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Health Minister proposes merger ?

The Union Health Minister is said to have proposed the merger of the Health Ministry and the Ministry for Family Welfare. Will it be honoured ?

Will Uma Bharti go JP way ?

Will Uma Bharti start Jai Prakash Narayan like Movement in the country with the backing of several national leaders ?.One can only wait and watch.

Anuradha Gupta to join GoI

Anuradha Gupta is joining the Government of India as Member-Secretary, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE ).She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Modi is Joint Secretary Finance

Arbind Modi is the new Joint Secretary, TPL, in the Ministry of Finance. Former OSD to Vijay Kelkar, Modi is 1981 batch IRS officer.

From 1974 batch, how much ?

Last time, of the 1973 batch, 33 per cent IAS were made Additional secretaries. How much will the percentage be this time from the 1974 batch ?

Bulbul Sen is Joint Secretary in Finance Ministry

Bulbul Sen is the new Joint Secretary, TPL-2, in the Ministry of Finance. She is 1977 batch IRS officer.

Sanjay Agrawal joins World Bank !

Sanjay Agrawal is reported to have joined the World Bank .He is 1996 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Will IFS officer join Finance Ministry ?

Grapevine has it that Jaimani Bhagwati is joining the Finance Ministry as Joint Secretary in the Government of India next month. 1976 batch Indian Foreign Service Officer, Bhagwati, has been working in the World Bank or the Government of India for the last 15 years.

Shireen quits Sahara TV

Well known anchor Shireen is reported to have quit the Sahara TV. She is expected to join the CNBC.

All Kudos to Subhash Yadav

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Subhash Yadav has finally proved his mettle. He has been able to complete the distribution of tickets for the civic polls without much ruckus despite several pulls and pressures from various Congress factions. Having brought about some unity among the Congressmen, his next step appears to be to rejuvenate the demoralized Congress and then face the opposition - the BJP.

Sardana is Member MRTP

Man Mohan Kumar Sardana has been appointed Member of the MRTP.1968 batch West Bengal cadre IAS officer Sardana retired as Secretary Company Affairs recently.

S.K.Gupta empanelled?

Grapevine has it that S.K.Gupta (ISS:1976) who was not cleared by DPC for SAG selection held in June 11 had been taken in by ACC and the offer is expected to come any time by this month end. His pulling the strings made such a fiasco that it took about 6 months for the entire bureaucracy to lay hands on the safest alternative. The same decision could have been taken much earlier. But the ISS cadre is not in a hurry and does their homework with errors and omissions.

IAS officer re-instated in Orissa

Suspended IAS officer Prafulla Chandra Mishra has been re-instated in Orissa. He is 1982 batch officer.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Hari Rajkishore will be Secretary Alternate Energy.Deepak Kumar has been moved as DM Aligarh.R N Tripathi has been made Special Secretary APC.

IFS officer is Director FRI

K K Chaudhry has been appointed Director of the National Forests Research Institute. He is 1983 batch IFS officer of TamilNadu cadre.

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Aaj Ki Aawaz

Deshmukh says there is nothing Nationalistic about NCP…..says that NCP
is local,
NCP says Nationalistic means patriotic….but they ask why is Deshmukh
being so vocal?

This is because Deshmukh has promised Sonia that he will not let NCP
get the
upper hand,
This is the reason for his anti NCP stand.

Deshmukh told Sonia that Shinde was pro NCP and too week,
Warned under Shinde's Stewardship NCP could peak.

That is why now he spends his waking hour plotting and planning ,
In fact within NCP the present dissent they say Deshmukh is fanning.

Manmohan (Man) gave J&K a Rs. 24,000 carrot……..PC will levy a J&K
cess,
Though this is spread over six years deficit will shoot up and land us
in a
financial mess.

Kashmiris say they do not want Azaadi but want Call Centres….jobs,
And of course an end to their sobs.

But like Dubiyaman (TOI) illustrates that withdrawal of troops will
lead to
more terrorism,
With lesser troops Terrorist Organizations will see this as
opportunism.

Reality….en-route and very near Man's speech venue the terrorists
showed
their presence,
Shows that the withdrawal offer is not being given its due credence.

Agencies say that with lower infiltration the Valley has fewer
terrorists
this time,
And with snow now blocking the borders terrorists in the Valley will be
low…..hence lesser crime.

Jaya says the Cops have shocking info that links to this murder the
Seer's
name,
Lest Jaya forgets when she was being persecuted the Cops had said the
same.

They say Laloo is now depending on Sonia to come to his rescue in
Bihar,
Hopes that with Congress he will be able to claw back to jeeth from
haar.

But if Congress and RJD come together will Congress accept RJD's
dominance,
Congress will want its importance.

Last time Laloo gave Congress 4 seats in 'bheek',
This time Laloo will be the one who will be meek.

Pradhan Mantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojana is now NHDP III…. PM's name is no
longer essential,
Sonia has made PMO and PM inconsequential.

This is Sonia and her cutlery's yojna…..plan,
Behind the scenes undermine the authority and power of Man.

BJP has not shut the door on Chautala….parleys are going on discreetly,
Reality is that individually both have realized their hopelessness
…they
agree to this secretly.

Congress has the upper hand in Haryana and as of today sure to win,
Today's psephlogy……. INLD out and INC in!!!!

Advani has an allergy to Chautala…..but Badal may make Advani take
allergy
shots,
Badal has a vested interest that INLD continues…….reason for Badal's
hots!!!!

Hulka Fulka….

In the Ambni domain everything is not honky dory,
So there is credence to the Mukesh and Anil rift story!!!!

Ownership problems have come up,
And this is not a gup.

But both brothers say that this is in the private domain,
However Industry and investors will look at this with disdain.

However professional Reliance may be but if the brothers are fighting
for
control,
Reliance could break up …..Dhirubhai will be one sad soul.

Robbers decamped with Jewelry, cash and credit cards from Sharukh's
house,
They did not take even one of his numerous portraits and this is the
Khan's
grouse.

Veer Zara shows that the Khan can act……but movie will make you cry,
Even those who pride themselves as being 'tearless' will have eyes that
are
not dry.

Crying is not being a sissy but shows that goodness breeds within us,
So when a man cries in a movie please do not fuss or cuss.

Confucius says……If you are emotionally alive movies will make you happy
or/and sad.
He continues…..Rolling in laughter or wiping your tears is not bad.

Bharat Kumar

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More comments about Revenue Secretary

With a brilliant finance minister in mr chidambaram secretary revenue or for that matter any other secretary has a very limited role because chidhu is brilliant f.m. knows his job and does not go by babudom. He is the one who made all babus IAS and IPS go for trg regularly. The rev secy as a babu is only a filepushere and f.m. knows his job only too well and he knows how to steer the ship. It would be good if this new babu can reduce corruption in Central Excise and Customs and Incometax as the rates of corruption has gone up and most of them are corrupt and the CBI does not do its job nor is competent in doing and detecting the widespread corruption in all the wings of the rev deptt.

Shankar

I wish to thank Mr. Lahiri for updating me on the role of the Revenue Secretary. If his role is mainly to oversee the CBDT and CBEC which themselves have mechanisms to budget and collect taxes it implies that the role is mainly administrative. As the CBDT and CBEC have their own seperate administrative set-up with respective Chairmen to oversee the adminsitration, the Revenue Secretary would hardly be using his skills for co-ordination between the two boards and would just add another layer of hierarchy. Based on the news paper reports the TPL and TRU which are the technical divisions are to be taken out of the CBDT and CBEC and placed under the Revenue Department, this means that the Revenue Secretary would now no longer be administering - rather he would be a key player in policy making. Based on what Mr. Lahiri says, it means that these technical divisions must be placed under the Department of Economic Affairs and not Revenue. I am not convinced that trade policy and fiscal policy are intricately linked. At the maximum it might help in the understanding of the customs part of the tax administration, but of no help in understanding how saving, investments, labour participation are influenced by the Tax Policy. At the least just being an administrator is not the best use of the talents of the Revenue Secretary. There is no doubt that he would find his feet, but, can the country afford to wait. And this applies to all such senior appointments which do not make the best use of the talents.

Palani T

Apropos for and against debate about KMC, a leader is best when people barely know he exists. And that is for what KMC have to strive to collect the maximum revenue.

Baijal N B

This is the norm in the largest Govt Ministry,in terms of people,plagued by Cancer of Departmentalism.Perhaps an infusion of IAS will stem the rot to some extent.Only Rule is"Show me man I show you Rule".

A K Singh

I agree with Mr. Palani. The government wastes the talents of many good IAS officers by not posting them appropriately. There is some kind of hierarchy with respect to senior appointments, Home is better than Defence is better than Revenue, etc. and hence for example, a person good at framing agriculture policy while being suitable for the post of Agriculture Secretary is 'promoted' and made the Home Secretary. The belief being that all that one requires to run a department is 'general administration' ability and not expertise. The government also wastes the talents of a large number of Central Service Officers and Experts by not including them along with the IAS when deciding senior appointments. If this sense of domination and enimity continues to exist between the Services, the country will lose out in the long run. One bureaucratic solution is to fill up 20% of the post of Secretaries by non IAS officers and another 20% by outside experts. Also some IAS officers may be trained in a particular field so that they may become experts. The rest could continue as general administrators. Lastly, the government should do away with the life time immunity given to all government staff and limit this immunity only to those occupying posts above a certain level. Junior staff should be recruited for limited tenures. We cannot remedy the system only by cleaning up the top, we need to address the sloth that pervades our government offices. The hon. Prime Minister should consider such proposals.

Raja Gopal

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Ghadiyar is ED Dabur India

Nitin Ghadiyar has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Dabur India Ltd forits consumer healthcare business.

IOC CMD interview today

Interview for the post of CMD Indian Oil Corporation will commence today.Who will make it insider or the outsider ?.