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Hastings had started the policy of having puppet Indian princes under British control.

Now Patnaik is no longer friend of Modi!

Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik is no longer friend of PM Narendra Modi. During his Odisha visit, Modi termed Patnaik as 'Shriman Naveen Patnaikji' and not 'Mitra' as he had described him during his state visit last year.

Will Nitish man be in SEBI?

Confusion prevails in the Corporate world over the appointment of new SEBI Chief. Will a Nitish man be SEBI Chief? One can guess the name.

Gayi Bhains paani mein. ...

My Office is in CP Delhi and whenever I have the time I go to a Hep Coffee joint to meet a group of friends who work for a Multinational and who meet everyday ..Monday to Friday at 11.30 am.

Me: Top of the morning to all....
Friend 1: So you've found time to meet us....last month we've marked you absent ..... so you owe us a treat ...
M: Sure ...today....
Friend 2: Na ... we've already paid ...
Friend 3: Yaar seems Budget Session will be a washout ...chest beating on Arunachal ..
F1: Arre for problems in its own Party in Arunachal it's blaming BJP....
F3: Congress says it's the BJP Guv who instigated the fracas...

M: Ha ..ha.... Saas Bahu ka pangaa ...aur Ghar waale karre Sarkaar ke naam pe dangaa...
F2: During its time how many Governments Congress got dismissed via its Guvs...
Friend 4: <forking his empty plate ..... surprisingly as only Coffee has been ordered >... Modi ji ne yeh achcha nahi kiya...

M: I look at him questioning but he does not respond>... This Crop Insurance is really a very welcome step...
F2: Congress will say it's a Congress idea ..... may even say we had also decided on the name: I Gandhi Crop Insurance Scheme ..
F3: Right to Food .... Congress must be worried....
F2: But Modi has a very valid point ...if all his schemes were Congress ideas ..then why were these not implemented ... why.... was Congress hatching these Schemes...
F1: Yaar Baba Ramdev got into FMCG products and now Sri Sri....
F4: Forking his empty plate Modi ji ne yeh achcha nahi kiya ....

M: (looking at him questioningly ) Are you saying that Modi helped Ramdev ...
F4: No ji..... Modi ji has made the Government reduce its Entertainment Expenditure ...now no longer are there 'free Dinners' .... like if a meeting stretches out ....they cannot order Dinner.....now the new funda is.... Apna Khao...Ghar ja ke khao ya Ghar se laao...

M: You don't work for the Government ....so why are you complaining ..by saying Modi ji ne yeh achchaa nahi kiya..
F2: Arre he's cribbing because we too have got a Memo from Management to drastically cut down on Entertainment Expenditure ...
F3: Previously all these Coffee Meetings were funded by our Company ... taking turns each one of us would claim the Tab as Entertainment Expenditure!!
F1: Already following Modi our timings are now strictly tabulated and checked...I now feel like a Factory shift worker....by the way we may have to shift our Coffee Meetings to the Company Canteen or in our Cabins ...or post Office...

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Bhagat to be DG, BPR&D?
S K Bhagat is likely to be appointed new Director General of the BPR&D. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

Who will be new DGCA?
Who will be new Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA)? Search has started since present DGCA Ms M Sathiyavathy is all set to become Secretary in the Government of India in a month or two. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Three key appointments this month?
Appointments of Minister Economic Washington and Minister Economic London and Advisor ADB Manila are expected to be made this month. Five IAS officers have already been interviewed.

Sanjiv Kumar repatriated to his parent cadre
Sanjiv Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Justice Waghela transferred as Chief Justice, Bombay High Court
Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela, Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, has been transferred as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
(We said this on Jan 14 and again on Jan 21)

Justice Hemant Gupta transferred as Judge, Patna High Court
Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the Patna High Court.
(We said this on January 12)


Puneet Kansal to return Sikkim
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of I & B, Puneet Kansal is returning to the parent Sikkim cadre this month after completion of central deputation tenure. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Shipping Ministry yet to advertise post of CMD, SCI
The Ministry of Shipping is yet to issue advertisement for the post Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI) lying vacant since January 1, 2016. Capt B B Sinha, Director, SCI, is holding an additional charge of CMD.


Why appointment of Gopal Singh as CMD, NMDC delayed?
The orders of Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL, for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director in NMDC Limited are yet to be issued by the Government of India. A vacancy of this post has arisen on January 1, 2016.


