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Rules existed for the public and not the public for the rules.

Who will be next President?

NDA Govt is now gearing up to get President of its choice. At allies meeting in Delhi, a couple of names were floated. Will there be a woman or a Union Minister from the South ?

BJP agenda in West Bengal

What will be the BJP agenda in West Bengal ? Given the fact that the left parties, the TMC and the Congress would vie for minority votes, polarization in favour of BJP cannot be ruled out.

Memories of Late Indira Gandhi revived

Memories of Late Indira Gandhi are being revived these days. Thanks to the rise of Narendra Modi whose working, people say, is in many ways similar to Late Indira Gandhi. However, Modi is seen as more powerful.

Pakistan knows its Modi now ..

Driving down from Shimla to Delhi , I stop at my favourite Dhaba at Murthal. I'm sharing the table with two Gentleman.....one is a Retired Fauji and the other is a Stock Broker (post introductions). I order my favourite...stuffed Parathas...thick Yoghurt ( hung overnight and in the morning its tight) and salad. As we wait for the food we get chatting.

Retired Fauji: Why is Modi being blamed for Pak Sentencing of an Indian to death!!!
Stock Broker: What use is the impromptu trip he took to meet Sharif...
Me: But what's that got to do with the sentencing now...post his meeting Surgical Strikes took place.....India has responded 10 fold to Pak cross-border firing..
RF: The objective of that visit was to corner Pakistan...India's being friendly..whereas it's Pakistan that's proving it is a Terror State..and objective was achieved as Pak has been cornered Globally ..
M: And Presstitutes are hyping Jamai Vadra's tweet on this Death Sentence ...
SB: Well he's the son in law of India's First Family ...
RF: Oye easy it...they are no longer the First Family .....a title they grabbed during the UPA days...unless Pranab Da has given them a Letter of Authority ...handing them his Family's title....otherwise now nowhere in the hierarchy....
M: It's so demeaning to our Democracy that despite Public's verdicts the Presstitutes still cannot get over their subservience to this Family ....who is Vadhra...what is his standing ..is he Congress's Spokesman...
SB: He is Priyanka's hubby...
RF: So he should keep it so and take care of his Family ....by the way UP has binned whatever hope Congress had on her ...
M: Take it from me ...this is not Congress this is Modi's BJP....Pak will not have guts to hang him and will not try a Sarabjit type of misadventure....indirect 'hanging' !!
RF: I think when Amrinder returns he should send a Bouquet to Sukhbir ....he's been selling Punjab to RIL and Tata' s saying Punjab is a Power Surplus State with the best road connectivity ...
M: Yes...all this was achieved during Akali's 10 year stint...
SB: And a Drugs over-surplus State..
RF: See I live in Punjab....this Drugs issue was hyped by AAP ...and they did it very effectively ...but to their shock Congess took the benefit ..
M: Yes... for Akalis..it was Badh se Badhnam boora...
RF: Kejriwal is still crying foul on the EVMs..
M: Sir ji if balloting is done ...we know which Party will benefit the most ...it has tried and tested technology in Booth Capturing...mass stamping of ballots ..Ballot Box stuffing....counting gupplas....
RF: And when Kejri looses post Balloting he will demand the heads of Voters be checked ...
SB: Ha ha...and if Kejri or Rahul end up being our PM...by a super-duper miracle ..your stocks will become toilet paper ...and $ will at least rise by 200% because of the pull out...I was just being the Devil's Advocate all this while..
M: Let's order Kheer...simply the best ....

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

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

About half a dozen Additional Secretary level officers to be repatriated ?
Grapevine has it that about half a dozen 1984 and 1985 batch IAS officers are being repatriated to their respective cadres. They are all Additional Secretary level officers.

Empanelment of 1984 batch IAS officers this week ?
Empanelment of 1984 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place this week. Over 20 IAS officers are likely to figure in the list.

