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Dharmendra Sharma to be JS Power !

Dharmendra Sharma is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary (Power) in the Government of India. 1988 batch UT cadre IAS officer Sharma is presently PS to Petroleum Minister Murli Deora.

Why did Ashok Khurana resign?

In the corridors of power the question doing rounds is that why Ashok Kumar Khurana who is Additional Secretary in Ministry of Power,resign?Khurana who belongs to the 1976 batch of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has resigned because he will not get posting as Secretary in Centre.Khurana confided with <whispersinthecorridors.com> that he did not fulfill the condition of at least 18(i.e.one & a half years) months of service at the time of empanelment as Secretary,which is going to happen next year,so he opted to quit now.Replying to a question Khurana said "I am quitting on a very happy note."He also asserted that he has had best of relations with Indian Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde & Power Secretary Anil Razdan.Though, Ashok Khurana did not divulge his plans, he said "since time is on my side now, so I would like to settle down."According to him IAS is the best service in the world & he gained diversified knowledge while serving as a bureaucrat.

Paris post to go to IAS !
Post of Ambassador UNESCO in Paris currently held by an IFS officer A Mukherjee is likely to go to the IAS.

Raju to be Additional Director CBI
R V Raju is being promoted to the rank of Additional Director in the CBI most probably next month . He is 1975 batch IPS officer of J & K cadre.

Who wll succeed Desiraju ?
Who will succeed K R Desiraju as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD. Names of Maharashtra cadre IAS officer Upmanyu Chatterjee and Ms Jain of Karnataka cadre are in circulation.

Prem Narain gets extension till March
Joint Secretary Agriculture and Cooperation Prem Narain has been granted extension tenure till March . He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Kundal to be Chief secretary of J&K ?

If all goes well Balwant Rai Kundal will be new Chief Secretary of J & K.He is 1972 batch IAS officer.Present Chief Secretary C Phonsog is retiring by this month end.

No recommendation of Pay Commission
Sixth Pay Commission has clarified that the Commission has not submitted any interim report or recommendations so far.

High profile Joint Secr under CBI scanner
A high profile Joint Secretary who is going to Additional Secretary in the Government of India soon is said to be under CBI scanner these days.

BHEL is Kamdhenu for Heavy Industries
BHEL has come to be known as Kamdhenu for Heavy Industries department. The other units are sick.

Army officers waiting for Pay Commission report
Hundreds of Army officers are readying for resignation if Pay -structure to be decided by the Pay Commisson did not come upto their expectations. At the moment there is a shortage of 11,000 officers.

Greater Noida headless
Greater Noida is these days headless. It doesn't have any Chairman. It doesn't have a CEO or even a Deputy CEO either.

Shishir Jha is CBDT's Spokesperson

Shishir Jha CIT Media Coordination has been appointed as official spokesperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT).He is an Indian Revenue Service(IRS) officer of the 1987 batch.

Anil Kumar to be Director in MHA

Anil Kumar has been sent on deputation to the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for a period of five years. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1988 batch.

IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh

In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Pukhraj Maru as Commissioner of Bhopal & Hoshangabad divisions in place of B.R.Naidu who was shifted as Health Commissioner on Tuesday.Maru who was so far Principal Secretary Revenue & Relief Commissioner will be succeeded by Devendra Singhai who at present is Member of the Revenue Board.Other changes are as follows:D.S.Rai Secretary GAD to Member Narmada Valley Development Authority(NVDA) ,Vinod Kumar Member NVDA to Commissioner Land Records,S.D.Agrawal Secretary Home to Secretary GAD,Dr.Rajesh Rajora Health Commissioner to Secretary Home,M.K.Varshney Director Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief & MD MP State Road Transport Corporation(MPSRTC) to Member Revenue Board & Chandrahas Dube Controller Food & Drug Administration(FDA) to Additional Secretary Jail.Earlier transfer order of Ashok Shah from Secretary Rural Development & CEO Rural Roads Development to Gwalior has been cancelled.He will also hold additional charge of MD,MPSRTC..Likewise,Mrs.Rashmi Arun Shami Director Tribal Welfare will hold additional charge of Controller FDA.

Samanataray is Chairman in Orissa

Arun Kumar Samantaray is now President of the Board of Secondary Education in Orissa.He is 1975 batch IPS officer.

Promotion of CITs for CCITs

Those left over officers of the Indian Revenue Service(IRS) who hail from batches of 1973,1974 & 1975(tentatively upto 75040) are to be elevated as CCITs relating vacancies of 2007-08. The Government has sought representation from those who have some preference for their posting. The deadline for this is October 30, 2007.

IAS -IPS changes in Gujarat
M V Joshi will be the new Collector of Valsad The Election Commission has appointed Wabang Zamir SP Patan, Archana Shivhare as SP Rajkot Rural and Amit Vishwakarma as SP, Baroda Rural. Surat Rural SP would hold additional charge as SP Tapi.

