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Panjiyar gets Additional charge as Secretary Power
Government has appointed Secretary Water Resources Umesh NarayanPanjiyar who sits in the Shram Shakti Bhawan as Secretary Power in place of V S Sampath. Panjiyar has been given additional charge. He is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.V S Sampath has already taken over as an Election Commissioner(EC).
(We said this on April 15,2009)
Panel for Secretary Power pending in PMO
As the grapevine has it a panel of three incumbents is still pending for the slot of Secretary Power in the PMO,even though government has appointed Secretary Water Resources Umesh Narayan Panjiyar as Secretary Power in place of V S Sampath. Panjiyar has been given additional charge.He is an IAS officer of the 1973 batch who belongs to the Bihar cadre.V S Sampath has already taken over as an Election Commissioner(EC).
Bonanza for IPS officers of the rank of DGP & ADGP
The Government of India (GOI) has constituted a board for promotion of IPS officers, which consists of following retired Director General of Police: Kamal Kumar, K.M.Singh , Dr. Trinath Mishra ,E. N. Rammohan & I. Gobind. In future the above mentioned officers will consider the empanelment of IPS officers for the rank of Additional Directors General of Police and Director General of Police on merits. Now this has come at par with the empanelment procedure adopted for selection of IAS officers. Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA)in GOI has approved the above proposal and has been implemented with immediate effect.
Board for IPS promotions to meet on April 25, 2009
The first meeting of the five member Board constituted for promotion of IPS officers is scheduled to take place in Central Secretariat, New Delhi on April 25, 2009.
Raj Deep Singh to be IG in ITBP
Decks have been regarding Raj Deep Singh's appointment as IG in the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are final. He is an IPS officer of the 1979 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
(We said this on April 16,2009)
Tenure of Vini Mahajan extended
Central deputation tenure of Ms Vini Mahajan Joint Secretary, Prime Minister's Office has been extended Till June 30. She is 1987 batch IAS officer of Punjab cadre.
Sudhir Kumar appointed JS Power
OSD to Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sudhir Kumar Jain has been appointed Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.He would have a tenure upto
August 31,2011.
( We said this on April 22 )
A K Singh is new CVO of ESIC
A.K. Singh presently working as Director in the Department of Culture has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), New Delhi. He is 1983 batch IFS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Rao appointed CVO of AICL
Hemant Rao, presently working as Director in the Civil Aviation Ministry, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Air India Charters Limited (AICL), New Delhi. He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
( We said this April 13 morning)
Eight Maharashtra cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
As many as Eight Maharashtra cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. They are CS Ughade, S D Waghmare, Madhukar H Gavit, Dr Sukhwinder Singh, Deven Bharati, Anup Kumar Singh, Vineet Agarwal and Ramanand Sunil Bharma.
Pramod Tiwari to be Director School Education & Literacy
Pramod Tiwari on central deputation will be joining Government of India (GOI) as a Director in Department of School Education & Literacy.He is an IAS officer of the 1991 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre.
(We said this on March 29,2009)
IDAS officer PC Jacob promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer PC Jacob of 2005 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and retained as CDA (Trg.) & NADFM Pune.
Mittal to be Director Commerce
Dr. Neeraj Mittal IAS PS to Minister of State Telecom . Jyotiraditya Scindia is being tipped to be Director Commerce. He is 1992 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
Saraswati Prasad is Secretary,Urban Dev. in Assam
Saraswati Prasad on his return from central deputation has rejoined his parent cadre of Assam. He has been appointed as Commissioner & Secretary Urban Development. Saraswati Prasad belongs to the 1985 batch.
IB facing shortage of officers
As the grapevine has it, there is a shortage of officers in the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
Change of guards in Air India on the anvil?
As the grapevine has it change of guards is on the anvil in Air India
of which present CMD is Raghu Menon. An officer as acting CMD may be
appointed.
Sanjay Trehan quits NDTV Convergence
Sanjay Trehan who was Chief Executive Officer(CEO), NDTV Convergence has quit.

