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Law Kumar Mishra

POLITICS

This is History (530)

The Germans introduces poison gas, and soon both sides were using it.

Indira ko nasbandi ne khaya, Modi of khayegi notebandi !

In Rajdeep Sardesai's show an interesting comment surfaced "Indira ko nasbandi ne khaya,Modi ko notebandi khayegi ". One can only wait and watch. Infact, results of Maharashtra and Odisha are there.

Bachelor to be UP CM ?

In case BJP Government is formed in Uttar Pradesh, insiders say a bachelor with RSS background will be the Chief Minister. After Haryana and Assam they want bachelor Chief Ministers in the BJP ruled states. Top leadership thinks corruption is inevitable if CM is having family.

Sai appointed Chairman, NCST

Nand Kumar Sai has been appointed Chairman, National Commission for Schedule Tribes (NCST). He is a former MP. This post was vacant since July last year.

(We said this on Feb 23)

Yeh kaise Vidhyaarti...

I am still in Shimla and today my respected friend , a retired senior Bureaucrat, and me meet at a Tibetan Eatery , located between Mall and Lower Bazar, and over Momos and Soups we get chatting.

Respected Friend: All seem to be missing the point...the protests in Ramjas are against the Left and Left of Centre Student Bodies attempts to give Umar Khalid ...an Azaadi proponent and one who is accused of antiIndia sloganeering...mileage...
M: Now they are wailing that Khalid was dropped from the list…...so why these protests...
RF: The protests I think were meant to be symbolic against attempts to get such Speakers in the first place ...but then I think viewing elections in UP purposely the ABVP were forced to react to aggressive moves by the other side……Muslim votes are vital to the Pseudo Secular Parties in UP ...
M: And I simply do not understand why this young girl who is the daughter of a Kargil Martyr brought her Dad into her campus political ambitions ....and she is getting a lot of support from Presstitutes …..but naturally….
RF: I saw it on Twitter...and it seems Indians on Twitter have not liked what she has tweeted...of course realizing her motive ...Sehwag tweeted back ...to her...Pakistan did not kill my Dad the war did...he tweeted ..I did not score a triple century my bat did..someone else very rightly tweeted... Hitler did not annihilate the Jews the gas did...
M: Now she is saying she's being trolled...attacked and threatened ..
RF: We know all the fake accounts of 'Ideologies' ...'Political Supporters' ...etc. She needs to hand over proof with her to the Cops .. it's another kind of Award Wapsi if you ask me...I hear she's now opted to go to the Womens RightsK Body….. ultimately the Body will ask DP to investigate the Tweets and take action…..and whoever has sent her the obnoxious tweets should be dealt with firmly…
M: And the Student Bodies who say they were attacked by ABVP...not handing over the proof they say they have to DP...saying they do not trust DP....just a ploy ...
RF: I am a firm believer ...Politics should be banished from Campuses ....our Nation suffers from a gross overdose of Politics ...
M: Isn't it a bit too early to 'enact' a Thank You shindy in Punjab… ...AAP did it...
RF: In their inexperience they must be feeling this could impact the EVMs....after all they are sitting outside EVM Strong Rooms...
RF: I feel both Badals and Amrinder would actually be very circumspect to lead the State with the SYL issue looming large ...and its SC monitored ...they know the love of the Punjab Farmer for his land and water...Farmers have killed for both...
M: AAP is too engrossed on Power ...can Bhagwant Mann pun Punjab out of this extremely touchy issue …...I am sure if AAP comes to power ...Kejri's visits to the Health Spa will rise...whenever matters will get too hot he will run to Bangalore and lock himself out...after all ...as the Sole Proprietor of AAP his , God Forbid, Punjab CM would seek his Orders to proceed further....
RF: A retired colleague from UP spoke to me the other day and said Presstitutes have fanned out in UP and are Tweeting LRC about the condition of UP but funnily they keep blaming Modi …. whereas it is actually SP's blame….but then …. I know one… who lost his Job post Modi coming to power and has now a downgraded Job ….from being the Karta Dharta …. he is now an Employee…..its personal….
M: And post the Results… if results are on expected lines… I'd expect this lot to go berserk…. Agra could have a few new Patients….. say this to exemplify their hatred for Modi…
RF: Chalo let's go…. Wifey gave me a Shopping list and you will have to help me in the 'cartage' to my home… your honors …joke for the road…
M: In UP some poor Ladies saw Dimple Yadav at close quarters and noticed her Solitaires. One asked the other…Kaan mein yeh kya hai… batti (light) lagaayi hai ka…… the other Lady said… Dhutt …Heera hai ..sunna hai …kya bolte hai… Karod (crore) ka howe hai…. the first lady… Dhutt tehri ki…. yeh kaisa Samaajwaad…. Jitney ka unn ke kaan ka heera aawat hai utne ka toh humaar poora gaon nahi howath hai…. wah re Samaajwaad….

