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File of Governors' appointment stuck with PMO

A file regarding appointments of Governors in five States is reportedly stuck with Prime Minister Office (PMO) after it was forwarded from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The file is yet to reach President Office, according to sources.



Chat with Modi

By the wonder of imagination I'm able to have a chat with Modi ...post his UK and Turkey trip.

Yours truly : Good Morning Sir

Modi: Kya hooa Sardarji ...no Namaste or Sat Sri Akal

Y: I thought taaza taaza aap itne Saare Good Morning karr ke aaye ho toh.....

M: Long time back during a trip to Chandigarh heard a Punjabi gaana ...it got ingrained in my mind...Jeh
chaliyo Pardes na bulli apni bolli teh apna bhes...overseas too I fold my hands and wish Indian style!

Y: Bhes..why is Congress and Media so fixated on your clothes!

M: Achche kapde pehna koyi gunha nahi hai ....jee ha Desh ko nangaa karr ke achche kapde pehena bahut badaa gunna hai ... or there is a fire and rather than helping out you go to change your clothes ...frankly I like to be smartly dressed..

Y: In UK during the Joint Press Conference weren't you taken aback by questions of the Brit Media!

M: Mujhe saalo (years) ka tajurba hai .... now nothing surprises me ...but I expected that they do their homework ..seems they do not ..I was never denied a UK Visa!

Y: Queen se mille ...kaisa lagha..

M: Bahut izzat dee .... parr Modi ke liye ek hee Queen... thi..hai aur rahe gi ... merri Ma!

Y: I am also a vegetarian .... don't you feel queasy when people eat meat on the same table ... though I think
many hosts respecting your food preference avoid meat while dining with you..

M: Bhagwan ki kirpa se mujhe ek aadat hai ..mein apni plate mein dekhthe hoo .... my attention only goes to the other plate if I feel I'm being served Makhan Malai and my guest is being served Sooka food! In life too I look into my own plate ..samjhe!

Y: Turkey mein you met Obama ...

M: Yes .... I am very comfortable with him ... I feel he appreciates the odds I have faced ! He too faced huge odds! I think he understands my Mission....

Y: Coming back home .... OROP...

M: Arre Bhai ... it was a very emotional promise in run up to General Election .. when I came to Delhi and was given presentations I realized how the case had been spoilt...how and why there was resistance....the factual situation ....

Y: Spoilt. ...

M: After coming to Delhi I realized there are multiple wheels in wheels ... Brokers and Sub Brokers and Sub Sub Brokers..believe me what best was possible have been given! Problem is now the issue is being politicised!

Y: Sir ji ek baath bathao... your opponents and section of Media targets you so unfairly ...but you don't respond ...you do not hound them .. which was done by opponents who criticise you today..

M: Aisa hai ....ek khet hai ... jhoot ka khet... there are those clay Veggies hanging from branches with real ones. Now if this field belongs to someone who competes with me in growing and selling veggies .... to prove he is hoodwinking people if I call the Pachayat and l go into his field to prove my point ..I would soil my clothes and shoes ..... waste time petitioning Panchayat and getting them and arguing my case ...could be bitten by a snake ... so why not let the produce be plucked and let it come in the market.... the buyers will throw the plastic Veggies in the face of the Farmer.... and his real Veggies too no one will buy...thinking joh clay veggies bechta hai ..pataa nahi assli veggies mein kya guppla kiya ho gaa...I
concentrate on my Mission ..

Y: What about Mani Shankar Aiyer asking for Paki help to dethrone you...

M: Positively dekho Bhai .... this means Congress has realized it cannot dethrone me ...so now it's taking help from a sworn enemy of India ...chalo abhi Naashta ka time hai ... chalo Naashta karre ...

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Arun Jain to be new Chairman of CBDT !
The CoS reportedly met again and recommended the name of Arun Jain senior-most Member for the post of Chairman, CBDT. He is a 1978 batch IRS officer.

Punjab has two while Haryana has four secretaries
In the present strength of secretaries in GoI, only two secretaries- Anjuli Chib Duggal, 1981 and Kusumjeet Siddhu, 1979 batch- are from Punjab while four Haryana cadre IAS are posted as secretaries. They are- Sanjay Kothari, 1978, Ajit M. Sharan, 1979, Ashok Lavasa 1980 and Madhusudan Prasad 1981 batch.

BRPSE to be wound up !
Board for Reconstruction of Public Enterprises (BRPSE) is being wound up. The GoI is believed to have taken a decision to this effect.

Three women in race for Member, TRAI
A panel of three women officers has reportedly been sent to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for picking up one of them for the post of Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

300 officers working without sanctioned posts in DoT
Around 300 officers, who migrated from BSNL and MTNL, are reported to be working without sanctioned posts in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and drawing salary around Rs six crore from the exchequer for non-technical works.