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Assam ? (2) Rajiv Yadav
Next Senior most IAS officer of Assam cadre Rajiv Yadav may go back to the state as CS if given a chance. He was Sports Secretary in GoI when the CM of Assam was Sports and Youth Affairs Minister in the NDA govt. This is a strong point which could go in Yadav's favour. But if he is appointed CS, he will be there only for five months because of his retirement next year in January.

CS Day; 2345 entries received
This year's Civil Services awards will be based primarily on excellence in implementation of five priority programmes of Government of India. Of the 2,345 entries received for the awards 1515 have been received from 599 districts under the priority programmes category and 830 from various organizations and Government agencies under innovation category.

Two IRS Officers to join ED
Two IRS(C&CE) - Shrikhande Akash Sudhakar and Ms Mohsina Tabassum have been appointed as Deputy Director, ED on deputation basis for a period of three years. Both officers belong to 2011 batch.

SC Collegium clears appointment of HC Judges
Supreme Court Collegium which met last week is believed to have cleared appointment of over two dozen High Court Judges.

DRM orders likely this week
About two dozen DRMs of different Railways are going to be changed. According to sources, new list of DRMs is ready and Railway Board is likely to issue posting orders in couple of days.

Nagraj to proceed on long leave ?
After the appointment of Akhil Kumar Shukla as DGP of Tripura, outgoing DGP K Nagraj is reportedly proceeding on long leave. While Nagraj is 1983 batch IPS officer, Shukla is 1986 batch IPS officer.

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

Ms Smriti appointed as Director in DG Audit office, New Delhi
Ms Smriti, Director (Admn), in the office of Principal Director of Commercial. Audit and Ex-officio Member, Audit Board I, New Delhi, has been posted as Director (AMG-V), in the office of Director General of Audit, Economic and Service Ministries, New Delhi. She is a 2004 batch IA&AS officer.

Ravi Dhawan is JS to Lt Governor Delhi
Ravi Dhawan is new Joint Secretary to Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal .He is 2011 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Sarela's deputation tenure extended for three months
ACC has approved the tenure of central deputation of Ms Shanthi Priya Sarela for a period of three months beyond March 29, 2017 to July 29, 2017. She is presently posted as Director in the Ministry of Defence. She is a 1996 batch IA&AS officer.

One IPS officer from A-M cadre empanelled as DIG in GoI
One IPS officer, out of four belonging to 2003 batch from Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) post in Government of India.

No IPS officer of 1995 batch from CG empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
No IPS officer of 1995 batch from Chhattisgarh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India. There is only one IPS officer of 1995 batch in this State.

Srivatsa Krishna relieved to join as Secretary, Coffee Board
The Government of Karnataka has relieved Srivatsa Krishna of cadre responsibility to join as Secretary, Coffee Board, Bengaluru on central deputation. He is a 1994 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Tenure of Manish Bhimte as CVO, MECL extended
The tenure of Manish Bhimte as Chief Vigilance Officer in Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) has been extended upto March 31, 2019. He is a 1992 batch IRSME Officer.
(We said this in February)

Nine IFS officers of 1991 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as nine officers of 1991 batch belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: C Suvarna of AP; Jai Pal Singh of Gujarat; Pankaj Aggarwal, Dhirendra Bhargava and Shiv Prasad Sharma of MP; Rakesh Kumar Dogra of Tamil Nadu; Biswajit Banerjee of UP and Piar Chand and Sandeep Sundriyal of West Bengal cadre.

10 IFS officers of 1992 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as 10 officers of 1992 batch belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: H C Chaudhary of AM; Anand Kumar Jha of AP; M Srinivasa Rao of Maharashtra; Uttam Kumar Suboddhi, Ashish Kumar Verma, Satyanand and Sanjay Kumar Shukla of MP; Anjan Kumar Mohanty and Bharti of Sikkim and Liankim Lailung of UT cadre.

Four IFS officers of 1993 batch empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI
As many as four officers of 1993 batch belonging to Indian Forest Service (IFS) have been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. The officers are: Sanjay Kumar Sinha and Rajeev Kumar Tiwari of Jammu & Kashmir cadre; Rabindra Kumar Samal of Manipur and Santosh Kumar of UT cadre.

