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This is History (183)
If you have read Thackeray's Vanity Fair, you will remember such a bloated person in it.

Cadre review committee meeting postponed
A cadre review committee meeting under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary scheduled to be held on February 1, 2016 has reportedly been postponed.


Who will be winner in Chhattisgarh?
The Congress leadership is in dilemma- whom to support Ajit Jogi or the rival lobby. Who will take the decision Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi?

BUREAUCRACY

Durga Prasad appointed as DG, CRPF
Former SPG Chief, K Durga Prasad has been appointed as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.
(We said this on January 19)

Ms Archana Ramasundram appointed as DG, SSB
Ms Archana Ramasundram has been appointed as Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). She is a 1980 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Ms Ramasundram is presently DG NCRB.
(We said this on Feb 1 morning)

K K Sharma appointed as DG, BSF
K K Sharma has been appointed as Director General of Border Security Force (BSF). He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

M K Singla appointed as Special Secretary, Internal Security
M K Singla has been appointed as Special Secretary, Internal Security. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

A R K Kini appointed as DG, NCRB
A R K Kini has been appointed as Director General of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). He is a 1981 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Who will be new DG Doordarshan? (2)
Mahesh Joshi is said to be top contender for the post. If insiders are to be believed, he is being back of Chairman of the Prasar Bharti, A Surya Prakash.

Will Arunish Chawla be Senior Advisor to World Bank?
Former Private Secretary to Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr Arunish Chawla (1992, BH) is believed to have been shortlisted as Senior Advisor to World Bank.

Member UPSC Dr P Kilemsungla to retire in Feb
Dr (Mrs) P Kilemsungla , Member Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), is superannuating this month only.

Vinod Kumar Thakral is also Member (Fin), Atomic Energy
Vinod kumar Thakral has been assigned an additional charge of Member (Finance), Atomic Energy/Space/ Earth Commission. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

Makwana is new Joint Secretary UT in MHA
Hitesh Kumar S Makwana has been moved as Joint Secretary (UT) in the MHA. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Dilip Kumar is now JS CS Division in MHA
Dilip Kumar has been assigned the job of CS Division in MHA. The 1995 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre is Joint Secretary in the MHA.

Kumar Alok is now JS (P-1) in MHA
Kumar Alok has been transferred as Joint Secretary ( P-I) Division in the MHA. He is a 1990 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

Praveen Vashistha is new JS (LWE Division) in MHA
Praveen Vashista has been allocated work as Joint Secretary (LWE) Division in the MHA. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Mukesh Mittal moves as JS (IS-II) Division in MHA
Mukesh Mittal who is presently posted as Joint Secretary (LWE) Division has been moved as Joint Secretary IS-II Division in the MHA. He is 1987 batch IRS(IT) officer.

Gupta is now JS (BM) Division in MHA
Pradeep Gupta presently Joint Secretary (IS-II) has been moved as Joint Secretary ( BM) Divison in the MHA. He is 1985 batch IoFS officer.

Harish is new Ambassador to Vietnam
P Harish, presently CG, Houston, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He is a 1990 batch IFS officer.

Justice Bhatt moves to Gujarat High Court
Justice P P Bhatt, Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, has been transferred to the Gujarat High Court.

Why appointment of P K Das as Director (Mktg), STC delayed?
Why is the appointment of P K Das, ED, MMTC, as Director (Marketing), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STC) getting delayed?

Sakthimani yet to join as Director (Fin), CCI
S Sakthimani, AGM, RINL, who was selected for the post of Director (Finance), Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCI), is yet to take over the charge. The post has been lying vacant since May 6, 2015.

Viswanatha joins as Director (M&CB), BEML Ltd
B R Viswanatha, ED, BEML, has taken over the charge as Director (Mining & Constructions Business), BEML Limited.
(We said this July 30, 2015)

A K Sahoo takes charge as Director (Fin), MRPL
A K Sahoo, GM, MRPL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL).
(We said this on July 15, 2015)

Mishra takes over as Director (Personal) MCL
L N Mishra, Chief Manager, CIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL).
(We said this on July 14, 2015)

Sudhakar joins as Director (Fin), GSL
Sudhakar T N, GM, CSL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
(We said this on Sept 8, 2015)

Vacancy of Director (Tech), UCIL arises
A vacancy of Director (Technical), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) has arisen after the retirement of present incumbent S K Srivastava on January 31, 2016 as Ajay Ghade, GM, UCIL selected for this post is yet to get appointment orders.

