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The whole atmosphere reeks with lies and intrigues, violence and cruelty, and one wonders how people put up with it.

Part of discussion

RSS wanted to teach Modi a lesson. Modi must learn from Bihar that without RSS he cannot survive.

Canada's Defence Minister is a Sikh

Lt. Col. Harjit Singh Sajjan, became the first Sikh in Canada to take command of a British Columbia regiment in 2011. The 44-year-old Colonel was born in Punjab, India and migrated to Canada with his family in the mid-70s, where they settled in Vancouver. Sajjan is also first Sikh of Indian origin to be the Defence Minister.


Rahul as PM

Rahul as alternative is not only a horror story!
Right analogy is ....gory!

If by a horrible miracle he makes it!
India's name would be taken in wit!

With World Leaders ..1 to 1 meetings would be dumped!
They would not want India's PM looking stumped!

Modi converted indifference to awe!
Time and again on the global stage this we saw!

What vision could you expect from Rahul Baba!
He'd be a back bencher PM in Lok Sabha!

Congress wants Modi to answer every charge!
For Rahul there is a Congi spokesmen charge!

Right from start it was clear!
The Mahaghahbandhan maths merited fear!

BJP despite the odds clawed it's way back!
But sadly apno ne kiya attack!

Laloo is the winner but Bihar has lost !
Bihar will end up paying a heavy cost!

Already they say fear has set in!
Forgone conclusion if this alliance did win!

Safety doors and locks being installed!
Precaution this is called!
In North wherever Bihar labour is used there is glee!
From Bihar in huge numbers Labor will flee!

Seems Rahul feels our Presi is Vela!
Poor Pranab Da bahut iss ko hai jhela!

He indulges him for old times sake!
This is my personal take!

Punjab fracas is Congress made!
A very devious game Congress played!

Now Rahul is crying Croc tears!
Brings back the Dark Days fears!

When for politics Congress lit a fire!
And literally ended up putting Punjab on a pyre!

No lessons learnt !
Despite the fact the Congress too got badly burnt!

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

No Secretaries in GoI from six states
There is no secretary in the government of India from six states. These states are- Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

No move to bifurcate posts in Insurance companies
There is no move to bifurcate the post of CMD in State-owned general insurance companies like in Public Sector Banks.

Will Srinivasan get extension ?
Grapevine has it that the current CMD of New India Assurance Co., G Srinivasan, is being given a two-year extension. He is already on a three-month extension after the expiry of his term.


Panel for CMD in Oil PSU to be scrapped?
Whispers are that the Government of India is going to scrap a panel of CMD level post in an oil PSU citing reasons that the selected candidate lacks board level experience.

P K Purwar selected for Director (Fin), RINL
P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 17, 2015. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

Nominee of business houses will not head NTPC
Insiders in the PMO said that no nominee of any business house will be appointed Chairman of NTPC. Rumours are rife that either a nominee of Adani or Ambani will head the NTPC.

Woman to be Member of TRAI !
A woman is going to be new Member of the TRAI. Interviews for the post were held last week.

Girish Bali given additional charge in ED
Girish Bali, JD ED at Chandigarh has been given additional charge of Heinous Investigation unit. He is an IRS C&E officer.

Mathuria is JD, ED Delhi
Satender Mathuria has been posted as Joint Director, ED Delhi zone. He is an IRS C&E officer.

Search committee to be formed for CMD, SCI
The Ministry of Shipping is reported to be contemplating constituting a search-cum-selection committee for the successor of Arun Kumar Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) retiring on December 31, 2015.

T Q Mohammad appointed Secretary, Gramin Dak Sewak Committee
T Q Mohammad has been appointed as Secretary, Gramin Dak Sewak Committee, New Delhi. He is a 1994 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Loretta Mary Vas is new Independent Director in CIL
Ms Loretta Mary Vas has been appointed Independent Director of the Coal India Ltd (CIL).She is former 1977 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Dr Agnihotri is Independent Director in CIL
Dr Satish Balram Agnihotri has been appointed Independent Director of the Coal India Ltd (CIL). He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Three Independent Directors inducted on Board of NMDC Ltd
Union Ministry of Steel has appointed A K Srivastava, Ms Bhagwati Mahesh Baldewa and Rajesh Mangal as Non-Official Independent Directors of NMDC Ltd

Three Independent Directors appointed on Coal India Board
Vinod Jain a Charterd Accountant and two Acamedicians ,Dr D C Panigrahi and Prof. Khanindra Pathak have been appointed as independent directors of Coal India Ltd.

PESB seeks applications for Director (HR), NTPC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Human Resources), NTPC Limited falling vacant next year on November 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 22, 2016.

Post of Director (P&BP), SAIL vacant since June 16, 2015
The post of Director (Projects & Business Planning), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been lying vacant since June 16, 2015.

Hydrocarbons headless
The Directorate of General of Hydrocarbons is headless with the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas inviting applications for the post within 30 days of issuing advertisement.

Post of ADG, vacant in Tourism
The post of Additional Director General in Ministry of Tourism in Government of India has been lying vacant.

Post of Joint Secretary in Defence vacant
The post of Joint Secretary level has been lying vacant in the Department of Defence in Government of India.

Ajai Chandra appointed as Assistant DG, UIDAI
Ajai Chandra has been appointed as Assistant Director General at Director level in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Delhi. He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.

Kumar Rakesh Sinha appointed as Assistant DG, UIDAI
Kumar Rakesh Sinha has been appointed as Assistant Director General at Director level in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Delhi. He is a 1996 batch IOFS officer.

Ms Surabhi Sharma appointed as Deputy Secretary, IPP
Ms Surabhi Sharma has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion in Government of India. She is an IRS-IT officer of 2006 batch.

Prasad transferred to cadre
RR Prasad, an IRSME officer's transfer has been changed and now posted to his parent cadre East Central Railway. Earlier he was transferred from Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi to Rail Coach Factory, Rai Bareily in July this year.

GoI asks states to expedite process of abolishing interviews
Government has asked the State governments to expedite the process of abolition of interviews for recruitment to all such government jobs where it is not essential. DoPT had fixed for itself the deadline of December 31, 2015 to abolish the practice of conducting interview for appointment to Group 'B' and Group 'C' posts in various Ministries/Department and other organizations including Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Central Government.

Vinod Kumar deputed to KRCL as Chief Engineer
Vinod Kumar has been deputed to Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) and posted as Chief Engineer Project at Jammu. He is an IRSE officer.

A K Sinha transferred as Director, Railway Board
A K Sinha, Senior DSC/RPF, Sealdah, Eastern Railway, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Director(R&T), Railway Board.

Lt Gen Anbu takes charge
Lt Gen. Devraj Anbu has taken over as the new general-officer-commanding of the army's 4 Corps in Tezpur.

