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Who will choose new Prez: RSS or Modi?
At a get together in the capital, the subject of discussion was -who will be new President of India ? Some seasoned persons say the big question is who will select the candidate for the presidential post ? Will RSS recommend any name or would Modi have a say in the selection ?


Will PM interfere in clearing judicial appointments ?
While appointment of at least 125 judges for various High Courts is hanging fire due to a constitutional vacuum created by the abolition of the erstwhile collegium system and the delay in creation of a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), it is now expected that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi would interfere to clear the bottleneck.


Once darling of 10 Janpath, now NDA's beloved !
Once the darling of 10 Janpath, Delhi Police Chief BS Bassi is now NDA's beloved. The present government is convinced that Bassi is one of the most successful Police Commissioners.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Rajeev Kher head ITPO?
Latest grapevine says that Commerce Secretary, Rajeev Kher, is going to head the ITPO. A 1980 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, Kher is superannuating by this month end. Earlier names of two Gujarat cadre former IAS officers SR Rao and Maheshwar Sahoo were in circulation for the post.


Asif Ibrahim is now Special Envoy
Former IB chief, Asif Ibrahim has been appointed as Special Envoy. Former 1977 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Asif Ibrahim will now be Special Envoy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, with a charter to liaise with governments in West Asia, Afganistan-Pak and South East Asia.
(We said this only yesterday)


Will Gupta be DG, NCB?
Name of Gopal Gupta has started doing the rounds for the post of DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.


Large scale transfers in HRD ministry on the cards?
After the departure of two secretaries the HRD Ministry is set to rejig other officers. If sources are to be believed there is a proposal to shunt out about a dozen officers, mostly from S.O's. to Directors and one or two JS level officers. It is said that HRD Minister Smriti Irani wants new set of officers who can deliver in a fixed time frame.


Why both Secretaries HRD were transferred all of a sudden?
In the official circles, sudden departure of both Secretaries from HRD ministry is being seen as a surprise move by the government. The transfer of Satyanarayan Mohanty, a 1980 batch Telangana cadre officer to NHRC as DG, is being seen as demotion and humiliation to Mohanty. Ms Vrinda Sarup has been shifted as Secretary, Food. One thing is now very clear that Secretaries should toe the government line, if not they will be removed unceremoniously.

Delhi police transfers meeting postponed
A meeting, which was scheduled for June 4 to decide UT cadre IPS officers transfer cases, has been postponed till further orders.


Peculiar case of Sikkim cadre IAS officer giving and taking charge
In a peculiar case of its kind, Sikkim cadre IAS officer of ACS rank SC Gupta gave charge to an official who is 17 years his junior. Also, when he assumed office, he took charge from the official 15 batches junior to him.


AK Sharma is jobless in CBI ?
Newly appointed CBI Joint Director, A K Sharma has been waiting for posting in the CBI for the last one month. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.


A M Marathe selected as Director (Fin), ECL
A M Marathe, GM, WCL/CIL, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 3, 2015. As many as 14 persons were interviewed for the same.


ITI reeling under severe financial crisis
Financial results of ITI Limited declared for the year 2014-15 has indicated a loss of Rs 297 crores in this financial year. ITI has been reducing its loss year after year in recent past and the present loss of Rs 297 crores (excluding grants) is the lowest in the last thirteen years ever since ITI came under losses during the year 2002-03 and was referred to BIFR in the year 2004. The major contribution to the loss is bank interest charges against borrowings.


33% reservation for women in CAPF & UT police
MHA has approved 33% reservation for women in direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts from Constable to Sub-Inspector in the CAPFs & police forces of all UTs including Delhi Police. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has been asked for recruitment of 2,772 Mahila personnel in 21 companies of SSB.


NK Mehta to succeed Rai as Director (Ent), BSNL on Aug 1
NK Mehta, ED, BSNL, will be taking over as Director (Enterprise), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on August 1, 2015. His orders for appointment have already been issued by the Government of India. He will succeed incumbent A N Rai retiring on July 31, 2015.
(We said this on Dec 4, 2014)


Crisis of officers in CBEC
After promotion to higher level, there is crisis of officers at lower level in the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC). At many places, officers have additional charges. Besides, some senior officers have also been given work at junior level.