Orissa Govt.to file Writ petition against CAT order

On the advice of the Law Department ,Orissa government has decided to file a Writ Petition in the Orissa High Court
likely on 23rd October against the September 21 last judgment of CAT ordering for a suitable posting of the 1979 batch IAS Ramesh Charan Behera. Behera has been placed as Officer Without Duty for over nine months.

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The great betrayal
.Was it not theCommunists who had sometime in the not too distant past had spoken about the strategy of sabotaging from within?The public memory is proverbially short.All of us regretfully forgot that damningly diabolical strategy.And here we are ,much to our misfortune,witnessing that sinister drama being unfolded.The sorry spactecle of sabotage from within.Look at the timing of this heartless betrayal.The sub-continent is in turmoil.Pakistan is in the midst of a never before happaned catastrophy.Their half-hearted attempt at trying democracy has come to almost nought on the streets of Karachi.Just at this gruesome moments they have chosen to destabilise the largest demacracy in the world.A calm and composed democatic India would have made a great portrait in contrast to the chaotic Pakistan.Not the kind of portrait the Commies would have liked to go around in Asia and Africa.This would have mocked and pinched the readers of Red book.So they chose to sabotage from within.Swearing by constitution had not changed them one bit.That explains why they acted the way they did.It is darkness at noon. The red darkness.Their masters would be pingpong happy in the ing snow.
B P Singh

Suggestions on security issues

Some of the comments made on security issues on this site are childish. The situation in India has reached nadir at present and there is no hope it will improve unless strong and imaginative steps are taken.
1.The selection of the officers and staff handling the situation must be made with utmost care keeping in view their previous records and not on political considerations. This should apply to all posts from National Security Advisor to a Daroga and policeman. High-sounding designations need be avoided. The head of the London police was known as Chief Constable.
2. Police and Army soldiers on security duties should be given full protection even when an excess takes place on plausible grounds. We have demoralised honest officers by superceding them on minor points or media reports. The correct method is to institute a departmental and in serious cases judicial enquiries with time-bound reports and action. No political interference please.
3.Politicians and bureaucrats with criminal records must be weeded out through legislation.
4. There is presently no complete separation of Executive and legislature in this country as in USA. This is, perhaps, the fault of the Parliamentary form of Government. The ministers are part of Executive and legislature.
I would welcome a debate on your web site on these issues.

Senior Citizen

How to do away with "Babu" word ?

'To do away with 'Babu' word within the govt., the govt./pay commission has to give lower officials, a new nomenclature of designations. This would bring a cultural change in their outlook, feel more responsible and give output accordingly. But I do not think, it is such an alarming situation that govt. must do it. The British legacy will always continue. The 'Babu' word and 'Babu culture' is not now restricted to lower officials, even politicians/media too address highest bureaucrats with the 'BABU' word. It is, however, agreeable that all employees of the govt. are put in the BABU category by the media, especially. The reason being a typically deep mentality of highest babus/politicians to recognize their positions as to how much decorated they are with Peons/PAs or security people. Here is a classic example of this babu mentality which is also a British legacy- In govt. there are the posts of Personal Assistant, Private Secretaries, Principal Private Secretaries and Senior Principal Private Secretaries. There respective status as per govt. hierarchy is: Assistant, Section Officer, Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary. The vital question is What is personal? What is private? What does Principal private secretary's job contains? and as to WHAT Senior, also principal, also private secretary (Sr. Principal Private Secretary does) is meant to do?. To the extent that they get promotions, it is OK. But what do they do privately. Whether with seniority, they become more and more private and this privacy extends to what extent. Is there anybody who can define who will explain as to what constitutes and contain personal/private so on. What do this private people do in govt. or why govt. people are personal, private and more private and still more private.

Look at these officers/politicians who have PAs with the respective seniority. How does they increase their esteem with decreasing self esteem of such employees who work consistently for assisting them as PA's.

So the British legacy will continue, as the mindset of Indian officers/politicians is not going to change and, therefore, all in govt. would continue to be called as BABUS, as the media rightly addresses them. And as above said, it is not an alarming situation as long as it suits the higher ups and the cost is also not very high? Only to be called BABUS, for namesake only.

Vinod Arora

Age should be Ist August

If the recommendation to unify the date is accepted, then it should be 1st August as 1st August is the cut off date of age restrictions for appearing in competitive examinations conducted by UPSC. This step will take care of disadvantage suffered on account of cut off date for eligibility to appear in the examination.

Sanjay Kumar

How to attract best brains ?

Earlier we have seen exodus of IAS Officers to other sectors. This is another example of a result of wide gap of salary and perks between the Government sector/PSUs and the ever growing Private sector/MNCs. Unless the Government gives a serious thought to the problem and provides a comparable amenities to its officers, it will be difficult to attract/retain the best brains in its fold. Is the Pay Commission/Ministry of Finance listening?.

