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POLITICS

This is History (531)

Behind each country lay a gigantic record of sacrifice and suffering.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is real boss of Congress ?

Insiders say lately behind the scene Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has taken over the reigns of the Congress Party. It is said, key decisions are now being taken by her in the Congress.

Two BJP ruled states CM to go ?

It is widely believed in political circles in Delhi that if Narendra Modi wins UP Election, Chief Minister of two BJP ruled states will be moved to Delhi.

Lootens Strategy


My college friend calls himself a Social Engineer and Strategist ...today he and I meet at a Restaurant we used to haunt during our College days. Over Bun Maska ...Shrewsbury Biscuits and Cutting Chais we get chatting.

Friend: Yaar what strategy by this Lootens Gang...they've got someone impeccable to replace Khalid and Khaniya gang...
Me: And I'm sure she is being guided by someone from the Lootens Media gang ..
F: In fact she may have been recruited by someone in the Lootens Media Gang ....must have spotted her and then checked her antecedents...and then recruited her...
M: Their objective..
F: Keep insecurity and strife flag flying in Indian Society ...multiple objectives...get Indians sick of these and crave for a change ....distract Government ...give Government a bad name here and overseas ..they cannot beat Modi on achievements ...
M: The girl is an adult ...she is responsible for her actions ...the Lootens Media trying to show as if a innocent kid has been attacked ..
F: She says she can take a bullet for India ...but she was a Speaker at the 'sponsored' Talk that questioned the Surgical Strikes ...she was in the company of known Leftists ....
M: She is a bundle of contradictions...I spoke to quite a few serving and retired Army Officers ...and their comments ranged from...misguided girl to politically driven ...to unlike a Fauji kid...
F: But Lootens Media very deviously got the Army Officers who are Netas to comment ..like Amrinder Singh ..
M: Speaking of Amrinder ...if he becomes CM hope he is ready to spend time in Jail...because the next CM will have to defy SC on SYL...by the looks of it...and will have to go to jail.....I say this seeing the ground realities...
F: Badals will happily go to jail.....only Sukhbir would want an unlimited supply of Diet Cokes or Coke Zero...Senior Badal would consider it a fit 'curtains' to his political career...Amrinder would need a small army of helpers in Jail....and Jail would have to change timings ..as Maharaj ji gets up at noon ..and I have been studying Kejri's visits to Jindal ...cannot be a coincidence...too many .. 3 visit to Jindal : May15-July15 Hardik Patel Drama......Jan16-Feb16 Khaniya JNU Agitation.....Feb 8 to 23 Gurmehar Kaur drama...Coincidence?
M: Kejri is indeed very deep ..the simple talk is just a facade ..I suspect he is in touch with the Lootens Gang!!!
F: He does not trust the DP...Gurmehar has shown this by approaching Womens Rights Body...the Student Bodies that were involved in the fracas have said they will not hand over proof to DP but instead hand it over to the Court...
M: But what is heartening is India Citizens are now reacting ...see the reactions of ..Sehwag..Randeep Hooda ...Phogat Sisters.... to name a few...
F: During UPA days ..in its appeasement mode...all wrongs were justified by Congress Lawyer Spokesmen ..who via the gift of the gab ..would convince us ...2 + 2 = 2313 ..
M: Reminds me of a joke ..It was announced that if you took a mathematical quiz and got full marks there was a prize...one person reached the final stage ..just before the final question he asked the Quiz Master...what was the prize . .he was told an entire day with RaGa...he made a face ..so Quiz Master posed the easiest question as they were running out of candidates and wanted someone to win ....he asked ..2+2... answer he got ...235651 ...
F: Which reminds me of a beautiful ghazal by Nida Fazli... doh aur doh ka jodd hamesha chaar kaha hotha hai..sochch samajh waalo ko thodi naadaani deh Maula...the Quiz Master should have understood ...and pronounced this guy the winner..

We have a good laugh and walk to our Alma Mater...

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Ruchi Ghanshyam succeeds Sujata Mehta in MEA
Indian High Commissioner to South Africa Ruchi Ghanshyam has been moved to the MEA Headquarters.1982 batch IFS officer Ruchi Ghanshyam will be Secretary (West) in place of Sujata Mehta who has joined the UPSC as Member.
(We said this on February 20 )

Post down-graded -Ms D R Doley is new Director of Police Academy Hyderabad
Ms D R Doley will succeed Aruna Bahuguna as Director of the Sardar Vallabhbbhai 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.

