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What Bureaucrats think about the formation of next government at the centre?
The general elections are round the corner and the bureaucrats have started making their own assessments as to who would rule the country in the days to come. Whether it will be the Congress, the BJP or the respective fronts - UPA and NDA - lead by these parties. Will it be a third Front that will govern the country? We tried to elicit the views of bureaucrats across the country. They feel …………
(18) WEST BENGAL- Total seats 42
CPM- 21
CONGRESS- 9
TMC- 5
AIFB- 2
RSP- 2
CPI 2
AITC- 1

Panel of IRS officers for CBDT is ready
A panel consisting of about half a dozen IRS officers has been prepared on Monday for the post of Members of the CBDT. 1972 batch IRS officer Narender Singh 1973 batch IRS officer Prakash Chandra Tripathi and three 1974 batch IRS officers Mssrs A K Basu,M C Joshi and Manjari Kackar reportedly figure in the panel.There are going to be three vacancies of CBDT Members this year.

1979 batch IAS empanelment meeting tomorrow !
Meeting for the empanelment of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India is expected to take place on Thursday.
Who is No.2 in the Railway Ministry?

(a) Is it Minister of State Rathwa who is close to PMO due to his tribal constituency; or was it Velu who resigned recently?

(b) Is it the Chairman, Railway Board heading a technocratic organisation; or is it Secretary of the Railway Board, KBL Mittal who was given this post by Laluji without bothering about seniority?

(c) Is it Sudhir Kumar Jain, OSD to the Railway Minister, who is considered a turn around magician by some and a typical pompous IAS officer by others?

Answer is - None of the above. The advisor-in-chief to the Railway Minister is the Union Minister of State for Company Affairs Prem Chand Gupta. He visits Rail Bhawan like a railwayman and advises the Railway Minister even during cabinet meetings.
Senior bureaucrats in run for AERA's chairmanship
As the grapevine has it, many senior bureaucrats too figure in the list of 13 candidates who have been short listed for the proposed Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AREA) which was supposed to be in place by March 31,2009. Main among them are: YS Bhave - Secretary Consumer Affairs in GOI, AK Singh - Member PESB, Satyanarayana Dash - Secretary, Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises in GOI & Dr K Ramalingam - ex Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Kachari promoted as CPMG NE
On promotion to the SAG, Indian Postal Service officer Kachari has been posted as Chief Post Master General North East.

West Bengal cadre 1984 batch IPS empanelled for JS post
1984 batch IPS officer of West Bengal cadre, C V Muralidhar, has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

Dr. Mona Sharma of 1989 batch empanelled for JS post
1989 batch IAS officer Dr. Mona Sharma of Orissa cadre is reported to have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.

IRS officers a quite sore
As the grapevine has it, Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers are unhappy with powers that be in Government over the delay in forwarding the Annual Confidential Reports(ACRs) and the Vigilance clearance of IRS officers (from the 1982 batch to the 1988 batch) to the Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT) for empanelment as Joint Secretary. The IRS Association had also pitched in and had made two requests, as early as 2 months back, but it seems to have had no effect on higher ups. Informed sources say that during the current year 1990 batch of the IAS would get empanelled as Joint Secretary. Even other services are far ahead than the IRS where officers only upto 1981 batch have been empanelled. For instance IDAS have been empanelled till 1987 batch; IAAS till 1987 batch; IPS till 1988 batch etc. Will the new Chairman do anything about it so that the career of at least 500 officers were not compromised?"

Frank Noronha to be DG DAVP
In all probability Frank Noronha will succeed Neelam Kapoor as DG DAVP. Noronha, is presently Director-General (Media and Communication), Press Information Bureau, New Delhi. He is 1982 batch IIS officer.

Neelam Kapoor to be PIO

Finally Neelam Kapoor is being appointed new PIO now known as DG. She is presently DG DAVP. 1982 batch IIS officer Neelam Kapoor will succeed Umakant Mishra on April 1.

Dr. Shreeranjan to be JS Child and Women Welfare
Dr. Shreeranjan is all set to join the Government of India as Joint Secretary Child and Women Welfare. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

CBDT chief Moorthy wins accolades
Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) SSN Moorthy has won many accolades for promoting Arun Kumar & posting him as Chief CIT (CCIT)-II Pune six days before his retirement. Kumar is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1975 batch. Only single order was issued on March 26, 2009 regarding Arun Kumar's promotion.