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2 Krishna Kumar, Director, Tata Sons
3 JJ Irani, Director, Tata Sons
4 Arun Gandhi, Director, Tata Sons
5 B Muthuraman, MD & CEO, Tata Steel
6 Ravi Kant, MD & CEO, Tata Motors
7 S. Ramadorai, MD & CEO, TCS
8 Ishaat Hussain, Tata Sons CFO
9 Kishore Chaukar, Director Tata Sons
10 Srinath N, MD & CEO, Tata Communications
11 R Gopalakrishnan,
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13 C Kavaranna, Director, Tata Sons
Shunglu appointed Advisor with Audit firm Price Waterhouse (PW ).
Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India V.K. Shunglu has been appointed Advisor of the Audit firm Price Waterhouse (PW ).

Aaj Ki Aawaz
BJP's hope is that in AP Congress will trip!!!
And this would make Congress's all India seat share dip!!!
No doubt in AP Congress will not get the seats it got in the last election!!!
But neither is there going to be total rejection!!!
BJP should be worried about Karnataka where a repeat of State
elections is in doubt!
Imagine just a few months and in Karnataka BJP has been afflicted with
anti incumbency gout!
It's now Congress's all India strike rate versus BJP doing well in 4
crunch States!!!
And this election is going to decide certain very prominent fates!!!
Both Advani and Sonia have a lot at stake!!!!
You can say 'break or make'!!!
There are reports that certain Congressmen have started developing a spine!!!
As reported in Whispers certain Congressmen are willing to step out of line!!
Though at present this spine growth is 'far and few'!!!!!
Majority Congressmen mentally still stand outside 10 Janpath in a queue!!!
Spine growth could spur if Congress trips in this poll!!!
Sonia's iron hold on Congress could be the toll!!!
2014 could be a totally different ballgame!!!!
To be so servile as they are today Congressmen may not be then game!!!
If BJP does not make it Advani will retire!!!!
And if he does not some way Party respectfully karregi Advani ko fire!!!
And I feel if Congress trips in this election Priyanka will be pressed
into action!!!
To quell in High Command's spell ka contraction!!!
This will be Sonia's way of keeping the Gandhi family control!!!!
Priyanka will then play in Congress a pivotal role!!!
Of course Rahul will remain as 'PM in waiting'!!!!
Though today many will find it hard to believe what I'm stating!!!
Note: by tripping I mean Congress is not in power directly or
indirectly after this poll!!!
Remember out of power every Congressman turns to one dukhi soul!!!
Sanju Baba now calls Maya his sis!!!!
Despite this his 'tapori' act and message no one ne kiya hai miss!!!
Sanju is now suffering from an extreme case of Amaritis and condition
is getting bad to worse!!
Symptoms of this disease is besharmi and the habit to all the time curse!!!
And Pranab Da has come up with the most innovative excuse!!!!
'My Hindi is bad and so I was misunderstood' to cover up his Laloo
rant kiya Pranab Da ne use!
Laloo responded with ' jo bolaa so bolaa' or what he's said he's said!!!!
Take Pranab Da's name and Laloo now in the face goes red!!!!
Advertisers are now feeling the pinch and feel IPL is a flop!!!!
Ads to IPL many advertisers would like to stop!!!
The other IPL or the Indian Political League is where the ads will shift to!!!!
Pragmatic thing to do!!!
Today 'eyeballs' are engrossed with the Political tamasha or jamboree!!!!
IPL of the political kind ke programmes Public prefer to see!!!!
Offshore venue and weather have made the IPL flop!!!!
To revive interest Lalit Modi must be thinking of some sop!!!
Like maybe lakhs of Indian spectators will be 'air freighted' to SA in bulk!!!!
By this they will try to get the Indian spectator out of the present sulk!!
Or maybe after every match there will be a quiz on the match and
prizes will be huge!!!
With the hope that because of this there will be 'eyeballs' ka deluge!!!
Confucius says…….And if cricket has lost and election won this is good!!!!!
