Ajit Kumar to join Planning Commission?

Grapevine has it that Finance Secretary Ajit Kumar is being shifted to the Planning Commission.He will replace N C Saxena Member-Secretary Planning Commission who has already proceeded on long leave. Change may take place soon after the Parliament session.

Neel Ratna is Joint RC UP

Dr Neel Ratna who was unceremoniously removed from the post of PS of Union Labour Minister Satya Narain Jatiya has taken over as Joint Resident Commissioner Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in Delhi. Dr Neel Ratna is 1983 batch IAS Officer.

Will Seth replace Goyal?

Sanchar Bhawan is abuzz with rumours that VSNL Chairman D P S Seth will replace R N Goyal Member (Production) in the Department of Telecommunications.R N Goyal Member (Production) in the DoT is superannuating next month.

Damodaran appointed Chairman

UTI Chairman M Damodaran has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd..

NRI appointed adviser

Bhishma Kumar Agnihotri has been appointed adviser in the Indian Embassy in Washington.He is an NRI whose new status is yet to be known.

STF IG injured

K Vijay Kumar IG STF has been injured during usual hunt for criminal Veerappan.Vijay Kumar who was IG BSF had been recalled by the TamilNadu Government for a particular job to nab Veerappan.

Radheshyam new ED NHB

Radhe Shyam has taken over as Executive Director of the National Housing Bank. Prior to this he was with the RBI as Regional Director in Jammu.

5 IPS Officers get 26,000 pay scale

Director Indian Police Academy Hyderabad M K Shukla has been given pay scale of Rs 26,000 .He is 1966 batch IPS Officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Four other senior IPS Officers in the country Ms S C Chaubey, S S Sandhu, Y N Shrivastava and I Vellei have also been given same pay scale.

Subhash Sharma's appointment this week

Appointment of 1970 batch IAS Officer Subhash Sharma as Chief of the NDMC is to be cleared this week. Name of Sharma has been approved at all levels.