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Panjiyar is Additional Secretary - Power

U N Panjiyar has been appointed Additional Secretary - Power in the Government of India. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Raghu Menon is Additional Secretary I & B

Raghu Menon has been appointed Additional Secretary - Information and Broadcasting. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

(We said this on December 12 )

Bir Singh Parsheera is AS Environment

Bir Singh Parsheera has been appointed Additional Secretary - Forests and Environment. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Taori moves to NPC

Kamal Taori has been moved to head the National Productivity Council (NPC). He is 1968 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Veena Rao to head CAPART

Ms Veena Sreeram Rao will now be DG CAPART. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

Sampath goes to Hyderabad

V S Sampath has been shifted to Hyderabad to head the NIID. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Rynjah is Additional Secretary Rural Development

L Rynjah has been appointed Additional Secretary Land Resources in the Department of Rural Development. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Fixed tenure for Defence Secretary cleared

Secretary Defence Shekhar Dutt will now continue till July 2007.The Centre has cleared the fixed tenure of two years for Defence Secretary.Shekhar Dutt is 1969 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Secretary level changes soon

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, T K A Nair, who was away from Delhi is now back. Now Secretary level appointments are to be made in a couple of days.

Kherawala appointed CBDT Chairperson

M H Kherawala has been appointed new CBDT Chief. 1969 batch IRS officer Kherawala would succeed M S Darda on January 1.
( We said this on November 24 )

Tenure of Sarangi to expire today

Central deputation tenure of Director in the Ministry of Rural Development, Prabhat Kumar Sarangi, is coming to an end today. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Choubey is Secretary Revenue in TN

Rajiv Nayan Choubey has been appointed Revenue Secretary in TamilNadu.He is 1981 batch IAS officer.

Justice Abhilasha Kumari transferred

Shrimati Justice Abhilasha Kumari, Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, has been transferred as Judge, of the Gujarat High Court. She has to assume her charge on or before January 11, 2006.

Rajiv Mishra is Ambassador to Croatia

Deputy Permanent Representative (WTO) in Geneva Rajiva Misra has been appointed Indian Ambassador to Croatia.1980 batch IFS officer Mishra would succeed Mr Aneil Mathrani.

Justice Dharma Rao moved to Madras

Justice Elipe Dharma Rao, Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, has been transferred as a Judge of the Madras High Court. He would assume charge on or before January

1993 batch IAS to get selection-grade in MP

1993 batch IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh are getting selection-grade in Madhya Pradesh in January.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

For your kind information this year Congressmen are celebrating Christmas with gusto. Why Congressmen even other UPA Members are celebrating too. This may be the festival of giving but for our politicians it's the festival of taking. Their gift wish list is as follows:

Sonia Gandhi… GPRS and effective remote to watch over and control Congressmen
Manmohan Singh…. signal jammer to jam Sonia's GPRS and remote
Pranab Da….. helmet ( to wear when he is in Kolkata)
Arjun Singh…… detergent that washes off saffron color easily
Shivraj Patil…… crash course in Diplomacy and a Smith and Wesson ivory handle pistol
PC….. Sensex touches 10,000 , he is FM to present 2006 Budget and a twin electronic GSM diary that allows him to keep track of his wifey's legal commitments
Kamalnath….. to become Finance Minister
Jaipal ….. get back I&B
Bhardwaj….. Books .... John Grisham collection and Kill all the Lawyers ? by Daniel Kornstien
Aiyer…..collection of Dev Anand and Johnny Walker movies
Amrinder…. Badal and Sukhbir punching bag and exchange his horse Sunny the Kid for an elephant (he should name it Tusker Twin)
Gulam Nabhi Azad…. Woolen bullet proof jackets…..inners and outers
YS Reddy….. magic to shrink a big nose and books on Western liberalism
Deshmukh…. become Big B dwitya (post his overdue sacking wants to team up with son to act in a movie)
Hooda…. officials start getting scared of him and stop taking him as a pushover
Ambika Soni….. book or crash course on ' how to read and make notings on files made easy'!!!
Munshi….. improve his Hindi pronunciation without loosing his Bengali accent
Jaiswal….. K.N. Singh dwitiya in Bollywood
Renuka…. a doll that says Hello Hello and Jane's pocket book on Armaments
Kapil Sibal…… Jaitley gets a bad case of hemorrhoids… oral kind and an early warning system for political tsunamis that could affect him
Natwar…… a new job that sets him up 'on the house' again and the guts to spank Jagat
Shiela Dixit….. Book on Latest Demolition Equipment

