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Ashok Chawla to succeed Arun Ramanathan !
In all probability Ashok Chawla will succeed Arun Ramanathan as Secretary Finance on May 1. He is 1973 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.Arun Ramanthan is superannuating on April 30.
Expert Group submits list of IPS 1975 batch for empanelment
The five Member Expert Group constituted by the GoI has submitted the list of 1975 batch IPS officers for empanelment to the rank of DG in the Government of India. About 20 officers reportedly figure in the list.
Review of 1974 batch IPS next week
Review of a couple of 1974 batch IPS officers to the rank of DG in the Government of India is expected to take place next week.

Prakash Chandra Tripathi to be Member CBDT

One of the best IRS (IT) officers in the country Prakash Chandra Tripathi will take over as new Member of the CBDT on April 30. He is 1973 batch IRS officer.

Who will be DG Investigations ?

Who will be new DG (Investigations) in the CBDT ?.While Sudhir Chandra is being backed by Pranab Mukherjee C S Kahlon has the backing of Minister of State Finance.Formal orders are expected in a couple of days.

1979 batch IAS empanelment

Empanelment of 1979 batch IAS officers to the rank of Additional Secretary in the Government of India has finally taken place on Tuesday.

1976 batch IAS to be Secretaries in the GoI

Empanelment of 1976 batch IAS officers to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India is believed to have taken place on Tuesday.

Review of 1974 and 1975 batch IAS

About half a dozen IAS officers belonging to 1974 and 1975 batch are believed to have been cleared during the review on Tuesday for the empanelment to the rank of Secretary in the Government of India.

Sarkar is new DGP of West Bengal
West Bengal Director General of Police A.B. Vohra did not get one months extension but the Government has appointed Sujit Sarkar, the 1972 batch IPS officer as new DGP. Sarkar is scheduled to retire on June 30.
Alok Perti to replace Neelam Nath!
Alok Perti is being tipped to be Additional Secretary Defence.1977 batch Assam-Meghalaya cadre IAS officer Perti is hoping to replace Ms Neelam Nath.
Meera Swarup is new AG Rajasthan
Meera Swarup Principal Director in the CAG Headquarters is going to Rajasthan as Accountant General.
Surviving ICS officer (2) N Sehgal
N. Sehgal of Punjab cadre is one of the few surviving Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer. He belonged to 1940 batch.
Banerjee to join MoEF's Bhopal, regional office
As the grapevine has it Sanjay Banerjee is tipped to join Bhopal located region office of the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEFs). Banerjee is an Indian Forest (IFS) officer of the 1997 batch who belongs to the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
CSB recommends Jajoria for JS empanelment
CSB has reportedly recommended the name of Pradeep Kumar Jajoria, IAS (JH, 1984), for empanelment for holding the post of Joint secretary or equivalent in the Government of India.
Rajgopalan CS, Gujarat to retire in July
D. Rajgopalan Chief Secretary with the Government of Gujarat is due to retire in July 2009.He is an IAS officer of the 1974 batch who belongs to the Gujarat cadre.
Rohita Jaidka to be ED Northern Region Air India?
Rohita Jaidka is likely to succeed D.S. Kohli ED Northern Region of the Air India on May 1.

Pramod Tiwari relieved by Assam Govt. to join GOI

Pramod Tiwari who on central deputation to Government of India (GOI)
was appointed as Director in Department of School Education & Literacy
has been relieved by his parent cadre of Assam Government. He is an
IAS officer of the 1991 batch.

(We said this on March 29,2009)

J. P. Meena's orders within a week for NHRC as Jt.Secretary

According to sources orders of J. P. Meena who is Principal Secretary
Agriculture and Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC) with the
Assam Government for going on central deputation to the National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) are going to be issued within a week's time.
He will be Joint Secretary in NHRC. He is an IAS officer of the 1983
batch & belongs to the Assam cadre.

