Naveen Chawla to be Spl Sec Environment !

Secretary Union Public Service Commission Naveen Chawla is being tipped to be Special Secretary Forests and Environment in Government of India. He is 1969 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Top ten of Foreign Secretary K Sibal

The IFS is often seen as being different!But is it?
Foreign Secretary post takes so much power that it nowadays creates its own coterie and hangers on.Foreign Secretary K Sibal has asset of favourite officers in New Delhi:

These are:
1 Ms Bhaswati Mukherjee i/c Europe and head of Sibal Club
2 Ms Deepa Gopalan i/c UN affairs
3.Mr Nalin Surie i/c China now Ambassador there
4 Mr Rajiv Sikri i/c economic matters
5Ms Nirupama Rao i/c administatrion
6 Mr Jayant Prasad i/c Americas
7 Ms Latha Reddy i/c admn
8 Mr NS Sarna spokesman
9 Mr Rajiv Dogra i/c Asia
10 Mr Ranjit Rae i/c Nepal

Revolt brewing in bureaucracy?

If a recent extended lunch meeting of middle level IAS officers in a ministry in Delhi is any indication, a virtual revolt is brewing in the ranks of the IAS. What began as a lunch room discussion expanded into a virtual mini-IAS Association meeting, with several JS and Director level officers in the same Bhawan (which incidentally houses the maximun number of ministries in Delhi!) being called in to join the discussion. The subject of heated discussion was the spate of arbitrary transfers in recent weeks, with JS level officers being sent on compulsory wait overnight, the reign of terror in UP by Mayawati and blatant favouritism of a select few. The manner in which officers of a particular community were pushed out en masse from the Ministry of Finance to accommodate the FM's favourites has really riled the IAS community. Coupled with this is the total silence of the central government over Mayawati's illegal suspension drive of IAS officers. Does the UP Chief Secretary not know that GoI concurrence is needed to suspend an IAS officer in the state, someone asked. Maybe he should be asked to attend a refresher course at Mussoorie, another replied.There was almost total unanimity that the current phase was the worst time for the bureaucracy since the emergency. Central ministers are just not willing to be denied and will shoot off a note to the PM demanding immediate removal of officers, who in most cases has obliged. The cases of the former DG ESI who was shouted at by the Labour Minister in a meeting before her subordinates and reverted to her parent cadre the next day was cited as an example. Another is the recent sacking of the JS & FA in Petroleum Ministry by Ram Naik only because he was not agreeing
to the minister's arbitrary directions. The number of JS level officers on compulsory wait in this govt. is an all-time record. Most officers blamed three people for the present holy mess. Who are the three people ?.Anybody's guess.

Satish Chandra is new AS Revenue

Satish Chandra has taken over as new Additional Secretary Revenue in theMinistry of Finance in Government of India. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Anupam Das Gupta is AS Urban Development

Additional Secretary Revenue Anupam Dasgupta has been shifted to the Ministry of Urban Development. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Maharastra cadre.

IAS changes in Chhattisgarh on cards

Senior level IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Chhattisgarh in a couple of days.

Anjali Prasad is JS Agriculture

Ms Anjali Prasad has joined the Ministry of Agriculture in Government of India as Joint Secretary. She is 1983 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Lizzie Jacob empanelled

Ms Lizzie Jacob has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in Government of India during the last review meeting. She is 1971 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Ramulu to be Chairman APPSC !

Andhra Pradesh DGP P Ramulu who is superannuating this month end is being tipped to be Chairman of the state Public Service Commission. He is 1967 batch IPS officer.

IAS reshuffle in Orissa

About two dozen IAS officers have been transferred in Orissa.

IAS-IPS changes this week in J&K

IAS and IPS reshuffle is going to take place in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

IPS promotions in Orissa

Two 1982 batch IPS officers S K Pradhan and Binay Behera have been promoted to the rank of IG in Orissa. Pradhan and Behera will be IGs State Armed Police and Crime Branch respectively. 1988 batch IPS officer S K Upadhyay on promotion has been made DIG Bhubneshwar range.