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Retirement age of certain bodies to be raised ?.........................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Special Cell of the Union Law Ministry is examining to increase the retirement age of Members of the ITAT, ATFE, SAT, CESAT, ATFP etc from 62 to 65 years.
Jain to be JS Panchayati Raj in GoI
D K Jain is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Panchayati Raj . He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
IAS officer Atindra Sen seeks VRS in Madhya Pradesh
Atindra Sen has sought VRS from service. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Is another Jt Secretary in GOI quitting his job?
Is another Joint Secretary in Government of India(GOI)going to quit his job? As the grapevine has it, the answer to this question is in affirmative. Recently, Prabh Das had quit his job. While quitting he was Joint Secretary Petroleum & Natural Gas.He is now CMD of the Guru Gobind Singh oil refinery coming up in Bhatinda (Punjab).
M.B.Lal joins asAddl DG,Wildlife
M.B.Lal is set to become Additional Director General(DG)Wildlife in Government of India(GOI).So far he was PCCF Arunachal Pradesh.He is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the AGMUT cadre.
(We gave this on January 30,2008)...............................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Ashok Kumar to be Director in Cabinet Secretariat
Ashok Kumar is poised to become a Director in the Indian Cabinet Secretariat.Kumar who is an Indian Forest Service(IFS)officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre belongs to the 1991 batch.
IAS and IPS reshuffle now likely in Nagaland
Major reshhuffle of DC and SP is on the cards in Nagaland. It has been evident that CM is not happy with the performance of DC and SPs of few important districts like dimapur where the NPF party of Rio was washed out. The district officials are being blamed for poor performance and a major overhaul is expected. Incidentally the top police and bureaucratic brass was seen explicitly helping Rio . The DC and SP of Dimapur were posted only 6 months back. So much is the regard for Supreme court's directive on fixed tenure !.
D.V.Negi is PCCF Arunachal Pradesh
D.V.Negi is PCCF Arunachal Pradesh.Negi is holding the charge as acting PCCF,in the wake of his predecessor M.B.Lal having gone to the GOI.
Bureaucratic changes in Meghalaya on the anvil
Bureaucratic changes in Meghalaya are on the anvil.However,they will happen sometime next month.
Many officers to quit after the pay panel report
If discussions that are taking place among different groups of bureaucrats are to be believed then many officers are going to quit. Many of them have already found greener pastures.
CAT comes in support of IAS officer..................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Raju Sharma has joined as Secretary UGC. Similar appointment on deputation of 1985 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer K P Singh was made in the UGC for the post Financial Advisor. The Government of India however did not clear the appointment of Singh and he had to return to the parent cadre. K P Singh approached the Jabalpur Bench of the CAT. Now the CAT has directed the Government of India to consider the representation of the IAS officer and dispose it of by passing a detailed and reasoned order within a period of three months and until the disposal of the representation of the applicant ,status quo in respect of appointment to the post of Financial Advisor be maintained.
Government functioning to be adversely hit
Functioning of the Government of India (GOI) will be adversely hit, once its officials start resigning their jobs.
Ninth Chief Secretary in Eight Years in Jharkhand
Believe it or not, 1976 batch IAS officer A K Basu is the 9th Chief Secretary of the eight-year-old Jharkhand.
Sunil Krishna youngest IPS
Sunil Krishna is the youngest IPS officer in the country in 1973 batch.
ITO level officials to get lap top, car
It has been decided to provide lap top and car to ITO level officials .
IPS changes in Karnataka
There is IPS reshuffle in Karnataka. New postings are :-Mssrs K.V. Sridhar Superintendent of Police, Chamarajanagar.P. Muniswamy SP Deputy Commandant General, Home Guards. Ravindra Prasad Superintendent of Police, Chickballapur district.Sonia Narang Superintendent of Police, Davangere.T.G. Krishna Bhatta Superintendent of Police, Ramanagara.
Mittal is new APC in UP
R K Mittal has been appointed new APC in Uttar Pradesh. He has replaced Anees Ansari who has been put on compulsory wait..................................................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Wadhawan is Secretary RD in Uttarakhand
On return from World Bank assignment Anoop Wadhawan has been posted as Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
Applications sought for Fulbright fellowships
The United States Educational Foundation in India (USEFI) had announced on March 19,2008 that it was accepting applications and proposals for Fulbright fellowships for the academic year 2009-2010. USEFI's fellowship competitions are open to Indian students, academics, teachers and professionals in all sectors.Fulbright fellowships are available for research, teaching and professional development in the United States in a wide range of disciplines including but not limited to agriculture, business, communication, educational administration, environment, social sciences, management, public administration, public health, science, technology and engineering, management, and urban and regional planning.Screening and selection committees look for talented individuals whose projects are important to India and the U.S. and who have the ability to be good "cultural ambassadors."Since 1950, USEFI has awarded approximately 7,900 Fulbright Fellowships to both Indians and Americans.For fellowship details and application materials, visit www.fulbright-india.org or contact a USEFI office in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata or Mumbai.
Senior Naval apppointments.....................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Vice Admiral Nirmal Verma will take over as the Flag officer commander-in-chief of the Eastern Naval Command from Vice Admiral Raman P Suthan, who in turn will take over as Vice Chief of Naval Staff on completion of an illustrious tenure as C-in-C of the Eastern Naval Command.

