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There was a conflict and it was to curb the power of the Lords.

Ministers and Secretaries under watch ?
According to top sources in the Government of India, all the Ministers and the Secretaries are under close watch by the PM agencies.

Who are the Pak Terrorists ?
It is heard that in Pakistan AIDS patients are approached to become terrorists. They are told that ultimately they have to die and if they die for the country the Government will take care of their family. And they agree to it .

Political scavenging...

I'm at this South Indian eatery on Janpath with two of my friends ...one is a disgruntled Congi and the other a disgruntled AAPian. We are enjoying Mini Idlis dipped in Sambhar, frothy filter coffee and Mysore Paak....and of course chatting...

Disgruntled Congi Friend: Rahul never has his eye on the ball... he was corrected by the Cops when he complained about the Fauji's Father being arrested .. it was the son actually!!
Disgruntled AAPian friend: And there are pics on Twitter showing Rahul happily chatting on his mobile outside the Mandir Marg Police station ...he was supposed to be grievously hurt about the Fauji commiting suicide ...
Me: Why there are pics of Arvind outside the Hospital. ..he doesn't look affected one bit ..
DAF: Arre after the suicide news.... Arvind's Cutlery network would have started egging him ...mauka pe chauka...mauka pe chauka. .
DCF: But what Gen VK Singh said is also very wrong...
DAF: But at present we have just info about him from 'interested' Parties ...his family ..his OROP Fauji friends ... any suicide ...its imperative to check put the mental status ...depression ..dementia....health issues ...etc.
M: Agreed ... all should wait for the case to be properly investigated ...too many anomalies..like when this Fauji spoke to his son about his intention to commit suicide there were voices on the background that seemed privy to what he was saying ...and then the son spoke to his Dad's Fauji friends and told them about his Dad's suicidal bent of mind...where are these Faujis!!! What action did they take to prevent their friend from taking such a step. ..then suicide notes are not typed ....and he got both OROP and Pay Commission increases in his Pension ..there was just a 5000 error ....being said to be a calculation error!! There was no reason to be so disappointed to commit suicide ...
M: Arvind and Rahul seemed to be in a tearing hurry to politicize this sad issue... I'm sure Cops would not have arrested them if they had gone to the Fauji's home ...Cops were right to stop them from creating a law and order situation in the Hospital...
DAF: And Arvind has belted out a number of tweets ...in one he says despite being CM of Delhi he's being stopped ...called Modi anti Soldier ...
DCF: Arre even Jamai Raja has tweeted on this issue ....
M: Wait and watch when the truth comes out these very people will go chup...silent ...
DAF: Then both Rahul and Arvind will go chup....and Diggy ... Ashutosh.. Khetan... types will step in with ludicrous excuses !! Like .....but you must note they have Fauji interests close to their hearts ....
M: Rahul's Grandma reduced Fauji Salaries ...binned OROP ...his Father refused to reinstate OROP ..his Ma ruled for 10 years and all we got to see in OROP was drama ...did you hear an apology from Rahul about what his Grand Ma did and what his Dad refused to do ...or did he raise a finger when his Ma ran this Country !!
DCF: His History is pathetic ...
DAF: And Arvind ... his History is circumstantial ....ask Anna !!!
M: Confucius says ...those who are pathetic in History often find a sudden change in their Geography !!


Disclaimer: Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. Inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Arundhati Bhattacharya loses race for MD World Bank ?
If top sources are to be believed, State Bank of India Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya has lost the race for MD World Bank to another International Banker. In fact, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cleared her name for the prestigious post and she was to be appointed MD in the next couple of months.

Will Gopal Krishna be Secretary, MNRE ?
Gopal Krishna is likely to be appointed Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

R K Mahajan is new Member, CBEC
The CoS is believed to have cleared the name of R K Mahajan for the post of Member of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC). He is a 1981 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Shahzad Shah is also Financial Commissioner, Railways
Shahzad Shah, Additional Member Budget, Railway Board, has been assigned an additional charge as Financial Commissioner, Railways after the retirement of incumbent K B Nanda. He is an IRAS officer.
(We said this on October 28 )

Four 1979 batch IAS officers to retire in 2017

Four 1979 batch IAS officers are going to play their innings till 2017. They are OP Meena and Nilima Jauhari (Rajasthan) Vinay Sheel Oberoi (Assam-Meghalaya) and Ajit K Sharan (Haryana).

