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Shaktikanta Das,1980 (IAS) appointed asnew Secretary, Fertilizersin Government of India.

Sumit Bose, 1976(IAS) appointed as Sec-retary, Finance in Gov-ernment of India.

Ashok Lavasa, 1980(IAS) appointed as Sec-retary, Civil Aviation in theGovernment of India.

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Public Sector

Anupam Shrivastava,Director (CM), BSNL, hasbeen selected for the postof CMD, BSNL.

V Sankaranarayananappointment as CMD ofTyre Corporation of IndiaLimited.

M K Goel selectedas CMD of Power Fi-nance CorporationLimited.

Best wishes...

Omendra Bhardwaj,1977 (IPS) appointed asDirector General of Po-lice in Rajasthan.

P C Thakur, 1979(IPS) appointed newDGP of Gujarat.

Shahid Ahmed, 1979(IPS) has taken over asnew DGP of Manipur.

Bureaucracy

‘Midnight Reporter’ wishes a bright and prosperous New Year.

Dr. Chaitanya SinghNew Delhi,January(MR)The

courtyard broom turned as capitalcity groom with sweeping and throw-ing out the big titans from the socalled lavish-luxury power puff.Thebroom’s historic electoral successshows that ‘baap ka raaj’ is too nearto face a bad time.The bizarre is thatthe candidates without any politicalbackground,recommendation haveturned out to be winning horses. Sur-prisingly though without even spend-ing a single penny,neither on wineand beauty.It was a totally cost free election. The so called political pun-dit are still in trauma as ultimately gotwhat they got out of all these isnothing.It’s like Kapil’s famous verse‘babaji ka thullu’.

Key man KejriwalThe former IRS officer Arvind

Kejriwal is the show man,whocrossed over the journey from acommon activist to a ChiefMinister.Once he was the ‘shikhari’of the ruling government and see thecoincident that today he is ruling theentire state by defeating Sheila Dixitwith a margin of 25,864 votes.

Baap ka raajBad time for

Princess grand returnThe Princess Vasundhara Raje

is back in the power,it’s a grand re-turn for her in Rajasthan,as earliershe served in the same post from2003 to 2008 and she is the first fe-male Chief Minister of the state forthe second time.This time her cha-risma is on cloud nine, thereforeAshok Gehlot has to vacate the hotseat for her.

Shivraj ‘Raaj continues’This time it’s a hat-trick win for

Madhya Pradesh Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chauhan, who is a realleader of the present times. His com-mitments and his dedication for thefarmers and common public madehim a CM for the third time, which isa just remarkable.

Raman rocks again Dr.Raman Singh done it again

with a big win.His last developmentsand schemes in the state made himthe Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh forthe second time.The Mr.Cleen CMnever looked back and proved hisworth to pull off a hat-trick for theparty single-handedly after theshocking results.

Dr. P.K. MohantyChief Secretary

B. Prasada RaoDGP

News at 2nd page

January, 20142MIDNIGHT REPORTER

BureaucracyJanuary(MR)All know about the

very popular show of the year ‘BiggBoss season-7’ telecast on colourschannel.Let’s take a turn and discuss

January(MR)Smt.Poonam Malako-ndaiah is one of the courageous ladyofficer in entire bureaucracy, who doesn’tgives up and compromises when itcomes to working system.That’s the rea-son she is transferred many times,butthat didn’t changed her style of working.Itreminds us of Prakash Jha film ‘Satyagraha’,in whichthe they fought against corruption,but on real screen theofficers crusade against corruption will be continue….!

January(MR)The British action thriller film by title‘Welcome to the Punch’ suits to our very hardcore ladyofficer Ms.Sujatha Gupta,who is the CEO of the SCB.Hercourageous step of illegal demolitions took her on cloudnine,that continued even after many politicalpressures.Why this tree cannot be destroyed ? Answeris, it’s roots are very deep and cannot be uprooted bysuch storms dude, don’t ever try to do so.

January(MR)‘Nayak’ did hisbest to change the entire systemjust in one day and that one daydevelopments are still afresh.As weall know that actor Anil Kapoorplayed the lead role as ‘Nayak’.

Coming to the news,some of thebureaucrats in the administration arealso playing the role of ‘Nayak’ anddoing their best on their grounds forthe welfare of the public and alsofighting against the corruption.

First comes the GHMC com-missioner Somesh Kumar,whostarted his tenure with a tremendousperformance and continuing thesame with full force.The officer

added many feathers in his cap injust second month of hisappointment.

The other officer is Hyderabad,Dist. Magistrate M.K.Meena, who iscommitted for the welfare of the com-mon public.The calm and coolofficer’s seriousness benefitedpeople of all cadre, specially the se-nior citizens.

B.Sreedhar,Dist.Magistrate of RR Dist.is the anotherofficer,who is officercum protector, suc-ceeded in saving manygovernment lands fromthe encroachers andalso taught a lesson to

January(MR)After playing the im-portant role in state the senior IAS of-ficer Binoy Kumar is watching the film‘Badhaai Ho Badhaai’….! Don’t get con-fused , people are calling him at capitalcity and conveying their greetings,forbeing appointed as a Addl. Secretaryand Financial Adviser in Ministry of External Affairs.That’sthe story.

January(MR) ‘The Christmas Wish’,we remember the three wishes ofthe senior lady officer Aruna Bahuguna,when her named is tipped as newDirector of NPA.Three years back during Christmas the lady officer in aninterview said “My three wishes to Santa are: Bring back Hyderabad to itspeaceful glory where people of different religions lived harmoniously, womenshould have more freedom and eradicate the evils of caste and dowry fromthe society.” Is she not wishing any personal wishes? “Rising in governmentservice is one of the biggest fulfilments. I do not have any wishes as life ishappy and perfect. I am frightened that it shouldn’t get disturbed,” she sighsoff. Great wishes, we too wish for the fulfilment. ‘The Christmas Wish’ is a TVmovie premiered on CBS in 1998 based on a novel by Richard Siddoway

January(MR)“Yehhira asli hai”, officerHiralal Samariyanews appear in thelast edition of ‘MR’ withthis heading.Now thisis another news about the officer with the heading ‘Shalimar’,hope you remember this film,which is based on most ex-

pensive ruby that’s ‘Shalimar’.Coming to the point, the whole hearted officeris of soft nature with human values.He is known for his clean image in theofficers fraternity and it’s not wrong if we can say him as a ‘Shalimar’ officer.

January(MR)The lady officers’ likeSmt.Minnie Mathew and Smt. G.D.Aruna’s working system, social respon-sibility ,human care and ideology isslightly comparable with the hit movie‘Mother India’ that inspired people to takecare of their old mothers. Both the lady

officers’ are the caring mothers and that’s the reasonthey are so loving.

the sand & mine mafia.Water board MD, J. Shyamala

Rao is also working hard for the bet-ter supply of water in rural areas andalso in collecting the dues from thedefaulters by adopting no comprisefundas. These officers, who areplaying a real role of ‘nayak’ on realscreen. Their efforts and pain can-not be overlooked.

something about the real screen ‘Bigg Boss’. Any guess! Not necessary, it’snone another than the Chief Secretary Dr.PK.Mohanty and the DGPB.Prasada Rao, who are now the ‘badhshas’ of entire bureaucracy and atthe same time holding the extra liability of bifurcation.Which is only possiblefor BB’s…!

January(MR)Now the cool and thecalm senior officer S.K.Joshi is goinggreen.While inspecting the musi river hedidn’t miss the plantation that reflects hislove for the environment.Coming back tothe news,the decent and the dynamicofficer directed officials of Irrigation de-partment to come up with an compre-hensive action plan within a month.Healso directed to all the heads,who areinvolved in this project to take it in a proper manner for itscompletion in the stipulated time frame.

January (MR)Now a day’s thesenior IAS officer &Principal Secretary(health, medicaland family welfare)L.V. Subramanyam,

January (MR)HMDA strong stepfor the protection oflakes should be ap-preciated. The cam-paign to save thetreasure of the na-ture reminds thevery old,but still one

of the favorite film ‘Nadiya Ke Paar’.With the efforts ofAuthority Commissioner Neerab Kumar Prasad an awareness campaign isgoing on in the city,which is getting positive results.

January(MR) Hyd-erabad Metro Rail projectis reaching towards itsgoal like ‘Chennai Express’speed. Though it’s not asmall deal, the works are

moving faster and smoother.The HMR

January(MR)The one and only sardar in the offic-

January (MR) Now the old styleof mustache is again in vogue withall new looks,which was famous ear-lier as ‘taav wali mustache’.After thegap this trend started up on reelscreen with Aamir khan in the film‘Mangal Pandey’ and Ranveer Singh

in the recently released film ‘RamLeela’.More over on television the‘Savdhan India’ anchor SushantSingh is making waves.

On real screen,these days theIndian batsman Shikhar Dhavan isalso seen in taav wali mustache and

is propagating about the potentiality of cow urine fromwhich the cancer can be cured.The officer should beappreciated for his efforts for keeping-up this traditional method at least innews.During the international conference the officer said that ‘we cannotlose our ancient wisdom,as the cow urine has a lot of potential in treatmentof cancer.

MD N.V.S.Reddy and his entire team is looking forward to complete theproject within time,as the city people are already eagerly awaiting for it.

ers fraternity Harpreet Singh is the best example for ‘Singh is King’.TheSingh only believes in work,whichever posting given to him,he does justiceto his responsibilities and moves further with zeal. ‘Bole so nihal,sat sri akal’.

Mustache ho tho �taavwali�, varna naa ho�.

it suits him. If we are not wrong he isperforming superb after changing outwith new style,as mustache par taavdene sey confidence jo badtaa hai.

