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Jagan Mohan Reddy to head Nepa Mill
Jagan Mohan Reddy Senior Branch Manager of the Mumbai located branch sales office with the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) is going to be next Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of the Nepa Limited, Nepanagar (M.P.) Reddy is an Assistant General Manager (AGM) rank officer of the RINL.
Saxena on the Board of CBI
Shashank Saxena has been nominated on the Board of the Central Bank of India.
Arya is DGM PNB MP
Vivek Arya has taken charge as Dy. General Manager (Circle Head) Punjab National Bank, Bhopal local head office. He was posted in J & K as Zonal Head. Arya had succeeded R K Shamra who is now moved to Jaipur Rajasthan.
New office bearers of ICWA
Y.H. Anegundi has been elected chairman of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.Other office-bearers are M.R. Krishna Murthy (vice-chairman), N. Shiva Kumar (secretary), A.V. Jayarama (treasurer), and Dattatreya and M.V. Sudarshan (members).
Airtel officials kidnapped in Manipur
Two officials of the Airtel mobile service provider have been kidnapped by suspected militants in Manipur.
Sachin Vashishta joins ABP
Sachin Vashishta has reportedly joined ABP Digital as Head - Internet properties. Earlier he was with Dainik Bhaskar's digital venture.
GCMMF Achieves 23% Growth in Financial Year 2007-08
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (Amul), the apex marketing body of 13 district milk unions of Gujarat, having a membership of 27 lakh milk producers, has crossed another milestone. During the financial year 2007-08, GCMMF registered a quantum growth of 22.9 per cent to reach a record turnover of Rs 5255.41 crores (Rs. 52.55 Billion), an increase of nearly Rs. 1000 crores in absolute terms over the previous year.Announcing this at the 34th Annual General Meeting held at Anand on June 17,2008 the GCMMF Chairman, Parthibhai Bhatol said this is an extremely impressive growth when viewed from the perspective of 13.4% growth achieved during 2006-07 and 29% growth achieved in 2005-06. In global terms, the turnover is $ 1.3 billion at the existing currency exchange rate.Reviewing the performance, Bhatol said that milk procurement by member unions reached a new peak. Total milk procurement averaged 75.90 lakh kgs. per day representing a growth of 12.9% over 67.25 lakh kgs. per day achieved during 2006-07.
HP Appoints Marius Haas to Lead ProCurve Networking (UPDATED)
HP has appointed Marius Haas as senior vice president and general manager of the ProCurve Networking business.

When they could not predict spurt in inflation!!!!!
How can they predict inflation mein deflation????
Montek is just guessing that inflation will dip,
Had there been any accountability on such predictions then predicting karta skip!!!
No wonders Manmohan's or Manu's vision was so hazy!!!!
Wondering why was Manu being so ineffective on the economic front was driving me crazy!!!!
Poor Manu his vision was blurred because of his cataracts and so he bumbled,
And so often he stumbled!!!!
And also keep in mind many senior Congressmen had stuck their legs out to trip him!!!
Hoping that he'll trip because his sight was dim!!!!
From the day he sat on the PM's chair his detractors kick started Project Trip!!!!
Detractors in the Party who were on a ' I should be PM' trip!!!!
I hear one Congressman was so confident of getting the call,
That he'd got new heeled shoes to look tall!!!!
Both PC and Bush have made the rich fabulously rich,
And both ne poor ko kiya hai badly ditch!!!
PC's fixation with growth is the cause for our pain,
Growth that is now our bane!!!
PC says Indians love vanilla ice cream as they like things to be simple,
So why did he complicate the I T Returns that have made tax payers crimple!!!
The IT Return should be as simple as possible and the new form is a deterrent,
Has the potential to scare away every new entrant!!
And despite rocketing tax collections PC threatens tax payers to pay up in time!!!!!
Doesn't he know 'whipping a horse that's running' is looked on as a crime????
There's an Indian adage that warns against this,
And says 'chalte ghode ko chabuk maarna one should give the miss'!!!
Thankfully very soon PC's going to be in the 'recycle bin'!!!!!
And Indians will not have to bear his idiocracies and also bear his sadistic grin!!!!!
Sonia and Congress will rue the decision of making him FM …in fact they are already ruing!!!!
They can hear from all parts of the Nation and sections of Society on PC booing!!!
Sonia can still save some face by ordering Manu ' Cabinet se PC ko karro eject'!!!!
And some person who is not mischievous like PC ko karro select!!!
On PC's mischievous tinkering and pottering watch out for exposures!!!!
Revelations on the equations disclosures!!!
Now that his vision is not blurred why not let Manu also be the FM????
Let Finance be one more portfolio with the PM!!!!
Speaking of disclosures why have Pawar and Laloo and their gang not done so????
PM had asked all Mantris to disclose assets acquired in Office and tacitly they've said no!!!
Rather than making disclosures as per PM's diktat they've played hooky!!
They've sent in their IT Returns and asked PM to take into the returns a looky looky!!!!
In such disclosures is where the flow chart is actually required!!!!!
So that the Nation comes to know in Office what our Mantris have acquired!!!!!
In fact after leaving Office for five years they should be made to submit asset info!!!!
Though to this our politicians are going to cry 'no no'!!!!
And all this info should be put on the Net for Public to see!!!
So that we can see the affluence graph of our dear Mantri Ji!!!
The problem with Oil is the weak Dollar!!!!
For a devaluation of the Dollar against Yuan USA needs to holler!!!
And printing of more Dollars needs to be stopped,
When it comes to currency the currency tank they've topped (tank filled)!!!!
And these strategic oil reserves are causing Oil pain,
Need to be considered and evaluated again!!!
Like why aren't Iraq 's oil reserves added to USA 's reserves?????
Wherever US wants there the oil flow from Iraq swerves!!!
Till American Army is on Iraqi soil,
Till then America is tacitly the owner of Iraqi oil!!!!
The Public opinion is that CBI is brought in when a case has to be muddled!!!!!
CBI's Befuddling Investigation leaves all befuddled!!!
They gave one of the main accused in the Nithari case a clean chit!!!!
On the right side of the Sarkaar CBI chooses to sit!!!!
But CBI is majoboor as it's shackled by the Sarkaar in power!!!!
Obeys Sakraar's orders….. attack or cower!!!
Confucius says…… A free Investigation Agency in a Democracy is a must!!!!
In a Free Press and Investigation Agency Democracy lays its trust!!!

FORUM
This should be the criteria of retirement age
I feel that the retirement age should be 70 years for good officers and 50 years for bad officers.

Maniratnam Bharatiyam
Should retirement age be raised ?
It is ridiculous to see the proposals and rumours about raising of the retirement age for the government servants to even to 62 years. This is a typical example how our political masters can create a long term liabilities for some short-term gains . It may benefit some government servants who wants to cling to their chairs as long as possible but has anybody thought about the cascading effect on the overall unemployment and the fate of the youth of this country . It will further reduce the employment opportunities for the youth by 20000- 30000 every year .One wonders why none of the youth organisations both political and social groups have not taken up the issue seriously as it will effect their future and future of this country . Youth welfare remains as political slogan only in this country ?
What about the productivity .It is a known fact that the productivity of government servants get reduced proportionately with the number of years of service ,particularly after the age of 55 years. They are allowed to continue in the service so to say on compassionate grounds to look after their health and take of the pension benefits etc till 60 years. There should be a limit to this compassionate considerations or else it will further effect the overall productivity . There are some sincere government servants and exceptions to this general situation but that does justify raising the retirement age beyond 60 years .
Probably our political masters do not see the merit in any issue and tend to ignore it unless it is voiced in public in the form demonstrations and strikes ? It is strongly suggested that such proposal of raising the retirement age should not be entertained .
B.M.Pandey
It is all rumour
There is no such move as raising the retirement age to 65 years. It is all rumour.
R Singh
Finance Minister is living in future
This was extended from 58 to 60 years and now proposed to 65 years. Reasons are the same. Finance Minister is living in future which is uncertain. He may be in government or not after 5 years who knows. Let others face this payment problem etc. at the end of 5 years.
Ram Kanwar
Bad news for good governance
The raising of retirement age in government, across board is bad news for good governance. As a civil servant, my unbiased view ! ( I have completed 19 yrs and due for SAG, so i have no stakes)is that Governments have failed to weed out the rotten elements, have not used 56 J provisions, and is in no position to distinguish the good from the bad. I suggest retaining the retirement age at 60 and need to work out a handsome VRS, so that we create vacancies and infuse fresh blood. It will also be cheaper for the government in the long run ( getting workers with new skills and updated understanding at 1/3rd cost). The economic argument will fall flat after 2 yrs and we will have a whole generation to blame us for this historical blunder. we need to consider the impact on the unemployed youths and their families too. Govt will bound to lose millions of votes, so it is politically also a bad decision. what the government needs to do is to retain the qualified doctors, technical experts and scientists. How do they incentivise these guys to stay?. Instead there will be a further exodus of talented people if 65 comes in. Please dont create historic blunders
Dr Sanjay Singh
The IAS crunch in states
The reported IAS' crunch in Orissa is merely the tip of the iceberg. All States suffer from this malaise. There is a centripetal tendency in IAS officers to gravitate to the Centre of gravity via central deputation route. Admittedly, the monthly incumbency statement prepared by DOP&T is fudged. . As a result, the number of IAS officers at the centre far exceeds its prescribed sanctioned strenght. Will the Government please investigate and rectify the position.
A K Saxena

R Vaidyanathan
Increase policing
It is important to increase the number of Police Stations and the ground level staff as per the approved scale, in view of the increasing population, rapid urbanisation, more vehicular traffic and more permissiveness in our society. If ground level policing increases and police is allowed to function as per law of the land that will be a big service to our crumbling democracy.
S C Agrawal
Sleaze in Govt. Departments
Dear Shiv, I like the way you express your words but the corruption starts from the top level (Bottom Line Always Start from Top), you said LDC (Lower Divisional Clerk) is making corruption. You are wrong. I tell you some thing about the corruption. In the year 2004, a land acquire notice (section 4) was severed to a particular area for developing township on GT Road and because of the highly well connected person's land was in that notice, his piece of land was released by the department and other people got another notice (Section 6). Now sir please tells me who did it, LDC or an IAS/Politician.
The land Acquire Notice is served on behalf of Governor of a particular State. When other people reached Hon'ble High Court, the entire land was released with the orders of Hon'ble High Court. Even Hon'ble High Court objected the way Government department released land of that particular person.
When clerk is taking money, that money is not going in his/her wallet alone. The entire collected money is divided according to the post and even supplied to the Department Head in the form of cash or some thing else.
I'm not saying the every Politician/Bureaucrat is corrupt, but when it comes to highly well connected person's venture they change in a second.
Gurvinder
Most of the comments lack objectivity

I feel that most of the comments made by many lack objectivity , knowledge of the subject on which they are writing , decorum. Some of the comments are downright stupid. I think the comments made by many need to be scanned first before they are allowed to appear. But if you do already then what can I say.
Sridhar
This is a fact
The civil service has Salaries comparable to entry level call centre employees or airline staff at the lowest level, a non-airconditioned car at the level of Joint Secretary, retire at 60 or earlier and look for a fresh career while battling middle age, a system of placement in GOI where the prospective JS / AS have to beg and beg for mercy etc. Yet the country wants the most brilliant dedicated civil service [the steel framework] in the world.
Singh
An open letter/request to P Chidambaram
Housing facility for Director/JC/Addl Commissioner rank officers in Delhi.
1.The housing facility for middle level officers of Income -tax Dept is pathetic to say the least
2.Most of the officers on deputation or with CBDT are staying in one room transit accommodation or in far flung corner of Delhi at rents in excess of HRA entitlement (HRA in any case is peanuts compared to market rent)
3.Ministry of Finance ,which is boasting of great facility for officers is totally blind to this problem of officers
4.CBDT is also not showing any great interest in solving this problem as senior officers are not affected.
5.Situation is so bad that probationers at other stations are having better quarters than Additional Commissioners and Directors in Delhi.
6.The only good accommodation available is at Kausambi, Gaziabad which is not suitable for officers whose children are studying in Delhi.
7.I appeal to FM to take personal interest to address this problem.
Sanjay
Tribute to late O P Mehra
I am extremely sad at the news of OP Mehra's sad demise, which I got to know through the Whispers site.
Like many of us, his juniors, I had a long and a very productive professional relationship with him.
I especially recall the time when I was Collector Bastar, 1986-1988, while he was Principal Secretary, Tribal Welfare. He was very supportive and welcomed new ideas. One of the new initiatives we did together was starting support price operations for Imli (Tamarind), a commodity found in vast abundance in the Bastar forests but sold by the tribals to traders at very low prices. Another instance I recall was the support I got for recruiting 3200 teachers for primary schools and successfully restricting it to residents of Bastar district.
On a personal level he was always affectionate. I recall how he served coffee with relish to his visitors at Vallabh Bhavan.
May God rest his soul in peace. My sincere condolences to his son and daughter through your columns.
R Parasuram