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POLITICS

This is History (361)
In India today many of our advanced politicians still talk in terms of the French Revolution and the Rights of Man, not appreciating that much has happened since then.

What is the UP scenerio ?
It is now widely believed that in the ensuing Vidhan Sabha elections the real fight will be between the SP and the BJP. What about the BSP and the Congress ?

Vora is greatest survivor ?
People say that Treasurer of the Congress Party Moti Lal Vora is a greatest survivor in the Indian Politics.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega CBI Chief ? (13 and last)
None in the country can predict the name of new CBI Chief. Infact, road to this post goes via Amitji and Narendra Bhai.

Who will be new Ambassador to US (7 and last )
Name of Navtej Sarna has also cropped up for the post of Ambassador to US. He is presently Indian High Commissioner to London. Another name doing the round is that of Pankaj Saran, India's Ambassador to Russia.

24 IAS officers retiring in August
As many as 24 IAS officers belonging to various and cadres and batches are retiring in August, 2016. They are: Dr Vijay Shankar Madan of AGMUT cadre; Sathya Prakash Tucker, J Raymond Peter, Dr Vijay Kumar of Andhra Pradesh; Ram Tirath Jindal Dhrubhajyoti Hazarika of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Anand Vardhan Sinha of Bihar cadre; Dr B S Anant and Dr B B L Tiwari of Chhattisgarh cadre; M A Narmawala and G R Chaudhari of Gujarat cadre; Suman Kumar of Jharkhand cadre; J N Malpani and Shayam Sundar Bansal of Madhya Pradesh; S K Sawant of Maharashtra cadre; Ashok Kumar Tripathy of Odisha cadre; Preet Dev Singh Shergill of Punjab cadre; Rakesh Verma, Balkishan Meena and Rajesh Yadav of Rajasthan cadre; J Raymond Peter of Telangana cadre and Aradhana Johri, Ajay Kumar Upadhayay, Rajesh Kumar Singh of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Five Delhi based 1983 batch IPS officers are in DG race
Five empanelled 1983 batch IPS , who are posted id Delhi , are in the race for DG. They are Mssrs OP Singh, DG, NDRF, R R Bhatnagar, DG, NCB, R. Pachnanda, ADG, CISF Rina Mitra ADG BSF and Sudhir Pratap Singh, ADG, CRPF.

Why name of ED, ADB is pending ?
According to sources Indian representation is Asian Development Bank (ADB) is missing for the last two months. It is said that PMO is not happy with the names forwarded by the Finance Ministry. GOI is yet finalise the name of ED, ADB.

3 Spl DGs posts are vacant in CRPF
In CRPF, the largest CPMF, 3 Special DGs posts are vacant for the last one year. These posts are stationed at Jammu, Guwahati and Kolkata. ADGs have been posted against two posts.

Ananya Ray empanelled as Secretary in GoI
Ananya Ray has been empanelled for holding Secretary level posts in Government of India. Ray is a 1980 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Sujata Prasad empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Sujata Prasad has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. She is a 1983 batch ICAS officer.

Neelamani Raju empanelled as DG in GoI
Neelamani N Raju has been empanelled for holding Director General level posts in Government of India. She is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Dinesh Sharma empanelled for Secretary equivalent posts in GoI
Dinesh Sharma has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Will Trivedi be GM, CORE ?
Additional GM of the Western Central Railway S P Trivedi is likely to be appointed GM of the Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) Allahabad. He is 1980 batch IRSSE officer.

Two posts at Apex level in ISS approved
The Government of India is reported to have approved two Apex Level pay scale posts in Indian Information Service (IIS).

Ravichandran, Director (Fin), STC relieved to go back to AAI
G Ravichandran, GM, AAI, who had taken over the charge as Director (Finance), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC) in January this year and resigned from the same within six months, has been relieved of to return to his parent organization: Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Tuhin Kanta Pandey likely to return to cadre in Aug end
Tuhin Kanta Pandey, who was given a one year extension as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat in last year in August, is expected to return to parent cadre this month. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Media asked not to publish names of Judge and Lawyers
The Madras High Court Bench has asked the media not to publish or broadcast names of lawyers while reporting court news since it would amount to indirect advertisement of the advocates' professional capabilities. The Bench has even asked not to name the Judge in reports.

Three Principal Secretaries in Bihar to be reverted ?
The GoI has reportedly turned down the promotion of three 1992 batch IAS officers to the rank of Principal Secretary in Bihar. The three 1992 batch officers - Chanchal Kumar, Dipak Kumar Singh and Harjot Kaur were promoted in June. The basis of reversion of the officers is because they have not completed the requisite length of service.

R B Chakravorty appointed as part-time Director, UCIL
R B Chakravorty has been appointed as non-official part time Director on the Board of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) for a period of three years.

Gaj Raj Singh promoted to Scientist 'G' grade
Gaj Raj Singh has been promoted to the grade of Scientist 'G' under the Modified Flexible Complementing Scheme.

