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Ramanathan to succeed Dr Subba Rao ?
Arun Ramanathan is likely to be named the next finance secretary of India. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
In situ promotion likely for 1975 batch IAS officers
As the grapevine has it in situ promotion for empanelled IAS officers of the 1975 batch as Secretaries is on the anvil.
Justice Ashok Bhan tipped to head NCC
As the grapevine has it Justice Ashok Bhan a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India(SCI) who is due to retire on October 1,2008 is being tipped as Chairman of the National Consumers Commission(NCC).
Raju Sharma gets posting in Delhi
Outgoing Secretary UGC Raju Sharma has been appointed Mission Director TIFIC in the Ministry of Science and Technology. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
DoPT yet to get copy of the Cabinet decision
The Department of Personnel & Training(DoPT) in Government of India(GOI) is yet to get copy of the Central cabinet's decision of granting super time scale to IAS officers only after completion of 16 years of service.
Pande to get extension
DIG in the SPG S K Pandey is being given extension in his deputation tenure. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Dearth of Directors for DEA
Unlike the past there is a dearth of Director level officers in the Department of Economic Affairs(DEA) in the Government of India(GOI).
Who Shall be the New Custodian?
Ms. Vijaya Moorthy (1978) and Satish Loomba (1982) from IA&AS, have been recommended by the Ministry of Finance for the post of Custodian.
6th Pay Commission's documents being lauded
It is being commended by one & all that this time report of the 6th Pay Commission along with all notifications has been put on internet for the public.This for the first time that such a swift action followed,soon after the report of 6th Pay Commission was submitted to the Government.
Mishra gets posting in MP
On return from CBI R K Mishra has been appointed IG Cyber crimes in Madhya Pradesh. He is 1987 batch IPS officer.
IPS reshuffle in Rajasthan likely this week
Due to oncoming state assembly elections a major change of almost all the senioe IPS in the PHQ is going to take place by weekend, shuffling almost all ADGs and many IGs posted in PHQ. There are also rumours about change of guards at the top level too due to recent failure of police in handling of blast cases in state. This will be done before announcements of election dates for the Rajasthan.
Post of Joint Secretary(Vig)in DoPT yet to be filled up
The post of Joint Secretary (Vig.)in the Ministry of Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT)on which P. K. Tripathi was there earlier until he joined the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways,Government of India(GOI), is still vacant.Tripathi who is an IAS officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Cadre belongs to the 1987 batch.
Rajesh is JS UPSC
Rajesh is new Joint Secretary in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).He is 1988 batch UT cadre IFS officer.
Sinha is Additional IG in Forests Ministry
M D Sinha has joined the Union Forests and Environment Ministry as Additional IG. He is 1989 batch IFS officer of Haryana cadre.
Madhav Lal posted in J & K Bhawan in Delhi
Newly promoted ACS rank officer Madhav Lal has been posted in J & K Bhawan ,Delhi as OSD. He is 1977 batch IAS officer.
Joint Secy. level posts in C & I Ministry evoke a good response
There has been a very good response to two newly created posts of Joint Secretary in the Indian Ministry of Commerce & Industry(C & I).
Pramod Agrawal to join GoI
Pramod Agrawal is joining the Government of India as Director Sports . He is 1991 batch IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.
Prashant's term to conclude on September 5, 2008
The tenure of Prashant is concluding on September 5, 2008.Prashant is currently in Delhi as Director(World Bank projects).He is a West Bengal cadre IAS officer of the 1988 batch.
Additional charge in Chhattisgarh
Renu Pillai has been given additional charge of Gramodhyog .B L Tiwari will also look after additional charge of Technical Education.
Addl charge of CCITs in Mumbai
Two charge that Shaikh Naimuddin held as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax(CCIT) until his elevation as a Member, CBDT have been assigned to two officers now.CCIT-IV Mumbai will hold additional charge of CCIT-III Mumbai & CCIT-II Mumbai will hold additional charge of LTU.
First ever break through in liver Transplant Surgery at Army Hospital
Army has successfully accomplished in situ liver transplantation. On 27 Aug 2008, 30 year old wife of a serving Major of the Indian Army was battling for her life in the ICU of Army Hospital R & R, New Delhi. Despite all possible medical efforts, she was declared brain dead and her husband desired her wish of organ donation to be fulfilled. Surgeons at Army Hospital (R & R) honoured this noble gesture by embarking on an "in situ" split liver transplant surgery, the first ever in India, thus giving a new lease of life to two patients suffering from end stage liver disease. The novel technique of "in situ" splitting of the liver involves dividing the donor liver during retrieval into two parts, so that two patients can be benefited from one donor organ. The surgery resulted in two liver grafts. The smaller graft was transplanted into a 14 month-old baby suffering from Biliary Atresia and the larger right part was transplanted into a 26 year old soldier with cryptogenic cirrhosis. Both patients are doing well postoperatively. This unique surgical feat was undertaken by a team of 20 doctors and paramedical staff and took 18 hours to complete. Incidentally, the 14 month old boy was conceived by in vitro-fertilisation technique and is amongst the youngest liver transplant recipients in the country. As his parents were unsuitable as living donors, an "in situ" liver split from a compatible brain dead donor offered the only chance for his survival as he was born with congenital absence of bile duets causing deepening jaundice since birth. The kidneys and coronus from the donor were also harvested and transplanted, one kidney being flown to Command Hospital, Lucknow. The liver transplant team at Army Hospital (R & R) is trained in Adult as well as Paediatric Liver Transplantation and has performed seventeen liver transplants since the Inception of the programme in Mar 2007.
Swaminathan is first Resident Ambassador (UPDATED)
S. Swaminathan currently Consul General of India, Sao Paulo, has been appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to the Republic of Iceland. He will be the first resident Ambassador of India to Iceland.
Ajay Mankotia joins NDTV (UPDATED)
NDTV Network has roped in Ajay Mankotia as President - Corporate Planning and Operations.Ajay Mankotia who had sought Voluntary Retirement(VR)early this year is an Indian Revenue Service(IRS) officer of the 1982 batch .

