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And for the first time in history Europe became aggressive and dominant in these eastern waters.

Is Ganga Hydrology changing?

Can unauthorized mining activities change any river's hydrology? Union Water Resource and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharati has written a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change in this regard and said that such activities are at very high in river Ganga at Bijnore district in UP. These activities are resulting in soil erosion and impinging upon the conservation of endangered aquatic species.

One page registration for MSME units

Under the ease of doing business, the MSME has introduced a simple one page registration form Udyog Aadhar Memorandum. Credit Guarantee Trust Fund has also been created by the Ministry to help MSME units. According to official information about six lakh MSME units have been declared sick by the RBI.

Imaginary Interview with Kejri

By the wonder of imagination, was able to interview Kejri during his morning walk.

Me: Let's come straight to the point...you are now known as Mr U Turn!

Kejri: How is that?

M: Your U Turn on Ford Foundation funds ... Lokpal....your swearing on your kids heads you would not

take support of Congress !!

K: Old issues .... this is an ever changing world ....

M: Ha.... you may have changed .... so then I will skip issues prior to present stint .... tell me ...you had

cribbed that Netas get together and give themselves salary hikes but for other issues take time!!! And

now AAP Government has proposed a 400% hike in MLAS salaries!

K: What prompted me ..... we are Delhi MLAs ...the Capital of India ... foreigners meet us and we must

be able to show them some standard ...the other day I saw two AAP MLAs with one button missing on

their Kurtas ...this is unacceptable... four AAP MLAs I notice have lost weight ... which means they

cannot afford proper nutrition ...

M: You forgot to say.... this is to keep them honest .....

K: That too....

M: So you feel a 2.5 lac salary is incentive enough for them to refuse bribes running into crores ... chalo

you are not going to see my point of view.... you had said BJP Government would come and Gas prices

would peak to benefit RIL.

K: See in those days I used to travel a lot by Autos ....more because in Delhi Autowallahs were our first

supporters .... I recall 4 Autowallahs telling me about this.... that if Modi came to power CNG prices

would rocket ..

M: And I thought you had undertaken a thorough study of this issue before making such a serious

allegation .. and today the same Autowallahs abuse you and on the Gas issue you have egg on your face

.....what about the 500 cr plus ad spend ..

K: Sab mile huye hai .... Media will never give us our due publicity ..

M: But then by your logic you are using the same Medium to propogate AAP Government and directly

the Party too.l by paying...

K: So.....

M: So ... this purchased self praise ... and attempt to make Media go soft is damning the Public and

Media ...one is foolable the other is buyable! Work is felt ... your ads are more about criticising Modi

Government and questioning Modi!

K: Are you from the Media or BJP ...

Me: No I am a citizen ...you position your Party as the model of Honesty ...how come despite the huge

scandals of UPA you never rake up the scandals?

K: I move on ...this is my Mantra .... Congress was ... BJP is....

M: Ha... not buying it ..I think you would like this after this Term..... in Punjab they say now AAP no

longer is the poor Party of yore ...looks like funds are flowing ...Booze is flowing too...

K: It's a trick by our political enemies ...they spend money and try to put the blame on us ..

M: Illogical .... okay why this Dadri ad...

K: The day I came to know of this I did not sleep the entire night ...

M: Did you cry in front of a family member ..that's the 'Cherry' on this fib..and let me point a fault ...

Hindus mind slaughter of Cows ... Muslims would love it if you slaughter every pig in the World .... do

you you understand the emotions invloved!!

A Passerby : Bhaiya aaj kis rate pe pyaaz bechch rahe ho ?

K: I am CM of Delhi.....not an onion seller
I burst out laughing with the Passerby ... Kejri walks away in a huff

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BUREAUCRACY

Review Committee clears name of empanelment
Names of 1982 batch IAS officers for empanelment to the rank of Secretary and 1985 batch IAS officers for Additional Secretary are believed to have been cleared by the review committee.

Maximum JSs will be non- IAS officers
For the first time maximum Joint Secretaries in the Government of India would be non- IAS officers. This time officers, in large numbers, from various civil services are being appointed against vacant posts.

They are the favourites of NDA government !
The proposed appointment of three Indian Foreign Service officers Messrs Harshvardhan Shringla, Gautam Bambawale and Syed Akbaruddin shows them as future leaders of the diplomatic corps in the NDA government.

55 candidates apply for Chairman SEBI
As many as 55 candidates have have reportedly applied for the prestigious post of Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Kuldip Prasad selected for Director (Tech), SECL
Kuldip Prasad, GM SECL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on October 8, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

More battalions for ITBP
If MHA clears the proposal, ITBP will get four more battalions in near future. At present force's strength is about 90,000.

