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Bulk appointments of Secretaries in GoI change the course of history
The bulk appointments of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers as Secretaries in Government of India have changed the course of history in the Indian bureaucracy. It is probably for the first time when Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) cleared the appointments of 17 IAS officers altogether. Major postings of Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary levels are considered as routine, but bulk appointments at Secretary level come as surprise to the corridors of power.

Will there be Thomas case again?
There are murmers that there is going to be another Thomas case in the appointment of CVC. One can only wait and watch.

Whom are RSS and BJP afraid of?
The RSS and BJP are only afraid of one politician and he is senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh.

Jaitley's employment bureau still persists
It is widely believed that Union Minister Arun Jaitley's employment bureau of journalists still continues.

BUREAUCRACY

Empanelment of 1982 and 1985 batch IAS!
Empanelment of 1982 and 1985 batch IAS in the Government of India has been delayed by a few weeks because of change of guards. Now the empanelment will be done by the new Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha.

Who will be new Member, CVC?
Outgoing CMD of Bank of India, Ms V R Iyer is being tipped as new CVC Vigilance Commissioner.?Another source said that Ms Iyer has been selected for Insurance Regulatory Authority also. Meanwhile, name of Indian Bank MD and CEO TM Bhasin has also cropped up for the post of Member in CVC. Final picture will be clear only after arrival of the President on Monday.

Will Sudhir Bhargava be Information Commissioner?
Name of Sudhir Bhargava is now doing the rounds for appointment to the post of Information Commissioner in CIC. He is a former 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ms Rita A Teaotia appointed Secretary, Commerce
Ms Rita A Teaotia has been appointed Secretary, Department of Commerce. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. She would succeed Rajiv Kher on June 30.

Balvender Kumar appointed Secretary, Mines
Balvender Kumar has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Mines in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. He is presently Vice Chairman, DDA.

Pradeep Kumar Pujari appointed Secretary, Power
Pradeep Kumar Pujari has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Power. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Mohanty appointed Secretary General, NHRC
Satyanarayan Mohanty has been appointed Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Oberoi is Secretary, Higher Education
Vinay Sheel Oberoi has been appointed Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

V Somasundaran is Secy, Women & Child Development
V Somasundaran has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rajiv Nayan Choubey appointed Secretary, Civil Aviation
Rajiv Nayan Choubey has been appointed Secretary, Civil Aviation in Government of India. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Chaudhary is Secy, Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances
Devendra Chaudhary has been appointed Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances and Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Soni appointed Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat
Sunil Soni has been appointed Secretary, Inter State Council Secretariat under the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Anil Kumar Agarwal is Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs
Anil Kumar Agarwal has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Dr Pujari is Secretary, Small & Medium Enterprises
Dr Anup K Pujari has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Ameising Luikham appointed Secretary, Public Enterprises
Ameising Luikham has been appointed Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

CR Viswanath appointed Secretary, Consumer Affairs
C R Viswanath has been appointed Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Sarup is Secretary, Food and Public Distribution
Ms Vrinda Sarup has been appointed Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. She is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Dr SC Khuntia is Secretary, School Education and Literacy
Dr Subhash Chandra Khuntia has been appointed Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy under the Ministry of HRD. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Anuj Bishnoi appointed Secretary, Fertilizers
Anuj Kumar Bishnoi has been appointed Secretary, Department of Fertilizers. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Shashi Shekhar appointed Secretary, Water Resources
Shashi Shekhar has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Dr Prabhakant is CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi region
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Dr Prabhakant has been appointed CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT (CCA), Delhi region.

