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Civil wars, Gurrilla wars, revolutions are not made by majorities. They are made by minorities, just indeed as Governments and armies and police forces are made by minorities.

Politicians doing business destined to fail !

Grapevine has it that Politicians, world over, doing business are destined to fail. Take for instance the case of Donald Trump - deemed to be working for business class has a bleak future ahead while that is not the case with Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose each and every step is aimed at people's welfare.

Akhilesh lacks political acumen

The unprecedented defeat of well meaning person like Akhilesh Yadav has left the political pundits aghast. After a lot of thinking and rethinking they have somehow reached to the conclusion that it has been only because he lacks political acumen.

Secret behind BJP's success in Uttar Pradesh

The biggest secret behind BJP's success in Uttar Pradesh, according to observers, is that both Dalits and Muslims thought not to 'waste' their vote and thus refrained from voting for Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav.

Change strategy ...

Now with Kejri Dinakaran too is categorised as 'Screw Dheela'!!
Khaali fokkat at EC ho raha hai laal-peela!!

Why the hell would EC not want him to be elected!!
And why should EC not react to reports collected!

Alleged the going rate there was 6000 per vote!!
Election ko Auction mein karr diya demote!!

It's rumoured when he first went to the constituency was booed away!!
They know his history with Amma so was shooed away!

Kejri continues his diatribe against EVM and EC!!
In his limited knowledge fixing EVM is easy!!

Why doesn't he take his fixing team and do needful in EC premises!!
EC will not hand over EVM externally and on this no compromises!

Yes knowing Kejri's likes his team can make EVM into a Samosa Heater!
Or a Omellete Beater!

Or a Buffet Plate counter!!
That could be placed on the Plates counter!

It's all Sore Loser ka drama!!
He's just trying to make his Vote Bank ka Mama!!

And this Vote Bank has shrunk to a great extent!!
That's why against EVMs and EC ballistic he went!

Sidhu continues to embarrass his CM and his Party!!
His USPs are Clowning and a laugh that's hearty!!

Wonder what other 'talents' are there in Amrinder's Cabinet!
Which at present under weight of responsibility hibernate!

Amrinder should tell Sidhu ..Ministership or Kapil Show!
If you choose Clown-giri free to go!!

Srinagar voting percentage was dismally low!!
It's in the 5% hotbed of terror zone where terror does flow!

Irony is again floods in the Valley showed!!
Again Indian Army glowed!!

Saved Kashmiris from the rising waters!
Especially the Valleys Mothers and Daughters!

Showed our Army does its job!!
Help People in trouble and ensure Nation's territory no one does Rob!

It's been proved Stone Pelting is now a job provider in the Valley!!
Monitors are there who keep tabs on the stone tally!

Payments are made as per the level of stoning!!
And in Funerals as per the level of moaning!!

Maybe it's time to step on the gas!!
Like the Americans say ...kick ass (kick in rear)!!

Just cut off the funding of the Hurriyat lot!!
A big fat no to them for any favours sought!

For decades they've been spoilt to the hilt!!!
On selfish interests their opposition is built!!

Their own kids they disallow from any protest!!
They fail this cardinal test!

Blame also goes to those who want Pakistan to create problems for Modi!!
At Aiyer's request Desh Bhakti toh roh dee!!

Confucius says.... Yeh Desh hai Veer Jawano ka!!
Aur kuch 3rd class gandhi (dirty) siyaasato ki dukaano ka!!

Disclaimer: Satire. Not meant to influence or inform. With inputs from MSM, SM and Blogs

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Will some Secretaries post be merged?
Power galleries are abuzz that GoI is going to merge some Secretaries posts in near future. In the recent past Culture Secretary has been given additional charge of Tourism and Food Secretary is holding additional charge of Civil Supplies. These secretaries are still holding additional charges. It is said that if a Minister is heading small ministries then if Secretary will also be one, both will have a better coordination. But final decision lies with the PMO.