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

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

PESB likely to release advertisements in March
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB), which has been withholding advertisements against vacant posts in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) for a long time, is expected to release advertisements in the month of March.

No deputation allowance beyond five years
This is official -bureaucrats on central deputation abroad and within the country will not get deputation allowance beyond five years of their tenure.

Sumit Mullick is new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra
Sumit Mullick will succeed Swadheen Kshatriya as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra on March 1. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

(We said this on Feb 14, 2017)

Ajeya Kallam appointed as Chief Secretary, AP only for one month
Ajeya Kallam has been appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh only for a period of one month. Kallam, who belongs to a 1983 batch IAS officer, will serve from March 1 to March 31, 2017.

Dinesh Kumar appointed as Chief Secretary, AP
Dinesh Kumar has been appointed as Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh. Dinesh Kumar, who belongs to 1983 batch IAS officer, will succeed Ajeya Kallam on April 1.

Baglay is new Spokesperson of MEA
Gopal Baglay has been appointed as the new spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).He is 1992 batch IFS officer.
(We said this on February 17 )

Two new Judges to be appointed in SC ?
Two new Judges are likely to be appointed in the Supreme Court in a couple of months.

B B Verma is also Financial Commissioner, Railways
B B Verma has been given an additional charge of the post of Financial Commissioner, Railways. He is an IRAS officer.

Shahzad Shah takes voluntary retirement from Feb 27
Shahzad Shah, Financial Commissioner, Railways, has taken voluntarily retirement from the service with effect from February 27. He is an IRAS officer.

Shahzad Shah appointed as Member (T) RCT
Shahzad Shah, Financial Commissioner, Railways, has been appointed as Member (Technical), Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) for a period of five years.

Mrs Rekha Yadav promoted as ED, Establishment, Railway Board
Mrs Rekha Yadav presently working as Director, Establishment (Sports), Railway Board & Secretary, Railay Sports Promotion Board, has been promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) and posted as Executive Director in the same place. She is an IRPS officer.

M T Hassan appointed as DDG, Narcotics Control Bureau
Mohammad Taj Hassan has been appointed as Deputy Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau. He is a 1987 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

SP to interrogate former CBI Chief
An SP level officer is going to interrogate former CBI Chief A P Singh who is facing a probe by the agency on charges of illegally favouring controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi.

Three more ADG in PIB
After cadre review PIB hq likely to get three more ADG level posts.

Severe shortages of DCs in ITBP
Border guarding force ITBP is facing serious shortage of Deputy Commanders (DCs). Force has 300 DCs posts but only 80 are working. It is said that due to court cases promotion is hampering.

SSB to revamp its PR cell
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is likely to replicate its PR cell on the lines of other sister organizations.

Negi goes to Mt Abu
MPS Negi, a CRPF cadre officer has been transferred from CRPF Academy , Kadarpur to Internal Security Academy (ISA) , Mount Abu.

Kapur to join Kadarpur Academy
Satpal Kapur, IG, Jorhat has been transferred to Kadarpue Academy . He is a CRPF cadre officer.

Devendra stands relieved
M. Devendra, an IIS officer has been relieved by the MIB and has been directed to join at the new place of posting at DFP , Hyderabad. He was posted at DAVP , Bengaluru.

PSUs being Boardless one after another
The concerned Ministries appeared to be unconcerned over the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) being Boardless one after another, due to undue delay in board level appointments.

Who will be new CMD, HCL?
The Government of India is yet to initiate the process of appointing a new person for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL). The retirement of present incumbent K D Diwan is approaching.

NTPC spends Rs 491.8 cr on CSR activities
National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)-a Maharatna company of Government of India-has spent as much as Rs 491.8 crore on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities/projects during 2015-16. Gurdeep Singh is heading this PSU as Chairman-cum-Managing Director.

DoPT advertises Kolkata based Joint Secretary level post
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has advertised a Kolkata based Joint Secretary level post. The DoPT has invited applications from the willing officers for the post of Jute Commissioner, Kolkata under the Ministry of Textiles.

