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Chief Editor
Santosh Nautiyal to head TAMP
In all probability Santosh Nautiyal will head the Tariff Authority for major ports (TAMP). He is a retired IAS officer of the Orissa cadre who belongs to the 1968 batch. The post of Chairman is vacant ever since term of AL Bongirwar (a Maharashtra cadre IAS of the 1966 batch) ended.
Nayak is new Secretary of Earth Sciences
Director of the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services , Shailesh Nayak, has taken over as new Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences . He has succeeded T Ramasami.
Murthy and Shaikh are new Members of CBDT
SSN Murthy, DG (Investigations ), Mumbai and Shaikh Naimuddin, CCIT, Mumbai have been appointed new Members of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBDT). With the appointment of these two members, the CBDT Board is now in full strength and has six members besides a Chairman.
( We said this on August 22)
Jagdish Chandra seeks VRS in Rajasthan
The high profile IAS officer of the 1990 batch from Jagdish Chandra has sought voluntary retirement(VR) to join as head of ETV Rajasthan & Madhya Pradesh from September 2008.A close confidante of Sunil Arora, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister,Chandra is well known for his proximity to the top brass of both BJP & BSP.
Lamba to take charge on Sept. 1
Amarjit Singh Lamba who is C. V. O. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) will assume charge as new Additional Secretary & FA in the Indian Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperatives on September 1,2008.Lamba is an IAS officer of the West Bengal cadre & belongs to the 1977 batch.
Galhotra moves to Kolkata
Joint Director CBI OP Galhotra has been transferred to Kolkata. He is 1985 batch IPS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
IPS changes in Punjab
Shashi Kant will now be ADG Law and Order. Suresh Arora has been given charge of the ADG Intelligence. Chander Shekhar has been made ADG Training. J P Virdi will be ADG Crime. G D Pandey has been posted as ADG Human Rights Commission. Parag Jain has been appointed IG Headquarters. V K Bhawra will be IG Security.
Sailaja to be Dy Secretary I & B
Ms. C. Sailaja will be Deputy Secretary Information and Broadcasting. She is 1994 batch IA&AS officer.
Jain is DDG in BSNL
M K Jain, ITS SAG, has been appointed DDG (International Business) in the BSNL Headquarters.
Justice Mathur to head the Armed Forces Tribunal
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, a retired judge of the Supreme Court has been appointed as Chairperson of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT). The tenure of appointment of Justice A.K. Mathur as Chairperson in the Armed Forces Tribunal will be for a period of four years from the date of assumption of the charge of post or till he attains the age of 70 years whichever is earlier. Born on August 07, 1943, Justice Mathur was enrolled as an advocate of the Rajasthan High Court in 1967. He served as Assistant Government Advocate and Deputy Government Advocate and later as Government Advocate of Jodhpur from 1969 to 1978. He was appointed as Additional Advocate General of Rajasthan in 1981. Justice Mathur became Additional Judge of Rajasthan High Court in 1985 and Permanent Judge of the same court in 1986. He was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1994 and was appointed as Chief Justice of the same court in 1996. Justice Mathur was transferred to Calcutta High Court in 1999.He was elevated as Judge of the Supreme Court of India on June 07, 2004 and retired from there on August 6,2008.
Ms. Papri Sri Raman bags media fellowship
Ms. Papri Sri Raman, Special Correspondent for IANS, posted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has been awarded the Media Fellowship on Refugee Issues sponsored by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) for her proposed study on 'Sri Lankan Refugees: Away from home Across the Palk Straits' in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Prof Prem Kumar Dhumal for a global airport in HP
Himachal Pradesh (HP) Government, led by Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, has proposed an international level Rs. 700 crore Green Field Airport construction in the Balh valley in Sundernagar area of district Mandi, to the Government of India to accommodate the landing of wide-bodied larger aircrafts. This has been written by Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, in a proposal sent to Indian Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel. Prof. Dhumal stated that Himachal Pradesh was the only state, which had no big airport to facilitate the landing of the wide bodied aircrafts which had been an impediment in attracting the high paying and foreign tourists to visit the state and add to the tourism promotion activities. He said that with the construction of the new airport the air traffic congestion in the New Delhi international airport would also get eased. He added that for further connectivity by air, the state had created a vast network of helipads at all the places of tourist interest where such tourists could be flown conveniently. He said that air transport needs of the state were in commensurate with infrastructure needs in the sector.
Ms.Anu Singh to be PS to Rameshwar Oraon (UPDATED)
Ms. Anu J. Singh Commissioner Income Tax, ITAT-II, Jaipur is joining the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi as Private Secretary to the Minister of State Rameshwar Oraon on deputation.She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS)officer of the 1985 batch.
Additional charge for 3 CCIT rank IRS officers (UPDATED)
Three officers of the rank of Chief Commissioner Income Tax (CCIT) have been given additional charge with effect from August 31.CCIT IV -Delhi to hold additional charge of Ms.Pamela Bhandari CCIT -II Delhi.Similarly,charge of Ashwani Kumar CCIT-V Chennai was given to CCIT-I Chennai and CCIT-I, Kolkata has been given additional charge of Utpala KanjilalCCIT-III Kolkata .
Harbans Lal Bajaj appointed Tech Membe APTEL (UPDATED)
Former Chairperson of Central Electricity Authority Harbans Lal Bajaj has been appointed as Technical Member of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, APTEL.
A.A. Khan is Technical Member APTEL (UPDATED)
A.A. Khan, former CMD of the Power Finance Corporation has been appointed as Technical Member of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, APTEL.
Y.P.Singh holding additional charge of Delhi region (UPDATED)
Y.P.Singh who is in charge of cases pertaining to Special Crimes in Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI)has been assigned the charge of Delhi Region.He is an IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1981 batch.
9 IAS officers get new postings in Punjab (UPDATED)
As many as nine IAS officers have got new postings in Punjab.They are:D.S.Grewal D.C.Patiala to Special secretary Home Chandigarh,Vikas Garg D.C.Muktsar to D.C.Patiala,Rajat Agrawal A.D.C.Muktsar to D.C.Muktsar,Manashvi Kumar C.A. Greater Ludhiana Development Authority(GLDA) to A.D.C.(Development)Gurdaspur,Varun Roojam S.D.M. Malout to A.D.C. & A.D.C.(Dev) Muktsar, Dr.Abhinav available for posting to SDM Pathankot, Pradeep Kumar Agrawal available for posting to SDM Sagrur, Amit Dhaka available for posting to SDM Nangal & Ravi Bhagat available for posting to SDM Malout.

CORPORATE
Dharmarajan appointed Director in NHPC
K Dharmarajan, former DG IIFT, has been appointed as independent director on board of NHPC w.e.f. 18th July 2008. He is a retd IAS officer of the 1966 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre.
Cleartrip.com teams up with Tata AIG General Travel Insurance
Cleartrip, online travel portal will now be providing domestic travel insurance solutions to its customers. The portal has teamed up with Tata AIG General Insurance Company Ltd. (Tata AIG General) to offer 'TravInsure'.
Chintamani Rao is BARC Chairman
Chintamani Rao will be the Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC). The council, is the custodian of the next generation ratings that the Indian broadcasting audience measurement is set to see.
Yet another first in SAIL's kitty
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)of which Chairman is S.K.Roongta has become the first company in India to utilise the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS) of Indian Railways for monitoring the movement of its incoming and outgoing rail freight traffic. The web enabled system has been developed and customized for SAIL by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Ministry of Railways. The new system was formally launched by VK Gulhati Director (Technical), SAIL on August 27,2008 and was put in operational use for all SAIL plants & units simultaneously for providing on-line information about incoming raw material wagon/trains starting from the loading points to destinations and movement of finished products from steel plants to stockyards/customers. RB Das, Group General Manager (FOIS) from CRIS, present on the occasion mentioned that the system has been exclusively designed for SAIL after a number of interactions with SAIL plants which will help in on-line tracking of inward & outward wagons/trains across the country.

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Laloo is desperately trying to capitalize on the floods in Bihar !!!!
When he was in power he made hay and now he's trying to woo votes from bahaar!!!
From bahaar or outside because in Bihar he's no longer in power!!!
And Nitish's handling of the flood situation has got Laloo sour!!!
More credit to Nitish because Centre is playing hardball!!!
Turned a deaf ear to Nitish's 'please help' call!!!!
Recall the situation when Laloo and Rabdi sat on Bihar 's throne!!!
'Laloo sabh khaa gaya ' public used to moan!!!!
In Nitish's time at least whatever relief is there is reaching the affected!!!
In Laloo's time very cleverly pilfering was effected!!!
In Nitish's time it is only nature ki maar!!!!!
In Laloo's time it was nature ki maar and insaaniyat ki haar!!!
Manmohan or Mohna knows the truth so now let's see what he says or does????
For starters at Laloo's call in a plane over Bihar he's going to buzz!!!
Sonia may also buzz over Bihar in a plane,
Seems both have some technology that from the air they both can feel Public ki pain!
What is needed is that the Centre stops playing politics and comes to Bihar 's aid!!!!
And please for God's sake for politics governance should not waylaid!!!!
This is not war that everything is fair!!!!
For people its duty of the Sarkaar to care!!!
Is Ahmed Patel a holy cow????
Or is Sonia one that in front of her all have to bow!!!!
Just because Sonia says Ahmed is not involved,
Does not mean that from all blame he's been absolved!!!
Fact is Congress was the one to benefit in this cash for votes scam,
But seems even Congress has been absolved by Madam!!!
The general perception is Congress is the prime accused!!!!
And to get the cross votes Amar was used!!!!
Though Amar is known to dole out friendship gifts or presents,
And Congress is trying to say ' gifts no one resents'!!!!!
