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As we approach modern times we find that religious and dynastic wars cease.

Who after Modi ?
There used to be a big question "Who after Nehru ?" and now again people are asking "Who after Modi ?". What a similarity !

Many retired bureaucrats may be rehabilitated
If sources are to be believed, about a dozen retired bureaucrats of different services are likely to be rehabilitated in various Tribunals and Authorities. One has to wait till announcements are made in this regard.

Main thrust on two ministries
After reshuffle PM has given main thrust on two ministries. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment are the only ministries which are having 4 ministers each. One cabinet and 3 MOS Radha Mohan Singh is the cabinet minister while Ahluwalia, Rupala and Bhagat are MOS in the ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' welfare. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has same strength. Thawar Chand Gehlot is the minister whereas Gujar, Sampla and Athawale are MoS.

MSME has three ministers
Ministry of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises has got maximum importance in the NDA govt. In the past MSME was a part of Small and Village Industries and was looked after by a MoS rank minister but now it has become a big and very important ministry which is presently headed by Kalraj Mishra, Cabinet minister, Giriraj Kishor and Haribhai Pathrabi ( both MoS) in MSME.

BUREAUCRACY


Four Chief Secretaries empanelled
Chief Secretaries of four states have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. They are A P Padhi Odisha, Basudeb Banerjee West Bengal, Shatrughna Singh Uttarakhand and K K Sharma Delhi. Who will join the GoI ?

No Secretary from eight states !
There will be no Secretary from eight states in the Government of India. The states are -Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, J&K, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland and Sikkim. No officer belonging to 1983 batch IAS figure in the empanelment list.

Is Search Committee for Chairman Railway Board unauthorised ?
Is the Search Committee reportedly constituted for selection of Chairman Railway Board is unauthorised ? Railway experts say "Yes" because this is against the recruitment rules which go by seniority and tenure policy.

Ex-Chairman Railway Board to be Member of Search Committee
One Ex-Chairman of the Railway Board is going to be Member of the Search Committee to select new Chairman Railway Board.

Six candidates allocated IPoS
As many as six candidates have been allotted Indian Postal Service (IPoS) against the Civil Service examination (CSE) - 2015.

Andhra Pradesh DGP to get two months extension
Andhra Pradesh DGP J V Ramudu is all set to get two months extension in service beginning August1. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.

Pradhan to be JS, MHA !
Satya Narayan Pradhan is likely to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Tenure of Devendra Kumar Singh as ADGFT extended
The tenure of Devendra Kumar Singh as Additional Director General Foreign Trade at Joint Secretary level in the Department of Commerce, has been extended upto October 19, 2016. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

S Jeyakrishnan to join as Director (Mktg), HPCL in Nov
S Jeyakrishnan, ED, HPCL, whose appointment as Director (Marketing), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), has been approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), will be taking over the charge in November.

Asnani likely to join as CMD, UCIL on Aug 1
C K Asnani, Director (Technical), IREL, is expected to take over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) on August 1, 2016 as vacancy of this post is arising on the same day.

Kanwal Kumar promoted to Lt. Gen
Kanwal Kumar has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Gen. in the Corps of Army Aviation.

300 ITS officers sitting idle ?
More than 300 senior officers of Indian Telecom Service are reportedly sitting idle for the last 3 years and they are being paid without any work. Govt is not utilising them even in this era of digital india. They can be fully utilised in Dot, Deity, Cdot, Trai, Nofan, Tcil , Bsnl , etc.

Goa Shipyard to get new Director in August
CMDE B B Nagpal, Principal Director (SSG) in Ministry of Defence, whose appointment as Director (Corporate Planning, Project & Business Development), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), has been approved by the Government of India, will be taking over the charge on August 1, 2016.

D Rajkumar to take over as CMD, BPCL on Oct 1
D Rajkumar, MD, BPRL, whose appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), has been approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), will take over the charge on October 1, 2016.

Sanjay Swarup to join as Director (IM&O), CONCOR in Sept
Sanjay Swarup, GGM, CONCOR, whose appointment as Director (IM&O), Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), has been approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), will be taking over the charge in September this year.

BHEL registers net loss of Rs 913 cr
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has reportedly slid into net loss of Rs 913 crore for the financial year 2015-16.

Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Assam after Vidhan Sabha session !
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is going to take place in Assam after the Vidhan Sabha session.

Bhatnagar is APC, UP
Pradip Bhatnagar will be new Agriculture Production Commissioner(APC), UP. He is a 1982 batch officer.

Five DMs changed in UP
The state govt has changed five District Magistrates in UP. Now Anuj kumar Jha will be DM of Rai Bareli, Nidhi Keshwani DM, Ghaziabad, Rajesh Prakash, DM, Firozabad, Ashok Chandra, DM, Kannauj and P.C.Gupta, DM, Mainpuri.

Three IAS officers get new postings in MP
Vishesh Gadpale has been appointed as Collector, Katni while Abhya Verma was made Collector, Sidhi and A K Sharma is posted as Collector, Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh.

