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Interesting facts about Padma awards
In 2012 Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar, both were shortlisted for Padma Vibhushan Awards. But names were dropped at last minute by MHA after being cleared by PM. The allegation was that Saira Banu and Bachchan are close to Advani and Modi and anti 10 Janpath. This time, however, both names were added at last minute on Prime Ministers recommendation and Modi was also gracious enough to inform both of them personally. Advani was also recommended by Modi to pay his respects for former's contribution.

Republic Day reflected PM Modi's vision?
After watching this year's Republic Day celebrations many old timers opined that the celebration had clear vision of PM Narendra Modi. Tableaus on Jan Dhan, make in India, law and justice, Sardar Patel , girl child and cleanliness are examples of Modiji's vision. They also support the govt decision to promote women power.

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Director ED?
Who will be the next Director of Enforcement Directorate ? This subject is being discussed in the power gallery these days . Special Director Karnal Singh may be made officiating Director. He is a 1984 batch UT cadre IPS.

Sinha and Jha to be Special Directors in IB
Two 1981 batch IPS officers Satish Jha and Malay Sinha are being promoted as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in a week or two.

Code of conduct defers changes in Delhi police
Code of conduct has deferred the changes in Delhi Police at the top level. Elections for Delhi Assembly are going to held on Feb7. Now changes are expected to take place in the middle of February.

Only 7 ST IAS officers serving as JS in GoI
Out of total strength of 280, only seven Scheduled Tribe IAS officers are serving as Additional Secretary in Government of India.

Tenure of EIL's CMD ending in May
The tenure of A K Purwaha, Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Limited (EIL), is coming to an end on May 31, 2015. Sanjay Gupta, Director (Commercial) is expected to succeed him in June, 2015.

File of Purwar for CMD, MTNL sticks to CVC since 2013
The appointment of P K Purwar, Director, MTNL, as Chairman and Managing Director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has been delaying for want of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) clearance. The file has been lying stuck to CVC for more than one year. He was selected for this post last year on November 28, 2013.

Pandey to join for Director (Tech), NCL on Feb 1
Gunadhar Pandey, GM, NCL, CIL, will be joining as Director (Technical), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) on February 1, 2015. He will succeed A D Mathur retiring in January, 2015.
(We said this on July 7, 2014)

Ghanshyam Sharma for join as Director (Fin), HNL on Feb 1
Ghanshyam Sharma, DGM, NPCIL, will be joining as Director (Finance), Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) on February 1, 2015.
(We said this on July 1, 2014)

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.

Agarwal to be Chairman of NMRC !
Secretary ,Urban Development, Shankar Agrawal is also going to be Chairman of the Nagpur Metro Railway Corporation (NMRC) . He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

In 14 years Chief Secretary is changed 17 times in Jharkhand
After the creation of Jharkhand, in the past 14 years, the Chief Secretary has been changed 17 times. Now Rajiv Gauba is taking over as new Chief Secretary.

File of Misra for CMD, SJVNL moves to ACC
The file of R N Misra, Director (Civil), SJVNL, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, SJVN Limited has been sent to the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval.

DG Doordarshan may get extension
Present DG Doordarshan Vijaylakshmi Chhabra is likely to get six months extension. She is due to retire in March this year.

D P Sinha appointed Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat
Divya Prakash Sinha, Special Secretary, Intelligence Bureau, has been appointed as Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.
(We said this on December 8, 2014)

K Durga Prasad appointed as Special DG, CRPF
K Durga Prasad has been appointed as Special Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Vivek Dube promoted to Special DG grade in GoI
Vivek Dube, ADG, CRPF, has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General (SD) in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

A R K Kini promoted to Special Director General grade in GoI
A R K Kini has been promoted to the grade of Special Director General in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IPS Officer of Bihar cadre.

United Nation appoints Deepak Agarwal as Police Advisor in Lebanon (UPDATED)
Deepak Agarwal who is of 1994 batch of CISF and were posted as AIG/L&R is now appointed as Police Advisor in Lebanon by United Nations.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in J&K (UPDATED)
As many as 19 officers belonging to India Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Jammu & Kashmir. Accordingly, Sunil Kumar Sharma has been posted as IGP, Human Rights Commission while Yoginder Koul was made IGP, IR Jammu and Garbi Dass is DIG, North Kashmir Range Baramula. Similarly, Alok Kumar has been appointed as DIG, Traffic Kashmir; Surinder Kumar Gupta as DIG, Udhampur Reasi range; Ahfadul Mujtaba as DIG, CID Jammu; Ashkoor Ahmad Wani as DIG, Traffic Jammu; Ali Mohammad as DIG, South Kashmir range; Nisar Ahmad as DIG, Doda/Ramban'Kishtwar; Ghulam Hassan Bhat as DIG, CKR Srinagar; R C Manotra as Commandant IR-14th Bt; Deepak Kumar Salathia as Commandant IR-12 Bt; Rafiq-ul-Hassan as Commandant IR-12th Bt; Vivek Gupta as SP, CID, CIK; Sujit Kumar as SP, Reasi; Ms Neeva Jain as SP Kathua; Abdul Jabbar as SP, Anantnag; Shailendra Kumar Mishra as SP, Kargil and Rahul Malik was posted as SP, Kupwara.

Reshuffle of IFS officers in Telanagana (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers of Indian Forests Service (IFS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Telangana. Accordingly, Kanwarjit Singh has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests/ Conservator of Forests, P&E Circle, Hyderabad while Munindra is made Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests/ Conservator of Forests, Khammam and Rakesh Mohan Dobriyal is posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Protection & Vigilance). Similarly, Lokesh Jayaswal has been posted as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests /Conservator of Forests, Social Forestry, Nizamabad; Sunil Kumar Gupta as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests /Conservator of Forests, Warangal; Mohan Chandra Paraien as Special Secretary, Environment, Forests, Science and Technology; Elusing Meru as Director (NR), GAD (V&E); Sidhnand Kukreti as Chief Conservator of Forests (SF); C Suvarna as Chief Conservator of Forest/ Member Secretary, Telangana Bio-Diversity Board, Hyderabad and P V Raja Rao and B Anand Mohan have been told to report to PCCF.

NLC CMD Surender Mohan extends accolades to NLC Engineers (UPDATED)
A one day workshop on "Success Experience of SME in Neyveli Mines" is being organized at Institution of Engineers (India) ( Neyveli Local centre), on August 27, 2015. In his Chief Guest Address, B Surender Mohan, CMD, NLC extended this word of appreciation. He substantiated his stand by further deliberating on this issue. When this Specialised Mining Equipments technology which is a German based mining technology was introduced in Neyveli, it was not that successful as it was in Germany. Whereas, our efficient engineers worked day and night and brought in modifications in the design, to suit our working conditions like encountering hard band strata, clay patches, upward thrust of aquifer etc. In this full credit goes to our Engineers. He further appealed to one and all that as NLC is diversifying its mining activity from Lignite, to Coal, any possibility of using this SME technology in coal may be explored. He further added that if Lignite Mines is the strength of NLC, SME is its backbone. To share these experiences, some of the stalwarts of this technology who had rendered untiring service to NLC had been invited for this workshop. All these invitees were felicitated during the inaugural function. N Ilamparuthi, Executive Director/ SME/Conveyor/Mechanical Services / Mines and Chariman of Neyveli Centre of IE welcomed the gathering. Sarath Kumar Acharya, Director (Human Resources) and S Rajagopal, Director (Power) graced the occasion. A K Subramanium, Former Director (Mines), NLC was the Guest of Honour for today's workshop.

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

Singh appointed Addl. Director, DCB Bank Ltd
DCB Bank Ltd has appointed Ms Rupa Devi Singh as Additional Director of the company.

Agarwal appointed CFO, Gruh Finance Ltd
Gruh Finance Ltd has appointed Hitesh Agarwal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Singh appointed Addl. & Whole-time Director, Omax Autos Ltd
Omax Autos Ltd has appointed Ramesh Bahadur Singh as an Additional Director and Whole-time Director of the company.

Soni appointed CS, Aditya Ispat Ltd
Aditya Ispat Ltd appointed Mahendra Natverlal Soni as the Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Domingo appointed CFO, Aditya Ispat Ltd
Ms Alphonsa Domingo has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Aditya Ispat Ltd.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of V-Mart Retail Ltd
V-Mart Retail Ltd has appointed Murli Ramachandran and Ms Sonal Mattoo, as Additional Directors of the company.

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of V-Mart Retail Ltd
Kamal Kumar Gupta and Krishan Kumar Gupta have resigned as Independent Directors of V-Mart Retail Ltd.

Couedic appointed Non Independent Director, ALSTOM India Ltd
ALSTOM India Ltd has appointed Ms Carole Roselyne Marcelle Le Couedic as Non-Executive, Non-Independent Woman Director of the company.

Momaya resigns as Non Independent Director, ALSTOM India Ltd
S M Momaya has resigned as Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of ALSTOM India Ltd.

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Quick comments

1. Both Kejariwal and Bedi are ambitious. The former has shown that he can sacrifice power for principles.
2. Vinod Rai has got nothing as compared to his service. He has brought even policies made by the elected government under the purview of audit and has done a great disservice to the country. And as regards auction of 2G and coal, the auction money will be recovered from the public in terms of higher call rates and power tariff. A policy intended to spare the public from charging higher rates cannot be dishonest. Its implementation could have some element of arbitrariness and that could have been corrected.

Prakash

Rail Department is technical

The generalist cadre in the department also get coaching on technical matters during their induction. The Railway Officers are themselves quite efficient. Indian Railways has the largest network of rail line in terms of kilometer. Two crore passengers travel every day, unparalleled in the world. The trains are running with political interference, financial constraints, infrastructure constraints and a stream of poor & uneducated people. That too without much of an accident. These officials when they go abroad are told that why you have come here for training. In fact there is case for our officers to get training in the Indian Railways. Vino Rai in his capacity as Ex-CAG can advise only on Financial matters. In other matters he may be at sea. What actually is required is that the Advisor should have some renowned past Railway man like Sridharan, Gujral etc., who are well versed with the nuances of Railway Functioning. For improvement in the image of the Railways there has to be some 'give' from the side of the Citizens. They make the trains & platforms dirty and travel without tickets. In spite of all the buzz of Swacch Bharat, the Platform No.16 of the New Delhi was in precarious position late in the night of January 22, 2015.

BBS

Challenges faced by Railways today are different

Appointment of ex- CAG as honorary advisor to the Railway minister is rather surprising. Vinood Rai is an exceptional human being and was a great CAG but how he will he be able to help the Railways better than their own Finance Department which has very strong credentials and is manned by a cadre of officers from Indian Railway Accounts Service who excel wherever they go. We have great expectations from the current Railway Minister and i am sure he is a man of ideas. But the way he is gathering his advisors and staff (I believe he even got Lalu Yadav's OSD on Board) is posing confidence deficit. The challenges faced by the Railways today are different than what these were during Lalu's era.

Aarti Khosla

What is Railway Minister looking for?

When there is a beautiful Report available on Railway Reforms by Dr. Rakesh Mohan, a renowned Economist, what was the need for more and more Advisors for reforming the Indian Railways ?

Radhikai

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