Work on GST in full swing
The work on structuring Goods and Service Tax (GST) system is reported to be in full swing in the Government of India. This new system is all set to be introduced next year with effect from April 1, 2016. It may be noted that the GST will replace all indirect taxes, which are levied on goods and services by the Government of India and state governments. The GST will be implemented concurrently by both Central and State Governments.


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


CBEC Member, Ram Tirath gets charge of Central zone
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.


Ashish Bhatia deputed as GGM, IRCTC
Ashish Bhatia, North Eastern Railway, has been deputed to IRCTC as Group General Manager (LCS), New Delhi. He is an IRTS officer.


Ravi Prakash Bharti deputed as JGM, IRCON Ltd
Ravi Prakash Bharti has been deputed to IRCON International Limited as Joint General Manager/Electrical, New Delhi. He is an IRSEE officer.


Panel of Chakravarty for CMD, ECL scrapped
The Ministry of Coal is reported to have scrapped the panel of Subrata Chakravarty made for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) penultimate day of vacancy of this post on June 1, 2015. However, Chakravarty has not received any communication in this regard from the Ministry.


Two IPS officers promoted to ADG grade in Telangana
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.


Five 2001 IPS officers promoted to DIG rank in Telangana
Five 2001 IPS officers 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.


Six IPS officers promoted to IG grade in Telangana
Six 1997 batch IPS officers 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.


Three 1998 batch IAS officers get Super Time Scale in Telangana
Three 1998 batch IAS officers have been accorded Super Time Scale in Telangana. They 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.


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


S S Mishra returns from deputation
Upon return from deputation to Paradip Port Trust, SS Mishra has been posted in the cadre of East Coast Railway. He is an IRTS officer.


AGMUT CCA asked to relieve Jitendra Kumar
AGMUT Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) has been asked to relieve Jitendra Kumar of cadre responsibility so as to enable him join as Advisor at Joint Secretary level in NITI Aayog. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.


HP govt asked to relieve Rajiv Kumar to join central deputation

Government of Himachal Pradesh has been asked to relieve Rajiv Kumar of cadre responsibility so as to enable him to join as Joint Secretary in the Department of Electronics & Information Technology. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.


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


Four IFS officers transferred after promotion in MP
As many as four Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers have been transferred after promotion to Divisional Forest Officer grade in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Devanshu Shekhar has been appointed 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 DFO, Dewas.

Rahul Chhabra appointed as Ambassador to Hungary (UPDATED)
Rahul Chhabra presently Joint Secretary, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Hungary. He is a 1987 batch lFS officer.

Parida appointed Chief Secretary Pondicherry (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Parida has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Pondicherry. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on Apr 8, 2015 )

Atul Sobti selected as CMD, BHEL (UPDATED)
Atul Sobti, Director (Power), BHEL, has been selected for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on June 4, 2015. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

V K Thakral is also Additional Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas (UPDATED)
V K Thakral has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Mrs Bharti S Sihag gets charge of Additional Secretary, Environment & Forest (UPDATED)
Mrs Bharti S Sihag has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

Raghav Chandra looks after as Additional Secretary, Agriculture Research & Education (UPDATED)
Raghav Chandra has been assigned an additional charge of Additional Secretary, Agriculture Research & Education. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Mohapatra is also Additional Secretary, Fertilizers (UPDATED)
Jugal Kishore Mohapatra will be continuing an additional charge of Secretary, Fertilizers till Anuj Kumar Bishnoi assumes the charge of this post. Mohapatra is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Ms Leena Johri empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Ms Leena Johri has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1994 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Dr G Satheesh Reddy takes over as SA to Raksha Mantri (UPDATED)
Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Distinguished Scientist, DRDO, has taken over the charge as Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, (SA to RM).

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

PESB to conduct interviews for BHEL CMD today
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is, on June 4, 2015, holding interviews for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Maharatna status enjoying PSU, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) falling vacant next year onJanuary 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.


