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This is History (2)
Herodotus says - A nation's history has three stages: success; then as a consequence of success, arrogance and injustice; and then, as a consequence of these, downfall.

Do they know everything?
Someone was heard telling to a group of officers in the North Block "Two former Finance Ministers, P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee, know everything about the Lalit Modi case." Is it a fact ?

More trouble ahead for Rajasthan CM?
If political observers are to be believed, some more revelations are in store against Rajasthan CM, Vasundhara Raje. It is alleged that anti-Raje lobby is highly active these days and some more forces have joined hands against her. Cases of her previous regime are being highlighted. Now the question is - who is taking deep interest to corner Ms Raje?

Cost of OROP
The implementation of one rank one pension (OROP) in the Army is estimated to cost the state exchequer to the tune of Rs. 8,500 crore.

BUREAUCRACY

D K GUPTA to be Spl Director, ED ?
DK Gupta is likely to be appointed new Special Director, ED headquarters. An IRS officer, Gupta is posted as Addl. Director at the ED headquarters.

Rupak Kumar Dutta promoted as Special Director, CBI
Rupak Kumar Dutta, Additional Director, CBI, has been promoted as Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on Feb 16, 2015)

YC Modi appointed Additional Director, CBI
YC Modi has been appointed Additional Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on May 13 and June 16, 2015)

Jagmohan Yadav appointed DGP, UP
Jagmohan Yadav, DG, CBCID, has been appointed as new Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of Arvind Mehta as Joint Secretary, Commerce extended
The tenure of Arvind Mehta as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce has been extended for one year beyond June 30, 2015. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

Tenure of P K Kataria as Joint Secretary, Defence extended
The central deputation tenure of P K Kataria as Joint Secretary & Additional Financial Adviser, Ministry of Defence (Finance) has been extended for a period of three months. He is a 1985 batch IA&AS officer.

Dr L B Singhal appointed Development Commissioner, NOIDA, SEZ
Dr L B Singhal has been appointed as Development Commissioner at Joint Secretary level, NOIDA SEZ, Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Trade Service.

Najib Shah is new Chairman of CBEC
Najib Shah has taken over as new Chairman of the CBEC. He is 1979 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

(We said this on May 30, 2015)

Kaushal Srivastava is now Member of ATFP
Outgoing Chairman of CBEC Kaushal Srivastava has been appointed as Member, Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property (ATFP).

Mohanish Verma posted as Protector General of Emigrants
Mohanish Verma has been appointed Protector General of Emigrants at Joint Secretary level in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a 1987 batch IRS-IT officer.

Rajan Shukla posted as Joint Secretary, Consumer Affairs
Rajan Shukla has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Shri Krishan appointed DDG, UIDAI
Shri Krishna has been appointed DDG at Joint Secretary level, UIDAI. He is a 1986 batch IRS-IT officer.

Amitabh Gautam appointed Joint Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation
Amitabh Gautam has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Arabinda Padhee posted as Joint Secretary, Fertilizers
Arabinda K Padhee has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on June 15, 2015)

Ms Vidyawathi appointed Joint Secretary, DoPT
Ms V Vidyawathi has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel & Trai9ing. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Ms Usha Padhee appointed Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation
Ms Usha Padhee has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. She is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on June 15, 2015)

Ms Smita Kumar posted as JS, Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
Ms Smita Kumar has been appointed Joint Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances. She is a 1987 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Parag Gupta appointed Joint Secretary, Food Processing
Parag Gupta has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Neeraj Kumar joins as Director (Fin), IFFC today
Neeraj Kumar, GM, PFC, is taking over as Director (Finance), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) on July 1, 2015.
(We said this on Nov 20, 2014)

Dr Anil Gupta selected for Director (Fin), NTC
Dr Anil Gupta, Additional GM, SJVNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Textile Corporation Limited (NTC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 30, 2015. Only three candidates turned up for the interviews.

T K Chand yet to get orders for CMD, NALCO
Why the orders for appointment of T K Chand, Director (Commercial), RINL,as Chairman & Managing Director, NALCO Limited are getting delayed as vacancy of this post has arisen on May 5, 2015? N R Mohanty, Director, Project and Technical, has been entrusted with an additional charge of CMD.

Seven IAS officers facing inquiry in Haryana
As many as seven IAS officers belonging to Haryana cadre are facing inquiry.