Our future and not a stupid game should come first could have been
understood!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum

Pension and to & fro fare
Today's whisper about pension some 40 years ago makes interesting reading and also spurs additional information in a purely informative way. Earlier than 40 years, pensions granted by the Government of India, to some categories of Indians, were continued even after independence. However, the amount was, in several cases, aadha rupee or half a rupee. Disbursal was through the treasury. I am sure, it must be continuing even now. Government pension being such an honourable (!!!) recognition of one's status, it was being collected without bothering slightly about the to & fro, to & fro fare involved in collecting the money (two minimum trips giving allowance to traffic jams, strikes, rallies, dharanas, pradarshans or undeclared holidays as by Delhi government establishment on phool-wakon-ki-sair day).It would have not been interesting but for this gem of the British commitment to rules! Like now, then also, women were getting pensions. But unlike the present times, they could not come out in the open to the treasury office, being pardanashin. So what to do. The rules were framed to meet the eventuality--an official from the treasury would visit the house of the pensioner. The last hurdle was to give the life certificate, as even now. Well, the English being white gentlemen, the remedy was already in place : a thread was to be tied to the wrist of the pensioner and its other end was held by the official, who on being satisfied about the existence of the pensioner, would release the pension. In order to ensure financial integrity of the official and eliminating the slightest possibility of corruption in the matter, the official was to be paid from office rupees two for his incidentals including tonga transport charges. So a pension is, afterall ,a sanad! Celebrate it whichever way seems pleasant!!
M L Gupta
It is called mindset !
While passing the elephants, I was confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to, but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller, we had used the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once or twice before? So make an attempt to grow further.... Why shouldn't we try it again? "Your Attempt May Fail, But Never Fail To Make An Attempt From Time To Time."
Pawan Kumar
It's detrimental to research organizations and the country as well !
In India many non technical, non science back ground government officers get appointed as head of research organizations and all scientists and engineers are required to work under them. This is very detrimental to the research organization and the country. It never happens in other countries. Govt. should control the urge of non science background bureaucrats to boss over such research institutions and change these officers from such posts forthwith.
Mani
It is indeed tragic that honest officers like Vijayan are treated in this manner. And officers who play upto the politicians go scot free.
A Visitor
Media is always after ITDC
ITDC is a very small PSU as compared to many other PSUs. Why it is so? This need to be thought off. These whispers are discussed beyond proposition and brings inconsistensy in the functioning of the corporation. My request to all and the concerned, not to discuss much about it for the welfare of corporation. let the things decided and brought to the notice of all.
A K Gupta
Ghost of Ramadoss
Its not so easy to get rid of the ghost.
K Sanjay
IRS transfer policy
1.It is learnt that the HRD directorate has submitted its recommendation on transfer policy of IRS officers to the Member P&V. It is surprising that the member is sleeping on this important file, giving an impression that he has a vested right in perpetuation of the mess created by flawed present transfer policy. 2.Ideally the Board and Rev Secretary should deliberate on it and should finalise it. 3. If the consent of minister is required even then, the preliminary work of consensus building on the alternative policy should be completed before the new FM takes charge. 4.faulty transfer policy has demoralised officers of IRS cadre and has led to demotivating officers and sub optimal performance. 5.Will the CBDT and Rev Secretary ,wake up and take note.
Sunil Facts about IRS Transfers It is strange that someone else other than CBDT is mentioning about the guidelines for posting to Delhi or Mumbai charges at the level of CIT. How is the person privy to this is not known, but he seems to have forgotten that there is a clear cut transfer policy for A,B C category stations and ,the criterion mentioned by him is not part of the Policy. Infact ,such aberrations lead to court cases and I am sure that the CBDT would steer clear of such controversies. Officers who have worked in C or B stations alone could be moved to A stations ,if they have completed their due stay in B or C stations. Now that a wind of change is blowing, CBDT should now free itself from the shackles of Commissioners ,who on one pretext or the other have been managing to stay in MUMBAI or Delhi or ,by propounding new concepts, want to move from one cat A station to the other cat A station. Seniority should only be the criterion for posting within the station and not otherwise. If the criterion suggested by my friend is to be followed ,then all those ,who missed out becoming members ,should in all fairness be also moved out of Metros and posted as CCIT in B stations
R Sahay Discrimination in CSCS service
We have been feeling discrimination in CSCS service. Almost 75% of LDC/UDC are graduate and doing same work as Assistant