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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 …………
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Promotions & transfers of CCITs
As announced on this site on April 6, 2009 the Central Board of Direct
Taxes has issued promotion & transfer orders of Chief Commissioners of Income Tax(CCITs).Those who figure in the list are: S.P.Swain on promotion to DGIT(Inv) Hyderabad,Tarkeshwar Singh on promotion to CCIT-V Patna, Arti Sawhney CCIT-III to CCIT-I Delhi, Meenakshi Singh CCIT-IX to CCIT -II Delhi, Laxman Das CCIT-XII Delhi to CCIT-III, M.C.Joshi CCIT-Dehradun to CCIT-IV+ LTU Delhi, Sarojini Lal on promotion to CCIT-VIII Delhi, L.Sailo on promotion CCIT-VI Delhi, M.Sailo on promotion CCIT-IX Delhi, Lakshmi Prasad CCIT-VI Delhi to DGIT( BPR), Vinita Chopra DGIT (Inv) Chandigarh to DGIT (HRD), Sunil Chopra CCIT Amritsar to CCIT ( C ) Delhi, Durgesh Shankar CCIT-III Bangalore to CCIT-XII Delhi, D.S.Rastogi CCIT-II hmedabad to CCIT-I Ahmedabad , A.P.Saxena CCIT-III Ahmedabad to DGIT (Inv) Ahmedabad, Santosh Sharma on promotion to CCIT Hubli, S. S. Rana DGIT (Inv) Bhopal to CCIT-I Bhopal, Brijesh Gupta on promotion to DGIT (Inv) Bhopal, Sudhir Kumar Jha on promotion to CCIT-II Pune, Devbrata Das CCIT-II Mumbai to CCIT-I Mumbai, R.K.Singh CCIT ( C) -II Mumbai to CCIT-II Mumbai, Karan Singh CCIT-IV Chennai to CCIT-III Mumbai, S.K.Chattopadhyaya CCIT-VI Mumbai to CCIT-IV Mumbai, Sri Ram Singh CCIT-IX Mumbai to CCIT-V Mumbai, S.C.Jain on promotion CCIT-VI Mumbai , R.N.Dash on promotion CCIT-VII + LTU Mumbai, Girish Dave on promotion CCIT-IX Mumbai, Christopher Abraham on promotion CCIT-II Mumbai ,Neelima Manusukhnin CCIT-VII+ LTU Mumbai to CCIT- (C ) Mumbai, A.K.Manchanda on promotion to CCIT-Nagpur, V.K.Sreedhar CCIT Thane to CCIT Nasik , Manjari Kacker CCIT Nasik to CCIT Thane, T. Hangzo on promotion CCIT Guwahati , A.P. Srivastava on promotion CCIT Shillong, M.S.Rai CCIT Ludhiana to DGIT (Inv) Chandigarh, Mohinder Pal Singh on promotion to CCIT Shimla, Jaspal Singh on promotion to CCIT Amritsar, R.K.Tiwari on promotion to CCIT Ludhinana, B.B.Das on promotion to CCIT Bhubaneshwar, Surendra Kumar Mishra on promotion to CCIT-Jodhpur, P.P. Srivastava CCIT-II Chennai to CCIT -I Chennai, P.M.Vasan CCIT Coimbatore to CCIT-II Chennai, R.N.Tripathi CCIT-V Chennai to CCIT-IV Chennai, K.Chandrahas on promotion to CCIT-V Chennai, G.C.Jain on promotion to CCIT-VI Chennai, Arvind Pinto on promotion to CCIT Coimbatore, M.P.Varshney on promotion to CCIT Ghaziabad, Sudha Sharma on promotion to CCIT Kanpur , G.G.Shukla on promotion to CCIT Dehradun, B.K.Gupta CCIT-II to CCIT-I Kolkata, Kusum Avasthy Gupta CCIT-XI Kolkata to CCIT-III Kolkata, Gautam Chaudhary DGIT( HRD) Delhi to CCIT-IV Kolkata, A.Majumdar CCIT-IV Kolkata to CCIT-V Kolkata, T.B.C. Rozera on promotion to CCIT-X Kolkata, Manika Datta on promotion to CCIT-XI Kolkata.Those who got additional charge are : Tarkeshwar Singh -CCIT-II Patna, D.S.Rastogi CCIT -IV Ahmedabad, Y.K.Gaiha CCIT-III Ahmedabad , Debabrata Das CCIT-XIII Mumbai & Gautam Chaudhary CCIT-II Kolkata. Promotion of D.C.Agrawal & N.L.Kalra will take place once they return to their parent cadre from their deputation.
K Jayakumar to be JS CSIR !
K Jayakumar is being tipped to be Joint Secretary Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). He is 1987 batch IAS officer of Sikkim cadre.
