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This is History (197)
He was an absolute monarch, like the others in Europe, but he put on the pose of a philospo and tried to be friends with Voltaire.

Cadre allotment under present govt. before training
It has happened for the first time under Modi government that cadre allotment of IAS officers is being accomplished before training.

Become an IAS and get Rs.100 crore dowry
Grapevine has it that dowry being offered to a bridegroom, if he is an IAS official, has gone up as high as worth Rs.100 crores. Is it a fact ?

Safai is ON..
Mr. Sodabottleopenerwalla ..a very upright Parsi Gentleman ...lives on the 20th floor in the building I reside in.. He's a health fanatic and off and on when I go for a walk in the building's jogging/walking track I always run into him.. today is such a day. ..

Me: Kem cho...

Sodabottleopenerwalla: I'm fine ...but what's going on troubles me ...for one ..the JNU problem..

M: Yes very worrying issue... we have such elements prowling our campuses!

S: First I blame this system of allowing politics in Campuses ...given a chance Pseudos would make politics enter our schools ..and the Red Pseudos would ensure Kindergarten entry of politics..

M: Yes the Campus elections are just like political elections....shoukd be stopped... one of the biggest causes of students becoming 'professional' students. ..

S: Why the hell did the Cops not raid the room of this Kanayilal ... these 'professional' students live way beyond their known means ... you want admissions... fix attendance ... etc ..they do it for a fee...you want to rent a crowd ...they are your answer ...

M: But now this disease is spreading ...

S: Unless swift decisive action is not taken its going to fester ... you have to send a strong message ...

M: Someone was telling me their next objective is to create a fracas in Banaras Hindu and Patna Universities..

S: SP and Laloo Governments there ....goondaism rules ... the 'conditions' are excellent ...

M: So there goes the Budget Session ..

S: Government should get the Central GST passed as a Money Bill ....can bypass Raja Sabha then ....and speaking of money ... NPAs are mind boggling ...

M: Yup... and Government should make Public the names of all the defaulters.... Commercial Loans constitute 85% ..Agriculture is just 8%...

S: And what a ludicrous excuse is being peddled .... that Bank Managements and Credit Appraisal Staff were not of the best standard.. its like saying mass cheating because examiners and invigilators were substandard. ..arre why overlook the intent of students ... to cheat... similarly why overlook the intent of those who took loans by submitting fudged..grossly overvalued securities... non existent sureties ....or gross over budgeting ...intent was to rook...

M: What's next...

S: Whatever ...its good ...arre the scum is coming out... this is precursor to Achche Dinn.... Seditious lot exist in our Campuses.... NPAs were till now swept under the carpet... Banks window dressed balance sheets... this is Modi effect .... Safai.... cleaning up the dirt ..... and it encompasses a whole lot of areas...from dirt on the street ..to dirt in Society .. to dirt in minds...to dirty intentions ... sabh saaf...

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Term of ED Karnal Singh extended
The additional charge of Enforcement Director assigned to Karnal Singh has been extended for a period of six months beyond February 19, 2016. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on Feb 10 )

Alok Verma is new Police Commissioner of Delhi
Senior-most IPS officer of UT cadre Alok Verma has been appointed new Police Commissioner Delhi. He is 1979 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on Feb 4 and Feb 12, 2016 )

Jayanth Kumar Dev deemed to quit IAS
Jayanth Kumar Dev is deemed to have resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

M K Surana is new CMD of HPCL
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of M K Surana, CEO, Prize Petroleum Company Limited as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), HPCL.

ACC approves appointment of P K Das as Director (Mktg), STC
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of P K Das, Executive Director, MMTC as Director (Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited.

ACC approves appointment of N Krishnappa as Director (OU), BEL
The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of N Krishnappa, GM (MS), BEL as Director (Other Units), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

Talukdar appointed as Technical Member, APTEL
Baikunth Nath Talukdar has been appointed as Technical Member (Petroleum & Natural Gas) in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) for a period of three years.

Tenure of Amitabh Kant as CEO, NITI Aayog fixed for two years
The tenure of Amitabh Kant as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NITI Aayog has been fixed for a period of two years. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Mrs Rajni Sekhri Sibal gets premature repatriation
Mrs Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, has been given premature repatriation to her parent cadre. She is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

U Krishna Murty appointed as CVO, HPCL
U Krishna Murty has been appointed as Central Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai. He is a 1986 batch IRTS officer.

Cadre of Himanshu Kumar Rai transferred to Bihar
The cadre of Himanshu Kumar Rai from Kerala to Bihar has been transferred on the basis of Physically Handicapped policy. He is a 2010 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

ACC approves appointment of Vice Admiral Bisht as FOC-in-C, ENC
Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Vice Admiral H C Bisht as Flag Officer commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC).

