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Kings came and went, or quarreled with each other, but they did not touch or interfere with this village system or venture to take away from the liberties of the Panchayats.

Congress leaders told to do homework before leveling allegations
'Once bitten, twice shy' seems to be the Congress High Command's watchword, when it comes to over enthusiastic state units trying to go for the BJP jugular. After Jairam Ramesh fiasco of a press conference in which he had relied on what later turned out to be unauthentic records of title to Dholpur Palace, the Congress High Command is whispered to be in no mood to lap up competitive mudslinging by state units without satisfying itself of the veracity of allegations. That is why, it seems, party leaders are wary of Chhattisgarh PCC's allegation of a Rs 36,000 crore PDS scam when the total turnover of PDS business itself has been less than Rs 24,000 crores in the last ten years. State Congress leaders have been told to do their homework properly to avoid egg on party's face.


How many Shanta Kumars?
Subject of discussion at a get-together was "How many Shanta Kumars are in BJP these days?" A veteran journalist said " When poles apart K Kamraj and Morarji Bhai Desai can join hands then why not disciplined stalwarts in the BJP?" He did not elaborate.

AAP-Delhi Police relations won't be cordial?
It is said that relations between the Delhi police and AAP government will remain strained. Delhi CM wants police control but Union govt is not going to oblige Arvind Kejriwal. This is the reason why Delhi CM is targeting state police and using unparliamentary words for them. Observers say that only PM has the permanent solution to this problem.

Two members of Anglo-Indian Community nominated
The President has nominated Prof. Richard Hay and George Baker as Members of the Anglo-Indian Community to the Lok Sabha.

BUREAUCRACY

PM to announce OROP on August 15?
Hope all formalities regarding One Rank One Pension (OROP) are completed and are expected to be announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the rampart of the Red Fort on August 15.

Prem Narain to be Member of NCDRC?
Outgoing Secretary, Indian Overseas Affairs, Prem Narain has been shortlisted for Member, National Consumers Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) by the Supreme Court Judge Selection Panel. He is a former 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

D Ravi selected for Director (Commercial), PFC
D Ravi, ED, PFC, has been selected for the post of Director (Commercial), Power Finance Corporation (PFC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 23, 2015. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.


CBI scans around 100 IAS officers for corruption
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is reported to have scanned around one hundred IAS officers for various cases of corruption committed during last five years.

More than five dozen IAS officers to be prosecuted for corruption
The Government of India is reported to have sanctioned prosecution of more than 60 IAS officers against corruption charges.

Eight CSS officers to be prosecuted on corruption charges
The Government of India is reported to have sanctioned prosecution of eight Central Secretariat Service (CSS) group A officers on corruption charges.

Eight CBI officers to be prosecuted on corruption charges
The Government of India is reported to have sanctioned prosecution of six Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) group A officers on corruption charges.

Manoj Kumar Bharti appointed Ambassador to Ukraine
Manoj Kumar Bharti, presently Ambassador, E/a Minsk, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to Ukraine. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer.

Biraja Prasad appointed Ambassador to Republic of Tajikistan
Biraja Prasad, presently Counsellor, Embassy of lndia, Moscow, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Tajikistan. He is a 1998 batch IFS officer.

Ajay Mathur is new TERI Chief
Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Ajay Mathur has been appointed as the new DG of the TERI. He would succeed Dr R K Pachauri.

Over 100 vacancies of Independent Directors in PSUs
Over one hundred vacancies of Independent Directors are there in the 32 Public Sector Undertakings in the country.

Satendra Kumar deputed as GM, RVNL, Lucknow
Satendra Kumar has been deputed to the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) as General Manager (S&T) at Lucknow. He is an IRSSE officer.

PESB invites applications for Director (Mktng), FACT
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Marketing), Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) fell vacant on June 9, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 3, 2015.

