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When Judges congratulated Jethamalani !
Rumours are rife that an SC Judge and a couple of High Court judges congratulated Jethmalani over phone for his opposition to NJAC.


After AAP, it is now BSP's turn?
After division in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is it now the turn of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to be fragmented. The talks of a split in the BSP are becoming common with each passing day.

BUREAUCRACY

D M Mitra is new Director NICFC
D M Mitra is taking over as Director of the National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (NICFC) in the GoI. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


C S Bisht quits IRS-C&CE
C S Bisht, Assistant Commissioner, Customs (Prev), Mumbai zone-III, has resigned from the Indian Revenue Service of Customs & Central Excise (IRS-C&CE).


Field Marshal Diplomats
All IFS officers retire at the level of Secretary to Government of India. Thereafter they are entitled to diplomatic passports for life. Even after retirement, they insist on being addressed as Ambassador so and so. Exactly like Field Marshals !


Surender Singh takes over as DG, CISF
Surender Singh has taken over Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this on April 6 )


Kapil Dev Tripathi is also Secretary, Public Enterprises
Kapil Dev Tripathi has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary - Public Enterprises. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.


Lalit Panwar gets addl charge of Culture
Lalit K Panwar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary - Culture, in Government of India. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.


Pande moves to Washington
RK Pandey (IA&AS-1994), Principal Director of Audit, Air Force, New Delhi, has been moved as Principal Director of Audit, Washington. He will relieve John K Sellate.

B K Bansal is also DG, NACEN
B K Bansal, Chief Commissioner of Customs, Delhi zone, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN). He is an IRS-C&CE officer.


Harpreet Singh posted as DDG, Mail Business, Postal Dte, Delhi
Upon return from central deputation, Harpreet Singh has been posted as Deputy Director General, Mail Business, Postal Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 1992 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.


Nikhilesh Giri transferred to Kuala Lumpur
Indian Foreign Service officer, Nikhilesh C Giri has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur in place of K N Ramachandran.


Sangita Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sangita Sharma has been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRS-C&CE officer.


IAS changes in Sikkim
There is an IAS reshuffle in Sikkim. New postings are : S C Gupta - ACS cum Development Commissioner, Tenzing Gelek - Commissioner cum Secretary - Personnel, D P Sharma - Commissioner cum Secretary - Mines, C T Wangdi - Secretary - Land Revenue and Disaster Management, Tsegyel Tashi - Secretary - Home and S K Shilal - Secretary - Food and Civil Supplies.


3 CSS officers shifted
Three Central Secretariat Service (CSS) officers have been transferred to DoPT. While Praveen Kumar Singh has been transferred from Power, H K Vashisth has been shifted from Road Transport & Highways and Om Prakash Kumar from Telecom.


Air Marshal B B P Sinha takes over as AOA of IAF
Air Marshal BBP Sinha has taken over as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) of IAF at Air Headquarters, New Delhi.


Raj Kumar Goyal repatriated to his parent cadre
Raj Kumar Goyal has accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre by the Government of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on April 29 )


Navin Kumar Chaudhary repatriated to his parent cadre
The Government of India has accorded a premature repatriation of Navin Kumar Chaudhary to his parent cadre. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on April 29 )


Dheeraj Gupta repatriated to his parent cadre
The Government of India has accorded a premature repatriation of Dheeraj Gupta to his parent cadre. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on April 29 )

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
Around one dozen IAS officers in Tamil Nadu have been transferred. Accordingly, Mrs M Asia Mariam has been appointed Joint Commissioner of Municipal Administration; Mrs S Senthamarai - Additional Director, Agriculture and S Natarajan - Additional Director, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. Similarly, T Anand has been appointed Additional Registrar, Cooperative Societies, R Kannan - Deputy Commissioner, Health Corporation of Chennai; L Nirmalraj = Joint MD, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board; A Annadurai - Regional Deputy Commissioner South, Corporation of Chennai and Dr R Anandkumar as ED, Tamil Nadu Watershed Development Agency.

S S Yadav appointed Secretary to CM, Delhi
S S Yadav has been appointed as Secretary to Chief Minister of Delhi. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Birendra Pratap appointed as Deputy Secretary, Telecommunications
Birendra Pratap has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IOFS officer.

Dr Savita Anand is also Pr Resident Commissioner of Rajasthan, New Delhi
Dr Savita Anand, PCCF, has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Resident Commissioner of Rajasthan Government at New Delhi. She is a 1981 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

IAS changes in Odisha
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Odisha. New postings are - B P Sahoo - Director Technical Education; Manoranjan Pataik - Additional IG Prisons; A K Samal - Director Tourism & MD, OTDC and B P Prusty - MD, MARKFED.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in UP
As many as seven officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Rakesh Bahadur has been appointed as Commissioner, Investment, New Delhi while T Venkatesh will now be Member Revenue Board and Mrs Renuka Kumar gets charge of OBC. Similarly, Sanjeev Kumar Mittal has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Handlooms and Textile; Mrs Monika S Garg as Principal Secretary, Legal; Mohd Shafkat Kamal as Special Secretary, Higher Education and Dinesh Kumar Singh as Special Secretary, Jail.