Baldip Singh Sandhu transferred to Chennai bench
Baldip Singh Sandhu, Member, Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has been transferred to Chennai Bench. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Ms Archana Ranjan shifted to Principal Bench, New Delhi
Ms Archana Ranjan, Member, ITSC, Additional Bench-II, New Delhi, has been transferred to Principal Bench, New Delhi. She is an IRS-IT officer.

14 IIS officers posted against new postings
14 Group- B IIS officers of senior grade have been given new posting. They are- Shudipta Kar, PIB, Agartala, Parthasarthi Malik, AIR news Cuttack, Loitam P Devi, PIB, Imphal, Gopal Jit Das, PIB, Shillong, Anila B, PIB, Cochin, S S Shakti, PIB, Bhubneshwar, Amit Kumar Tiwari, DFP, Shahdol, S.C Tiwari ,PIB, Raipur, Gaurav Tripathi, PIB, Lucknow, Tariq Azziz, PIB, Ranchi, Shilpa N. Pophala, PIB, Bhopal, V.Geetha, PIB, Chennai, J.K. Dwevedi, PIB, Delhi and Sujata Mitra, AIR, News, Kolkata.

Surya Prasad promoted as GM, SBI
Surya Prasad, CVRS, has been promoted to the grade of General Manager in State Bank of India (SBI).

CBI arrests then Director, DDK, Shimla
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against then Director, DDK Shimla presently Deputy Director General, DDK, Jalandhar with additional charge of DDK, Shimla and two distributors of separate private companies based at Jalandhar Punjab and unknown others for entering into a criminal conspiracy with distributors of said private companies of Jalandhar and allowed permission for telecast of Hindi Films from DDK, Shimla on the basis of false information/fake documents submitted by the said distributors and as such, cheated Doordarshan.

JNU Professor is new VC of Goa University
Varun Sahni, Professor in International Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, will be the next Vice-Chancellor of Goa University.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A large number of IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, P Thamaraikannan has been posted as new Additional Commissioner of Police, Intelligence Section, Chennai Police while V Varadaraju was made IGP, Central Zone, Tiruchi and N K Senthamaraikannan is IGP, North Zone, Chennai. Similarly, C Sridhar has been posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police, North, Chennai Police; S N Seshasai as Additional Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Chennai Police; Arunachalam as Additional Commissioner of Police, Central Crime Branch, Chennai Police; J Mahesh as Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur; R Sudhakar as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ambattur, Chennai Police; V Baskaran as Superintendent of Police, Theni district; A Myilvaganan as DCP, Law and Order, Tiruchi City; R Sakthivel as DCP, Flower Bazaar, Chennai Police; T Senthil Kumar as SP, Tiruchi district; S Selvakumar as DCP, Pulianthope, Chennai Police and Rupesh Kumar Meena was posted as DCP (Traffic West), Chennai Police.

Abhay Thakur is new High Commissioner to Mauritius (UPDATED)
Abhay Thakur (IFS: 1992), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Mauritius.

Rajeev Kumar is new Ambassador to Gambia (UPDATED)
Rajeev Kumar (IFS: 2001), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Islamic Republic of the Gambia, with residence in Dakar (Senegal).

N M Kothari appointed as PS to Narendra Singh Tomar (UPDATED)
Navneet Mohan Kothari has been appointed as Private Secretary to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water & Sanitation. He is a 2001 batch IAS Officer of MP cadre.

Manu Tentiwal appointed PS to Santosh Kumar Gangwar (UPDATED)
Manu Tentiwal has been appointed as Private Secretary to Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Finance. He is a 2003 batch IRS-IT Officer.

Dr Malakondaiah promoted to DGP grade in AP (UPDATED)
Dr M Malakondaiah has been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer.

4 IPS officers of 1986 batch promoted to DGP grade in AP (UPDATED)
Four officers belonging to 1986 batch of Indian Police Service (IPS) have been promoted to the grade of Director General of Police in Andhra Pradesh. The officers are: Varund Sindhu Kul Kaumudi, presently on central deputation, R P Thakur, Vinay Ranjay Ray, D Gautam Sawang.

Sanjeev Gupta relieved to join central deputation (UPDATED)
The Government of Himachal Pradesh has relieved Sanjeev Gupta of cadre responsibility for joining centre deputation as Additional Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh.

SAIL supports sprinter Dharambir Singh to Rio Olympics (UPDATED)
Minister for Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh conferred the SAIL logo and felicitated Rio Olympics athlete Dharambir Singh, in New Delhi on July 20, 2016. Minister of State for Steel, Vishnu Deo Sai, Secretary, Steel, Ms Aruna Sundararajan and Chairman SAIL, P K Singh were also present on the occasion. Chaudhary Birendra Singh, while felicitating the Olympic qualifying athlete said, "We are proud that the largest contingent of Indian athletes is participating in the Rio Olympics this time." Expressing confidence on sprinter Dharambir, the minister said, "we have lots of hope on his performance and wish him the very best for a great performance. SAIL has decided to support Dharamabir too after recently supporting wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt for the Rio Olympics. We will extend all support to him and look forward to a great performance in the Rio Olympics." Recently, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi had extended his wishes to the Indian Olympic contingent.

