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Lok Sabha polls to be announced in October
2008 ?
There are indications that Lok Sabha polls will be announced in October,2008.All
electoral rolls are ready.
Uncertainty looms over Cabinet reshuffle
Uncertainty looms large over the reshuffle of Indian cabinet
being headed by Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh. As Lok Sabha polls
are expected to be held in December 2008, the ruling Congress party
will not like to open Pandora's box at this crucial juncture.
Rajan to be RBI Deputy Governor ?
To bring scholarly muscle to RBI, Finance Minister P Chidambaram
is believed to have roped in Raghuram Rajan as Deputy Governor RBI.
Rajan who is son of Tamil Nadu cadre IPS officer is professor at University
of Chicago. He is expected to look after Policy matter.
Ms.Kiran Dhingra posted as Secretary HUPA in
GOI
Ms.Kiran Dhingra,Director General(DG) Shipping has been posted as Secretary
Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation(HUPA) in Government of India(GOI).
She is an IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre & belongs to the 1975 batch.The
slot had fallen vacant ever since H.S.Anand (IAS of Haryana cadre from
1973 batch)had retired on August 31,2008.
(We said this on September 2,2008)
Posting orders of 1975 batch begin
Contrary to expectations posting orders of 1975 batch IAS officers empanelled
to the rank of Secretary in the GoI has begun.The first order was issued
regarding Ms.Kiran Dhingra,Director General(DG) Shipping who has been
posted as Secretary Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation(HUPA) in
Government of India(GOI). She is an IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre &
belongs to the 1975 batch.The slot had fallen vacant ever since H.S.Anand
(IAS of Haryana cadre from 1973 batch)had retired on August 31,2008.
Ms.Anshu Vaish's term extended
Term of Ms.Ms. Anshu Vaish, as Director General(DG), Archaeological
Survey of India(ASI)has been extended in the rank and pay of Additional
Secretary upto December 31, 2008 or until the post is regularly filled
or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
IRS officer resigns
Senior IRS Officer of Customs Anil Bhatnagar, Director General, National
Training Academy of Customs has reportedly put in his papers. He was
reportedly overlooked for promotion to post of Member in CBEC.
Who will be Member (Traffic) Railway Board
?
Who will succeed V N Mathur Member (Traffic) Railway Board ?.Tie is
said to be between GM (NWR) Ashok Gupta and GM (NR) Shri Prakash. Insiders
say Ashok Gupta has the backing of the Railway Minister while Shri Prakash
has full support of the Railway Board Chairman.
Balwinder Singh to be Additional Director CBI
?
If all goes well, Balwinder Singh will join the CBI as Additional
Director in a couple of months. He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Andhra
Pradesh cadre.
New Members of the Postal Services Board
As per 6th CPC recommendations the three Principal CPMG posts
are upgraded and made as Members in Postal Services Board. Now, there
will be six Members in the PSB.In their place, three new HAG posts have
been created.
" AK Sharma Secretary GDS Committee now DDG Establishment
" AK Dash PMG Sambhalpur Now DDG Tecnology Planning
" AP Singh On deputation now DDG Technology Operations
" Sanjeev Thapar PMG Agra now PMG Delhi
" Achla Bhatnagar DDG Tech Op now GM Postal Life Insurance
" Alok Sharma GM PLI now GM Speed Post
Bansal to succeed Sahi in Canada
Sunil Kumar Bansal is going to succeed R R P N Sahi in Canada as Counsellor
.He is 1987 batch IPS officer of Orissa cadre. Sahi is returning to
the GoI as DG Bureau of Civil Aviation.
Singh to be DG (Investigation) Mumbai ?
R K Singh is reportedly ahead in the race for the prestigious post of
DG (Investigation) Income-Tax, Mumbai. He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
S. Jayaraman takes over as Member, CERC
Indian Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde administered the Oath of
Office and Secrecy to S. Jayaraman as Member of Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission (CERC)in Delhi on September 11,2008. S. Jayaraman
was born on May 10,1948. He holds BSc. Degree and is an FICWA. He woked
for more than 20 years in the mining and power sector and retired as
Chairman and Managing Director of Neyveli Lignite Corporation in May
2008.