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

Khan appointed CS of Wipro Ltd
Wipro Limited has appointed M Sanaulla Khan as the Company Secretary of the company


Rama appointed Director (Projects & Services) of CONCOR
Container Corporation of India Limited has appointed V Kalyana Rama as Director (Projects & Services) of the Corporation.


Kamra appointed President ( India) of JK Tyre & Industries
Vivek Kamra has been appointed as President ( India) of JK Tyre & Industries


Lange resigns as Director of SKF India Ltd
H Lange has resigned as Director of SKF India Limited


Shastry resigns as CFO of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
Umesh Shastry has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Kirloskar Brothers Limited


Bafna resigns as CFO of Supreme Infrastructure India Ltd
Sanjay Bafna has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Supreme Infrastructure India Limited


Makhija appointed Director , Moevenpick Hotel and Spa, Bangalore
Moevenpick Hotel and Spa, Bangalore, has appointed Rahul Makhija as Director
( Food & Beverage)

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Most corrupt organisation in India

While corruption is all prevalent, the most corrupt department in government is undoubtedly the police department. Recently, I had an occasion to deal with the police in a petty case. I was surprised that even renowned lawyers openly promised to fix deal with the IO, for bribe money running in lakhs, that too for a petty case. No wonder I hear that in police department, even inspectors have made crores of rupees. One of the reasons for high corruption in police is that the anti-corruption function of police is also looked after by Police. As a result, complainants are scared to lodge complaint against the police. Further the inquiry officers are sympathetic to their colleagues.

It is high time that the anti corruption function related to police officers is supervised by some police cadre officer, else, the common citizen of the country would continue to be harassed by the police.

I hope that the Chief Ministers of progressive states will do this to control corruption as police is a state subject.

Arvind


OROP issue is simply be-fooling ex-soldiers

Ministry of Finance is not to be blamed for this delay. Fact is that there is zero number of ex-soldier in MoD, South Block against their 10% quota in class 'C' job positions. It means in office of Raksha Mantri itself there is such ignorance about ex-soldiers, what else can be expected from current government. Even PM office is South block where ex-soldiers are being treated so. It seems OROP is a only mirage.

Chaturvedi


A question to Power Minister

Our power minister says that there is record addition of capacity but there is no purchaser due to bad financial health of SEBs. But the record addition of capacity is mainly due to work done during the UPA government. In fact there is 30,000 MW more in the pipeline. But no new power generation project has been announced in last two years. Our plant load factor is lowest in 15 years with power capacities operating at 65% (ET 29.05.15). What it means for consumers like us is that the problems like transmission and administrative losses continue as usual or they have worsened due to grid inefficiency or theft of power or both. This is a critical issue and each of the successive governments led by the congress or other parties have been avoiding it due to perceived loss of vote bank. This has to be faced squarely. And quality education at school level can be one of the important tools to develop proper ethical values in the society.

Pradeep

Identifying eco-sensitive zones

Environment Minister Javdekar's efforts to dilute the recommendations of the Kasturirangan report by giving the onus on states to identify eco-sensitive zones will bring devastation in the Western Ghats. State governments swayed by vote bank politics will only echo the wishes of these villagers consisting mostly of encroachers who are living in the 7,000 villages mentioned in the report. In Kerala, a political party in the present UPA government is openly advocating the cause of these encroachers and damning the report. No wonder Kerala was the first to rush with their objections. Javdekar should understand that Western Ghats is not the personal fiefdom of some encroaching villagers whose opinion only is to be considered. It has relevance for ecology, environment and rainfall for the entire state. The problem is that Modi government especially its Environ Minister has no commitment to environmental and wildlife protection. Efforts to dilute 1972 Forest Act and powers of National Green Tribunal are examples for this.

N Krishnan


Change in secretaries

One wonders if there is any background about change of two secretaries in HRD Ministry at the same time? Can anyone having some knowledge throw light?

Manu Ashar


Appointment hailed

It is a prestigious appointment. The new appointee should be able to produce excellent results in IOC with his long experience

SC Agrawal, DGP (Retd)


Sinha most professional

PK Sinha is a very upright, outstanding and professional bureaucrat. He will do the country proud and suits best India's top civil service post.

Dr T R K Rao

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