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Controversy
Dr. Chaitanya Singh
The Indian beauty and the World Doubles
No 5 Sania Mirza again dragged into the controversy after a gap. In India controversies
will be behind fame and beauty. Not to say
that this became the ideology of most of
the people to argue, to pin up and to raise
finger among the personalities who ramp
on red carpets.
Whereas Sania is facing this kind of
arguments and controversies from her
upcoming days. When she use to play,
the controversy raised for her tiny
clothes and again she was in boom
for insulting the National flag.In
fact it’s was a storm of controversies from entire country,
when she married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib
Malik. If she would be a
normal girl,no one would
have known about it, but
because of being a star
all of us dint missed an
opportunity to comment
on her. Now again she is hurtful and upset on the ongoing
debate after being announced
the ‘Brand Ambassador’ of
Telangana State.
Telangana is a newly formed state
and for a hype in entire globe the government have selected this face. Apparently, for a new state the star like Sania is
like a hot cake, but it’s unfortunate that the
issue became a hot topic of the season. In
fact after the elections the political parties are
active on regional level also and this is impact
that leaders of the BJP and Congress condemned against the government decision. Why
the people not opposed when Sania represented
India and why they have not commented when she
won the medals.In fact the whole country celebrated
her success .How can it be ignored that because of
Sania Hyderabad got a prestigious position in the field of
sports.These kind of controversies will defiantly disturb her game and her married life.Might be!
What will people do if she leave the country! So be positive and just stop commenting on the
icons like Sania, who are the inspiration for coming generations. So be positive and kill the
controversy.
Public Sector
B Ashok, ED,
IOCL, has taken
over the charge
as Chairman,
IOCL.
Maj Gen Gautam Kar selected as CMD ,
British India
Corp. Limited
Debasish
Mallick
appointed as Dy.
MD of EXIM
Bank of India.
B Srirambeen
appointed as
Managing Director of State Bank
of India.
V G Kannan has
been appointed
as Managing Director of State
Bank of India.
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Bureaucracy
Ashok Prasad
(79, IPS, AP) appointed as Special Director in
the Intelligence
Bureau (IB).
Alok Kumar
Verma
(79,
IPS,UT) likely to
be the DG of the
Tihar Jail.
G o k u l
Chandra Pati
(78,IAS) likely to
be the Chief
Secretary of
Odisha.
Praveer Ranjan
(93 ,IPS,UT)
took over as
over as Chief of
the Pondicherry
Police.
Parthasarthi
Sen Sharma,
(94,IAS) appointed as Secretary to UP
Chief Minister.
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“Opening Batsman”
is in safe zone
August(MR)Though many contradictions came across, but the IPS
officer J.V.Ramudu succeed to be a
first police chief of Andhra Pradesh.
Moreover the officer is also in the safe
zone after the two senior officers
T.P.Das and S.A.Huda names got
approved for Telengana cadre by the
MHA,who were challenging his posting in CAT.
It will be for the first time in the
Andhra and second time in entire
South India after Tamil Nadu that an
officer is posted for next two years.It’s
a luck of the officer that he got the
opportunity to sit at the prestigious
post for next two years irrespective
of the date of his superannuation. But
some of the officers, who are senior to him, are still not accepting it.They are
in a mood to continue the legal battle till the permanent allotment.So, friends
it’s just an interval,picture abi baki hai.........!
Aadab ! Main hoon
Mahender Reddy...!
August(MR)Now a days the city police chief
M.Mahender Reddy and his speeches in Urdu
language is on screen.As earlier it was in discussion in power corridors that the officer doesn’t
know the said languages and in this aspect how
come the officer will communicate with the people
in Urdu.But to utter surprise, the officer gave his
speech in Urdu in the city police Dawaat-e-Iftaar,
and from there it was continued on many other
occasions.Now the discussion is, how come the
officer learned Urdu so early and what is the fanda
behind this ?
Ali Baba ka ‘Khazana’
August(MR)Thanks to Cv.Anand for arranging the ‘Khazana’ exhibition of the famous
gang of olden days, ‘ali baba chalis chor’...!
Don’t be confused, its real.Last month this exhibition was held in the premises of Cyberabad
police,where all gold and silver ornaments were
displayed before media.Hope all media guys
agree with us because these much gold and
silver is only seen in the gufa of ‘khul ja sim
sim’. But the fact is that the police caught the
notorious gang and recovered kg’s of silver
and gold ornaments from them ,which was produced before the media.That’s it...! Inauguration of ‘central criminal data collection centre’
and cops rewards for their best services is the
another outstanding initiative from Mr.Anand. Overall superb performance
by the officer.
*Most of the officers are making all their efforts to make CM, KCR
happy.In fact some of the officers are maintaining good relations with the
leaders,who are close to the CM.Some of them are burning their midnight oil
and inspite of showing anger they are moving coolly with smiling faces.
*Earlier many of the officers were hesitating to work in Andhra,but now
they feel to be lucky to work for TDP government.Did the government
changed the system of working or the government is taking some time to
interfere in the administration and policing.
* “Big reshuffle in Andhra government”, but does it mean before the
cadre allocation,which is on cards.
*Is it true that,KCR and KTR are taking guidance from IAS J.Raymond
Peter on many crucial issues.Might be..!
*Why the officers were feared off, after knowing the news of allotment of
T.P.Das and S.A.Huda in Telengana cadre.
*Why IPS officer B.Prasada Rao didn’t moved to court against his transfer, though he is the one, who has been selected through UPSC.Why the
officer is kept quite.
* Why the IPS officer Krishna Prasad suddenly picked out form CID.What
might be the reason to transfer such a lively officer ? Rumors making
rounds...!
*The RR Dist Collector B.Sreedhar posted as a Director for eSeva.What
is the reason ? As per the rumors his transfer is political.
*As the T government is to purchase numbers of vehicles for state
police. In this aspect some of the representatives from Toyota and Suzuki
went to meet Cv.Anand.What happened, the officer showed them the door
and seriously said not to meet him again.
* Is it true that, IAS officer J.Shyamala Rao shifted from Water Board
because of political interference.What ever, the officer services to the board
was exceptional, one has to appreciate it.
*City police chief M.Mahender Reddy is named as a “raat ka raja”.Why
because he is the one officer,who is working till late night in the office.Wow...!
*It could be the party or any get together the officers are especially discussing
about one topic ki ‘when and in what way the allocation will be done’...!
*South zone DCP Sarvasreshta Tripathi done it again.He deserves the
clap for his efforts for Iftaar party.
*It is a rumor or fact, that some of the officers in the city police are not
feeling comfortable.What might be the reason !
Stunning Somesh
August(MR) The last edition heading ‘So much from Somesh’ was quite in discussion in the corridors of power.In
fact this month the hard core officer is again on screen for his superb performance by keeping the demolition drive
in continue inspite of many political pressures.
The another surprising news is , the GHMC, Commissioner Somesh Kumar is also a good writer, which was
confirmed when the officer presented one of his book “ Methods for Community Participation” to the Chief Minster
KCR.This is a popular book on participatory planning which has been reprinted 14 times. The book has been
translated into Japanese as well.This is one of the example of his effective writing.
Now feel the HEAT
August(MR) It’s a news for the staff officer
and the employees of the GHMC,who are working under the three new tough IAS officers P.S.
Pradyumna,Dr.Ahmed Babu and Dr.
Satyanarayana, who recently joined the Corporation under the leadership of Somesh Kumar,
Commissioner.We can say the most toughest
officers team ever in the Corporation.So ‘brothers’ be prepare to feel the heat….!
P.S.Pradyumna, IAS has served in various
capacities such as Joint Collector, Warangal, CEO, Rythu Bazaars and Collector, Nizamabad. Dr.Ahmed Babu was
the key person and back bone for much lauded “Arogyasri” programme and he has a vast knowledge of IT. Earlier
the officer was on screen for his excellent performance as a Collector of Adilabad Dist. Dr. N. Satyanarayana has 18
years of service in Municipal administration,which will definitely help for overall development.What a team…! Good
luck to the officers.
Hum Saat Saat Hai....
August(MR)It’s a coincident that the senior IPS officers
T.P.Das and S.A.Huda are ‘saat saat’ from the day of provisional posting. Firstly both the officers were posted to
Andhra and then both of them joined their hands to go for a
legal battle against the appointment of DG’s of both the
states. In fact the same batch officers were mum on this
issue. And now see the coincident that the MHA approved
provisional posting of them to Telangana State.Kya baat
hai...!Ladenge saat mey aur rahenge saat mey.
As per our ‘khabri lal’ after this posting both the officers
seems to be more confident than earlier and planning to
continue the legal battle without any compromise. Both the
officers are moving forward in the guidance of former bureaucrats, who are also their legal advisers. This is helping
them to fight logically in many terms. Let’s see till what extend this battle goes on.Till then murmur this heart touch song of Himesh Reshamiya “Dard dilo ke kam ho jate, Mai
aur tum gar hum ho jate....!
Charisma Continues…
August(MR)The I&PR Commissioner Dr.R.V.Chandravadan is
known for his own working style in the corridors of power.He is the
versatile officer and that’s the reason the government has consider
his name for another post,which will be a addl. charge.The 1993 batch
officer has been given add. charge of Mission Director, REEM.So, the
officer charisma continues, what more can be quoted than this for
him.
