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Sridhar is new Chairman of CBEC
V Sridhar has been appointed new Chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (C&CE).He will take over charge on Monday.1973 batch IRS officer Sridhar will succeed P C Jha who retired on July 31.
( We said this on June 16 and again on July 15 )
Defence services facing shortage of officers
Three services - the army, the air force and the navy - were facing a shortage of 14,299 officers. While the army was running short of 11,387 officers, air force - 1512 officers and the navy was facing a shortage of 1400 officers.
Yogeshwar Verma to return to India
Yogeshwar Verma who is currently posted as Indian Ambassador in Mongolia is returning to India.
1983 batch IA&AS officers get HAG
Ten officers of the 1983 batch of Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IAAS) have been promoted to the new Higher Administrative Grade (HAG), i.e. Rs. 67000-79000. Out of these 10 officers, 4 have been granted promotion on an NBR basis, as they are already either on deputation or on foreign postings
Nirupama Rao to take over on Saturday
Nirupama Rao is taking over as the new Foreign Secretary on Saturday.She will have tenure of seventeen months as the Foreign Secretary.
Six posts of SC judges lying vacant
As many as six posts judges in Supreme Court are lying vacant. These include five newly created posts.
Vittal Das is new Member of CBEC
P.N. Vittal Das, IRS, Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Vishakapatnam has joined as member Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) on Friday. He is 1974 batch IRS officer.
( We said this on June 18 )
Tug-of-war between Moily and Bharadwaj
A tug-of-war is going on between the Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily and former Law Minister Hansraj Bharadwaj due to the differences that have cropped up between the two.
Majumdar is new Member of CBEC
S.D. Majumdar, Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence who was recently appointed member Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) assumed charged on Friday. He is 1974 batch IRS officer.
( We said this on June 25 )
Name of Meena is also in circulation
Name of M L Meena has also doing the round for the post of Chairman Calcutta Port Trust. He is 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre.
IAS officer to go on study leave
Bihar cadre IAS officer Dr Sandeep Kumar Pudakalkatti, who is currently secretary in the RCD, is likely to proceed on study leave for two years . He is 2006 batch IAS officer.
Ranjan Khanna is Dy Secretary Telecom
Ranjan Khanna has joined the Department of Telecom as Deputy Secretary. Khanna is 1994 batch IRS(C&CE) officer.
For Nitish Kumar state assembly first
For Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, it is the state assembly first. This was explicit from the fact that Bill Gates had desired to see Kumar in Delhi on July 24, 2009, but he preferred to remain in Patna for the ongoing budget session of the Bihar assembly. However, a way out was found & both were able to chat through video conferencing.
Shortage of IPS officials in North East
There is a great requirement of junior level IPS officials in North Eastern states.
Post of SP vacant in NHRC
One post of SP is vacant since long period at National Human Right Commission.
DRM's post in Ambala vacant
DRM's post in Ambala is lying vacant.
Allahabd High Court has 72 vacant positions
Allahabd High Court that has 160-sanctioned strength of judges, has 72 vacant positions, according to a latest survey.
Jharkhand Chief Secretary to retire
Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Basu is retiring by this month end. He is 1974 batch IAS officer.
Hiware Bazar model for development administration
The much acclaimed "Hiaware Bazar model" of treatment of land resources and convergence of schemes after the NRAA brought it to the notice of states in December last; has acquired much acceptability among the rural development administrators, bankers, technocrats and foresters equally. The rain deficient village in Ahmednagar district (Maharashtra) has removed the poverty in the last 10 years and there are now 30 millionaires in the said village.
DG level officer moves to CAT
DG Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Sharada Prasad has moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) challenging the appointment of Shankar Barua as DGP of Assam.
Ms Ranjan joins Forests Ministry
Ms. Shally Ranjan has been posted as Assistant Inspector General of Forests in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI. She joined in the month of June 2009 and is looking after the Externally Aided Projects and the North Eastern Cell. Before joining GoI, she had a nearly three year successful stint at the Resident Commission, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir. Ms. Ranjan is an IFS officer of 2001 batch, Jammu & Kashmir cadre.
Three seats for NDC Course at National Defence College
There are three seats for 11 months NDC Course at National Defence College, New Delhi. IPS having 16 years of service or DS/Director(2I/C and above in CPO) of 18 years of service and are below 50 years of age(53 for SC/ST) may apply for the same.
Nomination for Police Commissioner with UN Mission in Congo sought
UN DPKO has, through MEA, sought nominations of Police officers of French knowing (Both oral and written) from Government of India for the post of "Police Commissioner (D-2) with UN Mission in Congo for an initial period of one year.
