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This is History (371)
The exploitation is not the fault of the person exploiting.

Who will be BJP's CM Face in UP ? (8)
Will BJP field heavyweight Rajnath Singh as CM candidate. According to experts it will be best choice if Singh is projected as CM candidate. He can take on opposition parties politically and administratively. A widely experienced Singh could also gather the support of upper class voters.

What if Badals loose election ?
It is widely believed that militancy will be revived in Punjab if Badals loose Vidhan Sabha election. People do not rule out violence in large scale in the state during the elections.

Who puts more pressure?
At an informal gathering in Delhi, the topic of discussion was who puts more pressure at bureaucracy? Many bureaucrats were unanimous that BJP leaders pressurize more than the other party leaders. Will party High Command do away with pressure politics ?

BUREAUCRACY

Key army appointments this month
Key army appointment including a couple of Lt Generals are likely to take place this month only.

Who will be Chairman of SBI ?
In case SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattachary doesn't get extension on October 8, who will succeed her ? Tie is said to be between B Sri Ram MD Corporate Banking and Rajnish Kumar MD National Banking.

One dozen 1981 batch IRS (IT) officers to get promotion ?
Decks are now cleared for the promotion of 1981 batch IRS (IT) officers. About one dozen officers are expected to be promoted.

No appointment in Judiciary this month ?
Appointment of any new Judge in the High Courts is unlikely this month.

TamilNadu DGP seeks VRS
VRS of TamilNadu DGP Ashok Kumar has been accepted. He is 1982 batch IPS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

Appointment of new TamilNadu DGP today ?
Appointment of new TamilNadu DGP is expected to be made on Wednesday.

Satyanarayana appointed as part-time Chairperson, UIDAI
J Satyanarayana has been appointed as part-time Chairperson of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Rajesh Jain appointed Member, UIDAI
Rajesh Jain, Founder & Managing Director, netCORE Solutions, has been appointed as Member of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Anand Deshpande appointed Member, UIDAI
Anand Deshpande, Founder & CEO, Persistent Systems, has been appointed as Member of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

Lackhchaura continues as Director, Forest Survey of India till Oct
Prakash C Lakhchaura will continue as Director, Forest Survey of India till October 31, 2016. He is an ISS officer.

Rare honour for Mrs Kalpana Srivastava
A 1992 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, Mrs Kalpana Srivastava has been conferred with the CAPAM International Innovations Awards (IIA) - 2016 for 'Lado Abhiyan' - an innovative campaign initiated by her during posting as Commissioner, Department of Women & Child Development in the state-aimed at eradicating child marriages in the State. She received this glorious award at Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently. Mrs Srivastava, who presently holds the post of Principal Secretary, Technical Education & Skills Development in Madhya Pradesh, has been conferred with many awards for her excellent initiatives such as: Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration- 2013-14 for Lado Campaign; UNFPA Laadli Media Award 2014-15 for Lado Campaign; National e-Governance Award 2014-15, Gold Category for Anmol Project; Sita Ram Rao Livelihood Asia Award for Economic Empowerment of Tribal Women through cultivation of Minor Millets; Chief Minister's Award for Excellence in E-Governance 2014-15 for Laadli (Laadli Laxmi Yojana) and Times of India Social Impact Award for Shaurya Dal- An Innovative Initiative for Ending Violence against girls and women.


Why proposal for BSF cadre review is getting delayed ?
A cadre review proposal is to be prepared and put up for the cabinet approval. But the problem is MHA is seems to be not in hurry to to put up a cabinet note regarding BSF cadre review. Last cadre review took place in 1991.