Why posts are not filled ?
This is a sorry state of affairs and responsibility should be fixed by FM. In fact these post should lapse after one year of sanction. At least now, IRS cannot blame IAS for this.
RP Sharma

Junior colleagues should be supportive
I do not agree with Malhotra that Senior PPS/PPS do not sit late. There may be exceptions but most of the Senior PPS accept their responsibilities sincerely. They always try to support their junior colleagues and even attend office on Saturdays/Sundays/holidays if so desired by the officer. The question is "Do they get any compensation for sitting late? Stenos/PAs are entitled to get overtime for sitting late. Malhotra should realize that his senior colleagues have already passed through the stage of steno/PA and he should not have any grudge against his senior colleagues who belong to the same cadre. On that contrary, as age of a person increase his responsibilities also increases whereas his physical capabilities like stamina, energy, memory etc. goes down. Our junior colleagues should always be supportive and sympathetic to their seniors. As far as the question of ladies PPS/Senior PPS is concerned, they double up as a mother/home maker/wife and come to their job after doing their responsibilities at home. We as good colleagues should cooperate with them.
Shiv Shankar........................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )

There should be three level posts
I accept the views of Malhotra about PS and PPS. I am Steno 'D' posted with JS. Even though PS has posted, I am doing all the work. Simply the PS will come at 12 noon and will leave the office at 5 or 4.30 p.m. My duty is from 9.30 to till the officer leaves either it 6 or 9 and also come as and when he wishes. Hence, my request is that no PPS or Senior PPS. Only three posts entry level, middle level and executive level. I hope the Pay commission may consider the same.
Dinagaran .S

One should not comment on lady staff
I fully agree to the comments of Malhotra regarding liberty being enjoyed by Senior Stenos (PS, PPS and Sr. PPS) and all the ladies stenos. This is my advise to Malhotra to keep himself aside commenting on ladies staff to avoid any tag of gender biased. On comments from Malhotra one or two example may come on board as exception but all knows these are in exclusion only and noting more.
T T Ram

Waiting anxiously.....................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Bureaucrats know what their pay and other benefits are going to be. If they are waiting anxiously, it is only just for a confirmation of what has been recommended in their favour. But if pitiable employees are anxiously waiting, it means, it is just for the sake of curiosity as to what they are going to get apart from the publicity these newspapers are mounting against them.
K Singh

Rizvi and Ram Kumar on age limit
Why don't they fix only 21 year as the deadline and provide only one chance so that only few can avail the chance and all others face the same face as in British Raj. A person who is wasting continuously 9-10 years in studies for getting into civil services tends to lose chances for all other services but become more intelligent and fit for the job than those who joined 9-10 years earlier i.e at the age of 21 years. Most of those who are successful in first or second chance pluck it mostly because of luck and favourable conditions. Something should therefore be done for those who waste their precious time, youth and money in preparing for IAS etc. Scoring 35 percent in Civil Services Exam is more difficult than getting 80 percent in an academic exam. Therefore, certificates should be issued for getting 35 percent marks or above in Civil Services and the same should be given preference over academic exams for all purposes in matter of recruitment on all other posts.
A Baaz

This is how Jal Board is making losses in Delhi
Thanks Anil Chandra got his Jal Board bill on 15th March with last date of deposit as 20th March. I got the bill on 17th March with last date as 18th March. I Could not deposit because of long Q of over 200 persons at 10.00AM. I am told this is deliberate to charge "surcharge" which comes to crores of rupees every month. This way Jal Board is making up its so called losses...............................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
P P Kalra

Better to Give Opportunity to Young Generation!!
There have been countless officers in the Public Sector, like E.Sridharan, Kiran Bedi et al who even after attaining a mature age have worked with unending zest and vigour. They have shown that there is nothing stopping a mature mind and body from being innovative at work. At the same time there is no dearth of youngsters who are dumb as dead at work. Thus whom we recruit is not important, but what is more important is how we keep (nurture) them. The young blood selected by the IAS etc exams is very energetic and innovative. But the hierarchical process of promotions, and job enrichment opportunities mired in politics only helps in killing their spirit thereby turning many of them into "glorified clerks". We should shift our focus from 'young or old' debate to the HR practices in India's bureaucracy. The promotion - posting policies in the government needs a ruthless review with a view to free the career path of young bureaucrats from the shakles of archiac heirarchy.
Saugat Biswas

Who is a Professional:.........................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
An administrative thinker once pointed out (P H Appleby perhaps) that a specialist knows more and more about less and less; and a generalist knows less and less about more and more. The IAS is a cadre of professional generalists, who specialise in public sector management. The IAS's job is more "specialised" and "complicated" than any so called technocrat's. She doesn't solely follow the precepts of science...there is a lot of "arts" involved in her work as well. The IAS doesn't really long for a classification on those lines. It is a job that has to be experienced to be understood.
Saugat Biswas

Such comments should not be entertained
There is hardly any scope for a SO/Under Secretary to show superiority over PS/Senior PS. The latter are well placed in the corridors of power by virtue of their placement to work with officers senior to SO/US. Nor do SO/US have any time with them to involve themselves with such petty matters of no or little substance. Such comments should be outside the purview of a famous website like this one.
H G Upreti

Debate forum should not be used for inter-services rivalry
The debate forum should, however, not degenerate into unsavoury controversy by provoking inter-services rivalry We should respect all services from the IAS to CSSS. How could the Indian bureaucracy survive without the CSSS? The CSSS fraternity should its head high
A K Saxena.............................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )

Please roam about in the corridors
This is w.r.t. remarks of Rajesh on late sittings by PS/PPS/ Senior PPS. I am astonished to know that, as per his version, the poor lower staff is forced to late due to PS/PPS/ Senior PPS going early. As per my experience, and may be the overall impression, it is only the personal staff of senior officers, who may be seen in the corridors every in late evenings, whereas the staff working in the Sections (including SOs/USs, etc) may hardly be seen in their rooms, even after 5 O'clock. Rajesh, U, please roam about the corridors of any Ministry and confirm to whatever I have slated above
S K Gupta

PAs should be compensated
Hats off to Malhotra. I fully agree with Malhotra. Generaly PS/PPS and Senior PPS do not attend to dictation, computer related work or other typing work and only attend to telephone calls/Visitors. Why? Is there any rule like that? Are they are paid the scale of Under Secretaries/Deputy Secretaries for doing the work of telephone operators? PAs are supposed to sit late even if they are not eligible for OTA and they are also required to attend office on Pub. holidays and Saturdays? Why? 6th Pay Commission should consider of paying special pay to PAs to compensate this. I think Government should think about putting off the lights of Government offices at 6 pm and sitting beyond 6 pm should strictly be banned. 8 hrs working is sufficient in any Govt. office. If an officer is not able to complete the work in 8 hours. it shows his inefficiency.
Rajendran.............................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )

TAIL-PIECE
This poem was nominated for Best Poem of 2005, written by an African Kid
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When I Born, I Black
When I grow up, I Black
When I go in sun, I Black
When I sick, I Black, and
When I die, I still Black
And U White fella,
When u born, u pink
When u grow up, u white
When u go in sun, u red
When u cold, u blue ....................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
When u Scared, u yellow
When u sick, u green, and
When u die, u gray
And--------- -----
You calling me coloured ???
Contributed by-Anita Saxena

Aaj Ki Aawaz

Fed has pared rates and US Markets perked!!!!
But recession has not been shirked!!!

Come tomorrow and Markets will find a reason to fall!!!!
Bears are here and Markets they will maul!!!!

Huge injections of billions have not cured!!!.........................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
And what cannot be cured has to be endured!!!!

On the rate cut US Banks are deliriously happy,
They bow in gratefulness to their Pappy!!!

US Central Bank's Boss has to be US Bank's Pappy!!!
And this Pappy regularly changes US Economy's nappy!!!

The last nappy he changed had him holding his nose!!!
And as per inside reports the crap was very copious and flow rose!!!!

After US interest rates hit zero what will he do????
Maybe like Banks charge for safe vaults Banks will charge for deposits too!!!

As expected Lapang Sarkaar has bit the dust,
In Meghalaya Congress Sarkaar has gone bust!!!!.........................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )

Guv Sidhu's action to call Congress to form Sarkaar is deplorable,
Such 'khilwaad' with Democracy is unpardonable!!!

Now perforce the Sangma led faction has been called!!!!
Though before this brainstorming by Guv was done if this could be stalled!!!

Recall HDW Sidhu,
For making Democracy ka budhu!!!

Amar used to address Mulayam as Netaji but nowadays its PM ji,
Seems a mirage showing end of the tunnel Amar karr raha hai see!!

Imagine if Mulayam does make it to 7 Race Course!!!
7 Race Course will become more like a broker's bourse!!!!!

It'll be like a Brokers exchange,...................................................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
And everyday crores and crores hands karrenge change!!!

Amar is overlooking the wily Pawar, crafty Laloo, cunning Maya!!!
And don't forget the scheming Naidu jiss ki AP mein palatne waali hai kaaya!!!

Amar's condition is pitiable as he has designer togs and the best cars!!!
But has nowhere to go because everywhere on his entry there are bars!!

Everyday around 10 Janpath in his Bentley he takes a round!!!
And sometimes at the chanawaala near 10 Janpath he can be found!!!

On the Nuclear Deal to delay matters Commies are going to send UPA a questionnaire!!
First question ' If you did not have the guts why did you issue us a dare'???

In all probability the questionnaire will be in Chinese and will have to be translated!!!
And like the translation in Q's order this translation is similarly fated!!!....(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )

Kudos to Government for stopping the surrogate liquor ads and for putting pics on cancer packs,
Because till now it was felt that courage to fight these scourges Sakaar lacks!!!

And I think Ramdoss deserves kudos,
And kudos to Manmohan who is his Boss!!!!

In the end the kudos buck lands on Sonia's table!!!!
She'll be credited and with some new Avtar Sonia ko Congressi karrenge label!!

Confucius says… surrogate ads by booze manufacturers was a cruel joke!!!
And with pics on cancer packs people will be forced to think before they smoke!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Dr.S.P.Parashar resigns as Director,IIM-Indore
Dr.S.P.Parashar has resigned as Director,Indian Institute of Management(IIM),Indore.
Rajesh Aggarwal is President, Dentsu India
Rajesh Aggarwal has been promoted as President of Dentsu's India operations.He will continue to be based in Delhi.
Ms. Tanuja Pande to head MICE
141 Sercon-an offshoot of Bates David , has roped in Ms.Tanuja Pande to head its MICE business.
SAIL develops model steel village in Orissa and opens archery academy in Jharkhand
In bid to further its CSR activities, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), which is a responsible corporate citizen has developed a Model Steel Village at Kalta Basti in Orissa. G. Ojha, Director, Personnel & In-charge of SAIL's Raw Materials Division inaugurated the Steel Village in function held at Kalta Basti on March 21, 2008.
On the same day, in another programme, SAIL had launched its Archery Academy at Kiriburu which too was inaugurated by G. Ojha.Initially training on Indian Round would be imparted to 20 talented archers - 10 boys and girls each. The selection for the batch was conducted last year. Aspiring archers in the age group of 13-15 years would be inducted into the academy. Rajendra Guiyan, renowned Archer and Asian Championship winner, will be the chief coach in the academy that will make available all the state of the art facilities to the trainees.
Mukund Sharma joins Rediff ..............................(Print from origin : whispersinthecorridors.com )
Rediff Bangalore has roped in Mukund Sharma as Creative Head.Earlier he was with O & M,Bangalore.