Gokhale is new Ambassador to China
Vijay Keshav Gokhale (lFS:1981), currently Ambassador of lndia to Federal Republic of Germany, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to the People's Republic of China.
(We said this on September 19)

Shringla appointed Ambassador to Bangladesh
Harsh Vardhan Shringla (lFS:1984), currently Ambassador of lndia to Thailand, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of lndia to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
(We said this on September 19)

E A Subramanian selected as Director (T&O), HLL Lifecare Ltd.
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.

File of A B Khare for CMD, MFL stuck
The file of A B Khare, Chief General Manager, RCF, for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Madaras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) is still lying in the Ministry for the signature of the concerned Minister.

Appointment of Shekhar Saran as CMD, CMPDIL cleared
An appointment of Shekhar Saran, Director (Technical), CMPDIL/CIL, as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) has reportedly been cleared by the Government of India. A vacancy of this post is arising on January 1, 2016.

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

Rautela is JD, ED Hq
Anil Rautela, an IRS C & E officer has been posted as JD, ED Hq at Delhi. He has been transferred from Delhi zone.

Arun Kumar moves to Delhi in CRPF
Arun Kumar IG, Bihar Sector has been transferred as IG Communication & Works at CRPF Dte. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Three CRPF cadre officers transferred
Sunil Singh, IG Intelligence has been transferred as IG, MP sector, Bhopal. PK Pandey, IG, Bhopal will join Sunil Singh at the Hq and Shailendra Kumar, IG Communication is going to Patna as IG Bihar.

Tenure of Dr. Subramanayaswara Rao as SP, CBI extended
The tenure of Dr. A Subramanyaswara Rao as Superintendent of Police in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended up toSeptember 7, 2016. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Anurag inducted as SP, CBI
Anurag has been inducted as Superintendent of Police in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on deputation basis. He is a 2003 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Shiyas A inducted as SP, CBI
Shiyas A has been inducted as Superintendent of Police in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on deputation basis. He is a 2008 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Mitesh Jain appointed as SP, NIA
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.

Two Part-time Directors inducted on SAIL Board
Prof Ashok Gupta and Parmod Bindal have been appointed Part-time Non-official Directors of Steel Authority of India Limited.

Anshu Vaish is part-time Director in SAIL
Former Secretary in the Government of India Ms Anshu Vaish has been appointed part-time Director in the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL).She is former 1975 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

P K Dash is part-time Director in SAIL
Former ACS in Madhya Pradesh Government P K Dash has been appointed part-time Director in the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL).He is former 1981 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Patel appointed Part-time Non-official Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
Union Ministry of Power has appointed Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel as Part-time Non-official Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.

Four Part-time Directors inducted on NHPC Board
Union Ministry of Power has appointed Satya Prakash Mangal, Prof. (Ms) Kanika T. Bhal, Dr. Arun Kumar and Farooq Khan as Non-Official Part Time Directors of NHPC Limited.

Ms Sindhu Pillai appointed as SP, Financial Services
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
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.

159 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Deputy Commissioner grade
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.

Post of DG vacant in ECI
The post of Director General has been lying vacant in Election Commission of India (ECI) in Government of India.

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

Y P appointed as AGM, NCR
Upon return from deputation to RLDA, Y P Singh has been appointed as AGM, North Central Railway. He is an IRSE officer.

B N Mahapatra posted as AGM, ECR
B N Mahapatra has been appointed as Assistant General Manager, East Coast Railway (ECR). He is an IRAS officer.

S Krishnamoorthy posted as FA & CAO, ICF
S Krishnamoorthy has been appointed as FA &CAO Projects in Integral Coach Factory (ICF).

Ashok Kumar Nair appointed to Western Railway
Ashok Kumar Nair has been appointed in the cadre of Western Railway after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an IRAS officer.

H Srinvasan appointed as FA &CAO, Southern Railway
H Srinivasan has been appointed as FA & CAO in Southern Railway. He is an IRAS officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Mktg), GAIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Marketing), GAIL (India) Limited fell vacant on September 14, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 14, 2016.

B S Bhalla is also DG, Supplies & Disposal (UPDATED)
B S Bhalla has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Supplies and Disposal. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Pay Commission to submit report this evening (UPDATED)
Justice A. K. Mathur, Chairman, 7th Pay Commission is going to submit report to Finance Minister Arun jaitley at, 7:30 P.M.

Nina Singh and 10 other CBI officers receive President's Medal from Prime Minister Modi (UPDATED)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented President's Medal for distinguished service to 11 CBI officers in Vigyan Bhavan yesterday. These included four IPS officers namely, Nina Singh and Rajiv Sharma from Rajasthan, A K Sharma from Gujarat and B S Bhatti from the Bihar cadre. Secretary General of Interpol Juergen Stock, NSA Ajit Doval, CVC K V Chowdhary and Director CBI Anil Sinha were present on the occasion.

