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Over sixty 1977 batch IAS shortlisted for empanelment
Over sixty IAS officers belonging to the 1977 batch are believed to have been shortlisted for the empanelment to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. Empanelment is expected to take place by next month. Those who reportedly figure are :- Mssrs
J P Singh,P K Tripathy and Shumsher K Sherriff (UT) Chhaya Ratan, J Satyanarayana,M V P C Shastry and Jannat Hussain (AP) Surajit Mitra,J M Mauskar (Assam-Meghalaya) K C Mishra (Bihar) P J Oomman (Chhattisgarh) R K Tripathy and Vilasini Ramachandran (Gujarat) Krishna Mohan and S C Chaudhry (Haryana) Madhav Lal ( J& K) S K Chaudhry (Jharkhand) Alok Rawat (Sikkim) Rakesh Kackar Mrutyinjay Sarangi and Ajoy Bhattacharya (TamilNadu) D K Mittal,G C Chaturvedi,Dr Noor Mohammad,M Haleem Khan,Loretta Mary Vas,V Venkatachalam,Jagan Mathew, Jacob Thomas and P K Sinha( Uttar Pradesh) Sudhir Kumar ,B A Coutinho,Shamim Banu and G S Suranjana (Karnataka) K Jose Cyriac and C V Anand Bose (Kerala) M K Roy,O P Rawat,Vishwapati Trivedi,D R S Chaudhry,Padamvir Singh,Abha Asthana and Satya Prakash (Madhya Pradesh) Subodh Kumar ,Ram Nath Jha and G B Pradhan (Maharashtra) Naved Masood and R K Mathur ( Manipur-Tripura) C Basu ( Orissa) Sundaram Krishna and D S Kalha(Punjab) L P Kothari,Sangeeta Gairola,P K Dev and C K Mathew(Rajasthan)S K Muttoo and S Kumar (Uttaranchal) and Samar Ghosh,Sabya Sachi Sen,P K Pradhan,A S Lamba ,C D Gautam and A K Barman (West Bengal).

70 IFS officers to move- many exceptions !
The Foreign Service Board in the Ministry of External Affairs has decided the movement of about 70 officers. The traditional subjectivity in the postings in MEA has reached a new high this time.Many officers have been posted out of turn. The favourite ones to the present regime have managed to get what they wanted. Many officers are complaining that if the Administration has already decided sought after postings like New York and Geneva, then why do they circulate these postings. Some others like Washington was not even circulated and has gone to a Kerala officer.
The most striking exception has been made in the case of Manpreet Vohra (IFS 88) in Nairobi who has been posted as Deputy High Commissioner to Islamabad, though it was reserved for a Joint Secretary level
officer. In his place Ketan Shukla (IFS 86) from Thimpu has been posted though he had done only half his tenure there. The other beneficiary is Nagendra Prasad (IFS 93) in Thimpu who though among the junior most Directors has got the post of Deputy Chief of Mission of such an important neighbouring station. The posting of Sanjiv Arora (IFS 84) has been changed from CG, Dubai to CG, Edinburgh while Dubai has goneto another officer from Kerala."

Kherawala to join Settlement Commission next month!
Chairperson of the CBDT M H Kherawala is expected to join the Settlement Commission in Mumbai on December 1.

TamilNadu Vice Chancellor is new Member of UPSC
E Bala Gurusamy has been appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).He is Vice-Chancellor of the Anna University in TamilNadu.

Singhal to be Member of CBEC
S K Singhal will be new Member of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).Formal orders are to be issued in a day or two.

326%Increase in JS level Posts in ISS
It has never happened in the history of Civil Services in India -- not even in Income Tax and Custom Services which generate revenue for the Government. JS level posts in ISS have been increased from 19 to 81 in one go. Recent Order of CCA dt.2.11.2006 has again started the debate about functional justification for upgrading posts in Regional Offices to JS level, which till a few years back were manned by Asst. Directors.

After Sonia, VP & Speaker also refuse to attend Mela
After the AICC president Ms. Sonia Gandhi, Vice President & Speaker of the Loksabha have also refused to attend the Rs Five crore Mela of the Women and the Child Welfare department being organized at the instance of the Minister Ms. Renuka Choudhry.

Rajasthan govt callous towards tribal welfare
That Rajasthan government is callous towards welfare of tribals becomes evident from the fact that the government has not been able to provide roads despite availability of Rs 68 crore. Of this Rs 18 crore meant for asphaltation and construction of new roads also remains unutilized.

Small States steal the show
In the India Pavilion of World Travel Mart in London inaugurated by Union Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni, the biggest area is hired by Goa and Uttaranchal. Apart from Tourism Secretaries of the two states, the Tourism Minister of Uttaranchal and CM and Deputy CM of Goa are active in the Mart.

