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Sudha Pillai to move from Finance Ministry

Sudha Pillai who is posted in the Finance Ministry is moving to an important Ministry as Secretary this month end. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Finance Minister said "No"

There was a proposal to move Secretary Revenue, K M Chandrasekhar, as Secretary Expenditure. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, refused to part with 1970 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Chandrasekhar.

Sanjay Kothari to be JS Tourism

Sanjay Kothari is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.

Post of CPCB Chairman advertised

Ministry of Forests & Environment has now taken initiative for the appointment of new person as Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). An advertisement for the said post has been issued.

Rina Garg to join GoI

Rina Garg is joining the Government of India as Director in the Ministry of Social Justice. She is an IA & AS officer.

Rakesh Mehta empanelled

Rakesh Mehta has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India during the last review meeting. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Neena Ranjan to join CAT

Former Secretary Culture Ms Neena Ranjan is likely to join the CAT as Administrative Member. She is 1969 batch retired IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

IAS more powerful than IFS

That the IAS lobby is more powerful than IFS has been proved once again. It is said that the extension of Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran was scuttled only due to it's efforts.

It is one Member vs all in CBDT

It is one member vs all in CBDT. No prizes for guessing who he is.

Uday Sahay to join Delhi Government

Outgoing CVO of the Prasar Bharti Uday Sahay is joining the Delhi Government in a day or two. 1988 batch UT cadre IPS officer Sahay is likely to be posted as Director Public Relations.

Sikri seeks VRS

Seniormost IFS officer Rajiv Sikri has sought voluntary retirement in protest against supersession for the top job. 1970 batch IFS officer Sikri is presently Secretary (East) in the MEA.
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Das posted in Dubai

Ministry of Tourism has posted K L Das as Regional Director Tourism in Dubai.

Naveen Kumar is back to Bihar

After completion of central deputation tenure former DG of Doordarshan Naveen Kumar is back to the parent Bihar cadre. On return 1975 batch IAS officer Naveen Kumar has been appointed Commissioner Finance.

IPS officer is Spl Secretary Home in Nagaland

K Kire has been appointed Special Secretary (Home) in Nagaland. He is 1979 batch IPS officer.

IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh

J S Sanswal has been appointed new SP of Betul.Guna SP Vivek Sharma has been shifted.

IAS Association election in Punjab

New officer- bearers of the Punjab IAS Association have been elected.They are :- B R Bajaj President,Dr B C Gupta and J R Kundal Vice-Presidents,Sarvesh Kaushal General Secretary,Viswajit Khanna and Krishan Kumar Joint Secretaries and N S Kalsi Treasurer.

Woman Chief Commissioner of Customs in AP

Jasdeep V. Singh an Indian Revenue Service officer of the 1975 batch has taken over as Chief Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax in Hyderabad Zone.

Guha is back from Rome

IA & AS officer Gautam Guha is back from his Rome posting. On return Guha has been appointed Chief Accountant General Jharkhand.

Pabla is President MP IFS Association

H S Pabla has been elected President of the Indian Forests Service in Madhya Pradesh.

FORUM

IRS OFFICERS
For revenue services, especially for customs and excise, there was a transfer policy in place since early 80's. Unfortunately the same was never followed by the politico-bureaucratic vested interests. It had envisaged maximum posting of eight years in a zone which was the zone equivalent to the jurisdiction of chief-commissioner and a similar tenure in metro cities. In spite of the policy being rarely followed and deviations encouraged, a new policy was formulated in the wake of post for money incident without Mr. Kelkar going through the merits and demerits of existing policy. Therefore a new policy was formulated which defines a zone of an average of equivalent to six states and placed massive curbs on deputation by revenue officers, since the later suited the vested interests with in I.A.S, therefore the policy was hailed by them and considered really worth implementing. The revenue services have been turned into a regimented service at one go, disturbing all families without even an iota of facilities which services like army gets. If so called I.A.S. and I.P.S do not become corrupt by remaining in the same state through out their career, then why the same logic does not apply to revenue services. Let their be disturbances within a zone of say 5-6 states we may not mind it. Further, Mr Vittal while terming the revenue services as corrupt forgot the basic truth that a department like revenue or police has to bear the cross for the wrong doing of whole of their department right from the actions of a sepoy to senior most officer. Let the I.A.S. bear the burden of 1,00,000 of their own clan or any department, then public will know who are the most corrupt.
Antidote to the revenue observer

The comments of the Revenue Observer only shows the utter contempt he/she has for the revenue service officers and deptts. It is obvious that such sweeping comments have been made without having knowledge of the real situation prevailing in these deptts. It is worthwhile mentioning here that Transfer policy is nothing new to these deptts. There was a very sound Transfer Policy which worked wonderfully well for years. A new policy was drafted to cover up the involvement of higher ups in the transfer matters which has resulted in punishing the entire cadre. All these years officers happily complied with transfer across the country because they were done rationally and no one ever sought help from anyone except own deptts. which were considerate enough always and transferred officers according to norms. So Finance Ministry is not doing anything new. Secondly, if many other service officers can remain in a State or Zone for life whats wrong in these officers following the suit. And as for corruption is it prevalent in Revenue Services only? Compared to the IAS who remain in one State all through and handle funds meant for poorest of the poor, revenue officers hardly deal with any such funds. There are enn number of honest and brilliant officers in all services and it is not decent to use the language by Revenue Observer for people who have preferred to join services for the love of public service. At present officers in these deptts. feel cursed and see no hope unless the top brass think rationally. It is time that notice is taken of happenings lest large nos will choose to quit.
Rajul M

I am actually surprised at the kind of venom being split on the Indian Revenue Service. It does not deserve so. But for this revenue yielding service, the country could not have been able to invest the way it is going . By abusing the IRS, we are killing the golden goose. Please remember, it is not the IRS that is most corrupt. It is the health sector.
As far as the transfer policy is concerned, perhaps it may be worthwhile to see the posting details of those officers who are mandated with implementing the transfer policy. They never followed what they are preaching today.
Ramesh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

PM will meet Mush??
Meeting will mean nothing…..his old agenda Mush will push!!!

PM is going to meet Mush in the sidelines of the NAM summit!!!! There is nothing much they can talk…. PM is going to say turn off the terror tap and Mush is going to start his single alphabet chant K,K,K!!!! Apart from this there is going to be useless banter!!!

Pawar says that Telgi has cleared him,
Telgi issue is indeed very grim!!!

When Telgi named him during the Narco Analysis Pawar said that how can an accused person's word be trusted???? Now the same accused person has given him a clean chit and Pawar is holding it up for all to see!!!! In their senses both Pawar and Telgi say they've never met…. in the Narco Analysis Telgi's named Pawar and Bhujbal as friends!!!! So why don't they make Chagan undergo the same test .... so that Chagan can respond to Telgi's accusations in the same state of mind!!! Pawar cannot undergo this test as he has a medical certificate and is thereby excused!!!

Arjun Singh unlike the proverbial Arjun has missed the mark,
Now on the actual Vande Matram centenary new controversy ho gayi hai spark!!!

Seems Arjun was in such a hurry to try to gain political mileage that he forgot to check up the date for the Vande Matram centenary celebration!!! Congress is now trying to save face!!! Now Congress wants to celebrate the Satyagraha movement…. hope they know the date!!! And they've chosen an issue where the Muslims should not have any objection!!! But you never know the Muslims may find something blasphemous in the Satyagraha...like the bhjans that were sung during the Satyagraha marches!!!

MV Amrinder is sinking many are jumping overboard,
To exit there is a horde!!!

Latest is the request by a very senior Official that he would like to be shifted as Punjab Election Commissioner!!! After a lot of persuasion the Official agreed to continue!!! What development is Amrinder talking about!!! Punjab's power situation is pathetic…..inner roads and roads connecting villages are pathetic…. water position is pathetic….education scenario is pathetic….. health scenario is pathetic…. drugs and alcohol are making the lives pathetic!!!! Seems Amrinder forgot while wooing Reliance and other big time investors what Punjabis want….and what the Punjabis wants is what should matter and not what an erstwhile Raja whose concept of something big and good or in his words Mega is a Patiala Peg!!!

Bharat Kumar

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Rajeev Talwar joins DLF

After quitting the IAS, Rajeev Talwar has joined the DLF Universal as Group Executive Director. Prior to this 1978 batch UT cadre IAS officer Talwar was Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism.

New Government move for PSUs

The government of India has a plan to merge dearness allowance paid to public sector employees with their basic salary, but it will have to wait till the appointment of a committee to review pay scales.

Sinha is Director (Finance)

Ashok K Sinha has taken over as Director (Finance) of the Eastern Coalfields.

MikeJohnson joins Jet Airways

Mike Johnson has joined as vice-president engineering & maintenance of Jet Airways India Limited.

Mishra gets new postion in Tata Steel

A M Mishra has been appointed as the vice president for raw materials by the Tala Steel.
Mishra replaces A D Baijal.

Indian offers Big discounts for Small and Medium Enterprises

In a pioneering effort in the country's aviation industry, Indian has tied-up with American Express to offer big benefits to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who are American Express Corporate Card holders.
A novel scheme " SME Discount" has been introduced today, whereby the corporate or charge card holders in the SME segment will get attractive discounts and prizes for travel on domestic and international flights of Indian. The scheme is valid till 31st January 2007. In addition to this discount will be the "Deep Discounted Fares" of upto 60% announced every month on select sectors/flights operating on domestic sectors.
Based on the volume of business generated during the offer period, Indian will offer 60 free tickets for travel on its network, to winners after the scheme closes. Also on offer are 60 room nights at Trident Hotels, courtesy Amex.
The SME discount is available on tickets purchased in INR or USD, for travel on domestic and international sectors. Easy Fares under K, T and V classes on domestic sectors have also been brought under the scheme's ambit. Cardholders will be entitled to 10% discount on Economy class full fare ticket and 15% discount on an Executive class full fare ticket, for domestic sectors. Similarly, on international sectors, 10% and 15% discount is available on carrier fares, wherever applicable, in Economy and Business class, respectively. Easy Fares under K, T and V classes on domestic sectors will attract a 3% discount. Tickets issued under SME discount will qualify for full FFP mileage points, as also for all schemes and promotions introduced by Indian from time to time. For more details passengers may visit the airline's website www.indianairlines.in or call the toll free number 1800 180 1407.