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If you analyse the feedback on whispers in last 6 months, the main
issues that appear to concern to most are:
1. Corruption in public life
2. IRS transfers
3. Pay Commission
4. Age extension to 65
Why not start sub-topics within the forum for these 4 main heat-generating
topics. Of course, the topics can keep changing with the times.
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Ashwani Kumar is Director CBI
In a surprise move Ashwani Kumar Director General of Police(DGP)with
Himachal Pradesh Government was appointed as Director of the Central
Bureau of Investigation(CBI). He is a Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer
who belongs to the 1973 batch.Ashwani Kumar who has been in the CBI
earlier ,enjoys a very good reputation.
( We said on July 14 that Ashvini Kumar is moving to Delhi)
Joy Oommen is new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh
P Joy Oommen has been appointed new Chief Secretary of Chhattisgarh.1977
batch IAS officer Oommen has succeeded 1973 batch IAS officer Shivraj
Singh who retired on Thursday.
(We said this on July 15 )
Gautam is new DGP of Bihar
D N Gautam has been appointed new DGP of Bihar. He is 1974 batch IPS
officer.
( We said this on July 16 )
Ahluwalia will not succeed Y V Reddy
Top sources have denied the media reports that Vice Chairman
of the Planning Commission is going to succeed Y V Reddy as RBI Governor
next month.
M L Sharma to move from CBI
Senior most IPS officer in the CBI M L Sharma is all set
to move to some other CPO.He is 1972 batch IPS officer and the newly
appointed CBI Chief Ashwini Kumar is one year junior 1973 batch IPS
officer.
Mulayam and Amar Singh failed
One thing is certain Himachal Pradesh DGP Ashwini Kumar is
not the choice of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh.The SP duo failed
to appoint their man as CBI boss.Infact their choice was not even on
the panel of three from which CBI Director was to be chosen.
Singh and Chaudhry cleared for promotion in
Jharkhand
Jharkhand Chief Minister has cleared the names of two 1977
batch IAS officers Dr Ashok Kumar Chaudhry and A K Singh for the promotion
to the rank of ACS.
( We said this on July 31)
Who will be new DGP of Himachal Pradesh ?
Who will succeed Ashwini Kumar as DGP of Himachal Pradesh.
Tie is between 1974 batch IPS officer G S Gill and 1977 batch IPS officer
D S Minhas.
Rao to join CBI as SP
V V Srinivasa Rao is joining the CBI as SP. He is 1995 batch
IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Rajib Sharma to be Principal AG in Mumbai
Rajib Sharma is moving from Meghalaya to Mumbai as Principal
Accountant General in place of Mala Sriprasad.
Sinha is Director Urban Development
Rajesh Kumar Sinha is new Director in the Ministry of Urban
Development in the Government of India. He is 1994 batch IAS officer
of Kerala cadre.
Bamhara is Director Personnel
Harjot Kaur Bamhara has joined the Government of India as
Director Personnel and Training. Bamhara is 1992 batch IAS officer of
Bihar cadre.
Several 1977 batch IAS officers not empanelled
Several good officers of 1977 batch IAS have not been empanelled
as Additional Secretary on flimsy grounds that they have not done Government
of India tenure, even though at least four officers, who have never
done a government of India tenure have been empanelled!.
IAS changes in TamilNadu
Hans Raj Verma will l hold additional charge of the department.M.R.
Mohan has been appointed new Member Secretary, Sports Development Authority
of Tamil Nadu. Atul Anand will replace Mohan.
Usha Titus is Chairperson of PCB in Kerala
Usha Titus has been appointed chairperson of the Pollution
Control Board in Kerala. She is 1993 batch IAS officer.
Orissa Goverment relieves two IPS officers
Orissa government on July 31, 2008 has relieved two IPS officers for
their posting as S.P.in CBI on Central deputation basis for a period
of four years. They are Amitabh Thakur (1998 batch) and Ghanashyam Upadhyaya
(1999 batch) ..
