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Empanelment of 1976 batch IAS early next year.
Now this is certain that empanelment of 1976 batch IAS to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India will take place only in early next year.
Balakrishnan appointed Secretary Coal
C Balakrishnan, presently Special Secretary and Financial Adviser, Department of Road Transport and Highway, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, has been appointed Secretary, Ministry of Coal .1974 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer Balakrishnan will succeed H C Gupta on December 1.
( We said this on Nov 4 and Nov 17 )
Rana Banerjee and Sandhu unlikely to head RAW
Rana Banerjee is believed to have lost the race for the race of R&AW Chief. The reason being described that he is an ex-IAS officer and IAS will not be allowed to head the organization. He is 1972 batch officer. Despite the competence 1973 batch IPS officer Nehchal Sandhu may not be shifted to the R&AW. He is presently Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau.
Is Foreign Secretary sandwitched ?
Is Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon sandwitched between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on some issues ?.South Block is agog with such rumours.
Navin Verma to be Joint Secretary (Police)
In all probability Navin Verma will be new Joint Secretary (Police) in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.
Sanjay Kothari is now Additional Secretary Tourism
Sanjay Kothari presently Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism has been promoted as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, against the newly created post. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Sonik appointed CVO of Cement Corporation
Ashwani Kumar Sonik has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), in the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) for a period of three years. He is 1986 batch IRPS officer.
Who will be Joint Secretary Defence ?
Who will be new Joint Secretary Defence ?.A couple of names are circulation but nothing concrete has emerged.
Amarnath joins Duke University
Amarnath has joined one year mid - career program in public policy at Duke University, USA. He is 1994 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Shailendra Kumar is Deputy Secretary Agriculture
Shailendra Kumar Secretary former Public Works Department(PWD) to the Jammu & Kashmir Government has joined the Government of India(GOI)as Deputy Secretary Agriculture .He is an IAS officer of the Jammu & Kashmir cadre & belongs to the 1995 batch.Earlier he was also Secretary to Chief Minister of his parent cadre state.
(We said this on September 10,2008 & October 8,2008)
Goyal is Joint Secretary Home
Arun Kumar Goyal has joined the Ministry of Home Affairs as Joint Secretary. He is 1977 batch CSS officer.
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RK Goel joins MoEF
RK Goel has joined the Indian Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) on central deputation as IG External Aided Projects(EAP).He is an Indian Forest Service(IFS) officer of the 1977 batch.
Prem Kumar Jha to be Dy.Secy. AYUSH
Its now that Prem Kumar Jha on Central deputation will be Deputy Secretary AYUSH .He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this in early November 2008)
For Ms. Mayawati roads to Delhi go via Bhopal
For Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & president Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Ms.Mayawati roads to Delhi go via Bhopal. This is explicit from the manner in which BSP has strategised for Madhya Pradesh assembly polls to be held on November 27, 2008.
Deepak Chatterjee is back to Delhi
Indian Ambassador to European Union ,Belgium and Luxumbarg Deepak Chatterjee is back to India from Brusells .He is 1966 batch retired IAS officer .
Paswan wants Z Plus security
Union Minister Ramvilas Paswan has reportedly asked for Z Plus security. Will the Government of India concede to his request ?.
Ad agency & CMD of Public sector bank
As the grapevine has it, the Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) of one of the Public Sector banks who is guided by bosses of an advertising agency.
AK Singh is CVO, Neyveli Lignite Corp.
AK Singh has assumed the charge Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO), Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC).Singh is holding this additional charge. He is already CVO, Western Coalfields Ltd(WCL), Nagpur. He is a Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer who belongs to the 1992 batch.
V Narayanan is back to Bihar cadre
V Narayanan on completion of his five year tenure as charge Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO), Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC),Tamil Nadu, is back to his parent cadre of Bihar. He is an IPS officer of the 1977 batch.
IAS changes in TamilNadu
Chandra Prakash Singh, Principal Secretary Transport Commissioner has been appointed new Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. S Machendranathan will now be Principal Secretary and Transport Commissioner.