Lt Gen RR Nimbhorkar is new GOC, 16 Corps
Lt Gen RR Nimbhorkar has taken over as GOC of 16 Corps. He has succeeded Lt Gen K H Singh.
(We said this on July 1)

Lt Gen Patyal is new GOC, 14 Corps
Lt Gen S K Patyal has taken over as GOC of Leh based 14 Corps. He has succeeded Lt Gen B S Negi.
(We said this on June 29)

Lt Gen Parveen Bakshi moves to Eastern Command
Lt Gen Parveen Bakshi Chief of Staff (CoS) in Northern Command, Udhampur has been moved to Eastern Command.
(We said this on June 26)

Lt Gen Singh is new Chief of Infantry School, Mhow
Lt Gen K H Singh is taking over as Commandant of Infantry School, Mhow in Madhya Pradesh.
(We said this on July 13 )

Lt Gen Dua to be new GOC, 15 Corps
Lt Gen SK Dua, presently posted in Army Headquarters is being tipped as new GOC of Srinagar based 15 Corps in place of Lt Gen Subrata Saha.
(We said this on July 14 )

Lt Gen Saha to move to Army Headquarters?
GOC of 15 Corps Lt Gen Saha is reportedly moving to the Army Headquarters to get an important assignment.
(We said this on July 14)

Lt Gen Negi to move to Army Headquarters?
Lt Gen Negi is expected to get important assignment either in the Army Headquarters or in the Northern Command.

Biswas yet to get orders; vacancy of Director (ER&D), BHEL arises
The orders for appointment of Subrata Biswas, ED, BHEL, as Director (Engineering Research & Development), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India as this post fell vacant on July 1, 2015.

Dr Ashvini Kumar yet to join as full-fledged MD, SECI
Dr Ashvini Kumar, Director, SECI, is yet to take over charge as Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). He presently has additional charge of MD.

Closure of HMT Bearing Ltd approved; VRS offered to employees
The Government of India has offered Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to the employees of HMT Bearing Limited as it has approved closure of this Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE). As many as 55 employees are still working with this CPSE.

Pradeep Kumar Ray appointed Dy Director (Admn), AIIMS
Pradeep Kumar Ray has been appointed Deputy Director (Administration) in AIIMS, Bhubaneswar for a period of three years.

PK Agarwal promoted to 80,000 grade
P K Agarwal has been promoted to grade Rs 75,500 - 80,000 and posted as Additional Member Mechanical Engineering, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

RS Kochak promoted to 80, 000 grade
R S Kochak has been promoted to grade Rs 75,500 - 80,000 and posted as Additional Member, Production Units, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Ranjan P Thakur posted as ED, Railway Board
Ranjan P Thakur has been appointed Executive Director, Tourism & Catering, Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

IAS officer seeks VRS in UP (UPDATED)
1982 batch IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh has sought VRS in Uttar Pradesh.

NBCC signs MoU for redevelopment of IIPA Campus (UPDATED)
The CMD of National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal and Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Dr. Tishyarakshit Chatterjee, IAS (Retd.), exchanged documents after signing an MoU for redevelopment of IIPA Campus, Delhi. The cost of the project is Rs.435 Crore. It is to be mentioned that NBCC has already executed Redevelopment Work of New Moti Bagh GPRA Complex, New Delhi and another one namely Rs.5000 Crore East Kidwai Nagar Redevelopment, New Delhi, is also going on at present.

S K Srivastava appointed as CIT, NOIDA (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, S K Srivastava has been appointed as Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) (A)-1, NOIDA.

Ramesh Sahijwani promoted as VC, IFFCO Co Ltd (UPDATED)
Ramesh Kumar Sahijwani has been promoted as Vice President (Marketing & CSR), IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. He has been serving this company as General Manager/Deputy General Manager/Chief Manager for the last 10 years.

First batch of CAPFS promoted (UPDATED)
First Batch of Specialist cadre, CAPFS has been promoted to the Rank of Commandant . They are Mssrs Dr. D. K. Verma, Dr Sandhya Thapliyal , Dr Rajkamal and Dr Rajeev kr.

Ranjan Thakur appointed as ED (T&C), Railway Board (UPDATED)
H Ranjan P Thakur has been appointed as Executive Director (Tourism & Catering), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

48 Section Officers promoted to Under Secretary grade (UPDATED)
As many as 48 Section officers have been promoted to the grade of Under Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: S R Raja, T D Prashanth Rao, Prem Prakash Maurya, Pramod Bhardwaj, shobhit Gupta, Satish Kumar, Anurag Goel, Niraj Singh, Paras Kuamr Singh, Rahul Deo Diwakar, Santosh Kumar, Soumajit Ghosh, Kundan Nath, Avinash Chander, Puluk Sen Gupta, Deepak Dan Barnwal, Balram singh, Anuj Kumar Surajit Indu, Nishat Indu, Nishat Kumar, Pramod Kumar Verma, Shammem Udden Ansari, Shambhu Nath Pal, Vikas Tripathi, Milind Mujumdar, Dilip Kumar, Neelam, Kulvinder Singh, Imtiyaz Ahmad Kamal, Ranajit Kumar Roy, Rajesh Sarswat, tara Chandar, Asghar Ali, Anupam Pandey, Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Shariq Saeed, Unni Krishnan T, anil Bajpai, Kuheli S Chaudhary, Balraj, Rajshri Khalkho, Inder Jeet Singh, Rajeev Kumar, Rishan Rynthathaing, Man Singh Kasottia, C Thenmoli, Amit Kumar Rawat and Ram Vilas Premi.

