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PMO clears file of 1989 batch IAS officers
As the grapevine has it, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has cleared the file pertaining to empanelment of IAS officers belonging to 1989 batch in Government of India (GOI).
Chacko gets award
In recognition of the invaluable contribution to the Export sector,
KT Chacko' Director ,Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, was presented the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Smt. Pratibha Devi singh
Patil, President of India at an impressive function at Vigyan Bhawan
on 16th Dec.2008.This award has been instituted by the Federation of Export Organisations [FIEO] - set up by Government of India. Chacko belonged to 1973 batch IAS of MP cadre.
Swaminathan is new Ambassador to Egypt
R. Swaminathan, currently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Arab Republic of Egypt in succession to A. Gopinathan.
Jain is Ambassador to Mexico
Dinesh Kumar Jain Currently Special Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico.
Raghunandan to return Karnataka
The GoI has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj for the premature repatriation of TR Raghunandan Joint Secretary in that Ministry to the parent Karnataka cadre. He is 1983 batch IAS officer.
Tenure of Parasuram extended
Deputation tenure of R Parasuram as Minister (Agriculture) in Rome has been extended for a period of six months beyond 28.12.2008.He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Muthu Kumar to continue in PMO
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of IK Muthu Kumar presently working as Director, Prime Minister's Office w.e.f. 3.9.2004, as Officer on Special Duty on the personal staff of the Prime Minister. He is 1984 batch Indian Information Service Officer'
Punjab CM's dream project of "Knowledge city "in Mohali
Prakash Singh Badal Chief Minister of Punjab is quite keen to see that his dream project of "Knowledge city "in Mohali could come up as quickly as possible. Work has already begun in that direction. Four national level institutes are coming up in Mohali. They are Indian Business School (IBS) Hyderabad, National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB), National Institute of Nan technology (NIN) & Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (ISSR). Of them IBS in Mohali will be first institute to be set up outside its Hyderabad located campus. The ISSR has already started functioning from its temporary office.
MMTC CVO to be repatriated
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Commerce for the premature repatriation of KK Jha, IRS(IT:79), Chief Vigilance Officer in the Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation Limited (MMTC), New Delhi to his parent cadre i.e. Department of Revenue.
Dr Rajesh Kumar Verma transferred to Indore
Dr Rajesh Kumar Verma, Joint Commissioner of Central Customs & Excise, has transferred from Bhopal to Indore. He is an IRS(E & C) officer of the 1997 batch.
Media Regulatory body likely
There is a move to set up Media Regulatory Authority in the country.
Crisis Management Group in AP
The Andhra Pradesh Government has constituted a high level crisis management group under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary in the context of the Mumbai terror attacks.
Total strength of SC Judges is now 24
With the appointment of Justice AK Ganguly , RM Lodha and HL Dattu to the Supreme Court the strength of judges in the court has risen to 24, against the total strength of 26, including Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan.
Ms. Sangeeta M Godbole is Director Commerce
Ms Sangeeta M Godbole Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) (System) Delhi on central deputation has been posted as Director Commerce. She is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1989 batch.
RN Tripathi on promotion is CCIT-V, Chennai
RN Tripathi, Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT), on promotion has been posted as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT)-V, Chennai. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1974 batch.
Michael Kullu is ACIT in Orissa
Michael Kullu an Income Tax Officer (ITO) of Orissa region on promotion has been posted as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax (ACIT) in Orissa.
Vineet Singh transferred to Northern Railway
Vineet Singh, SG/IRSME, has been transferred to Northern Railway.
Chadha is back from deputation
Sanjay Chadha, SAG/IRSME, on his return from deputation has been posted to COFMOW/New Delhi in the cadre.
Tiwari is now Additional Member in Railway Board
A K Tiwari, HAG/IRSME, CME/CLW, has been posted as Additional Member (Planning) in the Railway Board. V K Jain has succeeded Tiwari as Chief Mechanical Engineer.
Saxena and Bose shifted
R S Saxena, SG/IRSME/Western Railway, has been transferred to West Central Railway. S K Bose, SG/IRSME/South Eastern Railway has been transferred to South East Central Railway.
