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This is History (70)

The King developed more and more into an all-powerful and autocratic monarch. The conflict between the King and the new merchant classes was still to come.

Next major scam ?

After 2G, railways, coal, Adarsh, etc scams, there is likely to be 70,000 crore steel scam as per the corridors of whispers.

Deregulation of pricing has encouraged private players

The Government's initiative to deregulate pricing of diesel in and linked it to market prices has encouraged private players like Essar, Reliance & Shell re-enter the market and set up more than 3000 Retail Outlets (ROs) across the country. Now, Oil Companies are pursuing network expansion to ensure coverage of all significant points of consumption including the remote areas. At present there are 53,800 retail outlets in the country and estimated 32000 new Retail outlets are required over the next 10 years to cater to the growing customer needs.

Shaanpatti nakko (no)

Rahul Baba kapde kapde kyo karte ho,
Asli muddo pe baath kyon nahi karte ho!!

Suit ki asslityat humm jaante hai!!
Public bahut shaani hai aap kyon nahi maante hai!

Abh 'Take in India' bollo toh kya yaad aata hai!
Seedha dhyaan UPA ke ghotalo ki taraff jaatha hai!!

Make in India bollo toh kyaa mann mein aaye!!!
Straight towards Brand India mann jaaye!!

Rahul's speechwriter news nahi padtha,
News bhi nahi sunthaa!

If he was aware of news Rahul pe nahi bannthe joke!!
Rahul is now a Stand-up Comic ..funniest bloke!

Think about this ...credibility is falling !!!
Requires urgent stalling !!

One way would be to change ways and work hard!
The other way.. play 'our enemies are behind this' card!!

Get a friendly Channel to cook up a false story!
Later Channel corrects and says .. we are sorry!!

So 'enemies out to get us' will be proved beyond doubt ',
Then Via Media ...we are being targetted by our enemies..shout!!

There should be something for the Channel too!!
Otherwise this lying why should it do???

Yeh bhi jaldi patta chall jaye ga!!
TRP ki ladaayi mein koyi doosra Channel yeh laaye ga!!

But the trick will not work again!!
Like I said every time experience the Public does gain!!

How many tonnes of onions can 25 lacs buy??
25 lac ads given to disprove a lie!!

Understand work on GST IT backbone is well on the way!
I feel will become a reality by next May!!

Holding up India ..on Congress now taking its toll,
People say ..be it in power or opposition Congress plays 'spoiler's role'!?

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Two dozen 1982 batch IAS officers yet to get posting
Two dozen 1982 batch IAS officers are waiting in the wings to get posting as Secretary in the Government of India.

New DG, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) appointed
Throwing all rules aside, Ministry of External Affairs has appointed B Rajsekhar (IFS 1990) as Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations. The post is Additional Secretary level with the two Joint Secretary level DDGs reporting to DG. New occupant of DG post is still a mid rung JS. Everyone is guessing the compulsions behind the appointment.


Goyal appointed J S, Budget
Prashant Goyal has been appointed JS, Budget. He is a UT cadre IAS officer of 1993 batch.
(We said this on September 4)

Dr Maheshwari to be Commissioner BCAS ?
Dr A P Maheshwari is likely to be appointed new Commissioner of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He is 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. Name of one UT cadre IPS officer is also in circulation.

Ms Rajalakshmi, FC, Railway to retire on Sept 30
Ms Rajalakshmi Ravikumar, Financial Commissioner, Railways is due to retire on September 30, 2015. She is a 1978 batch IRAS officer.

Who will succeed Ms Rajalakshmi as FC, Railway?
Who will succeed Ms Rajalakshmi Ravikumar as Financial Commissioner, Railways, as she is due to retire on September 30, 2015?

Jai Ho Sanjeev Kaushal
The entire 1986 batch IAS is jubilant over the promotion of eight officers to the rank of ACS in Haryana. Everybody is giving credit to this batch officer Sanjeev Kaushal who is Principal Secretary to the CM. Now it's turn of IAS officers holding the post of Principal Secretary to CM in other states.

Resignation of IRS-IT officer accepted
The Government of India has accepted the ex-post facto technical resignation of Saurabh Kumar from Central Government service with effect from May 6, 2013. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Move to stall appointment of new SAIL, CMD ?
An important person has conveyed to the PMO that there is a move to stall the appointment of PK Singh as SAIL, Chairman.

Who will be new Vice Chairman of IWAI ?
Who will be new Vice Chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) ? Will he be a 1984 batch IAS officer or an IRTS officer ?

