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What Bureaucrats think about the formation of next government at the centre?
The general elections are round the corner and the bureaucrats have started making their own assessments as to who would rule the country in the days to come. Whether it will be the Congress, the BJP or the respective fronts - UPA and NDA - lead by these parties. Will it be a third Front that will govern the country? We tried to elicit the views of bureaucrats across the country. They feel …………
(22) CHHATTISGARH- Total seats 11
BJP- 10
CONGRESS- 1
No UPA Government -10 Janpath also wants a weak govt at the centre ?
Distribution of tickets in the Congress has lead to rumours that 10 Janpath also wants a weak government , that could survive for two years or so, at the centre. Reason, it would have to face the economic crisis and the other ills plaguing the country paving way for a better future for the Congress, party insiders say.
Dr Upendra Tripathi gets PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Dr Upendra Tripathi, MD, BMTC, Karnataka, has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for his work on Financial Sustainability for BMTC. He is 1980 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
M P Vijay Kumar selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence
M P Vijay Kumar, Commissioner, Chennai Municipal Corporation, has been chosen for PM Award for his work on ABL methodology for Primary Education. He is 1986 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre.
IFS officer Mrs Nengcha gets PM Award for Administrative Excellence
IFS officer, Mrs Nengcha Lhouvum, has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for her work on Evacuation of Indian Nationals from Beirut during the war.
Dr Amarjit Singh chosen for PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Dr Amarjit Singh has been chosen for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for his work on Safe motherhood and Child development programme. He is 1982 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
Anil Kumar selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence
1976 batch Bihar cadre IAS officer Anil Kumar has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for his work -SCORE- e-Registration in Bihar.
Anurag Goel selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Secretary Company Affairs in the Government of India, Anurag Goel, has been chosen for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for his work - lMCA 21 e- Governance Project under the NeGP. He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre.
Mrs. Shila Bhide gets PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Chairperson of the ITPO, Ms Shila Bhide, has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence . She is 1973 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Jarnail Singh gets PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Former Manipur Chief Secretary and presently Secretary in the Government of India, Jarnail Singh, has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for his work - Computerization of PIS in Manipur . He is 1974 batch IAS officer of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
Malik selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Yudhvir Singh Malik has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence . He is 1983 batch IAS officer of Haryana cadre.
Jitesh Khosla gets PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Jitesh Khosla has been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence . He is 1979 batch IAS officer of Assam- Meghalaya cadre.
Three DGPs to go after elections ?
\Speculation is rife in the corridors of power about change of DGPs in J & K. Punjab and Delhi. It means DGP of J & K Kuldeep Khoda, DGP of Punjab K K Attri and Police Commissioner of Delhi Y S Dadwal will get a change after the Lok Sabha polls.
CCIT transfer list in a day or two !
Transfer list of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax is expected to be issued in a couple of days.
Bimal Julka creates history of sorts
Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Bimal Julka who is back to his parent cadre after completion of his central deputation tenure has created a history of sorts in the Ministry of Defence. 1979 batch IAS officer Julka remained as Joint Secretary G & Air for a record period of about five years during which his services were applauded by one and all. His unprecedented farewell was also a record which was attended by the Defence Minister, Defence Secretary and all the three service Chiefs. They all applauded the tenure of Julka.
Who says M K Narayanan is down ?
NSA M K Narayanan is neither out nor down .This is evident from the fact that the Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh gave more importance to him during G-20 Summit than Foreign Minister Shiv Shankar Menon.
New strategy to counter terrorism in on the anvil ?
Recent visit of Union Home Minister P Chidambram and other senior officers to J&K shows that a new strategy to counter terrorism may be on the anvil.
Piyush Goel joins in Washington DC
Piyush Goel, Nagaland cadre 1994 batch IAS officer, has replaced Alok Pandey in Washington DC as India's main external Intelligence officer.
Strict vigil to prevent infiltration
Many terrorists are reportedly waiting to infiltrate across the border into India to disrupt the coming elections . The Indian Army, B.S.F and the IB are keeping a strict vigil to prevent any kind infiltration.
Kaveri Banerjee is new CPMG Uttarakhand
Indian Postal Service officer Kaveri Banerjee has been posted as CPMG Uttarakhand.
A K Singh of Gujarat cadre empanelled for JS post
1985 batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre A K Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Eight 1989 batch IAS officers of UP cadre empanelled for JS post
As many as eight 1989 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, Aradhana Shukla, D Chaturvedi, Manoj Singh, Prashant Trivedi, SP Goyal, AM Prasad, Monika Sudhir Garg and Suresh Chandra are reported to have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
IDAS officer VK Rajendran promoted
Indian Defence Accounts Service Officer VK Rajendran of 2005 batch has been promoted from Junior Time Scale officer to Senior Time Scale and shifted from Main Office to CDA Bangalore.
Why CIA Chief making trip of India ?
Why the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Leon Panetta, is making his first overseas trip to India ?. One should attach much significance.
Bawa is new DIG of Patiala
B K Bawa has been appointed new DIG of Patiala in Punjab. He is 1991 batch IPS officer.
New returning officer in AP
The Election Commission has shifted the returning officer (RO) of Araku (ST) Parliamentary constituency in Andhra Pradesh B. Anand Mohan and posted N. Vishnu in his place .
Dr Alok Shukla gets PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Dr Alok Shukla who is currently Joint Secretary in the Election Commission of India (ECI) has been selected for PM's Award for Administrative Excellence for his work on computerization of paddy procurement & public Distribution Systerm (PDS) in Chhattisgarh. Dr.Shukla is an IAS officer of the 1986 who belongs to the Chhattisgarh cadre.
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty to be DG, RBI
As the grapevine has it finally 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.
Alok Mishra to be CMD, PNB
As the grapevine has it 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).
Prabhu to be CMD, Oriental Bank
As the grapevine has it T.Y. 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.
Vasant Seth to be CMD Syndicate Bank
As the grapevine has it Vasant Seth Managing Director (MD) of the SIDBI is going to be Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Syndicate Bank.
George Joseph to retire from Syndicate Bank this month
George Joseph Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the Syndicate Bank is going to retire on April 30,2009.
Govind Singh Gurjar Lt Governor Puducherry dies
Govind Singh Gurjar Lt Governor Puducherry passed away in Apollo
Hospital,Delhi on April 6, 2009.
Peter Burleigh assumes charge as new U.S. Charge d' Affaires in India
Ambassador A. Peter Burleigh on April 6,2009 assumed duties as the Charged'Affaires of the U.S. Mission in India.Ambassador Burleigh's interim appointment by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reflects the U.S. Government's emphasis on assuring highest-level representation and continuity in U.S. Indian relations. Ambassador Burleigh's substantial diplomatic experience and many years in South Asia will provide leadership of the U.S. Mission in India and continue to nurture the important bilateral elationship until a permanent Ambassador is named in the months ahead.Ambassador Burleigh is a distinguished career U.S. Foreign Service officer who served as Ambassador and Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations before he retired after 33 years of service in August 2000. Prior to his U.N. post, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives (1995-1997).Ambassador Burleigh held a number of senior positions at the State Department and served in United States embassies in Nepal, Bahrain, and India, as well as Sri Lanka.Ambassador Burleigh received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University, served in the Peace Corps (1963-1965) in Nepal, doing community development work in the far west of that country, and spent a year on a Fulbright scholarship in Nepal. Ambassador Burleigh speaks Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, and Sinhalese. Since January, 2004, he has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and serving as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Miami.
RTI
Are Income Tax Returns / TDS certificate exempted ?
The appellant sought copy of the TDS certificate issued in favour of
her deceased husband. The CIC held that as the appellant is the legal
heir of the deceased, the information cannot be denied under section
8(1)(j).
Comments
Ordinarily, the IT returns/ Copies of the TDS certificates are
exempted from disclosure under section 8(1)(d) and 8(1)(j). However,
there are situations under which they are to be disclosed like the
legal heir asking for the information upon the death of the
individual.
Mrs. Anuradha Verma
Co-author of the Book: RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE (EveryMonday new decision)

CORPORATE
PFRDA to come out with new guidelines
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is coming out with investment guidelines for its mega pension plan by the middle of this month.

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Forecast
Based on a state by state assessment of seats likely to be secured by the two major political parties my forecast of seats to be won in the 2009 elections is :
Congress:153
BJP : 119.
A retired bureaucrat
Govt. is treating PSE officers as Cheap Dirt.
Following features may be noted;
1. In no other case, pay increase has been lower than recommended by respective pay commissions In case of PSE officers Justice Rao Committee recommendations have been dumped. Scales have been reduced drastically for A plus PSEs. Scale E10 has been removed thus further reducing pay.
2. Increase has been reduced to 30% as compared to 42% recommended by Justice Rao Committee.
3. Risk pay is denied to PSE officers though recommended by Justice Rao Committee. Govt. has given grade pay all its employees and college teachers bet denied to PSE officers.