Pensions to fetch assured returns
Finance ministry is drawing up a plan to give govt employees an option of guaranteed minimum returns on their pension contributions. The govt has indicated that a subscriber will have the freedom to invest his money totally in govt bonds. Employees opting for the new pension scheme will have to shell out more thean 10% of their monthly salary towards pension benefits.

IPS changes in TamilNadu
P Vijyanand will be new IG in place of Chandrasekharan.K padamkumar has been made Police Commissioner Thiruvanthantpuram. Manoj Abraham has been moved to the Crime Branch.

IPS changes in Manipur
There is IPS reshuffle in Manipur.L K Haokip will be DIG Armed Police.Karnajit Singh has been made DIG Range one.Sushil Kumar Singh has been posted as DIG 11.

Conviction of Sanju Baba on the anvil.?
Sanju Baba of the "Lage Raho Munna Bhai" fame is likely to be convicted.As the grapevine has it the judgement in 13 year old case involving Sunjay Dutt is expected within a few days.

Tenure of Jha expires
Deputation tenure of Anand Jha Director in the Department of Revenue has expired on Saturday. He is 1990 batch IRS (IT) officer.

IAS changes in Bihar
Girish Shankar will be Cabinet Secretary.A K Chouhan has been posted as Secretary Labour.Pancham Lal has been shifted to Board of Revenue.C Ashok Vardhan has been made Director Land Reforms.Rajesh Gupta will be new Secretary Energy.Arun Bhushan Prasad has been given additional charge of Commissioner Munger Division.

Tenure of P K Singh expires
Central deputation tenure of P K Singh Deputy Secretary Steel has expired yesterday. He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

FORUM

Empanelment process is biased

The process of emapanelment is completely irrational and biased. Its just a farce created to perpetuate one service domination. Its unimaginable that a graduate of Arts heads a technichal dept lets say telecommunications dept and his batch mates from IES perhaps topper of IIT in his times reporting to him. 'It happens only in India'.

M Bansal

Empanelment process should be transparent

I agree with Sh.Aloke Nath & sh Palani. The empanelment process for the post of Joint Secretary & above should be made broadbased,fair,transparent
and inclusive .There should not be any discrimination on the basis of arbitrarily fixed criterion(eg., years of service put in by IAS & other service officers).It is high time that the empanelment of officers is done by neutral body of experts or through UPSC.The problem with the present system is that the BOWLER,BATSMAN & the UMPIRE in the empanelment process are from a particular service and it is but natural that it would result in exclusivity.On a broader term there is serious problem of Human resources management in the Government and which has resulted with persons having meagre knowledge of the subject of their department being made Heads/Secretaries.This finally has a cascading affect on the overall efficiency of the department.The issue is not generalist versus Specialist but knowledge about the department one is heading.I think Surendra Nath Committee report has highlighted this issue but in an indirect way....I wonder why it has not yet been implemented .When I compare the Organisations(Boards/PSUS) headed by Professionals(like Sreedhran of Railways etc) & those headed by Generalists IAS (state electricity etc) the difference is striking in terms of efficiency,target achievement etc.(Though IAS has to bear lot of political interference....but isn't it its own creation.)
This is not a diatribe against any particular service but basically to highlight the joke/farce of the empanelment process and selection of officers for the post above Joint secretaries in the Government.The sooner it is changed the better for the Country.But who will change/improve the system as the BATSMAN,BOWLER & the UMPIRE are one and the same?
Ans: MAKE THE SYSTEM FAIR & INCLUSIVE (without any affirmative action for any service) AND SELECTION BE MADE BY INDEPENDENT BODY OF EXPERTS or UPSC.

A C Joshi

Glaring anomalies in CBDT and CBEC

The CBEC/CBDT have a elaborate policy on postings but none for revenue collection. The transfer policy has the following glaring anomalies:

1. Junior officers are posted in metros whereas senior officers are in muffosil towns, whereas in other services the senior officers stay in Delhi or State Capitals so that all can benefit from their experience & wisdom. In the IRS, the officers of 25 years & above service are sent to village-like towns where there is no economic activity so that the small revenue in these places is optimized.
2. The policy has been applied retrospectively so that the senior officers have had to plan their career in a blind manner.
The CBEC/CBDT have a elaborate policy on postings but none for revenue collection. The transfer policy has the following glaring anomalies:

R Wadhwa

Secretary of Other service can also do well

Generally, the posts of Secretary to the Government are not encadred in any Service, let alone the IAS. If the Government felt that the IAS alone had a claim on these posts, it would have encadred them in the IAS. Leave Manmohan and Montek Singh aside, Shahi is power Secretary today and is a technocrat.Krishnamurthy was Secretary Company Affairs and belonged to the IRS (later Chief Election Commissioner). One presumes Krishnamurthy was fit to be CEC (in the eyes of the IAS)! Jung of the IAAS was Secretary Civil Aviation and did a wonderful job. These are recent examples, in the past there have been similar examples as well.To try and perpetuate a modern day caste system under the pretext of knowing the people of India is ballyhoo, anyway, knowing the popular pulse is the preserve of the political executive.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Welcome to One for One. My guest today is Laloo Prasad Yadav. ( IMAGINARY)

Me: Welcome Laloo ji….. let me start by asking you the question that is on everybody's mind….. if you are such a successful Railway Minister how come as Bihar's CM and de facto CM you were such a flop???
Laloo: Arre jyaada smart matt banno….. I was a very successful CM…….just the other day I went to meet Shahabuddin in hospital and he told me that people in Bihar say that Laloo's rule was the golden era of Bihar!!
Me: Wah Laloo ji………. of course Shahabuddin would say that your tenure was the golden era……the likes of him and his kind of 'business' flourished during your regime!!! And by the way if you want Shahabuddin can even get you affidavits from lakhs of Biharis saying that your tenure was the golden era….. but as you must have realized if these people are asked to vote the result will be different!!! Next question…….why did you loose Bihar???
Laloo: Arre bhai yeh siyaasat hai baboowa……. this is my long term strategy….. I lost Bihar so that I could get the sympathy of the people. You know I always work with an eye on the future!!
Me: As I see it people booted you out because they had enough of you and your clan and wanted a change!
Laloo: Arre Bhai today all love me because of my smart move…… and there was a personal reason too!! Rabdi was in Bihar and I in Delhi…… Rabdi was gaining confidence and on a couple of occasions had questioned me…. I simply could not let her grow wings…….. one day we got into an argument and we were not on talking terms……. before going to bed I left a note for her 'Imartee ki Amma, humko kal bhor paanch baje utha dijiyega.' She did not wake me up and when I got up I found a note on my bedside 'Barfi ke Bapu, paanch bajj gaye hai, aapka uthne ka samay ho gaya hai!' Its then that I decided that I had to remove her from CM's post and make her an housewife again…… and as I did not want to return as CM and I had no one to replace Rabdi so I decided to let go of Bihar!!!
Me: Tell me why did you and Rabdi create such a hullabaloo about the house allotted to Rabdi???
Laloo: As per rules and regulations Rabdi has to be provided with a suitable house……and its Rabdi who has to decide what is suitable!!!
Me: But your case is an extraordinary case…… how can the Sarkar give you a house that is suitable for a circus….. after all the Sarkar follows a hum doh hamaare doh policy???
Laloo: Let me clarify here…… the size of my family is because of the frequent power cuts in Bihar…. so Sarkaar is responsible for the size of my family!!!!! And by profession I'm a gawaala so cows are an integral part of my household!!! Next question!
Me: Gawaala alleged to be involved in the chaara ghotala….. isn't it odd…. chalo next question…… both your daughters have had royal weddings!!! Can you explain how you've funded these weddings???
Laloo: I think you are angry with me because I did not invite you for the weddings……. both weddings were funded by my party workers!!
Me: You are the male Mayawathi when it comes to getting donations and throwing bashes…… next question....you have this image of being a buffoon!!!
Laloo: Arre bhai ……. some pity me and some like me because of my buffoonery….. only a stunt to get people's attention!!! I'm actually very intelligent.
Me: I think your buffoon's image was the reason why the IIC refused to give you membership??? And there is joke on your intelligence………. once you, Sonia Gandhi, a saint and a schoolboy were traveling by a private plane. Suddenly the engine caught fire and the pilot came out shouting, "This plane is going to crash! And we have only four parachutes and there are five of us in the plane. Since I am a very important Indian Airlines pilot I am taking one parachute and getting out of here." Saying this he rushed to the luggage area grabbed one parachute and jumped off the plane. Sonia Gandhi said, "Since I am the future Prime Minister of India I am very important and have to live!" She also grabbed a parachute and jumped. You said, "I am the king-maker of this country, the most honest politician of India and above all the most intelligent person living in this country, and the most intelligent person must live!" Saying so you went to the luggage area, grabbed a parachute and jumped off the plane. The old saint said to the school boy, "There is only one parachute left, and there are two of us. I am an old man and don't need to live any more. You take the last parachute and jump." The school boy said, "Don't worry! There are still two parachutes left with us! The most intelligent person, Laloo Yadav, jumped off the plane with my school bag!"
