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I S Chaturvedi to replace Subramanyam ?
Grapevine has it that Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi is going to replace PS to the Prime Minister, B V R Subramanyam. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. Chaturvedi is presently PS to Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia. It may be recalled that Subramanyam is going to Washington in June to take up foreign assignment.
Sunil Krishna is new DG NHRC
Sunil Krishna has been appointed new DG of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).He is 1973 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre. The post had been lying vacant for the last five months.
( We said this on April 4 )
Who will have a say -Ambani or Mittal ?
It is being widely debated in the Petroleum Circles -who will have a say in the appointment of Secretary Petroleum Mukesh Ambani or L N Mittal ?.One can only wait and watch.
Shreni to be General manger, North-Eastern Railway
U.C.D.Shreni, General Manger Metro Rail, Kolkata is likely to be posted as General Manager, North Eastern Railway at Gorakhpur. R. N. Verma, Additional Member, Railway Board whose posting to North Eastern Railway was approved earlier will now be posted to less important zone of Metro Rail, Kolkata.
Anjali Chib Duggal to be JS Civil Aviation !
Now the name of Anjali Chib Duggal has started doing the round for the post of Joint Secretary Civil Aviation. She is 1981 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Rahul Gandhi dislikes sycophancy
AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi's conduct during his tour to different parts of India has clearly amplified that he dislikes sycophancy.
BJP: 60 %, Congress 40%, in MP
According to a survey the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) would bag 60 per cent of 230 assembly seats if Madhya Pradesh assembly polls were held now. Rest of the 40 % seats will go the Congress, says the survey.
Top 10 IAS of Himachal Pradesh CM,Dhumal
1.Bhimsen, 2.Ajay Mittal,3.B.K.Agrawal,4.Subhash Chandra Negi, 5.Bal Ram Sharma, 6.Preetam Chandra Kapur, 7.P.C.Dhiman, 8.Ramsubhag Singh, 9.Deepak Sanan & 10.Jagdeesh Chandra Sharma.
Jha is new DD IB in Manipur
B Jha has joined as new Deputy Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) in Imphal. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre.
Did lavish wedding of daughter cost Chandan Roy?
In corridors of power the question about how Chandan Roy missed the bus as far as the race for the slot of CMD, NTPC was concerned, is being hotly discussed. Roy who is a Director in the NTPC and who was number one in the panel had reportedly turned an eye sore for many people in the wake of his daughter's lavish wedding.
Yashpal Singh to be JD, Delhi in CBI
Y P Singh will now be a Joint Director in Delhi office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). So far he was JD West with his posting in Mumbai.
Daljit Singh is new SD DD Kendra Jullandhar
Daljit Singh has been transferred to Jullandhar as Station Director of the DD Kendra .
Shashank transferred to Lucknow
Station Director of the Doordarshan Kendra Patna Shashank has been transferred to the DD Kendra Lucknow.
( We said this only yesterday)
Bajpai to join Zee News
Punya Prasun Bajpai is finally joining the Zee News as Consulting Editor.
Changes in Akashwani
Alka Pathak has been moved to Delhi from Akashwani Kendra Lucknow.Jai Lal is also reportedly joining the Akashwani DG office in Delhi.
A telephonic talk & Rs.Two crore deal ?
As the grapevine has it intelligence sleuths had tapped a telephonic call in the North Block & intercepted conversation in which an underhand deal regarding Rs.Two crore was being discussed. Guess -who could be the top man of a powerful organization.
Conflicting reports about bureaucratic changes in Maharashtra
There are conflicting reports regarding bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra.One report says that Vilasrao Deshmukh Chief Minister Maharashtra has finalized the list while the other says that there may be delay in issuance of transfer orders.
