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1976 batch IAS empanelment list shortlisted ?
Over 40 IAS officers of 1976 batch are reportedly in the consideration zone for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India. Meeting for empanelment is expected to take place in a week or two. They are :-Mssrs R P Singh, R H Khwaja and Minnie Mathew (AP), Ranjan Chatterjee, Samirendra Chatterjee, Anurag Bhatnagar and N K Das (Assam.Meghalaya) ,Shashi Kant Sharma, P K Basu and A B Prasad (Bihar), R S Gujral, Anita Chaudhry (Haryana) Subramanyam Vijay Kumar and Sunatu Behuria (Himachal Pradesh), S Sundareshan, C K Mathew and Sayan Chatterjee (Kerala), Ajoy Acharya, Uday Verma,Sumit Bose and A N Asthana (MP), B C Khatua (MAH), D V Singh, Shashi Prakash and A E Ahmad (Manipur-Tripura), Anil Kumar (Nagaland), R C Mishra and B K Patnaik (Orissa), A Didar Singh (Punjab), Rajiv Sharma and K S Money (Rajasthan), R Gopalan ,M Raman and S M Hoda (TamilNadu), S M A Zaidi, P K Mishra, P D Sudhakar, P Uma Shankar,, Veena Upadhyay and Arun Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) and A K Chanda and K S Ramasubban (West Bengal).
Announcement of TRAI Chairman soon
Announcement of new TRAI Chairman is expected to be made in a week's time. The Search Committee has already interviwed 13 candidates for the post.
Will Panjiyar get Additional charge ?
Government may not appointed regular Secretary Power in place of V S Sampath. There is a proposal to give additional charge of Power Ministry to Secretary Water Resources U N Panjiyar who sits in the Shram Shakti Bhawan. New appointment will then be made by the new Government next month.
Bureaucrats opinion : How will be the next Lok Sabha
The state-wise detailed opinion poll conducted by whispersinthecorridors.com between March 8-13, 2009 has concluded with effect from April 14, 2009. For details of the opinion poll Click here.
The details of the opinion poll can also be read in the April 2009 issue of our magazine whispers in the corridors.
Inderjit Singh to be Joint Secretary HRD !
Inderjit Singh is likely to be appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of HRD. He is 1985 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre.
Ms. Rashmi Agrawal set to be Director, Petroleum
As the grapevine has it, Ms.Rashmi Agrawal is on central deputation tipped to be a Director in the Petroleum Ministry. She is an Indian Audit & Accounts Service officer of the 1994 batch.
Massive changes of CGMs on the anvil in SBI
Massive changes of Chief General Managers (CGMs) are on the anvil in State Bank of India.
S.Javeed .Ahmad tipped to be Jt.Director, CBI
As the grapevine has it S.Javeed Ahmad is tipped to become a Joint
Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I). He is an IPS
officer of the 1984 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Neeraj Thakur to be Dy.Director, IB
As the grapevine has it Neeraj Thakur who is currently DCP (Crime),
Delhi Police is poised to join Intelligence Bureau as a Deputy
Director. He is an IPS officer of the 1994 batch who belongs to the
AGMUT cadre.
Promotion of JAG to SAG in Postal deptt likely
Promotion of 14 odd Indian Postal Service (IPS) officers from Junior Administrative Grade (JAG) to the Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) is on the anvil. As the grapevine has it the related file is in the Prime
Minister's Office (PMO).
Jalaj Srivastava recalled
ED (Finance) FCI Jalaj Srivastava has reportedly been recalled by the Delhi Government from central deputation. He is 1984 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
Maharashtra Govt.asks Rajiv Aggrawal about coming back ?
As the grapevine has it, the Maharashtra Government has asked Rajiv Aggrawal, an IAS officer of 1975 batch who is currently on central deputation, about coming back to the parent cadre. Is he going to be new Chief Secretary of the State ?.
Post of Director vacant in Commerce
A post of Director is lying vacant in the Commerce Ministry.
