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Modi is a nationalist !
Modi is said to be a true nationalist. He is the only leader who says 'Mera Bharat' whereas there is no such leader in the Congress.

Explosive book that may expose AAP !
The buzz is that an ex-worker is writing an explosive book on AAP which he claims will expose the hidden agenda/conspiracy of the party and its leaders. Till then wait & watch.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1982 batch IAS officers by May 10?
The empanelment of 1982 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place by May 10.

Who will be Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh?
The most important post due for change under MEA is that of Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh where Pankaj Saran (IFS, 82) has completed his tenure.No front runner has emerged so far as it is not clear whether previous posting as Deputy High Commissioner will count for anything.

M-T cadre IAS officer, Dinesh Kumar seeks inter-cadre transfer to AP
A 2013 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, Dinesh Kumar has sought an inter-cadre transfer from his parent cadre to Andhra Pradesh cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Vijaya K, a 2013 batch IAS officer also of Andhra Pradesh cadre. His application is under process.

MHA asked to relieve transferred officers
The buzz is that MHA has refused to entertain any application of IPS to review transfer orders and has asked the Delhi govt to relieve those who have been transferred from Delhi within a week.

Large scale transfer in Delhi Police on the cards
It is almost certain that large scale transfer in Delhi Police is on the cards. About 8-10 IPS officers are going to be affected.

Where is proposed panel for Rly GMs?
Railways have to fill six vacant posts of GMs. These posts have been lying vacant for the last 3-5 months. A 6-8 member panel has been proposed, the status of which is under cloud.

Three IAS officers to return to J & K from central deputation
Three IAS officers currently on deputation to the GoI are returning to parent J & K cadre. They are Mssrs. Dheeraj Gupta, Navin Choudhary and RK Goyal. While Dheeraj Gupta is Advisor, NITI Aayog, Navin Kumar Choudhary is Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and RK Goyal is Joint Secretary in the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.

Why delay in orders of Shankarnarayanan as ED, Bank of India?
Why are the orders for the appointment of R Shankarnarayanan, GM, Bank of India, as Executive Director of same bank getting delayed? Orders may be finally issued in a couple of weeks.

Andhra Bank to be merged with other PSU Bank?
The Government of India is reportedly mulling the merging of Andhra Bank with other larger PSU bank in order to improve its performance.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, ITI Ltd
Only two persons appeared for the interview 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.

Orders of Sunil Bhatia for Director (Fin), PDIL yet to come
The orders for appointment of Sunil Bhatia, GM, NFL, as Director (Finance), Project Development India Limited (PDIL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since October 1, 2014.

Maximum vacancies in Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court has maximum vacancies of judges. According to official sources, against the approved strength of 160 judges the Allahabad HC has only 82 working judges. Vacant position is 78 which is the highest.

Mrs Kalpana Shrivastava gets PM's Excellence Award for 'Lado Abhiyan'
The 'Lado Abhiyan' initiated by Mrs Kalpana Shrivastava, Commissioner, Women and Child Development Department in Madhya Pradesh has been conferred with Prime Minister's Excellence Award for the year 2013-14 for its overwhelming response to discourage child marriage in the State. Mrs Shrivastava, who belongs to a 1992 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, received this award from Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at a function held at New Delhi.

PESB invites applications for Director (Mkt), IOCL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Marketing), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) lying vacant since March 4, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before June 11, 2015.

Arvind Agrawal, posted as Principal Secretary, Tourism in Gujarat
Arvind Agrawal, who is an IAS officer of 1984 batch of Gujarat cadre, has been transferred to Tourism Department Govt. of Gujarat as Principal Secretary (Tourism, Devsthanam Management & Pilgrimage). Earlier, he was posted as Additional Chief Secretary to Government and Education Department (Primary & Secondary Education).

Reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
As many as 10 IAS officers have been transferred in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, P Narhari has been appointed Collector of Indore, V Chandrashekhar - Collector of Ratlam, Ashok Kumar Bhargava has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Secretariat, Dr Sanjay Goyal as Collector of Gwalior, Pramod Kumar Gupta as Director, Technical Education, Rajiv Sharma as Collector of Shajapur, Mukesh Kumar Shukla as Collector of Shahdol, Mrs Arun Gupta as Collector of Jhabua, Ms Priyanka Das has been made Additional Commissioner - Urban Administration and Development and Tarun Rathi has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Mining with additional charge of ED, MP State Mining Corporation. Besides, Swatantra Singh will be Collector, Damoh.