Coming to bureaucracy the ChiefElectoral Officer Bhanvar Lal alsochanged his style as taav walimustache.The officer is also mak-ing waves with his dashing looks oncameras. As this is the right time,theelections are on cards and to gear-up with the things, more confidenceis needed,as taav wali mustache willdefinitely help the officer to go be-yond if needed. So, we recommendonly ‘taav wali mustache’.

January(MR)The GreaterVisakha-patnam Municipal Corpora-tion (GVMC) Commissioner MV. Saty-anarayana gears up to take actionagainst corrupt staff members. Theofficer took over the cases of ACBseriously and warned the civic offi-

cials that he would keep a tab on officials hereafter andwould not hesitate to take stringent action if found guilty.Let’s wait and watchto see the impact.

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January (MR) Earlier ‘H’used to stand for ‘Honesty &Huda’ and now the same ‘H’stands for ‘Himmatwala &Huda’. Now the question iswhy the officer is called as‘Himmatwala’. The answer isvery simple,it’s a remakemovie and the officer alsomakes over himself accord-ingly. Once the officer usedto be too hectic and now at

least the officer is able to give some time to his familyand friends. He is also seen in social events and pri-vate programmes. Recently he turned up as a guest ina art show at a star hotel,where he encouraged theartists.But, this will not be too long ,as the officer isgoing to be hectic again. How ? think, par zyada loadmath lena…!

January(MR)The officer AK.Khan is a real cop,who’s name isjust enough in the power ofcorridors.After showing ‘what iskhan’ during his earlier innings,nowthe officer is zooming up in ACB,which is again a very important andresponsible job.Not to say,but it hasto be mentioned in the round-up thatat present the ‘tale of police’ will beincomplete without discussingKhan’s name.Chak-de….!

January (MR)How will be the scene,if the formerDGP V.Dinesh Reddy will come out with his support-ers raising-up his two fingers in air and waiving hishand with victory sign and campaigning during nextelections. The well-wishers of the former officer mightbe knowing about his next plan, which is a secretnow.Is it a mere rumor or really going to be happen ?As it’s a discussion in the power corridors thatMr.Reddy will be showing his impact in comingelections,but still it is not at all confirmed, as no oneknows what’s cooking inside.

January(MR) Wow…!What a film, just watch it. Com-ing to the news, the city chiefAnurag Sharma is a top copwith his ‘Dhoom-3’ perfor-mance. Hope all agree with theresults of annual round-up.The officer proved himselfin many critical situations withhis excellent policing in lasttwo years.His 24x7 alertnessand seriousness made himthe successful officer. KoiShak….!

January (MR) Rajiv Trivedi alias ‘Milkha Singh’. He isthe one officer,who is known for his superb stamina andstrength. The officer completed Standard CharteredMumbai Marathon in 2010 in 3hours 36 minutes when hewas 50.He ran the same marathon in 2011 and took 3hours 27 minutes to win bronze medal in veteran menscategory .It’s strange that the officer completed the samemarathon in 2012 in 3 hours 28 minutes when he was 52.Now in 2013 Mr.Trivedi completed the All India PoliceAthletics Meet Marathon in 3 hours 19 minutes.He be-came the first and the only IPS officer to run the fullMarathon with police competitors. My goodness, sir whatis the secret of your energy.Boost or what…!

January(MR)Officer VSK.Kaumudi is a real cop,who is very much attached with the police uniform‘Khakee’. He is one of the officer in police headquar-ters, who can be rarely be seen in mufti.As many of usknowing about the film ‘Khakee’,in which a team ofpolice officers set out for on a mission.The film officerszeal is also seen in VSK,that’s the reason he is calledas ‘Khakee’.The other news is, last month VSK at-tended a three day seminar at Dubai.

January(MR)The officer J.Purnachandra Rao is onhigh ‘speed’ after his posting at bus bhavan.The Ameri-can action-thriller film ‘Speed’ is an unforgettable movieand the same speed will be seen at RTC in coming

January(MR) RP.Thakur is the officer,who has a luck to win.How he wins and whathe won is not a top se-cret now.Coming to thepoint at present the of-ficer is gearing-up inV&E and movingsmoothly.The ‘khaas

January (MR)Now Cyberabadchief CV.Anand is a playing an im-portant role and that’s ‘The Protec-tor’. After making a series of suc-cess and adopting new technics inimproving the policing the officer isall set for the womens’ safety, forwhich a special drive is launchedrecently.So the khabar is to be‘khabardar’ now ….!

IPS officerShaik MohammedIqbal is appointedas the special officerto AP State WakfBoard recently, heis welcomed by the

members of Wakf Board,.The of-ficer has many challenges aheadand going by his last profile itssure that he will do wonders.

January(MR) What asnap…! Reminds theblock buster movie ‘WarHorse’,which begins withthe remarkable friendshipbetween a horse namedJoey and a young mancalled Albert,who tamesand trains him.

On real screen, dy-namic officer Anjani Kumaris seen in Albert role, whois a master in riding andjust crazy about horses.He might be the only of-ficer, who spare time ev-ery day with the cute blackbeauties. This is calledroyal completely……!B. Malla

Reddy isthe front-

days,as the officer is planning a new strategy for it.

A m i tGarg is theone officer,who canguide direc-tor MadhurBhandarkar ifhe plans forthe sequel of

the film ‘Traffic Signal-2’.The officer is managing and add-ing new initiatives day by day for the smooth flow oftraffic.In just few months he showed his impact and hecan give some good tips to Bhandarkar.Awaiting to watchonscreen as “special thanks to-Amit Garg”.

baat’ is the calm andsilent officer knowswhen and how to shooton target.Don’t getconfused,we are talk-ing about his workingstyle.That’s it….!

line officer, notjust becausehe is a loyalreader of thefamous maga-zine ‘Frontline’,

but for keeping and dealing up theroutine tasks in priority.Moreoverhe is the one officer,who believesin grass root level study and isalways eager to know about newthings that made him a frontlineofficer.

The CBI of-ficer Laxmina-rayana is now‘berozgaar’ at hisparent Maha-rashtra cadre. Yesthe officer is job-

less and has not been given theposting for the last six months.

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Public Sector

New Delhi: A unit of Steel Au-thority of India Limited (SAIL), BhilaiSteel Plant (BSP), was awarded thetop prize in the National Energy Con-servation Awards 2013, in recogni-tion of ‘systematic and serious ef-forts made by BSP for efficient utili-zation and conservation of energyduring the last two years.’ ChairmanSAIL Mr C.S. Verma received theaward from President of India ShriPranab Mukherjee, in the presenceof Union Minister of State for PowerShri Jyotiraditya Scindia at VigyanBhavan here yesterday.

Instituted by the Ministry ofPower, the awards are based on strin-

The PSUs under the Ministry ofSteel handed over a cheque of Rs.50 crore to the Hon’ble Minister ofSteel, Beni Prasad Verma towardsChief Minister’s Relief Fund Odishafor those affected by floods in thestate. PSUs under the Ministry ofSteel namely SAIL, NMDC, RINL,MSTC, MOIL, KIOCL, MECON andOMDC contributed Rs. 20 Crore, Rs.20 Crore, Rs. 4 Crore, Rs. 2.6 Crore,Rs.1.5 Crore, Rs. 1 Crore, Rs.0.5Crore and Rs.0.4 Crore respec-tively. While handing over the cheque,Hon’ble Minister of Steel expressedhis condolence over the loss of lifecaused by the calamity. He also as-sured that the Nation and theMinistryof Steel in particular stand with the

people of Orissa in these hoursofturmoil and loss.

Shri Verma assured continuingsupport and assistance to the state.

The contributions made todayare in addition to other CSR andsustainability activities to be under-taken by the Central Public SectorEnterprises under the Ministry ofSteel in the calamity affected areas.

The cheque was received fromHon’ble Minister of Steel by Shri J.K.Mohapatra, Chief Secretary, Gov-ernment of Odisha on behalf of theState Government, in the presenceof Shri G. Mohan Kumar, Secretary,Ministry of Steel, Joint Secretariesof the Ministry and CMDs of PSUsunder the Ministry.

PSUs under Steel Ministry

contribute Rs. 50 crore

for Odisha Flood Relief

SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant

bags the National Energy

Conservation Award 2013

gent evaluation criteria and adjudgedby an eminent panel of industry ex-perts under the Bureau of EnergyEfficiency (BEE). From a pool of nineother participants, SAIL BSP waschosen for the award for achievinga savings of 2.92% in electrical en-ergy consumption, 1.74% in thermalenergy consumption, and an overallreduction of 3.1% in specific energyconsumption in 2012-13 over theprevious year. Various departmentsof the Plant came together to ensurejudicious distribution of resources,maximization of internally generatedby-product gases and reduction inconsumption of purchased fuels.

V P Agrawal, Chairman, AirportsAuthority of India, has presented afinal dividend cheque of Rs. 147crores to the Union Minister of CivilAviation Ajit Singh. in the presenceof K N Shrivastava, Secretary(CivilAviation), Anil Srivastava, Joint Sec-retary, G Asok Kumar, Joint Secre-tary, M Kannan, Economic Advisorand AAI Board Members K K Jha,Member(Human Resource), VSomasundaram, Member (Air Navi-gation Services), G K Chaukiyal,Member (Operations). Airports Au-thority of India(AAI) is an organiza-tion of the Ministry of Civil Aviationand it has been making profits sinceits inception. For the financial year2012-13, AAI earned revenue ofRs.6917 crores, profit before tax of

Rs.1337 crores and has declaredDividend of Rs.147 crores to theGovernment of India. Despite in-crease in Gross Revenue during2012-13 by Rs. 1038 crores, profitbefore tax has reduced to Rs.1337(Previous Year Rs.1364 Crores),primarily due to increase in operat-ing expenses, security operatingexpenses viz-a-viz PSF (Security)amount received. Substantial invest-ment in creation of infrastructurehave taken place during the previ-ous years, however the airport tariffhave not been revised since 2003baring Kolkatta, Chennai Airportwhich was revised with effect fromMarch 2013. Closure of M/s. King-fisher Airlines have also impacted therevenue of AAI.

AAI pays dividend of 147 crores

New Delhi, January. ONGC’s foreign arm ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL)bagged the best PSU award in the oil and gas sector at the DainikBhaskarIndia Pride Awards. SudhirVasudeva, CMD, ONGC and Chairman of OVLreceived the prestigious award from Dr M MPallamRaju, Union Minister ofHuman Resource Development. ONGC Videsh is a wholly owned subsid-iary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and is India’slargest international oil and gas E&P Company. Presently ONGC Videshhas participation in 32 projects in 16 countries.

ONGC Videsh is �Best PSU�

award in oil and gas sector

India Pride Award to ONGC Videsh; Chairman Sudhir Vasudeva (sec-ond from right) receives the award from HRD Minister Dr M M Pallam Raju.

New Delhi,January.The govern-ment said it will provide Rs.116.86crore financial aid to 11 loss makingor sick central public sector enter-prises to enable them pay salary andstatutory dues The Cabinet Commit-tee on Economic Affairs chaired byPrime Minister Manmohan Singhgave green signal to the proposal.The aid will be provided under non-plan budgetary support. The 11 cen-tral public sector enterprises that willbenefit from the proposal areHindustan Cables, HMT MachineTools, HMT (Watc-hes) Ltd., HMT(Chinar Watches) Ltd., NagalandPulp & Paper Company, TriveniStructurals, Tungbhadra Steel Prod-ucts, Nepa Ltd., HMT Bearings,Hindustan Photo Films Limited andTyre Corporation of India Ltd. Allthese firms are under the federaldepartment of heavy industry “Pay-ment of outstanding dues of salaryand wages would mitigate the hard-ships of the employees thereby mo-tivating them for better output andprepare them to achieve the goal ofrevival or restructuring of the com-panies,” an official statement releasedafter the cabinet meeting here said. “Inaddition, clearance of outstanding statu-tory dues (Provident Fund, Gratuity,Pension, Employees State Insurance)would result in fulfilment of statutory ob-ligations,” it said.

Sick PSUs getbudgetary support

for dues, salarypayments

New Delhi, January. NTPC hasbeen awarded for Excellence in Cor-porate Governance at the India PrideAward function held in New Delhi re-cently. The Award was received byManash Sarkar, Executive Director(Corporate Affairs & Corporate Com-munication and ED to CMD ), NTPCfrom Rajeev Shukla, Minister of Statefor Parliamentary Affairs and Plan-ning in the presence of Charan DasMahant, Union Minister of State forAgriculture and Food Processingand other dignitaries.

India Pride

Award to NTPC

Manash Sarkar, Executive Director (Corporate Affairs & CorporateCommunication and ED to CMD ), NTPC receiving award from RajeevShukla, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Planning.

New Delhi,January. BHELhas been con-ferred the PSEE x c e l l e n c eAward 2013 forR&D, TechnologyDevelopment &Innovation in theMaharatna &Navratna CPSEsCategory by theIndian Chamberof Commerce(ICC).

The awardwas jointly re-ceived by P.K.

BHEL bags PSE Excellence Award 2013

Bajpai, Director (Finance), BHEL; W.V.K. Krishna Shankar, Director (IS&P),BHEL; Atul Sobti, Director (Power), BHEL and Mr. O.P. Bhutani, PrincipalAdviser (E,R&D), BHEL from T.K.A. Nair, Adviser to the PM and O.P. Rawat,Secretary (DPE).

Former SecretaryPower in the Govern-ment of India, PUmashankar, has beenappointed as Indepen-dent Director on the

board of state-owned Oil and Natu-ral Gas Corp ( ONGC). He is retired1976 batch IAS officer of UP.Bhagat MD & CEO, HealthInsurance TPA of India Ltd

P K Bhagat General ManagerGIC has been appointed as Manag-ing Director and CEO of Health In-surance TPA of India Ltd, a joint ven-ture company promoted by four NonLife PSU Insurance companies andGIC to service Health InsuranceClaims

Umashankar

Director, ONGC

Sobti Director, BHELAtul Sobti has

taken over charge asDirector (Power) ofBharat HeavyElectricals Limited(BHEL).

BiswalDirector, NTPC

The orders ofKulmani Biswal, Di-rector (Finance),MCL, for the ap-pointment as Direc-tor (Finance),NTPC Limited havebeen issued by theGovt. of India.

5 January, 2014MIDNIGHT REPORTER

POWERGRID awarded

New Delhi, January. Power GridCorporation of India Ltd., (POWER-GRID) the Central Transmission Util-ity was awarded for Excellenceamong Central Public Sector Under-takings in the “Energy & PowerCategory” at the 5th India PrideAwards 2013-14 organized by DainikBhaskar group. R. N. Nayak, CMDPOWERGRID received the awardfrom the Union Minister of HRD, M.Mangapati Pallam Raju at a functionheld recently in Delhi. The India Pride

Awards were instituted by DainikBhaskar Group in 2009 to acknowl-edge excellence among the PSU’s.At present, POWERGRID is operat-ing more than 102,604 ckt. kms. oftransmission lines along with 173Sub-stations and transformation ca-pacity of about 179,323 MVA with atotal Inter-Regional power transmis-sion capacity of the National Grid ofabout 32,000MW. The availability ofits system network is consistentlymaintained at 99.9%

New Delhi, January REC wasconferred with India Pride Award2013-14 in the “Energy and PowerSector” category. The award wasreceived by Vinod Behari, ExecutiveDirector (HR & Corporate Commu-nications), REC from Pallam Raju,

REC awarded India

Pride Award 2013-14

Union Cabinet Minister for HumanResource Development. India PrideAwards was organized by DainikBhaskar Group. The award func-tion was attended by esteemed dig-nitaries from public sector as well asfrom private sector enterprises.

New Delhi, January.OmPrakash, Additional General Man-ager (PR), Power Finance Corpora-tion Ltd. received “Painting Competi-tion on Energy Conservation Perfor-mance Award” in the category of“Best Nodal Officer (UT) First Prize2013” for his excellent performancefrom President of India, PranabMukherjee in the presence ofJyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister ofState for Power (IndependentCharge), Pradeep Kumar Sinha,Secretary (Power) to Government ofIndia, Ministry of Power and othersenior officials from Ministry of Power,Power PSUs, BEE at Vigyan Bhawan,New Delhi.

PFC receives Award

GAIL DBPL project receives Platts

Premier Project Construction Award

BHEL wins

Rs.1,023 Crore

Turbine Generator

Package Order

Distinguished Xaverian

Award to CMD,NTPCCMD of NTPC, Dr Arup Roy Choudhury, has

been given distinguished Xaverian Award by St.Xavier Alumni Association (SXAA) for his outstand-ing services and contribution to the Building Con-struction and Power sector at the Alumni Reunionof the Institution held in Patna

Binod Director,SAILThe Central government has appointed Binod Kumar,

Executive Director, SAIL as Director (Commercial) on theBoard of Directors of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).

Singh Director,IOCLSanjiv Singh, Executive Director, IOCL,

has been selected for the post of Director(Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) at a Pub-lic Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held.

Goal ED, HUDCORajesh Goel, General Manager, HUDCO, has recently

been promoted to Executive Director (Projects), HUDCO.

2 new directors for NLCC V Sankar, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu,

Industries Department has been appointed as a Part-time Official Director ofNeyveli Lignite Corporation Limited. C Balakrishnan has been appointed asa Non-official Part-time Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited.

BEML bags �outstanding

company� award

N e wDelhi, Janu-ary. In theface of stiffI n t e r n a -tional Com-petitive Bid-ding (ICB),

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL) has bagged a prestigiousorder for the supply of Turbine Gen-erator (TG) Package for 2×500 MWTPS at Neyveli. Valued at Rs.1,023Crore, the order has been securedby BHEL from Neyveli Lignite Corpo-ration Limited (NLC), for their upcom-ing 1,000 MW Neyveli New ThermalPower Project (NNTPP) at Neyveli,Tamil Nadu. BHEL’s scope of worksincludes manufacture, supply, erec-tion, testing and commissioning ofSteam Turbine Generators & Auxilia-ries along with associated civil works

6 January, 2014MIDNIGHT REPORTER

BankingExpressing happiness over the

growth of the banking sector in thelast ten years, Finance Minister PChidambaram today described it asa great achievement of the UPA rule.

Participating in the ‘103rd Foun-dation Day Celebration’ of the CentralBank of India here he said: “The veryfact that people have accepted thegrowth of banking sector as a normalphenomenon is a success to me andthe government.”

The celebration function is beingorganised for the first time outside themetro cities.

He said the government hadmade great efforts to achieve thisgrowth in the banking sector.”Thebank officials including the ExecutiveDirectors, Chairmen and the Employ-ees also played a major role in theexpansion of the banking sector.”

“Now the country is having1,10,000 branches, and every year7000 to 8000 branches were openedin the last nine years and this year10,000 branches will be opened. Thecentral bank to commemorate its103rd foundation day has opened 103branches today and it will open a total

�Great achievement�

of 231 branches this year,” he said.Besides bank branches that had

been opened, banking service alsohad expanded at a fast pace. ATMfacility, which was available in a fewlocalities, is now available through-out the country, he said.

“Very few thousand studentsgot education loans ten years ago.Now lakhs of students were avail-ing the education loan. Crores of

Self-Help groups were availingloans.”This is how the banking ser-vice has expanded,” he said.

Another outcome of expansionwas provision of jobs, he said add-ing if ten banks were being openedthis year, then thousands of personswould get bank jobs. “The expan-sion benefited lakhs of people in vari-ous sectors and we are proud ofthat”, he said.