ACC approves appointment of Vice Admiral Verma as C-in-C, A&N Command
Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Vice Admiral B K Verma as Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C), Andaman & Nicobar Command.

ACC approves appointment of Anoop Srivastava as Controller, ISAC
Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Anoop Srivastava as Controller in ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore. He is a 1989 batch IDAS officer.

A P Sawhney is also DG, DGH
A P Sawhney, Additional Secretary in the Ministry has been assigned an additional charge of Director General of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DG, DGH). He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Pradeep Kumar looks after as Member (Elec), Railway Board
Pradeep Kumar, Member Staff has been given an additional charge of Member (Electrical), Railway Board for a period of three months.

Tenure of Abhishek Singh as ED, FCI extended
The tenure of Abhishek Singh as Executive Director (IT/Engg), Food Corporation of India has been extended upto March 31, 2017. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Jayant Mishra is new DG Revenue Intelligence (DGRE)
Jayant Mishra is joining as DG Revenue Intelligence (DGRE) Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). He is 1981 batch IRS (C&CE) officer.

Ramesh is new DG Systems in CBEC
Ramesh is joining as DG Systems in the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).He is 1981 batch IRS (CBEC) officer.

Atanu Purkayastha repatriated to parent cadre
Atanu Purkayastha as Secretary, Central Information Commission (CIC), has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

K P Yadav shifted as Director Traffic, Railway Board
K P Yadav, Director (Tourism & Catering), Railway Board has been shifted as Director (Traffic PG), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Ms Shelly Srivastava appointed as Director (T&C), Railway Board
Ms Shelly Srivastava presently in Northern Railway has been appointed as Director (Tourism & Catering), Railway Board. She is an IRTS officer.

N C Bordoloi transferred to DBRT
N C Bordoloi presently in North East Frontier Railway has been transferred to DBRT under RDSO, Lucknow. He is a Civil Engineer.

Post of Joint Secretary falling vacant in IT & Broadcasting
The post of Joint Secretary is falling vacant in the Ministry of Information Technology & Broadcasting in March 2016.

Ashit Mohan Prasad empanelled as ADG in GoI
Ashit Mohan Prasad has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General posts in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Himachal Pradesh
A number of IAS officers have been transferred in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Nandita Gupta has been posted as Divisional Commissioner, Kangra at Dharamshala while Dinesh Malhotra was made Secretary (MPP and Power) with additional charge of Director Energy and Hans Raj is DC Shimla. Similarly, M Sudha Devi has been posted as Director Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs; Priyatu Mandal as Director Transport; Rakesh Kanwar as DC Solan ; Madan Chauhan as Director SC, OBC and Minorities Affairs; Yunus as DC of Kullu; Sudesh Kumar Mokhta as DC Chamba; M Sudha Devi; Amit Kashyap as Director Industries and Managing Director General Industries Corporation; Vinod Kumar as settlement officer Kangra; ViveK Bhatia as DC Lahaul & Spiti and Richa Verma has been shifted as SDO civil Sangrah in Chamba district.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Himachal Pradesh
A number of IPS officers have been shifted to different places in Himachal Pradesh. Accordingly, Rahul Nath has been posted as SP, Bilaspur while Bhagat Singh Thakur is new SP of Kinnaur and Anjum Ara was made SP, Solan. Similarly, Romesh Chand Chajta has been posted as SP Vigilance and Anti Corruption; Sanjay Kumar Gandhi as SP, Kangra with additional charge of Commandant, 2nd IRB Battalion (Sakoh); D K Chowdhary as SP Communication and Technical Services (C and TS); Gurdev Chand Sharma as AIG Headquarters; S R Rana as Commandant I IRB Battalion at Bangrah; Sandeep Dhawal, Additional SP, Shimla and Rakesh Singh Additional SP, 6th IRB Battalion have been promoted as SP and posted as SP(Cyber Crime) and SP(Welfare) respectively. Besides, Rohit Malpani has been posted as additional SP, Shimla; Salini Agnihotri as Additional SP, Kangra and Khushal Chand Sharma was posted as SP, CID Crime.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Gujarat
Some IAS officers have been given fresh assignments in Gujarat. Accordingly, P K Gera has been transferred as MD, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL), Vadodara while Arvind Agrawal is given additional charge of MD, GMDC and AM Tiwari was appointed MD, Gujarat State Fertiliz er Corporation (GSFC), Vadodara. Besides, Anil Mukim has been given additional charge of GAD; G R Chaudhari as Commissioner, Tribal Development; Rakesh Shankar gets additional charge of CEO, municipal finance board; Victor Macwan as Joint Secretary , Revenue Appeals and L Chuaungo was given charge of the post of managing director, GECL.

