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Bhave to be new SEBI Chief

CMD of the NSDL C B Bhave will be new SEBI Chief. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cleared the appointment of former 1975 batch IAS officer Bhave on Wednesday evening.If insiders are to be believed Finance Minister P Chidambaram personally took the file to the Prime Minister and got it cleared.Bhave would succeed M Damodaran whose term is coming to an end this week.Had Chidambaram not gone personally Damodaran would have been given extension in tenure.

No extension to chiefs in Power sector

According to indications it is apparent that Chairman cum Managing Directors(CMD) of those public sector enterprises(PSEs) in the power sector whose term ends this year,will not be given any extension in their service.To name a few are:A.K.Puri-BHEL,T.Sankaralingam-NTPC,Dr.V.K.Garg-PFC.

Abhay Tripathi to be Joint Secretary Expenditure
Abhay Tripathi is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary Expenditure in the Government of India. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Wadhwa to go to Stockholm ?
Grapevine has it that Deepa Wadhwa is moving to Stockholm from Doha as India's Ambassador. She is 1979 batch IFS officer.

1988 batch IAS to be promoted
1988 batch IAS officials working as Director would be promoted as joint secretary in the same department in which they are working. Directives to this effect are said to have been given by the Cabinet secretary.

Haryana Chief Secretary to retire

Haryana Chief Secretary Ms Promila Issar is retiring this month end. She is 1972 batch IAS officer.

AG UP Theetan to move Delhi
Senior IAAS officer T Theetan who is presently AG (Uttar Pradesh), is being brought in as Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Misri to replace Manickam in Colombo
Director in the MEA Vikram Misri will succeed A Manickam as Deputy High Commissioner in Colombo. Manickam will join the MEA Headquarters.

Delhi to earn Rs.Six lakh crore in 2007-08
The Indian Government being headed b y Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh is going to close the year 2007-08 with an income of over Rs.Six lakh crore through taxes. Grapevine has it, the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) being headed by R.Prasad & Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) being headed by S.K.Singhal,will altogether fetch a revenue of over Rs.Six lakh crore.

Three vacancies of Judicial Members in CAT
There are going to be three vacancies of the Judicial Members in the CAT this year.

Chaturvedi to go to Kabul
Pradip Chaturvedi is going to Kabul on an assignment of the UN .He is Joint Director in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

Tenure of Vrinda Swarup to complete
Central deputation tenure of Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD Vrinda Swarup is coming to an end next month. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

NRAA team shelterless !
Team of the National Rainfed areas Authority (NRAA) being headed by Samra is reportedly trying to get houses for itself. It may be stated that the NRAA is the brainchild of Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh.

Ramesh Chander goes on 5 year deputation

Ramesh Chander Additional Commissioner of Income Tax(CIT)Delhi has been appointed as Director of the Ambedkar Foundation for a period of five years.Chander belongs to the 1990 batch of the Indian Revenue Service(IRS).

Ajay Kumar Lal is Director MoEF

Ajay Kumar Lal has assumed the charge of a Director in the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests(MoEF).He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1987 batch & belongs to the Himachal Pradesh cadre.He will hold the IFS desk.

(We said this on January 31,2008)

Dr.P.P.K.Goyal is Director,IRITM-Lucknow

Dr.P.K.Goyal after six months leave has assumed the charge as Director of the Lucknow based Indian Railway Institute of Transportation Management(IRITM).Dr.Goyal was Managing Director (MD)of the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation(IRCTC),before he went on leave.

2 judges to Mumbai HC appointed
As many as two Additional judges of the Mumbai High Court(HC)were confirmed as judges of the Mumbai HC from the date they assumed their charge.They are Justice Shrishen Ratanlal Dongaonkar & Justice Vikas Ramchandra Kingaonkar.

8 envoys present their credentials Mrs.Pratibha Devisingh Patil

As many as Eight Envoys presented their credentials to Indian President
Mrs.Pratibha Devisingh Patil during a ceremony at the President's House,Delhi on February 13,2008.Those who presented their credentials were: Savenaca Kaunisela - Fiji, Rupert Holborow - New Zealand,Ms. Nimisha Madhvani -Uganda, Oscar Alfonso Silva- Chile, Dato Tan Seng Sung- Malaysia, Brian Bowler- Malawi, His Excellency, Stavros Lykidis- Greece & Dick Esparon-Seychelles.

