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M Ray

Will Modi be able to change the psyche in GoI
The mindset in Indian bureaucracy has been that anyone who is negative or inefficient in decision making, is considered to be honest. Any bureaucrat who is positive and efficient is tagged as smart or Chaloo or perhaps dishonest. These negative / inefficient officers also get the choicest of postings due to their so called "honest" branding. This problem is germane to all Ministries in GOI and also in the State Governments. Now with Modi as PM demanding speed and efficiency, will this culture of rewarding inefficiency and the mindset of undue tagging of smart officers in GoI change ?

Petro theft: was it a result of business houses rivalry ?
Theft of important papers from the Petroleum Ministry was a result of some big business houses rivalry ? If sources are to be believed 2-3 big business houses were having complete control in the ministry for the last so many years.Now the question is being debated which house has played the role of an informer ? Guess if you can.

Jaitley replaces Advani !
BJP leader Arun Jaitley has replaced his own party stalwart LK Advani if one was to go by the presence of journalists at their doorsteps. While less number of journalists are these days seen visiting Advani, there is always a huge rush of scribes at Jaitley's office.

BUREAUCRACY

Siraj Hussain appointed as Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation
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
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
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
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
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
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
Jiwesh Nandan has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

(We said this on January 10, 2014)

Tenure of Dr Srinivasan as Joint Dev Commissioner, Madras Export Pro. Zone extended
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
Dr V M Katoch has not been given second extension to the post of Secretary, Department of Health Research.

Iyer is number one in panel of Member CERC !
Dr. MK Iyer is number 1 in the panel for Member CERC. File is going to be submitted to ACC for approval.

Navdeep Singh Suri appointed as High Commissioner to Australia
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.

Satish Chandra Jha promoted as Special Director, IB
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
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
S P Mohanty, DGM, RCF, 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.

Abhishek Dayal elected President, FCA, Sri Lanka
Abhishek Dayal, Correspondent, Prasar Bharati, Colombo, has been elected President, Foreign Correspondent Association, Sri Lanka. He is the first Indian representative who has got such honour. Dayal is 1997 batch IIS officer.

Vishal Desai appointed as Deputy Director in PD Commercial Audit office, Mumbai
Vishal B Desai, Deputy Accountant General in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit)-I, Maharashtra, Mumbai, has been posted as Deputy Director in the office of Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit Board-II, Mumbai at branch Mumbai. He is a 2010 batch IA&AS officer.

Gautam appointed as Technical Examiner, CVC
Sangh Priya Gautam has been appointed as Technical Examiner, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on deputation. He is an IRSEE officer.

PESB invites applications for Director (MKTG), BPCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (MKTG), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) falling vacant on March 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before April 28, 2015.

Sanjay Jain posted as CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi region
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.

An absconding accused arrested
CBI has arrested an absconding accused in a case related to an alleged loss of Rs.31 crores( to Allahabad Bank, in Kanpur(Uttar Pradesh). After investigation, chargesheet was filed U/s 120-B, 420, 468, 471 IPC & Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988 against 6 persons viz. two Proprietors/Partners & their Kanpur-based private firm; three public servants and a private person. The said accused was declared absconder by the Court on November 28, 2014. CBI arrested him at Kanpur.

IPS changes in West Bengal
S.M.H. Meerza has been posted as commandant, special security force battalion. Kunal Agarwal will Burdman SP . Avvaru Ravindranath has been appointed Jalpaiguri police chief.S.M.H. Meerza, who has been made the commandant, special security force battalion.Humayun Kabirhas been appointed the deputy commissioner (headquarters) of the Barrackpore commissionerate.Kallol Ganai will now be DIG Murshidabad range and Rathod Amitkumar Bharat will be DC, traffic, Barrackpore commissionerate.

Vasishth appointed as Development Commissioner, SEZ, Kandla (UPDATED)
Upendra Vasishth has been appointed as Development Commissioner at Joint Secretary level, Kandla Special Economic Zone, Kandla in Gujarat. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

7 officers of Indian Postal Service group 'A' transferred (UPDATED)
As many as seven JTS/STS officers of Indian Postal Service group 'A' have been transferred and posted to differnet circles. Accordingly, Ashoke Pal and Gautam Kumar Jana have been shifted to West Bengal circle while T S Aswathanarayana was transferred to Karnataka circle and M C Pandey was posted to Uttarakhand circle. Similarly, K K Devis has been appointed to Kerala circle; B R Nanajagi to Maharashtra circle and P R Kerala was shifted to Rajasthan circle.

Mrs Kundra posted as Secretary & Commissioner, Transport in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Mrs Gitanjali Gupta Kundra has been appointed as Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Transport with an additional charge of CMD, DSIIDC in Delhi Government. She is a 1996 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Forbes Asia names Ms Bhattacharya in its 50 'Power Businesswomen' list (UPDATED)
Forbes Asia has named Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India, in its annual 50 'power businesswomen' list. The much coveted list appeared in the magazine's March 2015 special issue. Arundhati Bhattacharya is referred to as "the first lady of Indian banking" who chairs the Indian behemoth, SBI with 225 million customers and assets of $300 billion. Forbes Asia said as "SBI lifer" Smt. Bhattacharya's has had her hands full addressing bad loans and shoring up the bank's capital. The Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen list showcases a year of accomplishments by the region's female entrepreneurs and executives. The list includes women CEOs and founders, who are active in the upper echelons of the business world in Asia, wield significant power and have access to robust financial resources. In this year's edition, Forbes Asia has featured six Business Women from India among its 50 'Power Businesswomen' list.

MRPL carries out feed-in to its poly propylene unit (UPDATED)
MRPL has successfully undertaken the feed-in activity for its Polypropylene Unit (PPU). MRPL has setup a Polypropylene Unit (PPU), licensed by Novolen, with a production capacity of 4, 40, 000 MT/annum, as part of its phase III Refinery expansion and upgradation project. The PPU is integrated with its world class Refinery, ensuring feedstock security at all times.

Orders of Dr. B P Sharma as new CMD Pawan Hans Ltd. Issued (UPDATED)
Orders of Dr B P Sharma as new CMD of Pawan Hans Ltd have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Sept 30, 2014)

Ms S T Ray selected as Director (HRD), BSNL (UPDATED)
Ms S T Ray, ED, BSNL, has been selected for the post of Director (HRD), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 27, 2015. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Chakraborty appointed Nominee Director, Petronet LNG Ltd
Petronet LNG Limited has appointed Atanu Chakraborty as Nominee Director of Gujarat Maritime Board (GMR) on the Board of Directors of the company w.e.f. February 23, 2015

Guha appointed Director, Usha Martin Education & Solutions Ltd
Usha Martin Education & Solutions Limited has appointed Ms Gangotri Guha as Director of the company

Gupta appointed CFO, Usha Martin Education & Solutions Ltd
Vinay Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Usha Martin Education & Solutions Limited

Kamath designated Vice Chairman & MD, Dr Datsons Labs Ltd
Dr Datsons Labs Ltd has designated Rajendra Kamath, as a Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the company w.e.f. February 15, 2015

Gagrani appointed CFO, Saboo Sodium Chloro Ltd
Saboo Sodium Chloro Ltd has appointed V P Gagrani as a Chief Financial Officer of the company

Ramachandran appointed Director (Finance), Transwarranty Finance Ltd
Transwarranty Finance Ltd has appointed U Ramachandran as a Director ( Finance) of the company w.e.f. February 25, 2015

Malini appointed Nominee Director, Cochin Minerals & Rutiles Ltd
Ms A Malini, General Manager, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (KSIDC) had been nominated as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Cochin Minerals & Rutiles Ltd

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AAP in Government
Arvind Kejriwal swept to power partly on its promise to give corruption free government to the national capital and partly on his promising to give free power and water to the citizens. He has announced that fromMarch 1 water will be free and 400 units of electricity per month at 50% of the present cost, with the balance being given as a subsidy. It is not clear whether the subsidy will be given to the citizens or to the distribution company, but one assumes that the latter will be the case because the Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, has said that this arrangement will be there till the audit of the distribution company is completed and if it is found that they are making undue profit, then the subsidy will have to be borne by the distribution companies themselves. If the metered supply indicates use of more than 400 units of power per month then the consumer will have to pay for the entire power consumed from point zero onwards. Similar will be the case with water.
A party which has come to power on a promise of a corruption free government has just created an avenue of corruption with almost unlimited scope and with very little chance of detection. People who want free power and water cannot be considered exactly above corruption themselves because they want a benefit without paying for it. How much power and water is consumed is a question of what the meter reading shows and meters are read by low paid meter readers in large numbers. One can foresee consumers bribing the meter readers to deliberately show a lesser power consumer than 400 units per month or a water consumption of less than 20,000 litres per month. The employee gets a modest but regular bribe from each household and the householders save a great deal of money by not having to pay any electricity or water bill. Because both benefit at a scale which is almost universal, neither will report the deviations and, therefore, corruption would be wholesale in which there will be eager citizens' participation. This nexus cannot be broken. Congratulations, Kejriwal for setting in place such a foolproof arrangement.
M N Buch

Who is the most intelligent politician of them all ?
Who is the smartest, the canniest, the wiliest? The debate must include the names of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Dr J Jayalalitha, Dr Subramaniam Swamy, Digvijay Singh, Amit Shah and Arvind Kejriwal.
A K Singh

Post right person at the right place
It will be more helpful for the Railways Services to post right person at the right place. There are very knowledgeable persons in Indian railways but they are sideline and not getting recognition in the department. This will not sole the internal friction but also the system of the tendering and procurement will be very fast and productivity of the Rly PU will be at par with Trade and at same time modernization of Railway and Pu will be benefitted as of now young generation has tremendous potential to work for the country and its developments .As our PM expecting from the citizen of the country.
Every Railway man should help and Co-operate to form the and make proper modalities as early as possible. Thanking you for taking our suggestion for new constructive Indian Railway service under one Umbrella.
Shaikh Nazir
CMT/CLW/CRJ

It is not very uncommon
Selling/parting of these documents in Ministries is not a very uncommon as this done mostly by personal staff in senior offices and officers who are their for very longer durations in these Ministries and have been able to escape rotations by patronage by Secretaries moving these staff as personal luggage. Rules should be applicable to all and exceptions like cab. Sectt. or pmo should be avoided. When u implement rules equally for all these malpractices are arrested on their own significantally. Onus lies on all of us but especially on head of Deptts. & DOPT.
Srivastava R

Where are Ache Din for Aam Admi ?
Feedback from whispers in the corridors.in:, India shining but where are ache din for Aam Admi. Present government is making all out efforts for hassle free business and with assurance of radical reforms foreign money is coming to stock market which are booming resulting in huge income to operators high net worth individual and increasing the worth of listed company promoters hugely but common /middle man is where he was during upa time & still awaiting ache din. government need to look & take care of this constituency to avoid delhi like political set back .
RK NAGPAL

Selection process is done after due application of mind
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

Why post Indian Telecom Service officers in ministries ?
I want to ask Ram Singh that what is Rocket Science. He is dealing in Ministries that ITS (Indian Telecom Services) officers can not perform. How different is working of other ministries w.r.t. DoT ? ITS are UPSC qualified and well trained and well experienced officers. Technical Ministries and regulatory bodies are being headed by non technical service officers and you want to keep ITS away from other ministries. Technology is the only solution for most of the problems. Develop scientific temperament in all ministries.
Brahma Singh

Demoralising other officers
The ITS officers, especially the ones holding very sensitive posts like Director (Estt.)/Director (Admin.) in various ministries and DoPT etc., due to their lack of administrative experience/ acumen, are not understanding/appreciating the nuances of the matters and are being driven by the whims/ fancies of the their subordinates. This is damaging and demoralising other officers.
Rajesh

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