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This is History (71)

There is discontent and dissatisfaction against existing conditions, and this feeling is the parent of change and progress.

Adanis and Ambanis no more darlings of Modi !

When Narendra Modi came to power, the general perception was that Adanis and Mukesh Ambani are his darling boys. But now it doesn't seem so. What is the fact ?

Who is Modi's darling boy in Industry these days ?

Observers are these days perplexed as to who is Modi's darling boy in Industry these days but are unable to find one. Any clues ?

Avel Nath...don't lie

In Mathura his detractors Rahul did not dissapoint!
First and foremost apne aap ko Hindu kiya anoint !

Went to a Mandir enroute to Chintan Venue!!
Did not also go to Mosque so something new!

Said Daddy listened to him!!
Something now people would term as dim!!

Because he seemed to hint on matters of State!!
I think on this there should be a debate!!!

Was Rajiv that naive to pay heed to what a kid said?
If in matters of State then a lot in this will be read!

Yes Congress in UP is number 4,
Because with its ideology Public is sore !!

If in Ideology it was number one!!
Election after election it would have won!!

Steve Job analogy does not fit Congress!
Sonia wants army of minions in Neta's dress!!

Then came I love two places ...Allahabad and Valley!
Again with Majority tried to be pally!!

Allahabad ...Hindu roots and Valley ... KP roots!!
To correct feeling that for Hindus Congress cares two hoots!!

Then started the Modi bashing !!
Polls show people are happy so his bashing came down crashing!

Seems now Congress has one ploy!!
Any work Government undertakes Ranters karro employ!!

Fadnavis gave one Ranter a piece of his mann!
And he did it without spending any dhan!

And Kejriwal spent 23 lacs to rebut!
Spending 0 Fadnavis told Ranter..chall hutt!!

If on Emergency I Gandhi and RSS had been ek!
Emergency mein RSS protégés to jail cops would not take!

Advani, Vajpayee and others were put behind bars!
And they were RSS's upcoming stars!!

Disclaimer: All alleged ...casting no aspersions ..all Religions are great...Satire... read it and forget it

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Six Secretary level officers in GoI retiring on Sept 30
As many as six Secretary level officers in Government of India are retiring on September 30, 2015. They are: Rajiv Takru (IAS: 1979 of Gujarat cadre); Rakesh Singh (IAS: 1978 of Punjab cadre); C B Venkataramana (IAS: 1982 batch of Telangana cadre); R Vijaykumar (IAS: 1978 batch of Tamil Nadu cadre) and Rajalakshmi Ravikumar(IRAS: 1978 batch).

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

Ms Kavita Gupta appointed Textile Commissioner
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 Additional Secretary
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.

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

Vijay Ranjan Singh appointed Private Secretary to Ananth Kumar
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.

Ashok Kumar Singh promoted as IG, SSB
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
Ms Ritu Arora has been promoted as Inspector General in the CISF. She is a 1995 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre. She has been posted as IG Airport Sector Hdqtrs New Delhi.

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

Shatrughna Singh gets premature repatriation
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
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.

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

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

Who will get additional charge of CMD, Power Grid ?
Who will be getting an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited after the retirement of incumbent R N Nayak on September 30, 2015? I S Jha, Director (Project), designate CMD, is yet to get orders from the Government of India after CVC clearance.

CVC yet to clear file of Bhattacharyya for CMD, HPCL
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.

Prakash Chandra is most experienced in BHEL
BHEL's Haridwar unit ED Prakash Chandra, who was all set to become CMD but missed the chance due to BP Rao's extension, is believed to be most experienced official in BHEL. He has worked with four CMDs.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
There has been a minor reshuffle of IAS officers 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.

Smita Purushottam appointed Ambassador to Principality of Liechtenstein
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.

PK Kataria likely to return to parent cadre
P K Kataria, who is presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, is expected to return to parent cadre. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Audit & Accounts Service.

R H Muralidhara selected as Director (DB), BEML Ltd.
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
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.

Harihar Prasad Mehra deputed as Director, CVC
Harihar Prasad Mehra has been deputed as Director in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for a period of five years. He is a 1985 batch IDSE officer.

Deepak Agrawal gets new posting
Deepak Agrawal's place of posting has been changed within 24 hrs. Now he has been posted as Additional CEO Greater NOIDA Industrial Development Authority. Earlier 2000 batch IAS officer was posted as CEO, YEIDA.

Anil Garg is now CEO, YEIDA
A 1996 UP cadre IAS officer Anil Garg will be new CEO, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA).NOIDA, Gautam Budh Nagar in UP.

Mittal gets additional charge of Director NMML
Joint Secretary Culture Sanjiv Mittal has been given additional charge of Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).He is an IDAS officer.

Mrs Rajesh Yadav posted as Addl. CEO in Rajasthan
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
Bharat Lal Meena has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department (Higher Education) in Karnataka. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

Dr. Nidhi Katiyar transferred to RDSO, Lucknow
Dr. Nidhi Katiyar, Senior DMO, North Central, Railway, has been transferred to Research Design & Standards Organization (RDSO), Lucknow. Dr Katiyar is an IRMS officer.

