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Gill appointed DG NHRC
Rajasthan DGP A S Gill has been appointed DG of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).He is 1972 batch IPS officer.
( We said this on November 12 )

Ten 1978 batch IAS quit service
How many 1978 batch IAS officers in the country have quit the service ?.It is believed that so far 10 officers of this batch have left the service.They are Mssrs:- Vikram S Mehta, Raghavan, N Janardhan, Guriqbal Singh Jaiyya, Neeraj Prasad, Pradeep Singh, Sudarshan Synghal, Anil Misra, Rajeev Talwar and Anil Kumar Kutty. Three officers are no more- HK Meena, MS Prasad and VN Rajagopal.

Search for REC chief starts?
Union Power Ministry has taken up with the Department of Personnel for appointment of Chairman for Rural Electrification Corporation (REC). A.K. Lakhina, IAS, present incumbent will be retiring shortly. Normally, the Government is posting a senior IAS Officer to head this Schedule A power sector utility. However, Power Ministry is keen to have a professional to head REC. More so, when ambitious plans have been finalised for REC to help in augmenting capacity addition apart from completing the remaining rural electrification work.

No secretary in Shipping
Government has failed to appoint new Secretary Shipping after the superannuation of A K Mohapatra on January 31. Himachal Pradesh cadre 1974 batch IAS officer C Balakrishnan who is Additional Secretary has been asked to look after the charge of Secretary Shipping.

Minister wants Brahm Dutt to be Secretary
Appointment of new Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping has reportedly been delayed because Minister T R Balu wants Secretary Surface Transport Brahm Dutt to be Secretary Shipping also. Now the Government is in a dilemma.

Bhamthi made Jt Secr UT in MHA
Ms B Bhamthi, the seniormost Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry has been given the charge of UT cadre. It is, however, not known whether the posting is adhoc or a permanent one.

Idea to bifurcate UT cadre shelved
The idea to separate Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh from UT cadre has been shelved. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister had opposed it. He had even written a letter to the Centre in this connection.

Malhotra appointed Chairperson
PK Malhotra, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Law & Justice, has been appointed as Chaiperson of the Adjudicating Authority set up under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Sundeep Khanna to return
Additional Secretary Social Justice in the Government of India Dr Sundeep Khanna is returning to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre in April. He is 1972 batch IAS officer.

UPSC has no Secretary
This has never happened earlier. Union Public Service Commission has no Secretary. S P Gaur Secretary UPSC has taken over as Secretary Inland Waterways Authority in the Government of India. He is 1974 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.

Panjiar is new Secretary Water Resources
U N Panjiar has taken over as Secretary Water Resources in the Government of India. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

No lateral change
Cabinet Secretary is reported to have turned down the proposal of a lateral shift to A P Sawhney 1984 batch IAS officer of AP cadre to the Urban Development Ministry.

1992 batch IAS officers get super-time scale in Bihar
Four 1992 batch IAS officers Mssrs Chanchal Kumar - Secretary to Chief Minister, Arunish Chawla - Additional Commissioner Finance, Amrendra Singh - Additional Commissioner Health and Maheshwar Singh - Additional Secretary Forests have been given super-time scale in Bihar.

Arun Dev Gautam is DIG Security

Arun dev Gautam has been posted as Deputy Inspector General(DIG)of Chief Minister's Security in Chhattisgarh.So far he was DIG in Police Headquarter,Raipur.

Whose baby is National rainfed areas authority (NRAA)?

Whose baby is the much dreamt of National rainfed areas authority (NRAA)which was set up at the behest of Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh.For reasons best known to concerning authorities its three of five members are yet to join. So far the CEO Samra & two members have joined ,even though NRAA was constituted last year.

Ashok singhal is director personnel

Ashok Singhal has joined as Director in the Department of Personnel & Training(DoPT).Singhal who is an IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre belongs to the 1993 batch.Earlier he was Collector Vishakhaspatnam(Vizag).

J.A.Khan to be new I&PR Secretary,Orissa

Jameel Ahmed Khan is poised to become the new Secretary of Information and Publuc Relations , Orissa.Khan who is an IAS officer of 1992 batch belongs to the Orissa cadre.Jameel Ahmad Khan who is currently Collector Dhenkanal on promotion is going to replace Gopinath Mohanty,who is retiring on February 29,2008.

IAS & IPS reshuffle in Orissa on the anvil

Grapevine has it that a reshuffle in both IAS and IPS officers of Orissa is likely to take place before the ensuing budget session of the
assembly beginning from second week of this month.

IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan
There is an IAS reshuffle in Rajasthan. New postings are :- Mssrs Shikhar Agrawal Collector Bikaner, Krishna Kunal Collector Badmer, Bhanu Prakash Collector Banswada, Ambrish Kumar Collector Jaiselmer, Rajat Kumar Mishra Secretary Finance, Ramesh Kumar Jain Secretary State Election Commission, Alok Gupta CMD State Mines and Minerals Udaipur, Vinod Pandya Nodal Officer 13th Finance Commission, Subir Kumar Member Board of Revenue Ajmer, Vikas Sitaram Bhale Secretary PSC Ajmer, Ravi Jain Deputy Secretary Personnel, Dr Samit Sharma Secretary Development Authority Bhivadi and Poonam SDO Mount Abu.

IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh.New postings are :- Mssrs Parminder Hira Mathur, additional chief secretary cooperation, labour and employment, Another ACS Avay Shukla Forests, ACS J.P.Negi, urban development, town and country planning and housing, Ashok Thakur Principal Secretary Transport,Subhash Chandra Negi Principal Secretary Industries,T G Negi Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare, Deepak Shanan Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare,Ajay Mittal Additional charge PWD,P C Kapoor Principal Secretary Agriculture,Desh Deepak MD State Financial Corporation,Tarun Sridhar Secretary Animal Husbandry,Tarun Kapoor MD Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation,S K Baldi Secretary Panchayat and RD,Narinder Chauhan Secretary Irrigation,Sanjiv Gupta Secretary IT and Technical Education,J R Gazta MD Backward Classes Finance Corporation,Ajay Bhandari MD Civil Supplies Corporation,B S Nainta Secretary Lokayukta, Kashmir Chand Director Land Recors,V C Katoch Secretary HPSC,Rakesh Kaushal Secretary Revenue,R S Gupta Director RD,S S Guleria Director Technical Education ,K R Bharti Special Secretary GAD and Nand Lal Sharma Director Ayurved.

1992 batch IAS gets super-time scale in Rajasthan
Two 1992 batch IAS officers Abhay Kumar and Rajat Kumar Mishra have been given super-time scale in Rajasthan.

INX Media soon to get a new Editor in Chief

INX Media group of which Chief Strategy Officer(CSO) is Peter Mukherjea is expected to announce its new Editor in Chief within a week.The slot fell vacant last month when Vir Sanghi --a noted journalist quit from the group.

Avirook Sen & INX Media part ways

Avirook Sen Executive Editor, INX News of which Chief Strategy Officer(CSO) is Peter Mukherjea, have parted ways.

FORUM

Increase in retirement age

Who wants the retirement age to increase or decrease?

If I am competent , why should I worry about retirement age. I can easily get a job in private sector\foreign Government agencies depending on the field I am working in. If I am incompetent, I would be too happy if retirement age is 100 years.

(2)It should be up to the minister who has to perform, to decide whether the officer at 60 is fit to work for another 2 years or 5 years or 10 years. May be there will be some misuse, but it is better than present system of grey hair is more important than grey cell. There should be lateral entry at all level in the
Government so that fresh blood and new perspective comes at all levels.

(3) Government officers should also be allowed to freely go to private sector for five years and gain from experience.(some exceptions can be made).At present this facility is there only for All India Service people, I don't know , why not for Central Government services.

Ravi

Retirement age should not be raised

To increase the retirement age of government employees from 60 to 62 years is not a wise proposal in view of the current rate of unemployment in the country. The few bureaucrats have advocated before the Sixth Pay Commission that by increasing the retirement age, the government shall be able in postponing its pension liabilities by 2 years. But what about the huge salary expenditure, which shall be incurred for 2 years on lakhs of government employees. The loss of depriving the youths for 2 years from jobs can't be imagined. The policy of the country should not be the tool in the hands of some top bureaucrats.

Y. Mishra.

Very strange

Very Strange! Only IAS ought to be medically fit. Why the circular doesn't talks about Government Servant in General.

Anuj

All India Service officers should be medically examined

Not only IAS Officers, but other all India officers like IFS etc. especially IPS officers should also be medically examined every year.

V P S Nair

Rejoinder to S S Verma
With reference to S.S. Verma's views about Assistants' and Stenos' qualifications, he forget the issue that one becomes graduate only after passing 10th and 12th, though it is possible to become graduate even without this now-a-days. If he searches, even now he will find Assistants who are 10th or 12th Pass and PAs and Stenos even graduates and post graduates and even more than that. Status is given not on the basis of qualification, but on the basis is of post. So do not underrate any section of the staff. Each section has its own importance. Just like there are matriculate assistants, there are graduate stenos.

TNG Prabhu

Every service has merits and de-merits

This is with respect to remarks of Verma on the views of Arora. Both have tried to show superiority of their service. Every service has some merits and also some demerits (which is not up to your liking). We join the service on our own and not by saying of others, so always feel pride in the service to which we join and are forced to accept the offer of the almighty. By the way, the basic educational qualification for appearing in PAs examination has been raised to graduation, if I am not wrong. Don't u think, the experience also matters. Do u feel, all the Assistants are through exams only? Possibly, one peon may also appear for LDC exam and later work as Assistant. Then where is the boasting of being graduate. Do not compare with any one and be ready and content with the present.

Sunil Kumar Gupta

Umaji should return home

That will be great! Uma Ji left the BJP in anger and her parting did no good to the BJP, her new party and herself. It weakened the forum engaged in fighting the forces bent upon dividing and breaking the country in the name of secularism. The prodigal should return home. She is a prolific speaker and along with Narendra Modi the protectors of the likes of Afzal Guru can be beaten to pulp at the next Lok Sabha elections. The country has been held to ransom for too long and it needs to be redeemed. Along with her kundalini, she should awaken her patriotism and help rescue the country from divisive and mischievous elements.

S P Singal

Civil society needs to be more focussed

This reflects the law and order situation in NCR The State should take its primary constitutional responsibility of maintaining law and order seriously. Civil Society needs to be more focussed on it

T K Ghosh

TAIL-PIECE

TAX STRUCTURE IN INDIA

1) Qus. : What are you doing?
Ans. : Business.
Tax : PAY PROFESSIONAL TAX!

2) Qus. : What are you doing in Business?
Ans. : Selling the Goods.
Tax : PAY SALES TAX!!

3) Qus. : From where are you getting Goods?
Ans. : From other State/Abroad
Tax : PAY CENTRAL SALES TAX, CUSTOM DUTY & OCTROI!

4) Qus. : What are you getting in Selling Goods?
Ans. : Profit.
Tax : PAY INCOME TAX!

5) Qus. : How do you distribute profit ?
Ans : By way of dividend
Tax : Pay dividend distribution Tax

6) Qus. : Where are you Manufacturing the Goods?
Ans. : Factory.
Tax : PAY EXCISE DUTY!

7) Qus. : Do you have Office / Warehouse/ Factory?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY MUNICIPAL & FIRE TAX!

8) Qus. : Do you have Staff?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY STAFF PROFESSIONAL TAX!

9) Qus. : Doing business in Millions?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY TURNOVER TAX!
Ans : No
Tax : Then pay Minimum Alternate Tax

10) Qus. : Are you taking out over 25,000 Cash from
Bank?
Ans. : Yes, for Salary.
Tax : PAY CASH HANDLING TAX!

11) Qus.: Where are you taking your client for Lunch &
Dinner?
Ans. : Hotel
Tax : PAY FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT TAX!

12) Qus.: Are you going Out of Station for Business?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY FRINGE BENEFIT TAX!

13) Qus.: Have you taken or given any Service/s?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY SERVICE TAX!

14) Qus.: How come you got such a Big Amount?
Ans. : Gift on birthday.
Tax : PAY GIFT TAX!

15) Qus.: Do you have any Wealth?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY WEALTH TAX!

16) Qus.: To reduce Tension, for entertainment, where
are you going?
Ans. : Cinema or Resort.
Tax : PAY ENTERTAINMENT TAX!

17) Qus.: Have you purchased House?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY STAMP DUTY & REGISTRATION FEE !

18) Qus.: How you Travel?
Ans. : Bus
Tax : PAY SURCHARGE!

19) Qus.: Any Additional Tax?
Ans.. : Yes
Tax : PAY EDUCATIONAL, ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL &
SURCHARGE ON ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT.'s TAX !!!

20) Qus.: Delayed any time Paying Any Tax?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY INTEREST & PENALTY!

21) INDIAN :: can i die now??
Ans :: wait we are about to launch the funeral tax!!!

From a visitor

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Congress twisted Maya's arm and she relented so it must have hurt her very much!!!
Like they say do not take pangaa with 'talaab ka croc or magarmach'!!!

Maya knows it that for her today Congress is a croc!!!!
She's got quite a few cases and Congress can deliver a powerful punch or sock!!!

And don't know why is she so worried about Rahul and Congress Party??
Why is she wasting on ' a lost case in UP' her repartee??

Maybe because both Congress and BSP have practically the same vote bank!!!
And that's why Rahul tried the 'sleeping overnight in a Dalit home' prank!!!

On Rahul being praised why is she so perturbed???
But then on such things politicians do tend to get disturbed!!

Fact is had a Congress CM been there in UP and Maya was praised!!!
A lot of ruckus Congress CM would have also raised!!!

'Jiss ka kaam ussi ko bhaye' this is what Maya has hinted to UP Governor or Guv!!!!
Because she knows Guv is getting his orders from 'above'!!!

Keeps arms length from politicians is the lesson!!
And come what the enticement may be the distance should not lessen!!

In Mumbai Raj Thackrey has got an acute case of Bhaiya verbal rash!!!
Amar, Big B , Laloo sabh ko kiya verbally lash!!!

He's basically targeting the ' amchi Mumbai' vote bank!!!
And so he's using this anti Bhaiya plank!!!

His Uncle has used it against Bhaiyas, Gujaratis and those from South!!
To get 'amchi Mumbai' votes sabh ko kiya in the past threaten and badmouth!!!!

And if he fails in politics he should take up mimicry…his Laloo mime was too good!!
He really got under Laloo's hood!!!

Don't know why he called Amar a maindak or a frog!!!!
Is it because Amar always tries to leapfrog????

Or does he feel that Amar has a froggy look????
And he's made this comment based on the 'cover of the book'!!!

Big B's got his fame and money in Mumbai whereas it's UP that he holds dear!!!
If the opposite took place UP ko Big B's attitude also karti sear!!!!

Amar's defense that Big B is beyond boundaries is hogwash!!!!
Big B ke galti ko karr raha hai apne style mein Amar wash!!!

Big B works and lives in Mumbai and he owes Mumbai a big debt!!!
Majority of Mumbaikars would also feel so is my bet!!!

Raj should realize that Mumbai is what it is because of cosmopolitan effort and sweat!!
And now outsiders are a force in Mumbai and that's why under his collar there's sweat!!

I feel in due course in Maharashtra Raj will forge with Congress an alliance!!!
And this will be the 'crowning glory' of his ,against his Uncle, defiance!!

And Big B should stop this surrogate politicking and come out in the open as a politician!
Why does he hide behind Amar and politics and has him do his political elocution??

Rumored that Cabinet's average age is going to fall!!!
And quite a few Congress youngsters are going to get the Cabinet Minister call!!

Deora, Scindia and Pilot are tipped to become Ministers… what about Rahul Baba????
After he slept overnight in a Dalit home how can he still be a baba????

Maya's anointed him as Congress's Yuvraj!!!!
Prince and not the cricket waala Yuvraj!!!!

But then some would say Yuvraj is a 'royal' word for Baba…Baba seems to stick on!!!!
Because today he has no other credentials other than being his Mama's son!!!

And if he's included in the Cabinet ….he'll not be included at the pleasure of the PM!!!!
How can heir of the Company be inducted on the Board on the pleasure of a GM????

But isn't it a bit too late to induct the young lot!!!!
By the time they learn the ropes too late it would have got!!!!

Seems first Rahul tried the see if he could undertake his Yatra by paragliding!!!
Now seems he's gone to Japan to order a special vehicle in which he'll be riding!!!

Why make grandiose announcements in the first place????
And then quietly run away and cut a sorry face!!

What was the need to announce that Rahul's going on a Yatra????
Now on his credibility there's a question mark ki matra!!!

Pawar wants India to dump the Nuclear Deal!!!!
Cricket ke saath karro Pakistan se deal!!!

After settling the Aussies now Pawar feels BCCI has the power!!!
And it can make any Nation cower!!!!

He forgets the real need for the Nuclear Deal!!!
With India 's worsening power situation the Deal is the only way to deal!!!

But sadly Pawar does not understand this meaning of power!!!
For him power is hay baling and making opposition and pubic cower!!!

He knows in Maharashtra both Congress and NCP face huge anti incumbency!!!
And that's what is causing him despondency!!!

No wonders he went knocking at Balasahib's door!!!!
To get back to power he wants to use votes in Balasahib' store!!!

Hope Balasahib heeds the adage….never let a fox into your hen- pen!!!!
Because then very soon you'll be without a single hen!!!

Dhoni said Twenty Twenty match was a practice session for upcoming One Day Matches!
And Indians gave fielding practice to Aussies by giving them so many catches!!!

Dhoni's own form is in the pits!!!
Sixes and fours he no longer hits!!!

Confucius says…… when success comes the fire in the belly is extinguished!!!
Happens always when from a no one a person becomes distinguished!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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CORPORATE

CONCOR wins MOU Excellence award

Yet another feather in the cap of Rakesh Mehrotra Managing Director(MD)of the Container Corporation of India (Concor)has been added.The CONCOR has won the MOU Excellence award for the year 2006-07.This is for the 3rd consecutive year that the CONCOR has won the said award.It may be stated that earlier CONCOR had been awarded Dun & Bradstreet American Express Corporate Award 2007 for being the top Indian company in sectors of shipping & logistics.Rakesh Mehrotra had received the award a ceremony that was held in Mumbai on February 1,2008.

Over a dozen in fray for PGIL's CMD

There are over a dozen candidates including two IAS officers of the Rajasthan cadre who are in fray for the post of Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd(PGIL),interviews for which are slated to be held on February 6,2008.Main technocrat incumbents who vying for the slot are:V.M.Kaul,R.N.Naik(both Eds with PGIL),Rajeev Sharma ED Power Finance Corporation(PFC),Singhal Director NTPC & S.K.Chaturvedi Director NHPC.

NHPC officers up in arms against CMD

Members of the "NHPC Officers Association(NOA) are up in arms against S.K.Garg,Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) of the NHPC.The NOA has shot a missive to Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh.The NOA's missive says "…request for suitable corrective measures by immediately removing Sh. S.K.Garg from the post of CMD,NHPC so that this profit making company could be saved from turning into a sick company."The NOA's four page letter to Dr.Man Mohan Singh,a copy of which is with <whispersinthecorridors.com>, concludes with following sentence "with lots of hope in your justice we remain yours faithfully."

Gurjeev Singh Kapoor is CEO,Star DEN

STAR DEN, a joint venture between STAR India and Digital Entertainment Networks,(DEN) has roped in Gurjeev Singh Kapoor as its Chief Executive Officer(CEO).

Mohammed Mujibuddin is EVP,Star DEN

Mohammed Mujibuddin has been appointed Executive Vice President(EVP), Digital Platforms and Business Development by Star-DEN.

Chandrasekar Shetty is Sr.VP,Star DEN

Chandrahekar Shetty has been appointed as Senior Vice-President Sales & Marketing by Star DEN.

Tarun Rai & JWT India part ways

JWT's Managing partner and National Business Development Head(NBDH) Tarun Rai has parted ways with JWT.