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(Learn from History)
Learn from History (3)
Empires fall not so much because of the strength of the enemy outside, as through the weakness and decay within…


Special Whisper for today !
Dismayed by the horrendous delays in selections/promotions in higher posts in Government: evidence being delayed appointments in PSUs, Banks, Central Government Organised Services, etc., the Government has asked Department of Personnel, to consult Law Ministry and bring up a Cabinet Note for amalgamating all Selecting/Search Committees in a single organised Structure. The Government wants to create a UPSC like agency for speedier selection process. The delay in appointment of Independent Directors in PSUs and consequential trouble they will have with SEBI, has led to PMO virtually giving up on PESB and DPE. PMO feels that PESB has become a station for parking of retired officers and there is little accountability. Similarly the institution of COS has outlived its purpose. While the contours of the Super Selection Commission are still to be drawn, it is understood that a Centralised Selection process under DOP&T and reporting directly to PMO will eliminate to a large extent, the pulls and pressures on individual Ministers(ies). Also, with winding up of the Planning Commission, a number of search committees which were headed by respective Members dealing with Ministries have become non functional, leading to a piquant situation of Secretaries heading selection panels for selecting higher level posts- a case in point being selection of a Member of CERC. The proposal, obviously will lead not go through easily, given the patronage system prevalent in Ministries controlling blue chip PSUs; but with a stronger PM(O), there is little chance of any strident objection.

BUREAUCRACY

Posting of 1997 batch IAS officers to start this month !
Posting of 1997 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India will commence in April.


Panel of GM Railways in the pipeline ?
According to sources Railways has started preparing panel for the post of GM's to be posted in different Zones. At present five posts at WR,NCR,SECR,SR & one unit are lying vacant.


M Venkatesh takes charge as Director (Ref), MRPL today
M Venkatesh, GGM, MRPL, is taking over the charge as Director (Refinery), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) on April 1, 2015.
(We said this on Sept 3, 2014)


P S R K Sastry joins as Director (Fin), NCL today
P S R K Sastry, GM, WCL, is joining as Director (Finance), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) on April 1, 2015.
(We said this on Sept 11, 2014)

Gulzar Natarajan appointed as Director, PMO
Gulzar Natarajan, Director, DoPT, has been appointed as Director in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.


Lal Rosanga is Acting DG of Doordarshan
Finally Lal Rosanga has been appointed Acting DG of the Doordarshan. He is presently ADG Air And DD in the North East.


Mayur Maheshwari posted as Deputy Secretary, PMO
Mayur Maheshwari has been deputed as Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for a period of four years. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.


Brijesh Pandey appointed as Deputy Secretary, PMO
Brijesh Pandey has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.


Dr Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi deputed as Deputy Secretary, PMO
Dr Shrikar Keshav Pardeshi has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.


UT cadre IPS officers reshuffled
The much awaited Transfer Committee for UT cadre IPS officers have cleared many names. Orders are expected to be issued on April 1,2015.


Kashyap to be DG of A & N Islands?
Ajay Kashyap is likely to be posted new D. G. P. of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He is 1985 batch IPS of UT cadre. Kashyap has recently returned from UN deputation.


Yadav to return to Delhi ?
Sudhir Yadav, 1985 batch cadre IPS officer and DGP of A & N Islands is set to return to Delhi as Spl CP.


Sanjay Singh may join Delhi Police
Sanjay Singh, 1990 batch UT cadre IPS officer is likely to join Delhi Police as Jt C.P. Presently He is posted as IG in Goa Police.


Meena going to A & N islands?
Joint CP, Delhi Police MK Meena, 1989 batch UT cadre IPS is likely to go to A & N islands as IGP.


Garg likely to be transferred from Arunachal Pradesh
Satyendra Garg, IG Arunachal Pradesh is likely to move to Delhi as Jt. CP. He is 1987 batch UT cadre IPS officer.


Will Gautam move to Arunachal ?
A 1989 batch UT cadre IPS officer and Jt CP, Delhi Police S K Gautam is likely to be transferred as IG , Arunachal Pradesh.

Tenure of Arvind Kumar Jain as DGP, UP extended
The Government of India has approved the proposal for extension of service to Arvind Kumar Jain as Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh for a period of three months. Jain, who was to retire on March 31, 2015, is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on March 30 )


Bombay High Court gets four Judges
Justice Pradeep Narhari Deshmukh, Justice Ashok Iqbal Singh Cheema, Justice Sunil Balkrishna Shukre, and Justice Suresh Chandrakant Gupte, Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Bombay High Court.


