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Vilasini Ramachandran is AS and FA Civil Aviation
Vilasini Ramachandran has been appointed new Additional Secretary and FA Civil Aviation. She is 1977 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre
Bhat is AS and FA Agriculture
Shiban Lal Bhat has been appointed Additional Secretary and FA Agriculture in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of J & K cadre.
Bhupinder Prasad is Aadditional Secretary Justice
Bhupinder Prasad will now be Additional Secretary Justice in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Subodh Kumar is Additional Secretary Telecom
Subodh Kumar will be new Additional Secretary Telecom.He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Alka Sirohi moves to Planning Commission
Special Secretary Consumer Affairs Ms Alka Sirohi has been moved to the Planning Commission as Principal Advisor. She is 1974 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Hoda is Additional Secretary Land Reforms
Syed Munir Hoda has been appointed Additional Secretary Land Reforms in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Sudhakar appointed AS Corporate Affairs
P D Sudhakar will be new Additional Secretary Corporate Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1976 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Bhaskar Chatterjee goes to Planning Commission
Bhaskar Chatterjee has been shifted to the Planning Commission as Principal Advisor. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Rakesh Kackar appointed AS Consumer Affairs
Rakesh Kackar has been appointed Additional Secretary Consumer Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of TamilNadu cadre.
Mishra is PMG BD,Mumbai
KC Mishra has been appointed new Post Master General BD, Mumbai.
Ashok Kumar Attri empanelled
Ashok Kumar Attri, an officer of the Indian Foreign Service of 1975 batch, has been empaneled for promotion to the rank of Secretary to the Government of India in Grade-I of IFS by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet of India. He is at present the consul General of India in Chicago, USA.
Rajat Kumar joins GoI
Rajat Kumar, another 1991 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre officer, has joined Ministry of Industry and Commerce in the Government of India on central deputation.
Prithviraj Chavan is busy with Karnataka assembly polls
Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the PMO, is extremely busy with ongoing campaign for next month's assembly polls to the Karnataka assembly. He is also in charge of Congress party's affairs in Karnataka.
BJP concentrates on 130 Assembly seats in MP
Under its well planned strategy, instead of easting time and energy on all the seats, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh has decided to concentrate with full might on 130 Assembly seats necessary to form the government on its own. It will not lay much stress on those assembly segments where it thinks anti-incumbency against the individuals is irreversible.
Gauri Chatterjee is new Chairperson of WB PSC
Ms Gauri Chatterjee has been appointed new Chairperson of the West Bengal Public Service Commission. She is 1971 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
PLI registers growth
The Postal Life Insurance (PLI) of India has registered a growth of 35 per cent during the last financial year of 2007-08.The Rural PLI as well registered as growth of 32 per cent during the FY 07-08.
Bartwal joins The Telegraph
Hemendra Bartwal has quit The Hindustan Times and joined the Bureau of the Telegraph in Delhi.
IAS and IPS reshuffle on cards in Jharkhand
IAS and IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Jharkhand in a week or two.
Balwinder Singh posted in AP Bhawan
Balwinder Singh has been posted as Officer on Special Duty in AP Bhavan, New Delhi. He is 1976 batch IPS officer.
Tarun Shridhar joins as Joint Secretary ,GOI
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
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
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
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.
IAS changes in Nagaland
H.K. Khulu has been given the additional charge of Principal Secretary, Geology & Mining, Border Affairs and ex-officio State Election Commissioner of Nagaland. M. Patton, IAS, DC, Mon has been moved as Commissioner of Taxes & Excise vice B. Thawang Konyak.B. Thawang Konyak will now be Director, DUDA.R. Ramakrishnan DC, Mokokchung has been posted as Secretary, Finance.Abhijit Sinha DC, Dimapur has been made Addl. Secretary, Home.Dinesh Kumar ADC, Kohima, is transferred and posted as DC, Mon.
IAS changes in Sikkim (UPDATED)
T.W. Barfungpa Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Livestock, Fisheries & Veterinary Services Department shall hold the additional charge of Secretary Agriculture and Horticulture & Cash Crops Development Department also. K.P. Adhikari Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Sports & Youth Affairs Department has been given additional charge of Secretary, Transport
Two English Newspapers from Jaipur in a couple of weeks (UPDATED)
The Times of India and the DNA are going to be launched from Jaipur in a couple of week.

Repatriation of Raju Sharma needs intervention
Repatriation of Raju Sharma Secretary UGC following his objections on granting of deemed university status without proper safeguards and due diligence to his parent cadre is a serious matter and requires immediate intervention . Whether Min. of HRD which seems to be preoccupied with issues like reservations , quota and regulating working of IIMs will take take immediate and effective action to put working of UGC in order and stop repatriation remains to be seen.
Sudhir Chopra
Transfer Policy of Teachers of Delhi Government
It was really amusing to read the item in the FORUM with "marriage" and "mutual agreement" as criterion for transfer of teachers in Delhi. It also simultaneously created anguish on the way top bureaucracy functions in Delhi Government. This is the second case of bringing embarrassment to Delhi CM after the BRT Corridor mess created by Delhi Bureaucrats.
People are wondering as to whether it is done deliberately by bureaucrats in this year of elections to Delhi Assembly! Marriage criterion is okay for IAS when they marry officers from other State cadres, and get their cadres changed. However, within Delhi, there is no justification for having this criterion. Similarly, mutual transfers are administratively bad as they take away the chances of genuine cases. In my opinion, transfer policy for Delhi teachers should be simple with following criterion, in that order:
-- A teacher should be straightaway transferred to a school for which the application has been made if there are no other requests for that school and there is a vacant post there.
-- If there are more than one requests for a particular school,
preference should be given to medically sick, handicap, near retirement and aged ones.
-- Distance of residence to school should be the criterion in equally deserving cases.
K K Chadha
RTI Activist, Delhi
" Iss hamaam mein sab nange hain".
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I disagree with the comments of Shashank on the article by Abhinav. Whereas Abhinav has been quite forthright in his views and is close to the reality, Shashank's opinion is skewed.
I would like to give an example of my posting as the Superintendent of Police Poonch. We managed to get the surrender of a Lashkar-e-Taiba commander who was a terror in the region.Besides the weapons including machine guns, grenades and ammunition, a leaflet containing the hit list of officers for the Lashkar was also surrendered. I was surprised to find my name and that of my DSP missing from the hit list. At the same time the DC and the SDM and the tehsildar figured prominently along withn the commanding officers of the army, the SHO and the SOG of the police. When we asked the officer why my name was not on the hit list despite operations against them and why the DC figured among them , his answer was simple. We do not consider only the operational actions against us to make a hit list. We also take a fedback from the people according to our ideology and the general feedback was that the revenue officials were corrupt and would not move an inch before they received money. The SHO figured in the list because he was operationally effective and also corrupt. The DSP was an honest officer. The COs of the army figured because of continuous offensive against them. The revenue officials figured only because they were corrupt to the core.
The point I was trying to emphasise is that we should all do some introspection. It is not the policeman only who is corrupt. In fact he is criticised more because he is more visible and wears the uniform. Are the Patwaris and the Girdawars honest? We also at the same time do not need the Lashkar to set our parameters. It was just given as an example since it reflected the opinion of the common man.At the same time we should not link the pay commission's recommendations with these type of allegations since " is hamam mein sab nange hain". It is only because of some sincere and honest officials that the faith on all these services is still existing.
Mukesh
IAS and IPS
The IAS does not bother about justice, it bothers only about how to create more inequality between it and other services who are equivalent to it especially the IPS. Their only brief is to treat the IPS as their factotums. How can justice be expected from this service who believe only in aggrandizement of their own tribe at the cost of all others?
