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When nothing else inspires, History does ! (181)
If the Government becomes monopoly of few big shots it is bound to die a natural death.

Modi will become World leader if ?
It is widely believed that if BJP Chief Minister is installed in Jammu & Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would naturally emerge as World leader.

BUREAUCRACY

160 IPS officers to retire in 2015
As many as 160 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of various cadres and batches will be retiring in 2015.

Arvind Panagariya appointed Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
Arvind Panagariya has been appointed new Vice Chairman of the National Institution of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog He is an Indian-American economist and Professor of Economics at Columbia University and an ex-Chief Economist at the Asian Development. He will be given Cabinet Rank.
(We said this on December 22, 2014)

Bibek Debroy loses to Panagariya ?
If insiders are to be believed, noted Economist and Professor Bibek Debroy was also in the race for the post of Vice Chairman of Planning Commission now NITI Aayog. Instead of Debroy, Panagariya was appointed.

D K Bhalla is now Secretary, Lok Sabha
D K Bhalla has been appointed Secretary, Lok Sabha. He is a1986 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.
(We said this on January 3, 2015)

B B Srivastava to be Member, TDSAT ?
B B Srivastava is being tipped to be Member of the TDSAT. He is retired 1978 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Vishwapati Trivedi is now Advisor, Shipping
Outgoing Secretary Shipping Vishwapati Trivedi has been appointed Advisor Shipping. He is former 1977 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Jha to be Special Director, IB !
Satish Chandra Jha is expected to be promoted as Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) this month. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ajit M Sharan is also DG, SAI
Ajit M Sharan has been assigned an additional charge of Director General of Sports Authority of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Anurag Jain joins as Joint Secretary in PMO
Anurag Jain has joined the PMO as Joint Secretary. 1989 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Jain was earlier Joint Secretary in Financial Services.

Pawan Hans Soaring at Unreached Heights
Audited figures for the year 2013-14 have shown a highest ever turnover of Rs. 530 crores for Pawan Hans during the financial year of 2013-14. This growth is around 15% above the previous year's figures of Rs. 465 crores. The profit from operations has increased to Rs. 73 crores from Rs. 39 crores in 2012-13 showing an increase of 87% and profit net of tax depreciation and all other liabilities has also been more than doubled to Rs. 38.57 crores during 2013-14 from Rs. 11.70 crores of the year 2012-13. It is noteworthy that the Company had incurred a loss of Rs. 10.35 crores during the financial year 2011-12. Pawan Hans has started paying dividend after a gap of four years and for the year 2013-14 has declared Rs. 7.71 crores keeping in view the improved financial results. Because of incident free flying years, the insurance premium has come down to less than half of what it was two years back, which has led to a saving of Rs. 12 crores.Productivity per employee has also increased from Rs. 44.35 lacs in 2011-12 to Rs. 58.91 in 2013-14. The Company also recruited 10 fresh pilots under its new recruitment policy which has brought down the cockpit cost and it is expected to save Rs. 7.30 crores in two years time for the Company. Anil Srivastava CMD of Pawan Hansstated that this turnaround has been achieved due to various strategic steps taken to make an aviation company efficient and minimizing the overheads. Along with this, safety aspect has not at all been compromised and last three years have been without any incident for Pawan Hans. Fleet serviceability of its fleet of 53 helicopters has also been at its highest ever level and was around 83%. Year 2013-14 also saw the Credit Rating of Pawan Hans being improved to A+ from A. With deployment of 11 helicopters in the North East, Pawan Hans has started a new Region to cater to the demands from NE States with its Headquarters at Guwahati. Overall performance and its turnaround has also been recognized by various external agencies and the Company has been bestowed with five awards during last one year including the prestigious "Golden Peacock" recognition at London for overall business sustainability. This is noteworthy that Pawan Hans gets most of its business through an open competitive bidding and does not take any assistance from Government Budget. With excellent results, it will be much easier for Pawan Hans to offer part of its equity in the market and it is expected that with excellent evaluation of its books the proposed public offer would be a great success.



Appointment of Dhesi means elimination of five batches !
The new Chief Secretary of Haryana D S Dhesi will have the longest tenures ,of four and a half years beginning January 1. It means five batches of IAS will have no chance to become Chief Secretary though most of the officers are on central deputation. They are Sanjay Kothari of 1978 batch , Ajit Sharan of 1979 batch, Ashok Lavasa of 1980 batch, Madhusudan Prasad, Anuradha Gupta and P K Jain of 1981 batch and K K Jalan and Dr Dalip Singh of 1982 batch.

Goyal to appear for interview again ?
ED of the Central Bank of India ,R K Goyal , is expected to appear for interview for the post of CMD of a Nationalised Bank again.

