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No proposal to raise retirement age
If top sources are to be believed, there is no move to raise the retirement age to 62 for central government employees .

AICC reshuffled and Rahul Gandhi is General Secretary

As predicted on this website on Saturday AICC has been reshuffled and Rahul Gandhi has been appointed General Secretary on Monday.

Early Lok Sabha polls either in January or April '08 ?

As early Lok sabha polls re hovering on Indian political skies,it is possible to hold them either in January or in April 2008.In January they could held on the basis of existing electoral rolls as the work roll revision shall end only by January 2008.However,if they are held on the basis of new electoral rolls April is earliest month when Lok Sabha polls could be held.In February & March there are pre board & board examinations for students of Class 10 & Class 12.

Asif Ibrahim to be Minister Co ordination

Asif Ibrahim will be going to London as Minister Co ordination.At present he is IB Joint Director Delhi.He is an MP cadre IPS officer of the 1977 batch.

Circulation of CRs of 1976 batch IPS start

Circulation of CRs of 1976 batch IPS officers for the empanelment of 1976 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India has started.

Will Vishwanath be JS Defence ?
Name of C Vishwanath has started doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary Defence. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Goyal to get one year extension !
Joint Secretary Internal Security in the Ministry of Home Affairs L C Goyal is expected to get one year extension in his deputation tenure. He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.

Delhi Government without PS Home
Delhi Government has so far been unable to find out suitable Principal Secretary Home.1978 batch IAS officer K S Mehra Principal Secretary PWD continues to hold additional charge of Home. The post has been lying vacant for the last one month following the appoimntment of 1977 batch IAS officer Shumsher K Sheriff as Secretary to the Vice President.

Appointment of Tarun Bajaj next month
Tarun Bajaj will be the first officer in 1988 batch IAS to get posting as Joint Secretary in the Government of India. He is all set to get appointment as Joint Secretary (Insurance) in the Ministry of Banking.

Several states turn down proposal
Several states have not agreed to the proposal of providing minimum tenure of the postings of the IAS officers. The states are, Rajasthan, Punjab, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, TamilNadu, Gujarat and Tripura. The other States have not given their final comments.

L.K.Advani took only one name

Senior leader of the main opposition Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP)took name of only one officer in the Prime Minister's Office(PMO),during a recent public meeting in Bhopal.The reason for naming Sanjay Baru Press Attache to Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh can best be explained by Advaniji.

3 vacancies in NIFT
There are three Director level vacancies in National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).They are in Chennai, Rae Bareily & Delhi. The post in Chennai has been lying vacant for over one year while the NIFT Rae Bareily is a new Centre. The Delhi post was advertised recently. This vacancy has arisen because its present Director Indiver Pande has now been appointed as Secretary to Lok Sabha Speaker Som Nath Chatterjee.

CBDT Chairman to retire next month
Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) B M Singh is superannuating by next month

Financial health of Kerala is worst
This is official. Kerala's financial health is in a very bad shape and on most days, the State is run on overdraft. No other State has such a bad financial position.

Trinath Mishra writing a book
Security Advisor ONGC Trinath Mishra is currently busy in writing a book. He is retired 1965 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.

Mohapatra is new RC Orissa in Delhi

P K Mohapatra will be new Resident Commissioner of Orissa in Delhi. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

Lokku is back to UP

Ravi Kumar Lokku is back to the parent UP cadre from central deputation. On return 1995 batch IPS officer Lokku has been appointed SP Bahraich.

IAS changes in Orissa

T K Pandey will be new Transport Commissioner.Ashok Kumar Meena has been posted as MD IDCOL.B Mohapatra has been made Collector Kandhamal.H Tripathi will be Collector Bhadrakh.Gangadhar Singh has been appointed Additional Secretary Higher Education.

Jet flight snag second consecutive day
For the second consecutive day today, over 100 passengers on board a New Delhi bound flight had a narrow escape because of a technical snag in the plane at Jammu airport..

FORUM

Remarks about CEC unfortunate

It is very unfortunate of Kuldip S Sindhu to have made remarks about CEC Gopalaswami's tilak. He does not seem to be following the news these days. CEC Gopalaswami has done a stupendous and admirable job in conducting elections during the recent times. This has invited praise from all quarters, CM Mayawatiji included. I am sure the "tilak" has only aided him and has not acted as a stumbling block in his deliverance. To question one's faith in a large secular country's like ours is simply abominable. Will he now ask whether PM Manmohan Singh's turban has come in the way of his discharging his duties efficiently or for that matter whether our recently elected VP Hamid Ansari should not sport a goatee or whether ex-PM Inder Gujralji should not have sported his goatee while in office? Such things should not be questioned. Full-stop. End of topic. Please do not provide any space for such wasteful discussions. I am in full agreement with the observations, Mr. N N Ojha made regarding the same topic.

