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Who will be new Secretary Power ?
Who will succeed Anil Rajdan as Secretary Power in the Government of India on January 1 ? Hectic lobbying has already started for the prestigious posts. Names of Mss U S Panjiyar, V S Sampat, Ajay Shankar, Rakesh Sahni, Jarnail Singh and Ms Rachel Chatterjee have already started doing the round in the corridors of Power. Anil Rajdan is retiring on December 31.
Who will be new Advisor to Gen Rodrigues ?
Who will be new Advisor to Gen. SF Rodrigues Administrator of the Union Territory (UT)of Chandigarh ? Names of three UT cadre IAS officers Mssrs J P Singh, Vivek Rae and Ms Kiran Dhingra have started doing the round.
Pattanayak not to join GoI ?
Latest information says that 1973 batch Orissa cadre IPS officer A Pattanayak is not joining the Government of India.Earlier his name was in circulation for the post of Director National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Pattanayak is likely to join an organization in Orissa only.
Mukul is joint Secretary (TC) in MEA
J S Mukul (IFS 1981) has joined MEA as Joint Secretary (TC) upon his return from Munich. He has replaced Mrs P Sharma (IFS 1976) who is leaving for Portugal.
Debarment of Gill lifted
Now former Rajasthan DGP A S Gill is all set to join the Government of India soon. GoI has lifted the debarment of 1972 batch Rajasthan cadre IPS officer.
Rakesh Singh is posted in Delhi
Rakesh Singh has been posted in Delhi as Principal Resident Commissioner of Punjab Government for Industrial Liason.1978 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer Rakesh Singh will continue to be Principal Secretary Medical Education.
Congress to finalise candidates for LS polls in advance
Congress party of which chief is Mrs.Sonia Gandhi Chairperson of the UPA is understood to have decided to finalise its candidates for next year's Lok Sabha polls two months in advance.This was disclosed to <whispersinthecorridors.com>by Veerapa Moilly ,senior Congress leader.
Tiwari is new Additional Member Railway Board
AK Tiwari, IRSME, has been appointed Additional Member (Planning), Railway Board.
Dr Katoch appointed DG ICMR
Dr VM Katoch, Director, National JALMA Institute of Leprosy, Agra, has been appointed Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research and Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on usual terms of appointment, until 28th February, 2013.
2007 batch IPS Break - Up
Break UP of 60 RR(2007) IPS Batch which passed out at SVPNPA Hyderabad on 25th Oct.2008.
Total: 94
Women: 14(including one from Maldives)
Doctorate(including M.Phil):5
M.Tech/B.Tech:17
MBA:3
MBBS:6
B.E : 18
Bihar and Rajasthan were the leading states giving 12 Probationers each followed by UP 11,AP 8 and Punjab 7.Gujarat which has been criticised for being laggard in Civil services contributed 4 Probationers.
* The figures are approximate and does not include the representation from Maldives/Bhutan.
Ms.Meera Datta , Member (Operations)to retire
Ms. Meera Datta ,Member -Operations(O )in the department of Posts is due to retire on November 30, 2008.
Naseem Ahmad Zaidi's joining was a well guarded secret
Naseem Ahmad Zaidi's joining as Director General(DG)of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA)from Kanu Gohain who was serving his 4th extension, this week, was well guarded secret. It was apparently done to avoid any legal wrangling cropping up. Zaidi is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre. So far Zaidi was India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO),Montreal.
Naseem Ahmad Zaidi's successor yet to be decided
Successor to Naseem Ahmad Zaidi who so far was India's representative at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO),Montreal, is yet to be decided. He is back to India. He has assumed the charge as Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) from Kanu Gohain who was serving his 4th extension. He is an IAS officer of the 1976 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Ms. Ambika Khatua gets extension
CVO of the BHEL Ms. Ambika Khatua has reportedly been granted extension in tenure till October 2010. She is 1979 batch IRS(IT) officer.
