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This is History (266)
Agents of historical process in India-seldom understands the lesson of history, and seldom appreciates the world which is marching on,leaving it behind in the 'dustbin of history" as someone has said.


Did Maharashtra CM deny PMO's recommendations ?
Rumours are that Maharashtra CM recently denied two recommendations of the PMO. Is it a fact ?

First get it clear
NDA Govt at the center is going to celebrate its second year completion this month. Ministers and party officials have been asked to tell public about Govt's achievements. DD has lined up interviews of Union Ministers on various topics. According to sources DD is facing peculiar problem. Ministers are sending request to postpone the pre-schedule interview at the eleventh hours. It has happened with 3-4 ministers. One can guess who can ask them to postpone the proposed interview?

Poor Rajan Katoch !
In AugustaWestland scam matter, proactive actions were taken by the then ED Rajan Katoch in 2013 -14 to initiate both FEMA & PMLA cases, despite then prevailing political environment and despite vested interests in ED. All actions taken so far in this case under current Government till July 2015-i.e tracing money trails,1 arrest ,3 property attachments, LRs to foreign countries- for which Government has got credit -were directed by Rajan Katoch in his tenure. Why then this personal vilification campaign in media against Rajan Katoch, who has since retired, and who is highly regarded for his professionalism and integrity ?

No taker for water train ?
To meet the drinking water problem in drought Bundelkhand region, Indian Railway dispatched a water train to Mahoba in UP. It is said that water train was stationed at Jhansi Railway station till Wednesdaylate evening but there was no word either from the state government or the district administration. It is said that the Railways has sent the water train on a request from a senior leader of the region. It is because of politics that there are no takers of water train.

BUREAUCRACY

Kaun Banega Chairman Railway Board ? (5)
The race for the post of CRB is heating up. The name of Ashwani Lohani CMD/Air India who has a tremendous track record and who is also senior to Jamshed may also be considered if the government agrees to move him from airlines to railways.

Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed as DG, BCAS
Kumar Rajesh Chandra has been appointed as Director General in the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

Ms Anita Kapur appointed as Member, CAT
Former Chairperson of the CBDT Ms Anita Kapur has been appointed as Member, Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT). She is a retired IRS officer.
(We said this on April 4)

Vice Admiral Lanba is new Navy Chief
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 February 11 and again on April 13)

33 Officials of Revenue Services given retirement
For the first time 33 officials, including 7 group revenue services officials have been prematurely retired for non-performance under rule 56(j)*of CCS(Pension) Rules. In the last two years 72 officials have been dismissed including 6 group A officers in other departmental and disciplinary actions by the Ministry of Finance.

Sudhir Yadav is new DG Tihar Jail in Delhi
Sudhir Yadav has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Tihar Jail.He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on March 9)

Kailashnathan to get extension
K Kaiashnathan popularly known as KK is getting one year extension this month end. Gujarat cadre 1979 batch former IAS officer Kailashnathan is presently Adviser to Gujarat CM Anandi Ben Patel.

Extension to M R P Rao as CVO, NTPC denied
The central deputation tenure of M R P Rao as Chief Vigilance officer in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has not been extended by the Government of India. He is a 1986 batch IFS officer of UP cadre.

Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma likely to return to parent cadre
Ms Rashmi Shukla Sharma, who is on central deputation as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayat Raj, is expected to return to parent cadre. She is a 1984 batch IAS officer of MP cadre.

Panel of Gopal Singh for CMD, NMDC scrapped
The panel of Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL, made for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director in NMDC Limited has reportedly been scrapped by the Government of India.

GoI to hold fresh interviews for CMD, NMDC
The Government of India is reported to have decided on holding fresh interviews for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD), NMDC Limited after scrapping the panel of Gopal Singh, CMD, CCL.

File of P K Purwar for Director (Fin), RINL reaches ACC
The file of P K Purwar, Director (Finance), MTNL, for the post of Director (Finance), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), has reached the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for its final approval.

Tenure of H P Girish as MD, STCL extended
The tenure of H P Girish as Managing Director, STCL has been extended till the age of his superannuation.

Arun Kumar deputed as Director, Agriculture
Arun Kumar has been deputed as Director in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers' Welfare under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare for a period of five years. He is an IRSEE officer.

A K Nanda joins as Director (Pers), GRSE
A K Nanda, CGM, BEML, has taken over the charge as Director (Personnel), Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE).
(We said this on October 29, 2015)

Ravinder deputed as PS to Dr Mahesh Sharma
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
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.

Pragya S Saksena appointed as Joint Secretary, CBDT
Pragya S Saksena has been appointed as Joint Secretary (FT&TR-I), CBDT. Pragya is an IRS-IT Officer.

G John Prasad appointed as COM, SWR
G John Prasad, presently in SCR, has been appointed as Chief Operating Manager (COM) in South Western Railway (SWR). He is an IRTS officer.

Aneet Dulat posted as CCM on Railway itself
Aneet Dulat NFR has been posted as Chief Commercial Manager (CCM) on the Railway itself. He is an IRTS officer.

A K Khandelwal appointed as ED, Railway Board
A K Khandelwal has been appointed as Executive Director/NFR (Engg), Railway Board. He is an IRSE officer.

Rahul Kapoor appointed as Director, Railway Board
Rahul Kapoor has been appointed as Director, NFR (Finance), Railway Board. He is an IRAS officer.

Jitendra Nath appointed as Director, Archaeology
Jitendra Nath has been promoted to Director, Archaeology, Archaeological Survey of India.

One IPS officer seeks transfer in Delhi Police
One woman IPS officer in Delhi Police is believed to have sought transfer from the district because of flourishing corruption.

Agni Mitra appointed as Regional Deputy Director, WCCB, Kolkata
Agni Mitra has been deputed as Regional Deputy Director, WCCB, Kolkata. He is a 2009 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Dr Ashok K Mishra appointed as Technical Member in NCLT
Dr Ashok Kumar Mishra has been appointed as a Technical Member in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for a period of five years.

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

Dr Rajshree Singh empanelled as DIG in GoI
Rajshree Singh 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.

Two vacancies of DDG, UIDAI arising
Two vacancies of DDG, HQ RO Chandigarh, UIDAI at Joint Secretary level are falling vacant in the Department of Electronics & Information Technology in May.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in Gujarat
As many as 83 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Gujarat. Accordingly, Mrs Avantika Singh Aulakh has been appointed as Collector, Ahmedabad while Dilip Kumar Rana was made Collector, Amreli and Ms Shalini Agrawal is Collector, Arvalli-Modasa. Similarly, Jenu Devan has been appointed as Collector, Banaskantha-Palanpur; Sagale Sandip as Collector, Bharuch; Nagarajan M as Collector, Botad; Vijayakumar L Kharadi as Collector, Chhataudepur; L P Padalia as Collector, Dahod; M J Thakkar as Collector, Dangs-Ahwa; Satish A Patel as Collector, Gandhinagar; Dr Rahul B Gupta as Collector, Junagadh; M A Gandhi as Collector, Kachchh-Bhuj; Kuldeep Arya as Collector, Kheda-Nadiad; Alok Kumar Pandey as Collector, Mehsana; I K Patel as Collector, Morbi; K M Bhimjiyani as Collector, Narmada-Rajipla; Ravi Kumar Arora as Collector, Navsari; K K Nirala as Collector, Patan; Dr Vikrant Pandey as Collector, Rajkot; M s Patel as Collector, Surat; Lochan Sehra as Collector, Vadodara; Ms Remya Mohan Muthadath as Collector, Valsad; Vishal Gupta as District Deelopment officer, Arvalli-Modasa; Amit Arora as District Development officer, Banaskantha-Palanpur; H K Koya as District Development officer, Botad; Amrutesh Kalidas Aurangabadkar as DDO, Chhotadudepur; Sujal J mayatra as DDO, Dahod; D S Gadhvi as DDO, Dangs-Ahwa; R R Raval as DDo, Devbhumi Dwarak; D P Desai as DDO, Gandhinagar; M A Panday as DDO, Jamnagar; Sudhir B Patel as DDO, Kheda-Nadiad; Sunilkumar H Dholi as DDO, Morbi; Dr Ranjit Kumar Singh as DDO, Narmada-Rajpipla; Tushar Dalpathbhai Sumera as DDO, Navsari; R B Rajyaguru as DDO, Patan; H J Vyas as DDO, Sabarkantha-Himatnagar; Kankipati Rajesh as DDO, Surat; M I Patel as DDO, Surendranagar; N K Damor as DDO, Tapi-Vyara; Dr Pardhi Sourabh Zamsingh as DDO, Vadodara; Gaurang H Makwana as DDO, Valsad; Raj kumar Beniwal as MD, iNDEXT-b, Gandhinagar; Mrs Manisha Chandra as Director ICDS, Commissionerate of Women & Child Development, Gandhinagar; Dr Rajender Kumar attached with GAD for further posting; Ravi Shankar as Municipal Commissioner, Junagarh Municipal Corporation; S M Patel as Additional Rural Development Commissioner in the Commissionerate of Rural Development, Gandhinagar; Rajesh Manju as Deputy Commissioner Municipal Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation, Surat; J K Astik as Additional Rural Development Commissioner; K D Chandnani as Joint Commissioner Rehabilitation and Director, Grievances Redressal Cell, Sardar Sarovar Punarvasavat Agency; G C Brahmbhatt as Additional Chief Executive Officer, Gujart; Dr Gaurav Dahiya as Deputy Secretary, Forests & Environment Department; N L Pujara as Joint Secretary, Educatoin Department; Dr C S Chaudhari as Additional rural Development Commissioner; R S Ninama as MD, Gujarat State Scheduled Castes Development Corporation; Dr Ratankanwar H Gadhvicharan as Deputy Secretary, Health & Family Welfare; Sandeep Kumar as Additional Secretary, Law & Order, Home Department; Pravinbhai K Solanki as CEO, Gujarat Municipal Finance board, Gandhinagar; Dr Sandhya Bhullar as Superintendent of Stamps & Inspector General of Registration; M Y Daxini as Commissioner of Youth Services & Cultural Activities, Gandhinagar; A M Sharma as CEO, Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority; J K Gadhvi as Director, Schools Gandhinagar; J B Patel as CEO, Surat Urban Development Authority; A B Gor as CEO, AUDA; B P Chauhan as Deputy Secretary, Educatoin Department; V J Rajput as Chief General Manager, Sardar Sarovar narmada Nigam Limited; D H Shah as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad; B A Shah as MD, Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Ltd, Mehsana; J D Desai continues as OSD to Chief Minister; Tushar Dholakia as Commissioner of Tribal Development, Gandhinagar; R G Trivedi as Commissioner of Mid-day meal; P B Thakar as Director, State Fire Prevention Services, Gandhinagar; H R Suthar as MD, Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd, Rajkot; A J Shah as Director, Information; D K Parekh as Director, Employment & Training, Gandhinagar; S M Khatana as Deputy Secretary, Agriculture & Cooperation Department; Anupam Anand as Additional Industries Commissioner; Ms S Chhakchhuak as Deputy Secretary, Panchayats, Rural Housing & Rural Development; Ms Ardra Agrawal as MD, Dakshin Gujart Vij Company Ltd, Suarat; P L Solanki as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara, Municipal Corporation; S B Raval as Secretary, Gujarat Human Rights Commission and G R Chaudhari was posted as Commissioner of Bureau of Public Enterprises, Gandhinagar.