Personnel ministry draws blank over UID assignments
Despite the appointment of IT czar Nandan Nilekani as its Chairman and Jharkhand IAS officer Ram Sewak Sharma as its member secretary and a budgetary provision of Rs 120 crore, the personnel ministry has virtually drawn a blank from the states and union territories over assignments in Unique Identification Database (UID) Authority of India.
Prashant Kumar is first Police Commissioner of Faridabad
Prashant Kumar has taken over as first Police Commissioner of Faridabad on Saturday. He is 1988 batch IPS officer of Haryana cadre.
Rina Ray appointed MD DTTDC
Secretary Arts and Culture in the Delhi Government has also been appointed MD of the DTTDC. She is 1984 batch IAS officer.
Political activities in 3 states pick up
As the grapevine has it political activities have begun to pick in three state where assembly polls are going to be held in October, 2009. These states are: Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh & Haryana. Though, assembly polls in Haryana are due to be held early next year, there are clear indications about them being held in October.
Congress takes the lead in Haryana
Congress party being headed by Ms.Sonia Gandhi chairperson UPA has taken the lead in preparations for assembly polls. It has already appointed observers.
Ram Vilas Paswan slams NHRC on Batla house encounter
Ram Vilas Paswan, President of Lok Jan Shakti Party is not satisfied of the report of National Human Right Commission (NHRC) on the issue of Batla House Encounter. He said that NHRC report is far from the truth, no proper enquiry was made by NHRC. Party which had already demonstrated at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi plans to continue the demonstration in future on this issue.
Nandita Das appointed Chairperson of Children's Film Society
Ms. Nandita Das has been appointed as Chairperson of Children's Films Society of India for a period of three years.
IPS changes in Uttar Pradesh
Vir Bahadur Singh will be new SP of Mau.Gyan Singh has been made SP of Basti.
Barua is new DGP of Assam
Shankar Barua has taken over as new DGP of Assam on Friday. He is 1974 batch IPS officer.
Anand Shankar is new DGP of Bihar
Anand Shankar has taken over as new DGP of Bihar. He is 1973 batch IPS officer.
47 Commissioners of Income Tax transferred
As many as 47 Commissioners of Income Tax have been transferred. They are Anil Kumar from CIT(A)-11 to CIT(ITAT)-5, Ahmedabad, Sridhar Karavadi from CIT(ITAT)-5 to CIT(A)-11, Ahmedabad, Kaushalendra Kr. Singh from CIT(A)-1 to CIT(ITAT), Indore, Mukesh Chand Singhal from CIT(A)-2 to CIT(A)-1, Indore, Raj Kumar Choudhary CIT(ITAT)to CIT(A)-2, Indore, Y.A. Mabrukar from CIT-2 to CIT-4 Pune, Sunil Kumar Mishra from CIT-3 to CIT-2 Pune, Amresh Chander Shukla from CIT-4 to CIT-3 Pune, Tajinder Singh from CIT(A)-1 to DIT(TP)Pune, Surendra Kumar Pandey from DIT(TP) to CIT(Audit), Pune, Bommareddy Gangadhara Reddy from CCIT(CIB) to CIT{A)-1 Pune, Mitali Madhusmita from CIT (Audit) to CIT{CIB) Pune, R. Ravichandran from ADDL.DGIT (TRG)-1,NADT to ADDL. DGIT (TRG)-2 NADT Nagpur, M Tirumala Kumar from ADDL DGIT (TRG)-2, NADT to ADDL DGIT (TRG)-l, NADT Nagpur, V K Mishra from CIT-26 to CIT-14, Mumbai, Shiv Dayal Srivastava from CIT (ITAT)- 8 to CIT(A)-13 Mumbai, K C Ghumaria from CIT(ITAT) to CIT(A)-24 Mumbai, Anil Kumar from ClT(ITAT)-11 to CIT(A)-27 Mumba, Om Prakash Meena from CIT (ITAT)-12 to CIT(A)-31 Mumbai, Satyakam Mishra from CIT (OSD) (ITAT) to CIT(A)-15 Mumbai, Chet Ram from CIT(A)-13 to CIT(ITAT)-5 Mumba, Subachan Ram from CIT(A)-15 to CIT(OSD) (ITAT) Mumbai, Rang Nath Jha,ClT(A)-24 to CIT(ITAT}-8 Mumbai, Kumud Ranjan Das from ClT(A)-27 to CIT(ITAT)-11 Mumbai, Yeshwant U. Chavan from CIT(A)-31 to CIT(ITAT)-12 Mumbai, Satbir Singh from CIT(A)-1 to CIT(CIB) Chandigarh, Poonam Khaira Sidhu from CIT(CIB) to Director (RTI) Chandigarh, Neeraj Vinay Bansal from Director (RTI) to CIT(A)-1 Chandigarh, Subhash Mehra from CIT-3 to CIT(A)(C) Ludhiana, Kishore Kumar Sinha from CIT(A)(C) to CIT-3 Ludhiana, Surbhi Sinha from CIT-3 to to CIT(C)Jaipur, JL Basumatary from C1T(C) to CIT-3 Jaipur, Tapas Kumar Dutta from CIT-4 to CIT(lTAT)-2 Chennai, Bhagwan Das Gupta from CIT(ITAT)-2 to CIT(A)-1 Lucknow, Rajesh Chandra Sharma from CIT(A)-1 to CIT( AUDIT) Lucknow, Vivek Mishra from CIT (AUDIT) to CIT(ITAT)-2 Lucknow, Archana Ranjan from CIT-1 to CIT - 2 Agra, Neena Kumar from CIT-2 to CIT{A)-2 Agra, Hemant Kumar Sarangi from CIT (A) 2 to CIT(ITAT) Agra, Pomela Bali Prasad from CIT(ITAT) to CIT-1 Agra, D.P. Semwal from CIT(A)-1 to CIT(A)-2 Dehradun, Amalesh Bandopadhya from CIT(A)-2 to CIT(A}-1 Dehradun, Anand Kumar Agarwal from CIT(A)-2 to CIT(CO) Kanpur, Raj Kumar Lachhiramaka from CIT(CO) to CIT(A)-2 Kanpur, Suniti Srivastava from CIT(TDS) to CIT(AUDIT) Kanpur, Shyam Kumar from CIT (AUDIT) to CIT(TDS) Kanpur and Tejram Meena from CIT(DR) to CIT-15 Kolkata.
Raman Srivastava assumes charge as DG BSF
Senior IPS officer and Special Secretary (Internal Security) Ministry of Home Affairs Raman Srivastava has joined as Director General Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday. He is an IPS officer of the 1973 batch, Kerala cadre. He replaced M.L. Kumawat who retired on July 31. Raman has been decorated with Police Medal and President Police Medal in the year 1991 and 2001 respectively
Saxena is new Member of MPHRC
Justice A K Saxena has taken over as Member of the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission .
( We said this on July 27 )
No Special Secretary Home (IS)?
With Raman Srivastava relinquishing charge of Special Secretary (Internal Security) the post remains vacant as no one has yet been named to succeed him.
Jt. Secretary Police I and II to report to Home Secretary
With Raman Srivastava ta assuming charge as DG, BSF the Joint Secretary (Police I) Dilip Kotia and Joint Secretary (Police II) Ashok Lavasa have been asked to route files directly to Home Secretary. Earlier they were routing the files through the Special Secretary (IS), MHA.
Pradeep Kumar is new Secretary Defence
Pradeep Kumar has taken over as new Secretary Defence. 1972 batch Haryana cadre IAS officer Pradeep Kumar has replaced Vijay Singh sho superannuated on July 31.
Yashwant Bhave takes over as Chairperson, Aera
Yashwant S. Bhave today took over as the first Chairperson of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA). With the joining of Bhave, AERA is likely to commence its regulatory functions within the next few months.Government had recently constituted the AERA for economic regulation of the airport infrastructure sector. In terms of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008, the AERA has been assigned the functions of determining the tariffs for aeronautical services rendered at all major airports, including for air navigation services, the fixation of Development Fees and Passenger Service Fees. AERA will also monitor the set performance standards relating to quality, continuity and reliability of services at these airports.AERA is expected play a crucial role in economic well being of the vital airport infrastructure sector in the country. The present downturn in the aviation sector is likely to pose an immediate challenge to AERA as it will have to ensure that the airport charges are calibrated so as not to unnecessarily burden the airlines and passengers and at the same time are remunerative enough for airport operators who are investing heavily in upgradation and modernization. Bhave is a retired officer of Indian Administrative Service (1972 Batch). He is a Master of Science with Electronics as a specialization and Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. During his career spanning 37 years with the Government, he has held different positions in the Government of Maharashtra like CEO of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, MD of Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, MD of State Financial Corporation, Chairman of State Electricity Board, Development Commissioner (Industries) and Principal Secretary of Department of Industries. In the Government of India, he has served in the Department of Information Technology, Department of Administrative Reforms, Pensions and Public Grievances as well as Special Secretary, Telecom and Secretary, Telecom Commission. His last posting was as Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs.