Reshuffle of Administrative officers in Delhi Govt
As many as seven administrative officers have been shifted in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Sanjeev Khirwar has been posted as Commissioner, F&S while Vijay Kumar was made Commissioner, VAT and Sanjay Kumar is Commissioner, Excise with additional charge of DC, New Delhi. Besides, Neeraj Semwal has been posted as DC, South East; H P S Saran as Special Secretary, Land & Building and Devesh Singh was made DC, Headquarters.

A K Khandelwal appointed ED, Track (Machine), Railway Board
A K Khandelwal has been appointed Executive Director, Track (Machine) besides an additional charge of ED, L&A-II , Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.

Pramod Kumar transferred to ITAT, Ahmedabad Benches
Pramod Kumar, Accountant Member, ITAT, Agra Bench, has been transferred to ITAT, Ahmedabad Benches, in the same capacity.

Lt Gen Nimbhorkar to move to Nagrota ?
Lt Gen R R Nimbhorkar is expected to move Nagrota to head 16 Corps.

S A Bathew appointed DG, Audit, SWR, Hubli
S A Bathew, Principal Accountant General, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, has been transferred as Director General of Audit, South Western Railway, Hubli. He is a 1990 batch IA&AS officer.

Vinay Luthra appointed PCCF, Karnataka
Vinay Luthra has been appointed Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Karnataka. He is a 1979 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Niranjan Kumar Sudhansu transferred to President Secretariat
Niranjan Kumar Sudhansu, Director, Skill Development, has been transferred to President Secretariat for the balance period of his central deputation upto December, 2019. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

37 CSS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 37 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been empanelled at Joint Secretary level in Government of India. The officers are: R K Ojha, Dr Parvinder Kaur, V K Gauba, M C Luther, Dr P Srivastava, Renu Jain, Santosh Kumari, S L Negi, Geeta Narayan, B S Rawat, Dr Tarsem Chand, Vedantam Giri, K M Brahme, Vandana Sharma, Mallpudi Subbarayan, S L Meena, T Srinivas, K R Vaidheeswaran, Sudesh Kumar Shahi, Indira Murthy Battiprolu, Sweety Karta Ram, Vissatali Peddeanna, A Asholi Chalai, R K Gupta, Narayan Dass, Anju Bhalla, Saheli Ghosh Roy, Ashok Kumar, Prakash, Moti Lal, G R Raghavender, Rajneesh Tingal, Sushma Taishete, Ashwani Kumar, Subha Thakur, Sanjeev K Jindal and Aparna S Sharma.

23 IRS-IT officers promoted to PrCCIT grade, transferred to different regions
As many as 23 IRS-IT officers have been posted at different regions after promotion to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Pr. CCIT). Accordingly, Ramesh Chandra Mishra posted as PrCCIT, Pune region; D S Saksena as PrCCIT, Mumbai region; Sukh Devo Charan as PrCCIT Nagpur region; Jayasankar Talava a PrCCIT Tamil Nadu region; Vivek Varun Prasad as PrDGIT (L&R), Delhi; Indala Suresh Babu as PrCCIT, AP& Telangana region; Ashok Kumar Sinha as PrCCIT, Delhi region; Pradeep R Sethi as PrCCIT, NWR; Sushil Chandra as PrCCIT, Gujarat region; Raj Kuamr as PrCCIT, Rajasthan region; Sushil Kuamr Sahai as PrCCIT (IT&TP), Delhi; Nishi Singh as Pr DGIST (System), Delhi; C L Denzongpa as PrCCIT, NER; Rajendera Kuamr as PrCCIT (OSD), Chandigarh; Raminder Kaushal as PrCCIT, OSD, Mumbai; Syed Tarique Ahmad as PrCCIT, CCIT, Bihar & Jharkhand region; Simar Singh Negi as PrCCIT, PrDGIT (Logistics), Delhi; Rajesh Chandra Sharma as PrCCIT, West region; Kailash Chandra Jain as PrDGIT, HRD, Delhi; Anita Gupta as PrCCIT, Chennai; Sushil Kant Misra as PrCCIT, East region, Lucknow; Gopal Mukherjee as DGIT Vigilance, Delhi and Abrar Ahmed was posted as PrCCIT, MP& Chhattisgarh region, Bhopal.

4 IFS officers promoted to APCCF grade in MP
Four IFS officers have been promoted to the grade of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF). The officers are: Akshya Kuamr Bisariya, Dr Ajay Shankar, S L Mandal and S N Nachane.