159 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Deputy Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 159 IRS-Customs officers have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Commissioner of Customs. The officers are: Tarun Kumari, Anil Prasad, Rajesh Tripathi, S Veeramuthu, Bhaskar Debral, Nrusingha Charan Mishra, Leo John Ilango, N S Parthasarthy, Bhagwat Prasad Sharma, Rohit Anand, Rajesh Kumar Jain, S Devarajan, Basant Kumar, Anand Kumar Jha, Shailinee Sharma, Atreyee Dev Roy,Mudduveeraya Shivaprasad Prithvi, K Tushar Parashar, Raghram K, Anurima Sharma, Tamanna Alam, Shiv Pratap Singh, Prakriti Nigam, Priya Ranjan Srivastava, Mir Umair Nabi, Kiran Kumar Karupu, V Ramanadha Reddy, Ajay Kumar, Arvind Kumar Singh, Jasmeet Singh Dhandra, Amanjit Singh, G Varnish Krishna Reddy, Priya Buddi, Shashank Yadav, Akash Shankar Chougule, Jayabharathi J, Surbhi Shukla, Shrikant Govindrao Awachar, Sudhanshu Rai, Rakesh Kumar Jain, Amit Kumar Mishra, Vandana, Jayashankar Prasad Upadhayay, Rajarshi Kumar, Rakesh Dahiya, Arun Kumar Gupta, Kishore S, Marut Tripathi, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Babneet Tuli, Gurbaz Sandhu, Sachin P, Vineeta Sinha, biswarup Das, Gautam Kumar, Rednam Venka Pradhamesh Bhanu, Fraz Amad Qureshi, Vijay Krishnan Velan K, Mallinath Kashinath Jeure, Jyotiraditya, Ugrasen Dahr Dwivedi, Dinbandhu Diwakar, Dharshan J, Sudhakar Pandey, Anu Agarwal, Ruchi Bisht, Sreeparvathy S L Harsh Vardhan Rai, Sameer Pandey, Surender Malik, Manjot Kaur, Vivek gupta, Robin Gupta, sumit Garg, Anuj Kumar Pandey, Piyush Shukla, Prasanth Kumar Kakrla, Kadam Rajlakshmi Appasaheb, Nisha Gupta, Dhruva Mandalam Seshadri, D Jeyapariya, Mamta Saini, Kapil Yadav, Rajesh Kumar Sahu, Priyanka N, Amit Kumar Sharma, Chate Pandurang Chandrakant, Raghuvansh Kumar, Shekhar Kumar, Kavita Chaurasia, Nalina Sofia T, Dayanandan T, Ghanshayam Soni, Pankaj Kumar, Shashank Kumar Yadav, Reena O M, Ajeet Kumar, Ramesh M, Naresh Kumari Saini, Daulat Kumar, Shashi Pawar, Saurav Suman Shardool, Gayatri, Ajit Dan, Gunjan Kumar Verma, Balvinder Singh, Pramod Kumar Maurya, Mali Dhanajay Shivaji, S Periyannan, Mahesh Kumar Selvi N Kavita, Anoop Kumar Verma, Basant Garhwal, K Arvind, Rishi Yadav, Kanse Dharaiyashi Vijay, R L Arun Prasad, Chhittaranjan Dhangada Majhi, Arvind Kumar Chaurasia, Ashish Kumar, G Manigandasamy, Ranvijay Kumar, P Thanasekaran, N Sailaja Kumari, Venkatesham Anamala, Amit Bhashker, Mukesh Kataria, Deepak Kumar, K P Jeyakar, Kalyan Revella, Goarse Prasad Dattraya, M Satishkumar, Hemant Hingonia, Shiv Naryan, Naresh Bundel, chhaya, C Mohan Gopu, Deepna Singh, Din Dayal Mangal, Anunay bhati, Arun Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar Singh, Rajeshy Kumar Nagora, Palash Bhoyar, Issac riman Khargongor, Annu Darin, Prakash Veer Singh Meena, Thari Sitkil, Sachin Dinkar Shankpai, Shrunkhala Motiram Kangale, N Balram, Mohan Singh Dorai, Mingyur Yonzon, Manjunatha T, Rohit Kumar, Rahul Negi, K Manoranjan Nayak, Rakesh Srivastava, Ravindra Joshi.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Aditya Negi has been appointed as SDO (Civil), Karsog, District Mandi while Ms Debasweta Banik is SDO, Civil Kangra district and Hem Raj Bairwa was made SDO, Civil Ghumarwin, district Bilaspur. Besides, Ms Kritika Kulhari has been appointed as SDO, Civil Hamipur district; Raghav sharma as SDO, Civil Chachiot at Gohar in Himachal Pradesh.

NBCC Smart Hub Pavilion showcases revolutionary shift (UPDATED)
Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Urban Development, Govt. of India, inaugurated ‘NBCC Smart Hub Pavilion’ at Hall No.4, ITPO, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, on November 14, 2015. The Minister was accompanied by Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC, its Directors and senior officials. Participation of NBCC in this India International Trade Fair-2015 has been unique in itself as about 50 of its associates including ones from Japan, Malaysia and Korea also put up their stalls in the NBCC Smart Hub Pavilion, displaying their products and services related to smart construction. Speaking on the occasion after visiting all the stalls, Minister appreciated the initiatives of NBCC in construction field and particularly in execution of projects on Smart City concepts. Dr. Mittal, after taking the Minister around Smart Hub NBCC Pavilion also briefed the Media and stated that NBCC has been making constant endeavour to add value to the construction sector and is presently focusing on development of Smart Cities all across the nation as also redevelopment of Govt. properties. He specifically mentioned about NBCC’s huge projects of recent time such as Redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar, New Delhi; development of East Delhi Hub, Karkardooma and Lake View Complex, Trilokpuri, New Delhi on TOD Norms and Smart City concept. NBCC Smart Hub Pavilion at this year’s Trade Fair, comprehensively showcases the revolutionary shift taking place in the country in respect of construction and development of Hubs and Commercial spaces that takes care of environment, incorporation of smart features, faster construction techniques etc. One of the models on display at NBCC Pavilion is Rs.5000 Crore, East Kidwai Nagar-Redevelopment Project, under implementation by the Company that clearly depicts the smartness taken place in construction activities involving aesthetics and sustainability.

Mitesh Jain appointed as SP, NIA (UPDATED)
Mitesh Jain has been appointed as Superintendent of Police in National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Ms Sindhu Pillai appointed as SP, Financial Services (UPDATED)
Ms Sindhu Pillai has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Financial Services, Delhi. She is a 2001 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Girija Kumar Meena deputed as ED, CWDB, Jodhpur (UPDATED)
Girija Kumar Meena has been appointed as Executive Director, Central Wool Development Board (CWDB), Jodhpur on deputation basis for a period of five years. He is an IRAS officer.

E A Subramanian selected as Director (T&O), HLL Lifecare Ltd (UPDATED)
E A Subramanian, MD, BCPL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical & Operations), HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on November 18, 2015. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

Dr M Padma is also Secretary, AP Tribal Welfare in AP (UPDATED)
Dr M Padma has been given full additional charge of Secretary, AP Tribal Welfare residential Educational Institutions Society (Gurukulam). He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

HUDCO Build Tech at International trade fair inaugurated (UPDATED)
Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, Babul Supriyo, inaugurated HUDCO Build Tech – 2015 at India International Trade Fair (IITF) displayed in Hall No. 5 on November 14, 2015. This year, the exhibition is a striking combination of tedchnology and innovation by way of construction of demonstration units using pre-fab options and other cost effective building materials and technologies. The exhibition is also a blend of HUDCO’s contribution in sustainable urban development focusing on funding of housing & infrastructure projects as well as innovative consultancy assignments in architecture, city planning, utilization of cost effective and sustainable building materials, technologies and Services, as well as energy efficient Green Buildings, etc. Hudco Build Tech – 2015 is showcasing a grand display of work done by HUDCO in nation building through financing of projects and partnering in Government of India programmes like Housing for All, Smart Cities etc., promotion of cost effective & environment friendly building materials and technology. Besides, various companies from Real Estate and Housing Finance are also participatingin HUDCO Build Tech. HUDCO Build Tech pavilion has always earned a tremendous response from National and International visitors including professionals from diversified fields like Architecture, Interior Designers, Builders, Contractors, Civil Engineers and consultants from various fields. HUDCO Build Tech 2014 pavilion had bagged ‘Bronze Medal’ in the category – PSUs, EPCs, Commodity Boards and Banks. Moreover, trade delegations from abroad; captains of the industry, Chief Executives of Organizations, opinion makers, Technocrats, Govt. Officials also graced the show.

P S Mishra joins as Director (P&P), OMDC (UPDATED)
P S Mishra, GM, BCCL/CIL, has taken over the charge as Director (P&P), Orissa Mineral Development Corporation (OMDC).
(We said this on May 28, 2015)

NLC honoured with 'Vishwamukthi Rashtriya Rajbhasha Samman-2015' at Visakapatnam (UPDATED)
Viswamukhi (A Center for Art, Culture, Literature & Media Vision) and KIT University, Bhuvaneswar has organized 4th Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan and Bahubhashi Kavya Sangosthi during 14-16 November, 2015 at Visakhapatnam. In the inaugural function of Conference Dr K Haribabu, MP, Vishakhapatnam had participated as Chief Guest. Sarath Kumar Achcharya, CMD, NLC Limited and Krishna Babu, CMD, Visakhapatnam Port Trust participated in the function as Guests of honour. Padma Shree Dr. Lakshmi Prasad Yarlgadda delivered the keynote address. The session was chaired by Convener of 2nd Sub-Committee of Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, Prasanna Patsani, MP. While delivering his address at the inaugural session, which highlighted the importance of Hindi Language, NLC-CMD insisted to ensure the compliance of Sec.3(3),voluntarily, rather than mandatory, and appealed to one and all to carry out official work by providing the place for Hindi in the heart together with God. In the conference, about 70 delegates from various Ministries and Offices of Central Public Sector Undertakings, viz., NLC, Coal India, NHPC, NCL, MCL, Power Grid, ISRO etc. participated. During the Conference, experts discussed the Inter-Relation of Indian Languages, Use of Technical Words in Official Language, Scope for New Formats, Relation of Scripts and Languages in the context of Indian Languages, Globalization of Hindi and Indian Languages. During the Conference, NLC was honoured with "Vishwamukti Rashtriya Rajbhasha Samman-2015" for effective implementation of Hindi as Official Language in NLC.

