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Freedom is a slippery friend, and success demands full payment before it comes, and often it mocks us with vain hope, and tests us with many a hardship, before it can be secured.

Javdekar to move as Media Head in BJP Headquarters ?
Grapevine has it that Forests and Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar is being moved as Media Head in the BJP Party Headquarters.

Will Akbar be MoS External Affairs ?
Will M J Akbar be inducted as Minister of State for External Affairs ? There are indications to this effect.

Will there be starting salary of about Rs 23,000 ?
Indications are that in the seventh pay-commission report, the starting salary of government employees will be around Rs 23,000, up from Rs 18,000 .

902 candidates of CSE-2015 allocated services
As many as 902 candidates of Civil Service Examination (CSE)-2015 have been allocated services.
http://persmin.gov.in/AIS1/ProcSA.asp?YearCSE=2015&hSort=1

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

S Ramesh to be Member of CBEC ?
S Ramesh is likely to succeed B K Bansal as Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in August. He is 1981 batch IRS (C&CE) officer. Bansal is likely to join as PMLA Tribunal in August.

LIC Chairman Roy resigns
LIC chairman S.K. Roy has reportedly resigned nearly two years ahead of the end of his five-year term. Final decision of the Government is now awaited. He wants to be relieved on June 29.

Officers to be debarred from central deputation on not joining as CVOs in CPSEs
The Government of India has directed that the officers deputed to Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) will be debarred from central deputation for a period of five years if they do not assume the charge within time limit.

Extension to Ms Joshi on inter cadre deputation only after comments
Ms Gauri Parashar Joshi, who is on inter cadre deputation from Odisha to Haryana, is expected to get extension only after receipt of comments of Haryana and Odisha Governments. She is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Will More be the PS of Rly Minister?
In the corridors of power, name of More Aashish Madhhaorao is doing the round for the next PS of Railway Minister. A 2004 batch IAS officer More belongs to AGMUT cadre .

Select list of CGMs SBI now on June 29 ?
Selected list of GM to CGMs promotion in the State Bank of India which was to be announced today is now believed to be announced on June 29.

R J Shinde joins as ED (P&IR), AIL Hqrs
R J Shinde, GM, Personnel, Western Region, has assumed the charge as Executive Director (Personnel & IR), Headquarters, New Delhi Air India Limited.

Mrs Seema Srivastava appointed as ED (S&P), AIL Hqrs
Mrs Seema Srivastava General Manager (Commercial) has been appointed as Executive Director (Strategy & Planning), Headquarters, New Delhi Air India Limited.

A N Kulkarni appointed as GM (Legal), AIL Hqrs
A N Kulkarni, Deputy General Manager (OTT), Western Region, Mumbai, has been appointed as General Manager (Legal), Headquarters, New Delhi Air India Limited.

Two IAS officers out of four from Bihar empanelled as Addl Secretary in GoI
Two IAS officers out of four belonging to 1986 batch from Bihar cadre have been empanelled for Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary or Additional Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Tenure of Sanjeev Kumar Singh as IG, NIA extended
The central deputation tenure of Sanjeev Kumar Singh as Inspector General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been extended for a period of one year with effect fromJuly 5, 2016. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Birendra Kumar appointed as CVO, PFC
Birendra Kumar has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Delhi. He is a 1984 batch IA&AS officer.

V K Saksena appointed as CVO, PGCIL
V K Saksena has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), Gurgaon. He is a 1984 batch IRS-IT officer.

Tenure of Dr Himmat Singh Negi as IG of Forests, NTCA extended
The deputation tenure of Dr Himmat Singh Negi as Inspector General of Forests, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), New Delhi, has been extended till June 15, 2017. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of MP cadre.

Sunil Anand promoted to Vide Admiral grade in Navy
Rear Admiral Sunil Anand has been promoted to the rank of Vide Admiral in the Executive/Logistics Branch of the Navy.

Dr Gagandeep Kang appointed as ED, THSTI
Dr Gagandeep Kang has been appointed as Executive Director, Translational Health Sciences & Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, Haryana.

Pradeep Chaddah appointed as Whole Time Member, PFRDA
Pradeep Chaddah, District and Session Judge, North Delhi, has been appointed as Whole Time Member (Law) in Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).