CORPORATE
Chaudhry is Director (Production) HEC
S K Chaudhry is new Director (Production) of the HEC.
Shanti Narain appointed Director NTPC
Former Member (Traffic) Railway Board Shanti Narain has been nominated on the Board of the NTPC.
Ms.Archna Vyas is VP, IMX
Ms. Archna Vyas, Manager media and corporate communications, South Asia, Reckitt Benckiser has been appointed as Vice-President(VP), North and East, India , India Media Exchange (IMX).
Rajesh Kaul is President, TheOneAlliance-MSM Discovery
Rajesh Kaul, Head Marketing and Distribution ESPN India has been roped in as President TheOneAlliance-MSM Discovery.
Mohit Hira quits Indiatimes.com
Mohit Hira, Director, Indiatimes.com, is learnt to have quit the Times Group.
WAPCOS presents dividend to Prof. Soz
A dividend cheque of WAPCOS for the year 2007-08 was presented to Prof. Saifuddin Soz Indian Minister of Water Resources by the CMD, WAPCOS D. Dutta in Delhi on September 2,2008. U.N. Panjiar Secretary, S Manoharan Additional Secretary and senior officers of the Ministry of Water Resources were present on the occasion. WAPCOS has declared dividend of 155 % of its paid up capital amounting to Rs. 3.10 crore for the year 2007-08, which is the highest ever since its inception in 1969. Based on audited data, it has achieved a unique score of 1.0 which is the highest achievable score as per the MoU evaluation system of the Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India. It is now eligible to be placed for the excellent time in succession.
Net direct tax collection
Net direct tax collections in the first five months in the present fiscal (up to August 2008) stood at Rs.84,409 crore, up from Rs.61,030 crore, registering a growth of 38.31 percent. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 43.49 percent (Rs.48,450 crore as against Rs.33,766 crore), while Personal Income Tax (including FBT, STT and BCTT) grew at 31.79 percent (Rs.35,840 crore as against Rs.27,195 crore). Growth of Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) was 31.85 percent (Rs.1,339 crore against Rs.1,015 crore); Securities Transaction Tax (STT) was 15.10 percent (Rs.2,730 crore against Rs.2,372 crore); and Banking Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) was minus 21.36 percent (Rs.274 crore against Rs.348 crore). Among regions, tax growth in Delhi and Mumbai was 76.23 percent and 32.49 percent, respectively. Other regions with high tax growth are Nagpur (88.75 percent); Kochi (58.07 percent); Kolkata (56.82 percent); Bhubaneshwar (53.59 percent) and Bangaluru (48.87 percent).
Overall growth in tax deducted at source (TDS) was more than 40 percent but growth in corporate TDS was 55.22 percent. Corporate TDS collections stood at Rs.26,445 crore as on 31st August 2008 against Rs.17,037 crore during the corresponding period last year. This was also the result of several TDS verifications / surveys carried out by the Income Tax department, which led to detection of hundreds of crore of rupees not deducted or not paid to the government account after deduction. Robust growth in direct taxes has been maintained despite substantially higher relief to individual taxpayers announced by the Finance Minister in the Union Budget 2008. Therefore, higher growth in TDS collections indicates good health of the Indian economy and indicates further improvement in tax administration and tax compliance levels. The cost of direct tax collection, on the other hand, which had declined to an all-time low of 0.54 percent during fiscal 2007-08, is likely to further decline to about 0.43 percent during the current fiscal, the lowest among all large economies in the world.
Robust growth of over 35 percent in direct taxes during the past few years has helped the central government in meeting FRBM targets, focus on developmental and social programmes, and declare higher pay and allowances for its employees.
S.M.Talwar is ED,MTNL (UPDATED)
S.M.Talwar has assumed the charge as Executive Director(ED),MTNL,New Delhi..

