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Petro 'Espionage ': IB submits report ?
The buzz is that IB has submitted its report regarding Petroleum Ministry's alleged 'espionage'. It is said that now ministry is waiting for report of Delhi Police after which some action is expected. Ministry has asked IB for probe in October last year.

Delhi govt to get services of Chaturvedi ?
It is said that Delhi government may not get the services of Sanjiv Chaturvedi, IFS, Haryana cadre. Official sources are of the opinion that since the case is pending before CAT, therefore government has to wait till then.

Yadav's son joins BJP ?
Political circles are agog with rumours about a son of Ram Naresh Yadav, ex-governor of MP, joining BJP in UP.

BUREAUCRACY

Appointment of HCs and Ambassadors now on top priority
It has been decided at the highest level to give top priority to the appointments of the High Commissioners and the Ambassadors.

Five IPS officers retire in February
Only five officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of various batches and cadres are retiring in February 2015. They are: C Zorammuana of AGMUT cadre; Ajay Kumar Mishra of Bihar cadre; Amitabh Pathak of Gujarat cadre; M N Krishnamurthy of Kerala cadre and Omendra Bhardwaj of Rajasthan cadre.

Who will be new Member of CERC ?
Who will be new Member of the CERC ?.Tie is said to be between M K Iyer nd Satish Loomba.

S B Singh to get one month extension !
SB Singh who is holding charge of Member (Budget) in the CBEC may get 1 month Extension.

Jain is Member Secretary NDMA
R.K. Jain, Secretary National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has been nominated as Member, NDMA. He will function as Member Secretary NDMA for a period co-terminus with his tenure as Secretary NDMA.

Dr D K Likhi selected for CMD, MIDHANI
Dr D K Likhi, Director (P&M), Midhani, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (Midhani) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 25, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Appointment of three Judges of MP HC soon
Formal orders of the appointment of three new High Court Judges in the Madhya Pradesh High Court is expected to take place in a week or two.

Will ADG post return to ITBP ?
ITBP is still waiting for its ADG post, which was shifted to NDRF three years back, to return.

One ADG level post now vacant in CRPF
After the departure of D K Pandey as DGP Jharkhand one post of ADG has fallen vacant in the CRPF.

Ms Atoorva posted as Director (IR) in PD Commercial Audit office, Mumbai
Ms Atoorva Sinha, Director in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit &Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, Mumbai, has been transferred and posted as Director (IR) in this office. She is a 2002 batch IA&AS officer.


Various Tribunals are headless ?
Many posts in NGT,CAT and ITAT are presently vacant. Sources said that CJI,SC has already recommended certain names to the govt months ago. It is now government"s turn to take action.

India wants Israel's cooperation in Homeland Security
The union home ministry has identified Cyber Security including, Cyber Forensics and joint development of technology as thrust areas of Homeland Security where Israel can cooperate.

PESB invites applications for Director (CS), IRCTCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (CS), Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTCL) falling vacant on March 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 28, 2015.

Mrs Palka Sahni relieved to join as Deputy Secretary, IPP
The Government of Bihar has relieved Mrs Palka Sahni of cadre responsibility enabling her to join as Deputy Secretary in Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. She is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Mishra is also Commissioner PR in Chhattisgarh
Ganesh Shankar Mishra has been given additional charge of Public Relations in Chhattisgarh. He is 1994 batch IAS officer.

B Rajendar relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Water Resources
The Government of Bihar has relieved B Rajendar of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Joint Secretary, Water Resources in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Meshram posted as ADRM, Kota
P K B Meshram has been appointed as Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Kota, West Central Railway. He is an IRSS officer.

Santosh Shukla posted as ADRM, Varanasi
Santosh Kumar Shukla has been posted as Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Varanasi in North Eastern Railway. He is an IRSE officer.

2 IRS-IT officers posted as Additional/Joint Commissioner
Two Indian Revenue Service officers of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted as Additional/Joint Commissioner. Accordingly, Raju Lepcha has been posted as CCA, West Bengal and Sikkim while Subhra Jyoti Chakroborty will be now CCA, Directorate of Income Tax (Vig), East Zone, Kolkata.

Deb posted as Assistant GM, RCIL
Satyajit Deb has been posted as Assistant GM/Finance, Eastern Region, RailTel Corporation of India (RCIL) Kolkata on deputation for a period of three years.

Ananta Charan Nayak of Odisha awarded IAS cadre
Ananta Charan Nayak of Odisha State Civil Service has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

NBCC bags Most Talented Global HR Leaders Award (UPDATED)
NBCC General Manager (HRM) Kaviraj, recieved the Most Talented Global HR Leaders Award presented by CHRO ASIA at its World HRD Congress Event held in Mumbai theother day.

