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India is placed 85th in corruption index
India has been ranked 85th among 175 countries as per Corruption Perception Index, 2014 released by Transparency International.


No survey regarding corruption
According to official information, the government has not conducted any survey to ascertain whether over all corruption has increased in the country?


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

BUREAUCRACY

24 IPS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as IG in GoI
As many as 24 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1994 batch have been empanelled for the Inspector General level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Hemonlang Nongpluh of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Amit Kuamr of Bihar cadre; Manoj Shashidhar of Gujarat cadre; Rakesh Aggarwal of Himachal Pradesh; Navdeep Singh Virk, Shrikant Jadhav and Anil Kumar of Haryana cadre; Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gilani and Muneer Ahmad Khan of Jammu and Kashmir cadre; Vineet Agarwal and Ramanand Sunil Bharma of Maharashtra cadre; Yoshwant Kumar Jethwa of Odisha; Praveen Kuamr Sinha, B Chandra Sekhar, Amardeep Singh Rai, Ms Neeraja Voruvuru of Punjab cadre; Anand Kumaar Srivastava, malini Agarwal of Rajasthan cadre; N Sridhar Rao of Sikkim; Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal of Tamil Nadu cadre; L V Antony Dev Kumar of Uttarakhand cadre; Akhil Kumar and Asim Kumar Arun of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Man Singh of West Bengal cadre.

One dozen Secretary-level posts in GoI to be filled up
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 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. Secretary General of NHRC, a Secretary rank statutory position, is also getting vacant on 30.4.2015 on account of superannuation of current incumbent.

Sandeep Verma repatriated to his parent cadre
Sandeep Verma, Deputy Director General (JS level), UIDAI, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Orders of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax on the cards
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
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 JCs and ACs of Income Tax with MoS
File pertaining to postings of Joint Commissioners and Additional Commissioners of Income Tax has reached MoS Finance.

IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Pravir Krishna has been transferred as Principal Secretary - -Rural Industries, Horticulture and Food Processing, Ms. Gauri Singh - Principal Secretary - Public Health and Family Welfare, Manu Shrivastava has been made Principal Secretary - Renewable Energy, Sanjay Shukla has been made MD, Energy Holding Company, Suranjana Ray - Chairperson, School Education Board, SN Mishra has been made Principal Secretary - Transport and CEO Madhya Pradesh Intercity Transport Authority, Malay Shrivastav - has been made Principal Secretary - Urban Development, Vivek Agarwal Commissioner - Urban Development, Rakesh Agarwal has been made ACS - Minorities and Bavkward Classes and Public Grievances.

Will Manoranjan replace Rao in RD?
Indian Economic Service officer Manoranjan, is likely to replace Subba Rao as Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Rural Development.

GoI turns down recommendation of Delhi CM
The GoI has turned down the recommendation of Delhi CM, Arvind Kejriwal to depute Naresh Kumar as Chief of NDMC. 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Kumar is presently Joint Secretary in the Department of Mines.

Three IAS officers of Punjab cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Three 1997 batch IAS officers of Punjab cadre, Krishan Kumar, Veerendra Kumar Meena, Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

1984 batch IAS officers in Punjab get ACS rank
Four 1984 batch IAS officers Mssrs Karan Avtar Singh,Nirmal Jeet Singh Kalsi,Mandeep Singh Sandhu and Dharam Vir have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Punjab,

Sidhu gets ACS rank
K B S Sidhu who is on deputation to the GoI has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ACS. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Sushil Kumar transferred to Guatemala
Indian Foreign Service officer Sushil Kumar has been transferred to Guatemala City (C) in place of Aliawati Longkumer.

G C Das appointed Deputy Director in PD Audit office, Guwahati
G C Das, Deputy Director (Cons), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Eastern Railway, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (Cons), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Northeast Frontier Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati. He is a 2007 batch IA & AS officer.

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

Suresh Kumar to get PS rank in Kerala
K. Suresh Kumar, a 1989 batch IAS officer is all set to get the rank of Principal Secretary in Kerala.

PK Bhagat, GM of Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. takes charge
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. assumes office.

Gauri Singh is new PS Health in Madhya Pradesh
Ms Gauri Singh has been appointed Principal Secretary Health in Madhya Pradesh. She is 1987 batch IAS officer.

Pravir Krishna moves to Rural Industries in M P
Pravir Krishna will now be Principal Secretary Rural Industries, Horticulture and Food Processing in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.

Malay Srivastava is new Secretary Urban Development in M P
Malay Srivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary Urban Development in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.

S N Mishra is now Principal Secretary Transport in M P
S N Mishra will be new Principal Secretary Transport and CEO Madhya Pradesh Intercity Transport Authority,. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Manu Srivastava is Principal Secretary Renewable Energy in M P
Manu Srivastava has been appointed Principal Secretary Renewable Energy in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1991 batch IAS officer.

Sanjay Shukla moves to Jabalpur
Sanjay Shukla has been made MD, Energy Holding Company in Jabalpur. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Ms Smita Bharadwaj is now CEO NREG in Madhya Pradesh
On return to the parent cadre Ms Smita Bharadwaj has been appointed CEO of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Madhya Pradesh. She is 1992 batch IAS officer.

No candidate found suitable for post of Director (Fin), SIL
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 )
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
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
Man Singh, an IDSE officer of 1984 batch has been selected for appointment as Director in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi.

5 IPS officers shifted in Jharkhand
Services of five IPS officers have been affected with their transfers and postings in Jharkhand. Accordingly, Rajeev Kumar has been appointed as Chief, Jharkhand State Police Housing Corporation and Special Branch Inspector General, Anurag Gupta has been promoted to Additional Director General rank while R K Mallick was made IG, provisions and SP Manoj Kumar Singh will be JAP VI commandant. Besides, Sandhya Rani Mehta has been appointed as Commandant of JAP X, Mahila Battalion and Ashwini Kumar Sinha was shifted to Special Branch as SP in-charge.

Digital media best tool to raise school education issues, says Trevor, MP UNICEF Chief
The use of social media has become inevitable in the age of Information Technology. The users of Facebook and Twitter have considerably increased not only in India but also entire world. I believe that the digital (social and web) media can play a major role in educating the people and bring the school related issues to the notice of decision makers and government, said Trevor Clark, Chief, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh while delivering his introductory speech at a workshop held titled "Using Social/Web media to raise discourse on the issue of school education" at Pachmarhi on April 24, 2015. Throwing lights on UNICEF and social media, Communication Specialist, UNICEF India, Ms Maria Fernandez has informed that India ranks in second position after USA as far as use of social media is concerned. She said that people and decision makers can be influenced by digital media for social change in terms of quality education in India. Ms Maria said that there are various social media tools through which people can get easy access to reach out to individuals in the world. She also informed that entire rural social strata would get accustomed to social media by 2018. Besides, F A Jami, Education Specialist, UNICEF, MP presented data current status of Madhya Pradesh's schools while Girish Upadhaya Senior Journalist, shared and sought suggestions on improvement of school education through social media. Anil Gulati, Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh proposed a vote of thanks. A large number of digital media luminaries of the state attended the workshop.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka
The services of nine officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been affected with their transfers and postings in Karnataka. Accordingly, Dr M Abdulla Saleem has been appointed as IG & Additional Commissioner, Traffic & Security, Bangalore City while B Dayanand will now be IG & Commissioner, Mysore city and Soumendu Mukherjee is DIG, Security & Vigilance, Karnataka State Road Transport Corp. Similarly, Dr B A Mahesh has been appointed as SP & Director, Security, Vigilance & Enviornment, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp; M Nagaraj as SP, Internal Security Div8ision, Banglore; Chetan Singh Rathore as SP, Raichur; R Chethan as SP, Ballari District; K Santosh Babu as SP, Chikkamagaluru. Besides, posting orders of H S Ravanna as DIG, & Director, Security & Vigilance, Karnataka State Raod Transport Corp have been cancelled.

Sanjiv Kumar posted as PS, Rural Development in Karnataka
Sanjiv Kumar has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department in Karnataka. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

NSIC makes foray into Services Sector
NSIC will facilitate MSMEs of the Service Sector in a big way stated, Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC at the National Conference on MSMEs in Services sector. The Services Sector is the key to transform Indian MSMEs into a global economic Powerhouse and offers opportunity to our youth to attract the World's services sector at their doorstep. Also present on this occasion were S N Tripathi, ,Joint Secretary and B H Anilkumar, ,Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME and A K Jha, CEO, KVIC.

3 IRS-Customs officers transferred
Three officers at the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise grade have been shifted. Accordingly, Anil Mishra has been appointed as Commissioner, Appeals, Customs, Kolkata while R K Sharma will be Principal ADG, ST, Kolkata and Mahesh Kumar Rustogi will be Commissioner CX, Dibrugarh.

3 IAS officers of 2002 batch get Selection Grade in Telangana
Three IAS officers belonging to 2002 batch C Sudharshan Reddy, M Raghunandan Rao, T Chiranjeevulu have been granted Selection Grade in Telangana.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Palande steps down as Director, HDFC Bank
Dr Pandit Palande has stepped down as Director of HDFC Bank Limited

Yadav appointed Independent Director, Arvind Remedies Ltd
Arvind Remedies Limited has appointed Madhav Yadav as Independent Director of the company

Shah resigns as Independent Director, Hinduja Ventures Ltd
Prakash Shah has resigned as Independent Director of Hinduja Ventures Limited

Gupta resigns as CS, TV18 Broadcast Ltd
Sachin Gupta has resigned as Company Secretary of TV18 Broadcast Limited

Alawani resigns as Director, Kirloskar Brothers Limited
Anil N Alawani has resigned as Director of Kirloskar Brothers Limited

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DEBATE (1)

Media persons use politicians, bureaucrats

Neither. It is the media persons who shamelessly use both politicians and bureaucrats.

M N Buch


Modi impact

Narendra Modi still has the aura. The plenary hall in Vigyan Bhawan was jam packed on April 21, 2015 with civil servants of the country during Civil Services Day. All were 'mantrmugdh'. Modi had inquired 'kya baat hai aap log itna dukhi kyon ho'. He said sometime you should forget files and spend some time with your families. He was allotted 30 minutes for making speech but he spoke for 70 minutes. To say his body language has lost its lustre is wrong.

BBS


CSS- Not a Group A service

Let me correct your information about CSS in one respect: CSS is not a Group A service.

Vijay Kumar



"CSS officers demand parity with IAS, other services"

After stoppage of direct recruitment to the CSS through IAS exam, the demand is laughable.

Nishant


Show Gilani his place

Aarati Khosla has hit the nail on the head. People like Gilani should be imprisoned for life or deported to Pakistan. He cannot bite the hands that feeds him. Such traitors needs to be shown their place.

Puluprath


Tech officers

Technical officers(gr.1) in state government also have the same plea and claim.

Dr S Vaittianadane


PS to State Govt on repatriation

On repatriation one can become a PS to a State govt, not GoI

T Bhattacharyya


Check facts

Please check your facts. Secretary to Government of India are covered only some of the IAS officers from 1982. It may not be correct to use Secretary, GoI for younger colleagues.

Kuldeep Dhatwalia


TAIL-PIECE

Population Control System in Bihar :-
HUM DO, HAMAARE DO;
Uske baad jitne ho;
Unko Delhi bhej do !!!

Pawan Kumar

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