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Gujarat Bureaucracy Means Business (4)
Whispersinthecorridors.com's Business Editor Abul Hasan visited Gujarat Secretariat in Gandhi Nagar the other day and what he saw was unbelievable. He shares some of the unforgettable moments of his visit.
Enter the office of ACS (Industries) in Gujarat, Prem Kumar Taneja, and you will ponder whether you have come to any government office or a corporate house. Not the look alone, the style of working in the office of 1984 batch IAS officer, where work starts early in the day, too is corporate style. In professional attire Taneja finishes numerous meetings in a day some times even skipping his lunch due to his hectic schedule. The only agenda of Taneja, who has held many important positions in the State, is total focus on execution of work with best possible output for the state.

Why Dave is frequently visiting Madhya Pradesh ?
Minister Forests and Environment in Government of India Anil Madhav Dave is making frequent visits to Bhopal. Any significance ? In the Sangh-Modi scheme of things, bachelors are preferred as Chief Ministers. In Haryana and Assam there are bachelor Chief Ministers.

Will political scenario in Bihar change ?
According to observers, political scenario is bound to change in Bihar. After the release of ex- MP and RJD leader Shahbuddin, relations between two allies- JD( U) and RJD are not going to stay long. Observers are also surprised that why Lalu is not reacting at this critical juncture?

Is tribal predominated Chhattisgarh backward ?
Is tribal predominant Chhattisgarh backward ? People living in metros think so but after coming to Raipur, the state capital of Chhattisgarh, Chief Justice of India Justice T S Thakur said "Chhattisgarh is looking better than Delhi". Sufficient message for those who consider Raman Singh ruled state still as backward.

BUREAUCRACY

Will Dineshwar Sharma continue as IB Chief ?
Present Director Intelligence Dineshwar Sharma may continue even after his term ends in December. There is a loud thinking that under the present circumstances, continuity is required. Sharma is considered to be low profile hardworking 1979 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Will Pattanayak be new Chief Secretary of Karnataka ?
Name of Secretary Agriculture in the Government of India, Shobhana K Pattanayak is now doing the round for the post of Chief Secretary Karnataka. He is 1982 batch IAS officer.

Will Rajasthan Chief Secretary be changed ?
OP Meena, Chief Secretary, Rajasthan seems to be in trouble. It is said that GoI has advised the Rajasthan CM for Meena 's replacement. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Who will be CEO of NISG ?
Who will be CEO of the National Institute of Smart Governance ?.Interview for the post is to be held in Delhi. Names of two 1981 batch IAS officers Vijay Madan of the UT cadre and Diptivilasa of the UP cadre are in circulation. Other key candidates are Col HPS Bawa, N. Ravishankar (1980, UL), and some candidates from private sector as well.

No- more re-designation of Member, Railway Board
According to sources the designation of Members, Railway Board will not be changed now. Designation of two members- Mechanical and Electrical has been changed to Rolling Stock and Traction respectively.

Meeting of COS for Member CBDT takes place
Meeting of Committee of Secretaries for Member Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has taken place on Friday.

Dhruv Gupta to join CBI !
Dhruv Gupta is all set to join the CBI as SP. He is 2005 batch IPS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre. Another source said he is joining IB.

Four 1996 batch IPS officers to be JDs in CBI
Four 1996 batch IPS officers are being promoted to the rank of Joint Director most probably this month only.

Malay Chatterjee is also a contender for CMD, NMDC
Malay Chatterjee, CMD, Kudremukh Iron Ore Co Limited, is reported to be in race for grabbing the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NMDC.

18 vacancies of EDs in Banks
There are said to be 18 vacancies of EDs in the Nationalised Banks in the country.

CBDT' Chairman to retire in October
Rani Singh Nair, Chairman of CBDT will superannuate in October this year.

S K Gorai yet to join as Director Finance, KIOCL
The post of Director Finance in Kudremukh Iron Ore Corporation Limited (KIOCL) has been lying vacant since June 1, 2016. However, S K Gorai, GGM, TCIL, has been selected for the post, but is waiting for orders.

