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The poor are the most generous at the time of crisis.

Setback for Prez hopefuls

With the Supreme Court recently questioning clean chit to LK Advani and others in Ram Janam Bhoomi case and hinting at reviving it, both LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi seem to have lost whatever little chances they had of becoming the President of India.

Only communal card to work in future polls

Elections in Uttar Pradesh have proved that henceforth only communal card will work in future polls. It now seems to have become base of democracy in India.

AAP..lehar bann gayi kehar...

My Respected Friend.....a Retired Senior Bureaucrat.... is on a flying visit to Delhi ...but still he takes time out to meet me at a Coffee Shop in CP.....over Cappuccinos and Cake slices we get chatting.

Me: Imagine AAP candidate lost his deposit in Delhi...a seat that he had won by 10, 000 votes... before resigning to stand from Punjab...
Respected Friend: Nothing new for them....all their candidates lost their Deposits in Goa...but ..yes... for them to lose Deposit in Delhi ..speaks volumes..
M: This should be a trailer for the MCD elections ....
RF: Kejri is desperate... Delhi was his launch pad ....he lost wherever he tried getting launched ...and now his 'launch pad' has become his 'firing' squad ....lehar bann gayi kehar....
M: Diggy and Manish Tiwari seem to be suffering from an EVM allergy.. .
a Party's aukat is as per its strength in Lok Sabha ..so majority don't want EVM to go..and we know very well why Congress wants balloting...
M: What's this fixing of food portions in the Food Business...
RF: A damn good idea....its aimed at tackling food wastage ..something that should be a sin in India...with Food Portions the Calorific Value will ensure Food Portions are reasonable.. with American style plated Food becoming a fashion here .. plates are literally overflowing and wastage is endemic ...
M: Now the Pseudos will say... first Government stopped our Boozing at will...then our romancing khullam-khullam.. .then khullam khulla Beef availability ...and now the quantity of food too...
RF: Post MCD Polls Kejri will be headed to Banagalore for a extended period...
M: But Sir he suffers from multiple maladies... Health... Mental Health (persecution complex etc).. Duality... Eating .....list is long...so just Bangalore will not do...
RF: As CM he can fly to any Medical Destination in the World that offers all treatments under one roof....
M: I know of this alternative treatment Centre that can treat all his ailments under one roof...its a Tibetan Monastery....only he will have to stay there for 3 years....
RF: If he does go to this place .....do you know who will be deliriously happy ...though will show he's sad... one Manish Sisodia....
M: Ha ha.... good one ...suffices as the joke for the road....

We settle bill and move out.

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

VJS

BUREAUCRACY

Who will be new Chief Secretary of Assam ? (4) Jai Priye Prakash

There are chances that 1982 batch IAS officer Jai Priye Prakash may be asked to return to the parent cadre from central deputation. If his services are not asked for cadre then he may succeed Secretary (Personnel) in the Government of India B P Sharma in July.

Neeraj Kumar Gupta is also Secretary, Financial Services

Neeraj Kumar Gupta has been assigned an additional charge of Secretary, Department of Financial Services upto April 24, 2017. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

29 DRMs appointed

Indian Railways have appointed 29 new DRMs at various Divisions. Newly appointed DRMs belong to 8 Railway services. Maximum 8 DRMs belong to IRSE, 7 posts goes to IRSME officers, 5 posts to IRTS officers,3 are from IRSSE, 2 each goes to IRAS and IRSS, IRPS and IRSEE officers got one- one DRM posts.
(We said this on April 12,2017)

Meena is only serving IAS officer of 1979 batch

Rajasthan Chief Secretary O P Meena is now the only serving IAS officer in the country. He will retire on June 30.

Singh appointed Spl Secretary to UP CM

Amit Singh, a 2002 batch IRSS officer has been appointed as Special Secretary to the CM of UP. Presently he is posted as Regional Passport Officer , Lucknow.

Bharti relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Defence Production

Chandraker Bharti has been relieved to join as Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production in the GoI. He is a 1996 IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Vacancies of 41 IPS officers in Kerala

There are 41 vacancies of IPS officers in Kerala. Total authorised strength of IPS officers in this State is 163.