Outstanding works of Mrs Kacker as Chairperson, NCPCR
Mrs Stuti Kacker, who has been functioning as Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) since September 15, 2015, has proved her mettle with outstanding works. The Commission was without Chairperson since October 2016 and therefore, series of administrative measures were taken to streamline its functioning resulting in the following special achievements in one year. The Commission monitors all laws, policies, programmes and administrative mechanisms in the country to ensure children's rights as enshrined in the Constitution of India are protected. Disposal of more than 1600 complaints (pending since long); took suo-moto cognizance of about 100 cases along-with several spot inquires. POCSO E-box created for direct online complaint by children against child sexual abuse; awareness against sexual abuse created through messages aired on AIR and display of posters on Delhi Metro. For the first time 2 large scale melas i.e. Simhasth Kumbh Mela at Ujjain and Krishna Pushkaran Mela at Andhra Pradesh were declared child friendly melas in coordination with the concerned State Governments. Organized 26 National/State level consultations, workshops for creating awareness on various child rights. Developed Standard Operative Procedures (SOPs) for Rehabilitation and Restoration of Children in Conflict with Law; and for Street Children; User Handbook for implementation of POCSO Act, 2012; Safety Guidelines for the Protection of Children undergoing sports training; monitoring of all the parameters of SOP with Railways at 20 Railway Stations for children in contact with Railways resulting in rescue of 7209 children of which 3620 were restored to their parents. Developed and forwarded recommendations on New Education Policy to MHRD based on the outcome of Regional Consultations, Bal Samvad and National Consultation; developed guidelines for: safety and security of children in schools; recommendations on re-engagement of out of school children. Advisories issued to State Governments regarding prevention of child marriage, bore-well death etc. for protection and safety of children. Awareness generated through Radio spots on substance abuse and use and sale of tobacco products by children under JJ Act, 2015, along-with advisories to all tobacco companies and State Governments.

M K Kalia posted as CMPG, HP circle
M K Kalia has been transferred and posted as CPMG, Himachal Pradesh circle. He is a 1985 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Ashok Kumar Dash empanelled as Additional Secretary in GoI
Ashok Kumar Dash has been empanelled for holding Additional Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1984 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

Dr M Beena from Kerala cadre empanelled as Joint Secretary
Out of two IAS officers of 1999 batch from Kerala cadre, Dr M Beena has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India.

Saptarshi Roy to join as Director (HR), NTPC on Nov 1
Saptarshi Roy, Regional Executive Director, NTPC, whose appointment has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), will be joining as Director (Human Resources), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited on November 1, 2016.

Vacancy of MD, BPRL in October
A vacancy of Managing Director, Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) is expected to arise on October 1 as present incumbent D Rajkumar is joining as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on the same date.

BLL likely to go headless in January
A vacancy of Managing Director, Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) is expected to arise in January next year as the Government of India has failed to select the candidate for the same. The tenure of present incumbent H K Dev Chaudhary is coming to an end on December 31, 2016.

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

All PrCCsIT told to relieve transferred officers
The Government of India has asked all the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income Tax to relieve the transferred officers under the grade of Principal CIT, CIT, Addl, CIT/JCIT, DCIT/ACIT or they will be deemed to have been relieved of.

O M Prabhakaran attached with Ministry of Statistics
O M Prabhakaran presently posted in NSSO CPW, New Delhi, has been attached with Administration Division of Ministry of Statistics & PI. He is an officer of Indian Statistics Service.

Lakhwinder Singh, APPCF, Bhopal regional office, likely to return to parent cadre in Oct
Lakhwinder Singh who is presently posted as APCCF at Regional Office, Bhopal, is expected to return to his parent cadre in the month of October this year. He is a 1980 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

Subodh Kumar appointed as Director (CE), Railway Board
Subodh Kumar presently East Central Railway has been transferred and posted as Director Civil Engineering (B&S)-II, Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.

Achal Khare appointed as Adviser (Infra), Railway Board
Achal Khare, ED, Infrastructure/ Civil has been appointed as Adviser, Infrastructure in Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.

Major IPS reshuffle on cards in Gujarat
A major IPS reshuffle is going to to take place in Gujarat in a couple of weeks.

Nirupama Rao is now Independent Director
Former Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has been appointed Independent Director of Coromandel International Ltd .

ITS officer joins as OSD Telengana Bhawan , Delhi
ITS officer P Prasanth Kumar has joined the Telengana Government as OSD Telengana Bhawan in Delhi.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Tamil Nadu
A number of IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Tamil Nadu. Accordingly, Vikram Kapur has been appointed as Industries Secretary while K Satyagopal was made Commissioner of Revenue Administration and Chandrakant B Kamble is Transport Secretary; C Munianathan as Director of Handlooms and Textiles; P Senthilkumar as Secretary, Expenditure in Finance Department; V Amuthavalli as Director of Social Welfare; T S Jawahar as Commissioner of Treasuries and Accounts; Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru as Commissioner of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business; R Jaya as Special Secretary in the Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department; Jatindra Nath as Commissioner of Survey and Settlement; K Skandan as Director of Anna Institute of Management and Director General of Training; G Laxmi Priya as Joint Secretary in Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department; R Lilly as Joint Secretary in Higher Education Department; S Divyadharshini as Deputy Secretary in Home, Prohibition and Excise Department; C N Maheswaran as Director of Social Security Scheme in the office of Commissioner of Revenue Administration; G Latha as Director of Disaster Management in the office of the Commissioner of Revenue Administration; Chandra Sekhar Sakhamuri as Director of Sericulture; S Madumathi as Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection; Gopalakrishnan as Commissioner of Government Data Centre; R Palaniswamy as Commissioner of Geology and Mining V Dakshinamoorthy as Director of Agriculture; C Vijayaraj Kumar as Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority; R Vasuki as Managing Director, State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu for appointment; K Gopal Tamil as Managing Director, Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation for appointment; Kumar Jayant as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Adi-Dravidar Housing Development Corporation; Dheeraj Kumar as Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board; M Rajendran as Managing Director, SAGOSERVE, Salem; Rajendra Kumar gets additional charge of Managing Director of Electronics Corporation of India Limited while Atulya Misra was given an additional charge of Chairman of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.

Satbir Singh appointed as Ambassador to Algeria (UPDATED)
Satbir Singh has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer.

R S Sibal appointed as ACS, Cooperation in Haryana (UPDATED)
Mrs Rajni Sekhri Sibal has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation Department. She is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Three IAS officers shifted in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Dr Bhagwan Sahai has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (AR&OM), General Administration Department while Sham Lal Goyal was made Principal Secretary and OSD (Appeals), Revenue & Forests Department and Bijay Kumar is Principal Secretary (Agriculture), Agriculture and ADF Department in Maharashtra

C V Oak appointed as Secretary, Maharasthra Election Commission (UPDATED)
C V Oak has been posted as Secretary, State Election Commission in Maharashtra. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra.

Anil Sinha resigns vice Chairman Bihar Disaster management and KM Singh declines ! (UPDATED)
Anil Sinha who completed eight years in office as vice chairman has resigned after completing his tenure. K M SINGH who was founder member NDMA for eight years and raised NDRF was offered the job but has refused to accept it. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was very keen to appoint a person with national experience and credited with NDRF formation.

K Narayan is also MD, NSKFDC (UPDATED)
K Narayan, Managing Director, National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation, has been assigned an additional charge of Managing Director, National Safai Karamcharis Finance & Development Corporation (NSKFDC).

Bhanwarlal promoted to Chief Secretary grade in AP (UPDATED)
Bhanwarlal has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Andhra Pradesh. He is a 1983 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

T K Rajendran is new DGP, Tamil Nadu (UPDATED)
T K Rajendran has been appointed as new Director General of Police in Tamil Nadu. Rajendran, who succeeded incumbent Ashok Kumar, belongs to a 1984 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

CORPORATE

A trusted team of Sobti soon ?
Now CMD of the BHEL Atul Sobti seems to be in the lookout of trusted men in the organisation. Appointment of new Director (Power) Akhil Joshi is a big step in this direction. They are said to be two in one.

Iyer ceases to be Workmen Employee Director of Syndicate Bank
Sankaran Bhaskar Iyer has ceased to be Workmen Employee Director of Syndicate Bank.

Singh nominated as Chairman of GNVFCL
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited has nominated Dr J N Singh, IAS as Government Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of the company.

Godhwani appointed as CEO of Religare Enterprises
Sunil Godhwani has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Religare Enterprises.

Ms Rao appointed Independent Director of Coromandel International Ltd
Coromandel International Limited has appointed Ms Nirupama Rao as an Independent Director of the company.

Gupta resigns as Independent Director of Jaypee Infratech Ltd
S C Gupta has resigned as Independent Director of Jaypee Infratech Limited due to personal reasons.

Bhardwaj resigns as Independent Director of Amtek Auto Limited
R N Bhardwaj has resigned as an Independent Director of Amtek Auto Limited.

Kumar steps down as CFO of Ruchi Soya Industries Limited
V Suresh Kumar has stepped down as Chief Financial Officer of Ruchi Soya Industries Limited.

Nayyar appointed as Non Exec. Director of HealthFore Technologies Ltd
HealthFore Technologies Ltd has appointed Nalin Nayyar as Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of the company.

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What is 360 degree review procedure ?

What is the 360 degree review procedure being adopted for empanelment of Joint Secretaries and Additional Secretaries ! Government may give details so as to ensure transparency and prevent favouritism by a chosen few !

Vox Populi

Another ill thought measure

Government has brought in another ill thought measure to delay and subvert the empanelment procedure.360degree feedback-a process by which the feedback on employee's performance is obtained from his subordinates, peers, supervisors as also from the members of public he/she comes into contact in the discharge of his duties. A process which German military first utilized in World War 11 in order to evaluate performance during War has been embraced by our Government without realizing that the same is not valid, reliable or even practicable in the Indian and sarkari contest. We Indians are always influenced by subjective impressions and are known to carry grudges, jealousy and petty thoughts about peers, bosses or subordinates. How their feedback is going to be reliable in the evaluation of an officer. Such multi-rating process will result only in delays. When we cannot think of any good and meaningful administrative reform, we pick up one jargon from elsewhere and adopt it without thinking whether it fits the bill here or not.

Aarti Khosla

Time to ponder over judicial appointments

Genuine or healthy criticism of issues effecting public at large has always been welcomed by the institutions established for alleviation of the sufferings of masses - be the denunciation relate to the issue of an ordinance by State taking over land from farmers for and in the name of so called public cause , disbursement of huge loans (largesse) to entrepreneurs by banks or opaque auctioning of spectrum by Government . Had it not been so the corrupt and ulterior motives of Huda government of wrongfully depriving the farmers of their land, the criminal conspiracy hatched or devised by public servants to extend wrongful gain worth billions of rupees to Vijay Malaya and business friends of former Minister A Raja by cheating the exchequer , to quote a few of the cases would have remained buried in the books of frauds. It was solely due to the public out cry that these scams and scamsters could be brought to justice. But more importantly the public figures manning these institutions accepted the public censure as an opportunity for plucking the loopholes in the system rather than rubbishing the accusations with arrogance. We all debated and then as a result successfully formulated new fool proof policies to ensure that recurrence of such offences entailing public loot remains at bay. Entire relook culminated in a manner that strengthened our economy , democracy ; the judiciary playing a significant role in this stupendous task. Political parties including former Prime Minister acknowledged the rot and distanced themselves from the accused (mighty)for the law to take its own course. That is the kind of magnanimity of the conduct that the people occupying seats of dispensation are expected of.
Unfortunately developments within the judiciary with regard to appointment of judges are in complete contrast to the oath - shall speak the truth and truth alone - regularly administered and recited in the temples of hope and justice. The three organs of democracy defined in the Constitution -Legislature, Judiciary , Executive - are equally demarcated with thick partitioning walls as to the roles and powers of each organ . Undeniably Parliament is the supreme. Yet subsequent to the Apex Court assuming powers at its own of appointing judges in the High Courts and Supreme Court through the Collegium the system, has always been mired in controversies the main being of favouritism viz-a-viz opaque. The former Secretary General Lok Sabha , and eminent constitutional expert Dr. Subhash C Kayshap calling the judgement scrapping the NJAB as unconstitutional , three former CJIs endorsing the allegations of impenetrability , a senior sitting judge of the Apex Court and member of the Collegium publicly denouncing the process of selections of judges by distancing himself from the proceedings , and several prominent legal luminaries including Justice Sodhi of Delhi High Court calling it a mockery can not be wished away without basis/reasons definitely making a strong case for a relook of the whole selection mechanism to arrest the dwindling faith of public in the Courts. The argument that for the sake of freedom of judiciary the collegium is bestowed upon lacks merits and defies the very principles of natural justice that the Apex Court repeatedly reiterates through its landmark judgments . Let the path to the principles of merits and transparency laid down by Apex Court be first opened for public scrutiny equally for its own premises. No one can influence a judge of High Court or Supreme Court , irrespective of the mode of appointment , be it by executive or judiciary provided it is fair, transparent and meritorious as the judge once appointed is beyond the scope of political interference unless he himself eyes a governorship post retirement. Let the introspection and soul searching begin at the earliest.

O P Sharma

Take proper posting officer

During this Govt there were good decision for this organization which is life line of the country. It is also requested to take proper posting officer in their expertise of the subject/knowledge so that face of the organization and IR will be benefited like other Pvt company uses the right person on the right place so that the process from the raw material to the final end product and quality control is being controlled with economical way which is most important to compete open market. Like M/S Texmaco ,M/S Titagarh etc

Shaikh Nazir

Railway Ministry has six Secretary and one PS

Railway Ministry has six Secretary to the Government of India and one Principal Secretary to the Government of India.

Ashok Menon

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