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Afghanistan has always been a "hornets nest" for any foreign army that invaded it.


Cong knows to oblige !
It recently came up during a discussion in the capital that the Congressmen know well how to oblige while it is opposite in the case of the BJP. In the Congress regime it is easy to get the work done since if you pay they work, while in the BJP it is next to impossible to get any work done even after paying.

BJP is afraid of Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh
At the moment there is no challenge to Shivraj Singh Government in Madhya Pradesh from any quarter. Reports that veteran Congressman Kamal Nath is returning to the state to lead the party has frightened the entire BJP. He is considered to be only mass based leader in the Congress Party after late Arjun Singh in the state.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Chairman Railway Board ? (4)
Another top contender for the post of Chairman Railway Board is Member (Traffic) Mohammad Jamshed. Will he be chosen by the NDA Government ?.

31 vacancies of Joint Secretary level in May
As many as 31 posts at Joint Secretary level are falling vacant in various Ministries in May.

Cadre of Ravindra Kumar transferred to UP

The cadre of Ravindra Kumar from Sikkim to Uttar Pradesh has been transferred on the grounds of marriage to Mrs Diksha Bhandari, a 2013 batch IFS officer of UP 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.

Justice Joseph to move as CJ of AP High Court
Grapevine has it that Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court Justice K M Joseph is moving to the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Justice Bhosale to be new CJ of Madhya Pradesh High Court ?
Acting Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court Justice Dilip B Bhosale of the Hyderabad High Court is likely to be appointed new Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Other source said that he is moving to the Uttarakhand High Court.

Girish Shankar is also Secretary, Public Enterprises
Girish Shankar has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Public Enterprises. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Vijay Shankar Madan gets charge of Secretary, Drinking Water
Vijay Shankar Madan has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Drinking Water and Sanitation. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Orders of T N Jha for Director (Tech), WCL soon
The orders of T N Jha, GM, WCL, for the appointment as Director (Technical), Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) are expected to be issued in a couple of days.

Atul Saraya resigns
Atul Saraya MD of the NBPPL (NTPC BHEL power Projects Pvt Ltd ) has resigned. NBPPL comes under the Department of Heavy Industries.

PESB told to disclose reserve name for Director (Fin), NSIC
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has asked the PESB to disclose the reserve name for the post of Director (Finance), NSIC after the cancellation of appointment of Harish Chandra to this post.

Dinesh Malhotra is new Director PR in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) managing director Dinesh Malhotra has taken over as the Director, Information and Public Relations (I&PR).

Five ACS rank IAS officers to retire in Bihar this year
Five ACS rank officers are retiring in Bihar this year.

1985 batch IAS to get ACS rank in Bihar
1985 batch IAS officers are set to get ACS rank in Bihar in a couple of months.

H N Bhagwat promoted to Air Marshal grade in IAF
Air Vice Marshal H N Bhagwat has been promoted to the rank of Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force.

Posting of Chandan Kumar in SA, ASI, Patna circle office extended
The posting of Chandan Kumar in the office of Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeology Survey of India (ASI), Patna circle, has been extended further one year with effect from May 15, 2016.

L K Atheeq appointed Principal Secretary to Karnataka CM
L K Atheeq has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister in Karnataka. He is a 1991 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

One IG post vacant in CRPF
After promotion of Shailendra Kumar as ADG Southern Zone the post of IG, Bihar sector at Patna is now vacant. The vacant IG post is belongs to cadre officers.

Khandekar joins as Air Officer-in-charge maintenance at Air Hq
Air Marshal PP Khandekar has assumed the responsibilities of Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance at Air HQ, New Delhi. The Air Marshal is a graduate of VNIT, Nagpur and was commissioned in Indian Air Force in Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) stream on July 25, 1977. He is a post Graduate in Industrial Engineering from NITIE, Mumbai, an alumni of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Master in Science in Defence & Strategic from Madras University.

