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Amazing-how come you have sustained whispers for the last 16 years without a break even for a day ?.
A N Srivastava

POLITICS

This is History (444)
Lenin had clear and definite views-he would countenance no weakening, no compromise, because he was afraid that otherwise opportunists would flood their party.

Why is corruption at its peak in BJP ruled states ?
Though there has been no corruption case in the GoI under Modi regime, people ask why is it so that corruption at its peak in BJP ruled states ?

Why is RSS silent on demonetization ?
It is a mystery that why is RSS silent on demonetization ? There has been not a single statement from any RSS leader either in favour or against demonetization.

Baba Ramdev to be Number two in the country ?
If his business continues to rise in a similar manner, people say that the day is not far off when Baba Ramdev will be Number two after Mukesh Ambani in the country.


Bawaal...

Aap se special pyaar hai ...itne saalo se.
So I feel I should let my friend know if I am missing out on something I do regularly on his Site.
My Respected Friend is in Delhi and we decide to meet at The Habitat Centre. And over a Three Course Continental Meal we start chatting.
Me:: On Gold there is a clarification to scotch the rumors.....
Respected Friend: Frankly Modi must have non-productiveness of Gold Holdings in mind...Indians hoard Gold as security ....vanity ...and for Marriages....I think there should be some way to make Indians reduce their Gold Holdings for Vanity purposes and for Security ...Marriages.....go in for Gold Bonds...in this way a major chunk of Gold Holdings would turn productive!!! Indians would have to be enticed to do this...more prudent way...the only way go break tradition ...
M: Now Bengal FM has made GST the bargaining card.... many would decipher his statement as so.....
RF: His logic is State Government's losing Revenue because of Demonitisation. ...
M: Yes he now wants State FMs to deliberate ...calls Demonitisation and GST a double whammy. .
RF: Fact is both will be a Double Sundae for the economy ....but Politics is hurting India's attempts to change for the better... achaa... I hear TMC made a issue about the Commercial Plane which Mamtha was in making a Emergency Landing ..
M: Yes TMC is giving it a conspiracy twist ..
RF: Usually Planes have reserve fuel to fly to the nearest airport from the destination Airport in case of an emergency ...its said that three commercial airlines were found short of this reserve fuel ... the plane Mamtha was travelling hovered for some time and made an Emergency Landing. ..
M: Arre if she misses a step by mistake TMC will say BJP tripped her ... this is the mindset prevailing today...
RF: I've been noting TV Channels send their Reporters to interview people standing in ATM/Bank queues ...and many Reporters try to needle those they interview ...however 80% say they are being inconvenienced but they are with the Government on Demonitisation..
M: Yes on one Channel the interviewee said ...taqleef hai ..mushqil hai ..toh kya!!
RF: One well known Anchor nowadays spends his afternoons interviewing Public in queues ..and he's tenacious to get a negative response ...twists the questions to get the answer he's looking for..
M: Too much Bawaal day in and out. ..
RF: By the way today's Bawaal… hacking of Rahul and Congress's Twitter accounts ... Congress is questioning Digital Security ...
RF: Even before an Investigation they are pronouncing BJP guilty..for all you know could be a disgruntled insider ....many times more secure Sites have been hacked ..I think what Congress would be worried about is the Direct Messages in both accounts!! Maybe next we will get CongiLeaks...desi version of WikiLeaks!
M:Now it's being said the Server was hacked into ..one Congress Spokesman even tweeted that Digitization was unsafe as the account of even an SPG protectee could be hacked.
RF: What has SPG got to do with Cyber activities of its protectees ....prudent way would have been to do an in-house investigation before pointing fingers...
M: And attacking Digitization is like saying don't use Electricity because it can give shock and even electrocute ...so actually it's Demonetization that's in their sights...
RF: Yes like 3 planes technically low on fuel ..in one Didi was travelling ... Demonetization is being blamed.... Airlines do not have money to buy Fuel because of Demonitization ...what a joke ......they will blame Demonetization for all problems!! Ha...ha... this is for sure in Luytens. ... Chemists are having record sales of Sleeping and Diarrhea medicines ..yes the sufferers can very rightly blame Demonetization!!!
M: Today my turn for a joke ...After the crass comment Rabdi made about Nitish and Sushil Modi ...Chaara Laloo ne khaya (notionally) aur gobbar Rabdi karr rahi hai (notionally)..
Disclaimer: Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Asthana now likely ad-hoc Chief of CBI

