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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Good site to update the under current that prevails in the grey matter of 'decision-makers'.
R N Mathur

When nothing else inspires, History does ! (177)
The Russian election is something like the horse race with one horse only.

Modi is hated by hundreds and loved by millions !
A random survey by whispersinthecorridors.com shows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hated by hundreds but loved by millions.

BUREAUCRACY

A K Mittal is new Chairman of Railway Board
Member (Staff) A K Mithal has been appointed the new Chairman, Railway Board. He has succeeded Arunendra Kumar. He is 1976 batch IRSS officer.
(We said this on Dec 31, 2014)

K K Sharma is new Chief Secretary of Goa
Kewal Kumar Sharma has been appointed as Chief Secretary Goa. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on September 27 )

DGCA Prabhat Kumar returns to UP
DGCA Prabhat Kumar is back to the parent Uttar Pradesh cadre. He is 1985 batch IAS officer. Rumour was rife about his departure.
(We said this only yesterday)

Sathiyavathy assigned charge of DGCA
Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Civil Aviation M Sathiyavathy has been assigned charge of DGCA .She is 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Ms Nandita Chatterjee gets Secretary rank
Ms Nandita Chatterjee has been appointed Member Secretary of National Commission for Women in the rank of Pay and Rank.She is 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Amrendra Sinha promoted
Amrendra Sinha has been appointed Special Secretary and Development Commissioner in the MSME. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Ranglal Jamuda elevated
Ranglal Jamuda has been promoted as Special Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation in the GoI. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Orders of Koteswaran for MD &CEO, Indian Overseas Bank issued
R Koteswaran, ED, Bank of India, has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Indian Overseas Bank.
(We said this on Dec 30, 2014)

Orders of Animesh Chauhan for MD&CEO, OBC issued
Animesh Chauhan, ED, Bank of India, has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Oriental Bank of Commerce.
(We said this on Dec 24, 2014)

Orders of Kishore Kumar Sansi for MD & CEO, Vijaya Bank issued
Kishore Kumar Sansi, ED, Punjab& Sind Bank, has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Vijaya Bank.
(We said this on Dec 29, 2014)

Orders of Srinivas for MD&CEO, United Bank of India issued
P Srinivas, ED, Bank of India, has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, United Bank of India.
(We said this on Dec 26, 2014)

Chairman will now be part time Board member only in PSBs
The Chairman will now be a part time Board Member who will preside over the Board meetings and will not be an Executive Chairman in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) other than SBI. The Chairpersons of the banks will be announced soon.

Posts of Chairman, MD, CEO separated in PSBs
The posts of Chairman, Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) have been separated in the Public Sector Banks (PSBs).

Anant Kumar Singh joins as Additional Secretary, Home
Anant Kumar Singh has joined the Government of India as Additional Secretary Home. He is1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on October 17 )

Navin Tandon is new Member (Elect), Railway Board
Navin Tandon has been appointed as new Member (Electrical), Railway Board. He is presently GM of SECR.

(We said this on September 19)

Pradeep Kumar is new Member (Staff), Railway Board
Pradeep Kumar has been appointed as new Member (Staff), Railway Board. He is presently GM NCR.

Sudhir Bhargava gets additional charge of Disability
Secretary Social Justice Sudhir Bhargava has been given additional charge of the Department of Disability for one month. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Rajiv Mishra is new GM NER
Rajiv Mishra has been appointed new General Manager NER Gorakhpur. He is an IRSME officer.

Anil Singhal is GM NWR
Anil Singhal has been appointed new General Manager of the NWR Jaipur. He is an IRSS officer.

Puthia to be GM Northern Railway
A K Puthia has been appointed General Manager Northern Railways. .

A K Mittal to be GM ECR
A K Mittal has been appointed General Manager of ECR Hajipur.

Mukherjee to head Staff College Baroda
S Mukherjee has been appointed General Manager to head the Railway Staff College Baroda. He is an IRAS officer.

Mahesh Mangal to head Core in Allahabad
Mahesh Mangal has been appointed GM Core, Allahabad. He is an IRSSE officer.

Harit goes to Varanasi
A K Harit will be GM DLW in Varanasi. He is an IRSE officer.

