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Sunil Kumar

Delhi's LG & CM battle not going to stop?
Sources in the government maintain that fight between two power centers in Delhi government is not going to be over in the near future. They say that unless CM Kejriwal realizes the fact that because Delhi is not a full state and LG has full executive powers, these types of fights will go on.

Jaitley makes a complaint against Home Secretary ?
Arun Jaitley and Secretary, Home LC Goel are not getting along. If top sources are to be believed, Jaitley has made a complaint against Goel to the Prime Minister.

Reliance bigshot to join Adani ?
Grapevine has it that a big shot in Reliance Industries is joining the Adani Group. Guess who?

BUREAUCRACY

Four shortlisted for Chairman of TRAI !
Three IAS officers and one non-IAS officer have been shortlisted for the post of Chairman of TRAI. They are PK Sinha, Secretary, Power, RS Sharma, Secretary IT, Bimal Julka Secretary, I&B and Harsh Vardhan.

Appointment of five GMs in Railways this month
Appointments of five General Managers in the Indian Railways are expected to take place by this month end.

BP Sharma continues holding additional charge of Health Research
Bhanu Pratap Sharma, Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, will continue holding additional charge of Secretary, Health Research till the appointment of a regular incumbent. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

AGMUT cadre IAS officer, Jaspreet Singh seeks inter cadre transfer
A 2014 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, Jaspreet Singh is seeking an inter-cadre transfer to Punjab cadre.

Mukesh Mittal deputed as Joint Secretary, MHA
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mukesh Mittal has been appointed Joint Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs.

Sanjay Gupta to succeed Purwaha as CMD of EIL on June 1
Sanjay Gupta, Director (Commercial), EIL, will be taking over as Chairman and Managing Director, Engineers India Limited (EIL) on June 1, 2015. He will succeed incumbent A K Purwaha retiring on May 31, 2015.
(We said this on Oct 29, 2014)

Orders of Sunil Bhatia for Director (Fin), PDIL yet to come
The orders for appointment of Sunil Bhatia, GM, NFL, as Director (Finance), Project Development India Limited (PDIL) are yet to be issued by the Government of India. The post has been lying vacant since October 1, 2014.

Why file of PK Prasad put in abeyance ?
Why is the Ministry of DoNER sitting on the file of P K Prasad, Senior GM, NSC, proposed for the post of Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) ? He was selected for this post at selection meeting held by Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) on September 17, 2014.

Why orders of Srinivasan as Director (Fin), ONGC delayed ?
Why the orders for appointment of A K Srinivasan, ED, ONGC, as Director (Finance), ONGC Limited are getting delayed as vacancy of this post has arisen on May 1, 2015?

All three GMs from BoB qualified to be ED
All three GMs from BoB who were aspiring to become Executive Directors succeeded in fulfilling their ambition and got the prize positions.

Devajit Khound empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Devajit Khound has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. Roy is a 1992 batch officer of Indian Economic Service.

Hukum Singh Meena to join as Joint Secretary, Rural Development
The Government of Bihar has relieved Hukum Singh Meena of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development in Government of India. He is a 1992 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Governance in Tamil Nadu now?
The common perception was that there has been no governance in Tamil Nadu after Ms. Jayalalitha's tenure as Chief Mnister. Now what could be the scene as she is all set to return. Let's wait and watch.

CMD of IDBI to retire
CMD of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) MS Raghavan is retiring by this month end.

Yadav is new Secretary to UP, CM
Santosh Kumar Yadav has been appointed new Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer.

Odisha IAS officer to be Chairman of Paradip Port Trust ?
A senior Odisha cadre IAS officer is expected to be appointed Chairman of Paradip Port Trust.

Extension to private sector executives on CPSEs Board under consideration
The Government of India is mulling whether or not to grant extension to the private sector executives on the board level post in Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).

Vishal Bansal appointed PD, Audit, North Central Railway, Allahabad
Vishal Bansal, Principal Director of Audit, North Western Railway, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as Principal Director of Audit, North Central Railway, Allahabad. He is a 1993 batch IA&AS officer.

