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He who stays at home is a coward. I promise you weariness, hardship and battles. But we will conquer or die.

Why are BJP old guards silent ?
The BJP old guards are said to be silent only because they can't defy the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh.

Why there is little or no opposition to Modi ?
There is little or no opposition of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi because, it is believed, he possesses hypnotism.

BUREAUCRACY

Khulbe appointed Secretary to PM
Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe has been appointed Secretary to the Prime Minister. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
(We said this only yesterday )

UP gets 18 new IAS officers
As many as 18 candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been allotted Uttar Pradesh cadre. They are: Shashank Tripathi, Anupam Shukla, Amit Pal, Prathamesh Kumar, Chandra Mohan Garg, Pulkit Garg, Abhishek Pandey, Ashwini Kumar Pandey, Gazal Bharadwaj, Shailesh Kumar, Kumar Harsh, Abhishek Goyal, Atul Vats, Annapurna Garg, Satya Prakash, Kavita Meena, Amit Aasery and Inderjit Singh.

Dr N Saravana Kumar appointed as PS to Ravi Shankar Prasad
Dr. N Saravana Kumar has been deputed as Private Secretary to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Electronics & IT and Law & Justice. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Mehta appointed APS to MoS, Bhamor
H S Mehta has been appointed Additional PS to Jaswant Singh Bhamor, MoS for Tribal Affairs. He is a SAS Gujarat officer who retired as Additional District Collector.

Mrs Sudha Midha promoted as DG, NSSO
Mrs Sudha Midha has been appointed as Director General, NSSO in the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation after promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG+). She is an Indian Statistical Service (ISS) officer.

Nagaraj appointed CMD, PEC
M Nagaraj, Managing Director, National Safai Karamchari Finance & Development Corporation (NKFDC), has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director, Project & Equipment Corporation of India (PEC) Limited.

Dr H Purushottham continues as DG, CDC
Dr H Purushottham, CMD, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) will continue holding an additional charge of Director General, Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), New Delhi
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Amrishbhai Govindbhai appointed non-official Director, HUDCO
Amrishbhai Govindbhai Patel has been appointed as Non-official Director on the board of Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) for a period of three years.

V P Yajurvedi joins as DGOF & Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board
V P Yajurvedi has taken over the charge as Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman, Ordnance Factory. He is a 1978 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factories.

Saptarshi Roy appointed Director (HR), NTPC
Saptarshi Roy, Regional Executive Director (North), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), has been appointed as Director (Human Resources), NTPC Limited.

K K Manoharan appointed as Commissioner Railway Safety
K K Manoharan has been appointed as Commissioner of Railway Safety. He is an IRSSE officer.

Thangavel Murthy promoted to DG, Postal Services grade
Thangavel Murthy has been promoted to the grade of Director General Postal Services. He is an Indian Postal Service officer.

Upma Chaudhary empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Upma Chaudhary has been empanelled for holding Secretary or Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. Chaudhary is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Bains is new ACS Energy in Madhya Pradesh
Iqbal Singh Bains has been promoted to the rank of ACS in Madhya Pradesh. On promotion, 1985 batch IAS officer Bains has been made ACS Energy.

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

Pending list of Secretary level appointments in GoI cleared
It took almost one year to clear the Secretary level appointment of empanelled officers . One 1980 and 1981 batch each and four 1982 batch IAS officers were appointed Secretary in GOI on Thursday.

Secretary appointed four months in advance
In an unusual step, the government has appointed new Secretary, Water Resources four months in advance. Shashi Shekhar, present Secretary will superannuate in December this year. Gujarat cadre IAS officer Dr Amarjeet Singh who is Spl Secretary in the same ministry for the last few months has now been appointed as OSD in the ministry and will take over as new Secretary after the retirement of Shekhar on December 31, 2016.

Sathiyavathy to wait for two months
Newly appointed OSD in the ministry of Labour M Sathiyavathy will take charge of the Secretary in September when the present Secretary Shankar Agrawal retires on September 30 this year. She is an AGMUT cadre 1982 batch IAS officer.

Bhullar to get charge of DGCA ?
B S Bhullar is likely to be given additional charge of DGCA. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UP cadre. Present DGCA M Sathiyavathy is moving as Labour Secretary.

RD ministry gets regular Secretary
With the appointment of Amarjeet Sinha as Rural Development Secretary, the RD ministry has got a regular Secretary after a wait of seven months. The post was vacant since January this year. Sinha is a 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer.

Dinesh Singh to wait for one month
Dinesh Singh who has been appointed Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development will take over charge only only September 1 after the retirement of V S Madan . He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Mrs Latha Krishna Rao to wait for three months
Mrs Latha Krishna Rao is joining the Government of India as Secretary, Department of Social Justice & Empowerment. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.She has however, to wait for three months to take over charge as present incumbent Ms Anita Agnihotri is superannuating only on October 31.

B K Prasad appointed Secretary two days before retirement
B K Prasad who was scheduled to retire on July 31 has been appointed as Secretary, National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic & Semi-Nomadic Tribes. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

MP Lokayukta team on mission to crackdown on corrupt officials
A team of competent officers in Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta has created terror among the wrongdoing and corrupt officers in the State with exposing corruption cases one after another in spates. Lokayukta Police, which took it up as a team on mission, is catching officials red-handed demanding and accepting bribes and or possessing huge assets disproportionate to the known sources of income. It goes after government officials ranging from clerks to senior level police officers and civil servants, uncovering stashes of ill-gotten wealth in the process. The team comprising of Ajay Kumar Sharma, DG Lok Ayukt Police, a 1989 batch IPS officer and is alert teammates, Ashok Awasthi ADG, 1990 batch IPS officer and Syed Mohd Afzal ADG, a 1990 batch IPS officer, has trapped 411 officials in 2015. As many as 197 cases were registered for undue advantage of position while 197 raids have been carried out with Yoge Prakran and 530 Challans. Besides, a total of 145 culprits have been awarded punishment to act as deterrent to others being in this endemic problem of corruption in the State.

Two IAS officers shifted in Maharashtra
Sham Lal Goyal, Principal Secretary and Special Enquiry Officer (1), General Administration Department has been posted as Principal Secretary (AR&OM & Civil Aviation), General Administration Department while Praveen Gedam was made Commissioner, Transport in Maharashtra State
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Dilip Rath is also Chairman, NDDB
Dilip Rath, Director, NDDB, has taken over an additional charge of Chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). Rath is a retired 1979 batch IAS officer.

Prof Prasanna Kumar appointed as Chairman, NCRI
Prof Prasanna Kumar G has appointed as Chairman, National Council of Rural Institute (NCRI), Hyderabad.

Dr Sanjeev Sharma appointed as Director, NIA
Dr Sanjeev Sharma has been appointed as Director, National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur.

Dr Venkataramana Reddy appointed as Director, NMM
Dr V Venkataramana Reddy has been appointed as Director, National Mission on Manuscripts (NMM).

Post of Arun Kumar upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Social Justice
The post of Arun Kumar as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Post of Jagdish Prasad Meena upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Food Processing
The post of Jagdish Prasad Meena as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Post of Jatinder Bir Singh upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Punjab & Sind Bank
The post of Jatinder Bir Singh as Additional Secretary, Chairman & MD, Punjab & Sind Bank has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Post of Mrs Preeti Sudan upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Child Development
The post of Mrs Preeti Sudan as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Post of Asha Ram Sihag upgraded to Special Secretary rank, UPSC
The post of Asha Ram Sihag as Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Post of Yudhvir Singh Malik upgraded to Special Secretary rank, NITI Ayog
The post of Yudhvir Singh Malik as Additional Secretary, NITI Ayog has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Post of Krishnan upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Land Resources
The post of K P Krishnan as Additional Secretary, Department of Land Resources has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Post of Mrs Sanjeevanee Kutty upgraded to Special Secretary rank, MHA
The post of Mrs Sanjeevanee Kutty as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Post of Injeti Srinivas upgraded to Special Secretary rank, SAI
The post of Injeti Srinivas as Director General, Sports Authority of India has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Post of Bahuguna upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Rural Development
The post of Mrs Seema Bahuguna as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Post of Mrs Bharati Sihag upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Steel
The post of Mrs Bharati S Sihag as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Post of Dinesh Sharma upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Finance
The post of Dinesh Sharma as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Post of R Sridharan upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Mines
The post of R Sridharan as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Mines has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Post of Rajani Ranjan Rashmi upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Environment
The post of Rajani Ranjan Rashmi as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Post of Mrs Alka Panda upgraded to Special Secretary rank, BIS
The post of Mrs Alka Panda as Director General, BIS has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Post of Mrs Anjali Prasad upgraded to Special Secretary rank, WTO
The post of Mrs Anjali Prasad as Ambassador, World Trade Organisation has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. She is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Post of Bhagwati Prasad Pandey upgraded to Special Secretary rank, Power
The post of Bhagwati Prasad Pandey as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power has been upgraded to the rank of Special Secretary. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Justice Bhagwati Prasad is Chairman Gujarat HRC
Former Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court Justice Bhagwati Prasad has been appointed new Chairman of the Guarat Human Rights Commission.

NBCC conferred ICC Award (UPDATED)
NBCC, the state-owned Navratna CPSE, bagged three Awards, conferred by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) during PSE Excellence Awards 2015 event, held recently in New Delhi. The awards in the broad category of Maharatnas and Navratnas include "CEO of the Year 2015" for Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD; "Operational Performance Excellence" & "Company of the Year" awards - 2015 for NBCC. S K Chaudhary, Director (Projects) and Hem Raj, Executive Director, seen receiving the awards on behalf of NBCC. This is the 6th edition of ICC's PSE Excellence Awards since it was introduced in 2016 to recognise contributions by PSEs to Indian Economy.

4 IAS officers get additional charges in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Janak Digal will hold an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Urban Development while A K Singh gets charge of Secretary, GAD and A Anbarasu is assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Services. Besides, Sandeep Kumar was assigned an additional charge of Secretary-cum-Commissioner Transport in Delhi Government.

