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Retrenchment in media industry on the anvil ?
Retrenchment in fields of Banks, Aviation, BPOs, in the wake of global
economic melt down have been felt in India. It is going to be the turn
of the media sector, now.
Economic melt down to trigger law & order problem
All those who are concerned with the development in India are a
worried lot because as a fall back of the global Economic melt down
drastic retrenchment in India will trigger a law & order problem in
the nation.
Vishwanathan to get extension
Secretary Law in the Government of India T K Vishwanathan is
reportedly getting an extension in service.
Ms Anita Das to retire
Secretary AYUSH in the Government of India Ms Anita Das is
superannuating by this month end. She is 1972 batch IAS officer of
Madhya Pradesh cadre.
IAS changes in Madhya Pradesh
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle three Collectors were changed in Madhya Pradesh.They are:N.K.Agrawal Company Secretary MP Electricity Board (MPEB)to Collector Morena in place of R.K.Gupta, Sukhbir Singh,Amit Rathore Deputy Secretary Finance to Collector Khargone in placec E.Ramesh Kumar & Sukhbir Singh Commissioner Jabalpur Municipal Corporation(JMC),Jabalpur to Collector Satna in place of V.K.Kureel.
IPS changes in Madhya Pradesh
In a minor reshuffle of IPS officers three incumbents were changed in Madhya Pradesh.They are: Pawan Jain MD MP Police Housing Corporation to IG Ujjain Range in place of M.P.Dwivedi,Sanjeev Shami Commandant 7th Battalion SAF Bhopal to SP Indore in place of R.K.Chowdhury & Yogesh Choudhary Commandant 1st Battalion SAF to SP Sagar in place H.S.Yadav.
IAS changes in Chhattisgarh
In a minor bureaucratic reshuffle Ganesh Shankar Mishra Commissioner Bastar was replaced by R.S.Vishwavakarma in Chhattisgarh.The former has posted as Health Secretary in place of Vishwakarma.Vikas Sheel Secretary Culture has been posted as Collector Raipur in place of Sonmani Verma who has been shifted to the Mantralaya & Shaila Nigar Director Women & Child Welfare(WCD) to Collector Kanker in place of K.R.Pisda who has been posted in her place.
Parthasarthi accredited Ambassador to Guinea Bissau
N. Parthasarthi presently Ambassador of India to Senegal, has been
concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Government
of the Republic of Guinea Bissau with residence in Dakar (Senegal).
Bhagwati accredited Ambassador to Luxembourg
Jaimini Bhagwati presently Ambassador of India to Belgium is also
accredited as the Ambassador of India to Luxembourg with residence in
Belgium.
Ms.Kachhal is Director in Youth Welfare
Ms.Deepika Kachhal has joined as Director Youth Welfare in the Government
of India. She is 1994 batch IIS officer.
HUDCO pays dividend
Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) achieved a gross income of Rs. 2728.95 crore during the year 2007-08 as against Rs.2610.26 crore in the previous year. The profit before tax during the year has increased to Rs. 558.10 crore as against Rs. 465.27 crore in the previous year. The net profit stood at Rs. 373.73 crore during the year as against Rs. 308.38 crore in the previous year thus registering an increae of 21%. Keeping in view the excellent performance during the year, HUDCO paid a final dividend of Rs. 41.76 crore for the year ended on March 31,2008.K.L. Dhingra, Chairman and Managing Director(CMD), HUDCO presented a cheque of Rs. 28.89 crore to Ms. Selja, Indian Minister of State (I/C), Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MOHUPA) on October 24, 2008 towards share of MOHUPA in the presence of senior officials of the Ministry. HUDCO had already paid an interim dividend of Rs. 26.35 crore. With this, dividend payout in the year 2007-08 aggregates to Rs. 68.11 crore.Those present on the occasion from left to right were- T. Prabakaran, Director Finance, HUDCO, K.L. Dhingra CMD, HUDCO, Ms.Selja, Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Ms. Kiran Dhingra, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation.
Bihar C.M. thanks Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal
Nitish Kumar Chief Minister Bihar has expressed gratitude towards Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh for liberal financial assistance, the State gave to the flood sufferers of Bihar State. Recently HP Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal on behalf of the people of the State had given Rs. 2 crore as financial assistance as relief and rehabilitation to flood affected people of Bihar.
New Information Commissioner in Karnataka
J.S. Virupakshaiah former PS to, B.S. Yeddyurappa has been appointed
Information Commissioner in Karnataka.
Ms.Kalyani posted in Vadodara
Ms Kalyani Sathuraman SAG IRAS has been posted as RSC in Vadodara.
Ramesh Kumar transferred to SCR
Ramesh Kumar, SAG/IRSME/North Western Railway has been transferred to
South Central Railway and posted in the cadre.
Sonkaria moves from Bikaner
D K Sonkaria, SAG/IRSME, on being relieved from the post of
ADRM/Bikaner has been transferred to North Central Railway and posted
in the cadre.
Gareeb Das is new SP of Kargil
Gareeb Dass, IPS has been posted SSP Kargil in J & K.
IAS officer is back to State after eight years
1976 batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer Subhrendu Bhattacharya is
back to the parent Andhra Pradesh cadre after eight years. On return
he has been posted as commissioner of inquiries in the general
administration department (GAD).
Who will succeed Ms.Venkatchalam & Joshi in Karnataka? Who will succeed Ms.Lakshmi Venkatchalacham & A.P.Joshi in Karnataka?
This question is now doing rounds in Bangalore based corridors of
power. Ms.Venkatchalam who so far was Principal Secretary Planning has
been appointed Director General (DG) Shipping & A.P.Joshi who so far
was Principal Secretary Rural Development (RD) has been appointed as
Additional Secretary Atomic Energy. So who will succeed these 1978
batch IAS officers is a big question that is being debated.
New SP in TamilNadu
B. Shamoondeswari has taken over as Superintendent of Police of Karur district on Friday. She has replaced K. Shanmugavel .
New HRC Chairman in J & K
Justice (retd) Syed Bashir-ud-Din has been appointed as Chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in J &K.
Trilok Kapoor to head HP Wool Federation
An official spokesman said in Shimla that Trilok Kapoor resident of district Kangra has been appointed as Chairman of the newly constituted H.P. State Cooperative Wool Procurement and Marketing Federation Ltd.
P.K.Mishra's deputation in Chhattisgarh ends
Deputation tenure of P.K.Mishra,an Indian Revenue Service(IRS)officer,has concluded.Hitherto he was Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh Mining Corporation.
S.K.Trivedi is MD,Chhattisgarh Mining Corporation
S.K.Trivedi Director Geology & Mining to the Chhattisgarh Government has been given additional charge of Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh Mining Corporation.
New postings for three IPS officers (Updated)
Madhya Pradesh Government has issued the posting orders of three IPS officers on Saturday. M.P. Dwivedi IG Ujjain has been posted as Managing Director Police Housing Corporation, Sanjeev Sharma SP Indore has been posted as Commandant 7th Bn SAF, Bhopal, Yogesh Choudhary SP Sagar to Commandant 1st Bn SAF.

CORPORATE
Gopalrathnam Kanan to head Timex
Timex Group India has roped in Gopalrathnam Kanan as President.
Mohit Ansale tipped to be ED,PNB
Mohit Ansale who at present is a General Manager(GM) with the Union Bank of India(UBI) is tipped to be Executive Director(ED) with the Punjab National Bank(PNB).
A.S.Ramachandran tipped to be ED
A.S.Ramachandran who at present is a General Manager(GM) with the Indian Bank is tipped to be Executive Director(ED) with one of the public sector banks.
Air Commodore Singh to be MD HMT Bearing
Air Commodore S P S Singh is being tipped to be new MD of the HMT
Bearing.Interviews for the post were held last week.
Himanshu Shah is GM, Digital Direction
Digital Direction-an offshoot of the RK Swamy Media Group, has roped in Himanshu Shah as General Manager(GM).
Bonus for HPTDC Employees
On the occasion of Diwali Festival Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh who is also the Chairman of H.P. Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.(HPTDC) has announced the release of Bonus for the year 2006-07, for which the total financial liabilities will be Rs.27.34 lakh.He has also approved the release of iterim relief to the tune of Rs. 101 lakh annually. This decision of the Government will benefit about 300 employees of the Corporation.

Forum
C& AG Powers.
India seems to be crazy after powers. Almost every functionary of Governance craves for more powers. The country has enough of different agencies with different power structure. In spite of this over bureaucratisation the well meaning officers get trobled and punished as against cunning foxes. Its in the general knowledge that the purpose of Audit need not necessarily end up punishing a official. Many a times the technical observations can be corected and taken as guidance for future. Why only in India its viewed that every officer is held guilty till proved otherwise . I think in deserving case where Audit para can lead to corrupt those cases can be handled by either Inome Tax or CVC or CBI or Lokayukta. The capability of Income Tax to investigate economic crimes remains unutilized. How about insisting Income Tax Clearance before promotions and posting to important posts.
Shari
TAIL-PIECE
The train was quite crowded, so a U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well dressed, middle-aged, French woman's poodle. The war-weary Marine asked, 'Ma'am, may I have that seat?' The French woman just sniffed and said to no one in particular, 'Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that seat.'
The Marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat left was under that dog. 'Please, ma'am. May I sit down? I'm very tired.' She snorted, 'Not only are you Americans rude, you are also arrogant!'

This time the Marine didn't say a word; he just picked up the little
dog, tossed it out the train window, and sat down.
The woman shrieked, 'Someone must defend my honor! This American should be put in his place!'
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up,
'Sir, you Americans often seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You hold the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your cars on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!
Contributed by -Anita Saxena