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The aristocracy began to murmer, and there was a talk of a palace revolution.

What is the difference between Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi ?

People say the tangible difference between Sonia Gandgi and Rahul Gandhi is that while the former pays heed to positive advise, later doesn't cares for any.

Who is Modi's most trusted man in the Cabinet ?

Nobody knows who is the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most trusted man in the Cabinet. What is the mystery ?

Kejriwal's shortcoming ?

Despite several qualities, Kejriwal's only shortcoming is that he can't tolerate any one in the party. But his 'Ekla Chalo' policy is unlikely ttobring any dividends in such a bif set up.

Padhe likke unpadd..

My good friend is a Harvard Graduate...he now heads a NGO and is an avid Political Pandit. We meet at a Restaurant in CP ...known for its humongous very spicy samosas served with a unique curd chutney. Over samosas and tea we get chatting ..

Me: So Mr. Harvard ..what is your take on PM's Harvard and Hard Work comment ..
Friend: No doubt the Harvard Degree needs a lot of hard work....but it is not the end...its a means to an end ..which is achieving the best in whatever a Harvardian does....in fact the real hard work starts after you graduate ..
M: Yes... both of us know a number of Harvardians who languished in their careers as they took their Degrees to be the pinnacle ...then for them the trappings of being a Harvard Graduate is what mattered...at Page 3 Parties...flaunting their Harvard Jackets and ..introducing themselves.... I'm from Harvard...
F: Take my case ...I preferred to do what I liked... yes.. I was not the hard working type....
M: Now take MMS ...he has both Oxford and Cambridge Degrees...what use were the Degrees when he was reduced to allegedly a Rubber Stamp PM...I think its how you apply the Degree...and of course the hard work you put in....the dedication you have in what you do...
F: And take Modi ...he does not have a Harvard..Cambridge or Oxford degree but see how much he has achieved ..sheer hard work..dedication ..common sense...and a analytical mind...
M: Take Salman Kursheed ..he has degrees from... St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K....and yet he just got duped online for 58,000...the one who duped him could be an undergraduate....abh apni Degrees baitt ke chaate...
F: I just got a message ...as per the Satta Bazars BJP getting 280 seats in UP.....average of 4 Satta Bazaars ..BSP coming distant second ..
M: That is why SP..Congress ...BSP were so upset with Modi campaigning so vigorously in UP...especially fourth phase ..
F: His Constituency area... plus BJP would like to max this Phase ..minimal majority minority vote...this is BJP territory..
M: So now what next for RaGa and Aki???
F: RaGa ...Nani House jaane waale hai ...Aki ...he used to feel his crooked nose is lucky for him..after this drubbing ..apni tedhi naak seedhi karwaane waale hai..
M: Any Satta Bazar predictions for UK.. Goa and Punjab...
F: Yup... UK and Goa ...BJP Governments ..in Punjab ..derivative ...its ...who will go ..to Bangalore ...Dubai...or London...

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

BUREAUCRACY

Who will succeed P K Sinha as Cabinet Secretary ? (4) B P Sharma
Secretary Personnel B P Sharma is also said to be in the reckoning for the post. 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Sharma has also been EO and Secretary Health in the Government of India. Being Secretary Personnel he is in constant touch with the PMO .

Consumer Affairs charge likely to be given additional
Like tourism, additional charge of the Consumer Affairs and Civil Supplies secretary is likely to be given to the Food Secretary.

Central Government employees to get enhanced pay from April 1 ?
Central Government employees are expected to get higher allowances as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission recommendations from April 1.

Aruna Sunderrajan is also Secretary, Telecom
Aruna Sunderrajan, Secretary, Department of Information and Technology, has reportedly been assigned an additional charge of Department of Telecom till the appointment of a regular incumbent. She is a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Will Justice Banerjee be elevated as CJ of Madras High Court ?
Name of Justice Indira Banerjee is doing the round for her elevation as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. She is presently in the Delhi HC.

Empanelment of Shipping Ministry officials difficult ?
Why is empanelment of officials of Shipping Ministry has been difficult ? What is the secret behind ?

Will Atul Kulkarni be new Police Commissioner Pune ?
Grapevine has it that Atul Kulkarni is moving to Pune as Police Commissioner. 1990 batch IPS officer Kulkarni is presemtly heading the ATS.

