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H G Obhrai

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Prosposal to link Cabinet secretary's tenure with PM !
Grapevine has it that a proposal to link the tenure of Cabinet Secretary with the PM is underway. If this happens, Cabinet Secretary too would get a fixed tenure of five years. It is, however, not clear what would happen in case a PM does not continue for complete five years in this era of coalition governments.

Justice Shah to be Judge of Supreme Court !
Grapevine has it that Chief Justice of Madras High Court Justice A P Shah is being appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

Justice Sirpurkar to be Judge of Supreme Court !
There is a buzz that Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court Justice V S Sirpurkar is being appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India.

K T D Singh to be DG Tripura
K T D Singh is being tipped to be the new DGP of Tripura. He is 1974 batch IPS officer.

Mitra is new Director of NICFS
D M Mitra will be new Director of National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science (NICFS).1983 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer, Mitra, will succeed 1973 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IPS officer Sharda Prasad who is back to the parent state.

Mumbai Police Commissioner post may be upgraded
For the first time in the history of Maharashtra, the post of Mumbai Police Commissioner may be upgraded to the rank of DG. It is expected because present Commissioner A N Roy is not getting any posting in the Government of India. Earlier Roy was being tipped to be DG of the Bureau of Civil Aviations.

Singh wit Shinde in Berlin, Shahi left
Power Grid Corporation CMD RP Singh went with the Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde during his recent visit to Berlin but the Power Secretary RV Shahi remained in India. What does this indicates?

Will Jyoti Kalash be PS to Renuka ?
Grapevine has it that Jyoti Kalsh is being appointed PS to Union Child and Women Welfare Minister Ms Renuka Chaudhry. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Nagaland cadre.

Dr Subramaniam to go to New York
1991 batch IRS (CE&C) officer Dr M Subramaniam is being given foreign posting in New York.

Meena empanelled
Prem Chand Meena has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India during the last review. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

1987 batch IRS to be Commissioners
1988 batch IRS (C & CE ) officers are being promoted to the rank of Commissioner in a month or two.

Pilots salaries double in 6 months
Indian pilots no longer need to fly international carriers to earn fabulous salaries. Thanks to the mushrooming of budget carriers, salaries of pilots in the country are going through the roof. The average salary of an Indian pilot has hit Rs 3.5 lakh (including allowances) a month compared with Rs 1 lakh in 2004.

Neera Malhotra to return
Deputy Director General Shipping, Neera Malhotra, is returning to the parent organization IRS.

Behra is now CVO
U N Behera is now CVO in the Government of India. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Meena transferred to NW Railway
Ami Lal Meena, SAG/South Eastern Railway, presently working as FA&CAO(HQ) has been transferred to North Western Railway and posted in the cadre vice Bharat Salhotra, SAG deputed to CRIS.

RRB Ajmer Chairman shifted
RL Gupta, SAG/IRSME, Chairman Railway Recruitment Board, Ajmer, has been transferred to East Coast Railway .

FORUM

Empanelment process is rubbish
The problem of empannelment of IAS Officers is rubbish. I know with 3 outstandings cr has become Secretary to Govt Of India.
Further they decide on the vacancies ant then lay down criteria for empannelment--this hold true for JS,AS And secretaries of Govt of India
CR's of IAS officers are not complete for no fault of theirs and this criteria of lack of CR'S of IAS officer's should be considered.
There are pressures and pulls exerecised by "sharp" IAS officers to be empanelled-this is done freelr-depriving honest and,upright and straight IAS officers from empannelment
Lastly CRs is a subjective concept
There should be viva voce , just like IAS entrance interview, before empanellment, by an impartial team of academicians and they should look into bio data and interview the prospective candidates for empanelment

Rajesh Vaish

Superficial observation in your website
I never expected such superficial observation in your web site. Sir, even today the condition in ISS remains worse than other services. The last person who has been promoted to JS rank has completed more than 25 years of regular qualifying service. By this service age in other services officers become Addl. Secretary. Moreover, the officers waiting for promotion to the post of Jt. Secretary have to complete 28 to 30 years before getting the promotion. I hope you will put up facts with due respect and with proper prospective.