(We said this on March 30 & June 2, 2009)

CORPORATE
Rao is MD of SBI Life Insurance
Mahadev Nagendra Rao has been appointed MD and CEO of SBI Life Insurance. He succeeds U.S. Roy, who retired on July 31.
CVC penalizes Additional CIT
CVC has ordered cut in pension for a period of three years in the case of Additional CIT, Central Board of Direct Taxes.
Basu is Advisor Tea Planters Association
Uday Bhanu Das has joined as the principal adviser to Indian Tea Planters' Association .He has replaced Niranjan Kumar Basu.
Khan joins Federal Bank as Director
Dr M.Y. Khan, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd, has joined the board of Federal Bank as Independent Director.

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Shiv Shankar Menon
Shivshankar Menon, India's longest serving Foreign Secretary in recent times, is in the middle of a storm and is trying to hide behind the cloak of Ministerial Responsibility. Menon took over the service in the midst of much acrimony by steeping over the heads of several of seniors and colleagues, as a largess of the Congress party. His assumption of charge led to many resignations and IFS officers going on leave. He further vitiated the atmosphere by acting vindictively against his own batchmate Harish Dogra, by stripping him of his charge as High Commissioner to New Zealand. However he failed to uphold the dignity of the office of the esteemed service. As a first concession to Pakistan, he accepted Pakistan as a victim of terrorism along with India at the NAM summit in Havana, Cuba. This diluted India's long held position as a victim of cross-border terrorism. In fact, the term "cross-border terrorism " was so widely accepted that it was frequently used in UN documents. However, Menon negated efforts of decades of India's diplomatic service. He instead relied his faith on the Joint Working Group on terror to tackle the issue of terrorism. He was naive enough not see foresee that Pakistan never gave up its support for terrorism and was not going to act on such bureaucratic graveyards as working groups. As a result, he failed to even imagine that 26/11 was coming.
Thus, he was all at sea when it came to India's Pakistan policy.
The recent "bad drafting" at Sharm El Sheikh, shows the Foreign Secretary in poor light. Not only he de-linked the dialogue process from concrete action on terrorism, but he put India on the same platform by accepting Baluchistan as part of the Joint Statement of the two countries. This has done sufficient damage to India's position not only in the international community but also has seriously affected India's diplomacy vis-a-vis Pakistan. In future, when India would raise the issue of cross-border terrorism, Pakistan would retaliate by mentioning Baluchistan.Shivshankar Menon wasn't just a bad defender of India's national
interest, but has done much harm to the Indian Foreign Service and its independent ethos. He institutionalized a culture of sycophancy by altering the system of promotions in the IFS. From now promotions to higher levels of IFS Grade-III to Grade-I would require consideration of 10 years of ACRs of officers and would require officers to meet a specified benchmark in promotions. It is long understood that to get outstanding you have to be subservient rather than speak your mind. By ushering in such a system, he has institutionalized such subservience as in critical matters a junior officer would try and read the mind of
senior rather than give independent advice.
He was also against the system of reservation in government. During his tenure, the constitutionally demarcated quotas for OBCs, SCs & STs in the IFS were either not filled or were far lower than those mandated by government. He also victimized IFS officers belonging to OBCs/SC/STs in transfers and postings. Further, in his later years, he became quite arrogant and senile. He demoralised young officers by banning them from Foreign postings on flimsy grounds and on his whims and fancies. Thus he left a much demoralized and weak service.
Overall the questions to ponder are:-
1) Should Government of India utilise his services after retirement?
2) Is he a fit man for further public office as he has failed to
protect India's national interest?
3) Should people of India repose faith in Menon?
R T Guha
Agriculture situation going from bad to worse
The agriculture situation in the country has been going from bad to worse in last six years and every time there is price rise, the agriculture minister simply blames it on nature. Today he announced in Parliament that sugar production is going to be half of normal. On the face of it, the minister appears to be transparent to the people. However, observers see deeper meaning in such alarming statements. Many feel that a clear signal is being given for the domestic sugar producers and dealers to jack up the prices and profiteer because the people will be panicky when responsible minister makes such statement. Such things have happened in the past too and unfortunately, people have no faith in the concerned minister any more.
I Khan
Rawat should get Cabinet Minister rank
As Rawat is a senior Congress Leader of Uttarakhand after N D Tiwari and also amongst the 7 newly elected MP from Uttarakhand he must be given the rank of Cabinet Minister.
