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POLITICS

This is History ( 467)

But the most troublesome of all small countries in Europe or elsewhere are in the Balkans.

Mulayam and Akhilesh are one

One should not remain under the allusion that there is any difference between Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav. Both are united and the later will have a major say in the list of prospective candidates for the forthcoming state elections.

GST: Levy of Cess not accepted to some states

Few states ,including Andhra Pradesh do not accept levy of Cess by the Centre on certain goods to compensate the states for loss of revenue arising out of implementation of GST in the five years starting from 2017-18.

SP has two lists of candidates ?

All is not well in Samajwadi party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh. According to sources party state president has already announced candidates for maximum seats. But CM has reportedly handed over a list of about 400 candidates to party high command. Now Mulayam Singh Yadav has to take final decision.

If CM's list approved, SP will have upper hand

Akhilesh Yadav 's latest move has created ripples in SP. But if political pundits are to believed if CM' s list of candidates is approved the party will have upper hand in the forthcoming assembly elections.

Amrinder sawdhaan...

Lagtha hai bhuchaal toh aaye ga!!
Congress ko zorr se jhatkaaye ga!!
Congis ko gyaan ho gaya hai!!
Abh hai yeh daur naya!!
Aunty's ill and Sonny is calling the shots!
Now you can join the dots!!
As of now Congress is in transition!
Change in Spoons Panel compilation!
Some old ones will go out!!
Youngsters will come in without a doubt!
Inexperience and haughtiness will be the norm!!
Like-minded Spoons Panel Baba will form!!
There will be lot of shooting from the hip!
And now faster Congress will slip!!
Think.. is Rahul fit to have Nuke Button under his finger!!
Arre Dummy effects of Hiroshima still linger!!
He compared Demonitisation to Hiroshima bombing!!
Even the thought of him being PM is numbing!!
Amrinder ik gall jaano!
History repeats itself waala adage maano!
How Bhajan Lal lost CM race!!
During campaigning he was the CM face!!
He rushed to Chandigarh to be sworn in!
And at Ambala was told for CM post Hooda's 'in'!!
Lagdaa hai tussi wee raho tayiyaar!!
Aur bhul jao aap ji da 'yaaro da yaar'!!
Congressi dagaa dehen wich awall hann!!
Teh Rahul deh wee bahut kachche hann kann!
In Punjab AAP has got 18-40 lot enthused!!
SM it's used and abused!!
Abused because a lot of lies have been spread!!
A lot of lies or hyped info 18-40 lot are being fed!!
This was done in Delhi and now Delhites know!!
All that glows does not actually glow!!
There is a undeclared war going on!!
Score is Baba 0 and Didi 1!!
The war is for Leader of anti Modi Jamghat!
Before UP election they want to lift this Jamghat's ghoongat!
Baba's recent so said ace was hawai fire!!
On account of Didi's continous she went a step higher!
She's made it her mission to bawl!!
Be Leader of Jamghat and BJP's advances in WB she wants to stall!!
Even if Modi says as CM Didi is good!
She'll still be in a foul mood!!
Say who is he to rate me!!
If he felt I am good why did he not say Didi ji!!
So in a way Modi's formula is bang on!!
Never... down the argument alley he's gone!!
Without naming them he responds in his speeches in his way!!
At an arm's distance he chooses to stay!!
Confucius says....Some detractors should be treated with contempt! !
Any debate or direct response you should not even attempt!!
Disclaimer : Poetical Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Fresh panel for CBI Chief ?

A fresh panel for the post of CBI Director is being prepared by the PMO. There are 43 eligible candidates of four batches of the IPS for the post.The MHA has sent inputs of the names. As predicted by 'Whispers in the Corridors' the scheduled meeting to select CBI Chief did not take place on Monday.

Who will be new SEBI Chairman ?

Though the Search Committee has short-listed 10 candidates for the post, observers believe even other than short-listed candidate can be called for interview in mid January.

States elections announcement in January first week ?

Latest buzz is that EC is likely to announce assembly election dates of five states in the first week of January 2017.

Acute shortage of officers at Deputy Secretary/Director level in GoI

The Government of India has written to all the Cadre Controlling Authorities (CCAs) to send names of officers for central deputation so as to make up a required strength of officers at Deputy Secretary/Director level facing an acute shortage of the same.

It's really amazing !

There is a big talk in the bureaucratic circles about empanelment of 1982 batch IAS officers. They say it's amazing that even during review four important IAS officers of their batch former UP Chief Secretary Deepak Singhal, Chief Secretary of Punjab Sarvesh Kaushal, Chief Secretary rank officer in Himachal Pradesh Vineet Chaudhary and Chairman of Inland Waterways Authority Amitabh Verma of UP cadre were not empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.

