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The days of ex-communicating an emperor and frighten him into selling him into submission have gone.

TA expected to be 10%

In new Pay Commission report,Transport allowance is expected to be 10% of new basic pay + DA in X class cities and 5% of new basic pay + DA in Y class cities.

Many names disclosed?

Recently CBI & IT departments have investigated alleged corruption charges against a senior officer of Noida. If sources are to be believed names of some politicians, bureaucrats and journalists have surfaced. Guess the names?

Bihar samajh gaya hai ..

Kejri issuing orders is 10% of the work,
Asli work.. ensuring orders no one does flout or shirk!!!

In most Delhi Private Hospitals EWS beds are being sold!!
No beds EWS lot are bring told !

Parr AAP ne conscience karr lee saaf!
We've ordered now its up to Hospital staff!!

Hope Biharis realise Modi is lock and key to progress!!
What will they get by voting for Pals of Congress!!

Its Laloo who should say will not share stage with ex Yuvraj!!
Their alleged jiggery pokkery is no raaz!!

Some people are flogging one story!!
That because of 1 less seat Paswans are feeling sorry!!

This despite Paswans saying we are okay!!!
Parr inn logo ko koun rokkey!!!

Nitish...if you do not vote for me you'll be the loosers!!
The one to be Chosen taunting and threatening the Choosers!!

As per my psephology total seats for BJP led Alliance 154!!
Minimum.. could me more!!

Toor Dal lovers will have to bear high prices till year end!!
Though fall in other lentil prices you can depend!

Onion prices starting to fall!!!
Middlemen partying though during UPA days they had a ball!!

Inflation no doubt is falling!!!
But the anti BJP lot are still bawling!!

Kindly look at the way during UPA days prices rose and rose!!
Now prices are hitting new lows !!

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1996 batch IPS officers soon
Empanelment of 1996 batch IPS officers to the rank of IG in the Government of India is expected to take place in a month or two. The list is presently lying in the ACC.

Expert panel constituted for empanelment of 1982 batch IPS officers
An Expert Panel has been constituted for the empanelment of 1982 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India. Empanelment is expected to take place in a couple of months.

Major changes in ED on the cards
A major shake up at middle and senior level is likely to take place in the Enforcement Directorate. If sources are to be believed D.D.,J.D. and Director level officials are likely to be affected in the proposed reshuffle.

Over a dozen former Secretaries in race for post of National Automotive Board chief ?
Who will be new Chairman of the National Automotive Board under the Department of Heavy Industries? About one dozen Former Secretaries in the GoI are said to be in race for the post.

23 PPS awarded IPS grade in UP
As many as 23 Provincial Police Service ( PPS) ,UP have been awarded IPS grade. According to information the UPSC has cleared two names from 1987 batch, seven from 1988 batch and 14 from 1989 batch PPS officers to IPS.

Two IG posts vacant in CISF
Two IG posts -Western and Eastern zones are vacant in CISF. WZ hq is in Mumbai while EZ hq is in Patna.

CISF providing security to seven pvt. industries
The government controlled para military force, CISF is presently providing security to seven private industrial houses from refinery, port to other related units. It is likely to give security cover to one more private sector power house.

Chaube to return to Maharashtra
VK Chaube, who is presently posted in Hague is expected to return to parent Maharashtra cadre soon. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer.

Hargobinder Singh is Additional Commissioner, BCAS
Hargobinder Singh has been appointed as Additional Commissioner of Security, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security .He is 1997 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Sinha is Addl. Secr in CVC
Praveen Sinha has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission .He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Post of Mumbai Port Trust to be advertised ?
Once the appointment of Ravi Parmar as Chairman of Kandla Port Trust materializes, the post of Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust will be advertised.

