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But whether the ruler was good or bad, the social and economic condition of the people would not usually be affected by a mere political change. There would be no social revolution.

Will BJP-SAD Alliance break in Punjab ?
There are chances that a decade old BJP-SAD alliance may break in Punjab where Assembly elections are due next year. According to sources, if both contest elections together, BJP is likely to pay heavy price. Though it's a preliminary observation, party is weighing the option.

Who are the bureaucrats ?
According to reliable sources, in a recent income tax raid on a large industrial group in Mumbai, papers seized have revealed documents of payment of bribe to scores of senior bureaucrats. Effort is on to hush up the matter. Who are the bureaucrats ?

Be cautious -All India Service officers
All India Service officers have been restricted from commenting against the government on social media, television or any other communication mode .The DoPT has issued guidelines to this effect.

New Ministry created in GoI
A new ministry of electronics and information technology has been created in the Government of India after bifurcating the ministry of communications and information technology to exclusively deal with Aadhaar and promotion of internet etc. Now there will be two ministries-Ministry of Communications and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

BUREAUCRACY


Empanelment of 1983 batch IPS delayed
Empanelment of 1983 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India has been delayed by one month.

Who will be new Chairman of Railway Board ?
In case senior-most Member of the Railway Board Pradeep Kumar is not appointed Chairman of the Railway Board, people say tie will be between Aditya Kumar Mittal - Member (Engineering) and Ravinder Gupta - GM of the South Central Railways. There is also a rumour that a top technocrat may be brought from private sector .

Jharkhand Chief Secretary not empanelled
While Chief Secretaries of four states have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India, Chief Secretary of Jharkhand Ms Raj Bala Verma has missed the bus. She is 1983 batch IAS officer.

Ms Chugh to retire only in 2018
The recent empanelment of 1980 batch IAS officer to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India has surprised the bureaucracy. The fact is 1980 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre Ms Smita Chugh will retire from service only on April 1, 2018.

Ravi Shankar Prasad in company of two MP cadre woman IAS officers
This is co-incidence that Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad is in the company of two Madhya Pradesh cadre women IAS officer. While in the Department of Justice 1982 batch officer Ms Snehlata Srivastava is the Secretary, his IT secretary is also of this batch Ms Aruna Sharma.

Sanjeev Gupta relieved to join central deputation
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.

Abhay Thakur is new High Commissioner to Mauritius
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
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 PS to Narendra Singh Tomar
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
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.

4 IIS officers to be empanelled as ADG
According to sources four Indian Information Service ( IIS) officers of 1989 and1990 batches are likely to be empanelled as ADG . Among them two are posted in Delhi while one each is posted in Maharastra and Odisha.

Professionals to head PSUs in Gujarat ?
There is a move to appoint professionals as Head of the State Public Sector Undertakings in Gujarat.

3 NE states are not under PAR
The entire area of the States of Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland is excluded from the Protected Area Regime and this relaxation is presently valid till 31.12.2017.

Cachar Paper Mill in financial crisis
Cachar Paper Mill (CPM), a unit of Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC), is facing financial crisis on account of non-availability of coal owing to blanket ban imposed by National Green Tribunal on mining and transportation of coal in the state of Meghalaya wherefrom 100% requirement of CPM used to come. Coal cannot be sourced from other sources as there is no broad gauge linkage inside CPM premises.

Tenure of Kundargi as CMD, MOIL Ltd ending in Aug
The tenure of G P Kundargi as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MOIL Limited is coming to an end on August 31, 2016. Mukund P Chaudhary, Director (Finance) MOIL, is expected to succeed him in September.

T N Jha to succeed Malhi as Director (Tech), WCL on Aug 1
T N Jha, Area General Manager, Western Coalfields Limited, whose appointment has been approved by the ACC, is reported to be taking over the charge as Director Technical, WCL on August 1, 2016 as present incumbent S S Malhi is retiring on July 31, 2016.

Singh is new MD of BCPL
Ashok Kumar Singh has taken over as the managing director of Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL.

Tenure of Rajesh Bahadur to end
Tenure of Rajesh Bahadur MD of the NICSI is coming to an end on August 31.

Dr Malakondaiah promoted to DGP grade in AP
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
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.

Menon Kesava Das promoted as GM, SBI
Menon Kesava Das has been promoted to the grade of General Manager in State Bank of India (SBI).

Varshney returns to cadre, posted to Northern Railway
Upon return from deputation to CRIS, P K Varshney has been posted in the cadre of Northern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Angshuman Sarkar deputed as GM, KMRCL
Angshuman Sarkar has been deputed to Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited as General Manager/Finance. He is an IRAS officer.