MHA seeks an IPS officer at DIG level for DDG, BCAS
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is seeking an IPS officer at the rank of DIG for the post of Deputy Director General (DDG) in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on deputation basis.

Noyal Thomas appointed DIFG, Forest
Noyal Thomas, Director (DS), MOIA, has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Forest (DIGF), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi. He is a 1991 batch IFS officer of Kerala cadre.

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

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

Jagdish Chander Nagar empanelled as DIG in GoI
Jagdish Chander Nagar has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) level posts in Government of India. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.

Vacancy of DG, NPC arising in IPP
A vacancy of DG, National Productivity Council at Joint Secretary level is falling vacant in the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion in May.

Chander Mohan Jindal promoted to HAG in IRAS
Chander Mohan Jindal has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS).

Naresh Salecha promoted to HAG in IRAS
Naresh Salecha has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) in Indian Railway Account Service (IRAS).

P Raju empanelled as IG in BSF
P Raju, DIG, has been empanelled to the grade of Inspector General in Border Security Force (BSF).

Reshuffle of IPS officers in AP
As many as 25 officers belonging to Indian Police Service (IPS) have been transferred and posted to different places in Andhra Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrs A R Anuradha has been appointed as Principal Secretary Home Department while Amit Garg was posted as IGP, P&L and T Yoganand is CP, Visakhap0atnam City. Similarly, N Sridhar Rao has been appointd as IGP, South zone; V Venugopal Krishna as IGP, PTO; Mahesh Chandra Laddha as IGP, Intelligence; K Satyanarayana as IGP, CID; B Srinivasulu as IGP, SIB; E Damodar as IPG, Legal; A Sundar Kumar Das as Controller, Legal Metrology; K Venkateswara Rao as Director, Prohibition & Excise; A Ravidhandran as IGP, Training-2; P V S Rama Krishan as DIG, Eluru Range; P Hari Kumar as Jt CP, Vijaywada City; J Prabhakar Rao as DIG, Anantapuramu range; Srikanth as DIG, Visakhapatnam range; A S Khan as Jt CP, Visakhapatnam City; J Satyanarayan as DIG, Security; J Brahma Reddy as SP, Srikakulam; Dr C M Thrivikrama Varma as SP, Prakash; Rahul Dev Sharma as SP, Visakhapatnam Rural; Mrs B Raja Kumari as SP, Rajamundray Urban; L K V Ranga Rao as SP, Vizianagaram; P H D Ramakrishna as SP, Kadapa while Grewal Nav Deep Singh, Dr Koya Praveen, S Hari Krishna, Dr Naveen Gulati and Gopinath Jetti have been told to report PHQ, Hyderabad for further postings.

IAS officer dies of cancer
1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre U K S Chauhan has passed away in Delhi due to cancer.

'Know India Programme' of MEA and MTDC for youths from today (UPDATED)
A 35th ' Know India Programme' of Ministry of External Affairs with Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, Mumbai is being organized for the youths of Indian origin under the able leadership of our MD, Paraag Jaiin Nainuttia, IAS, fromMay 5, 2016 to May 14, 2016. Introductory session for all participants from Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Trinidad & Tobago, Fiji, Israel,Mauritius, South Africa, Malaysia etc conducted at Hotel Astoria by Chandrashekhar Jaiswal DGM, MTDC and Nodal Officer for KIP -2016 in presence of Hon. Jt MD, MTDC Satish Soni.

Mohan Lal appointed as Special Commissioner Vigilance in Delhi Govt (UPDATED)
Mohan Lal has been appointed as Special Commissioner Vigilance (Industries) with additional charge of Vigilance Officer for Revenue in Delhi Government. He is a 2002 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Vice Admiral Lanba is new Navy Chief (UPDATED)
Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of Western Naval Command, has been appointed as the new Chief of Naval Staff. He will assume charge on May 31.
(We said this on Feb 11,2016 )

Ravinder deputed as PS to Dr Mahesh Sharma (UPDATED)
Ravinder presently working as Director, DIPP, has been deputed as Private Secretary to Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture at Director level. He is a 1999 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Yashpal, PS to Minister for Rural Development, gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Yashpal, Private Secretary to Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water & Sanitation, has been given premature repatriation. He is an officer of Haryana State civil Service.

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

Murmu inducted on Dena Bank Board
The Central Government has nominated S C Murmu, Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Department of Information Technology, Central Office, Mumbai as Director on the Board of Directors of Dena Bank

Sharma resigns as Officer Employee Director of Indian Overseas Bank
Dr Jai Deo Sharma has resigned as Officer Employee Director of Indian Overseas Bank

Chadha appointed as CEO & Partner of KPMG India
Sameer Chadha has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Partner of KPMG India

Ramachandran re-appointed Director (Marketing Strategy) of V-Guard Industries Ltd
V-Guard Industries Limited has re-appointed Ramachandran V. as Director (Marketing Strategy) of the company w.e.f June 1, 2016

Chadha resigns as a Director of SKS Microfinance Limited
Sumir Chadha has resigned as a Director of SKS Microfinance Limited.

Tata Power SED wins night vision order from MHA

Tata Power's Strategic Engineering Division (Tata Power SED) has received an order from the Border Security Force (BSF), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for the supply of Rajak TBC DN-1, its indigenously developed Hand Held Thermal Imaging Systems (HHTI) (Cooled Version)). BSF is one of the premier forces of India using HHTIs for border surveillance and has selected through a global tender Tata Power SED's Rajak TBC DN-1 Multi Function Thermal Imager after extensive field trials. Rajak TBC DN-1 is a 'Created in India' product designed, developed & manufactured at Tata Power SED's Optronics Facility in Bangalore. While this gives impetus to Govt. of India's 'Make in India' campaign, it also provides end-user the facility to reduce the repair downtime substantially, as the entire maintenance and repair will be done in-house. Until now, our forces like Indian Army and BSF used to source the HHTIs from abroad and the downtime between repairs could even be in years. Tata Power SED's RAJAK-TBC DN-1 is an advanced Hand Held Thermal Imager meant for Long Range Day / Night Surveillance application. It combines multiple sensors such as Thermal Imager, Day Sensor, Digital Magnetic Compass and GPS Receiver, all in a single compact housing.

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DEBATE (1)

We are all proud of Rajan, an MP boy, almost irreplaceable. Government will like to have some one more pliable. Ergo IAS. Especially because " this is a IAS government supported by BJP from outside." But it will be a disaster. They are already on war with the rest of civil service. A 40 percentage vacancy in Revenue service despite huge shortfall in the direct revenue target. VII pay commission imbroglio. An Indian professor is out as they only profess. That leaves an economist but a "one handed one" as Harry Truman once demanded.

