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Rentala Chandrasekhar to be Secretary IT !
Rentala Chandrasekhar is being tipped to be next Secretary Information Technology in the Government of India. He is 1975 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Empanelment of 1979 batch IAS takes place
Finally empanelment of 1979 batch IAS to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has taken place.
Who will win? Shinde or Pranab Mukherjee
Who will be new Secretary Power in the Government of India? Infact Power Minister is keen for the appointment of Secretary Water Resources U.N. Panjiyar as his Secretary. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee has forwarded the name of West Bengal cadre 1975 batch IAS officer Sunil Mitra for the post. One can only wait and watch. Meanwhile, Panjiyar has been given additional charge of Secretary Power.
Post of Secretary Financial services being downgraded
As the grapevine has it, the post of Secretary Financial Services is being lowered to the Additional Secretary level. However, it would happen, once the present Secretary Financial Services Arun Ramanathan retires.
Will the history repeat in Air India?
Will history repeat in Air India as far as appointment of a full time Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD), Air India (AI) is concerned? This question has begun to do rounds in corridors of power because 1979 batch is soon going to be empanelled as Additional Secretary in GOI. Outgoing CMD Raghu Menon was Special Secretary & FA in Civil Aviation Ministry at the time his appointment as CMD Air India, last year. And now, E K Bharat Bhushan Joint Secretary Financial Advisor (FA) in the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation will hold additional charge as CMD, Air India (AI) in place of Menon. Bharat Bhushan is 1979 batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre.
Surajit Mitra gets 3 months extension
Dr. Surajit Mitra who is presently Additional Secretary Heavy Industries in Government of India (GOI) has been given three months extension in his central deputation tenure till July 31, 2009. He is an IAS officer of the 1977 batch who belongs to the Assam-Meghalaya (A-M) cadre.
Why Kahlon is sitting idle?
It has almost been a month since C.S. Kahlon took over as member of the CBDT. He has not been given a portfolio. It has become a matter of research in the IRS circle. Is it because of interference of a top business house?
N.N. Prasad to join WIPO
N.N. Prasad is going to Geneva on deputation to World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in a plum D2 post. Infact services of 1981 batch IAS officer of Uttarakhand cadre, Prasad had been asked by the WIPO. Prasad is presently Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Bharat Bhushan takes over Air India CMD
E.K. Bharat Bhushan on April 27,2009; has assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director of the National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) i.e. Air India. Bharat Bhushan will discharge functions of Chairman & Managing Director, NACIL, in addition to his own duties as Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation.Bharat Bhushan, born in Calicut on January 14, 1955, did his post graduation in English from the University of Kerala. He had joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1979 and has since then held various positions in the State of Kerala as well as the Government of India (GOI).
Deepak Anurag is new AG of Uttarakhand
Principal Director Staff in the CAG office Deepak Anurag has been moved as Accountant General of Uttarakhand.
Six MP cadre IPS officers empanelled for DIG level post
As many as Six Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officers of 1994 batch have been empanelled to hold DIG and equivalent level posts under the Government of India. Those empanelled are Deo Prakash Gupta, Ashutosh Roy, Manmeet Singh Narang, Kamal Singh Rathore, Ganesh Prasad Uikey and Anant Kumar Singh.
IDAS officer Nabarun Dhar promoted
Nabarun Dhar of 2004 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and shifted from AO (P) Himank, Leh to CDA (BR) Delhi Cantt.
P. R. Jaishankar is now AGM, NHB in Delhi
P. R. Jaishankar Hyderabad Regional Resident Representative National Housing Bank (NHB) who had recently been shifted to Delhi has joined as Assistant General Manager (AGM) in Delhi. He has been assigned three departments. They are: project finance, structured finance & regional finance.
10 chosen as CGMs in SBI
As many as 10 out of 25 General Managers (GMs) have been selected as Chief General Managers (CGMs) in the State Bank of India (SBI) for which interviews were held recently.
Sunil Kishan posted as ED Northern Region Air India
ED Projects, Air India, Mumbai, Sunil Kishan has been appointed ED Northern Region with Headquarters in Delhi.