CBEC issues transfer orders
The Central of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has issued transfer orders of 16 Joint and Additional commissioners of Customs. They are: M.S. Selvan from UOP to Customs Vizag to Retention in CX Kolkata till AGT 2009,S.P. Paliwal from Audit Kolkata to CX Lucknow, K.R.Uday Bhaskar from CX Mysore to CX Coimbatore, Pradeep Kumar from IO in Vigilance New Delhi to CX Delhi , Rajeev Talwar On return from deputation to CX Delhi till AGT 2009, Ms. Suchitra Sharma from CX-Nagpur to CX Lucknow, A.B.Niranjan Babu from CX-Calicut to Customs Chennai ,M.M.Magotra from CX-Chennai to Delhi Customs (Prev.)(Amritsar),Alok Jha from CX- Mumbai-II to DGCEI Delhi, Neeraj Prasad from Customs Delhi to Inquiry Officer in G(Vig.),Delhi,Prashant Kumar Sinha from Customs Mumbai-II to Inquiry Officer in DG(Vig.) Mumbai, Rajendra Singh from IO in Vigilance Mumbai to Customs Mumbai-III , Manish Kumar from Customs Mumbai-II to LTU Mumbai, Dr. N.K.Soren from Customs Mumbai-I to DGICCE (WRU) Mumbai till AGT 2009, Deepak Kumar from CX Jaipur-II to CX Mumbai-I & G. Gandhi Doss from CX Hyderabad to CX Chennai.
IAS officers transferred in Chhattisgarh
Dr. Raman Singh Chief Minister Chhattisgarh has affected maiden bureaucratic changes after having been sworn in as the CM for second time. Those who were transferred on December 19,2008 were: Ganesh Shankar Mishra Commissioner Bastar, RS Vishwakarma Commissioner Bastar to Secretary Mineral Resources, Subodh Singh Collector Raipur, Sonmani Bora Collector Bilaspur, Subrat Sahay Collector Durg to Secretary Sports & Youth Welfare, Vikas Sheel Collector Raipur to Secretary Health, Avinash Champawat Collector Narayanpur, Munir Kumar Tyagi Collector Raigarh, KR Pisda Collector Kanker, Nawal Singh Mandavi Director Text Book Corporation, Ram Singh Thakur Collector Durg, Xavier Pitzda GAD to Collector Bijapur and Ms.Shalan Nigar Collector Kanker to Director Women & Child Welfare.
S.Mishra posted as OSD in Orissa
Sangram Keshari Mishra, Commissioner, Consolidation and Settlement, Orissa, has been shifted to Board of Revenue, Cuttack as Officer on Special Duty (OSD). He is 1985 batch IAS officer who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
MP Government bags IT awards
The Madhya Pradesh Government has been adjudged as First Runners-up for the prestigious CSI Nihilent Awards 2007 - 2008 under the category of Best e Governed State. First being Chattisgarh and second runners up Kerala. Also, MP has received award in another category of excellent project for its submission on Computerization of Mantralaya.These two awards were received by Anurag Jain, Secretary IT, GoMP,at a grand ceremony organised on occasion of 6th ICEG International Conference on e- Governance, on December 18,2008 in IIT, New Delhi. A team of other state officials accompanied Anurag Jain.  
Bhattacharya gets Secretary rank
Amitabh Bhattacharya has been appointed Advisor in the rank of Secretary in the Planning Commission. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Anup K.Patnaik is new D.G.Police ,Vigilance, Orissa
On Promotion, Anup Kumar Patnaik, Director-cum-Additional D.G (Vigilance) , Orissa, on December 20,2008 ,has been appointed as DG,Vigilance. He is 1977 batch of IPS officer who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
97 Cadets Graduated from Air Force Academy
At Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, on morning of December 20,2008 witnessed the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) of the flight cadets of all the branches of Indian Air Force, who successfully completed their basic and professional training. On this occasion, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal FH Major, awarded the President's Commission to the flight cadets on behalf of the President of India. A total of 97 Flight Cadets passed out from Air Force Academy and have joined active duty in the esteemed rank and file of the IAF to ensure security of the skies. Five Officers from Indian Navy and one Officer from Indian Coast Guard also got their flying wings at the CGP.Flying Officer Sandeep Singh Hooda, who commanded the parade was awarded the President Plaque and Chief of Air Staff 'Sword of Honour' for standing first in overall order of merit amongst No. 182 Pilot Course. Flying Officer KK Mohan was awarded the President Plaque for standing first in overall order of merit amongst 123 Ground Duty Officers Course. Flying Officer Ashvini Prakash Yadav was awarded President Plaque for being first in the order of merit amongst 107 Navigation Course.
K.C. Verma is Internal Security Adviser to,Chidambaram
Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram has appointed K.C. Verma, IPS (JH:1971) as Internal Security Adviser to the Home Minister. Presently Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, Verma will hold this charge in addition to his current responsibilities.

