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This is History (431)
As the limbs of the empire grew weak and poor, the heart of the empire also grew weak and suffered.

All political parties have same strength in Lok Sabha !
It may sound to be intriguing but it's a fact that the strength of the BJP, the NDA, the UPA and other political parties in the current Lok Sabha is the same, numerologically though. (For this we need to add each figure numerically till the one digit arrives). The Parties Strength, thus, is as follows - BJP - 283 Seats - 2+8+3 = 13 = 4, NDA- 337 Seats - 3+3+7 = 13 = 4, UPA - 58 Seats - 5+8 = 13 = 4 and Others =148 Seats - 1 + 4 + 8 = 13 = 4 .

Why is Baba Ramdev these days appreciating Modi so much ?
People are at a loss to understand that why there is sudden spurt these days in Baba Ramdev's appreciation for Modi ?

They want 'Pappu' PM !
Grapevine has it that perturbed over the manner in which Narendra Modi is functioning, big business houses have decided never to favour any sharp, intelligent and intellectual person as Prime Minister of the country.

Election Commission is tough with Kiran Bedi ?
Pondicherry Governor Kiran Bedi has reportedly been issued a memo by election commission of India for gross violation of model code of conduct during ongoing by election to legislative assembly where Chief Minister Narayanswamy is a candidate. EC is likely to take some drastic action against her. She has been going around announcing new schemes doing transfers and indulging in political publicity oriented activity despite being a political appointee.

Ek Ilaaj Teen Bimaari. ..

In my neighborhood there's an Elderly Gentleman whose wisdom is respected by one and all. He was a Civil Servant and after his retirement he worked for the Corporate Sector as a Consultant. I meet him in the Park near my home and we get chatting.
Me: Sir without a doubt Demonetization is a step that's fantastic for India …..
Elderly Gentleman: Without a doubt… India is the winner…its attacked the three malaises plaguing India …. Black Money… Counterfeiting ….Terror Funding!!! The list of other benefits is indeed long!! And this has got the Opposition in a tizzy….. the other reasons some Parties are in a tizzy because seemingly their Treasure and War Chests have allegedly taken huge hits!!
M: Yes … I feel now Indians feel anyone against this step is a Black Money Holder!!!
EF: I've always felt Mamtha is Honest… but I'm indeed shocked to note she's spearheading the Political Lobby objecting to the Demonetization ….
M: Why is she spearheading the anti Demonetization Lobby if she's honest !!!
EF: Well I think a lot to do with Modi's growing popularity in West Bengal!! This has got her very worried!!! Fact of the matter is ....she knows the Schemes rolled out by Modi are now benefitting people in WB…. and the benefits are going to increase and spread!!! I'm perplexed about the contradictory statements being made by Rahul and Kejriwal … shows they are in a tizzy!!
M: Yes I too noted this …
EF: Like Rahul says Modi informed BJP about Demonetization in advance and then he says … but Jaitley did not know… Jaitley the FM and who would have also given Legal Advice to Modi on this issue…. or maybe two Advisors advised him ..and they were oblivious of each others advice !!!
M: And Kejriwal said….. Modi informed RSS and BJP and then later he said…. both RSS and BJP cursing Modi!!!
EF: And then you have Bhenji saying …. she felt that Jaitley looked sad nowadays!!!
M: Yes there is an immature effort to show the FM of India was precluded from this decision!!! Why…. if you ask me ….it's an effort to create a wedge between Modi and Jaitley….
EF: Yes … it's how they'd react to such a statement if they were in power!!!! They forget Modi and Jaitley are…different!!!
M: I was shocked by the comment made by Akhilesh… that Black Money is a necessary evil!!!
EF: He says he was advised … I think he needs to change his Advisors!!! Papaji won't allow it and they'd be another standoff!!!
M: Anand Sharma said .. that Black Money is racist !!
EF: Stupid comment and even more stupider as he was a Senior Minister in the UPA Government ...or seems as he was ordered to object to Demonization and this was what he could come up with...
M: Say if a quarter of the 500 and 1000 Notes don't turn up in the Banking System (including Post Offices) …that would be a staggering Rs. 3.5 trillion…. what will RBI do????
EF: I think it has to transfer this so said 'Profit' to the Government!!!
M: But isn't the RBI obligated to pay the Bearer of the Notes the Face Value of the Note!!!
EF: If the Notes turn up on the Bank or Post Office Counter… it's the IT that will later look into the deposits and ask question and take action!! So the RBI is honoring its obligation….Banks and Post Offices are not refusing anyone!!
M: So if someone buries the Currency today …. and 25 years later he or his heirs dig it up and take the Currency to the Bank and say they've found this money…. what then?????
EF: Well the Notes have no Expiry Date….. and the RBI Notice does not say …. Demonetized … it says 'Withdrawn'…. I would have to check out this one!!! But do you see Hindi TV Serials…
M: Not at all……. I'm a News and Sports buff…. but why???
EF: I'd expect such a question from a Hindi TV Serial Buff …. wherein…. things and people disappear in say Episodes 4 and 8 and reappear in Episodes 546 and 700!!!
M: I think with the 500 and 1000 Currency Ban … Modi should also Ban these Hindi TV Serials continuing to 500 and 1000 Episodes!!!
Disclaimer : Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. Inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Will Shashi Shekhar head NWC ?
Secretary Water Resources Shashi Shekhar is likely to be appointed Chairman of the proposed National Water Commission (NWC). Shekhar who is scheduled to retire in December this year is 1981 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Will the rift between Executive and Judiciary deepen ?
In case the Supreme Court Collegium sends back 43 names of High Court Judge again to the Government, it will further aggravate the rift between the Executive and Judiciary. If the names are sent back, it becomes binding on the government to appoint the candidates. One can only wait and watch.

IG NIA Kaumadi to be promoted
V S Kaumadi, IG in the NIA, is being promoted to the rank of ADG this month. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh.

Services of Three IRS officers placed with ED
Services of three IRS (C&E) officers have been placed at the disposal of Enforcement Directorate on deputation basis. They are- Dinesh Bhoyer, Gauri Shankar Sinha and Sanjay Lawania.

File of IIS sent to UPSC for DPC
File for promotion of about 20 IIS group JAG(NFFG) officers has been sent to the UPSC for DPC. Their promotion is due for HAG.

Naronha and Ganeshan to be promoted this month !
Orders for Pr DG in the PIB are likely to be issued this month .Two senior IIS officers - Frank Naronha, DG, PIB and K. Ganeshan, DG, DAVP are likely to be promoted as Principle DG (PR. DG).

Lande relieved to join Mahrashtra govt
The Government of Bihar has relieved Shivdeep Waman Lande of cadre responsibility enabling him to join the Government of Maharashtra on inter cadre deputation for a period of three years. He is a 2006 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rajiv Kumar Gupta appointed CVO, OIL
Rajiv Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Oil India Limited (OIL) for a period of three years. He is 1988 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Ravi Agrawal joins as Director (Tech), MRVC
Ravi Agrawal, ED, MRVC, has taken over the charge as Director (Technical), Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC).
(We said this on May 16, 2016)

Three Atomic Energy PSUs get 'excellent' ranking for corporate governance
Three Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs): Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL), Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited and Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited, all under the Ministry of Atomic Energy, have been rated as 'excellent' for corporate governance. Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) rated them for the year 2015-16.

Four Pharmaceutical' PSUs get 'poor' ranking in corporate governance
Four Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Department of Pharmaceuticals: Hindustan Antibiotics Limited, DPL Tamil Nadu Limited, Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited and Rajasthan Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Limited have been rated 'poor' in Corporate Governance' ranking by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Government of India for the year 2015-16.

Sengupta to succeed Jaideva as Director (Pers), MMTC Ltd on Jan 1
Tapas Kumar Sengupta, CGM, MMTC, will be joining as Director (Personnel), MMTC Limited on January 1, 2017. He will succeed present incumbent Rajeev Jaideva retiring in December this year.

Sarangi to succeed Sengupta as Director (Tech), MECON on Jan 1
Pradipta Kumar Sarangi, ED, MECON, will be taking over the charge as Director (Technology), MECON Limited on January 1, 2017. He will succeed present incumbent S R Sengupta retiring in December this year.

Ashutosh Barnwal assigned additional charge of appeal cases of Jaipur Central Excise
Ashutosh Barnwal(Appeals), Service Tax, Delhi-I has been assigned an additional charge of appeal cases of Jaipur Central Excise Zone.

Manmeet Singh Alhuwalia appointed OSD, DGEP
Manmeet Singh Alhuwalia, presently working as Assistant commissioner, Customs (Preventive), Lucknow has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Directorate General of Export Promotion(DGEP).

Chetan Prakash Jain repatriated to parent cadre
Chetan Prakash Jain, Member in Staff Selection Commission (SSC), has been on his personal request given a premature repatriation to his parent cadre . He is a 1995 batch IRPS officer.

CCIL CVO, Sunil Kumar Singh likely to return to parent cadre
Sunil Kumar Singh, who is serving as Chief Vigilance Officer in Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), is expected to return to his parent cadre. Singh, whose tenure ending on November 18, belongs to a 1991 batch IRS-IT officer.

Why CWES officers are reluctant for central deputation ?
Central Water Engineering Service (CWES) officers are said to be least interested in central deputation. According to sources because of their reluctance officers of CWES have very little exposure of other services and departments in GOI.

