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Modi's body language - an indicator
Whispers had said last week that PM Narendra Modi will emerge with "New Avatar" after his return from foreign visit. One can see his body language and watch his "real" politics and governance in the coming two months.


BJP out to show secular face
In a bid to show its secular face, BJP is a1l set to bring in some Muslim faces.


Proposal to appoint professional in each ministry?
Grapevine has it that, besides a Secretary, there is a proposal to appoint a professional in each ministry.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Tapan Ray be DG, Acquisition in MoD?
Name of Tapan Ray has started doing the rounds for the post of DG, Acquisition in the Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.


DG Acquisition to move ?
There are strong rumours that DG, Acquisition in the Ministry of Defence, Dr BS Sihag is moving. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.


No ECs in ECI
After the elevation of SN Zaidi as CEC, now Election Commission of India is without election commissioners. ECI has now two vacant ECs post.


Three Jt CP posts vacant in DP
If sources are to be believed, three Joint CP level posts -Traffic, Police headquarters and then New Delhi range -are vacant in Delhi police. New postings are expected in a couple of days.


Ms Reena Garg posted as Principal Director, Western Region
Ms Reena Garg, Principal Director, Regional Training Institute, Allahabad, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director (Western Region) in this office against, Allahabad. He is a 1995 batch IA&AS officer.

Ms Rashmi Goel repatriated to parent cadre
Ms Rashmi Goel, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been given premature repatriation to parent cadre. She is a 1983 batch IRAS officer.


Search for next UGC Chairman begins
Search for the next Chairman of UGC has reportedly begun.


MH Khan to return to Manipur
M H Khan, who was on inter-cadre deputation to Uttarakhand is returning to parent Manipur cadre. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer.


Orders of AK Srinivasan as Director (Fin), ONGC soon
The orders for appointment of AK Srinivasan, ED, ONGC, as Director (Finance), ONGC Limited are expected to be issued soon by Government of India. However, a vacancy of this post is arising onMay 1, 2015.


Who will be next Director (Engineering, Research & Development) of BHEL?
Who will replace Director (Engineering, Research & Development) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), TN Veeraraghavan? There are reportedly 10 to 12 strong contenders for the post falling vacant in June this year.


PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), NJMC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Finance), National Jute Manufacturing Corporation Limited (NJMC) fell vacant on January 16, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before June 1, 2015.


Orders of Ms Nirja Saraf for CMD, HDPEL yet to come
The orders for appointment of Ms Nirja Saraf, CS & GM, Braithwaite, as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Hoogly Dock & Port Engineers Limited (HDPEL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post of regular CMD has been lying vacant since September 13, 2014.


PK Bhagat appointed GM of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.
PK Bhagat, first Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Health Insurance TPA (third-party administrator) of India, has been appointed General Manager of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.


MN Sarma appointed MD,CEO of Health Insurance TPA
MN Sarma, General Manager of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. has been appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Health Insurance TPA (third-party administrator) of India.


Three MP IAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three 1997 batch IAS officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre Manish Singh, Sukh Veer Singh, Gulshan Bamra have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India.


14 candidates shortlisted for Member (Non-life) of IRDAI
As many as 14 candidates have been shortlisted for the post of Member (Non-life) in the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). Most of those shortlisted are General Managers in Public Sector Non Life Insurance companies.


Dr Md. Aleem transferred to Doha
Indian Foreign Service officer, Dr Md Aleem has been transferred to Doha (B) in place of Ms Suman Sharma.


CSS officers demand parity with IAS, other services
The officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have demanded parity in pay/salary, promotion and perks with IAS and other services.


Sunil Kumar Das empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sunil Kumar Das has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRS-C&CE officer.


Harendra Singh appointed Director, GPO Delhi
Harendra Singh has been posted as Director, New Delhi, GPO, Delhi circle in place of Ashok Kumar.


Jaswal moves to South Bengal Frontier in BSF
R P S Jaswal DIG (G) Punjab Frontier in BSF has been moved to South Bengal Frontier.


Kataria to be Spokesman of BSF
R S Kataria DIG Jammu Frontier in BSF will now be Spokesman of the BSF.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Odisha
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Odisha. Accordingly, Taradatt has been posted as Chief Administrator KBK with additional charge of Gopabandhu Academy of Administration while Asit Tripathy was posted as Secretary of Home department with additional charge of employment training and technical education and G V V Sharma is principal secretary of general administration with additional charge of special relief commissioner (SRC). Similarly, C J Venugopal has been transferred and posted as the principal secretary of science and technology department; Mona Shama as principal secretary revenue and disaster management department with additional charge of Managing Director of OSDMA (Odisha State Disaster Management Authority; D N Gupta as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO); Pradeep Jena gets additional charge of Information Technology; Manoj Ahuja also gets additional charge of Administrative Reforms; Nitin Chandra as the new Commercial Tax Commissioner; Chandra Sekhar Kumar as Transport Commissioner and Sanjay Kumar Singh was made revenue divisional commissioner (RDC) southern division.