Appointment of 1982 batch IAS as ACS home creates heartburning !
Appointment of 1982 batch IPS officer K P Bakshi as ACS (Home ) in Maharashtra has created protocol and administrative problems. This is evident from the fact that IPS officers of five batches senior to him will have to report to him. DGP Sanjeev Dayal is 1977 batch IPS officer .Other IPS officers are Praveen Dixit 1977 batch, Arup Patnaik 1979 batch, Javed Ahmad, K P Raghuvanshi and Vijay Kamble 1980 batch and Satish Mathur, Rakesh Maria and Meera Borwankar all are 1981 batch.

Orders of Ghanshyam Sharma for Director (Fin), HNL issued
The orders of Ghanshyam Sharma, DGM, NPCIL, for the appointment as Director (Finance), Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on July 1, 2014)

Dr Roy likely to be Prasar Bharati Correspondent, Dubai
Dr Sanjay Roy is expected to be appointed as Correspondent, Prasar Bharati at Dubai. Roy is 1997 batch officer of Indian Information Service (IIS). Presently, Dr Atul Kumar, an officer of 1993 batch, is holding this post.

Singh posted as Director in PD, Audit office, Kuala Lumpur
Rajdeep Singh, Director (IR), CAG, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Kuala Lumpur.

12 posts in IRS (IT) Commission vacant
Out of 21 posts of Members in Settlement Commission IRS(IT) 12 posts are currently lying vacant. The CBDT is yet to decide.

Reddy appointed Commission Secretary, TSERC in Telangana
K Srinivas Reddy has been appointed as Commission Secretary, Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) on deputation to Government of Telangana for a period of 3 years. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Tewari posted as Director, Vigilance (ME), Railway Board
Mayank Tewari, who is presently on deputation to UIDAI, Planning Commission, has been posted as Director, Vigilance (Mechanical Engineering), Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

PESB invites applications for Director (HRD), BSNL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (HRD), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited fell vacant on December 12, 2014. Those willing to apply can send their applications to the PESB before February 12, 2015.

CIL Finance Director, Chatterjee retiring in Feb
Abhijit Chatterjee, Director (Finance), Coal India Limited (CIL), is due to retire on February 28, 2015. C K Dey is expected to succeed him on March 1, 2015.

Tenure of Nayak as JS, Health ending in January
The tenure of Sundeep Kumar Nayak as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is coming to an end in January, 2015. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of Jammu &Kashmir cadre.

Jiji Thomson to be new Chief Secretary of Kerala
Jiji Thomson, Director General, Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, has been repatriated to his parent cadre to take over as Chief Secretary on February 1. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
(We said this on January 1, 2015 )

Abdul Khayum posted as DG in Telanagna (UPDATED)
Abdul Khayum Khan has been posted as Director General of Police (DG), Anti Corruption Bureau. He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.

Robin Rawal posted as JCIT (OSD) (CW) in Delhi (UPDATED)
Robin Rawal has been posted as Joint Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD) (CW) in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi. He is an IRS officer of Income Tax cadre.

Two Railway officers shifted (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Srivastava and Vishwajeet have been transferred to RDSO and posted as Assistant Inspecting Engineer in QA/S&T Directorate of RSDO.

3 IAS officers of 1990 get Above Super Time Scale in Assam (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers of 1990 batch namely Ravi Shankar Prasad, Syedain Abbasi and Hemanta Narzary have been accorded Above Super Time scale in Assam.

5 IAS officers of 1999 batch accorded Super Time Scale in Assam (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS officers of 1999 batch have been accorded Super Time Scale in Assam. The officers are: Ashutosh Agnihotri, Shankar Prasad Nandy, Mrs Rwitticka Das Kalita, Preetom Saikia and Dilip Borthakur.

4 IAS officers of 2001 batch accorded Senior Time Scale (UPDATED)
Four IAS officers of 2001 batch namely Dr Lakshmanan, Mrs Roshni Aparanji Korati, Adil Khan and Anant Lal Gyani have been accorded Senior Time Scale in Assam.

Angamuthu gets Selection Grade in Assam (UPDATED)
M Angamuthu of 2002 batch IAS officer has been accorded Selection Grade in Assam.

WAPCOS gets 'best consultancy organization' award (UPDATED)
Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India presented "Best Consultancy Organisation" Award to R K Gupta, CMD, WAPCOS for demonstrating the Highest Level of technical competence in the execution of international consultancy assignments in over 56 Countries in Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Development. The Award is instituted by Central Board of Irrigation and Power, a Premier Institution set up by the Government of India. WAPCOS has forayed and forged ahead to secure new business in countries like Angola, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Kenya, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe by virtue of which WAPCOS increased its presence in many countries and also facilitated strengthening of bilateral relations between India and other countries.

V S Krishna Kumar is also MD &CEO, Canara Bank (UPDATED)
V S Krishan Kumar ED, Canara Bank, has been given additional charges of MD, CEO of Canara Bank.

PNB, BoB, Syndicate Banks yet to get MDs, CEOs (UPDATED)
Government of India (GoI) is yet to appoint full time MDs and CEOs for Bank of Baroda, PNB and Syndicate Bank.

BEML bags Export Award (UPDATED)
BEML Limited, a Public Sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, has won the Star Performer Award in the Export category for the year 2012-13. At a function held at Chennai, K N Bhat, General Manager (Exports) received the Award on behalf of the Company from Dr C Rangarajan, former Governor of Andhra Pradesh. The event was organised by EEPC India (Formerly Engineering Exports Promotion Council). During 2012-13, BEML has made exports aggregating Rs.198.13 Crores. BEML’s products are exported to various countries across the globe including Middle East during the year with entry to Taiwan & Gabon. For the current year, the Company is planning to achieve higher growth in the export market.

ITDC chairman gives Rs 3.73 cr dividend cheque to Union Tourism Minister (UPDATED)
New Delhi. India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Chairman & Managing Director Girish Shankar, handed over a cheque for Rs 3.73 crore to Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on behalf of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), The decision for the payment of Dividend was taken during ITDC 49th Annual General Meeting held at the Group's flagship hotel, The Ashok, New Delhi. The Corporation has closed the year with an all round increase in the performance as compared to the previous financial years. While the turnover of the corporation has increased by 6.57 per cent to Rs. 470 crore approximately, the net profit before tax has increased by 118 per cent to Rs.11.93 crore while profit after tax increased by 214 per cent to Rs 9.42 crore. The corporation has also declared a dividend of 5 per cent amounting to Rs. 4.29 crore approximately 45.5 per cent of net profit which is as recommended by the Board in the meeting held earlier last year. The Corporation, besides showing improvement in turnover and profitability, has also shown a significant improvement in the operational efficiency. Further, the turnover of almost all the operational verticals have increased during the year.

Diptiman Das selected as CMD, EdCIL (India) Ltd (UPDATED)
Diptiman Das has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director EdCIL (India) Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 5, 2015. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same. Das is an IRAS officer.

CORPORATE

An Indian is Samsung VP
Pranav Mistry an IIT grad is a vice president of South Korean giant Samsung Electronics. He has been appointed as VP global operation.

Sanyal is now ED ONGC
ONGC Rajahmundry Assistant Manager Debasis Sanyal has been elevated as Executive Director of the ONGC.

Singh appointed Nominee Director, JSW Steel Ltd
The Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (KSIIDC) has nominated Naveen Raj Singh as its Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of JSW Steel Limited.

Gopinath appointed Part-time Chairperson, HDFC Bank Ltd
HDFC Bank Limited has appointed Ms Shyamala Gopinath as Part-time Non-Executive Chairperson of the Bank.She assumed charge on January 2, 2015

Singh ceases to be CMD, SJVN Ltd
R.P. Singh has ceased to be the Chairman and Managing Director of SJVN Limited.

Renganathan appointed MD, RPG Life Sciences Ltd
RPG Life Sciences Limited has appointed C T Renganathan as Managing Director of the company.

Two Directors cease to be on Board of RPG Life Sciences Ltd
Ajit Singh Chauhan and C Vinayaraghavan have resigned as directors of RPG Life Sciences Limited on account of their pre-occupation

Gupta appointed COO, Mindteck (India) Ltd
Mindteck (India) Ltd has appointed Avneet Gupta as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company.

Rustagi ceases to be CFO, Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd
Lalit Rustagi has ceased to be Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Limited

Two Directors appointed on Board of Sunitee Chemicals Ltd
Sunitee Chemicals Ltd has appointed Rajeshbhai Chhaganbhai Desai and Sagar Harshadkumar Soni as Additional Directors of the company.

Nandal appointed CS, Hisar Metal Industries Ltd
Hisar Metal Industries Ltd has appointed Pardeep Nandal as Company Secretary of the company

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DEBATE (1) Retirement Age

This is a good move of Modi government. Even I will be impacted but I think this is the good way of improving efficiency of government departments and public sectors as this will give chance to fresh people who have more energy and ideas. But government must ensure that no extension is given to any body after age of retirement. Also, there are different news coming from different places. There is news that some public sector organizations are increasing retirement age from 58 to 60 years. There is lot of confusion about this. Whispers is in best position to clear this confusion.

