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Who will take the reins of Congress in future?
There was a discussion about the future of Congress party. There was an opinion that one who will challenge the Gandhi family now will take the reins in future?


Which CM's media management is successful ?
During a discussion on 'Successful media management of CMs in India', the general opinion was that none could match the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi.


Smriti Irani less known for politeness and courtesy
Smriti Irani is one BJP minister is known more for her arrogance rather than politeness and courtesy, with the result that she is now counted among arrogant BJP leaders.


This is Monsoon whisper
A very disturbing situation is emerging in regard to the Monsoon projections for this year. While the private forecaster, Skymet has given 102% of normal rainfall, the official forecaster, IMD has estimated the monsoon to be 82% of normal. With the initial figures, perhaps, pointing to a big miss by IMD, the official forecaster is determined to defend itself by continuing to paint a bleak picture. Some analysts are wondering whether the bear operators who hammered the stock markets are leaning on someone(read my lips) to save their short positions. Wonder what SEBI has to say on IMD officers popping up on TV channels to reassert that monsoon will be deficient!!!!!!

BUREAUCRACY

1978 and 1979 batch IAS is now out
After the appointment of 1977 batch IAS officer, PK Sinha, one thing is certain that no IAS officer of 1978 and 1979 batch will become Cabinet Secretary. When Sinha retires on July 18, 2017, no officer of these two batches will be in service. Secretary DoPT, Sanjay Kothari who retires on June 30, 2016, will be the last serving officer in GoI from 1978 batch. Haryana cadre officer Ajit M Saran who will retire on April 1 will be the last serving officer in GoI from 1979 batch.

Who will be DG DGRI and DG CEI ?
The meeting of Placement Committee of CBEC was held on 16th June. Even though some eyebrows were raised at an outgoing Chairman attempting days before his retirement , yet sources indicate that the the present Chairman has left the decision making to the New Likely Chairman, Najib Shah. A very piquant situation has arisen, in that there are NO officers qualifying to be promoted as Chief Commissioners, on grounds of inadequacy of 1 year mandated by Service rules. To make the best of the prevailing situation, CBEC has decided, with the approval of FM, to allocate recently promoted Principal Commissioners, additional charges of Chief Commissioners.The senior most Pr Commissioners of 1983 batch shall be allocated such charges. This will enable, the Members of CBEC to divest their additional charges of Chief Commissioners/DGs. Among the postings, it is rumoured that Mahendra Singh, Chief Commissioner, NOIDA, shall be DG, CEI, S Ramesh, Chief Commissioner, Chennai, DG, DGRI. The rest of the Pr Commissioners shall be allocated jurisdictional charges. Of Course, there is always a slip between the cup and the lip or vice versa.

Deepak Kumar gets additional charge of DG, ESIC
Deepak Kumar, an IAS officer of 1984 batch of Bihar Cadre, took over the additional charge of the Director General of Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). Kumar, who is also serving as Additonal Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India, has vast experience of governance and management in the Ministries of Finance & Company affairs, External affairs, Home affairs, Labour & Employment of Central Government and Revenue, Urban Development & Housing, Personnel & General Administration, Tourism, Health & Family Welfare of State Government.

G Gurucharan is also DG, Bureau of Indian Standards
G Gurucharan has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for a period of three months. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

A K Srivastava gets additional charge of Inter State Council Secretariat
Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

301 IAS officers listed for 9th round of MCTP Phase V
As many as 301 IAS officers of various cadres from 1983 batch to 1988 batch have been listed for 9th round of MCTP Phase V being held from October 12 to November 6, 2015 5 at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.

Bandyopadhyay likely to succeed Krishnan as Director (HR), BHEL on Aug 1
D Bandyopadhyay, ED, BHEL, is expected to take over as Director (Human Resources), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on August 1, 2015. He will succeed R Krishnan retiring on July 31, 2015.

K M Singh yet to get CVC clearance for CMD, NHPC Ltd
The appointment of K M Singh, Chief Executive Director, NHDC, as Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC Limited is getting delayed for want of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) clearance. The post has been lying vacant since November 12, 2014.

Deepak Kapoor likely to join central deputation at JS level
Deepak Kapoor is expected to join central deputation at Joint Secretary level post in Government of India. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Neeraj Kumar to succeed Arya as Director (Fin), IFFC on July 1
Neeraj Kumar, GM, PFC, will be taking over as Director (Finance), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) on July 1, 2015. He will succeed incumbent D C Arya retiring on June 30, 2015.
(We said this on Nov 20, 2014)

Prof Dadhich, ICSSR Member Secretary given extension against DoPT provision
Prof Ramesh Dadhich, Member Secretary of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has reportedly been given extension after expiry of his term in contravention to DoPT order no. 20/7/2014/EO (SM.II) dated 5.1.2015, as ACC clearance has not been taken, and MHRD has taken decision at its own level.

Ms V R Iyer is new Member, IRDA
Outgoing Chairperson of Bank of India, Ms V R Iyer has joined as Whole-Time Member (Finance and Investment) of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA).

26 bankers shortlisted for interviews for CMD in six Public Sector Banks
As many as 26 top bankers, including few private ones, have been shortlisted for interviews for the post of CMD in six large Public Sector Banks. They are -
1. Abhay Bongiwar - ED, IDBI
2. Ajay Rastogi- Duetsche Bank
3. Charan Singh-ED, UCO
4. Devashish Malik - Exim Bank
5. K V Rama Moorty - ED, BoB
6. Kalpana Gupta - DGM, PNB
7. Kishore Kharat - ED, UBI
8. M K Jain - ED, Indian Bank
9. M Rego - DMD, IDBI
10. P S Jai Kumar - CEO, Value Home
11. PSP Rao - CGM, SBI
12. P Mahapatra - CGM, SBI
13. P Mukherjee - Axis Bank
14. P K Jain - DGM, PNB
15. R K Bansal - ED, IDBI
16. R K Gupta - ED, BoM
17. Rakesh Sharma - Laxmi Vilas Bank
18. Ramesh Baba Bodo - CGM, SBI subsidy
19. S Rai Chowdhry - First Data, MD
20. Usha- Mahila Bank
21. Prakash - DY CEO, Hamara Bank
22. JK Garg - ED, UCO
23. Divakar - ED, Central Bank
24. R Sankar Narayan - ED, BoI
25. R K Thakar - ED, Dena Bank
26. KV Brahmaji Rao - ED, PNB

Gopal Gupta likely to join central deputation at ADG level posts
Gopal Gupta is expected to join central deputation at Additional Director General (ADG) level post in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Mukesh Singh to be DIG, NIA?
Mukesh Singh is being tipped as DIG in NIA. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.

Anshuman Gaur appointed as OSD to Vice President
Anshuman Gaur has been appointed as OSD to the Vice President at Director level for a period of five years. He is a 2001 batch IFS officer.

Nagesh Singh gets pre-mature repatriation
Nagesh Singh, OSD to the Vice President, has been given a pre-mature repatriation to his parent cadre the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He is a 1995 batch IFS officer.

3 IRTS officers shifted
Three IRTS officers have been transferred. C B K Singh has been appointed a CAO (PIS), Northern Railway while Devesh Kumar Mishra is posted as CAO (FOIS), Northern Railway and Sanjay Kumar Mohanty is COM (CHOD) in South East Central Railway.

Ajit Kumar deputed as Member (Fin), RLDA
Ajit Kumar has been deputed to Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) as Member Finance for a period of three years. He is an IRAS officer.

V Selvam deputed as GM, RITES, Chennai
V Selvam has been deputed as General Manager (Mechanical), RITES, Chennai for a period of three years. He is an IRSME officer.

Alok Nath Mathur deputed GGG, IRCTC, Delhi
Alok Nath Mathur has been deputed as GGM (Services), IRCTC, New Delhi for a period of three years. He is an IRSEE officer.

Hari Ram Rao posted as GM, RITES, Gurgaon
Hari Ram Rao has been deputed as General Manager (Traffic), RITES, Gurgaon. He is an IRTS officer.

Abhijit Narendra deputed as GM, CRIS
Abhijit Narendra has been deputed as General Manager/COA, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS). He is an IRTS officer.

Navin Parsuramka deputed as GM, CRIS
Navin Kumar Parsuramka has been deputed as General Manager (CP), Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Delhi. He is an IRTS officer.

Two IAS officers shifted in Bihar
Tripurari Sharan has been given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Sugarcane Industries as well as Sugarcane Commissioner and Sanjay Kumar Singh was made Secretary, Expenditure in Finance Department in Bihar.

K N Choubey relieved to join as IG, BSF
The Government of Jharkhand has relieved Kamal Nayan Choubey of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Inspector General, Border Security Force (BSF) on central deputation. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Jharkhand
Reji Dungdung has been appointed as ADG, JAP while Suman Gupta will now be IG, Jail and Saket Kumar Singh is DIG, Plamu range after promotion in Jharkhand.

NBCC Organises Consultancy Conclave
NBCC has recently organised Consultancy Conclave, in New Delhi.Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD NBCC along with seniors executives of the Company were present of the occasion. The Conclave, a part of the Company's regular initiatives, is aimed at addressing and resolving all critical issues in respect of execution of NBCC's projects, spread all across the country and maintaining mutual understanding between the Company and its associates in the larger interest of the organisation and its operational success.

361 Income Tax Commissioners transferred
As many as 361 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted at different regions/Directorate of Income Tax at Income Tax Commissioner level. http://www.irsofficersonline.gov.in/Documents/OfficalCommunique/1615201584210.PDF

15 IRS-IT officers at Asst/Deputy Commissioner level transferred
As many as 15 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been transferred and posted at different regions at Assistant/ Deputy Commissioner level. Accordingly, Nilabhra Dasgupta has been shifted to Gujarat; Vimalraj Periyagounden to Mumbai and Niraj Kumar to CBDT, Delhi. Similarly, Chetram Meena has been shifed to Gujarat; Priyanka Devi to UP East; Gulzar Amad Wani to Delhi; Patil Swapnil Sharad Rao to Pune; Sankar Pandi P Shaymsunder L rathi to Gujarat; Vivek Nagrath to UP East; Dharmendra Khandelwal to Rajasthn; Chandra Kiran to Gujarat; Amit Kumar to Delhi; Adidam Sridhar to AP & Telangana and R Raghupathy was posted to Tamil Nadu.

2 IAS officers shifted in Gujarat
Services of two IAS officers have been affected in Gujarat. H K Patel, who was appointed as Collector, Jamnagar, has now been posted as Collector, Kheda-Nadiad and K K Nirala was made Collector, Jamnagar.

Ms Archana Ramasundaram appointed as Director, NCRB (UPDATED)
Ms Archana Ramasundaram, Additional Director, CBI, has been appointed as Director General, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). She is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

(We said this on May 22,2015)

IRSA throwing party today on appointment of Chowdary as CVC (UPDATED)
The Indian Revenue Service Association (IRSA/all India body) is throwing a party on appointment of IRS-IT officer, K V Chowdary as Central Vigilance Commissioner in the evening of June 17, 2015, New Delhi.

Ashishkumar Chauhan honoured with Dr R H Patil award (UPDATED)
Ashishkumar Chauhan, Managing Director and CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange, has been honoured with Dr R H Patil award for excellence in Financial Services. Ashishkumar Chauhan received this distinct award from Ms Meeneka Gandhi, MP (an animal rights activist, an environmentalist and a politician). Subramaniam Ramodarai (Chairman - BSE) were also present at the ceremony. Late Dr R H Patil was the moving force behind the success of National Stock Exchange and was reputed for his success in the government securities market. He was Chairman of Clearing Corporation of India and was ex-Managing Director of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). He belongs to a rare category - serial institutional-entrepreneur.

