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Vikram S. Meena, MMTC

BUREAUCRACY

Extension period of ambassadors being curtailed?
Whispers in the corridors of power have it that the extension period of all ambassadors is going to be curtailed.

10 IRS-C&CE officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 10 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers of 1986 batch belonging to Customs and Central Excise (C&CE) cadre have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are Banibrata Bhattacharya, Reena Arya, Om Prakash Dadhich, Sangita Sharma, Sunil Kumar Das, P Venkatrama Reddy, A K Jyotishi, Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, S N Saha, Rakesh Kumar Sharma-II.

13 IRS-C&CE officers of 1987 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 13 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers of 1987 batch belonging to Customs and Central Excise (C&CE) cadre have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Sandeep Kumar, Balesh Kumar, Ashok Kumar Mehta, Sailaja Ray Baruah, Bharti S Chavan, Gollamudi Venkata Krishna Rao, Vasa Sesha Giri Rao, Naresh Penumaka, Vinod Kumar Saxena, Himanshu Gupta, Bodduluri Hare Ram, Suchitra Sharma and Rajpal Sharma.

3 IRSE officers of 1983 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officers of 1983 batch have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Mohan Lal, Kishan Ram Meena and Om Prakash Singh.

11 IA&AS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 11 officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA &AS) of 1994 batch have been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Purna Chandra Majhi, R Ambalavanan, Longjam Siddharth Singh, Khalid Bin Jamal, Ms Reena Saha, Ms Parama Sen, Ashutosh Joshi, Partha Sarathi Das, Ms Chodagam Sailaja, Ms Varsha Tiwary and Ms Rashmi Aggarwal.

3 IRSSE officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three officers of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) of 1984 batch have been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level post in Government of India. The officers are: Shrikant Singh, S K Biswas and R Bhaskaran.

2 IRSSE officers of 1983 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two officers of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSEE) of 1983 batch, Sunil Gupta and Mohan Chalamalasetty have been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level post in Government of India.

Siddharth Jhawar appointed OSD to Jayant Sinha
Siddharth Jhawar has been appointed Officer on Special Duty to Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance at Director level for a period of five years. He is a private person.

Post of Sibabrata Tripathi upgraded to Secretary (Spl Assignment) in MEA
Sibabrata Tripathi's post as Grade-1 has been upgraded to Secretary (Special Assignment) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is a 1979 batch IFS officer.

Busi Sam Bob promoted to CS grade in AP
Busi Sam Bob has been promoted to Chief Secretary grade in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Pankaj Kumar Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Pankaj Kumar Singh has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level post in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Muktesh Chander empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Muktesh Chander has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level post in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Rajneesh Seth empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rajneesh Seth has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level post in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Arun Kumar Jha appointed CEO, KVIC
Arun Kumar Jha has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Joint Secretary level in Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises. He is a 1985 batch IES officer.

Ms Rajalakshmi Devaraj appointed Director, EMC
Ms Rajalakshmi Devaraj has been appointed Director in the Expenditure Management Commission (EMC), Department of Expenditure. She is a 1998 batch IDAS officer.

Krishna Bahadur Singh appointed Director, W & CD
Krishna Bahadur Singh has been appointed Director in Ministry of Women & Child Development, Delhi. He is a 1995 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Shailesh Kumar appointed CVO, SAIL
Shailesh Kumar Singh has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), New Delhi. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Sanjiv Swarup deputed as CVO, NBCC
Sanjiv Swarup has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), Delhi. He is a 1982 batch IRSEE Officer.

S K Satapathy appointed CVO, DDA
S K Satapathy has been appointed Chief Vigilance Officer in Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi under Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Mahavir Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Mahavir Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Lata Shukla is also Development Commissioner, Navi Mumbai, SEZ
Ms Lata Shukla has been entrusted with additional charge of Development Commissioner, Navi Mumbai SEZ. She is a 1986 batch ITS officer.

