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This is History (250)
The mighty army becomes smaller and smaller and almost vanishes away.

Two Chief Minister's to join Union Cabinet ?
Grapevine has it that two Chief Ministers are being elevated as Cabinet Minister at the centre. Only PM Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah can divulge the names.

Whose networking in the Corporate World is best ?
The general impression in the Corporate World is that the networking of Mukesh Ambani is the best among all Business Houses.

BUREAUCRACY

Chaubey unlikely to be Secretary, Expenditure
Insiders have ruled out the possibility of Civil Aviation Secretary R N Chaubey's shifting to Expenditure. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

1982 batch IAS officer will not be Secretary Expenditure ?
North Block rumour says that 1982 batch IAS officer will not be appointed Secretary Expenditure in the Government of India.

Who will head NIIF ? (1)
Who will head the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF) ?. Luis Miranda founder of IDFC Private Equity is believed to have been short-listed for the post.

Without empanelment Gujarat DGP moves to centre !
It is rather surprising that Gujarat DGP P C Thakur has been moved to the Centre as DG Home Guards and Civil Defence. In the original list of empanelled officers of 1979 batch IPS name of Thakur does not figure.

Will PMO decide Gujarat Police Chief ?
The way Gujarat government has given additional charge of DGP to a senior IPS officer rumors are strong that PMO is likely to have final say in the appointment of a regular Police Chief of Gujarat.

Dr Jacob Thomas to be DGP of Kerala ?
In all probability, Dr Jacob Thomas will be next DGP of Kerala. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Prabodh Kumar is back to Punjab
Joint Director (Administration ) in CBI, Prabodh Kumar, is back to the parent Punjab cadre. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Punjab cadre.

Ms. Deepika Suri Srivastava is now DIG Anti-Corruption in CBI
Ms. Deepika Suri Srivastava who was DIG Administration in CBI has been moved as DIG Anti-Corruption I in Head Quarters. She is 1999 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Chand is now DD AC in CBI Delhi
Deputy Director Anti Corruption I in CBI Headquarters A K Chand has been moved to AC II with additional charge of AC III. He is 2000 batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Dutta is now Deputy Director (CO) in CBI
Deputy Director Anti-Corruption III in CBI Headquarters U C Dutta has been moved as Deputy Director (CO).He is 2000 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Balachandra also shortlisted for interviews for CMD in three insurance companies
B. Balachandra, MD & CEO, IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited, has been included in the list of those shortlisted for interviews for the post of CMD in three insurance companies viz. Agriculture Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. and United India Insurance Co.

Mrs. Sashikala dropped from interview list for CMDs in three insurance companies
Mrs. Sashikala Muralidharan, General Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. has been dropped from the list of those shortlisted for interviews for CMDs posts in three General Insurance companies viz Agriculture Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. and United India Insurance Co.

Appointment of five Bank EDs stuck up !
Despite vigilance appointment of five Bank EDs has been stuck up. Names have not been sent to the ACC.Any reason ?.

Post of Chairman, BBMB vacant since Sept 2015
The post of Chairman, Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), a Chandigarh based headquarter PSU has been lying vacant since September 24, 2015.

Ten vacancies of EDs in BHEL ?
There are said to be ten vacancies of Executive Directors (EDs) in the BHEL. The posts are to be filled up either this month end or next month.

Post of NCTE yet to be filled up
The post of Chairman National Council of Teachers Education has been lying vacant after the retirement of Dr Panda. Additional Secretary HRD Reena Ray is presently holding the charge.

MHA seeking an IG level officer for Joint Director, Cabinet Secretariat
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is seeking an IPS officer at the level of Inspector General for the post of Joint Director (G), Cabinet Secretariat on deputation basis.

Girish Kumar likely to join as Director (BC), BEL on May 1
Girish Kumar GM, BEL, is expected to take over the charge as Director (BC), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on May 1, 2016.

BVFCL headless for five years
The post of regular Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Brahmaputra Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL) has been lying vacant for around five years. PDIL, CMD, S Venkateswar is looking after an additional charge of CMD of this 'B' scheduled PSU.

GRSEL Director, Nautiyal retiring in April
R C Nautiyal, Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSEL), is retiring in April 2016.

Kiran Sahdev appointed as ED, Pers &IR in LIC
Kiran Sahdev has been appointed as Executive Director, Personnel and Industrial Relations in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

S C Singh transferred to Board Secretariat in LIC
S C Singh has been appointed to the Board Secretariat in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Joint Secretary level post of CVO vacant in HMT
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Joint Secretary level has been lying vacant in Hindustan Motors Limited (HMT), Bangalore.

13 posts of Judges lying vacant in Jharkhand High Court
As many as 13 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Jharkhand High Court against the approved strength of 25. Total posts of 11 permanent Judges against the approved strength of 19 and 2 posts of Additional Judges against the approved strength of 6 are vacant.

Vipin Anand appointed as Zonal Head LIC, Patna
Vipin Anand has been appointed as Zonal Head in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Patna.

C Joy appointed as Principal Director, Audit, Chennai
VC Joy, Deputy Director in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Post & Telecommunications, Delhi at branch Nagpur, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director (CS/CX-II), in the office of Principal Director of Audit, Central, Chennai at branch Kochi. He is a 2010 batch IA&AS officer.

Muneer Amad Khan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Muneer Ahmad Khan has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.

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


Ashok Kumar Angurana, Secretary Animal Husbandry, retiring in April
Ashok Kumar Angurana, Secretary in Animal Husbandry and Dairying, is retiring in April 2016. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Justice Mishra likely to be Lokayukta, Goa
Name of Justice P K Mishra, Retd Judge is doing the round for the state's next Lokayukt. He was Chairman of the Human Rights Commission, Goa.

Vikas Sahay promoted to ADGP grade in Gujarat
Vikas Sahay has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police grade in Gujarat. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Anil Pratham promoted to ADGP grade in Gujarat
Anil Pratham has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police grade in Gujarat. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

5 IPS officers of 1998 batch promoted to IGP grade in Gujarat
As many as five IPS officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1998 batch: Amit Kumar Vishwakarma, Rajiv Ranjan Bhagat, R J Savani, D R Patel and S M Katara, have been promoted to the grade of Inspector General of Police in Gujarat.

Mrs Archana Shivhare promoted to DIG grade in Gujarat
Mrs Archana Shivhare has been promoted to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Gujarat. She is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Ms C K Deshmukh deputed as CVO, IOCL (UPDATED)
Ms C K Deshmukh has been deputed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Delhi under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. She is a 1996 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Tenure of Ravi Capoor as Joint Secretary, Commerce extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Ravi Capoor as Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has been extended upto August 17, 2016. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Steel Minister co-chairs session on ship building, breaking and ship repair (UPDATED)
Minister of Steel and Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar co-chaired a session on Ship Building, Ship Breaking and Ship Repair at the Maritime India Summit, 2016 held in Mumbai. Speaking on the occasion, Tomar said, "Shipping industry is an important component of Indian economy. The Make in India program announced by Prime Minister has put the manufacturing sector including shipping industry in focus and has accelerated progress in this sector." He added that the Shipping and highways ministry was put in charge of an able and visionary leader, Nitin Gadkari. Lauding the vision and efforts of the Shipping Ministry under the leadership of Gadkari he said, "He has initiated long-term plans for the shipping industry and development of waterways. The conference is the culmination of these efforts." Tomar said that waterways are important as these are cost effective, safe, faster, Environment friendly etc. Speaking about the symbiotic relationship between shipping and steel sector he said that Steel Industry and shipping Industry are complimentary to each other. Steel will be an important contributor to Indian shipping industry's growth. He further commented that transport cost is an important component of cost of manufacturing and it has direct impact on the profit of the companies. Waterways utilization needs to be enhanced and revamped. Citing examples from other countries Tomar said, "Countries like Korea, Japan & China understood the importance of linkage of steel Industry and shipping industry that has resulted in growth of both industries in these countries. A steel plant needs to transport raw material from distant places as well as transportation of finished goods to different parts of country. Our plants at Durgapur, Burnpur and Rourkela will benefit by development of inland waterways." Tomar expressed confidence that the discussion at the conference will come out with suitable and appropriate recommendations which will be beneficial to the overall growth of the nation. Tomar visited the stall of public sector giant Steel Authority of India Limited and appreciated its contribution to the nation's progress.

A S Upadhayay posted as Adviser (Safety), Railway Board (UPDATED)
A S Upadhayay presently Adviser TT (M) has been appointed as Adviser (Safety), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Navee Kumar Shukla appointed as Adviser (Mobility), Railway Board (UPDATED)
Naveen Kumar Shukla presently in Northern Railway has been appointed as Adviser (Mobility), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Sanjay Kumar Mohanty posted as ED, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Mohanty presently in ECoR has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as EDTT (M), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Ravinesh Kumar appointed as ED, Railway board (UPDATED)
Ravinesh Kumar presently OSD/PG/ Railway Board has been appointed as Executive Director (PG), Railway Board.

