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This is History (245)
Now a days, a press campaign of falsehood has become a regular part of modern war.

Modi following footsteps of Nehru
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is said, is following the footsteps of Late Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. Like Nehru, he is also not allowing anyone on number one to number 10 position.

What one minister says !
One Union minister, it is said, is not happy with the officers of one unit of his ministry. At a meeting the minister reportedly said that officers are getting fat salary but their performance is not satisfactory. Govt's programmes and policies are not being projected properly. Why it is so? Why the minister says so is a question of curiosity ?

B B Tandon to head Committee
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has constituted a three- member committee headed by former Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon to address the issues related to content regulation in government advertising. It will have Rajat Sharma, President of News Broadcasters Association and Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV and Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and Creative Director, South Asia, Ogilvy & Mather as members.

Etv's 3 new channels' soft launching
"We are pleased to announce three 24-hours regional News Channels i.e. News18 Assam/NE, News18 Kerala and News18 Tamil Nadu. The soft launching will be on 14th April. The Channels will be headed by Etv CEO Jagdeesh Chandra. "

BUREAUCRACY

IAS unlikely to head NII - six short-listed ?
If top sources are to be believed, IAS officer is unlikely to head the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF). Half a dozen persons have been short-listed for interview.

Lanba likely to be next Navy Chief
Sunil Lanba, Vincent Chief and F-O-in-C, Western Command is likely to become new Chief of Naval Staff. He is the senior most Navy officer.

Interviews for CMDs of three Insurance companies postponed
Interviews for CMDs of three Insurance companies - viz. viz Agriculture Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. and United India Insurance Co. - that were to be conducted on April 12 and April 13 have been postponed. While the post of CMD in Agriculture Insurance Company is already lying vacant, in Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. it will be falling vacant in June and in United India Insurance Co. in May.

Ganapaty going back to his cadre as DG ?
M.A. Ganapaty , J S in MHA is going back to his cadre Uttarakhand. A 1986 batch UK cadre IPS officer Ganapaty is likely to be appointed new DGP, Uttarakhand.

K P Singh is new DGP of Haryana
K P Singh has been appointed new DGP of Haryana. 1985 batch IPS officer Singh has replaced 1983 batch IPS officer Yashpal Singh who will now be DG Jails.

Five IAS officers short-listed for CMD of Oil India
Atleast five IAS officers, mostly from Assam-Meghalaya cadre, have been short-listed for interview to the post of CMD Oil India.

M K Singh to join as Director, IRCON International Ltd on May 1
M K Singh will be taking over the charge as Director (Finance), IRCON International Limited on May 1, 2016.

Why orders of Gangopadhyay for Director (Tech), BCCL delayed?
Why are the orders of D Gangopadhyay, GM, ECL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) getting delayed? The post has been lying vacant since February 1, 2016.

Three Board Members of HPCL to retire in 2016
The tenure of three Board Members including CMD of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is coming to an end in 2016. CMD, Ms Nishi Vasudeva has retired in March while Director Marekting Y K Gawali and Director Refineries B N Namdeo are due to retire in October this year.

No Annual Press Conference of BHEL !
As predicted, most prestigious annual Press Conference of the BHEL did not take place this year also. Only BHEL authorities know the reason.

Mustfa Mohammad is Secretary of BBB
Mustfa Mohammad is the Secretary of the newly set up Banks Board Bureau headed by Vinod Rai. He is 1995 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Once Latur type district in MP is now plush with water
When many parts in country are suffering with acute shortage of drinking water and water trains have been dispatched to Latur, one district of Madhya Pradesh which used to be in news only for water scarcity of Latur type, is plush with water from the Narmada Kshipra River Linking project. Only few years back Dewas, an industrial town, suffered acute, Latur like water shortages every year. Water had to be transported by trains to Dewas. Same was the story of Ujjain town. Some small dams built in these districts gave some relief but the summers remained dry. In Feb.2014 Narmda- Kshipra River Link was commissioned which rejuvenated river Kshipra with water from Narmada. Since then, the Dewas town and the rural area along side Narmada have been enjoying plenty of water supply even in the hottest of summers in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Dewas dam situated on Agra-Bomaby Road NH3 on river Kshipra is overflowing even now in this hot April, with Narmada water and the 153 km long kshipra supercharged with Narmada water is the life line for about 78 villages and 2 towns of Ujjain and Dewas with additional benefit of very high recharge of the groundwater table in the area. This has also led to large scale agricultural and vegetable production along side the river throughout the year. Simhastha 2016 at Ujjain is also getting water from this link. Credit must go to ACS Rajnish Vaish who heads Narmada Valley Development Authority .

