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Vikram S. Meena, MMTC

New "Adda" of retired bureaucrats
In the national capital, Vivekananda International Centre has become the new and bussiest "Adda" of retired bureaucrats. Interesting thing is that retired officers who were known for a particular line of thinking, are also seen regularly. Present NSA and PS to PM were used to sit here regularly and they got the reward. Perhaps this could be the reason that retired bureaucrats have started sitting regularly so that they may get some post retirement job. It is said that the BJP lead NDA government is very choosy in selecting personal staff.


Are Whistleblowers a disgruntled lot in NDA govt ?
Whistleblowers are not welcomed in the NDA government also. It is a fact that not a single such officer has got fair posting and they are still sidelined. Though 10 months have passed since NDA came to power, honest and whistleblower officers are facing same challenges which they were facing in the previous governments.


No sting operation during NDA govt ?
Rumours are that there won't be any sting operation during NDA government at the Centre. Reason, best known to media and other related agencies.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new CEC ?
Who will succeed H S Brahma as Chief Election Commissioner on April 19 ? Logically Dr S N A Zaidi should succeed him. 1976 batch former UP cadre IAS officer Zaidi is next senior Election Commissioner. Some recent media reports have been brought to the notice of PM Narendra Modi. Now one can wait and watch.


UT cadre IAS and IPS postings today
UT cadre IAS/IPS postings orders are likely to be issued by today evening. Big reshuffle is expected. Transfer committee meeting was held on March 30,2015.


Ms Nilam Sawhney deputed as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission
Ms Nilam Sawhney, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) in the rank of Additional Secretary. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.


Ajay Bhalla appointed as Additional Secretary, Commerce
Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.


Ms Nutan Guha Biswas deputed as Additional Secretary, Women & Child Development
Ms Nutan Guha Biswas, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.


Jalaj Shrivastava deputed as Additional Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation
Jalaj Shrivastava, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.


Ashok Dalawai appointed Additional Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation
Ashok M R Dalawai has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.


R Buhril appointed Adviser, Inter-State Council Secretariat
R Buhril has been appointed as Adviser, Inter-State Council Secretariat, Ministry of Home Affairs in the rank of Additional Secretary. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.


Ms Anuradha Mitra appointed Additional Secretary, Defence
Ms Anuradha Mitra has been appointed as Financial Adviser (Acquisition) & Member (Defence Procurement Board) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence. She is a 1982 batch IP&T A&FS officer.


Amarjeet Sinha appointed Additional Secretary, Rural Development
Amarjeet Sinha has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.


Alok Kumar appointed Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog
Alok Kumar has been appointed as Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.


Posting orders of T Vijayakumar as Additional Secretary, Women & Child Dev cancelled
The posting orders of T Vijayakumar as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development have been cancelled. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.


Rudra Narayan Kar nominated Director, Syndicate Bank
Rudra Narayan Kar, Regional Director, Kolkata, RBI, has been nominated as Director on the Board of Syndicate Bank.


Orders of Mrs Yojana Das for Director (Fin), BSNL yet to come
The orders of Mrs Yojana Das, GM, BSNL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.


Dr Bawa to continue as MD, NH&HDCL, NERAMAC until June
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) is reported to have accepted the resignation of Brigd (retired), Dr Umesh Singh Bawa as Managing Director, Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (NH&HDCL) as well as from the additional charge of Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd (NERAMAC). He has been told to continue until June, 2015.

Post of Director (Production), BDL vacant
The post of Director (Production), Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has been lying vacant since V U Bhaskar joined as Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).


Ramesh Abhishek to get extension ?
Chairman of the Forward Markets Commission Ramesh Abhishek is likely to get another extension. Term of 1982 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Abhishek is coming to an end on April 7.


Dipankar Gupta re-nominated Director of NABARD
Dipankar Gupta from Central Board of Reserve Bank of India has been re-nominated as Director on the Board of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a period of three years.


Post of MD of NBCFDC vacant
The post of Managing Director in National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation (NBCFDC) has been lying vacant since November, 2014.


Post of Director (C&M), ITDC falls vacant
A vacancy of Director (Commercial & Marketing), Indian Tourism & Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) has arisen with the retirement of incumbent CDR R K Okhandiar on March 31, 2015. However, Piyush Tiwari, DGM, RINL, was selected for this post, but he did not receive orders for joining.