Narasimha Sahu is no more
Narasimha Sahu , Former CAT Member and Retired Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax, passed away on the 5th May 2016 night at Apollo Hospital New Delhi. He was a saintly person.

Ghosh is new Ambassador to Tajikistan (UPDATED)
Somnath Ghosh (IFS: 1997), presently Ambassador of India to Mongolia, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Tajikistan.

Manohar Kumar joins as Director (Engg) in NPCC (UPDATED)
Manohar Kumar has taken over as Director (Engineering) on the Board of National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC). The post has been lying vacant since June 30, 2015.
(We said this on October 27, 2015)

Mrs N T Abroo appointed as MD, Karnataka Minorities Dev Corp Ltd (UPDATED)
Mrs N T Abroo has been appointed as Managing Director, Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation Limited in Karnataka. She is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Rohani Kumar Gautam gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Rohani Kumar Gautam, Assistant Director General, UIDAI, Delhi, has been given premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1987 batch IDSE officer.

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

Paranjape appointed MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd has appointed Mrugank Paranjape as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company w.e.f. May 9, 2016.

Narasimham appointed as Senior VP & Global Head of Human Resources of Cyient Ltd
Cyient Limited has appointed PNSV Narasimham as the Senior Vice President and Global Head of Human Resources (HR) of the company

Arora resigns as Whole-time Director of Era Infra Engineering Ltd
Tulsi Dass Arora has resigned as Whole-time Director of Era Infra Engineering Limited.

Ms Jain appointed CS of MFL India Ltd
MFL India Ltd has appointed Ms Swati Jain as Company Secretary of the company.

Verma resigns as CS of MFL India Ltd
Kulbhusan Verma has resigned as Company Secretary of MFL India Ltd

Murthy appointed CEO of Radio Indigo
Satyanarayana Murthy has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Radio Indigo

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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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