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Two new posts of JS likely in Commerce
Two new Joint Secretary level posts are being created in the Ministry of Commerce. With this the number of Joint Secretary level officers will be nine.
Will CBI Chief become Governor ?
Grapevine has it that CBI chief Vijay Shankar Tiwari is being appointed Governor . Tenure of Tiwari is coming to an end in July. Never in the past any CBI man had been appointed Governor. It has always been a privilege of the Intelligence Bureau Chiefs.
1975 batch IFS empanelled
Over a dozen 1975 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers have been empanelled to the rank of Secretary.
Rajgopalan Doraiswami may be new Gujarat CS
Rajgopalan Doraiswami is likely to be tipped as new Chief Secretary with the Gujarat Government. He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch & belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Dr Kashmir Singh to be Joint Secretary in MHA
Dr Kashmir Singh is being tipped to be Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Mrs. Reeta Acharya is Director, Power
Mrs. Reeta Acharya is new Director Power in the Government of India .She belongs to the CSS cadre.
More has an edge
It is believed that after the appointment of Prithivi Raj Chauhan as Minister of State for Personnel, chances of 1984 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS officer B D More have brightened for the post of CVO Air India.
CAT will not have IRS officers ?
If new rules are to be believed IRS officers will not be appointed Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).
Deo to join in May end
Chairman of the Maharashtra Electricity Board Pramod Deo is likely to join the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in May end.
Malik is Special Secretary to Haryana CM
Y.S. Malik on return from central deputation has been posted as commissioner and secretary, forests and environment and also special secretary to the Haryana Chief Minister.
( We said this on April 21)
Alind Chandra is Addl DG,BIS
Alind Chandra is Additional Director General (ADG), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). Chandra is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1978 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Harminder Raj Singh will be Principal Secretary Urban Development.Rohit Nandan will now be Principal Secretary Agriculture.Shankar Agrawal has been moved as Member Board of Revenue.Ramendra Nath Tripathi has been made Divisional Commissioner Jhansi.P V Jagmohan has been shifted to Lucknow as Entertainment Tax Commission.R Jacob will be DM Basti.V N Garg has been given given additional charge of IT. Sanjay Kumar will be DM Jyotibafule Nagar.
Dutta is Editor Strategic Affairs in The Telegraph
Sujan Dutta has taken over as Strategic Affairs Editor of the Telegraph in Delhi.
Ahmed is new PMG ,Mumbai
Humera Ahmad has been appointed new Post Master General MR, Mumbai.
U S Pant moves to Finance Ministry
US Pant, ICAS (1982) presently Chief Controller of Pensions in Govt of India has been shifted to Ministry of Finance as Joint Controller General of Accounts. Mrs Soma Royburman, ICAS (1986) will be the new CC (Pensions).
A .Shreekant is PS to Santosh Bagrodia
A.Shreekant is PS to Indian Minister of State for Coal Santosh Bagrodia.Shreekant who is an IRTS officer belongs to the 1987 batch.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle likely in Maharashtra
A major bureaucratic reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra in a couple of weeks.
Arvind Kumar joins as RC ,Sikkim
Arvind Kumar has joined as Resident Commissioner,Delhi for the Sikkim Government in Delhi.Kumar is an Indian Forest Service (IFS)officer of the 1985 batch who belongs to the Sikkim cadre.Earlier he was PS to T.R.Baalu Indian Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways.
Jha quits India TV
Anuranjan Jha has reportedly quit the India TV to join India news as Output Head.
GK Agrawal is CGMT, Rajasthan
GK Agrawal has joined as Chief General Manager Telecommunication (CGMT), Rajasthan Circle. He has succeeded Mohanlal who has retired. Agrawal is an Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer of the 1974 batch.
Ms. Sumita Dawra is Director Banking
Ms.Sunita Dawra has joined as Director Banking. She is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch & belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 14, 2008)
Prabodh Saxena is now Director,DEA
Prabodh Saxena, Director Financial Services i.e. Banking in Government of India (GOI), has joined the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) as Director. He is an IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1990 batch.
(We said this on April 14, 2008)
ISS and retirement age ?
The extension of age of superannuation from 60 to 62 years is very much live. However, most of the ISS officers do not seem to be happy for its immediate implementation. Some of them are praying that if at all it happens let it be effective after September. Guess why?
55 ACITs confirmed
As many as 55 Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers who are serving as Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax (CITs) - Junior Scale have been confirmed.
Manish Rastogi joins as Collector Bhopal
Manish Rastogi has assumed the charge as Collector Bhopal.Hitherto he was Additional Secretary in the Mantralaya & before that he was Collector Satna.Rastogi who is an MP cadre IAS officer of the 1994 batch has succeeded R.K.Mathur who has gone on two months mid career training.
Khan is MD of SFC in J & K
Abdul Qayoom Khan Conservator of Forests has been appointed as Managing Director, State Forest Corporation (SFC) in J & K..
IAS postings in Haryana
Rajan Gupta has been given additional charge of Commissioner and Secretary, Printing and Stationery.P. K. Das has been given additional charge of Managing Director, Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Hisar.Sumita Mishra has been given additional charge of Managing Director of Agro-Industries Corporation. R. P. Gupta, Administrator, HUDA, Hisar, has been given the additional charge of Administrator, HUDA, Rohtak.
Tarun Shridhar joins as Joint Secretary ,GOI (UPDATED)
Tarun Shridhar has assumed the charge in the Government of India(GOI)as Joint Secretary ,Department of Animal Husbandry,Dairying & Fisheries, (Ministry of Agriculture).He is an IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1984 batch.
Meher Singh to join IT Appellate panel (UPDATED)
Meher Singh is set to join the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT)as an Accountant Member for two years.Singh who is currently Commissioner of Income Tax(CIT),Karnal belongs to the 1984 batch of the Indian Revenue Service(IRS).His appointment has been done for two year.
Committee set up for Port Trusts security (UPDATED)
A High Powered Committee was set up headed by Chairman, Cochin Port Trust with Deputy Chairman Chennai Port Trust, Traffic Manager Mumbai Port Trust, Joint Director Intelligence Bureau and Deputy Inspector General Central Industrial Security Forces as members to review the security aspects of all Major Port Trust and shipyards under the control of Department of Shipping. The recommendations of the committee are under examination of the Government.
DRDO review committee report submitted (UPDATED0
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Review Committee constituted by the Government to suggest measure for improving the functioning of DRDO inter alia Ministry of Defence, and Services has submitted its report to the Government on 05th March 2008. It is under study of the Government.

Why the CBDT sitting on the file ?
In a strange move and after pestering the UPSC to hold the DPC of about 50 officers for promotion from Additional Commissioner of Income Tax to Commissioner of Income Tax, the CBDT is sitting on the file and not forwarding it to the ACC inspite of expiry of over 2 months of obtaining the approval of the Finance Minister. The excuse dished out is the heavy workload of the officers in Ad-VI. The real reason is the inefficiency and mis-management of a middle level officer in CBDT who is on borrowed time .
Manas

Could we debate empanelment debate on this site ?
An analysis of shortlisted officers as shown on the site on 18th/19th March reveals that some states have fared much better than others. If you look at the number of officers in a cadre and those empanelled, it is fairly clear that some states have outperformed others by a wide margin. For example Kerala (3/3), AP (3/4), UP (14/19) and MP (3/4) have more officers in the panel while J&K (0/3), TN (2/8), Gujarat (2/7) have comparatively lesser officers in the panel. It is well known that officers in some cadres (e.g. UP) get glowing ACRs while in others, the ACRs are written in a conservative tone and tenor. Could that be a reason for this imbalance? Could the process of empanelment not be more transparent so that the officers get to know the reasons both for empanelment and non-empanelment?
Could we debate this issue on your site?
Maneesh Agrawal

Congress and BSP wedding !
The gods have ordained that 38 year old bachelor Baba Rahul Gandhi weds 53 year old spinster Mayawati.Their horoscopes show this as inevitable. All the sparring and slights going on between the two are like lovers tiffs and love bites. The wedding will take place during the wedding season at the brides house in Lucknow and just before the elections and the nation will have to deal with the Nehru-Gandhi- Mayawati dynasty in future.
D Chaudhury

IPS point of view
It was interesting to read an Article titled "The other caste system" by Abhinav Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Crime and Law & order, Uttarakhand in the Indian Express dated 27th Mar'2008. I am impressed by the intellectual honesty of the Officer and forthright manner in which he puts across his point of view. However, I am tempted to ask whether the views expressed by the officer are spontaneous reaction by him or have they been sponsored by the powerful IPS association to advance their own cause?

2. Nevertheless, it was really good to find an officer of the Indian Police Service honestly conceding (albeit in pique) that the IPS today is not in a position to serve as the guardians of public interest. It is indeed true that once the Indian public starts demanding accountability from services like these that will be the end of repression and daily ignominy that the Police heap on the poor masses. Why only poor masses, even the elite are afraid and suspicious of the Police. Recently the father of a friend of mine who is a DIG in one of the Central Paramilitary Forces (He belongs to the original cadre of this organization and not an IPS Officer) was invited for an interview to a Door Darshan station. He met a young well educated news reader in the studios. After exchange of pleasantries, the young girl stumped him by asking "Sir, Police wale acche bhi hote hain"? The officer told her that he was not a Police officer and belonged to that particular CPMF. Her answer stunned him further when she said " Aap isiliye itni acchi tarah bat kar rahe ho. Police wale to kabhi sidhi tarah bat bhi nahin karte." On being asked for the reason for this impression about the Police and whether she had a bad experience? Her reply was "Police wale to kharab hi hote hain who kabhi acche ho hi nahin sakte".

3. Why that perception? Why is Public so suspicious of Police? Is it only the constabulary at the beat level which is responsible for the lack of trust in Police? Isn't the leadership provided by the elite of IPS (sic) responsible for the rot? I will go to the extent of asking the Officer whether the IPS is really interested in ensuring uprightness amongst their subordinates and whether they are doing enough to ensure that all measure are taken for effective maintenance of Law and order? I am afraid that the answer is a big negative. The Police leadership i.e. IPS has continuously failed to deliver, but, it wants to retain its hegemony. Abhinav Kumar may think the IPS worthy of appreciation, gratitude and dignity, but, the public thinks differently. I am reminded of a couplet and it would be apt to reproduce it here. "Mujhe tum apni babat jo bhi kah lo man leta hoon, yeh duniya to tumhari dastan kuch aur kahati hai." (I will accept whatever you say about yourself, but the world tells me a different story")

4. The sole reason for the officers' ire against the 6th CPC is because he feels that the IPS has been discriminated against by it vis-à-vis IAS. The IPS has been shouting from rooftops for so called equality with IAS. It would be interesting to find out the extent of perceived discrimination suffered by the IPS vis-à-vis IAS and it would be even more interesting to find out the extent of caste system perpetuated by this very IPS on the officers of the Central Paramilitary Forces.
Shashank

It is an emergency
A few disgruntled elements in bureaucracy can always be handled, but if most of the Services start feeling of getting a step motherly treatment or being left out like orphans, it's an emergency. If this problem is not addressed immediately, we would fail to capitalize on the gains and the country would go only that far and that to slowly. I am sure, all would agree that the interest of the country is above that of anyone else. Any effort of bringing any kind of exclusiveness, for any particular service, done howsoever successfully, would only have a dragging effect on the governance. The question is, can the country afford that at this crucial juncture? When the country is on the threshold of becoming a World Power and a Word Leader, in order to ensure that to become a reality in near future, an "out of box" review of the structure of Civil Services, after shedding aside the colonial baggage, is an absolute must. It is suggested that, instead of having so may services of different types, the Civil Services may be divided into those which perform "sovereign" functions and those performing "Service" function. Also, it is required to be ensured that the relationship between the two has to be based on mutual respect and harmony.
Viney Kumar Paul