Gujarat High Court gets two Judges
Justice Rajendra Dhirajlal Kothari and Justice Abdullah Gulamahmed Uraizee, Additional Judges of the Gujarat High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Gujarat High Court.


Gujarat High Court gets two Additional Judges
Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ratilal Parshottambhai Dholaria have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Gujarat High Court.


Kolkata High Court gets eight Additional Judges
Malay Marut Banerjee, Md. Mumtaz Khan, Sankar Acharyya, Mir Dara Sheko, Debi Prosad Dey, Miss Asha Arora, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, and Shivakant Prasad have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court.


Chowdhry posted as Advisor, Public Grievances, RB
Ashok Chowdhry has been posted as Advisor, Public Grievances, Railway Board and promoted to Higher Administrative grade. He is an IRTS officer.


4 IRS-Customs officers get charge of CC and DG
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre working at Chief Commissioners/ Director Generals have been assigned additional charges. Accordingly, Ms Deepa B Dasgupta has been given additional charge of CC, CX, Mumbai Zone-1 while V S Krishnan gets charge of DG, Service Tax, Mumbai and S K Panda is also CC, Nagpur zone. Besides, Ram Tirath has been assigned an additional charge of DG, Safeguard, Delhi.


T Changsan transferred s CG, Osaka-Kobe
Indian Foreign Service officer, T Changsan has been transferred as CG, Osaka-Kobe (B) in place of Assem R Mahajan.


Rajiv Chander transferred as CG, Vancouver
Indian Foreign Service officer, Rajiv Kumar Chander has been transferred to CG, Vancouver (A) in place of Ravi Shankar Aisola.


Rajagopal Devara empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajagopal Devara has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Sorte posted as Under Secretary, IF Wing, Supply Division, Mumbai
V H Sorte has been appointed as Under Secretary, IF Wing, Department of Commerce (Supply division) at Mumbai. He is a CSS cadre officer.


Railways released two E- Books
Ministry of Railways has released two E-Books which focuses the work being done on Indian Railways and work is envisaged to be done in future to make journey more comfortable and safe. The documents can be seen on the railways website.


Why PSU banks are not towing government line?
Business and industrial community are amazed that despite the loud instructions from the RBI and the FM regarding lowering of rate of interest, why government controlled banks are not following the said instructions. If business house sources are to be believed, banks' such stiff posture is badly hampering PM's Make in India and other loan based projects. They feel that without financial assistance micro, mini and medium industries cannot grow. Financial assistance is also required for indigenous manufacturing units to grow. Observers are of the opinion that is this the weakness of the NDA government or banks' management does not want to increase their NPAs. Now it's up to the government to decide how to keep balance between the growth and NPAs. Experts also feel sorry about the pity situations of RBI and the Finance Ministry because during UPA government, Finance Ministry was the real boss of PSU banks.


K B Singh is new DG Vigilance in Odisha
1985 batch IPS officer K B Singh has been promoted to the rank of DG in Odisha.He will now be DG Vigilance.


Ashok Kumar Chauhan is new Commissioner State Election Commission
Ashok Kumar Chauhan who had sought VRS has been appointed new State Election Commissioner in Bihar. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.

NSIC signs MoU with Ministry of MSME for year 2015-16 (UPDATED)
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The MOU for the year 2015-16 was signed by Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC with Madhav Lal, Secretary, MSME, Government of India. Also present during the MOU signing ceremony were S N Tripathi, Joint Secretary, MSME, P Udayakumar, Director(P&M),NSIC and B H Anil Kumar, Joint Secretary (ARI). The said MOU envisages provision of enhanced services by NSIC under its Financial, Marketing, Technology Services and other support services schemes for MSMEs in the country. The MoU projects growth of 15%-20% in the operational performance of the Corporation during the year 2015-16. The key elements of the MOU for 2015-16 inter-alia include: Raw Material Distribution to the tune of Rs. 21000 crore in 2015-16 as against Rs18000 crore in the year 2014-15. Preparing MSEs to avail enhanced benefits under ‘Public Procurement’ through consortia formation, conducting vendor development program and providing tender information to facilitate in tender participation. Adoption of 10 clusters to extend benefits of NSIC’s Schemes to the MSMEs operating from such clusters. Facilitate MSMEs in their marketing efforts through mobilising greater membership under e-marketing portal-www.msmeshopping.com. Further, Ravindra Nath, CMD,NSIC informed that special focus will also be given by NSIC to enhance the entrepreneurship and skill development activities through setting up livelihood incubation centres under the Scheme for “Promotion of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Agro- Industry” of Ministry of MSME.

Joint Manipur-Tripura cadre of IAS officers separated (UPDATED)
The officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) borne on the joint cadre of Manipur and Tripura have been given separate cadres: Manipur cadre and Tripura cadre.

60 IAS officers allocated Manipur cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 60 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of joint Manipur-Tripura cadre have been separated to Manipur cadre. The officers are: Vijay Chhibber, P C Lawmkunga, Ameising Luikham, Vinod Kumar Thakral, A N Jha, R R Rashmi, Oinam Nabakishore Singh, Nikhilesh Jah, W L Hangshing, Ramnganing Muivah, Shambhu Singh, Dr Suhel Akhtar, J Suresh Babu, Ajay Srivastava, Barun Mitra, Lethogin Haokip, Dr Rajesh Kumar, Mamoon Hasan Khan, S K Dev Verman, Lungmuana Lakher, J C Ramthanga, K Moses chalai, Paulunthang Vaiphei, Vumlunmang Vualnam, Vineet Joshi, Rakesh Ranjan, Pashant Kumar Singh, Vivek Kumar Dewangan, Rajesh Agrawal, Thaithuilung Panmei, Arun Kumar Sinha, Raj Kumar Dinesh Singh, Dr Prem Singh, Ms Nidhi Mani Tripathi, Mohan Lal Meena, Sumant Singh, Ms Nidhi Kesarwani, N Ashok Kumar, Devesh Dewal, Mrs Jacintha Lazarus, Pradeep Kumar Jha, Sudhan R, Chiphang Arthur Worchuiyo, Ningthoujam Geoffrey, Shailesh Kuamr Chourasia, B Johan Tlangtinkhuma, Modak Hrisheekesh Arvind, Armstrong Pame, Robert singh Kshetrimayum, Shyam Lal Poonia, Hungyo Wroshang, Killu Sivakumar Naidu, Ms Nongmaithem Bandana Devi, M J Pradeep Chandren Ms Jaspreet Kaur, Krishna Kumar, Neilenthang telien, Pawan Yadav, Ravinder Singh and Ms Swetika Sachen.

48 IAS officers allocated Tripura cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 48 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of joint Manipur-Tripura cadre have been separated to Tripura cadre.The officers are: Radha Krishna Mathur, Sanjay Kumar Panda, Pravin Srivastava, G Kameswara Rao, Yashpal Singh, Sanjeev Ranjan, U Venkateswarlu, Lalit Kumar Gupta, Dr G S G Ayyangar, Sushil Kumar, Rakesh Sarwal, K Rajeswara Rao, Lok Ranjan, Manoj Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Rakesh, Kumar Alok, Sriram Taranikanti, Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Barun Kumar Sahu, Nagaraju Maddirala, Ashutosh Jindal, Yatendra Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Sinha, Shantanu, Puneetagarwal, Abhishek chandra, Mrs Saumya Gupta, Brijesh Pandey, Gitte Kiran Kumar Dinkarrao, Abhishek Singh, Mrs Tanusree Deb Barma, Parshant Kumar Goyal, Mrs Sonal Goel, Modh Zubair Ali Hashmi, Rathod Sandep Rewaji, Milind Dharmrao Ramjteke, Ajit Kumar, Mahatme Sandeep Namdeo, Vikas Singh, Raval Hamendra Kumar, Debapriya Bardhan, Ms Bhramaneet Kaur, Shailesh, Ms Smitha Mol M S, Dinesh Kumar A S Nagesh Kumar B Vishwasre B and Govekar Mayur Ratilal.

HAL Board reconstituted; Chairman re-designated as CMD (UPDATED)
The Board of Directors of HAL has been reconstituted with effect from April 1, 2015. The Chairman, T Suvarna Raju is now re-designated as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD). The revised structure consists of five whole time directors, including CMD, two government nominee directors and seven independent directors. The current position of Director Human Resources is held by V M Chamola and that of Director (Finance) by Dr A K Mishra. S Subrahmanyan who was Managing Director (MiG Complex) is now Director (Operations). The position of Director Engineering and R&D will be filled-up soon. “The re-constitution is done considering the growth of the Company in the next two decades. This will also ensure extensive delegation and strengthen our management system”, says Raju, CMD. The posts of Managing Directors have been discontinued. The Company now has four Chief Executive Officers (below the board level). They are V Sadagopan, CEO (Helicopter Complex), R Kaveri Renganathan, CEO (Bangalore Complex), Daljeet Singh, CEO, MiG Complex and Rajiv Kumar, CEO, Accessories Complex.

