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Promotions in GOI to be a tough affair very soon

Promotion of officers in the Government of India(GOI) are going to be very tough if one goes by latest grapevine regarding promotion rules that are on the anvil for officers to the Senior Administrative grade(SAG)i.e.Joint Secretary level & above.Hitherto the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)used to rely on internally decided bench mark of considering those officers fit for promotion who had at least four out of five annual confidential reports(ACRs) as "Very Good"(VG) & above.However,the GOI is shortly expected to have the bench mark of considering only those GOI officers for promotions to the SAG level & above whose all five ACRs of last five years were "VG".This will put all officers in the Indian Government at the mercy of their seniors.

Anita Agnihotri to be JS Defence !
Ms Anita Agnihotri is being tipped to be new Joint Secretary Defence. She is 1980 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.

Bhalla is Counsellor Economic in Washington
Bhupinder Singh Bhalla is going as Counsellor Economic in the Embassy of India; Washington. Bhalla is an AGMUT cadre IAS officer who belongs to the 1990 batch. He is presently posted as Director, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance.

Jaideep to be Additional Solicitor General
Jaideep Gupta is all set to join as Additional Solicitor General. He is believed to have accepted the proposal.

Arun Kumar Singh to move to Washington !
Indian Ambassador in Israel Arun Kumar Singh is all set to move Washington as Deputy Chief of Mission.

Tripathi is JS WANA in MEA
S Tripathi has taken over as Joint Secretary (WANA) in MEA in place of Ms Manimeklai (1981) who is proceeding as Ambassador to Libya. He is 1979 batch IFS officer.

Uday Sahay proves his caliber as ace PR man
Usually IPS officers or their subordinate staff are associated with baton wielding sleuths or chasing criminals. However, Uday Sahay, IPS officer has proved his public relation (PR) skills by discharging his duties as Commissioner PR to the Delhi Government. Sahay who belongs to the 1988 batch is an IPS officer of the UT cadre.

Vohra empanelled in GoI
A B Vohra, DGP, WB, has reportedly been empanelled to DG rank in centre. He is an IPS of 1972 batch of West Bengal cadre.

Justice Balasubramaniam to join CAT
Justice Balasubramaniam of the Madras High Court is being appointed Judicial Member of the CAT.

Who will succeed Devendra Dutta in CBEC ?
Who will succeed Devendra Dutt on March 31 as Member of the CBEC ?.Tie is said to be between V Shri Dhar and Lakhinder Singh.

Neerja Gotru Rao to be promoted in CBI
Dr Neerja Gotru Rao is being promoted to the rank of DIG in the CBI this month. She is 1993 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre.

Book of Pradip Baijal released
A book "Disinvestment in India - I Lose and You Gain' " written by Former Secretary Disinvestment and Chairman TRAI ,Pradip Baijal has been released by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Releasing the book in New Delhi the Finance Minister said that this was the best book he had ever read on disinvestment from an unabashed protagonist of disinvestment. Arun Shourie also made very laudatory references to the book. Baijal is retired 1966 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre. The book is Published by PEARSON EDUCATION, 482 FIE, PATPARGANJ, DELHI 11OO92, INDIA under the imprint of PEARSON LONGMAN.

Kedia joins Ministry of Finance
Anand Kedia has joined Ministry of Finance as Director Tax Policy and Legislation. Kedia is a 1992 batch IRS. He is also an All India Rank Holder Chartered Accountant from 1989.

Senior level - a parking place?
S K Sinha, an HAG Officer of ISS, who took over as DG&CEO of NSSO only in August 2007 is superannuating on 31st January, 2008 after having a tenure of just six months. Grapevine has it that his farewell is being organized around Kamakshya Temple at Guwahati during this month end. It is also an irony that his predecessor Vishnu Kumar served as DG&CEO only for 4 months and successor P K Ray, currently ADG, Coordination will take over as DG&CEO on 1st February to serve only for eight months before he superannuates on 30th September, 2008 .

