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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (190)
Old order change the yielding place to new.

Modi is going to be "Yug Purush"
During morning walk a couple of old persons were heard making comment " Narendra Modi is going to be " Yug Purush". His critics will not be able to digest this view of old men.

BUREAUCRACY

Process of empanelment of 1985 batch IAS starts
Process of empanelment of 1985 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has already started. The batch consists of over 150 officers. The original number of this batch was 159.

Professionals from private sector for top posts ?
A proposal is under active consideration to bring in professionals from the private sector for the top posts in state-owned financial institutions in the country.

One more vacancy in UPSC in offing ?
One more vacancy of Member in the UPSC is likely to fall vacant soon. The Member is likely to resign.

Vigilance clearance of Bank EDs arrives
Vigilance clearance of EDs to be appointed in Banks has reportedly been received .It means appointment of new EDs will take place soon.

Only two ST IAS officers serving as Secretary in GoI
Only two IAS officers of Scheduled Tribe category are serving as Secretary in Government of India. The total strength of such officers is 72 in Government of India.

Only 2 ST IAS officers serving as Addl Secretary in GoI
Only two IAS officers of Scheduled Tribe category are serving as Additional Secretary out of total strength of 60 in Government of India.

Hemant Kumar appointed as Member (Mech), Railway Board
Hemant Kumar has been appointed as new Member Mechanical, Railway Board. Prior to this appointment, he was working as General Manager, Western Railway since November 2013. He is a senior railway officer of 1973 batch of Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) and secured Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a qualified Electrical Engineer.

(We said this on sept 18,2014)

Mukesh Kumar appointed as Director, CVC
Mukesh Kumar has been appointed as Director, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), Delhi on central deputation for a period of five years. He is a 1995 batch officer of Indian Telecom Service.

DRDO Chief Avinash Chander removed
In a surprise move the NDA Government removed the Chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Avinash Chander, 15 months before his contract was to end.

Several posts to fall vacant in IRDA
A couple of posts will fall vacant in IRDA, Hyderabad in a couple of months.

Mitra gets charge of Administration in Shipping Ministry
Newly appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping Varun Mitra has been given charge of Administration and Vigilance. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

One man show in NIRD & PR, Hyderabad!
M R Rao is said to be holding three posts in National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR), Hyderabad for more than three years. Rao, who is 1988 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is holding the posts of Director General, Registrar and Deputy Director General in NIRD & PR.

Director HR, officiating as CMD, NTC without ACC approval ?
The Director of Human Resources, National Textiles Corporation (NTC) is reported to have been holding an additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) for 15 months without vigilance clearance from CVC and without approval of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC).

Orders of Ved Prakash for CMD, MMTC yet to come
The orders of Ved Prakash, Director (Marketing), MMTC, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, MMTC Limited are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

Tenure of Anshuman Das as CMD, NALCO ending in April
The tenure of Anshuman Das as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is coming to an end on April 30, 2015. T K Chand, Director (Commercial), RINL, is expected to succeed him on May 1, 2015.

Pravin Singh to be next UP DGP?
Name of 1983 batch IPS officer Pravin Singh is now doing the round for the post of DGP Uttar Pradesh.

No constable will do menial jobs for IPS officers
The Government of India has dissuaded head constables and constables from doing menial jobs like gardening, washing and shopping for senior IPS officers posted at police or paramilitary forces.

Singh likely to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level
Arun Kumar Singh is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

PESB invites applications for CMD, NEPA
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), NEPA Limited falling vacant on December 1, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before January 27, 2015.

Post of Deputy Inspector General in NEPA vacant
One post of Deputy Inspector General, North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA), has been lying vacant.

Post of Director (PO&M), RCIL lying vacant since March 2014
The post of Director (PO&M), Railtel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL) has been lying vacant since March, 2014 with the retirement of incumbent Rajiv Sinha. However, Suresh Kumar GGM, RCIL, was selected for this post, but was not appointed so far.

Singh posted as Director, Food & Public Distribution
Rama Kant Singh has been transferred and posted as Director, Movement in Department of Food and Public Distribution, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi. He is an IRTS officer.

BHEL GM Garg promoted, posted as ED (CS& IT)
BHEL GM Rajiv Garg promoted as Executive Director has been posted as ED (CS& IT)

Ms Mujeeb posted as Asst Director, Economic Division
Ms Sarah Mujeeb has been appointed as Assistant Director, Economic Division, Department of Economic Affairs. She is a 2010 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

Prasant Kumar likely to join central deputation
Prasant Kumar is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Eight IRPS officers get Selection Grade
As many as eight officers belonging to IRPS of 2001 batch have been accorded Selection Grade. The officers are: Suvarna Deshpande Dash, Sasanka Sarmah, CT Sakkeer Hussain, T D Dinakar, D N Dadliwar, D N Diggi, G S Yadav and C S Dwivedi.

