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BJP and BSP hidden pact ?
Political circles are abuzz with rumours of the BJP and the BSP reaching to an understanding. This is evident in their respective acts also. None of them criticizes each others act.

Dharam Vir to be Chief Secretary of Haryana !
Dharam Vir is being tipped to be new Chief Secretary of Haryana. He is 1973 batch IAS officer. Present Chief Secretary Ms Promila Issar is superannuating by this month end.

Roy to be Ambassador to Norway ?
Buzz is that B A Roy is going to Norway from Delhi as India's new Ambassador. He is 1975 batch IFS officer.

Chandra Mohan to continue with LG
R Chandra Mohan is going to continue as Principal Secretary to the LG of Delhi. Earlier the name of 1978 batch IAS officer Chandra Mohan had been doing the round for the post of Commissioner MCD.

Will Mehra be Commissioner MCD ?
Latest rumour mill says that K S Mehra is being considered for the post of Commissioner MCD. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. The post has fallen vacant following the appointment of Ashok Kumar to the post of Vice Chairman DDA.

Toor appointed Ambassador to Madagascar
Azad Singh Toor, presently Joint Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Madagascar. He is 1987 batch IFS officer.

CBEC Chairman to get three months extension
Chairman of CBEC, Ministry of Finance S Singhal is getting extension in service for 3 months .

Arora to go Houstan

Joint Secretary (UNP) in the Ministry of External Affairs Sanjiv Arora is going to Houstan as Counsel General. He will replace S M Gavai. New posting of Gavai has not been made.

What is going on in NHAI ?
Surface Transport Minister T R Balu has ordered the suspension of three senior officials of the NHAI. They are Mssrs:-Kandasamy Member (Technical) Ashok Vasan Chief General Manager and Mohan Project Director. Is the PMO aware?

Prabh Das is ED,PCRA

Prabh Das Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been appointed as Executive Director(ED)Petroleum Conservation Research Association(PCRA).Das who is an IAS officer of the 1981 batch West Bengal cadre will hold the charge of ED,PCRA in addition to being Joint Secretary in the said Ministry.

Tenure of O N Singh to complete
Central deputation tenure of Commissioner Navodaya Vidyalaya Sangathan O N Singh is coming to an end in April. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.

Manohar to go to Kabul
A Manohar is going to Kabul on an assignment of the UN .He is Deputy Advisor in the Planning Commission..

Ramamoorthy to return to Kerala
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health in the Government of India K Ramamoorthy is reportedly returning to the parent Kerala cadre in the rank of ACS. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.

RN Mishra selected as DIG in RD Ministry
RN Mishra has been selected as DIG in the Indian Ministry of Rural Development(RD).Mishra is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1982 batch who belongs to the Rajasthan cadre.

Mishra to be Member of CAT
Sudhakar Mishra,69 batch IRS, Member Settlement Commisssion, Mumbai has reportedly been cleared to takeover as Member CAT.

Ashok Kumar to assume DDA's charge next week

Ashok Kumar who has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority(DDA) will assume his charge next week.Ashok Kumar is an IAS officer of the AGMUcadre who belongs to the 1974 batch. Presently he is Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD).

A.K.Rai becomes CVO,MoIL

A.K.Rai has become Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) in Manganese Ore India Ltd. (MoIL), Nagpur.He is a Chhattisgarh Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer who belongs to the 1990 batch.

Akhilesh Argal is Addl Secretary Tribal Welfare in MP

Akhilesh Argal who was so far Additional Secretary, General Administration department(GAD) has been posted in same capacity in the Tribal Welfare department.Argal is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

A bureaucratic reshuffle in Chhattisgarh likely

A bureaucratic reshuffle in Chhattisgarh is on the anvil.

Indo-Bangladesh sign MOU in aviation sector

With a view to have detailed discussions in matters relating to the air services between the two countries, India and Bangladesh delegations held bilateral air services consultations in Delhi recently.The Indian delegation was led by Ashok Chawla, Secretary Civil Aviation.After detailed discussions both sides reached an agreement and an MOU was signed between the two sides. Both sides have agreed to further liberalize the existing SAARC offer and all existing caps for the operations of Bangladesh carriers to/from different points in India have been removed.Now, the designated airlines of each side are entitled to operate 61 services per week in each direction to/from any points in each other's territory specified in the Route Schedule with any type of aircraft, without any restriction or capping.Also, in order to facilitate tourism, the designation airlines of both sides can operate any number of services to/from 18 tourist gateways in India viz. Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Gaya, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Khajuraho, Aurangabad, Goa, Jaipur, Port Blair, Kochi, Trivandrum, Kozikode, Amritsar, Visakhapatnam, Ahmedabad and Tiruchirapalli.The Bangladesh side agreed to grant Sylhet in Bangladesh as an additional point of call for the Indian designated carriers.In order to enhance the air services operations and to make the operations more commercially viable, the provision of co-operative marketing arrangement has been agreed. Another important outcome of these discussions is reflected in the form an agreement on cargo operations where the designated airlines of each side are entitled to operate 7 all-cargo services per week between each other's territory with any type of aircraft.

Senior level postings in Army
Three senior level officers in the Indian Army were posted at new places. They are :Lt Gen I.J.Koshy DG Ceremonial & Welfare to DG Artillery, Lt.Gen.S.S.Dhillon Core Commander 12 Core to Deputy Chief of Army Staff & Lt.Gen. S.N.Handa Chief of Staff 15 core to General Officer Commanding 12 Core.

New Judges of Karnataka HC
Ravi Vijaykumar Malimath and Ms Bangalore Venkataramiah Nagarathna will be Additional Judges of the Karnataka High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years.

5 IPS officers shifted in MP

As many as five IPS officers have been shifted in Madhya Pradesh.Those shifted are:Ashok Dohre IG Fire Fighting Services to IG PHQ,C.V.Muniraju IG SCRB to IG Fire Fighting Services,Suresh kumar Sharma DIG PHQ to DIG Fire Fighting Indore,R.L.Borana DIG Fire Fighting Indore to DIG PHQ & R.P.Bisone AIG PHQ to Commandant Home Guards Jabalpur

IPS reshuffle in TamilNadu

There is IAS reshuffle in TamilNadu. New postings are :-Mssrs Pramod Kumar Tiruchi City Police Commissioner,K.Thukkaiandi IG, Crime, Chennai, J.K.Tripathy IG, Economic Offences Wing ,E.Ma.Masanamuthu DIG, Kancheepuram, R.Arumugam DIG, Idol Wing, CID, Chennai,P.Sivanandi DIG, Railways, Chennai, Sandeep Rai Rathore, DIG, Technical Services, Chennai, S.Manoharan SP, Tamil Nadu Commando Force, K.Bhavaneeswari SP/Principal, Police Training College, V.Vanitha DC, Headquarters, Chennai Police, D.Kalpana Nayak SP, Enforcement, Salem, S.Rajeswari SP, Video Piracy Cell CID, Chennai, G.Dharmarajan DC, Kilpauk, Chennai Police, B.Vijayakumari, DC, Central Crime Branch, Chennai and. S.Bhaskaran SP, Enforcement, Chennai.

IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh

IPS officers have been transferred in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are :-Mssrs K K Tripathi DIG Telecommunications,Prabhat Kumar DIG Special Enquiry Cell,Neera Rawat SSP Agra,Jasbir Singh SSP Mujaffarnagar,Vijay Shankar Singh SP Firozabad,Gyan Singh SP Bijnore,Jitendra Sonkar SP Deoria,Deepak Verma SP Sultanpur,Satya Narayan PAC Varanasi,Naveen Arora PAC Moradabad,Vijay Garg SP Railways Lucknow,D C Mishra SP Railways Gorakhpur and Ajay Mishra SP Mahoba.

Valentine Day virus
Don't be over joyous if you receive a love message this Valentine day. It could be deceptive for such messages are likely to be beset with a strong virus.

FORUM

Avoid being jealous of other services

Well IRS can not have everything. It does not take rocket science to come to the conclusion why IRS is the 'preferred service' these days. So have fun and avoid being jealous of other services.

Jayant

Time has come for second service in India

Despite boasting of the highest ranks in the civil service exam after only the IAS, the IRS gets niether pay (IAS, IFS get that) nor perks (IAS, IPS, Customs, Postal, Railways, Defence get that) nor promotions (IAS, IFS, IAAS, Railways and all sundry accounts services get that), it survives merely on prestige. The time has come for the second service in India to get its legitimate due. Are the powers that be even listening?

A K Singh

Don't miss the woods for trees !!

All this fuss about IRS loses sight of vital dimensions of governance such as the rampant corruption in the tax departments. Ask any CA you know! Why the IRS prefer Mumbai postings? Come on ....be plain! Secondly, most of these departments are top heavy...hampering promotions. Finally, the real work is done by the Gr 2 officials(tax inspectors, ITOs) who are given a raw deal by the Gr 1 officers !!