MP Govt asked to relieve Pawan Shrivastava to join as IG, BPR &D
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Government of Madhya Pradesh to relieve Pawan Kumar Shrivastava of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as Inspector General in Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of MP cadre.

Hoda promoted as DIG, Railway Board
Md Nurul Hoda has been promoted as DIG (RS), Railway Board. He is a Railway officer.

Who will be new Chairman of ISSSR ?
Who will succeed chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) S.K. Thorat whose tenure is coming to an end ? A search-cum-selection committee is being set up to choose the new chairman for the apex social science research body.

Seshagiri Rao selected as CMD, TCIL
A Seshagiri Rao, Director, Railtel, has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Telecommunications Consultant of India Limited (TCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting. As many as 10 persons were interviewed for the same.

M P Mall strong contender for CMD, IRCTC?
M P Mall, Director Finance, Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), is whispered to be in the race being strong contender for post of Chairman-Cum-Managing Director falling vacant soon.

Search for new CMD, NLC begins
Search for new person for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) has begun with the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) issuing advertisement seven months before retirement of present incumbent T K Nag.

Suitable officer sought for MD, EXIM bank
The Department of Financial Services is in search of suitable officer for filling up the post of Managing Director, EXIM Bank.

Assam Govt seeking service of ISS officer on deputation
The Government of Assam is in search of officer from Indian Statistical Service (ISS) for the post of Secretary (Statistics & Monitoring) in the Planning & Development Department on deputation basis.

CGHS Contribution revised
Consequent upon revision of pay on the basis of the implementation of the 7th PC CGHS subscription rates have been revised from Jan 1, 2017 for employees and pensioners.

Sangeeta Singh to be ACS in Gujarat ?
Sangeeta Singh is being promoted to the rank of ACS in Gujarat. She is 1986 batch IAS officer.

IPS reshuffle in AP on cards
A major IPS reshuffle is liekly to take place in Andhra Pradesh soon.

Rajiv Trivedi to head ACB in Telengana ?
Rajiv Trivedi is likely to head the ACB in Telengana. He is 1986 batch IPS officer of Telengana cadre.

Shiv Kumar Prasad returns to cadre
Upon return from deputation to CRIS, Shiv Kumar Prasad has been posted in the cadre of Eastern Railway. He is an IRTS officer.

11 IRS-Customs officers promoted to Chief Commissioner/DG grade
As many as 11 officers belonging to Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre have been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner/ Director General of Customs and Central Excise. The officers include: Hemant A Bhat, Pranab Kumar Das, John Joseph, Seema Malik, Raj Kumar Barthwal, Yudhvir Singh Shahrawat, Sheo Narayan Singh, C P Rao, Pawan Kumar Jain, Rajiv Bhushan Tiwari and Ashok Kumar Pandey.

Deputation tenure of Suman Mohapatra extended
The deputation tenure of Suman Mohapatra as Conservator of Forests, Eastern Regional Office, Bhubaneswar, has been extended upto December 25, 2018. He is a 1995 batch IFS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Y S Tadvi appointed as Sr Deputy Accountant General, Nagpur
Y S Tadvi, Senior Deputy Accountant General (Admn), Accountant General (G&SSA), Gujarat, Rajkot has been transferred and posted as Senior Deputy Accountant General (A/Cs, VLC), in the office of Accountant General (A&E)-II, Maharashtra, Nagpur. He is a 2008 batch IA&AS officer.

Dr Chauhan deputed as Dy Director, ED, Mumbai
Dr Ujjwal B Chauhan has been deputed as Deputy Director, Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai. He is an IRS-IT officer.

Nirmaljit Singh appointed as PMG, Jammu region
Nirmaljit Singh has been appointed as PMG, Jammu region, J&K circle after promotion to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). He is a 1997 batch IPoS officer.

Naresh Kumar appointed as DIG, Forests, National Afforstation Board
Naresh Kumar has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Forests, National Afforstation Board. He is a 1999 batch UT cadre officer.

Ms Alka Mehra appointed as Member (T) RCT
Ms Alka Mehra, FA & CAO, South Eastern Central Railway, has been appointed as Member (Technical), Railway Claims Tribunal (RCT) for a period of five years.