Nand Kumar Singh

An Appeal to former Air Chief, SP Tyagi

Kindly wake up your conscience, muster courage, be bold enough to tell the people of India the whole truth in one go without any hesitation. You have been caught on the wrong foot. Chief of the Indian Air Force (or the Army or Navy) simply can't do what you have done. It is very unfortunate that the Devil succeeded in overwhelming you. You have betrayed the trust of the people who sit for hours at the Rajpath and other places all over India to watch the parade on 26 January to have that unique feeling of being proud of our defence forces and be re-assured of our external security at their hands. Your moments of weakness have shaken that faith. You are aggravating the pain by still withholding the truth and contesting them to prove that you are not guilty. You have ruined the "Honour" of the armed forces, especially the Chief of the Indian Air Force. Is this the level of personal integrity of the Chief of the Indian Air Force? Can he be trusted to lead the Air Force to war and win? How do you assure that the Chief of Indian air Force won't join hands with the enemy for a few million Euros? Sir, you have hurt us so deeply that it will continue to disturb us for many years until your successors prove to the people of India that no other Air Chief will prove to be another SP Tyagi. It is so painful for us to see you going to the CBI like an ordinary criminal- a Chief who is still entitled to a smart salute from his soldiers being touched/ shoved/ heckled like an inmate of Tihar jail? What has happened to your conscience, Chief? Is it dead? A man is already dead if his conscience is dead. Please stop this exercise, nothing can save you or your assets now. You are inviting the severest penalty under the law and ridicule globally. You shall be quoted as a prominent case law in all vigilance training programmes of airmen/ air officers /others. Therefore, Kindly Retrieve the Honour of the Chief of the Indian Air Force by revealing the whole truth before the people of India instead of undergoing daily grilling at the CBI & ED and other agencies and lastly in the Court. You are left with nothing to lose now, but only gain instantly your lost honour. Mistakes can be made in a moment of weakness and if admitted publicly, can also be forgiven. It is now not your individual dignity and integrity alone that you need to retrieve but that of the entire Force. The nation can, perhaps, sacrifice 100s of ace bureaucrats but not even one Soldier in Command of the entire Force. It should not take you more than 30 minutes to reveal everything about the murky Agusta business, but you can save the ignominy of the former Air Chief appearing before the CBI/ED, a level much below the Chief of the Indian Air Force (remember at least the Warrant of Precedent). You can relieve the government, parliament and the people of the stress they are undergoing. Look, in morality, integrity and national honour, the Italians have scored many points over India, only because of you. You must undo it. Behave like a soldier. A soldier is respected only because he/she is not afraid of death. Get over the fear. Kill the Devil in you. Dispossess yourself of all evil ideas. Priya Air Chief, tumahari mukti ka bus yehi ek upaya hai. May God help you, Tyagi !

M L Gupta

Condition of Ayurvedic Dispensary - time to close or revamp altogether

Government of India is very ardent in giving boost to Swadeshi products. Encouraging Ayurvedic treatment of diseases seems be one of such fields where they have some plan to give rebirth so that people are leaned to use them as primary treatment.
However, the condition of CGHS Ayurvedic dispensaries are such that either medicines are not available for months or sometime due to non availability of internet facility, Doctors are unable to prescribe medicine. It is a well known fact that patients only with minor illness tries to do away with allopathic treatment and think of Ayurvedic medicines, and due to these problems ends up taking U-turn towards allopathic medicines.

I just wants to highlight the precarious condition of one such Ayurvedic Dispensary located in ' C' Block, Janak Puri, New Delhi where for the last more than two months there were no medicine available to distribute and now today(03.05.2016) when I visited, there was no internet available to prescribe medicines. Due to non-availability of medicine etc., on the one hand patients go back, on the other hand the whole staff of dispensary including Doctors are paid for just sitting idle + consumption of electricity etc. not to mention wastage of infrastructure.

Ashok K Bhimani

Issues between teaching and non-teaching

CHS specialist to be settled - Since 2001 when VMMC was set up by then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Non-teaching specialist of Safdarjung Hospital has been teaching after assigned teaching designations by IP University. VMMC is now being counted among best medical schools in the country. The qualifications for Non-teaching specialist and Teaching specialist are same (MD/MS/DM/MCH with 3 years experience). In 2008-09, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare decided that henceforth, all non-teaching posts in Safdarjung Hospital & R M L Hospital will be filled by teaching specialists. Hence, non-teaching specialist cadre has been shrinking since then. As there are 2 cadres now in these hospitals, which is creating different problems in term of management of the departments as to who will become HOD and Units Heads though qualification, experience and pay-scales are same. The only change is that one is selected as Non Teaching and other selected as teaching specialist through UPSC. MoHFW needs to take urgent call to merge both teaching cadre and non-teaching cadres who are given teaching designations to ensure better patient management & care.

Ajay

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