Nakra joins as Director (Projects) EIL

Jagdish Chander Nakra, ED (PROJ), EIL, has taken over the charge as Director (Projects), Engineers India Limited (EIL).
(We said this on Oct 24, 2016)

Dr Mukulita Vijayawargiya joins as Whole Time Member, IBBI

Dr Mukulita Vijayawargiya has taken over the charge as Whole Time Member, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in New Delhi. She will look after Administrative Law Wing. Dr Vijayawargiya will also look after Information Technology, Limited Insolvency Examination, National Insolvency Examination, Finance and Accounts and Communication.

Three Under Secretaries get new postings

Three Under Secretaries of CSS have been posted to the following departments in Government of India. Brajesh Kumar Mathur to Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Anil Kumar Dhasmana to Home Affairs and Sowmya Srikanth to Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare.

PESB advertises post of Director (Comm) MSTC Ltd

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has advertised the post of Director (Commercial), MSTC Ltd. Those willing to apply for this post can send their applications to the PESB before June 1, 2017.

Mansoor Abbas Abdi appointed as Deputy AG in PAG office, Allahabad

Mansoor Abbas Abdi, Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of Principal Accountant General (A&E)-I, Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Accountant General (Admn), in the office of Principal Accountant General (G&SSA), Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad. He is a 2011 batch IA&AS officer.

Prakash D empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

Prakash D has been empanelled for holding Joint Secretary level posts in Government of India. He is a 1994 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Three IPS officers from Chhattisgarh cadre empanelled as DIG in GoI

Three IPS officers out of five belonging to 2003 batch from Chhattisgarh cadre have been empanelled for holding Deputy Inspector General (DIG) posts in Government of India.

No IPS officer of 1995 batch from J&K empanelled as Joint Secretary in GoI

No IPS officer of 1995 batch, out of four, from Jammu & Kashmir cadre has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in Government of India.

A K Choudhary appointed as GM SBI, Jaipur

Ananta Kumar Choudhary has been appointed as GM, Network-II, Local Head Office, State Bank of India, Jaipur.

Devendra Kumar appointed as GM, SBI, Mumbai

Devendra Kumar has been appointed as GM, Network-V, Local Head Office, State Bank of India, Mumbai.

Dharmendra Kumar appointed as Director, Railway Board

Upon return from deputation, Dharmendra Kumar has been appointed as Director, Traffic (PG), Railway Board. He is an IRTS officer.

Three IAS officers shifted in Tamil Nadu

K Phanindra Reddy has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles & Khadi Department while Harmander Singh is appointed as Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department and Hans Raj Verma gets additional charge of Principal Secretary, Department of Special Programme Implementation in Tamil Nadu.

Shobhan Choudhari appointed as DRM, Bhopal
Shobhan Choudhari has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Bhopal West Central Railway.

R K Jain appointed as DRM, Samastipur
R K Jain has been posted as Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Samastipuri in East Central Railway (ECR)

S K Jain appointed as DRM, Varansi
S K Jain has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Varanasi, North Eastern Railway.

A K Dubey appointed as DRM, Bikaner
A K Dubey has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Bikaner in North Western Railway.

R N Singh appointed as DRM, Delhi
R N Singh has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Delhi, Northern Railway.

Dinesh Kumar appointed as DRM, Ahmadabad
Dinesh Kumar has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Ahmadabad in Western Railway.

Ram Karan Yadav appointed as DRM, Bhusawal
Ram Karan Yadav has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Bhusawal in Central Railway.

C P Gupta appointed as DRM, Katihar
C P Gupta has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager Katihar in North Frontier Railway.

Ranjan Yadav appointed as DRM, Agra
Ranjan Yadav has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Agra in North Central Railway.

Mukul Saran Mathur appointed as DRM, Waltair
Mukul Saran Mathur has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Waltair ECOR.

R Dhananjayulu appointed as DRM, Vijayawa
R Dhananjayulu has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Vijaywada in South Central Railway.

Chharasal Singh appointed as DRM, Chakradharpur
Chharasal Singh has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Chakradharpur in South Eastern Railway.

Neenu Ittyerah appointed as DRM, Madurai
Neenu Ittyerah has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai in Southern Railway.

Amit Varadan appointed as DRM, Secunderabad
Amit Varadan has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager Secunderabad in South Central Railway.