Mrs Bharthi Hollikeri posted as ADM, Hyderabad in Telangana (UPDATED)
Mrs Bharathi Hollikeri has been posted as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate, Hyderabad. She is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

CORPORATE

Nikhil Rathi appointed CEO, London Stock Exchange
Nikhil Rathi has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of London Stock Exchange (PLC). He succeeded Alexander ("JJ") Justham who left the Group. Rathi is the grandson of late Seth Ramgopalji Rathi and nephew of advocate Madan Mohan Rathi of Sarangpur.

Bahl appointed CFO of Raymond Ltd
Raymond Limited has appointed Sanjay Bahl as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Chawla resigns as Independent Director of PNB Gilts Ltd
Dr O P Chawla has resigned as Independent Director of PNB Gilts Ltd

Agarwal appointed Chairman of Josts Engineering Company Ltd
Josts Engineering Company Ltd has appointed Jai Prakash Agarwal as the Chairman of the company.

Jain re-appointed CEO of Barclays Investments & Loans (India) Ltd
Barclays Investments & Loans (India) Ltd has re-appointed Vishal Jain as Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f.December 1, 2015

Narayanamurthi appointed MD of Premier Energy and Infrastructure Ltd
Premier Energy and Infrastructure Ltd has appointed M Narayanamurthi as Managing Director of the company.

Venkataramanan appointed MD of Racold Thermo (India & South Asia)
Ramnath Venkataramanan has been appointed as Managing Director of Racold Thermo (India & South Asia)

Daruwala appointed as CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, India
Zarin Daruwala has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, India

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Right to know

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a) Why and how is any Civil Service better than others? What are its supporting documents/feedback/reports?

b) What is the success rate of Civil Services in India as compared to Civil services in foreign governments ?

c) Whether efficiency of Civil Services have improved after MCTP or other training in India or abroad ?
d) Whether appropriate feedback to judge and improve the quality of Citizens Centric Services obtained from all stake holders or Citizens Of India with a view to make Civil Services more useful and meaningful ?
e) How Indian Civil Services is considered and rated in World ranking particularly in reports published by United Nations etc ?
f) What are credible supporting documents or Agency in support of claim that Indian Civil Service is better than any Civil Service in the world ?
g) What steps should be taken by all associations and the government to make Civil Services more meaningful and useful?

Sanjeev Bhatnagar

Maintaining cleanliness in trains

India is a poor country and there are a number of illiterate persons who travel in trains. To ensure its cleanliness is a big difficult task as when you try to tell somebody that "bhai saheb apne kyon thuka yahan par". You can get a response that "aap ka kya jata ha". None will come for your rescue if you enter into a brawl. Mr. Garg do you know that two crore passengers travel by trains every day. How can you stop somebody from urinating and shitting if it is beyond his control. The Railways are made to subsidize passenger travel at the cost of having enhanced freight rate and ensuring safety. If you increase the fare by only Rs.1.00 only, then the people of Eastern India will burn one or two trains. The Railway is sufffering because of politics. The people of Eastern UP, Bihar, WB and some Southern states on one pretext of the other like mundan, kanchedan etc.

BBS

Unjustified move !

Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas is planning to stop LPG subsidy for the people whose income is more than 10 lakhs justifying that they do not need subsidy. The people who enjoy the facilities of Parliament canteen also do not need subsidy and actual cost of preparation to be charged. By removing subsidy on LPG by a artificial income limit will mean the people who are paying income tax will be affected. As nearly 3.5% people pay income tax, others do not even bother to pay tax and are not in government record. Out of 3.5% only less than 1% will be in the 10 lakh & above bracket. Government is bothered for this less than 1% people without thinking what is to be done for 99% people. Remove subsidy for all except those under BPL category. For this government has solid ground to justify the removal of subsidy and not by creating a arbitrary income limit. Think logically before implementing.

N Prakash


Discipline must

This is good. While it is necessary to pay its officers decently discipline should be enforced.

AR V Sreenivasan

Welcome step

Apart from highlighting their achievements they should highlight the constraints in working which affects the functioning of the organisation. They should also point out the areas vulnerable for corruption.

S Gopal

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