Surender Singh Rawat
TAIL-PIECE
Please spare a couple of minutes here for the sake of our country INDIA
U Can make a huge difference to the Indian Economy,
Small example
Before 5 months 1 CAN $ = IND Rs 32
After 5 months 1 CAN $ = IND Rs 37
Do you think Canadian Economy is booming? No, but Indian Economy is Going Down.
Our Economy is in our hand. INDIAN economy is in a crisis. Our country
like many other ASIAN countries is undergoing a severe economic
crunch.. Many INDIAN industries are closing down.
The INDIAN economy is in a crisis and if we do not take proper steps
to control those, we will be in a critical situation.
More than 30000 crore rupees of foreign exchange are being siphoned
out of our country on products such as cosmetics, snacks, tea,
beverages... etc which are grown, produced and consumed here.
A cold drink that costs only 70/80 paisa to produce is sold for NINE
rupees, and a major chunk of profits from these are sent abroad. This
is a serious drain on INDIAN economy. "COCA COLA "and" SPRITE " belong
to the same multinational company, "COCA COLA"? Coke advertisements
says 'JO CHAHO HO JAYE, COCA COLA ENJOY' - (Whatever the hell, let it
happen, you drink coke)
What can you do?
You can consider some of the better alternatives to aerated drinks.
You can drink LEMON JUICE, FRESH FRUIT JUICES, CHILLED LASSI (SWEET OR
SOUR), BUTTER MILK, COCONUT WATER, JALJEERA, ENERJEE, MASALA, MILK...
Everyone deserves a healthy drink, including you!
Over and above all this, economic sanctions have been imposed on us.
We have nothing against Multinational companies, but to protect our
own interests we request everybody to use INDIAN products only for
next two years. With the rise in petrol prices, if we do not do this,
the rupee will devalue further and we will end up paying much more for
the same products in the near future.
What you can do about it?
1 . Buy only products manufactured by wholly Indian companies.
2 . Enroll as many people as possible for this cause.
Each individual should become a leader for this awareness.
This is the only way to save our country from severe economic crisis.
You don't need to give-up your lifestyle. You just need to choose an
alternative product.
All categories of products are available from wholly Indian companies.
PRODUCTS INDIAN - USE NON INDIAN - AVOID
Tooth Brush Ajanta
Promise
Prudent Close Up
Colgate
Forhans
Oral-B
Pepsodent
Tooth Paste Babool
Dabur Products
Miswak
Neem
Promise
Prudent
Vico Vajradanti Cibaca
Close Up
Colgate
Forhans
Mentadent
Pepsodent
Blade Ashoka
Lazer
Supermax
Topaz 365
Gillette
Seven-O -Clock
Shaving Cream Emani
Godrej Gillete
Old Spice
Palmolive
Shampoo Lakme
Nirma
Velvet Clinic Plus Products
Halo
Head And Shoulders
Nyle
Pantene
Sunsilk
Bathing Soap Chandrika
Cinthol
Evita
Ganga
Godrej Brands
Margo
Medimix
Mysore Sandal
Neem
Nirma Bath
Santoor
Shikakai
Wipro Camay
Dove
Hamam
Lesancy
Lifebuoy
Lux
Lyril
Palmolive
Pears
Rexona
Talcum Powder Boroplus
Cinthol
Gokul
Santoor
Wipro Baby Powder Johnson Baby Powder
Old Spice
Ponds
Shower To Shower
Milk Powder Amul
Amulya
Indiana Anikspray
Everyday Milk
Milkana
Milkmaid
Mobile Connections Airtel
BSNL Hutch
Every INDIAN product you buy makes a big difference. It saves India.
Let us take a firm decision today.
Buy Indian To Be Indian.
We are not against foreign products.
We are not anti-multinational.
We are trying to save our nation.
Every day is a struggle for a real freedom.
We achieved our independence after losing many lives.
They died painfully to ensure that we live peacefully.
The current trend is very threatening.
Multinationals call it globalisation of Indian economy.
For indians like you and me it is recolonisation of India.
The colonist's left India then.
But this time they will make sure they don't make any mistakes.
Who would like to let a "goose that lays golden eggs" slip away.
Please remember: political freedom is useless without economic independence.
Russia, S.Korea, Mexico ... the list is very long!!
Let us learn from their experience and from our history.
Let us do the duty of every true indian.
Finally: it's obvious that you can't give up all of the items
mentioned above, so give up atleast one item for the sake of our
country.
>>>>>>************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********>>>>>>
We would be sending useless forwards to our friends daily. Instead
please forward this mail to all your friends to create awareness.
"Little Drops Make A Great Ocean". -
"Forward to All Indians"
Contributed by-Satya Singal