Haran appointed Ambassador
V.P. Haran presently Joint Secretary in MEA, has been appointed as the
next Ambassador of India to the Syrian Arab Republic.
Sanjay Singh is new Ambassador to Iran
Sanjay Singh, presently Additional Secretary in MEA, has
been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Iran.
Original documents are missing ?
Strong reports have alarmed the Home Ministry that original documents
outlining the boundaries of Nagaland are missing.
1993 and 1994 batch IAS officers in Orissa
to get Supertime scale
Process for selection has been initiated for according Super-time scale
to eight IAS officers in Orissa. The Departmental Promotion Committee,
which is scheduled to be held on September 11,2008 , will finalise the
names from among the 33 aspirants belonging to 1993 and 1994 batch IAS
officers of Orissa cadre.
Two IFS officers to become PCCFs in MP
Two Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers belonging to the 1977 batch
in Madhya Pradesh will become PCCFs. They are PK Shukla & HS Pabla.
All India Services Officers Housing society
in MP
All India Services officers have floated a cooperative housing society.
Such societies already exist in states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka
& Chhattisgarh.
Judges of the Madras High Court
As many as two incumbents, namely PR Shivakumar and G Rajasuria have
been appointed as Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, in the
same order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from
September 18, 2008.
Rakesh Chandra is Judge of Madhya Pradesh High
Court
Rakesh Chandra Mishra has been appointed as an Additional Judge of the
Madhya Pradesh High Court for a period of one year with effect from
September 11, 2008.
Rajasthan Government gives 6th pay panel scale
Rajasthan Government being headed by Chief Minister Ms.Vasundhara
Raje has decided to give pay scale as recommended by the 6th Pay Commission
for Central Government staff.A decision to this effect was taken in
Jaipur on September 11,2008.Accordingly Rajasthan Government's officers
& employees will benefit from the 6th pay panel recommendations
with effect from September 2006.Arrears will be given in two installments
it is learnt.The first installment of 60 per cent will be given during
the current financial year while the remaining 40 per cent arrears will
be paid in the year 2009-2010,said an official announcement.
Work allocated among CBDT members
At last, work has been allocated among members of the Central Board
of Direct Taxes (CBDT) of which chief is NB Singh and who continues
to hold the charge of Mumbai region. Others whose work has been allocated
are: Ms.Sunita Kaila-Investigation, Ms.Saroj Bala -Revenue, Ajai Singh
-L & C, SS Khan- IT, SSN Moorthy - A & J plus NWR Delhi &
Shaikh Naimuddin - P & V plus Lucknow, Kanpur & Jaipur. There
has been no change in territories of Ms.Kaila, Ms Bala, Singh &
Khan .
Three Addl/Jt CITs get new postings
Three Additional/Joint Commissioners of Income Tax have been posted
at new places. They are AM Govil (1990 batch) UOP UP (W) to Delhi, RL
Meena (1989 batch) UOP Gujarat to UP(E) & S Ravichandra (1995 batch)
UOP Mumbai retained in Tamil Nadu.
IPS changes in TamilNadu
S. Manoharan has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic,
Chennai Suburban Police. T. Venmathi, Additional Superintendent of Police,
has been promoted as Superintendent of Police and posted as Commandant,
Tamil Nadu Special Police V Battalion (Women), Avadi. M. Vallinayagam
will now be Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Chennai Suburban
Police.
Azamgarh SP and DIG suspended
Azamgarh Range DIG Abhimanyu Tripathi and SP V.K. Garg have been suspended
in Uttar Pradesh on charges of dereliction of duty.
7 IFS officers transferred in MP
The Madhya Pradesh Government has transferred seven officers belonging
to the Indian Forest Service(IFS).They are:Chok Singh Nimama Betul to
Tikamgarh, Padampriya Balakrishnan Tikamgarh to Jabalpur,O.P.Ucharia
Mandla to Betul,Uma Shankar Rastogi Amarkantak to Betul,M.P.Singhal
Betul to Amarkantak, Manoj Agrawal Balaghat to Betul & S.P.Jharia
Shivpuri to Balaghat.
Four IAS officers get Selection-Grade in Punjab
Four IAS Officers of 1995 Batch namely Mrs. Jaspreet Talwar, Hussan
Lal, Dalip Kumar and Megh Raj have been appointed in the Selection Grade
of Indian Administrative Services in the scale of 15100-18,300 with
effect from 1st. January, 2008 in Punjab.
NMDC pays final dividend of Rs. 210 crore to
Ram Vilas Paswan (UPDATED)
The National Minerals Development
Corporation (NMDC) presented final dividend cheque of Rs. 210.64 crore
to Indian Minister for Steel, Chemicals and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan
in Delhi on September 12,2008. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister
said that NMDC paid interim dividends of Rs. 430.37 crore earlier this
year. With this the total dividend paid by NMDC to the Government for
the year 2007-08 become Rs. 631 crore, which is the highest ever, dividend
paid by NMDC.Presenting the cheque, Chairman and Managing Director of
NMDC Rana Som said that NMDC has not increased prices of iron ore since
October 1, 2007 & are much lower than the international market.
The price revision is due from April.
CORPORATE
SBI to promote 127 Chief Managers
State Bank of India (SBI) is going to promote 127 Chief Managers in
the country as Assistant General Managers.
POWERGRID contributes Rs.7 Crore to PM Relief
Fund
POWERGRID contributed Rupees Seven Crore for Bihar Flood Relief to Prime
Minister's Relief Fund. The cheque was handed over to Sushil Kumar Shinde,
Indian Minister of Power, in the presence of Jairam Ramesh, Indian Minister
of State for Power & Commerce and Secretary (Power), GoI, by S Majumdar,
Director (Projects) and J. Sridharan, Director (Finance), POWERGRID
in New Delhi.
Poddar elected Chairman
S K Podda has been elected Chairman of the company against the vacancy
created by the demise of K. K. Birla.
Ms Chavi is Secretary General
Ms Chavi Hemanth has been appointed Secretary-General The Indian Direct
Selling Association (IDSA ).
Gopinath Menon quits TBWA-India
Gopinath Menon, Senior VP-Media, TBWA-India, has reportedly
resigned.
BEL CMD Conferred Electronics Man of the Year
Award
VVR Sastry, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Defence Public Sector
Undertaking, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), has been conferred with
the prestigious ELCINA - Dun & Bradstreet Electronics Man of the
Year Award for the year 2007-08.The award was presented to Sastry by
Dr. V Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National Manufacturing Competitiveness
Council, at ELCINA's 32nd award function held in New Delhi on September
10,2008. Ajay Shankar, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was present as Guest-of-Honour.The
Electronics Industries Association of India (ELCINA) instituted the
Electronics Man of the Year Award in 1987 to recognize individual efforts
towards growth of the electronics industry in India. Sastry is the 20th
recipient of this coveted award.
CNEB ropes in Rahul Dev COO & Editor-in-Chief
Rahul Dev has been appointed in as COO and Editor-in-Chief for news
channel CNEB (by Complete News & Entertainment Broadcast Pvt Ltd).
Amandeep Singh Saran, Chairman of CNEB, had been handling the two roles
prior to Dev.
Business Standard closes Gujarati edition in
Rajkot
Business Standard of which President is Ms.Akila Urankar, has closed
Gujarati edition of Rajkot due to a slump in newspaper industry.
Kushal Das quits IMG
Kushal Das, VP and CFO, IMG India has resigned.
Amul donates Rs. One Crore Worth Milk Powder
The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), the apex
body of 13 Milk Unions of Gujarat having a membership of 27 lakh farmer
members has extended a helping hand to the flood victims of Bihar. During
its meeting held on September 9,2008 the Board of GCMMF has decided
to provide assistance to flood affected victims in Bihar in the form
of Skimmed Milk Powder and UHT Milk, amounting to Rs. one crore.
