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Will Chaudhury succeed Panda ?
Grapevine has it that Sumantra Chaudhury is being appointed Secretary Heavy Industries in the Government of India. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

Sanjay Singh to move to Iran
Sanjay Singh is likely to move from the MEA to Iran as India's new Ambassador. He is 1976 batch IFS officer.

Tiwari is now Joint Secretary Agriculture
Rajendra Kumar Tiwari who was to take over as DG Doordarshan has now joined the Ministry of Agriculture as Joint Secretary. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Pollution Control Board Chairman appointment stalled
The appointment of a technocrat as Central Pollution Control Board Chairman, which was almost final, has been stalled. No one is aware that why this has been done.

Five years tenure for Prasar Bharati officials
I&B Ministry is said to be contemplating not to allow Prasar Bharti officials for more than five years at one station.

Prabhu Dayal to go to New York
Ambassador in Rabat Prabhu Dayal will take over as Counsel General in New York from Neelam Deo who is retiring.

Mitali Sen Gavai to return Maharashtra
Joint Secretary Home (Kashmir) in the Government of India Ms Mitali Sen Gavai is returning to the parent Maharashtra cadre. She is 1984 batch IAS officer.

Mehra is new Commissioner MCD

K.S. Mehra has taken over as Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi . He is 1978 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.

( We said this on February 15 and again on February 18)

Rao is SP CBI in Nagpur
Nageshwar Rao has joined as SP CBI in Nagpur.

Raghubir Singh is new Secretary NCSC
Raghubir Singh has taken over as Secretary of National Commission for Scheduled Caste. He is 1972 batch IA & AS officer.

Sirajuddin to go to Kabul
Sirajuddin is going to Kabul on an assignment of the UN .He is presently posted in the Planning Commission.

IAS to give health check-up report by next month end
IAS officers over 40 years of age will have to submit health-check up report by March 31.Meanwhile health check-up amount has been raised by Rs 400.

Parag Gupta gets additional charge

Secretary Tourism in Orissa Parag Gupta has been given additional charge of State Tourism Development Corporation. He is 1988 batch IAS officer.

1994 batch IPS is DIG in Uttarakhand

1994 batch IPS officer Surendra Singh Negi has been promoted to the rank of DIG in Uttarakhand.

Arunachal Pradesh CM,Dorjee Khandu creates a history

Dorjee Khandu as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh during his 10 month's tenure has been able to create a history by carrying out development works a very fast pace.This is evident from the fact that Arunchal Pradesh of which 21st foundation day was celebrated on February 20,2008;has made more progress under Khandu's dynamic leadership than what was achieved during previous regimes.Among other things is the package that was announced by Indian Prime Minister Dr Man Mohan Singh during his maiden tour to capital city of Itanagar on January 30,2008.At this year's statehood's celebration chief guest was B.K.Chaturvedi IAS(Retd) ex-Cabinet Secretary and now Member of ther Planning Commission .The Planning Commission has released Rs.192 Crores for incomplete schemes and another Rs.20 Crores for R.K.Mission Hospital which is doing a yeoman service for the health care of local people (it was a part of PM's announcement on January 30 2008).Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Gen. (Retd) J. J. Singh said "on this happy occasion, I wish our State always shines as 'the land of the rising Sun' and radiates our whole nation with the rays of peace, harmony and brotherhood."Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu seeking cooperation of all has said "now its is my duty to translate this package into a reality." While expressing his concern Arunachal Pradesh's CM Khandu also said insurgents of neighboring states were creating problems "in two districts of our State.Unwittingly, the organization calling bandh on this count is becoming a part of the problem. I would like them to be part of the solution."

1983 batch IAS is PS in Madhya Pradesh

1983 batch IAS officers Manoj Goyal and Sanjay Joshi have been cleared for the rank of Principal Secretary in Madhya Pradesh.

Pandey appointed Interim PS of DGMC

Darjeeling district magistrate Rajesh Pandey has been appointed interim principal secretary of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC). He is 1995 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.

1992 batch IAS to get super-time scale in MP

15 IAS officers belonging to 1992 batch have been cleared for the super-time scale in Madhya Pradesh. They are Mssrs :- Pankaj Agrawal, KC Gupta, Ashish Shrivastava, Smita Gate, VL Kantha Rao, Kalpana Shrivastava, Neelam Shami Rao, Raghuveer Shrivastava, KM Gautam, Omesh Mundra, Pradeep Kumar Khare, Ravindra Kumar Pastore, Seema Sharma, Arun Kumar Pandey and VK Batham.

1995 batch IAS to get selection-grade in MP

Nine 1995 batch IAS officers will now get selection-grade in Madhya Pradesh. They are Mssrs:-
Sachin Sinha, Ashok Kumar Shrivastava, Manish Kumar Shrivastava, Ramkinker Gupta, Dwarka Das Agrawal, RK Mathur, Bharat Kumar Vyas, Mahendra Singh Bhilala and Subhash Jain.

Gangopadhyay is President Sahitya Akadami

Sunil Gangopadhyay has been elected President of the Sahitya Akadami.

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Pay Commission will look into ----

I sincerely hope that the 6th Pay Commission is seriously looking into the housing problem faced by Central Government Officers and is providing for leased accommodation as is being provided in Public Enterprises and Bank. Further, it should also look into revising the transfer and travel related allowances which are really meager and should be provided on actual.

SANT SARAN MANTRI

All this debate of IAS Vs.IRS Vs.IPS Vs.XYZ sounds ridiculous
1.The need of the hour is to promote meritocracy, honesty, efficiency and hard work and not to promote Cadres or Castes or regions so that the poor and destitute people of this country can look up to us for upliftment.
2.To promote efficiency it is imperative that the Government has the power to reward the efficient and punish the inefficient. Sadly this is grossly lacking.
3.To wake up the Babus, Government should allow lateral entry at all levels so that we are pitted against the best in the private sector.
4. At the same time Government should allow officers to go on 5 years stint to private sector, so that we can learn from actual problems faced by toiling business class.
5.There should be point system, anybody getting less than certain point should not go above say Director rank (For Group A service).
6. Government can also toy with the idea of a fast track officers cadre , where selected officers will get double the salary ,but can be fired any time , without assigning any reason. The best will opt for this kind of scheme.

An IRS officer

DO not judge GOIs working by one department

Meenakshi, very well said. There is no shortage of appropriate type of houses, at least in Delhi. It is the shoddy Directorate of Estates which is compounding the problem. House are allotted to non eligible persons, organisations as well as kept vacant for all sundry reasons. Please do not judge GoI's working by one of its worst departments

Ram Kumar

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Seems Rahul wants a young HRD Minister!!!!!!
This is also the stand of his sister!!!

So who replaces Arjun Singh???
He should be young, should be articulate and should have a good voice to sing!!!!

Sing…. he must be able to sing Sonia's praises in a sonorous voice!!!
Must be able to pledge his loyalty in a musical voice!!!

His duty will be to ensure that in every school and college this pledge cum praise song is sung!!!
And in every classroom Sonia's and Rahul's photo is hung!!!

Seems in this Arjun has been found lacking!!!!
So he's being sent off packing!!!

HRD Minister henceforth will mean Highnesses Respect Developing Minister or Mantri!!!!
Minister who has the commitment and mindset of a Santri!!!

Insiders say shortlist is ready and now only singing auditions have to take place!!!
And then we'll be told koun HRD Ministry karre ga grace!!!!

Sonia and Maya met over chai and cookies!!!!
But rapprochement is not possible as per odds being given by bookies!!!

Okay Congress is twisting her arm,
And warning her that if she does not ally with Congress she could come to harm!!!

But Maya realizes that Congress's and her vote bank is the same!!!!
So she understands Congress's game!!!

BJP and BSP make the ideal alliance as their vote banks are not the same!!!
And so each other electorally they cannot tame!!

Maya may play along with Sonia till elections are announced!!
Then make her move to ally with NDA because she knows UPA is going to get trounced!!

Post the general election UNPA will lose many allies,
At least two will renew with NDA their ties!!!

News from the Budget front is that PC is becoming an Asprin addict!!!
He has headaches everyday trying to meet Sonia's 'please common man' edict!!

He's positioned himself as the darling of the Corporates and now will have to change!!!
Because to please common man Corporates he'll have to shortchange!!!

He may use 'consolidation' terminology to get away!!!
Because this time Corporates ko Budget karre ga dismay!!!

Laloo too is in Railway Budget throes!!!
And with every passing day his kheni intake grows!!!

His diktat to the Budget preparers is 'make me vote ka saudagar'!!!!
This is in line with his philosophy ' sauda karr'!!!

As per Laloo's philosophy every human is purchasable!!!!
Only to find and time the trade off one should be able!!!

Nawaz and Zardari moving to center stage is not good for regional stability!!!
Both will cause in this region a lot of instability!!!

They'll keep the Army busy by creating Indo Pak tensions!!!
On Indo Pak ties during electioneering they've made mentions!!!

And what they've said is worrying ….. K is again going to be hyped!!!!
In capital KASHMIR in all internal and external communiqués will be typed!!!

Like I'd predicted Rupee has taken a tumble,
And now at Rs. 40 level rate will bumble!!!

Then Rupee will move in tandem with Sensex and Nifty!!!
FIIs are slowly but surely on flows into India becoming thrifty!!!

And remember Rupee's strength is not internal!!!
It's because of FII inflows and so external!!!!

Confucius says….. Keep any eye on the Dollar rate to predict Sensex's rise or fall!!!
In the Indian Market now shots the Dollar rate is going to call!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Singh is DMD IT in SBI
R P Singh has taken over as Deputy Managing Director (Information Technology) in the State Bank of India.

Goyal to be Regional CEO

Kamesh Goyal has been appointed new regional CEO of Allianz for the Middle East and North Africa.

The Luxury Trains is global partner for Karnataka's "Golden Chariot"

The Luxury Trains, New Delhi has been appointed as worldwide marketing and sales partner for the new luxury train in Karnataka (South India).It is called "Golden Chariot" which is a joint venture of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation(KSTDC) & Indian Railway(IR)."The Golden Chariot" commences its first journey on the 10th of March 2008 and it will run on every Monday of the week.It named after the famous stone chariot in Hampi, a world heritage site, in Southern India will travel through timeless historical heritage sites, resplendent palaces,wildlife and golden Beaches. On-board and off-board hospitality is provided by one of the leading hotel and resort chains of India "The Mapple Group".It may be stated here that the "Luxury Trains" is the largest consolidator & General Sales Agent(GSA) for all Indian Luxury Trains 'Palace-On-Wheels', 'Heritage on Wheels' & 'Deccan Odyssey' running in India. According to Sajivve Trehaan CEO of The Luxury Trains "to service our clients better we have our presence strategically placed all around the world."Besides,India the group has its establishments in USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia & New Zealand.

Direct Tax collection records a growth of over 40 %

Direct tax collections continued to record a growth of over 40 percent for the 1st April 2007 to 15th February 2008 in the current fiscal. Net direct tax collections stood at Rs.2,28,745 crore, up from Rs.1,61,776 crore during the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 41.40 percent and achieving over 85 percent of budgeted direct tax target of Rs.2,67,490 crore. Corporate Tax registered a growth of 38.78 percent at Rs.1,38,073 crore, up from Rs.99,488 crore during the previous fiscal, while Personal Income Tax (including FBT, STT and BCTT) grew by 45.64 percent at Rs.90,356 crore, up from Rs.62,040 crore. Growth in Securities Transaction Tax (STT) was 84.64 percent (Rs.7,878 crore against Rs.4,267 crore) and Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) was 29.75 percent (Rs.5,216 crore against Rs.4,020 crore). Banking Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) grew by 16.81 percent (Rs.478 crore against Rs.409 crore).Mumbai region has recorded the highest overall growth at Rs.83,363 crore compared to Rs.50,227 crore in the same period last fiscal (i.e. 65.97 percent) and its contribution to the direct tax collections in the country so far is 36.86 percent.Among type of taxes, self-assessment tax (paid voluntarily before filing of tax return) recorded a growth of 62.9 percent while tax deducted / collected at source recorded a growth of 51.9 percent, indicating improved tax administration and better tax compliance levels.

Manoj Kohli is in GSMA board

Manoj Kohli President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)Airtel has been in the board of the GSM Association (GSMA).Kohli is one of the new members to be inducted who will represent the Indian subcontinent and Asia region.The GSMA has more than 700 GSM mobile operators in 218 countries.

Deccan Chronicle's Financial daily by May 2008
Deccan Chronicle of which Managing Director is P.K.Iyer,is poised to enter the brigade of "pink press"by May 2008 as it is going launch a financial daily from Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore,Mumbai & Chennai simultaneously.Shubhrangshu Roy is the Chief Editor & Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the venture.