Both Ahmed and Amar should be ordered to depose in front of the Panel!!!!
Amar is now claiming that Amar baiters hooe hai empanel!!!
In Chandigarh a Judge received a packet!!!
And this has rightly created a racket!!!!
Judiciary is again in the dock!!!
And its time that Judiciary took stock!!!!
Judiciary has to realize that the rot has set in!!!!
Vide this recent exposé Judiciary has taken it on the chin!!!!
All Judges should submit an annual declaration of their assets!!!!
This should be done in two sets!!!
One for the Chief Justice and one for Public scrutiny!!!!!
And not doing so should be looked upon as mutiny!!!!
A Judiciary that does not put itself on test,
Cannot be a worthy bearer of Justice's Crest (Lady with scales)!!!!
Seems Bindra of PCA has found a way to get Badal's ascent!!!!
Seems an offer to the Badals he sent!!!
Now PCA stadium is being regularized and 1991 land rate is part of the bill,
The official bill and of course some unofficial commitment PCA will fulfill!!!
Fact is today BCCI and PCA have a lot of two number ka money!!!!!
And seems Bindra has entered into an agreement with Badal's sonny!!!!
On sports.... Kalamadi has behaved very badly and needs to be put in place!!!
By missing out Vijendra's medal ceremony he already had lost face!!!
He walked out of a felicitation function in Rashtrapati Bhavan because of a seating glitch!!!
Kalamadi has no role in the medals and still his ego finds reasons to bitch!!!
On a politician becoming a Neta why this hue and cry????
Politicians are natural actors and to act they do not even need to try!!!
So why are they lamenting an actor becoming a politician!!!!!
It is like objecting an eye specialist becoming an optician!!!!
Confucius says.... politicians are no doubt the best actors or bhaands!!!!
Acting their trade demands!!!!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum

DOPT should upgrade rates
There is a healthy practice amongst retired Governmentt officials to be engaged as Consultants. This is primarily done to offset the shortage of staff with experienced, matured personnel. But the payment pattern is so poor and uninspiring that many prefer working with private sector. Even big departmental stores pay better ! Incase, any department wishes to engage someone, he should be paid 50% of the last drawn salary plus his pension. Times have changed and so has the inflation...do you expect experts to be dragged for paltry 10,000/a month ??? DOPT should upgrade its rates.
Rajiv Khandelwal
Vicious monopoly of British residents
It was perhaps Ram Manohar Lohia who first described the IAS as a powerful Trade Union. It may hurt the TUs if they are bracketted with IAS. TUs of workers fight for themselves and at the same time they do not grudge if due is given to others. It is not so with the TU of IAS. In pre-independence days British Government in India used to post English Residents and Forces in native states and the entire cost was to be borne by the native states. IAS officers are like British Residents posted in states of today. If vicious monopoly of this TU is not smashed there is no hope for India . In fact it is time to start a countrywide campaign to delist so-called IAS cadre posts in the states so that civil servants of the states may be able play positive role and contribute towards development of the state. Why all foreign training and course opportunities should be bagged by the IAS ? Was Bimal Jalan intellectually inferior to the IAS officers ? Is Montek Singh Ahluwalia inferior to IAS officers ? There are many Jalans and Ahluwalias outside the IAS. If GoI cannot reach out to them, then it is a national tragedy. Next step should be to throw them out from all Regulatory Bodies in the government. Let able and competent professionals manage those positions and responsibilities. Why Central Government schemes are being named after members of Nehru family ? Has any member of this TU ever raised any written objection to such proposals ? And lastly, the Election Commission of India has been managed by opening the government door to a former CEC by making him State Minister in Central Government. The next deadly and dangerous move would be to induct any retired CJI as a Minister of Law in the Central Government. A national movement should also be started to prevent such practices.
P Keshav
An appeal to policy makers
This forum has been discussing various issues from improving efficiency in government to making systemic changes in governance. One important factor in this exercise is capacity building. Officers from all most all civil services are given training in their respective fields since induction level. The DOP & T also gives opportunities to have more and more training facilities to middle and senior level officers at IIMs, national institutes and abroad, although these programmes are utilised by a selected few. One question is that after spending huge amount of time and money on these officers, whether government has a policy of utilising their services to improve governance ? I feel that the trained officers should be considered for posting in their specialised fields after their training so that the government's resources are properly utilised. Necessary training should be provided to officers of all services as is being now done for IAS and also link the capacity building to career progression. The central staffing scheme for senior level appointments in GoI which is proposed to be revised as per the 6th pay commission recommendations should take in to consideration of capacity building also.
S K Rao
Rectify pay scale
I fully agree with the view posted by Sarvesh Kumar about injustice to UDCs of CSCS. We once again request to the authority to rectify the huge difference of pay scale between Assistant & UDC because their nature of work is same. It is sheer injustice which needs to be rectified soon.
Prabhakar Mishra