Manoj Singh returning to UP
Grapevine has it that Manoj Kumar Singh, who is Private Secretary (PS) to Shankar Singh Vaghela, Indian Textile Minister, is shortly returning to his parent cadre of Uttar Pradesh. He is an IAS officer of the 1989 batch.
Ajay Tirkey going back to MP cadre
Ajay Tirkey who is Joint Secretary Defence on central deputation, on completion of tenure would be returning to his parent cadre of Madhya Pradesh in the second week of June 2009. He is an IAS officer of the 1987 batch.
Uday Sahay gets Award
Director Information and Public Relations, Delhi Government, Uday Sahay, has been conferred with Annual Award for Best Public Communication in India at PR Professionals annual meet in Bangalore. Uday Sahay is 1988 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
Three Bihar cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
Three Bihar cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. Those empanelled are Kundan Krishna, Nirmal Kumar Azad and Mrs. Anupama Sadashiv Nilankar.
IDAS officer Laxman Likhar promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer Laxman Likhar, of 2005 batch, has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and shifted from JCDA (R&D) New Delhi to Balasore PCDA (R&D) New Delhi
CVC penalizes AGM, Canara Bank
CVC has ordered reduction by two stages for one year with cumulative effect in the case of KK Balan, AGM, Canara Bank.
18 CISF Dy Commandants promoted and transferred
As many as 18 Deputy Coomandants in CISF have been promoted as Commandants and given fresh postings. They are Swarn Das posted at BARC/TAPS Tarapur and retained at the same place, Abhay Raj posted at FGUTPP Unchahar and transferred to New Bn Deoli I, Sharad Kumar posted at Calicut Airport transferred to Amritsar Airport, Shiv Kumar Mohanka posted at DMRC Delhi transferred to Nalco Angul , Pradip Kumar Bharti posted at Chennai Airport transferred to Cochin INTL Airport, K K Dutta posted at RSTPP Rihand transferred to KPT Kandla , Ghanshyam Pandey posted at Vadodara Airport transferred to BSL Bokaro, Himanshu Pandey posted at DAE Kalpakkam, Amit Sharan posted at Imphal Airport transferred to BHEL Bhopal, BS Kolaj posted at KAPS Kakrapara transferred to 8th Bn Jaipur, Deepak Agarwal posted at Bhopal Airport transferred to IGI Airport , New Delhi, Rakesh Raja posted at FHQRS New Delhi transferred to AIG/L&R, FHQ, New Delhi, KVK Sriram posted at IGI Airport New Delhi and retained at same place, Shiv Kumar posted at Jaipur Airport transferred to Mumbai Airport, Ved Prakash posted at BTPS Badarpur transferred to New BN Deoli, Mamum Ur Rashid posted at FHQRS (PROC Branch) transferred to BHEL Hyderabad, R Ramaswamy posted at UCIL Jaduguda transferred to CTPS Chandrapura and SR Bharti posted at PTPP Paricha transferred to New BN Jaipur.
Jayati Chandra is new Secretary Youth Affairs
Ms Jayati Chandra has been appointed new Secretary Youth Affairs in the Government of India. She is 1975 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Sindhushree Khullar is Secretary Sports
Ms Sindhushree Khullar who was Secretary Youth Affairs has been moved to the Department of Sports. She is 1975 batch IAS officer of UT cadre.
CS to chair State level HP Day function at Balh Seena
Mrs. Asha Swaroop, Chief Secretary would preside over the State level
Himachal Pradesh Day function at Balh Seena in district Bilaspur on
April 15, 2009. A spokesman of the State Government said that
respective Deputy Commissioners would preside over the district level
functions across the State at the venues already decided.He said that
this decision has been taken in the light of instructions received
from Election Commission of India (ECI).
A.K.Shrivastava is new IG, Rewa
A.K.Shrivastava who so far IG Planning in PHQ Bhopal has been shifted
to Rewa as IG.He will succeed A.K.Soni.
2 Collectors shifted in MP
As many as two Collectors have been shifted in Madhya Pradesh.