Marshal M K Malik appointed as AOA, Air Headquarters, New Delhi
Marshal M K Malik, Director General, Air HQ, has been appointed as Air-officer-in-charge Administration (AOA), Air Headquarters, New Delhi.

Ms Samnotra empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
Ms Mukta Nidhi Samnotra has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary and equivalent posts in Government of India. She is a CSS officer.

Ashwin to be SSP Chandigarh Administration
Ashwin is all set to join the Chandigarh Administration as SSP (Traffic).He is 2006 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Ms Aditi Roy Choudhury appointed as Director General (WR-I) in CAG, New Delhi
Ms Aditi Roy Choudhury (IA&AS-1987), Director General of Audit, Central, Kolkata, has been transferred and posted as Director General (WR-I) in CAG office, New Delhi.

Nilkanth Avhad appointed as Counsellor (Eco), Indian Embassy, Washington
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Nilkanth S Avhad as Counsellor (Economic) in the Economic Wing of Embassy of India, Washington DC, USA. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

ACC approves appointment of Agrawal as Director (DD), CONCOR
Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of P K Agrawal, CEO,Concor as Director (Domestic Division), Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR).

ACC approves appointment R Ramachandran as MD, BPCL
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of R Ramachandran, MD, BORL, as Director (Refineries), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

Tenure of A K Gupta as Director (Fin), TCIL
The tenure of A K Gupta as Director (Finance), Telecommunications Consultants of India Limited (TCIL) has been extended upto November 30, 2017.

Sanjay Gupta continues holding charge of Director (Comm), EIL
The additional charge period of Director (Commercial), Engineers India Limited (EIL) to Sanjay Gupta, CMD, EIL, has been extended till the appointment a regular incumbent.

Dr V Thiruppugazh appointed as Senior Advisor, NRA, Nepal
Dr V Thiruppugazh has been appointed as Senior Adviser to National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) of Nepal. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

ACC approves appointment of Sahab Narain as Director (Fin), NPCC
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sahab Narain, Deputy General Manager, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) as Director (Finance), National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) Limited for a period of five years.

Prashant Lokhande appointed as Counsellor (Eco), Indian Embassy, Beijing
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Prashant S Lokhande as Counsellor (Economic) in the Economic Wing of the Embassy of India, Beijing, China. He is a 2001 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Shivashankar continues as MD, HMT China till its closure
Additional charge period of MD, HMT Chinar Watches Limited to B M Shivashanakar, Director (Technology), HMT Machine Tools Limited, has been extended upto the final closure of HMT Chinar Watches Limited.

M K Unni appointed as DG, Armed Forces Med Services
Lt Gen M K Unni, AVSM, VSM, PHS, AMC, has been appointed as Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services.

Prasad promoted to Lt Gen rank
Maj Gen A R Prasad of Corps of Signals has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gen with the Corps.

A J Singh promoted to Lt Gen rank
Maj Gen A J Singh of the Remount Veterinary Corps (RCV) has been promoted to the rank of Lt Gene in the RVC.

DVC first to implement ADMS
In order to sustaining reliability, stability & security of the grid as a whole, DVC is the first organization under the Ministry of Power, has implemented Automatic Demand Management System (ADMS). DVC is the second power major in the country to implement the same. ADMS would help in controlling the evening peak over drawls by DVC from the grid.

S Kumar posted at Dehradun
Santosh Kumar, on reversion from deputation, has been posted as CFA(FYS0), Dehradun.He is a 1990 batch IDAS officer.

Brig U Suresh Kumar to be promoted to Acting Rank of Maj Gen
Brig U Suresh Kumar, YSM, VSM, Punjab, has been approved for the promotion to the Acting Rank of Maj Gen in the Command & Staff stream and Staff only stream.

