Will N C Saxena be next Cabinet Secretary ?

If the Government goes by seniority Naresh Chandra Saxena should be the next Cabinet Secretary.The 1964 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Saxena is currently Member of the Planning Commission.He will retire in July next year. Bureaucratic circles, however, consider his chances to be bleak.

Trinath Mishra to be DGP UP ?

Who will be the next Director General of Police Uttar Pradesh after the retirement of M C Dwivedi in July next?.Name of CRPF DG Trinath Mishra is in circulation for the post. Mishra and the UP Chief Minister Raj Nath Singh have been family friends for the last several years. Will the 1965 batch IPS officer of the UP cadre Mishra go as DGP and that too when the assembly elections are due early next year ?

Only 54 IAS posts

Civil Services preliminary examinations were conducted last week. If UPSC sources are to be believed there are only 54 IAS posts this year and out of this 27 are for reserved category.

TNEB Chairman removed

The Jayalalitha Government has removed Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
R Poornalingam.A senior IAS officer Poornalingam has also been Secretary Home and Secretary Health during the DMK regime.He is likely to be replaced by K Gnanadesikan.

Agrawal to be JS Agriculture

Pradip Kumar Agrawal is being appointed Joint Secretary in the Central Government's Ministry of Agriculture.His name is said to have been cleared by the ACC. Agrawal is 1975 batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Vasudev says `no' for RBI post

Secretary Expenditure C M Vasudev has expressed his reluctance to join the Reserve Bank of India as Deputy Governor.He may be next Secretary Finance in the Government of India.

SBI manager suspended

Mohit Shrivastava Manager State Bank of India Ahemdabad has been suspended. He has been charged for allegedly abetting a person to commit suicide.

Bhattacharya to head Pension Reforms Panel

B K Bhattacharya a former Chief Secretary of the Karnataka Government is likely to head Pension Reforms Panel.The Government of India has decided to set up a high-level experts group to suggest reforms in pensions scheme.