Three Secretaries retiring this month

Three Secretaries in govt of India are superannuating this month. They are Dr. Shyam S. Agrawal, Secretary, Tribal Affairs, V.S.Pandey, Secretary, Fertilizer and Shashi Sekhar, Secretary, Water Resources. Pandey is a UP cadre 1979 batch IAS officer while Dr. Agrawal is a 1980 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer. Shekhar is a TN cadre 1981 batch IAS officer.

Justice Lokur to be Member of SC Collegium

After the retirement of Justice T S Thakur ,Justice M B Lokur will become Member of the Supreme Court Collegium.

Two Power centres in Tamil Nadu ?

After the demise of JayaLalitha political observers believe there are going to be two power centres in TamilNadu -Sasikala Natarajan and O Panneerselvam.

Will Delhi trips of Coal India officers start again ?

People say that frequest Delhi trips of the Coal India official restricted by the outgoing Secretary Anil Swarup will again start.

Deputation tenure of Krishnamoorthy extended

The central deputation tenure of B Krishnamoorthy as Director in the Ministry of Shipping has been extended upto April 8, 2017. He is a 2002 batch IOFS officer.

Girish Shankar is also Secretary, IPP for a week

Girish Shankar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Industrial Policy and Promotion (IPP) till December 31, 2016. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Lt Gen Vinod Vashisht takes over as DG, NCC

Lt Gen Vinod Vashisht has taken over the charge as Director General of National Cadet Corps (NCC). He was commissioned into the Regiment of Artillery on June 9, 1979.

N L Singh promoted to Special DG grade in CPWD

N L Singh has been appointed as Special Director General (NR), CPWD, New Delhi after promotion to Special Director General grade.

Satnam Singh Badhwan likely to return to parent cadre

Satnam Singh Badhwan, Chief Vigilance Officer in Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), Delhi, under the Department of Food & Public Distribution at Joint Secretary level, is expected to return to his parent cadre. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Sanjay Gupta returns to parent cadre

Sanjay Gupta, who was on deputation to Competition Commission of India, has returned to parent cadre and posted to the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi region. He is an IRS-IT Officer.

Mrs Ekta Jain returns to parent cadre

Mrs Ekta Jain, who was on deputation to Department of Revenue, New Delhi, has returned to parent cadre and posted to the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi region. She is an IRS-IT officer.

Will Prof Rao move to NIU?

Name of Prof Yellapragada Sudershan Rao, Chairman, ICHR is doing the round for the post of Chancellor, NalandaInternational University, Bihar. Prior to this he was Prof, History at Kakatiya University, Telangana.

8 AGMUT cadre IPS officers promoted

DPC has cleared eight IPS officers of AGMUT cadre for promotion. They will be promoted as Spl CP and ADG. These officers belong to 1990 and 1991 batches.
(We said this on December 23, 2016)

No taker for Director (Mktg), HECL post ?

The Government of India is yet to finalise the person for the post of Director (Marketing), Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL) as a vacancy of this post has arisen on April 1, with the retirement of present incumbent A V Krishna on March 31, 2016. Meanwhile, PESB held interviews for the post, but no one appears interested in the same.

Lekh Raj yet to be appointed as Director (Fin), EPIL

Lekh Raj, Additional GM, NTPC, is yet to be appointed as Director (Finance), Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPIL) against the vacancy.

Vacancy of Director (Tech), THDC arises

A vacancy of Director Technical, Tehri Hydro Development Corporation has arisen with present incumbent D V Singh joining as Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the same.

Three 1991 batch IPS officers promoted as Spl CP, Delhi Police

Three 1991 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officers have been promoted as Special CP in Delhi Police. They are - Tejinder Singh Luthra, Sanjay Singh and Dipendra Pathak. Presently all these officers are Jt. CP in Delhi Police.

Four IPS officers promoted in Delhi Police

Four IPS officers of AGMUT cadre have been promoted to the rank of Spl CP. They are- Nuzhat Hussain, R.P Upadhyay, Virendra Singh and Vivek Gogia.

One IPS officer of 1992 batch gets promotion in Delhi Police

Satish Golcha of 1992 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer has been promoted as Spl CP , Delhi Police.

Harsh Mittar gets premature repatriation

Harsh Mittar, APCCF (C), Northern Regional office, Chandigarh, has prematurely been repatriated to parent cadre. He is a 1982 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Ajay Kumar is also APCCF, Northern Regional office, Chandigarh

Ajay Kumar has been assigned an additional charge of APCCF(C), Northern Regional Office, Chandigarh. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.


Vishwanathan shifted from Delhi to Chennai

Sunder Vishwanathan , a 2014 batch IDAS officer has been transferred from CGDA, Delhi to CDA Office , Chennai as Asstt CGDA.

K Bhavaneswari empanelled as DIG in GoI

K Bhavaneswari has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 2002 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Ms Garde is no more

Former 1962 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Mrinalini Garde has passed away in Bhopal . She was about 75.

CMD HUDCO receives Governance Now PSU Awards 2016

Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, CMD HUDCO received the Governance Now PSU Award 2016, presented by Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Babul Supriyo, Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and Jitendra Kapoor, Legendary actor who was the Guest of honour at the award function for honouring the efforts of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), vital to India’s overall economic growth. The ‘value growth award’ was conferred on to HUDCO for being a growth-oriented company.

Union Steel Minister visits SAIL units at Ranchi (UPDATED)
Steel Minister Birendra Singh visited SAIL Units of Ranchi and urged them to register global presence in terms of increasing exports of SAIL steel by producing more and more special steel at optimum cost. He also emphasised the need of presence as a world class Management Institution as well as high Safety standards. Minister also inaugurated a pelletisation plant at Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), SAIL in Ranchi. On this occasion, Chairman, SAIL P K Singh, Director(Technical) Raman, Executive Director (RDCIS), B N Thakur, Executive Director(CET), P Saidev, Executive Director(SSO), R K Tripathy, Executive Director(MTI), Mrs Kamakshi Raman and other senior official of SAIL Ranchi Units are also present. He appreciated the innovations by SAIL R&D but urged for intensive marketing and thereby commercialization of product and process innovations. The Engineering and Technology Unit at Ranchi CET apprised that they have implemented hitherto single largest package in the history of SAIL at Hot Strip Mill, Rourkela. The challenge further lied in continued interventions till production reached to capacity levels. Inaugurating the Pelletization Plant at RDCIS, he underscored the merits and enormous scope of pellets. Thereafter inaugurating the e-Abhigyan knowledge sharing Portal at Management Training Institute (MTI), SAIL he emphasized the concomitant modality of Learning and Sharing.

NTPC awarded for employee productivity (UPDATED)
One of the best employers and the largest power utility of the country NTPC has been awarded for Employee Productivity at the 4th Governance Now PSU Awards 2016 held in New Delhi. The Award was received by S P Singh, Executive Director (HR) and Sanjay Singh, General Manager(HR) from Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, food and Public Distribution. Jitendra Kapoor, Legendary Actor and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

North Eastern Pavilion of Goa arts and literature festival, 2016 (UPDATED)
The North-Eastern Pavilion (at The International Centre, Goa) is an exceptional venue at The Goa Arts and Literature Festival, 2016, dedicated to artists from the North East - writers, poets, musicians and the like. The curators of GALF uniquely designed an exclusive schedule of activities - panel discussions, readings, film screenings and performances which were held at this pavilion. From the December 9 and 11, GALF showcased the adroitness of these north-east Indian states which included Sikkim and the Seven Sister States of India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland). This section falls under the aegis of the North Eastern Council (Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region) and focused on the vibrancy - richness in art, literature, music and culture - of the North East. It was an exclusive feature for festival visitors from Goa and across the world who were given the opportunity to witness these aspects of the North Eastern Region. The speakers who graced the audience with their intellect included prominent and eminent artists like author, translator and columnist Mitra Phukan; novelist Dhruba Hazarika; prolific writer Manikuntala Bhattacharya; poet Anubhav Tulasi; poet and novelist Mamang Dai; painter and documentary filmmaker Ashes Gupta; editor, publisher and proprietor of a daily newspaper in the north-east Monalisa Changkija, and performing artist Lou Majaw. At the inaugural, Margaret Alva, recollected her association with writers and thinkers (apart from politicians and social workers) during her tenure as a minister and member of parliament. She also expressed her desire to write a book on her experiences of the NE region. Yatin Kakodkar, president of ICG GOA hoped that her book would be written and completed in time to be released next year - at GALF 2017. After the inaugural function of the NE Pavilion, the sessions commenced with an introductory address by Indian educational activist, folklorist, writer, poet and editor Manas Ranjan Mahapatra (Director of Art and Culture, North Eastern Council). This was followed by interactive sessions with the youth as well as readings by writers and poets of the north eastern states. An exhibit of books written by these writers, including a pictorial display of the flora and fauna of the NE region further impressed upon the audience.

