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Exercise to select Defence Secretary

Who will succeed Shekhar Dutt as Defence Secretary next month?.Defence Minister A K Antony and Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar during a meeting have reportedly short-listed three 1971 batch IAS officers Mssrs M S Srinivasan,Shilabhadra Banerjee ,K P Singh and one 1972 batch IAS officer Gopal Pillai for the post.

L Mansingh appointed Chairman Petroleum Regulatory Board
Finally former Secretary Consumer Affairs Labanyendu Mansingh has been appointed Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Board that will oversee the downstream oil and natural gas sector. He is retired 1970 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.His tenure is for five years.

Dinkar Shrivastava to go to Kabul
Dinkar Shrivastava is being tipped to be India's new Ambassador to Kabul.1978 batch IFS officer Shrivastava is presently posted in Libiya

Manimeklai to succeed Shrivastava
1981 batch IFS officer Manimeklai is going to replace Dinkar Shrivastava in Libiya as India's Ambassador.

Five 1972 batch IAS officers waiting in GoI
Five 1972 batch IAS officers Mssrs Sujit Banerjee,Abhijit Sengupta,Veena Sriram Rao ,Manjula Subramaniam and Ranjit Issar are waiting in the wings to get Secretary rank postings in the Government of India.

IA & AS officer to be Secretary Health in Nagaland
Menukol John an IA & AS officer, on deputation to Government of Nagaland, is all set to be Commissioner & Secretary, Health and Family Welfare. Current incumbent Imkonglemba (IAS :94) goes as Secretary Finance. Thus after Secretary (Agriculture) and Principal Secretary (Urban Development), which are held by Forest Service Officers, IAS has lost another cadre post. Already 8 distrcits have non IAS Deputy Commissioners. Is anyone listening?

Khan to go to Chandigarh ?
Grapevine has it that A S Khan is being posted as ADG in the Chandigarh Administration. He is 1977 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Prodipto Ghosh to join TERI
Former Secretary Forest and Environment Prodipto Ghosh is set to join "The Energy & Resources Institute" (TERI) as a distinguished fellow. He will be joining TERI from July 1, 2007.Ghosh is retired 1969 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Pravin Garg to go to London
Pravin Garg, Managing Director of the MP State Industries Development Corporation(MPSIDC), will be going on a 12 day training to London. Garg is an MP cadre IAS officer who belongs to the 1988 batch.

Unique decree by Kingdom of SA
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SA), in a move that could for the first time in several centuries change demography of Middle East has issued a decree that it will give citizenship to people based on point system. This will be applicable for professionals & businessmen. Other Gulf nations may also follow the suite.

George Verghese is Senior Editor Indian Express
George Verghese has left India Today and joined as Senior Editor-Politics, The Indian Express.

Large scale changes in Prasar Bharti on the anvil
Large scale changes in the Prasar Bharti are on the anvil. Grapevine has it that senior ranking officials who have been at one place for a very long time will soon be reshuffled.

Mulayam loyalists to go to Court
Bureaucrats in UP, who are known Mulayam loyalists, are learnt to be planning to go to Court against the appointment of Cabinet secretary in the state.

Dearth of PM material in India!

"There is a great dearth of PM material in India", commented a bureaucrat at a get together. Those present on the occasion were shocked. But he carried on in a fit of rage, and a peg of wine as well. "No party worth its name, these days, has leaders who can be called 'Statesman' in real sense. Everyone is after poll arithmetic and no body seems to be having 'welfare of the nation' on his agenda. They can be seen squabbling over the constitutional posts like that of the 'President'. Should anybody playing politics with the post as high as that of the President be deemed fit for being the next PM of the country?", he asked. The question is quite big for everyone to ponder over.

What is there in sealed envelope ?

A sealed envelope by the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh has been delivered to the Cabinet Secretary .It seems one senior IAS officer currently on deputation to the Government of India is going as Chief Secretary of the State.

DMRC facing a unique manpower shortage
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is facing a unique manpower shortage nowadays as techies who had implemented the Phase -I of the DMRC have migrated to the Gulf to do exact replica of the DMRC in Dubai.

IPS changes in MP

The MP Government has transferred over two dozen IPS officers. They are:Ashok Dohre IG Fire Fighting Services to IG PHQ Bhopal,K.C.Verma IGP JNKPA Sagar to IG SAF Gwalior,Sarabjeet Singh IG Gwalior Range to IG PHQ Bhopal,B.M.Kumar IG Rewa Range to IG JNPA Sagar,Swaran Singh IG Sagar Range to IG PHQ Bhopal,K.L.Meena IG SAF Gwalior to IG PHQ Bhopal,K.N.Tiwari IG Planning to IG Sagar Range,Anil Kumar IG Ujjain Range ,Sanjeev Kumar Singh IG Bhopal Range to IG PHQ,Vijay Yadav IG Chambal Range Gwalior to IG Fire Fighting Services Bhopal,P.M.Mohan IG AJAK Bhopal IG EOW Bhopal,D.S.Sengar IG SAF Indore to IG Gwalior Range,M.P.Dwivedi IG CID Bhopal to IG Ujjain Range,A.K.Soni IG Law & Order Bhopal to IG Rewa Range,Arvind Kumar IG PHQ Bhopal to IG Chambal Range,Ajay Kumar Sharma DIG Ujjain Range to DIG RAPTC Indore,G.R.Meena DIG Accounts to DIG Rewa Range,R.P.Singh DIG SAF Bhopal to DIG PHQ Bhopal,B.B.S.Thakur DIG Sagar Range to DIG JNPA Sagar,V.K.Maheshwari DIG Khargone Range to DIG Ujjain Range,Ashok Awasthi DIG Chhindwara Range to DIG Narcotics Indore,K.Wafai DIG Narcotics Indore to DIG Chhindwara Range,A.P.Singh DIG EOW Bhopal to DIG SAF Bhopal,Yogesh Mudgal DIG Rewa Range to DIG PHQ Bhopal Range,R.K.Gupta DIG RAPTC Indore to DIG Khargone Range and K.P.Khare JNPA Sagar to DIG Sagar Range.

Two IFS promotions in Haryana

1972 batch IFS officer Dr J K Rawat and 1973 batch IFS officer S K Dhar have been promoted as Additional PCCF IN Haryana.

Chairman of Punjab Law Commission

Justice Amarbir Singh Gill (Retd) has taken over as Chairman of the Punjab State Law Commission.

Major IAS reshuffle in Karnataka

There is a major IAS reshuffle in Karnataka.Out of 35 IAS officers reshuffled include Commissioner Bangalore Civic body K Jairaj.He will be replaced by Dr S Subramanya.

FORUM

I refer to the interesting IFS/ IFoS nomenclature debate on your site. Readers may benefit from the following historical backgrounder on IFS which is available on MEA site. Quote:

Indian Foreign Service: A Backgrounder

The origin of the Indian Foreign Service can be traced back to the British rule when the Foreign Department was created to conduct business with the "Foreign European Powers". In fact it was on September 13, 1783, when the Board of Directors of the East India Company passed a resolution at Fort William, Calcutta (now Kolkata), to create a department, which could help "relieve the pressure" on the Warren Hastings administration in conducting its "secret and political business". Subsequently known as the "Indian Foreign Department", it went ahead with the expansion of diplomatic representation, wherever necessary, to protect British interests.In 1843, Governor-General Ellenborough carried out administrative reforms under which the Secretariat of the Government was organized under four departments - Foreign, Home, Finance and Military. Each was headed by a Secretary level officer. The foreign department Secretary was entrusted with the "conduct of all correspondence belonging to the external and internal diplomatic relations of the government". From the very beginning, a distinction was maintained between the "foreign" and "political" functions of the Foreign Department; relations with all "Asiatic powers" (including native princely states of India during the British Raj) were treated as "political" and with all European powers as "foreign". Although the Government of India Act, 1935 sought to delineate more clearly functions of the "Foreign" and "Political" wings of the Foreign Department, it was soon realized that it was administratively imperative to completely bifurcate the Foreign department. Consequently, the External Affairs Department was set up separately under the direct charge of the Governor-General. The idea of establishing a separate diplomatic service to handle the external activities of the Government of India originated from a note dated September 30, 1944, recorded by Lt-Gen T. J. Hutton, Secretary, Planning and Development Department of the Government. When this note was referred to the Department of External Affairs for comments, Mr Olaf Caroe, the Foreign Secretary, recorded his comments in an exhaustive note detailing the scope, composition and functions of the proposed service. Mr Caroe pointed out that as India emerged to a position of autonomy and national consciousness, it was imperative to build up a system of representation abroad that would be in complete harmony with the objectives of the future government. In September 1946, on the eve of India's independence, the Government of India decided to create a service called the Indian Foreign Service for India's diplomatic, consular and commercial representation overseas. In 1947, there was a near seamless transformation of the Foreign and Political department of the British India government into what then became the new Ministry of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations and in 1948 the first batch recruited under the combined Civil service examination system of the Union Public Service Commission joined the service. This system of entry has remained the staple mode of intake into the IFS to this day.Unquote.Regards,

Muktesh Pardeshi
Counsellor (Disarmament)
Permanent Mission of India
9, Rue du Valais, 1202 Geneva

Authentic and Factual position about IFS

This is in the context of the comments offered by Rajagopal (Retd.IPS). The British Colonial Government created Imperial Forest Service (IFS) in 1876 and till 1921 Indians were not allowed to appear for the competitive exam of this Service. From 1922 onwards only, the Indians were allowed to enter this Service and it was renamed as Indian Forest Service. Due to recession, primarily, the recruitment to this Service was stopped. The last IFS officer of the erestwhile Service retired in 1964-65. In 1966 the process of creation of Indian Forest Service as an All India Service (the 3rd, IAS and IPS being the other two) was started and the first competitive exam was held in 1967, consequently the first batch of the present (IFS)Service came in position in 1968. This is the factual position as per the authentic Government documents. In our extra enthusiasm of broaching into this debate, we should atleast make sure that facts are not distorted or put wrongly.
K K Gupta

That settles the issue once and for all
I couldn't agree any more with the views of Rajagopal IPS. I think that settles the issue once and for all. Maybe they could be designated as the Indian Forest & Wildlife Service instead of Indian Forest & Environment Service because the Forest Service Officers know very little about the environment the way the world knows it.
Kuldeep Bharadwaj

IFS should be used for Indian Forest Service
This is in relation to Rajgopal's comment on IFS acronym. He must know that Imperial Forest Service existed along with the IP(Indian Police) during 1865 and beyond. Even after the IFS was abolished after the Government of India Act of 1935 IFS officers existed till the service was revived. He is wrong in saying that IFS was discontinued in 1922. Only after 1935 the service recruitment were stopped when the subject was transferred to States. The acronym is more in use in Internal correspondences in India and hence IFS should be used only for the Forest Service as All India service.
K P Singh

Call both services as IFS
What's wrong in calling them both IFS? Their spheres are so different that distinguishing between the two would not be difficult at all!
A K Singh

Gohain is backbone of Aviation in India
Gohain is today undoubtedly the backbone of aviation in India. He is one of the key factor behind the exponential growth of aviation India. He has the acumen to steer aviation further and to sustain the present growth through reforms in the old regulatory system. Today aviation and the country at large needs his services for at least two more years to ensure that Indian aviation sector comes of age and is respected by the world.
Last but not the least, his extension is country's need and not his.
Gopi

He must get extension
Yes he should get the extension for larger interest of the aviation industry
Sanjay Bahadur

Extension to DGCA is welcome

This will be the best thing to happen to Indian Civil aviation. He has done wonders and the industry needs a very positive approach person with a vision of the future
Capt puri

Collapse of Civil Administration
Mumbai's inability to withstand the first flush of monsoons shows how badly the municipal administration has crumbled. While Mumbai is visible because of its status as a mega city condition is much the same elsewhere be it the other metros or the moffusil. It is time the civil services as a group addressed this burning problem. As an officer of the Indian Defence
Estates Service for over 34 years I have seen the pitfalls rather closely in our Cantonment Boards. While touting lack of funds as the common excuse the civic administrators easily ignore the attitudinal problems resulting in injudicious application of the available funds. As there is no officially approved development doctrine for local bodies, crores of rupees are wasted by even small sized municipalities (including Cantonment Boards which I have seen first hand) on construction of 'barat ghars' and shopping complexes. Next on the list is 'beautification' through ornamental fountains, swanky arches welcome gates and round abouts even while the basic
infrastructure of roads, drains, street lights and water supply remain deprived of any upgradation in the name of lack of funds. These bodies get away with crass
financial mismanagement even though it is common knowledge that the priorities for application of funds are predominantly 'contractor oriented'. The Departmental bosses look the other way as return favor to the wrong doers for 'personal services' rendered. The officers associations of
IAS and those civil services who are directly concerned with municipal administration (e.g. the Defence Estates Service) should take the initiative to evolve a development doctrine for local bodies to improve the scenario. What needs to be done immediately is a complete ban on community centres and shopping complexes and a dictat that every penny spent out of a local body's account shall be only on roads, drains, street lights and water supply schemes. A certain percentage of the total expenditure must be mandatorily on alternative sources of energy and water harvesting. If we do not wake up now it may be too late.

N N Ojha

Vision of the future is more emotional than rational.

John Kotter on Leading Change: Eight Steps to Transform Your Organization

Kotter writes, "There are still more mistakes that people make, but these eight are the big ones. In reality, even successful change efforts are messy and full of surprises".

John Kotter teaches Leadership at Harvard Business School.
He studied both success and failure in change initiatives in business.

"The most general lesson to be learned from the more successful cases is that the change process goes through a series of phases that, in total, usually require a considerable length of time. Skipping steps creates only the illusion of speed and never produces satisfactory results", and "making critical mistakes in any of the phases can have a devastating impact, slowing momentum and negating hard-won gains". Kotter summarizes the eight phases as follows.


1. Establish a Sense of Urgency
2. Form a Powerful Guiding Coalition
3. Create a Vision
4. Communicate the Vision
5. Empower Others to Act on the Vision
6. Plan for and Create Short-Term Wins
7. Consolidate Improvements and Produce Still More Change
8. Institutionalize New Approaches

THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS IMPLEMENTED THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATIONS SERIOUSLY TOWARDS MERGER OF AIR INDIA AND INDIAN.

URGENY IS VISIBLE. GUIDING COALITION OF DIRECTORS FROM THE MINISTRY ARE IN CHARGE ALONG WITH OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS.
VISION AND MISSION IS THERE. SOME DIRECTORS FROM AI AND IC ALSO INVOLVED IN SUB COMMITTEES.

WAGE REVISION AGREED FOR IC IS A WIN.
A BONUS WAGE INCREASE TO GROUND STAFF WHO EARN SUBSTANTIALLY LESSER THAN TECHNICAL/OPERATIONAL CADRES WILL BE ANOTHER WIN.

PARITY IN CAREER PROGRESSION ACROSS DEPTS. WITHIN BOTH ORGANISATIONS, SENIORITY OF MORE QUALIFIED AND LENGTH OF SERVICE BETWEEN AI AND IC MUST BE ESTABLISHED.

FAST TRACK FOR PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED WITH BACK-DATED PARITY/EQUALITY BETWEEN AI AND IC IS NECESSARY.

REMOVAL OF EXCESS STAFF THROUGH ATTRACTIVE VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT IS ESSENTIAL.
Astra

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Pratibhatai's past is catching up….everyday one skeleton pops out!!!
From the start on her being the wrong candidate there's never been a doubt!!!

But now with these revelations her candidature is being questioned even more!!!
And seems there's more skeleton popping in store!!

Daily wagers who deposited in her Jalgaon Bank lost deposits with interest!!!
Seems Bank was only looking after Pratibha and her relatives interest!!!

She magnanimously wrote off loans of her relatives ….Daily Wagers paid for this!!!
Had to give their mool (deposits) and sood (interest) the miss!!!

Now even its been revealed that RBI too had alleged fraud,
In face of such allegations kaise karr sakthi hai Congress Pratibha ko laud!!

Though Congress Spokesmen rubbish these skeletons fact is Pratibha's image has been hit!!!
Many say to sit on the President's Chair she is not fit!!!

To get a loyalist to become President Congress is overlooking probity fitness!!
On Congress undermining the Presidency we all are a witness!!!

India's President need not be above board… this would be the perception!!!
This would be overseas the conception!!

Is it too late to save India's name???
To save India from Banana Republic (in)fame!!!

Because if a candidate who has so many question marks against her name gets elected!!
Then as a Banana Republic rightly by overseas Media India will be projected!!

They'll say not only does India have tainted MPs, MLAs and Ministers but a tainted President too!!
Arre Duniya mein how will we show our mooh!!!

Seems Sonia did not get due diligence done before deciding on Pratibha's name!!!
Or did she know everything …… in this case then Sonia too is to blame!!!

Because of revelations Pratibha's candidature has been afflicted with sugar ki bimaari!!!
If she's elected Presidency would loose out as in people eyes Pratibha hai haari!!!

What magic did Pawar use to silence the revelations on the Mudhra Port???
On this CNN IBN had carried a detailed report.

Don't forget Media too has Achilles heels,
And wheels move between wheels!!!

Pawar is a Master at such things….. seems he's pressed Rajdeep's paining nerve!!!
Causing IBN from this revelation to swerve!!!

PM's post can wait…. first Laloo wants to become BCCI's Boss!!!
Many would take this as something very gross!!!

Because people know the baggage that Laloo will bring with him!!!
BCCI will then run on Laloo and his baggage's whim!!!

News from London is that Amrinder is totally besotted with his Paki pyaar!!!
But hasn't he gone for ilaaj bahaar!!!

His treatment is still under tendering process….. Technical Bids to be opened end June!!!
And then decision on Doctor will be taken soon!!

Soon is circumstantial …. will depend on developments in his cases!!!
As you know back home very grim charges he faces!!

If Chahal makes any revelation Amrinder's lawyers have an excuse!!
Stockholm syndrome excuse they'll use!!!

Balasahib cracked a joke at Pratibha's behest….. Rashtrapatni joke!!!
But in the end support to Pratibha's candidature he'll croak!!!

Marathi Manus has tied up his dono haath!!!
Not supporting Pratibha will be looked as towards Marathi Manus vishwaasghaat!!

In the meantime there's news that Vilasrao Deshmukh has done some self-service!!!
Awarded land to his Trust…. we all know such Trusts do what kind of service!!

Sorry about a mistake in yesterday's Aawaz… 24x7x 52 weeks Rahul has to be a Neta,
Joh only on Feb 29 holiday from politics holiday hai leta!!!

And his receding into the background after UP debacle is a tactical error or mistake!!!
He has to rebuild Congress's House which was flattened in the UP election quake!!

Amar Singh has clothes for all occasions and moods…. even he's depressed or sad!!
By his togs you can make out if his mood is good or bad!!

UP is now out of bounds for him…. at least aaj kall!!!
To show his face in UP he simply does not have the bal (strength)!!!

www.7wonders.com …. UNESCO says survey has no link with it!!
And to prop up this survey our Media has done its bit!!!

Be like the Egyptians…. give this survey the ignore!!!
This Survey is an SMS revenue chor!!!

Request : Despite Congress's barb please keep the SMS campaign going,
Clamour for Kalam to reconsider is growing!!!

Use SMS constructively........ we should value good!!
Via SMSs make it to the Political establishment understood!!

Shouldn't MPs and MLAs vote for Public's choice?????
For a second term for Kalam please raise your voice!!!

Bharat Kumar

Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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A.K.Dhar to be acting CMD,DCI

AK Dhar will be acting Chairman Cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI).At present he is Director (Finance).The post had fallen vacant following retirement of NK Gupta in November 2006.As a stop gape arrangement KR Kishore was appointed Deputy Chairman of the DCI who is already full time Chairman of the Vishakhapatnam Port Trust. Kishore also headed DCI for six months till May 31, 2007.

Three are back to SBI Bikaner and Jaipur
Three Deputy General Managers Mssrs S C Chugh, R P Bansal and M K Rastogi are back to the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur.

Ram Kumar shifted to SBI Mysore
State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur General Manager (Operations) Ram Kumar has been shifted to the State Bank of Mysore.

OGRA on the anvil
The Indian Government is contemplating to set up "Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority" (OGRA).Basic aim of the OGRA will to ensure governance of oil & gas companies both in public & private sector.

Saharia is ED of Ashok Leyland

Rajive Saharia has been appointed new Executive Director (Marketing) of the Ashok Leyland.