Totally Unexpected
August(MR)It’s was unexpected from the government
to picking out two dynamic IAS officers from crucial
posts.Water Board MD J.Shyamala Rao and RR Dist Collector B.Sreedhar simultaneously posted to Rajiv Vidya
Mission and eSeva. As per the records both the hard core
officers were known for their sincerity in the
bureaucracy.In fact their services were exceptional,but
with some reason the government have transferred them.
Hopefully in coming days the Government will utilize their
services and experience for a better results.In general , if
the government desires better then it has to play a impartial role while posting the officers.
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Frame Pic : MoS,Home Mr.Kiren Rijju was in city for a event.DG Anurag Sharma sharing
the moment. Officer D.Gautam Sawang is also seen.
After Four, we want Sixer
New Delhi (MR)Very soon IAS officer Ashok Khemka will be on screen for his superb
performance. After hitting ‘four’ now the officer is prepared to hit a big ‘sixer’ and that to beyond
the boundary.As every one knows that the officer took on the Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert
Vadra in Haryana.Now the officer will be soon getting the Central posting as Jt. Secretary.So just
imagine about his next boom. Apparently his request was accepted only after the PMO intervened into the matter. The officer is now awaiting posting orders from the Central government.
However, sources in the government indicated that the officer would either be posted in the PMO
or the ministry of home. Sir ji, after four we want sixer.
19 CBEC officers missing from duty for 5 years
Zoom : Jayesh Ranjan with actor Mukesh Rishi.
Join me for the race : Cv.Anand.
As many as 19 senior officers including a Commissioner of Central Excise, are missing and
have not reported for duty in five years.
The Revenue department is not aware of the “whereabouts” of its 19 senior Central Board of
Excise and Customs (CBEC) officers and has decided to takedisciplinary action against them.
According a list issued by the CBEC, 19 Group A Cadre officers have not reported for duty
for the past five years. “A decision has been taken at the level of Competent Authority to take
action either of ‘deemed resignation’ or disciplinary proceedings against such officers.
“To enable us to proceed with this action, we require the original personal file/service book of
the officer with complete record of sanctioned leave, unauthorised absence along with the action taken so far at your level,” CBEC said in a communication to Chief Commissioners and
Director Generals.
The communication asked the Chief Commissioners to submit a report giving chronological
details so that the Board could “take an administrative decision in respect of such officers whose
whereabouts are not known”.
The list include names of a Commissioner, several Additional Deputy Commissioners, Joint
Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners.
As per the details noted in the communication, some of the officers did not join at their fresh
postings, some went on study leave and no further information is available, while some went on
leave and never rejoined.
Appointments
Rizvi in POWER
What a Click :
K.V. Ramanachary with Mohammed Ali Baig.
On Screen : Officer Kumar
Vishwajeet is on screen on for his exclusive interview on one of the leading
Urdu news channel of the state.The interview focuses on his poetry.Don’t miss
it to check out the same on the below
link : http://youtube/NCIiOLQHjaI .
August(MR)1999 batch IAS officer Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Telangana TRANSCO.The
officer is known for his sincerity in the officers fraternity.Right officer on the
right place.Earlier the officer was the CMD of TSSPDCL.
Misra Jt.MD,TRANSCO
Kartikeya Misra has been appointed as Joint Managing Director, Telangana
TRANSCO in Telangana. He is a 2009 batch IAS officer of Telangana cadre.
Singhal OSD,AP Bhavan
Upon return from central deputation, Anil Kumar Singhal has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Andhra Pradesh Bhawan in New
Delhi. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
RR Spl. Sec to KCR
Regional Provident Fund Commissioner P.Rajasekhar Reddy appointed as the Spl Sec., to
CM KCR for the period of three years.
Right Choice : The
young dynamic officer
D.Ronald Rose, who was
rocking with his performance at GHMC took
over the charge as Collector, Nizamabad Dist.
Reddy CMD,TSSPDCL
Gouravaram Raghuma Reddy assumed addl. charge as a CMD of TSSPDCL,as he was the
Director(commercial) in TSSPDCL earlier to the posting.He took over the charge from SAM.Rizvi.
2 IFS officers shifted
Ye dosti : Mahesh Bhagwat with actor Sayaji Shinde, Aashish
Vidyarthi and Dr Madanmohan.
B Muralikrishna has been appointed as Additional PCCF, Vigilance while Munindra was
posted as Additional PCCF, FDA & CFM in Andhra Pradesh.
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August, 2014
Chairman SAIL visits ISP to review Projects work
Vigilance Study Circle celebrated its Eleventh Anniversary at Power
Grid Corporation’s auditorium,Hyderabad.Chief Guest Central Vigilance
Commissioner,New Delhi Pradeep Kumar,Former Vigilance Commissioner
R.Sri Kumar,NMDC,CVO Smt.Usha Chandrasekhar,Padmasri
Dr.S.Subramanian,VSC Secretary Narasinga Rao and C.Murlidhar Rao during
the release of souvenir.
SAIL Chairman Mr C S Verma in Control Room of upcoming BOF shop during his visit to ISP,Burnpur
Chairman, SAIL, Mr. C.S. Verma visited IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), Burnpur today. His visit was aimed at galvanizing the projects team to expedite the modernization and expansion work. During this visit, he reviewed the Modernization and Expansion work of ISP, where the 1st BOF converter is expected to start by end of this month and the
4060 cu.m. Blast Furnace by the end of the next month.. Interacting with the projects team on the occasion Mr. Verma
underscored the need for faster operationalization of the various projects. Advising the collective he said, “I would
want to see commissioning of units at ISP happen at a much faster pace. ISP collective must redouble its efforts to
achieve its post modernization target of producing 2.9 Million tonnes of Hot Metal.”
Chairman, SAIL, accompanied by Director Technical, Mr. S.S. Mohanty, Director Projects and Business Planning, Mr. T.S. Suresh and Executive Director In charge, ISP, Mr. I.C. Sahu, visited the Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF),
Continuous Casting Plant (CCP), Oxygen Plant and Blast Furnace - 5 and reviewed the progress of work at the site.
It is noteworthy that ISP is undergoing a massive modernization and expansion program at a cost of around Rs.
17,000 crores which is being set up within a compact area of 953 acres. Being the single largest investment in the
state, it is poised to change the face of industrial economy of Bengal. Other major facilities already completed include
Raw Material Handling Systems, a seven meter tall Coke Oven Battery along with environment friendly dry quenching system, Sinter Plant and Wire Rod mill.
Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju had reviewed Pawan
Hans performance on Tuesday. CMD, Pawan Hans, Anil Srivastava, had
given a brief presentation to Minister in the presence of Ashok Lavasa,
Secretary, MOCA and other senior officials of MoCA and Pawan Hans.
CMD PHL apprised Ashok Gajapathi Raju about various activities, achievements and initiatives taken by the company in the Financial Year 2013-14
and also discussed the future business strategies of the company. During
the review meeting Minister of Civil Aviation and Secretary MOCA recognized the enhanced Credit Rating and various safety measures taken by
Pawan Hans & also appreciated the Award received by PHL for its Operational Excellence in 2013
Yogesh J P Sharma, General Manager (Engg.), West Zone, on behalf of
NBCC, received the prestigious performance excellence award by Indian
Institute Of Industrial Engineering (IIIE). The award has been conferred to
NBCC for its consistent efforts towards gaining excellence in the field of
construction and contribution to the nation’s growth. It is to be mentioned
here that NBCC has recently been given the Navratna status by the Government of India.
BHEL Extends Working Life of Thermal
Unit by 15-20 years
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has
achieved yet another landmark in its After-Market-Service business by successfully renovating, modernizing and uprating 110 MW Unit-4 at Guru Nanak Dev
Thermal Plant of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) at Bathinda. After successfully running
for over 33 years, this unit, originally supplied and commissioned by BHEL, was undertaken for Renovation & Modernization (R&M).
Following the R&M, not only was the working life of the machine extended by another 15-20 years, the capacity was also uprated to 120 MW
from its original capacity of 110 MW. The unit has achieved the uprated
capacity of 120 MW.
Unit-3 at the power plant is already in successful operation since 2012
after R&M and is generating 120 MW against its original rated capacity of
110 MW. The unit has also been installed with modified Electrostatic Precipitators (ESP) and is now meeting the latest emission norms. Following the
R&M of the unit, the residents of the city of Bathinda, especially those living
in the vicinity of the power station have much cleaner air to breathe in.
BHEL has once again showcased its inherent strength of being fully
geared for execution of R&M and Uprating of old thermal power plants
through in-house state-of-the-art technology, engineering capabilities and
by offering the latest products.
Thales Chairman to Visit India Soon, Talks of Larger
Cooperation with HAL
Thales and HAL team seen at the Farnborough International Air Show. HAL Chairman, Dr. R.K. Tyagi is
third from left.
The CEO of Thales, Mr. Jean-Bernard Lavy called on HAL team at the ongoing Farnborough International Air
Show expressed his keen desire to take forward the on-going business activities in India in cooperation with HAL.
He told HAL Chairman and Directors that Thales would have a strategic look at India given the businesspotential in
defence sector and he would be in India with his team sometime in November this year. Thales, a major global
aerospace company with over 100 years of experience is involved with HAL in Mirage 2000 up-gradation programme
and extends technical support to several major HAL platforms. Dr.Tyagi briefed the delegation on various activities
and potential business expansion on various fronts. Mr. Lavy emphasised on structuring all the activities over
certain period rather than handling each project on case by case basis. The Airbus Helicopter CEO and President,
Mr. Guillaume Faury and his team also met the HAL top executives. The Airbus Helicopter is involved with HAL
Cheetah and Chetak projects but expressed the desire to play a greater role in Indian helicopter market which has
huge potential. They seemed keen on Indian Multirole Helicopters (IMRH) and Navy Multirole Helicopters (NMRH).