IAS postings in Jharkhand
Nitin Madan Kulkarni has been appointed new tribal welfare commissioner. Puja Singhal Purwar will be new transport commissioner. East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Ravindra Kumar Agarwal was given the additional charge of Aiada MD.Arvind Kumar Pandey has also been given the charge of Santhal Pargana division. Aditya Swaroop has been made Divisional Commissioner Santhal Paragna.Jayant Munigala was made the controller of examinations at Jharkhand Combined Entrance Examinations.
SBI's Gopalakrishnan no more
K.R.Gopalakrishnan who was Assistant General Manager (AGM) of the State Bank of India(SBI) in the International Banking Division(IBD),fell victim to the terrorists' attack in Mumbai on November 26,2008. He was considered to be quite close to SBI's Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) O.P.Bhat.
Three SBI officers escape
As many as three officers of the State Bank of India(SBI) had a providential escape in the terrorists' attack in Mumbai on November 26,2008.They are: Amitabh Pande,Indal Singh Same & Gurnani.They along with late K.R.Gopalakrishnan had gone to dine in the Taj hotel,Mumbai
IAS officer P.Sivakami joins BSP in TamilNadu
Ms.P.Sivakami who has recently been relieved from services has joined the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)being headed by Ms.Mayawati Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister & BSP supremo.So far Ms.Sivakami was Special Commissioner Printing & Stationery with Tamil Nadu Government.She is an IAS officer of the 1980 batch & belongs to the Tamil Nadu cadre.Ms.P.Sivakami is Senior state level General Secretary of BSP in Tamil Nadu.
Terror attack in Mumbai hits India
The terrorists attack in Mumbai on November 26/27,2008 had badly hit India.
India & UAE to revised air pact
The Indian Cabinet in Delhi on November 27,2008 gave its approval for signing of a revised Air Services between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE). This Agreement will supercede the existing Air Services Agreement (ASA) signed on March 21,1989 between India and UAE. The present ASA is based on the modern International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) template.The revised agreement signifies an important landmark in the civil aviation relations between India and UAE. It has the potential to spur greater trade, investment, tourism and cultural exchange between the two countries.

CORPORATE
National Seeds Corporation pays Rs. 1.55 crore dividend
The National Seeds Corporation (NSC)paid a cheque of Rs.1.54 crore to the Government of India (GOI)as dividend for the year 2007-08 on November 27,2007.The cheque was presented by Chairman and Managing Director NSC Ms. Upma Chawdhry to Indian Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar. NSC has achieved an all time record turnover of Rs. 227.38 crore as against Rs. 158.86 crore during 2006-07, thus recording a growth of more than 43%. The Profit Before Tax (PBT) during 2007-08 registered a growth of 68% from Rs. 19.93 crore to Rs. 33.43 crore. Similarly the Profit After Tax (PAT) increased from Rs. 13.05 crore to Rs. 22.73 crore, an increased of Rs. 74%.
S Nagarajan to be Director, PFC !
S Nagarajan, who is currently Executive Director (Finance) with the Power Finance Corporation (PFC), is going to be Director (PFC).
Sandhu promoted in IFCI
R S Sandhu has been promoted from General Manager to Chief General Manager and designated as head of the Project Appraisal Department at Head office in the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd., the first financial Institution of India.
Rajanna joins Future GLI
Nagesh Rajanna has joined Future Generali Life Insurance as chief of sales and business development.
Kumar is CVO of SBH
Rawat Rakesh Kumar, former Deputy General Manager Allahabad Bank is new Chief Vigilance Officer of State Bank of Hyderabad.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
'Congress wants to time the fuel price cut just right!!!!
When it comes to fuel cut Congress has the General Polls in its sight!!!
But now with State elections on hand!!!!
Deora is bajaoing fuel price cut ka band (bajaa) !!!
Aim is not to cut price now but draw benefit of future price cut now!!!!!
And for this kind of objective Congress has the know- how!!!
Why were Fuel prices not cut when prices feel from $ 147 to below $ 50????
Experts say Sarkaar could have cut prices when prices fell to $ 60!!!!
Refineries are raking in a lot of profits in the mean time!!!!
Rs. 8/ liter for petrol and Rs. 1/ liter for diesel as on price cut Sarkaar is doing mark time!
So for fuel its just politics that is making us pay more!!!!
I'm sure on this most Indians will be sore!!!
Sheila Dixit's take on Rahul's 1984 riots statement !!!
She says that Rahul is against violence and this is what he meant!!!
I told you slowly but surely Congress will twist and turn Rahul's apology!!!!
By providing its own twisted analogy!!!!
A few days back Sonia was seated on a stage in a rally in Dilli!!!!
After Rahul's demand on 1984 riots seeing Tytler and Sajjan Sonia felt silly!!!!
So she whispered something in Sheila Dixit's ear,
And soon both Tytler and Sajjan put themselves in reverse gear!!!
They both walked off the stage and Sonia breathed a sigh of relief!!!
Congress has to do this if in Rahul's apology it wants belief!!!
That was yesterday and today Rahul was seen himself with Tytler and Sajjan on stage!!
Such double talk sure does enrage!!!
Though Congress's excuse is that this is beyond Rahul's control!!!
Read between the lines..... all is fair during a poll!!
Haryana Deputy CM and Bhajan's Beta has gone missing!!!!!
On this its rumored that Hooda's cronies are hissing!!!!
Its rumored that they say Bhajan's son has a drug problem and has gone for de-addiction!!!
To cure himself of his addiction!!!
In USA now they either say bailout is too much or too little!!!!
If you ask me US Economy has become brittle!!!!
People who say 'too much' feel flouters should have felt the pain!!!!
They bide by the saying 'no pain no gain'!!!
The gain in this case would have been bringing in responsibility of the fiscal kind!
Banks in US badly need a kick in the hind!!!!
Confucius says…… US sneezes and the World catches a cold!!!
What will happen now that US Banks have knocked out US cold???

Bharat Kuma

Forum
Stop downgradation of civilian officers
Military Officers are building up pressure on the government to accept their unjust demands.
(1) Look at the allowances they get: http://www.scribd.com/full/8101699?access_key=key-1lay40u84jgpyzopd809
There are huge number of allowances. I never knew they get extra pay for getting post-graduate degree; pilots get allowance for flying; navy divers get allowances for diving; all get 25% extra pay as hard area allowance (apart from MSP),extra money as Counter Insurgency allowance (even in Peace Areas), language allowance etc. etc.
(2) In GoI new civil service entrants will not get pension from the GoI sources - many state governments are also following the same pattern. Not so for military personnel. Not only that, they want OROP that will cost GoI heavily. Why shouldn't the civilian contributory pension system (with some modifications to account for lower age of retirement) be made applicable to military also ? Else, let the civilian employees also have earlier system of GoI funded pension.
(3) Speedier promotions to military officers via AVSC-I and AVSC-II.
These benefits are not available to PMF or police. This injustice must be rectified, and the downgradation of civilian officers must be stopped.
MohanG
A request to Minister of State (Personnel) & Prime Minister of India who is the over all in-charge minister for the SSC
I request your personal intervention to solve the genuine service problems of 'Data Entry Operators' working in 'Staff Selection Commission'. The 'DEO Grade A' who joined in 1990 is presently holding the same post whereas their counter-parts have got 2 or 3 promotions within the same period. Thanks to their cadre controlling authorities for having arranged them time bound promotions either by Flexible Complementing Scheme or cadre restructure.
The DEOs of the SSC are also not lucky enough to get a justified and real 'First Financial Up-gradation' under the so-called 'Assured Career Progression Scheme'. Sir, a 'DEO Grade A' is being granted with a revised payscale of Rs. 4500-125-7000/- after completion of 12 years of service in the payscale of Rs. 4000-100-6000/-. Sir, they are being granted a much lower pay-scale (Rs. 4500-125-7000) than their present basic pay (Rs. 5200)which cann't be termed as 'Assured Career Progression Scheme'.
I request you to kindly arrange them a real and justified ACP, time bound promotions through FCS, conduct of Departmental Tests and cadre re-structuring etc.