Unique programme in Madhya Pradesh
A bicycle rally was flagged off by Member of Parliament from Bhopal Alok Sanjar and Principle Secretary, Small Scale Industries and Horticulture, Pravir Krishn at 7.30 am on Tuesday from Subhash School to T T Nagar Stadium covering about 10 kms. An IAS officer of 1987 batch, MP cadre Pravir Krishn is quite renowned for his passion and dedication in whatever assignment he is involved in. The city of lakes witnessed extraordinary zeal among adolescents, youth and senior citizens of Bhopal who actively participated in "Jai Udayan, Jai Krishn" cycle rally to create awareness and promote horticulture in Madhya Pradesh. MP Alok Sanjar, PS Pravir Krishn and Retd. IAS Satya Prakash also rode cycles all through and about 500 cyclists followed them. Slogans were raised in support of promotion of horticulture in the state. The rally concluded with Pravir Krishn saying 'yeh to sirf ek jhanki hai, abhi sara Madhya Pradesh baqi hai…

Four transfers in five months -Santosh Yadav ?
Santosh Yadav, a 1995 batch UP cadre IAS officer has been transferred four times in five months. He was posted as CEO, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority ( YEIDA) but was suddenly transferred on Monday and kept on waiting. Yadav was Vice- Chairman, Gaziabad Dev Authority till may but was transferred as Secretary to UP CM but he was sent to YEIDA and he took over as CEO on June 8 this year. On Tuesday evening he was posted as Additional RC in Delhi.

IRSEE officer Ms. Neelam Chandra to be Director, UPSC
IRSEE officer of 1993 batch Ms. Neelam Chandra has been selected for appointment as Director in Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for a period of five years.

Pattnaik to be PCCF in Odisha
Ajit Kumar Pattnaik is being promoted to the rank of PCCF in Odisha.

Vacancy of Dy Election Commissioner to arise in ECI in Oct.
A vacancy of Deputy Election Commissioner at Joint Secretary level is arising in Election Commission of India in October 2015.

Tenure of N K Mishra as CMD, HSL to end in Nov
The tenure of N K Mishra as Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) is coming to an end on November 30, 2015.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Engg), NPCC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC) that fell vacant on June 30, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before September 21, 2015.

PESB seeks applications for MD, IRFC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Managing Director, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) falling vacant on July 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before October 5, 2015.

Ganai is now Chairman BPE in J & K
Khurshid Ahmed Ganai (IAS has now been appointed Chairman, Bureau of Public Enterprises in J & K. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Ahmedabad CP to be changed ?
There are strong rumours that Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Shivanand Jha is being changed. He is 1983 batch IPS officer.

Karnataka CM seeks 4 month extension for CS (UPDATED)
Karnataka CM has reportedly sought four month extension to Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee. Will the GOI grant extension to Chief Secretary when they have been consistently denying it to all Secretaries to GOI as per " No extension Policy"?.

Parrikar releases "RAKSHA : BANDHAN - PRABANDHAN" (UPDATED)
Union Defence Minister Manohar G Parrikar today released a Book titled "RAKSHA : BANDHAN - PRABANDHAN" authored by Dr. R.K. Tyagi, former Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The Book written in hindi language carries some of his experiences while managing gaint Navratna - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The focus of the book is on time management and risk taking under constraining circumstances of a defence PSU. Special focus has been on indigenization and skill development. Just a few days back Prime Minister Narendra Modi while inaugurating 10th World Hindi Sammelan emphasized the need for writing in Hindi specially on subjects of technology and science. The book is a humble step in this direction.

Creation of four posts of Directors for four new National Institutes of Design (UPDATED)
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the creation of four posts of Directors for four new National Institutes of Design (NIDs) at Kurukshetra (Haryana), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Jorhat (Assam) and Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh).

The Cabinet had already approved financial implications including salaries, for setting up of these new NIDs in its meeting held in February, 2014.

Deputation tenure of IG, ITBP Dipesh Juneja extended (UPDATED)
Deputation tenure of Dipesh Juneja, IG, ITBP, has been extended for a period of two years w.e.f. September 26, 2015. He is 1992 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