JP Meena poised to go to Centre
As the grapevine has it, J P Meena who is Principal Secretary Agriculture and Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) with the Assam Government is poised to go to Centre on deputation. He is an IAS officer of the 1983 batch & belongs to the Assam cadre.

Arun Kaul to be ED,CBI
As the grapevine has it, Arun Kaul, General Manager, Punjab National Bank (PNB), is soon going to be promoted to the post of Executive Director (ED), Central Bank of India (CBI).

K Dhanavel to wind up office of Ramdoss
K Dhanavel, Private Secretary (PS) to the former Health Minister Ramadoss, is having one month at his disposal to wind up office. Dhanavel is 1992 batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre.

Bimal Julka is back to MP cadre
Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, Bimal Julka, is back to the parent Madhya Pradesh cadre after completion of central deputation tenure. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.

Kahlon takes over as Member CBDT

C.S. Kahlon has taken over as new Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).He is 1973 batch IRS officer.
( We said this on March 9 )

Dr Talwar gets two year extension

The Chandigarh PGI director, Dr K.K. Talwar has again been given an extension for two years. He was to retire on March 31.

Rao promoted in Rail Wheel Factory
U S Rao, SG/IRSME/Rail Wheel Factory, has been promoted to SAG in Rail Wheel Factory itself.

Arun Kumar 's elevation was six days before he retires

Arun Kumar who so far was Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) on promotion was posted as Chief CIT (CCIT)-II Pune six days before his retirement. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1975 batch.

IDAS officer Raminder Singh promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer Raminder Singh of 2005 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale. He will continue to stay in PCDA (P) Allahabad.
Three CCITs retire
Three CCITs namely MN Tiwari (CCIT-I, Patna), SK Sinha (CCIT-V, Kolkata) and Arun Kumar (CCIT-II, Pune) have retired on March 31, 2009.

Three officials given additional charge of CCITs

While Anjani Kumar, DGIT (Inv) - Patna, will look after the additional charge of CCIT-I, Patna, Manoj Mishra, CCIT IX - Kolkata, will look after the additional charge of CCIT-V, Kolkata and M Narsimhappa, CCIT-I, Pune, will look after the additional charge of CCIT-II, Pune.

Chandra Iyengar is new ACS Home in Maharashtra
Chandra Iyengar has been appointed new ACS Home in Maharashtra. Iyengar is 1973 batch IAS officer.
( We said this on January 5 )

Sharvaree Gokhle is ACS Public Health in Maharashtra
1974 batch IAS officer Sharvaree Gokhle has been appointed new ACS Public Health in Maharashtra.

Leena Mehendale is ACS Revenue (Appeals) in Maharashtra
Leena Mehendale has been made ACS Revenue (Appeals).She is 1974 batch IAS officer.

Term of Liberhan Commission extended
The term of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry has been extended by three months up to 30th June, 2009. The Commission is inquiring into the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December, 1992.
Frank Noronha is new DG DAVP
Frank Noronha has succeeded Neelam Kapoor as DG DAVP on Wednesday. Noronha was earlier Director-General (Media and Communication), Press Information Bureau, New Delhi.He is 1982 batch IIS officer.
( We said this only yesterday )
Neelam Kapoor is new Principal DG - PIB
Finally Neelam Kapoor has taken over as Principal DG PIB . She was earlier DG DAVP. 1982 batch IIS officer Neelam Kapoor has succeeded Umakant Mishra who retired on March 31.
( We said this only yesterday )
Orders of Leela Ponappa issued
Official orders of the extension of Ms. Leela K. Ponappa as Deputy National Security Adviser and Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat on contract basis for three months with effect from 16th April, 2009 have been issued.
( We said this on March 12 and again on March 27)
Rajesh Verma joins as CVO REC
Rajesh Verma Joint Secretary & F A in the Ministry of Power has joined as Chief Vigilance Officer, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) .He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Orissa cadre.
( We said this on November 19 )
Monika Garg is Joint Secretary Textiles
Ms Monika S. Garg presently Director (NIFT) in Delhi has been appointed Joint Secretary Textles. She is 1989 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Gupta is new JS Textiles
S S Gupta has been appointed new Joint Secretary Textiles in the Government of India. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
Bimal Julka is now RC in Delhi
Bimal Julka on return from central deputation has been appointed new Resident Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh in Delhi. 1979 batch IAS officer Julka was Joint Secretary Defence in the GoI prior to his return to the parent cadre.
Dr Katoch is PS Jails and Transport in Madhya Pradesh
Resident Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh in Delhi Dr Rajan Katoch has been moved to Bhopal as Principal Secretary Jails,Transport and Parliamentary Affairs. He is 1979 batch IAS officer.
CWC inks MOU with Ministry of Food
Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), a Schedule 'B' Mini Ratna Category-I PSU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India setting out various physical and financial targets for the year 2009-10. The MOU was signed by B.B. Pattanaik, CMD, CWC with Mrs.Alka Sirohi, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution the other day. N. Raghupathy, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser and other senior officials from the Ministry and CWC were also present.
Under the MOU for 2009-10, among various Quantitative and Qualitative Parameters, CWC has targeted to create additional warehousing capacity of 50,000 MT, invest in creation of new CFS and Port related infrastructure, form new Company for Warehousing Finance business and achieve gross sales of Rs.910 crores. CWC also targets to train 5000 farmers on Post Harvest Manageme nt and create rain water harvesting structure at 15 of its facilities as a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility Scheme.
Lt Gen Lamba appointed CCRA
Lieutenant General Arvinder Singh Lamba, General Officer Commanding, Sudarshan Chakra Corps has been appointed Colonel Commandant Regiment of Artillery on Wednesday today.
Santosh Kumar Roongta takes charge as CMD CCI

Santosh Kumar Roongta Chief General Manager Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has assumed the charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) National Seeds Corporation. The post of CMD National Seeds Corporation was lying vacant ever since B.B. Patnaik was posted as CMD Central Warehousing Corporation.

(We said this on Jan 29, 2009)
Two IRS officers on deputation to CBDT
The Government has placed the services of IRS officers Raman Chopra Additional CIT, Chandigarh and Mukesh Kumar Additional CIT, Raipur at the disposal of Department of Revenue for a period of five years from the date they take over their new assignments as Director (ITA-I) and Director (TPL-II) in CBDT on deputation.
Arti Sawhney to hold additional charge of CCIT-IV, II Delhi
Following the appointment of K.S. Kahlon, CCIT-IV and II Delhi as Member CBDT, Mrs. Arti Sawhney CCIT-III Delhi has been entrusted with the additional charge of CCIT-IV and II Delhi from the date of relinquishment of charge by Kahlon.

CORPORATE
Ashok Nayar is new Chailman HAL

Ashok Nayak has taken over as Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

Aloke Singh promoted as GM in Air India

Aloke Singh has been promoted as GM in Air India. His new place of posting is PAX, SBU, AIB, Mumbai.

Dinesh Wadhawa quits Indiatimes.com

Dinesh Wadhawa who is Managing Director (MD) with Times Internet has reportedly resigned.

Sandip Lakhina elevated by Starcom
Starcom has promoted Sandip Lakhina from post of Managing Director (MD) to the post of Chief Operating Officer (COO) South Asia.

Ms. Preeti Kapoor is ECD,JWT
Ms. Preeti Kapoor who was earlier heading DDB Singapore has been roped
in as Executive Creative Director (ECD) & will be Delhi based.

NSIC signs MOU with Ministry of MSME
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises for the year 2009-10 for accelerated development and promotion of Micro and Small enterprises. The MOU was signed between Dr. H.P. Kumar, CMD,NSIC and Shri Dinesh Rai, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the presence of Madhav Lal, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner (MSME), SK Sinha, Director (P&M),NSIC and AK Jha, Director, MSME.

LIC of India launches its first credit card "LIC Card" brought out by its subsidiary LIC Cards Services Limited
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) fulfilled its long cherished dream to have its own credit card by launching "LIC Card" at its Headquarters "Yogakshema" in Mumbai today. Mr. T.S. Vijayan, Chairman, LICI launched the LIC Card in the presence of CMD of Corporation Bank, Mr. J.M. Garg and senior officials of LIC and Corporation Bank. LIC of India has formed a separate company "LIC Cards Services Limited" (LIC CSL) to bring out its own credit card in the market in line with the corporate vision to emerge as a trans-nationally competitive financial institution. LIC Card has been brought out by LIC Cards Services Limited as a white labeled card. This white labeled Card is managed by Corporation Bank. It is a VISA branded Card valid internationally.
LIC Card is a unique offering from LIC CSL loaded with numerous benefits and features for the customers. LIC Card is a 'photo card' having the photo of the cardholder and signature digitally imprinted on the card for greater security. LIC Card is designed to serve various synergetic benefits to the customers of LIC of India.
The selected LIC Agents will act as Sales Representative for this project. LIC CSL plans to offer premium-payment facility to policyholders with their own LIC card. LIC CSL aims to leverage large customer base, strong brand, wide distribution network of LIC and to provide value added service to its customers. Initially, the Card will be issued in Mumbai & New Delhi on limited scale.
While addressing the gathering at the launch ceremony, Mr. T.S. Vijayan said that the LIC card will prove to be a unique offering and the values of trust, assurance and reliability that people have gotten accustomed to while doing business with LIC, will remain the same with LICCSL.
Mr. J.M.Garg, C.M.D., Corporation Bank, informed that card-holders will benefit from the strong ATM-network and branches of Corporation Bank.
Mr. D.K.Mehrotra , Managing Director, LIC informed the audience that in view of the present position of credit and risk market globally and in India, LIC CSL has been taking a very calculated and cautious step while bringing out the LIC CARD with the help of Corporation Bank and VISA.
The Company LICCSL has its registered office at New Delhi.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Sanjay Dutt should not be allowed to stand for election's!!!
Has serious charges against him and remember his underworld and drug connections!!!