Alok Dave to be GM in Raibareilly
Alok Dave has been posted as GM in Raibareilley . He is an IRSME officer.

Nayak gets additional charge as Secretary, Space
Shailesh Nayak has been assigned additional charge to the post of Secretary, Department of Space.

Dogra takes over as Director (Fin), GRSE
S S Dogra, DGM, Nalco, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE).
(We said this on July 27, 2014)

Five IRTS officers get HAG
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been promoted to Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers are: Arvind Kumar Srivastval, Gopal Dutta Sharma, Shailenra Jha, Mukul Marwah and Ms Sunira Bassi.

Sarma is HC of India to Kiribati
Anumula Gitesh Sarma, presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kiribati, with residence in Suva (Fiji)

1983 batch IPS officer gets DG rank in Bihar
1993 batch IPS officer S K Bharadwaj has been promoted to the rank of DG in Bihar.

Deputation tenure of Bipin Behari as a MD, DKVIB extended
The deputation tenure of Bipin Behari as a Managing Director, DKVIB has been extended upto March 31, 2015. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of AGMU cadre.

14 IPS officers transferred in Bihar
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Bihar. Accordingly, Ajay Kumar Verma hgas been posted as Deputy Director, Civil Defence while Pankaj Kumar Darad will be IG provision and Sudhanshu Kumar is IG, Home Gaurd, Fire Services. Similarly, Saurabh Kumar has been appointed as SP, Vaishali; Suresh Prasad Chaudhary as SP, Special Branch; M Sunil Kumar Nayak as IG, Kaimur; Md Shaful Haq as Principal CTS, Nathnagar; Sanjay Kumar as SP, CID; Pushkar Anand as Commandant, MMP, Ara; Sudhir Kumar Porika as SP, East Patna; Rajiv Mishra as SP, West Patna; Himanshu Shankar Trivedi as SP, Nagar Darbhanga; Ashish Bharti as Commandant, BAF-1 with additional charge of BAF-5 and Aditya Kumar was posted as SP, Bhagalpur.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
A number of IAS officers have been transferred in Karnataka. Accordingly, Munish Moudgil has been appointed as Commissioner, Survey, Settlement and Land Records with additional charge of Director, Atalji Janasnehi Kendra while B N Krishnaiah was made Commissioner, Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation and N M Panali was made CeO, Zilla Panchayat, Kolar. Similarly, T H M Kumar as Managing Director, Power Company of Karnataka Limited; Mrs Vasireddi Vijaya Jyothsna as Controller of Examinations, Karnataka Public Service commission; R Venkatesh Kumar as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Raichur; Mrs R Vinothi Priya as MD, North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation; Abhiram G Sankar as Senior Assistant Commissioner, Madikeri Sub-division; P Anirudh Sravan as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Kalburagi; Ms B Sindhu as Deputy Secretary, Finance Department; Pommala Sunil Kumar as Senior Assistant Commissioner, Hosapete Sub division; Ms Hephsiba Rani Korlapati as Commissioner, Mangaluru City Corporation; M Kurma Rao as CEO, Zilla Panchyat, Kodagu; Dr R Ragapriya as Senior Assistant Commissioner; B Sharat as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Bidar.

Seven IAS officers of 2006 batch get JAG in Karnataka
As many as seven officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2006 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Karnataka. The officers are: Mrs Gurmeet Tej, Manoj Jain, D Randeep, Mrs Salma K Fahim, Dr G C Prakash, N S Prasanna Kumar and V P Ikkeri.

Six IAS offices of 1999 batch promoted to Secretary grade in Karnataka
As many as six officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) belonging to 1999 batch have been promoted to the grade of Secretary in Karnataka. The officers include: Subhodh Yadav, K S Satyamurthy, Adoni Syd Saleem, B G Nandakumar, Chakravarthi Mohan and and Dr N S Channappa Gowda.


