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Five IFS officers to retire

Five Indian Forest Service Officers are superannuating by this month end. They are Mssrs:-Dr N A Kawoosa and Shahniaz Naqashbandi (J & K), B P Upadhyay and R C Sharma (MP) and N K Joshi (Uttaranchal).

IAS losing charm ?

Is the charm of being in IAS fading by the day. This question has arisen in view of the fact that a couple of new entrants in the Civil Services are these days preferring IRS instead of IAS.

Govind Mohan is back to Sikkim

Former PS to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Govind Mohan is back to the parent Sikkim cadre.On return 1989 batch IAS officer has been posted in Delhi as Commissioner Sikkim Tourism.

Sinha is new CEO of Bihar

Narendra Kumar Sinha has been appointed new Chief Electoral Officer in Bihar. He is 1980 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on May 24 )

IAS changes in Assam

ACS P C Sarma has been given additional charge of Home and Political Affairs.Rajiv Bora will be Home Secretary.Abinash Joshi has been made Commissioner GMC.Archana Verma has been appointed Additional Secretary GAD.

Bharat Desai is Resident Editor ToI,Ahemdabad

Bharat Desai has been appointed Resident Editor of the Ahemdabad Edition of the Time of India.Kingshuk Nag RE Ahemdabad has been moved to the Hyderabad edition of the ToI

Avasthay appointed DGP of West Bengal

Subhash Chandra Avasthay has been appointed new DGP of West Bengal. He is 1970 batch IPS officer.He would succeed Ajay Prasad on June 1.

CBI to set up office in Nagaland

CBI is reportedly setting up an office at Kohima. Who will get the first posting ?.

1977 batch IAS is PS in Bihar

Four 1977 batch IAS officers have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Bihar. They are Mssrs:-Kumaresh Chandra Mishra, Kamlesh Kumar Pandey, Bidhyut Kumar Haldhar and Phool Singh.

IRS officer resigns

Atul Gupta has quit the Government job to join private sector. He is 1988 batch IRS officer.

Five IPS cleared for deputation in Punjab

Punjab Government has cleared the names of five IPS officers for central deputation. They are Mssrs K K Attri, Shashi Kant, Jyoti Trehan, Sanjiv Gupta and Siddhartha Chhatopadhyay.

Arun Kumar to return to Haryana next week

DC Chandigarh, Arun Kumar, is returning to the parent Haryana cadre next week. He is 1989 batch IAS officer.

What is wrong with NAD of CSO?

What is wrong with National Accounts Division of CSO? Grapevine has it that an SAG officer is sweeping out all new Directors from this Division as they are perceptible threats for him to question the GDP growth which he himself is rearing for the last several years. These officers are paying price for their knowledge, wisdom and - of course - for their keenness to clean the system. Long live NAD coterie!

Two IAS officers superseded in Bihar

With the decision to appoint 1970 batch IAS officer, G S Kang, as the Chief Secretary of Bihar, two 1969 batch IAS officers NK Agrawal and Rama Shankar Tiwari have been superseded.

Tripathy is Chairman Fin. Commission in Maharashtra

Satish Tripathy has been appointed Chairman of the fifth Finance Commission in Maharashtra. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

IPS changes in West Bengal

1970 batch IPS officer Ranjit Kishore Mohanty has been appointed DG Administration.Sankaran Ramakrishnan,1973 batch IPS officer has been posted as ADG CID.

Three new Ambassadors appointed

S.R. Tayal, at present, Consul General in Houston has been appointed Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan.He would succeed Sharat Sabharwal. Rajiv Kumar Bhatia, at present, Ambassador of India to Myanmar, has been appointed Ambassador of India to Mexico.He would replace S.S. Gill. Amarendra Khatua,presently Minister in Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York, has been appointed Ambassador of India to Ivory Coast.

AN IMAGINARY INTERVIEW

PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH

I applied to PMO for interviewing Manmohan Singh. Within twenty four hours I got a questionnaire which I had to submit in triplicate and with this I had to submit 6 of my recent photographs. Within twenty four hours of my submitting the required documentation I got a letter giving me an appointment the very next day.

