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Source of Modi's 'out of the box' ideas?
What is the secret behind Narendra Modi's 'out of the box' ideas? Those in the know of things say that he has best brains of the country with him.


Nikhil Meshwani at number two!
Nikhil Meshwani has been adjudged second most powerful in petrochemicals.


Ensure implementation of Majithia Board's report in media houses: SC
With a view to keeping an eye on media houses/newspapers whether or not they were implementing Majithia Wage Board's recommendations in their establishments, the Supreme Court is reported to have ordered State governments to ensure implementation of Wage Board's report by appointing labour officers within one month. The officers will be assigned to submit report within three months.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Chairman of TRAI ?
Who will succeed Rahul Khullar this month as Chairman of the TRAI ? If sources are to be believed, eight candidates have been short-listed for the post. They are P K Sinha Secretary Power, R K Mathur Secretary Defence, S K Srivastava outgoing Secretary Coal, Rajiv Kher Secretary Commerce, R S Sharma Secretary IT, Bimal Julka Secretary I &B, Harsh Vardhan Vice President WTO and Subir Gokaran former Dy Governor of RBI.

19 new Joint Secretaries appointed in GoI
Altogether 19 new Joint Secretaries have been appointed in the Government of India.

Sanjay Chadha appointed Joint Secretary, Commerce
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 Joint Secretary, Commerce
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 Joint Secretary, Defence
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 Joint Secretary, MHA
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 Joint Secretary, Food & Public Distribution
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 Joint Secretary, Minority Affairs
Dinesh Singh Bist has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

J P Agarwal appointed Principal Commissioner, DDA
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 DDG, UIDAI
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 DG, Election Commission of India
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 Joint Secretary, Atomic Energy
Sanjeev Sood has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy. He is a 1984 batch IRSEE officer.

Maneesh Garg appointed Joint Secretary, School Education & Literacy
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 Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
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 Joint Secretary, DoPT
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 Joint Secretary, Shipping
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 Development Commissioner, Handlooms
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 Joint Secretary, Sports
V Venu has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Sports. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rajesh Chaudhary appointed Joint Secretary, Public Enterprises
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 Joint Secretary, IPP
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 Joint Secretary, MHA
Ms Rakhee Gupta Bhandari has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. She is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Sikkim CS gets another three-month extension
Sikkim Chief Secretary, Rinchen Ongmu has been given another three-month extension in service beginning May 1. She is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Vinod Kumar is Ambassador to Uzbekistan
Vinod Kumar, IFS officer of 1983 batch, presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed the next Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

No suitable candidate for Director (M&CP), CWC
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 on April 29, 2015. The Board has now decided to see more candidates.

Shayin Mohammed to return to parent cadre
Deputy Commissioner UT Administration in Chandigarh, Shayin Mohammed is returning to parent cadre. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Manisha Panwar is PS to Uttarakhand CM
Ms Manisha Prasad Panwar has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister. She is 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Alimalmigithi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
KMM Alimalmigithi has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IES officer.

Applications for MD & CEO, Bank of Baroda invited
The Department of Financial Services has invited applications for the post of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD& CEO), Bank of Baroda.

Eight IRAS officers transferred
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. 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.

PESB seeks applications for Director (BC), BEL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (BC), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) falling vacant on May 1, 2016. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before June 30, 2015.

CPSEs asked to constitute WIPS cell
Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have been advised to constitute Women in Public Sector (WIPS) Cell to address women issues.

Orders of D Rajkumar for MD, BPRL yet to come
Orders for appointment of D Rajkumar, ED, BPRL, as Managing Director, Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. However, he is holding an additional charge of MD, BPRL.

Bank of Maharashtra to be merged with another PSU Bank ?
Government of India is reportedly mulling merger of Bank of Maharashtra with a larger PSU bank in order to improve its performance.

1984 batch IPS in Bihar to get DG rank
Four 1984 batch IPS officers - A K Upadhyay, K S Dwivedi, Ravindra Kumar and Rajesh Ranjan - are being promoted to the rank of DG in Bihar.