CAT stays posting of IIS officer
The CAT has stayed the appointement of Ms.Kanchan Prasad Mandlaus, an
Indian Information Service officer of 1992 batch as Prasar Bharati Special
Correspondent in Colombo. The post had fallen vacant after K M Ravindran
returned to India.
Rupinder Singh is PS to Jitin Prasada
Rupinder Singh has joined as Private Secretary (PS) to Indian
Minister of State for Steel Jitin Prasada. Singh who is an IAS officer
of the 1996 batch is from the Maharashtra cadre.
Minor reshuffle of IAS officers in Chhattisgarh
There has been a minor reshuffle in postings of IAS officers
in Chhattisgarh. Those who were transferred are: Dr.B.S.Anant Commissioner
Food & Civil Supplies & Weights & Measures to Secretary
Food & Civil Supplies, Ms. Nidhi Chhibber Commissioner Public Instructions(CPI)
& Registrar Cooperatives has been relieved of the latter charge,
Vikas Sheel Agriculture Secretary has been given charge of Registrar
Cooperatives also & Ms. Darshneeta B.Ahluwalia Managing Director(MD)
Bhoramdeo Sugar Factory has been moved as Mission Director of the National
Rural Health Mission.
Additional charge to CCITs
Following retirement of KK Pandey Chief Commissioner of Income
Tax (CCIT) Lucknow on July 31, 2008, his charge has been given to DGIT(Inv)
Lucknow. Similarly, the charge of AK Garg CCIT-VIII Delhi who too retired
has been given to CCIT-IV Delhi.
T. M. Hoffman to perform in Bharat Bhavan,Bhopal
The American Centre, Mumbai in association with Bharat Bhavan-the
Bhopal located multi arts complex,will be hosting an Indian classical
instrumental and vocal performance by T.M. Hoffman on Japanese classical
instruments bamboo flute, shakuhachi and 13-stringed koto accompanied
by Sarvar Hussain on Sarangi and Nafis Khan on Tabla on August 3, 2008,
at 7:00 p.m. in Bharat Bhavan Auditorium.
New U.S. Consul General Arrives in Mumbai
The new U.S. Consul General, Paul Folmsbee has arrived in
Mumbai recently. Having spent part of his childhood in South India,
this assignment is a homecoming of sorts for the Consul General.The
Consul General expressed happiness about his new assignment. "It
is a true honor to return to India as the U.S. Consul General for western
and central India. With the relationship between our two countries stronger
than it has ever been, I look forward to further deepening our government-to-government
and people-to-people ties," the Consul General said.The Consul
General joined the State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in
1987 and has served in Dar-es-Salaam, Nairobi, La Paz, Colombo, Libreville,
Port-au-Prince, Islamabad and Baghdad.In his most recent assignment
to Baghdad, he served as the Department of State's Provincial Reconstruction
Team Leader for Sadr City and Adhamiya in downtown Baghdad, working
on governance, political reconciliation and economic development programs.
Neeraj Sanan likely to join STAR News
Neeraj Sanan is likely to join STAR News as Vice President,
marketing.He has quit as marketing head, Web18.
CAT quashes appointment process of DGCA (UPDATED)
The process for appointment of Director General Civil
Aviation has been quashed and set aside by a bench comprising Justice
Bali, Chairman and Mr. LK Joshi Vice Chairman of Central Administrative
Tribunal. The Ministry of Civil Aviation had selected Naim Zaidi for
the post and the matter was before the ACC. The CAT has directed that
the Joint DGCA AK Chopra should also be considered for the post on promotion.
M L Sharma proceeds on leave (UPDATED)
Special Director CBI M L Sharma is reported to have proceeded on leave
.He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.1973 batch IAS officer
of Himachal Pradesh cadre Ashwini Kumar has been appointed new CBI Director.
R S Pandey is Petroleum Secretary (UPDATED)
R.S.Pandey has assumed the charge as Petroleum
Secretary in Government of India (GOI)on August 1,2008.He is a non controversial
& non aligned officer unlike his predecessor.He is 1972 batch Nagaland
cadre IAS officer.Hitherto, Pandey was Secretary Steel in GOI.
(We said this last in third week of July 2008)
P.K. Rastogi is Steel Secretary (UPDATED)
Pramod Kumar Rastogi has taken over the Secretary Steel. He was Special
Secretary, Ministry of Defence before taking up the present assignment.
Rastogi is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Andhra
Pradesh Cadre.
(We said this in July 2008)
Dr. N.P. Singh Awarded Senior Expert by UNIDO
(UPDATED)
Dr. N.P. Singh has been awarded as Senior Expert in
the field of solar energy and biomass by United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation (UNIDO's) International Solar Energy Centre for Technology
Promotion and Transfer. This certificate was conferred at the forum,
which was organized recently at Lanzhou, China. At the forum the experts
committee and consultants committee of UNIDO, International Solar Energy
Centre for Technology Promotion and Transfer was organized where 41
countries, leading in solar and wind power, participated.
New Chief Justice for Orissa,HC (UPDATED)
Dr.Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan a Judge of the Allahabad High Court(HC)has
been appointed as the Chief Justice(CJ) of the Orissa High Court(HC)
with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
Additional Judges for Madras High Court (UPDATED)
As many as four incumbents have been appointed
as Additional Judges for the Madras High Court(HC).They are: Krishnawaami
Chandru, V.Ramasubramanian, S.Mani Kumar & A.Selvam.
New Chief Justice for Jharkhand HC(UPDATED)
Mrs. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra a Judge of the Rajasthan
High Court(HC), has been appointed as the Chief Justice(CJ) of the Jharkhand
High Court with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office.
Additional Judges for Bombay High Court (UPDATED)
As many as three incumbents have been appointed Additional
Judges of the Bombay High Court, for a period of two years in the same
order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of
their respective offices.They are:Kamalkishor Kapoorchandji Tated,Prasanna
Bhalachandra Varale and Shahrukh Jimi Kathawalla
Additional Judges for Allahabad High Court
(UPDATED)As many as five
incumbents have been appointed Additional Judges of the Allahabad High
Court, for a period of two years in the same order of seniority, with
effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.They
are: Suresh Chandra Chaurasia, Syed Nazim Husain Zaidi, Vedpal, Brahma
Nand Shukla and Raj Mani Chauhan .
Gangupadhyay assumed charge as PCCF M P (UPDATED)
In a ceremonial function Dr. B P Gangupadhyay
assumed charge as PCCF Madhya Pradesh.
Shah gets additional charge in MP (UPDATED)
Ashok Shah Managing Director of M P Seeds and Farm
Development Corporation has been given additionally responsibility of
Managing Director M P Mandi Board. He is 1990 batch IAS officer.
CORPORATE
S.K.Chaturvedi assumes charge as CMD, PGIL
S. K. Chaturvedi has assumed the charge of Chairman and Managing
Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) on August
1, 2008. Prior to joining POWERGRID, Chaturvedi was working as Director
(Personnel) with NHPC Ltd.A first class first Post Graduate from Lucknow
University, Chaturvedi has served 30 years in frontline PSUs such as NMDC,
NTPC, POWERGRID and NHPC Ltd. A veteran of Power Transmission, Chaturvedi,
in his earlier stint in POWERGRID, was instrumental in successful amalgamation
of various power utilities in POWERGRID and steering latest HR interventions
in the organization.
S.K. Chaturvedi is associated with number of national/international institutions
including SCOPE as its governing body member, President Power HR Forum,
Member Government of India's Minimum Wage Committee, Employers Representative
on Standing Labour Committee etc.
Widely traveled internationally, Chaturvedi has several papers and articles
in journals of national and international repute.
