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Mohapatra to be Chairman of Tariff Authority ?
If all goes well Secretary Shipping A K Mohapatra will succeed A L Bongirwar as Chairman of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports in India. He is 1971 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

Will Dinesh Sharma move from Commerce Ministry ?
Grapevine has it that 1983 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer Dinesh Sharma is moving from the Commerce Ministry to make way for the newly empanelled Joint Secretary.

Das to be DG International Taxation !
The CBDT is believed to have cleared the name of CCIT Nasik D Das for the post of DG Taxation. He is 1973 batch IRS officer. The post has fallen vacant following the superannuation of G C Srivastava.

Rohit Tiwari to go to UK for studies
Rohit Tiwari will be going for higher studies to the Institute of Developmental Studies, Sussex. Tiwari who is a West Bengal cadre Indian Forest Service(IFS)officer belongs to the 1993 batch. So far he was Director with the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).Though he is going for one year initially, he could pursue higher studies abroad for three years.

Sudhir Garg is PS to MoS Steel
Sudhir Garg has joined as PS to Union Minister of State for Steel .He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Vivek Kumar to get foreign posting ?
It is believed that Vivek Kumar APS to Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath is being appointed Research Officer in Embassy at Bangkok. Formal interview for the post is being held today.

Anupam Ray in Swati Kulkarni out !
Campaign Coordinator for Indian High Commissioner in London Kamlesh Sharma. Anupam Ray has taken over as Special Assistant of the High Commissioner also.1994 batch IFS officer Ray has replaced 1995 batch IFS officer Swati Kulkarni. Swati has been with the High Commissioner as Special Assistant for some time whereas Anupam Ray who was earlier PS to MOS Anand Sharma, was sent about 3 months back and took over as Campaign Coordinator for HC's bid as Secretary General of Commonwealth. So his purpose of going as Campaign coordinator is defeated.

India in Intergovernmental Forum

India has been elected to the Executive Committee of Intergovernmental Forum on Mining,Minerals,Metals and Sustainable Development.Indian side was led by Secretary Mines J P Singh and Joint Secretary Mines Ms Ajita Bajpai Pande.There are a total of 5 members of the Executive.The other members are -UK,Romania,Kazkakhistan,Canada and Brazil.This was the first participation by India in this prestigious Forumwherein an election process was held to elect the Executive Members.

Sheel Vardhan Singh to be JD IB UP
Sheel Vardhan Singh is being appointed Joint Director Intelligence Bureau Uttar Pradesh.1986 batch Bihar cadre IPS officer Singh would succeed 1976 batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Alok Joshi who has joined the Cabinet Secretariat.

Rajesh Bhushan empanelled
Rajesh Bhushan has been empanelled to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India during the last review. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Sahai joins Company in Delhi
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai has joined the Integrated Multi-Model Transit system Company in Delhi. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

Will Gokulram join in NHAI ?
Will N Gokulram join as Chairman of the NHAI ?.it is believed that 1974 batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer Gokulram would not like to bear the brunt of the Minister T R Balu. One can only wait and watch. The NHAI has seen four Chairmen during the past 14 months.

Empanelment list of 1986 batch IPS officers
Six dozen 1986 batch IPS officers are believed to have been empanelled to the rank of IG in theGovernment of India. They are:-
Rajesh Malik, S Nithiyanandam, P K Srivastava, S Vasudev Rao and T N Mohan (UT), J Chakravarty, Pallav Bhattacharjee, P D Goswami, Dr S B Singh, R Chandranathan and R P Agrawal (Assam-Meghalaya ), R P Thakur, Rajiv Trivedi, D G Sawang, Dr C R Naidu,V S Kamaudi, S Prabhakar Reddy, M Mahender Reddy, Alok Prabhakar and T Krishna Prasad (AP), Sheel Vardhan Singh, R K Mishra and Ashok Kumar Verma (Bihar), E Radhakrishnaiah (Gujarat), Sitaram Mardi and K C Sadyal (Himachal Pradesh), D Rani Doley and S P Vaid (J & K), Kamal Nayan Choubey, V H Rao Deshmukh and K S Meena (Jharkhand), A Hemachandran, N Shankar Reddy and Mohammad B S Yasin (Kerala),S Ramakrishna, M K Nagraja, K Gagan Deep and Pravin Sood (Karnataka),A K Pateriya, Dr Shailendra Srivastava, Anil Kumar.Sanjay Rana, K N Tiwari and T K Ghosh (Madhya Pradesh ),Shambhu Nath Singh,A K Shukla,Anand Prakash and Pramod Asthana ( Manipur-Tripura),L T Lotha,Z Lotha and S T Sangtam (Nagaland),Dr R P Sharma,Pradeep Kapur,B K Sharma,Abhay,M Nageshwar Rao and S S Hansdah (Orissa),Ashish Bhengra,Mithilesh Kumar Jha,N Tamil Selvan,Ashutosh Shukla,Ms Laxmi Prasad and M S Jaffar Sait (TamilNadu),Pramod Kumar Tiwari,Dinesh Chandra Pandey,Shantanu Mukherjee and Nasir Kamal (Uttar Pradesh),M A Ganapathy (Uttarakhand) and Shashi Bhushan Singh Tomar,Rakesh Kumar Gupta,R Thyagaraju,Kuldip Singh and Manoj Malviya (West Bengal).