Accordingly Nishant Barwade who so far was Deputy Secretary Home will
be Collector Hoshangabad in place of G.P.Tiwari. Similarly, Kawindra
Kiyawat Secretary MP Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE) will be
Collector Anuppur in place of Subhash Jain.
Dr. S. K. Singh is new VC, Bhoj University
Dr.S.K.Singh who so far was a Professor in the Law Department of
Lucknow University, will be new Vice Chancellor of the Madhya Pradesh
Bhoj (Open) University, (MPBOU), Bhopal.
Balwinder Singh appointed Additional Director CBI
Balwinder Singh has been appointed as Additional Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on September 12,2008 and on April 13 )
Additional charge to Bhattacharya
The GoI has given additional charge of the post of Director General and Mission Director, Unique Identification Authority of India, Planning Commission in the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India, to R. Bhattacharya. He is 1978 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
CCIT (Kanpur) gets additional charge of CCIT (CCA) for UP West
CCIT (Kanpur) Ms. Sudha Sharma has been given additional charge of CCIT (CCA) for UP West.
Delhi High Court Additional Judges appointed
Valmiki J Mehta and Neeraj Kishan Kaul have been appointed Additional Judges of the Delhi High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
Bombay High Court Judges appointed
Justice Chandrakant Laxman Pangarkar and Justice Amjad Ahtesham Sayed, Additional Judges of the Bombay High Court, have been appointed Judges of the Bombay High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.
Allahabad High court Additional Judges appointed
Ashwani Kumar Singh, Devendra Kumar Arora, Anil Kumar, Dasu Ram Azad, Ms. Naheed Ara Moonis, Ritu Raj Awasthi Rajesh Chandra, Shyam Shankar Tiwari, Yogendra Kumar Sangal, Kashi Nath Pandey, Virendra Singh, Ram Autar Singh, Mrs. Jayashree Tiwari, Subhash Chandra Agarwal, Yogesh Chandra Gupta, Shrikant Tripathi, Ashok Srivastava and Virendra Kumar Dixit have been appointed Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices.

CORPORATE
Interviews for Director Finance in WCL from today
PESB will conduct interviews for the post of Director Finance in Western Coalfields Ltd. (WCL) on April 15 and 16.
Nagle moves to Mumbai
Nikhil Nagle who was at Citi IN Hongcong has moved to Mumbai.

Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) empanels three creative agencies
Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) has appointed three creative agencies - Inter Publicity, Percept's AMO Communications & Dentsu, for IOC's communications. IOCL has over Rs100 crore annual budget on advertising.
P.M. is happy about quick resolution of Satyam's crisis
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is seems to be happy after the issue of Satyams bit is over quickly and successfully , as the controlling interest in the company was picked up by Tech Mahindra.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Advani is behaving like Georgie Porgie as he first damned Mohna!!!!
And now when Mohna has taken him on Advani is doing ronna-dohna!!!
Five years of a weak Mohna and India 's done pretty good!!!!
Though by a biased Advani this cannot be understood!!!
Advani strength we have seen in the past,
On his majboot and decisive leadership that's why doubts are being cast!!!
Though both Congress and BJP will be well below the majority mark,
Congress has the upper hand and this is very stark!!!
Advani and a host of other issues have literally made BJP fall back!!!!
Odds against BJP coming to power everyday ho rahe hai stack!!!
BJP attacked Sonia personally in 2004 and lost!!!!!
And this time seems BJP's going to pay the same cost!!!
Talk about development , poverty alleviation and security!!!!
These personal attacks just show BJP's own insecurity!!!
Knowing BJP inside out I had advised before elections were announced!!!!
That problems and not personalities should be trounced!!!
In Advani's book the way to look rosy is make other look pale!!!!
And this time miserably Advani is going to fail!!!!
Jaya is response to Advani's statement that AIADMK could be an ally!!!
Jaya has termed a lie!!
Though post election if BJP is in the running with BJP she'll ally!!!
And say what was reported in the past about AIADMK not allying with BJP was a lie!!
Amma has already made plans of shifting to Dilli!!!!
Hope she knows Dili is very hot and very chilly!!!!
