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BJP masters art of using money power to win elections
During a discussion at a dinner party, what came up was that the BJP has mastered the art of using money power to win elections. Is it really a fact ?

7th P.C.- Maximum representations from individuals
It is said that the 7th Pay Commission has received more than one thousand representations from various organisations but more than 50% have been submitted by individuals. Representations are still pouring in.

Imaginary Meeting with Diggy
Relaxing on Juhu Beach after a brisk walk.... sipping Narial Paani...

Me: Oye Diggy it's you.... did not recognize you .... track suit... cap. ... goggles ... you look hep...

Diggy: Aa gaya aa gaya ... humaara Rahul aa gaya .....

Me: It's going to be aaya aur gayaa ... he simply cannot live in India beyond 15 days.... kyaa problem hai iss ko!!!

Diggy: He goes overseas to think of solutions for India's problems!!!

Me: Why .... he cannot think here????

Diggy: He needs solitude ... here he is always being disturbed.

Me: Chalo let me believe you... but then he has not come up with one solution despite his numerous trips overseas!!!

Diggy: No no.... you think solution crops up in a day .... takes years....

Me: This time he had a longish stay.... nothing yet!!!!

Diggy: Arre this time because of the negativity of the election campaigns he had to first detoxify .... it took 49 days and then he had to rush back as there was such a hue and cry for his presence here !!! He is looked upon as the hope of India!!!

Me: Sounds like de-addiction .... there are lots of rumors about this ....and there was a hue and cry .....I think because people wanted a assurance he is not coming back!!!

Diggy: What do you know. .... I have the pulse of India in my hand ...and every beat says ... Rahul Rahul!!!

Me: Why don't you pen dialogues for Bollywood. ...achcha. .. tell me what is this fight between Ma and Son!!!

Diggy: Blown out of proportion .... Rahul wants to do some wardrobe cleaning and throw old clothes out and Ma says nothing doing!!!

Me: Aren't you twisting the issue... he wants to throw out the old foggies in Congress!!!

Diggy: No way... he addresses them politely as Uncle ... pulls chairs for them to sit down ...

Me: Gupp... he wants to pull their chairs away ..... Chalo why don't you make them Margdarshaks... like Advani in BJP!!!

Diggy: How can that be .... when Sonia ji occupies a post it would be blasphemous in Congress for someone to occupy the same post as hers ....

Me: < loudly> You crafty ....so and so...you want to kick Sonia up ...which in actuality means out. Rahul is zero without her !!!!

Diggy: We all are there ... we advice her and now we will advice Rahul!!!

Me: But why remove Sonia????

Diggy: We worry for her health .... for years she has not had a holiday ... we want her to travel... enjoy sitting in Cafes enjoying Coffees ......

Me: Respect is commanded not demanded .... aap ki rai????

Diggy: Teri aisi kumm taisi .... tujhe mein dekh loo ga....

Walks off in a huff ... I keep thinking what I asked him to make him so livid ..then it strikes me ..... aap ki rai ....... it's the word rai... he misconstrued .. rai (opinion) for Rai

Disclaimer ... This is Satire . Not aimed at maligning anyone . Please do not draw any conclusions on this ..kindly only laugh it off


VJS

BUREAUCRACY

11 Secretary level posts to be filled up in GoI
It is now official that at present six secretary rank posts are vacant in GoI. They are- Secretary (Official Language), Secretary (Fertilizers), Secretary (National Commission for Scheduled Tribes), General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-cum-Secretary (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research), Director General, Defence Research & Development Organisation-cum-Secretary (Department of Defence Research and Development), Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research-cum-Secretary (Department of Health Research). Five Secretaries of 1979 and 1978 batch are retiring in April, 2015. They are Saurabh Chandra, Petroleum, Ravindra Singh, Culture, Ms Sneh Lata Kumar, Border Management, Hrusikesh Panda, Tribal Affairs and H K Dash, Inter-State Secreteriat Council.


