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Who will be BJP's CM Face in UP? (4)
In UP assembly elections, BJP is trying to gain support of all section including women. Uma Bharti could be one of the CM face of the party. She is active in the state for the last 6-7 years and is MP from Jhansi. She has hold over Bundelkhand region and religious functionaries. If she is fielded, OBC votes are likely to go in BJP's favour. Though Ms Bharti herself has denied that she is not active in UP politics, but ultimately party high command has to take the decision.

Is Rahul Gandhi victim of his own people ?
There is a talk that Rahul Gandhi is being maligned by the members of the kitchen cabinet of Sonia Gandhi. Even in the media, certain stories against Rahul Gandhi are being planted only by this group.

No separate rail budget now
It is almost certain that Rly Minister won't present Rly budget separately. According to official sources, Finance Minister will incorporate Rly demands in the union budget for the year 2016-17. A team of Rly officials will assist finance ministry officers to prepare the annual demands.

BUREAUCRACY

RBI's new Deputy Governor to be an economist ?
It is widely believed that an Economist will succeed Urjit Patel in the RBI as Deputy Governor. Banker or an IAS is unlikely to be appointed as Deputy Governor.

40 CPSEs headless for long
As many as 40 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) have been running without their regular Chairpersons, Managing Directors.

After one year, only 11 officials empanelled as Additional Secretary
After one year wait and approximate 70 applicants, only 11 officers were empanelled as Additional Secretaries in GoI. Maximum officers belong to non-Civil Services and other services.

Maximum empanelled Additional Secretary belong to Account services
Among recently empanelled 11 Additional Secretaries in GoI, 8 belong to various account services. 4 IDAS officers , 2 IA & AS officers and 2 ICAS officers were empanelled as AS. Apart from this one officer each from IES, IFoS and IPoS have been empanelled as AS. Except IPoS other services do not fall under civil services. Last year PM had asked for equal representation from each civil and other services but this is not happening now, it seems.

Sanjiv Saran to be ED of Punjab National Bank ?
Sanjiv Saran is likely to be promoted as Executive Director (ED) of the Punjab National Bank (PNB).

Murthy to look after Broadcasting in I & B Ministry
K Sanjay Murthy Joint Secretary in the Ministry of I&B will now look after broadcasting section. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Kotru to be Director Films in I & B Ministry ?
Nirupama Kotru is likely to be appointed Director (Films) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Why appointment of new MD, IRFC delayed ?
Why is the appointment of new Managing Director, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) getting delayed as a vacancy of this post already arose on July 1, 2016?.

Orders of Girish Pillai for GM, West Central Railway issued
The Government of India has issued posting orders of Girish Pillai for the post of General Manager, West Central Railways. He is an IRTS officer.
(We said this on Aug 23,2016)

Two IRTS officers shifted
S C Prasad has been appointed as CCO, Northern Railway while L Saikia was posted as L Saikia was promoted to SAG and posted in place of S C Prasad in NFR.

15 ITS officers promoted to CGM grade
As many as 15 officers of the Indian Telecom Service (ITS) have been promoted to the grade of Chief General Manager. They are: Pramod K Mittal, Brijesh K Mittal, Prabhash Singh, Sunil Kumar, Bhagwan Dass Garg, G K Audhya, P Nagaraju, Debi Prasad De, Narendra Kumar Singh, Ram Narain, Bal Kishan, Shiva Lal Singh, Deepak Sinha, P V Murlidhar and Damodra K Rao.

7 IRS-IT officers given additional charge
As many as seven IRS-IT officers have been given additional charge. Accordingly, Ajit Kumar Srivastava has been assigned an additional charge of DGIT (Investigation) Chennai, and DGIT (Investigation) AP & Telangana while B D Vishnoi will hold additional charge of DGIT (Investigation) Karnataka & Goa and Aditya Vikram is given an additional charge of Pr. DGIT (Admn & TPS) Delhi. Similarly, K C Jain has been given an additional charge of Pr. DGIT (L&R) Delhi; Akhilesh Ranjan as Pr. DGIT (System) Delhi; Arbind Modi as Pr. CCIT Bhubaneswar and Bijoy Kumar Mishra was given the charge of CCIT-8, Mumbai and CCIT-10, Mumbai.

