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Three Secretary level vacancies next month
Three Secretary level vacancies in Government of India (GOI) will arise next ,month. They are of Power, Coordination & Parliamentary Affairs.
Postings of GMs delayed in Railways
As the grapevine has it postings of General Managers (GMs) has been delayed in Railways because modalities for their transfers has not yet been firmed up.
Will next Power Secretary be Anil Ambani's favourite ?
It is rumoured that next Power Secretary will be a favourite of Anil Ambani. A couple of IAS officers have already been offered this job. Will Anil Ambani succeed in this UPA Government ?.
Rizvi appointed OSD to Chidambaram
Safi Ahsan Rizvi, a 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttarakhand cadre has been appointed OSD to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.
( We said this on December 12 )
Tiwari is MD Chandigarh CITCO
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for inter cadre deputation of D.K. Tiwari, IAS (PB:94) from Punjab to AGMUT cadre for appointment as MD, Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation Limited (CITCO), Chandigarh for a period of three years.
Malik is new DG NCB
OPS Malik has been appointed Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), He is 1975 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on December 4 )
Ram Lubhaya to be PS Home in Rajasthan ?
Ram Lubhaya is likely to be appointed new Principal Secretary Home in Rajasthan. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
Tenure of Kharola extended
Deputation tenure of PS Kharola, Joint Secretary, Administrative Reforms Commission, has been extended till March 31 ,next year. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
Acharya gets additional charge of Tribal Affairs
Secretary Social Justice in the Government of India K M Acharya has been given additional charge of the Department of Tribal Affairs till January 9. Secretary Tribal Affairs GB Mukherji has gone on leave.
Ms Jalaja gets additional charge of Health
Secretary AYUSH, Ms S Jalaja, has been given additional charge of the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Secretary Health Naresh Dayal has gone on leave.
Three new SC Judges appointed
Chief Justices A.K. Ganguly (Madras High Court), R.M. Lodha (Patna High Court) and H.L. Dattu (Kerala High Court) have been appointed as judges of the Supreme Court. Swearing in expected tomorrow.
( We said this only yesterday )
Will Anil Razdan get post retirement job ?
You talk to any top bureaucrat in Delhi and his reply will be that Secretary Power Anil Razdan is bound to get important assignment after his retirement on December 31.One can only wait and watch.
The post of IG (Airports) upgraded to Addl DG in CISF
The post of IG (Airports) on which M.S.Bali is presently posted has been upgraded to the rank of Additional DG (ADG) in CISF.Formal orders regarding this are on the anvil. Bali is an IPS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
DPC of 1988 batch IPS officers held in UP
Departmental promotion committee(DPC) has cleared names of seven IPS officers of 1988 batch in Uttar Pradesh for being promoted as IGs. Of them four are DIGs in the state while three are on Central deputation. DIGs within UP who have been cleared are Kamal Saxena DIG Kanpur, Vijay Kumar DIG Azamgarh, Anand Kumar DIG Saharanpur & Chandra Dev Tiwari DIG Mirzapur. Those who are on deputation will be given proforma promotion. They are :Raj Kumar Vishwakarma DIG BSF, Amit Agrawal DIG SSB & Devendra Singh Chauhan Additional Commissioner Security in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security(BCAS).
Review of cadre compositions on cards
The top leadership is understood to have voiced concern on the quality of training and exposure of civilian officers reaching higher positions. It seems a committee is expected to be set up to review reasons behind the lower intake of direct recruits in various civil services over past few years vis-a-vis departmental promotions.
Mehta to be Judge of Delhi HC
Valmiki Mehta is being tipped to be a Judge of the Delhi High Court.
UPA constituents want a politician as a Finance Minister
UPA constituents are of the view that such an incumbent should be next Indian Finance Minister who is a politician.
IAS and IPS reshuffle in Chhattisgarh this month
IAS and IPS reshuffle is going to take place before January 10 in Chhattisgarh.
6th Pay panel may be implemented in Arunachal Pradesh from next month
As the grapevine has it the Arunachal Pradesh Government of which Chief Minister is Dorjee Khandu is likely to implement recommendations made by the 6th Pay Commission from January 2009.
Major reshuffle in bureaucracy unlikely in Delhi
Major bureaucratic reshuffle is unlikely to take place in Delhi. MD of the Delhi Tourism Corporation is being moved.
CK Mishra RC, Bihar likely to be shifted
As the grapevine has it CK Mishra, Resident Commissioner (RC) to Bihar Government in Delhi, is likely to be shifted. He is 1983 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer.
Air India for aggressive marketing
As the grapevine has it the Air India of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is Raghu Menon, has decided to go in for an aggressive campaign to garner more traffic of passengers.