Four SC & two ST Secretaries in GoI
Out of 73 posts of Secretary under Central Staffing Scheme in Government of India, at present only four are held by SC and two by ST officers .


Five Science & Research organisations headless
At present, the posts of Director General/Head of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO); Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance Scientific Research (JNCASR); and Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) are vacant. JNCASR is without head since Oct, 2013, DG, CSIR post is vacant since Jan 2014 and IARI has no chief since August 2014. From Feb this yesr DRDO is without chief while ICMR DG retires in March this year.

Will an IAS officer head NIC ?
There are strong rumours that an IAS officer may be made head of the NIC. The NIC is headless for the last one year.


Singla to return to Kerala ?
Mahesh Singla, ADG in the BSF, posted in Chandigarh, is expected to return to the parent Kerala cadre soon. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.


V S Hejmadi selected for Director (Fin), Air India Ltd
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.


NJAC to be constituted by May 11 ?
If all goes well, National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) will be constituted by May 11. No new appointments will be made till then.


Confusion about figures in Judges appointment ?
The Attorney General of India has told the SC that 95 per cent recommendations of the Collegium have been cleared. Is it a fact ?.


Selection process for new Chairman of CBSE in progress
The selection for the post of Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is on final stage. The Government is looking for an honest and tough officer who can streamline the Rs 800 crore budget of this self-financing organization looking into large scale. Resentment in teachers and students into some of the CBSE policies during UPA period may raise the status to Joint or Additional Secretary level to strengthen the national school board.


Karnataka CS likely to move to centre
If sources are to be believed, Kaushik Mukherjee, Chief Secretary of Karnataka, is likely to move to Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.


Atul Katiyar appointed as DIG, CISF
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.


282 CSS officers are in consideration zone
DoPT has started process of preparing panel of Principal Private Secretaries ( PPS) for select list year 2015 . Private Secretaries upto select list year (SLY)2009 are eligible for being considered for promotion for this grade. 282 CSS officers are in consideration zone.


Ms Archana Ranjan, Special Secretary, Finance, retiring in April
Ms Archana Ranjan, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, is retiring on April 30, 2015. She is a 1979 batch IRS-IT officer.

Three IAS officers of Orissa cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three Orissa cadre 1997 batch IAS officers - Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Pramod Kumar Meherda - have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India.


Two persons decline post of Director (Engg), NPCC
At least two persons have, so far, declined the offer for the post of Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC) lying vacant since April, 2011. V K Rattan, GM, NHPC, was selected for this post on December 7, 2012, but he refused to join citing some personal reasons. Then, the Government offered this post to Rakesh Kapoor, ED, RITES. He also did not join the same as he was offered the post too late. The post has been lying vacant for four years.


Tenure of Subhash Chand as Consul, Frankfurt extended
The tenure of Indian Foreign Service officer, Subhash Chand as Consul, Frankfurt (A) has been extended till June 2016.


A K Bhattacharya appointed as Deputy Director, in PD Audit office, Kolkata
A K Bhattacharya, Deputy Accountant General (Admn, A/cs/VLC), in the office of Accountant General, Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Cons.), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Eastern Railway, Kolkata. He is a 2010 batch IA & AS officer.


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


Om Prakash Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Om Prakash Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).


Will he be boss of those who interrogated him ?
1987 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer A K Sharma is joining the CBI as Joint Director. Incidentally, Sharma had been questioned by the CBI in the Ishrat Jahan case. Those who interrogated Sharma are a worried lot now as he may become their boss.


Six IAS officers get pro-forma promotion as ACS in Bihar
Six 1982 batch IAS officers currently on deputation to the GoI have been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ACS in Bihar. They are Girish Shankar,Amitabh Verma, Naveen Verma, Ramesh Abhishek, Rashmi Verma and Sudhir Kumar.