We have already dispatched stocks of milk powder and UHT Milk worth
Rs. 50 lacs and the same has been handed over to the Relief Commissioner,
Govt. of Bihar.The remaining stock worth Rs. 50 lacs would be handed
over to the Government of Gujarat from Mother Dairy, Gandhinagar for
onward dispatch to Bihar along with the relief material being sent by
the Gujarat Government by a special train.R. N. Joshi Collector, Anand,
has thanked the Federation for the timely assistance.
Kartik Sarma is CPO,WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited a leading BPO company has roped in Kartik N.
Sarma as Chief People Officer(CPO), WNS Global Services.So far he was
with Infosys.
Forum
Fixation of Pay - Staff in a fix
Pay of new entrants gets fixed
at higher stage in the revised structure of band system than the existing
employees belonging to same cadre drawing pay at the minimum of the scale
of the post. This happens in the scales of 3200-4900 (4 initial stages),
4000-6000, 4500-7000 and 10000-15200 (1st stage in each). Distortion is
the direct result of raise in the rate of increment to 3% from 2.5%.
Take an example of UDC. A new entrant will be get fixed at Rs.9910/- while
the existing UDC who was on the minimum of the scale (Rs.4000/-) would
get Rs.9840/-. Employees in some offices may get stepping up of pay to
that of his junior new entrant, but what will happen in the CSCS where
provision of direct recruitment to the UDCs cadre does not exist. Still,
worst is the case of those brilliant LDCs who happen to qualify the departmental
examination in early years of their service and who were getting hefty
jump in their pay - professed motivation will get diluted with the introduction
of Band system in replacement of scales.
Option to switch over to revised pay structure from the date of promotion
will only mean forgoing the fatty sum of arrears. The option of fixation
from the date of promotion is available only for promotion happened to
be between 1.1.06 till date of notification. Further, those transferred
from other posts have been denied right to option and are to get fixed
at a very lower stage as such are bound to lose in both the cases.
With the introduction of band system, pay of the promotee henceforth is
to be fixed with reference to his pay stage in the band itself. An LDC
in CSCS with 6 years of service working as adhoc steno qualifies departmental
examination and is promoted as UDC will be doomed as his pay will be fixed
at Rs.9290/- as against initial of Rs.9910/- for the new recruit. Earlier
the promotion, wider will be the gap between the pay of the promotee and
that of the new recruit in the same cadre/scale. Where is the incentive
left? This peculiar situation never arose in implementation of earlier
CPC reports. Had the minimum for each post/scale been fixed, this situation
would not have arisen.
Resolution and Notification takes care of those whose increment falls
between 1.7.06 and 31.12.06 by providing increment on 1.7.06 in the revised
pay band even before their completing one year besides those who are stagnating
at the maximum of the scales for more than a year providing one increment
in the revised pay band on 1.1.06 itself with DNI on 1.7.06. It is also
noticed that OM No.1/1/2008-IC dated 30.8.08 takes care of cases where
increment was due on 1.1.2006 wherein it provides for an increment in
the pre-revised scale before arriving at the fixation in the new pay band
structure. But these documents are silent in case of those whose increment
falls during Feb 06 to June 06. There seems to be something amiss as a
set of employees cannot be denied their right to increment even after
completing one year service at any one stage while others have been showered
benefit of increment just on completing 6 months service. Not only this
will drastically reduce the arrears but would result in lowering of average
emoluments for the purpose of calculation of Pension for those retiring
within the period upto March 07.
Probably clue lies in OM. In all cases where increment was between Jan
06 to June 06 increment should be allowed in the old scale on 1.1.06 before
fixing pay in the pay band structure with DNI on 1.7.06 as envisaged for
those whose increment was due on 1.1.06.
Pension - Tension to those retiring before the date of notification even
after completing 33 years of pension while Commutation Value to base on
New Table.