Abha Shukla is new RC Maharashtra Sadan (UPDATED)
Abha Shukla has been appointed new Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra in Delhi. She is 1993 batch IAS officer.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Debashish Chakrabarty, a former housing secretary, has been appointed as CEO, Shivshahi Punarvasan Prakalp Limited (SSPL) while Ashish Sharma was made CEO of the Maharashtra Maritime Board and Y E Kerure is Fisheries Commissioner. S S Sandhu has been appointed as Skill Dvelopment Secretary in Maharashtra.

Parvathi Subramanian appointed as Secretary, Telangana PSC (UPDATED)
Parvathi Subramanian has been appointed as Secretary, Telangana State Public Service Commission, Hyderabad. She is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Vidya Sagar is also Secretary, OBC Welfare in AP (UPDATED)
A Vidya Sagar has been assigned additional charge as Secretary, Other Backward Classes Welfare Department. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

CEC Sampath to demit office tomorrow (UPDATED)
Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath will demit office on Thursday after attaining the age of 65 . He is 1975 batch retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Search Committee for IC and CIC to meet on Friday ? (UPDATED)
The search committee headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth for the selection of the Chief Information Commissioner and Information for Central Information Commission is expected to meet on Friday.

T P Das posted as DG, Vigilance in Telangana (UPDATED)
T P Das, who was waiting for posting, has been appoitned as Director General, Vigilance & Enforcement & Ex-officio PS, GAD (V&E). He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.

Will Sekhar Basu succeed Avinash Chander ? (UPDATED)
Sekhar Basu is likely to succeed Avinash Chander as DRDO chief . He is a renowned nuclear scientist.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Telangana (UPDATED)
As many as 35 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Telangana. Accordingly, Sudeep Lakhtakia has been posted as ADG, Law & Order while T Krishna Prasad will now be ADG, Railways and Road Safety and Satyanaraian is ADG, CID. Similarly, Dr Batti Lal Meena has been appointed as DG, Drugs and Copy Rights; M Gop Krishna as ADG, Organisation & Police Reforms; J Purnachandra Rao as Chairman, State Level Police Recruitment Board; Govind Singh as IG, Operations (GHs&Octopus); Ravi Gupta as IG, Technical Services; Rajiv Ratan as DG, Fire Services; Sandeep Shandilya as IG, Personnel; K Sreenivasa Reddy as IG, Trainig & Legal; V V Srinivasa Rao as IG, Telangana State Special Police Battalions; Mrs B Bala Naga Devi as IG, Welare & Home Guards; M K Singh as DIG, CID; K Venugopala Rao as SP, CID; T Muralikrishna as JCP, Admin, Hyderabad City; M Stephen Raveendra as DIG, Grey Hounds; C Ravi Verma as DIG, DD Hyderabad City; P Pramod Kumar as SP, Intelligence; A Satyanarayana as JD, ACB; Vikram Jeet Duggal as SP, CI Cell, Intelligence; Tasfeer Iqbal as DCP. LB Nagar, Cyberabad; A R Srinivas as DCP, Shamshabad, Cyberabad; Dr Shemushi Bajpayee as DCP, Balanagar, Cyberabad; K Ramesh Naidu as SP, CID, M Ramesh as Group Commander, Grey Hounds; S J Janardhan as SP, Railways, Secunderabad; M Srinivasulu as Sp, Ranga Reddy; B Naeen Kumar as OSD, Crimes; N Prakash Reddy as Addl SP, Bellampally, Adilabad; Joel Davis as Add SP, Operations/OSD, Kothagudem; Sunpreet Singh as OSD, Warangal Rural;S M Vijay Kumar as Assistant SP, Mancherial, Adilabad and R Bhaskaran was made Asst SP, Bhadrachalam, Khammam.

Ajay Kumar V selected as Director (O&BD), BPRL (UPDATED)
Ajay Kumar V, GM (OVL), ONGC, has been selected for the post of Director (Operations and Business Development), Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 14, 2015. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

DEBATE

DEBATE- Appointment of Judges should be continued through the Collegium system or through the Judicial Appointments Commission set up by the new Government ? Mail your views to-

mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Upadhyay is President(news) of Network -18
Umesh Upadhyay has taken over as President (news) in Ambani's media company network -18.

Manjunath resigns as Director, Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited
B K Manjunath has resigned as Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited.

