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This is History (125)
Humayun was a cultured and learned person, but no soldier.


Only well dressed PM after Nehru and Indira
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the only well dressed PM that India has had after Late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi.


Vivek Rae differs with extension of financial edge to IPS & IFS
Member of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC), Vivek Rae is of the view that the financial edge for IAS and IFS is fully justified, but he disagreed with the view that it should be extended to the IPS and the IFS.

CPC proposes continuation of 3% additional increment to IFS officers
The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has recommended continuation of three percent additional increment given to officers of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), like IAS.

BUREAUCRACY

Maximum 14 GoI secretaries from UP
Among secretaries in GoI, UP has got a lion's share. Presently 13 IAS are secretaries from the state. They are Lov Verma- 1978 batch, Siraj Hussain- 1979 batch, Rakesh Garg - 1980 batch, Aradhana Johri - 1980 batch, Shankar Agrawal- 1980 batch, Anuj K. Bishnoi - 1981 batch, Anil Swarup - 1981 batch, Vrinda Swarup - 1981 batch, Balvender Kumar - 1981 batch, Devendra Chaudhary - 1981 batch, Rajiv Kumar - 1981 batch, JS Deepak - 1982 batch, Rohit Nandan - 1982 batch and Vijay Shankar Pandey of 1979 batch.


Who will be new Chairman of Coffee Board ?
Who will be new Chairman of Coffee Board ? Tie is said to be between two 1991 batch IAS officers - Raju Narayanaswamy of Kerala cadre and Chandrakant Kamble of Tamil Nadu cadre.


17 IAS officers to retire in November
As many as 17 IAS officers are retiring in November, 2015. The officers are: Pochister Kharkongor, Santanu Thakur, Ganesh Kumar Kalita of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Ashok Kumar Chauhan and Pradeep Kumar of Bihar cadre; Ravinder Kumar Jain of Himachal Pradesh; Sonali Kumar of Jammu & Kashmir cadre; S Shankaranarayan of Karnataka; Dr V M Gopala Menon of Kerala cadre; Sudha Choudhary and N S Bhatnagar of Madhya Pradesh cadre; Gokul Chandra Pati of Orissa; Harbhajan Singh of Uttar Pradesh; Siddharth and Subrata Dutta of West Bengal cadre.


Ramesh Chandra Mishra appointed Member, CBDT
Ramesh Chandra Mishra has been appointed Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in the Department of Revenue. He is an IRS-IT officer.
(We said this on Nov 6, 2015)

Who will be new Chairman of Competition Commission ?
Altogether 78 applications were received for the post of Chairman Competition Commission of India (CCI). The post will fall vacant on January 6.


Three Secretary level vacancies to be filled up in GoI
Three Secretary level postings are expected to be made in the Government of India by this month end. Vacancies are in the Department of Minority Affairs, Drinking Water and NDMA.


CIC to retire on December 2
Chief Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma is retiring on December 2. He is a former 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.


New RBI Dy Governor to be IAS ?
There are strong reports of the appointment of an IAS officer as Deputy Governor, RBI. The RBI is reportedly arguing for strong need for IAS officer there.


Rajeev Jaideva, DP, MMTC to get extension ?
Whispers are that Rajeev Jaideva, Director Personnel, MMTC, may get one year extension. His tenure is said to be ending in December 2015.


File for appointment of new CMD, HPCL stuck with CVC
The appointment of S N Bhattacharyya, Director (Operations), HPC, as Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) is reported to be getting delayed for want of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) clearance as the post has been lying vacant since August 1, 2015.



Changes in CESTAT
Ashok Jindal has moved to Chandigarh and Sulekha Beevi to Hyderabad in the Custom and Excise Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).


1991 batch IPS officer to be ADG in Rajasthan
Two 1991 batch IPS officers Dharam Chand Jain and Saurabh Srivastava are being promoted to the rank of ADG in a month or two in Rajasthan.


