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In Bihar who's cornering whom?
Bihar politics is taking an interesting turn. All regional political players are trying to corner each other. As political pundits put it, both JDU and RJD field workers are opposing merger. Parties are also weighing workers mood. They have realized that merger will hit their identity in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections. Now one thing is almost certain that the erstwhile Janta Pariwar is not going to merge in the state. Assembly elections in Bihar are due in October or November this year.

AAP has bright prospects
The prospects of AAP are bright in Punjab and it would not be a surprise if it forms the government in the state. In fact, AAP has a bright future wherever corruption is at its peak.

BUREAUCRACY

Asif Ibrahim gets Secretary rank in GoI
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of 1977 batch IPS officer of MP cadre Asif Ibrahim, (Retd.) former Director, Intelligence Bureau, as 'Special Envoy for Counter Terrorism and Extremism' in National Security Council Secretariat, in the rank of Secretary to Government of India for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
(We said this on June 3)

Naresh Kumar is new Chairman of NDMC
Naresh Kumar has been appointed new Chairman of the NDMC. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Earlier he was JS Mines in the GoI.

Vijay Chhibber is also Chairman of NHAI
Vijay Chhibber has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of M-T cadre.

Surjit Kumar Chaudhary gets additional charge of Pharmaceuticals
Surjit Kumar Chaudhary has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in Government of India. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Six IPS officers of 1988 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Six IPS officers of 1988 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: Sivagami Sundari Nanda and Pranab Nanda of UT cadre; Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Anil Kant of Kerala cadre; Arvind Kumar of MP cadre and Utka Ranjan Sahoo of Rajasthan cadre.

Four IPS officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four IPS officers of 1986 batch have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. They are: Jawahar Lal Tripathi of UP cadre; Prabhat Ranjan Deo of Haryana cadre; K N Tiwari of MP cadre and V H Rao Deshmukh of Jharkhand cadre.

Ved Prakash empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ved Prakash has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRAS officer.

Ms Smriti Sharan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Smriti Sharan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. She is a 1993 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Four IRSS officers of 1983 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four officers of 1983 batch and belonging to Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. Ram Lal, Raj Kumar Shanmugha, A K Pandey and V R Mishra.

Seven IRSS officers of 1984 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Seven officers of 1984 batch and belonging to Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. V V Reddy, P V V Satyanarayana, Madhu Ranjan Kumar, V K Garg, S K Mathur, G V Narayana Murthy and R K Yadav.

Four IRSS officers of 1985 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Four officers of 1985 batch and belonging to Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS) have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. Jyoti Prakash Pandey, N Dileshwar Rao, Atul Gupta and Kamlesh Shukla.

Dharmendra Prakash empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Dharmendra Prakash has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Naveen Mahajan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Naveen Mahajan has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

S P Thakur empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
S P Thakur has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Mrs Sobhana Rao is Dev Commissioner, Visakhapatnam SEZ
Mrs Sobhana Kamala Sudarsana Rao has been appointed Development Commissioner at Joint Secretary level in Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

MKS Sundaram is Dev Commissioner, MEPZ-SEZ, Chennai
MKS Sundaram has been appointed Development Commissioner at Joint Secretary level in MEPZ-SEZ, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Dr Prabhu deputed as Member Secy, Central Silk Board, Bengaluru
Dr H Nagesh Prabhu has been appointed Member Secretary at Joint Secretary level in Central Silk Board, Bengaluru under the Ministry of Textiles. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

KK Gupta joins as CMD, ITI Limited
KK Gupta, Director (Production), ITI Limited, has taken over additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director, ITI Limited. Telecommunication Engineer, joined ITI in 1977 as an Assistant Executive Engineer at the Company's Naini Plant.

Narendra Bhooshan appointed Mission Director, NFSM
Narendra Bhooshan has been appointed Mission Director at Joint Secretary level in National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

PK Sahu posted in Eastern Railway cadre
PK Sahu presently ADRM in Eastern Railway has been posted in the cadre of Eastern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

CBEC Member, Ram Tirath to continue earlier assignments
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs cadre, Ram Tirath, who was appointed Member CBEC, will continue looking after his earlier charges as DG (Export Promotion) and DG Safeguards.

Five IAS officers shifted in Himachal Pradesh
Five IAS officers have been posted at different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Devesh Kumar has been appointed Divisional Commissioner, Mandi while Dr Arun Kumar Sharma will be MD, General Industries Corporation and Balbir Chand Badalia as Deputy Commissioner, Sirmour at Nahan. Besides, Ritesh Chauhan has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, Kangra at Dharmashala and Sanjeev Pathania was made Secretary, HP Public Service Commission, Shimla.

PDIL signs MoU with Fertilizer Department for the year 2015-16
Projects & Development India Ltd (Mini Ratna-1 CPSE) signed MOU for the year 2015-16 between Jugal Kishore Mohapatra, Secretary to Govt. of India, Department of fertilizers and S Venkateshwar, CMD,PDIL. Senior officials from DoF & PDIL were present on the occasion.

Karnataka Governor calls upon engineers to build 'self reliant India'
Governor of Karnataka, Vajubhai Vala, in his key note address stressed the need to unlock the potential and creativity of young engineers during the 66th Annual General Meeting of the Aeronautical Society of India(AeSI) and Seminar on 'Make in India: Aircraft and Engines' the other day. The Aeronautical Society is a professional body that has over the years contributed towards development of Aerospace acumen within the country. An exhibition featuring over 50 companies underscored their efforts towards 'Make in India' initiative of the government during the two-day event. In his presidential address, Dr V K Saraswat, President AeSI suggested that offsets from defence acquisitions to be effectively harnessed without discriminating between public and private sector. "We should aim at a self reliant, vibrant manufacturing powerhouse status for our country. MAKE IN INDIA initiative of our Prime Minister is the vehicle for achieving this status", said T Suvarna Raju, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Eminent personalities delivered lectures on various aeronautical subjects. The event witnessed presence of leaders in the Aeronautical fraternity including Dr V K Saraswat, Member Niti Aayog, T Suvarna Raju, CMD, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Dr R K Tyagi, President-Elect AeSI, Dr CGK Nair, President SIATI.

Two IAS officers shifted in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
S S Ghonkrokta has been appointed as Special Commissioner, Food & Supplies with additional charge of Special Secretary, Tourism while V K Jain is posted as CEO, DUSIB in Delhi Government.

15 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Principal Commissioner grade (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been promoted to the grade of Principal Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise. The officers are: Janaki Arun Kumar Prashant Kumar, Maninder Jeet Singh Arora, Johh Joseph, Sheo Narayan Singh, C P Rao, Pawan Kumar Jain, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Kanwal Kishore Kabirpanthi, M Ajith Kumar, Chhitar Mal Chandolia, Charanjit Singh, Vivek Johri and Rakesh Kumar Sharma.

Bhaskar Narang appointed as Advisor, Railway Stores, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Bhaskar Narang, COS, Integral Coach Factory, has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Advisor, Railway Stores (P), Railway Board. He is an IRSS officer.

Manoj Mishra joins as CMD, NFL (UPDATED)
Manoj Mishra, Director (Finance), STC, has taken over the charge as Chairman and Managing Director, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL). He is a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
(We said this on Sept 23, 2014)

Vijay Sharma deputed as OSD to Manohar Lal Khattar, CM Haryana (UPDATED)
Vijay Sharma has been appointed as Officer of Special Duty (OSD) to Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of Haryana. He is an officer of Indian Railway Accounts service (IRAS).

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

Kamath steps down as Infosys Chairman ( with pic)
K V Kamath has stepped down as the Chairman of Infosys Ltd.

Mohanty ceases to be Independent Director of Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Santosh Kumar Mohanty has ceased to be Independent Director of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd

Vora resigns as Independent Director of Omaxe Ltd
Padmanabh Pundrikray Vora has resigned as Independent Director of Omaxe Ltd due to personal reasons

Doctor appointed Director of GOL Offshore Ltd
GOL Offshore Limited has appointed Dr Percy Adi Doctor as a Director of the company

Raheja resigns as Director of Omax Autos Ltd
Atul Raheja has resigned as Director of Omax Autos Limited

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ACC approval for promotion- Can it be denied ?
I have certain important questions related to promotions in ACC cases. I am posting this on Whispers with the hope that avid readers of this site will clarify the situation. I am a retired Railway Officer. I worked for two years as Adviser (Railway Stores) in Railway Board from July 2012 to 30.06.2014, against the downgraded post of Additional Member (Railway Stores), a post in Special Secretary Grade of 75,500-80,000. Promotion to this post requires ACC approval which in my case was given by Prime Minister at 6 pm on the day of my retirement as Rly Board deliberately delayed submission of DPC recommendation to DOP&T giving very little time to DOP&T, CABSEC and PMO. By the time DOP&T communicated ACC approval to Rly Board, it was 9 pm of the day of my retirement. Rly Board officials put up a note through Chairman, Railway Board to Minister of Railways (MR) though MR had earlier approved DPC recommendation. Since the MR had already gone to bed, approval could not be obtained on that day. Next day, Railway Board officials put up file to MR with the note that the approval of ACC was received at 9 pm, by which time the officer had already retired from service, since he had already taken his retirement benefits and so, promotion cannot be given. Since then, I have been submitting appeals after appeals, but till now, I have not been given promotion or the Special Secretary grade on non-functional basis. My questions are:- (a) Can ACC approval received at 9 pm of date of retirement be treated as of no use? (b) What is my fault if ACC approval is received so late and that too because of Railway Board's delayed submission of DPC recommendation (c) Does someone retire at 9 pm merely because he has been given retirement benefits in retirement function or one is supposed to retire at 12 o' clock night on the day of retirement. (d) Why MR approval is required again when ACC has already approved it ? (e) Why even non functional Special Secretary grade is not given to me when such non functional grades are given in SAG and HAG even after retirement. (f) How to get remedy in a case like this without approaching Courts of Law ?
BK Sinha

DoPT's high handedness
Arguments and counter arguments between two cadres viz stenographers and clerks. This rift has been intentionally created by DoPT. Keeping in view the general principle envisaging multi-skilling and de-layering for the entire Government, the 6th Central Pay Commission had recommended that ".......the Secretariat and Stenographers cadre would stand merged" and ".......once, merger takes place, a uniform designation in any case will attach to these posts." The 6th CPC had also recommended that all future recruitment to CSS/CSSS/non-participating Ministries, will be made as Executive Assistants. These Executive Assistants will discharge the functions presently being carried by Assistants as well as PAs and thus, there will be a single unified cadre. Besides this, the 6th CPC had also recommended that for the present incumbents of these cadres, Administrative Ministries concerned may evolve a procedure for their job enlargement/enrichment, retraining and re-deployment. The holistic nature of the 6th CPC Report was amply clarified in para 11.10 of its report, which stated "all the recommendations to be treated as an organic whole and as partial implementation will bring in several anomalies and inconsistencies." All these recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission had been accepted by the Cabinet as a package, notified by Ministry of Finance vide its Resolution No.1/1/2008-IC dated 29th August, 2008.
However, DoPT misled various authorities in GoI including PMO by hiding these recommendations time and again. DoPT did not even bother to be honour the Cabinet decision, neither it went back to Cabinet for reconsideration!!! This has led to several cases in CAT which DoPT is handling/prolonging. Obviously, if a PSO [equivalent to Director] is made to work of a Steno D [equivalent to UDC] is clearly a wastage of tax-payers money. Is it the austerity that GoI is enforcing ? Will the PMO listen or act ? Any reaction from any corner ?
M Sood

7th pay commission report
7th pay commission can resolve the anomalies raised after 6th pay commission. 7th pay commission can recommend government for better salary and other perks for government employees to root out corruption in the country. Can we throw some light on 7th pay commission instead of street fighting issues?
Jagan

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