Cadre review meeting for ITS at 5 PM today (UPDATED)
The cadre review meeting to review the cadre of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) is being held at 5 PM on February 18, 2016after it was postponed for the second time.

Dr Murthy promoted as 'G' grade Scientist (UPDATED)
Dr G V S Murthy has been promoted to the grade of Scientist 'G' in Government of India.

8 IAS officers of 1992 batch promoted to Principal Secretary grade in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1992 batch have been promoted to Princiapl Secretary grade in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: Dr J Radhakrishnan, Dr Rajendra Kumar, Dr Neeraj Mittal, Rajesh Lakhoni, Mangat Ram Sharma, Pradeep Yadav, Kumar Jayant and Dr K Gopal.

6 IAS officers of 2000 batch get Senior Time Scale in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as six officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2000 batch have been promoted to Senior Time Scale in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: G Prakash, Anil Mehsram, Santosh K Misra, Dr M Rajendran, Mahesan Kaisrajan and Dr R Palaniswamy.

14 IAS officers of 2003 batch get Selection Grade in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as 14 officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2003 batch have been promoted to the Selection Grade in Tamil Nadu. the officers are: V Arun Roy, Mrs Anu George, Dr R Anandakumar, Mrs Pooja Kulkarni, V Shobana, C Munianathan, M Vijaykumar, A suganthi, S Madhumathi, T N Hariharan, M Vallalar, C Kamaraj, T Abraham and C Rajendran.

4 IAS officers of 2007 batch get JAG in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
Four officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2007 batch have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade in Tamil Nadu. The officers are:K Veera Raghava Rao, K Nanthakumar, S Jayandhi, Dr P Shankar.

8 IAS officers of 2012 batch get Senior Scale in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 2012 batch have been promoted to Senior Scale in Tamil Nadu. The officers are: Gopala Sundara Raj, Rahul Nadh, V Vishnu, Krishnanunni, Senthil Raj, Sameeran, Arthi and P N Sridhar.

Adusumilli V Rajamouli promoted as Additional Secretary to Chief Minister, AP (UPDATED)
Adusumilli V Rajamouli, who is on deputation to Government of Andhra Pradesh and presently posted as Joint Secretary to Chief Minister, has been re-designated as Additional Secretary to Chief Minister after promotion to Selection Grade. He is a 2003 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

K Sanath Kumar appointed as CMD, NICL (UPDATED)
K Sanath Kumar GM, General Insurance Corporation, has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) for a period of five years.

Additional charge of Director Technical to Prabhat Sahai extended (UPDATED)
Additional charge of Director Technical to Prabhat Sahai as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation, has been extended for a period of six months with effect from March 1, 2016.

V J Pandya nominated as Director, BPCL (UPDATED)
V J Pandya, CGM, Chief Drilling Services (Offshore), ONGC, has been nominated as part-time Director on teh Board of Bharat Pumps and Compressors Limited (BPCL) for a period of three years.

G C Agrawal is also DG, Academy of Indian Railways (UPDATED)
G C Agrawal, General Manager, Western Railway, Mumbai has been given an additional charge of Director General, National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodra for a period of six months. He is an IRSME Officer.

Appointment of Santosh Sharma as Director (Ope), HCL approved (UPDATED)
Santosh Sharma, Executive Director, HCL, has been appointed as Director (Operations), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL).

Dr C K G Nair nominated as Member, SAT, Mumbai (UPDATED)
Dr C K G Nair, Adviser, Economic Affairs, has been appointed as Member in the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Mumbai.

B V Balaram Das appointed as Presiding Officer, EPFAT, Bengaluru (UPDATED)
B V Balaram Das, Deputy Government Advocate, has been appointed as Presiding officer Employees Provident Fund Tribunal (EPFAT), Bengaluru.

Santosh Kumar Kamila appointed as CVO, OFB (UPDATED)
Santosh Kumar Kamila has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Ordinance Factory Board (OFB) uptoJanuary 3, 2018. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

V Ponnuraj appointed as MD, KUIDFC, Bengaluru (UPDATED)
V Ponnuraj has been appointed as Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development & Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), Bengaluru. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Sanjiv Mittal appointed as Secretary, OIDB, NOIDA (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Mittal has been appointed as Secretary at Joint Secretary level in Oil Industry Development Board (OIDB), NOIDA under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. He is a 1984 batch IDAS officer.

Dr W R Reddy appointed as DG, NIRD &PR (UPDATED)
Dr W R Reddy has appointed as Director General of national Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Hyderbad on deputation basis for a period of five years. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

P K Das appointed as Director (Fin), ITDC (UPDATED)
P K Das, DGM, REC has been appointed as Director (Finance), India Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) for a period of five years.

Devinder Kumar Gupta appointed as Special Director, Enforcement (UPDATED)
Devinder Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Special Director of Enforcement at Delhi. He is a 1991 batch IRS-IT officer.

