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What is the relation between money, cruelty and emotion?
Heard at a get-together. "What is the relation between money, cruelty and emotion?" It is now beyond doubt that if you want to earn money, be cruel and emotionless.


Is 'real journalism' still alive?
Is real journalism still alive? Can anybody these days claim that he is doing real journalism?


Thin attendance of bureaucrats in five star hotels!
It is reported that the attendance of bureaucrats in five star hotels in Delhi has dropped to a stunning low.

BUREAUCRACY

G Mohan Kumar to be new Secretary, Defence?
If all goes well G Mohan Kumar will be new Secretary, Defence. 1979 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, Mohan Kumar is presently Secretary, Defence Production.


Proposal to reduce IAS induction programme to six weeks
Government of India has proposed to reduce the tenure of induction programme for IAS officers from eight weeks to six weeks. The induction programme will entail four weeks of academic instruction and two weeks of site visits within India and abroad.


Katoch to continue as ED, Enforcement for three months
Rajan S Katoch has been given another extension of three months as additional charge of Enforcement Director, Directorate of Enforcement under the Department of Revenue with effect from April 30, 2015. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


R K Vohra quits IRS-IT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, R K Vohra presently working as Additional CIT, Navsari range, Navsari, has resigned from service.


Probe against a CEC?
Will there be a probe against a former Chief Election Commissioner in a case of mining. There are rumours to this effect in the bureaucratic circles.


Interview for Chairman, TRAI today
Interview for the post of TRAI Chairman is going to take place on May 7.


Retired IRS-IT officer promoted to DCIT grade
A retired officer of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre, Anirudh Rai, has been promoted on national basis to the post of Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax with effect from October 21, 1991.


Mrs Nilam Sawhney relieved to join as Secretary, CVC
Government of Andhra Pradesh has relieved Mrs Nilam Sawhney of cadre responsibility enabling her to join as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), New Delhi, at Additional Secretary level. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Narendra Kumar Sinha relieved to join as Secretary, Culture
Government of Bihar has relieved Narendra Kumar Sinha of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, New Delhi. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.


Ministry seeks 'PESB envelope' for CMD, MTNL
Ministry of Communications is believed to be seeking envelope of the candidate who stood second at the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting for appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) after the panel of P K Purwar was scrapped.


Punjab & Sind Bank to be merged with other PSU Bank ?
Government of India is reportedly mulling merger of Punjab & Sind Bank with other larger PSU bank.


Ms Riju Bafna's proposal for joining MP cadre rejected
Government of Chhattisgarh has refused to give an NOC to Ms Riju Bafna against her proposal to go on an inter-cadre deputation to Madhya Pradesh cadre on the ground of marriage to Avi Prasad, a 2014 batch IAS officer of MP cadre. The Government is reported to have rejected the proposal on account of paucity of IAS officers in Chhattisgarh. However, Chhattisgarh government has said that it has no objection if her spouse joins her cadre. Ms Bafna is a 2014 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.


Who will be DC, Chandigarh Administration ?
Who will be new Deputy Commissioner in Chandigarh Administration? Names of 2003 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, Amit Kumar Agarwal and 2002 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre, T L Satya Prakash have already started doing the rounds.

Sunil Kumar Sinha repatriated to his parent cadre
Sunil Kumar Sinha, Joint Secretary (Personnel), Ministry of External Affairs, has been given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.


Jayathilak to look after as Chairman, Rubber Board till May 27
A Jayathilak, Chairman, Spices Board, will be looking additional charge of Chairman, Rubber Board till May 27, 2015. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.


Ms T Y Das gets premature repatriation to her parent cadre
Ms T Y Das, Secretary, Central Information Commission, has been given a premature repatriation to her parent cadre. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.


Ms Nandini Paliwal appointed Deputy Secretary, DoPT
Ms Nandini Paliwal has been deputed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) for a period of four years. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.


PESB to hold interviews for CMD, IREL on May 8
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) on May 8, 2015. A vacancy of this post is arising onDecember 1, 2015.


IAS officers can't accept gifts worth over Rs 5,000
IAS officers will have to take permission from the Government of India if they want to accept gifts worth more than Rs 5,000. Besides, they will also have to inform the Government if they accept gifts of over Rs 25,000 from their relatives or friends.

