as Additoinal Industries Commissioner, Gandhinagar; Roopwant Singh as MD, Industrial extension Bureau, Gandhinagar; P K Solanki as MD, Dakshin Gujart Vij company Ltd, Surat; Rakesh Shankar as Director, Municipalities, Gandhinagar; Ranjeeth Kumar J as Director, Civil Supplies & Ex-officio Joint Secretary, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs; R G Bhalera as Additional Rural Development Commissioner; V B Mecwan as MD, Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company, Gandhinagar; Dr Ratankanvar H Gadhvicharan as Deputy Rural Development Commissioner, R G Trivedi as Municipal Commissioner, Junagadh; J T Akhani as Director, Gujarat Energy Development Agency, Gandhinagar; Dr Narander Kumar Meena as Commissioner of Youth Services & Cultural Activities; K B Bhatt as Additional Secretary, Women & child Development and B J Bhatt was posted as Additoinal Secretary, Urban Development & Urban Housing.

PESB holding interviews for Director (Fin), NSIC today (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Director (Finance), National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) on February 24, 2015.

M R Krishna is also CVO of NBCC (UPDATED)
JS and CVO of the CPWD M R Krishna has been given additional charge of the CVO NBCC till joining of a regular CVO.He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.Earlier CVO of the NBCC, Dimple Verma IAS,1987 batch is back to the parent UP cadre after completion of deputation tenure.

Pandey relieved for Jharkhand (UPDATED)
D K Pandey is set to become DGP Jharkhand. 1984 batch IPS officer Pandey has been relieved from the post of ADG CRPF.

J K Sao is new CVO Western Coalfields (UPDATED)
Jayant Kumar Sao has been appointed CVO of the Western Coalfields,Nagpur.He is 1995 batch ITS officer.

Choudhary gets three months extension (UPDATED)
CVO of the Kolkata Port Trust S K Choudhary has been given extension in deputation tenure till May 15.He is 1985 batch IDES officer.

Ms Rao posted as Joint Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs (UPDATED)
Ms Vani S Rao has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs soon after she was empanelled for holding this rank post. She is a 1994 batch IFS officer.

Vijay Kumar Singh shifted as Director, EMC (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar Singh has been shifted as Director in the Expenditure Management Commission (EMC) under the Department of Expenditure. He is a 1995 batch ICAS officer.

Ashwini Kumar posted as Sp Chief Secretary, Public Enterprise in Telangana (UPDATED)
Ashwini Kumar Parida has been posted as Special Chief Secretary, Public Enterprises Department in Telangana. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Yugandhar takes charge as ED, BHEL Bhopal (UPDATED)
AMV Yugandhar, appointed Executive Director of BHEL's Bhopal unit, assumed office on Tuesday.

CORPORATE

Khati ceases to be Nominee Director, OMDC
Urvilla Khati has ceased to be Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited w.e.f. February 14, 2015

Prasad appointed Nominee Director, OMDC
Mahabir Prasad, Director, Ministry of Steel, Government of India has been nominated as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of The Orissa Minerals Development Company Limited .

Sahay appointed Part-time Official Director, HMT Ltd
Vishvajit Sahay, Joint Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises had been appointed as a Part-time Official Director of HMT Limited with immediate effect.

Shankar appointed Nominee Director, Canara Bank
The Central Government has nominated Ms Uma Shankar, Chief General Manager, Department of Currency Management, Reserve Bank of India, as Director on the Board of Directors of Canara Bank with immediate effect.

Jena appointed Director, Corporation Bank
The Central Government has nominated Pradyumna K Jena as the Director of Corporation Bank.

Agarwal resigns as Director, Parekh Aluminex Ltd
Alok Agarwal has resigned as Director of Parekh Aluminex Ltd.

Vakil appointed Independent Director, Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Larsen & Toubro Limited has appointed Bahram N Vakil as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. March 16, 2015.

Poddar appointed Addl. Director, Himatsingka Seide Ltd
Himatsingka Seide Limited has appointed Ms Jayshree Poddar as an Additional Director of the company effect w.e.f. March 1, 2015.

Macedo appointed Whole-time Director, Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd
Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited has appointed Ms Monisha Macedo as a Whole-time Director of the company w.e.f. February 23, 2015.

Jain appointed CFO, Magnum Ventures Limited
Magnum Ventures Limited has appointed Parmod Jain as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. February 21, 2015.

Three directors cease to be on Board of Abhinav Leasing & Finance Ltd
Veer Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Rakesh Kumar have resigned as directors of Abhinav Leasing & Finance Ltd w.e.f. Feb 20, 2015

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What message is Modi giving to the public ?

It is a traversity of the anti-corruption ideology which he always boasts of, that made Modi attend the superbash marriage of the grand children of Mulayam and Lalloo. Every one knows that both Mulayam and Lalloo are a rags to riches story both feathering their own nests through their long political career through corrupt means. Both are facing corruption charges and both are roaming free due to the benevelonce of the prosecution. What message is Modi giving to the public who elected him mostly on his anti-corruption crusade?

N Krishnan

New Yadav unity in the offing ?

Now that Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav are in-laws, will a new Yadav unity be forged in Indian politics ?

Vijay Kumar

Call AAI staff back

Airports Economic Regulatory Authority was established in 2009 as one of the statutory body of Civil Aviation Ministry. All the posts of AERA should be filled on deputation basis. But filled on LOAN BASIS and called from AAI. The Chairman of AAI Srivastva is ignorant about this. AAI staff deputed in Airports Economic Authority since 2009 and hide in AERA. They are getting salary and perks of AAI, promotions also. But transfer orders are not implemented on them. Chairman of AAI should call them back in their parent cadre.

Pradeep Goel

When will AERA's condition improve ?

When will condition of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) of India improve?

Raam

AAI in a mess ?

Why Staff of Airport Authority of India are deployed in various bodies if Civil Aviation Ministry? Why staff of AAI are not working carefully on their seats? Why AAI staff hide here and there? Why AAI staff are giving service to others instead of own department ? Is Chairman unknown about this?

Mukul

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