Justice Shiva Kirti Singh to retire this month
Judge of the Supreme Court of India ,Justice Shiva Kirti Singh is retiring on November 18 this year.

Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as CISC
Lt Gen Satish Dua has taken over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC).

Alok Kumar is new IGP, Goa
Alok Kumar on return from central deputation has been appointed IGP, Goa. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Two posts at Director level lying vacant in HECL
Two posts at Director level: Director Marketing and Director Personnel have been lying vacant in Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HECL).

Dhirendra Veer Singh likely to join as CMD, THDC on Dec 1
Dhirendra Veer Singh, Director (Technical), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) India Limited, is expected to take over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, THDC India Limited on December 1, 2016. Present incumbent R S T Sai is retiring in November this year.

Why orders of Ravi Agrawal for Director (Tech), MRVC delayed ?
Why are the orders of Ravi Agrawal, ED, MRVC, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited (MRVC) getting delayed ? A vacancy of this post is already lying vacant.

R G Rao to take over as MD, HNL on Dec 1
Rokkam Gopala Rao, Director (Finance), IL lien with RINL, will be taking over the charge as Managing Director, Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL) on December 1, 2016.

Saurabh Mallick appointed as Principal Director, Audit, East Coast Railway
Saurabh Kumar Mallick, Accountant General (G&SSA), Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, has been posted as Principal Director of Audit, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar. He is a 1998 batch IA&AS officer.

A P Singh transferred as Senior DDG, Postal Directorate, New Delhi
A P Singh has been transferred as Senior DDG, Postal Directorate, New Delhi. He is IPoS officer of 1986 batch.

Om Prakash yet to join as GM, FCI, Panchkula
Om Prakash, who was deputed as General Manager, Food Corporation of India (Haryana region), Panchkula under the department of Food & Public Distribution for a period of four years, is yet to take over the charge. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Pradeep Srivastava appointed as Under Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
Pradeep Srivastava has been transferred from Department of Expenditure to Cabinet Secretariat as Under Secretary.

Manish Kumar-I appointed as DG, Audit Economic and Service Ministries
Manish Kumar-I, Principal Accountant General (A&E)-II, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad, has been transferred and posted as Director General of Audit, Economic and Service Ministries, New Delhi. He is a 1991 batch IA&AS officer.

Ravindra Kumar transferred to Northern Railway
Ravindra Kumar presently working as DPS-II has been transferred to Northern Railway. He is an IRPS officer.

Bhawani Shankar gets Junior Administrative Grade
Bhawani Shankar has been promoted to the Junior Administrative grade. He is an RPF officer.

OFB wants Member Finance
Ordnance Factory Board ( OFB) wants Member ( FInance) in the HAG+ scale on deputation. Interested officers can apply Deptt of Defence Productions, MOD, by the end of this month.

Two IAS officers shifted in Gujarat
L Chuango has been appointed as Principal Secretary to General Administration Department (GAD) while Sunaina Tomar was posted as Principal Secretary to Primary & Secondary Education after repatriation to the cadre Gujarat.

A P Srivastava and P C Meena not to move from Mantralaya
Two ACS rank officers A P Srivastava and PC Meena will continue in the Madhya Pradesh Mantralaya . Both are 1984 batch IAS officers. Their batchmate B P Singh is new Chief Secretary.

IRS-IT officer Rahul Singh transferred from MP to Mumbai
Rahul Singh has been transferred from MP & Chhattisgarh CCA to Mumbai CCA at Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax level. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Sidhu relieved for Arunachal Pradesh
The Chandigarh Administration has relieved Commandant IRB Guriqbal Singh Sidhu for Arunachal Pradesh.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
As many as nine IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Karnataka. Accordingly, S S Pattanshetty has been appointed as Secretary, Commerce & Industries while V P Ikkeri was posted as Commissioner, Survey, Settlement & Land Records and S Sasikanth Senthil is Director, Mines & Geology. Similarly, Dr Bagadi Gautham has been appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Raichur District; Sameer Shukla as Commissioner, Employment and Training; Sameer Shukla gets additional charges of Mission Director, National Rural and Urban Livelihood Mission; Dr M Lokeshf fas Deputy Commissioner, Shivamogga; Rajender Kumar Kataria gets an additional charge of MD, Karnataka Mining & Environment Restoration Corporation and Munish Moudgil was given an additional charge of MD, Mysuru Minerals Limited.