Kerala Chief Secretary to retire
Kerala Chief Secretary, Jiji Thomson is retiring by this month end. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Meghalaya Chief Secretary to retire
Meghalaya Chief Secretary, P B O Warjri is superannuating by this month end. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalya cadre.

IRS officer Ambika Khatua seeks VRS
Ambika Khatua has sought VRS. She is 1979 batch IRS (IT) officer. She was posted in Panchkula.

S K Jha appointed as Director, Health & Family Welfare
S K Jha has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. He is a CSS cadre officer.

Commendable job of SPIPA in Gujarat
A group of IAS officers of 2014 batch underwent training at the Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) last year as part of their probation period are still connected to the institution, as they continue to visit the slum behind the institution and teach children subjects like language, mathematics and science. Vipul Mittra, who is an IAS officer of 1986 batch Gujarat cadre, Director General of Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, said the idea originated from voluntary work done by students of the institution to bridge the gap between officials and citizens. "Education and cleanliness drives have now been made integral part of their training. The trainees used to get free by 5 pm, after which they devote time to the kids in nearby localities," he said. Mittra added that the officers would also have to give regular updates on their social service during periodic review meetings after their postings. "Gujarat has become the first state to implement such an initiative," said Mittra. Anil Ranavasiya, native of Banaskantha and one of the probationers, said that he is a former student of SPIPA. "Thus, for me, it is like giving back to the institution and to society at large. I share a rapport with the kids now, and we have also been instrumental in sending a few drop-out kids to government school," Mittra said.

Negi to return Himachal Pradesh
CVO SJVNL, B N S Negi is returning to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Rajeev deputed as GM, MMRCL, Mumbai
Rajeev has been deputed to Mumbai Metro Railway Corporation Limited (MMRCL) as GM Rolling Stock at Mumbai. He is an IRSEE officer.

Dr Dholakia appointed non official Director Bank of Maharashtra
Dr Archana Ravindrarai Dholakia has been appointed as part-time non official Director on the Board of Bank of Maharasthra.

1984 batch IAS officers to get ACS rank in Telengana
The officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of 1984 batch are being promoted to the rank of ACS in Telengana.

Reshuffle of IAS officers on cards in Maharashtra
Senior level reshuffle of officers belonging to Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is expected to take place in Maharashtra in a week or two.

26 CSS officers promoted to Under Secretary grade in GoI
As many as 26 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the grade of Under Secretary. The officers are: Vinay Kumar, Manoj Kumar Bansal, Oruganti Phani, Amit Srivastava, Shah Faiz Ahmed, A G Subramanian, Manoj Kumar Pathak, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Pankaj Shrma, Rajesh Ranjan, Balbir Singh, Arjun Rana, Ashok Kumar Singh, Raghunath, Hitlar Singh, Vivek Mishra, Rameshwar Kumar, Indrajit Kuri, Gracy Varghese, Manjit Singh, Abhishek Biswas, Arun Kumar Shakya, Harit Kumar Shakya, Rajener Singh Sidhu, Ram Kishan Trehan and Vinod Kumar.

8 IDAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as eight officers belonging to 1993 batch of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

10 CSS officers promoted to Deputy Secretary grade
As many as 10 officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS) have been promoted to the grade of Deputy Secretary. The officers are: Indira Sharma, G Rajeev, MP Rama Rao, A Radha Rani, Neeraj Kataria, Shashi Pal, Prem Prakash Gupta, Neeranjan Chaudhary, Praveen Chand Dhasmana and Naveen Yadav.

8 IDAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as eight officers belonging to 1993 batch of Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Dhananjay Kumar, Ajay Ramesh Sule, Rakesh Kumar Singh, Rajiv Sharma, Raja Reddy Venumala, Sham Dev, Jagdish Prasad Pandey and Taliremba.

IFS officers promoted in Odisha
One dozen Indian Forest Service officers have been promoted in Odisha.

Two IAS officers get charges in J&K
Rohit Kansal has been given an additional charge of Secretary, PHE, Irrigation & Food Control while Shailendra Kumar was assigned additional charges of Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry and Science & Technology in Jammu and Kashmir.

