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1988 batch IAS empanelment
Over sixty 1988 batch IAS officers are going to be empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India. Those who are believed to have been short-listed include:- Mssrs Dharmendra Sharma, Satya Gopal, C B Sanghi and Renu Sharma (UT) A Giridhar, Adhar Sinha and Ms Yerra Srilaxmi (AP), Sameer Kumar Khare, Maninder Singh and R V Suchiang (Assam-Meghalaya), Sudhir Kumar (Bihar), Jawahar Shrivastava (Chhattisgarh) B B Swain, Mukesh Puri, Arvind Kumar Sharma, S Aparna, Anita Karwal and Anuradha Mall (Gujarat), I C P Keshari, Sanjay Bandopadhyay and Praveen Garg ( MP), Apurva Chandra, Nitin N Kareer, Arvind Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Sanjay Chahande and Ashish Kumar Singh (Maharashtra), Rakesh Sarwal, M H Khan and Dr Rajesh Kumar (Manipur-Tripura), Rajiv Bansal (Nagaland), P K Mohapatra, Parag Gupta (Orissa), Sanjay Kumar, Ravneet Kaur (Punjab), Subodh Kumar (Rajasthan), Upma Shrivastava ( Sikkim), Tarun Bajaj, R K Khullar (Haryana), Ali Raza Rizvi, Manoj Kumar, R D Dhiman and T C Jamartha (Himachal Pradesh), S K Nayak, A K Mehta (J & K), A K Singh, Alka Tiwari (Jharkhand), E V Raman Reddy, Anil Kumar Jha and S D Meena (Karnataka), Gyanesh Kumar, Asha Thomas (Kerala), V Irainbu, Vikram Kapoor and Atulya Mishra (TamilNadu), Alok Kumar, Dr Rajneesh Dube, Rajan Shukla, Navneet Kumar Sehgal and M K Singh (Uttar Pradesh), S S Sandhu, Radha Raturi (Uttaranchal) and Prashant, S K Chaturvedi, Indever Pandey and I A Baba (West Bengal).

Sanjay Singh is JS Consumer Affairs

Sanjay Singh has joined the Department of Consumer Affairs in the Government of India as Joint Secretary. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Kanaswamy to join CBI
P Kandaswamy is joining the CBI as DIG. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

Rakesh Shrivastava to join as JS Shipping

Rakesh Shrivastava is all set to join the Shipping Ministry as Joint Secretary this month end. He is 1981 batch officer of the Rajasthan cadre.

Who will be DG Forests ?
Who will be new DG Forests in the Government of India ? Three senior IFS officers J P L Shrivastava, K K Gupta and G K Prasad have been shortlisted. New appointment is expected to take place in a week or two.

Is Rajasthan CM promoting new BJP culture?

Is Rajasthan Chief Minister Ms.Vasundhra Raje Scindia injecting a new culture in the Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP)?This question has been doing rounds in the Indian fraternity,in the wake of wet dinners hosted by state's authority including one of them in Lotus Hotel, Dubai.This was part of exercise that the Rajasthan Chief Minister had launched on May 12.It was to woo entrepreneurs and promote tourism.The CM was part of this exercise,as she accompanied by a host of officials & Tourism Minister was in Dubai for the event.

Ms Joshi is Dy Secretary SAARC Division
Ms Abhilasha Joshi (IFS 95) has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the SAARC Division in MEA in place of Anwar Haleem, Director who has already moved to Gulf Division. Joshi was Passport Officer in Vishakhapatnam before.

Mohit Yadav joins as US (E-Governance)
Mohit Yadav (IFS 2002) who had to move out of Northern Division due to the wrath of Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran in Northern Division of MEA has joined as US (E-Governance).

R R Singh to be Member
1970 batch IRS officer R R Singh has been selected for the post of Member -Authority of Advance Ruling Income-Tax.

Trikha to be Member Settlement Commission
Suresh Trikha is all set to join as Member IT Settlement Commission in Delhi. He is 1971 batch IRS officer.

Placement Committee of CBDT to meet on May 19
File relating to 36 IRS officers for promotion to Commissioner of Income Tax has reached the PMO. Meanwhile , the CBDT seems to be hurrying up the transfer and postings of the Commissioners of Income Tax at the All India level. The meeting of the placement committee to effect this all India order is scheduled to be held on May 19.

Transfers in CBEC this week
Transfer of Joint Commissioner and Additional Commissioners in Central Excise and Customs are expected to take place this week or early next week.

