Modi Government planning to introduce Make In India – 2?

India is reportedly going to offer a fresh boost to its push to become a crucial factory titan  and in the process, injecting new life into the ambitious project Make in India. New Delhi is said to be planning to add a clause that says “investments from firms with up to 10 per cent Chinese shareholding will no longer require government approval”. The centre will also ease investment rules introduced in 2020 for countries that India shares land border with. But the move has security concerns and to meet this issue, the Modi led government is also considering setting up of a post-investment monitoring framework. This will bring crime and fraud investigation agencies and the banking regulator in picture.

When PM Modi patted MP CM Mohan Yadav

In Ahemdabad it was a rare scene when Prime Minister Narendra Modi smilingly patted on back Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. It clearly shows that Modi is very happy with the performance of Mohan Yadav in Madhya Pradesh.

Sunil Mehta demits office on 18th September after completing nearly five year term as Head, Indian Banking Association.

Alok Chowdhury, ex SBI MD,is the front runner , to head IBA.Chowdhury has a compatibility with the present chairman of IBA. The largest bank of nation SBI will also like to have their man at the helm in the advisory body.However a couple of other MDs of PSBs who are superannuating during the next 03 months are also vying for the position.

Anurag Garg, currently ADG, BSF, has been appointed as DG, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is a 1993 batch IPS officer of HP cadre.

Brijendra Pratap Singh, Director in-charge (Burnpur and Durgapur Steel Plants), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been selected for the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) at Public Enterprises Selection Board(PESB) meeting held on September 17, 2024. As many as six persons were interviewed for the same.

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji, seniormost puisne Judge of the Calcutta High Court, as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Tashi Rabstan, seniormost puisne Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, as Chief Justice of that High Court, superseding the earlier recommendation made on July 11, 2024.

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, senior puisne Judge of the Delhi High Court, as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, superseding the earlier recommendation made on July 11, 2024.

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice GS Sandhawalia, seniormost puisne Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, as Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, superseding the earlier recommendation made on July 11, 2024.

In GoI , Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the minister of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development. Both are big Ministries but only one PS is looking after the workload of two big Ministries. Earlier, a separate PS was posted for Rural Development Ministry.

Manoj Kumar, CVO, JNPA, Mumbai, has been assigned an additional charge of CVO, Shipping Corporation of India Limited, (SCI), Mumbai, for a period of six months. He is a 2003 batch IRS-IT officer.

Subhash Agrawal has been posted as Special Director of Enforcement (SDE), Western Region, Directorate of Enforcement (ED).

Satyabrata Kumar has been posted as Special Director of Enforcement (SDE), Eastern Region, Directorate of Enforcement (ED).

Abhishek Goyal, Special Director of Enforcement (SDE) HIU, will also handle an additional charge of SDE, Northern Region, Directorate of Enforcement (ED).

Manoj Kumar Verma, ADG Law & Order, has been appointed as Police Commissioner, Kolkata in West Bengal. He is a 1998 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre.

No vacancy is arising at Board level in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) except the vacancy of Director (Engineering, Research & Development). The appointment of Director (E, R&D), BHEL is under process.

M G Gopal has been appointed as Vigilance Commissioner, Telangana. He is a retired IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

Avinash Singh Kushwah, who is currently serving at the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), has been repatriated and appointed as Executive Director, EE(RS), Railway Board. He is an Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE) officer.

Devendra Pal Singh, who is currently serving as Under Secretary-V/DAR at Railway Board, has been selected for deputation to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) as Deputy Director (Corporate Law), for a period up to the date of his superannuation. He is a Railway Board Secretariat Service (RBSS) officer.

Vineet Kumar Goyal has been appointed as ADG &IGP, STF, while Gyanwant Singh is now ADG & IGP, IB and Jawed Shamim was made ADG, Law & Order. Besides, Tripurari Atharv was made Director, Economic Offences; Abhishek Gupta as CO, EFR 2^nd Bt and Dipak Sarkar is appointed as DC, North Division, Kolkata in West Bengal.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd (MFL), a Govt of India -PSU under the Administrative Control of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, CMD Manoj Kumar Jain and senior Management officials were taken ‘Swatchhata’ pledge in MFL at Administrative Building. In addition, all the regional offices of MFL located in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, New Delhi and Tamilnadu regions were also administered ‘Swatchhata’ pledge and cleaning activities.

Ravindra Prasad Jaiswal (IFS: 1999), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Albania.

V. Venkataraman (YOA: 2005), presently Minister, Embassy of India, Oslo has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rohitkumar R. Vadhwana (IFS: 2010), presently Deputy High Commissioner, High Commission of India, Nairobi has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Plurinational State of Bolivia.

NMDC Ltd., India’s largest Iron ore producer and Navratna public sector company, has been conferred the prestigious ‘RajbhashaKirti Award’ for 2023-2024, in the category of Undertakings situated in “C” region. The award was presented at the Hindi Diwas Function 2024 and Fourth AkhilBhartiyaRajbhashaSammelan organized by the Official Language Department, Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi. NMDC was recognized with the second prize for the effective implementation of the official language policy. Mrs G Priyadarshini, Chief General Manager (Personnel & Administration), NMDC received the award on behalf of NMDC from Nityanand Rai ,Honourable State Minister of Home Affairs in presence of Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, and Sudhanshu Trivedi, Member of Rajya Sabha. On the occasion, Amitava Mukherjee, CMD (Additional Charge), NMDC, said, “This recognition underscores NMDC’s ongoing commitment to promoting the use of Hindi and excelling in its implementation of the official language policy. We take pride in our efforts to uphold and enhance the national language in our operations.” NMDC has consistently championed the promotion of Hindi and awarded with several Rajbhasha awards and the company’s efforts were acknowledged by the Ministry of Steel’s IspatRajbhashaSamman the top position in its category and also the Town Official Language Implementation Committee for PSEs of Hyderabad, Telangana.

R K Agrawal, CMD, WAPCOS called on HE Safarzoda Manuchehr Bakhodur, Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Republic of Tajikistan during his visit to Tajikistan. Agrawal provided an overview of WAPCOS’s operations in Energy & Water Sectors and discussed potential areas for mutual cooperation. Minister also expressed pleasure and assured his full support for Company’s future endeavours and to strengthen bilateral relations. WAPCOS, a “MINI RATNA-I” Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, is a technology driven Consultancy and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) organization. The Company has provided engineering consultancy services to various clients since incorporation, in over seventy five (75) countries and has developed global presence, particularly in South Asia and across Africa, in areas of water, power and infrastructure sectors.

Ms I Rani Kumudini has been appointed as State Election Commissioner, Telangana. She is a 1988 batch retired IAS officer of Telangana cadre.

A many as six Additional/Joint Secretaries in the Government of India have been appointed as Central Prabhari Officers (CPOs) to the various districts. Accordingly, Gulzar N has been appointed CPO, Alluri Sitharamaraju district, AP, while Niraj Kumar Bansod was made CPO, Korba and Nand Kumarum is Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. Similarly, Anand Kumar Jha has been appinted as CPO, Godda, Jharkhand; Purna Chandran Kishan as CPO, Koraput Odisha and Rajesh Agarwal was made CPO, Chandel, Manipur.

Shambhu Sharma (IOFS), Additional GM, India Optel Limited, has been selected for the post of Director (Operations), India Optel Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) meeting held on September 18, 2024. Four persons were interviewed for the same.

Shukracharya Kurpacharya Jadhav has been appointed as CIT(OSD) in the office of Principal CCIT Delhi region on return from deputation.

Sr AOs and AAOs have been assigned additional charge of PAO, J&K Police, MHA at Jammu and Srinagar. Dalip Kumar Bhat, Senior Accounts Officer (Sr AO), PFMS, Jammu and Sambhu Kumar, Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO), PFMS, Jammu, have been assigned additional charge of PAO, J&K Police, Ministry of Home Affairs, Jammu. Similarly, Jai Kishan Meena, Sr AO, PFMS, Srinagar, Pratik Asthana, AAO, MHA, Jammu (under transfer to H&UA, Srinagar) and Chandra Prakash Meena, AAO, H&UA, Srinagar, will also handle charge of PAO (J&K Police), Ministry of Home Affairs, Srinagar.

Ms Kim has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on deputation basis for a period of 5 years. She is a 2008 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre.

New Delhi: Power Finance Corporation (PFC), a Maharatna Company and a leading NBFC in the power sector, has paid Rs 462 crore to the Govt. of India and Rs 363 crore to other shareholders, totalling  Rs 825 crore as the Final Dividend for the financial year 2023-24.

For the Financial Year 2023-24, PFC paid Rs. 4455 Crore dividend, out of which Rs. 2495 Crore, including the final dividend of Rs. 462 crore, was paid to Govt. of India against 55.99% of shareholding. This is the highest-ever dividend paid by PFC in any Financial Year.

The first, second & third interim dividend @45%, 35% & 30% % i.e. Rs. 4.5, Rs. 3.5 & Rs.3 per equity share of face value Rs. 10 each, respectively, were declared by the Board of Directors earlier in November 2023, February 2024, and March 2024 in addition to the final dividend @25% i.e. Rs. 2.5 per equity share for the financial year 2023-24. During FY 2023-24, PFC earned its highest-ever Profit after Tax (PAT) of Rs. 14,367 crore.

Jitendra Sura has been appointed as Managing Director of Conart Engineers Limited, effective November 1, 2024.

Jitendra Sura has been appointed as Managing Director of Conart Engineers Limited, effective November 1, 2024.

Sunil Vakil has been appointed as Independent Director of Conart Engineers Limited.

Jimish Sura has been appointed as Executive Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer of Conart Engineers Limited, effective November 1, 2024.

Mrs. Pooja Sura has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of Conart Engineers Limited.

Hemant Chordia has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of National Plastic Technologies Limited, effective September 24, 2024.

Ms. Deepa Venkat Ramani has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of National Plastic Technologies Limited.

Amit Agrawal, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Jindal Worldwide Limited, has been re-appointed as a Director of the company.

Rajesh Jain has been re-appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Jindal Worldwide Limited.

Vinod Kumar Pandey has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent Non-Executive) of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Debaditya Chakrabarti has been appointed as Additional Director (Independent Non-Executive) of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Dr. Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of Astec LifeSciences Limited.

Dipak Kumar Banerjee has ceased to be Independent Non-Executive Director of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Kailash Nath Bhandari has ceased to be Independent Non-Executive Director of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Vinod Anand Juneja has ceased to be Independent Non-Executive Director of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Braja Behari Mahapatra has ceased to be Independent Non-Executive Director of Shristi Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited.

Vinit Taneja has ceased to be Non-Executive Independent Director of The Hi-Tech Gears Limited.

Krishna Chandra Verma has ceased to be Non-Executive Independent Director of The Hi-Tech Gears Limited.

Nation first

We should inculcate nationalistic feelings in all citizens. Religion should have limited role and should not teach violence against other religions . Land belongs to the government or inherited by individuals. Waqf board has no right to claim any property . Fanatics have no role in our society they should leave India and move to such countries where they find solace

V K Gupta