Rohit Bansal appointed COO

Rohit Bansal has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Independent News Service, the holding company of India TV. The announcement was made a few minutes back by India TV Founders Rajat Sharma and Ritu Dhawan. Rohit Bansal, 40, has been with India TV since September 2004. Prior to being made COO, he was Managing Editor handling integrated marketing. When contacted, India TV Managing Director Ritu Dhawan said, "as part of our core team, Rohit has contributed to the India TV growth story in a significant way. He gets into detail and has a rapport and trust with the team. I'm sure his formalization as COO, Independent News Service, will challenge Rohit to do even better." On his part, Rohit Bansal placed a premium on execution. "I am delighted and overwhelmed," he said, adding, "today, we have top quality leadership in INS as well as the strategic blueprint to match up to the best media companies in India . Therefore this year our focus would be on executing, and executing better than every one else."
In his 16.5 years as a professional, Rohit has held a mix of corporate, branding, and editorial positions (both in TV and print) including Resident Editor of The Financial Express (Delhi), Head of Delhi operations of Burson-Marsteller Roger Pereira, General Manager (Marketing & Business Development) Suncity Projects and Essel Housing, and Channel Brand Manager Zee News. Rohit started with the Times of India as a Trainee in 1992 and quickly reached the position of Senior Business Correspondent. He then shifted to Television 18 as Special Correspondent for the Asia Business News. He then moved to Zee Telefilms in 1997 as the launch Editor of Zee Business. Rohit has also interned in Scotland for The Sunday Times. He is an alumnus of St Stephen's College, The Times Centre for Media Studies and the University of Westminster in London .

Charajeet Singh Mann is AIG,in MoEF

Charanjeet Singh Mann has become AIG in the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests(MoEF),Delhi.He is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Madhya Pradesh cadre.At present he is posted as DFO,Sehore.

S.Vijay Kumar joins as Addl Secretary Mines

S.Vijay Kumar has joined the Indian Ministry of Mines as an Additional Secretary.Kumar who so far was Principal Secretary Home Affairs with the Himachal Pradesh Government is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch.

S.K.Tuteja quits Central Warehousing Corporation

As the grapevine has it S.K.Tuteja has quit from Chairmanship of the Central Warehousing Corporation(CWC) .Tuteja is a retired IAS officer of the 1968 batch & belongs to the Punjab cadre.

IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Himachal Pradesh. New changes are :-Mssrs Director of transport and tourism J.S.Rana has been posted as deputy commissioner of Shimla. Tarun Kapoor will now be member (administration) in the state electricity board. Onkar Chand Sharma has been made Mandi DC. Subhashish Panda will go as director, social justice and empowerment. Kamlesh Pant will be DC Kangra. Ashwini Kapoor will be new divisional commissioner of Mandi. Maneesh Garg takes over as the new deputy commissioner of Chamba. Pushpendra Rajput has been made DC of Sirmaur. Rajender Singh Negi has been posted as managing director of the State Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, Solan. S.K.B.S.Negi will take over as managing director of the State Small-scale Industries Corporation. MD of State Tourism Development Corporation Ram Subhag Singh will also hold charge as director of tourism and civil aviation. Managing director of the State Financial Corporation Ajay Bhandari has been given additional charge as the CEO Himurja. Prem Singh Draik, has been made director, town and country planning. Rajender Singh will now be director, transport. R.S.Rana, will hold the additional charge as the deputy commissioner, Una. Deputy secretary to the Chief Minister Vivek Chandel will also be editor-in-chief, district gazetteers.

IAS changes in Punjab
A.S. Chattwal will now be secretary, science, technology and environment.On return from deputation S.K. Sandhu has been posted as MD Punjab Agro Industries. G. Vajralingam has been posted as secretary, food and civil supplies. Ashadeep Singh Thind has been appointed as ADC (development), Ferozepur.

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Officers should be judged on the basis of deliverance

This debate on IAS versus the rest is one of the most foolish debates ever. While passing or failing in an exam should not be the rationale for superiority throughout the life, it is also relevant to note that all of us from different services (including IAS and Railways) are responsible for the state of the nation. Superiority, in this age comes not by birth or service, but by service achievements. Let all of us start judging officers of different streams on the basis of "deliverance" alone and not only on the basis of the service. Unfortunately all services have more than their share of non-performers and the sooner we change the scenario, the better it would be for the nation.

Ashwani Lohani

Why DD and AIR have gone down gutters ?

This is due to the fact that no induction of Programme professionals in the IBPS has been made since 1990 ! Shocking it is since there has been massive expansion in transmission hours, opening of more than 15 channels but the deputationists wanted to have their control by not letting professionals work.
Government is sleeping over the fact that this is why DD and AIR have gone down gutters !!
Infact, UPA Government should have raised their retirement age to 65 as done for all Engineering, Science, Medicine and Academic institutions under it. They are suffering due to lack of experienced professionals. But the IAS is not letting them perform !!

Would anyone raise the issue ?

Rajiv Khandelwal

Suggestion to Air India

If only Air India could get in the business of flying planes on time and without cancellations, instead of highlighting its food policy, it would do adequate service as national carrier!

A Traveller

Democracy has not been defined

Democracy has not been defined as government of the common man, by the common man, for the common man ! Should anyone still have any complaints?

M L Gupta

IPS has no reason to complain

The proposal to promote I.A.S officers to super time scale in 14 years is in sequel to the promotion of I.P.S officers to the grade of D.I.G in 14 years. An IAS officer was in lower scale of pay in comparison to his counter part in IPS after 14 year of service. Hence IPS has no reason to complain for such a Government decision. However, only outstanding officers should be given the super-time scale both in IAS and in IPS cadre. While doing so, they should not also lose their sight in induction process to IAS/IPS. The tendency to induct PCS/PPS officers to IAS/IPS merely by seniority (by lowering the grades in ACRs) should be shunned and resisted at all costs. DPCs should see that only outstanding officers are inducted to IAS/IPS because they will also get super time-scale grade in 3-4 years of induction to IAS/IPS.

Suresh

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Now some say Sonia's hospitalization was just a naatak or act!!!!
To get out of a tight corner she used this naatak as a divisionary tact!!!!

Maut ka Saudagar and the embarrassing losses must have made her slightly unwell!!!!
And she knew Media would give her hell!!!!

So she took a page from Sahara Shree's book and shammed being sick!!!!
And with this all election losses criticism ki Sonia ne lick (beat)!!!

She may have been under the weather but she made a mountain of a molehill!!!!
And to short circuit criticism and questions she shammed that she was ill!!!!

Though I personally feel that she was really sick!!!!!
And I don't believe that 'illness from a Medical Book kee Sonia ne pick'!!!!

Her Bambino was in UP and he repeated his Dad's feeling!!!!
That only a fraction of dole reached the affected and rest was lost to stealing!!!

Dad had said 8 paisa of every Rupee reached the affected and 92 paisa was waylaid!!!
Son reduced this to 5 paisa and added 3 more paisa to the 92 paisa mislaid!!!

Bambino was in UP to let out a few whimpers against Maya!!!!
And to support him while he did this apne saath Diggy ko laaya!!!

There is merit in the argument that UP is too big to run, handle, control or supervise!!
To carve out three States out of UP would indeed be wise!!!!

On the fuel front it's expected that international prices will fall!!!!
This fact Sarkaar should keep in mind while taking price rise call!!!

Indians pay the highest taxes for their fuel needs!!!
Via taxes Indians ko Government bleeds!!!!

Government has to reduce the abnormal taxation on fuel!!!!!
When it comes to fuel Indians are laden with taxes like a mule!!!

PC needs to be flexible as the proposed hike is too steep!!!!
And into cascading effect of such a steep hike PC needs to take a peep!!!!

Govinda's been missing from his constituency for long!!!!
And this is indeed very wrong!!!

Public from his constituency searched for him everywhere but in vain!!!!
And then issued Wanted Govinda Notices showing that they could be witty even in pain!

To be absent form his constituency Govinda says he has Sonia's consent!!!!
And this the public in his constituency resent!!!

And then on the sets of a shoot he slapped an a looker - on!!!
Called this person an owl ka son !!!!!

Madam Ji its time you gave Govinda 'spanking of the verbal kind'!!!
Give him a piece of your mind!!!

In Goa the Sarkar again is tottering at the edge!!!!
Now NCP Ministers have created a wedge!!!

Every three months the present Goa Sarkaar gets an itch!!!!
And there is a glitch!!!

Guv should be concerned about the 'horse trading' within Goa ruling coalition!!!
To be in the seat or power it's in no condition!!!

But Jamir seems to just have Nagaland on his mind!!!!
For Goa no time he seems to find!!!!

Q's been saved by CBI…. so to CBI Q should be eternally thankful !!!!
He may thank CBI via the person jiss ne kiye CBI ke strings pull!!!

It's clear that Argentinean Court did not take Malaysian Court decision as a precedence!!
And Court has opined that his political persecution plea did not make sense!!!!

CBI's bungling got Q off the hook!!!
Yehi karr raha hai look!!!!

Laloo's honeymoon with the Media is over or khalaas!!!!
Seems Media's outgrown Laloo's bakwaas!!!

In tit for tat mode Media persons were thrashed by Laloo's security outside his home!
Security said ' threateningly karr rahe theh yeh roam'!!!!

After his sons got thrashed and the Media reported this thrashing!!!
Laloo's itching to do some Media bashing!!!!

What will happen if Reliance Power's listing is 'low'????
Well then Market will take another body blow!!!!

The IPO gray market shows that sataa is running the show!!!!
Indicator that what kind of money karr raha hai IPO market mein flow!!!!

Confucius says…. Anil runs everyday to let you know he's lambhi race ka horse!!!
But race can be won by ghoda only if it runs in the race course!!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Search for MD of IGL begins
Search has begun for the post of MD, Indraprastha Gas Ltd., Delhi.

Real Estate in Gulf to be more costlier
Real estate prices and rents in the Gulf Arab region were likely to rise by up to 20% this year.

Oprah Winfrey to launch new TV network with Discovery
Talk show host Oprah Winfrey will launch a new television network with Discovery Communications.

New MD of Toyota

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has appointed Hiroshi Nakagawa as new Managing Director of the company.

Decks cleared for a Greenfield Airport at Kannur

The Government of India(GOI)has given 'in principle' approval to the Government of Kerala (GoK) for setting up of a Greenfield International Airport through the PPP route at Kannur in relaxation of the Policy on Airport Infrastructure relating to Greenfield Airports.The proposed Kannur airport is located in Kannur district and falls outside the municipal limits of Kannur. The site is at about 80 km aerial distance from Calicut airport, about 229 km from Cochin airport and 125 km from the Mangalore airport. The airport costing Rs.929.50 crore,will be built over 2000 acres of land and will have a single runway, sanction has been accorded for acquisition of the land. A Joint venture Company (JVC) between KINFRA, a GOK entity with 26% equity participation and a private strategic partner with 74% equity participation would be set up to implement the project.Airport Operator would invest 30% of the total required capital investment and the balance would be through debt financing. There is no equity participation sought from AAI. GOI/GOK would not be signing any concession agreement with JVC. However, since the underlying assets belong to the State Government, GOK could give concession to the JVC in respect of land indicating its terms and conditions as well as such other conditions which the State Government would wish to impose on the JVC. GoK may also consider grant of any other concessions to the JVC.

Ms.Meera Sharat Chandra is President RMG
Connect, JWT's direct marketing, has roped in Ms.Meera Sharat Chandra as President.Earlier,she was with Mudra marketing services as National Creative Director(NCD).