171 IRS-IT officers promoted to Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 171 IRS-IT officers have been promoted to the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT). They are: Shefali Junjea, manisha Chandra, Alok Kumar Mitra, Sibichen K Mathew, Anand Kumar Kedia, Sant Saran mantri, Dviya Msira Bajpai, Harinder Kumar, Rajeev Lakhara, Sukesh Kumar Jain, pramila Sharan, Parvinder Kaur, Nausheen Jahan Ansari, Sanjay Kumar, Yagya Dutta Sharma, Shaik Shakir Hussain, K Devarathna Kumar, G Mallikarjune, Bijoy Kumar Panda, Samir Kumar Jha, Rajesh Kumar Jah, Jayaram Raipura, Sunil Chander Sharma, Vikram Sahay, Ishtiyaque Ahmed, Sarita Mishra, Kolhe, manoj pandey, pankaj Kumar, Vandana Verma, Shamsundar M Keshkamat, Dilip Sharma, Navaljit Kapoor, Vivek Kumar, Tarun Seem, Rakesh Gupta, Prabhat Jha, Ashish Kumar, Yagyasaini Kakkar, V S Kumar, T H Vijayalakshmi, Dr Rajeev Harit, Darzakhum Songate, Amarjit Singh, M Dayasagar, Sunitha Billa, B Koteshwara Rao, Komal Jogpal, B B Rajendra Prasad, Bhim Singh, Piyushchandra V Kolhe, Angam Shaiza, Ramchandra Meena, Rajesh Damor, Mohit Jain, Jay Kishore Mishra, B V Prasad Reddy, Bhavna C Yashroy, Ashish Abrol, Binod Kumar Singh, Anuj Arora, Nandita Kanchan, Rita Kumar Dokania, Rahul Raman, Shefali Swaroop, M S V M Prasad, K S Rajendra Kumar, Biswaranjan Sasmal, Muzaffar Hussain, Anand Mohan, C P Pathak, Jagdish P Chandrakar, Pradeep Kumar, T Vihaya Bhaskar Reddy, Sanjiv Amol S Kamat, Sunil Kumar Singh, Anurag Srivastava, T Bidari Sreenivas, Meenakshi Singh, Alok Singh, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sanjay Goyal, Jagjivan K Garg, Kanwaljit Singh, Dilip Singh Kothari, Ashish Gupta, Jeotsna Johri, Hari Govind Singh, Ravi Shankar Shrivastava, Amrish Bedi, Y V S T Sai, Manoj Mishra, R Mohan, S C Tiwari, Meeta Singh, Satpal Gulati, B Ventakeshwar Rao, V Pallanivel Rajan, Jaspreet Singh Minhas, Vijay Shankar, Gangadhar panda, Rajeev Kumar, Sunita Kejriwal, P Chandra Sekhar, Rahul Navin, Sanjiv Shankar, N C Swain, Raman Chopra, Virendra Ojha, Richa Khoda, Jasdeep Singh, Paramita Biswas, Susil Kumar, Rajiv Kumar Singh, Shivraj B Moray, Gulshan Raj, Radhey Shayam, Yashwant K Bhaskar, B China Swami Naik, Phagu Oram, Sardar Singh Meean, Savita Bundas, K Parashivaiah, Vanita Rattan Sharma, Upendra Bhushan Mishra, Shahi Sanjay Kumar, Swati Joshi, Sukveer singh choudhary, Abhijit A Patankar, Amaresh singh, Sunil Kumar Jha, Saroj Kumar Mahapatra, sunita Singh, Priya Ranjan Ghosh, Manas Mehrotra, Vatsalya Saxena, Harendra narayan Singh, Suresh Yadav, Krishana Kumar Mishra, Bibhudutta Mishra, Sandep Chaube, Aswani Kumar Sinha, Satyender Singh Rana, R Venkateswara Reddy, Avadesh Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Harishankar Kumar Lal, Sangram R Gaikwad, Arrop Kumar Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Krsihan Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Bhoot, Anurag Goyal, Rajat S Biswas, manoj Kumar, Rajgopal Sharma, Amrita Mishra, Ram Mohan Singh, Shalini Bhargava Kaushal, Munish Kumar Gupta, Amrita Ranjan, Minakshi J Goswami, Niraj Bansal, Archana Sharma, Hrishikesh Kumar, Deepika Mittal, V Vivekanandan, Devender Singh, Sandeep Dahiya and Indar Pal Singh Bindra.

(We said this on September 15)

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as 10 IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, T M Vijay Bhaskar has been appointed as Chairman, Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board while Subhash Chandra will now be Principal Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj and Ramandeep Chowdhary is Deputy Commissioner Haveri District. Similarly, Naghath Tabassum Abroo has been appointed as Member, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal; Mrs Rohini Sindhuri Dasri as Managing Director, Karnataka Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Limited; Mrs R Vinoth Priya as Deputy Commissioner, Koppal district; T Venkatesh as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Mandya; Pommala Sunil Kumar as Commissioner, Kalaburagi City Corporation, Kalaburagi and Suralkar Vikas Kishore was made Deputy Secretary, Zilla Panchayat, Yadgir.

No suitable candidate found for MD, NEHHDC (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find suitable candidate for the post of Managing Director, North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Limited (NEHHDC) at a selection meeting held onSeptember 16, 2015. The Board has now decided to convert itself into search cum selection committee.

Rao appointed as Additional Judge, Hyderabad & Telangana HC (UPDATED)
Asapu Ramalingeswara Rao has been appointed as an Additional Judge of High Court of Judicature a Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, for a period of three months.

Naidu appointed as Additional Judge, Kerala HC (UPDATED)
Dama Seshadri Naidu has been appointed as an Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court for a period of three months.

Two DGMs of BHEL convicted for causing lost to Govt Exchequer (UPDATED)
The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Karkardooma Courts, New Delhi has convicted V C Ramulu, then Deputy General Manager(DGM); O P Sharma, then DGM; Denis Barnabas, then Senior Manager; P L Khadala, then Senior Engineer, P C Jhamnani, then Engineer; S N Jha, then Assistant Foreman, all from Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and Anil Kumar Goel (private person) U/s 120-B, 420, 467, 471 of IPC and 477A(IPC) r/w Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988 for causing loss to the government exchequer. V C Ramulu, O P Sharma, Denis Barnabas, P C Jhamnani, all from BHEL & Anil Kumar Goel (private person) have been sentenced to undergo five years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs.5 lakh each and S N Jha to undergo 3 ½ years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs. 2 lakh & P L Khadala to undergo four years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs.3 lakh.CBI had registered the case on August 1 1995 against V C Ramulu, then DGM, BHEL and others on the allegations that the accused persons in conspiracy with Anil Kumar Goel, private person cheated BHEL in the passing of bills for fixing of 242 ceiling fans at Noida township of BHEL.

Six Income Tax Commissioners transferred (UPDATED)
Six IRS-IT officers have been transferred and posted to different regions at Commissioner level. Accordingly, Mora Bhupal Reddy has been posted as CIT, Guntur while Dr Adhir Kumar Bar was posted as CIT, Jabalpur and Mithilesh Kumar Jha is being appointed as Secretary, ITSC, Kolkata. Similarly, Sabihur Rahman has been appointed as CIT, Haldwani, M Anil Kumar as CIT, Bengaluru and Dapinder Singyh Chawla was posted as ADG, RTI, Bhopal.

CORPORATE

Interview - Gaurav Gupta

Interview - Gaurav Gupta

Karnataka Udyog Mitra, ia a Government of Karnataka undertaking, appointed as a "single point of contact" for Project proposal with investments more than INR 15 crores.

Project proponent need to contact Karnataka Udyog Mitra to understand the salient features of Karnataka, its unique advantages and discuss about project identification, suitable location, human resources, approvals required, procedures involved etc..

In the backdrop of developments in the State and an ever increasing investor confidence, our Sub Editor Rikita Goyal talked to Karnataka's Commissioner for Industrial Development & Director of Industries & Commerce Gaurav Gupta.

Following are the excerpts :

Q: What is your mission as far as industrial sector in Karnataka is concerned ?
A: Karnataka is industrially most forward State. It is home for more than 700 MNCs. State is known for salubrious climate, excellent human resource, R & D base.
Government of Karnataka has decided to conduct Invest Karnataka - 2015 event from November 23 to 25, 2015 at Bangalore Palace grounds to showcase the investment opportunities in the State. This will help to attract investors across the globe to a great extent.

New Industrial Policy 2014-19 of the Government aims to build prosperous Karnataka through inclusive, sustainable and balanced industrial development thereby creating large employment opportunities. My mission is to place Karnataka at the top as most preferred destination in the country.

Q: How do you rate the overall performance of Karnataka industries ever since you assumed office?

A: Since 2013, we have approved 368 projects through single window mechanism with an investment of Rs.98,659 crores generating employment for 2.31 lakh people. This clearly shows that State is industry friendly and overall performance is quite satisfactory.

Q : Would you like to elaborate on few of your top priorities?
A: After assuming charge as Commissioner I was instrumental in bringing New Industrial Policy of the State. Our focus is on improving Ease of Doing Business in Karnataka. We facilitate investors to implement the project with least lead time. Now, we are working towards making Invest Karnataka - 2015 as a most successful event.

Q: Any pockets of stress ? And if so, what mechanism you have to curb it ?
A:No constraints. State Government is committed for industrialization of the State.