Rehman to retire in July this year
Obaidur Rehman, a1992 batch IIS officer will retire in July this year. Presently he is posted as ADG, PIB, Srinagar, J & K.


Bhatti is new CVO, CBI
R S Bhatti Joint Director has been appointed new CVO of the CBI.He is 1990 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

I Pangernunsang is also CPMG, North East Circle
I Pangernunsang has been assigned an additional charge of CPMG, North East Circle till June 5, 2015. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.


Sandeep Kumar transferred to New York
Indian Foreign Service officer, Sandeep Kumar has been transferred to New York-CGI (A) in place of Dhirendera Singh Consul.


Sahoo empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ranjan Kumar Sahoo has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IRS-C&CE officer.


Tyagi posted as APCCF, Project in MP
Mangesh Tyagi has been appointed Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF), Project in PCCF office, Bhopal. He is a 1983 batch IFS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.


23 IFS officers shifted at CCF level in MP
As many as 23 IFS officers have been transferred at CCF level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, B P S Parihar has been posted as CCF, Conservation, PCCF office; Dr Atul Kumar Shrivastava will now be CCF and Director, Van Vihar Bhopal; Pankaj Agarwal is OSD, Forest department, Ms A Gotane has been posted as CCF, Research and Expansion; S K Mandal as CCF, CEO, Bio Technology Council; Lal Singh Rawat as CCF, Chhattarpur circle; B K Mishra as CCF and chief advisor, State Planning Commission; Ajit Kumar Shrivastava as CCF, Jabalpur circle; Bhagwat Singh as CCF, Hoshangabad circle; R Shrinivas Murti as Director, CCF, Palanpur sanctuary, Sheopur; Vishram Sagar Sharma as Principal, Rangers' College, Balaghat; Dhirendra Bhargava as CCF, Balaghat circle; Pushkar Singh as CCF, Administration, PCCF office, Bhopal; Satyanand as CCF and Director Sericulture Director; S D Pateria CCF, Finance & Budget, CCF office, Bhopal; A B Gupta as CCF, Community Forest Management, Bhopal; Alok Das as CCF, Research and Expansion, Seoni; Dharmendra Verma as CCF, State Minor Produce Federation, Bhopal; H U Khan as CCF, Betul circle; Kamlesh Chaturvedi as CCF in PCCF office; B K Singh as CCF forest land record, PCCF office and Shamsher Singh has been made CCF, Rewa circle.


12 IFS officers shifted at CF level in MP
As many as 12 IFS officers have been transferred at CF level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Shubranjan Sen has been shifted to Panna; Mohan Lal Meena to Bhopal; L Krishnamurthy to Ujjain; B S Annigeri to Khandwa; Ajay Kumar to Chhindwara; Hari Shankar Mohanti to Seoni; Ashok Kumar Singh to Bhopal; R K Shrivastava to Chhattarpur; V K Nema to Chhattarpur; K R Alot to Dindori; Ashish Sigh to Bhopal and Nijam Qureshi has also been shifted Bhopal.


20 IFS officers transferred at DCF in MP
As many as 20 IFS officers have been transferred at DCF level in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Ajay Pal Singh has been shifted to Guna; R N Verma to Shahdol; Manoj Argal to Mandsaur; K K Bhardwaj to Katni; Sharma to Sehor; D K Paliwal to Obaidullaganj; Sanjay to Bhopal; K S Bahdoria to Mandla; Chok Singh Ninama to Sheopur; S K Dube to Harda; V Madhuraj to Bhainsdehi; J Devprasad as Director, Forest School, Betul; A K Bansal as Director, Forest School, Shivpuri; Davesh Kohli to Bhopal; Ravindra Tripathi to Chhindwara; A K Singh to Chhindwara; Mrs Padma Priya Balakrishnan to NVDA, Bhopal; Anand Kumar Singh to Hoshangabad; D S Kanesh to Burhanpur and B S Baghel has been shifted to Satna.


Garg posted as Jt CP Admn in Delhi
Satyendra Garg, !987 batch IPS officer will be new Joint CP Genereal Administration in Delhi Police.



Goel is now Jt.CP Traffic in Delhi Police
Sandeep Goel, who was holding additional charge of Joint CP Traffic has been posted permanently in traffic . He is 1989 batch UT cadre IPS officer .



Gautam is now Joint CP Central Range
S.K. Gautam , 1989 UT cadre IPS has been transferred from Admn to Joint CP, Central Range Delhi Police .



Krishnia goes to South Eastern Range
R.S. Krishnia a 1989 batch UT cadre IPS officer has been transferred to Northern range to South Eastern range in Delhi.



Luthra to look after PM security
Tejinder Luthra has been transferred from S.W.Range and posted as Joint CP PM security in Delhi Police. He is 1990 batch IPS officer.



Sanjay Singh goes to Northern Range
After transferred from A & N islands the 1990 batch UT cadre IPS officer Sanjay Singh has been posted as Jt. CP Northern Range , DP.


Pathak is now Jt. CP S W Range
Deependra Pathak 1990 batch IPS officer will now look after South Range of Delhi Police . He was Jt. CP Headquarters.


Gogia transferred to Spl.Cell
Vivek Gogia of 1991 batch IPS has been transferred and posted as Jt C.P. Spl Cell in Delhi Police.



Nuzhat Hussan joins Delhi Police
After his return from deputation Nuzhat Hussan has been posted as Joint CP Headquarters in Delhi Police. She is 1991 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.


Paldan posted as Jt CP Security
Paldan a 1996 batch IPS officer of UT cadre has been transferred from PM security and posted in Security wing of Delhi Police .


G C Agarwal transferred as Adviser/ME, Railway Board
G C Agarwal has been transferred and posted as Adviser/Mechanical Engineer, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.


Vashishta Johri posted as Adviser/PU, Railway Board
Vashishta Johri has been transferred and posted as Adviser/PU, Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.


Rajeev Gangal posted as Dean, IRITM
Rajeev Gangal has been transferred and posted as Dean, Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM). He is an IRTS officer.


P K Jena posted as CTM, Metro Railway, Kolkata
P K Jena has been transferred to Metro Railway, Kolkata and posted as CTM. He is an IRTS officer.


Deepak Kumar Jha posted as CFTM, Eastern Railway
Deepak Kumar Jha has been transferred to Eastern Railway and posted as CFTM. He is an IRTS officer.

Devendra Kumar Pathak, DG, BSF gets Apex Scale (UPDATED)
Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director General, Border Security Force (BSF), has been granted Apex Scale. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Sharad Kumar, DG, NIA, gets Apex Scale (UPDATED)
Sharda Kumar, Director General, National Investigation Agency (NIA), has been granted Apex Scale. He is a 1979 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

AAI's Airports awarded for improved Airport Service Quality (UPDATED)
Kolkata Airport has been declared "Best improved airport" for the year 2013 and 2014 consecutively in Asia Pacific by Airports Council International (ACI), the professional association of world's airports. Airport Service Quality (ASQ) is conducted at 11 major AAI managed airports in India. In ASQ survey passenger views on 34 key service indicators are taken at more than 300 airports worldwide and accordingly best airports are declared in different categories. Apart from Kolkata Airport, Ahmedabad Airport has achieved 5th place globally in two to five million passenger category. "Best Improved Airport" award to Kolkata Airport was received by RK Srivastava, Chairman, Airports Authority of India recently in a glittering ceremony in Jordon during the ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly, Conference and Exhibition. After receiving the award Chairman, AAI complemented the AAI team and said "we feel honoured that our efforts and achievements in customer services at airports have been recognized by the ACI and AAI team will continue to work towards excellence in customer satisfaction in the years to come". As per ASQ surveys conducted by ACI, global ranking of other major airports of AAI has also improved significantly in last one year salient being Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Trivandrum with ranking during the year 2014 being 30, 31, 56 and 68 as compared to ranking over the year 2013 being 184,136, 87 and 105 respectively.

Two IPS officers shifted in UP (UPDATED)
Two officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Dr Rakesh Singh has been appointed as Senior Superintendent of Police, Mathura while Mrs Manjil Saini will now be Senior Superintendent of Police, Itawa.