Purnendu Kant

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Manmohan Ji been very pareshaan….. been racking his dimaag!!!
Been racking his brain while munching his favourite Makki ki roti and Sarson ka saag!!

Commies want him to put off the 123 Deal Officially!!!
Commies are not accepting what he's told them unofficially!!!

Commies want PM to put ' Deal in on hold' in black and white on his Official letterhead!!
In fact now some Commies say they want PM to write that Deal is dead!!

Is Congress just trying the delay the inevitable??
Till Budget ho jaye table!!!

Manmohan met the UPA Allies and said he felt let down by them,
Sent them a signal that their opposition to the Deal they should stem.

Manmohan made it clear that under pressure he does not want Sarkaar to be 'langdi batak' (lame duck)!!!
Or dance to Commie prodding kathak!!!

Commie UPA will now meet post Diwali!!!
Till post Diwali decision taali (postpone)!!!

My feeling is that India will approach IAEA sooner than later!!!
For meeting the Budget deadline now Congress karr rahi hai cater!!

India needs to get the Deal operationalized with Bush at the helm,
And Chinese and Russian reps in India should not be allowed to overwhelm!!

Even if there is a delay in approaching IAEA approval could be given jaldi se!!!
Approval can be given in a few days experts say!!!

IAEA can waive the 45 day approval time …. Tatkaal consent !!
In a few days approval will be sent!!!

Congress is convinced that it will do better than last time if midterm polls are held!!
But Laloo , Pawar and Karuna fear elections as their Parties will be electorally felled!!

Many Congressis feel that last few sips of power like tea are the sweetest!!
Will National interest or selfish interests win the contest????

Should Rahul let himself being seen in Pawar's company!!!!
20 Twenty match mein Pawar ko kiya Rahul ne accompany!!!

Pawar today has a very bad image!!
And being seen with him Rahul's image could suffer damage!!

Why did Rahul not sit with his brother in law in the box Sharukh was sitting????
Rahul's image is going to take a hitting!!!

Now Karuna says Ram Chandar Ji is indeed revered!!!
Seems when he made the anti Ram comments his tongue from his brains was severed!!

Otherwise why should he have made the anti Ram comments he made????
Neck deep in criticism karr raha hai Karuna wade!!!

Badal says that nephew Manpreet will not resign!!!
Fact is Manpreet will not resign however resignation he could be forced to sign!!

BJP has already said that CM's chair is not an heirloom!!!
And BJP has an eye on FM's room!!!

Though Badal says it's a family spat … there's much more than meets the eye!!!
Otherwise Manpreet Uncle Badal ko nahi karta defy!!!

Manpreet does not want to end up as the fall guy as Punjab falls deeper into the debt trap!
Because for Punjab 's worsening Financial condition as FM Manpreet will get the rap!!

So he's let all know that in Financial matters the FM is not being allowed to have his say!
And he's also let us know that within the Badal family politics is at play!!!

During Navratras Laloo played Dandiya …… of course he did it in his style!!!
And it looked like Laloo was literally using a latt for a while!!!

Laloo's mood is lifting …….. his humour is coming back!!!
He had lost it after Bihar ki Public ne kiya tha Laloo ko electorally whack!!

But he's still worried about the prospects of a midterm poll!!!
Because in his Vote Ban he' still not been able to weld the huge hole!!!

Modi should not have walked out from Karan's Devil's Advocate!!!
In the Public Domain a 'I'm answerable to the Public ' attitude I'd advocate!!!

Even Pranab did not walk out though he threatened Karan again and again,
Modi lost out …… had he answered Karan's allegations there was a lot to gain!!

Now the viewer feels Modi is running shy or scared!!!
In this interview very badly Modi fared!!!

Sehwag must the only cricketer who has been given so many chances despite his flop batting!!!
His bald pate why is BCCI still patting????

And Dhoni please remember…. faster we (Indians) enthrone the faster we dethrone!
So a few losses and in no time Dhoni ho jaye gaa dethrone!!!

Yes Government should be firm with overseas investors...only front door entry allowed!
Back door entries should be disallowed !!!

Confucius …. A house that lets outsiders enter from every door ends up being robbed or looted!
So total ban on PNs which are backdoor entries need to be mooted!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Nagar is ED(Flight Safety 1) NACIL
R Nagar is the Executive Director ( Flight Safety 1) of the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), the new company into which Air India and Indian have been merged.

Mor to head ICICI Foundation
DMD of the ICICI Bank Nachiket Mor has been appointed head of the ICICI Foundation.

Sridar Iyengar joins Career Launcher

Career Launcher, the leading education corporate, with interests in education and training spanning test prep, vocational training and k-12 schools has appointed Sridar Iyengar as the Independent Director of the company with immediate effect. Sridhar, a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) from the University of Calcutta and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, is associated with Bessemer Venture Partners.