Rao to retire this month
S. Kameshwar Rao , a 1984 batch IISW officer is retiring this month. Presently he is posted as ADG DFP , Delhi.

Five candidates allocated IIS
As many as five candidates have been allotted Indian Information Service (IIS) against the Civil Service examination (CSE) - 2015.

SP, S K Saxena launches 'Shahdol Police Arogya Yojna' in MP
The police service is regarded as one of the best services in the country with shouldering the responsibility for maintaining law and order so as to install peace in the society. The police personnel engaged in performing their duties round the clock are having a detrimental effect on their health with manifesting symptoms of diseases like: diabetes, cardiac disease, blood pressure, paralysis etc. The police personnel show a reckless disregard for their health problems, due to undue pressure of 24 hours emergency duty. They also suffer from fatal attacks and injure themselves risking lives to save lives of others in riots, fire and other mob attacks. Besides, they are also confined to bed after road accidents. Keeping all these health related problems in mind, Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol District, Superintendent of Police, Sushant Kumar Saxena has come up with an innovative health programme ' Shahdol Police Arogya Yojna' that will dispense utmost health care to the police personnel in the district. The programme launched by this 2005 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre will ensure medical leave and relieve the police personnel of unavoidable duty for proper medical treatment. As many as 22 police personnel suffering from various health-related problems have submitted their applications in order to avail the benefits of this programme. It is hoped that the programme will help in improving both physical and mental exhaustion, thereafter, police personnel can render their services with good results.

Siddharth to head industrial development board in West Bengal
With a view to bringing all the industries departments at one platform to facilitate one window formula, the Government of West Bengal has decided to set up an Industrial Development Promotional Board in the State. The members of the Board will meet once a week and report to the Chief Minister's office on every Saturday about the status of progress for the week. Former 1983 batch IAS officer Siddharth will chair the board while state Finance, Commerce and Industries Minister Amit Mitra and Chief Secretary Basudeb Banerjee will be advisers to the board. Secretaries of departments like Finance, Commerce and Industries, MSMEs, IT, Food Processing, Fisheries, Tourism and Land Revenue will be members of the board. The state's annual Global Business Summit will be held from January 19 to 20 next year at the Milan Mela.


BHEL seeks new avenues to bail out from crisis
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is taking new initiatives in diversification, eyeing new business opportunities emerging in defence, railways, water, solar and also in the conventional power sector in order to bail out from financial crisis.

Archaeologist A K Ture transferred to ASI, SA, Aurangabad
A K Ture, Surveyor in ASI office, Nagpur circle, has been transferred to Aurangabad circle in Maharashtra.

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

HUDCO CMD signs MoU with Govt of India (UPDATED)
Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) and Dr Nandita Chatterjee Secretary, in the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

A B P Pandey appointed as CEO, UIDAI (UPDATED)
A B P Pandey has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He is a 1984 batch IAS Officer of Maharashtra cadre.

12 IOFS officers empanelled as Senior GM (UPDATED)
As many as twelve officers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service have been empanelled for promotion to the grade of Senior General Manager, Ordnance Factories Board. They are: Jain Arun Kumar, Tewari A K, Kumar Narendra, Singh S K, Sublok M R, Agarwal Arvind Kumar, Singh Bharat, Verma Prabhat, Singha T K, Tewari R K, Pillai R M and Sheikh E R.

Three officers empanelled as IG in BSF (UPDATED)
As many as three officers have been empanelled for the post of Inspector General (IG) in BSF. They are: Mahendra Singh, N S Jamwal and Pankaj Goomer.

V K Saksena appointed CVO, PGCIL, Gurgaon (UPDATED)
Virendra Kumar Saksena has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL), Gurgaon. He is an IRS-IT Officer.

Sakshi Mittal appointed Vice Chairperson, DAMB in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Mrs Sakshi Mittal has been posted as Director, Agriculture Marketing/ Vice Chairperson, DAMB in Delhi Government. She is a 2010 batch IAS Officer of AGMUT cadre.

18 IRS-IT officers at PrCIT grade transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 18 IRS-IT Officers in the grade of Principal Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred to different places. Accordingly, Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as PCIT-3, Delhi while Lov Chandra Joshi Ranee was posted as PCIT, Shillong. Similarly, Pasupulety Venkateswara Rao has been posted as PCIT (C), Hyderabad while Jugesh Chandra Pegu was appointed as PCIT-18, Delhi; Shouvik Guha as PCIT-1, Patna; R Bhama as PCIT-1, Ludhiana; Saroj Deswal as PCIT, Gwalior; N Sankaran as PCIT-2, Kochi; Pritam Singh as PCIT, Shimla; Chhavi Anupam as PCIT-6, Ahmedabad; Subashree Anantkrishnan as PCIT-10, Chennai; Hemanta Bijoy Mahanta as PCIT, Dibrugarh; Sunita Puri as PCIT-1, Chandigarh; Satya Siva Sundar Bhramarbar Ray as PCIT-1, Raipur; Atul Pranay as PCIT-4, Hyderabad; Anil Kumar as PCIT-10, Delhi; Manoj Kumar Singh as PCIT-1, Mumbai and Rakesh Bhaskar as PCIT-3, Nagpur.