Navdeep Singh Suri appointed as High Commissioner to Australia (UPDATED)
Navdeep Singh Suri, presently Ambassador of India to the Arab Republic of Egypt, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Australia. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer.

(We said this on Feb 10, 2015)

Tenure of Dr V M Katoch as Secretary, DHR ending on Feb 28 (UPDATED)
The extended tenure of Dr Vishwa Mohan Katoch as Secretary, Department of Health Research and Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research is coming to an end on February 28, 2015.

Sanjay Jain posted as CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi region (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sanjay Kumar Jain has been appointed as CIT in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Tanzanian delegation calls on Dattatreya (UPDATED)
BandaruDattatreya, Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment met Tanzanian Delegation led by Labour Minister and also accompanied by four other Ministers & five Senior Officers of Tanzania to discuss social security issues. While welcoming the delegation, Minister of State highlighted the endeavor of the Government to safeguard the interest of the workforce in the country and to provide social security to the weaker section of the society. He highlighted the various benefits available to organized and un-organized sector workers under the various labour laws administered by Ministry of Labour& Employment. Besides, he outlined several landmark initiatives taken by the present Government in the field of labour reforms including launch of "ShramSuvidha Portal" by Prime Minister on October 16, 2014 and launch of "Universal Account Number" (UAN) to ensure member portability and other facilities such as viewing of PF balance online and SMS alert. Setting up of Central Intelligence and Analysis Unit in EPFO and ESIC to end Inspector Raj and bring transparency in inspection mechanism. He also mentioned the Make In India campaign launched by PM and labour reforms including impetus on skill development programme to make it a success. He suggested that both the countries should work together in the field of research and training programme so that best practices can be shared by the officials and for possibilities of signing MoU be explored. Shri Anil Kumar Agarwal, IAS, Director General Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) also made a presentation on the medical facilities provided under the Scheme and interacted with the visiting delegation. Before coming to meet Union Minister, the delegation visited Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) where a detailed presentation was made by Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC) on the social security schemes run by retirement fund body. The delegation interacted with the Indian officials and shared their experience and challenges being faced by both the countries in providing social security to the workforce in their respective countries.

Satish Chandra Jha promoted as Special Director, IB (UPDATED)
Satish Chandra Jha has been promoted to Special Director from Additional Director in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Malay Kuamr Sinha promoted as Special Director, IB (UPDATED)
Malay Kumar Sinha has been promoted to Special Director from Additional Director in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.


S P Mohanty selected as Director (Mktg), HIL (UPDATED)
S P Mohanty, DGM, HOCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 26, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

Siraj Hussain appointed as Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation (UPDATED)
Siraj Hussain has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Ranglal Jamuda appointed as Secretary, Food Processing Industries (UPDATED)
Ranglal Jamuda has been appointed as Secretry, Ministry of Food Processing Industries.He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Angurana deputed as Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Fisheries (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Angurana has been apointed as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

S M Vijayanand appointed as Secretary, Panchayati Raj (UPDATED)
S M Vijayanand has been appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Jugal Kishore Mohapatra deputed as Secretary, Rural Development (UPDATED)
Jugal Kishore Mohapatra has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development with additional charge of Fertilizers. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Bhanu Pratap Sharma is also Secretary, DHR (UPDATED)
Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Jiwesh Nandan appointed as Joint Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Jiwesh Nandan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of Dr Srinivasan as Joint Dev Commissioner, Madras Export Pro. Zone extended (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of Dr S Swarna Srinivasan as Joint Development Commissioner, Madras Export Processing Zone-SEZ, Chennai, has been extended for a period of three months. Dr Srinivasan is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

No extension to Dr Katoch as Secretary, DHR (UPDATED)
Dr V M Katoch has not been given second extension to the post of Secretary, Department of Health Research.

CORPORATE

Sinha designated as MD , OMDC
P K Sinha, Director (Production & Planning) of Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd (OMDC), has been designated as the Managing Director of Orissa Minerals Development Company Ltd w.e.f. February 4, 2015.

Khare appointed Director, Assam Petrochemicals Ltd
Sameer Kumar Khare, IAS has been appointed as a Director of Assam Petrochemicals Ltd w.e.f. February 5, 2015.

Narayan is Acting CFO, Jet Airways (India) Ltd
Jet Airways (India) Ltd has re-designated Ravichandran Narayan who is currently the Vice President (Finance) of the company as the Acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. February 24, 2015

Khera appointed Independent Director, Alembic Ltd
Alembic Limited has appointed Sameer Khera as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. February 25, 2015

Jain resigns as Non-Executive Director, L&T Finance Holdings Ltd
A K Jain has resigned as Non-Executive Director of L&T Finance Holdings Limited due to other professional commitments w.e.f. February 26, 2015.

Vijayendra appointed Nominee Director, Indian Bank
The Central Government has nominated B P Vijayendra, PCGM, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai as RBI Nominee Director of Indian Bank with immediate effect

Kallupurackal appointed CFO, Kothari Petrochemicals Ltd
Kothari Petrochemicals Limited has appointed Cyrus Kallupurackal as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company w.e.f. February 23, 2015

Majumder resigns as Director, Enterprise International Ltd
Joydev Roy Majumder has resigned as Director of Enterprise International Ltd w.e.f. February 23, 2015

Banerjee appointed Public Relations Manager, Hyatt Regency Chennai
Aully Banerjee has been appointed as Manager, Public Relations, Hyatt Regency Chennai

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No change expected
Nothing is going to change. People are realising fast that Modi is no better than Manmohan Singh. And his Ministers are worse than Manmohan's Ministers. The only difference is that Modi has a little pronounced vocal chord that was missing from Manmohan's body.
Mullik


What will be the next move of Kejriwal ?
Having ridden to power on an anti Modi wave in Delhi, he would like to show that though he wants cooperation from Modi and the Central Government, the Central Government is not obliging. That is the only way to strike a chord with his voters, especially because Mr Kejriwal is unlikely to fulfill his election promises, having promised the moon to his voters without thinking of resources, laws, shortages etc. He would also want to expand his political base as rapidly as possible, because he can't keep all his eggs in one basket viz. Delhi and also because he harbours Prime Ministerial ambition. He will, however, go about it quietly, since any noise about his ambitions does not really carry him too far with his voters. The dharnas will of course, start, but since he does not wish to be seen as too agitationist in a hurry, he will latch on to dharnas begun by others like his old mentor, Annasaheb Hazare. He understands well that his current opponent is the BJP alone, since the Congress stands almost decimated in the current popular opinion. What is Modi's response going to look like? He will assure Kejriwal of all support. He will also work on the perception of his being too dictatorial. He will try to be seen as softer, more compassionate. He will try to reduce the solidarity with which the entire opposition is ready to close ranks against him. He will also do what he does best. Administer. There is no gainsaying the fact that Mr Modi the leader who can deliver.
Vijay Kumar

Why PSU employees working in Administrative Ministries ?
Why PSU employees are working in their Administrative Ministries ? Are they appointed for the Ministry ? Why they are getting promotions after every three/four years ?
Why they are working in the Ministries for the last 20 or more years ?
Government employees are temporary in the Ministries because they are transferred ministry to ministry in certain period of time. But PSU employees are permanent GoI employees.
Why government officers (Ds and above) taking full time car from PSUs and also taking transport allowance ? Is it fair ? One car's monthly rental is more than Rs. 50, 000. Is it not loss of the company ?
How many Personnel (staff) is entitled for a Minister / MoS ? DoPT knows ? One minister / MoS having more than 30 staff (formal or informal ) ? How many cars they are having ?
SG

Appoint proper Medical Superintendent for Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
I would request the PM to appoint proper Medical Superintendent of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital who would listen and work carefully.
Sidheshwar

ITS officers are at par with other civil servants
I read in your columns that Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) Officers being posted on Central Services deputation are proving to be stumbling blocks as they are ignorant of service rules, little realizing that they are also similarly trained in code rules and procedures as any other civil servants. They too undergo similar foundation course and other refresher courses during the course of their service. In short, they are at par with all other civil servants. In fact, they have been found to be most wanting wherever they have been deputed on account of their efficiency. May be this heart burn is arising out of that as some of the posts of Deputy Secretary or Joint Secretary are going to ITS officers. However, this is perfectly in consonance with the prevailing guidelines of the DoPT. There is no reason for anyone to be jittery about it as officers enriched with varied experiences coming from different services to Central deputation will definitely make various departments to perform better. This practice of drawing officers from different services must be encouraged for making the system more efficient.
S K Nigam


No special treatment to ITS
Apropos a comment on your blog as to why Indian Telecom Servoce officers are posted to various Ministries, the following should be kept in mind: The Government of India (Central Government) is manned by officers on deputation from all Services which participate in the Central Staffing scheme. Officers are selected from all eligible Services after they are on the offer list, from panels of officers, based on merit. The selection process is after due application of mind by the Government. There is no special treatment to the Indian Telecom Service and there is no reason for the subordinate functionaries recruited through the SSC examination (Group C) to feel jealous of those who are recruited in superior scales (Group A) by the UPSC.
A K Singh

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