S K Muluka transferred to Khartoum
Indian Foreign Service officer, S K Muluka has been transferred to Khartoum (C) in place of Subhash P Gupta.

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

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

Dashora appointed DDG, Establishment, Postal Dte, Delhi
Shailendra Dashora has been appointed Deputy Director General, Establishment, Postal Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Mukesh Khanna is Chairman of CFSI
Shaktiman fame popular Mukesh Khanna has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Children Film Society of India (CFSI).

Nilaya Mitasha repatriated to parent
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
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.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 48 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Ashok Sampatram has been appointed as ACS, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Horticulture while Kumari Gurjot Kaur will now be ACS & Ex-officio DG, Harishchandra Mathur State Public Administration Academy and Rakesh Shrivastava is ACS, Women and Child Development. Similarly, Bal Krishna Meena has been appointed as Chairman, Rajasthan Tax Board, Ajmer; Ravi Shankar Shrivastava as PS, Science and Technology; Sanjay Dixit as PS, Ayurved; Pawan Kumar Goyal as PS, Higher Education & Technical Education; Rajeshwar Singh as PS, Animal Husbandry; Go-Palan; Niranjan Kumar Arya as Commissioner, Departmental Inquiry; Dr R Venkateshwaran as Registrar, Cooperative; Ashwini Bhagat as Secretry, Culture; Kunju Lal Meena as Secrtary, Elementary Education; R S Jakhad as Director, Monitoring and Programme Implementation; Ashutosh A T Pednekar as CEO and Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Jaipur; Dr Rajesh Sharma as MD, RCDF, Rajasthan; Dr Ravi Kumar Surpur as Collector, Kota; Joga Ram as Commissioner, Jodhpur Development Authority, Jodhpur; Purn Chandra Kishan as Collector, Shriganganagar; Mrs Poonam as Collector, Bikaner; Ms Arti Dogara as MD, Jodhpur Power Distribution Corp Ltd, Jodhpur; Rohit Gupta as Collector, Udaypur; Mrs Anandhi as Collector, Swaimadhopur; Dr Tina Kumar as Collector, Bhilwada; Mrs Shuchi Tyagi as Collector, Dholpur; Muktanand Agrawal as Collector, Alwar; Anup Khinchi as CEO, Jaipur; Kumar Pal Gautam as Collector, Pali; Mrs Neha Giri as Collector, Bundi; Vishwa Mohan Sharma as Collector, Jaisalmer; Mrs Anupama Jorwal as Secretary, Nagar Vikas Nyas, Alwar; Bhagwati Prasad Kalal as CEO, Baran Zilla Panchayat; H Guite as CEO & Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ajmer; N Shivprasad Madan as CEO & Commissioner, Kota Municipal Corporation; Sandesh Nayak as Additional Commissioner, VAT & IT, Commercial Tax; Mrs Shivangi Swarnkar as Joint Secretary, Finance; Mahavir Prasad Swami as Director, State Insurance; Rajesh Yadav as Additional Director, Harishchandra Mathur Public Administartive Academy; Narayan Lal Meena as CEO and Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Bikaner; Anil Kumar Chaplot as Director, Tourism; Hanumant Singh Bhati as Director, Science and Technology; Ratan Lal Lahoti as Divisional Commissioner, Jodhpur; Swarup Singh Panwar as Collector, Dausa; Ram Nivas as Collector, Hanumangarh; Dr B L Jatawat as Commissiner, State Elementary Education; P R Pandat as Commissioner, Persons with disabled; Satya Prakash Baswala as Collector, Pratapgarh; Vikram Singh Chauhan as Collector, Karauli and Ms Rekha Gupta was made collector, Tonk.

6 Lawyers designated as Senior Advocate in Delhi High Court (UPDATED)
As many as six Lawyers have been designated as Senior Advocate in Delhi High Court. They are : Vivek Sood, Balbir Singh, Rekha Palli , Mukul Talwar and others.

