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It was during the period of disorder and weakness that he came down to capture Delhi.

Congress' Industry favourites in trouble ?

Why are Industrialists including Kumar Mangalam Birla and Navin Jindal, considered favourites of the Congress, in trouble ? No prizes for guessing the reason.

'Politically' successful CMs of Madhya Pradesh !

Only two Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh have been 'Politically' successful so far. They are Motilal Vora of the Congress and Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP.

Bihar poll prospects - WHISPERSINTHECORRIDORS.COM SURVEY
(Based on informal talks with Bihar bureaucrats)

RJD -41
JD(U)- 47
Congress-11
BJP-119
LJP-7
RLSP-9
HAM-6
Others-3

BUREAUCRACY

Will PM abolish two-year tenure posts ?
Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi averse to the two-year tenure posts of Secretary Defence, Secretary Home and Secretary Foreign Affairs ? His reported decision not to make Secretary Finance as tenure post has given rise to this speculation.

MEA is run by PMO ?
The changes and appointments of Ambassadors by foreign secretary S. Jaishankar and approved by PM Narendra Modi has proved that MEA is being run by the PMO. All the favourites of Jaishankar have been given importance.

Why CBDT is making tall promises?
According to sources, in the last three years, Central Board Of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has failed to achieve the revised budget revenue target. As per records, in 2013-14 the original revenue collection target was Rs 6,68,109 crores, it was revised to Rs 6,36,318 crores but actual collection was 6,38,495 crores. In 2014-15 the target was of Rs 7,58,421 which was revised to Rs 7,36,221cr, again revised to Rs 7,05,628 cr but actual collection was Rs 6,95,988 crores. The department has set whopping target for the year 2015-16 of Rs 7,97,997 but till Sept 21,2015 actual collection was Rs 2,86,766 crores. The department has promised the GoI that 1 crore new assessees will be added in 2015-16 whereas till April 1, 2014 number of existing tax payer was 3,28,58,821 crore. Sources say hat CBDT is unlikely to achieve this target also.

Investigating agencies hunting black sheep ?
All investigative agencies in a concerted and coordinated manner are trying to find out blacksheep within themselves. It is said that these agencies are sharing information with each other about the alleged suspects. Recently arrested JD, ED in Ahmedabad was the result of superb coordination between the agencies. Government has also given green signal to these agencies in this matter. Such exercise, if successful are bound to check corruption to a large extent.

Abhay K appointed Dy High Commissioner to Australia
Abhay K has been appointed India's Deputy High Commissioner to Australia. Earlier he was Director of the Nehru Centre in London.

G Vishwakarma selected as Director (P&BP), SAIL
G Vishwakarma, ED, NMDC, has been selected for the post of Director (Projects & Business Planning), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 28, 2015. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Gauri Kumar is new Member of PESB
Gauri Kumar has taken over as Member of the PESB. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Julania to get ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh
R S Julania will get ACS rank in Madhya Pradesh in a week or two . He is a 1985 batch IAS officer.

Bihar IAS officer seeks VRS
Bihar IAS officer Shakti Kumar Negi has sought VRS. He is 1981 batch officer.

Farooqui posted as IG, Tripura Sector in BSF
After promotion, MF Farooqui has been posted as IG Tripura sector of BSF. He is an IPS of 1995 batch who belongs to Punjab cadre. He was DIG BSF in Punjab.

Sumer Singh is DIG, BSF in Punjab
BSF cadre officer Sumer Singh has been posted as DIG, BSF in Punjab.

Ms Sundari Subramaniam Pujari is new DGDE
Ms Sundari Subramaniam Pujari is new Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE). She is a 1980 batch IDES officer.

PM to address CIC conference
After a gap of one year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate CIC conference in Delhi on October 15.

Number of CS rank officers in Jharkhand to be eight
With the creation of one post of ACS in Jharkhand, the number of CS rank officers will go up to eight.

Prashant Kumar relieved to join GoI
Indian Forests Service officer Prashant Kumar has been relieved by the Madhya Pradesh Government to join the GoI as Joint Secretary, Rural Development.

Who is Secretary, MCI ?
Who is the Secretary in Medical Council of India ? Surprisingly, Dr. Reena Nair, a Deputy Secretary continues to be Secretary for the last several months.

Why orders of Sandeep Tula for Director (Pers), NMDC delayed ?
Why are the orders for the appointment of Sandeep Tula, ED, NMDC, as Director (Personnel) in NMDC Limited getting delayed? The vacancy of this post has arisen on September 1, 2015.

