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P V Rajgopal
Former Director National Police cademy

What could be the reason behind clashes in AAP ?
What could be the reason behind clashes in Aam Aadmi Party ? Insiders say that the genesis of the bickerings among the senior party leaders lies in election to the Rajya Sabha i.e. which three leaders should make it to the Upper House.

Some more Ministries on CBI radar ?
The buzz in the official circle is that six to eight ministries /departments - where leakage of classified documents or confidential papers, mostly financial, policy & infrastructure related, were leaked - are on CBI radar. Sources said that after seizure more arrest will follow. It is said that the government wants to give strict message to babudom. Let's wait and watch.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Cabinet Secretary? (3) Madhav Lal
When Ajit Seth goes in June, most senior serving IAS officer would be Madhav Lal . 1977 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre Lal would retire on July1. If former J & K Chief Secretary Lal is appointed Cabinet Secretary, he would continue for two years. One can only guess.

Ambassadors getting fidgety
A large number of Indian Ambassadors have completed their tenure (3 years normal; 2 years in difficult postings) and are awaiting transfer orders. This includes those in important countries like Pankaj Saran in Bangladesh and Amar Sinha in Afghanistan, both IFS-82. Some Ambassadors like K. S. Bhardwaj (IFS-83; Algeria) are about to complete 5 years simply because of delay in appointment of successor. Zimbabwe, Angola, Syria, Cuba are awaiting India Ambassadors. Foreign Service Board with Foreign Secretary as chairperson and other Secretaries of MEA and Commerce Secretary as members is supposed to advise the Government in the matter. Last year, the Foreign Secretary had asked for preference from IFS officers for 40 posts to be filled up, giving the deadline of August 31. Before the preferences could be taken into account, the Foreign Secretary changed. The Foreign Minister being clueless about the relative importance of the posts can hardly provide a cogent recommendation to the PM. In the previous government, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon had a lot of influence in the appointments; there is no such input from the current NSA Ajit Kumar Doval. In the meantime, the PMO has cleared promotions of superseded officers of IFS 1979 batch to the level of Secretary on the basis of their representations while they are still posted in very small countries, causing further problems.

Ramanujam to be Member CAT
Former Secretary to the Prime Minister, R Ramanujam has been appointed Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Ernakulam. He is former 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

K N Srivastava is Member CAT in Ahemdabad
Former Secretary in GoI, K N Srivastava is joining as Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) in Ahemdabad. He is former 1978 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Mallik Appointed Member CAT in Allahabad
O P S Mallik has been appointed Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Allahabad. He is former 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Subrahmanyam to return to Chhattisgarh next month
Joint Secretary in the PMO, B V R Subrahmanyam is returing to the parent Chhattisgarh cadre most probably on April 10.

IAS officers want admission of their kids to Sanskriti school
IAS Officers have demanded that their children should automatically be given admission to the Sanskriti school when they are deputed to Government of India at Deputy Secretary or Director level.

Will some Judges be moved from Chandigarh High Court ?
Rumours about transfer of few Judges to and from Chandigarh High Court are rife.

22,000 recruitments in BSF
BSF will recruit about 22,000 personnel this year. This is the highest recruitment among pata military forces.

Three GMs of BoB are now EDs
Three GMs of the Bank of Baroda, Ravindra P Marathe, KVR Moorthy and Kharat Kishor Piraji have been elevated to the rank of Executive Directors in the Nationalised Banks.

Rotational policy for CSS officers
The revised rotational transfer policy for Central Secretariat Service (CSS) is implemented on pilot basis since 17 Feb,.2015.The revised rotational transfer policy prescribes a cut-off date of 1st July of the calendar year for calculation of tenure for rotation.

Process to appoint VCs in Central Universities started
Ministry of Human Resource & Development(HRD) has started process to appoint Vice Chancellors in Central Universities. Ministry of HRD has issued regular advertisement for 2-3 central universities. V Cs posts in maximum central universities are vacant for the last 8-12 months.

P B Foreign correspondent allowances reduced?
It learnt that foreign allowances for Prasar Bharti foreign correspondents have been cut drastically. Now IIS officers have least interest in foreign correspondent posting. Sources said that MEA has reduced the foreign allowances drastically by an order in 2010.

Who will be DG, NCB ?
Who will be next Director General (DG) in Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) ? Last date for applying for the same is March 20.

K Jegadosan to join CISF?
A UT cadre 1998 IPS K Jegadosan's name is doing round for the post of DIG,CISF. Presently he is posted in Pondicherry.

Sanjay Kumar joins SSB
Sanjay Kumar has joined the SSB as DIG. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

Proposal of Rajendra Kumar for Director (W&W), KRCL sent to ACC?
Whispers have it that the proposal of Rajendra Kumar, CE, KRCL, for the appointment as Director (Way & Works), Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) was sent to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval after the panel of Rajesh Agarwal, ED, KRCL, was scrapped. The post has been lying vacant since December 29, 2015.

