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New political alignment emerging in India?

Country is likely to see a new political alignment in near future. According to observers, India will see Modi style of politics. Jayalalitha is likely to come closer to NDA. This would affect Tamil Nadu politics where Assembly elections are due next year. BJP also wants some space in TN. Only time will tell, how successful the new experiment will be.

Will there be trio of Modi-Jayalalitha and Mamata ?

Will there be trio of Narendra Modi, Jayalalitha and Mamata Banerjee ? It is going to help Narendra Modi to achieve a political milestone by cornering the Congress and other parties in the Rajya Sabha.

Three countries have interest in Make in India initiative
Three countries- Israel, Japan and Republic of Korea have evinced interest in defence sector under 'Make in India' initiative. Government has not signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with any foreign country under 'Make in India' initiative for manufacturing defence equipment / weapons.


War Memorial, Museum proposed
As per information, more than 22,500 soldiers have laid down their lives while discharging their duties since independence. A proposal to construct a National War Memorial and Museum to commemorate our brave soldiers who have made supreme sacrifice for the country, is under active consideration.

BUREAUCRACY

Secy, Defence post - Tie between Mohan Kumar and R S Sharma
It is widely believed in the corridors of power that in the final round, tie is between 1978 batch IAS officer R S Sharma and 1979 batch IAS officer G Mohan Kumar for the post of Secretary, Defence.


Selection of Additional Director, CBI this month
Meeting to select Additional Director in CBI is expected to take place this month only. Selection of a couple of joint directors has already taken place.

Dr Pradeep Kumar Joshi appointed as Member, UPSC
Dr Pradeep Kumar Joshi, Chairman, Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission, Raipur, has been inducted as Member, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
(We said this only yesterday)

Cadre of Jaspreet Singh transferred to Punjab
The cadre of Jaspreet Singh has been transferred from AGMUT to Punjab on the grounds of marriage to Mrs Kanwardeep Kaur, a 2013 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ratan Watal is also Secretary, Financial Services
Ratan P Watal has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Financial Services till the return of Hashmukh Adhia. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Dr K K Tripathy appointed as PS to Mohanbhai Kundariya
Dr K K Tripathy has been appointed as Private Secretary to Mohanbhai Kundariya, Minister of State for Agriculture at Director level. He is a 1999 batch IES officer.

Neerav Mallick deputed as Director, Textiles
Neerav Kumar Mallick has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Textiles. He is a 1995 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Binay Dayal selected for Director (Tech), CMPDIL
Binay Dayal, GM, SECL, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 11, 2015. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

Tenure of NHRC Chairman ends
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Justice K G Balakrishnan has retired. He was the longest serving Chairman of the NHRC.

Justice Cyriac Joseph is Acting Chairman of NHRC
National Human Rights Commission Member Justice Cyriac Joseph will act as the Chairperson of the Commission until the appointment of a new Chairperson in place of Justice K.G. Balakrishnan .

Banks to appoint Internal Ombudsman
All the public sector banks will soon appointed Internal Ombudsman. They will be designated as Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO).

Ms. Leena Nair gets additional charge of Coffee Board
Ms. Leena Nair, Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority, has been given the additional charge of Chairman, Coffee Board. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Tenure of M Selvaraj as Director (Fin), MDL ending in May
The tenure of M Selvaraj as Director (Finance), Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), is coming to an end on May 31, 2015. Sanjiv Sharma, Director (Finance), GSL, is expected to succeed him on June 1, 2015.


Sundeep Jain to join Election Commission
Sundeep Jain is all set to join the Election Commission of India. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.


Two more battalions sanctioned for NDRF
NDRF headed by UP cadre 1983 batch IPS officer O P Singh has suddenly shot into prominence after J & K floods and Nepal earthquake. And the result is that GoI has sanctioned two more battalions for NDRF. These battalions will come from SSB. With this the total strength of NDRF will rise to 12 battalions.


Post of DG, DRDO vacant since Feb 2015
The post of Director General, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), has been lying vacant since February 1, 2015.


Who will be new DG, NIFT?
Who will succeed P K Gera as DG of NIFT ? Altogether 17 candidates have reportedly been shortlisted for the interview.


Who will confirm Additional Judges?
Several High Court judges are in a dilemma as to who would make them permanent. Even the Government has no answer to this question.

BSNL signs MoU with Bangladesh
GoI is giving topmost priority to provide telecom facilities in the difficult areas like NE region. BSNL has signed MoU with Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd to provide alternate internet connectivity in North Eastern states.


Ms Arundhaty Ghosh gets charge of CPMG, Assam Circle
Ms Arundhaty Ghosh has been assigned an additional charge of CPMG, Assam Circle till June 5, 2015. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
Veera Rana will be new Principal Secretary Tourism.On return from central deputation Dipti Gaur Mukherjee has been appointed Commissioner Handloom and Handicrfts.Secretary to the Governor Vinod Semwal has been moved as Principal Secretary Medical Education.Ajay Tirky will be new Principal Secretary to the Governor.Rashmi Shami has been moved to the GAD. Ashish Srivastava on return from central deputation has been appointed Commissioner Rajya Shiksha Kendra.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Punjab (UPDATED)
As many as six senior IAS officers have been shifted and given fresh assignments in Punjab. Accordingly, Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi has been given additional charge , Additional Chief Secretary, PWD (B&R) while Anirudh Tewari will now be Principal Secretary, Non-Conventional Energy, Investment Promotion and Industries and Commerce and Anurag Agarwal is Principal Secretary, Power and Transport. Similarly, R Venkat Ratnam has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs; Kumar Anugreh Prasad Sinha as Secretary, Science Technology & Environment, General Administration (Cabinet Affairs and Coordination) and Veerendra Kumar Meena was posted as Secretary, Revenue.

A K Sinha is also PrCCIT, Delhi (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, A K Sinha has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi.

H K Kala promoted as Addl Member (Planning), Railway Board (UPDATED)
H K Kala has been promoted as Additional Member (Planning), Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Satyaprakash appointed CVO, HUDA in Haryana (UPDATED)
T L Satyaprakash has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer, HUDA and Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon and Chief Administrator, Shri Mata Sheetal Devi Shrine Board, Gurgaon in Haryana. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Kaushik Bhattacharjee joins as Regional ED, North East Region (UPDATED)
Kaushik Bhattacharjee has taken over as Regional Executive Director, North East Region at Guwahati.

RAdm L V S Babu selected as CMD, HSL (UPDATED)
RAdm L V S Babu, ACNS, MoD, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 12, 2015. As many as five persons were interviewed for the same.

9 IAS Probationers of 2014 batch get postings in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as nine IAS Probationers of 2014 batch have been appointed as Assistant Collectors in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, P Akash has been posted to Dharmapuri while Deepak Jacob to Thanjavur and Ms Grace Lalrindiki Pachuau to Coimbatore. Similarly, V P Jeyaseelan has been posted as Assistant Collector, Villupuram; Johny tom Varghese to Erode; Dr K P Karthikeyan to Tirunelveli; Killi chandra Sekhar to Madurai; M Pradeep Kumar to Thoothukudi and Sravan Kumar Jatavath was posted to Tiruchirapalli.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Kamath to Head new BRICS Bank
Non Executive Chairman of ICICI Bank KV Kamath has been appointed as the Head of the New Development Bank proposed Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) nations.


Upadhyay appointed Head ( Digital Content), Hindustan
Rajesh Upadhyay has been appointed Head ( Digital Content), Hindustan


Chhabra resigns as Whole-time Director of Punj Lloyd Limited
Luv Chhabra has resigned as Whole-time Director of Punj Lloyd Limited


Ms Thakore is Independent Woman Director of Pradip Overseas Limited
Pradip Overseas Limited has appointed Ms Parulben Thakore as an Independent Woman Director of the company.


Ms Girish kumar appointed as Woman Director of Norris Medicines Ltd
Norris Medicines Ltd has appointed Ms Shukla Seema Girishkumar as a Woman Director of the company.