Prof. Joshi is ahead in the race for DG, IIMC
Professor Sachchida Nand Joshi is said to be ahead in the race for the post of DG, IIMC. Presently Prof. Joshi is VC of Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism, Raipur.

Narender Dutta deputed as PM, DFCCIL, Meerut
Narender Dutt has been deputed to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) as PM, Meerut for a period of five years. He is an IRSEE officer.

75 applications for Members Company Law Board Tribunal
Altogether 75 applications are reported to have been received for the post of Member Company Law Board Tribunal.

Deependra Singh likely to join as CMD, IREL on Dec 1
Deependra Singh, Director (Marketing), IREL, is expected to take over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) on December 1, 2015.

New CBSE Chairman in a month or two
A new CBSE Chairman will be appointed in a month or two. The PMO has directed to appoint new Chairman soon.This post is vacant since November last affecting various important functions. This time PMO will see to it that a man of high integrity is appointed to the post.

Post of Chairman NBA vacant
Post of Chairman National Biodiversity Authority at Chennai is vacant since Feb 2014 for more than 18 months which is being looked by Additional Secretary from Delhi. Biodiversity is very important for climate change also. Due to vacant post implementation of Biodiversity Act is not being taken up and Govt. of India is losing revenue in thousands of crores of rupees. Similarly all State Biodiversity Boards are also losing thousands of crores of rupees.

Deomani gets SAG
Deomani, presently in Northern Railway has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted in the cadre of East Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Sanjay Kumar Mishra gets SAG
Sanjay Kumar Mishra, presently in ECOR has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as CFTM, ECOR. He is an IRTS officer.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Ref), BPCL
The post of Director (Refineries), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has been advertised with the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) seeking applications from the interested candidate before December 9, 2015. A vacancy of this post is arising on October 1, 2016.

Ram Tirath gets charge of Central zone
CBEC Member Customs, Ram Tirath has been assigned the charge of Central zone and Directorate. He is an IRS-Customs officer.

RP Singh appointed OSD in Customs wing of CBEC
RP Singh, Additional Commissioner of Customs, Delhi zone, has been appointed OSD in the Customs wing of CBEC for a period of three weeks. He is an IRS-Customs officer.

Ms. Ananya Ray gets charge of North Western zone
CBEC Member (L&J), Ms Ananya Ray has been assigned the charge of North Western zone. She is an IRS-Customs officer.

Ms Suchitra Durai is Ambassador to Federal Republic of Somalia
Ms Suchitra Durai, presently High commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia. She is a 1988 batch IFS officer.

Search Committee to pick up new CMD, NTPC; Advt. on Oct 10
The Government of India is believed to be issuing advertisements in renowned newspapers for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Thermal Power Coronation (NTPC) on October 10. 2015.The post fell vacant on September 1, 2015 after the retirement of Arup Roy Choudhury will be filled by the person selected by the Search-cum-Selection Committee.

Ms Nutan Raj posted as Adviser, Commission of Agriculture
Ms Nutan Raj has been appointed Adviser, Commission of Agriculture Costs & Prices (CACP), Ministry of Agriculture. She is a 1986 batch IES officer.

Ms Usha Suresh is Addl. Development Commissioner, MSME
Ms Usha Suresh has been appointed Additional Development Commissioner in the office of DC, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). She is a 1986 batch IES officer.

Lakshmi is new MD of APCOB
K.S.M. Lakshmi who has served in Syndicate Bank,Corporation and the NABARD has taken charge as the Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Co-Operatve Bank Ltd (APCOB).

Reshuffle of IPS officers of Uttarakhand (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttarakhand. Accordingly, Sadanand Datte has been appointed as SSP of Dehradun while Pushpak Jyoti was transferred to the Police Headquarters and Sweety Agarwal, and SSP, Nainital, Senthil AK Raj will replace each other. Uttarkashi, Jagratram Joshi, and SP, Pauri, Ajay Joshi have been transferred as SP, Ardh Kumbh Mela, Haridwar, and SP, Police Headquarters, respectively. SP, Security (PHQ) Rajeev Swaroop, and SP, Rudraprayag, Barinderjeet Singh have been appointed as SP Pauri, and Tehri, respectively. SP (Human Rights) Nivedita Kukretti has been appointed SP, Uttarkashi, while CO, Sadar, Dehradun, Prahlad Narayan Meena has been given the charge of SP, Rudraprayag. AIG JP Kailash has been attached to the Governor House. SP (HQ), Haldwani, Kewal Khurrana has been given the responsibility of SSP, US Nagar, and SSP, US Nagar, Nilesh Anand Bharna has been sent to the Police Headquarters. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant P Renuka Devi has also been attached to the Police Headquarters while Krishan Kumar VK has been appointed SDRF, Commandant. SP (Vigilance), Dehradun, VKS Karki will assume the charge of CO, Sadar, Dehradun. SP, Tehri, Mukhtyar Maosin has been attached to the SP, PHQ.