Gautam Bhattacharya appointed as GM, SBI, Bhubaneshwar
Gautam Bhattacharya has been appointed as GM, Network-II, Local Head Office, State Bank of India, Bhubaneshwar.

Ajay Kumar Vyas appointed as GM, SBI, Chandigarh
Ajay Kumar Vyas has been appointed as GM, Network-IV, Local Head Office, State Bank of India, Chandigarh.

ISS officers transferred to Kolkata
Two officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS): K Chandra Kumar and R Kaladharan have been appointed as Assistant Directors in SDRD, NSSO, Kolkata.

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

D S Rana in race for MD, DFCCIL?
D S Rana, Director Infrastructure, DFCCIL, is whispered to be in the race for the post of Managing Director, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL).

Sivakumar to take over as Director (Fin), BPCL on May 1
K Sivakumar, ED (CF), BPCL, will be taking over the charge as Director (Finance), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) on May 1, 2017.

EPIL headless for quite some time
Engineering Project India Limited (EPIL) is headless since its present incumbent has been booked under corruption charges. It has no full time Chairman-cum-Managing Director.

April 20 is last date for applying for three posts of CMDs in PSUs
Last date for applying for three posts of Chairman-cum-Managing Directors in Bridge & Roof Company (B&R), Andrew Yule & Co Ltd (AYCL), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF) is April 20, 2017.

Last date for applying for post of MD, BPRL is April 20
The last date for applying for the post of Managing Director, Bharat Petro Resources Limited (BPRL) is April 20, 2017.

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

CBEC Member Ms Ananya Ray gets charge of Western & Eastern Zones
Ms Ananya Ray, Member (Customs & Legal), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charge of Western Zone and Eastern Zone.

CBEC Member Ramesh gets charge of Northern & Southern Zones
S Ramesh, Member (IT & Adm), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), has been assigned the charges of Northern and Southern Zones.

U K Keshari transferred as Director, Railway Board
Udai Kumar Keshari has been transferred as Director (I&S), Kolkata, Railway Board. He is an IRSS officer.

WAPCOS conferred with "SCOPE Meritorious Award" - Corporate Governance

Pranab Mukherjee, President of India presented the Gold Trophy and Citation of "SCOPE Meritorious Award" - Corporate Governance to R.K. Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS in a Ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Anant G. Geete, Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and Shri Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India.

The Award is instituted by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises; an apex body of Central Government owned Public Enterprises. WAPCOS Limited is a "MINI RATNA-I" Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, Ganga Rejuvenation & River Development. Incorporated on June 26th, 1969 under the Companies Act, 1956; WAPCOS is a technology driven consultancy and EPC organization with strong global presence in the field of Water, Power and Infrastructure sectors. WAPCOS has the requisite experience & expertise to undertake Consultancy & EPC projects of any scale and complexity in the sectors of its operation.

Bala Prasad promoted to Chief Secretary grade in Bihar (UPDATED)
E L S N Bala Prasad presently Principal Secretary to Governor has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Bihar. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sanjiv Kumar Sinha promoted to Chief Secretary grade in Bihar (UPDATED)
Sanjiv Kumar Sinha presently Chairman, Bihar State Technical Selection Commission has been promoted to the grade of Chief Secretary in Bihar. He is a 1986 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

CMD, NBCC CONFERRED SCOPE LEADSERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD (UPDATED)

President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, gave away SCOPE Leadership Excellence Award (Individual Leadership Category - Maharatna & Navranta) 2014-15 to Dr. Anoop Kumar Mittal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NBCC (India) Ltd. on April 11, 2017. The Award was conferred during the Public Sector Day celebration 2017, organized jointly by Deptt. of Public Enterprises, Govt. of India and Standing Conference of Public Enterprises and held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The other distinguished guests present on the occasion included S/Shri Anant G. Geete, Minister of HI&PE; Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for HI&PE; Smt. Seema Bahuguna, IAS, Secretary, Deptt. of Public Enterprises and others.

It may be mentioned that the SCOPE Excellence Awards are given away annually to the performing organizations and individual CEOs and others for their excellence in performance and contribution towards the growth of the Company as well as the Nation at large. As far as Dr. Mittal is concerned, it is worth mentioning that since his taking over the charge of NBCC in 2013, the company has made a behemothic rise in its performance in a span of just three years. To his credit goes, achieving of Navratna Status by the company in June 2014, the turnover growing by 80% and order book by 417%. The performance has also been reflected in share price of the Company, enhancing its market capitalization by 1000%, surpassing 16000 Crores and giving 2200 Crores sales proceed in the recent disinvestment drive by the Govt. of India.

It was initiative of Dr. Mittal to align NBCC with the govt. flagship schemes of Swachh Bharat, Housing for All by 2022, Namami Gange, Smart City and Skill India Mission.In its first bid responding to these schemes, NBCC has successfully completed affordable housing inKhekra, UP and two mid-segment housing projects are on the verge of completion in Gurugram. Also, in the process of augmenting the housing stock in the country Dr. Mittal'svision of vertical expansion of cities through redevelopment has caught the imagination of many stakeholders. NBCC through Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), has developed a unique financial model for redevelopment of old dilapidated Govt colonies by exploiting commercial built up area in order to make the projects self-sustaining with no financial burden on the exchequer. Consequent to the tremendous success of redevelopment of GPRA at New Moti Bagh, Delhi, implemented under this model followed by Rs. 5000crores Redevelopment project at Kidwai Nagar (East), Delhi, Dr. Mittal carried the initiative further which has resulted in MoUD deciding to redevelop 7 colonies in Delhi - Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Nauroji Nagar, Mohammadpur, Kasturba Nagar, Sriniwaspuri and Thyagraj Nagar at a total cost of 32000 Crores through NBCC and CPWD. Ministry of Health has also plannedredevelopment of its AIIMS colonies on self-revenue generation model of NBCCat Ayurvigyan Nagar and Ansari Nagar at an approx cost of 4500 Crores. In order to lead by example, Dr. Mittal is now taking the initiative further forward implementing the same model of redevelopment in other States PAN India.

During the regime of Dr. Mittal, NBCC has taken significant initiatives towards adoption of new technologies and entered into MOUs/ partnershipswith foreign companies in South Korea, Russia, Hungary, United Kingdom, United States, Oman, Malaysia, Turkey and Bangladesh. It may also be mentioned in the context that there has been a tremendous boost in project export initiatives by the Company under the leadership of the Dr. Mittal. The Company has now a substantial presence in countries like Turkey, Botswana, Maldives, Oman and Mauritius.

Dr. Mittal has also been responsible for bringing in revolutionary changes in the different spheres of operations of the company. His long term vision towards efficient management of the Company's operation has led to setting up of various subsidiaries to deal with the separate business verticals such as Maintenance and Operations, Engineering & Consultancy, Overseas operations and Environment & Energy sector. Under his bold leadership,NBCC has also volunteered to take over Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd.(HSCL), a PSU under the Ministry of Steel, which Dr. Mittal considered as a strategic move to add a new business vertical to further improve upon NBCC's operational excellence.

A multi-tasker in his approach through and through, Dr.Mittal has never been found wanting in any front. The Company under his directives, introduced online APAR systems for the first time which has reduced complaints/RTIs in the company by almost 90%. That apart, NBCC also brought in various other HR practices such as implementation of paperless office, fast-track promotion policy, employee excellence awards, recruitment through written tests and many others, . Similarly, the process of tendering and award of works were made online and dispute redressal mechanism was adopted to minimize conflicts and litigation in the Company. All these proactive initiatives by Dr. Mittal resulted in paradigm shift in the overall working, pacing the growth ladder of the Company faster.

B N Mohapatra is also Financial Commissioner, Railways (UPDATED)
B N Mohapatra, Additional Manager (Finance), Railway Board, has been given an additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Railways. He is an IRAS officer.

