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S K Sharma was Secretary when Helicopter deal was struck
1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre Shashi Kant Sharma was the Defence Secretary when AgustaWestland Helicopter deal took place. He is presently CAG.R K Ghosh IA&AS was the Joint Secretary (Air) at this time. He is presently in a senior position in the CAG office. Sharma is considered to be an outstanding officer in the IAS fraternity.

Multi- Agency to probe Panama Leaks
The Government has constituted a Multi-Agency Group inter alia, for facilitating coordinated and speedy investigation in the cases of Indian persons allegedly having undisclosed foreign assets and whose names are reportedly included in Panama Papers leaks. The Group consists of the officers of Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division of CBDT, Enforcement Directorate (ED), Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Reserve Bank of India, and its Convener is Member (Investigation), CBDT. It has been asked to report the progress in such cases on regular basis.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Chairman Railway Board (1)
Who will be next Chairman of the Railway Board in July after the retirement of A K Mittal ? One thing is certain barring one, no Member of the existing Railway Board will become Chairman.

Sinha to be Secretary, Posts for three months
Shekhar Kumar Sinha, a 1979 batch IPOS will be Secretary, Posts, for three months. He is due to retire in July this year. He is the senior most officer.
(We said this on April 2, 2016)

IRS (C&CE) officer Dhabre to join Maharashtra Govt as DG, BARTI, Pune
Rajesh Fattehsingh Dhabre is joining the Government of Maharahstra on deputation as Director General, Babasaheb Ambedkar Research & Training Institute (BARTI), Pune. He is a 2000 batch IRS-C&CE officer.

Selection of 4 MD of PSU Banks on May 16
First meeting of Banks Board Bureau (BBB) will take place on May 16 to select 4 MDs of PSU Banks. The board is headed by Vinod Rai.

Ganapathy is new DGP of Uttarakhand
M A Ganapathy has taken over as new DGP of Uttarakhand. 1986 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre was earlier Joint Secretary in MHA. He has succeeded B S Sidhu who retired on April 30.
(We said this on March 9 )

Snehlata Srivastava is new Secretary, Justice
Ms Snehlata Srivastava has taken over as new Secretary Justice in the Government of India. She is 1982 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Shalini Singh is now JD in IB
Shalini Singh has been promoted to the rank of Joint Director in the Intelligence Bureau. She is 1996 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Jaspal Singh is now JD in IB
Jaspal Singh has been promoted to the rank of Joint Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1996 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Over 3 crore pending cases in courts
More than three crore cases are reported to have been lying pending in various High Courts of the Country.

Will Santosh Mathew return to Bihar ?
Will Joint Secretary Rural Development in the Government of India Santosh Mathew return to the parent Bihar cadre ?. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Who will be Secretary, Banks Board Bureau ?
Search is on for the post of Secretary, Banks Board Bureau. Appointment is expected to be made in May.

COS is inconclusive
COS which met in Delhi to prepare panel for Members CBDT reportedly remained inconclusive. The meeting is likely to take place this week again.

Raut is OSD, Drinking Water
Akshay Raut, a senior IIS officer of 1984 batch has been posted as OSD in the Ministrty of Drinking Water and Sanitation. He will be working on loan basis for six month. Presently he is ADG , DD News.
(We said this on April 29, 2016)

Three I & B ministry units integrated
Different field units of ministry of I & B ie; Directorate oI Ficld Publicity (DFP), Song & Drama Division (S&DD), Exhibition Wins of DAVP and the PIC activities of PlB, have been integrated to bring in functional synergy and better outreach.

Safarnama Art Exhibition showcasing Artworks of Kiran Soni Gupta
An Art Exhibition "Safarnama" showing a range of artworks of 30 years at Civil Services Officers Institute was organised from April 16 to may 1.It was collection of last 30 years of art journey of 1985 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Kiran Soni Gupta She is presently Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs and Ministry of Skill Development.

Nisha Singh to return to Himachal Pradesh
Joint Secretary Atomic Energy, Ms Nisha Singh is returning to the parent Himachal Pradesh cadre this month after completion of central deputation tenure. She is 1987 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Justice Thipsay is now Judge of Allahabad High Court
Justice Abhay Thipsay, Judge of the Bombay High Court, has been moved as Judge of the Allahabad High Court.

