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Kanakasabapathy IRTS ( R )

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This is History (370)
Marxists -there are two main divisions in Europe-there are the Russian communists on the one hand ,and the old social democrats of Germany,Austria and elsewhere on the other-and between the two there is no love lost.

Who will be BJP's CM Face in UP? (7)
Former state president Laxmi Kant Bajpai's name is also doing the round for the CM candidature . Under his leadership BJP showed good result in the past Assembly by-elections and in the Lok Sabha elections also. A Brahman leader Vajpayee could give tough fight to Congress CM candidate Sheela Dixit.

Appointment of new Governors soon ?
Govt has started process to appoint 4-5 new Governors. The term of Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh Governors is complete. Arunachal Pradesh and one more state is likely to get new Governors.

BUREAUCRACY

SBI Chairperson to get extension ?
Chairperson of the State Bank of India Arundhati Bhattacharya is likely to get extension in service on October 8. May be of six months or one year. Her statement that merger process of its associates will start by October end has given rife to this speculation.

This is the state of affairs in UPSC ?
Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission Deepak Gupta is scheduled to retire on September 19. Another Member Manbir Singh is also retiring this month. One member Vice Admiral (Retd.) D.K. Dewan has retired only last month and if another Member Chhattar Singh goes then there will be total chaos in the UPSC.

32 IRS (IT) to be Chief Commissioners ?
About 32 IRS (IT) officers are expected to be promoted to the rank of Chief Commissioner Income Tax in a couple of weeks.

MoF & MoD has maximum Secretaries
Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Defence has maximum secretaries post in the GOI. Both ministries is having 5 secretaries each. Cabinet Secretariat, MHA and Ministry of External Affairs are having 4 Secretaries each. PMO has three including PS,Addl PS and Secretary. Law and Justice, DoPT , Science & Technology, Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Chemical & Fertilizer are having 3 Secretaries each.

Lt Gen Soni to be GOC in Shimla ?
Lt Gen D R Soni is all set to become the GOC-in-C, Army Training Command at Shimla.The post fell vacant on September 1.

T Rajasekar selected as Director (Mkt), HLL Lifecare Ltd
T Rajasekar, VP (Marketing), HLL, has been selected for the post of Director (Marketing), HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 5, 2016. As many as 11 persons were interviewed for the same.

JCA Meeting at Puducherry
This time Joint Cadre Authority UT is scheduled to meet at Puducherry. Meeting date is September 9, 2016.

Who will be next DGP of Arunachal Pradesh ?
Lobbying has started for the post of next DGP of Arunachal Pradesh. According to sources this time 1989 batch IPS officer of of AGMUT cadre has fair chance to be posted as DGP Arunachal Pradesh.

Anil Kumar is back to Madhya Pradesh
Chief of Security in Nuclear Power Corporation, Mumbai, Anil Kumar is back to parent cadre Madhya Pradesh after completion of central deputation tenure. On return 1986 batch IPS officer Anil Kumar has been appointed ADG CID.

Three Directors of Ganga Mission shunted out in two years
Rajat Bhargav is the third Mission Director who has been shunted out within a short span of four months. Before him R R Mishra was removed in March 2015, then TVSN Prasad was transferred in August last year.

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

Loknath Behera likely to join central deputation as ADG
Loknath Behera is expected to join central deputation as Additional Director General in Government of India. He is a 1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.

Rajput and Garg from HP empanelled as Joint Secretary
Pushpendra Rajput and Amandeep Garg, who are only two IAS officers of 1999 batch in Himachal Pradesh, have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

HDPEL Boardless for long time
Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Limited (HDPEL) is running Boardless. There is neither regular CMD nor any Directors on the Board for a long time. An IRTS officer, S Balaji Arunkumar has been deputed to lead the company.

GoI yet to advertise CMD's post for CCL
The Government of India is yet to advertise the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) as present incumbent Gopal Prasad is due to retire next year in February.

Scooters India Limited going to be Boardless
Scooters India Limited (SIL) is going to be Boardless after the appointment of Rahul Bali, Director Technical, SIL as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Andrew Yule & Co. Limited (AYCL). The posts of CMD and Director Finance are already lying vacant and the post of Director Technical will also fall vacant if Bali joins other PSU.

Why orders of Rahul Bali for CMD, AYCL delayed ?
Why the orders of Rahul Bali, Director (Technical), SIL, for the appointment as Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), Andrew Yule & Co. Limited (AYCL) are getting delayed as the post has been lying vacant since April 1, 2016?

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

B B Dave posted as CPMG, Rajasthan circle
B B Dave has been transferred and posted as CPMG, Rajasthan circle. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Mrs V Usharani is also DG, NIPHM
Mrs V Usharani, DG, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyederabad, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM). She is 1995 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Nine posts of DIGs vacant in CISF
As many as nine posts of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) have still been lying vacant in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Five posts of DIGs vacant in ITBP
As many as five posts of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) have still been lying vacant in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force.

Hindi Pakhwada Diwas being observed at HUDCO offices (UPDATED)
Dr M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO, has inaugurated Hindi Pakhwada Diwas on September 1, 2016 which will be observed upto September 15 in the Head Office as well in all 21 Regional Offices of HUDCO.

Vijay Kumar Verma appointed as SP, Security Special Branch, Patna (UPDATED)
Vijay Kumar Verma has been appointed as Superintendent of Police, Security, Special Branch at Patna in Bihar. He is a 2004 batch IPS officer.

CORPORATE

Lobby to destabilise BHEL Chairman ?
If insiders are to be believed, a particular lobby is trying to destabilise new CMD of the BHEL Atul Sobti.

Shah to continue as CFO of Hitachi Home & Life Solutions (India) Ltd
Anil Shah has ceased to be Executive Director of Hitachi Home & Life Solutions (India) Ltd . However, he will continue in the company as Chief Financial Officer.

Udagawa appointed as VP of Canon India Pvt Ltd
Eddie Udagawa has been appointed as Vice President of Canon India Pvt Ltd.

Two Independent Directors cease to be on Board of Jagatjit Industries Ltd
Sudhir Avasthi and Peri Kameswara Sharma have resigned as Independent Directors of Jagatjit Industries Ltd.

Ms Lodhiya appointed CS of Vinyoflex Ltd
Vinyoflex Ltd has appointed Ms Hetal Tejas Lodhiya as a Company Secretary of the company.

Khemani resigns as Non-Executive Director of Tantia Constructions Ltd
Shaleen Khemani has resigned as Independent Non - Executive Director of Tantia Constructions Ltd.

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" All Civil Services have same DNA "

Corruption is not the sole monopoly of the IAS. Members of all organized services are genetically similar. These come from the same stock. The "sanskari " babus become corrupt after having taste of power and authority. Do not blame UPSC , a specialized body, for faulty recruitment. Associating Nobel laureates, Sociologist, Union Home Minister, Union Finance minister, union minister for External affairs and Union Cabinet secretary with the selection process, is far-fetched and unworkable.

Blame the decline in quality of civil servants on growing moral decay in indian society. Absence of transparency, accountability and failure to provide effective services delivery mechanism are blocking Good governance. Most importantly, the bureaucrats' willingness to go overboard to please their political masters. Their pliability to political class was most pronounced during the UPA era due to corrupt leadership. What we need today is a strong political leadership to get us out of the moral slump that we are in. PM Modi is our man Friday.

Let us be upfront. Do not overlook the negative impact of reservation policy and concomitant benefits , on the quality of Civil Services . Factors like : providing unlimited chances and no age bar to appear in UPSC exams to aspirants belonging to certain categories, need to be re-visited. Grandparents cannot match their grandchildren aged 21 years, even in same community.

A K Saxena (A retd civil servant)

Yes, we can't fix these perennial problems !

I agree that we cannot fix these perennial problems because our all cities have been developed in an unorganized way with no vision and poor infrastructure. On the top of these woes we have unauthorized colonies/constructions in all the metro cities due to vote banks politics. Indians live in worst conditions of earthquake prone concrete jungles known as cities.

Harish Kumar

Teachers were very happy !

It has been after a long time, say decades, that Teachers of BHEL run schools in Bhopal really felt honoured this Teachers Day. Some of them were even heard whispering "kitna achchaa sub planning se kiya hai TU Singh sir ne" (How nicely TU Singh Sir has planned everything). The credit for this goes to present Bhel Shiksha Mandal (BSM) management. Really officials of this caliber, who - in times of crisis - could even think of having direct feedback from the 'teachers', were required to manage BSM for long. However, there still remain some black sheep who need to be checked. And observers say that soon the present dispensation at BSM will succeed in doing that also. Back to Teacher's Day, it was very well organized. Hats off to his organizing skills. Congratulations once again.

S Sharma

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