Six IRTS officers transferred (UPDATED)
Guru Charan Ray has been posted as COM, ECOR itself while P S Mishra was made COM, Western Railway Board and Ajeet Kumar Saxena is CCM, Southern Railway. Similarly, N Madhusudhan Rao was made COM, SCR; Suchitto Kumar Das as COM, CHOD, South Eastern Railway and Sanjay Kumar Gehlot was posted as COM (CHOD), Eastern Railway.

Central deputation tenure of Ms Aran as Dy Secretary, DoPT extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Ms Deepika Lohia Aran as Deputy Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has been extended upto September 13 2016. She is a 2002 batch IOFS officer.

Mishra appointed ADG, CRPF (UPDATED)
In a sudden move Deepak Mishra has been appointed as ADG, CRPF. He has been posted against a vacant post of Spl. DG. He is a AGMUT cadre 1984 batch IPS officer and presently posted as Spl CP, Admn, Delhi Police.

BEML enters dredging business (UPDATED)
With an objective of strengthening the "Make in India" initiative by Government, BEML Limited, a Defence Public Sector, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dredging Corporation of India Ltd for indigenous design, development and manufacture of spares for dredgers. The above MoU was signed by P Dwarakanath, CMD, BEML and Rajesh Tripathi, CMD, DCI Ltd. in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping and Rajive Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping. This MoU is for supply of various type of spares for the existing Dredgers and also supply of Backhoe Excavators for new Dredgers. Spares include heavy fabricated and machined components and hydraulic aggregates. By leveraging the infrastructure and technology base developed for Mining & Construction Machinery, BEML has entered into Dredging Business.

Sang Phuntsok awarded IAS cadre (UPDATED)
Sang Phuntsok of non-State Civil Service of AGMUT cadre (Arunachal Pradesh segment) has been awarded Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre.

Two IAS officers get new assignments in Haryana (UPDATED)
Anurag Rastogi has been assigned an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Labour & Employment while Mrs Renu S Phulia was made Secretary, Haryana State Human Rights Commission in Haryana.

No suitable candidate found for CMD, BEL (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has failed to find a suitable candidate after interviewing as many as six candidates for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at its selection meeting held on April 18, 2016.

Orders of Delhi IPS officers issued (UPDATED)
The much awaited transfer list of senior officers of Delhi Police is out on Monday evening. In the list, five Special Commissioners of Police , six Joint Commissioners of Police and one Additional Commissioner of Police have got new place of postings.
(We said this on April 14)

Sundari Nanda appointed as Special CP, Women Safety in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
S Sundari Nanda has been shifted from Special Operation of Delhi Police and posted as Special Commissioner of Police, Women Safety, Airports & Modernization. Nanda is a 1985 batch IPS officer.

Sandeep Goel appointed as Spl Commissioner of Police Traffic in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Sandeep Goel has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police Traffic in Delhi Government after promotion. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer.

Sanjay Beniwal appointed as Spl CP, Operations in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Sanjay Beniwal has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police Operations in Delhi Government after promotion. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer.

R S Krishnia appointed as Spl CP, Recruitment in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
R SKrishnia has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police, Recruitment & Armed Police in Delhi Government. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer.

Gautam appointed as Special CP, Security in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
S K Gautam has been appointed as Special Commissioner of Police, Security in Delhi Government after promotion. He is a 1989 batch officer.

R P Updhyay appointed as Joint CP, South Eastern range in Delhi Govt(UPDATED)
R P Upadhyay has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police in South Eastern range in Delhi Government. Updhyay who was transferred from Chandigarh belongs to 1991 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on April 14)

Virender Singh Chahal Chahal goes to Central range in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Virender Singh Chahal has been transferred from Security to Central Range, Delhi Government at Joint CP level. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer.

Golcha is Joint CP Eastern Range in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Satish Golcha has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police, Eastern Range in Delhi Government. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer.

Bhatnagar is Joint CP Traffic in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Garima Bhatnagar has been appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic in the Delhi Government. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer.

Renganathan appointed as Spl CP, Special Cell in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
V Renganathan has been posted as Joint Commissioner of Police, Special Cell in Delhi Government. He is a 1997 batch IPS officer.