DA/DR for Central Govt Employees/Pensioners delayed (UPDATED)
Dearness Allowance (DA)/Dearness Relief (DR) for Central Govt Employees and Pensioners, which are normally declared in March and September every year, are getting delayed this time.

Transfer and postings of AC and DC IT on cards (UPDATED)
Transfer and posting of Assistant Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners in the Income Tax Department are expected to take place this week.

Transfer and postings of UT cadre IAS and IPS on Monday ? (UPDATED)
Transfer and Posting order of UT cadre IAS and IPS officers are now expected to be issued on Monday.

Two IAS officers shifted in J&K (UPDATED)
Vinod Koul has been appointed as Commissioner/Secretary, ARI & Training while Tushar Kanti Sharma will continue as Member, J&K Special Tribunal in Jammu and Kashmir.

PM dedicates Rs. 12,000 cr modernised & expanded Rourkela Steel Plant (UPDATED)
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today dedicated to the Nation, SAIL’s Modernised & Expanded Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in a glittering function attended by around one lakh enthusiastic citizens of Rourkela. The Prime Minster Modi in his address described Rourkela as the town which has given India the strength of steel. He went on to add that Rourkela Steel Plant plays a key role in the nation’s defence. The historic occasion on the auspicious ‘Utkal Diwas’ was witnessed by the Governor of Odisha Dr S C Jamir; Chief Minister of the State Naveen Patnaik; Union Minister for Steel & Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar; Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas (Independent Charge) Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State for Steel & Mines Vishnu Deo Sai, Secretary, Steel Sh. Rakesh Singh and Chairman, SAIL CS Verma, besides other dignitaries and senior officials from SAIL, central and state government. The modernisation and expansion programme of RSP implemented with an investment of around Rs 12,000 crores would not only more than double the plant’s hot metal capacity from 2.0 to 4.5 million tons per annum (MTPA) but would also usher in a new era of green and high quality steelmaking. Before the function, the PM visited the new 4.3 m wide Plate Mill installed under this Modernisation and Expansion program and showed keen interest in its operations and capabilities. The mill is designed to produce very high strength plates for strategic sectors like power, renewable energy, shipbuilding, defence, oil & gas etc. and would largely reduce the Nation’s dependence on imports of plates for these key sectors. This new mill would further add to RSP’s reputation as a manufacturer of high quality plates including those which have been used for the construction of the first indigenously built Air Craft Carrier, INS Vikrant. Union Minister for Steel & Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar restated the importance of the steel industry in realizing the dream of Make in India and the crucial role SAIL will play in reaching the Modernisation and Expansion goal of creating 300 MTPA steelmaking capacity in the country. The current program at RSP would provide an apt platform for its further capacity enhancement to 10 MTPA as part of SAIL’s plan to increase its capacity to 50 MTPA. Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik commended the contributions of Rourkela Steel Plant in the development of the state of Odisha and reminisced how RSP played a key role in transforming the entire region through its economic and CSR activities. He assured SAIL of all support for its ventures in Odisha.

1984 batch IAS officer is Chief Secretary of Tripura (UPDATED)
Yashpal Singh has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Tripura. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Singh joins ITBP (UPDATED)
A 1997 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Sanjay Singh today joined ITBP as DIG.

Manikkavel deputed as GM, CCIL (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs and Central Excise cadre, P Manikkavel has been deputed as General Manager (Customs) in Container Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), Chennai.

Sanjay Punglia posted as JCIT in PrCCIT office, Mumbai region (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Sanjay Punglia has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (JCIT) in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Mumbai region.

3 IRS-Customs officers posted as OSDs, CBEC (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been posted as OSD, CBEC. Accordingly, Ms Vijayrani S and Harsh Vardhan have been posted to Legal Cell, CBEC while Nalin Kumar was appointed to Drawback, CBEC.

