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Bihar : IPS Amitabh Kumar Das given premature retirement

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The Bihar government ordered premature retirement of 1994-batch IPS officer Amitabh Kumar Das with immediate effect in the “public interest” on Monday .

The officer is currently posted as assistant commissioner, civil defence, in Patna. Amitabh was informed about the government decision via a letter, which was dispatched on Monday itself.

Amitabh is going to challenge state goverment’s order in the court. He said ” The letter did not give any reason behind the decision to retire me prematurely. It just says that it has been done in public interest.”.

The IPS officer also pointed out that the government’s order is also in contempt of the Supreme Court order, which dismissed all cases against me in September 2016 and gave me clean chit. It also ordered the pay-scale of Inspector General (IG) for him. Previously, he had served in the pay scale of superintendent of police till 2017.

Amitabh is already pursuing a case in the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Patna bench seeking his posting as an IG.

Two Joint Director’s tenure extended in CBI

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LO Bureau
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Vineet Vinayak, the CBI officer probing the Aircel-Maxis case allegedly involving former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram has been given a two-year extension by the central government. According to Personnel Ministry order, Vinayak, a 1995-batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre, will have extended tenure till September 9, 2020. He is looking into the Aircel-Maxis case and also the in-charge of probe in the case of data breach by the UK-based firm Cambridge Analytica (CA).

Vinayak is the joint director in Economic Offences wing of the federal probe agency.

Besides him, another officer Bhanu Bhaskar’s deputation has also been extended till August 5, 2020. He is posted in the national capital and in-charge of Patna zone in the agency.

Mr Bhaskar’s team is investigating the much talked about case of alleged mental, physical and sexual exploitation of minor girls at a Bihar government-funded shelter home in Muzaffarpur.

He is a 1996-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Deepak Khandeker gets addl. charge of Secretary, M/o Women and Child Development

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LO Bureau
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Deepak Khandeker (IAS:1985:MP), Secretary, Minister of Tribal Affairs has been given additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development from 16.08.2018 to 22.08.2018 during the period of absence on leave of Rakesh Srivastava (IAS:1981:RJ).

9 IAS officers transferred in Maharashtra

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LO Bureau
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Maharashtra goverment on Monday transferred 9 IAS officers.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows :

1. Anoop Kumar : Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Agriculture Department Fund.
2. Abha Shukla : Principal Secretary, Co-operation, Marketing and Textile Department.
3. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar : Commissioner, Family Welfare and Director, National Health Mission, Mumbai.
4. Sunil Chavan : Collector, Ratnagiri.
5. M P Kalyankar : Joint Secretary, Labour, Industry and Energy Department.
6. Pradeep P : Director, Information Technology, Mumbai.
7. Rajesh Narvekar : Collector, Thane.
8. RH Thakare : Additional Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Corporation.
9. Aman Mittal : Assistant Collector and Project Director, Integrated Tribal Development Project and CEO, District Council, Kolhapur.

8 IA&AS officers (1996 batch) empanelled as Joint Secretary or equivalent in GoI

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LO Bureau
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The Narendra Modi goverment on Monday has approved the empanelment of 08 Indian Audit & Acounts Service officers , belonging to 1996 batch, for appointment to the posts of Joint Secretary or equivalent at the Centre.

They are :

1. Anjali Singh
2. Purushottam Tiwary
3. Vimalendra Anand Patwardhan
4. Pravindra Yadav
5. Tanuja Mittal
6. Anita Shah Akella
7. Anim Cherian
8. Ritika Bhatia

Two Non-Executive Chairman appointed in two different Banks’ Board.

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LO Bureau
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The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has been approved following proposals of the Department of Finance Services:

I. Thothala Narayanasamy Monoharan has been re-nominated as part time Non-official Director on the Board of Directors of Canara Bank and extension of his appointment as Non-Executive Chairman (NEC) of the Bank’s Board for a term of two years.

I. Gopalraman Padmanabhan has been re-nominated as part time non-official Director on the Board of Directors, Bank of India and extension of his appointment as Non-Executive Chairman of the Bank’s Board for a term of two years.

Tenure of Kamlesh K Singh as Director, M/o Power extended

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LO Bureau
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The central deputation tenure of Kamlesh Kumar Mishra (IRTS:2003) as Director in the Ministry of Power has been extended for period one year beyond August 18, 2018.

Ashish Kumar Bhutani appointed CEO of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna

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LO Bureau
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Appointment Committee of The Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ashish Kumar Bhutani (IAS:1992:AM) to the post of CEO, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY), by temporary upgradation of one post of Director to the level of Joint Secretary Under the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmer Welfare for a period upto May 9 , 2020.

Senior IAS officers under CBI scanner

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LO Bureau
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The CBI search at Pallika Service officers institute (PSOI), a central government officers club, in chanakyapuri, New Delhi has brought an Addtional Secretary and a former New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) chairman under scanner in corruption case.

Recently, a CBI search in the office of caterer Rakesh Tiwari at the NDMC’s Palika Services Officers Institute in Chanakyapuri, unearthed documents related to those of several serving and retired bureaucrats showing hawala transaction records indicating that some of them were illegally transferring thousands of dollars abroad.

The Central Investigation Agency started this probe after filing FIR against Rakesh Tiwari, who earlier ran a canteen at the CBI headquarters.There were allegation against Tiwari that he was receiving money through ‘hawala’ from Neeraj Kochar, owner of Mumbai-based Viraj Profiles, to help get information and favours in a disproportionate assets case against an Indian Revenue Service officer,Vivek Batra. He is also an accused in the case.

The FIR alleges that Tiwari was in contact with certain officers of the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch-III. Five officers of the unit, including those belonging to the rank of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Inspector and Sub-Inspector, have been examined so far to determine identities of those involved.

Mr. Kochar had allegedly sought favours pertaining to the FIR lodged by the CBI on July 26, 2017, against IRS officer Vivek Batra, then posted with Mumbai’s Income Tax Department and others.

It is alleged that the IRS officer invested huge money in Mr. Kochar’s Viraj Profiles. However, the CBI’s major concern is that a recent amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, introduced ostensibly to protect honest serving and retired government functionaries, will make it difficult for the agency to take forward the probe against these top officials.

The amendment makes it mandatory for the probing agencies to take prior approval from competent authority before initiating investigations against public servants.

Anuj Kumar selected as Director (Finance), DCIL

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LO Bureau
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Anuj Kumar, GGM, CONCOR, has been selected for the post of Director (Finance), Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL) at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PSEB) meeting held on 10 August,2018. Three candidates were interviewd for the same.

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