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by responses to recent customs and income tax transfer. PM to announce Pay Commission report tomorrow ! Sixth Pay Commission report is being discussed in the Cabinet today. It is believed that Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh will announce the recommendations of the Pay Panel report on the Independence day. Arun Mathur appointed Director ED Finally Arun Mathur has been appointed Director Enforcement.1977 batch UT cadre IAS officer Mathur will succeed Sudhir Nath. He is likely to be relieved by the Delhi Government on Monday. Negi to head Delhi Jal Board ! Ramesh Negi is being tipped to be new Chief of the Delhi Jal Board. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. Neel Kamal Darbari to join GoI Ms Neel Kamal Darbari is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Petro-Chemicals. She is 1987 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre. Rangrajan nominated to Rajya Sabha Outgoing Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) C Rangrajan has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha. ( We said this on August 9 ) Gill to join GoI Former DGP of Rajasthan A S Gill is now likely to join the Government of India. He is 1972 batch IPS officer. Vijay Bushan Pathak to be DEA' Director As the grapevine has it Vijay Bushan Pathak is going to be a Director in the Central Government's Department of Economic Affairs (DEA). He is an IAS officer of the Sikkim cadre who belongs to the 1990 batch. Shankar Agrawal to join GoI this month Shankar Agrawal is joining the Government of India this month as Joint Secretary IT. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of UT cadre. G Mohanty is new Registrar RNI G Mohanty looking after PR in the CBI has been appointed Registrar RNI. He is 1982 batch IIS officer. ( We said this on April 15 ) 1984 batch IAS promoted in Tamil Nadu 1984 batch IAS officers in Tamil Nadu have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary. Law enforcing agencies may require government permission ? Law enforcing agencies may soon have to secure government permission before proceeding against retired babus. Appellate Tribunal to be left with only one member Appellate Tribunal (Prevention Of Money Laundering Act 2002) will be left with only one member, AK Agarwal, CA, in October 2008 as BK Srivastava, IRS (1971),senior member, will be retiring on10th October 2008.So far no successor has been identified or selected. 1977 batch IAS get ACS rank in Nagaland Two 1977 batch IAS officers Alemtemshi Jamir and Banuo Zopianga Jamir have been promoted to the rank of ACS in Nagaland. EDs appointments to banks likely in a few days The appointment of Executive Directors (EDs) in different public sector banks has reportedly been cleared by the PMO. It was delayed owing to a querry that the PMO had raised regarding track records of all contenders to post of Executive Directors(EDs) in different commercial banks in public sector. As the grapevine has it the PMO had asked whether or not ED aspirants were warned in the past. However, the PMO was conveyed that all contenders to posts of Eds have a clean slate. Anu Garg is back to Orissa Anu Garg is back to Orissa after completion of foreign training. She is 1991 batch IAS officer. Yadav gets proforma promotion Bhanu Pratap Yadav General Manager of the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has been given proforma promotion to the SAG. He is 1992 batch IA&AS officer. SAG ITS Group A postings D P Singh will now be DDG (RN)BSNL CO New Delhi.A N Rai has been posted as DDG ( CMTS-CORE) BSNL,CO New Delhi. Posting of EDs in Railway Board There is ED level reshuffle in the Railway Board. New postings are :-Mssrs S K Mallik ED (Finance),P S Khuntia ED (Accounting Reforms), J Srinivas ED Vigilance (Accounts ),D M Gautam ED Pay Commission and K B Nand ED (Accounts). Marik is IG Home Guards in Orissa Sanjiv Marik has been appointed IG Home Guards in Orissa. He is 1981 batch IPS officer. CORPORATE Aurangabadkar to be ED Power BHEL Nagpur A Aurangabadkar is being tipped to be new ED Power BHEL,Nagpur. Ranganayakulu is new ED SEBI J. Ranganayakulu has been appointed as Executive Director (legal) of the SEBI. He was earlier Chief General Manager. Dilip Biswas appointed part-time director of BEML Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) has appointed Dilip Biswas as the part-time director of the company. Biswas has succeeded Mohd Haleem Khan. Biswas is presently posted as Joint Secretary and additional Financial Adviser in the Ministry of Defence (Finance). Pushpinder Bindra CEO, Glenmark Generics has resigned Glenmark Generics' chief operating officer Pushpinder Bindra has resigned. Bindra was appointed as CEO just few months ago. Earlier, Bindra has served Ranbaxy for decades. Parsvnath Developers (SEZ) gets new Directors Parsvnath Developers Ltd has appointed Directors of Special Economic Zone (SEZ) including R J Kamath former chairman Canara bank, B K Goswami who is highly experienced and has worked in senior positions in state governments as well as government