Goiporia P K

Avoid comparisions

Ms. Neha, who presumably is a civil service officer, should have known better about I-T service rankings shown on the DoPT and UPSC web sites after the CS Exam results are declared every year; and then there are some things called the Indian Foreign Service and the Indian Police Service which come 'second'. Secondly, the IT in recent years have expanded vastly with around 350 posts of CIT/CCITs having been created ostensibly for more efficient tax collection (although tax collections are rising primarily because of the stellar performance of the private sector and the stock market boom; corporate tax collections also account for the bulk of IT in India unlike the personal IT that requires more staff). Most other services have not received such generous wholesale support. If despite such exponential growth, IT is unable to fend for itself, it should not vent their angst on other services to cover for their own shortcomings. If CS Exam rank were the criterion for improvement then, by Ms. Neha's logic, IT officers would live in Type VIII bungalows and get all salaries while other services would live in Seva Nagar and beg on the streets! Similarly, since IT earns the most, the CPC should give them the highest pay; by that standard army officers should have recoveries effected from their salaries for being the biggest spenders! That things have not come to such a pass shows the information on which Ms. Neha has based her argument is erroneous. Thirdly, all posts in the CBDT are under the Central Secretariat. If an IT officer could become India's top election officer as others serve in MCD, port trusts, etc, where is the problem if an IAS or any other service officer becomes Revenue Secretary (now or in the past)? Similarly, should there be any objection to JS (Personal) CBDT coming from the Railways? Comparisons are invariably odious and thus the need to avoid them.

BKS

Why they want private health check up ?

IAS officers who are at the helm of affairs in all walks of life including Public Health System are now asking for PRIVATE HEALTH CHECKUP. Is it not ridiculous? Do they accept at least now that they have miserably failed to improve the Public Health Services?

Kumar

State of affairs in CGHS
I share Anand Agsrwal's concern about the state of affairs in CGHS. I have recently had the misfortune of having to suffer the trauma of dealing with an unexpected medical contingency in my family. I realised that the Doctors and staff in the CGHS are as humane, sensitive and decent as any one of us could be but the system through which they operate is absurd, dehumanised and utterly senseless. We have to remember that the system is not of their making and as such I find it unjust to blame the Doctors and staff of CGHS. My personal experience has been as follows. In the last week of December I came to Delhi on a month's leave from Kolkata for my son's wedding. While in Delhi my wife was dignosed with cancer and the treatment recommended was six cycles of chemotherapy each at an interval of three weeks. The drugs involved would cost nearly Rs. 3 lakhs for each cycle. As I was holding CGHS card from Kolkata I was required to undergo some formalities to procure the drugs through CGHS. And here are the formalities:
(i) A letter addressed to the concerned Zonal Director of CGHS having jurisdiction over the area in Delhi in which I was residing during the leave requesting the said Zonal Director to temporarily attach me with the dispensary having jurisdiction over the area of my residence. (ii) To obtain approval from the Zonal Director as per above request. (iii) To carry the Director's approval to the concerned Dispensary along with proof of residence at the given leave address and get the temporary card issued for attachment.
(iv) To visit the CMO of the concerned dispensary along with prescription card for procurement of the drugs. (v) To obtain information as to which of the prescribed drugs are of local purchase category and which are for MSD (a new term for me, a first time CGHS card user). (vi) To write separate applications addressed to the Additional Director MSD for each of the MSD items. (vii) Each application to be accompanied by xerox copies of the temporary card, prescription slip and the Dispensary CMO's forwarding recommendation to MSD. (viii) To make spare sets of each application with the enclosures for office copies to be retained in the dispensary. (ix) To carry the applications duly forwarded by the CMO along with INDENTS to the MSD near Gol market. (x) To wait for at least 10 days for the procurement of the drugs and occasionally visit the MSD to check up the position. (xi) To repeat the drill from indent stage for each of the six cycles of chemotherapy. I was embroiled in this drill even as my wife continued to wait for the drugs which according to the Doctors at AIIMS should have been administered without any further delay. Of course the drugs were supplied and the Doctors and the staff of CGHS at the Director's , Dispensary and the MSD level were extremely well behaved all the times but they couldn't help the time and energy consuming process which some one sitting higher up has devised. Just imagine the sense of relief I would have felt had the procurement of the drugs been possible by AIIMS through book adjustment against CGHS account. As I write these lines I am preparing the sets for the procurement of drugs required for the second cycle of the therapy.

N N Ojha

Recognition is the Basic Motivation

Mishra has rightly mentioned that ACRs play a very vital role in the career of a government servant. Timely promotion and recognition are the basic motivations of a government servant Therefore, DOPT should evolve transparent Performance Appraisal System, which should have least subjectivity and no room of unfairness and prejudices. In Central Staffing Scheme, DOPT has fixed minimum bench-mark of ACR as 'VERY GOOD' for Deputy Secretary, Director, Joint Secretary and above. If some officer delivers outstanding results in her/ his department, it is beyond imagination that she/ he will not deliver in other departments. They may take little more time in learning the new work but definitely win the race. We are all government servants and should follow the policy-"LIVE AND LET LIVE". We should think for the nation and all of us should do our best.

Meenakshi Roy

Bureaucrats are more corrupt than Netas

Attention of Society, Government, Public is badly required towards rampant and increasing corruption in Bureaucracy, Judiciary and Government Officials. The corruption by the officials is far more dangerous than the corruption done by our Netas. Neta is looting public money only for 4-5 years, however, a corrupt Government officials drain out public money for 30-32 long years, moreover, they also teach the corruption to new Netas to serve their own objectives. We don't understand that why our Bureaucrats are corrupt? When Govt. is taking care of their requirements by providing good accommodation, transportation in addition to handsome salary, since their first posting to last posting than Why are they require to involve in corruption? A corrupt Bureaucrat is many times more dangerous to the society than a corrupt Laloo, Sharad Pawar, Mulayam or Mayavati because since beginning they are in key positions from where they can affect and alter the policy decisions to their vested interests. It is very unfortunate that more and more officials are turning towards corruption and honest officials are finding themselves in minority. This trend is extremely dangerous for India and we all to give a serious and honest thought to this, right now, delay may ruin our country & society. So let's start now for better India, improved India. Please circulate the content to make people aware.
jai Hind

Improve India Mission

New pay-scales are disappointing
The new scales appearing in here are disappointing. Successive Pay Commissions have failed to ensure` parity in the transit from old to new scales. Whenever, two scales are merged the officials in the higher scale are put to disadvantage. Sixth CPC was especially asked to focus on the question of parity with the corporate world. Therefore, the question of parity in the Government assumes special significance. We are waiting to see whether the sixth CPC has really answered this question. As far as scales are concerned, if Rs.6500 is raised to Rs.20000, on what basis Rs.14300 will be just Rs.33000 or Rs.15100 will be Rs.35000 ! What prevents the pay commission to put up its draft report on the website and invite comments from one and all to ensure better insight in many issues? This will definitely improve the quality of the report many times. This will also ensure unnecessary representations, litigations and amendments.

Ajay Kumar Verma

Total injustice

If the pay scales sent are true , then it is total injustice for Director level officers (Rs 14300-400-18300)of central services. They will be the worst sufferers. If pay commission is listening, please put us in separate grade as unlike IAS we have to spend many years in this scale and even retire in this scale. Please do not club with lower scales.

Shamim

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Now it's obvious why Pawar had gone to inquire about Balasahib's health????
One word to describe Pawar's action….stealth!!

Because it's well known that Pawar was interested that Raj gains ground!!!
And for his rise Pawar tacitly made ground!!!

And then to mend fences he went and met Balasahib!!
And pleaded with him ' Lets join forces Sahib'!!!

There is no doubt now Marathi Manoos votes have been divided!!!!
But seems Congress has quietly worked with Raj and with him it's quietly sided!!!

Big B's bhompoo Amar says that on account of Raj's allegations Big B is hurt!!!
Amar Ji why don't you think before your blurt????

Big B has done nothing concrete for Maharashtra State !!
'Big B's done a lot for Maharashtra " kyon karr raha hai Amar state!!!

Apart from donating to one or two relief funds what has he done???
And for whatever little he's done 'to the town banging his chest he's gone'!!

Court should also issue Amar a gag order!!!
Because his provocative statements can cause disorder!!!

In the protests a Marathi Manoos lost his life!!!!
Have any of the protagonists of this strife even gone to meet this person's wife???

And seems Uncle Balasaib's case was the precedence for giving Raj bail!!!
If Uncle for his provocative writings was not jailed then how can nephew be put in jail??

News on the Budget front is that PC is in a real tizzy!!!!
By evening he gets acidity and has to drink something fizzy!!

The cause if the acidity is worry!!!
Gulping down meals in a worried state of mind in a tearing hurry!!

PC needs to find money for the vote catching proposals he's been ordered to dole out!!!
Proposals aimed at the next electoral bout!!!

Taxing FIIs or Freeloaders In India could be one source for raising paisa!!!
Up to now he's been saying ' ho nahi saktha aisa'!!!

And he should give a serious thought to Social Credits!!!
For Social work by Corporates give them on lines of Carbon credits Social credits!!!

Or he may just 'cess' his way out...... tried and tested way!!!
He's going to use cess to garner funds insiders say!!

Railway Budget is being prepared to endear Laloo to the masses!!!
And Laloo may hike upper class fares to get money from the classes (affluent)!!!

He too is in a Robin Hood frame of mind and wants to please the masses!!!
May announce for masses lottery for 1 lakh free second and first class Railway passes!!!

Sonia's been issued a Notice for her allegiance to Belgium !!!
She's going to say she misread Belgium as Belgaum !!!

She'll say she too found it funny that why was Belgium asking her to do so????
But in diplomatic frame of mind she did not say no!!!

And then Belgaum is part of India so she found nothing wrong in swearing her allegiance to this City!!!
She'll say that now her patriotism is being questioned and this is a real pity!!

If Congress is planning midterm polls then why waste money?????
On a Cabinet Reshuffle …….a reshuffle at this stage sounds very funny!!

Congress should make use of the young blood at the electoral front line!!!
Though if you ask me the young lot are ' new bottle mein same old wine'!!!

What Congress needs are grass root Leaders who rise on their own political grit!!
And not because of Papa's name 'ho gaye hai Party mein fit'!!

But High Command does not want grass root leaders!!
High Command wants Leaders who are ' readers and pleaders'!!!

Who read the speeches they are given and plead at High Command's door!!!
Who never think of coming to the Party's fore!!!

In USA Obama has all of a sudden started to gallop!!!
In Primaries Hillary ko karr raha hai wallop!!!

Seems Democrats are not ready for a female President!!!
And they don't mind a coloured man to be White House's first resident!!

Will coloured Republicans vote for Obama when they make their choice for President??
And cause in Republican Candidate's votes a huge dent!!

Confucius says… If Obama wins will Uncle Sam turn 'black'???
And then will Whites from Blacks get 'payback'????

Flash….. Government has announced a fuel price hike!!!
A hike that most Indians are not going to like!!

This could also mean that to go to polls Congress is in no hurry!!!
Because electorally such a hike can bury!!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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V.K.Kapoor ED(Contracts),NHPC resigns

V K Kapoor Executive Director(ED)Contracts with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation(NHPC)has reportedly put in his papers.

Singh is DMD IT SBI

R P Singh has taken over as Deputy Managing Director, Information Technology in the State Bank of India. The post was lying vacant since November.

NHPC's IPO in a limbo

The Initial public offer(IPO)of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation(NHPC)of which Chairman and Managing Director(CMD)is S.K. Garg has been delayed.

Phase -I of 2007 batch IAS to start on February 18, 2008

The phase -I professional training course for IAS officers of the 2007 batch is going to commence at Mussourie located Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA)from February 18, 2008.It will conclude in May 2008.There are 89 IAS officers in this batch who have recently concluded 70 days long Bharat Darshan.

ECGC pays dividend of Rs80 crore
The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC) has paid an interim dividend of Rs.80 crore to the government. The dividend cheque was handed over to G.K. Pillai, Commerce Secretary by A.V. Muralidharan, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of ECGC in Delhi recently

Ravi Krishnan is Vice Chairman,IPL's Jaipur franchise

Ravi Krishnan has joined the Indian Premier League's (IPL's) Jaipur franchise owned by Emerging Media as Vice Chairman. Krishnan .He is former Managing Director at IMG South Asia.However,Krishnan will continue to be the proprietor of ABLER Advisory Pvt Ltd.

TOTAL launches its 3rd store in Bangalore

TOTAL hypermarket & mall, a retail venture of the Jubilant Group, has launched 3rd TOTAL store in Bangalore at Sarjapur Road, next to the Springfields apartment. Two TOTAL stores are operational at Mysore Road and Madiwala.TOTAL Sarjapur Road sprawls across 2, 40,000 sq ft of space. An investment of Rs. 2500 per square feet has gone into the property. It provides for a 500-car parking facility. Each floor is connected with travelators that make access easy for both young and old.