Transfers of IRS-IT officers
As many as 10 IRS-IT officers in the grade of Additional/Joint Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Sanjay Kumar Yadav has been appointed as Pr. CCIT (IT & TP) at Delhi while Sanjay Kumar Bharti was posted as Pr. DGIT (Systems) at Delhi. Similarly, Mahesh Thakur has been posted as Pr. DGIT (Logistics) at Delhi while Anima Barnwal and Rishpal Bedi will be appointed as OSD in Investigation division, CBDT; Amit Raj in Data Base Cell, CBDT; N Senthil Kumar as CCA Tamil Nadu; Ashutosh Rajhans as Pr. DGIT (VIG) at Mumbai and Vidya Ramachandran and A Sundarajan will both be retained in Pr. DGIT (Vigilance) at Chennai.

Tremendous Income Tax revenue growth in MP & Chhattisgarh
Income Tax department is doing a great job in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. This is evident from the fact that during the current year, target of Rs.17,888/- Crore has been fixed for M.P. & and Chhattisgarh, which is 15.53% more than the actual collection of F.Y.2015-16. As on Aug 27, 2016, the growth rate in Budget Collection is 22.38%, while the growth rate in Advance Tax, Tax Deduction at Source, Self Assessment Tax & Regular Assessment Tax is 39.52%, 13.05%, 94.45% & 64.8% respectively. Besides the total number of assesses which before last year was 15 lakhs has now gone upto 23 lakhs plus i.e. an increase of 62% during the short period headed by Abrar Ahmed.

Jawed Ashraf appointed as High Commissioner to Singapore
Jawed Ashraf has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer.

Ashok Kumar Mahtha deputed as GM, RITES, Delhi
Ashok Kumar Mahtha has been deputed to RITES for Railway Energy Management Co. Ltd as General Manager/ Electrical at Delhi. He is an IRSEE officer.

Sinha relieved to join UPSC
R K Sinha has been relieved as IFA, Capital- Navy on Wednesday. He is a 1991 batch IDAS officer. He has been posted as Addl Secretary, (a JS level post ), UPSC, Delhi.

E Vikram to be relieved on Sept 2 to join IGNFA, Dehradun
E Vikram, who was appointed as Associate Professor, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, will be relieved on September 2, 2016 to join the same. He is a 2005 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.

Interviews for CMD, NMDC likely in last week of September
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is reported to have fixed interviews for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NMDC Limited in the last week of September this year. The post has been lying vacant since February 2016.

Anil Kumar Singh promoted as PMG, North region
Anil Kumar Singh DPS (Mails and BD), Odisha circle has been promoted as PMG, North region Muzaffarpur,Bihar circle. He is a 1989 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Sanjiv Mittal empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Sanjiv Mittal has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch IDAS officer.

N Gulzar from AP cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary
Out of two IAS officers of 1999 batch from Andhra Pradesh cadre, N Gulzar has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Shaturghna Singh empanelled for Secretary equivalent posts in GoI
Shaturghna Singh has been empanelled for holding Secretary equivalent posts in Government of India. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.

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

S K Sinha joins as Director (HRD), SPMCIL
S K Sinha, GM, DMRC, has taken over the charge Director (HRD), Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL).
(We said this on Feb 2, 2016)

Nagaraj joins as CMD, PEC Ltd
M Nagaraj, MD, NSKFDC, has taken over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, PEC Limited.
(We said this on May 3, 2016)

Rajit Punhani relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Labour
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reportedly relieved Rajit Punhani to join as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sanjay Swarup joins as Director, CONCOR
Sanjay Swarup, GGM, CONCOR, has joined as Director (IM&O), Container Corporation of India (CONCOR).
(We said this on Mar 18, 2016)

C K Asnani takes over as CMD, UCIL
C K Asnani, Director (Technical), IREL, has taken over the charge as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL).
(We said this on Feb 3, 2016)

Lt Gen PM Hariz joins as Army Commander, Southern Command
Lieutenant General PM Hariz, AVSM, SM, VSM, has taken over as General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Chhattisgarh
As many as eight IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Chhattisgarh. Accordingly, Dr M Geeta has been appointed as Secretary, Women and Child Development while Mrs Shahla Nigar was made Special Secretary, PHE and Dr Kamal Prit Singh is Special Secretary, Finance with additional charge of Director, Budget. Similarly, Bhuvnesh Yadav has been appointed as MD, Chhattisgarh State Seeds and Agriculture Development; Janak Prasad Pathak as Director, Treasury, Account, Pension; Mrs Shikha Rajput Tiwari as Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission, Rural; Sameer Vishnoi as Collector, Kondagaon and Vipin Manjhi was posted as Secretary, Public Commission.

Authinathan is new Judge of Madras High Court
Former Principal Sessions Judge, Chennai, N. Authinathan has been appointed as a judge of Madras High Court .

Vartul Singh joins as Senior Commandant, Bhopal BHEL
Vartul Singh has taken over the charge as Senior Commandant of local unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bhopal. He is a CISF cadre service officer.

Ramesh Kumar joins as Joint Secretary Animal Husbandry (UPDATED)
E Ramesh Kumar has joined as Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, in the ministry of agriculture on Friday. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Former RAW Chief AK Verma passes away (UPDATED)
Former RAW Chief AK Verma passed away in Delhi today. He was 1953 batch IPS officer.

Reshuffle of IPS officers in Telangana (UPDATED)
As many as eight IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Telangana. Accordingly, V Naveen Chand has been posted as IGP Intelligence while B Shivadhar Reddy was made IGP Personnel, in DGP office and Sandeep Shandilya is Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad. Similarly, Dr T Prabhakar Rao posted as DIG Intelligence; C Ravi Varma as DIG, Warangal Range; N Siva Shankar Reddy as DIG of Police, CID and K Ramesh Naidu was posted as DCP, Traffic, Rachakonda Commissionerate of Police.

WAPCOS Issues Bonus Shares (UPDATED)
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti was presented Bonus shares of Rs. 10 crore by R. K. Gupta, CMD, WAPCOS in the presence of Shashi Shekhar, Secretary; Dr. Amarjit Singh, Officer on Special Duty; Jagmohan Gupta, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Senior Officers from the Ministry and WAPCOS. With this, the paid up Capital of the Company has increased by 17.5 times during the last 5 years.
The Company has strengthened its position in Indo-China, Indian Sub-Continent and Africa. This also facilitated strengthening of bilateral relations between India and other countries. WAPCOS is now planning to increase its operations in Latin America and CIS Countries.

Sai appointed as Secretary, AP PSC (UPDATED)
Y V S T Sai, who was waiting for posting, has been appointed as Secretary, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. He is a 1993 batch IRS officer.

HUDCO observing Hindi Pakhwada Diwas (UPDATED)
Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO inaugurated the Hindi Pakhwada Diwas on September 1, 2016. The Phakwada will continue upto September 15, in the Head Office as well in all 21 Regional Offices of HUDCO.

Ms Alka Upadhayaya appointed as Joint Secretary, Rural Development (UPDATED)
Ms Alka Upadhayaya has been appointed as Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development. She is a 1990 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Amandeep Garg appointed as Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat (UPDATED)
Amandeep Garg has been appointed as Joint Secretary in Cabinet Secretariat. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

MoS UD, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh reviews NBCC performance (UPDATED)
Rao Inderjit Singh, Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Housing & Poverty Alleviation, visited NBCC Corporate Office in New Delhi on Aug 30, 2016 and reviewed the performance of the state-owned Navratna Enterprise. The Minister recently took charge of the Ministry as Minister of State. The Team
NBCC led by Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, made a detailed presentation before Minister on the activities and performance of the Company, on various
performance parameters. Dr. Mittal also appraised the Minister about NBCC's excellent performance with a growth rate of almost 21%. During the post- presentation discussion, Dr. Mittal informed the Minister that NBCC had a very healthy outstanding order book of over Rs 70,000 crore and that the company, as assigned by the Ministry, had been primarily focusing on Govt.'s property redevelopment works such as the ones of East Kidwai Nagar Smart Sub-city, Nauroji Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Netaji nagar, AIIMS etc. in Delhi. He also appraised the Minister about Company's other Pan-India initiatives like taking over of HSCL, New Technology Adoption, Project Exports, Housing & Smart City Development, Real Estate etc.

CORPORATE

Maheshwari is new head of Cement business in Birla Group
K K Maheshwari has succeeded O P Puranmalka as head of the cement industries of the Aditya Birla Group.

Satish appointed IOCL's Nominee Director on Petronet LNG Ltd Board
Petronet LNG Ltd has appointed G K Satish as Nominee Director of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd on the Board of Directors of the company.

Kundargi ceases to be CMD of Moil Ltd
Gururaj P Kundargi has ceased to be the Chairman and Managing Director of Moil Ltd.

Chaudhari appointed CMD of Moil Ltd
Mukund P Chaudhari, Director (Finance), Moil Ltd has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

Sreekant assumes charge as Director (Finance) of POWERGRID
K Sreekant has assumed charge of Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd w.e.f. September 1, 2016.

Agarwal ceases to be Director (Finance) of POWERGRID
R T Agarwal has ceased to be Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd

Ramanathan appointed ED of Uniworth Securities Ltd
Uniworth Securities Ltd has appointed Nurani Subramanian Ramanathan as Executive Director of the company .

Bharadwaj ceases to be Coal Ministry's nominee on Board of NLC India Ltd
Vivek Bharadwaj has ceased to be a Nominee of Union Ministry of Coal on the Board of Directors of NLC India Ltd.

Surjani resigns as CS of Adinath Exim Resources Ltd
Ms Monica Surjani has resigned as Company Secretary of Adinath Exim Resources Ltd.

Krishnan resigns as Director of Metalyst Forgings Ltd
Sitaraman Easwara Krishnan has resigned as Director of Metalyst Forgings Ltd.

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COMMENT FROM WHISPERS IN THE CORRIDORS.IN

I always admire the news feeding by the corriddor.

jvramanan

John Kerry in his speech delivered in IIT Delhi stated that India will be able to maintain its rate of growth , if the bureaucracy ceases to be expert in setting up road blocks .

But the bureaucracy thinks that it is God's own gift ( and not punishment ) to the people of this country.

Sudhir Chopra

UPSC has a role in this matter

My friend Sivaraman thinks some Nobel laureates would understand India's social reality better than Indians. Just because someone has received a Nobel prize, would that mean that he understands India ? And why does he think that Ministers in the government should spend their time reducing the age of entry into the IAS ? Is he aware that the UPSC has a role in this matter as per the Constitution ? All his prescriptions are actually to ensure that the hoi polloi do not get selected in the IAS. The old Stephanian elite is no longer entering the |IAS in droves as it used to but their ilk keep trying to modify the system to get it back to what it was.

A K Singh

It is no solution

Sivaraman's solution to corruption in the IAS is to modify the system of selection. That is no solution. IAS officers in Sivaraman's time were equally corrupt or honest as today's officers. The thing is that today, more cases are coming to light due to various factors, including media exposure and a watchful press, the spread of education among citizens resulting in more awareness leading to a watchful citizenry, activist judiciary, multiplicity of political parties, Right to Information, computerisation, emergence of several institutions etc. In Sivaraman's time, most of the dirt was swept under the carpet. Sivaraman's thesis is to test candidates for personality traits and reject those who are likely to be corrupt. This, in his view, includes the older candidate. How can he paint all candidates older than his age when he got selected as likely to be corrupt ? The notion of propensity to be corrupt is a fallacious one and is a close cousin to the theory of the superior race. No person is born corrupt. He or she indulges in corruption at some time or the other. A candidate less likely to be corrupt might equally turn out to be corrupt after selection!
Rather than these "traits" theories which have no scientific basis, the system of rewards and punishment has to be clearly established. The IAS has to stop protecting its corrupt members.
The time has come to extend the jurisdiction of the CBI to servants of the state governments. As on date, so long as IAS officers serve the state governments, the CBI has no jurisdiction over them! The state vigilance apparatus is under their thumb and cannot even dream to even touch them.
So, the real solution is what is happening now. Punish the corrupt. That alone will provide deterrence. The role of the Courts is most important here. The guilty should not be spared, but the honest should not be hounded.
And all talk of changing the examination pattern back to the elitist days of yore should be allowed to stay where it deserves to: in the dustbin of history.

M A Kamath

Balanced analysis!

I fully agree with the views of Ram Raj and OP Sharma. A very balanced analysis. In earlier days, the corruption was hidden but widespread. Today thanks to technology and Liberalisation of media, thing are coming out in open for people to know! This definitely is progress and with the present govt. corruption at least at higher levels is bound to come down!

S Chatterjee

Stop this useless discussion

Very interesting argument!. IAS becomes corrupt and the rest, of course, not corrupt. Right?

All pass the same examination and those high in merit get IAS. Had they less merit, they would have gone to other services and would not have become corrupt. What a great logic. Does it mean a few marks more make the IAS corrupt, as if the merit promotes corruption.

And, as far as adopting illegal means to earn money is concerned, I see many other services officers live as comfortably, if not more, as the IAS. In fact some IAS officers even live more miserably. Let us stop this useless discussion.

Prakash

How can an MLA afford to purchase the expensive car ?

The newspapers reported this morning that a BJP MLA 's wife rammed her 5.5 crore Lamborghini presented by her husband into an auto in Mumbai . An enquiry is needed into the source of funds for purchase of the Lamborghini and the public is entitled to know how an MLA could afford to purchase the expensive car.

SS

Our attitude towards sports ?

Instead of waiting of rigging at Rio, we need to relook at our character, attitude towards sports and sportspersons. My response to D Choudhary.

Ashutosh Barnwal

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