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Persia was in great difficulties. She had no money and the condition of the people was bad.

Roaring tiger was silenced by Caged Parrot !
For the first time, Roaring tiger Arvind Kejriwal has been silenced by the Caged Parrot in Rajendra Kumar case. The entire Modi Government had maintained silence over the outburst of Delhi CM after the raid on Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar. And now the CBI has thrown substantive evidence of alleged corruption by Principal Secretary to the Delhi CM. 1989 batch IAS officer of UT cadre Rajendra Kumar has been put under suspension and no reaction from Kejriwal. A low profile CBI Chief Anil Sinha had been behind the scene.

Will Lalit Modi get citizenship ?
If sources are to be believed, Lalit Modi is set to get citizenship of St. Lucia Island within 2-3 months. It would happen because INTERPOL have not issued any red corner notice against him

Why states are not taking interest ?
MPLADS saving bank accounts in respect of ex- MPs Rajya Sabha could not be closed. GoI has written first letter to Nodal Secretaries to all states on April 2, 2014 and subsequent reminders on Sept 1,2014 , Feb 11,2015 and August 14, 2015 regarding final reports about such accounts. Govt is said to waiting final utilization certificates from Nodal District Authorities.

Notification of Pay Commission this week end ?
A notification towards implementation of the 7th Pay Commission is likely to be issued by this week end.

BUREAUCRACY

Ambassador postings soon !
Posting of new Ambassadors is expected soon. An exercise is already on in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Will Tripathi be next Secretary Postal ?
Aashutosh Tripathi is likely to be appointed new Secretary , Postal. He is a 1981 batch IPoS officer. If he appointed , he will retire in December this year. Presently he is Member, PSB.

Mallick to move from Labour Ministry !
B B Mallick who has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the GoI is likely to move from Labour Ministry to some other Ministry. He is presently Joint Secretary in Labour Ministry.

Why delay in elevation of Justice Ansari ?
A proposal of elevation of Acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice Iqbal Ahmed Ansari has been lying for a couple of months. Any reason of delay in his elevation to the Patna HC ?.

M V Gowtama selected as CMD, BEL

M V Gowtama, ED (MS), BEL, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 11, 2016. As many as nine persons were interviewed for the same.

Announcement of new RBI Chief before July 18
Announcement of the new RBI Governor is being made before July 18. A new name has cropped up for the post.

Names of 78 persons recommended for HC Judges
The GoI has forwarded names of 78 persons from state judicial services and the Bar to the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as Judges in the High Courts. There is shortage of 470 Judges in the High Courts.

Rawal promoted as ADG in RPF
P S Rawal 1981 batch RPF cadre officer has been promoted and posted as Additional Director General, Railway Protection Force HQ, Railway Board, New Delhi

Srivastava moves to Guwahati
Anoop Kumar Srivastava has been transferred as IG Railway Protection Force(RPF), North-Eastern Railway Guwahati. He is 1984 batch RPF cadre officer.

7 candidates allocated IP&TAFS
As many as 7 candidates have been allotted Indian Post and Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS) against the Civil Service examination (CSE) - 2015.

No IAS officer from Sikkim empanelled as Addl Secretary in GoI
No IAS officer belonging to 1986 batch from Sikkim cadre has been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India.

G V Venugopala Sarma empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
G V Venugopala Sarma has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Dalip Singh is now State Election Commissioner in Haryana
Dalip Singh has been appointed State Election Commissioner in Haryana. He is former 1982 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Utpal Bora appointed as CMD, OIL
Utpal Bora, ED, ONGC, has been appointed as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Oil India Limited for a period of five years.

ACC approves appointment of Rajkumar as CMD, BPCL
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the appointment of D Rajkumar, MD, BPRL, as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for a period of five years.
(We said this on Feb 23, 2016)

ACC approves appointment of V K Rama as CMD, CONCOR
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the appointment of V K Rama, Director (Projects & Services), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, CONCOR.
(We said this on January 22)

Is DoPT slack these days ?
File of the appointment of four EDs in the nationalised banks is lying in the Department of Personnel for a couple of months. Any reason ?

Gopesh Agarwal appointed as DIG, BPR&D
Gopesh Agarwal has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General in BPR&D. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rajesh Kumar yet to join as common CVO, HHEC & CCIC
Rajesh Kumar is yet to take over the charge as common CVO in Handicrafts & Handlooms Export Corporation Limited (HHEC) and Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Limited (CCIC), Delhi at Director level for a period of three years. He is a 1994 batch IRSS officer.

Yadav is back to Maharashtra
Yashvi Yadav who was on inter-state deputation to Uttar Pradesh is back to the parent Maharashtra cadre. He is 2000 batch IPS officer.

1986 batch IPS to get DG rank in Andhra Pradesh
Three 1986 batch IPS officers - R P Thakur, V R Ray and Damodar Gautam Swang - are being promoted to the rank of DG in Andhra Pradesh.

Member, PSB retiring in July
M S Ramanujam, Member, Postal Service Board (PSB) is going to retire this month. He is a 1981 batch IPoS officer.

Sinha to be Joint Director CBI
Manish Kishore Sinha is being promoted to the rank of Joint Director in CBI. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.

1988 batch IRS (IT) to be Principal Commissioner
1988 batch IRS (IT) officers are going to be promoted to the rank of Principal Commissioner.

Sambit Kumar shifted to SECR after promotion to SAG
Sambit Kumar has been transferred to South East Central Railway after promotion to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is an IRTS officer.

Alwar Kannan appointed as CGM, Risk Mgt, Corproate Centre, Mumbai
Alwar Kannan has been appointed as Chief General Manager, Risk Management State Bank of India Corporate Centre, Mumbai.

Brig N D Prasad to be promoted to Acting Rank of Maj Gen
Brig N D Prasad, Mech INF, has been approved for the promotion to the Acting Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and Staff only stream.

Manoj Bansal appointed as Under Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Manoj Bansal has been transferred from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to Cabinet Secretariat as Under Secretary. He is a CSS officer.

N B Gupta appointed as Executive Officer, SBMSVD in AP
Narayana Bharat Gupta has been posted as Executive Officer, Sri Bharamaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam, Srisailam, Kurnool District. He is a 2010 batch IAS Officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary, DoNER arising in July
A vacancy of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of DoNER is arising in July.

Vinay Srivastava appointed as PS to Prakash Javadekar (UPDATED)
Vinay Srivastava has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Human Resources Development at Director level. He is a 1992 batch IRSME officer.

Vinay Srivastava appointed as PS to Prakash Javadekar (UPDATED)
Vinay Srivastava has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Human Resources Development at Director level. He is a 1992 batch IRSME officer.

Promotion orders of GM SBI Tomorrow ? (UPDATED)
DGM to GM promotion in the State Bank of India are expected to be announced on Wednesday.

Civil Aviation Minister appreciates AAI's Energy Conservations Initiatives (UPDATED)
Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapati Raju along with Minister of state Jayant Sinha on 8th July 2016 while reviewing the progress of AAI projects on conservation of energy and maximum use of non-conventional sources of energy at all airports Minister of Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapati Raju appreciated the efforts made so far by AAI and directed Chairman AAI to step up its efforts for maximum use of non-conventional energy at remaining airports. The review meeting was attended by Secretary Ministry of Civil Aviation along with other seniors officer of ministry, Chairman, Airports Authority of India, Sudhir Raheja alongwith Regional Executive Directors and Airports Directors of different AAI regions/airports. The Ministers were informed by Chairman, AAI that it has already installed and commissioned roof top Solar plants at 16 airports (including 1 at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport).Further at 11 other airports, the work of installation of solar power projects are in progress and likely to be completed during next 3-4 months. In addition to this, three major projects on solar power plants at Kolkata, Jaipur and Chandigarh with a combined installed capacity of 19.8 MW is likely to be completed by Dec.2016. AAI have also planned solar power plants with a combined capacity of 116 MW at 16 other airports subject to resolving the issue of net metering and feeding tariff with the respective governments where these airports are located. In the past AAI's efforts towards Renewable Energy / Energy Conservation have been appreciated at various platforms and "National Excellence Awards 2016" for roof top Solar Power Projects in the Public Sector Undertakings Category was awarded in June this year at Vigyan Bhavan.

Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad appointed as Judge, Jharkhand HC (UPDATED)
Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, has been appointed as a Judge of the Jharkhand High Court.

Rao relieved to join Puducherry Govt (UPDATED)
M R M Rao, presently in the Government of Delhi, has been relieved of to join the Government of Puducherry. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ashutosh Kumar relieved to join A&N Islands Admn (UPDATED)
Ashutosh Kumar, presently in the Government of Delhi, has been relieved of to join the Administration of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Two IAS officers of Bihar promoted to Secretary grade (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers of 2003 batch of Bihar cadre presently on central deputation have been accorded proforma promotion to Secretary grade in Bihar.

P M Chandraiah is also MD, BCPL (UPDATED)
P M Chandraiah, Director, Finance, BCPL, has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL) till appointment of regular incumbent.

B M Shivashankar gets charge of Chairman, TSPL (UPDATED)
B M Shivashankar, MD, HMT Machines Tools Limited, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director, Tungabhadra Steel Products Limited (TSPL).

CORPORATE

Kumar appointed Director (Technical) of MTNL
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd has appointed Sanjeev Kumar as Director (Technical) of the company.

Arora appointed CS of Bombay Dyeing & Mfg Company Ltd
Bombay Dyeing & Mfg Company Limited has appointed Sanjive Arora as the Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Sen appointed Director of Burnpur Cement Ltd
Burnpur Cement Limited has appointed Ms Indrani Sen as the Director of the company.

