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This is History (7)
Whether Alexander was a really great man or not is a doubtful matter. History has however, succeeded in attaching glamour to his name.

Several Cong leaders close to RSS, BJP leaders
Several Congress leaders are said to be having close relationship with the RSS and the BJP leaders. Guess, who they could be.

MoS, I & B room shifted
After one year room of Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore ,MoS I & B,has been shifted from fifth floor to first floor. Now in I & B ministry cabinet minister Arun Jaitly sits at fifth floor, Secretary at sixth floor and MoS at the first floor.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1986 batch IAS early next year
Empanelment of 1986 batch IAS to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place either in February and March.

Dr Bedi to be Chairperson of CBSE ?
Dr Satbir Silas Bedi is all set to be full time Chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The ACC is expected to clear the name of the 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre soon.

Openings for Joint Secretary level officers in GoI
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is offering as many as 19 jobs for All India Service officers at Joint Secretary level in Government of India against vacancies arising upto August 2015.

Rupak Kumar Dutta joins as Special Director, CBI
Rupak Kumar Dutta has taken over the charge as Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation in New Delhi. Prior to his appointment as a Special Director, he was holding the post of Additional Director in CBI and looking after Anti Corruption(HQ) Zone, Patna Zone, Hyderabad Zone, Chennai Zone, Economic Offences Zone-I, Bank Securities & Frauds Zone and Delhi Zone. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

(We said this on Feb 16 and june 30, 2015)

Who will be new Chairman of DDA ?
The post of vice-chairman in Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has fallen vacant following the appointment of Balwinder Kumar as Secretary, Mining in the GoI. New appointment is expected this month.

Only Vinod Zutshi from Rajasthan empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Among the five IAS officers of 1982 batch, only Vinod Zutshi, presently on central deputation as Deputy Election Commissioner, from Rajasthan cadre has been empanelled for the post of Secretary in Government of India. The five IAS officers of this batch are: Vipin Chandra Sharma, Vinod Zutshi, Nihal Chand Goel and Balkishan Meena. Besides, Pradeep Sen has already retired from the service.

PSU vacancies for private sector?
PSU vacancies are now expected to be made open for private sector professionals .The posts would be open for executives from listed and unlisted PSU companies.

PESB to hold interviews for selection of four CMDs in July
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is reported to be holding interviews for the selection of four CMDs of Public Sector Enterprises including: Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL); Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL); South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) and Indian Rare Earth Limited (IREL) in July, 2015.

PESB to hold interviews for Director (P), ITI Ltd on July 8
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Director (Production), Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Limited on July 8, 2015.

Seven IAS officers facing inquiry in Karnataka
As many as seven IAS officers belonging to Karnataka cadre are facing inquiry against complaints.

CSS officers express gratitude to GoI for speedy disposal of promotions
The officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have expressed their gratitude to the Government of India for speedy disposal of their promotions cases leading to empanelment of as many 37 officers in one go to the post of Joint Secretary to the Government of India and consequent promotion of 27 officers to the level of Joint Secretary on in-situ basis.


Tenure of Ramesh Abhishek for Chairman, FMC extended
The tenure of Ramesh Abhishek as Chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has been extended for a period of three months beyond July 8, 2015. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tenure of Mrs Preeti Sudan as Addl Secretary, Women & Child Dev extended
The tenure of Mrs Preeti Sudan, Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Women & Child Development has been extended tillApril 30, 2016. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Post of Director (Fin), NSIC lying vacant since Oct
The post of Director (Finance), National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) has been lying vacant since October 2014. Harish Chandra, GGM, CONCOR, who was selected for this post, is waiting for his appointment orders.

Orders of Ms S T Ray for Director (HRD), BSNL yet to come
The orders for appointment of Ms S T Ray, ED, BSNL, as Director (HRD), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since December 12, 2014.

Post of Rajneesh as PS to President upgraded to Joint Secretary level
The post of Rajneesh as Private Secretary to the President at Director level has been upgraded to the rank of Joint Secretary level. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

JTA meeting on July 23 ?
Joint Cadre Authority (JDA) will meet on July 23 to discuss the issue of UT cadre IAS & IPS. Meeting will be held in Delhi.

