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This is History (178)
On the unsavoury foundation of treason and forgery was built up the British Empire in India.But such,more or less, is the way of all empires and empire builders.

Did Congress fail to convince Prez ?
Now Pranab Mukherjee hss given consent to put Arunachal Pradesh under President Rule, though Congress party urged him not to sign the Cabinet note. If sources are to be believed, Congress could not give any concrete reason in this regard while Home Minister in his meeting with the prez cleared all doubts.

ETV Question's the credibility of television ratings of BARC
The country's largest regional television network has questioned the validity and credibility of the newly introduced television rating mechanism of "BARC" ( Broadcast Audience Research Council ). The existing TRP rating system of TAM will shut down and will be replaced by BARC on 27th February, 2016, which has a comparatively larger base of around 20,000 boxes, in place of TAM's 6000 boxes.

But in a shocking development, even before BARC's formal launching on 27th February, the location and details of BARC's secret rating meters has been made public, posing a serious credibility threat before the BARC management. Recently, on 7th January, 2016 in Mumbai, during a joint meeting of BARC and ETV Editors, Bissa Majumdar, Sr.Editor, ETV News, Bangla (Kolkata) surprised everyone by circulating a list of 65 secret BARC centres in Kolkata with the exact location and the house owner's mobile numbers. Everyone present in the meeting was shocked and BARC authorities had a volte-face with no explanations.

The incident has raised serious questions about the secrecy and credibility of a confidential BARC system. Just after two weeks of this incident, the TRP ratings of a flagship ETV channel i.e. ETV-Rajasthan had slipped to No.2, whereas, for the last 7 years, the channel has been occupying a No.1 position and even across all the national channel No.1 position at least five times during the calendar year 2015. Though, the sudden fall of BARC numbers in Rajasthan, may be a coincidene only, but ETV management is keeping its fingers crossed and trying to find out whether there is any co-relation or link between the Mumbai and Jaipur incidents.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Anjuly Chib Duggal be Secretary, Expenditure ?
Secretary Financial Services Anjuly Chib Duggal is likely to succeed R P Watal as Secretary Expenditure in the Government of India when the later retires. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Will Avinash Srivastava be Secretary, Agriculture ?
It is widely believed that 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre Avinash K Srivastava will be new Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India. One another top however said that only 1981 batch IAS officer will be Secretary Agriculture.

Will the panel of SEBI Chief go NTPC CMD way ?
Will the panel of SEBI Chief go the NTPC CMD panel way ?.All indications say so.One need not elaborate.

Bhatnagar to be DG, NCB ?
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar is likely to be appointed new DG of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) next month. He is 1983 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Loan period of Anuj Gogia as ADG, ED extended
The loan period of Anuj Gogia as Additional Director General in Enforcement Directorate has been extended for a further period of three months. He is an IRS-C&CE officer.

IAS officer goes missing after completion central deputation ?
An IAS officer, who completed his central deputation tenure, has not reported to his parent cadre. Where has he gone missing ?

28 IPS officers empanelled as ADG in GoI
As many as 28 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) of 1985 batch and various cadres and have been empanelled for holding Additional Director General level posts in Government of India. The officers are: P S Purohit of Assam-Meghalaya cadre; Kumar Rajesh Chandra of Bihar; A K Surolia and Anup Kumar Singh of Gujarat cadre; Sanjay Kumar of HP; Dr S gopal Reddy and S K Misra of Jammu and Kashmir; Lokanath Behera and Rishi Raj Singh of Kerala cadre; Ashit Mohan Prasad and H N Satyanarayan Rao of Karnataka; Subodh Kumar Jaiswal of Maharashtra; B M Kumar of MP; Kunwar Brajesh Singh of Orissa; Om Prakash Galhotra of Rajasthan; Avinash Mohananey of Sikkim; Dr Ish Kumar of Telangana; Arun Kumar-I, Hitesh Chandra Awasthi, Rajesh Pratap Singh and Sukhdev Singh Sidhu of UP cadre; Ajay Kashyap, Amulya Kumar Patnaik, Prabhat Singh, Sachidanand Srivastava of AGMUT cadre and M Hari Sena Verma, Surajit Kar Purakayastha and Virendra of West Bengal cadre.

Parvez Hayat empanelled as ADG in GoI
Parvez Hayat has been empanelled for holding Additional Director General level posts in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Radhakrishnan appointed Chairman of Coir Board
The Appointments Committee of the cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for appointment of C.P. Radhakrishnan, Ex M.P., as full-time non-official Chairman of the Coir Board, under the Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India.

Two appointments on NMDC Board still pending with GoI
Two posts on the Board of NMDC Limited have been lying vacant since September 2015 and January 2016 respectively. A vacancy of Director Personnel arose on September 1 while the post of CMD falls vacant on January 1 with ending the tenure of incumbent Narendra Kothari. Sandeep Tula, ED, NMDC, was selected for the post of Director Personnel and Gopal Singh, CMD CCL, for the CMD post. Both the appointments are getting delayed for want of appointment orders.

Post of Director (Tech), ECIL vacant since Sept 2013
The post of Director (Technical), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) has been lying vacant since September 17, 2013.

Who will be new PCCF in Odisha ?
Who will be new PCCF in Odisha ?.Tie is said to be between two senior IFS officers S S Sharma and A K Mohapatra. Present PCCF J D Sharma is retiring by this onth end.

Dubey is Independent Director in Syndicate Bank
R N Dubey Economic Advisor in the Department of Financial Services has been appointed Independent Director on the Board of Syndicate Bank.

Abhas appointed as ADG (IM), Postal Dte, New Delhi
Abhas has been appointed as ADG (IM), Postal Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 2012 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

President's correctional service medal for distinguished service
Santosh Rajaram Vinchurkar, Superintendent, District Jail, Jhabua, MP; Rajendra Tanbaji Dhamne, Deputy Inspector General of Prison, Central Region, Aurangabad, Maharashtra; Rabindra Nath Barik, Assistant Jailor, Sub Jail, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha.


CBI team of 26 officers gets President's Police medals for distinguished service
6 IPS officers and 20 other officers working with CBI will be given President's Police Medals. For distinguished service: Anurag Garg, IPS, Joint Director, Delhi Zone, CBI, New Delhi; Rajiv Singh, IPS, Joint Director, NE Zone, CBI, New Delhi; NM Singh, DIG, STF, CBI New Delhi; S S Kishore, Addl. SP, SC-II, CBI, New Delhi; Sanjay Kewalkrishan Sareen, Addl. SP, ACB, CBI, Gandhinagar; Sandip Ghosh, DSP, IPCC, CBI, New Delhi. Police medal for meritorious service: Manish Kumar Sinha, IPS, DIG, BS&FC, CBI, Bangalore; Ms Lata Manoj Kumar, IPS, DIG, SC-I, CBI, New Delhi; Umesh Chandra Datta, IPS, DIG, SC-III, CBI, New Delhi; V. Chandrasekhar, IPS, DIG, ACB, CBI, Hyderabad; Shah Nawaz Khan, Addl. SP, EO-III, CBI, New Delhi; N R Thakur, DSP, ACB, CBI, Shimla; M T Mang, DSP, ACB, CBI, Guwahati; Alok Kumar, DSP, Policy Division, CBI, New Delhi; Ram Prakash Sharma, Inspector, SC-III, CBI, New Delhi; D J Bajpei, Inspector, BS&FC, CBI, New Delhi; Arun Kumar Shukla, SI, ACB, CBI, Lucknow; Wasan Singh, ASI, ACB, CBI, Chandigarh; Rajeshwar Singh Rana, ASI, IPCC, CBI, New Delhi; Perumal Ramakrishnan, ASI, EOW, CBI, Chennai, Narpat Singh, Head Constable, CBI (HQ), New Delhi; Subhash Chandra, Head Constable, MDMA, CBI New Delhi; Mrs Champa Devi, Constable, ACB, CBI, New Delhi; Rajinder Singh, Office Superintendent, SU, CBI, New Delhi; Arjun Prasad, Crime Assistant, ACB, CBI, Patna and Raj Kumar, Constable, CBI (HQ), New Delhi.
http://whispersinthecorridors.com/2016/RD2016.pdf