Rakesh Asthana, Additional Director has been given additional charge of Director, CBI . He is a 1984 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer. In a late night move, R. K Dutta Spl Director, CBI was appointed Special Secretary, MHA. Rahul Asthana's batchmate Y C Modi of Assam-Meghalaya cadre who is also Additional Director in the CBI is junior to him .
( We said this only yesterday )

Sanjay Kothari takes over as Chairperson of PESB

Sanjay Kothari, former Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), has taken over the charge as Chairperson, Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB). The post was lying vacant since November 25, 2016. He is a 1978 batch retired IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
(We said this on Nov 30 morning)

Kutty is new Chief Secretary Delhi Government

MM Kutty has assumed office as the new Chief Secretary of Delhi Government. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on November 30 )

K K Sharma relieved to join GoI

Delhi Chief Secretary K K Sharma has been relieved to join Government of India as Secretary, Higher Education. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre. He will join as OSD .

Next Higher Edu Secretary is junior to School Edu Secretary

In the Ministry of HRD, newly appointed Higher Education Secretary K K Sharma is two batch junior to School Education and Literacy Secretary, Anil Swarup. Sharma is AGMUT cadre 1983 batch IAS officer while Swarup is a UP cadre 1981 batch IAS officer.

Official Language Department sees six Secretaries in two years

Official Language Department (Rajbhasa Vibhag) in the Government of India has seen six Secretaries in two years. Four in 2016 only, But the good thing is that none of them retired from this department but transferred to other ministries. Hem Chandra Pande was secretary for less than two months, the shortest period while Girish Shankar enjoyed the post for five months.

Railway Minister gets three Private Secretaries in a year?

In a period of one year, the Ministry of Railways witnessed three Private Secretaries with first one of them declining the post in spite of posting orders. As soon as Railway Minister, Prabhakar Prabhu took over the charge, a 2004 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre Maruti Pingale Vijay Maruti was appointed as Private Secretary, but he refused the offer. Then post was offered to Dr Sanjeev Kumar, a 2003 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre. He served around six months and returned to parent cadre. The Ministry appointed a 2005 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre, Ashish Madhaorao More whose tenure was curtailed and posted to DoPT.

Will Chairman's post be ex-cadre?

It is said that Chairman, CWC post is likely to be ex-cadre. Matter is likely to be put up before cabinet for approval. At present the Chairman's post cadre post of CWRES Officers. One more move is said to be underway to merge CWC and CGWC and create National Water Commission

Ravindra Gupta takes over Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board

Ravindra Gupta has taken over the charge as a new Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India. He belongs to 1975 batch of Special Class Apprentice (SCA). Prior to this appointment, he was General Manager, South Central Railway.

(We said this on August 16 )

Central deputation tenure of Ms Jyoti Arora extended

The central deputation tenure of Ms Jyoti Arora, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power has been extended upto January 5, 2017. She is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

ACC to consider extension to inter cadre deputation of Mrs Gurneet Tej

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) will consider the extension proposal of Mrs Gurneet Tej to the inter cadre deputation from Karnataka to Punjab for a period of two years. She is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

D V Singh joins as CMD, THDC India Ltd

Dhirendra Veer Singh, Director (Technical), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Limited, has taken over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, THDC India Limited.
(We said this on July 21, 2016)

Rathore takes over as Director (Tech), RITES

Mukesh Rathore, ED (QA), RITES, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical), RITES Limited. He succeeds present incumbent S B Malik retired on November 30, 2016.
(We said this on July 20, 2016)

R G Rao assumes charge as MD, HNL

Rokkam Gopala Rao, Director (Finance), IL lien with RINL, has taken over the charge as Managing Director, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL).
(We said this on March 17, 2006)

Suresh Mehra promoted as GM, joins Health Insurance TPA

Suresh Kumar Mehra on promotion as General Manager has joined Health Insurance TPA of India Ltd on deputation from Oriental Insurance company Ltd.

