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But Napoleon was petty also, and selfish and self-centred and the dominating impulse of his life was not to pursuit quest of personal power.

How many CMDs and EDs could be penalized after Vijay Mallya's arrest ?
Nobody knows, CMDs and EDs - past and present included - of how many banks would be penalized or even jailed after Vijay Mallya's arrest.

Mehbooba faces defection threat ?
Is Mehbooba Mufti facing defection threat ? One prominent party MLA had threatened that he and 16 other MLAs will leave the PDP and form the government with the BJP . This threat forced Mehbooba to decide about the formation of the govt ?

Thy name is N N Vohra
After successful completion of first term , N N Vohra , Governor of J & K has entered in the second term of the state. Vohra was Interlocuter of J & K from 2004 till he became the Governor of the state.

BUREAUCRACY

Tripathi to be next Secretary, Posts ?
Ashutosh Tripathi, a 1981 batch IPOS officer, is likely to be become next Secretary, Posts. Presently he is a Member PSB. He is scheduled to retire in December this year.

Retirement of 196 IPS officers in 2016
As many as 196 officers belonging to Indian Police Service of various cadres and batches are retiring in 2016.

Review of 1982 batch IPS next month
Review of 1982 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG is expected to take place next month.

Name of Ashwani Kapoor for Member (Elect), Railway Board cleared
The name of Ashwani Kumar Kapoor, presently GM Metro Kolkata, has reportedly been cleared for the post of Member (Electrical), Railway Board.
(We said this on Jan 15, 2016)

Anita Karwal not joining GoI
Anita Karwal, who was to join Election Commission of India, is now unlikely to go on central deputation. She is 1988 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Vinod Sadanand Shenoy selected as Director (Ref), HPCL
Vinod Sadanand Shenoy, GM, HPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Refineries), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on April 5, 2016. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

Selection of AAI Chief not through PESB ?
This time PESB will have no role in the selection of Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).Now search cum selection committee will select the new Chairman of the AAI.

Two Board Members of BEL retiring in April
Two Directors of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) are due to retire in April, 2016. They are: Amol Newaskar, Director (Others) and Manmohan Handa, Director.

Scooters India Limited headless since Aug 2015
The post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Scooters India Limited (SIL) has been lying vacant since August 3, 2015. Meanwhile, Heavy Industry Joint Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh has been assigned an additional charge of this post.

A K Nanda to take over as Director (Pers), GRSE on May 1
A K Nanda, CGM, BEML, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) on May 1, 2016. He will succeed present incumbent R C Nautiyal retiring in April, 2016.

Only 23, out of 55 IAS officials of 1998 batch empanelled as JS
Only 23 IAS officers of 1998 batch have been empanelled as JS in GOI. The 1998 batch has 55 IAS officers cadre. 33 officers could not make it? .

DG, Tihar Jail orders expected any time
Orders of new DG, Tihar Jail are likely to issued soon. Name of Sudhir Yaday , 1985 batch IPS is doing the round for the post . He is presently posted as Spl. Cpmmissioner Provision in Delhi Police.

Interviews for CMDs of three Insurance companies on April 12 and 13
Interviews for CMDs of three Insurance companies viz. viz Agriculture Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. and United India Insurance Co. will be conducted on April 12 and April 13. 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.

10 officials to be shortlisted for top posts in Insurance companies
As many as 10 to 12 officials from different general insurance companies are being shortlisted for top posts in Insurance companies viz Agriculture Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. and United India Insurance Co. While the post of CMD in CMD in Agriculture Insurance Companyt is lying vacant since the appointment of P. J. Joseph as IRDA's Member - Non Life, the post of CMD in Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. is falling vacant in June with the retirement of Dr. Ajit Kumar Saxena and that in United India Insurance Co. Ltd. is falling vacant in May when the incumbent Milind A Kharat retires.

Sachidanand Joshi to be Director of Indira Kala Sangeet Academy !
Who will be the Director of Indira Kala Sangeet Academy ? If insiders are to be believed, chances of Sachidanand Joshi are bright as on date.

12 IES officers get JAG
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Economic Service (IES) have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Krishna Mohan Mishra, Ms Sheela Kumari Choudhary, Dr Bhagwan Dass, P China Guruvaiah, Dr Sumitra Chowdhury, Jagdish Kumar Rathee, D J Kushwah, Ms Rose Marry K Abraham, Dr Manik Chandra Pandit, Saju K Surendran, Madanpal Singh and Subhash Chandra Meena.

2014 batch IES Probationers get postings
As many as 2014 batch Probationers have been appointed as Assistant Director to various Ministries after completion of probationary training. Accordingly, Ms Shalaka Kujur has been appointed as Assistant Director in the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) while Ms Sonal Ramesh and Ms Kanika Wadhawan were posted to Economic Division while Ms Sukriti Verma as Assistant Director, Environment, Forest and Ms Nayonika Dutta to Economic Affairs. Similarly, Ms Aditi Pathak has been posted to Assistant Director, Commerce; Ms Avni Gupta to Urban Development; Nitish Saini to Economic Affairs; Ms Shikha Dahiya to Consumer Affairs; Naveen Kumar to Textile; Umesh Kumar Ram to Justice & Empowerment; Ms Shalaka Kujur to Deity and Ms Neha Chauhan was posted as Assistant Director, Drinking Water and Sanitation.

24 IES officers transferred after promotion to Senior Time Scale
As many as 24 officers belonging to Indian Economic Service (IES) of 2011 batch have been transferred after promotion to Senior Time Scale. Accordingly, Ms Shwetha Rao has been appointed as Senor Research Officer, DBT, Division, Cabinet Secretariat while Ms Molishree was made Senior Research Officer, NITI, Aayog and Ms Kokila Jayaram is Deputy Director, EA, DIPP. Similarly, Ms Kasturi Chakrabarty as Senior Research Officer, Labour Bureau; Syed Zubair Husain Noqvi as Deputy Director, Department of Economic Affairs; Kapil Patidar as Deputy Director, Department of Economic Affairs; K V Suresh, senior Research Officer, NITI Aoyog (PEO); Unmana Sarangi as Deputy Director, Information and Broadcasting; Kaviarasan K as Deputy Director, Directorate of Economics & Statistics; Shoyabahmed Kalal as Deputy Director, Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Om Prakash Thakur as Senior Research Officer, NITI Aayog (PEO); V K K Nadimpalli as Deputy Director, Economic Advisor, DIPP; Vivek Chaudhary as Deputy Director, Commerce; Taruna as Deputy Director, Labour and Employment; Ajay Pal Singh Sirohi as Deputy Director, Shipping; Babu Lal Verma as Senior Research, NITI Aayog (REO); Seema Jain as Deputy Director, Department of Economic Affairs; Basudev Das as Deputy Director, Economics & Statistics; Dipak Jaideo Meshram as Senior Research officer, NITI Aayog (REO); Meesala Kalebu as Deputy Director, MSME; Sachin Ashok Kedare as Deputy Director as Textiles, Magan Lal Meena as Senior Research Officer, NITI Aayog (PEO) and Anand Singh Parmar as Deputy Director, Finance.

Mrs Meenakshi Goswami appointed CBDT Spokesperson
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Mrs Meenakshi J Goswami has been appointed CIT (Media & Technical Policy/ Official Spokesperson), CBDT.


Ms Shefali Shah relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Cultur
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Ms Shefali Shah has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture.

Deepak Tiwari appointed Director, CBDT
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Deepak Tiwari has been appointed as Director, in the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for a period of five years.

Narmada water reaches Kshipra
Ujjain Simhastha is round the corner and as usual Narmada Valley Development Department has delivered in time to fulfill the expectations of millions of people who will be taking a holy dip in April - May in river Kshipra at Ujjain. Narmada Kshipra Simhastha Link constructed in 2013-2014 in record time of 14 months at a cost of about 400 crores is supplying Narmada waters by lifting about 400 meters and transporting about 153 KM for rejuvenating Kshipra River at Ujjain for this holy event. Few people believed that this could be achieved and the project had many detractors. But all have been proved wrong today when all the Ghats at Ujjain are overflowing with Narmada Water. One would not believe but this has been possible because of the untiring efforts of 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Rajnish Vaish.

President to address CPSES Chief Executives on Public Sector day
The Public Sector Day is being organised on April 11, 2016. The main function will be held at Vigyan, Bhawan, New Delhi where President of India Pranab Mukherjee will address the Chief Executives of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). On this occasion, he will also present SCOPE Excellence Awards to the PSEs.

Anil Kumar Diwakar deputed as Deputy CPM, DFCCIL, Surat
Anil Kumar Diwakar presently in Western Railway has been deputed to Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) for the post of Deputy CPM (Engineer), at Surat.

Sanjay Kundu likely to join central deputation at IG level
Sanjay Kundu is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level post. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

34 posts of Judges lying vacant in Bombay High Court
As many as 34 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Bombay High Court against the approved strength of 94. Total posts of 14 permanent Judges against the approved strength of 71 and 20 posts of Additional Judges against the approved strength of 23 are vacant.

Sunil Kumar Bahri appointed Additional Deputy CAG
Sunil Kumar Bahri has been posted as Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Professional Practices Group + Southern Region) in CAG office. He is a 1981 batch IA&AS officer.

Madhukar Gupta to head Committee
Former Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta will head a high-level committee to suggest ways to strengthen the security along the border with Pakistan and address the issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing.