Arun Kumar to take over as Secretary, Mines today
Aun Kumar, IAS (AM:1983) shall take over as Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India on March 1.

Sudeep Lakhtakia is also DG CRPF
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.

Two Secretaries demit office

Two Secretaries in GoI have demitted their offices. 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 today
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.

Appointment of Sanjiv Singh as Chairman, IOCL approved
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sanjiv Singh, Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) as Chairman, IOCL.

M C Chauhan is now GM, NCR
M C Chauhan, GM, Metro Railway, has been appointed as General Manager, North Central Railway, Allahabad. He is an IRSEE officer.

S S Soin appointed as GM, SECR
S S Soin has been appointed as General Manager, South East Central Railway, Bilaspur. He is an IRSEE officer.

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

Central deputation tenure of Sushil Kumar Lohani extended
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.

Alok Ranjan appointed as CVO, BHEL
Alok Ranjan has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). He is a 1991 batch IPS Officer of MP cadre.

(We said this on Jan 19, 2017)

Ms Sunita Singh appointed as CVO, REC
Ms Sunita Singh has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), Delhi. She is a 1987 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Ahluwalia continues as Director Finance MOIL
Additional charge of Director Finance MOIL to D S Ahluwalia, Director Finance NMDC extended for a further period of three months.

Ms Jayalakshmi appointed as DG, NIPHM
Ms G Jayalakshmi has been appointed as Director General, National Institute of Plant health Management(NIPHM). She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of AP cadre.

Subramania Kumar continues as MD &CEO, IOB
R Subramania Kumar ED, IOB, will continue holding an additional charge of MD & CEO, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) till the appointment of a regular person.

P V K Reddy granted Apex Pay Scale
P V K Reddy, DG (Investigation), NHRC, has been granted Apex Pay Scale. He is a 1982 batch IPS officer of Tripura cadre.

Sanjay Prakash moves to Delhi in CISF
DIG CISF Mumbai Sanjay Prakash has been moved to Delhi as DIG Government Buildings Security in Delhi.

Anup Pujari to be Director in Academy
Former Secretary in the Government of India Dr Anup Pujari is going to be Director Ambedkar School of Economics in Bangalore. He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka.

Sumit Mullick is new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra
Sumit Mullick has succeeded Swadheen Kshatriya as new Chief Secretary of Maharashtra on March 1. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
(We said this on February 14 )

Ajeya Kallam appointed as Chief Secretary, AP only for one month
Ajeya Kallam has taken over 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.

Mittal to join as Director (Fin), NHPC on Mar1
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
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)

DHI yet to relieve Pattanayak despite ACC approval
The Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) is yet to relieve Santosh Pattanayak of the post of Director Finance, HEC in order to join as Managing Director, Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) despite the appointment approval of Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) to the post.

BHEL reduces its CSR fund to Rs 66.23crore
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) -a Maharatna company of Government of India-has reduced its fund for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities/projects to Rs 66.23 crore during 2015-16 from Rs 102.05 of last year 2014-15, due to making a financial loss.

GoI yet to advertise post of CMD, ECIL
The Government of India is yet to advertise the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) lying vacant since October 2016. Debashis Das , Distinguished Scientist & Associate Director (E), Electronics & Instrumentation Group, BARC has been given an additional charge of CMD, ECIL.

Gautam Mandal likely to get extension as CVO, GRSL
Gautam Mandal, who is working as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at Director level in Garden Reach Shipbuilders Limited (GRSL), is expected to get extension for a further period of two years. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Dr Tejinder Singh appointed as APPCF, regional office, Bhopal
Dr Tejinder Singh has been appointed as Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF), Regional office, Bhopal. He is a 1984 batch IFS officer of HP cadre.

Murlidhar Rao appointed as APCCF, Regional office, Bangalore
C H Murlidhar Rao has been appointed as Additional Principal Conservator of Forests (APCCF), Regional Office, Bangalore. He is a 1985 batch IFS officer of AGMUT cadre.

DoPT in search of officer for Professor of Management, LBSNAA
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is in search of willing and suitable officer for filling up the post of Professor of Management in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.

