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Veena Sreeram Rao to be Secretary Child and Women Welfare !

CAPART DG, Ms Veena Sreeram Rao, is being tipped to be the next Secretary Child and Women Welfare in the Government of India.1972 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, Ms Rao, is reported to have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary.

1973 batch IAS empanelment list not cleared !

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has so far not cleared the list of empanelment of 1973 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Any reason ?.

Appointment of EC this week

Appointment of new Election Commissioner will be made this week. A new face is expected to make it.

Dutta is JS Minority Affairs

Sujit Dutta has joined as Joint Secretary-Minority Affairs, in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch CSS officer.

Seshaiah is Director Defence

K Seshaiah has joined the Government of India as Director Defence. He is 1989 batch Indian Cost Accounts Service officer.

1979 batch IPS to be ADG in Jharkhand

Two 1979 batch IPS officers, Ms Kumaud Chowdhary and Jagdish Raj, are being promoted to the rank of ADG in Jharkhand in a week or two.

Tenure of Sinha expires

Deputation tenure of Joint Secretary-Food Processing Industries, A N P Sinha, has expired. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Swami Singh gets extension

Director in the Ministry of Petroleum, Swami Singh, has been granted two months extension in deputation tenure. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Vishnu Kumar to be DG NSSO ?

Vishnu Kumar (ISS:1970), presently ADG, CSO is expected to be next DG&CEO, NSSO after Dr K V Rao superannuates on 1st October. Kumar will superannuate on 1st February, 2007.

2001 batch IES promoted

The 2001 batch of Indian Economic Service has been promoted from Junior Time Scale to Senior Time Scale.

IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu

There is another IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu. New postings are :-Mssrs S Ramanathan DIG Armed Police Chennai,S Rajendran DIG CID Chennai,G Uma Ganapathy DIG Coastal Security Group ,K Nandabalan DIG Human Rights, A Pari SP Dindigul,K B Sathimurthy SP Vigilance,S Arunachalam AIG PHQ,N Rajsekharan DCP Washermenpet Greater Chennai, S Murugan SP Kanyakumari,P C Thenmozhi ,N Arivuselvan DCP Law and Order Madurai,S Rajendran DCP Law and Order Tiruchi ,N K Senthamaraikannan SP Tirunelveli,Anand Kumar Somani SP Thanjavur,S Manoharan Commandant ,A T Duraikumar SP Coimbatore,Mahesh Kumar Agrawal Commissioner Secretariat Security and Y John Nicholson SP Thoothukudi.

New Vigilance Commissioner in Nagaland

Retired IAS officer Metongmeren AO has been appointed Vigilance Commissioner in Nagaland for a period of five years.

New Judges of Calcutta High Court

The President has appointed Mssrs Debasish Kar Gupta, MS Nadira Patherya, Ashim Kumar Roy, Biswanath Somadder, Dipankar Datta, Sanjib Banerjee, Prabuddha Sankar Banerjee, Tapan Mukherjee, Arunabha Basu, Kalidas Mukherjee, Manik Mohan Sarkar, Rudrendra Nath Banerjee, Tapas Kumar Giri , Kishore Kumar Prasad as Judges of the Calcutta High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
The President has also appointed Partha Sakha Datta and Prasenjit Mandal as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court

Chaudhry is Development Commissioner in Bihar

1972 batch IAS officer Ashok Kumar Chaudhry has been appointed Development Commissioner in Bihar. M H Alam has been sent to Arwal as DM.

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The argument that a PCS officer did not knew the operation of a mobile set indicates his IQ level is the most ridiculous argument I have ever heard about any issue. This probably is the indicator of IQ level of this officer itself.
Does he know that there is a fine line of difference between 'not knowing' something and 'not been able to learn and comprehend' something. Many of the officers in the bureaucracy comes from 'humanities' background and are not as comfortable with computers and IT as their colleagues from engineering background. Does that in any way makes an argument that these officers have lower IQ.
I know a lot of officers even from very current batches who find themselves uncomfortable with IT gadgetary. Would he call them unfit for being considered for being appointed as DM's.
Secondly if he wanted to emphasize on the value of the asset owned by this PCS officer then he must first check up with a lot of his colleagues. The movable and immovable assets of IAS officers in a few cadres are in the domain of public knowledge(it is another matter that agencies like CBI and Income tax fail to take notice of this 'public knowledge')
There are certainly other good arguments for not making a good lot of PCS officers as DM's like the level of their politicization and their comparative corruption level to IAS but not this nonsensical argument of mobile operation please. This argument only smell of arrogance and poverty of thought that somehow has crept into a lot of IAS officers these days. Would somebody teach these guys the trait called 'humbleness' please.