Braj Mohan Agarwal appointed as DRM, Waltair
Braj Mohan Agarwal has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager Khurda Road, in ECOR.

Satish Kumar appointed as DRM, Waltair
Satish Kumar has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Lucknow in Northern Railway.

Manu Goel appointed as DRM, Howrah
Manu Goel has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Howrah, Eastern Railway.

Ashok Kumar Misra appointed as DRM, Jhansi
Ashok Kumar Misra has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager Jhansi, North Central Railway.

R S Saxean appointed as DRM, Bengaluru
R S Saxena has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru in South Western Railway.

P K Mishra appointed as DRM, Asansol
P K Mishra has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Asansol Eastern Railway.

Naveen Gulati appointed as DRM, Chennai
Naveen Gulati has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Chennai, Southern Railway.

Navita Singh Gangwar appointed as DRM, Hyderabad
Navita Singh Gangwar has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Hyderabad, South Central Railway.

Sharad Kumar Srivastava appointed as DRM, Adra
Sharad Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Adra, South Eastern Railway.

Roop Srinivasan appointed as DRM, Bhavnagar
Roopa Srinivasan has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Bhavnagar, Western Railway.

Saumya Mathur appointed as DRM, Jaipur
Saumya Mathur has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Jaipur in North Western Railway.

C V Raman appointed as DRM, Alipurdaur
CV Raman has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Alipurduar, North Frontier Railway.

P B Ninawe appointed as DRM, Rajkot
P B Ninawe has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Rajkot in Western Railway.

V G Bhooma appointed as DRM, Guntur
V G Bhooma has been appointed as Divisional Railway Manager, Guntur, South Central Railway.

Raghvendra Singh is new Advocate General of UP
Raghvendra Singh has been appointed as the new Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh.

SAIL Chairman dedicates 'Shilpangan' to society
P K Singh, Chairman, SAIL dedicated 'Shilpangan' - a skill development center at DSP Steel Township to the society. The center has been developed under Durgapur Steel Plant's CSR scheme for imparting skill based training to the underprivileged section of the society. 'Shilpangan' offers various skill development training programs in the same campus. The center has facilities like silk yarn reeling & spinning, vocational training in computer hardware, software, mobile repairing, fabrication including welding, gas cutting, electrician courses, air conditioning and refrigeration unit repair, dress making and garment design, beautician and advanced beautician courses, gunny bags making. Many of the products of this center are being purchased by Durgapur Steel Plant for their requirements. The center has 3 sub-centers, which provide training for unarmed security guards and general duty attendants. These trainings are provided under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikash Yojna (PMKVY) and the certificates are issued by the National Skill Development Council (NSDC). The center also provides training for path lab technicians, ECG technicians and also for physiotherapy. During 2016-17, 846 persons, including more than 200 women were trained in the center. In this year, around 1000 persons will be trained. The center will play an important role in skill development initiatives in this region. "This is the minimum that SAIL can do for the society, particularly for the underprivileged, as a part of our CSR activities" said Singh while interacting with the officials present. Chairman SAIL also planted a sapling at the campus which heralded the beginning of plantation of 1 million trees that SAIL has committed for the year 2017-18 all across the country. Each unit of SAIL has been given a target for tree plantation as a part of their overall performance targets. "We must exceed our tree plantation targets during the year 2017-18 as a part of our GO-GREEN initiative" said Singh.

18 IAS officers get field postings in MP
As many as 18 junior IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Madhya Pradesh. Accordingly, Prabal Sipaha has been appointed as Additional Director, NVDA, Indore while J Samir Lakra was made Additional Collector, Narsinghpur and K D Tripathi is CEO, Harda Zilla Panchayat. Similarly, Chandrashekhar Shukla has been appointed as Additional Collector, Tikamgarh; Neeraj Kumar Singh as CEO, Sagar Zilla Panchayat; Swarochit Somvanshi as CEO, Seoni Zilla Panchayat; Rajiv Ranjan Meena as CEO, Dewas Zilla Panchayat; Soniya Meena as CEO, Gwalior Zilla Panchayat; Harsh Dixit as CEO, Chhattarpur Zilla Panchayat; Rishi Garg as CEO, Sheopur Zilla Panchayat; Somesh Mishra as CEO, Ratlam Zilla Panchayat; Priyank Misra as CEO, Singarauli Zilla Panchayat; Mayank Agrawal as CEO, Rewa Zilla Panchayat, Satish S CEO, Khargone Zilla Panchayat and Frank Nobel A was made CEO, Katni Zilla Panchayat.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Jharkhand
Some IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Jharkhand. Accordingly, Mridula Sinha has been appointed as DG, Srikrishna Public Administration Academy while Manish Ranjan will now be Deputy Commissioner, Khunti and Kripa Nand Jha is Director, Jharkhand State Rural Health Mission. Similarly, Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as Director, Agriculture and Chandrashekhar has been appointed as Director, Middle Education.

