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POLITICS

This is History (171)
On the French side the most prominent man in these days was Dupleix; on the English Clive.

Is this a fact ?
Army Commanders have finally succeeded in literally throwing out all traces of Paramilitary Forces from the Republic Day Parade as a payback for blocking their OROP proposal.

BSF Armed Camel Contingent will not participate. A tradition has been broken after 66 years.

BSF Camels will not participate in the Beating the Retreat. A tradition that has been broken after 66 years.

SSB/CISF/ITBP have been disallowed from participating in the parade while Army Dog Squad will march down the Rajpath. A tradition broken after 50 years.

SSB Parade Commander who reported to Delhi has been asked to go back to unit.

13 lakh strong troops angry.

'Political' Governor - only solution to J&K problem
There is a general belief that if a politician is appointed as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, most of its problems will be solved. Till now all its Governors have been bureaucrats,

Ratan Tata best suited for J&K governorship
It came up during a discussion that Ratan Tata would be the best choice for J&K governorship as his perspective is development oriented which the state needs the most.

BUREAUCRACY

Chaudhary to be DG, BSF ?
Krishna Chaudhary's name is doing the round for the post of DG, BSF. A 1979 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Chaudhary is presently DG, ITBP.

Will Durga Prasad be DG, CRPF ?
K Durga Prasad is likely to be appointed next DG, CRPF. Presently he is Special DG, CRPF. A 1981 batch Telengana cadre IPS officer was in CRPF in 2009 and raised the commando force Cobra.

1981 batch officers are still Major Generals
1981 batch officers in the Indian Army are still Major Generals.

Who will be new DG of Doordarshan ?
Who will be new DG of Doordarshan? Names of one IAS officer Supriya Sahoo and Mahesh Joshi and Mukesh Sharma are in circulation.

Rajeev Sharma selected for CMD, PFC
Rajeev Sharma, CMD, REC, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 18, 2016. As many as 13 persons were interviewed for the same.
(We said this on January 11, 2016)

Ms Manju Pandey appointed DDG, (Pers), Postal Dte, New Delhi
Ms Manju Pandey has been appointed as DDG (Personnel), Postal Directorate, New Delhi. She is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Sunil Kumar Ranjan joins Chhattisgarh Govt on deputation
Sunil Kumar Ranjan, who was in the Ministry of Mines in Government of India, has reportedly joined the Government of Chhattisgarh on deputation for a period of three years. He has been posted as Joint Secretary of Social Welfare and Sports & Youth Welfare. He is a 1998 batch officer of Central Secretariat Service.

IDES officer to join Andhra Pradesh Government
Sura Balakrishna is all set to join the Andhra Pradesh Government on deputation. He is 1997 batch IDES officer.

Ms. Meera Sisodia gets posting to Bahrain
Ms Meera Sisodia has been posted to Bahrain in the rank of SS. She is an Indian Foreign Service officer.

IAS reshuffle in Gujarat on cards
An IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Gujarat in a couple of weeks.

Ms Priyanka Sohoni gets posting to Beijing
Ms Priyanka Sohoni has been appointed to Beijing in the rank of TS/SS. She is an Indian Foreign Service officer.

Why orders of Ajay Ghade for Director (Tech), UCIL delayed ?
Why are the orders of Ajay Ghade, GM, UCIL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) getting delayed?

PESB yet to conduct interviews for CMD, AYCL
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is yet to conduct interviews second time for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Andrew Yule & Corporation Limited (AYCL) after it did not find suitable candidates at its selection meeting on October 19, 2015.

Post of Director (Mktg), FACT vacant since June 9
The post of Director (Marketing), Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) has been lying vacant since June 9, 2015. However, the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) had held interviews for this post on September 17, 2015 and only one candidate turned up for the same. The PESB is going to hold interviews for the second time.

Post of Director (Fin), BLC lying vacant since Aug
The post of Director (Finance), Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLC) has been lying vacant since August 1, 2015.

Interviews for BHEL's Director (Power) on Jan 22
Interviews for the post of BHEL's Director (Power) are slated to be held on January 22. The post has fallen vacant with the elevation of BL Sobti as the company's CMD on January 1, this year.

Over half a dozen contenders for post of BHEL's Director (Power)
Six to eight candidates are likely to appear for the interview for the post of BHEL's Director (Power). Of them two are ED level executives and the remaining are GM level.