New Delhi,January.K. R.Kamath, Chairman & Managing Di-rector of Punjab National Bank wasbestowed upon ‘Lifetime Achieve-ment Award’ by Dainik BhaskarGroup in New Delhi. The award washanded over by Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju,Union Minister for Human ResourcesDevelopment and Jagdambika Pal,Member of parliament (Lok Sabha).

K. R. Kamath received the

Lifetime Achievement Award

On receiving the award, K. R.Kamath said “We would like to growbusiness in a responsible way keep-ing in mind the interests of all stake-holders.

PNB will reinforce this strongdomestic franchise while selectivelylooking for profitable overseas ex-pansion to sustain its premier posi-tion in the Indian banking industry”.

January.Allahabad Bank jumpedmore than one per cent in early morn-ing trade, after the bank announcedthat it had allotted 4.45 crore equityshares on preferential allotment ba-sis to the Government of India.

In a statement to the BombayStock Exchange (BSE), the bankdeclared that it had allotted a total of4,45,83,147 equity shares with facevalue of Rs 10 each for cash at anIssue Price of Rs. 89.72 per equity

Allahabad Bank stock

jumps after equity share

allotment to governmentshare including premium of Rs.79.72 on preferential basis to Gov-ernment of India

The bank’s shareholders hadapproved the preferential issue ofRs 400 crore to the government inreturn for capital infusion during ageneral meeting held in Kolkataearlier this week.

The shareholders also gave agreen signal for issuing of equityshares worth up to Rs 320 crorevia a qualified institutional place-ment that will make sure that thepromoters’ holding remains at 55.24per cent of the total paid-up capital.

Shubhalakshmi Panse, chair-man & managing director ofAllahabad Bank said the movewould help the bank in improvingits capital base to maintain capitaladequacy ratio along the lines of

the Basel III norms.Following the announcement,

which was made before markethours today, shares of the bankgained 1.13 per cent to Rs 94.25 apiece on BSE. The stock had hit its52-week high of Rs 190.80 a shareon January 18, 2013, and a 52-weeklow of Rs 64.90 a share on August28, 2013. The mid-cap lender hasequity capital of Rs slightly more than500 crore.

New Delhi(MR)The finance min-istry has directed state-run banks torecover at least 10% of loans thathave gone bad, by the end of thisfinancial year after the Reserve Bankof India (RBI) put some lenders un-der its scanner over losses and ris-ing non-performing assets.

“Banks have been told to step upthe recovery process. The financeminister has already directed thatbanks should not write off more thanwhat they recover,” said a financeministry official on condition of ano-nymity. State-run banks have writtenoff loans worth more than Rs 60,000crore in the last three years, accord-ing to government data.

Tanksale CE, Indian Bank’s Asso.Former Chairman and Managing Director of Central

Bank of India, M V Tanksale, has taken over as Chief Ex-ecutive of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).

16 GMs promoted as CGMAltogether 16 General Managers have been promoted as CGM in the

Reserve Bank of India. About 50 GMs had appeared for interview.

Sharma Director,Union BankThe Central government has appointed Jag Mohan Sharma as Part-

time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Union Bank of Indiafor a period of three years

Kocheta Director,Canara BankSunil Hukumchand Kocheta has been nominated as part-time non-

official Director under the Charted Accountant category on the Board ofDirectors of Canara Bank for a period of three years.

Dr Sharma Director,Andhra BankThe Central Government has nominated Dr Naina Sharma as Part-time

Non-Official Director on the Board of Directors of Andhra Bank for a periodof three years

Sujatha Director,IOBThe Central government has appointed S. Sujatha as Part- time Non

Official Director of Indian Overseas Bank

Manimaran Director,Canara BankG V Manimaran has been nominated as Officer Employee Director on

the Board of Directors of Canara Bank for a period of three years.

Badushas Director,IOBThe Central government has appointed A B D Badushas as Part-time

Non Official Director of Indian Overseas Bank.

Appointments

Central Bank of India hasopened two new branches inNagpur. Mr Rajeev Rishi, Chairman& Managing Director of the Bank,who was in the city on a two day’s visit, has inaugurated new branches at Wardha Road,Chhatrapati Chowk and Dighori. Wardha Road branch mobilizeddeposit of Rs.5.77 Crores in 475accounts and Dighori branch mobi-lized Rs.2.33 Crores in 1295 ac-counts.

While inaugurating the Branchat Dighori, he assured the rural folk

that Bank could come out with ex-clusive schemes to suit the needsof farmers of the area. Earlier, Mr.Rajeev Rishi had reviewed the per-formance of 4 regions of Nagpur Zone and local branches. He alsoaddressed the customers meet and assured them of the best ser-vices and informed them of the vari-ous products of the Bank at verycompetitive interest rates.

Mr Rishi was accompanied byMr Ishwar Singh, Zonal Manager andMr P Sampath Kumar, Senior Re-gional Manager during his entire visit.

Central  Bank of India opened

two new branches in Nagpur

Recover at least 10% of

bad loans: Finance

ministry to banks

Shareholders of Bank of Indiahave accorded their approval to is-sue 4,63,60,686 fresh equity sharesto Government of India on preferen-tial issue basis at the Extra ordinaryGeneral meeting held on 3rd fromGovernment of India in the currentquarter.

This will increase the Govern-ment of India’s shareholding to66.70% During the Half Year endedSeptember 2013, Bank has toucheda total business mix of Rs. 7,69,105crore (YOY Growth 29.68%) andposted a net profit or Rs. 1586 crore(YOY Growth 33.39%) December,2013.The Bank will get an equity capi-tal of Rs. 1000 crores.

State Bank of India (SBI) has notfound any procedural lapses in a Rs75-crore loan sanctioned to Delhi-based Worlds Window Group(WWG) by the bank’s mid-corporategroup, till recently headed byShyamal Acharya. Late last month,the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) alleged that Acharya, deputymanaging director, had been bribedto clear the Rs 75 crore as part of aRs 400-crore loan request.

The report of a two-member in-ternal committee comprising SBI’stwo senior-most managing directors— Hemant Contractor and AKrishnakumar — has not found anyrelaxations in the eligibility criterionwhile approving the loan. As part ofthe enquiry, the committee examinedonly the WWG loan.

“We looked at the credit appraisalprocesses and everything appearsto be as per regulations,” SBI chair-man Arundhati Bhattacharya told FE.

The report finds that no proce-

dures were skipped in sanctioningthe loan and concludes that the bor-rower was, in fact, eligible, said an-other senior official of the bank. FEcould not independently verify thecontents of the report which wassubmitted to the finance ministry onFriday. While the investigation clearsany doubts over the loan approvalprocess, the bank did not commenton allegations of bribery againstAcharya, who was asked to go onleave on the day the allegations sur-faced. “The CBI will look into thoseaspects,” Bhattacharya said.

The CBI had last month filed acase against three people includingAcharya, KK Kumra, who was anadviser at WWG, and Piyoosh Goyal,founder, WWG. According to CBI of-ficials, Goyal sought a loan of Rs400 crore from SBI. Kumra, who wasalso a former SBI official, in turn gotin touch with Acharya, who allegedlyinfluenced his juniors and got Rs 75crore sanctioned to begin with. After

the loan was cleared, Goyal is allegedto have paid Rs 25 lakh to Kumra asreward, and another Rs 15 lakh togive to Acharya.

Bank of India general

meeting held

Rs 400 cr loan �fraud�: SBI gives

clean chit to Shyamal Acharya

103rd Foundation Day of Cen-tral Bank of India was celebrated withgaiety and enthusiasm. On this oc-casion, Central Bank of India orga-nized seven Health Check-up Camps in association with M/s. CholaMS Insurance Co. at various Branches wherein more than 2500customers have taken benefit ofthese camps. Customers were alsovery happy for this kind of good ges-ture of Central Bank of India.Periathambi, Senior Regional Man-ager, Hyderabad inaugurated HealthCheck-up Camp at Zonal Office pre-mises, Hyderabad. Ajai KumarAgarwal, Asst. General Manager &Head-Marketing inaugurated HealthCheck-up Camp at Bolaram Branch.

Foundation Day

celebrated

7 January, 2014MIDNIGHT REPORTER

Government infused Rs 700crore and Rs 400 crore in DenaBank and Allahabad Bank respec-tively through preferential share al-lotment route. The bank has alloted11.85 crore shares of Rs 10 each toGovernment of India on preferentialallotment basis at a price of Rs 59.03per share, Dena Bank said in a state-ment. Accordingly, it said, the gov-ernment has infused a capital of Rs699.99 crore towards issuance andallotment of equity shares on prefer-ential basis. Post capital infusion, thepaid-up capital share capital of thebank has increased from Rs 350.05crore to Rs 468.64 crore andgovernment’s holding in the bank hasincreased from 55.24 percent to66.57 percent, it said. Shareholdersof Dena Bank have approved rais-ing up to Rs 800 crore by issuingshares by way of Qualified Institu-tional Placement (QIP) in one or

Anurag Jain JointSecretary (FinancialInclusion & CVO), De-partment of FinancialServices, Ministry ofFinance, has been ap-pointed as the actingChairman and Manag-ing Director (CMD) ofExport-Import Bank ofIndia. He is a 1989batch IAS officer.Anurag Jain is a gradu-ate in Electrical Engi-neering from the IndianInstitute of Technology,Kharagpur and holds aMasters degree inPublic Administrationfrom Maxwell School ofSyracuse, USA. ShriAnurag Jain is on theBoards of Punjab Na-tional Bank, NationalInsurance Co. Ltd. andIFCI Ltd.