Mrs. Jhansi Lakshmi
This is regarding merger of CSSS and CSS
I would like to correct the writer that Stenographer Gr D of 1981 are still waiiting got their life's first promotion. So far merger is concerned. Grade D are part and parcel of CSSS and they will get the same benefit which will be given to PAs and PSs. CSSS Association, a recognised body for CSSS cadre is continuously taking up this matter with the Government at higher levels.
Suresh Kumar
Comments on the CPMF
The aversions reflected are totally incorrect. The standard of intakes of direct entry officers in the CPMF is far inferior to the IPS candidates. On entry as Assistant Commandant in the CPMF, with about 7 promotions down the line can rise up to IG in the organization. They are now demanding for the slot to Addl DG. The allowances and facilities that they draw viz a viz civilian counterpart are far more than one can believe. As an ADIG he stealthy retires at 60 years instead of 57 years. He also plays fiddle to the IPS officers just to gain his own benefits. No officer at the level of Assistant Commandant (Direct Entry) ever remains in far flung areas for longer period as indicated. Only Assistant Commandants who are promotees from the ranks do stay at such places for their own benefits. For the creation and promotion of posts for these officers, large numbers of posts in the constabulary are often surrendered as matching savings thus depriving lot of employment avenues to the down trodden. And there is far more corruption at this level as most of the work is handled by them and IPS officers only perform supervisory role. When the IPS is part of the civil administration, these officers had wanted themselves to be "Members of the Force" for getting additional benefits and hence have been brought under the respective Acts. So if there is some drawback then there are other benefits for these persons. And contrary to the statement there are very few voluntary retirements and resignations in the CPMF. Who would like to forego the benefits they are availing?
D Anil Kumar
CPMF officers are the privileged class
Jawans may be subjected to great work pressure but CPMF officers are the privileged class. They get regular promotions from Asst Commandant to Deputy Commandant after 5th year, then to 2-in-C after 4th year and Commandant after 4th year. This post is now equivalent to Colonel in Army as per 6th PC. Further Additional DIG post has been upgraded to DIG. CPMF Officers enjoy the benefits of both Army and Civilian service officers. They retire at the age of 60 years and have almost all the comforts of Army i.e. CSD Security Sahayak(s) etc. I feel who so ever at officer level is taking VRS; must be thankful to CPMF/GoI to have made him capable of getting a decent job outside in the industry. .
Ashu
Government takes back what Pay Commission gives
I agree that the clarification and stance of DOPT in this matter runs contrary to the purpose for which the Pay Commission made this recommendation ! In the final analysis, the government takes back what the Pay Commission gives whether it is Child Care Leave or higher Salaries(most of which is taken back in income tax)!
Amita
Grave Injustice & Inequality among Staff and Officers by 6th CPC
(1)Class I/Group 'A' Officers have been given an increase as follows:-
Pay as on 1.1.2006 x 3.07
whereas staff has been given an increase as follows:-
Pay as on 1.1.2006 x 1.86
(2)Section Officers/PS's have been given notionally non functional scale of Rs 8000 w.e.f. 1.1.1996.
(3)On the same analogy Assistants should have notionally got pay scale of Rs 6500 w.e.f. 1.1.1996
(4)and Section Officers notionally a pay scale of Rs 7500.
(5) Finally Government of India has befooled Assistants/PAs/PSs/SO's by saying that their pay scales have been revised w.e.f. 1.1.2006. The pay scale has been downgraded. The following would prove my contention:
The start of the pay scale in the PB 2 is Rs 9300 which is 1.86 of Rs 5000 then where is the pay scale of Assistant Rs 6500 and SO Rs 7500. It is a misnomer. This anomaly has to be corrected at the earliest. Would DOPT look into this and give notional pay scales to Assistants/PA's/SO's/PS's w.e.f. 1.1.2006 as has been done for Non-functional scale and also improvement of staff pay scale by giving them 3.07 of basic pay as on 1.1.2006 as has been done in the case of Class I Officers. This issue also needs a wider discussion on this forum .