Two IRS-IT officers get postings
Upon return from deputation, Anand Kishore has been appointed as Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-10, Delhi while Rajnish Kumar was made Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-3, Delhi on promotion.

Only 4 IAS officers to retire in Telangana in 2016
Four IAS officers are retiring in Telangana in 2016. T Radha is retiring in January while Chief Secretary, Rajiv Sharma is due to retire in May and J Ramond Peter in August. Besides, K Pradeep Chandra is retiring in December this year.

1991 batch IPS is ADG in Sikkim
1991 batch IPS officer Akshay Sachdeva has been promoted to the rank of ADG in Sikkim. He is 1991 batch IPS officer.

Major reshuffle of IPS officers in Gujarat
The services of 42 IPS officers have been affected with their transfers and postings in Gujarat. Accordingly, Ms Archana Shivhare has been posted as SP, CID, Crime, Gandhinagar while Dr S K Gadhvi was made Deputy Police Commissioner, Zone-4, Ahmedabad and Ms Gagandeep Gambhir is Police Deputy Commissioner, Zone-3, Surat City. Similarly, Gautam Parmar has been appointed as Commandant, SRPF; Sachin Badshah as SP, Anti Economi Offences Cell, Gandhinagar; Raghvendra Vatsa as Police Deputy Commissioner, Zone-3, Ahmedabad; Himanshu Shukla as SP, Bharuch; Maninder Partap Singh Pawar as SP, Kheda; Nilesh Jajadia as SP, Junagarh; Sharad Singhal as SP, Western Railway, Vadodara; Chirag Koradia as SP, CM and VIP Security with additional charge of State CRB; Saurabh Tolumbia as SP, Vadodara rural; R S Bhagora as Deputy Police Commissioner, Zone-3, Vadodara city; R J Pargi as SP, Devbhumi Dwarka; Manoj Ninama as SP, Dahod; R F Sangada as SP, Surendranagar; B R Pandor as Commandant, SRPF; R V Asari as SP, Panchmahal; K N Damor as SP, Arvalli; Neeraj Badgujar as SP, Banaskantha; Ms Shobha Bhutada as Commandant, SRPF; Mrs P V Rathod as Deputy Police Commissioner, Zone-2, Surat City; Antrip Sood as SP, Rajkot rural; Ms Sweta Shrimali as SP, IB Gandhinagar; Mahendra Bagaria as SP, Narmada; Sunil Joshi as SP, Prison, Ahmedabad; Hitesh Joysar as Deputy Commissioner, zone-2, Vadodara city; Tarun Duggal as SP, Porbandar; Chaitanya Mandalik as SP, Mehsana; Ms Saroj Kumari as SP, Botad; Dr N K Amin as SP, Mahisagar; R V Chudasama as SP, Western Railway, Ahmedabad; R P Barotf as SP, Amreli Jagadish Patel as Deputy commissioner, Zone-1, Surat City; Dr G A Pandya as Deputy Commissioner, Zone -5, Ahmedabad City; M J Chavda as SP, Operations ATS, Ahmedabad; Ms Usha Rada as Deputy Commissioner, zone2, Ahmedabad city and postings of S D Dave, D N Patel, M A Chavda and J R Mothalia will be decided later.

Dr Sanghi elected second time
Dr Sanjeev Sanghi,Head Educational Technology and Professor Applied Mechanics Department, IIT Delhi has been elected by the IIT Delhi Senate as Member Board of Governors, IIT Delhi for a second consecutive term for a period of two years.

Bhupinder Singh joins as CEO in CGEWHO (UPDATED)
Bhupinder Singh has joined as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organisation (CGEWHO) under Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA). Bhupinder Singh is an IDSE Officer and has taken voluntary retirement from Military Engineer Services (MES) after his name has been approved by the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for the post of CEO.

Munish Arora deputed as Chief Manager, CRIS (UPDATED)
Munish Arora has been deputed to Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) as Chief Manager (Purchase) at New Delhi for a period of three years. He is an IRSS officer.

6 IPS Probationers get posting in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as six IPS Probationers of 2014 batch have been given postings in Bihar. Accordingly, Dr Gaurav Mangla has been posted to Bhagalpur while Ms Nidhi Rani was appointed to Patna and Dayashankar to Bhojpur; Kartikeya K Sharma to Muzaffarpur; Santosh Kumar to Darbhanga and Dr Vipin Kumar Jain was posted to Gaya.

