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POLITICS

This is History (567)
Bertrand Russel was a bundle of contradictions.

What is the difference between Congress and Akali Government ?
What is the difference between Amrinder Singh and Prakash Singh Badal ? While Badal used to give importance to the promotee IAS and IPS officers, Amrinder Singh prefers Direct recruit officers.

Is it a 'Political Romance' ?
Political scene in the country has hotted up after "Political Romance" in full public view between PM Narendra Modi and Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav. Now what will happen to "Mahagathbandhan" ?

Governors appointment next month
Appointment of Half a dozen new Governors is expected to take place in April. Transfer of few Governors is also not ruled out.

Portfolio announcement likely today? (UPDATED)

During Delhi visit CM, UP has finalized the portfolios with central leadership and likely to be announced on Wednesday.

Ethical...

My friend is planning to start a Forum called 'Ethical Procurements' .....today we meet at Costa Coffee in CP...and over Coffees and Muffins we get chatting...

Me: What progress on your Forum..
Friend: In the works .... first I want to concentrate on big ticket Procurements ....Global Tenders. ..like Defence..Power..etc.
M: The biggest secret about Defence Procurements is nothing is Secret..
F: Ha ..ha...so true ...be it the Forces... DRDO...Ministry ...all leak like a sieve when it comes to Procurements .....10 years of UPA really injected corruption venom into the system......and if Government accepts 'there are no secrets' ..it can bring in transparency... via... which not only can corruption be controlled but it would get inputs directly from Manufacturers ...like when a certain Procurement is being planned...GOI advertises it's intention...PTN.. Pre Tender Notice ...all those applying get total info about the formulation of the BEC and inputs should be welcomed to ensure that any hanky-panky of fixing the BEC in favor of any prospective Bidder or to preclude any prospective Bidder are short circuited..Prospective Bidders can represent ...and these communications will be recorded and would be part of CAG's Audit..
M: But then wouldn't it be .... divulging Defence Secrets. .
F: Fact of the matter is Defence Manufacturers are the best informed and sometimes better than MOD..they get info about Force's Requisitions as these are being formulated ...some even say some Requisitions are formulated with them 'tacitly'...or if MOD is in 'thinking mode' ...they get the info before Armed Forces do....
M: Then what about trials and Bidding ..
F: Total transparency. ...all Trial Reports and Bid Evaluations are circulated amongst Bidders ...and any Bidder can represent... only if the Bidder finds any 'Unfairness' ..no change in Technicals. So is the case for Price Evaluation ..NPV should be circulated...
M: Bhai tuh ne toh secrecy ki aisi kumm taisi karr dee! !
F: Like I said there are no secrets ...with technology it's easier to pass on info...checks are there ..but woefully inadequate ....when there is a will they find a way .....Government has to first accept there are no secrets ...sorry to be repetitive. ..its the basis..
M: I hear retired Armed Forces Officers are used ...if I might add .. very effectively ..
F: Yes..yes ...I was coming to this...any retired Officer getting employed/retainer/consultant or any other terminology whereby he is attached to a Defence Supplier must submit info to his Parent Body and to MOD...he will not be allowed to use his Retired Defence Officer accreditation to enter any Defence Establishment or MOD...his accreditation is only good for Canteens and Hospitals!! Same for Retired MOD Bureaucrats ...
M: So what you mean to say ...accept there are no secrets ...so do away with secrecy ...albeit on a limited scale...only Prospective Bidders and Bidders ..
F: The info available to Bidders would make any hanky-panky at the final but decisive stage difficult to justify ...that is if there are manipulations in the decisive stage!
M: And Bureaucrats and Faujis make enough ...in service and post retirement .. they should not allow themselves to be misused ..a Fauji has to be disciplined and dedicated post retirement too...ditto for Bureaucrats...but I think your proposals would be binned ...Secrecy that in actuality is porous is all too important ...

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

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Over two dozen 1984 batch IAS to be empanelled ?
If insiders are to be believed between 25 and 30 IAS officers belonging to 1984 batch are expected to be empanelled to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.

UP and Uttarakhand Governments to be run by PMO ?
Insiders say that the new Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand Governmet's will be effectively run by the PMO.

