Know Your Babu: New DPE secretary Ameising Luikham belongs to a family of civil servants

Ameising Luikham, a 1981 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre, is the new secretary of the department of public enterprises (DPE), a department that makes policy for Central public sector enterprises which in turn employ as many as 13.5 lakh employees across India. Luikhram, who was serving as the secretary in North Eastern Council under DONER ministry, will succeed Kapil Dev Tripathi, who was till now holding…

Meet new DPE secretary Kapil Dev Tripathi; will he deliver fast?

Kapil Dev Tripathi, 56, has cultivated many languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali and most importantly Sanskrit. A 1980 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS --- Tripathi who is currently the secretary in Central Vigilance Commission, has been appointed as secretary in the department of public enterprise (DPE), a department which is responsible for framing policies towards Central PSUs. It remains to be seen whether Tripathi’s command over…

Punjab cadre IAS Kusumjit Sidhu appointed as new DPE secretary; A profile

PUNJAB cadre IAS of 1979 batch Kusumjit Sidhu has been appointed as the new secretary of department of public enterprises (DPE), a department that is responsible for policy and guidance to the public sector companies in India. Ms Sidhu, who was recently empanelled as a Union secretary, is likely to take charge on December 31, 2013, when the incumbent...

Slowdown, Social Uplift, U’khand: How govt looks forward to CPSEs in crises

IN YET another instance of the government banking on Central Public Sector Enterprises during crises, the department of public enterprises (DPE) has relaxed norms to state that relief and rehabilitation projects undertaken in flood-hit Uttarakhand during 2013-14 by the CPSEs would be treated as projects in the backward region, thereby qualifying those for the purpose of MoU evaluation. Further, the limit of 5-10% of annual budget…

DPE secretary OP Rawat to represent India at ICPE meet in Slovenia

A lighter moment at ICPE's 2011 meet

COME Monday, OP Rawat, secretary of department of public enterprises, will be in Slovenian city of Ljubljana to represent India in the annual meet of International Center for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), a Slovenia-headquartered United Nations initiative with member countries from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Being the current chairperson of ICPE Council, India is likely to propose...

Failed to recruit SC, ST & OBCs? PSU executives’ packages may take a hit

Comply Govt Guidelines, Take Incentives

PROFIT making Central public sector enterprises may soon go for a drive to recruit SC, ST and OBC candidates, as the government is tweaking the existing MoU, or target-based incentive system, to bring “reservation for SC, ST and OBC in appointment” under the system. In other words, if the CPSEs fail to recruit candidates from those sections of social strata according to the guidelines of department of public enterprises (DPE), the rating of the companies will take a hit. According to the MoU system, securing the best rating means financial incentives for its executives up to 200% of the salaries. And that makes CMDs and all top executives work harder to achieve pre-determined targets. Here are more about the proposed changes in the MoU system: