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Ravi Dhingra is Secretary Inter State Council
Ravi Dhingra has been appointed Secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat in the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Dhingra who is currently Chief Secretary of Himachal Pradesh is 1972 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on June 4 )
Venkatchalam to be DG, CAPART
V Venkatchalam has been appointed as Director General (DG) of the Council for Advancement of Rural Technology (CAPART). He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Chinmoy Basu is Addl Secretary Land Resources
Chinmoy Basu has been appointed as Additional Secretary Land Resources in the Indian Government's Ministry of Rural Development. He is an IAS officer of the Orissa cadre who belongs to the 1977 batch.
Bhaskar Chatterjee is Advisor, PC
Bhaskar Chatterjee has been appointed as Advisor to the Planning Commission(PC).Chatterjee who is an IAS officer of the Orissa cadre belongs to the 1975 batch.
Joseph to go to Lebanon !
George Joseph currently in Qatar is set to replace Mrs Mukhopadhyay in Lebanon. He is 1976 batch IFS officer.
Laloo Yadav to return DG Panel ?
Railway Minister Laloo Yadav is unlikely to accept the panel received by him for the post of DG RPF. The panel consists the name of Mssrs Y P Singh, Raman Srivastava and Ashwini Kumar.
Neeraj Mittal is PS to Jyotiraditya Scindia
Dr Neeraj Mittal has joined as Private Secretary (PS) to Jyotiraditya Scindia Union Minister of State for Communiciation & IT .He is an IAS officer of the 1992 batch who belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.
1990 batch IDAS promoted to SAG
The 1990 batch of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS ) has been promoted to Senior Administrative grade.
Mishra is DPS Gorakhpur
1999 batch Indian Postal Service Officer Rajkumar Mishra has been moved as DPS Gorakhpur UP (Adhoc).
Reshuffle of Governors soon
Reshuffle of Governors is slated any day. Final list is to be forwarded to the President.
D P Mohapatra returns to Delhi
Additional Secretary , Industries Department , D.P.Mohapatra has been relieved by Orissa governmenet on June 11,2008,after completion of six years tenure of deputation to join his parent Ministry of Commerce in New Delhi.He is 1986 batch ITS officer.
One more list of IAS officers in MP expected
Another list relating to transfers of IAS officers in Madhya Pradesh is expected soon.
V.Palani Kumar is Collector Coimbatore
V.Palani Kumar has joined as Collector Coimbatore in place of Neeraj Mittal.He is an IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre.
Major changes in Meghalaya likely
As the grapevine has it the new Government in Meghalaya is going to make some major changes.
Brahmadutt's term extended
The term of Brahmadutt as Officiating Chairman of the Tarrif Authority for Major Ports(TAMP) has been extended by six months,effective April 1,2008.
Gaurav Gupta to head KPTL ?
Gaurav Gupta is likely to head the Karnataka Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL).He is 1990 batch IAS officer.
IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
There is major IAS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. New postings are Mssrs Rakesh Srivastava Collector Indore,Akash Tripathi Collector Gwalior,Vivek Agrawal MD Warehousing Corporation,Ajatshatru Collector Chhindwara,Vinod Singh Additional Commissioner Indore,Rajnish Vaish Secretary Home,G K Sarthak Collector Mandsaur,B G Billore Collector Datia,M Geeta Collector Rewa,S N Sharma Dy Secretary,D P Ahuja Collector Sehore,Ram Kinkar Gupta Collector Morena,Bharat Kumar Vyas Collector Neemuch,Raghvendra Singh Collector Dewas ,Mukesh Gupta Collector Guna,K P Rahi Collector Tikamgarh,Pushpalata Singh Collector Harda,Pawan Kumar Sharma Collector Burhanpur,K D Ekka Gas Relief Commissioner,Rajesh Rajora Secretary State Election Commission,Sanjay Dube Additional Secretary CM Secretariat,Hari Ranjan Rao Collector Jabalpur,G P Tiwari Additional Secretary,Sachin Sinha Collector Hoshangabad,Urmil Mishra Director ST Projects,Manish Shrivastava Additional Secretary,S S Bansal Deputy Secretary,Navneet Kothari Collector Shivpuri and P C Meena additional charge of Labour Commissioner.