Bureaucracy is uneasy in Uttar Pradesh
Bureaucracy in Uttar Pradesh is really uneasy. During the last several years they have seen only BSP and Samajwadi Governments. It is widely believed that 30 per cent bureaucracy has been with Mayawati and 40 per cent with the Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh Yadav.

Mrs Madhabi Puri Buch appointed as Whole Time Member, SEBI
Mrs Madhabi Puri Buch currently at New Development Bank, Shanghai, has been appointed as Whole Time Member Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) for a period of three years.

Ghan Shyam Singh appointed as Member (Tra), Railway Board
Ghan Shyam Singh, General manager, Eastern Railway, has been appointed as Member (Traction), Railway Board. He is an IRSEE officer.

IRTS officer Ms Dhillon deputed as Adviser to ED, IMF, Washington
Ms Petal Dhillon has been appointed as adviser to the Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF),Washington, DC. She is a 2002 batch IRTS officer.

Who will have control over CMO, UP ?
Indications are that PMO will have direct control over the Chief Minister's office of UP. It is because of Narendra Modi, PM's effort BJP has got bumper majority. People gave votes for Modi Ji. Therefore Modi Ji is said to be taking extra precautions. It is said that PMO wants those bureaucrats who have clean image and can deliver swiftly. It is reported that a list dashing officers is being prepared and soon a transfer list will be out.

Lt Gen Shergill (Retd) to be Advisor in Punjab ?
Grapevine has it that Lt Gen Tejinder Singh Shergill (retd) is being appointed as senior adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Amrinder Singh.

IRS officer is successor of Uma Bharti !
Lokesh Kumar Lihare is going to be political successor of Union Minister Uma Bharti . He is said to be 2006 batch IRS officer. Lokesh is presently her OSD.

Deputation tenure of Peeyush Pandey as IG, SPG extended
The deputation tenure of Peeyush Pandey as Inspector General of Special Protection Group (SPG) has been extended upto April 30, 2017. He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Chhattisgarh cadre IFS Singh loses to Dr Gairola
1984 batch IFS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre Udit Kumar Singh has lost to Dr Suresh Chandra Gairola for the post of Director General, Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE). He is a 1982 batch IFS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

What will be fate of an IAS officer in UP ?
How will an IAS officer be treated after the anointment of Yogi Adityanath as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? Adityanath was jailed by this young and talented IAS officer.

IPS officer to pay price for action against Yogi ?
An officer of Indian Police Service (IPS) may have to pay price for his action against Yogi Adityanath after the anointment of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? Adityanath was jailed by this young and talented IPS officer.

Puri is now Chairman of RISD
Former Ambassador to UK and Brazil Hardeep Singh Puri has been appointed as the Chairman of the New Delhi-based think tank, Research and Information System for Developing Countries. He is former 1974 batch IFS officer.

Upendra Tripathy appointed as full time IDG, ISA
Upendra Tripathy has been appointed as Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a full time basis. He is former 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Santosh Vaidya appointed as Senior Adviser to ED, World Bank
Santosh D Vaidya has been appointed as Senior Adviser to the Executive Director, World Bank, WashingtonDC at Joint Secretary level. He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Merger of subsidiary banks of SBI comes into effect from April 1
Acquisition of subsidiary banks of State Bank of India (SBI) i.e. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore with State Bank of Indiashall come into effect on 1st April, 2017. The existing customers of Subsidiary Banks will have access to SBI global network which has presence in all the time zones.

CBI frames 19 former Executives in Rs 2,112 cr loss of STC
As many as 19 former Executives from Assistant Manager to CMD level have been mentioned in the accused list framed by the CBI for causing loss of Rs 2,112 crore to the State Trading Corporation Limited (STC).

P P Bose strong contender for CMD, BRWT ?
Partha Protim Bose, Director Finance, Braithwaite & Co. Limited, is whispered to be strong contender for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Braithwaite & Co Limited (BRWT).

CBI books Pramod Mittal, ex-CMD, GSHL
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly registered a case against Pramod Mittal former Chairman Global Steel Holdings Limited (GSHL) for causing a loss of Rs 2,112 crore to the State Trading Corporation Limited (STC).