S Vijayraghavan appointed as Technical Member in NCLT
S Vijayraghavan has been appointed as a Technical Member in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years.

Justice Mrs Ina Malhotra appointed as Judicial Member, NCLT
Justice Mrs Ina Malhotra has been appointed as Judicial Member in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years.

Saifuddin Fidvi likely to join as Director (Mktg), RCF
Saifuddin Fidvi, CGM, RCF, is expected to succeed A B Ghasghase as Director (Marketing), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF) retiring in June, 2016.

Tenure of Tripathi as CMD, MSTC ends in May
The tenure of S K Tripathi as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MSTC is coming to an end in May, 2016.

GoI yet to declare name for CMD, HLL Lifecare Ltd
The Government of India is yet to declare the name for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, HLL Lifecare Limited falling vacant with the retirement of present incumbent M Ayyappan on May 31, 2016.

Shukla is new Police Commissioner, Chennai
On the orders of Election Commission of India appointed senior police officer Ashutosh Shukla has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Chennai City. He is 1986 batch IPS officer.

Kashyap to join Delhi Police
Ajay Kashyap a 1985 batch AGMUT batch IPS officer has been transferred from Mizoram to Delhi Police.

Appointment of first Commissioner for persons with disabilities in J&K
Government of Jammu & Kashmir vide Govt Order No.365-GAD of 2016 .Dated:-11.4.2016 has appointed, Ms Tasneem Maajid Ganai J&K cadre 2004 batch IAS officer as first Commissioner for persons with disabilities.

Deputy Secretary level post of CVO vacant in HAL
The post of Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Deputy Secretary level has been lying vacant in Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd. (HAL), Pune.

Sanjeev Gupta Dr. empanelled as DIG in GoI
Sanjeev Gupta Dr. has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Rao is now Chairman Board of Revenue in Chhattisgarh
K D P Rao has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Revenue in Chhattisgarh. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

Vacancy of Joint Secretary arising in Defence
A vacancy of Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Ministry of Defence in May.

Sarita Malik to return to Haryana
Sarita Malik is returning to her to Haryana cadre from Chandigarh Administration after the completion of her tenure. She is presently Director Sports.

Fidelis Toppo quits IAS (UPDATED)
Fidelis Toppo has resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Anil Goel appointed as CCIT, Chennai (UPDATED)
Indian Revenue Service officer of Income Tax cadre, Anil Goel, CCIT, Thiruvanantapuram, has been transferred and posted as CCIT, Chennai.

M K Singh joins as Director (Fin), IRCON International Ltd (UPDATED)
M K Singh has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), IRCON International Limited. He succeeded K K Garg retired in April.
(We said this on Nov 16, 2015)

A K Nanda to join as Director (Pers), GRSE on May 3 (UPDATED)
A K Nanda, CGM, BEML, will be joining as Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) on May 3, 2016.

New Environment Secretary joins (UPDATED)
A. N. Jha has taken over as Secretary, Environment, Forest and Climate change on Monday. He is a Manipur cadre 1982 batch IAS officer.

Mittal joins as I&B, Secretary (UPDATED)
Ajay Mittal, a HP cadre 1982 batch IAS has taken over charge of the Secretary I & B on Monday.

Natarajkrishanppa joins as Director (O), BEL (UPDTED)
Natarajkrishanppa has taken over the charge as Director (Others), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

Girish Kumar takes charge as Director (BC), BEL (UPDATED)
Girish Kumar GM, BEL, has taken over the charge as Director (BC), Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
(We said this on Oct 26, 2015)

8 CSS officers promoted to Under Secretary grade (UPDATED)
As many as eight Section Officers of Central Secretariat Service have been promoted to Under Secretary grade in Government of India. The officers are: Micheal Sundar Paul Dara, Narender Kumar, Lakhmi Chand, Vidyawati, Debadutta Behera, Arun Kumar, Sarla Kumari and Gokul Chand.

DEBATE
Who should be RBI Governor ?

Who should be the next RBI Governor ? Whether he should be an Economist, a professor, a Banker or a Politician. The term of present RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is coming to an end in September.