Arun Baroka to join Andaman & Nicobar Admn Islands
The Government of Delhi has relieved Arun Baroka enabling him to join Andaman & Nicobar Islands Administration. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

SK Mishra is also PS, NRI in MP
SK Mishra, Principal Secretary, Public Relations Department, has been assigned an additional charge of Non-Resident Indians Department (NRI) in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Swatantra K Singh transferred as Mandsaur Collector
Swatantra Kumar Singh, Collector, Damoh, has been transferred as Collector, Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Six IPS officers transferred in Chhattisgarh
As many as six IPS officers have been posted at different places in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, O P Paul has been appointed Additional Transport Commissioner while Abhishek Pathak will now be SP, Bilaspur and Badrinarayan Meena is SP, Raipur. Besides, JS Vatti has been appointed SP, Kondagaon; Amit Tukaram Kamble as SP, Gariyaband and Abhishek Meena was made SP, Narayanpur.

Kamal Nayan Choubey deputed as IG, BSF
Kamal Nayan Choubey has been appointed as Inspector General in Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

DoPT agrees to transfer cadre of Ms Bafna to MP
An inter-cadre transfer proposal of Ms Riju Bafna from Chhattisgarh cadre to Madhya Pradesh cadre has now been accepted by the Government of India. Ms Bafna wanted to join Madhya Pradesh cadre on the basis of marriage to Avi Prasad, a 2014 batch IAS officer of MP cadre, but her proposal was rejected twice by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) as her parent cadre was not agree for change of cadre. She is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Applications invited for post of Member, PSEB
DoPT has invited applications for the vacancy of a Member in the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). Serving or former Civil Servants who have held a post equivalent to the Secretary to the Government of India at least for a year or those in the Central/State PSUs or Private Sector holding or having held a post at the level of CMD or MD at least for a period of two years on a regular basis are eligible to apply till June 25, 2015. Details can be had from the DoPT website: www.persimn.gov.in.

Kamlendra Prasad reluctant to join centre ?
It is said that Kamlendra Prasad may not join central deputation. Prasad is a 1981 batch IPS officer of UP cadre. His name is doing round for the post of DG, Civil Defence & Home Guard.

Two IPS officers shifted in UP (UPDATED)
Chandra Prakash has been assigned an additional charge of Special Investigation while Bhajani Ram Meena was made IG, Rules and Manuals in Uttar Pradesh.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, D V Prasad has been posted as Chairman & Managing Director, Karnataka State Finance Corporation (KSFC), Bengaluru while Ajay Seth will be Managing Director, Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigama Limited (KBJNL), Bengaluru and Dr Rajkumar Khatri is Principal Secretary, Disaster Management, Bhoomi & UPOR, Revenue Department. Similarly, Shambhu Dayal Meena has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Housing Department; Kapil Mohan as Principal Secretary, Education Department, Primary & Secondary Education; Ritesh Kumar Singh as Secretary, Expenditure, Finance; Adoni Syed Saleem as Secretary, Minorities Welfare, Haj & Wakf Department.

KFW Development Bank delegation calls on NSIC CMD (UPDATED)
A delegation led by Ms Claudia Arce, Director, South Asia, KFW Development Bank, Germany met Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC on May 22, 2015. During the meeting, discussions were held on extending fresh line of Credit to NSIC by KFW. Ms Claudia Schmerler, Head of Division, Financial and Private Sector, South Asia, KFW Development Bank, Gaurang Dixit, Senior General Manager (Finance), NSIC and other officials from both sides were also present.

Business meet with Russian delegation at NBCC's corporate office (UPDATED)
Delegation represented by Trade Commission of Russian Federation visited NBCC Corporate office recently and held joint discussions with S K Chaudhary, Director(Projects), Rajendra Chaudhari Senior Executive Director (Commercial) and N P Aggarwal, Executive Director (BD), NBCC in respect of Strategic Cooperation in the field of Construction.

WAPCOS signs MoU for developing infrastructure projects in Ladakh region (UPDATED)
Rigzin Spalbar, Chief Executive Councillor, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh and R K Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS signed MoU for developing Infrastructure Projects by making Engineering Assessment including Feasibility, Detailed Project Report of various Projects identified under Heads of River Front Development, Soil Erosion Control, Indus Bank Protection, Agriculture, Horticulture, Tourism, Power, Eco Friendly Transportation, Master Planning of Indus, Shayok, Seichen River Basins within authority of LAHDC and arranging sanctions of these Projects expected to be Rs. 3500 Cr within span of 10 years and developing them as Project Management Consultant / Deposit Works through WAPCOS. WAPCOS Limited is an ISO 9001:2008, "MINI RATNA-I" Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. Incorporated on June 26th, 1969 under the Companies Act, 1956; the Company provides consultancy services in the critical areas of Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Development. 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, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tabago, Togo, Uganda, Yemen 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.

Dr Achana Mathur is Govt Nominee Director, IOCL (UPDATED)
Dr Archana S Mathur, Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been appointed as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). She is an IES officer.

2 IAS officers get Above Super Time scale in Telangana (UPDATED)
Two IAs officers of 1990 batch have been given Above Super Time Scale in Telangana. They are: Shashank Goel and Sunil Sharma.

3 IAS officers of 2006 batch get JAG in Telangana (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers belonging to 2006 batch have been accorded Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Telangana. The officers are: D Ronald Rose, G S Panda Das and A Murali.

3 IAS officers of 1998 batch get Super Time Scale in Telangana (UPDATED)
Three IAS officers belonging to 1998 batch have been accorded Super Time Scale in Telangana. The officers are: Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Mrs Anita Rajendra and Syed Omar Jaleel. Besies, K Ramakrishna Rao has also been given Super Time Scale. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer.

Patil gets Senior Time Scale in Telangana (UPDATED)
Patil Prashant Jeevan has been accorded Senior Time Scale in Telangana. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

2 IPS officers promoted to ADG grade in Telangana (UPDATED)
Three IPS officers belonging to 1990 batch have been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police in Telangana. The officers are: Govind Singh, Anjani Kumar and Ravi Gupta.

5 IPS officers of 2001 batch promoted to DIG rank in Telangana (UPDATED)
Five IPS officers belonging to 2001 batch have been promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Telangana. The officers are: Dr Akun Sabharwal G Sudheer Babu, Dr T Prabhakar Rao, C Ravi Varma and P Pramod Kumar.

6 IPS officers promoted to IG grade in Telangana (UPDATED)
Six IPS officers belonging to 1997 batch have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General in Telangana. The officers are: Vijay Kumar, Y Nagi Reddy, D S Chauhan, Sanjay Kumar Jain, N Suryanarayan and Murgesh Kumar Singh.

CBEC Member, Ms Vanaja N Sarna gets charge of Southern zone (UPDATED)
Ms Vanaja N Sarna, Member (P&V), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charge of Southern Zone, Principal DG, NACEN AND Vigilance.

CBEC Member, Ram Tirath gets charge of Central zone (UPDATED)
Ram Tirath, Member (L&J), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charge of Central Zone, CDR Directorate of Legal Affairs, Settlement Commission, CESTAT and Authority for Advance Ruling.

Asif Ibrahim to be Special Envoy ? (UPDATED)
Former IB Chief Asif Ibrahim is being tipped to be Special Envoy . Prime Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have cleared the appointment of former 1977 batch IPS officer Asif Ibrahim.

4 IFS officers transferred after promotion in MP (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been transferred after promotion to the grade of Divisional Forest Officer in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Devanshu Shekhar has been appointed as DFO, Shahdol (Gen) Forest division while Anurag Kumar was posted as DFO, North Sagar and Ms Sandhya is DFO, West Mandla. Besides, Ms Meena Kumari has been appointed as DFO, Dewas.

PESB to conduct interviews for CMD, Maharatna PSU, BHEL on June 4 (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews on June 4, 2015 for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Maharatna status enjoying PSU, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) falling vacant next year on January 1, 2016. Interestingly, one Prakash Chand, ED, BHEL Haridwar unit, was selected for this post on June 20, 2013, but an extension of two years to incumbent B P Rao queered the pitch of the former.