Shalini Mishra is new Commissioner of HMDA
Shalini Mishra has taken over as Commissioner of Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA).She is 1988 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Agarwal appointed Addl. CS Industries & Mines Department, Gandhinagar
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mrs. Sonal Mishra, 1997 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre has been appointed Managing Director, Gjarat Industrial Power Company Ltd., Vadodara

PK Bhagat, GM of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. takes charge (UPDATED)
PK Bhagat, first Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Health Insurance TPA (third-party administrator) of India, who was appointed General Manager of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. has assumed office on Friday.

Majithia Board to submit report this month? (UPDATED)
If sources are to be believed SC is likely to give its verdict about implementation of Majithia Wage Board .

Orders of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax on the cards (UPDATED)
Orders of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax are on the cards. Formal orders are expected in a day or two.

Orders of Principal Commissioners next week (UPDATED)
Posting orders of Principal Commissioners of Income Tax are expected to be issued early next week. Secretary Revenue is reported to have made some queries.

File of JC and AC Income Tax with MoS (UPDATED)
File pertaining to the postings of Joint Commissioners and Additional Commissioners of Income Tax has reached to the MoS Finance.

No candidate found suitable for post of Director (Fin), SIL (UPDATED)
No candidate was found suitable for the post of Director (Finance), Scooters India Limited (SIL) following interviews conducted by the Public Enterprises Selection Board. Two persons interviewed for the post included Madhusudan Ray, General Manager of ALIMCO and Seshamani Sakthimani, AGM of RINL.

VS Hejmadi selected for the post of Director (Fin) Air India Limited (UPDATED)
VS Hejmadi, General Manager of Air India Limited (AIL) was selected for the post of Director (Finance), AIL. Three persons including A Jayachandran, GM, AIL, VS Hejmadi, GM, AIL and Mrs. Neelam Sanghi, IRAS, MOR were interviewed for the same by the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB).

Satinder K Bhalla selected for post of Director, MHA, Delhi (UPDATED)
Satinder Kumar Bhalla, ITS officer of 1992 batch has been selected for appointment as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi.

Man Singh selected for post of Director, MHA, Delhi (UPDATED)
Man Singh, an IDSE officer of 1984 batch has been selected for appointment as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi.

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CORPORATE

Sasikumar is new DMD in SBI
SBI's Chief General Manager, Hyderabad Circle, C.R. Sasikumar has been promoted as Deputy Managing Director (DMD).


Karnataka Bank promotes 10 Chief Managers
Karnataka Bank Ltd has promoted 10 of its chief managers as Assistant General Managers.They are Mssrs Vadiraj KA, Vinaya Bhat PJ, Vidyalaxmi R, Satheesha Shetty, Ravindra MS, Ravichandran S, Venkatakrishnayya CK, Jayanagaraja Rao S, Madhava VP and A Srinath Kamath.


Singh resigns as Non Exec. Director, Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd
Waryam Singh has resigned as Non-Executive Director of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited


Taori resigns as MD, OCL Iron and Steel Ltd
Nandkishore Taori has resigned as Managing Director of OCL Iron and Steel Ltd


Murali resigns as ED & CFO, United Spirits Ltd
P A Murali has resigned as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of United Spirits Limited


Ms Satagopan resigns as Non Exec. Director, International Paper APPM Limited
Ms Jayashree Satagopan has resigned as Non-Executive Director of International Paper APPM Limited


Wrobleski appointed Non Exec. Director, International Paper APPM Limited
Ms Ann Barbara Wrobleski has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of International Paper APPM Limited


Sethi appointed Independent Director, Hindustan Composites Ltd
Hindustan Composites Limited has appointed Deepak Sethi as an Additional Independent Director of the company.


Reitz appointed Addl. Director, Wheels India Ltd
Wheels India Limited has appointed Paul George Reitz as an Additional Director of the company.


Mammen appointed Non Exec. Director, MRF Ltd
MRF Limited has appointed Ms Ambika Mammen as Non-Executive Director of the company


Kaushik appointed Independent Director, Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd
Hanung Toys and Textiles Limited has appointed Abhishek Monu Kaushik as an Independent Director of the company.