Army to launch 'online' registration for officers' recruitment
The Indian Army is introducing the system of "online" registration for enrolment for Officers (less UPSC entries) and recruitment for Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and other ranks in the Indian Army.

Dr P L Bankar, CPO, Western Railway retiring in July
Dr Pramod Laxman Bankar, CPO (Construction), Western Railway, Mumbai, is retiring in July 2015. He is an IRPS officer.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officer in AP
R Karikal Valaven has been appointed Principal Secretary, Youth Advancement, Sports & Culture while Lav Agarwal will now be Secretary, Housing Department and Mrs Poonam Malakondaiah is Commissioner, Health & Family Welfare, Mission Director, NRHM and Project Director, AP AIDS Control Society. Besides, Dr D Srinivasulu has been given full charge of Commissioner, Civil Supplies and ex-officio, Secretary, CAF&CS Department in Andhra Pradesh.

PESB seeks applications for Director (DD) CONCOR
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Domestic Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) falling next year on July 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 27, 2015.

Five IRPS officers retiring in July
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Railways Personnel Service (IRPS) are retiring in July, 2015. Dr Pramod Laxman Bankar, CPO (Construction), Western Railway, Mumbai; K Ponnuswami, CPO, RWF, Bangalore; N Prasada Rao, Dy CPO Stores, Perambur; Chandra Mohan Saren, Deputy CPO IR, Garden Reach, SER, Kolkata and Amiya Raman, Sr DPO, Varanasi Division, NER, Varanasi.

IPS changes in Odisha
There is minor reshuffle in the IPS in Odisha. B Radhika is new ADG SCRB. Sanjiv Panda has been appointed IG Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) .S. Saini has been appointed as the new deputy inspector-general of the southwestern range.

NBCC signs Mou with DDA for integrated development of Lake View Complex ( UPDATED)
The CMD of NBCC Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal and the Vice Chairman of DDA Balvinder Kumar recently signed an MoU, for integrated development of Lake View Complex, Trilokpuri, New Delhi by NBCC. NBCC had earlier signed another MoU with DDA for development of huge East Delhi Hub, Karkardooma, New Delhi on TOD norms.

Y C Modi joins as Additional Director in CBI (UPDATED)
Y C Modi has joined the CBI as Additional Director on Tuesday. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Assam.Meghalaya cadre.
(We said this on May 13 and June 16, 2015)

Bilaspur DRM, Panda relieved, posted to East Coast Railway cadre (UPDATED)
After completing tenure as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Bilaspur, D R Panda has been transferred and posted in the cadre of East Coast Railway. Panda is an IRTS officer.

Ratlam DRM, Ms Lalita relieved, posted to Western Railway cadre (UPDATED)
After completing tenure as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Ratlam, Ms Lalita Venkataraman has been posted in the cadre of Western Railway. She is an IRTS officer.

Sambalpur DRM, A P Singh relieved, posted to North Eastern Railway cadre (UPDATED)
After completing tenure as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Sambalpur, A P Singh has been posted in the cadre of North Eastern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Two IAS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
S B Bommanahalli has been appointed as Director, Horticulture & Director, National Horticulture Mission while R Girish was made Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Davanagere in Karnataka.

A K Saxena appointed as GM, NCR (UPDATED)
A K Saxena has been appointed as General Manager, North Central Railway (NCR).

Satinder Kumar posted as GM, SECR (UPDATED)
Satinder Kumar has been appointed as General Manager, South East Central Railway (SECR)

G C Agarwal appointed as GM, WR (UPDATED)
G C Agarwal has been appointed as General Manager, Western Railway (WR).

V Johri posted as GM, Southern Railway (UPDATED)
V Johri has been appointed as General Manager, Southern Railway (WR).

21 officials promoted as General Manager in nationalized Insurance Companies (UPDATED)
As many as 21 Insurance officials have been promoted as General Managers in the four nationalized Insurance Companies also known as GIPSA companies and the General Insurance Corporation (GIC) .

GIC gets two new GMs (UPDATED)
PN Gandhi and Narasimhan BM have been promoted as General Managers in General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC).

United India Insurance now has five new GMs (UPDATED)
R Shivakumar, Govinda Rajan K, Vijay Srivas KB, Pauly Sukumar N and Ms. Usharamaswamy of United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (UII).

