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Additional Secretary level postings this month
Over half a dozen Additional Secretary level postings are being made in the Government of India in a couple of weeks.Eight 1977 batch IAS officers to get posting
Eight 1977 batch IAS officers are being given posting to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India this month. NOCs from the state governments for these eight officers have reached to the GoI.
Textile Commissioner will not be IAS
For the first time there will not be an IAS officer as Commissioner Textiles .The post has been lying vacant for the last several months.
BJP to play Hindu card mercilessly !
This time it is do or die for the BJP. If insiders are to be believed, the party is going to play Hindu card mercilessly.
Mishra to be posted to Kathmandu
R K Mishra is being posted in Kathmandu. He is IRS(C&CE) officer.
Kalam repays to Mulayam Singh ?
Did former President A P J Abdul Kalam re-pay to Mulayam Singh ?.It is an open fact that the name of Abdul Kalam for the post of President of India had been suggested by Mulayam Singh .
AK Garg seeks Voluntary Retirement(VR)
AK Garg has sought Voluntary Retirement (VR). Garg who is a currently Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT)-VIII Delhi is an Indian Revenue Service(IRS) officer .
Kavita Prasad is new Director Economic Affairs
Kavita Prasad is new Director Economic Affairs in the Government of India. Kavita Prasad is 1994 batch IA&AS officer.
Ashwini Kumar is Director Expenditure
Ashwini Kumar Tiwari has joined as Director Expenditure in the Government of India. He is 1994 batch IDAS officer.
Archana Sharma is Director WCD
Archna Sharma is new Director in the Ministry of Child and Women Welfare in the Government of India. She is 1994 batch IRS (IT) officer.
Will August 2008 be decisive on Govt's Future?
If this news happens to be correct then Congress lead coalition government is facing an ultimatum by US government on finalizing nuclear deal before President Bush leaves his office. According to sources, a congressional delegation has put an ultimatum before the Government of India wherein nuclear agreement should come back to the Congress for final vote by August. Congressional delegation leader Gary Ackerman has conveyed his stand firmly before secretary foreign affairs Shivshankar Menon, and Prime Minister's Special Envoy on Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran.
Did Nepal Kingdom seek aid from India?
Did the former ruler of Nepal, King Gyanendra, seek assistance from Delhi to counter menace of Maoists? This question is being hotly discussed in corridors of power. It may be stated that last month King Gyanendra had abdicated his throne.
Ms. Sushma Singh to assume charge on Friday as I&B Secretary
Ms Sushma Singh, who was appointed Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, on Wednesday, will be assuming charge on July 4,2008.Ms.Singh who is an IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre (the then Bihar) belongs to the 1972 batch. Hitherto she was Secretary Panchayati Raj. It may be recalled here that Indian Government's Civil Aviation Secretary Ashok Chawla had been given additional charge of I&B Secretary following appointment of the then I&B Secretary Ms.Asha Swarup as Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary.
( We said this on June 13 and June 19)
A cap in the feather of CBEC's Bhopal Commissionerate
A feather in the cap of ther Bhopal Commissionerate of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)was added recently. The "Customs Excise Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)" Delhi has ordered the Madhya State Electricity Board to pay Rs. Five crore as Service Tax towards transmission of electricity to its consumers. It's a landmark verdict which will have far reaching impact.
List of CITs latest by next Wednesday
Much awaited transfer list of Commissioners of Income Tax (CIT) has been delayed further. As the grapevine has it , the list should be out latest by next Wednesday.
Why did Krishna ring up Anant Kumar ?
Why did senior Congress leader SM Krishna ring up top Karnataka BJP leader Anant Kumar ?.Rumour mill says that it had something to do with a senior bureaucrat.
Ashish Kumar Singh rejoins as PS to Prithviraj Chavan
At last Prithviraj Chavan Indian Minister of State in the PMO & Personnel has finally got a Private Secretary(PS). His former PS Ashish Kumar Singh on his return from one year study leave has rejoined.He had gone abroad. Singh is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1988 batch.
Cadre strength of IFS in Orissa likely to be increased to 140
Orissa is likely to get at least 13 more Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers from the central pool by September next as part of the cadre revision process being conducted by the Government of
India .With the possible new inclusion, the cadre strength of IFS in Orissa would go up to 140 . State government has proposed the centre for sanction of 15 new IFS officers to add to the existing cadre list of 127 to fulfil its administrative requirements .
Minor bureaucratic changes in Maharashtra
Bhushan Gagrani has been appointed Secretary Medical Education . He is 1990 batch IAS officer. Ms.Valsa Nair Singh 1991 batch IAS officer has been made Managing Director (MD)Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal.
Ms.Anu Garg to return to Orissa in August, 08
Ms.Anu Garg ,an IAS officer of the Orissa cadre is scheduled to return to her parent cadre on completion of her study leave in August . Ms.Garg who belongs to the 1991 batch was on study leave while on Central deputation.
Gautam Chatterjee appointed CEO of MHADA
On return from central deputation Gautam Chatterjee has been appointed CEO of Maharastra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA). He is 1982 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on May 27 )
Devi Singh Bhati to join Team Vasundhara Raje
Devi Singh Bhati, a senior and influential Rajput leader from Bikaner is to be sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in the Vasundhara Raje led government in Rajasthan. Bhati, the only MLA to have been elected MLA six times, has also been cabinet minister twice in Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's Government 1990 and 1993. This is seen as another masterstroke of Vasundhara Raje to keep the powerful Rajput community on her right side
Panel for CBDT member yet to be cleared
Panel of incumbents to be inducted as members of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)is still not ready.
Sanjay Jha wins prestigious award
Sanjay Jha, a young Indian journalist has won the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for Business Journalism. The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. This year's Awards were given away at a ceremony in New York on June 30. He won his award along with his other team members Steve Washington, Darren Gersh & Dana Greenspon for their PBS Nightly Business Report for "India's Promise".
Orissa Govt. relieves Chinmoy Basu
Orissa government has relieved Chinmoy Basu , Principal Secretary, Industries Department to enable him join his new place of posting as Additional Secretary, Department of Land resources under Ministry of Rural Development ,GoI . Basu, a 1977 batch IAS who belongs to Orissa cadre ,is likely to join his new postings next week.
DGCA gets extension
Director General of Civil Aviation Kanu Gohain has been given two months extension.
Ms Sushma Singh is new Secretary I & B (UPDATED)
Ms Sushma Singh has assumed office as Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting on Friday. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand Cadre. She was Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj before taking up this assignment. Earlier, she served as Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources under Government of India.
Direct Tax Collections (UPDATED)
Net direct tax collections in the first quarter of the present fiscal stood at Rs.57,373 crore, up from Rs.41,391 crore, registering a growth of 38.61 percent over the corresponding period last year. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 32.65 percent (Rs.34,566 crore as against Rs.26,058 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including FBT, STT and BCTT) grew at 48.84 percent (Rs.22,782 crore as against Rs.15,306 crore). The growth in direct taxes has been maintained despite much larger refund payouts at Rs.11,578 crore as against Rs.7,302 crore during the corresponding period last fiscal. Growth in Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) was 38.74 percent, while Securities Transaction Tax (STT) and Banking Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) grew at 22.11 percent and 21.03 percent, respectively.Among regions, tax growth in Mumbai and Delhi was 40.19 percent and 53.57 percent, respectively. Other regions with high tax growth are Nagpur (74.08 percent); Kochi (68.08 percent); Bangaluru (47.26 percent) and Kolkata (45.30 percent).Tax deducted / collected at source continued to drive direct tax collection with a growth of about 50 percent while self-assessment tax grew at 35 percent, indicating continued improvement in tax compliance and tax administration.The cost of direct tax collection, on the other hand, has declined to an all-time low of 0.54 percent during 2007-08, amongst the lowest in the world.
Sameer Kapoor is CEO,NDTV (UPDATED)
NDTV India has appointed Sameer Kapoor as its Chief Executive Officer.Hitherto he was President Metropolitan Media Company Pvt Ltd has reportedly resigned.Metropolitan Media Company is a 50:50 JV between The Times of India and HT Media.

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Power Sector-Fate of 3 Directors in limbo
Fate of three Directors to PSUs in the Power sector of Government of India (GOI)hangs in limbo. Does Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh know this that this has been prolonged despite PESB had chosen them long back?Directors in PSUs including North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd(NEEPCO) & National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC).
Amitabh Verma is Director,Bank of Baroda
Amitabh Verma has been appointed as the Government nominee Director in the Bank of Baroda. He is Joint Secretary Financial Services i.e. Banking, in the Government of India (GOI).Verma is an IAS officer of the Bihar cadre who belongs to the 1982 batch.
Patl and Gandhi appointed in Hero Electric
Mahesh V. Patil has been appointed General Manager, Product Development and Sanjeev Gandhi as the Vice-President for sales and business development by the Hero Elctric, a subsidiary of Hero Group.
Prashant Pande is GM, GSKCH
Prashant Pande has joined Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) as General Manger, marketing.Hitherto he was as Vice President(VP),
Jai Talwar is President, Business India
Jai Talwar has joined Business India Publication Ltd (BI) as President, Advertising. Hitherto he was Senior President, Last Minute Media-an offshoot of Dentsu for its online trading portal,Lastminuteinventory.com.
Mohan Kumar Anand joins Simplymarry.com
Mohan Kumar Anand has joined Times Business Solutions (TBS) as Chief Manager.So far he was Senior Manager with the ZeeNews.com.
Rahul Kansal is CMO,BCCL

Rahul Kansal Brand Director, The Times of India has joined Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL) on a newly created post of Chief Marketing Officer(CMO).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
In SP's wish list there is PC's and Deora's sacking!!!!
On PC we know why whip SP is cracking!!!
But why Deora…… or is it because Deora prevented Amar's wheeling and dealing!!!
Wheeling and Dealing in MOPNG and that's the reason for SP's anti Deora feeling!!!
Though demand for PC's sacking is personal for SP Netas but PC deserves to be sacked!
From the Cabinet he deserves to be hacked!!!
Or maybe SP will demand that PC give an SP panel a ' IT hounding' presentation!!!!
And apologize to SP via a speech to the Nation!!
SP and Congress's growing nearness is caused by greed!!!
And greed mein Mulayam, Amar, Sonia, Laloo, Pawar karte hai lead!!!!
Mulayam and Amar want power and Sonia, Laloo and Pawar want to stay in power!!!
Now all past animosities have been put in the cold storage as greed karta hai tower!!!
SP also wants PM to address the Nation on the 123 Deal!!!!
And in the speech with minority fears karre ga PM deal!!!
A lot of wrong notions on the Deal have been put into Muslim's heads,
And for this we have to thank UNPA ….especially the Reds!!!
From 'should we pull the plug or not' now Commies are in a new muddle!!!
On timing of pulling the plug they've gone into a huddle!!!
Some want plug pulling the minute Manu boards the plane to Tokyo !!!!
And some say ' for some more time plug pulling rokiyo (postpone)'!!!!
They want the plug pulling to take place after Manu comes back!!!!
And some say 'lets just demand that PM ko karro sack'!!!
There is a view in USA that now it's too late for the Deal,
The feeling is that Deal US will not be in a position to seal!!!
This is for sure sealing of the Deal will be touch and go!!!
Today the chances are pretty high that US will say 'no'!!!!
So there are chances that Commies have achieved their objective though temporarily!!
Commie euphoria that would be momentarily!!!
Maybe it's in BJP's fate to seal this Deal and rightly so!!!!
To the initiator of the Deal the honor to ink the Deal should go!!!
And if this were to happen just contemplate Congress's state!!
Like the adage 'Ate nothing but paid eight annas for a broken plate'!!!!
I feel there could be unexpected hiccups and Deal may hit a roadblock!!!
After all there are Lobbies that try kar rahe hai Deal ho jaye block!!!
Oil is spurting ,
And all Economies it's hurting!!!
US Dollar's weakness needs to be corrected!!!
And Dollar needs to be resurrected!!!
Uncle Ben's been printing Dollars left, right and center and slashing interest rates!!!!
Toilet paper banaa diya Dubiya and Uncle Ben ne currency of United States !!!
So can a reversal of the aforementioned prop up the Dollar???
All that Bush is doing is 'Dollar should be strong' karr raha hai holler!!!
There are reports that to a group of protesters Hooda offered to resign!!!!
He ran away as he saw the growing 'please do so' line!!!
Law and order in Haryana is going from bad to worse!!!
In many areas Public takes the Sarkaar to be a curse!!!
Some time back locals 'made' Hooda's son sit in a Jeep and drove him around!!!
Drove him around the village round and round!!!
They wanted to show him the dismal condition of the village and roads!!!
And the dismal condition of their abodes!!
After the forced village survey Junior Hooda scampered away!!!
And when he was out of their reach they say he heckled them shouting 'you all will pay'!!
Coming back to Congress and SP new found dosti!!!!!
Congressmen and Samajwadis are power ke posti (addicts)!!!
Confucius says….. power addiction is making them scratch each others backs!!!
Dosti this new found friendship totally lacks!!!!!

Adds ..... SP is trying an impossible balancing act!!!!
Wants to ally with Congress, keep UNPA alive and keep in tact with Commies their pact!!
Bharat Kumar

IAS Versus Other services
I am convinced about the general overall superiority of the IAS (service) as compared to other sectoral services. Working in the IAS gives a much wider exposure as compared to others who are from sectoral services and therefore generally have a tunnel vision. And so we find, with exceptions of course, that the IAS officers are better visionaries, are more practical and generally more amenable to help others as opposed to those from sectoral services. All of us accept the supremacy of the IAS and were also not denied the attempt to join the IAS and therefore it is not fair on our part to envy their superior authority, perks, privileges and promotional prospects.
Ashwani Lohani
Why Reliance is going to lead world economy?
This is very relevant discussion. The present oil crisis has brought entire globe on the brink of inflation explosion and energy crisis. What is the way out? I really appreciate the way Reliance was visionary. As you know there are two types of crude oil. One is with low sulpher quantity and other is with higher. The lower one is called sweet crude oil and other is of course sour. All refineries in the world have been designed to process this low sulphur (sweet) crude oil, which is peaking up and up in price dynamics and may be 200 dollars per gallon in a year or two. But fortunately this high sulphur content crude oil which is also available in abundance almost at throwaway price do not have much takers because existing refineries have not been designed to process this. The price of this sour crude oil is about 10 dollars per gallon. You see the gap. To switch over to process this sour crude oil is not very easy for refineries of Europe or America. Here comes Reliance. The biggest oil refinery in the world belonging to Reliance, which is yet to start soon, has been planned to process this high sulphur quotient crude oil cheaply available and then you can very well presume what Reliance will gain. Thanks they belong to India and how much government depends on oil prices etc etc. Moreover being situated strategically Reliance can cater cheap oil to south East Asia and Japan what to say of India. I salute their vision. This is another feather in the corporate history of India. We civil servants must help visionary corporate sectors so that our country reaches to the top in the shortest time. It does not matter whether we have joined corporate sector quitting the government jobs or otherwise in the recent future.
M N Tiwari
ACR rules and Guidelines
It is rathher shocking to find that the ACR guidelines/rules are fictitious. No objective assessment is recorded instead it develops a platform for bosses favoritism, politics and a mindset of having a government job. This is going to dampen the spirit of qualified personnel who in a sense can surely contribute with their spirit and attitude to the government. many cases of such intentional/sabotism is very common in government service but due to limited mindset issues are not attended and still structured reporting consequences is causing government to lose good talent just on the name of character roll/ACR.
Government of india should work for monitoring any mismatches within the preview of ACR and judgement of officer/officials be more open ended with a view of foresightedness taking in consideration the limitations/constraints in working area/division.
Dr. Deepak Chanda
Do not give importance to man like Khan
I know many of my colleagues in IRS (IT and C&E) who are performing their jobs with complete honesty. I can also assure you that it is much more difficult to remain honest in an organisation which is perceived to be corrupt. Such sweeping remarks, as the one by Nihar Khan, do not do justice to these people. Please do not publish such remarks in this column. To clarify the matter further, I do not belong to any of the above two services.
Murali
This is absurd
Who is this Nihar Khan the great and what right does he have to make such general allegation, let alone IRS against any service for that matter. Doesn't he knows that all the services are manned by human beings and there will good as well as bad. I really don't understand why some people grudge IRS. All these comments are baseless because IRS is the only service which has shown tremendous performance and growth despite insufficient staff and lowest cost of collection in the world. People making such comments would do well to know these facts before making sweeping allegations.
Praveen
Congratulations to N B Singh
I congratulate the Government for appointing an honest and efficient officer like N B Singh as CBDT Chairman.
N N Mishra
The IAS and Armed Forces
The IAS tramples the Armed Forces where it takes 20-22 years to be promoted to a colonel's (director) rank (selection grade) and 26 years for time scale colonels.
J Bose
How can you suggest retirement age of 50 ?
How can anyone suggest a retirement age of 50. This will only encourage corruption so that officers can provide for their retirement. Teachers, doctors, judges, etc have all been given age extension. Civil servants will show their resentment in the voting pattern.
P Shah
Nuclear deal and aam admi
What do we need nuclear power for? We need it to run nuclear powered bullock carts for the aam admi in rural areas if we are to believe a bespectacled doctor. Here is how it works. A micro chip is implanted in the bullocks brain. A laser beam then transmits orders to the chip embedded in the bullock via a stationary satelite. Every few miles there are kiosks which beam laser rays to the bullock carts. This is why we have to go in for the nuclear deal. It is only for the sake of the aam admi nothing else.
D Choudhury
How to arrest inflation ?
The best way to arrest the inflationary pressure the world over due to unimaginable rising prices of crude oil is to bring this issue before UNO and pass a resolution to ban forward trading in crude oil because the speculators are making huge profit by investing a very small amount of margin money in its trade thinking that its demand is bound to increase day by day due to development of economies. A fraction of one per cent of net profit in future trading results in a very large amount. India should take a lead in this behalf. Initiative will have to be taken by Madam Sonia Gandhi otherwise politicians will have to pay a high price if inflation is worsened. In theory forward trading may be good but the practical experience so far has shown otherwise. "Other things being equal" -- one of the principles of economics for healthy competition -- is missing in practice and that is why there is so much inflation. It would be better if forward trading is also banned altogether at least in articles of mass consumption like grains and cereals. It may be good only in stock and shares.
D P Hura