Vacancies of two IGs arise in BPR &D
Two posts at Inspector General (IG) level have arisen in Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) in February, 2017.

Ajay Seth promoted to ACS grade in Karnataka
Ajay Seth has been promoted to the grade of Additional Chief Secretary in Karnataka. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

D Srinivas Rao becomes ADG in MP
D Srinivas Rao has been promoted to the grade of Additional Director General of Police and his post has been upgraded from IG level to ADGP in Jabalpur range. He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Mrs Nimisha Pandey relieved to join central deputation
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has relieved Mrs Nimisha Pandey of cadre responsibility to join Government of India on central deputation. She is an IPS officer of MP cadre.

M P Khobrgade deputed as Dy. Chief Electrical Engineer, KRCL
M P Khobrgade has been deputed as Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer, Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, Belapur. He is an IRSEE officer.

B L Bairwa transferred as Addl. Executive Director(M &C), RDSO
B L Bairwa has been transferred as Additional Executive Director(M&C), RDSO. He is a Railway Officer.

Birender Singh Yadav accredited as Ambassador to Republic of Togo
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.

Mrs Vandana Marwah appointed as Director, NSCS, MoSPI
Upon repatriation from deputation to NITI Aayog, Mrs Vandana Marwah has been appointed as Director, NSCS, MoSPI, New Delhi. She is an officer of Indian Statistical Service (ISS).


Sunil Prakash Bhardwaj posted to MoSPI
Upon repatriation from deputation to UIDAI, Headquarters, Sunil Prakash Bhardwaj has been appointed to MoSPI, Sardar Patel Bhavan, New Delhi. He is an officer of Indian Statistical Service (ISS).

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

3 ISS officers of 1983 batch get HAG
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
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
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
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.

Mrs T R Boaz appointed as Member (T) RCT
Mrs T R Boaz, CCM, Western Railway, has been appointed as Member (Technical), Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) for a period of five years.

HPCL gets two Independent Directors
Mrs Asifa Khan and G V Krishna have been appointed as Non-official Independent Director on the Board of HPCL.

42 ISS officers get postings after promotion to SAG
Posting orders of 42 officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS), who were promoted to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG), have been given new places of postings. Accordingly, Amit Jyoti Roy has been posted as DDG, NSSO, RO Jammu while A K Tripathy was made DDG, DGMS, Labour & Employment and Deepak Goayl is DDG, NSSO, RO, Shimla. Similarly, Nivedita Gupta has been appointed as DDG, CBHI, Health; Kal Singh as DDG, Road Transport; Sukh Ram Meena as DDG, Petroleum; Sanjay Kumar Panda as DDG, DIPP, Commerce & Industry; Rajesh Kumar as DDG, NSSO, RO Dehradun; Ram Anuj Dwivedi as DDG, NSSO, RO, Delhi; S K Madaan as DDG, NSSO, RO, Mohali; James Mathew as DDG, RPU, CSO, MoSPI, New Delhi; R Savithri as DDG, School Education; Janardan Yadav as DDG, Health; Chandan Bhadra as DDG, NSSO, RO, Ranchi; O M Prabhakaran as DDG, Textile Commissioner officer, Mumbai; Krishnamurthy Maiya as DDG, NSSO, DPC, Bengaluru; Sandip Das as DDG, NSSO, RO, Guwahati; Sunil Chaudhry as DDG, Labour Bureau, M/o Labour and Employment, Chandigarh; A Nanda Kumar as DDG, Water Resources River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, New Delhi; Anjan Dube as DDG, Financial Services; K P Misra as DDG, NSSO, FOD, RO, Bhubaneswar; Satyendra Bahadur Singh as DDG, NSSO, RO, Itangar; Krishan Chander as DDG, NAD, CSO, MoSPI, New Delhi; Mitter Sain as DDG, Expenditure; Anupam Bhatnagar as DDG, Post; Gayatir Bhattacharya as DDG, MSME, New Delhi; Geeta Singh Rathore as DDG, Corporate Affairs, New Delhi; P Sangeeth Kumar as DDG, Special Data Dissemination Standard; P R Meshram as DDG, Crop Forecast Coordination Centre; Ghan Shyam as DDG, Chemicals & Petrochemicals; Subhash Chandra Malik as DDG, DGHS, Health; Sudesh Kumar as DDG, Sopcial Justice; Usha Pralhad Pol as DDG, NSSO, ZO, Nagpur; Pally Kundu Burman as DDG, Steel; Chansyam Punjabi as DDG, NSSO RO, Jaipur; Sumedh Sopan Nagrare as DDG, Bio-technology, New Delh8i; R C Gautam as DDG, Public Enterprises; Prafulla C Mishra as DDG, DGFT, Commerce & Industry, New Delhi; Dalip Singh as DDG, NSSO, RO, Lucknow; Devendra Kumar Pandey as DDG, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, New Delhi; Sanjay as DDG, RGI, MHA and Mrs Sandhya Krishnamurthy was appointed to NSSO ZO, Bengaluru.