Tenure of S S Kumar as CVO, BEL extended
The tenure of S Shiva Kumar as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Bangalore has been extended upto 29th December, 2018. He is a 1987 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Three advertisements issued for Director level postings in PSUs
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has issued advertisements for three Director level posts in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). They are: Director Technical, Coal India Limited; Director Finance State Trading Corporation of India Limited and Director P&P, MOIL Limited.

K K Tripathi appointed as Director, Panchayati Raj
Kamlesh Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj in Government of India. He is a 1998 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

H S Puri appointed as Chairman, RIS
Hardeep Singh Puri has been appointed as the Chairman of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).

P Balakiran is also Director, Tourism in Kerala
P Balakiran has been given full additional charge of the post of Director of Tourism. He is a 2008 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

12 IPS officers promoted to JAG Scale in AP
The following IPS officers have been promoted to the Junior Administrative Grade Scale of IPS. They are: T Ravi Kumar Murthy, K Koteswara Rao, L K V Ranga Rao, P Venkatarami Reddy, G Pala Raju, G Venkata Giri Ashok Kumar, G Vijay Kumar, S Hari Krishna, M Ravi Prakash, S V Rajasekhar Babu, K V Mohan Rao and P H D Ramakrishna.

Three IFS officers promoted to CCF grade in AP
The following IFS officers have been empanelled and promoted to the Super Time Scale (ii) of IFS in the rank of Chief Conservator of Forests. They are: B Sundar, S Saravanan and M Ravi Kumar.

54 IRS-C&CE officers get NFSG
As many as 54 IRS-C&CE officers have been accorded Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) in the grade of Joint Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise. The officers are: M Chandra Bose, Suman Kumar Kujur, K V R K Bhopalarao, Shyam Dhar, Aarti Saxena, Shareyar Iqbal Faisal, Satyabrata Kumar, Abhay Kumar, Sanjay Lawania, Gopal Krishna Jha, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, B Sumidaa Devi, Ruchin Gupta, Madhab Chandra Mishra, Raj Kumar Digvijay, Vivek Pandey, Yogender Singh, Shaym Kanu Mahanta, Anuradha Mishra, Ruchita Vij, Meenal Bhosale, Abhinav Gupta, Samar Nanda, Dinesh Singh, Shamsad Alam, S Aroka Raj, R Balaji, Manikkavel P, V Sivakumar, Manzoor Ali Ansari, Gali Shril Saroj, B Enthilvelan, Surendra Paul Singh, Vikas, Sunil Kumar Singh, Dinesh Boudh, Ravindra Jagannath Dange, Rajan Datt, Girraj Prasad Meena, Hari Narayan Meena, Rajendra Kumar Meena, K Bala Kishan Raju, Pradeep Kumar Bohra, Rajiv Ranjan, Rajeev Kumar, Shiv Pratap Singh, A K Kothari, Harsh Vardhan A Umre, P D Puli, Ajay Kumar, K V Ganesh Prasad, Ravindra K Das, Navraj Goyal, Krishna Kumar Srivastava, Manisha S Kulkarni and Jayant Sahay.

Vishal Agrawal appointed as AGM, Central Railway
Vishal Agrawal, CCM Central Railway, has been appointed as AGM, Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

Ganga Ram Baderiya promoted to Principal Secretary grade in Karnataka
Ganga Ram Baderiya has been promoted to the grade of Principal Secretary in Karnataka. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

IFS results declared
A total of 110 candidates for Indian Forests Service have been declared successful by the Union Public Service Commission.

AAI signs MoU with Daman and Diu UT Administration (UPDATED)
Airports Authority of India has undertaken the Operation, Development and Maintenance of Diu Airport from Diu Administration. A Memorandum of Understanding demonstrating the responsibilities has been executed on 20.3.2017 between UT Administration of Daman and Diu and Airports Authority of India. The Airport operations were handed over to Airports Authority of India on the 10th of March 2017. With this transition, Airports Authority of India will provide required facilities, infrastructure and management at Diu Airport. Further, with the objective of upgrading the infrastructure and services at Diu Airport, Planning Department of Airports Authority will shortly develop the new design for the Airport. At present Air India operates scheduled movements 4 times in a week on Mumbai-Diu-Mumbai sector on Viability Gap Funding provided by Diu Administration. The Operations, Development and Maintenance of Diu Airport will now be led by Airports Authority of India.

MoU signed between DVC and REC (UPDATED)
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed between Damodar Valley Corporation and Rural Electrification Company (REC) on March 22, 2017 at DVC Towers, Kolkata. The MoU is signed by Andrew W K Langstieh, IA&AS, Chairman, DVC and Dr P V Ramesh, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director, REC, in presence of P K Mukhopadhyay, Member-Secretary & Member (Finance), DVC , R P Tripathi, Member (Technical) DVC, S K Gupta, Director (Technical), REC and Mrs Ritu Maheswari, IAS, Executive Director (T&D), REC. The said MoU would ensure one-stop-shop for financing ongoing and upcoming projects of DVC on the best and most competitive terms for the next five years.

NTPC pays Interim Dividend of Rs. 2,152.07 cr (UPDATED)
NTPC Ltd. has paid an interim dividend of Rs. 2,152.07 crore, being 26.10% of the paid-up equity share capital of the Company for Financial Year 2016-17. The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs. 1,500.95 crore to Government of India, was presented by Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC Ltd. to Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy and Mines in the presence of Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Aniruddha Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, K Biswal, Director (Finance), A K Jha, Director (Technical), K K Sharma, Director (Operations), S Roy, Director (Human Resources) and A K Gupta, Director (Commercial) from NTPC Ltd. This is the 24th consecutive year that NTPC Ltd. has paid dividend.

15 ISS officers shifted after promotion to HAG (UPDATED)
As many as 15 officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been shifted after promotion to the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG). Accordingly, Rajeev Lochan has been appointed as ADG, Agriculture & Cooperation while Ravi Kant Bhatnagar is ADG, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Davendra Verma was made ADG, SSD, CSO, MoSPI. Similarly, Paritosh Chandra Sarkar has been appointed as ADG, DPD, NSSO, Kolkata; Shalini Ashok Bhoyar as ADG, FOD, NSSO; P S Bose as ADG, SDRD, NSSO, Kolkata; Debi Prasad Mondal as ADG, Training Division, CSO, MoSPI; Subrata Kumar Dhar as ADG, Coordinatoin Division , CSO, MoSPI; M V S Ranganadham as ADG, NAD, CSO, MoSPI, Delhi; Mukat Singh as ADG, Rural Development; Jyotirmoy Poddar as ADG, Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics; Vijay Kumar as ADG, Economic Affairs; Tapas Kumar Saha as ADG, Data Storate & Dissemination Division; Pravin Srivastava as aDG, ESD, CSO, MoSPI and Rakesh Kumar was posted as ADG, Coordination & Public Division.

CBI registers case against SBI officials (UPDATED)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Senior Special Assistant and Deputy Manager (Operations) of State Bank of India, Buchireddypalem Branch, Nellore District for entering into a criminal conspiracy while the restrictions on distribution of currency notes due to demonetization were in force.

Inter cadre tenure of Wabang Jamir to Nagaland extended (UPDATED)
The inter cadre deputation tenure of Wabang Jamir from Gujarat to Nagaland cadre has been extended. He is a 1999 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

M R M Rao goes on inter cadre deputation to Telangana (UPDATED)
M R M Rao has gone on inter cadre deputation from AGMUT to Telangana cadre. He is a 2007 batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Inter cadre deputation tenure of M K Verma to Bihar extended (UPDATED)
The inter cadre deputation tenure of Manish Kumar Verma from Odisha to Bihar cadre has been extended. He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre.

Three IFS officers promoted to PCCF grade in AP (UPDATED)
The following 1986 batch IFS officers have been empanelled for promotion to the Above Super Time Scale (ii) of IFS in the rank of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests. They are: N Prateep Kumar, Satish Kumar Kaushik and Vipin Chaudhary.

Mrs G J Lakshmi appointed as DG, NIPHM, Hyderabad (UPDATED)
Mrs G Jaya Lakshmi has been appointed as Director General, National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM), Hyderabad. She is a 1995 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Minor reshuffle of IRS officers (UPDATED)
As many as seven IRS officers in the grade of Commissioner of Income Tax have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Vismita Tej has been appointed as CIT (A)-44, Delhi while Mona Singh was posted as CIT (OSD), Delhi. Similarly, Naveen Chandra has been posted as CIT (OSD), Delhi while Nirupama Kotru was appointed as CIT (A)-3, Pune; Vivek Kumar as CIT (OSD), Delhi; Veena Joshi as CIT (A), Panchkula NWR and H K Choudhry was posted as CIT (OSD), Delhi.