Reshuffle of IFS officers in MP
More than one dozen Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Mangesh Tyagi has been appointed as Chief Advisor, State Planning Commission, Bhopal while B K Mishra will be CCF, PCCF office, Bhopal and Vishram Sagar Sharma is CCF, Sheopur. Besides, C H Murlikrishna has been posted as CCF in PCCF office, Bhopal; R Srinivas Murty as CCF, PCCF office Wildlife, Bhopal; Alok Kumar as Regional Director, Panna National Park and Shubharanjan Sen as Regional Director, Pench National Park, Seoni; Anil Kuamr Khare as Principal, Rangers college, Balaghat; Kshitij Kumar as DCF, Sheopur; Brijendra Shrivastava as DCF, Katangi, Balaghat; Mahendra Pratap Singh as DCF, Vishramganj, Panna; Sanjay Kumar Chauhan as DCF, Betul; Lavit Bharti as DCF, Pipariya, Hoshangabad and Ms Priyanshi Singh was posted as DCF, Chhapara, Seoni.

K Kanna Babu appointed as Director, Municipal Administration in AP (UPDATED)
K Kanna Babu has been appointed as Director, Municipal Administration while Mrs G Vani Mohan, who was holding this post, has been told to report the GAD in Andhra Pradesh.

2 IAS officers shifted in Gujarat (UPDATED)
M K Jadav has been appointed as Secretary, Narmada Water Resources, Water & Supply & Kalpsar Department Water, Resources and M S Dagur was given an additional charge of ACS, Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply & Kalpsar Department.

2 IAS officers get field postings in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
V Sampath has been appointed as Collector, Salem while Mrs M Lakshmi will now be Collector, Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu.

3 IAS officers get additional charges in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers have been given additional charges in Rajasthan. Accordingly, J C Mohanty has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth Affairs Department and Chairman, Rajasthan State Sports Council, Jaipur while Rajesh Kumar Yadav gets charge of Chairman, Jaipur City Transport Services Limited, Jaipur and Mahavir Prasad Swami was given the charge of Director, Women Empowerment and ex-officio Special Secretary, Woman and Child Development and Member Secretary, Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Jaipur.

2 members appointed for NEC (UPDATED)
Chandra Kanta Das & Prof. Gungmumei Kamei have been appointed as part time members of North Eastern Council for a period of three years. Das is a retired 1975 batch AM cadre IAS while Prof Kamei is a distinguished academician and public activist.

HAL spearheads AASSC mandated to bridge skill gaps in aerospace sector (UPDATED)
The newly constituted Aerospace and Aviation Sector Skill Council (AASSC) has drawn a plan to certify around 5,20,000 trainees and groom 6,000 trainers over a period of 10 years in the aerospace sector. "We have signed the term sheet with NSDC covering project objectives, segments, target training trades and broad execution plan", said T Suvarna Raju, CMD of HAL who is also the Chairman of AASSC, on the eve of AASSC Board Meeting held at HAL Corporate Office here yesterday. According to Raju about 30 courses will be introduced in the first three years to ensure greater relevance of skills in the aerospace sector battling for talent in various disciplines. "We also have a challenge to set up new institutes and centres of excellence. As an immediate step, we have now decided to appoint a CEO of AASSC with clear role to him", he said. HAL along with Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) and Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI) was mandated by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to set up Sector Skill Council in the Aerospace and Aviation sector for fulfilling the skill requirements of the sector. The AASSC was registered as a Section 8 Company (Non-profit organisation) under the Companies Act, 2013 on September 12, 2014. HAL holds 50% stake in the Council and remaining 50% is held equally by BCIC and SIATI. The Council has its registered office in Bengaluru, within HAL premises. Some of the leading companies that have positively responded to AASSC concept include Jet Airways (India) Ltd., Tata Advanced Systems Ltd, Max Aerospace and Aviation Pvt Lt, Dynamatic Technologies Ltd, Maini Precision Products Pvt Ltd, SLN Technologies, Karnataka Hybrid Micro Devices Limited, National Aeronautical Laboratory, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), NTTF, Federation of Indian Airlines and Airport Authority of India. More are expected to join the Council.

Proposal of Mrs R S Borah for CMD, OIL rejected (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is reported to have rejected the proposal of Mrs R S Borah, Director (Finance), OIL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL). The post has fallen vacant on July 1, 2015 with the retirement of Sunil Kumar Srivastava on June 30, 2015.

