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Shukla to be Ambassador to Moscow ?
Indian High Commissioner in Australia P P Shukla is tipped to be the next Ambassador to Moscow .

Chandrasekhar to take charge today

K M Chandrasekhar is taking over as Cabinet Secretary on Wednesday.1970 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Chandrasekhar will succeed B K Chaturvedi.

Chaturvedi is Member of Planning Commission

Outgoing Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi has been appointed Member of the Planning Commission in the rank of the Minister of State.

( We said this on May 21 )

A K Dua is out of the race !
If top sources are to be believed, A K Dua is out of the race for the post of Chairamn of the Central Electricity Regulatory Authority (CERA). 1971 batch Maharashtra cadre IAS officer, Dua, is presently Secretary IPP in the Government of India.

4000 quit army every year ?
More and more people are quitting army these days. About 4000 are leaving it every year due to tension and lack of proper facilities.

Dr Agnihotri joins GoI
Dr Satish Balram Agnihotri has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
(We said this on May 10 )

Dinesh Singh is JS Anti-Naxalites in MHA
Dinesh Singh is now Joint Secretary Anti-Naxalites cell in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Dilemma of Ambani brothers
Is the bureaucracy sharply divided in to two? No ,no ;not over loyalists to the UPA and the NDA. Just that the Ambani brothers are discovering that officers in key ministries are either with the one or the other brother. Mukesh and Anil are now keen to know the loyalties of such bureaucrats before approaching them on any matter-lest they turn out to be in the other camp! Of course, Dhirubhai did not have to face any such dilemma.

Who will police the police?

While the Police Act of 1861 is still in operation in the whole of South Asia, experimentation on policing the police is most frequent in Pakistan. Five years back, in the name of democratic decentralisation, posts of Deputy Commissioners were abolished and the SPs became sort of independent. In the next common federal civil services examination, the first two boys on the merit list opted for the the police service sending shock waves in the Civil Service of Pakistan cadre. Soon enough elected Nazims started ruling the districts. A report of the Panjab Police department has stated that District Nazims are using the SPs for their political and personal purposes and the Nazim's powers to write the CRs of SP's should be withdrawn. It has been proposed that the SP should function under the control of a Citizens' Committee. Vexed question of policing the police is yet to be sorted out.

Lok Ranjan to join GoI
Lok Ranjan is expected to join the Government of India soon. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Khatri to be Member of CAT
B L Khatri is being appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). He is an IRS officer.

Ms Pannu to succeed Jnan Prakash !
Ms H K Pannu is all set to succeed Jnan Prakash as CGDA who is superannuating by this month end.

Where is the file of IRS officers ?

Depatmental Promotion Committee ( under the auspices of UPSC) had recomended the promotion of 36 IRS officers on March. It is unfortunate to note that the administrative clearance from the ACC has still not come. This is particularly crucial in the background that the first advance tax payment is due on 15th June and 36 crucial posts remain unfilled, not to talk about admission of children in the middle of the academic career. It is learnt that the file is shuttling between the Cabinet Secretariat and the PMO.

CM speaks to PM about extension
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Veerbhadra Singh has spoken to the Prime Minister for the extension of the Chief Secretary S S Parmar who is scheduled to retire by this month end.

Maheshwari transferred to Central Railway
P K Maheshwari, Looking after in JA Grade/North Central Railway has been transferred to Central Railway against an existing vacancy.

Mudgil goes to Mazar-e-Sharif
CG Shyam Mudgil has been moved to Mazar-e-Sharif in place of K R Chari. Chari has been shifted to Kingston.

IPS changes in TamilNadu
Sandeep Rai Rathore the new JCP, Headquarters, Pramod Kumar has been posted as the DIG, Railways, Karunasagar will now be DIG, Training, Chennai, Abhay Kumar Singh has been moved as DIG, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Ashok Kumar Das has been posted as DIG, Tiruchirappalli range, V. Balakrishnan is the new Superintendent of Police, Tiruvannamalai , S. Murugan has been posted as Deputy Commissioner, Madhavaram,On promotion, Amit Kumar Singh, has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Thanjavur.

Pawan Jain to head for NY next month

Pawan Jain, Managing Director of MP Police Housing Corporation will be presenting a paper at global meet on Hindi to be held in New York from July 13 to 15, 2007.Jain who is an IPS of MP cadre belongs to the 1987 batch. He will be delivering his paper on "Young Generation, Hindi :Knowledge & Science".Pawan Jain has the rarest distinction of having faced UPSC conducted Civil Service examination & writing replies to paper of Physics in Hindi during 1986 said exam.Pawan Jain is one of the 45 Indians who will participate in the international event.

Askari Zaidi quits HT

Askari Zaidi has resigned from "The Hindustan Times", Bhopal Edition of which he is Resident Editor. At present he is serving his notice period & will be firming up his plans shortly.

FORUM

IAS represents the Indian Bureaucracy
IAS essentially represents the Indian bureaucracy alongwith all other services. By itself it is meant to run the administration and implement development plans within a carefully devised and given set of rules and boundaries to take care of all round development. When N Ram and others of his ilk demand to abolish the IAS, it is to demolish this obstacle as they have no respect for rules. This, they feel, will enable them bring capitalism here. It is abundantly clear that they are hostage to a prejudiced image of the bureaucracy.