1998 batch IPS officer to get IG rank in Rajasthan
Three 1998 batch IPS officers Mssrs Alok Kumar Vashistha, Vipin Kumar Pandey and Sarvar Khan are being promoted to the rank of IG in Rajasthan in a month or two.


2002 batch IPS officer to be DIG in Rajasthan
The solitary 2002 batch IPS officer Jose Mohan is being promoted to the rank of DIG in a month or two in Rajasthan.


1985 batch IAS officer to get ACS rank in Gujarat
1985 batch IAS officers being promoted to the rank of ACS in Gujarat in a couple of months.


1991 batch IAS officer to be PS in Gujarat
1991 batch IAS officer being promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Gujarat in a couple of months.


V Ramulu relieved to join AP govt
V Ramulu, PMG, Kerala circle, has been relieved to join the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1992 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.


IPS officer, Aman Singh relieved to join MP govt
The Government of Odisha has relieved Aman Singh Rathore to join the Government of Madhya Pradesh on cadre transfer on the grounds of marriage with Mrs Priyanashi Singh, an IFS officer of 2012 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is 2014 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.


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


Post of Development Commissioner (Handicraft) vacant in Textiles
The post of Development Commissioner (Handicraft) has been lying vacant in the Ministry of Textiles in Government of India.


Next UP DGP to be from 1982 batch ?
1982 batch IPS officers have good chance to become next DGP of UP. At present three IPS officers of 1982 batch are posted in the state. They are- Vijay Kumar Gupta, DG, Police Awas Nigam, Praveen Singh, DG, CBCID and Dr. Surya Kumar, DG, Prosecution.


Dwivedi to retire in April
Ranjan Dwivedi is the senior most IPS officer of UP and presently posted as DG, Home Guard in Uttar Pradesh. He is unlikely to get coveted DGP post because his retirement is due in April next year.


Tenure of Narendra Kothari as CMD, NMDC Ltd ending in Dec.
The tenure of Narendra Kothari as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NMDC Limited is coming to an end on December 31, 2015. Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL, is expected to succeed him in January, 2016.


Tenure of A K Gupta as CMD, SCI ending in Dec.
The tenure of A K Gupta as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, The Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) is coming to an end on December 31, 2015.


Uttam K Sharma appointed Additional Professor, IGNFA, Dehradun
Uttam Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Additional Professor, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun on deputation. He is a 1999 batch IFS officer of MP cadre.


41 IRAS officers get JAG
As many as 41 officers belonging to Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Prateek Kumar Singh, NER; Samitha Singh, NR; Ashish Singh, NCR; Pratima Tripathi, NR; P Kamban, SR; Meghna Sharma, SWR; Praveen Katarki, RWF; Vijay Tukaram Kadam, CR; Sankalp Narayan Singh, COFMOW; Vishnu Kant Tiwari, NCR; Gautam Jain, CR; Om Prakash Yadav, NR; Md Faisal, NAIR; Ramesh Kumar and Kamlalzom, ER; G C Srivastava, NER; A K Ghosal, NFR; Mrs R Mukherjee, ER; M K Garg, NFR; V R Modhe, CR; B Bhowmick, SECR; M K Mohanty, NFR; B Nanda, SER; Raj Kumar Sharma, WCR; Girish Pasad Sharma, NCR; Ramesh Kuamr Grover, NR; Shaturghan Pd, RCF; Brajendra naryaan Das, P N Choudhury, A K Pathak, ECR; B N Singh, DLW, jasbir Singh Jolly, NR; R S Puri, WR; R L Khandelwal, NWR; S Ramakrishnan, METRO; R K Arora, NR; S K Nag, RCF; Rakesh Kuamr, NER; Subhash Chander, WR and S N Prasad, NER.

Nagendra Prasad Mishra of MP gets IAS cadre (UPDATED)
Nagendra Prasad Mishra of Madhya Pradesh State Civil Service has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

Develop tolerance towards others, promote harmony: CMD NLC (UPDATED)
Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NLC, while delivering his Chief Guest address in the concluding day of Communal Harmony Week, 2015 function held at Learning and Development Center, Neyveli on November 25, 2015, spelled-out to develop tolerance towards others, promote harmony, besides conserve natural resources. GOI has declared 19-25 November, 2015, be celebrated as Communal Harmony Campaign Week. Each day being celebrated as Weaker Section Day, Women Empowerment Day etc. The last day being observed as Conservation Day. S K Acharya, said that conserving the natural resources would benefit the society, especially for the younger generation to a greater extent, Conservation should be seen on a broader spectrum like conserving our heritage and buildings (Monuments). NLC's efforts in restoring ecology in the mined out areas and its environmental control measures were very much appreciated by the Parliamentary Committee on Coal and Steel, in the recently concluded meeting at New Delhi, he added. People first, next comes the Planet, then only comes the Profit, because people's interest must all be given top priority as without mankind, there cannot be any society nor development. He appealed to one and all to develop tolerance, promote harmony think progressive and be proactive. Rakesh Kumar, Director (Finance), NLC presided over the function. He appealed to one and all to reduce use of electricity by 10%. Felicitations were extended by Functional Directors, S Boopathy, Subir Das and V Thangapandian. Earlier Md. Dawood, DGM/L&DC welcomed the gathering. A cultural event involving school children was organized on this occasion. Senior officials, employees, children and public to a larger extent participated.

Anita Chaudhary is Independent Director EPIL (UPDATED)
Anita Chaudhary has been appointed Independent Director of Engineering Project India Ltd (EPIL).She is former 1976 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Desiraju is Independent Director BHEL (UPDATED)
Keshav Raju Has been appointed Independent Director of the BHEL.He is former 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Rajesh Kishore is Independent Director BHEL (UPDATED)
Rajesh Kishore Has been appointed Independent Director of the BHEL.He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Swaminathan is Independent Director BHEL (UPDATED)
R Swaminathan Has been appointed Independent Director of the BHEL.He is former IFS officer.

D Venkateswarlu returns to parent cadre (UPDATED)
D Venkateswarlu who is on inter cadre deputation to Telangana, has been repatriated to his parent cadre after completion of term. He is a 1996 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Mrs Priaydarshini gets Selection Grade in Telangana (UPDATED)
Mrs G D Priyadarshini has been given Selection Grade in Telangana. He is a 2002 batch IFS officer.

Minor reshuffle of IFS officer in Telangana (UPDATED)
Dr Chandra B Malasi was posted as APCCF, Planning and Extension while S Ramesh has been posted as DFO, Bellampally division and P Venkateswarlu is made Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in Telangana. Besides, Ganga Reddy has been appointed as DFO, Mahaboobnagar. Besides K Purushotham has been appointed as DFO, Wildlife Management Division, Warangal and S Narender Reddy will report to PCCF Forests, Telangana.

Ram Bilash Meena posted as CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi region (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ram Bilash Meena has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT office, Delhi region.

Consultants' conclave organized by NBCC in New Delhi (UPDATED)
Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, addressed NBCC Consultants' Conclave held in New Delhi, recently. The Conclave, a part of the Company's renewed initiatives towards upholding transparency and good governance practices, is aimed at addressing and resolving all critical issues in respect of execution of NBCC's projects, spread all across the country and maintaining mutual understanding between the Company and its associates in the larger interest of the organisation and its operational success. On this occasion, seniors executives of the Company were also present.

Dr N K Sinha appointed as Director, Expenditure (UPDATED)
Dr N K Sinha has been appointed as Director in the Department of Expenditure. He is a 1996 batch IES officer.

Virendra Singh appointed as Addl Economic Adviser, DEA (UPDATED)
Virendra Singh has been appointed as Additional Economic Adviser, DEA. He is a 2001 batch IES officer.