70 IRS-IT officers at Commissioner level transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 70 IRS-IT Officers in the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred to different places. Accordingly, Ravi Sarangal has been appointed as CIT(DR)(ITAT)-1, Chandigarh while Ravjit Singh Arneja was posted as CIT(Audit & ITAT), Nagpur. Similarly, Shyama S Bansia has been posted as CIT(A)-15, Delhi while M Rathinasamy was appointed as ADG (Vigilance)(South), CBDT, Chennai; M Krishnasamy as Secretary, ITSC, Chennai; Bonani Ghosh as CIT(DR)(ITAT)-1, Kolkata; Man Singh Meena as CIT(DR)(ITAT), Jaipur; Sarat Kumar Dash as CIT(A)-1, Vishakhapatnam; Rajeev Varshney as CIT(TDS), Bhubaneshwar; Ajay Goyal as CIT(A)-2, Gurgaon; G Aparna Rao as CIT(DR)(ITAT)-2, Hyderabad; Deepak Sehgal as CIT(OSD), Delhi; Nikhil Pandit as CIT(OSD), Delhi; Prabhsharn Singh Chhina as CIT(DR)(ITAT)-1, Bengaluru; Rajesh Kumar Gupta as CIT(DR), ITSC-3, Delhi; Pawan K Kumar as CIT(A)-2, Jalandhar; Sayed Nasir Ali as CIT(A), Alwar; Pirthi Lal as CIT(A)-4, Ludhiana; Anadi Varma as CIT(A)-28, Mumbai; S Bharath as CIT(A)-14, Chennai; Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha as CIT(A)-2, Kochi; Vivek Misra as CIT(A), Faizabad; Sanjay Misra as CIT(DR)(ITAT)-2, Lucknow; Subrata Sarkar as ADG(RTI), Patna; Kavita Bhatnagar as ADG (Recovery) CBDT, Delhi; Dheeraj Bhatnagar as CIT(A), Gwalior; Paramita Tripathy as CIT(DR)(ITAT)-6, Delhi; Saroj Kumar Mahapatra as CIT(Admin. & TPS), Bhubaneshwar; R Jeya Kumar as CIT(A)-2, Tiruchirappalli; Piyushchandra Vishnu Kolhe as CIT(A)-2, Bhubaneshwar; Bhavna C Yashroy as CIT(A)-1, Panaji; Naresh Kumar Balodia as Secretary (AAR), Mumbai; Sibichen K Mathew as CIT(TDS), Bengaluru; Ashish Gupta as CIT(A)-1, Chandigarh; Virendra Ojha as DIT(Inv.)(ITSC)-1, Mumbai; K Deva Rathna Kumar as CIT(A), Tirupati; Sanjay Kumar as CIT(A)-11, Kolkata; Jahanzeb Akhtar as CIT(A)-6, Chennai; Sangeeta M Godbole as CIT(A)-1, Jalandhar; P Chandrasekha R as CIT(TDS), Hyderabad; Meenakshi Singh as CIT(A)-21, Delhi; Sant Saran Mantri as CIT(A)-2, Indore; Deepika Mittal as CIT (A)-40, Delhi CCA; Renu Jauhri as CIT, Audit-1, Delhi CCA; N C Swain as CIT A 32, Delhi CCA; Renuka Jain Gupta as CIT A Ghaziabad CCA; Sulekha Verma as CIT DR ITAT-4, Delhi CCA; Ashish Kumar as CIT, APA-1, Delhi CCA; V Vivekanandan as CIT A Pondicerry; Anurag Goyal as CIT DR ITAT, Delhi CCA; Vandana Sagar as CIT A 13, Bengaluru; Amrita Mishra as CIT Admin & TPS, Nagpur CCA; Anand Kumar Kedia as CIT A 7 Kolkata CCA WB & Sikkim; Manoj Pandey as CIT Admin & TPS, Lucknow; Amol Sudhir Kamat as CIT A-2, Kolhapur; Nandita Kanchan as CIT A 8, Pune CCA; Paramita Mandal Biswas as CIT A 38, Delhi CCA; Prabhakant as CIT DRP-2 Delhi-1, Delhi CCA; Nausheen Jahan Ansari as Addl DGIT TRG 2-NADT, Nagpur; Radha Raman Pathak CIT A-1, Rajkot CCA Gujarat; Sunil Kumar as CIT A 2 Noida; Sachchidanand Srivastava as CIT DR ITSC-1, Mumbai CCA; Ranjeet Singh as CIT A-2, Rajkot; N Jayasankar as CIT A-1, Kochi; M Jagdish Babu as CIT DR ITAT-1, Hyderabad; Inder Pal Singh Bindra as CIT DR AAR, Delhi CCA; Suchismita Palai as CIT A, Moradabad and Parminder as ADG, Infrastructre-2, CBDT, Delhi.

Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi is also Joint Secretary, Implementation Cell, 7th CPC (UPDATED)
Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi, Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been assigned an additional charge of Joint Secretary, Implementation Cell Seventh Central Pay Commission. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Deepak Shetty promoted to Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs grade (UPDATED)
Deepak Shetty has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner/Principal Director General in Customs & Central Excise. He is an IRS-Customs officer.


A Vijay Anand promoted to Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs grade (UPDATED)
A Vijay Anand has been promoted to the grade of Principal Chief Commissioner/Principal Director General in Customs & Central Excise. He is an IRS-Customs officer.

Dhirendra Veer Singh selected as CMD, THDC India Ltd (UPDATED)
Dhirendra Veer Singh, Director (Technical), THDC India Limited, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, THDC India Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on July 21, 2016. As many as five persons were interviewed for the same.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Tripura (UPDATED)
As many as 13 IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Tripura. Accordingly, Khatra Joy Reang has been posted as Deputy IGP Home Guards, Tripura while Gaurab Chakraborty was made in charge Deputy IPG Northern range and Pradip Dey is AIGP, Hqrs. Similarly, Sudipta Das has been appointed as SP, Sepahijala district; Krishnendu Chakraborty as AIG, Opes PHQ; Jai Singh Meena as SP, Dhalai; Ajit Pratap Singh as SP, Unakoti district; Haripada Das as Commandant, A Ch Rama Rao Training Centre, R K Nagar; Anup Kumar Das as Commandant, TSR 5th Bn; Apan Jamantia as SP, Vigilance; Bhanupada Chakraborty as AIGP, Pers PHQ; Tapan Debbarma as SP, South Tripura and Bijoy Debbama was posted as AIGP, Police Housing and Construction.

Raveendran appointed as Chairman, Chennai Port Trust (UPDATED)
P Raveendran has been appointed as Chairman, Chennai Port Trust on deputation basis. He is a 1988 batch IRTS officer.

CORPORATE


Natarajan is Director, Finance & Accounting, Gillette India Ltd
Gillette India Limited has appointed Karthik Natarajan who is currently Chief Financial Officer of the company as Director, Finance & Accounting- India, Middle East & Africa w.e.f. October 1, 2016. Moreover, Natarajan will also continue to hold the office of the Chief Financial Officer of the company till December 31, 2016.

Relan is CMD of Bharat Seats Ltd
Bharat Seats Ltd has appointed Rohit Relan who is Managing Director as the Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Das Gupta appointed Senior VP of Intex Technologies
Shantanu Das Gupta has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Intex Technologies.

Kanchan appointed CMD of Shreenath Industrial Investment Company Ltd
Shreenath Industrial Investment Company Ltd has appointed Harish Kanchan as Chairman and Managing Director of the company..

Thakkar re-designated MD of Fervent Synergies Ltd
Sanjay Thakkar has been re-designated as Managing Director of Fervent Synergies Ltd.

Ms Dusad appointed Non Exec. Director of Nucleus Software Exports Ltd
Nucleus Software Exports Limited has appointed Ms Ritika Dusad as Non Executive Director of the company.

Trivedi resigns as Director of Refex Industries Ltd
N D Trivedi has resigned as Director of Refex Industries Limited.

Agrawal appointed Whole-time Director of Manaksia Aluminium Company Ltd
Manaksia Aluminium Company Ltd has appointed Basudeo Agrawal as Whole-time Director of the company.

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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

Tribute to Peer

Our dear friend Shri Vinod Kumar Peer of CSSS posted in Min. of Health, Govt. of India is no more. He was admitted hospital on 7th July for stomach ailment but problem escalated and could not recover. He passed away on 9th July while preparing for his retirement in the end of this month itself. He was posted with Director of Estates for a long period. A man of very helpful nature always seen smiling. Our group's tributes to him on his untimely demise.

R K Bansal

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