Ojha is Joint CP, Traffic in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
A K Ojha officer has been promoted and posted as Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic in Delhi Government. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer.


Anita Rai posted as Addl CP, Spl branch in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Anita Rai, Addl CP PCR, has been posted in the Special Branch in the same capacity. Rai is a 2002 DANIPS officer.

Girish Shankar is also Member, AAIFR (UPDATED)
Girish Shankar, Secretary, Heavy Industry, has been given an additional charge of Member, Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (AAIFR).

Dr Shashank Saksena gets charge of Member, BIFR (UPDATED)
Dr Shashank Saksena, Economic Adviser, Financial Services, has been assigned an additional charge of Member, Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction (BIFR)

DEBATE

Who should be RBI Governor ?

Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether he should be an Economist, a professor, a Banker or a Politician. The term of present RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is coming to an end in September.

Mail you views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Chandrasekharan appointed Addl. Director of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd
V Chandrasekharan has been appointed as the Additional Director of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited. He is the Nominee of LIC on the Board of Directors of the company.

Ms Kudtarkar appointed Addl. Director of Tata Power Company Ltd
Tata Power Company Limited has appointed Ms Sandhya S Kudtarkar as an Additional Director of the company.

Rao to continue as Chairman of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd
M Kishan Rao has resigned as Managing Director of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd. However, he will continue as Chairman of the company .

Raghuveer re-designated as MD of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd
M Raghuveer has been re-designated as Managing Director of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd

Mobhani appointed COO of Oxigen Services India Pvt Ltd
Saleem Mobhani has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Oxigen Services India Pvt Ltd

Pathak resigns as Non Exec. Director of Gujarat Hotels Ltd
Arun Pathak has resigned as Non-executive Director of Gujarat Hotels Ltd

Mohideen appointed as Addl Director of DFL Infrastructure Finance Ltd
DFL Infrastructure Finance Ltd has appointed Nagoor Mohideen as Additional Director of the company

Wahi appointed COO of Kenstar
Milan Wahi has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Kenstar.

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Sign of the times !

You seem to cover the IPS more than anyone else now. Sign of the times because we are pretty much getting to be a Police State.

An IAS officer

Lok Pal made Jokpal

Submission of Lok Pal for 2014-16 by bureaucrats has been made a Jokpal by extending deadlines again and again and now nobody takes it seriously. It is said that High mighty bureaucrats have ensured that it never materialises. DOPT has been seen as a laughing stock. Why you do it when you don't want it, are they responsible to someone or DOPT is making fool of everybody. In this whole scenario governance and political masters have been made a laughing stock. Another example of DOPT callousness is implementation of RTP. It has exempted PMO, Cab. Sectt etc from the RTP and the staff continues till retirement. When PMO has changed almost all the staff and they have given an indication that no one is indispensable is there any logic to continue to exempt Cab. Sectt and other organisations from RTP. DOPT culture is most ineffective, prejudiced and never thought of changing the world. Cadre structuring keep on lingering for years together. Is this the way most prestigious organ of the Govt works. May God give some strength to DOPT to stand on their own and show some spine to cultivate work culture.

Ravinder

Disparity between IAS and central services growing !

PM must have now realised about the lobby of IAS without which he would be unable to do anything. That is the reason for disparity.

PKY

De-stress the litigants My Lords


While My Lords go into the recess and withdraw into the sylvan environs of the National Judicial Academy in Bhopal, they must insulate themselves for these few days from all newspapers, TV, mobile and other infectious communication mechanism and spare a few moments only to find out the way to de-stress the suffering litigants. Approximately 3 crore cases are pending even as the Ld Judges and Advocates work hard to adjudicate the small (petty) disputes of the ignorant litigants. Cases pending not because of lesser number of Judges, but because of unusually heavy files. Pray devise a mechanism to reduce the size of the file. Presently they are too bulky because of the style and manner of drafting the petitions, which run into hundreds of pages when the point of dispute can be reduced to 200 words. The system encourages the Learned to speak lies after lies under the bold words "Satyamev Jayate". Nobody respects the Truth. The court demands affidavits, a futile exercise. The plaint itself can be a sworn statement instead. The personal appearance of the parties can be reduced to minimum by using video conferencing facility. It will save precious paper, man hours of the judiciary, materials, money, transport discomfort, general harassment and lead to better administration of justice in India. Currently it is more delivery of law rather than justice. Cases of poor citizens praying for justice remain pending for several years whereas those who engage highly paid lawyers get early decisions.

M L Gupta

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