Himachal Pradesh High Court gets 4 new Judges
Vivek Singh Thakur, Ajay Mohan Goel, Sandeep Sharma and CB Barowalia have been appointed new Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

56 posts of IPS officers vacant in J&K
As many as 56 posts of Indian Police Service officers have been lying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir.

Himanshu Gupta empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Himanshu Gupta has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

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

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in MP
As many as 37 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, R S Julaniya has been appointed as ACS, Rural Development while B R Naidu will be Principal Secretary, Labour and Mrs Shikha Dubey is Principal Secretary, Aayush, Homepathic. Similarly, Ashish Upadhayay has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Higher Education; Mrs Alka Upadhayay as Principal Secretary, Tribal Development; V L Kantarao as Principal Secretary, MSME; Mrs Kalpana Shrivastava as Principal Secretary, Technical Education and Skill Development; Anupam Rajan as Environment Commissioner and Director, EPCO; Ramesh S Thete as Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development; Sachin Sinha as Director, RCVP Naronha Academy of Administration; Dr Madhu Khare as Secretary, Women and Child Development; K K Khare as Principal Revenue Commissioner, Kedarlal Sharma as Director, Tribal regional Development projects; Santosh Kumar Mishra as Director, Panchayati Raj; Mrs Rajni Uikey as Secretary, State Information Commission; Shivnarayan Rupla as Commissioner, Gwalior division; Mrs Jayashree Kiyawat as Commissioner, Women Empowerment and MD, Women Finance and Development Corporation; Neeraj Dubey as Commissioner, Public Instructions; Surendra Kumar Upadhayay as Secretary, SC Welfare; K C Jain as Member, Revenue Board, Gwalior; J K Jain as Collector, Chhindwara; Mahesh Chand Chaudhary as Collector, Jabalpur; Naresh Pal Kumar as Collector, Satna; Lokesh Kumar Jatav as Collector, Raisen; Sanjiv Singh as Director, Skill Development and Controller, Stamps and Stationery and addtional charge of DMI; Ashok Kumar Verma, Collector, Khargone; Mrs Chhavi Bhardwaj as Commissioner, Bhopal Municipal Corporation; Krishna Gopal Tiwari as Director, Bhopal Gas Tragedy and Relief; Sibi Chakravorty M as Collector, Narsinghpur; V Kiran Gopal as Mission Director, NHRM with additional charge of TRIFAC; Ms Priyanka Das as Collector, Tikamgarh; Abhishek Singh as Collector, Umariya; Ms Priti Maithil as Collector, Mandla; Amit Tomar as Collector, Dindori; Tejswi S Naik as Additional Commissioner, Urban Administration and Development and Mohit Bundas was posted as Additional Commissioner, Urban Administration and Development.

Tenure of Dheeraj Kumar as Joint Secretary, Labour extended
The central deputation tenure of Dheeraj Kumar as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment for a period of three months beyond April 19, 2016. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Surabhi Rai appointed as Deputy Secretary, Rural Development
Ms Surabhi Rai has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development. She is a 2005 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

7 IAS officers get Selection Grade in AP (UPDATED)
As many as seven IAS officers have been accorded Selection Grade in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Kona Sasidhar, Babu A, Vijaya Mohan, K V Ramana P Venkata Rami Reddy, Dr P Laxminarsimham and G Ravi Babu.

Justice Suresh Kumar Kait transferred as Judge, Telangana & AP High Court (UPDATED)
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, Judge of the Delhi High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Justice Rajiv Shakdher transferred as Judge, Madras HC (UPDATED)
Justice Rajiv Shakdher, Judge of the Delhi High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the Madras High Court.

Justice K J Thaker transferred as Additional Judge, Allahabad HC (UPDATED)
Justice Kaushal Jayendra Thaker, Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court, has been transferred as an Additional Judge of the Allahabad High Court.

Ms Juhi Mukherjee appointed as IG, Registration in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Ms Juhi Mukherjee has been appointed as Inspector General of Registration (Revenue Department) in the Government of Delhi. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Prem Kumar Jha promoted to Secretary grade after retirement in Bihar (UPDATED)
Prem Kumar Jha, who has retired from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in February 2013, has been promoted to the grade of Secretary with effect from January 1, 2009. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer.

Two IAS officers of 2003 batch promoted to Secretary grade in Bihar (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers belonging to 2003 batch: Lokesh Kumar Singh and Anupam Kumar have been promoted to the Secretary grade in Bihar.

6 IPS officers transferred in Gujarat (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted to different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, Ashok Kumar Yadav has been appointed as SP, State Crime Record Bureau cum Computer Centre, Gandhinagar while M D Jani was made Commandant, SRPF, Battalion Kutch and Dr Sudhir Desai is appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Ahmedabad City. Similarly, Balaram Meena has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Control Room, Ahmedabad City; Dr Karanraj B Vaghela as Deputy Commissioner-2, Rajkot City and Saurabh Singh was posted as SP, Anand.

CORPORATE

Sharma nominated as Govt Nominee Director on State Bank of Travancore Board
Anshuman Sharma, Deputy Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Union Ministry of Finance has been nominated as the Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of State Bank of Travancore.

Kumar resigns as MD and CEO of Ricoh India
Manoj Kumar has resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ricoh India.

Damle resigns as ED & CFO of Rasoya Proteins Ltd
Sameer Damle has resigned as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Rasoya Proteins Ltd.

Tacker appointed Independent Director of CHL Ltd
CHL Ltd has appointed Alkesh Tacker as an Independent Director of the company.

Goenka resigns as Independent Director of JVL Agro Industries Ltd
Kanhaiya Lal Goenka has resigned as Independent Director of JVL Agro Industries Ltd.

Padmanabhan appointed VP of Adobe Research
Dr Anandan Padmanabhan has been appointed as Vice President of Adobe Research.

Ms Sharma resigns as CS of A F Enterprises Ltd
Ms Charu Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of A F Enterprises Ltd.

Nalawade appointed CS of Skyline Millars Ltd
Skyline Millars Ltd has appointed Ganesh R Nalawade as Company Secretary of the company.

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Govt. not clear what to do with information

It is good step taken by the CBDT asking the information in ITRs about the Assets and Liabilities of people having income above 50 lakhs but Govt. is not clear what to do with information. It should not be used to harass the tax payers. There are two big challenges before the Govt. First to widen the tax net and second ITRs are filed correctly. In both fronts Govt. has failed. Only 3% people are filing returns. It is shame on us. Leave the salaried class apart as they do not have option except to pay tax correctly. In case of professional it is rather very difficult to find out the correct income irrespective whatever the Govt. does. Govt. is helpless in widening the tax net as most of man power, energy and time is wasted in "Chillar Work" of small and medium tax payers like finding the interest is included in income, MF purchases of 50000/- or in similar activities. Govt. should not waste time and resources for the salaried people earning up to 20 lakhs. CPC can take care directly. Use the machinery for better work. CBDT is revising every two years Form 15H which is submitted for no deduction of TDS for FD of Sr. Citizens etc. Follow a simpler method. Why people are avoiding tax or not paying tax. This is to be analysed whether our system needs some radical changes or more tax friendly environment is needed. FM should work on these lines instead of seeking more information from the people who are already paying tax. Govt. could not compile the data of the people having cars costing more than 20 lakhs, staying in 5 star hotels, making foreign trips, buying jewelries etc. then do the data mining and find out people not filing returns. Why Panama Paper leak? The Form were Saral and now became Kathin.

N Prakash

Disgruntled in government

These disgruntled in the Government are mainly the lazy and who are posted in non-lucrative jobs. These people detest working in electronic environment. While dealing with cases they also do not bother to see the Allocation of Business Rules of Ministries/Departments/Offices/ Departments and blindly work. Any work in the government can be made an interesting one.

N Srivastava

Courts don't matter for common man

When they were in full strength also ,cases were pending for years, with less strength also it is same . Even if AP High Court is closed down, it does not matter for common man.

Akhil K Reddy

Wheel of justice revolves full circle after 25 years

The court has convicted and sentenced 47 policemen to life imprisonment and also fined them according to their ranks, in Pilibhit fake encounter case, which took place 12 July,1991.It may be one of the rare cases, where CBI has diligently pursued the case of fake encounter of 11 innocent Sikhs, even contradicting the findings of the KN Singh commission, to bring to book the murderers in uniform, after quarter of a century. The innocent lives lost cannot be brought back, but the severest punishment of hanging to the guilty could have assuage the bruised psyches to an extent. Though compensation of rupees 14 lacs has been awarded by the court to the next of kin of the victims, the amount is very inadequate. The bereaved families must be adequately monetarily compensated by the government over and above whatever has been awarded by the court, besides providing them other means of respectable living like jobs and houses.If some policemen got presidential awards for this dastardly and diabolical act ,these should be publically got back. At the time of the incident , Kalyan Singh of the BJP` was the chief minister of Uttaar Pradesh. The court has observed that some senior officers have been left out by the investigation agency. The government must take a call and get the matter investigated further to catch up with the perpetrators of this heinous crime. However all such cases across the nation must be listed for monitoring and early decision.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu,Amritsar

He will be missed

A K Singh was an outstanding officer, a very warm hearted person and always helpful. One would miss him. May his soul rest in peace.

S. Lakshminarayanan

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