Chockalingam likely to join as Director (Fin) BHEL on Feb 11
T Chockalingam, GM, BHEL, who was transferred to Delhi in the same capacity, is expected to take over the charge as Director Finance, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on February 11, 2016.


Muralidhara to join as Director (DB), BEML Ltd on Mar 1
R H Muralidhara, CGM, BEML Ltd, whose appointment has been approved by the Government of India, will be taking over the charge as Director (Defence Business), BEML Limited on March 1, 2016.


S Suresh Kumar, PS to Urban Development Minister promoted
S Suresh Kumar, Private Secretary to Minister for Urban Development, Government of India, has been promoted to Senior Time Scale in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.


Cadre review meeting postponed second time
The cadre review meeting scheduled to be held on February 8 to review the cadre of Indian Telecom Service (ITS) has reportedly been postponed for the second time. It is reported that the Secretary Telecom has requested for postponement of the date.


Alok Shekhar joins ICAO
Alok Shekhar has joined as India's representative in the council of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
(We said this on October 29)


Girish Chandrashekar appointed as Director, School Education in GoI
Girish Chandrashekar has been appointed as Director in the Department of School Education and Literacy. He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.


Arvind Chaudhary appointed as Director, Shipping
Arvind Chaudhary has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Shipping. He is a 1999 batch IES officer.


Number of DG rank officers in J&K is 4
After the promotion of S K Vaid and Gopal Reddy the number of DG rank officers in J & K has risen to four.


Swain gets pro-forma promotion as ADG in J &K
Rashmi Rnjan Swain has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG in the J & K Government. A 1991 batch IPS officer is on deputation to the Government of India.


5 IPS officers promoted to Senior Time Scale in AP
Five IPS officers belonging to 2011 batch have been promoted to the Senior Time Scale in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Bhusarapu Satya Yesubabu, Abhishek Mohanthy, Venkata Applanidu Chintam, Babujee Attada and Fakkeerappa Kaginelli.


Post of ADG falling vacant in Tourism
The post of Additional Director General of India at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Ministry of Minority Tourism in March, 2016.


Post of DG falling vacant in ECI
Post of Director General at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in Election Commission of India in March, 2016.

P S Purohit empanelled as ADG in GoI
P S Purohit has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General posts in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana
As many as eight IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Mohinder Lal has been posted as Commandant-General, Home Guards, and Director, Civil Defence while K K Mishra will be Additional Director-General of Police, State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB), Madhuban and Suman Manjri is Inspector-General , Haryana Armed Police, Madhuban. Similarly, Paramjit Singh Ahlawat has been posted as Inspector-General, Combined Training Institute, Home Guards, Panchkula; Sandeep Khirwar gets additional charge as IG, Railways and Commandos; Saurabh Singh is given additional charge as SP, Rohtak till March 14; Deepak Gahlawat gets charge as SP, Mewat till March 14 and Sumer Partap Singh was posted as DCP, Headquarters, Gurgaon. Besides, Nazneen Basin has gone on maternity leave.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in UP
As many as 49 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Shiv Shankar Yadav has been appointed as SP, Jaunpur while Swapnil Mamgain was made SP, Amethi and Manoj Kumar Jha is SP, Balia. Similarly, Mrs Pushpanjali has been appointed as SP, Kanpur rural; Manoj Tiwari as SP, Bahraich; Md Imran as SP, Lalitpur; Pratip Kumar Mishra as SP, Bhadohi; Baburam as SP, EOW, Kanpur; Nageshwar Singh as SP, EOW, Lucknow; Mrs Geeta Singh as SP, CBCID, Lucknow; Ashok Kumar Tripathi as Senior SP, Ata; Devendra P N Pandey as SP, Technical Services, Lucknow; Dr Arvind Bhushan Pandey as SP, Human Rights, headquaurter, DGP, Lucknow; Salikram as SP, Regional intelligence, Moradabad; Rajesh Krishna as SP, Regional Intelligence, Meeruth; Rakesh Shankar as SP, PTS, Gorakhpur; Dinesh Pal Singh as SP, Crime, DGP, PHQ, Lucknow; Raju Babu Singh as Commandnat 30th Bt PAC Gonda; Deepak Kumar Bhatt as SP, Kushinagar; Atul Sharma as SP, Railway, Gorakhpur; Santosh Kumar Siingh as SP, regional Intelligence, Varanasi; Hiralal as Commandant, 26Bt PAC, Gorakhpur; Ajay Kumar as SP, Police Computer cell, Lucknow; Ajay Pal as SP, Hathras; Dev Ranjan Verma as SP, Traffic Directorte, Lucknow; Hemant Kutiyal as SP Shravasti; Rajesh S as Commandnat, 45th Bt, PAC, Meeruth; Sabha Raj as Senior SP, Jhansi; Sunil Kumar Singh as SP, Farrukhabad; shivashimpi Chinppa as SP, Amroha; Himanshu Kumar as SP, Mainpuri; Sanjiv Tyagi as Commandant, 44th Bt, PAC, Meeruth; Balendu Bhushan Singh as Commandnat, 25th Bt, PAC Raibreilly; Mrs Sonia Singh as SP, Railway; Umesh Shrivastava as SP, Kasganj; Anil Kumar Rai as SP, Security, PHQ, Lucknow; Hari Narayan Singh as SP, Sitapur; Kripa Shankar singh as SP, Basti; Satyarth Aniruddha Pankaj as SP, Oraiya; Subhash Chandra Dubey as SP, Training and Security, Lucknow; Shiv Hari Meena as SP, Mau; Mrs Bharti Singh as Commandant, 49th Bt Gautambuddhnagar; Shogun Gautam as Commandant, 41 PAC, Gaziabad; Kavindra Pratap Singh as SP, Railway, Allahabad; Pawan Kumar as SP, Raibareilly; Ganganath Tripathi as Commandant, RTC, Chunar, Mirjapur; Anis Ahmed as Commandant, 34th Bt PAC, Varanasi; S P Upadhyaya as SP, CBCID, Lucknow and Rajiv Malhotra was made SP, Fire Fighting Service, Lucknow.