S B Vasava appointed as Secretary, Roads & Buildings in Gujarat (UPDATED)
S B Vasava has been appointed as Secretary, Roads & Buildings Department in Gujarat. He is an engineer by profession.

Mukesh Rathore selected as Director (Tech), RITES (UPDATED)
Mukesh Rathore, ED (QA), RITES, has been selected for the post of Director (Technical), RITES Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 20, 2016. As many as 12 persons were interviewed for the same.

CORPORATE

Dr Mohapatra takes over as Chairman, Airports Authority of India
Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra has taken over as Chairman, Airports Authority of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Palaniappan ceases to be Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd
N S Palaniappan, IAS, has ceased to be Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited.

Sharma appointed CEO of Den Networks Ltd
Den Networks Limited has appointed S N Sharma as Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Rajola appointed as Regional VP (India & South Asia) of Western Union
Sohini Rajola has been appointed as Regional Vice President India and South Asia of Western Union.

Rajasekharan is Exec. VP (Sales & After Sales) of Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd
Sajeev Rajasekharan has been appointed as Executive Vice President (Sales & After Sales) of Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd

Two Non Exec. Directors appointed on CRISIL Board
CRISIL Ltd has appointed Ms Martina L Cheung and John L Berisford as Non-Executive Directors of the company.

Parsad appointed CS of West Coast Paper Mills Ltd
West Coast Paper Mills Limited has appointed Brajmohan Prasad as Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. July 22, 2016 .

Sethi appointed VP (Finance) of Cola Cola for India and South West Asia
Sarvita Sethi has been appointed as Vice President (Finance) of Cola Cola for India and South West Asia.

Somaskandan appointed Addl. Director of Magnum Ltd
Magnum Ltd has appointed Suryanarayanan Somaskandan as Additional Director of the company.

Ruiz resigns as CS of Agro Tech Foods Ltd
Javier Eduardo Alarcon Ruiz has resigned as Director of Agro Tech Foods Limited.

Jain appointed CFO of Walchandnagar Industries Ltd
Vivek Jain has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Walchandnagar Industries Limited.

Mandhana resigns as CFO of DPSC Ltd
Laxmi Narayan Mandhana has resigned as Chief Financial Officer of DPSC Limited.

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Appointment of Chairman, Railway Board

I hope you take the pains to go through the following points:

1. No officer in the railways is eligible for the post of CRB. Hence, the officer who fulfils the criteria to the maximum possible extent, with the requisite seniority should ideally be appointed to the post.

2. Out of the people in fray, Member(Staff), Pradeep Kumar falls short of the criteria by a paltry 1 day. There have been 9 CRBs so far who had less than 1 year tenure left, but were still appointed in light of seniority.

3. He is 2 years senior to the all other people purportedly in fray.

3. How do you think the Railways is to function if an officer who is 2 years junior to the Members and General Managers, is made their boss?

4. What is Member (Staff) supposed to do? Be humiliated after an very illustrious career. He was once the boss of the people who are purportedly in fray for the post, and now they would be his boss, while being ineligible ?

5. If it is felt that MS's tenure is shorter than what would be ideal according to you, the Govt. can always give him a fixed tenure of 2 years as is done for Secretaries of Finance, Defence and Home ministries, while keeping sacred a very important factor, i.e. SENIORITY, for the smooth functioning of railways and ultimate benefit of the nation.

The 'search committee' should look into this.

Railway Man

New Assignments for New Energy

It is pleasant to see a number of my IAS friends of 1986 batch being given higher responsibilities as Additional Secretary in GOI. Although, it is late, it is going to add new energy to the system. I congratulate all of them and request the GOI to see that other deserving batch mates are also given similar treatment at the earliest. Moreover, there should be some weightage to seniority too. Personal likes or dislikes should have no place in promotion and posting.

A.K. Verma, ISS

Making tax reforms and plugging leakages ?

The central govt professes to make tax reforms and plug leakages in the system. But this is in contrast to the situation. For instance,Vat@14.5 per cent is levied on restaurant bill with the stipulation that it will be levied only on 40 per cent of the amount of the food bill. But only a few know about this stipulation and the restaurants are flagrantly charging the tax on the full amount of the bill. Go to Mall of India food court and find out the position for yourself. Why can't the Finance ministry fix the Vat rate wrt the total cost of the food and avoid the loot from the tax payer to the benefit of the traders ? Are the bureaucrats really that inefficient or their intention is to be suspect, that is the question

Surendra Sharma

Right comment

A very right comment. I have worked with Parihar, he is very sincere, dedicated and honest officer.

K K Marwaha

What ails empanelment of bright IAS officers ?

What ails empanelment of one of the bright IAS officers of 1982 batch who probably is the only one left out ?

Dharmendra Kishore

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