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POLITICS

This is History (302)
We in India have much to learn from this Chinese rationalism, for we are still in the grip of caste and dogmatic religion and priest -craft and feudal ideas.

PM and PMO!
People say in the corridors of power that as far as hard work is concerned PM Narendra Modi is pushing himself to the hilt. Not the PM alone but everyone works till midnight in the PMO.

Smriti Irani to counter Priyanka Gandhi in UP?
In case Priyanka Gandhi is made Congress face in Uttar Pradesh, BJP will use full time services of HRD Minister Smriti Irani to counter her. It will be an interesting political battle.

Ramayana & Krishna Circuits proposed
Tourism Ministry has proposed to develop Ramayana, & Krishna circuits. Under Ramayana circuit, 11 destinations in six states are proposed while Krishna circuit will have 12 destinations in five states.

No takers for GoI pulses
Except three states no other state is interested to purchase pulses from GOI. AP, Telangana and Karnataka are three states who are taking pulses. If sources are to be believed no BJP ruled state is taking interest. Will states want to sell pulses at an exorbitant rates ?

DEBATE

In world's biggest democracy- Who can be termed as dictator and why ?

In India - world's biggest democracy - Who can be said to be dictators from among the following. Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), Ms. Sonia Gandhi (AICC Chief), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi Chief Minister), Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan Chief Minister), J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu Chief Minister), Mamta Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister), Naveen Patnayak (Orissa Chief Minister ), K Chandrasekhar Rao (Telangana Chief Minister), Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar (Bihar Chief Minister).
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BUREAUCRACY

IAS officers of seven States deprived of being Addl Secretary in GoI
No IAS officer belonging to 1986 batch from seven States has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. None of the three IAS officers from Chhattisgarh was empanelled. Similarly, no officer from Jharkhand has been picked up the empanelment; same as with Manipur-Tripura cadre where no IAS officer out of four was selected; no IAS officer from Nagaland; no officer from Punjab out of three; no officer from Sikkim cadre. Besides, no IAS officer out of four in Tamil Nadu cadre has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Major joining in PSUs in July
More than a dozen persons will be joining various Boards of Public Sector Undertaking (PSUs) at CMD, Director level in July 2016.

Mrs Supriya Sahu is new DG, Doordarshan
Mrs Supriya Sahu has been appointed as new Director General of Doordarshan for a period of three years. She is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
(We said this on March 8)

Ashok Jain is ahead in Rajasthan ?
Ashok Jain is said to be ahead in the race for the post of Chief Secretary Rajasthan. He is 1981 batch IAS officer.

Mithalal Meena appointed as Accountant Member in ITAT
Mithalal Meena has been appointed as Accountant Member in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). He is an IRS Officer.

Rakesh Bahadur to join World Bank ?
Rakesh Bahadur is likely to join World Bank as Consultant. He is former 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

PNB declares list of defaulters
Punjab National Bank (PNB ) has declared a list of 913 willful defaulters, including Kingfisher Airlines, with total outstanding dues of Rs 11,486 crore.

Who will be New DG, NSG ?
Elite commando force NSG's present DG is schedule to retire in August but lobbying has started to grab the post. According to sources names of 3-5 IPS officers are In circulation. These officers belong to 1980 to 1983 batches.

Dr Jayathilak to look after as Chairman, MPEDA till July 3
Dr A Jayathilak, Chairman, Spices Board, has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) at Joint Secretary level till July 3, 2016. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Sudeep Lakhtakia relieved to join as ADG, CRPF
Sudeep Lakhtakia has been relieved to join as Additional Director General (ADG) in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He is a 1984 IPS Officer of Telangana cadre.

Ram Subhag Singh joins DDG, UIDAI in Chandigarh
A senior IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, Ram Subhag Singh, has joined as new Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Chandigarh region. It is perhaps for the first time that a senior Himachal Pradesh IAS officer has been given an important assignment in Chandigarh. The Unique Identification is a flagship programme of the Central Government. The jurisdiction of the Chandigarh office extends to five states / UT i.e. Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh.

Mrs Sujata Prasad, Coal Joint Secretary repatriated to parent cadre
Mrs Sujata Prasad, Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Coal, has been repatriated to his parent cadre. She is a 1983 batch ICAS officer.

Vacancy of DG, ECI arising in July
A vacancy of Director General, Election Commission of India at Joint Secretary level is arising in July.

Brig Rajesh Kundra to be promoted to Acting Rank of Maj Gen
Brig Rajesh Kundra, SM, Guards, has been approved for the promotion to the Acting Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and Staff only stream.

