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15 IAS officers to retire this month
Altogether 15 IAS officers in the country are superannuating by this month end. They are :-Mssrs Ms Komal R Gayathri (AP), S Thandou (Assam-Meghalaya), N S Mathuavan (Bihar), Dr Manjula Subramaniyam (Gujarat), Ranjit Issar (Haryana), Rajesh Kumar (HP), K S P Kurup (Kerala), P P Mathur (MP), V P Raja (Maharashtra), B B Das (Manipur-Tripura), R K Sharma (Rajasthan), E Dasaradhan and D C Lakha (UP), Dharam Singh (Uttarakhand) and P R Ray (West Bengal).
One Secretary level vacancy in GoI
There is going to be only one Secretary level vacancy of Official Languages in the Government of India this month end.
Will Gill be Special Secretary Home ?
Name of former Rajasthan DGP A S Gill has also started doing the round for the post of Special Secretary Home in the Government of India. He is 1972 batch IPS officer.
UPA Government in damage control mode
UPA Government being led by Indian Prime Minister Dr.Man Mohan Singh is totally in a damage control mode,in the wake of recent bomb explosions in Delhi.Daily a series of meetings are being held in this regard.
Now fixed two year term for DGP and IGP in Karnataka ?
An amendment is being made in Karnataka Police Act to fix a two-year term for the DG & IGP. If the bill is approved, the DG & the IGP would have tenure of two years irrespective of his/her retirement age.
CVC stalls 42 crore Prasar Bharti Tender
The CVC has reportedly stalled a Rs 42 crore tender floated by the Prasar Bharti. The CVC has reportedly termed the tender as faulty and motivated.
Navin Kumar Choudhary to join IMF
Navin Kumar Choudhary, who is currently a Director in Department of Economic Affairs(DEA), will be joining as Executive Director's (ED's) Advisor in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by this month end. Choudhary is an IAS officer of the 1994 batch & belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
(We said this on September 10,2008)
M Nagaraju to join WB
M Nagaraju, who is currently a Director in Department of Economic Affairs(DEA), will be joining as Executive Director's (ED's) Advisor in the World Bank (WB) by this month end . He is 1993 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre.
(We said this on September 10,2008),
Panel for Jt.Secretary,Heavy Industries not ready
Panel for filling up the slot of Joint Secretary Heavy Industries that fell vacant after departure of Arun Singhal as Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) in Gas Authority of India Ltd(GAIL),is yet to be prepared. Hitherto he was Joint Secretary Heavy Industries.Singhal is an IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre who belongs to the 1987 batch.
Lokesh Chandra may be PS to Power Minister
As the grapevine has it that Lokesh Chandra is likely to be tipped as Private Secretary(PS) to Sushil Kumar Shinde Indian Power Minister,as present Manoj Saunik is set to become Joint Secretary Commerce. Chandra is presently a Director in the Power Ministry.He is an IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre who belongs to the 1993 batch.
1993 batch of IAS gets Supertime scale in Mahrashtra
As many as 14 Maharashtra cadre IAS officers belonging to the 1993 batch have got super time scale & promoted as Secretaries.They are:Sanjeev Kumar,J.P.Gupta,Manisha Verma,Surendra Hegde,Abha Shukla,Lokesh Chandra,M.M.Aditani, D.B.Band, S.S.Zende,Prakash R.Sabde, Tanaji Vilas Rao Satre, Jayant Yeshwant Gaikwar,A.D.Kale,S.K.Sawant,Mahesh K.Zagade & D.Thakre.
1995 batch of IPS to get Selection Grade in UP
All nine IPS officers belonging to 1995 batch in Uttar Pradesh are going to get selection grade shortly,for which DPC is scheduled to be held in Lucknow on September 19, 2008.
Ubale joins Tata Group
Former Maharashtra cadre 1985 batch IAS officer, Sanjay Ubale, has joined the Tata Group as MD of the Tata Realty and Infrastructure.
Ajay Kumar is Director Agriculture
Ajay Kumar has joined the Ministry of Agriculture as Director Agriculture and Research Board. He is 1986 batch Manipur-Tripura cadre IFS officer.
Sadhna Shankar is OSD in Parliamentary Affairs Department
Sadhna Shankar has joined as OSD in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs. She is 1987 batch IRS (IT) officer.
RC Ahuja to be Additional Secretary Lok Sabha
RC Ahuja is set to become Additional Secretary in the Lok Sabha.
Ajay Padhi to move to Delhi
Station Director Doordarshan Kendra, Kolkata, Ajay Padhi is moving to Delhi as DDG Prasar Bharti.
34 CITs transferred
As many as 34 Commissioners of Income Tax(CITs) have been transferred.Those who have been transferred are:P.Raghu CIT-V Ahmedabad to CIT-VI Ahmedabad, B.S.Sandhu CIT-VI Ahmedabad to CIT(ITAT)-IV Ahmedabad, Nandlal Parihar CIT(CIB)Ahmedabad to CIT –IV Ahmedabad, H.Patidar CIT(ITAT)-IV Ahmedabad to CIT( CIB) Ahmedabad, S. S. Panwar CIT(ITAT)- I to CIT (A) XVI, B.S. Gehlot (A) XVI Ahemadabada, Ameeta Saini CIT (A) – IV Baroda to CIT (A) II Baroda, D. C. Patwari CIT (A) – II Baroda to CIT (A) – III Baroda, Rajat BANSAL (A)- I Baroda to CIT (A) IV, J.K.Hota CIT-IV Hyderabad to DIT (exemp) Hyderabad, H.Sriniwasulu DIT (exemp) Hyderabad to CIT IV Hyderabad, S. N. Verma CIT (Judl) Kokatta to CIT VIII Kokatta, Jivay Kumar CIT (C) (A) –II Kolkatta to CIT (Judl) Kokatta, Itwa Munda CIT (ITAT) III Bangalore to CIT (A)- II Bangalore, Sanjiv Dutt CIT (ITAT)- IV (In.Tax) Bangalore to CIT-IV Bangalore, Lakshmi Hade Puri CIT(A) –IV Bangalore to CIT(A)-I Bangalore, P.S.Chinna CIT-V Bangalore to CIT-IV Bangalore, P.K.Prasad CIT-IV Bangalore to CIT-V Bangalore, Pragati Kumar CIT(A)VIII Mumbai to CIT(A)-VII Mumbai, Jagtar Singh CIT(A)-VII Mumbai to CIT (A)-VIII Mumbai, S.Udhaykumaran CIT(A) (C) –II Mumbai to CIT(ITAT) –VIII Mumbai,Anil Mehta CIT(ITAT)-II Mumbai to CIT (A)-XVIII Mumbai, A.C.Tejpal CIT(A) –XVIII Mumbai to CIT(ITAT)-I Mumbai,Chet Ram CIT (ITAT)-VIII Mumbai to CIT(A)-XIII Mumbai, O.P.Meena CIT(ITAT)-XII Mumbai to CIT(ITAT)-XXXI Mumbai, Yeshwant U.Chavan CIT (A)-XXXI Mumbai to CIT(ITAT)-XII Mumbai, A.M.Sangma CIT-XXVIII Mumbai to CIT-X Mumbai, V.K.Mishra CIT-X Mumbai to CIT XXVIII Mumbai,S.Sankaralingam CIT XXVI Mumbai to CIT-XXVIII Mumbai, N.N.Mishra CIT (A)-XIII Mumbai to CIT(A) (C )-II Mumbai,J.P.Massar CIT –XIV Delhi to CIT-XII Delhi, S.K.Srivastava CIT-XII Delhi to CIT-XIV Delhi, Meeta Nambiar CIT(ITAT) Delhi to CIT(A)-X Delhi & B.L.Meena CIT(OSD) Jodhpur to CIT (ITAT) Jodhpur.Apart from this CIT (CIB) Kolkata will hold additional charge of DIT(Inv)Kolkata.
A.B.Jairad to be Collector Thane
A.B.Jairad will be new Collector of Thane. At present he is Joint Secretary to Vilas Rao Deshmukh Chief Minister,Maharashtra. Jairad is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
S.S.Zende to be MD, MPCL
S.S.Zende will be new Managing Director(MD) of the Maharashtra Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (MPCL).At present he is Collector Thane. Zende is an IAS officer of the 1993 batch who belongs to the Maharashtra cadre.
Ramesh Negi is CEO Delhi Jal Board
CMD of the DTC, Ramesh Negi, has been moved as new CEO of the Delhi Jal Board. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
( We said this on August 14 )
Verma gets additional charge of CMD DTC
Secretary and Commissioner Transport, Delhi Government, RK Verma, has been given additional charge of CMD Delhi Transport Corporation. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
IFS changes in Rajasthan
7 IFS officers have been transferred in Rajasthan-Motilal Meena to Chief Conservator RVP Kota,Anil Goyal to Jaipur,Mahendra Kumar Kuril as Chief Consrvator Jaipur,Dr.Nihal Chand Jain as Chief conservator (wildlife) Jaipur,Ajay Kumar SIngh-Project Formulation Jaipur,Deepak Bhatnagar and Omprakash Singh to Jaipur as Chief Conservator , amongst them Dr.Nihal Jain, Ajay Kumar Singh, Deepak Bhatnagar and and OMprakash Singh have promoted to Chief Conservator.
New DG Prosecutions in Kerala
V.G. Govindan Nair has taken over as new DG Prosecutions in Kerala.
Lal is again Chairman of Jharkhand EB
H.B. Lal has again been appointed Chairman of the Jharkhand Electricity Board.
Brajeshwar Singh is NHAI chief (UPDATED)
Brajeshwar Singh has been appointed as Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI).He is an IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre who belongs to the 1975 batch.
(We said this on September 1,2008)
Gokul Ram goes to the Planning Commission (UPDATED)
N. Gokul Ram Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI)has been shifted to the Planning Commission of India(PCI).He is an IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre who belongs to the 1974 batch.

CORPORATE
Naresh Nayyar joins Essar Oil
Naresh K Nayyar, the Indian Oil Corporation executive, who was hired to head ONGC - Mittal Energy Ltd, has quit and joined Essar Oil.
Vijay Jung Thapa to be Editor, HT.com
Vijay Jung Thapa is reportedly going to join HT.com as Editor-New Media and Head of Business Development content. Earlier, he was Executive Editor, Star News.
BHPV board to be reconstituted
The board of the Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels (BHPV) is being reconstituted next week.
Reshuffle in CCL
There is major reshuffle of officers in the CCL. Three officers Mssrs L K Jha,V K Singh and H M Thakur have been repatriated to the parent companies.
Ms.Teesta Sen is Sr.VP JWT, Mumbai
JWT India has promoted Ms.Teesta Sen from Vice President (VP)to Senior VP JWT, Mumbai .

Aaj Ki Aawaz
PM admits there were intelligence gaps!!!
Too occupied with Deal and then celebrations, changing attire and takings naps!!
But the biggest cause was Congress's vote bank fixation!!!!
And this was the biggest gap in the security of this great Nation!!!
Sonia knows Shivraj has to be sacked but she's looking for a way out!!!!
That is why Minister for Internal Security karr rahi hai Congress tout!!!
For UPA to enact any tough terror law it is too late!!!
For this after the elections we will have to wait!!!!
Shivraj is tacitly pointing out as to why he was a flop!!!!
By saying 'I'm Sonia's choice' he's letting us know he got instructions from the top!
PM has warned us that more terror attacks could take place!!!!!
He and his lot are safe and he's warning those joh blasts karrenge face!!!
Even his brothers in Amritsar are under security cover!!!!
So fellow Indians heed PM's warning and be vigilant and be ready to run for cover!!!!
You have a Sarkaar that on Internal Security has proved to be a big flop!!!!
Nincompoops right from the bottom to the top!!!!
India today is basically leaderless!!!!
Had we got a Leader we would not have been in such a mess!!!!
No Leader worth his or her salt would have behaved the way Sonia and Mohna have done!
And I'm surprised at the stoic silence of Sonia's son!!!!
In such times a person aspiring to lead the Nation cannot be comatose!!!!
To get answers he should be on his toes!!!!
In such times a true Leader or even one with an L plate will not be chupp!!!
And neither will in indulge in gupp-shupp!!!
And seems in the Home Ministry Shivrajitis is widespread!!!!
In 24 hours of blast Jaiswal was inaugurating a Showroom and enjoying a buffet spread!!!
Yes India lives in a very dangerous and unstable neighborhood!!!
And this needs to be understood!!!
Pakis are trying to hit us and China does not like us one bit!!!
And whenever it can at Indian China takes a hit!!!!
Nepal has moved closer to Cheen!!!!
And India should understand what this does mean!!!
Surprisingly this is FM's analogy!!!!
Because he too knows our HM and NSA are an apology!!!
But Mr. PC India is also paying the price for UPA's follies and yours in particular!!!
Now even with the Corporates you are no longer popular!!!!
NSA's 'we thwarted terror attacks in 48 hours' was a gupp or fib or a lie!!!!
And gupp or fib or lie kyon kiya we all know why?????
NSA should be sent packing!!!!
Or does he also have Sonia's backing????
Nitish Kumar needs to pull up his socks!!!!
On the relief Bihar has received why has Bihar Sarkaar put locks????
He also has a lot of introspection to do and answer sawaal pe sawaal!!!!!
And he cannot brush matters under the carpet saying its Laloo's chaal!!!
And do not draw any comparison with what happened in such times during Laloo Raj!!!
Nitish is perceived to be relatively honest and so from doing so aani chahiye laaj!!!
In US now seems another 'big one' is going belly up or going bust!!!!
Another one to bite the dust!!!
Money is running away from stocks and seeking refuge in oil and gold!!!!
Though at present vis a vis demand oil market is over sold!!!
With Oil demand falling seems Oil is just a temporary haven for speculative money!!!
What will be bees do when there is no honey!!!
Confucius says… By the time Bush demits Office US will be in more trouble!!!!
Bush pricked the great American dream bubble!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
From Day One, I have supported the civilian nuclear deal for only one reason: I wanted no discrimination against India, vis-a-vis China, for doing business in nuclear technology, equipment and materials with any country.
No apartheid against India, please!
I am neutral on the question of whether or not India actually should set up new civilian nuclear reactors. It's a matter of economics which the experts will decide.
But -- please, please NO discrimination against India.
India must be allowed to take whatever course it chooses in meeting its energy needs. If any one disagrees and says China should have a choice but not India, by definition, he or she can't be a friend of India.
As Siddharth Varadarajan says: http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/16/stories/2008091655490800.htm
QUOTE:
The 123 was needed to allow the NSG waiver to be born. Today, it has outlived its purpose. For India, S.K. Jain of the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL), has already pointed out the bottom line: the purchase of reactors must be linked to lifetime supply of fuel and reprocessing rights. If U.S. reactors are ever to make it to Indian shores, the U.S. must change its policy or force India to abandon this mantra. Time will tell whose resolve is going to be stronger.
UNQUOTE.
Obviously, India will not do nuclear commerce with the US if some provision of US law will be detrimental to India.
India should, however, be grateful to the Bush administration for working so hard at the NSG to free India from nuclear apartheid. It is now free to buy civilian nuclear equipment, materials and technology from any source it wishes, if it wants to.
In the final analysis that and only that matters.
Please see the following article titled, "Thank you, Mr Bush"
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=730f95ea-d250-4fc2-81ed-73834e54e344&&Headline=Thank+you%2c+Mr+Bush&strParent=strParentID
However, one has every hope that Congress will approve, without delay, the United States-India agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, so that American companies do not lose out. It's also important that when the US conveys its final terms, they do not contain conditions which will be unacceptable to India and which other competing countries will not ask of India..
If and when India floats tenders, more than one country is likely to respond. India will then choose the winners based on cost considerations plus all other relevant factors. If the US imposes conditions unacceptable to India which some other country does not, the US will lose out. However, one hopes that powerful US business interests will ensure that American terms of sale to India are not out of alignment with those of competing countries.
Cheers,
Ram Narayanan
US-India Friendship
http://usindiafriendship.net/
Are Group 'B' and 'C' employees of secretariat worst?
After going through the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission, it seems that this was set up for all services except Group 'B' and 'C' employees of Secretariat. It shows that these categories are the worst in Government Services.
I feel that after implementation of Sixth Pay Commission, employees of these categories are not working upto their capabilities. Due to this Government machinery will be jammed very soon.
To avoid such type of circumstances Government should immediately do justice with them, so that Govt. business will run smoothly.
An IAS officer
Banking Scam - Ground Realities
The readers would recall having read a rather seemingly innocuous news item about a month back regarding discovery of counterfeit Indian currency notes in the chest of Dumariaganj branch of the SBI in Bihar. The GoI initially attributed this to some heavenly shower! Preliminary investigation, however, revealed that the currency notes did not descend from the heaven. The case is under investigation by the CBI. Some officials of the bank were arrested as it was thought that, without their collusion, the crime could not have been committed. Sure enough! In this connection, I would like to share with the readers of this famous website, my experience while serving in the GOI before my retirement in Dec. 2007. On one occasion, in the hard cash running into laths of rupees drawn from the accredited nationalized bank for disbursement of salaries to staff/ officers, a large number of counterfeit currency notes were detected by the officers of my ministry. I ordered immediate investigation. When questioned, the banking officials on condition of anonymity, revealed that their bank had acute shortage of manpower .There were also limited number of currency notes counting machines. It was also revealed that a prominent political party whose accounts are being maintained by their bank deliberately and regularly follows the practice of bringing a large number of sacks containing hard cash. In the present case , since the hard cash was brought at the closing hours, it was not humanly possible to carry out the counting manually as per the prescribed practice. Instead, the counting was done through the note counting machines. Unfortunately , the counters do not distinguish between counterfeit notes and the actual notes. In view of the political clout exercised by the donors , the docile banking officials had no option but to give in .The hard cash handed over to my officers as stated above was a part of this monetary transaction .T his is how the black money was converted into white money ! The matter was referred by me to the department of Banking for appropriate action. I am not aware of the final outcome of this case.
I do not hold any brief for the banking officials. But the conduct of the political parties also calls for a probe in a transparent manner.May I humbly request Dr Suresh Mehrotra the Chief Editor of this illustrious website to convey my views to the new Director CBI for facilitating the investigation as also the new Governor of RBI to have a relook at the existing banking practices and lay down fresh guidelines keeping in view the fast pace of advancing printing technology for printing currency notes
A K Saxena ( A retired civil servant)
Child Care leave - a welcome step!
The child care leave sanctioned by the government is a step in the right direction. This was long overdue as situations have changed drastically from earlier times. With nuclear families being the norm, there is nobody in the home to fall back upon for the care of the child and the child ends up either at the child care centre or in the care of the domestic servants at such a tender age when it should be getting all the attention and love of the mother. I am very grateful to the government for having recognised this problem and taking measures to solve the difficulties of the working women. Nobody will appreciate this decision more than me being mother of twin infants. Kudos to the government. Thank you.
Radhika
Another whip to working women
In the form of CCL the government has given another whip to the working ladies who tend to misuse it more rather then getting it in place for some genuine problem. Already ladies were given enough leeway and liberty to take care of their household activity. There is no problem in CCL but it should be without any pay. No pay or(at the most half pay), should be given if their husbands are working and are tax payers. Of course some ladies genuinely need this but this would definitely take a course of gross misuse and in turn put more burden on their male counterparts. It's good to see that some ladies has raised this despite getting direct benefit out of this order.
VS
What an inhuman treatment to non-gazatted staff ?
The HRA of a Joint Secretary after the implementation of 6th CPC is more than that of a one and half LDC Gross Salary (revised pay),. What an inhuman treatment to non-gazatted staff. I don't think that even if this Pay Commission had been constituted during British Rule, the english rulers certainly would not have encouraged the benefits only in favour of senior officers but also given the lower staff their equal share. Still we belong to post-independence period. What is a senior officer with Rs.20,000 to 30,000 HRA going to do? Will he be able to digest it? Only time will give the answer. Anyhow officials concerned with the implementation 6thCPC in favour of only higher officers have committed grave sins and may be they have to take many births if at all they have to wash this.
R Bistha
Every one comes to IAS/CSS on the basis of All India competitions
In the very beginning IAS officers were not being taken into the parliament secretariat services and in the ministry of parliamentary affairs for the sole reason that these secretariats have to work free and fare in parliament work with ministries without any pressure or influence of IAS cadre as these cadre officers have a lot of consideration for each other as well as for their seniors to oblige. Moreover Secretariats' work is quite different in nature than those of ministries and only own cadre/service officers were more suitable and used to be taken up. For sometime past, IAS are being taken in these services, also may be for the reason best known to the high ups of these secretariats. It might be the views of these high ups or decision taking authorities that the IAS stuff is more intelligent than other service/CSS officers although every one comes to IAS/CSS and other services on the basis of All India competitions only.
Ram Kanwar
A welcome decision !
Only 8%of government workforce is women , out of which about half will probably fall in category of officers having children below 18 years. Being committed to careers , few will opt for 2 years ,off work / leave . Its reasonably expected that this provision of a leave option will encourage more women to join government, now that they are assured of being able to do justice to their role of a mother. A welcome , overdue decision !
Amita Singh
Implementation O.M. dated 2.9.08 is illegal, being violative of Resolution.
The decisions of the Government on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission on pensionary benefits have been communicated under Department of Pensions & PW's Resolution No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A), dated 29.8.08. In order to implement these decisions, Department of Personnel & PW has issued OM No. 38/37/08-P&PW (A), dated 2.9.2008. Obviously, no part of the implementation OM can be at variance with the decision as contained in the Resolution.
Vide Item No.2 of the Table in the Resolution, the Government has accepted the recommendation for payment of pension to those, who have rendered minimum 20 years of pensionable service, at 50% of the average emoluments received during the past 10 years or the pay last drawn, whichever is more beneficial to the retiring employee. It is nowhere indicated in the Resolution that this decision will be applicable prospectively. Apparently, even the Government servants who have rendered more than 33 years of qualifying service are covered in this category.
Para 5.2 of the implementation OM gives effect to the decision in Item No. 2 of the Table in the Resolution. Para 5.4 of the OM, however, states that (i), the revised provisions for calculation of pension in para 5.2 and 5.3 shall come into force with effect from the date of issue of this O.M. and shall be applicable to Government servants retiring on or after that date and (ii), the Government servants who have retired on or after 1.1.2006 but before the date of this OM will continue to be governed by the rules/orders which were in force immediately before coming into force of these orders.
The result of para 5.4 of implementation OM will be that the Government servants retiring between 1.1.2006 and 2.9.08, including those who have rendered more than 33 years of qualifying service, will not be given the benefit of pension at "50% of the emoluments last drawn or average emoluments received during the last 10 months, whichever is beneficial to him". Thus, para 5.4 of the implementation OM is clearly in contravention of the Government decision contained in the Resolution dated 29.8.08.
In view of the above, Department of Pensions & P.W. is requested to immediately modify the implementation OM dated 2.9.08 to the extent that the provision of "pension at 50% of emoluments last drawn or 10 months average emoluments, whichever is beneficial to Government servant" is made applicable to the retirees between 1.1.2006 and date of issue of aforesaid OM, in accordance with item 2 of the Resolution. If this is done, a large number of applications will be filed against the Government in CAT.
(A.L. Makhijani)
Director (Retired),& Advocate
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If you're not using your smile, you're like a man with a million
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