7 IPS officers promoted to IG rank in AP (UPDATED)
Seven IPS officers of 1998 batch have been promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: B Srinivasulu, E Damodar, A Sunder Kumar Das, T Yoganand, K Venkateswara Rao and A Ravichandra.


4 IPS officers promoted to DIG rank in AP (UPDATED)
Four IPS officers of 2002 batch have been promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Srikanth, A S Khan, J Satyanarayana and J Prabhakar Rao.

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

Chopda ceases to be Part-time Non-Official Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce
Paras Mal Chopda has ceased to be Part-time Non-Official Director of Oriental Bank Of Commerce

Khare appointed CMD of Madras Fertilizers Limited
Madras Fertilizers Limited has appointed A B Khare as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Butschek appointed as CEO & MD of Tata Motors Ltd
Tata Motors Ltd has appointed Guenter Butschek as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company.

Sarup to be CMO of Ola ?
Raghuvesh Sarup has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer of Ola from February month this year.

Kanani resigns as CS of Delta Corp Limited
Hitesh Kanani has resigned as Company Secretary of Delta Corp Limited

Venugopal appointed CEO of Umang Dairies Limited
Umang Dairies Limited has appointed C Venugopal as Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Chakravarthi appointed CFO of MindTree Ltd
MindTree Limited has appointed Jagannathan Chakravarthi as Chief Financial Officer of the company

Agrawal re-designated as Exec. Chairman of Sanwaria Agro Oils Ltd
Sanwaria Agro Oils Ltd has re-designated Gulab Chand Agrawal who is Whole-time Director of the company as an Executive Chairman of the company.

Singh ceases to be Nominee Director on State Bank of Travancore Board
Ashok Kumar Singh has ceased to be Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of State Bank of Travancore

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DEBATE (1)

There is a stake of everybody
Our PM cannot deliver unless a good governance is executed on the ground by all stake holders i.e. other Ministers, politicians, civil servants and above all people who directly deal with public and have all executive and financial powers of implementation on the ground.
Harish Kumar

DEBATE (2)

It is too early to judge Modi
I think people wanted instant results from this Government. A system in moribund for ten long years cannot be set right in 18 months. Yes, Modi raised lot of expectations in people of this country and they are disappointed somewhat with him. But it is too early to judge him. Let us also not forget the irresponsible role being played by the opposition, specially the Congress in not letting him work. They seem to be insecure so they are not letting his Government perform. We still have some hope from him. True some of the actions of his Government like putting known bureaucrats in key positions are no different from UPA and that has frustrated the civil servants but he still has more plus points than his predecessor. His charm has waned but he remains the hope of many. His forays abroad did put India on a high pedestal. Give him time and debate this point only at the time of next election.
Arti Khosla

Submission to Finance Minister
Budget for 20161-17 will be presented on 29th February 2016. FM has to align his policies and tax rules as per the need of the hour. PM has launched Start Up scheme with so many incentives and innovative ideas to make it success. No inspection for 3 years, no income tax for 3 years and so on. Will FM align some of his old orthodox rules for tax compliance. Some of the submissions given below:
- Let us believe salaried persons and hence no ITR scrutiny of salaried persons.
- As only 5% farmers are real beneficiaries of IT exemptions under agriculture income.95% people are taking unnecessary advantage of this sections. It is said that most of the higher income category people take the advantage of this section as they show their income as agriculture income and avoid tax. Bring agriculture income under tax net as income above the threshold level do not need exemption.
- increase tax net by innovative methods.
- Professionals, traders, shopkeepers etc. have to be assessed properly to pay the correct tax.
- 50% scrutiny of ITRs of professionals, traders etc. i.e. non salaried persons.
- Simplify tax rules so compliance is higher.
- Increase tax exempt limit to 5 lakhs.
N Prakash

Sexual harassment complaints largely avoided
In most of the organisations, the sexual harassment cases are not given the kind of importance that they deserve. Such complaints are largely avoided and hushed up, with few reaching to a logical conclusion. The punishment is metered out only in rare cases and they ultimately are a never ending exercise.
Suniti Kumar

Welcome Amar Sinha
Good choice, indeed.
Kishore Dudani

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