SK Acharya to join as CMD, NLC on Oct 1
SK Acharya, Director (HR), NLC, will be joining as Chairman and Managing Director, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) on October 1, 2015.

Whispers impact - BHEL CMD's orders issued
It has happened for the first time in the recent past that CMD of a Maharatna company - Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has been appointed at least four months in advance. He was selected for the above post at a PESB meeting on June 4, 2015. Later Whispers pointed out twice- first on July 17 and then on Aug 27 - that "Will the BHEL's Director (Power) Atul Sobti who has been selected for the post of company's next CMD go the Prakash Chandra way? The case of BHEL's Haridwar unit's ED Prakash Chandra, who was all set to become CMD but missed the chance due to BP Rao's extension, is still afresh in the minds of people - and at the end of the day on September 3, the orders for appointment of Sobti, Director (Power), BHEL, as Chairman & Managing Director, BHEL, were issued by the Government of India.

A K Dutta to take over as Member (ANS) AAI on Oct 1
A K Dutta, ED, AAI, will be taking charge as Member (Air Navigation Services), Airports Authority of India (AAI) on October 1, 2015.

Central deputation tenure of Sanjeev Ranjan to end in Oct
Five-year central deputation tenure of Sanjeev Ranjan as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, is completing on October 19, 2015. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.

Two IAS officers get new assignments in Gujarat
Roopwant Singh has been appointed Joint Secretary, Budget, Finance Department while Mrs Mamta Verma has been given an additional charge of MD, Industries Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) in Gujarat.

PESB seeks applications for CMD, HMT
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HMT Limited falling vacant next year on May 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before November 20, 2015.

Vacancy of Director (Prod & Mktg), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised for the post of Director (Production & Marketing), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited that fell vacant on September 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before November 6, 2015.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary arising in Defence in Oct.
A vacancy of Joint Secretary level is arising in the Ministry of Defence in October 2015.

Harish Chandra Singh gets premature repatriation to parent cadre
Harish Chandra Singh, Central Vigilance Officer (CVO), National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Delhi, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Jindal is new Chairman of GTAC
R T Jindal has been appointed the new chairman of Guwahati Tea Auction Centre .He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam cadre.

Maria Kumar promoted to DG rank in M P
B Maria Kumar has been given DG rank in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1985 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on September 17)

Two IAS officers shifted in MP
Arun Kumar Tomar has been appointed as Collector, Ashoknagar while Rajabhaiya Prajapati, who was holding this post, was shifted to Secretariat as Deputy Secretary in Madhya Pradesh.

Smita Purushottam appointed as Ambassador to Principality of Liechtenstein (UPDATED)
Ms Smita Purushottam, presently Ambassador of India to Switzerland, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Principality of Liechtenstein, with residence in Berne (Switzerland). She is a 1980 batch IFS officer.

Deepak Agrawal is new CEO, YEIDA (UPDATED)
Deepak Agrawal has been appointed new CEO of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority ( YEIDA), Noida . He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. Prior to this he was DM, Moradabad.

R H Muralidhara selected as Director (DB), BEML Ltd (UPDATED)
R H Muralidhara, CGM, BEML, has been selected for the post of Director (Defence Business), BEML Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 22, 2015. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

Aniruddha Kumar relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Power (UPDATED)
Aniruddha Kumar has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power for a period of five years. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Pravir Kumar gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Pravir Kumar, Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Mrs Rajesh Yadav posted as Addl CEO in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Mrs Rajesh Yadav has been appointed as Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) in Rajasthan. She is an IAS officer.

Bharat Lal Meena is ACS, Education in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Bharat Lal Meena has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department (Higher Education) in Karnataka. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

Central Control Order extended for one more year (UPDATED)
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for extension of validity of Central Control Order for a further period of one year, that is from 1st October, 2015 to 30th September 2016 in respect of pulses, edible oils and edible oilseeds. This will enable States to regulate trade of these essential commodities and to continue to take effective operations under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. They can impose stock limits/licensing requirements etc. to curb unscrupulous trading, hoarding and profiteering. The extension will also help the States in tackling the problem of ensuring adequate availability of these commodities in the domestic market and keep prices under control.

Karnataka Chief Secretary gets three months extension (UPDATED)
Chief Secretary Karnataka Kaushik Mukherjee has been given 3 months extension in service. State Government had sought four months extension. Now in January with upcoming Global Investor Meet of February will he get another 3 months in January?.
(We said this on September 17 )

Vijay Ranjan Singh appointed as Private Secretary to Ananth Kumar (UPDATED)
Vijay Ranjan Singh presently Director in the Department of Fertilizers has been appointed as Private Secretary to Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers. He is a 1996 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.

A S Rajan appointed as Minister in High Commission, London (UPDATED)
A S Rajan has been appointed as Minister (Coordination) in the High Commission of India, Long at Joint Secretary level under the Ministry of External Affairs. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Yudhir Singh Malik appointed as Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog (UPDATED)
Yudhir Singh Malik has been appointed as Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Kavita Gupta appointed as Textile Commissioner (UPDATED)
Ms Kavita Gupta has been appointed as Textile Commissioner at Additional Secretary level under the Ministry of Textile. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ms Kiran Soni Gupta appointed as Additional Secretary (UPDATED)
Ms Kiran Soni Gupta has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. She is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in MP (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, A P Shrivastava has been appointed as ACS, Finance Department while P C Meena was made Commissioner, Agriculture Products with additional charge of Jail and Deepak Khandekar is Principal Secretary, Forest and Planning with additional charge of Secretary, State Planning Commission. Similarly, Dr Mohan Rao has been appointed as Director at PS level in Tribal Research and Development Institute; Muktesh Varshney as Principal Secretary, GAD, (Human Rights) with additional charge of Labour; Dr Manohar Agnani as Commissioner, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection and Social Justice; Hariranjan Rao as MD, MP Tourism Development Corporation and Secretary, Public Service Management and Public Grievances Redressal; Manish Rastogi as MD, MPRDC and ex-officio Secretary, PWD and Secretary, Science & Technology; Gulshan Bamra as Commissioner, Jabalpur division; Sandeep Yadav as Director, Town & Country; Ms Surabhi Gupta as CEO, Chhindwara Zilla Panchayat; Ms Tanvi Sundriyal as Aditional MD, MP Tourism Development Corporation and Bhaskar Lakshar was made Project Director, Statewide Area ntework Madhya Pradesh State Electronic Development Corporation. Besides, Vivek Agrawal was given an additional charge of MD MP Metro Rail Company Limited, Bhopal while Amit Rathore is assigned an additional charge of Director, Budget and Pramod Kumar Gupta is also Deputy Secretary, Urban Development and Environment.

Shatrughna Singh gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Shatrughna Singh, Additional Secretary, department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ms Keshni Anand Arora gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Ms Keshni Anand Arora, Deputy Director General, UIDAI has been given a premature repatriation to her parent cadre. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ashok Kumar Singh promoted as IG, SSB (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Singh has been promoted as Inspector General in the SSB. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Ms Ritu Arora promoted as IG, CISF (UPDATED)
Ms Ritu Arora has been promoted as Inspector General in the CISF. She is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

Puneet Rastogi promoted as IG, ITBP (UPDATED)
Puneet Rastogi has been promoted as Inspector General in the ITBP. He is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Tripura cadre.

CORPORATE

Top Five of Mukesh Ambani
1. Manoj Modi
2. PMS Prasad
3.Parimal Nathwani
4. Nikhil Meshwani
5. Hitel Meshwani

Ananthakrishna re-appointed Part-time Chairman of The Karnataka Bank Ltd
The Karnataka Bank Limited has re-appointed Ananthakrishna as Part-time Chairman. He will hold the position till October 26, 2016

Ms Ananthasubramanian appointed Non Exec. Director of PNB Gilts Ltd
PNB Gilts Ltd has appointed Ms Usha Ananthasubramanian who is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank as Non-Executive Director of the company.

Shankar resigns as Non Exec. Director of PNB Gilts Ltd
Gauri Shankar has resigned as Non Executive Director of PNB Gilts Ltd

Bali appointed CFO of TFCI
Anoop Bali has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited

Subrahmanyan to be Dy. MD and President of L&T
Larsen & Toubro Ltd has appointed S N Subrahmanyan as the Deputy Managing Director and President of the company w.e.f. October 1, 2015

Basu ceases to be Director of Hindustan Motors Limited
Sanjay Basu has ceased to be a Director of Hindustan Motors Limited

Mulagada appointed CFO of Syncom Healthcare Ltd
Syncom Healthcare Limited has appointed Venkateswarlu Mulagada as the Chief Financial Officer of the company

Saxena resigns as Independent Director of HPC Biosciences Ltd
Ms Sakshi Saxena has resigned as Independent Director of HPC Biosciences Ltd

Pawah appointed MD of Harley-Davidson India
Vikram Pawah has been appointed as Managing Director of Harley-Davidson India

Lohia resigns as Independent Director of Bajaj Steel Industries Ltd
Rajkumar Lohia has resigned as Independent Director of Bajaj Steel Industries Ltd

Sharma resigns as Non Exec. Director of Jindal Poly Films Ltd
Hemant Sharma has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Jindal Poly Films Ltd

(The views expressed in this column are of the contributors. We do not owe any responsibility, whatsoever, of the views of our surfers as they are their personal opinion. However, we would also request our contributors not to be personal, directly or indirectly, in presenting their views. Instead of countering the views which ‘X’ has already expressed, our contributors are advised to present their own views. Also be brief, say about 200 words at the most since any views longer than that if eliminated at our end would carry the risk of the contrbutor’s item losing its original essence)

Perform or perish

The government of India has recently formulated exit policy for the officers. The governments have been making sporadic efforts since long at national and state levels to weed out non performers from its ranks . For this purpose, the premature and compulsory retirement rules were promulgated. But the disease has grown exponentially in spite of the administering of occasional medicine to cure it. The government of India has , once again issued circular in this regard. There were times when officers would be dismissed from service even if they even once claimed wrong travelling allowance, misused their vehicles or made personal calls from their official telephones. However there have been glaring instances of victimization of efficient and honest officers for being discreet and unbending on principles. There was an SDM, who did not provide his official jeep to the relative of a divisional commissioner for shopping. On this score, the renowned honest SDM got entry in his Annual Confidential Report as an officer with Average Integrity. At the time of review for extending service at the age of 55, that Commissioner had become Chief Secretary. On the basis of one single entry of Average Integrity the SDM, who had become ADC by that time was compulsorily retired from service. The intentions of the government cannot be doubted, yet safeguards to protect the efficient, the honest but uncompromising officers, have to be in place alongside. It is also imperative to weed out inefficient, non- performing, corrupt and those involved in criminal activities first to lend credibility to the Government's intentions and sincerity of purpose.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

Din din aa din

Mention was made by a viewer about IAS revenue secretaries being there when the tax terrorism measures and retrospective laws were brought in. Wasn't there a finance minister also at the helm at all these times. But his pathological abhorrence against another service makes him forget that. And it is no use saying that the tax department is just implementing the laws passed by Parliament, as all these Draconian laws are formulated by the tax officers in their own interest and riding roughshod over the rights of the citizens and taxpayers. And talk of corruption when tax officials high and low are being caught red-handed accepting hefty bribes all over the country. And despite all the attempts made by the godfathers to make the revenue service attract "50% officers having ranks higher than the IAS"(questionable claim),why are so many people in the tax departments taking VRS and quitting early?

M S Krishnan


Futile views over anonymous complaints

The views of ARC Kumar are irrelevant. Let him study the implications.

Brij Bhushan

Anonymous complaints

People who are frauds normally are against anonymous complaints as they fear they may get exposed and get caught. They try to see not to implement. PM should implement anonymous complaint systems and as it will remove the roots of corruption. As honest and sincere persons we should encourage and support.

Prasad

CGHS needs surgical overhauling

I agreed with the views expressed by AK Saxena on "CGHS - How to improve its services ". This institution needs serious surgical overhauling to improve its working!

Ashok Chadha

Mess in SAIL

Will government punish the past and the present management for the mess in SAIL as per CAG Report. Will the honest and sincere persons get chance to reach top positions irrespective of retirement.

Prasad

Insistence for OPOP unreasonable

I fully endorse the views expressed by N. Krishnan about the unreasonable insistence for OPOP of retired defence personnel. This is a country where farmers have to take the extreme step of committing suicide after colossal financial loss due to failure of cultivation. Their loss is not compensated. They have no organisation to fight for their cause and do hunger strike nor do the elite media make any sensational news items out of such tragedy. The continued agitation only exhibits the greed of the retired army personnel. What a shame !

Vijyadharan

IAS and Group 'A' officers

Earlier the IAS and Group 'A' officers who used to come to centre under Central Staffing Scheme were quite large hearted. However, today their standard has gone down considerably. They do not apply themselves so much, hanker for their perks & facilities, panic and misbehave with their juniors. The main reason for misbehaviour may be because of family problems . A number of Secretariat staff in the centre are waiting in the wings for the 7th Pay Commission report come so that they could pack up. The coming generation may one day thrash them up in the office. 'Araam se raho hai tauba machane ki kya jaroorat hai'. Further, high time they realized that the British feudalism has gone.

BBS

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