Woman DIG joins BSF (UPDATED)

Satvinder Atwal Trivedi ,a 1997 batch IPS officer of HP cadre has joined BSF as DIG. She is the first woman IPS who has been posted in BSF.

Murmu Joins GoI (UPDATED)
G C Murmu has joined the Government of India on Tuesday as Joint Secretary Expenditure. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ajay Bhadoo also gets charge as PS (I/C) in Gujarat (UPDATED)
Ajay Bhadoo who is an IAS officer of 1999 batch of Gujarat cadre, presently Secretary to Chief Minister of Gujarat, has been given charge of Principal Secretary, Information and Broadcasting (I/C) Department. Bhadoo has replaced G C Murmu who has joined Government of India as Joint Secretary Expenditure.

Krishna Gopal Goyal appointed as Joint Director, Enforcement (UPDATED)
Krishna Gopal Goyal has been appointed as Joint Director of Enforcement under the Ministry of Finance on deputation basis for a period of four years. He is an IRS-IT officer.

(We said this on Sep 8, 2014)

Dr C B Sharma appointed as Chairman, National Open School (UPDATED)
Dr Chandra B Sharma, Professor, IGNOU, has been appointed as Chairman, National Open School.
(We said this on March 23, 2015)

Ravi Kant Gupta promoted as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (UPDATED)
Ravi Kant Gupta has been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Ashokan, Dy Commissioner, Central Excise convicted for disproportionate assets (UPDATED)
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has convicted A Ashokan then Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced him to undergo 3 years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 50,000/-. The Court has also ordered for confiscation of disproportionate assets of Rs. 12,72,961/- to the State.

Premanand Das promoted to Chief Commissioner of Customs grade (UPDATED)
Premanand Das has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise (HAG). He is a 1979 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

L B Yadav appointed as Director, CBEC (UPDATED)
L B Yadav has been appointed as Director (CX. 3&9) in the Central Board of Excise & Customs under the Department of Revenue. He is a 1997 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Rajendra Kumar posted as Director, CBEC (UPDATED)
Rajendra Kumar has been appointed as Director (Legal) in Central Board of Excise & Customs under the Department of Revenue. He is a 1994 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

M G Thamizh Valvan posted as Director, CBEC (UPDATED)
M G Thamizh Valvan has been appointed as Director (Anti-Smuggling) in Central Board of Excise & Customs under the Department of Revenue. He is a 1996 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Rohit Singhal posted as Director, CBEC (UPDATED)
Rohit Singhal has been appointed as Director (Review) in Central Board of Excise & Customs under the Department of Revenue. He is a 2002 batch IRS-C&CE 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

HUDCO registers excellent performance
Housing & Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO), the premier techno-financing CPSE under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, has completed yet another successful year in the service of the nation. CMD, Dr M Ravi Kanth informed that for the financial year 2014-15, HUDCO has posted an impressive Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 777 crores (provisional) as against Rs. 726.34 crores during FY2013-14 with 6.97% increase over last year. The total Sanctions for the year have also been 31% higher with total sanction of Rs. 21094 crore against the MoU target of Rs.16100 crores. In respect of disbursements, a total amount of Rs 8100 crore has been disbursed against the target of Rs 7300 crore registering 111%. With this, the cumulative disbursement has crossed One lakh crore rupees and it is a major mile stone. A total of 4.86 lakh residential units have been sanctioned for various sections of the society, against the annual target of 4.23 lakh units for the year 2014-15. The major schemes sanctioned for housing cover the Lohia Awas Yojana in Uttar Pradesh for 60,000 houses, Atal Aashray Awas Yojana in Madhya Pradesh for 1 lakh houses, additional loan assistance for IAY beneficiaries in Kerala for 1,49,700 families and rehabilitation and resettlement of project affected/displaced families of Upper Krishna project in Karnataka for 50,832 families. A housing scheme for weaker sections in Vadodara for 6096 houses has also been sanctioned. Further, 9 housing projects for a total of 20,158 units in 9 district panchayats of Rajasthan have also been sanctioned. In the field of urban infrastructure projects, HUDCO has sanctioned a total of 121 projects for a total loan amount of 14,426 crore covering utility, social and commercial infrastructure. Some of the major infrastructure projects sanctioned, include state water grid for Telangana State (Rs 2500 crore), land acquisition and development for information technology investment region in Karnataka (Rs 1000 crore), land acquisition and infrastructure development for the Naya Raipur (Rs 750 crore), and improvement of State Highways in Uttar Pradesh (Rs 1090 crore). During 2014-15, HUDCO moblized total resources aggregating to Rs. 5074.37 crore at a weighted average borrowing cost of 8.18% (i.e. 38 bps above 10 yr. G.Sec. as on 31.03.2015). In the financial year 2014-15, HUDCO has sanctioned two schemes in the State of Uttarakhand for HUDCO KfW grant of Rs. 138.00 lacs and Rs. 17.50 lacs has been released under Model Village / Basti Scheme. With a view to mobilise a culture of Innovation and continued focus in rolling out innovative products, there is an effort to sensitize the employees at all levels, with the organization and the employee training forums are converged towards reaching this objective. For the MoU signed by HUDCO with MoHUPA for the year 2014-15, HUDCO's internal assessment shows that HUDCO is expected to achieve 'Excellent' rating in 27 of the total 28 MoU parameters in 2014-15. Thus, overall HUDCO is expected to achieve 'Excellent' MoU rating for the year 2014-15.

