Agrawal to be JS Commerce

Rameshwar Pal Agrawal is to join Ministry of Commerce as Joint Secretary. He is 1972 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS Officer.He will replace 1970 batch Kerala cadre IAS Officer K M Chandra Shekhar who has taken over as ambassador WTO.

Rai had to go

In the case of Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS Officer V N Rai the Prime Minister's Office turned down the recommendation of the Home Ministry.Ministry of Home Affairs had sent a proposal to grant an extension to V N Rai IG in the Border Security Force.The PMO, however, rejected the proposal.

Will R C Gupta succeed?

Interviews for the post of Director Commercial in the ITDC are to be held on Friday. The powerful contender for the job is R C Gupta who is reportedly being backed by the Union Tourism Minister Anant Kumar. Will the members of the PESB oblige the Union Minister.

Shyamal Ghosh was number two

Now it is reliably learnt that Shyamal Ghosh was number two and Deepak Chaterjee number three in the panel submitted to the Prime Minister for the post of Secretary Petroleum. The Prime Minister, however, approved the name of straightforward and non-controversial 1965 batch IAS Officer V N Kaul.

Agrawal is new DM Pilibhit

Uttar Pradesh Government has appointed Rajiv Agrawal as the new Collector of Pilibhit. He was Special Secretary Agriculture.

Large scale transfers in UTI

Fall out of the UTI's US-64 scheme is large-scale transfers in the organisation. Over 700 officials of the Unit Trust of India have been transferred throughout the country.

Super-time scale to 1985 batch IAS

Over one dozen 1985 batch IAS Officers in Madhya Pradesh will soon get super-time scale. DPC has already been held.

One dozen officers suspended

Gujrat is the one state where suspension of one dozen officers of All India Services has taken place.The Keshu Bhai Patel Government has suspended one dozen IAS,IPS and IFS officers during the past three years for alleged involvement in financial irregularities.