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Eight IPS officers to retire this month
Eight IPS officers are retiring in the country by this month end. They are Mssrs:- M Manoj Raj (ASSAM-Meghalaya), K R Kaushik (Gujarat), V V Mahanan (Kerala), P M Sharma (MP), M B Shinde (Maharashtra), G C Nanda (Orissa), A K Mitra and Ram Lal Ram (UP).
Brajeshwar Singh is NHAI chief
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
N Gokul Ram Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has been shifted to the Planning Commission of India (PCI). He is 1974 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre.
Post of Secretary Lok Sabha to be vacant from next year
The post of Secretary Lok Sabha will remain vacant in the New Year, as no incumbent will be eligible. Main stipulation for one to become Secretary Sabha is that he/she should have served as Additional Secretary for three years at least.
Dr Quadri appointed Ambassador to Uzbekistan
Prof (Dr), Syed Manal Shah Al Quadri has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Uzbekistan.
Velukutty is Dy Secretary Personnel
V K Velukutty has joined as Deputy Secretary Personnel in the Government of India. He is 1998 batch CSS officer.
Dhall is Director HRD
SR Dhall is new Director in the Ministry of HRD. He is 1991 batch IA&AS officer.
Maitra moves to Dumdum
IDAS officer A K Maitra, AO MSF Ishapore, has been moved to Dumdum as AO.
Prasad is Advocate General of Jharkhand
Prakash Kishor Prasad has been appointed as the new Advocate General of Jharkhand.
Search is on for NID's officiating Director
Search is on to select successor of National Institute of Design, Ahemdabad. The post was held by Dr Darlie Koshy.
11 Police officers in Nepal retire
Eleven senior police officers have retired in Nepal as the new Government did not extend tenure .
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.
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, BS 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, SS Panwar CIT (ITAT)- I to CIT (A) XVI, BS Gehlot (A) XVI Ahemadabada, Ameeta Saini CIT (A) - IV Baroda to CIT (A) II Baroda, DC Patwari CIT (A) - II Baroda to CIT (A) - III Baroda, Rajat BANSAL (A) - I Baroda to CIT (A) IV, JK Hota CIT-IV Hyderabad to DIT (exemp), Hyderabad, H Sriniwasulu DIT (exemp), Hyderabad to CIT IV Hyderabad, SN 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, AC 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, AM Sangma CIT-XXVIII Mumbai to CIT-X Mumbai, VK Mishra CIT-X Mumbai to CIT XXVIII Mumbai, S Sankaralingam CIT XXVI Mumbai to CIT-XXVIII Mumbai, NN Mishra CIT (A) -XIII Mumbai to CIT(A) (C )-II Mumbai, JP Massar CIT -XIV Delhi to CIT-XII Delhi, SK Srivastava CIT-XII Delhi to CIT-XIV Delhi, Meeta Nambiar CIT(ITAT) Delhi to CIT(A) -X Delhi & BL Meena CIT (OSD) Jodhpur to CIT (ITAT) Jodhpur. Apart from this CIT (CIB), Kolkata will hold additional charge of DIT(Inv), Kolkata.
DG BSF to retire
DG BSF A K Mitra will retire on September 30. He is 1970 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
IDAS changes
T K Jaoria has been moved from CGDA New Delhi to PCDA New Delhi. Rajalakshmy has been shifted to CGDA New Delhi from PCDA New Delhi.
Ms Jena joins NSSO
ISS officer Ms Ratna A Jena Director Planning Commission has joined the DP Centre NSSO, New Delhi.
IAS changes in Maharashtra
Sudhir Thakre (1993 batch)Joint Secretary to Mahrashtra Chief Secretary on promotion has been posted as Secretary Special Projects.The slot was earlier held by Sanjay Ubale who after quitting the job has joined the Tata group.Ashwani Kumar(1987 batch) who so far was Additional Director General(ADG) Yashwantrao Chavan Academy Of Development Administration(YASHDA),Pune has been shifted as Commissioner Social Welfare.
Sanjay Sinha is CEO,DBS Cholamandalam AMC (UPDATED)
DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management Limited (DCAM)has appointed Sanjay Sinha as the Chief Executive Officer(CEO)in the company.Earlier,he was Chief Investment Officer of SBI Funds Management.
R. Subramanyam joins,Ogilvy Live (UPDATED)
R. Subramanyam has been roped in by Ogilvy Live as the National Head for.

CORPORATE
Top 10 real estate developers in country
Though a total of 150 builders across the country are considered real estate developers, those 10 on top , according to a survey, are DLF, UNITECH, HDIL, Sobah Developers, India Bulls real Estate, Rahejas, Hiranandani, Parsvanath Builders, Ansals and Wadhwa group.
Hormusji N Cama is President INS, Paresh Nath re-elected Dy. President
The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has elected Hormusji N Cama of Mumbai Samachar as President for 2008-09. Paresh Nath of Delhi Press has been re-elected the Deputy President. T Venkattram Reddy of Deccan Chronicle Vice-President and Rakesh Sharma of Hindustan Times Treasurer were also re-elected. The elections were held recently in Bangalore.
Kamath elected ASCI Chairman
Madhukar Kamath Managing Director and CEO Mudra Communications has been elected as chairman of the Board of The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
IBS (Business Management School) director Dhananjay Keskar has been elected as vice-chairman while Tata Motors president Rajiv Dube has been re-appointed as the Honorary Treasurer.