Rathore is new Chief Policy Adviser, ICIMOD
BMS Rathore has been appointed as Chief policy Adviser in International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu.He is 1982 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of Chandramouli as RG&CCI ending in April
The tenure of C Chandramouli as Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) is coming to an end on April 8, 2015. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Roy relieved to join as Railway Advisor in Dhaka
Dibbanjan Roy has been relieved to join as Railway Advisor in the office of High Commission of India in Dhaka. He is an IRTS officer.

States have notified compensation scheme to acid attack victims
On the directions of Supreme Court, almost all the States/UTs have notified the victim compensation scheme for payment of compensation to acid attack victims covered under Section 357A of the Cr.P.C. MHA has asked all the states that such cases should be handled with full sensitivity and streamline the current process for speedy and timely disbursal of compensation money including first-aid as well as medical treatment of the acid attack victims/patients.

Two PCS officers of UP to join Delhi Government
Two PCS officers of Uttar Pradesh Kapil Singh and Pravin Mishra are joining the Delhi Government of deputation.

K K Singh is JD ED Chandigarh
K K Singh has been appointed Joint Director Enforcement Directorate in Chandigarh. He is 2002 batch IRS officer.

K G Goyal is JD ED Jaipur
K G Goyal has been appointed Joint Director Enforcement Directorate inJaipur. He is 2003 batch IRS officer.

Satyabrata Kumar is JD ED Mumbai
Satyabrata Kumar has been appointed Joint Director Enforcement Directorate in Mumbai . He is 2004 batch IRS officer.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in J&K (UPDATED)
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu & Kashmir. Accordingly, Rakesh Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Forest while Suresh Kumar will now be DG, J&K INstitute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development and Braj raj Sharma gets additional charge of Principal Secretary, Home Department. Similarly, Shantmanu has been appointed as Commissioner, Health and Medical Education; Bipul Pathak as Commissioner, Housing Urban development; Pawan Kotwal as Divisional Commissioner, Jammu; Rohit Kansal as Commissioner, Public Works (R&B); Rohit Kansal is also Commissioner, Floriculture, Parks and Gardesn; Gazzanfar Hussain as Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir; Ms Vineeta Gupta as Secretary, Cooperatives; Tushar Kanti Sharma as Secretary, ARI and Trainings; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari as Secretary, Relief and Rehabilitation with additional charge of CEO, Project Monitoring Unit of New World Bank Project; Mohammad Afzal Bhat as Secretary, Revenue; Satish Nehru as Secretary, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution; Parvez Ahmad Malik as Secretary, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control; Baseer Ahmad Malik as Secretary, Transport department; Saurabh Bhagat, Information Technology and Science & Technology; Bashir Ahmad Bhat as Director, Finance and ex-officio Special Secretry, Finance and Ramesh Kumar was posted as Project Director, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan with additional charge of Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

Reshuffle of IPS officer in J&K (UPDATED)
As many as 14 senior officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu & Kashmir. Accordingly, Dr B Srinivas has been appointed as IGP, Home Guards while A K Chaudhary was made IPG, PHQ and Deepak Kumar will now be IPG, Armed Kashmir. Similarly, S J M Gillani has been appointed as IGP, Kashmir zone; Abdul Ghani Mir as IGP, CID; Muneer Ahmad Khan as IGP, Crime; Rajesh Kumar as Director, SKPA, Udhampur; Mukesh Singh as IGP, Pers PHQ; Danish Rana as IGP, Jammu zone; J P Singh as IPG, Traffic, J&K; S Parminder Singh as DIG (Admin), PHQ; Syed Afhadul Mujtaba as Director, SSG; Nitish Kumar as DIG, SKR, Anantnag and Ali Mohammad was posted as DIG, CID, Jammu.

Lanba is Chief of Southern Naval Command (UPDATED)
Vice Chief of Indian Navy S Lanba has been appointed the Chief of the Southern Naval Command. He would succeed S P S Cheema.

Cheema to head Western Naval Command (UPDATED)
S.P.S. Cheema will take over as the the Western Naval Command. He would succeed Vice Admiral Anil Chopra who is retiring on March 31.

P Murugesan to be Vice Chief of Navy (UPDATED)
Chief of Personal at Navy Headquarters, Vice Admiral P Murugesan will succeed Vice Admiral Lanba as Vice Chief of Navy.

IRS officer Jain is OSD to Kejriwal (UPDATED)
Sukesh Kumar Jainhas been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Jain who is presently serving as Director, in Central Board of Direct Taxes is 1992 batch IRS officer.

CMD, NSIC inaugurates 5th Women Entrepreneurs Conference (UPDATED)
Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC Inaugurated 5th Women Entrepreneurs Conference on “Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Make in India Mission” organised by Delhi Management Association. While appreciating the effort of DMA in organising well themed Conference, he said such initiatives and efforts are of paramount importance, which provide an excellent opportunity by bringing together all the stakeholders on one platform for deliberations on the emerging opportunities & issues concerning women entrepreneurs in the context of Make in India. He said MSMEs make substantial contribution to Indian GDP and employment generation, therefore, empowering Women with aim to develop women entrepreneurs will have a lot of stake in Make in India Campaign. He enlightened the audience with various schemes of NSIC for MSMEs which can enhance the competitiveness of women entrepreneurs.

Dr Umesh Singh Bawa quits as MD, NH&HDCL and NERAMAC ? (UPDATED)
Voices are being dropped to whispers that Brigd (Retired), Dr Umesh Singh Bawa has resigned from the post of Managing Director, Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (NH&HDCL) as well as from the additional charge of Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd (NERAMAC). It is reported that he submitted papers to the concerned Ministry for the acceptance.

Pritam Singh relieved to join as Additional Secretary, MHA (UPDATED)
The Government of Rajasthan has relieved Pritam Singh of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Additional Secretary in the Ministry Corporate Affairs. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mrs Gargi Sharma Goel relieved to join as PS to Sudarshan Bhagat (UPDATED)
Mrs Gargi Sharma Goel has been relieved to join as Private Secretary to Sudarshan Bhagat, Minister of State for Rural Development. She is a 2004 batch IRS-IT officer.

Wipro appointed Abid Ali Neemuchwala Group President (UPDATED)
A leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company today announced the appointment of Abid Ali Neemuchwala as the Group President and Chief Operating Officer of the company, effective April 1, 2015.

Alok Kumar Sinha appointed as Ambassador to Kingdom of Bahrain (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar Sinha, currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is a 1986 batch IFS officer.

54 IAS officers of 1997 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)

As many as 54 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretray in Government of India. The officers are: Peeyush Kumar, Jamjam Syamala Rao, Ahmed Nadeem of Andhra Pradesh cadre; Santosh Kumar Mall and Ms A N Safeena of Bihar; Subodh Kumar Singh and Ms Niharika Barik of Chhattisgarh cadre; Ms Shahmeena Hussain, Manish Bhardwaj, Ms Sonal Mishra, Ashwini Kumar, Ramesh Chandra Meena of Gujarat cadre; Subhasish Panda and Rajneesh of Himachal Pradesh; Rakesh Gupta of Haryana; Sunil Kumar Barnwal of Jharkhand; Manoj Kumar Dwivedi of Jammu & Kashmir; Ms Sharmila Mary Joseph K, Rabindra Kumar Agarwal, Shasidhar K Srinivas of Kerala cadre; S Selvakumar, Harsh Gupta of Karnataka; Asheesh Sharma, Vijay Singhal, Eknath Rajaram Dawale, A L Jarhad, Harshdeep Shriram Kamble of Maharashtra cadre; Manish Singh, Sukh Veer Singh, Gulshan Bamra of Madhya Pradesh; Shantanu of MT cadre; Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Pramod Kumar Meherda of Orissa cadre; Krishan Kumar, Veerendra Kumar Meena, Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari of Punjab cadre; Hemant Kumar Gera, Ms Gayatri A Rathore, Rohit Kumar of Rajasthan; Ashish Vachhani, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, D Karthikeyan, Satyabrata Sahoo and Ms Beela Rajesh of Tamil Nadu cadre; Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu, Lalrinliana Fanai of Uttranchal; Mahendra Prasad Agarwal, Hari Om, M K Shanmuga Sundaram of UP; Sandeep Kumar, V Chandavelou, P Krishnamurthy of UT and Rajeev Kumar of West Bengal cadre.


Ms Sneha Lata Kumar to continue as Secretary, Official Language (UPDATED)
Ms Sneha Lata Kumar will continue holding additional charge of Secretary, Department of Official Language for a further period of two months. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


Dr Somanathan appointed as Joint Secretary in PMO (UPDATED)
Dr T V Somanathan has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.


Rahul Singh posted as Director, UPSC (UPDATED)
Rahul Singh has been appointed as Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 2000 batch ITS officer.


Ashwini Mishra appointed as Director, UPSC (UPDATED)
Ashwini Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Director in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He is a 2000 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factory Service.

Justice Ajit Singh appointed as Judge, Rajasthan HC (UPDATED)
Justice Ajit Singh, Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, has been appointed as a Judge of Rajasthan High Court.


Justice Bajanthri transferred as Additional Judge, Punjab & Haryana HC (UPDATED)
Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri, Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, has been appointed as an Additional Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court.