Republic Day police medals 2016
As many as 841 personnel have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. President's Police Medals for Gallantry (PPMG) have been awarded to 03 personnel, Police Medals for Gallantry (PMG) to 121 personnel, President's Police Medals for Distinguished Service to 89 personnel and Police Medal for Meritorious Service to 628 personnel.
http://pibphoto.nic.in/documents/rlink/2016/jan/p201612503.pdf
http://pibphoto.nic.in/documents/rlink/2016/jan/p201612502.pdf
http://pibphoto.nic.in/documents/rlink/2016/jan/p201612501.pdf

Jeevan Raksha Padak awards - 2015
The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards - 2015 on 50 persons which includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 3, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 9 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 38 persons; 9 awards are posthumous.
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=135762

Vivekanand selected as Director (Fin), ONGC Videsh Ltd
Vivekanand, GM, OVL, ONGC, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), ONGC Videsh Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 25, 2016. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

Ashok Chakra awarded posthumously to lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami
Ashok Chakra awarded posthumously to Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami and 365 Republic Day Gallantry and Other Defence Decorations announced.
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=135773

Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry)
http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=135774

Operation "TOAST"- ITBP Dogs ensure safe parade
There is no breaking news if there is no incident. The ITBP dogs silently ensured a incident free RD parade held under 100% pointed intelligence inputs that terror groups wanted to shake the very concept of democratic India, In an unprecedented GAPF ( go ahead paper follows) order, the MHA gave permission to crack K9 units of ITBP to embed with the PM Security Wing in the wake of confirmed inputs, that made it one of the highest threat perception events in the history of Independent India. The ITBP dogs sanatised every single blade of grass to ensure that the the President of India, who is the supreme commander of armed forces and the various Army columns that gave him the salute, were able to maintain the prestige of the Republic Day Parade on an even keel, and the VVIPs and general public were out of harms way. During the past 30 days, the ITBP crack K9 units, religiously conducted the Operation code named OP French Toast, under the shadow of numerous terror inputs stating that the IS and JEM were hellbent on spreading terror. But the ITBP dogs stiffed terror to keep it at bay. It is well said that the ITBP Dogs have to be lucky every time but the terrorist has to be lucky only once.

J P I Singh is no more
Former 1967 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre J P I Singh has passed away in Bhopal. He was 74.

Dadwal is Advisor to Arunachal Pradesh Governor (UPDATED)
Y S Dadwal, ex DG,SSB and former Delhi Police Commissioner has been appointed Advisor to Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He is former 1974 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Patnaik is Advisor to Arunachal Pradesh Governor (UPDATED)
G S Patnaik has been appointed Advisor to Arunachal Pradesh Governor. He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Arun Mishra appointed as Joint Secretary, Commercial Taxes, Bihar (UPDATED)
Arun Kumar Mishra has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Commercial Taxes in Bihar. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer.

NBCC holds 1st Edition of Samvaad for its GMs (UPDATED)
Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC, addressed senior executives of the Company at the SAMVAAD- an In-house Platform of NBCC for deliberations on Corporate Growth Strategy and Policy Issues, recently at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. This innovative platform launched by NBCC, aims to hold brainstorming sessions and structured discussions annually for all General Manager level executives of the Company to evolve new ideas and address critical issues for operational improvement and faster growth. During the event, CMD also launched Vendor Grievance Portal and Online Annual Property Return Portal- a move towards transparency under umbrella of Digital India. Earlier, three editions of quarterly conducted SAMVAAD, were also organized for CGM & above level officers.

Jambi Nagraju transferred to South Central Railway (UPDATED)
Jambi Nagraju presently in SWR has been transferred to South Central Railway and posted in the cadre. He is an IRTS officer.

G Ravichandran joins as Director (Fin), STCIL (UPDATED)
G Ravichandran, GM, AAI, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), State Trading Corporation of India Limited (STCIL).
(We said this on Sept 10, 2015)