IRS shows the way in austerity
The annual conference of Chief commissioners and Director Generals was shifted from a Five star hotel to Vigyan Bhawan in deference to the austerity measures announced. This was despite the fact that invites were already sent for the meeting to be held at Ashok Hotel Delhi. This should set an example for other government officers to follow.
Workshops organized in Chandigarh
Retired Chief Commissioner of Income-Tax Aswini Luthra has organized workshops in Chandigarh on 13th and 19th June. The topics are ethics in administration and journalism.
Six CCITs transferred
As many as six Chief Commissioners of Income Tax (CCITs) have been transaferred.They are: Milap Jain DGIT(Administration)Delhi to DGIT (Investigation),Kalyan Chand CCIT-II Pune to DGIT (Administration) Delhi, B.K.Gupta CCIT -X Kolkata to CCIT-II Kolkata, O.P.Sachan CCIT Thiruvanthapuram to CCIT Cochin & Karan Singh CCIT -VI Chennai to CCIT-IV Chennai.Apart from this additional charge was given to four CCITs.They are:CCIT-Pune to hold additional charge of CCIT-II Pune,CCIT-II Kolkata to hold additional charge of CCIT-X Kolkata & CCIT-IV Chennai to hold additional charge of CCIT-VI Chennai.
Bhatt gets new posting in Karnataka
T Sham Bhatt has been transferred as Executive Member and Chief Executive Officer, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board. He is 1992 batch IAS officer.
IAS postings in UP
K Ravindra Nayak has been appointed DM Barabanki.Ravindra will now be DM Maharajganj and S P Dixit DM Mirzapur.
IPS changes in Haryana
There is IPS reshuffle in Haryana. New postings are :-Mssrs Anil Dawra Director Security Electricity Board,V Kamraj IG Rohtak ,Alok Kumar SP Rohtak,Shrikant Yadav SP Faridabad,Vikas Arora SP Jhajjar,Venkat Raman SP Sirsa,S Kabiraj SP Ambala,Satish Jalan SP Hisar and Jagdish Chandra Nagar DCP Gurgaon.
IPS reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
As many as 25 IPS officers have been transferred in Madhya Pradesh.They are: T.K.Ghosh IG Planning to Director JNPA Sagar, R.B.Sharma DIG SAF Gwalior to DIG Chambal Range Gwalior, D.P.Gupta Commandant 32nd Battalion SAF to SP Mandsaur, K.S. Rathore SP Satna to Mandla, Dr.Mayank Jain SRP Indore to SP Dewas, Yogesh Deshmukh Commandant 2nd Battalion Gwalior to SP Khandwa, L.C.Bhartiya SP Shahdol to 10 Bn Sagar, J.P.Ahirwar SP Shajapur to Co 29th BN SAF Datia, R.K.Choudhary SP Mandsaur to S.P.Indore, Ms.Renu Shukla SP Katna Co 13th BN SAF Gwalior, Anshuman Yadav SP Indore to AIG PHQ Bhopal, D.B.P.Singh Co 6th BN SAF Jabalpur to SP Shajapur, R.K.Marathe Co 35th BN SAF Mandla to SP Sidhi, K.D.Parashar SP Khandwa to SP Satna, I.P.Kulshreshtha SP Dewas to SP Neemuch, B.C.Verma SP Mandla to SP APTC Indore, Pramod Verma SP Neemuch to SP Shivpuri,Anurag SP Tikamgarh to CO 6th BN SAF Jabalpur, Sanjay Kumar SP Shyopur to CO 2nd BN SAF Gwalior, Ashish SDOP Balaghat to SP Umaria,Sushant Kumar SDOP Behar (Balaghat) to SP tikamgarh, M.S.Jamra Additional SP Shajapur to CO 32nd BN SAF Ujjain, S.P.Singh Additional SP Khandwa to SP Katni, R.P.Singh Additional SP Morena to Additional SP Shahdol & Anurag Sharma Additional SP Shahdol to Additional SP Morena.