Chauhan is new Member of PSC in Himachal Pradesh
Mohan Chauhan has been appointed as a member of the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC). He is 2000 batch IAS officer.

Secretary Culture N K Sinha is also Secretary, Tourism (UPDATED)
N K Sinha has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Tourism. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
(We said this on February 20 and again on February 27 )

Ashok Warrier concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Gabon (UPDATED)
Ashok Warrier has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Gabon.

Mrs G L K Rao is also Secretary, Tribal Affairs (UPDATED)
Mrs G Latha Krishna Rao has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Ameising Luikham is also Secretary, Emp of Persons with Disabilities (UPDATED)
Ameising Luikham has been given the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. He is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Manipur cadre.

Roshan Jaggi empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Roshan Jaggi has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1988 batch IFS officer of Jammu & Kashmir cadre.

S K Ojha empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI (UPDATED)
Sanjay Kumar Ojha has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in the Government of India. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre.

Dr A K Pandey appointed as Director, ARIES, Nanital (UPDATED)
Dr A K Pandey, Scientist 'F', has been appointed to the post of Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nanital.

S P Tucker appointed as CEO, SIT AP (UPDATED)
Outgoing Chief Secretary, Satya Prakash Tucker has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Institute for Transforming A P (SIT AP). He is a retired 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Tarun Verma appointed as OSD to Manoj Sinha (UPDATED)
Tarun Verma has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Manoj Sinha, Minister of State (I/C) for Communications at the level of Deputy Secretary. He is a private person.

Tenure of Prof J K Das as Director, NIHFW extended (UPDATED)
The tenure of Professor Jayanta K Das as Director, NIHFW has been extended.

Central deputation tenure of Navneet Chouhan extended (UPDATED)
The central deputation tenure of Navneet Chouhan, Director Corporate Affairs, has been extended upto June 29, 2017. He is a 1995 batch ITS officer.

Additional charge of B K Mittal as Director, BBNL extended (UPDATED)
The additional charge of B K Mittal for the post of Director (Operation), Bharat Broadband Nigam Limited (BBNL) has been extended.

Mrs Sudeshna Gupta promoted to grade of PD in AFHQCS (UPDATED)
Mrs Sudeshna Gupta has been empanelled for promotion to the grade of Principal Director (PD) in the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (AFHQCS).

J S Raje goes on inter cadre deputation to MP (UPDATED)
Jitendra Singh Raje has gone on inter cadre deputation from Sikkim to Madhya Pradesh cadre. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.

Dr Pooja Pandey goes on inter cadre deputation to UP(UPDATED)
Dr Pooja Pandey has gone on inter cadre deputation from Assam-Meghalaya to Uttar Pradesh cadre. She is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Dr Om Prakash goes on inter cadre deputation to Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Dr Om Prakash has gone on inter cadre deputation from Assam-Meghalaya to Rajasthan cadre. He is a 2006 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

B P Acharya is also DG and Ex-Officio Sp CS, Dr MCRHRD Institute (UPDATED)
B P Acharya has been given full additional charge of the post of Director Genral and Ex-Officio Special Chief Secretary, Dr MCRHRD Institute, Hyderabad. He is an IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

B R Meena is also Special Chief Secretary, Revenue in Telangana (UPDATED)
B R Meena has been given the full additional charge to the post of Special Chief Secretary, Revenue. He is an IAS officer.

