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Revolutions and inventions might shake Europe, but Mamelukes still lived after the fashion of the Middle Ages.

Raj Thakrey wants to show his strength?
A report from Maharastra says that NMS Chief Raj Thakrey wants to show power in the state. If sources are to be believed, Raj is planning a massive rally on Gudi Parwa day. It will be like Dusshehra rally of Shiv Sena at Shivaji Park. Will the proposed rally turn the fortune of junior Thakrey ? Only time will tell.

Far reaching decision by cabinet
Public sector Oil companies will have flexibility to purchase crude oil directly. They can purchase crude oil at the competitive market price. Earlier they were to take cabinet approval about the price before purchasing the crude oil.

15.9 lakhs benefited by OROP
By March 31, 2016, 15.09 lakhs ex- servicemen got the benefit of OROP. Rs 2861 crores have been spent till now.

Middle Class with Modi ..
Travelling by the 5.32 Fast with my Train Buddies. Today Akbar has brought Nankhatais and Tea.
Amar: The Middle Class's...our types..faith has gone up in Modi.
Akbar: How come they did not ask me????
Amar: Miya ji why do you show your naivety and intolerance again and again....
Me: See its a sample and they must have selected a wide spectrum of people to make it a representative sample ...
Amar: Arre we are the lot that are more educated. .. least political .... most pay taxes...and sadly we are in the bottom when it comes to voter turnout ...
Antony: Ha...take you Amar ...you are totally a Modi Bakht so you are politically aligned...
Amar: I was totally apolitical even after Modi became PM....slowly but surely I've started believing that Modi has the foresight and ability to deliver... this I think is the case now in the Middle Class ...we don't back Modi because of affinity to a Political Party... we back him on the basis of his performance...
Me: And that's why with every election in Cities and Towns you get to see Middle Class votes rising...
Akbar: But what the Middle Class yearns for Modi Government has not given...reduction in Income Tax ...and then we are the class that saves the most .. and the Government has cut Saving Rates...and aims to cut rates more ... just to benefit the Elite ...
Me: But despite this Middle Class is moving more and more towards Modi.... shows the selflessness in the Middle Class...
Amar: Hopefully Jaitley will realize both the selflessness and power of the Middle Class ... by the way did not understand what Rahul said...this is not excise duty (on jewelry) this is a assassination attempt ...
Me: His advisors are to blame ...they must have taken some of the protests literally... maar diya ..maar diya...and it's customary for protestors to burn effigies ... what will he be told to say then?????
Akbar: We are too harsh on him ... he is on the learning curve ...
Amar: Ha ha .... like Kanihya. ..student for life .... and soon Kanhiya will be history.... Banks have rejected Mallya's offer ....
Akbar: If he is buying time then soon he will come up with another offer that is a wee bit more ...
Antony : I feel before any deal with Banks he should be told settle dues of employees ... would be 5 to 6 crores max.... really this is a apt example of ghar ki murgi daal baraabar...
Me: I think he may raise the ammount to near about the the actual loan ammount .....but he's aiming at not paying the interest which is 2000 + crores ...
Amar: No Deal. .. because Banks also follow the adage ... Mool se sood pyaara...
Me: Ha ha ... so he has to decide the money he can pay back and then artfully distribute between Mool and Sood...less payback of Mool is a no no ... and no pay back of Sood is also a no no...now he is no longer King of Good Times .... he could end up as King of Bad Decisions or Clawback King ...that's if he is able to reach a settlement .... Good Times however are over ...

Disclaimer.... All alleged...based on Media Reports and Rumours . Kindly verify at your end before drawing any conclusions. Not meant to inform...only entertain

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

DGP, Himachal Pradesh to be BCAS Chief ?
Sanjay Kumar is likely to be new Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). A 1985 batch HP cadre IPS officer Sanjay Kumar is presently DGP Himachal Pradesh and recently has been empanelled as ADG in GOI .

New Navy Chief yet to be named
Govt is yet to announce the name of new Chief of Navy. Present Chief R. K. Dhowan is schedule to retire in May. Normally govt announces new Chief of Naval Staff 60 days before the retirement of sitting Chief.

DIG, CBI repatriated
It's now official -Santosh Rastogi, DIG, CBI has been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1998 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS officer.
(We said this on March 13, 2016)

Meghalaya Govt refuses inter cadre deputation of Dr Pooja Pandey
The Government of Meghalaya has refused the inter cadre deputation proposal of Dr Pooja Pandey from Assam-Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh, due to shortage of the officers. She is a 2008 batch IAS officer.