Lalu Yadav is losing from Chhapra ?
Grapevine has it that Railway Minister Lalu Yadav is losing Lok Sabha election from Chhapra Parliamentary constituency.
IPS officer arrested
Sumathi Ravichandran, Regional Passport Officer, Chennai has reportedly been arrested by the CBI. She belongs to Indian Postal Service (1987 batch).
Ramesh Singh to be PCCF, Haryana
Ramesh Singh is poised to take over as PCCF, Haryana once S.K. Dhar retires. Singh is an Indian Forest (IFS) officer of the 1975 batch who belongs to the Haryana cadre. Dhar belongs to the 1973 batch.
A.K.Shrivastava to be Jt.Secretary in national panel
A.K.Shrivastava, who is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of the 1980 batch & belongs to the Jammu & Kashmir cadre, will be joining GOI as Joint Secretary in the National Commission for Economically Backward Classes, on April 29,2009.

(We said this on February 13, & March 12, 2009).
DATE WITH RTI
CAN THE CIC INSIST ON AUTHENTICATING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED?
Before the CIC, the Appellant insisted that the information provided is not true and that other rules exist and that the CPIO is
intentionally withholding the information. The Respondent stated that there are no rules and procedures other than those that have already been supplied.. The CIC directed the CPIO to give an affidavit within 15 days to the Appellant signed by the Controlling Officer stating that besides the information already provided, there is no further information available in the records. Comments Ordinarily, the CIC accepts the contentions of the Public authority that whatever information is available has been provided. However, it may insist on even asking the Public Authority to produce before it any file/ correspondence on the matter.
Prasar Bharti CEO Lalli gets extension
CEO of the Prasar Bharti B S Lalli has been granted extension in his tenure.Now 1971 batch retired IAS officer of U P Cadre Lalli would continue till 2011.
( We said this on April 9 )
Pratip Chaudhary is DMD,Global banking in SBI
Pratip Chaudhary who on April 9,2009 was promoted from Chief General Manager's (CGM's) rank to the rank of Deputy Managing Director(DMD) in State Bank of India (SBI) has been posted as DMD & Group Executive-International Banking.
A.K.Deb is CGM,NE in SBI
A.K.Deb on his promotion from the rank of General Manager to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM) in State Bank of India will continue in the North East.
B.B.Das is CGM HR in SBI
B.B.Das on his promotion from the rank of General Manager(GM) to the rank of Chief General Manager (CGM) in State Bank of India has been assigned the Human Resource(HR).
Only favorites get postings in SBI
There is a general feeling the banking circles that in State Bank of India (SBI) being headed by O.P.Bhatt only his favourites get
postings. This is explicit from the fact that only one of the five DMDs & two of the 10 CGMs have got their new postings.
West Bengal DG gets one month extension
West Bengal DGP A B Vohra has been granted extension till May 31. 1972 batch IPS officer Vohra was to retire on April 30.
D.P.Kar is CCIT Durgapur
D.P. on his promotion as Chief Commissioner of Income Tax(CCIT) hasbeen posted as CCIT Durgapur. He is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS)officer of the 1973 batch.
