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Is Raghu Menon returning to Delhi?
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IAS officer puts in papers in Gujarat ?
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Clamour for Jt Secy level posts in C & I ministry
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Why Shailesh Krishna was transferred in UP?
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Noor Mohammad gets posting
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Venkataramana to be Joint DG Shipping
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IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh
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Suchitra is Dy Secretary MHA
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Prabhat Kumar is Dy Secretary CVC
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Mishra is new DDG (Personnel) BSNL
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Swaminathan is first Resident Ambassador of India
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Will next Secretary DEA be a PhD Scholar?
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Orissa DGP GC Nanda to retire on September 30,2008
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New Chairman of RRB ,Bhopal and Ahemdabad
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Chaturvedi is back from deputation
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Kabeer Ahmed new CVO of Bharat Electronics
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Former IPS officer is Vice Chancellor
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Nair to be DG Prosecution in Kerala
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Ms.Rashima Gupta is PS Social Justice in HP
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DGCA's tips to curtail fuel consumption
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Pradeep Kumar goes to the US
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No decision on Secretary DEA (Updated)
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R.K.Gupta to be Secretary Child protection panel,Delhi (Updated)
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Sanjay Pratap Singh to be Secy.Minority panel,Delhi (Updated)
Sanjay Pratap Singh is poised to become the Member Secretary of the Delhi State Government's Minority Welfare Commission.Singh who is an UT cadre IAS officer belongs to the 1984 batch.
Satyanand Mishra is CIC (UPDATED)
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Arun Ramanathan to hold addl.charge of DEA (UPDATED)
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Ms.Rajni Razdan to hold addl charge as Secretary(Personnel) (UPDATED)
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PM inaugurates SAIL's expansion at Salem Steel Plant (UPDATED)
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh accompanied by UPA Chairperson Mrs.Sonia Gandhi on September 5,2008 laid the foundation stone for the Rs. 1,902-crore modernisation & expansion project of Salem Steel Plant (SSP) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) by unveiling a plaque before a 30,000-strong gathering of the people of Salem and visiting dignitaries. UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi unveiled a sculpture, Spiralling Rhythm made with Salem Steel depicting the growth of SAIL, at the venue on the occasion.Mrs. Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India had laid the foundation stone of SSP on September 16,1970. Her dream that it would grow into a fully integrated steel plant becomes a reality today. Among other dignitaries present on the historic occasion were Indian Minister for Chemicals & Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian Minister for Finance P. Chidambaram, Indian Minister for Shipping, Road Transport & Highways T.R. Balu, Indian Minister for Health & Family Welfare Ambumani Ramadoss, Indian Minister for Panchayati Raj Development Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian Minister for Communication & Information Technology A. Raja, Salem Member of Parliament K.V. Thangkabalu among others. Indian Minister of State for Steel Jitin Prasada welcomed the dignitaries on the occasion. Senior Steel Ministry and state government officials were also present on the occasion.S.K. Roongta, Chairman, SAIL, while thanking the Prime Minister, the UPA Chairperson and other Cabinet ministers for their presence on the occasion, thanked the Tamil Nadu government for all support extended to SSP to be competitive.

CORPORATE
J & K Bank Chairman gets three year extension
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Chanda is Chairman of Ports Association
A K Chanda has been elected Chairman of the Indian Ports Association.
Dr Rao is Director of NTPC
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S.M.Talwar is ED,MTNL
S.M.Talwar has assumed the charge as Executive Director(ED),MTNL,New Delhi.
BHEL & HEC to sign MOU on September 6
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Dr. Shan Nair bags Gullands Excellence Award
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Power Minister hands over cheques of Rs. 33.5 cr PM's RF
The Central Public Sector Undertakings under the Ministry of Power have made a contribution of Rs. 33.5 crore to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for flood relief in Bihar. The contribution made by the respective Central Public Sector undertakings are:-National Thermal Power Corporation-Rs. 10 crore,Power Grid Corporation-Rs. 7 crore,Power Finance Corporation-Rs. 5 crore,National Hydroelectric Power Corporation-Rs. 2.5 crore,Rural Electrification Power Corporation- Rs. 2.5 crore,Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam -Rs. 2.5 crore,Damodar Valley Corporation- Rs. 2 crore,Tehri Hydro Development Corporation-Rs. 1 crore & North Eastern Electric Power Corporation-Rs. 1 crore.Cheques for the above amounts were handed over to the Prime Minster by Sushil Kumar Shinde Indian Minister of Power in the presence of Secretary Power and the CMDs of the above Central Public Sector Undertakings on 03.09.08. More amounts will follow.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Was Manmohan or Mohna making an uloo of us????
And we too are to blame because humm sabh gaye fass (trapped)!!!

It's said that he knew US's stand if India conducted a Nuclear Test!!!!
But he used his credibility and put all doubts to rest!!!

Some used to say that Mohna's a US pawn,
Abh yeh baath on many of us ko rahi hai dawn!!!

Congress has fielded Kapil to ally our fears!!!
But now he can't convince us even if he goes into tears!!!

All doubts can be cleared now itself... India should conduct a Nuclear Test!!!!
Matter can be put to rest!!!

Though ban on testing is good,
But how can India stop and Pakistan go on is what needs to be understood!!!

But what hurts most is Mohna conniving with Uncle Sam!!!!
And down our throats tacitly karna US's 'no test' requirement ram!!!

What really is surprising is did he think that he'd get away with this stab in the back?
Mohna deserves the sack!!!!

Now Mohna's real experience and capability are coming to the fore!!!!
I can say without a doubt majority of Indians are with him very sore!

Mohna's PM epitaph will read… tried to fool all Indians all the time!!!!
Ended up realizing you can only do this sometime!!!

What about his Boss….. well he could not have done all this without her 'yes'!!!!
Insiders say Sonia ne kiya Nuclear Deal ko bless!!!

And if this conniving is not true then Dubiya the Chimp has pulled a fast one on Mohna!!!!
Either way Mohna deserves PM ki kursi ka khona (taken away from him)!!!

Laloo taketh with one hand then gives back a fraction with the other hand!!!
So think before you call his Bhojanaliyas in Bihar as grand!!!!

And Laloo giveth with hope to rake in more!!!!
Because Laloo ka dill always maange more!!!

His hope is that his Bhojanaliyas will help him gain lost ground!!!!
A way to get to Biharis via the stomach he's found!!!

And then he'll come back to power in Bihar,
And rake back many baar ( many times)!!!!

Oil prices are falling as demand is falling,
A Worldwide Recession many economists are calling!!!!

Worldwide Stock Markets will move lower!!!
And the recession will take time to get over!!!

Confucius says…… Markets will edge lower and then there will be a big fall!!!
Black Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday or Friday this day people will call!