Q: What is your R & D strategy ?
A:We are creating an investor - friendly environment to ensure Ease of Doing Business in Karnataka. Like single window mechanism, on-line payment of prescribed fees and online approvals and clearances from other related Departments / Agencies also.

Kapur to continue as Chairman of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd
Sunjay Kapur to continue as Chairman of Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. He has stepped down as Managing Director of the company.

Sankaran appointed ED (Wholesale Banking) of Federal Bank
Ganesh Sankaran has been appointed as Executive Director (Wholesale Banking) of Federal Bank.

Two directors cease to be on Board of Marsons Ltd
Mohd Mohiuddin Laskar and Suraj Jha have resigned as directors of Marsons Ltd

Ms Kapoor resigns as Director of Clutch Auto Ltd
Ms Pooja Kapoor has resigned as Director of Clutch Auto Limited

Bhagade resigns as Independent Director of Rasoya Proteins Ltd
Vishnu Bhagade has resigned as Independent Director of Rasoya Proteins Limited

Prajapati appointed CFO of Unjha Formulations Ltd
Unjha Formulations Ltd has appointed Ganpatbhai Bhikhabhai Prajapati as a Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Chakraborty appointed COO of Pincon Spirit Ltd
Pincon Spirit Ltd has appointed Sajal Chakraborty as Chief Operating Officer of the company.

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OROP demand by Railwaymen

OROP is being demanded by Railwaymen. Railways run for 24 hours. The employees there also work in harsh condition. They also do the movement of the bulk commodities of Defence Forces. The Defence forces although have got OROP, have behaved in the most irresponsible manner having repurcussions on the economy. They have now to give reply to the demand of OROP, who may also go on hunger strike at Jantar Mantar. In order to please them, the Government will again dole out money having huge repurcussions on the economy. Then there will be mobocracy in the country.

A Srivastava

Passport Sewa Project

Mukesh Kumar Pardesh, Director, Ministry of External Affairs, in his presentation on "Passport Sewa Project" in Vigyan Bhawan on Sept. 11, 2015 had stated that their project was unprecedented and better than of Railway reservation as in the latter case only once action takes place and the person boards the train. He also stated that under the Passport Sewa Project one crore passports are made every year. Both the Passport project and railway reservation project of CRIS (a society under Ministry) have got PM/e-Governance award. But what is to be stated is how the official boasted of achievements. Two crore passenger travel on Indian Railways every day. If 50% is reserved one then it will be one crore per day. The e-Governance activity for Railway reservation starts 4 months in advance and lasts up to posting of the reserved list on the passenger coaches on the day of journey. In between there is cancellation and upgradation. Further Passport Sewa project is with the help of TCS. The effort of CRIS is totally internal.

BBS

Remember Kargil episode

Further to the comments dated 9thSept. 2015 regarding OROP I would like to invite attention of my brethren from Defence Forces to the Kargil episode. I have no hesitation in saying that the area manned by BSF in Kargil could never be intruded by the Pakistanis because the BSF troops unlike Army never withdrew from those heights in spite of extremely adverse climatic conditions. It is the area that was manned by Army that was captured by Pakistani forces.
The BSF troops fight shoulder to shoulder with Army personnel and a fallacy is being spread that BSF withdraws as soon as the first bullet is fired. It is the BSF which has boldly reacted to the unprovoked fire from Pakistan during recent past.
I am also disappointed at the ignorance of our media about the identity of various agencies deployed on the borders. They always say that Army has retaliated, whereas it is the gallant BSF personnel who are at the forefront. I think the media also needs to properly understand the role of each organisation before trying to give expert comments.

Sanjiv Krishan Sood, BSF

Additional Director General (Retd.)

Shortage of docs

Talking of doctors (the forum today dwelt on this subject) there is an acute shortage of doctors in the country. Some put the figure at two lakhs. Government needs to concentrate on this problem. One step could be to make it mandatory to have a medical college as well as a nursing training institute attached with every hospital being set up whether by Government or a private entity.

Aarti Khosla

Anonymous complaints

The views supporting anonymous complaints are logical as well for country safety. History says corruption and frauds are two vicious elements that allowed invaders to rule this country. It is the time to arrest these two elements i.e. corruption and frauds in government and PSU's. It is time to introduce anonymous complaint system and request PM to encourage anonymous complaint system for safety of this countrymen and remove the barrier of sending complaints to PM.

Shashank

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