Thakore ceases to be CFO of AGC Networks Limited
Amal Thakore has ceased to be Chief Financial Officer of AGC Networks Ltd .

Sengupta appointed as CFO of AGC Networks Limited
Angshu Sengupta has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of AGC Networks Limited.

Yadav appointed Non Exec. Director of Eastern Gases Ltd
Eastern Gases Ltd has appointed Manish Yadav as Non-Executive Director of the company.

Kilachand re-appointed CMD of Kesar Enterprises Ltd
Kesar Enterprises Ltd has re-appointed H R Kilachand as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Singh appointed CS of Delta Industrial Resources Ltd
Delta Industrial Resources Ltd has appointed Alok Nath Singh as a Company Secretary of the company.

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"Terror threat to IAS and IPS "

TV channels continuously flashing the intelligence alert 24x7 :" Al Qaeda plans to target senior IAS and IPS officers." Totally fabricated. A media circus, at best, to please the top bureaucracy. Let no one fool the gullible public without making a reality check. The self- generated controversy is revived at regular intervals by vested interests. The terrorists are not bothered about the elite organized services. They target the poor public, base camps, nuclear reactors, airports, schools, hospitals for wreaking maximum damage and create maximum scare. The IPS officers already enjoy security cover. at home. Tents pitched outside their homes for providing 24x7 security, sticks out like sore thumbs. The armed guards in absence of regular toilets make a nuisance of themselves besides being deployed on domestic chores. This is the hard reality. Let us face facts. Presence of armed guards at homes of IPS officers, does not enthuse officers of other Services in the neighborhood. Absence of status symbols is taken as an affront. It is ultimately the common man who bears the brunt in absence of general security and becomes a victim of falling police/public ratio. Security cover must be "job-specific ", not "Services- specific". PM Modi must see through the game of bureaucracy.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Road safety must be made the best in the world

As per the figures of ministry for road transport and highways for the year 2015 ,400 persons die in road accidents daily and 17 persons die every hour.54% casualties are of the persons in the age group of 15-34 years. The figures do not mention the number of the maimed and crippled human beings. The unreported cases may also be substantial given the size of the country. In the year 2014,when Gopinath Munde, the then cabinet minister, died in a road accident ,it appeared that Modi govt would set the road traffic safety right in no time and the proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill 2014 was proclaimed as panacea for all roads related dangers and ills. Not a snail has moved since then. In any part of India, if you stand and stare at any busy road, you would be shocked to observe that not human beings, but the most ferocious rabid dogs have been driving the vehicles. More than 90% use mobile phones while driving, others smoke ,others have the earphones fixed to listen to music, number of drunk drivers is also large, and nobody has patience and the wisdom to accommodate others. If accidents are avoided, road rages claim human lives. In Punjab Gharukas, marutas, dhindsas, peter rehrhas, and mini trucks are locally fabricated and which are visible yamrajs on roads, continue plying fearlessly on all roads, in spite of the fact that as per the court orders they are to be dismantled straightway. They pay no taxes. During festival seasons trucks, tempos, three wheelers and other goods carriers ferry passengers in the very dangerous overloaded position, then langars and water partaking on roadsides hinder the smooth flow of traffic and also give rise to the accidents The position in other states may not be any different. The people owning vehicles have to pay road tax as well as toll tax without any solution to road difficulties. Grant of driving licences is still a mockery and persons having no arms can also get it through agents. The drivers working on inter-state routes possess as many as 5 driving licences. With due regards to some honest persons, the transport wing is still considered as a money minting machine. The new legislation may not see the light of the day for many more years. The existing law, if properly implemented, can be very helpful in reducing the number of deaths. More than law, disciplining the citizenry is more important. The government must stop behaving like bus hawkers and must start delivering .Two out of five years have already ended without even taking a start.


Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

Delhi Shopping Complexes, potential fire infernos

Delhi has an effective fire services organization but the shopping complexes are potential fire infernos. Obviously the builders had bribed their way through the civic authorities in getting the completion and occupancy certificates. There are hardly any exceptions in respect of markets which have come up in the last 15 years or so. To illustrate my point I would take the case of the complexes in Dwarka sub-city in South-West Delhi. Here banks are located on the first floor and above. Narrow staircases lead to the bank. These are made narrower by shop keepers storing their goods on both sides of the stairs with inflammable material. If there is a fire in flight of the staircase, the employees or the customers cannot escape safely. The entry and exit are only from one side. One can visit the Corporation Bank branch in Sector-6 in Dwarka or any other bank, which are public dealing offices, to experience the criminal neglect of fire safety first by the civic authorities, fire services and law enforcement agencies and then by the bank concerned in occupying such premises. Can't the guilty be punished for compromising public safety so callously ?

M L Gupta

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