Keshav Kumar empanelled as ADG in GoI

Keshav Kumar has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General level posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Deepak Choudhary empanelled as DIG in GoI

Deepak Choudhary has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Assam Meghalaya cadre.

Ghanshyam Singh is also GM, CLW

Ghanshyam Singh has been given an additional charge as General Manager, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW). He is an IRSEE officer.

Vashishta Johri gets additional charge of GM, SCR

Vashishta Johri has been assigned an additional charge as General Manager, South Central Railway. He is an IRSME officer.

Vinay Goel gets charge of Presiding Officer, DRT, Lucknow

Vinay Goel has been given an additional charge of the post of Presiding Officer, DRT, Lucknow till March 31, 2017.

Tenure of Anoop Bhadwa as IGF, NAEB extended

The deputation tenure of Anoop Badhwa on the post of Inspector General of Forests (IGF), National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB), has been extended for a period of three months with effect from December 2, 2016. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

G R K Murthy promoted to PCCA grade

G R K Murthy has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the HAG pay scale. He is an officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).

AYCL is headless since April 2015

The post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Andrew Yule & Co. Limited (AYCL) has been lying vacant since April 2015.

GoI likely to disinvest a profit making Steel PSU ?

The Government of India is believed to be considering disinvesting a profit making PSU under the Ministry of Steel.

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited falls into decline

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has fallen into a decline, due to slow growth in steel demand, falling prices on account of global steel glut leading to import of steel at every low prices resulting in surge in steel imports during 2014-15 and 2015-16, with registering a loss of Rs 1421 crore.

Gangopadhaya to succeed Agarwal as Director (Proj), PFC on Jan1

Chinmoy Gangopadhaya, ED, PFC, will be taking over the charge as Director (Project), Power Finance Corporation Limited on January 1, 2017. He will succeed present incumbent A K Agarwal retiring on December 31, 2016.

Additional charge of Director (Fin), BBNL to Anand to continue till Jan

Manoj Anand will hold the additional charge of the post of Director (Finance), Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) till January 28, 2017.

Ms Lalnuntluangi Tochhhawng promoted to PCCA grade

Ms Lalnuntluangi Tochhhawng has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Controller of Accounts in the HAG pay scale. He is an officer of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS).

Four IRS-IT officers get additional charges

Four IRS-IT officers have been given additional charges. Accordingly, P C Modi has been given an additional charge of DGIT(Inv.), Jaipur while P C Modi gets charge of DGIT(Inv.), Jaipur and Neena Kumar was given the charge of CCIT, Jodhpur. Besides, S K Dash has been given an additional charge of CCIT-5, Kolkata and CCIT(TDS), Kolkata and Maheshwari is also CCIT-1, Kolkata.

Ashima Mehrotra relieved to join as Director, Tourism

Ashima Mehrotra has been relieved to join as Director, Ministry of Tourism in Government of India. She is an IRTS officer.

Post demonetization, Sumeet Jerath deputed to assess situation in Meghalaya

Sumeet Jerath, Additional Secretary, External Affairs has been deputed to undertake field visit in Meghalaya for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

Post demonetization, Barun Mitra deputed to assess situation in Manipur

Barun Mitra, Joint Secretary, Shipping has been deputed to undertake field visit in Manipur for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

Post demonetization, A K Yadav deputed to assess situation in Sikkim

Arun Kumar Yadav, Joint Secretary, Statistics & Programme Implementation has been deputed to undertake field visit in Sikkim for making on the spot assessment of the situation after cancellation of legal tender of high denomination bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.

Mishra transferred to Kolkata

Harihar Mishra, Director in the Ministry of Environment has been transferred and posted as PCA (Fys) Kolkata. He is a 1998 batch IDAS officer.

21 posts of Judges vacant in Gujarat HC

A total of 21 posts of Judges including 14 of Permanent and seven of Additional Judges are lying vacant in Gujarat High Court.

Pritam Singh is also DG&CEO, IICA

Pritam Singh, Additional Secretary, Corporate Affairs, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General & Chief Executive Officer, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ashish More appointed as Deputy Secretary, DoPT

Ashish Madhaorao More, whose tenure as Private Secretary to Railway Ministry was curtailed, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is a 2005 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Major Singh promoted as Principal Chief Engineer, CPE

Major Singh has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Engineer, Central Power Engineering in the Central Electricity Authority.

BHEL gets 22 new Executive Directors (UPDATED)

As many as 22 General Managers have been promoted as Executive Directors in the BHEL. Those promoted are A K Mukhopadhyay - ED (PS-SR), Anjan Mukhopadhyay - ED (PS-ER), D. Guin ED (CSM), New Delhi, D.K. Dikshit - ED (TP), Jhansi , D.K. Singh - ED (PCSG), Noida, D.K. Thakur - ED (HPEP), Hyderabad, Dr. Babu Lal - ED (CLD), Noida, G.K. Hedaoo - ED (PS-Mktg/Thermal & Gas), New Delhi, Gururaj S. Rotti - ED (Renewables & Water Business), New Delhi, J. Govindaswamy - ED (HPVP), Visakhapatnam, J.C. Sharma - ED (PS-PEM), Noida, K R Bhardwaj - ED (PS-PMG), New Delhi, K. Kalaiselvan - ED (BAP), Ranipet, Narendra Kumar - ED (HBG), Noida, Praveen Bansal - ED (TBSG), New Delhi, R Rajamanohar - ED (Tiruchy, PPPU & PC), Tiruchy, Rajeev Chawla - ED (PS-NR), Noida, S Vaidyanathan - ED (Finance), New Delhi, S. Chaturvedi - ED (ISG), Bangalore, S.V.N. Jithin Sundar - ED (TBG), Noida, Satinder Singh Wadhawan - ED (CQ &BE), Noida, and Tapas Majumdar has been promoted as ED (PS-TS), Noida.

Ameising Luikham joins as Secretary, Minority Affairs (UPDATED)
Ameising Luikham has taken over the charge as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Rao is also Chief Commissioner of Customs, Chennai till Dec 18 (UPDATED)
C P Rao, Chief Commissioner, Service Tax, Chennai, has been assigned an additional charge of Chief Commissioner, Customs, Chennai from December 1 to 18.

Three IAS officers shifted in Telangana (UPDATED)
K Shashanka has been appointed Municipal Commissioner, Karimnagar Municipal Corporation while Ms Shruti Ojha was Municipal Commissioner, Warangal Municipal Corporation and Adwait Kumar Singh is posted as Additional Commissioner, GHMC in Telangana.

Shaktikant Khanduri gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Shaktikant Khanduri, Inspector General of Forests (IGF), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, has prematurely been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

D P Sinha gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
D P Sinha, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Central Regional Office, has prematurely been repatriated to his parent cadre. He is a 1981 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.

R Gopalan appointed as Patron, FFTR (UPDATED)
R Gopalan has been appointed as Patron of Forum For Trade Remedies (FFTR). Gopalan, who belongs to 1976 batch retired IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, has rendered his services in Government of India at Secretary level.

V S Pandey is also Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas (UPDATED)
V S Pandey has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas from December 2 to 18, 2016. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Rakesh Asthana is now Acting CBI Chief (UPDATED)
Rakesh Asthana has taken over as acting Chief of CBI. He is 1984 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.
(We said this on December 1)

CORPORATE

Kapoor designated as CFO of United Bank of India

United Bank of India has designated Naresh Kumar Kapoor, General Manager of the Bank as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Bank w.e.f. December 5, 2016.