Ms Maheshwari appointed Independent Director, Refex Industries Ltd
Refex Industries Limited has appointed Ms R Maheshwari as Independent Director of the company

Harshad Shah resigns as Chairman, Dynamic Microsteppers Ltd
Harshad Shah has resigned as Chairman of Dynamic Microsteppers Ltd

Ashwin Shah appointed Chairman, Dynamic Microsteppers Ltd
Ashwin Shah has been appointed as the Chairman of Dynamic Microsteppers Ltd

Vatkar appointed MD, HIL Ltd
HIL Limited has appointed Prashant Vishnu Vatkar as Managing Director of the company

Sharma appointed CFO, Arcotech Ltd
Arcotech Limited has appointed Amit Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company

Jatia resigns as Non Exec. Promotor Director, Asian Hotels (North) Ltd
Ms Archana Jatia has resigned as Non-Executive Promoter Director of Asian Hotels (North) Limited

Das appointed Independent Non Exec. Director, Jackson Investments Ltd
Jackson Investments Ltd has appointed Alok Kumar Das as Independent Non-Executive Director of the company

Mukati appointed Independent Director, Electrotherm (India) Ltd
Electrotherm (India) Limited has appointed Ms Nita Harish Mukati as an Additional and Independent Director of the company

Two Addl. directors appointed on Board of Beckons Industries Ltd
Beckons Industries Ltd has appointed Kamaljit Singh and Manjinder Pal Singh as the Additional Directors of the company.

Vala resigns as CS, of Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd
Haresh Vala has resigned as Company Secretary of Ess Dee Aluminium Limited

Ruia resigns as CFO, Agro Tech Foods Ltd
Hemant Kumar Ruia has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Agro Tech Foods Limited

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DEBATE(1)



On this subject I recollect an old adage which elucidates thus :-
"Any meteoric rise invariably has a meteoric fall". I certainly do not desire to propound pessimism but am merely pondering perilously.

T Correya


One IFS must in PMO

PMO should also have one Indian Forest Service Officer because they are very well versed with ground realities. Such an officer will be of great help to PMO in infrastructure growth.

Pratima


Next number

Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya varna aadmi to the hum bhi kaam ke. Next number might be of Harjot Kaur, an Indian Postal Service officer.

RP Batra


Population policy

I am glad to see the concern, but no political party, ruling, opposition or so called coalitions will ever touch or tackle this important and sensitive topic for fear of losing their respective vote banks, but until a coherent population policy is in place, even the big achievements expected of Modi government will evaporate in thin area because of ongoing unchecked population explosion

Vinod Sachdeva


Good governance

The reckless introduction of changes in IT return forms and Govt's hasty retreat after huge protests, is proof that the bureaucracy is still going about its job in an indifferent manner without much thought. It demonstrates that it is oblivious to the need for making sensible changes to existing procedures to make them simpler and not more complex. Unless the bureaucrats at topmost levels who are responsible for the unforgivable lapse are shown the door - to set an example, things will never change and Good Governance will just be a dream.

Manu Ashar


No news on ICAS

Whisper never brings out any news regarding Indian Cost Accounting Service. For example 1991 and 1992 Batch have been given NFU on March 31, 2015 for Advisor Cost Grade Pay of 10,000 almost late by two years.

JK Teotia

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