Chairman SAIL PK Singh interacts with SAIL collective (UPDATED)
Steel Authority of India Ltd.'s (SAIL) Chairman, P.K. Singh is visiting all steel plants of the company in a planned manner to interact with the entire collective and energize the employees during these challenging times. His initiative is aimed at clearly communicating the company's priorities to each and every employee at a time when the industry is facing internal and external challenges P.K. Singh visited Bhilai Steel Plant on 30thJanuary 2016 where he reviewed the progress of the ongoing Modernisation & Expansion Plan. He inspected the project sites of Blast Furnace-8, Steel Melting Shop-III, Bar & Rod Mill, Power & Blowing Station-II, Universal Rail Mill and Rail Welding Line. The visit was followed by discussions on production related and other issues with a cross section of employees. He exhorted the collective for timely completion of the projects and gear up for ramping up of production from the new facilities. During this visit as well as in other plants, the main thrust of Chairman's interaction has been to align every employee towards the company's priorities including cost reduction, increasing production of value added high NSR products, keeping abreast with the changing market dynamics and newer avenues of revenue generation/ reduction in expenditure. Reiterating faith in the SAIL collective and their ability to stand through the challenges,Chairman said, "Next few months are going to be very critical in terms of ramping up production from new mills and attaining operational excellence. The changing times make it incumbent upon us to reinvent ourselves by ensuring enhanced engagement at all levels in the Company besides collaborating with our valued stakeholders." He stressed on need to be flexible and agile in order to adaptto the changing market scenario and utilizing every minute to the fullest with speed and urgency. These visits have infused confidence and invigorated the employees for facing the present challenges.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 17 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Avinash Chandra has been appointed as ADG, Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow while Vijay Kumar Mourya is ADG, Training, Lucknow and Dava Sherpa was made ADG, Bhawan and Welfare, Allahabad. Similarly, Mukul Goyal has been ppointed as ADG, CBCID, Lucknow; Brij Bhushan as ADG, Vigilance; Mrs Padamja Chauhan as IG, Anti-corruption organisation; Ashutosh Pandey as IG PAC, Eastern zone, Lucknow; L V Antony Devkumar as IG, Railway, Allahabad; Dr Dharmvir as DIG, Prosecution headquarters, Lucknow; Rambodh as SP, Railway, Jhansi, Gopeshnath Khanna as SP, Security, PHQ, Lucknow; D P Shrivastava as DIG, Food and Drugs Administration, Lucknow; Rakesh Prakash Singh as SP, Intelligene, PHQ, Lucknow, Dilip Kumar as SP, regional intelligence, Kanpur; Pawan Kumar as SP, Sitapur; Kavindra Pratap shifted to PHQ, DGP office and Mrs Neha Pandey is SP, Unnao.

32 IRSE officers of 1986 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 32 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) of 1986 batch have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: K K Agarwal, V K Khera, A k singhal, Ajay Singh, Sankasan Nayak, S K Lohia, Vinay singh, C P Gupta, R K Jain, SC Rajak, A K Rai, S P Mahi, Prafulla Verma, P K Goyal, Desh Ratan Gupta, Ram Karan Yadav, S M Maheshwari, Narendra Kumar, R N Singh, M L Khan, S K Pandey, Ranjan Yadav, Kaushal Kishore, B P Awasthi, A K Dubey, S K Sardar, H N Jaiswal, Narottam S Uikey, A K Pandey, V K Agarwal, Amit Goel and Raviindra Ram.

Suprio Ghosh quits IRS-IT (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Suprio Ghosh, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, has quit the service.

Ajai Kumar Gupta is also CMD, TCIL (UPDATED)
Ajai Kumar Gupta, Director (Finance), has taken the additional charge of the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL).

(We said this on January 13, 2016)

Ms Archana Pandey Tiwari appointed as OSD, CBEC (UPDATED)
Ms Archana Pandey Tiwari has been appointed as OSD in Review Division of Central Board of Central Excise & Customs. She is a 1985 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Prashant Rokade deputed as Additional PA to Nitin Gadkari (UPDATED)
Prashant Rokade presently Assistant Commissioner Customs, Nagpur has been deputed as Additional Private Secretary to Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Shipping and Road Transport. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

J K Mohapatra is also Secretary, Land Resources (UPDATED)
J K Mohapatra has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Land Resources. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Angurana gets additional charge of Agriculture (UPDATED)
Ashok Kumar Angurana has been entrusted with an additional charge of Secretary, Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmer Welfare. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of J&K cadre.