Chaturvedi has the rare distinction of having experience in Thermal, Hydro
Projects and Transmission of Power for more man three decades
( We said this on February 7 )
Satnam Singh is CMD, PFC
Satnam Singh has over as new CMD of the Power Finance Corporation.So
far he was Director(F&FO)of the PFC.
(We said in January 2008)
U.N.Joshi is MD,Bina Oil Refinery
U.N.Joshi has assumed charge as new Managing Director(MD)of
the Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd(BORL)on August 1,2008.It may be stated
that BORL is a joint venture company of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
& Oman Oil Company Ltd., of Sultanate of Oman. So far Joshi was Executive
Director(ED)Projects & he has succeeded R.P. Singh who is retired
on July 31,2008.
Will Singh be CMD of Manganesee Ore India ?
One Singh who is number two in the panel for the post of Chairman
and Managing Director of Manganesee Ore India Ltd is reportedly ahead
in the race. Mehra is reportedly number one in the panel.
Saha is new CMD of CCL
RK Saha has taken over as new CMD of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)
on Thursday. He has succeeded R P Ritolia who retired.
BP Agarwal retained as President of IBMA
The M D of Priya Gold Biscuits BP Agarwal has been re-elected
President of Indian Biscuits Manufacturers' Association (IBMA).
Om Narayan is back to GAIL
MD of Indraprastha Gas Ltd is reportedly back to the parent
Gail.
Rajkumar Jha is NCD, Ogilvy Outreach
Rajkumar Jha has rejoined O&M as National Creative Director(NCD),Ogilvy
Outreach.
FORUM
Discrimination of Military Nursing Service Officers by Defence Ministry
Britishers in India started Military Nursing Service (MNS) during their
colonial Rule. It is a service purely by ladies. These ladies were not
allowed to marry and whoever were caught; used to be dismissed from service.
Their service conditions were also not conducive for married life. The
same tradition was continued for some time even after independence of
India. Now though marriage is permitted but service conditions have not
been changed for leading a healthy conjugal/family life. As a result of
this, there are plenty of Military Nurses remaining unmarried throughout
their lives. Due to frequent transfers after every 3-4 years and service
conditions/long duty hours, married MNS officers are compelled to lead
troubled family lives. Divorces and marital discord leading to suicides
therefore have become parts of their lives. Therefore it is found that
many MNS officers left defense service and joined as civilian nurse. But
there is no reverse locomotion/movement.
There are separate service cadres of Army, Navy and Air Force Doctors.
But there is only one single cadre of Military Nurses. Working cultures
are also slightly different and these nurses have to adapt themselves
according to the hospital they are posted. This adds difficulties to their
lives and more places of possible transfers/postings.
As many male military personnel live without family due to, inter-alias,
frequent transfers disturbing children's education, these military nurses
are susceptible to sexual exploitations. To protect these hapless ladies,
they were given commission and ranks like any other Army officers. But
subsequent Pay Commissions and Defence Ministry, possibly under pressure
of male army officers, gave these ladies lower pay scales and it is totally
different from the rest of army officers. Also these ladies were denied
rank pay. This is a gender bias by GoI and sexual/gender discrimination.
Sixth Pay Commission saw this separate pay scale only for MNS Officers
in Army as surprising & unjustified and recommended for same pay scale
& grade pay for these ladies as for rest of the army officers. But
it forgot to give Nursing Allowance, as it is applicable with their civilian
counterparts. It is also remembered that these ladies are also commissioned
officers.
Unfortunately the Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) looking into the 6th
Pay Commission recommendations are possibly ill informed and, therefore,
written about their "serious reservations" about commissioned
officers "being equated" with Military Nursing Service Officers,
holding that this will create "functional imbalances" in military
hospitals and "impact" patient care. This has been reported
in Times of India, Delhi dated 13 July, 2008. Such apprehension is out
of place as there is clear-cut demarcation of duties of Defence Doctors
and Nurses. Had there been both male & female military nurses such
gender bias would not have happened. Also, these nurses are commissioned
officers and worth to be equated with any other commissioned officers
in defense forces.