Sharad Pawar….. a spy cam to follow Dalmiya and sugar prices skyrocket
Praful Patel….. change his fixer logo to politico logo

Laloo….. allowed to remain put at 1 Anne Marg , 32 root canals for Nitish and hemorrhoids for Paswan.

Paswan….. a kingmaker crown with Bihar inscribed on it

Karunanidhi….. PC out of MF and Jaya out as CM

Chandreshekar Rao….. a woolen cover for his favorite possession… his nose

Keeping to their ideology Samajwadis will be celebrating too:

Mulayam…… voodoo to ward off Amar Singh's voodoo???
Amar ….. a ring or taweez to keep Mulayam in his grip!
Jaya Pradha: Shekar Suman dart board

As brother Amar Singh is celebrating Christmas his present day siblings will be doing so too.

Big B….. 48 hour days and in recognition for his iconic status his income is made tax free
Anil Ambani…… a giant's mutti, energy for Reliance Energy and winning the New York marathon
Roy….. no side effect cigarettes and Congress ka sahaara

Sonia is celebrating Christmas and some of the people on her gift list and the gifts she's sending them:

Vajpayee…… Largest screen plasma TV
Advani….. Books…. Renaissance Not Retirement by Robert E Ph D Linneman, The Savvy Senior by Jim Miller and Winter Blues by Norman E Rosenthal
Karat….. Books ….Lee Kwan Yew's autobiography and How to be a good Communist by Nelson Mandela
Surjeet….. Memory plus tablets and years supply of chocolate flavored Isabgol
Yechury…. Books……Economic Thoughts for today and tomorrow by Ludwig von Mises and Orwell's Animal Farm
Congressmen…. Book …. Understanding Surveillance Technologies by Julie K Peterson and Hidden Camera Detectors
Aam Aadmi…. Well the same as usual only this time she's thrown in bulldozers for special effect!!!!

My gift to Sonia…. after all yesterday she gifted me an Interview….. book… Insurrection Resurrection by James R Keena and a Bluetooth MP3 player….. and a handbook 'Shamming being attentive while listening to music'!!!

Bharat Kumar

WHISPERS .... CORPORATE WORLD

Fear in Govt.Agencies about sting operations ?

The recent sting operation involving Members of Parliament has sent shock waves among the employees working in various Government Agencies. In Central Public Enterprises where huge investments are being in the last phase of the 10th Plan, senior executives are scared whether some one is secretly watching their activities. No senior officer wants to meet individually the representatives of private firms, mediamen and least of all the lobbyists who till now had hay day in the power corridors of the Government. The strict action taken by the various political parties against their M.P.s, has further accentuated the fears of the bureaucracy.
Everyone is pretty sure, that no one will come to their rescue in case they are caught on the camera.
However, honest bureaucrats are happy at the turn of events. They are now relieved that no undue demand will be made from them by their superiors. In the meantime, media people in the electronic media are working overnight to find easy spots for their 'exclusives'. May God save the bureaucracy, particularly, in the power sector from the sting camera.

Vyas is Director J & K Bank

Bharat Bhushan Vyas has been nominated on the Board of the J & K Bank. He is 1986 batch IAS officer.

Two Directors of DCB resign

Two Directors of theDevelopment Credit Bank, M M Furniturewala and Ian Cheyne, have resigned .