Director's post in Oriental Insurance falling vacant on Sept. 30
Director's post in Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. is falling vacant on September 30 with the retirement of Kuldeep Singh, company's Director & GM.

Director's post in United India Insurance Co. falling vacant on Sept 30
The post of Director & GM in United India Insurance Co. is falling vacant on September 30 with the retirement of incumbent Mrs. Asha Nair.

Three IPS officers get postings in Bihar
Rakesh Kumar has been appointed SDOP, Phulwari Sharif while Ramchandra Rajgru was made SDOP, Bagah and Rakesh Kumar Dubey is DSP, Special Action Force in Bihar.

Nine IRTS officers get HAG
As many as nine Indian Railways Traffic Service (IRTS) officers have been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) with effect from July 29, 2015. The officers are: Anurag of NcR; Sunil Mathur of RB; S Anantharaman of SR; P S Mishra, Purushottam Guha of RB; P K Sinha of ER; Ajit Kumar Jain of WCR; Guru charan Ray of ECOR; Naresh Chand Goyal of RLDA; Ajeet Kumar Saxena of SR and N Madhusudan Rao of RB.

Sujit Kumar deputed as Director, Skill Development
Sujit Kumar has been deputed as Director in the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. He is a 2001 batch IRS-IT officer.

Extension to Rajeev Sharma as Joint Director, CBI declined
The proposal of extension of Rajeev Sharma as Joint Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been declined by the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Gudla Ravi Kumar deputed as GGM, CONGOR, Hyderabad
Gudla Ravi Kumar has been deputed to CONCOR as Group General Manager (Commercial & Operations), South Central region at Hyderabad. He is an IRTS officer.

Orders for extension of Kaushik Mukherjee as C S, Karnataka issued
Orders for the extension of Kaushik Mukherjee as Chief Secretary of Karnataka for a further three months with effect from October 1, 2015 have been issued by the Government of Karnataka. Mukherjee who was due to retire on September 30, 2015, belongs to a 1978 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
(We said this on Sept 17 & 23)

Vacancy of Development Commissioner, Handicrafts arising in Oct.
A vacancy of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) at Joint Secretary level is arising in the Ministry of Textiles in October 2015.

Services of Vishal Nair merged with SEBI
The services of Vishal Nair, Joint Director in FMC, have been merged with SEBI as Deputy General Manager. He is a 2003 batch IES officer.

Vaishampayan posted as Deputy Director in Textile Commissioner's office, Mumbai
J D Vaishampayan, Deputy Director, FMC, has been posted as Deputy Director in the office of Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Mumbai. He is an IES officer.

Three IES officers transferred
Three officers of Indian Economic Service get new postings. Accordingly, R Dharmarajan has been posted as Director, NITI Aayog, REO, Mumbai while Sumantra Pal was made Director, Department of Economic Affairs and Zacharia George is Deputy Adviser, NITI Aayog, REO, Chennai.

33 officers of UP State Service become IAS officers
As many as 33 officers of Uttar Pradesh State Service have been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The officers are: Arvind Singh, Ishwari Prasad Pandey, Sukh Lal Bharti, Chhote Lal Pasi, Dr Ved Pati Mishra, Radhe Shyam Mishra, Akhilesh Singh, Brijesh Narayan Singh, Shrikant Mishra, Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Rama Kant Pandey, Rajendra Kumar Singh, Abarar Ahamed, Dr Ramashankar Morya, Abdul Samad, Dr Ashok Chandra, Akhilesh Tiwari, Anurag Patel, Man Mohan Chaudhary, Ram Manohar Mishra, Anand Kumar Singh, Ram Kewal, Anil Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Jagdessh Prasad, Rajesh Kumar, Markandey Shahi, Avinash Krishan Singh, Rajesh Prakash, Pramod Kumar Upadhayay, Jagdessh, Sangeet Singh and Dr Akhilesh Kumar Mishra.

5 IPS officers shifted in MP
Five IPS officers have been transferred and posted different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ashok Dohare has been appointed as Special DGP, State Industrial Security Force, PHQ, Bhopal while Rajendra Kumar will be Special DGP, Cyber Cell, PHQ, Bhopal and P K Runwal is ADGP, Vigilance, PHQ, Bhopal. Besides, Gajiram Meena was made ADGP, Welfare, PHQ, Bhopal and Sanjay Tiwari is SP, Jhabua.

CWC achieves yet another record turnover
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) achieved yet another record turnover of Rs.1561.83 crore during 2014-15 as against Rs. 1528.19 crore earned during 2013-14. The Profit After Tax (PAT) also increased to Rs.182 crore during 2014-15 as compared Rs.161 crore thereby registering an increase of over 13%. Addressing the shareholders during the 53rd Annual General Meeting held on 28th September, 2015, Harpreet Singh, Managing Director stated that this could be possible due to addition of constructed storage capacity by 1.78 lakh MT at 26 locations in 12 States with a capital investment of Rs.110 crore, operation of Cargo Terminals at Integrated Check Posts (ICPs), CRT operations etc. This has been made possible by attracting alternate agri-business and also business in industrial warehousing segment. Keeping in view the national priority for safe storage of foodgrains, utilization of capacity for storage of foodgrains was given due priority.The overall capacity as on 31.3.2015 has increased to 115 lakh MT as against 105 lakh MT in the previous year. CWC handled 9.51 lakh TEUs during 2014-15 despite slump in the IMPEX trade. During 2014-15 CWC continued to operate Cargo Terminal of Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari on Indo-Pak border. CWC handled 79,867 export/import trucks as against 74,847 export/import trucks and earned a gross revenue of Rs.50 crore during 2014-15 as against Rs.39 crore earned during 2013-14. Cargo Terminal at ICP, Agartala handled 30,480 export/import trucks as against 7167 export/import trucks handled during previous year to facilitate border trade with Bangladesh. Keeping in view the improved financial results, CWC declared dividend @ 54% for the year 2014-15 as against 48% paid for 2013-14.

WAPCOS conferred with 'Eminent Women Engineer's Award'
Ms Pooja Kapoor, Head (Business Development), WAPCOS Limited - A Government of India Enterprise under the aegis of Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation was conferred with "Eminent Women Engineer's Award" by the Institution of Engineers (India). WAPCOS has been providing consultancy services in all facets of Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Sectors in India and Abroad. Ms Pooja Kapoor is working with WAPCOS for the last 17 years in various Water Resources and Infrastructure Development Projects in unexplored geographies and challenging conditions in Countries like Cambodia, Chad, Lao PDR, Mozambique, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe etc. She has also been involved in executing Projects originating from surveys at the elementary level in the rural communities, understanding the needs and prioritizing the disparate sectoral responses received, streamlining them with the Provincial/ Country's Strategies and Policies and Formulating Projects having long term recall value and beneficiaries at the primitive level.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Delhi govt (UPDATED)
As many as six IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in the Government of Delhi. Accordingly, Jitendra Narain has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Elections while Keshav Chandra gets additional charge of CMD, DTTDC and Vivek Pandey was made Additional Commissioner, East DMC. Besides, Ms Juhi Mukherjee has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate HQ; B L Sharma as Special Secretary, UD and Devinder Singh was posted as Director, ISHM.

Three IPS officers get postings in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Kiran Kang has been appointed as SDOP, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur while Chuna Ram Jat is SDOP, Ajmer (South) and Devashish Dev is Assistnat SP, Biwadi, Alwar in Rajasthan.

Pawar given additional charge of ED Ahmedabad (UPDATED)
Within two days ED,Ahmedabad charge has been changed . Now Pravin Pawar JD ,ED ,Goa has been given additional charge of JD,ED ,Ahmedabad . He is an IPS officer of 2003 batch and belongs to Karnataka cadre . Earlier Virendra Ojha Addl JD , Mumbai was given Ahmedabad charge.

ITDC declares remarkable 20% dividend (UPDATED)
India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, conducted its 50th Annual General Meeting at the Group's flagship hotel, The Ashok, New Delhi. The Corporation closed the year with an all round increase in the performance as compared to the previous financial years. The turnover of the Corporation has increased by 7.37% to Rs.504 crore approximately. The net profit before tax has increased by 226% to Rs.38.95 crore as compared to Rs.11.93 crore during 2013-14. The profit after tax has increased by 265% to Rs.34.37 crore as compared to Rs.9.42 crore during 2013-14. The profit earned by ITDC during 2014-15 has broken the records of last 7 years after 2007-08. The highlighting feature of the AGM was the declaration of a dividend of 20% to Rs.17.15 crore approximately as recommended by the Board in the meeting held on 29th May, 2015. Earlier the dividend of 20% was declared in the year 2007-08. Out of Rs. 17.15 crore, an approximate amount of Rs.14.93 crore will go to the Government of India. The meeting was chaired by Umang Narula, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director of the Corporation. The Board of Directors present at the meeting were Piyush Tiwari, Director (Commercial & Marketing), A V Ratnam, Independent Director and Dr Usha Kiran Rai, Independent Director. The Corporation, besides showing improvement in turnover and profitability, has also shown a significant improvement in the operational efficiency. Further, the turnover of almost all the operational verticals have increased during the year.

Samir Vakil appointed as Addl CIT, Ahmedabad (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Samir Vakil has been appointed as Additional Commissioner of Income Tax in the office of Principal CCIT, Ahmedabad Gujarat region.

Need for integrated policy for unmanned aerial vehicles: Tyagi (UPDATED)
R K Tyagi, former Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited while delivering a talk in the Second International Seminar on " Unmanned Systems and Technologies" organized by CII emphasized the need for four priority areas for increased UAV usage in the country. Firstly the Need to have a UAV Regulatory Policy to be issued by DGCA, Secondly Creation of an integrated UAV/DRONE policy outlining the manufacturing standards and quality control process. Thirdly, Creation of Technology Development Fund of Rs. 500 crores for UAVs and Fourthly Creation of National Oversight Body having various stakeholders like Armed and Paramilitary Forces, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Urban Development and various industry bodies. The UAV market in India is expected to be of the order of 1 Billion US Dollar in the next five years and 4 to 5 Million US Dollar in the next 10 - 15 years. Apart from Defence applications, the UAVs as force multiplier and paradigm shifter also have great potential in Agriculture, Land surveying, Film making, Inspection of Labour forces, 3-D Modelling of Building and landscapes and also special areas like studying the craters of active volcanos etc. The UAVs have also great potential for contribution in law and order management, border monitoring and coastline surveillance for a country like India.

J L Singh joins as Director (Technical), NCL (UPDATED)
J L Singh has assumed the charge as Director (Technical) of Miniratna Company of Government of India, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL).
(We said this on May 21, 2015)

SBI cuts base rate by 40 basis points to 9.30% (UPDATED)
The State Bank of India (SBI), country's largest commercial bank has cut its base rate by 40 basis points from 9.70% p.a. to 9.30% p.a. Revised rate will be effective from October 5, 2015. Welcoming the RBI announcement, Mrs Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, SBI said that "Overall, the policy announcement has a slew of positive surprises with the most notable being the projection of a benign inflation trajectory even throughout FY17 and reaffirmation of a continued accommodative policy". "The increase in FPI limit and the reduction in SLR & HTM will counterbalance each other. The proposal to reduce the risk weights on low cost housing loans will incentivise the banks. The decision to circulate a concept paper for increased usage of cards is a step in the right direction for a cashless society in quest for a digitised India" Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, SBI also added.

Dr Arushi Ajey Malik is also Ajmer Commissioner in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Arushi Ajey Malik, Collector Ajmer, has been assigned an additional charge of Divisional Commissioner, Ajmer. She is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Mrs Arvin Manjul to look after sexual harassment of women in ASI (UPDATED)
Mrs Arvin Manjul, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Hqrs, New Delhi, has been nominated as a Member of Complaints Committee on Sexual harassment of women at workplace in Archaeological Survey of India.

Manoj Kumar Dubey promoted as ED (Stores), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Dubey presently Director Finance (Commercial), Railway Board, has been appointed as Executive Director Finance (Stores), Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.

Sanjeev Thapar appointed as Member (PLI), Postal Service Board (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Thapar, CPMG, Gujarat circle, Ahmedabad, has been appointed as Member (PLI), Postal Services Board & Chairman, PLI Investment Board, New Delhi. He is a 1981 batch IPoS officer.

B V Sudhakar appointed as Member (Tech), Postal Services Board (UPDATED)
B V Sudhakar has been appointed as Member (Technology), Postal Services Board, New Delhi. He is a 1981 batch IPoS officer.

Santosh Sharma selected as Director (Ope), HCL (UPDATED)
Santosh Sharma, GM, HCL, has been selected as Director (Operations), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 29, 2015. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Rajeev Agrawal assigned to look after FMC merger with SEBI
Rajeev Kumar Agrawal, Whole Time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has been entrusted with the responsibility of merging Forward Markets Commission (FMC).

Merger of FMC with SEBI comes into effect
Forward Markets Commission (FMC) has been merged with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) with effect from September 28, 2015.

Mathur ceases to be Independent Director of CONCOR
Sudhir Mathur has ceased to be Independent Director of Container Corporation of India Limited.

Nambiar appointed Chairman of Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd
Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has appointed Vinod Nambiar as Chairman of the company.

Deoras promoted as CMO of Colgate-Palmolive Company, USA
Mukul Deoras who is the current Chairman of Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has been promoted as the Chief Marketing Officer of Colgate-Palmolive Company, USA. He will be located in New York.

Goel appointed MD of Coromandel International Ltd.
Coromandel International Limited has appointed Sameer Goel as Managing Director of the company, w.e.f. October 1, 2015.

Parekh resigns as Independent Director of Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd.
Utsav Parekh has resigned as Independent Director of Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Limited.

Chengalvarayan steps down as Editor-in-Chief ( Business Newsroom) of Network18
Senthil Chengalvarayan has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief ( Business Newsroom) of Network18

Wadhera appointed ARAI President
Rajan Wadhera has been appointed as President of Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

Kisloskar appointed ARAI Vice President
Vikram Kirloskar has been appointed as Vice President of Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI).

Ms Ezekwesili ceases to be Independent Director of Bharti Airtel Ltd.
Ms Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili has ceased to be Independent Director of Bharti Airtel Limited

Bahadur appointed Independent Director of Vaibhav Global Ltd.
Vaibhav Global Ltd has appointed Harsh Bahadur as an Independent Director of the company.

Bongirwar resigns as Independent Director of Wanbury Ltd
A L Bongirwar has resigned as Independent Director of Wanbury Ltd

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Good Governance

Good Governance in the country can be achieved if the duplicity of work in Government is avoided. Two Government Departments at whims of their Secretaries are performing same job leading to duplicity. The allocation of business rules should be redefined and clear cut demarcations laid down. There will also be financial saving from administrative angle. People in USA are asking for less of bureaucratic interference.

Nick

Comical address

The reception that Pope Francis got while addressing the US Congress was comical to say the least. After every sentence of his, some hardly understandable due to his heavy Spainish accent, there was a thunderous applause and a standing ovation at that! There were standing ovations even before he completed a sentence and sometimes when he merely cleared his throat or coughed or sneezed. This shows where the American bias lies. Contrast to this with the treatment routinely dished out to Hindu Gurus visiting America. Acharya Rajneesh was paraded handcuffed in public by American police on all sorts of criminal charges which have yet to be proved in an American court of law. He was deported to India in disgrace like a common criminal. Would the American Christians do the same to the umpteen catholic Bishops, Cardinals and Fathers and Brothers accused by thousands of catholic men of having been sodomised by these so called priests when they were children? Would America even consider deporting the head of the Catholic Church for not getting the guilty priests prosecuted?

D Choudhury

CGHS functioning

This is regarding functioning of CGHS and I am concerned about the condition of Retired Officers-particularly those who are having certain ailments such as DIABETES which needs constant medication. The person has to go to a specialist hospital once every 3 months and then he is given medicine only for one month. If you are registered with CGHS dispensary such as Mayur Vihar Phase I, you had it. One has to wait for hours to get the medicine authenticated by the doctor sitting there and doing nothing but incorporate those medicines in the computer and give you a slip which is another reason of waiting for hours. At the end of the ordeal, one would feel as if he unnecessarily paid Rs. 60,000/- at the time of retirement. I have not narrated the ordeal one has to undergo in the so called specialist hospitals. Will Health Secretary do something about the retired persons.

Birendra Kumar Singh

CGHS Dispensaries open for all Delhites for Dengu

Today's news in daily newspapers is really disturbing. Government has allowed all citizens the facility(?) of CGHS dispensaries for treatment of Dengu. It's clear that either the decision makers in the present Government are not aware of the reality and living in fools paradise or they are making a fool of public by showing their sincerity(?) in dealing with dengu menace. It takes a patient at least two hours to get his turn in CGHS dispensary (at least in Mahavir Enclave/Palam, New Delhi), and when his turn comes doctors dispose him / her off in few minutes. Then join another queue at the pharmacy. It's really a traumatic experience. During my service career of 39 years I visited CGHS dispensaries only on 4-5 occasions, and after retirement has visited only once in the last about 2 years. The waiting; filth; behavior/attitude of doctors and para-medical staff; poor quality of medicines; etc has always come in the way of my visiting CGHS dispensaries. And now common man is allowed the facility. God save the common man.

Surendra Mohan

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