CVC addresses HUDCO's Vigilance Awareness Week programme
As part of the week long programme K V Chowdary, Central Vigilance Commissioner addressed HUDCO employees on the theme of 'Public Participation in Promoting Integrity and Eradicating Corruption". Chowdary emphasized the need for active participation of all stakeholders in strengthening the systems, established procedures and processes for ensuring good governance. Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO urged the employees to work diligently and discharge official duties with integrity and honesty.

CPWD observes Vigilance Awareness Week
Central Public Works Department (CPWD) a principal engineering organisation of the Government of India is organising various public outreach programmes this year to observe the Vigilance Awareness Week from October 31 to November 5, 2016. As a part of observance of the Vigilance Awareness Week, the Vigilance Unit of CPWD has organised a seminar-cum-interactive session on the main theme 'Public Participation in Promoting Integrity and Eradicating Corruption' on 2/11/2016 in the CPWD Directorate, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi. The Chief Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary graced this function as the Chief Guest. The other special guests of the function were Dharmendra, IAS JS (Admn., L&E & CVO) MoUD, B Anand, IAS JS(Works & HRIDAY), MoUD and Amulya Patnaik, IPS Special Commissioner of Police (Vigilance), Delhi. All the guests were given a warm welcome by DG, CPWD Abhai Sinha and the CVO, CPWD M R Krishna, IPS. In the presence of the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, K V Chowdary, the DG, CPWD has taken the pledge for maintaining integrity and ethics in the organisation as per the format given by the CVC. K V Chowdary, Chief Vigilance Commissioner handed over the Pledge Certificate to the DG, CPWD. The CVO, CPWD M R Krishna, has explained in detail the various public outreach programmes being organised to propagate the main theme of the Vigilance Week throughout the country. In this function the Chief Vigilance Commissioner released the 'Vigilance Calendar' for the year 2017 prepared by the Vigilance Unit of CPWD. The Chief guest has emphasised the importance of generation of awareness among the public as a more effective and sustainable means of eradicating corruption and to achieve a corruption free society. The interactive session was very informative as Chowdary gave detailed replies to the questions raised by the participants.

Parihar brothers bereaved
The mother of Surya Pratap Singh Parihar (IAS) and Bhanu Pratap Singh Parihar (IFS), Mrs. Rajendra Kumari Parihar (90) has passed away in Bhopal.

Container Corporation of India Limited organises Inter College Skit Competition (UPDATED)
Container Corporation of India Limited organized an Inter College Skit Competition at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi on 2nd November 2016 to mark Vigilance Awareness Week 2016. The topic of the skit : "Collective Action To Fight Corruption". CMD, CVO, Directors, eminent jury members, officers of CONCOR, representatives of media & education fraternity were present at the event. Six colleges of University of Delhi viz. Shri Ram College of Commerce, Shri Aurobindo College, Ram Lal Anand College, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, St Stephens College and Hindu College participated in the said event.
The Jury comprised of Robin Hibu, IPS (Jt Comm. of Police, Delhi Police), Alok Shukla (theater actor, writer, director & journalist) and Mrs. Ratna Bali Kant (sculptor and performance artist). Hindu College won the 1st prize, Atma Ram Sanatn Dharm College 2nd prize and Ram Lal Anand College 3rd prize. Consolation prizes were given to the remaining 3 teams. Chairman & Managing Director /CONCOR, V. Kalyana Rama gave away the prizes.

Bombay High Court gets three Judges (UPDATED)
Justice Kalidas Laxmanrao Wadane, Kumari Justice Indira Kanahaiyalal Jain and Dr Justice Shalini Shashank Phansalkar Joshi, Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, have been appointed as Judges of the Bombay High Court.

Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
As many as four IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Delhi. Accordingly, S N Mishra has been appointed as Special Secretary (H&FW) while T Sreekanth was posted as Director (Training), UTCS and will also hold an additional charge of Special Secretary (Services). Similarly, Shurbir Singh has been posted as Secretary Cooperation-cum-Registrar Cooperative Societies while Sanjay Kumar has been divested of his additional charge of Special Commissioner, Transport.