62 IRS-IT officers of 1990 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 62 officers belonging to 1990 batch of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Ajay Goyal, Lalit Krishna Singh Dehiya, Asit Singh, Ruchika Chaudhary Govil, Mukesh Verma, Ashok Kumar Jha, Narender Kumar, Pawan K Kumr, Chandana Ramachandran, Mahesh Kumar, Adarsh Kumar Modi, Vismita Tej, Rajeshwar Yadav, Ankur Garg, Sayed Nasir Ali, Anand Reshwar Baiwar, Aparna Karan, Sanjay Prasad, T S N Murthy, Parneet Mahal Suri, Satyendra Kumar Mishra, Ganesh Mohan Doss, Narender Kumar Chand, Kavita Pandey, Anand Jha, Madnesh Kumar Mishra, Suman Sharma, Lal Chand, Pirthi Lal Mohan Singh, Bhupender Kumar Kumpta, Vijay Kumar, Prasenjit Singh, Vijay Varma, Ram Bilash Meena, Peeyush Jain, Dhirenra Kumar Mishra, Asit Kumar Mohapatra, G Srinivs Rao, L K Agarwal, Debjyoti Das, Sibendu Moharana, Capt P K Bajaj, Sanjay Shivam, Rupinder Brar, Ram Bilas Mishra, Sadhu Sunder Singh Das, John Vincent Donkupar Langstieh, Farhat Hussain Qureshi, Nivedita Biswas, Pratima Kaushik, Ashok Kumar Saroha, Ravjit Singh Arneja, Sasmita Mishra, Gautam Mandal, Niingreirum Longvah, Sanchita Kumar, Neera Malhotra, Maurya Mahen Nathabhai, D Sudhakara Rao, Manoj Pal Singh and Anadee Nath Mishra.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
As many as 16 IPS officers have been transferred and posted at different places in Jharkhand. Accordingly, B B Pradhan has been appointed as Special Secretary, Home, Jail and Disaster Management while A Natarajan was made ADG, Security, State Energy Development Corporation and Pravin Kumar is IG, STF. Similarly, Arun Kumar Singh has been appointed as IG, Ranchi; Prabhat Kumar shifted to JAP, forest; Kuldeep Dwivedi, SSP, Ranchi; Kranti Kumar Gandeshi as SP, Kodrama; Rakesh Bansal as SP, Abhiyan, Naxal, PHQ; Shailendra Kumar Sinha as Aide-de-Camp; Surendra Kumar Jha as SSP, Dhanbad;, P Murugan as SP, ATS; Jaya Roy as SP, CID Cyber crime; Kishore Kaushal as SP Rural Jamshedpur; Anjani Kumar Jha as SP, Chatra and Akhilesh B B was made SP Giridih.

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

Chaturvedi assumes charge as ED (Projects) of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)
R S Chaturvedi has assumed charge as Executive Director (Projects) of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP)

Makino appointed Director of Subros Ltd.
Subros Ltd has appointed Y Makino as Director of the company

Trivedi re-designated as CEO of Somany Ceramics Ltd.
G G Trivedi who is Chief Executive Officer and also Chief Financial Officer of Somany Ceramics Ltd has been re-designated as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.

Katta appointed CS of ISL Consulting Ltd.
ISL Consulting Ltd has appointed Ms Bhanupriya Katta as Company Secretary of the company.

Two Addl. Directors appointed on Board of Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd has appointed Ravani Mohammed Abdul Khader and Kader Mohammed Davawala as additional directors of the company.

Genten appointed Addl. Director of Elantas Beck India Ltd.
Elantas Beck India Ltd has appointed Stefan Genten as Additional Director of the company.

Singh resigns as CS of Nu Tek India Ltd
Sanjay Kumar Singh has resigned as Company Secretary of Nu Tek India Ltd.

Surendran appointed Independent Director of Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd.
Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd has appointed R Surendran as Independent Director of the company.

Ms Verma resigns as CS of Cranex Ltd.
Ms Khushboo Verma has resigned as Company Secretary of Cranex Ltd.

Manoj Mittal joins as DMD of SIDBI
Manoj Mittal has joined as Deputy Managing Director of (Small Industries Development Bank of India) SIDBI. Prior to this, he was working as General Manager in SIDBI.

Kapur joins as DMD SIDBI
Ajay K. Kapur has joined as Deputy Managing Director of (Small Industries Development Bank of India) SIDBI. Prior to this, he was Finance Executive in SIDBI.

Mayank Mehta joins as ED, Bank of Baroda
Mayank K Mehta has joined as Executive Director of Bank of Baroda.

Dina Bandhu Mohapatra to join as ED, Canara Bank on Jan 29
Dina Bandhu Mohapatra is expected to join as Executive Director of Canara Bank on on Jan 29.

Vinod Kumar Kathuria joins as ED of Union Bank of India
Vinod Kumar Kathuria has joined as Executive Director of Union Bank of India.

R Subramania Kumar joins as ED of Indian Bank
R Subramania Kumar has joined as Executive Director of Indian Bank.

Rajkiran Rai joins as ED of OBC
Rajkiran Rai G has joined as Executive Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).

Nageswara Rao joins as ED of Vijaya Bank
Nageswara Rao Y has joined as Executive Director of Vijaya Bank.

Ramesh Singh joins as ED, Dena Bank
Ramesh S Singh has joined as Executive Director of Dena Bank.

A S Rajeev joins as ED, Indian Bank
A S Rajeev, has joined as Executive Director of Indian Bank.

G Subramania Iyer to join as ED of UCO Bank next month
G Subramania Iyer is expected to join as ED of UCO Bank in the first week of February.

Sunil Mehta joins today as ED, Corp Bank
Sunil Mehta has joined as Executive Director of Corporation Bank.

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DEBATE (1)

Voter is losing patience

Modi is losing charm or not, difficult to say, certainly voter is losing patience. Exact would be known closer to next elections. BJP must keep a watch and improve its delivery front and avoid the controversy and negative publicity culture. If it does not improve, things will change soon even. Nation building is certainly a collective responsibility but voter does not understand this at all. Let us wait and watch?

Harish Kumar

Debate (2)

Modi is doing an excellent job

There are many comments stating that there is no alternative to Modi. If a Country of 125 Crores cannot produce an alternative of a PM then there is really something wrong. While Modi is doing an excellent job, presuming that no one can do it better may be underestimating the people of this Country. After Nehru same was said, When Mrs Gandhi was assassinated people said the same thing.

We have many people to replace Modi , the only thing is that today one cannot pinpoint one but the person will emerge when the time comes and situation arises, just like Modi emerged.

Bharat

Litigation policy 2015 only for revenue matters ?

An office memorandum doing the rounds of all the Govt offices regarding new National Litigation Policy of the Govt of India, wherein all the cases pending in various courts/ tribunals is pending are being compiled for a decision by the Govt. It is astonishing that the various offices under the CBEC are making compilation of only revenue cases and have not touched those belonging to service matters. They say that they have been asked to only go for revenue cases that have to be withdrawn, while those of service matters are not in the purview of the policy. Can anyone familiar with the CBEC or Department of Legal affairs enlighten in this matter ? Is the Litigation policy 2015 only for revenue matters?

Raghav Verma

The World Economic Forum & the Jaipur Literary Festival

What purpose is served by a Literary Festival when it revolves round Tulsidas and is dominated by the award wapasi brigade exiled from Delhi? Is a literary festival a subterfuge for spreading communal hatred, social disharmony, political propaganda and a means of continuing attacks on the government and the prime minister when the culprits responsible for all the social, political and economic ills of the country masquerade as poets or litterateurs or critics? Why is it held at Jaipur? Why do the organizers want recitation of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses in Jaipur only and not in Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow, Chennai or Hyderabad? It does not require the genius of a poet or professor of Delhi or other university to see through this demonic game. Some time back the Donkey Mela was held somewhere in Rajasthan, which truly transacted serious business. In fact, the Donkey Festival, like the Camel Festival is much more than buyer-seller meet and becomes a platform for veterinary services delivery from the Government of Rajasthan. Similarly the World Economic Forum (WEF) brings the genuinely brilliant minds of the world to a table where they use each word wisely, unlike the wastage of words & expressions at the Jaipur Literary Festival. At the WEF, the brilliance of the human mind and its application to issues bothering the people across the globe such as creation of jobs, pollution, energy, security and ISIS meets the requirements of urgent attention to matters affecting the life of the people or the threats to the very existence of the human society. Contrary to this, the Literary Festivals of the Jaipur vintage spread gloom & doom, raise crops of terribly unemployable generations, incite social strife, plot the political agenda of their masters, mint money and attempt to increase their clout with whosoever wants to employ them for carrying on a verbal assault on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Let us ask ourselves a question in honesty: does anybody buy their book of poems? There is not even one high standard literary magazine in circulation in India, because these Moguls of Indian language literature (including Indian writing in English) elbowed the genuine writers out through guile and coercion. India can't afford to go back in time; our new generation has to move forward in sync with the world.

M L Gupta

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