ONGC gets Sumit Bose as Independent Director
Former Secretary Finance Sumit Bose has been appointed as Non-official Independent Director on the Board of ONGC. He is former 1976 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

1987 batch IAS officers get ACS rank in Himachal Pradesh
Two 1987 batch IAS officers Tarun Kapoor and Nisha Singh have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Himachal Pradesh. Three officers who are on deputation have also been given pro-forma promotion. They are Anil Khachi of the 1986 batch and Dr AJV Prasad and Ram Subhag Singh of the 1987 batch.

1994 batch IAS officers get PS rank in HP
Two 1994 batch IAS officers Anuradha Thakur and Onkar Sharma have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Himachal Pradesh. Kamlesh Kumar Pant of the 1993 batch, who is on central deputation, has been given proforma promotion.

Varma transferred to South Central Railway
V V K R Varma has been transferred from Northeast Frontier Railway to South Central Railway and posted in the cadre. He is an IRAS officer.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Karnataka
Services of half a dozen IAS officers have been affected with their transfers and postings in Karnataka. Accordingly, Rajeev Chawla has been appointed as ACS, Department of Housing while Gaurav Gupta was posted as Principal Secretary, Information Technology, Bio-Technology & Science & Technology with additional charge of Personnel and Administrative Reforms. Similarly, Darpan Jain has been appointed as Commissioner for Industrial Development & Director of Industries & commerce with additional charge of Urban Land Transport; Mrs Salma K Fahim has been appointed as Director, Department of Information Technology & Bio-technology; K Ngaraj as CEO, Centre for e-Governance, DP & AR E governance and M Maheshwar Rao was made Secretary, Horticulture & Sericulture Department.

Khrushid Ganai appointed as Chief Information Commissioner in J&K
Khrushid A Ganai has been appointed as State Chief Information Commissioner in the State Information Commission. He is a retired 1982 batch IAS officer.

P D Khandelwal promoted to the grade of CCIT
P D Khandelwal has been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax(CCIT). He is an IRS-IT officer.

S K Dutta attached to Kolkata circle
S K Dutta, Assistant Superintending Archaeological Engineer, Guwahati Circle, has temporarily been attached to the office of SA, ASI, Kolkata circle for a period of three months.

Chairman, SAIL focuses on more value added steel in product basket (UPDATED)
Chairman, SAIL, P K Singh reviewed the marketing performance of SAIL in a meeting. This was part of a series of interactions held with various units of SAIL for improving the overall performance and increased customer focus. Singh emphasized the need for higher levels of customer engagement and increased proportion of value added, ready-to-use steel materials to be a part of the SAIL product basket. While broadly outlining the way forward for the marketing team, Chairman SAIL, said, "The customer requirements are evolving fast, in these times of ready-made niche products we need to anticipate their requirements and look into customized products suiting their needs" Enthused with the guidance provided by Chairman, SAIL, the marketing team will be preparing a product wise detailed plan for increased last mile value addition which will enable the end consumers to significantly reduce processing at their end. This value addition is proposed at locations both inside and outside the steel plants. The meeting was a precursor to the Annual Business Plan meeting of SAIL, which is organized to finalize targets and goals for the company in the coming year. It is noteworthy that during the past one year, Chairman, SAIL has been visiting and interacting with the marketing setup across the country to further streamline processes and services to make them more customer-centric. SAIL has a very diverse product basket with 500 grades and in 5,000 dimensions from its five state of the art integrated steel plants. SAIL management is planning to further leverage this potential by ramping up production from its New Universal Section Mill at Burnpur; New Cold Rolling Mill at Bokaro, Universal Rail Mill at Bhilai and New Plate Mill at Rourkela Steel Plant and by producing more varieties of steel to meet even more diverse spectrum of steel users.

HUDCO holds symposium on 'Hindi Aur Hum' (UPDATED)
Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) with the joint efforts of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministry and Urban Development Ministry organized a symposium on 'Hindi Aur Hum' at New Delhi. HUDCO CMD, Dr M Ravikanth presided over the programme. Dr Satya Narayan Jatia, Vice Chairman, Committee of Parliament on Official Language; Prabhash Kumar Jha, Secretary Official Language; R K Dwivedi, Director, Official Language and other officers and staff members of the PSU and Ministries were present on this occasion.

3 ISS officers of 1983 batch get HAG (UPDATED)
Three officers of 1983 batch belonging to Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been promoted the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers are: Vijay Kumar, Panchanan Dash and Inderjeet Singh.

Subrata Kumar Dhar promoted to HAG (UPDATED)
Subrata Kumar Dhar has been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). He is a 1981 batch ISS officer.

17 ISS officers of 1984 batch promoted to HAG (UPDATED)
As many as 17 officers of 1984 batch belonging to Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been promoted to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). The officers are: Tapas Kumar Saha, Surendra Kumar Das, Dinesh Chand Sharma, Anjan Kumar Jena, Ratna Anjan Jena, Shailja Sharma, M Madhusudhanan, Mamta Saxena, Vishu Maini, Preet Singh, P K Mukhopadhyay, G S N Murthy, Vidya Prakash, Kuldeep Kumar Lamba, Ajay Kumar Verma, G S Lakshmi and Krishna Kumar.

43 ISS officers promoted to SAG (UPDATED)
As many as 43 officers belonging to Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been promoted to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: Amit Jyoti Roy, A K Tripathy, Deepak Goyal, Nivedita Gupta, Pravin Horo Singh, Kal Singh, Sukh Ram Meena, Sanjay Kumar Panda, Rajesh Kumar, Ram Anuj Dwivedi, S K Madaan, James Mathew, R Savithri, Janardan Yadav, Chandra Bhadra, O M Prabhakaran, Krishmanmurthy Maiya, Sandip Das, Sunil chaudhry, A Nanda Kumar, Anjana Dube, K P Misra, Satyendra Bahadur Singh, Krishan Chander, Mitter Sain, Anupam Bhatnagar, Gayatri Bhattacharya, Geeta Singh Rathore, P Sangeeth Kumar, P R Meshram, Ghan Shaym, Narendra Kumar Santoshi, Subhash Chandra Malik, Sudesh Kumar, Usha Pralhad Pol, Pally Kundu (Burman), Ghanshyam Punjabi, Sumedh Sopan Nagrare, R C Gautam, Prafulla C Mishra, Dalip Singh, Devendra Kumar Pandey and Sanjay.

Posting orders of promoted ISS officers likely today (UPDATED)
The posting orders of promoted officers belonging to Indian Statistical Service (ISS) are expected to be issued today.

Mrs Ruchi Ghanashyam appointed as Secretary, West (UPDATED)
Mrs Ruchi Ghanashyam has been appointed as Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). She is a 1982 batch IFS officer.

Sudeep Lakhtakia is also DG CRPF (UPDATED)
Sudeep Lakhtakia, Additional DG, CRPF, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of Telangana cadre.

Birender Singh Yadav accredited as Ambassador to Republic of Togo (UPDATED)
Birender Singh Yadav, presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Ghana, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Togo, with residence in Accra (Ghana). He is a 1997 batch IFS officer.

Two Secretaries demitted office (UPDATED)
Two Secretaries in GOI have demitted their offices today afternoon. They are Vinod Jutshi, Secretary, Tourism and V S Oberai, Secretary, Higher education, MHRD. Jutshi is a 1982 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer while Oberai is AM Cadre 1979 batch IAS officer.

Sharma to take charge on March 1.(UPDATED)
Its now official that K K Sharma will take charge as Secretary Higher Education, MHRD on March 1, He is a 1983 batch AGMUT cadre IAS officer.

Ghanshyam Singh given addl. Charge as GM, SER.(UPDATED)
Ghanshyam Singh, GM, Eastern Railway has been given additional charge as General Manager, South Eastern Railway. He is an IRSEE officer.

12 officers of MP cadre confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
As many as 12 officers of 2013 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre have been confirmed in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The officers are: Amanbir Singh Bains, Anup Kumar Singh, Frank Noble A, Girish Kumar Mishra, Harsh Dikshit, Mayank Agrawal, Priyank Mishra, Rajani Singh, Rish Garg, Sandeep G R, Somesh Mishra and Sonia Meena.

Gaurav Kumar Singh of Chhattisgarh confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
A 2013 officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Gaurav Kumar Singh has been confirmed in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Arvind Kumar Poswal of Rajasthan confirmed in IAS (UPDATED)
A 2013 officer of Rajasthan, Arvind Kumar Poswal has been confirmed in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Mittal to join as Director (Fin), NHPC on Mar1(UPDATED)
Mahesh Kumar Mittal, Director (Finance), DFCCIL, will be joining as Director (Finance), National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC) on March 1, 2017.
(We said this on June 20, 2016)

Ms Mondal to join Director (Commercial), SAIL on Mar 1(UPDATED)
Ms Soma Mondal, Director (Commercial), NALCO, will be joining as Director (Commercial), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on March 1, 2017.
(We said this on Sept 19, 2016)

Post down-graded -Ms D R Doley is new Director of Police Academy Hyderabad (UPDATED)a
Ms D R Doley will succeed Aruna Bahuguna as Director of the Sardar Patel National Police Academy (SPNPA) Hyderabad on March 1. She is 1986 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre. The post has been downgraded to the ADG level.