Ravi Shankar Prasad is FC, Assam

Ravi Shankar Prasad who is Managing Director (MD) Apex Bank Assam has
also been given the charge of Financial Commissioner (FC) by the Assam
Government. Pramod Tiwari who will be joining GOI on deputation in the
HRD Ministry earlier held the slot. Ravi Shankar Prasad is an IAS
officer of the 1990 batch who belongs to the Assam cadre.
CVC penalizes AAO, ICAR
CVC has imposed a penalty of 50 per cent cut in pension in the case of an AAO (Retd), Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
DG (Audit) & CIT appeals at loggerheads
The Director General of Audit has proposed to have an 'Entry Conference' with Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) in Delhi on the April 29, 2009. The purpose of the proposed conference is to audit 'Monitoring of filing of appeals and implementation of appellate orders'. This has created resentment amongst the Commissioner (Appeals) in as much as their job is that of quasi-judicial nature which cannot be audited. The Constitution of India makes a clear divide between the legislative, executive and judicial wings. In fact the Commissioners have already communicated to the DG (Audit) that he may contact the administrative Commissioners for the same who is mandated with the job of Monitoring of filing of appeals and implementation of appellate orders.
DG (Audit) at it again
In a surprising development the DG (Audit) has decided to audit the projects relating to Commonwealth games. While the projects some of them are already delayed, the proposed audit will only act as an obstacle in speedy completion of these projects.
Dipak Singh made Director Agriculture in Jharkhand
Former Director Tourism Dipak Singh has been made Director Agriculture. Indian Forests Service officials - DK Saxena, special secretary Cabinet has been given additional charge of Director, primary education and AP Choudhary has been made Special Secretary, Road Construction Department.
Manjira Khurana gets additional charge
Manjira Khurana has been given additional charge of ED Northern Region Air India on Wednesday.
K.S.Rajasheker Rao, CMD ECIL to retire
K.S.Rajasheker Rao Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) is going to retire on April 30, 2009.
Y. S. Mayya to be new CMD,ECIL
Y. S. Mayya, who is presently Director (Technical) Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL), is going to be succeeding K.S.Rajasheker Rao Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) who is going to retire on April 30,

CORPORATE
Saraya to be Director (Power) BHEL
Orders of Atul Saraya for the post of Director (Power) in the BHEL are expected to be issued in a couple of weeks. File of his appointment is lying in the DoPT for clearance.
R.S.Mina takes over as Director (Personnel),NHPC
R.S. Mina has taken over as Director (Personnel) of NHPC Limited, a scheduled "A" MINI RATNA Category-I Enterprise of the Government of India on April, 28, 2009. Prior to this, Mina was Executive Director (Consultancy & Business Development) in NHPC. Born on January 12, 1957, Mina did his Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering in 1979. He also holds MBA degree with specialization in Financial Management and Human Resource Development. Mina started his professional career as Engineer Trainee in Indian Petro Chemical Corporation Ltd. in 1980. His carrier with NHPC began in 1981 as Engineer (Electrical). In November 1991, his services were transferred to Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd, wherein he was responsible for Business Development works. He again joined NHPC in 1998 as Chief Engineer and held important positions. Shri Mina has over 28 years of rich and varied experience to his credit. Apart from handling major technical assignments like design, engineering, construction, execution, testing and commissioning of Transmission Lines and hydropower projects, he also headed the Human Resource Development, Corporate Communication, Rajbhasha and Facility Management Divisions. His superlative technical acumen combined with passion for employee development and keen emphasis on system development, metamorphosed the Training and Human Resource Division of NHPC into a real strategic business partner.During his tenure in Consultancy & Business Development (C&BD) Division of NHPC since 1998, the company received many new consultancy assignments. During his leadership as head of C&BD, NHPC has bagged overseas consultancy assignments of about 5000 MW in three different countries viz. Bhutan, Myanmar and Tajikistan. He has handled major international consultancy assignments like Mangdechhu Project (Bhutan), Tamanthi Project (Myanmar) and Varzob Project (Tajikistan). As head of HRD Division, his initiative paved the way for strategic alliances leading to forming of Learning Joint Ventures with premier academic institutions like IIMs, IITs and a host of other leading institutes. His brainchild the "Multi-skilled Training" has enabled NHPC to recurring saving of crores of rupees by imparting necessary skills to those employees whose skills had become redundant. R.S. Mina has travelled various countries like U.K., France Bhutan, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Nepal etc.

LIC launches a unique Health Insurance Plan "HEALTH PROTECTION PLUS"
Health is a major concern on everybody's mind these days. With sky rocketing medical expenses, the possibility of any illness leading to hospitalisation or surgery is a constant source of anxiety unless the family has actively provided for funds to meet such an eventuality. Financial planning regarding Health is, therefore, very important as any emergency might force one to dip into one's savings which would have been reserved for other goals. The purpose of health insurance is to help you in any such a situation. Most families rarely provide for health insurance, and even if they do, it is grossly inadequate.
LIC has always been sensitive to the changing needs of the Society and has responded suitably by introducing matching products to suit these needs. Its latest offering on Health front is "Health Protection Plus". LIC's Health Protection Plus plan is a unique long term health insurance plan that offers health insurance covers for the entire family (husband, wife and the children) - Hospital Cash Benefit (HCB) and Major Surgical Benefit (MSB) along with a ULIP component (investment in the form of Units) that is specifically designed to meet Domiciliary Treatment Benefit (DTB) / Out Patient Department (OPD) expenses for the insured members. Hospital Cash Benefit (HCB) is a daily benefit payable in case of hospitalization . It can range from Rs.250/- to Rs.2500/- for the Principal Insured (the person who proposes for insurance). For the Spouse or the children, the maximum amount of HCB is Rs.1500/-. The amount of daily benefit doubles in case of hospitalization in ICU. The IDB (Initial Daily Benefit) is applicable during the first year of risk cover. The amount of daily HCB will increase @ 5% simple p.a. every year on policy anniversary until it hits a cap of 1.5 times the initial benefit.
Major Surgical Benefit (MSB): In the event of the insured undergoing one of the major surgeries defined in the the policy, a lump sum benefit (regardless of the actual costs incurred) equivalent to the percentage of the sum assured mentioned against that surgery will be payable. The sum assured for major surgical benefits will be 200 times of the HCB you choose. Domiciliary Treatment Benefit (DTB): The Principal Insured can claim an amount equivalent to the actual expense he or she has incurred in respect of any domiciliary treatment or to meet the medical expenses incurred over and above the hospital cash/major surgical benefits in respect of either oneself or the others insured under the policy. Both HCB and MSB covers are available subject to a waiting period from the commencement of the risk cover - in respect of each insured member: No death insurance cover is available under the plan. All eligible existing family members are to be covered at the beginning (proposal stage) itself. New members can however be added under certain specified conditions. Modes of Payment allowed are: Yearly, Half-Yearly, & Monthly (ECS Mode only). The premiums allocated to purchase units will be strictly invested in a Health Protection Plus Fund (Income and Growth - Low Risk).
One of the important features of the Plan that makes it doubly attractive is that the premiums paid under the policy are eligible for Tax Rebate under Section 80(D) of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Aaj Ki Aawaz
What was the urgency to remove Mr. Q's name when elections are in progress???
Seems Mr. Q is not confident that next time again it will be Congress!!!
His message to Sonia must have been ' get it done now'!!!!
And seems to show he meant business he did not end with his customary 'Ciao'!!!
Congress's calculation is that its Vote Bank will take this with a pinch of namak!!!
This will not dull Congress's 'chamak dhamak'!!!
Public's perception is Sonia got Mr. Q off the hook time and again!
Sonia's image Q's a/c being defrozen and now withdrawal of Interpol Alert stain!!!
Bhardwaj will go down as the Law Minister who made a joke of Law!!!
Law Ministry's advice to CBI was 'unlawful' is what we saw!!!
CBI is now looked upon as more of a tool!!!!!
And the Party in power in Delhi with this tool justice ka banaa sakthi hai fool!!!
See Tytler 's matter and now Mr. Q's case!!!!
CBI's got egg on its face!!!
Though BJP says CBI is Congress Bureau of Investigation but this is not so!!!
CBI is Center's Bureau of Investigation as to the ruling Party in the Center it cannot say no'!!!
The Party in power in Dilli is the one who uses CBI like a tool!!!!
This is the thumb rule!!!
SC ordering an investigation into Modi's role in riots does not mean he's shamed!!!!
Or for the riots he's been blamed!!!
And if a recall of bytes is done Singhvi said just the opposite in Tytler's case!!!!
At that time to say Tytler is innocent till proven guilty kiya tha Singhvi ne race!!
Had Singhvi a nose like Pinocchio his nose would have reached the North Pole!!!!
When he and Janaki Natrajan speak truth is the toll!!!
Monosyllable Venkaiah says BJP will get 180 seats!!!!
Well if this happens it'll be like one of those impossible feat's !!!!
BJP on its own will be in the region of 130 ….slightly less than Congress!!!
Gujarat , Chattisgarh, MP and Karnataka will be crucial I'd like to stress!!!
Within BJP more and more Leaders who matter are looking towards Modi!!!
And via his public utterances Modi shows he's still in Advani's godhi (lap)!!!
Modi says it'll be Advani in 2014...... iss Desh ko 'Budho' se bachao!!!
For Gods sake young Neta ko PM banao!!!
In Punjab there is a lot of talk about Sacha Sauda Dera!!!!
Badals in this matter have a dual chehra (face)!!!
Junior Badal has already sealed a deal with Dera Head's son in Thailand !!!!
So behind the back Akalis and Dera are hand in hand!!!
Of course Badal cannot antagonize the Akali Vote Bank so pact is hush hush!!!
Pact: aid to wiggle out of cases and if Dera is attacked to Dera's aid Punjab Police will rush!
And viewing the tough fight on many seats Junior Badal has changed track!!!
If there is victory it'll be his and if its loss then Party will take the flack!!!
No Indian Tourist wants to travel to Switzerland !!!
Fear is if they have a Swiss Visa into trouble they could land!!!
After all Advani has vowed to find the Indians who have traveled to Switzerland !!!
And for a holiday into a soup for no reason they could land!!!
After all here you are guilty till you prove yourself innocent!!!
And Advani has made it clear behind Indian Swiss travelers 'hounds' will be sent!!!
As Rahul does not own a car a BJP Leader has vowed to gift Rahul a Nano Car!!!
Don't know why Politicians on owning cars have but on themselves a bar!!!
Not that they do not own cars……they have the swankiest one's!!!
Whose cars are the one's they roam about in or in which you see their sons???
Confucius says….. the lies start with the disclosures they make and that to under oath!!!!
Lie to EC and us and make a uloo of both!!!
Bharat Kumar

Forum

IAS officer on CSS
This is in reference to the postings of Anurag Shrivastava, presumably a CSS officer and of Raghuraman on your website. I do not agree that CSS officers, or for that matter any category of services, are negative or procrastinating by nature and take pleasure in delaying the matters. They are, by training and through their nature of work, groomed only to interpret the rules strictly, and not to infer from them (the Rules) what may appear obvious to some other people. The issue is whether we have granted them (the CSS officers) this discretion. The genesis of the problem is that when we frame the Rules, or an Act or a Scheme, we pay scant attention to the details and coherence and mostly these rules are framed without consulting the stakeholders or the other relevant departments/ organizations. And then we later crib about its impracticality. For this, we all (both CSS and IAS or any one else working in the Government) are responsible. Many a times, there is a need to plug the loopholes in the Rules or Schemes, either through statute or through an administrative order. But it is never done as it involves lot of hard work and drudgery. We collectively need to do this, rather than blame the lesser mortals.
Incidentally, I am an IAS officer and do not belong to CSS (as some would suspect).
Desh Deepak Verma
CSSS and CSS
CSS officers are given the posts to man activities of administration, O&M etc not because of their own volition rather because of the vested interests of the other service officers. They advise administration because they want that in the long run the CSS officer could be made a scapegoat. Also they take away the lucarative posts in order to enjoy pleasure of both of the worlds.
A Shrivastav
Punish those who don't write ACRs
The annual confidential report is an important document. Though there are instructions for timely writing, yet it is common practice not to write ACRs for a long time and many officers use it as a tool to exploit the junior officers for their personal interests.
Many senior officers, specially Members, Secretary abd Additional Secretary level officers, do not write ACRs of their juniors till they retire and have to be requested and reminded for getting the ACRs written. There are many officers who even have the habit of writing the ACRs as a formality and do not record it the way it should be written.
All HODs must call for the list of ACRs pending and fix responsibility of the concerned Addl secy /JS/ Dir/ DS if they have failed to write the ACRs and they should not be allowed to write the ACRs showing back-date. Will the Cabinet Secretary and concerned competent authorities issue such a directive?
A surfer
Congress politics
According to grapevine, at least two senior leaders in Congress are very unhappy at the importance given to son and daughter of party president. There are rumblings in the lower levels also as more and more partymen are feeling that sons and daughters who do not have any abilities are given more prominence and they are feeling frustrated that party is not being run properly. Aaj_ki_aawaz has judged the situation correctly.
I Khan
Air India CMD and CVO
It is surprising to note that CVO AI is an IAS officer of 1975 batch where as CMD AI is an IAS of 1979 batch. Hope, Govt would try to maintain an appropriate balance in the appointment of officers on these two senior posts in the organisation.
MB
About services
DS of CSS has 6% selection grade though it is a notified Gr.A service. All other services have 30%. Even CSSS have now got 15%. Posts of DS and Director functionally at same level and can be held by any service. Any further proof of step-motherly treatment by DOP&T needed?
Prabhakar
Where to approach ?
Sir, my mother is holding a family pension in SBI. The order issued as per 6th Pay Commission on Sept., 08 to pay arrears to the pensioners in two installments, but she has been given enhanced pension alongwith first installment in Feb., 2009 only that too without any interest. May I know as per your news flash Regarding "This is what pensioners want ", that where we can approach for redressal of the grievances for payment of interest for 12% on making delay payment to the pensioners.
Seema
Empty vessels make much noise:
The person who has made this remark against L.K. Advani should also accept that the word "Puppet" suits Manmohan Singh. Still vessels can be useful to anybody but "puppets" are dolls and can be only misused.
A surfer
Pranab Mukherjee is better
Of cource. Pranab Mukherjee is better than any other politician
J S Mitra
Stop IDAS postings
Pl stop publishing this promotion news of JTS IDAS officers - one person a day. If you have to, please publish all the names at one go
Rajiv
Scindia is best
Yes. The name is Mr. Jyotir Aditya Scindia s/o (Late) Shri Madhav Rao Scindia. He is very educative, hard-working and never attended Parliament Session without doing his home-work. Listen to his parliament proceedings, they are very update and replies are without any bias.
PMV
TAIL-PIECE
Laloo's Way of Doing Business
Laloo Prasad Yadav talks to his son...
Laloo : I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son : "I want to choose my own bride".
Laloo : "But the girl is Ambani's daughter."
Son : "Well, in that case..."
Next Laloo approaches Mukesh Ambani
Laloo : "I have a husband for your daughter."
Ambani : "But my daughter is too young to marry."
Laloo : "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Ambani : "Ah, in that case..."
Finally Laloo goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Laloo : "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President : "But I already have more vice-presidents than I need."
Laloo : "But this young man is Ambani's son-in-law."
President : "Ah, in that case....."
This is how business is done!!.
Contributed by-A Visitor