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Ranga Rao

Gujjars won't get any political support this time?
If sources are to be believed, Gujjars will not get support of any political party this time. By starting agitation for reservation, they have invited HC's ire, therefore no political party wants to be a party to this.


Who is a big Cong leader these days?
Who is a big Congress leader these days? One who can mobilize a crowd of even one thousand people is considered to be a big leader in the party these days.


Meeting to select CVC, CIC next week
Meeting to select CVC and CIC is likely to take place early next week.

BUREAUCRACY

PK Sinha to be new Cabinet Secretary
PK Sinha will be new Cabinet Secretary with effect from June 13. 1977 batch IAS officer of UP cadre, Sinha is presently Secretary, Power. He will be appointed OSD in the Cabinet Secretariat with effect from the date of assumption of charge, till June 12, 2015.
(We said this on Sept 4 & Dec 14, 2014 and March 17, 2015)


Who will be new Secretary Power ?
Logically RN Chaubey should succeed PK Sinha as Secretary, Power in the Government of India. 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Chaubey is presently Special Secretary in the Power Ministry. Name of Secretary Forests and Environment Ashok Lavasa is also in circulation. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.


Siraj Hussain is also Secretary, Food & Public Distribution
Siraj Hussain has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Food and Public Distribution for a period of three months. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Ashok Angurana is also Secretary, Consumer Affairs
Ashok Kumar Angurana has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Consumr Affairs for a period of three months. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.


Manish Mani Tiwari deputed as Director, Revenue
Manish Mani Tiwari has been appointed Director (NC) in the Department of Revenue in Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.


DIG in CBI, Rastogi gets extension
DIG in CBI, Santosh Rastogi has been given extension in deputation tenure till May 2, 2016. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.


Mukherjee is Acting CJ of Karnataka High Court
Subhro Kamal Mukherjee has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka from the date on which Chief Justice D.H. Waghela would be relinquishing the office of the Chief Justice.


CBEC Member, Najib Shah gets charge of Northern zone
Najib Shah, Member (Budget) of Central Board of Excise & Customs, has been assigned the charge of northern zone.


CBEC Member, A K Kaushal gets charge of N-Western zone
AK Kaushal, Member (Customs) of Central Board of Excise & Customs, has been assigned the charge of north western zone.


CBEC Member, V S Krishnan gets charge of Western zone
V S Krishnan, Member (Service Tax) of Central Board of Excise & Customs, has been assigned the charge of western zone.


CBEC Member, Ms Neerja Shah gets charge of Eastern zone
Ms Neerja Shah, Member (Central Excise) of Central Board of Excise & Customs, has been assigned the charge of eastern zone.


CBEC Member, Ms Vanaja gets charge of southern zone
Ms Vanaja N Sarna, Member (P & V) of Central Board of Excise & Customs, has been assigned the charge of southern and central zone.


Jayant Kumar joins as Director (Fin), NHPC
Jayant Kumar, ED, NHPC, has taken over as Director (Finance) of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited.
(We said this Dec 19, 2014)

IPS lovebird of Gujarat cadre ties the knot on June 4
Two Gujarat cadre officers of 2008 batch, Ms Shobha and Pradeep, who had fallen in love before joining Indian Police Service (IPS), are getting married on June 4, 2015.

Vijay Arora is back to Odisha
Vijay Arora is back to parent Odisha cadre from his study tour. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Ms Anna Roy deputed as Joint Secretary, Financial Services (UPDATED)
Ms Anna Roy has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services. She is a 1992 batch IES officer.

Alok Kumar appointed as Advisor, NITI Aayog (UPDATED)
Alok Kumar has been appointed as Advisor (JS level), NITI Aayog. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Sanjay Prasad appointed as Joint Secretary, S&T (UPDATED)
Sanjay Prasad has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Science & Technology. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Jitendra Kumar Sinha posted as Joint Secretary, DoNER (UPDATED)
Jitendra Kumar Sinha has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of M-T cadre.

Md Shahaz Ali deputed as MD, NMDFC (UPDATED)
Md Shahaz Ali has been appointed as Managing Director, NMDFC (JS level) in the Ministry of Minority Affairs. He is a 1989 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

Rajiv Kumar appointed as Joint Secretary, Electronics & Information Tech (UPDATED)
Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Department of Electronics & Information Technology. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.

Jitendra Kumar appointed as Advisor, NITI Aayog (UPDATED)
Jitendra Kumar has been appointed as Advisor (JS level) in NITI Aayog. He is a 1987 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Jagmohan Gupta appointed as Joint Secretary, Water Resources (UPDATED)
Jagmohan Gupta has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Developemnt & Ganga Rejuvenation. He is a 1987 batch IRAS officer.

Venugopal Reddy Gaddam is Joint Secretary, Labour & Employment (UPDATED)
Venugopal Reddy Gaddam has been appointed as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Labour & Employments. He is a 1987 batch IRSEE officer.

Navneet Soni appointed as Member Secretary, National Monuments Authority (UPDATED)
Navneet Soni has been appointed as Member Secretary (JS level), National Monuments Authority under the Ministry of Culture. He is a 1988 batch IRS-IT officer.

Sunil Kumar Kohli gets pre-mature repatriation (UPDATED)
Sunil Kumar Kohli, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, has been given a pre-mature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1981 batch IDAS officer.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Ramesh Krishan has been appointed as Chief Administrator, Housing Board while Md Shayin was made Director and Special Secretary, Agriculture and R S Kharb is Director and Special Secretary, Elementary Education. Similarly, Shekhar Vidyarthi has been appointed as Director, Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes, MD, Scheduled Castes Finance Development Corporation; Vivek Atray as Deputy Commissioner, Ambala and EO for Management of Government land in Excised area, Ambala cant; D K Behera as Deputy Commissioner, Rohtak and Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Rohtak; K M Pandurang as Deputy Commissioner, Jind and Vijay Kumar Siddappa was made Deputy Commissioner, Bhiwani.

Two IPS officers shifted in AP (UPDATED)
Rahul Dev Sharma has been appointed as OSD, Kadapa while Siddaharth Kaushal will replace Sharma as ASP, Parvathpuram in Andhra Pradesh.

G R Aloria appointed as Chief Secretary of Gujarat (UPDATED)
G R Aloria, ACS, Urban Development & Urban Housing Department, has been appointed as new Chief Secretary of Gujarat in place of incumbent D J Pandian retiring on May 31, 2015. Aloria is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Banna Lal is also Director, Monitoring Programme in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Banna Lal has been assigned an additional charge of Director, Monitoring, Programme Implementation in Rajasthan. He is an IAS officer of Rajasthan.

CORPORATE

Ghosh appointed ED of Reliance Capital Ltd
Reliance Capital Limited has appointed Soumen Ghosh as Executive Director of the company.

Parekh resigns as CS of Brooks Laboratories Ltd
Ankit Parekh has resigned as Company Secretary of Brooks Laboratories Limited w.e.f. June 20, 2015.

Garg to step down as Whole-time Director & CFO of Cipla Limited
Rajesh Garg will step down as Whole-time Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cipla Limited w.e.f. June 12, 2015

Mukund appointed Director of TTK Prestige Ltd
TTK Prestige Limited has appointed Dr TT Mukund as a Director of the company.

Ms Khanna appointed Independent Director of Nitesh Estates Ltd
Nitesh Estates Limited has appointed Ms Dipali Khanna as an Independent Director of the company.

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More results from Modi than Manmohan
Year to year, Modi has certainly worked harder and ensured more results than Dr Manmohan Singh. The unbanked have access to banking; the programmes for immunisation, health, insuring the uninsured, disaster management, support for farmers, programmes for the girl child, even cleanliness (though the hype appears more than the substance on date) are actually good initiatives which are not only well conceptualised, but are well executed and monitored. It is also a fact that corruption has decreased very substantially (some would say it is reduced to nil), especially in the highest echelons of Government. Compared to the UPA, the Modi Government is squeaky clean. Inflation has declined (that prices have risen is obvious, inflation is not zero, but the rate of price rise has declined substantially). Modi's plans for infrastructure may not seem to have yielded much, but these projects take time, and even his critics will have to acknowledge that his government is keen on these. Modi is in charge, Dr Manmohan Singh gave the impression of being a lackey. Modi has an agenda of development. He thinks for himself. If Dr Manmohan Singh ever thought of anything, he has kept it to himself. This is where Modi scores heavily over Rahul Gandhi also as a leader. If Gandhi has a vision of his own, it is yet to be articulated. Modi does not need the guidance of others to lead, neither Dr Manmohan Singh nor Rahul Gandhi appear to be up to that. Modi is decisive. Dr Manmohan Singh was widely seen as doddering, if not downright genuflecting. In terms of experience, Rahul Gandhi pales into insignificance before Modi's hands on experience in running Gujarat for a decade and India for a year. Dr Singh's government, despite his experience is widely seen as corrupt, apathetic and drifting; ever willing to mobilise support for itself through the artefact of investigating agencies to bring around intractable regional outfits. On balance, there is no way in which either Manmohan Singh (for all his erudition) or Rahul Gandhi (for all his legacy) can compete with Modi (for that matter, neither can Kejriwal, who seems to be interested only in acquiring more power rather than governing and whose inexperience is only matched by his recalcitrance). This is not to say that Modi does not have his detractors. He is widely perceived as dictatorial and keen to centralise power in his own hands; his experiment of a few Cabinet Ministers handling more than one Cabinet portfolio is widely thought of as having produced little; he apparently has not delivered as much as he had promised; for all his talk of development, there is little to show on the ground level; the minorities are still protesting. However, Modi remains the best bet for India at this stage; he has the will, the sense, the understanding, the energy and even the ruthlessness required. He does not have nepotism as a baggage. To ask him to transform himself into an intellectual would be asking for too much, neither is it necessary. It may even be counterproductive. India does not need day dreamers, it needs people like Modi, who can conceptualise, execute and monitor effectively. India needs him to succeed in his vision. If he does succeed, the lives of over a billion people will be transformed.
Vijay Kumar

Cadre review of CSSS
Cadre review of CSSS is in public domain. In the report only increase of 68 vacancies has been proposed at the level of Sr. PPS and around 70 vacancies at the level of PPS. In 2010 batch of PPS there around 800 officers who have stagnated for 15-23 years as PS. These stagnated PPS of 2010 batch is completing their residency period on 1st of July 2015 and only around 110 slots are available for promotion against 800 officers and rest around 700 will again stagnate for years. The cadre restructuring committee should have kept this in mind while formulating this fact in mind but they are completely unmindful of the facts and don't want resolve the issue. If they would have increased the 150 posts at the Sr. PPS level this would not have resulted in loss to exchequer but few more eligible people would have been promoted. The actual proportion of post of Sr PPS should have been 400 but even increasing of 150 posts at the level of Sr PPS will ease the situation a little bit. PMO should intervene as officials are not able to understand the issue or willfully neglecting it. In its report they have shown a saving of Rs two crore per month by denying the rightful slots to the cadre. In actual every officer wants double the sanctioned strength but DOPT will not provide them officially and wants to get pat on their back by juggling the figures. I have seen if promotion of any/batch of AIS is delayed even for a day they will make hue and cry and have different set of standards for other services. PS to PM may please ask for the facts and may like to straighten the things in right perspective.
Ravi

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