I reached 7 Race Course and like 10 Janpath I had to go through a security drill. I was ushered into a room that looked like a Study. Sanjaya Baru came in and warmly welcomed me and asked me if I had any connections in Bollywood as he wanted some autographs. I told him that I had no connections whatsoever in Bollywood. Just then Manmohan Singh breezed into the room and sat in a revolving chair on the other side of the table.

Manmohan: Arre Baru tell them to get tea and biscuits….. Marie for me and cream ones for this gentleman……. Bharat Ji tell me one thing do I look weak???
Me: Good Morning sir…….not at all ……in fact I was thinking to myself that in real you look taller and stouter !!!
Manmohan: I think Advani Ji needs to change his glasses…..otherwise why would he say that I was looking weak…….you know I've weighed myself on three different scales and I have in fact gained weight in one year!!

Tea is served and the Marie biscuits are placed in front of him and the chocolaty creamy ones in front of me. As the staff leaves the room, Manmohan exchanges the plates and I get the Marie ones and he takes the chocolate ones.

I give him a quizzed look and he says: My wife does not allow me to have chocolate biscuits because of my sugar problem……but I love these biscuits and so this is one liberty I take……of course with the kind cooperation of people who come to meet me!!!
Me: Sir seems you and Advani got off on a wrong footing……I recall that he said that you had been rude to him in your Office!!!
Manmohan: What a cry baby….. like I did with you I tried to exchange the biscuit plates when Advani Ji came to meet me but Advani Ji just would not let go off the chocolate biscuits…..one thing led to the other and he walked off in a huff……just before he walked out I even offered him the chocolate biscuits but to no avail!!! And in the end Pranab Ji polished off all the chocolate biscuits…..he always has an eye on the chocolate biscuits…..pucca opportunist…..biscuit biscuit pe likha hai khaane waale ka naam!!!

Me : You are such a honest person how can you defend Laloo??
Manmohan: From the time I have started cheating on biscuits I do not consider myself to be honest……in fact this rankles my conscience night and day and sometimes I do not get sleep at night…… Laloo ji knows this and whenever he comes to meet me he asks for tea and biscuits and then I do the switch and I am just overtaken by pangs of guilt……real chaloo fellow ji. In fact I have a suspicion he supplies my staff with different kinds of tempting chocolate biscuits, so that I feel guilty and do not point a finger at him!!!

Me: Sir how do you rate Sonia …….her report card??
Manmohan : Oye kee keh reh ho ji ……what are you saying…….how can I give Sonia Ji a report card??
Me: Okay as a Boss how is she….. is she bossy , a task master etc.????
Manmohan: Maar ditta mainoo ji (put me in a fix)…….. how can I rate the Boss???? You know I am on contract basis !!!! In my type of Top Management job hire and fire policy is a done thing!!!

Me: BJP says that Sonia is the Super PM!!!
Manmohan: Oh ji these NDA fellows make a mountain of a molehill…… who signs as Prime Minister of India……I do. Just because Sonia Ji checks the grammar and spellings and then signs in pencil before I sign , these people have started calling her Super PM!!!
Me : Sir there is talk of Congress Ministers going over your head directly to Sonia!!
Manmohan: Hai o rabba (Oh! God)……you see I too once got perturbed on this matter but, then I got this investigated. All these Ministers who you say go over my head do so on account of logistical compulsions . The investigators informed me that 10 Janpath comes first on the route from their Offices or residences to 7 Race Course, and you know no Congressman worth his salt can pass by 10 Janpath without paying his or her respects!!!
Seeing my unconvinced look Manmohan continues: Once they meet Sonia Ji just for the sake of being polite she asks them that how come they have come to meet her and they tell her that they are enroute to meet me……. now Sonia Ji is very conscious when it comes to saving fuel so she tells them to write down what they want to discuss and after checking their submissions for grammar and spelling mistakes she has these sent to me…..you know there is a hourly courier running to and fro between 10 Janpath and 7 Race Course!!! She knows I am busy and she does not want these chaps to waste my time!!!! Sonia Ji is great!!!!

