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Sunil Kumar

AAP not worth more than 25 seats
In case of President's rule in Delhi and fresh elections thereafter, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in any case will not get more than 25 seats, according to an internal assessment.

Union govt issues notification, backs LG in admn matters
MHA has this morning issued a notification that supports action of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and clarifies that he doesn't needs to consult Delhi Cabinet in decisions. The notification says that the LG of the NCR Delhi shall in respect of matters of public order, Police, Land and Services, exercise the powers to the extent delegated to him from time to time by the President and discharge the functions of the Central government.

Will an engineer from private sector be new DG, BIS?
There is a rumour that an engineer from private sector is being appointed DG, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Present DG, MJ Joseph has been appointed CGA in Government of India. The post was earlier held by IAS officers.

BUREAUCRACY

Karnail Singh to join NIA?
Grapevine has it that Special Director, ED, Karnail Singh is joining NIA as ADG. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Archana Ramasundaram to head NCRB ?
Latest information says that Archana Ramasundaram is being moved from CBI to join as DG NCRB. She is 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

J L Singh selected for Director (Technical), NCL
The PESB has selected J L Singh (GM, CCL/CIL) for the post of Director (Tech), Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL). He is presently General Manager CCL.

Ajay Kumar V takes over as Director (O&BD), BPRL
Ajay Kumar V, GM (OVL), ONGC, has taken over the charge as Director (Operations and Business Development), Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL).
(We said this on January 14, 2015)

Orders of Manoj Mishra for CMD, NFL issued
The orders of Manoj Mishra, Director (Finance), STC, for the appointment as Chairman and Managing Director, National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Sept 23, 2014)

Orders of Naresh Kumar for NDMC soon
JS, Mines in the Government of India, Naresh Kumar is back to UT cadre. On return, 1987 batch IAS officer Kumar is being appointed Administrator, NDMC in a couple of days.

Rare coincidence of a husband taking charge of a Central Government Organization from his wife
In a rare coincidence D M Mitra, a 1983 batch IPS officer of MP Cadre took over as Chief of National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science today from his predecessor Rina Mitra (his wife), an IPS officer of the same batch and Cadre.

Six UT cadre IPS officers relieved from Delhi Police
Six UT cadre IPS officers have been relieved from Delhi police to report to their new place of posting. They are Rajesh Malik, 1996 batch transferred to A & N Islands John Nelhalala 2003 batch going to Arunachal Pradesh, Vimal A. Gupta, 2003 batch transferred to Goa,, Rajiv Ranjan,2004 batch to Puduchery, Suman Goyal , 2005 batch to Goa and Shank Dhar Mishra, 2006 going to Mizoram.

Ms Bhavya Mittal seeking inter-cadre transfer to MP
Ms Bhavya Mittal is seeking inter-cadre transfer to Madhya Pradesh cadre on the grounds of marriage to Rishav Gupta, a 2014 batch IAS officer of MP cadre. Ms Mittal is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

PESB seeks applications for Director (Mktg), MMTC Ltd.
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has invited applications for the post of Director (Marketing), MMTC Limited lying vacant since March 19, 2015. Those willing to apply can send their applications to PESB before July 6, 2015.

AK Saxena to be GM, NCR Allahabad ?
AK Saxena is being tipped as the new General Manager of North Centre Railway (NCR) in Allahabad.

Orders of Sahni yet to come; vacancy of Director (Fin), BHEL to arise on June 1
The orders for appointment of S K Sahni, GM, BHEL, as Director (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have reportedly not been issued by the Government of India as vacancy is arising on June, 1, 2015.

Orders of V K Rama for Director (P&S), CONCOR yet to come
The orders for appointment of V K Rama, ED, CONCOR, as Director (Project & Services), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) are yet to be issued by the Government of India as the post has been lying vacant since October 1, 2014.

PK Sharma may succeed Rath as Director (Ope), OIL on June 1
PK Sharma, GM, OIL, is expected to take over as Director (Operations), Oil India Limited (OIL) on June 1, 2015 succeeding incumbent Sachidananda Rath retiring on May 31, 2015.

Sanjiv Sharma to succeed Selvaraj as Director (Fin), MDL on June 1
Sanjiv Sharma, Director (Finance), GSL, will be joining as Director (Finance), Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) on June 1, 2015. He will succeed incumbent M Selvaraj retiring on May 31, 2015.
(We said this on Oct 9, 2014)

IA&AS officers seek pay parity with IAS officers
Officers Association of Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) aired their grievances before 7th Pay Commission demanding pay parity with IAS officers with Joint Secretary level posts as well as adequate representation in the Government of India.

Shlok Bhardwaj appointed Director, Agriculture
Shlok Bhardwaj has been appointed Director in the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation in Government of India. He is a 1995 batch officer of Indian Inspection Service.

Prakash Nevatia posted as Director, Health
Prakash Nevatia has been appointed Director in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in Government of India. He is a CSS officer.

Cadre of Parth Gupta transferred to Haryana
The cadre of Parth Gupta has been transferred from AGMUT cadre to Haryana on the grounds of marriage to Ms Astha Modi, a 2013 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre. He is a 2013 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Asheesh Saxena deputed to RVNL as GM (S&T), Pune
Asheesh Kumar Saxena, Deputy CSTE, North Central Railway, has been deputed to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited as General Manager (S&T) at Pune for a period of three years. He is an IRSSE officer.

Railway Board on official tour abroad
AK Mittal, Chairman of Railway Board, Mrs Rajalakshmi Ravikumar, Financial Commissioner of Railways, Navin Tandon, Member Electrical, Railway Board and Pradeep Kumar, Member Staff, Railway Board will be on official tour abroad from May 21 to May 30, 2015.

Abhinav Jeph transferred to Western Railway
Abhinav Jeph, DOM, Jabalpur, West Central Railway, has been transferred to Western Railway and posted in the cadre. He is an IRTS officer.

23 IRTS officers get JAG
As many as 23 Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officers have been promoted to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). They are K Yesurathnam, KVR Murthy, Jagriti Dugar, Geeta Mohapatra, Ashutosh Shrivastava, Anshoo Pandey. Aarti Singh Parihar. Maitreyee Charan, Promila Gupta, Satyam Prakash, Birendra Kumar, Rashmi Baghel, Vivek Kumar, Krishan Kumar Pareek, Durgesh Kumar Dubey. Harvinder Singh, shridhara Murthy N S, Sarah Jayalsawkmei, Sunil Beniwal, Rajesh Sharma, Shashi Bhushan, J Allwyn and Vivek Rawat.

Suresh Gopi to be Chairman of NFDC!
Prominent Malayali Cinema actor Suresh Gopi is all set to become Chairman of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

Income Tax Joint Commissioner gets 4 years jail in bribery case
The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Saket Court, New Delhi, has sentenced Arun Kumar Gurjar then Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi and Baljeet Singh then Inspector of Income Tax, Delhi to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs two lakhs each in a bribery case.

4 IAS officers and one IFS officer shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
As many as four officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, Jawaid Akhtar has been appointed as MD, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) while Mohammad Mohsin will be MD, KSSIDC and Subodh Yadav is MD, Karnataka Public Lands Corporation Limited, Bengaluru and Panduranga Bommaiah Naik was posted as Commissioner for Agriculture, Bengaluru. Beside, an IFS officer of 1990 batch, S Shekhar was posted as Commissioner, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Service, Bengaluru.

Anti-Terrorism Day observed in NSIC (UPDATED)
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) joins the nation in observing Anti-Terrorism day. P Udayakumar, Director(P&M),NSIC along with employees of NSIC administered the pledge "We the people of India having abiding faith in our country's tradition of Non-violence and Tolerance ,hereby solemnly affirm to oppose with our strength ,all forms uphold and promote peace, social harmony and understanding among all fellow human beings and fight the forces of disruption threatening human lives and values.

MoU signed between NBCC, NAWADCO (UPDATED)
Rajendra Chaudhari, Sr. Executive Director, NBCC and Badruddin Khan, Executive Director, NAWADCO exchanging signed MoU documents for development of WAQF Properties at Bangalore and Jodhpur. The MoU was signed on May 13, 2014 when R S Saxena, Sr. Consultant, NAWADCO; A Mummoorthy, GM, and other senior officers of NBCC were also present. The four properties of NAWADCO to be developed include three (03) in Bangalore and one (01) in Jodhpur with combined projects value of approximately Rs.400 crore.

SCI finally steadies ship and registers profit after three years (UPDATED)
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI), India's largest shipping company and a Government of India Public Sector Undertaking, has reported a quarterly profit of Rs. 101.49 crores for Q4 FY 2014-15 as against Rs 13.24 crores reported during the same quarter last year. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of reporting profits. After having reported losses for last three financial years, SCI has turned around and reported a net profit of Rs. 200.93 crores for the year ended 31st March 2015, as against a net loss of Rs. 274.66 crores in the previous year. While the net income from operations has almost remained flat, the appreciable decrease in various expenses, impact of judicious cancellation of new ship building orders and sale of old vessels have also contributed to the positive results. The overall financial health of the company has improved with enhanced net-worth and reduced borrowings. All the three business segments of SCI have reported profits before interest in the last quarter and also on annual basis. The losses due to unprecedented downturn in the dry bulk markets have been partially offset by the rally in the tanker market since early 2015. SCI prides in having a diversified fleet of 69 vessels of 5.89 mn dwt with an average age below 9 years. SCI has been able to maintain her tonnage over the year and is aspiring to cross the 6 million DWT mile stone in near future.

Mrs Shikha Goel promoted as IG, CISF (UPDATED)
Mrs Shikha Goel has been promoted from DIG rank to IG rank in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). She is a 1994 batch IPS Officer of AP cadre.

M V Seshagiri Babu posted as Joint MD, APHDC (UPDATED)
M V Seshagiri Babu has been appointed as Joint Managing Director, AP Handicraft Development Corporation (APHDC) in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Orders of Secretary Defence today ! (UPDATED)
Orders of the appointment of Secretary Defence and Defence Production are being issued this evening.

A K Verma posted as ED (Steel), Railway Board (UPDATED)
A K Verma presently in Northern Railway has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Railway Stores (Steel), Railway Board. He is an IRSS officer.

Ravinder Gupta transferred as ED (Project), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Ravinder Gupta, CSO, Northeast Frontier Railway has been transferred and posted as Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering (Project), Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Sanjeev Sinha deputed to Bangalore Metro (UPDATED)
Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Deputy CEE-I, Workshop Projects, has been deputed to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) as CE/RS. He is an IRSEE officer.

Sanjay Singhal deputed to Bangalore Metro (UPDATED)
Sanjay Singhal, Director/EMS, Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), has been deputed to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) and appointed as CE/GS&US. He is an IRSEE officer.

No suitable candidate found for Director (Mktg), STC (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate for the post of Director (Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC) after interviewing as many as six persons at its selection meeting held onMay 22, 2015. The Board has now decided to see more candidates for the same.

G Mohan Kumar is new Secretary Defence (UPDATED)
G Mohan Kumar has been appointed new Secretary Defence. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre. He would succeed R K Mathur whose two years tenure is expiring on May 24.
( We said this on May 5 and again on May 11,2015)

A K Gupta is new Secretary Defence Production (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed new Secretary Defence Producton. 1981 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre Gupta is presently Special Secretary Defence Production. He would succeed G Mohan Kumar.
( We said this on May 11,2015)

Tenure of Dr Anant as CSI-cum-Secretary, Statistics & Programme extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Dr T C A Anant as Chief Statistician of India (CSI)-cum-Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has been extended until he attains the age of 60 years.

Orders of Piyush Tiwari for Director (C&M), ITDC issued (UPDATED)
The orders of Piyush Tiwari, DGM, RINL, for the appointment as Director (Commercial & Marketing), Indian Tourism & Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) have been issued by the Government of India.
(We said this on Sept 9, 2014)

Orders for 6% DA to MP employees issued (UPDATED)
Orders for an increase in 6 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) to the employees of Government of Madhya Pradesh have been issued with effect from January 1, 2015.

12 IAS Probationers get postings in MP (UPDATED)
As many as 12 IAS Probationers of 2014 have been given postings as Assistant Collector after completion of their training. Accordingly, Aditya Singh has been posted to Neemuch while Ankit Asthana was appointed to Mandsaur and Arun Kumar Vishwakarma is being posted to Gwalior. Similarly, Ashish Vashisht has been appointed to Hoshangabad; Avi Prasad to Balaghat; Jangid Lokesh Kumar Ramchandra to Sehore; Ms Nea Meena to Dhar; Rishav Gupta to Singarauli; Roman Saini to Jabalpur; Saket Malviya to Sagar; Ms Shitla Patel to Guna and Ms Tanvi Huda was posted to Ratlam.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Das appointed Govt Director of ONGC
Ms Atreyee Das, Director General, Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell has been appointed as Government Director on the Board of Directors of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

Minocha appointed Independent Director of DLF Ltd
DLF Limited has appointed A S Minocha as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the company.

Singh to continue as Non Exec. Director of DLF ltd
Ms Pia Singh has resigned as Whole-time Director of DLF Ltd. However, she will continue as Non Executive Director of the company.

Singh designated as CMD, Spicejet Ltd
Spicejet Ltd has designated Ajay Singh as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Arsenault appointed Chairman of Timex Group India Ltd
Timex Group India Ltd has appointed Colin Davis Arsenault as Chairman of the company.

Kapre appointed MD of Premier Chennai Properties Ltd
Premier Chennai Properties Ltd has appointed Anand Kapre as the Managing Director of the company.

Shah appointed MD of Tokyo Plast International Ltd
Tokyo Plast International Limited has appointed Velji L Shah as a Managing Director of the company.

Shah appointed CFO of Tokyo Plast International Ltd
Harsh V Shah has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tokyo Plast International Limited

Agarwal appointed Group CFO of ICRA Ltd
ICRA Limited has appointed Vipul Agarwal as Group Chief Financial Officer of the company

Dhal resigns as CFO of Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd
Umesh Dhal has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Hanung Toys and Textiles Limited with immediate effect.

Harish resigns as Independent Director of Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd
Anil Harish has resigned as Independent Director of Hinduja Global Solutions Limited w.e.f. May 19, 2015

Kalavala appointed CFO of Schneider Electric President Systems Ltd
Schneider Electric President Systems Ltd has appointed Damodar Kalavala as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

Who uses whom?

"You scratch my back, I scratch yours ".

GS Mathur DGP (Retd)

Post of Commissioner, Security BCAS vacant

I would like to bring it to your kind notice that the post of Commissioner of Security, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), under Ministry of Civil Aviation, has been lying vacant since October 2012. This is a key post in GOI. This is an HAG+ level post and presently an officer who is SAG level officer (drawing GP 10000/-) has been looking after this post. This is totally unfair. Since this post has been lying vacant for almost 2 1/2 years, Government should either abolish this post or appoint full time regular Commissioner BCAS as soon as possible.

R K Agnihotri


OROP promise forgotten

Babus of d/o defence, office of CGDA and d/o expenditure, who are delaying the one rank one pension orders and are doing all kinds of research work on files, should be conscripted for five years from military service and posted in Pakistan or China border. It is unfortunate that civilians and politicians remember armed forces, only when there is any military aggression. After that, it is only delaying tactics and insult by civilians. Even after one year, OROP promise made by Modiji has not been kept.

Raj Kumar Pandey


Plan to widen tax base

There is a plan to widen tax base targeting Tier-II cities but without any roadmap or scheme how to go about? This is just asking field officers to target low income group. There is no plan or CBDT is unable to come out with a innovative plan to widen tax base of those people whose taxable income is more than Rs one crore or Rs 50 lakhs. IT department always start the exercise from lowest taxable income group. Though there is pressure to increase tax base due to fall in collection from direct tax category. CBDT is not able to make data base of the people whose taxable income is more than Rs 50 lakhs. It should not be based on returns based. There should be intelligence gathering for preparation of such data base. IRS officers are doing routine things like clerks. Now ITR filing is on line and it can simply be finalised by CPC without involving local field units unless it is required. Let IRS officers be more utilised for some creative work to figure out the numbers of people having taxable income more than Rs 50 lakhs and more than Rs one crore whether salaried or self employed/business professionals. This exercise may be completed in time bound manner without harassing small
tax payers who are soft target of IT officials.

N Prakash


Run in professional manner

It must be run in a professional manner with regular transfer, promotions and other rules & regulations in this organization.

Dibya Dutta


Power of money !

Power of money is being used in IRS transfers ?

Akhilesh Srivastava


Steno posts

In response to the two matriculate Stenographers' posts [Prabha Dutta and B. Sundaram] and their wild and patently false assertions:

1. There is NO clerical service or clerical cadre in the Ministry of External Affairs [MEA]. MEA has induction at four levels among its ministerial staff - clerks at Higher Secondary level, Assistant at graduate level and IFS also at graduate level. The clerks' posts have been reduced to such a miniscule number that they form a very small part of the MEA hierarchy.

2. On the other hand, there is a Stenographers' Sub-Cadre in MEA which starts at clerical level - the lowest being a Grade D Steno equal to an Upper division Clerk. And, please note that the entry level qualification for them is matriculation [it has been revised to Higher Secondary only in the past couple of years].

Sita Ram


CSS officers' empanelment

Why is the status of the case of CSS officers' empanelment to the post of JS and equivalent being tracked and reported by whispers?

Anand


Tax policy

This is with regard to functioning of I-T dept. The less said about this department the better. They never bother about the tax payers, they are rude arrogant and corrupt. Their board is a dumb rock, their Members in CBDT are always vying for post retirement jobs. Better abolish CBDT and let it be run by FM directly.

MV

Whispers (Mehrotra) is wrong !

You (Mehrotra) are wrong in assessing and being judgemental that IAS is supreme and
labelling the victory of Jung against Kejriwal, 1992 IRS. Firstly, neither Jung nor Kejriwal are members of any service today. Secondly, Kejriwal has proven his political acumen not just once but twice by securing 28/70 and 67/70 seats respectively. For a politician, the battleground is elections and not anywhere else. Modi proved all his critics wrong by recording a historical mandate despite all out efforts by UPA. The metal and technology, politicians are made up of is far more superior than the material with which civil servants including IAS are made up of. That is why many people even after retirement would do anything to remain a lieutenant of the powers that are there. In the current fiasco, Kejriwal has nothing to lose, he has fully exposed Jung especially his previous employment with Reliance and the veracity of his actions. Clearly, Kejriwal is an astute follower of Modi and has picked up every lesson from the vast experience of Modi and implemented the same in driving home a clear agenda, full statehood for Delhi.

Aseem Ghosh


Full statehood to Delhi

Delhi being the capital, it should not be given full statehood as demanded by political persons. If Delhi was a full state with Kejriwal as CM, then god alone can save the people of Delhi. He would take away powers from Police, state govt. officials and allow traders, auto and taxi drivers etc. to fleece people. In the interest of the country, Central Government should not grant full statehood to Delhi. To avoid multiplicity of agencies in Delhi MCD can be abolished and its functions be transferred to Delhi government.

S Gopal

Leave Delhi governance to Kejriwal

As far as appointment of CS in Delhi is concerned, the LG has no role in his/her appointment. Kejriwal is the elected CM of Delhi, therefore governance should be left to him. BJP should not play politics in this.

VS Ramachandran

DGHS should think out of box

Daily in this forum we see a large number of columns on CGHS functioning especially from retired employees. It seems from DGHS to Minister level, no one exists in this country, otherwise there would have been some improvement or assurance. I particularly mention the case of Lodhi Road Dispensary in Block 6, 60% of the staff, including the CMO, do not turn up till 8 am. One can't get medicines as dispenser is not available. This is the state of affairs in the heart of Delhi just 4 kms away from Nirman Bhavan. Why can't DGHS think out of box and have an electronic complaint book available in each dispensary to know the state of affairs? Why can't these dispensers attend without this number simply by putting the card no on computer? Govt should save on the person dispensing the number and utilise their services elsewhere. Senior citizens have to stand in queues to get a number. You can simply improve the system by installing number dispensing machines as Lal Path lab has. DGHS, you are responsible for streamlining the system why should your Minister be abused daily because of your incompetence? Pl have some mercy on patients and if DGHS is incompetent than Minister should take some corrective measures to remove the incompetent DGHS and streamline the system.

Ravi

Hollow version

S Yadav's version is devoid of truth and hence hollow. Whether it is lack of any posts of level of PPS and above, Representational Grant or Induction into IFS, he has hidden more than what he has revealed. On induction into IFS, firstly inductees into IAS/IPS are direct Class II level Officers only unlike in MEA where even USs who have joined service as LDC are inducted into IFS. Secondly, excessive induction of clerks into IFS is taking place as the share that hitherto belonged to Stenographers Cadre from 1972 to 2008 is being unjustly usurped by the clerical cadre of IFS (B). So the statutory rule is presently followed only in letter and not in its intended/true spirit. With unreasonably fast paced, time scale promotions, no wonder today many clerks are dreaming of adorning the high office of H.E. at least once in their career ! Further, Representational Grant (RG) is an expenditure incurred by a Representational Grade Officer that is of representational nature and reimbursed after enough scrutiny by the competent authority in a Mission/Post abroad. Just as an LDC turned Under Secretary is no longer a clerk, a Steno turned PPS is no longer a steno but a Class I Officer. So the question of grant of RG to steno is an oxymoron. As for contentions on the utility, answer lies in the simple truth that while a steno can do the job of a clerk, other way round is not true.

Prabha Dutta

'Welcome Idea'

Thanks Manu for your good advice (20.5.15). regarding working with PM.

SB

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