14 IRTS officers get SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on non-Functional basis. The offices include: Rathendra Raman of ER; Niraj Verma of RB; Bibhuti Bhushan Gupta of ECR; Uday Shankar Jha of WR; M Dinesh H of SWR; R Senthil Kumar of SR; Kushal Singh of WR; Brijendra Kumar of WCR; P A Banerjee of WR; Sabir Ali of NR (retired); G M S Naidu of SECR; Pramod Kumar Pandey of NCR and Murali Midde of SR.

Rakesh Kumar Rausan returns from deputation (UPDATED)
Upon return from deputation to DMRC, Rakesh Kumr Rausan has been posted in the cadre of East Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Ms Nair gets additional charge of Chairman Coffee Board (UPDATED)
Chairperson of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) Ms Leena Nair has been given additional charge of the Chairman Coffee Board for three months. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Shiv Pal Singh deputed as Director, Urban Development (UPDATED)
Shiv Pal Singh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer of UP cadre.

V Arun Roy deputed as Registrar, National Law School in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
V Arun Roy has been deputed as Registrar, the Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappali in Tamil Nadu. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Harmeet Singh empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Harmeet Singh has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Hitesh Khanna selected as CMD, KRCL (UPDATED)
Hitesh Khanna, Director (Works), IRCON, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 17, 2015. As many as seven persons were interviewed for the same.

CBI registers case against ex-CMD, Director, NTC (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against former CMD, then Director (Technical) & then Senior Manager (Legal), of National Textile Corporation (NTC) for causing an alleged loss of Rs.709.27 crores(approx) to the government exchequer.

Nagendra Kumar Saxena appointed as High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea (UPDATED)
Nagendra Kumar Saxena presently Joint Secretary has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer.

DEBATE

Bureaucracy in UPA regime and under NDA government

Is functioning of bureaucracy better under the present NDA rule or in the UPA regime.
Send your brief specific views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Chawla appointed Nominee Director of OBC
The Central Government has nominated Arunish Chawla, Joint Secretary in the Department of Expenditure as Government Nominee Director of Oriental Bank Of Commerce

Bahuguna appointed CEO & MD, Arcil
Vinayak Bahuguna has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd ( Arcil)

Aggarwal resigns as Independent Director of Shalimar Paints Ltd
Pujit Ravikiran Aggarwal has resigned as an Independent Director of Shalimar Paints Limited

Raval resigns as CS of Zee Learn Ltd
Samir Raval has resigned as Company Secretary of Zee Learn Limited.

Ms Patil appointed CS of Zee Learn Ltd
Ms Hemangi Patil has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Zee Learn Limited.

Rao appointed Nominee Director of UCO Bank
The Central Government has nominated V.L.V.S.S. Subba Rao as Director of UCO Bank

Yelubandi appointed CS of GMR Holdings Pvt Ltd
GMR Holdings Pvt Ltd has appointed Sanjeevrao Yelubandi as Company Secretary of the company

Chavan appointed CS & CFO of TCI Industries Ltd
TCI Industries Ltd has appointed Amit Anant Chavan as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

In UPA Government Plethora of CBI cases

On the functioning of bureaucracy, the lesser said about UPA regime, the better. Nothing much to write home about, except the plethora of CBI cases and concomitant policy paralysis.

A K Singh

Develop UP, Bihar and WB

If India has to develop, UP, Bihar and West Bengal have to develop. We must remember that rapid economic growth, once a mere phrase, is within reach in the rest of India. For far too long, the hapless people of these states have been stuck in the rut of caste and religion. This tunnel vision has given them extreme poverty, illiteracy, disease, abysmal infrastructure, the worst law and order situation in India and the development of only a couple of powerful caste and religious groups. There is one silver lining now, though. PM Modi has forced rapid development on the agenda of political parties. If Modi succeeds in UP, Bihar and Bengal, he will succeed in India.