HAL Chairman stressed on association that creates value and jobs for the country.
NBCC sets up centre of innovation and R&D
National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC), a CPSE under the Ministry of
Urban Development, Govt. of India, has recently set up a Centre for Innovation and R&D in
its Corporate Office, New Delhi. The initiative is a well thought out plan of the management of
the company at the back of its getting NAVRATNA status in June 2014. When asked about
the new Centre and its activities, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, CMD, said ‘being a Construction
Major and now a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Urban Development, the company
had been seriously considering setting up of such a Centre in order to effectively address
some demanding issues related to construction such as adoption of new technology, ecofriendly green building materials for sustainable, safe, faster, cost effective and quality
construction’. Referring to the recent collapse of buildings in Delhi and Chennai, Dr Mittal
added that the new Centre consisting of a dedicated R&D Team of the company would
exclusively work in mitigation of these problems emphasizing upon innovation, sustainable
development, safety and productivity. He also informed that to begin with, the company had made an initial allocation
of Rs.2.00 crore for the purpose and had also tied up with some reputed institutions in order to meaningfully carry
forward this R&D initiative of the company. The company also plans to consistently explore the global market,
looking for new technology, tie ups, products etc. and their application in construction so that the objective does not
miss out any available opportunity, he finally added.
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GAIL signs MOU with NTPC set to power project in AP
Sumitomo Corporation of
Japan
GAIL (India) Limited today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with Sumitomo Corporation, Japan (Sumitomo). Under the MOU, GAIL and Sumitomo will pursue business opportunities in natural gas and LNG value
chain business globally, specifically covering cooperation in petrochemicals, natural gas procurement, pipelines and LNG. GAIL and Sumitomo hold
half of the capacity in the Cove Point LNG Liquefaction Terminal in the US
respectively, and have also agreed to coordinate for ensuring smooth operation of the terminal. Both parties view US market as a growth area for
their line of businesses and would cooperate on businesses ranging from
upstream to downstream. Mr. B.C. Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director
of GAIL (India) Limited, stated “This is an important occasion for GAIL and
we are happy to enter into this strategic relationship with Sumitomo with
whom we are long term partners in Cove Point project. There are significant
opportunities in the North American gas markets and we are pleased to be
partnering with Sumitomo in jointly developing this business.”
REC signs MoU with Teach for
India, under CSR
Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL), under its Corporate
Social Responsibility Initiatives, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Teach for Lead for supporting 10 classrooms in Municipal Schools
in the Northern and Eastern parts of Delhi for the academic year 2014-15.
Through the partnership they are working to improve the learning levels of
students in the identified MCD schools with an overall objective to fundamentally transform the life-paths of the children.The project is called RECL
Super Classrooms and caters to some of the poorest communities that
Teach For India works within the city. The project will focus on providing
students with academic support and instruction in English and Maths while
additionally enduring values and mindsets in the students to ensure them
become empowered citizens in the future.On 18th July 2014 the yearlong
partnership was formally launched at the Jahangirpuri, D-Block-I (Girls)Nigam Pratibha Vidyalaya school by of Shri P J Thakkar, Director (Technical) of RECL. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (RECL), incorporated
on July 25, 1969 under the Companies Act 1956, is a listed NAVRATNA
Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, engaged in
financing and promoting power generation, transmission, distribution and
renewable energy projects all over the country. It provides financial assistance to State Utilities, State Government Departments and Companies in
the Public, Joint and Private Sector. Teach For India is commonly known as
an organization working to provide excellent education to children from lowincome communities studying in Government and low-income private schools
in 6 cities in India – Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and
Ahmedabad. In Delhi, Teach For India is working with 75 schools and with
over 9,600 children to provide them high quality education with a special
focus on English and Mathematics.
Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman
& Managing Director/NTPC along with
N N Mishra, Dir. (Operations) and Sri A
K Jha, Dir. (Technical) met N Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of
AP. JSV Prasad (Principal Sec. Industries, GoAP), G Sai Prasad (Sec. to
Hon’ble CM, GoAP), Ajay Jain (Sec.
Energy, GoAP), Sri Vijayanand (MD,
APGENCO & CMD APTRANSCO)
were also present.
Hon’ble CM requested CMD/NTPC
to expedite work on setting up of 4000
MW at Pudimadaka. Principal Sec. Industries was directed to finalize a suitable site within 15 days, so that NTPC
can go ahead with setting up power
project. CMD/NTPC informed that about
200 MW from NTPC Jhajjar & 100 MW
NTPC CMD Dr.Arup Roy Choudhury presenting bouquet to Chief from NTPC Barh can be provided to
Minister,AP N.Chandra Babu Naidu during a meeting in AP
AP immediately. Hon’ble CM directed
Energy Dept to avail power from the above projects by entering PPAs with the above projects. It was also decided
to avail power from NTPC Farakka on long term basis. NTPC also agreed to set up a 300 MW solar park in Guntur
Dist., through competitive bidding, so that AP can get solar energy at lowest tariff. This will add green energy to AP’s
power portfolio.
C S Verma, Chairman SAIL, has received a dividend cheque of Rs. 43.14 crores from K K Sharma, CEO NTPC-SAIL Power Company Pvt Ltd (NSPCL), a joint venture of two Maharatna companies, Steel Authority of India
Limited and NTPC Limited. On this occasion S V Shahi, CFO - NSPCL; Anil Chaudhary, Director - Finance, SAIL and
S S Mohanty, Director - Technical SAIL were also present.
Appointments
Deshi term extended
Tenure of D S Dhesi as Chairman and Managing Director, Mineral &
Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC) has been extended for more
three months with effect from July 2014.
Tripathi CMD, DCI
Rajesh Tripathi, presently in the Ministry of Railways has been selected
for the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), Dredging Corporation of
India Limited (DCI) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting.
Aggarwal Dir., IOCL
Anish Aggarwal, ED, IOCL, has been selected for the post of Director
(Pipeline), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Public Enterprises
Selection Board (PESB) meeting held.
Pattnaik Dir., MOIL
T K Pattnaik, GM, MOIL, has been selected for the post of Director
(Commercial), MOIL Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
meeting held.
Orders yet to issue
The orders of Dr T R K Rao for the post of Director (Commercial) in
National Mineral Development Corporation Limited (NMDC) are yet to be
issued by the Government of India.
NMDC, CVO Term extended
Deputation tenure of Usha Chandrasekhar, CVO, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has been extended for two years beyond
September 18.She is 1983 batch IPoS officer.
Rao Director,IREDA
B Venkateswara Rao, CGM, IREDA, has been selected for the post of
Director (Technical), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held.
Das Director (Fin),BCL
A K Das, AGM, BHEL, is expected to take over the charge as Director
(Finance), Braithwaite & Co. Limited (BCL) .
Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers, presenting the National Award for Technology Innovation to Dr. RK Malhotra, former Chairman & Director (R&D), IndianOil, and Dr. GS Kapur, DGM (Petrochemicals),
IndianOil R&D, in the presence of Shri Nihal Chand, Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers. IndianOil R&D won
this national award for innovative “REACH Compliant Novel Internal Donors Based Ziegler–Natta Catalysts for
Producing Phthalate Free Polypropylene”
Improving BSNL’s functioning a priority: Centre
The central government Monday said the condition of telecom PSU BSNL “was not very
healthy” and it was giving priority to improve its functioning. Replying to supplementaries in the
Lok Sabha, Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said
the government was giving priority to improve functioning of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL). “The condition of BSNL is not very healthy at all. It is priority area of government to
improve the functioning of BSNL. There is need for a lot of improvement,” he said. Besides, the
minister said the government was concerned about the coverage and quality of telecommunication services in left wing extremism affected states. A proposal to install mobile towers at 1,836
locations in those states with funding support from universal service obligation fund (USOF) was approved, he
added. Answering a query about health hazards from radiation linked to mobile towers and phones, Ravi Shankar
Prasad said various studies were conducted but they did not show any reason to worry.
RBI Governor launches Indian Bank’s mobile branches
Indian Bank has, as part of the urban financial inclusion
initiative, launched two mobile branches with ATM facility in
Chennai. “Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram G Rajan
recently launched two mobile branches with ATM facility to provide banking services in areas of Royapuram, Tiruvotriyur,
Tondiarpet in North Chennai and Kannagi Nagar, Thanthai Periyar
Nagar and Semmencherry in South Chennai,” the Chennai-based Indian Bank said in a release on Saturday. Under
the financial inclusion initiative, Indian Bank has provided banking services to 5,098 villages, of which 4,934 villages
have been covered through smart card enabled business correspondent model, the release said.
Chairman and Managing Director TM Bhasin said the bank already operates eight mobile branches providing
banking services in 70 villages. He said two more similar mobile branches with ATM facility would be launched soon
in Mumbai and New Delhi.
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Central Bank of India net profit zoomed to 192 crores
Rajeev Rishi, Chairman & Managing Director, Central Bank of India addressing the Press to announce the
financial results for the quarter ended June 2014 at Mumbai.On his right R.K. Goyal and to his left Animesh Chauhan,
B K Divakara Executive Directors of the Bank were also present at the Press Meet.
N. Chandra Babu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh giving Shield
to Shri K. Eswar, Field General Manager, Central Bank of India. C. V.
Rajendran, Chairman & Managing Director of Andhra Bank is also present
on the occasion.
NABARD cuts interest rate by 0.20%
to boost agri investment
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development (NABARD) has reduced interest rate
by 0.20 per cent on long-term refinance facility provided to banks, with a view to promoting investment
in agriculture. “The revised interest rates on refinance now stands at 9.50 per cent for 5 years and
above and 9.70 per cent for 3-5 years period,”
NABARD chairman Harsh Kumar Bhanwala said in
a statement. He said the banks availing more than
Rs 500 crore in a single drawl will further be incentivised by a reduction of
0.10 per cent in interest rates. “To combat food inflation, efficient agricultural
technologies get a further incentive of 50 basis points,” he said. Bhanwala
said the reduction in rates would incentivise the cooperative banks, regional
rural banks and commercial banks in reversing the decelerating trend of
investment credit and will aid in enhancing capital formation in agriculture.
Performance Highlights
* Total Income increased to Rs.6,928 crore from Rs.6,443 crore in June 2013, recording Y-o-Y growth of 7.53 %.
* Total Interest Income increased to Rs.6,497 crore from Rs.5,845 crore in June 2013, recording Y-o-Y growth of
11.15 %. * Net Interest Margin improved from 2.68 % in June 2013 to 2.87 % in June 2014. * Operating profit
increased to Rs.974 crore from Rs.827 crore in March 2014, recording Q-o-Q growth of 17.77%. * Net Profit
increased to Rs.192 crore from Rs.22 crore in June 2013, recording Y-o-Y growth of 772.73%. * Net Interest Income
has increased to Rs.1,882 crore from Rs.1,537 crore in June 2013, recording Y-o-Y growth of 18.54% * Gross NPA
to Gross Advances reduced to 6.15 % from 6.27 % as on March 2014 on sequential basis. * Net NPA to Net
Advances reduced to 3.62% from 3.75 % as on March 2014 on sequential basis. * Provision Coverage Ratio has
improved from 42.46 % to 51.52 % on Y-o-Y basis. * CRAR under BASEL II is at 11.41 % with Tier I at 7.78 % whereas
CRAR under BASEL III is 9.62 % with Tier I at 7.12 %.
Central Bank of India to sell 4 per cent stake to LIC for Rs 581 crore
Central Bank of Indiahas said it is in the process of selling 4 per cent of its stake to Life Insurance Corporation
through an institutional placement for Rs 581 crore to meet its capital requirement of Rs 2,000 crore this fiscal.
”We will be needing Rs 2,000 crore for our business plans this financial year. We did go to LIC and we are getting
around Rs 581 crore from them,” chairman and managing director Rajeev Rishi said here over the weekend.
He however, did not specify a timeline for the deal ..
UCO Bank announces Financial Results
United Bank to ‘name and shame’
wilful defaulters
State-owned United Bank of India (UBI) will soon
embark upon a process to ‘name and shame’ its wilful
defaulters as part of its effort to recover dues. “Since
the Supreme court has recently permitted banks to
name and shame wilful defaulters. Now the bank would
initiate process,” UBI Executive Director Deepak
Narang. As part of this effort, the bank will publish photographs of defaulters and other details in newspapers
and at notice boards of bank branches. If declared a
wilful defaulter, the person would not be able to borrow in future and lose
Director-level positions in companies. The Kolkata-based lender was the
first PSU lender to initiate the process by declaring Vijay Mallya and three
other directors of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines as wilful defaulters.
United Bank to Raise Rs. 300 Cr by Selling Shares to LIC
United Bank of India plans to raise Rs. 300 crore by selling shares on
preferential basis to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) soon. ”We are waiting
for the government approval. We expect this to come shortly and thereafter
we will issue shares to LIC on preferential basis,” United Bank of India
executive director Deepak Narang. The bank proposes to issue 8.45 crore
shares to LIC at a price of Rs.35.50 per share.
Uco bank CMD Arun Kaul present during the press meet with other officers.
* Net Profit in June Qtr. of FY’15 jumped 83% over preceding Mar Qtr. (Rs.285 Cr.) * Gross NPA at Rs. 6346 Cr.
as at end of Q1FY’15 declined by 4.15% from the end of preceding quarter (Rs. 6621 Cr.). * In Q1FY’15, fresh NPA
generation was Rs.592 Cr. while Recovery & upgradation was Rs.784 Cr. Fresh NPA generation in preceding qtr.
was Rs. 1761 Cr.
PROFIT
During Q1FY’15
* Operating Profit was Rs. 1202.05 Cr. (Rs. 1264.43 Cr.) * Net Profit was Rs. 521.40 Cr. (Rs. 511.11 Cr.)
The drop in Operating Profit can be attributed to Rs.177.31 Cr. drop in Profit on Sale of Investments, and Rs.
746.93 Cr. increase in Interest outgo. On other hand, Bank coming out of purview of MAT and having to pay Rs. 163
Cr. income tax in the qtr. impacted its Net Profit.
INCOME
During Q1FY’15
* Total income rose by 15.56 % to Rs. 5395.17 Cr. on the back of 20.59 % growth in Total Interest Income
(Rs.5072.94 Cr.). * Net Interest Income rose by 8.73 % to reach Rs. 1483.13 Cr. (Rs. 1364.04 Cr.)
IOB Q1 Net zooms over 2-fold to Rs 271.72 cr
Ajay Agarwal Photo Caption : KT Rama Rao, Hon’ble IT & Panchayat Raj
Minister, Govt of Telangana is seen felicitating Ajai Kumar Agarwal, Asstt.
Gen Manager & Head-Mktg central Bank Of india, on being elected as
National President , Public Relations Council of India. The function was
organised on a theme “ Social Media in Present day world”. K Eswar, Gen
Manager, central Bank, Maj. Rakesh Gulati, National Vice President, PRCI,
Dr Ghisulal Jain, Chairman hyd chapter ‘ others are also seen in the picture.
BoB Gains; RBI Removes Bank
From Caution List
Shares in Bank of Baroda
gained nearly 4 per cent
to Rs. 863.50 as Reserve Bank
removed restriction on foreign investors to buy shares in the public
lender as foreign shareholding under portfolio investment scheme (PIS) in the bank has gone below the
prescribed limit. Removal of restriction makes it eligible to be bought by
foreign investors in primary and secondary markets.
Overseas Bank has reported over two-fold jump in net profit
for the first quarter ended June 30, 2014 at Rs 271.72 crore. The
city-based bank had reported net profits of Rs 125.79 crore in the
corresponding period of the previous year. Total income for the
first quarter ended June 30, 2014, grew to Rs 6,284.69 crore from
Rs 6,187.15 crore registered during the same period of the previous year. Gross NPA of the bank as on June 30, 2014 stood at
5.84 per cent, as against 4.45 per cent registered during the same period of the previous year. Net NPA stood at 3.85
per cent in the reported quarter as against 2.81 per cent registered during the same period of the previous year.
Total business for the April-June 2014 quarter grew to Rs 3,99,188 crore, up by 9.94 per cent, from Rs 3,63,087
crore registered during the same period of the previous year. The bank said total deposits for the quarter grew to Rs
2,21,879 crore from Rs 1,96,213 crore in the year-ago period. Gross advances increased to Rs 1,77,309 crore, as
on June 30, 2014 from Rs 1,66,874 crore, registered during the same period of the previous year. CASA Ratio stood
at 24.50 per cent as on June 30, 2014 as against 25.61 per cent as on June 30, 2013, the bank said.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank launches BMB Rent
New Delhi : Bharatiya Mahila Bank has launched ‘BMB Rent’ – a loan
product (loan against rent receivable) to benefit owners of properties
who have rented out their premises. Individuals/ firms/ companies/
organisations/ trading houses that have let out their property (residential/ commercial) to reputed companies/ firms/ organisations can avail of
this loan facility for any productive purpose or towards meeting their contingencies.
The minimum amount of loan is Rs. 20 Lakhs and maximum Rs. 5 Crore. The Bank offers a special concession
for women borrowers. The bank is currently present at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad,
Lucknow, Guwahati, Indore, Dehradun, Ranchi, Raipur, Thiruvanthapuram, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Shillong,
Shimla, Gangtok, Bhubaneshwar, Goa, Agartala & Patna.
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Amitabh Bachchan to shoot TV campaign to promote fruits
Megastar Amitabh
Bachchan will soon
shoot for a TV campaign to promote
Maharashtra’s fruit
produce after being
appointed as the
brand ambassador for
the state Horticulture
Ministry. The ‘Yudh’
star announced it on
Twitter yesterday that
he has been named as
the brand ambassador for the western state’s Horticultural Ministry.
“We have done a few print campaigns in this regard but on August 3, we
are going to do some work for the TV as well,” Bachchan said on the sidelines of an event here to mark India’s triumph over polio. “I have dedicated
myself to the polio campaign and though we have made India polio-free, my
services to the campaign shall continue for any future noble cause in this
direction,” he said. The 71-year-old actor, who is also the face of Gujarat
tourism, is already a face of Gujarat tourism and polio eradication campaign.
“Being associated with polio campaign for the last one decade and
having many medical episodes during my career, my respect for the Indian
medical profession has only grown. “So, promoting nation’s health or Gujarat’s
culture or Maharashtra’s fruit produce, I am always ready to volunteer for a
good cause,” Bachchan said.
Bests wishes : Vipma Vir & Vinay Vir on their 25th marriage
anniversary bash at Taj Krishna.
Dawaat-e-Iftaar : Hasnain Saberi,the well
known entrepreneur rocking in sherwani.
