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Why no full time Secretary for AYUSH in GoI?
Why the Government of India (GoI) has failed to appoint a full time incumbent as Secretary AYUSH? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power.
Prasad to go to London ?
Latest information says that N N Prasad is going to succeed S Jagdeesan as Minister (Economic) in Indian High Commission London. He is 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre.
K.N.Shrivastava tipped to be DG ,ASI
As the grapevine has it K.N.Shrivastava Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation is tipped to be new Director General(DG)of the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI).Shrivastava is Karnataka cadre IAS officer of the 1978 batch & is already empanelled with the GOI for posting as Additional Secretary at the Centre.
AK Rana is Regional CCF,Bhopal
AK Rana on central deputation has been posted as Regional CCF Bhopal. He is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch who belongs to the Manipur -Tripura (MT) cadre.
Anshuman Yadav to join NSG
Anshuman Yadav is joining the Special Protection Group (SPG) as SP. He is 1998 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
A.P.Joshi's successor yet to be decided
Successor of A.P. Joshi Principal Secretary Rural Development ton the Karnataka Government is yet to be decided. Earlier,name of Ms.Sobha Nambisan was in circulation as successor to Joshi.However,on November 5, 2008 she was appointed Principal Secretary, Planning and Statistics Department .It may be stated that Joshi on Central deputation was appointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy in the vacancy of V. P. Raja, IAS (MH: 74) (Retd.). Joshi is an IAS officer of the 1978 batch.
Is there any link of DMK with SR Rao's appointment?
Is there any link of DMK with SR Rao's appointment as Additional Secretary & FA in the Information Technology (IT) Ministry? This question is being discussed in corridors of power because Rao who is a Gujarat cadre IAS officer & had lost out in race for the post of Director General(DG) Shipping to her batch mate Ms Lakshmi Venkatachalam of the Karnataka cadre ,has got a posting in such a Ministry that is being looked after by a DMK Minister A Raja. Even Shipping Ministry is with TR Baalu, Indian Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways who too is an MP of the DMK.
Why did the Indian PM meet entrepreneurs?
Why did Indian Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh meet top industrialists of India recently? This question is doing rounds in corridors of power as well as the corporate world. As the grapevine has it the meeting was held with an eye on Lok Sabha polls to be held in 2009.
Gujarat Chief Secretary is very busy these days
New chief Secretary of Gujarat D Rajagopalan is set to take control of the preparations for Vibrant Gujarat business summit scheduled for Mid-January 2009. He is little worried about MoUs. . . B'cause again this year, Chief Minister Narendra Modi set high n high targets and this task seems very very difficult in current market condition. . . any one can name the company . . . who are/ which companies going to sign MoU with Gujarat Government ?.
Murthy to succeed Panwar in AP ?
1974 batch IAS officer J P Murthy is likely to succeed D N Panwar in Andhra Pradesh as Chief Commissioner Land Administration.
Why did Panneervel not join GoI ?
P Panneervel, Gujarat State Revenue Secretary, decided against a deputation because he felt a posting in Gujarat is "much better" than Delhi, where you do not get so many facilities. He is 1978 batch IAS officer.
Plan to modernize Rural Post offices
Government of India is reportedly planning to modernize rural post office infrastructure across the country.
IPS officer is VC of University
1975 batch Uttar Pradesh IPS officer V N Rai has been appointed Vice Chancellor of the International Hindi University Vardha.
DGCA being restructured
With an eye on future demand in the aviation sector the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is being restructured by enhancing posts.
Sukul is Joint Secretary in Civil Aviation Ministry
Prashant Narain Sukul is new Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. He is 1982 batch IDAS officer,
( We said this on October 13 )
Is a Joint Secretary doing MEA job ?
A Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce is reportedly doing in the MEA sanctions ?.Is it true ?.