Me: Sir there is talk that you want to take over the MEA???
Manmohan: Which nut has told you this…….. this Tytler fellow has taken a chunk from MEA but Natwar Ji did not even do choo…… seems Natwar Ji like Advani Ji feels I am weak and that is why when I asked him to consult PMO on important decisions this fellow has started flexing his muscles……..sharaafat da zamaana hi nahi hai ji!!!
Me: Nut …sorry Natwar says that MEA is his domain and feels he should be given the freedom to run his Ministry!!!
Manmohan: Phitte mooh ji (boo)…..you see Natwar Ji suffers from a peculiar disease known as foot in mouth…..hence, I just requested him that as he suffers from attacks from this disease every now and then so he should let me help him out!!! Have you seen him when his foot homes into his mouth….. real pathetic sight……..I have asked him to try some alternative medicine and I have advised him to give up wearing footwear …..footwear aggravates his pain!!!

Me: I hear that you have found an excellent way to placate the Commies???
Manmohan: Meri naukri de pichche hi peh ge ho ji (you are after my job)…… are after I became PM I called the Commies for a meal. Before the meal all of them were whining but once the food was served the atmosphere changed and the Commies tucked in and whining stopped and there was a total turn around in the mood. Well I took note of this and with the help of Surjeet Ji I got to know of Commies ki favorite dishes and rest is history…..Commies whine and I call them for a meal and the whining stops. Tell me I've been trying to find out about what this Karat fellow likes………I have to get this info to placate his whining!!!
Me: No idea ……… but should not be difficult to find out!!!
Manmohan: Yes, Commies and Laloo get on like a house on fire…….I will ask Lalooji to find out this from Yechury!!!

Me : How do you relax?
Manmohan: I read……..light reading like books on Economics…… I pen articles on economics.
Me: But this must be real heavy stuff….. how can you relax reading and writing such stuff???
Manmohan: This really relaxes me……..when I want to read heavy stuff I read Harry Porter!!!

Me: When Sonia informed you that you would be India's PM what was your reaction???
Manmohan: I was surprised and I said Mama Mia Ji and then when happiness set in I said Balle Balle Ji.

Me: Sir this is not a permanent or for life job…..after you demit Office what do you plan to do???
Manmohan: After decades of living a disciplined life I would like to live an undisciplined life……get up when I want, eat what I want, do what I want…
Me: What about High Command???
Manmohan: Like a broken record why do you keep on referring to Sonia Ji ???
Me: Sir I was referring to your respected wife!!!
Manmohan: Fass gaya ji……what a googly ji???

Baru comes in and points to his watch. Manmohan gets up shakes my hand and breezes out. I am escorted out. As Baru walks me to the door he asks me if I know any famous cricketers personally and I answer in the negative. He gives me a pitiful look and bid me adieu.

As I reach the outside gate across the road I see a group shouting anti Laloo slogans and demanding Manmohan sack him. Just then a car pulls up and Laloo emerges from the car with an aide who is carrying one of those Minister's file boxes. The box slips from the aide's hands and contents spill out into the open…….packets of chocolate biscuits!!!! I think to myslef Manmohan Ji is in for some sleepless nights!!!
Bharat Kumar

Shaw to be Chairman Mahanagar Gas ,Mumbai

British Gas India Chief Nigel Shaw is expected to join as Chairman of the Mahanagar Gas, Mumbai.

Ravimohan is MD of Crisil

R Ravimohan has been appointed Managing Director and CEO of the Crisil.

Sai is Director (Finance) THDC

R S T Sai has been appointed Director (Finance) of the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd.

Vaish to head Indian operations

Former CEO of the Bombay Stock Exchange has been appointed as President and head of operations in India by the Dun & Bradstreet Information Services.