Muktesh Chander takes charge as DGP, Goa
Dr. Muktash Chander has taken over as DGP , Goa. He is a 1988 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer. He has been transferred from Delhi.

33 CWC officers likely to get JAG
According to sources 33 Dy Directors in CWC are likely to be promoted in JAG. Their names have been forwarded to UPSC for DPC. It is likely to be cleared by the end of this month.

M Nageswara Rao likely to join central deputation at IG level
M Nageswara Rao is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level post. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.

22 posts of Judges lying vacant in Gujarat High Court
As many as 22 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Gujarat High Court against the approved strength of 52. Total posts of 12 permanent Judges against the approved strength of 39 and 10 posts of Additional Judges against the approved strength of 13 are vacant.

Ms Nirmalamati Maisnam appointed as Deputy Accountant General, Imphal
Ms Nirmalamati Maisnam has been appointed as Deputy Accountant General (SS/GS/LB), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Manipur, Imphal. He is a 2008 batch IA&AS officer.

Kala Ramachandran empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Kala Ramachandran has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Vishal Gagan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Vishal Gagan has been empanelled for the Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Manoj Kumar Tripathi deputed as PS to Sudarshan Bhagat
Manoj Kumar Tripathi, who is presently on compulsory wait in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA), has been appointed as Private Secretary to Sudarshan Bhagat, Minister of State for Rural Development for his balance period of five years central deputation. He is a 2000 batch IFS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Sanjay Kumar appointed as CIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi region
Upon return from deputation, Sanjay Kumar, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been appointed as CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi region. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Rakesh Choudhary posted as Director Safety, Railway Board
Upon return from deputation, Rakesh Choudhary has been appointed as Director, Safety, Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.

DoPT seeks applications for ED (Pers), FCI
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of Executive Director (Personnel) at Joint Secretary level in Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the DoPT within one month of issuing circular.

Naveen Kumar Shukla promoted as Adviser (Mobility), Railway Board
Naveen Kumar Shukla has been appointed as Adviser (Mobility), Railway Board after promotion to Higher Administrative Grade(HAG). He is an IRTS officer.

Ravinesh Kumar appointed as ED (PG), Railway Board
Ravinesh Kumar has been appointed as Executive Director (PG), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Soumen Mitra is new Kolkata police commissioner
Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar has been removed by the Election Commission. He is 1989 batch IPS officer. Soumen Mitra, who belongs to 1988 batch, has replaced him.

Hari Ram Sharma empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Hari Ram Sharma has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level post in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Sunil Kumar Jha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Sunil Kumar Jha has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Jitendra Gupta empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Jitendra Gupta has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Rakesh Asthana joins as ADG, CBI
Rakesh Asthana has taken over the charge as Additional Director General of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Lokesh M goes on inter cadre deputation to Karnataka
An inter cadre deputation of Lokesh M from Uttar Pradesh to Karnataka cadre for a period of three years has been approved by the Government of India. He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Anoop Kumar Agrawal appointed MD of PRCL
Anoop Kumar Agrawal has been appointed as Managing Director, Indian Port Rail Corporation Limited (IPRCL) on immediate absorption basis. He is an IRSE officer.

E A Subramanian appointed Director, (T&O), HLL Lifecare Ltd
E A Subramanian, Managing Director, Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited, has been appointed as Director (Technical & Operations) HLL Lifecare Limited.

Manohar Kumar appointed as Director (Engg), NPCC
Manohar Kumar, GGM, (Engineering), NPCC, has been appointed as Director (Engineering), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) Limited.

P K Mukhopadhyay is also Member (Fin), DVC
P K Mukhopadhyay, Member Secretary, has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Finance), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) till October 27, 2016.

U P Pani gets charge of Director (Commercial), NTPC
U P Pani, Director (HR), NTPC Limited, has been assigned an additional charge of Director (Commercial), National Thermal Power Corporation Limited till June 1, 2016.

Pradeep Kumar holds charge of Member Electrical, Railway Board
Pradeep Kumar, Member Staff, has been assigned an additional charge of Member Electrical, Railway Board till A K Kapoor assumed the charge.