Kumar Abhay posted as Deputy AG in PAG office, Chandigarh
Kumar Abhay, Deputy Director (AMG-II), in the office of Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (RS), in the office of Principal Accountant General (Audit), Haryana, Chandigarh. He is a 2008 batch IA&AS officer.

Why appointment of Ajay Ghade as Director (Tech), UCIL delayed?
Why appointment of Ajay Ghade, GM, UCIL, as Director (Technical), Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is getting delayed?.

Duggal is now CVO, Prasar Bharti
Dr Amarpreet Duggal has been appointed CVO of the Prasar Bharti for the balanace period of her central deputation period tenure of 7 years. She is 1999 batchIPoS officer.

Results of CGM SBI on June 23 !
The State Bank of India is believed to have decided to follow established process and announce the select list of CGM after putting up to the Executive Committee of the Central Board (ECCB). Now results are expected on 23rd of June when the next ECCB meeting is scheduled. Interviews for GM to CGM in the SBI took place on June 15 and 16.

Bhavana Saxena to join MEA
Ms Bhavana Saxena DIG in the Intelligence is reportedly joining the Ministry of External Affairs. She is 1996 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

12 IES officers get JAG
As many as 12 officers belonging to Indian Economic Service (IES) have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade (JAG). The officers are: Krishna Mohan Mishra, Ms Sheela Kumari Choudhary, Dr Bhagwan Dass, P China Guruvaiah, Dr Sumitra Chowdhury, Jagdish Kumar Rathee, D J Kushwah, Ms Rose Marry K Abraham, Dr Manik Chandra Pandit, Saju K Surendran, Madanpal Singh and Subhash Chandra Meena.

Maj Gen Sharma is GOC, Tiger Division
Major General Sanjeev Kumar Sharma has taken over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Jammu-based Tiger Division. He has succeeded Maj Gen Sanjeev Narain.

A big Delhi Police transfer on its way
A large number of ACPs are likely to be transferred in Delhi Police. More than two dozen ACPs, 2-3 DCPs and some Additional DCPs are going to be transfered.

Two new Police Districts in Delhi soon
Two new Policy Districts are proposed for Delhi Police. One is proposed in trance Yamuna side while second one is in Rohini area.

IPS officer dies of bullet injury
K Sasikumar, today died of a bullet injury Paderu in Visakhapatnam district. He was 2012 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Last date for applying for CMD, GRSE is June 27
The last date for filing applications for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) is June 27, 2016.

14 IDAS officers Transferred
As many as 14 senior IDAS officers of different cadres have been transferred and posted at different places.

Rahul Agarwal transferred to Railway Board as ED
Rahul Agarwal presently in North Central Railway has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Statistics & Economics. He is an IRTS officer.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
A large number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, S K Prabakar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Public Works Department while N S Palaniappan is Additional Chief Secretary, Energy and Jag Mohan Singh Raju was made CMD, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Corporation (TEDA), in place of Mangat Ram Sharma, who has been posted as Principal Secretary, MSME Department. Similarly, Dr C Chandramouli has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes; R Venkatesan as Secretary, Tamil Development and Information Department; A Karthik as Secretary, Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare Department with additional charge as Higher Education Secretary in place of Apoorva, who has been posted as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation; Dharmendra Pratap Yadav as Member Secretary, CMDA; T Udhayachandran as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation, in place of C Kamaraj, who will now hold the post of MD, Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation. Ambuj Sharma holds charge of CMD, Indcoserve, Coonoor; P Umanath as Secretary Expenditure, Finance Department; T K Ramachandran is given additional charge as Director, Tamil Virtual Academy; B Jothi Nirmalasamy as Secretary, Labour Department; T S Rajasekar as Secretary, TN State Election Commission; P Amudha as Secretary, Labour and Employment Department with additional charge as Commissioner of Food Safety; L Subramanian as new Commissioner of Labour; PWC Davidar as CMD, Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (TUFIDCO) in the place of S. Swarna, who has been posted as Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department ;She will also be the Director of Anna Institute of Management; P Sivasankaran as Commissioner of Urban Land Ceiling and Urban Land Tax; Dr K Manivasan has been appointed as Secretary, Social Welfare Department. He will also be Project Director, ICDS; Md Nasimuddin as the State Commissioner for the Welfare of the Differently Abled; R Palaniswamy as Registrar of Co-operative Societies; Shambu Kallolikar gets additional charge of MD, TN Slum Clearance Board and Shiv Das Meena was made Principal Secretary, Public and Rehabilitation Department.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in WB (UPDATED)
Supratim Sarkar has been appointed as Additional Commissioner of Police-III in Kolkata Police while Pallab Kanti Ghosh was made IGP of Telecommunication and Rajesh Kr Singh is promoted as IGP of Burdwan range. Besides, Kalyan Kumar Mallick has been promoted as IGP in Enforcement Branch and Basab Dasgupta was made as DIG (Border) in IB in West Bengal.