NBCC bags Rs 2526 crore work order (UPDATED)
NBCC, the state-owned Navratna CPSE, has bagged Rs 2526 crore work order in the month of January 2016 alone. With this, the Company's order book for FY 2015-16 till January, 2016, has touched Rs 17170 crore. Talking to the media, NBCC CMD, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal informs that the Company has recently secured a few prestigious work contracts in Delhi from AIIMS and ITPO. These include development of Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of Rs 2000 crore and Redevelopment of Residential complexes of Rs 5828 crore, both from AIIMS. The other significant work order very recently bagged, is from ITPO for construction of Integrated Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre at Pragati Maidan, Delhi valued at approx Rs 2200 crore. The ITPO work is basically a redevelopment project comprising demolition of existing structures and putting in place, state-of-the-art facilities for holding all sorts of global trading events at Pragati Maidan, Dr. Mittal said. In the context, he also informs that NBCC is poised to achieve around Rs 40,000 crore work order by the end of FY 2015-16 and post a growth of about 25% CAGR in the year.

Vishwas Tripathi re-elected Chairman of UNI (UPDATED)
Vishwas Tripathi has been re-elected Chairman of United News of India (UNI) for the next two years.

Hanif Qureshi deputed as Director, Drinking Water (UPDATED)
Hanif Quresh has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Rashi Sharma appointed as Deputy Secretary, School Education (UPDATED)
Ms Rashi Sharma has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department School Education and Literacy. She is a 2003 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Subramanya appointed as Director, DoPT (UPDATED)
Subramanya M S Rao has been appointed as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT). He is a 2000 batch ISS officer.

Anshuman Sharma appointed as Deputy Secretary, Financial Services (UPDATED)
Anshuman Sharma has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Finance. He is a 2005 batch IRS-IT officer.

Mrs Raj Kumari gets JAG in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs B Raja Kumari has been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 2007 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

Two IAS officers get postings in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Aman Gupta has been appointed as SDM, Chanaykpuri while Ajit was made SDM, Punjabi Bagh in Government of Delhi.

Three DANICS officers transferred in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
S Krishna Chaitanya has been appointed as SDM, Kanjhawal while Marathe Onkar Gopal was made Deputy Secretary, UD and Anup Thakur is Assistant Commissioner, Excise in the Government of Delhi.