V P Yajurvedi joins as DGOF & Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board (UPDATED)
V P Yajurvedi has taken over the charge as Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board. He is a 1978 batch officer of Indian Ordnance Factories.

CMDE Rakesh Anand selected as CMD, MDSL (UPDATED)
CMDE Rakesh Anand, Director (CP&P), MDSL, has been selected for the post of Chairman and Managing Director, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on August 2, 2016. Only four candidates appeared for the interviews.

Pankaj Rag is also DG, National Archives of India (UPDATED)
Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Culture, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, National Archives of India. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Additional charge of Chairperson, CEA to S D Dubey extended (UPDATED)
Shyam Dhar Dubey has been given an extension for the additional charge of the post of Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

Income Tax officers convicted for causing loss to Govt Exchequer (UPDATED)
The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Bangalore has convicted Dhirendra Kumar Jha, then Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Bangalore and U A Chandramouli, then Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Bangalore and sentenced them to undergo five years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.7,50,000/- each for causing loss of Rs.4.16 crore(approx) to Government Exchequer.

Vivek Saxena appointed as ED, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Vivek Saxena, Northern Railway, has been appointed as Executive Director (Land & Amenities)-H, Railway Board after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an IRSE officer.

Anshul Mishra appointed as PS to Jayant Sinha (UPDATED)
Anshul Mishra has been appointed as Private Secretary, Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation. He is a 2004 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Meenu Choudhary appointed as PS to Sadanand Gowda (UPDATED)
Ms Meenu Choudhary has been appointed as Private Secretary, D V Sadanand Gowda, Minister for Statistics & Programme Implementation. She is a 2000 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Sushil Pal appointed as PS to Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (UPDATED)
Sushil Pal has been appointed as Private Secretary to Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister of State for Home. He is a 1999 batch ICAS officer.

Alok Tiwari appointed as Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
Alok Tiwari has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Jitendra Kumar Joshi appointed as Director, Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
Jitendra Kumar Joshi has been appointed as Director in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1999 batch ITS officer.

Mohan Lal Hirwal appointed as Regional Director, SSC, New Delhi (UPDATED)
Mohan Lal Hirwal has been deputed as Regional Director at Director level North region in the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), New Delhi. He is a 1997 batch ITS officer.
S R Bhoosreddy appointed as CVO, MMTC (UPDATED)
S R Bhoosreddy has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in the Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC). He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

4 IAS officers get fresh assignment in Gujarat (UPDATED)
P K Taneja has been assigned an additional charge of ACS, Finance while Dr T Natarajan was made Joint Managing Director, Gujarat State Petroleum Corp Ltd and Mahesh Singh is as State Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Besides, J D Desai has been appointed as Member Secretary, Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board in Gujarat.

Two IAS officers shifted in AP (UPDATED)
K Praveen Kumar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Rain Shadow Area Development while G Anantha Ramu was given an additional charge of Principal Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare in Andhra Pradesh.

CORPORATE


Ashim Kumar Chakraborty appointed Director (Tech), CMPDIL
Ashim Kumar Chakraborty, Regional Director, Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL) has been appointed as Director (Technical), CMPDIL.

P K Sinha appointed Director (Tech), SECL
P K Sinha, General Manager, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) has been appointed as Director (Technical), South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL).

N Kumar continues as CMD, BCCL
N Kumar, Director (Technical), Caol India Limited (CIL) will continue holding an additional charge of CMD, Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) till the appointment of a regular incumbent.

O P Singh appointed Director (Tech), MCL
O P Singh, General Manager, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) has been appointed as Director (Technical), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).

T N Jha joins as Director (Tech), WCL
T N Jha, GM, WCL, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL).
(We said on January 11, 2016)

CMDE Nagpal takes over as Director (CPP&BD), GSL
CMDE B B Nagpal, Principal Director (SSG) in Ministry of Defence, has taken over the charge as Director (Corporate Planning, Project & Business Development), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
(We said this on Feb 26, 2016)

Vinod Sadanand Shenoy appointed Director (Ref), HPCL
Vinod Sadanand Shenoy, General Manager, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), has been appointed as Director (Refineries), HPCL.

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IRS vs IAS

IRS(IT) officers of Mumbai region have passed a resolution against the day today interference of Revenue Secretary in the technical matters of CBDT.On this issue a battle between IRS and IAS has started

S K Singh

CBI arresting people on flimsy ground

CBI has been arresting people on flimsy ground of non cooperation. They can't force people to make a confession. It is for them to investigate and collect evidence of wrong doing which may stand the test of judicial scrutiny.

P C Tripathi

Only now, things are changing

With PM Modi at the helm, this is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Modi is a believer in equality of equals and a torch bearer of genuine democracy. He rewards hard work and does not suffer laggards. So now, government is becoming different from the Secretary, as it should be in a genuine democracy.

A K Singh


Delayed decision

It is a much delayed decision. The GoI should respect seniority in posting of senior officers. We need a transparent system.

A K Verma

It is unfortunate

DoPT and PM have been trying to select the best officers for Government. But it is unfortunate that MoEF&CC has approved the name of some IFS officers for the post of Deputy Director Generals, ICFRE

N Suresh

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