Deepak Kumar Panwar is CMD,FCI
Deepak Kumar Panwar, an IAS officer of 1974 batch from Andhra Pradesh cadre, has assumed the charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the Food Corporation of India (FCI)on November 5,2008.He was relieved by his by his parent state on Tuesday afternoon. He succeeds Alok Sinha who had superannuate on October 31,2008.So far he was Special Chief Secretary & Chief Commissioner of Land Administration with the Andhra Pradesh Government. Deepak Kumar Panwar has a vast experience of more than six years in food management at the State level, in various capacities such as Commissioner Food and Civil Supplies, Secretary Food & Civil Supplies, Chairman Civil Supplies Corporation, Director Civil Supplies and Collector in East Godavari District., which is the most important district in Andra Pradesh for procurement of rice. It is expected that the said experience will help him in discharging his duties to the satisfaction of the Government of India(GoI).
Cabinet Secretariat raise objections ?
The Cabinet Secretariat is reported to have raised objections to the proposal of two senior Railway officials Vivek Sahay and Deepak Krishna.
Tiwari posted as Regional CCF Bhubneshwar
Jai Krishna Tiwari has been posted as Regional CCF (MoEF) Bhubaneswar. Tiwari is an Indian Forest Service Officer of 1979 batch, in Kerala Cadre and is currently working as Chief Wildlife Warden, Kerala.
New Judges of Rajasthan High Court
Justice Guman Singh, Justice Bhanwaru Khan Parian, Justice Deo Narayan Thanvi Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore, Justice Mahesh Chandra Sharma, Justice Sangeet Raj Lodha and Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari have been appointed Judges of the Rajasthan High Court.
IAS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu
There has been an IAS reshuffle in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. New postings are :-Mssrs P Seetharam Collector Madurai, J Chandrakumar Collector Salem, N Mathivanan Commissioner Disciplinary Proceedings Chenna, J Uma Maheswari Collector Karur, T N Venkatesh Joint Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Dharmendra Pratap Yadav Joint Secretary Law and Order, Pankaj Kumar Bansal Vellore Collector, Ramanathapuram Collector, Sivaganga, Ashish Chatterjee Collector Kanniyakumari, B Jothi Nirmala Deputy Commissioner Health Chennai Municipal Corporation and S S Jawahar MD Marketing Federation.
Capt. KS Nair elevated as Director in SCI
Capt KS Nair has become Director Bulk & Tankers(B & T) Division with the Shipping Corporation of India(SCI). Hitherto, Capt Nair was Senior Vice President(VP) with SCI's International Safety Marine (ISM) & ISPS divisions. The slot was lying vacant for the last year and a half.
( We said this on July 13 )
Capt Pai succeeds Capt KS Nair in SCI
Capt Pai has succeeded Capt KS Nair who on promotion has become Director Bulk & Tankers (B & T) Division with the Shipping Corporation of India(SCI). Hitherto, Capt Nair was Senior Vice President(VP) with SCI's International Safety Marine(ISM) & ISPS divisions.
AK Singh CIT relieved
A K Singh CIT Delhi-V who was transferred in July 2008 has been relieved with immediate effect to join as CIT-III Surat.
TN IAS officer to join Karnataka Government
Sandhya Venugopal Sharma is going on deputation to the Karnataka Government. She is 1995 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
IAS reshuffle in Haryana
Krishna Mohan has been appointed Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Home, Jails, Criminal Investigation and Administration of Justice Departments). Shakuntala Jakhu has been appointed Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Agriculture). Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Resident Commissioner, Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi, Administrator, Trade Fair Authority of Haryana and Additional Labour Commissioner, Gurgaon, has been posted as Transport Commissioner, Adviser and Special Secretary (Civil Aviation and Transport). Pankaj Yadav has been made DC, Mahendragarh. T.L. Satyaparkash will now be DC Jind. Mohammad Shayin has been posted as DC, Bhiwani. Sameer Pal Srow will be new DC, Ambala.
IAS postings in Jharkhand
Rahul Sharma will now be Director, industry along with additional charge Labour Commissioner. Hmani Pandey will be DC Gumla., Puja Sighal Purwar has been made DC Godda and MP Singh DC Lohardaga.
Jammu & Kashmir Government to shift to Jammu
Officials of the Jammu & Kashmir Government will shift to Jammu in a week's time.