Vijay Kumar
Please grow up and be accountable
I have gone through the perception and worthiness aspect of IPS officers as reasoned out by one Shashank. It seems from the level of writing he is a junior level officer or if not so, he has the intellect capability of that level only. Why I say so because he refuses to look beyond perception of public and then questioning the worthiness of a service. Responding to his original points-
1. The father of his friend must be dying to get the tag of IPS. And it is only because the respect an IPS commands.
2.The writer is happy on the understanding of a young girl who finds behaviour of a Police officer unpleasant. At the same time this is the level of understanding of the writer who refuses to rationalise it. He should find some time to read the National Police Commission reports which are gathering dust. His own friends in the IAS obstruct that to be implemented as they fear supremacy of IPS.
3.For pleasant surprise to the writer, IPS officers are widely respected to their any counterparts particularly in the states of TN, Maharashtra.
The states where anarchy prevails police is blamed for all the failures of Babus as all the problems turn into a Law & Order problem.
4.Going by the popular perception only, do the writer knows what a Britisher felt of an Indian. Does he agree with them.
5.Going by the perception, can one forget what a Brahmin thought of an cobbler, a sweeper.
6.The IAS needs to prove its worth. Late Rajiv Gandhi said that out of every 100 paise spent only 10 paise reaches the public. IAS is busy counting the missing 90 paise.
So, grow up and do some work and be accountable, as well.
Prabhat Kumar
IPS should be given importance
Paradigms of bureaucracy have changed from where it should have been. The internal security and external security both used to be the primary concerns of state. Earlier, the king used to keep personal rapport with the people in uniform. The state itself originated to protect life, liberty and property of people. Those service officers who protect these inalienable rights have become victim of conspiracy in the name of so called civilian governance. What is civilian government? Earlier, officers in uniform used to be very close to political bosses because of their role in the administration of state, civilian bureaucracy never liked this. With the advent of democracy and slogan of civilian government, a class of bureaucrats emerged who usurped the earlier proximity of unformed bureaucracy with the head of government, philosophically as well as strategically distancing uniformed bureaucracy from political leadership in the name of democracy and civilian government. The earlier system of proximity of unformed bureaucracy with the king or the head of state was discarded in the name of democracy. It was a very shrewd move, which has nothing to do with democracy. I do not understand how come democracy will be affected if a police officer becomes home secretary, army officer defence secretary etc. It was a vested interest move and nothing else. Earlier, the head of government used to have personal relationship with unformed people but the same has been high- jacked by cabinet secretary or secretaries. No government can become popular with its people until and unless its police performs well.
How the police will perform well this should be the topic to arrive at some factually correct position.
Ø The police officer should be given altogether different pay structure higher than any civilian employee so that he is adequately compensated for his life, routine and family sacrificing duties.
Ø Secondly, the police officer should head the secretariat of Home and should report directly to political masters i.e. minister to cut short the gray route of IAS dominated secretariat which sits on each and every innovative thing which police department proposes without any expertise.
Ø There is an urgent need of direct dialogue between head of police department and Home Minister on routine and independent basis without being routed through so called Home department which is trap of IAS officers to insulate political masters from police so that they can take advantage of the communication gap between police and political executive and exercise influence on the police.
Ø Another important thing must be done to subsidize fee as well as provision of admission quota for police officers in all educational institutes starting from school to higher level in all government as well as private sector so that police officers can feel compensated about their 24/7 duties without leaving negative influence on the career prospects of their children.
Ø There must be strong medical support by government to police officers on subsidized level in all private and government hospitals as they develop lot of medical problems due to stress and odd our duties disturbing their regular sleep etc on routine basis.
If we are looking for solutions of real problems there is need of some bold steps by political executive without getting it manipulated by big babus. Otherwise our country with such big aspiration to be a developed nation in coming two decades will remain distant from the dream. IAS people alone cannot realize this big dream what so ever they claim.
It is very strange to believe that logic on which people justify IAS to be given such massive superiority in pay scale etc.