Tenure of Gopal Reddy as Joint Secretary, MHA extended (UPDATED)
Central deputation tenure of M Gopal Reddy as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has been extended for a further period of two months beyond October 7, 2015. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Some IPS officers have been shifted in Delhi Government. Accordingly, S N Srivastav has been appointed as Special CP recruitment while Arvind Deep was posted in Special Cell as Special CP and Shibesh Singh is appointed as Additional CP NW Range DP. Similarly, Aslam Khan has been posted as Additional CP, North district, Delhi Police;Pankaj Kumar Singh as Additional CP outer Delhi Police; Brijendra Kumar Yadav as Additional CP Outer Delhi; Amrutha Guguloth as Additional CP NW district; Ghanshyam Bansal as Additional CP North district in DP; Raj Kumar Jha with look after vigilance unit as DCP; Kumar Gyanesh transferred to new Delhi district in the same capacity.

Unmesh Sharad Wagh appointed as Director (CX-I), CBEC (UPDATED)
Unmesh Sharad Wagh has been deputed as Director (CX-I), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) under the Department of Revenue for a period of five years. He is a 2000 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Zubair Riaz Kamili appointed as Director (Customs), CBEC (UPDATED)
Zubair Riaz Kamili has been deputed as Director (Customs), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) under the Department of Revenue for a period of five years. He is a 2000 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Suraksha Katiyar appointed as Director (PAC), CBEC (UPDATED)
Suraksha Katiyar has been deputed as Director (PAC), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) under the Department of Revenue for a period of five years. He is a 1995 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

B B Prasad appointed as Member, Customs Settlement Commission, Kolkata Bench (UPDATED)
B B Prasad has been appointed as Member, Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission in the Department of Revenue, Kolkata Bench. He is a 1980 batch retired IRS-Customs officer.

Rakesh Misra appointed as Member, Customs Settlement Commission, Mumbai Bench (UPDATED)
Rakesh Misra has been appointed as Member, Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission in the Department of Revenue, Mumbai Bench. He is a 1980 batch IRS-Customs officer.

Ashok Kumar Gupta appointed as Member, Customs Settlement Commission, Mumbai Bench (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Member, Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission in the Department of Revenue, Mumbai Bench. He is a 1981 batch IRS-Customs officer.

P K Mohanty appointed as Member, Customs Settlement Commission, Mumbai Bench (UPDATED)
P K Mohanty has been appointed as Member, Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission in the Department of Revenue, Mumbai Bench. He is a 1982 batch IRS-Customs officer.

Cadre of Killu Sivakumar Naidu transferred to Telangana (UPDATED)
The cadre of Killu Sivakumar Naidu has been transferred to Telangana on the grounds of marriage to Mrs Chetana Mylabathula, an IPS officer of 2013 batch of this state. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Three Railway officers transferred to RDSO (UPDATED)
S Pandey presently as Lecturer, IRIMEE, Jamalpur has been transferred to Research Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO) and posted as Assistant Inspecting Engineer in I&L wing of RDSO, Kolkata while Rajeev Roushan presently in Eastern Railway was transferred to Research Design & Standards Organistion (RDSO), New Delhi and Anant Kumar presently North East Frontier Railway is being appointed to RDSO, Kolkata.

Rajiv Kumar is now DG Home Guards in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
Rajiv Kumar has been appointed new DG Home Guards in Jharkhand. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.

Rajeev Soni deputed to RVNL as CPM, Chandigarh (UPDATED)
Rajeev Soni, Chairman, Railway Recruitment Board, Chandigarh, has been deputed to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and posted as Chief Project Manager at Chandigarh itself. He is an IRSE officer.

Kailash Singh deputed to RVNL as CPM, Lucknow (UPDATED)
Kailash Singh presently in North Eastern Railwah has been deputed to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited and posted as Chief Project Manager at Lucknow. He is an IRSE officer.

Maheswara Reddy joins as Director, DARE (UPDATED)
K Maheswara Reddy has taken over as the Director, DARE, one of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) labs.

Ashok Kuamr Pavadia gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Pavadia, Adviser, Inter State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1980 batch IRTS officer.

Dr Sekhar Basu appointed as Secretary, Atomic Energy (UPDATED)
Dr Sekhar Basu has been appointed as Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.