V S Murthy

DEBATE (2) Retirement Age


1. All around the World life longevity has increased and same is applicable to India also. The retirement age in developed Countries is much higher than 60 (Ranging between 65 to 70). Is there any compelling reason to reduce the retirement age by Indian Government?
2. Normally, in the initial years of service, employees are busy in settling in the jobs and setting up the families. They have to support the education of their children till they get employed and this process takes some 30 to 35 years depending on the age they start their jobs and start up their families. In the later years of their service, they can save some money for their survival in the old age. Even though money saved by them is not inflation proof.
3. Accept for central government employees who get pension after retiring from jobs, There are no old age financial benefits given by Government vide which older generation can survive with dignity and respect. Lowering of retirement age will force older generation to self sustain for 2 more years.
4 If the purpose of reducing the retirement age is to generate employment for younger generation, then I want to say here that in this era of category wise job reservations, the general category youngsters also don't stand very good chances of getting employment in Govt. Moreover, the quantum of job opportunities which will become available by way of Govt jobs is just a very small percentage of 65% youth population-Below 35 years.
5. Further, today's youth have many more job opportunities available in Corporate Sector as compared to this lot of Govt. employees who had joined Govt. jobs some 30 to 35 years ago. Getting an employment at the age of 58 outside may not be possible for these affected employees.
6. If the reason for reducing the retiring age is to lower the financial burden by forcibly retiring the employees before next revision then I would like to mention here that will they further reduce the retirement age at the time of next to next revision. I don't think this is the solution. Rather, we will have to make our economy inflation proof so that cost of living doesn't go on increasing to force such heavy pay revisions forcing a sizable outgo from Govt. kitty.
7. I'll suggest that retirement age of Central PSU employees should not be touched upon. As it is f a PSU employee is at a disadvantageous position after retirement as there is no significant pension. After paying Such high Income Tax to the tune of 50,000-60,000 per month till their last pay, they get nothing back from the Government after retirement.

Savitri

DEBATE(3) Retirement Age

Reducing the retirement age from 60 to 58 will be a retrograde step. It is not going to generate so much employment as to take care of millions of jobs required for the youth of the country. Prime minister had rightly thought of skill development for the youth to get absorbed in many fields or start their own entrepreneurship. What then is the motive in reducing retirement age. This will only encourage Govt. employees to acquire further skills while in service so that they can take up second profession after retirement. After all you cannot expect a man to live on his pension for more number of years than he lived on his salary. It is also ridiculous to reduce the retirement age but increase the age of entry to service on the other hand. Having increased the number of chances for civil service competitive exam and age relaxation for certain categories a person can join the service at 40 and gets retired at58.Funny. Is it not?

Aarti Khosla

Why are Indian diplomats ineffectual?

The older generation of diplomats (ICS/IFS) were accused of elitism, but respected for their competence and erudition. How things have changed! Favouritism in allotment of Compulsory Foreign Language (CFL) and in initial postings is rampant. In case of Devyani Khobragade, it was pointed out by the Supreme Court in 2010. On the contrary, cadre allotment in All India Services is free from nepotism. If India as an emerging world power desires to have first class diplomats, recruitment system needs to be changed where young aspirants are fluent in English and their depth of knowledge is tested (through higher papers, as in the past) and CFL should be allotted through a fair system. The training should include sensitising to the needs of Indian diaspora. Since Indian diplomats behave with NRI's the way Indian police and tax officials behave with their compatriots in India, the PIOs and NRIs have developed an adversarial relationship with the diplomats of their own country. This became apparent in New York where PIOs and NRIs seemed happy at the treatment of Ms Khobragade there. Foreigners are aware of this disconnect between the Indian diplomats and Indian diaspora and this makes Indian diplomacy ineffectual as well.

Prof. N.C. Saxena

Scrutinise appointments made without DoB proof

All appointments made without proof of Date of Birth should be thoroughly scrutinised. For instance, there was one sweeper working in a Central Govt. Office. She already completed 60 years. But, since she joined the service about 40 years back, there was no proof of Date of Birth. But, according to the date of birth of her first daughter, she was born when her mother (the sweeper) was just 9 years. There are so many cases (particularly compassionate appointments) now. We cannot reopen the old cases as most of them have since retired. The Secretaries should call for the details and verify the same. If it is found that the employee has furnished false information, disciplinary action should be initiated. We keep our eyes closed to existing anomalies and talk about reducing the age for retirement. Remove the Culprits and reward the Honest officers. is is also one of the significant features of good governance

Sivakumar

Excess of Statistical officers in government

I fully agree with the views of N. K. Saha published on Dec 31, 2014 on www.sureshmehrotra.com. Higher level posts are being created under cadre review in ISS cadre after curtailing the promotional posts of lower level officers without consultation with the concerned associations.

S Das

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