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This is History (354)
At that time France, under Napoleon III, was considered the most powerful nation on the Continent. Austria was also a great rival. It is fascinating, as a lesson in the old style of international politics and diplomacy to see how Bismarck played with the Poher powers and then disposed of each of them by turn.

What is wrong with Smriti Irani?
Despite all good qualities, why Smriti Irani failed as Minister? This was a topic of discussion at a get-together. And the conclusion was 'all because of her arrogance and Arrogance is not tolerated in politics'.

Why did China take U-Turn?
At a gathering in Delhi- China, Pakistan and PM Modi were the subject of discussion. Some experts unanimously opined that PM Modi's foreign visit is now paying fruits. The way China wants India's support on South China Sea issue shows the maturity of NDA govt that forced China to take U-turn on NSG matter. Pakistan is not getting global support against India on Kashmir issue.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CBI Chief? (8)
If maximum experience in vigilance is taken into account Punjab DGP, Suresh Arora is also a top contender. A 1982 batch IPS officer, Arora has served as IG, ADG and DG Vigilance in the state. SC Guidelines say that an officer with no vigilance experience will not be considered for the post.

Who will be new Ambassador to US? (2) Sujata Mehta
Who will succeed Arun Singh as Indian Ambassador to US next month? It is believed that no politician will be appointed to this key post in this Government. If one goes by seniority 1980 batch IFS officer, Sujata Mehta is a contender. She is presently Secretary in the MEA.

1984 batch IPS officers file cleared?
It is reported that 1984 batch IPS officers promotion file as Additional Secretary has been cleared.

PMO to deal strictly with officers seeking desired postings
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has decided to deal strictly with the officers attempting to bring political or other outside influence to bear upon superior authority for desired postings in Government of India.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Delhi ?
Who will be new Chief Secretary of Delhi Government? Whose choice will prevail CM Arvind Kejaraiwal or the LG of Delhi Najeeb Jung. One can only wait and watch.

Will Jha become Chairman, CWC?
Power galleries are abuzz that Ghanshyam Jha, officiating Chairman, Central Water Commission (CWC) will become regular Chairman of the Commission? He is holding the additional charge of the post since March this year. After UPSC's clearance his name has been sent for ACC clearance in June. Jha is scheduled to retire in January next year.

Who will be appointed Consultant?
After Government's announcement, a large number of retired officers of various services are in the Queue to get appointment as Consultant. If sources are to be believed more than two dozen IAS, officers, mostly retired and those going to retire in few months are trying to get the post retirement job. About half a dozen IPS, equal number of IRS and some retired Railway officers are also exploring the opportunities. But the problem is PMO will have final say.

Hasmukh Adhia is also Secretary, Financial Services
Hasmukh Adhia has been assigned an additional charge of Financial Services till the return of present incumbent from the leave. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Member Mechanical re-designated as Member Rolling Stock in Railway Board
The post of Member Mechanical has been re-designated as Member Rolling Stock with redistributing assignments in Railway Board.

Two Commands are without regular Commander?
Two Commands in the Indian Army are said to be without a regular GOC-in-C.

Former ICS officer Kazi passes away
Aftab Ghulam Nabi (AGN) Kazi (born 1919) who belonged to the last batch of the ICS passed away in Islamabad on August 9, 2016. N K Mukharji, former Cabinet Secretary, GoI was the topper in that batch. Kazi would have been 97 years old in November, 2016. He started his innings in the ICS in Bihar & Orissa and went on to occupy key positions in Pakistan, including Secretary General (Finance & Economic Coordination) and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission. His career of nearly half a century made him the longest serving civil servant in the history of Pakistan.

Umesh Kumar likely to be appointed as Secretary in GoI
Umesh Kumar, who was empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in July, is expected to be appointed as Secretary in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Kashish Mittal appointed as PS to M J Akbar
Kashish Mittal has been appointed as Private Secretary to M J Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Mukesh Meena appointed as Director, ECI
Mukesh Meena has been appointed as Director in the Election Commission of India for a period of five years. He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.

