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Post offices to undergo makeover: Radhika Doraiswamy
Indian Post Offices that bring to memory shabby buildings dumped with filthy records and an often ignorant and arrogant staff are all set to undergo a complete makeover. Talking to whispersinthecorridors.com, Secretary (Posts) & Chairman Postal Services Board and Director General India Post, Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy, said the initiative is to ensure that the post offices connect with the modern day requirements of the local population be it postal service, electronic mails, money transfers, financial services or any other assistance.
Ms. Doraiswamy said in the first phase all major post offices in the country are being modernized with proper infrastructure, furniture, computers and trained staff. The idea is to integrate different services and make post offices nodal centre for postal services, financial services, money transfers and bill payments.
When her attention was drawn to the increasing competition the department was facing from private courier services, she said this is a feature that is applicable to urban centres in India. Rural India still depends on India Post services to reach out to its near and dear ones. "Courier services have strengthened over resolve to improve our services and compete", she added. Citing an example she said that nearly 80 per cent of the department's revenues are generated from mail service and money transfer facilities. Moreover entire government mails are routed through the India Post services.
The department is updating its computer network and hopes to connect all post offices that would facilitate the customers to keep a track of their posts. Similarly a pilot project is underway to link financial services offered by the department and introduce core banking facilities. Once successful, the project would be replicated throughout the country, she added. This will help the customers to operate their accounts and manage their deposits whether Fixed or savings or PPF accounts in post offices from anywhere in the country. The department is also considering a proposal to provide ATM cards to its customers once the facility becomes operational.
What would make the modern post offices stand apart is the fact that they would be acting as centres providing assistance to the customers rather than simply being the service providers. For this post masters and postmen are already being oriented for multi-tasks. The postman besides simply being a deliverer of posts would be the point-person who could collect bills, remittances to near ones and take down e-mail messages. The postmasters would supervise all the activities and assist the staff and customers as and when required, said Ms. Radhika Doraiswamy.
Meeting for empanelment of 1976 batch IAS tomorrow ?
Meeting for the empanelment of 1976 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary is expected to take place on April 22.
Sihag to go ADB ?
Grapevine has it that A R Sihag is going as Advisor to the Executive Director, ADB, Manila. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
IFS politics led to Puri's posting in UN !
It is believed that posting of Hardeep Singh Puri, currently Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, as the next Ambassador /Permanent Representative of India to United Nations, New York has receded his chances of becoming Foreign Secretary. A powerful lobby had earlier spread news of Hardeep Puri's contesting New Delhi election on BJP ticket .
Justice Chauhan to be Judge of the SC !
Grapevine has it that Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan , Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, is being appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Vohra to be General Manager, East Coast Railway
AK Vohra of Indian Railways Service of Electrical Engineers, who has been Director General of Railway Staff College for the last four months, is being considered too dynamic an officer to be wasted in a training institution. He is likely to be posted as General Manager of the East Coast Railway at Bhubaneshwar.
Madhusudan to be Director (Finance) RINL
Madhusudan of the SAIL is number one in the panel prepared for the post of Director (Finance) of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).
Ms.Shikha Sharma named as new MD, Axis Bank
Ms.Shikha Sharma who currently MD of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
has been named by the Axis Bank as its next Managing Director. It
would need approval by RBI and shareholders.
P.J.Nayak quits as CMD, Axis Bank
P.J.Nayak current CMD of the Axis Bank has quit. He was to retire in July 2009.
Why Nayak quit Axis Bank
As the grapevine has it P.J.Nayak, CMD Axis Bank quit to protest
against the Board's decision to appoint Ms.Shikha Sharma as new MD,
Axis Bank. At present she is MD of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.
Nayak pushed Kaul's name
As the grapevine has it P.J.Nayak who quit as CMD Axis Bank was
pushing the name of Hemant Kaul as MD, Axis Bank. At present Kaul is
Axis Bank's Executive Director (ED).