35 officers of Indian Postal Service get JTS
As many as 35 officers have been promoted to the Junior Time Scale (JTS) of Indian Postal Service Service, Group 'A'. The officers are: N Soma Sekhara Rao, S L Patel, Shyam Prakash Devliyal, Shiv Balak Singh, Hanif Khan, Major R Subramani, A K Tiwari, D K Tripathi, Nirmalendu Sarkar, Govind Singh, M Balasubramani, R S R%aghuvanshi, Ms Rekha Q A Rizvi, Babul Lal B, V M Sakthivelu, R M Shah, Girish Chandra, Pant, P K Shewale, R Raju, S K Thakre, Ravi Pahwa, Ranbir Singh, Subhash Chand, V T Lenin, K Gunasekaran, N P Arsey, K V L N Murthy, Vimal Kishore, Rameshwar Dayal, S K Dubey, D B Tripathi, V V Kurlekar, Ram Nath Ram, Rasik Hembram and G S Hungund.

Five officers of Indian Postal Service transferred
As many as five JTS officer of Indian Postal Service, Group 'A' have been transferred and posted at different places. Accordingly, Vickey Kumar has been posted to ADG (IM), Postal Directorate, New Delhi while Ms Alice K Vizo was appointed to North East and Ms Aparna Goyal is being shifted to Maharashtra. Besides, P Arunachalam Ganesan has been transferred to Tamil Nadu and Dina Natha Prasad was posted to West Bengal.

18 Judicial officers transferred in Delhi
The Delhi High Court has transferred 18 judicial magistrates in Delhi Among them 10 belongs to Delhi Judicial Service( DJS) while 8 others are from Delhi Higher Judicial Service(DHJS). The are- Vandana Jain, Geetanjali, Richa Manchanda, Harun Pratap, Shilpi Jain, Saurabh Kulshreshtha, Vivek Kr. Gulia, Satish Kr. Arora, Deepak Wasan and Ajay Singh Shekhavat ( DJS). Lal Sigh, Gulshan Kumar, Kuldeep Narayan, Ravinder Singh, Sanjay Sharma-1, PS Malik, Bhupesh Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar (All from DHJS).

Vijai Kumar shifted to Stockholm
Indian Foreign Service officer, Vijai Kumar has been transferred to Stockholm (A) in place of Ms Bimla Rani Chander.

Balesh Kumar empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Balesh Kumar has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1987 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

R P Singh is now Advisor in Telengana
Former Chairman of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) R P Singh has been appointed Advisor on energy sector in Telengana.?

Desh Ratan Gupta posted as ED, Environment & Housekeeping Mgmt Dte (UPDATED)
Desh Ratan Gupta has been appointed as Executive Director in the Environment & Housekeeping Management Directorate. He is an IRSE officer.

Rajendra Kumar is also Secretary, GAD in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Rajendra Kumar, Secretary to Chief Minister, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Services, GAD in Delhi Government. He is a 1989 batch officer of AGMUT cadre.

11 IIS officers promoted to STS (UPDATED)
!! JTS level IIS officers have been promoted in Senior Time Scale(STS) and posted at different places. These officers belongs to different batches.

Dr Ashvini Kumar selected as MD, SECI (UPDATED)
Dr Ashvini Kumar, Director, SECI, has been selected for the post of Managing Director, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on May 18, 2015. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

Arun Kumar Jain gets zonal charge of Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Jain, Member of Personnel & Vigilance in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been given the zonal charges of Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.

Atulesh Jindal gets zonal charge of North east regions (UPDATED)
Atulesh Jindal, Member of Revenue in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been given the zonal charges of West Bengal & Sikkim, NER, Bihar&Jharkhand and Odisha.

S M Nigam gets zonal charge of Southern region (UPDATED)
S M Nigam, Member of Income Tax in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been given the zonal charges of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Goa, Kerala.

Ms Rani Singh Nair gets charge of North West region, UP, Delhi (UPDATED)
Ms Rani Singh Nair, Member of Legislations & Computerization in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has given the zonal charges of North West Region, Delhi, UP East and West and Uttarakhand.

Ms Surabh Sinha gets zonal charge of all DGsIT & CCsIT (UPDATED)
Ms Surabh Sinha, Member of Investigation in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been given the zonal chares of All DGsIT Inv, All CCsIT central circle and DGIT (I&CI).

S K Ray gets charge of MP, Guj, Rajasthan, CG (UPDATED)
S K Ray, Member of Audit & Judicial in Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has been given the zonal charge of Gujarat Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh.