BEML CVO Mrs Kavita Kestur to return to parent cadre?
Mrs Kavita Kestur, who is serving as Chief Vigilance Officer at Joint Secretary level, in Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), is expected to return to her parent cadre in the month of September this year. She is a 1985 batch IA&AS officer.

MOIL CMD, Kundargi retiring in August
G P Kundargi, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MOIL Limited, is retiring on August 31, 2016. Mukund P Chaudhary, Director (Finance) MOIL, is expected to succeed him in September.

S K Gorai yet to join as Director (Fin), KIOCL
S K Gorai, GGM, TCIL, is yet to take over the charge as Director (Finance), Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Limited (KIOCL) as the post has been lying vacant since May 2016.

Deepak Srivastava, CVO MCL likely to return to parent cadre
Deepak Srivastava, Chief Vigilance Officer, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), is expected to return to his parent cadre in August 2016. He is a 1992 batch IFS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Telangna gets six new IAS officers
As many as six candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been allotted Telangana cadre. They are: Zendage Hanumant Kondiba, Valluru Kranthi, P Uday Kumar, Jitesh V Patil, Gopi B, Badhavath Santhosh, Priyanka Ala.

Kewal Kumar Sharma empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Kewal Kumar Sharma has been empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Tenure of Nand Lal Sharma as Director (Pers), SJVN extended
The tenure of Nand Lal Sharma as Director (Personnel), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited has been extended upto his retirement.

Dr Sudhir Kumar Jain gets SAG
Dr Sudhir Kumar Jain has been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) in the Public Health Sub-cadre of Central Health Services (CHS).

Additional charges of CPMGs to five officers
Five officers working as PMGs in various circle have been given additional charges of CPMGs. Accordingly, Anil Kumar was given an additional charge of CPMG, Jharkhand circle while Ms Anjali Anand is also CPMG, Kerala circle and V K Gupta was given additional charge of CPMG, Maharashtra circle. Similarly, Jaleshwar Kanhar has been assigned an additional charge of CPMG, Odisha circle and P M Lal is also CPMG, Punjab circle.

Sukh Dev Raj is also CPMG, HP circle
Sukh Dev Raj, CPMG, Haryana circle, has been assigned an additional charge of CPMG, Himachal Pradesh circle. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in UP
As many as eight IPS officers have been given new postings in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Pramod Kumar Tiwari has been appointed as DG, Rules & Manual while Manoj Tiwari was posted as SSP, Saharanpur and Abdul Hamid is SSP, Jhansi. Similarly, Mohd Imran was appointed as SP, Deoria; Prabhakar Chaudhary as SP, Ballia; Raju Babu Singh as SP, Barabanki; Vijay Kumar Garg as DIG, PHQ and Pradeep Yadav has been posted as SP, SCRB, Lucknow.

Venkataraman Subramanian promoted as GM, SBI
Venkataraman Subramanian has been promoted to the grade of General Manager in State Bank of India (SBI).

P Prasanth Kumar appointed as OSD, Telangana Bhavan
P Prasanth Kumar, Director, Department of Justice, Government of India, who was waiting for posting on deputation to the State Government of Telangana, has been posted as OSD in Telangana Bhavan, New Delhi for a period of three years. He is a 1991 batch ITS officer.

Agrawal is new Secretary to Chhattisgarh Governor
2000 batch IAS officer Ashok Agrawal will replace Sunil Kumar Kujur as Secretary to the Chhattisgarh Governor.

1985 batch IAS is now ACS in Odisha
Three 1985 batch IAS officers Mssrs S K Mishra, V K Saxena,and G K Dhal have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Odisha.
(We said this on August 15)

6 IPS officers transferred in Haryana
In Haryana six IPS officers from 1991 to 1997 batches have been transferred and posted to new places. Three 1991 batch IPS officers have been promoted as ADG.

Roy appointed ADG Rly,Haryana
After promotion, Alok Kumar Roy has been posted as ADG, Railways in Haryana. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer.

Jain is ADG, Home Guards
S K Jain a 1991 IPS officer has been promoted and posted as ADG, Home Guards in Haryana. Previously he was IG, Home Guards.

Deshwal is now ADG, HR in Haryana
Rajbir Singh Deshwal have been posted as ADG, HR & Litigation, Haryana, He is a 1991 batch IPS officer.

Virk goes to Rohtak range
Navdeep Singh Virk, a 1994 batch IPS officer has been posted new IG, Rohtak Range in Haryana. He was CP, Gurugram.

Khirwar joins as CP, Gurugram
Sandeep Khirwar , 1995 batch IPS officer will be new Commissioner of Police, Gurugram, Haryana. He will hold additional charge of IG, Railways.

Kumar will be IG, Security in Haryana
Sanjay Kumar, a 1997 batch IPS officer, has been appointed new IG, Security, Haryana. He was posted as IG, Rohtak Range.

ITDC surges high on profit in Q1, 2016-17
India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Ministry of Tourism, posted a remarkable performance for first quarter of the current financial year 2016-17. The total turnover in quarter ending June 2016 increased to Rs.110.5 cr as compared to Rs. Rs.105.96 cr in the corresponding quarter last year. The company registered Net Profit Before Tax (PBT) at Rs. 13.78 cr as compared to Rs. 2.77 cr in the corresponding quarter last financial year i.e. 2015-16, an increase of a significant 397% from last year. These details were announced in the Board of Directors' meeting of the company held on 12th August, 2016 at the Group's flagship hotel, The Ashok, New Delhi. Buoyed by the profits in last financial year 2015-16, ITDC has posted good performance for this year as well.

Purohit appointed as Governor of Assam (UPDATED)
Banwarilal Purohit has been appointed as the Governor of Assam.

Heptulla appointed Governor of Manipur (UPDATED)
Dr Najma A Heptulla has been appointed as the Governor of Manipur.

Badnore appointed Governor of Punjab (UPDATED)
V P Singh Badnore has been appointed as the Governor of Punjab.

Jagdish Mukhi appointed Lt Governor of A&N (UPDATED)
Jagdish Mukhi has been appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Rajat Kumar appointed as PS, Labour in AP (UPDATED)
Rajat Kumar has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Labour, Employment, Training & Factories in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

C V Anand appointed as Commissioner, Consumer Affairs in AP (UPDATED)
C V Anand has been posted as Commissioner, Consumer Affairs, Food & Civil Supplies in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Anand Mohan Sharan appointed as Chairman, Haryana Minerals Ltd (UPDATED)
Anand Mohan Sharan has been appointed as Chairman, Haryana Minerals Limited, New Delhi in addition to his present posting. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Third posting of CS rank officer in two months (UPDATED)
UP govt has transferred a senior 1982 batch IAS officer Pravir Kumar third time in two months time. First as officiating Chief Secretary of the state then Chairman , NOIDA and Greater NOIDA Authorities and now Chairman, UPSRTC. Praveer Kumar got his third transfer order on Wednesday.

Agrawal given Additional charge of Noida Authorities (UPDATED)
Sanjay Agrawal, a 1984 batch IAS officer has been given additional charge of the Chairmans of Noida & Greater Noida Authorities and CEO of YEIDA. He is already PS, Energy and Industrial Development in Lucknow.

Devesh Mishra appointed as CCM, Northern Railway (UPDATED)
Devesh Mishra presently Northern Railway has been appointed as Chief Commercial Manager (CCM), Northern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Sunil Beniwal returns to parent cadre (UPDATED)
Upon premature repatriation from deputation, Sunil Beniwal has been posted to Northern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

CORPORATE

RBI penalizes Banks
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 27 July, 2016 has penalized 13 banks for violating regulatory directions / instructions / guidelines among other things on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms give in table. RBI has also imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 10 Million on UCO Bank for contravention of instructions relating to opening of current account and providing bill discounting facilities to account holders without having any borrowing facility with the bank resulting in siphoning of funds.