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Dr. K Ramalingam CMD, AAI to retire
Dr. K Ramalingam, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), Airport Authority of India (AAI), is due to retire on December 31,2008.
Ram Nath Pradeep is ED Central Bank of India
Ram Nath Pradeep who so far was General Manager (GM) with the Dena Bank has become Executive Director (ED) with the Central Bank of India (CBI).
(We said this on October 19,2008)

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Now even Nawaz Sharif says that Kasab is a Paki!!!!
What more proof.....abh kya reh gaya hai baaki!!
Indian Express reports the feelings of the majority minority community!!!
And what is revealed is a pity!!!!
Why do they doubt the revelations on the terror attack????
Many would say Desh Bhakti they sure do lack!!!!
Despite the irrefutable evidence from India and overseas!!!
Indian Muslims doubting India should cease!
There is merit in BJP's stand that majority minority need to prove their Desh Prem!!!
And stop their chant when a Muslim is caught ' Muslims ko karr rahe hai frame'!!!
Now what does Antulay have to say on the revelation????
Revealed… Karkare was felled by terrorist's bullets…will he apologize to the Nation?
It's nothing but posturing for political gains!!!!
But if you ask me he's fiddling with the mains!!!!
And he deserves to be politically electrocuted!!!!
Fibbers fib via strongest 'words and action' should be refuted!!!
Why is PM not reacting to allegations of corruption in the Spectrum allocation???
Its rumored hundreds of crores have been lost by the Nation!!!
Numerical compulsion is the obvious kaaran!!!!
Moni Baba ka guise in Raja's case PM ne karr liya hai dhaaran!!!
To expect any propriety from UPA Sarkaar is like expecting ulti Ganga!!!!
Usual response to allegations is ' Hamaam mein all are nangaa'!!!!
UPA has regularly tried to put BJP in the dock when questioned on anything!!!
Response..... charges at BJP UPA starts to fling!
Like whenever questioned on terror UPA will bring up Kandahar hijack!!!
Kandahar ke saath BJP ko karte hai whack!!!
But what would UPA have done if it were in BJP's place????
What would it have done if a similar situation it would have had to face????
Knowing UPA it would have used this to please its vote bank!!!
On Congress pandering to its vote bank you can always bank!!!
And in the end UPA would have put the blame at BJP's doorstep!!!!
Whenever UPA's in a corner it takes 'damn BJP' step!!!!
Investors have shown Satyam that Company's money is not 'baap ka paisa'!!!!
Raju using Satyam money to bail out his sons.... nahi ho saktha hai aisa!!!
If you ask me Satyam's death knell has been rung!!!!
With US investors Satyam's name is pure dung!!!
Confucius says..... Corporate Governance is a vital factor in a Corporate's credibility!!!
It is a direct reflection of Corporate's dependability!!!
Bharat Kumar

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Thank You, Terrorists.
In 60 blood-soaked hours, you have achieved what we as a nation
haven't achieved in 60 years of independence.
Today, we want answers.
Today, we won't lie back and wait for someone else to do the job.
Today, we won't be lulled into inaction by glib talks and subterfuge.
Today we won't say "chalta Hai "
Today we won't vote for goons.
Today we will not accept religion or caste or creed, just nationality.
Thank you, terrorists....
In 60 horrifyingly sickening hours, you have awoken a giant that lay
asleep for 60 years of sovereignty.
Every Indian will now walk together.
Every Indian will now value his vote.
Every Indian will now demand accountability.
Every Indian will now see through lies and deceit.
Every Indian will now demand explanations.
Every Indian will now stand up to be counted.
Thank you, terrorists...
In 60 gruesome, murderous hours you've instilled a pride in us that we
couldn't instill in 60 years of liberty.
You have left behind a reminder that we the people can make a difference.
You have left behind a reason to unite rather than divide.
You have left behind a nation with sheer will & intent.
You have left behind a spirit that dances to a new beat.
You have left behind a billion renewed patriotic hearts.
You have left behind a voice that will be heard.
Thank you, terrorists...
If only you'd let the innocent live & taken the lives of 200
politicians instead…
A humble plea to my fellow Indians
The next time politicians tear down a place of worship; let's label
them terrorists.
The next time politicians divide us on the grounds of religion; let's
label them terrorists.
The next time politicians divide us on the basis of state; let's label
them terrorists.
The next time politicians with criminal records stand for elections;
lets label them terrorists.
The next time politicians take kick-backs on arms deals; let's label
them terrorists.
