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Shashi Tripathi is new UPSC Member

Shashi Tripathi has been appointed new Member of the Union Public Service Commission.She is former 1970 batch IFS officer.
( We said this on September16,2006 and Feb.21)

Kumar to be JS Agriculture
K N Kumar is being tipped to be Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of India. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Hoda empanelled
Syed Munir Hoda has been empanelled to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India during the last review meeting. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.

VRS request of 70 IRS officers pending !
According to informed sources, VRS request of 70 IRS officers (Central Excise and Customs) is currently lying with the Central Board of Excise and Customs.

IAS cooling period reduced to One year
The government of India has reduced the cooling period for IAS to one year from two years. Now they will be able to join the private sector after a year of their retirement.

Health check up must for officials
Health check every year will henceforth be compulsory for the officials of the All India Services. It will be a part of ACR.

IAS at Director and deputy secr level vanishing
While the number of IAS at the Director and the deputy secretary level is declining by the day, those from other services are making hay.

Samant to be Chief Secretary of Rajasthan ?
D C Samant is being tipped to be new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

B C Khanduri sets an example
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri is not only a firm believer of "work is worship" but also believes in setting precedents. He has restricted number of vehicles to three that comprise his fleet of cars as the Chief Minister.

PM to file his papers tomorrow
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh will be filing his nomination papers for e- entry into the Rajya Sabha from Assam on Wednesday. He will be received in Guwahati by Congress leaders including Home Minister Shivraj Patil, AICC treasurer Motilal Vora, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh and Indian Minister for Department of Personnel Suresh Pachauri.

Catch 22 for I & B Ministry
The Indian Information & Broadcasting (I & B) Ministry is trapped in a catch 22 position;, over national film awards which are to be announced in near future. Jury members had adjudged Hindi film ; as the best film while mega star Amitabh Bachchan has been chosen as the best actor. As the grapevine has it the I & B Ministry has turned down the file asking for reviewing the matter.

Gandhis woo Muslims
The Gandhi family including Rahul & Priyanka during their poll campaign in recently concluded polls to Uttar Pradesh assembly has realized that Congress has seen considerable erosion in its touch with Muslims in North & West. The situation reportedly became more grave as Muslims leaders in Congress party have maintained a distance from Muslim masses. How grave is the situation can be gauged from the fact that two most respected Muslim clergies of India have been invited to Delhi for a meeting with the party leadership on May 13, 2007. They are Muslim Personal Law Board (MPLB) chief Maulana Rabe Mian & Quran Committee head Maulana Parikh.

It will be NDTV vs. BBC

The NDTV Entertainment which as launched under Samer Nair, has suddenly got an unexpected competitor. It is none other than the BCC.The BBC has announced to launch its extremely popular &#8220;BBC Entertainment&#8221; in India on the platform of Tata Sky.

IT sleuths under pressure

Income Tax (IT) department authorities are reportedly under immense pressure to cover up names of an Independent Karnataka MP a close aide of Chief Minister in Congress ruled state, who are alleged to be part of the racket who transferred 10 Billion American Dollars through Union Bank of Swiss (UBS).This money laundering was brought to the notice of concerning authorities in Delhi by the British.

1993 batch IPS is DIG in TamilNadu

Five 1993 batch IPS officers Mssrs E.Ma. Masanamuthu, P. Kannappan, Su. Arunachalam, P. Balasubramanian, and P. Thamaraikannan have been promoted to the rank of DIG in TamilNadu.

Shashank Vikram to go Braslia

Third Secretary in Lisbon Shashank Vikram has been transferred to Brasilia in place of Second Secretary S Janakiram. Latter will go to Lisbon.

Man Mohan Singh to move Brunei
First Secretary in Kuwait, Man Mohan Singh, is moving to Brunei in place of M P Singh who is retiring.

Now Bhutan National Party
Retired civil servants, retired defense officers and business people have joined forces to form the third party, the Bhutan National Party (BNP).

FORUM

Are ministers sole repository of wisdom ?

It is not desirable for proper administration to let ministers reject panels repeatedly! A limit should be fixed! It should be made compulsory to select from second panel submitted! Even President can return a Legislative Bill only once! Are ministers the sole repository of wisdom?

H G Obhrai

There should be Special promotion system

As I had written earlier, time has come when GOI needs to devise special promotion systems for before time promotions of outstanding officers of state services to AIS. All state officers of the country should join on this issue. We now need to move on from the colonial "caste bureaucracy" mindset. Please highlight this issue.

Manish Chandraa

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Ambani appoints retd IAS officers
Mukesh Ambani is said to have appointed at least four retired IAS officers to create a new city - Navi Mumbai.

Norms for PSU Director relaxed
Any person having one year experience of working as a general Manager in a PSU will now be eligible for the post of Director.

Overheating of Indian Economy & its aftermath

The overheating of in Indian Economy has now caught the attention of different rating agencies.Moodys & Goldman Sacks have revised the long term outlook for Indian Economy. Macro & micro economists have already been predicting a major recession in India next two years .This will coincide with general elections of 2009.

Big investments in Nuclear Power
The days to come are likely to see heavy investments in Nuclear Power.

Will Singhvi stay back ?

Will MD of the Gujarat Ambuja Cement, Anil Singhvi, continue ? Only Singhvi can answer to this question. He had put in his papers recently.