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Traditional rivals have national network advantage
Both the traditional rivals in Indian politics - the BJP and the Congress - have the advantage of having national network rooted deep up to the grass root level.

Modi proves it wrong!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proved wrong the age-old saying that behind every successful man, there is a woman.

BUREAUCRACY

Longest Cabinet Secretary- Will Seth create history?
Ajit Kumar Seth, who has been given extension for the third time (total two years), is expected to create history, if he is accorded yet another extension fourth time in June, 2015. The longest tenure of Cabinet Secretary is understood to be that of YN Sukthankar, who served from May 14, 1953 to July 31, 1957 (four years, two and a half months). Seth, who is a 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, was given first extension of one year in May, 2013 then six months in June 2014 and six months in December 2014 respectively. However, the longest tenure was of BD Pandey, who served between November 2, 1972 and March 31, 1977, but his total five-year tenure is not counted, due to period of emergency imposition. Seth's predecessor, KM Chandrasekhar completed his four -year tenure from June 14, 2007 to June 13, 2011. If Seth gets his fourth extension, he can break the record of Sukthankar.


Secretary-level changes this week
Secretary level appointments in the Government of India are expected to take place this week only.


Petroleum Secretary appointment may surprise many?
Rumours in the official circles are that the appointment of new petroleum secretary would surprise a many. It is almost certain that PM will have full say in the appointment of new petroleum secretary. Many senior IAS officers are in the race for the much coveted post.


Four secretaries to be posted in NITI Aayog ?
Four Secretaries in the rank of Additional Secretary are expected to be posted in the National Institution for Transforming India Aayog (NITI) Aayog.

Subrata Biswas selected as Director (ER&D), BHEL
Subrata Biswas, ED, BHEL, has been selected for the post of Director (Engineering Research & Development), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 27, 2015. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

CBI facing acute shortage of field staff
CBI is facing shortage of DIGs. At present the agency has only 25 DIGs. It requires 14 more to reach its full strength, which is 39. Apart from this, nine posts of SSP, 21 SPs, 22 Addl SPs, 40 Dy SPs, 256 Inspectors and 135 Sub Inspector posts are also vacant.


Order for Srivastava's appointment early next month
The order for appointment of Arun Srivastava as CMD of IOB is expected to be issued early next month. He is presently ED of the Bank of India.


Saudi Arabia Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao to retire
Indian ambassador to The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Hamid ali Rao will retire on April 30 after completing one year extension in service by former external affairs minister Salman Khursheed . Journalist MJAkbar is front runner for replacement.

Odisha govt asked to relieve Prasad for joining as JD, CBI
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the Government of Odisha for relieving Amrit Mohan Prasad of cadre responsibility and enabling him to join as Joint Director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Odisha cadre.


Guj govt asked to relieve A K Sharma for joining as JD, CBI
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the Government of Gujarat for relieving A K Sharma of cadre responsibility and enabling him to join as Joint Director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.


Sharma gets extension in CBI
Rajeev Sharma, IPS (RJ:1990), Joint Director, CBI has been given extension for the period from April 12, 2015 to June 30, 2015.


Has Chairman Adjudicating Authority resigned ?
Chairman Adjudicating Authority under PMLA, Mukesh Kumar is believed to have resigned. If this is true ,there will be no Member left in the Authority.


Delay in Piyush Tiwari's appointment as Director (C&M), ITDC
Why is the order for appointment of Piyush Tiwari, DGM, RINL, as Director (Commercial & Marketing), Indian Tourism & Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) getting delayed? This post fell vacant on April 1, 2015.


Delay in Diptiman's appointment as CMD, EdCIL Ltd
Why is the order for appointment of Diptiman Das as Chairman and Managing Director EdCIL (India) Limited getting delayed? The post has been lying vacant since October 8, 2014. Das is an IRAS officer.


Nine IRS-IT officers promoted to Principal Commissioner of Income Tax grade
As many as nine IRS officers of I-Tcadre have been promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax. The officers are: Harsh Prakash, Reena Sinha Puri, Geeta Ravi Chandran, Sumant Sinha, Omkareshwar Chidra, Hemanta Bijoy Mahanta, Rajat Bansal, Bharat Singh Gehlot and Kuldeep Moorti Bali.


Reshuffle of IPS officers in AP
As many as 11 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, A Ravishankar has been appointed DG, Drugs & Copy Rights while M Subba Rao will be SRP, Guntakal and J Brahma Reddy is SP, CID. Similarly, Mrs R Jayalakshmi has been posted as SP, Intelligence; J Muralidhar as Deputy Director, APPA; R N Ammi Reddy as SP, CID; B Anantha Sharma as Deputy Director, APPA; L S Chowhan as SP, Intelligence; S Ranga Reddy as AIG (Admn) in DGP office; Mrs J Parimala Hana Nutan as Deputy Director, APPA and Vijaya Rao was made ASP CID.

Five TN IAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Five 1997 batch IAS officers of Tamil Nadu cadre Ashish Vachhani, Pankaj Kumar Bansal, D Karthikeyan, Satyabrata Sahoo, Ms Beela Rajesh have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India.


IFS officer Chandramouli transferred to Jaffna
Indian Foreign Service officer, R Chandramouli has been transferred to Jaffna (C) in place of S D Moorthy.


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


PESB seeks applications for Director (Comm), PFC
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Commercial), Power Finance Corporation (PFC) lying vacant since January 23, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before June 8, 2015.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, ITI Ltd (UPDATED)
Only two persons appeared for the interviews for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, ITI Limited held by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on April 28, 2015. The Board has now decided to see more candidates.

Vinay Kumar posted as SSP, Purnia in Bihar (UPDATED)
Vinay Kumar has been appointed as SSP, Purnia in Bihar. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

HUDCO celebrates its 45th Foundation Day (UPDATED)
Minister of Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation& Parliamentary Affairs, M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the function and addressed the august gathering to commemorate HUDCO's 45th Foundation Day. M Venkaiah Naidu emphasized on three basic mantra's of the Prime Minister of India that of 'skill, scale and speed'. Minister, said, that the Centre and States have to effectively engage the private sector to achieve the mission of affordable housing for all by 2022. The Minister complimented HUDCO in its endeavor to provide affordable housing to the unreached by financing 92% of its housing schemes to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Low Income Groups (LIGs). The Minister said that agriculture alone cannot sustain people, and therefore, focus has to be aimed towards sustainable urbanization for optimum use of space for housing and providing infrastructure facilities such as metros, airports, BRTs to the people. The main agenda of the Government of India, he said, is 'growth, development and governance'. The Minister impressed that the focus of urbanization should be to create innovative ideas through proper planning and disaster management preparedness by adapting and adopting best practices from all over the world. On the occasion, the Minister released three HUDCO publications namely, HUDCO Darpan, Shelter and HUDCO Design Awards - 2014. While delivering the Welcome Address Dr M Ravi Kanth, CMD HUDCO highlighted the key role played by HUDCO over the years, in channelling investments into housing and urban infrastructure sectors andat the same time, being the principal arm of the Government of India, HUDCO has assisted in the implementation of various housing and urban development programmes of Central and State governments from time to time. Detailing HUDCOs laudable performance in terms of sanctions, releases and reduction in NPAs, he mentioned that this was made possible due to the unflinching support and constant guidance extended by the Union Minister, the MoS and the Ministry of HUPA. This was followed by a cultural programme by the members of the HUDCO family.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Chaukar appointed Independent Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Kirloskar Brothers Limited has appointed Kishor Anant Chaukar as Independent Director of the company.

Banerjee appointed Addl. Director, Asian Tea & Exports Ltd
Asian Tea & Exports Ltd has appointed Manash Kumar Banerjee as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. April 27, 2015

Two Joint MDs appointed on Board of Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd has appointed Pranav Amin and Shaunak Amin as Joint Managing Directors of the company

Swamp appointed MD, Industrial & Prudential Investment Company Ltd
Industrial & Prudential Investment Company Ltd has appointed G Swamp as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. March 30, 2015.

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of STC
Ms B Kinnera Murthy and Jayendra N Shah have ceased to be Independent Directors of The State Trading Corporation of India Limited

Agrawal resigns as Director, Rei Agro Ltd
Ms Anishrava Agrawal has resigned as Director of Rei Agro Limited

Sharma appointed Director, Agri-Tech (India) Ltd
Agri-Tech (India) Limited has appointed Omprakash Ramnarayan Sharma as Director of the company

Kundra appointed Addl. Director, Indraprastha Gas Ltd
Indraprastha Gas Limited has appointed Ms Gitanjali Gupta Kundra as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f April 20, 2015.

Ramchandran appointed CS, United Spirits Limited
United Spirits Limited has appointed V Ramachandran as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. May 1, 2015

Singhania appointed CFO, Industrial & Prudential Investment Company Ltd
A Singhania has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Industrial & Prudential Investment Company Ltd w.e.f. March 30, 2015.

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DEBATE (1)

Using ministers and their subordinates

Top echelons of bureaucracy use both Ministers (by stooping) and the subordinates to them by barking.

BBS


DEBATE (2)

Politicians are basically of two kinds, one, duty oriented, though very rare, like Pandit Pant in older days, Mr Jagmohan, Dr Manmohan Singh and in today's date Mr Suresh Prabhu and the other, so to say, the hardcore politician, the majority now. Similarly civil servants can be categorized. Of late, civil servants have acquired great political acumen and give matching contest to the politicians. It has been only straight civil servants who have always been at the receiving end.

S C Poddar

None uses the other till the latter wants to get used. Both use each other and lines need to be drawn. While the union of these two sets should be good governance, the intersection of these two disjoint sets should again be good governance and welfare of society. Let public, private, political and defence sectors join hands and show some good results for the country.

Prasad


One IFS officer must in PMO:

A retired Indian Forest Service officer, who has experience at federal government level - as advisor; or a service IFS officer at Joint Secretary level in the PMO will be a great help to the PM to maintain balance between forest conservation and development. This advisor or JS level officer should be made a member of the Forest Advisory Committee or at least invited to the meetings of the Committee.

Dr Pratima


Save nature

The earthquake at Nepal and tremors has shaken us all. We are too small in front of mighty nature. We are fortunate that we have four vedas & our religious teaching of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, which teaches us not to play with nature. However when people elect us in democracy to serve and administer we think we are masters of destiny and become Ravana- kans. Save Mother Earth from new Raja's Save Green Cover of Bhopal. 230 MLAs of Madhya Pradesh how many houses, when Madhya Pradesh has half of per capita income of national income, when MP has 40% of roads in comparison to geographically smaller Maharashtra, when MP has 25% lesser railway track in comparison to the national average of 23 km/1000 sq km.

Rajendra Kothari


Officer of merit

Pravir Krishna is an officer of proven merit. He will be able to bring about an overall improvement in Urban Administration of principal cities of MP. A big thrust is required in improving things in Bhopal

S C Agrawal, Retd DGP, MP

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