Chopra joins LBSNAA
Ranjana Chopra is new Deputy Director in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA). Shi is 1994 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
Commissioners to be reshuffled by CBEC
As the grapevine has it the Commissioners of Central Excise are being reshuffled.It is going to happen in the wake of slippage in Central Excise revenue collections.As it is P.Chidambaram Indian Finance Minister is very much concerned over this.
Mystery shrouds transfers by CBDT
Why is Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issuing new transfer orders every month ( when it is mid- term)? This question has been doing rounds in corridors of power. People are asking that as to whether there is any specific reason for this?
MNc's survey predicts BJP's edge in MP
A clandestine survey carried out by as multi national company(MNC) has forecast that the Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) being headed by Rajnath Singh ,has an edge in Madhya Pradesh where voting will be held on November 27,2008.Informed sources say that BJP should get 90 seats & Congress would finish at 65 seats in a house of 230 seats.There 15 seats where balance may titlt in favour of either of the parties.Rest of the seats,as per the survey will be shared by candidates belonging to others.In this slot mainly fall Bhartiya Janshakti Party(BJSP)being led by Ms Uma Bharati & Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) of which president is Ms.Mayawati-Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister.
SSP Lucknow likely to be changed
As the grapevine has it, in view of deteriorating law and order situation in Lucknow the Lucknow SSP Akhil Kumar is likely to be transferred.Akhil Kumar is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
HRD directorate being set up in Customs and Excise
It is learnt that under the directions of the Finance Minister a Human Resources Directorate being set up from 1st December 2008 in Customs and Central Excise Department to address the needs of infrastructure, housing, cadre restructuring proposals etc. for the staff and officers of customs and central excise.
IPS changes in Uttarakhand
Sanjay Guniyal on return from UN Mission has been appointed SSP Haridwar.V Murgeshan has been transferred as Superintendent, Police Head Quarter, Intelligence, Dehradun. Deepak Seth will be SSP Nainital.G S Martolia has been moved as Commandant Uddham Singh Nagar.C P Singh has been made S P Law and Order.
Abhinav Kumar has been promoted as SSP Special Task Force and Assistant to the DGP at Headquarter.
P P Mathur appointed Member in MP
Former Additional Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Agriculture in the Government of India P P Mathur has been appointed Member of the Narmada Valley Grievances Redressal Authority in Madhya Pradesh. He is retired 1972 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Empanelment of 1976 batch IPS officers
Over 25 IPS officers belonging to 1976 batch are believed to have been cleared for empanelment to the rank of ADG in the Government of India. Empanelment meeting took place on Tuesday. Those who figure in the list reportedly include Mssrs Balwinder Singh (AP), V Raj Gopal (UT), U S Dutta (Bihar), Deepak Swaroop (Gujarat), V B Singh and Alok Joshi (Haryana) R N Gupta (Himachal Pradesh) P Mahindru (Chhattisgarh), Aniruddh Uppal (HP), A K Bhan (J&K), Manjari Jaruhar (Jharkhand)R N Ravi and K P Somarajan (Kerala), Nanden Dubey, Yashovardhan Azad( MP), D Sivanandan (Maharashtra), K S Bains and H C Meena ( Rajasthan), Ms Latika Kumar (TamilNadu), M M Prahraj (Orissa) Prem Chandra Sabharwal,M S Bali ,S P Srivastava and Alexander Danial (Uttar Pradesh), Subhash Chandra Joshi and Renuka Muttu (Uttarakhand), and B V Wanchoo and K S Shankarnarayanan (West Bengal).
Mayank Jain shifted in MP
Dewas SP Mayank Jain has been transferred on the instructions of the Election Ecommission.
Khurana is VC of Jabalpur University
Dr S M P Khurana has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the Jabalpur University in Madhya Pradesh.