Mail you views to mehrotra.suresh@gmail.com or suresh.mehrotra@yahoo.com

CORPORATE

''Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers' App launched
Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has launched mobile app, namely, 'Indian Customs- Guide to Travellers'.This app serves as a ready reckoner of Customs Baggage Rules, 2016 and entitlements to International passengers. It is user friendly and serve to clarify doubts and concern of International passengers and also ensure better compliance.

CBDT - only 2 grievances are pending
Special efforts are being made to promptly dispose of older grievances registered on Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) as a result of which, the pendency of grievances which are more than one year old has been reduced from 1,910 as on 25.3.2015 to only 02 as on 25.4.2016.

Ilango re-appointed MD of CanFin Homes Ltd
C. Ilango has been re-appointed as Managing Director of CanFin Homes Ltd

Hota appointed Whole-time Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd
Sarada Kumar Hota, Deputy General Manager of Canara Bank has been appointed as Whole-time Director of Can Fin Homes Ltd

Peck re-appointed Independent Director of IDFC Ltd
IDFC Ltd has re-appointed Donald Peck as an Independent Director of the company

Dugar appointed as Global CFO of Practo Technologies Pvt Ltd
Manish Dugar has been appointed as Global Chief Financial Officer of Practo Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Tuli appointed as Senior VP, Strategy & New Business Initiatives of Housing.com
Dilip Tuli has been appointed as Senior Vice President , Strategy & New Business Initiatives of Housing.com

Iyengar resigns as Director of V.S.T Tillers Tractors Limited
B C S Iyengar has resigned as Director of V.S.T Tillers Tractors Limited

Gupta appointed Independent Director of Insecticides (India) Ltd
Insecticides (India) Limited has appointed Deepak Gupta as Independent and Professional Director of the company.

Mishra appointed CS of Scintilla Commercial & Credit Ltd
Scintilla Commercial & Credit Ltd has appointed Anand Mishra as Company Secretary of the company.

Basu appointed CS of iStreet Network Ltd
Dipankar Basu has been appointed as Company Secretary of iStreet Network Ltd.

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DEBATE (1)

Either a banker or an economist should be appointed RBI Governor. RBI is the watchdog of the Government and this is a specialised job. This is not a administrative work .

Dr U S Pathak

Corruption smiles

There are reports of raid on an IAS officer and seizure of property worth 800 crores, and the lockers are yet o be opened. Only about three years back one IAS couple was also found to be in possession of more than three hundred crores. Why is it that the government comes to know of corruption of a official ,only when he has amassed hundreds of crores.IAS cadre has about 5000 officers, there are other All India and central services cadres with larger strength and states have its own cadres and battery of officials ,who are publicly known as not honest. And think about the people in politics and also those who have left it.Only last year, a superintendent of central excise and service tax department demanding three crores from a firm and accepting first installment of 20 lacs as illegal gratification and caught red-handed by the vigilance, is a sad tale of the volume and magnitude of corruption even in the lower rungs of the government India has made big progress in this field since 1992,when the then PM of India had to face the disgraceful allegation of accepting bribe money of Rs one crore only from Harshad Mehta, although he was cleared of the charge subsequently. Only Bihar had shown the way of substantially controlling this menace about 5 years back. Time for Modi to catch this bull by the horns to ,at least, get funds for one full year's national budget, by catching only 1% of his corrupt colleagues and his work-force.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

No harm in giving post retirement benefits to retired civil servants

The Prime Minister in his speech had said the Civil Servants are a sort of cream coming out in 2000 numbers from out of 125 crore citizens. Accordingly, he feels that there is enough talent available and there is no need to bring outsiders for government working. When Government gives appointment to Secretaries after retirement, it is to be noted that the government is using their services at the cost of Peon. Any outsider will take the full pay. There is no harm in giving post retirement benefits to retired civil servants.

A Srivastava

Decision needs discussion on WIC

I believe that the recent decision of putting the Department of Signal & Telecom of Indian Railways from under the Railway Board Member (Electrical) to Member (Engineering) deserves a discussion at your pages, so that we may learn the Good & the bad on it, and how this step may be further useful??

Lokesh Vishnoi

Ridiculous

Simple, because PROs are coming under miscellaneous cadre and they don't have any Class I officer in their cadre. So, they are not being cared for, let to rot for 15-20 years in the Asst. Scale itself without even Rs.5400/- grade pay that is provided for PS cadre.

Venkat

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