AAI celebrates Annual Day of MMI-Kalyanmayee a Pre-School (UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India (AAI) Women Welfare Association-Kalyanmayee celebrated 2nd Annual Day of MMI-Kalyanmayee a Pre-School, with a theme "7 Days of Creation", in the august presence of Mrs Jugnu Srivastava, All India President, Mrs Upma Srivastava, IAS and CVO, AAI, Mrs Jaya Lakshmi, Mrs Vijaya Chaukiyal, Dr Chhavi Aggarwal Vice Presidents and Mrs Sarita Kalra. Students from the project 'Education Beyond School', an initiative for under privileged section of society, also participated.

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CORPORATE

Sushil Agarwal promoted as CFO & full time Director, Grasim Industries
Aditya Birla Group companies, Sushil Agarwal, Chief Financial Officer, Aditya Birla Nuvo, has been promoted as CFO as well as full time Director in its flagship company Grasim Industries.

Adesh Gupta quits Aditya Birla Group of Cos
CFO and whole-time Director of Grasim, Adesh Gupta, has quit Aditya Birla Group of companies.

Pinky Mehta posted as CFO, Aditya Birla Nuvo
Pinky Mehta, Head of Corporate Management Services Division (CMSD) of the Group, has been appointed as CFO of Aditya Birla Nuvo.

Okumura appointed Addl. Director of IFGL Refractories Ltd
IFGL Refractories Ltd has appointed Hisatake Okumura as an Additional Director of the company

Sengupta appointed MD of SAP's Indian sub-continent ops
SAP - the Enterprise application software firm has appointed Deb Deep Sengupta as the Managing Director of the company for its Indian sub-continent operations.

Likoray appointed Senior VP( Sales) for Business Aircraft of Bombardier ?
Peter Likoray has been appointed as Senior Vice President (Sales) for Business Aircraft at Bombardier -- the Canadian transportation giant

Ms Mehta appointed Addl. Director of Prima Plastics Ltd
Prima Plastics Ltd has appointed Ms Hina Vijay Mehta as an Additional Director of the company.

Singh resigns as Director of Unimode Overseas Ltd
Jitendra Singh has resigned as Director of Unimode Overseas Ltd

Srinivasan appointed Independent Director of Surana Industries Ltd
Surana Industries Ltd has appointed Babu Srinivasan as an Independent Director of the company.

Chattopadhyay appointed Independent Director of Spice Mobility Ltd
Spice Mobility Ltd has appointed Subroto Chattopadhyay as Independent Director of the company.

Garg resigns as Non Exec. Director of Spice Mobility Ltd
Rajul Garg has resigned as Non Executive Director of Spice Mobility Ltd

Sehgal appointed GM, Hyatt Regency Chennai
Madhav Sehgal has been appointed as General Manager of Hyatt Regency Chennai

A 2007 batch IPS officer suspended in Gujarat (UPDATED)
A 2007 batch officer belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of Gujarat cadre, Manoj Ninama has been suspended on the charges of committing irregularities in recruitment examination in the State.

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But your position is worse if you have annoyed some señor colleague now in board to harass you with no protection by politicians

L R Aggarwal

Good chance

With reference to Manu Ashar's forum 'Good chance for bureaucrats': I am seriously willing to offer my services to PM but how to approach him confidentially? I don't have any access to any politician or any powerful person close to PM. Please guide. Till then, I leave to God to give a dream to PM about me and my integrity.

Er. S Bhardwaj, Director

Tax policy

The performance of Income Tax and CBDT in the last one year can be easily termed as most disappointing. Not only have they not done any simplification to make the life of the common tax payer easier, they have also not come up with any innovative ideas on tax policy for the better.The Board needs people at the top with vision and not headmaster types.

Ashwini K Singh

Chastising two collectors by Govt. of Chattisgarh

Print media has published a news today that the Government of Chattisgarh has taken umbrage to the two Collectors, who, while receiving the Prime Minister of India were wearing costly shirts and sunglasses. The government has called for their explanation and perhaps proposes to punish or chastise them. This action of the government has no basis and is not supported by the All India Services Conduct Rules or by any dress code. Is it improper to wear a costly shirt or use sunglasses in the hot blazing sun at the time of receiving any dignitary. Sunglasses are a protection for the eyes against UV rays of the sun, and they are not used for fashion or show off. Our esteemed Prime Minister himself wore a very expensive suit while receiving the US President, Barrack Obama. The decision of the Government of Chattisgarh needs to be condemned by all service associations of all States and also by the All India IAS Officers Association. The intelligentia should also come out in the open and condemn this. The whims of any Chief Minister should not be allowed to browbeat efficient officers who have a good dressing sense. On the contrary good dressing sense should have been appreciated.

