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S P Kulsari

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We may not change events but we can surely change our attitude towards them

Is Narendra Modi wind power ?
In a cocktail party a veteran journalist made a significant comment " Narendra Modi is now wind power and BJP and the RSS are taking full advantage". A good thought for discussion.

BUREAUCRACY

They are in the consideration zone ?
About seven dozen 1985 batch IAS officers are said to be in the consideration zone for the empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. They are reportedly Arun Goyal,Parimal Rai,M M Kutty and Anindo Majumdar (UT) Samir Sharma, R Subrahmanyam (AP)Pushpa Subramanyam, Veena Ish, Suresh Chanda and Chitra Ramchandran (Telengana) Sailesh ,Dr Shreeranjan, M G V K Bhanu,Saraswati Prasad,Sumit Jerath and Kumar Sanjay Krishna(AM) Shashi Shekhar Sharma, A Santosh Mathew, Tripurari Sharan (Bihar) N Baijendra Kumar (Chhattisgarh) Sujit Gulati,Anil Mukim,Atanu Chakraborty,P K Gera and G C Murmu (Gujarat) Surina Rajan ,P Raghavendra Rao and P K Mahapatra (Haryana) B K Agrawal and Sanjeev Gupta (HP) K B Agrawal and P K Jain (J&K) Amit Khare and Sudhir Tripathi (Jharkhand) P K Kharola,Dr Ms Amita Prasad,Mahendra Jain,Yogendra Tripathy and B L Meena (Karnataka) Ajay Kumar,Indrajeet Singh ,Ms Sheela Thomas and Rajiv Sadanandan (Kerala) Radheshyam Julania,Deepak Khandekar,Iqbal Singh Bains,Anil Srivastava and M Gopal Reddy (MP) Praveen Pardeshi,S J Kunte,Sanjay Bhatia,Kavita Gupta and Sham Lal Goyal (Maharashtra) Sanjeev Ranjan and R Muivah ( MT) U P Singh ,S N Tripathi and G K Dhal (Odisha) Arun Goel,C Roul, D P Reddy and Satish Chandra (Punjab) B N Sharma, Ms Kiran Soni Gupta, Dr Madhukar Gupta and Ms Usha Sharma (Rajsthan) Rajiv Ranjan,C Chandramouli and Jagmohan Singh Raju (TamilNadu) Prabhat Kumar,Bhupendra Singh ,R K Tiwari, P K Mohanty,Shalini Prasad and Anita Bhatnagar Jain (UP) Dr Anup Wadhawan (Uttarakhand) and Sumanta Chaudhuri,Sanjiv Chopra and P K Agrawal (West Bengal).

UPSC Member Singh resigns
Union Public Service Commission Member A P Singh has resigned. Resignation of former 1974 batch IPS officer Singh has been accepted by the Government.
(We said this on March 6, 2014 & Jan 14, 2015)

CEC Sampath to demit office today
Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath will demit office on Thursday after attaining the age of 65 . He is a 1973 batch retired IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Brahma to take over from Sampath
Latest information says that H S Brahma will take over from V S Sampath as Chief Election Commissioner on Thursday. The 1975 batch IAS officer Brahma will retire in April when he attains the age of 65.

Search Committee for IC and CIC to meet on Friday ?
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.

Who will replace DRDO chief ?
Who will be the next Chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) after the forced expiry of the contract of incumbent Avinash Chander? Chander, 64, retired on Nov 30, 2014 was given a contract for 18 months till May 31, 2016 as head of DRDO but later terminated by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) with effect from Jan 31, 15 months ahead of schedule. Chander is widely known as the man behind the Agni series of missiles.

Basu likely to be new DRDO chief
Nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu was likely to be named the new DRDO chief. Basu, who heads the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, was behind the nuclear system that is driving the Arihant-class submarines of the Indian Navy.

Kumar is new Secretary Space
A S Kiran Kumar has taken over as Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Space Commission on re-employment on contract basis for a tenure of three years.
(We said this on Jan 8, 2015)

Ajay Kumar V selected for Director (O&BD), BPRL
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.

W V R Murthy goes on inter-cadre deputation to AP
An inter-cadre deputation of W V R Murthy from AGMUT to Andhra Pradesh has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Appointment of new Bank EDs soon
Appointment of new Bank EDs is expected to take place this month end. About one dozen EDs are going to be appointed.

Tenure of Tewari as Joint Director, CBI extended
The central deputation tenure of Ashok Tewari as Joint Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been extended upto January 31, 2015.

Orders of Dr Sharma for CMD, Pawan Hans yet to come
The orders of Dr B P Sharma, ED, AAI, for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India.

IAS officer killed in accident in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu cadre 1983 batch IAS officer Shanthini Kapoor, Principal Secretary (Special Programme Implementation) was killed in road accident on Wednesday.

One post of Member in PFRD to be filled up
One post of Member (Law) is presently lying vacant in the PFRD. Appointment of new Member is likely to take place in a couple of months.

