UP DGP in doldrums

UP DGP, Radhey Mohan Shukla, is in doldrums these days. Given the UP CM, Mayawati's love for lower castes, Shukla is not sure about his stay on the present post in UP.

Reshuffle in CRPF

G M Shrivastava will now be IG CRPF Srinagar. R K Sharma has been made IG Special Sector. H K Sareen has been appointed IG RAF.

IAS shake-up in Himachal Pradesh

There is major IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh. New changes are as under :- Mssrs Harinder Hira Principal Secretary Irrigation and Public Health, Avay Shukla PS Food and Civil Supplies, P C Kapoor PS Labour and Employment, S S Parmar PS to CM with Animal Husbandry,Public Relations ,Ashok Thakur PS Languages,Arts and Culture, B S Chauhan Secretary Health and Family Planning, Vineet Chaudhry Secretary RD and Panchayati Raj, S K Dash Secretary Administrative Reforms and Ayurved, C P Pande Secretary Welfare, A R Basu Secretary Agriculture and Urban Development, Bhim Sen Secretary Housing, Ajay Mittal MD State Industries Corporation, V C Pharka CEO HIMURJA, Balram Sharma MD Small Scale Industries Corporation, Sanjeev Gupta Director State Institute of Public Administration, Sushil Negi DC Shimla, J S Rana Special Secretary Food and Transport, Sanjay Gupta Director Revenue Training Institute, Jagdish Chander Commissioner Departmental Enquiries, Rakesh Kaushal Settlement Officer Kangra, P C Jassal DC Bilaspur, Chamel Singh MD Backward Class Development Corporation,M L Sharma Additional Commissioner Appeals Kangra, Bharat Bhushan Special Secretary Agriculture, Devesh Sharma DC Hamirpur, Anuradha Thakur Director Rural Development, C R B Lalit Director Transport and Tourism,Rajneesh DC Una and IFS officer K K Gupta MD State Electronics Development Corporation.

Only 2 per cent pay IT

It may sound to be intriguing but it is a fact that only two per cent people in India pay their Income Tax. This is a figure far below the international standards.

IPS Academy to have another 50

National Police Academy, Hyderabad, which at presently has an strength of 35 probationers is likely to have 85 probationers in 2003. This means there will be an increase of 50 students in the Academy in the said year.

J&K CM has his cake, CBI officials fail

CBI Joint Director, RV Raju, is now back to his J&K cadre despite efforts of the investigating agency officials to retain him. J&K CM, Mufti Mohammad Syed, it is said, personally talked to the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in this context.

Taj Hasan to be DIG CISF

Taj Hasan is joining the CISF as DIG. He is 1987 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Defence has ample vacancies

Thousands of official rank posts are lying vacant in the Defence. These include 12,554 vacancies of official cadre in Army, 515 in Air Force and 1098 in Navy.

Bharia gets posting in Haryana

K M Bharia has been appointed Secretary and Commissioner Agriculture.

IAS changes in Maharastra

N Arumugam will be new Devisional Commissioner Amravati. Govind Swaroop has been appointed Principal Secretary Employment Guarantee. Shivaji Rao Deshmukh will be Secretary Cooperation. W G Gorde will be new Vice Chairman and MD of State Roadways Transport Corporation. J Y Gaikwad has been shifted to Mantralaya as Deputy Secretary Finance. Saurabh Vijay will be CEO Akola Zila Parishad.