Limited BSNL network in NCR
Biggest telecom giant BSNL, as claimed by the company, has very limited network in Delhi NCR. In many areas, the company is using MTNL towers for its mobile network. Hi-fi district Noida is among such area which is totally dependent on MTNL network resulting in very poor service. Many areas are not under the coverage of any government telecom company. MTNL is not able to bear the expanded load. But no relief is expected in near future. Experts are also surprised that how it is going on under the nose of the Union ministry?

Two IES officers sweep postings
Two officers of Indian Economic Service (IES) swapped places with Vaiabhav Rundwal being appointed as Assistant Director, G-20, Secretariat, Department of Economic Affairs and Ms Divya Sharma as Assistant Director, Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary arising in Disinvestment in Oct.
A vacancy of Joint Secretary level is arising in the Department of Disinvestment in October 2015.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 21 IPS officers have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Sanjay Singhal has been posted as IG, Vigilance while Nitin Tiwari was made SSP, Moradabad and Rajendra Prasad Singh Yadav is SSP, Saharanpur. Similarly, Akash Kulhari has been made SSP, Varanasi; Rakesh Shankar as SP, Mainpuri; Lav Kumar as SP, Gorakhpur; Bharat Singh as SP, Maharajganj; Atul Sharma will remain as SP, Kushinagar; Rajendra Prasad Pandey as SP, Banda; Uday Shankar Jaiswal as SP, Anti-corruption; Sharad Sachan as SP, Intelligence, Moradabad; Rajesh Krishna as Commandant 30th PAC Gonda; Joginder Kumar as Commandant 15th Bt PAC Agra; Dilip Kumar as SP, Railway Gorakhpur; Shiv Prasad Upadhayay as SP, Personnel, Allahabad; Rj Babu Singh as SP, Jaunpur; Rakesh chandra Sahu as SP, Ajamgarh; Ramit Sharma as DIG, Vigilance, Lucknow; Ashutosh Kumar as DIG, Meerut range; Mutha Ashok Jain remains as IG, Public Grievances, PHQ and Harish Chandra was made Commandant, 8th Bt PAC Bareilly.

Rahul Chhabra appointed as Ambassador to Bosnia, Herzegovina (UPDATED)
Rahul Chhabra presently Ambassador of India to Hungary, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Bosnia and Herzegovina with residence in Budapest. He is 1987 batch IFS officer.

Mrs G Vani Mohan appointed as Mission Director, NHRM in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs G Vani Mohan, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) and Project Director, AP AIDS Control Society in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 1996 batch IAS officer.

Four IRSEE officers transferred to RDSO (UPDATED)
Four IRSEE officers, Avinash Singh Kushwah, Suresh Kumar, Mohit Sonakiya and Kishore Vaibhav have been transferred to Research Design & Standards Organisatoin (RDSO), Lucknow.

Ajay Pratap Singh appointed as CCM, NER (UPDATED)
Ajay Pratap Singh has been appointed as Chief Commercial Manager (CCM) in North Eastern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Brijesh Sethi appointed as Principal Secretary, Law in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Brijesh Sethi, an officer of Delhi Higher Judicial Service, has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs in Government of Delhi on deputation.

CORPORATE

Central Control Order extended for one more year
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.

Kher to be Director (Bulk Carrier & Tanker) of SCIL
Union Ministry of Shipping has appointed S V Kher as Director (Bulk Carrier & Tanker) of Shipping Corporation of India Limited of w.e.f. October 1, 2015 .

Bhogilal resigns as ED & CFO of Datamatics Global Services Ltd
Vidur V Bhogilal has resigned as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Datamatics Global Services Limited

Lakshmi appointed CS of Lycos Internet Ltd
Lycos Internet Limited has appointed V Sri Lakshmi as Company Secretary of the company.

Saluja appointed Chief Strategy Officer (M&A and New Business) of Marico
Pankaj Saluja has been appointed as Chief Strategy Officer (M&A and New Business) of Marico w.e.f. October 5, 2015

Sharma resigns as Non Exec. Director of Jindal Poly Investment and Finance Company Ltd
Hemant Sharma, has resigned as Non Executive Director of Jindal Poly Investment and Finance Company Limited

Parikh appointed CS of Dynacons Technologies Ltd
Dynacons Technologies Ltd has appointed Darshit Parikh as a Company Secretary of the company.

Ganjoo appointed VP ( Technology ) of Snapdeal
Rahul Ganjoo has been appointed as Vice President ( Technology) of Snapdeal

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of Spicejet Ltd
Nicholas Martin Paul and R Ravivenkatesh have resigned as Independent Directors of Spicejet Ltd

Pandey appointed Group Director ( Technology) of Havas Media India
Gaurav Pandey has been appointed as Group Director ( Technology) of Havas Media India

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Moral of the story?