Rao ceases to be Ind Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank
D L N Rao has ceased to be Independent Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited.

Sheriff re-appointed as CMD, Starcom IT
Starcom Information Technology Ltd has re-appointed Ziaulla Sheriff as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Jain appointed CS of Orient Press Ltd
Orient Press Limited has appointed Ms K Lata Jain as Company Secretary of the company.

Bhatia appointed Non ED, Gujarat Metallic Coal & Coke Ltd
Gujarat Metallic Coal & Coke Ltd has appointed Ms Kajal Ramesh Bhatia as Non-Executive Director of the company.

Kapadia resigns as Ind Director of Goldiam International Ltd
Rajesh G Kapadia has resigned as Independent Director of Goldiam International Limited.

Shankar appointed CS of Shilpi Cable Technologies Ltd
Shilpi Cable Technologies Limited has appointed Ravi Shankar as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Sharma resigns as Addl Director, Hindustan Everest
Ms Chhavi Sharma has resigned as Additional Director of Hindustan Everest Tools Ltd

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BJP ruling States corrupt
BJP rules states are the corrupt states doubtless. But why Modiji is keeping quite. The mode of Modiji is similar to the mode of Soniaji when the congress ruled states had highest corruption. Are Modiji and Soniaji on the same plank when listening to the corruption misdeeds of their own party. In the case, Modiji may also move to Oblivion as Soniaji with allegations bound to head.
O P Meena

Bachelor CM or PM not aware of prices of essential commodities
The bachelor CM or forced PM do not know the 'dal aate ka bhav' since they do not go to purchase in shop. Hence rate of arhar more than 200leading to hoarding by merchants and corruption. Married knows up-to-date rates.
Anil Kumar

Shallow arguments
IAS is a superior service by any account or standard. That is why, people who don't get into IAS are given chances to rewrite and improve the rank to get into IAS. Some persons for reasons best known to them opt for IPS or other lower services although they would have got IAS by virtue of their high rank. It is asking why a top rank holder of IIT opted for a civil engineering and going for a newly opened IIT college. When one takes such a decision, they are aware of the opportunities they are bound to lose."At the entry level, IAS officers may not be a class apart from other services' officers for it is a matter of a few subjective marks. But government expenditure on training and grooming IAS officers brings out a visible difference in two years. From the initial experience of the field job as an SDM or DM and then other CEO like functions, IAS officers' jobs are not constrained by narrow specialists' concerns as they hop into varied job profiles. These other services play a vital role in areas like tax collection, audit, diplomacy , forest and wildlife management, and contribute in their own ways to the nation. But the demand for parity with IAS ignores the contribution and the challenges, both at professional and personal levels, of IAS officers. While the status enjoyed by IAS is envied, terrorist threats to it is not."(taken from a TOI article)
Ramjays

Demands against genuine need
It has become a fashion in our country, to demand things, which people normally don't deserve. Thus it is with IAS V/S other service also! Why is this issue being raised again and again now, after so many years! The fact is that the rules of a game are laid down before the game is played, not while the game is in progress. The IAS /IFS have been designed to be the top service. If the idea is that all services are to be made equal, let it be declared before hand, so that from the year after such declaration, people will be free to choose the service, especially those where they can be located in Delhi always. There is no system of exam where a first class becomes third class and vice versa, so let there first be a decision, then let people opt. Also spare a thought for those who lose a year or two to get into IAS, instead of joining other service. We should first deserve then desire! Unfortunately we look for short cut to success.
S Chhatterjee

British legacy is still prevalent in all walks of life.
Ashok

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