Ujagar Singh

DO not blame the CGHS
I disagree with the view that the CGHS system, perse, is bad, and that it should be scrapped. Actually the root problem lies in its ineffective implementation, lack of professionalism of staff that mans the organisation, and the absence of integrity of the persons who use (misuse it)the CGHS. NO, and I repeat NO, system - no matter how well designed - can ever survive if the "babus" (CGHS staff are corrupt/inefficient) don't implement it in letter & spirit - be sure the system that replaces CGHS will also meet the same fate in a few years. Therefore, the solution to CGHS lies in establishing a proper oversight mechanism, very strict financial punishment to those found cheating, and permanent disbarment of officials/members /cooperating hospitals found misusing. Can you achieve this in today's allround atmosphere of corruption in the country - if not, then don't blame the CGHS!! Campaign against its flaws and mismanagement and collectively effect change. Considering the cost of private treatment, CGHS is a boon. And we should see this from the view point of Class 4, Class 3 & Class 2 employees and not solely from that of Gazetted officers, some of whom possibly can afford private medicare.

I was responsible for establishing the Defence Forces ECHS (Ex-servicemen's Contributory Health Scheme) and am aware of the importance of health schemes, and that they can be run well if we have good people to man them - we analysed the CGHS, took its strengths and avoided its pitfalls - the present ECHS system is NOT too bad under the given circumstances, despite the fact that the MOD/GOI has reneged on many of their promises, and diluted the efficacy of the scheme. If it collapses, it will not be due to the fault of the system, or those that run it, but that of the "babus" in South Block who don't understand the crying need of the hour for excellent health services -cost to the Exchequer is more than made up by the goodwill generated for the clientele; and India can certainly afford it.

The answer, therefore, lies in getting honest, thorough professionals to man the system, and severe punishment to those few that abuse the privileges, to the detriment of the entire community. If that cannot be done, then no new system will also work.

Maj Gen KS Sindhu

Again about the CGHS system

This again about disbanding of CGHS system. The government should conduct a survey to know the satisfactory level with CGHS system. It will be less than 10%. The system so rotten and harrowing, getting even simple testing is time consuming and unprofessional. It is always better to pay the patient medical allowance according to their entitlement monthly, instead of maintaining a White Elephant for some people swindle money.

Prasad

CGHS should not be abolished

I am fully in agreement with a view expressed in your columns that the CGHS should be abolished. I have availed of the " service " of this set up for more than 20 years and it has generally been a harrowing time consuming process with lack of quality service being provided. Many a times one has resorted to going to the private sector set ups to avail prompt, excellent, quality service but has suffered with a purse rendered lighter in view of having to shell out of your own pocket. Please disband the CGHS set up which is a WHITE ELEPHANT chomping taxpayers money. The sooner, the better.

Then how will the health ministry guys survive? Reportedly, these guys sought Rs. 1 crore for passing the bills of CGHS beneficiaries in Batra Hospital, New Delhi. On refusal, the Batra Hospital was derecognised w.e.f. Nov. 1, 2006.

P Kumar

Foreign training must not be scrapped

To an extent all foreign trips including for training abroad are pleasure trips akin to picnic. But much depends upon how the individual officer takes it. There are those who take it seriously and those who take it as picnic. Hence the foreign training must not be scrapped as the exposure even if taken as picnic does indeed result in broadening of horizons so badly needed for a bureaucrat.
China should be an ideal destination because of the radically different path the Chinese State has taken to bring about changes in their economy. In addition, the UK and USA must also be on the itinerary because of our shared administrative apparatus and democratic system respectively. Visit to the neighboring countries (which were parts of undivided India) should also benefit the trainees as they can compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Instead of sending one single group to all the countries the Government should send small-small groups to each of these countries who can then interact with each other and also larger groups through LBSNAA and other training / management institutes of repute. In fact first exposure to foreign training should be at the initial stage-say along with the foundational course-of service for more efficacious results.

N N Ojha

All services are good

There have been several comments on which service works for 24 hours. I think its not the service but the individual officers bent of mind which is important. In every service there are a good number of sincere hardworking and dedicated officers. That is the reason our country is marching ahead despite several odds .It also depends on the post one holds in each service. Some posts are demanding and others aren't.
Hence, it depends on the post and sincerity of an officer.
All services are good and have a fairly large no. of brilliant officers who have put in their own share of contribution for the development of our nation.
Lets on dwell on these petty issues of which service is better. We should all jointly work consciously for the tasks assigned to us.

K Ratnaprabha

Chaturvediji needs time to prepare for next assignment

It is evident that DOPT has failed as a service provider. IAS suffer from delays and indecision and non-IAS feel that IAS are getting all they need. Empanelment and postings are opaque and every one feels that the other is getting more than due at his cost.
Those who know influential politicians can get their work done and the rest face humiliation every day. So dont blame Chaturvedi. He needs time to prepare for his next assignment.