Vijay Kumar

Corportisation of Railways

Debroy Committee has suggested corportisation of Railways. But for corportisation, you need to have competition. With only one stretch of rail line possible in a country, is it practical to have criss -cross of rail lines? This never takes place anywhere in the world. Agreed that a number of services provided by the Railways could be privatized, like maintenance of platforms, supply of linen and food in the trains. But can one imagine what will happen, when an Ambani owned passenger train would like to seek precedence over the other company's train by bribing? The best doctors of the country appear in the exams conducted by the UPSC and the first preference is Railways. If we privatize the Railway hospitals, then we will be getting doctors who have studied in China or Russia by paying capitation fees. Instead the panel should have suggested that all the Railway Hospitals should have a Medical College attached to it. Hospitals are a social sector activity and as per preamble of the Constitution and the Directive Principles it is the Government's responsibility. The Railway officers are transferred on frequent basis. If there are no schools, then their children will be left in the lurch. Why can't it be suggested that it should be converted into Central Schools? What about cross subsidization in railways? We are cross subsidizing the citizens of the country, who make frequent journeys only to attend to various ceremonies of their family like Mundan, Roka, Sagai, Kanchedan etc. Proper reasons for travel should be mentioned and the price of tickets should be on actual basis. There should be total ban on small distance travel say up to 100 kms and less on important passenger trains. For daily passengers, there should be only EMU trains. Earlier all the wagon manufacturing companies were in the private sector (BWEL, BSCL, Jessop & Braithwate). They were running on losses and the Government had to nationalize them. Why a private company will manufacture wagon, when they are dependent on a sole client i.e. Railways. They can never reach a mark to compete internationally.
Railways have huge tract of wasteland. It should be sold for raising funds. The Railway Bungalows occupy huge spaces. Some of them could be got rid of by constructing multistoried flats on those lands. Alternatively, they should encourage their employees to take house rent allowance. Further, unlimited the free tickets given to the legislatures should be abolished. Further, what we need most in the Railways in punctuality and hard work by their employees. It may also be remembered that passenger transport world over is subsidy and we should not be over-ambitious. The Indian Railways carry over 2 crore of passengers every day and we do not have much of an accidents. If passenger train has a path of 48 hours on land and gets late by 2 hours, a lot of hue & cry is raised. The default is only 4.1%. An Aircraft which has to be in air for only two hours is delayed by two hours, there is no such hue & cry inspite of the fact that the default is 100%. Then there are poor and not learned people in the country. They have also to travel. We cannot discipline them for causing filth on the railway property. Then there are hawkers, who sell items on the railway station and cause dirt. It will be inhuman to stop them, as they will be lift with no employment. Whenever Railway officials go on training abroad, they are told that why are you coming for training. As it is you are performing a massive job of carrying two crore passengers & freight of huge quantity with the limited resources.

A Srivastava

Shortlisting of candidates

How can shortlisting be possible or done without calling all candidates those who have applied for screening?

K R Kanojia

GMs in Railways

The General Managers in the Ministry of Railways are in a grade in between Additional Secretary and Secretary. Most of them have employee strength more than two lakh under them. It is only one ministry in the country i.e. Ministry of Railways wherein, because of technical reasons, there is any reporting to any IAS officer. The Chairman, Railway Board like Cabinet Secretary is ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India. It is a pity that the Ministry of Personnel do not treat them as civil servants. The Northern Railway Headquarters is at Baroda House. There are twenty officers in the Additional Secretary Scale and one General Manager. They were not invited for the Civil Services Day celebrations on April 21, 2015. The celebrations have almost become IAS centric. Earlier there was an award scheme for the staff and citizens who come out with a good suggestion on governance. This no longer exists. Why?

BBS

Steno cadre more a liability

I agree with SS Sharma. Stenographers' cadre has always been a liability than an asset. Given the present technology the cadre needs amalgamation.

Harish Kumar

Rly docs also be considered

Officers of all organised services of Indian Railways except IRMS become GMs. It is high time Railway doctors also should be considered for these posts.

Dr Murlidhar

Assam IPS officer's popularity

Assam's IPS officer, Mrs Parashar enjoying huge popularity on social media: Is such publicity not going to harm her? We should avoid publicizing such acts of a brave officer.

Pradeep Ratnaparkhi

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