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Secretary level reshuffle likely
A minor Secretary level reshuffle is likely to take place in January in the Government of India.Secretary Mining may be shifted.
Hectic lobbying for RBI's post has begun
A hectic lobbying has begun for the one post of Deputy Governor in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The slot fell vacant following retirement of Leeladhar from the post on December 5, 2008.
Rajiv Mathur is new IB Chief
Rajiv Mathur will succeed P C Haldar as new Intelligence Chief . He is 1972 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Dr Rajesh Kumar to be JS Company Affairs !
Name of Dr Rajesh Kumar has started doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary Company Affairs. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Nair is new Chairman of Gurukulam
Kerala Government has appointed T.K.A. Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, honourary chairman of the State-run Vasthu Vidya Gurukulam at Aranmula.
Goel empanelled in GoI
V C Goel has been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India during the last review meeting. He is 1975 batch IPS officer of UP cadre.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Pradip Shukla will now be Principal Secretary Basic Education.V N Garg has been appointed Chairman of the Power Corporation.D K Mittal has been made DG of the Deendayal Rural Development Institute.
1983 batch IPS is ADG in Rajasthan
Two 1983 batch IPS officers Kapil Garg and Sudhir Pratap Singh have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Rajasthan.
VS Sampath will have one year term
VS Sampath, a 1973 batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, who has been appointed as the new Secretary Power to Government of India(GOI) will have one year at his disposal. Sampath who at present is Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals is due to superannuate on February1 2010. He will be succeeding Anil Razdan a Haryana cadre IAS officer of the 1973 batch who is due to superannuate on December 31,2008.
IPS reshuffle in Maharashtra likely
A major IPS reshuffle is expected to take place in Maharashtra in January. Major IAS reshuffle is unlikely.
Best CRs but no empanelment ?
Despite having the best ACRs 1975 batch Uttarakhand cadre IPS officer Satyavrat Bansal has not been empanelled to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. Any specific reason ?.
1984 batch IAS gets PS rank in Rajasthan
Half a dozen 1984 batch IAS officers Mssrs Shreemat Pande,Lalit Mehra,Govind Sharma,Mukesh Kumar Sharma ,Rashmi Priydarshini and B L Arya have been promoted to the rank of Principla Secretary in Rajasthan.
IAS officer selected for award
1983 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer G. Rajasekharan has been selected for the Thanthai Periyar Award of the Tamil Nadu government.
UPA Govt to over come Economic crisis soon
Economists feel that present UPA Government being headed by Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh will be able to overcome the Economic crisis due to global Economic warming, in nearly 10 days time.
IPS changes in Rajasthan
M K Devrajan will now be ADG Intelligence.Arvind Kumar Jain has been made ADG Telecom and Manoj Bhatt will be ADG Welfare.Ajit Singh has been appointed DG Crimes.
Vice Admiral Dilip Deshpande, to head Materiel Branch, Navy
Vice Admiral Dilip Deshpande, AVSM, VSM will take over as the Chief of Materiel (COM) on December 31,2008. He will take over as the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Materiel branch from Vice Admiral BS Randhawa who proceeded on retirement on December 30,2008.Vice Admiral Dilip Deshpande was commissioned in the Indian Navy on September 18, 1969. After initial training onboard INS Mysore, he was appointed for Marine Engineering Duties on INS Sagardeep. He participated in the 1971 operations on the Western Sea board. As a Flag Officer, the Admiral was the Chief Staff Officer (Technical) at the Western as well as the Eastern Naval Command Headquarters, the Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam), ACOM (D&R) and till yesterday, the Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition (CWP&A). He is an alumnus of the College of Naval Warfare and the National Defence College and has been awarded with Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) and Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) for his meritorious service.
Guwahati High Court Judges Appointed
Two incumbents have been appointed as Additional judges of the Guwahati High Court (HC) for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. They are Arun Chandra Upadhyay & Chitta Ranjan Sarma.
Tenure of Mukherjee extended
Tenure of Swapan Mukherjee Chairman of the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Authority has been extended for another one year.
M.K.Dube to be ED,BHEL Bhopal
M.K.Dube will be new Executive Director(ED) of Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd(BHEL)Bhopal plant,from January 1,2009.At present Dube is ED (PS-TS).He would succeed R.K.Singh .
Kerala High Court Judges Appointed
As many as four incumbents have been appointed as Additional judges of the Kerala High Court (HC) for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. They are: Surendra Mohan Kuriakose, Parappillil Ramakrishnan Nair Ramachandra Menon, Chandra Villa Koyanalipilla Abdul Rehim & Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar.
J & K High Court Chief Justice Appointed
Justice Barin Ghosh a Judge of the Patna High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
Urmimala Singh gets SA
Indian Post & Telecom Accounts and Finance Service officer Urmimala Singh has been promoted to the SAG. Singh is presently on deputation to the Railways.
Modi sends 20000 invitation cards
According to sources, Narendra Modi has sent more than 20000 invitation cards across the globe for his much awaited two days Vibrant Gujarat Investor Summit event, which is held on 12th & 13th January 2009 at Science City, Ahmedabad.

Two IFS officers in Orissa poised to go on Central Deputation
On being empanelled in the rank of AIG Forests under Forest and Environment Ministry, Government of India, P.K.Jha, DFO, Anugul and Uma Nanduri, W, P.O, Anugul are poised to go on central deputation. Both are IFS officers of the 1993 batch, who belong to the Orissa cadre.
Orissa Govt. relieves Ms.Bharati to join IB
Ms. NB Bharathi, SP, Vigalance, Bhubaneswar, has been relieved to join Intelligence Bureau (IB) as Joint Deputy Director, IB on central deputation. She is an IPS officer 1998 batch who belongs to the Orissa cadre.
( We said this on December 23 )
1988 IAS and IPS -any significance ?
As per the information displayed at http://www.ias88.net 7 officers (6 IAS and 1 IPS) born on January 1. Similarly 5 officer (3 IAS and 2 IPS) born on December 31. No other dates shows that number...Any significance?.
Member (Mechanical ) Railways to retire today
Railway Member (Mechanical )_ R K Rao is superannuating on December 31.
Chaturvedi gets additional charge of Member (Mechanical) Railway Board
Kuldeep Chaturvedi, IRTS General Manager, South Western Railway will get additional charge of Member ( Mechanical ) Railway Board.
IRTS is GM of Production unit
For the first time in the history of Indian Railways IRTS officer M S Jayant has been appointed General Manager of a production unit ,Integral Coach Factory.
IPS changes in Orissa
Benay Kumar Behera has been appointed ADG Technical. Arun Kumar Sarangi will now be IG Law and Order. Yogesh Bahadur Khurana has been made IG Northern Range.
IAS changes in Punjab
Gurdev Singh Sidhu has been given additional charge of joint development commissioner, IRD. Surinderjit Singh Sandhu has been transferred as presiding officer, State Colleges and State Schools Tribunal. Jaspal Singh will now be Secretary, Revenue. Grewal goes as secretary, Public Grievances and Pensions; Kirandeep Singh Bhullar has been promoted secretary, Home Affairs and Justice. Ashok Kumar Gupta has also been promoted secretary, Agriculture.
IFS changes in Rajasthan
Five IFS officers Mssrs Arvind Tomar,O C Chandel,Tejvir Singh,Venketesh Sharma and Y C Sharma have been transferred in Rajasthan.
Interview with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
For Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan victory of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in recent assembly polls is yet another milestone in many ways. However, Chouhan who has all along enjoyed the reputation of being the man next door has well defined goal of putting Madhya Pradesh on fast track of growth.
Chouhan has the rare distinction of ensuring return of the BJP to power for second term in Madhya Pradesh & that too in a row. However, he quite candid to admit that for him "service to people comes first, than anything else." In an interview to <whispersinthecorridors.com>Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan unraveled his roadmap for next five years.
Here are excerpts from his interview:
Question: -. What is your source of inspiration that keeps you going?
Answer: -To me, work is way of worshipping. I often say in my speeches that every person doing his work dutifully and devotedly is actually devotee of the God. The God is not an abstract being. The God expresses himself through the deeds that we do for social good.
Question:-How do you like to relax?
Answer:-I like to relax by spending quality time with the family members. Also by reading books. Swami Vivekanand is my personal favourite.
Question: -What steps are you taking to make bureaucracy more responsive?
Answer:-I have taken up the exercise of "Jandarshan" for this very purpose. Even the exercise of Manthan was aimed again for this very goal. In addition to this during my previous tenure "CM MONIT" was a regular exercise attempted by me & so was "Samadhan online". Now I intend to strengthen these activities & also plan to introduce some new measures.
Question: -Do you think that it is high time to introduce Police Commissioners system in cities like Indore & Bhopal?
Answer: -At this juncture I would only like to say that I would certainly see to it that the effectiveness of police machinery improves.
Question: - What are your plans for rapid industrialization in Madhya Pradesh?
Answer:-In the last term we have gone whole for increasing industrial investment in the state. However, due to the global Economic meltdown, we have also been impacted. But, wait for a while, we will be rebounding soon.
Question:- As public perception is that there is going to be a rampant corruption because election was quite expensive. How are you going to counter corruption?
Answer:-In matters of controlling corruption, I would prefer that my actions speak & not me.
IAS changes in Assam
Ms.P.Devidas who is Additional Chief Secretary will hold additional charge of Chairman Administrative Tribunal.C.K.Das Chairman Revenue Board retired on December 31,2008.
Naredi ,s term extended
The Competent Authority has approved the proposal for extension of tenure of K.C.Naredi, IRS(IT:83) as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited(RCF) for a period of two years beyond 30.11.2008 and upto 29.11.2010.
HUDCO reduces Interest Rates
HUDCO has reduced its rate of interest on Project Loan by 50 basis points and Individual home loan (HUDCO Niwas) between 100 to 125 basis points for loan upto Rs.20 lakh for floating rate of interest.
The revised rate of interest will be effective from 1st January, 2009 This was annouced by KL Dhingra, CMD, HUDCO.

CORPORATE
Awasthi is new Chairman of UP ERA
Rajesh Awasthi has taken over as new Chairman of the UP Electricity Regulatory Authority.
Jain is GM Power Grid
Ashwani Jain has taken over as as the general manager (in charge) of the Northern Region Transmission Power Grid in Jammu.
Tenure of TCIL Chairman Kolkata extended
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), has approved the proposal for extension of additional charge of the post of Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL), Kolkata, in favour of GK Ghuliani, Director (Finance), TCIL, for a further period of six months with effect from 01.02.2009.
Tenure of Director MCL extended
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal for extension of tenure of G.D. Gulab, Director (Pers), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) till 28.2.2009.
Urmila Rajoria Director Mktg. & Publicity RTDC moves to Home Dept. in Rajasthan
Urmila Rajoria (RAS) Rajasthan cadre, who was Director Mktg. & Publicity in Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation RTDC , has been given fresh responsibility in Home department of Rajasthan Government.In her place Vinod Ajmera will succeed office as Director Mktg. & Publicity RTDC from New Year 2009
Sunil Mathur takes over as Chief Financial Officer
Sunil Mathur has taken over as chief financial officer of Siemens.
Munish Sharda & Rishi Pipariya Citibank joins Aviva
Munish Sharda has joined Aviva Life Insurance as director-direct sales force,
Munish Sharda was head of personal loans business at Citibank,
Rishi Pipariya, head insurance business, liabilities (Citigold) of Citibank, also is now joining Aviva as director-bancassurance,
P K Gopalakrishnan leaves Wipro to join MindTree
P K Gopalakrishnan Vice-President, Wipro has reportedly resigned to join MindTree Ltd..

Aaj Ki Aawaz
First Congress got Antulay speak so as to woo its vote bank!!!
And now it's got Diggy to try to pull on BJP a 'we handle terror better' prank!!!

'I got this info from newspapers' Diggy karr raha hai say,
His Party is calling the shots so why does he have to depend on hearsay????

Just see the irony…. Terror outfits got bolder and bolder as UPA fibbed and fobbed!!!
Mohna spoke for Congress's vote bank as by terror Indian lives were robbed!!!

On account of vote bank politics vital info on terror attacks was ignored!!!
All the inputs on terror in some file were stored!!

Now after the attacks Congress is back to pandering to its vote bank!!!
First Antulay tried to pull off a prank and now Diggy's tried to pull off a prank!!

No concern that such pranks weaken India 's stand!!!
India 's being slapped on the face time and again by The Hand!!!

Congress ka haath is only Congress ke saath!!!
With India and Indians this pandering is sheer vishwasghaat!!!

Seems Omar was able to make Abdullah Diwana concede!!!!
They say Abduallah Diwana first tried to bully and then tried to plead!!!

His logic…. let this term be my swan song or gaana!!!
Tried to use bahaana after bahaana!!!

Omar in the end put his foot down and Congress came to his aid!!!
Congress's stand ' Prerequisite for our support is that CM Omar has to be made'!!

Prior to that Azad did try a stunt or two but then he was told!!!!
Rahul's interested in Omar and Azad' feet got suddenly very cold!!

Yes as Congress is in a strong position it'll drive a hard bargain!!!
And NC will have to realize ' no pain no gain'!!!!

Mr. Ram from The Hindu has to realize that US knows India 's real stand!!!
India is not interested in attacking terror as long as reigns in Dilli are in The Hand!!

And though I'm totally against what Israel is doing in Gaza one must understand!
That behind Israel karr raha hai US solidly stand!!!

So once India decides it wants to attack terror US will come to India 's aid!!!
And for a war against terror an alliance will be made!!!

Remember the terrorists training in Pakistan take US to be the Devil incarnate!!!
Want Americans and America to meet a dastardly fate!!

So its in US's interests to strike at the Paki terror camps that spout hate for USA!!
Motto of terror camps.....US has attacked Islam so make US pay!!!