Sloganeering has become the style of functioning of the governments in Indian federal structure, though the work is as small as setting up a panel for fumigation of mosquito breeding places. Similar is the position of recently announced exit policy of government officers. In one very important state of India, there used to be an IAS officer, whose effectiveness, commitment and probity were proverbial. Incidentally he was put under a law graduate minister, who had seldom thought of his constitutional duty and always remembered and devised innovative ways to fill his coffers monetarily and politically. Being administrative secretary of the department, the legendary officer would prepare cases of difference of opinion and sent these to chief minister for decision. Out of 10 times, he would succeed eight times. But the minister would often make complaints against that officer to CM and also tried to open odd channel of communication through the director or special secretary. This continued for four years with both the sides not yielding even an inch of space to other. For four years the minister gave lukewarm Annual confidential reports to the officer, which were upgraded by the CM. However, at the time of empanelment of the officer as Secretary in government of India, his promotion got delayed because of lukewarm Annual confidential reports by the minister(reviewing authority).But ultimately he was empaneled and remained Secretary of important departments in government of India. He also remained chief secretary of the state and never allowed transfer of any officer on the ground that his minister or political chairperson was harassing him. He wanted the officers to do their duty and forget about the consequences. While implementing exit policy the government must understand that the ministers are mostly busy in their constituency or personal works and do not tolerate a honest and effective officer. The interests of the honest officers must be safe-guarded before initiating action on exiting the officers. To me the moral of the story is that the officers should work honestly with commitment and dedication and not to worry about the political bosses' attitude and tantrums.

Mehar Singh Bajwa ,Hoshiarpur

Clumsy way of working

The clumsy way in which bureaucracy has been working in Central Government shows that either the officers at the top are not having the required competence, or worse, they may be not be advising their ministers properly. The latest example is the clumsy "encryption policy" of which a draft was published and within 24 hours it had to be withdrawn because of fundamental flow in thinking and drafting.There is serious need to review credentials of all top babus in CG.

Ashwini K Singh

Govt. order

The Government of India has issued the following order:-
F.No.C-11020/1/2015-Vig. Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 14th September, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Review of Mechanisms to ensure probity among Government Servants.

In a meeting taken by the Cabinet Secretary on 10.08.2015 with senior officers of different Ministries on mechanisms to adopt to ensure probity among Government Servants, it has been emphasized that rotation needs to be carried out in respect of sensitive posts and non-sensitive posts and review and screening of officers under FR 56(J) within the Ministries and DOPT shall monitor implementation and obtain compliance from all Ministries in this regard.

All Ministries/Departments are, therefore, requested to kindly look into the matter and carry out rotation in respect of sensitive and non-sensitive posts and FR 56(J).

As this activity is to be completed in a time bound manner, it is requested that priority attention may be paid to it and inputs sent to the internal Vigilance Section at the very earliest. These details are also to be made part of the monthly D.O. letter to be sent by concerned Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary.

DK Sengupta

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

There is a need to take thorough action on the above instructions. There are some corrupt officials who continue to work with Senior Officials as Special Assistant or Private Secretary and they are not transferred at all. They have the knack to lure every new boss and continue to remain. They are also a conduit for arranging funds for their bosses. There is one Special Assistant posted with the Chairman, Central Electricity Authority and is continuing to exist for the last 8 years. Ministry of Power is ignoring it since long and scuttling matters. The present Cabinet Secretary was also Secretary, Ministry of Power and he also could not do anything. There may be many black sheep like him. Some serious action has to be taken in the matter.

Nick

First understand OROP, then comment

Few people are unaware of OROP but they still comment on it. OROP is for basically requirement of NCOs and below starred rank officers. One should go through the third pay commission and then comment. As far war is concerned, people should study Kargil, 1971, 1965 & 1962 wars and know the number of soldiers who were killed and compare with the soldiers who lost their lives during combat operations in last 5 years! Who says there is no war? Let war come, soldiers will win it whether OROP is there or not. Still few will criticize by saying it is not a big war! Understand OROP and join Defence all and Arun Jaitely. Nothing less than OROP.....

Murari Chaturvedi

Senior govt. officials and CGHS

Those where the good days when Senior Officials of the Government use to stand in queues of dispensaries and also get themselves admitted in Government hospitals for treatment. As the Government hospitals with the existing infrastructure has not been able to cope up with the increasing number of patients things have deteriorated. How can you get yourself admitted in Safdarjung Hospital today, where you see your neighbour spitting and spoiling the bathroom? As they are poor & illiterate we cannot teach them also. There are also chances of picking up fight with them. Rao, as Secretary, also used to stand in a queue in the Vinay Marg, CGHS dispensary.

BBS

CGHS dispensary at RK Puram

This is about CGHS. Today I visited CGHS Dental Dispensary at R K Puram. The condition within the compound was pathetic. It was so dirty that stench was unbearable. No water in toilets, dogs inside building and filth spread everywhere. Will the Health Minister take a call in regard to Swachch Bharat?

Nandan

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