Book of Uday Sahay to be released in Delhi
Delhi India in One City is being released on December 23 at Ashoka in New Delhi by Delhi Chief Minister Ms Sheila Dixit and Lt Governor of Delhi Tejinder Khanna.The text of the book is written byMalvika Singh and Photo Editor is Uday Sahay. In going beyond the monumental yet familiar heritage of Delhi, this resource brings alive the contemporary life of India's capital and best-known city. Its vivid palette of brilliant images captures the throbbing pulse of today's Delhi, and this same fresh, exciting spirit is reflected in the crisp essays by some of India's best-known writers as they celebrate what makes Delhi a multicultural society. This attractive coffee-table book also manages to capture the tranquility of Delhi's ageless spirit, presenting an exciting mix of moods and attitudes and celebrating a city destined to become a world leader. Malvika Singh is the publisher of the monthly journal Seminar and a columnist for numerous daily newspapers and magazines. She initiated and edited the India magazine, the first of its genre in India, that explored the many facets of this land, her people and cultures. Uday Sahay is one of the foremost communication analysts in India, currently heads the Directorate of Information & Publicity of Delhi Government, and contributes to the leading national daily newspapers with regular columns, poetry, short stories, and oil paints.
Ms.Arti Ahuja returns to Orissa
Ms.Arti Ahuja has re joined the Orissa government after completion of her Central Deputation. She is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to Orissa cadre.
IAS changes in Orissa
Dr.Hrusikesh Panda Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) OMFED has been shifted to the newly created post of Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in General Administration Department. Santosh Kumar Sarangi Managing Director (MD) Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) has been posted as MD, OMFED. Suresh Chandra Mohapatra Secretary Water Resources has been given additional charge of Chairman, OMFED and Dr.Ashok M.R.Dalwai, Secretary, Steel and Mines has been given the additional posting as CMD, OMC.
2 SPS officers of MP to get IPS
Two state police service (SPS) officers in Madhya Pradesh have been selected for induction into the IPS.They is: Rakesh Pratap Singh Additional SP Shahdol & Naval Singh.
Sahu gets additional charge in Gujarat
Gujarat Government has appointed M Sahu as a Principal Secretary - Industries ( Add Charge ) because Gauri Kumar has gone on a six week leave. Her son got injured in road accident in USA. It is learnt.
IT Ombudsman in TamilNadu
Chief Commissioner of Income Tax G. Muthuramakrishnan has taken over as Income Tax Ombudsman for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Former IAS officer appointed Chancellor
Former IAS officer B S Raghavan has been appointed Chancellor of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India University, Jharkhand.
Madhya Pradesh - Theme state for Surajkund Crafts Mela
Madhya Pradesh has been selected as the theme state for the Surajkund Crafts Mela from February 1 to 15 ,2009; after a gap of 17 years. This is indicative of the excellent work done by Madhya Pradesh Tourism in recent times.
SAIL provides training van for defence people
In its endeavor to contribute to the welfare of the country's Defence personnel, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)of which Chairman is S.K.Roongta,in Delhi on December 16,2008 donated a motivational / training van to the War Wounded Foundation (WWF), a registered charitable society incorporated in 2002, which aims to generate long-term self-employment avenues for war-wounded Defence personnel in their own villages/places of residence. Director (Personnel)/SAIL G. Ojha flagged off the van in the presence of Lt. General (Retd) Vijay Oberoi, Director (Commercial)/SAIL Shoeb Ahmed, Director (Technical)/SAIL V.K Gulhati and other senior SAIL officials at a small function held at Ispat Bhavan, Delhi.

The van, equipped with different teaching aids like computer with printer and other accessories, overhead projector, video camera, DVD/VCD, TV set, sound system, etc., will assist WWF to travel across the country to locate war-disabled personnel and train and motivate them to become 'soldier entrepreneurs'.

Committed to bringing development and growth in every corner of the country, SAIL spent around Rs. 120 crore on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives during 2007-08. In recognition of its CSR initiatives, SAIL has received numerous awards including the prestigious FICCI Award for 'Rural and Community Development Initiatives', presented by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India this year.

CORPORATE
Many vacancies in Bharat Oman Refineries Limited
Many vacancies are to be filled up in Bina (Madhya Pradesh) located Bharat Oman Refineries Limited(BORL).Main among them are posts of Vice Presidents(VPs)for Human Resource(HR),Company Secretary, Process, Mechanical & Commercial. Even junior level posts are also be filled up in BORL.
Reduced interest rates by banks not for old debtors
The decision that public sector banks have taken to curtail interest rates on housing loan is not going to benefit old debtors even those who had availed loan on floating interest rates. They are loser in more than one way as processing fees also been waived now. However, old debtors of housing loan will not get any relief.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Pakistan says if India attacks it will reply!!
But prior to this as per set norm for permission to US Paki Army will have to apply!!
Pakistan is today a puppet with two puppeteers on the job,
You can equate this with two different hands on one door knob!!
One string is in the hand of US and the zealots have the other string in their hand,
Pakistan is a much divided land!!!
As you can see the situation in Pakistan is queer!!!
And today the creation of another Afghanistan many rightly fear!!!
Yes there could a limited war to where the terror camps exist!!!
Maybe to neutralize camps US ko India may assist!
Because products of these factories of Jehad consider US as Satan incarnate!!!
And now India is perceived by them to be US's mate!!!
If performance is the new criteria to win elections,
If this is the basis on which Public will make its selections.
Then Congress should be worried or petrified!!!
As good governance ke all norms its has defied!!!
Inflation, security, corruption, vote bank fixation the list can go on and on!!!!
To lower depths this Sarkaar has gone!!!
PMO has been made into a puppet and Mohna is a willing puppet!!!
Time and again about his puppeteer he does trumpet!!!
So many times in these five years democracy has been shamelessly trampled!!!!!
New subversion of Democracy we sampled!!!
The Lok Sabha Panel has given Amar Singh a clean chit!!!
But Public sabh jaanthi hai and in public perception in the dock karta hai Amar sit!!!
In fact his getting the clean chit from this Panel was expected!!!
And if you ask me by the Public this clean chit will be rejected!!!
We all saw what happened in the exposé…... very revealing!!!
I'm sure many will agree that for votes Amar was wheeling and dealing!!!
Like mirrors cameras also do not lie,
Though via power and money the truth people like Amar defy!!!
Bush in Iraq literally got 'shoo(e)d' away!!!
An Iraqi Journalist used his shoe so that publicly Bush ko he could flay!!
Bush's reflexes were good and the shoes could not hit the bull's eye!!!
Bush later said the shoes were a size eleven looking very rye!!
A word of advice to our politicians that they could face Bush's fate!!!
Because Indians patience with them is running very low of late!!
And Bush got two from one and here our politicos could face a volley of shoes,
They should duck the minute they start hearing boos!!!!
The size of the black hole in US's economy is evident from Obama's package!!!
He's working on a $ 1 trillion package and some stimuli he will repackage!
Oil they say will fall further to sub forty level!!!
As World economies shrivel!!!
Confucius says…… take your Broker's advice with a pinch of salt!!!
It'll be some time before the downward trend comes to a halt!!!
Adds…… sucker rallies are a integral part of a Bear Market!!!!
Red herrings so that you take out your money and into the Market you 'part it'!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
The country has been pushed to the edge....
It is really ironical to find that those who have managed 'slight edge' thru pay commission after pay commission have pushed the country on the edge, be it lack of quality universal education, basic health& sanitation, rural development ,general law & order or internal security. This is despite allocation of crores of public funds for each of the sectors. Is any one concerned about the efficiency and accountability aspects of those given 'slight edge'. Or is it given only to institutionalise the assumed superiority which is manifested only in manipulating and demoralising the entire Civil Service for the benefits of one service, the IAS.
Rajendra
Even British would have treated them as human beings
One of my colleague in our Ministry is going to retire as PA in a couple of months after putting in nearly 30 years or more service. It is really shame that to say that a person joined as a Steno 'D' and is retiring as Steno C. Now we feel that we in the same cadre will retire as adhoc Steno 'C'. The earlier government had given two ACPs which was a good respite from this embarrassment. But now the illogical three ACPs of this government (which is an eyewash) has taken away the benefits of earlier two ACPs. What we feel is even the British would have treated the non-gazetted staff as human beings, but this DOPT seems to recognise the non-gazetted staff as animals.
Kulkarni
Paramilitary forces living on edge
A study by the IIM, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), on the working conditions of the central paramilitary forces has highlighted their stressful and dismal living conditions round the year as they don't have a concept of peace posting like the armed forces. IIM-A submitted this study on "performance related incentives in government" to the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
According to the study, the forces are required to put in long working hours (invariably 12-14 hours a day) and perform additional duties of guarding the camp without sufficient rest and respite in difficult terrains, hostile environments and face regular threat to life.
The report said: "They always remain on call and have round-the-clock commitments throughout the year, without any consideration for leave, gazetted holidays, weekends, festivals, personal commitments and social obligations. This leads to very high levels of stress and imbalances. Repeated physical ailments in far-flung areas of deployment and absence of medical facilities for diseases like cerebral malaria, Hepatitis B, liver cirrhosis, chikungunya etc render working conditions hazardous. Stress compiled with unhygienic living conditions leads to high instances of chronic diseases and (premature) death among force personnel."
The study has further noted their social isolation after living in camps for a lifetime. Their unavailability for social and family commitments like marriages, functions, death etc of near and dear ones almost leads to their social boycott in the family and their society.
The report further added: "The problem of social isolation is compounded by the fact that their entire career is spent in hard areas and they don't have a concept of peace posting (as in the armed forces)."
The report also mentions about their increased personal expenditure as they are forced to maintain two or more establishments due to separation from family and the need for education of their children.
The report said: "He is forced to undertake journeys to home to sort out domestic exigencies, which cost him additional money. Regular need for communication with their families adds to their costs and it's made worse by the fact that at many places of their deployment, they only have satellite phones which cost a fortune."
The IIM-A team further mentioned: "Separation from family is a serious problem. We met somebody who has not lived with his family for the past 37 years and said that 'my children don't recognise me'."
The report makes another important observation on the food provisions for the forces. It said: "Food is the most basic human need and the related provisions are widely perceived to be unfair and highly discriminatory which adversely affects their morale. Ration money paid out to force personnel is perceived to be inadequate, especially for their places of deployment where ration is always more expensive. Levy of income tax on this effectively reduces the amount of calories that money can buy."
Shashank