Rajeev Gupta appointed DG, NAIR
Rajeev Gupta has been appointed as Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR). He is an IRSME officer.

P K Gupta continues as CMD, ITI till May
P K Gupta, Director Marketing, has been further assigned an additional charge of CMD, Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) with effect from May 1, 2016.

Vinay Kumar Singh appointed MD, NCRTC
Vinay Kumar Singh has been appointed as Managing Director, National Capital Region Transport Corporation Limited (NCRTC) on immediate absorption basis.

Deepak Kumar appointed CVO, HEC
Deepak Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC), Ranchi. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of J&K cadre.

Deepak Kashyap appointed CVO, BSNL
Deepak Kashyap has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). He is 1985 batch IRTS officer.

Ms Sushma Singh appointed CVO, NIFT
Ms Sushma Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi. He is a 1990 batch IRS-IT officer.

Central deputation of Mrs Soma Roy Burman curtailed
The central deputation tenure of Mrs Soma Roy Burman as Financial Adviser, NATGRID, has been curtailed. She is a 1986 batch ICAS officer.

Manoj Kumar appointed CVO, DDA
Manoj Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under the Ministry of Urban Development. He is a 1988 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

CMD, NBCC conferred awards by Institute of Economic Studies (IES) (UPDATED)
Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC, seen receiving "Pride of India Award' conferred upon him and also 'Gold Medal' bestowed on NBCC by the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) Mittal was handed over the Awards by IES in New Delhi, recently. The Awards have been conferred in recognition of outstanding contributions made by Mittal and the Company in Construction Industry. The award function were held earlier on the 25th February 2016 in Dubai.

Celebration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar and Swachhhata Pakhwada (UPDATED)
Dr. M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director addressing HUDCO employees as part of the celebrations of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar and the Swachhhata Pakhwada being observed in HUDCO w.e.f. 1st April, 2016 to 15th April, 2016. SM Vijayanand, IAS, Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Rural Development also graced the occasion.

ITPO achieves MoU Excellent rating for 2014-15 (UPDATED)
ITPO has achieved MoU Excellent rating for the year 2014-15 in respect of financial and non- financial parameters. ITPO has performed well in all segments and has achieved MoU excellent rating consecutively for the last four years 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15.

IREDA observe Foundation Day (UPDATED)
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), a dedicated financial institution for financing Renewable Energy projects, under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) concluded its 29thFoundation Day celebrations on April 6, 2016, with a Gala Cultural Evening at Air Force Auditorium in New Delhi. The celebrations began with the lighting of traditional lamp by K S Popli, CMD, IREDA with other Directors and dignitaries. On this occasion, CMD, IREDA mentioned that during the financial year 2015-16, IREDA has done extremely well and was able to meet renewable energy sector's requirement for low cost and long term financing and scaled up its operations by 60-70% over previous year. Speaking on the occasion, Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, MNRE said that IREDA should continue to scale up its operations in view of huge renewable energy capacity addition targets of the country and be counted amongst the leading FIs in the country. He congratulated IREDA Team for their successful journey during last 29 years.

Senior level transfers in Delhi Police on the card(UPDATED)
Senior level transfers in Delhi Police is on the card. It is said that Spl CP to Joint CP level police officers are likely to be affected. Will the proposed transfer list will follow seniority ?.

Chahal likely to get Eastern range in Delhi Police (UPDATED)
The transfer list of Delhi Police is ready and if sources are to be believed 5-7 ranges will get new heads. Accordingly V S Chahal is likely to be transferred as Joint Commissioner , Eastern Range.

Upadhyay may go to SE range in Delhi Police (UPDATED)
R P Upadhyay, IPS is likely to be appointed Joint Commissioner Police Delhi, South Eastern range .

Hasan likely to go to Central range (UPDATED)
Nujhat Hasan, IPS is likely to be transferred as Joint Commissioner Police Delhi, Central Range .

Golcha may be posted in New Delhi range (UPDATED)
Satish Golcha, IPS, is likely to be posted as Joint Commissioner Police New Delhi range.

Ranganathan to Head Crime branch ? (UPDATED)
V. Ranganathan, IPS is likely to be sent to Crime Branch Delhi as Joint Commissioner.