Anand Kumar empanelled as DG in GoI (UPDATED)
Anand Kumar has been empanelled for the posts of Director General of Police in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Mrs Vimla Mehra empanelled as DG in GoI (UPDATED)
Mrs Vimla Mehra has been empanelled for the posts of Director General of Police in Government of India. She is a 1978 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Calcutta High Court gets Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Indrajit Chatterjee, Shib Sadhan Sadhu, Sudip Ahluwalia, Tapash Mookherjee, Ranjit Kumar Bag and Ishan Chandra Das have been appointed as Additional Judges of Calcutta High Court for a period of three.

CORPORATE

Government has approved 11 proposals of FDI
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Government has approved 11 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs. 1,567.91 crore. In addition, two proposals viz., M/s Sistema Shyam TelServices Ltd involving an FDI of Rs. 10,000 crore, and M/s IIFL Holdings Limited involving an FDI of Rs. 3201.5 crore, have also been recommended for consideration of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

Rath resigns as Director of Industrial Investment Trust Ltd
P K Rath has resigned as Director of Industrial Investment Trust Limited

Monga inducted on State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur Board
State Bank of India has nominated Vijay Kumar Monga, General Manager (A&S), State Bank of India as a Director on the Board of Directors of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

Canth appointed Director ( Mktg.) of IOCL
Balwinder Singh Canth has been appointed as Director (Marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Bhat appointed Addl. Director of Rallis India Ltd
Rallis India Limited has appointed Bhaskar Bhat as an Additional Director of the company.

Ms Amala resigns as CS of Zen Technologies Ltd
Ms M Amala has resigned as Company Secretary of Zen Technologies Limited

Papatala appointed VP (Product Management) of Flipkart
Ram Papatala has been appointed as Vice President (Product Management) of Flipkart.

Jani appointed Addl. Director of Royale Manor Hotels & Industries Ltd
Royale Manor Hotels & Industries Ltd has appointed Kamalkishore C Jani as an Additional Director of the company.

Palaniswami re-appointed Joint MD of Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd
Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd has re-appointed Dr Thavamani Devi Palaniswami as Joint Managing Director of the company

Agrawal appointed ED & CFO of Ganon Trading & Finance Company Ltd
Ganon Trading & Finance Company Ltd has appointed Hari Prasad Agrawal as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

Dogra appointed Head (Marketing) of Brigade Hospitality Services
Jyoti Dogra had been appointed as Head (Marketing) of Brigade Hospitality Services

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Modi government and Delivery Mechanism

Modi Government, a result of media hype and Congress failure to maintain people's confidence in its leadership, is bound to fail because of inbuilt fallacies in the delivery system. Modi received moderate success in Gujarat because of its work culture and limited scope for the rivals against Hindutva because of weak demographic profile of minorities and limited scope of OBC movement against Modi, an OBC. Since Independence, reliance on the Government Machineries alone for delivery has been a failure. Modi effort to improve the efficiency of the delivery system by using an e-mechanism will not succeed. He has to find a solution to the attitudinal problem. For example, in railway, even a simple mechanism of ticket delivery has been hijacked by the touts. Similarly, if we go to meet any authority, high or low, in any department, we are treated as a Praja (Subject) before a Raja (King). Unfortunately, this is true even for authorities like CIC, CVC and Courts too.
Under unified command system of Modi government working through the PMO, it has become more difficult to get justice against an erring superior. Once targets are set for a Secretary, he becomes answerable only for the targets and nothing else and hence he has a field day in the Ministry. I can quote many examples, but that has the danger of localising the global issue.

If Modi is really interested in improving the delivery system, he has to create an open mechanism to address the grievances of insiders as well as outsiders. He should note that the mechanism of Public Grievance functioning through the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances has been reduced to a mere post office.

Bharatee Jee



Delhi no longer for the privileged

IAS officers are not joining Centre on deputation basis because city of Delhi is no longer for the privileged in terms of education and medical facilities. Other parts of the country have raised their level. Why will they come to centre, when they are enjoying so much of privilege at the State level ? These days the officers at the top echeleons have all become impertinent and many of them misbehave. Why will they create problem for themselves?

Nick


Perform or take Voluntary Retirement

Media reports highlighted the remark of a respectable and efficient Union Minister. Perform or take Voluntary Retirement. Don't sit on files. A golden statement, which should not be taken lightly by the government servants. But, he should start implementing this in his ministry first and set examples for others to emulate. Anyway the Minister deserves special congratulations for his outright statement which truly reflects his assessment (resentment) about the efficiency of the present day bureaucracy.

Sivakumar


Encroachments

Civic sense does not prevail in any sphere at all. We are talking of smart cities, how can you make smart cities when there are more than 5,000 unauthorized colonies in India's capital and the basic infrastructure is missing? Government finds a real and long term planning for 50 years in advance, for organized development.

Harish Kumar

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