Three Additional Judges of Gauhati High Court (UPDATED)
The President has appointed Nishitendu Chaudhury. Lanusungkum Jamir, and Manash Ranjan Pathak as Additional Judges of the Guahati High Court, for a period of three months with effect from 22nd November 2015.
(We said this on November 14)

Rear Admiral Jasjit Singh assumes charge (UPDATED)
Rear Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh has assumed charge as the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Communication Space and Network Centric Operation) on promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral. The post was created in 2013 to accord focus to the Indian Navy's drive towards networked operations and utilisation of space-based assets. He is the second officer to hold the post and takes over from Rear Admiral Kishan K Pandey who has moved as the Flag Officer Fleet Review, in charge of planning for the forthcoming prestigious International Fleet Revie

Mallikarjuna Rao appointed as Commissioner, Marketing in AP (UPDATED)
P Mallikarjuna Rao, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Training), has been appointed as Commissioner, Marketing in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

MPHC Chief Justice, Rafat Alam is Chairman UP Human Rights Commission (UPDATED)
S Rafat Alam, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court, has been appointed as Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission in Uttar Pradesh.
(We said this on Oct 29,2015)

Sanjay Bhatia deemed to resign from IAS (UPDATED)
Sanjay Bhatia is deemed to have resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from March 7, 2009. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Atul Bagai deemed to resign from IAS (UPDATED)
Atul Bagai is deemed to have resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with effect from August 24,, 2008. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

R K Trivedi is no more (UPDATED)
Former Chief Election Commissioner RK Trivedi has passed away in Lucknow at the age of 94. He was 1943 batch ICS officer.

8 CSS officers promoted to Deputy Secretary grade in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the Deputy Secretary grade in Government of India. The officers are: Niraj Kumar Debananda Sahoo, Nityanand Roy, Shiv Dayal Bashor, Laltalana Chhangte, Hazari Lal Meena, Pitam Singh and S R Meena.

Mrs Dheera Khandelwal appointed as ACS, Women & Child Dev in Haryana (UPDATED)
Mrs Dheera Khandelwal has been assigned an additional charge of ACS, Women & Child Development Department in Haryana. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

CORPORATE

Mrs M Deepa is MD, Hubli-Dharwad BRTS in Karnataka
Mrs M Deepa has been appointed as Managing Director, Hubli-Dharwad BRTS Company Limited, Dharwad. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Raja appointed Vice Chairman, MD of Philips India
V Raja has been appointed as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Philips India w.e.f. December 1, 2015.

Mehrotra appointed MD & CEO of Max Bupa Health Insurance
Ashish Mehrotra has been appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Max Bupa Health Insurance.

Singh appointed Whole-time Director ( Civil ) of SJVN Ltd.
SJVN Limited has appointed Kanwar Singh as Whole-time Director ( Civil ) of the company.

CFO of Tijaria Polypipes Ltd. resigns
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tijaria Polypipes Limited, Vinod Kumar Sharma resigns.

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Whisper not far from truth

This Whisper could not be far from the truth. Just being given Apex scale pay does not mean that an officer has been given the rank of Secretary to the Govt. of India. The fact is that not a single IRS officer enjoys the rank of Secy to GoI.

K D Swami

Secy scale

Scale pay (Rs.80,000 p.m.) may be the same but all these 33 (26+7) posts are special Secretary posts, not Secretaries.

RK

Reform Agenda for CGHS

Much has already been written about reforming CGHS. For the budget of 2016-17 or even before that the Health Minister can announce following reforms both long term and in short run:

Short Run

All pensioners above 65 yrs free to go to for OPD Indoor hospitalization including medical / pathological tests to any CGHS registered recognised hospital / facility of their choice from immediate effect.
In a period of one year this will be applicable to all pensioners.

In 5 year time CGHS to be gradually dismantled lock stock and barrel.

All beneficiaries free to go to for OPD Indoor medical / pathological tests to any CGHS registered hospital of their choice.

All CGHS hospitals dispensaries to be allocated to general public.
No new recruitment of doctors paramedicals from now henceforth.
CGHS greatly requires these long pending reforms.
Now ball is in Minister's court

ML Chauhan


Biggest problem in Government today?

The biggest problem is that most officers are being dominated by their own office. Officers have little understanding of issues, except where their narrow self interests are involved. Since they either lack ability or application or both, they cannot lead from the front, they are led by the clerks of their offices. The second problem is that the bureaucracy is deeply divided along service lines. The third problem is that it is also deeply divided along regional lines. It is well known that there are large regional lobbies working overtime in Government.

A K Singh

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