Junior staff doing menial jobs for IPS officers to be deputed for productive works
The Government of India has decided to use the manpower of junior staff in the constructive and productive works instead of rendering menial jobs to the senior IPS officers posted in police or paramilitary forces.

12 posts of Deputy Inspector General in SSB vacant
Twelve posts of Deputy Inspector General, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), have been lying vacant.

Dwivedi also in run for DGP UP ?
Name of Ranjan Dwivedi has also started doing the round for the post of Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh. He is 1982 batch IPS officer.

Ms Sharma likely to join central deputation at JS level
Ms Sandhya V Sharma is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level post. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Pathak is new GM Air India Northern Region
A K Pathak is new General Manager Sales and Marketing Northern Region of the Air India.

Bhargava gets ACS rank in Odisha
Chief Resident Commissioner of Odisha in Delhi Sunil Kumar Bhargava has been promoted to the rank of ACS. He is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Why Power Minister holds up file of Misra for CMD, SJVNL?
Why the Minister of Power is sitting on the file of R N Misra, Director (Civil), SJVNL, proposed for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, SJVNL?

DoPT invites applications for ED/Joint ED, FDDI
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Executive Director/Joint Executive Director, FDDI, Fursatganj, Jodhpur, Chhindwara, Kolkata and Guna under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the DoPT at the earliest.

Sushil Kumar deputed as CEE, LMRC, Lucknow
Sushil Kumar has been deputed as CEE, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Limited (LMRC) at Lucknow for a period of three years. He is an IRSEE officer.

BHEL GM Dr Chodhury promoted, posted as ED ( Corporate R & D)
BHEL GM Dr Umakant Choudhury promoted as Executive Director has been posted as ED (Corporate R & D).

Ms Dabas appointed as Asst Director, Steel
Ms Jyotsana Dabas has been appointed as Assistant Director in the Ministry of Steel. She is a 2011 batch Officer of Indian Economic Service.

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

Two IRTS officers transferred
Manoj Seth presently working as Chief Safety Officer has been transferred to West Central Railway while S P Dudhe will now be CSO, Southern Railway.

Search for new NCERT Director
A Search-cum-Selection Committee to select new NCERT Director is likely to be headed by former National Council For Teacher Education Chairman Mohd Akhtar Siddiqui .

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

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Telangana
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.

2 CSS officers get postings (UPDATED)
Two officers of Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been given postings after return from deputation. Accordingly, Parvinder Kaur has been posted to Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs & Sports while Perin Devi was appointed to Petroleum & Natural Gas.

8 CSS officers shifted after promotion to Deputy Secretary level (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been transferred to other Ministries after promotion to Deputy Secretary level. Accordingly, Naeem Ahmed Siddiqui will remain in Environment & Forests while G Vaidheeswaran was shifted to Corporate Affairs and Ashish Dutta was posted to IPP. Similarly, R S R Murthy has been transferred to HRD; Harihar Mishra to Expenditure; Mrs M K Raman to UPSC; Padmaja Saxena to HRD and B K Ray was transferred to NATGRID.

Resignation of A P Singh accepted (UPDATED)
Resignation of UPSC Member A P Singh has been accepted. Former 1974 batch IPS officer A P Singh was earlier CBI Chief.

(We said this on March 6, 2014 & Jan 14, 2015)

RK Deka joins GIC as GM (UPDATED)
RK Deka, GM, United India Insurance Co. Ltd has today joined General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) in the same capacity. Later he may be appointed whole time Director, GIC.
(We said this on Nov 28, 2014)

Orders of Anupam Shrivastava for CMD, BSNL expected till evening (UPDATED)
The orders of Anupam Shrivastava, Director (CM), BSNL, for the appointment as Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are expected to be issued by the Government of India till the evening of January 15, 2015.

Orders of Bramha as new Chief Election Commissioner issued (UPDATED)
Harishankar Bramha, senior- most Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India, has been appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner of India by the Government of India. Bramha will render this service till April 19, 2015. He is a retired IAS officer of 1975 batch belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre.

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

Bhatia resigns
Managing Director and CEO of Kerala-based Catholic Syrian Bank Rakesh Bhatia has reportedly resigned.

Damodaran assumes charge as Part-time Chairman, ING Vysya Bank Ltd
Meleveetil Damodaran has assumed charge as Part-time Chairman of ING Vysya Bank Ltd.

Butola appointed Addl. Director, Indusind Bank Ltd
Indusind Bank Limited has appointed Ranbir Singh Butola as Additional Director of the Bank

Shah resigned as Whole-time Director, C. Mahendra Exports Ltd
Sandeep M Shah has resigned as Whole-time Director of C Mahendra Exports.

Bansal appointed Addl. Non Exec. Director, TV18 Broadcast Ltd
TV18 Broadcast Limited has appointed Rohit Bansal as an Additional Non-Executive Director of the company.

Kshirsagar resigns as Independent Director, Merck Ltd
E A Kshirsagar has resigned as an Independent Director of Merck Ltd

Udani appointed Addl. Director, Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Ltd
Winsome Diamonds and Jewellery Limited has appointed Harshad Udani as an Additional Director of the company.

Barve appointed CS, Indian Card Clothing Company Ltd
Indian Card Clothing Company Limited has appointed Amogh Barve as Company Secretary of the company.

John appointed Addl. Director, Kings Infra Ventures Ltd
Kings Infra Ventures Ltd has appointed Rita Shaji John as an Additional Director of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd
Jatin Mavani and Kalyan Prasad Brahma have resigned as Directors of Stewarts & Lloyds of India Ltd.

Ms Singh resigns as CS, TTI Enterprise Ltd
Ms Sunita Singh has resigned as Company Secretary of TTI Enterprise Ltd.

Ms Surjani appointed CS, NK Industries Ltd
NK Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Monica M Surjani as a Company Secretary of the company.

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age
This item should be commented only by those who were or are not in Govt service as all those working would never like lowering the age limit and those retired would always like more in their flock, and thus reduction in age limit. It could be rare that one associated with Govt for 37 years has an objective and clear VIBGYOR of the scenario.
S C Poddar

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age

Respected sir,
I wish to humbly submit that the matter to increase the retirement age of central government employees from 60 years to 65 years may be considered seriously by the central government .
Now a days, when government employees are being retired at the age of 60 years, they remain in very good health. However, in some government departments these retired employees are being re-employed on consultancy basis in central government service. Due to their long experience in government service, these officials become experts in their field of work. The central government should take their help for some more years by increasing their retirement age from 60 years to 65 years.
further, the life expectancy of an average government employee has also gone up from 70 years to 80 years. Retiring a government employee at the age of 60 years, with many more years of good health left in him would be an advantage for the central government to keep the government and his servants healthy, wealthy and wise.
I hope the government would seriously consider the request. Even our central government school teachers have already been given this benefit by raising their retirement age up to 62 years and they are doing a wonderful job with their useful wisdom ,knowledge and hard work. In the same way the central government employees would also prove to be an asset up to the age of 65 years.
Below are some of the previous published references for the kind consideration of the central government in raising the retirement age of central government employees from 60 years to 65 years..
One of the recent examples of a retired person being re-appointed in the pmo as the principal secretary to the prime minister at the age of 69 yrs is a good example of how a retired person can be valuable to the government after retirement. His details are as follows:-
Nripendra Misra, is an Indian retired civil servant now appointed as the Prinicipal Secretary to the prime minister of India through an ordinance issued by the government of India. He assumed office on 25 may 2014. He was born on 8 march 1945.now his age is age 69 years. He was the former chairman of the telecom regulatory authority of India] and is a 1967 batch Indian administrative service officer from Uttar Pradesh cadre.
In the interest of good governance, i hope, a suitable positive decision would be taken by the central government in the matter very seriously by raising the retirement age of all central government employees up to the age of 65 years.

Rajiv Pathak

Revamp Indian Bureaucracy:
There is urgent need for fresh thinking and expertise in the government especially in the infrastructure, transport and energy sector. Likewise, in health and education sector. Lateral entry at Special Secretary/Additional Secretary level will enable government to challenge the thinking process ( aka IAS) and in turn improve IAS officers performance ( once they feel threatened)
V Mohan

It is time to strengthen the National Statistical System
This has reference to your caption "Outsource data collection job" in Forum dated 12.01.2015 wherein it has been suggested that MOS&PI should be wind up and data collection should be outsourced. In general, we fail to appreciate the work of others and offer casual comments. Late Prof. P C Mahalanobis has established that the Sample Survey method is better than Census method because the former is handled by experts. Unfortunately, we fail to understand the data need and the intricacies involved in the data collection. In fact, the success of the NITI AAYOG depends on the sound statistical base which enables one for informed decision making. It is time, we say good bye to adhoc arrangements and strengthen the National Statistical Sustem.
A K. Verma Secretary, ISSA(EC)

The suggestion of making appearance in interviews after CS (Mains) compulsory will increase subjectivity which if goes beyond a point is not good.
Kishori Lal

Quick justice to tax payers is needed
In Mumbai if you file appeal before income tax tribunal, it would take minimum 18 months to get first date of hearing because number of judges are very less. Final disposal may take years. Then HC and SC also take long time. It is well known fact that proper justice cannot be expected from departmental appellate authority because they work under executive and not under judiciary. The interest of executive is to ensure more collection.
Mumbai possibly has highest number of nonresident tax payers and it contributes about 1/3rd revenue of country. Despite this, the tax payers are not provided with basic service of early appeal disposal.
Will government prove its promise of good governance by giving quick justice to tax payers ; or NDA govt. would prove itself as good as UPA govt.? Will government like to improve its image before foreign entities for improving investment climate.

Pavan Ved

Time to restructure the PESB
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

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