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty to be DG, RBI
Its now final that Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty Chairman cum Managing
Director (CMD) Punjab National Bank (PNB) is going to become Deputy
Governor (DG), Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The slot has been lying
vacant since December 5,2008 when Leeladhar retired. A formal order is
on the anvil
Alok Mishra to be CMD, PNB
Its now final that Alok Mishra Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of
the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) is going to succeed Kamalesh
Chandra Chakrabarty CMD Punjab National Bank (PNB), once the latter
became Deputy Governor (DG), Reserve Bank of India (RBI). A formal
order is on the anvil
Prabhu to be CMD, Oriental Bank
Its now final that Prabhu Executive Director (ED) of the Union Bank is
going to succeed Alok Mishra as Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD)
of the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), once the latter joins the
PNB.A formal order is on the anvil
Vasant Seth to be CMD Syndicate Bank
Its now final that Vasant Seth Managing Deputy Managing Director (DMD)
of the SIDBI is going to be Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of
the Syndicate Bank. A formal order is on the anvil
Rakesh Jain to be JS and FA Power
Name of IA & AS officer Rakesh Jain has been recommended for the post of Joint Secretary and FA in the Ministry of Power. The post was earlier held by IAS officer Rajesh Verma.
Why is Sharad Pawar smiling?
While most central government ministries are unable to take even day to day decisions with the Election Commission breathing down their necks, the functioning of the Department of Food and Public Distribution has improved after the elections were announced and the State Governments have all praise for the Central Government in the matters of procurement and public distribution. The reason is that Secretary of the department Alka Sirohi and CMD of FCI Deepak Panwar have obtained a carte blanche from the Election Commission as also the Minister to go ahead with their work. Pawar is showing no favours to any state and yet not even NDA CMs are able to fault him on any count.
New ITDC chief after LS polls
New ITDC chief will be decided under the new regime.
Seven J&K cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
As many as seven J&K cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. They include M Sulaiman Salaria, Yoginder Kaul, Alok Puri, Syed Javaid Mujtaba Gilani, Prithvi Raj Manhas, Abdul Qayoom Manhas and Muneer Ahmad Khan.
IDAS officer SL Malhotra promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer SL Malhotra of 2005 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and retained at PCDA (P) Allahabad.
CVC penalizes AAO, National Insurance Co.Ltd.
CVC has ordered reduction of pay by two stages permanently in the case of
an AAO, National Insurance Co.Ltd.
Will Balram Jakhar's retirement be permanent ?
Madhya Pradesh Governor Balram Jakhar's term is coming to an end in June. Will his retirement be permanent given the fact that he is unlikely to be obliged by the Congress party this time.
The Ghost of Anbumani Ramadoss
The Ghost of Ramadoss , the former health minister continues to haunt the mandarins of Nirman bhavan, both physically ( go and visit gate no 6) and figuratively. 3 or 4 officers were considered close to the Minsiter. While one of them has left for more celestial experience the others are still feared for their future nuisance value once Anbumani comes back as Health Minister!!! strange but true.
P K Mishra unlikely to join SAT
Former CBDT Chairman P K Misra is unlikely to join SAT, if appointed as his requirement of staying in Delhi is fulfilled after his appointment as IRDA Ombudsman which is equated with the rank of a High Court judge.
Where is the panel of CBDT Members ?
What has happened to the panel prepared for the posts of Member CBDT ?.Is there any reservation for 1972 batch IRS officer Narender Singh ?.Picture will be clear only next week.
Polls in Jaunpur may be countermanded
It is likely that Lok Sabha elections in Jaunpur (UP) may be
cancelled as per sources since the Election Commission (EC) is
waiting report from Special team of election commission India.
Tewari is Acting DG of Rajasthan
P K Tewari has been appointed Acting DGP of Rajasthan.
Roy is CPRO SCR
1991 batch IRTS officer Chandrima Roy has taken over as the chief public relations officer of the South Central Railway .
Two Commissioners of Income Tax transferred
Two Commissioners of Income Tax, BS Sondhi Secr ITSC, Kolkata and Chaitali Panmei DIT (BPR) - I, Delhi have been posted as CIT (A) - XIII Kolkata and DIT (IT) Delhi respectively.
99 Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax (Probationers) given postings
As many as 99 Assistant Commissioners of Income Tax (Probationers), on completion of their training at National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur, have been given postings as follows - Sudhanshu Shekhar to Mumbai, Mahesh Gopinath Jiwade to Pune, Amit Katoch to Delhi, Amit Kumar Jain to Delhi, Amaninder Singh Dhindsa to Delhi, KJ Divya to Bangalore, Anchal Khandelwal to Delhi, Aditya Shukla to NWR, Arju Garodia to Delhi, M Anitha to UP (West), Manav Bansal to Delhi, Sandip Kumar Mishra to Delhi, Rajesh Mahajan to Ahmedabad, Saurabh Singh to Ahmedabad, Ram Prakash Rastogi to Mumbai, Shaurya Shashwat Shukla to Ahmedabad, Mahinder Bishnoi to Mumbai, Namita Khurana to NWR, Rajni Rani Roy to Mumbai, Amit Dua to Delhi, Dipi Agarwal to Bhubaneshwar, Abhishek Prabhat to Mumbai, Virendra Singh to Mumbai, Shabana Parveen to Mumbai, Narendra Kumar Naik to Bangalore, M Kabila to Chennai, V Vidhyadhar to Chennai, Tarun Deep to NWR, Shweta Mishra to Bangalore, Alok Singh to Mumbai, Chanchal Meena to Jaipur, Prashant Kumar Mishra to Bhopal, Shashi Kaile to NWR, Manish Kumar Jha to Patna, Renuga Devi to Chennai, M Murali Mohan tp Hyderabad, Mukesh Jain to Mumbai, Sumit Kaur to UP (West), Anupama Singla to Mmbai, Deepti Chandola to UP (West), Kirti Sankratyayan to UP (West), Manu Kumar Avikal to NWR, Naveen Kumar to Hyderabad, Laganpreet Sandhu to NWR, Pankaj Srivastav to UP (West), Veni Raj to Kerala, Vikas Singh to Delhi, Ram Tiwari to Bhopal, Meenakshi Dohare to Ahmedabad, Poonam Rai to Bhopal, Inder Solanki to Mumbai, Maimum Nisha Ansari to Pune, Sita Shrivastav to UP (East), Pavuna Sundari to Chennai, Suman Kumar to Patna, Pallavi to Ahmedabad, Poonam Sharma to NWR, Uma Shankar Prasad to Pune, Mohit Mrinal to Ahmedabad, Vijyendra Kumar to Bhopal, RS Arvindhaksham to Hyderabad, Koushlendra Tiwari to Kolkata, Satyapal Singh Meena to Pune, Parmar Alpeshkumar Trikamlal to Ahmedabad, Amrit Raj to NWR, Prashant Ranjan to Patna, Pooja Swarup to Ahmedabad, Rajesh Kumar Yadav to UP (East), Monika Rana to Delhi, Anoop Singh to Nagpur, Samrat Rani to Kolkata, Ashish Tripathi to Bangalore, V Jenardhanan to Chennai, Rajat Kumar Kureel to Kolkata, Prem Prakash Meena to Jaipur, Sidhartha Bhim Singh Meena to Mumbai, Kranti to Jaipur, V Justin to Chennai, Md. Shabad Ahmad to Patna, Runi Pal to Jaipur, Huidrom Robindro Singh to Kolkata, Amit Ashokrao Borde to Nagpur, CN Bipin to kerala, Ram Prakash Maurya to UP (East), Yashvendra Singh to UP (West), P Muthu Shankar to Chennai, Vikrant Pal Singh to Kolkata, Shivanand H Kalakeri to Bangalore, C Yamuna to Bangalore, Vimal Kumar Meena to Kolkata, MC omininghishen to Guwahati, Manu Chaurasia to Kolkata, Kiran Dto Bangalore, B Ramanjaneyulu to Hyderabad, Das Rignesh Kalpesh to Ahmedabad, Mrinal Kumar Das to Guwahati, Roshanata Kumar Meena to Jaipur and Sanjay Kumar Yadav to Kolkata.
Jayakumar appointed JS Scientific and Industrial Research
K. Jayakumar has been appointed Joint Secretary, in the Department of Scientific & Industrial Reaserch/Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Behura gets additional charge
Siddharth Behura Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology will hold the charge of Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology during the absence of leave of Jainder Singh from 18th April to 27th April.
Anil Kumar gets additional charge
Anil Kumar Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development will hold the charge of Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment during the absence on leave of K.M. Acharge from 18th April to 26th April.
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
According to a message from the White House received to this website President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Christine M. Griffin, Deputy Director of Office of Personnel Management; Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, United States Department of Agriculture; Rajiv Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, United States Department of Agriculture; Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Global Strategic Affairs), Department of Defense; Mercedes Márquez, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Raymond M. Jefferson, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training, Department of Labor; Robert S. Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and William F. Brinkman, Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy.