George appointed CS of Accentia Technologies Ltd
Accentia Technologies Ltd has appointed CS Jose George as the Company Secretary of the company.


Ms Singh resigns as CS of Oscar Global Ltd
Ms Sudha Singh has resigned as a Company Secretary of Oscar Global Ltd


Ms Pandit appointed CS of Bhilwara Green Energy Ltd
Ms Vilakshna Pandit has been appointed as the Company Secretary of Bhilwara Green Energy Ltd


Shah resigns as Independent Director of Sterling Powergensys Ltd
Bakul Shah has resigned as Independent Director of Sterling Powergensys Ltd

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DEBATE (1)

As public servants, politicians and bureaucrats are bound by their duty to work for the larger good of the people with neither any self-serving motive nor any discrimination directed to any section of the public. They have to exercise utmost restraint in taking any action that demeans the pledge they took prior to taking up office. In the course of carrying out this noble task of public serving, coordination of efforts is indeed a must between a politician and a bureaucrat but one should not forget that the target beneficiary is the public and certainly not any one of the two . How one uses the other should be led by the bigger and only motive of serving the masses better.

KB Rani


Politics - Field Marshal Civil Servants

Why so much hue and cry on this issue. Using title or keeping diplomatic passport after retirement does not involve any financial burden on the government exchequer. In service and after retirement expenditure by Air India in granting free passes to staff for their visits throughout the world to employees and their (even independent) family members is the reason for heavy losses to the airlines. Very few mentions in this column about Air India.

R K Bansal


No beggars, dogs, litter in Malaysia

Recently I had been to Malaysia. We visited three cities i.e. Putrejaya, Joharbahru and Kuala Lumpur. There were no beggars, no stray dogs, no litter, no pan, bidi shops, no Bhelpuri shops on the streets. They were all so neat and clean. Why can't we have cities like that?

B Arun

Health & FW Minister


CGHS beneficiaries

Minister is sleeping over the subject about allowing CGHS beneficiaries pensioners to go for direct consultation in CGHS empanelled hospitals. NDA government is going to complete one year but some of the issues remain unresolved. Ministry is also not at all bothered to consider the request from pensioners. It remains complete responsibility of government to provide medical facility to their employees and becomes more for retired people who suffer more due to age related problems. They are unable to go from one place to another place. It is troublesome and difficult. Mostly old people are alone and needs help during medical emergency. No doubt one can visit any hospital during emergency but on regular visit he cannot visit. Even for tests and investigations the pensioners have to go to dispensaries first then to empanelled centres. Minister of Health & Family Welfare should consider the request of pensioners for direct consultation to empanelled hospitals. In Delhi it is not permitted whereas in satellite towns of Delhi it is permitted. This is discriminatory approach and all to treated equally.

N Prakash


PPS postings

GoI is posting PPS (equal to Under Secretary), Sr. PPS (equal to Deputy Secretary) and PSO (equal to Directors) in its embassies overseas and spending crores of rupees on their salary and foreign allowances. Currently their strength is 171 and most of them are posted abroad. In addition to salary, they also get representational grants for reasons not known to public. They are given diplomatic ranks whereas they are doing the same work that a Grad D Steno i.e. typing, dictation and attending telephones. UPA government had even started appointing them Ambassadors!!!! Is it the austerity that GoI is effecting or wastage of tax-payers money in the garb of austerity?

MS

News item appreciable

I appreciate whispers in the corridors for a news item as to who would be speaking about government functioning. Yesterday, The Hindu carried a news item that MP from Balia spoke in the BJP Parliamentary Board Meeting that not even a single road had been laid under PM Gramin Sadak Yojana and also hinted at the lacklustre performance of the government. He is a former student leader and had the courage to speak up, which was well received by fellow MPs. Now, while effecting reshuffle it needs to be ensured that only people with proven skills are appointed. This will at least help the present government to implement its schemes in toto.

Sivakumar


Hats off to OP Singh

Encomiums and bouquets to OP Singh for such dedication and hard work which is the hall mark of this top class service. We are proud of our men/brethren in uniform

S C Agrawal DGP (Retd)

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