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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.

Top Ten of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

1 Montek Singh Ahluwalia
2 Sanjay Baru
3 M K Narayanan
4 T K A Nair
5 B K Chaturvedi
6 Shyam Saran
7 Adarsha Kishore
8 V K Duggal
9 S N Menon
10 R V Shahi

Vinod Rai to be Secretary DEA !

In the event of Ashok Jha's moving to the IMF as ED, Secretary Banking Vinod Rai will be the new Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Johny Joseph not to join GoI ?

Grapevine has it that Commissioner of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Johny Joseph is not joining the Government of India as Chairman of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust. He is 1972 batch IAS officer. Now who will make it ?.

Anand joins IIPA

P K Anand has joined the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA).He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.

Upadhyay empanelled !

Joint Secretary Defence, A K Upadhyay, 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.

Over half a dozen 1975 batch IAS empanelled

Over half a dozen 1975 batch IAS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India last week.

Ajit Lal promoted in IB

Ajit Lal has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director in the Intelligence Bureau. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Two 1974 batch IAS officers empanelled

Two 1974 batch IAS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India during the last review meeting.

Judge of Madras HC to be CJ of Jharkhand HC

Justice M Karpagavinayagam, judge of the Madras High Court, is moving to Ranchi as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.

SP rank promotions in CBI

Around 10 ASP rank CBI officers have been promoted to the rank of SP.

Who will be CSI ?

The selection of Chief Statistician of India (CSI) is due on 11th
August. This CSI will replace the functions of Secretary, Ministry of
Statistics. Most of the insiders prefer to have an outsider who can take an impartial view instead of any ISS officer who will again flame the fire of partisan which is so brazen these days.

IAS transfers in Haryana

There is IAS reshuffle in Haryana. New postings are :- Mssrs R K Ranga Secretary Housing,Fateh Singh DC Hissar,M P Bansal DC Mahendergarh,Vivek Joshi Special Secretary PWD,Sumita Mishra Special Secretary Health,Aanand Mohan Saran Additional Commissioner Labour Gurgaon,Sajjan Singh Secretary Forests,Pius Pandarwani will also look after Science and Technology and S K Saxena Printing and Stationery.

IPS changes in UP

Deoria SP Gyan Singh has been shifted to the PHQ.Bhagwan Swarup has been made SP EOW.

FORUM

I get the impression that some of your readers feel that PCS men do not man the districts as of now! They do, the only thing is, they do so upon promotion to the IAS. So what is the hue and cry about? The only thing is whether PCS men should man districts without being seconded to the IAS (it is a fact that PCS men lose seniority when they are so seconded). In fact the PCS chaps used to retire as Commissioners till not very long back in most states. And why not?
Central Services can not man the districts, as they belong to the Centre and are servants of the Central Government, not the states, unlike the PCS or the IAS.

A K Singh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Pathak Report kissne leak karwayee……. who was in a tizzy to know what was in the Report??
And what did Nut's son Jagat initially purport???

Jagat said that the Report was leaked by someone in the Pathak Authority!! One must not forget that in-house Nut have the support of people for whom 'springing leaks' is an everyday affair…. their business thrives on springing leaks!!! This is as per a well planned strategy!!!! And it's working because now Nut has from accused become accuser!!!!!

Congress should suspend Nut,
On this there should be no if or but!!!

Keep Nut in 'suspended animation'!!!! The man misused Congress's letterheads to make money!!!! He says that he did not mention anything about the Oil deal in his recommendation letter to Tariq Aziz…… does he take us to be that naïve!!! If a rerun is done of the bytes on this matter you all will get to see the shifting stand of Natwar and his son Jagat!!! Andaleeb from no one became a friend and then a relative….. imagine Andaleeb has even said that he met Nut for the first time in Baghdad!!!! In fact if a rerun is done both father and son will end up with both feet in their mouths!!!!

Khannas have been declared 'persona non grata' where Defense deals are concerned,
The Defense info Khannas have been sending to their Principals Sakaar is very concerned!!

Khannas are related to Nut and Amrinder and one of the Khanna's is a Congress MLA!!! They were not too concerned about the Volcker allegations because they knew that all that could happen was that the ED would levy a fine on them for flouting the Country's Foreign Exchange Laws!!!! But now because of the new declaration the Khannas are sweating!!!!

I feel Manmohan should feel privileged that Nut has moved a privilege motion against him,
In fact if Nut praises him then this Manmohan should take as something very grim!!!

Using Buddhadeb's words ' this is a fight between a man who's been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and a man who would rather starve than put his hand into the jar to steal a cookie'!!!! This privilege motion by Nut is like a medal on Manmohan's chest!!!

In Amar's Company now Nut too speaks in the same way….. threatens aage aage dekho hotha hai kya,
In public view has his dukes up but in private has been begging for daya ( Pity)!!!

It's well known that Nut has used every approach to plead his case with Sonia!!! Sonia is livid that how could he have compromised the Party for personal gains!!!! Nut says he's been treated with indignity …. well he deserves it!!!! All this bravado and talk of courage is only for Public's consumption…… fact is he's pleaded, begged, beseeched and not been able to make any headway, he's not trying the other mode…….. keep the pleading, begging and beseeching on in private and has started to threaten in Public!!!

Cola controversy rages,
Now Cola giants have brought onto the battlefield people who depend on them for their wages!!

'(M)admen' Suheil Seth and Prahlad Kakkar……. both do ads for these Companies and are being fielded by the Cola Giants to take on/browbeat anyone who speaks up against the Cola giants. Now they say that the contamination is so miniscule that it does not matter!!!! They say the ingredients are contaminated…. and then they say that everything edible in India is highly contaminated. My question is that if the Cola Giants follow the stringent quality norms that they follow in Developed Countries and if such pollutants were found there in the Colas would they have let the colas enter the market???? The logic that they are following is that ' we've not put the contamination so we do not need to report it'!!!! There may be contamination in our foodstuffs but these are necessary for us to survive….. we don't need Colas to survive!!!!

Bharat Kumar

aaj_ki_aawaz@rediffmail.com

WHISPERS .... CORPORATE WORLD

Is Sibal also out ?

Will DG Hydro Carbon V K Sibal be strong contender for the post of CMD ONGC? Controversy has arisen whether he is a full time employee or a contractual ? It is for the PESB to decide.

Raha is at the top in the world

Petroleum Economist of London has adjudged outgoing CMD of the ONGC, Subir Raha, as one of the five Energy Executives of the year 2005 in the world.. The winner of the coveted award will be announced at a ceremony in September in London.

Two new Directors of Export-Import Bank

S R Rao and N Shankar have been appointed new Executive Directors of the Export-Import Bank of India.

Dr Gopal Krishnan resigns

ED of the Trichy unit of the BHEL, Dr Gopal Krishnan, has resigned.

Chowdhury is Insurance Ombudsman

Retired IRS officer P.A. Chowdhury has taken over as the new insurance ombudsman. He has succeeded G.R. Reddy.

Alagh is Chairman of IRMA

Y.K. Alagh has been appointed chairman of the prestigious Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA).