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1974 batch empanelment in December
The empanelment of 1974 batch IAS to the rank of Secretary in the GoI is almost certain in December. Wait and watch.

1973 batch IAS in despair
IAS belonging to 1973 batch are in a quandary as they have been sandwiched between their counterparts of 1972 batch and 1974 batch. While 1972 batch officers have been made secretary, 1974 batch are also being made soon. However, one doesn't knows the fate of 1973 batch officials.

Move to bifurcate Health and family Welfare departments
A serious move to bifurcate Health and Family Welfare departments is said to be underway. If it happens, both the departments are going to have secretaries separately.

Did a CPO Chief try to commit suicide ?
Did a Central Police Organisation (CPO) Chief recently try to commit suicide ? Rumour mill says so.

Pande is Director Expenditure
Manoj Pande will be the new Director in the Department of Expenditure in the Government of India. He is 1992 batch IRS officer.

Yogendra Narain gets extension
Secretary General of Rajya Sabha Yogendra Narain has been granted one year extension .He is retired 1965 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Jafar Mehmood gets extension
S Jafar Mehmood, OSD in the High Level Committee to prepare report on Muslims, has been granted extension till December 31.He is 1977 batch IRS officer.

Subodh Kumar to be Secretary Finance in Maharashtra !
Subodh Kumar is likely to be appointed Secretary Finance in Maharashtra. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.

Hardayal Singh to be Ombudsman
Hardayal Singh, CCIT-2 in Delhi, is being tipped to be Ombudsman Income-Tax in Mumbai. He is 1970 batch IRS officer.

NDC list to be cleared
Admission list of the National Defence College (NDC) is expected to be released this week.

IPS reshuffle in Orissa
There is IPS reshuffle in Orissa.New postings are :-Mssrs Pradeep Kapoor IG State Armed Police, Sushil Pradhan IG Administration,Gopabandhu Mallick IG Railways, Sukumar Panigrahi DIG Home Guards,Santosh Upadhyay DIG Central Range,A K Rai DIG Southern Range and R N Padhi IG Technical Department.

Bhawani Singh Meena is new DGFT
Bhawani Singh Meena will be new Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).1975 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, Meena, will succeed K T Chacko who is superannuating on October 31.

Arya is Additional Secretary Commerce
O P Arya has been appointed Additional Secretary Commerce. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.

Post of Special Secretary Downgraded
Post of Special Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation has been down-graded.
( We said this last week)

Karnail Singh is Additional Secretary Agriculture
Karnail Singh has been appointed Additional Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Seth is Additional Secretary Coal
S P Seth has been appointed Additional Secretary Coal in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Upadhyay promoted as Additional Secretary
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence A K Upadhyay has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary. 1975 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Upadhyay has been moved in place of Ms Sushma Nath as Additional Secretary Agricultural Research and Education in the Ministry of Agriculture.

Sikri promoted in MHA
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs D K Sikri has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the same Ministry. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Neelam Nath promoted as Additional Secretary
Neelam Nath has been promoted to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India. 1975 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS officer, Ms Nath, has been posted as Secretary Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises.

Vinay Kumar to join GoI
Vinay Kumar is joining the Government of India as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.

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North-South divide in CBEC

IRS officers transfer policy in customs is unduly favoured to north Indians and is against South Indians. North India is divided into three zones north , west and east whereas entire south India is kept as one zone though many states with different language and culture and food habits is prevalent, thereby making their life miserable as they can stay in south only for fourteen years. There are no deputations posts in south except through state government if they are magnanimous to take such officer. Whereas north Indian officers can settle down in Delhi secretariat itself on deputation. Please change the rule . Bunch two chief commissionerates of South India as one zone.Unfortunate that both the Honourable ministers are from south but their fairness in administration kept the south Indian officers as silent sufferers.

Saravanan

Suggestion for Sixth Pay Commission
This is with reference to the setting up of VI pay commission. This commission will look into the pay & allwances as well as the service conditions of the Central Govt employees. Regarding this views are being asked by the DOPT from various central govt deptt, for which I am also putting some suggestions. My appeal to all the officers of the central civil services is that they may think and put up some valid and rational suggestions for the improvement of the working conditions of the civil servants. Nowadays the pay & allowances in the pvt sector is soaring high but the govt is offering us peanuts.
The pay scales needs to be taken after considering the status of remuneration in the pvt sectors. The officers after qualifying the civil services exams are no less capable than the people working at the pvt sector. The exposure of the govt. employee with respect to the administration/managerial/finance and other aspects are far richer/no less than a person in the pvt sector. The difference in the pay structure of a pvt sector employee and a govt sector employee is huge and with no justification. After the liberalization and globalization the pvt sector is enjoying the boom of the economy but the govt sector employee don't get any benefit out of the economy boom. The ratio of the pay of pvt sector to govt sector is getting high day by day. The hike in the pay of pvt sector is continuous and is dependent on the state of economy but the hike in the pay of the govt sector is only once in a decade on the basis of the recommendation of the pay commission. It is also irrational to say that the people in the pvt sector work harder than in the govt sector, as the challenges in the govt sector are no less and sometimes much more than the pvt sector.
The financial burden coming out of the pay commission recommendation may be planned out by widening the tax base and by having different tax structure for different class of worker, so that who earns more can flush out more. Also there should be some kind of mechanism by which the amount of income of the earners can be assessed.
If we compare the service conditions of the officers of central govt with the state govt, they are having better benefits than the central govt counterparts, though the working conditions may be a matter of debate. Whenever a state govt office is established, the provision of residence and vehicle for the officer is ensured, but in the central govt setup, nothing of such type is ensured. Though it is known to all that the officers in central services come through civil services exam, which is quite competitive. If we take the example with the judiciary, they are also magnanimous towards their officers as the recent recommendations of the shetty commission have provided them with a sack of perks and privileges. The salt on the wound is that various deptt in the central govt are so disorganized and behave like pvt sector, i.e nothing is established and they work on personalized basis. My appeal to all civil services officers is that we must pursue with the govt. to ensure handsome privileges in the coming VI pay commission.