Ms Manisha Panwar gets premature repatriation to parent cadre
Ms Manisha Prasad Panwar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development, has been accorded premature repatriation to her parent cadre. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Shailendra Kumar Dwivedi is also DPS, Jharkhand circle
Shailendra Kumar Dwivedi, Director (Rural Business & Planning), Postal Directorate, has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Postal Service (DPS) (HQ), Jharkhand circle.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 20 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Sulkhan Singh has been posted as DG, Training while Surya Kumar will now be DG, Telecommunications and Devendra Singh Chauhan is ADG, Jail. Similarly, Dawa Sherpa has been appoitned as IG, Railway; L V Antony Dev Kumar as IG, PTS; Mohit Agrawal as IG, UP Police recruitment and promotion board; Syed Wasim Ahamed as DIG, Basti; Laxmi Narayan as DIG, PAC PHQ; Rakesh Chanra Sahu as SP, Training and Security; Ram Pratap Singh as SP, Cooperative Cell; Pratip Kumar Mishra as Commmandant, 34th Battalion PAC, Varanasi; Shagun Gautam as Commandant, 49 th Battalion, Gautambuddhanagar; Sanjiv Tyagi as Commandant 15 th Battalion PAC, Agra; Ms Pushpanjali as SP, Intelligence; Ravishankar Chhavi as Commandant, 2Bt, PAC, Sitapur; Sabharaj as SP, Kanpur Dehat;, Bharat Singh as SP, Jaunpur; Dinesh Kumar shifted to DGP office, PHQ; Vajih Ahmad as to DGP office, PHQ and Abhishek Singh was posted as SP, Moradabad.

Commodore Munjal takes charge as Station Commander Delhi Area (UPDATED)
Commodore Balbir Kumar Munjal, VSM has taken over the Command of INS India and Station Commander Delhi Area from Commodore Vijesh Kumar Garg, VSM. He was commissioned into Indian Navy in 1986.

Commodore Garg appointed as DDG, NCC, Pudduchery (UPDATED)
Commodore Garg has been appointed as Deputy Director General, NCC for Tamil Nadu, Pudduchery, Andaman & Nicobar. He was commissioned into Indian Navy in 1986.

Dhawan posted as JGM, IRTC in New Delhi (UPDATED)
Rajesh Dhawan has been posted as JGM (RAil Neer), IRTC, New Delhi on deputation for a period of three years. He is an IRSME 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

(NB : Please be precise and specific as too long comments lose the gravity of discussion)

CORPORATE

Sant resigns as CS, Mercator Ltd
Ms Amruta Sant, Company Secretary of Mercator Limited has resigned w.e.f. April 10, 2015

Hinduja appointed Director, Hinduja Finance Ltd
Ashok P Hinduja has been appointed Additional Director of Hinduja Finance Ltd.

Vohra appointed Independent Director, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd has appointed Pravir Kumar Vohra as its Independent Director w.e.f. April 10, 2015.

Kaura appointed Director, Samtel Color Ltd
Samtel Color Limited has appointed Ms Alka Kaura as Director of the company w.e.f. March 30, 2015.

Kumar appointed Director (Commercial & Ops), PTC India Ltd
PTC India Limited has appointed Ajit Kumar as Director (Commercial and Operations) of the company w.e.f. April 2, 2015.

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Imaginary Interview with Arnab Goswami

Starbucks at Juhu has a charm of its own. ..I go in and after ordering my morning fix look for a table in the corner .... Lo and behold in one corner buried in his coffee is King of TRP Arnab 'let me get specific ' Goswami. Quietly I take a seat on an adjacent table. When he lifts his head to take a sip.......

Me: Arnab, Good Morning.
Arnab: What's so damn good about the morning ....? It's a mean bad world....
Me: Woa. .. Hold on.....you sound like you just lost the lottery by a single digit.
Arnab: Gawd..... worse ...... see my glass.... what is written... < holds up glass and I read it and in bold ... Presstitute >.... that girl literally thought this was my name
Me: When a general with a chest full of medals calls you a Presstitute ... it sticks....
But this is a very old word.... recently it was used by Katju. .. No one lost sleep... so now why are you????
Arnab: He named me in a tweet ...... meri to waat lagh gayi....
Me: Calm down..... Talk to him.... try to get him to make amends ....
Arnab: Na..... I need something via which I can recoup my image in public.
Me: Get the General on your show... and call Ketkar, Jha, Saba Naqvi, and Hartosh... why even call Hillali from Pakistan and gang up on him ...like you often do!!!
Arnab: Yaar the guy is a Fauji .... You think he can get browbeaten.... he will in fact get into a bigger kickass mood.