Kanwar Singh joins as Director (Civil), SJVNL (UPDATED)
Kanwar Singh, ED, NHPC, has recently taken over the charge as Director (Civil), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL).
(We said this on July 28, 2015)

CORPORATE

Puri to be ED of ITC Ltd
Sanjiv Puri has been elevated as Executive Director of ITC Ltd w.e.f. December 6, 2015.

Hasalkar resigns as CS of Miven Machine Tools Ltd
V N Hasalkar has resigned as Company Secretary of Miven Machine Tools Ltd

Sinha appointed Vice Chairman & MD of McCann India
Partha Sinha has been appointed as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of McCann India.

Kumar appointed Independent Director of Sigrun Holdings Ltd
Sigrun Holdings Ltd has appointed N S Rama Kumar as Independent Director of the company.

Thakur appointed Independent Director of Comfort Fincap Ltd
Comfort Fincap Ltd has appointed Devendra Lal Thakur as Independent Director of the company

Ms Kalita appointed CS of Seasons Textiles Ltd
Seasons Textiles Ltd has appointed Ms Kavita Kalita as Company Secretary of the company.

Varshney appointed CFO of Consolidated Securities Ltd
Consolidated Securities Ltd has appointed Naresh Chandra Varshney as the Chief Financial Officer of the company

Rahman appointed Whole-time Director of Suraj Industries Ltd
Suraj Industries Ltd has appointed Syed Azizur Rahman as Whole-time Director of the company.

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Civil servants and 7th CPC

68 years of independence have passed but we have not achieved much at the ground level wherein we can boost about our achievements. The civil servants are more to be blamed for miseries in comparison to politicians. Politicians are there only for a period of 5 years whereas civil servants have stooped to a very low level to please the politicians. They have depicted a feudalistic attitude on the lines of Britishers towards their subordinates. As the Courts take a lot of time in taking decisions in the country the subordinates have peacefully retired and take their pension. Not all civil servants are bad though. It is those who think that administration is done through carrot & stick policy only. They do not realize that they are carrying with them a lot of 'Baddua' and when they retire people look at them with contempt in the streets. They are many who have personal problems and take out their frustrations on their subordinates. The 7th Pay Commission have come out with attractive gratuity and insurance scheme. Last but not the least is the misuse of office perks, facility and authority beyond permissible limit.

Satya Prakash

Representation from states

I am shocked about no representation from states. Wait till you see the design to ensure that only Bihar, UP figure and of late Gujarat, rest have been ignored on some stupid excuse or other. God save the nation.

Jagran



Election reforms

The Bihar election 2015 results show what a sham our democracy is. Now, more than hundred criminals (accused of kidnappings, multiple murders, rape, extortion, hafta/maheena vasooli etc) have become Bihar's law makers.
The charge sheet in the criminal cases of elected MPs/MLAs should be filed within 3 months by CBI (not local sate police) and decided within 6 months by fast track special lower court.

It is surprising that our Constitution permits a person, who is convicted for stealing the fodder of dumb cattle, to become the head of recognised political party. This is a major flaw in election rules. A convicted or charge-sheeted person should be DEBARRED from either becoming head of any recognised political party or to campaign for any political party during elections. If any political party utilises services of such tainted persons, then that party should be debarred from fielding its candidates in the elections. Such tainted persons should be kept in JAIL or under house arrest during the period of election notification and election results. This party has cornered maximum seats on the basis of caste.

Is it a 'VIKAS' model for Bihar state or it is a 'VINASH' model of criminals, based on caste lines.

Bihar results have proved that it is a typical example of what a Democracy should not be. After more than 68 years of independence, parties in Bihar are still thriving on caste factor aka Mandal Raj. Let us eliminate caste-based reservation in Govt forever, as propounded rightly by Bhagwat ji, recently. Reservation on caste-lines was meant for only 10 years, upto 26 January 1960 but nobody (weak and un-willing politicians) dared to stop it thereafter. Let there be maximum 5% reservation only, solely based on economic considerations and physical disability, limited to ONE generation only. The next generation (children) shall not get benefit of reservation, if already availed by his previous economic beneficiary parents.