CORPORATE

Langhe resigns as CS, Meuse Kara & Sungrace Mafatlal Ltd
Archana Savleram Langhe has resigned as a Company Secretary of Meuse Kara & Sungrace Mafatlal Ltd with immediate effect

Hattiangadi appointed Addl. Director, Artson Engineering Ltd
Artson Engineering Ltd has appointed Ms Leja Hattiangadi as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. March 12, 201

Maniyar appointed CS & CFO, Oseaspre Consultants Ltd
Oseaspre Consultants Ltd has appointed Nimesh B Maniyar as a Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the company

Patel resigns as Director, NK Industries Ltd
Ms Kinjal B Patel has resigned as Director of NK Industries Ltd

Pardhanani resigns as MD, Mac Charles India Ltd
Ms S C Pardhanani has resigned as Managing Director of Mac Charles India Ltd w.e.f. April 1, 2014

Tulsiani steps down as MD, Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd
Prakash Tulsiani has stepped down as Managing Director of Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd for pursue other career opportunities.

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IMAGINARY INTERVIEW WITH RAHUL GNDH
I am in Singapore .... just about to get my Coffee fix at Centre Point .. Orchard Road....when in walks a guy who looks as if he is disguised ... his goggles. .. beard and hat give the 'this guy is disguised' message ... he orders coffee... his voice makes me spring up and say.. Rahul.
He turns around and says ...
RG: No privacy in this world ....man I am a private citizen ...don't you people realize this!!!
Me: Your privacy is circumstantial. .. I do not understand why a public figure like you has to move about incognito overseas? Unless you feel you have done something wrong...or your work here requires this...or some girl's father is looking for you..

RG: It's for my security ...
Me: I just noticed the Posse of your bodyguards standing outside .... you think they do not arise suspicion as to who is the protectee they are protecting ...

RG: I am here on leave that I have got officially ... so there .....

Me: I hear you are here to chalk out Congress's revival plan

RG: Yes... working on it.... I am taking courses here.... 7 days for Politics.. ... 7 days for Public Administration.... 7 days HRD. ... 7 days for Face Reading ... 7 days for Negotiation ...7 days for Public Speaking. .... 7 days for using P language (code language).... 7 days of Banquet Training

Me: Then...

RG: Then I have to go to my Image Makers .. to work on my image ... they too will require me to be present for 7 days.

Me: New Avtar image...

Rahul: Yup they say they will give me a new look... last heard they want to remodel me like Bill Clinton....

Me: With or without Hillary and/or Monica

RG: Baloney...

Me: Chalo .... So what plans does Bill...sorry Rahul have for India

Rahul: There is a UK based Company working on that... shit... they too require my presence for 7 days ...

Me: Yaar tell me one thing ....the 7 day Courses and Consultancies .... total days required are 70 ...and you applied for 15 days

Rahul : That was my estimation ...

Me: Bro you need a crash course on Arithmetic .... take that first ...

Rahul gets up and leaves in a huff. If you ask me he needs courses in History .. Geography ... Science and Moral Science .... did not have the heart to tell him

Disclaimer : This is pure satire. Aim is to entertain and not cast any aspersions.
VJS

Diaspora and Soft Power
Soft Power is the ability of a country to get what it wants through attraction rather than coercion or payments. Israel is able to compel USA to toe its line due to the extraordinary influence that Jews have in the US. China has hard power and uses coercion (South-East Asia) and payments (Africa). It has limited soft power; the Chinese abroad are mostly dissidents. PV Narsimha Rao reversed Nehru's policy and described India's relationship with her diaspora as that between mother and children. But it was Vajpayee who put it on an institutional level. Modi is as serious about nurturing soft power as Vajpayee was. The problem is that he is justifiably proud of his oratory. His oratorial skills can sway the Indian origin audience anywhere in the world; but it is not substitute to an institutional arrangement. Modi has virtually converted MoIA into a department of MEA. If he can't spare a Cabinet Minister, he should at least have an MoS with independent charge of MoIA, increase its budget allocation and keep it as far away from MEA as possible so that it is not hampered by protocol and outdated procedures.
Prof. N. C. Saxena

An extravaganza
Further sanction of op. vehicles in CBDT is an extravaganza. Even existing vehicles are misused by the IRS. A lady officer lets her own vehicle to the Tax department in Hyderabad, many joint Cit`s keeps the op vehicle at home for the use of their spouses and children in Hyderabad. A joint CIT at Vijayawada politically connected keeps the op. vehicle at Hyderabad for personal requirement. Why waste public money like this ?
MV

Condolence
Please convey my heartfelt sorrow for this untimely demise. Jayanto and I are batchmates.
Pankaj Jain, IAS

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