Tenure of A K Banerjee, Director (Fin), ONGC ends this month
The tenure of A K Banerjee as Director (Finance), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is coming to an end on April 30, 2015. A K Srinivasan, ED, ONGC, is expected to succeed him on May 1, 2015.


Ram Charan Meena posted as Senior Eco Adviser, Higher Education
Ram Charan Meena has been appointed as Senior Economic Adviser, Department of Higher Education after the promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is a 1981 batch IES officer.


Sunil Barnwal of Jharkhand cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sunil Kumar Barnwal belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1997 batch and Jharkhand cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.


Jitendra Gupta posted as PMG, Bihar circle
Jitendra Gupta has been appointed as Post Master General (PMG), North Region, Bihar Circle, Muzaffarpur. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.


PESB seeks applications for Director (Fin), MRPL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Finance), Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) falling vacant next year on February 1, 2016. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before April 16, 2015.


Posting orders of Manish Srivastava as Under Secretary, Culture cancelled
The posting orders of Manish Kumar Srivastava as Under Secretary, Culture in Government of India have been cancelled after promotion to Under Secretary level. Srivastav, who belongs to CSS cadre, refused to repatriate to avail promotion.


Annadurai to head ISRO Satellite Centre
M Annadurai is the new Director of ISRO Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. He has succeeded S K Shivakumar who retired on March 31.

Parida to be Chief Secretary of Pondicherry ! (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Parida is being appointed new Chief Secretary of Pondicherry. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

S K Bhagat appointed as ADG, CRPF (UPDATED)
S K Bhagat has been appointed as Additional Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the HAG pay scale for a period upto June 30, 2017. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar deputed as ADG, CISF (UPDATED)
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as Additional Director General in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the HAG pay scale for a period of four years. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Deshmukh appointed as IG, SSB (UPDATED)
V H Rao Deshmukh has been appointed as Inspector General in Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Sitharama Anjaneyulu posted as IG, BSF (UPDATED)
P Sitharama Anjaneyulu has been appointed as Inspector General in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb deputed as IG, BPR&D (UPDATED)
Dr Shaik Darvesh Saheb has been appointed as Inspector General in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). He is a 1990 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Alok Mittal appointed as IG, NIA (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar Mittal has been appointed as Inspector General in National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Madras Fertilisers signs MoU with Department of Fertilisers for 2015-16 (UPDATED)
Madras Fertilisers has signed a MoU with the Department of Fertilisers for 2015-16 which envisages a significant growth in the operations of MFL in the fertilizer sector with proposed sales volume of 7.30 lac MT of chemical fertilizers and 500 MT of Bio-fertilizers. The MoU was signed by Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Secretary (F), Department of Fertilizers and Dr I Vijayakumar, Chairman and Managing Director, MFL. In the MoU, the sales turnover has been projected as Rs.2295 crore with estimated net profit of Rs.59.88 Cr. As per the MoU, DoF would facilitate MFL to achieve its projected growth by extending support to the CPSE to improve its net-worth and profitability by providing the necessary policy support, budgetary support for capital schemes and the required financial corrections as part of Revival Scheme. MFL has been consistently making profits since 2009-10 through efficient running of its vintage plants. Sham Lal Goyal, Joint Secretary, DoF, Heera Lal Samaria, Joint Secretary, DoF and Shri V Muralidharan, General Manager-F&A, MFL were also present.

Maj Gen N S Rao takes charge of NCC Officers Training Academy (UPDATED)
Maj Gen NS Rao has taken over the charge of NCC Officers Training Academy, Kamptee from Maj Gen R K Sharma. He is a 1981 batch Army officer.

Ms Manimekalai Murugesan appointed as Ambassador to Greece (UPDATED)
Ms Manimekalai Murugesan, presently Ambassador of India to Romania, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Greece. She is a 1981 batch IFS officer.

Prem Shankar Jha posted as Assistant commissioner, SDMC (UPDATED)
Prem Shankar Jha has been posted as Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Assessor & Collection, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on deputation for a period of one year. He is an IRSS officer.