Legal compendium on mining laws edited by Virag Gupta released (UPDATED)
Legal Compendium on Mining laws edited by Virag Gupta, Advocate, Supreme Court was released on June 16 by Balvender Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Mines at Shastri Bhawan office in the presence of Dr P K Agrawal, IAS (Retd.) and Sandeep Garg, Managing Director of Commercial Law Publishers.

Mukhopadhaya accredited as Ambassador to Timor-Leste (UPDATED)
Ms Nengcha Lhouvum Mukhopadhaya, presently Ambassador of India to Republic of Indonesia, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. She is a 1980 batch IFS Officer.

Anand Prakash posted as ED (Fin), Railway Board (UPATED)
Anand Prakash has been transferred to Railway Board and posted as Executive Director, Finance (Budget). He is an IRAS Officer.

Income Tax officers convicted in bribery case (UPDATED)
The Special Judge, Anti Corruption, Lucknow has convicted UP Yadav, then Income Tax Officer; Sandeep Mohan Dubey, then Office Superintendent and Gore Lal Mishra, then Tax Assistant in a bribery case and sentenced them to undergo four years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 50,000 each.

Sameer Verma appointed as Deputy Secretary, Rural Development (UPDATED)
Sameer Verma, who is presently on compulsory wait, has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Vijay Parkash appointed as Director, Land Resources (UPDATED)
Vijay Parkash has been appointed as Director in the Department of Land Resources. He is a 1996 batch ITS officer.

Rishi Shukla to be new DGP of Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
Rishi Shukla will be new DGP of Madhya Pradesh from July 1, 2016. The 19983 batch Madhya Pradesh carr4e officer, Shukla will take over as OSD immediately

CORPORATE

Sarda appointed CEO ( Mumbai) & Group President of Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd
Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd has appointed Gopal Sarda as Chief Executive Officer ( Mumbai) as well as Group President of the company.

Patel resigns as Non Independent Director of Aviva Industries Ltd
Mahesh Patel has resigned as Non-Executive and Non- Independent Director of Aviva Industries Ltd due to his other professional commitments.

Sharma appointed Head of Fixed Income Investments at DSP Blackrock Investment Managers
Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as Head of Fixed Income Investments at DSP Blackrock Investment Managers.

Parth Jindal to be MD of JSW Cement
Parth Jindal has been appointed as Managing Director of JSW Cement from July month.

Patidar appointed CS of Netlink Solutions India Ltd
Netlink Solutions India Ltd has appointed Rahul Santosh Patidar as Company Secretary of the company.

Ms Pathak appointed CS of BJ Duplex Boards Ltd
BJ Duplex Boards Ltd has appointed Ms Priyanka Pathak as Company Secretary of the company.

Malhotra resigns as Independent Director of Parnami Credits Ltd
Ishant Malhotra has resigned as Non-Executive Independent Director of Parnami Credits Ltd..

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DEBATE (1)

All politicians are dictators. However, glaring omission in your list is of Lalu Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Yogesh Batra

DEBATE (2)

In my view Kejriwal is like a dictator. His all actions prove his dictatorial behaviour. Whatever he wants to do he will do.

Shiv Anurag Pateriya

Open letter to Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi

In view of the spate of incidents in Delhi, where drunken driving keeps causing the deaths of innocent people, including the young, the elderly, males and females alike, every day, please consider imposing prohibition in Delhi. If Gujarat can have prohibition, if Bihar can have prohibition, so can Delhi. Responsible drinking is apparently a contradiction in terms. It is not worth it to allow. It will surely reduce the cases of rash and negligent driving, drunken driving, accidents and deaths caused by drunken driving and will also reduce crime, especially against women. It will also go a long way in reducing domestic violence. The citizens of Delhi and the country will bless you. Kindly consider the suggestion.

Rangachary M.

Disband CIC, SIC. Scrap RTI Act

I share the anguish. The CIC members never respect any simple applicant. They favour government. In my case it had transpired that the Public Authority had taken original government documents with him after his retirement, but CIC did not take any cognizance. Even the concerned ministry did not act.

A K Verma

What a pity ?

BEML will be missing the stewardship of P Dwarakanath at a most crucial time in its history. What a pity that a forward looking govt at the centre did not extend his services for a few more years when it needed him most at the helm of BEML. BEML will not see a Chairman like Dwarakanath, an outstanding leader, an outstanding technocrat and a genius to the core for decades and decades to come.

K Srinivasa Rao

DATE WITH RTI

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