AAI gets two Independent Directors
Air Marshal Fali H Major and Dr Tuktuk Ghosh Kumar have been appointed as Non-official Independent Director on the Board of Airports Authority of India.

MHA in search of officer of Director, Census Operations in HP
Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi has invited the name of willing and suitable officer for filling up the post of Director, Census Operations and Director, Citizen Registration in Himachal Pradesh under the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Dr Adithela returns to parent cadre, posted as ACS, GAD in HP

Dr Adithela has returned to parent cadre and has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, SAD, GAD, Sainik Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs in Himachal Pradesh. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of HP cadre.

HUDCO Observes International Women's Day (UPDATED)

HUDCO observed the International Women's Day on 8th March, 2017 in keeping with the United Nations theme for this year "Be Bold for Change", under the chairmanship of Dr. M Ravi Kanth, Chairman & Managing Director, HUDCO. In an interactive session women employees were given an opportunity to share their views in improving the working environment and the overall welfare of women employees.

WAPCOS Donates Life Saving Equipment to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital Charitable Trust (UPDATED)
WAPCOS Donates Life Saving Equipment to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital Charitable Trust WAPCOS Limited donated a lifesaving machine - ECMO (Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator Machine) to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital Charitable Trust, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi under its Corporate Social Responsibility activities in the presence of R.K. Gupta, CMD WAPCOS and Sushil Kumar Gupta, President, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital Charitable Trust. This machine will provide access to critical care to economically weaker patients free of cost.ECMO is the most essential lifesaving equipment for patients where either or both Heart and Lungs of the patient have failed and life of the patient can be sustained upto a number of days until the disease recovers. In functionally it is similar to Heart Lung Machine, except that this machine can be used for patients on the intensive care unit and can be used for a number of days at a stretch. It also does not need a perfusionist as is required to operate a Heart Lung Machine.

ITDC celebrates International Women's Day in a unique way (UPDATED)
On this International Women's Day, a day to celebrate and pay tribute to womanhood and to reckon the achievements of women and their significant contributions to the society, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC), the only public sector undertaking under the aegis of Ministry of Tourism organised various programmes across divisions including special health awareness workshop for all the woman employees of corporation to pay tribute to God's best creation-The Women. In order to acknowledge the contribution of Women to the organisation, ITDC organised a Health and Wellness Program for its woman employees with Dr. Geeta Asthana, a renouned Senior Consultant [Cardiology] with Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. The session was targeted towards creating awareness about maintaining a good lifestyle which included imparting knowledge about a healthy heart, managing blood pressure and diabetes, safe and healthy food practices, implications of being Obese, cancers and its warning signals, dangers of smoking/tobacco, benefits of exercise/ Yoga and how to manage Stress and achieve a balance between official and personal life. The Health and Wellness Program session was inaugurated by Piyush Tiwari, Officiating Chairman &Managing Director and Director (Commercial & Marketing) ITDC. ITDC flagship property, The Ashok celebrated this Women's Day by offering amazing discounts at all its restaurants (The Oudh, Frontier and Samavar - The Coffee Shop). All Women Guests were offered welcome drinks on arrival, 30% discount on food and soft beverage & other exciting surprises. Rose buds and chocolates were given as a token of appreciation. Speaking on the occasion Piyush Tiwari, Officiating Chairman & Managing Director and Director (Commercial & Marketing) ITDC said, "India has historically and traditionally accorded a very high stature to women as is evident from symbolic control of Mental Strength, Physical Strength and Financial Strength being assigned to Goddess Sarswati, Goddess Durga and Goddess Laxmi respectively. Rather than Women trying to prove themselves equal to Man it should be other way round as women are considered far far superior to Men when it comes to managing and creating a balance between work and family life. Women have been outperforming Men in almost every field and it's an honour for me to be present among all of you, he said.

Minor reshuffle of IPS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
O P Singh has been appointed as ADG, PHQ while Ajay Singhal was made ADGP, Vigilance Bureau and Mamta Singh is Joint Director. Besides, Amitabh Dhillon has been appointed as IGP, Hisaar and H S Doon has been made as IGP, Rewari south range in Haryana.

BEL pays Rs. 49.21 cr Interim Dividend to Govt (UPDATED)
Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has paid an Interim Dividend of Rs.49,21,87,221/- (Rupees Forty Nine Crores Twenty One Lakhs Eighty Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty One only) to the Government of India for the year 2016-17. M V Gowtama, CMD, BEL, presented the Interim Dividend cheque to the Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar, at New Delhi on March 9, 2017. BEL has declared 30% per cent Interim Dividend (Rs. 3/- per share) to its shareholders for the year 2016-17. This is the 13th consecutive year that BEL is paying Interim Dividend. The Company had paid 170% Dividend in the previous year 2015-16 (25% Interim Dividend in February, 2016 and 145% Final Dividend in October, 2016.

Around 24 IAS officers get additional charges in Bihar (UPDATED)
Around two dozen IAS officers have been given additional charges of Bandobast officers in Bihar. Accordingly, Sanjay Kumar Agrawal has been assigned an additional charge of Bandobast officer, Patna while Lokesh Kumar Singh is also Bandobast officer, Pashchim Champaran, Betia and Virendra Prasad Yadav gets charge of Badobast ofice, Bhojpur Aara. Similarly, Kumar Ravi has been assigned an additional charge of Bandobast officer, Gaya; Dharmendra Singh gets charge of Bandobast officer, Muzzaffarpur; Rajesh Prasad Singh as Bandobast officer, Kaimur; Manoj Kumar as Bandobast officer, Navawad; Girivar Dayal Singh as Bandobast officer, Madhubani; Pranav Kumar as Bandobast officer, Samastipur; Raman Kumar as Bandobast officer, Buxor; Manoj Kumar Singh gets charge of Bandobast officer, Jahanabad; Animesh Kumar Parashar gets charge of Bandobast officer, Rohtas; Rajiv Roshan gets charge of Bandobast officer, Sitamarhi; Mrs Rachana Patil gets charge of Bandobast officer, Vaishali, Hazipur; Raj Kuamr gets charge of Bandobast officer, Shivhar; Chandrashekhar Singh gets charge of Bandobast officer, Darbhanga, Kanwal Tanuj as gets charge of Bandobast officer, Aurangabad; Rahul Kumar gets charge of Bandobast officer, Gopalganj; Alok Ranjan Ghosh as Bandobast officer, Arwal and Dr Deor Nilesh Ramchandra was given an additional charge of Bandubast officer, Boka.

Siddhartha Nath appointed Deputy Secretary in PMO (UPDATED)
Siddhartha Nath has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office for a period of three years. He is a 2003 batch IFS officer.

Major reshuffle of IPoS officers (UPDATED)
As many as 27 officers of the Indian Postal Service have been transferred and posted to different places. Accordingly, Rahul Kaushik has been appointed as ADG (PO), Postal Directorate while Dinesh Kumar Mistry was posted as RAK NPA, Ghaziabad. Similarly, K K Jayasankar has been posted as ADG (RB), Postal Directorate while Ms Radhika Dhir was transferred to Haryana Circle; Shahnawaz Akhter as ADG (IM), Postal Directorate; K A Devaraj to Tamil Nadu Circle; Abhas to Delhi Circle; Abhishek Jain as ADG (PBI-II & CP), Postal Directorate; S Rajashekara as PTC, Mysore; Ms Priyanka Das as DD (PMU), Postal Directorate; V K Mohan to Karnataka Circle; B S Umesh to Karnataka Circle; Kale Ajinkya Ajey as ADG (FS-II), Postal Directorate; M S Rana to Punjab Circle; Surekh R Nathen to Tamil Nadu Circle; Ms Moona Yasmin to Uttar Pradesh Circle; Sandesh M to Karnataka Circle; H R Chandrashekarachar to Karnataka Circle; Jeth Mal Jingar as PTC, Saharanpur; G M Taneja to Uttarakhand Circle; G M Ramalingam to Tamil Nadu Circle; J S Gurjar to Rajasthan Circle; Hanif Khan to Rajasthan Circle; S K Dubey to Madhya Pradesh Circle; M L Dhar as ADG (DE), Postal Directorate; L Manjunatha to Karnataka Circle and K Muniramaiah has been posted to AP Circle.