First time six former Cabinet Secretaries meet to discuss action plan
Probably for the first time, six former Cabinet Secretaries: Naresh Chandra, Surendra Singh, T S R Subramanian, B K Chaturvedi, K M Chandrasekhar, and Ajit Seth joined as panellists to share their views and hammer out plan to implement the visions of the Government to action at a 'high-level roundtable on 'administrative reforms: from vision to action' organised by the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali recently. The main purpose of this roundtable was to focus on the 'implementation' aspects of administrative reforms and explore why Indiadoes not have a robust track record of implementing 'good' ideas on administrative reforms, often in spite of the Government agreeing to do so. In this Roundtable sought to have a moratorium on generating new ideas on administrative reforms (India already has a huge backlog of unimplemented ideas!) and the entire focus was on exploring ways to ramp-up our implementation record for administrative reforms. Discussions were moderated by Prof. Prajapati Trivedi Faculty Chair, Management Programme in Public Policy (MPPP),Senior Fellow (Governance), Bharti Institute of Public Policy and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy Indian School of Business

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Assam ? (1) K D Tripathi
Senior-most IAS officer of Assam cadre Kapil Dev Tripathi , a 1980 batch batch IAS officer, is unlikely to move to his cadre . Presently he is the Petroleum Secretary in GOI. He is Scheduled to retire in June 2018.

Akhil Kumar Shukla joins as DGP of Tripura
Akhil Kumar Shukla has taken over the charge as Director General of Police, Tripura. Shukla, who returned from central deputation to Intelligence Bureau (IB), belongs to a 1986 batch IPS officer.
(We said this on April 9)

23 Cadre review proposals approved in five years
Cabinet has approved 23 cadre review proposals during January 3, 2012 to March 31, 2017. These proposals were sent to cabinet approval after Cadre Review Committee(CRC) meeting. According to information maximum 7 cadre review proposals were cleared in 2016 while 6 proposals were approved in 2015 In 2013 five, in 2014 three proposal were approved by the cabinet. In 2012 only one cadre review proposal was approved and in 2017 till March 31 only one proposal got cabinet approval.

Two Gujarat cadre IAS officers to go to UP ?
Two Gujarat cadre IAS officers are likely to go Uttar Pradesh on Inter-State deputation.

Six IPS officers from AGMUT cadre empanelled as DIG in GoI
As many as six, out of 15, 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officers have been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) posts in Government of India.

No IPS officer of 1995 batch from MP empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

No IPS officer belonging to 1995 batch out of seven from Madhya Pradesh cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

A K Srivastava appointed Member, CBDT
Ajit Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). He is a 1980 batch IRS-IT officer.
(We said this on Jan 27,2017)

Mrs Shabri Bhattasali appointed Member, CBDT
Mrs Shabri Bhattasali has been appointed as Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). She is a 1981 batch IRS-IT officer.
(We said this on April 9)

K Sivakumar appointed Director (Fin), BPCL
K Sivakumar, ED, BPCL, has been appointed as Director (Finance), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post.

(We said this on Oct 28, 2016)

B Venugopal appointed as MD, LIC
B Venugopal, ED, LIC, has been appointed as Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for a period of five years.

Mrs Sunita Sharma appointed as MD, LIC
Mrs Sunita Sharma, ED, LIC, has been appointed as Managing Director, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for a period of five years.

Jagdish Chander Nakra appointed as Director (Proj) EIL
Jagdish Chander Nakra, ED, EIL, has been appointed as Director (Project), Engineers India Limited (EIL). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post.

(We said this on Oct 24, 2016. )

Lekh Raj appointed as Director (Fin), EIPL
Lekh Raj, AGM, NTPC, has been appointed as Director (Finance), Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPIL) for a period of five years. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post.
(We said this on Sept 2, 2016)

Tenure of Ms Shanthi Priya Sarela extended
The central deputation tenure of Ms Shanthi Priya Sarela as Director in the Ministry of Defence has been extended upto July 29, 2017. She is a 1996 batch IA&AS officer.

Krishnsmurthy moves to Goa
P Krishnamurthy has been appointed as Private Secretary to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. He is 1997 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this only yesterday )

Three DIGs get new postings in Goa
Three 2003 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officers have got new postings in Goa.Vimal Gupta is now DIG, Coastal Security. Rupinder Kumar is posted DIG, Range amd Bhairon Singh is now DIG Hq.

Four SPs shifted in Goa Police
Four IPS officers have been transferred to their new place of postings. Now Bosco George is SP, ACB, Umesh Gaokar is SP , Security & PCR, Priyanka Kashyap is SP, Crime and Devesh Mahla is SP Traffic and ATS.

Jharkhand Govt yet to relieve Bhutia to join as CF, Regional Office, Chandigarh
The Government of Jharkhand has not relieved Karma Zimpa Bhutia of cadre responsibility in order to join central deputation as Conservator of Forests, Regional office, Chandigarh in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change appointed to the post in February this year. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Alok Sharma is new CPMG, Bhopal MP Circle
Upon return from deputation, Alok Sharma has been appointed as CPMG, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh circle in place of M E Haque. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

M E Haque shifted to Bihar Circle in same capacity
M E Haque, CPMG, MP circle, has been appointed as CPMG, Bihar circle. He is a 1986 batch officer of Indian Postal Service.

NHPC's financial status improves
NHPC Limited has improved financial status from Rs 212447 lakhs in 2014-15 to 244014 lakhs in 2015-16. K M Singh is Chairman and Managing Director.

Who will be new CMD of MRVC, Mumbai?
Who will be new Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC), Mumbai? The retirement of present incumbent Prabhat Sahai is approaching.

Seven years tenure of Ram Singh as Director (Fin) EIL ending in April
A vacancy of Director Finance in Engineers India Limited (EIL) is arising with the seven years tenure of present incumbent Ram Singh ending on April 30 this year. The Government of India is yet to find his successor.

Two Director level posts still vacant in Air India
Two posts at Director level are still lying vacant in Air India. They are: Director Personnel and Director Operations.

Kamaldeep Prasad appointed GM SBI, Bangalore
Kamaldeep Prasad has been appointed as GM, Network-III, Local Head Office, State Bank of India, Bangalore.

Devendra Sharma appointed as GM, SBI, Bhopal
Devendra Sharma has been appointed as GM, Network-I, Local Head Office, State Bank of India, Bhopal.

Nine IPS officers of 1994 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
The following 1994 batch IPS officers have been empanelled for holding the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent at the Centre. They are: Abdul Gani Mir, Prakash D, Yoshwant Kumar Jethwa, Hemonlang Nongpluh, Manoj Shashidhar, Deepak Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Arya, Sanjay Mathur and Anil Kumar.

Vivek Bhatia appointed as Director, Land Records in HP (UPDATED)
Vivek Bhatia has been appointed as Director, Land Records, Shimla. He is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Two IRS-IT officers given new postings (UPDATED)
Rohit Sharma has been appointed as Additional CIT (OSD), Delhi while Shashi Saklani was posted as JCIT (OSD), Delhi.

CBEC Chairperson gets charge of all Members and DGs (UPDATED)
Ms Vanaja N Sarna, Chairperson of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has been assigned to supervise all the Members, CBEC and DGs.

CBEC Member Ram Tirath gets charge of central zone (UPDATED)
Ram Tirath, Member (Budget), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charge of central zone.

CBEC Member Ms Ananya Ray gets charge of western & eastern zones (UPDATED)
Ms Ananya Ray, Member (Customs & Legal), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charges of western zone and eastern zone.

CBEC Member Ramesh gets charge of northern & southern zones (UPDATED)
S Ramesh, Member (IT & Adm), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charges of northern and southern zones.

SAIL receives SCOPE Award for Best HR Practices from President (UPDATED)
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), nation's largest steelmaker and a 'Maharatna' Public Sector Enterprise has been awarded with the prestigious SCOPE Award for Best Practices in Human Resource Management for the year 2014-15. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the award to Chairman, SAIL P K Singh in the presence of Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Anant G Geete and Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo. Earlier, SAIL was awarded in the same category for the year 2011-12. The award was presented at the Public Sector Day function organized by SCOPE at Vigyan Bhawan. While accepting the honor, P K Singh dedicated the award to SAIL collective and said, "Each one of SAIL's 80,000+ employees is a world class leader who strives to bring excellence in every process and product of the Company and achieve higher growth & efficiencies. The firm resolve of our employees keeps SAIL moving forward and motivates us to bring in and adopt the best industry practices in Human Resources." He also recognized the constructive and important role played by employee's associations and unions in synergizing the Company's priorities among the wide workforce across the organization. This recognition is a reflection of the company's special efforts to design highly motivational work environment and employee focused initiatives to nurture best in class talents. SAIL management has repeatedly emphasized on the value of human capital in providing the competitive advantage and identified the potential of a high performing team. The company believes in guiding organizations' investments in people through things like leadership development, job design, and knowledge sharing through systematic & focused interventions and policy of Learning and Development. Employees are provided meaningful opportunities to acquire new knowledge through different types of Workshops / Programmes / Competitions. 'LEO' (Learning from Each Other Workshops), Skill Knowledge Transfer and Collaboration with premier Technical/Management Institutions, Business Simulation Games, and flagship programmes such as Chairman's Trophy for Young Managers are some of the benchmark practices. The company is also focusing on developing high impact leadership amongst its ranks to drive the top management's agenda of 'change' and for transforming SAIL into a vibrant organization.

