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This is History (179)
The sudden turn in fortune's wheel went to the heads of the adventurous and covetous Englishmen in Bengal.


Why present day politicians avoid intellectuals ?
The present day politicians avoid intellectuals because none of them have the capacity to exist with the later.

BUREAUCRACY

Gurdeep Singh appointed as CMD, NTPC (UPDATED)
Gurdeep Singh, Managing Director, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation, has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) for a period of five years.

DG, SSB orders likely this week
Orders regarding appointment of new DG, SSB are expected to issued this week. Names of 2-3 IPS officers are doing the round for the post. Present DG BD Sharma is retiring on January 31.

Will govt appoint six Secretaries this week ?
The Government of India is likely to appoint about half a dozen new secretaries this week.

Justice Rohini to move to Madras High Court ?
Grapevine has it that Justice G Rohini Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court is moving to the Madras High Court in the same capacity.

Justice Chandrachud to be CJ of Delhi High Court ?
There are strong reports that Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Justice D Y Chandrachud is moving to the Delhi High Court as CJ.

Will Justice Kaul move to Allahabad High Court ?
Grapevine has it that Justice S K Kaul Chief Justice of the Madras High Court is moving to the Allahabad High Court as Chief Justice.

Will there be another Search Committee for SEBI Chief ?
The Cabinet Secretary is likely to choose a successor to Chairman SEBI next week. In any case, the new SEBI Chief will be appointed early next month.

62 IRS-IT officers of 1990 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
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.

Pravesh Sharma granted voluntary retirement by Madhya Pradesh Government
The State Govt. has approved the voluntary retirement request of Pravesh Sharma, a 1982 batch IAS officer of MP cadre, with effect from 31st January 2016 by waiving off the mandatory notice period of three months. He will be relieved at the end of this month from the post of Special Commissioner (Coordination), Madhya Pradesh Bhawan, New Delhi. The grapevine in Bhopal is buzzing about the reasons for this decision of the officer.

A K Singh is Independent Director in Dena Bank
Ashok Kumar Singh, Director in the Department of Financial Services has been appointed Independent Director on the Board of Dena Bank.

Himachal Pradesh DGP empanelled as ADG in GoI
Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kumar has been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Rao empanelled without deputation in GoI ?
It is said that 1985 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre H N S Rao was empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India without going on central deputation.

CVO's post is not considered central deputation ?
Post of CVO is not considered central deputation. This is evident from the recent empanelment of IPS officers in the Government of India.

Negi to return Himachal Pradesh cadre
CVO in the SJVNL Shimla B N S Negi is returning to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre early next month. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

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

G Ravichandran joins as Director (Fin), STCIL
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)

Sudhakar likely to join as Director (Fin), GSL on Feb 1
Sudhakar T N, GM, CSL, who received his orders, is expected to take over the charge as Director (Finance), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on February 1, 2016. He is yet to be relived of present organization.

PESB again advertises post of CMD, SIL
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has again advertised the post of Chairman & Managing Director, Scooters India Limited (SIL) after the panel of Rahul Bali, Director (Technical) of the same PSU was scrapped by the Government of India. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before March 7, 2016.

Three ITS officers shifted
Three ITS officers have been transferred to other regions. Accordingly, R C Kalra has been posted to zonal office, Kolkata while S Sasikumar was transferred to Regional Authority, Pune and Anil Aggarwal is appointed to Regional Authority, Chandigarh.

Narinder Singh Bharel deputed as GM, IRCON Intl Ltd
Narinder Singh Bharel presently ADRM/SPJ, East Central Railway, has been deputed to IRCON Internal Limited as General Manager (Electrical), Bilaspur for a period of three years. He is an IRSEE officer.

DoPT seeks applications for First Secretary, Embassy of India, Yangon
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has invited applications for the post of First Secretary in the Development Cooperation Wing, Embassy of India, Yangon. Those willing to apply for this Deputy Secretary level post can send their applications to the Department before February 25, 2016.

Subu R is new Commissioner, Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
Subu R , IAAS , 2001 batch officer who was working as Director in the office of Principal Director (Central) at lucknow with charges of four states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand & Uttarakhand on being relieved took over charge as Commissioner, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on 20th Jan 2016.He was known for being the Director (Report) & Nodal Officer for the much famous Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)'s 2G spectrum report. It was also his brain behind the idea of auditing of the private telecom service providers which on being taken up was challenged in the court by the Private service providers and was upheld later by the Honorable Supreme Court of India in a landmark judgment in the year 2014 in which Supreme court even defined the ultimate ownership of the natural Resources to the general public.Hailing from Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram District of Kerala Graduated from University College, Trivandrum, took LLB from University of Delhi and MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB).

Likhar to join in Kolkata
Laxman Likhar, 2005 batch IDAS officer has been posted PCA office in Kolkata.

Abhishek Kumar Singh appointed as ADG (MO), Postal Dte, New Delhi
Abhishek Kumar Singh has been appointed as ADG (MO), Postal Directorate, New Delhi. He is a 2012 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Dr Surya Prakash, CVO ECIL likely to return to parent cadre in Feb
Dr Surya Prakash, who is presently Chief Vigilance Officer in Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), is expected to return to his parent cadre in first week of February 2016. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of UT cadre.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Jharkhand
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.

4 senior IPS officers shifted in Chhattisgarh (UPDATED)
Four senior IPS officers have been shifted in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, D M Awasthi has been appointed as Special DG, Naxal Operation and MD Housing Board while Sanjay Pillai was made ADG, CF, STF, Recruitment and Training and R K Vij is ADG, Planning and Provisioning and Technical Services. Besides, Rajesh Mishra has been appointed as ADG, Administration.

31 IOFS officers 1988 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 31 officers belonging to Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) of 1988 batch have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Sunil Kumar Pattanayak, Gurudutta Ray, Bala Krishna Panda, P Surendran, Rajkumar Sharma, K Sudhakar, Sanjay Dwivedi, S K Sinah, V Mangapathy Rao, Deepak Gupta, Rakesh Singh Lal, T K Panda, Shishir Sinha, Debashish Banerjee, M C Gupta, Rajeev Kumar, P K Sharma, Rajesh Kumar pandey, C Ramachandan, M V Krishnamurthy, Veena Tamta Bhatia, S Kumar, Akhilesh Kumar, Ajai Singh, Sandeep Jain, Om Prakash Tiwari, Tikaram, V K Sinha, S P Shendre, Babu Ambedkar and R K Dhingra.

Dhananjai Mohan empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Dhananjai Mohan has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of Uttarakhanchal cadre.

N Sambasiva Rao promoted to DGP grade in AP (UPDATED)
N Sambasiva Rao presently VC&MD, APSRTC has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

T Krishna Raju promoted to DGP grade in AP (UPDATED)
T Krishna Raju has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of AP cadre.

5 IRPS officers of 1988 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Five officers belonging to Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) of 1988 batch have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Rashmi Chowdhary, Pramila Bhargava, Vinita Jain, Zareena Ghafoor Firdausi and Rajeev Kumar Goyal.

S K Sharma appointed as ED, Railway Board (UPDATED)
S K Sharma presently in Northern Railway has been transferred and posted as Executive Director Traffic (Rates), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

7 senior IRTS officers transferred (UPDATED)
As many as seven IRTS officers have been transferred to various zones of Railways. Accordingly, J N Jha has been posted to South East Central Railway as COM while Surajit Kumar Das was posted as COM, Metro Railway Kolkata and B D Roy is CSO, East Central Railway. Similarly, Shiv Raj Singh has been transferred as CCM, South East Central Railway; Ajeet Kuamr Saxena posted as CCM, Southern Railway; M K Papi Reddy as CCM, South Central Railway and N Madhusudan Rao was posted as COM, South Central Railway.

Despite floods NLC manages to stay afloat with profit (UPDATED)
NLC posts Rs.758 crores net profit upto third quarter in 2015-16 as compared to Rs.903 Crs. for the corresponding period of previous year 2014-15. This reduction by about 16% is mainly due to reduction of Net Profit of Q3 alone which stands at Rs.47.61 crores as compared to Rs.309 crores of third quarter in previous year 2014-15. Reduction of profit in Q3 attributable to heavy loss of Lignite production and Power Generation estimated around Rs. 450 Crs. due to the unprecedented rain & heavy floods in the month of November & December 2015 for about 35 days which submerged NLC Mines and choked the Power Generation in its Power plants at Neyveli complex. Besides during the Third Quarter an additional impact due to VRS, Wage Revision arrear to the Workmen and additional Statutory payment on Clean Energy cess amounting to Rs. 115 Crs. was borne by the company. However with all these, not withstanding the loss caused due to the reasons beyond the control of the company, NLC managed to stay afloat with the profit of Rs.47.61 Crs. which otherwise would have been substantially more. However on cumulative basis for 9 months period April to December 2015, the net decline is only 16% which amounts to Rs. 145 Crs. for which recovery plan are in force to catch up by end of FY 2015-16.

A P Sawhney gets proforma promotion to Chief Secretary grade in AP (UPDATED)
A P Sawhney, who is presently on central deputation as Additional Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been accorded proforma promotion to the grade of Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Mrs Nilam Sawhney gets proforma promotion to Chief Secretary grade in AP (UPDATED)
Mrs Nilam Sawhney, who is presently on central deputation as Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission, has been accorded proforma promotion to the grade of Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Two IAS officers promoted to Chief Secretary grade in AP (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers belonging to 1984: Anil Chandra Punetha and Dr A Vidya Sagar batch have been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh.

SIDBI CMD visits NSIC's training centre (UPDATED)
During his recent visit to NSIC, Dr Kshatrapati Shivaji ,CMD SIDBI admired operations at NSIC-Training cum Incubation Centre and appreciated the efforts of NSIC in creating self-employment opportunities through Incubation program of NSIC. He was briefed about various activities /Operations of NSIC by Ravindra Nath, CMD, NSIC.

12 IRPS officers of 1987 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) of 1987 batch have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Aruna Nayar, Rajiv Kishore, Nand Kishore, Shankar K Albela, Trikalagya Rabha, Surendra Kumar, Alok Kumar, V G Bhooma, Sudhir Kumar Singh, Mahavir Singh, chandrajit Saikia and Jai Dev Kumar.

3 IRAS officers empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Three officers belonging to Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS) of 1986 batch: Mrs Uma Ranade, R K Manocha and Prashant Mishra have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Justice Mishra is new Lokayukta of UP (UPDATED)
Former Judge of the Allahabad High Court Justice Sanjay Mishra has been appointed new Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh.

Vishrut Acharya to be Area Manager Air India in Bhopal (UPDATED)
Vishrut Acharya who was on deputation to the MP Tourism Development Corporation is returning to the parent Air India as Area Manager Air India network Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh based in Bhopal.

Dr Mahadev appointed as Commissioner Cane in Karnataka (UPDATED)
Dr H R Mahadev, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Commissioner for Cane Development & Director of Sugar in Karnataka. Dr Mahadev is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Kaushlendra Kumar posted as SP, Karnataka Lokayukta (UPDATED)
Kaushlendra Kumar has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta in Karnataka. He is a 2005 batch IPS officer of Karnataka cadre.

R Ramachandran selected as Director (Ref), BPCL (UPDATED)
R Ramachandran, MD (BORL), BPCL, has been selected for the post of Director (Refineries), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on January 28 2016. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

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

Rajan Mittal appointed Non-Exec. Director of Bharti Infratel Limited
Rajan Bharti Mittal has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of Bharti Infratel Limited.

Rakesh Mittal steps down as Non-Exec. Director of Bharti Infratel Limited
Rakesh Bharti Mittal has stepped down as Non-Executive Director of Bharti Infratel Limited.

Bajaj re-appointed CEO (Superpack Division) of Bajaj Steel Industries Ltd
Bajaj Steel Industries Ltd has re-appointed Ashish Bajaj as Chief Executive Officer of its Superpack Division.

Ms George appointed Nominee Director on Board of Jaypee Infratech Ltd
Jaypee Infratech Limited has appointed Ms Salila George who is Chief General Manager of IDBI Bank, Mumbai, as Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of the company

Pandey resigns as CS of Phoenix Township Ltd
Puspraj R Pandey has resigned as Company Secretary of Phoenix Township Ltd

Seshasai to step down as CEO of Zee Learn Limited
KVS Seshasai to step down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zee Learn Limited w.e.f. February 1, 2016

Jairath appointed Addl. Independent Director of Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd has appointed Vinesh Kumar Jairath as Additional Independent Director of the company.

Ms Gupta appointed CFO of Bloom Dekor Ltd
Bloom Dekor Ltd has appointed Ms Brinda Karan Gupta as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Sen appointed Independent Director of Kalyani Forge Ltd
Kalyani Forge Ltd has appointed Abhijit Sen as the Independent Director of the company

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DEBATE (1)

Modi's promises

Modi is losing his charm, nothing happening on ground. His all promises have fallen flat.

D P Devgan

Wrong assessment

Utterly wrong assessment of Modi. He has not at all lost his charm, still he is the most loved leader today, only persons with affinity towards the almost defunct opposition parties are allergic to his programs.

Srinivas

Paid and guided article

Prakasa Rao`s article praising Nitish Kumar seems to be paid and guided article. There are no such qualities in Nitish Kumar. Otherwise, during his first tenure, he would have taken out of Bihar decade old backwardness. Even now in his tenure he is not likely to do anything keeping in view that his Deputy Chief Minister is a Ninth fail and all MLAs (law makers) are history sheeters. One of his MLA, a lady, has already performed a don`s act by taking away her husband from jail. There are reports of murders almost daily in Bihar. Today (25.1.16) one woman is reported to have been shot dead in Patna. Nitish Kumar has been voted to power not because of his good works but due to sheer foolishness of Biharis, who could not come out of Casteism. But outsiders in other States are happy that due to these developments in Bihar, they will continue to get cheap labour, as Bihar is not going to do anything good for them in Bihar.

Subhash Sharma

Congratulations ITBP

I am proud of having served in ITBP as IG

Rajdip Singh IPS Retd 1979 UP

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