They say she's settle for HM of MOF and she has a lot of scores to settle!!!
She settle the scores and show her mettle!!!
Why talk of Rahul as PM when he's not ready for sitting in this 'hot seat'???
As of today criteria to become PM Rahul definitely does not meet!!!!
By criteria I mean 'what it takes'!!!!
And in this list not by long a shot a place Rahul makes!!!
First Rahul need to gain experience as a Minister!!!
He was ready to be PM when he was a toddler in the eyes of his Ma and Sister!!!
They say Sanju Baba's wife went AWOL as she wants to be a Mom!!!!
For becoming a Mom she has to be with her hubby would be the opinion of many and not some!
Like I said Amar the Housebreaker strikes again!!
One more 'housebreak' medal kiya hai Amar ne gain!!!
Pawar is now swearing by UPA..... so he's realized his position!!!!!
And Balasahib's actual disposition!!!
Speaking of Pawar…… all these Netas say they don't own cars!!!
They have this penchant to show they are car-less as if Constitution bars (owning cars)!!!
Like now Badals say they are car-less too!!!!
About this something the Media has to do!!!
Why not show the cars these Netas move about in and say they are car-less??
Maybe then in swanky cars you'll see them less and less!!!!
Are they embarrassed of their riches or are they superstitious...what is it?
What will happen if they own up the car in which they sit????
Confucius says……. This hypocrisy needs to be brought to an end!!!!
' We are not fools' is the message to the politicos we need to send!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum
Manmohan Singh has proved to be the weakest PM
I entirely agree with LK Advani that Manmohan Singh has proved to be the weakest PM this country has seen. His government was run by 10 Janpath and some of its blue eyed bureaucrats with Manmohan Singh as a facade. This has proved to be the most corrupt government and unforunately it has also demolished some of the premeir constitutional institutions like EC by politicising them. The efforts of Atal Behari Vajpayee in bringing some specialists in the administration has all been finished. The most unfortunate part is that specialists have lost to generalists at a time when a so called specialist was holding the highest executive office. What else could be the tell tale story of a weak administrator. I hope we see some freshness in the next government to save this country from the nexus of corrupt netas and bureaucrats. What is the use of an honest facade behind which a most corrupt government flourishes?
Ruhan
Cong has given the nation many great leaders
Congress Party, the largest and all time best party in India, has given the nation many great leaders. It still continues to do so. Mr. Rahul Gandhi is also one of of them. He is from a family which leads understands and leads India. He is no doubt a very good leader in the making. However, the Party is no doubt full of good leaders viz. Dr Manmohan Singh - our Prime Minister and Pranab Mukherjee - our Finance & External Affairs Minister, to name a few. The Nation witnessed the acumenship of the greats like late Jawharlal Nehru, late Indira Gandhi, late Lal Bahadur Shastri and Late Rajiv Gandhi who led us to make this nation prosper and so loving by the world. Rahul is still young and he will certainly be one of the leaders by being in the company of his mother and other great leaders in the Congress Party. All Kudos to Rahul. I wish all good luck and best wishes.
Ashok Ghosh
Benign face of IRS transfer policy
It is very satisfying to note that CBDT recognises the importance of medical treatment and has posted an Additional Commissioner to Delhi on health grounds. Very glad to see the benign face of IRS transfer policy.
Rita
Is there any change in IRS' Transfer Policy?.
IRS (Income Tax) has a transfer policy in place by virtue of which officers on deputation at Delhi or Mumbai are not to be posted at those two stations (Delhi or Mumbai) on return from deputation. This policy is in place since last three- four years. Even those officers who had never worked in Delhi were posted out of Delhi after return from deputation on the basis of said transfer policy. Many officers who had never worked in Delhi were posted out of Delhi after their return from deputation even when for genuine valid reasons they wanted to stay in Delhi .
Is there any change in Transfer Policy?. In that case the changed policy should be placed in public domain . Then, what would happen to all those officers who suffered earlier.
Truth seeker.
We will feel at home
We will feel at home in the home ministry with our batch mate Ashok there.
Baligar
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