A.K. Verma

CBDT has not come out with modification
By the IRS transfer policy, second deputations by IRS officers ( both Customs and Central Excise)and Income Tax were banned. This was against the policy of the DOP &T. This also placed the officers of the two services at a disadvantage vis-a-vis any other officer of the All India Service or Central Services. After a great deal of persuasion, at the level of the Finance Minister the policy of Customs was changed. The FM, an honest man, mandated that CBDT should also come forth with such a policy. It is more than 2 months since this order of the FM was recorded but CBDT is yet to come out with any modicfication in its deputation policy.

Is the CBDT so powerful that they can afford to defy the FM? Alternatively why no action is being taken against the concerned members of the CBDT?

Sanath

The less said is better

This is typical of the way the well off in this country salve their conscience for the gross social and economic iniquities that they perpetuate.
The creek is usually a fetid source of pollution both chemical and biological, but may be the only source of water available.
The fields stretching to the horizon does not belong to the 'poor family' under discussion, they may not be even allowed to walk through it, but may have to labour on it for a pittance paid by the owner.
The less said about comparing patio lights to the stars the better. Let's not intrude into the feelings of a farm labour who cannot afford even a kerosene lantern so that his children can study.
Any aggrieved rich landowner can walk into a poor man's hovel and rape his daughter in front of his eyes, nobody will testify in front of the police leave alone hold candle lit vigils for her, so much for the absence of walls and the security of friends.
But such myths let us sleep peacefully at night.

A N Chatterji

LOVE YOUR PARENTS

At age 8, your dad buys you an ice cream. You thanked him by
dripping it all over his lap.

When you were 9 years old, he paid for piano lessons. You
thanked him by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old he drove you all day, from soccer to
football to one birthday party after another. You thanked
him by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, he took you and your friends to
the movies. You thanked him by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old, he warned you not to watch
certain TV shows. You thanked him by waiting until he left the house.

When you were 13, he suggested a haircut that was becoming.
You thanked him by telling him he had no taste.

When you were 14, he paid for a month away at summer camp.
You thanked him by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15, he came home from work, looking for a hug.
You thanked him by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16, he taught you how to drive his car. You
thanked him by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17, he was expecting an important call. You
thanked him by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, he cried at your high school graduation.
You thanked him by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19, he paid for your college tuition, drove
you to campus carried your bags. You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 25, he helped to pay for your wedding, and he
cried and told you how deep he loved you. You thanked him by
moving halfway across the country.

When you were 50, he fell ill and needed you to take care of
Him. U thanked him by reading about the burden parents become
to their children.

And then, one day, he quietly died. And everything
you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART.

Contributed By : Virag Gupta Mumbai

NTC CMD gets another three year term
National Textile Corporation CMD, K Ram Chandra Pillai, has been granted another three years extension .

SAIL Director (Finance) interview today
Interview for the post of Director (Finance) Steel Authority of India (SAIL) will take place today. Altogether 15 candidates are in the fray.

SBI mulls over dipping market share
The State Bank of India, whose net during the last quarter had declined, has now belatedly started an exercise to arrest downslide of its market share. How far the bank will succeed in its endeavour cannot be answered by anybody else other than its Chairman O P Bhat.

Profit in GAIL declines
An alarm has been raised in the Oil sector, particularly India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, as one of the prestigious public sector undertakings (PSUs),Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) has registered a decline in its net profit during the last quarter. Profit of the GAIL dipped by 42 per cent.

SAIL profit goes up
The Steel Authority of India(SAIL)being headed by S.K.Roongta as the Chairman has registered an increase in its profit by 28 per cent in the 2nd quarter as against the corresponding period during the last financial year.The steel major has recorded net profit of RS.1443 crore for the months of July to September '06.

NTPC Chairman gets recognition
In recognition of his services to the nation, the Rotary Club of Madras West has honoured T Sankaralingam, chairman and managing director, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).

Mathur is GM of SBT
Mathur K. Nanjunda has taken over as General Manager (Technology) of the State Bank of Travancore .

Pillai promoted as GM in SBI
P.C. Pillai has been promoted to the rank of General Manager State Bank of India (SBI).