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SEBI & NSDL are locked in a row

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) M Damodaran is the Chairman & National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is C.B.Bhave are reportedly embroiled in a row. The bone of contention is NSDL's move having won through open bidding contract for central record keeping of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority's (PFRDA).According to highly placed sources SEBI has turned down a plea by NSDL whereby it sought permission for central record keeping of the PFRDA.This conflict has come close on the heels of a report that the contract between PFRDA & NSDL is under finalisation and the work relating to CRA activities will commence as soon as NSDL obtains the approval of SEBI to undertake this work. While Damodaran is a 1971 IAS officer of the Manipur -Tripura cadre, C.B.Bhave belongs to the 1975 batch of IAS from Maharashtra cadre.However; Bhave had quit the IAS in 1996.

D V Singh to be Additional Secretary Personnel

D V Singh is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Personnel in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Will Dua be CMD of DMICDC ?
Now the name of outgoing Secretary Industrial Policy and Promotion A K Dua has started doing the round for the newly created post of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridors Development Corporation. Dua is 1971 batch retired IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Yadav is new JS Home
Arun Kumar Yadav has taken over as new Joint Secretary Home in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
( We said this on May 28 )

Tilak Kak to retire
DG SSB Tilak Kak is superannuating by next month end. He is 1971 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Rao doesn't have two years service
When the name of Member (Mechanical) R K Rao was floated in the corridors of power for the post of Chairman of the Railway Board, interested parties got it scuttled on the ground that he did not have two years of service left. Rao is considered to be an honest and upright officer in the Railway circles.

Vir Sanghvi's channel from Nov
The English News Channel of Vir Sanghvi is expected to start from November.

Santosh Tiwari joins BAG Television

Santosh Tiwari has joined the BAG Television for their forthcoming bouquet of channels. Hitherto he was Business Head with "Aaj Tak".

Karunanidhi or the PM will recommend
The buzz word in corridors of power of Delhi nowadays is "in case a bureaucrat wants to get himself/herself, posted at the Centre as Joint Secretary or some other post then it's a certainty if the concerning bureaucrat is able to get a "demi-official"(DO) written to concerning Ministry from top." However, the DO has to be either from Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh or Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Karunanidhi.

Raghupathy to be Additional Secretary Steel ?

N K Raghupathy is likely to be posted as Additional Secretary Steel when A K Rath moves as a Secretary. Raghupathy is 1975 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

1982 batch IAS is PS in Bihar
Three 1982 batch IAS officers in Bihar Mssrs Girish Shankar, Shishir Sinha and Vyasji have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary in Bihar. Those who are on deputation to the Government of India have been given pro-forma promotion.

Alok Shekhar cleared for one year program
Alok Shekhar has been cleared for one year program at Duke and Syracuse University . He is 1994 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.

Dharmendra moves again in MEA
G Dharmendra (IFS '90) who was recently deployed as Director in the Americas Division has been moved again. This time he has been posted as Director in the Disarmament Division. He has been replaced by R K Jaiswal (IFS '98), Deputy Secretary.

Will Goyal succeed Srivastava in Railways ?
Will R K Goyal move from SCR to succeed P Srivastava AM/Planning who is retiring by this month end. Will the petition of some senior IRSME officers like V K Manglik have any impact ?.

Who will be Chief Secretary of Bihar ?
Picture is still not clear as to who is going to succeed A K Chaudhry Chief Secretary of Bihar .Guess work is still on .

Minor bureaucratic changes in MP

The Madhya Pradesh government in minor bureaucratic reshuffle Ms.Alka Upadyaya has transferred from Director EPCO to Secretary Public Health in place of Ajit Kesri who is going to the US for one year course.Similarly , Nikunj Kumar on his return from training was posted as Commissioner Bhopal Municipal Corporation.He has replaced Manish an SAS officer who was posted as GM MP Text Book Corporation.Others who were transferred are:Ajat Shatru Shrivastava Deputy Secretary CM will also hold charge of Controller Weights & Measures,S.S.Bansal on return from training to Collector Neemuch, Mukesh Chandra Gupta on return from training to Deputy Secretary, Ms.M.Geeta Additional Commissioner Chambal range to Collector Mandsaur,P.Narhari CEO Chhindwara district Panchayat to Collector Seoni, G.P.Shrivastava Secretary Revenue Board has been given additional charge of Additional Commissioner Chambal & transfer order of Amit Rathore Director Estate & Deputy Secretary Home to Collector Mandsaur has been cancelled.

No transpondrers for TV channels in India

We did know that India has maximum number of news channels in the world, but what had shocked bureaucrats is that demand for new channels is so great due to which presently there are no transponders available on satellite network with footprint over the Indian subcontinent.

38 CCITs transferred

The Central Government has transferred 38 CCITs.They are:Amalendu Das CCIT-II Chennai to DGIT(Inv)Hyderabad,Radha Shrivastava CCIT-IV Chennai to CCIT-II Chennai,P.N.Sachan (72002)CCIT VI Chennai to CCIT Bareily,M.C. Katheriya CCIT Madurai to DGIT(Inv) Kolkata,O.P.sachan (73019)CCIT Coimbatore to CCIT Trivandrum,P.J.Thomas Kutty DGIT(Inv)Kochi to CCIT Kochi, D.S.Rastogi CCIT Trivandrum to CCIT II Ahmedabad,S.Lahiri CCIT Nagpur to CCIT Hyderabad,D.V.Dharmik CCIT- Hyderabad to CCIT Nagpur,M.Narsimhappa CCIT III Hyderabad to CCIT VI Chennai,Sudeep Roy CCIT Raipur to CCIT III Kolkata,K.K.Pandey CCIT Bareily to DGIT(Inv) Lucknow,Vineet Sahai DGIT (Inv)Lucknow to CCIT Guwahati, B.K.Gupta CCIT Shillong to CCIT X Kolkata,B.C.Goel CCIT IX Kolkata to CCIT I Kolkata,R.Bhardwaj CCIT X Kolkata to CCIT V Kolkata,S.K.Sinha CCIT IV Kolkata to CCIT IX Kolkata,A.K.Dasgupta CCIT Bhubaneshwar to CCIT-IV Kolkata, Vijay Bhushan CCIT VI Delhi to CCIT II Delhi,Pamela Bhandari CCIT XI Delhi to CCIT IV Delhi,A.K.Shrivastava CCIT VIII Delhi to CCIT VI Delhi, Arti Sawhney CCIT IV Delhi to CCIT IX Delhi, Manju Lakhanpal CCIT Panchkula to CCIT Chandigarh,P.Sahi CCIT Amritsar to CCIT Panchkula, J.D.Sahay DGIT(Inv) Ahmedaba to CCIT I Ahmedabad, Mala Ramakrishnan CCIT Thane to CCIT Mumbai, C.S. Kahlon CCIT Pune to CCIT XI Delhi,M.M.Das CCIT III Mumbai to CCIT II Mumbai,S.K.Mohanty CCIT V Mumbai to CCIT Bhubaneshwar,P.C.Chhotaray CCIT II Mumbai to CCIT VII Mumbai,P.P.Shrivastava CCIT VII Mumbai to CCIT X Mumbai,Abraham Pothen CCIT X Mumbai to CCIT V Mumbai,P.K.Dubey CCIT (C ) I Mumbai to CCIT VIII Delhi,T. Nand CCIT XIII Mumbai to CCIT VI Mumbai,A.R.Malhotra CCIT IX Mumbai to CCIT XIII Mumbai,Shaikh Naimuddin CCIT XI Mumbai to CCIT III Mumbai,N.K.Shukla CCIT Ranchi to DGIT(L & R) Delhi,A.K.Basu CCIT Vizag to CCIT III Hyderabad. P.J.Thomas Kutty CCIT Kochi & A.K.Basu CCIT Vizag will hold additional charge of DGIT in their respective regions till further orders.

Mandira Nayyar leaves Hindu
Mandira Nayyar, grand daughter of veteran journalist Kuldip Nyyar, has quit the Hindu to join the Telegraph in Delhi.

IAS changes in Haryana

Maha Singh has been appointed Secretary Urban Development.S P Sharma has been given additional charge of PS Child and Women Welfare.D D Gautam has been made MD Haryana Small Industries and Export Corporation.

T Chandrasekhar is new MD of MHADA

T Chandrasekhar will be new MD of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA).He is 1987 batch IAS officer.

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Woes of CSS

It is true that CSS officers who are also from Civil Services exam have been suffering for ages for no fault of theirs. To ameliorate their plight, there are few suggestions:
1. Their career progression can be linked to an IAS batch four years junior to the batch through which they have been recruited. This gap of five years is a sufficient gap considering the fact they stem from the same exam having a common seniority. It is worthwhile to consider the fact that we do not distinguish between the IIM graduates who stood first in CAT and the person who stood last at the time of their placement as the seniority is common and there is no differentiation on the basis of rank per se alone.
2. The professional training of IAS and CSS should be similar as both the officers of both the services handle similar subjects at the Centre.
3. There is a clear cut need to separately identify the directly recruited officers of CSS from those who have been promoted from ranks. The direct recruits are the soul of CSS and need to be given important assignments as they have acquitted themselves creditably well in all field and headquarter assignments.
Is the pay commission listening to the woes of CSS which has been marginalised and ignored for the 60 years of Indian freedom? Who will unshackle the CSS?

S K Sharma

Who cares for the poor ?

The efficiency ,planning and proactive approach of so called superior race of IAS is visible all over India and the misery people are facing due to these officer manning the states. Do they have answer for the ill planning that goes into handling the yearly disasters of floods and famine. No! as they are busy securing lucrative appointment including post retirement rehabilitation for themselves. Who cares for the poor for serving whom they are appointed. The people who can't manage the state affairs are rewarded with the postings in the centre, putting icing to the cake of misery for poor
Ravi

State of affairs in CBDT disturbing

The state of affairs in CBDT is quite disturbing. And not because of IRS officers- after all there are only handful at the decision making stage-more notably at the stage of human resource management. It is manned by people from CSS and people from forest-all outsiders. The only exception in the entire chain is the JS (Administration) who has conducted himself in a very dignified manner.
The rest of the brigade are there to loot, plunder and harass the officers. CRs are getting lost. DPCs are delayed routinely and there is all pervasive lack of accountability. It is affecting the morale of the officers.
The most despicable people in the chain are- the section, the under-secretary and the Director. The blame squarely lies with them.
The FM should compulsorily ensure that no one stays put in AD-VI for more than two years. The CVC guidelines on transfer of central secretariate staff should be scrupulously followed. After no one is indispensable to the functioning of any organisation.
And, it is imperative that the IRS manages its own affairs and Ad-VI be abolished. That would be redemption for the cadre.

Satyamohan

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Left has nuked the 123 Nuclear Deal!!!!
Left says for US this deal is a steal.

So now apart from UPA no other Party supports this Deal!!!
And Commies have called UPA to heel!!!

Commies can do this because they hold the leash!!!
If UPA doesn not come to heel threat to withdraw support Commies will unleash!!!

And if Commies come around they'll do so for a huge price!!!
Now lunches and dinners at 7 Race Course will not suffice!!

But this time bhokne waala kutta kaat bhi saktha hai....some see this as a possibility!!
And then UPA Sarkaar could be the casuality!!!

UPA says its prepared to discuss 123 Deal in both Houses!!!
And in both Houses there are going to be on the 123 Deal galore grouses!!!

But PM's said the Deal cannot be re-negotiated,
So wouldn't it have been prudent to take all views before deal was negotiated!!!!

And Americans are not amused at Commies trying to call the shots!!!
USA will see this as one more of the Commie anti US plots!!!

Both SP and BJP are now petitioning CEC,
That he remove a biased EC!!

EC Navin Chawla feels CEC will not give him the boot!!
'The power (Sonia) is with me' Chawla karr raha hai toot!!!

That's what insiders say is Chawla's hope!!!
Nowadays with inspirational books and chants Chawla tension se karr raha hai cope!!

He chants ' Sonia Ji aayi balaa ko taal doh'!!
And he also does not fail to tell all that with the kursi he has no moh (attachment)!!!

They say Dawood is negotiating his return!!!
He's setting conditions which India should outrightly spurn!!!

How can he not be tried for Mumbai blasts…. he's asking for the impossible???
Can Osama not be tried for Twin Tower blasts… is this possible????

He'll also bargain for a special cell and meals!!
With wanted Convicts should State or Police cut such deals???

He may ask for some special facilities in his cell!!
He would try to get an ac, tv , refrigerator and to summon the jail staff a bell!!

He could ask for keema pau for naashta, chicken sanju baba for lunch and nalli for dinner!!
However jail delivery of his choice of food would for him be the winner!!!

And he may ask for a tea service dinn raat!!!
With the tea they should serve cookies and cake or chicken chaat (Sun & Sand type)!!!

If he gets what he wants…moral of the story would be that if you become a crook be the worst!!!
Because then before surrendering you can bargain for facilities first!!

Now they say Amrinder fainted because of low BP….. Booze Pressure!!!
Seems the alcohol in his blood was low and add to this the fact that he's under pressure!!

Badals need to understand the meaning of ' Monorail' because seems they don't!!!
And by the looks of it even if you give them the definition they won't!!!

But then Public is gullible and get taken in by their monorail fib!!!
It's all gab ka glib!!!

If Salman is jailed then he should be sent to Yerwada to keep Sanju Baba company!!!
And in the Jail then both can start the S Company!!

Both are Bollywood ke Bhai logh….. known for their underworld links!!!
And with these connections Bollywood sure stinks!!!

Now two lawyers are at each others throats on Sanju's sentence…. Kapil and Soli!!!
Each other ko maar rahe hai legal talk ki goli pe goli!!

Dasmunshi has retreated after taking Sanju's side!!
Now when he's asked a question on Sanju he looks for a place to hide!!

Sunil Dutt was a Congressman but does that mean his son get ' cannot go to jail' card!!!
Justice no one should try to retard!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Kuldeep Goel appointed CMD,BSNL

The Indian government has appointed Kuldeep Goyal as Chairman and Managing Director(CMD)on the Board of BSNL for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of charge or till his date of superannuation or until further orders, whichever event occurs earlier.At present he is serving as Director (Plg & NS) on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Board & and acting CMD of the BSNL.

(We said this on Feb 14 this year )

Amazing pace of work at BORL surprises many

Everybody in the Petroleum sector is amazed with rate of construction of oil refinery by "Bharat Oman Refinery Ltd"(BORL) at Agasaud near Bina (Madhya Pradesh is concerned.Managing Director of the BORL is R.P.Singh.As against stipulated work of 20 per cent,23 per cent has already been done while over Rs.800 crore has been spent.More than Rs.6000 has been crore committed and mechanical work for crude oil has been awarded.Even the civil work is moving at a very fast pace.Major contracts have also been awarded.

Interactions ropes in Ms.Kajal Malik

Interactions has roped in as Vice President.Interactions is Lintas Media Services' agency. Hitherto she was Reegional director with Optimum Media Solutions.

MICO bags best establishment award

M/s. MICO Ltd., Hosur Road, Adugodi, Bangalore has been declared as the best establishment in the 77th All India Competition of Apprentices. Each of their apprentices qualified and/or stood first in all the trades they competed. M/s. MICO Ltd. will be awarded a Trophy and a certificate of mention from the President.

Govt to act tough with FM radios giving news

The government has decided to act tough against certain FM radio stations that are giving mini newscasts. Such channels could attract as harsh a measure as cancellation of their licences because broadcast of news by FM radio channels is not allowed.

Wipro ties up with Microsoft

Wipro Technologies has chosen Microsoft as an authorized test house for Windows Server 2008 certification test services.

DBS Chola MF launches DBS Chola Infrastructure Fund

DBS Chola MF has launched DBS Chola Infrastructure Fund on August 7 ,2007.According to R. Rajagopal Chief Investment Officer(CIO)of DBS Chola Mutual Fund its a three year close-ended fund with automatic conversion into an open ended scheme upon maturity. It offer will close on September 6, 2007.The scheme offers both cumulative and dividend options. Units will be offered at Rs.10 per unit. The minimum application amount is Rs 5000/- and in multiples of Re 1/- thereafter,Rajagopal added.

Majumder is MD of ABB India
Biplab Majumder has been appointed Managing Director of ABB India.

Jajodia is Vice Chairman of Tea Association
Aditya Jajodia has taken over as vice-chairman of the Indian Tea Association.