2 IPS officers shifted at ADG level in Telangana (UPDATED)
Two Indian Police Service officers have been transferred and posted in the rank of Additional Director General of Police in Telangana. Accordingly, Dr Ish Kumar has been posted as Director, RBVRR Telangana State Police Academy while Dr Batti Lal Meena is made Additional Director General of Police (Welfare).

Three IFS officers transferred in Telanagana (UPDATED)
As many as 3 IFS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Telanagana. Accordingly, M Rama Prasad has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Pensions) while Harish Chandra Mishra is made Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (WL) and Dr Suresh Nagesh Jadav was posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests/ Conservator of Forests, P & E Circle, Nizamabad.

Shrivastava posted as Deputy Secy, Health & Family Welfare (UPDATED)
Sudeep Shrivastava has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare on central deputation for a period of four years. He is an IRSSE officer.

CPWD's Vigilance Division launches vigilance news letter (UPDATED)
The Vigilance Division of CPWD under the Ministry of Urban Development has launched a vigilance news letter to serve as an effective medium to connect the different stakeholders with the objective to develop and implement impartial, rational and transparent working processes in the organisation. The inaugural issue of this News Letter aptly named 'Satarkta Nirman Prakash' is released today on April 29, 2015 by the DG, CPWD Diwakar Garg in a simple but graceful function held at the Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi.He praised the efforts of the Vigilance Division for starting many public outreach programs. The Chief Vigilance Officer of CPWD M R Krishna, IPS explained in detail the various innovative activities undertaken by the Vigilance Divison and also emphasised the importance of active participation of all senior officers in the vigilance activities to make participative vigilance really effective. All Special DGs, Additional DGs and Chief Engineers attended this inaugural function.

HAL Dhruv in rescue mission in Nepal (UPDATED)
HAL's Advanced Light Helicopter (Dhruv) operated by the Indian Army Aviation has been playing an important role in the on-going rescue and relief measures being undertaken in the earthquake devastated regions of Nepal. "HAL's Dhruvs so far cumulatively completed nearly 40 sorties clocking around 70 hours of flying. They are helping in movement of equipment, other logistics management in addition to evacuating people from the earthquake affected areas", says T Suvarna Raju, CMD, HAL. The tiny Himalayan country suffered the worst when the earthquake struck on April 25, 2015. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi had recently handed over an indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) - Dhruv - built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to the Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala at Kathmandu. The copter is being used by the Nepalese Army. Dhruv helicopter has a proven track record in both military and civil operations. It is designed to meet the requirement of both military and civil operators. Dhruv has also been exported to Ecuador, Mauritius and Maldives. Dhruv is particularly useful in meeting the arduous tasks in difficult terrains. Dhruv helicopters played a key role in search and rescue operations during the 2004 tsunami, the 2010 flash floods at Leh, the 2011 earthquake in Sikkim, the biggest ever rescue operation by helicopters undertaken by IAF in flood and rain-hit areas of Uttarakhand in June-2013 and Jammu & Kashmir flood relief operation in September-2014. Dhruv is being operated by Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Coast Guard, BSF and State governments since 2002. More than 140 Dhruv helicopters are in operation logging close to 1, 30,000 flight hours. Dhruv is a multi-role, multi-mission new generation helicopter in 5.5 tonne weight class and meets Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) specifications. It has demonstrated its capability in long distance flights, vertical climb and manoeuvring. Dhruv is an all-weather helicopter which can carry 10-16 people at heights of 10,000 feet.

ONGC notifies 22 discoveries in 2014-15 (UPDATED)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has notified four more hydrocarbon discoveries in the fourth quarter of 2014-15 taking the total number of discoveries in the fiscal year 2014-15 to 22. In addition, ONGC began FY 2015-16 with two more significant discoveries. Details are given below: Four more discoveries of FY'15: Vadtal #11 (VDAI), NELP Block CB-ONN-2004/2, Gujarat; South Pasarlapudi # 1, Tatipaka Pasarlapudi PML, Andhra Pradesh; Khoraghat # 35, Nambar PML, Golaghat District, Assam; Khoraghat-37 (KHBA) was drilled in Golaghat Dist. PEL to explore basement. Two new discoveries of FY'16: KG-DWN-98/2-M-4 in NELP-I Block KG-DWN-98/2. ONGC has made another significant Oil and Gas discovery in deep water NELP-I block KG-DWN-98/2, KG-PG Basin in the East coast of Andhra Pradesh at the well KG-DWN-98/2-M-4. The well located about 25 km off nearest coastline at 458m bathymetry was drilled down to a depth of 3246m. Based on the subsurface geological, MDT / Mini DST and electro-log data, six hydrocarbon bearing zones with net pay of 78m have been established in this well. Object in the interval 2900-2908m tested conventionally flowed oil at a rate of about 3,160 BOPD and gas at a rate of about 3,19,483 m3/day. KG-OSN-2004/1, in NELP VI block in KG Offshore. ONGC has made another significant Gas discovery in shallow water NELP-VI block KG-OSN-2004/1, KG-PG Basin in the East coast of Andhra Pradesh at the well KG-OSN-04/1-NASG-1. The well located about 19 km south of nearest coastal temple town of Antarvedi in Andhra Pradesh, was drilled down to a depth of 2555m in water depth of 69m. ONGC has executed more discoveries in other parts of the country.

Public holiday declared on May 1 in Telangana (UPDATED)
The Government of Telangana has declared a public holiday on May 1 in the State after Secretary, Reserve Bank of India Employees Association, Hyderabad and the General Secretary, Bank Employees Federation of India, Hyderabad requested the Government.

Jalaj Shrivastava relieved to join as Addl Secretary, Agriculture (UPDATED)
The Government of Delhi has relieved Jalaj Shrivastava of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation for a period of four years. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mrs Shobha Ohatker posted as ADG, Training in Bihar (UPDATED)
Mrs Shobha Ohatker has been appointed as Additional Director General, Training in Bihar. She is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Nutan Guha Biswas relieved to join as Addl Secretary, Women & Child Development (UPDATED)
The Government of Delhi has relieved Ms Nutan Guha Biswas of cadre responsibility enabling her to join as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development for a period of four years. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Narula joins as CMD, ITDC (UPDATED)
Umang Narula, who is a 1989-batch IAS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre, has joined as Chairman and Managing Director of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).

9 IAS Probationers of 2014 batch get postings in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as nine IAS Probationers of 2014 batch have been given postings as Assistant District Magistrates in Bihar after completion of their trainings. Accordingly, Ms Udita Singh was posted as Asst DM, Patna; Amit Kumar Pandey as Asst DM, Saran, Chhapra; Shashank Shubhankar as Asst DM, Rohtas, Sasaram; Roshan Kushwaha Asst DM, Gaya; Aditya Prakash as Asst DM, Muzaffarpur; Ms Abhilasha Kumari Sharma as Asst DM, Darbhanga; Yashpal Meena as Asst DM, Pashchim Champaran, Betia; Shyam Bihar Meena as Asst DM, Bhagalpur and Saurabh Jorwal was made Purnia.

Manish Mohan Govil posted as OSD, CBEC (UPDATED)
Manish Mohan Govil has been appointed as OSD in CX-9 Section of Central Board of Excise & Customs. He is a 1994 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

IRS-IT officers posted as Under Secretary, CBDT (UPDATED)
Two officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre Dinesh Antil and Tatung Padi have been appointed as Under Secretary in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) under the Department of Revenue.

Arun Kumar bereaved (UPDATED)
Smt. Renu Kumar, wife of Arun Kumar (IAS, 1965), former Chief Secy. Chhatisgarh, passed away in New Delhi today. She had a wide circle of friends and well-wishers.

C S Verma chairs first meeting of reconstituted SCOPE Board (UPDATED)
In the first meeting of the newly constituted SCOPE Executive Board, C S Verma, Chairman, SCOPE presented his "Two Year Vision for SCOPE" to make it more vibrant. The Vision inter alia includes new Committees on Redressal of Common issues of PSEs, SCOPE Restructuring, Policy Advisory Board, CSR and Sustainable Development Committee and opening of Indian Public Sector Academy etc. Chairman, SCOPE informed that while the SCOPE Economic Forum will serve as a Think Tank, SCOPE shall also undertake Expert Study on Reforms and Professionalisation of PSEs Board. He said SCOPE will also take special interest in Public Sector Sports, Yoga and Wellness Programme to enhance the capacity of PSEs persons through better health, ethics and team culture. Regional Offices of SCOPE will also start functioning at Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Verma asked Director General, SCOPE to continue his all out efforts to develop suitable strategy to achieve the Vision as above. Dr UD Choubey, Director General, SCOPE reaffirmed his commitment for continued best efforts in the interest of PSEs.

Das is new Secretary to Delhi LG (UPDATED)
S C L Das is the new Secretary to Delhi Governor Najeeb Jung.He is 1992 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. He has succeeded Nutan Guha Biswas

Four IAS officers relieved from Goa to join Delhi Government (UPDATED)
Four IAS officers Mssrs D P Dwivedi,Z U Siddiqui,F O Hashmi and Parimal Rai have been relieved by the Goa Government to join the Delhi Government.

Samant Rohan Rajendra inducted as Under Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
Samant Rohan Rajendra has been inducted as Under Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat in Government of India for a period of four years. He is a 2009 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

S K Bhattacharya selected for Director (Mining), HCL (UPDATED)
S K Bhattacharya, GM, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has been selected for the post of Director (Mining) in the same company. A total of 10 officials were interviewed by the PESB for the above post.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Former Odisha CS joins Vedanta Group
Former Odisha chief secretary Bijay Patnaik has joined Vedanta group as the president of its university project.

Fernandes appointed Exec. Chairman, Sancia Global Infraprojects Ltd
Sancia Global Infraprojects Ltd has appointed Johnny Fernandes as an Executive Chairman of the company.

Engineer resigns as Independent Director, Welspun India Ltd
Dadi Engineer has resigned as Independent Director of Welspun India Limited w.e.f. April 29, 2015

Pant resigns as CS, Xchanging Solutions Ltd
Ms Divya Pant has resigned as Company Secretary of Xchanging Solutions Limited

Singh appointed Addl. Director, Aro Granite Industries Ltd
Aro Granite Industries Limited has appointed Kanwaljit Singh as an Additional Director of the company

Panchamiya resigns as Independent Director, Lumax Automotive Systems Ltd
Vinay Panchamiya has resigned as Independent Director of Lumax Automotive Systems Limited w.e.f. April 24, 2015

Sankaran appointed Addl. Director, Allsec Technologies Ltd
Allsec Technologies Limited has appointed Ms Lalitha Sankaran as an Additional Director of the company.

Mantri appointed Addl. Director, Miven Machine Tools Ltd
Miven Machine Tools Ltd has appointed Ms Vrinda Mantri as an Additional Director of the company

Ms Chopra appointed Addl. Director, Eldeco Housing & Industries Ltd
Eldeco Housing & Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Rupali Chopra as an Additional Director with immediate effect

Nandha resigns as Director, Binny Ltd
Nate Nandha has resigned as Director of Binny Ltd w.e.f. March 31, 2015

Chavda appointed CFO, Swojas Energy Foods Ltd
Swojas Energy Foods Ltd has appointed Vishal Dineshbhai Chavda as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. April 22, 2015

Ms Jain appointed Director, Gandhidham Spinning & Manufacturing Company Ltd
Gandhidham Spinning & Manufacturing Company Ltd has appointed Ms Kamla Parasmal Jain as a Woman Director of the company.

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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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