Central deputation tenure of Sushil Kumar Lohani extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Sushil Kumar Lohani presently Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers has been extended for a further period of one year. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

CORPORATE

NHPC signs PPA with Odisha Govt

NHPC Ltd has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in respect of its upcoming Teesta-IV Project in West Bengal as well as for Teesta-V Power Station in Sikkim on February 21, 2017 with GRIDCO, Government of Odisha for a period of 35 years from the date of commercial operation of the project or power station.

Singh quits as CFO of Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd.
Akshaya Kumar Singh has quit as Chief Financial Officer of Fortis Malar Hospitals Ltd.

Bora to quit as CFO of Damodar Industries Ltd
Nirbhay R Bora is to quit as Chief Financial Officer of Damodar Industries Limited w.e.f. March 31,2017.

Bhargava is Addl. Director of Poly Medicure Ltd
Poly Medicure Limited has appointed Dr Sandeep Bhargava as an Additional Director of the company.

Murarka quits as Independent Director of Simplex Papers Ltd
K C Murarka has quit as Non-Executive Independent Director of Simplex Papers Ltd.

Two Addl. Directors join G-Tech Info-Training Ltd Board
G-Tech Info-Training Ltd has appointed Rahul Sudhakar Ahire and Gautam Kalu Mohite as Additional Directors of the company.

Rao is Addl. Director of Bambino Agro Industries Ltd
Bambino Agro Industries Ltd has appointed M Kishan Rao as an Additional Director of the company.

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Impact of Media

The role of the international media in the new geopolitical situation and the ever dynamic situation of balance of power with Countries like China , India and other parts of the world which are growing needs to be re-looked so that they acquire a global reach and expand their presence, bureaus, reporters around the world. It is now essential that there is assimilation of views and opinion of people across the globe and an effective debate takes place .

At present there is dominance or leadership of western media by one state or social group over others. For instance ,
BBC-Isn't it the UK's perspective/view on world news ?
CNN-Isn't it America's perspective on world news ?
and others like Reuters, France 24, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, DW Tv, Sky news, Fox News etc.
The views of Countries other than the America and the Europe like Al Zazeera , CCTV(China), Press Tv(Iran) ,Russia Today etc should also be considered. India does not have one global news network.
The diversity should be reflected and should cover a range of standards which includes impartiality, critical analysis when reporting statistics to enable audiences to understand the issues, accuracy, fairness etc.
It is important to have more international news channel particularly from China, India and non-western world for balancing of power.
Entry barriers should come down and hence proliferation of opinion must come in on global issues. A good story has no frontiers.

Bhupender Kumar

Tax Compliance Vs Tax Terrorism

Society does not even like the word Tax terrorism. As per media report tax men are likely to knock the door of approx. 10 lakhs people to get the details of cash transactions done during demonetization period. Govt. has to care that the people are not un-necessary troubled or harassed in the name of getting details. Other tax collection like service, excise, custom, VAT etc. should also be taken into account. Lot of media coverage on these accounts. World is watching us and we have to be careful in coverage so that the image and FDI is not affected. Number of incentives are being given to Corporates and Subsidies to others. Similarly we can simplify our income tax rules for maximum tax compliance. We have to create an environment of confidence and trust between the tax payers and tax authorities. If the fear of problems during scrutiny is removed, the people will come forward and pay the taxes and tax compliance will be higher. A simple approach of tax simplification is "the people whose income is less than 5 lakhs, their returns are not subjected to scrutiny". This approach will result in higher tax compliance and increase in revenue. It is expected that the number of return filers will be double in five years. This will one of the biggest achievements of the Govt. It is hoped that there will be no loss of revenue in this approach. Simplify the tax rules and provide necessary education and assistance to tax payers for higher compliance. It is very necessary to have non-adversarial tax regime. We should be open to new ideas. Analyse, understand and implement for the betterment of the country. Let us follow voluntarily tax compliance.

N Prakash

Moral degradation of Doctors

The recent reports in Newspapers about price and reuse of Stents by well known private hospitals indicate the moral degradation of our Doctors. Today the Hospitals are run as Business Enterprises. They are thriving as Governments (both Central and State) have not opened new medical colleges and Hospitals for the last 20 years or so.
It is high time that Government(s) take strict action against these hospitals including punishing the Doctors and owners of such Hospitals.
Government should open more colleges and Hospitals all over the country without any further delay.

S Gopal

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