M H Khan

Only God can save this country

It is heartening to see the press note wherein the Finance Minister of India has stated that CBEC should get involved in policy matters of taxation. We also see how CMD of SBI openly admitted how FM is differing with Governor , RBI on interests etc., Finally it is the power of the FM to lead this country. Had the tax policy not been delinked from CBEC , the commerce minister could not have gifted billions of tax sops to SEZ industry despite warning from RBI and world bank. Most of the SEZ operators are known evaders of taxes if their antecedents are seen for the last ten years. Due to transfer policy the morale of the IRS officers in at zero level and added to this CBEC do not have any policy making power or transfer power. God alone can save this country. If a police man is required for controlling physical terrorist , the tax man is required for checkmating financial terrorists.

Srinivas K P

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Arre Bhai Manmohan Singh ji nikal ke aao 7 Race Course ke bahar,
Dekho your Government ke order ki wajhe se bachcho ko padh rahi hai maar!!!

What do unemployed kids between the ages of 10 and 13 do??? Too late for schooling and so they get into all kinds of nefarious activities…. idle mind is the devil's workshop.... drugs, beggary, juvenile crime are the new jobs they are going to take up!!! Female feoticide is going to spurt as now the girls are a total burden!!! Seems Manmohan Sarkaar has not done its homework!!! And imagine this Sarkaar has passed a law that effects lakhs of kids but has not worked out a relief plan for them. All that the kids are getting is lip service…..well they better get used to it because even the adults get the same!!!! Manmohan Ji don't try to ape the West…… the realities here are different and the solutions too!!!

Commies have all of a sudden become goongas…just ask them to comment on N. Korea Nuclear tests,
On whether they are with India or with Communism this could be one of the tests!!!

Commies nowadays try to avoid the Press …. especially the electronic Media!!! And if they are cornered then they pretend they've not heard the question on Korea's Nuclear Blasts or just mumble something that is inaudible and run away!! And Commies were against India's Pokhran Nuclear tests in 1998!!! Remember for Commies its not India that matters its their ideology and as we know what is good for Communism is not good for India and what is good for India is bad for Communism!!!

In the Ludhiana City Centre case the protagonists boll rahe hai jhoot pr jhoot,
Punjab ko so called Mega Projects ne karr liya loot!!!

Fact is that this is a humongous scam and Amrinder Sarkaar is doing everything not to let this Scam get the investigation it deserves!!! And its alleged that Amrinder's son Raninider is one of the protagonists!!! Amrinder says that Rural Debt is on his mind…….mind!!!! What mind???? The mindless way that he's gone in for land grabbing for SEZs……. or his mindless Liquor policy…….or his mindless Mega Projects….. his mindless vendetta!!! Mindlessness is the hallmark of Amrinder's tenure!!!

Now Bharti too is entering the Retail space…… choosing its Retail chum,
Survival will be on pure paisa ka dumm!!!

Tesco and Wallmart are not overnight successes!! Also look at the Retail story in Developed Countries and see the shake-ups….. Retail is a money game!!! Both RIL and Bharti have the funds…… but every well has a bottom!!! Fact is that in coming years the Tescos and Wallmarts will be buying out Bhartis and RILs…… Wallmart has more paisa ka dumm that REL and Bharti put together!!!

Mulyam Singh says that Big B will only act as SP's bhonpoo,
But canvassing for votes Big B will not do!!!

Why is a bhonpoo used!!! If you have lived in rural Indian you will be knowing what bhonpoos do!!! This is Mulayam's way of bluffing us on Big Bluffmaster's role in the SP elections!!! Hypocrisy come naturally to SP…….. Spurious Party!!!! Just see their double standards when it comes to Samajwaad!!!

Hooda vani from Holland…… wants Hollandabaad in Haryana,
Dykes technology Holland se Hooda ne hai laana!!!

All around the land allotted to SEZs Hooda will build dykes……. viewing the land grabbing that Haryana Sarkar has done this is a necessity!! And viewing the growing resentment against Hooda , he will have to build a dyke around his residence and office!!! Hold it there's already a massive dyke existing ..... there is a dyke that is preventing the interests of the people of Haryana taking center stage and this dyke is known as the Hooda dyke or Hooda Choe (Haryanvi for dyke)!!!!

Bharat Kumar

Maya Sinha to be Dy Chairman JNPT
Finally the name of 1981 batch IRS(IT) officer Maya Sinha has been cleared for the post of Deputy Chairman, Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust. Formal orders are expected in a couple of weeks.

Yogesh Agrawal is new MD SBI
Yogesh Agrawal has been appointed new Managing Director of the State Bank of India with effect from October 10.
( We said this on July 12 )

Santhanaraman is now ED of BoB
V Santhanaraman currently General Manager, Indian Bank, Chennai, has been appointed as the new ED BOB Mumbai.

5,548 crore development project for Mumbai
Maharashtra Government, the Centre and the Mumbai Municipal Corporation have signed a pact on Rs 5,548 crore worth developmental projects for Mumbai.