Bipin Gopala Krishna promoted to DGP grade in Karnataka
Bipin Gopala Krishna has been promoted to the grade of DGP and posted as DGP, CID, Special Units & Economic Offences, Bengaluru in Karnataka. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

4 IPS officers promoted to ADGP grade in Karnataka
Four IPS officers have been promoted to the grade of ADGP in Karnataka. The officers include: Kamal Pant, Bhaskar Rao, Dr S Pravashiva Murthy Md Wazir Ahmed was made ADGP,

6 IPS officers of 2006 batch get JAG in Karnataka
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2006 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Karnataka. The officers include: Dr Chandragupta, K Thiyagarajan, B S Lokesh Kumar, K T Balakrishna, R Ramesh and H R Bhagavan Das.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Karnataka
Some officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transfered and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Susant Mahapatra has ben posted DG & chairman, Karnataka State Police Housing Corp Ltd while H N Satyanarayana Rao will now be ADGP, Home Guards & Civil Defence and Praveen Sood as ADGP, Karnataka State Reserve Police. Similarly, K V Gagandeep has been appointed as ADGP, PCAS; Raghavendra H Auradkar as ADGP, Recruitment & Training; Sanjay Sahay as ADGP, Grievances & Human Rights; T Suneel Kumar as ADGP, Metropolitan Task Force; M Nimbalkar Hemant has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Police Karnataka State Fire & Emergency Services while M Chandra Sekhar will be DIG & Joint Commissioner, Crimes.

2 IPS officers of 2002 batch get Selection grade in Karnataka
Mrs Sonia Narang and Dr A Subramanyeswara Rao of 2002 batch IPS officers of Karnataka cadre have been accorded Selection Grade.

Ashok Prasad appointed as Special Secretary, Internal Security (UPDATED)
Ashok Prasad has been appointed as Special Secretary, Internal Security in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

(We said this on Dec 09, 2014)

IAS changes in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
K P Bakshi has been appointed new ACS (Home) in Maharshtra .He is 1982 batch IAS officer. Ujjwal Uke will be the new social justice secretary. Sudhir Shrivastava is women and child welfare Secretary. Jayashri Mukherjee, a1986-batch IAS officer, who was on deputation at the Centre, has been made Secretary Minority Affairs, Vijay Kumar, who was also on central deputation will be new forest secretary.

Dhesi joins as Chief Secretary of Haryana (UPDATED)
D S Dhesi has taken over as Chief Secretary of Haryana. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

2 IPS officers promoted to ADGP grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Janga Shrinivas and Ravi Prakash have been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police in Rajasthan.

5 IPS officers promoted to IG grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Vishal Bansal, Hawa Singh Ghumariya, Gurucharan Ray, Dr Giraj Lal Meena and Girdhari Lal Sharma have been promoted to the grade of Inspector Director General of Police in Rajasthan.

8 IPS officers promoted to DIG grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Praful Kumar, H G Raghvendra Suhasa, Hari Prasad Sharma, Mahesh Kumar Goyal, Surendra Kumar, Mahendra Singh Chowdhary, Bhadur Singh Rathore and S N Khinchi have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Inspector Director General of Police in Rajasthan.

3 IPS officers promoted to SP grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Bhuvan Bhushan Yadav, Anand Sharma and Gaurav Yadav have been promoted to the grade of Superintendent of Police in Rajasthan.

R K Khandelwal promoted to PS grade in Bihar (UPDATED)
R K Khandelwal has been promoted to the grade of Principal Secretary in Bihar. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Justice Reva Khetrapal is new Chairperson of FCAT (UPDATED)
Former Judge of the Delhi High Court Justice Reva Khetrapal has been appointed Chairperson of the Film Certifaction Appellate Tribunal ( FACT).

Rajeev Kumar Sharma gets proforma promotion to ADGP grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Rajeev Kumar Sharma, who is on central deputation, has been promoted to the Additional Director General of Police in Rajasthan. He is a 1990 batch IPS Officer of Rajasthan cadre.

2 IPS officers of 1997 batch get proforma promotion to IG level in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar Singh and S Sengathir of 1997 batch, who are on central deputation, have been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police in Rajasthan.

Jose Mohan gets Selection Grade in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Jose Mohan, who is on central deputation, has been accorded Selection Grade of Indian Police Service in Rajasthan. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

16 IPS officers of 2006 batch get JAG in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
As many as 16 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 2006 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Rajasthan. The officers are: Anshuman Bhomia, Don K Jose, Rahul Prakash, Kishan Sahai Meena, Om Prakash Dayama, Rajendra Singh, Dr Ram Dev Singh, Jai Narayan, Sandeep Singh Chauhan, Satyendra Singh, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Sawai Singh Godara, Lalit Maheshwari, Haider Ali Zaidi, Hemant Kumar Sharma and Anil Kumar Tank.