undertakings and D N Davar who has a background of World Bank, IFCI Ltd etc. Aaj Ki Aawaz Reports allege that Rail Mantri Laloo grabbed land with 100 crores!!! And as per rumors into his coffers money pours!!!! As per rumors Laloo and family are worth over 2000 crores!!!! In his cupboard many skeletons its rumored Laloo stores!!! But Manmohan or Mohna will treat these allegations as malicious!!! And why he'll do so is pretty obvious!! The numbers game has tied Mohna into a knot!!! And even in the past he's sided with the rotten lot!!! In J&K Congress and PDP have made matters go from bad to worse!!! Proving to be in J&K a curse!!!! In their political game J&K has been embroiled!!! And that is why J&K has literally boiled!!! It has just widened the chasm and deepened it too!!!! And all just for political gains….. a big boo!!! At such a time should Sonia have gone to China or Cheen!!!! As being irresponsible this is being seen!!! And China's actions towards India show its not taking a friendly path!!! India keeps extending its haath and China keeps extending its laath!!! In fact if Mohna had gone to China message would have been sent!! Because PM's Boss was not willing to go that is why PM went!!! They say J&K could very soon have a new Guv!! And back into Guv's Chair a General Centre is going to shove!! Seems JJ Singh could end up being J&K's Guv!!!! A posting that I'm sure JJ is going to love!!! He was getting bored in his present Governorship!!! And the minute he gets his Orders to J&K he'll zip!! India's growth rate has taken a tumble!!! The Economy is expected to stumble and bumble!!! Inflation is gung-ho!!! And to near about 13% it's going to go!!! Oil has fallen 40% but is the fall for good!!! Because if you ask me Oil is still in a bullish mood!!! Confucius says...... Money is playing musical chairs!!! All logic moneys flow dares!!!! Bharat Kumar FORUM "ACR: No More Confidential"- Supreme Court The ACRs play a very vital role in the career of a government servant. Timely promotion and recognition are the basic motivations for a government servant So DoPT should evolve such transparent Performance Appraisal System, which should have least subjectivity and no room of unfairness and prejudiceness. In Central Staffing Scheme, the DoPT has fixed minimum bench-mark of ACR as 'Very Good' for empanelment of Deputy Secretary, Director, Joint Secretary. If some officer is appointed as DS/Dir/JS, it means his/her performance had been Very Good and above. So such officers are fully capable to deliver the results. Our duty is to provide congenial environment. There are examples in some ministries that some officers are not allowed to get adjusted in the new environment. Some high-headed people forget if such treatment was given to them, what would have been their reaction? First of all, provide them stage only then they can perform better. Moral of the story is that one should play with anybody's career. Moreover in the recent judgement of Supreme Court(CA No.7631 of 2002: Dev Dutt Vs Union of India), ACR in no more confidential document. It can be shown to the concerned official. The Supreme Court has held, "Non-communication of entries in the Annual Confidential Report of a public servant, whether he is in civil, judicial,police or any other service (other than the military), certainly has civil consequences because it may affect his chances for promotion or get other benefits. Hence, such non-communication would be arbitrary, and as such violative of Article 14 of the Constitution." The DOPT is requested to issue, in this regard, necessary directions to all the Departments/ Ministries in the interest of the country as fear of ACR grading travels in the mind. The transparecy in the ACR System will bring efficiency in the working of Government. Meenakshi Roy Letter to ministers: PSU appointments no deviations from guidelines and standing instructions: In reference to not in favor of jumping the queue, I would like bring to notice the PM's instructions. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has earlier on August 13, 2004 written letter to his ministerial team to ensure that the ministers strictly follow the guidelines laid down for the selection and appointment of directors of public sector undertakings. The prime minister's letter indicates his concern over political intrusion in the function of PSUs. Extracts of his letter are reproduced He mentioned that " It is necessary to ensure that guidelines and policies evolved by the Union government with respect to the structure, composition, selection, appointment and service conditions of the board of directors and senior management personnel are strictly followed. There are standing instructions and guidelines on these matters and have been approved by the Appointments committee of the Union Cabinet and Department of Personnel and Training from time to time. While requesting you to ensure that there are no deviations from these guidelines and standing instructions, I am directing the Cabinet Secretary to closely monitor the compliance. Needless to stress that delays and deviations are detrimental to the efficient functioning of public sector undertakings." D Saxena Pay Commission - turbulence at the top. Self serving machinations of senior bureaucrats has led to a situation where the report is being called pro-IAS. Actually, the report is pro-Secretary. Considering that the report was drafted by a Secretary, it was only to be expected. Up to 2005, the difference in pension of officers retiring at the levels of the Secretary and Additional Secretary was minor. The difference in case of officers retired/retiring 2006 onwards will be huge. Officers up to the rank of DGP have been placed in a time scale starting at the Director level, while the Secretaries have been given a huge jump. Officers of most Class I services can aspire to reach the level of Additional Secretary to Government of India. There is no justification for such a huge gap whatsoever. But decision making is with those (mostly, but not all) who are at the level of Secretary. V. C. Mehrotra Assertion under question! Reacting to Lt Col Dewan's views(11-8-08),I do not agree with the "reported" assertion of the Cabinet Secy that he is not in favour of jumping the queue of empanelled officers. This is not corroborated by actual facts. Toppling panels recommended by high -powered bodies, Search Committees, Screening Committees and the like for considerations other than merit, have become the order of the day. These loud whispers can be heard in the corridors of PSUs, the government ministries, departments and now even in the groves of academia! Nobody (read, everybody ) knows who is controlling the show and how rewards are given in the government on the basis of rare attributes like: networking , boundary management and last but not the least proximity to IAS coterie. There are instances galore under successive coalition governments to substantiate the above conclusion. The readers are expected to introspect on this important matter and be guided by the dictates of their conscience. Truth will come out sooner than later! A K SAXENA(A retired civil servant) Clarification on Rule 6.2.2: Only for private sector/ NGOs A clarification on article of S Bose - I do not think UN deputations are under Rule 6.2.2, these are part of the normal deputations to International organisations for people who get selected applying to an open advertisement, and which have been in place for many years. As per the rules such deputations are allowed for a maximum period of 5 years after which the officer has to resign from service, although there are any number of examples of officers in the international and other organisations who have stayed on for much longer, without resigning. The IAS civil list also shows names of some officers who are "missing" for a number of years (presumably working abroad or in such organisations without the knowledge of the government, but their names continue to appear in the list) - one cannot think of any other such liberal employer anywhere in the world. Nevertheless, it is creditable that our officers get selected to international organisations through an open international competition and they should be encouraged. Rule 6.2.2 was created a couple of years back to benefit such cases who wanted to go to the private sector or some unheard of NGOs and organisations that were not covered under the above, and still retain the government job, and this is not correct. The PM has taken a right decision and deserves to be congratulated. Let our "Victorian era" generalist civil service progress to an environment of today's free economy where there is a 2 way movement of professionals between the private sector and government, this will benefit both and the country. A reader Retirement Age: We are interested in the implementation of 6th CPC and not increase in retirement age. If the retirement age is increased; then it means government does not want youth in this country but only old persons. This will kill the aspirations and determination of the youth and allow the old persons to live retired calm life in office with a good free salary and other facilities. In this case, a youth will get employment only after 30 or 32 years and take another 5-6 years to settle down. By then everything in him would have evaporated and he will be of no use. Therefore, Government should not even by mistake think of increasing the retirement age just for the sake some selfish persons who want to solve their pending domestic work; stay in government accommodation and earn rent from their house as a separate income. Hope PM and other concerned officers will not encourage this increase in retirement age as they must know better about its implications that ordinary persons like us. R P Saran Sixth Pay Commission The position described by Mr. Ajay is really acceptable and it is a general expectation of all class of employees that there will be a justification with them also. But in actual it is never done in a well justified manner in the pay commission. Every one whether in lower post or higher post, have a contribution of its respective level towards the service rendered by them to the nation. An