Rule 5.2 of the OM dated 2.9.08 relating to Pension etc. provides for
50% of last pay drawn or average of 10 months pay, whichever is beneficial
to the employee as Pension for those retiring after rendering 20 years
of service. But Rule 5.4 states that these provisions will not be applicable
to those retired between 1.1.06 and date of notification. In such cases
then it is totally unjustified to make another disadvantageous 'New Commutation
Table' applicable from 1.1.06 which provides very lower purchase values
as compared to Old Commutation Table - causing double loss due to making
one thing applicable from the date of Notification and another from 1.1.06.
This is unfair to this set of employees as the constitution of Pay Commission
itself was delayed. It seems the intention of Rule 5.4 was to disallow
the benefit of full pension to the retirees with less than 33 years of
service and not to disallow benefit of 50% of last pay drawn to those
retired with full pension during this period (1.1.06 to the date of notification).
Pity those whose increment got deferred to 1.7.06 and retired between
28.2.06 to 31.3.07.
If provisions of Rule 5.2 are denied to the employees retired even after
completing 33 years of service whose increment gets deferred to 1.7.06
owing to that being between 1.2.06 to 30.6.06 happened to retire within
March 07, he will be hit below the belt. These employees have lower average
emoluments which will entitle them to drastically reduced benefits of
pension, its arrears and additional commutation value which works out
lower based on New Commutation Table containing reduced purchase value
than old Table. The provision of Rule 5.4 seems to be related to only
those retiring with less than 33 years of service.
Unfair treatment to lower strata of employees vs. Gr. "A" officers.
Grade Pay as 40% of maximum of each of the existing scales has been granted
up to the entry scale of Group 'A'. It has been revised upward in regard
to higher officers in Group 'A' without justification.
Mahaveer Singh
Why whispers is silent about the Armed Forces representation to
the PM ?
How come whispers isn't saying anything about what is happening
about the Armed Forces representation to the PM, about the changes they
want in the notification for the defence officers? Take e.g. Lt. Cols
to be in PB4, and Lieutenant Generals to be in HAG+? I'm also curious...
who is behind the spurious reports to the media that Army Commanders
are in HAG+, and Chiefs of Army Staff, etc are in the same band as Secretaries
to the government (Rs 80000 fixed)? It is well known in government circles
that the Chiefs of Staff, since Sam Manekshaw have been in the same
band as the cabinet secretary, and before, used to be in a higher band...
too many of these reports have appeared for it to be coincidence. A
whisper campaign?
Aditya Puar<br>
It is a misinterpretation
The conclusion that there would be 208 SAG is a misinterpretation.
It is in situ promotion for the most neglected service of India, where
a 1980 batch officer is still at Director level. This is one the reasons
why now it is getting difficult to get candidates for recruitment examination.
GoI has to relook the entire gamut of the ISS
Visitor
Demands of CSSS merger with CSS
I am a CSS Officer. This was my preferred choice at the time of
joining service. Similar is the case with CSSS officers when they joint
at the level of Grade D/C stenographer. There is no denying that the
stagnation at each level of promotion in CSSS is greater as compared
to those of CSS. This has happened on account of consistent efforts
of the members of the CSS. With due regard to CSSS officers, if they
think that there is stagnation in their cadre, why do not they fight
for this on their own and get their cadre restructured so as to ensure
career progression even better than CSS. CSS will not at any stage oppose
this. CSS comes into picture when attempt is made to eat out the posts
earmarked for CSS Officers. Is it not a fact that the Assistant Grade
Examination is open to all graduates and those joining stenographic
line also appear in that examination. Those who pass the exam join this
service and the unsuccessful can not join CSS. There may be some of
the CSSS officers who even after passing the Assistant Grade examination
preferred to join CSSS. Because, this might have been their preferred
job satisfaction. These officers of CSSS still want to remain in CSSS
and are not supporting of the proposed merger. As regard the debate
as to whose duties and responsibilities are better, I would like to
assert that CSS is not demanding its merger with CSSS, it is CSSS who
is demanding the merger of CSSS with CSS. I do not want to jump into
the debate as which service is better- CSS or CSSS. If CSSS officers
think that they are performing higher duties and responsibility, they
should continue to do so as member of CSSS and they should aspire for
merger with a inferior service like CSS. An honest soul searching and
applying the principle of empathy will guide CSSS officers to come to
the conclusion that the recommendation of Government for the merger
of CSSS with CSS is nothing but a ploy to ensure that CSSS and CSS fight
with each other. My humble advice to CSSS officers is to go for peaceful
struggle for the betterment of the career progression in their service
as was done by CSS and to leave the thinking that CSSS will be getting
everything that will accrue to CSS by way of their struggle. Time has
come for CSSS to come out of the comfort zone and fight for their cause
of career progression. I as member of CSS wish CSSS every success in
their struggle.
Arun Kumar
CPWD & CGHS posing problems
Government employees in Delhi are facing day to day problem with
interaction to Government Department like CPWD & CGHS. I am also
a victim of CGHS & CPWD. Those Government servants who are living
in Government accommodation & avail CGHS facility are always humiliated
by CPWD & CGHS employees. A lot of people have earlier wrote on
this whisper about CGHS & CPWD. Now I & all government servants
request Dr. Suresh Mehrotra to kindly start a voting in r/o CPWD &
CGHS on this whisper that which one is the most corrupt & problem
creating department. After a month, this poll result must to send to
M/o - Urban Development & Ministry of Health, Government of India,
so that higher authorities i.e. Minister, Secretary etc. come to know
that how poor the performance of these departments is. I am sure 80%
of the government employees who avail these facilities are victim of
CPWD & CGHS and they would surely vote. Kindly start polling on
behalf of the government employees & also for the common people
who also suffer badly due to corrupt CPWD engineers & doctors.
Raj
Kishore Singh
Tatas see a great opportunity in the stalemate !
Now when matter regarding Tata's plant at Singur is reaching towards
solution following conciliatory approach of Mamta Bannerjee Government
of West Bengal & efforts of Governor GK Gandhi,Tatas appear to have
hardened their stand and have suspended all work as per the latest news
reports. It appears that following generous offers made by CMs of so
many states, vying with each other, to provide land and other facilities
and concessions , Tatas see a great opportunity in the stalemate and
may try to further improve their landholdings in the country. In Gurgaon
, Tata Housing is constructing apartments to be sold at more than Rs
one crore each . Will Tata ever consider making affordable dwelling
units/flats to be sold at Rs one lakh each on lines of their Nano car.
While Ratan Tata, as per his own admission, was deeply moved by the
sight of entire families riding on a two wheeler ,how come sight of
millions of people living in sub human conditions in the metropolitan
cities never moved him .
Sudhir Chopra
CONDOLENCES
Arora was very caring and easily accessible
I could never think that I shall be writing the obituary of S K
Arora former Secretary ( Youth Affairs).We were peers while serving
as Joint Secretaries in DOP&T in late nineties .I was greatly impressed
by his forthrightness, transparency and excellent communication skill.
Very caring and easily accessible, he was to all and sundry! My heart-felt
condolences to his family in this hour of crisis!
A K Saxena (A retired
civil servant)
SK Arora was one of the finest officers
SK Arora was one of the finest officers and I had the opportunity
to work with him when he was posted as Principal Secretary Finance ,
Andhra Pradesh . I feel very sad at his sudden demise. My heartfelt
condolences to the bereaved family.
Nivedita Biswas
Estate Department needs to revise cut off date
The cut off date for allotment to type VA government accommodation
as per the rules of the Estate Department has hitherto been reckoned
as the date a person reaches the Rs 12,000 basic pay ( effective from
1/1/96). The sooner you reach the scale, the higher is your priority
in the waiting list. Now, the scales have been revised and the Estate
Department has to come up with a circular revising the cut off date
of eligibility to 1/1/2006 and also incorporating the revised scale
relevant to the old scale of Rs 12,000. All allotments beyond the notification
of pay revision by the Estate Department ,by adhering to the old pay
scale, may not be legal.
Paramit
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