Boom time for lingo journalists
Its is boom time not only for news channels, but also for journalists in different languages in India. There is also a huge demand for students wanting to opt for different language literature courses & courses relating to advertising field.

Lt Gen Milan Lalitkumar Naidu is now Vice Chief of Army
Lt Gen Milan Lalitkumar Naidu, till recently Army Commander of Army's Shimla based Training Command, has taken over as the next Vice Chief of Indian Army. He replaces Gen Deepak Kapoor, who has since taken over as Army Chief. Lt Gen Naidu paid tributes to martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti this morning. This was followed by a guard of honour in the lawns of South Block. Lieutenant General Naidu had his early education at St Joseph's Convent, Bhopal and to continue his family tradition, joined the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla, where he excelled in marksmanship (shooting).He is a keen sportsman and formed part of the Services team in the National Skeet Shooting Championship in 1968. He also plays golf, tennis and cricket.Lt Gen Naidu is married to Mrs Neeharika who is the daughter of Lt Col Awasthy, a veteran of World War II and 1962 Operations.

Dutta joins Lokayukta Organisation in Karnataka
R K Dutta has taken over as the head of the police investigation wing of the Lok Ayukta in Karnataka. He is 1981 batch IPS officer.

TV Channel of Narendra Modi

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will have a TV Channel named Vande Gujarat.

IPS can be posted to a non-cadre post
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Mumbai bench has given ruling that an Indian Police Service (IPS) can be posted to a non-cadre post.

Threat to Nagaland IAS officer
IAS association of Nagaland has urged NSCN (IM) to withdraw its threat to Alemtemshi Jamir (IAS:1977) who has been accused of being anti national by the NSCN (IM). Incidentally NSCN (IM) is holding talks with Government of India and their threat to Alemtemshi has been taken seriuosly by the bureacracy in Nagaland. Already officers in this State are working in extreme conditions and the IAS Association hopes that GoI takes cognizance of this action.

Nandanwar posted in Central Railway

N.K.Nandanwar Selection Grade/IRSME, on return from deputation, has been posted to Central Railway.

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Reaction on Aruna Sharma's views
Apropos of the views in the forum on the "Aam Admi Bima Yojana", the premium of Rs 200 per annum per family appears to be too high. Perhaps the premium amount can be brought down substantially if there is competitive bidding even within the public sector insurance companies. That is perhaps one reason why very few State governments have consented to participate in the scheme. So far as health insurance schemes are concerned, it is to be seen whether it will benefit any remote and backward tribal rural areas at all considering that there are hardly any private health care institutions in such areas. Even the State Governments find it difficult to post doctors in such places. Corporate- oriented solutions to the social saftety net/ health care issues may have only a limited success in areas which need such support the most.
Raj
All services should be considered for IAS

I fully agree with suggestion of Ramesh Semwal. All services in the State i.e. Engineering, Agriculture should also be considered for induction to IAS
Ajay

No scope unless Quota is raised for IAS

Semwal may note that there is quota for other state service officers
also in the total quota reserved for State Service Officers, but he should also note that out of the total quota for IAS in a state only 33% is reserved for State Service officers. Until & unless this quota is raised to more than 50% for State Officers there is no scope for improvement.

Rajnesh

Language is no bar for PCS officers

I disagree with Suresh that Language is a barrier for PCS officers going to other states. Since they are getting into All India services the idea of staying in a particular state must go out of their mind. In case of AIS officers also language is an issue but it gets sorted out with time. In fact this will be beneficial as officers who have worked in a particular state at grass root level will transfer their knowledge & good working practices to other state. This will be a revolutionary step if DOPT thinks on these lines seriously. This will certainly help in breaking the nexus between Local Politicians and PCS officers and go a long way towards improvement of State Civil Services. This will be beneficial to State Service Officers also. In fact GOI must make central deputation compulsory for a period of 3-5 years for all PCS officers joining AIS..