BoB pioneers in cash recycling with
Hitachi’s ATM
Hiatchi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp. announced that
India’s leading public sector bank, Bank of Baroda (BOB)
has launched cash recycling operations with Hitachi’s Cash
Recycling ATM (HT-2845-V) . BOB became the first bank in
India, in implementing technology, to deploy Cash Recycling ATM solution for its customers. Much to the bank’s
advantage, cash recycling operation enables deposited cash
to be dispensed in future transactions. This reduces frequency of cash replenishment and cash loading in the machine, and also space of self-service terminals for cash
deposit and withdrawal thereby improving efficiency of the
bank’s cash operations. Kokichi Murayama, Operating Officer and General Manager Global Business Group of HitachiOmron Terminal Solutions, Corp. said, “We entered Indian market in 2010
and have been constantly putting effort to introducing the concept of the
most optimal solution for cash deposit.
Hindustan Unilever quarterly profit
rises 3.7 pct at Rs 7,570 cr
Pic of the month : Priyankaa Vir
What a trip : Lohiya Industries Managing Director Kishan Lohiya
with a group of friends chilling at Mount Titlis in Switzerland.The exceptional snap of ‘cable car rope way’.
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd reported 3.68
per cent increase in standalone net profit at Rs 1,056.85
crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2014-15. It
had posted net profit of Rs 1,019.25 crore in the AprilJune quarter of 2013-14 on account of exceptional
gain of Rs 106.25 crore, the company said in a BSE
filing. HUL’s net sales climbed to Rs 7,570.78 crore in
Q1, 2014-15, from Rs 6687.49 crore a year ago, up
13.20 per cent. HUL Chairman Harish Manwani said: “We continue to grow
ahead of our markets and have delivered another quarter of strong top and
bottom-line performance. “While we are seeing headwinds on market growth,
consumer spending and inflation, we remain focused on managing the business for long term competitive and profitable growth and implementing our
strategy with even greater rigour.” Overall expenses in Q1 stood at Rs
6,466.52 crore, as against Rs 5,789.88 crore in the year-ago period.
School Memories : Prashant Saboo,Director Saboo
Hyundai visited his school and refresh memories with
his school friends.
Click-Quick : Krishna Bhupal, Director of GVK Power
& Infrastructure Ltd chilling at Turino, Italy.
Ravindra Sannareddy, chairman, ASSOCHAM Southern Regional Council and D.S. Rawat, Secretary General of ASSOCHAM jointly releasing an
ASSOCHAM strategy paper titled ‘Realizing Growth Potential of Telangana
State,’ at Hyderabad.
Dabur Q1 net up 13.33% at Rs 210.81 crore
The company had reported net profit of Rs
186.01 crore in the April-June quarter of the
2013-14 fiscal. Dabur’s net sales in Q1, 201415 moved up by 13.16 per cent to Rs 1,863.9
crore, compared to Rs 1,647 crore in the yearago period. Dabur India CEO Sunil Duggal said:
“Despite a sharp fall in growth rates in most
consumer products segments, Dabur continued to report strong volume-led growth across its key categories.” Dabur’s
consumer care business grew by 13.56 per cent at Rs 1,520.66 crore,
while foods business grew by 19.38 per cent to Rs 298.34 crore.
Youth Icon: Ankit Totla, Director of Kamal Watch
Co. with actress Kriti Sanon.
FLO Samia Alam Khan & Ritu Shah at an event.
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Goa Tourism to organize Goa Wedding
Show in New Delhi
August, 2014
India Tourism launches Integrated Tourism
Development of the Buddhist Circuit in UP & Bihar
Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Culture & Tourism, Govt of India launched
the Strategy for Integrated Tourism Development of the Buddhist Circuit in Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar ‘Investing in the Buddhist Circuit’ in New Delhi. Speaking on
the occasion the minister said this iconic
route includes places where the Buddha
actually spent time and these sites - all of
which are over 2000 years old- are among
the most significant and revered by the
Buddhists. The Buddhist Circuit is an important pilgrimage destination for the 450
million practicing Buddhists as well as
travelers interested in history, culture or
religion.
Mr. Naik said, as the Governments
have defined resources, the strategy
being launched today will enable to mobilise additional resources for development of the Buddhist
Circuit from the private sector in a sustainable manner. The strategy aims at infrastructure
development, skill development, increased market access, involvement of communities and
enhancing the visitors’ experience.
Tourism Ministry to Set up Multilingual Helpline
New Delhi: India will soon have well-equipped, multilingual telephonic contact centre to
provide information services to foreign tourists, parliament was informed. The tourism ministry
has initiated the action to set up a telephonic contact centre with competent, qualified and
experienced partners, Culture and Tourism Minister Shripad Yesso Naik told the Lok Sabha in a
written reply. ”This service will primarily serve those who are calling from abroad and know very
little about travel within India,” he said. ”Those who have reached India but don’t understand
Indian systems or Indian languages, often not even English, will be helped by the helpline,” he
added. The government has identified ten international languages - Arabic, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish - for the helpline. ”The
ministry will outsource back offices for guidance services,” said Mr Naik. This helpline is expected to start by March 31, 2015
Goa Tourism has decided to host its first ‘Goa Wedding Show’ on August 16 and 17, 2014 at
The Grand Ballroom, Delhi. This was announced at a press conference in Mumbai, which
featured Mr. Dilip Parulekar, Minister of Tourism, Govt. of Goa, representing the title sponsor
Satyug Gold as its chairperson Ms. Shilpa Shetty Kundra, CEO of Satyug Gold Mr. Raj Kundra,
celebrated fashion designer Mr. Wendell Rodricks, Mr. Nilesh Cabral, Chairman - Goa Tourism
Development Corporation and Mr. Nikhil Desai, Managing Director of Goa Tourism Development
Corporation.
The Goa Wedding Show 2014 aims at boosting tourism in Goa by tapping into the emerging
destination wedding market in India. Exhibitors will include wedding planners, hotels, event
managers, vendors, fashion designers, spas, travel agencies, hotels, photographers/
The city is reloading its tourism arsenal as it seeks to amplify the allure of existing locations
videographers, hair and make-up artists and artist managers. The organizers hope that this
in addition to carving out new hotspots. Three ongoing projects at varying stages of completions,
experience will help increase trade opportunities for local vendors in Goa.
which are crucial to the plans to generate more footfalls, are the revamp of the Botanical Garden,
extension of the pleasure boating circuit in Chunnambar and the establishment of an Arts and
Crafts Village at Murungapakkam. At Chunnambar, a short boat ride separates the riverside from
beachfront, offering some breathtaking views along the way. Arguably, the town’s favourite day
Kerala Tourism and outing destination, Paradise Beach, is only accessible by boat from Chunnambar Resort, along
Kuoni India has bagged top the Cuddalore Main Road. The beach is flanked on the Bay of Bengal on one side and the
honours this year at the pres- Chunnambar River on the other. The over Rs. 5 crore ‘Beautification of riverside and beach’
tigious Pacific Asia Travel project at Chunnambar involves ramping up accommodation facilities, renovation of the restauAssociation (PATA) Awards. rant, opening three boat jetties and ticket counters, erecting an entrance arch, introducing paved
Kerala Tourism has bagged pathways, landscaping and electrification. At Paradise Beach, it is proposed to open two wooden
two awards for Kumarakom Responsible Tourism and Kerala Tourism jetties, have a wood-built restaurant and bamboo huts and shower rooms and toilets. According
E-Newsletter, while Kuoni Travel India won Gold award in the Market- to tourism managers, 30 per cent of the proposed works is completed. Now, the tourism departing Industry for making holidays a priority for Indians.
ment is also looking at extending the popular boating circuit at Chunambar by adding a water
PATA will present 28 Grand and Gold Awards to such organisation as Capilano University, route parallel to the current one. At present, boats run from Chunnambar Resort downstream till
Canada; Garuda Indonesia; Khiri Travel; Korea Tourism Organization; and Travel +Leisure maga- Paradise Beach and return.
zine. The awards luncheon and presentation will take place at Diamond Island City Hall, on
Friday, September 19, 2014 during the PATA Travel Mart, September 17-19 and PATA Executive
Board and Board Meeting, September 19-21.
Puducherry shoring up tourism sector
Kerala Tourism and Kuoni India shines at PATA Gold
Awards
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families, honeymooners, backpackers,
shopaholics
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explore the hidden gems that are around
every corner.Whether you’re racing through
the air on a heart-pounding roller coaster,
partying with pirates at the Gasparilla parade, indulging yourself in the numerous
spas and shopping plazas, or eating to your
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beyond your wildest dreams. “Tampa Bay is filled with hidden gems, ready for every visitor to
discover. This destination has rich culture, adventure, a great dining and nightlife scene and
multiple outdoor activities for everyone to explore,” said Mr. Santiago Corrada,President and
Chief Executive Officer for Visit Tampa Bay.
Chhattisgarh Tourism Board has participated in IITM-2014 held at Bangalore.CTB has
received “Eco-Tourism Destination of the Year” award.More than four hundred visitors
visited the stall and gathered the about Chitrakote Waterfall, which is eventually Asia’s
widest Waterfall ,hill station-Mainpet, Budhist site - Sirpur, wildlife santuary - Barnavapara etc.
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tokcnsgh r; dh tk ldsxhA ;g leh{kk mlds ofj”B vf/kdkjh djsxa As
fQygky] vkdyu vf/kdkjh }kjk r; vk;dj ekax ds ekeyksa dh
leh{kk frekgh vk/kkj ij gksrh gS tks lQy ugha gSA eksnh ljdkj dk
;g dne blfy, vge gS] D;ksafd ç/kkuea=h yksdlHkk pquko çpkj ds
nkSjku iwooZ rhZ laçx ljdkj ij ^VSDl vkradokn* dk vkjksi yxkrs jgs
gSAa mUgksua s VSDl çfØ;k dks lqxe vkSj ljy rFkk djnkrkvksa ds vuqdy
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cukus dk oknk Hkh fd;k FkkA eksnh ljdkj iwoZ çHkko ls VSDl ykxw u
djus dh ?kks”k.kk igys gh dj pqdh gSA
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meerOes mejkeÀej mes pegæ[sieer pevelee
lekt esa lks’ky ehfM;k dh Hkwfedk
cnyus yxh gSA bldk fujarj foLrkj
gks jgk gSA fiNys yksdlHkk pquko ds
nkSjku lks’ky ehfM;k uo vorkj esa
lkeus vk;kA bldh mi;ks f xrk
cgqvk;keh gks x;hA vc dsæa dh eksnh
ljdkj bldh rkdr dk bLrs e ky
‘kklu dks vf/kd çHkkoh] ikjn’khZ vkSj
l{ke cukus ds fy, djuk pkgrh gSA
blh dM+h esa ç/kkuea=h ujsaæ eksnh us
ljdkj ds 60 fnu iwjs gksus ds ekSds
ij ^esjh ljdkj* ¼mygov-nic-in½ uke
ls ubZ osclkbV y‚Up dh gSA blds
tfj, vke yksx egRoiw.kZ eqíksa vkSj
leL;kvksa ij ljdkj ds lkeus vius lq>ko j[k ldsaxsA lkFk gh fdlh ljdkjh egdes ls tqM+h dksbZ
f’kdk;r gks] rks Hkh osclkbV ds tfj, crk ldrs gSAa fQygky ljdkj us Ng fofHkUu fo”k;ksa ij turk ls
jk; ekaxh gSA buesa LoPN xaxk] ckfydk f’k{kk] LoPN Hkkjr] n{k Hkkjr] fMftVy Hkkjr vkSj jkstxkj l‘tu
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fuekZ.k esa viuk le; vkSj ÅtkZ nsuk pkgrs gSAa eksnh us dgk fd ^esjh ljdkj* ,d rduhdh ek/;e gksxk]
ftlds tfj, yksxksa dks vPNk ‘kklu pykus esa ;ksxnku nsus dk ekSdk feysxkA ç/kkuea=h us dgk] ^;g IysVQ‚eZ
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dks us’kuy bUQkesfZ VDl lsVa j ¼NIC½ pyk,xkA bl ekSds ij ,d ohfM;ks Hkh y‚Up fd;k x;k] ftldk ‘kh”kZd
gS&*xzVs xoZul
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Ldwy] d‚yst o fo’ofo|ky;ksa dks lwpuk rduhdh ls tqM+sxh vkSj okbQkbZ vkSj cz‚M cSaM dh lsokvksa dk
folrj fd;k tk,xkA
ceesoer ves efkeÀ³ee HeerSceDees ceW keÀece keÀe meerOee yebìJeeje
ç/kkuea=h ujsæa eksnh ds fy, dke ls Åij dqN ughaA vius dk;Zdky ds nkSjku urhts nsus dk oknk dj
pqds eksnh us ç/kkuea=h dk;kZy; ¼ih,evks½ esa Hkh dkedkt blh fglkc ls ckaV fn;k gSA v/;kns’k ds tfj;s
ç/kkuea=h ds lfpo cus u`iæas feJ dks tgka fodkl vkSj cqfu;knh <kaps dh ftEesnkjh nh xbZ gS] ogha jk”Vªh;
lqj{kk lykgdkj vthr MksHkky dks ijek.kq ekeyksa ds lkFk fons’k uhfr dk çeq[k :i ls ftEek fn;k x;k
gSA eksnh us tokcnsgh ds lkFk dkedkt ds bl caVokjs esa reke iqjkuh ijaijkvksa dks rksMr+ s gq, vfrfjä çeq[k
lfpo ihds feJk dks dSfcusV cSBdksa esa dSfcusV lfpo ds lkFk cSBus dh ftEesnkjh nsdj cM+k lan’s k fn;k gSA
;g igyh ckj gksxk fd dSfcusV dh cSBdksa esa ç/kkuea=h ds lkFk dSfcusV lfpo ds lkFk dksbZ vU; ukSdj’kkg
gksxkA vfrfjä ç/kku lfpo dk in Hkh igyh ckj ih,evks esa l`ftr gqvk gSA igys flQZ ç/kkuea=h ds
ç/kku lfpo dk in gh gksrk jgk gSA eksnh us viuk ç/kku lfpo Hkh VªkbZ ds iwoZ v/;{k jgs u`iæas feJ dks
pquk FkkA mudh fu;qfä ds fy, ljdkj us v/;kns’k dk lgkjk Hkh fy;k FkkA ç/kkuea=h cuus ds ckn eksnh
us dSfcusV lfpo vthr lsB dks Ng ekg dk lsok foLrkj ns fn;k FkkA bl fygkt ls vc og fnlacj esa fjVk;j
gksxa As eaf=eaMy dh cSBdksa esa dSfcusV lfpo ds lkFk vfrfjä ç/kku lfpo feJk dks Hkh cSBkus dh ukSdj’kkgksa
ds chp [kklh ppkZ gSA ;gh ugha] dSfcusV lfpoky; dh cSBdksa esa Hkh feJk ih,evks dh rjQ ls ekStnw jgsxa As
bls flQZ feJk dk #rck c<+uk ugha] cfYd ç/kkuea=h dh urhts nsus okyh lksp dk fgLlk ekuk tk jgk gSA
lw=ksa ds eqrkfcd ç/kkuea=h dkedkt ds caVokjs dk QSlyk dbZ fnu igys dj pqds gSa vkSj blh fglkc
ls lc dke Hkh dj jgs gSAa muds QSlys dks ljdkj ds ‘kh”kZ inLFk yksxksa ds fy, lan’s k ekuk tk jgk gSA
bldk lkj gS fd eksnh ds fy, dke gh vge gSA ljdkj esa vk, gq, yksx ;fn çn’kZu ugha dj ikrs gSa rks
mUgsa fdukjs djus esa Hkh dksbZ eqjOor ugha dh tk,xhA
Deye efnboer ceW jKe mekeWÀies JesyemeeFì keÀe veece
ubZ fnYyh 15 vxL?r ls vki nsoukxjh fyfi esa fdlh osclkbV dk Mkseus
use jftLVj djk ldsaxsA us’kuy baVjusV ,Dlpsat v‚Q bafM;k ds lhbZvks
xksfoan us ;g tkudkjh nh gSA xksfoan us dgk fd vc rd Mkseus use vaxt
sz h
Hkk”kk esa j[kuk vfuok;Z gksrk Fkk] ysfdu bl vfuok;Zrk dks [kRe djrs gq, vc
dksbZ Hkh Mkseus fganh esa cqd djk ldrk gSA nsoukxjh fyfi esa osclkbV ds uke
dh cqfdax 15 vxLr ls çLrkfor gSA gkykafd] mP?p vf/kdkfj;ksa dh eatwjh vHkh ckdh gSA D;k gksxh
Qhl&çR;sd Mkseus use dk ‘kqYd 350 #i, gksxkA fLØIV esa Mkseus uke dk V‚i ysoy ,DlVs’a ku ^M‚V Hkkjr*
gksxkA blds vykok] ^M‚V d‚e* ;k ^M‚V usV* dh Hkh lqfo/kk feysxhA lc&Mkseus dk jftL?Vª’s ku 250 #i,
esa gksxkA xksfoan us crk;k fd tks daifu;ka Mkseus cqfdax {ks= esa gS]a mUgsa Hkh osclkbV dk uke fganh fyfi esa
cqd djus dh lqfo/kk nh tk,xhA xksfoan ds eqrkfcd] igys nks ekg ;g lqfo/kk mu daifu;ksa vkSj ljdkjh
laxBuksa dks fn;k tk,xk tks vius czkMa ;k VªMs ekdZ ds uke ls Mkseus cqd djkuk pkgsxa As blds ckn ;g lsok
lHkh ds fy, ‘kq: dj nh tk,xhA
HesÀmeyegkeÀ Hej nesieer ®ewefìbie kesÀ meeLe Mee@efHebie
ubZ fnYyhA bafM;k lesr nqfu;kHkj ds bZ&fjVsy lsDVj esa gypy c<+ xbZ
gSAa bl chp dqN fnXxt bZ&fjVsylZ ds fjtYV Hkh vk, gSAa ogha] nqfu;k dh
lcls cM+h lks’ky osclkbV Hkh bZ&fjVsy dh jkg ij pyus dk Iyku cuk jgh
gSA dqN lsyfs czVht ds czkUM Hkh bZ&fjVsy Lisl esa txg <w<a rs fn[kkbZ ns jgs
gSAa dbZ bZ&fjVsylZ us vkidks Qk;nk igqpa kus ls tqMs+ dne Hkh mBk, gSAa dqN
bZ&fjVsylZ ubZ dSVsxjh ysdj Hkh vk,
gSAa vkb, utj Mkyrs gSa chrs ,d g¶rs
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^BUY* v‚I’ku dks fDyd djds lkbV ls fcuk gVs çksMDV~l dks [kjhn ldsxa As
2- bZ&fjVsylZ dh otg ls fiTtk fMyhojh gks jgh ysV
;g ckr lquus esa vthc yx jgh gksxh] ysfdu caxyq# esa ,sls dqN
okD;s lkeus vk, gSAa njvly] fiTtk daifu;ksa ds fMyhojh c‚; ukSdjh
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esa ,d fnu dh fMyhojh flLVe y‚Up fd;k gS vkSj ,sls esa og fMyhojh
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keÀeMeer keÀer yesìer ves peerlee ces[ue, Iej
ceW efceþeF& yeebìves kesÀ efueS veneR nw Hewmes
fotsrk f[kykfM+;ksa ds lkFk iwue ;kno ¼ck,a ls rhljh½
okjk.klhAdk’kh dh csVh iwue ;kno us Xyklxks d‚euosYFk
xsEl esa esMy thrk gSA 63 fdyksxkz e HkkjoxZ ds osV fyf¶Vax
esa cz‚Ut esMy thrdj mlus vius ifjokj lfgr iwjs ns’k dk
uke jks’ku fd;k gSA csVh dh bl miyfC/k ls yksx tgka mlds
?kj ij c/kkbZ nsus igqpa jgs gSAa ogha] eqQfylh esa th jgs bl
ifjokj ds ikl [kq’kh tkfgj djus ds fy, feBkbZ [kjhnus rd
ds iSls ugha gSaA
‘kf’k us crk;k fd iwue dk dfj;j flQZ rhu lky dk
gSA d‚euosYFk xsEl esa cz‚Ut esMy thruk mlds ifjokj ds
fy, nqfu;k dh lcls cM+h [kq’kh gSA mldh MkbV dks iwjk
djus ds fy, ifjokj ds nwljs lnL; vk/kk isV [kkrs FksA ,sls
esa yxrk gS fd lcdh dqckZuh jax ykbZ gSA ogha] NksVh cgu
iwtk us crk;k fd ikik vkSj nhnh dh esgur dk urhtk gS fd
ns’k dks esMy feykA
iwue ds firk dSyk’k ;kno us crk;k fd vkfFkZd raxh ds
pyrs og csVh dks dksbZ [kkl lqfo/kk,a ugha ns ik, gSAa Xyklxks
Hkstus ds fy, mUgksua s dkQh ftYyr >syhA dbZ fj’rsnkjksa ls
dtZ fy;kA ckotwn blds tc iSlksa dk bartke ugha gqvk] rks
nks HkSl
a rd csp nhA reke eqf’dyksa dk MVdj lkeuk fd;kA
dHkh fgEer ugha gkjhA vkt blh dk urhtk gS fd csVh us
esMy thrk vkSj lcdk fny HkhA
efjeflekeÀ jesMeve mes leueekeÀ kesÀ yeoues
400 keÀjesæ[ ueWieer megpewve ?
eqacbZA lqtSu [kku
vkS j vfHkus r k fjfrd
jks ’ ku dks vyx gq ,
dkQh oä gks x;k gSA
nksuksa dksVZ esa rykd dh
vthZ Hkh ns pq d s gS a A
vc [kcj gS fd lqtuS
us fjfrd jks ’ ku ls
xqtkjk HkÙkk ds rkSj ij
400 djksM+ #i;s ekaxs
gSAa ,d vaxt
sz h v[kckj
dh [kcj ds eqrkfcd] lqtuS us fjfrd jks’ku ls 400 djksM+
#i;s xqtkjk HkÙkk dh ekax dh gSA gkykafd fjfrd dh vksj
ls bl ij dksbZ çfrfØ;k ugha vkbZ gSA
xkSjryc gS fd fiNys lky lqtuS vkSj fjfrd us vyx
gksus dk QSlyk fy;k FkkA nksuksa vyx&vyx ?kj esa jgrs gS]a
ysfdu chp esa nksuksa vius cPpksa ds fy, feys FksA lqtuS vkSj
fjfrd nksuksa gh cPpksa dh ftEesnkjh ls ihNs ugha gVrs gSaA
F&-cesue mes DeHeÀmejeW keÀes megPeeJe os
mekeWÀies yeerSmeSHeÀ peJeeve
ubZ fnYyhA dsæa h; eaf=;ksa dks lks’ky lkbV~l ls tqMu+ s dh
ç/kkuea=h ujsæa eksnh dh lykg ij lhek lqj{kk cy [ch,l,Q]
us Hkh vey ‘kq: dj fn;k gSA vc foijhr ifjfLFkfr;ksa esa
rSukr ch,l,Q ds toku bZ&esy vkSj Cy‚x ds tfj;s viuh
leL;k,a ] lq > ko vkS j fopkj eq [ ;ky; es a cS B s ofj”B
vf/kdkfj;ksa ls lk>k dj ldsaxsA blds fy, ^baVªkusV çgjh*
uke ls iksVZy cuk;k x;k gSA
<kbZ yk[k tokuksa okys ch,l,Q ds egkfuns’kd Mhds
ikBd us crk;k fd eq[;ky; ds buc‚Dl esa lq>ko vkSj jk;
vkus ‘kq: Hkh gks x, gSaA bl igy dks ^bZ&lq>ko* dk uke
fn;k x;k gSA Mhds ikBd us dgk] ^nqxZe bykdksa esa foijhr
ifjfLFkfr;ksa dk lkeuk djus okys gekjs tokuksa ds ikl
lk>k djus ds fy, cgqr dqN gSA os mu {ks=ksa dks nwljs dh
vis{kk csgrj rjhds ls le>rs gSaA fygktk] pqukSfr;ksa ds
lek/kku ds fy, muesa fo|eku bu laHkkoukvksa ds bLrseky
dk fu.kZ; fy;k x;k gSA*
ubZ O;oLFkk ds rgr dksbZ Hkh toku ;k vf/kdkjh vius
lq>ko ;k leL;k fy[kdj baVkª usV ls tqMs+ utnhdh dsæa dks
lkSia nsxa As ch,l,Q Mhth us crk;k fd bl ç;ksx ds lQy
jgus ij tokuksa vkSj vf/kdkfj;ksa dks Cy‚x fy[kus ds fy,
Hkh çksRlkfgr fd;k tk,xkA
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Yeejleer³eeW keÀes [jeves kesÀ efueS efue³ee ie³ee Lee efHebÀiej efHe´bì
xr ekg dks fQaxj fçaV Ms FkkA egRoiw.kZ
nLrkos t ks a es a yxus okys fQa x j fça V dh
‘kq#vkr lSdM+ksa lky igys gks pqdh FkhA
fiNys 150 lkyksa esa bldk pyu Hkkjr dh
,d ?kVuk ds ckn c<+kA fczfV’k ‘kklu dh
‘kq#vkr esa 1858 esa Hkkjr esa fu;qfä gksus
ij fofy;e g’ksZy dks if’pe caxky ds
ukfn;k ftys dk eftLVªVs cuk;k x;k FkkA
bl nkSjku bUgksua s dksydkrk esa nhokuh Bsds
ds fy, flXuspj vkSj fQaxj fçaV ysus dk
vkns’k fn;k] rkfd dksbZ Hkh dke Bsdsnkj
}kjk xyr u fd;k tk,A muds vkns’k ij
LFkkuh; O;kikjh jkT;/kj dksukbZ us gkFk ¼Hkkjr esa fQaxj fçaV dh
1877 ds vkl&ikl yh xbZ fQaxj fçaVA dh maxfy;ksa ds fu’kku vuqc/a k ds ,d nLrkost ‘kq # vkr djus okys
ds ihNs fn, FksA gkykafd eftLVªVs g’ksy
Z ;g eftLVªVs fofy;e g’ksy
Z dh
ç;ksx ‘kq: djuk ugha pkgrs FksA mudk mís’; O;kikjh dks Mjkuk Hkj Fkk] ysfdu ckn esa Qkby QksVks½
mUgsa ;g ç;ksx vPNk yxkA muds vkns’k ij ysu&nsu ds çeq[k nLrkostksa ds fy, fQaxj
fçaV dks dkuwu ds :i esa ykxw dj fn;k FkkA 1877 esa mUgksua s dSfn;ksa dh igpku ds fy, Hkh fQaxj fçaV dk vkns’k fn;k]
ysfdu mls ugha ekuk x;kA dqN le; ckn ;g flfoy dkuwu ls vkijkf/kd dkuwu esa vfuok;Z dj ykxw dj fn;k x;kA
Hkkjr dh bl ?kVuk ds ckn fczVus esa bldk pyu c<+k vkSj vesfjdk rd QSy x;kA
O;fä dh lVhd igpku djus esa dkjxj&;wjksi&vesfjdk vk/kqfudrk ds fy, tkus tkrs gSa] ysfdu vkt ogka Hkh
egRoiw.kZ nLrkosth dk;ksZa esa fQaxj fçaV ysus dk pyu gSA çkphudky esa vyx&vyx lH;rkvksa vkSj ns’kksa esa fQaxj fçaV
fy, tkus yxs FksA budk mi;ksx O;fä dh igpku iq[rk djus ds fy, gh fd;k tkrk Fkk] tks vkt Hkh tkjh gSA cSd
a ks]a
vnkyrksa vkSj iqfyl fjd‚MZ esa vijkf/k;ksa dh lVhd igpku djus esa bldk mi;ksx vko’;d :i ls fd;k tkrk gSA
;g vkt Hkh igpku LFkkfir djus dk dkjxj rjhdk blfy, gS D;ksfa d fQaxj fçaV lHkh ds ,d tSls ugha gksrs gSAa fQaxj
fçaV dh tkap djus ds fy, Qkjsafld ySc gSaA
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Government of India appointments......