Upendra Prasad Singh is also CMD, OIL (UPDATED)
Upendra Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been assigned an additional charge of the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Limited (OIL). He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Dr Sanjay Kumar fails to join as Director (Pers), WCL (UPDATED)
Dr Sanjay Kumar, GM, CIL, who was selected for the post of Director (Personnel), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), has failed to take over the charge for want of appointment orders as vacancy of this post arose on July 1, 2015.

Neeraj Kumar joins as Director (Fin), IRFC (UPDATED)
Neeraj Kumar, GM, PFC, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC).
(We said this on Nov 20, 2014)

Javeed Ahmad is DG Railways in UP (UPDATED)
S Javeed Ahmad has been promoted and posted as DG Railways in Uttar Pradesh. He is 1984 batch IPS officer.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in UP (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Anil Kumar Singh has been appointed as DM, Kaushambi while Surya Pal Gangwar will be DM, Sitapur and Nitin Ramesh Gokaran is new Varanasi Divisional Commissioner. Similarly, Himanshu Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Science & Technology; Pramod Kumar Agrawal as Additional CEO, Greater NOIDA; Mahendra Bahadur Singh as Special Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development; Pramod Kumar Gupta as Special Secretary, Small Scale Industries and Export Promotion; Bhavana Shrivastava as Special Secretry, Agriculture Production; Pulkit Khare as CDO, Shahjahanpur; Andra Wamsi as CDO, Pratapgarh; Manish Kumar Verma as CDO, Mathura; R M Shrivastava is advisor to Election Commission and retired officer, R M Shrivastava was given job as Advisor, State Election Commission.

113 IRS-C&CE officers get NSFG (UPDATED)
As many as 113 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise cadre have been granted non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG). The officers are: Lalaiah Dhandem, P N Hemlata, Sumit Kumar, Pramod Kumar, S Anil Kumar, Mohan Kumar Meena, Prabhjeet Singh Gulati, Nilkanth Nivrutti Shelkhe, Farah Iqbal, Deepthi Jayaraj, T G Venkatesh, Amish Kr Gupta, K K Singh, V K Singh, B Jayabalasundri, N P Meshram, Prasad Adelli, A Cleatus, Arvind Kumar Saxena, Binod Kr Singh, K C Sharma, Vinod Kumar, S D Chand, V P Singh, R K Sehgal, S M Mani, Rahul Lal, Jagdish Sahran, U B Singh, Datta K Kumar, S A Uma Shankar Gaud, Suresh Chander Gangar, M Rajan, U B Rakhe, M Satyanarayan Reddy, Mahendra Singh, Reena Shetty, Muppalla Murali Krishna, Rohit Singhal, M Umashankar, Lukalapu Venkateswra Rao, Rajesh Kr Agarwal, Sunita Mayur Pandey, Bochu Timothy, Cynthia K Sandhu, Katam Baby Raju, Karamvir Singh, Rajvi Ranjan, Vijayant Singh, Rakesh Gupta, Rakesh Ladwal, Sukhjit Kumar, P K Bhattacharyam, G B Santimano, Sanjay singhal, B P Singh, Y C S Swamy, S C Srivatva, As Baswaraj, M V V Suray Narayana, Sudhakar, Mishra, H K Sharma, Jayant Kr Lal, J S Shanshanwal, Om Prakash, R S Rao, P Ananthakrishana, Sanjeev Bhatnagar, M V Vasudevan, Debojit Bose, Aditya Kr Goel, Sanajay Kr Sinha, C L Dogra, Mahavir Singh Chauhan, Mahender Singh, S K H Meshram, V R Eliza, S Chander, J P S Meena, A R Naik, J Karpagam, Ajay Kumar, R K Chandan, Hardeep Singh, J R Meena, Bhim Singh, J K Simte, K R Madhar, K C Kala, Hari Shankar, J K Meena, P M Rao, R L Meena, C S Mishra, Ramkesh Meena, R S Sharma, B S Suhag, Ignatius Tirkey, R M Gautam, Pradeep Kumar Das, Yash Pal Sharma, Ashish Bijoy Dutta, Birudu Ravindranath, B R Mahayach, G Mathiazhagan, Mahboob Ahmad Ansari, M A Sama, Manorajan Nanda, Bharat Singh, V Nagendra Rao, Bidhan Chandra, T R Gajalaxmi and V C Khole.