Four IRS-IT officers get new postings (UPDATED)
As many as four IRS-IT officers have been given new postings. Accordingly, A A Shanker has been given the additional charge of Pr CCIT, Patna and DGIT (Inv), Patna while K L Maheshwari was given the additional charge of CCIT, Ranchi. Similarly, Abrar Ahmed has been given the additional charge of CCIT-1, Delhi while R M Garg was given the additional charge of CCIT-2, Delhi.

Manager sentenced for causing loss to PNB (UPDATED)
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai has sentenced K Y Subramanian, then Manager, Punjab National Bank, Adyar Branch, Chennai to undergo two years Rigorous Imprisonment causing a loss of Rs 3.34 crore to the bank for fraudulently sanctioning loan.

Sunil Singh Soin takes over as GM, SECR (UPDATED)
Sunil Singh Soin, Additional General Manager, South Western Railway, Hubli, has taken over the charge as General Manager, South East Central Railway, Bilaspur. IRSEE office Soin, who was earlier with BHEL, took charge at his present posting, Hubli.

Mukesh Khullar & Giriraj promoted as ACS in Maharashtra (UPDATED)
Two 1985 batch IAS officers Mukesh Khullar & V Giriraj have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Kaharashtra.

ACC approves promotion of IRS-IT to CCIT in HAG (UPDATED)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the proposal for regularizing the promotion of around two dozen officers of Indian Revenue Service of Income Tax cadre in the grade of CCIT in the HAG+ pay scale of Rs. 75500.

Dr Ananda Bose and Dr Vidhu Nair suffer bereavement (UPDATED)
Mrs Nanditha Bose (Lucky), daughter of Dr C V Ananda Bose (IAS) and wife of Dr Vidhu P Nair (IFS), has passed away on February 27. The last rites and funeral will be held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 9 am on March 2, 2017.

Mittal takes over as Director (Fin), NHPC (UPDATED)
Mahesh Kumar Mittal, Director (Finance), DFCCIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC).
(We said this on June 20, 2016)

Ms Mondal joins as Director (Commercial), SAIL (UPDATED)
Ms Soma Mondal, Director (Commercial), NALCO, has assumed the charge as Director (Commercial), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
(We said this on Sept 19, 2016)

SAIL records best ever export monthly volume in ten years (UPDATED)
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) concerted efforts on increasing export shares has started to bear fruits. In the month of February, 2017 SAIL has achieved the best ever export monthly volume of steel in last ten years. A total of 1.03 lakh tonnes of steel was exported last month, which includes the first time shipment of CE marked plates from the New Plate Mill of SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant to Europe. The new 4.3 meter wide Plate Mill with initial capacity of 1.0 MT can be augmented to 1.8 MT and is equipped with state-of-art technology which can produce wide range of plates with close dimensional tolerance, perfect flatness and surface finish to meet stringent international standards. The other products which contribute to this record exports include wire rods, hot rolled coil, billets and slabs. During the current financial year 2016-17 SAIL has already exported 6.82 lakh tonnes. The Company aims at exporting 10% of its total production and at doubling the volumes for next fiscal in FY 17-18 which will happen after tripling export volumes during the current fiscal. SAIL plans to soon diversify its exports basket with cold rolled and galvanized products from New Cold Rolling Mill at Bokaro, structural's from New Universals Section Mill at Burnpur and Medium Structural Mill at Durgapur. Through the enriched product offering the Company aims to consolidate its presence not only in South East Asian market but also in Europe.

CORPORATE

Yes Bank adjudged as 'Best Technology Bank of the Year'

Yes Bank has been adjudged as 'Best Technology Bank of the Year' at Indian Banks' Association's Banking Technology Awards 2017".

Menon is MD of Sapient India

Sanjay Menon has been appointed as Managing Director of Sapient India.

Joshi quits as senior Director of Federal Bank Ltd

Sudhir M Joshi has quit as senior Director of Federal Bank Ltd.

Singh is VP & Mktg. Head of ShopClues

Harneet Singh has been appointed as Vice President and Head of Marketing of ShopClues.

Shah quits as Independent Director of Dolphin Offshore Enterprises (India) Ltd.

Bipin Shah has quit as Independent Director of Dolphin Offshore Enterprises (India) Limited.

Viswanathan quits as Director of Lanco Infratech Ltd.

Rengaraj Viswanathan has quit as Director of Lanco Infratech Limited.