Yadav to move as JCP Security ? (UPDATED)
Ravindra Yadav, IPS is likely to be posted as Joint Commissioner Police , security in Delhi Police.

Saurabh Tripathi appointed as DIG, SSB (UPDATED)
Saurabh Tripathi has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General,Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He is a 1997 batch IPS officer of MT cadre.

Meena Thakur awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
Mrs Meena Thakur of the State Civil Service of Jharkhand, has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

Vivek Saxena appointed as Addl Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan (UPDATED)
Vivek Saxena, presently Chief General Manager, Haryana Forest Development Corporation, has been appointed as Additional Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi. He is a 1991 batch Indian Forest Service Officer of Haryana cadre.

Rahul Bhagat deputed as PS to Vishnu Deo Sai (UPDATED)
Rahul Bhagat has been deputed as Private Secretary to Vishnu Deo Sai, Minister of State for Steel and Mines at Deputy Secretary level. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

R L Malhotra promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (UPDATED)
R L Malhotra has been promoted to the post of Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on Programme Management cadre of All India Radio (AIR) of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.

Vijay Kumar promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar has been promoted to the post of Senior Administratie Grade (SAG) on Programme Management cadre of All India Radio (AIR) of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.

Mrs Bhudhisri Shastri promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (UPDATED)
Mrs Bhudhisri Shastri has been promoted to the post of Senior Administratie Grade (SAG) on Programme Management cadre of Doordarshan of Indian Broadcasting (Programme) Service.

Dr Navneet Mohan Kothari appointed as PS to Narendra Singh Tomar (UPDATED)
Dr Navneet Mohan Kothari has been appointed as Private Secretary to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Steel and Mines at Director level. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.
( We said this on march 22 and 31,2016)

Three IAS officers get postings in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Anand Prakash has been appointed as Financial Commissioner while Ms Rashmi Krishnan was made Special Secretary, Health and Dr Naveen Aggarwal will be Deputy Director, TTE in the Government of Delhi.

Abhishek Singh joins Bihar cadre on deputation (UPDATED)
Abhishek Singh has been appointed as Additional Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD) in Bihar government on deputation. He is 2006 batch MT cadre.

Tenure of Mukesh Jain as Joint Secretary, Persons with Disabilities extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Mukesh Jain as Joint Secretary in the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has been extended for a period of six months with effect from April 6, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

CORPORATE

Nayar is Part-time Chairman of Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd
Jayaram Nayar M.L has been appointed as the Part-time Chairman of Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited.

Pillai steps down as Director of Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd
Dr B Ravindran Pillai has stepped down as Director of Dhanlaxmi Bank Limited.

Bhagavathula appointed CTO of Ashok Leyland Ltd
Ashok Leyland Limited has appointed Dr Seshu Bhagavathula as Chief Technology Officer of the company.

Chakraborty resigns as the Director of GGL
Atanu Chakraborty, IAS, has resigned as the Director of Gujarat Gas Limited.

Ruia appointed CFO of Indus Towers
Hemant Kumar Ruia has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Indus Towers.

Thomas appointed VP Communications and CSR of Nissan India
Deepa Thomas has been appointed as Vice President, Communications and CSR of Nissan India.

Desai resigns as CGM & CFO of GIPCL
SP Desai has resigned as Chief General Manager and Chief Finance Officer of Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited.

Chadwick appointed Director of Cognizant Technology Solutions
Jonathan Chadwick has been appointed as Director of Cognizant Technology Solutions.

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Will an outsider know what is bogie, couplers, brakes etc ?

Even the IRTS, IRAS and IRPS are taught about the technical working training during their training days. Will an outsider know what is bogie, couplers, brakes etc.. Then how will an outsider who is going to run the railways know about the railway operations like movement of traffic, route kilometerage, EMUs, different of type of wagons and their use.

A Srivastava

Disparity between IAS and central services growing

The disparity between the IAS and the central services is growing . While IAS 1998 batch has been empanelled for JS post IRAS 87 and 88 has been kept in deep freeze by DoPT !! Any reasons for the same ??

Vox Populi

"Water more important than cricket"

Right to Life is a Fundamental Right
Right to provide water to Indian citizens, is the Fundamental duty of the Government.
Provide water to them or quit.
There is nothing called Right to play Cricket.
IPL is not a national game. It is a commercial venture. It is like playing politics.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

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