Two Postal Service officers given new postings
Ms Binti Choudhury has been transferred and posted as ADG (Parcel and Logistics), BD & M Directorate while Ms Arkaja Das was appointed as ADG (CSI), Postal Directorate.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Gujarat
As many as 31 IAS Officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, M S Dagur has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Forests & Environment, while Sujit Gulati was posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Energy & Petrochemicals. Similarly, Punamchand Parmar has been posted as Principal Secretary, Urban Development & Urban Housing while Sanjay Prasad was appointed as Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation; Vipul Mitra as Principal Secretary, Ports & Transport; Rajiv Kumar Gupta as Principal Secretary, (Primary and Secondary Education), Education; L Chuaungo as Principal Secretary, Labour & Employment; Raj Gopal as Principal Secretary, Panchayats, Rural Housing & Rural Development; Mrs Anuradha Mall as CEO, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority; Mrs Anita Karwal as Principal Secretary, (NRI & ART), General Administration and also Director General, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA); Kamal Kumar Dayani as Principal Secretary, Social Justice & Empowerment; D Thara as Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Gujarat Industial Development Corporation; Mrs Mona Khandhar as Secretary, (Economic Affairs), Finance; T Natarajan as State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan & Ex-officio Commissioner of Primary Education; Mukesh Kumar as Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation; Arunkumar M Solanki as Managing Director, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd; Hareet Shukla as Commissioner of Land Reforms & Ex-officio Secretary, Revenue and is also Revenue Inspection Commissioner; D N Pandey as CEO and Rehabilitation Commissioner, Sardar Sarovar Punarvasavat Agency, Vadodara; Manoj Aggarwal as Development Commissioner; H S Patel as Additional CEO, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority; Roopwant Singh as Commissioner of Geology & Mining; M Thennarasan as Commissioner of Women & Child Development & Secretary, Women and Child Department; M R Kothari as Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation; V P Patel as Secretary, Sports, Youth & Cultural Activities; Mrs Anju Sharma as Principal Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation; D P Joshi as Special Commissioner, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in the Commissionerate of Rural Development; Manish Bhardwaj as Commissioner of Relief & Ex-officio Secretary, Revenue; G T Pandya as District Development Officer, Rajkot; R M Jadav as Commissioner of Transport; Vinod R Rao as Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara Municipal Corporation and Mrs Manisha Chandra is also Director, National Rural Health Mission.

Vacancy of ADGFT, Commerce arising in July
A vacancy of ADGFT in the Department of Commerce is arising in July.

NBCC to develop India habitat centre like centres in other metro cities (UPDATED)
NBCC (India) Limited and India Habitat Centre (IHC) have signed MoU for development of integrated Office Complex and Hubs for Social & Cultural activities in various metro cities of the country. The land for the same shall be provided by the interested State Governments on concessional rates. As per MoU signed on June 22, 2016 between Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, NBCC and Rakesh Kacker, Director, IHC, NBCC, a pioneer construction Navratna PSU will develop such state-of-art centres which shall have facilities like Institutions, Conference Halls, Convention Centre, Auditorium, Health Centre, Food Courts, Banquet Hall, and Guest Houses etc. in the style of Delhi IHC. The model to be adopted by NBCC for development of such Centres shall be on self-sustaining basis. In the initiative, IHC will lend its branding apart from technical knowhow for development, execution and post construction management of the properties whereas NBCC shall be responsible for Designing, Engineering and Development of the Centres. Initially, the focus for development of such IHCs shall be in Kolkata, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal and Amravati.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Jharkhand (UPDATED)
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Jharkhand. Accordingly, S K G Rahate has been posted as Secretary, Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Raj Bhasha while Surendra Kumar was made Special Secretary, Energy and R K Srivastava is Additional Secretary, Energy. Similarly, Arun Kumar Singh has been given an additional charge of Jharkhand State Housing Board; K K Khandelwal gets additional charge as transport commissioner; Pradeep Kumar gets additional charge as Kolhan division commissioner; Arun becomes secretary of rural development department (rural works); Abinash Kumar as secretary of excise and prohibition; Satendra Singh as secretary of tourism, art and culture department; Amitabh Kaushal as project director of National Rural Health Mission (Jharkhand) with additional charge as state project director of Jharkhand AIDS Control Society and MD of Jharkhand Medical And Health Infrastructure Development And Procurement Corporation Ltd ; D C Mishra as special secretary of industry, mines and geology; A B Siddique as mines commissioner and Mukesh Kumar has been appointed as state project director of Jharkhand Education Project Counicil.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Andhra Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as 14 IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Vinay Ranjan Ray has been posted as DG, Prisons & Correctional Services while Harish Kumar Gupta was appointed as IGP, Technical Services. Similarly, K V V Gopal Rao has been appointed as DIG, V&E while D Nagendra Kumar was posted as Joint Director, ACB; Gopinath Jatti as Group Commander, Greyhounds; S Senthil Kumar as Commandant, 6th Bn, APSP; Grewal Navdeep Singh as SP, Intelligence Security; Koya Praveen as DCP (L&O.I), Vijayawada City; G Pala Raju as DCP (L&O.II); S Hari Krishna as SP, Intelligence; K V Mohan Rao as SP, CID; Naveen Gulati as DCP (L&O), Visakhapatnam City; Kanthi Rana Tata as DCP, Traffic, Vijayawada and S Ranga Reddy was posted as AIG (Admn).

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Kerala (UPDATED)
As many as 19 IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Kerala. P Prakash has been appointed as the principal of Police Training College while Rajpal Meena will take Thomas Jolly Cheriyan's post as the SP of Special Branch (Internal Security) and the latter was shifted to Crime Branch in Thiruvananthapuram and Rahul R Nair was shifted as AIG in police headquarters. His position will be taken up by P A Valsalan, who was the Vigilance SP in Kozhikode; K K Balachandran shifted to Crime Branch, Thiruvananthapuram; Kaliraj Maheshkumar is SP of headquarters; Jayanath J as charge of computer cell; Gopakumar as SP for Special Branch; Mohammed Shabeer as SP of NRI Cell; P Ashok Kumar as AIG Public Grievance in headquarters ; G Somasekharan as SP of Special cell; R Premkumar as Kochi City crime and administration deputy commissioner; S Durgadutt as in charge of Padmanabha Swamy Temple security; E K Sabu looks after Vigilance; K Rajendran as SP, Crime Branch Headquarters; K Vijayan shifted to CBCID Palakkad; K V Joseph as Assistant Director of Kerala Police Academy (KEPA); T Narayanan shifted to VACB Central Range; Jacob Job as SP of CBCID; V Gopal Krishnan as Additional AIG of Police Headquarters; K G Simon as SP of Crime Branch in Kottayam and Pushkaran N K has been moved to Special Branch in Thrissur.

S S Majumdar appointed Director, NIAB (UPDATED)
Subeer S Majumdar has been appointed as Director, National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad.

M K Pandey appointed Member, SSC (UPDATED)
Manoj Kumar Pandey has been appointed as Member, Staff Selection Commission (SSC). He is an IIS Officer.

P K Sharma posted as Secretary, AR in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Pawan Kumar Sharma has been posted as Secretary (AR) with additional charge of Secretary (IT) in Delhi Government. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

R K Gupta appointed IG, Assam Rifles (UPDATED)
R K Gupta has been appointed as Inspector General (HQ), Assam Rifles on deputation.

Ms R Bhama appointed as PrCIT in PrCCIT office, Delhi (UPDATED)
Ms R Bhama has been apointed as Principal CIT (OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT, Delhi. She is an IRS-IT officer.

Cadre of Ms Anjali Yadav transferred to Jharkhand (UPDATED)
The cadre of Ms Anjali Yadav has been transferred from Nagaland to Jharkhand on the grounds of marriage to Bhor Singh Yadav, a 2014 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

B P Sharma is also Secretary, Ayush (UPDATED)
Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Ayush till July 1, 2016. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

8 Indian Postal Service officers promoted to Member grade (UPDATED)
As many as eight officers of Indian Postal service have been promoted to the grade of Member, Postal Services Board. They are: Maj Gen Amil Kumar Shori, Anant Narayan Nanda, Ms Meera Handa, Dilip Kumar Shivabhai Chauhan, Maj Gen Ms Meena Datta, Tilak De, Ashok Kumar Dash and Ms Achla Bhatnagar.

CORPORATE

Ms Thapar nominated Part-time Director of BoI
The Union Government has nominated Ms Veni Thapar as Part-time Non official Director of Bank of India.

Chander appointed Independent Director of NTPC Ltd
NTPC Limited has appointed Seethapathy Chander as Independent Director of the company.

Maheswari has ceased to be Part-time Director of UCO Bank.
Prof. Sunil Kumar Maheswari has ceased to be Part-time Non Official Director of UCO Bank.

Inaba appointed MD of NEC India
Takayuki Inaba has been appointed as Managing Director of NEC India

Loona resigns as Director of Industrial Investment Trust Limited
R S Loona has resigned as Director of Industrial Investment Trust Limited.

Bhatia appointed as VP (Data Centre Group), Asia-Pacific of Lenovo
Sumir Bhatia has been appointed as Vice President (Data Centre Group), Asia-Pacific of Lenovo.

Bhutani resigns as Director of Burnpur Cement Limited
Jagdish Chander Bhutani has resigned as Director of Burnpur Cement Limited.

Pahuja appointed as Country Manager & MD of PayPal India
Anupam Pahuja has been appointed as Country Manager and Managing Director of PayPal India.

Ms Shah appointed CS & CFO of Transoceanic Properties Ltd
Transoceanic Properties Ltd has appointed Ms Shikha Shah as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company.

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DEBATE (1)

If there is new kind of "Discipline" in the North Block and South Block then you can call Narendra Modi as a dictator.

M K Sharma

DEBATE (2)

If you go by TV visuals you can call "Amma" as a dictator.

Dr M Maheshwari

"Merit is a Myth"

Induction of " eminent " persons as Chairpersons like Gajendra Chauhan (IIFT), Nehlaj Pehlani (CBFC ) and the latest appointment of Chetan Chauhan ( NIFT ) amount to fitting square pegs in round holes. The last one was a fixed match. All political decisions. Not, merit-based. A serving bureaucrat with dual charge arrangement, would have been appropriate. Raghuram Rajan's refusal to a second term as Governor, RBI is an apt decision in the given situation.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

PIO's folly

I had sent an RTI application inquiring as to the number of Staff Car facility, which an officer of the level of Joint Secretary and above level officers, are entitled to. The PIO (Anil Sharma, US) has replied that he does not posses such an information and also per RTI Act he cannot create the information. The PIO has committed a folly. On one side he has stated against an RTI application, that an officer who does not avail the Staff Car facility is entitled to have Rs.7000/- as Transport Allowance. Keeping this fact into consideration the PIO should have indicated i.e. one car. If an officer avails benefit of 3 Staff Cars that does not mean that he is entitled for 3 Transport Allowances of Rs.7000/- each. Further, if a Minister is entitled to avail only 600 litres of petrol for every quarter, then it means he is entitled for one Staff Car and not that as many Staff Car he wants. Pankaj Hazarika, IDAS, Director & PIO, DOE may kindly note this, very soon he will receive the appeal. The PIOs are not entitled to shy away from their responsibilities.

Nivedita Srivastava

Empanellment of 1986 IAS officers as AS

I have been seeing WIC for almost over a year. I am retd Executive from Maharatna PSU and have worked in Jharkhand. Recently I had read that about 31 Sinhas are in the government. Sinhas, Sahays, Srivastavas and some people remove title and put Kumars, Lals, Vermas and South Indian names like Raman etc. They are occupying the top slot of government and PSU's including SEBI etc. Why is PM encouraging such things ? This country belongs to all. There should be investigation. Media should come out. It is very dangerous to this country.

Singh

No APAR for empanelment

Apropos Forum discussion under heading "No APAR for empanelment". This is excellent decision. Who else but a creative, bold and yes daring (dashing too!) Modi can take such a decision. He wants officers who have the ability to deliver. Modi is on the right track. How about introducing an online written examination to be qualified every year on knowledge of rules and regulations of government. At the time of promotion 50% should be taken on the basis of Grading in APAR and remaining 50% on basis of written exam. This will protect honest, intelligent, hard working officers. If they get Average grading from Boss but get High marks in written exam let the boss give his explanation. There are so many officers in the Government who do not even know how to draft a simple letter what to talk of a Cabinet Note. Yet they are having 9 out of 10 in APAR. The Central Ministries are full of highly Graded 9/10 third rate officers who treat their subordinates like dirt. The old Congress culture of nurturing the corrupt, inept, sycophant officers has to go. Long Live Modi for his out of box thinking.

Swati

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