Ms Nalini Kak is also Adviser, Railway Board (UPDATED)
Ms Nalini Kak has been given the additional charge of Adviser (Accounts), Railway Board. She is an IRAS officer.

11 IRS-Customs promoted officers to get new postings grade (UPDATED)
As many as 11 officers of Indian Revenue Service of Customs and Central Excise cadre, who have been promoted to the grade of Chief Commissioner/ Director General of Customs and Central Excise, will get soon new place of postings. The officers include: Hemant A Bhat, Pranab Kumar Das, John Joseph, Seema Malik, Raj Kumar Barthwal, Yudhvir Singh Shahrawat, Sheo Narayan Singh, C P Rao, Pawan Kumar Jain, Rajiv Bhushan Tiwari and Ashok Kumar Pandey.

PESB holding interviews for Director (Fin), PFC (UPDATED)
The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is holding interviews for the post of Director, Finance, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on March 9, 2017.

AAI holds medical camp for women on Women's Day (UPDATED)
Airport Authority of India (AAI) has organised a 'health check up and symposium on health' for the female staff members on the occasion of International Women's Day. AAI Member Human Resources, Anuj Agrawal wished the women both health and longevity. With the help of doctors of SCI International hospital, female staff members were medically checked up.

CORPORATE

RBI's Banking Ombudsman for Kerala takes charge
H.N. Iyer, Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has taken over as the Banking Ombudsman for Kerala and Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

NTPC commissions 45 MW Bhadla Solar Power Project

The 45 MW of Bhadla Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned. With this, the installed capacity of Bhadla Solar Power project has become 160 MW and that of NTPC's solar power projects has become 520 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 41222 MW and that of NTPC group has become 48188 MW.

Sridhar is Group CS of Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd

Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd has appointed Sridhar S as the Group Company Secretary of the company.

Haldar is CEO of SRL Diagnostics Ltd

Arindam Haldar has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of SRL Diagnostics Ltd.

Chandrasekhar is Part-time Chairman of The Federal Bank Limited

The Federal Bank Limited has appointed K M Chandrasekhar as Part-time Chairman of the Bank.

Sharma quits as Non Exec. Independent Director of Tube Investments of India Ltd

C K Sharma has quit as Non-executive Independent Director of Tube Investments of India
Limited due to personal reasons.

Goyal is Non- Exec Independent Director of Vaibhav Global Ltd

Vaibhav Global Limited has appointed Sunil Goyal as Non- Executive Independent Director of the company.

Chawla is CFO of Puravankara Ltd

Puravankara Limited has appointed Kuldeep Chawla as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

Korpe is CFO of Valecha Engineering Ltd

Valecha Engineering Limited has appointed Anil S Korpe as Chief Financial Officer of the company.

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Why IAS alone is targeted ?

I was just reading the disscussion about quality of IAS officers. I have no doubt that they are the most efficient lot in the country.

As Saxena is questioning the system of recruitment of civil servant he suggested that it is faulty I don't know the system of recruitment but what about the training part after recruitment it is how you train these young probationers, we can make more delivery oriented and effective officers. Instead of training them that they teach them everyone should know what u eat in your posted district. exact word of young newly posted officer " acadamy me sikhaya jata hai ki posting hote hi poore Zile ko pata chal jana chahiye ki aap kya khate hain ".

I think it is more imp how you train the person.

Bhupendra Kumar

Despondency of officers may spread like cancer

I completely agree with A K Saxena's views on IAS vis-à-vis other Group A Services. To add to his comments, the vicious circle if not checked now by PM himself (no faith in DoPT/Cabinet Sectt), the despair and despondency of officers may spread like cancer in the entire bureaucracy, with further decline in quality of service or outcomes in central government The widening gap is now IAS 1998 batch for JS vs 1989 batch for other Services for Joint Secretary. Not only that, most of these junior officers are behaving like super boss even on same level officers of other services. They occupy the bigger rooms, enjoy more power and authority with complete disregard to the status of similarly placed officers due to blessings of their senior brethren of same clan. This kind of arrogance and attitude and practice in should at least be checked as quick as possible before officers start revolting.

KMP


Is Secy Posts an encadred post ?

How Secy post can be encadred ? Then how it is only Postal Service officers get this post...ehy not all Secy eligible officers.

Anjna Gauhar

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