Dharamshi appointed Addl. Director, DCB Bank Ltd
DCB Bank Ltd has appointed Shaffiq Dharamshi as Additional Director of the company

Kathuria resigns as Independent Director, Tecpro Systems Limited
Brij Bhushan Kathuria has resigned as Independent Director of Tecpro Systems Limited

Harlalka resigns as Independent Director, Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd
Deepak Harlalka has resigned as Independent Director of Sasken Communication Technologies Limited

Ramakrishnan appointed Additional Director, Lambodhara Textile Ltd
Lambodhara Textile Ltd has appointed Baba Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan as Additional Director of the company.

Jain appointed Addl. Director, Syschem India Ltd
Syschem India Ltd has appointed Ranjan Jain as Additional Director of the company.

Gupta resigns as Whole-time Director, Syschem India Ltd
Rajesh Gupta has resigned as Whole-time Director of Syschem India Ltd

Joshi appointed Addl. Director, Starlit Power Systems Ltd
Starlit Power Systems Ltd has appointed Ramesh H Joshi as the Additional Director of the company.

Johansen resigns as Non-Executive Independent Director, Disa India Ltd
Jan Johansen has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of Disa India Ltd due to his pre-occupation with other commitments.

Dutt resigns as Independent Director, DCM Shriram Industries Ltd
V L Dutt has resigned as an Independent Director of DCM Shriram Industries Ltd.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age

I do not think there should be any retirement age. Your health should bee fine, you deliver and stay as long as you are accountable and worth delivering with long term vision for the nation. Since w.e.f. 1.1.2004 government job is non pensionable, India must follow hire and fire policy especially for the civil servants who run the nation.

Harish Kumar

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age

The debate on retirement age clings on two ategories.First one says retirement age should be made to 62 just before I retire at 60 so that all my seniors will retire by then.The other group mostly younger men wanted it to be brought down to 58 so that it can be raised to 60 at the time of his retirement. Please stop this futile debate.We have better things to debate.

N K Nair

DEBATE (3) Retirement Age

I had been reading lot of suggestions about retirement age reduction and status quo. I feel instead India needs accountability in the government job than this.Those who deliver may continue till they deliver and health permits.

Harish Kumar

DEBATE (4) Retirement Age

Those who are looking for their first jobs would be happy to support any kind of age reduction - be it 58 or even 50! This is simply because they are desperate to get into a job. But the truth is - the attitude will definitely change once they get a job. After reducing the retirement age, the number of new retirees is going to stabilize again. Will the Government resort to such tactics of reducing the retirement age again and again? Another important reason to support the reduction of retirement age is the claim that it would bring younger blood into the various central government organizations. The fact is - in the past eight years, the number of central government employees all over the country has continued to be around 30 lakhs. Supporters of the "younger blood" theory couldn't possibly know that nearly 50% of these employees are youngsters. To be accurate, the employees who had joined central government services after 01.01.2000 now account for nearly 70% of the central government workforce.

Kalyan

DEBATE (5) Retirement Age

Yes remove dead woods but how to define dead woods? Are we talking about committed upper bureaucracy?

Prakash

DEBATE (6) Retirement Age

Retirement age should be reduced to 58. Review of performance to be done at 55, whether to retain the officer or not. This will bring in objectivity to govt service.

Bibhuti

It is the time to restructure the PESB, so that qualified sincere and honest and efficient candidates can apply directly without interference of the PSU management.

Prasad

Prime Minister: Kind attention

It is for the kind attention of Prime Minister of India that misery of Pensioners about availing CGHS facility in NCR region was brought to the notice of New Health Minister remain unattended even after two months. It is simple and reasonable request to permit CGHS beneficiaries of pensioners category for direct consultation in CGHS empanelled hospitals as to visit Govt. hospitals and standing in Q is painful and troublesome. One is having eye problem or orthopedic or Gynic problem, it is impossible to stand and wait for the turn to visit doctor in RML or other govt. hospital. There has to be some solution to this problem for the people attaining age of 65 years and above. Please look into the problem sympathetically and permit them to visit CGHS empanelled hospitals directly for consultation without any reference. Medicines will continued to be issued by dispensaries. Good wishes for Makar Sankranti.

N Prakash

S.K. Singh you are talking about aware. Even if you break your head you will not get any copy of instructions/rules in this regard. In the name of dependency of one spouse over the other government is being fleeced. If your father is staying with you, was retired government employee of some other Government say State/UT and availing a pension of Rs.3500/- will not get Medical and LTC benefits. There is definitely illegal which is going on and the Government is being be-fooled.

BBS

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