Yes Bank MD & CEO Rana Kapoor felicitated by IIMA

Yes Bank Ltd Managing Director and CEO Rana Kapoor has been felicitated for 'Outstanding Contribution to Innovation in Financial Services' by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA).'

Bhatnagar nominated as Director of State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur

State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur has nominated Sandeep Bhatnagar, Deputy General Manager (OSD), A&S Dept, State Bank of India as Director of the Bank.

Thamaraiselvan ceases to be Workmen Employee Director of Andhra Bank

K Thamaraiselvan has ceased to be Workmen Employee Director of Andhra Bank.

Raj resigns as Whole-time Director of Maharashtra Seamless Ltd

S P Raj has resigned as Whole-time Director of Maharashtra Seamless Limited. He will however continue as Non Executive Director of the company.

Saxena resigns as CS of Mayur Uniquoters Ltd

Nikhil Saxena has resigned as Company Secretary of Mayur Uniquoters Ltd.

Dujari appointed as CFO of Everest Industries Ltd

Everest Industries Limited has appointed Nikhil Dujari as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Shah appointed CFO of Crest Ventures Ltd

Parag Shah has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Crest Ventures Limited.

Bhatt appointed as CS of Lactose India Ltd

Lactose India Ltd has appointed Jay Manoj Bhatt as Company Secretary of the company.

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Post retirement placements

The reappointment of Sanjay Kothari, 1978 batch Haryana cadre retired officer, is a welcome step of the Prime Minister in defining and upholding the principles of merit containing commitment to the Chair, concern for the society and integrity first in decision making. Kothari has been seen as an outstanding officer practicing high moral values in the public life. In fact it is in the national interest now to utilize his rich experience of multidimensional nature to enhance the image of PESB . People at large and aspiring candidates seeking different positions in the Public Sector in particular must be celebrating this appointment in the hope that with Kothari transparency and merit shall not only reemerge but matter the most. Such appointments do send a positive message in the bureaucracy that it is high time to say good bye to the corrupt, inefficient and lobbyist who undeservingly succeed in capturing such positions through deceit and take pride in harming the interests of the State.
Once again wishing Kothari the best of luck .

O P Sharma
Sr. Govt. officer Ret.

Outstanding officer

Outstanding officer. His earlier tenure in MOP is still remembered by us. With the focus of Govt on Renewable energy sector he is the right choice for the job.

C Mohan

Muslims too can bank normally

There is no bar on Muslims to open bank accounts and earn interest on the savings under the Sharia. What is barred is living on interest income because a Muslim is supposed to work, earn & provide for his family rather than slouching all the time and living on income from interest. Interest income renders a person un-productive person in the family and an exploiter of the financial situation of others. Instead of earning interest, members of the community are expected to share the profits. If Muslims open savings bank accounts with the public sector banks, they can use the interest income for charity purposes. They can help the poor not only in their community but others in "social responsibility" spirit by funding education of children from poor sections, medical aid to poor people, marriage expenses of the girl from poor families etc. The Indian Muslim community is rich enough to finance developmental projects in the Middle East countries rather than looking for those countries to invest in India. It is public knowledge that a substantial part of production of goods & services in the informal/ unorganized sector in the country is contributed by the Indian Muslims. Once they open bank accounts, they will open the eyes of all those proponents of the Islamic Banking including the retired judges putting out reports promoting a medieval mentality. It will not be for the first time that the Muslims will earn interest and use it for social purposes. It has been going on for centuries here in India. Need I recall that the British borrowed huge amounts of money from the Nawab of Awadh but insisted on paying interest. These are called Awadh Loan I & II. So the Nawab accepted to the terms , but designated hundreds of his retinue and others to be paid a certain amount every month as pension. These payments continue even today. The loanee Britain transferred the liability to the Government of India along with the power. The amount today may seem little but is enough for the recipients to claim lineage with the Nawab. Let the Indian Muslims start banking and stop vested interest fooling them anymore.

M L Gupta

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