Mumbai. Union Bank ofIndia today said ArunTiwari assumed charge asits new chairman & man-aging director. Tiwari, who has over 30years of experience,started his banking careerwith Bank of Baroda andwas an executive directorat Allahabad Bank prior tohis new job. An MSc inchemistry, Tiwari set up theoperations of Bank ofBaroda in Kuala Lumpurand Singapore and playeda key role in the bank’sProject Navnirman andProject Sparsh initiatives.As an executive director atAllahabad Bank, Tiwari wasa member of audit, customerservice, IT, managementand risk management com-mittees.

C. V. R. Rajendran tookcharge of Andhra BankChairman and ManagingDirector Prior to this appoint-ment, Rajendran was ex-ecutive director of Bank ofMahara-shtra since Febru-ary 2012. He started his ca-reer in Corporation Bank,and has experience in inter-national banking and invest-ment banking, among otherdivisions.

He also held the post ofgeneral manager of the trea-sury and information tech-nology division of Corpora-tion Bank.When he wasmoved to Bank ofMaharashtra, according toa press release.

Anurag Jain acting

CMD of EXIM Bank

Arun Tiwari chairman

of Union Bank of IndiaRajendran CMD of

Andhra Bank

New Delhi.Country’sbiggest lender State Bankof India has appointed PPradeep Kumar as its Man-aging Director (CorporateBanking). Kumar, as one ofthe four managing directors,will look after the corporatebanking portfolio of thebank. ”... with effect from lastmonth 27th December, asper notification of govern-ment of India, P PradeepKumar will be the ManagingDirector & Group Executive(Corporate Banking) ofState Bank of India (SBI),”the bank today said in astatement. Kumar, a post

Pradeep Kumar as MD,

SBI Corporate Banking

graduate in statistics, joined SBI in 1976 as a probationaryofficer and held several key assignments including the bank’sUS operations. He also served as the managing director ofState Bank of Travancore. Before moving to the present as-signment, Kumar was deputy managing director and groupexecutive of the corporate banking group, which looks aftercorporate accounts and project finance of the bank

Govt. infuses Rs 700cr, Rs 400 cr in Dena

& Allahabad Bank

more tranches. Allahabad Bank in afiling to the BSE said it has allotted4.45 shares of face value of Rs 10each for cash at an issue price ofRs 89.72 per equity share on pref-erential basis to government of In-dia. The government has infused Rs400 crore in the bank. Subsequently,the government holding in the bankincreased to 58.90 percent from55.24 percent. The capital infusionby the government has been donewith the twin objective of adequatelymeeting the credit requirement of theproductive sectors as well as tomaintain regulatory capital adequacyratios in public sector banks (PSBs).Infusion of capital by government inPSBs is in addition to their internallygenerated capital to enable the banksto maintain a comfortable level ofTier-I capital. An amount of Rs 12,517crore was infused in 13 PSBs during2012-13.

Hydera-bad. January.Andhra Bankhas gone upby 2.14 percent after thelatest roundof capital infusion. According to a filing with stockexchanges today, the city-headquartered lendersaid it has allotted 3,00,34,539 equity shares onpreferential basis to the government. Thegovernment’s shareholding in the bank now stoodat 60.14 per cent from the earlier 58 per cent, thefiling said. In an earlier filing, the bank said theExtraordinary General Meeting of the sharehold-ers passed a special resolution to allot shares atRs 66.59 apiece (including a premium of Rs 56.59per share) in return for Rs 200-crore additionalcapital infusion.

Shares of Andhra Bank settled at Rs 63, up0.72 per cent over the previous close, on BSEwhose benchmark Sensex gained 0.20 per cent to21,074.59. The government infused around Rs 200crore on December 20 towards issuance and al-lotment of equity shares on preferential basis,Andhra Bank said. The government infused around

Andhra Bank goesup by over 2%

January.According to latest re-ports, the UK authorities are plan-ning to replace traditional paper banknotes with new plastic currencynotes from 2016 that will be harderto makeover.

The UK’s central bank, the Bankof England said that the plastic noteswill have longer life and will be pro-tected against damage. The UKeconomy will be the latest and one

of the leading economies to move tomore durable polymer material forbank notes. The authorities con-ducted a survey in which about 87per cent of the respondents said thatthey agree with the change in thebank notes in the country. Estimatesshowed that the move to plasticnotes will result in savings of£100million during a decade. The govern-ment will release five-pound notes in2016 and£10 notes will be rleasedon the following year. Such noteswere first adopted by Australia in1988 are now in use in more than 20countries around the world.

Mr. Carney said, “Our polymernotes will combine the best ofprogress and tradition. We have abit of an issue in this country with thetattiness of notes over time. You thinkabout the £5 note: Quite often youget one you want to get rid of it asquickly as possible.”

Plastic to replace paper in

UK currency bank notes

Chennai, January.The centralgovernment increased its holding inthe city based Indian OverseasBank (IOB) by just over five per-cent to 79.01 percent, infusing addi-tional capital amounting to Rs.1,199.99 crore, the bank said Thurs-day. A statement issued by IOB heresaid the Indian government has in-fused Rs. 1,199.99 crore as addi-tional equity capital and accordingly,necessary shares have been allot-ted.

The banks raised the additionalcapital by issuing over 22.97 croreshares of Rs. 10 each at a premiumof Rs. 42.23 per share. The IOB gotthe shareholders approval at its ex-traordinary general meeting held.

Rs.1,199 crore capital infused into IOB

Agratala. January. TripuraGramin Bank (TGB) has made a netprofit of Rs 48 crore till December,which is the highest among regionalrural banks (RRBs) in the northeast-ern region of the country, sourcesin the bank said. Last year the bankmade a net profit of Rs 68 crore andtill December this year the bankposted a profit of Rs 48 crore againstits target of Rs 90 crore in the cur-rent fiscal, TGB chairman UpendraSabar told reporters.

TGB posts net

profit of Rs 48 cr

ABA files review petition

against �Volcker rule�in accordance with law.”

CB&T Bancshares Incand its Citizens Bank andTrust Co subsidiary as wellas the MBT Financial Corpand its Monroe Bank andTrust Co subsidiary joined thecase. Frank Keating, the chief

executive of the ABA has written aletter to the regulator stating that thegroup will file a legal challenge to seekemergency relief. A spokesman forthe bank group said that the two-page petition for review has been filedand the group will now file more de-tailed papers on Tuesday morning.The detailed documents would in-clude the legal argument.

The ABA sent the letter to theheads of the Federal Reserve, Of-fice of the Comptroller of the Cur-rency and the Federal Deposit In-surance Corp.

The American Bankers Asso-ciation has filed a review petition inthe US Court of Appeals for the Dis-trict of Columbia Circuit on Mondayagainst a provision of the Volcker rulethat prevents banks from owningcertain investments.

The bank group filed the petitionto begin thelegal challenge to a pro-vision of the “Volcker rule” againstthe regulators. The court filing saidthat is the first legal challenge to theVolcker rule claimed that the provi-sion is “arbitrary, capricious, anabuse of discretion, or otherwise not

T h eOffice ofthe Comp-troller of theCurrencyhas closed

down Texas Community Bank, TheWoodlands, Texas.The Federal De-posit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)was appointed as the receiver of thebank by the Office of the Comptrol-ler of the Currency. FDIC has en-tered into a purchase and assump-tion agreement with Spirit of TexasBank, SSB, College Station, Texasfor all of the deposits of Texas Com-munity Bank, National Association inorder to protect the depositors.

Spirit of Texas Bank, SSB willreopen two of the branches of theTexas Community Bank, NationalAssociation.

Following the transition, the de-positors of Texas Community Bank,National Association will automati-cally become the depositors of Spiritof Texas Bank, SSB. The FDIC willcontinue to insure the deposits sothat the customers will not have tochange their deposit insurance cov-erage. Customers of Texas Commu-nity Bank, National Association cannow continue to use their existingbraches as usual until they receivea notice form Spirit of Texas Bank,SSB that their payments will can be

Texas Bank closed

down by authoritiesprocessed by Spirit of Texas Bank,SSB. Spirit of Texas Bank, SSB’s ac-quisition was the cheapest alterna-tive deal for the depositors as theFDIC estimates showed that the costto the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF)will be $10.8 million.

8 January, 2014MIDNIGHT REPORTER

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Lumia 1520, Nokia’s first phablet,launched in India

Nokia has launched its first phablet,Lumia 1520, in the Indian market. Priced atRs 46,999, it is one of the most expensivesmartphones in the market from the com-pany. The handset is the first Nokia devicewith a six-inch full-HD (1080x1920) LCD dis-play and runs on a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snap-dragon 800 processor. It is paired with a 2GBRAM and offers an onboard storage of 32GB.

The Lumia 1520 also supports microSD cards for expandable storage up to64GB. Vipul Mehrotra, Director - Smartphone Devices, Nokia India, MiddleEast and Africa, said: “Large screens are increasingly becoming popularamong smartphone users and imaging is one of the key factors that define agood smartphone.” The new handset sports a 20MP PureView camera withoptical image stabilisation and 2X lossless optical zoom. It also has a dual-LED flash.

Cadbury Eclairs now known as Cadburychoclairs

Cadbury Éclairs, the rich chocolatyand caramel candy from Cadbury, is nowknown as Cadbury Choclairs. The re-christening of the brand has been under-taken to ensure that the name of the leg-endary candy is consistent globally. With

the exception of India, the brand from the house of Cadbury has globallybeen known as Choclairs. Along with the new name, the candy is also under-going specific positive product innovation to enhance the consumer experi-ence with every bite of Choclairs. Speaking on the re-launch of CadburyÉclairs as Cadbury Choclairs, Amit Shah, Associate Vice President, Pow-dered Beverages, Gum & Candy, Cadbury India Ltd. said, “CadburyChoclairs is one of the most distinguished brands of candy in the world andwe are pleased to introduce this name in India. Apart from enabling us to alignwith the global brand name, this name change will also help consumersdistinguish our brand, the original Cadbury candy, from other branded andunbranded Éclairs available in the market. We are confident that our latestproduct renovation will make the consumer’s experience with the brand muchmore enjoyable.”

Drools well fed,well bredDROOLS is India’s fastest growing pet food brand

that has recently launched their dog food range acrossthe country. Made with the highest quality ingredients,DROOLS dog food range will be the right choice for yourpet.DROOLS dog food comes in two varieties, DROOLSpuppy food and DROOLS adult food this is to ensurethat your dog gets the right nutrition and benefits at vari-ous stages of their life.DROOLS Daily Nutrition dog foodis of extremely high standards and has complete andbalanced nutrition suitable for all breeds. The range isavailable in different weight sizes starting from 400gpacks right up to15kg Bag. One can find DROOLS at all

pet shops and organized retail outlets across the country. One of DROOLSachievements has been to be the most preferred brand for dogs in somesecurity forces in India like the BSF, SSB, R&D institutions and availableacross all modern trades. Speaking about the brand, Mr. Fahim Sultan Ali-Director IB Group said “At DROOLS we realize the importance of your pet’shealth and wellbeing, that’s why we take the utmost care to add quality to ournutritionally dense and bio-available products. Which is why you may findDROOLS to be not only the best, but also the right feed for your pet”.

Sahara Q, the FMCG division of Sahara India Pariwar,as part of expansion plans has proposed to increase num-ber of its outlets to 30,000 by 2016-end. Currently, the com-pany has 1,100 exclusive brand outlets in 14 states and hasdistributorships in 29 States, Sahara India Pariwar said in astatement. Sahara Q manufactures and sells 895 productsin categories of staple, processed food, water and bever-ages, home care, personal care, home appliances andkitchenware, it said. In Tamil Nadu, the company said it plansto have 21 outlets by March 2014, 550 by March 2015 andby March 2016, the number of stores would reach to 1,900outlets, it said. The number of distributors in the state wouldalso be increased to 200 from the existing 131. It also plansto have 55 Sahara Quality Mobile shop by March 2014, thestatement said.

Nationwide, the company plans to have 500 Quality Mo-bile Shops by March 2014 from the existing 181 outlets, itsaid. As part of augmenting the expansion plans, the com-pany would add newer manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu,it said, adding the company also plans to adopt “contractfarming” in the state.

Sahara Pariwar to have 30,000

Sahara �Q shops� by 2016

PepsiCo India said it will investover Rs 1,200 crore to build a newbeverage manufacturing facility inAndhra Pradesh. The company plansto build a new greenfield beveragemanufacturing plant in Sri City,Andhra Pradesh, which uponcompletion will be PepsiCo’s largestbeverage plant in India, PepsiCo In-dia said in a statement.”

PepsiCo intends to invest morethan Rs 1,200 crore in the project,which is part of the recently an-nounced plans by PepsiCo and itspartners to invest Rs 33,000 crorein India by 2020,” it added.

The company also announcedplans to substantially increase sourc-ing of mango pulp from AndhraPradesh in the next six years.Commenting on the development,PepsiCo India Chairman and CEO

D.Shiva kumar said the new bever-age facility is a key part of thecompany’s growth plans for the In-dian market and “we are delighted tolocate it in Andhra Pradesh”.

Sri City is ideally located and of-fers the perfect opportunity to har-ness the benefits of superior con-nectivity, great infrastructure and anample talent pool, which are the pre-requisites for every industry,” headded. The plant will manufacture arange of beverages, including fruitjuice based drinks, carbonated softdrinks and sports drinks.PepsiCoIndian already has a beverage manu-facturing plant at Sangareddy inAndhra Pradesh.With seven produc-tion lines, the plant manufactures andsupplies PepsiCo products to theentire Andhra Pradesh region andparts of Karnataka.

PepsiCo India to invest

over 1,200 cr on new

plant in Andhra

Apple signs deal with China Mobile tosell iPhonesApple Inc has said it

has signed a long-awaitedagreement with China Mo-bile to sell iPhones throughthe world’s biggest networkof mobile phone users.In adeal that could add billionsof dollars to its revenue,Apple said its smartphoneswill be available to ChinaMobile customers starting January17. Pricing and availability details forthe iPhone 5S and 5C lines will bedisclosed at a later date, it said in astatement. China Mobile, which hasabout 760 million customers, will be-gin registering orders for iPhone fromDecember 25, the company said onits account on the Sina-Weibo mi-cro-blogging service. The tie-up pro-vides a much-needed boost forApple in a country where it’s trailingrivals, even though China is its sec-ond-largest market after the US. Itwill also give Apple extra firepowerin its intensifying global competitionwith South Korea’s Samsung Elec-tronics Co.Apple didn’t disclose fi-nancial terms of the agreement. Tim

Cook, Apple’s chief executive, saidin its statement that China is an ex-

tremely important market for theCupertino-based company.In acountry where smartphone sales arebooming, Apple has trailed its com-petitors. Shipments of iPhones in thecountry grew 32 per cent year-on-year for the third quarter, about halfof China’s Lenovo Group, which hadthe next slowest growth at 64 percent year-on-year.

India’s second-largest softwareservices firm Infosys will hire up to16,000 engineers next year, thecompany’s Chairman N R NaryanaMurthy.”We have already started thehiring process for next year. We willbe hiring around 15,000-16,000 en-gineers for next year and are alreadyin process,” Murthy said at an eventin Mumbai.

With improving demand foroutsourcing services in the US andEuropean markets, which accountsfor over 80 per cent of the revenuesof the $108 billion Indian IT sector ,hiring is expected to be better thanthe last few years.

Speaking on a range of issues,Murthy said that people in the coun-try needs to take more definitivesteps towards development.”India isa country of empty words, not ac-tion. Only repeating, ‘Mera BharatMahaan’ won’t help. Learn to finishthe race first in order to finish first,”Murthy reiterated.

He encouraged students to be

open to new ideas and not be cyni-cal. “Move from apathy to action. Aimat becoming better than me. Luckwill favour those who are prepared.”

Talking about the economic en-vironment in the country, he said it isgoing to change going forward.

“As long as they (government)make businesses grow in the coun-try, as long as we collect more taxes,as long as we use those taxes effi-ciently, I think the confidence willcome back, every one will be veryhappy with whatever government isin the Centre and we will be bettercountry,” he said.

Murthy called upon educationalauthorities to concentrate on provid-ing quality education. “Students arethe future of this country. Quality soft-ware engineers will carve the wayahead for becoming a software glo-bal giant,” he said.On developingmanagerial skills, Murthy said it re-quires learning to understand othercultures, assimilating good valuesand being courteous.

Infosys to hire around 16,000

engineers next year: Murthy

Krish Iyer Head

WalMart, India

IT industry veteran Vineet Nayar on Friday stepped down from the boardof country’s fourth largest software services firm, HCL Technologies, to de-vote more time to his foundation. Nayar, who has been a Director of thecompany since 2008, will continue to engage with HCL Technologies and HCLCorporation as a Senior Advisor, HCL Technologies said in a statement. He willadvise HCL Corporation on key strategic issues and work with the Board ofHCL Technologies on initiatives like driving a high performance culture amongstsenior managers and new strategies for growth. “Vineet has been a friend anda colleague for over two decades now. His bold ideas and passion for theorganisation, has inspired many others to think and dream big.

Vineet Nayar steps down from HCL Tech Board

WalMart Stores,the world’s larg-est retailer,named Krish Iyer as thenew president and chief executiveofficer of its Indian unit, effectiveJanuary 20. Iyer will replace RamnikNarsey, who was appointed interimhead of WalMart India in June afterthe departure of Raj Jain, its long-serv-ing country head. Iyer joined WalMart’sinternational unit in 2012 as a seniorvice-president. Bentonville, Arkansas-based WalMart, which focuses onwholesale business in India, earliercalled off its Indian joint venture with Bharti Enterprises in October. Late lastyear, the Indian joint venture sus-pended employees, including the chieffinancial officer, as part of an internalinvestigation into bribery allegationsin India and subsequently broughtin a team of lawyers from a US firmto strengthen compliance.

9 January, 2014MIDNIGHT REPORTER

Tourism Where to go...Sirpur, Chhattisgarh

Sirpur or shiripura is a smallvillage located on the rightbank of the river Mahanadiwhich is 83 Kms to the north -east of Raipur . It was thecapital of Dakshin Koshala un-der the Sarabhapuriyas andPanduvanshis. The Chinese trav-eler Hiuen Tsang visited it in635 A.D. The most notable , theLakshaman Temple, Gandhe-swara Temple, Anand prabhuKutira Vihara are the ancient

structures excavated among the ruins at Sirpur.The Lakshaman Temple belonging to the mature stage of Gupta

architecture , is one of the finest brick temples of India. Its present nameoriginates from the small black structure of Lakshman found seated on asnake hood within temple. The Anandprabhu Kutir is also worth mentioning.This complex had two viharas laid side by side . The seated image of Buddhain one of the Viharas is still extant. In the centre of village where Anannd-prabhu kutir is located , a hoard of copper plates of MahashivaguptaBalrajuna was recovered. The villagers had previously built a temple atopthe mound and called it Surang Tila. The Gandheswar Temple is situated onthe banks of river Mahanadi. Images of Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra , UmaMaheswar and Gangadhara Shiva found outside the temple along witha statue of Vishnu on Garuda and Vaman which is chiseled in pure Granite.

