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Raut is new DGP of Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
S K Raut has been appointed new DGP of Madhya Pradesh. He is 1974 batch IPS officer.
Pawar is DG Jails in Madhya Pradesh (UPDATED)
DGP of Madhya Pradesh A R Pawar has been moved as DG Jails. He is 1972 batch IPS officer.
ADG level postings in Madhya Pradesh(UPDATED)
DG Jails H K Sareen has been moved as DG Telecom. S S Lal has been posted as ADG EOW.Sudarshan Kumar will now be ADG Complains.
Abul Hasan joins <whispersinthecorridors.com>as VP,Marketing
Abul Hasan has joined <whispersinthecorridors.com>as Vice
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Ashok Thakur to be Additional Secretary HRD
Latest information says that Ashok Thakur is being appointed Additional Secretary HRD in the Government of India. He is 1977 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
Empanelment file of 1989 batch IAS is complete
Empanelment file of 1989 batch IAS officers to the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government of India is complete.It has reached to the Department of Personnel.
Empanelment of IPS after empanelment of IAS
Empanelment of 1976 batch IPS officers to the rank of ADG in the Government of India will take place only after the empanelment of 1978 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary this month.
Banking sector to see major changes after a fortnight
Major changes are expected to take place in the Banking sector after a fortnight.
Kashmir Singh joins GoI
Kashmir Singh has joined the Government of India as Joint Secretary Anti-Naxalites in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He is 1978 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this on April 23 )
Pramod Deo to join Next month
Newly appointed Secretary of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) Pramod Deo is taking over in the first week of June.
( We said this on September 11,2007 and again on December 12,2007)
Major Income-Tax reshuffle soon
Large scale transfers in the Income-Tax department are expected to take place this month end or in the first week of June.
SP level posts vacant in all states
SP level posts are vacant in all the states. There is shortage of SP level officers.
Awasthy gets three months extension
S K Awasthy IG in the NCRB has been granted three months extension. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
A senior IAS officer incurs wrath of top brass
A senior ex- IAS officer heading an autonomus body has incurred wrath of many of the Union Ministers besides Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari. Guess the name.
Mumbai's sheen on the decline
Mumbai which at one stage had commanded the status of being commercial capital of India has now lost its charm. Latest trends show that Delhi has now emerged as the commercial capital of India besides being the national capital.
Jaipuriyar is Finance Officer Delhi University
Saurabh Jaipuriyar IAAS ('92 batch) Director, P&T Audit has been deputed to Delhi University as Finance Officer.
Three Law Universities headless
Atleast 3 National Law Universities are without Directors. Hyderabad, Gandhinagar and Bhopal.
Major bureaucratic reshuffle in Madhya Pradesh
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle the Madhya Pradesh Government has transferred twenty five IAS officers while appointing two Collectors.As per orders issued on late evening of May 15, 2008 Devendra Singhai was shifted from the post of Relief Commissioner to State Planning Board as Member Secretary.Others who were transferred are:I.S.Dani Principal Secretary(PS) Public Health & Medical Education to Relief Commissioner & PS Panchayat & Rural Development,Devraj Virdi PS Housing & Environment to PS Public Health,Alok Shrivastava on his return from Central deputation to PS Housing & Environment , R. K. Swai Commissioner MP Housing Board to Secretary Public Health Engineering(PHE),A.P.Shrivastava Secretary Finance & Labour to Relief Commissioner & Revenue Secretary,P.C.Meena Secretary Public Health Engineering(PHE) to Labour, Sewaram Secretary Mining & MD Mining Corporation to Secretary Finance,Anil Shrivastava Commissioner Jabalpur to Secretary Panchyat Rural Development(RD) , Manoj Jhalani Member Secretary State Planning Board to Commissioner State Education Centre, Waseem Akhtar Secretary Panchayat & Rural Development to Commissioner MP Housing Board,A.K.Pandey Collector Chhindwara will be new Excise Commissioner in place of T.Dharma Rao who has been posted as Secretary Tribal Welfare,J.N.Kansotia Secretary SC & ST Welfare to Secretary School Education,S.D.Agrawal Secretary GAD to Commissioner Chambal, Ashok Shah Secretary Rural Development & Project Coordinator National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NEGS) to Managing Director(MD) MP Seeds Corporation , P.K.Parashar Commissioner Cooperatives to Commissioner Jabalpur, Vishwa Mohan Upadhyayay Commissioner Chambal to Commissioner Cooperatives, M.K.Varshney Director Bhopal Gas Tragedy & MD , MP SRTC to Commissioner Ayush & Homoeopathy,S.K.Mishra Secretary to CM,MD Laghu Udyog Nigam(LUN) to Secretary to CM,MD Mining Corporation & Secretary Mining, K.C. Gupta Revenue Secretary & Controller Government Printining & Stationery to Controller Government Printing & Stationery, Seema Sharma Secretary in Chief secretary's office to Secretary GAD & Complaints, Mrs.Rashmi Arun Shami MD Seeds Developmen t Corporation to Director of Regional Tribal Development & Project Coordinator NEGS, Pradeep Bhargawa Additional Chief Secretary will be relieved of the charge of ACS Panchayat & Rural Development.Likewise PS Higher Education & Technical Education will hold the additional charge of Science & Technology while Industries Commissioner Deepak Khandekar will hold the additional charge of MD LUN.Ajit Kumar CEO district Panchayat Jabalpur to Collector Shahdol.Chandrashekhar Borkar Director ICDS Bhopal to Collector Alirajpur (newly created district).
Malay Shrivastava joins Power Ministry
Outgoing PS to Former Union Minister Suresh Pachori,Malay Shrivastava has joined the Power Ministry in the Government of India as Director. He is 1990 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
KD Singh promoted to PCCF's rank in Arunachal Pradesh
KD Singh has been promoted to the PCCF's rank in Arunachal Pradesh Singh who is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the AGMUT cadre belongs to the 1976 batch & after promotion will continue to be PS to Dorjee Khandu Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
DV Negi promoted as PCCF,Arunachal Pradesh
DV Negi who so far was officiating as the PCCF with Arunachal Pradesh Government ,after his promotion has become full fledged PCCF. He is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the AGMUT cadre who belongs to the 1977 batch.
RK Goel gets promoted as PCCF
RK Goel has got proforma promotion to the PCCF's rank.Goel who is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1977 batch is on Central deputation.
Pandey appointed in NCR
K M PAndey, SAG/IRSME/North Central Railway has been appointed to grade Rs. 22400-24500/- on North Central Railway itself.
Rahul Bhandari is new DC Amritsar
Govt of Punjab has decided to put Rahul Bhandari as DC of Mohali, one of the most important districts of Punjab and orders were issued on May 12. This change was made as the earlier incumbent was embroiled in number of controversies in Mohali which is an upcoiming city in Punjab next to Chandigarh.Now Election Commission of India has ordered removal of K. S. Pannu from DC Amritsar and put Rahul Bhandari as DC Amritsar. This has been done after complaints were received against Pannu. Rahul Bhandari is known to be a no nosense officer of 1997 Batch, Punjab cadre and has been hand picked by EC of India to conduct free and fair poll in Byelections in Amritsar south.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are Mssrs Pankaj Agrawal Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare,Sudhir Kumar Principal Secretary Non-Conventional Energy,Raj Shekhar DM Unnao,Dipika Duggal DM Sant Ravidas Nagar,Vikas Godalwal DM Ambedkar Nagar,K L Meena Secretary Agriculture,Harbhajan Singh Secretary Medical Education and Shankar Lal Pandey Secretary Revenue.
IAS officer injured
Sundeep Nayak (IAS88JK) Commissioner & Secretary Power, J&K met with an accident and is recovering after a major surgery at AIIMS Apex Trauma Centre, New Delhi.
N.K.Choubey gets extension as CMD,CWC (UPDATED)
N.K.Choubey Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) of the Central Warehousing Corporation(CWC)has been given extension till further orders.Choubey's term was supposed to end on May 13,2008.
Bureaucrats shifted in Maharashtra(UPDATED)
.As many as 29 bureaucrats have been shifted in Maharashtra on May 16, 2008.According to orders mainly those who were transferred are: Benjamin Principal Secretary(PS) Urban Developmenmt 1, Joyce Shankaran Principal Secretyary Tourism, Jageshwar Swarup Saharia Principal Secretary Higher & Technical Education, Ms.Sharwari Gokhale OSD Revenue-Appeals, Sanjay Kumar School Education,Sitaram Kunte Housing, Shrikant Deshpande Secretary to Maharashtra Governor, Bhaskar Munde Tribal Welfare Commissioner, Sharad Kinkar Commissioner Amrawati,Praveen Tarade Collector Kolhapur to Collector Nagpur, Dilip Jadhav CEO district Panchayat Kolhapur to Collector Kolhapur, Parag Jain Managing Director(MD) Tribal Development Corporation(TDC) to Director Textiles Nagpur, Rajesh Kumar on return from leave Commissioner ICDS, Sanjay Sethi Commissioner Nagpur Municipal Corporation to Labour Commissioner, A.D.Samat Labour Commissioner to MD –TDC Nashik, Jayant Gaikwad Managing Director Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation(MTDC),Aseem Gupta Commissioner Auragabad Municipal Corporation to Commissioner Nagpur Civic body & Harshdeep Kamble CEO Khadi , Village Industries Board (KVIB),Ujjwal Ukey Commissioner ICDS to MD Cotton Federation , Rajesh Kumar Commissioner Tribal to Commissioner ICDS,Sanjay Mukherjee Additional Commissioner Sales Tax to Collector Nagpur,Praveen Darode Collector Kolhapur to Collector Nagpur,Dilip Jadhav CEO Kolhapur to Collector Kolhapur, Sudhir Khanpure Additional Commissioner Civic body Pune to Additional Registrar, Kunal Kumar Commissioner civic body Kolhapur to Collector Jalgaon, V.Singhal Collector Jalgaon to Commissioner civic body Kolhapur, R.D.Shinde Commissioner civic body Kalyan –Dombivili to Collector Jalna, Ranjit Singh Deval Jalna Collector Jalna to Commissioner civic body Jalna.

What edge is Lahiri talking about ?
What edge is P K Lahiri talking about? The two additional increments the IAS and the Indian Foreign Service enjoyed over batch mates of IPS/IRS/IAAS/IRTS etc? If he takes a look at the 4th Pay Commission Report, he will know that it was agreed that the "edge" would dissipate over time, since post 1979, there was no rationale to continue with this oxymoron. That is why all services are equal in the Junior Time Scale which does not have it any more after the 4th Pay Commission. The fact is that the 6th Pay Commission and the revision of pay rules of the IAS to the detriment of all Services seeking to create a gap of at least 6 years in pay is totally iniquitous and unacceptable. What they want is to make all others into Class II services (6 years gap is what the Class II Services should have with the IAS, as per the Rules). Let Lahiri not dwell on the ICS (the ICS never liked the IAS anyway, till the last man retired, the ICS preferred their Central Service colleagues over the "upstarts" from the PCS who comprised the IAS at initial constitution). Misinformation is the name of the game indulged in by the IAS.
Vijay Kumar
IPS and CPMF
I have seen and read IPS and CPMF rivalry. This is all musing of officersand has nothing to do with capacity building or spcialisation. everyone in government service has a charter to perform. If he feels that some injustice is being done to his service he has right to put his views before government. Does all officers of IPS and CPMF can claim by putting their hand on heart that they are genuinely fighting for betterment of constabulary who are backbone of force.If not then do it and if yes then I am sorry to say that they are not taking this issue inright direction. Please do it.
R P Singh
Its tip of ice-burge
What has been experienced by Malhotra is just tip of the ice burge. Supreme Court directed the authorities and we hoped of some improvement. Hope sustains life so good luck to all concerned. These managers had been from all services and the Sixth CPC overlooked to grant special additional increments for their outstanding contribution to the system. More public information details in due course.
K. S. DHATWALIA
Do you know Pawar Saheb
Bharat Kumar Ji wrote. "The imported wheat was unfit for human consumption,
So some people have made a lot of money is my presumption!!!
Now they've found a huge portion of this wheat not fit to be sold even as animal feed!!!!
See the 'nangaa naach' of greed!!!!"
Bharat Kumar Ji, the wheat unfit for eating could be the wheat hoarded dacde back and not the imported one. The wheat imported today could again be hoarded till it become unfit for eating. It is not only the responsibility of government but also of the public to behave like responsible citizens and reform and report each and every wrong doings anywhere. Also have a taste of the rice issued to the BPL families and get and kidney, bladder and gall stone the next day.
Ankalnon
CBI should screen IRS Customs and Income Tax
The transfer Policy for the IRS(Customs) and IRS(Income Tax) should have a supplement. All IRS officers of both services should be screened by the CBI for possessing disproportionate assets if they have completed their tenure at Mumbai and Delhi. All IPS officers should be screened for disproportionate assets if they complete five years of posting as District Police chiefs. If they agree to these conditions, their case for pay parity with the IAS can be examined. Otherwise, they should not even think of parity with the IAS which is a superior service.
Sanjai Sharma
Officer should be competent
Let us not trivialise the process of selection. How will it matter if someone selected is a friend of Ambani or Ruia or Mittal .Have we not seen Presidents/ CECs who have gone on to take independent stand notwithstanding which Government has appoined them!!!. What we should bother is , if the officer selected is competent
Dr Sanjay Singh
Shortage of SP level officers
In case, this is the fact, then an institute be established who can train such officials one rank below the level of SP. There is no dearth of talent in India. There is only lack of will to fill the level of SP.
Manjit Singh
SP level shortage
This is because all the police officers keep getting promoted in fixed time after 14 years or keep going out on deputation. Why should they undergo the 12 years grind if they can mint their money in a year or two and get a cushy posting near their home in a central organisation or in PSUs
Shashank
Chiraag Taley Andhera
I entirely empathise with Anurag Srivastava for having suffered due to the artificial discrimination created by the successive governments at the Centre by playing one service against another and encouraging monopolistic tendencies within bureacracy.This policy of 'divide and rule ' is not only unethical but also detrimental to public interests. Different criteria are being followed for different organised services without any rationale. The worst casualty is the CSS .Several CSS officers numbering about 5 to 6 retired without due promotions despite having outstanding track records and with more than ten years service as Joint Secretaries in the GOI! Is this the way to manage a cadre! Is there not a need to have a more transparent and even handed approach by DOPT that administers the RTI Act. This is an instance of "chiraag talay andhera".Dr suresh Mehrotra is known for championing the cause of the downtrodden.May I seek his intervention?
Aay Kay
Nature of survey does not make any sense
Here is to email of Ratnaparkhi evaluting boss in terms of Gender. The boss is asexual entity and efficiency is of individual. So as there are good men or women as boss so is the case of bad. The very nature of survey does not make sense. The efficiency is the criteria and no one looks at team which includes 'boss' with Gender lens. Its high time we pooh pooh such surveys.
Aruna
TAIL-PIECE
Laloo's Demag hi Demag
Look at the Laloo's point
A British Diplomat paid a courtesy visit to Lalloojee.
During a Garden party at the Palace, he thought of entertaining Lalloojee with the following magic of numbers.
He said, 'Your excellency,
Look at the value of the alphabet:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Now, look at this Sir, if we calculate together it will be:
H A R D W O R K
8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98 % Only
K N O W L E D G E
11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96 % Only
L O B B Y I N G
12 15 2 2 25 9 14 7 = 86 % Only
L U C K
12 21 3 11 = 47 % Only
Sir, you should look at the final one, which is most important.
A T T I T U D E
1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100 %
Sir, do you find it useful?
This magic can work on your people to improve themselves, increase productivity, and make your Kingdom prosperous.
Sir, I can arrange to send our experts to coach your people. We can do t in less than a year'
Lalloojee thought for a while; and said,
'I have better formula. See this......
C O R R U P T I O N
3 15 18 21 16 9 15 14 = 111 %
Do you want me to come and teach your people?
I can do it in less than one week.'
Contributed by-Anita Saxena

Just see the depravity of this UPA Sarkaar,
Insaniyat ki total haar!!!!
PM says no need for a strong anti terrorism law,
And on terrorism not affecting investment PC karr raha hai hee-haw!!!
Sonia is going to Jaipur to show she cares,
And all this the poor Public quietly bears!!!
Kitna big jigraa hai humaara,
We have to bear those jinn ke inaction ki wajah se terrorists ne fellow Indians ko hai maara!!!
Because had UPA been tough on terrorism things would not have been this bad!!!
And UPAs 'vote bank' motivated governance is very sad!!!
And all that Sonia has to say is look at Kandahaar,
But she's still not said what Congress would have done in such a scenario even ek baar!!!
Actor K.N. Singh's reincarnation Home Minister Jaiswal says Huji is multiplying,
And file on how to counter this alarming rise is between Ministries plying!!!
Congress wants a nodal agency to fight terrorism and this agency will have 100% reservation!!!!
Fight is less important what is more important is maintaining Congress's political equation!!!!
Terrorists are getting bolder and bolder,
And our fight against terrorism is still in the folder (file)!!!!
Rahul Baba please take your Mom's class,
Because the way she's preparing for the exams nahi ho sakthi pass!!!
Indians are pretty sick of her blaming BJP for everything!!!
Something negative happens and people say 'dekho abh anti BJP tune karregi Sonia sing'!
In fact now we know her anti BJP song's lyric and tune by heart,
The minute a problem is pointed out singing karti hai Sonia start!!!
Ask her for a solution to a problem and again she'll break out in a song,
And in the end of the song she points out that Congress can do no wrong!!
And taking a cue Manmohan also starts to sing,
Blame at BJP's doorstep karta hai fling!!!!
Indians need action and not excuses or blame game!!!!
And what Sonia and her minions have been doing is a crying shame!!!
Praful Patel and Montek are at loggerheads,
Much to the amusement of the Reds (Commies)!!!
Praful says Delhi , Kolkata and Chennai Airport delays are because of Montek's reviews!!!!
Whoever is responsible please note we are sick of standing for hours in queues!!!!
Montek says its Planning Commission's job to undertake Project reviews!!!!
And feels by vested interests this has been made into news!!!
And Montek says don't blame us for the red tape or hold ups for approval!!!
Why doesn't Praful write to PM and ask for 'red tape' removal????
He should ask PM that he be made all in one!!!!
At his desk all planning and approvals are done!!!
And why should Tenders be called….. just submit Company's Profile???
And like Ratan Khatri Matka King used to pull out a card Praful will just pull out a file!!!
The Company whose file has been pulled out will then negotiate the Contract!!!
And in great speed both Parties will act!!!
It'll be like chatt selection, patt negotiation and phutta phutt signing of Contract!!!!
Only problem is that in PMO there's even more red tape so it'll take time for PMO to act!
It's rumored that Big B has got 115 smackaroons for his Blog,
Now this controversy karre gi Big B ko dog!!!
Though in his Blog Big B has asked for proof of payment!!!
After all by some instrument this money would have been sent!!!
Though some say it's a 'friendly arrangement' that leaves no paper trail!!!!
And chances of tracking such 'friendly arrangements' are extremely frail!!
Coming to inflation ....see what one slap costs nowadays!!!
For a slap in camera glare more than Rs. 3 crore an Indian cricketer pays!!!!
But inflation has gone down when it comes to slapping us ( Indians),
Be it a slap because of Government's policies or terrorists targeting us there's no fuss!!!
Confucius says….. When it comes to Aam Aadmi it's always 'Open Season'!!!!
In fact Aam Aadmi can be hit without any rhyme or reason!!!!

CORPORATE
All is not well in the SBI
It seems all is not well in the State Bank of India (SBI) of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is OP Bhat. As the grapevine has it there is a simmering discontent at senior & junior level. Many officers at different levels have quit the SBI.
JC Giri to join STAR India
JC Giri who was earlier President with Ogilvy & Mather(O & M), Mumbai is likely to join STAR India.
Future trading of rubber suspended
Union government has suspended futures trading in natural rubber for four months.
New Director of SBH
Prof V. Venkata Ramana has been nominated as Director on the Board of State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH).
SBI to recruit 20,000 clerks (UPDATED)
State Bank of India is going to recruit about 20,000 clerks for its more than 10,000 offices and branches in the country. SAIL sets new performance landmarks in FY '08(UPDATED)
High production and productivity, market-driven product mix, substantially higher value-added/special steel production, several initiatives towards cost reduction, along with strong demand for steel enabled Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to achieve new financial and physical performance landmarks during the year 2007-08. The company's audited financial results for FY '08 were taken on record by the SAIL Board of Directors in Delhi on May 16,2008.SAIL's Chairman S.K.Roongta chaired the meeting.With a growth of 35% over the corresponding period of the previous year (CPPY), the record turnover of Rs. 15,530 crore achieved in Q4 of FY '08 helped SAIL's annual turnover to reach an all-time high level of Rs. 45,555 crore - an increase of 16.2% over 2006-07. During Q4 of 2007-08, the company also achieved highest-ever quarterly profit before tax (PBT) of Rs. 3,665 crore - 25% higher than CPPY.During 2007-08, SAIL's PBT at Rs. 11,469 crore as well as profit after tax (PAT) at Rs. 7,537 crore were all-time high - showing an increase of 21.7% and 21.5%, respectively.
The SAIL Board has recommended its highest-ever dividend at 37% on paid-up equity amounting to over Rs. 1,500 crore for the company's shareholders for the year 2007-08. This includes the 19% interim dividend paid in February 2008. Previous highest dividend payout was 33% for the year 2004-05.SAIL recorded highest-ever saleable steel production of 3.5 million tonnes (6% growth) during January-March 2008, taking annual production to a new peak of 13 million tonnes during FY '08 with a capacity utilisation of 118%. The company continued with its strategy of utilising the available potential of existing units and optimising production of special quality/value-added products, production of which went up to 3.5 million tonnes - up by 30% over 2006-07. Over 30 new products were developed for special applications during the year, including high corrosion/earthquake resistant TMT rebars for construction, high tensile plates for hydel power projects and high yield strength (SAILMA 550 HI) plates, SUP-11A/9 grade spring steel for auto sector, environment-friendly C-5 coated CRNO sheets,
armour steel plates for the defence sector, boron-treated aluminium-killed low carbon steel, vanadium micro-alloyed rails for application in tracks for higher axle load at high speed, low carbon HR coils with titanium for extra deep drawing, etc.There was a total reduction of 4,169 employees in the company's workforce during 2007-08, after accounting for fresh recruitment of 2,656 to improve skill and age mix, bringing down SAIL's manpower further to a level of 128,804 as on 31st March 2008.Commenting on the company's performance, S.K. Roongta, Chairman, SAIL, said: "SAIL has proved its fundamental strengths once again, the most significant of which is its committed workforce - ever eager to attain new peaks in performance and to meet the growing demand for steel in the country
POWERGRID doing IT fine in Transmission: Nandan Nilekani(UPDATED)
"IT needs of the power transmission sector are being well taken care of by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)," commented Infosys Technologies co-chairman Nandan Nilekani during his visit to POWERGRID's Northern Region Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC) on May 15, 2008 along with Union Minister of State for Power Jairam Ramesh. Nilekani, who heads a task force mandated to find ways of effectively using IT in the power sector, visited NRLDC to gain first-hand knowledge of POWERGRID's adoption of IT in the management of its transmission lines and grid management.During the visit POWERGRID officials apprised Nilekani on "Smart Grid" being implemented to tackle the complexities of grid operation and to expedite bulk transfer of power in an efficient manner. The Smart Grid integrated with IT shall incorporate remedial actions like adaptive islanding, self healing etc. which shall inculcate much desired intelligence into power system. The embedded IT features in POWERGRID's transmission network helps in supporting spot power market through "Unscheduled Exchanges (UI)", a unique concept adopted in Indian power sector and appreciated worldwide for its effectiveness. While appreciating the initiatives undertaken by POWERGRID to infuse IT in transmission,Nilekani stressed on the need to focus towards development of Smart distribution systems including billing, metering and enhancement of consumer facilities to get quality power supply.