Cadre review of CISF on the anvil
Cadre review of CISF personnel has been pending for more than 15 years. During this period size of the force has gone up many folds.The new DG CISF O P Singh is now taking keen interest in this matter.

U K Sharma promoted to Lt Gen rank in AFMS
Rear Admiral U K Sharma has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Gen and equivalent in the executive cadre of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) in the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).

Nampoodiry appointed Dy Accountant General in AG office, Bhopal
V S Kesavan Nampoodiry has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (RS) (Ad-hoc), in the office of Accountant General (E&RSA), Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. He is a 2014 batch IA&AS officer.

Nine IRAS officers of 1991 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as nine 1990 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officers have been empanelled for the posts of Joint Secretary in Government of India. The officers are: Sharat Bhatia, Parimal Kasliwal, Sanjiv Narain Mathu, Bijaya K Mishra, Dinesh Kumar, Abul Hayat, Angshuman Sarkar, Basant Kumar Singh and Gaitaorei.

Mohan Joins DDK, Hyderabad
Indian Information Service officer D.Murali Mohan has been shifted from PIB Hyderabad to DD News, DDk Hyderabad as Director.

Ms Deepika Lohia Aran appointed Director, NITI Aayog
Ms Deepika Lohia Aran has been appointed as Director, NITI Aayog. She is a 2002 batch IOFS officer.

20 posts of Judges vacant in Rajasthan HC
A total of 20 posts of Judges including 15 of Permanent and 5 of Additional are lying vacant in Rajasthan High Court.

Four IRSEE officers transferred
Four officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) have been transferred and posted to different zones. Accordingly, R S Meena has been transferred to RCF, Kapurthala while Manis Kumar was appointed to EC Railway and S K Dubey is posted to Northern Railway. Besides, R P Prajapati has been transferred to South Eastern Railway.

IRAS officer Gautam Jain shifted to SECR
Gautam Jain has been transferred to South East Central Railway from Central Railway. He is an IRAS officer.

Shailesh Verma promoted to SAG
Shailesh Verma has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade. He is an officer of Indian Railway Service of Engineers.

Bhaskaran appointed as CMS, South Western Railway
Shanta Bhaskaran has been transferred as CMS/MD, South Western Railway. He is an officer of Indian Railway Medical Service.

Abid Pasha appointed to Northern Eastern Railway
Abid Pasha has been appointed to North Eastern Railway. He is an officer of Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer.

Himanshu Roy appointed as ADG, Establishment in Maharashtra
Himanshu Roy has been appointed as Additional Director General of Police, Establishment in Maharashtra. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Four IAS officers shifted in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Four IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Delhi Government. Accordingly, Juhi Mukherjee has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner, New Delhi while Abhishek Dev was posted as Deputy Commissioner, South West and Rani Teotia is Deputy Commissioner(Central). Besides, Abhishek Singh has been transferred as Deputy Commissioner (HQ), Revenue Department.

18 IRSME officers granted SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 18 officers belonging to Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineer (IRSME) have been granted Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). They are: Archana Mittal, Amit Srivastava, Suyash Narain, Om Prakash Shaw, Onkar Singh, G Sumana, Sadhanakari Srinivas, Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi, Sanjay Tyagi, Satish Singh, Atul Arya, Sudhanshu Panwar, Anil Kumar Singh, k Gopal, Vikas Anand, Anil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar Sarvaria and Sanjiv Kumar M Mhetre.

Ganesh Havanur is also Commissioner, Mumbai-II CX Zone (UPDATED)
Ganesh Havanur, Commissioner, Mumbai Audit, (LTU) CX, Mumbai-I CX Zone has been assigned an additional charge as Commissioner, Mumbai-III CX, Mumbai-II CX Zone.

Lt Gen S K Sinha passes away (UPDATED)
Lt Gen S K Sinha, PVSM (Retired), former Ambassador to Nepal and Governor of two insurgency prone States of Assam and Jammu & Kashmir, has passed away November 17, 2016 in Delhi. He was 90.

Om Prakash relieved to join as GM, FCI (UPDATED)
The Government of Rajasthan has relieved Om Prakash of charge of Commandant, 4th Bt, RAC, Jaipur enabling him to join as Geenral Manager (Haryana region), Food Corporation of India, Panchkula for a period of four years. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Two IAS officers get additional charges in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Two IAS officers have been given additional charges in Rajasthan. Accordingly, Nihal Chand Goyal has been assigned an additional charge of Chairman, Rajasthan Tourism Development Department Jaipur while Rajesh Sharma was assigned additional charge as Director & MD, Rajasthan Tourism Department.