K Balaji Majumdar deputed as PS to Y S Chowdary
K Balaji Majumdar has been appointed as Private Secretary to Y S Chowdary, Minister of State for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences. He is a 1995 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Two IAS officers of Uttarakhand cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Two 1997 batch IAS officers of Uttarakhand cadre, Ramesh Kumar Sudhanshu and Lalrinliana Fanai have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

CBI: Special team for financial crimes
Over a period of three years, 555 CBI officers will be trained in investigation of financial crimes and other new and emerging crimes in partnership with IIM, Bangalore and National Law School.

35 CBI officials awarded
35 CBI officials were given away awards by Arun Jaitley for meritorious work. The officials include Messrs- Amitabh Singh Dhillon, DIG, V Murugesan, DIG, S. Sengathir, DIG (all IPS), Rishi Prakash, SP Retd, Roy Alexander Addl, SP, Ajaib Singh, Additional SP Prasenjit Roy, Additional SP.

Gyanveer Singh shifted to Kathmandu
Indian Foreign Service officer, Gyanveer Singh has been transferred to Kathmandu (C) in place of Madan Singh Bhandari.

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

Five IAS officers in AP transferred
Five IAS officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Ajeya Kallam has been appointed as Special Chief Secretary, CT, Excise & Registration & Stamps, Revenue Department, Dr P V Ramesh will now be Principal Finance Secretary, Mrs Poonam Malakondaiah - Principal Secretary, Primary Health, Health Medical & Family Welfare Department with full additional charge of Vice- Chairman & Managing Director, A.P. Health & Medical Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation, Muddada Ravichandra has been posted as Secretary, Expenditure, Finance Department and Mrs Sujatha Sharma was posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Prakasam District.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in UP
Several IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Raju Babu Singh has been appointed SP of Ghazipur, Umesh Chandra Srivastava - Commandant PAC, Rae Bareli, Siddharth Annirudh Pankaj - SP, Sant Kabir Nagar, Rohan P Kanay - Commandant PAC, Gonda, Atul Sharma - SP Kushinagar, Lalit Kumar Singh has been shifted to DGP office and Harish Kumar has been posted as SP PTS, Unnao.

8 IRAS officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as eight IRAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Ved Prakash has been transferred to RCF/RBL whereas Anand Prakash was posted to Northern Railway and Gaithareo to Northeast Frontier Railway. Similarly, K N Chandraprakash has been transferred to South East Central Railway, Ravi Nandkeolyar to East Central Railway, S Vivekanand to South East Central Railway, B K Singh to South Eastern Railway and V Chandrashekhar has been transferred to South Western Railway.

M Dana Kishore is also Chairman & Commissioner, Housing Board in Telangana (UPDATED)
M Dana Kishore has been assigned full additional charge as Chairman & Housing Commissioner, Housing Board, Telangana. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Chawdhary is also Secretary, Transportation Department in Bihar (UPDATED)
Arvind Kumar Chawdhary has been assigned additional charge as Secretary, Transportation Department, Patna, Bihar. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Dr Savita Anand appointed as PCCF in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Savita Anand, who is presently Principal Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, has been appointed as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) (Head of Forest Force) in Rajasthan. She is a 1981 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ashwini Kumar Upadhayay promoted to PCCF grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Ashwini Kumar Upadhayay has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) in Rajasthan. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Dr C N Maheswaran appointed as Excise Commissioner in TN (UPDATED)
Dr C N Maheswaran has been appointed as Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Vinod Kumar is new Ambassador to Uzbekistan (UPDATED)
Vinod Kumar, (IFS:1983), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

No suitable candidate found for Director (M&CP), CWC (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find suitable candidate for the post of Director (Marketing & Corporate Planning), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) after interviewing four persons at selection meeting held onApril 29, 2015. The Board has now decided to see more candidates.

S S Yadav continues as Secretary, Tourism & Publicity in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
S S Yadav will continue holding the charge of Secretary, Tourism and Information & Publicity and MD, SRDC till further orders in Delhi Government. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sikkim CS gets another three months extension (UPDATED)
Sikkim Chief Secretary Rinchen Ongmu has been given another three months extension in service beginning May 1. She is 1979 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Nilaya Mitasha repatriated to parent cadre (UPDATED)
Nilaya Mitasha, OSD, Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA), under the Department of Economic Affairs, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Arvind Jadhav has been appointed as Chairman, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal while Pradeep Singh Kharola will be ACS, Tourism department and Dr G Kalpana is Principal Secretary, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs. Similarly, M Lakshminarayana has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department with additional charge of DG, Administrative Traininig Institute and Mrs Rashmi V Mahesh was made Secretary, Food Processing & Harvest Technology.

Sanjay Chadha appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce (UPDATED)
Sanjay Chadha has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce for a period of five years. He is a 1985 batch IRSME officer.

Ms Anita Praveen appointed as Joint Secretary, Commerce (UPDATED)
Ms Anita Praveen has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce for a period of five years. She is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ashok Dongre adha appointed as Joint Secretary, Defence (UPDATED)
Ashok Dongre has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence for a period of five years. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Mukesh Mittal appointed as Joint Secretary, MHA (UPDATED)
Mukesh Mittal has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of five years. He is a 1987 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Niharika Barik appointed as Joint Secretary, Food & Public Distribution (UPDATED)
Ms Niharika Barik has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution for balance period of her central deputation. She is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Dinesh Singh Bist appointed as Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs (UPDATED)
Dinesh Singh Bist has been apponited as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

J P Agarwal appointed as Principal Commissioner, DDA (UPDATED)
J P Agarwal has been appointed as Principal Commissioner, DDA under the Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1988 batch CSS officer.

Ms Tanuja Pande appointed as DDG, UIDAI (UPDATED)
Ms Tanuja Pande has been appointed as Deputy Director General, UIDAI, for a period of five years. She is a 1987 batch IRAS officer.

Sudeeep Jain appointed as DG, Election Commission of India (UPDATED)
Sudeep Jain has been appointed as Director General (Training), Election Commission of India. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Sanjeev Sood appointed as Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Sood has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. He is a 1984 batch IRSEE officer.

Maneesh Garg appointed as Joint Secretary, School Education & Literacy (UPDATED)
Maneesh Garg has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy for a period of five years. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Santosh Kumar Mall appointed as Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (UPDATED)
Santosh Kumar Mall has been appointed as Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Department of School Education & Literacy. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Devesh Chaturvedi appointed as Joint Secretary, DoPT (UPDATED)
Devesh Chaturvedi has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training for a period of five years. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

R K Agrawal appointed as Joint Secretary, Shipping (UPDATED)
R K Agrawal has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Shipping for a period of five years. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Alok Kumar-I appointed as Development Commissioner, Handlooms (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar-I has been appointed as Development Commissioner, Handlooms under the Ministry of Textiles. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

V Venu appointed as Joint Secretary, Sports (UPDATED)
V Venu has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Sports. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rajesh Chaudhary appointed as Joint Secretary, Public Enterprises (UPDATED)
Rajesh K Chaudhary has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises for a period of five years. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ms Ravneet Kaur appointed as Joint Secretary, IPP (UPDATED)
Ms Ravneet Kaur has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (IPP) for a period of five years. She is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari appointed as Joint Secretary, MHA (UPDATED)
Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. She is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Rao re-appointed MD, Alkali Metals Ltd
Alkali Metals Limited has re-appointed Y S R Venkat Rao as Managing Director of the company.

Chopra appointed CS, Bharti Airtel Ltd
Bharti Airtel Ltd has appointed Rajendra Chopra as Company Secretary of the company.

Shah appointed Independent Director, Lyka Labs Ltd
Lyka Labs Limited has appointed Yatin N Shah as an Independent Director of the company.

Bhusari appointed Whole-time Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd
Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited has appointed Anand Bhusari as Whole-time Director of the company

Bedi resigns as Whole-time Director, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited
Jitendra Singh Bedi has resigned as Whole-time Director of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited

Ms Rao appointed Independent Director, Wheels India Ltd
Wheels India Limited has appointed Ms Bharati Rao as a Woman Independent Director of the company.

Baljee appointed Woman Director, Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd
Royal Orchid Hotels Limited has appointed Ms Sunita Baljee as Woman Director of the company.

Masuda appointed Addl. Director, Snowman Logistics Ltd
Snowman Logistics Ltd has appointed Tomoyuki Masuda as Additional Director of the company.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of SKS Logistics Ltd
SKS Logistics Ltd has appointed I V Shivraman and Ms. Lavina Chatur as Additonal directors of the company.

Ramanathan resigns as CS, SPEL Semiconductor Ltd
Ms Rohini Ramanathan has resigned as Company Secretary of SPEL Semiconductor Ltd

Murthy appointed Senior VP ( Mktg.), Snapdeal
Idi Srinivas Murthy has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Marketing, of Snapdeal.

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DEBATE (1)

DEBATE : " … Whether politicians use bureaucrats or vice versa "

The umbilical cord between politicians and bureaucrats, was never cut. This led to their criminal bonding. Both are complementary and supplementary to each other. The States' bureaucracy from the top down to Patwari, is spineless or with backbone, meticulously broken. Both enjoy a symbiotic relationship, mutually admiring and dependent. Inputs from investigative and intelligence agencies will expose the nexus between politicians and politicized bureaucrats, who are readily available to be misused and abused. They indulge in all sorts of shenanigans to please political masters for getting plum postings and accelerated promotions. Post retirement- they are rewarded with powerful assignments- Governorship, Ambassadorships, MPs, Advisors, Consultants etc. They earn the sobriquet of "Field Marshals", who serve even after retirement. Sycophancy is key to success. The problem was rampant during UPA and brazenly continues even now. Not all bureaucrats are bad. The honourable exceptions are respected after retirement for their honesty, integrity and non-pliability, while in service.
A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Finance Minister in dilemma
CBDT committed blunder by releasing ITR forms 2015-16 without proper consultation. The move is being justified on various grounds like SIT recommendations (where SIT is not able to perform its own duty charter), unearth black money etc. The fact is that CBDT has to take effective steps to simplify tax rules so that people can willingly start paying required taxes. This year number of filers has gone up, but next year it will get reduced. Do not create tax terrorism, create friendly environment where people feel comforts in dealing with the taxes. Revenue Secretary is trying to save the move giving different reasons for changing ITR forms. Please start collecting the information from all residents why only from tax payers. It is like the people who do not have regular electricity connection but use it illegally are exempted from paying electricity charges as they do not have regular connection and no meter. Any rise in tariff, they only pay. Similarly in income tax, people who files returns, they have to bear all arrogance of IT authorities. The 96% people who do not pay taxes nor they file returns, they are safe. Please start collecting income details from non filers first then from filers. Though the new ITR forms have been put on hold but they are still in IT website which should immediately be withdrawn so it does not create confusion. Why IFSC code of all bank accounts is needed? One is sufficient. FM is trying to find solution but is in dilemma.
N Prakash

Earthquake in Nepal
I remember in 1976, the Department of Mines, GoI and Geological Survey of India had organized International Seminar of Himalayan Geology in September 1976 at Vigyan Bhavan where international experts had participated and presented papers. I remember the fear of severe earthquakes was expressed. It is time that ministry of mines, GoI and GSI should cull out the papers and study them afresh. Another such seminar is overdue now.
Pradeep Kumar

Vigilance units under CVC
Bringing vigilance units of Maharatna and Navratna PSU's under administrative control of CVC can eradicate corruption and frauds. In one of Maharatna PSU, an Executive Director has forged age affidavit. Vigilance could not do anything because of the pressures he has utilised. Similarly, vigilance has given conditional clearance to a corrupt DGM(HRD) for releasing retirement benefits. Vigilance has recommended punishment to DGM(HRD) for lowering the pay scale and debarring from promotion, but the management has not taken any action against this DGM(HRD). almost three months over. This is the state of affairs in PSU's. Govt should look into this very seriously.
Venki

DoT uncertain
DoT seems to have created total uncertainty in working since last one year using ad hoc measures despite Modi government's presence. BSNL CMD is on one-year look out. MTNL CMD doesn't know about his tenure. DoT and other government bodies had been delaying their responses to CAT (OA 958 of 2015) even on the appointments of the two secretary level posts of Members which they appear to have messed up in favour of two ineligible candidates.
Nutan Agrawal

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