Pani to be Development Commissioner Handloom

Subas Chandra Pani is being tipped to be new Development Commissioner Handloom in Government of India. 1972 batch Orissa cadre IAS officer Pani would be the first officer in his batch to get the promotion to the rank of Additional Secretary.The post has fallen vacant following the appointment of Ms Kasturi Gupta Menon as Secretary Child and Women Welfare.

Who will be new Establishment Officer ?

Who will be new Establishment Officer in Government of India?.The post has fallen vacant following the appointment of Ms Chitra Chopra as Secretary Backward Class Commission.Now the tie is said to be between two 1971 batch IAS officers Harish Chandra Gupta(UP) and Champak Chatterjee (West Bengal).

Saurabh Chandra is JS economic Affairs

Saurabh Chandra is the new Joint Secretary Economic Affairs. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Rakesh Singh replaces Sanjeev Mishra

1978 batch Punjab Cadre IAS officer has succeeded Sanjeev Mishra in the Finance Ministry.1972 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer Mishra has joined as OSD to the Deputy Prime Minister.

Three DIGs promoted in BSF

Three DIGs in the Border Security Force (BSF) mssrs N S Rathore,M C Mohapatra and A K Mishra have been promoted to the rank of IG.Rathore will now be IG North Bengal.Mohaptra and Mishra will be IG Administration and IG headquarters respectively.

DIG rank to two 1989 batch IPS officers in HP

Two 1989 batch IPS officers Mssrs Sanjay Kundu and Sanjeev Ranjan Oza have been promoted to the rank of DIG in Himachal Pradesh.

DD News from October 2 !

If Prasar Bharti sources are to be believed 24 hour news channel would start functioning from October 2.

CPO appointments this week

Four CPO appointments are expected to take place this week. The list consists of one IPS officer each from 1965,1967,1968 and 1969 batch.

IFCI chief to get extension

Finance Ministry sources have confirmed that IFCI Chief V P Singh is getting four months extension. Singh was to retire on September 30.

Shrivastava is new DG Tripura

Ghanshyam Murari Shrivastava will take over as DGP of Tripura after August 15.1972 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer Shrivastava is currently IG CRPF in J&K.

IPS promotions on cards in Punjab

Purshottam Lal ,1969 batch IPS officer is being promoted to the rank of DG. 1976 batch IPS officer Ramesh Chandra Prasad is tipped to be ADGP.S Kumar Goyal 1984 batch IPS officer is sure to be promoted to the rank of IG.

Will Qureshi return to the GoI ?

Grapevine has it that DG Prasar Bharti S Y Qureshi is in a mood to join the Government of India as Additional Secretary in some important ministry. Some people say that he would return to Haryana.Reason is very simple Sushma Swaraj is no longer the I & B Minister.

There should be an open system

We have experienced the performance appraisal system as at present can also be objective and result oriented. However, the setting up of targets, work plans and action plans have really not been able to make any dent on the subjective appraisal by the reporting and reviewing offices. The time frame prescribed itself is seldom met; and that brings in "additionalities" in the appraisal.

It is often the efficient and best performing people who are left beind in the "rat races". Nath Committee has offered nothing more than the "old wine in the old bottle". The scale based grading system has already been tested by the Defence forces in India; which promtes further regimentation and heirarchical superiority.

I personally feel that an open system of performance appraisal with inputs from the subordinates will be better in the Indian scenario.

Uday Pant

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