IPS
IAS
Judiciary
Rajiv Addl. Sec MHA
Rajiv Gauba has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA). He is a 1982 batch IAS officer of
Jharkhand cadre.
Sharma DG,SSB
Banshidhar Sharma has been
appointed new DG of the SSB. He is 1980 batch
IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Shukla DIG,NIA
Anil Shukla has been appointed DIG in the
National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is a 1996
batch IPS officer of UT cadre
Singh PS VK Singh
J P Singh has been appointed as Private
Secretary to General V K Singh, Minister of State
for DoNER. He is a 2000 batch IPS officer.
Justice Roy CJ,Orissa HC
Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court
Justice Amitava Roy has been moved to the
Orissa High Court as Chief Justice.
Justice Kaul
CJ, Madras HC
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
was sworn in as Chief Justice of
Madras High Court by Tamilnadu Governor K
Rosaiah at the Raj Bhavan.
IRS
Shakuntala to move Hyd
Garg Sec.,Telecom
The newly appointed Secretary Telecom in the
Government of India Rakesh Garg is presently
Principal Secretary to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh
Yadav. 1980 batch IAS officer Garg will be relieved
only after the arrival of Yadav from his foreign tour.
Kumar PS to Ravi Shankar
N Saravana Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary to Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister
for Communications, IT and Law and Justice. He is
a 2000 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Kumar PS to Venkaiah
S Suresh Kumar has been appointed as Private Secretary to M Venkaiah Naidu,
Minister of Urban Development. He is a 2000 batch
IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Ms R Shakuntala is all set to move to Hyderabad as Chief
Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise for Hyderabad Zone.
In her new stint she will succeed B B Prasad. The 1981 batch
The Government of Bihar has relieved Sanjiv
IRS (C&CE) officer is presently serving as Chief CommisHans of cadre responsibility enabling him to join as
K Krishna Kishore has been appointed as Private Secre- sioner, Customs & Excise, Chennai.
Private Secretary to Ramvilas Paswan, Union Mintary to the Minister of Civil Aviation. He is an IRS-IT officer of
ister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distri1990 batch.
Bimal Behari Prasad is all set to move to Mumbai as Chief bution. He is a 1997 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Commissioner, Customs- II for Mumbai Zone. The 1980 batch
Mrs Rina Mitra, IG, BPR&D, has been appointed as Direc- IRS (C&CE) officer, is presently serving as Chief CommisThe post of Dr V Ponnuraj, Private Secretary to
tor, National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science sioner, Hyderabad Zone.
D V Sadananda Gowda, Railway Minister, has been
(NICFS) at ADG level. She is a 1983 batch IPS officer of Madhya
upgraded from Deputy Secretary to Director level.
Pradesh cadre.
He is a 2000 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
205 IRS (IT) officers belonging to 1992, 1993 & 1994
Hans PS to Paswan
KK PS to Minister of Civil Aviation
Behari to move Mumbai
Mrs.Mitra Director,NICFS
Ponnuraj upgraded
IRS waits for Commissioner’s rank
M.N.Reddy CP, Bangalore city
Panda Addl. Sec H&FW
batches are waiting in the wings to be elevated to the rank of
M N Reddy has been appointed as Commissioner of Police, Commissioner, Income Tax. DPC had taken place on June 06
Arun Kumar Panda has been apBangalore City in Karnataka. He is a 1984 batch IPS officer of this year for as many as 205 posts of CIT.
pointed as Additional Secretary, Department of
Karnataka cadre.
Health and Family Welfare. He is a 1984 batch IAS
K V Chaudhary has been cleared for the post of Chairman officer of Orissa cadre.
Chaudhary Chairman,CBDT
IFS
Ghanashyam Amba., Benin
CBDT .The 1978 batch IRS officer Chaudhary succeed R K
Tiwari.
5 IRS-C&CE officers gets
postings as CC
Ravikant Addl. Sec ,Defence
Ravi Kant has been appointed as
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence. He is a
1984 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Ajjampur Rangaiah Ghanashyam, presently
High Commissioner to Nigeria, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of
As many as five officers belonging to Indian Revenue
Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as
India to the Republic of Benin, with residence in Service (IRS) of Customs & Central Excise have been transJoint
Secretary in the Department of
Abuja (Nigeria). He is a 1982 batch IFS officer. ferred and posted at different places at Chief Commissioner
level. Accordingly, B B Prasad has been posted as CC, Cus- Economic Affairs in Government of India. He is a
II, Mumbai while Ms R Shankuntala will now be CC, CX, 1988 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Hyderabad and Ms Vanaja N Sarna is CC, TAR, Delhi. Besides, Ms Kameswari Subramanian has been appointed as
Amitabh Jain has been appointed as Principal
Ravi Thapar, presently High Commissioner
CC, CX, Bangalore and Indrajit Dasgupta was posted as CC,
Secretary, Public Relations Department in
of India to New Zealand, has been concurrently
CX, Ahmedabad.
Chhattisgarh. He is a 1989 batch IAS officer of
accredited as the next High Commissioner of
Chhattisgarh cadre.
India to Niue, with residence in Wellington.
Thapar HC to
New Zealand
Shamma Amba.,Costa Rica
Jain Prl. Sec., PR dept.
3 IRS-IT officers get
inter-region postings
Shamma Jain, presently Ambassador of India to Panama,
Three senior officers belonging to Indian Revenue Serhas been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of vice (IRS) of Income Tax cadre have been given inter region
India to the Republic of Costa Rica, with residence in Panama. transfers. Accordingly, Atulesh Jindal has been posted as Principal CCIT, Delhi while Ramesh Chandra was made CCIT-II,
Mumbai and Anand Deep is made DGIT (Inv), Pune.
Ms Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, presently Ambassador of
India to Japan, has been concurrently accredited as the Am- Judiciary backs Bihar IAS Officer Narayan,
bassador of India to the Republic of Marshall Islands, with resiwho took on powerful builders lobby
dence in Tokyo (Japan).
The Bihar government moved the Supreme Court for his
transfer, the city mayor tried to stop his salary, and corporators
Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been appointed as Private Secretary of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) petitioned the High
to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. He is a 1997 batch IFS officer.
Court for his removal – but a young IAS officer has taken everything in his stride to take on the powerful builders’
lobby in the state.
Backed by the judiciary to the hilt, the 2005batch officer Kuldeep Narayan, who is currently
posted as the PMC commissioner, has instituted
vigilance cases against 447 builders and landowners, including the controversial JD(U) legislator
Anant Singh on the charge of constructing highrises in violation of building laws.
Many illegal properties are facing imminent
demolition now. The PMC on Monday began the
demolition of two flats on the fourth floor of Leelavati
Janki Villa Apar tment in the posh Boring
Canal Road area, after it was found that the developer had built the fourth floor without the PMC sanction. The demolition took place on the day the Patna
High Court declined to remove Narayan from
his post while hearing a plea of seven corporators
who had accused him of not discharging his duties
properly. But a division bench rejected their plea,
making it clear the commissioner would continue
his duty “to dispose of the vigilance cases against
the deviant high-rises”.
This was not the first time when a court was
moved to seek the transfer of the 34- year-old officer. Late last year, the state had filed a special
leave petition in the SC seeking to overturn the order of the Patna High Court which had stayed
Narayan’s transfer until the disposal of the vigilance
cases. But the Supreme Court refused to intervene.
While hearing a PIL filed by a Patna resident
Narendra Mishra in May last year, the court had
directed the PMC to take action against the violators of building laws. The PMC conducted a survey
and served notices on the owners and builders of
447 high-rises that were found to have
flouted norms.
Ms.Gopalan,Marshall Islands
SK.Singla PS to Modi
Bajaj Jt. Sec ,EA
Kumar Sec., to UP CM
Amod Kumar has been appointed
Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav. He is 1995 batch IAS officer.
Vinay PS to Javadekar
Vinay Srivastava has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prakash Javadekar, Ministry of
State for Information and Broadcasting. He is a 1992 batch IRSME
officer.
Khulbe Addl. Sec DoPT
Bhaskar Chandra Khulbe has been appointed as Additional
Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). He is
a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
Mishra Addl. Sec MoUD
Durga Shankar Mishra has been appointed as Additional
Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development in Government of
India. He is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Kansal Director,Power,GoI
Puneet Kansal has been appointed as Director in the Ministry of Power in Government of India. He is a 1996 batch IAS
officer of Sikkim cadre.
Srivastava PS to Javdekar
Vinay Srivastava is all set to be appointed as PS to Prakash
Javdekar, Union Minister for Environment & Forest. Dr S K Raju
serving informally as PS to the minister returned back to Punjab.
Srivastava is an IRES officer. He is IRSS officer of 1998 batch
Singh PS to Kaur
Hardeep Singh has been appointed as Private Secretary to
Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister for Food Processing Industries. He is a 1990 batch ITS officer.
SK.Sharma Member,UN Board of Auditors
Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller & Auditor General of India,
has assumed the office as Member of the United Nations Board
of Auditors for a six year term upto June 2020. He took over the
charge of this prestigious position from Liu Jiayi, the Auditor
General of the People’s Republic of China at the United Nations
Headquarters at New York. He is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar
cadre.
Countdown for selection of CVC begins
With fast approaching date of retirement of Pradeep Kumar
and subsequent green signal to Secretaries to nominate the
names for candidature the countdown has begun for selection of
the successor to the incumbent Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
The former Haryana cadre IAS officer of 1972 batch is scheduled to complete his tenure as CVC on September 28