M Bansal

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Mulayam says that UP will decide India's fate…… just raising the stakes,
Trying to muddle things up with every statement he makes!!!

Fact is that Mulayam knows that he's facing a losing battle!!!! So he's on a spending spree….. the next Sarkar will get empty coffers!!! And then no prudent Sarkar will do what he is doing….. however because he's doing it he will put the next Sarkar in a spot!!! By 'deciding India's fate' Pehelwan Mulayam means that UP election will have ramifications at the Centre!!! Whatever the scenario be where Mulayam is concerned he is a 'loose loose' situation!!!

Chandigarh's Administrator Roddy is the new Property Czar,
Bechaare farmers ko padh rahi hai maar!!!

The Administration has acquired land at a pittance and sold it at a huge profit to a Real Estate Developer!!!! Farmers say that the Administration could have let the Real state Developer pick up land from them directly and the Administration could have made money in conversion charges….. they would have got a better price form the Real Estate Developer!!! Now there is talk about the Dredging Contract for Sukhna Lake---

RJD is also Railways ko jam and damn!!! In Bihar RJD workers keep pulling chains jamming train schedules. And they travel ticket less!!!! Laloo's Political Advisor Jha's son was caught travelling on Jha MP privilege pass!!! Railways Vigilance Department caught Jha's son travelling on Jha Pass!!! The Railways want the Speaker to reprimand Jha …… but the letter has to go to the Speaker via Laloo!!! And with Laloo as the 'middleman' in this matter Jha can breathe easy!!! Or maybe Laloo will let it go through and then use it for PR purposes… Jha of course will be compensated!!!

Seems Naresh Goyal made some mistakes while calculating the Jet Sahara Deal,
At that time he had said it was a steal!!

Recently he acquired a new calculator and found the deal was no longer a steal!!!! Then came all the fuss about his not getting vigilance clearance!!! Anyway not is looks the deal may fall….. unless Subrata Roy is willing to renegotiate!!!! By the way why is Saharashree Roy selling the Airline…… good friend Anil Ambani's ADA is now willing to enter into any business and is flush with Vitamin M……. and so ADA can buy a stake in Sahara!!! Fact is Sahara wants a heavy doze of Vitamin M…….Groups survival depends on this!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Reshuffle in Bokaro Steel Plant likely

Internal reshuffle is likely to take place in the Bokaro Steel Plant in a couple of weeks.

Jazeera Airways to start flights to Delhi, Mumbai

Jazeera Airways, Kuwait's new national airline and the first private airline in the Middle East will start direct flights to New Delhi and Mumbai from July 1st.

SAIL to acquire NISCO !

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is all set to acquire the ailing National Iron and Steel Company (NISCO) located at Belur in West Bengal.

Peter elected Chairman

Sajen Peter, Chairman of the Rubber Board, has been elected Chairman of the Economic Committee of the International Rubber Study Group. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Chauhan appointed MDof Nortel India

Ravi Chauhan has been appointed Managing Director of the Nortel India in place of Ashoka Valia.

Singh is Zonal Manager PNB,Kerala

S. P. Singh has taken over as the new zonal manager of the Punjab National Bank's Kerala zone.

Idea board reconstituted

Idea Cellular board has been reconstituted with Kumar Manglam Birla as Chairman. Other Members are Mssrs Rajashree Birla, Chairperson, Aditya Birla Centre for Community Initiatives and Rural Development; Sanjeev Aga, Managing Director, Aditya Birla Nuvo, Debu Bhattacharya, Managing Director, Hindalco; Saurabh Misra, Director, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Ltd, and CEO, UltraTech Cement and M.R. Prasanna, Group Executive President (Legal), Aditya Birla group.