Shatabdi Express to halt at Bina

The New Delhi-Bhopal-New Delhi Shatabdi Express will start having its halt at Bina railway station from March 2008.It may be stated that it is at Agasaud near Bina(MP)a Rs.10000 crore worth Bharat Oman Oil Refinery(BORL) is coming up of which Managing Director is R.P.Singh.

New VC in Karnataka

A Murigeppa, Retired Professor of Linguistics, Karnatak University, Dharwad has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi.

IAS changes in Haryana
S.P. Srow will now be member secretary, Haryana State Pollution Control Board, relieving S.K. Monga, IAS. Saket Kumar has been made as SDM, Hansi, in place of Ashok Kumar Garg.

FORUM

Excellent move by IAS officers

This is an excellent move by IAS officers. I congratulate them for getting this implemented.
1.The condition of CGHS hospitals is pitiable. All the senior officers of the Government get themselves checked in private hospitals at their own expense.

2. I often envy my relatives in Banks etc. who don't have to suffer at CGHS clinics.

3.I have often come across employees working under me suffering from various diseases like cancer, heart attacks, kidney problems. Despite poor salary they would borrow money and get themselves treated by good doctors and in good hospitals rather then get treated in CGHS hospitals conditions of which are appalling.

4.Due to complicated rules and procedures , poor employees could not get reimbursement also.

5.Feeling insecure about medical emergency is also one of the reasons for corruption, thanks to CGHS.

6.It is high time Government gives an option to employees to choose the hospital they want to get themselves treated in.

7.I wish IAS officers are magnanimous enough to extend this facility to all Gazetted officers to begin with.

8.In the long run we should have same medical facility as PSUs and private sector, if Government is serious about promoting honesty and efficiency.

Anand Agrawal

Re: ACR Business by Y Misra

There are many officers who have suffered and declared unfit for promotion because they have been given below benchmark grading by their overjealous reporting officers/ reviewing officers. This way the individual never gets to know his drawbacks/shortcomings, if there are any, and never gets an opportunity to improve his/ her performance. The DOP&T and Tribunals are behaving in a peculiar fashion and coming out with a clear cut policy of communicating below benchmark grading despite its being "Good", probably with malice in mind of teaching a lesson to upright and independent thinking officers who do not toe the line of their superior officers. The SC decided the matter in UP Jal Nigam case but it is not universally followed by the courts below. The matter has been thrown back to Delhi High Court for final adjudication by the SC in a particular case by day-to-day hearing. It is pending there for more than a year and many officers are suffering in silence who have been left out on promotions. I think it is high time all such officers get united and file a PIL in SC for early disposal of the cases. The DOP&T should be forced to come out with a policy for such below benchmark grading. This website would do a great service if the concerned can be made aware of this serious problem affecting many government officers. For obvious reasons, I would like to remain anonymous. Thanks.

A VISITOR

Time to redress

This is the case not only with IRS but also with all the Account and finance services , who suffer humiliation in their day to day working with respect to infrastructure, promotions, biased recruitment rules career progression and job diversity. I once again reiterate that time has come when we should unite and use all forums to redress our grievances. This is in continuation of one missed call given in this forum last month by me. Let us fix some date and meet together in Delhi soon.
With due regards

Gopi Krishna

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Karat says that if Congress wants India and US to date,
Then Congress should seek a fresh mandate!!

Its just big talk because Commies don't want to face polls!!!
If polls are announced Commies will be one of the most dukhi souls!!!

And looks like Congress may just call their bluff,
Go ahead with the Nuclear Deal and defy Commies to huff and puff!!

For all you know post the budget Congress may call for an early poll!!!
To capitalize on a populist Budget would be Congress's goal!!

Congress feels populist Budget will blow wind into its sails!!!
And it knows BJP is on comeback rails!!!

But PC doesn't have a wand, which can make Congress popular with one wave!!!
Have you ever seen a dead man rise form his grave????

Fact is Congress feels its haalath is not going improve by 2009!!!!
In fact galloping inflation is going to make people whine!!!

If monsoon fails inflation will rocket and Party in power will be in the dock!!
Seems on this possibility Congress has taken stock!!!

And then BJP is getting stronger with every passing dinn,
In fact if today elections are held NDA could win!!!

So now Congress has pinned its hopes of PC's Budget and he's on the job!!!
' Save us from becoming powerless' karr rahe hai Congressi sob!!!

Maybe PC will give every Indian Rs.10,000 ….official ghoos for vote!!!!
Bush gave spending money to Americans and this PC ne kiya tha note!!

Whatever he gives has to have an immediate effect!!!
Or Public opinion for midterm Polls he'll not be able to affect!!

Well one thing is for sure Laloo, Karuna and Pawar will fight tooth and nail!!
So that Congress's plans to go in for midterm poll ho jaye fail!!!

Maybe they'll all go and meet Karat and tell him to relent!!!
And warn him tomorrow when he'll be out of power he'll repent!!!

They'll remind of the NDA days when Commies could neither bark or bite!!!
When they remained locked up during the day and only stepped out in the night!!

Raj was arrested and then released on bail and now he's got what he wanted!!!!
And arrest was made after time and again Congress ko he taunted!!!

Azmi got bail in ten minutes but Raj's bail took more than an hour!!!!
Relations between MNS and SP will further sour!!

Some say MNS and Congress are hand in glove pardeh ke behind!!!!
Though in Public they'll continue to be to each other unkind!!!

Problems are going to escalate!!!!
Shiv Sena and MNS thrive on politics of hate!!!

Natwar Singh has quit Congress and seems he's going BJP's way!!!
And in his quitting speech a lot of anti Sonia rhetoric kiya Natwar ne say!!!

Shouldn't BJP be wary of Natwar or as he is lovingly known Nut!!!!
Seems Nut feels BJP will come to power …obeying the feeling of his gut!!

Sucker rallies do mislead!!
Investors get trapped and their portfolios bleed!!!

Sensex will go down to 13000 without a doubt,
And the Rupee will weaken to forty plus as Dollars flow out!!!!

Confucius says….. Try to sit on cash!!!
And wait for the market to crash!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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ONE MORE DIRECTOR MAY QUIT NHPC ?
The resignation galore in NHPC continues. Director(Technical) SP Sen has already resigned. One more Director is expected to submit his resignation shortly. More than 265 senior engineers and other professional have resigned in the last one year. Director (HR) SK Chaturvedi has already been shortlisted for the top post of Powergrid. NHPC Officers' Association has stepped up pressure to get SK Garg, CMD replaced. Work on almost all the projects is behind schedule.

R P Singh to resign ?
Grapevine has it that CMD of the Power Grid R P Singh will resign soon after the return from his US visit.

Rao appointed IISCO MD
S P Rao has been appointed Managing Director of the IISCO Steel Plant in West Bengal.

Ms.Praveen Malhotra promoted by BIG FM

BIG FM 92.7 FM has promoted Ms.Praveen Malhotra at National Head Integrated Sales Unit.Hitherto she was Vice President(VP)for the Northern region.

Sunil Bharti Mittal feted at WMC

Sunil Bharti Mittal Chairman of the Bharati Enterprises has been conferred with the GSMA Chairman's award during the World Mobile Congress (WMC) 2008 that concludes today in Barcelona(Spain).

Siddharth Sinha of FTII,Pune wins the Silver Bear

Siddharth Sinha of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII),Pune has won the Silver Bear in the Brelinale shorts section of the Berlin film festival. Sinha won the Award for his film 'Udedh Bun', a story of Ashu who is leaving his boyhood behind and growing up to be a man. He needs to reinvent himself.The award has been given for the film's modern narration & a sharp focus that relies on a harmony between images & sound rather than words.

Tata Communications launches worldwide

Tata Communications Ltd(TCL) of which Chairman is Subodh Bhargava,was launched as a leading provider of the new world of communications, integrating the former VSNL and Teleglobe brands.