The other members of the new Board of Governors are: Advertisers: Narendra Ambwani (Johnson & Johnson), Gopal Vittal (Hindustan Unilever), Shantanu Khosla (Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care), Media: Bhaskar Das (Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.), Vikram Kaushik (Tata Sky Ltd.), G Krishnan (TV Today), I. Venkat (Eenadu), Advertising Agencies: Charles Cadell (Lintas India), Arvind Sharma (Leo Burnett), Srinivasan Swamy (R.K. Swamy BBDO). Allied Professions: Dilip Cherian (Perfect Relations), Pranesh Misra (Brandscapes Consultancy P. Ltd.), Partha Rakshit (AC Nielsen Research Services).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Government is talking tough but will not walk the talk!!!!
Ways to let its vote bank know it will not walk the talk kiya hi Congress ne chalk!!!
PM demands tough anti law and a Minister in his Cabinet says no need!!!!
Though usually people would say PM's statement we should heed!!!
But here PM's statement is the official line and Minister's is what will be done!!!
And the Minister's statement is taken to be from Sonia and her son!!!
Otherwise should a Cabinet Minister overrule the PM in fact speak out of turn!!!
So tacitly Congress ne kiya hai for its vote bank PM ki official statement ko spurn!!!
If there is an example of double speak you couldn't find a better one!!!
And we all know why this is being done!!!
Insiders say State Congress leaders are a worried lot!!!
Because they know that Central Sarkaar has put on the Party a huge blot!!
Double whammy where Congress is in power!!!!
Two times sour!!!
Like in Delhi Congressis are worried sick!!!
Centre and State anti incumbency time bomb karr raha hai tick!!!
Court has okayed Amrinder's custodial interrogation!!!
No action at present because he's out of station!!
Sukhbir guzzled Diet Cokes in custody as Amrinder ordered Diet cans be allowed!!!
Amrinder cannot live without Bloody Marys and alcohol in custody is disallowed!!!
Why don't they interrogate him in a Bar????
On interrogating him in his home there is no bar!!!!
Bar is second home to Amrinder and on paper they can say so!!!!
Say that they caught up with him in 'his second home' and he refused to go (with them),!!!
And to physically left him they would have required a forklift!!!
Joh Amrinder ko karr sakthi lift!!!
But as his bar is in the basement forklift could not go in!!!
So in the bar itself karna padha Amrinder ko pin!!
But Amrinder has some trick up his sleeve!!!
Before he goes abroad Badals are baying for his blood and after he returns uss ko karte hai leave!!!
Amar has a scowl on his face nowadays!!!
Congress has once again shown its true color he says!!!
Shouldn't he introspect and take a look at SP's wish list!!!
I think it's the ludicrous demands that made the new friendship list!!!
There's been a massive resuscitation attempt by Central Banks!!!!
Markets are leaking and 'fuel' will rush out of the Market's 'fuel tanks'!!!
And PC's assurances are just like hay in the wind or hawaa!!!!!
He does not even have aata and he's putting more wood under the tawaa!!!
As I see it this man should be kept away as far as possible from the Finance Ministry!!!
And after his current stint I'm sure we will get answers to many a mystery!!!
Dapper Shivraj has not been axed!!!
So on security we Indians will continue via insecurity be taxed!!!
Confucius says…. Dapper Shivraj is a pointer to the vainness and insensitivity of this Sarkaar!!!!
And very soon it'll be The End of this Sarkaar's bahaar (spring),!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Mere increase in strength of police force will not suffice
Following recent bomb blasts in Delhi. Delhi Police has been sanctioned 7612 more posts in addition to 5000 posts sanctioned earlier according to HT of 19th September. While every step taken to make Delhi or any other place in the country safe for citizens will be a most welcome step , it also needs to be kept in view is that mere increase in strength of police force may not necessarily make Delhi a safe place. Because of rampant corruption,extortion and intimidation , the ordinary citizen fears more problems at the hands of police.Combined strength of private guards employed by individuals, companies and resident welfare associations will be several times more than that of Delhi Police and gives some idea of state of affairs. Instead of straight away going in for fresh recruitment to appear to be doing something , large no policemen deployed as orderlies /personal security officers should have been withdrawn and retrained and put on core police duties. Alternatives like associating private securities companies and ex-servicemen associations on a yearly contract basis (so that renewal of contract is linked with performance and is not automatic), along with weeding out of inefficient , corrupt and those having nexus with criminal elements should have been considered. Not to talk of dealing with organised high tech terror groups, Delhi police seems not only helpless in even dealing with parking mafia in Delhi who have occupied all the public places but also gives an impression of supplementing their efforts by immediately towing away any vehicle not found parked in "parking area" .(This type of efficiency is not found in other areas of its responsibility), Performance of Delhi Police should not be judged by its contribution in furthering the cause of generating more employment either by swelling its own ranks or by providing more jobs to private security guards because of its own style of working
Sudhir Chopra
Anomaly in allotment of government accommodation continues
The anomaly in allotment of government accommodation by the Directorate of Estates as per the governing policy goes on. The cut off date for D-II accommodation is your reaching the scale of Rs 12000 . An imaginary date 01/01/1996 has been superimposed deliberately so as to render all principles of equity meaningless. Meaning thereby, all the applicants should have reached the scale of Rs 12, 000 as on 01/01/1996. Therefore, even if your basic pay as on the 1st of January in the year of making the application is much higher than most others in the waiting list, just because you have not reached the scale of Rs 12,000 as on 01/01/1996, you rank lower to others. The question is why can not the date of priority be automatically fixed to the immediately preceding year i.e, for allotment to be made during FY 08-09, the date of priority be fixed as on 1/1/2007. This would be apt and reflect contemporary situation. Other wise you look at pay scale of 12 years vintage to make current allotments.
Second, the priority date for D-II even today continues to be 1/1/1996, even though pay revisions have been effected with effect from 1/1/2006. Probably, allotments continue to be made on the basis of priority date of 1/1/1996 even now. The Directorate of Estates should shake off its inertia and find for itself how patently absurd its policies are.
P K Parbat