Ø If the higher pay scale is given on the basis of tough duties and other such considerations like political pressure etc, the police officer is far ahead in this field and has better claim of superiority.
Ø If the role of examination is the justification for above superiority, why IFS people can live at par with IAS but not any other service?
Ø If the merit of UPSC is cited a reason for IAS superiority then so many group A service officers may be given lesser and lesser pay scale in order of merit of their services. For example an IRS service officer has higher rank comparing to postal service officer. By this logic Postal service should have lesser pay than IRS. Is it acceptable, no of course?
Ø If coordination is the logic of higher pay for IAS, how IAS people coordinate with IFS and external affairs ministry. Why not similarly with other services. It means except for the post of cabinet secretary IAS should not be given such massive edge in the service if judicious bureaucratic order is a goal.
M N Tiwari
Stop divide and rule mentality

Dear Shashank,
It is understood that you can't appreciate the well meaning article of Abhinav Kumar and need more maturity to understand the nuances. Please think positively and stop thinking of divide and rule mentality.
An IPS officer
IPS supremacy over DANIPS
An appeal from DANIPS service officers working as ACP in Delhi police. It must be an issue, which may be cited as rare of rarest cases. The DPC to induct DANIPS officers in to IPS has been held for more than 8 months ago but the notification or outcome is yet to come. It is great agony for DANIPS officers who are stagnating on their entry grade rank of ACP for more than 20 years. The IPS induction of DANIPS, which was already extremely delayed, remains un-notified. What to say of removing acute stagnation and introducing schemes of promotion for DANIPS officers policing the capital of India, the central government is least bothered about this service and the career profile of DANIPS officers have been left to deteriorate without any reason. This is the only civil police, which is directly under MHA, policing the capital of India what to say of other segments of UT Police. The career issues of DANIPS officers have become worse in Delhi police, which works under MHA. The Chief Minister of Delhi also has neither power nor interest in Delhi Police unlike DANICS officers who using their proximity with Delhi Government, manage to draw the attention of Chief Minster and get things rectified to some extent. DANIPS officers are orphan whom no one cares. Neither Center nor State. Even the settled issues like notifications of DPC of IPS induction have been kept in cold storage what to say of judicious management of DANIPS cadre. The outcome of DPC of IPS induction has been kept in cold storage for such a long time, which has brought the entire chain of promotion process of DANIPS officers to a grinding halt. It is requested that these issues may kindly be looked in to at the highest level to recover the lost morale of DANIPS officers due to acute stagnation at the entry rank of service. The officers are in the same rank where they joined the service 20 years back. It can very well understand that UPSC recruit has never anticipated such worse career profile.
DK
IAS is the first choice:
If we check the preference given by present civil service exam candidates, still everyone wants to join IAS, even the sons and daughters of Other services. Any one can check that through RTI. That is an open challenge. Grapes have always been sour for some.
An IAS aspirant
Pay Commission
I agree with Pillai: Pillai is right. I reading of the Pay Commission makes it clear that the hidden agenda of the commission was to annihilate the specialist services and patronise IAS. I would add that not only the technical service like Railways, telecom but other technical services which has specialisation in some area which IAS can not compete and so have simply attempted through pay commission to destroy the challenger service. They have already usurped top post of Indian Foreign Service, ITS. They already had top posts of IRS IPS (secretary level). They did not have entry in railways, so now destroying railway services.
IRS has better recognition. ITS are highly technical and have good demand in telecom companies. Railway officers are giving profit to the country. So IAS is destroying all these one by one. And see the government response. The PM says in his speech that Defence and Civil Services should be given better deal.
Rakesh Singh

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Uncertainty over NTPC's new CMD
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300 officers in Coal India promoted
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Bhat is Executive Director (Finance) KIOCL
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Srinivasan quits TVS Electronics
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Mahindra appointed NSC chairman
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Ulhas Chopra is ECD,Capital Advertising (UPDATED)
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