Two IRS-C&CE officers shifted (UPDATED)
S K Panda has been assigned additional charges of Chief Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs as well as Service Tax, Kolkata while Jai Prakash has been transferred from Bhopal CX (Indore) to ADG, DG Inspection, Chennai.

100 IRS-C&CE officers promoted to Joint Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 100 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise cadre hae been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner. The officers are: Yashovardhan Pathak, Manish S Kulkarni, K V R K Bhupalrao, Rish Mohan Yadav, G S Shaktwat, Sanjay Prabhakarrao Pradhan, Pranab Sarmaha, Ravindra Kuamr Singh, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Anand Kumar, Raman Kumar Mehta, Harish Dharnia, Pramod Kumar, Ashwini Kumar, Sanjay Kuamr Mahto, Sanjay Kumar, Devendra Pratap Singh Kushwaha, Rajendra Kumar, Pravin Kumar, Pravin Chandra, Amarnath Kesri, Pratul Tiwary, Bhilegaonkar, Deepak Madhavrao, Gauri Shankar Shina, Jagmohan, P Narsimha Rao, M Ramana Reddy, Bipin Kumar Upadhaya, Y Sreenatha Reddy, Remisetti Venkata Balaram, Nilank Kumar, V V Pandit, Pankaj Jain, Ashok Kumar Pandey, R K Dwivedi, Rakesh Deepak, Prakash Chandra Nayak, M Ram Mohan Rao, Naseer Khan, Pramod Kedia, Roshan LL, E Venkat Narsimha Reddy, Promod Kumar, Bhushanlal Garg, Vijay Prakasha Shukla, K Veerabhadra Reddy, S Kesave Narayan Reddy, S Madhusudhan, M Rama mohan Rao, M Tamizh Vendan, Ventru Srinivas, Dharam Singh Meena, Ram Het Meena, chetan Lama, Mohan Lal Sukhapal, K Sambi Reddy, S K Mishra, Vinod Kuamr Agarwal, Pranaya Wahane, R S Sundara Raju, V Vasudha Prasad Rao, Rajiv Garg, Kumar Gaurav Dhawan, Ranjan Prakash, Vikas Nair, Jayaprahasam s, Ramesh Kumar, Arvind Saran, Ubhap Sengraj, Anand Kumar, Chintha Anna Issac, Ch Venkaiah Chowdary, Rewat Raja bhai, Santosh Kumar Vatsa, Vishal M Sanap, Santosh Kumar Mohanty, Samriti Goel Saran, Pawan Kumar, Aslam Hassan, Pydi rama Prasad, Mahesh Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Amrendra Kumar Narayan, Hitesh Godara, A Manimaran, Dinesh Kumar, Anwar Ali T P, N Gandhikumar, Sandee Kumar Rawal, Dinesh Bhoyar, Honhar Singh Meena, Badari Prasad M V, Pravin Kumar Agarwal, A Syam Sunder, Sushant Kumar, Bhojraj Gagnani, M K Sarangi, Nalin Kumar, Manoj Kumar and Inderjit Guha.

Dr Anup K Pujari joins as Secretary, MSME (UPDATED)
Dr Anup K Pujari has taken over the charge as Secretary MSME. Dr Pujari, who succeeded Madhav Lal, belonged to 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Alok Bhatnagar takes over as Naval officer-in-charge (UPDATED)
Commodore Alok Bhatnagar, NM has taken over as the Naval Officer-in-Charge Tamil Nadu & Puducherry) from Commodore Amar K Mahadevan, VSM on his superannuation, at a ceremonial parade conducted at INS Adyar, Navy Office, Chennai. The Commodore, prior to his appointment was serving as Principal Director International Fleet Review (PD IFR) at Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy), New Delhi.

Gopal Singh selected as CMD, NMDC (UPDATED)
Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director in NMDC Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 1, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

27 CSS officers appointed as Joint Secretaries in-situ after promotion (UPDATED)
As many as 27 officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS), who were empanelled, have been appointed as Joint Secretaies in-situ in SAG grade in Government of India. Accordingly, R K Ojha has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce while Dr Parvinder Kaur is Joint Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation and V K Gauba will be Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat. Similarly, M C Luther has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce; Dr P Srivastava, Tourism; Renu Jain, Science & Technology; Santosh Kumari, Defence; S L Negi, Higher Education; Geeta Narayan, Textiles; B S Rawat, Science & Technology; Dr Tarsem Chand, Health & Family Welfare; Vedantam Giri, MHA; K M Brahme, Agriculture& Cooperation; Vandana Sharma, DoPT; Mallipudi Subbarayan, Public Enterprises, S L Meena, DoNER; T Srinivas, Steel, K R Vaidheeswaran, Expenditure; Sudhesh Kumar Shahi, Coal, Indira Murthy Battprolu, MEA; Sweety Karta Ram, Urban Development; Vissatali Peddanna, Coal; A Asholi Chalai, DoPT; R K Gupta, Water Resources; Narain Dass, Commerce; Anju Bhalla, Power and Saheli Ghosh Roy was posted Joint Secretary, Expenditure.

Balvender Kumar joins as Secretary, Mines (UPDATED)
Balvender Kumar has joined as Secretary, Ministry of Mines in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

DEBATE

Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government

Is functioning of bureaucracy better under the present NDA rule or in the UPA regime.
Send your brief specific views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Ms Tyagi nominated as Part-time Official Director of NHPC Ltd
Union Ministry of Power has nominated Ms Krishna Tyagi who is presently the Chief Controller of Accounts in the Ministry as Part-time Official Director of NHPC Limited w.e.f. July 1, 2015

Panchapakesan appointed Non Exec. Director of Surana Industries Ltd
Surana Industries Limited has appointed Ms Soundharya Panchapakesan as Non-Executive Director of the company.

Nopany appointed Exec. Chairman of Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd
Sutlej Textiles and Industries Limited has appointed C S Nopany as Executive Chairman of the company.

Duggal resigns as Independent Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd
Arun Duggal has resigned as an Independent Director of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited

Rai appointed Independent Director of IDFC Ltd
IDFC Limited has appointed Vinod Rai as Independent Director of the company.

Venkatesh appointed Additional Director of Marathwada Refractories Ltd
Marathwada Refractories Ltd has appointed Ganapathy Venkatesh as Additional Director of the company

Masson re-appointed ED of Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd
Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd re-appointed Vinod Masson as Executive Director of the company

Ms Virk appointed Whole-time Director of Indovation Technologies Ltd
Indovation Technologies Ltd has appointed Ms Navneet Kaur Virk as Whole-time Director of the company.

Meher appointed CS of Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd
Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd has appointed Suresh Meher as the Company Secretary of the company.

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DEBATE (1)


No pressures and pulls

Work culture has been developed in the NDA Government.There are no pressures and pulls in this Government.

A P Bhanu


Accountability of foreign tours in Maharatna PSU..

Influential executives who never worked in production units of the integrated plants are always on foreign tours for shopping and enjoyment in night clubs. Many are about retire shortly. These people also got fast track promotion. These people involved in spending over 1500 Crores in setting up processing units in up, Bihar, HP etc. Till now it has not produced products. The PSU has not paid PRP etc to its employees. Will this govt. Investigate and punish? Will this tax payers money be recovered. Bring honest, sincere, qualified people to key positions.

Suyas

Ideation contest in DVC

The news of Ideation Contest by DVC to promote and inculcate the culture of innovation among its employees in itself is an innovation. I remember similar such exercise was done by the Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change at Bhubaneswar a few years ago. There should be no harm in copying this idea and implemented in all spheres of life.

Pradeep

Railways different

The situation of Railways is different from communication. Communication takes place through transmission towers. There is no scope of clash. Only one sets of line can be created on the ground. If somebody else builds a line it will be limited to him. If everybody is allowed to construct their own Railway all across the country, then there more of a land grab and we will be living in a gauge of railway lines. No where in the world there is criss-cross Railway line. Secondly, it is going to be a losing proposition. As it is the Ministry of Finance takes a lot of time in finalizing the budget of the country. If they start dealing with the Railways on a micro basis, then there will be a mess.

BBS

CSSS officers

DP&T may kindly consider sympathetically the extension of selection zone from CSL 1817 to the exact number of resultant vacancies due to implementation of Cadre Restructuring CSSS cadre. It will benefit the officers of CSSS at large who are otherwise eligible for promotion as Private Secretaries in Select List, 2013. The reason for extending the Consideration Zone is that DP&T has not finally come out with the exact number of officers to be covered in Select List, 2013 so far. It will enhance the promotional avenues to the eligible officers and especially the officers whose service career have been coming to an end without having been promoted on regular basis.

V P Sharma

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