Two IAS officers shifted in Rajasthan
Two IAS officers have been shifted in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Rajeshwar Singh has been appointed as DG, Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj while Ashwini Bhagat will now be Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Go-Palan.

Anoop Kumar Srivastava gets additional charge
Secretary Border Management in the Government of India Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been given additional charge of Secretary Inter-State Council Secretariat. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Sandip Trivedi posted as GGM, IRCTC
Sandip Trivedi has been appointed as GGM/DCS, IRCTC at Corporate office, New Delhi. He is an IRPS officer.

DEBATE - Who uses whom ?

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CORPORATE

Surana resigns as Exec. Chairman, Surana Industries Ltd
G R Surana has resigned as Executive Chairman of Surana Industries Limited due to personal reasons

Deodhar resigns as MD, Aplab Ltd
Nishith P Deodhar has resigned as Managing Director of Aplab Ltd

Mayur appointed Director, Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd has appointed Ms Taru Mayur as Director of the company

Kapoor steps down as CS, Axis Bank
Sanjeev Kapoor has stepped down as Company Secretary of Axis Bank. He will be taking up a new assignment within the Bank

Bansal appointed CFO, Quadrant Televentures Ltd
Quadrant Televentures Ltd has appointed Munish Bansal as Chief Financial Officer of the company with immediate effect

Nanavati appointed Independent Director, Alicon Castalloy Ltd
Alicon Castalloy Ltd has appointed Ajay Nanavati as an Independent Director of the company.

Ms. Ritu Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, Bengal Steel Industries Ltd
Bengal Steel Industries Ltd has appointed Ms Ritu Agarwal as an Additional Director of the company

Ms. Premlata Agarwal appointed Addl. Director, Northern Projects Ltd
Northern Projects Ltd has appointed Ms. Premlata Agarwal as an Additional Director of the company.

Sood appointed Non Exec. Independent Director, Eros International Media Ltd
Eros International Media Ltd has appointed Rakesh Sood as a Non Executive Independent Director of the company w.e.f. May 1, 2015

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DEBATE (1)

There should be no debate, as it is well known that bureaucrats use politicians. Logic is simple. Politicians have limited tenure, high uncertainties resulting in insecurity and accountability to voters and press, whereas bureaucrats have job security, immunity from prosecution and zero accountability.

Rajendra Chourse

Save Nature

In September 1976, the Ministry of Mines, Government of India and the Geological Survey of India had organised an international seminar on Himalayan Geology. It was attended by experts from India and various other countries including Russia. The deliberations were mainly focussed on the tectonic plate movement and earthquake in Himalayan region. It is time that the papers presented may be relooked and it is also time for a similar international seminar in India.

Pradeep Kumar


BJP govt on path of self-destruction

The BJP government is on the path of self-destruction. It is doing everything to harass government servants. It is not surprising that it lost Delhi and is going to lose badly in Bihar. The decline in vote share in Bengal should also force BJP to rethink.

Bharti Jee

Sukanya Samridhi Yojna

The Prime Minister of India launched Sukanya Samridhi Yojna for the welfare of the girl child onJanuary 22 this year. The yojna apparently looked too good. As per announcement the parents could open an account under this scheme in any of the designated banks including State Bank of India and Post Offices. Situation as it stands up till now is, that SBI has not received any directives from the govt. about the scheme. Post office has become the worst place to do any business. Mostly it is located in a small room. One person handles accounts of all types including pensions. There is only one such post office in whole of Dwarka city, New Delhi. For even an entry recorded in the pass book one has to reach the clerk two hours before. Even after reaching him he keeps the passbook and asks one to come next day. Next day also similar line up is there. Moreover, it does not have online deposit facility. Who has so much time and patience to deal with post office? Will the PMO or the Finance Ministry ensure that banks are given directives to start opening accounts under this scheme? This is the way Govt. Of India functions in the new regime too. No change is perceptible at least as yet anywhere.

NK Das

CBI short of officers

For the past several years CBI has been running short of officers. It is really unfortunate. On the contrary, there are offices where a large number of employees are merely taking salaries without any productivity. Even the Expenditure Reforms Commission during the NDA's previous Regime suggested winding up a few govt. offices after careful analysis. Like all reports, this has also been gathering dust. The PM who is considered as a great visionary, should reform the central government administrative system.

Siva Kumar

Hard decision required

This has been the situation in CBI for years. There is clear lack of willpower to strengthen its cadre, despite Court's rap on its knuckle. Government needs to make one time hard decision considering the rampant corruption requiring clean up in the Country.

A Kumar

Low pay scales in ITI ?

When the pay scales of ITI are so low when compared to other PSUs, because they have not been revised for years, how does the PESB expects more candidates to be interested in the job. I think they are not in know of the ground reality. I know this very well because I was a senior man of BEML and I am a Bangalorean.

K Srinivasa Rao

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