Me: Do a one-on-one interview with him..... Unless he does to you what Raj Thackeray did to you..... Looked as if you had peed in your pants.
Arnab: I know .... Many told me about how petrified I looked. ... Why not I get a few Generals who do not see eye-to -eye with VK Singh and get them to debate on TV.
Me: Arnab it's General VK Singh.... if personally you do not respect him but you have to respect his stature and the medals on his chest .... and no General will be willing to do this.
Arnab: What about me..... I am The Arnab Goswami .... He should address me as Sir... or Mr. Goswami
Me: Listen.... these hyped TRPs are giving quite a few bloated egos.... I am sure if a TV debate is done on TRP and Sardesai couple. .. Barkah etc. are called..... You guys would tear into each other and puncture each other's TRP egos.
Arnab: I am The Arnab... don't you see how politicians cower to me on The News Hour... how I insult them....
Me: My friend now you will see a change.... the General has changed this.... so be careful.... by the way why do you shout so much on the News Hour... people call it the Noise Hour.
Arnab: Yaar I am hard of hearing.... don't you see the earpiece when I am on TV...
Me: Smart boy.... you think I do not know what that earpiece is for... I think you shout and scream as you felt viewers liked it.... they felt you were doing what they wanted to do to the Netas.
Arnab: Chalo have to go to Studio at Lower Parel and then to Nariman Point....
Me: Listen you know that banner on the side of Pizza on the Bay on Marine Drive.... close your eyes when you come near it...and keep eyes closed till you don't pass it.
Arnab: Why..... It's always bang on...

Me: Today it's. ... Reputation lost ... all is lost.
Arnab literally runs out crying

Disclaimer... its Satire.... no intention to show Starbucks negatively.... I love Starbucks

VJS

DEBATE (1)
I totally agree with the sane views expressed by a reader in this column about the tussle in AAP. One must not forget the fact that knives are out to destroy this fledgling party of people with integrity and social commitment because this party is a big challenge to the established political parties including the national parties. Various forces including the media want to raise the issue of revolt to embarrass the AAP and its government in Delhi. Howsoever tall and famous a leader is, it was suicidal to run down the party and its leader and openly canvass to defeat it in the elections and try to stop its fund collection move! How can such people escape disciplinary action for anti-party activities? The Delhi CM is in the right track and no one can stop him in his governance. People have reposed absolute faith in the Delhi CM and his Government despite the media massacre.
N K Pushpakaran

Misuse of office vehicles
There is no end of misuse of vehicles in the Income Tax department all over India. Who will bell the cat and correct this gross abuse of power and public resources and tax payer's money.
Sharma

No response of transfer orders of AAI
You can stop your transfer if you have strong approach or you have to go. Chairman of AAI should be strict in this matter.
Goyal

AERA secretary misusing power
Chairman of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) of India have to check working policy of Secretary, AERA and control him. Secretary misuses his power.
Mukul

"Achhey Din for Public Servants "
Under garb of improving business environment, FM Arun Jaitley has hinted on diluting Prevention of Corruption Act by making a subtle distinction between "corruption" and "error". Basis: Law Commission's Report. Differentiating "error" from "corruption" will be fraught with subjectivity and discretion. All acts of omission and commission by the worthy decision makers would pass off as "error of judgment". Will this not weaken Prosecution's case in the court, one wonders? No punishment for quid pro quo deals between the Public servants and Private players. Those caught red-handed, alone, could be booked. Corruption will be re-defined in Rule books. Bribery will be legitimized through backdoor. It is now clear, why was the ruling dispensation going slow on pursuing cases against scamsters of UPA era, breaking its poll promises.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

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