Two IRAS officers given new postings (UPDATED)
K S Asla has been transferred to ICF and posted as FA&CAO (P) while S Krishnamoorthy was shifted to Southern Railway and has been appointed as FA&CAO (W&S).

5 IRTS officers get Selection Grade (UPDATED)
Five officers of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS): Aadhar Raj ( ECR), D Vijaymala (SR), Narender Panwar (WCR), G Gayatri (SR), and K Anil Kumar (SWR) have been accorded Selection Grade.

Shiv Kumar Prasad appointed as CFTM, ECR (UPDATED)
Shiv Kumar Prasad has been posted as Chief Freight Transportation Manager (CFTM), East Central Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

P K Jena appointed as CCM, SER (UPDATED)
P K Jena, CTM/Metro, has been transferred to South Eastern Railway and posted as Chief Commercial Manager (CCM), South Eastern Railway (SER). He is an IRTS officer.

Rajiv Dutt Sharma appointed as Advisor, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Rajiv Dutt Sharma have been posted as Adviser (Commercial)/ Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Three IRTS officers shifted after promotion to SAG (UPDATED)
P A Banerjee has been transferred to Central Railway and posted in the cadre while G M S Naidu was posted in the cadre of South East Central Railway and Midde Venkatachar Murali is transferred to East Coast Railway and posted in the cadre after promotion to the Senior Administrative Grade.

Will Awasthi be new Principal Secretary of UP CM ? (UPDATED)
Name of Avaniish Kumar Awasthi is doing the round for the post of Principal Secretary to new UP CM Adityanath Yogi. He is 1987 batch IAS officer.

Harpal Singh joins as DG Inspection & Safety (UPDATED)
Air Marshal S Harpal Singh, AVSM VM, has assumed the office of Director General, Inspection and Safety. He was commissioned in the Fighter stream of Indian Air Force on 15 Jun 1980.

AAI CVO Yatendra Kumar gets premature repatriation (UPDATED)
Yatendera Kumar, Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Airports Authority of India (AAI), Delhi, has been accorded premature repatriation to his parent cadre. He is a 1996 batch IAS officer of MT cadre.

CORPORATE

Mrs Pradeep is Non-Exec Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.
Mrs Anuradha Pradeep has been appointed as Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.

Shenoy is Addl. Director of Shrenuj & Company Ltd
Shrenuj & Company Limited has appointed Ranjal Laxmana Shenoy as an Additional Director of the company.

Maheshwari quits as Whole-time Director of Ginni Filaments Ltd
Ram Ratan Maheshwari has quit as Whole-time Director of Ginni Filaments Limited due to personal reasons w.e.f. April 30, 2017.

Agrawal is Independent Director of Deepak Spinners Ltd
Deepak Spinners Ltd has appointed Binod Kumar Agrawal as Independent Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2017.

Shah is MD of Renaissance Jewellery Ltd
Renaissance Jewellery Ltd has appointed Hitesh M Shah as Managing Director of the company w.e.f. April 1, 2017.

Khetan is Whole-time Director of AAR Commercial Company Ltd
Anupam Khetan has been appointed as a Whole-time Director of AAR Commercial Company Ltd.

Kumar is Non Exec. Director of JITF Infralogistics Ltd
JITF Infralogistics Ltd has appointed Neeraj Kumar as Non Executive Director of the company.

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Drawing parity with IAS batch

1984 onwards top few officers among list of 15 had earlier got Non functional Upgradation to HAG grade in 2014 itself.

Renu

Will DoPT issue order for changing Ram Navami holiday ?

As per Government of India Holiday list, April 4th is closed forz. But actually, Ram Navami is on April 5th and religious functions are going to be held only on April 5th in Temples in Delhi. There is no point for staying home on 4th April and again taking a CL for April 5th on this occasion of Ram Navami. Will DoPT issue order for changing this holiday from 4th to April 5th as actually Ram Navami Falls on 5th April (Wednesday)

Ravi

Post is vacant

He is not joining RCT at Delhi and the post is vacant at present.

Deepak Kumar

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