Will Power secretary get extention now ?

With Sharad Pawar's power increasing after the Maharashtra elections, the Power secretary, R V Shahi, too can hope to get an extention. His tenure comes to an end in January 2005. Infact Shahi, besides Pawar, is also being reportedly backed by the Power Minister P M Sayeed, Planning Commission Vice-Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Ambani's and Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi. The Cabinet Secretary even sent a note that a technocrat like Shahi should be given an extension. The Ten Janpath is totally opposed to this extension. One can only now wait and watch.

Satyanand Mishra joins as Development Commissioner SSI

Satyanand Mishra has taken over as new Development Commissioner, Small Scale Industries, in the Government of India on Monday. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Parsuram appointed Joint Secretary I & B

R Parsuram has been appointed Joint Secretary Information and Broadcasting. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. Parsuram is presently Resident Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh, in Delhi
( We said this on Saturday )

Ms Veena Sreeram Rao is Additional Secretary Space

Ms Veena Sreeram Rao has been appointed Additional Secretary Space. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Wilfred Lakra is MD TRIFED

Wilfred Lakra has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. 1973 batch Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer, Lakra, has been posted as MD TRIFED. Prior to this he was Joint Secretary Rural Development.

Jyotsana Verma Ray to join GoI

Ms Jyotsana Verma Ray is joining the Government of India as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel. She is 1992 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre.

Tripathi is Joint CEO Jharkhand

Sudheer Tripathi has been appointed Joint Chief Electoral Officer ,Jharkhand. He is 1985 batch IAS officer.

Jain and Chatterjee promoted in Rajasthan

1978 batch IPS officers A K Jain and Bhaskar Chatterjee have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Rajasthan.

Ramesh Inder Singh to get important assignment

1974 batch IAS officer Ramesh Inder Singh is returning to the parent Punjab cadre after completion of his central deputation tenure. Grapevine has it that PS to the Chief Minister Suresh Kumar has helped him mend fences with Amrinder Singh and hence he is all set to get important assignment on his return.

Former Tamil Nadu CS gets assignment

Former chief secretary of Tamil Nadu, A P Muthuswamy, has been appointed as chairman of the Chennai based RBF Nidhi Limited. The new body set up by the Union Ministry of Company Affairs also consists of former Tamil Nadu secretary, Sankara Subbaiyan, ex-vigilance and development commissioner, P N Veda Narayan, former labour secretary, Muni Ratnam, among others as directors.

1986 IPS promoted in Rajasthan

1986 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of IG in Rajasthan. They are Mssrs Dalpat Singh Dinkar, Dr Alok Tripathi, Bhupendra Singh, Amarjit Singh, Liyakat Ali Khan and M M Atre.

Post of Secretary Expenditure will go back to DEA !

When expenditure and budget secretary D Sawrup will superannuate after the budget, the charge of budget which is traditionally with the secretary economic affairs will be given back to the DEA secy. Interstingly the DEA secy is usually the finance secy but at present no one has the designation.

FORUM

Aaj Ki Aawaz

The Commies say that Third Front is still a viable option….garbed threat,
Of course at this suggestion Congress will fume and fret.

Basically Commies want UPA to toe its line…..actually fall in line,
And will ultimately make UPA fall like ' pins nine'!!!!

UPA…..No longer united,
Paswan, Laloo, Pawar.. power squabbles making them more and more disunited.

Progressive….with Commies this Alliance cannot dream of being Progressive,
In fact right description would be regressive.

Alliance…….disintegrating Alliance??
In some way or the other in this alliance there is growing defiance.

So this is the DRM….Disunited Regressive Misalliance,
Their internal contradictions and turf wars will only spurt the defiance.

But Manmohan (Man) is slowly and surely working on Governance…Governance that is good,
Also attempting to make the Governance transparent by removing the secrecy hood.

Man is also trying to weed out corruption,
He is worried as reports say that in UPA there has been a 'corruption ka eruption.'

In Sonia's household there is a debate that why do Bihari politicians suffer from gas,
They air their flatulence unabashedly or unashamedly…very crass!!!

In fact the minute Laloo moves to one side run for cover as far as you can,
No wonders Laloo is also known as the 'Gassing Man'.

He also gasses orally with his burps and words…..flatulence of the oral type,
Ask Railway Ministry Officials……on this they really gripe.

But then they thank God that he comes to the Railway Ministry occasionally…one hour/week,
Laloo does this because for him Administration is abs Greek.

Natwar (Nut) returned and went straight to Man to explain his faux pas which reeks of Nut's stupidity,
Blamed the faux pas to his foot that homes into his oral cavity and shows his crudity.

BJP says that this has exposed another serious infirmity in UPA,
Minister of MEA does not know what to say???

Man should make Shivraj the Minister of MEA and relieve him of Home,
Make Nut Minister of Mines where he can safely be allowed to roam.

On demands of accountability by Laloo in the Railway accident Renuka in a Talk Show said ' one swallow does not make a summer',
Did not know that now Laloo has Renuka as his new drummer.

How many swallows will make a summer….or how many lives will make Laloo react ???
Shows Renuka and Laloo have a pact.

Hulka Fulka

Humpty Dumpty sat on a horse……to play Polo Amrinder did this,
As he mounted the horse the poor horse let out a loud audible pain full hiss.

Shell Shocked is the name of the Horse and this is exactly what was the horse's state,
Poor horse must have wondered what he had done to deserve such a fate.

People present say that it looked like an elephant was astride a horse,
Many onlookers laughed themselves hoarse at a sight that was indeed very coarse.

Shell Shocked is now recovering from overloading of the extremist kind,
The poor horse is now having nightmares of Raja's humongous hind.

Sharukh Khan says he will make a Bond Movie…….Bond fans are in shock,
'Never say this ever again' is how Bond fans mock!!!

Is Infosys in the sights of a hostile takeover???
Are the Infosys Management running for cover???

With Reliance already weighing on the Sensex if this happens Infosys will make the Sensex plummet,
Sensex will fall to a new low from its recently achieved summit.

Confucius says….What goes up has to come down at some time or the other.
He continues….If you do not pay heed to this you will have reason for bother.

Bharat Kumar

My ---

It is pitty that Indian Supply Service, an All india Service is in a deplorable condition with respect to promotion prospects and JAG scale for senior time scale officers as compared to officers of other Engineering Services. This is a total injustice to this Service. It is surprising that when PM, PMO is talking about Governance and efficency in Govt, how the same can be brought with a frustrated lot of officers of Indian Supply Service who are not even getting what is due to them. It is disgusting to note that even vacant posts are not being filled up for more than a year. Someone in the hierarchy may look into it.

K Kumar

WHISPERS ---- CORPORATE WORLD :---

Raha gets award

ONGC's C&MD Subir Raha has bagged the Ernst & Young's 'Manager of the Year' award for 2004. The Award was decided by an independent jury headed by N R Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor of
Infosys. The Award was decided from based on characteristic entrepreneurial attributes demonstrated by the 20 finalists (short-listed from among alarge number selected entries) like visionary ideas, passion toaccomplish and ability to encourage people to work for their goals. As many as 17, of the 20, finalists were from private enterprises and 3 from public enterprises (all three from oil & gas).

Term of Khan extended

Term of Chairman of the J & K Bank M Y Khan has been extended by the Reserve Bank of India.

Damodaran quits UTI

CMD of the IDBI M Damodaran has quit as the CMD of UTI Mutual Fund,and Administrator of UTI-1.

Yuvraj Raizada to join City Bank

Yuvraj Raizada is joining the City Bank at Hongkong as Manager NRI Business next month.