Ved Prakash gets additional charge of CMD, MMTC Ltd (UPDATED)
Ved Prakash, Director (Marketing), has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of MMTC Limited after Depinder Singh Dhesi was repatriated to his parent cadre. However, the orders of Ved Prakash for full-fledged CMD are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Arun Kumar Gupta is new DGP, UP (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Director General of Police in Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1977 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

DEBATE- RETIREMENT AGE
With the BJP government in Haryana already lowering the retirement age of state government employees from 60 to 58 years, it is being rumoured that the next in line will be Delhi government and then ?
Send your views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com…………

CORPORATE

Shah re-appointed ED, Piramal Enterprises Ltd
Piramal Enterprises Limited has re-appointed Vijay Shah as Executive Director of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2015.

Two Independent Directors appointed on Board of Max India Ltd
Max India Limited has appointed Ms Nirupama Rao and Dinesh Kumar Mittal as Independent Directors of the company w.e.f. January 1, 2015

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Weizmann Ltd
Weizmann Limited has appointed Ganesh Narasimha Kamath and Balady Shekar Shetty as additional directors of the company w.e.f. December 31, 2014

Debasis Jana selected as Director (Planning), AYCL
Debasis Jana, GM, AYCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Planning), Andrew Yule & Company Limited (AYCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on December 31, 2014.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age
It is a good move to reduce the retirement age to 58. It has twin benefits. 1. Dead woods would be cleared in one go. 2. Young blood will be injected in the system.
Raj Kumar

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age
It is better to understand the relevance of the change. Government first should take initiative to churn out the deadwoods, like physically handicapped, mentally handicapped and outdated in all sense, after giving them a chance to improve. There are several functionaries who just pass the time in government office. Find out their output during a specific period and weed them out instead of giving them promotion in a time bound manner. At least after completing 35 years of service, one should get rid of these elements.
Jyothi Kailash

DEBATE (3) Retirement Age
Retirement age for all non-technical govt servants must be immediately reduced to 58 years including for the post retirement job holders as this will bring in the necessary enthusiasm in governance and prevent from 58 age plus officers from making cushy retirement nests for themselves and their children.
Rita

DEBATE (4) Retirement Age
Lowering retirement age to 58 has dual advantage. One, dead woods will be eliminated. Two, new blood will be enthused in the system.
Raj Kumar

Raghuram Rajan government's true ally
Raghuram Rajan, the Governor of the RBI. The friendly, wise and resolute voice of caution. He is the Government's true ally. To our admiration for his intellectual capacity is now added our admiration for his sterling qualities of wisdom, prescience and good will towards all.
Vijay Kumar

IFS needs a separate identity
I agree, Indian diplomatic service popularly known as IFS needs a separate identity, a separate exam. Also after recruitment people must specialize in specific areas like political analysis, economic and commercial, cultural etc. Before going on posting to any country, the diplomat must grasp fully knowledge of that country. This is the age of professionalization. India must make a start fast in this direction before it is too late.
Harish Kumar


No change even after change of govt.
With the change of government at the centre it was expected that a large number of Group A officers of CSS/CSSS who have been in critical Ministries like Home, Finance. Environment and other key departments, since joining or a large part of their life in one department, would be shifted. DoPT Secretary is very enthusiastic about RTP but these officers are shock proof and are able to survive in all choppy waters. They have vitiated the atmosphere and all postings transfers & appointments are at their mercy. Despite having all rules & regulations why few are immune to it. DoPT officers know them fully well but dare not to touch. Instead of asking department about these person why not DoPT opens a grievance portal where these issues should be highlighted fear and corrective steps taken.
R Ravi

IAS officers create cozy post retirement jobs
Many retiring IAS officers create cozy post retirement jobs which take them till 65. All appointments with retirement age as 62 or 65 should also be reduced to 58.
Rita

'Acche din' for Railways.
After a long time it apperas " acche din " are coming to railways.
Alok Gupta

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