SC Agrawal

DGP Retd. MP Bhopal

Education and Crime

According to Prison Statistics of India 2012, out of 254,857 undertrial inmates, 76,626 were illiterates, 1,10,385 were educated up to Class X, 49,871 having education of above Class X & below graduation, 12,459 were graduates and 3,471 were post graduates.This clearly reflects the role of education in keeping the people away from crime. If we can improve the quality of education and its spread, the crime rate and violence from the society can be drastically reduced.

Pradeep Kumar

Govt. performance

NDA Government is going to complete one year shortly. The failures and success stories will float around. In reality check Government is failing in Parliament and also in public. Bills like GST, real estate, land acquisition etc are in doldrums. Government is taking unpopular steps like revising ITR forms asking all bank accounts as they are culprit others who don't fill ITR forms are "Sahukar" and safe. What a pity! Government has already lost in Delhi, Kolkata and many by-elections and will lose further due to anti-public steps to show they are working for public. It should take out new ITR forms from IT web-site and load it again when it is finalised.

N Prakash

Bad behaviour

We criticize that the heads of various institutions are not being appointed by the Government and it is slowly trying destroy age old institutions. Even Arun Shourie had also talked about this in his interview. But will anybody realize, how the strong headed people of these institutions are behaving. There is one Commissioner in the CIC, who instead of telling the officials to provide the information does not bother to listen to them and makes statements like why and how you are not doing so and so. His job is simply to issue an order telling the public authorities to provide the information. If somebody in the Government is not providing information to the applicant, he is free to order fine and also if he feels arrest. But one should be courteous in his behaviour. He has also got the bad habit of telling officials for getting out of the room. He should realize that he is not god. Perhaps he is trying to vent his feelings of not having a happy family life. In order to be a good speaker you have to be a good listner also. People remeber only those who are good in their behaviour.

BBS

Govt transparency

This govt came to power announcing they will govern. But it appears they are interfering with the appointment decisions of an independent body -PESB. Govt has to be transparent and come out and share why they rejected the recommendations. Will they

Lalitha

Thin attendance of bureaucrats in five star hotels!

You can only see the retired Government servants in the CSOI during lunch time, these days. Earlier there used to be a queue for entering the dining hall in CSOI. But now, you see hardly one or two persons. Why is it so? I heard someone in the CSOI that the list of members present during office hours is sent to the PMO. One can not believe this statement though.

Pradeep

Foreign Posting of PPS

In response to whispers about overseas posting of PPS -

Class I Officers of the rank of PPS/SPPS/PSO in Ministry of External Affairs are saving precious foreign exchange of Government by performing multifarious tasks, encompassing the wide range of Administration, Consular, Protocol, Commercial, Political, Press/Information/Culture etc., apart from Secretarial work just to ensure that Minimum Government and Maximum Governance envisioned by Modi Government is implemented in letter and spirit. Such a wide ranging reach in work profile of Officers of Stenographers Cadre has made the life of middle level officers of Clerical Cadre insecure, as, barring a few, mostly this lot is interested only in enjoying the spoils of foreign posting without bringing any value-addition to the system. Further, lately, the divisive activities of clerical cadre of IFS (B), undercutting the Administration in MEA, has invited the ire of many in the system. Nowhere in the Government of India or elsewhere the induction into civil services [IAS/IFS] is ante-dated by 3-years as is done in the case of IFS[B] whose entry level is LDC!

Prabha Dutta

Selection of CBI Addl. Director

As the matter related to Archana Ramasundaram is pending in the Supreme Court, how can the selection of Addl. Director in CBI take place. Is the CBI chief wanting to be hauled up for Contempt.

Pramod Kumar

Corporate intervention

There is only corporate interference and influence!

K K Sinha

Voluntary retirement benefits

It is to be brought to the kind attention of the present Pay Commission that pensioners who had taken voluntary retirement after attaining 20 years of service are not paid pension @ half of the salary last drawn by them when they took voluntary retirement while central government servants who had retired after last pay commission are enjoying this benefit. The said government servants were not given any golden shake benefits also.

A retired Central Government Servant

N Joy

Addl charge to Tandan laudable

Rajiv Tandan is a very knowledgable and efficient IPS officer in MP in this field and richly deserves this additional charge.

S C Agrawal DGP (Retd)

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