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B B Jaitley

(Learn from History)
Learn from History(2)
Knowledge leads to unity and ignorance to diversity .

BJP's prospects high
BJP's prospects are very good in future also as astrologically it is operating a very good period. Aap Party development is an example.

This time, dinner of Senior Stephenions
There is an old tradition of a dinner of Senior Stephenions ( Senior as in plus 50). For long these dinners, usually in March, have been held in plush lawns of senior Bureaucrats residing in Lutyens Delhi-usually the Cabinet Secretary's residence on Prithviraj Raj Road. Being a contributory affair, and the fact that for the last nearly 50 years, most CabSecs have been from Stephen's, these dinners have been very well attended by senior Officers, Judges and Tycoons.
But this year, a dark shadow of private sponsorship was cast upon the sedate dinner. As a result, the Honourable CabSec refused to allow his house for PPP model of the dinner. The last minute glitch did not faze the organisers one bit: residence of an erstwhile Minister, who, incidentally is also very loquacious, was identified for the hosting. Unfortunately, the move did not impress a large number of the Stephenian Crowd. The senior officers ducked, not wanting to be part of private sponsorship, and, some for the reason that the host not being on very good and friendly basis with some (lots). The result, attendance was less than half of the normal do's. Most senior Stephenians were left wondering at the need for sponsorship, The Club is rich enough!!!!!!

BUREAUCRACY

CEC Brahma to retire on April 19
Chief Election Commissioner H S Brahma is retiring on April 19 after attaining the age of 65. He is former 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Sahoo takes over as Member of Competition Commission of India
Former Member of the SEBI M S Sahoo has taken over as new Member of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
(We said this on December 11,2014 )

Justice G P Mittal is yet to take charge !
Former Judge of the Delhi High Court Justice G P Mittal is yet to take charge as new Member of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
(We said this on February 12 )

A K Jha selected for CMD, MCL
A K Jha, Director (P&P), MOIL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on March 30, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

IAS officer seeks Voluntary Retirement in Bihar
1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Ashok Kumar Chouhan has retired from service. He had applied for VRS.

Ray is new Member of CBDT
S K Ray has been appointed new Member of the CBDT. He is 1978 batch IRS (IT) officer.

LIC helping Railways in a big way
The country's main insurance company - LIC - is helping the Indian Railways in a big way. The LIC is giving financial assistance to PM's dream project, the bullet train and other infrastructure related projects. At a meeting, LIC officers jokingly commented that now LIC will get priority in reservation quota.

Orders of Arun Srivastava for MD & CEO, Syndicate Bank delayed ?
Why the orders of Arun Srivastava, ED, Bank of India, for the appointment as MD and CEO, Syndicate Bank are getting delayed ?

Justice Manjunath to be Acting CJ of Karnataka High Court ?
In the event of Justice Waghela's moving of Karnataka High Court senior-most Judge Justice K L Manjunath may be appointed Acting Chief Justice.

Justice Menon is Administrative Judge of MP HC
Seniormost Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Justice Rajendra Menon has been appointed Administrative Judge of the HC.

1983 batch IAS is the boss of 1980 batch officer
Believe it or not, in the AAP government in Delhi, 1983 batch IAS officer K K Sharma is the boss of 1980 batch IAS officer Sanjay Srivastava. Infact, Sharma is the Chief Secretary in Delhi Government. In the earlier regime of the AAP Government Sanjay Srivastava was the Chief Secretary.

Khare couple to return to Jharkhand
ACC has accepted the request of CM Jharkhand for premature repatriation of Amit Khare IAS (JH:85) presently in Deptt of Pharma and Nidhi Khare IAS (JH:92) JS Deptt of Expenditure to Jharkhand without extended cooling off. They are likely to get important assignment in Jharkhand.

Jatinder Bir Singh appointed as Director, Oriental Insurance Co Ltd
Jatinder Bir Singh, CMD, Punjab & Sind Bank, has been appointed as Director on the Board of Oriental Insurance Company Limited, New Delhi upto December 31, 2017. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Five posts of General Managers in Railways vacant
When will the five vacant posts of General Managers in Railways be filled ?

Outgoing Railway Board Chairman is DFCCIL's Advisor
The outgoing Chairman of the Railway Board, Arnunedra Kumar is said to have become DFCCIL's Advisor.

Sailas Thangal posted as CG, Guangzhou
Indian Foreign Service officer, Sailas Thangal has been transferred to Guangzhou (B) as CG in place of Kakanur Nagaraj Naidu.