Customs Risk Management System Wins Prime Minister's Award
On the occasion of Civil Services Day 2009, at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on April 21, 2009, Hamid Ansari Vice President of India presented the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration, for the year 2007-08 to the Director General of Systems and Data Management, Central Board of Excise & Customs. The award was given for the initiative "Implementation of Risk Management System in Customs". Starting with Air Cargo Complex, Sahar Mumbai in
December, 2005, the Risk Management System (RMS) has been implemented in 23 major Customs ports/airports covering about 85% of India's international trade. It has revolutionized the customs import clearance process by cutting down the clearance times drastically. Instead of routine assessment and examination of all cargo, only selected consignments are taken up for scrutiny and examination. It is a tool to balance facilitation and enforcement which has been widely appreciated by the trade. Due to the introduction of RMS, the importers have greatly benefited by way of reduction in dwell time and transaction costs, which has improved their competitiveness. There has also been considerable reduction in the need for physical interaction
between importers and Customs officers. Clearances without assessment and examination and the facility of direct delivery of cargo have been given to eligible Accredited Clients of Customs. Importers today are able to plan their logistics and supply chain as per global standards and follows "Just in time" principles. Due to the RMS, Indian Customs have also collected extra revenue of Rs 2363.22crores in 2008-2009. The RMS Project has been designed and developed in house by a small
team of Customs officers, at the Risk Management Division, Directorate General of Systems, Mumbai with the help of M/s Birlasoft, a leading IT company. Thanks to remote filing using the internet web portal of Indian Customs www.icegate.gov.in , facility of e-payment and RMS, today the Indian importers are able to clear their goods within a few hours. Due to these efforts, the Indian Customs have been able to provide higher standards of service to the trading community. In the photograph are visible some members of the core RMS Team at the award function.

CORPORATE
Interviews for CMD in Hindustan Shipyard
PESB will conduct interviews for the post of CMD in Hindustan Shipyard on April 27.
Chanda Kochar to take over as MD & CEO of ICICI Bank
Ms Chanda Kochhar will take over as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ICICI Bank on May 1. She is currently the joint MD and Chief Financial Officer.
Kamath to be non-executive Chairman of ICICI Bank
Outgoing MD and CEO of the ICICI Bank will take over as non-executive Chairman of the ICICI Bank on May 1. He has been on the post since 1996.
Sandeep Bakhshi is ED (Retail & Rural Banking) ICICI Bank
Sandeep Bakhshi, MD and CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, has been appointed as the Executive Director (retail and rural banking) of ICICI Bank .
Dasgupta to succeed Bakhshi
Bhargav Dasgupta, Executive Director, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance will succeed Sandeep Bakhshi as MD & CEO ,ICICI Lombard General Insurance.
Vaidyanathan is now MD of ICICI Prudential Life
V. Vaidyanathan, Executive Director, ICICI Bank has been appointed new MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life. He will succeed Shikha Sharma.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
Without a doubt Communism is not for progress!!!!
And this point rightly Rahul did stress!!!
Under Commie rule in West Bengal things have gone from bad to worse!!!
In West Bengal Communism like in other places has proved its a curse!!!
Yechury boasts that West Bengal has opted for Communism time and again!!!
West Bengal ki Public suffers from Stockholm syndrome and so being happy they feign!!
This time surely many in West Bengal will snap out of the Stockholm syndrome!!!
Like they say the plane of woes is going to land in many a mental aerodrome!!!
Within BJP many feel Advani is the wrong choice for Prime Minister's post!!!!
Though Advani total support karr raha hai boast!!!!
He feels his 100 day oath to get Indian money stashed in Switzerland will win him the election,
He feels with the Public with this oath he's made 'the connection'!!!
He's mistaken as people know this is just an election fib and experts say 'years should replace days'!
And he's not going to achieve anything by his proposed 'policing' ways!!!
They say first he should tackle the black money menace within!!!!
And should try to look why people commit 'this sin'????
The only way he can get a portion of the money to come back in 100 days!!!
If ' get back the money and all is forgiven' he says!!!
The hardcore money will stay and other money will return!!!
My feeling is an amnesty the non hardcore will not spurn!!!
Mohna did this and got a lot of money to come back!!!
At that time black money going out via hawala and coming back got a lot of flack!!!
As long as money comes back into number one channel I feel there should be no worry!!!!
Though at that time money going out via hawala and coming back officially caused a flurry!!!!
What about the NPAs which are window dressed?????
Time the panic button someone pressed!!!!
Fact is if anyone wants to tackle black money one needs to be innovative!!!!
If I may say creative!!!
Though inflation is down prices are still high!!!
And the high prices are making people sigh!!!
Congress is taking a hit on high prices and it's also taking a hit because of infighting!!!!
Into Congress's prospects both are biting!!!
Many are having a good laugh …… on Amar's threat statement!!!!
They say the text of the threat by Amar himself to the threatener was sent!!!