Venkatesh takes over as Director (Ref), MRPL (UPDATED)
M Venkatesh, GGM, MRPL, has taken over the charge as Director (Refinery), Mangalore Refineries & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL).
(We said this on Sept 3, 2014)

P S R K Sastry joins as Director (Fin), NCL (UPDATED)
P S R K Sastry, GM, WCL, has assumed the charge as Director (Finance), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL).
(We said this on Sept 11, 2014)

Tarun Bajaj appointed as Joint Secretary, PMO (UPDATED)
Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Prime Minister's Office in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Debashree Mukherjee appointed as Joint Secretary, PMO (UPDATED)
Ms Debashree Mukherjee has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Prime Minister's Office in Government of India. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Umang Narula posted as CMD, ITDC (UPDATED)
Umang Narula has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), Ministry of Tourism. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Praveen Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Higher Education (UPDATED)
Praveen Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Suresh Kumar deputed as Joint Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Suresh Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Krishna Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce (UPDATED)
Krishna Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ms Achla Sinha appointed as Additional Secretary, CIC (UPDATED)
Ms Achla Sinha has been appointed as Additional Secretary (Joint Secretary level) in the office of Central Information Commission (CIC). She is a 1982 batch IRTS officer.

P K Sarangi deputed as Joint Secretary, Rural Development (UPDATED)
P K Sarangi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Hukum Singh Meena appointed as Joint Secretary, Land Resources (UPDATED)
Hukum Singh Meena has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Land Resources in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Manish Singh posted as Joint Secretary, Disinvestment (UPDATED)
Manish Singh has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Disinvestment in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Selva Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs (UPDATED)
Selva Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Raj Kumar deputed as Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs (UPDATED)
Raj Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Department of Economic Affairs in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Sunil Sharma posted as Joint Secretary, Health & Family Welfare (UPDATED)
Sunil Sharma has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IRPS officer.

Dr Sharmila Mary Joseph appointed as Member Secretary, NPPA (UPDATED)
Dr Sharmila Mary Joseph has been appointed as Member Secretary, National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA), Department of Pharmaceuticals. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

R P Gupta posted as Joint Secretary, Coal (UPDATED)
R P Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal in the Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Rajesh Sinha appointed as Joint Secretary, Coal (UPDATED)
Rajesh Sinha has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Coal in the Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Venkata Ramana Murthy appointed as Joint Secretary, Corporate Affairs (UPDATED)
Venkata Ramana Murthy has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IDAS officer.

Subhashish posted as Joint Secretary, Food & Public Distribution (UPDATED)
Subhashish Panda has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution in the Government of INdia. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Raja Sekhar Vundru appointed as DDG, UIDAI (UPDATED)
Raja Sekhar Vundru has been appointed as Deputy Director General, UIDAI in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Aditya Joshi appointed as Joint Secretary, Animal Husbandry (UPDATED)
Aditya Joshi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of MT cadre.

Sasidhar K Srinivas posted as Joint Secretary, Agriculture, Co-operation (UPDATED)
Sasidhar K Srinivas has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Manoj Kumar Dwivedi appointed as Joint Secretary, Food Processing (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing in the Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Ms Rashmi Saxena Sahni deputed as Joint Secretary, Women & Child Development (UPDATED)
Ms Rashmi Saxena Sahni has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development in the Government of India. She is a 1984 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Alka Tiwari appointed as Advisor, Niti Aayog (UPDATED)
Ms Alka Tiwari has been appointed as Advisor Niti Aayog in the Government of India. She is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

G C Murmu deputed as Joint Secretary, Expenditure (UPDATED)
G C Murmu has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure in the Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Peeyush Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Director Benefits Transfer (UPDATED)
Peeyush Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Direct Benefits Transfer in the Department of Expenditure in the Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Anu Garg deputed as Joint Secretary, Textiles (UPDATED)
Ms Anu Garg has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles in Government of India. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Post of Sanjeev Kumar Singla as PS to PM upgraded to JS level (UPDATED)
The post of Sanjeev Kumar Singla as Private Secretary to Prime Minister has been upgraded to Joint Secretary level. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer.

DEBATE

Debate - Future of AAP after internal bickerings ?

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) recent mammoth victory in Delhi was a super-landslide (the winning party securing 90 percent or more seats). Even the Congress which had the natural advantage of leading the freedom struggle successfully and had stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi could never achieve it in any general election despite dominating the political scene in the country post independence. The rise of the Aam Aadmi Party indicated that people once again saw politics as an act of faith and hope but given the bickerings among its leaders in too a short span, the question that now arises is that What is the future of AAP ?

Mail your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com and suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

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CORPORATE

Patel appointed Addl. Director, HDFC Bank Ltd
HDFC Bank Limited has appointed Malay Patel as an Additional Director of the Bank w.e.f. March 31, 2015

Jain appointed Non Exec. Director, PC Jeweller Ltd
PC Jeweller Limited has appointed Ms Kusum Jain as Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. March 31, 2015

Garodia appointed Director, Agri-Tech (India) Ltd
Agri-Tech (India) Limited has appointed Ms Sweta Garodia as Director of the company

Shankar appointed Independent Director, Essar Oil Ltd
Essar Oil Limited has appointed Ms Rugmani Shankar as an Independent Director of the company w.e.f. March 31, 2015.