Bishwadip Dey accredited as Ambassador to Dominica (UPDATED)
Bishwadip Dey presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica. He is a 2001 batch IFS officer.

B Nagabhushana Reddy accredited as Ambassador to Benin (UPDATED)
B Nagabhushana Reddy presently Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Benin. He is a 1993 batch IFS officer.

Munish Kumar Garg appointed as ED, RURDSICO in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Munish Kumar Garg has been appointed as Executive Director, Rajasthan Urban Drinking Sewerage and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (RUDSICO), Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

EIL holds meet on 'upliftment of SC/ST entrepreneurs and vigilance awareness' (UPDATED)
Vigilance Awareness Week (VAW) 2016 is being observed in Engineers India Limited (EIL) from October 31 to November 5, 2016. The theme for this year's Vigilance Awareness Week is "Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating corruption". A unique event was organized by EIL in this regard on November 3, 2016. A meet titled ' Upliftment of SC/ST Entrepreneurs through public proecurement support and vigilance awareness' was held in its Gurgaon complex. EIL has always remained focused in meeting the procurement targets from the Micro & Small Enterprises (MSE) sector. The meet essentially was designed as an EIL initiative to encourage procurement from SC/ ST owned MSEs. It was intended to create awareness about Public Procurement, its imperatives, precautions to be taken, opportunities for SC/ ST Entrepreneurs in EIL and the benefits provided under various schemes. Dalit Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (DICCI) supported the meet by nominating around 40 members. The meet was addressed by Sanjay Gupta, C&MD and R K Sabharwal, Director (Commercial) of EIL. H S Sohal, CVO administered the integrity pledge for the business organizations. The meet was also graced and addressed by Chandra Bhan Prasad, Mentor, DICCI and N K Chandan, President-DICCI. EIL believes that this initiative will herald the beginning of a unique socio-commercial engagement between EIL and DICCI. EIL plans to hand-hold the SC/ ST SMEs in ensuring their development, promoting their participation in EIL projects and eventually help them garner sizeable proportion of the procurement reserved for this section.

Meghwal dedicates NLC constructed road to public (UPDATED)
Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Arjun Ram Meghwal visited Rajasthan Barsingsar Project of NLC India Limited, Bikaner, on November 3, 2016. The Minister was accompanied by Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD and Directors of NLC India Ltd. The Minister dedicated the newly constructed Barsingsar to Swaroopdesar road to public, which is 4.84 km long, laid at the cost of Rs.86.00 lakhs under, NLC India Limited CSR activity. CMD briefed the various CSR activities undertaken by Barsingsar Project. Meghwal, Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Kolayat, MLA, Dr. Sarat Kumar Acharya, Functional Directors, employees of NLCI Ltd later participated in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, where in various cleanliness activities and a mass tree plantation were carried out. Union Minister, administered Swachh Bharath pledge to the Senior officials ,employees of NLCIL, peripheral Sarpanchs (village head) and general public. Union Minister appealed to the gathering, to spare 2 hrs of time in a week and 100 hrs of time for a year from their schedule for cleaning the surrounding areas to make clean India. In a public meeting organized at Barsingsar, Hon'ble Minister had discussion with Local panchyats & villagers. Responding to the villagers request Dr. S.K Acharya informed that NLC IL will take care of all sorts of developments of peripheral villages under its CSR initiatives. In the evening Cultural programme was organised at community Hall Lignite Shakthi Nagar with Rajasthani Folk Dance, Classical Dance by LSN Children. During the function Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal & Bhanwar Singh Bhati, MLA, praised CSR activities of NLCI Ltd and appreciated the management and employees for their dedicated and committed work for the growth of the nation.

Nine officers selected as JD, ED (UPDATED)
As many as nine officers of various services have been selected as Joint Director, Enforcement Directorate (ED). They are: Vishal Sanaf, IRS; Dinesh Bhoiyer, IRS; Dajebder Siddhu, IRS-IT; Manik Abel, IRS; Raman Gupta, IPS; Sanjay Lawania, IPS; GauriShankar, IPS; Neeraj Gupta, IPS and Rajeshwar Singh ED cadre.

