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Is UPA Govt. in poll mode?
Is the United Prpogressive Alliance (UPA) Government, led by Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh, in an election mode? Answer to this question is simply "yes" as all departments have been asked to furnish achievements in their domains during the UPA regime. These details have to be submitted by respective departments to the Prime Minister's office (PMO) within a week's time.
Textile Commissioner to move Delhi as JS Textile
Textile Commissioner Jaideep Narain Singh is moving from Mumbai to the Ministry as Joint Secretary. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Chauhan to be DG CAPART !
U K S Chauhan hs being tipped to be Deputy Director General of CAPART . He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre
Chidambaram says "No" for M N Prasad ?
PMO is keen to have Secretary Minority Affairs in the Government of India M N Prasad as Secretary Expenditure on March 31. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. But, Finance Minister P Chidambaram is believed to have said "No" to the proposal.
Jha to be next Chairman CBEC
P C Jha will be new Chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs on April 1.Name of Jha has been cleared at all levels. He is 1972 batch IRS officer. It means move to grant three months extension to present Chairman S K Singhal did not come through.
Mishra to be new Chairman of CBDT
P K Mishra is taking over as new Chairman of the CBDT on April 1. Name of 1971 batch IRS (IT) officer has been cleared by the PMO. He will be Chairman for one month only.
Ramesh Narainswami appointed Member CAT
Former Chief Secretary of Delhi Ramesh Narainswami has been appointed Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal in Delhi Bench. He is 1971 batch retired IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on December 18,2007 )
Ms. Reena Mitra to join Ministry of Environment & Forests !
Ms. Reena Mitra is likely to join as Additional Director Wildlife crime control Bureau in the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF). She is Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer of the 1983 batch.
Secretary Security will not be IAS ?
It is heard in the North-Block that new Secretary will not be an IAS officer. The post will again go to an IPS. Present Secretary Security S R Mehra is superannuating on March 31.
Jain to be JS Panchayati Raj
D K Jain is joining as Joint Secretary Panchayati Raj in the Government of India this week. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.
Saha called back from UN assignment
Bihar government has recalled K C Saha from UN assignment. He is 1975 batch IAS officer. When Bihar Government fails to recall IAS officers on deputation to the Centre, this is the easy way to recall officers currently on foreign assignments.
Ranbir Singh is Dy Secretary Personnel
Ranbir Singh has joined the Department of Personnel in the Government of India as Deputy Secretary. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of CSS.
IES officer Rajpal to join National Housing Bank
Rajpal, Director MSME in the Government of India, is going as Principal Advisor National Housing Bank. He is 1986 batch IES officer
Kashyap recalled from BSF
Uttar Pradesh Government has recalled 1985 batch IPS officer Harish Chander Kashyap from Central deputation. He is currently DIG in the BSF.
Betting game is on
Bureaucrats are betting among themselves over the figure of resignations by incumbents of their ilk after the 6th Pay Commission report became public.
IAS changes in Tamil Nadu
Vijaykumar is the new IG of the EOW (Financial Institutions), Chennai. G Umaganapathy Sastry has been posted as IG, Railways, Chennai. Karunasagar, DIG, Training-II, Chennai, has been made DIG, Crime Branch CID. A.M.S. Gunaseelan has been transferred as DIG, Administration, Chennai. P. Thamaraikannan will now be DIG, Training-1.
Karan Thapar joins INX News
Karan Thapar has joined INX News as Editorial Advisor. The News Channel is being launched soon.
IPS changes in Nagaland
A few IPS officers have been transferred in Nagaland.S Sarvanan, IPS,2000 who was posted as SP dimapur in September 2007 has been moved to Training School. S Tamgade,IPS,2001 who was SP Phek has been moved to PHQ as AIG.
Major IAS reshuffle in Andhra Pradesh
In a major IAS reshuffle 54 officers have been transferred in Andhra Pradesh. New postings are :-Mssrs Ms Malakondaiah Commissioner of Civil Supplies , Mrs Rachel Chatterjee PS Social Welfare, Mr S. Balasubrahmanyam Additional Secretary GAD, Mr G. Balaramaiah Director School Education,. A.K. Parida Special Commissioner Land Administration, V P Jauhari MCR HRD Institute,Navin Mittal Collector Hyderabad, Jawahar Reddy MD Hyderabad Urban Development Authority,G Ashok Kumar MD HMWSSB,Ajay Kallam MD APtransco, C R Biswal PS Agriculture,A R Sukumar Marketing Commissioner,D Srinivaslu Agriculture Commissioner,Ms Lakshmi Parthasarathy principal secretary of tourism, Mrs Chitra Ramachandran PS Panchayat Raj Department, Ms K. Ratna Prabha PS Urban Land Ceiling, G Sudhir PS Commercial Taxes, S V Prasad Chairman APGENCO,Y.R. Krishna Rao PS Finance, N. Ramesh Kumar PS Finance R & E, S K Sinha Commissioner Sericulture, Lingaraju Panigrahi PS Minorities Welfare, S.E. Sekhar Babu Finance Works and Projects,S. Bhale Rao PS Public Enterprises, S. Chellappa Commissioner of Enquiries, J. Ramanand PS TTransport, D. Chakrapani MD Medical Infrastructure Corporation,.B. Aravind Reddy IG Stamps and Registration, A. Vidya Sagar Commissioner Social Welfare R.M. Gonela Secretary GAD, J. Raymond Peter Commissioner Transport, G.N. Rao Commissioner, Collegiate Education, K. Lakshminarayana Commissioner, Sugarcane), K. Chandramouli Commissioner, Panchayatraj, Harish Kumar Commissioner of Inquiries, GAD,.M. Subrahmanyam MD SC Cooperative Finance Corporation, M. Jagadeeswar Project Director of A P Urban Services for the Poor, R.V. Chandravadan PD, Aids Cell Society, Jayesh Ranjan MD AP Tourism Development Corporation, K. Vijayanand Joint MD APTransco, Mohd Ali Rafat (DPEP), V.N. Vishnu MD, Vizag Urban Development Authority, G. Venkata Ram Reddy JS Women Development, N. Gulzar CMD, APEastern Power Distribution Company, Lav Agarwal Director, Intermediate Education, A.V. Dharma Reddy Jointt EO, TTD, N. Papi Reddy MD, Nedcap,. Several districts got new joint collectors: G. Ramanarayana Reddy (Krishna), S. Suresh Kumar (Chittoor), G. Rajendra Prasad (Nellore) B. Ramaiah (Vizianagaram) and Saurabh Gaur (Nizamabad).
IPS changes in Uttarakhand
kanwal Khurana will be new ADC to the Governor,Neeru Garg has been made SP Rudra Prayag,V P Singh will move to Haridwar as Commandant PAC and Vimmy Sachdev will be Additional SP Haridwar.
Maj Gen Ganguly takes over
Major General D. Ganguly has taken over as the new Commandant of the Command Hospital (Northern Command).He has replaced Major General Naresh Kumar.
Orissa cadre IAS officer S.K.Paikray dies
Srikant Kumar Paikray died of brain haemorrhage on March 23 at Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar. He was 53.He is survived by his wife, a son & daughter.Paikaray belonged to the 1992 Batch (NSCS) of the IAS.He held the dual charge of Director, Technical Education and Training and Additional Secretary Industries.
Dr.Shailendra Shrivastava berevead
Mrs.Shanti Shrivastava mother of Dr.Shailendra Shrivastava IG Bhopal and Mother-in - Law of his IAS wife Kalpana Shrivastava is no more.She was 76.
New political equation on the anvil in MP
A new political equation is on the anvil.Former Union Minister of State for Coal Prahlad Patel who at one stage backed former MP Chief Minister Ms.Uma Bharati -founder president of the Bhartiya Jana Shakti Party(BJSP)is likely to join hands with Janata Dal(U) leader & ex Union Minister Sharad Yadav as well as the Gondwana Gantantra Party(GGP)of which chief is Heera Singh Markam.These three leaders will add a new dimension to political scenario in MP which otherwise has witnessed two party system of politics since its birth.As the grapevine has it that in a house of 230 assembly segments of MP ,the troika is going concentrate more on "Mahakaushal"region that has at least 90 assembly seats.

HRA shouldn't be in two slabs
This is in response to Sanjay's views on HRA in metropolis like Delhi and Mumbai. While sharing the difficulty, let me also say that things are not better in any small towns either. The rent has gone sky rocketed in any town like Chandigarh, Agra, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack etc. Hence there should be HRA only in two slabs like 40% & 30% of the basic pay for big and small towns respectively.
Suresh

How Many more will go ?
1978 batch IAS officer Atindra Sen has sought VRS, how many more to go? The problem for the civil services, as I see it, is how to retain talent. The recent departures have shown that only the muck may remain one day.
An IAS officer

Please do not air frustration on this site
I am a regular reader of your site. I would be grateful if the matter given below is published in your Forum column at the earliest: Malhotra and Rajendran, our esteemed colleagues, seem to have ocean of time to comment on his senior colleagues including lady colleagues. I would advise them to concentrate on their official duties instead and not waste time criticizing others. Those who are Senior PPS or PPS today have all passed this stage. While his senior colleagues grabbed the opportunity of the Departmental Examinations held by UPSC/SSC, the likes of Rajendran and Malhotra wasted their time in criticizing others. Had they grabbed the opportunity offered by GOI on time, they too would have climbed the ladder and would not have felt frustrated. Regarding sitting late and working culture, I disagree with Malhotra that Senior PPS/PPS do not share responsibilities. He might have not come across the likes of AK Kakkar, Senior PPS, my mentor and guru, who has no qualms about shouldering any responsibility, whatsoever it may be. Instead of being appreciated, he has at times invited the wrath of his junior colleagues as they were left behind. So Malhotraji, do not generalize. The Senior PPSs/PPSs are very competent. And if they do all the work assigned by the Boss, what is the necessity of the junior colleagues. So if you are wronged by your senior colleague, speak frankly, and sort out your differences amicably, instead of using a respectable site to air out your grievances and settle scores with your seniors. Your comments on the lady employees of CSSS cadre are uncalled for and in a very bad taste.. May be you have come across some junior colleagues who take advantage of being ladies. Seniors of CSSS, males or females, do not fall in this category. They really work hard. Moreover, the ladies of our cadre, when posted with most senior officers, make twice the effort made by their male colleagues to prove their mettle. So Malhotraji and Rajendranji, stop bickering and learn to respect your elders and attend to your official duties. Others senior to you have come a long way to reach the positions they occupy today. Respect begets respect. Try this and I think you will not regret and would not have to air your frustration using this respectable and popular site. There is lot of other issues of relevance and we are waiting for your valuable comments on them.
A. Bose

Malhotra can not be PA for 25 years
it is not possible to remain PA for 25 years as has been said by Malhotra. DoPt is not that cruel. Possibly, this is the sum total of his full service. He appears to be annoyed with female community.
Lal Gulab

Many of us will also leave
Without intending any offence to any service or to Grade III or IV cadres, a simple point illustrates the anomaly of Pay Structures in Government. A Private Sector Driver gets paid Rs 3000 to Rs 4000 per month where as a Government Driver gets paid Rs 6000-Rs 7000. A Private School Graduate Teacher gets apid Rs 3000 to Rs 5000 while in Government Graduate teachers get Rs 7000 to Rs 9000 with almost 3 months off. Whereas a middle rung IAS officer gets around Rs 30000 whereas his counterpart in Private Sector gets Rs 1 lakh plus. Most middle rung IAS officers working as Collectors in Districts put in more than 12-14 hours per day, 7 days a week. Don't even get the annual 30 day leaves and undergo considerable pressure and stress. Similarly, in State and Central Governments, most officers do work over and above the office hours and contribute much more to what they are paid. Officers in North Eastern cadres sacrifice family life as also basic creature comforts. No wonder many IAS officers are looking for better options. If the Pay Commission does not address these issues, many of us will leave.
A Singh

I hope this debate subsides
Everyone has his or her own view about certain things and, of course, according to our thinking and convenience in a case to case basis. It may not be general. And everyone thinks he is right in his own way and perception and why not everyone has a right to express. But the debate about the Junior/Senior members of the Stenographic cadre and differences, if any, should be sorted within as there are suitable forums for expressing such things, rather than giving them the unnecessary publicity or air which affects adversely our own cadre. Because if someone offer some comment on one aspect of the service or about its certain member, it may offend the other person who holds the other perspective or view on the same aspect. And there is no ending to the debate - debate should not be for the sake of debate. Rather than maligning or exposing chinks within certain cadre and giving others chance to know or make mockery about a particular cadre, its issues and differences, if any, or perceptions which are strictly internal to cadre should be dealt with care. I wish good sense would prevails and dirty linen not washed in the open. Be united so that no one can take advantage of our bickering and differences and score over us. I hope the debate subsides.
Ajit S. Chauhan

Former Secretary IFS(B) Stenographers Association
The loss of other services alarming Ravi kumar still exists in world where young idealists join civil services to serve the nation and do so selflessly for next 35 years or so. How does he explain the mass leaving, resulting in immense loss of experienced man power at the middle rung and causing change of minimum service of 16 years to 14 years (for becoming Commissioner/ Joint Secretary) this year. Many other services, especially Engineering services, this loss of Human Resource Assets is much more alarming, though not discussed or talked about.
Ram Kumar

Sonia got the shock of her life when she was told Advani want to call on her on Holi!!!
'Abh mein kyaa karroo', Sonia bolli!!!

Because she realized that Advani had taken the initiative to break the ice!!!!
And would come out looking more than nice!!!

After meeting Sonia Advani met Manmohan ….. double whammy!!!!
Lamented ' Advani got Sonia ji and me in a jammy (slang for fix)'!!!!

Maybe now to regain some lost ground Sonia will tell Rahul to meet Advani!!!!
And he'll address Advani as Nana and Mrs. Advani as Nani!!!

Short on credibility so seems Congress has hired Tony Blair,
In his speeches here Blair Rahul's potential pe karr raha hai blare!!!

Seems Congress feels Indians listen to a goraa!!!
And so they've got Blair to say ' Rahul's a damn good choraa'!!!!

Or maybe Blair feels Rahul is 50% white or goraa,
Blair must be feeling 'Arre yeh toh hai 50% apna choraa'!!!!

Rahul's Mama says 'There are problems so no midterm polls'!!!
Seems she's seen in Congress's credibility gaping holes!!!

Now she plans to stitch the holes with needle and thread!!!!
As her son gallivants the Countryside playing with kids and sharing with them bread!!!

Maybe now he'll even dress like the kids so as to create a bond!!!!
Motive is to tell their Parents… I'm fond of your kids so for me you too should be fond!!!!

In the end it's going to be…. khela kooda khaya peeya!!!!!
When it was time to vote pathaa nahi kyon Congress ko vote inn sabh ne nahi deeya??

What actually could do wonders for Congress is that it loses the polls!!!!
And with NDA there is a reversal of roles!!!

A stint or a few stints in Opposition will do Congress good!!!
Give it an opportunity to look under its hood!!!

Sonia then can go on that holiday her son has been demanding that she goes on!!!
And The Shop will be minded by her son!!!

For all you know she may just extend her holiday!!!
And 'on leave' she'll stay!!!

Rahul will then take over and run the show!!!!
And try to bring back in Congress the populist glow!!!

Congressis out of power are sheep that tend to wander and/or stray!!!
And some to their want for power could fall prey!!!

Power attracts Congressmen!!!!
So Rahul will have to put his flock in a pen!!!

And then to bring Congress back to power will be his goal!!!
That's why they say he's planning to become PM after the 2014 poll!!!

'I expect elections to be held in 2009' says Advani!!!!
Playing reverse psychology jaani!!!

After this statement from Advani Congress must have gone into a tizzy!!!
Now to study options to do the opposite Congress will be busy!!!

If Advani says night Congress has to say day!!!!
If Advani says you must then Congress says you may!!!!

In his Budget why did PC not address inflation????
There were so many steps to ensure inflation mein deflation!!!

But PC had such a waiver fixation that every thing else took a back seat!!!
Forgot inflation though at that time economy was already feeling inflation ka heat!!

Tell me one thing why is PC so rude to people who question him????
Does he feel questioning him is something grim????

And please he's wrong if he thinks he's the ultimate brain!!!
So from being condescending he should refrain!!!

Though there's the possibility that there's a rudeness bug in FM's chair!!!
Because as FM Jaswant's haughtiness was also difficult to bear!!!

PC see Sonia….. in Public she never becomes rude on account of a blown fuse,
In fact to defuse situation humor karti hai use!!!

Confucius says …..I'm sure PC will find a saying by his favorite Tamil poet on being humble,
Which also warns that being arrogant can make one tumble!!!

Bharat Kumar
Aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

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Kingfisher to enter Airlines House
Kingfisher Airlines of which Chairman is Dr Vijay Mallya is poised to enter the New Delhi located 'Airlines House'. It is reliably learnt that ground & first floor will remain with Air India for response & ticketing while 2nd & 3rd floor will house other officers & staff of Air India. Kingfisher Airlines which has already captured nearly 40 per cent of the market will get 4th & 5th floor of the "Airlines House. "It may be stated here that Kingfisher Airlines only has its presence in departure area of Air India at the domestic terminal of Air India.
Smooth sail for Jet Airways on the anvil
Smooth sail is in store for Jet Aiways of which Chairman is Naresh Goyal,as the Chinese Government after a lot of dilly dallying has allowed it to operate its flight to San Fransico via Shanghai.
Khattar to bring all car models under one roof
Jagdish Khattar, former MD, Maruti Ltd., is believed to have formed a company to bring all car models in India under one roof. Such showrooms, if opened, would bring a revolution of another type in the car market.
Yodlee Appoints New Head of India
Yodlee, Inc. of which President & CEO is Anil Arora,has appointed Ramachandran Subramaniam as Vice President and Managing Director of Yodlee India. The move is part of Yodlee's continued commitment to the growth of its India operations, which has more than doubled in the last year, and the company's increased international presence.Yodlee's plans include an investment of $55-75 million and an estimated 50 percent increase in personnel hires over the next five years. As financial institutions continue to rely on Yodlee as a trusted leader in providing innovative financial solutions in the U.S. and abroad, the growth and leadership in India will play an instrumental role in the company's international expansion and focus on exceptional product delivery.
Reverse Auctions by ONGC
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC), the largest Oil & Gas Exploration and Production company in Asia achieved another first by becoming the only PSU to introduce SAP powered "reverse auction" process. Termed as "live action cockpit" (LAC), the system will enable ONGC to collect and compare price and bid information of various suppliers in a real-time, open bidding environment.Launching the reverse auction process in Mumbai U.N. Bose, Director (T&FS) said, "ONGC strongly believes in adopting world-class processes and technologies to generate better value for its stakeholders.It has been hailed by SAP's President & CEO Ranjan Das