Lalit Suri
Pending problem
Ashok Sharma ( IFS Mh-064 ) has raised the topic which is pending problem from date of acceptance of 6 CPC but no action taken by GoI so far. To say that the Non function grade be given with refernce to promotion in state is asking for too much. The concerned dept has not issued orders for even promotion with ref to promotion of IAS batch in centre, which is much later. No wonder, the inefficiency, discrimination and partiality by DoPT is open and indicative of shamelessness.
Ram Kumar
Thank you mam for supporting a common cause
There is no doubt that grave injustice is being done to all women employees. The intention of the Sixth Pay Commission was to give child care leave to all women employees in addition to the Earned Leave and the CCL was in no way connected to the Earned Leave. But the original order seems to have been manipulated and now a women will have to take her Earned Leave for taking care of her children. Then in that case no Earned Leave should be granted to male employees and women employees whose children are above 18 since they will not be taking leave for taking care of their children. Utter rubbish and utter confusive. Whenever a women needs leave for taking care of her child or during sickness or for rearing she'll have to spend her Earned Leave. What about her own needs? She too might need leave for herself, for her sickness or for any other purpose. This is grave injustice. Through this forum i would like to urge to all women employees to stand up for this cause. Is there any authority to whom we can appeal?
Seema Sharma
Shortage is not due to Railway officials
The reason for shortage of officers at Director level in Government of India is not the Railway Officers not going on deputation. It is because in the garb of a transfer policy, the largest civil service cadre in India (viz. the IRS) has been deprived of deputations. Contrary to all norms and throwing all notions of justice to the winds, IRS officers have been deliberately restricted to only two deputations in their lifetime by the transfer policy. No other service has been so deprived. Further, no body is allowed to apply for deputations by the self seeking CSS babus sitting in the CBDT. No files move, no names are forwarded and lame excuses are resorted to, by the time names are forwarded, the deadlines expire, it is as if a personal favour is being doled out. Any attempt to seek deputation is deliberately given the colour of a means to beat the "transfer policy". How can the service conditions of one service be jeopardised so badly in the name of a transfer policy, when these restrictions do not apply to any other service recruited through the civil services exam. Whither equality?
Uday Pratap
No problem with EVMs
Contrary to what has appeared on your esteemed website, using EVMs (electronic voting machines) in elections is now standard practice in the country and no problems have ever arisen in the last decade or so that they have been used, whether in rural areas or urban areas.
A K Singh
Not the good health of judiciary !
The visit of a judicial officer to the President of India is not the good health of judiciary, if he is not call by the Rastrapathi Bhavan. If the CJ has any grievance it should be brought to the notice of next higher judicial authority. Judiciary is the most respected constitutional body among the people. The action of CJ will definitely ruins this faith. An open debate is necessary in this regards.
Koyaji
Thanks for good reply
Thanks for giving such a good reply. Actually what is going to happen where a Steno-D who has already put in 16 yrs of service in the same rank, when the merger takes place. Will the Steno who has put in 16 yrs of service be a looser with the merger or will it benefit.
Kalvinkevinanildoma
Merger of Asstts/PAs etc.
This is regarding merger of PA/Asstt, SO/PS etc. The issue of merger is to be discussed in the 'Anomaly Committee' as well as Cadre Review Committee recently constituted by DOPT for forming modalities. The likely formula would be one assistant and one PA, one SO and one PS of same year. As far as UDCs/ Steno Ds are concerned, they would be given appropriate training and would be promoted in phases [as and when vacancies arise] to their higher grade - Executive Assistant. The process may take 4-5 years to the maximum. Some cases between CSS and CSSS are still pending in CAT/High Courts. These may affect speedy process of merger.
Kaushal
An appeal to women employees
I urge to all the women employees who might plan to finish off their Earned Leave in the hope of getting Child Care leave subsequently, not to do this because tomorrow an order might come that CCL has been totally removed off as it is disrupting the Central Government work. So let the dream of taking CCL be dream itself because like the other benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission, this too is an eyewash.
Vandana