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1977 batch to be empanelled in Nov !

1977 batch IAS may be empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India in November.

Tyagi to be Secretary Petroleum Authority
Ajay Tyagi is being tipped to be Secretary of the Petroleum Regulatory Authority. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

No Secretary want to work with Ramdoss !
A couple of IAS officers are reported to have refused to accept the post of Health secretary in the Government of India as they, like the majority, don't 'want to work with the Minister Ramdoss. The post is to be filled by this month end.

Who will be AS and FA in MHA ?
There is a lobbying for the post of Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Home Affairs. A couple of 1976 batch IAS officers are currently eyeing for the post. The post has been vacated by N A Vishwanathan recently.

Pal appointed High Commissioner to Pakistan
India's envoy to South Africa Satyabrata has been appointed the next High Commissioner to Pakistan. He is 1972 batch IFS officer.

( We said this on September 16 )

Dr Sen to be Secretary of Statistics
Chief Statistician of India Dr Pranab Sen has also been appointed Secretary Statistics and Programme Implementation in the Government of India. It means the post has gone from the IAS.

Promotions in IES
Some long awaited promotions have taken place in Indian Economic Service.

Ravi is new Secretary (East)
N Ravi has joined as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs after his return from Vietnam. He is 1973 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on September 18 )

Juthika Patankar to join GoI
Juthika Patankar is joining the Government of India as Director in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. She is 1988 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Namboodripad to be Dy Secretary HRD
K Satish Namboodripad is joining the Ministry of HRD as Deputy Secretary Higher Education. He is 1994 batch Indian Information Service Officer.

Srinivasan to move to Chennai
Ombudsman (Income-Tax) in Delhi P G Srinivasan is being moved to Chennai.

Who will be the next DG(Forest)?
Suspense looms large over the appointment of the next DG(Forest). The present one J C Kala is to retire on October 31.

Railways to set up committee for Public Private Partnership
The Ministry of Railways proposes to set up a High Level Committee comprising of existing and retired Railway Board members and eminent personalities from the fields of Commerce and Industry to chalk out the modalities for effective and quick implementation of Public Private Partnership in specific identified areas.

Varun Gandhi denied Ticket
Finally Varun Gandhi has been denied Lok Sabha Ticket from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh.
( We said this on August 15 )

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Will the post go the IRS ?

Please refer to the news item on your site stating that "the grapevine has it that JS (Admn,) in CBDT Pradip Sen is being repatriated.."

My comments on this news item:

Is it that Pradip Sen is being repatriated or is it that he has sought repatriation? Either way, the question is why?

As one who is aware of what has been going on this front for some time, before addressing the question it needs to be clarified that Pradip Sen is not JS (A) in the CBDT but an IAS officer on deputation with the GOI under the Central Staffing Scheme and is posted as JS in the in the Department of Revenue in the Ministry. He is not posted in the CBDT.

The position is that IRS officers posted on technical posts in the CBDT are on deputation to the CBDT after having conveyed their willingness to the deputation. This deputation is not under the Central Staffing Scheme. But, strangely, JS(A) is one post which is in the Ministry but is being operated as if it is in the CBDT.

This, and other related systemic issues emerging from existing work arrangements, were raised by Pradip Sen suggesting that if the post is to be operated as one in the CBDT an IRS officer should be called in to man the post (something that the IRS officers have been wanting for quite some time) or he should be sent back to the DOP&T for another posting.

If the grapevine is true, then it seems the Ministry has decided to accept the latter suggestion. It needs to be seen whether the basic issues raised will be addressed. While our own IRS officers may take this as victory it needs to be seen whether the Ministry will hand over the post to the IRS. Or another IAS officer will get posted in the Ministry but made to work in the CBDT.

Pervinder

Put the copy of notification

All regular readers including me were expecting a copy of the notification of setting up of the 6th Pay Commission on this popular website. Kindly host the terms and reference of the commission for your readers.

P K Sharma

Ifs and Buts in CBDT
Mr Sarathi is referring to one hard nut in the CBDT but other tools are allowing/tolerating such trend helplessly. Time is changing fast but the colonial touch of arrogance in the superior-subordinate relationship remains. Justice delayed is certainly JUSTICE denied.

A K Kumar

IA & AS is managed professionally

IAAS is managed by the independent authority viz CAG. No undue interference could affect the personnel affairs of officers normally. Therefore, the service could be managed professionally not only to promote officers in time and to keep them fit with adequate competency in tackling the core activities of IAAD. IRS is a big service and more UPSC candidates would prefer IRS thinking that it is powerful (for whatever reason) than IAAS. I agree that it needs to be managed well.

Raj

High-Profile elections in Delhi Clubs

The annual elections for the high profile and prestigiuous Delhi Gymkhana Club and Delhi Golf Club got over a few days ago. A S Dulat ( ex chief RAW) was re-elected the President of Delhi Gymkhana Club which boasts of members like the Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi and senior bureaucrats and corporate world. For the managing committee Ashwajit Singh ( Managing Director, Infrastructure Professionals Enterprise) scored the record highest votes. Others elected to the committee include Dharmender Singh, IAS( ex Secretary Home , GoI), J.C.Kumar ( ex Secretary External Affairs), Praveen Goyal, IFS retd, Lt.General Kochar. At the Delhi Golf Club, Ajay Dua,IAS ( Secretary) was elected President.

Usha Rana

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Amrinder is going to commence his Road Show,
In actuality will be nothing but a Load Show!!!

Tyres of his vehicle will be perpetually look as if ' hawaa is kumm'.... overloaded!!! Amrinder abhorred meeting the common man or the Aam Aadmi but now on account of election compulsions he's having to do what he abhorred….. in 32 days he will meet Punjab's Aam Aadmi….. majboori ka doosra naam Amrinder Singh!!! Via the Load Show Amrinder is going to attempt to befool Punjabis…… hasn't he heard of the adage ….. you can fool some people some time, you can also fool some people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time…… his fooling days are over!!!!

Has Congress decided to go its own way in Maharashtra????
Pawar has been thumbing his nose at Congress all over the Rashtra (Country)!!!

Pawar's tried to forge NCP as a National Party….. at present he's not made any headway but he's shown Congress his true intentions!!! So Congress is going on its own in the Maharashtra Local Bodies Elections!!! Anyway Pawar's NCP is now National Cricketing Party as Pawar is too engrossed in BCCI!!! BCCI is Pawar's dal roti and his dal roti has made our dal roti more and more expensive!!

The under 14 Law is going to make lakhs of kids homeless,
Kids ko karre ga yeh law curse and not bless!!!

India's population makes child labor a necessity!! Rather than making things easy for the kids this law literally makes life even more difficult for them!!! Ground realities have been ignored!!!! Actually they should have ensured that kids got a decent deal!!! What do you expect a Parents who have 5-6 kids do????? If not an education many kids got on the job training and were very soon eking a decent living for themselves!!! The begging Industry is going to be the biggest beneficiary!!! With this law the kids are going to be at the receiving end!!! Get real if you want to help kids!!!

Hooda wants to ' go around the World in five years'!!!
And along with him on the trips go his 'dears'!!!

Hooda wants to globetrot ….. literally!!! His Man Friday Tayal spends hours and hours first identifying Countries Hooda has to go to!! Then he has to cook up reasons!!! Then Associations such as the Dutch Haryana Association are contacted!!! Then he lists the 'dears' who have to be included in the trip!! Then the Tour Report is made and forwarded for approvals!! In fact Hooda is encouraging a few of his Chamchas to open Haryana/Hooda Friendship Associations in various Countries!!! Hooda is not Haryana..... and Haryana is not Hooda!!!!

REL Haryana SEZ will affect the Sultanpur Bird Park,
This eventuality is abs stark!!!

SEZ is like a juggernaut …… no questions can be asked!!! Now it comes to light that a Bird Park in Haryana will fall prey to Reliance's SEZ…….but for Hooda REL in hand is worth all the birds in the Park!!! In China too farmers are up in arms at land being acquired form them and then sold at 30 times the profit!!! REL's SEZs are taking out thousands of acres from the ambit of agriculture and very soon India will be importing its Food grain requirements….. REL has forayed into the import, wholesale and retail of Food grains too…. so very soon REL will be controlling India's Food grain market!!! Forward integration!!! REL….. Reliance in Everything Ltd..... except politics..... one bro has already burnt his hands and set an example for the other!!!

Wouldn't Mulayam or Amar make better Gabbar Singhs????
Big B should train them for Reel roles and take them under his wings????

Imagine Gabbar in a designer Kurta Payjama….. or Gabbar in a Dhoti Kurta!!!! Imagine Gabbar mouthing shairo shayree……. or just mumbling Hindi in a UP dialect!!! Both Amar and Mulayam have Gabbar potential…. after all for the reel role they have real experience!!! And then don't forget like Gabbar both are fond of making Basanthi dance!!!! My guess is as good as yours as to who is Basanthi????

Bharat Kumar

Tenure of Majumdar to expire today

Deputation tenure of Jute Commissioner of India S K Majumdar is coming to an end on Tuesday. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Talwar is head of Airtel in Mumbai
Manu Talwar is the new Chief Executive of the Airtel in Mumbai.

Kothari elected Chairman
Sanjay Kothari has been elected Chairman of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council. Vasant Mehta will be Vice-Chairman.

Bandhopadhyay is GM CCL
A K Bandhopadhyay has taken over as General Manager (Civil) of the CCL.

Airbus Chief resigns

Airbus Chief Executive Christian Streiff has resigned . Louis Gallois has succeeded him.
Debate
The issue could have been framed slightly differently, as "Is there any harm in allowing Civil Servants to go on deputation to Private Sector for period not exceeding 5 years?"

In many countries, particularly in the Developed World, officers move from Government to Universities to Private Sector on secondment and it is considered as a healthy practice, as the officers gain valuable
experience of working in different environments.The Government does not look suspiciously either at the officers concerned or the Private Sector. In India also, we need to encourage this kind of cross-fertilization of experiences.There can be some norms established with a view to ensuring that the system is not abused.

In the context of IAS, the norms for Empanelment have been made so restrictive (on a progressively oppressive scale for progressions from JS to AS and to Secretary) that empanelment is now more a matter of luck than merit. The batches from 1972 onwards till about 1988 are fairly large and the retirement age having been increased to 60 years, a large number of senior officers have to remain with the State Government till uperannuation.There is congestion \ stagnation in the States as well. There are many States where 1972 batch officers have still not been promoted as Additional Chief Secretary, whereas in some States even 1974 batch has been promoted. If some senior officers go out to Private Sector for periods ranging from 3 to 5 years, the
stagnation will be reduced to some extent.

P.D.Karandikar

(1973 RR-Maharashtra)