Jena to join ADB
IA & AS officer P K Jena has resigned from service to join the ADB in Manila.

IAS reshuffle in Maharashtra next week
A major IAS reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra next week. A couple of important posts are to be filled up.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

There is another IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New changes are :-Mssrs Shyam Manohar Shrivastava Divisional Commissioner Moradabad,Majid Ali Divisional Commissioner Barelley,T P Pathak Divisional Commissioner Basti,Rajiv Kumar Divisional Commissioner Gorakhpur,Gajendra Pal Divisional Commissioner Devipatan,Umadhar Dwivedi Divisional Commissioner Mirzapur,Iftakaruddin Divisional Commissioner Saharanpur,Narendra Kumar Divisional Commissioner Chitrakoot,R C Shrivastava Divisional Commissioner Faizabad,Anita C Meshram Vice Chairman Mathura Development Authority,Saroj Kumar Tiwari DM Shravasti,Tirath Raj Tripathi DM Kannauj,Madhukar Dwivedi DM Pilibhit,Ranjit Singh Pankaj DM Siddharth Nagar.

Rohit Nandan is also Secretary Tourism

Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Rohit Nandan has been given additional charge of Secretary Tourism.Avinash Kumar has been made Secretary Home.

Bureaucratic reshuffle likely in Uttarakhand today !

Bureaucratic reshuffle is likely to take place in Uttarakhand on Thursday.

CPM for Pranab Mukherjee as the President

Prakash Karat CPM secretary general secretary has communicated to the Congress High Command that his party was ready support candidacy of Pranab Mukherjee for the forthcoming Presidential poll. Relations of Mukherjee with senior BJP leader L.K.Advani are an open secret.

Ahmad Patel could be backed by Congress for VP

In case a consensus with the Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) was not reached for the Presidential poll, then it is toying with the idea of fielding Ahmad Patel for the Vice President…s post. He too had been support by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supreme Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) president Miss Mayawati.

Kamraj Plan on the anvil in Congress!

In view of the humiliating defeat of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Congress president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and her children are seriously toying with the idea of "Kamraj Plan " like exercise to resuscitate the party. As the grapevine has it whenever AICC is revamped, it would result in sweeping changes to the extent of changing personal assistants (PAs) and Personal Secretaries (PSs) with different leaders. Basically this is what the dream of Rahul Gandhi & Ms.Priyanka Wadhra is so that whiff of fresh air could be injected in the Congress.

NDMA…s policy document hailed by Sonia Gandhi

Congress president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi has hailed the maiden policy document of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Delhi. Such a high level body was set up at her behest. The policy document is quite exhaustive & has well laid out steps, in case a disaster ever strikes the nation.

IT reopens cases of cricketers

The Income Tax (IT) department has reopened files of over 50 cricket players who had allegedly sought tax benefits on their income from endorsements. Interestingly three of them including a foreigner got this exemption on remuneration paid to them for acting in films.

Who is Dr.V.K.Singh?

Nowadays a question is doing round in the country .It is : Who is Dr.V.K.Singh?It may be stated that Dr.Singh is soon going to be a member in the TDSAT.He would be the first technocrat to don the mantle of TDSAT member.

Joint Commissioner Customs resigns
Joint Commissioner Customs in Mumbai, Pardesi, is reported to have resigned.

Videocon's new venture
Videocon, an Indian multinational of which Chairman is V N Dhoot, has decided to launch a DTH service by the year 2008.

Prof. Aziz is new VC of AMU

Prof.Abdul Aziz has been appointed new Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh University.

IPS officer suspended

Rajasthan Government has suspended IPS officer M N Dinesh.

FORUM

Create separate section for UP transfers

The bureacratic reshuffle in U P is very crucial. As such, you may consider creating separate section focussing transfer within U P Secretariat.

M P Singh

Yes Brahmins have real brains

Yes, only Brahmins have the actual brains. There is no doubt at all.

John Brother

Thats like British used to say...Indians are whitemen's burden. If answer to this is affirmative...then another question comes.. What about 'brainy' Tiwari ji in UK. In UP itself why consolidation of BRAINS took so many agonising years..and ABRAINY CMs after CMs before this BRAIN-COUP could be performed.

Ravi Pipal

Brahmins must not make mistake
Brahmins must not make mistake in thinking so. What worked for Mayawati was the many wrongs that Mulayam did in his tennure.

Veejendra Yadav

There should be an objective audit
Everyone knows the fate of audit objections! Auditing is done by auditors, who hardly know the subject. Moreso, complex provision of income-tax is beyond their ability of comprehension. And, their seniors-AG, DAG etc, who are more ignorant can hardly contribute anything substantial. They merely sign on dotted lines. So let us not read too much into such objections.
It will not stand the test of judicial scrutiny.
Infact, there should be an objective audit of audit objections raised by CAG! How many have ultimately been upheld by COURTs? Let PWC or E &Y be appointed for the purpose.
It will be time to wind up such a fraudulent dept called CAG!Only soundbites is not enough.

Satya Mohan

TAIL=PIECE

Over the past several years, we have all learned to live with IVRS - "Inter-active Voice Response System" as a necessary part of modern life.

I was just wondering what would happen if God decides to go hi-tech and installs voicemail? I gave it a lot of thought and came up with various scenarios:

Let us imagine a scenario. You dialed God's number.

"Hi! Thank you for calling God. Please select one of the following:

If you are Christian, dial 1
All Hindus, dial 2
All Muslims, dial 3
All others, dial 0."

So, lets say you are a Hindu and you dialed 2. Here is what you hear:

Press 1 for Requests
Press 2 for Thank you messages for God
Press 3 for Complaints about unfulfilled promises
Press 4 for All other inquiries.
If your prayers are still not answered, dial '0' and ask for Naradmuni."

Or, if all Gods were busy, you might hear this:
"We are sorry, all Gods are busy helping other Bhaktas and Sinners. However, your prayer is important to us and your prayer will
be answered in the order it was received. Please stay on line. One of the Gods will be with you soon."

Or, it could even go this way when you start praying:
"If you know your God's extension, dial it now."
Or, you might hear this:
"If you would like to speak to Ganeshji, Press 1.
For Lord Hanuman, Press 2.
For Lord Krishna, Press 3.
To confess your sins, press 4.
To ask for favors, Press 5."

Or, you might even hear this:
"You have reached Lord Krishna's extension. I am going to be away to conduct a special yuddha to save the humanity and will be away until the year 2012. If this is something urgent and cannot wait until then, call Shankara at GB +44 779000020000 Call. If you want to speak to someone else, for other gods' directory, Press 6 now."

Or you might even hear something like this if you call toward the end of your life cycle:

"If you think you have reservations at our Heavenly Resort, please provide your name, social security number and be ready to provide the proof of your eligibility. If you do not have the proof of eligibility, please dial 420-HELL and ask for General Manager Ravana, who will be happy to help you."

Or, depending on the purpose of your call, you might hear this:
"If you are calling to find out if a loved one has been assigned to Heaven, Press 5, enter his or her 'mantra' number, then press the 0 key. If you get a negative response, try area code 420-HELL."

For all you know in this day and age of quotas and all, you might even get a response like this:

"Our computer records show that you have already prayed once today. Please hang up and try again tomorrow."

Or you might even here this if you call on the wrong day:

"This Main Office of Heaven is closed for DIWALI holidays. If this is an emergency, you may try our Himalayan Retreat in the mean time by dialing 6000-31,000."

So, let us hope and pray that God never learns about computers - because if he does, we are in BIG trouble!

Contributed by-Col. Satish Dewan

Aaj Ki Aaawaz

Dismal…… Forest and Environment Minister Raja's Report Card,
Whereas Maran's report card was A plus....... five starred!!!

Karuna should have replaced Maran with an equivalent,
Someone who had similar talent!!!

Though Cabinet Minister being appointed by someone else is not new,
That's why Congressmen outside 10 Janpath stand in a queue!!!

PM means Part-time Minister in Manmohan's case,
Or Pastime Minister till Rahul is handed the torch or mace!!!

Shouldn't Manmohan tell Laloo, Karuna and Pawar to use tact????
Make it look like PM is appointing Minister…… at least put up an act!!!

Nothing wrong with Manmohan seeking election from Rajya Sabha,
As only Politicians seek election via Lok Sabha!!!

And its well known that Manmohan is not a Politician,
To see this you don't need to seek the help of an optician!!!

There's one error in his asset declaration… house in Chandigarh is worth more,
As per market sources at least Rs. 2 crore!!!

If he's willing to sell at the declared price he'll be swamped with buyers,
Must be a mistake because Manmohan is not one of the habitual Asset liars!!!!

Like Mulayam ....he's being tried by SC for under declaring assets,
In fact betting markets on his actual worth is swamped with bets!!

Speaking of Mulayam …… all of a sudden he's ducked out of sight,
From his hideout he only steps out in the night!!!

His supporters say Mulayam is getting rid of his tan so he's staying out of the sun,
Though his detractors say he's on the run!!!

Now there are rumours in Delhi that Amar has quietly slipped away,
In London he's gone off to stay!!!

And for going to London he has gathered a number of medical certificates,
He's in need of Urgent Medical treatment abroad each Certificate states!!!

Even his Astrologer wanred him that in India he should not stay,
No secret that for his past deeds Maya is going to make him pay!!!

Is it true that Congress is twisting Maya's haath?????
And in Presidential elections Congress and BSP will be saath saath!!!

Maya has to work on UP getting back its dumm,
First she should ensure that goonda gardhi ho jaye kumm!!

Then she's got to look at power and infrastructure,
Based on improving these her planning she should structure!!!!

'Such a sauda'…….sauda is between Dera Sacha Sauda and Congress!!!
Dera Chief was asked to antagonize Sikhs and he did it with his 'fancy dress'!!!

Congress is now blaming Akalis for misgoverning,
They say because of Akalis with hatred Punjab is burning!!!

At such saudas and games Congress is an old hand,
In the past too with such saudas and games Congress bajaa chukee hai Punjab ka band!!

Vajpayee as President…. great!!!
Ex PM as the President of the Indian State!!

Vajpayee will be objective as India's President,
And he has all the qualities to qualify as India's First Resident!!!

And for Presidency Vajpayee can be sure of Advani's support,
Advani got Mamtha to propose this as per a report!!!

Moreover Vajpayee's candidature demand from some other Party in the NDA is correct,
And viewing his stature if he stands ho jaye ge Vajpayee ji elect!!!

Rahul Baba like Spiderman says that he'll be back,
Says in UP organization karti thi Congress lack!!

But many say Congress was working in the wrong direction,
Congress forgot it was fighting UP election!!!

And then Congress was banking on the Muslim Vote for all it's Muslim wooing,
But all that Congress got form them via votes was a booing !!!

Congress has to realize that its only hope in UP is joining hands with BSP,
Only BSP because it can't join hands with BJP and SP!!!

And sadly for Congress in the UP elections BSP's done well,
To make BSP join hands apart form Taj Corridor case Congress has nothing to sell!!

Still cannot get over BCCI claiming to be a Charity,
Where's the parity!!!

Board of Charity in Cricket in India……this is what BCCI actually means,
Thank you CAG for spilling the beans!!!

And as Charity begins at home BCCI is very charitable to its Board,
Jo Indian Cricket pe karte hai lord!!!!

Bharat Kumar

Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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CVC initiates inquiry against Ministry of Power ?
Central Vigilance Commission has initiated inquiry against top
Officials of the Ministry of Power for misuse of funds of NTPC for
their personal gain. Acting on media report that NTPC was
Forced by the senior officials of the Ministry to provide them all
Sorts of items at their offices and residences, CVC proposes to
Check this menace of misuse of PSU funds by government officials.
In the present case, NTPC spent more than Rs. 75 lakhs to please
The bureaucrats of the Power Ministry. Even mobile bills of the
Ex-Secretary(Power) RV Shahi were paid by NTPC. The information
On this was obtained by an alert citizen under the RTI Act.

Garg to be Additional ED of PNB

General Manager of the Indian Bank Garg is being appointed Additional Executive Director of the Punjab National Bank.

Is China paying back in the same coin ?

Is the China Government paying back in the same coin, as far as granting permission to Jet Airways to launch its flight between India & China is concerned? Answer to this question is yes, if one goes by happenings in both nations. A proposal for clearance to +Great Wall China Airlines+ is pending in Delhi. The said Chinese Airlines is engaged in Air Cargo business & is still awaiting permission from India.

Sudhir Kumar is Additional CEO Greater NOIDA

IAS officer Sudhir Kumar is new Additional CEO of the Greater Noida.

Company Affairs Department re-named

Department of Company Affairs in the Government of India has been re-named as Department of Corporate Affairs.

Anuradha Singh on deputation to IRCON
IRPS officer Anuradha Singh is going on deputation to IRCON.

Swarup appointed head
Ashok Swarup has been appointed head of Government affairs of Citi.

Sen Committee term extended

The term of the Abhijit Sen committee looking into the impact of futures trading on farm commodity prices has been extended by two months.

Makkar joins as CEO

Kulmeet Makkar has joined as CEO of Reliance ADA Group's new Music and Home Entertainment division.