Sevala Naik gets extension as CG, Munich
Indian Foreign Service officer, M Sevala Naik has been given extension in Munich (A), CG till June 2016.

Ms Mukherjee posted as DRM, Waltair
Chandralekha Mukherjee has been transferred and posted as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Waltair. She is an IRTS officer.

R Senthil Kumar posted in SR cadre
Upon return from deputation, R Senthil Kumar has been posted in the cadre of Southern Railway (SR). He is an IRTS officer.

Dr Mathisekaran appointed as DG, Labour Bureau
Dr M Mathisekaran has been appointed as Director General, Labour Bureau, Chandigarh after the promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is a 1981 batch IES officer.

Rakesh Singh of Haryana cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rakesh Singh belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch and Haryana cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

Post of JDG vacant in Shipping
The post of Joint Director General at Joint Secretary level is lying vacant in the office of DG, Shipping in Government of India.

Post of Additional Secretary vacant in CIC
The post of Additional Secretary at Joint Secretary level in Central Information Commission is lying vacant.

Post of Chairman, APEDA vacant
The post of Chairman at Joint Secretary level is lying vacant in APEDA under the Department of Commerce in Government of India.

Alok Saxena appointed as PMG, Kanpur region
Alok Saxena has been appointed as Post Master General (PMG), Kanpur region, Uttar Pradesh circle. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Applications for DG, CIRDAP, Dhaka invited
The Ministry of Rural Development has sought applications from the interested persons for the post of Director General, Centre for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the PACIFIC (CIRDAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The last date for filling applications is April 23, 2015.

Three IRS-IT officers posted at different regions
Upon return from deputation, three officers from Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been posted as Principal CIT (OSD) (CW) at different regions. Accordingly, A D Mehrotra and Sanjay Prasad have been posted to Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi whereas Shashi Bhushan Prasad is posted to Principal CCIT (CCA), Mumbai.

Nandi posted as FA&CAO, KMRC
Debabrata Nandi has been posted as FA&CAO, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRC) on deputation for a period of three years. He is an Accounts Officer.

Rawat posted as DGM/HR, DFCCIL in Delhi
R S Rawat has been posted as DGM/HR, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Delhi on deputation for a period of five years. He is a Personnel officer.

UP DGP to get three months extension ?
Uttar Pradesh DGP A K Jain is likely to get three months extension in service.1979 batch IPS officer is scheduled to retire on March 31.

13 IIS officers get new postings
Thirteen Indian Information Service (IIS) officers -from SAG to Junior grade have been transferred and posted to different places. Ministry of I & B have issued the orders in this regard.

Muthukumar posted as ADG, PIB, Chennai
A 1984 IIS officer K. Muthukumar has been transferred from Delhi and posted as ADG (M & C ) , PIB Southern region office as ADG. Presently he is ADG, Directorate of Field Publicity (DFP) hq in Delhi.

Rao is ADG, DFP Hq ,
On repatriation from deputation S Kameshwar Rao, IIS 1984 batch, has been posted as ADG, DFP Hq, Delhi.

Ravindran goes to T'puram
K.M.Ravindran ,IIS, 1987 batch has been transferred from PIB, Chennai to PIB, T'Puram as ADG.

Bharti Vaid is new PIB Chief in Kolkatta
On repatriation from J & K govt, Ms Bharti Vaid has been transferred and posted as ADG, PIB, Kolkatta. Ms Bharti is an IIS officer of 1986 batch.

Subramaniam transferred to Chennai
S. Subramaniam, Joint Director , PIB, T'puram has sbeen transferred to PIB, Chennai in the same capacity. He is a 2001 IIS officer.

CBI arrests Income Tax officer if Mumbai
CBI has arrested an Income Tax Officer posted in Mumbai for accepting a bribe of Rs. 75,000/- from the Complainant. It was alleged in the complaint that the accused had demanded a bribe from the Complainant for according a favour in reducing his assessment of Income Tax from Rs. 4 lakhs to Rs.0.55 lakh.

Rajagopal Devara empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Rajagopal Devara has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Sorte posted as Under Secretary, IF Wing, Supply Division, Mumbai (UPDATED)
V H Sorte has been appointed as Under Secretary, IF Wing, Department of Commerce (Supply division) at Mumbai. He is a CSS cadre officer.

Railway Board Addl Member, Rawal retiring today (UPDATED)
A K Rawal, Additional Member (Planning), Railway Board is retiring on March 31, 2015.

Reddy posted as IG, Personnel & Organization in AP (UPDATED)
N Madhusudan Reddy has been posted as Inspector General of Police, Personnel & Organization in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Sinha posted as CCM, East Coast Railway (UPDATED)
Achala Sinha has been posted as CCM, East Coast Railway and promoted to Higher Administrative grade. She is an IRTS officer.

Mishra posted as COM, SE Central Railway (UPDATED)
Devesh Kumar Mishra has been posted as COM, South East Central Railway and promoted to Higher Administrative grade. He is an IRTS officer.

Ms Saxena posted as CCM, SE Railway (UPDATED)
Gauri Saxena has been posted as CCM, South Eastern Railway and promoted to Higher Administrative grade. She is an IRTS officer.

Chowdhry posted as Advisor, Public Grievances, RB (UPDATED)
Ashok Chowdhry has been posted as Advisor, Public Grievances, Railway Board and promoted to Higher Administrative grade. He is an IRTS officer.

4 IRS-Customs officers get charge of CC and DG (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre working at Chief Commissioners/ Director Generals have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, Ms Deepa B Dasgupta has been given additional charge of CC, CX, Mumbai Zone-1 while V S Krishnan gets charge of DG, Service Tax, Mumbai and S K Panda is also CC, Nagpur zone. Besides, Ram Tirath has been assigned an additional charge of DG, Safeguard, Delhi.

MoU signed between HUDCO and MoHUPA (UPDATED)
The Memorandum of Understanding for the year 2015-16 was signed between Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) and Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) with Dr. NanditaChatterjee, Secretary (MoHUPA) and Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman and Managing Director (HUDCO) on March 30, 2015. The MoU for 2015-16 envisages a significant growth in the operations of HUDCO in the housing and urban development sectors with proposed sanctions of Rs.16900 crore and disbursements of Rs. 7774 crore during the year, with focus on social housing and core infrastructure. As per the MoU, MoHUPA would facilitate HUDCO to achieve its projected growth by supporting the Corporation to increase its credit worthiness and enable it to achieve its social objectives by providing the necessary policy support. The Ministry would also support HUDCO in mobilizing resources at lower costs. HUDCO has been rated as ‘Excellent’ during the last three years.

CBI arrests Income Tax officer in Lucknow (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested an Income Tax Officer, Range-V(2), Income Tax Bhawan, Lucknow for demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs two Lakhs from the complainant. CBI has registered a case U/s 7 of PC Act, 1988 against Income Tax Officer, Range-V(2), Income Tax Bhawan, Lucknow for demanding illegal gratification of Rs.10,00,000/- from the complainant for settling the matter of assessment of income tax for the financial year 2011-12.

Tenure of Arvind Kumar Jain as DGP, UP extended (UPDATED)
The Government of India has approved the proposal for extension of service to Arvind Kumar Jain as Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh for a period of three months. Jain, who was to retire on March 31, 2015, is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on March 30, 2015)

Bombay High Court gets four Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Pradeep Narhari Deshmukh, Justice Ashok Iqbal Singh Cheema, Justice Sunil Balkrishna Shukre, and Justice Suresh Chandrakant Gupte, Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Bombay High Court.

Gujarat High Court gets two Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Rajendra Dhirajlal Kothari and Justice Abdullah Gulamahmed Uraizee, Additional Judges of the Gujarat High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Gujarat High Court.

Gujarat High Court gets two Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ratilal Parshottambhai Dholaria have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Gujarat High Court.

Kolkata High Court gets eight Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Malay Marut Banerjee, Md. Mumtaz Khan, Sankar Acharyya, Mir Dara Sheko, Debi Prosad Dey, Miss Asha Arora, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, and Shivakant Prasad have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court.

DEBATE

Debate - Future of AAP after internal bickerings ?

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) recent mammoth victory in Delhi was a super-landslide (the winning party securing 90 percent or more seats). Even the Congress which had the natural advantage of leading the freedom struggle successfully and had stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi could never achieve it in any general election despite dominating the political scene in the country post independence. The rise of the Aam Aadmi Party indicated that people once again saw politics as an act of faith and hope but given the bickerings among its leaders in too a short span, the question that now arises is that What is the future of AAP ?

Mail your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com and suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

(NB : Please be precise and specific as too long comments lose the gravity of discussion)

CORPORATE

GoI to disinvest stake of BPCL
The Government of India has proposed to disinvest stake of oil Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to meet the revenue target.

Mukherjee appointed Independent Director, Hindustan Motors Ltd
Hindustan Motors Limited has appointed Ms Mou Mukherjee as Independent Director of the company

Kalyani appointed Addl. Director, Kalyani Steels Ltd
Kalyani Steels Limited has appointed Ms Sunita B Kalyani as an Additional Director of the company.