Ms Aashima Mehrotra appointed as Director, Tourism (UPDATED)
Ms Aashima Mehrotra has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Tourism. She is a 1999 batch IRTS officer.

CORPORATE

D K Mohanty promoted as ED (ITD), CMO in SAIL
D K Mohanty has been promoted from General Manager (Railway Product), CMO to Executive Director (ITD), CMO in Steel Authority of India (SAIL).

Jaitely appointed CEO of Times Global Partners
Rishi Jaitely the former Head of Twitter India has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Times Global Partners.

Acharya appointed as Group President & Head (Global Indian Banking) of YES Bank
Amresh Acharya has been appointed as Group President and Head (Global Indian Banking) of YES Bank.

Kaliappan ceases to be Non-official Director of State Bank of Travancore
V Kaliappan has ceased to be Non-official Director of State Bank of Travancore.

Mukim appointed as Director of Gujarat State Petronet Ltd
Anil Mukim, IAS has been appointed as a Director of Gujarat State Petronet Limited.

Nasimuddin appointed as Nominee Director of Seshasayee Paper and Boards Ltd
Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited has appointed Mohammed Nasimuddin, IAS, Principal Secretary and Chairman and Managing Director of The Tamilnadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited as a Nominee Director of the company.

Ranganathan appointed Chairman of Citadel Realty and Developers Ltd
Citadel Realty and Developers Ltd has appointed V Ranganathan as the Chairman of the company.

Jha appointed as CFO of Shyam Century Ferrous Ltd
Shyam Century Ferrous Limited has appointed Sunil Kumar Jha as the Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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Why Rs 2000 notes instead of Rs 1000 note ?

Everyone is questioning why Rs 2000 notes were brought in to replace Rs 1000 notes. I am not an economist to understand this, but as a layman I think this is a very wise decision of Modi Government. I will try to give a reason for this below:
Lets say Mr X, for example, has Rs 100,000 black money in Rs 1,000 note. Mr X divides those Rs 100,000 into 10 equal bundles, each comprising of 10 old notes of Rs 1,000 each and puts each. On Day-1, in the morning Mr X deposits the first bundle i.e. 10 old notes of Rs 1,000 valued at Rs 10,000 into the bank and on the same day withdraws 10 new notes of Rs. 1,000 valued again at Rs 10,000.On Day-2 morning Mr X deposits the second bundle of 10 old notes of Rs. 1000 valued at Rs. 10,000 and on the same day withdraws 10 new notes of Rs. 1,000. He does it daily for 10 days like this and by the end of 10 days he will have Rs 100,000 in new notes and he will say to Income Tax Department that he had only Rs 10,000 as black money. He will say that he rotated the same Rs. 10,000 by depositing into Bank account and withdrawing it in the evening. He can very well show that he had deposited 10 notes of old Rs 1,000 notes and withdrew 10 new notes of Rs. 1,000. If Income Tax Department scrutinizes his statements, the pay-in-slip will mention 10 notes every time.But since Rs. 2,000 new notes have been brought in, he cannot do the above to convert his black money because he cannot say that he deposited same Rs. 10,000 which he withdrew a day before. He will have to mention in his pay-in-slip that he deposited 5 notes of Rs. 2,000.This is the logic I understood of the Government's action to bring in Rs 2,000 notes instead of Rs. 1,000 notes at this moment.

Pradeep Kumar

Functioning of govt departments unchanged

The functioning of the government departments has not changed with the change in law. Most of the people continue to work with a mindset which is against transparency. The do not want to be questioned and prefer not to own any responsibility for their conduct. 2. The citation given in the case appears to be a cut and paste error where the earlier citation has overlapped on this one.

Udai Bhaskar

Permanent Technical Advisor in Ministries - MASTERSTROKE for DIGITAL INDIA.

A good move .. the Post of Technical Advisor in line with Economic Advisor is the need of hour in all ministries. A designated officer is required to handle all technical issues ranging from the ICT infrastructure inside the Ministry and department to application level issues. it will include the establishment , monitoring and evaluation of all e-services running within department to the day to day ICT requirement within the organization.

For example the Technical officer sitting in DOT may plan for centralized ICT for GPF management for both DOT and DOP so that Account office need not to maintain server at individual office level. it will ensure transparency also, The GPF subscribers will be able to access their GPF record at any time like their bank statement at any point of time and place. The GPF accoutn officer will be given access rights as per the subscription list in his office. On transfer posting there will be no physical GPF ledger moment. All advances withdrawal can be effectively monitored through it.
Like this there can be several .. thousands requirements which we can this carry out through the technical Advisor inside a department.

The MODI Govt may use it a as MASTERSTROKE for DIGITAL INDIA.

Sunil Bhadu

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