CORPORATE

Reddy re-appointed as MD & CEO of Sonata Software Ltd.
Sonata Software Limited has re-appointed P Srikar Reddy as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f February 14, 2017.

Shanmukh ceases to be Director (HR) of Bharat Electronics Ltd
M L Shanmukh has ceased to be Director (HR) of Bharat Electronics Limited.

Singh quits as MD of Twitter India, South East Asia, MENA
Parminder Singh has quit as Managing Director of Twitter India and South East Asia, Middle East North Africa (MENA).

Hari appointed new MD of Twitter India & South East Asia?
Maya Hari has been appointed as new Managing Director of Twitter India and South East Asia.

Ms Dhar resigns as CS of Monsanto India Ltd
Ms Chandana Dhar has resigned as Company Secretary of Monsanto India Limited.

Jhingran resigns as Director of Persistent Systems Ltd
Dr Anant Deep Jhingran has resigned as Director of Persistent Systems Limited.

Trivedi appointed as CS of C & C Constructions Ltd
C & C Constructions Limited has appointed Punit Kumar Trivedi as Company Secretary of the company.

Gandhi resigns as Whole-time Director of Parab Infra Ltd
Jitendra Gandhi has resigned as Whole-time Director of Parab Infra Ltd.

Nangia appointed Independent Director of Cosmo Films Ltd
Cosmo Films Limited has appointed Dr Vivek Nangia as Non Executive Independent Director of the company.

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Personal Staff at Residences

The estimate is only a tip of of an iceberg. Almost all living police officers, barring a few, (both serving / retired) right from the rank of DSP to DG both in respective states as well as at Centre deploy trained soldiers (COnstables / Drivers / Cooks, Washermen, sweeper or similarly trained technical manpower ) at their offices or at residences beyond their authorisation. The GOvt. of India only allows them an official car with driver and a security aid both at office and at residence as per their position / scale besides appropriate security according to their threat perception. No officer is officially authorised to have a cook, washerman, sweeper etc., at their residences for their personal work. However, in state capitals as well as in Delhi we, every now and then, come across a car cade of senior police officers with escorts pouring out of the escort vehicles as if in a motor cade of a mafia lord in films. Further, These officers have even graduated to provide such un-authorised manpower to their IAS fraternity in the ministry to maintain good rapport. Now think of armed force officers deploying manpower, in a similar or even at higher scale, at their offices / residences or using it for their personnel work it can easily be assumed that a tenth of the work force (trained manpower) in under bonded labour. Nonetheless, many personnel performing such duties are doing so willingly for undue favours like postings at their home or nearer to their home towns or to avoid hardship generally involved in their nature of duties. The situation is very much exploited by the officers. If personnel strictly disobey such un-lawful orders of un-authorised deployement at offices /residences they would be indirectly penalised by way of posting at hard areas or punitive action for genuine errors. Here, it is worth noting that several police officers who are active in the forum are silent on this topic. God save the country and morale of the police personnel Hope good sense prevail and things would start improving.

YNV

System to consider Pvt sector candidates also for PSU board didn't worked

Some years back there was a system to consider Pvt sector candidates also for PSU board by PESB. But it did not work so effectively. There were complaints of posts being offered to highest bidder. In the process some PSU's remained without Board members for long period. Subsequently DPE withdrew that notification which allowed Pvt sector candidates. Old wine in new bottle. Is it to accommodate chosen ones?

S K Garg

IP&TAFS

IP&TAFS and other Finace & Accounts personnel , howsoever long the debate, are unlikely to win any popularity contests, as due to the very nature of their job, they would endeavour to ensure accountability of any management.

Surinder Pal

True, many services are highly irrelevant !

Yes you read that right...in the current scenario when one scans through the government services one can realise that many services are becoming highly irrelevant...Telecom service probably tops the charts in terms of losing its relevance a long time ago..Government has rightly corporatized the telecom sector and has given up its operational functions but due to reasons unknown and despite suggestion by 6th pay commission to abolish the service telecom service continues to flourish and obviously without any work or responsibility as such. I hope the Government in the near future looks towards restructuring of services so that officers of such services could be utilised in a meaningful way somewhere.

Ravi

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