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8Kumar Sanjay Krishna and Upendra Prasad Singh are new Additional Secretaries in Petroleum Ministry: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the following appointments:
--Kumar Sanjay Krishna, IAS, Joint Secretary, Department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance has been appointed as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (AS&FA), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
--Upendra Prasad Singh, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been appointed as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry.
8Prabhat Singh appointed as Managing Director & CEO, PLL: Prabhat Singh has been appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) in place of Dr. A. K. Balyan.
--Prabhat Singh is currently working as Director (Marketing), GAIL.
8Q1 results: The following companies will declare their Q1 (quarter ended June 30, 2015) results as under:
--Aban Offshore: August 3, 2015
--IGL: August 5, 2015
--GSPL: August 7, 2015
--MRPL: August 9, 2015
 

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PETRONET LNG LTD. -- Outcome of Board Meeting - Change in Directorate

Petronet LNG Ltd has informed BSE that Shri. Prabhat Singh has been appointed as Managing Director & CEO of the Company by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on July 30, 2015 in place of Dr. A. K. Balyan. Shri. Prabhat Singh is currently working as Director (Marketing) of GAIL (India) Ltd.

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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
30-July, 2015

ACC Appointments

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the following appointments:

1. Shri Nikhilesh Jha, IAS (MN:1984), at present in the cadre, as Mission Director, National Water Mission under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (newly created post).

2. Smt. Preeti Madan, IES (1981), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs as Member Secretary, National Commission for Women under the Ministry of Women and Child Development vice Ms. Nandita Chaterjee, IAS (WB:1980).

3. Shri R. Subrahmanyam, IAS (AP:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development as Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development vice Shri Amarjeet Sinha, IAS (BH:1984).

4. Shri J. Rama Krishna Rao, IAS (BH:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence vice Shri Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS (UP:1984).

5. Shri Arun Kumar, IAS (AM:1983), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines as Additional Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment vice Shri Anoop Kumar Srivastava, IAS (AM:1981).

6. Ms. Usha Sharma, IAS (RJ:1985), Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism as Additional Secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions vice Shri Arun Jha, IAS (BH:1981).

7. Ms Surina Rajan, IAS (HY:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary, Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence vice Shri Ashok Kumar Gupta, IAS (TN:1981).

8. Shri Sunil Kumar Singh, IAS (BH:1983), at present in cadre, as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, Ministry of Agriculture vice Shri Pradeep Kumar Pujari, IAS (GJ:1981).

9. Shri Yogendra Tripathy, IAS (KN:1985), Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resources Development as Chairman and Managing Director, Food Corporation of India under the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

10. Shri Bhagwati Prasad Pandey, IAS (UK:1983), Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Shri Rajiv Nayan Choubey, IAS (TN:1981)

11. Shri Kumar Sanjay Krishna, IAS (AM:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas vice Dr. Subash Chandra Khuntia, IAS (KN:1981).

12. Dr. M.M. Kutty, IAS (UT:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vice Shri Shashi Shekhar, IAS (TN:1981).

13. Shri Upendra Prasad Singh, IAS (OR:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

14. Shri Deepak Kumar, IAS (BH:1984), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment as Director General, Employees� State Insurance Corporation under the Ministry of Labour and Employment vice Shri Anil Kumar Agarwal, IAS (WB:1981).

15. Shri Heera Lal Samariya, IAS (TG:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment vice Shri Deepak Kumar, IAS (BH:1984).

16. Shri Sailesh, IAS (AM:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

17. Shri Sanjeev Ranjan, IAS (TR:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Defence, Ministry of Defence as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vice Ms. Tuk Tuk Kumar, IAS (WB:1981) consequent to her superannuation on 31.08.2015.

18. Shri J. K. Dadoo, IAS (UT:1983), Additional Secretary (in-situ), Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry vice Shri Bhagwati Prasad Pandey, IAS (UK:1983).

19. Shri Sameer Sharma, IAS (AP:1985) as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

20. Shri P.K. Dash, IRS (IT) (1982), Director General, Election Commission of India as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vice Shri S.S. Mohanty, IDAS (1979).

21. Shri Arun Goel, IAS (PB:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance as Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority under the Ministry of Urban Development vice Shri Balvender Kumar, IAS (UP:1981).

22. Shri Arvind Mehta, IAS (HP:1984), Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

23. Ms. Pushpa Subrahmanyam, IAS (TG:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles as Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the Ministry of Textiles vice Shri Samir Kumar Biswas, IAS (MH:1990) by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

24. Shri Ajay Kumar, IAS (KL:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

25. Ms. Kavita Gupta, IAS (MH:1985), Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai under the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry as Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy vice Dr. C.B. Venkataramana, IAS (TG:1982) with effect from the date on which the current incumbent vacates the post.

26. Ms. Alka Panda, IAS (OR:1983), Additional Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards under the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution as Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards under the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution vice Shri M.J. Joseph, ICAS (1979).

27. Shri Ajoy Kumar, IAS (BH:1984), Joint Secretary, National Commission for Minorities under the Ministry of Minority Affairs as Additional Secretary, National Commission for Minorities under the Ministry of Minority Affairs by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

28. Shri Surendra Nath Tripathi, IAS (OR:1985), Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

29. Shri C. Chandramouli, IAS (TN:1985), Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs as Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (Additional Secretary level) under the Ministry of Home Affairs by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

30. Shri Badri Narain Sharma, IAS (RJ:1985),Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Power vice Shri Devendra Chaudhary, IAS (UP:1981).

31. Shri Krishan Ballabh Agarwal, IAS (JK:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as Additional Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

32. Shri Girish Chandra Murmu, IAS (GJ:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance as Additional Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

33. Shri Madhukar Gupta, IAS (RJ:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises as Additional Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

34. Ms. Kiran Soni Gupta, IAS (RJ:1985),Textile Commissioner under the Ministry of Textiles as Textile Commissioner (Additional Secretary level) under the Ministry of Textiles by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

35. Shri Anup Wadhawan, IAS (UK:1985), Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance as Additional Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance by upgrading the post of Joint Secretary as Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till a vacancy of Additional Secretary arises in the Ministry or till further orders, whichever is the earliest.

36. Shri Sudhir Tripathi, IAS (JH:1985), Deputy Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India as Deputy Election Commissioner (Additional Secretary level), Election Commission of India by upgrading the post to the level of Additional Secretary for a period of two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

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INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. -- Appointment of Nominee Director

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has informed BSE that Shri A. P. Sawhney has been appointed as Govt. Nominee Director of the Company with effect from July 22, 2015.

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BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. -
Q1 results on August 14, 2015

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 14, 2015, inter alia, to take on record the Unaudited Financial Results (Provisional) of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 (Q1).

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HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. -- Q1 results on August 11, 2015

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation will be held on August 11, 2015, inter alia, to consider the Un-audited Financial Results of the Corporation for the First Quarter ended June 30, 2015 (April-June 2015) (Q1).

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INDRAPRASTHA GAS LTD. - Q1 results on August 05, 2015

Indraprastha Gas Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 05, 2015, inter alia, to consider and approve the Unaudited Financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 (Q1).

The Trading Window of the Company shall remain closed w.e.f. July 29, 2015 till the expiry of 48 hours after the Unaudited Financial Results are made public on August 05, 2015.

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GSPL
Q1 results on August 07, 2015

Gujarat State Petronet Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 07, 2015, inter alia, to consider the Unaudited Financial Results of the Company for the Quarter ended June 30, 2015 (Q1).

Further, the Trading Window shall remain closed from July 28, 2015 to August 09, 2015, i.e. 10 days prior to the day on which the price sensitive information is published and 2 days after the price sensitive information is published in terms of the Code of Conduct for Regulating, Monitoring and Reporting of Trading by Insider of the Company.

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GREAT EASTERN SHIPPING CO.LTD
Q1 results on August 12, 2015

Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 12, 2015, inter-alia to consider the Unaudited Financial Results (Provisional) for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 (Q1).

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INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. --
Q1 results on August 13, 2015

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 13, 2015, inter alia, to consider and approve the Unaudited Financial Results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015. The Window for the trading in securities of the Company would remain closed during the period from July 30, 2015 to August 15, 2015 as per the provisions of the Insider Trading Code of the Company.

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MANGALORE REFINERY & PETROCHEMICALS LTD. - -
Q1 results on August 09, 2015

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd has informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on August 09, 2015, to consider and approve Un-audited Financial Results of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 (Q1).