The next time politicians jump parties to grab power, let's label them
terrorists.
The next time politicians politicize terror; let's label them terrorists.
The next time politicians twiddle their thumbs while our cities burn;
let's label them terrorists.
The next time politicians capture voting booths; let's label them terrorists.
The next time politicians accumulate assets disproportionate to their
income; let's label them terrorists.
The next time politicians transfer honest policemen; let's label them
terrorists.
The next time politicians provide substandard equipment to our forces;
let's label them terrorists.
The next time politicians misuse our taxes; let's call them terrorists.
The next time politicians skip meetings on national security; let's
label them terrorists.
The next time politicians play an opportunistic blame game; let's
label them terrorists.
The next time politicians try every trick in the book to hang on to
their "kursis"; let's label them terrorists.
The next time politicians insult a martyr's family; let's label them
terrorists -

With best wishes,
ABHIJIT
"Hindi Pakhwaaraa Yaa Tamashay Kaa Akhaaraa ! "
This is a human interest story involving the plight of Hindi language which was declared as the Official Language of the Union of India about six decades back.
Hindi Divas is being celebrated year after year on 14 th September by organizing ostentatious programmes in all union ministries , public sector banks and industrial units across the country. Similar celebrations are also organized in the Indian missions abroad. . Despite all this lip sympathy , the status of the Hindi language remains a mere "bechaari" . Lunches, dinners, kavi sammelans, essay competitions ,typing competitions ,talks, speeches , debates are organized.,Bouquets , costly gifts including silver wares and Titan watches are presented to the invitees besides , of course, the fat cheques . The pseudo intellectuals lobby for getting invitations from the navratna PSUs and public sector banks, which are considered excellent pay-masters. All this tamashaa is at the cost of tax payers' money who are entitled to know its beneficial effect on the progressive use of Hindi. The present is an era of transparency . There is a need for the MHA( D/ Official Language ) to carry out a Reality Check whether any purpose is being served by spending crores of rupees every year, when the country is in the grip of a worldwide financial crisis. We need to conserve our scarce resources. The present is an era of transparency
As an ex- civil servant , I would like to share with the readers, the privileges , benefits and the five star comforts enjoyed by the officials assisting the various Committees which inspect the central govt. offices across the country including the PSU banks and industries . The officials behave like VVIPs while on tour. Serious instances of misconduct on their part have come to notice. Discreet enquiries need to be made from the organizations which were inspected by the committees in the past, regarding the expenditures incurred by them on the visiting officials . .
Incidentally and ironically, the Hindi Pakhvaara has been inadvertently fixed by the Department Of Official Language during the "Pitra Paksh" as though we are performing some kind of "Shradh ceremony" for the Official Language of the Union l ! This is a common joke in the corridors of power. I feel sad for my mother tongue and for its commercial exploitation . I feel more sad for the Hindi litterateurs who have been mute witness to this tamasha year after year. Surely, this is the time to carry out a holistic review of the entire scheme to effectively spread the use of the Official Language in the Union , instead of awarding trophies and monetary incentives on the basis of fudged figures !
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant )
Leakage of question papers by SSC
Question Papers of the income tax examination conducted by the Staff Selection Commission last week have been leaked. These were being sold for lakhs of rupees. The involvement of SSC officers is not being ruled out. SSC is under the administrative control of DOP&T headed by none other than the Prime minister. There is no regular Chairman in SSC. The work is being looked after by an Additional Secretary of DOPT. Officers of SSC are understood to be under the surveillance of CBI which is conducting a probe into the matter. The telephones are under tap by CBI.
An officer of SSC
Concept of ad-hoc service exists in CSSS cadre alone
This is to bring in the notice of all concerned that no where in the world has the concept of ad-hoc service for such a long period. It is prevalent in the CSSS Cadre where the ad-hoc service has been continued for more than 12 years and every time it is mentioned while granting further extension of say six months or more that the official cannot bestow claim of seniority for ad-hoc period. My humble submission is that is there any respite from the Government? The ad-hoc promotion should have been viewed as a short term measure just to fill the gap and if it is continued for such a long time with the approval of the Government of India (DP&T-CS Division), then it should be considered as the conspiracy to mar the promotional avenues of the officials of the CSSS, particularly Stenographer Grade 'D' working as Stenographer Grade 'C' since January 1993. It is in the interests of all concerned to raise voices against the injustice being melted out by the DOPT. Why not the officers working on ad-hoc continuously be regularised from the date they are continuing.
Luthra