S C Mudgerikar selected as Director (M&CP), CWC (UPDATED)
S C Mudgerikar has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing & Corporate Planning), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 24, 2015. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same. He is an IRTS officer.

CORPORATE

Anand Krishnamurthy is MD and CEO of Catholic Syrian Bank
Anand Krishnamurthy has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Catholic Syrian Bank

Shekhar Ramamurthy is new MD of UB
Shekhar Ramamurthy would replace Kalyan Ganguly as Managing Director of the United Breweries (UB).

Eusman appointed Addl. Director of United Breweries Ltd
Frans Erik Eusman has been appointed as an Additional Director of United Breweries Limited

Sawhney appointed Govt. Nominee Director, IOCL
Indian Oil Corporation Limited has appointed A P Sawhney as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Nohria appointed Independent Director of Igarashi Motors India Ltd
Igarashi Motors India Limited has appointed K K Nohria as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Thomas Mathew appointed Addl. Director of L&T Finance Holdings Ltd
L&T Finance Holdings Limited has appointed Thomas Mathew T. as an Additional Director of the company

Jain appointed Director (Operations) of West Coast Paper Mills Ltd
West Coast Paper Mills Limited has appointed Rajendra Jain as Director (Operations) of the company w.e.f. July 31, 2015

Nath re-appointed Independent Director of JSW Energy Ltd
JSW Energy Limited has re-appointed Rakesh Nath as an Additional and Independent Director of the company.

Kulkarni appointed CS of Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Ltd
Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Limited has appointed Ashutosh Kulkarni as Company Secretary of the company.

Srinivasan appointed Independent Director of Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd
Oracle Financial Services Software Limited has appointed Sridhar Srinivasan as Non Executive Independent Director of the company.

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Need for OROP

A good decision by NDA government led by BJP. Veterans are on reserve service till 56. Considering the threats increasing daily from a withering Pakistan and an increasingly unstable China politically speaking, these valuable Veteran Resource will be needed. Implement OROP soon.

Devindra Sethi

Private secretaries' promotion

I would like to draw the kind attention of CS-II Division of DP&T to its OM of 17/7/2015 nominating PAs for the promotion as Private Secretaries in Select List, 2013. As may be seen in the list of the officers, out of 55 officers nominated for PS, 11 officers are those who have either retired or expired have been included in the Select List, 2013. So, the question of joining as PS on regular basis does not arise. It may be mentioned, in this connection, that they may be given financial benefits retrospectively since July, 2013 till retirement. My humble submission is that the Consideration Zone may be further extended to the exact numbers so as to include more officers who are present now excluding retired/expired officers in Select List, 2013.

V P Sharma

Start CGHS facilities

May we request the Health Minister to please start CGHS facilities at Agra, UP and empanelment of private hospitals, so that retired government employees are benefitted.

Pradeep

Accept Mumbai blast accused's plea

1993 Mumbai blasts' convict Yakub Menon's mercy petition should be accepted since he chose to surrender and cooperated with authorities. Changing his death penalty to life sentence will be in the interest of justice. No doubt, blasts were "a heinous terrorist attack" that killed 257 innocent people. Criminals responsible should be brought to book and punished. But it is also a fact that main culprits escaped the law whatever may be reason. The death sentence of Yakub Menon alone will not serve the interest of justice. He may be a part of the conspiracy. But, unlike other accused, he chose to surrender before the Indian authorities and faced trial. Even he brought his family back to India to face trial.

Arvind Pal Dahiya

Lavish parties-waste of money

This is about the luxurious anniversary celebrations of a retired top cop in a luxurious hotel in Park Street of Kolkata where several personalities including PSU executives were present. The venue was full of BMWs, Mercedez, Audis etc. Will the government look into such lavishness? From where is the money generated and who are the participants?

Venk

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