Falling prices, surging imports hit SAIL's third quarter (UPDATED)
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) registered a growth in production of Hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel by 2%, 4% and 14% in third quarter of FY'16 over the second quarter of the current year. SAIL also registered a 6% growth in sales volume over the previous quarter at 2.906 million tonnes. Simultaneously, the techno-economic parameters for the third quarter registered growth. There was a 4% growth in BF productivity and 6% growth in continuous casting in the current quarter compared to the previous quarter. However, the Company incurred a net loss of Rs 1529 crores for the third quarter of FY'16 as against a net profit of Rs 579 crores over the third quarter of FY'15, primarily due to a 24% decline in Net Sales Realisations over the corresponding period last year. Sales were adversely impacted by huge surge in imports of low priced steel. Global Steel prices have registered a steep fall over the last year falling from around $460 to $280 mainly due to slowing Chinese consumption which is leading to oversupply of cheap steel into the market. Imports into India are at an annualized rate of 12 million tonnes, which is 20% up over a very high base of FY' 15 when they had surged by 75% over the previous year. The domestic market continues to suffer from the rising imports particularly from China, Japan & Korea at prices which are much lower than the domestic cost of production, affecting the margins of steel producers operating in India. Chairman, SAIL, P K Singh said 'the global scenario is very challenging and demand-supply imbalance resulting in price adjustments is hurting the domestic steel industry. We are focused on ramping up production from our new units and are adopting cost efficient strategies to improve our NSR. The recent favorable policies announced by government and its concerted efforts to enhance infrastructure spends in viable sectors will improve the domestic demand and provide some relief to the Indian steel industry.'

Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad transferred to Manipur HC (UPDATED)
Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasad, Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the Manipur High Court.

Ms Nandita Chatterjee gets charge of Urban Development (UPDATED)
Ms Nandita Chatterjee has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development from February 13 to February 20, 2016. She is a 1980 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

R K Verma takes over as Secretary, Railway Board (UPDATED)
R K Verma has assumed the charge of the post of Secretary, Railway Board. Earlier, he was serving as Adviser (Public Grievance) to the Minister of State for Railways. He is a 1980 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE).

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

Ramesh Chand to head Advisory Committee in SEBI
Member of the Niti Ayog Ramesh Chand will head the high-level commodity advisory committee in SEBI.


Mukesh Ambani elected to US Academy
Mukesh Ambani has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering based in the US.

Singh appointed CEO of Strides Shasun Limited
Strides Shasun Limited has appointed Shashank Sinha as Chief Executive Officer of the company with effect from March 2016.

Mohan quits as Non Exec. Director, Kitex Garments Ltd
Chakrapani Mohan has resigned as a Non-Executive Director of Kitex Garments Limited.

Talukdar resigns as Ind Director of DPSC Limited
Sunirmal Talukdar has resigned as Independent Director of DPSC Limited.

Gunjan appointed CFO of Kanpur Plastipack Ltd
Kanpur Plastipack Ltd has appointed Arvind Gunjan, General Manager (Finance), has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

Jain appointed CS of Gromo Trade
Gromo Trade & Consultancy Ltd has appointed Ms Khushboo Jain as Company Secretary of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

He has no personal or any other interest. He is a hardworking PM the country has ever seen. He will definitely deliver.

I C Iyer


'Supreme Court on civil services exams reforms'

The Division Bench of Supreme Court partly upholding a decision of Kerala High Court, has held that " The Public Service Commissions (PSCs and UPSC ) are within purview of the RTI Act and are bound to provide scanned copies of answer sheets of the written test, copy of the tabulation sheet and other information sought by a RTI applicant under under RTI Act, 2005 ". No doubt, this is a landmark step towards transparency. The fiduciary relationships between the Commissions and Examiners remains protected. Thank God, re-valuation of answers (both Objective and Open-ended) is not ordered. Even a totaling mistake in the answer books could upset or even render the entire results null and void. But, the decision is bound to throw up immeasurable workload on PSCs, UPSC and cognate recruitment bodies. No one could or should prevent the failed or even successful candidates from seeking the desired information and /or documents. Entropy will continue to increase in the system. The revolution of rising expectations will follow. DoP&T is expected to take the call.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Suggestion for Finance Minister for budget

Since most of the senior citizens construct their houses for getting regular income in their old age, the present limit of monthly rent of Rs 15,000/- (annual rs.1,80,000/-) for not deducting tax at source is very low as compared to the annual exemption limit of Rs3,00,000/- for senior citizens. it will give some relief to the senior citizens if the limit for non-TDS from rent is equated to the exemption limit for senior citizens or non-senior citizens.

D P Hura

Amused to read plight of 'Mehrauli'

I was amused to read plight of historical city "Mehrauli area" by one resident. He perhaps has not realized that the plight of each metro city is the same, courtesy political bandwagons civil servants and authorities who matter.

Harish Kumar

Ambuj Sharma is wonderful and excellent officer.

Sikka

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