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Large-scale changes likely
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to enact major changes in his council of ministers and in the bureaucracy in two months time.

NDA govt will not change UPA programmes?
The buzz is that NDA govt is not going to change any welfare programme and policies started by the previous UPA govt. There could be, however, minor changes on party lines. Why is it so?

Who is the most honest politician ?
On a question discussed at a get-together as to "Who is the most honest politician in the country?"- the answer that came from a veteran journalist was interesting - "Politician and honest?"

BUREAUCRACY

Secretary level changes next week in GoI
Secretary-level appointments and changes are going to take place in the Government of India next week. Five secretaries are retiring by this month-end.

Rajiv Ranjan Verma appointed DG, RPF
Rajiv Ranjan Verma has been appointed 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)

Amrit Mohan Prasad inducted as Joint Director, CBI

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
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)

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

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

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

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

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

Prasanna Kumar Dash empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Prasanna Kumar Dash has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level post in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IRS-IT officer.

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

Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

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

Tenure of Keshav Kumar as Joint Director, CBI extended
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
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
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
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
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
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.

PESB holds interviews for Director (Fin), Air India Ltd today
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the selection of Director (Finance), Air India Limited (AIL) on April 23.

CBEC in a daze
The agony of promotions in CBEC knows no end. Firstly, the file relating to promotions to Commissioner was delayed by 1 year. Members' elevation to CBEC is still in limbo and to adding to it, 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 that 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.

Online filing of PAR by IAS officers is now mandatory
The government has decided that Performance Appraisal Report (PARs) for the year 2014-15 would be recorded only online and the PARs recorded manually would not be allowed on record. This would, however, not apply to part PARs for the year 2014-15 which have been written manually and are already taken on record. DoPT has requested all ministries/ departments and state govts to issue appropriate directions to officer(s), dealing with this subject as well as to IAS officers posted in the cadre/ministry to ensure strict compliance of the above.

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

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

DoPT seeks applications for Manager (HR), NHIDCL
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Manager (Human Resources) in National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) on deputation.

TRIFED wins DoPT's National Award for Excellence in Training
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 programme" 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 income of the trained tribals.

No merger of IL, Palakkad with BHEL
The Government of India has no proposal to merge Instrumentation Limited, Palakkad with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

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

Ms Soni Dahiya transferred to Frankfurt
Indian Foreign Service officer, Ms Soni Dahiya has been transferred to Frankfurt (A) in place of Surender Kumar.

T K Sen posted as Deputy AG in AG office, Bhubaneswar
T K Sen, Deputy Accountant General (ES-I), in the office of Accountant General (E&RSA), West Bengal, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of Accountant General (G&SSA), Odisha, Bhubaneswar. He is a 2007 batch IA & AS officer.

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

Shantanu of M-T cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Shantanu belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch and Manipur-Tripura cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

V S Hejmadi selected as Director (Fin), Air India Ltd (UPDATED)
V S Hejmadi, GM, AIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Air India Limited (AIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 23, 2015. Only three candidates appeared for the interviews.

Atul Katiyar appointed as DIG, CISF (UPDATED)
Atul Katiyar has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

ANS bags 'Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Product/Service (UPDATED)
Air Navigation Services (ANS) directorate of Airports Authority of India (AAI), has been awarded the prestigious 'Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Product/Service for the year 2015' by the Institute of Directors, the international body of Company Directors. V Somasundaram, Board Member (ANS), AAI received the Award from His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Social Development, Government of U.A.E. AAI was conferred the award based on an assessment, by an independent jury, of the over-arching goal to continue modernizing the ANS infrastructure to meet the customer needs and manage and operate the Air Navigation Services in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner.

Agarwal appointed Addl. CS Industries & Mines Department, Gandhinagar (UPDATED)
Arvind Agrawal, 1984 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been transferred and appointed Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Industries and Mines Department, Secretariat, Gandhinagar.

Atanu Chakraborty to be MD, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (UPDATED)
Atanu Chakraborty, 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been transferred and is to be appointed Managing Director, Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Gandhinagar

Sujit Gulati appointed PS to GoI, Primary & Secondary Education (UPDATED)
On his repatriation to state cadre, 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, Sujit Gulati, has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Primary & Secondary Education, GoI.

Arunkumar Solanki appointed PS (UPDATED)
Arunkumar Solanki, 1990 batch IAS officer, Gujarat cadre has been transferred and appointed Principal Secretary to GoI, Agriculture & Cooperation Department.

Ms S Aparna is PS to CM (UPDATED)
Ms S Aparna, 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been transferred and appointed Principal Secretary to Chief Minister.

Manoj Aggarwal appointed MD, GMDC, Ahmedabad (UPDATED)
Manoj Aggarwal, 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been appointed Managing Director of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation, Ahmedabad.

Sanjay Kaul appointed MD, GIL, Gandhinagar (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kaul, 2001 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre has been appointed Managing Director, Gujarat Informatics Ltd. Gandhinagar.

Dr V Thiruppugazh appointed DG, MGLI, Ahmedabad (UPDATED)
Dr V Thiruppugazh, 1991 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, has been appointed Director General of Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad.

Manoj Kumar Das is PS to GoI, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Das, a 1990 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been transferred and appointed Principal Secretary to GoI, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department.

T Natarajan is Secretary to GoI, Finance Dept (Economic Affairs), Gandhinagar (UPDATED)
T Natarajan, 1996 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, has been appointed Secretary to GoI, Finance Department (Economic Affairs), Gandhinagar

Mrs Sonal Mishra appointed MD, GIPCL, Vadodara (UPDATED)
Mrs. Sonal Mishra, 1997 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been appointed Managing Director, Gjarat Industrial Power Company Ltd., Vadodara

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CORPORATE

Chuango appointed Director, GSFC
Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd has appointed L Chuaungo, IAS, as a Director of the company.

Srivastava resigns as Independent Director, Hindustan Copper Ltd
Virendra Kumar Srivastava has resigned as Independent Director of Hindustan Copper Limited due to personal reasons

Raval resigns as CS, Goldiam International Limited
Manish Raval has resigned as Company Secretary of Goldiam International Limited

Pote appointed Addl. Director, Zenith Birla (India) Ltd
Ms Minal Umesh Pote has been appointed as an Additional Director of Zenith Birla (India) Ltd

Giridhar appointed GM ( Sales), UTStarcom
Vikas Giridhar has been appointed as General Manager( Sales) of UTStarcom. He will look after telecom infrastructure company's North India operations.

Nair resigns as Independent Director, Menon Bearings Ltd
Kumar Nair has resigned as Independent Director of Menon Bearings Limited

Mehta appointed Addl. Director, Arms Paper Ltd
Arms Paper Ltd has appointed Ms Rima Dipakkumar Mehta as an Additional Director of the company

Kuddyady appointed CS, Supreme Petrochem Ltd
Supreme Petrochem Ltd has appointed Ravi V Kuddyady as Company Secretary of the company.

Kumar appointed Addl. Director, Haryana Capfin Ltd
Haryana Capfin Ltd has appointed Manish Kumar as Additional Director of the company

Sharma appointed Independent Director, GCM Commodity & Derivatives Ltd
GCM Commodity & Derivatives Ltd has appointed Laxmi Narayan Sharma as an Independent Director of the company

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Ministers' staff
Minister/MoS has retained earlier staff working in the regime of UPA. Also some Minister/MoS has taken his choice/known/relatives as PS/OSD/APS/PAs. Is DoPT listening ?
SSR

No reason for increasing duration
I agree with the comments. The reason for enhancing the duration of reservation to four months is ill-conceived and I guess, to fill the empty coffers of the railways which is starving for funds. Otherwise there is no reason for increasing the duration. If at all the motive was public good, the railways should have decreased the time to 15 days or at the most to one month. To avoid frivolous bookings, it should hike cancellation charges drastically, particularly by agents. In that way, only genuine ticket-mongers would book advance tickets. Touts and agents would hold back for fear of huge loss in the form of cancellation charges. Hope good sense prevails.
BYN

SSS transfer order
Recently, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has issued transfer order on promotion from Junior Statistical Officer to Senior Statistical Officer. As per the order, all these incumbents have to join their duties in place of new posting by stipulated date mentioned in the order. Some will join while some may not due to some family compulsion. I have noticed that there are many SSOs posted in various divisions of MoSPI (since joining their service at Patel Bhavan) who have never been transferred from there, hence have become power of centre. Will Joint Secretary (Admn.), MoSPI take note of this and also transfer all these SSOs, who have been there for more than 10 years and more ?
Ajit

Income tax department plays with taxpayer!
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley said in Washington that the government is committed to a "transparent and predictable tax regime". On the same day, the income tax department announces tax return forms for the last financial year newly incorporating columns for declaring details of all foreign trips undertaken and all bank accounts held including closed last year with the balance in the accounts on March 31.
First of all, this continuing practice of the Indian income tax department prescribing altered annual return forms for each year only after the close of the year to which it is applicable, and tinkering with it year after year is against the very grain of a "transparent and predictable" tax regime. A transparent and predictable tax regime actually entails that there is constancy in the return forms and that the prescribing of altered return forms, if essential, should be done before the commencement of the financial year and taxation year for which it is supposed to take effect, so that the taxpayer knows what is in store for him for the coming year and can keep his papers and records as per those requirements, and he is not forced to scamper about collecting or restoring the data which he would have discarded as not required in future as they were irrelevant for tax purposes last year.
Vox Populi

Second home
Dept of Electronics and IT (DIT) has become secnd home for Indian Telecom Officers (ITS). DIT has already 2-3 ITS officers while another three are likely to join its e-Governance Division.
A Singh

MP Police
The comraderie shown by MP police department should be a lesson to other departments and other states also but now a days who learns from other's good precedents.

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