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Increase in retirement age unlikely

Increase in the retirement age of central government employees from 60 years to 62 years seems unlikely because the LEFT is dead against any such move.

Two years tenure of DGP suggested

Committee set up to draft a new police act has reportedly suggested minimum tenure of two years of the DGPs irrespective of his normal date of superannuation.

List changed at te behest of 10 janpath !

It is rumoured that names of a few 1976 batch IAS officials in the list of the empanelment to the rank of Additional secretary was changed at the behest of 10 Janpath. Is it really true?

Satish Agrawal to be Director Environment

Satish Agrawal will be Director in the Ministry of Environment. He is 1988 batch IRS officer.

Three Vice-Chairmen to retire

Three Vice-Charmen of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) are retiring by October end.

Sinha is Director Culture

Manish Sinha has joined the Department of Culture as Director. He is 1992 batch Indian Postal Service Officer.

Tenure of Goyal to expire today

Central deputation tenure of Shyam Lal Goyal will expire today. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Kishan Kumar to be IG of Pondicherry

Kishan Kumar is going to Pondicherry as IG. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Bassi and Yadav promoted in Delhi

1977 batch IPS officer B S Bassi has been promoted to the rank of ADG in Delhi Police. 1985 batch IPS officer S S Yadav has been promoted to the rank of IG.
( We said this yesterday )

Brar is new DG of Goa

B S Brar has been appointed new DGP of Goa. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this yesterday)

Neeraj Kumar is now DG Home Guards Delhi

Goa DGP Neeraj Kumar has been moved to Delhi as DG Home Goards. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this yesterday)

Anu Garg joins John Hawkins University

Anu Garg has joined masters in Public health in John Hawkins University. She is 1991 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Who took Rs Four crore advance in Rajasthan?

There is rumour in rajasthan bureaucratic circles that Rs Four crore has been paid in advance for a Rs 400 cr project. Who took this money?.

Nakra is Dy Secretary Personnel

Simi R Nakra will be Deputy Secretary in the Department of Personnel. Simi is 1994 batch IP&TA&FS officer.

IAS changes in Karnataka

Aravind G. Risbud has been appointed Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. N. Sivasailam will now be managing director, Karnataka State Beverages Corporation Ltd. K.H. Gopalakrishne Gowda, Registrar of Cooperative Societies, has been transferred and the posting is yet to be announced. P. Ravikumar, Secretary, Cooperation has been given additional charge of Registrar of Cooperative

Arora gets pro-forma promotion

R C Arora has been given pro-forma promotion to the rank of ADG by the Madhya Pradesh Government. 1979 batch IPS officer Arora is presently on deputation to the BPR&D.

IRS Association General Body Meeting

IRS association has called for a mega general body meeting at Delhi where IRS officers from all over India are expected to come on 20th September2006, to ventilate their grievances about their agony on arbitrary transfers. Some decisions need be taken.1)The government should restore policy making power to CBEC. No JS level officer should be allowed to put up files directly to advisor or secretary or FM.2 If policy decisions are not with CBEC then committee of secretaries and cabinet should approve. 2)Foriegn training withdrawn to IRS officers unless they are working in central deputation should be restored as it was a decade back.3)Director, JS level posts in commerce, industry, IT, company affairs should be earmarked for IRS so that they get exposure to secure empanelment for secretary posts.4)Immunities provided in UPSC charter, international charter for sustaining the independent and fair mind of civil servant without any muscle flexing by politician should be circulated.5)Internal debt creation, external borrowings from multilateral institutions should be stopped to give emphasis to tax collection and continuity of concessions to group of trade.6)Group C D cadres should be recruited as they exist in 1991 to support work.7)All SEZ, EPZ, DGFT, STPI commissioner posts should be earmarked for IRS only.8)Integration of IRS(income tax) and IRS(CUSOMS) should be done as it was before 1969 in a single board in view of FM introducing LTUs (Large tax payer units).9)Officers who worked in intelligence wings in the past or presently should be provided with CISF security to them and to their families.10)Car, quarters, or leased accommodation, phone , one telephone attendant should be provided to every IRS officer irrespective of posting, including on study leave.11)All AC/DC should be permitted to travel by air. All commissioner and above by executive class.12) Lumpsum grant of Rs.10 lacks upto ADC and Rs.25 laks upt0 Commissioner and upto RS45 laks above commissioner should be given from welfare fund for construction or improvement of house, so as to prevent corruption.11)special grant equivalent to basic pay should be given to meet expenses on depression by spouse and children of the IRS officer who is transferred arbitrarily.12)All promotees and direct recruits should be members of IRS association.

FORUM

I have been reading the discussion on the FORUM portion of your
website. I too have information and views to share on this subject and I thought I must bring them to your notice. The fact that the level of corruption is very high in the Customs, Excise and Income Tax departments is not a hidden one. The public perception too appears to be such, thanks to so many high profile cases of very senior officials in these departments which have been regularly exposed by the electronic and print media. Their own officers are writing and admitting it in public. An officer of the rank of Chief Commissioner of Customs who is still in service has been writing regularly in national dailies including The Telegraph published from Kolkata and he has admitted on several occasions that there is too much corruption in the Customs and Excise department.
This year's Ramon Magsaysay award winner from India, Arvind
Kejriwal, himself was an IRS officer from the Income Tax department who has quit his service as he could not survive in the environment of corruption. He has been fighting against corruption and helping citizens not to pay bribes to officers in the Income Tax department. His courage and his dedicated services towards the cause of uprooting corruption not only from his own department but government departments in general have been internationally recognized and he has been bestowed this prestigious award. I cannot understand as to why IRS officers are afraid of transfers. With India doing so well economically, wherever these officers are posted, they will be in dominant positions in public life. When they opt for the revenue services, officers (both male and female) know very well that they will have to serve in different parts of India and which they accept as soon as they join these services. Postings and transfers in the IRS (Income Tax) and IRS (Customs and Excise) have to be made in a more transparent manner. The dominant view still is that those who have the means and the "right connections" are able to manage their postings. The strong views expressed against the Transfer Policy are because the Central Government's Revenue Department is not implementing the Transfer Policy in a fair and transparent manner, which is by and large the criticism against most government policies. The Revenue Department's staff does not have faith that the policy is being implemented wit!h out any favour to anyone. The policy by itself is not bad because both the departments were adequately represented on the Kelkar Committee which drafted the policy. What is lacking is the proper implementation of the policy. The two boards must ensure that justice is not only being done but also seen to be done while implementing the Transfer Policy. Too many exceptions are being made to the policy and that is what is causing the heart burn.
Subodh

The corruption in the Revenue Services does not need further illumination. And to say that the same is rife in the IAS also is no justification. It is well known that the IAS and the IFS are the least corrupt of Services. Let the IRS(Customs) and IRS(Income Tax) put their house in order rather than point fingers at far more honest Services.

Rajeev Ratan

The transfer policy was made to curb corruption. A trasfer policy is as good as its implementation. It may be interesting to see whether the data on which the transfers were effected in CBDT were correct or was it on manipulated data. Who manipulated the data? Will someone investigate this? May be the premier investigating agency can be roped in to find out the truth.

Ramesh

It is a sad commentary upon our system that we have to work on a transfer policy design to curb corruption. No body is sure whether this the solution to the problem. Indeed if that was the case then the All India Services would have been least corrupt as they are the one who get transferred most.
It is also frustrating that the we bureaucrats are discussing today who is more corrupt rather then why corruption in public life indicating the rapid decline in our value systems.
Unfortunate reality is that very few in the system are left with some sort of ideals as most of the system has been cornered by the 'mangers'. Officers these days take pride in getting to know top industrialists and freely use there 'influence' in getting postings from their political masters. God only knows where we are taking our future generations in whose name and for whose security this whole game is apparently played.

GB

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Parsvnath developers get land in Goa

India's leading real estate developer Parsvnath Developers have been awarded prime land in Panjim, Goa, by the State Government.

Two Coal India Directors to retire in December

Director (Technical), Coal India, L Jha and another Director M M Singh are retiring in December.

Chattopadhyay is new Chairman

A K Chattopadhyay is the new chairman of Indian Refractories Makers Association.

Madras University to have a chair on Indian Railways

University of Madras will have a chair on Indian Railways. This is being proposed in order to promote research on the Railways.

Sethi appointed by IDG Ventures

Sudhir Sethi has been appointed as managing general partner of IDG Ventures India, to manage its $150 million venture capital fund.

Now fly Indian, redeem points on partner brands

Flying on India's leading airline Indian is now more attractive than before. Passengers can accrue points by flying Indian and redeeming them on other leading brands and vice-versa, under the new coalition loyalty program called i-mint. The other five program partners, who have come together on a single platform to create a reward based value program for the customer are ICICI Bank, Airtel, HPCL, Lifestyle Stores and Make-my-trip.com.
The i-mint coalition loyalty program has been initially launched for membership at Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad and will be subsequently extended to cover the entire country. Under the program, i-mint members can earn points by buying petrol at HP outlets, paying Airtel mobile bills, buying clothes at LifestyleStores, buying a hotel package through Make-my-trip, buying an Indian ticket or using ICICI credit card. He/she can then add up all the rewards points accrued to get a product from any of the above partners.
An i-mint member buying an Indian ticket will get 6 points against every Rs.100 spent. Points can be earned only on the basic fare portion of tickets purchased on domestic or international sectors of Indian or Alliance Air. Cardholders can earn points on both existing FFP program of Indian as well as i-mint. For more details about the program, catalogue of rewards, etc. passengers may log on to www.imintpoints.com.