Amar Singh has promised Dutt to use his 'technology' to get him form SC a go ahead!
Amar has the required 'technology' its said!!!!

If you recall a Judge hearing Mulayam's DA case received 'his resume' via fax!!!
'The resume' highlighted where where the Judge had been lax!!!

Mulayam says in the Varun matter BJP is playing to its vote bank!!!
And he feels BSP is pulling on SP's Muslim Vote Bank a prank!!!

Fact of the matter is Varun needs to be forced to cool down!!!
With a very touchy and volatile issue kiya hai Varun ne clown!!

And if you ask me Varun is only too happy to be under lock and key!!!
By being kept under lock and key victory in the election karta hai Varun see!!!

Really his animal loving Mom needs to tame the animal in her beta!!!
He turned into a hatred spouting Neta!!!

Now some say BJP planned this strategy for its Hindu Vote Bank!!!!
Without such a 'sting' BJP felt its Hindu Vote Bank could tank!!!

So Varun was chosen to deliver the sting!!!
And BJP enjoyed every moment when a Gandhi ne kiya this intolerant song sing!!!

But booking him under NSA is not right!!!!
And against this in Court Varun needs to fight!!!

In Punjab the lucrative Cooperatives portfolio is up for grabs after Captain's demise!
And Badals will choose someone from their army of mice!!!

If Badal wants to do Punjab a favour then he'll give this Portfolio to Manpreet his nephew!!
On allocation of this Portfolio Badal needs to take a non political and pro Punjab view!!!!

Pawar they say is still hopeful of fulfilling his PM dream!!!
But factually impossible this does seem!!!!

With the seats NCP is going to win Pawar should be thankful for a Cabinet berth!!!
Cabinet Berth is what his few seats will be worth!!!

Be it UPA or Third Front Pawar will at most be a Minister in the Cabinet!!!
And his PM dream he will have to put in the cold box and make it hibernate!!

As counting starts they say Maya plans to be in Delhi !!!!
In the control room Mishra will be glued to the telly (TV)!!!

If BJP and Congress don't improve their tally then Maya will be on ground zero!
And on trying to get to the PM's chair she'll zero!!!

Rahul Baba kicked off his campaign tour by talking of the Common Man!!!
On usage of Common Man's name on Congress there should be a ban!!!

Common Man is Congress's mascot and Congress has let him down time and again!!!
Like in UPA's tenure what did Common Man gain????

Now Congress boasts infaltion is down but prices are still high!!!!
And still make the Common Man sigh!!!!

Why did Laloo not take the same vow that Sushma took???
Sushma had said if Sonia became PM like a Bhikshu she would look!!!

In Laloo's case he should vow that if Advani becomes PM he'll tape his mouth shut!!!
And the hair coming out of his ears or his audio antennas he'll cut!!!

Confucius says...... Last election Laloo fed the fish in CM house's pond chanting NDA bhagao!!!!
This year Nitish is feeding the same fish and chanting NDA wapas lao!!!

Flash..... SC has rejected Dutt's plea and Amar is hopping mad!!
People who want criminals to be kept out of politics will be glad!!!

Dutt says a Cabinet Minister threatened him,
That if he joined SP for him things would turn grim!!

Seems Amar has tutored Dutt well and taught him the tricks of the trade!!!
And seems Dutt has made the grade!!!

Bharat Kumar
aaj_ki_aawaz@yahoo.com

Forum
The hidden fifth front

Considering conceivement of numerous fronts in the run up to the elections and their miscarriages post election, it seems that only the fifth front really works! This invisible front is visible only to those who are gifted with the political dristi (sight) to see opportunities which the poor aam aadmi can not see. Words like progressive, samajwadi, left etc. have long ceased to inspire. What is before us in this election is the limitation of caste. People have been playing on the caste loyalties since the first general election in 1952.It was misused by petty politicians even under the then Congress. The others played communal cards using these very words. So, now affiliations are stitched by investment alone and votes are merely purchased. We are in the bloom of aayaa Raams & gayaa Raams and horse trade and its numerous other forms. Even states which have provided almost 70% reservations have failed to remove poverty by even 1 % in the past 57 years! People are offered currency notes in full public view-it is nothing under the table. It will lead to further fragmentation of people, who stand cut into caste identities. Fronts will get formed and deformed and money alone will form council of ministers. It will ultimately, attract all categories of criminals. We will see the deformed face of democracy that has made the life of people in one European country extremely insecure. So much so that the police officer avoids chasing criminals, the judge avoids hearing the case and the politician does not want to receive the action taken report. And, of course, the bureaucracy--you already know how it acts out of such difficult situations!! No one is responsible for taking the bull by the horns or belling the cat. So may we the people of India soon!

M L Gupta

British policy followed by Cong is responsible for present mess
Divide and rule policy of the British followed by the Congress over the years is responsible for the present political mess. This is worrying every Indian. I donot doubt the patriotism of many regional party leaders. But it is second thing to them. The first priority is how to keep the society divided on religious, regional, caste, sub-caste basis. BJP as the second national party has not lagged behind whenever it got the opportunity. It is only the Congress party which can re-unite the country politically, not today, not tomorrow but some day. There is no alternative. The party should learn from its mistakes and make amends. This is the hope of many people. It seems Congress leaders have started realizing this and have decided to contest all LS seats in Bihar & U. P. God Bless them. Advani can only talk he cannot deliver. By challenging Manmohan Singh and Ms. Gandhi for a debate, he is doing no good to himself and his party.

Bishan Sharma

UPA will rise to power only because others are incompetent
UPA will again come in power becuase third front is not capable to do better governance in our country and BJP is not competent

J R Meena

AGT has no linkage with family obligation
Its a wonderful suggestion to have the orders of transfer finalised in Feb/March every year and make them effective from April. This would not only help the officers to shift and settle at the new place well in time but would also eliminate the yearlong uncertainty, especially when the limitation in Tax Assessments is over on 31st Dec. The CBDT has the requisite data base and they can easily accommodate officers in one of the three places/states of their choice so that the dissatisfaction level is reduced to almost zero. Even in this year the CBDT had asked for the transfer requests /options as early as Feb 2009,but they seem to have slept over or are deliberately delaying and they are still to effect the AGT for this year. Even this delay is in consequential, if the officers requests are all entertained if they have completed the necessary cooling period of 2-3 years or have some genuine ground for retention. There is an impression that officers request for retention due to ulterior motives .I am sure that the officers would not mind retention beyond the prescribed time ,even if they are deployed in Non Field charges

Ranjan Sahay

Stupidity and not hate!
I was really dreading to see support for Varun on this web site leave alone any other forum or platform. Varun has no right to make any Hindu feel so ashamed of himself as he indeed has done by his act (or speech). He had no right to make Hindus feel so small. That he could really say what he did, points out to his utter lack of basic intelligence, decency and maturity. He is so immature and crass that if a person like him can also win an election will be a sad commentary on our country and our voters. I hope and pray that he is really taught a lesson by the electorate, which will be a lesson for others like him and save our country the ignonimity of getting branded on the basis of what people like Varun can dish out in future.

Anil

Why contest from more than one constituency?
It has been seen that only those leader contest more than one election those are holding the president of political party. Contesting election from more than one constituency is total burden on exchequer. In the interest of saving exchequer government should allow contest from one constituency. Government should recover total expenditure from candidate those contest election more than one constituency.

Ramesh Chhabra

Advani is keen to be fond of debate with Manmohan on street but public had given many chances to Advani to participate in debate inside the Sansad. What he was doing from last two decades? How much time he is to be granted by Jnta?Does he know that yeh public hai sab janti hai? He must try to debate with his party men that why only Hindutva, the root cause of division of Indian public should be the issue in the age of global development? Why not united Bharat ?

Man Singh