It is time we redraw our constitution so that certain minimum qualifications are made mandatory to get voting rights. This will prevent illiterates from electing ruffians and criminals into assemblies and parliaments.

My suggestions for voter eligibility are:
1. Illiterates- eligible to vote ONLY for gram and zila panchayats elections.
2. 10th class pass- eligible to vote ONLY for corporators/ municipal councillors elections+ those for illiterates.
3. 12th class pass- eligible to vote ONLY for State assemblies elections + those for 10th pass.
4. Graduates- eligible to vote for Lok sabha elections and all other elections.

My suggestions for contesting CANDIDATES eligibility are:
1. Illiterates- NOT eligible candidate for any election.
2. Accused of more than one murder- NOT eligible candidate for any election.
3. 10th class pass- eligible to be a CANDIDATE ONLY for gram and zila panchayats elections.
4. 12th class pass- eligible to be a CANDIDATE ONLY for corporators/ municipal councillors elections+ those for illiterates.
5. Graduate pass- eligible to be a CANDIDATE for State assemblies elections, Lok sabha elections and all other elections.

I hope that our result-oriented, quick decision taker, tough taskmaster and bold PM Narendra Modi shall give a thought to my suggestions on electoral reforms.

Bharat


Good move

Actually this is a very good move by the government as the other services officers though are getting the pay in joint secretary level but actually have not been promoted to joint secretary's post. So they can work now as Jt Secy level post with full energy as they have been waiting for a long time - in some cases since last 10 years.

R K Agrawal


Vacancy of NBA chief

Will PMO look into the matter of vacancy of National biodiversity Authority chairman's post, which has been lying vacant since 21 months. Interviews were taken six months back. Biodiversity conservation is the most important issue when we talk of climate change , because both CBD and convention on climate change originated from Rio de Janeiro earth submit. Due to absence of regular chairman work on biodiversity conservation is suffering and nobody is there to guide State biodiversity boards. These boards and even NBA is not implementing access and benefit sharing guidelines thereby incurring loss to the tune of more than Rs 25,000 crores, which otherwise has been utilised by grassroot level Biodiversity management commitees in village level for their overall development. It seems that current charge chairman NBA has not apprised the facts to minister who is ignorant in this matter.

Fact is that all industries having foreign share has to give 0.5% of their turnover to National biodiversity authority and all those firms dealing with bio resources of India for commercial purposes will have to pay from 0.1% to 0.5% of their turnover to state biodiversity boards. National green tribunal Bhopal in December 2014 in their judgment ruled that state biodiversity board should take action as per ABS guidelines issued by NBA in October 2014 but none of the state biodiversity boards and not even NBA has implemented guidelines issued by NBA itself.

This is because chairman looking as additional charge is not serious in this matter. Hope PMO will listen to the advice as they say that they are digital and sincere to the views raised by any responsible citizen of India.

Gopal Thosar


Welcome step

It is a welcome step as it is anti IAS. After all telephones are used in every Ministry!

Amitabh Agarwal

Only in India

Sample this. CBDT Chairman from 1978 batch working under Revenue secretary of 1981 batch!!! It happens only in India. The Ministry of Railways is the only organization where there is no control of IAS chaps and it can never be.

BBS


Senior citizens ignored

Minister for H&FW is not taking interest in resolving the pain & harassment of Sr. Citizens in visiting Govt. hospitals for specialist consultations. Neither HOD of Govt. hospitals nor Administration make provisions for CGHS retired persons. They have to go same pain as serving CGHS beneficiaries. Minister should consider allowing CGHS beneficiaries of pensioners category to go directly in empanelled hospitals for consultation and diagnostic tests. This will ease out the process for old Sr.citizens who do not have any one to look after. Govt. is having many schemes for sr. citizens then why not in availing medical facilities.

N Prakash

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