FSB to meet this month
Foreign Service Board is expected to meet by this month end.

Hem Kumar Pande gets additional charge of Secretary, Border Management
Hem Kumar Pande, Secretary, Official Language, has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Border Management till April 24, 2016. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Tenure of Dr Smita Chugh as Member Secretary, Tariff Commission extended
The central deputation tenure of Dr Smita Chugh, Member Secretary, Tariff Commission has been extended for a period of three months beyond April 10, 2016. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Ratan Watal is also Home Secretary
Ratan P Watal, Finance Secretary, has been given an additional charge of Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs tillApril 24, 2016. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Justice Kohli is new Chairman of CAT
Justice Permod Kohli has taken over as new chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT. He has been appointed to the post for five years.
(We said this on March 28, 2016)

10 shortlisted for interviews for CMDs posts in General Insurance companies
As many as 10 officials have been shortlisted for interviews for CMDs posts in three General Insurance companies viz Agriculture Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Co. ltd. and United India Insurance Co. They are A V Girija Kumar - Director & General Manager of United India Insurance Co.Ltd., Hemant G. Rokade - Director & General Manager, The New India Assurance Co. Ltd., M Vasantha Krishna - General Manager & Director, National Insurance Co. Ltd., M. Nagaraja Sarma - MD & CEO, Health Insurance TPA of India Ltd., Mrs.TL Alamelu - General Manager of United India Insurance Co.Ltd., Warendra Sinha, MD and CEO of GIC Housing Finance, Mrs. P. Hemamalini - General Manager of United India Insurance Co.Ltd., John Pulinthanam - General Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. , Mrs. Sashikala Muralidharan, General Manager, National Insurance Co. Ltd. and Y. Ramulu - Non-Executive Director of GIC Housing Finance.

Will Jawed Usmani be VC of AMU ?
Name of Jawed Usmani has started doing the round for the post of Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University. He is former 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Konkan Railway headless since Nov 2015
The post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) has been lying vacant since November 2015. However, an additional charge has been assigned to Sanjay Gupta, Director, Operations & Commercial.

Meghalaya Govt refuses inter cadre deputation of Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari
The Government of Meghalaya has refused the inter cadre deputation proposal of Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari from Assam-Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh, due to shortage of the officers. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer.

B Kalyan can again apply for extension to deputation tenure
B Kalyan, who is on an inter cadre deputation from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Telangana, can submit proposal for an extension of three years before three months of his expiry tenure. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Anil Kumar appointed as CVO, MPT
Anil Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Mormugao Port Trust (MPT), Goa under the Ministry of Shipping. He is a 1995 batch IRSME officer.

Nine High Courts have no woman Judge
Inn atleast nine High Courts in the country there is no woman Judge.

Transfer of Collectors in Gujarat soon
Transfer of over two dozen Collectors are expected to take place in Gujarat either this month end or early next month.

Noida SP to join CBI
SP Noida Kiran Shiv Kumar is joining CBI as SP. He is a 2008 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

Praveen Karanth appointed as Dy Secretary, Space, Bangalore
Praveen Karanth has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Space, Bangalore. He is an Indian Revenue Service Officer of Income Tax cadre.

A R Choudhury, Member Pers, OFB retiring in May
Amitabha Roy Choudhury, Member Personnel in Ordnance Factories Board (OFB), is due to retire in May, 2016. His successor is yet to be decided by the Government.

K K Garg, Director (Fin), IRCON retiring in April
K K Garg, Director (Finance), IRCON International Limited, is retiring on April 30, 2016.

Suresh Babu yet to get orders for Director (Ope) CSL
Suresh Babu N V, CGM, CSL, who was selected for the post of Director (Operations), Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), is still awaited for appointment orders. The post has been lying vacant since September, 2015.

ACC yet to approve appointment of Kuruvilla as CMD, BECIL
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) is yet to approve the appointment of George Kuruvilla, Director (O&M), BECIL, as Chairman & Managing Director, Broadcast Engineering Consultant India Limited (BECIL). The post has been lying vacant since August 2015.

Two appointments including CMD in BCCL withheld
The Government of India is reported to have withheld two appointments in Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL). B K Mishra, Director Technical, who was selected for the post of CMD, has not been appointed so far against the vacancy since August 2015 while D Gangopadhyay is waiting for the orders for the appointment as Director (Tech), BCCL. A vacancy of this post has arisen on February 1, 2016.

A P Siddique likely to join central deputation at IG level
A P Siddique is expected to join central deputation at Inspector General (IG) level post. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

13 posts of Judges lying vacant in Chhattisgarh High Court
As many as 13 posts of Judges have been lying vacant in Chhattisgarh High Court against the approved strength of 22. Total posts of 14 permanent Judges against the approved strength of 17 are vacant.

Ms Meena Kumari Meena appointed as Deputy Accountant General, Chandigarh
Ms Meena Kumari Meena, Deputy Accountant General (G&SS-IV), in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Rajasthan, Jaipur, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (ES-II), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Haryana, Chandigarh. He is a 2009 batch IA&AS officer.

Rakesh Aggarwal empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Rakesh Aggarwal has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

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

7 IAS officers transferred in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as seven IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Dhanpat Singh has been appointed as ACS, Medical Education while Ashok Khemka was made Principal Secretary, Science & Technology and Anil Malik is Principal Secretary, Fisheries. Similarly, Apoorva Kumar Singh has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Haryana Technical Education; Abhilaksh Likhi as Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, DG, Information and Public Relations and Culture and Mrs Neerja as Secretary, Personnel, Training, Vigilance and Parliamentry Affairs and A Sreenivas was posted as MD, Haryana Electronics Development Corporation (HARTRON).

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
Four IAS officers have been shifted in Bihar. Accordingly, Amrit Lal Meena has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Building Construction with additional charge of Mining and Cooperative while Deepak Prasad was given an additional charge of Food and consumer protection and Project Director, disaster rehabilitation and re-construction society and Chaitnya Prasad was posted as Additional Departmental Inquiry Commissioner GD with additional charge of Principal Secretary, Arts, Culture and Youth Affairs. Besides, Pankaj Kumar has been appointed as Secretary, Road Development with additional charge of MD, Bihar Road Development Corporation.

16 officers promoted to Foreign Trade Development officer grade (UPDATED)
As many as 16 officers have been promoted to the post of Foreign Trade Development Officer. They are: Biswanath Kabiraj, Mrs Shibani Banerjee, Jiban Krishna Biswas, Anil Kumar Brahma, N Krishnamurthy, P S Dileepkumar, R Rafiq Ahmed, P S B Satry, G V Kolekar Mrs G Rani Bai, Mrs L S Karpe, Anil Sawhney, Mrs V Renuka, N L Sikriwal, Bansi Lal and Sukumar Roy.

20 IRS-IT officers promoted to JCIT grade (UPDATED)
As many as 20 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been promoted to the grade of Joint Commissioner of Income Tax. The officers are: Ajay Kumar Mishra, S Seeni, Virender Kumar, Sanjay Mallick, Devabratta Baidya, S K Mitra, D V Gohil, Abhijit Dutta, Abhijit Ghosh, K S Deshpande, A Venu Gopal, T A Khan, P Nagendra Kumar, R K Agarwal, Shinde Sudhakar Namdeo, P V Subba Raju, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Satish Kumar Singh N, sumathy Venkataraman and Kanv Bali.

Air Marshal Shera joins as SMSO, Maintenance Command, Nagpur (UPDATED)
Air Marshal RKS Shera AVSM VSM has taken over the charge as Senior Maintenance Staff Officer at HQ Maintenance Command, Nagpur. Air Marshal Shera was commissioned in Aeronautical Engineering Electronics Branch of Indian Air Force on January 5, 1981.

Kulshrestha is IG CRPF (UPDATED)
After promotion Anupama Kulshrestha has joined as IG, Provisioning at CRPF hqs. She is a 1995 batch UP cadre IPS officer.

Singh is now IG Intelligence in CRPF (UPDATED)
P K Singh has been posted as IG Intelligence, CRPF. He is a cadre officer.

Latkar joins IG Jharkhand Sector CRPF (UPDATED)
Sanjay Latkar will be new IG CRPF Jharkhand Sector Ranchi. He is a Jharkhand cadre 1995 IPS officer.

Raj Kumar is IG, CRPF Western Sector (UPDATED)
Raj Kumar, a UP cadre 1995 batch IPS officer has been appointed as IG,CRPF Western sector, Mumbai.

Anand is now IG (Works) CRPF (UPDATED)
Piyush Anand has been appointed as IG, works CRPF hqs. He is an IPS officer of UP cadre who belongs to 1991 batch.

Madras High Court gets Judges (UPDATED)
V Bharathidasan, D Krishnakumar, S S Sundar, M V Muralidaran, Ponnusamy Kalaiyarasan and B Gokuldas, have been appointed as Judges of the Madras High Court.

Rajasthan High Court gets Additional Judges (UPDATED)
Ganga Ram Moolchandani, Deepak Maheshwari, Vijay Kumar Vyas, Kailash Chandra Sharma, Goverdhan Bardhar, Pankaj Bhandari, and Dinesh Chandra Somani have been appointed as Additional Judges of the Rajasthan High Court.

Tenure of Sanjay Lohiya as Joint Secretary, Agriculture extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Sanjay Lohiya as Joint Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperative & Farmers Welfare has been extended for a period of three months beyond July 19, 2016. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Ms Meeran C Borwankar appointed as DG, BPR&D (UPDATED)
Ms Meeran C Borwankar, who is presently in the cadre, has been appointed as Director General, BPR&D (Bureau of Police Research & Development). She is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on March 20, 2016)

Yellapantula Mallikarjun appointed as OSD to Naidu (UPDATED)
Yellapantula Mallikarjun has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty to M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. He is a private person.

CORPORATE

Sivaraman steps down as President & Whole-time Director of L&T Finance Holdings Limited
N Sivaraman has resigned as President and Whole-time Director of L&T Finance Holdings Limited w.e.f. April 11, 2016 .

Chattopadhyay ceases to be Non Exec. Director of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited
Tapasendra Chattopadhyay who is Nominee of LIC of India on the Board of Directors of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited has ceased to be Non Executive Director of Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited

Menon appointed CEO of Agri Machinery Business of Escorts Ltd
Ravi A Menon has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Agri Machinery Business of Escorts Ltd

Shah resigns as Director of Supreme Petrochem Ltd
Hasmukh Shah has resigned as Director of Supreme Petrochem Limited

Ms Shenoy appointed CS of Stel Holdings Ltd
Stel Holdings Limited has appointed Ms Sripriya M Shenoy as the Company Secretary of the company.

Baijal appointed GM of Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh
Punit Baijal has been appointed as General Manager of Hyatt Regency, Chandigarh

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Is Finance Minister listening?

There is big harassment to Sr. Citizens in submitting 15H Forms. Very old/old people went to submit Form 15H based on existing Forms on 2nd April 2016 so TDS is not deducted from the interest on FDs but they were sent back and asked to submit revised forms which will be available after three four days. Why such steps are being taken at eleventh hour. What is mind set of CBDT Chairman or Income tax department that they are more concerned with Sr. Citizens. Now in many banks and post offices Sr. Citizens are finding very difficult to deal with the situation. People have opinion, this is only to divert the attention of public from big cases and bringing back black money stashed out side India. Why FM or PM is not asking CBDT Chairman what is the rise in numbers of people earning more than 1 crore. Let the yearly performance be judged by the increase in percentage of HNI (whose taxable income is more than 1 crore). The figure as per ITRs 2014-15 shows little above 48000 when this figure is estimated to be more than 48 lakhs. Why HNI is not being identified? Simply because concentrate more on interest earnings of Sr. Citizens and wasting man power, energy and time. FM please take immediate steps to stop the harassment of Sr. Citizens and let them submit the forms which were prescribed earlier. If it is to be changed give sufficient time to the people to organise the information. Every time change is made at last moment. Govt. should announce at least all the changes at the time of budget and implement in coming years. Finance Minister is requested to direct CBDT Chairman for issuing revised circular for acceptance of existing 15H Forms also without any further harassment to Sr. Citizens. Sr. Citizens survives only on pensions/interest as they are not live with their children. Please do not increase miseries and sufferings of Sr. Citizens. If Govt.is so concerned about the tax on FDs, regulate the interest rates accordingly so that whether they pay tax or no tax there is no revenue loss to Govt. Al the man power used in this work is saved. All the best to consider the above requests.

N Prakash

Water more important than cricket

Cricket remains mired in one controversy or the other. When thousands of farmers have committed suicides and the malady is going on more prominently currently, BCCI is interested in earning money out of IPL matches. One of the worst affected states i.e. Maharashtra ,where drought has taken toll of its 70% area, IPL has scheduled 20 matches, and lacs litres of water will be wasted on preparing pitches for the matches, when not a drop is available for drinking and sustaining precious human lives. As usual, the Supreme Court has intervened, when the state authorities failed to take notice of this brazenly inhuman act of the politically heavy BCCI. Instead of spending money on the social sector for augmentation of water-supply schemes etc ,this opulent organisation wants to earn out of the misery of the millions of the poor people. They should be stopped not only now but in future also to desist from scheduling matches in such distressed areas. Executive must not forget its constitutional duty of saving human lives and intervening instead of leaving such tasks to the Supreme court.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

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