Will Raghvan move from the PMO ?

Grapevine has it that Foreign Service officer P S Raghvan is moving out from the PMO to get some important assignment. He is currently Joint Secretary in the PMO.

Tenure of Saha to expire

Tenure of Kirti Chand Saha CVO MTNL is coming to an end on January 27. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Rajat Sharma to start News Channel soon

Renowned journalist Rajat Sharma is all set to launch news channel before the Lok Sabha elections.

Lokesh to be Ambassador to Slovakia

M A Lokesh Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs is being tipped to be Ambassador to Slovakia.

Tenure of Maharshi to expire

Tenure of Rajiv Maharshi,Joint Secretary in the Department of Company Affairs is coming to an end on January 21. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.On his return he will be posted as Secretary Dairy Development and Agriculture.

Abhas Jha gets new posting

Abhas Jha (1989,Bihar) has found a new posting in the Latin America division of the World Bank. His three year tenure as Adviser to the Indian Director at the World Bank is over. GOI seems to have waived the cooling-off requirement and permitted him to join his new post.

Anoop Agrawal to return West Bengal

Anoop Kumar Agrawal is returning to the parent West Bengal cadre .1993 batch IAS officer Agrawal was on deputation to the Uttar Pradesh Government.

Vittalmurthy is Commissioner Information Karnataka

I M Vittalmurty has been appointed Commissioner Information Karnataka. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Rina Mitra is Secretary IPS Association

Mrs Rina Mitra is the new Secretary of All India IPS Association. 1983 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer Rina Mitra is currently posted in Railway Board as DIG Vigilance.

Kalyan Chakravorty appointed Member-Secretary IGNCA

Kalyan Chakravorty has been appointed Member-Secretary of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts.He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre. Chhattisgarh Government seem to be reluctant to relieve Chakravorty ?.

IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan

There is major IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan.New postings are as under :- Mssrs Surendra Kumar ACS Home , Justice and ex-officio Chief Vigilance Commissioner,Harish Nayyar Chairman Board of Revenue,Ram Narain Meena Charman State Roadways Transport Corporation, Mrs Meekshi Hooja Chairperson RSMAL,Parmesh Chandra PS Waqf and Soldiers Welfare,Ajit Kumar Singh Commissioner Jaipur Division, D C Samant PS Irrigation and PHE and Chairman Indira Gandhi Nahar Mandal,Anil Vaish ACS mines,PWD,Forests and Environment, Ashok Pande Disaster Management, S N Thanvi Commissioner Jaipur Development Authority , Fateh Singh Charan Chairman Rajasthan Tax Board, Salauddin Ahmad PS Labour and Planning, K L Meena Commissioner Departmental Enquiry,T R Verma Director Indira Gandhi Panchayti Raj Institute,Dharm Singh Sagar Chairman Rajasthan Civil Service Tribunal,C K Mathew State Electricity Regulatory Authority,B B Mohanty Departmental Enquiry Commissioner, Arvind Mayaram Director Academy of Administration, V S Singh Secretary PWD, Ram Lubhaya Secretary Higher and Technical Education, Lalit K Pawar secretary Mines and Petroleum, Neelima Chaudhry Secretary Arts and Culture,G S Sandhu Secretary Health and Medical Education, O P Meena Secretary Family Welfare, Dinesh Kumar Goel Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare, R K Meena Secretary Disaster Management,Ashok Kain Secretary Cooperation, Rohit Brandav Secretary Rural Development,Rakesh Verma Secretary Industries,Vinod Zutshi Secretary Tourism,Damodar Sharma Secretary Personnel, B N Sharma Secretary Middle and Sanskrit Education, Mrs Usha Sharma Secretary Programme Implementation, Bharat Ram Meena Secretary PHE,Jagdish Chandra Chairman State Cooperative Dairy Federation, Shikhar Agarawal MD Ajmer Electricity Supply Company Ltd, Khemraj Chaudhry Secretary Finance (Revenue) and Prem Singh Mehra Special Secretary Home.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

V Venkatachalam has been appointed PS Secretariat Administration.Mahesh Gupta will be Secretary Backward Class Welfare.Rahul Bhatnagar has been made Commissioner Food.S N Jha has been moved as Chairman Administrative Tribunal .P K Jha has been shifted to UP Training Institute as Director.G P Verma will be PS administrative Reforms.Posting of Special Secretaries are as under :- Mssrs D C D Bhargava Family Welfare,G D Tripathi Medical Education,S M Shrivastava Education,Anil Sagar Energy,Alok Kumar Agriculture Production,Arvind Kumar Commercial Taxes.Lalit Verma will be Secretary Religious works.T Venketesh has been made Commissioner Chakbandi.

Pathak is DM Rudraprayag

V R K Pathak has been appointed new DM of Rudraprayag in Uttaranchal.

Pande is Collector Mahasamund

Manohar Pande has been appointed new Collector of Mahasamund in Chhattisgarh in place of Mrs Dwivedi.

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Will Reliance acquire Dabhol ?

British Gas group is said to have lost the battle to acquire Dabhol power project.It is rumoured that Reliance group is taking over the project.