Seven officials of New India Assurance promoted as GMs (UPDATED)
Dinesh Waghela, Narambunath C , Girish Radhakrishnan (Proforma promotion), Rajamohan Bhavaraju, Pradhan Sidhartha (Proforma promotion), Ms. Tajinder Mukherjee and Ms. Rajeshwari SN of New India Assurance Co. (NIA),

OIC gets five more GMs (UPDATED)
Vedprakash, A Sinha, Balwant Singh, CR Vijayan and Atul Sahai of Oriental Insurance Co. (OIC) and S Gopakumar, N Banchur, of National Insurance Co. (NIC)

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

Sankar resigns as Part-time Official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
C V Sankar has resigned as Part-time Official Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

Pandian ceases to be Chairman of GACL
D J Pandian, IAS has ceased to be Chairman of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited

Mandhana resigns as Independent Director of Ruchi Infrastructure Ltd
K P Mandhana has resigned as Independent Director of Ruchi Infrastructure Limited

Khosla appointed Head of Consumer Business of Crompton Greaves Ltd
Crompton Greaves Ltd has appointed Shantanu Khosla as the Head of Consumer Business of the company.

Saran appointed Whole-time Director of GIVO Ltd
GIVO Ltd has appointed Praveen Saran as Whole-time Director of the company.

Mahendrakar appointed Independent Director of Melstar Information Technologies Ltd
Melstar Information Technologies Ltd has appointed Ashish Mahendrakar as Independent and Non Executive Director of the company.

Rajan appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Snapdeal
Govind Rajan has been appointed as Chief Strategy Officer of Snapdeal

Jain appointed CFO of Vasundhara Rasayans Ltd
Vasundhara Rasayans Ltd has appointed Sunil Kumar Jain as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

Present bureaucracy is better than UPA

Prem Chand Gaur



Officers empanellment

The decesion to empanel all 37 service officers as JS in GoI before Dec 31 by PM is highly commendable. With this, extraordinary results are expected. Another step towards "Äcche Din".

Tarun Kumar

Modi's movements

Modi's movements have become inconvenient to hundreds of employees of Ministries and visitors who park their vehicles at Tyagraj Road. It is highlighted hear that South Block, A-Block, B-Block, Army Headquarters, Kashmiri House and other adjacent buildings do not have parking facility and therefore the Govt Employees working in these buildings and the thousand workers parks their vehicles at Tyagraj Road and lanes connected to the road. Since, Modi has become PM the Tyagraj Road mostly remains closed due to his movements and cause severe inconvenience to those who park their vehicles near Tyagraj Road. This is first inconvenience of its kind since no other dignatory have ever closed this road to cause such inconvenience to the people working/ visiting in these buildings.

Murari Chaturvedi

OROP - a serious issue

OROP is serious issue affecting millions of Ex-shoulders and their families.Recent agitation/ hunger strike by vetrans will cost dearly to NDA Govt. in future elections. Especially BJP will pay heavily in forth coming Bihar Elections.

Vikas Sharma

Please get your facts right

In West Bengal, Hem Pande has been empanelled as Secretary in GoI. Why such a great hue and cry just because the cs has not been empanelled? Is GoI a fool body?

Ranjana Gauhar

No source in recruitments

I am surprised to read comments of one BBS about recruitment in Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Secretariats through 'source'. He should be aware of the fact that recruitment is made through written examination and interview in three stages. There is no source applied as there are 788 MPs and 80 Ministers. Impossible to accommodate source. Aspersion should not be cast on such institutions including Supreme court and High courts as done in this case.

U S Saxena

Govt on a shaky wicket

One of the reasons that the Government had come on a shaky wicket is that in offices a number of events have started taking place for advertisement. As a result the main work and activity of implementation is seriously suffering. Some of the Ministers/Joint Secretary & above level are in the habit of taking regular meetings just for a drop of a hat. Without realising whether it is necessary or not. This results in unecessay wastage to time funds wherein people travel at Government cost to attend meetings. For everything it is not necessary that you take meetings harrass your subordinate level officers. For small small things for no reason they give instructions "jara idhar aana". Many things could be done on telephone, e-mail and video-conferencing. This attitude of Seniors is nothing but 'inferiority complex'.

Atya Prakash

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