Sunil Mathur posted as ED (Vigilance), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Sunil Mathur has been appointed as Executive Director (Vigilance/CVO), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

G P R Srivastava appointed as CCM, Northern Railway (UPDATED)
G P R Srivastava has been appointed as Chief Commercial Manager, Northern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Satish Mathur is also Secretary, Labour in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Satish Mathur has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Labour in the Government of Delhi. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

A Gitesh Sarma is also High Commissioner to Tonga (UPDATED)
A Gitesh Sarma, presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Fiji, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Tonga, with residence in Suva (Fiji). He is a 1986 batch IFS officer.

Kala posted as Adviser, Railway Board (UPDATED)
H K Kala has been appointed as Adviser (Planning), Railway Board. He is an IRSME officer.

Deepak Bansal posted as ED, RDSO (UPDATED)
Deepak Bansal has been appointed as Executive Director (Signal), RDSO. He is an IRSSE officer.

Dinesh Bhagat posted as Asst Director, Mil Rail (UPDATED)
Dinesh Bhagat has been appointed as Assistant Director, Mil Rail at Army Headquarter, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi.

Navneet Rajan Wasan appointed as DG, BPR&D (UPDATED)
Navneet Rajan Wasan has been appointed as Director General, Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). He is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Ms Sheuli Burman deputed as CVO, ITI (UPDATED)
Ms Sheuli Burman has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), Bangalore under the Department of Telecommunications. She is a 1990 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Tenure of Prabhas Jha as Addl Secretary, Food & Public Distribution extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Prabhas Kumar Jha as Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Food and Public Distribution has been extended for a period of six months beyond May 25, 2015. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Tenure of Hem Kumar Pande as Addl Secretary, Environment & Forest extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Hem Kumar Pande as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has been extended for a period of six months beyond May 7, 2015. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale appointed Chief Justice, Telangana & AP High Court (UPDATED)
Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale, senior-most Judge of High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh, has been appointed as Chief Justice of that High Court with effect from May 7, 2015.

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CORPORATE

Murmu ceases to be Director of GACL
G C Murmu, IAS, has ceased to be Director of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL)-a Government of Gujarat undertaking


Shah appointed Independent Director of Arvind Ltd
Arvind Limited has appointed Nilesh D Shah as an Independent Director of the company


Neogi appointed CFO for Nissan India's India Ops
Sandip Neogi has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Nissan Motor's India Operations


Agarwal re-appointed Exec. Chairman of Emami Paper Mills Ltd
Emami Paper Mills Ltd has re-appointed Aditya Vardhan Agarwal as Executive Chairman of the company w.e.f November 8, 2015

Raju appointed MD, Infronics Systems Ltd
Infronics Systems Ltd has appointed M Madhusudan Raju as Managing Director of the company.


Gupta appointed Director of Madras Fertilizers Ltd
Madras Fertilizers Limited has appointed K M Gupta, IES, as Director of the company.


Ponnambalam appointed CFO of Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd
Caplin Point Laboratories Limited has appointed P Harihara Ponnambalam as Chief Financial Officer of the company.


Madakshira appointed CMO of Hexaware Technologies Ltd
Hexaware Technologies Limited has appointed Sunder Madakshira as the Chief Marketing Officer of the company


Padve resigns as CS of Honeywell Automation India Ltd
Ms Sneha Padve has resigned as Company Secretary of Honeywell Automation India Limited


Nagpal designated CFO of Singer India Ltd
Singer India Ltd has designated Subhash Chand Nagpal as Chief Financial Officer of the company.


Ms Kanthimathinathan appointed Director of TPI India Ltd
TPI India Ltd has appointed Ms Sanjana Kanthimathinathan as Woman Director of the company.

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DEBATE (1)


Officials who enhance profile of their political bosses often left in lurch


Bureaucrats who add value to the profile of their political bosses, burn midnight oil to improve their image in public are these days often left in the lurch. Present day politicians after making hay forget the officials behind their success.

Raj Mohan



Field Marshal Diplomats

Government officers (non-IFS) who retire at the level of Secretary to Government of India are not entitled to diplomatic passports even if they hold important positions in internationals organizations. Retired IFS officers are entitled to diplomatic passports for life! What a strange system of governance we have.