Subas

Aaj Ki Aawaz

At present both Coach and Presidency are just leading to despondency!!!
Why not let BCCI be sacrificed at the altar of Indian Presidency???

Indian Cricket can suffer but the Nation should not!!!!
So there should be some way to placate the political lot!!!

Let UPA ,Commies and NDA have say in BCCI … no requirement of merit-werit!!
President should be elected on pure merit!!

Let Congress's nominee be the BCCI President … Congress will benefit!!!
And looking at the Congress's culture a Congressman in this post will ideally fit!!!

Commies can be placated by making Ganguly a part of Team India for life!!!
And as the team has to dance to BCCI's tune… give Dancing Coach post to his wife!!

NCP can be placated by getting three players whose name's end with 'kar' in the eleven,
Though NCP will try to bargain for at least seven!!

Laloo can be placated by including Tejeswani in the Indian team,
This would indeed make Laloo beam!!!

DMK can be placated by making the Team India's meals a South Indian fare!!
And Team India could be put under Karuna's personal Physician's medical care!!!

Paswan can be placated by funding his saalas for the Indian version of Barmy Army,
Army can be called 'Paswan's' in place of Barmy!!

Five players should be nominated by NDA!!!
For selection of these players BJP and its Allies should have the say!!

UPA , Commies and NDA can nominate one Coach each,
After all in the game of cricket there is so much to teach!!!

Before I forget….. now Maya too has to be placated!!!
So a post for a Brahmin and Dalit of her choice has to be created!!!

Why not let the Captain be a Brahmin and Vice Captain be a Dalit… Maya'll be happy??
She'll choose both with the help of that Mishra chappy!!!

Arjun and Manmohan at Sonia's behest may ask for OBC and Muslim reservation!!
For these Quotas in the Indian Team they'll demand creation!!

Third Front should be ignored…. let them rave and rant,
In the end they'll quietly sit down and just pant!!

For BCCI let them be abs subjective,
And for Indian President's election they should be abs objective!!

For President of India's post only merit be decider!!!
And only non politicians will make the cut should be the rider!!!

Or they can just ask Kalam to continue…… Kalam deserves it!!!
On President's Chair to once again sit!!!

Run up to this Presidential Election has made the political lot put on weight!!!
They stuff their mouths as on the candidates they debate!!

Breakfast, Lunch, Tea and Dinner Diplomacies….. eat and chatter!!
Run up to the Presidential election has made them just get fatter!!

Presidential Election has brought out National Parties ka dwindling role!!!
This is what stands or glares out in this Presidential Poll!!

In Q's case CBI has been ordered to foot his legal bill!!
For India this should indeed be a very bitter pill!!

More money down the drain……. high time they shut this case once and for all!!
Sarkaar will have to take this call!!!

However Bofors will always be a slur on Congress and Gandhi name!!!
They can close the case but cannot shrug off the blame!!

Amrinder's sidekick Chahal wants cornflakes to be served to him in jail!!!
And if cornflakes are not served he threatens he'll make this grounds for asking for bail!!

On hearing Chahal's plight Amrinder's knees have started knocking!!!
Because he knows he too is in for some 'locking'!!!

Amrinder too will demand special facilities…… fully stocked Bar in his Jail cell,
And to summon the Jailer a bell!!!

BCCI got a big slap on its face…. Ford turned down BCCI's offer!!!
Even though a lot of money would have flowed into Ford's coffer!!!

After Ford's slap BCCI's ears were ringing when Emburey gave another chamaat!!!
Khadi karr dee BCCI ki khaat!!!

They spent crores for nothing…but maybe there's a silver lining!!!
Because to Coach Team India many ex India Players are pining!!!

Nationalise BCCI is our demand!!
Put it under Ministry of Sports Command!!!

Let Sports Ministry appoint ex cricketers on the BCCI Board,
On BCCI people like Pawar , Dalmiya and Bindra should not lord!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Why did Firdose quit ?

Why did Firdose quit Motorola ?
Did Firdose Vandrevala, Chairman, Motorola India and corporate Vice-President quit because he was asked to go since he lost BSNL contract, even after making Maran happy ?.

Malla to be Sidbi Chief !
R M Malla is being tipped to be Chief of the Sidbi. He is presently CEO of the IFCI. The post has been lying vacant for the last nine months.

Rai to succeed Malla
A K Rai is all set to succeed R M Malla as CEO of the IFCI. The post has been lying vacant since September last.

Seshasayee is ED of IndusInd Bank
R. Seshasayee has been appointed part-time non-executive chairman of the IndusInd bank for a period of two years. He is presently Managing Director of Ashok Leyland.

Ratandeep Saxena joins Valvoline Cummins

Ratandeep Saxena has joined Vavoline Cummins as Regional Head (East).He will be based in Kolkata.Earlier he was RM with Elf.

India's biggest challenge is Air Cargo

One of the biggest challenges in Indian aviation is in the cargo sector. Efforts are being made for developing its air cargo business and moving high value goods and services across the country in cargo planes. Under the drive mostly smaller cities will be touched so that a fillip to their economy could be given. At present 40% of the world's cargo business is moving by air.