Possible changes in Maharashtra
As the grapevine has it Sitaram Kunte Principal Secretary (PS)to Maharashtra Governor may be PS Housing with additional charge as PS to the Governor. There is tie between Benjamin & Ramnath Jha for the post of PS Urban Development-1 (which looks after Town & Country Planning). While, Benjamin is PS UD-2 (which looks after civic bodies), Jha is PS Transport. In case Benjamin is PS UD-One then Manu Shrivastava Additional Commissioner Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) may succeed him as Secretary UD-2. In case Ramnath Jha goes as PS UD-1 then Manu Shrivastava will be Secretary Transport.G.S.Gill Managing Director (MD) of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd. (CIDCO) is unlikely to be changed. Dilip Band Principal Commissioner of the Pimpri Chinchwad civic body near Pune is likely to be next Commissioner Sugar in place of Rajgopal Devra.In that case he may be succeeded by Prabhakar Deshmukh Collector Pune.And Chandrakant Dalvi Deputy Secretary to Maharashtra's Deputy CM is expected to go to Pune as Collector. Collector of Nagpur, Nashik & certain other districts are also expected to be changed.
Rahul Asthana PS Energy tipped to finance secretary in place of Subodh Kumar going as Additional secretary GoI. Sanjay Kumar, Commissioner Aurangabad may succeed him or go to school education.
Working in Maharashtra affected
As the ghost of transfers is looming large over b bureaucrats of Mahrashtra for the last couple of days, normal functioning in many of the state Government departments has been badly affected. However, Vilasrao Deshmukh Chief Minister Maharashtra is not in a hurry to affect changes of IAS officers.
1984 batch IAS is Principal Secretary in AP
1984 batch IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh have been promoted to the rank of Principal Secretary.
Tripathi is PMG Ajmer
AS Tripathi has been appointed new Post Master General (PMG), Ajmer.
1978 batch IPS is ADG in UP
Four 1978 batch IPS officers Mssrs Dilip Trivedi,Dr Kashmir Singh,Vijendra Singh and Rizwan Ahmad have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Uttar Pradesh.
1983 batch IPS is ADG in Andhra Pradesh
Two 1983 batch IPS officers Tejdeep Kaur Menon and D. Boobathi Babu have been promoted to the rank of ADG in Andhra Pradesh.
IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
There is IAS reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh. New postings are :-Mssrs Sushil Kumar DG and MD Tourism Development Corporation,K S Atoria Transport Commissioner,Rajan Shukla Registrar Co-operative Societies, Saurabh Babu DM Fatehpur, Deepak Kumar Commissioner Commercial Taxes,C Venketeswar Lu MD UPSRTC,Sachhitanand Secretary Urban Development,Anita Chatterjee Special Secretary Social Welfare,S Samaddar DM Badayun,Kanchan Verma CDO Barelley,Surendra Singh CDO Agra,G Srinivas Lu CDO Varanasi,Govind Raju CDO Meerut and Lokesh M CDO Allahabad.
Air Marshal Mukerji takes over
Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji has taken over as Air Officer-in-charge Personnel at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) in New Delhi on Thursday. Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji has replaced Air Marshal VR Iyer who has proceeded to Training Command as Air Officer Commanding -in-Chief.
Additional charge to CCITs
Following retirement of SC Kapil CCIT Jaipur, his charge has been assigned to CCIT Jodhpur. Likewise after induction of SS Khan as a Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) the post of DGIT (Inv) Delhi, which he looked after, was given to CCIT(C) Delhi.
Vijay Kumar is Director R & AW
Vijay Kumar Additional Commissioner of Income Tax has been posted on five-year deputation as a Director in the Research & Analysis Wing(R & AW). He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1990 batch.
JC Jacob on promotion is ACIT (OSD)
JC Jacob, an Income Tax Officer on promotion has been posted as ACIT (OSD) in the office of CCIT (CCA), Chennai.
1987 IPS is IG in UP
Ten 1987 batch IPS officers have been promoted to the rank of IG in Uttar Pradesh.
1992 batch IPS is DIG in UP
16 IPS officers belonging to 1992 batch have been promoted to the rank of DIG in UP.
1992 batch IAS gets super-time scale in AP
Seven IAS officers of the 1992 batch have been given super-time scale in Andhra Pradesh. They are Mssrs Jayesh Ranjan, K. Vijayanand, Sanjay Jaju, Vikas Raj, N. Nageswara Rao, R. Subba Rao and S. Balasubrahmanyam.
1995 batch IAS gets Selection-Grade
11 IAS officers belonging to 1995 batch have been promoted to selection grade scales in Andhra Pradesh.
Surg Vice Admiral V.S. Dixit is DG Medical Services(Navy)
Surgeon Vice Admiral Vasant Shripadarao Dixit, VSM has taken over as the Director General Medical Services (Navy) on May 1, 2008. He was commissioned as Surgeon Lt on September 20, 1971. He is a graduate from Karnataka Medical College, Hubli and qualified in MD (Medicine) from Mumbai University. He is an alumnus of National Defence College, Delhi. Before taking over reins of Naval Medical Branch, the Admiral has commanded two premier naval hospitals, INHS Sanjivini and INHS Asvini at Kochi and Mumbai respectively.
Seven Addl judges to Allahabad HC appointed
As many as seven incumbents have been appointed as Additional judges to the Allahabad High Court (HC) for two years. They are Surendra Singh, Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Shashi Kant Gupta, Bala Krishna Narayana, Rajesh Dayal Khare, Shabihul Hasnain & Abhinava Upadhya.
T.K.Lahari to be CMD,BCCL (UPDATED)
T.K.Lahari is poised to become the next Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL). At present he is Director (Technical), BCCL, Dhanbad.B.K.Saxena Director (Technical) with Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) Nagpur is number two in the panel.
A.K.Singh to be Director (Technical) MCL (UPDATED)
A.K.Singh is poised to become Director (Technical) Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL).
A.K.Tiwari to be Director (Technical), MCL (UPDATED)
A.K.Tiwai is poised to become Director (Technical) Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL). At present he is Chief General Manager (CGM) Technical-Hasdeo region with South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL).
O.P.Mishra to be Director (Technical) NCL (UPDATED)
O.P. Mishra is poised to be Director Technical with the Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL). At present he is Chief General Manager (CGM) excavation Singrauli region with Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL).
P.K.Roy Chaudhary to be Director (Technical) SECL (UPDATED)
P.K.Roy Chaudhary is poised to be Director Technical with the Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL). At present he is Chief General Manager (CGM) Raigarh region with South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL).
Ms.Malvinder Kaur is CH with B4U Network-India (UPDATED)
B4U Network has roped in Ms.Malvinder Kaur as Creative Head (CH) for India operations.
Cops perplexed in Hasan Ali case, as he flees India (UPDATED)
Authorities of the Mumbai Police, Intelligence Bureau (IB) & Central Bureau of Investigation are reportedly perplexed over the exit of Pune based Hasan Ali from India.Though, concerning authorities had sent clear cut message to the Passport issuing authorities, Hasan Ali was able to flee. Interestingly, concerning authorities kept sitting over the file for six months.

It would be appropriate to wind up PESB
I entirely agree with AROON that the role of the PESB, a high powered professional body downgraded gradually as a punishment for its independence, transparency and refusal to succumb to political pressure in the appointment to Board level positions in the PSUs The PSUs executives despite being empanelled at Sl No:1 , are left at the mercy of their political masters If this obnoxious delegation of powers to the minister-in-charge as revealed by Aroon is true then it would be more appropriate to wind up the PESB instead of getting its recommendations overturned under compulsion of extraneous considerations I would urge upon the SCOPE to take the initiative and get the decision reversed to arrest further demoralisation of PSU executives who are also requested to express their valuable opinions through this world-famous website. Dr Suresh Mehrotra would as usual play the role of a facilitator !
Aay Kay
Uniformity in Civil Service
It is good to hear such nice words from Ashish. Unfortunately the world is not always so good. We fully appreciate that there are good and bad persons in every service as there are in every social groups, neighborhoods and even a family. But that is not the real issue. The issue is of discriminatory policies that divide the civil service vertically and horizontally across the board. The problem with Ashish's sanctimonious exhortation is that it is too simplistic and it ignores the inner contradictions that exist and that are aided and abetted by our own superior brotherhood and the State itself.
I suggest readings from 'Mistaken Modernity', 'Memories of the Welfare State', 'Bureaucrazy' and 'Maximize Your Life' just to name a few. Unfortunately in our social etiquettes we could not wriggle out of the colonial legacy of 'spoil system' and rewards based NOT on merit but on birth. Our approach towards service in the government is also informed by the same social attitude - all perks and privileges for 'us' only and based on what service one belongs to. This has been sought to be perpetuated by the 6th CPC in a most arbitrary manner by coining the term 'little edge', which has rightly been interpreted by a reader as amounting to creating a difference of a crore of rupees in a career span. Perhaps the hidden message is 'compensate yourself by becoming a pack of looters or quit the service'. It is also a great and innovative way to help the corporate sector who may now get 'cheap labor' from the dejected lot. If this is how the morals of the civil service are going to be built in this country, less said the better. Let me record my personal take on corruption, I consider it 'treason' and nothing less for the debilitating affect it has on the socio-economic life of our country.
If we really want civil service reform, the only way is a uniform civil service (ICS?) - 'one examination, one status' - with complete equity of perks and perquisites. Let the professional expertise develop in the officers in the core areas of their specialization for say 8 to 10 years, i.e. after they have acquired basic understanding of the dynamics of this country, its planning processes and most importantly the amelioration of hapless, marginalized poor. Then only they could branch out and start serving in various ministries and departments accordingly.
BUT this is a toll order. The upper castes of the civil services will not easily give up their privileges!
Faizi
All services are good
Some one has rightly said" the biggest deceptive of human beings are their own opinions'. In this great debate of bureaucratic supremacy, we are quoting convenient things to support our own vested interest- lurking in the concerned service of which we are member. If we think like a responsible citizen of India and then try to solve this supremacy issue, the answer will be quite different. Leadership should not be imposed forcibly but it should be achieved.
If any service is not accepted as leader service by all services, it means that leader service has lost its historical relevance and virtues to be retained as leader. The interest of country is supreme and in a democratic country imposed leaders (anywhere) though have survived through tricks but in the larger dynamics, they get marginalized due to natural growth of capable leaders, so will be the fate of so called service who in self styled mode, has historically grabbed the leadership of Indian bureaucracy but failed to prove their worth of leadership while trying to continue leadership by imposing it without capabilities and relevance. Unless and until all services of government of India are given legitimate career growth profile and pay scale, alone IAS being highest rewarded service, is not going to serve the cause of governance. Once, I have ego problem with leader, it means either there is no leadership qualities in the leader or I am too capable to lead and not to accept hollow leadership of others disguised in selfishness. The regimental leaderships perpetuated against the will of people (Here, I mean other civil services) become very counter productive because no one, kept as subordinate and who feels equally or more capable, is going to contribute suitably unless and until, he is suitably rewarded.
Let IAS people of this country at least accept the blame that they did not pay judicious attention with objectivity in the career plan of other civil services and there by loosing the moral claim to be called leader service of bureaucracy. A selfish man cannot be called leader and neither any institution and for that he has to rise above all these things and take pain for others or at least desist from down grading others.
M N Tiwari
Who is going to speak for them ?.
Apropos the debate on the recommendations of the Pay Commission and the discontent that it has spawned, I would like to draw your attention to the plight of the men of the CPMFs. Who do they turn to with their grievances. We have the ongoing Shashnak-Abhinav war on the sidelines of which is the vast majority of these neglected soldiers in uniform. Who is going to speak for them. In a programme telecast on a national news network, it was interesting to hear one of the panelists say that the borders of the country are being looked after by policemen from Para military organizations, which is far from the truth. Is the BSF=Police? Certainly not. I would like to draw your attention to the blog - seemaprahari.blogspot.com. I think a change in top hierarchy in CPMFs is imminent with a large number of cadre officers staking their inherent right for the senior most positions.
Abhimanyu Das
Affairs in Central Pollution Control Board
Last month, MS has installed one biometric machine (spent lakhs of rupees ) on the entry gate of CPCB but after one month machine is not working and he has order for new machine. The value of government money is nothing in his eyes.
There is large number of Junior Research Fellows and Senior Research Fellow appointed by approach every day and there is no need of so much JRF and SRF in CPCB. The condition of CPCB is very worst and need control. If any employee has taken against MS, he has transferred from Headquarter to Zonal Office. This is punishment for him.
I would like to request your good self to please take necessary action against CPCB activities and publish in newspaper/media or on your website and complaint against Chairman and Member Secretary to Ministry. Employees have been tortured every where.
CPCB, employees
Congrats to Parimal Rai
Congrats, you really richly deserve this award. Even in Delhi in the MCD and NDMC, Parimal Rai has been doing work in a very dedicated manner with a lot of zeal and commitment. I had the ocassion to see him working in MCD when I was the Chief Law Officer and Parimal Rai was Deputy Commissioner South zone and then later he also took the charge of Additional Commissioner engineering. He is a bold and committed officer which are very rare these days. Also in NDMC area where I happen to reside, I can say that Rai has been very successful. I congratulate him again.
Deepak Singh Advocate.
A sensible decision of CBDT to post Handa
At last, a sensible decision by CBDT. Handa is known to be a no nonsense man who will not tolerate anything that is thrown at him by the vigilance wing. He is objective, independent and an able administrator who will certainly meet the ends of justice.
Raaghurane
How to curtain manpower budget ?
Like private sector, PSUs and Government departments should be given the liberty to train, re-train and use the existing manpower for purposes other than they were recruited to get maximum and optimise utilisation of available manpower and this way we can restrict enhancement of manpower and can recruit only the talent and experience which can really add strength of the department. This way we can curtain manpower budget.
Raj
Why are you against male gender ?
Madam ,Anita ji, reference to your comments on 1.5.2008 !!Impresion gives about the feeling of bruteness,bias and antagonism against male gender particularly husbands ! Is it so?
Shiv

CORPORATE
SAIL bags ICWAI National Award (UPDATED)
Prem Chand Gupta Indian Minister for Company Affairs (right) handing over the National Award for Excellence in Cost Management 2007 won by SAIL to Soiles Bhattacharya, Director (Finance), SAIL (left).
Lal is Bombay Chamber President
Rajiv Lall, MD of IDFC, has been elected President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Bharat Doshi will be Vice President.
Mitter is ED of LIC
SK Mitter CEO of LIC Housing Finance has been appointed Executive Director at LIC of India .
Lenovo's global account to be headed by Amin Haque
Amin Haque has been appointed as global planning head for the Lenovo account by O&M Bangalore.
The Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), R.K. Sharma has been appointed Director of the NALCO for a period of three years.
Kingfisher Airlines to set up its hub in Indore
Kingfisher Airlines of which chief Dr Vijay Mallya is going to set up its hub in Indore. It may be stated here that work for expansion of Indore Airport at par with International standards is on the anvil.
Jet Airways to set up its hub in Bhopal
Jet Airways of which chief Naresh Goyal is going to set up its hub in Bhopal. It may be stated here that work for expansion of Bhopal Airport at par with International standards has begun.
PGIL gets "Navaratna" status (UPDATED)
The Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGIL), of which Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) is RP Singh, has been granted the "Navaratna" status.
Jalan is Additional Director HDFC
Former RBI Governor Dr Bimal Jalan has been appointed as an Additional Director on the board of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC).
Sanjeev Bikhchandani is Chairman of IAMAI
Sanjeev Bikhchandani has been elected Chairman of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
Vivek Saurabh is CEO, Id8 Labs
Id8 Labs of which Managing Director is Amit Tripathi has roped in Vivek Saurabh as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Earlier he was with GenPact.
Tanmay Mohanti is COO, Id8 Labs
Id8 Labs of which Managing Director is Amit Tripathi has elevated Tanmay Mohanti as the Chief Operating Officer (COO). So far he was head of Strategy & Business Dev development.
Ms.Shital Vora is COO of a Web venture
Id8 Labs of which Managing Director is Amit Tripathi has appointed Ms.Shital Vora as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the new Internet venture, which the company is going to launch. She will also continue to be Vice President, Corporate Affairs with Id8 Labs.