Sunil

Why four NHAI Chairmen were changed ?
No wonder the Infrastrure/ Highways Development in our Country is moving in a snail's pace. If this would be the attitude of our ministry, then implementation / completion of NHDP projects will be severely affected resulting in lagging our country in the race of superpower by 2020, as one would agree that we can never become a superpower unless we have a good infrastructure and Highways contributes a lot in better infrastructure besides power and others. I think that the ministry / minister must justify his act of changing 4 Nos. of top boss of NHAI within a year
Anand Kumar

Baluji wants a man to toe his line !

Baluji wants a man who toes only his line, specially with likelihood of the general elections around the corner. Every body, be it Transport Dept or Shipping. All are suffering due to his tempers. He is unfit to be a Union Minister.

Nikita

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Qudos to Subrato Roy

Dr. Subrato Roy's new international initiative on global warming has won him qudos from all over the globe. It is learnt that Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh & Congress chief Mrs.Sonia Gandhi have also commended his initiative. It is being seen as the biggest corporate initiative against global warming.

Varghese is ED (Southern Region) NACIL
E A Varghese is the Executive Director (Southern Region) of the National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), the new company into which Air India and Indian have been merged.

TTK maps launches "Map Track" India CD
TTK Maps' - the Publication Division of TTK Healthcare Ltd., has launched "Map Track", a collection of digital maps in CD-Rom. It offers a highly interactive experience with its variety of search options. In addition, to providing high quality maps, the CD comprises of various other features such as place finder, where users can search, locate, zoom in and zoom out any place in India, across the length and breadth of the country.It is wrapped up with valuable & authentic data, exhibiting itself as a Knowledge power house.

Wipro's Offshore Model in Security "unique" says a research
In an independent report by Forrester Research, Inc., an independent research firm, Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited has been ranked as a strong performer in the "The Forrester WaveT: Security Consulting, Q3 2007", Forrester Research, Inc., September, 2007.Forrester evaluated the security services consulting market of 10 leading service providers across 80 criteria.

Excel home videos wins global awards
India's leading home entertainment company, Excel Home Videos of has earned two awards for India at the 20th Century Fox Awards for Excellence in Home Entertainment. The company swept two of the four awards for India, including 'Highest Growth' and 'Best Theatrical Synergy". The other 2 awards were won by Hong Kong. The Award Ceremony was held at Bali, Indonesia. The Awards, in its third year, were presented by Richard Crook, Vice President, International Licensees. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Reuters launches mobile info for farmers
Indian Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has launched Reuters unique mobile information service for Indian farmers. Reuters Market Light ('RML') has been designed to support India's 250-million-strong agricultural community and following a very successful pilot scheme is now being rolled-out across the country. Given the success of the pilot scheme, Reuters is to launch Reuters Market Light on a full commercial basis. Reuters Market Light will now introduce a small customer charge of Rs.60 per month. RML of which MD is Amit Mehra will also now be rolled out across other rural areas in India, extending its offering.

Chowdhary gets new assignment in Nokia

Ashish Chowdhary head of the India and Nepal sub-region of Nokia Siemens Networks, has been appointed to lead the global managed services

A N Singh resigns
Deputy MD (Corporate Services) of the Tata Steel A N Singh has resigned from the board'He is joining as Managing Trustee of Dorabjee Tata Trust.He is 1969 batch former IPS officer.

SAIL receives Rs 4.5 crore dividend from NSPCL
NTPC-SAIL Power Supply Company Ltd (NSPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), today paid Rs. 3 crore to SAIL as final dividend for the year 2006-07. SAIL Chairman Mr. S.K. Roongta received the cheque from NSPCL Chairman Mr. R.C. Srivastava. NSPCL had paid interim dividend of Rs. 1.5 crore to SAIL in March 2007 before declaring a total dividend equivalent to 23% of profit after tax. The performance of the joint venture company has been continuously improving year by year and it has paid dividend continuously since inception in 2001.
NSPCL registered a net profit after tax of Rs 38.97 crore in 2006-07 (higher by 31% over the previous year) on a net worth of Rs. 867.98 crore. Bhilai Electric Supply Co. Ltd. ¨C another 50:50 joint venture of NTPC and SAIL ¨C was merged with NSPCL recently.
The company is presently implementing a greenfield power expansion project of 2x250 MW at a cost of around Rs. 3,000 crore at Bhilai. The first unit is expected to be operational by early 2008. SAIL will receive about 280 MW of power from this unit which will provide security in meeting the enhanced level of power requirement of Bhilai Steel Plant.