Thangaraj appointed Addl. Director, California Software Company Ltd
California Software Company Limited has appointed Ms Vijayapriya Thangaraj as Additional Director of the company

Trivedi appointed Addl. Director, Blue Star Infotech Ltd
Blue Star Infotech Limited has appointed Ms Kalpana Trivedi as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. March 30, 2015

Anuj appointed Addl Director , Bajaj Hidusthan Sugar Ltd
Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Limited has appointed Ms Kiran Anuj as Additional Director of the company

Two directors appointed on Board of Nath Bio-Genes (India) Ltd
Nath Bio-Genes (India) Limited has appointed Ms Sweta Garodia and Shrirang Agrawal as directors of the company.

Muralidharan resigns as Director, of IFCI Ltd
P G Muralidharan has resigned as Director of IFCI Limited w.e.f March 30, 2015

Patel appointed Director, Gujarat Apollo Industries Ltd
Gujarat Apollo Industries Limited has appointed Ms Nayna Asit Patel as a Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2015

Chitalwala appointed Independent Addl. Director, Jai Corp Ltd
Jai Corp Limited has appointed Ms Aziza Ashraf Chitalwala as an Independent Additional Director of the company

Mehra appointed Independent Director, HB Stockholdings Ltd
HB Stockholdings Limited has appointed Ms Asha Mehra as Independent Director of the company w.e. f. March 30, 2015

Lalitha appointed Director, ICSA (India) Ltd
ICSA (India) Limited has appointed Ms G Lalitha as Director of the company

Upadhyay appointed Independent Non Exec. Director, Panacea Biotec Ltd
Panacea Biotec Limited has appointed Ms Manjula Upadhyay as Non-Executive Independent Director of the company w.e.f. March 30, 2015

Khaitan appointed Addl. Director, Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd
Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Limited has appointed Ms Nandini Khaitan as an Additional Director of the company.

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

DEBATE (1)
What happened in AAP is really shocking. Two brilliant faces of the party and its founders have been shown the door and in what a uncivilized manner. Kejriwal has shattered the hopes of so many who thought he is different from the normal run of politicians. Many of us found the party a refreshing change from the political parties and the kind of politics we have been witnessing in this country. Alas it turned out to be a false hope. Why did Kejriwal allow his supporters to be abusive and create ruckus to oust Yogender Yadav and Prashant Bhushan instead of being reconciliatory. Is it arrogance of power 'ahankar ' which he asked his partymen to avoid. Obviously.
Aarti Khosla

Don't consider retired Judges
Retired Judges should not be considered for even information commissioner. Get hold of only the serving ones. We have the ridiculous position where a retd Judge already holding a constitutional post is vying for a commission.
ARC Kumar

Good and exhaustive magazine
Whispers In The Corridors is good and exhaustive magazine.
Harjeet Kaur

Too much delay in regular work
After new RTP there is already too much delay in regular work. Yoga will add to more delay. CS Division has not yet settled simple issue regarding promotion of my wife, Rita Rani, whose representation is pending since June, 2014.
Chander Prakash


Why CGHS rules require a reference ?
Government have empanelled a number of private hospitals/clinics for CGHS beneficiaries so that pressure on Govt. hospitals are reduced. Having done that, why CGHS rules require a reference from a specialist or CMO of a wellness center for treatment in approved hospitals/clinic ? No individual would like to undergo tests or treatment unless it is essential. Minister of health should review the procedures framed by CGHS and make it easier for beneficiaries to avail medical attention.
S Gopal

Books B.Com (h) not provided by Open School
Books B.Com (h) are not provided by Open School of Learning to students. Students paid full payment to school.
Saxena

Dhoni displayed lack of team spirit ?
It is understood that MS Dhoni and the Chairman of the Selection Committee opposed the inclusion of Yuvraj Singh in the team for the World Cup 2015 and the Chairman included his son, Stuard Binny in the team, who played only four tests. If it is so, both of them displayed lack of team spirit. Yuvraj Singh was the best player in the previous World Cup 2011. It was my doubt that due to the exclusion of Yuvraj Singh, India may not win the World Cup this year, which has proved right by India failing to win the Semi-final match against Australia on 26th March, 2015. As is known, Yuvraj is the highest player in terms of bid - worth Rs.16 crores - for the ensuing IPL. As a punishment, the Chairman of the Selection Committee should be removed and MS Dhoni should be rested for a few months or he should be removed from the captainship since the country's image is the first and the foremost priority and not the whims and fancy of the above two persons.
Paul

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