Tenure of BPCL' CMD Varadarajan ends in Sept
The tenure of S Varadarajan as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is coming to an end on September 30, 2016. D Rajkumar, MD, BPRL, is expected to succeed him in October.

NTPC to get new HR Director in November
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited will get a new Director, Human Resources in November. Saptarshi Roy, Regional Executive Director, NTPC, is expected to succeed present incumbent U P Pani retiring in October this year.

Anil Kumar is also DDG, Estates & MM, Postal Directorate
Anil Kumar has been given an additional charge of DDG (Estates & MM), Postal Directorate. He is a 1989 batch Indian Postal Service officer.

Garg, Avhad, Sharma from Punjab empanelled as Joint Secretary
Out of four IAS officers of 1999 batch from Punjab cadre, Bhawna Garg, Nilkanth S Avhad and Ajoy Sharma have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

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

Rana transferred to Delhi
RS Rana has been transferred from Allahabad to New Delhi as PIFA( Army-M). A 1983 batch IDAS officer Rana was PCDA(P), Allahabad.

Why did Pathak in Bihar extend his leave ?
Keshav Krishna Pathak, PS, Excise and Prohibition in Bihar has extended his leave for 10 more days. After return from the central deputation 1990 batch IAS officer Pathak was given the responsibilities of excise department few months ago. What next ?

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as nine IAS officers have been given fresh postings in Bihar. Accordingly, Amir Subahani has been assigned additional charges of Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare and Management, Production and De-addition while R K Mahajan was given additional charges of Principal Secretary, Education and Resident Commissioner of Bihar at New Delhi and Dharmendra Singh Gangwar is posted as Principal Secretary, GAD. Similarly, Vivek Kumar Singh has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms and Consolidation; K K Pathak was attached to GAD; Pratyaya Amrit gets additional charge of Principal Secretary, Diaster Management; Jitendra Shrivastava as Secretary, Education; Shashi Bhushan Kumar as Additional Secretary, Health with additional charge of Executive Director, State Health Committee and Pradip Kumar Jha was given an additional charge of Managing Director, Bihar Medical Service Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Bihar cadre officer Vyasji quits IAS (UPDATED)
Vyasji has resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in Bihar. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Five IAS officers posted to Secretariat in MP (UPDATED)
As many as five IAS officers have been posted to Secretariat in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, N P Dehriya has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Forests while Rajiv Sharma was made Deputy Secretary, Urban Development and Housing and Bhagat Singh Kulesh is Deputy Secretary, Home. Besides, Sabhajit Yadav has been appointed as Deputy Secretary, Technical Education and Skills Development and Ashkrit Tiwari was posted as Deputy Secretary, Scheduled Castes Welfare.

CORPORATE


Interview for ED in BHEL delayed
Latest information says that interview for the post of Executive Director in the BHEL have been delayed for a month. About a dozen vacancies of ED are to be filled up.

Nainar goes to Head Office in SBM
State Bank of Mysore has appointed I Siva Nainar as Chief General Manager (Retail Banking) .

Malik resigns as Director of Castex Technologies Ltd
D S Malik has resigned as Director of Castex Technologies Ltd.

Seshadri ceases to be CFO of Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd
V Seshadri has ceased to be Chief Financial Officer of Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.

Thankachan appointed VP (HR) of Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Anil Thankachan has been appointed Vice President of Human Resources of Innoviti Payment Solutions Pvt.

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Why all officials are suspended in this division only ?

Before reorganization of MHA in 2002, MHA divisions like Foreigners, IS-I, II, J&K, NE, P-I/II, BM etc. used to report to SS(ISP) - traditionally an IPS officer. Due to deterioration and lust for power and one upmanship, the post of SS(ISP) has now been devalued and has become a very humiliating posting and only unwanted and unwilling officers are being posted at this post. IAS officers feel humiliating working under IPS officers but other services should work under them and found it more convenient to hold the portfolios under them despite having no knowledge or command on the subject. When security clearance for FCRA is given by security agencies then how can only MHA officials be responsible. Last time aspersions were cast on an AS level officer and he was rewarded with post retirement Secretaryship. Case is hardly two months old. Old system should be restored for smooth functioning of a sensitive organization. Why all officials are suspended in this division only, I think a fool will understand.

Ravi

Surge pricing by Railways and chaos in 'Rajdhani'

This is not a good move by the Railways. If you want to cut down losses, increase the fare. Sleeper class fare has not increased for many years now. Come out of vote bank politics, be bold and increase the fare of all classes. Suburban services fare can be substantially increased in comparison with the local bus or metro rail charges.

Surge pricing is against the principles of equality. One has to pay more for the same services once the 10% limit is crossed even if it is by a fraction of a second. The Govt. may rethink and evolve other convenient public friendly action to increase their revenue.

The services in the Rajdhani trains is already becoming poor. During my last few trips from Bangalore to Delhi and back, News paper was not provided in one trip. In the other not a single pack of juice was given despite demand. Curd and ice cream was cut on the dinner menu for the first day for the entire coach on all my trips. I am told that the catering staff must save atleast 30% of the stuff as per instructions of their employer. Tooth paste and hand wash was not provided at all during my last 6 trips since last December. Check these things. Do not add agony by way of surge pricing.

Prasad

Why addl charge when competent officers always available in I.R.S ?

As many as 66 vacancies reportedly existed in Income Tax, as reported in these very columns as against which only 30 officers have been promoted. We were reading that 32 officers will be promoted but this too has been reduced to 30 only. Retirement vacancies in the higher cadres are always expected in routine course. C.B.D.T. comprising of seven persons including the Chairman and 26 P.C.Cs.I.T. , even assuming that there is no vacancy as on date , will continue to retire every month while even the working C.Cs.I.T. may also retire simultaneously. But Alas, despite the factum of the expected vacancies arising at different ladders in the Department and also competent officers always available in I.R.S., these vacancies are allowed to continue as additional charges meaning thereby double and /or even triple the workloads at the highest levels . It is none other than the Govt. of India alone which is made to suffer in its Revenue Administration which percolates down even to the bottom. It is peculiar that the Department's officers are always afflicted with excessive work load at all levels beginning from the Assessing Officers, the Supervisory Cadres and at the level of Policy Planning and its administration down below. While Officers and Staff are made to stagnate at different levels, The Country is deprived of even the legitimate Revenue either because of excessive work load or undue stagnation at lower levels down below about which neither the C.B.D.T. nor the Revenue Secretary nor any Finance Minister have ever bothered in last four and half decades. With the promotion of 30 officers in H.A.G.+ Grade now, each one of them will be made to hold at least one or may be even two additional Charges right from the first day of their new assignment . Their workload will go on increasing at every month end till new D.P.C. does not take place and the new panel is not cleared by the A.C.C. which causes further delays even after all the formalities are completed by the normal yet outdated bureaucratic procedures which have outlived its utility in 21st Century. If the Govt. of India & Finance Minister are really interested in higher Resource Mobilisation from the Direct Taxes, they will have to discard the ages old Rules and Procedures which had evolved to help the Lord Governor General at the helm of affairs with limited persons of Trust and Confidence from United Kingdom when Indians were not even allowed to be recruited to I.C.S. which was the bane of the Imperial Civil Service ( Certainly not Indian as we tend to construe ) which has been adopted by its illegitimate Successor namely I.A.S. who are hell bent upon ensuring their Supremacy over other Services despite the steep fall on their own in view of their sycophancy to the politicians in power.

I am of the firm opinion that the existing pattern of bureaucratic procedure is terminated in one go and the eligible officers are promoted without any delay without wasting a single day in the name of formalities which is bound to enthuse the Rank and file across the different ladders to achieve not only the targeted Revenue but also ensure wide tax base to be mopped up with the help of the new Recruits after basic familiarisation with the nature of work expected to be performed by them.

Ashwani Kumar

Stop adjournment to reduce backlog of cases

Other courts even if filled with Judges and Magistrates seldom function on a daily basis. Till adjournment from the Courts side is stopped cases will stagnate.

Ashok Menon

What nonsense self appraisal ?

How can the Commission be without Chairperson since October 2016 ? How many 'out of school' children have been readmitted to school by Chairperson. How many criminals accused under POCSO Act were punished ? How many CCI has the Chairperson inspected ? No reports available on the web site.

Pratyush

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