Prabhakar ceases to be Nominee Director, Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited
S K Prabakar, lAS, Managing Director of The Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited, a Government of Tamil Nadu Undertaking has ceased to be Nominee Director of Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited


Ms Shah appointed Woman Director, GCCL Infrastructure & Projects Ltd
GCCL Infrastructure & Projects Ltd has appointed Ms Binoti Jatinbhai Shah Woman Director of the company

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DEBATE (1)

Politicians use bureaucrats nowadays. That is because real power is no longer with the bureaucrats. It is either with the politicians or the judges (post 1973 Cr. P.C.).

Vijay Kumar


One IFS officer must in PMO:

In India the exploitation of mineral and forestry resources have picked up pace to achieve development. It is at the cost of one of the finest forests in India. In order to maintain a balance between development and conservation of forests, it is very essential that a sensible decision is taken for providing forest land for development purposes. In addition, the forest officers, being in the midst of simple and illiterate tribal people living in these forests, is well aware of their exploitation by money lenders, private sector people and even Government companies. Therefore, he only can help them from exploitation. A forest officer can help implement the Forest conservation Act, 1980 as well as the Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers recognition of rights Act in the most balanced way. Therefore, a forest officer in the PMO is necessary to oversee the implementation of both these Acts.

Dr Pratima


40% rich do not pay any IT

Atleast 40% of the rich in this country do not pay any IT. It is well known that most of Modi's shopkeeper state brethren are distributed all over the country, almost all of them with rag to rich stories, do not pay any IT. To avoid detection they do not maintain any bank accounts also. Government should widen their IT net and intelligence to include these crooks instead of targetting and chasing sincere IT payers mostly belonging to the salaried and retired class. For those belonging to the middle class, Jaitley's budget was a total disappointment. At least he should have reduced IT and made it easy to file returns for those earning less than 1 crore per annum. Instead by linking with Adhaar, Government is complicating the IT filing further especially for the tax paying middle class who can not afford to hire CAs and who file their return themselves.

N Krishnan


Legitimate demand

Being the earliest organised service in Central Government, the officers of CSS are demanding parity in grant of Non Functional Upgradations at par with other Group 'A' Services which is their legitimate demand given the fact that they are backbone of Central Secretariat and stagnating for years in Senior Scales of Group 'A' posts like Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary/Director. They are not seeking any pay parity with IAS Officers. So please correct the facts accordingly.

Pawan Kumar


Scam in Railways

Now that CBI has smelt a rat in the railways in freight charge by manipulating software of weighing the goods and thereby causing a loss of about 4000 crores, it is evident how organised the railway employees are committing the kind of crime in truck with the defaulters. How they have installed a software which weighs much less than the actual weight and thus earn money beneath the table for remaining weights through bargaining or negotiation whatever the arrangement might be ? It is high time for CBI to see how the agents arrange tickets when a genuine passenger can not get. Even Tatkal tickets are arranged in the name of a genuine passengers by the agents. This proves that here too there might be manipulation in software. CBI officials should mix up with the agents and unearth their modus operandi. This racket if broken would give much relief to the passengers. Buying rail train has really become a big problem. This is a big challenge to the rail authorities also. The system has been made more difficult by opening reservation four months ahead of the scheduled departure of the train.

N K Das


Why does IT department requires details ?

While opening any bank account, giving the PAN number is essential. Then, why does the IT department require details of bank accounts in the revised IT return when they already have this information.

K S Saha


Modi's body language

It seems Modi's peak is passed. As any Indian leader, he has started survival the fittest formulas. It is not only withdrawal of ITR form recently but also one of most important scheme, biometric attendance in Government offices has also become ineffective. There is no biometric attendance discipline in government offices after BJP debacle in Delhi assembly. Now he wanted to become more secular like Congress and AB Vajpayee. Only thing left seems Modi is his body language!!!

Murari Chaturvedi

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