PSUs playing major role in propelling growth of Nation's economy CMD, NLCIL (UPDATED)
To showcase the contribution extended by the Public Sector Organizations in nation-building and social progress, NLC India Limited celebrates 8th Public Sector Week from April 11to 15, 2017, under the aegis of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), an apex body for Central Government owned Public Enterprises/Public Sector Undertakings, NLCIL observed the 8th 'Public Sector Day' in a function organized at Corporate Office premises, Neyveli, on April 11, 2017, wherein Rakesh Kumar; Director (Finance), Chief Guest, hoisted the Public Sector Flag. Syed Abdul Fateh Khalid,ED/Mines, presided over the function. Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya, CMD,NLC IL in his absence sent his Public Sector Day Message which was read by N Muthu ED/HR . In his special message CMD, NLC I stressed on the exemplary role played by Public Sectors in propelling the economic growth of the nation. He reinforced the fact that a "Can Do" spirit and dedicated efforts of employees will surely take organizations from the level of "Wealth to Well being". He congratulated NLCI employees for their impressive performance for the FY 2016-17 which resulted in record breaking results in all fronts. He reinstated that NLCIL was making continuous efforts in the fields of Swachh Bharath, Skill India, and Cashless Transactions to realize the nation's mission. Rakesh Kumar, Director (Finance) in his speech said Public Sectors are the back bone of the country which are playing dual role by giving employment directly or indirectly to lakhs of people and taking Social welfare programmes to the lowest level of masses without aspiring for profitability.

CORPORATE

Karur Vysya Bank MD & CEO's tenure extended
Karur Vysya Bank has extended the tenure of K Venkataraman who is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank for a further period of three months from June 1, 2017 to August 31,2017 after completion of his present term in office.

Mishra is Chairman of Tamilnadu PetroProducts Ltd
The Tamil Nadu Petro Products Ltd has appointed Atulya Misra, IAS, who is Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Government of Tamilnadu as an Additional Director representing Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO) and also as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company.

Gupta is MD of Technofab Engineering Ltd
Technofab Engineering Limited which is an Electro - mechanical Engineering and Construction company involved in the Power, Industrial and Infrastructure sectors has re-appointed Avinash Chander Gupta as Managing Director of the company.

Pattnaik's addl. charge as Director (Production & Planning) MOIL Ltd extended
The extension of additional charge of the post of Director (Production & Planning), MOIL Ltd which is with T.K. Pattnaik, Director (Commercial) of the company will be for a further period of three months w.e.f. May 1, 2017.

Mehrotra is Chief Digital Officer of IBM in India & South Asia
Nipun Mehrotra has been appointed as Chief Digital Officer of IBM in India and South Asia region.

Munsen is MD of Marks & Spencer-Reliance India
Marks & Spencer-Reliance India has appointed James Munsen as Managing Director of the company. He has over two decades of experience including six years in India and the Czech region which covers the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia.

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A letter to ex- Secretary

Shri Chatterjee, former Secretary

Sir, I do accept that this BJP government does not want black money in the country. Why don't you suggest them that gold jewels and silver should be sold only through credit/debit card. irrespective of the amount. There Jewelries and silver items should not be sold for cash. The customer purchasing should also produce their PAN Card.
Even for registration of land or house purchase, this deal should be by way of debit card. The amount may be huge. If they are taking a loan, automatically bank comes into picture. Otherwise, if they want to pay cash, they should first deposit this in the bank and complete the purchase only through debit card.
This will certainly expose the persons who are diverting their black money for investment in lands/jewels/silver items and also expose the persons who do these transaction in benami name

Ravi

Think it Over

1. If one gets a chance for Revival , Re-United is best after having divorce for revival.
2. Congress Re-United all the parties for Special cause "independence."
3. Congress Mukta Bharat is not possible because Congressmen are in all the parties. All the Parties are Congress Yukta.
4. Congress Ideology is "Take Every Citizen Together"
5. Ending up the Fear and Terrorism is the sign of prosperity.
6. Generate Self Employment First. This is the basic need of today which is giving rise to all Sins and Hunger.
7. Other sins of society other than Liquor Ban are Human Trafficking, Human Parts Trafficking, Prostitution, Rapes, Drugs, Cheating by Insurance Companies, False Promises etc which is outcome result of unemployment and Hunger.

Rajesh Tenany

How can we allow politicians to have say in every wrong they do ?

Although Ravindra Gaikwad has not directly apologized to AIR India, he has been allowed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fly on Air India. We the citizens of the country should take vow that we will not travel in those flights in which Gaekwad happens to be a member. We cannot allow the politicians to have all the say in whatever wrong they do.

A Srivastava

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