Dear Sir, Again you have proved that this website owes allegiance to a particular service of the government. Your credibility is indeed dwindling.
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Top Nine officers of Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in Karnataka
This is the kitchen cabinet of Karnataka Chief Minister. Insiders say they rule the roost.
1. V.P.Baligar IAS.
2. M Lakshiminarayna IAS
3. V Umesh IAS
4. R.B. Agawane PS ,PWD
5 Police Commissioner S.M.Bidari IPS
6 B G J Mirji IPS
7 K Jairaj
8. Dr. KV Raju, Economic Advisor
9. Upendra Tripathi IAS Home Commissioner.
Haldea to be Member of Competition Commission !
G N Haldea is being tipped to be Member of the Competition Commission. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre.
S.C.Gupta to be CMD,United Bank
S.C.Gupta who is Executive Director(ED) with the Bank of Baroda(BoB) is all set to become Chairman Managing Director(CMD) of the United Bank.
Bhattacharya is new JS in MEA
A K Bhattacharjee (IFS 1980) has joined MEA as Joint Secretary (UNP) in place of Sanjiv Arora (IFS 1984) who is going as Consul General to Houston. Bhattacharjee was on long deputation to UN.
Sayeed is JS West Asia Division in MEA
Ausaf Sayeed (IFS 1989) has joined MEA as Joint Secretary of West Asia Division. He was earlier Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Raman is ED, UBI
General Manager of the Bank of India Raman has been appointed as Executive Director of the Union Bank of India.
(We said this on October 13)
B.S.Prabhakar is ED,BOI
B.S.Prabhakar who so far General Manager with the Bank of Baroda has now been elevated as Executive Director (ED)Bank of India
A.S.Bhattacharya is ED
A.S.Bhattacharya who so far was General Manager has been elevated as Executive Director(ED)Indian Bank.
M.Sanghvi is ED,Bank of Maharashtra
M.Sanghvi who so far was General Manager with the Dena Bank has been elevated as Executive Director(ED) Bank of Mahrashtra.
J M Garg to be CMD,Corporation Bank
J M Garg who is Executive Director(ED)with the Punjab National Bank is poised to become Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD)of the Corporation Bank. .
Pillai is Resident Director MPEDA
D Vijayan Pillai has joined as Resident Director MPEDA. He is 1995 batch CSS officer.
Deep Shekhar is Director Health
Deep Shekhar is new Director Health in the Government of India. He is 1990 batch IRS (CE &C ) officer.
DPC of 1976 batch IRS (IT) in last week
DPC of 1976 batch IRS (IT) for the post of Chief Commissioner Income-Tax is expected to take place either on October 30 or 31.
Y.K.Singh to be CVO,CAPART
Y.K.Singh Additional Commissioner of Income Tax(CIT)Delhi on central deputation has been appointed as Chief vigilance Officer(CVO)with the Council of Advancement of People's Action & Rural Technology(CAPART) .His initial term will be for three years which is extandable by another two years.He is an Indian Revenue Service(IRS)officer of the 1988 batch.
Adhir Jha to be Director Food & PDS
Adhir Jha Additional Commissioner of Income Tax(CIT) Rajasthan on central deputation has been appointed as Director Food & Public Distribution (PDS) for a term of five years.He is an Indian Revenue Service(IRS)officer of the 1990 batch.
IAS postings in Punjab
Manashvi Kumar ADC (Dev), Gurdaspur has been appointed ADC and ADC (Dev), Hoshiarpur and Basant Garg, SDM, Muktsar SDM, Roopnagar.
U.S. University Fair 2008 in Mumbai
The United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF), Mumbai will be facilitating the I.I.E. U.S. University Fair on Thursday, October 21, 2008 at the Presidential Ballroom , Hotel Taj President, 90, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai 400 005 from 11.00 a.m. to1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.Institute of International Education (IIE) assists regionally accredited U.S. universities in their efforts to recruit, enroll, and serve international students. The fair, which promotes direct school-to-student communication; provides an ideal opportunity for students and parents to interact with 25 authorized U.S. admissions officers from regionally accredited U.S. institutions regarding their academic programs and admission procedures.Entry to the IIE fair is free and open to all. For further information students could contact USIEF on 22624603 or 22624590 extension nos. 2235 - 2237 or visit us from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm (Monday - Friday).
IPS changes in UP
In a minor shake up of IPS officers Uttar Pradesh Government has transferred Prem Prakash SSP Meerut as SSP Agra & Raghuvir Lal who so far was SSP Agra was shifted as SSP Meerut.
Amit Jha is eligible for Joint Secretary's post
Amit Jha who is presently Director Agriculture in Government of India (GOI) has is eligble to become a Joint Secretary in the GOI.He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre.
Sunil Barthwal returns to Bihar cadre
Sunil Barthwal an IAS officer of the Bihar cadre who belongs to the 1989 batch has returned to his parent cadre.
Avinash Joshi set to join GOI
As the grapevine has it Avinash Joshi is poised to join Government of India(GOI)on deputation. At present he is heading Sarvashiksha Abhiyan in Assam.He is an IAS officer of the Assam cadre who belongs to the 1994 batch.
Decision about CMD,FCI soon
A final decision for post of Chairman cum Managing Director(CMD) of the Food Corporation of India(FCI)is going to be taken soon.
Masand appointed President (UPDATED)
Col M Masand of Jaslok Hospital Mumbai has been re-elected President of the Association of Hospitals.

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Regulatory Authority to be set up
A regulatory authority to supervise the functioning of food processing units is being set up soon.
ADB's assit in Khadi Reform Programme
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned $150 million grant to revatilse the Khadi Sector.According to Mahabir Prasad Indian Minister for Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises the ADB would provide the assistance over a period of three years from 2008-09 to 2010-11.The Reform Programme envisages introduction of modern management practices and strengthening of human resources to ensure sustainability of Khadi, enhancement of artisans' welfare, empowerment of marginalized sections of the society, growth in the non-farm rural sector and resurgence of traditional village industries,he added. The licensing conditions for the use of a khadi mark and the removal of restrictions on pricing of products is expected to help provide higher wages to artisans. Production of khadi by new entrepreneurs encouraged by conducive policies established under the Program is expected to generate further employment.
Rajit Mehta appointed COO
Rajit Mehta, Max New York Life's Deputy Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the joint venture.
COO UTV Dilshad quits
The Chief Operating Officer of UTV Entertainment Television Dilshad Master has reportedly resigned.
Pankaj Krishna promoted COO UTV
Pankaj Krishna, Associate Vice-President has been promoted as COO UTV Entertainment Television.
Andrew Lack appointed Bloomberg CEO
Bloomberg LP, financial news provider has appointed Andrew Lack former NBC president as CEO, Bloomberg LP multimedia group.
Sanjay Bhatla is VP,Deccan Chronicle (UPDATED)
Sanjay Bhatla has reportedly joined Deccan Chronicle as Vice President(VP), Deccan Chronicle.Hitherto he was with Jagran18.
Ambareesh Chakraborty head TBWA India in the West (UPDATED)
Ambareesh Chakraborty who so far was Senior Creative Director with O&M Sri Lanka is going to head operations of TBWA India in the West.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Electoral Semi finals have been announced and final is next year!!!
Political Parties will now shift into electoral gear!!
Congress will now go all out to woo its minority majority vote bank!!
And Amar Singh will pull prank pe prank!!
Though UP is not going to polls but Amar will be on the job!!!
Firing his gob!!!!
In Delhi BJP's coming back!!!!
In MP, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh BJP faces anti incumbency flak!!!
To fight anti incumbency in these States BJP has to sell itself for another term or baari!
And in these States BJP simply cannot afford any internal maara maari!!!
Who will be the CM or Neta and what will be the neeti should be made abs clear!!!
Well in advance and not as polling is near!!!
In MP, Rajasthan and Chatissgarh use Modi and sell the Gujarat success story or kahaani!
In Delhi by the looks of it Public will make Congress remember its naani!!
Our Aviation Minister is also a seasoned Middleman as can be seen,
He has brokered a Deal between Jet and Kingfisher but for us what does this mean???
This Kingfisher and Jet unison will mean bargain deals will reduce!!!
And this will also affect Indian Airlines…. experts karte hai yeh deduce!!!
Leave bargain deals in certain Sectors fares will rise!!!
To his friendship with Mallya & Goyal Patel ne kiya hai rise!!!
And in the post Deal photo op Malya looks happy and Goyal looks sheepish!!!
And the passengers will soon be looking weepish!!
850 Jet employees have been sacked!!!
And by Praful Patel this step has been backed!!!
For him and his pals Goyal & Mallya life is one big Page 3 do!!!!
Where he and his pals cannot hear ordinary people cry or boo!!!
How Sonia would love Maya putting her in jail!!!
As 'Pratigya (vow) Devi ' Congress Sonia ko karre gi hail!!!
In fact Congress will then make Maya their Patron Saint!!!
Without Maya Sonia ko nahi karr sakthe Devi ke rangh mein paint!!
Amar has through his channels to Maya warned Maya!!!
Let this pass .... why do want Sonia to take on Devi ki kaaya??
As we know SP wants to use Congress as a stepping stone!!!
And does not want Congress to be worthy of fighting in UP alone!
In US trillions have gone down the big black hole!!!!
The Financial Sector is US is now on dole!!!
RBI via cuts in CRR is pumping money into the system but system is like a sponge!
And the money being pumped in system will sponge!!!!
My guess is that US Dow will go down more and if note more EMs will do same too!!!
Fortunes are going down the loo!!!!
Confucius says.... the system will cleanse itself and then only will Markets perk!!!!
And it could take 2-3 years and till then on the Street The Bear will lurk!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Another perspective
It was nice to see the Bureaucratic Prediction Chart of the outcome of the next General Election.
Well, Well... I shall give you another perspective . The famous peoples Astrologer poet Ghad had said:
Jo Shanni Simha Karsasi Vaasa
To Gharh Delhi Hossi Nasa
The Saturn will be in Simha (Leo) till much after the election results. The observation is that when ever Saturn (shani) is in Leo there will fall of Power in Delhi. Let us wait and watch.
Ghag had also observed..
Ek Mahina Do Grahan Hoy i
Raja Mare Ya Saina Roy i..
There being two eclipses in a month (as in occurred a few months ago) Either there is Fall of King and also there is discontent in the Armed Forces...
Of Course that is true. You can see massive discontent in the Army and now you will see fall of their bete noir the IAS..and other who are opposed to the Army...they will be disgraced by the people and authorities..
This is Kind Courtesy an IAS Officer who wrote on Ghag...such things have become rear now. Now the IAS crys Money.. Honey.. unfortunately... one or two would have heard of Ghag..
I am professional astrologer at free of cost but consultation is as per merit of case and my choice..
Jyotishacharya
Select them in armed forces first
I am out of the Army for last 4 years, and hence feel am competent to comment. In case all the services like PMF, police and the armed forces have the same level, it would be ideal to have the same scales. Since it is not, we find the Armed forces at the highest notch. Armed Forces have been recommending that all persons for all the Central India services except scientists should first be selected into the Armed Forces and later maybe after 5 and 10 years shifted to other services. It would create better coordination and reduce friction between various services. I would suggest to raise voice for this system. It would ensure better trained people for all the services who have seen - if not all at least a part of - India.
Yash
Punish erring IAS
All the actions should be taken against those IAS officials who are spreading such comments against Indian forces and should be sent on a border for at least 9 months in a year to squeeze oil from them so that they get a real taste of ground reality.
Anil
Don't politicise Armed Forces
Will Navy official quit to join politics ?
Will Government take action against Army Chief ?
This is grapevine and inspired suggestion.
Try it out and see. The atmosphere is charged and bomb may explode.
Just forget about it. The Country has had enough of that kind of nonsense. And do not politicise Armed Forces. Loss will be yours
Ritika
Why armed forces officers needs to be paid better ?
* Firstly, the educational qualifications for all class A services is at par.
* Secondly the recruiting agency is also the same.
* Thirdly, the number of chances and years for the preparation for entry are almost one third as compared to other Services and entries.
* Selection is purely based on merit. No reservations are applicable and vastly superior, psychological physical and medical criteria are applied for selection.
* He is taken very young / young resulting in loss of the youthfulness and beautiful enjoyable young age which others enjoy and this man is denied while defending others. He is made a man of steel and made to discharge duties of Defense when others of his age are enjoying with their girl friends in South Campus or JNU.
* No other services mandatorily undergoes that amount of training and hardships in training as he does for professionalism and national cause. For him his being graduate is not good enough. For an IAS, just being a graduate is very good.
* His "Conditions of Service" are not comparable for any Class A Services. he is subjected to separation, denial of rights, facilities, civil amenities and put under stressful conditions through out.
* He is made to retire 15 years earlier than others. Retiring at a very crucial and demanding age is his biggest drawback which is the organisational requirement but he is not Compensated for it. The Lemon is sucked and peel thrown off.

Compare these with the other Class A "Deshbhaktas" sitting in MoD who enter late by gate crashing, mounted on the crutches of reservations and four years of coaching etc.
Within 13 years he again gate crashes and paid better than 24 years service Colonel.
Again he gate crashes and paid better than 34 years Service Major General at his 16 years of service.
It pains me to say, this kind of thing can only happen in "Andher Nagri" where Gold is cheaper than iron as ordered by the King. This below canons of any justice.
Raman
Taking ugly turn
The comments regarding SPC between Civil Services and Defense services are for some time taking ugly turn in this website. Almost anyone who has some view or other says something depending on what service belongs to. In this situation, the following perceptions seem to be lost somewhere :
1. The disparity between the forces, if it needs to be addressed, will be done by the Government.
2. It is not advisable that Government should take public opinion on these matters as it is capable of resolving the issues.
3. It is just like in other situations where we see the Media (including TV and newspapers) trying to play the role of the Investigator or Cop or the Government or the Law in many events and taking sides or opinions. Informed opinion is one thing but using media as publicity and trying to mould public opinion or trying to influence the Government is not really advisable or even acceptable. Only the facts should speak and the interpretation of facts should be left to the concerned authorities only. Comparing the comments on SPC in this forum, Are we really in any way better than the media ?
4. The comments have diverged from respective SPC benefits to open criticism of both the services, corruption etc., Every one in authority knows most of these things. No need to point them at least in this forum.
5. Irrespective of the nature and mode of demand of Defense forces with respect to SPC, maligning the Defense forces is not correct. Two wrongs do not make a Right. And all said and done, Defense forces need to be spared unnecessary criticism from public. 6. Comparing the civil, defense, police and other services on any grounds does not seem to have any basis whether for SPC, service conditions, services benefits or service risks. Each service has a pre defined role to play with the plus and minus and cannot perform the other's role.
Narayan
IAS should have compulsory tenure in Army
Besides appointing IAS officers in the armed forces as brigadiers and generals, I would like to suggest that there should be a compulsory tenure in the junior ranks as lt / Capt etc at field units and borders to get a taste and feel of the real thing ?
Secondly - the main point being missed out by most learned readers is that -- Unlike any other AIS or state service -- a large number of defence officers have formally asked to be released from duty, denied permission and are still serving against their wishes -- due to the peculiar service conditions imposed by the rules. This is not applicable to the other Government servants. In fact a stint in the armed forces is being considered by many as the most legalised form of bonded labour permissible under the constitution !!. And now -- For the defence forces, we have added the denial of an honourable exit with a degradation of status as well.
Will someone be made accountable for this avoidable imbroglio or like so many other scams -- this too would get swept under the vast bureacratic carpet -- only time will tell.
Richard
I have been reading all about 6th CPC debates favour and
anti. I would also like to contribute regarding my Ministry in which I
am working. I have seen a small group of employees of Telecom Engineering Services Group B only 100 in number going from one room to another asking what is their pay recommendation given by the pay commission. Their pay fixation has not been done so far . Their cadre controlling authorities do not know what to do with their pay scales.
As per recruitment rules 1999 they are being inducted as Junior
Engineers(JTOs) as Group B with basic qualification as Graduate
engineers and then being promoted as TES Group B . But their fate is that being small in number nobody care for them and they are suffering because there bosses have no clearcut ruling and recommendation for their pay fixation. The bosses may be getting 90,000, pay packages per month but no decision has to be taken by LDC dealing with the case- what a joke?
I am an eye witness to this watching the poor gues every day frustrating
Lalit
Time to review service condition
During the ICS days, the period of service of an ICS officer used to be till age 55 or 33 years in service whichever was earlier. This took care of the interests of those entrants of the ICS who joined a bit later and gave everyone a level playing field. It also took care of anybody getting an advantage in years because his/ her parents had been smart enough to obtain certificates of age which gave dates later than the actual date of birth. With the advent of independence, this service condition was quietly dropped. Maybe it is time to review this service condition and re-introduce such a limit, say have retirement at 60 years of age or 35 years in service whichever occurs earlier. This will also ensure a wider talent base for senior postings. As it is, only those who have a few years of service left can man senior positions (since these are obtained by rote and dotage and not on merit, it takes 33 years to become Secretary to Government of India, in comparison, Girija Shankar Bajpai of the ICS was Secretary to Government of India at age 33!), since others retire in the meanwhile.
A K Singh
We protest injustice
We protest against the injustice done to Assistants of CSS and Grade C stenographers of CSSS by Ministry of Finance. We call for protest meeting every Tuesday and Friday. This protest meeting already takes place in Nirman Bhawa, Shastri Bahawan, UPSC, Udyoug Bhawan, Transport Bhawan, Dak Bhawan, Krishi Bhawan etc. Now we call for Maha Samagam of CSS officers on the occasion completion of 8the year of continuous relay fast. A number of VIPS including Ajay Mahen, MoS Urban Development, V Hanumantha Rao MP, Rajya Sabha & Dr. Arun Sarma, MP Rajya Sabha will address the gathering.
Paras Sarwaiya
Assistant, CSS
It would turn CAG more powerful than CBI
According to a news article titled "CAG seeks change in law, wants CBI-like powers" in Times of India of 10th October 2008, CAG proposes to seek powers commensurate with those enjoyed by CBI, Department of Income Tax and Directorate of Enforcement etc.
This would turn CAG into a super investigating agency, more powerful than CBI, as it is answerable only to Parliament being a constitutional body. All this is being sought in the name of playing an important role in promoting good governance. Example of unbridled power enjoyed by the CAG in countries like US, South Africa, Australia and China has been cited.
However, what is the guarantee that after being bestowed with absolute powers CAG would not become the most corrupt organisation. Common man is well aware of level of corruption pervading in powerful organisations like Income Tax, Directorate of Enforcement, CBI and Police etc. All the government departments and public sector undertakings who have to face annual audit by CAG remain prepared to meet their demands for vehicles, guest houses, hospitality and entertainment besides privileges like getting airline upgrades and similar other facilities which that particular department can provide. With more 'teeth' these demands may turn into regular extortion (like 'hafta' by the Police) by the functionaries of CAG as they also come from the same society and are recruited through the same examination as the functionaries of other government departments.
Detecting corruption in any establishment is not a very difficult task and one does not need another investigating agency or Einstein's brain for that. Even a layman knows what happens where. One only needs to go to any office to find out the modus operandi through anyone working in or hanging around that office. Even the tea vendor and the peon of the office can tell the names of honest and corrupt officers/officials of the office.
But, our system lacks the will and determination to curb corruption. Our judicial system is ineffective in preventing corruption as it is blindfolded. It needs a sting operation to nail lawyers like R.K. Anand and I.U.Khan though it is a different matter that even a man on the street had an idea how the bail was secured to the accused in the case earlier. They even talked about the quantum of money that changed hands to secure the bail. Everyone knows that the Police and Municipal Corporation officials collect protection money from shop keepers and hawkers but no one reacts. It becomes news only when a distressed kiosk operator catches it on the camera though he knows that in future it would be difficult for him to do business in the same area.
The need of the hour is to take the bull by its horns and deal with the corruption directly rather than creating one more investigating agency which would become another cog in the giant wheel of the bureaucracy. However, this needs tremendous self discipline and strong character. Do we, as a nation, have it?
Common Man
Committee of Secretaries
I thank Dr Mahrotra to have provided a Forum for projection of very important and meaningful issues for our society and Country.
One of the important system of arriving at a decision under the executive and for sorting out and coordinating contentious issue between Ministries is system of "Committee of Secretaries". That is fashioned after the system of " Parliamentary Committee". The Committee System reflects the idea of "collective responsibly" and arrival at a bargained consensus. Therefore, the decision is said to be in the best interests of all and the best solution available at that time. In order that it reflects those principles, it is comprised of all effected parties and members of different views like including Parties in Opposition. The system of "Committee of Secretaries" have been a failure and can not achieve the democratic results as all Secretary are from one party called "IAS". No impartial or just decision can ever be expected from this body as it violates all principles and ideas of "committee system" of decision making. They only produce an "IAS Smriti" and they are never a Committee. They are one and have their interest as supreme and capable of even sabotaging the will of the executive and violate the Constitution. I do not understand that our executives and parliamentarian are as naive not to understand that. This system under present circumstances and IAS prevalence in every ministry should not be resorted to and be done away with. Committee have to comprise of all effected parties and not "Only IAS". The recent example of the 6th CPC botch up by this body is an example. This is what leads to dictatorship and not "Army Dictatorship" canard, many irresponsibly talk about here and there. Democracy by "Committee of IAS Secretaries" is dictatorship as is evident to all.
Navil Kutty
An excellent choice
Harsh Bhal is a simple down-to-earth and a straightforward officer. We worked together in UPSC in early nineties. As a spokesman, he will be an asset to CBI.
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant).
Retirement-age of 60 years is ideal
One the one hand government has been advocating for delaying age for marriage resulting in delayed settlement of the children in their career. It is beyond comprehension whether any government servant would be able to be free from his/ her liabilities towards children in terms of their job-placement and marriage etc. in case the retirement age is lowered to 50 years or so. Perhaps the present retirement-age of 60 years is ideal and if any change is to be conceived then it should be to it 62 years rather than 50 years which is bound to further compound the family problems in the event of latter alternative.
Nikhil
What's in a name ?
There is hardly any difference between BJP, Congress and Communist when it comes to politicking.
Asha
Glorious Misinterpretation!
I am sure that every one from the ranks of "executive servants" is aware of the VI CPC's recommendation regarding grant of higher grade on "non functional basis to the organised Central Service officers once a "permanent executive" two years or more junior to them is appointed to a certain grade / grade pay in the Centre in PB-3 or PB-4! The same "elms" were accepted to be offered to the IPS & IFS also in their respective cadres. However, the Min of Personnel is maintaining a stony silence over the manner a perfectly clear cabinet decision was scuttled / misinterpreted for the IPS & IFS! I sometimes wonder whether this website is patronised by the senior most "permanent executives also! Misinterpretation apart, how about implementing what has been incorporated in the rules, expeditiously? Or shall the "executive servants" have to take the matter to the doorsteps of LAW, thereby embarrassing all and sundry! Going through the Persmin's website the other day, I came across the name of Dr. K. M. Abraham, IAS ( Kerala 1982 ), who has been appointed to an Addl. Secretary level post ( Member SEBI ) wef 17th July, 2008! WELL, that should entitle all non IAS officers of 1980 and above batches to the grant of Addl. Secretary's grade / grade pay on non functional basis from that date! Then there is Rajiv Nayan Chaube (ISA TN 1981 ), who has been working as an advisor ( Addl. Secy. level ) since June, 2006! Well friends does it make you sit up and take note? Well, other civil and All India Services appear to have been accepted as children of the lesser GOD!
Ashok Sharma