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Laloo's enacting a drama and now says that with Nepal he's sore!!!!
He's going to Nepal .....after the horse has bolted he's demanding bolting of the door!!
As the alarm bells were ringing was he sleeping!!!
Or simply from Bihar a safe distance he was keeping!!!
A month before the flood warning bells started to sound!!
He should have then been Nepal bound!!!
He's a Central Mantri and he could have got the Sarkaar to act!!!!
Laloo's revenge ...Biharis broke after 15 years of his misrule with him their pact!!!
Nitish needs to bring out the facts about this flood into public domain!!!!
Because this flood is not just because of incessant rain!!!
After the flood waters recede Nitish needs to introspect!!!!
For not taking timely action his Sarkaar is suspect!!!
Nitish should remember his reputation is at stake!!!!
All kinds of allegation his detractors karr rahe hai make!!
At a time when Laloo should be solidly back Bihar Sarkaar,
He's plotting and planning ki kaise padhe Bihar Sakraar ko maar!!!
Laloo's even got Centre to issue against Nitish Sarkaar a rap sheet!!!!
Via rap sheet on relief measures in Bihar Center karr raha hai Nitish ko beat!!!
Centre knows the magnitude of this calamity or is it oblivious!!!
And the woefully low resources at Nitish's disposal which makes his job unenvious!!
Seems Mohna and his gang are more occupied at creating woes for Nitish Kumar!!!!
Concentrating less on people's woes and more on Project Nitish Maar (beating up)!!!
No wonders Nitish had his reservations Mohna's relief!!!!
This is more of a publicity stunt is Nitish's belief!!!
123 Deal has got Mohna worried as time is tick-tocking away!!!
Bush's words are only hope ki ray!!!
Ronen Sen says time is not running out for Deal!!!
How true... next US and Indian Governments will ink the Deal many feel!!!
Of course Mohna will be invited to the Deal signing ceremony!!!
On the Deal this man really responsible for all the monotony!!!
PM is already considering a revised NSG Draft,
Accepting a conditional waiver would indeed be daft!!
Hope face saving does not lead to compromising India's position!!!
Because now Mohna has a face saving disposition !!!
In Punjab seems Junior Badal is working towards taking over from Dad!!!
Wants to shed his title of Kaka or brattish lad!!!
And seems the chasm with his cousin Manpreet Badal just got deeper!!!!
Or you can say the road to any rapprochement between the two got steeper!!!
Seems Roddy feels ' saara Punjab on one side and his ADC on the other side!!!!!
And as per rumors both are taking Chandigarh for a ride!!!
Drunk driving needs to be strictly tackled!!!!
Then only will this malaise be shackled!!!
Nanda or Salmaan Khan both should be put behind bars!!!!
Drunk they mowed down people with their cars!!!
Confucius says...... Fame and money does not mean one has the license to kill!!!!
And then just pay the victims families like settling a bill!!!
Adds..... and use Lawyers like Anand and Khan to wiggle away!!!!
For their crime via jail terms both Nanda and Salmaan should be made to pay!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
When will Government revise the salaries of the Judges?
The Government of India have issued orders to implement the recommendations of the sixth pay commission. When will the Government bring in the High court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act. to revise the salaries of the Judges.
Pranay.

Invest in government sponsored saving schemes
Now that implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission has been announced and the Government employees will get handsome arrears, it is my humble submission that they invest in various government sponsored saving schemes like PPF, NSC, etc. Nothing will be gained by spending it on materialistic gains. In the hour of need no one comes forward and always remember your money is yours only.
Shiv Kumar

Low achievers be given lower rate of increment
In the 6th CPC a provision is made to award higher increment @4% to the high achievers. On the same logic of performance, the low achievers should be given a lower rate of increment of say 2% or less. At present there seems to be some reconition for good performance but no disincentive for the low/ non performance. The govt. must make it clear that it means business and is no more interested in carrying the dead wood at the cost of public money.
Rajendra

Not conversant with the writing of ACRs !
There are officers at the higher level who are not at all conversant with the writing of ACRs, value of ACRs or how to write an ACR. They think themselves as lords and others working with them, for them and under them as not even human beings, specially those coming from uniformed services. They think and treat the civilians as nothing and treat them as Average and Below Average persons whom they even do not know. They have no knowledge of how to assess a person and simply treat them nothing at all. This type of persons should not be allowed to enter the field of civilians about whom they have their own reservations.
Luthra

Experience vs. efficiency
This is with reference to the remarks made by Sudhakaran questioning the utility of Senior PPS and PPS in Government of India. Though he was right to some extent and also accepted that few of them do work or you may say exceptions are always there. But does he mean that steno line should not go beyond PA/PS level? For that matter, an Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary or a Director are working on same lines (almost same work). Manual of Office Procedure has constantly been pursuing for reduction in level of submissions of files, but is it true in Government of India? Contrarily, one and all can see that only officers are getting promotions rapidly by virtue of cadre reviewing etc. (like Kalavati of Satya Narayan Katha). So, one's working depends on one's conscious first, secondly on the smartness of officers. If any Sr. PPS and PPS is enjoying his/her posting by fooling officers, it should not be construed to be total fault of that person, but more liability should be thrown on that Officer who is unable to get the work of that level. Or Government should carve out some method for metering the efficiency to promote or not to promote or after one level, there line of work may be changed.
Ashok Kumar Bhimani

They are doing their best !
There is a Force named National Disaster Response Force established by Government of India. They were the first to reach Bihar based on the orders of National Disaster Management Authority on 21st August. Roughly five hundred personnel of this force are working in Bihar in most adverse conditions. They have rescued roughly 50,000 people till date. T.V. is giving sufficient coverage of their works. As far as press briefing is concerned no force personnel below the rank of IG can do it. Still they are doing their best. Believe me.
Deepak