Bharat Kumar

Forum
I would like to share my views !
As the WIC is receiving a lot of views/comments on the 6 CPC, I would also like to share my views on the subject especially with reference to the posts of PPS and Senior PSS in the Central Secretariat with reference to the views of Sudhakaran Retired Government Servant.
COMMENTS
As Sudhakaran is right in his own way. However, I would like to share with all the viewers of this Reputed Site the following:-
The IAS Officers have intentionally upgraded the next posts of Private Secretary as Principal Private Secretary and Senior PPS to nurture their ends. However, the next pormotion of PS as per CSS Rules, 1962 is Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Director and above not PPS or Senior PPS.
Sudhakaran being the senior citizen and during his service career had he not even noticed that there is Rule 12 (2 and (4) of the CSS Rules, 1962.
This rule stipulates that the feeder grade promotion of the Private Secretary shall be Under Secretary by merging the SO and PS into one single list.
The officials at the level of Deputy Secretary especially the DR SOs that too Bihari in the DOP&T have misled the Cabinet by putting wrong rules to successive Secretary(DOP&T) like Prityush Sinha, L.K. Joshi and present one Satya Nand Mishra that there is no such Rule.
It is a matter of same to the DOPT Secretary that they have misled the Cabinet and got restructured the service without giving the evidence of Rule 12 (2 ) (4) to Pranab Mukherjee etc..
You would be surprised to know that in the PS grade there are no Biharies. This service require smartness and common sense, which they lack by virtue of genetic disorders.
Though I am Section Officer, I personally request to all the Personal Assistants, Private Secretaries and for that matter all the PPS and Senior PPS to come forward for merging the CSSS and CSS cadre into one Cadre i.e. CSS Cadre. Please give individual representation, without any hesitation, to the Cabinet Secretary for merging these two cadres and it is your legitimate right to take the post of Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary immediately. It is high time to get the cadre merged.
The CSS officials have taken away your legitimate right by politicalizing the service in connivance with the political leaders especially Biharies.
I also request all the Senior Citizens who retried as PA, PS, PPS to give their representation to the Cabinet Secretary to pay respect to Personal Assistants and Private Secretaries constitutional rights given by Subordinate Legislation to them and the Cabinet Secretary should suo motto inquire into the misleading facts given to the Cabinet Committee/ Cabinet/ Prime Minister by Deputy Secretaries/ Directors/ Additional Secretaries of the CS Division and accordingly initiate disciplinary proceedings against such culprits.
RK Gupta
Sudhakaran deserves praise !
I am highly impressed by the recommendations made by Suhakaran. I would also like to know how will the performance of bureaucracy improve once they start carrying their own briefcases, Tiffin's & water bottles(no provision of drinking water at their offices ?!!!). As it is, we expect them to deliver results as good as private sector without paying them as much. That's why all the competent bureaucrats/technocrats(who deserve enhanced salary acc to Sdhakaran) are quitting to join private sector. With the cutting down of whatever fringe benefits are available to them, we can only increase the speed of resignations. Very soon, government sector will be left with people who are either not competent enough to be caught by private sector or are corrupt enough to cover the monetary disparity through other means. I hope our learned friend recognise the fact that if you plan to pay peanuts then you can only get monkeys to work for you. Hiring of vehicles etc have already been privatised in many departments. To curtail government expenditure, one can start by replacing government provided medical facility (CGHS, Railway Medical depaartment, etc) by collaborating with private hospitals. This has been successfully incorporated by many PSUs. Instead of penny-pinching techniques, let us concentrate on areas which account for a big chunk of expenditure.
Tanuja
This is in refrence to IRS officers sore with government
A very genuine and legitimate demand has been made by the IRS for grant of Apex scale to the Members of the two Boards(CBEC & CBDT), who put together are only about 10 in number. Even the Chairmen of the two Boards, who were so far drawing thier salary @ Rs. 26000/-( corresponding to Apex scale of Rs. 80000/-now)have not been given the Apex scale! the govt., on the other hand shown enough consideration by providing one Apex scale post in each state of the country ,to both IPS as well as IFoS. This has boosted up the morale of these services and the officers would certainly have a sense of pride being part of the service. A comparison would reveal that a number of posts at the HAG/ Apex level are now available not only to the AIS but also to IA&AS, IRTS and IPoS etc. Given a chance, the officers of these services except perhaps those in IAS and IPS would have liked to join IRS as is evident from the cut off marks of the Civil Services Examination. The two revenue services, in terms of the senior/ Apex level posts, however, seem to have been accorded a step motherly treatment and consequently made to feel much less significant / unimportant. One should not forget that almost entire revenue of the central govt. which is spent by other services is collected through the two services. The growth and buoyancy in the central revenues only has enabled the govt. to offer much better salaries to its employees. Are the two revenue services made to pay for their efficiency and effort in revenue collection which quite often includes systematic planning to nab the evaders of tax and operation of anti smuggling ABD intelligence network to name a few. Besides the two revenue services have led from the front despite all odds in making the tax administration much more transparent and assesse friendly. No dept has undergone such a big change for better in recent past.
Now a word for CBEC which seems to care little for its own officers. A large no. of 1986 batch officers are yet to get SAG even after putting in over 22 years of service as against 1993 batch officers getting it in some services. This is despite a large no. of vacancies being available in that grade. Whom should we blame for it? And is it not a matter of collective shame? Who is responsible for the mess in personnel management and cadre planning? The govt. has also provided that the officers of the IPS and IFoS, who are two or more years senior to a particular batch of the IAS getting empanelled for SAG posts, will be awarded SAG, on non functional basis. The CBEC could have thuoght about its officers who even after 22 years of service were denied SAG for none of their fault. This, however, does not seem to have been put forth as a demand, which, if accepted, was not only likely to benefit a large number of officers( who in any case will now draw their salaries in PB-4 with slightly less grade pay than SAG)but could have largely boosted the sagging morale of the officers which badly needed at this juncture. It was probably feared that this might weaken their demand for Apex scale etc. It seems that they exist only for themselves and care little for the service!!
Rajendra
It is an esteemed web-site !
Through this esteemed web-site, I wish to draw attention of all Ministers of UPA Government as well as Finance Minister and Chairman of the Sixth Pay Commission towards the Pay structure of UDC. There is a huge gap between scales of UDC and Assistant, while their nature of work and liabilities are same (this can be confirmed from DOPT. This is a big anomaly and injustice with UDCs. There is no competition exams for UDCs. Though, in past years LDCs/UDCs were very much qualified but now time has been changed and there were highly qualified (not less than Assistants/Hindi Translators/Primary Teachers)persons in these groups. There is NO CHARM for them to work in this poor scale.
At last I request all Ministers and Bureaucrats to think about these poor persons who had unluckily joined this service.
I also request all UDCs to wake up and fight together for justice.
HOPE appropriate action should be taken by the Government very soon.
V K Chhikara
Discrepancy indeed !
The discrepancy created by just one date of increment (1ST July) for persons with increment/promotion date from Feb to June of any year is very unfair. As such people will get their increment only after one and a half years as compared to people of later half of the year increment date (including Jan) who will get as soon as six months in some cases.This is very unfair and should be rectified as it will lead to a lot of heartburn.
Dilip Kumar
Lahiri's comments about Muslims not getting flats
Agree with Khan and I am happy to note that my comments originally posted on 29/8 have generated a healthy discourse in 'forum'. All have agreed with me , except Mssrs. Lahiri & Singal-who seem to be in awe of Shabana's persona.While I agree with some of their arguments, they seem to have missed the point entirely.Purely on account of her 'standing', she should have refrained from making inflammatory comments at a sensitive time like this- on a nebulous issue like 'buying a flat'-where the majority opinion clearly does not agree with her.
KD Joyal