Five Bihar officers to get PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Five Bihar officers Mssrs Dilip Kumar, AIG Reg., Birendra Kumar Singh, A.I.G. Registration Baruna Nandan Singh, Registration NK Prasad, SSA, NIC,and Sanjay Kumar have been selected for PM Award for dministrative Excellence for their work- SCORE- e-Registration in Bihar.
Chandrashekhar and Shridharan get PM Award for Administrative Excellence
R. Chandrashekhar, AS DIT and Shridharan SA have been selected for PM Award for MCA 21 e- Governance Project under the NeGP.
Five Manipur officers to get PM Award for Administrative Excellence
Five Bihar officers Mssrs RR Reshmi, Comm. Finance, . SSL Singh, Secy, DOP, K Radha Kumar Singh, JS, Ms. M Budhmala Devi, NIC and Ms. O Shaliza Chanu, NIC
have been selected for PM Award for Administrative Excellence for their work- Computerization of PIS in Manipur.
CBEC Directorate of Systems get PM Award
Directorate of Systems and Data Management, Central Board of Excise & Customs, GOI has been given PM Award for Administrative Excellence for "Implementation of Risk management system in Customs ".
IFS to be Director Mines
IFS officer from North-East is likely to be appointed Director Mines in the Government of India.
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty to be DG, RBI
As the grapevine has it, finally Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty, Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of 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 becomes Deputy Governor (DG), Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Prabhu to be CMD, Oriental Bank
As the grapevine has it, TY 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.
Vivek Kaul is DDG Rural Business.
Indian Postal Service officer Vivek Kaul has been appointed DDG Rural Business,
Rishi Raj Singh of Kerala cadre empanelled for JS post
1985 batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre Rishi Raj Singh has been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
Two 1989 batch IAS officers of UT cadre empanelled for JS post
As many as two 1989 batch IAS officer of UT cadre, G Narendra Kumar and Dharmendra, are reported to have been empanelled for the post of Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
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.
Peter Burleigh assumes charge as new U.S. Charge d' Affaires in India
Ambassador A. Peter Burleigh assumed duties as the Charged'Affaires of the U.S. Mission in India on April 6,2009. 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.
Nirupam Sen appointed Advisor
The former Indian ambassador to the UN Nirupam Sen, has been appointed Special Senior Adviser to the president of the 192-member General Assembly on the world financial and economic crisis.
Sanjoy Hazarika bereaved
Mrs.Minal Hazarika wife of renowned journalist & Head of the North East Centre at Jamia Milia University Sanjoy Hazarika is no more.She passed away after a prolonged illness in Delhi.She was 56.She leaves behind Sanjoy Hazarika,her daughter Ms.Meghna & a large number of relatives & friends.She was an Electrical Engineer by training,a social worker by choice. She was also a famous analyst with regard to gender issues.
14 IRS officers promoted as Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise
As many as 14 IRS officers have been promoted as Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise. They include KC Singh, RM Ramchandani, KK Srivastava, PK Sirohi, Biswajeet Dutta, Rajendra Prakash, Praveen mahajan, Balmiki Ram Tripathi, Chander Mohan Mehra, Ahmed Hussain, Sheila Sangwan, Sreela Ghosh, Renuka Mann and KR Bhargava.
Customs and Central Excise officials get new postings
Two dozen Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise have got new postings. Ajit Kumar has been posted as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Ahmedabad, Subhash Chander as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Bangalore, BR Tripathi as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Lucknow, Ahmed Hussain as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Chennai, Biswajeet Dutta as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Ranchi, RM Ramchandani as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Mumbai-I, Sreela Ghosh as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Delhi, KC Singh as Chief Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise - Pune, CM Mehra as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Meerut, Rajendra Prakash as Chief Commissioner of Central Excise - Shillong, Vijay Laxmi Sharma as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Ahmedabad, Lalitha John as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Bangalore, GV Naik as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Chennai, HK Sharan as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Kolkata, M Dwivedi as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Mumbai-I, KR Bhargava as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Mumbai-I (w.e.f. date of relinquishing of charge by N Sasidharan for joining in the Settlement Commission), Shiela Sangwan as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Mumbai-III, MC Thakur as Chief Commissioner of Customs - Delhi, PK Sirohi as Chief Commissioner, TAR, Delhi, AC Buck as Director General Central Excise Intelligence, Jasdeep V Singh as Chief Commissioner of Customs (Prev) Delhi, Praveen Mahajan as Director General, Export Promotion, KK Srivastava as Director General Service Tax and Renuka Mann as Director General Human Resource Development.

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Borah is RCE Oil India Ltd
Utpal Borah has taken over as Resident Chief Executive of Oil India Limited's Field Headquarters at Duliajan .
Burjor Patel retires from Khaleej Times
Burjor Patel has retired from the post of Advertisement Director Khaleej Times, Dubai.