<Formal orders of Vora today (UPDATED)
Formal orders of N N Vora for the post of Governor J & K are being issued on Thursday.
Ms.Anita Agnihotri relieved (UPDATED)
The Orissa government on June 11,2008 has placed the services of Ms.Anita Agnihotri , Principal Secretary , Textile and Handloom Department at the disposal of Government of India Department of Commerce for her appointment as Development Commissioner , Santa Cruz Exclusive Export Processing Zone, Mumbai. She is likely to join her new postings next week.Mrs.Agnihotri is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to Orissa cadre.
Additional Judge for Jharkhand High Court (UPDATED)
Ajit Kumar Sinha has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
List of CITs ensnared in pulls & pressures (UPDATED)
The transfer list oc Commissioners of Income Tax(CITs) has been ensnared & delayed due to pulls & pressures.
42 Addl/Joint Commissioners of IT transferred (UPDATED)
As many as 42 Additional/Joint Commissioners of Income Tax(IT) were transferred on June 12, 2008.Those who have been transferred are:Manoj Joshi on return from deputation to KTK, R.S.V.S.Pawan Kumar Orissa to TN, N.K.Balodia Mumbai to MP, Sudesh Garg MP to Delhi, S.K.Chauhan NWR to UP(E), R.R.Prasad Delhi to MP, R.L.Meena Delhi to Gujarat, Amit Mohan Govil Delhi to UP(W), Pawan K. Kumar Delhi to Rajasthan, S.K.Mishra Delhi to UP(W), G.T.V.Rao Delhi to AP, D.S.Kalyan Delhi to NWR (Not to be posted in Gurgaon or Faridabad), Suresh Chandra UP(E) to UP(W), Vidisha Kalra Orissa to AP, Rahul Kaul MP to Pune, Gopalan Guruswamy NADT to Mumbai , R.P.Singh on compulsory wait to NWR, O.P.Sharma Mumbai to NWR, Santosh Kumar Nagpur to Pune, B.P.Mishra Rajasthan to UP(W), Nirupama Kotru Delhi to UP (W) , S.Padamja on return from deputation to TN, Surabhi Ahluwalia NWR to Delhi, Manisha Chandra Rajasthan to Delhi, S.C.Sharma Delhi to NADT Nagpur, Manoj Pande Delhi to Bihar, B.Sasmal KTK to AP, R.S.Shrivastava Mumbai to Gujarat(not to be posted group "A" station), Y.V.S.T.Sai NADT to AP, Virendra Ojha Mumbai to Gujarat, Radhe Shyam from deputation to UP (W), Rajiv Kumar on return from deputation to Gujarat, Sanjay Trpathi on return from deputation to UP(W), Shalini B.Kaushal RTI Gujarat to NWR, Raman Kant Garg NWR to Delhi Kishore B.West Bengal to Delhi, P.C.Gupta Delhi to UP (W), Dr.Simran Bhullar Delhi to NWR, K.E.Sunil Babu TN to AP, S.Ravichandran TN to Gujarat, Deepak Garg Mumbai to Delhi & Nidhi Singh Delhi NWR. Apart from this transfers, of following officers have been put on hold till next year's general transfers: Yogendra Choudhary, L.K.S.Dahiya, Mahesh Kumar , M.S.A. Khan , B.K.Singh, Mamta Kochar & Ratna Das Gupta.
Appointment of New Chairperson, NCTE(UPDATED)
Prof. Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui has taken over as Chairperson, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) on 12.6.2008 after his appointment by the Central Government to the post. Before this assignment, Prof. Siddiqui was Dean & Professor, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Prof. Siddiqui acquired his academic qualification in Education and Commerce from Jamia Millia Islamia, University of Delhi, HP University, Shimla and University of Leeds, UK. Prof. Siddiqui has 30 years experience in teaching and research in the field of Education and specializes in Education of Minorities and Marginalized Groups and Educational Administration. Prof. Siddiqui is an eminent Scholar and academician and has worked in important positions earlier in Jamia Millia Islamia i.e. Dean, Faculty of Education, Director, UGC - Academic Staff College and Head of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Education.

CORPORATE
KPT Chairman post to be re-circulated
Only two persons have applied for the post of Chairman of the Kandla Port Trust. Post is likely to be re-circulated.
Ravneet Kaur is Director PNB
Joint Secretary Banking Ravneet Kaur has been appointed Director of the Punjab National Bank.
Young & Visionary Marketing Director of 'Hamdard' Hamid Ahmed
Its over 100 years since Hakim Hafeez Abdul Majeed set up Hamdard - world's largest manufacturer of Unani medicines. Now his grandson Hamid Ahmed, 31, is giving a most advance shape to the marketing setup of the organization. Ahmed is Director Marketing and holds management degrees from foreign university. He has been aggressive enough ever since he took over the office in the year 2001.
Ashish Bhasin to head Aegis Media
Ashish Bhasin is set to join Aegis Media as Chairman, India & CEO South-east Asia.So far he was Executive Vice-President, Lowe Worldwide, and Asia Regional Director -the position which he has quit.
Steel Minister lays foundation stone for SAIL's 3rd SPU(UPDATED)
Indian Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan laid the foundation stone for the third Steel Processing Unit (SPU) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at Doraliya in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh on June 12,2008. State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Indian Minister of State for Steel Jitin Prasada, former Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Redressal & Pension Suresh Pachauri, members of the Vidhan Sabha, SAIL Chairman S.K. Roongta and Bhilai Steel Plant Managing Director R. Ramaraju were also present on the occasion.

BJP must keep infighting at bay,
Or dearly BJP will pay!!
And Advani Ji now fook fook ke you must take every stride,
By this adage you need to abide!!!!
And BJP should warn its Ministers in States that Congress is planning stings,
Ready and anxious to start their Stingmaster Tarun Tejpal is waiting in the wings!!!
Nothing wrong with stings as long as stings are unbiased!!!!
A sting looses its objectivity once its biased!!!
It's my feeling that in the Aarushi murder case there seems to be power play!!!
To protect someone cops are working night and day!!!
Either the Dentist Father is powerful or someone powerful is involved!!!
And in the end the case could remain unsolved though they'll say it's been solved!!!!
Confucius says...Investigation botched up on purpose of by mistake means Justice denied!!!
India would hold the record on the number of times justice has been defied!!!!
Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

FORUM
Retirement age
The retirement age should be raised in such cases, where no pension benefits are available. Whereas in government servants they are getting good amount of pension. But in public sector undertakings there is provision of very meagre pension as per pension rules of November 1995 which are not at par with the government. Neither the CEOs of these PSUs are interested in providing the third benefit of pension to their employees. So there is very strong case of raising the age bar of employees of PSU employees to 65 years, because there is no security available after their retirement.
S S Chugh
Rampant corruption
There is rampant corruption in the central government department. no salary hike is required as proposed by the pay commission. instead, government should try to curb the corruption in the government ministries
Mohan
CSS and CSSS
It seems a few retired officers are giving comments for the sake of writing and do not know what is really happening. They should update themselves before writing public
CSSS Well Wishers
CSS-CSSS
Going through the analysis discussed in today's forum about CSS-CSSS, it appears that there are more than enough promotional avenues for CSSS officers. If this be the case, then why they are against merger of both the cadres. Once merger takes place CSS officer can also share equally CSSS' promotional avenues.