Jain posted as Manager, RITES in Mumbai (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Jain has been posted as Manager, RITES in Mumbai on deputation for a period of three years. He is a civil officer.

5 IAS probationers given posting as Asst Commissioner in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS probationers of 2014 batch have been given posting as Assistant Commissioners in Haryana. Accordingly, Anish Yadav has been posted to Sirsa while Manoj Kumar to Karnal and Munish Sharma has been posted to Bhiwani. Similarly, Ms Rani Nagar has been posted to Ambala and Vikram to Rohtak.

35 IPS officers allocated Manipur cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 35 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of joint Manipur-Tripura cadre have been separated to Manipur cadre. The officers are: Shahid Ahmed, Santosh Macherla, P M Goud, L M Khaute, Anand Prakash, Sambhu Nath Sinmgh, S Srinivas Prasad, P Doungel, Thianghlima Pachuau, Anish Dayal Singh, Rahul Rashgotra, Christopher Doungel, Arvind Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar Sinha, Lupheng Kailun, Clay Khonsgsai, S Sadanand Ilme, Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo, Immanuel K Muivah, Nishit Kumar Ujjawal, Lunsieh Kipgen, H Thanghaulien Gangte, Tehmthing Ngasangva, Kabibi K, Pushpandali Devi, Kamei Angam Romanus, Ningshen Worngam, L Mangkhogin Haokip, P Goaulungmuon singsit, Maharabam Pradip Singh, Pandey Hemant Maheshnaraian, Rakesh Balwal, Nidhi Dwivedi and Saresa Kartik Laxmanbhai.

34 IPS officers allocated Tripura cadre (UPDATED)
As many as 34 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of joint Manipur-Tripura cadre have been separated to Tripura cadre. The officers are: D P Sinha, Kishore Jha, P V K Reddy, K Nagraj, Kuldeep Kumar, A K Shukla, M Madan Mohan, V S Yadav, Ranjan A, Rakesh Ranjan, S S Chaturvedi, Joydep Nayak, Rajiv Singh, Anurag, Puneet Rastogi, M Raja Murugan, Saurabh Tripathi, Arvinder Singh, R S Kamble, G S Rao, K V S Sreejesh, Anish Prasad, R Gopala Krishna Rao, Mrs Princee Rani, Thirugnana Sambandan S, Avula Ramesh Reddy, S A Jaikrishna, I M Dnyanoba, Jal Singh Meena, Ms Sarswati R, Ajit Pratap Singh, Sudipta Das, Kulwant Singh, Ms Lucky Chauhan.

DEBATE

Debate - Future of AAP after internal bickerings ?

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP's) recent mammoth victory in Delhi was a super-landslide (the winning party securing 90 percent or more seats). Even the Congress which had the natural advantage of leading the freedom struggle successfully and had stalwarts like Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi could never achieve it in any general election despite dominating the political scene in the country post independence. The rise of the Aam Aadmi Party indicated that people once again saw politics as an act of faith and hope but given the bickerings among its leaders in too a short span, the question that now arises is that What is the future of AAP ?

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CORPORATE

GoI to disinvest stakes of EIL
The Government of India has proposed to disinvest stake of oil Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), Engineers India Ltd (EIL) to meet the revenue target.


Mathew T. appointed Non Exec. Director, Larsen & Toubro Ltd
Larsen & Toubro Limited has appointed Thomas Mathew T. as an Independent Non Executive Director of the company.


Ms. Thapar appointed CS, Apollo Tyres Ltd
Apollo Tyres Limited has appointed Ms Seema Thapar as Company Secretary of the company


Ms. Shah appointed CFO, Jindal Worldwide Ltd
Jindal Worldwide Limited has appointed Ms Hirva Shah as Chief Financial Officer of the company w.e.f. March 31, 2015.


Raichandani promoted as President (Finance), Orbit Corporation Ltd
Orbit Corporation Limited has promoted Manoj Raichandani as the President (Finance) of the company


Ramachandran resigns as Non Exec. Director, Valecha Engineering Ltd
Gopalkrishnnan Ramachandran has resigned as Non Executive Independent Director of Valecha Engineering Limited w.e.f. April 4, 2015


Sikka appointed CFO, HSIL Ltd
HSIL Limited has appointed Sandeep Sikka as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.


Ms. Arora appointed Addl. Director, HCL Infosystems Ltd
HCL Infosystems Limited has appointed Ms Ritu Arora as an Additional Director of the company with immediate effect.


Bharucha appointed Independent Director, Cybertech Systems And Software Ltd
Cybertech Systems And Software Limited has appointed M P Bharucha, as Independent Director of the company.


Vartanian resigns as Director, SKF India Ltd
V Vartanian has resigned as a Director of SKF India Limited w.e.f. March 31, 2015

Abraham resigns as Director, Lanco Infratech Limited
P Abraham has resigned as a Director of Lanco Infratech Limited


Sengupta appointed Independent Non Exec. Director, Zandu Realty Ltd
Zandu Realty Limited has appointed Ms Karabi Sengupta as Independent Non-Executive Director of the company w.e.f. March 31, 2015

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DEBATE(1)

The bickering in AAP only shows that they are no different from any other political party and power has gone into their heads. Kejriwal is power hungry and has befooled the people of Delhi

P K Kailasa Babu

When the Railway Employees retire they still get Railway Passes & PTOs in respect of himself and his dependent family members, and they deserve that. Why other Central Govt. Employees after retirement do not get any facility to avail LTC, do the Government think that they don't deserve it ?

KB

I am working in the Sardar Patel Bhawan right across the Janta Mantar from where through an Ann Hazare Fast, Arvind Kejriwal tried to catapult his career. At that time also he was quite selfish. He use to set aside everybody on many a occasion and came forward the TV Cameras to speak. Udit Raj, MP has already sad that Kejriwal was junior to him in IRS and that he had reputation of being a shirker and always being away from the office. Although he might have won the Maggassay Award, there is a need to examine as to how much he would have fleeced the NGO. Further, we now see him sitting in Toyota Innova with police jeep in the front and four at the back. AAP had opposition in the Delhi Assembly election. But there is phrase that 'when there is no opposition outside, an opposition is definitely like to develop from within'. The AAP will very soon fall apart.

A srivastava


A tale of two IT Acts !

The first one is the Income Tax Act. Before the epoch-making parliament election in 2014 which saw the Congress lose after a ten-year tenure and the BJP storm to power on an unprecedented popular mandate, one of the many election promises put forth then was one of reducing the rigours of the income tax like reducing the tax rates, thoroughly reforming the adversarial tax regime and ending tax terrorism on the part of the department officials. But though the BJP leader Arun Jaitley who made these pledges in his pre-election speeches has become the finance minister of India, little has been done by way of keeping his promises except to raise the non-taxable limit by a measly Rs 50,000 from Rs 2,50,000 to Rs 3,00,000 last year and nothing this year. There has been no reduction of the tax rates for the individual whereas for the corporate there is a promised reduction of the maximum rate from 30% to 25%.There has been no thorough overhaul of the tax system as required and no efforts to install a citizen-friendly and non-oppressive tax regime. This has been a rather disappointing aspect of the performance of the new government. Is this due to the stranglehold of the income tax bureaucracy on the political executive or the tendency of the political executive often to out-bureaucratise the bureaucracy in preserving the establishment!
The second IT Act is the Information Technology Act in respect of which too the BJP government failed its electors. Though the BJP had vehemently opposed the dictatorial section 66A of the IT Act introduced by the previous Congress government, the BJP government too supported this draconian provision in its arguments before the supreme court. It took the Supreme Court's sense of justice to annul this unconstitutional provision. By its act in justifying and defending this law in the court, the BJP went against its own stand while in the opposition and lost a great opportunity to strike a blow for democracy and freedom of speech and expression. Is this the result of the post-election amnesia which often afflicts the political parties in regard to their pre-poll promises once they assume power. Thus the BJP has failed to live up to its promises and the expectations of the people of India in respect of these two IT Acts.

Vox Populi


Groom young players

MS Dhoni is one of the best Captain and just because India lost against formidable Aussies, one cannot jump to the conclusion. Yuvraj is prime past his youth, say 36 years and the argument advanced for inclusion of Yuvraj is bereft of any logic. Groom young players like other countries .

Raghu

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