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Majority favours appointment of PCS officers as DMs

Bhopal: "Let the spoils of power be rip open for every citizen of this great democratic nation", says Sanjiv a respondent to the querry "Should PCS officers be appointed DMs?" put up on the News and Views section of the popular whispersinthecorridors.com.
Corroborating, S Vikrma another respondent - referring to Uttar Pradesh government's move to appoint PCS officials as DMs - says that other states should also follow. "In the days of the British Raj, an ICS man alone could become Collector because only a British could sustain and consolidate the Raj. And those brown-skinned Indians who managed to get into ICS were said to be more British than the Britishers as these natives were the products of the Macaulay system of education which had aimed at producing such Indians who could continue and strengthen the Raj", he says.
"It is unfortunate that the same edifice is continuing at the district level even after Independence, with the IAS replacing the ICS. This thoughtless status-quoism needs to be changed. Over the years the PCS personnel have proved their usefulness. But for their role, the government machinery at the grass-root level would have collapsed. It is a matter of discomfort that their role has never been judged on merit", he adds.
In all 70 per cent respondents to the above question favoured appointment of PCS as DMs if they are competent. Infact some of them said, "this issue has no meaning in the age of globalisation. There should be no IAS/IFS/PCS/PPS etc. Only professional competence should be the criteria for appointment to the important posts in bureaucracy".
But there were others, only 30 per cent, who said that PCS should not be appointed as DM. "PCS officers should not be appointed as DMs. They have narrow vision, less exposure to wide sections of administration, and by years of playing 'yesmen' they command lesser repsect of piers".
"Instead, officers from class I central services are much suited. If there is any derth of IAS or suitable IAS, officers drawn from Central services would be better replacements in view of the fact that they are selected from the same lot as the IAS and in terms of experience and exposure they are equal to any other IAS", said P K Mishra.

Justice Shah to be Judge of SC !

Grapevine has it that Justice A P Shah of the Gujarat High Court is going to the Supreme Court of India.

Rakesh Singh to be JS Banking !

Rakesh Singh is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Banking. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Mathur to be ED (Security ) Air India

Name of S C Mathur has been cleared for the post of ED (Security) in AirIndia. He is 1981 batch IPS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Naveen Kumar empanelled !

Acting CEO of the Prasar Bharti, Naveen Kumar, is reported to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India during the last review meeting. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sunil Jain is JS (Policy Planning) in MEA

Sunil Jain (IFS 81) has been deployed as Joint Secretary (Policy Planning) in MEA with immediate effect. The post was lying vacant since K P Earnest left for New Zealand to replace the famous Harish Dogra.

Kang to be PIC Bihar

Bihar Chief Secretary G S Kang is likely to be appointed Principal Information Commissioner in Bihar.1970 batch IAS officer, Kang, is retiring on September 30.

Tourism Minister annoyed with cabinet secretary?

Tourism Minister Ms Ambika Soni seems to be annoyed with the cabinet secretary. She is reported to have said that he neither replies to her nor does he attends her phone calls. Why so?

IPS officer is JS Atomic Energy

T P Dass is new Joint Secretary Atomic Energy in the Government of India. He is 1979 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Assam CS gets job in TamilNadu

Assam Chief Secretary S. Kabilan has been appointed Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.He was scheduled to retire in November next year.

Anurag to move Delhi

SP CBI in Bhopal Anurag has been moved to the CBI Headquarters ,Delhi.He is 1994 batch IPS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Prasad joins IIPA

S S Prasad has joined the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA).He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

BPR&D requires six IPS

It is learnt that there is a vacancy of six IPS officers in the BPR&D.

Rachna is Director Personnel

Rachna Shar has joined the Government of India as Director Personnel. Rachna is 1991 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Former IAS officer floats political party

Former IAS officer Jayaprakash Narayan has floated new Political Party the Lok Satta in Andhra Pradesh.He had quit the IAS in 1996.

IAS changes in Punjab

P Ram will be new Principal Secretary Technical Education.G S Sidhu has been made Director Technical Education.Harjit Singh has been posted as Secretary State Election Commission. R L Mehta has been shifted to the Planning Board as Special Secretary.

Bureaucratic reshuffle in Kerala

P S Gopinathan has been appointed Law Secretary.Sharmila Joseph has been made Collector of Wayanad.Aswani Kumar Roy will now be Secretary Finance.Anand Singh has been moved as Director of the Kerala Urban Development Project.Sasidhara will be new Labour Commissioner.

FORUM

I feel file notings should be given to the applicants under the RTI Act as it gives a strength to those officers who work as per the laid down procedures.
Lets first implement this as per the original provisions and during the implementation if it adversaly affects the right implementation of any act,then the govt.has a right to amend it at any time.

S Shrivastava

TAIL-PIECE

A man checked into a hotel.
There was a computer in his room, so he decided to
send an e-mail to his
wife.

However, he accidentally typed wrong e-mail address,
and without realizing
his error, he sent the e-mail.
Meanwhile.....somewhere, a widow had just returned
home from her husband's
funeral.

The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting
messages from relatives and
friends.

After reading the first message, she fainted.

