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This is History (8)
There are many famous men who fill the pages of history books. They are often interesting in their own way, and they help us to understand the times in which they lived.


Who is the leader of opposition ?
Who is the leader of opposition in the country ? An interesting comment came from a veteran journalist " Arnab Goswami".

Who is a lesser evil?
The honchos of Corporate World were heard discussing at a get-together in Mumbai that who is a lesser evil Narendra Modi or 10 Janpath ? What is the significance


Officers in GoI to get timely promotions and empanelment
The Government of India claims to be doing away with avoidable delays in promotions and empanelments so that the officers can work with enthusiasm and a positive frame of mind.

BUREAUCRACY

Will 'Moderation' system be introduced for IPS also?
Rumour mill opined that 'Moderation' system is also going to be introduced in the promotion for IPS officers. 1985 batch promotion is due for ADG and process in this regard is likely to be completed shortly.

Lateral shifting of a few Additional Secretaries likely
Lateral shifting of a couple of Additional Secretaries in the Government of India is likely to take place in a week or two.

YC Modi joins as Additional Director in CBI
YC 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)

Guessing game for next Railway Board Chairman starts !
Even though the present incumbent would retire next year in July, discussion as to who would be the next Railway Board Chairman has already started.

Jayathilak to look after as Chairman, Rubber Board till Aug 27
The period of additional charge of Chairman, Rubber Board to A Jayathilak, Chairman, Spices Board, has been extended till August 27, 2015. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

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

(we said this on may 22,2015)

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

(we said this on may 21,2015)

First private person appointed as MD & CEO, National Housing Bank (UPDATED)
Sriram Kalyanaraman, Director-Business Development, Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt. Ltd has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, National Housing Bank for a period of five years from the date of his taking over the charge. He is the first person form the Private Sector to head a Public Sector Financial Institution.

M K Jain to head Indian Bank
Incharge MD of the Indian Bank M K Jain is now going to head the bank. His name is believed to have been cleared

Ajay Kapoor to be DMD SIDBI
Ajay Kapoor will be new Deputy Managing Director of the SIDBI. His name is believed to have been cleared.

Dilip Sinha appointed Chairman of Manipur Public Service Commission
Dilip Sinha has been appointed Chairman of Manipur Public Service Commission. Sinha (Retd IFS 1978) was earlier Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in Geneva.

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

(We said this on May 6,2015)

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

(We said this on May 6,2015)

Ms Vandana Jena, Secretary, Rural Development retiring in July
Ms Vandana Kumari Jena, Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development is retiring on July 31, 2015. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

IPS queue for central deputation
If sources are to be believed about two dozen IPS officers are in the queue for central deputation. How many would be successful, depends on their luck.

Only Ms Leena Nair from Tamil Nadu to serve as Secretary in GoI
Only one IAS officer of 1982 batch from Tamil Nadu cadre, Ms Leena Nair will serve as Secretary in Government of India as she was empanelled out of six IAS officer of this batch from this State. There are six IAS officers of 1982 batch in the State: K Gnanadesikan, K Skandan, C V Sankar, Hemant Kumar Sinha, Ms Leena Nair and Dr T Prabhakara Rao.

Entire batch in Himachal Pradesh left out
All the three 1982 batch ACS rank officers in Himachal Pradesh Mssrs Deepak Sanan, Ajay Mittal and Vineet Chaudhary were not empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Incidently all the three officers have served the GoI in different capacities.

Six IAS officers facing inquiry in AP
As many as six IAS officers belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre are facing inquiry against complaints.

Rishi Raj Singh is now ADG Armed Forces Battalions in Kerala
CVO KSEB Rishi Raj Singh has been moved as ADGP Armed Forces Battalions in Kerala. He is 1985 batch IPS officer. B Sandhya has been made ADG Modernization.

Nitin Agrawal is back to Kerala
Nitin Agrawal is back to Kerala from central deputation. On return 1989 batch IPS officer Agrawal has been made ADG SCRB.

Sahai to be Secretary Home in Delhi Government
S N Sahai is being tipped to be Home Secretary Delhi Government. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Formal orders are expected to be issued today.

Three IRSE officers deputed as Dy Chief Engineer, Lucknow Metro Rail
Three IRSE officers Rahul Shah, Jitendra Kumar Singh and Deepak Kumar have been deputed to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited for the post of Deputy Chief Engineer (Civil) at Lucknow.

V Babu deputed as Manager, IRCON International Ltd
V Babu has been deputed IRCON International Limited as Manager/S&T at Sri Lanka. He is an IRSSE officer.

Rajendra Jha posted as Joint CIT in Principal CCIT, Delhi office
Upon return from deputation, Rajendra Jha has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

S L Jinwal promoted to ACIT grade
S L Jinwal, a retired Income Tax Officer (ITO), Bhopal has been promoted to the grade of Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) with effect from November 1, 2001 with all consequential benefits.

Nine IRSME officers retiring in July
As many as nine officers belonging to Indian Railways Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) are retiring in July, 2015. The officers are: P C Gajbhiye, Deepak Gupta, A Ghosh, Surender K Vasudeva, Sanjay B Moharil, Paul Horo, K L Tamta, Ashok H Handigol and Ashok Kumar Srivastava.

PESB seeks applications for Director (HR) RCF
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Human Resources), Engineers India Limited (EIL) falling vacant next year on July 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before August 27, 2015.

21 officials promoted as General Manager in nationalized Insurance Companies
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
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
R Shivakumar, Govinda Rajan K, Vijay Srivas KB, Pauly Sukumar N and Ms. Usharamaswamy of United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (UII) have been promoted as General Managers.

Seven officials of New India Assurance promoted as GMs
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) have been promoted as General Managers.

OIC gets five more GMs
Vedprakash, A Sinha, Balwant Singh, CR Vijayan and Atul Sahai of Oriental Insurance Co. (OIC) have been promoted as General Managers.

National Insurance Co. now has two new GMs
S Gopakumar and N Banchur, of National Insurance Co. (NIC) have been promoted as General Managers.

No candidate turns up for interview of Director (Prod), ITI Ltd (UPDATED)
No candidate turned up for the selection interview held by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on July 8, 2015, for the post of Director (Production), Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI). The Board has decided to convert itself into a search-cum-selection committee by re-advertising the post with one level below pay scale.

3 IRAS officers transferred (UPDATED)
Three Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) officers transferred. Accordingly, Dr Amit Goyal has been transferred to Northern Railway while Ms Megha Agarwal was posted to South East Central Railway and Akshya Bhardwaj was moved to South Western Railway.

Arun Narendharanath appointed as OSD to Nitin Gadkari (UPDATED)
Arun Narendharanath N has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping. He is a private person.

Ashit Bhushan deputed as OSD to Ram Kripal Yadav (UPDATED)
Ashit Bhushan has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Ram Kripal Yadav, Minister of State for Drinking Water & Sanitation. He is presently Joint Director (Translation) in Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Rakesh Tyagi appointed as Director Corporate Affairs (UPDATED)
Rakesh Tyagi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Delhi for a period of five years. He is a 2000 batch IRPS officer.

Sudhir Ravindra Deulgaonkar deputed as OSD to Nitin Gadkari (UPDATED)
Sudhir Ravindra Deulgaonkar has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways & Shipping. He is a private person.

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

Haldia appointed MD & CEO of PTC India Financial Services Ltd
PTC India Financial Services Limited has appointed Dr Ashok Haldia as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company

Reddy resigns as MD of MSR India Ltd
M Srinivasa Reddy has resigned as Managing Director of MSR India Ltd

Desai resigns as CS of Prime Focus Ltd
Ms Kirti Desai has resigned as Company Secretary of Prime Focus Limited

Three Independent Directors cease to be on Board of Engineers India Limited
Bijoy Chatterjee, Dr R K Shegaonkar and Dr J P Gupta have ceased to be Non-Official Independent Directors of Engineers India Limited

Mishra appointed Nominee Director of UBI
The Central Government has appointed A K Mishra, Chief General Manager, Risk Monitoring Department, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai as RBI Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of Union Bank of India

Ms Sheth resigns as CS of Creative Eye Ltd
Ms Jinal Sheth has resigned as Company Secretary of Creative Eye Limited

Mehrotra re-designated as MD of Sunstar Realty Development Ltd
Manoj Mehrotra has been re-designated as Managing Director of Sunstar Realty Development Ltd

Kalani resigns as CS of Hotel Leelaventure Ltd
Dinesh Kalani has resigned as Company Secretary of Hotel Leelaventure Ltd

Sarin appointed Independent Director of Ola
Arun Sarin had been appointed as Independent Director on the Board of Directors of transportation service-- Ola

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DEBATE (1)

Bureaucracy is bureaucracy. "Self Service" is the the motto whichever Government comes to power.

N K Singh


Make way for specialists

It is time the generalist know-all IAS occupying very many posts requiring special/technical skill are removed to make way for the specialists.

Parth Garg

Choose the right bureaucrat

The performance of any minister depends to a great degree on his ability to choose the right bureaucrats. Lalloo Prasad got all kudos as Railway Minister because of his choice of a super efficient bureaucrat as his OSD. He left every function of his to this OSD and concentrated on his fiefdom of recruiting low level employees and appointing small time contractors. Going by this, Modi's recent selection of Bureaucrats to head vital ministries and Chairmen to vital bodies does not auger well for the Government. He has left the final say in all the selections to the all powerful PMO managed by a a couple of long retired bureaucrats who are playing havoc with the selection committee choices, even overturning them.

R K Dwivedi


CSSS cadre

I agree with Seth. Harish Kumar seems to have nurtured some deep-rooted hatred for CSSS cadre. He should check with officers and particularly senior officers and Ministers whether they can do without Personal Staff. Officers of CSSS are highly efficient and motivated people who, work extremely hard and put in long hours of duty neglecting their own families and private life. I may also add that they have proven to be highly competent whenever they are assigned other duties, especially in Indian Missions abroad.

Anil Kumar


Useful forum

I do not agree with the views of scrapping this just because someone has been indulged in making his negative opinion open. As majority of the viewers and others who start their morning with visiting this valuable site, it is the only forum available with us to reveal our feelings and share our ideas for the welfare of the officials at large. Officials responsible for the respective cadres may make use of the ideas and convert them in the policies for the welfare of all the officers.

V P Sharma


Yogic exercises

With reference to the information by Chandbijai about yoga training in the National Academy of Administration, I may add that the 1970 batch probationers had an option of either horse riding or yogic exercises. Some of us who opted for yogic exercises have greatly benefitted by continuing some of those exercises.

Abhay Prakash

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