Patal Bhuvaneshwar, KMVN Ltd, UttarakhandPatal Bhuvaneshwar is a lime-

stone cave temple 14 km fromGangolihat in the Pithoragarh dis-trict of Uttarakhand. It is locatedin the village Bhubneshwar. Leg-end and folklore have it that thisunderground cave enshrinesLord Shiva and thirty three croreGods. The cave is 160 m long and90 feet deep from the point of en-trance. Limestone rock formationshave created various spectacu-lar stalactite and stalagmite fig-

ures of various hues and forms. This cave has a narrow tunnel-like openingwhich leads to a number of caves. The cave is fully electrically illuminated. Builtby to the flow of water, Patal Bhuvaneshwar is not just one cave, rather a seriesof caves within caves. “He who wants to feel the presence of eternal powershould come to the sacred Bhuvneshwar situated near the confluence ofRamganga, Sarayu and Gupt-Ganga.” -Manaskhanda, Skandapuran, whose800 verses refer to Patal Bhuvaneshwar

Shirdi Sai baba,Maharashtra122 kms from Nashik is the

abode of one of Maharashtra’smost revered saint — Sai Babaof Shirdi. Popularly known as the‘Child of God’, Sai Baba preachedtolerance towards all religions andthe message of universal broth-erhood. Every activity at Shirdirevolves around the vast templecomplex dedicated to Sai Baba.Devotees start queuing up in theearly hours of dawn to catch aglimpse and seek the blessings

of the life-size statue of Sai Baba. Thursday is marked by special pujasanddarshan of the Sai Baba statue. There are other places of interest that devoteescan visit as well including Dwarkamani Mosque where the Baba meditated andslept on alternate nights. Near the mosque, in a corridor is the dhuni or eternalflame that burns day and night. Other places of importance are the Gurusthan,the Kandoba Temple, Shani Mandir, Narsimha Mandir, Changdev MaharajSamadhi and the Sakori Ashram.

Rajat Prapat,Madhya PradeshRajat Prapat is a waterfall in

Hoshangabad district in the Indianstate of Madhya Pradesh. It is the30th highest waterfall in India. It is ahorsetail type waterfall with a singledrop of 107 metres (351 ft). Whensunlight falls on it, it shines as silver,that is why it is known as Rajat Prapator Silver Fall. In Hindi, ‘rajat’ meanssilver and ‘prapat’ means falls.

Konark,OdishaKonark is a small town in the Puri

district in the state of Odisha. It lieson the coast by the Bay of Bengal,65 kilometers from the capital of thestate, Bhubaneswar. It is the site ofthe 13th-century Sun Temple, alsoknown as the Black Pagoda, built inblack granite during the reign ofNarasimhadeva-I. The temple is aWorld Heritage Site. The temple is

now mostly in ruins, and a collection of its sculptures is housed in the SunTemple Museum, which is run by the Archaeological Survey of India.Konark isalso home to an annual dance festival called Konark Dance Festival, held everyDecember, devoted to classical Indian dance forms, including the traditionalclassical dance of Odisha, Odissi.On 16th of February 1980, Konark lay directlyin the path of a total solar eclipse

Amid fervor and festivities, thetwo-day 8th Pinjore Heritage Festi-val, organised by Haryana Tourism,ended on a colourful note at PinjoreGardens.The opening day saw thestudents from various schools ofPinjore, Panchkula and surroundingareas made a beeline at the Gar-dens to enroll themselves for vari-ous competitions like face paintingand mehndi applying.

The students under various cat-egories showcased their hidden tal-ent during these competitions. Also,the differently-abled students en-

joyed a free entry to the Festival andthey were served free refreshmentstoo.Entertaining cultural progra-mmes and folk dances presented byschool students on the stage hadthe visitors glued to their chairs. Brijki Holi and Haryanavi dances werepresented by the artistes of North-ern Central Zone Cultural Centre(NCZCC), Allahabad and NationalZone Cultural Centre (NZCC),Patiala respectively. While the draw-ing competition saw school childrendepict different scenes of the PinjoreHeritage Festival.

Pinjore Heritage Festival

Haryana Tourism Corporation Ltd organised the eighth edition of itstwo-day Pinjore Heritage Festival.The event was inaugurated byChakravarty Sharma, Chairman, Haryana Tourism Corporation.

fans. “In thetechnology-driven worldof todaywhere infor-mation canbe madeavailable on mobile phones and com-puter screens, the choice of lan-guage plays a significant role, espe-cially to reach out to a wider audi-ence,” said Kerala Tourism Secre-tary Mr. Suman Billa IAS. “Languageshould not be a barrier in connectingwith people,” he added.

Kerala Tourism Director Mr. SHarikishore IAS said the new initia-tive was part of the department’s ef-forts to substantially increase foreigntourist arrivals. “Europe is a majormarket for Kerala in the tourism sec-tor and we will take all the neces-sary steps to cater to the differentcountries and regions in the conti-nent,” he said.

Kerala Tourism Greets French TouristsKerala Tourism has become the

first tourism board in the country toopen official pages on the socialmedia in foreign languages. To reachout to the French and German-speaking audience, the state tour-ism department has launched twonew Facebook pages, in the two lan-guages.

“It is very important for us tocommunicate in various languagesof the world,” said Kerala TourismMinister Mr. A P Anilkumar. “Thereare people around the world who loveKerala and it makes a lot of differ-ence when we reach out to them intheir own language,” he added.tohelp visitors in their preparations,and to enable others to understandthe experience offered by ‘God’sOwn Country’. The official Facebookpage of Kerala Tourism is hugelypopular among global travellers.Started in 2009, the Kerala TourismFacebook page today has 85,000

MTDC in association withDadasaheb Phalke Chitranagri(Filmcity- Goregaon) havelaunched the long awaitedBollywood tourism. This new ini-tiative will commence from Janu-ary 20, 2014, giving an opportu-nity to domestic as well as theinternational tourists to experi-ence the magical world ofBollywood.

Dr Jagdish Patil, managingdirector, MTDC said, “Bollywoodis one of the biggest film indus-tries in the world. We had a planto launch Bollywood tourism sincea long time, but finally we havecollaborated with the DadasahebPhalke Chitra Nagri (Filmcity -Goregaon) and launched this tour.With our new offering, we will taketourists to the film and TV showsets, where they can see liveshooting and if lucky can spot filmstars as well.” Bollywood tourismincludes three different packages- from economy to high-end. Theeconomy package called the ‘Hit’package comprises a three-hourguided tour in the Filmcity, wherethe tourists can explore some in-teresting and unknown facts ofBollywood. The medium and highend package called ‘Super Hit’ andthe ‘Blockbuster’ package, re-spectively, would include visit toBollywood Gully, Bollywood Mu-seum, Bollywood Costume gal-lery, Bollywood Cafe and a lotmore.

Finally, Bollywood

tourism takes off

in Mumbai

The Tourism Authority of Thai-land (TAT) has launched a newcampaign ‘Amazing Thailand: It be-gins with the People.’

This new tagline speaks of theincreasingly human-centric aspectof Amazing Thailand. It deepens theemotional value of visiting the coun-try, one that is linked to its people —their attitude, hospitality and spirit. Itis a core component of Thailand’sadherence to the Marketing 3.0 con-cept whereby customers are treatedas the complex, multi-dimensionalhuman beings that they are. Today’stravellers are choosing destinationsand services that satisfy deeperneeds for participation, creativity,community, and idealism.

Runjuan Tongrut, Di-rector TAT New Delhi said,“The campaign empha-sizes the good character-istics of the Thai people, in-cluding their hospitality andlifestyle, as the selling pointto attract visitors.”

To discover the keydifferentiation, we soughtthe source of what instilsthe charm of “Thai-ness.”The Kingdom of Thailandoffers a unique experience

for visitors. It is the people that makeThailand amazing. This is whatbrought about, “Amazing Thailand: Itbegins with the people.”

Thainess in the culture, art, foodand way of life as it has been em-bodied in the spirit of the people iscommunicated with this line. But whatis Thainess? It is the peace of mindfound at the beaches, mountains,waterfalls and islands; the dedica-tion in Thai art, history, handicrafts,cuisine, spa & wellness and nationalfestivals; the blending of tradition andmodernity and the simplicity of livingwith nature. This is what makes bringspeople from across the world returnyear after year to Amazing Thailand,where “It begins with the people.”

�Amazing Thailand� launched

new campaign for 2014The Gateway Hotels & Re-

sorts, part of the Taj Group, an-nounced the launch of The Gate-way Hotel EM Bypass Kolkata.This will be the first Gatewaybranded hotel in Kolkata and thesecond Taj hotel after 24 yearspost the launch of Taj Bengal in1989. The Gateway Hotels & Re-sorts caters to the upscale seg-ment and has expanded its foot-print in Eastern India with thislaunch. With the opening of thishotel, The Gateway Hotels & Re-sorts now has 24 hotels in itsportfolio. Commenting on thelaunch, Mr Raymond Bickson, MD& CEO, Taj Group of Hotels said,“We are extremely proud and de-lighted to announce the openingof The Gateway Hotel E M By-pass in the beautiful city of Kolkata.It has been 24 years since ourfirst hotel, The Taj Bengal waslaunched which is now an iconiclandmark in the state. We are con-fident that The Gateway Hotel willnot only maintain but strengthenour leadership position in the statein terms of providing a distinctservice offering and experienceto the new age business and lei-sure traveller.”

From hopping aboard theHogwarts Express at Universal Or-lando Resort to catching a Broad-way show at the new Dr. PhillipsCenter for the Performing Arts, Or-lando delivers unrivaled experi-ences to satisfy all ages and inter-ests. Orlando reinvent itself withenticing additions opening in 2014.New offerings found inside its themeparks and throughout the destina-tion give families more reason to visitOrlando.

Visit Orlando

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12 January, 2014MIDNIGHT REPORTER

Government of India appointments......IPS Judiciary IAS

Ms Vandana Sec., Land Resources,GoIMs Vandana Kumari Jena, Principal Adviser, Planning Com-

mission, has been appointed as Secretary, Department of LandResources in Government of India. She is a 1979 batch IASofficer of Orissa cadre.

Nandan JS,Defence (Air)Jivesh Nandan, a 1987 batch IAS officer of U P cadre has

been appointed Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence (Air). In hisnew instinct he would be the one to handle the crucially impor-tant file of Augustawasteland helicopter deals.