The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother
on the floor, and saw
the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife

Subject: I've Reached Safely

Date: 20 Feb 2006

I know you're surprised to hear from me.

They have computers here now, and we are allowed to
send e-mails to our
loved ones.

I've just reached safely and have ! been checked in.

I see that everything has been prepared for your
arrival tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing you then!

Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.

Contributed by- M Shukla

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Nut ki ho gay chutti,
Nut aur Congress ki ho gaye kutti ( not on talking terms)!!!

At long last Congress has taken the step it should have taken some time back…. good riddance!!! Nut's in fact been daring the Congress to suspend him…. he's been hobnobbing with anti Congress forces and he's been trashing this Government's foreign Policy . Nut is a man who is basically full of himself!!!! And he says now that its 'aar paar ki ladayee'…… ultimately Nut naa iss paar ka rehegaa naa uss paar kaa… just like the proverbial doggy of the Dobhi….. naa ghar kaa na ghat kaa!!!

Nut has said Manmohan is fit for the Guinness Book,
At his own condition he should take a look???

For the Guinness Record book….. Nut was an undiplomatic Diplomat ….. then he was a Foreign Minister who was foreign to his job!!! And if a re-run of the bytes on the Volcker issue is done then Nut can go into the Guinness Book of Records for putting his foot into his gob for the maximum number of times!!!! When it comes to comparing Manmohan and Nut …..in honesty, experience, capability….. Manmohan is a mountain and Nut is a ditch!!!! Nut says that Manmohan is a weak PM…… well considering the pressures on Manmohan.... being a distant second in his Party's power equation and coalition induced weakness..... Manmohan is doing a good job….. but if you look at Nut's stint as MEA….. inept would be the right word!!!!

Now we have a Nuclear Club,
Jiss ka objective hai UPA ko karro drub!!!

Basically a collection of nobodies trying to foist themselves as somebodies!!! They meet for dinners and do their political backbiting in the name of the Nuclear Club!!! They do not know the ABCD of this issue …….. and now they've got Nut to puzzle things even more!!!! In fact the joke is that the Members of this Club suffer from acute oral flatulence and that is how actually this Club got its name!!!

Congress should get ready for oral flatulence form Nut,
He's not going to keep his trap shut!!!

Because after being caught with his hand in the cookie jar now Nut will try to paint all in the same color!!! Sorry to sound smutty….. but now Nut is going to fish in piss!!! The support he has with him will dissipate faster than it assembled!!! When the going gets tough the weak start squealing!!!!

Somnath Da needs to eat a 'rossogolla' before taking the Chair in the House,
Against him all have a grouse!!!

In fact eat one before taking the Chair and then while on the Chair continue having rossogolas at regular intervals....meetha meetha khobe and meetha meetha bolun!!! Why doesn't he take a page or two from Shekhawat's book!!!! The Speaker has to have an image of 'fairness'…. and should have arbitrating skills!!! And then its pitiful to see a man who for all these years fought for decorum in the House literally being one of the causes for decorum leaping out of the House!!!

Bharat Kumar

aaj_ki_aawaz@rediffmail.com

WHISPERS .... CORPORATE WORLD

Will Butola be CMD of ONGC ?

Name of ONGC Videsh CMD Butola is also in circulation for the post of CMD ONGC. His minus point is that he does'nt have backing of "Bombay walla".

GAIL CMD mends fences with Murli Deora !

Reports reaching here said that GAIL CMD Prashanto Banerjee has mend fences with Petroleum Minister Murli Deora. Outcome will be known on August 26.

INDIAN's Director (Engineering) may be selected on 17th

INDIAN's next Director (Engineering) may be selected on 17th when the interviews for the same would be held by the PESB. A total of 17 candidates are appearing in the interview.

Pattanayak is new MD of SBI of Mysore

P.P. Pattanayak has taken over as Managing Director of the State Bank of Mysore. He was earlier Deputy Managing Director (DMD) and Chief Credit Officer of the State Bank of India, Mumbai.

( We said this on July 19 )

Mathur is DG of BEE

Ajay Mathur has been appointed as the Director General of the state-run Bureau of Energy Efficiency.He will take over next week.

Who will be new ED of Bhopal unit of BHEL ?

Who will be new ED of the Bhopal unit of the BHEL? Tie is said to be between R K Singh and S N Daga.

Super Saver Tickets validity extended

Indian has extended the validity of tickets under its Super Saver scheme, for travel till Sept. 30, 2006. All Super Saver tickets whose validity had expired, will be considered for extension of validity, against a charge of Rs.500 per coupon.
The hugely popular Super Saver Utsav scheme at present offers 4 Economy class coupons for Rs.22,000 or 4 Executive Class coupons for Rs.30,000 for travel on domestic sectors. Similarly, an 8 coupon offer in Economy class would cost Rs.46,000 whereas the same in Executive class would cost Rs.64,000.
If any Super Saver ticket is more than one year old (calculated from the date of original issue), then such a ticket would need to be reissued. Re-issuance charge of Rs.500 per ticket will be collected in addition to the validity extension charges of Rs.500 per coupon.
Fuel surcharge of Rs.650 per coupon would also be levied on all such Super Saver tickets that are reissued for validity extension, on or after 8th August 2006.