There should be close scrutiny
i am reading with a lot of interest the various comments regarding pay commission especially with reference to parity with IAS and other all India services. While we have to concede that all India services are elite services which need to be given better pay than compared to other services , the major problem is that the domain of action of the IAS has spread to all sectors of government. That is to say that instead of confining themselves to the Ministries and departments , even outside posts which are in other attached subordinate offices , public sector undertakings have come under the domain of IAS instead selecting officers for manning them through open selection. This is done by issuing notification under Rule 9 of pay rules of IAS and equating these posts with similar post and scale in the service. There needs to be a closer scrutiny and check regarding the posts which are equated under the above rule so that officers from other services can also be considered.
Sridhar

See the reality
It is an incontestable fact of life that the difference of a split second makes an athlete a medal winner and the others as also ran. However, in the given context, the analogy besides not being apt also appears to be fundamentally flawed and fallacious in the extreme. The higher rank obtained by an individual in the civil services examination is only vis-à-vis the other competitors who have also qualified in the same examination. Therefore, while giving the rankers their due, the achievement cannot be raised to the level of an eternally absolute virtue that is invariant across time and space. In the prevailing milieu, the benchmarks of performance, efficiency, service delivery, accountability, responsibility and superiority (!) are being constantly rewritten and these are competing against themselves. Therefore, the hark back to a static rank that determines and justifies the notion of infallible superiority and that is also held as constituting the claim to an accelerated career progression appears to be more in the nature of chicanery than rational justification based on objective criteria.
The arena of sports has always been fiercely competitive. Every sportsperson has to constantly prove herself/himself at each level and against every one else in the field in myriad competitions. It is simply not possible for either an individual or a team to rest on one's momentary laurel for an entire life time. India established its supremacy in world hockey by winning not just one gold medal at the Olympics. The victory had to be reinforced by maintaining the winning spree in successive Olympics. However, the subsequent fate of the erstwhile world champions is before us to rue. A Jesse Owens, Mark Spitz, P.T Usha, Milkha Singh or Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore competed in their respective disciplines not for the love of Gold, per-se, but essentially for the pride of the nation they represented. Moreover, their elevated status made them more mellow, mature and humble. They did not construe it as an entitlement to lord it over their fellow sportsperson in all other disciplines. In any case, they had to undergo a tiresome grind every moment of their sporting career. Their glory is not a reflection of a single win in a one off event. The Prime Minister of the nation is only one among equals. The respective Chiefs of the Defence Forces are basically soldiers to the core (It is a different matter though that the present day Generals also appear to have fallen in the trap of emulating all that is venal in the civil bureaucracy!). The Captain of any successful team is primarily a leader who inspires and leads its members by personal example. As individuals, all the above may have personal failings. However, the supremacy of the office they hold and the authority that they wield is seldom questioned. At the same time, they are held absolutely accountable for any lapses, whether real or perceived. In sharp contrast, by common admission, the much hyped steel frame has been thoroughly corroded. Yet, the super achievers who profess to have taken on them the mantle of upholding the rickety frame absolve themselves of any responsibility in this regard. They seem to be governed by a different morality whereby they feel called upon to perennially justify their self proclaimed superiority even when objective conditions have put paid to that belief. Worse still, the so called super rankers (Medal winners!) and the so called 'also ranks' have to more often than not work in close cooperation (!) with each other as members of the same team. However, individual exceptions apart, the irony is that while they believe in belittling and humiliating each other for their supposedly superior professional accomplishments (or lack of it) and run down each other's contribution, they feel no compunction in prostrating themselves in front of the ultimate powers that be-the political masters-who are by and large still uncouth, illiterate, uneducated and are widely perceived to be vile and corrupt to the core. Interestingly, so possessed is this coterie of super humans, with the political class co-opted into it, of its omniscient status that even Nobel Laureates are on record as having refrained from offering policy advice to it. What purpose and whose interest does such superciliousness serve is anybody's guess. History is replete with examples of how not only individuals and interest groups but nations, empires and entire civilizations, which fancied themselves as superior on account of their self inflicted belief in omnipotence, hence, did not see reason and chose to insulate themselves from reality were wiped away unwept, unhonoured and unsung. The glaring anomalies backed by weird justification that have come to light in the report of the Sixth CPC are a stark reflection of the inability of the superior credential holders to come to terms with reality and see the writing on the democratic wall. On the other hand, that various service associations, aggrieved at the recommendations which have gone against their interests, have had to approach the Congress Party President for seeking redressal, is a more telling commentary on the evolution of and of our faith in the democratic (!) institutions of good governance. Amen!
Sudhir Kumar

Rectify anomalies
It is now clear that the pay commission is only meant for IAS, IRS, IFS and all other group A officers. The Commission is entirely ignored the lower classes without any mercy. I do not know the reason why the lower classes are ignored. They are not a part of the Government? Can the Government run with only Group "A" Officers? I must say that without the help of lower grade officers the existence of bureaucracy does not arise. So the government should take adequate measure to rectify the anomalies.
Nambiar

Transfer Policy for Teaching Staff in Delhi Government
The transfer policy circulated by Dte of Education vide their circular no. DE-2(8)(178)/E-II/Trf. Cir./2008/155 dated 17.04.2008 smacks of arbitrariness with no application of mind. It is not clear why transfers are being considered on grounds of marriage without any distance criterion. If a teacher of about 25 years residing and serving at a school in Kalkajee gets married to some one in GK-I just two kms away, she will be considered fro transfer to GK-I school. However, an old teacher of 50 years or so, working in the same school at L\Kalkajee but residing at Shahdra which is 20 kms away, will not be considered fro transfer because she does not fit into marriage criterion. It is being debated by teachers as to whether this marriage criterion has been added just to suit some vested interests?
Similarly, this criterion of mutual consent looks like the brain child of an immature babu in Education. It should be left to Administration to decide the transfer cases based upon well thought of unbiased criterion like medical grounds, handicap status of employee, distance from residence to place of working, age, vacancy position where transfer is sought, etc. By encouraging mutual transfers, claim of genuine persons would be jeopardised.
Will the Chief Minister and Education Minister look into this and take remedial measures so that this immature policy is withdrawn and corrected?"
Kulwant Singh

All the best for warrior groups !
Battle royal in bathroom in MOSPI is well timed as the NSS is going to conduct a survey on Housing Condition from July. So long it was a war in the corridor -- which now turned into a battle in a bathroom. Wish all the best for the two warrior groups!

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CORPORATE
Orders of Mallya next week !
Orders of the appointment of M D Mallya to the post of CMD Bank of Baroda are being issued either this week end or next month.
Director (Finance ) Hindustan Newsprint interview today
PESB will hold interview for the post of Director (Finance) Hindustan Newsprint on Wednesday. Another interview for the post of Director (Finance) Fertilisers Ltd Kerala is also taking place today.
Samsung Chairman to step down
The chairman of South Korea's largest group Samsung has on Tuesday announced that he will step down, five days after being charged with tax evasion and breach of trust.
Kostav Das quits Leo Burnett
Kostav Das, Director, Leo Burnett India of which Chairman & CEO is Arvind Sharma, has reportedly resigned.
Niranjan Koshik to join McCann
Niranjan Koushik is poised to become a partner creative director at McCann with Akshay Kapnadak. At present he is Senior Creative Director with Contract.
Aditya Tripathy quits Discovery
Aditya Tripathy, Vice President-Lifestyle with Discovery Networks has reportedly quit his job.
Sharat Jain resigns as CEO,Dentsu Communication (UPDATED)
Sharat Jain has reportedly resigned as Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Dentsu Communications