DEBATE

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

CORPORATE

Meena Hemchandra is now ED, RBI
Meena Hemchandra has been appointed ED of Reserve Bank of India. She would be in charge of department of banking supervision. She will also be in charge of department of non-banking supervision and department of co-operative banking supervision.

Nambiar appointed CEO of Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd
Shree Digvijay Cement Company Ltd has appointed KK Rajeev Nambiar as Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Tiwari appointed Director (Commercial & Marketing) of ITDC
India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd has appointed Piyush Tiwari, Deputy General Manager (Marketing) and Regional Manager (North) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. as the Director (Commercial & Marketing) of the Corporation.

Sharma assumes charge as Director (Operations) of Oil India Limited
P K Sharma has assumed charge as Director (Operations) of Oil India Limited w.e.f June 1, 2015

Ms Gandhi appointed Director of GRP Limited
GRP Limited has appointed Ms Nayna R Gandhi as an Additional Director of the company.

Memani resigns as Director of Spice Mobility Ltd
Kashi Nath Memani has resigned as Director of Spice Mobility Limited.

Ms Mukhati resigns as Independent Director of Electrotherm (India) Ltd
Ms Nita Mukhati has resigned as Independent Director of Electrotherm (India) Limited.

Kannan appointed Independent Director of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited has appointed R Kannan as a Non-Executive and Independent Director of the company.

Ms Bansal appointed Addl. Director of HP Cotton Textile Mills Ltd
HP Cotton Textile Mills Ltd has appointed Ms Ritu Bansal as Additional Director of the company.

Devadiga appointed CS of Blue Star Ltd.
Blue Star Ltd has appointed Vijay Devadiga as its Company Secretary.

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Attitude for money

One of the biggest crises India is facing is the lack of truth and maniac proportion of attitude for money. All our political leaders and government officials are aware of underhand dealing and rampant corruption in government expenditure which is affirmed time and again by CAG. Unless these government servants and their political master are not punished severely, we shall not expect any improvement in the country. Over the year official contractor and political class in cohort manner looting this country, we have to have legal system of exemplary punishment to all corrupt officials

Subodh

Research sector in defence

Good choice and decision taken by Defense Minister & PM. for research sector in defence

Kunwar Singh Rawat


Training of CSS and CSSS officers different

The training given and the work performed by the CSS and CSSS officers are entirely different. The work of Stenographers are clearly defined in the Manual of Office Procedure. By merging the services, total chaos will be created like that CSS officers do not know how to take dictation and type it. Even if it happens, then there will be pressures that I will not work as PA/PS. Further, the CSSS officers do not get appropriate training and experience is in noting and drafting. Something has to be changed at the initial recruitment level. The existing state of thins should continue till such time.

A Srivastava

Suggestion

As you have a separate section for corporate news, do not put in appointments/transfers of GMs, CGMs. Chairmen of PSUs like OIL, NFL, BSNL, MTNL etc in the government section.....please ask your editing section to meticulously segregate the two..as it leads to confusion.

Sumita

CSSS cadre be phased out

I beg to differ with Ravi. This is high time CSSS cadre is phased out in slow manner of retirement, in view of technology development, stenography is redundant now. The best would be to have two-tier recruitment in GoI and States too i.e. one at Assistant level and the other at Class I level with time scale promotion subject to performance, delivery and accountability. Hope 7th Pay Commission will look into this.

Harish Kumar


Sinha unbiased

A bureaucrat par excellence, PK Sinha is best known for his unbiased and unprejudiced decisions, never-say-die spirit, compassion for the under-privileged and above all, sticking to his decisions. He is a man of high integrity and is a go-getter with total commitment to the tasks in hand. PM would have chosen him only after getting convinced about his abilities.

Sivakumar

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