MP Bauer


Extension to CEOs, PSU Directors

Will government stop the practice of giving extension to CEO's & Directors of Maharatna, Navratna and Miniratna PSUs.
Govt should put a stop of this practice as there are several honest, sincere and qualified candidates are available and they are not related to any political, bureaucrats or any influential or to a corporate lobby. Many of the heads of PSU's are belonging to certain region and certain community. It should be noted by PMO that total purging of PSU's TOP is the need of hour and bring the honest, qualified, even they are in the cadre of DGM/GM with minimum 3 years of balance service. Then only make in India programme is possible.

Prasad


Whisper appears to be a motivated one

This has reference to your whispers that "After AAP, it is now BSP's turn?" As far as AAP is concerned, there is no split. Only a few individuals have been removed from the party for their anti-party activity. Also Yogendra Yadav has stated time and again even after his removal that nation requires Arvind Kejriwal and similarly Kejriwal has categorically stated that his fight is against rotten system and corruption and not against Yogendra Yadav or Prashant Bhushan. Therefore the whisper appears to be a motivated one but without any basis. As far as BSP is concerned that, caste-based party which thrive on their exploitation will not last.

E Krishna Das


"Is merit irrelevant for Civil Services ?"

Civil Services are becoming increasingly ineffectual. When we talk of time-scale promotions, reservation in promotions in organised services, we want to say : Merit equals Stupidity.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)


State civil services- Feeder cadre

The feeder cadre of All India Services is the state civil services. That is the reason why the promotees inducted into IAS/IPS/IFS are also equally competent. Whereas in the case of central civil services, the feeder cadre are recruited as Group C clerks who are later elevated to Class 1 central services. This mode of selection compromises the quality and competence of the promoted personnel. Therefore the Centre should seriously think of framing group B Civil Services Examination to be recruited through UPSC. The posts should include Section Officers of AFHQ Gr.B and Railway Board Group B, CSS Gr.B Section Officers, ITOs, Superintendents of Excise/Customs Appraisers, IFS-Group B, DSPs of CBI, DANICS/DANIPS, Pondicherry Civil/Police Services. These Group B recruited officers may be trained in national academies for a year and posted to field. Recruitment Rules may be framed for their induction into respective organised Group A Service by laying down min 15 years of qualifying Service. During these 15 years, the Group B recruits may be given one non functional/non cadre promotion after completion of 8 years. It is very important to introduce/reintroduce direct recruitment to Group B posts of large/significant Organised Group A Services so as to achieve desired levels of quality/competence even among the promotee Group A officers. It is for all the Organised Group A Services to think seriously about this.

R K


Cars choking roads

Agarwal saheb is quite right that choking of roads must stop. His endeavour is also appreciable. At least this would put a brake on owning too many cars as a status symbol. Businessmen are playing havoc. But then there is another problem also. A family owns five cars, one for the old man and four for two sons and two daughters-in-law. This practice should also be discouraged. Office-goers should be encouraged to go to office in pool system. Housewives are not the wage earners and as such not a tax payer and hence they should also be discouraged from buying a car. It should be made mandatory for car selling shops to take pan card nos of buyers and the Income tax office must be informed when a car is purchased so that source of income of the buyer is checked. Some effective steps need to be taken to control flow of vehicles on road otherwise the day is not far off when it would be more than difficult to travel by road. Many serious patients would die on roads before reaching hospitals.

N K Das


Stopping registration of vehicles in Delhi won't work

Stopping of registration of new vehicles only in the city of Delhi will not work. As per the Staff Car rules, ministers are entitled to use of 750 litre petrol for every quarter of a year. That means he is entitled for only one Staff Car facility. The minister and his/her office consume petrol much more than that. They, their personal staff and family members hire extra car facility by the department or the PSUs/Attached/Subordinate Offices. Many a personal staff take vehicle facility and at the same time claim transport allowance. Same is the case with higher-rank bureaucrats. They and their family members consume petrol and on government account lavishly in the city of Delhi. The Prevention of Corruption Act should be amended to provide for drastic punishment in case of misuse of vehicles on Government Account. Further, there are a number of Government colonies in the city of Delhi wherein illegal taxi stands have come. These stands illegally use the already scarce electricity and water, with the connivance of Police and Administration. Their removal from the city could also bear fruits.

Nivedita Srivastava


Uncontrolled registration of new four and two-wheelers

I would suggest Government to follow Singapore model in buying new vehicles.

Pradeep Kumar

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