Mishra is Member of OERC
Bijay Kumar Mishra has joined as Member of the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC). Mishra was former director Technical of the Tala Hydroelectric project, Bhutan.

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To all non-gazetted employees: whom to vote for?
This 6th CPC has left us high and dry as the recommendations are totally in favour of gazetted employees particularly NFSG/US/PPS and above. Apart from excellent pay increase they have been given other benefits like telephone reimbursement, newspaper reimbursement etc. apart from a good Transport Allowance. But in our case we have to bear everything from our pay as probably we are considered that much important for pay but only for work. Nor the present ACP has been defined properly and unless the clause that "hierarchy in grade pay" is removed and substituted with the sentence "headachy in grade pay in their respective designation: this ACP is of no relevance and also nullifies the earlier Two ACPs.
In the circumstances; it is our duty to wholly along with our family vote against this UPA government. Let the officers vote for this government.
Non Gazetted Employees
This is a right choice and to the right person - for his dedicative work for the poorest of the poor children - a great revolution in the elementary education initiated only by Vijaya Kumar sir. I am very much proud about this. This is a big honour to our Tamil Nadu state.
S. Selvakumar
PSE engineers are being seen as cheap dirt.
Even in pay fixation, for selection grade personnel in govt. at basic pay of Rs 14300 till 31.12.05,
new pay as on 1.1.06 was fixed at 45700 i.e. 220% INCREASE in pay fixation.
PSE officers are being denied any such increase.
MK
The Chief General Manager
South Eastern coalfields Ltd.
P.O South Jhagrakhand Collery
Dt. Korea 497448 (C.G)
Non-receipt of pension since Jan, 2008.
This is to draw your kind attention regarding non-receipt of pension amount since January, 2008. I have sent the duly filled bill with necessary documents on 7th Jan., 2009 through Registered post, claiming Rs. 3600/-for the period Jan., 2008 - Dec., 2008.
I, Mrs. Prativa Dipti Chowdhury, am the widow of late Kasinath Chowdhury (then Assistant Manager) who died of an accident in Jhagrakhand Collery in 16.6.1973 while on duty. The monthly pension (Ref No. CGM(HSD)-FM-417) amount of Rs. 300/- received annually, though inadequate by any standard, do help me to meet certain essential necessities. I have been eagerly waiting for the pension and have already sent a reminder on 16.2.2009. Now that I am suffering from a serious hepatic disease, the amount is badly required to support my immediate medical expenses.
Hope the authorities concerned will consider my case sympathetically and do the needful.
Prativa Dipti Chowdhury.
C/o Sri Rabindra Kumar Hazra,
4, Bhabani Thakur Lane,
Burdwan - 713104.
A Work of Art or Steel Globes of Corruption ! ! !
Passing through the AIIMS flyover the other day, I was aghast at the ugly sight of shiny steel globes sticking out like sore thumbs at the grassy slope. Let us call these "steel sprouts "in common parlance. I wish to highlight this seemingly innocuous issue through this website because of its wider reach and a targeted clientele and in the fond hope that it attracts focussed attention of the fossilized Civil Service and also the unscrupulous politicians who were responsible for this monumental disaster in the name of Landscape Art !. These steel sprouts, I suppose, do not have even an iota of artistic or aesthetic merit .On the contrary ,these shiny globes are out of sync with the design and elegance of the otherwise beautiful flyover ! It does not at all relate to the site. No harmony, no consistency! Worse still, it looks more like a "Work of Business" rather than a "Work of Art"! Instead of giving mental and ocular relief to the passerby motorists, these steel sprouts merely distract their attention! Further probing by me with the government agencies concerned, confirmed my worst suspicions. The steel sprouts were installed by the Government of NCT New Delhi without taking the prior and mandatory permission of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission! Further inquiries revealed more startling facts. The sprouts were installed at a prohibitive cost of about Rs four crores with a monthly expenditure of Rs 1.5 lakh (recurring) towards its maintenance. This work of pseudo-Art was executed by a business tycoon who was a Member of Parliament in the dismissed Lok Sabha! This was another case of blatant violations of all norms by unscrupulous politicians abetted by pliable bureaucrats and engineers in the name of Delhi's beautification for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games! Was such criminal waste of public fund by Delhi government, justified during the on-going financial crisis? How were political considerations allowed to over-ride the economic and aesthetic considerations? Even assuming that the magnanimous tycoon, did not charge a single penny from the Delhi Administration for this "Arty disaster" , as was the impression given, was this the only site available for "experimentation" and "business promotion" by a private entrepreneur ? Why were tenders not invited for this work? I urge upon the Delhi Govt. to come out clean and dispel suspicions from the public mind particularly as the General elections are round the corner ! May I urge upon Dr Suresh Mehrotra to invite the views of architects on this website in the matter?
A K Saxena (A retired civil servant)