Heera Lal Samariya is also Central Provident Fund Commissioner (UPDATED)
Heera Lal Samariya has been assigned an additional charge of Central Provident Fund Commissioner, Employees' Provident Fund Organization. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

NLC practices Integrity Pact both in letter and spirit: CMD (UPDATED)
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) in collaboration with Transparency International India (TII), a civil society registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, working on the issues of governance and citizen empowerment is organized a two day training programmme for the officials of NLC. The training is scheduled on February 2, 2016 and February 3, 2016 on the theme "Best Practices in Public Procurement and Integrity Pact" at Learning & Development Centre, Neyveli. Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD, NLC the Chief Guest of the occasion formally inaugurated the two day work shop in the presence P S Bawa, Chairman, TII, the guest of honour of the occasion.

S K Sinha selected as Director (HRD), SPMCIL (UPDATED)
S K Sinha, GM, DMRC, has been selected for the post of Director (HRD), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on February 2, 2016.

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

Garg appointed MD & CEO of Corp Bank
Jai Kumar Garg, Executive Director, UCO Bank has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation Bank. He assumed office on February 1, 2016.

Guj Fertilisers Corp CMD, S K Nanda retires
CMD of the Gujarat Fertilisers Corporation Dr S K Nanda has retired. He is a 1978 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. Additional charge of CMD has been given to A M Tiwari MD GACL.

Dogra appointed Govt Nominee Director of TFCI
Union Ministry of Finance has nominated Ashok Kumar Dogra, Deputy Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS) as Government Nominee Director of the Tourism Finance Corporation of India Limited.

Bansal re-appointed whole-time Director, Skipper Ltd
Skipper Limited has re-appointed Devesh Bansal as whole-time Director of the company with effect from April 1, 2016.

Kumar resigns as CFO of Jindal Poly Investment
Pavan Kumar has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Jindal Poly Investment and Finance Company Limited

Nandedkar appointed CS of Welspun Investments
Welspun Investments and Commercials Limited has appointed Amol Nandedkar as the Company Secretary of the company.

Kalwakuntla appointed Ind Director, XL Energy
XL Energy Limited has appointed Narender Kalwakuntla as an Independent Director of the company.

Rathi resigns as CFO of Texmo Pipes
Satyendra Rathi has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Texmo Pipes and Products Limited

Sharma resigns as CFO of National Steel & Agro Industries
Ashok Sharma has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of National Steel and Agro Industries Limited.

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DEBATE (1)

First time in history, Modi is going to change this country and seems will definitely made it as developed and advanced. No one got so much fast growth as we got in telecom despite of this the tag of surplus has been attached to these technocrats who not only passed out IIT like institutes but also resigned very much attractive packages because of only and only serving the nation and still there seems no doubt regarding capabilities of technocrats. It was a great shock to know that Government is paying these officers by making them to sit idle. Let me clear things. The money in government fund is not of anyone.It is of very hard earned money of citizens and none should get without doing nothing...I don't think there is lack of scope of work in Govt. There is digital India/Bharatnet which is suffering due to shortage of staff technocrats and there are more than 10,000 vacancies in government lying vacant...why why..is it not criminal mistrust by paying these officers without work.

Ram Kailash Meena


DEBATE (2)

This type of attitude is required from PM of socialistic approach to harmonize the policies for rich class and poor section as well.

Mudit Maheshwari


Facts about news item published in Whispers….on Feb 1

My response for the same is as follows: "This news is wrongly depicting the actual truth. There are near about 2000 ITS officers and the proposal is to restrict their cadre strength to 463 wherein 12 posts in HAG and 75 posts of SAG are proposed. This is being done against the orders of CAT, Hyderabad Bench dated 23rd March 2015 in OA 836/2013. Any Cadre Review is to enhance the morale of the cadre with continued career progression. When near about 600 ITS officers are working in SAG level, restricting them to 75 adversely effects the cadre and gross injustice to the ITS cadre. Not only this, all the Government of India instructions are flouted while dealing with ITS cadre. IP&TAFS officers who are for financial advise were made Regional Heads with Administrative and Financial powers much against Dept of Expenditure instructions and CAT order. There is heavy stagnation in the cadre where as 1987 batch ITS officers are still working as Director / JAG level and 1979 batch ITS officers are working in SAG level. No DPC was conducted for promoting the ITS officers for last 6 years." In fact, I have made a detailed presentation on how to improve the DoT. The same is enclosed herewith. Further, I have made an online petition to Prime Minister and the Cabinet Secretary to end discrimination towards ITS Officers. So far 617 persons signed this online petition.

Rama Krishna Nelli, ITS


Factually incorrect

The news appearing about ITS officers in today edition is factually incorrect related no of posts. It is not favoring cadre but a great deal of injustice have happened up till now.

Murali Krishna

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