Centenarian Major General (Retired) U C Dubey passes away (UPDATED)

Major General UC Dubey (Retired) a centenarian, passes away, today here. Born at Sujanpur in Gurdaspur district of Punjab on 26 Mar 1909 Major General ( Retired) U C Dubey was amongst the first batch to join the Rashtriya Indian Military College in 1922 and passed out in 1928. He was amongst the three cadets selected for commissioned officers training at Royal Military College ,Sandhurst (UK).Taking over the Command of 2nd Dogra , he led the battalion into Kashmir valley to successfully fight against the Pakistani marauders in Nov 1947. For the gallantry displayed by the brave DOGRAS, the unit earned Battle
Honour ‘URI” and theatre honour ‘J&K’ After relinquishing the ommand, the Gen Officer commanded 5 Infantry Brigade during which he organized a spectacular military parade at Ram Lila grounds, Delhi to raise the morale of the civil population. The parade was a precursor of the republic day parade of later years and was inspected by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.Major General U C Dubey (Retired) was the General Officer Commanding of Rajasthan Area, Bombay Area, 25 Inf Div in J&K , Delhi Area and UP Area Bareilly successively. The General has had a ring side view of momentous and historical events both pre and post independence.The Gen had celebrated his 100th birthday with military precision and ethos at the Infantry Hostel on 28 Mar 09. Amongst the Dogras at Infantry Hostel Delhi, the General in his 101st year had displayed the indomitable spirit of the Indian Army.

CORPORATE
Interviews for Director Finance in SIC today and tomorrow
PESB will conduct interviews for the post of Director Finance in Small Industries Corporation(SIC) on April 21 and 22.
Vedanta Group to invest 70,000 crores in India
Vedanta group, headed by NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal, is all set to invest Rs. 70,000 crore in India by 2011-12. This would make it the world's fifth largest metal and mining entity in the World. The company proposes to invest Rs. 50,000 crore in aluminium sector and Rs. 20,000 crore in other areas like copper, iron ore and zinc.
Mulye is MD of ICICI Venture
Ms Vishakha Mulye has been appointed the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Ltd. Gera elected Chairman
Kumar Gera has been re-elected chairman of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Karuna has lost it!!!!
On one foot pro LTTE shoe and on the other foot anti LTTE shoe karr raha hai fit!!!
Karuna called Prabhakaran a pal yesterday,
' Cannot forgive LTTE' says Karuna today!!!!!
Fact is Karuna is trying to woo Tamils and remain pally with Congress too!!!!
That is praising LTTE in one breath and then in the other breath at LTTE letting out a boo!!!!
Laloo's gone berserk!!!!!
Laloo's tongue overtime karr rahi hai work!!!!
In fact in Bihar Laloo's name is trash!!!!!
Paswan is feeling the pinch and now realizes with Laloo he too is going to crach!!!
After all for four years he trashed Laloo day and night!!!!!
And now he's joined him in this electoral fight!!!
Azam Khan says he's appalled to see what transpired in the meeting between Kaland and Amar!
Kalyan stood straight and Amar bent down from the kamar!!!!
In Amar Singh's line of work a flexible kamar is a must!!!!
And if Kalyan wanted Amar would have touched under Kalyan's feet the dust!!!
Neta Ji or Mulayam Singh says he will no longer be a 'middleman'!!!!
On himself being a middleman why Netaji put a ban?????
But with Amar who has a Doctorate in Middleman-giri why was Netaji doing this?????
This point one must not miss!!!
In this case Mulayam means SP will not be a eunuch or chakaa!!!!
Will either join Sarkaar or sit in Opposition Netaji ka iraada hai pucca!!
After Azam's rebellion Amar's stock has gone down!!!!
You can say in his self created scum Amar karr raha hai drown!!
And Sanjay Dutt has shown his true rangh!!!!
Or is this the effect of Amar's sangh!!!
His pappi and jappi statement shows that he too has receded into the gutter!!
Aur Amar talk karr raha hai mutter!!!
No doubt on the Net Advani seems to be very popular!!!!!
But in Rural India and amongst minorities he's still unpopular!!!
And this is just a repeat of the last election!!!!
When on BJP's urban popularity BJP made the 'victory' projection!!!
And for getting personal now in the Urban votes there's a rethink!!!!
BJP's good at arguing and abusing and nothing more people say with a wink!!!
In the end after Manmohan and Sonia responded with tit for tat!!!
Seems Advani has thrown in his 'abusing' hat!!!!
In fact his abusing showed people the qualities of Manmohan Singh!!!!
Now let's see what new tune Advani ji will sing!!!!
India TV is considered to be a Channel that thrives on voodoo and trash!!!!
And at its helm it has Rajat Sharma or Mr. Brash!!!
Aaj ki Adalat is a fixed Adalat and is a ploy for people to clear their name!!!!!
This is Aaj Ki Adalat's game!!!!!
And this Channel does not know what is the meaning of Breaking News??????
Frivolously y Breaking News this Channel does use!!!
India now has a Spy Satellite to keep a watch on terror activities from the sky!!!!
Maybe like North Korea Pakistan will fire a missile into the sky!!!!
And sham that they've sent into orbit a Satellite also!!!!
One step ahead Pakistan must go!!!!
Confucius says………. but fact is India is a different league when it comes to technology!!!!
India is in the rocket age and Pakistan is still in the bullock cart age is Confucius's analogy!
Bharat Kumar

Forum

Denial of promotion to CSS Offficers
It appears that the Department of Personnel & Training has decided to deny promotion to CSS officers in the name of reforms. Speed of these reforms would make even a snail think twice obout speed. Except for a few promotions at the level of DS , there have been no promotions since September, 2008. Any clue behind the game plan to deny these promotions ??
M Kumar
All kudos to CBDT
It is remarkable and applaudable for CBDT to have made available the choices of officers to other officers. Apart from transparancy, this would send very positive signals to officers. Congrats on first step taken in positive direction!
Raj
Facts about IRS transfers
The difficulties in posting Income Tax Commissioners to Delhi are not true. There are as many as 105 posts of CIT/DI in Delhi since posts are related to level of revenue. This year 39 CIT's have requested for posting to Delhi and 9 have opted for posting outside Delhi. So the net number is 30. There are about 17 vacancies in Delhi. The CBDT has decided to adopt the following criterion for Delhi and Mumbai:
--senior batches of Commissioners [1977 to 1980] to be in these cities;
--those nearing retirement;
--those with clean records; --those with medical grounds;
--spouse grounds;
--those who have done 8 years at a stretch to be moved out
Anon
The Voter & the voted
Democracy has been devalued in India by the booting, hooting and abusive masses and all classes of indians. Democracy can not survive unless people behave decently and use civil language instead of filthy one. There are issues of great significance, our independence and well being included. Those who are clamouring for the right to reject all the vote seeking candidates are promoting highly dangerous social behaviour--they are over-pampering the voter. If the voter can not decide from amongst tens of candidates, he/she should not expect the government to decide any issue, be it hanging a terrorist or a rapist or a murderer or a student bully ragging the new comers to death. Would the voter give the right to reject the negative voter and defranchise a voter or deprive him of fundamental rights or human rights? Since the voter chooses to reject all and vote none, the voted will also be perfectly within his rights to reject the voter similarly. It would be better to experiment with new candidates each time, particularly local social activists known to the area residents. We should not allow our elections to become mere buyer-seller meets!
M L Gupta
Government can improve efficiency and save money as well
I wish to draw attention to a few simple administrative measures that the Government can take to improve efficiency and also save money!
1. Encashment of earned leave
The government allows 300 days of EL encashment. I will request an audit of this, as invariably the officers will have EL . How does that happen? The system playa fraud and records are fudged. Sanctioned ELs are not taken on record. I believe this can easily be rectified if the records are computerized and placed in the public domain for anyone in the depp/min/organisation to see
2. Amend CCS, CCA rules
It is noticed that many a times corrupt officials want to quit, but are left stranded in govt at the last moment due to a minor/major penalty case, that lingers on for years. the result is that the corrupt officer continues to milk the government exchequer. the rules should be amended in such a amnner that the charegd offcier should be allowed to quit service, but his pensionary/other benefits should be withheld till vigilance case is decided
3. Fast track vigilance enquiry
This is ther bane of bureaucracy. it is so designed that not even 1% of the corrupt offciers are charged and less than 5% of the charged officers are finally punished. The govt should set up designated tribunal or atleast desinagted benches in CAT to dispose off vigilance cases within 3 months.
4. 6th CPC bonanza
The 6th CPC has stopped the flow of resignations/VRS. This is the best time for government to offer VRS and reduce its burden . Yes, a few bright sops will go too but on the whole it will be the averagely performing ones who will leave
5. Encourage whistle blowing
I am aware of few cases of honest civil servants who have been harmed with poor ACR gradings or have been shunted , because they raised their voice. The honest and straight forward must be protected under any circumstances. Unless and until honesty is rewarded and the corrupt punished, we cannot expect good governance
Is the new government going to listen? let parties make some commitment
Sudhir Kumar