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1.65 lakh salary to Secretary in GoI is still low

Rs 1.65 lakhs per month is still low. Secretary is at the fag end of his career. He should get more. The pay of IAS officers should at least be at par with IIM graduates if not more. A starting salary of Rs 1 lakh would draw the right talent

D P Singh

PCS officers quota should be raised

Suresh has rightly claimed that quota for promotion of PCS officers to IAS must be raised from the present 33% to 50%. This has become all the more important because the gap between PCS and IAS officers is widening today. If we compare the past a PCS officer of 1974 batch has got an IAS seniority of 1978,1979 i.e a gap of only 4-5 years while today a 1983/84 batch PCS officer is getting a seniority of 1999-2001 i.e. a gap of 16-17 years. In some cases PCS officers are not even able to get IAS and retire in the same rank because their age is above 54 years. Every state government is demanding more IAS officers but is not at all concerned about PCS officers with so much of service experience. The quota must be increased to give justice to the PCS officers.
Rajesh

Why not abolish All India Services ?

The All India Services, created with an intention of appointing officers to the high posts in states so that they may work not only with interest of state in mind but also of the union, are slowly but surely becoming a joke. In almost all the states there is a trend of appointing all state civil service officers to important posts. Also the officers who are promoted from state service to any all india service occupy all the important posts. This is not to doubt the competency or integrity of the state officers but just to say that why then an all india service officer who has left his state and family to serve in a far off place dealing with a new language and culture be subjected to the hardships. Why not abolish this institution of all India services and let the state governments do what they want with their officers. A classic case is Jammu and Kashmir where a look at the civil list of all the officers from All India services direct recruits will give a fair idea of what i want to say. It is not that people promoted to all India services from state services are any less deserving to the posts but the fact is don't they enjoy unfair advantage of being insiders in the state and being close to ruling politicians than others. Yes we should work on whatever posts government gives us but one does not enters civil services to be an excise officer in Tamil Nadu (IAS) ,SP petrol pumps or DCF Zilla Panchayat or just waiting for postings. Let us seriously think of abolishing these all India services if we cant give them the posts they deserve or they think they deserve.
Neeta Singh

TAIL-PIECE

While visiting India , George Bush is invited to tea with
the then President Kalam.
>
>He asks Kalam what his leadership philosophy is. He says that,
>it is to surround himself with intelligent people.
>
>Bush asks how he knows if they're intelligent.
>
>"I do so by asking them the right questions," says Kalam. "Allow
>me to demonstrate. "
>
>Bush watches as Kalam phones Manmohan Singh and says, "Mr.
>Prime Minister, please answer this question: your mother has a
>child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your
>brother or sister. Who is it?"
>
>Manmohan immediately responds, "It's me, Sir !"
>
>"Correct. Thank you and good-bye, sir," says Kalam. He hangs up
>and says, "Did you get that, Mr. Bush?"
>
>Bush nods: "Yes Mr. President. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be
>using that!"
>
>Bush, upon returning to Washington, decides he'd better put the
>Condoleeza Rice to the test. Bush summons her to the White
>House and says, "Condoleeza, I wonder if you can answer a
>question for me."
>
>"Why, of course, sir. What's on your mind?"
>
>Bush poses the question: "Uhh, your mother has a child, and
>your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or
>your sister. Who is it?"
>
>Rice was puzzled and finally asks, "Can I think about it and
>get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Rice leaves. Rice
>immediately calls a meeting of senior senators, and they puzzle
>over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up
>with an answer. Finally, in desperation, Rice calls Colin
>Powell and explains the problem.
>
>"Mr. Powell, your mother has a child, and your father has a
>child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who
>is it?"
>
>Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course."
>
>Much relieved, Rice rushes back to the White House, finds
>George Bush, and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who
>it is! It's our Colin Powell!"
>
>And Bush replies in disgust,
>>"Wrong, its Manmohan Singh!"
Contributed by-Col Satish Dewan

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HCC bags order from Delhi Metro Rail

The Hindustan Construction Company(HCC) a leading infrastructure construction and development company, in a joint venture with Alpine Mayreder, Austria and Samsung Corporation, South Korea, has bagged a prestigious contract worth Rs. 693.61 crore + Euro 1.457 crore, totalling Rs. 774.64 crore, excluding DVAT, from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). This order is for the design and construction of two underground stations and a tunnel between New Delhi and Talkatora Garden stations.This project is in a part of Airport Metro Express Line-I.