CITs transferred
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has trasnsferred 14 Commissioners of Inconme Tax(CITs).Those transferred are: Tajender Singh CIT(A )-UU Pune to DIT(TP) Pune,M.K.Dubey DIT(TP) Pune to CIT(A) Pune,P.K.Das CIT(LTU) Mumbai to CIT XIX Mumbai, S.K.Mishra CIT XIX Mumbai to CIT(LTU) Mumbai, Sanjai Kumar Verma CIT-C ( O ) Bangalore to CIT (CPC) Bangalore, B.S.Sondh CIT-II Kolkata to CIT (CIB) Kolkata,A.Patra CIT(A) -I Hyderabad to CIT(Audit) Hyderabad, P.P.Shrivastava CIT (Audit) Hyderabad to CIT(A) -I Hyderabad,Nand Lal Parihar CIT-V Ahmedabad to CIT(A)XXI Ahmedabad, K.K.Arumugam CIT(A) XXI Ahmedabad to DIT(Exemption) Ahmedabad,Atulesh Jindal DIT(Exemption) Ahmedabad to CIT VI Ahmedabad,R.Raghu CIT VI Ahmedabad, P Raghu CIT VI Ahmedabad to CIT -V Ahmedsbad, R.N.Prasad CIT-VII Ahmedabad to CIT-IV Ahmedabad, A.K.Singh CIT -III Surat to CIT-II Surat.CIT Kolkasta will hold additional charge as
CIT ,CIT-I Ahmedabad will hold additional charge CIT VII Ahmedabad & CIT -I Surat will hold additional charge of CIT-III Surat.
New postings for Jt./Addl. CITs
As many as four Joint/ Additional Commissioners of Income Tax on return deputation have got new postings.They are: Bharat Tripathi -TN,Manesh Bahuguna-TN,P.K.Mishra -WB & Vivek Wadekar -UP(E).J.Krishna Kishore on return from study leave to AP,A.K.Singh UP(E) to Mumbai & Nikhil Pandit WB to Delhi
Sanjay Kirpal Joins WelcomHeritage
Sanjay Kirpal, earlier General Manager at Welcomgroup Rajputana Palace Sheraton, Jaipur, has been appointed as Senior General Manager Operations, WelcomHeritage at the chain's Corporate Office.He brings with him 28 years of experience in managing hotels both heritage and five star properties of ITC hotels.
Transfers in CBEC
The Central Board Excise & Customs (CBEC) has transferred three Commissioners.They are:Pawan Kumar Jain UOP to Delhi CX Adjudication,Mrs.Archana Pandey Tewari Joint CDR CESTAT Delhi to Inquiry officer in the Vigilance department of Delhi & H.K.Mittal Commissioner O/O DG(Service Tax) Mumbai to Inquiry officer in the Vigilance department of Mumbai.

CORPORATE
Two new appointments soon in SAT
Two new appointments of Member Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) will be made soon .The new appointments will fill up vacancies created by the retirement of Arun Bhargava in mid-October, and the impending retirement early next year Utpal Bhattacharya.
Rakesh Kapoor promoted in IFCI
Rakesh Kapoor has been promoted from General Manager to Chief General Manager in the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd., the first financial Institution of India. He has been posted as Managing Director to Foremost Factors Ltd. (a Factoring Service Co.).
Bhat is Director (Finance) Kudremukh Iron Ore
T.M. Gopalakrishna Bhathas taken over as Director (Finance) of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd .
( We said this on july 2008 )
BECIL gives Rs.2.8 cr dividend to Anand Sharma
Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL) CMD, Harkesh Gupta handed over a dividend cheque of over Rs. 2.80 crore to the Indian Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting and External Affairs, Anand Sharma in Delhi on November 20,2008. The dividend earned in 2007-08 is over two and a half times than the previous year when it was 104 lakhs. The dividend is over 205 percent of the BECIL paid up capital of 136.50 lakhs. The company achieved a turnover of around Rs. 120 crores during 2007-08.Secretary I&B, Mrs. Sushma Singh and senior officers of the I&B ministry were present on the occasion.
Vigilance awarness in SECL
South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a Mini Ratna Company and a Subsidiary of Coal India Limited, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, in line with the instructions of CVC celebrated Vigilance Awareness Week 2008 from November 3 tO November 7, 2008 by organizing various programmes. The week began with pledge at 11 AM on November 3, 2008 in all areas and headquarters. Inaugural Function was held at HQ addressed by K.Babu Rao, IPS, CVO and Functional Directors and CMD, SECL attended by all officers and staff of SECL Headquarters. Painting and Essay competition were held for school children besides holding debate competition among employees of SECL HQRS. Vigilance Workshops were organised in three areas covering all the area officials and the contractors, service providers, consumers, etc. Vigilance Workshop in the form of consumers meet was organized at Ravindra Bhawan on November 7, 2008 where Coal Consumers, Civil Contractors, Transport Contractors and Suppliers etc. actively participated.P.S.S. Reddy, Director (Vig), Ministry of Coal was the Chief Guest in the Closing Ceremony held on November 10,2008. Reddy in his address stressed that only with honesty and awareness can transparency be maintained in work. He released the book "Integrity", a book containing all CVC circulars brought out by SECL Vigilance on the occasion.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Insiders say Raja bann gaya Raja after Spectrum allocation!!!
And the price for his becoming Raja has been debited to the Nation!!!
Unitech's sale price indicates how much the Nation has lost!!!
To India what Raja's 'breaking the cartel' has cost!!!!
Congress of course has come to Raja's defense!!!
But the defense that Congress is giving does not make any sense!!!
As per Congress's logic if NDA jumped in the well Congress will do the same!!!
For a Party that boasts of being a trail blazer what a crying shame!!!
Insiders says 5 years of Telecom with DMK has done DMK a lot of 'good'!!!
The word good needs to be factually understood!!!
Raja says he took PM and FM on board on this Spectrum allocation!!
So both should be held accountable with Raja for the loss to the Nation!!!
In the end Mohna The Clean Chit Man will give himself and the other two a clean chit!
Now on the same bench as people like Laloo and Pawar Mohna karta hai sit!
How can a honest many side with the dishonest?????
Siding and standing up for honesty are the hallmarks of someone who is honest!!!
Amar Singh was right though the reason he took up the Spectrum matter is well known!!!
His love for ADAG Reliance he's time and again shown!!
Disclaimer from Congress…. Madam has no information on this Spectrum allocation!!!!
When the decision was taken Madam was out of station!!!
And….. if there is any counter claim on the Disclaimer Madam will adjudicate,
And decide the counter claim's fate!!!
Doobthe ko tinke ka sahaara.... Delhi Congressmen are latching on to Junior Gandhi!!!!
They feel he will get them votes ki aandhi!!!
Or are they trying to make grounds to shift the blame when they loose!!!!
Because they will say to lead us Rahul ji ko humm ne kiya tha choose!!
So behind the Rahul mania in Delhi there would be a reason of the jalebi kind!!!!
Post Delhi elections in a fix apne aap ko Rahul could find!!!
Commies are worried,
And now to Jaya Bardhan scurried!!!
Jaya's first preference will be NDA but with Third Front she could keep options open!!!!
Leave the matter for later so that when the time comes dialogue she can reopen!!!
Confucius says.... in politics there are no enemies or friends!!!
There are just trends!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
End of an Era
Dear Kanu Gohain Sir,
After setting a record for getting the highest number of extensions given to any bureaucrat in independent India, you finally walked out of the building where you have served for over 30 years. But today as you walk out of DGCA its seems an era has come to an end. I am sure many like me who have been associated with the aviation industry would have loved to stand by the raodside and shower petals on you as a mark of respect to the man who knew it all. You might not have been conferred upon a national award for the country to know you but we in the industry are well aware of your achievements. From issuing the highest number of CARs to personally going to the airport at early hours in chilling Delhi winters and actually taking over the RT and controlling arilines operations in fog...u have done it all. Its under your able guidance that India was placed amongst the top few countries in terms of aviation safety by ICAO. It was you who had taken over IGRUA in times of crisis and turned it registering record productivity. Your contribution to DGCA and the aviation industry is something for the record books.
Dedication and sincerity were your strengths which took you from the grass root to the very top. Your professional integrity was of highest standards and i during my career in aviation spanning over 2 decades have never come across or heard someone saying that you were not available...24*7*365 were your working hours for years and on the lighter side we youngsters did have a tough time keeping up with the grand old man of aviation.
Your humility will be remembered by all for ages to come and will be very difficult for successors to achieve, a man who during his days as the head of office (DGCA) was equally comfortable in sharing tea or a meal with the clerical staff as was he when he joined in as a fresh recruit ages ago. A man who was very short tempered and would not mince words when shouting at you to a man who was equally caring and sweet, someone who would show tremendous patience to understand you problems and to do his best to help you out in both professional as well as personal life.
I did as many others will also vouch learnt the ABC of aviation under your guidance and would say it was a honur and privledge to work with you. We did and will always look up to you as an role model who personified honesty, dignity, sincerity towards all.
Wishing you all the very best and hope you do not switch over to the corporate sector instead stay with the Governement so that the industry and the country could keep benefitting from your immense knowledge and expertise
Regards
Ravi
Divert postal board members
It is learnt that postal board now will have six members instead of earlier three members. It is suggested that instead of dumping all these member posts in one location it could be diverted to all the zones, which will definitely improve the services and thus the commuters will be benefitted out of it.
Pushpa Banerjee
Government servants in a catch-22 situation
Government servants who have made advance bookings of their travels to north-east are in a catch-22 situation. On the introduction of LTC to this region, one is required to do advance booking from his own pocket and then draw advances from the Government. Now that the Government , as an economy measure, vide its notification dated 10th November, 2008, has intended that the tickets are to be purchased at the cheapest fares only, such government servants are in dilemma. Government should have given some notice in advance about its intention. Now, the best course could be to grant one month's period from 10th November, 2008 and the effective date could be 10th December, 2008. Government should re-think over this issue again.
Thakur
Regarding North East LTC
There is much confusion about the 10th November 2008 order on LTC in connection with NER LTC. I would like to mention some factual position about the order of 1.11.2008. It is mentioned that "in so far as travel on LTC is concerned for those entitled to travel by air, the cheapest economy fare ticket will be allowed, irrespective of entitlement of such officers to travel while on tour". It may be appropriate to read the entire sentence combined. This implies that officers who are entitled to travel by air in higher classes like JS & above are for business class(here emphasis is on "while on tour"), will be provided only economy class fare for LTC ( so that expenditure on business class travel of families of the higher officers can be minimised). Also the earlier orders referred in this OM dated 10.11.2008 are OM dated 5.6.2008 (regarding austerity measures) and dated 23.9.2008 regarding LTC entitlement as per the 6th pay commission. How this can be applied to NER LTC, which is a special gesture of the Government (This order also nowhere mentions about NER LTC order). The NER LTC order, nowhere mentions about your entitlement "while on tour", therefore, please do not confuse this with NER LTC things. The cheapest economy fare ticket must have been mentioned to reduce the cost on business class travel by senior officers and their families. Will DOPT issue a clarification on the above lines at the earliest??? This will save the agony of the officials, who have got opportunity to travel by air, due to the generosity shown by the DoNER Minister.
S K Tripathi
It is vague
The words " cheapest economy class ticket" given in the circular dated 10.11.2008 regarding LTC are vague. Sometime just before the departure of the flight, air tickets are available at a very cheap fare. There is no standard cheapest economy class air ticket as cheapest fare vary from day to day. Deptt of Expenditure must review the circular and at the least defer its implementation upto 1st Jan 2009 so that those who have already booked ticket for their planned LTC do not suffer loss of money due to cancellation of the ticket.
Khan S H

Only six months back, the Government had mooted a special LTC package for central government employees for a period of two years, thus encouraging them to visit N.E. Region in order to boost tourism and consequent economic development of that area. Responding to this gesture, various N.E. Governments had made huge investments in providing adequate infrastructure and tourism industry in the private sector was expecting the new order to deliver visible results of growth and prosperity in north-east. But, unfortunately, all of a sudden, without giving any prior notice, the government has killed the special package for N.E. Region through an O.M. dated 10th November 2008 giving the ostensible reason of expenditure management as an economy measure. They have not taken into account the wider implications of this order socially, economically and politically, nor the plight of various government employees who have already booked the LTC tour of north-east materializing in the next one or two months. In view of these circumstances, it would be better that the govt should make an exception in the case of N.E. Region, and the concerned leadership of the N.E.Region and affected infrastructure providers should get together to review the situation and ensure that the commitment of two years given by the government does not get violated and result in loss of trust. Given the present economic situation and ensuing LS/State elections, the aforesaid order may also prove somewhat drastic and it needs to be revisited rather more urgently.
SG Raoot
Capacity of top bureaucrats to stand upto pressure is limited
The capacity of our top bureaucrats to stand upto pressure is unfortunately very limited. Present cabinet secretary is no exception. It is hard truth.
Tapan Ghosh
Implementation of recommendations of 6th CPC
Deadline for implementation of the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission was fixed by the Central Government for payment of revised pay and arrears for those Government servants who are in service. Similar deadline was also fixed for pre-2006 retirees. However no such deadline was fixed for those who retired after 1.1.2006. Resultantly, there is no noticeable progress in this direction. As such, I want to bring to the notice of Department of Pension & PW, Department of Personnel & Training and Department of Expenditure through this website that there is need to fix such a deadline for the implementation of the recommendations of 6th CPC for fixation of pay; revision of pension; payment of arrears of pay, gratuity, leave encashment, commutation and arrears of pension for those who retired after 1.1.2006 otherwise different organs of the Government shall take their own time leisurely and there shall be no accountability.
S.S.Rana
Erring allotments
In allotment of government flats.During September, and October this year, it managed to issue allotments in excess of 110 cases of type 5 and type 6 flats, which is 3 times the numbers of allotment in comparable period prior to September. The reason for alacrity is that all allotments have been made on the pre-revised scale of pay and that many of the allottees would not have stood a chance in the revised scale. Directorates of Estates has delayed the revision of cut off date for determining priority and aggrandized people who do not deserve allotments. People who should watch and prevent the goings on are unfortunately looking the other way or are they willing to look the other way?
Barba 42
It is a welcome step !
The decision taken by Secretary(Personnel) should be welcomed by all as it meets the logic and wrong practice which has been going on for long needed a fullstop somewhere, but with a definite solution. The officers who are due for promotion are right in their way that it has been done at their turn. One of my friend has given a logic that he has been waiting for this promotion for over 16 yrs. My friend you should console yourself by that fact that 1996 batch of SOs were being sent on training before promotion as US but PS of 1990 batch is still waiting for any training or promotion (around 20 Yrs.) Both have come from the same exam and why tears are not being shed for PS. Why these double standards by DOPT for the candidates who have qualified the same UPSC exam. We hope Secretary(Personnel) will also look into this and remedial measures are taken before any promotion of 1996 US is made and both services will be placed at the same footing so far as promotion are concerned and CS Division should facilitate this mechanism.
Sunil Gupta
Fate of 200 batch has become pathetic
This is regarding reported decision of the Secretary(Personnel) to stop ad-hoc promotion in CSS. No one would disagree that promotion against regular vacancy should be on regular basis only. It is the duty and responsibility of the DOPT to ensure timely promotion/preparation of select list. But it is not understood as to how stopping ad hoc promotion as US/DS/Director is affecting the regular promotion/finalising 2003 select list of Grade I of CSS. The decision of Secretary Personnel has created a very piquant situation where a junior officer of 1995 batch section officer has been promoted where as his senior is still to be promoted. The fate of 2000 batch left out regular under secretary has become pathetic. They are retiring as Under Secretary leave alone Deputy Secretary on ad hoc basis.
Now take the case of 1996 batch section officers. When their turn for promotion came, the adhoc promotion was stopped on the ground the 2003 select list for US has not been finalised. It is not understood as to how ad-hoc promotion of 1996 batch section officer will affect the preparation of panel of 2003. Is is not a fact that DOPT has been promotion section officer as US against regular vacancy. Ideally, after a wait of 12 years and more, every section officer should get promotion on regular basis. But depriving even the ad-hoc promotion to 1996 batch section officer in the name of expediting preparation of 2003 select list is shocking and without any rationale. The remedy lies in creating special cell of four or five Under Secretaries and supporting staff with clear cut time frame for finalsing the select list and making it upto date so that there is no need to go for ad-hoc promotion. Till then, ad-hoc promotion should continue.
A. Kumar
Promotion from US to DS
The plight of those who have been working as Section Officers since 1982 and have got only one promotion so far needs to be considered sympathetically by Department of Personnel. The idea of only regular promotion mooted by Secretary Personnel is not a bad proposition but it should not be implemented so suddenly that half of the 2000 batch has already become DS and the remaining half will have to wait for years now to become DS.
CSS officer
Stock Market and Economy
It is indeed amusing to see all so called experts predicting that inflation is no concern. In our analysis we should compare the slight fall this year with that in same period last year. There is a huge gap! This surely is a matter of concern , because the savings of households ( who do not invest in stocks, 98% households,) is getting eroded and if interest rates are brought down, they will be affected more especially senior citizens, who depend on such incomes , and pay taxes on it to boot!
Instead public funds should be spent on productive infrastructure like roads, irrigation etc. The NREGA funds could be effectively used for water management in villages in addition, building tanks watershed development, bunds etc. This will ensure income to poor and increase demand , the need of the hour! As for real estate , the prices had increased 7-8 times in about three years! is it realistic! Mere interest rate drop to 7% is hardly going to have any effect. If developers reduce greed and reduce to realistic levels, demand is bound to pick up. If they had borrowed heavily to buy land at exorbitant prices, it is their mistake! They had underestimated the risk in thinking there will be no tomorrow. They should take the hit now as they had taken imprudent risks! They had also issued IPOs at exorbitant prices, with no relation to earning potential.
Let us not get carried away by talk of liquidity. We cannot improve exports in a global recessionary world, but we can boost domestic income and consumption by spending on productive infrastructure in the age old Keynsian style, and helping labour intensive medium and small industries with fiscal concessions to boost production for at least domestic consumption. Interest rate reduction should wait till inflation falls below 5% or so!
S Chatterjee
Name the officer who rejected leave application
You should also give the name of the officer who rejected the leave application, for the knowledge of the colleagues that people can be so heartless. At least some seniors can rise to this occasion and look into the matter.
Avinash
Simple living and high thinking - key to eradication of corruption
One sure shot panacea for eradication of corruption from our social fabric, as I feel, is adopting a time tested formula of " simple living and high thinking " and to be initiated to start with at the level of high ranking white collar job holders and their kins. It is very difficult to expect such initiation from the 'get rich quick by fair or unfair means' business goers. At the same time all and sundry if inculcate the habit of adoration of nature and initiate the process of conservation of scarce of natural resources, I feel there would definitely be positive results toward this end in the days to come in our country. In this regard the State Governments and the Central Government can mobilise through NGOs, school curriculum and print and electronic media by reasonably funding from time to time, especially in the high intensity vulnerable areas/sectors and establishments.
Shiv Negi
Government's u - turn
The government's decision as reported in this website today (19-11-2008) to recall former Secretaries to GOI for assessing the ACRs of civil servants opting for central deputation ,is anachronistic and preposterous, to say the least. This would, at best, serve as a ruse to facilitate the empanelment of the present IAS coterie by the ex- IAS coterie besides satisfying latters' demand for empowerment if any! I am upset at the govt. U-turn. This decision must have been taken by the GOI after consulting the Committee of Secretaries( where recommendations are reportedly finalised well before the meeting ,leaving limited scope for fine tuning)followed by the stamp of approval by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC). I would like to mention in this connection that there was a clear announcement made by T K A Nair, the present Principal Secretary to Prime Minister in his address on the Civil Services Day last year , stressing the need for a holistic assessment ' potentials of aspirants by introducing the element of personal talk/interview instead of relying solely on their ACRs. This is a matter of records. .The interview panel was to include senior ex- bureaucrats, Academicians including management professional etc. What is the fate of this announcement? I have worked with T K A Nair as Secretary (PESB) while he was its Chairman. The public sector candidates had to (and still have to) pass through rigorous and comprehensive selection process. Instead of following Nair's advice, the decision now taken is totally biased in favour of the privileged service namely : the IAS. What about the bright sparks in the non-IAS services who are any day far superior to their counterparts in the elitist service i.e. the IAS particularly those coming from the later batches who are considered "epitome of arrogance". During the past about ten months after my retirement, I had the rare privilege of meeting an ex- ICS officer as also several ex-IAS officers of 1950's vintage. The idea was to get enlightened about their views on the fast decline in the quality of the civil services. Much to my shock, I regret to say that these old guards demonstrated utmost contempt for the later batches of IAS officers due to their negativities like snobbery, arrogance and over-ambitious mindsets. I do not intend to embarrass these old jewels of civil services by revealing their names. Senior and retired IAS officers would be able to guess their names, any way.
So, finally in the light of the above, I would urge upon the Government to reconsider their decision about the performance appraisal of civil servants keeping in view the announcement made by T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister ,on the Civil Services Day from the rostrum of Vigyan Bhavan last year , when I was also present along with thousands others from different Civil Services
A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant )
Demilitarisation of mixed organisations
A lot has been discussed about the equation of Lt Col and SE in MES and DGBR. The point putforth by both the parties may be tilted towads them but under this circumstances what is the solution? The details in correct perspective are as under:
(a) After 5th CPC SE is now degignated as EE(SG) and holding the appointment of GE / Joint Director. SE(NFSG) is now designated as SE and is holding the appointment of CWE / Director.
(b) Similarly after AVSC report Ph I Lt Col is now holding the appointment of GE / Joint Director/ SO I.
(c) SE has never held the appointment of GE / Joint Director similarly Lt Col is not holding the appointment of CWE / Director.
(d) Moreover SE is an upgraded select rank whereas Lt Col is a non select time scale rank.
So, Army is not ready to accept the upgradation of SE and at the same time even after the accepting the downgradation of Lt Col not ready to reconcile as a result so much of hungama and they are bent upon equating the unequal only because the name is same.
Under such circumstances, demilitarisation of mixed organisation would be the best policy of the day which was even recommended by 5th CPC.
Army personnel be withdrawn in a phased manner from mixed organisations and the shortage of officers be made good rather than wasting the trained manpower in such organisations. The officers who are not withdrawn be permanently seconded as civilian to the mixed organisations so that the philosophy of equal pay for equal work be brought in so as to avoid any heartburn. However the officers posted for Armed Forces duty be paid MSP and all military benefits even at increased rates and the same be extended to civilians if posted to similar environmental and service conditions.
Nivedita
Blind faith is as good as no faith
Blind faith in investigative agencies is a phenomenon which is as bad as having no faith in them. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Uday Pratap