Venkatesan resigns as Independent Director, Essar Oil Ltd
S V Venkatesan has resigned as Independent Director of Essar Oil Limited

Khaitan designated Chairman, Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd
Mcnally Bharat Engineering Company Limited has designated Aditya Khaitan as Chairman of the company with immediate effect

Patwardhan appointed CEO & CFO, BF Investment Ltd
BF Investment Limited has appointed J G Patwardhan, as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the company

Ms. Ruparel appointed Women Independent Director, Omaxe Ltd
Omaxe Limited has appointed Ms Padmaja Ruparel as Women Independent Director of the company.

Ms. Thakur appointed Woman Director, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd
Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited has appointed Ms Bhavna Thakur as Woman Director of the company.

Ms. Kapur appointed Addl. Director, Selan Exploration Technology Ltd
Selan Exploration Technology Limited has appointed Ms Rohini Kapur as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. March 31, 2015

Ms. Mukhopadhyay appointed Woman Director, Century Extrusions Ltd
Century Extrusions Limited has appointed Ms Suhita Mukhopadhyay as a Woman Director of the company.

Ms. John appointed Independent Director, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd
GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited has appointed Ms Santha K John as an Independent Director of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

AAP's selfless volunteers or divine power nothing happened and AAP remained united. No doubt as rightly pointed out by Mr.Yogendra Yadav, the outgoing PAC member, Mr.Arvind Kejriwal is icon of change and the deliberations in a free and fair manner is not a crisis but an opportunity to address the shortcomings. A sea of people assembled in front of venue of AAP's NEC meeting and their passionate appeal to AAP leaders was categorical that they want united AAP. This bottom up phenomena is unique in Indian politics. Let us not forget that after 16 the Lok Sabha election, BJP, considered to be a cadre based party and party with a difference also undertook a similar exercise and had totally sidelined its senior leaders and rejiged its decision making body to suite its leader. More than the composition of PAC or NE the bigger challenge before AAP and .Arvind Kejriwal is how they are going to implement its poll promises finalized through the Delhi dialogue initiative and the entire Nation is eagerly watching on how AAP is going to perform from the governance angle. If they fail then even if the leaders are united the volunteers will disperse.

E Krishnadas

"Curtail foreign jaunts , Mr Prime Minister "

Our peripatetic Prime Minister has a very busy diplomatic calendar. The fast and furious pace of his international visits, gives the impression that MEA's role is being gradually diluted. At least, so it seems. There has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of PM's foreign visits. Why does he not share the responsibilities with his foreign ministers? Sample these. After assuming office on May 26, 2014, the PM visited Australia, Bhutan, Brazil, Fiji, Japan,, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sri anka, the United States and Nepal. During first quarter of 2015, he visited Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and ,of late, Singapore. Future visits ; April 2015 ( France, Germany, Canada); May (China); second half of 2015 ( Russia, Singapore, Turkey and Russia again on state visit. Domestic concerns like : growing inflation , corruption, poverty, illiteracy, over-population, communalism have been crying for PM's attention.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Lobbying for CEO selection in PSU's through PESB.

To cover up scams in PSU's certain ministries are pushing corrupted candidates for CEO's through PESB. One Director of Maharatna PSU is already decided for CEO position of Hyderabad based mineral development corporation. This is what happening. It may be seen only certain regional persons are occupying the coveted positions of Mahartna, Navaratna & Mini ratna PSU,s. It is very shameful. It is one type of scam gate. there should be total revamping of ministries like steel, coal, petroleum, power, railways and PESB. some CEO's are trying for extensions to cover up their corrupt deeds. PM should look into it.

Venkit

Chaos in CGHS


I quite agree with the views of ML Chauhan on CGHS. As a welfare measure Government should take care of its employees in old age after rendering long service by way of ensuring health care without hassles. What is the use of giving additional pension when what is required is proper healthcare and not money.

Rajeshwar Dayal

Govt not bothered about pensioners

Govt is not bothered about pensioners at all , forgot CGHS special benefit even for physically challenged person and serious patients whose children are away from them or not in delhi. every sarkar is the same, there are there to get from u not to give , otherwise what is there use in power. modi, kajriwal are all same one is attha and the other nella?

Ravinder Kumar

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