To attack terror camps in Pakistan US knows Indian Congress lacks both lacks guts and will!
Congress is not willing to foot the attack on terror fallout bill!!!

The bill is alienating its vote bank!!!!
Because if India goes hard on terror Congress's vote majority minority votes will tank!

Jaya's gone with Commies and Chiranjeevi's all of a sudden donned secular attire!!!
BJP's southern plans are on fire!!!

Though post elections likes and dislikes could change!!!
And for Indian Politics this is nothing strange!!

BJP will have to make up in UP and at present this looks improbable!!!
Yes with an alliance in UP BJP can make this probable!!!

Congress seems to be gaining ground with BJP tripping in the South…. BJP jaago!!!!
Kaam pe laago !!!

BJP needs to work on the Indian electronic Media as it's totally BJP ke khilaaf!!!
Like take NDTV,IBN, Times which employ at lot of Baba logh staff!!!!

Baba logh have with Congress a natural affinity or attraction…made for each other!!!
And for long Congress karr rahi hai Baba logh in the Media ko mother!!!

Confucius says…. BJP needs to replicate Congress!!!!
Congress dresses everything in secularism and in Desh Bhakti sabh kuch BJP karre dress!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Retirement age must not be increased
The country is facing thousands of other problems which need attention of the authorities. If the authorities are going ahead with increase in retirement age they are inviting the blunders. I would like to ask as if the government is not able to meet the expenditure on gratuity etc now then wherefrom and how will this government bring the required funds after two/three years. I would call upon the young generation to come forward to block any move of the government to increase the age of retirement. I pray that at least someone in the government think of this country deteriorating condition.
KaushalIncreasing the retirement age against anti-youth
Increasing the retirement age is only a proof to show that this government is functioning like a subji market without having any value for the yougsters who are more qualified and have more knowledge about usage of computers etc. Instead of using this, the govt. wants experience and that too of the government servants who are due to retire. In the Ministries; already government servants like SO, US, DS, Sr.PPS/PPS/PAs and stenos who have crossed 50 years are just whiling away their time. May be government wants this experience rather than our knowledge. A shameful and useless misleading proposal just suting the persons who have lived an unplanned life.
R P Saran
Extension to all Govt servants would be detrimental
Giving 65 years to Scientists is fine as they are professionally qualified and need to be retained. But this is not the same with civil servants. Already there are many organisations where they go after retirement especially the IAS. Giving extension to all Government servants will prove detrimental for the Manmohan Singh Govt as in the times of meltdown when youngsters are losing their jobs, giving extension to already pampered government servants will be like rubbing salt into the wounds of our youth.
Ashok Tomar
PDP's loss of power in Jammu and Kashmir
PDP's loss of power in Jammu and Kashmir reminds me of the days when the daughter of a prominent leader was kidnapped and in exchange for the daughter's life, deadly militants were freed by this country. The same leaders do not pay adequate heed to this "soft state" which restored their children to them. In any other country, their children would have been sacrificed at the altar of security. Perhaps the people have seen through their game and relegated them to the sidelines. In the NC, we have at least a young and dynamic leader from whom greater things are expected. In our PM, we have a wise leader and under his leadership, surely J&K will be back on the road to prosperity, development, unity, amity and brotherhood.
A K Singh
Why are we a soft state?
Because we have always been so? Or because of the hot climate of this country? Or because the Indian is lazy, indolent? Because we are self seeking and self serving? Because nothing matters as long as we are well ourselves? Because we are a divided lot and our neighbour knows it? Because we are weak and afraid? Because there are too many of us? Because we know Pakistan has a bomb? Because the USA does not want us to fight the Pakis? Because we do not want to fight the Pakis since we think they are our brethren? Because of our politicians? Because we are secular? Because we are communal, casteist, narrow, parochial, regionalist, language chauvinistic, selfish, greedy, corrupt? Because of our bureaucracy? Because of our system? Answers, anyone? The rest of the world suffers from the same problems, but they do not suffer from terror attacks at will without responding. Diplomatic pressure against AK47s, bombs and fidayeen attacks. Seems to be working?
Vijay Kumar
is India's sovereignty a saleable commodity?
After all this sabre-rattling by the Indo-Pak leaders, has the crisis been defused finally? Has Pak now agreed to hand over all the listed terrorists to India? If so, what is the time schedule for it? Is there any secret deal? Is India's sovereignty sought to be compromised ? Is the GOI waiting for the next fidayeen attack on its territory? Are we confident that the listed terrorists will be surrendered by Pak to India through dialogues for proper trials? Has the suggestion made by several strategic experts of India for launching a hot-pursuit into PAK territory and demolish all infrastructures accommodating the terrorists been considered? What will happen if these so-called non-state actors become the state actors of Pakistan!
A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant )