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Will Chairman of bank be a political person ?
The post of Chairman and the Managing Director in the nationalized bank has been bifurcated. Now the only question is-whether the Chairman would now be a political appointee and MD from the banking ?

BUREAUCRACY

Vinod Rai is "Honorary Advisor " in Railway Ministry
Former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Vinod Rai is joining the Railways Ministry as an "Honorary Advisor".

Krishna Kumar to be Additional Director ED ?
Krishna Kumar is being tipped to be Additional Director in the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi. Name of 1994 batch IRS (IT) officer Krishna Kumar is believed to have been cleared by the CVC.

22 IPS officers retiring in January
As many as 22 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of various batches and cadres are retiring in January, 2015. Abraham Lincoln of AP cadre; G C Dwivedi of AGMUT cadre; Kulbir Krishan and K K Sarma of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Abhay Anand, Anwar Husain, CC Azad of Bihar cadre; Vijay Singh Samyal of J&K cadre; Laxman Prasad Singh of Jharkhand cadre; Shiv Shankar Lal of MP cadre; Gopalbandhu Mallik of Orissa cadre; Bhaskar Chatterjee and L N Meena of Rajasthan cadre; K Muthukaruppan of Tamil Nadu cadre; Arub Kumar Gupta, Deepak Sharma, Rajendra Prasad Chaturvedi, Maiya Deen Karandhar, Sugriv Giri, Anil Kumar Dass, Udai Pratap of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Asit Pal of West Bengal cadre.

Mrs Bhutia quits IRS-IT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Loden Tshoma Bhutia presently DCIT, Siliguri, has quit the service.

Arvind Kumar quits IRS-IT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Arvind Kumar presently CIT, New Delhi, has quit the service.

Sanjay Kumar goes on inter-cadre deputation to Jharkhand
An inter-cadre deputation of Sanjay Kumar from Bihar to Jharkhand has been approved for a period of three years. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Virender Singh empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
Virender Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Singh empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
Mudit Kumar Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

V K Lyngwa empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
B K Lyngwa has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Suresh Chandra empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
Suresh Chandra has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

V M Arora empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
V M Arora has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

P C Mody empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
P C Mody has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch IRS-IT officer.

Ms Nambiar empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Meeta Nambiar has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1982 batch IRS-IT officer.

Gupta empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
Dinesh Chand Gupta has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch ITS officer.

Deepak Chaturvedi empanelled Joint Secretary in GoI
Deepak Chaturvedi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch ITS officer.

Chaturvedi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Radha M Chaturvedi has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1982 batch ITS officer.

Ram Shabd Yadava empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ram Shabd Yadava has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1982 batch ITS officer.

Maruti unlikely to join as PS to Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
Pingale Vijay Maruti is expected not to join as Private Secretary to Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Minister for Railways. Maruti is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Railway Minister yet to get Private Secretary
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, who took over as Minister of Railways on November 10, 2014, is yet to get his Private Secretary.

Singh posted Deputy Director, IB
Janardhan Singh has been appointed as Deputy Director at DIG level in Intelligence Bureau (IB). He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of Nagaland cadre.


Mihir Kumar relieved to join as Joint Secretary, in I&B
The Government of Bihar has relieved Mihir Kumar Singh of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

A K Dash gets premature repatriation
A K Dash, Additional Secretary (Joint Secretary level), Central Information Commission, has been accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1984 batch IPoS officer.

ADG post vacant in CISF
One post of ADG(Hq) is lying vacant in CISF for the last couple of weeks.

CISF: 10 posts increased after cadre review
After cadre review CISF has got 10 new posts. These are - ADG -1,IG-3 & DIG-5.

Seven IPS officers in UP retiring
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) are retiring in Uttar Pradesh. They are: Arub Kumar Gupta, Deepak Sharma, Rajendra Prasad Chaturvedi, Maiya Deen Karanadhar, Sugriv Giri, Anil Kumar Dass and Udai Pratap.

54 IRS-Customs officers transferred
As many as 54 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Debasish Majumdar has been shifted to Delhi Dte of Data Management; K O Paul was transferred to CX; Om Prakash Ram Tripathi to Mumbai ST; Deepak N Pandit to Mumbai-I CX; P R Ganesh to Coimbatore CX; P Chandrasekhar to Hyderabad CX; V Vaithehi to Coimbatore CX; Harish Chand Saini to CC (AR), CESTAT Delhi; Ram Autar Singh to Meerut CX; Partha Sarthi De to Delhi CX; M A Patel to Ahmedabad CX; Ramsahai D Meena to Ahmedabad CX; Melicia Synnah to Shillong CX; Bijay Kumar Sinha to Delhi CX; Deepak Mishra to Delhi Dte of Data Management; S Ravisankar to Trich Cus (Prev); M G Vijaykumar to Chennai ST; Dinesh K Maini to Delhi, DG (Sys & Data Mgmt); V Kalpanagam to Chennai DGICCE; Tapan Kumar Nayak to BhubanesharCX; Rajender Singh to Meerut CX; B B Agnihotri to Delhi Cus; Surender Pal Singh Hooda to Mumbai-I CX; R K Joshi to Meerut CX; Dharam Vir Jalwa to Delhi DGHRD; W Godwin Dorairaj to Coimbatore CX; Jamkhogin Haokip to Shillong CX; Tapan Bhattacharya to Meerut CX; Rakesh Grover to Faridabad NACEN; C K Jhalla to Ahmedabad CX; H Memcha Devi to Shillong CX; J S Chauhan to Delhi, DG (Sys& Data Magment); Ramesh Kumar Gupta to Chandigarh CX; N M Baishya to Shillong CX; D T Hume to Ahmedabad CX; G Uday Kumar to Hyderabad cX; Mahesh Kumar to Gwalior CBN' Minu Shukla Pathak to Faridabad NACEN; Panna Lal Sinha to Delhi Cx; Nimba Ram to Gandhidham DGRIZU; T Parryvellal to Turicorin DGRIRU; Vinayak Bhat to Hyderabad DGRIZU; Sudhanshu Rai to Kolkata DGRI ZU;Dhananjay Mali to Mumbai DGRIZU; R K Tiwari to Raipur DGCEI RU; Mansi Trivedi to Ahmedabad DGCEI ZU; Ram Singh Sekhawat to Rajkot DGCEI RU; Pradeep Sharma to Lucknow DGCEI ZU; Darpan Amarvanshi to Meertu DGECI RU; Anil K Mishra to Dehradun DGCEI RU; Salik Parwez to Bhopal DGCEI ZU; Sanjay Kumar to Indore DGCEI RU; Debashish Ghoshal to Durgapur DGCEI RU and Gopi Donthi Reddy was posted to Hyderabad NACEN.

Tenure of Ashish Jain extended
The tenure of Ashish Jain as Director, Ministry of Defence has been extended till the completion of his NDC course. He is a 1997 batch IRSS officer.

Justice Vasanthakumar appointed as Chief Justice, J&K HC
Justice Narayanan Nadar Paul Vasanthakumar, Judge of the Madras High Court, has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

Gyanesh Bharti appointed as Director, Power
Gyanesh Bharti has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power for a period of five years. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Posting of 2011 batch IAS in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
Posting of 2011 batch IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh- Ruchika Chauhan CEO Zila Panchayat Ujjain.Vijay Datta CEO Bhind, Dr Vijay Kumar CEO Mandla and Anugraha CEO Umaria.

L Indumathy empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
L Indumathy has been empanelled for the posts of Joint secretary in Government of India. Indumathy is an officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS).

A K Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
A K Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint secretary in Government of India. He is an officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS).

R K Gathwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
R K Gathwal has been empanelled for the posts of Joint secretary in Government of India. He is an officer of Central Secretariat Service (CSS).

Ajay Shankar goes on inter-cadre deputation to Rajasthan (UPDATED)
An inter-cadre deputation of Ajay Shankar Pandey from Uttar Pradesh to Rajasthan has been approved for a period of five years. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Archana Srivastava posted as Regional Nodal Officer, Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Archana Srivastava has been posted as Regional Nodal Officer/House Keeping, Northern Railway to implement Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the Northern Region. She is an IRTS officer.

Verma posted as Director, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Neeraj Verma has been transferred as Director, Traffic Transportation (Coaching)-I, Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Srivastava posted in Northern Railway cadre (UPDATED)
Vivek Srivastava has been posted in the Northern Railway cadre after relieving from the post of ADRM, Delhi. He is an IRTS officer.

Sambasiva Rao deputed as VC & MD, APSRTC (UPDATED)
N Sambasiva Rao has been deputed as Vice Chairman& Managing Director, AP State Road Transport Corporation. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Kushal Bhaduri takes over as CMD, NJMC (UPDATED)
Kushal Bhaduri, Additional GM, NTPC, has taken over the charge as Chairman & Managing Director, National Jute Manufacturers Corporation Limited (NJMC).
(We said this on May 28, 2014)

D Rajkumar selected as MD, BPRL (UPDATED)
D Rajkumar, ED, BPRL, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 23, 2015. As many as eight persons were interviewed for the same.

Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey appointed as OSD to Arun Jaitley (UPDATED)
Dr Sanjay Kumar Pandey, Joint Director (Law), Competition Commission of India, has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Arun Jaitley, Minister for Information & Broadcasting.