Dr Nagesh Singh appointed Chief Economic Adviser, Rural Dev
Dr Nagesh Singh has been transferred and posted as Chief Economic Adviser, Rural Development. He is a 1982 batch IES officer.

Haryana gets only two new IAS officers
Two candidates, who were provided Indian Administrative Service (IAS) after clearing Civil Service Examination-2015, have been allotted Haryana cadre. They are: Abhishek Meena and Rahul Narwal.

Agrawal is Dy. CGDA
Aanand Agrawal, a 1999 batch IDAS officer has been posted as Sr Dy .CGDA in CGDA office New Delhi. He will be on this post till the completion of current academic year i.e March 31,2017.

Who will go to SPG ?
After the departure of Vivek Shrivastava to IB, one post of IG is vacant in elite force SPG. He is a Gujarat cadre IPS officer. He was transferred to IB about two months back.

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

Minor reshuffle of IES officers
As many as five SAG level officers of the Indian Economic Service (IES) have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, V L V S S Subba Rao has been appointed as Economic Adviser, Higher Education while Ms Vinita Aggarwal was posted as Economic Adviser, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Similarly, Alok Chandra has been posted as Economic Adviser, Railways while Ms Manisha Sensarma was appointed as Economic Adviser, Social Justice & Empowerment and Ms Anu P Mathai has been posted as Economic Adviser, Commerce.

Bhagat appointed ED of Corporation Bank
The Central Government has appointed Gopal Murli Bhagat, General Manager, Bank of India as Executive Director of Corporation Bank .

Noida Authority CEO shifted
Noida Authority CEO Rama Raman has been shited in a minor bureaucratic reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh

Tenure of Ajith Kumar as Chairman, Rubber Board extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of A Ajith Kumar as Chairman, Rubber Board, Department of Commerce has been extended upto October 3, 2016. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Ravi Shankar is new HC Uganda (UPDATED)
Ravi Shankar (lFS: 1995), presently Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy of India, Rome, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of lndia to the Republic of Uganda.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Assam (UPDATED)
A large number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Assam. Accordingly, Aruna Rajoria has been appointed as Mission Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhijan Mission while Thaneswar Malakar was posted as Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Barpeta and Sanjiv Kumar Gogoi is Baksa DC. Similarly, Gaurav Bothra has been posted as Golaghat DC; Shamsher Singh as Nagaon DC; MS Manivannan as Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department; Rakesh Kumar as Commissioner of Excise; Manoj Kumar Deka as Sonitpur DC; Ruby Borah as West Karbi Anglong DC; Deva Kumar Nath; Manoj Kumar as Dima Hasao DC; Varnali Deka as Joint Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department with additional charge, Director of the AYUSH; Laya Madduri as Dibrugarh DC; Ashwani Kumar as Joint Secretary, Urban Development; Dr Karuna Kumari as South Salmara-Mankachar; Roshni Apranji Korati as Dhemaji DC; Adil Khan as Karbi Anglong DC; Pallav Gopal Jha as Majuli DC; Ashitakhya Chakraborty as Biswanath DC; Prasanta Mahanta as Karimganj DC; Bibekananda Choudhury as Kokrajhar DC; Hemen Das as Morigaon DC; Dhiraj Choudhury as Dhubri DC; Abdur Rahim Sheikh as Joint Secretary, Planning and Development Department; Ashok Barman as Darrang DC; Mridul Kumar Mahanta as Director, Municipal Administration; Jadav Saikia as Chief Executive Officer of Sonitpur Zila Parishad and Munindra Sharma was posted as Joint Secretary, Cooperation Department.

Jahanzeb Akhtar appointed CIT (OSD), Bengaluru (UPDATED)
Mrs Jahanzeb Akhtar, Commissioner of Income Tax, has been transferred and posted as CIT (OSD), Bengaluru. She is an IRS officer.

B B Vyas is also Secretary, Revenue in J&K (UPDATED)
B B Vyas has been given the additional charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Revenue Department. He is an IAS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

Mahavir Singh is also PS, Urban Bodies, Haryana (UPDATED)
Mahavir Singh has been given the additional charge of the post of Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Transfers and postings of IRAS officers (UPDATED)
As many as 14 IRAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Subhashish Gupta has been transferred to Northeast Frontier Railway while Maitreyee Sharma was posted to Northern Railway. Similarly, N P Sharma has been posted to DMW/Patiala while S Mukherjee was transferred to East Coast Railway; B Ramakrishnan to Metro Railway; P K Chaudhary to CORE/Allahabad; T Delson Joseph to Metro Railway; R Kalo to South Eastern Railway; Malvin Hansdak to East Central Railway;Mrs Amita Shukla to Central Railway; Gautam Jain to South East Central Railway; Vikram Singh Gill to RCF, Kapurthala; Mrs Sharda Ramakrishnan to Southern Railway and Y Mallikarjuna to South Central Railway; Ajai Mathur to Northern Railway and Ms Mukta Shekar was posted to COFMOW.