17 persons appointed as Members, ITAT (UPDATED)
As many as 17 persons have been appointed as Members (Judicial/Accountant) in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). They are: anand Nath Mishra (IRS), Nabin Kumar Pradhan (IRS), Sanjay Singh (IRS), Sanka Venkateswarlu (IRS), K C P Patnaik (IRS), S Jayaraman (IRS), Surender Jit Singh (IRS), Dasi Sadhu Sunder Singh (IRS), Amarjit Singh (IRS), B Raja Ravindra Kumar (IRS), Meetha Lal Meena (IRS), Om Prakash Meena (IRS), K Narasimha Chary Senior Civil Judge AP Judicial Service; Mohd Muqeem Sr Public Prosecutoer, CBI, Manoj Kumar CA; Arjun Lal Saini CA and Ravish Sood Advocate.

Anil Kumar Singh promoted to PrCCIT grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Anil Kumar Singh has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax.

Anil Kumar Singh promoted to Commissioner, Customs grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs cadre, Manas Ranjan Mohanty has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise.

Yogpal Singh promoted to Commissioner, Customs grade (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Customs cadre, Yogpal Singh has been promoted to the grade of Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise.

Two IPS officers shifted in Karnataka (UPDATED)
N Shivakumar has been appointed as Additional Director General, Home Guards & Ex-officio Additional Director, Civil Defence, Bengaluru while Prashant Kumar Thakur was made Inspector General, Forest Cell, Bengaluru in Karnataka.

DEBATE
Is PM Narendra Modi losing his charm ?. Is he a changed man ? Any suggestions ?
Mail your views to:- mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or Suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

Shanker appointed MD of Avon India
Rahul Shanker has been appointed as Managing Director of Avon India.

Defaria promoted as Exec. Chairman of Airtel Africa
Bharti Airtel has promoted Christian Defaria who is currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa as Executive Chairman of Airtel Africa.

Ms Chakraborty resigns as Independent Director of Alchemist Ltd
Ms Silpi Chakraborty has resigned as Independent Director of Alchemist Limited

Reddy resigns as CFO of Kennametal India Ltd
D Parameswara Reddy has resigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Kennametal India Ltd.

Ms Shridharani resigns as CS of Scandent Imaging Ltd
Ms Rachana Shridharani has resigned as Company Secretary of Scandent Imaging Ltd

Abraham appointed as GM of Park Hyatt Hyderabad
Thomas Abraham has joined as General Manager of Park Hyatt Hyderabad.

Ms Sharma resigns as CS of Austin Engineering Company Ltd
Ms Ashwini Sharma has resigned as Company Secretary of Austin Engineering Company Ltd

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AIS officials have not changed

Despite very high moral ground govt. at the Center, the AIS officials have not changed their tracks. The one such instance is that one of the Officer of the UT cadre who has been appointed JS in MHA has brought in more than 7 offcials as his personal staff from Delhi Police despite the fact that regular officials are available with the Ministry. What is the motive of bringing these officials who have been with him for over the years. This is one incident there are innumerable instances where these Delhi Police officials are working. On the one side DP cries for shortage of staff and these are the way of man management. This practice needs to be stopped and these people should be manning Delhi instead of serving to individuals. Unfortunately this is happening under the nose of Home Minister. This practice needs to be checked in otherwise there is no end to it.

Ravinder

Result of recommendations of 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission

You should know that a lot of new policy which is coming out is as a result of recommendations of 2nd Administrative Reforms Commission. Zero Balance Account, Smart Cities (Mega cities), NJAC Bill and even National litigation Policy.

BBS

No opportunity to express views on respondent's arguments

I also know of such a case in CAT Mumbai. The applicant was heard in June 2014 and the respondent in October 2014.The applicant was not given an opportunity to offer his views on respondent's arguments, and the judgment peonounced. Even though the UPSC had stated that proper procedure was not followed, the judges concluded that it had been followed. Even the matter was heard after four years of pleadings were completed.Member Admns in the CAT are not upto the mark. That is why the same needs to be abolished.

Amit Mahajan

Recommendations of PESB

the recommendation of certain candidates who has dubious track record by PESB shows that there is no transparency. PESB should publish the track record/profile of candidates along with recommendation criteria in the web. PMO should look into it and all PESB recommendations since October 2015 should be cancelled and get it investigated and make PESB selection transparent.

Pras

It has stirred up a hornet's nest

What ever one may term Justice Karnan's judgement and stay order of SC Collegium's transfer orders, it has stirred up a hornet's nest. Many may feel it as the result of SC's involvement in administrative functions like transfers and appointment of judges. After all transferring and appointing judges is not a judicial function and can be questioned in the High Courts.

N Kumar

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