administration can not be completed in the absence of administered. Without all the existing level, an organisation can not function properly. So pay commission and review committee must keep it in mind that justification is made to all categories as thought for higher officials. It is always true that a handful of salary, good working environment, good fooding and good living condition not only reduce corruption but also increases efficiency. Large difference, less carrier prospect & tensed environment also hand to mouth position only leads to less efficiency. A person can work much better if he work from his heart and fresh mind instead of forcing on him for some work. We must change our views than the British administration towards the brotherhood relation and intimacy with the subordinates and reduce the difference. A K Banerjee Public-Private Partnership AI's decision to shut down certain foreign sectors will facilitate private airlines who are likely to fly those routes .Certainly a very good example of public-private partnership conceptualised by politicians and being ably executed by the bureaucracy. Keshav Prasad IRS transfer policy is unique in this world. Yes it is strange that the IRS is the only one which has the following unique features in its transfer policy: 1. Advising officers to represent against transfer orders [though after joining at new station 2. Child education clause [this one is really funny and reduces the service to clerks] 3. Transfer seasons lasts for 8 months every year 4. Officers not due for transfer are asked to give choices 5. The policy has no clause for first in first out which is an essential clause of every policy 6. Deputation clause, exempt posts clause, area stay, cycle stay, max station stay, [when a simple 5 year continuous term in a A city would suffice to rid the cadre of all its problems] 7. No clause for last posting before retirement [which is there in every transfer policy] Wad CGHS affairs I am a regular reader of your site. It gives a wide knowledge about the Government sector and PSU. Through this site, I share my recent experience in the CGHS dispensary. Recently I got severe fever in the morning and I immediately rushed to the CGHS dispensary, Laxmibai Nagar. I got the slip to meet the Doctor from the counter and my number was 10. That lady Doctor was quite busy gossiping with his fellow doctors and talking over phone about her family matters. After a great struggle, I met the Doctor and revealed my problems. Even she was not willing to check up properly whether I am having fever or not, she immediately gave usual white and red tablets. Later in the evening, I rushed to some private hospital and after the diagnosis, it was typhoid. I am of the view that the whole system should be revamped or better to close the CGHS dispensaries and give a free hand to the Government employees to go to any private hospital for their treatment. Apart from the fact, still there are kind hearted capable Doctors are available in the CGHS dispensary. M Senthil I think this website is not meant for IAS only Apropos JMS' view that number of DGPs should be less and that policing is just one small part of government functioning and that the number of DGPs are naturally supposed to be much less; let me add that the IAS is not the Government, they are as equally a small part of Government as the IPS. Let me add that the number of Secretaries should also be far lesser, the way the numbers have been increased over the years to merely accommodate entire batches of the IAS is well known. Why do we need to have entire batches of the IAS in the rank and pay of Chief Secretary? There should be only one person in the entire state in that rank and pay, by logic. Some of the IAS officers wish that they should get the rank and pay of Joint Secretary to Government of India in 14 years (by executive fiat) and the IPS and others should do so in 20 years! Their capacity for sophistry never ceases to amaze. They want (and have) everything, and simultaneously want to deny others their legitimate due. Please publish this rejoinder as you have published JMS' views, in the interest of equity. Otherwise, please stop publishing such statements sent to this website by JMS and his ilk. I presume this website is not an "IAS only" website. Vijay Kumar Disparities in IFS promotions In many states IFS (forest ) even 1992 batch has not got selection grade....leave alone SAG! UP is an example. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 batches are still waiting to get a non functional Selection grade after 14 to 16 years of service! Imagine not getting promoted from a DFO to a Conservator even in 16 years! But who is listening? A Kumar Why not other services Who is this Ravi? On what grounds does he say that IAS can continue in Service while other Services' officers have to resign to go to UN. If there is any such rule or frequent cases, we may please be enlightened. Actually, it seems like a classic case of 'Sour Grapes', people aspiring for IAS and failing to make it...... Shikha Sharma |
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