12 IRAS officers promoted to SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 12 IRAS officers have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) on Non-Functional Basis. They are: Amitava Mukherjee, RVNL; Malabika Ghosh Mohan, SCR; Krishna Kant Goyal, NAIR; Mohd Jawed Mazhar, SER; N Bala Ganesh, SWR; R Lalith Mohan, SCR; Manjeet Kaur, RCF; Ramji Om, WR; K Ramasubramonia Pillai, SR; Thangavel Gopal Sudhan, SCR; Poonam Krishan Kumar Modi, WR and K Chakraborty, NFR.

Rajesh Kumar Bhoot relieved to join CBDT (UPDATED)
Rajesh Kumar Bhoot has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary TPL-II division in CBDT. He is an IRS-IT officer.

A G West Kharkongor appointed as CMD, NEEPCO (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of A G West Kharkongor, Director (Finance), NEEPCO as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO).

A K Srivastava appointed as Director (Tech), SPMCIL (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of A K Srivastava, General Manager, India Government Mint, Mumbai, SPMCIL as Director (Technical), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL).

Arora takes over as Director General Air (Ops) (UPDATED)
Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora AVSM has taken over the charge as Director General Air (Operations). He was commissioned in the IAF as a fighter pilot in Dec 1981.

CORPORATE

Kannan ceases to be SBI's Nominee on State Bank of Mysore Board
V G Kannan has ceased to be State Bank of India's Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of State Bank of Mysore.

Sankar resigns as Chairman of Tamilnadu PetroProducts Limited
C V Sankar, IAS, (Retd.) has resigned as Non-Executive Chairman of Tamilnadu PetroProducts Limited.

Aloria ceases to be Chairman of GSFCL
G R Aloria, IAS, has ceased to be Chairman of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited.

Nair ceases to be Non Exec. Director of Titan Company Ltd
Dr C G Krishanadas Nair has ceased to be Non Executive Director of Titan Company Ltd.

Raju resigns as MD of Infronics Systems Ltd
M S Raju has resigned as Managing Director of Infronics Systems Ltd

Subramaniam appointed as Group President & Head (Equity) of UTI Asset Management Company Ltd
Vetri Subramaniam has been appointed as Group President and Head of Equity of UTI Asset Management Company Ltd.

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It is a total myth

The feeling that IAS officers are all the time thinking how to put down other services is a total myth. Having been in the IAS for more than three decades, I can say with confidence that such a thought has never occurred either to me or a large number of my colleagues.

C B Rajeev

Why just Group A services should have parity with IAS ?

Why just Group A services should have parity with the IAS and not Group B Services? Group B services are also recruited through the same exam. This question has been raised in your forum.

The IAS keeps coming up with illogical arguments to perpetuate their colonial hangover.

The reason whu Group A services have parity with the IAS (though the IAS has managed to withhold the consequential benefits to Group A Services recruited through the common Civil Services Examination) is obvious. Group A services are not only recruited through the same examination as the IAS, notably, they are also recruited in the same pay scale as the IAS. Group B services are not recruited in the same pay scale. Notably, at the time of recruitment, in the junior time scale, the IAS does not enjoy any edge over the IPS and IRS. This was a consciou decision of the 4th pay commission (as a consequence of the change in the pattern of the examination in 1979) and was to be extended over a period of years, to higher grades, as the post 1979 batches rose in seniority (so that pre 1979 batches of the IAS, who came through a different system were not put to disadvantage due to subsequent changes). Unfortunately, the IAS managed to avoid this by hook or by crook. The nefarious designs continue till this day.

But the day will come, when the oppressed will raise their voice and get their legitimate due. PM Modi will do justice.

Ram Raj

Typical bureaucratic working of MoD

It is a fact that NFU upgradation of more than 80 IDSE officers of MES with 23-26 years of Group A service are waiting for Non Functional Upgradation to the SAG Grade, due wef April 2016. The DPC is shuttling up and down at various levels for the last nine months. Peers of these officers in other Group A Engineering Services have already picked up functional promotion to SAG grade long back but these officers do not know whom to approach as MoD is one such ministry where even Jt Secy is not easily accessible. RM is requested to intervene please.

IDSE officer

GoI should ban sites like facebook !

The facebook is trying to make fun of people by screwing their personal details and asking what did you study in Delhi university and why you had studied in Rajasthan and during what period. I fail to understand why Indian government allow sites like this in India and encroachment to privacy/anyone listening ?

Ram Singh

Hearty Congratulation

Hearty Congratulation to A.K. Goyal, IFS to be empanelled as Secretary to Government of India. He is a brilliant and hardworking officer, deserve to be elevated at the highest position. Sudhir Kumar, Chairman, Forest Scientist Association (FOSA), ICFRE

Sudhir Kumar

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