Kalyan Chakravarthy goes on inter-cadre deputation to Telangana (UPDATED)
An inter-cadre deputation of B Kalyan Chakravarthy from Assam Meghalaya cadre to Telangana cadre has been approved for a period of two years. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Manoj Mishra joins as CMD, CCIL (UPDATED)
Manoj Mishra, Director (HR), CCIL, has taken over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCIL).
(We said this on March 27, 2014)

Minor Reshuffle of IAS officers in MP (UPDATED)
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ms Anugrih P has been posted as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Umariya while B Vijay Datta was made CEO, Zilla Panchayat Bhind and Mrs Ruchika Chauhan is CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Ujjain. Similarly, Saurabh Kumar Suman has been posted as CEO, Zilla Panchayat, Betul and Dr Vijay Kumar J is CEO,Zilla Panchayat, Mandla.

Lov Verma is also Chairperson, Food Safety & Standard Authority (UPDATED)
Lov Verma has been assigned an additional charge of Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar 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

Beyman appointed Director (Business Strategy), Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd
Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd has appointed Jonathan Eric Beyman as Director (Business Strategy) of the company.

Amick Jr. resigns as Non Exec. Director, International Paper APPM Ltd
W Michael Amick Jr. has resigned as Non-Executive Director of International Paper APPM Limited w.e.f. January 19, 2015

Sharma resigns as Independent Director, International Paper APPM Ltd
M K Sharma has resigned as Independent Director of International Paper APPM Limited w.e.f. January 22, 2015

Talati appointed Addl. Director, TCPL Packaging Ltd
TCPL Packaging Ltd has appointed Sunil Talati as an Additional Director of the Company

Bodani appointed Addl. Director, Camphor & Allied Products Ltd
Camphor & Allied Products Ltd has appointed Chandrika Anil Bodani as an Additional Director of the company w.e.f. January 20, 2015

Jehangir resigns as Non Exec. Director, Dai-Ichi Karkaria Ltd
J.H.C Jehangir has resigned as a Non-Executive Director of Dai-Ichi Karkaria Ltd w.e.f. January 16, 2015.

Chaddha to be appointed Director, Richway International Trade Ltd
The Board of Richway International Trade Ltd is to appoint Sanjay Chaddha as a Director of the company

Padhee appointed Addl. Director, Suryo Foods & Industries Ltd
Suryo Foods & Industries Ltd has appointed Ajit Padhee as an Additional Director of the company

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DEBATE (1 ) Judicial appointments

Both systems not good. In the collegium system only Judges do this work by personal choices and new system judges and political persons will do the same work with adjustment.

As per constitution provision and fundamental right Art. 16 why not advertise vacant post and after applications decide the panel for appointment and every procedure should be transparent and under RIT Act.

Anupama Rai

Kiran Bedi vs Arvind Kejriwal. Or is it Arvind Kejriwal vs Kiran Bedi ?

Arvind Kejriwal is older in party politics, has a party of his own and is the undisputed leader of that party. He has won seats for his party in the assembly, been Chief Minister of Delhi and has nurtured Prime Ministerial ambition (which, by the way, is also the root cause of this election). He has also been challenging Narendra Modi, though with little success till now. Kiran Bedi is the more cautious type, who has been looking at an established party to launch her in politics rather than join a fledgling outfit with an uncertain future. She is also older (though maybe fitter) and certainly has more experience in the Services. She is not alone though, she has a massive party machine (though not all of it is backing her) and the blessings of the three master strategists of the BJP (Modi, Shah and Jaitley). Kejriwal is the more ambitious of the two, the real winner out of the Anna agitation which left Anna high and dry, his reputation in tatters; and propelled Kejriwal to political superstardom. Kejriwal is also the more savvy and the cannier of the two without doubt. But Kiran Bedi also knows how to carve out a career for herself, just as Kejriwal. Old friends turned foes, the story has a parallel, Shankarsingh Vaghela and Narendra Modi. Who won then is well known, but this race is not so clear. An interesting aside is the Congress party led by Ajay Maken, which has fielded some candidates who were swept by the Modi wave in the general elections, but who are quite popular and might give a tough fight to others in the post Swachch Bharat Abhiyan scenario. One thing is for sure, these elections have again forced the mainstream political parties to take a relook at the candidates selected by them and take public opinion into account to have better, cleaner candidates.

Vijay Kumar

Raise DCRG limit

Considering 16 months total revised apex level pay of about Rs 220,000, the gratuity limit after 7th pay commission might go up to likes of Rs 30 lakhs. An officer retiring in January 16 will get Rs 20 lacs more than an officer retiring now. There is an immediate need to raise DCRG limit from present Rs 10 lacs to atleast Rs 25 lacs.

Rajeev

Seek information about the other staff also

Government should also seek information about the other staff who are posted at the houses of public servants at the cost of government without in violation of not only rules of the government but which also amounts to harassment and human rights violation of those staff. regard. Besides, a study should also be conducted as to how much exchequer is being burdened with these illegally self-proclaimed novelties.

Azad

Give special interests rates on FDs

The rate cut will soon be followed by banks reducing FD interest rates .Millions of people including pension less retirees especially from PSUs depend on FD interests. Government should take care of their interests by giving special interests rates on FDs for such people.''

N Krishnan

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