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This is History (8)
Chandragupta and Chanakya, were not meek and mild persons, bowing down to fate or whatever might happen to them. They had great and ambitious schemes in their heads and they wanted to go ahead and succeed.

Office corridors empty?
Office corridors in Delhi are these days mostly found empty. Reason, CCTV cameras have been installed in all the offices and ministries.

Will Governor of MP resign?
Experts opine that if Supreme Court (SC) admits the application regarding Vyaapam's corruption on July 9, then Governor of MP may resign.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will enquire 'Vyapam Scam' in CBI?
In case CBI enquiry is ordered, newly appointed JD in CBI, AK Sharma is likely to be given this assignment. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Empanelment of 1995 and 1996 batch IPS takes place
Empanelment of 1995 and 1996 batch IPS to the rank of IG in the Government of India has taken place. Names have been sent for ACC approval.

One dozen women Secretaries in GoI
There are said to be one dozen women Secretaries in the Government of India. A couple of important departments have women secretaries.

Hem Kumar Pande to serve as Secretary in GoI from West Bengal
Among the four IAS officers of 1982 batch in West Bengal, Subesh Kumar Das, Sanjay Mitra, Trilochan Singh, only Hem Kumar Pande has been empanelled for the post of Secretary in Government of India. Subesh Kumar Das is retiring this year in December.

No candidate turns up for interview of Director (Prod), ITI Ltd
No candidate turned up for 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.

GoI wants to appoint IAS officer as CMD, OIL ?
With the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) scrapping the panel of Mrs R S Borah, Director (Finance), OIL made for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Oil India Limited (OIL), rumours have swelled in the sector of PSUs that Government of India (GoI) is mulling to appoint an officer of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) a la CMD, Coal India Limited (CIL)?

Tenure of Nirmal Sinha as CMD, HHEC ending in July
The tenure of Nirmal Sinha as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Handicraft & Handlooms Exports Corporation of India Limited (HHEC) is coming to an end on July 18, 2015.

Tenure of three Part-Time Directors of EIL ending in July
The tenure of three non-official Part-Time Directors of Engineers India Limited (EIL), Dr R K Shevgaonkar, Bijoy Chatterjee and Dr J P Dutta is coming to an end in July, 2015.

Seven IRTS officers retiring in July
As many as seven Indian Railways Traffic Service officers are retiring in July, 2015. The officers are: Ajay Shukla, Ram Vijayee, K L Dixit, Enkhiya Kishan Lal, G Sriramulu, V K Verma, Niranjan Padhi.

Tourism Secretary, Lalit K Panwar retiring in July
Lalit K Panwar, Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism is retiring on July 31, 2015. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

First woman IPS of BSF likely to be promoted
Satwant Atwal Trivedi, DIG, BSF is likely to be promoted soon as IG in the BSF. She is a 1996 batch IPS officer of HP cadre.

He has a history of repatriations?
If sources are to be believed, one senior IPS officer has a history of repatriations. He was twice repatriated from an investigative agency. Recently he was repatriated from a central police organization (CPO) to parent cadre. This was his third repatriation.

Three IRAS officers transferred
Three Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) officers have been transferred. 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.

Ashit Bhushan deputed as OSD to Ram Kripal Yadav
Ashit Bhushan has been appointed 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.

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

Ravi L Fernandez likely to be empanelled as IG
It is believed that Dr. Ravi Loco Fernandez has been empanelled for promotion to the rank of IG. Presently 1995 batch IPS officer of UP cadre Fernandez is DIG (pers), BSF Hq in Delhi.

MF Farooqui likely to be empanelled
MF Farooqui, DIG, BSF in Amritsar is likely to be promoted as IG soon. It said that he has been empanelled to the rank of IG. He is a 1996 batch IPS of Punjab cadre.

Modified BDAP guidelines issued
The Department of Border Management has issued modified Border Area Development Programme (BDAP) guidelines. Now BADP has been extended to cover all the villages which are located within the 0-10 km of the International Border. BADP has been implemented through 17 states viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal, which constitute the International Land Borders. It is implemented in 367 border blocks of 104 border Districts in these 17 states.

First-ever PG course in Northeast Studies
Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi will introduce the country's first-ever recognized Post Graduation Masters' degree course in Northeast Studies. A formal PG Master's course in Northeast Studies will begin from next academic session, one optional paper on Northeast has already been introduced in post graduation exam from the current academic year.

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

R N Jha selected as CMD, MECL (UPDATED)
R N Jha, Director (Technical), MECL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 9, 2015. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

Abhay Kumar Thakur deputed to Railway Land Development Authority (UPDATED)
Abhay Kumar Thakur, ADEN, Northeast Frontier Railway, has been deputed to Railway Land Development Authority for the post of Manager (REUP), New Delhi.

A P Chattopadhaya deputed to DFCCIL (UPDATED)
A P Chattopadhaya has been deputed to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Kolkata. He is an IRSE officer.

Nihal Singh deputed to DFCCIL(UPDATED)
Nihal Singh has been deputed to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Aligarh. He is an IRSE officer.

Mrs Vijaylaxmi Kaushik deputed as GM, CRIS (UPDATED)
Mrs Vijaylaxmi Kaushik has been deputed to Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) as General Manager (S&T), New Delhi. She is an IRSSE officer.

Vinod Kumar Agarwal deputed to NMRCL (UPDATED)
Vinod Kumar Agarwal has been deputed to Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) as General Manager (S&T), Nagpur. He is an IRSSE officer.

Manoj Pandey posted as ED, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Manoj Pande, CPO, South Eastern Railway, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director(Training & Man Power Planning). He is an IRPS officer.

IRAS officer, O P Yadav gets SAG (UPDATED)
Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer, O P Yadav has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG).

A K Lal posted to Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, A K Lal has been posted to the Northern Railway.

D K Tiwari posted as Resident Commissioner, Jharkhand Bhawan, New Delhi (UPDATED)
D K Tiwari, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Resident Commissioner, Jharkhand Bhawan, New Delhi. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand 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

First private person appointed MD & CEO, National Housing Bank
Sriram Kalyanaraman, Director-Business Development, Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt. Ltd has been appointed 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.

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).

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),


OIC gets five more GMs
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).

M K Jain to head Indian Bank
In charge MD of 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 SIDBI. His name is believed to have been cleared.

Shukla appointed Govt Nominee Director of MOIL Ltd.
Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Secretary, Mineral Resources Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh has been appointed Government Nominee Director on the Board Directors of MOIL Limited

Bhatnagar appointed MD & CFO of Bharti Enterprises Ltd.
Rahul Bhatnagar has been appointed Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Bharti Enterprises Ltd.

Mathur appointed ED of RattanIndia Power Ltd
RattanIndia Power Ltd has appointed Himanshu Mathur as an Executive Director of the company

Vishwakarma resigns as Director of RattanIndia Power Ltd
V C Vishwakarma has resigned as Director of RattanIndia Power Ltd

Jain resigns as Group CEO & CFO of Karuturi Global Ltd
Shireesh Jain has resigned as Group Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Karuturi Global Limited

Singh resigns as whole-time Director of James Warren Tea Ltd.
Ajay Kumar Singh has resigned as whole-time Director of James Warren Tea Ltd.

Srivastava appointed whole-time Director of James Warren Tea Ltd.
Rakesh Kumar Srivastava has been appointed whole-time Director of James Warren Tea Ltd.

Kumar resigns as Independent Director of Tecpro Systems Ltd.
Anunay Kumar has resigned as Independent Director of Tecpro Systems Ltd.

Goradia appointed Addl. Director of Zenotech Laboratories Ltd
Zenotech Laboratories Ltd has appointed Jignesh Anantray Goradia as Additional Director of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

Except faces, there is no change whatsoever in the functioning of the bureaucracy. It continues to wrap politicians around its little finger.

Parth Garg

This is a typical case of senior IAS officers providing for themselves even after retirement. How can we blame the politicians for increasing their salaries when civil servants are doing it for themselves?

P C Tripathi


Derogatory remarks

DoPT has to merge CSS and CSSS to make unified cadre and redeploy, retrain, redesignate all the incumbents, as per the requirement - as recommended by VI pay commission and as accepted by Cabinet. Derogatory remarks about PS to PSO won't make any sense. Cadre management is always based on the history, parity and work distribution, stagnation and so many factors, not on a single parameter of one Secretary and to PS, dictation etc. Those giving derogatory remarks, can they say that in their cadres work is equally distributed in similar designates. It varies from dept to Dept and from Dte to Dte. Cadre is an overall phenomenon.

Vamsi Krishna

Identify sensitive posts

Instructions of Central Vigilance Commission in the Circular No. 03/09/13 (No.004/VGL/090/225553 dated 11.9.2013) reiterate that sensitive posts should be identified and staff working in these posts strictly rotated after every two/three years to avoid developing vested interests but sensitive Ministries like Home, finance, environment, forest etc. at all crucial posts officers with secretaries etc. are sitting over 25 years and even in some placed they dont allow even senior posts to be filled up. CVC being from M/o Finance knows the condition in D/o Revenue. All these sensitivities are meant for mere eyewash or meant for implementation and these instructions issued ritualistically and are applied to mortals who are not able to defend themselves. There are DOPT instructions that in Secretary's office the total tenure should not exceed 10 yrs but is being flouted with impunity. Exception should be for one or two years but complete life is being spent by these people on these posts. In GOI all sensitive & economic posts are grabbed by these officers who are there for over 25 years and fortunately DOPT knows these almighties very well. Is there any authority who can bell the cats.

Ravinder


Promotions

I also sincerely thank the Government for speedy promotion of CSS officers. The same spirit of speedy promotion of CSSS officers may kindly be shown to especially the officers who are due to retire on superannuation within a year or so are eagerly waiting for their regular promotions as PS. But their promotions have been kept pending under one pretext or the other. Moreover, DP&T, as in the case of CSS officers, may consider promotion of CSSS officers working as P.A. upto Select List, 2008 in one go and cover in the Select List 2013. It would, perhaps, not be desirable for the officers waiting for regular promotions as PS to keep them pending for one more year who are even otherwise eligible to be promoted. If need be, proposal for in-situ promotions can be considered. It would give some kind of solace to the officers from the ongoing acute stagnation faced by them at the time of their ad-hoc promotions for more than 11 years.

V P Sharma

Cordoning of roads

I support Murari. Even the adjoining roads like Teenmurthy Marg, South Avenue etc are cordoned off which lasts over 15 to 20 minutes each time the PM uses the road.

Anil Kumar

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