Mahadevan Balakrishnan appointed as MD & CEO, IPPB (UPDATED)
Mahadevan Balakrishnan has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for a period of three years.

35 IAS officers promoted to JAG in Bihar (UPDATED)
As many as 35 IAS officers from 2006 to 2008 batches have been promoted to Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) in Bihar. They are: Shailesh Kumar, Shyama Nand Jha, Umashankar Prasad, Gopal Krishna Paramhans, Ramashankar Prasad Daphtuaar, Girijesh Prasad Shrivastava, Gajanan Mishra, Rajeev Prasad Singh, Keshav Kumar Singh, Mohan Prakash Madhukar, Ram Nivas Pandey, Bipin Kumar Singh, Jayant Kumar Singh, Bharat Jha, Harihar Prasad, Narendra Prasad Mandal, Suresh Prasad Shah, Mrs Sujata Chalana, Muni Lal Jamadar, Dev Narayana Mandal, Anirudh Kumar, Surendra Kumar Ram, Ram Kishore Mishra, Mohan Kumar Thakur, Sanjay Kumar, Brij Rai Rai, Birendra Kumar Mishra, Sunil Kumar, Naushad Yusuf, Radhe Shyam Shah, Neel Kamal, Ashok Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar Shrivastava, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Satish Kumar Singh.


Two IRS officers get additional charges (UPDATED)
S S Rathore has been given an additional charge of Principal CCIT, Delhi and CCIT-I, Delhi while Arbind Modi was given the additional charge of CCIT-III, Delhi.

Reshuffle of IAS officers in Haryana (UPDATED)
As many as 19 IAS officers have been transferred and posted to different places in Haryana. Accordingly, Rajan Kumar Gupta has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare and also Addl Chief Secretary, Printing and Stationery while S K Gulati was posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Forests and Wild Life. Similarly, Roop Ram Jowel has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Social Justice and Empowerment while Devender Singh was given the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Civil Aviation; Trilok Chand Gupta as Principal Secretary, Skill Development & Industrial Training and Employment, PS, Haryana Governance Reforms Authority and also PS, Haryana Administrative Reforms Department; Amit Jha as Principal Secretary, Health and also CEO, Haryana Saraswati Heritage Board; Sudhir Rajpal as Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce; Raja Sekhar Vundru as Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial Infrastructural Development Corporation and Managing Director, Haryana Financial Corporation; Pradeep Kasni as Chief Executive, Haryana Khadi & Village Industries Board; Mrs Amneet P Kumar is also Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM); Satyaprakash T L is also Director, Science and Technology and Special Secretary; Ashok Sangwan is also Director, Mines and Geology and Special Secretary; Shekhar Vidyarthi is also Chief Administrator, Housing Board; Vivek Atray is also Director, Arts and Cultural Affairs and Special Secretary; J Ganesan is also Managing Director, Haryana Land Reclamation Development Corporation; Rajiv Rattan is Director, Secondary Education and Special Secretary; Mrs Garima Mittal as Director, Elementary Education and Additional Secretary, School Education; Vinay Pratap Singh is also Additional Labour Commissioner, Gurugram and Munish Sharma has been appointed as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Hathin.

Arindam Tomar is also CCF, Ajmer in Rajasthan (UPDATED)
Arindam Tomar has been given the additional charge of the post of Chief Conservator of Forest, Ajmer. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer.