Gender bias in defense forces is not new and so is its track record. And
chiefs of Staff Committee are all males and therefore their suggestions
could be well known beforehand. If one remembers correctly about 2-3 years
back one Deputy Chief of Army Staff said "we can do without women".
Later on he had to openly apologize through different media for that comment.
Last year one Bengalee Lady Officer hailing from Raipur committed suicide.
She was from Army Supply Core(ASC). Few days back another Lady Captain
from the same Core complained about sexual harassment as reported in newspapers.
Famous or notorious ASC and Civil Supply Departments have similar track
record. Flt Lt Sunita Gupta also made similar complaint and her Court
Martial etc were reported in newspapers few years back. If it is remembered
correctly D Raghunath, DG(AFMS), on his retirement press conference said
sexual crime rate is more in defense forces compared to civilians. About
3-4 years back, there was hue and cry on uniform of these military nurses
by male army Bosses and on intervention of PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh, that
move had been shelved.
It is hoped that discrimination & exploitation of Military Nurses
would be stopped by authorities who are responsible for giving final touch
to the 6th Pay Commission recommendations and its implementations so that
MNS Officers are given same pay scales as any other military officers.
Also they should be paid Nursing Allowance( like NPA to civil & military
Doctors) as it is paid to civil nurses(refer para 3.6.16 of 6th CPC recommendation).
Also wrong notion may be erased that MNS officers are not commissioned
officers as written by CoSC. In fact MNS officers are commissioned officers.
Mr. R. Das
Less promotional avenues in Indian Forest service
I am to refer to the comments of Deepak Srivastava regarding Indian Forest
service. I am to say that the promotional avenues for the officers of
the service are too less and it is almost stagnant. Situation is too bad
in some states where even first promotion is not received after rendering
20 years of service. This has resulted not only in tremendous financial
loss to the officers, but loss in avenues in GoI besides a lower status
for so senior officers. Consolidated efforts are required by all service
members to bring the situation under control, else the service and country
will suffer due to no motivation to work better.
R K Singh
PSU will get services of experienced persons/experts.
If this is true then this is a good move by the government because the
PSU will get services of experienced persons/experts.
M Goyal
Increasing retirement age is ridiculous
In a country with so much of unemployment & underemployment, it is
ridiculous to think about increasing retirement age.
P K Dubey
A welcome move !
P&T Compilation is perhaps the oldest Service Rules/ Regulations in
the country. In view of this, induction of Indian Postal Service Officer
into CAT is a welcome move. It is necessary to at least try to demystify
the IAS cadre or else the other AIS cadres will be eclipsed and that may
not be better for the country.
Keshav Prasad Bank credit cards
Many a people are facing such problems with bank credit cards, especially,
Citibank, ICICI bank cards. I was amazed when ICICI bank asked me to pay
Rs. 120 extra if I am making payment by cash.
K C Dubey
Motivating a Public servant
IRS is one of the premier services in the country, which is doing a good
job from all yardsticks(revenue collection etc.).Yet the officers are
feeling extremely demotivated.
In IAS 1994 batch has got super time scale. However, 1994 batch IRS officers
will get that scale after 25 years of service .Is it fair? Government
should introduce time scale of pay to alleviate this grouse.
FM has promised 1% of excess collection as incentive.However this incentive
is more on paper than in reality as various proposals of utilisation of
this money is languishing in file on various flimsy objections.
Management of IRS cadre is in the hands of non IRS officers who are not
sympathetic to the genuine problem of officers.
If government wants to motivate its officers and is serious about reducing
corruption ,it should take care of these basic problems.
Ramesh
TAIL-PIECE
Mayawatif came to Lallu's house with a goat.
Lallu: Bhaiswa ko kyon layi ho?
Maya: Dikhta nahin goatwa hai?
Lallu: Hum goatwa se hi to pooch raha hoon.
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