Laloo: Arre you are all snooty fellows…I damn care for you fellows…. the IIC Members were scared that if I was allowed to enter I would take over the IIC !!!!
Me: What about your ambition to become India's PM????
Laloo: Ek dinn PM banoogaa!!
Me: After you made this statement many Indians have been having nightmares….. you must have heard this joke about Laloo the PM……you became PM and went to Pakistan for a one-on-one with Nawaz Sharif. Both of you decided to meet without aides and were closeted for about 5 minutes. You then emerged from the room. Reporters clamored for a statement. "Nawazbhai will make the announcement" is all that you said. Nawaz Sharif came out and dropped a bombshell , " Pakistan has decided to give up all claims on Kashmir, with no strings attached." The world was stunned. You had achieved in 5 minutes what others had failed to in 50 years! How did you do it, what did you promise, the press clamored for your answer??? "Sab akal ka kamaal hai," you said. "Woh kehte hain na, TV logehe toh fridge millegaa, video khareedein toh cellphone free.... toh humm bhi Nawazbhai ko keh diye...... aapko Kashmir chaahiye na? Le jaayie. Magar saath mein Bihar free millega, bass!"
Laloo: Arre all this is elitist logon ki mischief……. they also made this joke that a delegation from Singapore came to Bihar and after surveying Bihar they came to me and told me that if I gave them Bihar for six months they'd make Bihar into Singapore and I told them that if they gave me Singapore for one month I'll make it into Bihar!!! Now Nitish is saying he'll make Patna into Paris….. hoo hoo hoo ( Laloo's trademark laugh)!!!!
Me: What is your feeling will the Nitish Modi partnership last!!
Laloo: Arre they are already fighting!!!
Me: Democracy hai…… what happened when you were CM and see what you did to Bihar????
Laloo: Not fair…… we've already spoken on this issue ….. you cannot repeat anything in an interview!!!
Me: They say behind the scenes you are working for a Third Front!!!
Laloo: If I were I'd say it openly….. you know I never lie!!
Me: On this too there is a joke….you dreamt that you'd gone to heaven. As you stood in front of Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates, you saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. You asked, "What are all those clocks?" St. Peter answered, "Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie, the hands on your clock will move." "Oh," you said, "Who's clock is that?" ..... St. Peter answered, "That's Mother Teresa's. The hands have never moved indicating that she never told a lie." You asked "Whose clock is that?"....... St. Peter answered, "That's Abraham Lincoln's clock. The hands have only moved twice, telling us that Abraham only told 2 lies in his entire life." You asked, "Where's my clock?" "Your clock is in my office", replied St. Peter. "Guess why? I'm using it as a ceiling fan", St. Peter added.
Laloo: Enough …. let me end with a joke…. Bill Clinton decided to 'teach' me English, so he invited me over to the US. I reached there in full grandeur. Bill announced to the nation that he should not be disturbed during the tuition. Inside the White House, we both were locked up in a room, and Bill started teaching me English. Days passed by and weeks passed by, but we remained closeted in the room. The whole country and its economy came to a standstill, and press, news reporters from all over the world waited outside eagerly to find the outcome. At last one day, the door opened, and I came out - beaming with resplendent white smile, looking cool and unruffled. However, Bill looked totally dazed, his clothes are torn, his hair is completely ruffled, and he had scratch marks all over his face. The shocked reporters asked Bill, "What happened Mr. Clinton?" Bill replied : "Ee babua hamar kuch bhi naahi sunat hai !"
Me: Good one…… now let me end this One for Fun with a joke about you and Clinton….. Clinton invited you and Rabdi to their home of dinner. During the meal you excused yourself to go to pee. After dinner you and Rabdi reached your hotel suite and you told Rabdi that the Clintons had a golden urinal. Not believing you Rabdi called up and asked Hillary about the golden urinal. Hillary cupped the phone and shouted out, " 'Bill I know who peed in your saxophone'!!! Bye Laloo Ji !!

Bharat Kumar

PSU,s executives to get revised salaries
The committee set up by the Government to revise salaries and other perks of executives of public sector undertakings is expected to announce recommendations this week.

HEC Director interview today
Interview for the post of Director (Marketing) Heavy Engineering Corporation are taking place on Monday.

Bagra to be join NALCO ?
Director (Finance) in RITES B L Bagra is likely to join the NALCO.

Rajiv Bakshi to be Asia Head of Pepsi
Rajiv Bakshi Indian Operations head of the PepsiCo is all set to move to Hong Kong to take over as Asia Head.

Majumdar is Dy Chairman of Kolkata Port Trust
A. Majumdar has been appointed deputy chairman of Kolkata Port Trust.