NLCIL pays rich tributes to Babasaheb (UPDATED)
NLCIL celebrated 126th Birth Anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar at Neyveli. SubirDas Director (Mines) and V Thangapandian, Director (Power), of NLC IL paid floral tributes by garlanding Dr. Ambedkar's bronze statue at Pudukuppam Junction, Neyveli. N Muthu, ED(HR), and Senior officials of NLC graced the occasion. Dr Sarat Kumar Acharya CMD,NLCI in his absentia sent his Dr B R Ambedkar Jayanthi Message, which was read by N Muthu, ED(HR). In his special Message Dr.Acharya recalled the greatest contributions made by Dr. Ambedkar by sighting his visionary works like foundation for country's central bank, reserve bank and India's first river valley project.

CORPORATE

Shah is new MD & CEO of LIC Housing Finance Ltd

LIC Housing Finance Limited has appointed Vinay Shah as MD and CEO of the company w.e.f. April 12, 2017. He is replaced by Ms Sunita Sharma who had resigned from the company on April 11, 2017.

Mehrotra Quits as Non Exec. Director of Religare Enterprises Ltd

Ravi Umesh Mehrotra has quit as Non Executive Director of Religare Enterprises Limited but will be continuing as Executive Chairman of RHT Health Trust Manager Pte. Ltd., a Group Company and also the Trustee Manager of RHT Health Trust which is a Business Trust listed at Singapore Stock Exchange.

Kunkolienker is new President of MAIT

MAIT- an association empowering ICT industry in India and also India's apex IT hardware, training and R&D service sector body has appointed Nitin Kunkolienker as the new President of the Association.

Ms Brown quits as Non-Exec. Independent Director of Fortis Healthcare Ltd

Ms Lynette Joy Hepburn Brown has quit as Non-Executive Independent Director of Fortis Healthcare Limited-- one of India's leading healthcare delivery company.

Sharma to be Director of Lenovo India's Data Center Business

Lenovo India has appointed Vivek Sharma as Director of its Data Center Business. He will be part of Lenovo India's Leadership Team lead by Lenovo India MD & CEO Rahul Agarwal.

Venkatesan is Co-Chairman of Infosys Ltd

Ravi Venkatesan has been appointed as Co-Chairman of Infosys Ltd. He is currently also Chairman of Bank of Baroda. Venkatesan, who is the Independent Director of Infosys Ltd, joined the company in 2011. He is also the founder Non- Executive Chairman of Social Venture Partners India, a national network of philanthropists addressing social problems through venture philanthropy and author of much acclaimed book "Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere" published by Harvard Business Review.

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Do away with stamp paper Act and check corruption

In Uttar Pradesh a lot of corruption could be done away with, if we abolish stamp paper act for registration of properties, paying of property tax etc. The stamp paper may have come into being at a time there was not much of banking system in the country. Now we have banks and the applicants of registration of properties should be told to pay the cost through on line system or deposit the amount in the bank of the registry. All the procedures should be online for the purpose registry, with the Aadhar Card number feeded in it. The Registry Office should print the registry certificate and hand it to the owner of the property. The certificate should also be displayed online and be visible for all times to come. Further, as a pilot project the State Government should launch a campaign that all the parties in the state are registered and there is no outstanding payment of property tax by the citizens of the State. This will only rich the coffers of the state, which has been dented on account of the waiver of farm loans.

Anurag Srivastava

Heart burn over cadre reviews

These Cadre Reviews were at the instance of the specific recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commissions recommendations of which were to be implemented with effect from 1st January, 2006. Unfortunately, all the Cadre Reviews were sanctioned and implemented prospectively denying the benefit to those who retired from their jobs in January, 2006 and thereafter. There is considerable heart burning for the officials so denied of the benefit of Cadre Review exercises. It would have involved bare minimum financial implications for the Govt of India yet it would have certainly generated great amount of goodwill for the Government. The Government may review its stand atleast now for which several representations are pending even now. It would also establish that the Govt is embedded to the Constitutional principles of Right to Equality as enshrined in Article 14 of the Constitution.

Ashwani Kumar

Gaikhwad still has a chance to apologise to Sukumar

Even at this late hour Ravindra Gaikhwad has a chance to apologise to Sukumar, the AIR INDIA Official, who was insulted in Public and salvage his sagging reputation.

Kanakasabapathy IRTS ( R )

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