4. Justice Rao Committee recommended for abolition of ceiling from gratuity, for PSE officers because they are denied pension. But govt. has kept the ceiling same as govt. employees who get ever increasing pension up to Rs. 6 lakhs per annum and more, year after year for their life time and of their dependents.
5. End of scale in case of govt. officers in PB4 has been increased more than 4 times, from Rs.18300 to Rs.75700. Increase in PSE scales is far shorter.
6. It is stated that PSE salaries are not to be compared with either govt. or Pvt. sector officers. In simpler words PSE officers are being given less than both of them but PSEs are not to open their mouth. They are even being denied any negotiation with their managements.
Govt. is treating PSE officers as Cheap Dirt.
Following features may be noted;
1. In no other case, pay increase has been lower than recommended by respective pay commissions In case of PSE officers Justice Rao Committee recommendations have been dumped. Scales have been reduced drastically for A plus PSEs. Scale E10 has been removed thus further reducing pay.
2. Increase has been reduced to 30% as compared to 42% recommended by Justice Rao Committee.
3. Risk pay is denied to PSE officers though recommended by Justice Rao Committee. Govt. has given grade pay all its employees and college teachers bet denied to PSE officers.
4. Justice Rao Committee recommended for abolition of ceiling from gratuity, for PSE officers because they are denied pension. But govt. has kept the ceiling same as govt. employees who get ever increasing pension up to Rs. 6 lakhs per annum and more, year after year for their life time and of their dependents.
5. End of scale in case of govt. officers in PB4 has been increased more than 4 times, from Rs.18300 to Rs.75700. Increase in PSE scales is far shorter.
6. It is stated that PSE salaries are not to be compared with either govt. or Pvt. sector officers. In simpler words PSE officers are being given less than both of them but PSEs are not to open their mouth. They are even being denied any negotiation with their managements.
Will the new govt. listen?
Presently PSE managements are being used like British used Indian police to oppress Indians.
kumar
Why should this shortage occur?
Time & again there is an item in your site reagrding shortage of IAS/IPS/IFS officers in states and centre. Few days ago there was a heading, shortage of 700 IAS officers in the country. The figures may be true but why this must happen when there are so many officers from state civil services with adequate experience and qualification are available. Why is it that the Government is not interested in promoting people with more than 20-25 years of experience in the same area and goes for recruitment of fresh IAS officers? When the country is talking of austerity measures why not promote the eligible officers rather than recruiting fresh ones. If this quota of 33% for state service officers is a hitch then let this system be scrapped for 5-10 years and all eligible state civil service officers be granted IAS till there is a balance in the cadre structure. The vacancy created due to promotion of state civil service officers will further help in faster promotions to subordinate services in states. Today officers of State Civil service are stagnated in one post for 25-30 years and some retire in the same grade without getting into IAS while a young IAS(AIS) officer after joining gets promoted after every 6-7 years. No talk of improvement in system and nations welfare is possible till all the elements in the system are satisfied and they get their due in time.
Deepak
Election Commission and Assured Career Progressiom
On the one hand, Election Commission is conducting General Elections for the formation of new Government and on the other hand, stopping the Government Employees from being benefited by way of announcement of ACP SCHEME.
ACP Scheme is not any new announcement, it is part of the Sixth Pay Commission, which was formally accepted by the government in principle. The Department took time in formulating and finalising the ACP scheme.
There is nothing new taking place on the eve of General Elections, but an old one which is being announced as a part of the Recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission accepted long back in August 2008. The Election Commission should not come in the way of announcement of the ACP Scheme and allow the scheme to be released even before General Elections.
DOP&T should once again take up the matter with the Election Commission and got the approval towards announcing the new ACP due to be announced as part of Sixth Pay Commission to give financial relief. It is, therefore, requested that the concerned authorities may kindly take necessary action for releasing the formal orders by the Department of Personnel and Training.
Hope concerned authorities will wake up and issue orders at the earliest.
Luthra
Why discrimination against CSS
Posts at Director level in the Central Government are lying vacant on account of non availability of deputationists. On the other hand CSS Officers are waiting for 10 years as against the stipulated 5 years for appointment as Director. The Cadre review Committee for CSS has recommended additional posts in the grade of Directors but the Government does not seem to be serious about it. It has granted 15 % of Group A posts in the grade of Director for CSSS Officers who did not have a Director level post for them. This is a welcome step as CSS and CSSS have all along been treated on the same footing. However, CSS have not been given 15% of Group A posts in CSS in the Director's grade. Implementation of the Cadre review report and grant of 15% posts of Group A posts at the level of Director would relieve the acute stagnation in the CSS.
An Agrieved member of CSS
Dayanand