Then people have advocated that officers of CSS viz-Assistants, SOs, USs are policy makers!!! If they are policy makers then what IAS/IFS or other All India Service officers are doing. Thinking on these lines, CSS officers are only deceiving themselves. They have to accept the bitter truth that real policy making process starts at Director and JS level. It is JS who dictates what the GoI's policy should be, of course taking instructions from his seniors.
Kaushal
CSS and CSSS
I appreciate the points put forth by both Tripathi and Suman Sharma. However, though Meena has pointed out that both the CSS and CSSS cadres should not be merged, it should not be like that. Both the cadres should be merged so that there will be better promotional aspects to both of them in future. In subordinate offices/attached offices the case of LDC/UDC/Asstt/Steno/PA are the same it is more than 15 yrs they have got any promotion. After getting the ACP's these people have to wait and wait for getting promoted. I think some mechanism should be worked out so that persons joining the CSS&CSSS cadres through the SSC should have a fixed time frame for getting promoted. Moreover recruitment should be done at the Rs.6500/-scale in the Executive Assistant and there should not be any exam pattern for promotion. This will help a lot in solving many difficulties that may arise with regard to promotions etc. Moreover the well wishers are right both the cadres should shed their differences and should join hands for the merger for the betterment of each other.
One thing more I want to know is that if the merger of CSS and CSSS takes place, how will be the persons who are already graduates in CSSS cadre and have already put in 15 yrs of service be adjusted. What will be criteria of their adjustment in the new Cadre i.e Executive Assistant.
Kalvin Kevin
Role of PMO has been reduced to zero
It may be noted that all the officers presently on foreign jaunts as revealed in this website are IAS officers. How exceptions are being made in these cases in violation of PM's instructions? Cabinet Secretary as head of screening committee is answerable? Similarly, he is also answerable as to why there is no transparency in ACC's appointments in different ministries. The role of PMO has been reduced to zero due the interference of some unconstitutional centre of power..
Aay Kay
Is Government angry with Syria ?
Why GoI is so angry with Syria that it want to spoil whatever relations it has with Syria now?
Anand
Income Tax department failed to spend welfare fund
Income tax not able to spend welfare fund. It is learnt that ITD has failed to utilise welfare fund of 100 crore and it may find hard to use 400 cr which it will get for its bumper performance.
Better they learn from Railways and Army and create an organisation headed by a CEO to use the fund. Take lessons from Army and Railway and do better for welfare.
Sanjay Singh
C&CE transfers
Transfers of Commissioners in Customs and Excise Department shows that the austerity has gone to winds. Till last year there was policy not to transfer officers who have not put in less than half the tenure, even though they were due for transfer as per new policy. But this year officers who were transferred last year are again being transferred. Similarly, till last year, those officers who were due for promotion, were not transferred as they may again be shifted after a few months. But this year many officers who are due for transfer have been shifted. One transfer means Rs.1.5 Lakhs expenditure.
Ram Singh
Foreign visits
This is in response to the article "Mera Bharat Mahan" published on 10/06/08.
To curtail the expenses on the local tours, PM has to take a strong decision forcing all these bureaucrats to avail the Video Conferencing facility of National Informatics Centre (NIC). It is available in all the states and almost all the ministries at Delhi. To attend one hour meeting, these fellows travel by air in executive class and use those points to go for a pleasure trip to foreign with family. Most of the meetings can be attended through Video Conferencing (VC). I know many of these fellows who go on tour for their personal purposes by simply mentioning the purpose of the tour as "Monitoring the ---- scheme". Only PM can stop these fellows because their lobby is so strong everyone does the same thing.
Vijay Kumar
Is this austerity?
Are these all IAS officers? Is this their contribution to PM's call for austerity? I guess rules do not apply to rulers for whom it is business as usual.
Sanjay