Bureaucratic reshuffle in Maharashtra on the anvil
A bureaucratic reshuffle is on the anvil in Maharashtra soon. The state government had affected certain changes of senior officials in the state on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Net direct tax collection up
Net direct tax collections during first seven months of the present fiscal (up to October 2008) stood at Rs.166,905 crore, up from Rs.128,864 crore, registering a growth of 29.52 percent. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 33.49 percent (Rs.105,174 crore as against Rs.78,785 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including FBT, STT and BCTT) grew at 23.14 percent (Rs.61,433 crore as against Rs.49,890 crore). The momentum of growth in direct taxes could be maintained, despite present global financial crises / recession and its resultant impact on the Indian economy, mainly on account of a shift in the tax collection strategy of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) towards improving the tax deduction at source (TDS) mechanism and encouraging better tax compliance, reflected in growth of 35.78 percent in TDS and 52.76 percent in self-assessment tax. Growth in Corporate TDS was 48.2 percent at Rs36,004 crore as against Rs.24,293 crore in the same period last year. Despite substantial tax relief allowed to individual taxpayers in the Union Budget 2008, growth of PIT TDS was 26 percent at Rs.38,868 crore as against Rs.30,845 crore in the same period last year.Growth in corporate TDS above 48 percent, growth in Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) above 47 percent and growth in dividend distribution tax above 48 percent indicate continued strength of the Indian economy. Growth in Securities Transaction Tax (STT), however, at minus 1.60 percent was reflective of humungous erosion in values of stock markets transactions. Despite lower advance tax payments by certain sectors such as real estate, infrastructure, cement, automobile, power, textile and downstream oil companies, advance taxes recorded positive growth in mining, mineral, metal, engineering, Indian banking, telecom, IT, pharma, and consumer goods sectors.
New judges in J& K, High Court appointed
As many as two incumbents have been appointed as Additional judges to the Jammu & Kashmir (J & K) High Court(HC).They are:Muzaffar Hussain Attar &Vinod Kumar Gupta.
New judges in Uttarakhand , High Court appointed
As many as two incumbents have been appointed as Additional judges to the Uttarakhand , High Court.They are:Vijai Kumar Bist and Sudhanshu Dhulia.
Justice Abhijit Sinha,a Judge in Patna High Court
Justice Abhijit Sinha, Additional Judge of the Patna High Court has been appointed to be a Judge of the Patna High Court, with effect from the date he assume charge of his office.
Appointment of Judge in Delhi High Court
Justice Sudershan Kumar Misra, Additional Judge of Delhi High Court has been appointed to be a Judge of the Delhi High Court, with effect from the date he assume charge of his office.

CORPORATE
Ratan Tata's group gains
It seems that the Tata group of companies being headed by noted industrial tycoon Ratan Tata are sitting quite pretty in the era of global economic melt down. As the grapevine has it, the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has invested a whopping amount of Rs.2500 crore in different companies of Ratan Tata.
BSNL to revise tariff plans
BSNL is planning to revise tariff plans of Broadband connections. It is learnt.
SBI transfers
State bank of India, MP & CG circle network-1, General Manager V P Dani was transferred from Nepal to Bhopal in August. V P Dani has now been transferred from Bhopal to Mumbai as GM cross selling and Niharia from Mumbai is going to take charge General Manager Network -1 MP & CG circle in Bhopal office.
32 promoted as General Managers in State Bank of India.
Altogether 32 officers have been promoted to the rank of State Bank of India (SBI).They are Mssrs:-Nanda Vimal Kumar,Iyengar Sheshadri,Sunil Damodar,Bagga Pradeep Kumar,Saran Rajiv,Mehra Rajeev Nandan, Mukhopadhyay Sarada Prasad ,Subramanian R Ganapathy,Ramamurthy K, Wadhwa Gurinder Bir Singh, Anand Velamur Varadan, Pradhan Shirish Shantaram, Sinha Abhay Kumar, Rajan S, Nehriya Ram Narayan, Krishnamacharin, Ramesh Rangan S.A, Malhotra Praveen Kumar, Prakasa Chandran V.K, Amitabh Kumar , Karthikeyan R, Desai Swati, Mathew V.G, Venugopal Kavilakath, Sahai Deepti, Saran Salil Kant, Ghatey Raghavendra Janardan, Misra Jibendu Narayan, Sharma Rakesh, Venugopalan K.P, Rajnish Kumar, Gupta Praveen Kumar .
BSNL postings
Sanjay Kumar JAG ITS will continue as Director (VTM) Bihar Circle. V K Ray will be Director (VTM) Bihar DoT. Anil Kumar Gupta will not move to Assam Circle. Tej Pal Singh JAG ITS will continue to be in UP East Telecom Circle. Prabodh Kumar Sahana will move to ETR Circle.
Sanghi gets new appointment
Vinay Sanghi has been appointed as Chief of New Business Development for the After-Market Sector by Automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra.
Anand Bhadkamker Aegis Media as CFO

Aegis Media India has roped in Anand Bhadkamker as its CFO.Hitherto he was Vice President(VP)Finance,Lintas India.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Obama's whipped McCain,
But I feel McCain is not in much pain!
Because he knew he did not have a chance,
At the pre poll surveys he must have been regularly taking a glance!!!
The pre poll surveys in US are not like the one's NDTV and IBN do here!!!
Because via their surveys at the 'apples of their eyes' these Channels cheer!!!
And then there are reports of McCain not going all out in spending!!!!!
A message about his confidence this was sending!!
White House is no longer the domain of The White,
To live in the White House a colored man has won the fight!!!!
White House's name should be changed to Presidential Residence!!!
Keeping the name White House now doesn't anymore make sense!!
A 46 year old colored man is now at the helm of affairs in USA !!!
The World has changed many would say!!!
They say Bush saw the results in the White House bunker with his aides!!!
And in their nervousness they made on the refrigerator in the bunker regular raids!!!
Because many feel in this election Bush's reputation was at stake!!!!
To carry forward Bush's agenda promise McCain did make!!!
Back home our Mohna has ordered Industry to lay off from lay offs!!!
At his demand the Industry scoffs!!!
Or has UPA formed its own anti lay off Sena!!!
And anyone laying off ko padh saktha hai lena ka dena!!!
May I remind Mohna that very soon in UPA there will be lay-offs galore!!!
As for UPA in the General Elections a booting is in store!!
After PC's orders PSU Banks have started cutting interest rates!!!
Whereas any interest cut should have been done after below 9% inflation abates!!
But PC is in a tearing hurry to make Markets rebound!!!
Glued to the monitor showing the Sensex and Nifty he's always found!!!
Markets are now worried about change in Dilli,
As Mayawati or Commies towards Industry and progress would be chilly!!!
Markets are okay with UPA and NDA!!!!
But what if Third Front or the old Commie UPA connection is revived Brokers say???
They say this with worry writ large on the mooh!!!!
And they know for power anything our politicians will do!!!
Why should an Airport in a Border State B Tier City charge such a high landing rate????
And now this rate has sealed the Amritsar Airport 's fate!!!
Maybe this is UPA's way of getting back at Voters in Punjab !!!!
At Amritsar 's fast pace development seems kissi ko lagh gaye hai julaab!!!!
Has BJP done a survey in Rajasthan????
Because my feeling is BJP has a lot of work to do here to get in polls pratham sthaan!!
In Rajasthan and MP Modi and his formula should be BJP's plank!!!!
And 'patriots' should be the target vote bank!!!
Confucius says……Bring patriotism or Indianness to the fore!!!!
' India ke liye yeh dill maange more'!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
System will survive all
There can be no two opinions that our system needs to be strengthened. It has been ruined to an extent where cabinet ministers are taking opposing stands in public, even fairest government decisions are upturned by so called quasi-judicial authorities comprising of not 100% impeccable service records, individual officers are tracked & hunted for daring to act under the law, those favouring systems strengthening are marginalized and those who should have been shown the door are shown undue favours and given undeserved awards. The situation is not far off when ugly scenes will become common sight in transferred officers refusing handing over/taking over new charge and charging at each other-something happening in some quarters at state levels/central field formations levels. Postings/promotions are being sold/ purchased freely. To stop further decline of this ailing system, we must not allow, under the authority of the legislation, any lame duck government like the present central government to make appointments to top positions like the Election Commission Of India, High Courts/ Supreme Court, Cabinet Secretary, Secretaries to the Government of India,Heads of Autonomuos organisations, Members or Chairpersons of Committees/Councils etc.
All those desirous of strengthening rule of law against the present rule of individual(s) must speak out!
M L Gupta
Contracts without tenders
Contracts are being awarded in Government Departments without floating tenders specially in oil PSUs and their subsidiary. A vendor whose technical and financial capabilities are under doubts has been awarded a contract worth few crores without proper tendering .
Sanjay K Sinha
IRS clarification regarding transfer policy
Congratulations to the Ministry of Finance for issuing a circular saying that the transfer policy will be implemented without exception from now on. This is a result of the feedback on the Whispers that the policy is being implemented selectively. All IRS officers are hoping that the Government will implement the policy in full, including the North India clause of max stay of 16 years in service; the maximum 8 year clause for Delhi [since only 1 cycle is allowed in full career in Delhi]; the non-operation of health clause; the child education "clause"; the UP IAS "clause"; the "clause" under which postings of officers were changed last time within days; the "clause" under which posts are diverted from one city to another' the "clause" under which the seniority is factored in selectively instead of the country as a whole. Is that enough feedback or do we need to give more information to make the government implement the transfer policy fully. All of us fully support the idea of full implementation. We hope that the new SO / Director are reading this.
Wadhwa
Nervous Prime Minister of India
Our PM is himself an economist of repute .He is already being assisted by a high powered Economic Advisory Council headed by Prof Tendulkar with a plethora of economists. Dr Montek S Ahluwalia and P. Chidambaram are already advising the PM. And now, lo and behold, Prof Raghunathan Rajan another IMF trained economist has been appointed as the Economic Advisor to PM ( with Secretary rank) adding further strain to our economy. Have our 'desi' economists failed to impress our PM ?
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)
Tail-piece
Where are we today?
How did one survive growing up in the 70's, 80's and 90's?
We had no seatbelts, no airbags and sitting in the back of a truck was a treat…
Our baby prams had the most gorgeous lead based colours…
No such thing as tamper proof bottle tops…
Opening kitchen cupboards was a breeze… as safety locks were unheard off…
Cycling was like a breath of fresh air…
No safety helmets, knee pads or elbow pads, with plenty of cardboards between spokes to make it sound like a motorbike…
When thirsty we only drank tap water, bottled water was still a mystery…
We kept busy collecting bits & pieces so we could build all sort of things … and we were fearless on our bikes even when the brakes failed going downhill…
We were showing off how tough we are, by how high we could climb trees & then jumping down….It was great fun….
We could stay out to play for hours, as long as we got back before dark, in time for dinner…
We walked to school, or sometimes we even rode our bike.
We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other…. How? No one knows…
We lost teeth, broke arms & legs, we got cuts and bruises and bloody noses…. nobody complained as we had so much fun, it wasn't anybody's fault, only ours
We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, ice-cream, sweet sugary drinks, yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around.
And if one of us was lucky to find a 1 litre coca cola bottle we all had a swag from it & guess what? Nobody picked up any germs...
We did not have Play Stations, MP3, Nintendo's, I-Pods, Video games, 99 Cable TV channels, DVD's, Home Cinema, Mobile phones, Home Computers, Laptops, Chat-rooms, Internet, etc ... But, we had Real Friends!!!!
We called on friends to come out to play, never rang the doorbell, just went around the back…
We loved being let loose in the big bad world…without bodyguards…
We played with sticks and stones, played cowboys and Indians, doctors and nurses, hide and seek, soccer games, over and over again…
When we failed our exams we were given a second chance by simply repeating the same grade…without visiting psychiatrists, psychologists or counselors…
Such were the days…
We had freedom, success, disappointments and responsibilities. ..
Most of all, we learned to respect others…
Are you from that generation?? If that's the case, email this to all your friends from the same era…
Maybe this message will help them forget the stress that surrounds us these days….and just for a few moments puts a smile to their faces as they remember what life was really like in the good old days……
Have A Super Day! with Golden Days Value!!!!!!! !!