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Which minister is the closest to the PM ?
Which minister is the closest to Prime Minister Narendra Modi? Insiders say Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu.


Major appointments in two months ?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after his successful foreign visit is a changed man now. If sources are to be believed, all major vacancies in the EC, CVC, IC and
UPSC are going to be filled up by June.


Toughest job in GoI is with the Ministry of I & B !
In a high-profile party one significant comment was heard "Toughest job in this government is with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting". Is it a fact ?

BUREAUCRACY

Five secretaries in GoI retiring in April
Five secretaries of 1979 batch and 1978 IAS batch are retiring in April, 2015. They are Mssrs Saurabh Chandra, Petroleum, Ravindra Singh, Culture, Ms Sneh Lata Kumar, Border Management, Hrusikesh Panda, Tribal Affairs and H K Dash, Inter-State Secreteriat Council.


SC Khuntia to move from Petroleum Ministry
Chances of SC Khuntia taking over as Secretary, Petroleum have now receded. Reason- Special Secretary, Petroleum, Khuntia and Petroleum Minister D Pradhan both hail from Odisha.


Who will head NHRC?
KG Balkrishnan, Chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is going to retire in May and guess work is going on for the new head. There are chances that it may remain headless for some time as proposal of Justice P Sathasivam has reportedly run into rough weather.

Interview for Bank CMDs next month
Interview for Bank CMDs opened for private sector will be held in May. Meanwhile, interview of EDs have been delayed by a couple of months.


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


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


Dr Satbir Silas Bedi leads CBSE exams successfully
All major exams of CBSE have been successfully conducted by Dr Satbir Silas Bedi (IAS), interim Chairperson, CBSE and Joint Secretary, HRD. The Ministry may continue her for some more time till a regular Chairman is appointed. She is a 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.


Padamveer Singh gets assignment in Madhya Pradesh
Former Director of LBSNAA, Padamveer Singh has been appointed DG of Atal Behari Bajpai Institute of Good Governance in Bhopal. He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


Special package limit extended
Govt of India has extended the package of concessions/incentives to central government employees working in Kashmir Valley for a period of two more years from January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015.The package is uniformly applicable to employees of all attached/ subordinate offices or PSUs falling under the control of central govt.


Ms Thakur appointed as Principal Director, Union Accounts, CAG office, Delhi
Ms Debolina Thakur has been posted as Principal Director (Union Accounts), in CAG office, New Delhi. She is a 1998 batch IA&AS officer.


PESB seeks applications for Director (OU), BEL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has sought applications for the post of Director (Other Units), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) falling vacant on May 1, 2015. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before June 24, 2015.


Aanad Swarup posted as Director, ITBP Training School
After joining ITBP as IG, Aanad Swarup has been posted as Director, ITBP Training School, Masoori. He is an IPS officer of 1992 batch who belongs to UP cadre.


Principal Secretary in Tripura government resigns
Principal Secretary (apex scale) under the Tripura government, V K Bahuguna has resigned. He is a former IFS officer.


George Tharakan appointed Director, Thiruvananthapuram airport
George G Tharakan, Joint General Manager (EE), Port Blair, has been appointed Director, Thiruvananthapuram international airport.


K Janardhan posted as Director, Kozhikode airport
K Janardhan, Joint General Manager, ATC, Guwahati, has been appointed Director, Kozhikode international airport.


Ms Anita Shukla shifted to Dublin
Indian Foreign Service officer, Ms Anita Shukla has been transferred to Dublin (A) in place of Partha Ray.


PESB invites application for Director (Technical), NEEPCO
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Technical), North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO), falling vacant on March 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before May 26, 2015.


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


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


Sujit Gulati to return to his parent cadre
The tenure of Sujit Gulati as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, is coming to an end in April 2015. He is expected to return to his parent cadre. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.


Premanand Das promoted to Chief Commissioner of Customs grade
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
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
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
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
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.

CBEC in a daze (UPDATED)
The Agony of Promotions in CBEC knows no end. Firstly, file of promotions to Commissioner was delayed by 1 year. Members' elevation to CBEC are still in limbo and to add further insult to injury, the recent promotions to Principal Commissioner have put in another nail in the proverbial Coffin. The proforma accompanying the proposal for ACC was filled up incorrectly in CBEC, with the result, names of 28 or so senior Commissioners were overlooked and thus denied promotion. Considering that it was a NFSG promotion, where one is fit or fit, it was amazing that elementary precaution was not taken in the proposal sent to ACC. Insiders however are not surprised considering the slew of recent mishaps in the Revenue Department.

B Pradhan deputed as Joint Secretary, NDMA (UPDATED)
B Pradhan has been appointed as Advisor at Joint Secretary level, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rakesh Sureshbhai Desai appointed as Director, CVC (UPDATED)
Rakesh Sureshbhai Desai has been appointed as Director in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Delhi.He is a 1996 batch ITS officer.

NBCC launches re-designed website (UPDATED)
Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and S K Pal, Director (Finance), have jointly launched the Company's redesigned website at a small function held at the Corporate Office recently. On this occasion, all the Senior Executives of the Company were present. The complete website has been redesigned in-house.

Rajiv Ranjan Verma appointed as DG, RPF (UPDATED)
Rajiv Ranjan Verma has been appointed as Director General, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Railway Board. He is a 1978 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on April 6,2015)

TRIFED wins DoPT's National Award for Excellence in Training (UPDATED)
The Inter-State Cooperative entity TRIFED, under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, has bagged DoPT's National Award for Excellence in Training for the Year 2015. TRIFED's entry captioned "Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Skill Development and Capacity Building of Minor Forest Produce Gatherers Training Programmes" was adjudged second, behind the high-tech ISRO, among the 50 contenders from all over the country by an independent jury. TRIFED is currently headed by K B S Sidhu, a Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1984 batch, in the rank and status of an Additional Secretary to Government of India, currently on Central Deputation. TRIFED exhibited a five-fold increase in the number of trainees under Sidhu's stewardship. The outcomes were also found to be sustainable and lead to a lasting increase in the incomes of the Tribals trained.

Two IAS officers shifted in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar has been appointed as Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Food & Supplies and CMD, DSCSC while S S Yadav was made CEO, DJB in Delhi Government.

PRO of Defence Ministry dies in road accident (UPDATED)
The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Defence in Chennai, Natesan Andavan passed away this morning, succumbing to a grievous injury he had suffered in a road accident on Monday. He was 52. Andavan is survived by his wife Mrs S Joy, a News Editor with All India Radio, Chennai, a son and a daughter. The Defence Secretary, RK Mathur and the Director General (Media and Communication), Sitanshu Kar have offered condolences at the tragic passing away of Andavan.

Dadoo empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Jitendra Kumar Dadoo has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Meena empanelled for Additional Secretary equivalent posts in GoI (UPDATED)
Madan Lal Meena has been empanelled for Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Gajendra Bhujabal empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Gajendra Bhujabal has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IES officer.

Ms Preeti Madan empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Preeti Madan has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. She is a 1981 batch IES officer.

Ms Madhu Mahajan empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Madhu Mahajan has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. She is a 1982 batch IRS-IT officer.

Prasana Kumar Dash empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Prasana Kumar Dash has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IRS-IT officer.

Mrs Veena Prasad empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Mrs Veena Prasad has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. She is a 1982 batch IDAS officer.

BSNL's Sub Divisional Engineer convicted (UPDATED)
The Special Judge, CBI Cases, Panchkula (Haryana) has convicted Naresh Pal Singh, then Sub Divisional Engineer(Civil), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd(BSNL), Faridabad(Haryana) in a bribery case for three years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs 30, 000.

Amrit Mohan Prasad inducted as Joint Director, CBI (UPDATED)
Amrit Mohan Prasad has been inducted in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as Joint Director. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.

(We said this on March 24,2015)

A K Sharma inducted as Joint Director, CBI (UPDATED)
A K Sharma has been inducted in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as Joint Director. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

(We said this on March 24,2015)

Tenure of Keshav Kumar as Joint Director, CBI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Keshav Kumar as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto January 1, 2016. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Tenure of Prabodh Kumar as Joint Director, CBI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Prabodh Kumar as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto January 11, 2016. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Tenure of R P Agrawal as Joint Director, CBI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of R P Agrawal as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto January 27, 2016. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Tenure of Sunil Kumar Jha as Joint Director, CBI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Sunil Kumar Jha as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto April 25, 2016. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tenure of Arunachalam as Joint Director, CBI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of S Arunachalam as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto June 30, 2015. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Tenure of Rajeev Sharma as Joint Director, CBI extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Rajeev Sharma as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto June 30, 2015. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Alok Mohan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Alok Mohan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Swagat Das empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Swagat Das has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

56 IRS-IT officers of 1988 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 56 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre of 1988 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Ms Smita Srivastava, Ms Vasundhara Sinha, Dheeraj Bhatnagar, Ms Reena Jha Tripathi, Ms Sunita Bainsla, Prashant Bhushan, Ms Mitali Madhusmita, Sangam N Srivastava, Vinod Kumar Tiwari, Sanjay Kumar Rastogi, Radha Raman Pathak, Sanjai Kumar Verma, Satinder Singh Rana, Suresh Kuamr, Hari Bansh Kumar Chauhdary, Yeshwant U Chavan, Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Ravi Agarwal, Mohan Kumar Singhania, Ms Irina Garg, Rajeev Agarwal, Anand Kumar Md Mohsin Alam Ashwani Kumar, Pradip Mehrotra, Sunil Mathur, T Venkata Reddy, Navneet Soni, Neena Singh Pandey, V Anandarajan, Vinod Goel, Devinder Singh Chaudhary, Rameshwar Singh, Ravinder Sai, Keshav Saxena, Hareshwar Sharma, Gurijala R Reddy, Avdesh Kumar Mishra, Rajiv Ranjan singh, Bijayananda Pruseth, Rajeev Mehrotra, Stephen George, Simanchala Das, Alok Johri, Ms Seema Raj, Shelly Jindal, Kaushal Kr Srivastava, Hemant Jawahar Lal, Yogendra Kumar Singh, Govind Lal, Fateh Singh Sirowa, Om Prakash Yadav, Sugar Lal Meena, Om Prakash Meena Shankar Lal Meena and Ramesh Chand.

S K Garg empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
S K Garg has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer.

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CORPORATE

Ravi Narain is now Member of EAC of the RBI
Ravi Narain, Vice-Chairman, National Stock Exchange of India Limited has been appointed by the RBI as a member of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) for evaluating applications of Small Finance Banks, in place of MS Sahoo.


Bhat appointed Director, Titan Company Limited
Harish Bhat has been appointed as Director of Titan Company Limited


Addanki appointed Non Exec. Director, VST Industries Ltd
VST Industries Ltd has appointed Ramakrishna V Addanki as a Non-Executive Director of the company


Yamanaka resigns as Director, VST Industries Ltd
James Yamanaka has resigned as Director of VST Industries Ltd


Ramachandran resigns as CS, Wipro Limited
V Ramachandran has resigned as Company Secretary of Wipro Limited


Gandhi appointed CS, Wanbury Ltd
Jitendra J Gandhi has been appointed as Company Secretary of Wanbury Ltd w.e.f. April 20, 2015


Two Part-time directors cease to be on Board of STC
Ms B Kinnera Murthy and Jayendra N Shah have ceased to be Part-time Non-Official Directors of State Trading Corporation of India Ltd


Kumar re-designated Whole-time Director, Mega Corporation Ltd.
Mega Corporation Ltd has re-designated Shurab Kumar as Whole-time Director of the company


Ms Parmar appointed Addl. Director, Fraser and Company Ltd
Fraser and Company Ltd has appointed Ms Vanita Parmar as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. April 20, 2015


Ms. Kaur appointed Woman Director, Malwa Cotton Spinning Mills Ltd
Malwa Cotton Spinning Mills Ltd has appointed Ms Narinder Kaur as Woman Director of the company

Todi resigns as Whole-time Director, Rutron International Ltd
Kailash Todi has been resigned as a Whole-time Director of Rutron International Ltd w.e.f. April 15, 2015


Ms. Jyoti appointed Addl. Woman Director, Neelkanth Technologies Ltd
Neelkanth Technologies Ltd has appointed Ms Him Jyoti as Additional Woman Director of the company

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MP Police traditions praiseworthy

Madhya Pradesh Police has several commendable traditions worthy of emulation by other States Police Organisations. Amongst them, the most salient is the one relating to taking care of retired officers and showing them proper regard and courtesy on all occasions. Whenever any retired officer rings up a serving officer and meets one at any Mess Party or in any official or social gathering, he is invariably shown due courtesies and full regard is given to his last rank on which he hung up his boots.
I would like to make a particular mention of honouring the DG level officers when they leave for their heavenly abode. On such solemn occasions, all help is given by the department in making the arrangements for the final journey, like pandit, transport, necessary material for the final rites and arrangements at the funeral ground.
Recently, Shri G.K. Sinha, IPS of 1967 batch passed away after a prolonged illness. As per practice, the police department not only made all the arrangements, but at the funeral ceremony, DGP Surendra Singh along with several serving officers himself remained present all through the rites. An armed Guard of the Special Armed Force was mounted to pay compliments to the departed soul with the set drill of reverse arms, sounding the last post etc. This gesture was seen by all those present and the relatives of the bereaved family felt so reassured that Madhya Pradesh Police is always with them.
Such healthy traditions make me feel proud that I belong to such a distinguished force.

SC Agrawal
DG Police (Retd)

Madhya Pradesh

TAX Terrorism

The phrase is not acceptable to anyone but after seeing income tax return for AY 2015-16, the perception is pointing towards this as per the media report and criticism. Every one looking for simpler tax regime and their laws so it can be followed by general small tax payers. It should not happen that the tax professionals become the boss for all these activities. Small tax payer is always the sufferer as he cannot afford to hire CAs or tax consultants to do his IT return jobs. For higher group it does not matter as they can always afford to spend the money to hire such consultants. Instead of making tax rules simpler,more complexity being added to hide the weakness to curb the generation of black money. Tax net has to be widened only in the category of higher income group where income is more than 1 crore. Apply the rules for the people whose income is more than 1 crore. In this process why to involve small tax payers. Otherwise whole energy and time of income tax department is wasted in chasing small tax payers. FM should find a innovative solution to track generation of black money not by simply following the BABUs rule (1+1=2). It is not as simple to track but do not punish and harass the small tax payers in the process.

N Prakash


Modi's model of governance

Mr. Modi's model of Governance has a new and interesting feature. Normally, to improve the quality of governance, decentralisation is suggested. This is so that routine things are delegated, so are issues with "local" ramifications or things which are best handled locally/ at lower levels; to avoid "one size fits all" solutions and to enable faster and well considered decisions in Policy matters. Mr Modi's model of governance is one of centralisation. Now, centralisation slows down decisions. This is because in all decisions, there is a process of examination and consultation. But Mr Modi also wants quick decisions. There is some kind of a conundrum here. Mr Modi's solution is to take all decisions himself so that decisions are taken faster. This is a workable model for a state government. With a man of Mr Modi's genius, it might work at the centre too. But to run such a system, it takes a Mr Modi. For a sustainable system, these changes would have to be institutionalised. That is also a challenge before Mr Modi.

Vijay Kumar

"Is Kejriwal a junior edition of Modi ?"

Please do not compare the incomparables. Kejriwal is a street fighter comparable to Rahul Gandhi, the tongue-tied, pampered Shehzada, sharing common characteristics. Both are excessively ambitious and opportunistic with inflated egos.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)


Income tax

Don't be over sensitive about income tax. It is as much honest or as much corrupt as other services. To maintain neutrality, please do report such incidents of all services. Selective reporting only clouds judgment about integrity in a service.

Raghurane

Mess is elsewhere also

Mess is not only AREA but all the organization like it specially the Central Electricity Authority.

BBS


NJAC passed

National Judicial Accountability Commission Act has been passed, based on the recommendations of the second administrative reforms commission in its 4th report titled "Ethics for Governance". The recommendations had been considered by the Committee of Secretaries thereafter by the Group of Ministers, then the Cabinet and thereafter by the Parliament. One cannot say that it has come out of the blue. It has been seen that the new judges appointed are close kin of former judges.

Anju

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