Ms.Vandita empanelledMs Vandita Sharma has been empanelled for the post of

Joint Secretary or equivalent in the Government of India. She isa 1986 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Tanmaya Sec.,CM-RajasthanTanmaya Kumar has been appointed as Secretary to Chief

Minister in Rajasthan. He is a 1993 batch IAS officer of Rajasthancadre.

Swarup Prl. Sec.,I&PRRajeev Swarup has been assigned an additional

charge of Principal Secretary, Information and Public Relationsin Rajasthan. He is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Ray promotedTapan Ray has been promoted to the grade of Additional

Chief Secretary in Gujarat. He is a 1982 batch IAS officer.

Singh & Kumar PS toChhattisgarh CM

Aman Singh who successfully managed the PR has beenappointed Principal Secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterRaman Singh.Moreover 1985 batch Baijendra Kumar has again

been appointed as a Principal Secretary to the CM.

18 IAS of 95 still in consideration zoneAltogether 62 IAS officers belonging to 1995 batch have been cleared

for empanelment to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India,however 18 officers of this batch are still waiting to be included in the list dueto lack of proper records.

OSD to Rajasthan,CMThree officers namely O P Saharan, Dhiren Kamthan and Phulsingh

have been appointed as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Ministerin Rajasthan.

Mahendra Media Advisor,CM-RajasthanMahendra Bhardwaj has been appointed as Media Adviser to Chief

Minister in Rajasthan.

IRS

Justice Singhvi retiresSupreme Court Judge Jus-

tice GS Singhvi has retired afterdelivering his last judgement up-holding gay sex as a criminal of-fence. The 65-year-old Judgewho kept government on tenter-hooks on public issues had hit

the spotlight on several occasions. Two days ago,he gave a body blow to politicians and bureau-crats with a path-breaking judgement against mis-use of red beacon lights on vehicles used bythem, saying it was reflective of the “Raj mental-ity”. During a little over six-year tenure, he hearda number of sensitive cases and pronouncedother landmark verdicts including scrapping of2G spectrum licenses.

Justice Kurian sets an exampleThe Supreme Court has long

been insisting upon the rehabili-tation of women - victims of anacid attack. Justice Kurian Jo-seph, one of the three apex courtjudges hearing the matter relat-ing to acid attacks, has ultimatelytaken the lead. An acid attack survivor , who losther vision in the incident, will now soon join in theSupreme Court as its employee. Anu Mukherjee,33, a dancer in Delhi till attacked in 2004 by aman, was two months ago selected as a JuniorCourt Attendant on the initiative taken by JusticeKurian read of Ms Mukherjee’s ordeal in the me-dia and sought a job for her. “I took the initiativethinking what little I could do from my side not asa Judge but as a human being. I substituted mydaughter or my sister in her place and that’s howI responded,” he says.

Justice Agrawal Chairman, Bhopalgas tragedy rehab committee

Madhya Pradesh High Court has appointedformer judge, Justice V K Agrawal, as the chair-man of the five- member committee constitutedon the directive of the Supreme Court for reha-bilitation of Bhopal gas tragedy victims. Othermembers of the committee are senior journalistPurnendu Shukla, Director - Medical EducationDr Nirbhay Shrivastava and Principal Secretaryof the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilita-tion Department.

Double promotion is expectedto 81 batch CCITs

The much awaited promotion of 1981 batchIRS officers from CITs to CCITs is supposed tobring double benefits to them. CITs of 1981 batchare currently getting SAG pay scale. On gettingpromotion orders as CCITs they would get‘HAG+’ scale instead of HAG scale only. Thanksto the pro-change Finance Minister and subse-quent cadre restructuring by CBDT. Orders ofpromotion may be issued any time.

Jha , Dy CCM NWR, HQ,Jaipur

Ratnesh Jha is now Deputy Chief Commer-cial Manager, Jaipur, the Headquarter of North West-ern Railway (NWR). Ratnesh, an IRTS officer of 2000batch, previously served as Senior Commercial Di-visional Manager, Jaipur Division, NWR

Ms Renu OSD,CCIT,DelhiIndian Revenue Service officer of Income

Tax cadre, Mrs Renu Jauhri has been appointedas OSD in the office of CCIT (CCA), Delhi.

17 IRS-IT officers get postingsafter promotion to CCIT

As many as 17 officers of Indian RevenueService of Income Tax cadre have been givenpostings after their promotion to Chief Commis-sioner of Income Tax (CCIT). Accordingly,Subhash Mehra has been posted as CCIT-VIIDelhi while Lakshmi Singh Negi will be CCIT-VII,Mumbai and Praveen Chandra KarunakarSolomon is CCIT-OSD, Jabalpur. Similarly, NutanA Wodeyer has been appointed as CCIT-III, Ban-galore; Ambika Khatua as CCIT, Panchkula; BalvirSingh as CCIT, Rajkot; Nathan Raul as CCIT,Kolkata; Shailendra Handa as CCIT-II, Pune;Suman Kumar Anand as CCIT-XI, Mumbai;Krishna Saini as DGIT (Inv), Lucknow; ShabriBhattasali as CCIT, Baroda; Gopal Kamal asCCIT, Bareilly; Sushil Singh Rathore as CCIT,Panaji; Ameeta Saini as DGIT, Delhi; PawanKumar Vatsyayan as CIT, Madurai; Sunil KumarMisra as DIGT (Inv), Bangalore and NutanSharma was made DGIT (Risk Assessment),Delhi.

M r sS u s h m aSingh will besworn in asnew ChiefInformationC o m m i s -sioner of In-

Rebelo Member,

NCM M a b e lRebelo as-sumes chargeas the Chris-tian Member ofNational Com-mission for Mi-norities. She isa Member ofPar l iament ,Rajya Sabha,from Jhar-khand.

Mrs Singhnew CIC

dia on last month. She is a retired1972 batch IAS officer of Jharkhandcadre.

R K Pachnanda has finally missed the bus to join the CBI asAdditional Director. The 1983 batch West Bengal cadre IPS officerPachnanda had emerged victorious for the slot of Additional Di-rector of CBI bypassing the wishes of the CBI bosses. This devel-opment has made it clear that one cannot achieve the goal with-out the support of the boss of the organization.

Pachnanda fails to join CBI

As many as 17 officers of Indian Revenue Service of IncomeTax cadre at Chief Commissioner of Income Tax level have beenshifted to inter region.

17 IRS-IT officers at CCIT level transferred

Meena DG, Jail- RajasthanH C Meena, who was Director General of Police,

has now been posted as Director General of Jail inRajasthan. He is a 1976 batch IPS officer of Rajasthancadre.

Mitra Joins NCRBD M Mitra has joined the National Crime Records

Bureau (NCRB).He is a 1983 batch IPS officer ofMadhya Pradesh cadre.

Mishra IG, BSFRajnikant Mishra has been posted in Kolkata as

IG, BSF, South Bengal Frontier. The 1984 batch IPSofficer of UP cadre had moved on central deputationin June this year and was posted in Tripura as IG,Tripura Frontier.

Ali retires from CBISpecial Director of the CBI, K Saleem Ali, has

retired lat month.He is 1978 batch IPS officer ofManipur-Tripura cadre.

Oberoi to join InterpolMadan Mohan Oberoi Joint Commissioner of

police (Licensing) will join Interpol unit in Singapore.He is a 1992 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Umakant CVO, DFCCILUmakant Lal has been appointed as Chief Vigi-

lance Officer (CVO) in Dedicated Freight CorridorCorporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), Delhi. He is a1985 batch IPS officer of MP cadre

Dubey SP, CBCIDSubhash Dubey takes charge of the newly as-

signed responsibility of SP CBCID at PHQ Lucknow.Uttar Pradesh Government had recently revoked thesuspension of 2005 batch IPS officer who was theSSP when riots broke out in Muzaffarnagar district.

Gopal quits sevicesGopal B Hosur has tendered his resignation from

Indian Police Service (IPS) in Karnataka and his res-ignation has been accepted last month.He is a 1990batch IPS officer.

Jha CVO, CPMCILS K Jha has been appointed as Chief Vigilance

Officer (CVO), Security Printing and Minting Corpo-ration of India Limited (CPMCIL), New Delhi. He is a1989 batch IPS Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Alok DIG, NSGAlok Kumar is now DIG, NSG. The 1996 batch IPS officer of

AGMUT cadre had been serving as DIG, Chandigarh sinceDecember 2010.

80 batch IPS promoted to DGTwo 1980 batch IPS officers, Himmat Singh and Sulkhan

Singh have been promoted to the rank of DG in Uttar Pradesh.H P Singh has been promoted to the rank of DG in Gujarat. Heis a 1980 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

81 & 82 batch IPS promoted as DGTwo 1981 batch IPS officers R Sekar and Mahboob Alam

and two 1982 batch IPS officers Ashok Kumar and Satish KumarDogra are being promoted to the rank of DG in Tamil Nadu.

2 officers jobless in DelhiTwo UT cadre IPS officers J K Sharma (1982 batch) and S

Dash (1996) batch have been jobless for over two months. Onreturn from Arunachal Pradesh they have not been given post-ing in the Delhi police.

Jag Mohan CP, SiliguriJag Mohan has been appointed as the new Commissioner

of Police of Siliguri Police .He is a 1991 batch IPS officer

Ranjan DG,CISFArvind Ranjan has been appointed new DG of

the CISF. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre.He is presently DG NSG.

Choudhary DG, NSGJ N Choudhary has been appointed new DG of

the NSG. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He is presently DG Assam.

Mishra CCIT,BhopalV K Mishra, who was Chief Commissioner Income Tax (CCIT)

in Indore, has been posted as CCIT of Bhopal. He is a 1978 batchIRS officer.