And now it's come to light that Amar is open to SP joining NDA!!!!
He's in secret talks with BJP a little bird does say!!!
After Kalyan Singh's entry SP has lost a major chunk of its Muslim vote bank!!!!
Seeing Amar Singh touch Kalyan Singh's feet many a Muslim's heart sank!!!
And SP's loss is BSP's and Congress's gain!!!!
Dono pe there will be Muslim Votes ki rain!!!
Confucius says….. motto is……. don't try to be too smart or shaana!!!!
Moti nahi hothe hai crows ka khaana!!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum

Crime rate increasing
Crime rate is increasing in Delhi day by day as summer is going on and Delhi Police is unable to control the same. Does any bureaucrat feel responsible? Or are they all busy collecting 90 paisa?
( Rahul Gandhi recently said that for each rupee that govt. spends on welfare of poor, only 10 paisa reaches the beneficiary)
MK
No point in cribbing
People of other services are jealous of CSS officers because they remain posted in one place throughout their career. But people who belong to services having better prospects of promotion than CSS should note that they had also had the opportunity of being in CSS. CSS officers are not in the habit of writing negative notes rather they are guided by the rules. It should also be noted that the most of the senior posts in the Central Secretariat are manned by the officers of other services mostly from the IAS. If the latter feel that the CSS officers are negative they are free to overrule them. There is no point in cribbing that 'I want to have the cake and eat it to'. If you have joined any better service compared CSS be ready to face the music of transfer, wrath of politicians, hard work and being away from the city of Delhi.
Anurag Srivastava
Order of NF scale to officers
You missed the issue of order of NF scale to officers of the organised cadre which finally the government. was forced to issue under severe pressure from organised cadres. This is despite all tactics of AIS cadres not to permit such order. Now let us see how long does it take to get it implemented smoothly. Here is the order
No. AB.14017/64/2008-Estt.(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
New Delhi, the 24th April, 2009
Office Memorandum
Subject:- Non-Functional upgradation for Officers of
Organised Group 'A' Services in PB-3 and PB-4
Consequent upon the acceptance of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the following orders are issued:-
(i) Whenever an Indian Administrative Services Officer of the State of Joint Cadre is posted at the Centre to a particular grade carrying a specific grade pay in Pay band 3 or Pay Band 4, the officers belong to batches of Organised Group A
Services that are senior by two years or more and have not so far been promoted to that particular grade would be granted the same grade on nonfunctional basis from the date of posting of the Indian Administrative Service Officers in that particular grade at the Centre.
(ii) Grant of higher scale would be governed by the terms and conditions given in Annex-I.
(iii) Appropriate amendments in the Service Rules may also be carried out.
(iv) Establishment Division of this Department will issue orders from time to time, in consultation with the Establishment Officer, intimating the batch of the officers belonging to the Indian Administrative Service who have been posted at the Centre in the various grades of PB-3and PB-4 as well as the date of posting of the first officers belonging to the batch.
2. Grant of higher scale (i.e. pay band and/or grade -pay) under these instructions would be w.e.f. 1.1.2006, wherever due and admissible.
(SMITA KUMAR)
Director(E-I)
Terms and conditions for grant of higher pay scale on non-functional basis
to officers of organised gr.'A' services
1. The non functional up-gradation granted under these orders will be based on empanelment and posting of particular batch of IAS officer in the Centre. Such up-gradation would not be linked to the vacancies in the grade.
2. The up-gradation granted under these orders will be a purely non- functional up-gradation, personal to the officer and It would not bestow any right to the officer to claim promotion or deputation benefits based on non-functional up-gradation in
such a manner.
3. All the prescribed eligibility criteria and promotional norms including 'benchmark' for up-gradation to a particular grade pay would have to be met at the time of screening for grant of higher pay-scale under these orders.
4. A screening committee would be formed by the Ministry for implementation of these orders. There would be three members in committee so formed and they would at-least be one level above the grade for which up-gradation is being considered. Secretary of the Ministry concerned would chair the committee.
5. All instructions concerning grant of non-functional upgradation presently applicable in the case of grant of NFSG to officers of Group 'A' Services would apply in the event of penalty, disciplinary proceedings, suspension etc.
6. Orders will be issued with the approval of the competent authority. Grant of higher pay scale on the non-functional basis would be from the date of posting of the first officer belonging to the particular batch of IAS officer at the centre. In case of any delay in the issue of orders, financial benefits under these orders will be given from the due date.
7. (i) Pay fixation under on grant of non-functional upgradation under these orders will be done as per the provisions of CCS (RP) Rules ,2008 i.e. the officers will be granted one increment at the rate of 3% of basic pay and the difference of
grade pay will be added to their basic pay.
(ii) As far as similarly placed officers of organized Gr. A Services, who are posted under the Central Staffing Scheme are concerned , they will be granted one additional increment on account of the non-functional up-gradation, but their grade
pay will remain unchanged on the ground that they are holding a particular post with a specific grade pay under the Central Staffing Scheme. In such cases the officers granted nonfunctional up-gradation may continue to draw CDTA if admissible.
8. As and when the normal vacancies in the grade arise, the officer will be considered for regular promotions as per the normal DPC guidelines, based on the provisions of the recruitment rules. UPSC will be consulted wherever the rules
provide for the same. However at the time of promotion, the pay in the grade will not be fixed again for officers who have been granted up-gradation under these orders.
9. Officers on deputation / study leave or any other duly sanctioned leave would also be considered and granted higher pay-scale on non-functional basis according to the prescribed procedure.
10. Non-functional up-gradation to the next higher grade pay granted under the scheme isa fall back option only, to be applied in cases where officers of a particular Service have not been granted promotion to a particular grade in normal course
according to the due procedure.
11. ILLUSTRATION:- If officers of 1987 batch of IAS are empanelled as Joint Secretary in the grade pay ofRs. 10,000/in PB-4 and an officer of the batch gets posted in the Centre ( under Central Staffing Scheme) on 15th January 2008, all the
officers of the 1985 batch of organized Gr. A Central Services who have not been promoted to the Joint Secretary or equivalent grade and who are eligible for the same on 11112007 for the panel year 2007-08, would be appointed to the same grade on non-functional basis under these instructions w.e.f. 15/112008. Same would be the case in the event of posting of an officer of particular batch as Deputy
Secretary/ Director under Central Staffing scheme.
Ram Kumar
Hounding Vijayan
Going through the website of Ministry of Home Affairs, it was shocking to discover that the among the 47 supertime scale IAS officers posted under Delhi administration 30 of them have done hard area tenures less than that of Vijayan. Further barring one officer, the rest of them have stayed in Delhi for more than 10 years and Vijayan has found to have done 2&1/2 years only in Delhi. Is'nt this discriminatory?
S Padmanabham
Their only motto is to harass their colleagues
I fully agree that CSS Officers are indecisive and procrastinating in nature. Their only motto is to delay and harass their own colleagues. Only for this reason, the IAS gives them non sensitive seats like General Administration, O&M, IWSU etc. In my opinion, they are the root cause for their own frustration. They always treat CSS as scums and second rate citizens. Unless they change their outlook, they are bound to remain where they are now.
Raghuraman
TAIL-PIECE
Best Interview Techniques In India
An engineer, a physicist and a lawyer were being interviewed for a position as Chief Executive Officer of a large corporation.
The engineer was interviewed first, and was asked a long list of questions, ending with "How much is two plus two?"
The engineer excused himself, and made a series of measurements and calculations before returning to the board room and announcing, "Four."
The physicist was next interviewed, and was asked the same questions. Before answering the last question, he excused himself, made for the library, and did a great deal of research.
After a consultation with the Bureau of Indian Standards and many calculations, he also announced "Four."
The lawyer was interviewed last, and was asked the same questions. At the end of his interview, before answering the last question, he drew all the shades in the room, looked outside the door to see if anyone was there, checked the telephone for tapping, and whispered to the Board "How much do you want it to be?"
Contributed by-Pawan Kumar