Two IAS officers given new postings in Haryana (UPDATED)
Brijendra Singh has been given the additional charge of the post of Director General, Agriculture and Secretary, Farmers' Welfare while Chander Shekhar was posted as Director, Consolidation of Holdings and Land Records, Special Collector (HQ) and Special LAO.

Four senior IPS officers shifted in Punjab (UPDATED)
Four IPS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Punjab. Accordingly, Hardeep Singh Dhillon has been posted as DGP IVC & Human Rights while Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota was made ADGP Administration and Gaurav Yadav is ADGP Jails. Besides, Rohit Chaudhary has been appointed as ADGP Law & Order.

Hasan relieved from Delhi Police (UPDATED)
-Taj Hasan, a 1987 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer has been relieved from Delhi Police today. He will join Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) as DDG. He was Spl CP in Delhi Police.

Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan appointed as Secretary to UP CM (UPDATED)
Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan has been appointed Secretary to Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a 1995 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Major reshuffle of IAS officers in UP (UPDATED)
As many as 20 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Uttar Pradesh. Accordingly, Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan has been appointed Secretary to Chief Minister while Amit Mohan Prasad was made CEO, NOIDA Authority with additional charge of Greater NOIDA Authority and Amod and Pandhari Yadav were posted to Revenue Board. Similarly, Vijay Kumar Yadav was removed from GDA; Avanish Awasthi gets additional charge of Principal Secretary, Information; Anita Meshram as Secretary, Child Development; Alok Sinha as PS, Industrial Development; Rajpratap Singh as PS, Mining.

CORPORATE

Micromax appoints film actor Anil Kapoor as brand ambassador
Bollywood actor-producer Anil Kapoor has been roped in to endorse consumer electronics company Micromax Informatics to bolster its footprint.

Colgate -Palmolive names Anushka brand ambassador
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited announced Bollywood star Anushka Sharma as the new brand ambassador for Colgate Active Salt.

NTPC & Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) achieve Financial Closure
The Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL), a 50:50 Joint Venture Company between NTPC Limited and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has achieved Financial Closure on April 10, 2017 to set up 1320 MW (2 x 660 MW) Coal based Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal in Bagerhat District of Khulna division, Bangladesh. An agreement was signed with Indian Exim Bank to provide loan up to USD 1.6 Billion for financing this project.

Godrej quits as Independent Director of Bajaj Auto Ltd
J N Godrej has quit as an Independent Director of Bajaj Auto Limited one of the leaders among motorcycle manufacturers in India due to his preoccupation with his Group Businesses and his various other interests.

CMDE Subramanium is Whole-time Director of Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd
Commodore (Retd.) Kartik Subramanium, Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd, with the largest engineering infrastructure in India, has been appointed as Whole-time Director of the company.

Chandra is GM & MD of technology major HP India
Sumeer Chandra has been appointed as General Manager and Managing Director of technology major HPIndia.

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Secret behind Air India's earning

Air India has started earning because there is no IAS at the helm of Affairs. It is now being run by professional i.e. Railway Engineer, who understands all the intricacies.

B B Srivastava

MP should apologise from Air India official

Madam Aarti Khosla has commented very well regarding misbehaviour of MP with Air India official. MP should rather apologise from the Air India official not from Parliament. This has demorlalised the staff of Air India and encouragement to other MPs for repeating the same type of behaviour with employees of other Government organisations.

I K Chaudhary

Political will must for reforms

As long as there is lack of political will in the country, the reforms cannot be implemented. Further, the feudalistic attitude of the Bureaucrats is also a hindrance. Right from time you enter the office all your mind should be devoted to government work and nothing else. The bosses should not tell their subordinates to seek time to enter their rooms. It is only the Visitors who are required to seek appointments. The best way to implement reforms, which is transparent and accountable, in e-Governance in all areas and digitization of all government records. The bosses should also shed with the habit of writing 'please speak' on files which they have delayed in dealing. Further, the judiciary and legislature should agree to implement the recommendations contained in the 4th report of second administrative reforms entitled 'Ethics in Governance'.

Bimal Bahadur

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