10 officers of Gujarat awarded Indian Forest Service cadre (UPDATED)
As many as ten officers of State Forest Service of Gujarat ave been awarded Indian Forest Service (IFS) cadre: A C Sampat, A M Parmar, S J Pandit, D C Maheta, J L Zala, P A Vihol, B B Modi, K T Parmar, M M Bhalodi and D M Joshi.

Five IRS-IT officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as five IRS officers in the grade of Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax have been given new postings. Accordingly, Rishi Kumar has been appointed as OSD in TPL Division, CBDT while Sanjay Sharma was posted as OSD in OT&WT division, CBDT. Similarly, T K Bhattacharya has been posted to NER region while M Logapathi was transferred to Kerala region and Umakant has been sent to Odisha region.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Uttar Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as seven IPS officers have been given new postings in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Umesh Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as SSP, Saharanpur while Deepak Kumar Bhatt was posted as SP, Pratapgarh. Similarly, Ram Kishore has been posted as SP, Auraiya while Vipin Kumar Mishra was appointed as SP, Shravasti; Manoj Tiwari as Commandant, 27th Battalion, PAC, Sitapur; Madhav Prasad Verma as Commandant, UP Special Battalion Range, Lucknow and Atul Sharma has been appointed as SP, CBCID, Lucknow.

Sumati Shandhiya promoted as DIG, MAC (UPDATED)
Sumati Shandhiya has been promoted as DIG, MAC, Railway Board.

Tenure of Mrs Rajeshwari to Environment, Forest extended (UPDATED)
The deputation tenure of Mrs P Rajeshwari to the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has been extended for a period of two years. He is a 1990 batch IFS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Major V S Rana appointed as CVO, CSIR (UPDATED)
Major V S Rana has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Delhi. He is a 1999 batch IRTS officer.

Ashok Labhane is also CVO, SECL, Bilaspur (UPDATED)
Ashok P Labhane, CVO, WCL, has been assigned an additional charge of CVO, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), Bilaspur. He is a 1990 batch IRSEE officer.

Mahesh Thakur relieved to join Dy Secretary, Drinking Water & Sanitation (UPDATED)
Mahesh Thakur has been relieved to join as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation. He is an IRS-IT officer.

CORPORATE

Chatterjee appointed as Part-time Director of GAIL (India) Limited

Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has appointed Ashish Chatterjee, Joint Secretary (GP), Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, as Part-time Director of GAIL (India) Limited

Venkatesh is ED & CFO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd

Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited has designated N S Venkatesh who is Executive Director of the Bank as the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank.

NTPC's 800 MW Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project commissioned

Unit-1 of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned on December 25, 2016. This is the first 800 MW unit commissioned by NTPC Ltd.

Balakrishnan appointed as MD & CEO of Geofin Comtrade

Vinodkumar Balakrishnan has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Geofin Comtrade.

Wadia ceases to be Director of Tata Chemicals Ltd

Nusli N Wadia has ceased to be a Director of Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Bhat appointed as Director of Tata Chemicals Ltd

Bhaskar Bhat has been appointed as a Director of Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Jain ceases to be Part-time Non-official Director of Corporation Bank

Adish Kumar Jain has ceased to be Part-time Non-official Director of Corporation Bank.

Ms Bharucha appointed as Addl. Director of Idea Cellular Ltd

Idea Cellular Ltd has appointed Ms Alka Bharucha as an Additional Director of the company.

Yadav appointed CS of SPL Industries Ltd

SPL Industries Limited has appointed Ashish Yadav as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Dalal appointed Non- Exec. Director of Selan Exploration Technology Ltd

Selan Exploration Technology Limited appointed Ms Sonali Bhagwati Dalal as Non- Executive Independent Director of the company.

Joshi ceases to be Addl. Director of TAAL Enterprises Ltd

Ajay Joshi has ceased to be Additional Director of TAAL Enterprises Ltd.

Ms Gupta appointed as CS of National General Industries Ltd

Ms Vandana Gupta has been appointed as Company Secretary of National General Industries Ltd.

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Delhi needs a military General !

Delhi needs a military General of the highest integrity and erudition to be the face of the national capital and encourage the residents to behave educated and cultured.

M L Gupta

Problem with bureaucrats

The problem with these bureaucrats is that they do not want to accept that they are public servants and not masters. Therefore this grievance.

Parth

Congratulations to Lt. General Bipin Rawat

On behalf of Uttarakhand people, congratulations to Lt. General Bipin Rawat Ji and Anil Dhasmana ji. for your selection to the coveted posts of Army Chief and RAW Chief respectively. We all are proud of you. And this has been achieved by these two satlwarts by dint of their hard work, sincerity and vast experience in their fields.

H S Chauhan

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