Kumar quits as Director of SS Organics Ltd.

Appasani Ravi Kumar has quit as Director of SS Organics Ltd.

Mishra is CS of Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd.

Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd has appointed Vivek Mishra as the Company Secretary of the company w.e.f. March 1, 2017.

Mrs Vora quits as Director of Shreejal Info Hubs Ltd.

Mrs Priti Vora has quit as Director of Shreejal Info Hubs Ltd.

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What about these excessive DGP posts ?

Rajesh Kumar talks about the number of ACS posts in states, but these are authorised posts sanctioned by the Government of India for big states in consideration of the large cadre strength of the respective state in big states. But what does he have to say to the situation in the small state cadre of Kerala IPS, where there are at present 8 DGPs, 4 cadre and 4 ex-cadre, all designated as DGPs, far exceeding the authorised strength of 2 cadre and 2 ex-cadre DGPs, and in gross violation of the IPS cadre rules and clear directions from the cadre-controlling authority in Government of India to keep within the authorised number of DGP posts. The Accountant General has refused to issue them the pay slip for the DGP pay scale but they are brazenly and unauthorisedly calling themselves DGPs. They have got this in gross violation of the cadre rules by exerting undue pressures on the state politicians in power.

M S Krishnan

Extend 'same station posting' facility for all

Government has further made it easy for married couples from IAS and IPS to get the same cadre. This has already been mandated but previously a spouse had to apply to DoPT after marriage to change his or her cadre to that of the spouse. This also led to some marriages of convenience where the man or the woman wanted to change his or her originally allotted cadre which was considered difficult or not wanted. The latest orders by Government are appreciated to make things convenient for working couples but why confine the 'same station posting' to All India Service Officers. Why not make it mandatory for officers of other Central Services. Orders do exist to the effect that husband and wife should be posted at the same station. The first order to that effect was issued in 1985(under this surfer's signature when I was Joint Secretary(E) in DoPT. This was done on the orders of the then Prime Minister. When I took the draft to the MOS(PP) for approval he added the words 'as far as possible' (incidentally Chidambaram was the minister) While by and large the departments followed the instructions some cussed ones took shelter behind this clause by saying "not possible' if they did not want to help the officer. Instructions have been reiterated since then but still many of the departments are still not following it in toto. It is high time the couples in Central services are also given this relief by making this provision mandatory.

Aarti Khosla

CBDT's wisdom ?

There are a large number of vacancies in income tax department despite mounting work after demonetisation. Officers are overloaded with work. There is acute shortage at higher level. In Indore, there is neither Chief Commissioner nor any Commissioner. Subordinate officers are running the show.

Wisdom of CBDT in sending the officers out on deputation is questionable when so many vacancies exist in the department itself. the CBDT should on the contrary take the officers on deputation from other departments or should hire outsiders for some specific work e.g. commissioners and additional commissioners in ITAT may be hired from lawyers, CAs etc.; commissioner audit may be taken from CAG etc. freeing around 75 commissioners for being employed as CIT(A) where more than 2.5 lakhs appeals are pending already and the tax payers have to wait for a minimum period of one year to get first hearing of appeal.

Pavan Ved,
Commissioner of Income Tax Retd.

Handover baton to cadre officers

It is time to handover baton to cadre officers of BSF.

Surekha


Recent puns by leaders have brought some smiles

A very prestigious TV channel has recently televised a very hilarious ,humorous and satirical programme ,''Gaddha Sammelan'', with the theme of donkeys, being in big news these days. It started with the request of the UP chief minister to Amitabh Bachchan not to advertise donkeys in Gujarat. Shiv Raj Chauhan, Amit shah and even the Prime Minister joined to respond to the pun, in spite of the fact that UP Chief Minister had later on clarified that he had made those remarks in lighter vein. But still the Prime Minister had said that he was proud to work like donkey for his 125 cr masters. Lofty ideals , indeed ! Politicians and leaders are not the only class, who have fought over the title of stupidity. In the years from 1728 to 1743,the world renowned poet Alexander Pope and his contemporaries were also involved in such puns and satires to denounce each other. This had resulted in the very famous book, ''Dunciad'' in 4 volumes. Anyhow the recent puns by political leaders have brought some smiles for the public.

Surinderjit Singh Sandhu, Amritsar

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